History Series / Greed

** "Ladies and gentlemen... this is your next team for ''Greed''!"

* TransatlanticEquivalent: There was a UK version that aired in 2001 called [[LuckyCharmsTitle Gr££d]] hosted by [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerry Springer]] with a top prize of £1,000,000. It plays almost identically to the American version.

* VotedOffTheIsland: The "Terminator", played once before each question in the second stage. A person is randomly selected. They choose who to battle. There's one question and whoever buzzes in first with the right answer (or doesn't buzz in and get it wrong) wins, and takes the loser's share of the pot. Technically the randomly-selected person can choose not to battle, but they get guaranteed money if they do, and since so many people leave with nothing, most people will battle whomever they feel is worst at the game (or the winner of the previous battle, as they will have a larger share).

* ConsolationPrize: If the player the Terminator chooses decides to challenge another teammate; they are given $10,000 right away and keep the money, even if they lose to the other player or the team as a whole loses later on. The only other exception was just for the ''Super Greed'' special, and only applied to teams that had won $1 million (the last three questions' values were doubled in this version). If the team chose to go on and to play for $2 million or $4 million, they were then guaranteed $200,000 if they missed either question.

* RatingsStunt: The Million Dollar Moments in February 2000 and Super Greed in May 2000. Incidentally February and May are both UsefulNotes/{{Sweeps}} months.

* StageMoney: On the $200,000 and $500,000 questions, the captain is offered one-tenth the value of the question physically, which they can take and split evenly among their team if they are unsure of the fourth answer given (this was rarely taken, but each time it was, it was on a wrong answer that would have ended the run anyway). The $10,000 offered for challenging someone with the "Terminator" is also physically shown.

FOX's first [[DuelingShows answer]] to ABC's ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''[[note]]The second was the short-lived Australian import ''It's Your Chance Of A Lifetime'' in June 2000, not to be confused with the [[Series/TheOneMillionChanceOfALifetime syndicated game show of the same name]].[[/note]]Created and produced by Creator/DickClark, and hosted by Chuck Woolery, it was known for being very confusing.

* {{Nerf}}: During the first set of episodes, the top prize was $2,000,000 with $50,000 added every game it wasn't won; when the show became a regular series, the top prize was a flat $2,000,000.

FOX's first [[DuelingShows answer]] to ABC's ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''[[note]]The second was the short-lived Australian import ''It's Your Chance Of A Lifetime'' in June 2000, not to be confused with the [[Series/TheOneMillionChanceOfALifetime syndicated game show of the same name]][[/note]]Created and produced by Creator/DickClark, and hosted by Chuck Woolery, it was known for being very confusing.

FOX's (first) [[DuelingShows answer]] to ABC's ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' Created and produced by Creator/DickClark, and hosted by Chuck Woolery, it was known for being very confusing.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: One of the first (and most blatant) ''Millionaire'' imitations, FOX ads gleefully bragged that you could win '''two''' million on their show. Emphasis on could, as the questions became so obscure and the penalty for losing so merciless that attempting the two million dollar question was essentially the same as putting your current winnings in a big pile, soaking them in gasoline, and striking a match. [[note]]Unless you're Daniel Avila, in which case you'll have a good shot at it but still tragically lose at the last moment.[[/note]]

* AdvertisingCampaigns: When GSN bought the rights to rerun the show, they promoted it with a fun series of commercials between Chuck and a frazzled accountant counting out the $2,000,000 dollar by dollar.

People rarely voluntarily pulled out early in this game, but they frequently ''wiped'' out. Although lasting just one season in primetime, you can find it in reruns on Creator/{{GSN}}.

** The RT version of ''Greed'' premiered on TBN in 2000 and was hosted by Jennifer Woodman with a top prize was 1,000,000 dollands. It uses the same theme song and cues like the American version.

* {{Filler}}: Flagrantly abused to draw out suspense whenever a team was up to the big money questions. The episode leading up to Daniel Avila's $2,200,000 attempt took this UpToEleven, using most of the hour to repeatedly review and replay the game up to that point before even prompting the players whether they wanted to play on or take their share of $1,000,000 and leave. The show went ''multiple commercial breaks'' without advancing the gameplay one inch. As a matter of fact, after all that filler, the episode ended and the game didn't even advance until the next episode.

* VotedOffTheIsland: The "Terminator". A person is randomly selected. They choose who to battle. There's one question and whoever buzzes in first with the right answer (or doesn't buzz in and get it wrong) wins, and takes the loser's share of the pot. Technically the randomly-selected person can choose not to battle, but they get guaranteed money if they do, and since so many people leave with nothing, most people will battle whomever they feel is worst at the game (or the winner of the previous battle, as they will have a larger share).

* {{Filler}}: Flagrantly abused to draw out suspense whenever a team was up to the big money questions. The episode leading up to Daniel Avila's $2,200,000 attempt took this up to eleven, using most of the hour to repeatedly review and replay the game up to that point before even prompting the players whether they wanted to play on or take their share of $1,000,000 and leave. The show went multiple commercial breaks without advancing the gameplay one inch. As a matter of fact, after all that filler, the episode ended and the game didn't even advance until the next episode.

* {{Lifelines}}: The "Freebie," which could be used to eliminate a wrong answer from one of the last four questions, i.e. it was unlocked at the beginning of the $200K question and could only be used once.

* {{Lifelines}}: The "Freebie," which could be used to eliminate a wrong answer from one of the last four questions. It was unlocked at the beginning of the $200K question and could only be used once.

* {{Lifelines}}: The "Freebie," which could be used to eliminate a wrong answer from one of the last four questions. It was unlocked at the beginning of the $200,000 question and could only be used once.

* {{Lifelines}}: The "Freebie," which could be used to eliminate a wrong answer from one of the last four questions. It was unlocked at the beginning of the $200K question and could only be used once.

* ShoutOut: [[https://youtu.be/RvZZJbnOsuQ The ''Singled Out'' incident]], and another question also involving ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' where a contestant vetoing an incorrect answer addressed Chuck as "Pat" instead.

* {{Lifelines}}: The "Freebie," which could be used to eliminate a wrong answer from one of the last four questions. It could only be used once.

* ShoutOut: The ''Singled Out'' incident (see the YMMV tab), and another question also involving ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' where a contestant vetoing an incorrect answer addressed Chuck as "Pat" instead.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: One of the first (and most blatant) ''Millionaire'' imitations, FOX ads gleefully bragged that you could win '''two''' million on their show. Emphasis on could, as the questions became so obscure and the penalty for losing so merciless that attempting the two million dollar question was essentially the same as putting your current winnings in a big pile, soaking them in gasoline, and striking a match. [[note]]Unless you're Daniel Avila, in which case you'll have a good shot at it but still tragically lose at the last moment[[/note]]

* {{Filler}}: Flagrantly abused to draw out suspense whenever a team was up to the big money questions. The episode leading up to Daniel Avila's $2,200,000 attempt took this UpToEleven, using most of the hour to repeatedly review and replay the game up to that point before even prompting the players whether they wanted to play on or take their share of $1,000,000 and leave. The show went multiple commercial breaks without advancing the gameplay one inch. As a matter of fact, after all that filler, the episode ended and the game didn't even advance until the next episode.

* UpToEleven: Super Greed, which doubled the top prize to '''''four''''' million dollars.

* DifficultySpike: The eight questions are split into two distinct halves, with ''every'' question in the upper half exponentially harder than the last. In #5 you have to choose 4 right answers out of 6. In #6, 4 out of 7. In #7, 4 out of 8. In the final question, ''4 out of 9'', with questions so vague it's often a shot in the dark no matter how much the contestant knows. Example: identify which ''four'' of these ''nine'' smells is most recognizable to the human nose, according to Yale University. [[RunningGag Did we mention]] you have to pick the correct ''four answers out of nine choices''? Oh, and you only have [[TimedMission 30 seconds]] to talk it over, 10 seconds to give your answers, and no buyout offer.
** Only a few teams failed to make it to $100,000 (one team that failed was later brought back after the show's researchers uncovered that the answer they gave should have been accepted). About half made it to $200K, but only a few went on to win more than that. The second-to-last question only showed up three times (once in the regular episodes and twice during the ''Super Greed'' special, where teams going for more than million dollars were [[ConsolationPrize guaranteed $200K even if they lost]]; this question format was also used for the Million-Dollar Moments), and the jackpot question only appeared once.

** An adaptation was produced in Russia, arguably with the [[FollowTheLeader same]] [[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire intents]] as the American version (the Russian version of ''Millionaire'' did a ChannelHop from NTV to Channel One in early 2001; the Russian ''Greed'' premiered on NTV in September 2001). The top prize was 2,000,000 Russian roubles. The premiere was hosted by Alfred Koch, then Igor Yankovsky became the host, who was eventually replaced by Aleksandr Tsekalo.

** And again for the ''Super Greed'' shows. Each player was offered a car plus $75K cash as a buyout on that question ([[spoiler: which they took and was added to their share of the $200K safety net, and as it turned out, they would have been wrong due to the captain giving an incorrect answer and changing from correct answer to correct answer]]). After it was taken, the offer changed to a flat $150K for all players.

FOX's [[DuelingShows answer]] to ABC's ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' Created and produced by Creator/DickClark, and hosted by Chuck Woolery, it was known for being very confusing.