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=== [[Game Show]] Tropes in use: ===
* [[Big Win Sirens]]: Alternating burglar alarm sirens were used whenever the [[Bonus Round]] was won. Inverted if it was lost, as one of the two sirens was used as the time-up buzzer instead.
* [[Bonus Round]]: In the MTV version, players had to identify artists in music videos while strapped onto a [[Product Placement|Craftmatic Adjustable Bed]]; in the syndicated version, players had to answer TV questions while being spun around on the "[[Wheel of Fortune|Wheel of]] [[Jeopardy
* [[Carried
* [[Confetti Drop]]: [[Bonus Round]] winners were showered with confetti and streamers while still strapped to the bed or wheel.
* [[Consolation Prize]]: Losers got a "Television's Greatest Hits" CD and a [[Product Placement|Zenith remote control]].
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* [[Hey, It's That Sound|Hey, It's That Sound!]]: A good number of them were used on some of [[Nickelodeon]]'s game shows (naturally, since they were also produced by MTV). For example:
** The "wrong answer" buzzer was used on ''[[Double Dare 1986|Double Dare]]'', among others.
** The siren used when time expired in the [[Bonus Round]] was used when the Brain Bender was solved on ''[[
** The Lightning Round sometimes ended with the win sound from ''Double Dare'' and ''[[Make the Grade]]''.
* [[Long Runner]]: It ran for four years, but the show claimed it had been around for ''much'' longer.
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* [[Point and Laugh Show]]
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Ken Ober.
* [[Prop Recycling]]: The show used props from earlier seasons as decorations in the [[Studio Audience]] during later seasons. Props from ''[[Finders Keepers (TV series)|Finders Keepers]]'' (also a Nickelodeon game) occasionally appeared, but usually as basement clutter.
* [[Pungeon Master]]/[[So Unfunny It's Funny]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with "Mr. Baggy Pants".
* [[Rule of Three]]: Three contestants.
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* [[Special Guest]]: [[The Newlywed Game]] and [[Card Sharks]] host Bob Eubanks paid a visit to the show in season 2, ostensibly to give Ken some pointers on how to host. The episode is especially hilarious for when one of the contestants began heckling Bob ("You got your own show - let Ken do his business here!"), and [[What the Hell, Player?|Bob responds in kind]] ("Don't let your mouth write a check your butt can't cash!") The [[Speed Round]] then consisted of one word from a TV show's title being replaced with "Whoopie", and the contestants having to supply the correct word.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Played for laughs with "Sing Along with Colin" and the aforementioned Mr. Baggy Pants.
* [[Take That]]: ''[[Jeopardy
* [[Taking You
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The [[Theme Tune]] had a ''very'' suspicious resemblance to The Ohio Players' "Fire".
* [[Timed Mission]]: Here's a wall of nine TV sets, haphazardly oriented. Now identify the artists in the music videos. You have 30 seconds...
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