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* KickTheSonOfABitch: How the trainers see it, as they're trying to break down and excise the habits that lead to such spectacular failures.
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The show is currently hosted by Alison Sweeney from ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' (formerly, Creator/CarolineRhea of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''). Bob Harper has been a trainer since the first season. Jillian Michaels was a trainer for 7 seasons, but left the show after season 11 finished. Two new trainers, Cara Castronova and Brett Hoebel, were introduced in season 11, but were not brought back for season 12. Pro tennis player Anna Kournikova and personal trainer Dolvett Quince were the new trainers for season 12, with Anna leaving at the end of the season, leaving Bob and Dolvett as the trainers for season 13. Jillian returned for season 14, with herself, Bob, and Dolvett as the trainers on 3 teams.
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The show is currently hosted by Alison Sweeney from ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' (formerly, Creator/CarolineRhea of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''). Bob Harper has been a trainer since the first season. Jillian Michaels was a trainer for 7 seasons, but left the show after season 11 finished. Two new trainers, Cara Castronova and Brett Hoebel, were introduced in season 11, but were not brought back for season 12. Pro tennis player Anna Kournikova and personal trainer Dolvett Quince were the new trainers for season 12, with Anna leaving at the end of the season, leaving Bob and Dolvett as the trainers for season 13. Jillian returned for season 14, with herself, Bob, and Dolvett as the trainers on 3 three teams.
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* HumiliationConga: Some contestants can't get a break. The [[spoiler: Aqua Team]] in Season 13 died a very loud, painful, undignified death after 3 long weeks of being rejected by their teammates and multiple unsuccessful attempts to play the game, with both members being eliminated the first time that they were not immune.
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* HumiliationConga: Some contestants can't get a break. The [[spoiler: Aqua Team]] in Season 13 died a very loud, painful, undignified death after 3 three long weeks of being rejected by their teammates and multiple unsuccessful attempts to play the game, with both members being eliminated the first time that they were not immune.
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* SenselessSacrifice: An infamous example occurred in the Season 13 Final Five. [[spoiler:Twice]]. The remaining 5 contestants caught wind of the news that [[spoiler:an eliminated candidate would be returning for the finale after winning a final challenge]], and given their experiences with [[spoiler:[[KnightOfCerebus the Aqua]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad Team]]]] they were furious and collectively [[spoiler:quit in protest of the decision]]. 3 of the contestants wound up coming to their senses but [[spoiler:Buddy and Mark quit for good and left the ranch, disqualifying themselves for the at-home prize]]. This, in itself, is a questionable move, but any basis for the action is '''totally''' negated when [[spoiler:Jeremy, one of the 3 remaining contestants, was eliminated via the red line at that week's weigh-in and ''then'' brought himself back into the game via the aforementioned controversial challenge]]. Given the primary motivation was "someone who hasn't been here doesn't deserve it as much as we do", this was absolutely painful to watch in hindsight.
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* SenselessSacrifice: An infamous example occurred in the Season 13 Final Five. [[spoiler:Twice]]. The remaining 5 contestants caught wind of the news that [[spoiler:an eliminated candidate would be returning for the finale after winning a final challenge]], and given their experiences with [[spoiler:[[KnightOfCerebus the Aqua]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad Team]]]] they were furious and collectively [[spoiler:quit in protest of the decision]]. 3 Three of the contestants wound up coming to their senses but [[spoiler:Buddy and Mark quit for good and left the ranch, disqualifying themselves for the at-home prize]]. This, in itself, is a questionable move, but any basis for the action is '''totally''' negated when [[spoiler:Jeremy, one of the 3 three remaining contestants, was eliminated via the red line at that week's weigh-in and ''then'' brought himself back into the game via the aforementioned controversial challenge]]. Given the primary motivation was "someone who hasn't been here doesn't deserve it as much as we do", this was absolutely painful to watch in hindsight.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Season 13, where [[spoiler:Conda]] makes it into the final three and ends up losing, but [[spoiler:her brother ends up winning anyway]], probably also significantly benefiting her in the long run. It doesn't help that the other candidate in the final 3 (besides the two siblings) also had a rather spotty track record with fans.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Season 13, where [[spoiler:Conda]] makes it into the final three and ends up losing, but [[spoiler:her brother ends up winning anyway]], probably also significantly benefiting her in the long run. It doesn't help that the other candidate in the final 3 three (besides the two siblings) also had a rather spotty track record with fans.
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* FatComicRelief: Todd Nester in The Biggest Loser Australia: The Next Generation. He is shown, within in the first ''minute'' of the episode pouring ''seven'' spring rolls into a deep fat fryer and then sitting down to gorge on them and later is shown greedily gobbling his way through a full English breakfast dripping in gravy and ketchup and playing on the Wii with his sister - the only problem? He's sat down to play it! He's also scared of heights, over exaggerates his facial expressions when exercising and learns nothing in the first eight weeks of camp as he makes a pig of himself on a temptation challenge to stay in the show. Fortunately, he averts this by being cute and actually learning in the later weeks; eventually, he and his father come in second place. Todd now plays professional baseball.
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* FatComicRelief: Todd Nester in The Biggest Loser Australia: The Next Generation. He is shown, within in the first ''minute'' of the episode pouring ''seven'' spring rolls into a deep fat fryer and then sitting down to gorge on them and later is shown greedily gobbling his way through a full English breakfast dripping in gravy and ketchup and playing on the Wii with his sister - -- the only problem? He's sat down to play it! He's also scared of heights, over exaggerates his facial expressions when exercising exercising, and learns nothing in the first eight weeks of camp as he makes a pig of himself on a temptation challenge to stay in the show. Fortunately, he averts this by being cute and actually learning in the later weeks; eventually, he and his father come in [[SecondPrize second place.place]]. Todd now plays professional baseball.
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* LicensedGame:
** A {{Exergaming}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, in the mold of ''VideoGame/WiiFit''
** One on the UsefulNotes/{{DS}} that is more of a diet manager.
** There is one being advertised as of 2011 for the UsefulNotes/XBox360-Kinect combo.
** A {{Exergaming}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, in the mold of ''VideoGame/WiiFit''
** One on the UsefulNotes/{{DS}} that is more of a diet manager.
** There is one being advertised as of 2011 for the UsefulNotes/XBox360-Kinect combo.
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* ActionGirl: Tara Costa in Season 7 (an 18 week season) won 12 challenges in her season.
* AdBreakDoubleTake: Repeatedly during weigh-in and elimination.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Jillian.
* AntiHero: Jillian.
** The Commando from the Australian version, too.
* AdBreakDoubleTake: Repeatedly during weigh-in and elimination.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Jillian.
* AntiHero: Jillian.
** The Commando from the Australian version, too.
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* ActionGirl: Tara Costa in Season 7 (an 18 week season) won 12 challenges in her season.
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* ConfettiDrop: When the winner of every season is confirmed, a snowstorm of Confetti is released all over the stage of the final. The same applies to the UK and Australian versions.
* CurbStompBattle: During the Blue Vs Black Arc in Season 7, the Black Team managed to win all the challenges and weigh in. Despite Week Ten, which is possibly the Team's worst week.
* CurbStompBattle: During the Blue Vs Black Arc in Season 7, the Black Team managed to win all the challenges and weigh in. Despite Week Ten, which is possibly the Team's worst week.
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* ConfettiDrop: When the winner of every season is confirmed, a snowstorm of Confetti confetti is released all over the stage of the final. The same applies to the UK and Australian versions.
* CurbStompBattle: During the Blue Vs Black Arc in Season 7, the Black Teammanaged manages to win all the challenges and weigh in.weigh-ins. Despite Week Ten, which is possibly the Team's worst week.
* CurbStompBattle: During the Blue Vs Black Arc in Season 7, the Black Team
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* DrillSergeantNasty:
** Jillian Michaels' default training technique.
** Bob Harper uses this as well, but not quite as much and with a little less venom.
** From the Australian version, Commando's technique as well.
** Jillian Michaels' default training technique.
** Bob Harper uses this as well, but not quite as much and with a little less venom.
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* FalseFriend: The nature of the game tends to see a lot of contestants become this.
* FatCamp: A rare RealLife adult example.
* FatComicRelief: Todd Nester in The Biggest Loser Australia: The Next Generation. He is shown, within in the first ''minute'' of the episode pouring ''seven'' spring rolls into a deep fat fryer and then sitting down to gorge on them and later is shown greedily gobbling his way through a full English breakfast dripping in gravy and ketchup and playing on the Wii with his sister - the only problem? He's sat down to play it! He's also scared of heights, over exaggerates his facial expressions when exercising and learns nothing in the first eight weeks on camp as he makes a pig of himself on a temptation challenge to stay in the show.
** Fortunately, he averts this by being cute and actually learning in the later weeks; eventually, he and his father come in second place. Todd now plays professional baseball.
* FatCamp: A rare RealLife adult example.
* FatComicRelief: Todd Nester in The Biggest Loser Australia: The Next Generation. He is shown, within in the first ''minute'' of the episode pouring ''seven'' spring rolls into a deep fat fryer and then sitting down to gorge on them and later is shown greedily gobbling his way through a full English breakfast dripping in gravy and ketchup and playing on the Wii with his sister - the only problem? He's sat down to play it! He's also scared of heights, over exaggerates his facial expressions when exercising and learns nothing in the first eight weeks on camp as he makes a pig of himself on a temptation challenge to stay in the show.
** Fortunately, he averts this by being cute and actually learning in the later weeks; eventually, he and his father come in second place. Todd now plays professional baseball.
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* FatComicRelief: Todd Nester in The Biggest Loser Australia: The Next Generation. He is shown, within in the first ''minute'' of the episode pouring ''seven'' spring rolls into a deep fat fryer and then sitting down to gorge on them and later is shown greedily gobbling his way through a full English breakfast dripping in gravy and ketchup and playing on the Wii with his sister - the only problem? He's sat down to play it! He's also scared of heights, over exaggerates his facial expressions when exercising and learns nothing in the first eight weeks
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* FormerlyFat: The show attempts to invoke this trope on its competitors.
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* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Discussed by a married couple in one of the why-are-you-here segments. The overweight husband, who ran a restaurant, had bent over at work and split his pants, causing all of his employees to burst out laughing. It was part of what motivated him to go on the show.
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* HilariousOuttakes: In the 2011 Thanksgiving special, they showed a whole lot of these.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** Jillian. She may be an incredibly pushy trainer who can explode within less than a blink of en eyelid... but when it really comes down to it, even she has sat down with contestants and spoken to them and comforted them, being a former fat girl herself.
** Commando, in the Australian version.
** Jillian. She may be an incredibly pushy trainer who can explode within less than a blink of en eyelid... but when it really comes down to it, even she has sat down with contestants and spoken to them and comforted them, being a former fat girl herself.
** Commando, in the Australian version.
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**JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jillian. She may be an incredibly pushy trainer who can explode within less than a blink of en eyelid... but when it really comes down to it, even she has sat down with contestants and spoken to them and comforted them, being a former fat girl herself.
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* PrecisionFStrike: You can count on at least a handful of these every season, mainly from Jillian.
* ProductPlacement: Like ''whoa''.
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* [[HesBack She's Back]]: After a two-season absence, Jillian Michaels is returning for Season 14.
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** After a two-season absence, Jillian Michaels
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Arthur in Season 11. Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad in this case, though.
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* TrainingMontage: Of course!
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* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Danni]] in Season 14 was the last/only member of the Jillian's team after all 4 of her teammates were eliminated within the first 4 episodes.
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* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Danni]] in Season 14 was the last/only member of the Jillian's team after all 4 of her teammates were eliminated within the first 4 episodes.
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* BareYourMidriff:
** Standard procedure for the female contestants in the first half or so of each season is to have them in sports bras for the weigh-ins.
** Jillian does this for just about anything that's related to the show in terms of advertising or products (not to mention her own products) but almost completely averts this on the show itself.
** Standard procedure for the female contestants in the first half or so of each season is to have them in sports bras for the weigh-ins.
** Jillian does this for just about anything that's related to the show in terms of advertising or products (not to mention her own products) but almost completely averts this on the show itself.
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* CustomUniformOfSexy: Standard procedure for the female contestants in the first half or so of each season is to have them in sports bras for the weigh-ins.
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** The show wants you to know that being fat is ''bad'', and being fat means you'll definitely become deeply unhealthy and die. Therefore, in order to save people from this horrible fate, contestants are screamed at and berated to the point of emotional abuse, publicly humiliated, made to exercise for up to eight hours a day, sometimes being forced to keep going even if they're having trouble breathing or have even vomited, while (allegedly, according to some former contestants) eating less than a thousand calories a day[[note]]For reference, most adults should be eating something like two thousand per day.[[/note]], and sometimes pushed to the point of having to be hospitalized, all with no therapists or psychiatrists on-site. You know... for the good of their health!
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** The show wants you to know that being fat is ''bad'', and being fat means you'll definitely become deeply unhealthy and die. Therefore, in order to save people from this horrible fate, contestants are screamed at and berated to the point of emotional abuse, publicly humiliated, made to exercise for up to eight hours a day, sometimes being forced to keep going even if they're having trouble breathing or have even vomited, while (allegedly, [[https://jezebel.com/bigger-loser-finalist-says-show-gave-her-an-eating-diso-5564997 according to some some]] [[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/business/media/25loser.html former contestants) contestants]]) eating less than about a thousand calories a day[[note]]For reference, most adults should be eating something like two thousand per day.''twice that''.[[/note]], and sometimes pushed to the point of having to be hospitalized, all with no therapists or psychiatrists on-site. You know... for the good of their health!
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* BrokenAesop:
** The show wants you to know that being fat is ''bad'', and being fat means you'll definitely become deeply unhealthy and die. Therefore, in order to save people from this horrible fate, contestants are screamed at and berated to the point of emotional abuse, publicly humiliated, made to exercise for up to eight hours a day, sometimes being forced to keep going even if they're having trouble breathing or have even vomited, while (allegedly, according to some former contestants) eating less than a thousand calories a day[[note]]For reference, most adults should be eating something like two thousand per day.[[/note]], and sometimes pushed to the point of having to be hospitalized, all with no therapists or psychiatrists on-site. You know... for the good of their health!
** The show in general equates fatness with bad health and thinness with good health, which is just not true. Even ignoring the matter of eating disorders and people who are severely ''under''weight, nearly everyone knows at least a couple people who eat junk food and smoke and drink and never exercise... who also happen to be skinny. Similarly, nearly everyone knows at least a couple people who eat well and exercise and are generally in good health, who happen to be fat. Most of the time, you cannot tell someone's health by simply looking at them. But since the show only picks contestants who are: a) fat, b) happen to also be unhealthy, and c) wish to lose weight, it can portray the "fat = unhealthy", "thin = healthy" thing as a straight-up fact, which it very much is not. All this really undermines the message that the show is meant to be improving the health of its contestants. Alas, the complexities of the human body and the reality that some people are just built differently doesn't make very exciting reality TV.
** The show wants you to know that being fat is ''bad'', and being fat means you'll definitely become deeply unhealthy and die. Therefore, in order to save people from this horrible fate, contestants are screamed at and berated to the point of emotional abuse, publicly humiliated, made to exercise for up to eight hours a day, sometimes being forced to keep going even if they're having trouble breathing or have even vomited, while (allegedly, according to some former contestants) eating less than a thousand calories a day[[note]]For reference, most adults should be eating something like two thousand per day.[[/note]], and sometimes pushed to the point of having to be hospitalized, all with no therapists or psychiatrists on-site. You know... for the good of their health!
** The show in general equates fatness with bad health and thinness with good health, which is just not true. Even ignoring the matter of eating disorders and people who are severely ''under''weight, nearly everyone knows at least a couple people who eat junk food and smoke and drink and never exercise... who also happen to be skinny. Similarly, nearly everyone knows at least a couple people who eat well and exercise and are generally in good health, who happen to be fat. Most of the time, you cannot tell someone's health by simply looking at them. But since the show only picks contestants who are: a) fat, b) happen to also be unhealthy, and c) wish to lose weight, it can portray the "fat = unhealthy", "thin = healthy" thing as a straight-up fact, which it very much is not. All this really undermines the message that the show is meant to be improving the health of its contestants. Alas, the complexities of the human body and the reality that some people are just built differently doesn't make very exciting reality TV.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: While Bob can be strict, if the target of the contestants in ''Train The Trainer'' (or just general revenge, like dropping him and her in mud) is ''Jillian'', he will willingly provide nasty ideas to make her suffer just because he ''can.''
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The show is currently hosted by Alison Sweeney from ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' (formerly, Caroline Rhea of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''). Bob Harper has been a trainer since the first season. Jillian Michaels was a trainer for 7 seasons, but left the show after season 11 finished. Two new trainers, Cara Castronova and Brett Hoebel, were introduced in season 11, but were not brought back for season 12. Pro tennis player Anna Kournikova and personal trainer Dolvett Quince were the new trainers for season 12, with Anna leaving at the end of the season, leaving Bob and Dolvett as the trainers for season 13. Jillian returned for season 14, with herself, Bob, and Dolvett as the trainers on 3 teams.
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The show is currently hosted by Alison Sweeney from ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' (formerly, Caroline Rhea Creator/CarolineRhea of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''). Bob Harper has been a trainer since the first season. Jillian Michaels was a trainer for 7 seasons, but left the show after season 11 finished. Two new trainers, Cara Castronova and Brett Hoebel, were introduced in season 11, but were not brought back for season 12. Pro tennis player Anna Kournikova and personal trainer Dolvett Quince were the new trainers for season 12, with Anna leaving at the end of the season, leaving Bob and Dolvett as the trainers for season 13. Jillian returned for season 14, with herself, Bob, and Dolvett as the trainers on 3 teams.
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* EpicFail: [[spoiler: Daphne's]] plan to sabotage the teams in season 13 [[spoiler: to seek revenge for what happened to her brother]] should qualify. To do this, she ate almost '''two thousand calories''' and all she did was exchange two members between the teams. She lies about doing this initially, but eventually commits social suicide by admitting she was the culprit well into the week. The fact that she was a "new" contestant who didn't have the same bonds that other members of her team had was enough of a roadblock, but this was the nail in her coffin. Predictably, her entire team throws the weigh-in, almost all pulling awful numbers (the net weight loss for this team of ''five'' this weigh-in was a whopping ''twelve'' pounds). Because her team lost, [[spoiler: Daphne's]] only chance of survival was to become the biggest loser for the night. This doesn't happen; in fact, she ends up [[spoiler: ''gaining'' two pounds]]. Everyone on the show was totally puzzled by the lack of common sense behind this decision, including the trainers, and in probably the least shocking elimination that entire season, [[spoiler: Daphne]] was eliminated. And to make matters even worse for her, both of the people she switched [[spoiler: ended up making it into the final 3, and one of them even won the entire game]]!
* HumiliationConga: Some contestants can't get a break. The [[spoiler: Aqua Team]] in Season 13 died a very loud, painful, undignified death after 3 long weeks of being rejected by their teammates and multiple unsuccessful attempts to play the game, with both members being eliminated the first time that they were not immune.
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* KickTheDog: Bob and Jillian will occasionally use variants of this on contestants who spectacularly fail to meet expectations.
** KickTheSonOfABitch: How the trainers see it, as they're trying to break down and excise the habits that lead to such spectacular failures.
*** Jillian pushes one contestant so far that, when pulling her across the room like she asked, he doesn't stop and actually drags her down the stairs, almost attempting to finish her off. Jillian later expressly states that she think he was "trying to kill [Jillian]".
** KickTheSonOfABitch: How the trainers see it, as they're trying to break down and excise the habits that lead to such spectacular failures.
*** Jillian pushes one contestant so far that, when pulling her across the room like she asked, he doesn't stop and actually drags her down the stairs, almost attempting to finish her off. Jillian later expressly states that she think he was "trying to kill [Jillian]".
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* KickTheDog: Bob and Jillian will occasionally use variants of this on contestants who spectacularly fail to meet expectations.
** KickTheSonOfABitch: How the trainers see it, as they're trying to break down and excise the habits that lead to such spectacular failures.
***expectations. Jillian pushes one contestant so far that, when pulling her across the room like she asked, he doesn't stop and actually drags her down the stairs, almost attempting to finish her off. Jillian later expressly states that she think he was "trying to kill [Jillian]".[Jillian]".
* KickTheSonOfABitch: How the trainers see it, as they're trying to break down and excise the habits that lead to such spectacular failures.
** KickTheSonOfABitch: How the trainers see it, as they're trying to break down and excise the habits that lead to such spectacular failures.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: How the trainers see it, as they're trying to break down and excise the habits that lead to such spectacular failures.
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* ObviousRulePatch: In Season 4, Neil threw a weigh-in by water-loading, gaining 17 pounds in one week, and then losing 33 the next week, 17 of which was the water. Come Season 5, weight gained in previous weigh-ins no longer counted.
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* ObviousRulePatch: ObviousRulePatch:
** In Season 4, Neil threw a weigh-in by water-loading, gaining 17 pounds in one week, and then losing 33 the next week, 17 of which was the water. Come Season 5, weight gained in previous weigh-ins no longer counted.
** In Season 4, Neil threw a weigh-in by water-loading, gaining 17 pounds in one week, and then losing 33 the next week, 17 of which was the water. Come Season 5, weight gained in previous weigh-ins no longer counted.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney / ExecutiveMeddling: As of late the show has been the recipient of some severe backlash thanks to the network's obsession with breaking records (fattest contestant, most weight loss, etc.) without much concern for the health of their contestants. Critics have argued that proper weight loss takes time rather than be a race to the finish line.
* SenselessSacrifice: An infamous example occurred in the Season 13 Final Five. [[spoiler:Twice]]. The remaining 5 contestants caught wind of the news that [[spoiler:an eliminated candidate would be returning for the finale after winning a final challenge]], and given their experiences with [[spoiler:[[KnightOfCerebus the]] [[TheScrappy Aqua]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad Team]]]] they were furious and collectively [[spoiler:quit in protest of the decision]]. 3 of the contestants wound up coming to their senses but [[spoiler:Buddy and Mark quit for good and left the ranch, disqualifying themselves for the at-home prize]]. This, in itself, is a questionable move, but any basis for the action is '''totally''' negated when [[spoiler:Jeremy, one of the 3 remaining contestants, was eliminated via the red line at that week's weigh-in and ''then'' brought himself back into the game via the aforementioned controversial challenge]]. Given the primary motivation was "someone who hasn't been here doesn't deserve it as much as we do", this was absolutely painful to watch in hindsight.
* [[SheCleansUpNicely They Clean Up Nicely]]: The producers are pretty good at choosing contestants who are "cute for a fat guy/girl" at the start, and then very attractive or just plain smokin' hot once they achieve a healthy weight.
* SenselessSacrifice: An infamous example occurred in the Season 13 Final Five. [[spoiler:Twice]]. The remaining 5 contestants caught wind of the news that [[spoiler:an eliminated candidate would be returning for the finale after winning a final challenge]], and given their experiences with [[spoiler:[[KnightOfCerebus the]] [[TheScrappy Aqua]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad Team]]]] they were furious and collectively [[spoiler:quit in protest of the decision]]. 3 of the contestants wound up coming to their senses but [[spoiler:Buddy and Mark quit for good and left the ranch, disqualifying themselves for the at-home prize]]. This, in itself, is a questionable move, but any basis for the action is '''totally''' negated when [[spoiler:Jeremy, one of the 3 remaining contestants, was eliminated via the red line at that week's weigh-in and ''then'' brought himself back into the game via the aforementioned controversial challenge]]. Given the primary motivation was "someone who hasn't been here doesn't deserve it as much as we do", this was absolutely painful to watch in hindsight.
* [[SheCleansUpNicely They Clean Up Nicely]]: The producers are pretty good at choosing contestants who are "cute for a fat guy/girl" at the start, and then very attractive or just plain smokin' hot once they achieve a healthy weight.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Season 13, where [[spoiler:[[TheScrappy Conda]]]] makes it into the final three and ends up losing, but [[spoiler:her brother ends up winning anyway]], probably also significantly benefiting her in the long run. It doesn't help that the other candidate in the final 3 (besides the two siblings) also had a rather spotty track record with fans.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Season 13, where [[spoiler:[[TheScrappy Conda]]]] [[spoiler:Conda]] makes it into the final three and ends up losing, but [[spoiler:her brother ends up winning anyway]], probably also significantly benefiting her in the long run. It doesn't help that the other candidate in the final 3 (besides the two siblings) also had a rather spotty track record with fans.
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* BadassGay: Bob and Jillian, the original trainers of the [=US=] series.
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In July 2017, the show's doctor, Dr. Huizenga, claimed that the show had been cancelled due to allegations from a former contestant that illegal diet pills were being distributed with his permission; he has filed a lawsuit against the contestant making the claims and repeatedly denied that the allegations are true. NBC has yet to make any public announcement over whether or not another season will be produced, leaving the show's future uncertain.
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In July 2017, the show's doctor, Dr. Huizenga, claimed that the show had been cancelled due to allegations from a former contestant that illegal diet pills were being distributed with his permission; he has filed a lawsuit against the contestant making the claims and repeatedly denied that the allegations are true. NBC has yet to make any public announcement over whether or not another season will be produced, leaving true.
In May 2019, a reboot of theshow's future uncertain.
show was announced by USA Network, to premiere in 2020.
In May 2019, a reboot of the
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Arthur in Season 11. TropesAreNotBad in this case, though.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Arthur in Season 11. TropesAreNotBad Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad in this case, though.
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* ClusterFBomb: The reaction during week 14's weigh in from all four trainers and several contestants in season 11, [[spoiler:when Courtney lost 1 pound, 2 pounds short of what was needed to keep herself on the ranch, therefore automatically eliminating not only her, but her trainer Brett, from the competition]]. The censorship bleeps were heard for about 30 seconds after the final number popped up on the scale.
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* ClusterFBomb: The reaction during week 14's weigh in from all four trainers and several contestants in season 11, [[spoiler:when Courtney lost 1 pound, 2 pounds short of what was needed to keep herself on the ranch, therefore automatically eliminating not only her, but her trainer Brett, from the competition]]. The censorship censor bleeps were heard for about 30 seconds after the final number popped up on the scale.
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* CurbStompBattle: During the Blue Vs Black Arc in Season 7, the Black Team managed to win all the challenges and weigh in. Despite Week Ten, which is possibly the Team worst week.
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* ConfettiDrop: When the winner of every season is confirmed, a snowstorm of Confetti is released all over the stage of the final. The same applies to the UK and Australian versions.
* CurbStompBattle: During the Blue Vs Black Arc in Season 7, the Black Team managed to win all the challenges and weigh in. Despite Week Ten, which is possibly theTeam Team's worst week.
* CurbStompBattle: During the Blue Vs Black Arc in Season 7, the Black Team managed to win all the challenges and weigh in. Despite Week Ten, which is possibly the
