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* In Cycle 5, Lisa D'Amato is [[ShockingElimination eliminated]] despite being a consistent performer, because that episode's [[AnAesop aesop]] is "Being a Top Model means people--fans, photographers, etc.--are always going to be watching you so you need to be a role model". In the previous episode, Lisa peed in a diaper at the Wild Boyz photoshoot and at the elimination panel, Lisa was criticized for her spitfire personality and perceived immaturity.
* In Cycle 7, the go-see challenge in Barcelona was to meet with 10 designers. [=CariDee=] English and Eugena Washington teamed up, as did Amanda and Michelle Babin, while Melrose Bickerstaff went alone. Melrose's strategy makes sense since the contestants that teamed up had to wait for each other before they could go on to the next designer. Melrose ended up winning the challenge and visited the most number of designers - 5 out of 10.
* The All-Stars Cycle (Cycle 17) had plenty:
** Cycle 5 alumnae Bre Scullark and Lisa D'Amato win the carousel runway challenge in episode 5. Cycle 5 was when J. Alexander became a full-time panel judge and ''[[SinkOrSwimMentor really]]'' hammered into the contestants the importance of a good runway walk.
%%** Why does Bianca can't get along with Lisa? Because one of her SitComArchNemesis in Cycle 9 is also [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Lisa]]. Also, Lisa (D'Amato) and Bianca's cycles were respectively the first and last season that Twiggy judged.
** Shannon Stewart being an [[CoolBigSis older sister figure]] to Alexandria Everett makes sense, as Shannon is from the show's inaugural cycle while Alexandria was from the most recent one. Also, Shannon had a "big sister" mentor during her original cycle (Robin Manning) so it makes since she'd want to be one herself.
** Tyra switched up her pre-EliminationCatchphrase to be "one of them will be going home ''again''," reflecting the cycle's MyGreatestSecondChance theme. She only said the usual pre-EliminationStatement for when Shannon Stewart and Allison Harvard were in the Bottom Two, to reflect that the two were the first runner-ups from their original cycles.
*** In episode 9, Tyra's ''ExactWords'' to the final six were [[EliminationCatchPhrase that she's only holding five photos in her hands]]. Since Shannon refused to do the photoshoot, Tyra wouldn't have a photo for her and as such, Shannon was eliminated.
** Angelea Preston being given the ''[[EliminationHoudini Persistent]]'' brand. She was in the Bottom Two ''four'' times.
** The final two finalists were Lisa D'Amato (originally from Cycle 5) and Allison Harvard (originally from Cycle 12). Five plus twelve equal seventeen (5+12=17). All-Stars was the ''seventeenth'' Cycle.
*** Additionally, if Angelea wasn't disqualified, the math thing also counts for her. She placed in the Top 3 and she was from Cycle 14 so three plus fourteen equals seventeen (3+14=17).
%%** Lisa was the first non-winner to guest during an on-going season (Cycle 6 along with Janice Dickinson). Winning the cycle featuring non-winning contestants somewhat makes it relevant.
* Cycle 18
** [[https://americasnexttopmodel.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle_18:_British_Invasion?file=Cycle_18.png The kiss-mark]] on the promo images first appears to be a stylistic touch to acknowledge the British contestants and also a reference to the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Britain%27s_Next_Top_Model%2C_Cycle_5.jpg Britain's Top Model Cycle 5 promo image]] from which several of the British contestants originally appeared on, but it also serves as a clue as to who the winner is.[[note]]The eventual winner, Sophie Sumner, was the first runner up on Britain's Top Model Cycle 5. [[/note]]
** Alisha White's HeroicSacrifice may count as a bittersweet FridgeBrilliance. Her ExactWords when she quit was she doesn't want to be selfish and take the deserving spot over the remaining contestants. At that point, Annaliese Dayes, Laura [=LaFrate=], and Sophie Sumner were all having NoDamageRun (having never been in the Bottom Two). So Alisha's decision to quit allowed the frontrunners to have a chance at a FlawlessVictory, something she was close to achieving herself in her original cycle, thus putting her NonGameplayElimination in better light.[[note]]And Sophie Sumner, the winner, did achieve a FlawlessVictory. Bonus points that she was Alisha's teammate as well.[[/note]]
** Cycle 18 really enforced WearingAFlagOnYourHead to the contestants every panel [[{{Anvilicious}} to hammer]] the US vs UK theme. This was largely abandoned by the final three[[note]]although the final three still had their nation's flag printed somewhere in their wardrobe.[[/note]] and then completely during the finale itself because it's RuleOfSymbolism that there are no more teams and it's everyone for themselves now.
** The red and blue clothes not only represent the colors of the US and UK flags, but also the [[RedOniBlueOni Oni dynamics]] of the teams.
** Sophie Sumner, the winner of Cycle 18, originally appeared on Cycle 5 of Britain's Next Top Model. In Cycle 5 of America's Next Top Model, the international destination was London.

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[[folder: Fridge Horror ]]

* In Cycle 4, Kahlan Rondot had to pose in a coffin lowered six feet into the ground for a photoshoot, right after getting the news that a close friend died.
* In Cycle 15, during a commercial for a fictitious energy drink, Kayla Ferrel is pressured to kiss the male model she was paired with. Then she revealed she had been [[RapeAsBackstory sexually assaulted]] when she was younger...
* In Cycle 16, Alexandria Everett claimed she needed to "grow up fast" in order to take care of her siblings due to ParentalAbandonment. Seeing her in Cycle 17 acting like Shannon Stewarts or Lisa D'Amato's TagalongKid showed that she never really had a happy childhood with proper adult role models, as indicated by the fact that she constantly clashed with most of the contestants in her original cycle (people who were in her age group) and quickly developed a mentor-type relationship with two people older than her.
* Cycles being allegedly rigged, as rumored amongst the fan community and former contestants. If that's the case, imagine the frustration and disappointment of the contestants who are not the pre-selected winner, especially if they were doing well and started getting nitpicks for random reasons in order to justify their elimination..

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[[folder: Fridge Logic ]]

* Contestants who keep RealityShowGenreBlindness in general.
** Specifically, there are contestants who come to the show and claim to be a fan of the show, yet when it's makeover time, they cry and complain when they receive a TraumaticHaircut? Or are shocked and appalled by the nude photoshoot assignments? By the time the show entered the double digit cycles, there should have been very little surprises as to the format and types of challenges that would be encountered.