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* TemptingFate: In leg 3, Will pointed out that they didn't want to U-Turn someone in front of them. Wouldn't you know it, as soon as they hit the U-Turn, they targeted Rob & Kelley, who had already U-Turned them.

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* TemptingFate: In leg 3, Will pointed out that they didn't want to U-Turn someone in front of them. Wouldn't you know it, as soon as they hit the U-Turn, they targeted Rob & Kelley, who had already U-Turned them. Luckily it didn't cost them.
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* RealityShowGenreBlindness: Josh talked about how there were the [[ThisIsACompetition "serious" teams]], and then there were the teams just trying to do their best. Then said that, more often than not, the teams who are great people end up winning.

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* RealityShowGenreBlindness: Josh talked about how there were the [[ThisIsACompetition "serious" teams]], and then there were the teams just trying to do their best. Then said that, more often than not, the teams who are great people end up winning. Except that the last "non-serious" team to win was [[Characters/TheAmazingRace12 T.K. & Rachel back in Season 12]]. Even teams like [[Characters/TheAmazingRace16 Dan & Jordan]] (who spent most of their time in the middle of the pack) and [[Characters/TheAmazingRace17 Nat & Kat]] (who are the nicest team to ever run the Race) still established themselves as "serious" teams early on.

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* LonersAreFreaks: The other teams are kind of off put by the way they always keep to themselves.



* RealityShowGenreBlindness: Gary slows down every time he thinks they're behind, seemingly blind to the fact that anything can happen on the race. Not only that, in leg 2, Will seemed to forget how the U-Turn worked, and started looking for it at the first route marker, before they had even done the Detour.
* SurpriseDifficulty: [[{{In-Universe}} Discussed]] at the beginning of the third leg.
* TemptingFate: In leg 3, Will pointed out that they didn't want to U-Turn someone in front of them. Wouldn't you know it, as soon as they hit the U-Turn, they targeted Rob & Kelley, who had already U-Turned them.



* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: When racing to avoid elimination in the third leg, Natalie stopped to check out their picture in the Double Blind U-Turn, and Nadiya had to yell at her to get her moving again.



* SpotlightStealingSquad



* RealityShowGenreBlindness: Josh talked about how there were the [[ThisIsACompetition "serious" teams]], and then there were the teams just trying to do their best. Then said that, more often than not, the teams who are great people end up winning.




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* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Trey had an American flag bandanna.

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!!Caitlin King & Brittany Fletcher

Friends.

* MsFanservice
* OutOfFocus: They've had almost no airtime through two legs.



Substitute teachers and friends, huge fans of the Race who applied seven times before they were selected for Season 21.

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Substitute teachers and friends, huge fans of the Race who applied seven times before they were selected for Season 21.
21. All their years watching the Race did not translate to actual skills, as they struggled right off the bat.


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* BornLucky: Got saved from elimination on both the second and third legs by drivers getting another team lost.


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!!Caitlin King & Brittany Fletcher

Friends, they would fall in the third leg when their pedicab driver got lost looking for both the U-Turn and the Pit Stop.

* MsFanservice
* OutOfFocus
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Rob French.

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* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Rob French.French.
* SoreLoser: In post-race interviews, they accused Gary & Will of playing unethically by breaking their alliance.
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* BornUnlucky: The ''entire'' blame of their elimination can be put on their cab driver.

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* BornUnlucky: The Almost the ''entire'' blame of for their elimination can be put on their cab driver.
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* FailedASpotCheck: In their own words, they passed the woman with an abacus "at least twenty times," dropping them from 3rd to 10th in the process. At one point they even followed Caitlin & Brittany to the Pit Stop without getting their clue first.

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* FailedASpotCheck: In their own words, they passed the woman with an abacus "at least twenty in the first leg "twenty times," dropping them from 3rd to 10th in the process. At one point they even followed Caitlin & Brittany to the Pit Stop without getting their clue first.
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* RealityShowGenreBlindness: In leg two, they were the only team to jump on the first flight out of Shanghai to Indonesia, which is becasue they didn't check arrival times, and therefore didn't know about the four hour layover in Hong Kong which put them in last place. Luckily, an overnight equalizer caught them up to the other teams.

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* RealityShowGenreBlindness: In leg two, they were the only team to jump on the first flight out of Shanghai to Indonesia, which is becasue because they didn't check arrival times, and therefore didn't know about the four hour layover in Hong Kong which put them in last place. Luckily, an overnight equalizer caught them up to the other teams.
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* {{Glomp}}: Natalie did this to the young ping pong player in the first leg when she finally scored a point on her. Nadiya did it to Phil when they won the the second leg. Of course, this was after the fish stall task, meaning the were soaked in fish juices.

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* {{Glomp}}: Natalie did this to the young ping pong player in the first leg when she finally scored a point on her. Nadiya picked up the judge at the Detour on the second leg, and then did it to Phil when they won the the second leg. Of course, this was after the fish stall task, meaning the were she was soaked in fish juices.
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-->'''Nadiya''': But because it's ''The Amazing Race'' and know the challenge wouldn't be "down thirty bottles of tequila," I went with it.

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-->'''Nadiya''': But because it's ''The Amazing Race'' and we know the challenge wouldn't be "down thirty bottles of tequila," I went with it.

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* OutOfFocus: They've had almost no airtime through two legs.


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Twins and the only family team on the season, Were born in New York before moving to Sri Lanka when they were 3.

* {{Glomp}}: Natalie did this to the young ping pong player in the first leg when she finally scored a point on her.

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Twins and the only family team on the season, Were were born in New York before moving to Sri Lanka when they were 3.

* GenreSavvy: Heading into the second leg Roadblock, given the clue "Who likes to party?", they immediately point out the misleading nature of the clue (the Roadblock involved peddling a children's ride while making balloon animals), and how they didn't make their decision based on the clue. They apparently made the right choice, as they jumped from 6th to 3rd on their way to winning the leg and Express Pass.
-->'''Natalie''': If they were referring to real partying, I would have said me.
-->'''Nadiya''': But because it's ''The Amazing Race'' and know the challenge wouldn't be "down thirty bottles of tequila," I went with it.
* {{Glomp}}: Natalie did this to the young ping pong player in the first leg when she finally scored a point on her. Nadiya did it to Phil when they won the the second leg. Of course, this was after the fish stall task, meaning the were soaked in fish juices.
-->'''Phil''': Thank you for sharing your smell with me.



* IncrediblyLamePun: When preparing for the bull races in leg 2, they had this exchange:
-->'''Brent''': We have been dieting, so hopefully it won’t take much horsepower to beat that bull.
-->'''Josh''': Or cow power.
-->*Cut to cow giving a groan-like moo*




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* RealityShowGenreBlindness: In leg two, they were the only team to jump on the first flight out of Shanghai to Indonesia, which is becasue they didn't check arrival times, and therefore didn't know about the four hour layover in Hong Kong which put them in last place. Luckily, an overnight equalizer caught them up to the other teams.

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!!Amy Purdy & Daniel Gale

Double amputee and competitive snowboarder and her on and off boyfriend.

* HonorBeforeReason: Lost their chance at the two million dollars because they told Abbie & Ryan where the woman with the abacus was, and were passed up in a footrace to the Pit Stop.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Due to Neisseria meningitis, Amy lost both her legs, her spleen, kidney, and the hearing in her right ear.


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!!Amy Purdy & Daniel Gale

Double amputee and competitive snowboarder and her on and off boyfriend. They started off strong, finishing 2nd in the first leg, and coming out of the Roadblock in 2nd on the second leg, but then their cab driver got them dreadfully lost looking for Wijaya Motor, putting them out in 10th.

* BornUnlucky: The ''entire'' blame of their elimination can be put on their cab driver.
* HonorBeforeReason: Lost their chance at the two million dollars because they told Abbie & Ryan where the woman with the abacus was, and were passed up in a footrace to the Pit Stop.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Due to Neisseria meningitis, Amy lost both her legs, her spleen, kidney, and the hearing in her right ear.
* NiceGuysFinishLast: Or second-to-last. Not to mention costing themselves the first leg win due to their niceness.
* ShockingElimination: Mostly because they went from first to last so suddenly.
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* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read the Freaking Clue]]: Rob picked up his mango during the Hasma Roadblock, forcing him to do the whole task a second time.

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* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read the Freaking Clue]]: Rob picked up his mango papaya during the Hasma Roadblock, forcing him to do the whole task a second time.
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* {{Glomp}}: Natalie did this to the young ping pong player in the first leg when she finally scored a point on him.

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* {{Glomp}}: Natalie did this to the young ping pong player in the first leg when she finally scored a point on him.her.
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* TwinSwitch: Used to do this with tests and braking up with boyfriends.

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* TwinSwitch: Used to do this with tests and braking breaking up with boyfriends.



Dating Divorcees, Ryan finished 4th on ''Series/TheApprentice: Martha Stewart''. The finished st in the first leg, making them the team with the chance to double their money.

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Dating Divorcees, Ryan finished 4th on ''Series/TheApprentice: Martha Stewart''. The finished st 1st in the first leg, making them the team with the chance to double their money.



* FailedASpotCheck: Passed right by the woman with the abacus the when they first hit the Bund, costing them valuable time that could have kept them in the race.

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* FailedASpotCheck: Passed right by the woman with the abacus the when they first hit the Bund, costing them valuable time that could have kept them in the race.
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* FanDisservice: Jaymes {{In-Universe}} suring the Hasma Roadblock. He spilled some of his frog fallopian tubes on the table, and the restaurant's patrons were shown looking disgusted as he sucked it up off the table.

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* FanDisservice: Jaymes {{In-Universe}} suring during the Hasma Roadblock. He spilled some of his frog fallopian tubes on the table, and the restaurant's patrons were shown looking disgusted as he sucked it up off the table.
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* FailedASpotCheck: In their own words, they passed the woman with an abacus "at least twenty times," dropping them from 3rd to 10th in the process. At one point they even followed Caitlin & Brittany to the Pit Stop.

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* FailedASpotCheck: In their own words, they passed the woman with an abacus "at least twenty times," dropping them from 3rd to 10th in the process. At one point they even followed Caitlin & Brittany to the Pit Stop.Stop without getting their clue first.

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* HonorBeforeReason: Lost their chance at the two million dollars because they told Abbie & Ryan where the woman with the abacus was, and were passed up in a footrace to the Pit Stop.



!!Jaymes Vaughan & James Davis

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!!Jaymes Vaughan & James Davis
Davis (''The Chippendales'')



* ReadTheFreakingClue

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* ReadTheFreakingClue
[[ReadTheFreakingManual Read the Freaking Clue]]: Rob picked up his mango during the Hasma Roadblock, forcing him to do the whole task a second time.

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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Like with [[Characters/TheAmazingRace15 the Globetrotters]], they brought their collars and cuffs along with them in case they needed an advantage with the locals.
* FailedASpotCheck: In their own words, they passed the woman with an abacus "at least twenty times," dropping them from 3rd to 10th in the process. At one point they even followed Caitlin & Brittany to the Pit Stop.
* FanDisservice: Jaymes {{In-Universe}} suring the Hasma Roadblock. He spilled some of his frog fallopian tubes on the table, and the restaurant's patrons were shown looking disgusted as he sucked it up off the table.



* FailedASpotCheck: Dropped from 1st to 6th on leg 1 after passing right by the woman with the abacus.



* InfectiousEnthusiasm: Natalie pumped up the crowd during the Hasma Roadblock with her Bollywood style dance.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Josh, during the Hasma Roadblock:
--> I never pictured you eating fallopian tubes.



* CallBack: Abbie's, "Tastes like two million bucks," line during the Hasma Roadblock, calling back to [[Characters/TheAmazingRace17 Kat's]] famous, "Tastes like a million dollars" line.




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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged

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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged
InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Due to Neisseria meningitis, Amy lost both her legs, her spleen, kidney, and the hearing in her right ear.



* BigGuyLittleGuy: Will doesn't even come up to Gary's shoulders.

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* BigGuyLittleGuy: Will (5'1") doesn't even come up to Gary's (6'6") shoulders.
* PromotedFanboy
* [[ThisIsACompetition This Is a Race]]: To justify sending Jaymes & James the wrong way in leg 1. They had seen enough seasons to know not to help the alpha male team when they're struggling.



* {{Glomp}}: Natalie did this to the young ping pong player in the first leg when she finally scored a point on him.




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* TwinSwitch: Used to do this with tests and braking up with boyfriends.



* GenreSavvy: Immediately saw Amy as a threat. Knowing the history of InspirationallyDisadvantaged teams on the Race, it would have been stupid not to.



* DownToTheLastPlay: Only the second time the first team was eliminated via a footrace (The other team being [[Characters/TheAmazingRace7 Chuck & Ryan]]).

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* DownToTheLastPlay: Only the second third time the first team was eliminated via a footrace (The other team teams being [[Characters/TheAmazingRace7 Chuck & Ryan]]).Ryan in Season 7]] and [[Characters/TheAmazingRace14 Preston & Jennifer in Season 14]]... I'm sensing a pattern here).

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Substitute teachers and friends.

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Substitute teachers and friends.
friends, huge fans of the Race who applied seven times before they were selected for Season 21.



Twins and the only family team on the season.

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Twins and the only family team on the season.
season, Were born in New York before moving to Sri Lanka when they were 3.



Dating Divorcees, Ryan finished 4th on ''Series/TheApprentice: Martha Stewart''.

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Dating Divorcees, Ryan finished 4th on ''Series/TheApprentice: Martha Stewart''.
Stewart''. The finished st in the first leg, making them the team with the chance to double their money.



!!Trey Wier & Alexis "Lexi" Beerman

Former college football player and his former cheerleader girlfriend.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl



Engaged lumberjacks.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Rob French.

!!Trey Wier & Alexis "Lexi" Beerman

Former college football player and his girlfriend.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl

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Engaged lumberjacks.

lumberjack and former marketing executive. They got stuck on the second flight on the first leg, then got bad directions to the Bund. They were the tenth team to find the final clue, but got passed up by Jaymes & James during the footrace to the Pit Stop, getting eliminated by 15 seconds.

* DownToTheLastPlay: Only the second time the first team was eliminated via a footrace (The other team being [[Characters/TheAmazingRace7 Chuck & Ryan]]).
* FailedASpotCheck: Passed right by the woman with the abacus the when they first hit the Bund, costing them valuable time that could have kept them in the race.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Rob French.

!!Trey Wier & Alexis "Lexi" Beerman

Former college football player and his girlfriend.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl
French.
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Dating Divorcees.

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Dating Divorcees.
Divorcees, Ryan finished 4th on ''Series/TheApprentice: Martha Stewart''.
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* IronicNickname: A long-haired rocker type who goes by {{Abba}}

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* IronicNickname: A long-haired rocker type who goes by {{Abba}}{{Abba}}.




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* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Rob Scheer.


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* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Rob French.
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl



Former college football player and his girlfriend.

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Former college football player and his girlfriend.girlfriend.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl

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\nFriends.

* MsFanservice



!!Natalie Anderson & Nadiya Anderson

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Substitute teachers and friends.

* BigGuyLittleGuy: Will doesn't even come up to Gary's shoulders.

!!Natalie Anderson & Nadiya Anderson
Anderson

Twins and the only family team on the season.

* SiblingTeam
* ThemeTwinNaming



Life Partners and Goat Farmers, the stars of the reality show ''The Fabulous Beekman Boys''

* StuntCasting



Dating Divorcees.



Married monster truck drivers.



!!Trey Wier & Alexis "Lexi" Beerman

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Engaged lumberjacks.

!!Trey Wier & Alexis "Lexi" BeermanBeerman

Former college football player and his girlfriend.

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Double amputee and competitive snowboarder and her on and off boyfriend.

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged



!!James LoMenzo & Mark "Abba" Abbattista

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Chippendale dancers and friends.

* MrFanservice
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with James [=LoMenzo=] and each other.
* StuntCasting

!!James LoMenzo [=LoMenzo=] & Mark "Abba" Abbattista
Abbattista

Metal Bassist and his attorney friend. James has played with White Lion and {{Megadeth}}.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Abba is a lawyer who just happens to dress and act like the musicians he represents.
* IronicNickname: A long-haired rocker type who goes by {{Abba}}
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Jaymes & James.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* StuntCasting


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The 21st Season of the Race, the first to offer a prize of $2 million to the team who wins the first leg if they go on to win the Race.

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The 21st Season of the Race, the first to offer a prize of $2 million to the team who wins the first leg if they go on to win the Race.Race.

!!Amy Purdy & Daniel Gale

!!Jaymes Vaughan & James Davis

!!James LoMenzo & Mark "Abba" Abbattista

!!Caitlin King & Brittany Fletcher

!!Gary Wojnar & Will Chiola

!!Natalie Anderson & Nadiya Anderson

!!Josh Kilmer-Purcell & Brent Ridge

!!Abbie Ginsberg & Ryan Danz

!!Rob French & Kelley French

!!Rob Scheer & Sheila Castle

!!Trey Wier & Alexis "Lexi" Beerman
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[[caption-width-right:348:Top Row: Natalie & Nadiya, James & Abba, Rob & Sheila, Jaymes & James, Abbie & Ryan, Caitlin & Brittany. Bottom Row: Gary & Will, Trey & Lexi, Josh & Brent, Amy & Daniel, Rob & Kelley.]]

The 21st Season of the Race, the first to offer a prize of $2 million to the team who wins the first leg if they go on to win the Race.

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