History Series / WhammyTheAllNewPressYourLuck

* BonusSpace: "$x00 + One Spin" spaces, as before. There were none in Round 1, due to the format above. The board also had Pick-A-Prize (which usually had about 10-12 choices at any given time) and returning favorite $2,000 Or Lose-A-Whammy.

* AprilFoolsDay: In 2003, [[Series/{{Cram}} Graham Elwood]] guest-hosted as part of GSN's AprilFoolsDay host switcharound. For each of the first three spins in Round 1, the space landed on was turned into a "Newton" (represented by Todd making a face resembling that of the Big Tongue Whammy from ''Press''), which awarded the contestant an outlandish (and fake) prize before saying "April Fool's!" and giving them another turn. The Whammy sat in the audience, and Todd would perform the Double Whammy stunts.

* AprilFoolsDay: In 2003, [[Series/{{Cram}} Graham Elwood]] guest-hosted as part of GSN's AprilFoolsDay host switcharound. For each of the first three spins in Round 1, the space landed on was turned into a "Newton" (represented by Todd making a face resembling that of the Big Tongue Whammy from ''Press''), which awarded the contestant an outlandish (and fake) prize before saying "April Fool's!" and giving them another turn.

* ObviousBeta: The pilots had a [[{{Lifelines}} "Whammy Guard"]], awarded to a player for earning the maximum 12 spins in the Question Round, that negated the next Whammy hit.

* ExactWords: One Whammy animation sees him as a massage therapist with Bill lying on his table. He tells Bill to "just relax, and I'll take care of that knot". Instantly, he jumps on Bill's back and tries to pull out one of his bills, resulting in Bill exploding into money all over the table. Quoth the Whammy: "There. No more knot!"

-->'''Whammy:''' Now just relax and I'll work on that knot. ''[beats on the stash until there's nothing left]'' There. No more knot!

* MyGreatestSecondChance: Ed and Janie, Michael Larson's opponents when he broke the bank on ''Press'', were invited back to play ''Whammy!'' against his brother James, since Michael had died in 1999.[[note]](James won, continuing the Larson family legacy, and received a $6,695 grand piano.)[[/note]]

* MyGreatestSecondChance: Ed and Janie, Michael Larson's opponents when he broke the bank on ''Press'', were invited back to play ''Whammy!'' against his brother James, since Michael had died in 1999.[[note]](James won, continuing the Larson family legacy, and received a grand piano.)[[/note]]

-->"Drop and give me twenty! Hmm...actually, give me everything!"

* ThatCameOutWrong: "Mark if you could please remove your boxers so we can see the Whammy." Todd Newton immediately lampshaded this by saying "I mean that professionally."[[note]] Context: The contestant had previously gotten a Double Whammy when dirty clothes landed on him and they were covering the Whammy that just popped up. [[/note]]

* ExcitedShowTitle: The title is ''Whammy!'' with an exclamation point.

*** "Time now for a Whammy Flashback... [[BrokenRecord Flashback Flashback Flashback Flashback]]."

** Two specific cars (a GEM Car and a Suzuki Aereo) were offered as prizes at different times during the show's run.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Big Bank. Although a decent idea ("Whammying the Whammy"), it was marred by some incredibly hard questions (including one where the contestant's guess was ''The Godfather'' and the answer was ''The Godfather Part 2'') and the fact that it pretty much brought the excitement to a halt.

* FlawlessVictory: In Season 1, winning the GEM car (or any prizes in Round 1), required the player to win the game without hitting a ''single'' Whammy along the way due to the rules regarding participation in Round 1. Although this happened with regular prizes, [[spoiler:no GEM car was ever awarded. In fact, every single player who won the GEM card in Round 1 ended up hitting a Whammy later in the game, losing the card]].

* DoubleUnlock: Winning the car required contestants to collect both "pieces" ("GEM" and "CAR" in Season 1, two halves of a key in Season 2) and win the game. In Season 1, hitting a Whammy at any point in the game took the car out of consideration[[note]](the Whammy would take the GEM/CAR card(s) away from the player, and hitting a Whammy in Round 1 would also eliminate the player from further participation in that round, making it impossible for them to obtain the GEM card)[[/note]]. Once the Big Bank was introduced, though, any car key halves went into it if a player hit a Whammy.

* ObviousBeta: The pilots had a "Whammy Guard", awarded to a player for earning the maximum 12 spins in the Question Round, that negated the next Whammy hit.

* NonIndicativeName: The "Double Whammy" only added one Whammy to the player's total. The "Double" came from the Whammy animation ending with the player covered in something like snow, Silly String, or [[CoveredInGunge something else]].
** At least its onboard graphic showed only one Whammy with the "Double (Whammy)" text. The Filipino version's counterpart showed ''two'' Whammies side-by-side, which is more confusing.

** At least its onboard graphic only showed one Whammy with the "Double (Whammy)" text. The Filipino version's counterpart showed ''two'' Whammies side-by-side, which is more confusing.