History Characters / RuPaulsDragRaceSeason16

* TeamMom: Unsurprisingly as the "veteran" queen of the season, it doesn't take very long for Sapphira's motherly instincts to start coming out. Most of her storylines throughout the season involve her caring for another queen, such as helping Plasma calm down when the stress of the competition was getting to her or helping Mhi'ya make her outfits in the design challenges.

* BadImpressionists: For ''Snatch Game'', she decides to go out of the box with a variation on the Tooth Fairy with the "Gold Tooth Fairy". Unfortunately, the impression fall flat for being unfunny and awkward, becoming immediately clear that Xunami didn't really develop the character at all. This landed Xunami in the bottom that week where she was eliminated.

* FlatCharacter: Xunami is a stunning queen with a gorgeous mug, and she really knows how to walk the runway. When it comes to the challenges however, she tends to play it safe and doesn't really stand out much. As a result, she ends up actually ''breaking'' a franchise record for consecutive safe placements--as in ''safe'' safe, meaning neither in the top nor in the bottom. She also doesn't really get much of a storyline throughout her time on the show, so we don't learn much about her other than that she's Kandy Muse's drag daughter and that she's one of two "DACA queens" this season along with Geneva Karr.

* FlatCharacter: Xunami is a stunning queen with a gorgeous mug, and she really knows how to walk the runway. When it comes to the challenges however, she tends to play it safe and doesn't really stand out much. As a result, she ends up actually ''breaking'' a franchise record for consecutive safe placements--as in ''safe'' safe, meaning neither in the top nor in the bottom. She also doesn't really get much of a storyline throughout her time on the show, aside from her friendship with Morphine.

* BadImpressionists: For ''Snatch Game'', she decides to go out of the box with a variation on the Tooth Fairy with the "Gold Tooth Fairy". Unfortunately, the impression fall flat for being unfunny and awkward. This landed Xunami in the bottom that week where she was eliminated.

* FlatCharacter: Xunami is a stunning queen with a gorgeous mug, and she really knows how to walk the runway. When it comes to the challenges however, she tends play it low-key and thus fails to stand out much. While this allows her to coast by in the RPDR Live and Rusical challenges, there's no saving her in the Snatch Game where it becomes immediately clear that she didn't develop much of a character at all for the "Gold Tooth Fairy" other than being a stereotypical businesswoman.

* {{Determinator}}: Sapphira auditioned for the show ''eleven times'' before she finally got on. Just to put that into perspective, she was auditioning for the show ''years'' before most of the other queens on the season even started doing drag! However, she never let it deter her and reminds us how having over a decade of experience in drag before getting casted can really pay off. Even though she ultimately loses the crown to Nymphia in the end, her patience and determination are still well rewarded with an absolutely stellar run on the show.

* TeamMom: Unsurprisingly as the "veteran" queen of the season, it doesn't take very long for Sapphira's motherly instincts to start coming out, whether it'd be acting as a voice of reason during tense moments or using her own precious time to help out Mhi'ya throughout the season's many design challenges.

* NiceGirl: Compared to her boisterous and brash drag mother, Xunami was a lot more nicer and got along with the other queens more easily. This made her one of two queens to be voted Miss Congeniality this time around. Notably, due to her DACA status making it difficult for her to leave the country, she decides to give away the trip to Spain she won from one of the mini challenges to Hershii.

* TheProtagonist: An interesting example. While Morphine didn't win any challenges or make it to the finale, she had the most confessionals of the season, an incredibly flattering edit, the title of lip-sync-assassin assassin, and the crown of she done already done had herses.

* SensualSlavs: Of Russian-Jewish heritage, she introduces herself as a "Russian doll" after her entrance. She also taps into this trope when she wins Snatch Game as Serbian popstar Jelena Karleuša.

* TeamMom: Unsurprisingly as the "veteran" queen of the season, it doesn't take very long for Sapphira's motherly instincts to start coming out, whether it'd be acting as a voice of reason during heated moments or using her own precious time to help out Mhi'ya throughout the season's many design challenges.

* {{Determinator}}: Sapphira auditioned for the show ''eleven times'' before she finally got on, which would demoralize just about anyone. She never let it deter her and her patience and determination are well rewarded in the end, having an absolutely stellar run despite ultimately losing the crown to Nymphia.

* NiceGirl: One of two queens to be voted Miss Congeniality this time around. Notably, due to her DACA status making it difficult for her to leave the country, she decides to give away the trip to Spain she won from one of the mini challenges to Hershii.

* NiceGirl: One of two queens to be voted Miss Congeniality this time around. Notably, she decides to give away the trip to Spain she won from one of the mini challenges to Hershii, due to Xunami's DACA status making it difficult for her to leave the country.

* NiceGirl: One of two queens to be voted Miss Congeniality this time around.

* AllGaysLoveTheater: She doesn't talk about it nearly as often as Plasma, but Amanda has a degree in musical theater and worked on several productions prior to doing the show, most notably as a cast member on the national tour of ''Film/KinkyBoots''.

* DecoyProtagonist: Gets a lot of screentime in the first few episodes, with her feud with Plane Jane in particular being a big focal point of almost every episode she was on. For this reason, despite her drag clearly not being up to the show's standards, fans had labeled her the "main character" of the season opposite Plane's role as the villain, and were sure she'd last a decent while so that the show could milk their feud for all it's worth. She ends up not lasting long at all, being third out, and with their feud still very much unresolved.

* CrazyPrepared: She comes to the Lalaparuza with a plan not just for every possible song, but every possible ''matchup''. As a result, her lipsyncs all have a very unique and refreshing quality to them, ultimately giving her the upper hand against some of the other queens who are better dancers than her but tend to reuse the same tricks over and over.

* CrazyPrepared: She comes to the Lipsync Lalaparuza with a plan not just for every possible song, but every possible ''matchup''. As a result, her lipsyncs all have a very unique and refreshing quality to them, ultimately giving her the upper hand against some of the other queens who are better dancers than her but tend to reuse the same tricks over and over.

** She's quite shady towards her Miami sister, Morphine, outright stating in their first episode together that she does not find Morphine's drag impressive and the two continue to act quite catty towards one another up until Morphine finally eliminates her. However, given that they knew each other prior to the show, it's likely this was just playful cattiness on both their parts.

* DecoyProtagonist: Gets a lot of screentime in the first few episodes, with her feud with Plane Jane in particular being a big focal point of almost every episode she was on. For this reason, despite her drag clearly not being up to the show's standards, fans had labeled her the "main character" of the season opposite Plane's role as the villain, and were sure she'd last a decent while so the show could milk the feud for all it's worth. She ends up being third out.

* CrazyPrepared: She comes to the Lipsync Lalaparuza with a plan not just for every possible song, but every possible ''matchup''. As a result, all of her lipsyncs end up feeling very unique and refreshing, ultimately giving her the upper hand against other queens who can easily outdance her but tend to reuse the same tricks regardless of the song choice.

* AchillesHeel: Mhi'ya is a phenomenal performer and, while her acting and comedy skills leave a bit to be desired, she proves in the Snatch Game that she has what it takes to pull through. However, she is totally ill-equipped to handle the season's ''many'' design challenges. Even with Sapphira helping her on all of them, her taste level just isn't quite there and she ends up in the bottom three for all of them.