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Regardless, points seem to matter less the longer a series goes on.
When the points don't matter due to the last challenge determining everything, it's a [[Golden Snitch]].
Akin to [[Scoring Points]] in video games.
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== Anime ==
* In the opening episode of ''[[Baccano!]]'', [[Cool Old Guy|Gustav]] and [[The Watson|Carol]] are [[As You Know|discussing the immortals]]. Gustav awards Carol arbitrary points for her observations. These points have no meaning in the rest of the story, nor do they come up again when the two make a later appearance.
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** In yet another episode, Drew simply brought in a ''tape recorder'' of himself saying "One thousand points!" Wayne stole it during a commercial break and overwrote the tape with himself chanting "My ass... my ass... my ass..."
** "You don't get points for this round instead you get the new mega-points. They are 25% bigger and worth 50% less".
** "One billion points to Colin. You hear that, [[Take That|Regis Philbin]]? [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?|One billion points.]]"
* ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'': This is a particularly bad (read frequent) offender: because of the amount of editing involved, the teams will end up with points without you seeing them answer the questions. Nobody cares about winning, but occasionally Paul will mention winning 26 of the series against Ian's 3. He has mentioned on commentaries being more competitive than Ian, even jumping in with an answer Ian was about to give (during Ian's team's turn) and getting the points, but the lack of clarity on the points hardly matters so long as its entertaining.
{{quote|'''Angus Deayton''': Good evening and welcome to the programme attacked this week by one viewer who wrote to complain about the random way the points are allocated, on the grounds that "the level of money wagered on the outcome of this show increases week on week". So our apologies to Mr. Joseph Wall of Newark, and one point to Ian. }}
** A particularly clear example of this came when Anne Robinson hosted and gave one of them points whenever the other mentioned her husband. Hell, for all we know they deliberately cause Ian to lose.
** When (famously rotund) MP Roy Hattersley had pulled out for the third time, at very short notice (and was due a [[Take That]] - he made a joke about when he finally did turn up) his place with Paul was filled in by a tub of lard:
{{quote|'''Ian:''' It is getting rather sad that I can't win against Paul when he's accompanied by a tub of lard and the questions are in a foreign language. (trails off laughing)
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* ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'': Captains have gotten moody about the random giving out of points in the past, moaning about giving over songs; perhaps the best examples are when the host deliberately prevents teams from winning. Donnie Tourette (a "punk") was mocked for caring about points, while Phill Jupitus once tried to end a game with zero.
** Mark Lamarr would give extra points to guests he liked, such as Jimmy Cliff. He also gave a bonus point to Billie Piper for insulting Westlife.
* ''[[QI]]'': rewards contestants with points based on how interesting they are (and deducts points for obvious wrong answers). Occasionally, the host will say they get points for it; but by the end, there are often looks of shock from the contestants over the score. Creator John Lloyd said that he himself doesn't understand the scoring system - they apparently just hire someone to sit in a room and record scores, and no-one knows quite what logic he uses, if any. One rule that is clear though, is that 10 points are deducted for an answer that "everyone knows" but is wrong, such as Sweden having the world's highest suicide rate <ref> actually, it's one of the former Soviet states</ref>
** Lloyd and co-creator John Mitchinson have also noted that for all the inexplicable scoring, people are very pleased to win, unlike on shows like ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' where no-one except the regulars really cares apart from the very occasional guest (such as Bill Deeds, who according to Ian was furious with himself for not winning).
** Apparently every point can be explained if the panellists wish (and they have the right of appeal if they believe their score is wrong). They never ask, but it is correct.
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** A few episodes later, in a show about "Inequality and Injustice" they gave the scores before the quiz had started, and (similarly unfairly) refused to read out the ''actual'' scores at the end.
* ''[[Mock the Week]]'': Can be quite confusing with the mix of what the host finds funny and correctly answering the questions. According to [http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?60_seconds_with_Andy_Parsons&in_article_id=526647&in_page_id=11 Andy Parsons,] they record both sides winning and then arbitrarily decide which one to use in the edit.
** Lampshaded by host Dara O'Briain in one episode while introducing one round with "The winner is the performer I judge to have produced the best material, no, of course it isn't, it's random, stop e-mailing in."
** In addition, Dara never explains how many points are awarded, instead just says 'the points' or 'the winners of this round are...'
* Some Swedish examples are ''Snacka om nyheter'' (''Talk about news'') and ''Så ska det låta'' (''That's the sound of it'').
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== Radio ==
* Mocked by ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', where the scorekeeper, the lovely and [[Village Bicycle|possibly sex-mad]] Samantha, is introduced at the beginning of each episode with more fanfare than the contestants -- and then the score is never mentioned again. This is perhaps not a surprise, given that Samantha [[The Voiceless|doesn't exist]]. Shame.
** [[Lampshaded]] in one of the episode in 1997, where Humph, the chairman, closes one round with "It's just occurred to me that Samantha hasn't given us the score... since 1981."
** And yet, Humph frequently reminds the teams and the audience that "Points Mean Prizes!" Though we never hear anything more about the prizes either...
** Humph was actually using one of [[Bruce Forsyth]]'s catch-phrases. He called out, "And what do points mean?", to which [[Phrase Catcher|the audience shouted back]] "PRIZES!". Humph was then usually heard muttering something like "Pathetic". ("Now go and invade Czechoslovakia.")
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