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Spoilers, surprises and second chances abound for the characters of ''[[Series/BigBrother Big Brother]]'' in Season 18.


!Teams
[[folder: Teams]]
!!Team Unicorn (James, Victor, Natalie and Bronte)
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* [[FiveManBand Four-Man Band]]:
** TheLeader: James
** TheLancer: Victor
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Bronte
** TheChick: Natalie
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** The Cynic = Bronte
** The Optimist = Natalie
** The Realist = James
** The Apathetic = Victor
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Sanguine = Natalie
** Choleric = James
** Melancholic = Victor
** Phlegmatic = Bronte

!!Category Four (Frank, Bridgette, Michelle and Paulie)
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* [[FiveManBand Four-Man Band]]:
** TheLeader: Paulie
** TheLancer: Frank
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Michelle
** TheChick: Bridgette
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** The Cynic = Michelle
** The Optimist = Frank
** The Realist = Paulie
** The Apathetic[=/=]The Conflicted = Bridgette
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Sanguine = Bridgette
** Choleric = Paulie
** Melancholic = Michelle
** Phlegmatic = Frank
* NamesTheSame: Paulie came up with the name of their team in reference to the category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and the Fujita Scale (although tornadoes assigned under the latter scale are actually called F4/EF4s).

!!Freakazoids (Nicole, Glenn, Tiffany and Corey)
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* [[FiveManBand Four-Man Band]]:
** TheLeader[=/=][[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Nicole
** TheLancer[=/=][[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Tiffany
** TheBigGuy: Corey
** ButtMonkey: Glenn
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** The Cynic = Tiffany
** The Optimist = Nicole
** The Apathetic = Glenn
** The Conflicted = Corey
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Sanguine = Nicole
** Choleric = Glenn
** Melancholic = Tiffany
** Phlegmatic = Corey

!!Big Sister (Da'Vonne, Jozea, Paul and Zakiyah)
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* [[FiveManBand Four-Man Band]]:
** TheLeader[=/=][[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Da'Vonne
** TheLancer[=/=]TheSmartGuy: Paul
** TheBigGuy: Jozea
** TheChick: Zakiyah
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** The Cynic = Paul
** The Optimist = Zakiyah
** The Realist = Da'Vonne
** The Apathetic = Jozea
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Sanguine = Jozea
** Choleric = Da'Vonne
** Melancholic = Paul
** Phlegmatic = Zakiyah
[[/folder]]

!Alliances

[[folder: Alliances]]
!!The 8-Pack (James, Nicole, Da'Vonne, Frank, Michelle, Corey, Tiffany, Zakiyah)
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: As a group they are basically constantly plotting against one another and fall apart very quickly. They are basically this season's version of the Bomb Squad.
* [[FiveManBand Eight-Man Band]]:
** TheHero: James
** TheLeader: Nicole
** TheLancer: Da'Vonne
** TheBigGuy: Frank
** TheSmartGuy: Michelle
** TheChick: Zakiyah
** SixthRanger: Tiffany
** TheLoad: Corey
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Eight Pack is an alliance made up of eight houseguests (four veterans and three newbies).
* [[GenderEqualEnsemble Gender-Equal Alliance]]: This alliance had a pretty good balance of men and women. There were 5 women and 3 men in the alliance.

!!Spy Girls (Bridgette, Natalie and Bronte)
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* AmazonBrigade: The first of the two all-female alliances formed during the season. The other female alliance that formed this season was the Fatal Five. Both female alliances, however, did not end up lasting since Nicole, James, and Zakiyah got caught up in showmances with Corey, James and Paulie respectively.
* EpicFail: Ultimately, the alliance turned out to be a huge fail because the three girls just could not stick together. Natalie had ConflictingLoyalty and had to choose between being loyal to The Spy Girls or being loyal to James. In the end, Natalie ended up choosing to be loyal to James. Also, Bronte was evicted in Week 3 and Bridgette was blindsided and evicted in Week 7 during the Double Eviction.
* ShoutOut: The team is an obvious one to the Music/SpiceGirls. The girls even assigned themselves Spice-worthy nicknames (Bridgette is "Spunky Sky", Natalie is "Flirty Spy" and Bronte... for some reason... is "Wifey Spy").

!!Fatal Five (Nicole, Da'Vonne, Michelle, Tiffany and Zakiyah)
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* AmazonBrigade: The second of the two all-female alliances formed during the season. Ironically, some of the members (including Tiffany and Da'Vonne) questioned Bridgette, Natalie and Bronte's decision to form an all-girl alliance of their own, considering the history of such alliances becoming less than successful due to conflictory personalities.
* [[FiveManBand Five-Woman Band]]:
** The Leader: Nicole
** The Lancer[=/=]Team Mom: Da'Vonne
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Zakiyah
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Michelle
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Tiffany
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** The Cynic = Michelle
** The Optimist = Nicole
** The Realist = Da'Vonne
** The Apathetic = Zakiyah
** The Conflicted: Tiffany
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Sanguine = Nicole
** Choleric = Michelle
** Melancholic = Da'Vonne
** Phlegmatic = Zakiyah
** Leukine = Tiffany
[[/folder]]

!The Winner

[[folder: Nicole Anne Franzel (Winner)]]

!''Nicole Anne Franzel (Winner)''

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->'''Born:''' June 30th, 1992 (age at time of competition: 24)
->'''Hometown:''' Ubly, MI
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Ubly, MI
->'''Occupation:''' ER Nurse
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 2 [[note]](Week 1 and Week 10)[[/note]]
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 2 [[note]](Week 10 and Week 12)[[/note]]
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 2 [[note]](Week 12 and Week 13 by Paul)[[/note]]
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 2 [[note]](Week 3 and Week 8)[[/note]]
->'''Prizes/Punishments Taken:''' $2,500, Trip (POV Comp), America's Care Package #3 (Super Safety[[note]]Safe from eviction for the week, and safe from ''everything'' because she has to wear a safety suit[[/note]])
->'''Team:''' Freakazoids (Nicole, Corey, Tiffany, Glenn)
->'''Previous Season Appearance:''' [[Characters/BigBrother16 Big Brother 16]] (9th Place/1st Eviction; 7th Place/2nd Eviction)
->'''Finished:''' 1st Place (WINNER)
->'''Prize Money Earned:''' $500,000
->'''Jury Votes Earned:''' WON 5-4 VS. PAUL [[note]](Received jury votes from DA'VONNE, ZAKIYAH, PAULIE, NATALIE, and COREY).[[/note]]

* ActionSurvivor[=/=]ActionGirl: Nicole is somewhere between these two tropes. On her first season, Nicole was a very strong competitor and won numerous competitions, particularly HOH titles. She was regarded as the strongest female houseguest of ''Big Brother 16''. However, this season, it is the complete opposite. Although she has won a few comps (so far, she has won 2 HOH titles and 1 POV title), she is nowhere near as competitive as she was on her original season. She actually seems like she is lazy on a comepetitive level and that she really did not do anything during the course of the game. To be frank, Nicole has come off as more of TheLoad this season as she has not really contributed to the game in terms of social game, strategy or competitiveness. Nicole has been pretty lackluster overall as a gameplayer.
* {{Adorkable}}[=/=]HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Has some cute endearing moments with Corey which make her very distracted when around him, and unlike Hayden which was more one sided, this might actually work. She'll deny her showmance with Corey all she wants despite having an extremely obvious crush on him. However, this could be considered as a [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] now as Nicole has become very unlikeable and her cute persona might be just an act. She is actually more of a BitchInSheepsClothing and she is shown to be very ruthless and manipulative this season. It is very questionable if Nicole was just pretending to be a sweet and cute GirlNextDoor who was nice and friendly to everyone last season and if this side of her, which has shown to be very scheming, bitchy and maniulative, is the true Nicole. It seems as though Nicole has fallen out of favor with a large portion of the fans and audience and she seems to not be as popular as she was on her original season. She has also lost her charming and fun loving side that she displayed in her last season, which definitely has made her lose her popularity with the fans. And when she gains Super Safety, she ''adores'' the costume because of how cute and fun it is to wear.
* AffablyEvil: Nicole seems like she would be a very sweet and friendly girl to everyone and she has appeared this way to mostly everyone's face. However, she is actually a ManipulativeBitch and a BitchInSheepsClothing who has been doing nothing but scheming, lying, backstabbing and betraying others throughout the entire game when she was not shacking up with Corey in bed. For example, she pretended to be nice to Da'Vonne and Zakiyah to the face and even tried to say that she wanted to go far in the game with them but she was really plotting their (especially Da'Vonne) demise behind their backs and they were completely unaware of all the scheming and lying that Nicole was doing. In Week 9, Nicole made it seem like she was on cordial terms with both Victor and Paul but she went and told Natalie, James and Michelle a lie about Paul being after James and wanting to get him out of the house. Paul ended up calling Nicole out on her snake like and backstabbing behavior in front of the entire house, even calling her a snake to her face during an argument with her. Nicole may look like she would be friendly, but proceed with caution. She is very dangerous and she has had little to no issue with backstabbing people and throwing her allies to the wolves if it meant that it would benefit her, and by extension Corey's, game. Nicole has shown that she has definitely shed her ''Big Brother 16'' persona and has morphed into a much more bitchy and manipulative version of her older self.
* AlphaBitch: Nicole was originally seen as a LovableAlphaBitch, someone who seemed like they were agenerally NiceGirl with an occassional catty and bitchy side from time to time. But it turns out that Nicole is actually a mega bitch and she is not all that sweet and kind as she appeared to be on her old season. Nicole seems to have revealed her true colors and what has been shown throughout the season is someone who is willing to lie without remorse, backstab people (namely her own allies), and scheme constantly. She also made it her main mission for all of the other girls in the house to be voted out so that she would be the last girl standing amongst a group of men. It is assumed that Nicole felt that if she were the last woman standing surrounded by a group of men that they would all perceive her as a weaker player and would want to drag her to the end as a result. Nicole is also a ClingyJealousGirl and she is also very catty. She constantly talks trash about the other houseguests, but it seems that the main targets of her pettiness and her trash talk are other female houseguests. She seems to be very competitive with the other women, because she wants to fele like she is above them or better than them. Nicole also did not make any strong bonds or friendships with any of the female houseguests (such as Bridgette, Natalie, and Michelle) and even the female friendships that she did have for s short time (i.e. with Da'Vonne and Zakiyah), she ended up backstabbing them and betraying them in favor of choosing Corey. Nicole seems to fit the Type 2 personality of an Alpha Bitch. She is the type to appear AffablyEvil and put on a friendly facade while talking trash and backstabbing someone in the process. She also comes off as TheDitz and a DumbBlonde that has no idea what she is doing, but she may actually be a bit smarter than she lets on. All in all, Nicole is definitely a mean and catty girl and Nicole from her last season is like a completely different person from Nicole on this season.
* AscendedFangirl: Nicole openly admits that she is a super fan of ''Big Brother''. When Paul confronts Nicole about her knowing about the all guys alliance and actually being okay with being clipped by the boys, Nicole tells Paul that she is a fan of the game and she understands that is how it often works when all guys alliances get to the end and there is one girl standing. Nicole was probably thinking of Britney Haynes (from ''Big Brother 12'') who was clipped by the three guys in The Brigade (Hayden, Enzo and Lane). Nicole may come off as TheDitz more often than not and she may not come off as the sharpest tool in the shed on a game level, but nobody can say that she doesn't understand the mechanics of ''Big Brother''.
* BadassAdorable: She is not as competitive and active in the game as she was on her last season, but there are spades when she can be badass. Arguably, she seems to be the strongest female player this season. Nicole is also FunSize and one of the smallest girls in the house (next to Natalie), so that adds to her endearing and adorable qualities. It could be argued that Nicole is one of the most dangerous players in the game, although most would not really see that because her cute persona throws people off and makes her less threatening.
* BattleCouple: Averted at first and later Played Straight. While Corey is shown to be more athletic and competitive and capable of winning competitions, Nicole is not as competitive as she was in her original season. Corey has won a total of 5 competitions (2 Head of Household's and 3 Power of Vetoes) while Nicole has only managed to win 1 Head of Household. One could assume that Nicole not being as competitive as she was on her original season may be strategic as she was targeted for being too strong of a competitor. This could now be considered played straight since together, Nicole and Corey have won a total of nine competitions as of Week 11. It seems that Corey and Nicole have gone on a comp win streak for the last few weeks in the game. It is clear that other than Victor and Paul, they are the strongest and most powerful duo in the house. How is it that nobody has been actively targetting them since the start?
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Nicole has repeatedly stated that she hates people who play a backstabbing, lying and sneaky game. On her original season, Nicole constantly expressed how much hated the fact that Christine, who was her closest ally, lied to her, betrayed her and backstabbed her. She had stated that she had no respect for Christine and the way that she played the game because she felt that Christine played very dirty and personal. However, Nicole has basically morphed into Christine this season with her constant lying, backstabbing and sneaking around. She is really no better than what she claims to hate and disrespect. She doesn't seem to realize that she has become more unlikeable in personality. Her popularity outside of the house has strongly dwindled and it is all thanks to the change in Nicole's gameplay and her personality. Many fans have made comparisons between Nicole of Season 16 and Nicole of Season 18. They feel that Nicole from her original season played a much cleaner game while they feel that Nicole this season is playing a much dirtier and scumbag game. Case in point, Nicole has become everything that she proclaims to hate: another Christine Brecht aka someone who is manipualtive, lying, backstabbing and sneaky.
* BigBad: Shares this with Natalie, becoming the sole BigBad when Natalie is evicted. The previous BigBad's were first Paulie and then Natalie. Nicole has become the remaining "villain" of the season with Corey and James being TheDragon for her. Nicole is a ManipulativeBitch, a BitchInSheepsClothing and an AlphaBitch who is very scheming, backstabbing and conniving. Although it seemed as though Nicole was always going to be one of the good houseguests like she was on her original season (she was aligned with Donny, who was very popular with the audience and she was in the Top 3 of America's Fave Houseguest votes), she seems to have completely subverted this on this season. Instead, she has become much more like Christine Brecht from ''Big Brother 16'', who was Nicole's main ally that had backstabbed and betrayed her for a boys club (The Detonators). Similarly to Christine, Nicole has made it her mission to get rid of all of the other female houseguests so that she would be the last girl standing and would be surrounded by a group of male houseguests. Nicole is also a DirtyCoward and someone who backstabs, lies and schemes yet she never seems to own her sneaky behavior or gameplay. Instead, she chooses to pretend that she is innocent and resort to playing rhe victim card. She has also personally attacked many of the houseguests and has definitely become more catty and bitchy than she was on her original season. Not to mention that Nicole has declined in popularity amongst the fans and she seems to have a near ZeroPercentApprovalRating with a large portion of the audience either disliking or strongly hating Nicole. Nicole could also be considered the FinalBoss as she is the biggest threat and the possibly the most dangerous player to make it to Final 2.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Accused of being this by Bridgette early on. Given that on a few of the live feeds she gave into peer pressure and bullied Bridgette and is friends with the "bad guys" this could very well be true. If you watched her season you probably know she can be catty. Nicole also seems to bond better with the male houseguests and is not seen hanging out with the girls all that much. The only women that Nicole seemed to have a legit bond with were Zakiyah and Da'Vonne, but she did not bond with Bridgette, Natalie, and especially Michelle.
* TheCameo: She is the host of the first Head of Household competition in [=BB19=], dressed like a golden Valkyrie.
* TheChessmaster: While there continued to be a power struggle between the various Alliances throughout the season, Nicole keyed in on targeting the other females. By time she was lone female left in the house, the rest of the males were more focused on trying to get rid of one another. Nicole ultimately ends up winning the Season only being nominated for Eviction twice.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Similar to Zakiyah, she is also seen to be very possessive of Corey. She doesn't really like it when Corey hangs around other female houseguests. Nicole was very irritated and annoyed by Natalie because she felt that Natalie was trying to flirt with Corey. It is not surprising that she is still displaying this behavior since on her original season, she displayed shades of jealousy when it came to Hayden and feeling slightly threatened by Victoria. Nicole has a very jealous and clingy personality and even Corey has shown that he gets tired of Nicole and her clinginess from time to time.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: For the most part, Nicole is a rather quirky and off beat personality and sometimes seems to have her head in the clouds regarding the game. Although she has stronger game instincts this season in comparison to her original season, she sometimes displays the same quirky and odd behaviour that she exhibited during her season. For example, there are times when Nicole seems to care more about the status of her and Corey's relationship than about the possibility of Corey being a part of an all guys alliance. She seems to be completely oblivious that Corey may have more loyalty to the other guys than to her. It's not surprising that Nicole would display such behaviour considering it's the exact same way she acted on her original season regarding Derrick, Cody and Hayden. Nicole is somewhere between TheDitz and ObfuscatingStupidity.
* CreatorsPet: She is given a lot of screentime compared to the more liked houseguests such as Da'Vonne, Natalie and Bridgette. Big Brother also emphasizes promoting her to attract more fans like promoting [[https://www.facebook.com/BigBrother/posts/10154300529074473?match=YmlnIGJyb3RoZXIsbmljb2xlJ3MsYnJvdGhlcixoYWlyLGJpZw%3D%3D her hairstyles]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/BigBrother/posts/10154422798494473?match=YmlnIGJyb3RoZXIsbmljb2xlLGNvcmV5 showmance with Corey]]. Allegedly, the Week 11 veto was rigged for her and Corey. They even acknowledged this on the live feeds.
-->'''Nicole:''' "I didn't find the key until they told me where it was. I didn't know it floated until they told me it floated. The worst."
-->'''Corey:''' "Yeah they said get the pipe on the wall. Then use the gutter and line up the water into the key."
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Nicole may come off as TheDitz and the DumbBlonde who has no clue what is going on in the game, but in reality, she could be considered the strongest female player in the game that is left. She may be very ditzy ad not seem all that bright in regards to certain aspects, but she is also the most logical female player left. Nicole is also a secretly strong competitor; however, she has been hiding that for the majors of the game. She has recently started to win more competitions and is showing her competition prowess. Nicole could definitely be using her cute persona as strategy to throw people off. Nicole is the definitely of cute but ''deadly''.
* CuteButCacophonic: There are many fans that have complained about Nicole's voice coming off as irritating and whiny sounding. Not only is it reasonably high pitched, but she also has a really strong Mid Western accent (she is from {{Michigan}} after all) and the combination of the two happens to drive many fans nuts. The same complaints about her voice were made on her original season, especially during Nicole's DR sessions.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Nicole has shades of this, even once having accidentally choked on some water she drank.Nicole is definitely not the most elegant individual, which only makes her more endearing.
* DecidedByOneVote: Nicole won in a 5-4 vote, both Natalie and Da'Vonne are both debatable for being the deciding vote. Da'Vonne gave her vote to Nicole out of respect for her game and Natalie gave Nicole her vote because she was bitter to Paul for both calling her out on her gameplay and called her close friend Michelle "a cunt."
* DirtyCoward: Constantly lies, schemes and scumbags other houseguests yet she never seems to own up to her game moves or her actions. Instead, she chooses to either throw other people under the bus and blame other people for her own actions or she tries to pretend that she is innocent and had nothing to do with what happens in the game. For example, Nicole had been targeting Da'Vonne for weeks, yet Nicole would still try to pretend to be her friend and be aligned with her despite constantly scheming or plotting her demise. She pretends that she had no idea about the plan to get out Da'Vonne yet she was one of the main reasons as to why Da'Vonne was targeted and evicted (along with Corey and Paulie). She did the same thing with Zakiyah. Nicole did not even warn Zakiyah that she was in danger of being targeted and evicted, yet she would constantly pretend to still be her friend to her face. She does the same thing with Michelle when she decides not to even tell Michelle that she is the target and tries to keep it a secret from her so that she can blindside her during the live eviction. It only proves that Nicole is a coward and is scared of the consequences of her scheming game moves. She repeated this cowardly behavior again in the Final 5 when Corey won [=HOH=]. Corey and Nicole were plotting against Paul and Victor and wanted to betray them by turning on their Final 4 alliance. Nicole again expressed that she felt scared of turning on Victor and Paul because she was afraid of how they would react.The fact of the matter is that every single time that Nicole is given a chance to own up to her lying and sneaky ways or gameplay, she never ever owns it. Instead, she continuously chooses to play the victim and pretends that she is so innocent and has no blood on her hands. Yet, Nicole has actually either trash talked, backstabbed or betrayed every single person that is in the Jury. Nicole is playing the definition of a dirty and scumbag game and she has become what she hated and disrespected on her original season, which is a player like Christine Brecht who is sneaky, manipulative, and cunning. Nicole is the definition of a rat or a snake.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Gets very easily distracted when around Corey, something she lampshades heavily. It seems that she cares more about having a romance with Corey than she does about winning ''Big Brother''. In this regard, she and Zakiyah definitely have something in common. It was no wonder Zakiyah and Nicole seemed to have a close bond and relationship as they both cared more about planning a future with Paulie and Corey than about the possibility of getting to the end together and winning 500K. Even towards the end of the game, she is still so hung up on Corey and his physical attractiveness, she cannot stop talking about how hot and attractive she finds him. However, Corey never seems to return the favor to Nicole and rarely, if ever, compliments her back.
* DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Corey. Although the two are in an obvious showmance, it seems as though Nicole might be more into Corey than Corey is into her. She is a very ClingyJealousGirl when it comes to Corey and she doesn't like when Corey flirts or talks to other female houseguests. Nicole has frequenrly talked about how hot and physically attractive she finds Corey and that she has never met a guy like him in the real world before. Case in point, Nicole seems to be completely smitten with Corey. However, it seems as though Corey doesn't exactly feel the same way and that he doesn't really reciprocate the level of Nicole's affections. Corey has even outright told a few houseguests, such as Victor and Paul for example, that he is not really interested in a romantic relationship with Nicole outside of the house. Corey even seems freaked out or overwhelmed by Nicole's advances towards him and may feel that Nicole sometimes is too clingy, possessive and comes on way too strong. Sometimes Corey's expression and body language while being in Nicole's presence or when they are showing affection display that he is not really that into Nicole at all. It could also be assumed that Corey is using Nicole for strategy, although it does seem that he sees Nicole as a genuine friend.
* TheDragon: For Paulie. Nicole has mentioned that she has a strong degree of loyalty to Paulie. She seems to be okay with doing everything that Paulie wants. Interestingly enough, Nicole also had a degree of loyalty to his brother Cody during her season, but her loyalty to Cody is nowhere near the loyalty she seems to display for Paulie. Nicole even commented that she intends on going far in the game with Paulie and that she enjoys playing with him much more than she did Cody.
** CoDragons: Nicole is this along with Corey, Paul, Victor, James, and Zakiyah. Although all of the other houseguests worked for him or alongside him in the game, Nicole is one of Paulie's closest allies. As many of his other allies had turned on Paulie, Nicole is Paulie's second closest ally after Corey.
** DragonAscendant: If Paulie is evicted, Nicole would become this along with Corey. Nicole has mentioned that since she feels betrayed by the rest of the house for putting up her two closest allies in Paulie and Corey, she will want to avenge the betrayal by getting back at the people who betrayed her and her allies (i.e. Victor, James, Natalie, Paul). Paulie has mentioned that he wanted Victor and Paul out next after he goes, and Nicole had stated that she intends to follow through with that when Paulie leaves.
** DragonInChief: Although Paulie was visably the strongest player in the house and was running the show from the beginning, it is clear that Nicole (and Paul) is more dangerous than Paulie because she has managed to last so long in the house without ever being nominated or seen as a target. Although Nicole is not that smart and isn't particularly strong strategically or competitively, she does have a much stronger social game than Paulie. What makes Nicole so dangerous and a huge threat is that for the majority of the game, she was invisible and under the radar. Nobody perceived her as a threat to make it far. As of right now, it seems that Nicole might be a lock to make Final 3 and if all goes right for Nicole, she might make Final 2.
** DragonTheirFeet: If and when Paulie leaves, it will just be Nicole and Corey against the rest of the house. Nicole knows that she and Corey have an uphill battle but she has stated that she intends to go after the people who betrayed her (such as Paul, Victor, James and Natalie). Till she gets the opportunity to go after her targets, Nicole has intentions off trying to have a friendly and sociable rapport with the other houseguests until she gets that opportunity to strike once she has power. But she is only do this, so that she can try to ensure safety for herself and Corey, because Paulie, who is a great competitor, will not be around to protect her from nomination or eviction.
** NobleTopEnforcer: Nicole is a generally NiceGirl with shades of LovableAlphaBitch who is much kinder and nicer than Paulie. Nicole works for Paulie because she has a strong degree of loyalty to him. However, she is not as willing to resort to the tactics that Paulie is, such as manipulation and intimidation for example. Nicole has even questioned some of Paulie's behaviour and actions and she has shown that she disagrees at times.
* DumbBlonde: Nicole definitely has her dumb blonde moments from time to time but that is to be expected since she is a bit zany and out there. She is a CuteClumsyGirl, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and TheDitz all rolled up together, so it is really not surprising how much Nicole fits this trope. In the game, she doesn't seem to have much in the way of game strategy and she needs to rely on other people (such as Paulie for example) to help her with strategy. Strategy was never Nicole's strength in the game as it was winning competitions and having a good social game that got Nicole to where she was on her last season (and it wasn't even that far).
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Similar to her last season, Nicole seems to be popular with all of the houseguests. Most of them admit to liking Nicole on a personal level. The guys, such as Victor, Paul, Paulie, Corey, and James for example, have all commented on how endearing and sweet they find Nicole to be. Victor seems to have an obvious soft spot for Nicole and he has been seen sharing tender moments and convos with her from time to time. Corey has obvious feelings for Nicole and has declared that he feels the need to protect her in the game as much as possible. Paulie has said that Nicole is the most adorable thing he has ever seen and that he is not surprised to see why Cody loved Nicole so much during his season. James had previously admitted during his original season that he had a huge crush on Nicole and thought that she was a sweetheart (it helped that she was a blonde girl since that seems to be his type - he did have a thing for Meg, who probably reminded him of Nicole). However, this is a SubvertedTrope outside of the house. Nicole was actually rather popular on her original season, but she has become increasingly unpopular with the audience and the viewers this season. Much of the decline in her popularity has to do with her boring and vapid showmance with Corey (who is also not well liked by the viewers), her unlikeable personality (whiny, lazy, boy crazy, self absorbed) and her dirty gameplay (scheming, lying, backstabbing, manipulative, cunning). The fans have expressed serious disdain for Nicole and her gameplay, arguing that she does not deserve to be where she is or does not deserve to win because she barely played the game all season and was instead, more hung up on her romance with Corey than about winning 500K. Also, it seems that Nicole is not popualr with the jury and she has very poor jury management. Many members of the jury have expressed their dislike of Nicole both on a personal level and on a game level and some have downright stated that they will not vote for Nicole to win shall she make the Final 2. It seems that the large portion of America (aka the Big Brother fans) and the majority of the Big Brother jury (Da'Vonne, Michelle, Zakiyah, Bridgette in particular) are NOT a fan of this blonde girl.
* EvilCounterpart: Arguably to Natalie. Although Nicole is not necessarily villain per say, she could still be considered to be the "dark" counterpart to Natalie, as Nicole is aligned with the "bad/dark side" of the house (Paulie and Corey) and Natalie is aligned with the "good side" of the house (Paul, James, Victor, Michelle). Both Natalie and Nicole actually have a lot in common. Both of them are TheDitz who come off as shallow and unintelligent, both are GenkiGirl's, ThePollyanna's and the PluckyGirl's who are TheIdealist's and have a generally upbeat, optimistic and energetic personality, both are in a showmance with a male houseguest (Natalie is in one with James and Nicole is in one with Corey), both are CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass' who are underestimated in the game, both are viewed as weak or useless players in the game, both are easily manipulated and gullible, both are petite in stature, both of them are seen as TheCutie's who are also {{Adorkable}} and endearing, and both of them have won 1 Head of Household title. Could be switched now that Natalie [[TookALevelInJerkass Took A Level In Bitchiness]]. Once Natalie leaves the house, Nicole seems to become the BigBad.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Nicole may look sweet and innocent on the outside, but she is the opposite on the inside. Many perceived Nicole to be a NiceGirl who was the GirlNextDoor and was kind to everyone, but her true colors have been revealed this season. Nicole is actually very scheming, backstabbing and manipulative. She also seems to have somethng against the other women in the house and she never built any bonds or friendships with any of them. Nicole has always been very catty and she doesn't seem to bond with other women easily. She is willing to scheme and lie without caring to further herself and Corey in the game. Nicole may look cute, but her personality is sure unlikeable. She is a Christine Brecht in sheeps clothing.
* {{Foil}}: To Michelle. Despite never having been aligned with one another and never having had a bond in the game or on a personal level, the two actually had more in common than they noticed (both GirlNextDoor types, both ClingyJealousGirl's, both {{Meganekko}} girls who wear glasses, both nerdy super fans, both from the state of Michigan, etc), yet they have some obvious differences as well. Nicole is (or was on her original season) a competitive player who won competitions, while Michelle is one of the weaker competitors. Nicole has blonde hair while Michelle has dark hair. Michelle seems to have stronger shades of an AlphaBitch personality while Nicole seems to be more of a LovableAlphaBitch. Nicole is more positive, upbeat and a PluckyGirl while Michelle is more pessimistic, melancholic and defeatist. Nicole is more of TheIdealist while Michelle is more of TheCynic. Nicole has more of a PluckyComicRelief (light hearted humor) kind of humor, while Michelle has more of a DeadpanSnarker (sarcastic humour) kind of humor.
* FunSize: Nicole is one of the smallest girls in the house next to Natalie (who has stated that she is 4'11"). Her small size only adds to her adorableness and it makes her much more endearing.
* GenkiGirl: Along with being ThePollyanna and the PluckyGirl, Nicole is very upbeat and positive. She seems to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm, especially when it comes to something that she is passionate or excited about.
* GirlNextDoor: Nicole is very down to earth and she hails from a small town in Michigan. She is also rather friendly and sweet as well. She has no problem with befriending both guys and girls, but overall, she seems like she is more comfortable around guys. Nicole is not what someone would call the "model" type, but instead, she would be labelled or seen as someone who is a "Plain Jane". This doesn't mean that Nicole is not in any way cute though.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Nicole is a generally kind, sweet and caring person. Even though she does have her occasional bitchy and catty moments, she does seem to genuinely care about the well being of her fellow houseguests. There are also seems to be shades of innocence, almost childlike qualities, to her personality. This is later subverted when people see she can be just as catty as the other girls, and her innocence could very well be a facade.
* HospitalHottie[=/=]HelloNurse: Since competing in ''Big Brother 16'', Nicole has graduated from nursing school, and now works as an emergency room/ER nurse. Considering she is very cute and adorable, these are the tropes to use.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Nicole is the Tiny Girl to Corey's Huge Guy. While Corey is super tall and TheBigGuy (he is 6'5" or 6'6"), Nicole is FunSize who is really petite in stature (she is between 5'0" and 5'3"). Whenever the two of them are standing next to each other, the height difference between the two of them extremely noticeable. Some fans even say that because Corey is so big and tall next to Nicole that he sometimes makes Nicole look like she is a kid or a little girl. The height difference between Nicole and Corey is the opposite of James and Natalie, who are both short.
* LastOfHerKind: Nicole is the last female standing in the Final 5. The other female houseguests such as Bronte and Tiffany were evicted before Jury. And the other female houseguests including Da'Vonne, Bridgette, Zakiyah, Michelle and Natalie are all in Jury. Nicole has repeatedly made a big deal out of the fact that she is the last woman standing and that the rest of the Final 5 are men. It should also be noted that many of Nicole's targets throughout the game have been other women, which poses the question as to whether it was Nicole's strategy from the beginning to go to the end with a group of men so that she would appear weak and vulnerable and all of the guys would drag her to the Final 2.
* LovableAlphaBitch: For the most part, Nicole is a NiceGirl and she is generally sweet and down to earth. However, there are instances where Nicole can be rather bratty and mean spirited as she has consistently made catty comments, especially about the other female houseguests (such as Da'Vonne, Zakiyah, Tiffany, Bridgette, Michelle, for example). This was an occurrence during her original season as well where Nicole was seen as catty towards Amber for no reason at all. She would resort to trash-talking Amber behind her back with Christine, even though Amber had done nothing to Nicole personally. Again, Nicole is generally nice but she does have her bitchy and catty moments from time to time.
* ManipulativeBitch: Has definitely become more manipulative and back stabbing this season in comparison to her last season. Nicole also seems to have no issue with throwing people under the bus to benefit her and Corey. She has shown to be a huge liar and she is playing a lot more ruthless than she did on her previous season. Many fans have actually found Nicole more unlikeable because of her gameplay because of her attitude, with many fans referring to Nicole as "Nicobra" (because they feel that Nicole is a conniving, manipulating and scheming snake) and "Ratcole" (because they feel that Nicole is very sneaky and back stabbing). Nicole seems to go through with backstabbing others and pretending to sad about it but in reality, she is happy about backstabbing them. She has backstabbed all of the other female houseguests in the house (such as Tiffany, Da'Vonne, Bridgette, Zakiyah, Natalie, Michelle) so that she could be the last girl standing. She has also somewhat manipulated the male houseguests by getting them to think that she is weak and that they should take her to the end because she hasn't done anything in the game. It is uncertain if any of the male houseguests actually believe this. All of the Jury members, especially Da'Vonne and Michelle, have commented on how catty, scheming and manipulative Nicole is and how she is the biggest snake in the grass. Many fans have gone as far as to compare Nicole to Christine Brecht (from ''Big Brother 16''), because she is playing a very similar game to her, a game that is very backstabbing, dirty and manipulative. Nicole looks sweet on the outside, but she is very catty, scheming and manipulative. She has fooled alot of people into believing that she is a sweet and innocent young woman when she is the exact opposite.
* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Michigan Accent]]: Nicole has a very noticeable Midwestern ''aah''-ccent, a trait that led to some complaints from fans during her first time competing in Season 16 that [[CuteButCacophonic it sounded whiny and annoying]].
* {{Meganekko}}[=/=]NerdGlasses: Though there have been times that she hasn't worn them during the season (particularly when she was introduced during the reveal of the returning houseguest twist) compared to when she appeared in Season 16, Nicole's thick-rimmed glasses definitely make her look like this.
* MyGreatestSecondChance: Like James, she finished 7th in her original season, and this season she's moved up to at least fifth or higher.
* NiceGirl: Is well-liked by the majority of the house, even though they do consider her a threat to their game, given the competitive strengths she exhibited when she appeared two seasons prior.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Considering she graduated nurse school and nurses generally need to know calculus, it could be inferred that her ditziness is a facade and she's really a much smarter houseguest than we think only acting ditzy because of her love for Corey.
* OneOfTheBoys: Nicole has mentioned that she seems to bond better with men than with other women. She seems to feel more comfortable being around male energy. It's interesting because Nicole is so girly and feminine. However, despite this, it is obvious that she has some tomboyish tendencies. It is not surprising why Nicole, on both of her seasons, aligned with more men, because she naturally just feels closer to them. Nicole even said that she did not care about the guys having an all guys alliance and that she would eventually get cut from the game because of it.
* PassingNotesInClass: Attempts to give Frank information that Da'Vonne planned to get rid of him before Victor, since Victor earned his way back in the house via Battle Back. However, Frank rats her out to Da'Vonne, who stated she would only drop for Bridgette if Frank told her who gave him the piece of information.
* PluckyGirl: Nicole manages to stay reasonably upbeat throughout the competition, although there have been instances in which she doesn't fit ThePollyanna aspects she showed in Season 16, knowing that she is a target because of her veteran player status and the weaknesses exhibited by the Freakazoids during the Hit the Road Competition.
* TallPoppySyndrome: Nicole was worried about being targeted because of her being a returning houseguest. The fact that her team, the Freakazoids, placed last in the first and third rounds of the Hit the Road Competition exacerbated this concern... then she won the final round of the competition and became the season's first [=HOH=]. The revelation of the Roadkill Competition twist adds to this concern, when she becomes aware of the lines drawn between the newbie and veteran houseguests.
* UnkemptBeauty: Part of Nicole's GirlNextDoor appeal, particularly since she is often see wearing a simple bumped ponytail and her signature NerdGlasses.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Corey. TheyDo, both inside of the house and outside of the house after the game is over. Unfortunately, their relationship doesn't last and Nicole ends up moving on to Victor.
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!The Runner-Up

[[folder: Paul Raffi Abrahamian (Runner-Up)]]

!''Paul Raffi Abrahamian (Runner-Up)''

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->'''Born:''' June 13th, 1993 (age at time of competition: 23)
->'''Hometown:''' Tarzana, CA
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Tarzana, CA
->'''Occupation:''' Clothing Designer
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 3
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 6
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 2
->'''Prizes Won:''' $500, 1 Week Secret Service Punishment, Outback Dinner (Guest), Round Trip Ticket (Expired)
->'''Team:''' Big Sister (Da'Vonne, Paul, Zakiyah, Jozea)
->'''Finished:''' 2nd Place (RUNNER-UP)
->'''Prize Money Earned:''' $50,000
->'''Jury Votes Earned:''' LOST 5-4 VS. NICOLE [[note]](Received jury votes from MICHELLE, BRIDGETTE, JAMES, and VICTOR).[[/note]]

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Paul is considered one of the most likeable houseguests this season. Paul's catchphrases are the most popular quotes this season of Big Brother including "Pissed" and "Friendship." Not to mention, Paul has thousands of fans having Twitter accounts dedicated to him. Many fans even felt terrible for him after losing to Nicole in the Final 2 and even mentioning that he should've won Big Brother. He also has support from Big Brother alumni such as Janelle Pierzina, Rachel Reilly, James Rhine, Danielle Reyes, Jackie Ibarra, Meg Maley, Matt Hoffman, John [=McGuire=] and Jun Song. AJ [=McLean=] from the Backstreet Boys is also a fan of Paul's.
* {{Adorkable}}: There are times when Paul can be really irritating and there are times when Paul can be really endearing and likeable. It depends on who Paul is interacting with, but he definitely has a loveable and endearing side to him at times. It also helps that Paul is actually a very smart and intelligent guy and many fans find him humorous and endearing, especially when he has his "Friendship Time" chats with the live feeders. Also, it should be noted that a major part of Paul's likeability stems from his heartwarming relationship, friendship and bond with Victor. Paul is generally loud and obnoxious in personality and Victor is the opposite, being more practical and calm. Victor tends to have a very good influence on Paul and he tempers Paul's loudness and impulsiveness. It is very clear that Paul deeply loves Victor and looks up to him as an older brother figure. Paul is also a big time underdog (along with Victor) and it is why it is so easy to find him rootable and endearing because he has had to fight to stay in the game since Week 1 and has not had it easy. Let's not forget that this is a 23 year old guy who chooses to wear a pelican floatie named "Pablo" around his waist, adding to his cuteness and adorkableness. Paul wearing the pelican floatie is the equivalent of Steve Moses (from ''Big Brother 17'') cuddling with a teddy bear frequently, especially while he sleeps.
* AffablyEvil: Paul can appear friendly and sociable, but don't think that he won't plot your demise and stab you in the back. Paul is a wild card and really unpredictable that it's really hard to tell where his loyalties lie and what his true intentions are. Paul is also considered to be more of an AntiHero than an actual villain. Paul is also a very good liar and manipulator and he persuade people to think the way that he thinks. Despite his occassional aggressiveness and his arguments with other houseguests, he has a pretty solid social game and is a very convincing conversationalist. After he gets into fights with other houseguests, he is very good at trying to do damage control and making himself seem like he is a decent nice guy who has done nothing wrong and is very remorseful. Paul's ability to turn his unpredictability on and off is what makes him so dangerous and such a huge threat in the game. It is hard to tell what Paul's true intentions are, because one minute, he can be very confrontational, but the next minute, he can be the nice, friendly and sociable guy who gets along with everyone.
* [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Younger Houseguest]][=/=]TheBabyOfTheBunch: Paul is the youngest houseguest of the season. He can also be incredibly loud, erratic and unpredictable. It is understandable why Paul could sometimes get on the nerves of the houseguests. Paulie even comments about Paul's immaturity, saying that sometimes he is too much of a loud mouth and a little bit too brash. Some assume that Paul acts loud and obnoxious because he realizes that he is the youngest of the bunch and has to receive attention from the rest of the houseguests by being loud mouthed. Unfortunately for him, many of the other houseguests have commented on how they dislike Paul because they find him annoying and irritating. There are also some fans who say that Paul comes off as a spoiled brat who is very entitled and shows alot of immaturity, despite his many stories of having lived life and experienced many things. See TagalongKid.
* AntiHero: Plays this role. He's more than willing to toss his own houseguests under the bus if it advances his game further. Paul could classify as a Type II or Type III anti-hero. He is a Type II, which is a KnightInSourArmor, because he has HeroicSpirit yet he can also be incredibly cynical and sarcastic at times. He is also a Type III, which is a PragmaticHero, because he is very practical, strategic and logical in his thinking, despite his occasional wild antics.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Definitely came off as this early on in the game. Paul was extremely cocky, bossy, and arrogant, but it could use assumed that much of his personality was influenced by associating with Jozea. Paul was shown to be bossy towards other houseguests and he made it a point to try to get the others to do and see things his way. This could be considered an AvertedTrope now, as Paul seems to have toned down his cocky and arrogant behaviour and has mellowed out by becoming more sociable with the other houseguests since Jozea was evicted. He still has his cocky moments from time to time, however.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Had this kind of relationship with Bronte. At times, Paul and Bronte would appear to have somewhat of a prickly or antagonistic relationship going on where they would argue and bicker with one another.However, there are other times when Paul and Bronte would engage in flirtation and light conversation with each other. Paul even admitted that he was both shocked and upset about Bronte's unexpected eviction and in her exit interview, Bronte admitted that she liked or had a crush on Paul. See BelligerentSexualTension.
* BadassAdorable: Paul fits this because he comes off as a silly dork who loves entertaining other people and conducts wild antics from time to time, but he is actually one of the best players in the game. Paul used to be an outcast in the house and was even in danger of going home, but he managed to turn his game around by becoming more social. He's also shown that he is a competitor when he wants to be and he is not afraid to make big moves whenever necessary (such as when he put up Da'Vonne and even risked putting his ally Paulie on the block for strategic reasons).
* BadassBeard: Paul sports an obvious and impressive one. It is one of his physical defining traits and it is the first quality that most people notice about him.
* BadassBookworm: Paul is very smart and intelligent. He is one of the strongest strategists in the game. He's also a really good conversationalist and can talk about a variety of different topics for hours. Even other houseguests have commented on how strong of a strategic player Paul is.
* BashBrothers: With Victor. Victor is definitely Paul's closest ally in the game and the two have expressed UndyingLoyalty to each other. They have never turned on each other and have never stabbed each other in the back. The two are TrueCompanions and HeterosexualLifePartners who share a genuine bond and relationship that is not solely game related. Despite Victor being Paul's number one ally, Paul became this with Paulie. Corey used to be Paulie's closet ally and right hand man in the game but eventually, Paul had become the closest ally to Paulie. However, it became a SubvertedTrope when Paul realized that Paulie was not as loyal to Paul as Paul was to him. Paulie had intentions of back stabbing both Paul and Victor in favour of being more loyal to Corey (and by extension, Nicole). So, as a result, Paul (along with Victor) decided to turn against Paulie. As of Week 9, Paul has become this with Corey. Paul, Corey and Victor have become very close and have even formed a Final 4 alliance together with Nicole, pledging loyalty and allegiance to one another.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Paul seemed to have this with Bronte. They had somewhat of an antagonistic relationship yet they also flirted with one another and shared some tender moments.
* BerserkButton: Don't even think of betraying him or crossing him in any way. Paul is the type to get even if it happens. Also, one should never attack him personally, especially regarding his faith or religion. Michelle personally attacked Paul's faith and the result of that wasn't pretty.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite Paul's unpredictability and wild antics, Paul is actually much smarter than he looks. He was on the block three times in a row in the beginning of the game, but he somehow managed to turn his game around and become one of the stronger players of the season. He can also be very strategic, has a good social game, and can prove that he is a competitor when he needs to be. Not bad for someone who was in danger of going home at the start of the game.
* BlackSheep: Describes himself as this in his intro package, particularly because of his punk look (accompanied by several tattoos, which are forbidden in the culture of his Russian background).
* BrainsAndBrawn: Paul is the Brains to Victor's Brawn. While Victor is more of an ActionHero who is physically competitive and is capable of winning a lot of competitions, Paul is more of TheStrategist and GuileHero who depends on his game instincts, manipulation and strategy to get ahead in the game. As a result, Paul and Victor are a complementary duo because each has what the other lacks. That does not mean that Victor isn't smart and that Paul isn't a competitive threat though.
* BreakoutCharacter: As of recently, Paul has become a popular with the audience and he is considered to be a fan favorite. Many fans comment how they love Paul because he is very charismatic, entertaining and funny. He could very well be in the running (at least in the Top 3 houseguests) to win the America's Favourite Houseguest prize (along with James and Natalie) shall he not get to the or win the game.
* BrutallyHonest: Paul definitely speaks his mind and he can be considered to very outspoke, frank and blunt. Sometimes Paul does not even think before he says stuff. It doesn't help that Paul loves to talk a lot and he is a mega MotorMouth who sometimes does not know when to be quiet, even if he is saying something that is really honest.
* TheBully: Although he doesn't frequently do it, Paul can come off as very confrontational, argumentative and intimidating at times. He has gotten into arguments and shouting matches with the other houseguests over the course of the season. His most notable fight have been with Natalie, Michelle and Nicole, coincidentally all women. During a fight with Michelle, he called her the C word and told her that she was a terrible person because she likes to bully and intimidate people. And during an argument with Nicole, he calls Nicole a snake because she had referred to him as a liar and a manipulator. Even though Paul's anger towards Natalie and Michelle was justified because they had personally attacked his character (by calling him an "Atheist" because of his personal beliefs regarding Heaven/Hell and also called him a liar and a manipulator) and also betrayed him and Victor by nominating them and breaking their alliance, he still could have resolved his issues with Michelle and Natalie through more diplomatic means. Instead, he decided to shame and humiliate Natalie, Michelle and Nicole in front of the entire house by berating them and aggressively shouting and yelling at them, plus calling them derogatory and misogynistic names. Paul is well known to have a trash mouth and he has a very aggressive personality. It could be argued that his loud mouth is his biggest downfall and his bullying ways and arguments with the other houseguests did cost him some jury votes in the Final 2.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Paul may be a MotorMouth who can come off as very outspoken and zany at times, but he is arguably the most dangerous player in the game right now. Paul is actually very intelligent and he is the strongest strategic and mental player in the game. Many people seem to underestimate Paul, but he is actually the biggest threat to win the game shall he get to the end.
* CannotKeepASecret: He elected to tell the house about the secret room and the twist.
* CatchPhrase: Paul loves to yell that he's "pissed" in his DR sessions. He also says "Friendship!" and "Your Boy" (the latter usually in reference to himself) a lot. Other catch phrases of his include "Boned", "Never Cared" and "Fool". Paul's signature vocabulary is so catchy that many of the other houseguests are starting to use it without even realizing it. In Week 8, the Zingbot even made fun of Paul's catch phrases, telling him that he has a lot of them (such as the ones listed above), but the Zingbot's catch phrase for him would be "Shut the F%$@ Up!" ZING!
* TheChessmaster: One of the strongest strategic players on the game and generally has very good game instincts. He's also very good at persuading people to do what he wants or think the way he thinks and he can be rather manipulative. He may not exactly be on Paulie's level of ManipulativeBastard, but he is pretty close and almost as impressive.
* ClassClown: Paul is known to be one of the funniest houseguests of the season. His DR's are widely thought of as entertaining and humorous.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Paul is very unpredictable and zany. Many of the houseguests didn't really take Paul that seriously because of his wild behavior and antics. However, this could be considered an AvertedTrope, as Paul is now taken much more seriously by the other houseguests and they see how logical and practical he can be from time to time.
* CoolShades: Paul is seen wearing sunglasses a lot. It seems to be part of his signature attire.
* CountryMatters: Finally fed up with Michelle's cutting commentary, Paul blasted her with the C-word while James was interrogating him. The live feeds clip on the official Big Brother channel saw fit to actually censor that over the F-word!
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Paul originally came off as really loud, wild, unpredictable and brash, mostly because it seemed as though he was a Wildcard who didn;'t really have any strong loyalties after Jozea and Victor were evicted. But it turns out that Paul is not to be overlooked or underestimated. He could actually prove to be one of the biggest overall threats in the game. Paul is very strong strategically, socially and even competitively. Many people actually believe that Paul may have a very good shot to win the game if he manages to get to the end.
* DeadpanSnarker: Paul has a really sarcastic and snarky sense of humour. Sometimes he will deliver jokes or humorous lines with a serious expression, which only makes the joke come off even funnier.
* TheDragon:
** For Paulie, who could be considered as the BigBad, as he is the one who is calling the shots and running everything that is happening in the house. Paul is hands down Paulie's closest ally in the game and it is clear that Paul's loyalty lies 100% with Paulie. Paul could even be considered as Paulie's right hand man. He is basically TheMole for Paulie, because any time Paul gathers information from the other houseguests, he always runs back to Paulie so that he can let him know what is going on. Basically, Paul was nothing more than a rat for Paulie, constantly ratting out information to Paulie himself that was given to him by other houseguests during conversations that he has had with them. In addition, Paulie and Paul have confessed UndyingLoyalty to one another and the two were tied at the hip. Paul basically did everything that Paulie told him to do, even getting out all of Paulie's intended targets (such as Da'Vonne for example, someone who was never Paul's target to begin with). Earlier on in the game, Paulie and Paul's alliance was the most dangerous alliance in the house, yet nobody at the time could figure out how close they were and how much of a threat they posed. Although it seemed as though Paulie and Paul had a genuine bond of some sort and liked each other's company, their relationship came off as more of a master (Paulie) and servant (Paul). Paulie would somehow make the very loud mouthed and obnoxious Paul more submissive in nature by getting him to do his bidding and dirty work.
** CoDragons: Paul is this alongside Corey, Nicole, Zakiyah, Victor and James. Although all of them are working for or alongside Paulie, Paul appears to be the closest ally to Paulie and also seems to be his right hand man in the game (he seems to have taken over Corey's spot as Paulie's right hand man). All of the people who worked for Paulie seemed to have different skills and strengths that could be used to benefit Paulie in the game. Paul, who was arguably Paulie's main ally next to Corey, was strong socially, strategically and competitively, which actually made Paul extremely dangerous to Paulie because he was the strongest of his minions. Paul was good socially because he had a very strong social game and could easily persuade people with his words. He was also good strategically because he was the strongest strategist next to Paulie in the entire game and he was a very good manipulator and liar. And finally, Paul was strong competitively because he always won competitions (particularly mentla competitions) when he needed to and he was very clutch when winning them (especially when he found himself in trouble or when he was nominated). Nicole was strong socially because she had a reasonably good social game and nobody targeted her or wanted to get her out of the house (she was never nominated until Week 12!) Corey was strong competitively because he won numerous competitions and he was also very athletic. Victor was very strong socially and competitively. Victor was strong competitively because he was a beast and was the strongest male competitor as well as the strongest overall competitor in the entire game, winning a bunch of competitions. Victor gave Paulie a run for his money in terms of competitiveness and he was hands down Paulie's most competitive ally or minion (Victor got alot of blood on his hands for Paulie's benefit). In addition, Victor's social game was strong, especially after he came back to the house for a second time. Everyone liked him and enjoyed his company and people only targeted Victor because he was a competitive threat, not because he was unlikeable. The only minion or ally of Paulie that did not really contribute anything or did not benefit Paulie's game was Zakiyah. She was TheLoad who proved to be useless competitively (she never won any competitions and was not a strong competitor), strategically (she came off as TheDitz who only cared about a showmance) and socially (the only people she really hung out with were Da'Vonne and Paulie).
** DragonAscendant: Paul could potentially become this if Paulie is evicted in Week 8. Paul has been advocating for Paulie, Corey and Nicole to be nominated and evicted. The reason for Paul wanting to target Paulie is because he feels personally hurt and betrayed that Paulie, someone whom he was very loyal to, had talked trash behind his back by calling Paul "his lap dog" and saying how Paul is too much of a loud mouth who talks to much (which is actually sort of true...). It seems as though Paul is starting to morph or turn into the person that he turned against (Paulie) and he is definitely becoming more controlling and arrogant.
** DragonInChief: Although Paulie was the BigBad who was controlling the game and calling all of the shots in the house, Paul was arguably a much more dangerous player than Paulie. Paul is actually a much smarter and intelligent individual than Paulie is and he is one of the best, if not, the best strategist in the game. Paul's game instincts regarding the other houseguests and their intentions are actually very accurate. Paul can also manipulate people without coming off as assertive and aggressive the way that Paulie does. Paul also has a very strong social game and is a very good talker and conversationalist. He can be very persuasive in getting others to listen to him and see his way of thinking. On top of it, Paul is also comp able of being competitive and he has shown to be clutch at winning competitions when it is necessary. To add, Paul is the one who plotted Paulie's demise and was the main influence behind the other houseguests turning on Paulie.
** DragonWithAnAgenda: Paul has had differences with Paulie in the game, such as targets or who should go home.When Zakiyah and Michelle were nominated, Paul had wanted Zakiyah gone more than Michelle, but Paulie wanted Michelle out over Zakiyah. This caused some distrust and tension in their alliance. On top of it, Paul has turned on Paulie, Corey and Victor and has thrown all of them under the bus to Michelle, Natalie, and Bridgette. It was thought that Paul had seen Paulie as his number one ally but as of right now, there alliance of two has deteriorated badly due to distrust fuelled by certain houseguests.
** MouthOfSauron: Paul is/was TheDragon for Paulie and he is the one who does most of the talking for Paulie. Even though Paul would follow what Paulie wants and do what he wanted, Paul's main job was t actually use his social game to gather information about the game. He will socialize with other houseguests and will try to gather info from them so that he can tell Paulie about what is going on. However, Paulie often felt uncomfortable with Paul talking to other houseguests regarding the game out of fear that Paul might accidentally expose too much info because he came off as a MotorMouth.
** NobleTopEnforcer: Arguably, Paul is actually much nicer person than Paulie. While Paulie is more of TheBully who resorts to intimidation tactics and manipulation to achieve his goals, Paul is actually more chill and laid back. Paul has openly commented that he disagrees with Paulie's tactics and attitude in the game. Although Paul sometimes does engage in some of the trash talking, there are times when Paul finds that Paulie just takes things to far. When Paul became TheStarscream and turned on Paulie, Paul even said to the other houseguests that the strongly disagreed with the way Paulie played the game from time to time and that some of his tactics were unnecessary.
** TheStarscream: Paul has completely turned against Paulie and has told other houseguests that he intends on putting Paulie on the block if he ever won Head of Household again. It seems that Paul turned against Paulie because according to Michelle, James and Natalie, Paulie had thrown Paul under the bus and had planned on having him nominated (it is uncertain if this information is true). Paul is also a WildCard who is unpredictable and seems to be trying to play both sides of the house. It is only a matter of time before he gets caught.
** VillainousFriendship: For the short time that Paul was aligned with Paulie, they seemed to be building a genuine friendship and bond with each other. Paul seemed to enjoy Paulie's company and vice versa. However, it is uncertain if Paulie's bonding or friendship towards Paul was 100% genuine since everything seemed to be more strategic with Paulie.
* GenreBlind:
** He told the house of the secret room and the Round Trip twist, despite both nominees being present in the same room. Then he expected people to actually ''stay true'' to their final four deal.
** Paul infamously took Nicole to the Final 2 because he believed James did not deserve to sit in the Final 2 chair next to him. This could be heavily compared to Cody sitting next to his best friend Derrick losing to him compared to evicting Victoria who he could easily win against.
** Not to mention, Paul lost a critical jury vote from Natalie after criticizing her gameplay and called her close friend Michelle a "cunt" losing to Nicole in a close 5-4 vote. Another move that can be easily compared to Ivette's infamous goodbye message to Rachel where she ended up being the deciding vote for Maggie to win in a close 4-3 vote.
* GuileHero <-> ManipulativeBastard: Paul is a combination of the two, depending on one's interpretation of him. Paul is shown to be very smart, intelligent and strategic. He is also very persuasive and is a good talker. Paul seems to have the ability to get people to believe what he is saying even if he is not being completely truthful. Paul is arguably one of the strongest strategists of the season next to Paulie. His instincts reading the game and the other houseguests have been pretty spot on or accurate for the most part. Not to mention, he seems to have a really good memory and can recall or recite information rather easily. Overall, Paul could be considered a huge social and strategic threat.
* HeCleansUpNicely: When Paul shows a picture of himself clean-shaven, he looks pretty handsome.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Victor. The two are BashBrothers in the game and they have a very close relationship in the game. The two have UndyingLoyalty to each other. Fans even recognize that they have a very strong relationship and bond with each other and refer to them as a solid "bromance". Victor and Paul are so incredibly bromantic that they even bicker and communicate with each other LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.
* HiddenDepths: Discovers he is actually really good at baking muffins and really enjoys it. He is also actually a reasonably good cook, despite proclaiming that he hates cooking and that other people always cook for him instead. In addition, Paul is also very good at magic tricks, in particular card tricks.
* HollywoodCalifornia: Paul originally hails from Tarzana, which is a city in California.
* HonorBeforeReason: After winning the final HOH Competition, Paul decides to take Nicole with him to the Final 2 instead of James because he reasoned that Nicole actually played the Game unlike James [[WorthyOpponent so she actually deserved it more.]] This ends up being the ''exact'' reason he ends up losing to her in the Finals, when the Juror's vote in favor of her over Paul, 5-4.
* [[WritersCannotDoMath Houseguests Cannot Do Math]]: In the season premiere, while trying to run through the spots between the memory wall monitors, he miscounts 16 slots on the board by one, drawing the incorrect conclusion that another houseguest was going to be brought in. Victor immediately notes that there are the number of slots are the same as the number of houseguests (16).
* {{Jerkass}}: Regularly seen on the live feeds insulting the houseguests behind their back with Bronte during Week 1. Subverted as of now, as he TookALevelInKindness and became much more sociable and nice to the other houseguests once Jozea was evicted from the house.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Paul resorts to trash talking about the other houseguests from time to time, but for the most part, he seems like a generally good guy who likes to have fun and socialize. He TookALevelInKindness once Jozea was evicted, which proved that outside influences definitely have a strong impact on Paul's personality and how he acts. He has also shown to be strongly loyal to the people he likes and trusts in the game.
* LastOfHisKind: Paul is the last team member of Big Sister to remain in the game. All of his other team members (Da'Vonne, Zakiyah, and Jozea) were all evicted. Jozea was evicted in Week 2, Da'Vonne was evicted in Week 6 and Zakiyah was evicted in Week 7.
* LovableRogue: Despite being wild, unpredictable and at times, a little crazy in his behavior, Paul is still really likeable and he is easy to root for. Mostly because he is actually rather witty and humorous. Interestingly enough, Paul was rather unlikeable in the beginning mostly because of who he was aligned with, which was Jozea. After Jozea was evicted, Paul became a much nicer houseguest who TookALevelInKindness.
* MotorMouth: Paul seems to love talking, almost to the point where he can't stop talking. This trait of his has a habit of annoying both the live feeders and the viewers of the show. He also seems to be a good conversationalist and always has a variety of different topics that he likes to discuss. Paul also has a habit of getting very excited when he talks about something of his interest to the point when he cannot stop talking. His [[http://cdn.bigbrothernetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bb18-comics-paul-01.jpg comic]] in the BB Comics veto pokes fun of this trope.
* PetTheDog: Absolutely adores animals even volunteering at animal shelters, and ever since his friends left he's started to mellow out and socialize more.
* PlayingBothSides: It is very apparent that Paul is trying to play both sides of the house. He is making himself come off as untrustworthy since it is very unclear where his true loyalties lie. In the earlier weeks, he had loyalty to Jozea and Victor but when they were evicted, he had to gain new allies. He then became close to Paulie and Corey and had intended to go to the end with them. Now, he has turned on Paulie and Corey and seems to be aligned with James, Natalie, and Victor instead. It is only a matter of time before Paul will be able to play the middle and gets caught. Paulie, corey and Nicole are already onto him and his flip flopping ways.
* TheRival: Michelle. At first Paul and Michelle had a stable relationship. That was until Michelle nominated him, causing him to dislike her and call her a derogatory name. If Nicole wasn't in the final, Paul would've lost a jury vote from her.
* TheSmartGuy: Paul comes off as very smart, sharp and intelligent. He is a very good conversationalist and he seems to very knowledgeable on a variety of different subjects and topics. He is also book smart, as he did attend Pepperdine University.
* StrawNihilist: Michelle accuses him of being [[FlatEarthAtheist the kind of person who just doesn't want to believe in something.]] Paul fires back with some very choice language.
* StrokeTheBeard: Does this often.
* TagalongKid: While his beard may not make him seem like one, he's the youngest houseguest this season. See [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Younger Houseguest]] and TheBabyOfTheBunch.
* ThoseTwoGuys[=/=]TrueCompanions: With Victor, as the two are a duo and have UndyingLoyalty to each other. They are close allies and also friends in the house.
* TookALevelInKindness: Genuinely seemed to mellow out and socialize a bit more with the other contestants after Victor and Jozea were evicted.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jozea and Victor. They were his closest allies in the house at the very beginning. This changes later on after Jozea is evicted. However, when Victor comes back into the game, Paul still remains reasonably close with Victor.
* WhatTheHellHero: Expresses this in a Week 3 DR after [=HOH=] Bridgette nominates him for eviction alongside Tiffany, given how they got along in the house.
* WildCard: Paul's loyalties are extremely questionable. It is not really known who he is the most loyal to and he seems like he could turn on people easily. It seemed as though he was really close to Paulie and Victor, but he has had no problems with throwing them under the bus to other houseguests. Case in point, Paul has proven to be very disloyal and untrustworthy and he is very unpredictable in his intentions.
* WildHair: His mohawk. A relatively vertically close-cropped, but somewhat bushy one.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Paul is actually the youngest houseguest of the season (he is only 23), but many people think that he is much older than his actual age because of how mature he looks. Many think that Paul looks older because of his beard.
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!The Jury

[[folder: James Joseph Huling (9th Juror)]]

!''James Joseph Huling (9th Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' May 22nd, 1984 (age at time of competition: 32)
->'''Hometown:''' Sumter, SC
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Wichita Falls, TX
->'''Occupation:''' Staff Recruiter
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 3
->'''Prizes Won:''' $5,000, America's Care Package #2 (Nullify 2 Eviction Votes)
->'''Team:''' Team Unicorn (James, Bronte, Natalie, Victor)
->'''Previous Season Appearance:''' [[Characters/BigBrother17 Big Brother 17]] (7th Place)
->'''Finished:''' 3rd Place [9TH and FINAL JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 1-0 VS. NICOLE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' PAUL
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' PAUL

* '''HundredPercentAdorationRating''': Pretty obvious that like before James is easily the most popular returning player and is the only one to not be tempted by the dark side or be HotBlooded or explosive. If comments and popularity polls are any indication, he's a pretty good shoe-in to win America's Favourite along for the second time (he won it last season, beating out John and Jason), along with Bridgette and Natalie, who are also solid contenders for the prize. This seems to have become a SubvertedTrope as of lately (in particular Week 9), where the audience has actually somewhat turned against James and has gotten under the audience's skin with his constant pandering to America. Many fans now feel that James cares more about winning America's Favorite Houseguest prize than he does about actually winning the season of Big Brother. As of lately, James' popularity has declined, especially since he has decided to throw two of his allies in Victor and Paul under the bus in favour of his alleged pre-season alliance with Nicole (and by extension, Corey).
* {{Adorkable}}: James is really loveable, dorky, silly, and endearing. He is probably the most likeable houseguest of the season alongside Natalie. It is not surprising that James won the America's Favorite Houseguest prize last season, as he is so easy to root for. Most find James very loveable because he is a small guy but he is also very gutsy and ballsy. Other fans find him endearing because he is very silly, fun loving and spontaenous; he is someone who loves to joke around, pull pranks and have fun. This could be considered an AvertedTrope as of lately (particularly between Week 7 and Week 10) since he has become more unlikeable as the weeks passed. James became more ruthless and unlikeable because he has been willing to backstab and turn on his allies to further himself and Natalie in the game (allies such as Victor and Paul, for example). James has also noticeably lost his fun side which is what made him popular with the fans to begin with and has instead, been dedicated to trying to get Natalie to reciprocate his affections. James' likeability was linked to the fact that he was very fun loving and spontaneous and it seems as though James has lost that side of him since he has been hung up on Natalie. One could seriously argue that even though James is a good guy and has a big heart with good intentions, he definitely TookALevelInJerkass.
* AFriendInNeed: James has very nice and kind to everyone and he is always there to comfort or support someone who sees it. James is so kind, in fact, that he even extends sympathy, comfort, and compassion to those he does not necessarily like or agree with on a game level. An example of this is when James comforted Tiffany when she was being ostracized and left out by the rest of the house. James did not trust Tiffany, but he did not agree with the other houseguests mistreating her and leaving her out to be alone. James would often engage in conversation with Tiffany to make her feel like she belonged. James also showed displeasure in the houseguests treating both Frank and Bridgette terribly. He even stated that despite him putting them both on the block, he felt bad for their situation and that he went back on his word. All in all, James has proven to be a great ally and friend and he is definitely someone you would want to have on your side when you're going through a rough time.
* AllLovingHero: James doesn't seem to particularly or actively hate or dislike anyone in the house on a personal level. He may see certain houseguests as a threat to his game but he never targets people because he has something against them personally. Overall, James is very kind to every single person in the house and he exhibits very polite behaviour towards everyone. However, this is changed as of lately. He seems to have somewhat of a personal vendetta against Victor and Paul, mostly when it comes to Natalie. James seems to believe that Victor and Paul had backstabbed him (due to a lie that Nicole and Corey told James and Natalie) because he thought that Paul was coming after James. It became personal when Natalie tried to accuse Paul of sexually harrassing her and making her feel uncomfortable because he touched her playfully. James became jealous and enraged by Natalie's accusation that he started to become petty towards Paul and plotted to have him evicted (which ended up failing). James also consistently trash talked Victor and Paul behind their backs, solely because of misinformation and a lie that Nicole and Corey fed him. This is a complete 180 to how James was on his season because all of his game moves were strategic and non-personal in nature. This does not change the fact that James is still a good person with a big heart, but it does show that he does have some flaws in his personality and he is definitely not perfect, but he is human.
* AntiHero: While James is a good guy, he's become this as of late and is more than willing to throw everyone else besides Natalie under the bus. James is a cross between a Type II and Type IV. Some could argue he TookALevelInJerkass.
* AnythingThatMoves:
** James has flirted with almost every single female houseguest, namely Natalie, Bridgette and Nicole (the latter of whom he admitted having had a crush on when she appeared in Season 16), and to some extent, Michelle. To his credit, it does make up for the fact that he got friend-zoned by Meg the previous season. And Da'Vonne definitely noticed...
-->'''Da'Vonne:''' "Oh, James, James, James. Let me tell you something, there has not been a girl who has not been on the receiving end of his flirting. Child, one minute, it's Nicole. [...] Then, it's Natalie. [...] You blink your eye, then it's off to Bridgette. [...] I'm just like, 'boy, is there anybody in this thing you won't touch?' [...] James, leave these girls alone, baby. It ain't no good. Get your head out the clouds."
** Ironically, during a hometown montage aired the previous season, his roommate noted that James HasAType, specifically blondes and women who are taller (like Meg was). Bridgette, Natalie and Michelle are brunettes, and those three and Nicole are much closer in height to James – who even cited Natalie as the "right height" for him (Natalie is 4'11").
* AudienceSurrogate: It is pretty obvious that James is the audience's mouthpiece. He pretty much says and states what the majority of the audience is feeling or thinking. It is understandable why the audience chooses to view the show through his eyes considering he is a fan favorite of the audience.
* BadassAdorable: James is adorable, endearing and he is also a strong competitor. He seems to be a PintsizedPowerhouse, because even though he is the shortest male houseguest of the season he is more physical than the bigger guys. This is a guy who lasted for five and half hours during the Week 5 Endurance [=HOH=] competition and won it! He was also the runner up in an Endurance Wall competition in Week 9, in which he threw to Nicole. Despite his small stature, James seems to be very physical and he can outlast the stronger and bigger men in the house such as Paulie, Frank and Corey. James was also a strong competitor last season as well and he won a good amount of competitions, hence why he was seen as such a competitive threat.
* BattleCouple: SubvertedTrope. James and Natalie are a showmantic couple in the game but they do not seem to be overly competitive or dominant in the game together in terms of gameplay. They seem to have a strong social game but competitively and even strategically, they are lacking. James, who was a good competitor on his original season, is not as competitive and active in the competitions this season. During Season 17, James heled the [=HOH=] title 2 or 3 times and held the [=POV=] title twice. However, on this season, James has only won 1 [=HOH=] title. It seems as though James is depending mostly on social game to get far because his strategy isn't overly strong either. Natalie is not much of a strong competitor at all, although she almost beat Victor in an Endurance competition in Week 7. So far, she has only managed to win one Head of Household title. To add, Natalie doesn't seem to be that strategic and her social game is not overly strong either. Although her reads on the house have been farily good, she doesn't seem to be too smart when it comes to the aspects of the game. Natalie has potential to be a solid player, but it seems that she sometimes seems like TheLoad, which is someone who doesn't really contribute to the game all that much.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: James is very nice but he also has a temper when he is provoked into anger. He has no problem with calling people out on their behaviour when he feels the need to. Especially later on in the game (Week 7 to Week 10), James has TookALevelInJerkass and has become more of a daker character lately. He seems to be playing more personal, something that James never did on his original season. He seems to have lost his fun loving spark and has appeared to have mentally and emotionally checked out of the game. He has become somewhat spiteful, such as when he has gone along with Natalie's accusations that Paul and Victor have flirted with Natalie and even sexually harassed her. James even mentioned that because of what Natalie told him about Paul and Victor's "actions" towards her (actions that are not even true to begin with), he would be willing to get vengeance against them on a game level to spite them. Like above, James is mostly a nice guy but do not cross him or the people he cares about.
* BigGood: James is the nicest houseguest of the season and could definitely qualify as TheHero of the entire season overall, mostly because he is arguably the nicest houseguest of the season next to Natalie. Even though he was aligned with Paulie for a part of the game, ti did not change his status as this trope. He could be seen as the opposite of Paulie, who could be considered to be the BigBad of the season. See TheHero, TheCape, AllLovingHero and TheHeart. However, depending on one's interpretation of him, this could be seen as a SubvertedTrope as of the later weeks. James has become more unlikeable in personality, but many people assume that it is Natalie's attitude rubbing off on him. It didn't help that he managed to turn on two of his allies in Paul and Victor, two people who are well liked outside of the game and are considered to be the underdogs. James also seemed to have increased his trash talking of other houseguests and he has been acting very petty and personal, especially where Natalie is concerned. Overall, James is still a good guy, but he seems to be veering more into AntiHero (Type II to Type IV) territory lately due to his unusual behaviour.
* BreakoutCharacter: James is easily the most popular and likeable houseguest of the season. It is not surprising why he won America's Favorite last season. Could be a case of an AvertedTrope as of lately. Although James still has a large fan base and many fans still like him, there is also a larger portion of vocal fans who have completely turned on James and no longer find him enjoyable. Many fans have commeneted that they do not respect James gameplay this season, especially in comparison to his gameplay on his original season. On this season, the fans loved James because he had a very likeable, fun loving and carefree spirit, plus he was the PluckyComicRelief and ThePrankster of the season. However, this season, he seems to have lost his fun loving and spontaneous personality which was what won him America's Fave Houseguest in the first place. On top of it, people feel that James did not bring his best game this season because he was not as competitive and winning a lot of competitions that he normally did on his original season.The fans have complained that James has played a slacker or lazy game because he was endlessly throwing competitions and spent more time caring about having a romance with Natalie and winning AFP for a second time in a row instead of playing the game and aiming to win half a million dollars. Although his popularity has dwindled some, he is still reasonably well liked and popular and he still has a solid fanbase of Captain Camo fans. It is possible that he could be in the running once again to win AFP shall he not make it to the end or win the game.
* BrilliantButLazy: YMMV or arguable depending on audience opinion. James has a lot of potential to be one of the best players of the season. As of right now, he is in a very good spot in the game and nobody is actively targeting him or wanting to have him evicted. He has a good social game and gets along with pretty much all of the houseguests. He can also be strategic when he wants to be and he can also have good game instinct. However, he is nowhere near as competitive as he was on his original season. On his original season, James was one of the strongest competitive players in the game and he made a lot of big moves when he got the opportunity and had the power to do so. But he does not seem to be as competitive this season and he seems to be laying back and not getting any blood on his hands because he is not winning any competitions this season, aside from 1 Head of Household title (even though he did manage to make a pretty big move by nominating Frank and Bridgette and having Frank, who is a known strong competitive player, evicted). Some fans are disappointed in James gameplay because they feel that he is coming off as lazy on a competitive and strategic level. Other fans, however, are praising James gameplay, saying that he has a strong social game and he is doing the right thing by not winning too many competitions so that he would become a target to get out.
* TheCape: James could classify as this trope because he is the nicest houseguest of the season and he has played an overall clean and moral game. Even his mild backstabbing is seen as harmless and non dirty. He is also an AllLovingHero, someone who has no personal hatred or animosity towards his fellow houseguests and only desires to evict the for strategic or game related reasons. James is also the kind of person to engage in conversation with left out or ostracized houseguests (such as Tiffany, for example) and he makes them feel welcome and that they belong even if they are a target. James is also the BigGood and TheHero of the season, as he is highly likeable and has played one of the cleanest games , both on strategic/gameplay and personal level, of the season in comparison to some of the other houseguests who have played somewhat dirty either on a gameplay or personal level (such as Paulie, Nicole, Michelle, Frank, Tiffany, even Natalie).
* CompetitionFreak: SubvertedTrope. This season, James is definitely not as active and competitive in the competitions. He seems to be relying more on his strategic and social game prowess than on winning a bunch of comps to get to the end and make moves. This is a stark contrast to how James was on his original season, where he was seen to be one of the strongest male competitors of the season.
* CowardlyLion: James seems to have many cowardly moments during the game. He seems to not want to get any blood on his hands. When it comes to telling someone that they are going to be evicted from the game, James always says that he plans on letting the people that are going home know ahead of the eviction, but he never follows through with what he intends to do. Many fans complain that James has become spineless and weak because he doesn't seem to have the guts to let people know they are leaving out of fear of becoming targeted or yelled at. This is a contrast to his original season, when James had no problem calling out Clay in front of the entire house when Clay had decided to slander James' name by making up a lie about Vanessa (the lie was that James was coming after Vanessa).
* TheCutie: James is very loveable, because he has such an endearing personality and he is a NiceGuy. James is also very kind to other houseguests and refuses to treat any in a disrespectful manner, even if he does not care for them on a personal level. Not to mention that his small physical stature makes him even more endearing. Despite his likeability, he is also a case of BewareTheNiceOnes, as little cute ol' James can also be quite a force to be reckoned with if anyone messes with him or crosses him in any way. The best way to keep cute James is to not betray him or cross him or those he cares about in any way.
* DeadpanSnarker: James has a really good sense of humour and he has sharp wit. James' sense of humour is what made him a huge favourite with the audience in the first place. Some of his DR sessions are good comedy and he knows how to deliver a funny line very well. James can also be very sarcastic, sassy and snarky in his deliver of jokes, which only makes it funnier. He actually fits more of the PluckyComicRelief trope and ThePrankster tropes since his sense of humor tends to be more light hearted and not so serious in nature. James is the king of making jokes and pulling pranks on numerous houseguests and pulling pranks on houseguests seems to be James' signature.
* DeepSouth: AvertedTrope. James is from the South (he originally hails from South Carolina and Texas) and he is definitely Southern to the bone. James also has a very strong Southern accent, which can be seen as highly unusual since James is of Asian descent. James seems to qualify as more of the GoodOlBoy trope.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Though he had his moments the previous season, he managed to avert this when Bronte changed her clothes in front of him while trying to get him to reveal what he knows about Frank winning the Week 3 Roadkill Competition, after she became suspicious that Natalie may have been keeping James' secret about who won.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Natalie. Although James would like to believe that he and Natalie are in a romantic relationship or better yet, a showmance, the reality is that Natalie is not really romantically interested in James. Their interactions show that James seems to be more into Natalie than Natalie is into him. Natalie has shown attraction towards Victor and Paulie, confirming that James was never on her radar for who she wanted as a showmance partner. Many fans speculated that Natalie was just using James for her own image (because he is popular and was a favorite of the Big Brother audience last season; he did win the America's Favorite Houseguest prize) and to futher herself in the game. As of Week 10, Natalie has basically told James to his face in so many words that she wants to be JustFriends with him. James, however, does not seem to want to take the hint that Natalie is not interested in a romantic relationship both inside the house and outside of the house. He seems persistant on trying to gain Natalie's affection, even after they constantly argue and fight with each other regarding the game and personal issues. Some fans are even begging James to stop pursuing Natalie and worrying about the status of their realtionship and play the game to win because it is very clear that Natalie is just using James for strategy. Other fans are harping on Natalie and criticizing her negatively because of the way that she has emotionally manipulated James and led him on the entire summer when she had no intentions of wanting to be with him romantically.
* TheDragon: For Natalie. With Paulie now gone, Natalie seems to have taken over as the BigBad since she has been revealing her true colors lately. James seems to want to do everything that Natalie wants him to do even if it is detrimental to his game. An example of this is in Week 10, when Natalie wanted James to turn against Paul and Victor and nominate them by backstabbing them and betraying them in the process. Natalie was successful in her attempts at getting James, Victor and Paul to hate one another and no longer trust each other, because Natalie had wanted to go to the end with Corey and Nicole. James has even discussed sacrificing his game for Natalie. That is how much UndyingLoyalty he has to Natalie.
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: SubvertedTrope. A resident of Wichita Falls, Texas, James is small in height and stature (standing at only 5'4" according to himself). He is the shortest male houseguest of the season next to Paul. He is the opposite of Corey, who is also from Texas. Corey is TheBigGuy amd the tallest male houseguest, standing at 6'5".
* TheGadfly[=/=]ThePrankster: Just like in Season 17, James spends a lot of his time pranking and messing with his fellow houseguests. Unlike the previous season, he's involved a few of the other houseguests in pulling some of the practical jokes (which have expanded upon the hide-and-startle tricks he mainly pulled in Season 17, though he has pulled a few of these this season as well), such as involving Frank and Corey in a variant of the "shaving cream to the sleeping person's face" trick and dropping popcorn kernels on certain other houseguests with Natalie in Week 1.
* GoodCounterpart: Could be seen as this to Paulie. James and Paulie seem to be playing somewhat similar games but their approaches in the game are very different in that Paulie is more controlling and dominating while James is more diplomatic and laid back. Overall, Paulie could be seen as the BigBad (the main villain of the season who is controlling everything in the house) while James could be seen as the BigGood and TheHero. While Paulie is a ManipulativeBastard, James is more of a GuileHero. Paulie will use dominant manipulation to get people to do what he wants while James will also use manipulation strategy but he will be more subtle in his approach. Both James and Paulie have excellent social games. However, Paulie is more assertive with the other houseguests while James is more fun loving with the other houseguests.James and Paulie are both strong competitors. All in all, James and Paulie are playing very similar games, but James comes off as more likeable and Paulie comes off as more unlikeable.
* GoodOlBoy: James originally hails from South Carolina, and currently lives in Texas, and has many of the personality aspects of this trope.
* GoodIsNotSoft[=/=]GoodIsNotNice: James could be this later in the game given that he's willing to throw almost all of his former allies under the bus, but still has a good heart.
* GuileHero: On his original season, James was not that much of a strategist and relied more on his competitiveness by winning a lot of competitions to ensure his safety as well as the safety of all of his allies or alliance members. However, it seems that this season, James has taken a different approach to his game. James has become more strategic and is depending more on strategy than on winning comps. He also depends on his social game as there is nobody in the house that does not like James on a personal level or anybody who is actively targeting James. Case in point, the James of ''Big Brother 17'' played a more competitive game (winning competitions), but the James of this current season is depending more on strategy and social game to get to the end. So far, it seems to be working in James' favor.
* TheHeart: Easily the kindest and nicest houseguest of the season by far. He seems to share this role with Natalie. James does not have a mean or malicious bone in his body and he has never gotten really personal in the game. When James has a target, it is for strictly game or strategic reasons, not personal ones. For example, James was against Frank and Bridgette on a game level, but he was against everyone treating them terribly or in a mean fashion just because they were nominated and were being targeted. James felt the same way about Tiffany when she was being ostracized by the rest of the house. He went out of his way to still make conversation with Tiffany and make her feel included. This shows that James has a strong degree of compassion in a game that is meant to be about lying, manipulating and backstabbing. However, despite James' overall kindness, [[BewareTheNiceOnes it is not a good idea to cross him or mess with the people he considers to be friends and allies]]. He will go out of his way to defend an ally or a friend in need. See TheHero, BigGood, and AllLovingHero.
* TheHero: James is this of the entire season. He is definitely the nicest houseguest this season and he is very noble and diplomatic in his gameplay approach or style. He is also strongly loyal to his allies and does not have a strong backstabbing bone in his body.
* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Hillbilly/Appalachian Accent]]: James has a fairly strong Southern accent, which he acknowledged the previous season can be surprising to anyone who meets him, given that few would expect such an accent to come from someone of Asian descent.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: But who can blame him? We were all fooled by Nicole and Paulie. James' biggest issue seems to be he only sees the good in people and is hesitant to believe anything bad about them.
* MagneticHero: Everyone seems to love James on a personal level in the house. Nobody is outright targeting him. This is also the case for outside of the house, with the majority of the audience loving James. After all, James did win the America's Favorite Houseguest prize last season and going by pols, he is a clear contender to win the prize for a second time in a row if he does not get to the Final 2. See HundredPercentAdorationRating.
* ManipulativeEditing: His argument with Natalie over his Final 2 deal with Nicole made Natalie look she was harassing him when major details of the argument were left out of the show such as Natalie making up with James which Natalie acknowledged during her eviction interview with Julie Chen. This edit was most likely done to award him America's Favorite Player which Victor Arroyo ended up winning over James and his showmance partner Natalie. This edit is a very good example for why many people tune into the live feeds daily without the feeds it can be interpreted as Natalie sabotaging James and ending their relationship an edit Julie Chen, Jeff Schroeder and many causal viewers believed to be true.
* MyGreatestSecondChance: Despite playing a weaker game this time, he's moved up four places since S17 putting this trope in place.
* NiceGuy[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Let's face it, this guy doesn't have a bad thing to say about anyone and is easily one of the nicest houseguests in the house. If a bit flirty. He even got Natalie, who started off the season as relatively unpopular to being nearly adored by everyone. Has been somewhat tarnished as of late, being that he's with the "dark" side of the house, and has become more fiercely protective of Nicole, Michelle and his showmance Natalie, while also treating Victor and Paul (who he was formerly best friends with) pretty badly, he's become a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. James is still genuinely a good person and unfortunately seems to be affected by the type of people he is with. Compare with BewareTheNiceOnes.
* NiceHat: He is often seen wearing a cap or visor.
* PapaWolf: To his young daughter at home, which explains why he's so flirtatious with some of his female houseguests: he's trying to find a good mom for her.
* PanderingToTheBase: Gets accused of this by other players and even by Julie upon his eviction. James focused more on trying not to rock the boat and win America's Favorite Player rather than trying to play hard.
* RealityShowGenreBlindness: In Season 17, James pointed out that Audrey bringing in two more people to their initial existing six-person alliance was not a good idea for their game strategy. He seems to have forgotten that fact this season, considering he became a member of the Eight Pack alliance in the first week.
* ShipTease: While it has been pointed out James flirts with a lot of the female houseguests, he has a lot of this with Natalie.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: James has done this a lot on the live feeds to secure his win for America's Favorite Houseguest for a second time. This tacit rubbed fans the wrong way and they ended giving up the award to Victor over James and his showmance partner Natalie.
* WhosLaughingNow: Many causal fans including Julie Chen and [[http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/big-brothers-paulie-natalie-has-no-interest-in-dating-james-w435857 Paulie]] did not believe James and Natalie were going to have a serious relationship however, on both of their social media accounts they are still dating.
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[[folder: Corey Alan Brooks (8th Juror)]]

!''Corey Alan Brooks (8th Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' October 31st, 1990 (age at time of competition: 25)
->'''Hometown:''' Dallas, TX
->'''Current City Of Residence:'''' Dallas, TX
->'''Occupation:''' Baseball Coach
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 2
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 4
->'''Prizes Won:''' $2,500, 1 Week Patriotard Punishment, A.C.P. #5 ($5,000 BRIBE)
->'''Team:''' Freakazoids (Nicole, Corey, Tiffany, Glenn)
->'''Finished:''' 4th Place [8TH JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 1-0 VS. NICOLE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' PAUL (HOH/POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' NICOLE

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Corey is one of the most disliked houseguests this season. He was initially disliked after homophobic comments were made on his Twitter account and on the first week of the live feeds his story of his friend burning a goat created a major backlash from the fans. However, his popularity severely declined after aligning with two of the most disliked houseguests this season (his showmance partner Nicole and Paulie who are both disliked by the public). He faced criticism from Big Brother alumni Jason Roy for both his homophobic remarks and for his comment about Da'Vonne being mad because "guys don't bone her." Many fans also wondered how he won the final care package especially since Paul and Victor (who were a lot more popular than he was) could've won it; although it could be from the remaining amount of fans Nicole has and won it from them.
* ActionSurvivor: Corey originally did not seem like he was a strong competitor as he did not win any competitions aside from one Power of Veto in Week 4. However, come Week 8, it seems that Corey had picked up his competitive side when he won the Double Eviction Head of Household and also the Power of Veto. He is starting to show that he is a competitor and will win competitions when he feels that it is necessary for him to do so. He is still not on Paulie and Victor's level of competitiveness yet (Paulie and Victor have both won 5 competitions).
* {{Adorkable}}: Corey has his endearing moments from time to time. Despite being an athlete, he is very dorky and clumsy looking in both mannerisms and physical appearance. In other words, despite his athleticism, he is very awkward and lacks the finesse and charisma that a typical athlete or jock would have. He may be athletic but he is somewhat dorky at the same time. He is also a bit socially awkward. Interestingly enough, Corey seems to share this quality of trait with Hayden Voss from ''Big Brother 16''. In addition, Corey's love for his dogs and his love for Christmas make him more relatable and endearing. Corey is definitely more in the LovableJock territory because of his shy nature.
* AmbiguousDisorder: With the way Corey acts, he comes across as though he has a mental or emotional disorder of some sort. He comes off as very odd, zany and even a little bit out there. Corey is also very socially awkward and seems to lack social skills, which adds to many feeling that he has a social disorder. Corey has actually admitted that he suffers from ADD and that he indeed takes Adderall for his disorder.
* AmbiguouslyGay[=/=]AmbiguouslyBi: Has made more than a few comments about other guys' looks that have left a few viewers questioning his sexuality. Which is strange considering he's been accused of calling other people "f-gs" on his Twitter account, something Season 16 contestant Frankie Grande reacted to with, "I hope one day someone sticks it in you [to accept the gay community] and you figure it out [to accept others for who they are]." Corey has also been seen to check out or flirt with some of the male houseguests, such as Paulie and Victor. Some of Corey's interactions with the male houseguests have been highly questionable and his relationship with Paulie seemed to be abnormally close and touchy feely, even for HeterosexualLifePartners. Now that Paulie is gone, Corey seems to be transferring his "bromantic" feelings from Paulie towards Victor. Then in the penultimate week, he starts to place his bromatic feelings in James, given that James has tried to protect Nicole as much as he could. As of lately, especially since Corey has formed an alliance with Victor, fans have even said that Corey is infatuated with Victor. The status of his sexuality is unclear and is highly ambiguous, although he does seem to genuinely like Nicole as more than a friend.
* BashBrothers: With Paulie. Corey is basically Paulie's right hand man in the game and Paulie could be considered as Corey's main ally other than Nicole. Out of all of the other houseguests, Corey has said that he trusts Paulie the most and would never backstab him or betray him in the game. It is clear that the two have a very close relationship in the game and on personal level. Corey seems to have UndyingLoyalty to Paulie and he always sticks up for him, even when Paulie doesn't deserve it.
* BattleCouple: With Nicole, although it could be considered to be an AvertedTrope. Nicole was highly competitive on her original season and won multiple competitions (she was considered to be the strongest female competitor of that season). However, it seems to be the opposite in this case. Corey has actually won more competitions than Nicole (he has won 1 Head of Household and 2 Power of Vetoes) and he seems rot be the one who pulls the weight on a competition level of their duo. Nicole has actually proven to be useless competitively this season. Yet, this does not change the fact that Corey and Nicole are still arguably the strongest and most dangerous duo left in the game.
* TheBigGuy[=/=]TheBrute: Corey is the tallest male houseguest of the season at 6'5". He towers over the majority of the other male houseguests, except for Frank. His height has actually been a disadvantage to him at some points in the game such as when he has had to be a Have Not. Corey has to sleep in the bumper cars and he has stated it is so uncomfortable because he is too tall to fit in them. His height also gives him a huge disadvantage in endurance competitions.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Paulie. Both Paulie and Corey are strongly athletic and competitive by nature. It isn't surprising, considering that they are both athletes (Paulie was a soccer player and Corey is a baseball player). It is no wonder why the two instantly bonded and aligned with each other since Day 1.
* TheBore: Corey doesn't seem to have that much of a personality and he's kind of just there, especially in comparison to some of the other male houseguests. He doesn't have the passion of Paulie, the bluntness of Frank, the dramatics of Jozea, the likability and charisma of James, the unpredictability of Paul, or the sophistication of Victor. Many of the live feeders have frequently said that they often find Corey's personal stories extremely boring or uninteresting. In fact, many of the live feeders think that he is boring and the majority of the viewers who watch the show don't even know Corey exists. Corey could be compared to Survivor Samoa's Brett in that it's easy to completely forget about him, due to how uninteresting his stories are.
* BrainlessBeauty: Corey is considered to be a physically attractive guy but he does not seem to be very smart, intelligent or brainy. He is also one of the weakest strategists in the game. All in all, he comes off as a athletic and competitive guy who has no clue about what is really going on in the game. He needs to depend on other houseguests (such as Paul and Paulie) for strategy and game instinct. He definitely fits the DumbJock trope.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Corey comes across as quirky and out there, but there have been some houseguests who have stated that he is actually huge threat in the game, mostly because he is very clutch at winning competitions. It is uncertain if Corey is actually smart and is doing a good job of hiding it with the use of strategy or if he really is the DumbJock and doesn't have to use strategy to fool people. He is actually very similar to Hayden in this regard.
* ButtMonkey: Corey has been a Have Not for a total of three times in seven weeks. To be exact, Corey has been a Have Not ''twice in a row''! This is considered bad for Corey because he has said that he has had issues with sleeping at night due to the uncomfortableness of the bumper cars. The bumper cars are uncomfortable for Corey to sleep in because he is too tall to fit into them. Therefore, every time he is a Have Not, not only does he not get to eat any good food, but he also does not get enough sleep and always ends up extremely exhausted.
* TheCharmer: He's mostly seen either hanging with Nicole or doing physical activities. Despite this, Corey's personality leaves much to be desired, since he doesn't really seem to have one. All he has going for him is his physical appearance.
* CloudCuckoolander: Definitely has shades of this. Corey can come off as pretty odd and out of touch a lot of the time. He even got easily confused in the Week 1 sandcastle puzzle competition, mostly because of the differences between the round and corner pieces they were supposed to assemble.
* CreatorsPet: He is given a lot of screentime compared to the more liked houseguests such as Paul, Victor and Natalie. A very good example is that Corey who only cleaned the house once gets a cleaning segment while Victor who has been cleaning the house for months has not been noticed by the editors. His [[https://www.facebook.com/BigBrother/posts/10154422798494473?match=YmlnIGJyb3RoZXIsbmljb2xlLGNvcmV5 showmance with Nicole]] is promoted heavily by Big Brother and now he appears on [[https://www.facebook.com/BigBrother/posts/10154490506279473 an ad for the CBS Store's Big Brother section]] over fan favorites (and veto winners) Bridgette, Victor and Paul. Allegedly, the Week 11 veto was rigged for her and Corey. They even acknowledged this on the live feeds.
-->'''Nicole:''' "I didn't find the key until they told me where it was. I didn't know it floated until they told me it floated. The worst."
-->'''Corey:''' "Yeah they said get the pipe on the wall. Then use the gutter and line up the water into the key."
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Corey seems to be zany, off beat, and a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who has absolutely no clue what is going on in the game most of the time, but he is/was actually part of the strongest duo in the game (with Paulie). He may not be overly good at strategy and he doesn't have the power of manipulation or persuasion that Paulie or even Paul do, but he has actually proven himself to be a worthy contender competitively. Corey has been seen as a floater or a coaster by the audience and fans have commmented (more like complained) about useless Corey is in the game and how he doesn't really contribute to the game. However, as of the recent Weeks (Week 7 in particular), he showed that he can compete and can be very clutch at winning competitions. Some of the other houseguests, such as Paul, Victor, James, and Natalie, have stated that they see Corey is a huge competitive or physical threat.
* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Guy]]: Corey comes off as very clumsy and awkward at times. He appears this way because he is very awkward in how he carries himself. He is also very tall (he's 6'5" or 6'6") so he appears very gangly. Corey came off as very awkward when trying to adjust himself to fit in the bumper cars when he was a Have Not.
* DeathGlare: Corey often gives these towards people he does not like or trust. He gave these numerous times to Jozea, showing that he had strong contempt for him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Corey is probably the most deadpan houseguest in the house. Even when he tries to say something funny or witty, he comes off as totally serious.
* DistractedByTheSexy: A possible reason why he didn't last long in the sprinting Veto challenge because he was distracted by "Coach" Nicole.
* TheDragon: For Paulie. Corey has been Paulie's biggest ally in the house since the start of the game. He could basically be considered the Cody to Paulie's Derrick, as there is a strong UndyingLoyalty between the two. They have been aligned with one another since Day 1. However, it seems that Corey has been pushed back as Paulie's #2 or backup ally as Paul seems to have taken over Corey's spot as Paulie's right hand man. Since Paul has turned on Paulie, Corey is back to being Paulie's #1 true ally in the game as he has UndyingLoyalty to him. He's also TheDragon to Nicole, being the brawn to her brains, albeit not as effective as Paul and Victor.
** CoDragons: Corey was this alongside Paul, Victor, James, Zakiyah, and Nicole, as they were all working for Paulie. It seems that as of Week 7 and 8, Corey is this along with Nicole since Paulie's other minions have either been evicted (Zakiyah) or they have completely turned against him (Paul, Victor, James).
** TheCreon: Corey doesn't seem to have any interest in breaking free from his his second in command or NumberTwo role to Paulie. Even after Paulie is evicted, he ends up continuing to play second in command to Nicole. Once Paulie is gone, Corey replaces Paulie with Nicole.
** DragonAscendant: Corey will become this once Paulie is evicted after Week 8. He will want to get revenge on those who turned their back on him, Paulie and Nicole. His major targets seem to be Paul and Victor, although he doesn't seem to have a problem with going after James and Michelle as well. Since Corey had UndyingLoyalty to Paulie and felt that the rest of the house screwed him and Paulie over, Corey is likely to step up his competitive game and take out the ones who backstabbed him. If Corey plays his cards right and does not end up being evicted after Paulie (which is expected), Corey might make it all the way to the end since he seems to have some fight in him.
** DragonTheirFeet: Corey may become this if Paulie is evicted in Week 8. It seems that Paulie has become the main target with Corey and Nicole as back targets shall Paulie win the [=POV=] and takes himself off the block. It is more than likely that if Paulie ends up going to Jury, then Corey will try to avenge the eviction of his ally Paulie by trying to take out the people who had him and Paulie nominated (Paul and Victor).
** NobleTopEnforcer: Corey is much, much nicer than Paulie. In fact, while Paulie is more of a JerkJock who is cocky, arrogant, and egotistical with a ControlFreak personality, Corey is more of a LovableJock, who is calm, laid back and a generally NiceGuy despite his problematic tendencies. He is no where near mean spirited and vile as Paulie and there have been instances when Corey has disagreed with Paulie's behaviour towards the other houseguests. Even though Paulie is TheLeader and the one pulling the strings and controlling the game, it is often Corey who has to pull Paulie aside and calm him down whenever he becomes overly passionate or upset about something.
** NumberTwo: Corey is considered to be Paulie's number one ally and his right hand man in the game. In their two man alliance, Paulie is considered to be TheLeader while Corey is considered to be TheLancer. Personality wise, they compliment each other. Paulie is more HotBlooded, aggressive, dominating, impulsive and emotional with a ControlFreak personality while Corey is TheStoic, calm, emotionless, laid back, aloof and TheQuietOne. The two have been in an alliance with each other since Day 1. As a result, they have UndyingLoyalty to each other and the two are BashBrothers and TrueCompanions who have each other's backs.
** VillainousFriendship: Corey seems to have UndyingLoyalty to Paulie in the game, not just because Paulie is a strong player and not out of duty or responsibility. Corey is loyal to Paulie because they are BashBrothers who are actually very close on a personal level. Paulie has even called Corey his brother and has a very protective BigBrotherInstinct towards him. In many ways, Corey is a Cody substitute for Paulie. Paulie and Corey were each other's number one ally in the game despite the both of them having other allies other than each other. It is very apparent that Paulie and Corey have a very strong personal bond and relationship with each other and the two took it very hard when they were nominated alongside each other. Paulie had even stated that he did not want to campaign against Corey to stay.
* DramaticIrony: For all the effort Nicole and Corey put into their showmance and to getting rid of victor, Nicole eventually ended up breaking things off with Corey and ''dating Victor.'' Long story short, Nicole discovered the things about Corey the fans weren't happy with, and she broke up with him. Looks like Corey's been left hanging high and dry. On top of that, the last time Nicole was in a showmance with someone, it also fizzled out, and that time it even cost her the game.
* DudeNotFunny: Some live feed viewers took offense to the jokes that Corey made in Week 1 about some of his frat brothers' interactions with animals that constitute as abusive.
* DumbJock[=/=]DumbMuscle: Corey is strongly athletic and competitive, but he is not very intelligent or sharp and he comes off as rather dim witted at times. It is safe to say that in this game, strategy and game instincts are definitely not his strong suit. He has to have Paulie tell him what to do or what would be considered good strategy in the game. So far, he has won a total of five competitions, but his strategic game is severely lacking. Although Nicole is no strategist either, it seems that Nicole is always trying to tell him what to do on a strategic level. Although both Corey and Nicole come off as dumb, it seems that Nicole has been the one carrying the two of them on a strategic level while Corey has been carrying them on a competitive level (although Nicole is no slouch in the competitive department since she has been going on a comp win streak the last few weeks).
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Corey is the largest and tallest houseguest of the season (Corey is 6'5") and he originally comes from Texas. He is most definitely TheBigGuy of the season. It is uncertain if he could classify as being a GeniusBruiser because it seems as though Corey is not all that bright. Even though he is strongly athletic, it's questionable if he has one ounce of strategy.
* GenderBlenderName: The name Corey is actually a unisex name. Both males and females can be given the name Corey. Despite it being a unisex name, however, it is more common name among males, especially with this particular spelling. The feminine version is normally spelt "Cori" or "Corie".
* GeniusBruiser: A SubvertedTrope. Corey is very athletic and competitive, but he does not seem to be particularly brainy or strategic int he game.He fits more of the DumbJock trope, someone who is a good athlete but does not have that much in the way of intelligence. However, it could be assumed that Corey is actually a lot smarter than he appears to be and he could be dumbing himself down as a strategy.
* GeniusDitz: While Corey is reasonably solid or strong at competitions (in particular, physical competitions), he does not seem to have anything in the way of game instinct and logic. He has to depend on people like Paulie and even NICOLE of all people, who is not all that smart herself, for some understanding of strategy in the game. Corey is definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed. In fact, it seems that Corey isn't even in the shed at all.
* GentleGiant: Corey is TheBigGuy but he is also a reasonably calm and NiceGuy. Corey does not seem to be the type of guy that looses his temper quickly. He is not an intimidating tall guy and he has a generally calm and even temperament. Going by his interactions with Nicole, he is also a big time cuddler as well. He seems to be the opposite of Austin Matelson (from ''Big Brother 17''), who was also 6'5" like Corey but seemed to look more intimidating than Corey. Corey probbaly looks less intimidating than Austin because Corey is a very clean cut all-American guy while Austin looks like he is unkempt and unhygenic.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Corey is the Huge Guy to Nicole's Tiny Girl. While Corey is super tall and TheBigGuy (he is 6'5" or 6'6"), Nicole is FunSize who is really petite in stature (she is between 5'0" and 5'3"). Whenever the two of them are standing next to each other, the height difference between the two of them extremely noticeable. Some fans even say that because Corey is so big and tall next to Nicole that he sometimes makes Nicole look like she is a kid or a little girl. The height difference between Nicole and Corey is the opposite of James and Natalie, who are both FunSize and are both short.
* IcyBlueEyes: Corey seems to have very piercing blue eyes. They can be particularly scary when he is giving a DeathGlare towards someone, in which he gave to Jozea constantly. Corey's blue eyes are also noticeable when he is staring off into space. His eyes could definitely be considered his most noticeable defining feature.
* IrrationalHatred: Corey seemed to display this towards both Jozea and Da'Vonne. Although, it is understandable why Corey had a strong dislike towards Jozea, since Jozea was such an intolerable personality and almost everyone in the house hated him on a personal level. Corey mentioned that Jozea also got under his skin because he would constantly make inappropriate comments about Corey's sexuality and he felt that Jozea crossed the line. Corey also disliked Jozea's know it all personality and how he constantly bragged about how amazing of a person he is. In addition, Corey has also had an unreasonable dislike for Da'Vonne and he has made it his mission to constantly trash talk her behind her back as well as target her repeatedly. Corey's strong dislike of Da'Vonne could be because Corey had heard that Da'Vonne had wanted to put him on the block so that he could split him and Nicole up and break up the showmances (also including James and Natalie and Paulie and Zakiyah). To add, Corey seems to also have a strong dislike and hatred for Natalie. He has repeatedly stated that he does not like her because she seems like she is very spoiled and entitled and acts like a princess who has everything handed to her. Corey has said that he also finds Natalie to be a very fake person and that she constantly plays the victim card when she does not get what she wants.
* LovableJock: Corey is athletic and a base ball player. He's also a reasonably NiceGuy for the most part. He is very similar to Hayden Voss (from ''Big Brother 16'') who was a hockey player. Like Hayden, he is a bit out there, quirky, offbeat and a bit of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. Corey also seems to be a reasonably humble and down to earth guy and doesn't seem like the type to show off his muscles and his athleticism. In fact, Corey seems to be very modest about his athletic abilities as well as his ability to win competitions. Both Hayden and Corey have never used their athleticism and their athletic prowess to intimidate any of the other houseguests. Personality wise, Corey is considered to be the opposite of Paulie, who is most definitely a JerkJock, because he is very aggressive, cocky, arrogant and brash. Paulie is also very cocky in comparison to Corey, because he constantly brags and talks about how amazing of a competitor he is and how he bred for the game. While Corey is more of TheStoic, someone who is very chill, calm, laid back, Paulie is more HotBlooded, someone who is very dominating, controlling, aggressive and passionate. Considering that Corey and Paulie were athletes or jocks and their personalities could not be more different, it was questionable as to why Corey was even aligned with someone like Paulie in the first place.
* MrFanservice: Enough of an example that Nicole is always DistractedByTheSexy when around him. Corey is a physically attractive guy and he has a lot of shirtless moments in the house. More commonly than not, he is seen not wearing a shirt. In fact, he seems to rival Paulie for being the most shirtless while in the house. Nicole constantly gushes about how hot, cute or physically appealing she finds Corey and she is always showering him with many compliments (too bad that Corey rarely, if ever, seems to return the favor to Nicole).
* NonActionGuy: Only early in the game. Corey didn't seem like he was that much of a competitor, despite being an athletic guy. However, in the later weeks, he really picked up his competitiveness and started to win competitions on clutch. As of Week 11, Corey has racked up a total of five competition wins and he seems to be going on a comp win streak. He could now definitely be classified as an ActionHero. Although Corey lacks strategy and doesn't seem to have that strong of a social game (what true bonds or relationships did he really form with any of the other houseguests besides Paulie and Nicole?), he does have his strength in competitions going for him.
* SleepWalking: In his intro package, Corey admits to sleepwalking quite frequently. An instance he particularly cites being having once even woken up under a car at a 7-Eleven parking lot wearing only underwear. He has been seen to sleep walk in the house, which causes the other houseguests to be very disturbed and confused by his behaviour. He has also mumbled weird things in his sleep, including something about ''HarryPotter''.
* TheStoic: Corey comes off as very aloof and unemotional. He comes across as very serious and detached. Even when he interacts with Nicole, there are times where he' seems like he may be disinterest in her because he holds back on showing affection at times.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Paulie and Nicole. For Corey, these two seem to be his ride or die. He will do absolutely anything and everything to protect them. Corey is considered to be Paulie's number one ally in the game and the two clearly have a strong bond and trust. And Nicole is Corey's showmance partner in the game so he automatically feels the need to protect her.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Rivals Paulie for the most scenes witnessed topless.
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[[folder: Victor Arroyo Tercero Martinez III (7th Juror)]]

!''Victor Arroyo Tercero Martinez III (7th Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' April 20th, 1991 (age at time of competition: 25)
->'''Hometown:''' Slidell, LA
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Slidell, LA
->'''Occupation:''' Gym Manager
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 3
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of Roadkill Wins:''' 1
->'''Other Competitions Won:''' 3 Rounds of Battle Back, Jury Buy Back
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 2
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 2
->'''Prizes Won:''' $500, Tech Package, America's Favorite Houseguest ($25,000)
->'''Team:''' Team Unicorn (James, Bronte, Natalie, Victor)
->'''Finished:''' 14th Place (1st Time/Won Battle Back); 7th Place (2nd Time/Won Jury Buy Back); 5th Place (3rd/Last Time) [7TH JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 9-1-0 VS. BRONTE and TIFFANY (1st Time); 2-1 VS. COREY (2nd Time); 2-0 VS. PAUL (3rd/Last Time)
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' PAULIE (HOH/POV), NATALIE-PAUL (HOH/POV), COREY-NICOLE (HOH/POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' PAUL

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Victor has become one of the most popular and well liked houseguests, especially since he has returned to the game after winning the Battle Back. A lot of fans love Victor because they think he has a great pesonality and mostly because he is an underdog in the game. They are also a fan of him because he has proven to be an honest and loyal player and they respect that he is also a competitor who fights hard to stay in the game. James was the one houseguest who originally claimed this trope in the beginning, but since James has TookALevelInJerkass and has become more of an AntiHero, Victor has become the most likeable houseguest amongst fans. He did end up winning America's Favorite Houseguest over James and Natalie.
* TheAce: Victor is the strongest competitor in the house as he has won numerous competitions. He also has a decent social game and is a very likeable individual. He is also physically attractive, has a nice and decent personality, sophisticated, well spoken and also a clean and neat person. What is there not to like about him? Plus, he seems to have a near HundredPercentAdorationRating and he could possibly be in the running to win America's Favorite Houseguest if online polls are anything to go by.
* ActionHero: Victor is the strongest competitor in the game. He has won a total of 10 competitions (if you count the Battle Back and the Jury Buy Back competitions). He is a CompetitionFreak who loves to compete. In his duo with Paul, Victor is the Brawn (the half of the duo who wins all of the competitions) while Paul is the Brains (the one who is the strategist and plans out all the game moves).
* {{Adorkable}}: Despite being an athletic jock who likes to lift weights, Victor definitely has his dorky, endearing and cute moments from time to time. Some fans even feel that Victor's laugh can be very endearing, because it is so unique and different. There's also the fact that even though he is athletic, he is a little on the brainy or nerdy side, although he does seem to try to conceal this. It helps that he TookALevelInKindness when he returned to the house and became more likeable and sociable with the other houseguests.
* AgentPeacock: Victor is muscular and athletically built. He seems to take pride in his physical appearance and comes off as a bit of a gym junkie or a gym rat. Victor definitely has shades of being metrosexual.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Played straight in regards to his feelings and relationship with Natalie. Victor actually had a short term fling with Natalie at the start of the game. They seemed to be very into each other, but it turns out that Victor was not really into Natalie at all and their showmance was unrequited and one sided n his behalf. However, Natalie did have feelings for Victor and she felt deeply hurt when he had rejected her. The fallout from the short term fling managed to bother Natalie for weeks and she consistently talked about Victor mistreating her in the house.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: SubvertedTrope. Despite being a very strong competitor and one of the most athletic guys in the house, he is actually not overly cocky and arrogant about his competitiveness and his ability to win competitions. In comparison to Paulie, Victor is very humble. However, Victor has commented about how many competitions he has won so far (6 in total) on occasion and seems to show pride in his wins.
* [[BackFromTheDead Back from Eviction]][=/=]MyGreatestSecondChance: Victor is the champion of the Battle Back twist. He won a total of three rounds of the Battle Back competition to earn his way back into the game, beating out Jozea, Bronte and Tiffany.
** And then again, immediately after being voted out, he manages to fight his way back in in the second Battle Back competition of the season. It is no wonder who Victor has been nicknamed by the fans as "Un-eVICtable", bevause he basically keeps coming back into the game and has nine lives.
* BadassBeard: Sports some facial hair and is one of the best competitors of the season. Victor definitely doesn't have a noticeable beard like Paul's, though.
* BadassBookworm: Despite not being the strongest in terms of strategy in the game and not always having the best game instincts, Victor is actually rather book smart. According to him, he has a Finance Degree and he worked in Finance. In all actuality, Victor was actually a nerdy and intelligent guy who was very similar to Steve Moses (the winner of ''Big Brother 17'') in both looks and personality. But just by looking at the way he looks now, nobody would ever guess that Victor was actually a nerdy guy who worked with numbers. With Victor being physically built, he could classify as a GeniusBruiser.
* BashBrothers: With Paul. Paul was undoubtedly Victor's closest ally as well as his close friend in the house. The two have an strong undyingLoyalty to one another and have expressed their desire to go to the end of the game together. Paul and Victor also have a strong relationship and bond with each other, which only makes their relationship stronger. Victor was also this with Jozea but to a lesser extent.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Vic is a generally NiceGuy. However, it is not wise to betray him or cross him in any way. He does have a bit of a temper (although he does not let it show all that often). An example is when Corey had nominated him and Paul for eviction at the Final 5. When Victor was blindsided by Corey nominating him (especially against his number one ally), Victor let Corey (and Nicole) know that he was not happy with their decision and that he was very angered and frustrated. He also flat out told Corey and Nicole that if somehow managed to stay in the game, he would be ruthless and relentless in his approach and he will be gunning for them hard. As stated, Victor is very calm, cool and collected and is a harmonious guy in general, but it is not a good idea to piss him off. He will definitely give his opinion and it won't be pleasant.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Paul. The two have a very close relationship and Victor obviously sees Paul as a little brother that he has to look out for and protect. It is clear that Victor is older than Paul because it is always Victor that is the more level headed and calmer of the two. Victor is always trying to keep Paul in check and make sure that he does not go over the edge. Totally something a big brother would do for a little brother.
* TheBigEasy: Victor originally hails from the New Orleans suburb of Slidell, Louisiana.
* BigGood: Victor has taken over this role from James, who has become more of an AntiHero. Since Victor has come back the first time around (he won three rounds of Battle Back to have a second chance at the game), he had TookALevelInKindness and became one of the most decent and respectable houseguests of the season. While some other houseguests were originally thought of as nice, kind or popular and eventually TookALevelInJerkass (people like James, Natalie and Paulie for example), Victor did a complete reversal of his personality from early on in the game. Victor became more sociable with the other houseguests and he has proven to be a very kind and understanding individual. Victor could definitely be considered TheHero of the later part of the season and he is definitely in the running to win America's Favorite Houseguest (along with possibly James, Natalie, Paul and Bridgette) if he does not make it to the end of the game.
* TheBigGuy: Victor is not a tall guy like Corey or Frank but he is one of the physically larger set male houseguests in that he is very muscular and athletically built. Victor seems to have reasonably larger muscles and he has somewhat of a HeroicBuild. Although he is no shrimp in the height department either (he is approximately 6'0").
* BigEater: Victor is the biggest eater of the season. Most of the houseguests have complained about Victor eating up all of the food and not sparing any of it for the rest of the houseguests. Victor probably eats a lot because he is very physically active and requires a lot of calories.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Victor is the Brawn to Paul's Brains. While Victor is more of an ActionHero who is physically competitive and is capable of winning a lot of competitions, Paul is more of TheStrategist and GuileHero who depends on his game instincts, manipulation and strategy to get ahead in the game. As a result, Paul and Victor are a complementary duo because each has what the other lacks. That does not mean that Victor isn't smart and that Paul isn't a competitive threat though.
* BrainlessBeauty: Victor is physically attractive but he does not seem to be overly intelligent or strategic in the game. His strengths seem to be his decent social game and his strong competitive abilities. Could be ObfuscatingStupidity since he beat Bronte in a memory competition. Ultimately subverted. While he's not exactly good at the game, he's got a master's degree in finance, and actually fits a more muscular nerd in some ways given that he reads a lot when he's not working out. It could be implied Victor used to be heavyset and the reason he works out so much is because he doesn't want to seem unattractive to the girls, making his biggest vice his vanity.
* BreakoutCharacter: Since returning to the game from the Battle Back, Victor has become increasingly popular and well liked by the fans. Many people are rooting for him (and Paul) mostly because he is very likeable, is a very strong competitor and works hard in the game, and is the biggest underdog of the house right now. Plus, it helps that people find his relationships with Paul and Michelle really endearing.
* TheCasanova: Openly stated in his intro that he wanted to flirt his way though the game. He also was happy that he was free to flirt with women outside of his parents' house, a place which he also acknowledged didn't leave him much room to bring women home, given that he lives with not only his parents, but his sisters and baby nephew.
* CompetitionFreak: Victor is obviously the strongest competitor in the game overall. Many of the other houseguests have commented how Victor is a huge competition threat and that he would be very hard to beat at the end. He has won a total of 7 competition wins (3 rounds of Battle Back, 1 Roadkill, 2 Head of Households, and 1 Power of Veto).
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: It seem as though Victor may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he is actually a lot smarter than he lets on. More than anything, he is a case of ObfuscatingStupidity. Although he is more of a physical threat because he is physically built and athletic, he can actually prove that he can win mental competitions as well (such as when he beat Bronte in a memory competition during one of the rounds of the Battle Back competition). Victor may seem like a BrainlessBeauty who doesn't have any clue about the game or may seem like he is not that strategic or smart, but it is apparent that he is actually rather sharp and smart. He may be trying to appear as a DumbJock as strategy to throw off the other houseguests.
* TheCutie: The guy's grown to be very idealistic and endearing, not to mention more likeable after returning from the Battle Back competition. He's very handsome, and also has shown he's quite capable of being a NiceGuy.
* TheDandy: Victor is very looks conscious and he cares about his physical appearance. He makes it his mission to look his very best. Not surprising that he spends a lot of time grooming himself and working out to keep his body in shape. In some ways, Victor has shades of being metrosexual.
* TheDeterminator: Victor is very competitive and HE NEVER GIVES UP. He is a fighter and he has shown extreme persistence and determination when he wants to win something. Because of Victor's determination and persistence, some of the houseguests have viewed him as a huge threat.
* TheDogBitesBack: In Week 7, Victor nominated Paulie alongside his number one ally Corey. Victor felt that it was the time to get back at Paulie for back dooring him and evicting him in Week 2. Victor even went out of his way to blindside Paulie (and Corey) before nominations. Paulie getting evicted under Victor's Head of Household reign was a big dose of LaserGuidedKarma for Paulie. In addition, all of Paulie's allies, including Victor himself, turned on Paulie.
* TheDragon: For Paulie. Victor has expressed during his Diary Room sessions that his loyalty lies with Paulie and Paul. Which is interesting considering that Paulie was the one that evicted Victor early on in the season. Much of Victor's reasons for wanting to work with Paulie is because he seems to be on board with having an all guys Final 5. Victor even created an all guys alliance with Paulie, Corey, James and Paul called "The Executives".
** CoDragons: Victor was this along with Paul, Corey, Nicole, Zakiyah, and James for Paulie. Victor aligned with Paulie when he returned to the game and had pledged a degree of loyalty to him. His number one ally and friend in the house still seemed to be Paul though.
** DragonAscendant: Like Paul, Victor could become this if Paulie is evicted in Week 8. He is currently TheStarscream, having turned on Paulie along with Paul because he has stated that he feels that Paulie was disloyal to him and did not have any intentions of taking him to the end (which is true). It's possible that Paul and Victor may become the new Paulie and Corey respectively, as Paul has already started controlling Victor and his game and Victor is falling into line with what Paul wants.
** DragonWithAnAgenda: Victor seemed to have every intention of staying loyal to his alliance with Paulie and Paul in particular, along with the two other guys James and Corey. However, when Victor won Head of Household in Week 7, he nominated Michelle and Zakiyah with Zakiyah being his intended target. Victor wanted Zakiyah out but Paulie wanted Michelle out.Victor stated that he wanted Zakiyah out because he felt that she would nominate him if she won Head off Household (she would have...) and that he just did click with her on a personal level. Paulie, on the other hand, wanted Michelle out because he felt that she was a huge threat to his game and he was also aware that Michelle was a WildCard who was unpredictable and could blow up his game at any instant (she managed to do so..). It is clear that although they were allies and had intentions of going to Final 5 together, they clearly had different game agendas.
** NobleTopEnforcer: Victor has a much nicer personality than Paulie. In fact, many fans were questioning why Victor was even aligned with someone like Paulie considering that their personalities are so different. Even though Victor definitely displayed some problematic behaviour and tendencies in the beginning of the game, he was still a pretty decent guy underneath. Much of Victor's negative behaviour had a lot to do with Jozea's influence. In comparing Victor and Paulie, Victor is a more calm and collected LovableJock while Paulie is a hot headed and controlling JerkJock.
** TheStarscream: As of Week 7 and 8, he has completely turned on Paulie and has nominated him alongside his number one ally Corey. Victor turned on Paulie because he felt that Paulie was disloyal to him and had no intentions of honoring their all guys alliance to the Final 5. Not to mention that Victor feels that Paulie is such a strong competitor and he sees that as a huge obstacle for him to get to the end. There's also the fact that Victor felt that he could not have complete trust in Paulie, because he was directly responsible for his first eviction when Paulie back doored him during his [=HOH=] reign.
* DumbJock[=/=]DumbMuscle: Victor comes off as a muscle head who does not have much in the way or brains or intelligence. However, this could be considered an AvertedTrope, as Victor has stated that he does have a degree in Finance and he did beat Bronte, who is a mathematician, in a memory competition during the Battle Back competition. Victor could classify as more ObfuscatingStupidity, someone who appears as though they do not have much intelligence but is actually a lot smarter than he looks or seems.
* EmotionalBruiser: Victor may be a physically fit and athletic guy with muscles but underneath it all, Victor is actually a huge softy and he has a sensitive side.
* FatalFlaw: Victor is way too honest and open about his gameplay. It ultimately puts a target on his back by Week 2, and it lead to his backdoor eviction. When he returns to the game, he seems to fix this flaw and is able to keep quiet about his game and his intentions.
* FightingYourFriend: Laments on how in the second phase of the Battle Back he has to battle his bud, Jozea. He ended up beating him in the end.
* GeniusBruiser: AvertedTrope. Although it appears as though Victor is not overly intelligent and is just an athletic and physical guy, he is actually a BadassBookworm who is book smart. Although Victor rarely shows off his intelligent and nerdy side and mostly showcases his physical and athletic side. He could be hiding his intelligence for strategic reasons, so that he is not seen as a threat who is both brainy and brawny.
* GeniusDitz: While Victor seems to be a very physical and athletic guy who is good at excelling in competitions, he is not necessarily the strongest in terms of strategy and social game. Strategy and manipulation seems to be Paul's forte. This does not in any way mean that Victor is dumb, because he is smart in other ways. Even Paul proclaims that he is the brains to Victor's brawn in their two man dynamic duo.
* GratuitousSpanish: Victor does this in a DR entry during the third round of the Battle Back competition, when illustrating his confusion over which described object applies to which houseguest in the photos flashing on the video screen.
* HeroicBuild: Victor is the most athletically built male houseguest of the season next to Paulie and Corey.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Paul. The two are BashBrothers in the game and they have a very close relationship in the game. The two have UndyingLoyalty to each other. Fans even recognize that they have a very strong relationship and bond with each other and refer to them as a solid "bromance". Victor and Paul are so incredibly bromantic that they even bicker and communicate with each other LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.
* HotBlooded: Victor definitely has his moments of being a little hot headed and passionate at times. However, for the most part, he is rather calm and collected. Victor will only get heated if he is provoked into anger or if he feels like he was slighted or betrayed in some way. An example of Victor showing off his temper was after Jozea was unexpectedly blindsided and evicted.
* {{Keet}}[=/=]LargeHam: Is largely this in the battle back competition being extremely energetic and fun loving, while also hamming it up for the cameras when he wins, almost like a pro wrestler. Too bad he didn't get to show this side of himself in the house. When he comes back in we get to see it though.
* LatinLover: Ultimately averted game-wise. He is inferred in his intro package to be one, and initially seems as if he's attempting to be this in the house, showing strong interest in several of the women... especially Natalie. Considering he was the third one evicted, Victor didn't get much of a chance to gain a flirtmance or a showmance.
* LooksLikeJesus: Many fans have actually made references to Victor resembling Jesus because he has long hair.
* LovableJock: Even guys have admitted Victor is gorgeous and likeable, not to mention nicer than Paulie, if a bit HotBlooded at times.
* ManlyTears: Shedded a few when Jozea left. He even stated in the DR entry in which he did this that he wouldn't normally cry, but couldn't help it on account of Jozea being his closest ally.
* NiceGuy: After coming back from the Battle Back competition, Victor has shown to be a very compassionate and mellow guy. While he is muscular, he's actually a big softie with a close relationship with another male houseguest just like Steven Moses (John in Steven's case, and Paul in Victor's case) of last season.
* ThoseTwoGuys[=/=]TrueCompanions: With Paul, of course. Paul is by far Victor's closest friend and ally in the game and the two have UndyingLoyalty to each other.
* TookALevelInKindness: Definitely became much more humble and sociable after he came back into the house by winning the Battle Back. It could be argued that Natalie's goodbye message to him when he was evicted could have had some influence or some effect on Victor changing his attitude.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jozea and Paul.
* WillNotTellALie: One of the reasons Jozea was targeted was because Victor told Nicole, the HOH at the time, that the newbies plan to remain together and that Jozea is deadset on eliminating the veterans. Nicole acknowledged that this wasn't the brightest move since it effectively threw a target on the newbies. After winning the second Roadkill Challenge, he decided to tell the HOH (Frank), who plans to backdoor him, that he won.
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[[folder: Natalia Mercedes "Natalie" Negrotti (6th Juror)]]

!''Natalia Mercedes "Natalie" Negrotti (6th Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' March 22nd, 1990 (age at time of competition: 26)
->'''Hometown:''' Caracas, Venezuela
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Franklin Park, NJ
->'''Occupation:''' Event Coordinator
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 2
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 2
->'''Prizes Won:''' America's Care Package #1 (Never Not Pass)
->'''Team:''' Team Unicorn (James, Bronte, Natalie, Victor)
->'''Finished:''' 6th Place [6TH JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 3-0 VS. JAMES
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' VICTOR (HOH), COREY (POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' NICOLE

* {{Adorkable}}: Natalie is very likeable and endearing. She also has her quirky and offbeat moments as well. These qualities or traits make it very easy to root for her. However, it could be seen as a SubvertedTrope as of lately. It is uncertain and questionable if this "cute persona" that Natalie has is even the real Natalie or if it is just a facade that she is using as strategy or to appear a certain way to America. With her constant pandering to America and her endless need to campaign for America's Favorite Houseguest votes, it is uncertain if Natalie is actually the sweet and nice girl that she constantly claims to be. Many of the other houseguests, including Corey, Nicole, Paul, Paulie, Zakiyah, and even Victor, have had some kind of issue with her, which definitely raises red flags and may give us a clue that Natalie is not all that easy to live with and she may have a rather intolerable personality. Even James, her own showmance partner, has expressed having numerous issues with Natalie and even he has become fed up with her behavior. There are some fans who even feel that Natalie is faking her nice personality. They feel that she is very fake and is actually more of an AlphaBitch or a BitchInSheepsClothing, despite her constantly trying to proclaim what a good and kind person she is.
* '''AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil''': Natalie comes off as though she is really nice and friendly to everyone, but she has proven in the recent weeks that she is actually very scheming, conniving and ruthless. Natalie is not as sweet and kind as she tries too pass herself off to be. Plus, she is the type to pretend to be friendly to someone's face, but then lie about them, stab them in the back and trash talk them behind their back with a smile on her face. All in all, Natalie is just as catty as Michelle, although she does a better job at hiding her manipulativeness and cattiness. She may be nice to Paul's face and pretend to be his friend, but when Paul is not in her presence, she resorts to personally attacking him and bashing his character constantly. Her pettiness regarding Paul has become so personal that she even questioned Paul's religion along with Michelle simply because he had certain beliefs about Heaven and Hell. She has constantly attacked Victor and bashed his character repeatedly for no reason, even though she seems nice to his face. During the week of Zakiyah's eviction, Natalie told Zakiyah about Paulie possibly using her, but it is discovered later on that Natalie did not tell Zakiyah about Paulie and his intentions out of the goodness of her heart. She did so with malicious intent because she wanted to turn Paulie and Zakiyah against each other and she wanted Zakiyah to hate Paulie so that Paulie would not be able to defend himself. Natalie also seems to be using James for strategy, mostly because she recognizes that James was a huge fan favorite with America last season. She seems to be takijng advantage of him and playing hot and cold with him, which has led some fans to feel that Natalie is manipulating James and even emotionally abusing him with her manipulative behaviour. In turn, Natalie's petty behaviour has made James the somewhat disliked dark AntiHero he has become lately. It's apparent that Natalie has a negative influence on everyone she comes in contact with.
* AlliterativeName: Both her first and last name start with "N". Her first name is '''N'''atalie and her last name is '''N'''egrotti.
* '''AlphaBitch''': Originally, it was thought that Natalie was a NiceGirl who kind to everyone but it turns out her true colors have been showing and she has proven to he one of the cattiest, bitchiest and meanest female houseguests of the season. She is one of the biggest trash talkers and cattiest women in the house next to Michelle. She constantly trash talks and gossips about the other houseguests and has even bashed a few of the female houseguests behind their back. It makes Natalie somewhat of a hypocrite because she has been advocating for girls to align with each other and take out the male houseguests, yet she constantly talks badly about the women in the house. however, despite her trash talking of some of the women, her main targets are the male houseguests. She will bash their characters by calling all of them jerks, yet she will resort to using her sexuality and flirting with them and then turning around and using it against them later on when she wants them out (she did this with Victor, Paulie, Paul and James). What makes it even worse is that Natalie constantly tries to pretend that she is sweet and friendly to someone's face, but then she will turn around and bash someone behind their back. She also frequently resorts to using the victim card to get her way and she is very emotionally manipulative. Natalie fits the Type 2 personality as she is a BitchInSheepsClothing who can be sweet and friendly to your face but catty and mean behind your back. She appears to be TheDitz, someone who doesn't seem that smart and cunning, but will occassionally show that she is much smarter and cunning than one would expect. If one wants to reference ''MeanGirls'', Natalie would be highly comparable to Regina George.
* BadassAdorable: Natalie may be sweet and likeable and petite, but she is definitely not to be underestimated. She has proven that she can compete and will not back down from a challenge if it is thrown at her. Natalie managed to put up a huge fight against Victor in the Week 7 [=HOH=] competition, even though she lost to him. She is also a lot smarter than people think she is and her reads on the house have been pretty accurate for the most part.
* BaitTheDog: Comes off as a nice person and seemed like she would be the sweetest houseguest since the start of the game but as of Weeks 8 and 9, she has shown that she is really catty and bitchy. Originally, it seemed as though Natalie was not the type to trash talk other people behind their back but she seems to have little to no problem resorting to that method. Case in point, she is not as nice and sweet as she tries to come across. She is probably one of the cattiest female houseguests next to Michelle. The only difference is that Natalie managed to keep that side of her hidden for so long. But since she received power ([=HOH=]), she has shown to be an EntitledBitch with AlphaBitch tendencies. It is, therefore, not surprising that Paulie referred to Natalie as being a Spoiled "Venezualan Princess". She seems to have some self absorbed and self centred qualities about her. Plus, there are many fans who question whether or not Natalie is just using James for her own benefit or advantage.
* BareYourMidriff: Like Zakiyah, Natalie seems to have a penchant for wearing tops that reveal her stomach or midriff. It comes with the territory, since Natalie seems to love wearing revealing clothing. Not to mention that many of Natalie's clothes are very "{{Stripperiffic}} in nature, so her wearing clothing that is revealing of her midriff is not surprising. Natalie is also TheCheerleader, therefore, it is understandable why she wore alot of tops that exposed her tummy. Her revealing attire definitely puts her in MsFanservice territory.
* BeneathTheMask: Came off as a really sweet and innocent person who was a NiceGirl, but has lately shown that she can be just as catty, mean spirited and trash talking as Michelle. The only difference between Michelle and Natalie is that Michelle let it known that she was a mega bitch right from the start, but Natalie just hid that bitchy side of her much better and for much longer to the point that she had so many of the viewers and the audience fooled. This was someone who was possibly in the running to win America's Favorite Houseguest!
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Natalie may be a NiceGirl for the most part, but she has proven that she is not to be overlooked or underestimated. Natalie is a lot smarter than she lets on and she has gathered a lot of information about the other houseguests. Natalie has also proven that she can be rather tough and that she is not a complete pushover despite her nice personality. SubvertedTrope as of late, as she is more of a BitchInSheepsClothing who is not that nice of a girl. In fact, she is very catty and bitchy. Plus, she is very entitled and self absorbed. Natalie has proven that she is very manipulative and cunning and will thrown her allies under the bus (including JAMES) to benefit herself in the game. It's kind of surprising because Natalie seemed like she was going to be the nicest houseguest of the season but it turns out that her true personality has been exposed and it is not very pleasant.
* BigBreastPride[=/=]BuxomIsBetter: Natalie has large breasts (not real, by the way) and she seems to be really proud of them. She will resort to using her assets to her advantage, meaning that she constantly flaunts them to the men in the house for strategy. There has even been a discussion about Natalie's breasts amongst the houseguests, with many of the houseguests questioning whether or not they are real or fake. Some of the male houseguests, such as Paulie, have given Natalie the nickname "FT's", which means "Fake Titties".
* BigBad: With Paulie out of the house and her showing a surprising amount of cunning and awareness, she has become this as of late. While Nicole and Michelle are regarded as snakes and trash talkers who can get very petty, even they are regarded as less "evil" than Natalie is now. James and Michelle could be considered to be TheDragon for her, as she is the one who is the head of the snake between the trio and is pulling all of the strings, including James' and Michelle's. Although Natalie openly hated Paulie and constantly talked about how disgusting of a person he was, she seems to not comprehend that she has basically morphed into the female version of him. Natalie has become excessively bitchy, petty, catty and manipuative in the later weeks and she has revealed her true colours as someone who is very untrustworthy and bbackstabbing. Natalie probbaly earns the villainess title even more because she has turned against the likeable underdogs Victor and Paul. Her backstabbing Victor and Paul was the beginning of her FaceHeelTurn and her revealing herself to be an AlphaBitch, ManipulativeBitch and a BitchInSheepsClothing.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Showing to be this as of late. Natalie appears like she is a really nice girl who is sweet and considerate, but she can actually be really bitchy, mean spirited, catty and spiteful. It turns out that Natalie actually seems to engage in a lot of trash talking about other houseguests. The only difference is she somehow manages to make her trash talking seem less vile and hateful.
* BrainlessBeauty: An AvertedTrope. Natalie is an attractive young woman who comes off as TheDitz who does not have much brain matter or intelligence. Natalie seems to use her sexuality and her beauty as strategy in the game, as she is having a showmance with James and had one with Victor at the beginning of the season. However, this could be perceived as strategy or a façade. It turns out that Natalie is actually much more aware of what is going on in the game. She seems to be on point regarding the intentions of the houseguests. It is very clear that Natalie is a rather smart woman who has very good instincts, but nobody would really see this as Natalie comes off as an overly optimistic, upbeat and bubbly personality. Natalie also fits the trope as she is the showmance partner of James, who is TheHero of the season. She could actually classify as someone who is ObfuscatingStupidity, which is someone who is a lot smarter than they appear or act.
* TheCheerleader: Natalie previously worked part-time as an NFL cheerleader for three years. She definitely has a typical cheerleader personality, as she is a GirlyGirl and can come off as TheDitz at times (although this could be seen as ObfuscatingStupidity, as she is much smarter than she appears to be). As of lately, she definitely seems like the cheerleader type, since she has AlphaBitch qualities. Although she does put on a NiceGirl persona, she seems to be the type that wants to be Queen Bee.
* TheChick[=/=]TheDarkChick: Natalie could be seen as this of the entire season. Mostly because she is the biggest GirlyGirl of the season, especially in comparison to the other female houseguests such as Michelle, Tiffany and Da'Vonne. Natalie could also be considered TheHeart as well, as she is probably the nicest female houseguest, as well as the kindest houseguest next to James overall, of the season. AvertedTrope, as Natalie seems to be more of a TheDarkChick in recent weeks, considering the complete change in her personality for the negative since she received power in Week 8.
* ChubbyChaser: Mentions that her friends have referred to her as this, given her tendency to date husky men. She has also stated that she is not into men that are model types or are overly good looking. Therefore, it is completely understandable why Natalie is attracted to James and why she has previously said that Victor was not her type, despite having an early showmance with him at the start.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Natalie has slight shades of this in regards to James, but she is definitely no where near as bad as Nicole (who shows jealousy towards Natalie giving attention to Corey), Zakiyah (who shows jealousy towards ''any female houseguest'' who gives attention to Paulie) and Michelle (who has hated Bridgette since the beginning and has been jealous of Bridgette over having Frank's attention).
* CompetitionFreak: She acknowledges in a DR entry during the second [=HOH=] competition, "Berry Balanced", that she's been competitive her whole life. That being said, she is an inversion of one aspect of this trope, as Natalie was visibly crushed when she became the first one eliminated from the competition after falling off the balance beam while trying to transfer her first berry to one of the columns.
* ConflictingLoyalty: Natalie wants to remain loyal to both James and her Spy Girls alliance. But, she found herself faced with the decision to either lie to the Spy Girls or betray James' trust, after Natalie is informed by James that Frank won the Week 3 Roadkill Competition (and nominated Bronte as the third eviction nominee). She ultimately does keep his fact a secret when Bridgette says that she hopes Natalie is picked to compete and wins the [=POV=] competition (she was ultimately chosen to play by Bronte in the random draw), which Natalie acknowledges could jeopardize her game and break up the alliance if she ended up replacing Bronte as the third nominee.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Natalie comes off as TheDitz who does not seem to be particularly deep or brainy, but she is actually a lot smarter than she seems. She is a potentially strong physical competitor and put up a fight when she wants to such as when she was determined to win the Week 7 [=HOH=] Endurance competition and was the last female houseguest standing. She also has an accurate read on the game and the on the other houseguests intentions. Natalie could prove to be one of the bigger threats in the house, however, everyone seems to be overlooking her because they perceive Natalie to be a useless and weak player. Case in point, Natalie is not to be overlooked and she can definitely become a big threat down the line.
* TheCutie -> TheFakeCutie: Though one wouldn't expect her to fit this trope just by looking at her, Natalie is rather adorable, with some child-like qualities. SubvertedTrope as of lately since it has been revealed that Natalie may not be as nice and sweet as she tries to come off.
* DistaffCounterpart: To Paulie. They have some things in common, even though both of them may not want to admit it, because they disliked each other so much. Both Paulie and Natalie are from New Jersey. Paulie is the JerkJock while Natalie is the TheCheerleader and an AlphaBitch. Both of them are also mega trash talkers; it seems that the targets of Paulie's trash talking are the female houseguests while the targets of Natalie's trash talking are the male houseguests. Both are very flirtatious people and are willing to flirt with anyone of the opposite sex. Both are in a showmance with a fellow houseguest (Paulie with Zakiyah and Natalie with James). Both of Paulie and Natalie have been accused by the fans of using both Zakiyah and James respectively and not really having genuine feelings for them. Paulie is a ManipulativeBastard while Natalie has shades of being a ManipulativeBitch. Both of them are a BitchInSheepsClothing, because they were came off as nice at the start but revealed their true colors later on. Although it was assumed that Natalie was the NiceGirl who was TheHeart and was very kind in personality, she has actually revealed that she is a BitchInSheepsClothing. She has shown her true colors and has proven that she is not as sweet as she comes off. She is very similar to Paulie in this regard, because at the start of the game, Paulie was popular both inside of the house and outside of the house and he was the BigManOnCampus. Everyone thought that Paulie was actually much nicer than his younger brother Cody, but as the weeks passed and Paulie's time in the house was coming to an end, Paulie's true colors began to show. Both Paulie and Natalie have strong self abosrbed and narcissistic tendencies and they seem to constantly brag about how good of a person they are. It is apparent that Paulie and Natalie think alot of themselves although they have both tried to pass themselves off as humble. Although Paulie and Natalie hated each other and fought alot, they have more in common than they both want to admit.
* TheDitz: Comes off this way at times on the show. First shown when her team alliance with James, Victor and Bronte passes around potential names, with Victor and James having to explain to her what "calvary" means when Victor suggests that as a name... not to mention her passing along "Team Baywatch" as a name. Editing has made her seem unintelligent when she's actually got a good read on the other houseguests. Though, in a DR entry during the Week 3 "BB Test Kitchen" POV competition, she does admit that memorizing things is not her best asset (or "feature" as she accidentally says at first).
* EntitledBitch: Comes off as very entitled, spoiled and bratty at times. Natalie has said that when Paulie called her a spoiled "Venezuelan Princess", she felt very hurt and angered by it. She keeps proclaiming that she is not a spoiled person who had everything handed to her and that she grew up poor in a third world country (Venezuelan) and had to earn everything that she currently has, including her boob job. Despite her claims, her attitude and personality suggest otherwise. She seems to be very bratty in her ways won occasion and she will get easily angered, irritated or upset if things don't go the way that she wants them to. Natalie definitely has shades of SpoiledBrat written all over her, although she will never acknowledge it or admit it to herself.
* EverybodyHatesMath: She acknowledges this in a DR entry during the second Roadkill competition, which involves averaging the cumulative cost of ten different items... though she also notes that the only things she hates even more than math are capers and hot dogs. She even mentions in her Week 5 pre-eviction speech (while nominated against Frank and Paul, which she survives) that everyone knows she can't do math.
* FaceHeelTurn: It's not that Natalie has become "evil" or bad, but she has become much more unlikeable as of lately. Natalie seemed to have let the power get to her head and she has revealed some unlikeable personality characteristics and qualities. She seemed to have become more power hungry and she abused the power that she had. She turned on her allies Paul and Victor, two people that she had made a deal to go to the Final 5 with. Natalie shows that she is actually a ManipulativeBitch, someone who is emotionally manipulative towards others, in particularly the male houseguests. She uses her sexuality and flirting as a strategy with the guys and then she will resort to using it against them later on when she wants them to be targeted (she did this to Paulie, Victor, and Paul). She has also increased her trash talking of people and has resorted to making personal attacks against others. Natalie has actually proven that she is not the nice girl that she constantly claims to be and that her constant preaching of how good and nice of a person she is is just nothing but her trying to reassure herself (and America) to boost her own ego.
* FallenPrincess: Natalie went from someone who was very safe in the game to someone who has become a bigger target. Natalie's popularity outside of the house also took a huge nosedive when she decided to target Paul and Victor, the two underdogs of the game. To add to this, Natalie also revealed that she is actually really unlikeable and had let the power get to her head. She revealed that she is actually very catty and mean spirited and that she is just as big of a trash talker as Michelle is. She also showed her true colors as a person, revealing that she is actually an EntitledBitch with strong AlphaBitch tendencies. To make matters worse, it turns out that Natalie (and Michelle's) [=HOH=] reign was a big waste, since the person who was evicted under her [=HOH=] (Victor) managed to come back into the game after winning the Jury Buy Back competition. Not only did Natalie (and James) make herself a huge target but her popularity has also dwindled dramatically outside of the game.
* TheFashionista: Natalie is a GirlyGirl who is into fashionable clothing. She is very trendy in terms of her fashion sense. Natalie also seems like the type of girl who would love to shop. Let's not forget that she love makeup and dressing up.
* FemmeFatale: Natalie seems to use her looks and her sexuality to get farther in the game. She used her looks to try to woo Victor and then James.
* FunSize: Natalie is arguably the shortest/smallest female houseguest of the season (Natalie has stated that she is 4'11"). Funny enough, because of her short stature, she admits to being a slow driver – for safety reasons – in a DR entry shown during the Week 3 Roadkill Competition (which involves matching a sequence of eight horns), which she also admits results in her sometimes actually causing other drivers to honk their horns at her to speed up (to her annoyance).
* GenkiGirl: Natalie is very positive, cheery, upbeat and optimistic. She seems to be quite upbeat and high energy, which is fitting for a former professional NFL cheerleader.
* GirlyGirl: Probably the girliest of the female houseguests in Season 18, with Bronte coming relatively close. In terms of physical appearance and attitude, Nicole and Bridgette are comparatively more standard Girl Next Door, Michelle is more a nerdy everygirl, while Da'Vonne, Tiffany and Zakiyah all either more tomboyish and somewhat aggressive than Natalie.
* GlurgeAddict: Natalie seems to like very sweet and cute things. For example, she seems to love glitter. This makes a lot of sense and fits with her personality, considering that she is the ultimate GirlyGirl of the season. Plus, she also has strong childlike qualities or tendencies about her.
* GoodCounterpart: Arguably to Nicole. Although Nicole is not necessarily villain per say, she could still be considered to be the "dark" counterpart to Natalie, as Nicole is aligned with the "bad/dark side" of the house (Paulie and Corey) and Natalie is aligned with the "good side" of the house (Paul, James, Victor, Michelle). Both Natalie and Nicole actually have a lot in common. Both of them are TheDitz who come off as shallow and unintelligent, both are GenkiGirl's, ThePollyanna's and the PluckyGirl's who are TheIdealist's and have a generally upbeat, optimistic and energetic personality, both are in a showmance with a male houseguest (Natalie is in one with James and Nicole is in one with Corey), both are CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass' who are underestimated in the game, both are viewed as weak or useless players in the game, both are easily manipulated and gullible, both are petite in stature, both of them are seen as TheCutie's who are also {{Adorkable}} and endearing, and both of them have won 1 Head of Household title.
* TheHeart: Natalie is one of the nicest and kindest houseguests of the season. She is very compassionate and has gone out of her way to make all of the houseguests feel good about themselves. Natalie was very kind to Tiffany when she was having an emotional breakdown and she provided Tiffany with much comfort. She also loves to boost other houseguests' self esteem, especially when they are doubting themselves.
* HoneyTrap: Used her sexuality in order to seduce and lure James into a showmance with her. She did this because she wanted a chance to be loved and popular by America and she felt that she could achieve this by getting close to James because he was America's Favorite in the previous season. Because of her agenda, many felt that Natalie's relationship with James was far from genuine or real and they complained that Natalie was just manipulating him and using him.
* TheIdealist: Natalie has a very idealistic and optimistic view of things. She genuinely tries to see the positive or the good in everything, no matter how bad the circumstances are. She also displays an idealistic attitude regarding some of the other houseguests, Natalie has consistently given some of the other houseguests, namely Tiffany, Bridgette, Bronte, Zakiyah and Michelle, inspirational or pep talks to help lift up their self esteem and improve their spirits.
* {{Kawaiiko}}[=/=]TheIngenue: Natalie exhibits some very child-like, innocent qualities, which is partly affirmed by her apparent love of glitter (the only upside she found about being knocked out of the Week 3 "Test Kitchen" [=POV=], one of the show's signature elimination-by-chemical-reaction competitions, in which glitter was one of the ingredients in the exploding powder).
* LovableAlphaBitch: Natalie is generally nice but she can be very catty and bitchy at times. She seems to get off on trash talking other houseguests and sometimes, she comes off as a major gossip girl. She also seems to talk trash about other people's physical appearance. She also shows that she has no problem resorting to the use of emotional manipulation and playing the victim card to get her way. She veers into BitchInSheepsClothing territory, someone who can appear friendly and polite as a front, but can be very mean spirited and hateful behind the scenes. AvertedTrope as of lately, since she fits more of the AlphaBitch trope for revealing some unpleasant personality traits (cattiness, arrogance, etc).
* ManipulativeEditing: Her argument with James over his Final 2 deal with Nicole made Natalie look she was harassing him when major details of the argument were left out of the show such as Natalie making up with James which Natalie acknowledged during her eviction interview with Julie Chen. This edit was most likely done to award James America's Favorite Player for a second time which Victor Arroyo ended up winning over Natalie and her showmance partner James. This edit is a very good example for why many people tune into the live feeds daily without the feeds it can be interpreted as Natalie sabotaging James and ending their relationship an edit Julie Chen, Jeff Schroeder and many causal viewers believed to be true.
* MsFanservice: Natalie is frequently seen wearing tight and sometimes revealing clothing that accentuates her curves. In fact, she is the lone houseguest shown wearing a bikini in this season's edition of the title sequence.
* NiceGirl: Genuinely nice and affable to just about everyone and has yet to show any real animosity towards anyone. Incidentally, she credited her job coordinating events for hospitalized children with debilitating/life-threatening illnesses as having a humbling effect on her.This could be a SubvertedTrope as of lately depending on one's opinion of her, because she has recently been showing some unpleasant qualities and traits, such as cattiness and pettiness since she received some power ([=HOH=]).
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Comes off as a ditzy and naive girl who has no clue about the game or as someone who is a weak player overall, but she actually has a shockingly accurate read on the game and the rest of the houseguests motives or intentions. It is clear that Natalie is a very smart young woman though nobody would even realize with the dumb girl facade that she puts on. Natalie's "ditzy girl" persona could be nothing more than strategy to throw off the other houseguests from perceiving her as a threat.
* ShesGotLegs: Though she's among the shortest of the season's female contestants (roughly the same height as Nicole), Natalie does have great legs, accentuated by her affinity for short shorts.
* ShipTease: Has a lot of this with James, even saying he is the kind of guy she would probably like to date outside of the house. Although they are perceived as a showmance this season, there are some people who question their relationship and whether or not it is genuine. Some fans suspect that James and Natalie (but especially Natalie) might be using each other in the game.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Natalie has a fairly good read of what's going on in the house. She's an intelligent woman, but by the way she's edited on the show, you'd never know.
* StrawFeminist: Downplayed. Natalie doesn't hate men but she does say misandrist things or make anti-male comments from time to time. She's also all about girl power and she has no problem using men to further herself and her agenda and then throwing them away like they are nothing (similar to what she did to James). She voted based on gender when it came time for her to vote for the winner of Big Brother so she voted for Nicole over Paul simply because she was a female and she wanted a girl to win.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Natalie has definitely become more of an unlikeable personality lately. She has become more arrogant. Since getting into power in Week 8 (winning [=HOH=]), she has resorted to throwing her allies (such as victor and Paul) under the bus. She has also increased her amount of trash talking and she seems to be playing very petty and very personal. It is very interesting because since the start, Natalie has always been a fan favorite amongst the audience because she was seen as someone who was very kind and nice to everyone. Turns out that it was nothing more than a facade and that she is actually more of a BitchInSheepsClothing who has very strong AlphaBitch personality characteristics. Natalie has also lost a lot of fans because of the reveal of her true colors and she is receiving a lot of criticism and hate as a result. It doesn't help that she is constantly accusing the male houseguests of false sexual harassment claims and that has managed to turn a lot of the fans off.
* UnkemptBeauty: Though Natalie usually dresses up in flirty outfits and wears a reasonable amount of makeup, some segments (including a few of her Diary Room entries) in which she's seen wearing minimal makeup, a simple ponytail and regular clothes do back this trope up.
* TheVamp: Natalie could be classified as a FemmeFatale who is using her sexuality to her advantage and is using it as strategy. Natalie will resort to using her feminine wiles to flirt with the male houseguests and then try to use it against them later on for strategic reasons. For example, Natalie openly flirted with Paulie and instigated the flirting between them, yet later on, when she wanted Paulie out of the house when he was already a target for everyone, she claimed that Paulie's flirting made her uncomfortable when she was the one who instigated the flirting between them in the first place. Paulie confronted Natalie about her accusations of sexual harassment, telling her that she was the one who flirted with him in the first place, yet Natalie continued to play the victim card and tell him that it was his fault because he was flirting with her. Natalie continued her dirty game,ay during the week that Paul was nominated. She claimed that Paul sexually harassed her or made her uncomfortable because he apparently grabbed her thigh playfully when they were play fighting. Previously when that happened, Natalie said that Paul touching her did not in any way make her uncomfortable and that she enjoyed it because she saw their relationship as a brother-sister relationship. But now that she wants him out of the house, she has decided to play the victim card once more (like she did with Paulie) and say that Paul makes her "uncomfortable". It is clear that Natalie is playing a little dirty by trying to use the strategy of falsely accusing male houseguests of sexual harassment when Natalie either instigated the flirting or when Natalie enjoyed the playful interactions with a male houseguest.
* WeightWoe: Natalie constantly makes comments about her weight. She complains that since she has been in the house, she has packed on the pounds. It is clear that Natalie feels insecure about her looks, even though she tries to pass herself off as someone who is comfortable with her appearance and has a lot of self confidence.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: These comprise quite a bit of Natalie's outfits in the house.
* WhosLaughingNow: Many causal fans including Julie Chen and [[http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/big-brothers-paulie-natalie-has-no-interest-in-dating-james-w435857 Paulie]] did not believe Natalie and James were going to have a serious relationship however, on both of their social media accounts they are still dating.
* YouGoGirl: In Natalie's exit message for Victor, she told him that she thinks he should treat people – especially women – better, after having expressed displeasure the previous week with Victor's constant nitpicking (some of which was directed at her).
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[[folder: Michelle Edith Meyer (5th Juror)]]

!''Michelle Edith Meyer (5th Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' December 26th, 1992 (age at time of competition: 23)
->'''Hometown:''' Washington Township, MI
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Washington Township, MI
->'''Occupation:''' Nutritionist
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 1
->'''Prizes/Punishments Taken:''' America's Care Package #4 (Co-HOH), Black Box, Pixel Suit Punishment, Outback Dinner
->'''Team:''' Category Four (Frank, Bridgette, Michelle, Paulie)
->'''Finished:''' 7th Place [5TH JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 3-2 VS. PAUL
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' NICOLE (HOH/POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' PAUL

* {{Adorkable}}: The thick-rimmed glasses that she sometimes wears really ''really'' make her look like this. Michelle also slso seems to have become the token geek girl this season after Bronte was evicted. She comes off as quirky and odd at times, even slightly socially awkward. Despite her catty and bitchy moments, Michelle's awkwardness does make her endearing at times.
* AffablyEvil: She is somewhere between this and FauxAffablyEvil. Michelle likes to pretend that she is friendly to people's face but in reality, she is really catty and trash talking. Sometimes she can be genuinely nice to people, but there are other times when it's not so genuine. For example, she seemed like she would be civil with Bridgette to her face (despite their known rivalry with one another), but behind Bridgette's back, Michelle would be throwing her under the bus and resorting to bashing her repeatedly all out of pettiness and jealousy. She has also appeared nice and friendly to Tiffany, Paul, Frank, Nicole and Corey's faces, but she has either trash talked or bullied them behind their back. Michelle is definitely not the nicest girl but she is really good at trying to appear nice to someone's face.
* AlliterativeName: Both her first and last name start with "M".
* AlphaBitch: Michelle is one of the cattiest girls of the season. She seems to have a very petty personality and she seems to take enjoyment of trash talking other houseguests. She is also a big time DramaQueen and seems to behave a certain way to gain sympathy from other people. To add, her treatment of Bridgette for the majority of the game has been less than pleasant. Not to mention, this is the same girl who has fat shamed people in the real world, also exposing her pettiness. Michelle seems to fit more of the Type 2 personality, as she can put on a friendly facade and pretend to be nice, but she will resort to trash talking on the down low.
* ArchEnemy:
** Bridgette. Michelle is a huge fan of Frank and she was also a part of the Category 4 team along with Frank and Bridgette. Most of Michelle's animosity towards Bridgette has to do with the fact that Frank preferred Bridgette over her. Bridgette was seen as a potential strong ally by Frank. However, Frank saw Michelle as a weak player and someone who would not benefit his game in the long run. Michelle's took Frank's rejection of her and Frank's favoritism of Bridgette personally and she has been taking her anger and frustrations out on Bridgette. Michelle's dislike towards Bridgette is nothing short of personal and petty.
** Paulie. Oh so much Paulie. After being nominated by him and realizing that he is a bigger {{Jerkass}} than he lets on, she made it her mission to destroy his game and reputation. Michelle apparently turned on Paulie because she felt betrayed by him regarding the Da'Vonne vote (which resulted in Da'Vonne being evicted). She also got very personal and constantly tried to attack him and degrade his character. Michelle may have been justified in wanting Paulie out of the house, but Michelle definitely showed that she was no better than Paulie by resorting to the methods that she did to get Paulie out of the house.
** Paul. The two clearly strongly dislike each other, even though they were allies for a while. Michelle has repeatedly made personal attacks against Paul and has defamed his character both behind his back and to his face. Paul has called Michelle TheBully and said to himself that he thinks that Michelle is one of the worst people that he has ever encountered. Michelle has said that she thinks that Paul is rude and disrespectful. It got worse when Michelle decided to nominate Paul and blindside him in Week 9. She also resorted to calling him a liar and manipulator without giving any examples of how he has been a liar and manipulator. It leads to a bigger argument and the two become even bigger enemies and rivals than before. Michelle also calls Paul an Atheist and attacks his religion (a personal and unnecessary attack against someone in the game of Big Brother) because of Paul's personal belief regarding whether or not there is a Heaven and Hell. It is safe to say that the two clearly and strongly despise each other and Paul has made it his mission to get Michelle out of the house. Michelle has been targeting Paul and Paul has made Michelle is #1 target mostly for personal reasons. Also, it seems that Paul's animosity towards Michelle extends to outside of the game since he has stated to the cameras or by himself that he does not want to be associated with Michelle once the game is over.
* AscendedFangirl[=/=]OneOfUs: Michelle claims to be a super fan of ''Big Brother''. She seems to know a lot about the game and is able to recite past Big Brother players and stats with ease. She is even a fan of ''Big Brother Canada''. She also frequents the Big Brother subreddit.
* BaitTheDog: Similar to Paulie, Michelle was relatively popular amongst the newbies in the beginning, until she brought up she hated husky men, which clued people in if they didn't watch her reddit. Given that America has a higher obesity rate than the rest of the world, this didn't sit well with most people and as the season went by, she began to get less popular especially with all the bitchy comments she said towards other houseguests. Contrast Nicole, who most of her bitchy comments are all in good fun and generally don't involve appearances.
* BigEater: Michelle seems to have taken over Victor's place as the biggest eater in the house. Every time she is seen on the live feeds, she is seen eating a bunch of snacks, in particular chips. It is interesting that Michelle seems to eat so much, considering that she has resorted to fat shaming obese people and making fun of them for their eating habits. This fact makes her a huge hypocrite.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Nicole. They are both GirlNextDoor types, both are from Michigan state, both wear glasses and both are NiceGirl's with a bitchy or catty side to them. They are so similar in a lot of ways that it is actually surprising that Nicole and Michelle didn't instantly bond with each other right from the start.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems to be a nice girl, until you find out she despises fat people and refuses to date obese men on account of being a nutritionist. She is also visibly catty inside the house and has made some very personal and nasty remarks about other houseguests, such as Tiffany, Bridgette, Paulie, Victor and Nicole.
* BrutalHonesty: Michelle is very blunt and honest and she is not afraid to say what is exactly on her mind. Sometimes her comments can be very hateful and hurtful. She is also one of the biggest trash talkers in the house and she doesn't seem to have too much regard for how much her comments will hurt others. In a way, Michelle sometimes does not think before she says stuff. Going by her comments regarding fat people or obese people, she has proven that she is very mean spirited and very judgemental of other people.
* TheBully: Michelle is a mean girl who has made very nasty comments about some of the other houseguests. She has resorted to personally attacking people occasionally. She treated Bridgette horribly throughout the majority of the game and she did not feel bad for it whatsoever. All because she felt jealous about Frank preferring Bridgette over her. She has also resorted to taunting behavior towards Paul and she has been unnecessarily rude to him such as when she yelled at him and threatened to burn all of his clothes for accidentally touching her clothes when he was searching for a t-shirt of his. Paul called her out on her bullying behavior and even called her a bully and a terrible person to her face after getting into a huge argument in Week 9.
* CantTakeCriticism: Michelle seems to think that it is okay to constantly judge people and make comments about others, but when someone calls her out on her crappy behavior, then she goes into a corner and either complains or cries about it. She thinks that she can constantly dole out hurtful comments towards other people and not expect to receive them in return. Michelle also likes to purposely start fights and arguments with people, but when someone else calls her out and argues back with her, she will end up crying afterwards and trying to run away from the argument that she started in the first place. Michelle comes off as a huge hypocrite and at other times, a coward.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Towards Frank. She heavily disliked Bridgette because Frank and Bridgette became very close in the house. It is obvious that Michelle is a very catty and jealous person. Her hatred of Brigette was completely party and unnecessary. Overall, Michelle seems to be a very jealous and envious person. She has also displayed jealous and envious behavior regarding the other female houseguests.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Similar to Nicole, Michelle can come off as off beat, quirky and odd at times. She sometimes displays strange behaviour or resorts to antics that are very questionable. Sometimes she will cry in an overdramatic manner to the point where it looks like she is putting an act or faking to gain attention. Some of the other houseguests have mentioned this, saying that Michelle overdramatizes at times so that she can garner sympathy. Other times, it appears that Michelle has her head in the clouds and she talks like she is zoned out or not really alert about what is going on.
* ConflictingLoyalty: As of Week 9, Michelle seems to be conflicted about who to be aligned with or who to trust in the game more: either James & Natalie or Paul & Victor. Although Michelle technically has more allegiance to Paul and Victor than she does James and Natalie, she decided to go against her allies (Paul and Victor) and go along with what James and Natalie wanted which is Paul and Victor nominated. Although it is uncertain as to where Michelle's true loyalties lie, Michelle has made it clear that she has always wanted Nicole and Corey out, as she sees them as manipulative (particularly Nicole) and a powerful duo in the game.
* CounterpartComparison: [[Main/InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Tiffany in a season premiere DR entry, when she noted that Michelle looked like Nicole Franzel (her fellow houseguest originally from ''Big Brother 16'') and thought that the two were related. Michelle herself also notes, in a Diary Room entry featured in the season premiere, that people often compare her with Nicole.
* CowardlyLion: In her intro package, Michelle rattles off a very long list of fears, among them being abducted/kidnapped, aliens, ghosts, Amazonian fish and North Korea (which considering the first competition involves the houseguests having to ride on rockets resembling the nuclear weapons that said country has, by her own admission, skeeved her out a bit)... and apparently, it doesn't stop there, since she also notes that she's afraid of beards (when referencing Paul's in her first DR entry), because of issues with cleanliness.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Michelle comes off as a useless player who does nothing but whine and cry when she doesn't get what she wants. However, Michelle should not be underestimated and she is a lot smarter than she seems. She is not afraid to call people out in the open and she seems like she does have a lot of guts. She may not be the best at winning competitions, but she is actually pretty good socially and strategically. It is hugely possible that Michelle could be a contender to go all the way to at least the Final 3.
* TheCynic: Michelle has a very melancholic and defeatist attitude. She always seems to be pessimistic about things in general and she does not seem to have that much confidence in herself. When she does not do her best or win something, she will end up beating herself up for it. Other houseguests, namely Natalie and Paul, have had to give Michelle a pep talk whenever she gets into one of her defeatist, gloomy and pessimistic moods. Opposite of Nicole, who is more of ThePollyanna and a PluckyGirl, who always tries to see the best in things and is more of an optimist (although Nicole does do her fair share of whining from time to time).
* DeadpanSnarker: Michelle is really sarcastic and quick witted. Sometimes she comes off as serious when she is delivering a joke or a witty comment.
* DirtyCoward: Constantly talks trash about people and throws people under the bus behind their back but then tries to appear as though she is friendly and loyal to people. For example, Michelle has promised that she would be loyal to Victor and Paul and had intentions of going farther in the game with them. But then she decided to scumbag them and lie and backstab them when she received some power handed to her by America (the Co-[=HOH=]). Instead of telling them straight up that she was going along with Natalie and James's plans and nominating them, she decided to blindside them and resort to personally attacking Paul in particular by calling him a liar and a manipulator. On top of it, she personally attacked his religion by calling him an Atheist, because of Paul's personal belief's regarding not believing in Heaven and Hell. Although Michelle does not seem to have any particular strengths in this game, she seems to have played an overall dirty, trash talking and scumbag game.
* DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Frank. Michelle wanted to be Frank's number one, but Frank preferred Bridgette and had a closer relationship with her over Michelle. This deeply bothered Michelle and she has harboured ill feelings towards Bridgette ever since. Although Michelle was desperate to prove herself to Frank so that he could see her as a strong potential ally in the game, Frank only saw Michelle as a weak and useless player. It is obvious that Michelle never got over Frank preferring Bridgette over her.
* TheDragon:
** For Natalie. She shares this role with James. After Bronte and Bridgette were evicted, Michelle became Natalie's closest ally in the game and the two had even discussed going to the Final 2 together. Natalie is pretty much the AlphaBitch to Michelle's BetaBitch. The two often resorted to trash talking other houseguests and they both played very personal. In Week 9, Natalie was the one who had influenced Michelle, who had won co-[=HOH=] that week after winning America's Care Package, to turn against her allies Paul and Victor. Natalie persuaded Michelle to side with her and James against Victor and Paul and told Michelle to nominate Paul. By doing so, Michelle backstabbed and scumbagged her two closest allies, revealing her true colors. Since then, Michelle grew to hate Victor and Paul, but most of her disdain towards the two of them was because of Natalie's negative opinions about them. Natalie basically poisoned Michelle against Victor and Paul, even though they did nothing to Michelle (and Natalie and James) personally or game wise. It is safe to say that Natalie played a huge part in the downfall of Michelle's game, but even then, Michelle had UndyingLoyalty to Natalie (and James by extension) and did everything that she wanted.
** BetaBitch: Michelle is this to Natalie's AlphaBitch. It is clear that in the recent weeks, Natalie and Michelle have become tighter with each other. When Michelle received some power through America's Care Package and become the co-[=HOH=], she decided to side with Natalie plans and throw her allies Victor and Paul to the wolves, betraying them in the process. On top of this, she, along with Natalie, decided to personally attack Paul, which increased animosity between the two. Natalie and Michelle have also become the resident trash talkers of the house, constantly bashing Paul in particular. Both of them are the resident mean girls left in the house and all they seem to do is take joy in bashing people behind their back constantly. It is evident that since Michelle and Natalie do not have any strengths in the game (competitively, socially, or strategically), that their only game is to talk trash all day, eat and sleep. To reference ''MeanGirls'', Michelle is the Cady Heron to Natalie's Regina George.
** CoDragons: With James for Natalie, who has morphed into the BigBad or villainess since Paulie's departure. It is very clear that both James and Michelle are willing to do anything that Natalie wants, even if it goes against their personal wishes or what is best for their personal game. Originally, Michelle was loyal to Victor, Paul, Zakiyah, and Da'Vonne and those were main allies since the beginning. But as of lately, her #1 ally in the game is Natalie. After Zakiyah and Da'Vonne were evicted, Michelle turned to Victor and Paul and they became her main allies. However, in Week 9, Natalie won [=HOH=] and Michelle won the co-[=HOH=] through winning America's Care Package. Michelle wanted to put Nicole and Corey on the block (this was her original plan and what she had always wanted to do), but Natalie wanted to go after Victor and Paul, who were Natalie, James and Michelle's allies (they had an alliance and had planned to go to the Final 5 together). Natalie chooses to nominate Victor and she wanted Michelle, as the co-[=HOH=], to nominate Victor's #1 ally Paul. Michelle and Natalie nominated the two of them and backstabbed them in the process. This caused a huge rift in their alliance and Michelle, Natalie, James, Paul and Victor no longer trusted each other. James and Michelle basically threw their own games and what they wanted out the window to do Natalie's bidding. It is evident that James and Michelle have strong UndyingLoyalty to Natalie and that they wanted to go to the Final 3 together.
** DemotedToDragon: Michelle was never really looked at as an outright villain. However, she can be considered to be a very dark AntiHero or more of an AntiVillain, mostly because she constantly started drama, has an aggressive personality, can be very petty and personal in how she appraoches the game and can be very argumentative and confrontational with the other houseguests which almost make her look like TheBully. Therefore, Michelle had all of the personality traits of someone who was an obvious villain. However, it is later revealed that in the grand scheme of things, Natalie is or becomes the BigBad as of Week 9, especially after Paulie was evicted from the house, and Michelle became TheDragon for Natalie (along with James). Natalie revealed herself to be a true AlphaBitch and a BitchInSheepsClothing in the later weeks. Natalie is someone who tried to constantly pass herself off as a sweet, loveable, likeable and kind person but was actually very catty, bitchy, manipuative, entitled, and cunning and who would constantly resort to trash talking and personally attacking houseguests behind their backs. Although Michelle appeared to be a villainess because of her unlikeable personality, it is actually Natalie that is the true villainess because she is the one calling all of the shots in the trio of herself (Natalie), Michelle, and James. In other words, Michelle was thought to be an AlphaBitch but she is actually Natalie's BetaBitch while Natalie is the real AlphaBitch in sheeps clothing. Natalie also had alot of influence or Michelle's game later on. For example, Natalie is the one that influenced Michelle to nominated Paul and backstab him along with Victor, causing disdain and distrust between Michelle, Victor and Paul. Michelle was basically being manipulated by Natalie and Michelle was too dumb and loyal to her to see it.
** DragonWithAnAgenda: While Michelle became close with Natalie in Week 9 and the two shared an inseparable bond with each other, Michelle had different plans than Natalie on a game level. In Week 9, Natalie was the [=HOH=] and Michelle was the co-[=HOH=]. Natalie had wanted to turn against Victor and Paul and nominate the two of them for eviction. However, Michelle did not originally agree with Natalie's plan to turn against her allies Victor and Paul. In fact, Michelle had actually wanted to nominate Corey and Nicole for eviction, because she felt threatened by them, especially Nicole, due to being a strong power couple in the game. However, Natalie manipulated Michelle into turning against Vic and Paul and Michelle went through with nominating Paul. Not only did she backstab Paul and Victor on a game level, but she also sunk to Natalie's level by personally attacking them, especially Paul. Although the Michelle and Natalie were close with each other, it is obvious that the two did not always see eye to eye on a game level. Even after Michelle betrayed Paul and Victor, she still realized that Nicole and Corey were the bigger threat and that they should not have betrayed Victor and Paul and should have gotten rid of Corey and Nicole when they had the opportunity.
** VillainousFriendship: Even though Michelle and Natalie became close on a game level, they also had a close personal bond. After Bronte and Bridgette (who could also be viewed as BetaBitch's for Natalie) were evicted, the female houseguest that she became closest to is Natalie (Natalie never had close bonds with Da'Vonne, Zakiyah, and Nicole). Despite Natalie being a GirlyGirl and Michelle being more of the GirlNextDoor with glasses, the two shared some things in common and formed a real friendship. Both of them are the resident mean girls of the season and they both seem to take joy in trash talking other people behind their backs. Natalie and Michelle were so close that they wanted to go to the Final 2 together. Natalie even contemplated choosing Michelle as her Final 2 partner over James, her showmance partner. Michelle even backstabbed and betrayed her own allies in Victor and Paul, two people who were undoubtedly loyal to Michelle and would have more than likely taken her to the Final 3, for Natalie, showing that they were on TrueCompanions level of loyalty and friendship. Despite their occassional differences from a game standpoint (Natalie was against Victor/Paul and Michelle was against Corey/Nicole), Michelle and Natalie have definitely formed a genuine bond and friendship that goes beyond game.
* DramaQueen: Michelle comes off as a bit of an AttentionWhore. She will sometimes resort to crying or throwing a tantrum when she doesn't get her way. She may even cry for strategic reasons or because she wants to garner sympathy from the other houseguests. Michelle seems to thrive on drama and she loves to play the victim card.
* DrivenByEnvy: Michelle's antagonistic attitude towards Bridgette stems from her jealousy regarding Bridgette's close relationship and bond with Frank. Michelle wanted to be Frank's number one ally, but Frank favored Bridgette and saw Michelle as a incompetent or a liability.
* EntitledBitch: Michelle can be really catty and bitchy when she doesn't get her way. She can come off as very bratty and spoiled at times. She also seems to feel that she deserves to be there more than the rehouse guests, yet she hasn't really done all that much in the game. She displays this attitude when she decided to make angry speeches to other houseguests during the live eviction and Double Eviction in Week 7.
* FauxAffablyEvil: It's not that Michelle is necessarily a villain or evil per say, but she definitely falls into AntiHero or slight AntiVillain territory. Michelle comes off as a BitchInSheepsClothing, someone who can put on a friendly facade and be nice to other houseguests' faces, yet will resort to back stabbing them or trash talking them behind their back. Michelle definitely has a strong "mean girl" streak.
* FireForgedFriends: She and Bridgette formed this bond before the latter was eliminated in the double eviction. Before this, Bridgette was Michelle's ArchEnemy and the two did not see eye to eye or get along. Most of it was pretty petty though, because Michelle was joist jealous of Frank giving Bridgette more attention. Michelle eventually came around to see that Bridgette could be a valuable ally and a good person to have at her side in the game.
* {{Foil}}: To Nicole. Despite never having been aligned with one another and never having had a bond in the game or on a personal level, the two actually had more in common than they noticed (both GirlNextDoor types, both ClingyJealousGirl's, both {{Meganekko}} girls who wear glasses, both nerdy super fans, both from the state of Michigan, etc), yet they have some obvious differences as well. Nicole is (or was on her original season) a competitive player who won competitions, while Michelle is one of the weaker competitors. Nicole has blonde hair while Michelle has dark hair. Michelle seems to have stronger shades of an AlphaBitch personality while Nicole seems to be more of a LovableAlphaBitch. Nicole is more positive, upbeat and a PluckyGirl while Michelle is more pessimistic, melancholic and defeatist. Nicole is more of TheIdealist while Michelle is more of TheCynic. Nicole has more of a PluckyComicRelief (light hearted humor) kind of humor, while Michelle has more of a DeadpanSnarker (sarcastic humour) kind of humor. All in all, while both wear glasses and have catty sides to them, Nicole's cattiness is much more tame and less frequent than Michelle, while Michelle loves to trash talk everyone in the house regardless of gender or weight.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: As Michelle was walking out the door on her eviction she warned her fellow houseguests to take out Paul and Nicole who is "f***ing her way to Final 2." Ironically, they became the Final 2.
* GranolaGirl: Is very much a health nut and is focused on healthy eating... which goes without saying, considering she's a registered dietitian. In fact, Michelle is such a health nut and such a huge advocate for healthy eating that she has even resorted to fat-shaming by making some controversial comments and remarks about obese people on Reddit (she received a minor backlash from the public for her comments earlier on in the season).
* GreenEyedMonster: Michelle definitely has a strong jealous and envious streak to her personality. It is part of what makes Michelle so catty and bitchy to some of the other houseguests, namely Bridgette. However, despite her jealous streak, she is nowhere near Zakiyah's jealousy over Paulie.
* HystericalWoman: Michelle came across as someone who has serious mental and emotional issues. He behavior while in the house was very erratic and over the top. Some believed that she was AttentionWhore and a DramaQueen because she had a tendency to make a big deal out of every little thing. Plus, she was a huge MoodSwinger. She would be very friendly to others one minute but would then become HotBlooded with a HairTriggerTemper the next minute.
* InSeriesNickname: Many of her fellow houseguests have called Michelle or have given Michelle the nickname "Big Meech" or "Meech". She also self-deprecates herself with the hashtag [=#VomitCrybaby=].
* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Or more accurately, BitchInSheepsClothing with a Heart of Gold. For all her cruelty and callous behavior, Michelle does realize when she crosses the line and will try to make amends and stop using the behavior in the future.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Her dislike of Paulie, while mean spirited, is very welcome to many given Paulie's change in personality from affable to an evil schemer.
* LastOfHisKind: Michelle was the last member of the Category Four team. Frank was evicted in Week 5, Bridgette was evicted in Week 7, Paulie was evicted in Week 8 and her being evicted in Week 10.
* TheLoad: Michelle has proven that she is rather horrible at competitions. She has either won them by having them thrown to her or having them handed to her by America (such as the CO-[=HOH=] that she received through America's Care Package). She's shown that overall, she is the most useless player in the game. She doesn't particularly have a strong social game and her strategy is not all that strong either. She is also seen to be rather trusting and gullible as seen in Week 9 when Victor and Paul planned or schemed to have a fake fight with each other and she and Natalie believed that Victor and Paul were no longer friends and allies. Michelle also believed that Victor was on her side and had turned against Paul. The only thing that Michelle seems to be good at is trash talking other houseguests behind their back.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Michelle may be a GirlNextDoor who is a NiceGirl in most instances, but she does have a very bratty, catty, bitchy and mean spirited side to her at times. Her treatment of Bridgette has been very disappointing and she comes off as a mean girl when it comes to her comments about Bridgette.
* {{Meganekko}}[=/=]NerdGlasses: Michelle sometimes wears thick-rimmed glasses, similar to those worn by fellow houseguest Nicole.This look makes her come off as extra {{Adorkable}} and she definitely has the nerdy GirlNextDoor look down pat.
* NominalHero: Between her and Paulie, Michelle is the lesser of two evils.
* NoIndoorVoice: Some of her Diary Room entries in the season premiere sounded as if she was shouting.
* OutOfFocus: Following the events of Week 1 that lead to her finding out the identity of Tiffany's sister, Michelle hasn't been given much focus on the television episodes.
* SecretKeeper: Does this for Tiffany when she finds out that she's the sister of Season 17 finalist Vanessa.
* '''TenderTears''': Everyone rides Michelle's case over the fact that she seems to break down crying over the littlest things. ''All the time.'' Her BB Comics week superhero is literally a giant crybaby.
* VomitDiscretionShot: About 30 minutes in the hashtag spinning HOH challenge, Michelle started spewing (throwing up) everywhere which was described as chunky by James and thankfully censored. Gross.
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[[folder: Paul Ryan Christopher "Paulie" Calafiore (4th Juror)]]

!''Paul Ryan Christopher "Paulie" Calafiore (4th Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' November 13th, 1988 (age at time of competition: 27)
->'''Hometown:''' Howell, NJ
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Howell, NJ
->'''Occupation:''' DJ
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 2
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 1
->'''Prizes/Punishments Taken:''' $1,000*, Tech Package*, Apple Pie-Baking Punishment, Pixel Suit Punishment, Outback Dinner
->'''Team:''' Category Four (Frank, Bridgette, Michelle, Paulie)
->'''Finished:''' 8th Place [4TH JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 5-0 VS. COREY
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' VICTOR (HOH/POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' NICOLE

* '''ZeroPercentApprovalRating''': Paulie has become one of the most hated and disliked houseguests of the season. Ironically, Paulie started off as a really popular houseguest and many people thought that Paulie was more likeable than Cody. Much of Paulie's low disapproval rating or low popularity amongst fans has to do with his unlikeable personality (egotistical, boastful, manipulative, cocky, arrogant, etc), his controlling and domineering tendencies, and the unfavourable manner in which he treats other houseguests (namely Tiffany, Frank and Zakiyah). Paulie is also incredibly disliked by the public because he has said many controversial and sexist things and comments about women, especially women from his home state of New Jersey. He has also consistently trash talked all of the female houseguests, with his main targets being Natalie, Zakiyah, and Michelle. Even though Natalie is very bitchy, Zakiyah is very clingy and Michelle is very catty, Paulie's comments regarding all three women was beyond gameplay and came off extremely personal in nature. He has called Natalie every name in the book, including calling her fake as the things on her chest (meaning that Natalie has fake breasts or breast implants). He has constantly mistreated Zakiyah for no reason and has thrown her under the bus even though she was very loyal to him. Paulie's mistreatment of the women in the house along with his constantly intimidating and bullying of other houseguests to get them to do what he wants has made him very unpopular with the audience. Interestingly enough, Cody became rather disliked by the public, but his low popularity had more to do with him flirting with a married woman in Christine, not so much his personality. When making comparisons between Paulie and Cody and their personalities, it is safe to say that Cody is way more likeable than Paulie by far. Even though Cody had his flaws, he was no where near as unbearable and unlikeable as Paulie on his worst day. The complete opposite of James and Victor who have a near HundredPercentAdorationRating and are highly popular with the public.
* AcademicAthlete: Managed to spell the word "sustainability" in a Scrabble-themed challenge. Not to mention that despite being strongly athletic and competitive, Paulie is also rather smart and strategic. He most definitely has the edge over Cody in terms of intelligence and game instincts. Paulie seems like he would come off as either a DumbJock or a DumbMuscle because he seems like he doesn't have all that much in the way of brains.It should be noted that despite his intelligence and strong strategic abilities in the game, it is uncertain if he is smart or intelligent in real life. His speaking manner makes him sound like he is not all that intelligent and his constant cursing makes it sound like he has very limited vocabulary. One thing is for certain, he definitely seems to be much smarter than Cody when it comes to the game and he definitely seems to have more common sense and logic, despite his unlikeable personality.
* AffablyEvil: Paulie appears to be sociable to the other houseguests but in reality, he is actually plotting their demise in his head. Paulie appears to be the sociable guy who will befriend a houseguest and preach to them about how he wants to take them far in the game, but he is just manipulating them and telling them what they want to hear to further his own game or agenda. The real kicker is that so many of the houseguests seem to be hypnotized by Paulie and a lot of them seem to like him on a personal level and trust him in the game. This is a testament to how strong Paulie's social game is. However, Paulie had a lot of people fooled. He was nothing more than a DevilInPlainSight yet nobody realized that he was one of the biggest trash talkers in the house. He had so many targets in mind and nobody seemed to catch on. It was mostly because he was good at trying to presuade people that he was their ally and their friend,even though he was actually their enemy and was secretly plotting their demise.
* AlasPoorVillain: Subverted. Paulie was having a majorly rough week being nominated and losing the POV that would have saved himself from going home. To make matters worse, Paulie had to conduct a Pie Baking Punishment for the rest of the summer that he remained in the game. He also ended up having a major emotional breakdown to the extent that he was rebelling against Big Brother rules by not doing his pie baking punishment went he was supposed to. He acted like a SoreLoser for the entire week that he was on the block and knew that he was going home. And the funny thing is, NOBODY felt bad that Paulie was leaving. In fact, everyone, with the exception of Nicole and Corey, was happy or elated that Paulie was finally going home. After the way Paulie treated the other houseguests so poorly and the way that he constantly demeaned the women in the house and talked constant trash about the other houseguests for no reason, it's no wonder why nobody mourned him after he was evicted and instead, were very satisfied that they were finally rid of the toxic influence that was Paulie.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Paulie was extremely ambitious about getting far in the game. He had a strong drive to get to the end so that he could live up to his younger brother Cody's reputation. To try to get to the end, Paulie decided to play a very dirty and scheming game which resulted in much lying, backstabbing, and manipulating of other houseguests. He was also incredibly ruthless and showed a LackOfEmpathy after he backstabbed houseguests. He also played extremely personal and went on the attack against the others, especially the female houseguests. Unfortunately for him, Paul's ambitious personality was what cost him the game. His overly ambitious personality cost him the game because nobody ended up trusting him or wanting to be his ally anymore. Even Bridgette admitted to Paulie in the jury house that Paulie had lost the game a long time ago no matter how hard Paulie may have worked or if he had made it to the Final 2. His ambition had caused a lot of people to be turned off by him.
* ArchEnemy:
** '''Tiffany and Frank'''. Frank is one of Paulie's enemies because he had heard that Frank had been throwing him under the bus and had considered nominating him alongside Corey. What makes it worse for Paulie was that he and Corey made a deal or an alliance with Frank at the start of the game. Tiffany used to be somewhat of an ally for Paulie in the first couple of weeks in the game, mostly because they were siblings of former Big Brother players (Vanessa and Cody). However, Paulie started to distrust Tiffany when she showed how paranoid and sketchy she was to her allies. It didn't help that Tiffany tried to win the Power of Veto during the week that she was supposed to throw it so that he could backdoor Victor and send him home. Paulie has also frequently compared Tiffany to Vanessa, saying that they both use their emotions as strategy in the game to get what they want.
** '''Michelle'''. She was originally an ally to Paulie and the two got along very well in the beginning. However, Michelle felt betrayed by Paulie because Paulie had intentions of getting Da'Vonne out of the house. When Da'Vonne was evicted, Michelle ended up blowing up Paulie's game to everyone and slandering him to all of the houseguests. As a result, the majority of the houseguests started to turn on Paulie and realized that they were all being played by him, Michelle included. This managed to put a major target on Paulie's back. Paulie became angered at Michelle and saw her as an adversary because she blew up his game and trash talked him to numerous houseguests. This deeply angered Paulie and resulted in him wanting to get rid of Michelle. The two have a very antagonistic relationship and Paulie and Michelle have been in some arguments.
** '''Natalie'''. Paulie's vendetta against Natalie seems to be more personal than game related more than anything because Natalie has never done anything to Paulie in the game. Hell, Natalie hardly communicates with Paulie and the two are not even in an alliance. Paulie has gone out of his way to personally attack Natalie's physical appearance (consistently mentioning that she has fake boobs, even giving her the nickname FT's which means "Fake Titties") and her personality (calling her fake and constantly referring to her as a "Jersey Girl") for no reason. Paulie seems to know Natalie in the real world as they seem to come from the same social circle due to the both of them being from New Jersey. It is uncertain of Paulie has such a strong personal vendetta against Natalie because she reminds him of a lot of the girls that he has dated or has grown up with or if she reminds Paulie of his ex girlfriend whom he had recently broken up with before coming into the house.
** '''Da'Vonne'''. Although their rivalry did not start until both of them were out of the house. Even when Da'Vonne and Paulie were still playing the game, Da'Vonne never trusted Paulie completely because he was in a showmance with one of her closest allies Zakiyah. Paulie had every intention of getting rid of Da'Vonne after learning that she was wanting to target all of the couples in the house (including Paulie/Zakiyah, James/Natalie, and Corey/Nicole). However, Da'Vonne was completely unaware of the fact that she was on Paulie's radar. During Week 6 when Paul was Head of Household, Paulie had made it his mission to make sure that Da'Vonne would be a backdoor target, even offering himself up as a pawn to be nominated alongside Bridgette (who was Paul's real intended target). Da'Vonne was backdoored and Paulie was successful in getting her out of the house after weeks of trying to do so. However, Da'Vonne and Paulie's rivalry became more intense and heated once they both went to the jury house. Da'Vonne had found out that Paulie had won the POV and chose to not use it on Zakiyah when she was nominated for eviction. This made Da'Vonne extremely angry and she never forgave Paulie since then. When Paulie entered the jury house, Da'Vonne made it clear face to face that she did not personally like him and that he made alot of mistakes concerning Zakiyah.Their rivalry has become one of the most intense of the season. It doesn't help that Da'Vonne and Paulie are constantly personally attacking each other, with Da'Vonne constantly attacking Paulie's physical appearance, his height and his personality traits and Paulie attacking Da'Vonne ability to be a good mother to her daughter because of her over the top antics and behavior. It is very clear that the two absolutely hate each other, so much that Da'Vonne chooses to not acknowledge that Paulie is in the jury house with her. Da'Vonne's personal hatred of Paulie has even managed to destroy her friendship with Zakiyah since Zakiyah has decided to mend things with Paulie and is on speaking terms with him again after having a falling out.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Paulie is a great competitor but he sure has a very cocky and arrogant way about him. Some fans even feel that Paulie likes to win a lot of competitions because he wants to boost his own ego. Let's not forget that Paulie always likes to feel like his is running everything and he will display a very controlling behaviour towards other houseguests. Pauline seriously seems to think that he is the King of the Big Brother house.
* AssholeVictim: In Week 7 and Week 8, things really start turning bad for Paulie. He ends up having all of his allies turn on him after his game is blown up and exposed. His allies distrust him because they realize that he was playing them and manipulating them. They end up blindsiding him when the vote out Zakiyah over Michelle, who was Paulie's intended target. To make matters worse, Victor ends up winning Head of Household and nominating him and his ally Corey next to each other. Paulie also loses the [=POV=] to Victor, which would have given him the power to remove himself from the block and give him safety since he was the intended target. On top of all of this, Paulie has a complete emotional and mental breakdown and he is clearly broken down from all of the chaos that encountered in just one week. With all that has happened to Paulie, there should be a lot of sympathy and compassion for his situation. Unfortunately, Paulie has been so arrogant for a while that it is hard to feel sorry for him when the reason that he is in this situation to begin with is because he overplayed his hand.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: His last name "Calafiore" is really cool to pronounce. It is an Italian last name, therefore, it is understandable why t would be a really interesting and fun name to say.
* BadassBoast: Like his brother Cody, Paulie makes a lot of promises and threats in the game. However, unlike Cody, Paulie has actually managed to follow through on some of the threats that he has made.
* BaitTheDog: In the beginning, Paulie was one of the most popular houseguests of the season. He seemed like he was a likeable guy; in fact, he seemed much more likeable in comparison to Cody. However, that changed as the weeks gone by and Paulie showed that he is rather unlikeable in personality. His treatment of Tiffany in particular has been dishonourable, mostly because Paulie felt threatened that Tiffany would be a similar player to her sister Vanessa. Paulie also had no problems with treating Frank, also one of his former allies, terribly all the way till he was evicted. Now that Frank and Tiffany are gone, Da'Vonne seems to be Paulie's new scapegoat. In addition, Paulie has also thrown his close ally and showmance partner Zakiyah under the bus to numerous other houseguests and he has no problem using her and manipulating her to his own advantage. All in all, Paulie comes off as very unlikeable and many fans have expressed disappointment in his behaviour. Interestingly enough, the same thing happened to Cody during his season; Cody was liked in the beginning of the season until his true colors started to show later on in the game.
* BashBrothers: With Corey. Corey is practically Paulie's right hand man in the game and could easily be seen as Paulie's closest ally next to Zakiyah. Possibly averted now, as Paulie seems to be the closet to Paul and Paul has now taken over Corey's place as his right hand man in the game.
* BeautyIsBad: The guy's very attractive but don't let that fool you, he's pretty much a DevilInPlainSight now. Most of the houseguests either work for him or are too afraid to go after him. Not to mention that Paulie also displays some sexist and misogynistic attitudes towards the female houseguests. He can also be very arrogant, cocky and controlling.
* BigBad: Now that Frank has been evicted, Paulie might be on his way to becoming the main villain of the season. He is a ManipulativeBastard who is running the house and controlling everything. Michelle even makes a comment about this, saying that Paulie has become more and more like Frank because of his bossy and controlling behaviour.
* BigManOnCampus: Paulie is very well liked by the rest of the house and seems to be very popular with the ladies. He's also buddies with all of the guys as well. Not to mention that he is physically attractive, smart and athletic as well. SubvertedTrope after he TookALevelInJerkass and showed his true colors. He seems to be widely disliked now by a lot of the other houseguests with the exception of a few (such as Corey and Nicole).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Paulie originally seemed like a nice, sociable and likeable houseguest but it turns out that his true colors came out and he is actually rather manipulative, controlling and unlikeable in personality. He has shown to be a sexist and misogynistic individual and he has virtually attacked every single female houseguest with the exception of Nicole. In addition, the way that he has treated Zakiyah has been terrible and borderline abusive. He spent weeks talking trash about Zakiyah behind her back yet to her face, hewas pretending to still be on her side. Paulie used Zakiyah like a dirty tissue and made her look foolish on television. This was the same guy who stated openly that he did not like the way Frank was treating the women in the house, such as sexually harassing them, making sexist comments and slapping the women's butts. Paulie even went as far as to call out Frank on his bad behaviour. But that version of Paulie was obviously fake since it turns out that he displays the exact same behaviour that he was advocating against. Over the weeks, Paulie's true colors and his real personality emerged and there was no going back.
* TheBluebeard: Downplayed. Paulie is no where near the flirt that Cody was during his season. Unlike Cody, who pretty much flirted with or befriended every single female houseguest in the house only to end up backstabbing them and then evicting them afterwards, Paulie was pretty much loyal to only one female in the house and that was Zakiyah. Even though Zakiyah was his closest ally for a while, Paulie eventually started to plot her demise once he realized that she was no longer useful to his game. He ended up having Victor nominate Zakiyah with her being the intended target to go home. Zakiyah had no clue that Paulie had betrayed her and plotted against her behind her back. Paulie didn't even use the POV on her to save her from the block! Which was a dead give away that Paulie was planning on getting rid of her but Zakiyah was much too naive at the time to realize it as she still believed that Paulie had her back and was still very much loyal to her. Even though Paulie had voted to keep Zakiyah over Michelle, it didn't change anything since Paulie was the one who "killed" her in the game and was the one who was indirectly as well as directly responsible for her eviction.
* BreakTheHaughty: In Week 7, Paulie manages to have his entire alliance or allies (such as Paul, James, and Victor) turn on him. They do this because they find out that they had been played by Paulie the entire time and that he had so many different alliances with various different people. To get back at Paulie, they all decided to blindside him by evicting Zakiyah instead of Michelle. To make matters worse, Victor wins [=HOH=] after the Double Eviction. He then nominates Paulie and his closest ally Corey. The other houseguests try to break Paulie down by arguing with him and calling him out on his behaviour in the house and towards other houseguests. On top of it, Paulie also loses the [=POV=] to Victor, a competition that would have ensured his safety for the week. As of now, his only hope is to have the Round Trip Ticket back into the house or a possible Jury Buy Back competition. Emotionally and mentally, it seems that this has all gotten to Paulie and he seems to have crumbled quite a bit. This is a far cry from the Paulie who had all the power and was controlling the game for the first six weeks. One could argue that this is simply karma and it may be a double dose of karma that Victor is the one who is going to be responsible for Paulie being evicted (because Paulie was responsible for bad dooming and evicting Victor in Week 2).
* BriefAccentImitation: During his statement to the houseguests prior to the first eviction vote, Paulie does an impression of Creator/AlPacino as Tony Montana in ''[[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} Scarface]]''.
-->'''Paulie (as Tony):''' "You guys want to vote for me to stay? OK, that's fine. You vote to evict me, that's the last time you're gonna see this face again."
* CatchPhrase: Frequently uses the phrase "Type thing" after he says something. One could assume that it is Jersey talk.The use of "Type thing" has become so popular that almost all of the houseguests have used it at one point or another. Even Nicole seems to have picked it up.
* TheCharmer: Paulie is very flirtatious with the ladies in the house. It seems to be a trait that he shares in common with Cody. Averted as it turns out he was definitely not as charming and smooth as Cody was. Many of the women turned on Paulie and realized what a mega douche bag that he was. Cody, despite some of his flaws, was very respectful of the women in the house and was an overall gentleman, even if he flirted with them for strategy.
* TheChessmaster: Proven to be the most manipulative and scheming houseguest of the season. He is controlling everything that happens in the game, yet most of the other houseguests are too blind to see it or catch onto him. Paulie is very strategic and he has a very good read on the house and on the other houseguests. He views all of the other houseguests as chess pieces that he can use for his advantage in the game. All of his intended targets have managed to be evicted week to week so far. Paulie is also good at convincing the other houseguests to do what he wants them to do and it is very obvious that he is pulling all of their strings without them coming to the realization that they are being manipulated and used by him. In comparison to Cody, Paulie is definitely stronger when it comes to strategy and manipulation.
* ChickMagnet: Virtually all of the women in the house (Natalie, Zakiyah and Bronte in particular) have mentioned how attractive they think Paulie is.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: There is no houseguest that Paulie has not thrown under the bus at one point or another. He has even thrown some of his allies such as Zakiyah, Frank, Tiffany, and Nicole under the bus. The only houseguests that he hasn't thought about backstabbing are Paul and Corey. What is also interesting is that Paulie has managed to backstab and turn on so many people without that much blood on his hands. Every single houseguest that Paulie has turned on or backstabbed has been evicted.
* ClusterFBomb: Like his brother Cody, he has a tendency to use the F word or curse a lot. The constant use of the F word could be the way that they talk in New Jersey, since it seems to be a pattern with both Cody and Paulie.
* CompetitionFreak: Paulie is the best competitor of the season so far. He has won the most competitions, having won 2 Head Of Households and 3 Power Of Vetoes in a span of seven weeks. Not even his brother Cody won that many competitions that early on in his season.
* ControlFreak: Paulie always has to be in control of everything that is going on. He has a very dominant, alpha type personality. If he doesn't have control over a situation, then he gets irritated.
* DeadpanSnarker: Paulie has a very sarcastic sense of humor. Similarly, his brother Cody also exhibited the same kind of humour, which was known to be very biting and sarcastic.
* TheDeterminator: Paulie is the type of person who never gives up when he really wants something. Once Paulie has set his mind on accomplishing something, he won't stop until he has achieved it. If Paulie is determined to get a specific houseguest or target out of the house, he will find every single way to make it happen, whether it be competitively, socially, or strategically (using manipulation). Paulie is also a ControlFreak and he is a very persistent person.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Paulie just cannot seem to understand why someone like Natalie would be so popular with the Big Brother audience. When Natalie received the first America's Care Package, Paulie was rather shocked and disgruntled. Which is not surprising, since Paulie has had a personal issue with Natalie since Week 1 one of the game (a vendetta that is completely unreasonable and unnecessary). Paulie also cannot seem to comprehend why James had turned on him when he voted against Zakiyah in Week 7. He doesn't seem to realize that James did not take kindly to Paulie's constant trash talking of his showmance partner (Natalie) and his overly controlling and aggressive attitude in the game.
* EvilCounterpart: Could be seen as this to James. James and Paulie seem to be playing somewhat similar games but their approaches in the game are very different in that Paulie is more controlling and dominating while James is more diplomatic and laid back. Overall, Paulie could be seen as the BigBad (the main villain of the season who is controlling everything in the house) while James could be seen as the BigGood and TheHero. While Paulie is a ManipulativeBastard, James is more of a GuileHero. Paulie will use dominant manipulation to get people to do what he wants while James will also use manipulation strategy but he will be more subtle in his approach. Both James and Paulie have excellent social games. However, Paulie is more assertive with the other houseguests while James is more fun loving with the other houseguests.James and Paulie are both strong competitors. All in all, James and Paulie are playing very similar games, but James comes off as more likeable and Paulie comes off as more unlikeable.
* EvilGenius: Despite being the most competitive player of the season and being incredibly athletic, Paulie is also the most strategic and intelligent player in the game this season. He is TheManBehindTheMan as well as the ManipulativeBastard, meaning that he is controlling everything in the house. Paulie is very good at manipulating others and getting them to do what he wants. He's also TheChessmaster, as he is using the other houseguests for his own game agenda. He treats the other houseguests like chess pieces. He is not on Derrick, Dan or Dr. Will's level of excellent strategy and manipulation, but for this season, he's one of the best.
* EvilIsPetty: Paulie has made numerous personal remarks and attacks about the other houseguests. He has made misogynistic comments about some of the female houseguests such as Tiffany, Natalie, Michelle and Zakiyah. He has frequently made comments about Natalie's personality, feeling that she cannot be trusted and that she is fake because she has breast implants and she's from Jersey. Paulie has also thrown Zakiyah under the bus, calling her too emotional and too much of a liability to his game. It is obvious that Paulie enjoys playing head games with Zakiyah, which often results in them having an argument and Zakiyah emotionally breaking down afterwards. Paulie also has a strong beef with Michelle and deeply hates her because she is onto his game and feels betrayed by him as a former ally. He also treated Tiffany terribly, almost to the point of bullying her because he felt that Tiffany was an emotional mess and was too much like her sister Vanessa. The only people that Paulie has not thrown under the bus on a personal level are the male houseguests, such as Corey, Paul, and James.
* FaceHeelTurn: Paulie went from a likeable and sociable houseguest whom everyone liked and wanted to align with in the game to someone who became so arrogant, cocky, mean spirited and vengeful. The differences between the Paulie of the earlier weeks of the game and the Paulie of the more recent weeks are like night and day. Paulie turned into someone who became controlling and let his ego get the best of him. Because of this, Paulie's game was blown up and he might never recover from such a fall. One has to question: What the Hell happened to the Paulie of the earlier season?
* FallenHero: When one makes comparisons to how Paulie was at the start of the game to what he has turned out to be as of now, it's really quite shocking to see how much he has changed in just eight weeks. Paulie was one of the most liked and popular houseguests both inside of the house and outside of the house and he was a fan favorite amongst the audience. He was even considered to be the favorite to possibly win this season because he had strong gameplay. Unfortunately for him, that has changed, as everyone has caught onto Paulie's game and his scheming antics. He has become a major target for many other houseguests (such as Michelle, James, Victor, Natalie, Bridgette, Paul) and it seems like his chances of making it to the Final 2, like many fans had thought or predicted, might be slim. It seems that Paulie is getting a dose of karma and has become the new Frank of the house - the houseguest who once had many allies in the game and then lost them because of arrogance. The Paulie from Week 1 is a completely different person from the Paulie of Week 8 and it is actually disappointing to see how he has turned out.
* FinalBoss: It was clear that Paulie was the most dangerous player and the biggest villain of the season. The rest of the houseguests are nowhere near as villainous as Paulie. If Paulie is evicted in Week 8 (which seems very likely as Victor has won the [=POV=] and will likely keep the nominations of Paulie and Corey the same), the rest of the season will not have any more villains. Paulie is and will continue to be the most deadly and dangerous player of the season because of the combination of his strong competitiveness, strategy/manipulations, and social game prowess. If Paulie's game was not blown up and he did not play too hard and too fast like he did, it high likely that Paulie would have made it all the way to the Final 2 and would have won.
* GagPenis: Paulie once told Zakiyah "I'm Black from the waist down", implying that he is well-endowed. There were also rumors that Cody was also well-endowed, although this was just speculation amongst the fans.
* HotBlooded: Similar to his brother Cody, Paulie is extremely passionate and hot headed in personality. His aggressive and hot headed personality has gotten him into a lot of trouble and he seems to get off on starting arguments with other people and confronting them. Cody, while impulsive and passionate himself, was not nearly as aggressive and forthright as Paulie is. Paulie is more likely to confront people head on and call them out while Cody would say that he wanted to call people out but would opt not to in the end. One could say that Paulie being of Italian heritage could be the contributing factor to his passionate personality.
* HumiliationConga: During his final week in the house, Paulie was nominated by his once ally Victor. None of his fellow houseguests felt any sympathy for him with the exception of Corey and Nicole. Then after losing the veto Paulie received a punishment to bake apple pies for the entire summer. After he was evicted, on Twitter there was a hashtag called #[=PaulieIsEvictedParty=] which became very popular over his eviction with a lot of fans celebrating his demise in the game. Then when he got to the jury house Da'Vonne, Zakiyah and Bridgette all mocked him over his eviction and confronted him over his behavior towards women.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Paulie criticized Tiffany for playing her sister Vanessa's game; yet his gameplay resembles both his brother and his partner in the game Derrick. Zingbot called him out for being "a poor man's Cody" and Michelle also said in her goodbye message (spoofing Zingbot's zing) that he was "a poor man's Derrick." Also in a Buzzfeed [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/misogynistic-big-brother-18 article]], Paulie criticized Bridgette for voting for Paul because she is a feminist and "supported" someone who called her friend Michelle a "cunt." However, Paulie voted for Nicole to win over Paul which is ironic because of his treatment of women in the house (he did mention in an earlier interview that [[http://kfrog.cbslocal.com/2016/08/22/exclusive-big-brother-evictee-paulie-calafiores-interview/ he didn't think a girl will win]]) and he was actually once close with Paul on a strategic level.
* {{Jerkass}}: BIG TIME. Paulie was originally thought of to be one of the more likeable houseguests of the season but it turns out that he is a mega jerk who is very arrogant, egotistical, cocky, and aggressive. He has little to no problem talking trash about the other houseguests and attacking them personally. He also has a habit of mistreating the female houseguests (such as Tiffany, Michelle, Natalie, Zakiyah and Bridgette). Paulie is also very controlling in his behaviour and he believes that he is in control of everything that is happening in the game. If he does not get his way, Paulie will resort to bullying or intimidating behavior.
* {{Joisey}}: Paulie hails from Howell, New Jersey but he is originally from Hackensack, New Jersey. It is very clear that Paulie is from New Jersey because of the way he presents himself, especially with the way he expresses himself or the way that he talks. His brother Cody had the same "New Jersey swagger".
* LaserGuidedKarma: After treating women horribly throughout the season, Bridgette planned his demise by turning his allies Paul, Victor and James against him. After Bridgette left she was responsible for influencing Victor's second HOH reign to evict him. When Paulie arrived to jury house he found out from Bridgette he lost every jury vote if he was in the Final 2 because they felt that his gameplay was too personal and they felt that he shouldn't win because of his personal attacks towards women. Also in the jury house, Da'Vonne confronted Paulie over the way he treats women and things turn for the worse after Paulie brought up her daughter which she screamed at him "Don't bring up my daughter!" and proceeded to yell at Zakiyah how horrible of a person Paulie is.
* LovableJock -> JerkJock: Paulie is very athletic and is a soccer player. He started out as what seemed to be a nice individual, but he later on became more arrogant, cocky, domineering and aggressive in personality. He is also very entitled and on occasion, he resorts to intimidation and bullying of other houseguests. He seems to think that he is invincible and that nobody can or should go after him in the game.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Paulie is clearly the ManipulativeBastard and TheChessmaster of the season, as he is the houseguest who is playing everyone and manipulating the entire game to his advantage. Many of the other houseguests seem to be entranced by him and they always end up doing what he wants in the end. Paulie is the puppet master and all of the other houseguests are just his puppets.
* ManipulativeBastard: It is easy to see that Paulie is the one running the game and pulling all of the strings. He is also rather manipulative and cunning in his approach and he shows that he has little no no problem with playing ruthlessly and stabbing people in the back. It seems that he got good advice from Derrick before coming onto the show; Derrick also did mention he should not have won many competitions otherwise he would've made it in the Final 2.
* ManipulativeEditing: Paulie was edited out of the special Friday episode which is one of the most infamous edits Big Brother has done yet. This edit was done to make it look like the Ziggy Marley concert happened after Paulie's eviction. Some examples include Nicole's right arm being removed where Paulie was and Victor "winning" Paulie's tech pack which he mentioned on the live feeds. However, Ziggy Marley [[https://twitter.com/ziggymarley/status/766698469218144256 tweeted]] a photo with Paulie in it which is Paulie's only available footage from the episode.
* MrFanservice: Another thing Paulie has in common with Cody is his shirtless scenes.
* NeverLiveItDown: Has more than once expressed worry about getting evicted early on, because Cody would likely never let him hear the end of it. His brother, however, has more faith that Paulie won't repeat the same mistakes (particularly choosing a strong player and trusted ally like Derrick over a floater such as Victoria to take to the Final 2) that cost Cody the $500,000 prize, as he mentions in a [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/big-brother-cody-paulie-derrick/ ''TV Guide'' interview]].
* ShipTease: Hardcore with Zakiyah. The two are obviously attracted to each other and many of the Big Brother fans consider them to be a showmance. They constantly flirt with one another and have shown that they are strongly loyal to each other.
* SoreLoser: He did not take his eviction very well. Da'Vonne even called him out for this in the jury house. Paulie was also considered to be a bitter jury member because he would not accept that he lost the game and lost all of the jury votes if he was in the Final 2.
* '''StrawMisogynist''': Makes some pretty... sexist comments, such as saying that [[Characters/BigBrother16 Victoria]] knew to "keep her mouth shut" and "knew her place". Then there is his treatment of Zakiyah....
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Another thing he has in common with his younger brother Cody. However, technically speaking, it's a AvertedTrope on the tall part, since Paulie is actually shorter than his brother (Paulie has said that he is about 5'7" or 5'8"). Cody fits this trope a little better because he has got darker hair than Paulie and he is also taller than Paulie.
* TallPoppySyndrome: Despite strongly resembling him, Paulie initially hedges against revealing that his brother is [[Characters/BigBrother16 Season 16]] finalist Cody, out of concern that he'll be targeted because of this. Despite this, he decides to reveal this fact to the other roommates anyway, just to get any suspicions out of the way.
* TookALevelInJerkass: And how! Compare early game Paulie to the current Vanessa Rousso, and Derrick Lavasseur-like Paulie of today. He's insulted virtually every female houseguest with the exception of Nicole.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Invoked by Michelle in the season premiere, who immediately figures out that Tiffany and her sister, Season 17 finalist Vanessa Rousso, might be related due to their fairly strong resemblance.
* VillainousBreakdown[=/=]VillainousBSOD: By Week 8, it is clearly obvious how emotionally and mentally broken down Paulie has become. Much of what caused this to happen was all of the drama and chaos that ensued during Week 7. His entire alliance or all the people that he was aligned with (James, Paul, Victor, Michelle, etc) turned on him. His game was blown up by numerous people and they all began to distrust him. During the Week 7 eviction, Paulie (along with Corey and Nicole) was blindsided when they decided to vote out Zakiyah. To make matters worse, Victor wins [=HOH=] after Double Eviction. He is blindsided again when Victor nominates him alongside his closest ally Corey. It gets even worse when Paulie loses the [=POV=] to Victor, a competition that would have ensured his safety. During this time, Paulie becomes completely emotionally unstable and starts to have numerous breakdowns. Even the other houseguests (including his allies that have turned on him) are concerned for his mental and emotional well being.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Paulie's tendency not to wear a shirt in the house is lampshaded by Michelle in a DR entry following Category Four's assignment of their pixel punishment, stating that he and Frank practically walk around the house nearly naked anyway.
* YouLookFamiliar: Before he was selected to compete in Season 18, Paulie had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in the 17th season, during a segment in which Cody and Season 16 winner Derrick discussed the season. Paulie was shown arriving to Derrick's house for a cookout during that piece, making him the only houseguest to have appeared in a prior season before becoming a contestant.
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!''Bridgette Hailey Dunning (3rd Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' July 15th, 1991 (age at time of competition: 25)
->'''Hometown:''' Fresno, CA
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Ventura, CA
->'''Occupation:''' Traveling Nurse
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 1
->'''Prizes/Punishments Taken:''' 8-Day Pixel Suit Punishment, Outback Dinner
->'''Team:''' Category (Frank, Bridgette, Michelle, Paulie)
->'''Finished:''' 9th Place [3RD JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 5-1 VS. MICHELLE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' COREY (HOH/POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' PAUL

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: After a Reddit [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BigBrother/comments/4v7c4f/the_bullying_of_bridgette_now_with_dates/?compact=true post]] of some houseguests bullying Bridgette in the house went viral her popularity increased dramatically with many Big Brother fans giving Bridgette support as all as Big Brother alumni Steve Moses and Jackie Ibarra. She got another boost of popularity when she helped Paul and Victor turn on former ally Paulie (who is disliked by the public) to help further them in the game. Even without making Top 3 for America's Favorite Houseguest she is considered one of the most likeable players in this season of Big Brother. Not to mention, had Bridgette not been evicted in the double eviction she would've been rewarded the 3rd care package after her eviction the safety suit went to 2nd place winner Nicole.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Has been pretty mercilessly bullied and treated poorly by the other houseguests from as early as the first week, something that was curiously edited out of the television broadcasts.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Bridgette is of Eurasian descent, meaning that she is half-Asian and half-Caucasian. It is uncertain what her specific ethnic background is, but she does have a strongly exotic appearance.
* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: She's a superfan of ''Big Brother''. Affirmed during a conversation between her, Paulie and Josea about Nicole's nomination of the latter of the three in Week 1, when Bridgette off-handedly revealed that she is a follower of Nicole's Twitter account.
* BetaBitch: Seemed to be one for both Bronte and Natalie. Bronte and Natalie both have AlphaBitch personalities and tend to start all of the trash talking, but Bridgette seems more like someone who is a follower of them and only engages in the petty trash talking when both Bronte and Natalie are doing so. Bridgette may be catty and bitchy at times, but she is much nicer than Bronte and Natalie.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bridgette has admitted to having a "dark side," that only her friends know about and particularly comes up when coming across mean people.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Like some of the other female houseguests, Bridgette appears nice and friendly most of the time, but do not be fooled. She does have a rather bitchy and catty side to her. This is the same girl who has said that she had a desire to shave off Michelle's eyebrows. Granted, it was understandable why she would make such a comment since she and Michelle have had an ongoing rivalry since the start of the game, but it's still inexcusable. Bridgette is nice, but not too nice.
* BrutalHonesty: Bridgette is extremely honest and never sugarcoats how she feels. She's highly opinionated and is always willing to call people out on their BS. Before she was evicted, Bridgette called out Paulie and ended up exposing his game to the entire house. Everyone ended up targeting Paulie afterwards because of Bridgette's honesty about Paulie.
* TheCutie: Bridgette has a personality befitting a nurse: she's rather likeable, generally nice and sweet. Although Da'Vonne has assumed that her seeming innocence may be an act, after Bridgette said that she doesn't trust Nicole's game strategy in awareness of Nicole's prior experience as a contestant.
* TheDragon: To Frank. She was basically Frank's minion and wanted to do everything that Frank told her to do. She also didn't seem to care that she was being used as an UnwittingPawn by him. When Bridgette was Head Of Household, the nominations she had made during Week 3 (which were Paul and Tiffany) were actually really Frank's nominations because he had intended to get Tiffany out that week. The other houseguests even commented and said that Bridgette's [=HOH=] was really Frank's [=HOH=] and they were absolutely right. Subverted now that Frank has been evicted.
* ExtremeDoormat: Made extremely obvious during her week as Head of Household, but she basically lets Frank decide everything for her with no argument. She [[Main/LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in a conversation with Bronte (while the latter tells her that whatever backlash for the nominations of Paul and Tiffany that week occurs, will fall on Frank's hands), worrying that – since her nominations were essentially controlled by Frank – that the other houseguests might not think she has a backbone. Incidentally, this backfires against her as it results in Bronte's nomination by Frank after he wins the Roadkill Competition and Bronte's subsequent eviction, causing Bridgette to lose one of her strongest allies in the game.
* GenkiGirl: Bridgette is usually very upbeat, high energy and often brandishes a smile on her face. She's always enthusiastic about everything.
* GirlNextDoor: Accessibly cute? Check. Sweet personality? Check. Likeable? Check.
* GoodCounterpart: To Frank, her EvilCounterpart. While Bridgette is a nice girl and Frank is more ruthless, the two managed to become fairly close friends (with Bridgette as the unwitting non-evil minion), up until she found out that Frank was responsible for Bronte's eviction nomination in Week 3.
* GoshDangItToHeck: While Bridgette has dropped a few profanities that had to be censored on the television episodes, her DR entry expressing TranquilFury over the Roadkill Competition winner (Frank)'s secret nomination of Bronte as the third houseguest up for eviction during Bridgette's Week 3 reign as Head of Household qualifies, even though the sentiment still gives an apparent "watch your back" vibe:
-->'''Bridgette:''' Whoever the heck won this Roadkill, you have no idea who the heck you're messing with. If I find out who you are, watch your freakin' back.
* GrewASpine: Leading up to the first Double Eviction, Bridgette finally gets fed up with the more sexist attitudes of the male House Guests and calls out Paulie particularly. Unfortunately for her, Corey ends up winning ''both'' the [=HOH=] and Power of Veto and she gets sent to the Jury House.
* HelloNurse: A literal example. Bridgette is a travelling nurse for a living. It's uncertain if she works in a hospital or not.
* NiceGirl: A trait of Bridgette's that can be an asset for her social game, and it's partly because of her affable nature that when Bridgette first became [=HOH=] in Week 3, she cited that she wanted to get as little blood on her hands as possible; not to mention she had good intentions when inviting the Big Sister alliance to join Category Four for their Outback Steakhouse dinner she won through the Week 3 [=POV=] (because it was Zakiyah's birthday on the day of the dinner, and in order to help Frank and Da'Vonne smooth things over over steak and beer). However, the disadvantage in her overall gameplay is that this trait holds Bridgette back from being assertive, considering her initial [=HOH=] reign was piggybacked decision-wise by Frank.
* [[SurferDude Surfer Chick]]: Bridgette mentions in her intro package that the main reason she moved to Southern California, was to learn how to surf.
* {{Tomboy}}: Bridgette is very much a tomboy. She's not as girly as Bronte, Natalie or Zakiyah. She enjoys some male-dominated past times such as surfing. Unlike the other female houseguests, Bridgette also doesn't seem to dress up in fancy clothes or wear that much make up either. Instead, she wears casual clothing such as jeans, tops and Converse sneakers.
* UnwittingPawn: For Frank, up until his eviction. She had literally done everything that he had asked her to do and it was obvious that Frank was just using her to do what he wanted in the game. Unfortunately for Bridgette, she was just too enthralled with Frank to even realize it.
* WhenSheSmiles: Bridgette has a very adorable and infectious smile.
* WrittenInInfirmity: Of the unscripted variety. Bridgette accidentally fractures her ankle, after falling during a failed attempt at one of Frank's signature back-to-back jumps, while celebrating with him following her [=POV=] win in Week 3.
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[[folder: Zakiyah Narisha Everette (2nd Juror)]]

!''Zakiyah Narisha Everette (2nd Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' July 11th, 1991 (age at time of competition: 25)
->'''Hometown:''' Charlotte, NC
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Charlotte, NC
->'''Occupation:''' Preschool Teacher
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 3
->'''Prizes/Punishments Taken:''' Outback Dinner (Guest)
->'''Team:''' Big Sister (Da'Vonne, Paul, Jozea, Zakiyah)
->'''Finished:''' 10th Place [2ND JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 3-2 VS. MICHELLE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' VICTOR (HOH), PAULIE (POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' NICOLE

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Although Zakiyah did not realize it, Paulie eventually came to see her as this. Although the two had a very strong bond at the start of the game and had each other's backs, their relationship began to crack due to differences in personalities and in gameplay. Paulie referred to Zakiyah as a liability to his game because he felt that she was way too emotional and was a huge distraction. Eventually, their relationship became very one sided when previously, there was a mutual attraction between the two. Paulie would then start playing on Zakiyah's emotions and manipulating her by pretending to be affectionate with her, even though he was talking badly behind her back to other houseguests and was even plotting her eviction.
* ActionGirl[=/=]ActionSurvivor: Described herself as a "bad bitch" in her intro package, in which she was shown to be a crack shot with a gun while practicing at a gun range. Because of her intro, it was assumed that she would be a strong competitor and would be the toughest female houseguest of the season. This is considered to be a SubvertedTrope because it turns out that she is not that great of a competitor and she comes off as more of TheLoad, someone who is pretty useless in the game.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Zakiyah was an ExtremeDoormat for Paulie an did everything that he had asked of her. She had UndyingLoyalty to him and had blind obedience to him. Paulie clearly manipulated her into submission so that he could have complete control over her. Even though Zakiyah was extremely loyal and trusted Paulie to a fault, Paulie didn't return the same trust and loyalty to Zakiyah. In fact, after weeks of using her and manipulating her to do his bidding or whatever he asked, Paulie was plotting and scheming to get her targeted, nominated and then evicted behind her back while Zakiyah had absolutely no clue. Because of the nature of their relationship, many fans felt that their relationship was DomesticAbuse.
* BareYourMidriff: Zakiyah wears a lot of tops that expose her waist or midriff. It seems to be one of her signature styles. This definitely puts her in MsFanservice territory.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Zakiyah is generally a NiceGirl, but do not cross her or piss her off. She actually has quite a temper when she is really provoked into anger. Not to mention that although generally nice, she can be very catty and bitchy at times, especially towards some of the other female houseguests. One could assume that she is very competitive and sees the other female houseguests as competition, in particular, for Paulie's attention.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: On the show, she is shown as fairly affable. On the feeds, she draws a lot of ire from fans for her passive-aggressive maneuvers towards Bridgette. Zakiyah is actually one of the most catty girls in the house. She has talked crap about Nicole, Bridgette, Tiffany, Michelle, and Natalie.
* BlackBestFriend: Zakiyah could be considered this for Nicole and Michelle. Zakiyah seemed to have a rather close bond with Nicole early on in the game and Zakiyah recently became closer to Michelle.
* '''ClingyJealousGirl''': Definitely shows strong shades of this towards Paulie. Zakiyah gets upset or insecure any time Paulie hangs out with another female houseguest, such as Natalie for example. Zakiyah was also very needy and would constamtly throw herself at Paulie so that all of Paulie's attention would be on her and he would not get distracted by the other female houseguests. She is arguably the most jealous and needy girl of the season. One could argue that Zakiyah's jealousy towards Paulie would put her more into {{Yandere}} territory.
* DarkMistress: Zakiyah was the LoveInterest or the showmantic partner to Paulie, who was the BigBad or the villain of the season.
* DeadpanSnarker: Along with being a SassyBlackWoman, Zakiyah's kind of humour tends to be of the sarcastic and snarky kind.
* DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Paulie. Although Paulie and Zakiyah originally had a mutual attraction towards each other, their relationship began to deteriorate because of jealousy and trust issues. However, this has not stopped Zakiyah from persistently pursuing Paulie, much to his dismay and annoyance. Zakiyah's behaviour towards Paulie has made her come off as desperate at times.
* TheDragon: For Paulie. Zakiyah has been one of Paulie's main allies in the game. The two had a strong bond since the beginning of the game and they built immediate trust in one another. They are also considered to be a showmance as the two have a mutual attraction for each other. Zakiyah has expressed UndyingLoyalty to Paulie on numerous occasions and how it would be very difficult for her to turn her back on him in the game.
** CoDragons: Along with Nicole, Paul, Corey, Victor and James. They are all working alongside Paulie in the game, however, Zakiyah was one of Paulie's closest allies because she was in a showmance with him.
** DevourTheDragon: Paulie has been plotting against Zakiyah for a few weeks now, saying to the other houseguests that he sees Zakiyah is more of a liability to his game because she is too emotional and causes too much drama. Paulie seems to be on board with evicting Zakiyah eventually, although Paulie does have bigger fish to fry at the moment (bigger targets to get out).
** DragonWithAnAgenda: As of recently, Zakiyah has started to distrust Paulie in the game and has come to the realization that Paulie may not be as loyal to her as she has been to him the entire time. Zakiyah has even mentioned to some of the other houseguests about Paulie's disloyalty to her and that she has to be careful with what she says to Paulie until she is sure that she can trust him. During her recent Diary Room sessions, Zakiyah has caught onto Paulie's disloyalty when she saw that he had immediately dropped out after she dropped out of the Week 7 [=HOH=] Endurance competition. As of right now, it is unclear of Zakiyah is just using Paulie or if she still has a degree of trust in him.
** NobleTopEnforcer: Zakiyah is much nicer than Paulie. However, despite this, Zakiyah is a ClingyJealousGirl and a LovableAlphaBitch. She can be very catty, bitchy and opinionated, especially regarding the other houseguests. Zakiyah seems to be more submissive in contrast to Paulie, who is seen to be very domineering. Zakiyah has disagreed multiple times with how Paulie has conducted himself, that it has even led to the two of them having a few arguments or fights. Many of the houseguests have warned Zakiyah about Paulie's bad attitude, but she still cannot stop being loyal to him. It seems that Zakiyah's UndyingLoyalty to Paulie always wins out mostly because she seems to be too weak to say no to him.
** VillainousFriendship: Zakiyah has had a close bond with Paulie since the start of the game. The two were mutually attracted to each other and developed a showmance in the game. Even though the two have had tensions in their relationship, they still seemed to genuinely like each other.
* ExtremeDoormat: For Paulie. Despite the horrible way that Paulie treated her, Zakiyah still submitted to Paulie and did what he wanted. Zakiyah would let Paulie talk over her and put her down but she did not seem to have any backbone to stand up to him and defend herself. Many fans complained that Zakiyah was letting herself be emotionally sabotaged by Paulie and she came off very weak because of it. Some of these same fans felt that Zakiyah and Paulie's showmance was veering into DestructiveRomance territory because Paulie was manipulating her and emotionally abusing her. Even after all the nasty thing that Paulie said to her face during their fights or arguments, Zakiyah still proclaimed UndyingLoyalty to Paulie. It took her being nominated (and later on, evicted) to finally realize that Paulie was playing her all along.
* TheFool: Does Zakiyah seriously not realize that Paulie is just playing her and manipulating her in the game? The real question is: Is Zakiyah there to win the game and win 500 G's or is she there for a showmance with Paulie? Many fans complain that Zakiyah's head is just not in the game and that she seems to think she is on ''The Bachelor'' instead of ''Big Brother''.
* GreenEyedMonster: Zakiyah has a strong jealous streak. She becomes envious of any female houseguest who happens to give Paulie any attention. Zakiyah's jealous streak has managed to cause problems in her relationship with Paulie and they have gotten into disagreements because of it. It could be argued that Zakiyah is easily the most jealous female houseguest of the season.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Da'Vonne. Zakiyah has stated that Da'Vonne was her closest ally and friend in the house. The two instantly bonded from the beginning, possibly because they had a lot in common, including being two strong Black women. Da'Vonne has stated that she views Zakiyah like a younger sister and that Zakiyah in return looked up to Da'Vonne like an older sister.
* HotForTeacher: Zakiyah is a preschool teacher and is undoubtedly very attractive, with Paul even noting he wished he had a teacher who looked like her when he was in school.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Her demise was planned by Bridgette who she bullied maliciously for weeks. Bridgette with her new ally Michelle planned to evict Zakiyah to weaken her ally (and now boyfriend) Paulie after he did not use the veto to save her. Bridgette turned his once allies Paul, Victor and James on her side and planned to evict Zakiyah to give Paulie one less ally on his side. Even after Bridgette left she was still responsible for Victor's second HOH reign to evict Paulie and ending the all guy alliance The Executives. In an interesting turn of events, Zakiyah who once encouraged everyone to isolate Bridgette has now been isolated by her once friends Da'Vonne and Michelle because they don't want to be around Paulie who disrespects women and treated Zakiyah terribly.
* TheLoad: Although Zakiyah has the potential to be a good competitor, she has proven that she is weak or useless in winning competitions. Zakiyah even complains about this, saying that she just can't seem to win competitions and she feels like a loser because of it.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Zakiyah can be pretty catty, mean spirited and jealous at times but for the most part, she is still likeable and a NiceGirl.
* LoveHungry: Zakiyah seems desperate for Paulie's love and affections. She will do anything to gain his attention, even if she has to constantly throw herself at him. Many fans have referred to Zakiyah's desperation for Paulie's attention as "pathetic". Zakiyah almost comes off as the second coming of Danielle Murphree (from ''Big Brother 14'') with the way she acts around Paulie.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Zakiyah acted completely irrationally over Paulie. She basically ended up throwing her game away for him and was willing to sacrifice herself for him. She also got incredibly clingy, overly attached and extremely emotional over Paulie. She had let her irrational jealousy over Paulie communicating with the other female houseguests cloud her judgement and logic.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Zakiyah seriously thought that Paulie was so loyal to her that he would never betray her or turn on her for the men. Paulie had been playing Zakiyah for weeks and she was too blind and gullible to see it because she had put all of her trust in Paulie. When Zakiyah does eventually find out that Paulie had turned on her and was plotting her demise, her game was already ruined, as everyone wanted her out. It is clear as day that Zakiyah was completely blinded by her infatuation or obsession with Paulie that she didn't even realize that he was playing her and manipulating her emotions before it was too late.
* MadLove: Zakiyah was clearly obsessed and in love (more like lust) with Paulie, but going by their relationship and interactions with each other, it's clear that Paulie didn't feel exactly the same way about her. In fact, Paulie had even stated to some of the other houseguests that he found Zakiyah way too needy, clingy, jealous and possessive and that her behavior would incite annoyance and irritation for him.In many ways, their relationship with incredibly one-sided as Paulie was simply using Zakiyah to further his game while Zakiyah had genuine feelings for Paulie that weren't being equally reciprocated.
* MsFanservice: Zakiyah is one of the most physically attractive female houseguests of the season. She also loves to show off her physical assets by wearing rather revealing clothing.
* OddFriendship: With Michelle. Zakiyah and Michelle do not seem like two people who would get along or be friends with each other because Michelle has more of a nerdy and GirlNextDoor personality while Zakiyah has more of a hip and fashionable personality.
* OutOfFocus: Zakiyah hasn't been given much focus on the television episodes, and is mainly only seen during competitions and gameplay discussions with her other alliance members. She doesn't begin to come into focus until Paulie considers forming an alliance of his own.
* SassyBlackWoman: Zakiyah is definitely very snarky and sassy when she wants to be. She also speaks her mind and has strong opinions, especially about the other houseguests.
* ShesGotLegs: One of Zakiyah's best physical attributes are her legs, at least according to many fans of the show.
* TheSlowWalk: Does this as strategy in the second [=HOH=] competition to avoid elimination, which annoys Paul, who wanted her to get across the course faster and put the berry she was holding in the compartment to improve Big Sister's chances of winning.
* StalkerWithACrush: Zakiyah was so obsessed with Paulie that she would literally follow him everywhere around the house. She was also a ClingyJealousGirl who would follow Paulie to make sure that he isn't flirting with or talking to other girls in the house, notably Tiffany and Natalie. When Paulie and Tiffany used to go into rooms alone together to talk to each other, Zakiyah would go out of her way to follow and stalk them and would end up trying to break up any conversations and interactions between them.
* StatuesqueStunner: Despite Zakiyah saying that she is only 5'5", she appears taller because of her body type.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Zakiyah is one of two Black women cast this season. Zakiyah is considered this because she is Africa-American (an ethnic or racial minority group) and she is also a woman. The other Black woman cast this season is Da'Vonne.
* '''{{Yandere}}''': For Paulie. Zakiyah was so obsessed with Paulie that she seemed to care more about him than about the possibility of winning the game and winning the money. She is also a ClingyJealousGirl who got irritated or jealous anytime Paulie flirted or even talked with another female houseguest. She would also give a DeathGlare to any other female houseguest, in particular Tiffany, Natalie and Bronte, who was near Paulie. An even more specific example was when Zakiyah became extremely jealous about Paulie's relationship with Tiffany. She would go out of her way to interrupt Paulie and Tiffany's bonding moments or conversations simply because she felt threatened by Tiffany and her relationship with Paulie. Zakiyah even went as far as to target Tiffany and want her out of the house because she felt irritated and threatened that Paulie had a close relationship with Tiffany. Zakiyah also felt that Paulie might choose Tiffany over her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Da'Vonne Dianne Rogers (1st Juror)]]

!''Da'Vonne Dianne Rogers (1st Jury Member)''
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->'''Born:''' May 10th, 1988 (age at time of competition: 28)
->'''Hometown:''' Inglewood, CA
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Los Angeles, CA
->'''Occupation:''' Poker Dealer
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 2
->'''Prizes/Punishments Taken:''' Outback Dinner (Guest)
->'''Team:''' Big Sister (Da'Vonne, Paul, Zakiyah, Jozea)
->'''Previous Season Appearance:''' [[Characters/BigBrother17 Big Brother 17]] (Finished 16th)
->'''Finished:''' 11th Place [1ST JUROR]
->'''Evicted:''' 6-2 VS. BRIDGETTE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' PAUL (HOH), PAULIE (POV)
->'''Voted For (As Jury Member):''' NICOLE

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Da'Vonne is by far one of the most popular houseguests this season. Despite not making Top 3 for America's Favorite Houseguests, during her time on Big Brother she quickly became an internet meme with her eviction exit for her original season which has been used in millions of tweets. Not to mention, she has also received support from Tamar Braxton and La Toya Jackson during her time on the show. Fans also use gifs of her facial expressions on Twitter when something good or bad happens throughout the season of Big Brother.
* ActionMom: SubvertedTrope. Last season, she did not win any competitions and she was the second evicted houseguest of the season. Da'Vonne did manage to make it farther in the game this season, but she continued her streak of being completely useless competitively. However, this does not negate the fact that Da'Vonne is rather solid on a strategic level. Unfortunately, Da'Vonne just did not put her strategic instincts to good use and she trusted the wrong people. She also managed to last over 6 hours in an endurance competition and came close in a few competitions.
* [[AngryBlackMan Angry Black Woman]]: AvertedTrope. Although Da'Vonne was impulsive and HotBlooded on her original season, she seemed to have learned to tone down her anger and her temper this season. She realized that on her last season, her temper and her combative personality was what made her become a huge target in the house. Therefore, she decided to try to bite her tongue more often, even if she felt the need to want to confront people. Despite her thing down her impulsiveness, there were still occasions when Da'Vonne ddid let her temper and her emotions get the best of her, such as (understandably so) the Frank sexually harassing her situation. Other than that, Da'Vonne has done a good job of keeping calm, cool and collected and she even admitted that it was her strategy to correct that flaw while in the game. Played straight during the Jury Segment in Week 12 when Paulie and Da'Vonne get into a major blow out with each other. Da'Vonne gets up in Paulie's face and yells at him, but she really goes off on him when Paulie brings up Da'Vonne's daughter and not being a good example for her. Although her reaction to Paulie's comment is very much justified, we can definitely see shades of the HotBlooded Da'Vonne who has a major temper when provoked.
* BadassBoast: Da'Vonne has always had confidence in calling people out on their BS and she has managed to get into trouble in the game because of it. She has made threats towards houseguests that she feels are shady or are up to no good. However, Da'Vonne is not as confrontational this season as she was last season. She is still very opinionated though.
* BigSisterInstinct: Towards Zakiyah. Da'Vonne has openly stated that she sees Zakiyah as a younger sister. She has said that she has always felt a close bond with Zakiyah and felt that she had a lot in common with her. As a result, Da'Vonne felt the need to look out for Zakiyah during the game and would give her advice on how to behave at times (especially with Paulie).
* BlackBestFriend: Da'Vonne seemed to be this with Nicole very early on in the game until mistrust tore the two apart. Da'Vonne and Nicole had even planned to go to Final 2 together. Da'Vonne could also be considered as this to James, who she was also close with last season. In fact, James was arguably Da'Vonne's closest ally in the game because they were both returning players, both parents to a young child and both were on the same season so they had an immediate trust with one another.
* BrutalHonesty: Da'Vonne is very honest, frank and blunt and she has strong opinions. She never hesitates in speaking the truth and calling people out when it is necessary. An example of this is when she called out Frank on his harassment of all of the female houseguests in the house. Da'Vonne put Frank in his place and fed him the truth about his antics. She displayed this exam frankness and brutal honesty last season, specifically with Audrey, but unfortunately, it got her into a lot of trouble and ended up getting her evicted early in the game.
* CassandraTruth: Da'Vonne warned James that they have to go after the showmances (minus him and Natalie of course). James failed to listen to her advice and sent her packing with a slight exception of sending Zakiyah and Paulie packing after Da'Vonne left. However, James was blindly loyal to Nicole believing she had his back when when her only loyalty was to Corey. Da'Vonne was spot on in her advice as couples dominated the game this season.
* CloserToEarth: Da'Vonne was one of the most strategic and logical players, despite her occasional HotBlooded-ness. She could be seen as the TeamMom and an OnlySaneWoman, as she did have a rather good read on the house and on the other houseguests intentions. In addition, Da'Vonne has also become more level headed and practical this season and she has also given sage game advice to some of the other houseguests (namely Zakiyah, Nicole, Tiffany and Michelle). Da'Vonne's popularity has also increased this season because she has managed to tone down her hot headed and confrontational attitude.
* DeadpanSnarker: Comes with being a SassyBlackWoman. Da'Vonne is very sarcastic, snarky and opinionated. Some would even argue that Da'Vonne is the source of humor on the show, especially since her DR sessions are so animated and upbeat.
* TheDeterminator: Da'Vonne is very determined and persistent. She will never give up whenever she is determined to achieve something. Even when the situation is dire, she still tries to a find a way to believe that it will get better. Da'Vonne is also the type to never let go of something that somebody did to her. For example, when Frank harassed her by inappropriately slapping her on the butt, she stuck to her guns and kept insisting that Frank should leave. Despite her determination, this trait never seemed to translate to her ability to win competitions. She may be determined in regards to her personality and not giving up easily, but she cannot seem to put her determination into actions.
* GenkiGirl: Da'Vonne is a very extroverted, excitable and loud personality. Everything about her is hyperactive and she's very much a LargeHam. She's such a hyper and enthusiastic person that she has become a huge internet meme and her DR's as well as her expressions have made her very popular online.
* GracefulLoser: Considering that she was back doored and voted out, Da'Vonne actually took her eviction pretty well. It doesn't mean that she didn't feel hurt or betrayed in any way though. She stated in her exit interview that she wishes all of her houseguests luck in the game, although she did say that she was rooting for James, Michelle, and Zakiyah to win.
* HairTriggerTemper: Played Straight and ''how!'' GOOD GOD, Da'Vonne sure lights up like a fire when she gets angry. It doesn't take much to get her riled up in anger and she is extremely HotBlooded. An example of how fast her temper can rise is during the jury house segment when Da'Vonne got into a major blow up with Paulie. Paulie and Da'Vonne exchanged personal attacks and insults at one another, but as soon as Paulie [[BerserkButton brought up her daughter and her parenting skills as a mother]], DA'VONNE COMPLETELY LOST IT ON PAULIE. She became a downright HystericalWoman who looked like she had lost her sense of rationale and sanity. After Paulie made the mistake of bring up Da'Vonne's daughter, she got up in his face and looked like she was going to seriously take a physical swipe or hit at him. Da'Vonne was so irrationally angry and heated at Paulie and the fight became so intense between the two that the producers had to step in and try to stop the fight as well as calm a very enraged Da'Vonne down. That footage just showed that one shouldn't piss Da'Vonne off because she can sure get angry quick like a wildfire!
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Zakiyah. The two were extremely close allies and friends in the house. Da'Vonne openly admitted that she saw Zakiyah as a little sister and that she always felt the need to protect her and defend her in the game. It was clear how much Da'Vonne loved Zakiyah on a personal level after she was evicted and cried over watching Zakiyah's goodbye message.
* HollywoodCalifornia: Da'Vonne is originally from Inglewood, California. Inglewood is a city that is located within the southwestern part of Los Angeles County. It is also located in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
* '''HotBlooded''': Although she tried not to act like this the second time around, given that her short fuse was instrumental in getting Da'Vonne evicted in Season 17, she shows this as early as Week 1, when he gets ticked off at Paul (although she chooses to only express it in her DR entries) for his lack of teamwork in the first three competitions. Still, so far, Da'Vonne's appeared to have learned her lesson from the previous season, choosing to vent her frustrations in her DR entries, rather than arguing with those she's frustrated with.
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Since she wanted to play again to get redemption for her eviction the previous season, this trope is the reason why Da'Vonne wasn't so thrilled about having to compete in a team, even stating that she hadn't even bothered to learn the names of half of her fellow houseguests... as illustrated when she confused Paul and Paulie when picking the former for the first competition.
* InSeriesNickname: "Mama Day". Da'Vonne has frequently expressed how much she dislikes that nickname on the live feeds. One could speculate that Da'Vonne may dislike the nickname because it makes her sound like she is some super older woman.
* LargeHam: Played Straight and PlayedForLaughs. Da'Vonne is a such a HUGE personality and everything about her is grand, big, large and exaggerated. Her expressions, the way that she talks and her movements are very over the top and excessive and Da'Vonne never does anything small. In fact, she's so expressive during her DR sessions that she has become a major internet meme because of her highly larger than life and expressive personality.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Da'Vonne can be very catty and bitchy at times and she can also be very argumentative and confrontational. However, despite this, she is still rather liked by the audience and seems to have a very good sense of humor. Therefore, whenever Da'Vonne exhibits bitchy behaviour, she still comes across as likeable and funny. This is in opposition to Michelle, who tries to be very snarky and sarcastic, but comes across as way too abrasive and aggressive in her approach.
* MagicalNegro: SubvertedTrope. On her original season, she was the BlackBestFriend to Jason, Meg, Jackie, and Audrey. She was seen to be more supportive of them and their games. She was very complimentary to her friends and seemed like she was willing to sacrifice her chances of winning for her friends (hence why she was the second houseguest evicted). However, this season, she does not seem to be as supportive of her White houseguests, although she was aligned with Nicole and Michelle for a short while. Before Nicole turned on Da'Vonne, Da'Vonne had a minor degree of BigSisterInstinct towards Nicole and the two even talked about going to Final 2 together. It should also be noted that the majority of the people that she chose for her team are all people of color (except for Paul, who is Russian and Armenian in ethnic background).
* MotorMouth: Da'Vonne talks a lot, especially when she gets excited or heated about something. Once Da'Vonne gets going, she cannot seem to stop.
* RejectedApology: To Frank in Week 3, by way of playing it off as if she accepted Frank's apology for his harrassing behavior, simply because he has the power over the nominations (even though Bridgette was the [=HOH=]). Da'Vonne makes it clear, in a DR, that he's her next target.
* TheRival:
** Da'Vonne quickly becomes frustrated with Paul because of what she considers to be his attempts to take control in the first two competitions. However that mellowed out and she and Paul got along afterwaord.
** In the first couple of weeks, she also started working to convince the house to go after Tiffany.
** She also very quickly forms a mutual animosity toward Frank, someone whom she stated was one of her favorite past players up until she became the target of his harrassment.
** This later turned to Nicole as Da'Vonne learned that Nicole threw her under the bus to Frank.
** Finally, she later disliked Paulie ever since Paulie didn't use the Veto to save Zakiyah. Things turned heated, when Paulie and Zakiyah started to bond in the jury house much to Da'Vonne's dismay. In turn Paulie and Da'Vonne got heated in the jury house causing him to bring up her daughter.
* '''SassyBlackWoman''': Though her modus operandi in competing again is trying to avoid being this, given it hampered her game in Season 17, her "chick from Inglewood" persona manages to come out at times. In a DR featured in the Week 3 nomination episode, she expressed how tough it was to keep her cool when dealing with Frank's misogynistic behavior, out of fear that she would be seen as a "loose cannon" and a "liability".
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Woman]]: Played Straight, especially when she gets enraged or angered. Da'Vonne is known to be very HotBlooded with a HairTriggerTemper and she can get set off rather easily to the point whee eh really loses her cool. A prime example of Da'Vonne coming off as very intimidating and playing into the unfortunate stereotype of the [[AngryBlackMan Angry Black Woman]] was during a Jury House segment. Da'Vonne and Paulie had gotten into a ''huge'' fight in which Da'Vonne was resenting Paulie for him managing to snake his way back into Zakiyah's good graces. Da'Vonne was acting petty towards Zakiyah and Paulie because of it and this angered Paulie very much. Paulie and Da'Vonne exchanged personal jabs at each other such as Da'Vonne attacking Paul's height and calling him short and a little man and that he "had to be at least 6'0" tall to talk to her" while on the other hand, Paulie repeatedly called Da'Vonne classless and ghetto. But what really pushed Da'Vonne into downright scary and intimidating mode was when Pauli had the audacity to [[BerserkButton bring up Da'Vonne's daughter in the conversation by saying that Da'Vonne is setting a bad example for her daughter by the way she is acting and displaying ghetto behavior]]. Da'Vonne DID NOT take this well and she ended up getting up into Paul's face to the point where it appeared as though Da'Vonne was going to physically hit him. She got so into his face that the filters and producers had to step in to break up the fight between them. One thing is for certain, DO NOT attack her daughter or bring her up because Da'Vonne can sure become scary, intimidating and crazy!
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Even though Da'Vonne does not do this intentionally (as she focused on playing the game instead of campaigning for TV time), the editors prefer showing Da'Vonne a lot in the show as she has one of the most diary room segments this season as well as the jury house segments. Executive Producer Allison Grodner also called Da'Vonne at one point "our star" of the show and felt terrible for her after she got evicted.
* TeamMom: She's a single mother and has a baby daughter named Kadence. She also turns out to be the sole mother of the season. Therefore, she does take on a bit of a maternal role in the house. Da'Vonne is also one hell of a MamaBear considering how she absolutely went crazy and ballistic [[BerserkButton when Paulie brought up his daughter and how Da'Vonne was setting a bad example for her by her bad behaviour]].
* TwoferTokenMinority: Da'Vonne is one of two Black women cast this season along with Zakiyah. Da'Vonne is considered to fit this trope because she is African-American (an ethnic or racial minority group) and she is also a woman.
* [[WhatTheHellHero What the Hell, Big Brother?]]: Says this practically word-for-word in a DR entry during the Toezarks Power of Veto competition, when she gets [[ItMakesSenseInContext sprayed with toe fungi]] while trying to find letters for the word puzzle, obscuring her from uncovering the letter she's holding.
* YouLookFamiliar: Da'Vonne was featured in Todrick Hall's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7R9qFcrbI flash-mob]] of Beyoncé's End Of Time which was shot in a Target store (around the 2:51 mark Da'Vonne can be clearly seen). Beyoncé actually [[https://www.facebook.com/beyonce/posts/208279525886056 shared]] this video.
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!Evicted Pre-Jury

[[folder: Franklin "Frank" Eudy (5th Evicted)]]

!''Franklin "Frank" Eudy (5th Evicted Houseguest)''
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->'''Born:''' April 24th, 1984 (age at time of competition: 32)
->'''Hometown:''' Marion, AR
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Charlotte, NC
->'''Occupation:''' Medical Sales Representative
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Roadkill Wins:''' 2
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 0
->'''Prizes/Punishments Won:''' 8-Day Pixel Suit Punishment, Outback Dinner
->'''Team:''' Category Four (Frank, Bridgette, Michelle, Paulie)
->'''Previous Season Appearance:''' [[Characters/BigBrother14 Big Brother 14]] (Finished 7th)
->'''Finished:''' 12th Place
->'''Evicted:''' 9-0 VS. BRIDGETTE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' JAMES (HOH), MICHELLE (POV)

* ActionSurvivor: Frank was less competitive this season than on his original season (''Big Brother 14''). Sure, he won a couple of Roadkill Competitions, but he was no where near his competitive level on his original season. Frank didn't even manage to win one [=HOH=] or [=POV=] and he ended up being evicted really early on (before Jury).
* BadassFamily: Frank's father is famed WWF wrestler Sidney "Sid Vicious" Eudy.
* BigBad: A de facto one, as the unofficial leader of the 8-Pack and a constant schemer that both constantly plotted against everyone, whom in turn everyone seemed to be plotting against from the beginning.
* BoisterousBruiser: Frank is very loud, brash, cocky and opinionated. Some of the other houseguests (such as Da'Vonne, Zakiyah, Tiffany, etc) found his brash personality to be intolerable.
* CannotKeepASecret: Frank reveals to Bridgette that he won the Week 3 Roadkill Competition, essentially outing himself as the one who nominated Bronte as the third potential evictee. This ultimately placed a target on his back from Bridgette, considering her close friendship with Bronte and her frustration that Bronte was put up for eviction.
* TheChessmaster: Frank sure manages to get what he wants in the house, every which way he can.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Is constantly making contradictory side-deals and betraying his original allies.
* ControlFreak: Frank's dominating behavior this time around was exemplified when he practically stewarded Bridgette's nomination decisions when she was the Week 3 Head of Household, only to backstab her by nominating Bronte for eviction that same week after winning the Roadkill Competition.
* DeepSouth: Frank is originally from Marion, Arkansas. Marion is a city located in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Frank currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, which is the largest city in the state of North Carolina. Charlotte is also the second largest city in the southeastern United States behind Jacksonville, Florida. Frank is also a GoodOlBoy who is Southern to the bone.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: It was originally thought that Frank would be the BigBad or the major villain of the season, but before he could invoke anymore damage and control the house, he was evicted before Jury started with a 8-0 vote.
* EvilCounterpart: To Bridgette, her GoodCounterpart. Frank essentially used Bridgette's status as [=HOH=] in Week 3, as a move to try to get Bronte (Bridgette's alliancemate in the Spy Girls) out of the house.
* {{Irony}}: Each time Frank was evicted during the seasons he participated in the game, the Veto comps that were needed to take him of the block were Otev comps.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even with the TookALevelInKindness below, he is openly manipulating Bridgette and causing ShipTease between the two of them so she will "trust" him and be an UnwittingPawn. He also told Da'Vonne and James to not use their respective children as strategy to make it jury, with no proof that they ever planned to even do this.
* NeverMyFault: Whenever he's accused of something, he claims he wasn't the reason for it. For example, during his goodbye message for Bronte when she got evicted, he states he nothing to do with her going. [[Main/BlatantLies Sure, Roadkill winner...]]
* NotSoDifferent: Claims he's turned over a new leaf since last time even when it's become apparent he's just as bad as he was last time. Also has similarities to Mike Boogie from [[Characters/BigBrother14 Season 14]] having a condescending and power hungry attitude, while also having a rivarly with a returning female houseguest.
* TheRival: Becomes this to Da'Vonne very quickly.
* StrawMisogynist:
** As seen on the live feeds, Frank made sexually harassing and misogynistic comments toward Zakiyah and Da'Vonne, having told Zakiyah that "she was getting chubby," attempting to trip Da'Vonne multiple times, calling her a slut and telling her "shut your damn mouth woman" after she told him to move out the way when exiting the [=HOH=] room; slapping Da'Vonne on the butt (an act that Frank also did to Zakiyah), forcing Da'Vonne to tell him not to do that. This ultimately became a storyline in the Week 3 nomination episode, which featured a montage of Frank's jokes, which included the aforementioned "slut" comment toward Da'Vonne; saying that Nicole needed to shave her mustache; that Natalie needed to be a have-not and eat slop for a week, calling her a "fatty-boom-a-latty" (pinching the side of her stomach as well); and calling Zakiyah a "hussy" after telling her to pull down her shirt; along with several of the other aforementioned incidents.
** The comments directed towards Da'Vonne in particular greatly upset her, who expressed concern about her daughter growing up to think such behavior is acceptable. Later in the same episode, before apologizing to Da'Vonne for the incidents, Frank mentions that pinching someone's butt is his way of showing he feels close to a person, and admits to doing it to his mom and grandmother (the former of whom he also reveals does it to him)!
* TheManBehindTheMan: As Da'Vonne said, he's basically the true HOH of Week 3 as he is influencing Bridgette to get what he wants.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the 8-Pack alliance. While some of the others have their moments, he is the most obviously flawed and outright villainous.
* TookALevelInKindness: He mellowed down from being the expolosive Frank from Season 14 for sure. At least, he mellowed down before he got DrunkOnPower. This is later subverted when he gets his power, starts sexually harassing other houseguests (especially Da'Vonne), and manipulates Bridgette into getting rid of one of her spy girl allies.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Frank's tendency not to wear a shirt in the house is lampshaded by Michelle in a DR entry following Category Four's assignment of their pixel punishment, stating that he and Paulie practically walk around the house nearly naked anyway.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: His attitude toward the 8-Pack after evicting Victor.
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[[folder: Tiffany Alexis Rousso (4th Evicted)]]

!''Tiffany Alexis Rousso (4th Evicted Houseguest)''
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->'''Born:''' April 19th, 1984 (age at time of competition: 32)
->'''Hometown:''' West Palm Beach, FL
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Palm Beach Gardens, FL
->'''Occupation:''' High School Teacher
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Roadkill Wins:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 3
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 1
->'''Prizes/Punishments Won:''' $2,500
->'''Team:''' Freakazoids (Nicole, Corey, Tiffany, Glenn)
->'''Finished:''' 13th Place
->'''Evicted:''' 8-0-0 VS. DA'VONNE and NATALIE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' PAULIE (HOH), COREY (POV)

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Nearly everyone in the house couldn't stand Tiffany. They found her to be extremely annoying because she would have constant emotional breakdowns. She became an early target for the other houseguests because many feared that she was playing a near identical game to her older sister Vanessa. They also hated Tiffany's constant paranoia which she happened to spread around the house. Houseguests, such as Paulie, Paul, Frank, Da'Vonne, Nicole, and Michelle, found Tiffany intolerable because she would constantly get overly emotional and have a constant FreakOut. Because of Tiffan'y over the top emotional and crazy behavior, she became a target very early on in the game and she was an early boot. The only one who had any degree of compassion and empathy for Tiffany was Natalie and even she admitted that she got annoyed with Tiffany's behavior behind her back.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Most of the people in the house have gotten sick of her or are actively conspiring against her. Case in point, when she enters a room, it's common to see most of the people that were already in there get up and leave to avoid talking to her.
* BiTheWay: Has dated both men and women in the past. She acknowledges that this, along with her sociability, could be an advantage in the game, allowing her to flirt with houseguests of either gender to try and get ahead. Likewise, her sister Vanessa is bi.
* BrainyBrunette: As mentioned in her intro package, Tiffany has an IQ of 145 and she's clearly a very smart girl. It seems that brains and intelligence run in the Rousso genes since her older sister Vanessa was also a very brainy and intelligent person who has been regarded as one of the best strategic players of Big Brother.
* BreakTheHaughty: After almost getting evicted and losing a vital competition only evading eviction because of the girls' (as well as James and Corey) plan shifted to try and sabotage Frankshe's visibly broken. This is a far cry from the seemingly arrogant and boastful Tiffany in the beginning.
* CoolTeacher: Tiffany works as a high school teacher, and looking at her alone seems to show she exudes this trait.
* CuteAndPsycho: Tiffany can be very nice and endearing at times, but underneath that is someone who has a lot of emotional issues brewing. She's HotBlooded and has a HairTriggerTemper and she's easily set off when she's provoked into anger. When she gets paranoid, she ends up creating conspiracy theories about how everyone in the house is against her or coming after her. She has had a FreakOut's frequently and has had a few emotional breakdowns to the point where it seemed like she was having a SanitySlippage. Going by Vanessa's behavior in the previous season (Big Brother 17), it's obvious that crazy runs in the Rousso genes.
* HystericalWoman: Very much like her older sister Vanessa, Tiffany was highly emotionally unstable. She would get emotional, cry or blow up at the smallest thing and she would dramatize everything. Tiffany's outbursts and emotional hysterics drove most of the house nuts to the point that people would often go out of their way to avoid being around Tiffany so that she wouldn't talk to them. Some of the houseguests such as Frank, Paul, and even Paulie have commented on Tiffany's mental and emotional instability. They have frequently called her crazy and said that in many ways, her personality and her behavior is identical to her older sister.
* {{Jerkass}}: Acts very rude, irrational, and hateful to the other Houseguests for "playing the game" and tries to emotionally manipulate them constantly and when confronted about it accuses everyone of being bullies or planning against her.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yes, Tiffany can be very catty, bitchy and overly emotional at times. But she's still ultimately a good person at heart. She does have a very aggressive and bitchy side to her personality and she also mistreats many of the houseguests. It seemed that Tiffany let her emotions and her paranoia dictate all of her actions in the game and it made her come across as unstable, but that didn't make her a bad person, just severely misguided. Let's just say that Tiffany is a much nicer person in comparison to Vanessa who was very much a mega AlphaBitch.
* OnlyInFlorida: Tiffany hails from the Palm Beach area of South Florida.
* SanitySlippage: OH DEAR. Poor Tiffany had a complete emotional and mental meltdown during the week that she was nominated. She was completely paranoid that everyone was out to get her and that she was being targeted by everyone. Her lack of sanity and her mental instability caused the other houseguests to feel extremely uncomfortable around her. She had felt that Paulie as the HOH was trying to backdoor her because he didn't like her and that he wanted her out of the house. But she didn't even realize that it was actually Victor who had won the Roadkill Competition that was the one that nominated her, not Paulie. Paulie even lampshades Tiffany's FreakOut during his DR saying that Tiffany is acting way to crazy and paranoid over the fact that she was put on the block. Due to Tiffany having an emotional breakdown and being excessively paranoid, the other houseguests comment that she really is no different than her older sister Vanessa.
* TallPoppySyndrome: Especially after losing the initial three-part competition, Vanessa worries about being targeted solely because of her relation to Vanessa, which ironically results in her revealing the fact that Vanessa is her sister to Da'Vonne.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[Main/InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Michelle in the season premiere, who immediately figures out that Tiffany and her sister, Season 17 finalist Vanessa Rousso, might be related due to their fairly strong resemblance.
* YouGoGirl: During the Week 4 eviction night, Tiffany in her last-ditch effort speech, stated she wasn't planning to go after her fellow Houseguests... except Frank and Bridgette, referring to them as "the dictator and his little Cabbage Patch kid".
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[[folder: Bronte Anne D'Acquisto (3rd Evicted)]]

!''Bronte Anne D'Acquisto (3rd Evicted Houseguest)''
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->'''Born:''' May or June 1990 (age at time of competition: 26)
->'''Hometown:''' San Diego, CA
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Denver, CO
->'''Occupation:''' Student
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 2
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 0
->'''Prizes/Punishments Won:''' Immunity 1st and 2nd Evictions
->'''Team:''' Team Unicorn (James, Natalie, Bronte, Victor)
->'''Finished:''' 14th Place
->'''Evicted:''' 5-4-0 VS. TIFFANY and PAUL
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' BRIDGETTE (HOH/POV)

* {{Adorkable}}: Bronte is very "out there," if you will.
* AlphaBitch: A seemingly unlikely one, though she manages to avoid hitting InsufferableGenius territory because of her affability with some of her fellow houseguests. She has made insults (with some aimed at James that could be considered borderline racist) about other houseguests.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bronte appears to be a nice and kinda nerdy girl, but has emerged at times as one of the cattiest female houseguests; this fact, though, isn't shown so much in the television episodes.
* BrainyBrunette: Although she describes herself as a "stereotypical California girl," the fact that Bronte works as a tutor (for SAT, ACT and mathematics) makes her both the aforementioned trope and a subversion of how she describe. Affirmed in her BB profile, in which she states that she loves solving math problems "consisting of calculus, statistics and probability". Made somewhat awesome by the fact that during her revealation to Bridgette and Natalie that she is studying to be a mathematician, Bronte states that her dream is to use prime numbers (for reasons not specified) to help the National Security Administration fight computer hackers. Ironically though, she's more adept at solving math problems with a pen, paper and calculator than calculating them in her head, as evidenced by the fact that she's the first one eliminated from the Week 3 [=POV=] competition, which involved having to remember the order of certain ingredients that explode in the face of those who get the order incorrect.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite her mannerisms, she is shown in her intro package tutoring calculus to a group of students.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Bronte's meditation session in the Diary Room during the season premiere definitely gave shades of this.
* CuteButCacophonic: Bronte has a very high-pitched voice, which she [[Main/LampshadeHanging lampshades]] in her intro package makes her sound like a 5-year-old. Later in Part 1 of the season premiere, Paul even describes her voice as sounding "like she's been [[HeliumSpeech sucking helium balloons]] her entire life".
* DeadpanSnarker: Bronte is ''very'' snarky and sarcastic and when she's irritated by something, she really brings out the sarcasm in extreme spades. She had SnarkToSnarkCombat with Paul often and they often came off LikeAnOldMarriedCouple who endlessly bickered with each other.
* TheDitz: Subverted. Bronte comes across as someone who is a major airhead and has her head in the clouds, but she's actually TheSmartGirl and a BrainyBrunette who is extremely intelligent and very good at math. Many people are fooled by Bronte's ditzy persona and think that she doesn't have any intelligence because of the way she speaks. Bronte is definitely ObfuscatingStupidity and many people mistake her as the dumb girl who's shallow and has no depth.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Bronte attempts to get information from James about the secret Natalie's been keeping from them regarding Frank's Roadkill win, doing so whilst changing her clothes[[note]]Really, placing her arms in the straps of the bra she was already wearing, before putting her shirt back on[[/note]] in front of James. Whether or not it was a conscious move on Bronte's part, the plan didn't work either way, as James didn't spill the beans.
* {{Irony}}: One of the token geeky girls ends up being one of the most catty.
** Also, the week before, given the occupation she owned, Bronte was considered to have the Roadkill challenge that involved math in the bag. Instead, Victor, whose job makes him look like a brawn instead of a brain, won instead.
* {{Jerkass}}: Regularly seen on the live feeds insulting the houseguests behind their back with Paul in the first week. After getting mad at James, she even said, in slightly different variations, that she was going to ‘kick James’ little Asian ass back to Hong Kong or wherever he's from'.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As Glenn did, Bronte lied about her profession to help herself in the game, claiming to work in childcare while in the house. In actuality, she's an aspiring doctoral student in mathematics; a pretty understandable lie considering that could be used against her.
* OneOfUs: She reveals to Bridgette and Natalie that she's a secret nerd due to not revealing herself as a mathematician.
* PetTheDog: While she has made a few off-color comments about James and a few other houseguests, she has formed a genuine connection with Bridgette and Natalie and revealed her secret to them before she was evicted.
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[[folder: Jossie "Jozea" Flores (2nd Evicted)]]

!''Jossie "Jozea" Flores (2nd Evicted Houseguest)''
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->'''Born:''' February 26th, 1991 (age at time of competition: 25)
->'''Hometown:''' Bridgeton, NJ
->'''Current City Of Residence:''' Los Angeles, CA
->'''Occupation:''' Makeup Artist
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 1
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 1
->'''Prizes/Punishments Taken:''' None
->'''Team:''' Big Sister (Da'Vonne, Paul, Zakiyah, Jozea)
->'''Finished:''' 15th Place
->'''Evicted:''' 7-4-0 VS. PAULIE and BRIDGETTE
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' NICOLE (HOH), PAUL (POV)

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Jozea was heavily disliked by the fans because of his cockiness and controversial comments regarding the 4th of July. He was also in the bottom 5 for Joker's Ratings for almost every day on the poll. Even an anti-bullying charity called Bullies Reailty (which his fellow houseguest James (and later on Natalie and Victor) are part of) [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BHSKbDcBfiS/?taken-by=bulliesreality did not like Jozea]]. He even lost a chance to go back into the Big Brother Over The Top house losing to fan favorite Jason Roy.
* AGodAmI: He calls himself a "messiah of the newbies", which displeased Da'Vonne, both because of its blasphemy to a certain higher power and the cockiness of the statement.
* AlphaBitch: Definitely one of the cattiest people in the house. Several of Jozea's Diary Room entries feature him expressing disdain about the other houseguests (especially the returning ones), and in one case, even telling Julie Chen one entry to "hit the road," which also happens to be the name of the second competition that decides which team would be forced to choose which of their teammates gets evicted.
* BigBadWannabe: He viewed himself as a messiah, but him getting evicted second goes to show how it was too good to be true. He was trying to pass himself off as a serious threat, but he was nothing but talk. Jozea was viewed as the villain by the majority of the audience, because he was so arrogant and cocky about everything.
* BreakTheHaughty: Was visibly crushed when he was evicted... as evidenced by the expression on his face when he found out before his name was even announced as the first evictee-by-vote that he was voted out in a 7-4-0 decision over Paulie and Bridgette.
* BrutallyHonest: This fact, particularly telling Nicole that she was his target and that he was gunning for the veteran houseguests, was ultimately what caused his undoing. He acknowledged this fact in his exit interview.
* CampGay: It's pretty obvious just by looking at his mannerisms and how he talks.
* CassandraTruth: He claimed that James and Nicole were going to be the masterminds of the season; even though James was not even close to a mastermind he is correct about Nicole being a mastermind even though this did not happen until Paulie was evicted. Jozea also encouraged the house to get rid of Paulie which went ignored until Week 8 when Jozea's ally Victor evicted him under his second HOH reign.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Many of the [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/big-brother-18-jozea-ridiculous-quotes/ things that Jozea has said]] have been utterly ridiculous, among them his expectation that the Power of Veto would be used on him, completely oblivious that he was the target of the first formal eviction; his belief that he controlled the house with no evidence supporting it (even saying that he is a CEO of the house in his mind), and even comparing himself to [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama President Obama]] ("I'm preachin' like Obama"). He also had the gall of saying that Independence Day should not be a holiday, a comment that obviously ticked off James (an Army vet) and many live feed viewers. When James confronted Jozea over his comments by telling him that "a lot of Americans died for our freedom," Jozea flippantly replied, "Ain't nobody told them to do that."
* DelusionsOfGrandeur: Jozea definitely brags way too much, particularly about himself, even calling himself the "messiah" of the newbies. It quickly gets him targeted by Nicole, thanks to Victor and ''Jozea himself'' giving away his gameplan to run the veterans out of the game.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's clearly seen [[Characters/BigBrother13 the first season which had newbies competing alongside returning players]], and [[Characters/BigBrother14 the second]]. In spite of how foolish he was, he ''clearly'' seems to know about [[ExecutiveMeddling lucky turns of events]] that returning players often get.
* FightingYourFriend: States in the 2nd phase of the Battle Back that even though Victor was his friend, he was still coming at him with full force.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jozea has called Nicole a "snake" many times throughout the season believing that's who she really was on her original season. Jozea turned out to be correct on foreshadowing what Nicole's new gameplay was. Michelle even admitted it in her second final plea speech on the double eviction saying "Nicole's a snake! Jozea was right."
* GayBestFriend: Apparently was this for Victor, who is the straight one of the duo. This was evidenced following Jozea's eviction, when Victor cried in a DR entry, after losing his closest ally in the house.
* RealityShowGenreBlindness: Jozea showed throughout his first two weeks in the house that he is completely clueless about the game and some aspects of the show itself (among them, confusing former finalist [[Characters/BigBrother12 Rachel]] [[Characters/BigBrother13 Reilly]] with Creator/RachaelRay; believing (along with Paul) that the live eviction occurred on Sundays[[note]]The night the nominations are revealed, a segment which is recorded the night (Saturday) before the airdate of that episode[[/note]] instead of Thursdays; not knowing who Zingbot is; and inventing the final three Veto, despite the fact that there aren't enough houseguests at that point in the game to warrant a Veto competition). In addition, he also failed to realize that acting like an egotistical EntitledBastard is a surefire way to put a target on you for eviction early in the game.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Jozea's ego is off the charts, which plays a big part in his undoing.
* [[TokenMinority Token Gay Houseguest]]: Jozea is the sole gay houseguest this season, and the only other LGBT houseguest when Tiffany is factored in.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Paul and Victor.
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!''Edward "Glenn" Garcia (1st Evicted Houseguest)''
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->'''Born:''' 1965/1966? (age at time of competition: 50)
->'''Hometown:''' Bronx, NY
->'''Current City Of Residence :''' Bronx, NY
->'''Occupation:''' Dog Groomer/Former Police Detective
->'''Number Of [=HOH=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of [=POV=] Wins:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times Nominated:''' 0
->'''Number Of Times As Have-Not:''' 0
->'''Prizes/Punishments Won:''' $2,500
->'''Team:''' Freakazoids (Nicole, Corey, Tiffany, Glenn)
->'''Finished:''' 16th Place
->'''Evicted:''' NONE (No Vote)
->'''HOH/POV Evicted Under:''' NONE (Lost Comp/1st OUT)

* ActionDad: Averted. Glenn was the sole father of the house, but he was definitely not a competitor by any means. He was such a bad competitor that he ended up losing the competition and being the very first houseguest evicted of the season.
* BaldOfAwesome: Glenn has a visibly bald head..and he's very much a decent and good person.
* BigApplesauce: Glenn was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. It's evident that he's a hardcore Ne Yorker going by his very strong New York accent.
* TheBigGuy: Glenn was the only heavy-set male houseguest of the season whose build was not entirely muscular.
* BornUnlucky: And how! First, Glenn was chosen last when it came to the veterans picking newbies for who they wanted on their teams. Although he did manage to garner some luck when his team (The Freakazoids) ended up winning $10,000 ($2,500 for each team member) for coming in second place. Unfortunately, his luck ran out there because his team ended up losing the second and third competitions which meant that all of the team members of Freakazoids had to compete ''against each other'' for safety and to prevent themselves from being evicted. He ended up losing the competition to Corey and coming in last by a photo finish, which resulted in him being eliminated and evicted from the game. And if that wasn't bad enough, he lost in the first round of the Battle Back Competition to ''Jozea'' of all people and was then eliminated from the game permanently. For someone that wasn't in the game that long, Glenn sure had a lot of bad luck. The Big Brother God's most definitely weren't a fan of Glenn!
* CoolOldGuy: He's a former police detective. This is to be expected. Incidentally, at 50, he is the second oldest houseguest to appear on the show since [[Characters/BigBrother8 "Evel Dick"]] [[Characters/BigBrother13 Donato]], right behind [[Characters/BigBrother10 Jerry MacDonald]].
* FairCop: Glenn mentioned that he didn't want to reveal the fact that he used to be a New York detective to the houseguests in order to help him in the game, only choosing to reveal he is a dog groomer. However, on the live feeds Michelle did not believe he was a dog groomer and in her first Periscope watching the first episode of the season her suspicions were right that Glenn used to be a cop.
* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Noo Yawk Accent]]: Glenn has a fairly strong Bronx accent.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Glenn surprised many of the houseguests when he said he was 50.
* PickedLast: For the first challenge. Poor guy... Lampshaded by him in a confessional. Ironically he was also the first evicted.
* SoreLoser: Glenn's photo-finish loss to Corey in the final round of the Hit the Road competition didn't sit well with him, as stated in a ''TV Guide'' [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/big-brother-glenn-interview-evicted/ post-eviction interview]], when he stated that he would have preferred to have been evicted by a vote, because "then at least I am playing the whole aspect of the game."
* TeamDad: Glenn is the only one of the "newbie" contestants this season who is a father.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: And he looked to be one of the more interesting newbies. He lost to Corey in the SOS competition deciding the season's first evictee by only a few milliseconds, after Corey pulled out his flag at almost the same time as Glenn. As such, Glenn is the first houseguest to have been evicted because they lost in a competition. Softening the blow, though, is the fact that he won $2,500 in the Hit the Road immunity challenge when the Freakazoids finished the round in second place. His chance to re-enter the game in the Battle Back competition doesn't go well, either, as he loses to Jozea in the first round... after losing his lead to Jozea in the competition.
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* TheBeautifulGame: Like his brother Cody, Paulie is a soccer player, having played for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights men's soccer team[[note]]Having been selected as a starter in [[http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2016/06/big_brother_paulie_calafiore_rutgers.html 49 out of 54 games]] that he played between 2007 and 2011[[/note]] and later tried out for Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union in 2012.

!''Nicole Anne Franzel''

!''Paul Raffi Abrahamian''

!''James Joseph Huling''

!''Corey Alan Brooks''

!''Victor Arroyo Tercero Martinez III''

!''Natalia Mercedes "Natalie" Negrotti''

!''Michelle Edith Meyer''

!''Paul Ryan Christopher "Paulie" Calafiore''

!''Bridgette Hailey Dunning''

!''Zakiyah Narisha Everette''

!''Da'Vonne Dianne Rogers''

!''Franklin "Frank" Eudy''

!''Tiffany Alexis Rousso''

!''Bronte Anne D'Acquisto''

!''Jossie "Jozea" Flores''

* CloudCuckooLander: Many of the [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/big-brother-18-jozea-ridiculous-quotes/ things that Jozea has said]] have been utterly ridiculous, among them his expectation that the Power of Veto would be used on him, completely oblivious that he was the target of the first formal eviction; his belief that he controlled the house with no evidence supporting it (even saying that he is a CEO of the house in his mind), and even comparing himself to [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama President Obama]] ("I'm preachin' like Obama"). He also had the gall of saying that Independence Day should not be a holiday, a comment that obviously ticked off James (an Army vet) and many live feed viewers. When James confronted Jozea over his comments by telling him that "a lot of Americans died for our freedom," Jozea flippantly replied, "Ain't nobody told them to do that."

!''Edward "Glenn" Garcia''

* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Natalie comes off as though she is really nice and friendly to everyone, but she has proven in the recent weeks that she is actually very scheming, conniving and ruthless. Natalie is not as sweet and kind as she tries too pass herself off to be. Plus, she is the type to pretend to be friendly to someone's face, but then lie about them, stab them in the back and trash talk them behind their back with a smile on her face. All in all, Natalie is just as catty as Michelle, although she does a better job at hiding her manipulativeness and cattiness. She may be nice to Paul's face and pretend to be his friend, but when Paul is not in her presence, she resorts to personally attacking him and bashing his character constantly. Her pettiness regarding Paul has become so personal that she even questioned Paul's religion along with Michelle simply because he had certain beliefs about Heaven and Hell. She has constantly attacked Victor and bashed his character repeatedly for no reason, even though she seems nice to his face. During the week of Zakiyah's eviction, Natalie told Zakiyah about Paulie possibly using her, but it is discovered later on that Natalie did not tell Zakiyah about Paulie and his intentions out of the goodness of her heart. She did so with malicious intent because she wanted to turn Paulie and Zakiyah against each other and she wanted Zakiyah to hate Paulie so that Paulie would not be able to defend himself. Natalie also seems to be using James for strategy, mostly because she recognizes that James was a huge fan favorite with America last season. She seems to be takijng advantage of him and playing hot and cold with him, which has led some fans to feel that Natalie is manipulating James and even emotionally abusing him with her manipulative behaviour. In turn, Natalie's petty behaviour has made James the somewhat disliked dark AntiHero he has become lately. It's apparent that Natalie has a negative influence on everyone she comes in contact with.

* DistaffCounterpart: Arguably to Paulie. They have some things in common, even though both of them may not want to admit it, because they disliked each other so much. Both Paulie and Natalie are from New Jersey. Paulie is the JerkJock while Natalie is the TheCheerleader and an AlphaBitch. Both of them are also mega trash talkers; it seems that the targets of Paulie's trash talking are the female houseguests while the targets of Natalie's trash talking are the male houseguests. Both are very flirtatious people and are willing to flirt with anyone of the opposite sex. Both are in a showmance with a fellow houseguest (Paulie with Zakiyah and Natalie with James). Both of Paulie and Natalie have been accused by the fans of using both Zakiyah and James respectively and not really having genuine feelings for them. Paulie is a ManipulativeBastard while Natalie has shades of being a ManipulativeBitch. Both of them are a BitchInSheepsClothing, because they were came off as nice at the start but revealed their true colors later on. Although it was assumed that Natalie was the NiceGirl who was TheHeart and was very kind in personality, she has actually revealed that she is a BitchInSheepsClothing. She has shown her true colors and has proven that she is not as sweet as she comes off. She is very similar to Paulie in this regard, because at the start of the game, Paulie was popular both inside of the house and outside of the house and he was the BigManOnCampus. Everyone thought that Paulie was actually much nicer than his younger brother Cody, but as the weeks passed and Paulie's time in the house was coming to an end, Paulie's true colors began to show. Both Paulie and Natalie have strong self abosrbed and narcissistic tendencies and they seem to constantly brag about how good of a person they are. It is apparent that Paulie and Natalie think alot of themselves although they have both tried to pass themselves off as humble. Although Paulie and Natalie hated each other and fought alot, they have more in common than they both want to admit.

* AlasPoorVillain: Subverted HARD. Paulie was having a majorly rough week being nominated and losing the POV that would have saved himself from going home. To make matters worse, Paulie had to conduct a Pie Baking Punishment for the rest of the summer that he remained in the game. He also ended up having a major emotional breakdown to the extent that he was rebelling against Big Brother rules by not doing his pie baking punishment went he was supposed to. He acted like a SoreLoser for the entire week that he was on the block and knew that he was going home. And the funny thing is, NOBODY felt bad that Paulie was leaving. In fact, everyone, with the exception of Nicole and Corey, was happy or elated that Paulie was finally going home. After the way Paulie treated the other houseguests so poorly and the way that he constantly demeaned the women in the house and talked constant trash about the other houseguests for no reason, it's no wonder why nobody mourned him after he was evicted and instead, were very satisfied that they were finally rid of the toxic influence that was Paulie.

* ActionDad: Averted HARD. Glenn was the sole father of the house, but he was definitely not a competitor by any means. He was such a bad competitor that he ended up losing the competition and being the very first houseguest evicted of the season.

->'''Finished:''' WINNER (1st Place)
->'''Prize Money Earned:''' $500,000/500K
->'''Jury Votes Earned:''' WON 5-4 VS. PAUL [[note]](Received jury votes from Da'Vonne, Zakiyah, Paulie, Natalie, and Corey).[[/note]]

->'''Finished:''' RUNNER-UP (2nd Place)
->'''Prize Money Earned:''' $50,000/50K
->'''Jury Votes Earned:''' LOST 5-4 VS. NICOLE [[note]](Received jury votes from Michelle, Bridgette, James, and Victor).[[/note]]

->'''Finished:''' 3rd Place (Evicted 1-0) (Jury Member #9)
->'''Voted For:''' PAUL

->'''Finished:''' 4th Place (Evicted 1-0) (Jury Member #8)
->'''Voted For:''' NICOLE

->'''Finished:''' 14th Place (Evicted 9-1/Won Battle Back), 7th Place (Evicted 2-1/Won Jury Buy Back), 5th Place (Evicted 2-0) (Jury Member #7)
->'''Voted For:''' PAUL

->'''Finished:''' 6th Place (Evicted 3-0) (Jury Member #6)
->'''Voted For:''' NICOLE

->'''Finished:''' 7th Place (Evicted 3-2) (Jury Member #5)
->'''Voted For:''' PAUL

->'''Finished:''' 8th Place (Evicted 5-0) (Jury Member #4)
->'''Voted For:''' NICOLE

->'''Team:''' Category Four (Frank, Bridgette, Michelle, Paulie)
->'''Finished:''' 9th Place (Evicted 5-1) (Jury Member #3)
->'''Voted For:''' PAUL

* GenkiGirl: Bridgette is usually very upbeat, high energy and often brandishes a smile on her face.

* HelloNurse: A literal example.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: A trait of Bridgette's that can be an asset for her social game, and it's partly because of her affable nature that when Bridgette first became [=HOH=] in Week 3, she cited that she wanted to get as little blood on her hands as possible; not to mention she had good intentions when inviting the Big Sister alliance to join Category Four for their Outback Steakhouse dinner she won through the Week 3 [=POV=] (because it was Zakiyah's birthday on the day of the dinner, and in order to help Frank and Da'Vonne smooth things over over steak and beer). However, the disadvantage in her overall gameplay is that this trait holds Bridgette back from being assertive, considering her initial [=HOH=] reign was piggybacked decision-wise by Frank.

->'''Finished:''' 10th Place (Evicted 3-2) (Jury Member #2)
->'''Voted For:''' NICOLE

->'''Finished:''' 11th Place (Evicted 6-2) (Jury Member #1)
->'''Voted For:''' NICOLE

->'''Finished:''' 12th Place (Evicted 9-0)

->'''Finished:''' 13th Place (Evicted 8-0-0)

->'''Finished:''' 14th Place (Evicted 5-4-0)

->'''Finished:''' 15th Place (Evicted 7-4-0)

->'''Finished:''' 16th Place (Lost Comp./1st Out)

* CountryMatters: Finally fed up with Michelle's cutting commentary, Paul blasted her with the C-word while James was interrogating him.

->'''Paulie (as Tony):''' "You guys want to vote for me to stay? OK, that's fine. You vote to evict me, that's the last time you're gonna see this face again."

! The Winner

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* BattleCouple: AvertedTrope. While Corey is shown to be more athletic and competitive and capable of winning competitions, Nicole is not as competitive as she was in her original season. Corey has won a total of 5 competitions (2 Head of Household's and 3 Power of Vetoes) while Nicole has only managed to win 1 Head of Household. One could assume that Nicole not being as competitive as she was on her original season may be strategic as she was targeted for being too strong of a competitor. This could now be considered played straight since together, Nicole and Corey have won a total of nine competitions as of Week 11. It seems that Corey and Nicole have gone on a comp win streak for the last few weeks in the game. It is clear that other than Victor and Paul, they are the strongest and most powerful duo in the house. How is it that nobody has been actively targetting them since the start?

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Corey.

! The Runner-Up

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* BriefAccentImitation: During his statement to the houseguests prior to the first eviction vote, Paulie does an impression of Creator/AlPacino as Tony Montana in ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.
-->'''Paulie (as Tony):''' "You guys want to vote for me to stay? OK, that's fine. You vote to evict me, that's the last time you're gonna see this face again."

* TheCharmer: Paulie is very flirtatious with the ladies in the house. It seems to be a trait that he shares in common with Cody. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] as it turns out he was definitely not as charming and smooth as Cody was. Many of the women turned on Paulie and realized what a mega douche bag that he was. Cody, despite some of his flaws, was very respectful of the women in the house and was an overall gentleman, even if he flirted with them for strategy.

* LovableJock --> JerkJock: Paulie is very athletic and is a soccer player. He started out as what seemed to be a nice individual, but he later on became more arrogant, cocky, domineering and aggressive in personality. He is also very entitled and on occasion, he resorts to intimidation and bullying of other houseguests. He seems to think that he is invincible and that nobody can or should go after him in the game.

* StrawMisogynist: Makes some pretty... sexist comments, such as saying that [[Characters/BigBrother16 Victoria]] knew to "keep her mouth shut" and "knew her place". Then there is his treatment of Zakiyah....

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* {{Yandere}}: For Paulie. Zakiyah was so obsessed with Paulie that she seemed to care more about him than about the possibility of winning the game and winning the money. She is also a ClingyJealousGirl who got irritated or jealous anytime Paulie flirted or even talked with another female houseguest. She would also give a DeathGlare to any other female houseguest, in particular Tiffany, Natalie and Bronte, who was near Paulie. An even more specific example was when Zakiyah became extremely jealous about Paulie's relationship with Tiffany. She would go out of her way to interrupt Paulie and Tiffany's bonding moments or conversations simply because she felt threatened by Tiffany and her relationship with Paulie. Zakiyah even went as far as to target Tiffany and want her out of the house because she felt irritated and threatened that Paulie had a close relationship with Tiffany. Zakiyah also felt that Paulie might choose Tiffany over her.

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* HotBlooded: Although she tried not to act like this the second time around, given that her short fuse was instrumental in getting Da'Vonne evicted in Season 17, she shows this as early as Week 1, when he gets ticked off at Paul (although she chooses to only express it in her DR entries) for his lack of teamwork in the first three competitions. Still, so far, Da'Vonne's appeared to have learned her lesson from the previous season, choosing to vent her frustrations in her DR entries, rather than arguing with those she's frustrated with.

* InSeriesNickname: "Mama Da'". Da'Vonne has frequently expressed how much she dislikes that nickname on the live feeds. One could speculate that Da'Vonne may dislike the nickname because it makes her sound like she is some super older woman.

* TheRival: Da'Vonne quickly becomes frustrated with Paul because of what she considers to be his attempts to take control in the first two competitions. However that mellowed out and she and Paul got along afterwaord.

** This later turned to Nicole as Da'Vonne learned that Nicole threw her under the bus to Frank

* SassyBlackWoman: Though her modus operandi in competing again is trying to avoid being this, given it hampered her game in Season 17, her "chick from Inglewood" persona manages to come out at times. In a DR featured in the Week 3 nomination episode, she expressed how tough it was to keep her cool when dealing with Frank's misogynistic behavior, out of fear that she would be seen as a "loose cannon" and a "liability".

* TeamMom: She has a baby daughter.

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* BrainyBrunette: As mentioned in her intro package, Tiffany has an IQ of 145.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Glenn has a visibly bald head.
* BigApplesauce: Born and raised in the Bronx.

* '''HundredPercentAdorationRating[=/=]HundredPercentHeroismRating''': Pretty obvious that like before James is easily the most popular returning player and is the only one to not be tempted by the dark side or be HotBlooded or explosive. If comments and popularity polls are any indication, he's a pretty good shoe-in to win America's Favourite along for the second time (he won it last season, beating out John and Jason), along with Bridgette and Natalie, who are also solid contenders for the prize. This seems to have become a SubvertedTrope as of lately (in particular Week 9), where the audience has actually somewhat turned against James and has gotten under the audience's skin with his constant pandering to America. Many fans now feel that James cares more about winning America's Favorite Houseguest prize than he does about actually winning the season of Big Brother. As of lately, James' popularity has declined, especially since he has decided to throw two of his allies in Victor and Paul under the bus in favour of his alleged pre-season alliance with Nicole (and by extension, Corey).

* AffablyEvil: Nicole seems like she would be a very sweet and friendly girl to everyone and she has appeared this way to mostly everyone's face. However, she is actually a ManipulativeBitch and a BitchInSheepsClothing who has been doing nothing but scheming, lying, backstabbing and betraying others throughout the entire game when she was no shacking up with Corey in bed. For example, she pretended to be nice to Da'Vonne and Zakiyah to the face and even tried to say that she wanted to go far in the game with them but she was really plotting their (especially Da'Vonne) demise behind their backs and they were completely unaware of all the scheming and lying that Nicole was doing. In Week 9, Nicole made it seem like she was on cordial terms with both Victor and Paul but she went and told Natalie, James and Michelle a lie about Paul being after James and wanting to get him out of the house. Paul ended up calling Nicole out on her snake like and backstabbing behavior in front of the entire house, even calling her a snake to her face during an argument with her. Nicole may look like she would be friendly, but proceed with caution. She is very dangerous and she has had little to no issue with backstabbing people and throwing her allies to the wolves if it meant that it would benefit her, and by extension Corey's, game. Nicole has shown that she has definitely shed her ''Big Brother 16'' persona and has morphed into a much more bitchy and manipulative version of her older self.

* BiTheWay: Has dated both men and women in the past. She acknowledges that this, along with her sociability, could be an advantage in the game, allowing her to flirt with houseguests of either gender to try and get ahead.

* CloudCuckooLander: Many of the [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/big-brother-18-jozea-ridiculous-quotes/ things that Jozea has said]] have been utterly ridiculous, among them his expectation that the Power of Veto would be used on him, completely oblivious that he was the target of the first formal eviction; his belief that he controlled the house with no evidence supporting it (even saying that he is a CEO of the house in his mind), and even comparing himself to [[Creator/BarackObama President Obama]] ("I'm preachin' like Obama"). He also had the gall of saying that Independence Day should not be a holiday, a comment that obviously ticked off James (an Army vet) and many live feed viewers. When James confronted Jozea over his comments by telling him that "a lot of Americans died for our freedom," Jozea flippantly replied, "Ain't nobody told them to do that."

[[folder: Nicole Anne Franzel]]

[[folder: Paul Raffi Abrahamian]]

[[folder: James Joseph Huling]]

[[folder: Corey Alan Brooks]]

[[folder: Victor Arroyo Tercero Martinez III]]

[[folder: Natalia Mercedes "Natalie" Negrotti]]

[[folder: Michelle Edith Meyer]]

[[folder: Paul Ryan Christopher "Paulie" Calafiore]]

[[folder: Bridgette Hailey Dunning]]

[[folder: Zakiyah Narisha Everette]]

[[folder: Da'Vonne Dianne Rogers]]

[[folder: Franklin "Frank" Eudy]]

[[folder: Tiffany Alexis Rousso]]

[[folder: Bronte Anne D'Acquisto]]

[[folder: Jossie "Jozea" Flores]]

[[folder: Edward "Glenn" Garcia]]

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