History Characters / TheAmazingRaceAllStars2014

* ChekhovsHobby: Leo's mom made him do calligraphy as a kid, allowing him to breeze through the calligraphy Detour despite his tendency to be [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny easily distracted]].

** Leg 2: Their cab driver bumped them from 5th to 1st between the Detour and the Pit Stop.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Lampshaded by Jamal at the Barber of Seville Detour, noting that the younger Connor had probably never touched a razor, looking like he had yet to go through puberty yet, but still beat the hairier Jamal.

* ShockingElimination: They consistently finished at the top of the pack and even had been on a NoDamageRun until a series of mistakes and the U-Turn took them out.

* ShockingElimination: Not only were they one of the stronger returning teams, but got on the first flight as well.

* ShockingElimination: Though technically not an elimination, due to him not actually starting the race, this was the first time someone was allowed to approach the Starting Line before being replaced at the last minute.

* [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends We're Not Here To Make Friends]]: Rachel, after all the other teams started allying against them.

However, despite a number of issues, including a disappointing course that might have been too easy for returning teams, an elimination order that was much more predictable than previous All-Star seasons, and the teams mostly getting along and keeping to themselves, leading to a definite lack of {{Conflict}} in the first half of the season, the season never became quite the disaster that many fans feared. Though Season 24 was far from the series' best entry, neither was it one of the worst. The season featured some original and hilarious tasks, teams had the competitive edge that was lacking from [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceUnfinishedBusiness Unfinished Business]], and the season managed to end on a high note that had eluded the original [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars All-Stars]].

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Acknowledged by their "Brenchel" shirts.

* SitcomArchNemesis: During interviews, Rachel bashed Caroline & Jennifer for being extremely dependent on the other teams. We will never know what really happened between them (due to the fact that the show never show them interacting at all), but it definitely showed how she and Brendon did not respect Caroline & Jennifer as racers.

* SitcomArchNemesis: During interviews, Rachel bashed Caroline & Jennifer for being extremely dependent on the other teams. We will never know what really happened between them, but it definitely showed how she and Brendon did not respect Caroline & Jennifer as racers.

The loud, energetic Twinnies were back for another shot at the million. They started off strong by getting on the first flight to China, but, when they landed, they had trouble finding the designated bridal shops, negating their hour lead on the second flight. Then, the twins had a breakdown at the Ferris Wheel, and due to Joey & Meghan being able to find their clue to the Roadblock first, the twins were the first to go.

* InsaneTrollLogic: They chose their donkeys at the Donkey Run Detour based on the belief that donkeys who just pooped are faster.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jessica panicked and ask Jamal to give them the right Roman numeral, forcing a footrace with the Globetrotters (advantage: Globetrotters) instead of letting John and Flight Time race to figure it out first (advantage: John).
* HonorBeforeReason: When Rachel was falling apart at the gas station Roadblock in leg 6, John told her she was filling up the wrong tuk-tuks [[note: possibly because she had one of his, also possibly to get her to stop yelling, "Green" at the top of her lungs over and over]]. Doing this allowed Brendon & Rachel to barely make the first train. Had they missed it, it probably would have been an automatic last place, making the other six teams safe for the rest of the leg.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: They get bronze in leg wins and a consistent run in the series, but it pale against against the achievements by Dave & Connor

* NotSoDifferent: With Brenchel, on their leg wins and their rate of being mistake prone

* BornUnlucky: Then again...they had hit by bad luck at the worst times. The biggest, getting bad cab drivers at Leg 3 & Leg 12 (the former having them lost enough to take the second flight...that is 3 hours apart, the latter prize is the 1 million), and spending the last leg with the only teams that left on bad terms.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Spending four straight legs barely fending off elimination and the U-Turn feuding got them a lion share of airtime.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: In general due to their status as CBS's current SuperCouple, but spending four straight legs barely fending off elimination and the U-Turn feuding also got them a lot of airtime.

* EveryYearTheyFizzleOut: Despite being early favorites to win all three of their seasons, they lost all three times. This time, despite their mediocre performance during Unfinished Business, they were once again portrayed as some unstoppable force the other teams feared. Even though they won two legs, they never looked as dominating as they had been in Season 16[[note]]Then again, Season 16 was not a strong season to begin with[[/note]], and were ultimately once again done in by their struggles with navigation and non-physical or technically based tasks.

* OutOfFocus: They lost a lot of airtime in the second half of the season due to the drama surrounding the U-Turns.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: This was their third attempt at the Race, when there are at least a dozen teams who fans would like to see again who haven't even had a second chance. However, during the actual season they became background characters compared to the other teams.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: This was their third attempt at the Race, when there are at least a dozen teams who fans would like to see again who haven't even had a second chance. Though during the actual episodes they were fairly OutOfFocus.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jessica just had to panic and ask Jamal to give them the right Roman numeral, forcing a footrace with the Globetrotters (advantage: Globetrotters) instead of letting John and Flight Time race to figure it out first (advantage: John).
* HonorBeforeReason: When Rachel was falling apart at the gas station Roadblock in leg 6, John told her she was filling up the wrong tuk-tuks (possibly because she had one of his, also possibly to get her to stop yelling, "Green" at the top of her lungs over and over). Doing this allowed Brendon & Rachel to barely make the first train. Had they missed it, it probably would have been an automatic last place, making the other six teams safe for the rest of the leg.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: This was their third attempt at the Race, when there are at least a dozen teams who fans would like to see again who haven't even had a second chance. Though during the actual season they were not as heavily focused on as they had been in Season 14, they got a lot more focus and airtime than they had when they made it one leg further during Unfinished Business.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Meghan and John were the last two teams at the toy car Roadblock, fighting to avoid last. Meghan finished first, but instead of taking her clue and leaving, she stopped to help John. Later in the leg, Jessica & John beat them to the mat by seconds, meaning Joey & Meghan would have been eliminated if not for Mark & Mallory's meltdown.

** Leg 8: After winning Leg 7, the lack of an equalizer allowed them to keep their lead and claim their third first place, even though Jet & Cord were forced to use their Express Pass that leg and Leo & Jamal ran the leg nearly half an hour faster than them.

Having just missed out on the million on Unfinished Business, Flight Time & Big Easy were back to rectify their only two losses in their careers as Globetrotters. Notorious for being information leeches in their previous two seasons, they were put at a disadvantage amongst a group of teams who were far less willing to share information, along with a course that allowed less answer sharing during tasks. This, along along with Big Easy's increased weight causing him to struggle on any task that didn't involve pure strength or his communication skills, resulted in them being outmatched by the other teams, never rising higher than 5th place in the standings, and finishing a consistent 6th place for their last five legs. Starting Leg 8 in last place and without an equalizer to catch them up to the other teams, they got lost trying to drive from Rome to Bagnoregio, then put themselves further behind by switching Detours twice. They never saw another team following the Detour, and were eliminated in 6th place.

* ArchEnemy: With Caroline & Jennifer surprisingly. During interviews, she bashed Caroline & Jennifer for being [[http://insidepulse.com/2014/05/31/murtz-on-the-scene-exclusive-interview-with-the-amazing-race-all-stars-brendon-villegas-rachel-reilly/ extremely]] [[http://theashleysrealityroundup.com/2014/03/01/exclusive-rachel-reilly-bashes-amazing-race-competitors/ dependent]] on the other teams. We will never know what really happened between them, but it definitely showed how she and Brendon did not respect Caroline & Jennifer as racers.

** During interviews, she bashed Caroline & Jennifer for being extremely dependent on the other teams. We will never know what really happened between them, but it definitely showed how she and Brendon did not respect Caroline & Jennifer as racers.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: After spending one leg racing with the Accidental Alliance, they changed their plans to target Brendon & Rachel with the U-Turn to go after Jet & Cord instead, and in the following leg rooted for Dave & Connor's elimination, as they rather would have faced the more mistake prone Brendon & Rachel in the finale. Going back further, the {{Deleted Scene}}s show that they had a loose alliance with Brendon & Rachel before the U-Turn formed the Accidental Alliance, and after the U-Turn, Leo helped Connor at the calligraphy Roadblock, ensuring the Globetrotters' (already ensured) elimination, despite helping Flight Time & Big Easy at the Roman numeral Roadblock in the previous leg in trade for not U-Turning them down the line.

** It also extends to them somehow being the only team in this season to give a live Q&A session when the season was running (Around episode 6 to be exact), as their biggest moment at that time in that season was Jen asking the Cowboys the Express Pass when Caroline is struggling the toy car Roadblock in China.

** Hell... All of these are just child play compared to what she bring into the interview in a bad day (Murtz website), where she insanely bashed Caroline & Jennifer for being extremely dependent from the other teams. We will never know what really happened between them, but it definitely showed how She (along with Brendan) did not respect Caroline & Jennifer as racers.

* OutOfFocus: They lost a lot of airtime in the second half of the season due to the drama surrounding the U-Turns. It is also can be considered them being DemotedToExtra, as they have a lot of air time for their first two seasons.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: In general due to their status as CBS's current SuperCouple, but spending four straight legs barely fending off elimination and the U-Turn feuding also got them a lot of airtime.

* OutOfFocus: They lost a lot of airtime in the second half of the season due to the drama surrounding the U-Turns.

* MoralMyopia: In Leg 6, they had no problem telling their taxi driver to give the Globtrotters bad directions to the Pit Stop and then U-Turning the Afganimals later in Italy, yet they would not stop complaining when they were U-Turned by Brendon & Rachel in Leg 8.[[note]]Their reasoning appeared to be along the lines that they had been fighting to stay in the game when misdirecting Flight Time & Big Easy, while Brendon & Rachel hit a team who was most likely completely safe with a U-Turn in order to give them a cushion to win the leg.[[/note]]

The ''Series/BigBrother'' couple were back for another shot at the Race, now married. After suffering through an entire season's worth of whining in Season 20, Rachel started off All-Stars as a much nicer person, acting as a calming influence on both Brendon and other teams. However, this only lasted through half the season, as they U-Turned Dave & Connor to win the 8th leg, putting them at odds with the other teams once again, and their more negative traits slowly started reappearing. While they won three legs, they spent more time scraping along at the bottom of the pack than running at the front, working their way into the Final 3 on the back of several lucky breaks. This luck ran out in the finale, as the combination of a bad cab driver and missing the clue at The Mirage doomed them to 3rd place. After this, they became the first team to finish the race twice.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: They started [[Characters/TheAmazingRace20 Season 20]] with Rachel whining at the drop of a hat, and Brendon constantly getting frustrated and yelling at her. However, they became much more sympathetic when Art & J.J. and Vanessa started bullying her, tilting them back towards a {{Face}}. They then started off All-Stars being portrayed as a far nicer team than in Season 20, completing their move towards being a {{Face}}. However, the {{Heel}} portion started to creep up during Leg 7 (see AlphaBitch), and got worse in the next leg with the team U-Turning Dave & Connor, who were well liked among the other teams, to win a leg, making them target number one among other teams. Rachel's whining came back in leg 10, and they completed their move back to villain in the final leg, where they started fights with the other two Final 3 teams (with Jen & Caroline at the airport, and with Dave & Connor by shoveling sand into their hole at the digging task), and then tried to steal Jen & Caroline's cab at the Las Vegas Neon Museum Boneyard.

* JokeCharcter: With Rachel bragging and failing a task that she's supposed to be good at, their insane logic, to Rachel falling down to the ground and Brenchel misreading their clue from time to time.

* OneHourWorkWeek: Brendon was making his fourth appearance on a CBS reality show since season 20 despite working on a doctorate.

* StrategyVersusTactics: Their decision to U-Turn Dave & Connor in leg 8 reeked with short-sighted thinking, as they seemed to be the only team thinking about winning individual legs over making the Final 3. While they gain a small lead for the next leg and the $15,000 prize, they put a huge target on their backs with the other teams for U-Turning Dave & Connor when neither of them were in danger[[note]]They even said in a ConfessionCam that they expected Dave & Connor to survive the leg[[/note]], especially when the teams had been mostly congenial with each other so far, and were starving for a villain. Additionally, they left themselves defenseless when the chances were fairly high of a second U-Turn board down the road.

* ADeathInTheLimelight: Subverted, their final leg [[RedHerring looked to be setting up Brendon & Rachel's elimination,]] what with the U-Turn board and Brenchels becoming the prime target from the alliance. There was no hint that the Cowboys might be going home until Leo & Jamal hit the U-Turn mat, after which it became blatantly obvious they were going home.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: This was their third attempt at the Race, when there are at least a dozen teams who fans would like to see again who haven't even had a second chance. However, during the actual season they became side characters compared to the other teams.

* NoSenseOfDirection: They got lost during the drive from Rome to Bagnoregio ( In and interview, They claimed that they just stop too much to ensure that they are going the right way).