History Characters / SurvivorGameChangers

* TooCleverByHalf: It never occurred to Sandra that one day people might catch on to her {{Metagame}} and she should try to switch it up (because if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? WRONG!) People noticed Sandra is TheCharmer who uses {{Charisma}} to sweet-talk people into following her lead and deliberately plays AffablyEvil so that she appears harmless but can take you down if you aren't watching your back and only goes after people who have wronged her so these actions appear justified and the target stays off her back. And for the very first time, they cracked her strategy- the end result of putting a ton of GenreSavvy people together who could collectively decode her facade.

->'''Previous Seasons:''' ''Philippines'' (4th), ''Caramoan'' (8th)

* '''UnsportsmanlikeGloating:''' GOOD LORD. His arrogance and spite in the finale after winning the first Individual Immunity Challenge soared so high he became a complete dick.

* '''UnsportsmanlikeGloating:''' GOOD LORD. His arrogance in the finale after winning the first Individual Immunity Challenge soared so high he became a complete dick.

* LovableJock: If you compare him to Ozzy's JerkJock.

[[folder: Cirie Fields - ''Exile Island'']]

[[folder: Jeff Varner - ''The Australian Outback'' [[note]](Openly Eliminated)[[/note]]]]

[[folder: Jeff Varner - ''The Australian Outback'' [[note]]Banished[[/note]]]]

[[folder: Jeff Varner - ''The Australian Outback'' [[note]]Forcefully Voted Out[[/note]]]]

[[folder: Jeff Varner - ''The Australian Outback'' [[note]]Forcefully Eliminated For Reprehensible Behavior[[/note]]]]

[[folder: Jeff Varner - ''The Australian Outback'' [[note]]Forceful Elimination[[/note]]]]

[[folder: Jeff Varner - ''The Australian Outback'' [[note]]Dismissed[[/note]]]]

[[folder: Jeff Varner - ''The Australian Outback'']]

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Maybe the worst on record in ''Survior'' history- he resorted to outing someone as transgender as leverage that they were distrustworthy. Not only is this a very insidious breach of personal privacy, but it went past the reasonable limits of gameplay and hit upon a politically incorrect sore spot not seen on CBS's reality game shows since the infamous Season 15 of ''Series/BigBrother'' in 2013. And Jeff suffered the same fate as two contestants of that season (Aaryn Gries and [=GinaMarie=] Zimmerman)- so much complaining came about from the insensitive remark he made that it cost him his real life job (but at least in his case, the public outcry was caused by making only one bad comment- for Gries and Zimmerman, it was ''nonstop'' ignorant/bigoted comments).

* TooCleverByHalf: People noticed Sandra is TheCharmer who uses {{Charisma}} to sweet-talk people into following her lead and deliberately plays AffablyEvil so that she appears harmless but can take you down if you aren't watching your back and only goes after people who have wronged her so these actions appear justified and the target stays off her back. And for the very first time, they cracked her strategy- the end result of putting a ton of GenreSavvy people together who could collectively decode her facade.

* HeelFaceTurn: Was originally despised for being a jerk jock after Micronesia and ended up having a more villainous role in South Pacific. Yet here, he's considerably nicer to geekier players like Zeke and considers Tai a worthy opponent.

* JerkJock: So far, he hasn't shown it (yet), but previous seasons have shown he really likes to antagonist geeky players (except for Erik in Micronesia) and is, in general, a pretty unpleasant person despite being a pretty nice guy in his first season. Subverted, as Ozzy TookALevelInKindness.
** LovableJock: What he ends up as instead having apparently learned his lesson not to be mean to geeky players.
* TheHero: Getting a more heroic edit here than in Micronesia and especially South Pacific.

* JerkJock: So far, he hasn't shown it (yet), but previous seasons have shown he really likes to antagonist geeky players and is, in general, a pretty unpleasant person despite being a pretty nice guy in his first season. Subverted, as Ozzy TookALevelInKindness.

* TragicMistake: "Why haven't you told anyone you were transgender?" Whatever chance he had of surviving the vote was undone by those eight little words. As a result, a quick voice vote was held and Probst decided there was no need to actually vote, eliminating Varner on the spot- because the rest of the tribe was ''[[UpToEleven that]]'' clearly unified in getting rid of him.

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Maybe the worst on record in ''Survior'' history- he resorted to outing someone as transgender as leverage that they were distrustworthy. Not only is this a very insidious breach of personal privacy, but it went past the reasonable limits of gameplay and hit upon a politically incorrect sore spot not seen on CBS since Season 15 of ''Series/BigBrother'' in 2013. And Jeff suffered the same fate as two contestants of that season (Aaryn Gries and [=GinaMarie=] Zimmerman)- so much complaining came about from the insensitive remark he made that it cost him his real life job (but at least in his case, the public outcry was caused by making only one bad comment- for Gries and Zimmerman, it was ''nonstop'' ignorant/bigoted comments).

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Maybe the worst on record in ''Survior'' history- he resorted to outing someone as transgender as leverage that they were distrustworthy. Not only is this a very insidious breach of personal privacy, but it went past the reasonable limits of gameplay and hit upon a politically incorrect sore spot not seen on CBS since ''[[Series/BigBrother Big Brother 15]]''. And Jeff suffered the same fate as two contestants of that season (Aaryn Gries and [=GinaMarie=] Zimmerman)- so much complaining came about from the insensitive remark he made that it cost him his real life job (but at least in his case, the public outcry was caused by making only one bad comment- for Gries and Zimmerman, it was ''nonstop'' ignorant/bigoted comments).

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Maybe the worst on record in ''Survior'' history- he resorted to outing someone as transgender as leverage that they were distrustworthy. Not only is this a very insidious breach of personal privacy, but it went past the reasonable limits of gameplay and hit upon a politically incorrect sore spot not seen on CBS since ''[[Series/BigBrother Big Brother 15]]''. And Jeff suffered the same fate as two contestants of that season (Aaryn Gries and [=GinaMarie=] Zimmerman)- so much complaining came about from the insensitive remark he made that it cost him his real life job (but at least in his case, it was only one bad comment- for Gries and Zimmerman, it was ''nonstop'' ignorant/bigoted comments).

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Maybe the worst on record in ''Survior'' history- he resorted to outing someone as transgender as leverage that they were distrustworthy. Not only is this a very insidious breach of personal privacy, but it went past the reasonable limits of gameplay and hit upon a politically incorrect sore spot not seen on CBS since ''[[Series/BigBrother Big Brother 15]]''.

* TragicMistake: "Why haven't you told anyone you were transgender?" Whatever chance he had of surviving the vote was undone by those eight little words. As a result, a quick voice vote was held and Probst decided there was no need to actually vote, eliminating Varner on the spot.

* FatalFlaw: His bullying attitude towards Tai in the finale really soured his appearance to the jury (he possibly forgot the jury can look at events from previous tribal councils). When he chose to pick Sarah over Tai for the final 3, it pretty much meant he lost [[note]] For curiosity's sake, had Brad brought Tai over instead of Sarah, it would have lead to a historic 5-5 tie for the jury and Troyzan would be the tie-breaker (which given their friendship, he might have won)[[/note]].

* FatalFlaw: His bullying attitude towards Tai in the finale really soured his appearance to the jury (he possibly forgot the jury can look at events from previous tribal councils). When he chose to pick Sarah over Tai for the final 3, it pretty much meant he lost [[note]] For curiosity sake, had Brad brought Tai over instead of Sarah, it would have lead to a historic 5-5 tie for the jury and Troyzan would be the tie-breaker (which given their friendship, he might have won)[[/note]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: As a result of turning heel, Sarah is a lot less easier to work with and much more scathing toward others. Coincidentally, this was right after Nicole Franzel of ''Characters/BigBrother18'', a well-liked player from a past season, also decided to play mean.