History Series / DragonsDen

** On Shark Tank, an inventor presented the plate topper, a microwavable plate cover. He had a perfect pitch requesting $90k for 5% equity, and within five minutes had 2 offers. One for $900k in return for 30%, the other $1m for 25%. Instead of saying yes to either one, he said he had a different valuation than what he entered with, but refused to state it. In response, the million dollar offer was off the table and the $900k went down to what he asked for. He then said he was initially going to ask for $750k for 5% equity, valuing his company at $15m. His refusal to lower his valuation brought him nothing but abuse from the sharks and upped the only remaining offer to $90k for 8%, which he settled for. All the sharks are amazed at how tightly he held onto the Idiot Ball. One even said that the product was probably the best they ever had on the show.

* ProductPlacement: At least one episode of ''Shark Tank'' in Season 4 involved Daymond blatantly pulling out a T-Mobile smartphone to take and share a picture of a stunned Mark.

* IHaveAFamily: Used by the owner Remyxx shoes to appeal to one of the dragons for a 50/50 stake instead of 80/20. It didn't work, but he took the 80/20 deal anyway.

* IHaveAFamily: Used by the owner Remyxx shoes to appeal to one of the dragons for a 50/50 stake instead of 80/20.

* '''The Slightly Problematic''' - the product is good and there are some merits, but due to various issues, the dragons decide that they're out.

Part, if not most, of the show's appeal is the utterly-insane inventions and businesses some people put forward. Generally speaking, pitches break down into four categories:

* ContinuityNod: The show often provides updates on how previous contestants are doing with their products, whether or not they got an investment. In the US version, one of these updates segued into the contestant returning to the Shark Tank to try again (Copa De Vino single-serving wine).

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: The show is broken up with narrated portions of two or three unsuccessful ideas back-to-back in less than five minutes.

** The room was smaller, so there was no space for entrepreneurs to go to the back of the room to discuss deals on offer.

* [[WorstWhateverEver Worst. Idea. Ever.]]: Duncan Bannatyne claims the white glove idea mentioned near the top of this page is the worst idea he's ever seen in the Den.

** Intriguingly, this is mostly averted by the Dragons themselves, who didn't generally become entrepreneurs until later in life. Duncan Bannatyne in particular cheerfully admits he spent his twenties lounging around on a beach and only doing just enough work to pay the bills. Richard Fairleigh has said that he tried running a LemonadeStand as a child, but failed badly. Peter Jones is probably the nearest to this, as he did set up a number of businesses when he was younger; unfortunately they all crashed and burned within months, and he had to settle for working for others until he built up enough money to try again.

** The Canadian Dragons
*** The BigBad - Kevin O'Leary

*** TheBrute - Jim Treliving
*** The EvilGenius - W. Brett Wilson
*** The DarkChick - Arlene Dickinson
** The Sharks
*** TheBigBad - Kevin O'Leary
*** TheDragon - Robert Herjavec

* EarWorm: "Fireman clowns, fireman clowns..."

Based on the Japan TV show ''Money no Tora'' ("Money Tigers"), this show has versions, with varying success, in Japan (the original), the UK (longest running), Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Canada, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, the Arab world, Ireland, and the United States (titled ''Shark Tank''). The format is owned by Sony. The original show debuted in 2001.

Based on the Japan TV show ''Money no Tora'' ("Money Tigers"), this show has versions, with varying success, in Japan (the original), the UK (longest running), Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Canada, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, the Arab world, Ireland, and the United States (titled ''Shark Tank''). The format is owned by Sony.

*** The DarkChick - Barbara Corcoran