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* AbusiveParents: Implied. His audition tape implies his relationship with his parents isn't the best, and he says they're not the most supportive people during his and Miriam's interview, [[spoiler:which contributed to him choosing to move out to Miriam's house]].
* AdaptationalDumbass: Jake in the beta might've been angry at Ellie due to [[spoiler:causing a wedge between him and Tom]], but he was at least smart and pragmatic enough to put that grudge aside in order to focus on more important matters. Not only does Season 1 make Jake stubbornly refuse to accept Ellie's apologies and see the bigger picture, [[spoiler:he then tries to use said apologies to manipulate her into letting him win the challenge, after he had been ranting at her despite the fact that she saved his life]].
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the beta, Jake was among the calmest of the contestants, and was pretty calm even when he encountered some rather shocking truths. Season 1 instead makes him more emotionally open, both in how he shows more emotion when talking to people, and in how much worse he takes the harsh revelation and betrayals that happen to him in the course of the game.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the beta, Jake was among the calmest of the contestants, and was pretty calm chill even when he encountered some rather shocking truths. Season 1 instead makes him more emotionally open, both in how he shows more emotion when talking to people, and in how much worse he takes the harsh revelation and betrayals that happen to him in the course of the game.
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* BondingOverMissingParents: In [[spoiler:Episode 5]], he bonds with Miriam over the fact that both have a deceased relative and she helps him with his grief.
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* BasementDweller: His audition tape reveals that he still lives under his parents' house, and his plan once he wins the million dollars is to use it to move out. [[spoiler:He eventually manages to do just that between Season 1 and ''All-Stars'', moving in with Miriam after she wins the season and the million dollars]].
* BetterAsFriends: After a lot of romantic tension between them, [[spoiler:Jake and Tom eventually decide that they're simply not ready for a relationship and that they should just remain friends. And Jake, for his part, accepts this. This is also a significant divergence from the beta, which had them make up during the finale]].
* BondingOverMissingParents: In [[spoiler:Episode 5]], he bonds with Miriam over the fact that both have a deceased relative and she helps him with hisgrief.grief, which eventually leads into them becoming each other's closest bonds.
* BetterAsFriends: After a lot of romantic tension between them, [[spoiler:Jake and Tom eventually decide that they're simply not ready for a relationship and that they should just remain friends. And Jake, for his part, accepts this. This is also a significant divergence from the beta, which had them make up during the finale]].
* BondingOverMissingParents: In [[spoiler:Episode 5]], he bonds with Miriam over the fact that both have a deceased relative and she helps him with his
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Part of the reason why Jake has such a hard time with his and Tom's relationship is because he's still reeling from how his last boyfriend cheated on him, which gave him severe trust issues. [[spoiler:This same trauma gets used by Ellie to drive a wedge between them, and ultimately is part of the reason why he and Tom decide that they are BetterAsFriends at the end of the season]].
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* {{Gayngst}}: All-Stars implies his family isn't the most accepting of him which is why he ends up moving out into his own place [[spoiler:thanks to Miriam and her prize money]].
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* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: Jake's relationship with his parents isn't focused on, but it's implied to be rather strained. By contrast, Miriam proves to be easily his greatest friend and companion during the camp, [[spoiler:to the point that he decides to move with her in the interim between Season 1 and ''All-Stars'']].
* {{Gayngst}}: All-Stars implies his family isn't the most accepting of him which is why he ends up moving out into his own place [[spoiler:thanks to Miriam and her prize money]]. Even without this in mind, however, he also has to deal with trust issues due to his previous boyfriend cheating on him [[spoiler:and one of his only friends in the competition use said trauma to advance in the game]].
* {{Gayngst}}: All-Stars implies his family isn't the most accepting of him which is why he ends up moving out into his own place [[spoiler:thanks to Miriam and her prize money]].
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* InsaneTrollLogic: While at least partially motivated by [[spoiler: Alec's manipulation, Jake's jealousy towards Tom and Aiden's friendship stems from him thinking that Tom has replaced him with Aiden, despite the fact that A) He and Tom decided they were BetterAsFriends and to not pursue a romance until they grew as people and B) Aiden already has a boyfriend in the form of James, whose relationship with him is one of the most loving among both casts]].
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* InformedFlaw: The first few episodes of ''All-Stars'', in particular the premiere, make a couple mentions of Miriam's health not being as good as it was back in Season 1, with even Jake expressing concern about her choosing to compete again. In theory, this could be a source of drama by having Miriam's health impact her gameplay, if not [[NonGameplayElimination cause her elimination altogether]]. In practice, Miriam hardly seems to have any health issues, either in gameplay or in general, and [[spoiler: she's eliminated by getting voted out instead of suffering a medical evacuation]].
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: She fell asleep during the first challenge of Season 1 (although admittably it could be because of being bored by Gabby's story). Later episodes focus on portraying her as a RetiredBadass, painting her old age as a virtue rather than a liability by revealing all kinds of skills she's learnt throughout her life.
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Pyrophobia is severe fear of fire and her fear doesn't seem to be severe, partly since she doesn't seem to mind campfires. I also added another example.
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* AllGirlsLikePonies: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:While recounting to Jake the incident that caused the fire that gave her pyrophobia, Ashley mentions that among the casualties of said fire were some of the horses she grew up with]].
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* AllGirlsLikePonies: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:While recounting to Jake the incident that caused the fire that gave caused her pyrophobia, to fear fire, Ashley mentions that among the casualties of said fire were some of the horses she grew up with]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It's revealed in ''All-Stars'' that she [[spoiler:[[WildTeenParty threw a party as a teenager when her parents were away]] and deeply regrets doing so. This is because garbage left from the party caught on fire and it damaged her family's house, destroyed their crops, and killed their animals]].
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the beta, Jake was among the calmest of the contestants, and was pretty calm even when he encountered some rather shocking truths. Season 1 instead makes him more emotionally open, both in how he shows more emotion when talking to people, and in how much worse he takes the harsh revelation and betrayals that happen to him in the course of the game.
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** Jake and Miriam barely interacted in the beta. Season 1 instead turns them into each other's biggest allies, developing a grandson-grandmother-like relationship.
** Jake and Nick formed a slight alliance during the later parts of the beta and worked together until the latter was removed [[spoiler:near the finale]]. Season 1 has them barely interact, if at all, before [[spoiler:Nick winds up biting the dust before the merge]].
** Jake and Nick formed a slight alliance during the later parts of the beta and worked together until the latter was removed [[spoiler:near the finale]]. Season 1 has them barely interact, if at all, before [[spoiler:Nick winds up biting the dust before the merge]].
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Ashley didn't stick around in the beta long enough for her to reveal any significant fears or insecurities. Season 1's phobia challenge reveals that she has a fear of fire after one such fire ended up consuming her family's crops and part of their barn. [[spoiler:''All-Stars'' ends up making this worse by revealing that the fire was caused by some garbage left behind from a WildTeenParty ''she'' threw when her parents weren't around, which alongside the crops and part of the barn also caused several animals to die, including some horses that Ashley grew up with]].
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* AllGirlsLikePonies: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:While recounting to Jake the incident that caused the fire that gave her pyrophobia, Ashley mentions that among the casualties of said fire were some of the horses she grew up with]].
* AllLovingHeroine: Ashley doesn't have a mean bone in her body and is generally nice and approachable towards her other contestants. She, in fact, doesn't even hold a grudge against Ellie and Gabby come ''All-Stars'' despite [[spoiler:Gabby being responsible for her elimination back in Season 1 and Ellie saying some pretty hurtful and offensive things about her during one of her post-show interviews]].
* AllLovingHeroine: Ashley doesn't have a mean bone in her body and is generally nice and approachable towards her other contestants. She, in fact, doesn't even hold a grudge against Ellie and Gabby come ''All-Stars'' despite [[spoiler:Gabby being responsible for her elimination back in Season 1 and Ellie saying some pretty hurtful and offensive things about her during one of her post-show interviews]].
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* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: While it's true that Ashley's generally a nice girl and doesn't hold a grudge, the one person she seem to have a legitimate animosity with is Fiore, with the manipulative child being more than willing to return the animosity.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: {{Downplayed}}. Miriam's one of the stouter contestants in Season 1 alongside Grett, but while she doesn't show some crazy skills in gymnastics, she's also never shown having that much trouble keeping up with the younger campers herself.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Miriam's troubled home life only got a brief mention in the beta, during the same episode [[spoiler:she was eliminated]]. Season 1 puts a bit more focus on the tragedy of her family, and how it severely affected her as a person.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Miriam's troubled home life only got a brief mention in the beta, during the same episode [[spoiler:she was eliminated]]. Season 1 puts a bit more focus on the tragedy of her family, and how it severely affected her as a person.
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** Miriam and Fiore didn't interact act all in the beta before [[spoiler:the latter was eliminated]]. Since the remake [[spoiler:lets Miriam stick around for longer]], the two end up developing a negative relationship, especially when Fiore begins targeting Jake.
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** Miriam and Fiore didn't interact act all in the beta before [[spoiler:the latter former was eliminated]]. Since the remake [[spoiler:lets Miriam stick around for longer]], the two end up developing a negative relationship, especially when Fiore begins targeting Jake.Jake.
** Since Dan [[spoiler:is the first boot of the season]], he and Miriam don't really interact at all. Season 1 instead makes Dan [[JerkassToOne the biggest target towards Miriam's ire]].
** Since Dan [[spoiler:is the first boot of the season]], he and Miriam don't really interact at all. Season 1 instead makes Dan [[JerkassToOne the biggest target towards Miriam's ire]].
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* BadassBoast: Delivers one to Grett in [[spoiler: Episode 6.]]
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: {{Implied|Trope}}. It's suggested she [[AbusiveParents didn't have the best parents]], but she [[spoiler:seems to have been a kind mother towards her son]].
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: {{Implied|Trope}}. It's suggested she [[AbusiveParents didn't have the best parents]], but she [[spoiler:seems to have been a kind mother towards her son]].son before his untimely death]].
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* OddFriendship: She eventually befriends Jake, whom she used to berate the most aside from Dan.
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* TokenAdult: She is one of a few characters who aren't around the age of teenagers, easily having the distinction of being the eldest contestant in the show.
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* TokenAdult: She is one of a the few characters who aren't around the age of teenagers, teenagers or young adults, easily having the distinction of being the eldest contestant in the show.
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This trope seems to be political and related to war. Even if it counts, I'd say listing it under team/general entry on Characters' page seems more efficient than listing it under every single character who has ever been in an alliance.
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* TheAlliance: Over the course of the season, he forms an alliance with [[spoiler:Ellie, Fiore, and Grett. Every single one of them ends at one point, but Fiore is his longest-lasting ally.]]
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* ThrowingTheFight: He purposefully loses the challenge in [[spoiler:Episode 4 of ''All-Stars'' in order to use his newly-formed alliance to eliminate Miriam who had witnessed the alliance's formation and tried to {{Blackmail}} Alec that she'd reveal it to everyone.]]
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* {{Blackmail}}: After learning Alec created an alliance[[note]]composed of him, Fiore, Ellie, Yul, and Grett[[/note]], Miriam threatens him she'll tell everybody else about it unless they agree they won't vote off her or Jake (whom she's good friends with). [[spoiler:However, [[BlackmailBackfire this causes her to get eliminated]]]].
* BlackmailBackfire: After learning he started an alliance with several other contestants, Miriam attempts to blackmail Alec that she'll tell everyone about it unless he agrees to not make them vote off her or Jake. [[spoiler:However, Alec [[ThrowingTheFight intentionally lost the challenge]] so he could get her eliminated. While Miriam spilled the beans to Connor, it didn't save her]].
* BlackmailBackfire: After learning he started an alliance with several other contestants, Miriam attempts to blackmail Alec that she'll tell everyone about it unless he agrees to not make them vote off her or Jake. [[spoiler:However, Alec [[ThrowingTheFight intentionally lost the challenge]] so he could get her eliminated. While Miriam spilled the beans to Connor, it didn't save her]].
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* AntiVillain: Alec does some pretty questionable things in order to get the million dollars, but he's doing it in the name of saving his failing marriage.
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* AntiVillain: Alec does some pretty questionable things in order to get the million dollars, but he's doing it in the name of saving his failing marriage. Which makes it rather tragic when [[spoiler:his marriage ends up falling apart anyway near the end of the season, and he ends up being booted off at the hands of Fiore, his closest ally at that moment]].
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* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Episode 4 has him form a six-person alliance with Ellie, Fiore, Yul, Grett, and Riya in order to survive past the merge]].
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: In the third episode of the first season, the challenge requires her to get over her fear of fires, and Ashley explains how two years before a fire burned her family's crops, house and some of the horses they had, killing them, which was a very traumatic event for her. In the fourth episode of ''All Stars'', during a conversation with Jake, Ashley elaborates on this matter: [[spoiler:the fire started after Ashley threw a party on her parents' farm, which caused a lot of trash to be left on the crops, and it caught fire in the morning after. Ashley still feels immense guilt over this, even though her parents forgave her]].
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Flawless Victory refers to fighting games if I'm not mistaken. Also, Drew voted for her in Episode 1.
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* FlawlessVictory: [[spoiler:She wins the season without ever receiving a single vote against her.]]
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** In All-Stars [[spoiler:Episode 4, he gets mad at Jake for tackling Aiden during the challenge to earn his team a point, despite earlier tripping Grett in order to score a point for Cyan team.]]
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** He makes an alliance with several disliked contestants, all of which (including him) are notorious for causing conflict[[note]][[ManipulativeBitch Grett]], [[{{Jerkass}} Yul]], [[EnfantTerrible Fiore]], and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Ellie]][[/note]]. Not only does this give him a safety net if he were up for elimination (which is partly because several of its members are on the same team as him), he convinces them to have the other contestants fight one another so they can stay under the radar.
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* NotWantingKidsIsWeird: A RareMaleExample, though it's {{implied|Trope}}. He suggests at least part of his marital issues came from his wife wanting kids when he didn't and she seems to have criticized him for this.
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* DemotedToExtra: Despite being a crucial character in the remake of the first season [[spoiler:and its winner, she's eliminated third in ''All-Stars'']].
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* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:When she is eliminated in ''All-Stars'', she takes it well, commenting now she knows what it's like to be eliminated and warning Connor not to trust Alec before leaving.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:She eavesdrops on Alec's meeting with Grett, Yul, Ellie, and Fiore and the formation of their Villains Alliance, and attempts to blackmail Alec into never targeting her or Jake with the information. When she notices how Alec purposely throws the challenge to get her voted out, she reveals the alliance to the entire Yellow Team and declares that Alec is playing everyone by saying he is making alliances with her and Jake too. Though this isn't enough to save herself, it does plant seeds of doubt in Grett and makes Connor aware of the alliance.]]
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->'''Placement:''' [[spoiler:7th]] (AC)/[[spoiler:1st]] (DC), TBD (AS)
->'''Eliminated in:''' [[spoiler:Episode 5]] (AC)/[[spoiler:N/A]] (DC), TBD (AS)
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->'''Placement:''' [[spoiler:7th]] (AC)/[[spoiler:1st]] (DC), TBD [[spoiler:16th]] (AS)
->'''Eliminated in:''' [[spoiler:Episode 5]] (AC)/[[spoiler:N/A]] (DC),TBD [[spoiler:Episode 4]] (AS)
->'''Eliminated in:''' [[spoiler:Episode 5]] (AC)/[[spoiler:N/A]] (DC),
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* BrainyBrunet: He's a strategic [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who has brown hair.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Alec growing a perma-stubble in All-Stars coincides with his personal life falling apart after his divorce.
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** Ashley and Will barely interacted before he got [[spoiler:booted out]] in the beta. In the remake, they're decidedly more friendly with each other, even having some ShipTease along the way.
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** Ashley and Will barely interacted before he got [[spoiler:booted out]] in the beta. In the remake, they're decidedly more friendly with each other, even having some ShipTease along the way.way, [[spoiler:eventually giving way to them becoming a couple by the time ''All-Stars'' airs.]]
* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: She's a girly cowgirl and one of the primary cases of MsFanservice in the show, which is indicated with her wearing a knotted shirt that exposes her midriff, compared to most of the other females who only do with their nightwear or swimwear.
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* MsFanservice: Just like in the original version of the first season, especially now that she wears lingerie-like nightwear and a bikini.
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* MsFanservice: Just like in the original version of the first season, especially now that she wears lingerie-like nightwear and a bikini.bikini (which she wears for three challenges straight in ''All-Stars'').
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* StatuesqueStunner: She's the tallest girl of the season as well as the prime MsFanservice of her season. [[ShipTease Will also seems to find her attractive]].
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* StatuesqueStunner: She's among the tallest girl girls of the season cast as well as the prime MsFanservice of her season. seasons. [[ShipTease Will also seems to find finds her attractive]].
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Innocently Insensitive requires the character to be a good person while Alec is an Anti Villain. It also requires another character to be offended and we don't know for certain if his son saw him say that. Didnt See That Coming also involves unexpected obstacles in a plan.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Alec joins forces with Fiore in order to achieve his goal of winning the million dollars to save his marriage, and the two developing a deep bond gave Alec even more reason to feel secure with the young girl. So he's completely blindsided when [[spoiler:Fiore not only betrays him by picking Ellie over him to take to the finale, but does so without a hint of remorse or hesitation]].
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Him claiming that he wished his son was more like Fiore was just a random comment back in Season 1, but [[spoiler:as Ellie points out in one of her post-show interviews, the fact that he said this on international TV means his son more than likely saw his own father say something like that]].
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* CommonalityConnection: He and Ellie eventually start to bond over being left out of the Will-Lill-Ashley-Nick alliance, and being the outcasts of the purple team in general. He also ends up developing something of a connection with [[spoiler:Connor during ''All-Stars'', bonding over the fact that they're both dealing with a woman in their life (Riya for Connor, Alec's wife for... well, Alec) acting different than they used to know]].
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* CommonalityConnection: He and Ellie eventually start to bond over being left out of the Will-Lill-Ashley-Nick alliance, and being the outcasts of the purple team in general. He also ends up developing something of a connection with [[spoiler:Connor Connor during ''All-Stars'', bonding over the fact that they're both dealing with a woman in their life (Riya for Connor, Alec's wife for... well, Alec) acting different than they used to know]].know.
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* HatedByAll: While he starts the season with a fairly decent social game, being an outcast on his team but still forming two friendships, [[spoiler:pretty much everyone in the merge hates him for being a sneaky TheStrategist on par with [[EnfantTerrible Fiore]]. His two initial friends also [[WeUsedToBeFriends become his enemies]] after he betrayed Ellie several times and was betrayed by Fiore and Grett leaves on an ambiguous note with him until ''All-Stars'', which shows the two have stayed on relatively decent terms.]]
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* HatedByAll: While he starts the season with a fairly decent social game, being an outcast on his team but still forming two friendships, [[spoiler:pretty much everyone in the merge hates him for being a sneaky TheStrategist on par with [[EnfantTerrible Fiore]]. His two initial friends also [[WeUsedToBeFriends become his enemies]] after he betrayed Ellie several times and was betrayed by Fiore and while Grett leaves on an ambiguous note with him until ''All-Stars'', which shows the two have stayed on relatively decent terms.]]
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Connor is the first episode? Also, feel free to revert it if needed, but I wouldn't consider it a spoiler when their first interactions happened before the first elimination.
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* EnemyMine: As much as she dislikes Fiore, she [[spoiler:teams up with her in Episode 12 and 13 to take down Alec and Ellie respectively, who are both much bigger threats to her.]]
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* EnemyMine: EnemyMine:
** As much as she dislikes Fiore, she [[spoiler:teams up with her in Episode 12 and 13 to take down Alec and Ellie respectively, who are both much bigger threats to her.]]
** As much as she dislikes both Fiore and Alec, [[spoiler:she reluctantly teams up with them to sabotage the Cyan Team in Episode 3 of ''All-Stars'' in order to save Jake, who's on the Magenta Team, from elimination.]]
** As much as she dislikes Fiore, she [[spoiler:teams up with her in Episode 12 and 13 to take down Alec and Ellie respectively, who are both much bigger threats to her.]]
** As much as she dislikes both Fiore and Alec, [[spoiler:she reluctantly teams up with them to sabotage the Cyan Team in Episode 3 of ''All-Stars'' in order to save Jake, who's on the Magenta Team, from elimination.]]
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* NotSoAboveItAll: While she takes moral ground over [[ManipulativeBitch Grett]] and [[spoiler:the remaining members of the final 4, she eliminates Ellie in the finale by pretending to have a heart attack to get her attention and throw away her shovel, a trick more akin to the aforementioned players.]]
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** While she takes moral ground over [[ManipulativeBitch Grett]] and [[spoiler:the remaining members of the final 4, she eliminates Ellie in the finale by pretending to have a heart attack to get her attention and throw away her shovel, a trick more akin to the aforementioned players.]]
** [[spoiler:In Episode 3 of ''All-Stars'', she manipulates the girls of the Cyan Team by lying that she got separated from her team and leading them in the wrong direction, a sabotage on par with the likes of contestants she'd usually hold a personal vendetta against. In fact, in order to do so [[EnemyMine she works with Alec and Fiore]], the two contestants who'd usually pull off a strategy like this.]]
** While she takes moral ground over [[ManipulativeBitch Grett]] and [[spoiler:the remaining members of the final 4, she eliminates Ellie in the finale by pretending to have a heart attack to get her attention and throw away her shovel, a trick more akin to the aforementioned players.]]
** [[spoiler:In Episode 3 of ''All-Stars'', she manipulates the girls of the Cyan Team by lying that she got separated from her team and leading them in the wrong direction, a sabotage on par with the likes of contestants she'd usually hold a personal vendetta against. In fact, in order to do so [[EnemyMine she works with Alec and Fiore]], the two contestants who'd usually pull off a strategy like this.]]
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* CommonalityConnection: He and Ellie eventually start to bond over being left out of the Will-Lill-Ashley-Nick alliance, and being the outcasts of the purple team in general.
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* CommonalityConnection: He and Ellie eventually start to bond over being left out of the Will-Lill-Ashley-Nick alliance, and being the outcasts of the purple team in general. He also ends up developing something of a connection with [[spoiler:Connor during ''All-Stars'', bonding over the fact that they're both dealing with a woman in their life (Riya for Connor, Alec's wife for... well, Alec) acting different than they used to know]].
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* FlawExploitation: He exploits Jake's trust issues to cause tension on Magenta Team in Episode 2 of ''All-Stars''.
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* FlawExploitation: He exploits Jake's trust issues to cause tension on the Magenta Team in Episode 2 of ''All-Stars''.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite his TheStoic personality, he had a wife and even had a son.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his TheStoic personality, he had a wife and even had a son.
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* HatedByAll: While he starts the season with a fairly decent social game, being an outcast on his team but still forming two friendships, [[spoiler:pretty much everyone in the merge hates him for being a sneaky TheStrategist on par with [[EnfantTerrible Fiore]]. His two initial friends also [[WeUsedToBeFriends become his enemies]] after he betrayed Ellie several times and was betrayed by Fiore and Grett leaves on an ambiguous note with him until ''All-Stars''.''All-Stars'', which shows the two have stayed on relatively decent terms.]]
* HiddenDepths: Despite his TheStoic personality, hehad has a wife and even had a son.son, and the main reason he joined the competition is to try salvage his marriage.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his TheStoic personality, he
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* LikeASonToMe: Alec utters how he wishes his son was more like Fiore after [[spoiler:their strategy to let Grett win immunity in episode 8]] goes off without a hitch, which briefly confuses her.
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* LikeASonToMe: Alec utters how he wishes his son was more like Fiore after [[spoiler:their strategy to let Grett win immunity in episode 8]] goes off without a hitch, which briefly confuses her. [[spoiler:Ellie ends up calling him out on this in one of her post-show interviews, claiming that his son most definitely heard him say this since he said this in international television]].
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* OddFriendship: Before getting a connection with Fiore, ''Ellie'' is the first person that develops a connection with Alec, with the two of them having a little talk during an early episode and managing to get to somewhat decent terms. [[spoiler:It at first hits a road bump when Alec votes for Ellie over Fiore during the elimination, but Ellie eventually forgives him for it... before he betrays again during his, Ellie, and Fiore's alliance]].
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* OddFriendship: OddFriendship:
** Before getting a connection with Fiore, ''Ellie'' is the first person that develops a connection with Alec, with the two of them having a little talk during an early episode and managing to get to somewhat decent terms. [[spoiler:It at first hits a road bump when Alec votes for Ellie over Fiore during the elimination, but Ellie eventually forgives him for it... before he betrays again during his, Ellie, and Fiore's alliance]].
** Come ''All-Stars'', [[spoiler:''Connor'' is the first episode of the Yellow Team that Alec really begins bonding with, showing sympathy over his issues with Riya and though he makes it clear he's not good at giving advice, he's still willing to lend an ear in case he needs it]].
** Before getting a connection with Fiore, ''Ellie'' is the first person that develops a connection with Alec, with the two of them having a little talk during an early episode and managing to get to somewhat decent terms. [[spoiler:It at first hits a road bump when Alec votes for Ellie over Fiore during the elimination, but Ellie eventually forgives him for it... before he betrays again during his, Ellie, and Fiore's alliance]].
** Come ''All-Stars'', [[spoiler:''Connor'' is the first episode of the Yellow Team that Alec really begins bonding with, showing sympathy over his issues with Riya and though he makes it clear he's not good at giving advice, he's still willing to lend an ear in case he needs it]].
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* PermaStubble: Sports this in All-Stars.
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* PermaStubble: Sports this in All-Stars.''All-Stars'' as a result of dealing with his divorce in the two years since season 1.
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* OnlyFriend: By the time of ''All-Stars'', she's the only contestant from Season 1 that Alec seems to be on friendly terms with, as they banter during their wait for the private jet to arrive, compared to how Ellie outright hates him and Fiore could care less about him.
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* AntiVillain: Alec does some pretty questionable things in order to get the million dollars, but he's doing it in the name of saving his failing marriage.
* AwfulWeddedLife: [[spoiler:While talking with Connor after defusing Yul and Riya's argument in episode 3 of ''All-Stars'', he confides to him that his wife wanted to change who he was. This, coupled with Alec's desperate attempts to keep his marriage afloat only for his wife to essentially break things off in her letter to him, implies that their marriage wasn't the best]].
* AwfulWeddedLife: [[spoiler:While talking with Connor after defusing Yul and Riya's argument in episode 3 of ''All-Stars'', he confides to him that his wife wanted to change who he was. This, coupled with Alec's desperate attempts to keep his marriage afloat only for his wife to essentially break things off in her letter to him, implies that their marriage wasn't the best]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: Alec joins forces with Fiore in order to achieve his goal of winning the million dollars to save his marriage, and the two developing a deep bond gave Alec even more reason to feel secure with the young girl. So he's completely blindsided when [[spoiler:Fiore not only betrays him by picking Ellie over him to take to the finale, but does so without a hint of remorse or hesitation]].
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Alec ends up facing off against the giant scorpion during episode 11's challenge, twice, both times to protect Fiore. And unlike Ellie, who briefly attacks or stuns the thing and runs away, Alec actually fights the monster to a standstill until he asks Ellie for help]].
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* ItsPersonal: He doesn't take kindly to [[spoiler:Fiore betraying him after they had spent the whole season [[BigBadEnsemble working together]].]]
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Him claiming that he wished his son was more like Fiore was just a random comment back in Season 1, but [[spoiler:as Ellie points out in one of her post-show interviews, the fact that he said this on international TV means his son more than likely saw his own father say something like that]].
* ItsPersonal: He doesn't take kindly to [[spoiler:Fiore betraying him after they had spent the whole season [[BigBadEnsemble working together]].]] It's part of the reason why he becomes one of Ellie's supporters during the finale, since while he doesn't like her either, he has much more reason to be angry at Fiore instead]].
* ItsPersonal: He doesn't take kindly to [[spoiler:Fiore betraying him after they had spent the whole season [[BigBadEnsemble working together]].
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* TheChessmaster: He has shades of being good at manipulating situations. In [[spoiler:the second episode of ''All-Stars'', it's implied he [[FlawExploitation exploited Jake being]] a CrazyJealousGuy towards Tom to cause someone other than Fiore to be eliminated on the Magenta Team]].
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* TheChessmaster: He has shades of being good at manipulating situations. In situations, which becomes more prominent in All Stars.
**In [[spoiler:the second episode of ''All-Stars'', it's implied he [[FlawExploitation exploited Jake being]] a CrazyJealousGuy towards Tom to cause someone other than Fiore to be eliminated on the MagentaTeam]].Team]].
** In [[spoiler: the third episode, he ends up taking the lead amongst two other strategically powerful characters (Miriam and Fiore), to have their teams work together and shut Team Cyan out of the challenge.]]
**In [[spoiler:the second episode of ''All-Stars'', it's implied he [[FlawExploitation exploited Jake being]] a CrazyJealousGuy towards Tom to cause someone other than Fiore to be eliminated on the Magenta
** In [[spoiler: the third episode, he ends up taking the lead amongst two other strategically powerful characters (Miriam and Fiore), to have their teams work together and shut Team Cyan out of the challenge.]]
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* PetTheDog: In the second episode of ''All-Stars'', while not a saint himself, Alec seems concerned for Connor and offers to talk to him when he realizes he's having relationship issues with Riya.
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* PetTheDog: In the second episode of ''All-Stars'', while not a saint himself, Alec seems concerned for Connor and offers to talk to him when he realizes he's having relationship issues with Riya. Considering he went through a divorce, it makes sense.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In [[spoiler:the second challenge in ''All-Stars'']], he has to work with Miriam, when neither of them like each other.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: He seems to still have feelings for Tom in ''All-Stars'' and seems jealous of Aiden because he thinks he replaced him as Tom's LoveInterest. Besides looking annoyed and jealous when Tom helps Aiden in the intro, [[spoiler:he votes off James (who Aiden loves) seemingly to spite him. According to Ashley (his ally), he even begged her to help him vote off James]].
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* CrazyJealousGuy: He seems to still have feelings for Tom in ''All-Stars'' and seems jealous of Aiden because he thinks he replaced him as Tom's LoveInterest. Besides looking annoyed and jealous during several of their interactions (e.g. when Tom helps Aiden in the intro, intro), [[spoiler:he votes off James (who Aiden loves) seemingly to spite him. According to Ashley (his ally), his ally Ashley, he even begged her to help him vote off James]].
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Despite clearly not liking Fiore, she has to work with her in [[spoiler:Episode 12]].
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** Despite clearly not likingFiore, Fiore (who feels the same way about her), she has to work with her in [[spoiler:Episode 12]].12. They also later work together in ''All-Stars'' despite still feeling the same way about each other]].
** She works with Alec in the second challenge in ''All-Stars'', although neither like each other.
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** She works with Alec in the second challenge in ''All-Stars'', although neither like each other.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Despite usually not swearing, he says "Oh shit" when [[spoiler:Trevor reads a vote against him in Episode 10 due to him [[OhCrap realizing Fiore tricked him]]]].
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* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: When the Cyan Team goes to their first elimination ceremony in ''All-Stars'' [[spoiler:Ellie reveals to Tom how Lake was trying to convince them to eliminate him instead of Aiden, while also painting her as the mastermind of the all girls alliance. Tom ends up voting to eliminate Lake instead of Ellie, but not because he fell for Ellie's bluffs. He knew Ellie only wanted to save him to help her own game and keep the team strong, but Lake was outright gunning for him]].
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* ManipulativeBitch: While not to [[EnfantTerrible Fiore]] or Grett's levels, she occasionally shows she's good at manipulating others, like when she [[spoiler:tricks several members of Cyan Team to cause them to lose a challenge]].
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* OpenMindedParent: In a [[FreezeFrameBonus "blink and you'll miss it" moment]] where Miriam is showing a picture [[spoiler:of her late husband and son, one can infer that Miriam's son was gay, and she loved him dearly]].
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* IJustWantToBeLoved: Implied. After his argument with James about Tom and Aiden in the second episode of All Stars, it's shown a confessional of James where he mocks Jake's posts on social media, where he complains about not being able to find true love.
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* ExactWords: In the second episode of All Stars, after she lands on Fiore after jumping off the plane, she apologises and tells her that she has never used a parachute in her life. Then, in the confessional, she says that she wasn't lying: she really never used a parachute before, but she completely intended on landing on Fiore for all the trouble she caused her last season.
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* PrimalFear: As revealed in [[spoiler:Episode 3]], she's afraid of fire after a heatwave cost her family part of their house, animals and crops.
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* PrimalFear: As revealed in [[spoiler:Episode 3]], Episode 3, she's afraid of fire after a heatwave cost her family part of their house, animals and crops.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Downplayed. In the second episode of All Stars, she purposefully lands on Fiore after opening her parachute.
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* TheBeastmaster: Comes with her being an AnimalLover. In the second episode of All Stars, she is able to make ''a lion'' willingly come with her through Team Cyan's gate, while most of the other contestants struggle with trying to tame much less challenging animals.
