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* Double-or-Nothing Video Bonus on ''Series/CashCab''.
* "Jack Attack" in ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack''.

* [[Series/{{Boom}} BOOM!]] features an optional one in the Mega Money Bomb, which can quadruple a team's winnings; it is optional due to the fact that if a team goes for it and loses, their winnings are cut in half.

* Inverted on ''Series/{{Distraction}}''. The player is awarded either a car or several bonus prizes at the outset, but must answer a series of questions in order to prevent them from being damaged or destroyed. Once the round is over, the player takes home the prizes regardless of their condition (smashed, blown up, vandalized, etc.).

* "Double Play" on the Jack Narz version of ''{{Concentration}}''

* "Channel Roulette" on ''CouchPotatoes''

* Inverted on ''{{Distraction}}''. The player is awarded either a car or several bonus prizes at the outset, but must answer a series of questions in order to prevent them from being damaged or destroyed. Once the round is over, the player takes home the prizes regardless of their condition (smashed, blown up, vandalized, etc.).

* The Game show version of The Perils of Penelope Pitstop had "The Final Chase".

The bonus round is that part of a GameShow which follows the main game, typically played by the player or team who won the main game. Usually, this is where the ''real'' money/prizes are handed out, with only a token amount of cash given to the winner of the main game. The original ''Series/{{Password}}'' was first, with its Lightning Round. Other notable bonus rounds:

!!Examples:

* Fictional example: the kids-versus-adults game "What Do Kids Know?" in {{Magnolia}} had a bonus round. Everyone expects ChildProdigy Stanley to represent the kids in the bonus round but he doesn't want to go because [[spoiler: [[PottyEmergency he has to go to the bathroom]] ]].

* Fictional game show example: In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', the DreamSequence game show "Name that Fish" had a bonus round in which Garfield (or presumably, any contestant) gets into a booth that starts filling with water, and is challenged to name the fish that come in with it (Never seen played because Garfield realized it was AllJustADream).

** The "Super Deal" on the same functions as a ''[[DoubleUnlock Bonus]]'' Bonus Round (The catch? the Big Deal must be won, because if it's not then it's skipped entirely, without a reveal of where it would have been).

* The Dutch lottery game show ''Miljoenenjacht'' had a curious one; the winning contestant (after several rounds of quizzes in various formats) chose one of 26 briefcases containing ascending dollar amounts (hoping it contained the top prize). Then, they opened other briefcases to narrow down what could be inside their own, and were given offers from an omnipresent character as a buyout for their case. Sound familiar? Well, this is how the idea for ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' came to light.

* "The Big Deal (of The Day)" on ''[[Series/LetsMakeADeal Let's Make A Deal]]''. This is a slight inversion, as the big winner (or, if the big winner passes, one of the next in line) has to surrender their original winnings to play the Big Deal. All they have to do is choose one of the three doors, and they win what's behind it. The doors contain three prizes of increasing value (one of which being the titular Big Deal), but never [[{{Zonk}} zonks]].

** The "Super Deal" on the same functions as a ''[[DoubleUnlock Bonus]]'' Bonus Round (The catch? the Big Deal must be won, because if it's not won then it's skipped entirely).

The bonus round is that part of a GameShow which follows the main game, typically played by the player or team who won the main game. Usually, this is where the ''real'' money/prizes are handed out, with only a token amount of cash given to the winner of the main game. The original ''{{Password}}'' was first, with its Lightning Round. Other notable bonus rounds:

* The "Lightning Round" on ''{{Password}}'', the TropeMaker.
** "Alphabetics" on ''{{Password}} Plus''. ''Super Password'' and ''Million Dollar Password'''s bonus rounds had the same name as the series, though "Super Password" became referred to as "the endgame" later in the series' run.
* The "(Super) Gold Rush" on ''{{Blockbusters}}''. The name was changed to "Gold Run" halfway through the original series' run, for unknown reasons.

* "Face the Devil" on ''TheJokersWild''.

* The "Best of Ten Test of Knowledge" on ''[[{{WinBenSteinsMoney}} Win Ben Stein's Money]]'', where the winning contestant from the previous two rounds goes up against Ben himself for the show's full prize of $5,000.
* "Money Cards" on ''CardSharks''

* The "Big Numbers" on ''HighRollers''
* ''ThePriceIsRight'' not only has a standard Bonus Round with the Showcase, but also has a "''pre-''Bonus Round" Bonus Round in the Showcase Showdown (that big wheel).

* The "Winners' Circle" on ''The $10,000 {{Pyramid}}'' (and its subsequent versions)
* The Obstacle Course on ''[[DoubleDare1986 Double Dare]]''

* The "Bonus Sweep" on ''SupermarketSweep''
* The Temple Run on ''LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple''
* The Map on ''WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego?'', later replaced by The Gates of History on ''Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?''.
* The "Video Zone" on ''NickArcade''

* The Dutch lottery game show ''Miljoenenjacht'' had a curious one; the winning contestant (after several rounds of quizzes in various formats) chose one of 26 briefcases containing ascending dollar amounts (hoping it contained the top prize). Then, they opened other briefcases to narrow down what could be inside their own, and were given offers from an omnipresent character as a buyout for their case. Sound familiar? Well, this is how the idea for ''DealOrNoDeal'' came to light.

* "The Big Deal (of The Day)" on ''[[LetsMakeADeal Let's Make A Deal]]''. This is a slight inversion, as the big winner (or, if the big winner passes, one of the next in line) has to surrender their original winnings to play the Big Deal. All they have to do is choose one of the three doors, and they win what's behind it. The doors contain three prizes of increasing value (one of which being the titular Big Deal), but never [[{{Zonk}} zonks]].

* The UK version of ''{{Series/Duel}}'' gave contestants who won 2 consecutive Duels a bonus question for £10,000, and another for £20,000 if they won a third Duel. Also a rare example of a Bonus Round which did ''not'' offer the big money; the jackpot was won by winning four Duels in a row.

* Fictional game show example: In ''GarfieldAndFriends'', the DreamSequence game show "Name that Fish" had a bonus round in which Garfield (or presumably, any contestant) gets into a booth that starts filling with water, and is challenged to name the fish that come in with it (Never seen played because Garfield realized it was AllJustADream).

* "The Spoilers" on the Alex Trebek version of ''[[DoubleDare1976 Double Dare]]''

* The Italian game ''AvantiUnAltro'' has a bonus round which is just plain diabolical: you have 2:30 seconds to answer 21 questions ''wrong.'' Thankfully, they only have [[AntiFrustrationFeature two options each]], but if you get one right or take too long to answer you have to go right back to the beginning! You do get additional time to play for a smaller prize if you run out of time, but still.

* The Dutch lottery game show ''Miljoenenjacht'' had a curious one; the winning contestant (after several rounds of quizzes in various formats) chose one of 26 briefcases containing ascending dollar amounts (hoping it contained the top prize). Then, they opened other briefcases to narrow down what could be inside their own, and were given offers from an omnipresent character as a buyout for their case. Sound familiar? Well, this is how ''DealOrNoDeal'' was born.

* The ''FunHouse''

** The Showcase was played more true to "bonus round" form on the 1994 Davidson incarnation, with one player playing an adaptation of the Range Game for a single (usually massive) Showcase.

* "The Big Deal" on ''[[LetsMakeADeal Let's Make A Deal]]''. This is a slight inversion, as the big winner (or, if the big winner passes, one of the next in line) has to surrender their original winnings to play the Big Deal. Originally two winners were allowed to play, that is until the current run where it was decreased so that only one person was allowed Making it an even Stricter Endgame (Granted because The chances of having someone win the Big Deal are very rare and it was too long to have two people take a shot at winning said Big Deal to fit in the hour long format) and the name of the bonus round was changed to the "Big Deal of the Day" .
** The "Super Deal" on the same functions as a ''Bonus'' Bonus Round (The catch? the Big Deal must be won, because if it's not won then it's skipped entirely).

* ''RemoteControl'' had two: an identify-the-music-video round on the MTV version, and the "Wheel of Jeopardy" in the syndicated run.

* "Jack Attack" in ''YouDontKnowJack''.

** A brief Art Fleming revival in 1978 did have an actual bonus round known as "Super Jeopardy!", where the day's winner tried to get 5 in a row on a 5 by 5 board.

* Double-or-Nothing Video Bonus on ''CashCab''.

* "Turnabout" on ''Child's Play''. That's where the contestant gives the kids definitions and the kids guess the words.
** "Triple Play," which came first, featured the contestant guessing a word based on three different definitions from children.

* Inverted on ''{{Distraction}}''; instead of playing to win more prizes, the contestant must save his already won prizes from being damaged or destroyed.

** The "Super Deal" on the same functions as a ''Bonus'' Bonus Round (But only if the Big Deal is won, because if the Big Deal is not won then it's skipped).