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8	!![-[[center:[[Characters/DragRace Main (RuPaul, hosts and judges)]]]]-]
9	!![-[[center:''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceUK'' seasons:]]-]
10	[[center:[[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries1 1]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries2 2]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries3 3]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries4 4]] \| '''5''']]
11	!![-[[center:''Drag Race'' around the world:]]-]
12	[-[[center:Characters/{{Canada\|sDragRace}} \| [[Characters/TheSwitchDragRace Chile]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceDownUnder Down Under]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceFrance France]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceHolland Holland]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceItalia Italy]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceMexico Mexico]] \| [[Characters/DragRacePhilippines Philippines]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceEspana Spain]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceThailand Thailand]] \| '''UK''' \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRace USA]]]]-]
13	!![-[[center:''All Stars'' & ''Vs. the World''-]]]
14	[-[[center:[[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceAllStars All Stars (USA)]] \| [[Characters/CanadasDragRaceVsTheWorld Canada vs. the World]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKVsTheWorld UK vs the World]]]]-]
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16	All names, ages, and locations stated are at the time of filming.
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19	!Alexis Saint-Pete [-(10th)-]
20	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexis_89.png]]
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22	->'''Age''': 29
23	->'''From''': Hackney, East London
24
25	->"First we stole your jobs. Now I'm gonna take your crown."
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28	* AscendedFangirl: During her "Meet the Queens" introduction, Alexis describes herself as obsessed with ''[=RuPaul's Drag Race UK=]'' judge Alan Carr, saying how excited she'll be to see him.
29	* DressedLikeADominatrix: All ''three'' of her looks in the premiere -- entrance, Club Tickety-Boo, and her ''Fierce Impressions'' runway -- feature a tight, black leather corset, thigh-high boots, and a whip (either an actual bullwhip, or the allusion of one via her knee-length ponytail). The judges admonish her to show a little more range next week.
30	* HerOwnWorstEnemy: Alexis is a little unsure in tone and fairly quiet in general, and after [=DeDe=] notes that she thinks she’s the weakest queen in the premiere, Alexis puts on a brave face but never really recovers from the sting of [=DeDe=]’s remark, loses her confidence, and is sent home first.
31	* RefugeInAudacity: Calling to mind [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries3 Choriza May's]] iconic, immigrant-themed entrance quote in Series 3, Alexis quips "First we stole your jobs. Now I'm gonna take your crown." in a wry nod to the perception (in some quarters) that the UK's expanding Polish immigrant population is taking some jobs traditionally held by locals.
32	* SensualSlavs: Her Polish heritage informs her drag, and she's part of a collective of other London-based Polish queens known as SLAV 4 U, along with Polka Dot and the brilliantly named Polish Remove-Her. For her ''Fierce Impressions'' runway in the premiere, she presents a dominatrix take on Polish women's national dress, which the judges love.
33	* WeHardlyKnewYe: The first queen out this series, though with a smaller cast than normal, no elimination in the premiere, and her having beef with [=DeDe=], we got to know Alexis a little more than typical examples across the franchise. A good concept poorly executed for the ''Pet Stop Girls'' design challenge lands her in the bottom 2, where Miss Naomi sends her packing.
34	* WidowsWeeds: For the ''Pet Stop Girls'' design challenge in week 2, she constructs a lacy dress and veil in dark blue to portray the grieving owner of a dead goldfish, but her design lacks finesse, with an uneven neckline, hem, and a split so high she constantly flashes her "triangle", as Michelle puts it.
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36	!Miss Naomi Carter [-(9th + Miss Congeniality)[[labelnote:*]] She was voted Miss Congeniality by the UK pop-culture website Popbuzz[[/labelnote]]-]
37	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naomi_04.png]]
38
39	->'''Age''': 23
40	->'''From''': Doncaster, South Yorkshire
41
42	->"Let me hear you say, 'aye up, Miss Carter!'"
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45	* ArousedByTheirVoice: In the premiere, Banksie notes that she loves Naomi's incredibly broad, "old-man" Yorkshire accent, finding it rough and sexy.
46	* {{Fangirl}}: She's a huge fan of English supermodel Naomi Campbell, and when British ''Vogue'' editor Edward Enninful (Ms Campbell's best friend) drops by to guest judge in week 2, he promises to pass on Miss Naomi's best wishes to her iconic namesake.
47	* GracefulLoser: She exits the competition with upbeat dignity -- and one hell of an exit line:
48	-->'''Miss Naomi''': See ya in a bit dog shit!
49	* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Her self-sewn ''Pet Stop Girls'' look in week 2, described by Ru as "rotten", is ''almost'' designated an in-universe example of SoBadItsGood. Featuring bands of neon stretch material carelessly wrapped around her, and a dangerously brief thong made out of a single backpack strap, it's no wonder she lands in the bottom 2, where she manages to send Alexis packing.
50	* InjuredLimbEpisode: When the queens de-drag at the beginning of episode 3, [=DeDe=] and Miss Naomi horse about and charge at each other tit to tit, resulting in Miss Naomi's leg colliding with [=DeDe=]'s knee, injuring it quite badly. This keeps Miss Naomi off her feet for much of the episode and requires some careful propping involving an on-stage sofa and stationary movement on her part during the ''Club Bangers'' girl groups challenge.
51	* NaiveNewcomer: The Doncaster drag scene is fledgling, and she notes that the only drag house in town is her own, ZEHAUS, which consists of a scant four members. It's perhaps for this reason that Miss Naomi, despite her likeable, engaging vibe, is an early-out, as she lacks the polish, confidence, and experience of her fellow queens.
52	* NiceGirl: She's an absolute sweetheart and relentlessly upbeat, never throwing shade.
53	* OopNorth: In the premiere, she proudly admits to hailing from "Dirty Donny" (aka Doncaster), where the drag scene is almost non-existent...''[[OutOfTheFryingPan so she moved to Hull]]''. The judges love her chirpy, engaging Northernness, with Ru in particular noting it to be a huge benefit to her drag persona.
54	* PluckyGirl: Miss Naomi is relentlessly positive, with a cheery, 'mustn't grumble' attitude at all times, and even when she lands in bottom 2 in the second week of the competition, she tackles the lip-sync with determined optimism.
55	* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: It's ''Miss'' Naomi, thankyouverymuch. In her pre-show interview with the BBC, she notes that the insistent terminology is so the boys know she's single.
56	* VocalDissonance: Naomi is a fresh-faced 23 year-old, but her very broad Yorkshire accent, which she retains as part of her drag persona, reads much older -- something her fellow queens, especially Banksie, find endearing.
57	-->'''Miss Naomi''': Bloody 'ell, it’s Raven int' flesh n' blood!
58	* WholeCostumeReference: For her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, she celebrates Music/{{Beyonce}} via a recreation of the floaty gold look and baseball bat (AKA "Hot Sauce") she sports for the "Lemonade" music video.
59
60	!Banksie [-(8th)-]
61	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/banksie_8.png]]
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63	->'''Age''': 23
64	->'''From''': Manchester, Greater Manchester
65
66	->"Thank God you can't smell me."
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69	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Banksie is a mild-mannered, cerebral queen (just liker her drag-mother Cheddar Gorgeous, in fact) but she's still quietly competitive, using her quick wit and intelligence to wobble her competition.
70	* {{Cyberpunk}}: For her ''Mirror, mirror'' runway Banksie sports a fitted, mirrored skirt-suit with black accents, accessorised with an ''enormous'' pair of sunglasses and a [[Film/{{Bladerunner}} Rachael]]-esque wig, well and truly looking like she stepped straight off the streets of [[Videogame/Cyberpunk2077 Night City]].
71	* TheDissTrack: For her ''Club Bangers'' verse in the girl groups challenge of episode three, she pulls no punches when dissing her rival group, gamely taunting queens like Michael and (especially) Tomara with their "faces full of filler".
72	* TheFashionista: By week 4, Banksie emerges as the sartorial queen of the series, displaying a cool UK PunkRock aesthetic in many of her looks.
73	* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Her ''Fierce Impressions'' gown is floor-length and incredibly tightly cut, almost completely limiting her movement on the runway, which is reduced to a comedy hobble. The judges appreciate the look, and her delivery, however.
74	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In her pre-show interview with the BBC, she notes that she takes her drag name from the mysterious, as-yet-unidentified British graffiti artist, responsible for a variety of suddenly-appearing, politically-charged public artworks.
75	* NotWhatISignedOnFor: In episode 4, she's teamed up with Vicki and Cara for the ''Disaster Class'' panel maxi-challenge. The group are disjointed, with Vicki taking things too seriously and Cara being an unfunny EpicFail. Banksie does better, with the judges noting that she held the group together as moderator and had her smart, funny moments. However, back in the Werk Room, both Vicki and Cara (looking to deflect blame, as Kate notes) round on Banksie and try to frame ''her'' as the weak link. Banksie's having none of it, and hurt and in shock, marches off set to calm down.
76	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: In the premiere, she reveals that she’s a member of the Gorgeous Family and is the drag-sister of UK Series 4 runner-up, Cheddar Gorgeous. She describes herself as the "bin baby" of the family.
77	* OvershadowedByAwesome: The {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5 is noted by Michelle to be amongst the best across the whole franchise, so critiquing the queens amounts to splitting hairs. Bankie, portraying has-been-queen 'Butterface' looks great in her WickedWitch outfit and makeup, but is a little unsure and flat in her solo number, which lands her in the bottom two, where [=DeDe=] sends her home.
78	* PrettyInMink: For the ''Slaycation'' runway of episode 4, Banksie portrays a "[[RichBitch Swiss diplomat's wife]]" via a richly luxurious leopard-print and fur ski-bunny look.
79	-->'''Banksie''': She's just got to jet off, she's ''got'' to go. I'm very sorry, the slopes are calling.
80	* RousingSpeech: In episode 4, a section of Werk Room mirror-time is dedicated to Banksie discussing her views on love and relationships with Vicki. Banksie details her relationship with her partner Ol, a trans woman who identified as male when they first got together. Banksie notes that at first, Ol's transitioning made her question her own sexuality, but in the end, she came to the conclusion that she loves her for the person she is, no matter her gender identity. Her speech is delivered with dignity and eloquence, and it's given its own space in the Werk Room edit.
81	* StatuesqueStunner: In the "Meet the Queens" video, Banksie describes her drag persona as a gorgeous supermodel and states that she stands well over ''7 feet'' tall in heels, making her the second tallest contestant across the whole ''Series/DragRace'' franchise bar ''US'' Series 7's Tempest [=DuJour=].
82	* {{Stripperific}}: For her entrance look in the premiere, she shows off her etiolated figure in full via a barely-there chain-link dress that looks as if it'd slip off if she as much as ''sneezed''.
83	* SupermodelStrut: Standing over 7 ''feet'' tall, Banksie has the build and bearing of a catwalk model, and just prior to her elimination, she asks (nay demands) that Ru allow her one last time to strut her stuff down the main stage.
84	-->'''Banksie''': Oh, Ru, I'm not leaving without doing the runway one more time, kay?
85	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: For the ''Pet Stop Girls'' design challenge of week 2, Banksie creates a cute, floaty 60s look from black and white paisley scarves that the judges absolutely love, landing her the coveted design challenge win and her first [=RuPeter=] Badge of the competition.
86	* WholeCostumeReference: For her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, she channels British music legend Music/DavidBowie via an expertly recreated version of his 'KABUKI' 1973 stage costume by Kansai Yamamoto.
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88	!Vicki Vivacious [-(7th)-]
89	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vicki_8.png]]
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91	->'''Age''': 36
92	->'''From''': Redruth, Cornwall
93
94	->"All right, boys. Want a bite of my pasty?"
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97	* BadassBiker: For the ''Mirror, mirror'' runway in episode 5, Vicki sports a biker outfit with a hugely exaggerated, pannier-like skirt covered in pieces of broken-up blue mirror.
98	* BadImpressionists: For the ''Snatch Game'', Vicki portrays Fanny Cradock, a UK TV mainstay of the 1970s known for her practical, no-nonsense cooking show, witheringly sharp tone, and slightly alarming appearance. Vicki falters massively, despite her target-rich subject, and admits to completely getting in her own head. Having bombed, [=DeDe=]’s far more energetic lip-sync sends her packing.
99	* BritishRoyalGuards: Vicki smashes the premiere, winning her first [=RuPeter=] Badge, and the judges are particularly impressed with her ''Fierce Impressions'' look; a dragged-up take on a classic King's Guard, complete with oversized hip pads and a smart recreation of the Guards' towering bearskin hats.
100	* BrutalHonesty: In keeping with her serious tone, Vicki can be quite blunt.
101	** Following a poor showing in the ''Disaster Class'' panel-based challenge of episode 4, during critiquing, Vicki explains to the judges that she promised herself to always be honest whilst on the show, and then goes on to detail how she feels she could have done a much better moderating job than Banksie. In the Werk Room, utterly furious, Banksie marches off set.
102	** When all of the previously-eliminated queens reconvene in the Werk Room following the ''Dragiators Roast'' challenge of week 9, the atmosphere is congenial and fun -- until Vicki pipes up and uses the opportunity to put [=DeDe=] on blast over her catty comments about Alexis in the premiere. The following week, Michael and Ginger joke that she turned up looking vengeful, enhanced by a fried-looking wig that lent her a slightly mad, frazzled look.
103	* CommonalityConnection: In the premiere, Vicki and Michael (36 and 39 respectively) bond over being the oldest queens in the group, noting that the world has changed dramatically for young queer folk since their own formative years.
104	* ConsummateProfessional: When performing, Vicki is as camp and silly as any queen, but in the Werk Room and especially in confessionals, she's very earnest, and quite serious in tone, always focussing on the task at hand where she can.
105	-->'''Tomara''': You big serious cow.
106	* FreddieMercopy: Leaning in to her penchant for pageantry and regalia, for her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, Vicki presents a dragged-up take on the RequisiteRoyalRegalia and CoolCrown (based on the real St Edward's crown) Freddie sported for his 1986 ''Magic'' tour.
107	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: In keeping with her passion for British pageantry, for the ''Hearts On'' runway of episode 6, Vicki presents a beautifully-constructed, menacing mashup of the Queen of Hearts from ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' and the UK's formidable monarch, UsefulNotes/ElizabethI. Her strong look and excellent runway performance can't save her from the bottom 2, however, following a disastrous ''Snatch Game'' showing, and the ImpracticallyFancyOutfit actually restricts her movement in the lip-sync, with [=DeDe=] sending her home easily.
108	* TheIngenue: In the {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5, Vicki plays The Milkmaid, the beautiful, sweet-natured LoveInterest to Michael's (ahem) Dick, the panto's Principal Boy role. She receives high praise for her performance, with her broad Cornish accent lending exactly the right tone to the part.
109	* PatrioticFervor: In the premiere, Vicki notes that she proudly supports the UK Armed Forces and performs at barracks all over the country. In acknowledgment, for her ''Fierce Impressions'' look, she presents a dragged-up take on a King's Guard.
110	* ThePerfectionist: Being such a serious-minded, professional queen is a double-edged sword for Vicki, as on the one hand, her attention to detail from a wardrobing point of view is excellent, but on the other she can often get in her own head trying to perform exactly as she rehearsed, which in the ''Snatch Game'' results in a stilted, awkward performance, despite portraying a target-rich subject like TV cook Fanny Cradock, and ultimately results in her leaving the competition at the halfway point.
111	* RegionalSpeciality: As a proud Cornish queen, she celebrates her county's signature dish, the Cornish pasty[[labelnote:*]]a turnover-shaped baked shortcrust pastry filled with beef and vegetables[[/labelnote]], in her entrance look via a sequinned pasty-shaped clutch.
112	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Vicki is the first Cornish[[labelnote:*]] Cornwall is technically an English county, but it retains a distinct identity and heritage more aligned with the UK's Celtic Home Nations[[/labelnote]] queen on the show, and in the premiere, both her entrance look and her Club Tickety-Boo look -- accessorised with a Cornish pasty-shaped handbag -- are patterned in the black and white of the flag of Saint Piran, a symbol of Cornish identity. Out of drag, her Werk Room attire is often black and white-themed.
113	* WhatTheHellHero: Returning to the series as part of the audience for the ''Dragiators Roast'' challenge of the penultimate week, Vicki takes the opportunity to put [=DeDe=] on blast over her catty comments about Alexis in the premiere. Whilst some of the queens, including Alexis herself, appear to appreciate her championing, others, including Ginger, point out that the spat happened ''ten weeks ago'' and it's weird to have held a grudge for that long.
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115	!Cara Melle [-(6th)-]
116	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cara_8.png]]
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118	->'''Age''': 26
119	->'''From''': Camden, North London
120
121	->"Kneel for your goddess."
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125	* BigEntrance: Cara is the biggest name in drag circles this series, and is treated to the most enthusiastic reception when she enters the Werk Room dressed like Music/{{Beyonce}} after TheApunkalypse.
126	* CelebrityImpersonator: She’s one of the best-known, if not THE best known Music/{{Beyonce}} impersonators in the UK -- a fact which is instantly acknowledged by her fellow queens the minute she struts into the Werk Room.
127	* EpicFail: Cara receives some of the strongest critiques of the series so far for her performance in the ''Disaster Class'' panel challenge, due to a, well, disastrously flat and unfunny performance that reveals comedy to be this normally-competent queen's major [[AchillesHeel blind-spot]]. She lands in the bottom 2, where her choreo skills save her bacon against Miss Naomi.
128	* LoveGoddess: For her ''Fierce Impressions'' runway, she presents a celestial look in gold metallics, with a full, floor-length skirt made up of abstract images of writhing bodies in varying skin-tones, which she describes as an orgy at her feet.
129	* NeverMyFault: Cara reveals an as-yet-unseen delusional side to her character in episode 4 when, following her own poor performance in the ''Disaster Class'' panel challenge, she states that she feels she did a good job before attempting to deflect the blame onto her teammate Banksie, the only queen in the trio to receive positive critiquing. Banksie is understandably hurt and shocked, walking off set to calm down.
130	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5, she and Tomara play a pair of washed-up former pop-stars humorously dubbed 'Dee from Stairs' and 'Lisa Thot-Lee' -- a thinly-veiled reference to two of the members of UK 90s pop group, Music/{{Steps}}, and a wry dig at the propensity for UK celebs whose stars are on the wane to start appearing in regional panto.
131	* NoSenseOfHumour: She can serve stunning looks and expert choreo, but comedy is absolutely ''not'' Cara's strong point, which is apparent in the ''Disaster Class'' panel challenge, and hammered cringe-inducingly home in the ''Reading is Fundamental'' mini-challenge, where her reads of her fellow queens fall deathly flat. It’s eventually her undoing in the ''Footballer's [=WAGs=]'' Screen Test challenge, where despite her improvement, she’s still not the funniest in a crowd of camp queens.
132	* OvershadowedByAwesome: Cara is the most-followed and best known queen of the group going into the series, and she's considered serious competition by her fellow queens in the premiere. However, British drag is fundamentally underpinned by comedy, and Cara, whilst an amazing dancer and runway performer, just isn't funny, which is ultimately her downfall amongst a top six that includes seasoned comedy queens like Ginger, Kate, Michael, and even Tomara in her own mad way.
133	* RoommateDrama: Cara and Tomara live together in London, and their relationship suffers a breakdown during week 2's sewing challenge when Tomara, slightly clumsily, notes to Ru and guest judge and British ''Vogue'' editor, Edward Enninful, that she's "Never seen a dress Cara's sewn". Cara is furious, and takes Tomara to task later in the Werk Room for showing her up so publicly.
134	* SelfServingMemory: Cara is dubbed to be "delusional" by her fellow queens, following her disastrous performance in the ''Disaster Class'' panel challenge, after which she is immovably convinced that she nailed it. Ginger has to remind her that Ru didn't think so, and placed her in the bottom two.
135	* SoOkayItsAverage: An in-universe example, as the judges note that her ''Snatch Game'' portrayal of music legend Music/DionneWarwick is not bad, but lacks oomph, and she ultimately places safe in a challenge she admits she was absolutely ''dreading''.
136	* SpotlightStealingSquad: Her ''Club Bangers'' performance in the girl groups challenge of episode three is a slick scene-stealer, with the challenge offering Cara the perfect opportunity to show off her impressive dance skills. When judging, Graham quips that the five-queen group felt more like "Cara Melle and Friends" on viewing. In a winners' lip-sync against teammate Tomara, Cara edges her way to the win and her first [=RuPeter=] badge, becoming the first contestant to win the ''Drag Race UK'' Girl Group challenge solo.
137	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Her team is assigned the topic of 'Love' for the ''Disaster Class'' panel challenge in episode 4, but Cara admits, somewhat melancholically, that she's never been in love, finds the concept hard to comprehend, and that her longest-lasting relationship was a mere four months.
138	* WholeCostumeReference: For her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, she channels (who else but?) Music/{{Beyonce}} in the Queen Nefertiti-inspired look she sported at Coachella 2018.
139	* WinterRoyalLady: For the ''Slaycation'' runway of episode 4, she sports a luxurious ice capades-style look dripping with feathers and crystalline jewels. Guest judge Creator/SuranneJones ''loves'' the look, noting that she wants to put it on immediately.
140	* WrittenInAbsence: All of the previously eliminated queens returned to the series to form the audience for the ''Dragiators Roast'' challenge of week 9 -- except Cara, who is noted to be too ill to attend. In an unusual turn of events, she is also the only queen to not come BackForTheFinale the following week, though this is unacknowledged.
141
142	!Kate Butch [-(5th)-]
143	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kate_9.png]]
144
145	->'''Age''': 26
146	->'''From''': Buxton, Derbyshire
147
148	->"[[Music/{{KateBush}} Heathcliffe, it's me. I'm Cathy. I've come home! Ooh, I'm so cold.]]"
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151	* AchillesHeel: Kate presents excellent singing, improv, and comedy skills, but her wardrobing abilities are a self-admitted area of difficulty, with many of her runway looks delivering a somewhat flat, unpolished take on what could be a clever concept.
152	* AgeIsRelative: She's definitely something of an old soul, and her drag style and references read much older than her 26 years -- which she happily admits, describing herself as "biologically, I am only 26 years old but, mentally, I'm in my mid-60s".
153	* AllKnowingSingingNarrator: Having been gifted with the opportunity to have first dibs on her role of choice for the {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5, Kate picks Twinkerbell, a bucolic-accented northern fairy, and delivers both the laughs and continuity required of the role, with special mention going to the absolutely scenery-chewing emphasis she places on the word 'pussy' when enquiring after Dick Whittington's missing cat.
154	* AlwaysSecondBest: By episode 5, Kate has always been safe, receiving no positive or negative critiques. After demolishing the ''Reading is Fundamental'' mini-challenge, and delivering an excellent performance in the Rusical, it looks as if Kate is heading for her first win, only for Ginger to pip her to the post once again.
155	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Kate likes taking an unexpected turn with her lists, putting something a bit darker at the end. She manages to fit two different takes on this into her initial "Meet the Queens" intro.
156	-->'''Kate Butch:''' I am a theatre and performance queen by heart. I'm a triple threat -- I can sing, I can act and I've brought a knife.
157	* BrokenWinLossStreak: Kate languishes in 'Safe' for the first half of the competition, but begins to pick up the pace by week 6. In week 7, she ''finally'' take her first win with her excellent performance in the ''Melodrama-rama'' acting challenge.
158	* ButtMonkey: Kate is the source of much of the material and good-natured ribbing in the ''Dragiators Roast'' challenge of week 9, with the final four lampooning her appearance, makeup, and (especially) wardrobing skills on multiple occasions. Kate, being the self-aware, self-deprecating queen that she is, takes it all in her stride.
159	-->'''Ginger''': Kate Butch wouldn't know good makeup if it came up and slapped her in the face -- which it never will.
160	* {{Camp}}: In the UK series, OnceASeason there's always a queen who encapsulates the bawdy, {{Pantomime}} campiness of British drag, and Kate joins the ranks of her predecessors [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries1 Baga Chipz]], [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries2 Ginny Lemon]], [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries3 Kitty Scott-Claus]], and [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries4 Pixie Polite]] in terms of queens who perfectly represent traditionally British, camp-as-Christmas drag.
161	* ChewingTheScenery: Kate is an inherently funny, gurning comedy queen -- (Ginger notes that Kate's "already 70% puppet" prior to portraying her in the ''Everyone Loves Puppets'' mini-challenge) -- and has her moment of stardom in the ''Melodrama-Rama'' acting challenge of week 7. Partnering with Ginger, the pair play a mistress (Kate) and servant (Ginger) vying for the affections of the same man in ''Holedark'' -- a spoof of the BBC's Cornish PeriodDrama, ''Series/{{Poldark}}'' -- with Kate's expertly hammy performance as the shrill, dangerously randy Elizabent garnering her the best feedback she's received -- and her first win of the competition.
162	* FanGirl: As her drag-name suggests, she's a huge Music/KateBush fan, and her self-penned lyrics for the ''Club Bangers'' girl groups challenge in episode 3 contain multiple references to Bush's iconic tracks.
163	-->'''Kate''': ♪ It's me, Kate Butch, let me in at your window. Might be thick but don't call me a bimbo. Running up that hill just to wuther your heights and I'll climb to the top like the ladder in your tights! ♪
164	* InsultComic: The perennial ''Reading is Fundamental'' mini-challenge allows Kate to flex her comedy muscles, and she absolutely demolishes her rival queens with a slew of expertly-delivered barbs.
165	-->'''Kate''': Ginger Johnson, you are a queen of the theatre and I just want to know; what was Shakespeare really like? He actually almost wrote a play about Ginger's look last week but unfortunately ''Much Ado About a Mentally Unwell Dinner Lady in Space'' didn't really land.
166	* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: Kate is amongst the more eccentric queens in the cast, and has a irreverent, self-deprecating sense of humour only matched by her good natured, sweet vibe.
167	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Kate's drag name is a [[PunnyName dragged-up twist]] on English musical legend, Music/KateBush. Her act, known as "Wuthering Shites", features a melody of Bush's hits, and she notes in the premiere that it's garnered her national recognition and multiple awards.
168	* PhraseCatcher: Ru and her fellow queens delight in addressing her via alternate forms of her first name, including 'Kathy' and 'Katherine Butch', for example.
169	* PluckyComicRelief: Kate is a charming, witty queen, with confessionals often spotlighting her to provide a wry commentary on each episode's goings on. Having been a little overlooked up until that point, episode 4's panel-based ''Disaster Class'' maxi-challenge allows Kate to shine through, and she's dubbed the funniest queen of the group by the judging panel.
170	* {{Retraux}}: Kate's drag style is firmly, deliberately, and lovingly grounded in the past, with a wardrobe that leans in to the heavy florals of the 60s-70s, Creator/LucilleBall-style makeup, and a sense of bawdy humour to match.
171	* SelfDeprecation: A large part of her comedic skill lays in her ability to ''never'' take herself too seriously.
172	-->'''Kate''': I lost all my makeup skills in a house fire.
173	* SheCleansUpNicely: "Glamorous" is not a word usually associated with Kate, as her wardrobing skills are definitely her AchillesHeel. However, for the ''Pajamarama'' runway of week 7, Kate proves that she ''can'' serve glamour via a beautiful, ''[[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} Cluedo]]''-inspired, DeliberatelyMonochrome look, with Kate's theatrics as a backstabbed Miss Scarlet -- at one point conking out motionless on the main-stage for ''minutes'' -- garnering her huge praise from the judges.
174	* UnderdressedForTheOccasion:
175	** Kate's ''Slaycation'' runway is an on-brand comedy scuba suit look, complete with flippered stilettos, though it's very simple in design, which is instantly clocked by the judging panel.
176	** Kate's slightly 'meh' wardrobing skills once again rear their head in the ''Hearts On'' runway of week 6, where her Gaultier-esque sailor girl look is judged to be underwhelming and overly simplistic compared to her competitors.
177	* UnderestimatingBadassery: By episode 4, Kate has received ''no'' critiques, positive or negative, always landing safe. Mischievously, the other girls query this in the Werk Room, and Kate notes that she hasn't yet had a chance to prove her comedy mettle. Sure enough, come the episode's ''Disaster Class'' panel-based maxi-challenge, it's Kate's comic chops that steer her group to success, with her being singled out by the judges as easily the funniest queen of her team, if not the whole challenge.
178	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: When Kate comes BackForTheFinale, her high-glam look -- including a beautiful blue-green gown and an enormous picture hat designed after a golden rose -- is a fitting tribute to the county flag of her native Derbyshire.
179	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: For the ''Snatch Game'', she portrays her muse and namesake, UK music legend Music/KateBush, but decides to play her subject as a gruff Cockney/South East Londoner with a bit of [[Series/BoSelecta Keith Lemon-esque]] gurning thrown in, despite the fact that Bush herself speaks with a mellifluous ''Kentish'' accent. It's a slightly confused, hot mess of a performance, but she still brings the laughs, ultimately placing high.
180	* WholeCostumeReference:
181	** For her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, she swerves serving her expected subject matter, Kate Bush, and instead celebrates Music/ShaniaTwain via a recreation of the leopard print look Twain sports in her 1998 "That Don't Impress Me Much" music video.
182	** For the ''Hotline Makeover'' challenge of week 8, the queens are partnered with operators from The Switchboard, a volunteer-manned listening service for the LGBT+ community, and challenged with creating a drag family resemblance. Partnered with volunteer Xan (now brilliantly dubbed 'Femily Brontë'), who matches her cool, quirky vibe, Kate creates a legally-safe ''Film/{{Grease}}''-themed look that's in practise a cute Danny and Sandy drag mashup, but as the judges note, it lacks the family resemblance they're looking for. Landing in the bottom two, [=DeDe=] sends her home.
183
184	![=DeDeLicious=] [-(4th)-]
185	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dede_7.png]]
186
187	->'''Age''': 20
188	->'''From''': Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
189
190	->"Well, this isn't the drive-thru. But I'm still about to eat."
191	----
192
193	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Like her drag-sister Krystal before her, she's the youngest queen of her series at just 20.
194	* BadImpressionists: For the ''Snatch Game'', [=DeDe=] portrays British-Jamaican aristocrat, author, and reality TV mainstay Lady Colin Campbell, aka 'Lady C'. Despite the wealth of material to be had from such an eccentric, target-rich source, [=DeDe=] plays it too one-note, only sending up Lady C’s stint on ''Series/ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere'' and lands in the bottom 2 along with Vicki, where her expert choreo saves her bacon.
195	* BreakTheHaughty: [=DeDe=] arrives in the Werk Room full of confidence, reminding us that she and her girls "rule [[{{Gayborhood}} Soho]]" and that she's Series 3 winner Krystal Versace's drag-sister. She's also critical of Alexis, noting that she thinks she'll be the first to be sent home, which distresses Alexis and rallies the other queens to her defence. However, despite her polished confidence, [=DeDe=] makes the cardinal sin of not ensuring that her wig is properly taped, and in the Club Tickety-Boo dance-off challenge, her wig detaches and she ultimately has to discard it -- a WardrobeMalfunction that she notes has ''never'' happened before on the UK show. In the Werk Room, she's deflated and humbled by the experience.
196	* CostumePorn: For the ''Poofs on Parade'' runway of week 9, [=DeDe=] sports a beautiful striped gold lamé jumpsuit in a look that's not only a fabulous love-letter to TheEighties, but one that Ru acknowledges as amongst her favourite ''ever''.
197	* DanceBattler: [=DeDe=] is quite the lip-sync assassin, and her blend of comedy and choreo keeps her in the competition and sends several frontrunners packing by week 8, securing her a place in the final 4.
198	* InvincibleIncompetent: [=DeDe=] reaches the final four with no challenge wins and a shaky at best track record that includes three bottom two placements and only ''one'' positive critique for the design challenge of week 2. However by virtue of her excellent lip-sync skills, she manages to hang on in there week after week.
199	* ItsAllAboutMe: By episode 3, some of her fellow queens tire of her predilection for steering all points of conversation back on her, with Ginger quipping "[=DeDe=]? More like me-me-me...". In episode 4, she's christened '[=MeMe=] Licious' by her fellow queens.
200	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: She’s Series 3 winner Krystal Versace’s drag-sister, and in the premiere, she notes that the pair first met at school in Kent, started their drag careers at the same time, and often appear in each other’s social posts.
201	* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Prior to the {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5, [=DeDe=] bashfully admits to have never actually been to a panto, a cultural institution so perennially British that her fellow queens are aghast. It's perhaps for this reason that her performance as the classic Dame character (one of UK drag's key inspirations, if not the UrExample) is a bit of a mess, with her usual gurning, kiki-ing and okurr-ing mismatched with the task at hand. Landing in the bottom two, she manages to edge out Banksie and survive the week.
202	* PrideBeforeAFall: [=DeDe=] arrives in the premiere full of confidence, both in her looks and drag-family heritage, and is not shy in offering her unsolicited opinions in the Werk Room prior to the Maxi Challenge. However, a disastrous wig-related WardrobeMalfunction sees her place safe for the week, with the queen she expected to go home first, Alexis, landing in the top.
203	* SignatureStyle: [=DeDe=] is rarely seen without her cavernous, gaping breastplate, though the plate's prominent rubber neckline lends her own neck an unnatural thickness that detracts from her strong wardrobing skills, on occasion.
204	* TookALevelInBadass: [=DeDe=] claws her way into the final four purely by virtue of her lip-sync skills, so going into the penultimate challenge, the ''Dragiators Roast'' -- often considered the toughest of the lot -- it's assumed she'll completely bomb. However, [=DeDe=] produces some great material, reading her fellow queens and the judges in a manner that's never too clumsily shitty (often an issue for look-queens like her) and Ru even notes that in ''any'' other series, with any other group, she'd have easily been in the top for the week.
205	* WardrobeMalfunction: [=DeDe=] has a disastrous moment in the premiere during the Club Tickety-Boo challenge, when her wig becomes unstuck and slips back, requiring her to clamp it back into position and ultimately discard it completely. The onlooking audiences of judges and legendary national and international queens from across the franchise look on with barely-concealed disappointment.
206	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: [=DeDe=] hails from the perpetually posh Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, and has a moderated RP accent to match, so when she's cast as farmer's daughter Gabby in the ''[[Series/{{Emmerdale}} Femmerdale]]'' Screen Test challenge, and attempts the requisite Yorkshire accent, the results are disastrous, with Kate noting that she sounds more ''Jamaican'' than anything else.
207	* WholeCostumeReference: For her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, [=DeDe=] celebrates Music/NickiMinaj in an acid-pink, self-sewn look that's a mash-up of several of Minaj's own, but primarily inspired by the pink latex jumpsuit she famously sported at the 2017 MTV Music Awards.
208
209	!Tomara Thomas [-(3rd)-]
210	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamara_0.png]]
211
212	->'''Age''': 25
213	->'''From''': Hartlepool, County Durham
214
215	->"The [[Franchise/{{JamesBond}} Bond girl's]] arrived, and I'm ready to murder these bitches."
216	----
217
218	* AmazonianBeauty: In week 2's ''Who Let The Cat Outta The Bag '' pet-themed mini-challenge, the other girls designate Tomara 'Miss Cat-letic' due to her hunky, muscular build.
219	* ArtImitatesArt: For her ''Fierce Impressions'' runway, Tomara presents an angelic look with bronzed retractable wings in celebration of Antony Gormley's ''Angel of the North'' sculpture outside Gateshead, an iconic symbol of northeast England.
220	* BaitAndSwitch: Tomara's ''Dragiators Roast'' routine is as loud, chaotic, and strangely compelling as the rest of her performance over the course of the competition, but special mention goes to the clever moment she shifts from roasting her fellow queens and the judges to pay Michelle a pure, genuine compliment, noting that she's looked gorgeous every week of the series with no sarcastic punchline. This gear shift is so unexpected that it works, creating a sweet moment amongst the chaos.
221	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Tomara is a little daft and gobby when off-stage, and it'd be easy to write her off as uncultured, but ''all'' of her fellow queens note that she has incredible stage presence, with a sexy, sultry confidence that's both polished and magnetic and shines through when she performs.
222	* BirdsOfAFeather: Having won the mini-challenge in week 4, Tomara is gifted with the opportunity to assign teams for the ''Disaster Class'' panel-based maxi-challenge. Immediately, she selects Michael and Ginger, forming a GirlPosse of UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland queens who go on to obliterate the competition with their master class on the do's and don'ts of a drunken night out in Newcastle. The trio each deservedly bag a [=RuPeter=] Badge.
223	* BodybagTrick: For the ''Melodrama-Rama'' acting challenge of week 7, she's partnered with [=DeDe=] in ''Femmerdale'' — a spoof of ITV's long-running Yorkshire-based SoapOpera ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'' — at one point bursting hilariously out from under a tarp, giant boobs and 'get-me-the-manager' hairdo bouncing all over place, that her duplicitous daughter and love-rival ([=DeDe=]) is about to bury her in.
224	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Week 7 guest judge and comedian Joel Dommett sums up Tomara's comedic abilities perfectly when he notes that even despite her chaotic approach, there's something ''inherently'' funny about her (both physically and in terms of her delivery) that carries her through versus more prepared, practised queens.
225	* CondescendingCompassion: Following her loss in episode 3's winner's lip-sync against Cara, with her tongue firmly in her cheek, she quips:
226	-->'''Tomara''': I let Cara win, she’s had a ''terrible'' couple of weeks so far.
227	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Tomara presents as a ditzy, BrainlessBeauty and is often a cackling troll in both confessionals and the Werk Room. However, her on-stage performance and overall presence as a drag performer is undeniable -- something her fellow queens begrudgingly admit to.
228	* EvilLaugh: When contemplating how she'll humiliate her rival queens, Tomara often lets out a witchy cackle in confessionals.
229	* GeniusDitz: Tomara's a chatty, exuberant bimbo, and can be a little InnocentlyInsensitive on occasion, but her ditziness belies her fiercely focussed, competent skills when performing.
230	* MiniMe: For the ''Hotline Makeover'' challenge of week 8, the queens are partnered with operators from The Switchboard, a volunteer-manned listening service for the LGBT+ community, and challenged with creating a drag family resemblance. Partnered with volunteer Gemma, who stands at a very petite 4'11", Tomara leans in to their height difference, creating cute, tessellating looks in a Chanel-esque bouclé weave, and delivering a joyfully silly but very much in-sync runway performance.
231	* NaughtyNurseOutfit: For the ''Hearts On'' runway of week 6, Tomara goes with a dominatrix-nurse look, and even despite the relative simplicity of her corset outfit, she once again serves it so well that even Michelle ([[SeriousBusiness who usually reads a corset-based look to filth]]) can't help but love it.
232	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5, she and Cara play a pair of washed-up former pop-stars humorously dubbed 'Dee from Stairs' and 'Lisa Thot-Lee' -- a thinly-veiled reference to two of the members of UK 90s pop group, Music/{{Steps}}, and a wry dig at the propensity for UK celebs whose stars are on the wane to start appearing in regional panto.
233	* OddballDoppelganger: For the ''Snatch Game'', Tomara portrays the late Creator/RobinWilliams in his own iconic crossdressing role for the 90s classic, ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''. Tomara (being Tomara) presents a deranged take on her subject, meandering all over Europe and America's deep south with her accent, and ultimately giving a performance that's so charmingly nuts that the judges can't help but love it, and she places high again for the week.
234	* PlasticBitch: Tomara's obvious penchant for botox and filler does not go unnoticed by her fellow queens, which combined with her propensity for being, well, a bit of a bitch, results in a couple of wry digs on occasion.
235	-->'''Kate''': [during the ''Reading'' challenge] Tomara Thomas, you're not just a pretty face, you're an ugly face with a lot of filler and botox.
236	* PowerTrio: The three Northeastern queens -- Ginger, Michael, and her -- produce an excellent showing in the ''Disaster Class'' panel-based maxi-challenge of episode 4, which they base around a subversive etiquette lesson on nights out in Newcastle. The trio, strong from the start, go on to make it all the way to the final.
237	* PrettyInMink: Her ''Slaycation'' runway look, which she hilariously dubs "a Russian bitch", features a fur bikini, a floor-length mink coat, furred boots, all topped off with an ''ushanka'' hat with a pair of ski-goggles strapped to the front.
238	* RecursiveCrossdressing: For her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, she presents a well-crafted take on rock legend Music/ElvisPresley, though the judges note that her look is a little ''too'' literal, and lacks the expected drag flair.
239	* RoommateDrama: Tomara and Cara live together in London, and their relationship suffers a breakdown during week 2's sewing challenge when Tomara, slightly clumsily, notes to Ru and guest judge and British ''Vogue'' editor, Edward Enninful, that she's "Never seen a dress Cara's sewn". Cara is furious, and takes Tomara to task later in the Werk Room for showing her up so publicly.
240	-->'''Ginger''': Imagine what they're like when they're deciding whose turn it is to take the bins out.
241	* SexSells: Going into the ''Pet Stop Girls'' design challenge of week 2, she admits that she's [[RealityShowGenreBlindness not much of a seamstress]]. The look she creates is essentially a bunch of pink and yellow paper fans hot-glued to a leotard -- normally an ''absolute'' no-no for Michelle -- but she stomps down the runway with such gusto, selling her look with such confidence and sexy charisma, that the judges (and her fellow queens) can't help but be impressed.
242	* WardrobeMalfunction: [=DeDe=] isn't the only queen to suffer one of these in the premiere; Tomara presents an ''Angel of the North'' look for her ''Fierce Impressions'' runway, but one her of wings sadly fails to openly properly, and hangs limply and sadly, which is instantly clocked by the judges.
243
244	!Michael Marouli [-(runner-up)-]
245	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michael_83.png]]
246
247	->'''Age''': 39
248	->'''From''': Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
249
250	->"All right, lasses. Michael Marouli on Season 5? Oh, uh-huh!"
251	----
252
253	* {{Bifauxnen}}: For the {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5, Michael elects to play Dick, the Principal Boy role and plucky young hero of panto classic ''Literature/DickWhittingtonAndHisCat''. Michael puts in a strong performance, particularly in her romantic duet with Vicki's Milkmaid ingenue, and once again places high for the week.
254	* BirdsOfAFeather: Having won the mini-challenge in week 4, Tomara is gifted with the opportunity to assign teams for the ''Disaster Class'' panel-based maxi-challenge. Immediately, Tomara selects Michael and Ginger, forming a GirlPosse of UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland queens who go on to obliterate the competition with their master class on the do's and don'ts of a drunken night out in Newcastle. The trio each deservedly bag a [=RuPeter=] Badge.
255	* CommonalityConnection: In the premiere, Michael and Vicki (39 and 36 respectively) bond over being the oldest queens in the group, noting that the world has changed dramatically for young queer folk since their own formative years.
256	* {{Cyberpunk}}: Michael's ''Fierce Impressions'' look in the premiere is a beautifully-crafted future punk look made up of a constricting leather bodice, spiked ballooned sleeves and leggings covered in blue-green reflective sequins, and rainbow-streaked, punked-up hair.
257	* ExperiencedProtagonist: At 39, she's the oldest queen this series and is a mainstay of the [[UsefulNotes/CanaryIslands Gran Canaria]] (where she is now based) and North East drag scenes.
258	* FusionDance: For her ''Night of a Thousand Pop Icons'' runway, Michael creates a brilliant look that's a zombified mashup of all five Music/SpiceGirls, bolted together with huge black stitches. The judges love the look and deem it a perfect choice for girls groups week.
259	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Michael regularly leans in to Newcastle's reputation as a UK party town for her drag, and celebrates the fact for the ''Pajamarama'' runway in week 7 via her mascara-smeared, walk-of-shame glamourpuss look, complete with 'tabs' (cigarettes), a hamburger, a can of lager, and a ''jockstrap'' stashed in her wig.
260	-->'''Ru''': Just a personal question from me -- [[SarcasmMode what lip-liner are you using?]]
261	-->'''Michael''' (plastered in lipstick): This is actually an invisible nude.
262	* {{Homage}}: For the ''Snatch Game'', Michael presents her own take on two of UK comedienne Creator/CatherineTate's characters; Bernie, the incompetent, randy Irish nurse, and Derek "how very dare you" Faye, a camp ArmouredClosetGay who becomes easily-outraged over any assumption of his (obvious) homosexuality. Often on ''Snatch Game'', playing an established creator's own characters can fall flat, as the impersonation is inevitably heavily compared to the source, but Michael gives a well-observed performance and ultimately places safe.
263	* LivingDrawing: For her ''Slaycation'' runway in episode 4, Michael smartly creates a living postcard look, with her posing in a striped Gaultier-style bikini whilst projecting a huge 'Wish You Were Here!' postcard from her shoulders to provide a bright, summer holiday-themed backdrop to her performance.
264	* NiceGirl: Michael exhibits a warm, engaging tone throughout the competition, but it's the ''Hotline Makeover'' challenge of week 8 that emphasises what a good egg she really is via her interactions with her partner Peter, an operator at The LGBT+ Switchboard with whom she instantly forms a strong, supportive bond, always ensuring that the makeover is predominantly an exercise in making Peter feel great about himself in drag.
265	* PhraseCatcher: Ru and Michelle delight in saying her name in a thick {{Joisey}} accent whenever referring to her.
266	* PowerTrio: The three Northeastern queens -- Ginger, Tomara, and her -- produce an excellent showing in the ''Disaster Class'' panel-based maxi-challenge of episode 4, which they base around a subversive etiquette lesson on nights out in Newcastle. The trio, strong from the start, go on to make it all the way to the final.
267	* RecognitionFailure: Michael, a 15-year veteran of drag, notes with chagrin that she doesn’t think the other queens who have entered up to that point -- Tomara, Banksie and Miss Naomi -- have a clue who she is. Cara and [=DeDe=] have a far stronger reaction from the queens upon entry, with Cara in particular inspiring major cheers.
268	* SpecialPersonNormalName: In the premiere, she explains that 'Michael' is simply her real name, and she's never used a drag pseudonym.
269	* StrongFamilyResemblance: For the ''Hotline Makeover'' challenge of week 8, the queens are partnered with operators from The Switchboard, a volunteer-manned listening service for the LGBT+ community, and challenged with creating a drag family resemblance. Partnered with volunteer Peter, a charming older man in his mid-sixties who details his own struggles in coming to terms with his sexuality in less enlightened times, Michael immediately forms a very strong bond with Peter in the Werk Room. For their runway, Michael creates matching ringmaster-meets-dominatrix looks that present the family resemblance aspect perfectly, but it's the pair's emotional performance on the runway, including a powerfully moving gesture to celebrate victims of the AIDS epidemic, that clinches them the win.
270	* ThrowingOutTheScript: Michael is selected to close the show in the ''Dragiators Roast'', and in a very bold move she abandons her cue cards mere seconds into her performance, fixing her fellow final four queens who've gone before her with a focussed wry smile before launching into a devastatingly slick routine honed from years of experience. Going from memory lends Michael's roast an exceptionally professional, relentlessly funny vibe that keeps the audience on their toes, and Michael just edges out Ginger to bag her third win heading into the final. Concluding the judging, Ru notes that the final four have set the ''benchmark'' for how to do a roast across the franchise.
271	-->'''Michael''': Tomara Thomas. Tomara is a dirty girl. Everyone point to Tomara and on the count of three, shout "FILTH!" She is such a pervert that her Instagram pages are stuck together.
272	* WickedHeartSymbol: For the ''Hearts On'' runway of episode 6, most of the girls go with the expected Cupid-esque looks and bold red colour pallette, but Michael mixes things up dramatically, presenting a BDSM take on the theme via a huge, black leather chained heart motif that fully encases her whole body and dramatic goth-rock makeup.
273
274	!Ginger Johnson [-(winner)-]
275	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ginger_1.png]]
276
277	->'''Age''': 34
278	->'''From''': Lanchester, County Durham
279
280	->"That toilet's blocked."
281	----
282
283	* TheSixties: Ginger's go-to era of reference, many of her runways as well as her ''Hotline Makeover'' look are inspired by the decade's florally-vibrant, psychedelic aesthetic.
284	* TheAce: Ginger has an excellent track record this series, winning three challenges, placing high four times, only placing safe twice, and never ending up in the bottom or lip-syncing at all. After such an exemplary run, she's deservedly crowned the series' winner.
285	* AirGuitar: A variation on the theme; for the ''Club Bangers'' girl groups challenge of episode three, she teams up with fellow quirky queens Banksie and Kate, as well as an injured Miss Naomi. Realising that the foursome will never match their rivals' choreo skills, Ginger leans into comedy, beginning the number by playing Miss Naomi's ''injured foot'' like a saxophone and ChewingTheScenery like the rent's due.
286	* BigFun: In her first confessional, Ginger describes herself as “a helium balloon in the shape of a woman” and throughout the competition, she maintains a level of robust, positive energy.
287	* BirdsOfAFeather: Having won the mini-challenge in week 4, Tomara is gifted with the opportunity to assign teams for the ''Disaster Class'' panel-based maxi-challenge. Immediately, Tomara selects Michael and Ginger, forming a GirlPosse of UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland queens who go on to obliterate the competition with their master class on the do's and don'ts of a drunken night out in Newcastle. The trio each deservedly bag a [=RuPeter=] Badge.
288	-->'''Ginger''': She’s wearing a coat!? … Coats are for what? SHOPLIFTING!
289	* ConstantlyChangingName: In "Meet the Queens", Ginger comments that she's changed her drag name repeatedly, and that most of the old names were rude, joking that she'd never get on ''Newsnight'' under a PunnyName like Sofonda Cox.
290	* GorgeousPeriodDress:
291	** After a fairly rocky start to the series, in which she's critiqued for an okay-ish entrance look and a flat Club Tickety-Boo performance, Ginger wows the judges with her first runway look; a beautiful, self-sewn, 70s maxi-dress in floral oranges and yellows that invokes a classic 1970s dinner-party-hosting housewife.
292	** Ginger leans into the 60s/70s again for her ''Pajamarama'' runway in episode 7, in a cute baby-doll dress, fluffy kitten heels, and a big pink Creator/DollyParton-esque wig.
293	* GrandeDame: For the ''Snatch Game'', Ginger knocks it out the park with her portrayal of the legendary Dame Barbara Cartland, an English {{Socialite}} famous for producing a vast collection of schlocky [[RomanceNovel romance novels]] groaning with MillsAndBoonProse, as well as her heavy pancake UncannyValleyMakeup, chiffon wardrobe, and obsession with all things pink. Bantering expertly with Ru, and looking (and sounding) exactly like Dame Barbara, she deservedly takes her third win -- ''in a row'' -- of the competition.
294	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: For the ''Mirror, mirror'' runway of episode 5, Ginger sports a ruched cocktail dress in gold reflective material with her arms completely sewn in at the sides, allowing absolutely no arm movement. Comparing her dress to a "glamorous straight-jacket", Ru and Graham absolutely ''love'' the concept, and combined with her earlier scene-stealing performance in the Rusical, she goes on to snatch her second win.
295	* InsultComic: Ginger destroys the ''Dragiators Roast'' challenge, blasting into her set with an effortless confidence to deliver a performance that never let's up, and is described by guest judge and comedienne Aisling Bea as "like being hit in the face over and over with a tennis ball machine". She's fractionally pipped to the post by Michael, and not for nothing does Ru describe the final four queens as setting the ''benchmark'' for how to do a roast across the franchise.
296	-->'''Ginger''': What can I say about Tomara Thomas? Tomara Thomas is so orange that she pisses pure vitamin C. Tomara Thomas is so orange that she makes Michael Marouli look like a human being. But my favourite thing about Tomara Thomas is that she floats around in her own little world -- the only thing looser than Tomara's grip on reality is Vicki's hole at the end of Pride Weekend.
297	* MasterActor: Ginger is an expert comedic actress, with wins in the Improv, Rusical, and coveted ''Snatch Game'' challenges. In week 7, she nails the ''Everyone Loves Puppets'' mini-challenge with a savagely hilarious impression of Kate, and is gifted with the opportunity to assign pairs for ''Melodrama-Rama'' acting challenge. Partnering with Kate, the pair play a mistress (Kate) and servant (Ginger) vying for the affections of the same man in ''Holedark'' -- a spoof of the BBC's Cornish PeriodDrama, ''Series/{{Poldark}}'' -- and utterly ''nail'' the challenge, with the judges praising the pair for their characterisation, comedic timing, improvisation, and above all, total professionalism.
298	* PlayingATree: For the {{Pantomime}}-themed ''Panto-oh She Better Don't'' Rusical in episode 5, Ginger spends half her time on stage playing the back-half of a cow, before making her stunning reveal and singing the house down in a camp WhiteDwarfStarlet solo number that sees her go on to deservedly snatch her second win of the competition.
299	* PowerTrio: The three Northeastern queens -- Michael, Tomara, and her -- produce an excellent showing in the ''Disaster Class'' panel-based maxi-challenge of episode 4, which they base around a subversive etiquette lesson on nights out in Newcastle. The trio, strong from the start, go on to make it all the way to the final.
300	* RenaissanceWoman: Ginger is a highly accomplished all-rounder who can turn her hand to any form of challenge presented and do well to exceptional. She's also amongst the select few queens across the franchise to make it to their finale never placing below safe, let alone landing in the bottom throughout the competition, and joins an illustrious group of queens across the franchise who never place below safe, comprising of Bianca del Rio (US S6), Scarlett Bobo (Canada S1), Envy Peru (Holland S1), Kitty Scott-Claus (UK S3), Ella Vaday (UK S3), Farida Kant (Italy S1), Elecktra Bionic (Italy S1), Sharonne (Spain S2), and Danny Beard (UK S4).
301	* SexyWhateverOutfit: For the ''Hearts On'' runway of week 6, Ginger presents a sexy, dragged-up take on an actual heart via an anatomically-correct ensemble that the judges love.
302	* StrongFamilyResemblance: For the ''Hotline Makeover'' challenge of week 8, the queens are partnered with operators from The Switchboard, a volunteer-manned listening service for the LGBT+ community, and challenged with creating a drag family resemblance. Partnered with volunteer Rodrigo (now dubbed 'Ruiva -- Ginger in Rodrigo's native Portuguese -- Johnson'), Ginger creates a perfectly complementary 60s dollybird-themed look for the pair that's so well executed and in-sync that when they walk out onto the main stage for the first time, it's tricky to tell who's who. The judges ''love'' their pairing, and Ginger is ''just'' edged out on the win by Michael and her partner's standout performance.
303	* TakeThat: In the ''Everyone Loves Puppets'' mini-challenge, Ginger portrays Kate and savagely reads her slightly disjointed and very unflattering portrayal of her muse Music/KateBush in the ''Snatch Game'', lampooning Kate's odd choice of portraying Bush with a Creator/RayWinstone-esque cockney accent.
304	-->'''Puppet-Kate Ginger''': I'm off to the ''Snatch Game'', to besmirch the memory of my favourite icon, Kate Bush, so that if I ever do get to meet her, she's gonna kick me in the face!
305	* ToiletHumour: Ginger first enters the Werk Room to soaring music, looking radiant, stops to pose, then simply quips "That toilet's blocked", causing her fellow queens to collapse in stitches.

Context Characters / RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries5