History Series / NakedAndAfraidXL

* FanDisservice: Even with most of the survivalists on the show being naked and in good shape, they're still in a tense, harsh survival situation. As such, the nudity element of the show is rarely titillating.

* {{Fanservice}}: The show is FetishFuel to a number of people. And most of the images advertising the show seems to be emphasizing the one all-women team, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4d99106a6c7ec51a13c759a7fe0f6cf9.jpg with some pin-up style posters]].

''Naked and Afraid XL'' is an American reality television series that airs on the Creator/DiscoveryChannel and premiered on July 12, 2015. A DarkerAndEdgier SpinOff of the original NakedAndAfraid, this show [[SequelEscalation changes the original show's formula]] in three respects.\\
1. Instead of focusing on one man and one woman, NAXL focuses on six men and six women - all of whom previously appeared on NakedAndAfraid.\\

* ManipulativeEditing: While the original NakedAndAfraid had a little bit of this in some episodes, it is clear they've upped the ante on forced drama in the new series, cutting certain scenes to make certain survivalists look better or worse. In fact, a Website/{{Reddit}} conversation [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nakedandafraid/comments/3gmthz/dani_beau_here/ with Dani Beau]] revealed that not only was the show manipulatively edited - the entire show was manipulated and the survivalists were forced to come together into one big group at the end. Additionally, whole scenes - such as The Team of Five showing up just in time to share Team Alpha Male's first successful kill - were completely contrived.

* SequelEscalation: It's just like the original NakedAndAfraid, only there's no guarantee of a partner and the survivalists have to survive in the wild for twice as long.

* SequelEscalation: It's just like the original NakedAndAfraid, only there's no guarantee of a partner and the survivalists have to survive in the wild for twice as long.

* ManipulativeEditing: While the original NakedAndAfraid had a little bit of this in some episodes, it is clear they've upped the ante on forced drama in the new series, cutting certain scenes to make certain survivalists look better or worse.
** In fact, a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nakedandafraid/comments/3gmthz/dani_beau_here/ reedit conversation with Dani Beau]] revealed that not only was the show manipulatively edited - the entire show was manipulated and the survivalists were forced to come together into one big group at the end. Additionally, whole scenes - such as The Team of Five showing up just in time to share Team Alpha Male's first successful kill - were completely contrived.

** In fact, a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nakedandafraid/comments/3gmthz/dani_beau_here/ reedit conversation with Dani Beau]] revealed that not only was the show manipulatively edited - the entire show was manipulated and the survivalists were forced to come together into one big group at the end.

** In fact, a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nakedandafraid/comments/3gmthz/dani_beau_here/ reedit conversation with Dani Beau]] revealed that not only was the show manipulatively edited - the survivalists were forced to come together into one big group at the end.

* ActionGirl: Most of the female contestants.
* AmazonBrigade: The tribe formed by and Dani J., Eva and Laura.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Discovery's usual survival show setups. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], sending normal everyday people into survival situations isn't going to result in crazy survival shelters, daring feats, and being able to construct overly complicated weapons from grass and twigs. Quite a few people needed to go to the hospital shortly after they made it through an episode and a few survivalists were forced to abandon the challenge when it became clear they needed immediate medical care.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Contestants are dropped off in a strange, exotic location completely naked and forced to brave the elements.

* FanDisservice: Even with most of the survivalists on the show being naked and in good shape, they're still in a tense, harsh survival situation. They certainly aren't fitness modelling.
* {{Fanservice}}: Despite the show's focus on survival skills, the fact remains that the survivalists are all in excellent physical shape and are not unpleasant to look at as they walk around naked.
** Indeed, some of the images advertising the show seems to be emphasizing the one all-women team, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4d99106a6c7ec51a13c759a7fe0f6cf9.jpg with some pin-up style posters]].

* HellIsThatNoise: Part of the tension during the nighttime scenes comes from animals moving around the camping survivalists.

* NakedFirstImpression: When the contestants meet each other for the first time, they have already been stripped of their clothes.
* NakedOnArrival: The survivalists strip down at the drop-off point.
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Unless they create clothing from the materials that they scavenge, the contestants spend the entire time trapped outside in the nude.
* NationalGeographicNudity: Averted. Despite the lack of any sexual content on the show, women's nipples and the crotches of both genders are blurred out.
* NatureIsNotNice: Pretty much the whole point of the show.
* PoorMansPorn: While the focus of the show is on survival rather than sex, it cannot be denied that most of the survivalists are in peak physical condition and none of them are unattractive. And to the joy of ass-men and ass-women everywhere, nude backsides are not blurred.

''Naked and Afraid XL'' is an American reality television series that airs on the Creator/DiscoveryChannel and premiered on July 12, 2015. A DarkerAndEdgier SpinOff of the original NakedAndAfraid, this show [[SequelEscalation changes the original show's formula]] in four respects.\\

2. The series focuses upon all of the survivalists at once rather than one team per episode.\\
3. The challenge is to survive for 40 days rather than 21.\\
4. Though the survialists are split into starting trios and deposited in the same rough area of a 20 square mile wilderness, it is up to them to find one another in the wild and decide whether or not to stick with their team, find another tribe or go it alone.\\

''Naked and Afraid XL'' is an American reality television series that airs on the Creator/DiscoveryChannel and will premiere on July 12, 2015. A DarkerAndEdgier SpinOff of the original NakedAndAfraid, this show [[SequelEscalation changes the original show's formula]] in four respects.\\

4. The contestants are not directed to one another. Though they are split into starting trios and deposited in the same general area of a 20 square mile wilderness, it is up to them to find one another and decide whether or not to stick with their team, find another tribe or go it alone.\\

2. The series will focus upon all of the survivalists at once rather than one team per episode.\\

4. The contestants are not directed to one another. It is up to them to find one another in the wild and decide whether or not they will band together or try to go it alone.\\

* HellIsThatNoise: Part of the tension during the nighttime scenes comes from animals moving around the camping survivalists. One couple had a wildcat walk a few feet from their camp.

* {{Fanservice}}: The survivalists are all in excellent physical shape and are not unpleasant to look at as they walk around naked.
** Some of the advertising for the show, however, does seem to be emphasizing the one all-women team, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4d99106a6c7ec51a13c759a7fe0f6cf9.jpg with some pin-up style posters]].

* FanDisservice: Even with most of the survivalists on the show being naked and in good shape, they're still in a tense, harsh survival situation. They certainly aren't fitness modelling.

* [[ItsNotPornItsArt It's Not Porn, It's Survival]]: The show has taken a lot of criticism from both MoralGuardians and serious fans of survival reality who claim that the nudity element of the show is less about increasing the challenge for the survivalists and more about cheap exploitation. Fans of the show argue that there is nothing sexual about the nudity and that the survivalists are too busy focusing on not dying to think about getting laid.
** Even the survivalists who were single and open to the idea of romance with their partner said their first priority was survival.

2. The series will focus upon all of the survivalists at once rather than one team per episode\\.

2. The series will focus upon all of the survivalists at once rather than one team per episode.

Aside from these changes, the same rules from NakedAndAfraid apply, with each survivalist being given a canvas bag, two tools of their choosing and a map to an extraction point. The early previews suggest that none of the survivalists attempted to go it alone and some teamed up in groups of three rather than working with a single partner.

''Naked and Afraid XL''is an American reality television series that airs on the Creator/DiscoveryChannel and will premiere on July 12, 2015. A DarkerAndEdgier SpinOff of the original NakedAndAfraid, this show [[SequelEscalation changes the original show's formula]] in four respects.\\

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2. The challenge is to survive for 40 days rather than 21.\\
3. This time, the contestants are not directed to one another. It is up to them to find one another in the wild and decide whether or not they will band together or try to go it alone.\\

Aside from these changes, the same rules from NakedAndAfraid apply, with each survivalist being given a canvas bag, one tool of their choosing and a map to an extraction point. The early previews suggest that none of the survivalists attempted to go it alone.