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* Amy obsession with trying to make Samey look bad was ultimately her downfall. Throughout the competition, she constantly hounded Samey and tried to make her life miserable, even going to the extent that she would take credit for anything she did. However, her obsession comes back to bite her as not only does she cause the team to lose after she refuses to let Samey try and take the shot to get rid of Shawn, she takes the manchineel fruit from Samey to taunt her. Unbeknownst to her, the poison from the fruit causes her throat to swell up and leave her unable to speak, allowing Samey to get her eliminated in her place.

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* Amy Amy's obsession with trying to make Samey look bad was ultimately her downfall. Throughout the competition, she constantly hounded Samey and tried to make her life miserable, even going to the extent that she would take credit for anything she did. However, her obsession comes back to bite her as not only does she cause the team to lose after she refuses to let Samey try and take the shot to get rid of Shawn, she takes the manchineel fruit from Samey to taunt her. Unbeknownst to her, the poison from the fruit causes her throat to swell up and leave her unable to speak, allowing Samey to get her eliminated in her place.



* Leonard takes his [=LARPing=] [[SeriousBusiness so seriously]] that he [[CannotTellFictionFromReality deluded himself into thinking he's a wizard with real magic powers]], not helped by his teammates humoring him and going along with his outlandish ideas when they should know better. He was [[TheLoad the reason]] why his team lost the first two episodes from convincing them to build a "wizard's tower" as shelter, which immediately collapsed from a moose stampede, then cast spells (Which obviously wasn't working) instead of doing the challenge. It was telling that after his elimination, Team Maskwak proceeded to have a winning streak lasting all the way until the merge.

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* Leonard takes his [=LARPing=] [[SeriousBusiness so seriously]] that he [[CannotTellFictionFromReality deluded himself into thinking he's a wizard with real magic powers]], not helped by his teammates humoring him and going along with his outlandish ideas when they should know better. He was [[TheLoad the reason]] why his team lost the first two episodes from convincing them to build a "wizard's tower" as shelter, which immediately collapsed from a moose stampede, to then cast casting spells (Which obviously (which ''obviously'' wasn't working) instead of doing the challenge. It was telling that after his elimination, Team Maskwak proceeded to have a winning streak lasting all the way until the merge.



* Topher obsession with upstaging Chris is what ultimately results in his downfall. Throughout the season, Topher flew under the radar quite a bit aside from the odd comment on him from one of his teammates, but ultimately, Topher for a while never had much of a chance to be voted off. That was until the eighth episode, where upon making another jab at Chris's age, Chris winds up upping the difficulty out of spite for Topher by having them escort babies, and from then on, Topher continues to be a hinderance to his team by waiting for a phone call that'll allow him to take Chris's place. When he does get said call (who is later revealed to be Chris himself messing with Topher), he ends up triggering an avalanche that costs his team the win and his spot in the competition.

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* Topher Topher's obsession with upstaging Chris is what ultimately results in his downfall. Throughout the season, Topher flew under the radar quite a bit aside from the odd comment on him from one of his teammates, but ultimately, Topher for a while never had much of a chance to be voted off. That was until the eighth episode, where upon making another jab at Chris's age, Chris winds up upping the difficulty out of spite for Topher by having them escort babies, and from then on, Topher continues to be a hinderance to his team by waiting for a phone call that'll allow him to take Chris's place. When he does get said call (who is later revealed to be Chris himself messing with Topher), he ends up triggering an avalanche that costs his team the win and his spot in the competition.

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* Amy obsession with trying to make Samey look bad was ultimately her downfall. Throughout the competition, she constantly hounded Samey and tried to make her life miserable, even going to the extent that she would take credit for anything she did. However, her obsession comes back to bite her as not only does she cause the team to lose after she refuses to let Samey try and take the shot to get rid of Shawn, she takes the manchineel fruit from Samey to taunt her. Unbeknownst to her, the poison from the fruit causes her throat to swell up and leave her unable to speak, allowing Samey to get her eliminated in her place.




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* Topher obsession with upstaging Chris is what ultimately results in his downfall. Throughout the season, Topher flew under the radar quite a bit aside from the odd comment on him from one of his teammates, but ultimately, Topher for a while never had much of a chance to be voted off. That was until the eighth episode, where upon making another jab at Chris's age, Chris winds up upping the difficulty out of spite for Topher by having them escort babies, and from then on, Topher continues to be a hinderance to his team by waiting for a phone call that'll allow him to take Chris's place. When he does get said call (who is later revealed to be Chris himself messing with Topher), he ends up triggering an avalanche that costs his team the win and his spot in the competition.
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* Duncan's rebellious nature and need to prove himself as the "bad boy" made him eliminated twice which the second time had got him arrested for blowing up Chris's "cottage" and must go to "big boy prison" because of it.

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* Duncan's [[Characters/TotalDramaDuncan Duncan's]] rebellious nature and need to prove himself as the "bad boy" made him eliminated twice which the second time had got him arrested for blowing up Chris's "cottage" and must go to "big boy prison" because of it.
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* Mike keeping his Multiple Personality Disorder a secret from everyone in his debut season, especially his crush Zoey. This eventually [[SnowballLie snowballed]] when Mike struggles to keep his condition under control, making Zoey think he is leading her on with the whole Anne Maria and Vito situation and allowing Scott to exploit him in fear of him telling Zoey about it. Consequently, Zoey almost gave up on Mike until he told her the truth but was eliminated by Scott once he was done using him to which Cameron had pointed out that neither event would have happened if he had been honest and upfront about his condition from the start.

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* Mike [[Characters/TotalDramaMike Mike]] keeping his Multiple Personality Disorder a secret from everyone in his debut season, especially his crush Zoey. This eventually [[SnowballLie snowballed]] when Mike struggles to keep his condition under control, making Zoey think he is leading her on with the whole Anne Maria and Vito situation and allowing Scott to exploit him in fear of him telling Zoey about it. Consequently, Zoey almost gave up on Mike until he told her the truth but was eliminated by Scott once he was done using him to which Cameron had pointed out that neither event would have happened if he had been honest and upfront about his condition from the start.



* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, she fails at social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.

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* While Julia [[Characters/TotalDramaJulia Julia]] was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, she fails at social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
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** While Zee seems to know better about who he can trust (Best exemplified when he [[WeUsedToBeFriends doesn't interact with Ripper or Chase anymore]]), he still has [[CannotKeepASecret trouble keeping]] [[LooseLips his mouth shut]] when he's seemingly safe. In his first elimination episode, it's highly likely that if he didn't try to go with his plan to unite the campers, then not only would Bowie not ask for the revote and thus sparing Zee but also either Bowie or Priya being eliminated. The second time he is eliminated, he ends up sharing Caleb's secret, which already puts Caleb in danger of elimination, but also shares everyone else's major secrets as well, causing him to be put in the crossfire and be eliminated as a result.

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** While Zee seems to know better about who he can trust (Best exemplified when he [[WeUsedToBeFriends doesn't interact with Ripper or Chase anymore]]), he still has [[CannotKeepASecret trouble keeping]] [[LooseLips his mouth shut]] when he's seemingly safe. In his first elimination episode, it's highly likely that if he didn't try to go with his plan to unite the campers, then not only would Bowie not ask for the revote and thus sparing Zee but also either Bowie or Priya being eliminated. The second time he is eliminated, he ends up sharing Caleb's secret, which already puts Caleb in danger of elimination, but also shares everyone else's major secrets as well, causing him to be put in the crossfire and be eliminated as a result.result.
* Caleb's flaw is that he's too damn nice. His inability to be confrontational allows Julia to play him against Priya despite both him and Priya realizing exactly what she's doing. At no point is Caleb able to stand up for himself and tell Julia that their alliance is off and create a united front against her, allowing Julia to take out Damien, Raj, and ultimately Priya while Caleb only frets and watches. The finale drives the point home when Julia repeatedly invokes a WoundedGazelleGambit, and Caleb keeps falling for it no matter how many times Julia makes him pay for it.
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* [[Characters/TotalDramaAlejandro Alejandro]]'s is his narcissism. While it does work to his advantage because he can [[TheAce back up most of his boasting]], impressing the other cast members even after his [[ManipulativeBastard true nature]] is revealed, stoking his ego is a sure-fire way to lowering his guard down which Heather manages to exploit twice in a row. He also fails to consider the possibility that he might be outmatched or outwitted in any way so he's left floundering when Mal brute forces him into submission and no one is willing to listen to him anymore.
* [[Characters/TotalDramaCourtney Courtney]] has not one but three fatal flaws, all of which have cost her place in the finals and the million in one way or another:
** {{Pride}}: She expects others to follow her unquestioningly, gets dangerously angry when they don't and is constantly trying to elevate her own social status. This has led to her downfall in every season she's in.

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* [[Characters/TotalDramaAlejandro Alejandro]]'s is his narcissism. While it does work to his advantage because he can [[TheAce back up most of his boasting]], impressing the other cast members even after his [[ManipulativeBastard true nature]] is revealed, stoking stroking his ego is a sure-fire way to lowering his guard down which Heather manages to exploit twice in a row. He also fails to consider the possibility that he might be outmatched or outwitted in any way way, so he's left floundering when Mal brute forces him into submission submission, and no one is willing to listen to him anymore.
* [[Characters/TotalDramaCourtney Courtney]] has not one but three fatal flaws, all of which have cost her place in the finals and the million millions in one way or another:
** {{Pride}}: She expects others to follow her unquestioningly, gets dangerously angry when they don't don't, and is constantly trying to elevate her own social status. This has led to her downfall in every season she's in.



* Eva has an [[HairTriggerTemper explosive temper]] that sets off at the slightest of offenses and she reacts accordingly. Her anger and unstableness were directly responsible for her elimination. ''Twice''.
* For the first season, [[Characters/TotalDramaHeather Heather]]'s fatal flaw was [[DidntThinkThisThrough short-sightedness]]. She repeatedly commits actions throughout ''Island (2007)'' that not only manage to alienate everybody on her team before ultimately the entire cast for the rest of the series but are extremely reckless since it increases her risk of elimination and brings her no long-term benefits. An excellent example of this is reading Gwen's diary at the talent show which made an eternal enemy in Gwen and didn't get her team a single point, nearly getting her voted off (It's also implied that had she actually performed ballet, it would have been enough to seal a Gopher victory). The only reason she makes it so far, especially after the merge, is either someone else is removed or she gets invincibility but evidently once her luck runs out, her shortsighted decision-making finally gets her eliminated in the final three.

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* Eva has an [[HairTriggerTemper explosive temper]] that sets off at the slightest of offenses offenses, and she reacts accordingly. Her anger and unstableness were directly responsible for her elimination. ''Twice''.
* For the first season, [[Characters/TotalDramaHeather Heather]]'s fatal flaw was [[DidntThinkThisThrough short-sightedness]]. She repeatedly commits actions throughout ''Island (2007)'' that not only manage to alienate everybody on her team before ultimately the entire cast for the rest of the series but are extremely reckless since it increases they increase her risk of elimination and brings bring her no long-term benefits. An excellent example of this is reading Gwen's diary at the talent show which made an eternal enemy in Gwen and didn't get her team a single point, nearly getting her voted off (It's also implied that had she actually performed ballet, it would have been enough to seal a Gopher victory). The only reason she makes it so far, especially after the merge, is either someone else is removed or she gets invincibility but evidently once her luck runs out, her shortsighted decision-making finally gets her eliminated in the final three.



* Dawn has social ineptitude as her fatal flaw which is very much [[{{Irony}} ironic]] for a supernatural empath. Her uncanny ability to [[StealthHiBye pop up out of nowhere]] and tell them about their deepest, darkest insecurities had a tendency to unnerve her teammates and they ended up trusting [[BigBad Scott]] over her. Especially when he pinned the blame for stealing everyone's stuff on her which led directly to her elimination.

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* Dawn has social ineptitude as her fatal flaw flaw, which is very much [[{{Irony}} ironic]] for a supernatural empath. Her uncanny ability to [[StealthHiBye pop up out of nowhere]] and tell them about their deepest, darkest insecurities had a tendency to unnerve her teammates teammates, and they ended up trusting [[BigBad Scott]] over her. Especially when he pinned the blame for stealing everyone's stuff on her her, which led directly to her elimination.



* Mike keeping his Multiple Personality Disorder a secret from everyone in his debut season, especially his crush Zoey. This eventually [[SnowballLie snowballed]] when Mike struggles to keep his condition under control, making Zoey think he is leading her on with the whole Anne Maria and Vito situation and allowing Scott to exploit him in fear of him telling Zoey about it. Consequently, Zoey almost gave up on Mike until he told her the truth but was eliminated by Scott once he was done using him to which Cameron had pointed out that neither event would have happened if he was honest and upfront about his condition from the start.
* Staci [[MotorMouth constantly rambles on and on and on]] about her ancestors' [[BlatantLies supposed achievements]] since her lack of social awareness keeps her from realising that no one cares and instead is annoying her teammates. It's no wonder she was destined to be the season's first boot from getting on everyone's nerves.

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* Mike keeping his Multiple Personality Disorder a secret from everyone in his debut season, especially his crush Zoey. This eventually [[SnowballLie snowballed]] when Mike struggles to keep his condition under control, making Zoey think he is leading her on with the whole Anne Maria and Vito situation and allowing Scott to exploit him in fear of him telling Zoey about it. Consequently, Zoey almost gave up on Mike until he told her the truth but was eliminated by Scott once he was done using him to which Cameron had pointed out that neither event would have happened if he was had been honest and upfront about his condition from the start.
* Staci [[MotorMouth constantly rambles on and on and on]] about her ancestors' [[BlatantLies supposed achievements]] since her lack of social awareness keeps her from realising realizing that no one cares and instead is annoying her teammates. It's no wonder she was destined to be the season's first boot from getting on everyone's nerves.



* Ella has two, her childlike naïveté and her tendency to sing at inappropriate times, the latter of which irritates Chris to no end such that he imposed a no-singing rule resulting in immediate disqualification while the former made her blissfully ignorant of Sugar's obvious hatred towards her. The combination of these flaws set up her elimination where she was put in a position that required her to sing which Sugar then ratted out to Chris, even though their team won the challenge.
* Leonard takes his [=LARPing=] [[SeriousBusiness so seriously]] that he [[CannotTellFictionFromReality deluded himself into thinking he's a wizard with real magic powers]], not helped by his teammates humoring him and going along with his outlandish ideas when they should know better. He was [[TheLoad the reason]] why his team lost the first two episodes from convincing them to build a "wizard's tower" as shelter which immediately collapse from a moose stampede then cast spells (Which obviously wasn't working) instead of doing the challenge. It was telling that after his elimination, Team Maskwak proceeded to have a winning streak lasting all the way until the merge.

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* Ella has two, her childlike naïveté and her tendency to sing at inappropriate times, the latter of which irritates Chris to no end such that he imposed imposes a no-singing rule resulting in immediate disqualification while the former made makes her blissfully ignorant of Sugar's obvious hatred towards her. The combination of these flaws set up her elimination where she was put in a position that required her to sing which Sugar then ratted out to Chris, even though their team won the challenge.
* Leonard takes his [=LARPing=] [[SeriousBusiness so seriously]] that he [[CannotTellFictionFromReality deluded himself into thinking he's a wizard with real magic powers]], not helped by his teammates humoring him and going along with his outlandish ideas when they should know better. He was [[TheLoad the reason]] why his team lost the first two episodes from convincing them to build a "wizard's tower" as shelter shelter, which immediately collapse collapsed from a moose stampede stampede, then cast spells (Which obviously wasn't working) instead of doing the challenge. It was telling that after his elimination, Team Maskwak proceeded to have a winning streak lasting all the way until the merge.



* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails at is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
* Despite MK entering with an incredibly sound strategy by watching the confessionals and staying under the radar in order to avoid putting a target on herself, her biggest flaw overall is her [[IShallTauntYou need to taunt others]] which of course puts a target on herself anyway. The first instance of this results in her barely surviving elimination over Nichelle but once she accidentally tips off Julia over her confessional scheme, Julia is able to flip the tables on her and get her eliminated.

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* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails at is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
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* Despite MK entering with an incredibly sound strategy by watching the confessionals and staying under the radar in order to avoid putting a target on herself, her biggest flaw overall is her [[IShallTauntYou need to taunt others]] others]], which of course course, puts a target on herself anyway. The first instance of this results in her barely surviving elimination over Nichelle but once she accidentally tips off Julia over her confessional scheme, Julia is able to flip the tables on her and get her eliminated.



** While Zee seems to know better who he can trust (Best exemplified when he [[WeUsedToBeFriends doesn't interact with Ripper or Chase anymore]]), he still has [[CannotKeepASecret trouble keeping]] [[LooseLips his mouth shut]] when he's seemingly safe. In his first elimination episode, it's highly likely that if he didn't try to go with his plan to unite the campers, then not only would Bowie not ask for the revote and thus sparing Zee but also either Bowie or Priya being eliminated. The second time he is eliminated, he ends up sharing Caleb's secret, which already puts Caleb in danger of elimination, but also shares everyone else's major secrets as well, causing him to be put in the crossfire and be eliminated as a result.

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** While Zee seems to know better about who he can trust (Best exemplified when he [[WeUsedToBeFriends doesn't interact with Ripper or Chase anymore]]), he still has [[CannotKeepASecret trouble keeping]] [[LooseLips his mouth shut]] when he's seemingly safe. In his first elimination episode, it's highly likely that if he didn't try to go with his plan to unite the campers, then not only would Bowie not ask for the revote and thus sparing Zee but also either Bowie or Priya being eliminated. The second time he is eliminated, he ends up sharing Caleb's secret, which already puts Caleb in danger of elimination, but also shares everyone else's major secrets as well, causing him to be put in the crossfire and be eliminated as a result.

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Unlike its three predecessor generations, except for Noah, the contestants [[BreakingOldTrends break old trends]] by learning to overcome or find workarounds for their {{Fatal Flaw}}s in their returning season so they can avoid being eliminated next time. Of course, solving their initial flaws doesn't mean another flaw can't just pop up instead.

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Unlike its three predecessor generations, except for Noah, the contestants [[BreakingOldTrends break old trends]] by learning to overcome or find workarounds for their {{Fatal Flaw}}s in their returning season so they can avoid being eliminated next time. Of course, solving their initial flaws doesn't mean another flaw can't just pop up instead. in its place.



* Zee's greatest qualities are how [[AllLovingHero kind and forgiving]] he is which lets him easily befriend anyone. However, this is also a double-edged sword in how seeing the best in even the most disliked members of the cast allows others to easily manipulate and exploit him for their own benefit due to being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.

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greatest qualities are is how [[AllLovingHero kind and forgiving]] he is which lets him easily befriend anyone. However, this is also a double-edged sword in how seeing the best in even the most disliked members of the cast allows others to easily manipulate and exploit him for their own benefit due to being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, almost killing him in two instances by his close friends nonetheless (Granted they are Ripper and Chase) and eventually was eliminated because of it.
** While Zee seems to know better who he can trust (Best exemplified when he [[WeUsedToBeFriends doesn't interact with Ripper or Chase anymore]]), he still has [[CannotKeepASecret trouble keeping]] [[LooseLips his mouth shut]] when he's seemingly safe. In his first elimination episode, it's highly likely that if he didn't try to go with his plan to unite the campers, then not only would Bowie not ask for the revote and thus sparing Zee but also either Bowie or Priya being eliminated. The second time he is eliminated, he ends up sharing Caleb's secret, which already puts Caleb in danger of elimination, but also shares everyone else's major secrets as well, causing him to be put in the crossfire and be eliminated as a result.
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* Noah has his [[BrilliantButLazy apathy]], refusing to work with his team to win and generally not caring about anyone's feelings, which, combined with his [[DeadpanSnarker sharp tongue]], led to him being voted off early on. However, unlike everyone else on the show, he does eventually wisen up to this flaw and puts more effort into challenges and cooperating with others, having much longer runs in ''World Tour ''and ''Ridonculous Race'' as a result. Noah is the only character shown to ever work on and overcome his flaws in the series.

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* Noah has his [[BrilliantButLazy apathy]], refusing to work with his team to win and generally not caring about anyone's feelings, which, which combined with his [[DeadpanSnarker sharp tongue]], led to him being voted off early on. However, unlike everyone else on the show, he does eventually wisen up to this flaw and puts a lot more effort into challenges and cooperating with others, having much longer runs in ''World Tour ''and ''Ridonculous Race'' as a result. Thus, Noah is notably the only character contestant of the first three generations to have ever shown to ever work working on and overcome overcoming his flaws in the series.
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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, does have one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he can't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he himself admits upon unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya over [[TheLoad Millie]] in the season finale after she insinuated that he's just afraid of facing her, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.
* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails at is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.

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Unlike its three predecessor generations, except for Noah, the contestants [[BreakingOldTrends break old trends]] by learning to overcome or find workarounds for their {[Fatal Flaw}}s in their returning season so they can avoid being eliminated next time. Of course, solving their initial flaws doesn't mean another flaw can't just pop up instead.
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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, does have one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he can't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he himself admits upon unintentionally pushed pushing Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya over [[TheLoad Millie]] in the season finale after she insinuated that he's just afraid of facing her, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.
* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails at is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
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* Noah has his [[BrilliantButLazy apathy]], refusing to work with his team to win and generally not caring about anyone's feelings which, combined with his [[DeadpanSnarker sharp tongue]], led to him being voted off early on. He does eventually wisen up to this and puts more effort into challenges and cooperating with others, having much longer runs in ''World Tour ''and ''Ridonculous Race'' as a result.

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* Noah has his [[BrilliantButLazy apathy]], refusing to work with his team to win and generally not caring about anyone's feelings feelings, which, combined with his [[DeadpanSnarker sharp tongue]], led to him being voted off early on. He However, unlike everyone else on the show, he does eventually wisen up to this flaw and puts more effort into challenges and cooperating with others, having much longer runs in ''World Tour ''and ''Ridonculous Race'' as a result.
result. Noah is the only character shown to ever work on and overcome his flaws in the series.
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* DJ's flaw is his [[LovableCoward cowardice]]. He let his fears get the better of him in ''Island (2007)'' and ''World Tour'' and was disqualified both times as a result.

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Whether a contestant does well in ''Total Drama'' or not, almost everyone has one or multiple glaring {{Fatal Flaw}}s which usually and eventually does them in with some even [[FlawExploitation using it to their advantage]].

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* {{Pride}} is a prevalent fatal flaw in Total Drama:
** Heather and Jo refuse to play nice because of it, causing most of their peers to dislike both and costing them potential allies down the road.
** Lightning frequently makes bad decisions because of his arrogance which turns his team against him in ''All-Stars''.
** There’s Justin who has the tendency of limiting his participation to avoid ruining his appearance.
** Topher thinks he has what it takes to usurp Chris's role as host and royally screws over his team and himself when he's easily tricked into thinking he got the job in his elimination episode.
** While not her biggest flaw, it was the one that got Sugar the boot in the end upon overestimating and overinflating her pageant queen skills in a talent show challenge.



* Duncan's rebellious nature and need to prove himself as the "bad boy" made him eliminated twice which the second time had got him arrested for blowing up Chris's "cottage" and must go to "big boy prison" because of it.



* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, does have one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he can't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he admits himself that went too far in doing after witnessing the way he unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya over [[TheLoad Millie]] in the season finale after she insinuated he's just afraid of facing her, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.

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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, does have one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he can't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he admits himself that went too far in doing after witnessing the way he admits upon unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya over [[TheLoad Millie]] in the season finale after she insinuated that he's just afraid of facing her, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.

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* Ella has two, her childlike naïveté and her tendency to sing at inappropriate times, the latter of which irritates Chris to no end such that he imposed a no-singing rule resulting in immediate disqualification while the former made her blissfully ignorant of Sugar's obvious hatred towards her. The combination of these flaws set up her elimination where she was put in a position that required her to sing which Sugar then ratted out to Chris, even though their team won the challenge.



* Ella has two, her childlike naïveté and her tendency to sing at inappropriate times, the latter of which irritates Chris to no end such that he imposed a no-singing rule resulting in immediate disqualification while the former made her blissfully ignorant of Sugar's obvious hatred towards her. The combination of these flaws set up her elimination where she was put in a position that required her to sing which Sugar then ratted out to Chris, even though their team won the challenge.

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* Ella has two, her childlike naïveté and her tendency to sing at inappropriate times, Max spends the latter entirety of which irritates ''Total Drama'' either [[BigBadWannabe failing at being evil]] or [[EvilGloating declaring himself as such]]. This only cultivated in Chris to no end such that he imposed a no-singing rule resulting in immediate disqualification while immediately eliminating him on the former made her blissfully ignorant spot alongside Scarlett since he is sick and tired of Sugar's obvious hatred towards her. The combination of these flaws set up her elimination where she was put in a position that required her to sing which Sugar then ratted out to Chris, even though their team won dealing with the challenge.
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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, does have one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he couldn't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he admits himself that went too far in doing after witnessing the way he unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya over [[TheLoad Millie]] in the season finale after she insinuated he's just afraid of facing her, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.
* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
* Despite MK entering with an incredibly sound strategy by watching the confessionals and staying under the radar in order to avoid putting a target on herself, her biggest flaw overall is her [[IShallTauntYou need to taunt others]] which of course puts a target on herself anyway. The first instance of this results in her barely surviving elimination over Nichelle but once she accidentally tips off Julia over her confessional scheme, Julia is able to flip the tables on her and get her eliminated.

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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, does have one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he couldn't can't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he admits himself that went too far in doing after witnessing the way he unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya over [[TheLoad Millie]] in the season finale after she insinuated he's just afraid of facing her, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.
* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails at is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
* Despite MK entering with an incredibly sound strategy by watching the confessionals and staying under the radar in order to avoid putting a target on herself, her biggest flaw overall is her [[IShallTauntYou need to taunt others]] which of course puts a target on herself anyway. The first instance of this results in her barely surviving elimination over Nichelle but once she accidentally tips off Julia over her confessional scheme, Julia is able to flip the tables on her and get her eliminated.eliminated.
* Zee's greatest qualities are how [[AllLovingHero kind and forgiving]] he is which lets him easily befriend anyone. However, this is also a double-edged sword in how seeing the best in even the most disliked members of the cast allows others to easily manipulate and exploit him for their own benefit due to being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter.
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* Mike keeping his Multiple Personality Disorder a secret from everyone in his debut season, especially his crush Zoey. This eventually [[SnowballLie snowballed]] when Mike struggles to keep his condition under control, making Zoey think he is leading her on with the whole Anne Maria and Vito situation and allowing Scott to exploit him in fear of him telling Zoey about it. Consequently, Zoey almost gave up on Mike until he told her the truth but was eliminated by Scott once he was done using him to which Cameron had pointed out that neither event would have happened if he was honest and upfront about his condition from the start.
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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, has one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he couldn't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he admits himself that went too far in doing after witnessing the way he unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya in the game in Magma Cum Laude, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.
* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured (although Ripper was also a potential pick). Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.

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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, has does have one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he couldn't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he admits himself that went too far in doing after witnessing the way he unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya over [[TheLoad Millie]] in the game in Magma Cum Laude, the season finale after she insinuated he's just afraid of facing her, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.
* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured (although Ripper was also a potential pick).injured. Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
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* Bowie, despite all his attempts at being cautious, has one fatal flaw: his arrogance. After he successfully defeats Julia in Paddle Field Earth, he couldn't resist taunting her. He takes it a step too far and mocks Julia's followers, something he admits himself that went too far in doing after witnessing the way he unintentionally pushed Julia's BerserkButton. Bowie's inability to drop his pride is also what kept Priya in the game in Magma Cum Laude, costing him dearly in Priya's ending.
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* While [[Characters/TotalDramaJulia Julia]] was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured (although Ripper was also a potential pick). Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.

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* While [[Characters/TotalDramaJulia Julia]] Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured (although Ripper was also a potential pick). Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
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* Alejandro's is his narcissism. While it does work to his advantage because he can [[TheAce back up most of his boasting]], impressing the other cast members even after his [[ManipulativeBastard true nature]] is revealed, stoking his ego is a sure-fire way to lowering his guard down which Heather manages to exploit twice in a row. He also fails to consider the possibility that he might be outmatched or outwitted in any way so he's left floundering when Mal brute forces him into submission and no one is willing to listen to him anymore.
* Courtney has not one but three fatal flaws, all of which have cost her place in the finals and the million in one way or another:

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* Alejandro's [[Characters/TotalDramaAlejandro Alejandro]]'s is his narcissism. While it does work to his advantage because he can [[TheAce back up most of his boasting]], impressing the other cast members even after his [[ManipulativeBastard true nature]] is revealed, stoking his ego is a sure-fire way to lowering his guard down which Heather manages to exploit twice in a row. He also fails to consider the possibility that he might be outmatched or outwitted in any way so he's left floundering when Mal brute forces him into submission and no one is willing to listen to him anymore.
* Courtney [[Characters/TotalDramaCourtney Courtney]] has not one but three fatal flaws, all of which have cost her place in the finals and the million in one way or another:



* For the first season, Heather's fatal flaw was [[DidntThinkThisThrough short-sightedness]]. She repeatedly commits actions throughout ''Island (2007)'' that not only manage to alienate everybody on her team before ultimately the entire cast for the rest of the series but are extremely reckless since it increases her risk of elimination and brings her no long-term benefits. An excellent example of this is reading Gwen's diary at the talent show which made an eternal enemy in Gwen and didn't get her team a single point, nearly getting her voted off (It's also implied that had she actually performed ballet, it would have been enough to seal a Gopher victory). The only reason she makes it so far, especially after the merge, is either someone else is removed or she gets invincibility but evidently once her luck runs out, her shortsighted decision-making finally gets her eliminated in the final three.

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* For the first season, Heather's [[Characters/TotalDramaHeather Heather]]'s fatal flaw was [[DidntThinkThisThrough short-sightedness]]. She repeatedly commits actions throughout ''Island (2007)'' that not only manage to alienate everybody on her team before ultimately the entire cast for the rest of the series but are extremely reckless since it increases her risk of elimination and brings her no long-term benefits. An excellent example of this is reading Gwen's diary at the talent show which made an eternal enemy in Gwen and didn't get her team a single point, nearly getting her voted off (It's also implied that had she actually performed ballet, it would have been enough to seal a Gopher victory). The only reason she makes it so far, especially after the merge, is either someone else is removed or she gets invincibility but evidently once her luck runs out, her shortsighted decision-making finally gets her eliminated in the final three.



* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured (although Ripper was also a potential pick). Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.

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* While Julia [[Characters/TotalDramaJulia Julia]] was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured (although Ripper was also a potential pick). Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
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* Jo is a very capable competitor on the island but her biggest flaw was easily her lack of foresight, culminating in her elimination both times. The first time in ''Revenge'' she clearly didn't expect Cameron to betray her when she had been mistreating him all season and then the second time in ''All-Stars'', she manages to eliminate Lightning in the belief that he was her biggest threat, only to forget that he was also the closest person she had to an ally which of course resulted in Jo gradually having the rest of the team turn on her.
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!!First Generation
* Alejandro's is his narcissism. While it does work to his advantage because he can [[TheAce back up most of his boasting]], impressing the other cast members even after his [[ManipulativeBastard true nature]] is revealed, stoking his ego is a sure-fire way to lowering his guard down which Heather manages to exploit twice in a row. He also fails to consider the possibility that he might be outmatched or outwitted in any way so he's left floundering when Mal brute forces him into submission and no one is willing to listen to him anymore.
* Courtney has not one but three fatal flaws, all of which have cost her place in the finals and the million in one way or another:
** {{Pride}}: She expects others to follow her unquestioningly, gets dangerously angry when they don't and is constantly trying to elevate her own social status. This has led to her downfall in every season she's in.
** {{Control|Freak}}: The reason Courtney has never made it to the final two despite being such an effective competitor is that winning is so important to her that she views other contestants as tools or pawns to further her own goals, rather than people. Unfortunately for her, she can't stop her "pawns" from using the show's most crucial weapon against her: the voting booth (and unlike Heather, she doesn't know how to manipulate people ''out'' of using it against her). Her own desire to win ultimately sealed her fate in All-Stars.
** {{Greed}}: Whenever Courtney has a choice between another person or the prize money, she will always choose the latter no matter how important that person is to her (As Duncan, Gwen, and Scott can attest to). Unsurprisingly, this aspect of her became the final nail in the coffin for all of her relationships, both romantic and platonic.
* Eva has an [[HairTriggerTemper explosive temper]] that sets off at the slightest of offenses and she reacts accordingly. Her anger and unstableness were directly responsible for her elimination. ''Twice''.
* For the first season, Heather's fatal flaw was [[DidntThinkThisThrough short-sightedness]]. She repeatedly commits actions throughout ''Island (2007)'' that not only manage to alienate everybody on her team before ultimately the entire cast for the rest of the series but are extremely reckless since it increases her risk of elimination and brings her no long-term benefits. An excellent example of this is reading Gwen's diary at the talent show which made an eternal enemy in Gwen and didn't get her team a single point, nearly getting her voted off (It's also implied that had she actually performed ballet, it would have been enough to seal a Gopher victory). The only reason she makes it so far, especially after the merge, is either someone else is removed or she gets invincibility but evidently once her luck runs out, her shortsighted decision-making finally gets her eliminated in the final three.
* Noah has his [[BrilliantButLazy apathy]], refusing to work with his team to win and generally not caring about anyone's feelings which, combined with his [[DeadpanSnarker sharp tongue]], led to him being voted off early on. He does eventually wisen up to this and puts more effort into challenges and cooperating with others, having much longer runs in ''World Tour ''and ''Ridonculous Race'' as a result.

!!Second Generation
* Dawn has social ineptitude as her fatal flaw which is very much [[{{Irony}} ironic]] for a supernatural empath. Her uncanny ability to [[StealthHiBye pop up out of nowhere]] and tell them about their deepest, darkest insecurities had a tendency to unnerve her teammates and they ended up trusting [[BigBad Scott]] over her. Especially when he pinned the blame for stealing everyone's stuff on her which led directly to her elimination.
* Staci [[MotorMouth constantly rambles on and on and on]] about her ancestors' [[BlatantLies supposed achievements]] since her lack of social awareness keeps her from realising that no one cares and instead is annoying her teammates. It's no wonder she was destined to be the season's first boot from getting on everyone's nerves.

!!Third Generation
* Beardo, like the previous generation's first booter [[JokeCharacter Staci]], annoys his teammates with his sound effects rather than helping out in the challenge to the point he was eliminated over Leonard whose idea made the team lose in the first place.
* Leonard takes his [=LARPing=] [[SeriousBusiness so seriously]] that he [[CannotTellFictionFromReality deluded himself into thinking he's a wizard with real magic powers]], not helped by his teammates humoring him and going along with his outlandish ideas when they should know better. He was [[TheLoad the reason]] why his team lost the first two episodes from convincing them to build a "wizard's tower" as shelter which immediately collapse from a moose stampede then cast spells (Which obviously wasn't working) instead of doing the challenge. It was telling that after his elimination, Team Maskwak proceeded to have a winning streak lasting all the way until the merge.
* Ella has two, her childlike naïveté and her tendency to sing at inappropriate times, the latter of which irritates Chris to no end such that he imposed a no-singing rule resulting in immediate disqualification while the former made her blissfully ignorant of Sugar's obvious hatred towards her. The combination of these flaws set up her elimination where she was put in a position that required her to sing which Sugar then ratted out to Chris, even though their team won the challenge.

!!Fourth Generation
* While Julia was incredibly strong in challenges, even rivaling Priya and Bowie, where she fails is social manipulation (despite the fact she's a ''social media influencer''). Her first attempt at it has everything backfired on her, with Chase and Emma getting back together, and it was legitimately possible she would've gone home had Raj and Wayne not been injured (although Ripper was also a potential pick). Not helping was her {{Jerkass}} attitude that quickly alienated her from having any real allies which eventually came back to haunt her as she was forced to put her trust in the far more strategic and sneakier Bowie, culminating in him backstabbing and eliminating Julia in the final four.
* Despite MK entering with an incredibly sound strategy by watching the confessionals and staying under the radar in order to avoid putting a target on herself, her biggest flaw overall is her [[IShallTauntYou need to taunt others]] which of course puts a target on herself anyway. The first instance of this results in her barely surviving elimination over Nichelle but once she accidentally tips off Julia over her confessional scheme, Julia is able to flip the tables on her and get her eliminated.

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