History YMMV / DealOrNoDeal

* HarsherInHindsight: Remember when a certain [[Creator/DonaldTrump President]] filled in for the banker in one episode? Yeah, you probably should.

* GameBreaker: The UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version has no [[UsefulNotes/RandomNumberGenerator randomization]] for the first round. This means that it is not only possible to play a perfect game, it is hilariously easy to do so, as to even randomize the game, ''you have to finish a round first''!

* MagnificentBitch: Hailing from the reboot of the American adaptation of the show, the Banker is an enigmatic businesswoman with a knack for scheming. Through her tempting offers, she attempts to get contestants to lose their chance at winning a million dollars, even succeeding in some episodes. Using clever manipulation skills, she personalizes offers to the struggles and desires of the contestants. Thus, a combination of strong willpower and risk assessment is needed to know if or when to take her deals. To add on to the flair of the game, the Banker will sometimes taunt the contestants to let them know she isn't playing around.

* GameBreaker: The UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version has no randomization for the first round. This means that it is not only possible to play a perfect game, it is hilariously easy to do so, as to even randomize the game, ''you have to finish a round first''!

* NeverLiveItDown: Game show fans remember ''Deal or No Deal'' best for starting an AudienceAlienatingEra among the game show genre. Any new game show [[note]](except for the holdovers from the 1970s-90s as well as the American version of ''The Chase'' and the revival of ''Let's Make A Deal'')[[/note]] will make use of the typical ViewersAreGoldfish[=/=]ViewersAreMorons, excessive amounts of {{Padding}}, {{Commercial Break Cliffhanger}}s, and other tropes that the online community really doesn't like.

** The syndicated run took a great element of the British one (prospective contestants holding the 22 cases) and took away the ''one'' thing about it that makes the Brit take on the format great. On the British version, those holding the boxes stay on the show until they're chosen by the producers — which may be days, weeks or even ''months'' — and in the meantime the group becomes like a family (as can be seen in virtually any episode); in the syndicated version, however, each week was self-contained...until the very end, at which point they taped four weeks with the same group ''which then aired OutOfOrder''.

* NeverLiveItDown: Game show fans remember ''Deal or No Deal'' best for starting a DorkAge among the game show genre. Any new game show [[note]](except for the holdovers from the 1970s-90s as well as the American version of ''The Chase'' and the revival of ''Let's Make A Deal'')[[/note]] will make use of the typical ViewersAreGoldfish[=/=]ViewersAreMorons, excessive amounts of {{Padding}}, {{Commercial Break Cliffhanger}}s, and other tropes that the online community really doesn't like.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Removing the family members, whose basic purpose on the Creator/{{NBC}} version was just to shout, "You're a risk taker! No Deal!" and give bad advice, made the game run a lot more smoothly.

** Proof if proof were needed that game had a lot padding is that, on the US version, recordings of a single player's game could take upwards of ''eight hours.'' For one contestant. For a one-hour show (without commercials).

** A Website/YouTube user chopped out the filler in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIAsKVDFvvQ the January 3, 2007 show]], and got an episode just that was just two minutes, forty-six seconds long. And that was for an episode with two contestants (some countries only have one at a time). It took 1:40 for the first contestant's game to be over, and just 1:05 for the other, though that player didn't finish their game.

* ValuesDissonance: The first Spring Break episode from 2008 had the Banker offer the contestant's brother a date with one of the models, which comes across as creepy even less than two decades later.

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the American game show genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which was still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015 (only the holdovers from [[Series/FamilyFeud the]] [[Series/WheelOfFortune 80's]] [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} and]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight 90's]] plus the ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' revival have escaped this, although ''Series/{{The Chase|GameShow}}'' did OK). NBC/Comcast/Universal rivals Disney/ABC eventually dealt with the matter by reviving straight classic versions of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' and ''Series/MatchGame'' for a Sunday night block, and ''DOND'' was revived in 2018 on CNBC, but it remains to be seen how it will affect things.

* ValuesDissonance: One episode had the Banker offer the contestant's brother a date with one of the models, which comes across as creepy even less than two decades later.

* GameBreaker: The UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version has no randomization for the first round.

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the American game show genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which was still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015 (only the holdovers from [[Series/FamilyFeud the]] [[Series/WheelOfFortune 80's]] [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} and]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight 90's]] plus the ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' revival have escaped this, although ''Series/TheChase'' did OK). NBC/Comcast/Universal rivals Disney/ABC eventually dealt with the matter by reviving straight classic versions of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' and ''Series/MatchGame'' for a Sunday night block, and ''DOND'' was revived in 2018 on CNBC, but it remains to be seen how it will affect things.

* WhatAnIdiot: Both those who deal with a safety net still in place, and those who keep going despite the odds, can fall into this category. Indeed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOCknrm8vs this contestant on the British version]] is the best example of just what can happen if you deal too early.
** Choking from the pressure cost two people in the US version the top prize when they caved to the Banker's offer. It would've been alright... had both times not been for ''twice'' and then ''thrice'' the normal $1,000,000. In fact, you could tell when a playthrough was screwed if the Banker put up a six-figure offer and the words "college fund" were spoken by a family-supporting contestant. Heartwarming that they look out for their family, but almost always a tell that they are not going to stay in the game.

** A Website/YouTube user chopped out the filler in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZFHjQfx-o the January 3, 2007 show]], and got an episode just that was just two minutes, forty-six seconds long. And that was for an episode with two contestants (some countries only have one at a time). It took 1:40 for the first contestant's game to be over, and just 1:05 for the other, though that player didn't finish their game.

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the American game show genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which is still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015 (only the holdovers from [[Series/FamilyFeud the]] [[Series/WheelOfFortune 80's]] [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} and]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight 90's]] plus the ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' revival have escaped this, although ''Series/TheChase'' did OK). NBC/Comcast/Universal rivals Disney/ABC eventually dealt with the matter by reviving straight classic versions of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' and ''Series/MatchGame'' for a Sunday night block, and ''DOND'' was revived in 2018 on CNBC, but it remains to be seen how it will affect things.

* DorkAge: While ''Deal or No Deal'' did revive the American game show genre somewhat and built on the boost ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' gave it, it also convinced the major networks to go full throttle with all the elements that propelled the genre into its most severe Dark Age since the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s, which is still in effect for ''DOND's'' 10th anniversary in 2015 (only the holdovers from [[Series/FamilyFeud the]] [[Series/WheelOfFortune 80's]] [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} and]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight 90's]] plus the ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' revival have escaped this, although ''Series/TheChase'' did OK). NBC/Comcast/Universal rivals Disney/ABC eventually dealt with the matter by reviving straight classic versions of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' and ''Series/MatchGame'' for a Sunday night block, but it remains to be seen how it will affect things.

* HeartwarmingMoments:

* HypeBacklash: ''Deal or No Deal'' could be the posterboy for this in the United States. It being so aggressively promoted by NBC and aired so frequently, without delivering the potential big wins it boasted, led to its quick downfall; people just got tired of it.

* WhatAnIdiot: Both those who deal with a safety net still in place, and those who keep going despite the odds, can fall into this category. Indeed, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbyFxNDP0Nw this contestant on the British version]] is the best example of just what can happen if you deal too early.

* MisplacedNationalism: The American version was disparaged simply because "They "Copied" the British." Problem is, ''DOND'' is a '''Dutch''' format.