History Main / EjectTheLoser

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

* ''The Video Game'' (1984) featured the Res-Off Round, in which contestants had to navigate the LovelyAssistant through a maze of lighted squares; guiding her to a wrong square resulted in the contestant being "de-resed" (made to "disappear" by means of special camera effects).

* Inverted by ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze'', where the member of the ''winning'' team that had run the maze was disintegrated into a floating ball of particles via CGI and sent on a "special journey" through the set and into the game's giant monitor.* '

** The 2021 reboot goes full in on this trope with the Abyss. Losers are ejected from the show (via the magic of GreenScreen and goofy acting) by being thrown down a shaft and into a pit of molten lava. Adding insult to fatal injury, the [=GamesMaster=] (Sir Trevor [=McDonald=]) also delivers a [[BondOneLiner Bond One-Liner]] at their expense.

* ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' has a [[BlackComedy humorously]] [[PlayedForHorror horrifying]] variant for its DeadlyGame- after one contestant has killed another, if the killer is correctly identified/{{voted off| the island}}, they are ejected into one of [[BigBad Monokuma]]’s {{Death Trap}}s to suffer a CruelAndUnusualDeath (or “execution”, as he calls them). If someone else gets the most votes, ''[[KillEmAll everyone but the killer]]'' ''[[GameOver gets the punishment]]''. The executions themselves are as over-the-top as would be expected from a real game show, and kill the losers [[DeathByIrony in a way specifically tailored to their talent]] (for instance, [[spoiler:baseball star Leon Kuwata gets pelted to death by baseballs]]). The survivors, rather than laugh and have fun as in a real show, are often left staring in horror, and sometimes break down screaming and crying at the inhumanity of it all. [[spoiler:And yes, it is all part of an ImmoralRealityShow.]]

* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': The eliminated contestants are either flung into the [[FunWithAcronyms TLC]] or teleported there by lasers, depending on the progression of the show. In Battle For BFDI, Four absorbs the eliminated contestants. Battle For BFB has X snap the eliminated contestant into the BRB.

Note that this does not include shows like ''Series/MatchGame'', where losing contestants remain seated at a part of the set used for the upfront game that rotates or moves out of the camera's sight, or as the show segues to either a commercial or sponsor/prize plug as the winner prepares to play the BonusRound. Nor does this include shows where the lowest-scoring contestant in a progressive-elimination game (e.g., the 1978 version of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'') is simply eliminated without fanfare – i.e., other than simply being told "thanks for playing" and perhaps told of a consolation gift.

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.

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. Ejections can range from being dropped through a simple TrapDoor in the floor, to being disintegrated via CGI, to being launched off the edge of a cliff, to (in the case of fictional shows), either [[BreadEggsMilkSquick being dropped/launched]] [[DeadlyGame into a]] [[ImmoralRealityShow brutal]] DeathTrap, or [[WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland flung into a big, metal box with “Tiny Loser Chamber” written on it]].

* ‘’WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': The eliminated contestants are either flung into the [[FunWithAcronyms TLC]] or teleported there by lasers, depending on the progression of the show. In Battle For BFDI, Four absorbs the eliminated contestants. Battle For BFB has X snap the eliminated contestant into the BRB.

* ‘’WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland: Eject the Loser: The eliminated contestants are either flung into the [[FunWithAcronyms TLC]] or teleported there by lasers, depending on the progression of the show. In BFB, Four absorbs the eliminated contestants.

** The 2021 reboot goes full in on this trope with the Abyss. Losers are ejected from the show (via the magic of GreenScreen and goofy acting) by being thrown down a shaft and into a pit of molten lava. Adding insult to fatal injury, the Games Master (Sir Trevor [=McDonald=]) also delivers a [[BondOneLiner Bond One-Liner]] at their expense.

** The 2021 reboot goes full in on this trope with the Abyss. Losers are ejected from the show (via the magic of GreenScreen and goofy acting) by being thrown down a shaft and into a pit of molten lava. Adding insult to fatal injury, the Games Master (Sir Trevor [=McDonald=]) also delivers a Bond One-Liner at their expense.

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. Ejections can range from being dropped through a simple TrapDoor in the floor, to being disintegrated via CGI, to being launched off the edge of a cliff, to (in the case of fictional shows), either [[BreadEggsMilkSquick being dropped/launched]] [[DeadlyGame into a]] [[ImmoralRealityShow brutal]] DeathTrap, or [[WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIslandflung into a big, metal box with “Tiny Loser Chamber” written on it]].

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. Ejections can range from being dropped through a simple TrapDoor in the floor, to being disintegrated via CGI, to being launched off the edge of a cliff, to (in the case of fictional shows) [[BreadEggsMilkSquick being dropped/launched]] [[DeadlyGame into a]] [[ImmoralRealityShow brutal]] DeathTrap.

* ''Series/{{Downfall}}'', where potential prizes were sent over the edge of a building via ConveyorBeltODoom; elimination resulted in the contestant likewise being sent over (in a controlled fall, of course).

** In earlier (far better) series hosted by Bob Mills, losers were removed from the premises by “bouncers” (read large intimidating guys... not entirely unlike Millsy himself). One of the main reasons why Mills worked as a host and Collins didn’t was that their elimination played second fiddle to Bob’s mockery of their self proclaimed games playing prowess, whereas Andy Collins made being thrown down the pit the focal point of each round.

** In earlier (far better) series hosted by Bob Mills, losers were removed from the premises by “bouncers” (read large intimidating guys... not entirely unlike Millsy himself). One of the main reasons why Mills worked as a host and Collins didn’t was that their elimination played second fiddle to Bob’s mockery of their self proclaimed games playing prowess, whereas Andy Collins made being thrown done the pit the focal point of each round.

** In earlier (far better) series hosted by Bob Mills, losers were removed from the premises by “bouncers” (read large intimidating guys... not entirely unlike Millsy himself). One of the main reasons why Mills worked as a host and Collins didn’t was that their elimination played second fiddle to Bob’s mockery of their self proclaimed games playing prowess.

** In earlier (far better) series hosted by Bob Mills, losers were removed from the premises by “bouncers” (read large intimidating guys... not entirely unlike Millsy himself). One of the main
reasons why Mills worked as
a host and Collins didn’t was that their elimination played second fiddle to Bob’s mockery of their self proclaimed games playing prowess.

** In earlier (far better) series hosted by Bob Mills, losers were removed from the premises by “bouncers” (read large intimidating guys... not entirely unlike Millsy himself). More onus was put on Bob’s mockery of their self proclaimed games playing prowess than their elimination.

** In earlier series hosted by the (far superior) Bob Mills, losers were removed from the premises by “bouncers” (read large intimidating guys... not entirely unlike Millsy himself). More onus was put on Bob’s mockery of their self proclaimed games playing prowess than their elimination.