History YMMV / Endurance

* BaseBreaker

* AwesomeMusic: Pei Pei Ling composed a killer soundtrack for this series, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1LaDQojZaI the theme song]]. Most of it can be found [[https://soundcloud.com/peipeimusic/sets/action-chase-cues here]].

** Scooter, to some extent, on Endurance 2. He was outspoken about his views that brown should be eliminated as he felt they already had a chance to win in the previous season. Given Brown's success, some would fans would argue he had a point.

*** AlasPoorScrappy: Fans do however feel sorry for the fact that she had to leave the game due an injury, marking the only time someone was eliminated from Endurance that didn't involve gameplay.

** The Temple of Fate game has proven unpopular with some fans over time. The Rock-Paper-Scissors type game has not really changed since the series began (the only possible exception is the Mana nei lavo reward in ''Fiji'' which guarantees a free round whenever that team is sent to temple) and that strong teams can lose (and thus be eliminated) to weak teams based on heavily on luck. On the other hand, some find that this game is great at creating suspense and allowing for an intense outcome, along with showing how "fate" can determine outcomes.

** Vanetta from the same season could also be seen as one. While she did outlast Taylor and Eleanor in ''Headstrong'', which is what convinced Tom to pick her as his partner, she didn't perform well in other mission. Most notably was ''Bamboo Jungle'' where she got stuck which turned the mission from a close race into a rather easy win for the Yellow-Purple-Gray superteam. Even the other members of her superteam blamed her for the lost. Her friendship with Nicole also costed Brown and their allies their win ''Squaring Off'' which ultimately resulted in the Green team's elimination, one of the fan favorites of the season.

** Scooter, to some extent, on Endurance 2.

** More of a hindsight example but when Yellow won ''Bagging on You'', they initially considered sending Gray with Orange to temple. Bryanah's crush on Chris though caused them to send Blue, a team that had partner issues and was not in the alliance targeting Yellow, to be sent instead. This results in Gray avoiding the first elimination curse (the only team it happened in season with a gray team) and this decision may have indirectly led to many of the hardships Yellow faced on that season.

** Trevor & Lana (Green) from Endurance 1. They did not get along well and were rather weak. Yet, they survived their first 2 trips to the temple of fate. It was only after they won a mission that they got eliminated when they got sent a 3rd time and lost, thus starting the Three Temple Curse.

*** While the Purple team might be excused for their actions in this challenge as it may have made them less of a target than their alliance members and the decision did not cost their alliance the mission, their choice of sending Brown against Yellow to temple instead of Orange could be seen as indirectly leading to their elimination. Since Vanetta had to be taken out of the game due to a leg injury, Brown only consisted of Tom and they weren't even a strong team before the incident. Sending them to temple with Yellow kept Orange safe even though Nicole told them that Demian tried to make a secret pact with Yellow and Brown (Orange would later make a pact with Yellow in the final 4 with Nicole's consent). Demian even requested that if Purple won, they should send Orange as he didn't want his partner to win. Purple did not honor the request and when Orange won the next temple mission, Purple got sent along with Gray, eliminating the former in the process.

** Kylie from "Endurance Tehachapi", in similar ways to Chelsea. Some fans also sympathized with her because of Michael's dealing.

* AwesomeMoments
** The first season's Blue Team was this all the way through. They won six missions, took their alliance to the final three, and won their entire season without going to Temple before the finale. Basically, they dominated in ways no other team came close to in subsequent seasons.
** The Green Team on E1 winning "House of Cards", beating out their rivals on the Blue and Yellow Teams.
*** Even smaller, was how Yellow managed to come back after having their entire tower fall.
** Blue Team winning ''Dial In''. This was the first time a team won a temple mission despite being handicapped by the samadhi.
** When Purple Team won Fireball on E2. This was after Green and Purple had a shooting match in which both Keetin and Annie missed multiple balls. The final shot, where Annie caught the winning ball, was shown in slow-mo!
*** In the final five, Purple knew they had to win the Endurance Mission "Face to Face", otherwise they would receive the Samadhi; in the Temple Mission, "Cherry Picker", Purple knew they had to win that as well, otherwise they were sent to Temple. They managed to win both, despite challenges from the Brown and Yellow Teams, respectively.
** Max and Jenna [[spoiler: returning to Endurance 2 after being eliminated from Endurance via a vote. They managed to not only make the moves they could've had last season, but also won the whole thing.]]
** Yellow winning "Bagging on You" (despite being handicapped by the samadhi) and "Out on a Limb" on Endurance: Hawaii. They were initially considered "the weakest team" of their season, but these two wins proved everyone wrong.
** Erika beating out all the guys in "Drop Out".
** The Orange, Blue and Purple superteam in Tehachapi winning the mission despite being composed of the teams at that point were considered the weakest.
** Purple winning Cubed in under a minute on "Endurance: Tehachapi"; since the Red Team received the Samadhi the previous day, they never got the chance to compete in the game.
** Taylor, after having her partner switched, won Move it Along with Connor. This was also the second mission she's won, making her the only contestant to win two different missions with two different partners.
** The Blue Team breaking the Three Temple Curse. Enough said.
** The Red Team and the Blue Team winning the half mission, and breaking apart the Orange Green alliance.

* FunnyMoments:
** Christian saying that he would keep his hairstyle if Red wins on "Squeeze Play".
** In Waterlogged, when targeting Blue, Lana kept giving looks to Aaron. She said she was satisfied because it was vengeance for everything the Blue Team has done for them.
** Christian flipping over like a fish when the boys were taking their "showers" in the ocean, going "I'm a fish, I'm a fish!"
** During the Endurance Reunion, as Brandon listed the members of the Brotherhood, J.D. responded with, "the time it took to list all the members was about as long as the Brotherhood started."
** When asked about how he and Lana got so far, Trevor snarkily responds with, "I just stayed as far way as I could from her until the mission."
** "And I hope Keetin gets bit by a chicken!"
** At the cove after "Face to Face", Mike and Keetin had an awkward conversation with J.D. about their failure in the Endurance Mission that day:
*** J.D: "Green's won the first two Temple Missions, they haven't won anything since. And in this game, they were out of it before it even started!"
*** Mike: "I don't know what you're talking about."
*** Keetin: "Yeah, what are you talking about, J.D.?"
** Monroe and his quotes on "Endurance: Hawaii". Whenever he wasn't dominating the game, he always had a snarky comment to give during interviews or in confessionals.
*** "They've known each other for only a day, but they're going to get married."
** The contestants fighting in the mud on E3 after the partner selection.
** A conversation between Nicole, Demian, and J.D. in "Pipeline":
*** JD: "Nicole, do you have an alliance?"
*** Nicole: "No..."
*** JD: "Does your face always turn red when you're not telling the truth?"
*** JD: "Anyone out there that wishes they could change partners?"
*** (camera focuses on Nicole and Demian with sinister music)
*** JD: Demian and Nicole are both smirking...And there goes Nicole's red face again!"
** Franke always had something funny to say throughout Endurance: Tehachapi:
*** "I got seaweed in places I've never knew existed."
*** "It's an agonizing minute, sir."
** Walk the Plank on E5. This was a well-known mission for the multitude of quotes said throughout.
*** Taylor: "Be Monroe!"
*** Connor (imitating Monroe): "Stop it!"

* HeartwarmingMoments:
** Seeing all the connections the contestants make when they first get into the cabins.
** When the final two teams reminiscence on the good times they had together. You could clearly see how much they've bonded over a short amount of time.
** In "Dial In", Jon wrote a letter to Ashley should he be eliminated at the Temple of Fate that night. While he wasn't, Ashley still read the letter out in the confessional.
** Like her or not, Sabrina saying Ashley was the best part of Endurance for her.
*** Jon: "Whom do you miss the most?"
*** Sabrina: "Ashley, Ashley, and Ashley."
** Michelle saying she wants win Endurance 2 because she wanted to give a vacation to her mother, who works all the time.
** Seeing the cast members react with joy when they were told they would be part of Endurance: Hawaii. For some of them, JD even came in person to tell them the news.
** For speaking up and saying they wanted to be partners with each other, JD made Shea and Amelie the first team of ''Tehachapi'' without having to take part in the partner selection mission.
** Amelia and Erika offering to take the Samadhi from Green in order to stop them arguing on Hang 5. If this isn't heartwarming, then what is?
** When given the power to give the privilege to sit out the Right to Stay on E5, Darci picks Kelsey because the latter placed second. They two girls hugging it out was really sweet.
*** However, becomes HarsherInHindsight as Kelsey and the Purple Team targeted Darci throughout Gray's time there.

** Always, when the final two teams reminiscence on the good times they had together.

** When Purple Team won Fireball on E2.
*** Purple Team on E2: [[spoiler: in the final five, Purple knew they had to win the Endurance Mission "Face to Face", otherwise they would receive the Samadhi; in the Temple Mission, "Cherry Picker", Purple knew they had to win that as well, otherwise they were sent to Temple. They managed to win both, despite challenges from the Brown and Yellow Teams, respectively]].

** Sabrina: some fans thought she was one of the most influential contestants in the game because of her strategizing, while others thought she was just plain mean.

** Max from E1/E2: Was he too strategic for his own good?

** Green Team winning Endurance: High Sierras provided controversy for the fans. Most stated they were undeserved, as they only won one mission and were carried by the Purple Team the entire way. Others suggested that it was better this way, perhaps being karma for carrying a team to the final to then lose to them.
** The temple of fate game has proven unpopular with some fans over time. The Rock-Paper-Scissors type game has not really changed since the series began (the only possible exception is the Mana nei lavo reward in ''Fiji'' which guarantees a free round whenever that team is sent to temple) and that strong teams can lose (and thus be eliminated) to weak teams based on heavily on luck. On the other hand, some find that this game is great at creating suspense and allowing for an intense situation.

** In ''High Sierras'', he says no team won Endurance without having gone to temple at least once before the finale. This is inaccurate as the Blue team from season 1 never got sent to temple but still won the game.

** Trevor & Lana (Green) from Endurance 1. They did not get along well and were rather weak. Yet, they survived their first 2 trips to the temple of fate. It was only after they won a mission that they got eliminated when they got sent a 3rd time and lost, thus starting the 3 temple curse.

** Bryannah & Monroe for Hawaii. They were disliked by most of the other teams (particularly the Orange-Red-Purple-Gray alliance though Orange did eventually change allegiance) and where given the samadhi 3 times (the record for most samadhi given to a team) and survived 2 trips to temple. It was only in the final 3 that they lost, becoming the last victims of the 3 temple curse.

** Kylie from "Endurance Tehachapi", in similar ways to Chelsea.

** Skyler on E1: he would later appear on Intervention due to his addiction to bath salts.

** Always,when the final two teams reminiscence on the good times they had together.

** Nicole from season three. Many felt her actions were way too mean, particularly with her treatment of Bryanna from yellow. She would go from swearing she would eliminate them to begging (sometimes crying) to either join an alliance or spare them from the temple despite the fact Nicole and her partner, Damian, had sent yellow to temple with their best friends on Green. By the halfway point, even Damian was having issues with her when she tried to prevent him from talking to the yellow team members and even exposed a proposed alliance they had with Yellow and Brown to the Gray Team. These actions made her one of the least popular contestants on the show.

** Gray Team from ''Endurance'' when considering no one knew what was at the temple at the time. The reason they were sent was that Blue wanted Green gone and knew Gray was a strong team and thus it was assumed they would be the ones that would come back. Instead, Green won while the Gray team curse claimed its first victims.
** Arguably, Green Team from ''Endurance: Tehachap''. They won a number of missions and had the most pyramid pieces at that point. They had also avoided the temple up until they lost the final 3 temple mission (though they were handicapped by their friends on the Purple Team during the final mission). They ultimately lost to Purple.

** In Hang 5， seeing Jeszie cry when everybody was upset due to the Green Team fighting over whom should receive the Samadhi. Considering that she was intense in her fight with Isaac, it was especially painful.

*** While the Purple team might be excused for their actions in this challenge as it may have made them less of a target than their alliance members and the decision did not cost their alliance the mission, their choice of sending Brown against Yellow to temple instead of orange could be seen as indirectly leading to their elimination. Since Vanetta had to be taken out of the game due to a leg injury, Brown only consisted of Tom and they weren't even a strong team before the incident. Sending them to temple with Yellow kept Orange safe even though Nicole told them that Demian tried to make a secret pact with Yellow and Brown (Orange would later make a pact with Yellow in the final 4 with Nicole's consent). Demian even requested that if Purple won, they should send Orange as he didn't want his partner to win. Purple did not honor the request and when Orange won the next temple mission, Purple got sent along with Gray, eliminating the former in the process.

** Cinnamon from ''Fiji''.

*** While the Purple team might be excused for their actions in this challenge as it may have made them less of a target than their alliance members and the decision did not cost their alliance the mission, their choice of sending Brown against Yellow to temple instead of orange could be seen as indirectly leading to their elimination. Since Vanetta had to be taken out of the game due to a leg injury, Brown only consisted of Tom and they weren't even a strong team before the incident. Sending them to temple with Yellow kept Orange safe despite that Nicole involved them that Demian tried to make a secret pact with Yellow and Brown. Demian even requested that if Purple won, they should send Orange. Purple did not honor the request and when Orange won the next temple mission, Purple got sent along with Gray, eliminating the former in the process.

** In ''High Sierras'' after Purple wins the superteam mission (giving them, Red and Orange the power to send 2 other teams to temple), Max sympathizes with Yellow (who is likely to get sent to temple 2 times in a row) and tries to talk to Purple and Red about sending Green instead despite their alliance. What makes this stupid on Max's part is that the alliance has already chosen to send Blue and Yellow and Max is trying to make them discuss who to send again despite while the Green team is in their presence, causing them to catch on that Orange isn't so loyal to Green. When Green wins the next temple mission and has to send an alliance member to temple, they choose Orange which, while not explicitly stated, could have been because of Max's attempt to send them to temple. This temple trip gets Orange eliminated.

** While Endurance: High Sierras' Blue Team (Connor and Taylor) is one of the most popular teams that season, Taylor and her crying split the fanbase a bit: some say it is excessive, while others sympathize with her and turned the blame on the game itself.

* SeasonalRot: Season 6, Fiji, and to a certain extent "Endurance: Tehachapi" from "Endurance: Hawaii", due to the relative lack of drama and challenges that season.

** Also Demian & Nicole. Despite their inability to work together in missions and Nicole's attitude which even prompted Demian to try make deals to get themselves sent to temple as he felt Nicole did not deserve to win, they made it to the finals while going to Temple only once.

** During the Squaring off temple mission in ''Hawaii'', after the Purple-Red-Orange-Gray alliance make progress by taking turns in placing triangles Yellow, Green and Brown spaces (once a space is full, the team is eliminated), Purple decides to give a turn to Yellow which allows the Yellow-Green-Brown alliance to take revenger. This is to an extent averted on Purple's part as it failed to eliminate them thanks to the brown team. During one of Brown's turns, they decide to give orange a turn (Vanetta was friends with Nicole) which results in the Prog alliance eliminating yellow, green and brown. Brown was not selected for temple that day but it did cost them an ally (yellow and green were sent to temple) when they had a chance to break up the other alliance. Tom himself admits in a confessional that this was a terrible mistake on his team's part.

** Christa from E2, partially because of her partner, Scooter.

** Darci from ''High Sierras''. Girl gotten stuck with the Cursed Gray color and was gunned for elimination.

** Tyler from Endurance 2. While Michelle was very keen on winning, Tyler became homesick and actually wanted to leave the game. Their performances in missions were also initially poor. Because of this, Orange was sent to the temple of fate after the first two temple missions with the intent that they would go home. Orange survived both trips though. It was only during the final 3(which, by this point, Orange had won a mission and held 2/3 of all of the pyramid pieces) that they finally got eliminated.