History Main / ConfettiDrop

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* In the adaptation to ''ChittyChittyBangBang'', the Childcatcher's demise is signaled by a confetti drop over the crowd. And then there's another more festive one during the curtain call.

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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. The episode "Timeless" opens with Voyager crashed and buried on an ice planet. A HowWeGotHere flashback then shows Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres being showed in confetti by crewmen on the upper decks of Engineering for the RibbonCuttingCeremony of the [[GoneHorriblyWrong new FTL drive that will take them all the way back to Earth]].

* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' - when someone wins $1,000,000 on the primetime 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/SaleOfTheCentury'' anytime the lot was won or a contestant won (or left with) a sizeable prize in the end game.

* Wrestling does does it with pyro after a big match win such as the Wrestling/RoyalRumble, an Undertaker Streak win or Wrestling/WrestleMania main event.
* 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.

* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games, the courtroom audience appear to drop confetti after the player wins a case.

** The 2017 Broadway {{Retool}} instead opts to shoot the confetti as Willy Wonka enters the CurtainCall.

* ''Series/AmericanIdol'' unleashes a snowstorm of confetti at the end of the finale.

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* The UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade occasionally uses confetti cannons, mainly during the more stirring production numbers (e.g. [=LeAnn=] Rimes' "Remember When" from the 2005 parade).

* This was [[UpToEleven carried to such an extreme]] on Jim Lange's version of ''Series/NameThatTune'' that the viewer could not see half of what was going on onstage, and some contestants had trouble wading through the balloons to get to the car they had won.

* ''[[Series/DoubleDare1986 Double Dare 2000]]'' had somewhat of a subversion - the confetti was launched when the Triple Dare Challenge was accepted.

* Every UsefulNotes/SuperBowl launches confetti at the final gun; usually red, white and blue rather than the winning team's colors (because it's easier to manage one set rather than two...and more importantly, ''not get those two mixed up''.)

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''. For several test chambers GLaDOS has been threatening- er, I mean, ''playfully teasing'' that she has a big surprise for your birthday. The player, expecting the worst is treated to....a rather anti-climatic bit of confetti falling.

* ''[[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo's Grand Prize Game]]'' - When a ping-pong ball goes into bucket 6, The confetti and balloons falls onto the contestant who won the grand prize.

* ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' - Any time the top prize is won; in the US, Not only confetti was dropped, Money was too. Other versions just use Confetti, Including the UK Version.

* ''The Big Moment'' - Streamers and confetti were launched any time the $25,000 was won (and also for a $5,000 audience stunt win, in later episodes).

* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' - when someone wins $1,000,000 on the primetime specials, or $100,000 on Pay the Rent. 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.)

* {{Tickertape Parade}}s, which are usually held in the city of a major sports team that has won a national championship.

* ''Series/TheOneMillionDollarChanceOfALifetime'' - not only did they drop tons of confetti (and balloons in the second season), they shot fireworks off ''in the studio'' on a couple of early episodes.

* ''[[TreasureHuntUS (The New) Treasure Hunt]]'', one of the [[UrExample earliest examples]] of its use on a game show. Originally just dropped confetti and balloons after a $25,000 win; in later 1970's episodes the contestant was further assaulted with roses by the show's models.

* ''Series/TheOneMillionChanceOfALifetime'' - not only did they drop tons of confetti (and balloons in the second season), they shot fireworks off ''in the studio'' on a couple of early episodes.

* ''[[DoubleDare1986 Double Dare 2000]]'' had somewhat of a subversion - the confetti was launched when the Triple Dare Challenge was accepted.

* ''MakeTheGrade'' - Any time the Honors Round was won during the Robb Edward Morris era.

* ''WheelOfFortune'' - when someone wins $100,000 or $1,000,000 in the bonus round. Frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Pat Sajak, even wielding a push broom on occasion in case it happens.
* ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', ''{{Series/Greed}}'', and countless others in the "[[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire big-money game show craze]]" that awarded a (multi-) million dollar payout. Averted in Series/OneVersusAHundred.
* ''WinBenSteinsMoney'' - money falls from the ceiling when a contestant beats Ben.

* A fictional game show example happens in ''SlumdogMillionaire''.

* ''AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' drops confetti on the $100,000 winner each season (balloons in the Saget era).

* Parodied on ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'': Balloons dropped from the top of the set when Colin won the show's millionth point.

* Wrestling does does it with pyro after a big match win such as the Royal Rumble, an Undertaker Streak win or Wrestlemania main event.
* TripleH played the tropesstraight when he won his second WWF title during the [=McMahon=]-Helmsley Era with [[DGenerationX black and green]] confetti.

* Every SuperBowl launches confetti at the final gun; usually red, white and blue rather than the winning team's colors ('cuz it's easier to manage one set rather than two...and more importantly, ''not get those two mixed up''.)

* ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' - Any time the top prize is won; in the US, confetti and money are released. In the UK version, it's just confetti.

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* ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' - If the Super Deal is won on the Brady version, money falls from the ceiling.

* ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'': Balloons were dropped when a car was won on the Davidson version; several different ones were used on Bergeron's.

* If you "use" confetti in ''KingdomOfLoathing'', your character throws it in the air for him/herself, and then picks it back up (no need to litter!). [[spoiler:Multi-using [[ArcNumber eleven]] confetti handfuls earns you the "I Love A Parade" trophy.]]

* ''TheHollywoodSquares'': Balloons were dropped when a car was won on the Davidson version; several different ones were used on Bergeron's.

* ''TheGongShow'' - a midget wearing a tuxedo would run around the contestants, throwing confetti from a bucket while balloons fell from the ceiling. Later episodes featured [[SubvertedTrope trash]] and other random items being dropped.

* Many, many [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve celebrations]], both on television and in RealLife.
* 2013's New Year's confetti was notable: In the months following Dick Clark's death, the city asked its citizens to write their memories of him and his New Year's specials. These little reminiscences went on display until they were combined with a healthy helping of ManlyTears and used as confetti to ring in 2013... The man got to celebrate one last time.

* At least when it played Las Vegas, ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'''s curtain call singalong to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" ended with a confetti drop over the crowd.