History Main / ConfettiDrop

* ''ThGongShow'' - a midget wearing a tuxedo would run around the contestants, throwing confetti from a bucket.

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[[caption-width-right:320:"You can't trip over 'em, they're only balloons."]]

* A fictional game show example happens in ''SlumdogMillionaire'' when [[spoiler:Jamal wins]].

* ''DealOrNoDeal'' - Any time the top prize is won; in the US, confetti and money are released.

* The ''AceAttorney'' games drop confetti after the player wins a case.
** Done by Maya Fey in ''UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'' during Phoenix Wright's winpose.

* ''Make the Grade'' - Nickelodeon game show during the Robb Edward Morris era in the even of an Honor's Round (the shows' endgame) win.

* ''[=~America's Funniest Home Videos~=]'' drops confetti on the $100,000 winner each season (balloons in the Saget era).

* ''[=~The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime~=]'' - not only did they drop tons of confetti, they shot fireworks off ''in the studio'' on a couple of early episodes.

* ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire?'', ''{{Series/Greed}}'', and countless others in the "[[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire big-money game show craze]]" that awarded a (multi-) million dollar payout. Averted in Series/OneVersusAHundred.

* ''PressYourLuck'' - On the final day of the last HomeParticipationSweepstakes, the names of all eligible participants were entered into a final drawing, the winner of which would receive a cash prize based on one final spin by the champion. After the champion won $36,000 for the home viewer (a $2,000 spin multiplied by 18 spins earned in round 2), balloons and streamers were released in the studio.

* ''PressYourLuck'' - During the 3rd and final Home Player Game (which ran for 25 episodes from October 21-November 22, 1985), all 75 cards (3 per episode) were placed inside a fishbowl with the PYL logo at the end of the 25th day. The in-studio champion then drew one of them out of it, and got to spin a specially-modified all-cash board (with dollar amounts ranging from $500-$5,000 and only three directional squares) for that specially selected home viewer. Whatever space the board stopped on would then be multiplied by the total number of spins earned in round 2 (i.e. 20 spins * $5,000 = $100,000). 18 total spins were earned in round 2, and the in-studio champion, Jon Eisen, won $36,000 (18 spins * $2,000) for Ed Kolzac of Portage, Indiana. This was then followed by a balloon and streamer celebration in the studio. Not a bad way to go out for what Carruthers Company apparently knew would be the last Home Player Game.

* ''BreakTheBank1985'' - Any time the bank was broken.

* ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire?'', ''{{Series/Greed}}'', and countless others in the "[[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire big-money game show craze]]" that awarded a (multi-) million dollar payout. Averted in [[{{ptitleqcbxbsu4}} 1 vs. 100]].

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** Done by Maya Fey in ''UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'' at Phoenix Wright's winpose.

* This was [[UpToEleven carried to such an extreme]] on Jim Lange's version of ''NameThatTune'' that the viewer could not see half of what was going on onstage, and some contestants had trouble wading through the balloons to get to the car they had won.

* ''{{WarioWare}} DIY'' allows a user-made microgame to include a confetti drop as a predefined Stage Effect.

* ''FamilyFeud'' - Balloons are generally released for tournament wins, a practice that began with the Combs version.

* ''RemoteControl''

!!Examples

* Non-game show example, but ''[=~America's Funniest Home Videos~=]'' drops confetti on the $100,000 winner each season (balloons in the Saget era).