- Fan Nickname: Knock-Off has been called "Knock-Out" and "Wipe-Off" in reference to Wipeout. It's also been called "Rip-Off", which is probably the most accurate.
- Harsher in Hindsight: One of the several spoofs done by The Benny Hill Show of the original British Sale of the Century (itself pretty chintzy due to laws at the time) was a female-oriented version which used only male models and was overly obviously cheap. In other words, Benny Hill pretty much predicted the American Temptation. (Even weirder, both shows' rights are owned by Fremantle thanks to buyouts and mergers over the years.)
- Moment of Awesome:
- Anyone who managed to win the top Shopping prize (usually a car), or took the $10,000 cash on the times it was offered. Neither was easy, even with Super Knock-Off. In the entire run of the show, only five people accomplished this task. Three of them did so well, they racked up enough Temptation Dollars to win the car on their third day!
- Mark Coyle, especially, who was called a "Shopping Ninja" by Morrealle. On his last day, Mark buzzed in first on all 11 questions
in the "either/or" Speed Round to get T$55...and chose to keep it rather than spend his lead for Instant Cash; had he done so, he would've added another $5,000 to his haul!
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: The format changes provoked this reaction from Sale of the Century fans. Most fans had been expecting either a continuation of the 1980s Sale and/or a good translation of the Aussie Temptation.
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