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[[Subjective Tropes]] and [[Audience Reactions]] relating to ''[[Who Wants to Be
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* [[Complacent Gaming Syndrome]]: Summarily, the reason for the 2010 [[Retool]]...and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUaMpSIiVo0 lampshaded almost instantly.]
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: Almost every time a contestant struggled between two answers, then used the 50:50 only for it to leave them with (or worse, eliminate) ''the two answers they were struggling between''. It happened so frequently over the years that many viewers complained the "random removal" felt more like rigging (a fact Norm MacDonald caught on to, as mentioned under the [[Funny Moments]] tab), especially at the very end of a themed week where the contestant's only options are really Quit or Fail. Several fans suggested to potential contestants that, if they considered using the 50:50, not to say the answers they were considering out loud. The fact that it originally wasn't random (though this wasn't told to the viewers or contestants) doesn't help any — the answers least likely to get picked were always the ones removed.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Amazingly for game shows, especially the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRW_B79D3SQ Radio Edit by Amoure] of the main theme.
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* [[Hate Dumb]] / [[Misplaced Nationalism]]: The American version has gotten hate simply because "It's not the British version."
* [[Heartwarming Moment]]: After Kevin Smith became the first $1,000,000 winner on the syndicated version, he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi-HN-wWkeY called his retired mother, who he was playing to help, from the studio.]
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* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Despite being the world's most straight-laced game, the UK version has won a number of gongs at the British Comedy Awards.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]] / [[Hell Is That Noise]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl9p6wfrql4 The music that plays when you get the $1,000,000 question wrong] has only ever been heard '''once''' on the American version (see [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are]] below), and prior to that was only available to hear on a CD-ROM game or certain websites.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] / [[Jumping the Shark]] / [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Any changes will often [[Your Mileage May Vary|vary among the fans]] [[Broken Base|to say the least]], regardless of the extent or the justification. From Meredith Vieira...to the Clock format...the ''Hot Seat'' format...and then the new money ladder...and then "[https://web.archive.org/web/20101216030408/http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/millionaire-gets-facelift-in-september-new-game-new-set-new-thrills/ Super] [
* [[What an Idiot!]]: So many, we needed [[What an Idiot!/Who Wants To Be A Millionaire|a separate page]].
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