History Characters / RuPaulsDragRace

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!Ross Matthews [-(Season 7 - present)-]

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** {{Hypocrisy}}: Despite this, she will usually be the first to chastise her queens on their naughty language during a challenge.

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%%Per this ATT https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=114200&type=att, we are troping the queens and crew as characters on a TV show, not as real people, so please do not add real names or other personal information that is not explicitly given on the show.
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%% This rule also means that we can't list any Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease tropes applied to the real person rather than a drag persona.

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[[folder:The Pit Crew]]
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The Pit Crew are the hunky, underwear-clad models who help Ru set up the challenges, while providing eye candy for both the queens and the viewers. Jason Carter and Shawn Morales are the most well-known, but there have been many more men filling their skimpy underwear across seasons. In order of appearance, with current members in ''italic'', they are:

* Kenyon Glover, Keon Hunt and Preston Taylor (Season 1)
* Max "The Body" Philisaire and Emanuel Palmer (Season 2)
* Jason Carter (Seasons 3-10)
* Shawn Morales (Seasons 3-6; All Stars 4-Season 11)
* Miles Davis Moody (Seasons 6-9)
* Simon Sherry-Wood (Season 6)
* ''Bryce Eilenberg'' (Season 7-present)
* Yadier Despaigne and Jared North (Season 9)
* ''Bruno Alcantara'' (All Stars 4-present)
* Wilson Lai (All Stars 4-Season 11)
* ''Calixto “Calix” Quan'' (Season 14–present)

The ''Drag Race UK'' analogue, appropriately named "Brit Crew", is a group of models wearing only Union Jack-patterned boxer briefs who rotate from one episode to another. The seven members are Ashraf Ejjbair, Mitch Marion, AJ Bediako, Archie Ahern, Tom Scanlon, Matt Lister and Niko Wirachman.
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!Common for all the Pit Crew:
* FlagBikini: The Brit Crew get Union Jack briefs.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally, many more (shirtless, obviously) models join the regular Pit Crew for one mini-challenge.
* HiddenDepths: At first the Pit Crew were ''only'' there to be eye candy (in the first two seasons, Ru never even referred to them by name), later seasons have given members some additional developement, reaching a peak in Season 6 when they got their own special series on [=WOWPresents=], ''Oh Pit Crew'', and were featured in [=RuPaul=]'s album ''The [=CoverGurlz=]''.
* LivingProp: Literal example in that it's not unusual for them to be offered to the queens as props for a challenge.
%%* MrFanservice
* PhraseCatcher: "Oh Pit Crew!", and in Season 6 "Oh [[ProductPlacement Scruff]] Pit Crew!"[[note]]Cue the queens barking at the scantily clad men[[/note]]
* ProductPlacement: Andrew Christian briefs, the only clothing they wear on the show. Some have even modeled for him outside the show.
** In Season 6, the pit crew is sponsored by the SCRUFF gay social network.
** In Season 7 they are sponsored by [[http://www.justincaseunderwear.com/ Justin Case Underwear]], the site even has '[=RuPaul Exclusives=]' called "[=RuPairs=]".
* PutOnABus: Max Philisaire and Emanuel Palmer disappeared from the Pit Crew after the second season. This is generally true for all Pit Crew members when they retire.
* RevolvingDoorCasting: Since Season 6, the number of members fluctuates between two and five, with members joining and leaving every other season. Moreover, not all of them always appear together at the same time, with generally one or two being picked from the Crew for each episode.
* TheVoiceless: Unless Ru asks the crew a direct question, they are usually there to be seen, and not heard.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: The pit crew are almost always walking around in just their underwear.

!Shawn Morales

%%* CarpetOfVirility
* PutOnABus: Has retired from the Pit Crew as of Season 7.
** TheBusCameBack: Made a surprise re-appearance in the 2018 Holiday Special.

!Jason Carter

* AttentionWhore: Accused of being one by the other queens when they noticed that whenever he's having his picture taken, he will "eye-fuck" the camera.
* LongRunners: Is the longest running Pit Crew member, having been part of the crew since Season 3 and still being a part of the current crew.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Is 35 years old as of Season 7.


!Simon Sherry-Wood

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: While Shawn's retirement was announced beforehand, many fans didn't even realize Simon had left the Pit Crew in Season 7 until a few episodes in (in Season 6 it wasn't unusual for Pit Crew members to be rotated per episode, so at first fans just assumed Simon would swap in for another member at some point).
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Is the only Pit Crew member to last just one season before retiring his skimpy undies.

!Miles Davis Moody

%%* AddedAlliterativeAppeal
* EarlyBirdCameo: Popped up in a Season 5 mini-challenge featuring several additional temporary Pit Crew members.

!Bryce Eilenberg

* CelebrityResemblance: Is often told he looks like Andy Dalton, football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals.

%%!Wilson Lai

%%!Bruno Alcantara

%%!Calixto “Calix” Quan

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The uniform for a pit crew member is just a pair of tight briefs, no shoes allowed!

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[=RuPaul=] has the final say in who stays, who goes, and who ultimately wins the crown, but is also joined by a pair of judges to bounce opinions back and forth. For the original ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race'' show they've had the power to bring back a previously-eliminated queen since season 3, but only if the judges can agree on one.