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Some [[Game Show|Game Shows]] have gag prizes of negligible value. The name of this trope comes from the term used on ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', where they almost always involved animals. The producers did make a mistake on this once, which, if they had been caught, would have been expensive. One of the 'zonks' offered was an oil derrick. At that time, an oil derrick, even on the used equipment market, was worth about $6,000, and would have been worth more than the highest prize on that show. The contestant [[Worthless Yellow Rocks|didn't know this]], of course, and took the consolation prize. |
Some [[Game Show|Game Shows]] have gag prizes of negligible value. The name of this trope comes from the term used on ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', where they almost always involved animals. The producers did make a mistake on this once, which, if they had been caught, would have been expensive. One of the 'zonks' offered was an oil derrick. At that time, an oil derrick, even on the used equipment market, was worth about $6,000, and would have been worth more than the highest prize on that show. The contestant [[Worthless Yellow Rocks|didn't know this]], of course, and took the consolation prize. |
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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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* Bidders on ''[[Storage Wars]]'' can end up being Zonked if they spend a lot of money on a locker that ends up containing nothing but worthless garbage. |
* Bidders on ''[[Storage Wars]]'' can end up being Zonked if they spend a lot of money on a locker that ends up containing nothing but worthless garbage. |
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** In at least once, the auctioneers were the ones who got Zonked. In the episode where the auctioneer's wife was filling in, she talked up a certain locker, only for it to contain nothing but useless trash (and not even very much, at that). |
** In at least once, the auctioneers were the ones who got Zonked. In the episode where the auctioneer's wife was filling in, she talked up a certain locker, only for it to contain nothing but useless trash (and not even very much, at that). |
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* Subverted in the [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon "The Million Hare". Daffy barely beats Bugs in a race to a radio station only to be told that his prize wasn't a million bucks, but "The Million Box": A crate containing a million little boxes. Daffy "graciously" gives the prize to Bugs, only to find out that each of the little boxes contained a $1 bill. |
* Subverted in the [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon "The Million Hare". Daffy barely beats Bugs in a race to a radio station only to be told that his prize wasn't a million bucks, but "The Million Box": A crate containing a million little boxes. Daffy "graciously" gives the prize to Bugs, only to find out that each of the little boxes contained a $1 bill. |
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* The Banker on ''[[Deal or No Deal]]'' occasionally included items in the price he was willing to pay for a contestant's case. Some were worthwhile, but others were clearly meant to insult the player and prompt a "No Deal." |
* The Banker on ''[[Deal or No Deal]]'' occasionally included items in the price he was willing to pay for a contestant's case. Some were worthwhile, but others were clearly meant to insult the player and prompt a "No Deal." |
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