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Contrast [[Prize Letdown]]; that prize is something the producers actually ''thought'' contestants would want. Also contrast [[Consolation Prize]]; it's unlikely anyone who lands on a Zonk will be actually ''consoled'' by it. And, of course, contrast [[Whammy]], which leaves you with nothing, not even a Zonk.
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* ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' has a game called Any Number, where the contestant has to guess numbers from 0 to 9 to fill in the five-digit price of a car. The other numbers show up in a smaller three-digit prize, and the "piggy bank", a literal cash value of dollars and cents formed from the remaining digits (thus having a maximum possible value of $9.87), dubbed at golden-road.net as "That damned piggy bank".
* In the UK game show ''3-2-1'', the Zonk was a dustbin, tying in with the show's animatronic mascot, Dusty Bin. Host Ted Rogers would actually warn, "Remember, all you win is a brand-new dustbin!", so the contestants wouldn't think they were actually getting a state-of-the-art robot worth far more than any other prize on the show.
** Not strange, considered that ''3-2-1'' is a version of a previous Spanish game show, appropiately named ''1,2,3''. In the final Auction Round, the contestants "bought" up to three objects offered by the host. The objects were usually worthless, but they had a card attached with the real prize that could be either something big or a joke item, like the
* During the final round of ''[[Distraction]]'', your legitimate prizes might be ''turned into'' Zonks if you get the questions wrong. Same goes with ''[[Downfall (TV series)|Downfall]]'', except they tell you straight up that the prizes up for destruction are fake.
* If you were bad enough at the bonus round of ''[[Winning Lines]]'' to get only one question correct, you won a trip to a bed and breakfast overlooking "Spaghetti Junction" highway interchange in Birmingham. [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh what]] ''[[Sarcasm Mode|fun]]''. Contrast the grand prize, a trip around the world.
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