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2* Seeing Season 1's Team Guido (who have since been redeemed in the fans' eyes) get their comeuppance after been mean and rude to most of the other teams on previous legs, deciding to dilly-dally in getting to the pit stop (many hundreds of miles away) and just avoiding elimination due to Nancy and Emily having given up on a task. And then in the finale, the slam cut to Guido (running 24hr behind the other teams) getting their last clue in Alaska and learning the race is over.
3* [[EstablishingCharacterMoment SWING YOU FAT BASTARD, SWING!]].
4* Danny & Oswald going shopping with their race money on Season 2.
5* Ken and Gerard in Season three, the Crowning Team of Funny. Perhaps the best part is when they arrive second to last and burst out laughing in the middle of Phil's trademark DramaticPause.
6** Flo's ridiculous, [[LargeHam over the top meltdowns]] (with Zach being her [[BeleagueredAssistant beleaguered]] team-mate) and Teri and Ian's constant but playful bickering in addition to Ken and Gerard made Season 3 enjoyable to watch.
7** In one leg in Switzerland, teams were given a clue consisting of a flag of Malaysia (but not told the country) and told to get there. Teri and Ian manage to find a local who not only identifies the flag but provides the helpful advice that "You are in the wrong continent" in the most monotone, Anne Robinson-like voice.
8** The editing of the "dieselgate" situation, when four of the teams, driving from Portugal to Spain, fill their diesel-based cars with gasoline. The music editors were spot on.
9* From Season 4, loud and proud virgins Millie and Chuck providing numerous {{Double Entendre}}s, the best being Chuck's bout of claustrophobia in a race car: "I'm feeling hot! Hot and tight!"
10* Season 5, and perhaps the quote of the series: "My ox is BROKEN! This is bullshit!"
11** The entire ox plowing dialog between Colin and Christie is a thing of beauty.
12*** When they competed in season 31, they had to do a task where they had to walk a cow around a town in Switzerland. Colin quipped that Christie is now in charge of all bovine-related tasks.
13** Revealing that Brandon and Nicole, the annual team who can't shut up about their religion, are basking in the heavenly glow of...an airport's arrival/departure monitors.
14** The check in mat for Leg 3 was a small rock island surrounded by a body of water, but with a shallow rock path allowing racers to wade over to it - except Kami and Karli who did not see this and swam across, with Phil pointing this out to them with "That's what everyone else took..."
15** One from the editors. The penultimate leg had a task in which Racers had to use binoculars to look for a particular flag placed on an island. As each team performed this task, we were treated to a {{Binocular Shot}} for each. However, Brandon neglected to remove one lens cover from his pair of binoculars, so his particular shot was a single off-set circle instead.
16** In the second Egypt leg, Colin bumped into Mirna. Mirna said with a completely straight face in the interview, " A crazy person is trying to assassinate me."
17* Season 7, seeing mastermind Rob (this after his two appearances on ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', and already have played many mind games with the other teams including rule-abuse on quitting Roadblocks) over-strategize to the point where they were racing for last place. Rob and Amber, along with Ron and Kelly, had secured earlier flights than the ones Uchenna and Joyce and Merideth and Gretchen had already gotten. Rob decided to brag on this point to Merideth and Gretchen, which as a result had them scouring with Uchenna and Joyce to find better ones, and ended up with even a better arrival time than Rob had found. The look on Rob's face - after their arrival in the next city - when he discovers this is perfect.
18* During the Family Edition season, one team was a black family who happened to have the last name Black, thus lending an unavoidable touch of {{Unfortunate Implications}} any time someone talked about "the Black family." Unfortunately, they were the first team eliminated, so the fun didn't last long.
19* Michelle in Season 9 for some reason thinking the show was going to ask her to do a high dive naked when the clue didn't even imply that, and they're outside in the extremely conservative Christian country of Russia. Probably the only time you'll sympathize Lake getting annoyed with her.
20* BJ and Tyler just in general have made several hilarious moments.
21* When Kellie & Jamie from Season 10 guessed father/daughter team Duke & Lauren were either brother and sister or dating, Duke quips that he's been trying to ask her out for years.
22* From that same season, Peter's surprisingly accurate impression of Mary.
23* Season 11 (''All-Stars''), leg 5: After a Detour which included hand-shoveling charcoal into bags, Oswald and Danny (along with the other teams that took that task) wound up with filthy hands. They then attempted to hug Phil at the pitstop and ended up chasing him for a while.
24** This gem from Eric, after Dustin & Kandice had to eat tons of Kielbasa:
25--> "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss California!"
26--> "BLEEEEGGGGGGHHHH!!!"
27* Season 12: Donald, a 68-year-old man, pole-vaulting a ditch in his underwear.
28* Dandrew of Season 13 is either hilarity-inducing or a source of idiocy in equal measure. The two even pointed out how much they flat out ''sucked'' at the race and said there needs to be a Website/YouTube compilation video of all their mistakes. And there is, so chances are they were laughing at themselves.
29** Dan's marching "prowess".
30* Terrence, already infamous for his less than masculine behavior like whining endlessly about bumping his head on a cab trunk and insisting his girlfriend Sarah blow on it, asks her late in the race "Who's my girl?" She instantly replies "You are! No, I am!"
31* Season 13, the Pit Stop Greeter at Humayun's Tomb in Dehli was the tomb's gardener. Unlike every other greeter in the show, he was not standing next to Phil, but instead watering the lawn, and would run up next to Phil every time a team would run up to the mat.
32* In season 14, one of the tasks involved carrying 50lb cheese wheels down a very steep hill. Unfortunately the equipment provided was (probably intentionally) really really shoddily built, so just about everyone either broke them or fell and broke them. People were sliding on their rears down the hill, especially since it was slippery, or were just rolling the cheese down the hill. The episode quote literally came from one contestant:
33--> "Don't let a cheese hit me!"
34* One of the detour choices in Germany is LITERALLY a pie fight for cherry filling.
35* A roadblock task in Russia has them literally running to the pit stop in their underwear!
36** Phil demonstrated that by zooming out to show him in just his underwear.
37* Listening to the teams trying and badly failing to pronounce the names of certain of the locations visited on the race.
38** Special note goes to Victor from Season 14, who managed to pronounce a REALLY LONG Russian place name "badly". The camera just pauses on him with no music while he reads it out.
39* A forgotten gem from Season 15: Matt of Gary and Matt is tasked in their penultimate leg with finding a candelabra. The only problem is Gary has absolute zero idea of what a candelabra is. At one point he asks one of the people at the detour if *they* are a candelabra. Needless to say, they placed last that leg.
40** Zev being a "duck whisperer". Made better with having shirts with that phrase when they returned in ''Unfinished Business''.
41* Inaudible dialogue is often subtitled to make things easier for the viewers, but when season 16's Jordan (the female one) attempted to speak to teammate Jeff with a mouthful of baguette, [[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped the subtitle simply read "??????????"]]
42* In ''The Amazing Race 17'', Stephanie finally gets tired of her boyfriend Chad always blaming her for the things that go wrong for them on the race. Then, later on in the race, Chad proposes to her... and she accepts!
43--> '''Stephanie''': I just think that's really shady.
44-->'''Chad''': '''''Shady?!'''''
45** The on-screen chevron - which normally names the racers and their current relationship - even "rolled over" after she accepted.
46** Nick and Vicki having a clue eaten by a goat.
47** Come on, who ''didn't'' laugh at the famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cfeTZNcA3g watermelon moment]]?
48** Brooke and Claire's "kiss tally".
49* Season 18: everyone running around an Australian mining town in kangaroo costumes, completely weirding out the locals they ask for directions.
50** Half of episode 4, with Kent and Vyxsin screwing up everything they touch (including managing to lose their passports twice in one leg), Ron wanting to stop and eat every thirty seconds to Christina's dismay, and Flight Time being completely unable to guess his Zodiac sign.
51** All the teams arrive at the next clue box area at the same time, and the Globetrotters shout that they've found it, causing everyone to race around also trying to find it...except it was a prank, as they won't be able to get inside to get the clues until the next morning.
52** Mallory doing a task involving manure, wearing the exact same outfit she wore for the big manure task of her previous season. Unsurprisingly, she then says she's getting rid of it ASAP.
53** Zev & Justin getting Brazilian Body Waxed in the Penultimate leg, as they were the hairiest team up to that point (even pointed out by another team). They even said themselves: "this is not a leg for us".
54*** Earlier, Zev & Justin were stuck in a Fondue eating challenge. As NauseaFuel as it was, the camera focuses on Zev making a ''very'' funny face as Justin goes to hurl.
55* In leg 8 of Season 19, Bill tells Cindy the story of how he met Cathi in middle school and dated until they got married shortly after college, Cindy responds that she just met Ernie in a bar.
56* In Season 20, leg 2: Vanessa mistakes the ''chasqui'' who would be giving out the next clue for a dog (and then realizing that it's not bilingual). She also stated that the dog is "giving" out a clue by moving around a stone.
57* First task in Amazing Race 21, they must play ping-pong against a ping-pong champion. She would switch to various items after they lost one or two matches, and against one team, she used ''the clue''.
58** James and Jaymes manage to [[SequenceBreaking walk right to the pit stop]] before finding a woman using an abacus. They even follow Caitlin and Brittany, see them at the pit stop. James was priceless, as they immediately turn around, since they went the wrong way
59--> "Oh no that's the pit stop!"
60** In episode 3 of season 21, Nadiya hitting her face on the camera while leaving the U-Turn station.
61*** This quote from Season 21, leg 4:
62--->'''Brent''': Josh used to sew a lot of his costumes when he was a drag queen.
63*** Followed by Jaymes & James asking Josh what his Drag name was (Aquadisiac) and Josh commenting that a certain partner is going to be sleeping on the couch tonight.
64** In another complicated Season 21 leg, Jaymes and James have no idea what position they are in, so as they discuss what their plans are to the camera, one of them points to the bottom of the camera's view, where the chevron for the team name and position would be superimposed during post-production, and tells the viewers to look there to figure out where they are.
65** The bamboo Detour in leg 5 of Season 21, which involved the teams repeatedly smacking locals with their bamboo poles as they turned corners.
66** While practicing the Trepak dance at the Detour in leg 8 of Season 21, Natalie inadvertently ripped her pants at the seam of her seat.
67** The intro sequence for the season has James playing guitar while Abba covers his ears.
68* Season 22, Jessica & John just randomly wandering into some guys backyard in Bali and copying what the guy was doing, thinking it was the Detour.
69** Chuck thanking a Vietnamese person with "mucho gracias".
70* In season 23, Rowan & Shane complaining about Marie, calling her "el Diablo". Tim, Marie's teammate and ex, agreed with them.
71** By extension, Leo & Jamal calling them "[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky and No Brain]]."
72** In recent seasons, the end credits which show the planet in the background include an ethnic song or version of the theme song. In episode four, which took place in Norway and with the Detour side that most teams choose hard on fish heads, they play the song "Fish Heads" over the credits.
73** The jokes made about Chester & Ephraim's muscularity in leg 2 count. One was they were talking about why they couldn't do the Brining Detour involving adding salt to water to make you float, with them saying it would take a mountain of salt to get them to float. At the Mining Detour where you had to break a large rock of salt, when Chester & Ephraim arrives Brandon says, "They're just gonna bite it in half."
74* Brendon and Rachel may have been more ''[[{{Wangst}} annoying]]'' than funny, but their introduction in season 24 was fairly amusing, with them only showing Rachel crying.
75** Brendon doing a silly run.
76** On Leg 2, SEVEN teams checking to the mat nearly at the same time. Even Phil was so surprised and confused that he mistook Dave and Conner for being 5th place instead of 4th place even starts joking around by counting the teams once Jet and Cord arrived. Some of the quotes by them regarding this rare occasion:
77-->'''Caroline''': It IS a party!
78-->'''Phil''': I dunno if we ever have this many teams at the mat at one time.
79** Leg 8. Monks wearing the Cowboys' hats. That is all. Made funnier when the monk who's wearing Jet's hat is standing near Jet while he's busy doing the roadblock.
80* Leg 1 of Season 25. [[DumbBlonde Lisa]]'s answer to Adam's question that the sun sets in the east and rises in the west. Cue to Amy (who happen to be near them) and Adam's [[{{Beat}} long pause]] while looking in a 'Did-you-really-say-that' expression.
81** Plus Adam hinting her it's the other way around and she STILL don't get it.
82** Leg 2. The punting challenge especially Shelley and Nici's antics including Nici taking a pee in the river where Shelley and 4 locals (who happens to row near them) laugh themselves silly; unbelieving of what Nici did. Before that cue to this lines about punting when they hit on the bridge:
83-->'''Shelley''': (In the commentary area [[{{Corpsing}} while both can't stop laughing]]) Punting is designed by the devil...to punish the English.
84-->'''Shelly''': (GilliganCut back at the bridge) Are you trying to kill us?!
85-->'''Nici''': It's not that easy.
86** [[https://courage-a-word-of-justice.tumblr.com/post/171584684840/where-can-i-get-one-of-these-hats The bird "hat" the greeter was wearing in season 25, leg 6.]]
87** Leg 7: Kym and Alli writing "Team No-Fun" and a ridiculous smilie in the dust on Misti and Jim's car.
88** The preview for Leg 10 taking full advantage of this being a Switchback to season 5 and Colin's infamous "My ox is '''broken'''!" line.
89* Leg 2 of Season 26, Libby and CJ, already in last place, missing the bullet train from Tokyo to Nagano, Japan...because they were taking a selfie. The editors adding a "#[=SelfieFail=]" graphic/hashtag just made the moment even funnier.
90** In leg 6 during the Roadblock while there's some Heartwarming moment where the guys gets flowers and chocolate for the partners, the guys (especially Tyler and Jelani) are kicking back relaxing and joking about it.
91-->'''Tyler''': (In the commentary area) While my partner is getting me some gifts...(wears a pair of shades) I kick back in the yacht chilling out and relaxing.
92-->'''Laura''': You're so obnoxious.
93** And then after Jenny and Laura regroup with them, Jelani and Tyler bows down before them while the other waiting members laughs regarding their greetings and response to their partner.
94--->'''Jelani & Tyler''': (bowing down while praising them like a god) We're not worthy!
95--->'''Jenny''': (jokingly to be angry) HERE'S YOUR DAMN FLOWERS! (shove the flowers to Jelani) AND HERE'S YOUR DAMN CHOCOLATE!! (gives it to him normally).
96** If you're curious how Laura's not too happy of him being 'obnoxious', she hits him with the bouquet of flowers, much to everyone's amusement.
97** Leg 7 of Season 26: Blair being grateful that Hayley's crush on their bush pilot keeps her from yelling at him about being last. Said pilot [[FunWithSubtitles is immediately identified]] as Hagen - Handsome Bush Pilot.
98* Season 29: Scott wailing like a little girl when he's forced to conquer his fear of heights and bungee-jump.
99* Leg 10 of Season 29, Brooke and Scott are trying to make their way through Vietnam to get to the Pit Stop. However, Brooke is having a tough time with it and screaming in frustration.
100-->'''Scott''': Oh, she's giving birth again. It's twins this time.
101* Season 29: watching ''everybody'' struggle at fighting match video games and cup stacking against seasoned pros. Gamers will be shaking their heads for ages at how many scrubs managed to get so far in the race.
102!!!Season 30:
103->[[AC:Episode 1: "You're a Champion, Prove It"]]
104* We get our first look at the new season's intro, which starts with...Cedric and Shawn dabbing.
105* Cody (facetiously) boasting he's smarter than a pair of Yale students.
106-->'''Cody:''' I are smarter.
107* One task involves figuring out what beverage in Iceland is called "The Black Death". A guy off the street tells the Yale pair "It's literally [[MustHaveCoffee coffee]]". The correct response is a brew called Brennyvin. In other words, ''alcohol'' is his coffee.
108* We see several teams complete the first leg and it's quite dignified. When we get to Conor Daly and Alexander Rossi, there is no fanfare or anything - they're already at the mat and past the "you are the X team to arrive" statement, and Rossi is goofing around and making the blonde Icelandic gal greeting them crack up.
109->[[AC:Episode 2: "You're the Best French Fry Ever"]]
110* Cedric's comments about the printing press make the station attendant laugh.
111-->'''Cedric:''' I was- I was surprised that they didn't have any emojis. I mean, early centuries, they should have had ''some'' facial expressions, emojis, or something.
112** There's also the zinger from Eric and Daniel:
113-->"There's no Autocorrect on this."
114* Cedric loses the first friet race and proves he is literally one salty sack of fries:
115-->'''Cedric:''' I look crazy with these fries on... Some seasoned salt on them, that's all I need... ''(mockingly)'' ''Little bit of seasoned salt on, that's all you need, is just seasoning salt!''
116* Alex commenting on his friet race like it was Formula One racing:
117-->'''Alex:''' The most difficult part of the race was the damper program [suspension], when the dolly was lacking on that.
118-->'''Phil:''' [[DeadpanSnarker You think maybe we should take it into the shop, maybe have the mechanics work on it?]]
119-->'''Alex:''' I appreciate that.
120-->''(Conor is busy cracking up)''
121* Joey brags about being a world champion fry-eater at the Pit Stop.
122-->'''Joey:''' I hold the world record: just over six pounds eaten.
123-->'''Phil:''' ''(turns to the greeter dressed like a Belgian villager)'' What do you think?
124-->'''Greeter:''' ''(scrunches her face in puzzlement)''
125-->''({{Beat}})''
126-->'''Greeter:''' [[BrutalHonesty ...Not impressed.]]
127--> ''(Phil gives her a dirty look)''
128--> '''Greeter:''' ......[[SincerityMode Well, kind of.]]
129-->'''Phil:''' What are you talking about?!?
130-->'''Joey:''' The best in the world!!
131* Team Goat Yoga is having their work on Diamond Glint checked, tied for last place with The Firefighters.
132-->''(cut to the twins)''
133-->''([[{{Squee}} loud cheers and rejoicing are heard from the distance]])''
134-->'''Eric:''' [[OhCrap Oh, that's not good...]]
135* During the downtime between friet races where Lucas and Brittany have just finished, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent a pigeon sneaks on to the racetrack in the background.]]
136->[[AC:Unsorted]]
137* The firefighter twins sure do love making cringeworthy puns.
138* Leg 7's double mud-bogger fail. Lucas and Alex manage to get their off-road vehicle stuck in a mud pit... and then Daniel and Henry see the issue, know what ''not'' to do... and get stuck in the ''exact same way''.
139* Leg 8's singing and dancing contest in Zimbabwe. Never again will you cringe so hard at the way a bunch of hapless Americans turn the local culture into a complete trainwreck. Even the natives are cracking up.
140!!! Season 31
141* Mixed with heartwarming but the difference in Colin’s attitude is also really funny. Who’d have thought the high-strung guy who gave us the famous “My ox is broken, this is bullshit!” line that almost got arrested in Tanzania would now be a calm guy who practices meditation every day, hugs other racers, and talks about putting love into the universe?
142* During the Vietnam dancing detour, Becca and Floyd are stopped during their first attempt. Why? They didn't have enough [[{{Irony}} energy]]. The two almost sound offended when they hear this.
143* Britney sledding into the polar bear handing out clues.
144* In a bit of CringeComedy, Corinne and Eliza raging at Rachel and Elissa once the former got eliminated. Corinne and Eliza misunderstood what Rachel meant when she said she was blessed. Rachel meant that she was blessed because she’s a well off American who gets to have this awesome experience with her sister but they took it to mean that she was rubbing getting eliminated in their faces. Things went downhill from there. Rachel and Elissa were genuinely trying to be polite and respectful but Eliza rolled her eyes at them and would later say she hated them. Phil didn’t know what to do as Eliza lost it, nor did Rachel and Elissa (who were standing probably fifty feet away as she raged about them), nor did the little girl who was the pit stop greeter.
145* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Colin rolling out of the helicopter]] like he was Franchise/JamesBond while Christie does an UnflinchingWalk in front of him.
146* When Rachel and Eliza and Victor and Nicole are fighting at the Pit Stop, Chris and Bret, who checked in in-between them, look like they have no clue what is going on.
147* Leg 9 has what may be the funniest detour in TAR history: trying to learn a poem, while being dragged across the water on a giant raft.
148* In leg 10 there was no roadblock but instead a pretty involved task: trying to tie three boats together in a Dutch canal. The locals were not having it with these bumbling Americans. One guy straight up asked Tyler and Korey, "Are you boys idiots or something?"
149!!! Season 32
150* At the beginning of the race, it starts with a bunch of clips being shown, as this season saw the race hit 1 million miles around the world. Of course, [[NeverLiveItDown the clip of Claire getting hit in the face with a watermelon is shown.]]
151* In leg 1, the teams had to search a bunch of fake fish for one that matched theirs and unlock a lock on it. However, Hung & Chee didn't memorize what their fish looked like and ended up deciding to just unlock every single one. ''It works''. And they come in first place to boot!
152** Hung slipping and falling on the pit stop mat. She comes to the mat at a dead run ([[ItMakesSenseInContext she's racing with a VERY fast goat]]) and tries to come to a halt, but her foot slips on the mat, and she [[EpicFail goes down HARD]], right in front of Phil and the greeter.
153* Depending on one's tolerance for racial stereotypes, one may get a kick out of Chee and Michelle (who are both of Asian descent) attributing their relatively easy time at the steelpan Roadblock to their parents making them play the piano at a young age. Meanwhile, [=DeAngelo=] (who's black) ends up regretting his decision to have Gary (who's white) do said Roadblock, with the latter needing at least 10 tries to get it.
154* [=DeAngelo=]'s YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe face when he learns that, after being spun around in the 'Wheel of Death', he has to walk on a tightrope. While balancing a bottle of wine on a tray. And once he gets to the end of the tightrope, he learns that he has to go back, now with the addition of two (filled) wine glasses.
155-->'''[=DeAngelo=]:''' And now I hate you.
156** Following the roadblock, all the teammates that did the challenge are still wearing makeup. Hung also can be seen still wearing her clown outfit.
157* During leg 5, the teams have to make four pies and deliver them to the tent. Only there was one added thing that was not mentioned in the clue: as soon as the teams walked in the tent, other chefs started to throw pies at them. Aparna even almost dropped her pies because she was trying to lick some of the pie that got on her!
158* Leg 6 had a hilarious Detour that was a choice between putting on a suit and chicken feet and singing "I wish I were a chicken" (actual translated title) or doing Beer Yoga (which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin).
159* What were Hayley & Kaylynn required to do for their second Speed Bump? [[GirlsWithMoustaches Put on fake beards and mustaches]] and wear them for the rest of the leg. Riley & Maddison did beard bumps with them at one point, and one of the local vendors at the meat market even requested to feel them!
160* One side of the Detour in Almaty saw teams do a {{Oner}} fight sequence for a movie. Eswar and Aparna however failed the first two times not because of anything technical, but because they weren't screaming enough. They then decided they had to play the ScreamingWarrior for all it was worth, yelling the whole way to the visible confusion (and sometimes [[{{Corpsing}} amusement]]) of the extras.
161* The teams' repeated surprise at how Kaylynn & Haley [[BornLucky keep surviving after coming in last or near last]].
162!!! Season 33
163* Connie & Sam, unaware of what a bobbie (police officer) in England is, search the marked location yelling out "BOBBIE!" thinking somebody with that name is their clue giver. Similarly, Akbar & Sheri are also unsure of who the bobbie is, and so [[FailedASpotCheck they walked right past him, unaware of another team celebrating having found him within inches of where they were]].
164* In Leg 2's Road Block, teams had to sort through a basket of mail for one marked as their next clue. Anthony, Caro and Penn all found theirs in less than 30 seconds, but due to Anthony playing mind games with them and having them think that just because it's marked with the race logo that it isn't the clue, Caro and Penn spend 30 minutes going through every box just to find it. It takes several other teams also finding theirs easily that they realize they already found it, and the realization on their faces is priceless.
165* During leg 5, Arun & Natalia got so lost in Switzerland that by the time that they arrived at the Pit Stop, the greeter had [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere already left]].
166* After managing to make a comeback in leg 6, Ryan and Dusty get so excited that they take their life jackets off. While they are talking with Phil, Raquel and Cayla make faces and make fun of them under their breaths.
167* The first task of Leg 7 had teams eat Casu Martzu, aka [[ForeignQueasine maggot cheese]], and the teams' reactions [[{{Squick}} were about what you'd expect]]. What really sells it though is the cheesemaker's stone-faced expression as the teams struggle to get it down, even bantering with Kim about how the maggots are still alive and moving while Penn just wants to get it over with.
168** To make it even funnier, most of the teams complain about how ''dry'' it is and not the maggots inside.
169* In Thessaloniki, teams faced a needle in a haystack challenge where they had to search through thousands of rocks to find one of ''4'' gold coins. Not funny on its own, but about an hour into the challenge, several teams were lampshading how editing was gonna make them look like idiots by flashing for the audience the correct rock being just under their noses and putting in the usual shady sound effects to further drive the situation home. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Sure enough, both of those happen]].
170!!! Season 34
171* It may have been crushing for them, but seeing Quinton & Mattie realize they wasted their time driving around Munich and were supposed to drive to Austria as the clue instructed was darkly hilarious, not helped by the German lady's blunt help along the lines of "This place is not in Germany."
172* For the Roadblock, teams had to learn how to yodel, and watching a bunch of Americans oscillate between underperforming and over-performing while mangling the words was as funny as it sounded. Even Phil knew [[ThisIsGonnaSuck it wasn't gonna go well for most teams]] as his introduction of the task saw him apologize for any ears hurt in listening.
173* During the Detour, most of the teams that pick the dancing side are man/woman teams...other than Emily and Molly, which winds up confusing the guide trying to teach them the dance.
174* Luis getting mad at not being able to taste any of the good looking Italian food they were supposed to deliver during the second Italy detour was one thing, but whining like a kid not being allowed to have ice cream was the cherry on top.
175* In the desert search task, most of the teams find the metal piece without too much fuss, but Lumumba unfortunately isn't as lucky, as his metal detector keeps finding random junk, from an old soda can to a broken car engine. He still tries to bring it to the judge, who is clearly having a field day playing along with his attempts.
176* Running through Amman, both Luis & Michelle and Quinton & Mattie are looking for a Roman theater that's the location of their Detour. They find one, only to see the Pit Stop mat and realize they arrived there ''way too early'' to say the least.
177* After winning, Derek jokingly pretends to propose to Claire, who shoots it down by revealing she packed the bags and didn't see a ring. Phil tells them both off for it.
178* While it was no doubt soul crushing for them, the reason Luis & Michelle fell behind in the finale? They didn't realize that the black keys on the piano also had some of the pictures they needed.
179
180!!! Season 35
181* Leg 1 sees one Detour option being to take a painful Thai massage for 30 minutes, which itself can give plenty of fun flashbacks to the infamous foot massage task from Season 14, but it gets funnier when teams are taking the massage at the same time, making each other uncomfortable with their moaning. Then there's Rob, who's deaf and thus immune to hearing their cries of pain, which lets him give plenty of funny [[AsideGlance side-eye to the camera]] seeing how ridiculous they look.
182* Leg 7 had a Roadblock involving [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles looking for a specific lock among thousands on a bridge]]. Greg [[HopeSpot thinks he sees the race flag and is relieved and ecstatic]], only to realize it's the flag of Spain due to their similar color schemes. Understandably, he's not happy.
183* In Leg 8, Rob, not long after he and Corey had climbed [[AbsurdlyLongStairway over a thousand stairs]] at the Planica Nordic Centre to get the Express Pass, ''verbally'' saying YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe after arriving at Nebotičnik and finding out that he has to climb even more stairs.
184* In their second leg in Slovenia (Leg 9), the race starts with a Roadblock where the participating team members ran through the streets of Ljubljana. While doing so, they come across a random pedestrian and his [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_rhea greater rhea]]. No rhyme or reason for why it's there, and it's not even part of the challenge, meaning nobody knows what to make of it.
185
186!!! Season 36
187* Maya & Rohan don't exactly have the best first leg as thanks to having NoSenseOfDirection, they end up lost almost the entire leg, which leads to them driving down a very narrow street and needing to back up. Cue them having to somehow U-Turn in said narrow street, and you can't help but both laugh at and pity them through the whole ordeal.
188* Angie nearly passing out after an entire leg running under the hot Mexican sun shouldn't be funny, but then as she's recovering, Danny realizes [[LoopholeAbuse there ain't no rule about the person whose face they're painting needing to sit up]], so he continues the Roadblock as normal while his mom is trying to lay down and recover.
189* Anthony & Bailey start Leg 2 with plenty of gusto and a declaration that [[TemptingFate they won't make any stupid mistakes]]. As they're talking to the ConfessionCam however, a nearby local who offered them direction gives them back their clue (an unspoken rule in the race is the need to keep every clue with them, seeing as how losing the most recent one can easily cost a team a race) as if to remind them of their promise, and they can't help but shake their heads at their stupidity.
190* Shelisa does the Leg 4 Roadblock involving matching sculptures to their locations, and during her first attempt, she is aware that editing will show how many she got wrong. Cue it showing ''[[EpicFail the entire board being wrong]]''.
191* Crosses over with being cute, but the editors had a bit of fun when they showed a dog riding one of the escalators in episode 4.
192* After Michelle and Sean are eliminated, they offer to teach Phil some Double Dutch jump rope lessons before they go. Whilst doing this, one of the ropes ends up ''[[CameraAbuse hitting the camera]]''. Phil then comments "that'll make the cut".
193* In episode 5, Rod loses a nut (for his skateboard)...and yells about this loss to everyone in the vicinity. Cue [[HehHehYouSaidX Danny and Angie laughing about this in a confessional]].
194
195!!Australian Versions:
196* The Amazing Race Australia, episode 1; half the teams are neck and neck at the final task, counting money and trying to find the right amount...when an ice-cream cart inexplicably shows up, with the tune playing loudly and annoyingly to the only team near it, Mo and Mos. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's funnier in the actual episode than on paper, really.]]
197--> '''Mo:''' "Yeah mate, just torture us."
198* The Amazing Race Australia 2
199** The practical driving test in leg 3, Jaipur, India. Teams were told to learn over 40 different signs with the instructor telling (and shocking) the teams by telling them "if you ignore these signs, you won't get a fine...you will have an accident". Some teams act surprised that there are road rules in India given all the craziness they saw earlier. Driving on the roads, it's chaos: bicycles, animals and carts weave in and out and the teams have to navigate a manual car through it all! Sarah uses the horn seemingly every few seconds, Shane & Andrew insist that they saw the dog that darted in front of them and a cart collides side on with Sticky and Sam. The latter ask "So no exchanging insurance details...we just drive straight?" The instructor is quite lenient and passes everyone!
200
201** In the following route task in leg 3 teams have to transport an ox drawn cart of pots through a parade. Everyone loses most of their pots (except Ross & Taryn) which bounce, roll and crack onto the pavement; some the moment they start moving. A meagre 15 minute penalty is applied to all but one team.
202** Leg 4, the teams had a purely luck-based task involving picking the winner in a horse race. If they failed to pick a winner before the last race or they arrived after the races were over, one team member had to piggyback the other over the finish line. Hilarity ensues, particularly with Paul and Steve.
203** Leg 4. A number of teams know they are in last place getting to the mat and their reactions, most funny though is the 2nd last team [[spoiler: from Lucy & Emilia who were arrested earlier (for 2 hours), when getting lost and driving onto the palace grounds of Dubai!]]
204** On Leg 7's 'Pit Stop' Grant decides to have some fun messing with the teams before revealing that it's actually a double leg:
205-->'''Grant''': As winners of this leg you have won...The Right to keep Racing (Pulls out clue and smiles).
206-->'''Grant''': You're team number three...I've got something for you....your next Clue!
207
208** On Leg 8 The teams were required to drive to the village/township of Australia located within Cuba. The look on several of the teams faces when they read the clue as "drive yourselves to Australia" without reading the second line is priceless. It becomes even funnier when you realize that the first task they have to do in the town is feeding and catching a crocodile.
209** On leg 10 Jo, while doing the frozen waterfall climbing task yelled she was going to draw inspiration to drive her picks into the ice wall by imagining it was Paul's face. She then yelled at Paul, who was getting ready right next to her, to make sure he had heard her. Cut to Paul and Steve in their post-leg interview, Steve laughing his ass off while Paul said:
210-->'''Paul''': Gee, that was a nice thing to let me know!
211** Teams doing an eating task as part of a detour. The teams that did the eating task were required to spin the wheel for themselves. As Paul spins the wheel, we get this gem:
212-->'''Steve''': Come on testicle...TESTICLE!
213** It becomes funnier when Steve gets the testicles on his last roll.
214** All four of the contestants doing this challenge (Steve and Paul, Shane and Andrew) having a little fun with it also counts, especially in comparison to Joseph and Grace.
215
216* The Amazing Race Australia Vs. New Zealand (3):
217** On Leg 6: In the second nation vs. nation challenge all teams from Australia/New Zealand had to work together to find all the babushka dolls with teams from their own country. John rushed off with Murray instead of sharing comparative information with the rest of the group. Leading to a group facepalm moment when John finally realized the inefficiency and ran back:
218-->'''John''': A lot better to work together hey?
219-->'''Hereni''': Uh, ya think?!
220** On leg 7: Jarrod trying to guess the number of umbrellas in the wet detour: First 888 than 3000 only for the judge to burst out laughing both times. Turns out they didn't read the clue, they only needed to count the yellow umbrellas (297).
221** On leg 8: Cat & Jesse's cab driver kept yelling at them to hurry up when he ran ahead of them to the next location (perhaps he was a secret fan of the race). Teams had to carry two stones up to Minčeta Tower. Once there, the watchman would reveal the question "How many stairs did you count to reach me?". Cat & Jesse instead of guessing answered: "a billion!"..."as many as it took to reach you!"
222** On leg 9: Tyson tries to bribe the attendant to not to let the other teams into the business lounge...with a Mars bar! Of course this doesn't work and she lets them through anyway (with Tyson wondering if he can get the candy he saved back).
223* The Amazing Race Australia (4):
224** Leg 3 in Vietnam: Sid & Ash, the wannabe villain team, comically bicker and fail to row a boat with their feet. They decide to swap detours; with Sid jumping out and wading with the declaration that "we're not rowing back!". Only to find later that Jasmine and Jerome had U-turned them causing them to bicker more and stumble through the same task. Throughout this their course language is bleeped out and the locals laugh at the antics.
225** Leg 3 again: when trying to navigate to the pitstop, Sid & Ash are the only team who take the road to the summit instead, with the camera man panning across the location they should have gone to. It's only after they reach the summit that they ask a local who points out the location is back the way they came; letting out one last swear, they trek back down.
226** Leg 4: Chris & Adrienne, are the first to go have their incense bundles checked, but forget about presentation and orientation, leaving them in a mess. Hayley & Mikayla jokingly mention to the other teams that they'll "see them in 5 minutes!".
227** In leg 5, Jasmine and Jerome, Viv & Joey and Femi & Nick claim the first bus. They apologize to Tom & Tyler who they know will catch up, but smiling on camera confess they are "secretly stoked" to be ahead of the most dominant team. They then state to each other that they would make a good final three. When Femi & Nick suggest they split the money six ways, everyone bursts out laughing.
228** When Tom & Tyler propose to form an alliance with Hayley & Mikayla on leg 5, they tease them with "Ooooh...big words!" Tyler responds with: "Why does the word 'alliance' scare you so much, it's like Tommy & the word commitment?" to which the girls laugh.
229** At the start of leg 7, a local Mukuni lady greats each of the teams in turn...by sipping tea and spitting/spraying it all over their faces. She then gives them their next clue. Tom & Tyler appear to have slept in, and are greeted by the camera crew at their hotel room door. They successfully catch up to 4th place, where they would have started the race.
230** Also in leg 7 (near the pitstop at Zambia elephant cafe): Teams are instructed to walk, not run, to the pit stop. On their brisk stroll, Tim & Rod shout banter with Tom & Tyler just a few meters ahead of them. The former ask them to give them the leg, with Tom & Tyler laughing that they already spent a long time looking at the waterfalls.
231** Femi & Nick have an odd half jog/half walk stroll to the pitstop where Beau congratulates them on [[NoSenseOfDirection not getting lost this time]].
232** Sid & Ash loose a narrow lead to Jasmine & Jerome by forgetting to unlock the car to retrieve their bags (the boot door bouncing back and nudging Sid on the head as he opened it).
233* The Amazing Race Australia (5):
234** In leg 5, Holly and Dolor receive what they refer to as the "Fred Flintstone car" with rainbows painted on it. They struggle to drive the manual car, having to yell at the traffic building up behind them, [[DrivingStick "We're stalled!"]]
235** In leg 13, [[NoSenseOfDirection Stan & Wayne get comically lost]]. They park in a bush, which gets lampshaded by the teams looking down from above as well as Stan & Wayne themselves.
236--> "Hulk Smash!!!"
237--> "I had to guide you there, I was worried you were going to go off the side of a cliff!"
238--> "It's what I do!"
239** Also in leg 13, Skye-Blue and Jake help MJ & Chelsea, by taking them all the way to the pitstop, not knowing the latter hadn't completed the detour yet and was aiming to go there first. Beau greets them, but tells them they have to go back out to complete the spaghetti challenge.
240** Beau doing the Fast Forward nudie run.
241* The Amazing Race Australia (6):
242** After jumping into a pool of what Beau tells the audience is a mixture of cow urine, quicklime, water and pigeon faeces:
243--> '''Beau:''' Apparently, the only thing that takes this smell away is mint. *is handed mint by someone offscreen* Lucky I carry mint everywhere. *shoves mint into face*
244** Beau's COVID lockdown shenanigans, such as trying to secure Dr Chris Brown as a replacement and ordering ice cream while the teams have to snatch an ice cream cone from a Turkish vendor without crushing it.
245** The Turkish Delight challenge in episode 8, which involved teams digging for a yellow version of the sweet treat...in a bowl of icing sugar, using their faces and a pair of goggles.
246--> '''Pako''': There was icing sugar going in all holes!
247** After that, Morgan and Lilli spot [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment cats having sex]]:
248--> Oh my god, get a room!
249** Crosses over with HehHehYouSaidX, but teams crushing cashews in episode 13 (first Belize leg) made them appreciate how people process cashew nuts.
250--> '''Gabby''': How good is it when the nut comes out whole?
251--> '''Toni:''' Oh, it's almost orgasmic, isn't it?
252* The Amazing Race (7/Celebrity Edition):
253** The tuktuk jokes in India.
254** This line, which is even funnier when you realize it's not part of the challenge revealed on Chezzi's podcast:
255--> '''Grant (about Indian heat after arriving from negative 4 degrees Celsius):''' It was like we'd crawled into Satan's arsehole.
256
257!!Other International Versions:
258* On TAR Asia 3, there was a Detour where on option was to play Blackjack until you win 9 times while wearing lavish outfits. Vince and Sam got there first so they decided to mess with Henry & Bernie by switching the name tags on their clothes so it looked like the dress was for Henry and the tuxedo was for Bernie
259* Hilda, from TAR Asia 4, borders between TheLoad, TheScrappy, and one of the funniest contestants that season. Highlights include being forced to repeatedly climb the steps of the Batu Caves when she keeps on writing down the wrong number of steps at the Roadblock, and convincing her husband to stroll with her to the pitstop on the second episode...with a team right behind them. [[https://youtu.be/qfWdAryqA-o?t=42m3s Watch it.]]
260
261* Leg 3 of TAR Latin America 1 had a Roadblock that took place in a vineyard. The team member had to search through the large grounds for hidden boxes that contained wine bottles, then they had to take 18 bottles to the front area, label them correctly and box them. Despite the cool weather, the sun was blazing and those who performed the task were exhausted with so much running and searching for the very well hidden bottles. And what were their teammates doing? Standing in the cool shade of the vineyard's main building, sampling wine and cheese and toasting each other like they were in some kind of posh get-together, and some of them could not help teasing their tired teammates over it.
262* From season 6 of [=HaMerotz=] [=LaMillion=] (the Israeli version of the race), a team triumphantly jumps on the pitstop mat to cement a first-place finish...only to ''slip and fall.'' [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BfnqioLnd71/?taken-by=theamazingraceisrael It has to be seen to be believed.]]
263* In Season 2 of China Rush, teams had to make babas. The master nitpicking the smallest details and everyone trying to get her attention was ChewingTheScenery at its finest. The icing on top of the cake was Mary insisting her baba was good despite not being salted enough pointing out unsalted foods are healthier.
264* Leg 5 of TAR Canada features a challenge wherein the teams must perform a traditional Thai puppet show. The show is a three-person act and must be done in silence. Zed and Shabbir neglect to [[ReadTheFreakingManual read the latter part of the clue]], and repeatedly speak during the performance. At one point, when discussing their next attempt, they agree that they'll be able to succeed if they talk themselves through the steps. What makes it even funnier is the annoyed/exasperated look on their third puppeteer's face; it's a combination of a moment of idiocy and "I am SO done."
265* Jet & Dave pranking Jody & Cory, by writing "Check the Cannons" in the sand at an overnight equalizer.

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