Characters / Survivor Fan Characters Season Eight

Sole Survivor

Melanie Aensland

Hm, I got mud on myself.

A succubus known for seduction.

First Darkstalkers fan character.

• The Bad Guy Wins: The most competent of the season’s villains, and also the one who ends up beating fellow villain Matt along with Heinz, the closest the season has to a hero, in the end.
• Batman Gambit: Nullifying her vote at the Final 7; she manages to keep the two people she wanted in the game at a very critical time.
• The Chessmaster: Is able to mastermind moves basically entirely behind Matt and Heinz’s backs, rendering them completely clueless while she’s able to take credit at the end.
• Ice Queen: Acts pretty cold to everyone pretty much the whole season.
• I'm Not Here to Make Friends: But by the end, she's admitted that she's become friends with Hannah/Oehda and Emilee.
• Noodle Incident:
  Melanie: What is the secret?
  Oehda: You'll find out eventually, it's big.
  Melanie: Did [Heinz] kill somebody?
  Oehda: No, not that big.
  Melanie: Good, I was worried we would have some common ground.
• Sole Survivor: The eighth winner, albeit one of the more controversial winners in series history.
• The Stoic: She doesn't get many shocked or angry expressions compared to everyone else.
• The Vamp: Being a succubus and all.

Runners-Up

Heinz Keller

A strong young man who spends a lot of time to himself. After being betrayed by Matt, he is voted back into the game and determined to take him down.

First Tekken fan character or not.

Came back for Season 10: Battle of the Tribes.

• Action Hero: The closest thing this season has to a hero.
• Nice Guy: Notably rather pleasant, especially compared to his fellow finalists.
• The Reveal: He's not actually a Tekken character. He lied to get himself on the show, which was exclusive to fan characters.
• Revenge Before Reason: Develops a single-minded obsession with taking down Matt once he returns to the game.
• Rule of Symbolism: His torch wasn't snuffed out completely when he was voted off. Considering the same thing had happened with a certain returnee from the actual show, this could have been the author spoiling the fact that Heinz would be returning.
• Ship Tease: Occasionally teased to pair off with Kiara or Melanie.
• Unwitting Pawn: In his own attempt to get Xero eliminated from Yrsa'Ka, he mutinies to the other tribe before Xero can, and trusts in his tribe to throw immunity and get rid of him. Unfortunately, this was Matt and Xero's plan; Xero wins immunity for the tribe, and Heinz, being the lowest man on the totem pole in the opposing tribe, gets voted off next tribal council.

Matt

I'd love for them to just quit, but they're stubborn little sheep.

A so-called "villainous mastermind" who is vastly incompetent yet thinks he's in control of the game all the time.

Second Super Mario Bros. fan character.

• Brought to You by the Letter "S": The "M" on his shirt.
• The Chessmaster: Subverted; while he did make it to the end, he failed in manipulating people.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Tends to backstab his allies for little to no reason beyond padding his resume.
• Humiliation Conga: Though he uses the nullifier on Heinz and plays his hidden immunity idol, the tribe votes off his right-hand man Johnny instead. So he not only has he wasted both a hidden immunity idol and a nullifier power that he can only use once per game, he loses all his allies at the Final 8.
• Manipulative Bastard: Well, kind of. Most of his moves were either ineffective or wound up hurting him. Definitely a bastard, though.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Despite thinking he's a master strategist who controls the game, all he's managed to do so far is eliminate some annoying tribe mates (Shaniqua and Penny), backstab his own alliance members, just to prove he can (Heinz and Xero), and become completely oblivious to any real major moves (Johnny). This fact is even brought up at Final Tribal Council, where it's completely obvious that he had no idea what was going on half the time.
• Smug Snake: Incredibly smug and lacks the gameplay acumen to back it up.

The Jury

Iraenus

A flamboyant purple demon who tends to hit on most of his tribemates, and kept Matt safe with Geena for most of the game.

First The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy fan character.

• Depraved Bisexual: Unpleasantly flirts with tribemates regardless of their gender.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door: Like Geena, he seems to simply vote whichever way the wind blows, which may be with Matt one time and the rest another time.
• Jerkass: He tends to act like a jerk without much provocation, especially towards Malik.
• Leet Lingo: Slides into this a few times.
• Standardized Leader: At the start.
• Sitcom Arch Nemisis: With Matt and Malik.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Geena.

Geena

A girl who kept Matt safe throughout the game with Iraenus.

First Ranma ½ fan character.

• Action Girl: Despite being quite boring, she performs really well in challenges.
• Gender Bender: Through similar means to the protagonist of her parent series.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door: Like Iraenus, she seems to simply vote whichever way the wind blows, which may be with Matt one time and the rest another time.
• Out of Focus: Out of all the characters on Jiut'Zsa, she gets the least screen time.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Iraenus.

Malik

A drunken mongoose with a tendency to slur his speech.

Fifth Sonic The Hedgehog fan character.

• Abusive Parents: Somewhat justified, as his son is the reason for his drinking problem.
• The Alcoholic: Is drunk basically the entire time.
• Grumpy Old Man: Not an especially happy camper, he spends most of his time grumbling and complaining.
• Older Than They Look: Sure, he's old, but he doesn't exactly look like he's 74.
• Papa Wolf: Despite his tense relationship with his son, he flipped out when Iraneus started the fat jokes.
• The Unintelligible: He's somewhat intelligible when his son convinces him to speak slower, but otherwise... what the hell is he saying?
• Unwitting Pawn: Pre-merge, had almost no idea of the going-ons around camp, and post-merge is being used as a Goat by Matt and subsequently targeted for that reason by others.

Kiara Gate

Why can't we just be one big happy family?

A quirky Reploid who just wants everyone to get along.

Third Mega Man fan character.

• Apologetic Attacker: In one particular reward challenge.
• Nice Girl: In a season where kindness is a rarity, she certainly stands out.
• Non-Gameplay Elimination: Loses a rockdraw tie breaker.
• Overly Long Name: Her real name is DGAPKM 01 Kiara Gate.
• Precision F-Strike: A rare positive version, when her friend Heinz is voted back into the game.
• Shocking Elimination: Another victim of the purple rock.

Oehda

A woman who hides her insecurities behind an aggressive facade.

First Friends fan character.

Came back for Season 10: Battle of the Tribes.

• The Chessmaster: One of the few competent strategists who's name isn't Melanie.
• Mama Bear: Say what you will about her, but she is loyal to Emilee and Melanie.
• Older Than They Look: She doesn't look 38.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name's Hannah, but she goes by Oehda.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Mutinies to Ysur'Ka after things started going south.
• Shocking Elimination: In that her most loyal ally Melanie, not Heinz, cast the deciding vote against her.
• Team Mom: Being one of the older women on the cast, she acts as this to the younger tribe members.
• Worthy Opponent: To Jackie.

Johnny

A doctor who has a tendency to daydream.

First Scrubs fan character.

Came back in Season 20: Generations.

• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: His daydreaming tendencies tend to give him some rather odd vibes.
• The Ditz: Not the sharpest tool in the shed, which is saying something considering the cast he's on.
• The Dog Bites Back: When he finally realizes at the Final Tribal Council that Matt cares about him only as a vote, he goes on an angry tirade while voting about how badly Matt screwed up with him and votes for Melanie instead, resulting in Matt getting zero votes.

Xero

Operation Hit and Run is on.

A so-called "business bunny" who sees the game as a business transaction... until he sees a hot girl, that is.

First Rocko's Modern Life fan character.

Came back for Season 10: Battle of the Tribes.

• Distracted by the Sexy: One of many victims of Melanie's charms.
• Griefer: After he mutinies to Yrsa'Ka.
• "Risky Business" Dance: Does the dance when he arrives to Ponderosa.
• Smug Snake: As is common for his callous businessman archetype.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Matt turns on him in revenge for failing him.
• Zero-Approval Gambit: Becomes intentionally loadish, annoying, and smug in an attempt to goad everyone into voting for him then idol a strong member of Yrsa'Ka, to which he just mutinied to. Subverted in that this fails when Jackie and Heinz see through it and vote out Emilee instead.

Eliminated

Jackie

THIS ENDS TONIGHT!

A jaguar who believes that only the strong should survive. His strategy is to vote off people that he considers weak.

First Darkwing Duck fan character.

Came back for Season 10: Battle of the Tribes.

• Berserk Button: Do NOT call him "Jack". He WILL throw trees at you.
• Dumb Muscle: Subverted; despite being somewhat obsessed with strength, he's a lot smarter than he lets on, being able to figure out Xero's idol gambit almost immediately.
• Graceful Loser: Shockingly so when he's eliminated, as he's rather happy with what he was able to accomplish with his time in the game.
• Jerk Jock: Rather buff and especially rude.

Emilee

A Latino demon hunter who mistrusts any sort of demon.

First Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan character.

Came back for Season 10: Battle of the Tribes.

• Odd Friendship: With Melanie, a succubus.
• Token Good Teammate: To the girls' alliance.

Penny

Yeah, I'm a supervillain. A pretty good one at that.

A girl who wants to become one of the most notorious villains of all time.

First Batman fan character.

• Butt-Monkey: Her attempts to be a threatening villain always end in failure.
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Can't do anything villainous to save her life, and it's really hard to not feel bad for her.
• Too Dumb to Live: Plays a fake idol that she hid.

Alice

Does someone want a Rare Candy?

An extremely genki Pokemon trainer.

Second Pokémon fan character.

• Disproportionate Retribution: Inverted, when her alliance mates decide to vote out just because she was being "annoying", when doing so would put the remaining alliance in the minority.
• Genki Girl: The high-energy type, to the point of irritating her tribe.
• Nice Girl: One of the nicest players on one of the meanest seasons.

Freddie

Cool.

A skater dude who speaks mostly in one-word sentences.

First SSX fan character.

• All Men Are Perverts: Easily taken in by Melanie's charms.
• The Ditz: He's not particularly intelligent.
• Flat Character: He shows pretty much no personality outside of being enthusiastic.

Shaniqua

Fuck yoselves, fuck yo game, fuck yo tribe, fuck yo couch, and fuck yoselves again.

A ghetto girl with plenty of attitude.

First America's Next Top Model fan character.

• Flat Character: She's a stereotypical Sassy Black Woman... and that's about it.
• Jerkass: Constantly cussing out her fellow contestants.
• Sassy Black Woman: To the point of being stereotypical.