History Characters / MyRidonculousRace

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Jacques and Josee's plan in DC would've worked perfectly had Gabriella and Nekota not found [=MacArthur=]'s passport. While the Ice Dancers still stayed in the competition Gabriella and Nekota spill the beans to all the remaining teams about the previously unknown atrocities they've done on the show, including inadvertently causing June and Quince to be eliminated. ]]

** Leo also does to [[spoiler: Chris Mclean]] in the finale, repeatedly calling out his atrocities over the series.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: In addition to the above mentioned tongue lashing Leo gives to Josee in Greece Annie delivers another one to her London for saying she hasn't put any effort into the competition.

2 friends who are models.

* IronButtMonkey: [[spoiler: In Mexico Fabian suffers a vasovagal syncope (fainting spell), and in London he both dislocates an arm and takes a cannonball to the face!]]

* PostVictoryCollapse: Fabian does this after completing the "Storm the Castle" challenge in London,[[spoiler: then again that was also probably due to the cannonball he took to the face a few moments earlier.]]

* ComedicUndewearExposure: Happens to Nekota during the air guitar challenge in Finland.

* ChekhovsSkill: Their dance training unsurprisingly allows them to breeze right through the Haka dance challenge in New Zealand. Allowing them to win 2nd place that leg and be the only other team, aside from Jacques and Josee, to accomplish the challenge in one go.

* StereotypeFlip: As June herself admits Quince is a terrible athlete.

* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler: How else would you describe someone who powers through a concussion?]]

* IronButtMonkey: [[spoiler: In London, Fabian both dislocates an arm and takes a cannonball to the face!]]

* BadassBystander: [[spoiler: They find [=MacArthur=]'s passport and get it back to her in DC and even offer to drive them around. Unfortunately this isn't enough to eliminate the Ice Dancers.]]

* GoodIsNotDumb: Even Annie has come recognize that the Ice Dancers aren't nice competitors.

* Determinator: [[spoiler: How else would you describe someone who powers through a concussion?]]

* {{Nephewism}}: Quince's biography mentions that he was raised by an aunt after his parents went on the run.

* MassivelyNumberedSiblings: Fabian is one of six children in his family.

* MassivelyOutnumberedSiblings: Fabian has 5 sisters, 2 older and 3 younger.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Though she didn't get physical, when Jacques and Josee rejoiced over [[spoiler: Fabian falling down a flight of stairs just inches from the chill zone in London]] she tells them to "[[PrecisionFStrike stick it up their]] CountryMatters".

* HairofGold: Annie.

* BitheWay: Syd.

* Nephewism: Quince's biography mentions that he was raised by an aunt after his parents went on the run.

* SaltandPepper: Non-romantic example.

* BitheWay: Sam.

* BitheWay: Aaryn.

* BadassBystander: [[spoiler: They find MacArthur's passport and get it back to her in DC and even offer to drive them around. Unfortunately this isn't enough to eliminate the Ice Dancers.]]

* DeathbyPragmatism: Well not exactly "death" but although Nekota knew that trying to pick a fight with a baby kangaroo would end badly, he and Gabriella still wind up being chased around the Outback farm by a kangaroo even after he tried to ignore it.

* SpannerIntheWorks: [[spoiler: Jacques and Josee's plan in DC would've worked perfectly had Gabriella and Nekota not found MacArthur's passport. While the Ice Dancers still stayed in the competition Gabriella and Nekota spill the beans to all the remaining teams about the previously unknown atrocities they've done on the show, including inadvertently causing June and Quince to be eliminated. ]]

Siblings from Ohio, raised by their grandparents. Annie is always on the positive side while Leo is more cynical and real

* BigEater: Annie managed to polish off most of the beans in Alberta and both of them showed almost no disgust to the feast in Iceland
* BornLucky: Annie. She doesn't get stung by the ants in Brazil, gets her ring on the narwhal relatively quickly and gets a Bowery fish on her first jump while her brother jumped several times
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Both of their parents wound up committing adultery and eventually local cops got involved and the young Leo and Annie bore witness to it. It's why Leo was so apprehensive about pursuing a relationship with June]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Annie gets along almost supernaturally well with animals. Several people have even described her as a [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney character come to life]]
* HairofGold: Annie
* NotSoAboveItAll: As the story goes on we see Leo isn't as uptight as he initially wants us to believe

A mother and son team from Northern California

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Artwork depicts them both as such
* BitheWay: Syd

* FormerTeenRebel: Dani
* HeroicBSOD: Syd goes through one in New Zealand following [[spoiler: Aaryn and Yves' elimination]]
* PlotAllergy: Wasn't actually a problem but Syd is mentioned to be allergic to tomatoes
* ShamuFu: Dani slaps Syd with a Bowery fish to snap him out of his funk in New Zealand. Also doubles as a case of GetAHoldOfYourselfMan

* AwesomeByAnalysis: How Quince completes the air guitar challenge in Finland
* FatalFlaw: For June it's Pride, [[spoiler: which gets them eliminated when she doesn't drag Quince alongside herself during the final sprint to the chill zone in the Galapagos like Leo did with Annie]]
* MyBelovedSmother: June's mother
* Nephewism: Quince's biography mentions that he was raised by an aunt after his parents went on the run

* TheRunaway: [[spoiler: June is revealed to have been this]]
* SaltandPepper: Non-romantic example

A previously long distance dating couple who met at an anime convention

* BitheWay: Sam
* ChekhovsHobby: They unsurprisingly take 1st place in the Japanese leg, helped in part by May's ability to read/speak Japanese

* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: Sam mentions to Junior how he used to feel so invisible as a child, but all that changed after a meeting with a rock star named Sabah Sabre]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: May has mismatching socks and shoes

* IdenticalStranger: Sam apparently looked a lot like Junior when he was younger

* RapunzelHair: May's hair is said to reach her calves. [[spoiler: Even after Jacques cuts it in Rome it still goes down to her waist]]

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Fabian has UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Though she didn't get physical, when Jacques and Josee rejoiced over [[spoiler: Fabian falling down a flight of stairs just inches from the chill zone in London]] she tells them to "[[PrecisionFStrike stick it up their]] CountryMatters"

2 friends who are models

* BitheWay: Aaryn

* FamedInStory: Their biographies mention that both of them competed on a show called [[Series/AmericasNextTopModel Model Behavior]] prior to being on this show

* MsFanservice: Yves
* NoodleIncident: They've talked several times about modeling shoots they've had to do, one of which involved posing with animals, another involved posing in a coffin and another involved explosives
* PlatonicLifePartners: Their biographies mention that Aaryn considers Yves more of a sister than anything
* PrettyBoy: Aaryn, in addition to being MrFanservice

* BadassBystander: [[spoiler: They find MacArthur's passport and get it back to her in DC and even offer to drive them around. Unfortunately this isn't enough to eliminate the Ice Dancers]]

* GenderBlenderName: Nekota is traditionally a Japanese female name

* TomboyishPonytail: Both of them have this

* FieryRedhead: Averted, Leo is quite calm and untemperamental most of the time but that's not to say he can't get fired up if you push him hard enough

Another formerly long distance dating couple who are the sister of Sam and a longtime friend of May. both have aspirations of making animated films.

Another formerly long distance dating couple who are the sister of Sam and a longtime friend of May