History Characters / TheAmazingRace16

* [[ThisIsACompetition This Is A Race]]: After U-Turning Joe & Heidi, followed immediately by [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends We're Not Here To Make Friends]].

* [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends We're Not Here To Make Friends]]: When U-Turning Joe & Heidi.

** JerkassHasAPoint: During the penultimate Elimination Station, Jeff blew up at Joe because he was acting like a Jerkass during their phone conversation with the recently eliminated Mike & Louie. While saying the Joe had been U-Turned due to his attitude, he also said that Joe would have had an "unfair advantage" in China due to speaking Chinese. Joe rightly took offense to this, saying it was not his fault for speaking Chinese, but everyone else's fault for not that he had the advantage.

* TomboyishName: Shawne.

* JerkassHasAPoint: During the penultimate Elimination Station, Jeff blew up at Joe because he was acting like a Jerkass during their phone conversation with the recently eliminated Mike & Louie. While saying the Joe had been U-Turned due to his attitude, he also said that Joe would have had an "unfair advantage" in China due to speaking Chinese. Joe rightly took offense to this, saying it was not his fault for speaking Chinese, but everyone else's fault for not that he had the advantage.

* GenderBenderName: Shawne.

* CoolOldLady: Jody, who competed in triathlons and half-marathons. In fact, She is the oldest person to compete in the amazing race, being 71 at the time.

* TwoFirstNames: Jordan Lloyd.

* TwoFirstNames: Shawne Morgan

* TwoFirstNames: Jody Kelly.

* TwoFirstNames: Both of them.

* CoolOldLady: Jody, who competed in triathlons and half-marathons.

** Coming out of last at the Pit Start in Argentina, they somehow got on the first flight to Germany [[NoodleIncident though the show didn't explain how they managed to get on]]. This led to their first of three first place finishes.

** They botched a good portion of Leg 9, with them heading to the Fast Forward even though they knew that Dan & Jordan were likely already there, switching from the drums to the ice cream detour, and Michael screwing up the Chain Link Roadblock, but were saved by Caite U-Turning Carol & Brandy.

** Coming out of last at the Pit Start in Argentina, they somehow got on the first flight [[NoodleIncident though the show didn't explain how they managed to get on]]. This led to their first of three first place finishes.

** They botched a good portion of Leg 9, with them switching from the drums to the ice cream detour, and Michael screwing up the Chain Link Roadblock, but were saved by Caite U-Turning Carol & Brandy.

* SmugSnake: They made frequent claims to "controlling the race," especially after "convincing" Brent & Caite to U-Turn Brandy & Carol over themselves, or Jet & Cord, who they seemed to want in the Final 3 with them despite them being the biggest threat.

* PromotedFanboy: [[{{In-Universe}} A main part of Jordan's story.]]

** The reaction was the same with the teams at the EliminationStation.

* PrecisionFStrike[=/=]{{Pixellation}}: Dan snapped at Cord following all the [[{{Griefer}} Griefing]] at the ILM task in the finale, finally telling him to, "Shout the, f*** up."
* PromotedFanboy: A main part of Jordan's story.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Heights for Adrian, so of course he did their only task.

* LoopholeAbuse: It is well known about the rules regarding first class tickets (as this is what happened to [[Characters/TheAmazingRace12 Azaria & Hendekea]], their mistakenly printed business class tickets forcing them off the flight). However, nothing in the rules had stated that you could move up without cost. It should be noted that this was the first time this was attempted (not to mention successful); other teams have attempted this stunt since, only to fail miserably.

* LoopholeAbuse: The move to first class seats on the final leg without cost. Notable as this was the first time this was used with success (other teams have attempted this stunt since, only to fail miserably).

* {{Jerkass}}: Joe, most obviously during his StayInTheKitchen comment below.

* SoreLoser: Joe, who said during the Elimination Station that he held a grudge towards Louie & Michael because of the U-Turn, and he talked about over the course of three webisodes. Though it became justified during the 7th webisode, as Jeff and Adrian both speculated that it had been personal move for Louie & Michael, not a strategic one.

* SoreLoser: Joe, who said during the Elimination Station that he held a grudge towards Louie & Michael because of the U-Turn.

After the disappointment that had been [[Characters/TheAmazingRace15 Season 15]], Season 16 was not much of an improvement, and led to the show losing the "Best Reality-Competition Show" award for the first time ever at the Emmys. It had many of the same problems as its predecessor, a large number of boring and/or unlikable teams, an overdose of StuntCasting, and an annoyingly low level of understanding of the {{Metagame}}. This is the oldest cast the show has ever been put together, with 14 of the 22 contestants being over the age of 30, and it is also one of the most hated casts (though the two are not related). There was an overwhelming amount of bickering and negative feelings going around, which led to possibly the most hated rivalry in the series, where fans did not like either team involved. However, despite being one of the weakest seasons overall, it did produce possibly the most popular team to ever run the race, was the first season to feature two Roadblocks in the same leg, and featured one of the most memorable, if not controversial, finales in the show's history.