History WhatAnIdiot / BigBrother

* It's week 4 and there is a twist in the game that forces two people to be nominated as a duo and the eliminated houseguest will be between one of them. Daniel has been beefing with Taylor and has just won the veto while Alyssa and Indy are nominated for eviction. Daniel and Nicole hatch a plan to use the veto so that current HOH Monte can put up the duo of Nicole and Taylor in hopes of Taylor going home. Monte tells Daniel that using the veto will ensure that Taylor and Nicole go up but Nicole will go home.
'''You'd Expect:''' Daniel to listen and not use the veto.
'''Instead:''' He uses the veto on Indy and Alyssa.
'''The Result:''' Monte puts up Taylor and Nicole. Nicole is then eliminated in an 9-1 vote, with the sole dissenting vote being Daniel. The next week Daniel is eliminated with an 8-1 vote.

* Anyone who ''volunteers'' to go up on the block and be evicted; unless the attempt to knock someone out of the game via backdoor is very transparent and has the numbers behind it, and no one equipped with items that could influence the eviction chooses to interfere, it seldom works out well. Lawon, Dustin, and Pooch come to mind [[note]](Lawon did so knowing about a competition to get back in the house, nullifying his eviction; he blows the comp against earlier evictee Brendan, meaning Rachel's husband returned to the house and Lawon's eviction was rendered permanent, removing him from any further participation in that season)[[/note]].

* During the Phat Stacks coach’s challenge, Boogie is on his way to victory, having stacked all his money and just needs to hit his buzzer to win. As was clearly stated at the start of the challenge, touching the ground meant automatic disqualification.
'''You'd Expect:''' Boogie to hit his buzzer before jumping off the balance beam.
'''Instead:''' In a premature celebration, he jumps off the balance beam first.

* Anyone who ''volunteers'' to go up on the block and be evicted; unless the attempt to knock someone out of the game via backdoor is very transparent and has the numbers behind it, and no one equipped with items that could influence the eviction chooses to interfere, it seldom works out well. Lawon and Dustin come to mind [[note]](Lawon did so knowing about a competition to get back in the house, nullifying his eviction; he blows the comp against earlier evictee Brendan, meaning Rachel's husband returned to the house and Lawon's eviction was rendered permanent, removing him from any further participation in that season)[[/note]].

'''Instead:''' She deliberately targets Hannah by putting her on the block against Xavier (who is obviously safe), and gets her out. The Jury House clip shows that they were unimpressed by this, and saw the move as essentially doing the men’s dirty work. [[JerkassHasAPoint Sarah Beth]] even [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] this trope by saying “How could you drop the ball this hard?” Even worse, Tiffany and Hannah had both told Azah their (correct) suspicions that the men were working together for a Final 3, but Azah ignored them, and then seemed completely surprised when she found out that the men did in fact have an alliance together. While she manages to outlast Kyland, she is unsurprisingly defeated by Xavier in the final competitions, and then gets left in third place due to Xavier choosing Derek F over her for final two. During this same HOH, Kyland is the one who wins veto.\\

'''You'd Expect''': As only one of two women remaining against three men, and Hannah making it clear that she’s desperate for allies and would ''not'' put her up, Azah would target Kyland to keep Hannah as an ally without burning bridges with Xavier and Derek F, and then have an extra ally giving her an edge at the end of the game.\\
'''Instead:''' She puts Hannah on the block against Xavier (who is obviously safe), and gets her out. Even worse, Tiffany and Hannah had both told Azah their (correct) suspicions that the men were working together for a Final 3, but Azah ignored them, and then seemed completely surprised when she found out that the men did in fact have an alliance together. While she manages to outlast Kyland, she is unsurprisingly defeated by Xavier in the final competitions, and then gets left in third place due to Xavier choosing Derek F over her for final two. During this same HOH, Kyland is the one who wins veto.\\

* Tiffany in particular deserves special mention. She was one of the central figures in forming the "Cookout" alliance that, while controversial, formed Big Brother history in ensuring the first Black winner of this particular edition. She stated on multiple times she wanted to play for the mission, but she "Came for the $750,000". Her particular idea was to gather "Plus ones" to make people think the show was about Duos.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Tiffany would realise those "Plus ones", especially hers, were actually ''very'' good allies in that they would ''never'' put ''her'' up on the block.\\
'''You'd Also Expect''': That she might consider forming a more closer bond with other cookout members so that she will have someone else to save her or who ''wouldn't'' put her up.\\
'''Instead''': She [[TooDumbToLive votes her own allies out]] in [[HonorBeforeReason the name of her Mission]]. When the final six comes? Sure enough Derek, Xavier, and Kyland are more than happy to vote ''her'' out first - and since Tiffany doesn't have anyone who would pull her off the block (Besides Hannah), she's dropped like a hot potato, and does not even get a pity vote from Azah.\\
'''What's More''': Tiffany stated she wanted a woman to win the season, yet she [[FacePalm voted out four women in the name of the mission]], which resulted in a ''seven to four'' majority being tossed and an all male final two.

* Multiple nominated houseguests during BB13 are either told or plan to throw the veto competition.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That the nominated houseguest would instead give it their all, and win and use the veto on ''themselves''\\

'''You'd Expect''': With Xavier as Kyland’s biggest threat in the endgame, and Kyland himself being completely aware of this, he would leave Xavier in his vulnerable position on the block for an easy opportunity to get him out, dramatically increasing his odds of winning the game. Better yet, use the veto on Hannah to ensure that Xavier would definitely be voted out since Derek F and Azah would likely still choose to send Hannah home if she remained on the block.

'''Instead:''' She puts Hannah on the block against Xavier (who is obviously safe), and gets her out. Even worse, Tiffany and Hannah had both told Azah their (correct) suspicions that the men were working together for a Final 3, but Azah ignored them, and then seemed completely surprised when she found out that the men did in fact have an alliance together. While she manages to outlast Kyland, she is unsurprisingly defeated by Xavier in the final competitions, and then gets left in third place due to Xavier choosing Derek F over her for final two. Now it’s time for the final four, Xavier wins HOH, and puts Kyland on the block next to Azah, leaving Derek F as the sole vote to evict.\\

* The finale of the season sees Metta do something SO stupid as a juror the whole audience groans at him and even the other jurors show their disapproval. After feeling bad about mis-voting earlier and putting up with jokes about it, he gives up on trying to figure out who to pick to win the grand prize He casts his Jury vote at '''random''', completely defeating the purpose of... well, ''the entire game.'' This one doesn't even need a "You'd Expect/Instead" section- what he did was so dumb [[UpToEleven there is no way of rationalizing it.]] In fact, while Marcellus's blunder is the original Big Brother stupid move, this may very well be the stupid move to end ''all'' stupid moves.

'''Instead:''' He takes Claire’s warning as a challenge, and thinks that he needs to be the one to personally beat Xavier in the final two to prove that he’s the best. So he puts Tiffany and Hannah, the only other houseguests who would ally with him against Xavier, on the block. Tiffany gets evicted, and then it’s time for another Double Eviction. This time Azah wins HOH...\\

'''Instead:''' She puts Hannah on the block against Xavier (who is obviously safe), and gets her out. While she manages to outlast Kyland, she is unsurprisingly defeated by Xavier in the final competitions, and then gets left in third place due to Xavier choosing Derek F over her for final two, which was also clearly going to happen. Now it’s time for the final four, Xavier wins HOH, and puts Kyland on the block next to Azah, leaving Derek F as the sole vote to evict.\\