History Series / TwentyOne

* StageMoney: On the 2000 version, bundles of cash were given to the defeated contestants. Challengers got $1,000, which Maury took out of his pocket. Champions' winnings were brought out on a silver tray and counted into a tote bag.

Not to be confused with either [[Film/TwentyOne the film of the same name]] or ''Catch 21'', Creator/{{GSN}}'s version of ''Series/{{Gambit}}''. Also not to be confused with ''Series/TwentyFour''.

** Brazil has ''Vinte e Um'' (2007), one of many shows of the ''[[VarietyShow Silvio Santos Program]]''. Here, each player chooses their favorite topic beforehand, and every question given to them is of that topic ([[Series/The64000Question sounds familiar?]]) Questions are worth anywhere from 3 to 6 points, determined by the player spinning a small wheel in front of them. The Perfect 21 round requires ''[[HarderThanHard 21 correct answers]]'' to open-ended questions.

** Brazil has ''Vinte e Um'' (2007), one of many shows of the ''[[VarietyShow Silvio Santos Program]]''. Here, each player chooses their favorite topic beforehand, and every question given to them is of that topic ([[Series/The64000Question sounds familiar?]]) Questions are worth anywhere from 3 to 6 points, determined by the player spinning a small wheel in front of them. The Perfect 21 round requires [[HarderThanHard 21 correct answers]] to open-ended questions of the player's topic.

** Brazil has ''Vinte e Um'' (2007), one of many shows of the ''[[VarietyShow Silvio Santos Program]]''. Here, each player chooses their favorite topic beforehand, and every question given to them is of that topic ([[Series/The64000Question sounds familiar?]]) Questions are worth anywhere from 3 to 6 points, determined by the player spinning a small wheel in front of them. The Perfect 21 round requires [[HarderThanHard 21 correct answers]] to open-ended questions.

** Brazil has ''Vinte e Um'' (2007), one of many shows of the ''[[VarietyShow Silvio Santos Program]]''. Here, each player chooses their favorite topic beforehand, and every question given to them is of that topic ([[Series/The64000Question sounds familiar?]]) Questions are worth anywhere from 3 to 6 points, determined by the player spinning a small wheel in front of them.

** Brazil has ''Vinte e Um'', one of many shows of the ''[[VarietyShow Silvio Santos Program]]''. Here, each player chooses their favorite topic beforehand, and every question given to them is of that topic ([[Series/The64000Question sounds familiar?]]) Questions are worth anywhere from 3 to 6 points, determined by the player spinning a small wheel in front of them.

** Brazil has ''Vinte e Um'', one of many shows of the ''Silvio Santos Program''. Here, each player chooses their favorite topic beforehand, and every question given to them is of that topic ([[Series/The64000Question sounds familiar?]]) Questions are worth anywhere from 3 to 6 points, determined by the player spinning a small wheel.

** Brazil has ''Vinte e Um'', one of many shows of the ''Silvio Santos Program''. Here, each player chooses their favorite category beforehand, and every question given to them is of that category ([[Series/The64000Question sounds familiar?]]) Questions are worth from 3 to 6 points, determined by the player spinning a small wheel.

** '''2000''': "Perfect 21", six true/false questions of increasing difficulty under a specific category. Each question was worth from $10,000-$60,000, for a total of $210,000. Bailing is an option; a wrong answer loses the money. Never fully won, the closest was 5/6 for $150,000.

A {{revival}} was attempted in 1982 with ''Series/BullseyeUS'' host Jim Lange, but didn't sell. In 2000, NBC {{retool}}ed the game for primetime with [[Series/{{Maury}} Maury Povich]] as host. All main-game questions here were multiple-choice. Questions worth 6 or fewer points had one correct answer out of three; questions worth 7 to 10 points had one out of four (for 10-point questions, "None of the above" was an option). Questions worth 11 points had ''two'' correct answers out of five, and both were required. Each wrong answer gave the player a Strike; three Strikes ended their game. This version ran for just under six months, but paid out big — Rahim Oberholtzer won $1.1 Million, and David Legler topped that by winning $1.75 Million, both American game-show records. Legler's record would stand until Kevin Olmstead won the graduated grand prize on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' (who would then be passed by [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} Ken Jennings]]).

* SoundProofBooth: Pretty much defined this Trope.

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's first [[DuelingShows answer]] to ''Millionaire''.[[note]]The second was an adaptation of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' in 2001.[[/note]][[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in its promotions:

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's first answer to ''Millionaire''.[[note]]The second was an adaptation of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' in 2001.[[/note]][[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in its promotions:

* LovelyAssistant: Chaperones who would direct players to their positions (and in the 2000 version, the friends and the stage money.)

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's first answer to ''Millionaire''.[[note]]The second was an adaptation of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' in 2001[[/note]][[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in its promotions:

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's first answer to ''Millionaire''.[[note]]The second was an adaptation of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' in 2001.[[/note]][[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in its promotions:

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's first answer to ''Millionaire''.[[note]]The second was an adaptation of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' in 2001.[[/note]]Also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in promos:

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's first answer to ''Millionaire''.[[note]]The second was an adaptation of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' in 2001.[[/note]]Also lampshaded in promos:

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's first answer to ''Millionaire''.[[note]]The second was an adaptation of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' in 2001.[[/note]]

* WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: The 2000 remake was basically NBC's answer to ''Millionaire''.

* TheAnnouncer: Charlie O'Donnell for the 1982 pilot. John Cramer for the 2000 version.

* LovelyAssistant: Chaperones who would direct players to their positions (and in the 2000 version, the friends and the stage money).

** 2000: Melissa Busby & Mercedes Cornett

* TheAnnouncer: Charlie O'Donnell for the 1982 pilot.

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