History Main / ConfettiDrop

* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/{{Twitch}} and Website/YouTube. In an epic series of calls in which he wasted 37 non-consecutive hours of a group of four scammers' time, he did an animated confetti drop to celebrate the 24 hour mark. "Honey, Happy New Year, darling! Happy New Year!"

Many {{game show}}s throw over-the-top celebrations for their big winners. Often the hapless contestant is showered with confetti, balloons, the cash they just won, etc. and a couple of examples leave you wondering if they're going to burn the studio down. Seen on quite a few game shows in TheSeventies and TheEighties, but became a staple of the multi-million dollar game shows and large-scale talent search shows of [[TurnOfTheMillennium The Aughties]].

* Wrestling/TripleH played the trope straight when he won his second WWF title during the [=McMahon=]-Helmsley Era with [[Wrestling/DGenerationX black and green]] confetti.

* Normally in the WWE, they tend to do it with pyrotechnics after a big match win such as the Wrestling/RoyalRumble, an Undertaker Streak win or Wrestling/WrestleMania main event. Since 2017, WWE have stopped using Pyro on weekly shows and [=PPVs=], and now only issue it for Wrestling/WrestleMania (The only acceptation so far with this new rule in play was the Greatest Royal Rumble.)

* On Jim Lange's version of ''Series/NameThatTune'', Confetti, Balloons and Streamers were dropped after $100,000 wins. However, it was carried out to such an extreme that the viewer watching the show could not see half of what was going on onstage, and some contestants even had trouble wading through the balloons to get to the car they had won.

* ''Series/TheChase'' - Confetti is dropped at the end of the celebrity Christmas specials and is only dropped for cosmetic purposes. Pyrotechnics were sometimes used for earlier Christmas editions.
** However, it is played straight for its primetime spinoff ''Beat the Chasers'', which drops confetti whenever a contestant defeats all five Chasers and wins the high-enough jackpot. However, more recent seasons dump confetti on anyone who defeats them all anyway.

* ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' - In the Davidson version, Balloons were dropped upon a car being won. In the Bergeron version, this tended to very.

** On the UK version - ''Series/[[Family Fortunes]]'', balloons were dropped at the end of older Christmas specials.

** Hidden in the back of the manual for the second [=DS=] game is a brief comic strip that [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the confetti drop. It turns out that it's not the entire audience throwing confetti; it's just Detective Gumshoe, celebrating Phoenix's success in the only way he can afford - laboriously cut up bits of paper.

* ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} DIY'' allows a user-made microgame to include a confetti drop as a predefined Stage Effect.

* ''Series/WinTuition''---- confetti is dropped when a contestant wins the $50,000 on the final round.

** On the UK version - ''Series/Family Fortunes'', Balloons were dropped at the end of older Christmas specials.

* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' - Confetti is dropped whenever someone wins $1,000,000 on the prime time specials or $100,000 on Pay the Rent. During Dream Car Week, streamers are fired when one of the Dream Cars is won. Balloons were also released at the end of the 35th season premiere (which, coincidentally, ended with a contestant winning both Showcases and setting the then-current winnings record for the daytime version.)

* ''Series/TheChase'' - Normally averts this trope, but Confetti is only dropped at the end of the celebrity Christmas specials and only for cosmetic purposes. The show used pyrotechnics in some earlier Christmas editions.

* ''Series/TheOneMillionChanceOfALifetime'' - Tones of confetti was dropped when a couple won the grand prize. However, they also set off pyrotechnics '''in the studio''' on early Season 1 episodes, and balloons in Season 2. Even a Marching Band played in the pilot!

* Family Fortunes: Balloons were dropped at the end of old Christmas specials.

* On Jim Lange's version of ''Series/NameThatTune'', Confetti, Balloons and Streamers were dropped after $100,000 wins. However, it was [[UpToEleven carried out to such an extreme]] that the viewer watching the show could not see half of what was going on onstage, and some contestants even had trouble wading through the balloons to get to the car they had won.

* ''Series/MatchGame'': A unique variantation on this trope. Balloons, Confetti and Streamers were not dropped on big winners. Instead, it was used on the [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve episodes]] as they changed out the sign indicating the year.

** Done by Maya Fey in ''[[Videogame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3]]'' during Phoenix Wright's winpose.

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** An example is from [=Puyo Puyo Tetris=], When a player wins, the word [=WINNER=] will appear and confetti will drop on the winning player..... while the other player who lost to the winner will not get this and the word [=LOSER=] will appear.

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* The "You are the [[UmpteenthCustomer one millionth visitor]], click here to claim your prize" clickbait banner ads seen on the Internet sometimes use this.