History Main / EjectTheLoser

* The SyFy game show ''Series/TotalBlackout'' uses the mechanic in a slightly different way. After each round, the remaining contestants stand in front of trap doors and, on Jaleel White's command, are told to jump onto them. The contestant with the least amount of points in the round drops out of the game, while the other contestants' doors stay shut.

* ''Series/{{Exit}}'', a show on SyFy where contestants had to answer questions to escape from rooms filled with MalevolentArchitecture that would otherwise end up "killing" them.

* ''Series/BrainSurge'': Contestants locked in their guesses during the second round by sitting on a chair covered in {{Whoopee Cushion}}s. The first two players to answer incorrectly were greeted by farts and then pulled backwards through the giant paper teeth of a giant Jeff Sutphen's face. Totally not a reference to ''Remote Control'', we promise!

* ''Musical Chairs'', a 1975 game show hosted by Adam Wade, featured eliminated contestants being pulled backwards through a wall while still in their chairs during the final round.

* ''Series/WhosStillStanding'' recycled the "hole in the floor" concept from ''Russian Roulette''. One contestant (the "Hero") stood on a TrapDoor on the center of the stage and faced off against a circle of ten competitors also standing on trap doors (the "Strangers") in a series of trivia duels. Eliminated contestants dropped ten feet into a padded room below the stage. If the Hero decided to walk away at one point and keep his or her winnings, (s)he then had the option of either walking out of the studio or by dropping through the floor. [[EveryEpisodeEnding Every episode ended]] with host Ben Bailey (of ''CashCab'' fame) also dropping through the Hero's trap door.

* ''Ejector Seat'', a UK offering in which contestants who answer questions incorrectly move backwards in their chairs toward the end of a long track; if they reach the end by failing to stop their chairs, they are tipped backwards and ejected from the studio in a cloud of smoke.

* ''Series/BrainSurge'': In the game's second round, contestants answered questions from a story (from the "Big Book of Truth"), locking in by sitting on a chair covered in {{Whoopee Cushion}}s. The first two players to answer incorrectly were greeted by farts and then pulled backwards through the (paper) teeth of a giant mouth made to look like the host's face.
** The official sending off of all eliminated contestants as well as BonusRound losers at the end of their respective rounds may also qualify somewhat, in that they all must go down the "Brain Drain" (a slide made to look like a human ear, complete with "wax" foam).

->''Win money or fall down a hole.''
-->--Tag line for Series/RussianRoulette

* Came up just before the ''Jack Attack'' in the TV series of ''YouDontKnowJack,'' where the eliminated contestant would be made to disappear using a CGI effect.

!Examples

* A cereal commercial from the late 80's or early 90's showed several people in a dark room seated around a table, with a voice asking them about the ingredients in the cereal; the ones that said "salt" and "sugar" were [[{{Undercrank}} speedily dropped through the floor]].

* Came up just before the ''Jack Attack'' in the TV series of ''YouDon'tKnowJack,'' where the eliminated contestant would be made to disappear using a CGI effect.

GameShow Trope where eliminated contestants, instead of merely being bid farewell, are forcefully ejected from the studio. Differs from a Walk of Shame, but often times no less humiliating. Generally, the contestants are not even given time to speak before they are removed.

* ''Series/WhosStillStanding'' recycled the "hole in the floor" concept from Russian Roulette. One contestant (the "Hero") stood on a TrapDoor on the center of the stage and faced off against a circle of ten competitors also standing on trap doors (the "Strangers") in a series of trivia duels. Eliminated contestants dropped ten feet into a padded room below the stage. If the Hero decided to walk away at one point and keep his or her winnings, (s)he then had the option of either walking out of the studio or by dropping through the floor. [[EveryEpisodeEnding Every episode ended]] with host Ben Bailey (of ''CashCab'' fame) also dropping through the Hero's trap door.

* ''Series/RussianRoulette'', where contestants answering incorrectly were forced to pull a handle in hopes that a rotating light would not land on their "drop zone" and eliminate them by the trap door beneath them opening and sending them through the floor.

* ''Series/WhosStillStanding'' recycled the "hole in the floor" concept from Russian Roulette.

* ''Showdown'', a 1966 Heatter-Quigley game show, is the UrExample. Teams of contestants competed to answer questions in a format similar to what would be used on ''Series/HotPotato'', with players who answered wrong being dropped through the floor and eliminated from the game.

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* ''Series/RussianRoulette'', where contestants answering incorrectly were forced to pull a handle in hopes that a rotating light would not land on their "drop zone" and eliminate them by the trap door beneath them opening and sending them to the floor.

* ''Series/RemoteControl'', the late-80's MTV game show; similar to ''Musical Chairs'' (but much more violent) and possibly the TropeCodifier. Contestants who were in last place when the TV went "Off the Air" in the second round were pulled back through the wall while being taunted by the host and announcer and being serenaded with a CrowdSong by the audience.

* ''Series/RemoteControl'', the late-80's MTV game show; similar to ''Musical Chairs'' (but much more violently) and possibly the TropeCodifier. Contestants who were in last place when the TV went "Off the Air" in the second round were pulled back through the wall while being taunted by the host and announcer and being serenaded with a CrowdSong by the audience.

* ''Series/RemoteControl'', the late-80's MTV game show; similar to Musical Chairs (but much more violently) and possibly the TropeCodifier. Contestants who were in last place when the TV went "Off the Air" in the second round were pulled back through the wall while being taunted by the host and announcer and being serenaded with a CrowdSong by the audience.

Note that this does not include shows like Series/MatchGame, where losing contestants remain seated at a part of the stage used for the upfront game that rotates or moves out of the camera's sight as the winner prepares to play the BonusRound.

* ''Series/{{Exit}}, a show on SyFy where contestants had to answer questions to escape from rooms filled with MalevolentArchitecture that would otherwise end up "killing" them.

* ''Showdown'', a 1966 Heatter-Quigley game show, is the UrExample. Teams of contestants competed to answer questions in a format similar to what would be used on HotPotato, with players who answered wrong being dropped through the floor and eliminated from the game.

* ''Series/RemoteControl'', the late-80's MTV game show; similar to Musical Chairs (but much more violently), contestants who were in last place when the TV went "Off the Air" in the second round were pulled back through the wall while being taunted by the host and announcer and being serenaded with a CrowdSong by the audience.