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6->''"I don't watch Big Brother to see people cleaning their teeth or having a shower. I watch Big Brother to see George Galloway pretending to be a cat. That is funny."''
7-->-- '''Guy''' on ''The One Show''
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9''Big Brother'' is a [[TropeMaker groundbreaking]] RealityShow that started in the Netherlands in 1999, and has since spread around the world. There have been versions in the United States, South America, Australia, the Middle East (where it was canceled after ten days due to religious protests), Africa (where it caused a constitutional crisis in Malawi), throughout Europe, and (in Asia) India, briefly Thailand, the Philippines and Canada. However, by far the most famous version of the show is the British version, which was so popular that a CelebrityEdition was made. Brazil also had a CelebrityEdition, but it wasn't by the same network that held the broadcasting rights to ''Big Brother'' and wasn't different enough to avoid being ScrewedByTheLawyers. Said edition was known as "Casa dos Artistas" (House of the Artists). The 2007 version of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' set the UK record for most complaints about a TV programme, mostly due to the Shilpa Shetty racism row.
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11The premise is simple: lock several "ordinary" people in house, supply them with alcohol ([[CreatorBacklash you won't see this aspect much anymore due to the disasters that followed]]), and watch the results on omnipresent cameras. Viewers can watch the edited highlights in the evening, or watch it live on cable or the Internet. The public then proceed to vote them out every so often.
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13The US version notably abandoned the public-voting-out after the first season; the public kept voting out the trouble-makers, who the producers saw as "more interesting" [[ExecutiveMeddling and wanted to keep]], resulting in them switching to a more ''Series/{{Survivor}}''-like system where the house guests vote each other out. (This was later adopted by the Canadian version.) However, they must vote out one of two contestants nominated by a third contestant who won the "Head of Household" title that week. Therefore, there is less safety in the large, unconcealed alliances you see on ''Series/{{Survivor}}''. The change also meant that the show didn't have to manufacture drama purely by casting the looniest people alive.
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15A common twist is a "Big Brother goes evil" or "Hell" twist, where Big Brother is psychologically abusive to the houseguests or where they are put in a bad environment.
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17Among the numerous references to the show, it was {{homage}}d by the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]] with a {{dystopia}}n future version where the contestants are disintegrated when they're voted out (this is often assumed to be a parody or a TakeThat against RealityTV, but WordOfGod confirms it as [[AffectionateParody a tribute]]); inspired the MiniSeries ''Series/DeadSet'' by Creator/CharlieBrooker, in which seven contestants and some of the show's backstage staff battle a ZombieApocalypse; and additionally inspired ''Literature/DeadFamous'', which turns the concept into a murder mystery. It's also often actually turned into {{Machinima}}; see WebAnimation/SBBBrothers for just one example.
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19Check out and help build the [[Characters/BigBrother character sheet]].
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21'''Not to be confused''' with Creator/GeorgeOrwell's classic work ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour,'' in which Big Brother represents the totalitarian Party that treats free thought as a crime. Its name is, however, based on the fact that in the book cameras are everywhere, with everyone being watched by "Big Brother", which is about all most people (think they) know about it. For information on that trope, see BigBrotherIsWatching. For the trope on the totalitarian figure of "Big Brother" who may or may not exist, see ShadowDictator.
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24!! Notable spinoffs and iterations of ''Big Brother'' around the world include:
25* '''Global:'''
26** Various {{celebrity edition}}s (often referred to as ''VIP'', as in the original Dutch series) exist alongside most regional versions and are often more popular than the civilian seasons
27** "All Stars" seasons are less common than celebrity editions, and have only occurred in a handful of regions: United Kingdom (as ''Ultimate Big Brother'', the SeriesFauxnale of the original Creator/Channel4 run), United States (seasons 7 and 22), Bulgaria, and continental Africa (season 5).
28** Teen editions are even less common (and ''much'' more controversial) than either of the above, with only the United Kingdom (''Teen Big Brother: The Experiment'', which ran for five episodes in 2005) and the Philippines (which has aired multiple teen seasons) having attempted them.
29** Some countries even experiment with blended versions of the above formats, combining teens, adult civilians, and/or celebrities for a single season.
30*** The sole season of Denmark's ''Big Brother Reality All-Stars'' (2004) combined civilian houseguests from past seasons as well as celebrity houseguests from other reality shows of the time.
31*** ''Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack'' (2008), a one-off season conceived in response to the maligned 2007 celebrity edition (which was so bad that it has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Big_Brother_(British_series_5)_racism_controversy its own article]] on Website/TheOtherWiki) that consisted of civilian adults following the whims of guest celebrities acting as Big Brother.
32*** The Philippine version has aired several combined editions that incorporate teens, civilian adults, and celebrities, including the colossal ''Kumunity'' season (2021) that lasted for 226 days and had houseguests from each group participate in their own separate mini-seasons until the tops from each came together to declare an ultimate winner. [[SerialEscalation It was essentially an All Stars season within an All Stars season!]]
33** France's ''Loft Story'' (2001 — 2002) was a slightly modified version of the format to suit the country's milder sensibilities that soon made its way to UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} (predating Canada's English version of the parent series) and later relaunched as ''Secret Story'', while Quebec got their own ''Big Brother'' and a celebrity edition much later.
34** The sixth season of the German version (2005 — 2006), though not formally dubbed a spinoff, was unique in that it encompassed not just a singular house but a miniature simulated village where housemates could work various jobs and make money in. This season also lacked a planned end date and ran for a whopping 363 days, making it the second longest season behind only Germany's own preceding fifth season.
35** ''Big Brother Second Life'' (2006 — 2007) was an interesting oddity for the franchise, doubling as the format's first explicitly international season as well the first exclusively virtual one that took place entirely in —as the title suggests— ''VideoGame/SecondLife''.
36* '''United Kingdom:'''
37** ''Big Brother Panto'' (2004 — 2005), a [[ChristmasSpecial festive]] limited run that dropped the usual format of the parent series and instead followed various fan favorite houseguests from past seasons as they organized a {{pantomime}} of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'', with the sole public vote of the season determining which of them would star in the title role.
38** The aforementioned ''Ultimate Big Brother'' (2010) was an All Stars edition that incorporated fan favorites from both the adult civilian series as well as the celebrity edition.
39* '''United States:'''
40** ''Big Brother: Over the Top'' (2016), a spinoff that aired exclusively on Creator/CBSAllAccess and utilized a slightly different format than the parent series, incorporating more input from the audience than usual.
41** ''Big Brother Reindeer Games'' (2023), a limited [[ChristmasSpecial Christmas-themed]] spinoff that brought back several fan favorite contestants in a new format that prioritized competitions over social gameplay, and notably did ''not'' have the players living in the house or captured on live feeds.
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43!!This TV series has examples of the following tropes:
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48* AscendedFanboy: It's fairly common for self-described "superfans" to be cast on the show.
49* [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Be Evicted]]: Being a highly competitive show that relies on backstabbing for much of the drama, this is bound to happen. Even in versions where the public votes to evict, expect a few fan favorites to be voted out early.
50* AudienceParticipation: Every version of the show tends to have some level of audience input. On the original Dutch format and the popular UK version, evictions (and ultimately, winners) are determined by an audience vote, whereas in the American version [[note]]from the second season onwards[[/note]] and the ones that follow it, all evictions and winners are determined by the houseguests themselves. That being said, you'll often have an "America's Vote" poll to determine various factors within the game, most notably "America's Favorite Houseguest", who receives a cash prize in addition to the winner and runner-up.
51* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: It's common for fans to want people who cause drama in the house and fight with each other. When they end up doing this? People call for their removal from the show. So the next season casts less volatile people - cue the fans complaining that the players are "boring".
52* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: A common strategy for players that are good but not great is to keep said players in the game even when they become a threat. The idea is that when they're in the game they're being targeted by everyone and therefore draw attention away from the other players, whereas if they're eliminated it's only a matter of time before somebody is forced to fill the EvilPowerVacuum.
53* BigBrotherIsWatching: Inverted. We're [[ExactWords watching]] ''[[RussianReversal Big Brother.]]'' Or rather, via the live feeds, we ''are'' Big Brother.
54* ConfessionCam: Most versions of the show have a "Diary Room" containing a CoolChair facing a camera. In addition to housemates using the room to vent their feelings about what's happening, the room is also used to cast votes for eliminations or to receive warnings/reprimands for bad behaviour or outright rule breaking.
55* CoolHouse: There have been some ''very'' nice houses over the years.
56* CoveringUpYourGray: {{Inverted|Trope}} in the fourth UK series. During a superhero task, the oldest housemate Cameron becomes the Silver Fox, whose mission is to restore dyed hair to its natural grey.
57* DefeatMeansFriendship: Happens more than you would think after houseguests return to the outside world and get to know one another in a non-competitive setting.
58* FanService:
59** A lot of people watch it just because they are waiting for someone to take a shower. And the sole purpose of some challenges seems to be to get the contestants to show some skin. Wet T-Shirt contest in Big Brother Czech, anyone?
60** Big Brother Brasil inserts more of this each year, to the point of suggesting oral sex under the couches. And there always will be a girl who "accidentally" exposes a critical area every now and then.
61** Averted in one season of Big Brother Australia; one contestant insisted on wearing a bikini while bathing. So much so that "Jemma in the shower" became somewhat of a IRL Meme.
62** The Dutch version contestants were smart enough to see this coming, and spent the first episode having a hot tub orgy. [[RefugeInAudacity Really]].
63** In the ninth UK series, Dale and Stuart were given tasks seemingly for no reason other than to show off their torsos.
64* GameShowPhysicalChallenge: In most scenarios, a round of the show will begin with a challenge between all houseguests to become the head of household (excluding the previous HOH). Later in the round, the head of household, the current nominees for eviction, and three others compete in a challenge to be able to veto one of the nominees. While several challenges are predominantly mental and/or social, obstacles and tests of endurance are also common.
65* GenreBlind: Subverted in versions that follow the American format. Hail Mary attempts to save yourself in the game by convincing an HOH holding the Power of Veto that is targeting you for eviction to take you off and put someone else up often don't work, but many houseguests have continually tried doing this despite the fact that it would take some pretty ''damning'' knowledge about another contestant to convince the HOH to turn the target toward that other person to save you. Trying to convince someone else holding the POV to take you off the block instead of keeping the nominations the same has somewhat better odds of success, but not by much.
66* GreyAndGreyMorality: The 24/7 viewing system shows all the things happening in the Big Brother house, so people can deliberately find your characteristic flaws. That means, no one is totally perfect.
67* GildedCage: With the house's homely design, 24/7 viewing system and you will never leave until you're out or you win, it's quite comparable like a luxury prison.
68* HobbesWasRight: More so in the American format than the original Dutch version, which incentives strategy and manipulation. While there are exceptions, generally the houseguests that do the best are the ones that are ruthless in their gameplay and manipulate others to further their own advancement. By contrast, houseguests who play nice and friendly better be good at competitions, or else they'll either be dominated by the controlling houseguests or find themselves in their crosshairs. Some houseguests try to strike a balance, being friendly while manipulating people, but it's usually for gameplay purposes; they don't want to make enemies and need allies to play the numbers game when it's time to evict.
69* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The name comes from Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
70* LongRunner:
71** The series itself is one. The original Dutch version started in 1999, and while that one has since ended, there are several versions of the show that started in 2000 and have run consistently since then. As of 2020, the American version is the longest-running one of them all, airing more than twenty seasons over two decades.
72** Seasons 5 and 6 of ''Big Brother Germany'' deserve a mention for being long-runners unto themselves: they both lasted for ''one year'' before a winner was finally crowned. It was estimated by Guinness that the 24/7 broadcast of the house for season 5 currently holds the record for longest uninterrupted live broadcast.
73* MsFanservice: Frequent. The Brazilian version at times even has formercurrent beauty pageants. And many who end up on ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}''.
74* NonGameplayElimination: Happens ''quite a bit'', house guests either break rules (Fight Night and NWordPrivileges in UK Version, Turkey Slapping in Australia, the "Knife incident" & "Hirochima" in America come to mind) and get kicked out, or decide to leave (Sometimes due to family emergencies, injuries like Rima in Australia or Keeley in ''2010'', or just not wanting to play the game).
75* NumberedSequels: The editions are recognizable by the numbers. Brazil managed to have the numbers coincide with the year of release, given the first two happened in 2002, and it's been an yearly affair since ''BBB 3'' in 2003.
76* {{Pixellation}}: The series usually airs on network television in their respective countries, which may or may not have certain watershed censorship rules and are limited in just how much of the houseguests they can show.
77* RealityShowGenreBlindness: It's always surprising for some houseguests whenever they are lied to, especially if they've seen the show before and know that it's a critical aspect to staying in the game.
78* SceneryPorn: Some of the houses for these series have been ''very'' elaborate and ''very'' well-designed...[[SceneryGorn only to be covered in a huge mess in a couple weeks]].
79* {{Spinoff}}: Usually of the CompanionShow variety:
80** The UK series has most notably had: ''Big Brother's Little Brother'', a BB news fanzine; ''Big Brother's Big Mouth'', a BB public opinion/talk show; ''Big Brother Live'', live streaming from the house; and ''Diary Room Uncut'', in which notable Diary Room conversations were played in full. With the show's move to Channel 5, a new spinoff known as ''Big Brother's Bit on the Side'' exists: it functions similarly to BBLB and Big Mouth six days of the week, and on Sundays it's a quiz show. Also on C4 there was "Big Brother's Big Brain" and "Big Brother On The Coach", both of which were psychology shows. As well as a podcast "Big Brother's Big Ears".
81** The US version had ''Big Brother After Dark'', a 3-hour block of live streaming from the house that aired on Creator/{{Showtime}} and then Creator/PopTV. Until Season 11, the US version also had ''House Calls'', a internet call-in show featuring the latest evictee of that week.
82** The Australian version had: Live Nominations, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which broadcast the housemates' nominations live]]; Uncut/Adults Only, which broadcast material that didn't fit the PG rating; ''[=UpLate=]'', which was live streaming from the house late at night; and ''Friday Night Live'', which had the housemates competing in a series of games for prizes (both gameplay bonuses and tangible prizes). In its final season, the Australian version adopted ''Big Mouth'' from the UK version.
83** There have also been celebrity editions of the show, which sometimes become ''more'' popular than the regular editions.
84* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Essentially one of the premises of the show; isolated for weeks with a small group of radically different strangers when a large sum of money is up for grabs, what will people do to win and what will they reveal about themselves in the process? The results are often not pretty.
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88* AHouseDivided: Possibly the most famous instance was in Big Brother 2002 when the house was divided into two, the Rich Side and the Poor Side, with live tasks determining who would live on which side for a week.
89*** It was also seen in Big Brother 2006 during the Prison task, when the Prison wardens lived in the main house whilst the prisoners moved next door into a prison cell. Unbeknownst to the wardens, the prisoners were [[JailBake given instructions]] on how to find the [[LuxuryPrisonSuite secret hideaway]].
90*** In the Celebrity version of the 2007 series, Jade Goody, her mother and her boyfriend entered the main house, and all bar Shilpa Shetty, Jermaine Jackson and Ken Russell moved into the servants quarters, as part of a Masters and Servants task which involved the servants waiting hand and foot on the Goody clan and the remaining celebrities in the main house, much to [[GreatEscape Donny Tourrete's dismay]].
91*** This made somewhat of a comeback in Big Brother 2008, when there was a "Heaven" and a "Hell" side of the house.
92*** There are usually two main "warring" factions. One made up of the "underdogs", the other made up of "populars". Notable examples are Team Richard vs The Plastics (series 7), B Block vs The Whisper Club (series 9), and The Insiders vs The Outsiders (series 13, ironically, The Outsiders were much more popular with the public).
93*** In Big Brother 2004, the house featured Marco's Harem ([[CampGay Marco]], [[EthicalSlut Michelle]], [[ImpracticallyFancyOutfit Nadia]] and [[TheDitz Emma]]) vs the Jungle Cats ([[SmallNameBigEgo Victor]], [[JerkAss Jason]], Ahmed and honorary member Stuart). The two factions, for the most part, hated each other and had a massive difference of ideals - the Harem were camp, loud, and always up for a party, while the Cats were serious about the game, moody, but more mature than the harem. The conflict between these two came to a magnificent climax on the legendary Fight Night, on which Jason threatened to knock Marco's block off, Nadia slapped Jason, and Emma and Victor threw platters at each other, resulting in Emma being thrown out of the house.
94* AlphaBitch: One who fits the trope closest was Grace in series 7. She was relentlessly bitchy and snobby, and called housemates who were outside her clique "freaks". She had a VillainousBreakdown after hearing the audience loudly chanting "Get Grace Out!". It later became tradition for an unpopular housemate to have their name chanted in such a way, but at the time it was a shock to all the housemates that one of them could be so disliked by the public, not least Grace herself who sobbed that she had never been unpopular in her life.
95** Helen Wood from [=BB15=] and 16 embodied this trope TWICE! Her confrontational behaviour in [=BB15=] caused her to receive multiple formal warnings for bullying and threatening other housemates. Viewers were ultimately shocked when she [[spoiler:won the show]]. In [=BB16=], Helen returned as a Time Warp housemate and displayed much of the same confrontational behaviour, arguing with Nikki Grahame and calling Brian Belo a 'paedophile' and a 'rapist' [[spoiler:leading him to walk out of the show]]. Again, she received formal warnings for her actions and was subsequently banned from appearing on future BBUK series.
96* AnnoyingLaugh: Caroline's cackling laugh in [=BB1=] infuriated most of the boys.
97** Nadia from [=BB5=] also had one, much to the annoyance of the Jungle Cats.
98* BackForTheFinale: The evicted housemates usually return for the finale night, as with most versions.
99** This happened in a more literal sense in season 7 when Nikki Grahame was voted back into the house for the final week and was once again eligible to win.
100* BlindfoldedTrip:
101** If a housemate left the house temporarily, perhaps for medical treatment, they were usually blindfolded and wore headphones, to prevent them from seeing the outside world.
102** Various tasks involved housemates being blindfolded: in series 5, they dressed as cows and were guided by fellow housemates (farmers) wielding cattle prods.
103* CampGay : Marco, Kemal, Shahbaz, Dennis, Tom and Scott. You could also make a case for [[AmbiguouslyGay Craig]] from the 2005 series. The increasing levels of campness are hilariously mocked by Creator/LeeMack [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCA5z3KJClY&t=0m5s in his stand up show]].
104* CantSeeADamnThing: One housemate Mikey was very partially-sighted. The other housemates had a task of taking turns to be blindfolded for several hours.
105* CatchPhrase: "Big Brother house, this is Davina. You are live on channel 4. Please do not swear!" or "You have 30 seconds to say your goodbyes. I'm coming to get you!"
106** Also "Dear 25 in tha Big Brutha howse, an Dearvid is summoned to the diary room." Not so much a CatchPhrase as a Catch ''Accent''. Marcus Bentley's (natural) County Durham accent is such an iconic element of the series that he's been known to exaggerate it for effect.
107* CaughtWithYourPantsDown:
108** Ray in series 4 once sneaked into the toilet at night, hidden under his duvet. Although the action was not visible, it was clear what he was doing. On another occasion, Gos pulled the duvet off him, yelling "stop wanking!".
109** In series 6, the housemates were each given a large cardboard box, and tasked to stay in them for as long as they could. Moans of pleasure could be heard from a female housemate's box. This was not commented on much, but Davina tried to ask her about it.
110* TheChessmaster: Makosi in series 6. She manipulated and controlled the whole house, turned situations to her advantage in a magnificent away, and sent most of her main rivals AND her main allies to the door. She was a favourite to win at one point, but she took her tactics too far by pretending to be pregnant. Public opinion quickly turned against her, and, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder two-faced backstabber]] though she was the harsh reception she got from the crowd made for uncomfortable viewing.
111* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder:
112** Noirin and Bea from series 10. By the time each were evicted, they had succeeded in alienating the vast majority of their housemates. They just had no concept of loyalty ... to ANYONE! And no, this shared trait didn't help them bond. They hated each other just as much as everyone else, coming close to a full-on bitchfight once.
113** Makosi in series 6. She backstabbed from week one all the way to the final!
114* ComedicSpanking: Imogen in series 7 was issued with a smacking stick (leather hand on a pole) with which to hit Mikey when he annoyed her.
115* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Big Brother had inventive ways of punishing the housemates. Some of them were:
116** In series 5, there was a good-natured escalating war between the housemates and Big Brother. For a day, the housemates refused to speak at all, while Big Brother played irritating noises into the house, such as babies crying (Michelle imitated this by pulling faces). Big Brother then showed them a film of a cowboy hat (much loved by Stuart) being burned. The housemates retaliated by taking the diary room camera outside, and trying to set fire to it.
117** Nikki in series 7 was made to sit in the diary room in silence, after she spoke about the outside world. With her loud and attention-seeking ways, and her general refusal to accept responsibility, this was a terrible punishment for her.
118** Makosi in series 6 (perhaps in a ShoutOut to Film/ChittyChittyBangBang) entered a gingerbread house in the garden: as soon as she was inside, the walls fell away, revealing a cage, which was hoisted high in the air by a crane. The other housemates were told that she had been kidnapped, and were offered something nice (cigarettes, tea and cakes), if Makosi stayed kidnapped. Most of them disliked Makosi, so they gladly accepted these offerings.
119** Housemates who discussed nominations were once punished by having to make their nominations in front of the other housemates.
120* CountryMatters: Well, it is a post-watershed show, after all.
121** Implied by Sharon Osbourne in a 2024 Celebrity episode, when in a conversation with Louis Walsh about celebrities, she refers to people like James Corden as being a "C-Word".
122*** A couple of days later, the show played it straight on "Late and Live" with ''Drag Race UK'' star Danny Beard not once, but twice in the '''same sentence''', gaining quite a reaction from presenters AJ Odudu and Will Best. It went to the point that Best was struggling with what to say next and Beard asking if he's allowed to say the word. AJ ended the whole ordeal with:
123--> That’s the pressure of live TV.
124* DeadpanSnarker: Housemates are able to directly speak with Big Brother in the diary room. Big Brother is voiced by a member of production, and always talks with '''zero''' emotion regardless of who is providing the voice. This is meant to reinforce the idea that Big Brother is the neutral controller of the house, but it leads to the occasional deadpan moment when Big Brother gets snarky (see EmptyPilesOfClothing below for an example).
125* DoubleStandard: Emily Parr and the whole NWordPrivileges. Black housemate Charley uses the n-word and nobody raises a fuss. White housemate Emily uses it and is kicked out of the house.
126** Had it not been for the celebrity edition scandal a mere four months earlier, she most likely would have gotten off with a warning. But since the producers were so afraid of another blowup, they decided to remove her immediately. Ironically, the only controversy was over Emily's unfair expulsion!
127*** Indeed, in the previous series, [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Spiral]] and [[BlackAndNerdy Michael]] had a conversation about the word and intent of its use.
128* DumbBlonde: There's usually one. Helen Adams (series 2) and Jade Goody (series 3) became iconic (but not in a good way, at least in Goody's case). Sophie Reade (series 10) who went on to win that series. Subverted with blonde twins Amanda and Sam Marchant in series 8. They at first appeared to be blonde bimbo girls, as they were giggly, excitable and loved wearing pink, but turned out to be quite intelligent. For example Amanda once added up the entire shopping budget on her own, when usually several housemates contribute to that task, and the other housemates commented that Amanda did a better job of it than anyone else had before. Keep in mind that Amanda was [[GeniusDitz the ditzier]] of the two!
129* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early on in the British run, housemates were allowed to bring two books to read during their stay in the house, and could even sleep during the daytime. The no-book and no-daytime sleeping rules were added in [=BB5=] UK.
130* EmptyPilesOfClothing: In series 3, to emphasise his hunger while living on the poor side of the house, Jonny laid his clothes flat on the diary room chair, with his head visible behind the chair.
131--> '''Jonny''': As you can see, I'm wasting away on the poor side; and if you don't give us something nice to eat, one of the chickens is gonna get it.
132--> '''Big Brother''': Big Brother will not allow you to kill one of the chickens. Are you finding it difficult on the poor side, Jonny?
133--> '''Jonny''': Well, what does it look like?
134--> '''Big Brother''': It looks like you've got some clothes on a chair.
135--> '''Jonny''': He's good, I didn't expect that.
136* ExcrementStatement: Sandy from series 3 urinated in the bin before he left, with the narrator's comment "before he left, Sandy let his housemates know what he really thought of them".
137* ForeignExchangeStudent: Of a sort, in series 4. Cameron spent a few days in the Big Brother house in South Africa, and was replaced with African housemate Gaetano.
138* GranolaGirl:
139** Vegetarian tofu lover and yoga devotee Sada in [=BB1=].
140** Zig-zagged with Wolfy from series 14. She will meditate and speak to the birds in the backyard, and also believes that animals only approach you if they have something to say to you, but at the same time she has no problem with smoking.
141* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: The housemates were given a task of who could keep dancing on the spot the longest, to music through their headphones. As well as not being able to hear what was happening around them, they were also blindfolded, so they could not see if anyone dropped out.
142* HeadTurningBeauty: In the seventh season Imogen Thomas and Grace Adams Short received incredibly loud cheers from the crowd as they went into the house, mostly due to their beauty (Imogen also being known as a former pageant queen). Grace even got audible wolf whistles as she went in - which is HilariousInHindsight considering the sheer amount of XPacHeat she would quickly get for herself.
143* HilarityEnsues: In Big Brother 2009, one task required the houseguests to put on suits with electrodes inside. Three were then told to guide a wand through a complex maze, and if it touched the metal, everyone would receive a minor shock. This was considered to be so memorable that it was released on the commemoration DVD.
144* HumiliationConga:
145** John James in series 11 in the last few weeks, as the producers and many viewers had got sick of his {{Jerkass}} SpoiledBrat behaviour. They made him wear ridiculous costumes for tasks and bought back evicted housemates he argued with. In the last few days leading up to his eviction they bought back Rachael. He bragged to the others about laying into her, but when he learned that she had hooked up with Nathan on the outside he literally started [[IWantMyMommy crying for his mummy]].
146** Most of the series for series 13 Luke S. He had curry powder put in his protein shake by Benedict, who told him that as a parting shot just before he left the house. After accusing Deana of being a golddigger, she countered that his relationship with Ashleigh was fake for the cameras. In a task he was fooled into thinking a phony talent agent was really interested in signing him, which saw him doing a photoshoot for a cheesy calender and saying that Ashleigh annoyed him and when he left the house he would rather be a player than in a relationship. Later he overheard Ashleigh complaining that he smelt of onions and implying that she fancied Conor more. Worst of all, he and Conor were in the White Room task and were told that if one of them pressed a button they would win £50,000 but would have to leave the house immediately and the other would get a free pass to the final. Conor had said a few days before that getting to the final was the most important thing to him, but he pressed the button a split second before Luke S, leaving him crying and kicking the furniture in anger. It didn't end there either. Conor said in his interview that despite being allies in the house he never liked Luke S much, and in the last week in the house [[DeadpanSnarker Deana]] couldn't resist making jokes about Luke S not pressing the button. Then when it came to the final Luke S was out first and 'Push The Button' by the Sugababes was played as he exited the house.
147** In [=BB15=], Steven had a relationship with housemate Kimberly. They had sex several times in the house, much to the disgust of both housemates and viewers. On one particular occasion, Steven was heard telling Kimberly to "open it" leading to numerous internet memes and jokes from presenter Emma Willis. This was taken even further when Big Brother had Steven host a talk show called 'Opening Up With Steven' and the crowd began chanting "two second Steven" during evictions.
148* IncrediblyLamePun: One task in Big Brother 11 saw the housemates build tiny robots to battle '''[[Series/RobotWars Bigger Brother]]'''.
149* {{Irony}}: To avoid controversy due to the racist bullying in the previous Celebrity Edition, Emily Parr was ejected from Big Brother UK for [[NWordPrivileges using the N-word in a conversation with Charley]]. However, it sparked a controversy ''instead'' about how people viewed it as [[DoubleStandard Unfair]], since Charley was not even punished for saying it, and Emily had not offended any other houseguests.
150** Celebrity Big Brother 4, the winner of that season (Chantelle Houghton) was non-celeb.
151** Despite most woman in [=BB15=] evicted like flies to the point where the production had to give twists to slow it down, the final 2 of that season are both female.
152* JailBake: Played straight in series 7, with a prison task, in which half the housemates were prisoners, and the other half prison officers. A cake with "Shhhhh!" iced on it was delivered to the prisoners, containing instructions to find a secret passage to a luxury spa. The prisoners had to time their use of this carefully, because at certain times, they would be on CCTV to the prison officers.
153* JawDrop:
154** This was the reaction of arrogant [=BB7=] UK contestant Sezer after it was announced he was the latest evictee. His jaw almost dropped again when he was told that he had got an at the time record breaking 91.6% of the public vote to be evicted.
155** Jade Goody in series 3 reacted similarly in the diary room, when Big Brother listed all the times she had discussed nominations.
156* {{Jerkass}}: Due to the vote to evict, they usually bit the dust as soon as they were on the block. Now the voting system has changed to "vote to save", controversial characters (such as The Shannon Twins) manage to survive longer (even make the final). But, in the end, good usually wins. Of course, that depends on who you view as "good", as the majority have "jerkass" moments now and again.
157** Alexandra and Dennis deserve special mention - Alexandra's actions got her ''kicked out'', followed quickly by Dennis. Big Brother is more than willing to allow Jerkass characters to stay around for entertainment, but there are lines you should never ''ever'' cross.
158** Averted with Helen in [=BB15=], despite being bullying and controversial behaviour, ended up winning the show, much to the baffled public.
159*** Also averted with Stephen Bear in Celebrity Big Brother 18, who won the show despite angering every single housemate that series, being incredibly aggressive, cheating on his girlfriend and being up for eviction nearly every week.
160** Marc in [=BB16=] was very open about his jerkass nature, saying before he went in the show he was expecting that no one would like him. He deliberately goaded his housemates into conflict, trashed the house, made comments on female housemates' weight and struck up an alliance with Helen Wood. His late appearance and behaviour vastly improved ratings that series and he ended up getting a pretty good reception from viewers.
161* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The Celebrity revival series in 2024 did this twice. When the housemates had a spiritual-themed task, there was a montage of them waking up while some peaceful music was playing, only for it to quickly be shown from their reactions and a change in the show's audio that it was actually being played through the speakers in the bedroom. The same thing happened on the day when they had a police-themed task, this time with [[Music/SophieEllisBextor "Muder On The Dance Floor"]] playing.
162* TheMole: 2010's show had an 'extra' housemate chosen to enter from Day one, who had a secret task. Mario had to act as Big Brother's 'Mole' for the first few weeks, completing sabotage tasks for them. After a few weeks the housemates would be informed there was a mole in the house and had to vote who they thought it was - with Mario risking being kicked out if he was discovered. To make it extra obvious, they made him enter in a mole costume (although he wasn't required to wear it after that). [[spoiler:He managed to not only avoid being pegged as the mole, his genuine and nice persona meant that even after Big Brother revealed who it was no one really held it against him]].
163* NeonSignHideout: When Aisleyne was "evicted" to the secret House Next Door in Big Brother UK Series 7, the housemates could hear noises from where the House Next Door was located and sussed that there was a secret place.
164** In fact, the "sent next door" twist had been done so many times that in the 12th UK series, nominees Anton and Jay were secretly moved to the Big Brother Crypt, as they were "dead to the housemates". Despite the others being told that they had been evicted from the house they managed to suss that they were in fact living in a secret room.
165* NeverLiveItDown: George Galloway, a politician who at that time was not an [=MP=], [[note]]As of March 2024, he has been re-elected to Parliament[[/note]] will never live down his infamous, cringeworthy "would you like me to be the cat?" moment in Celebrity Big Brother 4. It might have been part of a task, but even so, him pretending to be a cat growling and licking cream out of the hands of actress Creator/RulaLenska was one of the biggest UK car crash TV events ever, and it's still remembered to this day.
166* NoDamageRun: There were houseguests who managed to make it to the finale without being nominated or receiving ''very few'' nominations. Amanda & Sam in ''Big Brother 2007'' UK received no nomination votes, while Josie in ''Big Brother 2010'' never faced the public vote until the end.
167* ObfuscatingDisability: Rachel Rice in the UK series apparently faked an illness to get off from work and get on the show.
168** Bonnie Holt with her UsefulNotes/AspergersSyndrome, but she also had ObfuscatingStupidity as well.
169* ObfuscatingStupidity: Bonnie Holt. Brian in series 8 infamously claiming he had never heard of Shakespeare.
170* OddFriendship: Aisleyne and Imogen from series 7. Imogen's closest friend, Grace, HATED Aisleyne, and the feeling was mutual. Somehow, after Grace's eviction, Aisleyne and Imogen became close friends, and they still are to this day.
171** Adam and Luke A from series 13, and one of the more genuinely heartwarming friendships from the show.
172*** In [=BB15=], 18-year-old fashion model Ashleigh and 33-year-old Chris, largely considered to be a weird outsider by many of his housemates, had a surprisingly close friendship.
173* OneSteveLimit: Surprisingly rare that it comes up, though Luke S and Luke A were in the same series, usually one housemate goes by a nickname. 2 housemates in one series were both called "Rachel" with no qualifiers though, as the second Rachel only arrived several weeks after the first was evicted.
174** In general Big Brother UK is more willing to break this rule: celebrity series 19 gave us James C and James J, and celebrity series 21 gave us Shane J and Shane L.
175* PeripheryDemographic: Celebrity series 21 garnered a strong online following from fans of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' due to the presence of popular contestant Courtney Act on the series.
176* PunctualityIsForPeasants: In series 5, the short-lived housemate Kitten tried to be arrogantly late for Big Brother on the first evening, ignoring Big Brother's summons to the diary room, saying "I'll come when I'm ready", while lounging in the spa. This backfired, because the reason the housemates were called to the diary room was to vote on which housemate would have their suitcase confiscated for their entire stay. Unsurprisingly, she received most of the votes; in the end it mattered little, because she was the first to be evicted.
177* PunishmentBox: Some series contained a jail, to which housemates could be sent for a few hours (or even overnight) for breaking rules. The first unlucky housemate to suffer this fate opened an envelope delivered with the food, sending her to jail. Using lipstick, she made a sign saying "Big Brother is a Beast"; her stay in jail was extended, because she broke a rule about not writing in the house.
178* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Team Richard from series 7, B Block from series 9, the Soldiers/Outsiders from series 13.
179* RainDance: In the fourth series, Scottish contestant Cameron spends a few days in the Big Brother house in South Africa. When taking part in a rain dance task, he demonstrates his rain dance, adding that he has different reasons for a rain dance in his continent from theirs.
180* RealityShowGenreBlindness: Specific examples include:
181** Every year, at least one of the new houseguests is punished for discussing nominations. This happens ''every year''.
182** People who don't realize they'll be away from their families for a while.
183** The "in crowd" during Series 10. They put up Freddie 5 times in a row, and he survived each time versus their representative that the misfits had nominated. Only after Freddie had set a world record for most survived consecutive nominations, did they realise that his popularity was basically annihilating their group.
184** The Head: Luke S
185** The Muscle: Conor
186** The Quirk: Caroline
187** The Pretty One: Arron
188** The Smart One: Shievonne
189** The Wild One: Ashleigh
190** SixthRanger: Becky
191* RedEyesTakeWarning: Susie in series 7 was a very "sensible" older housemate, and tended to look down on the younger ones having fun. During her eviction interview, she was shown a montage of her dour ways, ending with her eyes going red. Davina chuckled that this was a "bit harsh".
192* RearrangeTheSong: At least four times: ready for [[https://youtu.be/bDEdfJ4mgnk Series 5 in 2004]]; again in 2004 for the ''[[https://youtu.be/eeVDJaRyD5w Big Brother Panto]]'' during Christmas; again in 2010 [[https://youtu.be/KKK_M-4LzY0 with a trumpet version for a promo]]; and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vnyvmSVP_s in 2023]] for the remake.
193* SleepMask: Some tasks required housemates to work overnight, such as in series 4 when they had to keep a pedalo going for 72 hours non-stop. They were provided with sleep masks, so they could sleep during the day. They sometimes used these masks to play blind man's buff, or other games.
194* SnarkKnight: Deana Uppal in series 13 made many hilarious cutting remarks.
195* SpringtimeForHitler:
196** When racing pundit John [=McCririck=] went into the house for ''Ultimate Big Brother'', the UK edition's SeriesFauxnale, he openly announced that he had gotten all of his friends and family to place large bets on him being the first to be evicted, and intended to behave in such a disgusting and offensive manner that he would definitely be the first person voted out. Naturally, this led to an internet campaign to keep him in until at least the second eviction. The trope was ultimately averted: [=McCririck=] was indeed the first person voted out (he wasn't the first person to ''leave'', since Josie Gibson walked out the day before his eviction, but as [=McCririck=] himself pointed out, that wouldn't affect any bets on him being the first to be evicted by the public).
197** Comedian Jack Dee attempted to escape the house every night during the first season of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. Naturally, the public found this, along with his [[TheEeyore constantly morose demeanour]], completely hilarious and he ended up winning the thing.
198* StageNames: Some housemates use them, either due to OneSteveLimit such as Nush[[note]]who was in there with another girl who's name was also Anushka[[/note]], a task like Halfwit and Dogface [[note]]Freddie and Sophie[[/note]], or just feeling like their name is boring, like Shabby Katchadourian [[note]]Keeley Flanders[[/note]]. There's also DJ Spiral[[note]]Glen Coroner [[/note]] from Series 7, who trolled the rest of the housemates by avoiding the question of his real name until he was about to be evicted.
199* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In the UK series at least, some newcomer housemates that enter late in a series tend to be suspiciously similar to big characters that have already been evicted.
200* TeamMom: Lea attempted to be this in [=BB7=] and was later succeeded by Susie. Carole was this in [=BB8=], though she got a bit...overzealous about it as the series went on. In [=BB20=] both Farida and Kerry seemed to want this role, which was one of many reasons why they clashed. In the long run in [=BB20=] though, it was Trish who had it.
201* ToBeContinuedRightNow: At least from the perspective of Josie White, who won Series 11 of the show and after meeting with Davina was told that she was now the first housemate on ''Ultimate Big Brother'' and would be going right back into the house. [[spoiler:The quick turnaround actually ended up being too much for her, and she walked from the house a few days later.]]
202* ThatsAllFolks: Both times the UK series had a final season[[note]]''Ultimate Big Brother'' in 2010 was meant to be the show's finale before it was picked up by Channel 5. It ended again with Season 19 in 2018, but once again it was picked up by ITV five years later[[/note]], the finale ended with a voice announcing "Big Brother will get back to you".
203* VillainousBreakdown:
204** "Nasty" Nick in [=BB1=] was reduced to tears after the others finally confronted him over his duplicity and scheming.
205** Luke in [=BB9=] UK had one after his romantic interest Rebecca was evicted. His bitching went into total overdrive and he became noticeably more aggressive. He was evicted the following week, his final words being "watch your back in here, Lisa".
206** Bea in [=BB10=] UK had ''several''!
207** Caroline from [=BB13=] UK. After hearing "Get Caroline out!" during a Live Eviction, she went up for eviction the next week and became adamant she would leave. She decided to have the last laugh by sabotaging the house shopping list by only buying chocolate, sweets, pancakes, doughnuts and all sorts.
208* WardrobeMalfunction: Lateysha's dress splitting on the spin-off show Big Brother's Bit On The Side.
209** Courtney Act had a wardrobe malfunction before she'd even entered the house!
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213* ActionGirl: Season 8 had fitness freak Alice, who spent so much time on the treadmill a fight broke out when the other housemates tried to trade it to Big Brother for toilet paper, and who during the fake snap eviction in the final week jogged up and down the holding room (the 'plane') after she was evicted so she wouldn't cry.
214* CatchPhrase:
215** The first season had a rule that the audience were not to cheer during evictions, so that the housemates didn't know there was a live eviction audience. This led to host Gretel Killeen repeatedly reminding the audience “quiet as a mouse while we cross to the House”.
216** Whenever the host crossed to the house: 'Hello house!'
217** Travis in the 2007 version didn't so much have a catch phrase as he did a catch "accent." On severeal occasions he'd add "o" onto the end of words, dropping the suffix as appropriate (eg Nommo=nomination)
218* ClusterFBomb: Nobbi from Season 8 was so unhappy at housemate Terri's re-entry to the house that the live broadcast was interrupted by, according to Big Mouth host Tony Squires, “about thirty seconds of continual bleeping”.
219** Bianca, also from Season 8, once went on a rant about something quite minor where nearly everything she said had to be bleeped out. As everyone pointed out, it was surprisingly out of character for her, but no less hilarious.
220* ContinuityCavalcade: In one of the final weeks of Season 9, the weekly task was to ignore all unwelcome guests which included several former housemates from previous seasons, a ninja and narrator Mike Goldman.
221* RepeatingAd: The last five series of Big Brother Australia (2004-08) were sponsored by KFC, to the extent that Friday Night Live had the KFC Twister Instant Replay, and in-store promotions were available with Big Brother-branded items. The Season 9 revival is also sponsored by them.
222* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Angela from Season 12 constantly talked about enjoying a cup of tea, leading to drama when tea was left off the shopping budget. At one point Angela resorting to ''keeping used tea bags in her bra'' so she could reuse them later.
223* UnusualEuphemism: The infamous "turkey-slapping"[[note]]One of the male housemates hit a female housemate in the face with his junk while another guy held her down[[/note]]. [[MemeticMutation You can thank the Australian media for that]].
224* VotedOffTheIsland: This version mixes the US format and the normal voting system. Housemates narrow the voting-off list down to the least popular group of housemates, then they get voted off out of that group. The only exception was the first three evictions of season 8, where the voting public narrowed it down to three housemates that the housemates then had to vote to evict. The 2020 season moved to the US style of one housemate, the winner of a challenge, nominates housemates and the rest vote one out.
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228* BreakoutCharacter: A few managed to mantain their fame after the show. Creator/{{Juliana|Alves}} (season 3) and Creator/{{Grazi|Massafera}} (5) became actresses on BBB's broadcaster, Sabrina (3) became part of a popular comedy troupe and eventually became a very popular talk show host, and Iris (7) a TV host (given all are gorgeous, all became ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' covers as well). Season 5 winner Jean became a politician well-regarded for his gay rights activism.
229* CampGay: Dicesar and Serginho in Season 10; Daniel and Lucival in Season 11. The CampGay seems to be a mandatory member in every season from 10 onwards (probably since Jean managed to avoid elimination in the first week by playing the "just because I'm gay" card). Season 13 features a two-for-one minority who's both gay and black.
230* CatchPhrase: Quite a few. In fact, at one point the most noteworthy Season 9 catchphrases were mashed all into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCCx5cXeQdg a song]]. Also, not really a phrase, but one season of the same version had a fairly popular {{Mondegreen}}ified rendition of "We Are the World" called "Iarnuou", sung by one of the contestants.
231** From Season 11 is Igor's VerbalTic of "Tá ligado?" (translating to something akin to "Get it?").
232* HatedByAll: 21's Karol Conká entered as a revered artist... and left the house eliminated with '''[[https://screenrant.com/big-brother-brazil-21-karol-conka-eviction-reasons-explanation/ 99,17%]]''' of the vote.
233* LipstickLesbian: Diana, Season 11.
234* InSeriesNickname: The Brazilian version has its name officially shortened as "[[AlliterativeTitle BBB]]", and the contestants were occasionally nicknamed as "brothers" and "sisters". During the first season of this version, a contestant named the elimination process "Paredão" (literally "big wall" in Brazilian Portuguese, meaning the place where people are taken to be shot by a firing squad), which eventually became the official name.
235* NoIndoorVoice: Anamara.
236* RepeatingAd: Within the show, nonetheless. In the later editions, every competition for leadership or immunity is themed with a certain brand. Say the characters need to grab the highest amount of BrandX objects. The whole scenario will be covered with ads of the brand, the host will repeat the brand name every time it refers to the object, there will be massive close-ups on the objects in case, and when counting the amount of objects grabbed, the characters must say the brand name for each object they grabbed. Taking batteries for example, if they got 15 batteries, they will say the brand and the specific type of battery 15 times.
237* UnPerson: Whenever a participant gives up, the usual MO is to erase their existence from the show (which includes removing them from the opening sequence). Averted for Lucas Penteado from Season 21, whose departure was treated like a regular eviction, given the unfair circumstances of him giving up for being ganged up on by the others, so he remained in the opening and participated in Globo shows after leaving the house.
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245* AbortedArc: In a very sad case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, ''Big Brother Canada 8'' had to shut down due to legislature forcing the cessation of all non-essential public activity in the wake of UsefulNotes/COVID19, which grew into a pandemic as the season continued and producers kept houseguests informed of the situation until they had to pull the plug, arranging transportation home for everyone and one last day to pack up and bid their farewells to one another. The grand prize was moot, and most of the house was heartbroken to say goodbye early.
246* AmbiguouslyGay: Talla, who never showed any real interest towards a male houseguest, yet went out of her way to kiss Topaz. At one point, she even tried to ''take Topaz's bikini top off'', and ended up chasing her around the yard! She WAS drunk when this occurred, but whether that detriments the case or not is up to you.
247* AppropriatedAppellation: Most of the players starting calling Rachelle and Sabrina the Gremlins after they became the last of the First Five alliance. Rachelle and Sabrina took it in stride.
248* AscendedMeme: Season 10's Kyle Moore was cast on the show as a result of this. After a different Kyle Moore was announced as part of the Season 9 cast, fans started spamming the Twitter account of the former Kyle, who at the time had never seen the show. As a result of this, he became a fan of the show and was even included in several alum's discussions of the show, with many joking he was the "real" Kyle Moore. When the Season 10 cast was announced, many were surprised yet delighted to see that the real Kyle Moore had been included.
249* [[AwfulWeddedLife Awful Showmance Life]]: Alec and Topaz did start out genuinely liking each other, but over the course of their time in the house their relationship eventually soured to the point that, while they remained together, it was solely because it would be bad for each of their games if they were to break up.
250* BorrowedCatchPhrase: Adele's "Wake up Canada!" started being used by most of the other houseguests towards the end of season 2, and several in season 3. Also popping up from season 2 are Jon's "Hundo" (meanign "hundred percent") and "bingo bang-o".
251* BigNo: When the season 3 houseguests see the first five evictees from their season competing to get back in. Justified, since every vote to get them out was unanimous, which means they all had reason to believe that whoever came back would be gunning for each of them.
252* CampGay:
253** ''Gary'' and to a lesser extent, Aneal.
254** Scott in Season 2 - it comes with being a DragQueen.
255** Johnny in Season 3.
256** Raul in Season 4, who also counts as a TwoferTokenMinority, being originally from Mexico and stating that English isn't his first language.
257** William in Season 5, who again counted as the TwoferTokenMinority, being the first houseguest from French-speaking Quebec (while there were 3 other houseguests from Quebec, including one on Season 5, they were from the more bilingual Montreal).
258* ChekhovsGun: Topaz would often fall asleep when she wasn't supposed to, not pay attention to details, and just be very flighty in general. [[spoiler:This ended up coming back to bite her in the ass when she cost her friend Gary ''winning the game'' by accidentally voting for Jillian to win instead of him.]]
259* ClingyJealousGirl: Jillian was accused of being this in regards to Emmett by Danielle.
260* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
261** AJ definitely had shades of this, particularly when he referred to himself in third-person...
262** Also Talla. Actually lampshaded by Gary, who was frustrated by the fact her quirky attitude made her impossible to read gameplay-wise.
263* ClusterFBomb: Expect one whenever Talla isn't doing well in a competition.
264* CompetitiveBalance: Cited by most viewers (and Peter and Gary) as the reason for he Head of Household in season 2, week 5, being Canada. The First Five alliance was in clear control of the house, and everyone else in the house was either too scared or two incompetent to make any kind of move against them. It was clear that the group was going to eliminate everyone else in the house and make it to the final five if nothing in the situation changed, which makes for pretty boring television. Banking on the (correct) idea that Canada was predicting the same boring game, the producers gave viewers a chance to to vote on who would be put up for eviction. Canada picked Andrew and Sabrina, two of the biggest players in the alliance and also generally the least liked for the season.
265* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Apparently one of the house guests tampered with a camera. The entire house is punished by being woken up every hour overnight to do wacky things, such as- build a human pyramid, make a trail of objects around the house, and have a non-stop dance party.
266* CoolHouse: The season 3 house is designed to be this - it's a {{steampunk}} {{homage}} to the Nautilus from ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''.
267* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass:
268** Paras in Season 6 used this as a strategy. She intentionally [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretended to be an airhead]] so that people wouldn't consider her a threat. When the Final Five came, she was put up alongside Maddy, which you can tell caused Paras to think OhCrap. After that Paras proceeded to win two Head of Households in a row and later won the game.
269** Tera in season 9 was considered a "Wallflower" for most of the game. In week 7, she was the target, then surprised them by pulling a veto. After that? She proceeded to win the very next Head of Household, beat Jedson (the biggest threat) head-to-head, and won the final four Veto beating out Tychon. However, she choked in the final Head of Household.
270** Breydon, to a lesser extent. Breydon was 9's "Pawn star", as evicting him would ''always'' be seen as wasting your time. He then proceeds to win several competitions, even winning the Endurance part of the final Head of Household.
271* CutShort: Season 8 had to be ended only 25 days in with 12 people still in the house, as a result of the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic coronavirus pandemic]] bringing workplaces to a halt in 2020.
272* DeaderThanDead: By the time of the finale, the third season would seemingly end with ten jurors, which means there would be the risk of a tie vote. Except the final three were given the chance to evict somebody from the jury house to bring it down to nine, and removing a person from the game even moreso than when they were first evicted. They evicted Jordan, who was also the first jury member that season.
273* DeadpanSnarker:
274** ''Peter''. There is no doubt.
275** Same for Andrew.
276* DiscOneFinalBoss: Zach in Season 11. He spent the first couple week(s) in pretty firm control of an alliance and indirectly controlling the house. He [[VillainousBreakdown chose to quit]] deciding it's BetterToDieThanBeKilled.
277* TheEndOrIsIt: The end of Season 8's final episode has the lights turning off on the now-empty house. A few cursory credits roll... and then the Big Brother eye turns back on, the theme music starts playing, and we go to the real credits. Most likely a nod to the fact that Big Brother Canada is not over, despite the 8th season being CutShort.
278* EnemyMine: In season 3, week 5. Godfrey and Jordan were on the block, with Jordan connected to Zach who held control over most of the house (he had Bruno, Willow, and Ashleigh; Ashleigh had Pilar and Kevin). In order to get rid of lynchpin Jordan and keep Godfrey (who had publicly declared his intentions of removing Zach the next week), SSB (Sarah, Sindy, and Britnee) teamed up with Bruno and Bobby even though the two had been going head to head for the past few weeks. There was also a hint of this with Jordan and Godfrey, as they both implied that they knew the other would be going after Zach should they stay.
279* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: During one episode of Season 2, Jon and Allison were given the secret mission to get as drunk as possible in the diary room without the other houseguests catching on (they would have to periodically come and go from the room). Given that both were from [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories Newfoundland]] and had thick accents, heavy drinking only made it worse. At one point the two are babbling to each other and the subtitles only read "???????"
280* EveryoneCanSeeIt:
281** Zach and Asheligh in season 3 tried to keep their attraction to one another a secret since they both knew it could hurt their game, but the entire house was already treating them like a showmance before they went official.
282** A platonic version, also from season 3, was the Newport alliance between Zach and Jordan. Though they managed to not make any big waves, most people realized that they were close early on in the game, and their attempt to make it look like they weren't together any more (namely, Zach nominating Jordan as a pawn) only convinced the others more.
283* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin : The "First Five" an alliance made from the first five people to enter the house in season 2.
284* FaceYourFears: A ''Literature/{{Divergent}}''-inspired Veto Challenge from season 2 began with a ten-foot jump off of a ledge, which most of the competitors were nervous about. It also had a hipline element, which also freaked out several players. Most of them managed to get over them fast enough to stay in the competition, but Paul had serious trouble.
285* FemmeFatale: It seemed like Liza tried to be a version of this. Emphasis on the "tried".
286* {{Foil}}: The final two from season 3, Godfrey and Sarah, played essentially the inverse of each other's games. Sarah was always talking game with everybody (to the point that people were getting annoyed with her), cultivated a few strong friendships and alliances over the course of the season, and was always trying to get rid of big targets. Godfrey talked very little game unless he had to (spending most of his time relaxing and flying under the radar), was on civil terms with every house guest and member of the jury, and though he made his targets clear he was always able to get someone else to get them out in order to avoid bloodying his hands.
287* [[ForeignExchangeStudent Foreign Exchange]]: In series 4, Big Brother arranged for one housemate to swap with a another from Big Brother Africa for a few days, which was running at the same time. The Scottish Christian housemate Cameron went to Africa, and was temporarily replaced with the warm and friendly Gaetano, who memorably told hyper-sensitive housemate Tania that she was "piggerish" about her food.
288* FreakOut: Gary had an epic one when he was put up for the first time as a have-not. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRACDr68QZs Best believe a bitch went crazy.]]
289* TheFriendNobodyLikes: AJ eventually became this.
290* GenkiGirl: An episode rarely went by without Talla screaming to the heavens in euphoria at least once.
291* HeterosexualLifePartners: Peter and Alec, aka (dramatically crosses arms in an X formation) The Shield!
292* INeedAFreakingDrink: Tom said this in his eviction speech.
293* ItsAllAboutMe:
294** Suzette definitely had this problem, as numerous houseguests pointed out. Emmett even called her out on it when he decided to leave her up on the block.
295--> Suzette: I was like pissed off! I was thinking "why is he saying this, this is so rude". Nobody knows what I've been going through, because I've been on the block three times.
296** Tom had shades of this as well.
297* ItsPersonal: During season 2. Andrew gave a few game-related reasons for nominating Paul, but the main point of contention was Paul spreading (false) rumours about Andrew being racist and sexist, which could heavily impact his life outside of the game.
298* JerkAss: Zig-zagged with Tom, who frequently said and did things that caused his fellow houseguests to feel as though he was arrogant or a bully. At the same time though, he was fiercely loyal to Emmett and Liza, and whenever he was called out on his behavior, he always made sure to apologize and seemed to genuinely feel bad.
299* JerkassHasAPoint: Ika was given a SadisticChoice shortly before her eviction thanks to winning a smaller competition: either give everyday a letter from home and shred a $5000 cheque, or shred the letters and keep the cheque. Unbeknownst to her, the entire house saw her as she reasoned (out loud) that everyone in the house was out to get her and she might as well take the money. Though she said some pretty nasty things concerning the other houseguests, Sara at least agreed that most of it was right and that she was just angry.
300* LockedInARoom: During Season 4 Kelsey and Loveita, who were on opposite sides of the house, were both evicted during a double eviction. However, they were then told that they would be living together in a secret room next to the house for a week, at which point one of them would gain the opportunity to re-enter the house. Needless to say, Kelsey did ''not'' look pleased when she learned this. Despite this, though, the two girls developed a friendship while in the room together, even comparing notes and gaining information which Kelsey, upon returning to the house, used to take down house [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] Mitch.
301* MonsterClown: One tormented the House Guests in an HOH competition in season 3. It appeared afterwards as well, hiding behind the mirrors and appearing inside them at night. This led to a hilarious sequence that ended with everyone sleeping in Sarah's HOH bed for safety.
302* MsFanservice: Jillian's outfit during the Build a Demon POV competition. Every male houseguest present, including ''Gary'', admitted to enjoying the view. Hell, the camera even [[MaleGaze zoomed in on her boobs!]]
303* NoIndoorVoice: Peter when he's in the DR, in an attempt to emulate Dan from the US version.
304** Alec actually called him out on it while they were in the Diary Room together.
305* NoSocialSkills: Talla, at least slightly. She has no problem blurting out personal questions, and then demanding answers for them. Also she was prone to going off on tangents that people rarely followed and definitely had the occasional pointless temper tantrum.
306* OfficialCouple: Emmett and Jillian, who frequently flirted and made out, became this shortly after Tom was evicted. Gary, who was sitting on the couch across from them during the conversation, lampshaded it.
307* OffTheRails: Jon's Head of Household week in season 2, since it saw both Adel and Allison use their secret powers during the same week (Adel could replace any person in the veto competition, and Allison had a ''spare veto''). The looks of exasperation and terror on Jon's face are ridiculous.
308* OneSteveLimit: Averted, Seasons 9 and 10 both feature a houseguest named Kyle Moore. However, this name similarity is part of the reason the Season 10 Kyle was cast (See AscendedMeme above).
309* PersonAsVerb: After Big Brother pulled the same trick on Ika that they did on Topaz last season (forcing her to make a difficult decision while, unknown to her, the rest of the houseguests could see and hear everything she did), Adele came outside and told Ika that she had been Topaz'd. Right before all the other houseguests started screaming at her for insulting them.
310** Also, "pulling a Topaz" refers to when [[spoiler:she accidentally voted for Jillian over her bestie Gary, causing him to lose by one vote]].
311* PlatonicLifePartners: Gary and Topaz were acknowledged as this within the house [[spoiler: though considering how she fucked him over during the finale, the status of their friendship outside the house is likely a little tense.]]
312* ProductPlacement: Several.
313** Most notably is Twistos starting season 2. Big Brother Canada doesn't have twists, it has ''Twistos'' Twists. In season 1, they were called Chevrolet Power Shifts.
314** Furniture outlet The Brick is responsible for providing the furniture for the house, as well as a substantial shopping spree at their store for the winner, and the show won't let you forget that. There's also a new item from The Brick in the HOH room every week, which the week's Head of Household will make a forced comment about in the diary room.
315** There are often competitions designed to tie into a real-life movie (''Film/EvilDead2013'' in season 1, ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' in season 2) or product (such as Oxiclean or KFC).
316* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Happened in Season 8, when the ''entire season'' had to be CutShort 25 days in due to the COVID-19 pandemic leading to the shutdown of all non-essential services, including Big Brother.
317* SadisticChoice: Shortly before her eviction, Ika got one thanks to winning a smaller competition: either give everyday a letter from home and shred a $5000 check, or shred the letters and keep the check. She took the check.
318* SeriesContinuityError: In season 3, Britnee was given a power hyped as "never-before-seen on Big Brother". When revealed, it was exactly the same as the Coup de tat that Jeff won in US season 11. Then again, maybe they were saying it was never-before-seen ''in Canada'', which wouldn't be that hard to do since [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative there were only three seasons at that point]].
319* SexierAlterEgo: Alec's Ricardo, who's a waiter/stripper with a talent for foot massages.
320* SiliconSnarker: Zingbot 9000, a robot who appears OnceASeason to make disparaging quips about the show's contestants.
321* StraightGay: Kenny, an incredibly rare example considering the show traditionally relishes in casting CampGay men.
322** Mitch from Season 4 also counts.
323* TheStoner: Sarah from Season 3, to the extent that the show made fun of her for it a few times. Since the houseguests didn't have access to marijuana, she spent [[FourTwentyBlazeIt April 20th]] in the house smoking an imaginary joint with all the other houseguests.
324* TalkingAnimal: Marsha the Moose and her evil twin, Marge.
325* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Emmett ''loves'' milk. This later led to a challenge where he drank so much milk he threw up.
326* VillainousBreakdown: Zach in Season 11. After spending the first couple week(s) controlling the house from behind, Kuzie nominated him and the alliance(s) turned on him. Zach, rather than face his eviction, chose to walk.
327* WalkingShirtlessScene: Alec may be the worst example of this across ''any'' version of the show.
328* WhamLine: In the first season's live finale, as Arissa counts the votes and Topaz realizes she voted for the wrong person.
329-->'''Arissa''': Topaz has voted for...Jillian.\
330'''Topaz''': Wait a minute...what?
331* WithFriendsLikeThese: Andrew has this view when it comes to AJ.
332* YouSayTomato: On Season 4, the British Nikki was unable to wrap her head around how Raul pronounced his name. He used the Hispanic pronunciation, "ra-ool", as opposed to "rahl" like "Paul". Nikki screwed this up several times before finally settling on "Rail" as her best attempt at a pronunciation, which was pointed out and made fun of by several other houseguests.
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336* CatchPhrase: The second season of the French edition gave us immortal lines which are still quoted ten years later, even by people who never watched the show. Among the best:
337** A mispronunciation of "thyme" followed by the candidate's explanation that he'd never seen the word written down before.
338** A conversation on whether the word "ingenue" exists and an argument on whether it's the same as "a genius".
339** And the classic "Je t'emmerde avec un grand A!", which literally means "Well, fuck you with a capital P!" No, that wasn't a joke. The candidate spelt the word "emmerde" with a capital a and the sound-bite was used over and over in commercials for the show.
340** Also, Carlos Navarro from the second season of the Spanish series: "¡Te voy a meter dos yoyas que te van a temblar las orejas!" (approximately "I'm going to give you two slaps that will leave your ears shaking!"). His threat did never become a reality, though, since getting your hands on another contestant meant instant disqualification.
341* CutShort: The Arab world version.
342* {{Determinator}}: In Big Brother Germany 5, 2 contestants manage to live in the Big Brother House for '''1 year!'''
343* IShallTauntYou: In Bulgaria Big Brother - a contestant goaded another player by insulting his heritage and resulted in a small riot.
344* [[NewRulesAsThePlotDemands New Rules as the Show Demands]]: Becoming increasingly common in the Spanish version.
345* {{Secret Chaser}}: The premise of ''Secret Story'', the French version of the show. While the primary objective remains the same, every player has some secret that they want to keep. Players are incentivized to find secrets through betting and protecting their prize pool of 10,000 Euros. Getting secrets right results in a player winning more money, guessing wrong results in them giving money their pot to the falsely accused.
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