Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck/Whammy Animations

### Regular Whammies

**Supermodel Whammy**: A Whammy cross-dressing as a supermodel is seen walking down a stage while the announcer says, "Work it, superwhammy, come on, work it honey!" But then the Whammy says, "I'm so hungry, I could eat all your money!" And he eats the contestant's cash. Then he burps.

**Rapper Whammy**: A Whammy dressed as a rapper proceeds to pull a sweet rapping phrase: "GO, WHAMMY! WELL, I'M THE RAPPER WHAMMY AND IT AIN'T NO JOKE, I'M CLEANING YOUR OUT AND LEAVING YOU BROKE!﻿" and then takes a dollar bill out of the contestant's bank and poses with it.

**Drill Sergeant Whammy**: A Whammy dressed as a drill sergeant blows his whistle at Bill (a stack of money) to "Drop and give me 20!" Then he yells to "give me everything!" and stomps onto Bill, Reducing him to Notes

**Basketball Whammy**: A throwback to the classic series, this Whammy comes in dribbling a basketball, then does a dam sink so hard he ends up hanging on the net! This was only used once as a single whammy in the regular series (used before in the 1st pilot), as the staff decides this would be better suited as a Double Whammy and have foam basketballs drop on the contestant.

**Judge** **Whammy**: Similar to the one from the classic shows, but very different. An off-screen voice says: "All rise for Judge Whammy." Then a Whammy dressed up as Judge Judy comes up and says: "I don't wanna hear about your money problems. DISMISSED!" as she pounds her gavel on the player's score, knocking her wig off.

**Spelling Bee Whammy**: A Whammy in a skirt participates in a spelling bee as the sixth contestant. An off-screen voice says: "Spell: LOSER." The Whammy then says, "Loser, Y-O-U, LOSER!" and jumps up with the mic, making the sign as an insult to the real contestant who hit the whammy. There is no certainty if this was inspired by the Doctor Whammy skit from the final three months of the 1980s series.

**Weakest Link Whammy**: A Whammy posing as former *The Weakest Link* host Anne Robinson says to the contestant: "Who's one spin short of being the winner? Bye-Bye." This was only used three times and never appeared in Season 2. The first time had the sound effects removed.

**ATM Whammy**: Bill (a stack of money) is seen at a machine labeled BIG BANK. The bill presses some of the buttons and then a Whammy pops up on the screen. He says: "Sorry. You've got insufficient funds." Then the Whammy's hands grab Bill by the legs and pull him inside. Then the ATM shuts off. (most of the time, before the ATM can shut off, it cuts to the contestant)

**Ozzy Osbourne Whammy**: A Whammy seen dressed as Ozzy Osbourne starts walking around running his mouth off like a drunken sailor: "Well, \*\*\*\*\*\*\* fabulous, \*\*\*\*\*. All I have to \*\*\*\*\*\*\* do is walk around being my \*\*\*\*\*\*\* self... and \*\*\*\*\*\*\* get paid for it! Woo-hoo!" (as he grabs the money and tosses it in the air). Now that's just plain rude.

**M&Ms Whammy**: A Whammy is presented with a bowl of M&Ms. He eats one of them and says, “Mmmm... M&Ms!” Then he dives into the bowl sending a bunch of M&Ms flying everywhere and making the player’s money disappear. He also swims in the bowl for a while too, which I guess is one way to satisfy his sweet tooth. There was speculation that this animation should’ve been a Double Whammy.

**NSYNC Whammy**: Some Whammies are released from a *puppet string* and will bid your money "Bye Bye Bye", saying "You'd better cry, 'cause your money's gone! Cry, cry, cry!” This animation references the music video of the aforementioned group's song, "Bye Bye Bye", and the album cover of their album, "No Strings Attached". The latter contains the former on its tracklist. In the two pilots, a different version was used, with the actual music and what sounds like NSYNC themselves, singing “Say ‘Bye, bye’ cause all your money’s gone! Bye, bye, bye!”, but this version required heavy royalties, which couldn’t be paid when the animation was used in the two seasons. There was speculation that the official version also said “Bye, bye, bye”, but it’s clearly heard that they said “Cry, cry, cry” instead. In Season 2, the voices were redubbed.

**Tarzan Whammy**: A Whammy in a loincloth swings back and forth on a vine and eventually smashes into the camera. Then he slides out of the picture. This was loosely based on the original Tarzan Whammy animation from the 1980s.

**Homemaker Whammy**: A female Whammy impersonates Martha Stewart, making soup in a pot on a stove, saying "This is one of my favorite dishes, and it doesn't cost any money." She knocks over a pot of water, and then says the trademark, "It's a good thing". But losing all your money to a Whammy? That's a *bad* thing.

**Emeril Whammy**: A Whammy dresses up in a chef outfit, impersonating Emeril Lagasse. He says, "Hey, let's kick it up a notch". With his handkerchief, he slams the bag of money three times to let out the money and each time he says "BAM!".

**Artist Whammy**: A Whammy paints a picture of the contestant who hit it and then paints a prohibited sign over him/her. During the painting he says, "HOHO! You are spectacular. I think you will agree I have captured you beautifully. and your money."

**Riverdance Whammy**: A Whammy tap dances into the screen from the left, then hides away to "magically" make one thousand Whammies appear and tap dance, moving closer and taking up the entire screen. When this first appeared on the St. Patrick's Day 2003 show, the Whammies were green.

**Cell Phone Whammy**: A Whammy is on a cell phone, asking the trademark question from Verizon Wireless twice: "Can you hear me now?" but all he hears is static, causing him to say, "You're out of range...and money!". The trademark question was removed in season 2, replacing it with "I'm losing you!" and "You're dropping out!", respectively, as the staff had payed Verizon Headless for not asking permission to use the question.

**Sea World Whammy**: Bill is seen being used as bait while a Whammy as an orca whale jumps out of the water and snatches him with his mouth.

**Ventriloquist Whammy**: Bill is seen controlling a ventriloquist dummy version of a Whammy with the Whammy telling him that he's the dummy. Bill argues that Whammy is the dummy. The Whammy then says, "You look like you could use a drink" then grabs a dollar bill out of Bill's stack as Bill attempted to drink and runs off with Bill chasing him. Whammy can then be heard saying, "Now who's the dummy?"

**Meditating Whammy**: A Whammy is seen doing some meditation and begins to levitate. He then spins out revealing himself with money in both of his hands saying "money" before giggling.

**Race Car Whammy**: A Whammy is seen driving a race car. He then grabs the contestant's money before spinning out and *wiping out*!

**Photo Booth Whammy**: A Whammy is in charge of a photo booth. Bill appears with a camera and the Whammy asks him if he had vacation photos or pictures of his new baby before the camera malfunctions sending camera flashes everywhere. The Whammy then assumes it's a birthday party Bill got photos of.

**Masseuse Whammy**: A Whammy is seen giving a massage to Bill saying, "Now just relax and I'll work on that knot." He over-massages Bill reducing him to dollar bills that spill everywhere. He then says, "There, no more knot."

**Godfather Whammy**: A Whammy comes out as The Godfather saying, "Don't ever press your luck with the family." He then proceeds to slam his violin case on the contestant's earnings.

**Bungee Jumping Whammy**: A Whammy is seen bungee jumping with a hole under him. He goes "Bungee-Bungee-Bungee!". On the third jump, the rope breaks causing the Whammy To Fall Into A Hole.

**Magician Whammy**: A Whammy is seen performing a magic trick. He is pulling out wads of money from his hat, not before getting pulled into the hat and waving his wand eliminating the contestant's earnings in the process. You can hear people applauding in the crowd.

**Wrestler Whammy**: A Whammy in a wrestler's outfit performs a dive onto the contestant's earnings, before posing and jumping from the top rope.

**Harry Potter Whammy**: A Whammy comes out as Harry Potter on his broomstick, performing a spell in which he steals the winnings of the contestant, saying "Eelius speelius! I'm stealing your winningus!"

**Karate Whammy**: A Whammy is seen doing karate moves on a practice dummy. He then kicks the dummy away and bows at the player’s score as it disappears.

**Grilling Whammy**: A Whammy is grilling wads of money. He says, "You can get this mean green burning machine for one easy payment of all your money," during which he coughs on the player's money smoke.

**Whammy Faye Baker**: Impersonating Tammy Faye Baker, the Whammy just wants to thank the contestant for all their generous donations and giggles.

**Dynamite Whammy**: Same as the one from the 1980s version, but there’s a slight delay before the dynamite plunger is lowered, and there’s hardly any dialogue present.

**Crocodile Hunter Whammy**: A Whammy is seen attempting to catch a crocodile (a wad of money) with a voice over saying, "The secret is to catch the crocodile by surprise." The Whammy catches it and holds it up in victory.

**Britney Spears Whammy**: A female Whammy is dancing like Britney Spears singing "I'll make all your dollars mine. Kiss me where the sun don't shine", a parody of Spears' song "Baby...One More Time."

**Oscar Winner Whammy**: A Whammy is seen accepting his Oscar award. He gives his acceptance speech saying, "And I would like to thank my agent, but most of all, YOU!" He then tosses his award and goes for the contestant's money.

**Mime Whammy**: A Whammy acting like a mime who's trapped in an invisible box before falling on the ground. "This will leave you speechless."

### Double Whammies

**Attic Double Whammy:** A Whammy sees a ladder coming down. Then the Whammy climbs up saying, "The money's gotta be around here somewhere." As he pulls the switch, clothes come down on the contestant!

**Espresso Double Whammy:** A Whammy is behind a counter with a coffee machine and says, "One nonfat double tall sugar-free latte with extra foam..." And then the machine explodes causing coffee to go everywhere. Coffee beans and Styrofoam cups come raining down on the contestant, right when the Whammy adds, "and absolutely no dough." In Season 1, they come down together, except for one episode, and two episodes did not feature the cups.

**Pizza Double Whammy:** Another throwback to the classic series. This Whammy is seen tossing pizza dough and sings "Though the losers may try, no one makes pizza pie like the Whammy!" in an operatic voice. On the last word, he tosses the dough upwards, which causes the real dough to land on the player's head, along with some extra flour for good measure! Sometimes the flour is not thrown in Season 1, and in Season 2, they come down together.

**Sheep Shearing Double Whammy:** In the countryside, a Whammy is seen conducting a flock of sheep to all say "Cash!" to the beat of his rendition of "Whammy Had a Little Lamb": "Whammy had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Whammy went*,* Whammy went*,* Whammy went, everywhere that Whammy went he made off with the dough!" Midway through, he shears the sheep of their wool, causing real wool to fall on the contestant! In the April Fool's 2003 episode, Todd Newton dumped the wool on the contestant's head as the "Whammy in Training".

**Wedding Double Whammy:** A male and female Whammy are now a married couple and as they walk down the stairway, white rice is being thrown around them and then in a downpour. For the contestant, white rice fall on him or her. In two episodes of Season 1, and the entire Season 2, a bouquet of flowers is added.

**Pillow Double Whammy:** In the bedroom, a Whammy sneaks quietly into view and sees a pillow on the floor. He whacks the pillow on the floor a few times causing the feathers to fly out of view and then rain down on the contestant.

**Mailbox Double Whammy:** On the avenue, a Whammy is seen pulling on a mailbox. He struggles to get it open, and when he finally does, junk mail falls on the contestant: envelopes, circulars, and portfolios, and we mean snail mail spam! The circulars were absent in one episode and the portfolios were absent in another.

**Basketball Double Whammy:** Just like the single one, but this time, foam basketballs fall on the contestant; talk about a real slam dunk!

**Lawnmower Double Whammy:** Like the classic series, except that there are grass-shaped dollar signs. The Whammy runs by and mows them down, which causes real grass and leaves to fall on the player.

**Janitor Double Whammy:** A Whammy says, "Hmm, this place needs a good cleaning", while mopping dollar bills around the floor. But then he slips and knocks the bucket off the floor, and throws the mop up in the air until the mop head lands on the contestant.

**Grocery Double Whammy:** A female Whammy comes in holding a bag of groceries. She says, "Mommy's home! And I've got some lovely fruits and vegetables." But then she slips on a roller skate, causing the groceries to go everywhere and fall on the contestant, too! It is unknown how rubber animals, a chicken and a pig, also fell on the contestant, as they weren’t animated. This Double Whammy was only used once in Season 2.

**Paper Shredder Double Whammy:** In this parody of the Enron scandal, a Whammy is seen holding boxes of money with a paper shredder directly next to him. He says: "I'd better file these important financial documents." as a dollar bill comes out of the box. He then pushes the box into the shredder. Pieces of shredded banknotes rain down on the contestant and the Whammy himself. He looks nervously upward. notice this Whammy isn't wearing an eye mask.

**Silly String Double Whammy:** A Whammy runs into view wearing a party hat and blowing on a blowout (a party noise maker). He then sprays a can of silly string into the air as it falls around him, while some silly string is sprayed down onto the contestant. In the April Fool's 2003 episode, Todd sprayed two cans of silly string on the contestant.

**Barber Double Whammy:** In the barbershop, a Whammy holds a pair of scissors as he is about to trim the hair off Bill (A stack of money). During the process, he says, "Okay, we're gonna take just a little off the top, and a little bit off the sides and we're gonna leave you with...NOTHING!," and giggles in delight. After the hair flies around during the trimming, the hair then lands on the contestant. For the first appearance of this animation on the St. Patrick's Day 2003 show (the season 2 premiere), the "real" hair was green.

**Whamzilla Double Whammy:** An enormous Whammy is seen stomping down on a city and roaring at the viewer. Scraps of buildings are seen going everywhere. Bill (a stack of money) says: "Look! It's Whamzilla!" Bill then runs off in panic, along with another one of him. Then pieces of foam, supposed pieces of any building, fall on the contestant.

**Bug Sprayer Double Whammy:** A Whammy sees a group of buzzing bugs in the air and uses a spraying pump to spew some green smoke and kill the bugs. After a few tries, he pumps the spray into the air. As it happens, plastic bugs fall down on the contestant. In Season 2, a spider's web also falls on the contestant, but this double whammy only appeared twice during that season. The first time, the web came first. The second time, the bugs came first.

**Ping Pong Double Whammy:** A Whammy is seen hitting a ping pong ball to the other side of the ping pong table. Every time he hits one back, more ping pong balls appear. Eventually, the Whammy sees so many ping pong balls flying at him, he has no choice but to duck down. A few seconds later, the player gets a barrage of ping pong balls to the head. In Season 2, a few ping-pong balls start hitting the contestant, then increases, before the big one comes.

**Weather Double Whammy:** Jan says, "And now here's Whammy with the Whammy Weather." The Whammy then says, "Thank you, Jan. It appears that we'll have patches of hail moving in today, especially around...your money!" He then pulls open an umbrella as a hailstorm of hailstones falls on the contestant, which is actually snow and ping pong balls put together.

**Surfing Double Whammy:** Another whammy from the classic show. A Whammy is surfing the great waves of the Pacific Ocean and he can share his experience by wetting the player after surfing upside down and making a wave, and dropping a school of plastic fish on top of him/her.

**Athlete Double Whammy:** This one was only used twice, once a season. A group of Whammy athletes lift up a keg of Gatorade in which they splash out water. In season 1, someone dressed as a Whammy carries a keg and pours dry oatmeal on the contestant, but in season 2, the oatmeal is simply dropped on the contestant. Not remembering the last time it happened, Todd said he thought the contestant would get wet on that one.

**Popcorn Double Whammy:** A Whammy is seen making popcorn over a campfire, in which the popcorn pops in the pot and explodes, causing the popcorn to fall on the contestant. Originally, buttered kernels were used, but in Season 2, it alternates between that and regular kernels. On the St. Patrick's Day 2003 episode, the popped kernels were green.

**Water Hose Double Whammy:** A Whammy is seen struggling with an out-of-control water hose. In Season 1, the Whammy sprays the contestant himself, but in Season 2, a sprayer would come out of the contestant desk and spray the unlucky contestant with water when the animation was finished.

**Snowboarding Double Whammy:** A Whammy is seen performing tricks on a snowboard. Then he pushes snow off the ramp and fake snow proceeds to dump all over the contestant.

**Cannonball Double Whammy:** A Whammy is seen being shot out of a cannon after lighting it himself, dumping his fur all over the contestant.

**Cotton Candy Double Whammy:** Bill approaches the Whammy at a cotton candy booth. Whammy proceeds to give Bill the cotton candy, but it keeps spinning in the machine. Not noticing this, the Whammy tosses the cotton candy into the air, then suddenly gasps. Pieces of cotton candy rain down on the contestant.

**Figure Skating Double Whammy:** A Whammy is seen figure skating and does some tricks to music. He skates some snow into the air and fake snow rains on the contestant. After his routine, the judges, all made up of The Bill Family, give him all zeros.