History YMMV / DealOrNoDeal

** 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 randomly chosen — 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 TheyJustDidntCare anymore and taped four weeks with the same group ''which then aired OutOfOrder''.

* GameBreaker: The NintendoDS version has no randomization for the first round.
* HateDumb[=/=]MisplacedNationalism: The American version has been disparaged simply because "They "Copied" the British." And this show isn't even British...it's Dutch.
* HeartwarmingMoments:
** Any time a genuinely nice contestant goes home with as much as he needed (or more).
** Any time the Banker decides to [[PetTheDog be nice for once]].
** On the British version, any time the contestants encourage their new friends.

* {{Padding}}: NBC's version might as well have been ''Padding: The Game Show''. Seriously, did it really have to take ''44 minutes'' to pick out '''12 cases'''?! The syndicated run improved in this department with a more fast-paced game.

** The 200th episode special completely averted the trope by rapid picking each case (Howie picked each case and then the contestant would pick cases on their own after a certain amount were left) and then knocking all the money amounts chosen at the same time instead of one by one. No phone calls to the Banker were ever made, opting to show the offer right away and giving the contestant 20 seconds to make a decision. The whole purpose behind the change was a stunt; if the show could give away at least $1,000,000 by the end of the show, the Banker would dive into the cake made to celebrate the 200th episode. If the goal wasn't reached, Howie would jump into the cake instead. [[spoiler:The goal wasn't reached.]]
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Removing the family members, whose basic purpose on the {{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.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The U.S. syndicated version 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 randomly chosen — 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 TheyJustDidntCare anymore and taped four weeks with the same group ''which then aired OutOfOrder''.
** Don't get me started on the Dutch original's 2011 series. They dropped the block versus block part of the quiz, and instead the top player from each block comes down and plays against another player in a survey question, with the closest answer going through. The third round works a bit like the British game show "Number 1," and I'll admit it works fine. But the greatest atrocity committed comes in the briefcase game. They've dropped having the players from the winning block open the briefcases and make predictions for cash, and now the models themselves have been given the task. A major sting in the tails comes when you realize that almost all the temptations, a major part of the original game, have been removed.
* TheyJustDidntCare: The U.S. syndicated version, whose main draw was having each week be self-contained, used the same gallery of 22 contestants for four weeks near the end of the run — which then got aired ''OutOfOrder''.
* 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.

* MomentOfAwesome:
** The British episode known as "Mary's Mistake". An elderly woman [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzvDqM3kFI accidentally says No Deal]], gets a chance to recant the decision, says No Deal ''anyway'', and proceeds to win the largest amount left in the game ([[spoiler:£75,000]]).
** Pretty much any other time someone manages to go home with one of the Power Five after a bad start.
** December 2009, again in Britain: Neil's game, where despite having the top four amounts still in play at 8-box he deals for £35,000, explaining that the number selections that were guiding him through the game were no longer occurring to him. He then proceeds to knock out all four of the top amounts, ''in sequence'', with his next four picks.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hydFph4mYE Suzanne Mulholland]], whose final four boxes were ''all'' from the Power Five. She then proceeded to knock out the two smallest amounts (£35,000 and £50,000) in order, leaving her with the "Dream Finish" of £100,000 and £250,000 — the first time someone managed to do this in the UK version — and a new record set for the highest offered Banker deal. And then she swaps boxes (something no one else with the £250,000 in one of the final two boxes has done before) and wins the quarter million!
** The "dream finish" was also accomplished earlier in the Australian version [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK_0D8cOU0Y with a contestant named Leanne Benbow]] who became the first female winner of that version.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCDxhaRFae0 first Australian win]] was pretty awesome too for different reasons: the contestant was left with no safety net after he got down to five suitcases with the two highest amounts left in play being $200,000 and $7,500, which made the audience (and the host) nervous enough to favor him dealing in a vote. He still said no deal and got down to two suitcases with $200,000 and ''$5'' in play and a very tempting bank offer of over $100,000, and the remaining suitcase-holding contestant said herself that she would have dealt at this point. He said no deal, opened his suitcase, and the rest is history. The comments to this video all agree that he must have had ''huge'' balls to do what he did.
** What about Jessica Robinson becoming the first contestant to win [[http://www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjG_13wFouoU&ei=admDTqu-M-StsAKXhZyJDw&usg=AFQjCNFe7RrApaNJDFEYyAtZ3XMYJwnHdQ One MILLION dollars]].

* DownerEnding: On the British version, Corinne was an elderly contestant whose goal for the money was to buy a vintage Bentley from her birth year — something that would cost over £200,000, thus she was interested only in the top prize. Thoroughly uninterested in any bank offers, she managed to keep the £250,000 to the end, but with 1p as the other box remaining. Exasperated, the Banker offers Corinne £88,000, which she again declines. She turns down the swap, they open the box, and...well, the fact that this is listed here pretty much gives the rest away.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The U.S. syndicated version 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 randomly chosen — 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, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint each week was self-contained]]...until the very end, at which point TheyJustDidntCare anymore and taped four weeks with the same group ''which then aired OutOfOrder''.

* FollowTheLeader: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave {{ABC}} a big-money, luck-based "pick the object" game called ''Set for Life''. It was considered terrible, and was canned after seven episodes.
** Many casinos use their own ''Deal'' knockoffs, obviously for much lower stakes.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hydFph4mYE Suzanne Mulholland]], whose final four boxes were ''all'' from the Power Five. She then proceeded to knock out the two smallest amounts ($35,000 and $50,000) in order, leaving her with the "Dream Finish" of $100,000 and $250,000 — the first time someone managed to do this in the UK version — and a new record set for the highest offered Banker deal. And then she swaps boxes (something no one else with the $250,000 in one of the final two boxes has done before) and wins the quarter million!

** What about Jessica Robinson becoming the first (and only) contestant to win [[http://www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjG_13wFouoU&ei=admDTqu-M-StsAKXhZyJDw&usg=AFQjCNFe7RrApaNJDFEYyAtZ3XMYJwnHdQ One MILLION dollars]].

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* DownerEnding: Corinne was an elderly contestant whose goal for the money was to buy a vintage Bentley from her birth year — something that would cost over £200,000, thus she was only interested in the top prize. Thoroughly disinterested in any bank offers, she managed to keep the £250,000 to the end, but with 1p as the other box remaining. Exasperated, the Banker offers Corinne £88,000, which she again declines. She turns down the swap, they open the box, and...well, the fact that this is listed here pretty much gives the rest away.
* FollowTheLeader: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave {{ABC}} a big-money, luck-based, "pick the object" game called ''SetForLife''. It was considered terrible, and was canned after seven episodes.

* GameBreaker: The Nintendo DS version has no randomization for the first round.
* HateDumb / MisplacedNationalism: The American version has gotten hate simply because "They "Copied" the British." And this show isn't even British...it's Dutch.

** Any time a genuinely nice contestant goes home with as much as they needed (or more).

** The episode known as "Mary's Mistake". An elderly woman [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzvDqM3kFI accidentally says No Deal]], gets a chance to recant the decision, says No Deal ''anyway'', and proceeds to win the largest amount left in the game ([[spoiler:£75,000]]).

** December 2009: Neil's game, where despite having the top four amounts still in play at 8-box he deals for £35,000, explaining that the number selections that were guiding him through the game were no longer occurring to him. He then proceeds to knock out all four of the top amounts, ''in sequence'', with his next four picks.

** What About Jessica Robinson becoming the first(and only) contestant to win [[http://www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjG_13wFouoU&ei=admDTqu-M-StsAKXhZyJDw&usg=AFQjCNFe7RrApaNJDFEYyAtZ3XMYJwnHdQ One MILLION dollars]].
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Removing the family members, whose basic purpose on the {{NBC}} version was just to shout "You're a risk taker!!!! No deal!!!!" and give bad advice, made the game run a lot smoother.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The syndicated version 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 randomly chosen — 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, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint each week was self-contained]]...until the very end, at which point TheyJustDidntCare anymore and taped four weeks with the same group ''which then aired OutOfOrder''.
* TheyJustDidntCare: The syndicated version, whose main draw was having each week be self-contained, used the same gallery of 22 contestants for four weeks near the end of the run — which then got aired ''OutOfOrder''.

* What About Jessica Robinson becoming the first(and only) contestant to win [[http://www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjG_13wFouoU&ei=admDTqu-M-StsAKXhZyJDw&usg=AFQjCNFe7RrApaNJDFEYyAtZ3XMYJwnHdQ One MILLION dollars]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hydFph4mYE Suzanne Mulholland]], whose final four boxes were ''all'' from the Power Five. She then proceeded to knock out the two smallest amounts ($35,000 and $50,000) in order, leaving her with the "Dream Finish" of $100,000 and $250,000 -- the first time someone managed to do this in the UK version -- and a new record set for the highest offered Banker deal. And then she swaps boxes (something no one else with the $250,000 in one of the final two boxes has done before) and wins the quarter million!

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCDxhaRFae0 first Australian win]] was pretty awesome too for different reasons: the contestant was left with no safety net after he got down to five suitcases with the the two highest amounts left in play being $200,000 and $7,500, which made the audience (and the host) nervous enough to favor him dealing in a vote. He still said no deal and got down to two suitcases with $200,000 and ''$5'' in play and a very tempting bank offer of over $100,000, and the remaining suitcase-holding contestant said herself that she would have dealt at this point. He said no deal, opened his suitcase, and the rest is history. The comments to this video all agree that he must have had ''huge'' balls to do what he did.

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCDxhaRFae0 first Australian win]] was pretty awesome too for different reasons: the contestant was left with no safety net after he got down to five suitcases with the the two highest amounts left in play being $200,000 and $7,500, which made the audience (and the host) nervous enough to favor him dealing in a later vote. He still said no deal and got down to two suitcases with $250,000 and ''$5'' in play and a very tempting bank offer of over $100,000, and the remaining suitcase-holding contestant said herself that she would have dealt at this point. He said no deal, opened his suitcase, and the rest is history. The comments to this video all agree that he must have had ''huge'' balls to do what he did.

* HateDumb / MisplacedNationalism: The American version has gotten hate simply because "It's not the British version." And this show isn't even British...it's Dutch.

* DownerEnding: Corinne was an elderly contestant whose goal for the money was to buy a vintage Bentley from her birth year - something that would cost over £200,000 to buy, thus she was only interested in the top prize. Thoroughly disinterested in any bank offers, she managed to keep the £250K to the end, but with 1p as the other box remaining. Exasperated, the banker offers Corinne £88,000, which she again declines. She then turns down the swap, they open the box and... well, the fact that this is listed as a DownerEnding pretty much gives the rest away.
* FollowTheLeader: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave {{ABC}} a big-money, luck-based, "pick the object" game called ''SetForLife''. The game was considered terrible, and subsequently canned after seven episodes.

** Neil's game, played in December 2009. Despite having the top four money amounts still in play at 8-box, he deals for £35,000, explaining that the number selections that were guiding him through the game were no longer occurring to him. He then proceeds to knock out all four of the top amounts, ''in sequence'', with his next four picks.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The syndicated version 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 randomly chosen — 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, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint each week was self-contained]]...until the very end, at which point TheyJustDidntCare anymore and taped four weeks with the same group ''which then aired out of order''.
* 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 a good example of just what can happen if you deal too early.

* {{Hatedom}}: A sizable number of people despise this game, and for good reason — there's ''no'' skill involved (or rather, no skill necessary); ''no'' attractive prizes exist except money; and the chance of getting a big dollar amount is, at the end of the day, ''at best'' 50%...and that's assuming you didn't lose all the big amounts earlier by random guessing.

* {{Narm}}: The British version has some pretty bad moments of this, especially when nearly a dozen contestants are holding hands and chanting (along with the audience) "''blue, blue, blue''", literally attempting to will the next box to be a low number. If the scene isn't enough to make you burst out laughing, it's likely you're too busy violently cringing from the cheese on display.

* FollowTheLeader: A self-inflicted example Endemol gave {{ABC}} a big-money, luck-based, "pick the object" game called ''SetForLife'' which was considered terrible and lasted only one month.
** Many casinos used their own ''Deal'' knockoffs, obviously for much lower stakes.

* {{Hatedom}}: A sizable number of people despise this game, and for good reason — there's ''no'' skill involved (or rather, no skill necessary); ''no'' attractive prizes exist except money; and the chance of getting a big dollar amount is, at the end of the day, ''at best'' 50%...and that's assuming you didn't lose all the big dollar amounts earlier by random guessing.

** The episode known to fans as "Mary's Mistake". Everything from the 5-box offer on was one big MOA, but to sum it up — an elderly woman accidentally says No Deal, gets a chance to recant the decision, says No Deal ''anyway'', and proceeds to win the largest amount left in the game ([[spoiler:£75,000]]). [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzvDqM3kFI You have to see it]] to truly understand the magnitude of how awesome this game was.
** Pretty much any other time someone manages to go home with one of the "Power Five" after a bad start.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The syndicated version 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. In Britain, those holding the boxes stay on the show until they're randomly chosen — which may be days, weeks, or even ''months'' — and in the meantime the group becomes like a family; in the syndicated version, however, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint each week was self-contained]].

* FollowTheLeader: Endemol gave {{ABC}} a big-money, luck-based, "pick the object" game called ''SetForLife''. Consensus among viewers was that it's a shoddy knockoff — contestants so obnoxious they made ''Deal''[='s=] seem sedate, a BoredOnBoard Jimmy Kimmel hosting, a relative of the contestant in a faraway booth who could [[GoldenSnitch end the game at any time]]...and to make it worse, [[TheyJustDidntCare they edited out the qualifying round that]] ''[[TheyJustDidntCare determined how much the contestants would play for]]'', thus rendering the entire game pointless!
** Many casinos used their own ''Deal'' knockoffs.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The episode known to fans as "Mary's Mistake". Everything from the 5-box offer on was one big CMOA, but to sum it up — an elderly woman accidentally says No Deal, gets a chance to recant the decision, says No Deal ''anyway'', and proceeds to win the largest amount left in the game ([[spoiler:£75,000]]). [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzvDqM3kFI You have to see it]] to truly understand the magnitude of how awesome this game was.
** Pretty much any other time someone manages to go home with one of the "Power Five" after a bad start.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Any time a genuinely nice contestant goes home with as much as they needed. Or any time the Banker decides to [[PetTheDog be nice for once]]. Or (on the British version) any time the contestants encourage their new friends. It's all just very sweet.
* FollowTheLeader: Endemol gave ABC a big-money, luck-based, "pick the object" game show called ''SetForLife''. Consensus among fans is that it was a shoddy knockoff: contestants so obnoxious that they made ''Deal'''s seem sedate, a BoredOnBoard Jimmy Kimmel hosting, a relative of the contestant in a faraway booth who could [[GoldenSnitch end the game at any time]]... and to make it worse, [[TheyJustDidntCare the network edited out the qualifying round that]] ''[[TheyJustDidntCare determined how much the contestants would play for]]'', thus rendering the entire game pointless!
** Many casinos used their own ''Deal'' knockoffs.

* {{Hatedom}}: A sizeable number of people despise this game, and you can understand why. There's ''no'' skill involved (or rather, no skill necessary); ''no'' attractive prizes exist except money; and the chance of getting a big dollar amount is, at the end of the day, ''at best'' 50%, and that's assuming you didn't lose all the big dollar amounts earlier by random guessing.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Removing the family members, whose basic purpose on the NBC version was just to shout "You're a risk taker!!!! No deal!!!!" and give bad advice, made the game run a lot smoother.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The syndicated version 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. In Britain, those holding the boxes stay on the show until they are randomly chosen — which may be days, weeks, or even ''months'' — and in the meantime the group becomes like a family; in the syndicated version, however, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint each week was self-contained]].
* 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 a good example of just what can happen if you deal too early.