History Characters / SurvivorHeroesVsHealersVsHustlers

** BorrowedCatchphrase: Used by Jeff at the reunion to go into a commercial break.

* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Ryan zigzags between the two, as he can be a very friendly and eager young man, but has had moments of where he belittles others, such as snarking about Simone's worth when she's voted out and leaves behind her clothes.

* DrunkWithPower: Episode 12 and 13 present him as this, as his hidden immunity idol prevents him from elimination and gives him the power to decide who goes home. Jeff even remarks how Ben played his second idol early as a display of power.

* ArchEnemy: Joe became his as of Episode 8, due to accusing Ben of swearing on the Marines. Chrissy later took his place when he shifted allegiances to Devon, and then Mike also became one with her when Ben realized Mike was pushing for his elimination the hardest.

** Also, "Now your faith is in those two." when Devon gets caught in a tie with Mike because Ben used his third idol.

** {{Gluttony}}. Though Cole's appetite sometimes does call for huge amounts of caloric intake, he eats so much that people get mad at him for running out camp supplies and turn against him as a liability.

* SheCleansUpNicely: She showed up to her first Jury sit-in wearing a fancy green dress and pretty makeup. It left Devon speechless.

* TheHero: Pre-swap, they were this. People chosen for their generosity and professions that protect people.

** ThrowTheDogABone: They were very fortunately blessed, as they managed to hold on long enough to enjoy catering from Outback Steakhouse (who also catered ''Series/BigBrother'' earlier that year, package deal as it were).

* TheHero: Pre-swap, they were this.

* GenreSavvy: One of the most intelligent players in the game. So far, Ryan has:

* TrueCompanions: Becomes this with Ashley on Levu, swearing to her he will not vote her out and that they would go to a tie if next tribal council happens. He later decided the two of them would have a Final Two alliance. Subverted, however, when Chrissy and Ryan offered him a Final Three deal take he took.

* WhatTheHellHero: She trounced Chrissy for the whole tribe's [[IdiotBall lack of foresight to stop Ben from going out to find more idols]]. She was very right in that they didn't put someone on watch or run shifts as they slept to make sure he didn't go out hunting and were so complacent that they thought there would be no more idols left to be found in the final days of the game.

* YesMan: Many times, this was Ryan's strategy when he was in a corner. He told people what they wanted to hear, but didn't actually mean it. Most notably, Ryan made tried to lie his way through the final tribal council and was aware he was doing that, but he got called out on his backstabbing by people who were annoyed with his inability to pull his own weight and would latch on to people and lie to them to go forward in the game.

* TheLoad: In challenges, he proves to be this. Mike voiced annoyance at this after he messed up a reward challenge. At the final tribal council, many jurors were quick to point out he didn't do much to help out in camp, and Ryan admitted he was trying to avoid dragging them down because this was his first experience at wilderness survival and he was unprepared, justifying at least part of this issue.

* VillainDecay: He was in the running for BiggerBad because he managed to secure some plays as the seemingly empty-headed surfer bro who was really a cunning plotter that took control when Ryan fell out of power that masterminded plays that went over even Ryan and Chrissy's heads, but fell down to this status when he made a few unwise decisions to save himself and largely cost himself his own shot at a million dollars by being too sure of his own abilities to make fire.

* FatalFlaw. His overconfidence. He made several bold moves to pick off major players feeling in control, yet when he tried to save himself, he neglected practice at the fire-making challenge without realizing how outmatched he was.

* [[DeathByIrony EliminationByIrony]]: Devon spent nearly all the game reliant on someone to go forward. When he had to rely on ''himself'', he got eliminated by another unexpected twist and overconfidence.

* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being a player who was just an impressive competitor to an idol-snagging machine whose record tied the infamous Russell Hantz's record when looking at either ''Samoa'' or ''Heroes vs. Villains''separately (3 idols per season fell into his possession). He also powered his way through the last and most important competition of the game, the final four fire-making challenge, the only individual win under his belt.

* LargeHam: While Ben is an adept player, he's very bombastic and loud when he's excited or angry.

->'''Occupation:''' Ex-Marine

->'''Occupation:''' Actuary (Insurance Adjuster)[[note]]Chrissy took time off from her job to play on ''Survivor'' but was unfortunately let go for her long absence.[[/note]]

->'''Occupation:''' Parole Officer

->'''Occupation:''' Wilderness Therapist

->'''Occupation:''' Physical Therapist/Professor

->'''Occupation:''' Personal Assistant

->'''Occupation:''' Graduate Student

* AscendedFan: Before appearing on the show, Roark frequently appeared on the Survivor with All the Fixings podcast, which is hosted by former contestants [[Characters/SurvivorGabon Corrine]] [[Characters/SurvivorCaramoan Kaplan]] and [[Characters/SurvivorWorldsApart Max Dawson]].

->'''Occupation:''' Former NFL Player

->'''Occupation:''' Mover

->'''Occupation:''' Program Associate

->'''Occupation:''' Sport Psychologist/Former Olympian

* CatchPhrase: "Get to gettin.'" Also, "Ben bomb" for when he's about to blow up the game.

* ProperlyParanoid: Zig-zagged. He overheard his alliance talking about voting him out but didn't catch that the conversation was Devon talking Ashley out of targeting him. While they did discuss the need to betray him eventually, ultimately it was his reaction to overhearing them that pushed them to target him immediately.

* NiceGirl: Despite how crafty she is, she is very much shown to be a sweet person. Her first reaction to when Ryan admitted to giving her the first tribal idol was to gush in a confessional about how kind he was. [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zags]] later, as while she is still affable to her alliance, she lets her annoyance to the people who irritate her be known. However, unlike Ryan, she at least got to know people even if she used them like tools.

* {{Adorkable}}: Being a tiny and geeky superfan in a turtleneck sweater, he gives off this vibe.
* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Ryan zig-zags between the two, as he can be a very friendly and eager young man, but has had moments of where he belittles others, such as snarking about Simone's worth when she's voted out and leaves behind her clothes.

* FatalFlaw. His overconfidence. He made several bold moves to pick off major players feeling in control, yet when he tried to save himself, he neglected practice at the firemaking challenge without realizing how outmatched he was.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Devon puts on this act in order to get people to trust him and downplay himself as a threat. {{Lampshaded}} later by Ryan and Chrissy, who wondered how they could have been deceived by a "twenty-five-year-old sufer".

* ArchEnemy: Joe, as of Episode 9. The friction between them began right after the tribe switch in Episode 4 when they were placed on Levu together and Joe immediately singled her out as a weak player and someone he planned to vote out. It died off when he turned his attention towards a chance to blindside Alan instead and Levu dodged Tribal Council multiple times, preventing further conflict. But when the tribes merged, Joe started in on Ashley all over again because he was being difficult at camp following their defeat at a randomly picked red vs. blue team Reward Challenge, going around digging holes for idols instead of resting, and Joe was already in a bad mood, to begin with after the loss. When told to settle down and relax by Ashley and warned this was a reason people couldn't trust him, Joe got mad and Ashley became his lightning rod because he saw that as a waste of time. It is notable up until this episode Ashley has been off to the side and had minimal impact on the game, but not completely inactive. But Joe considers her useless and drifting through the game doing nothing- and in ''Survivor'', a derogatory term was coined for that- goat. Joe sees fit to call her a goat. Ashley flips her lid and starts arguing with him, only for Joe to call her the ''epitome'' of a goat. The argument branches over to Christy, and soon the two women are bickering with Joe, and by the end of the argument, Ashley is beckoning Joe to SHUT UP with a very hostile tone of voice and is so mad at him she is even willing to forego voting out Cole next just to be rid of Joe. After causing a chain reaction that screwed up Joe's shot at immunity for the next Tribal Council, she was placated. Ashley still went with the majority and kept her cool long enough to get a few key players out of the way. By the time Devon set up a plan to boot Joe out, Ashley had mellowed enough that she thought about eliminating Ben before Joe. But with some calculating, neither Devon nor Ashley cast their votes for Ben- they kept Ben around for his reliability and got Joe and Mike dummy votes at Ryan to make him relinquish his idol and then delivered a swift ''Survivor'' spanking to Joe.

* SatelliteCharacter: Ashley herself laments this status, lampshading that she may not have a lot of big moves in her ''Survivor'' resume. Beyond winning immunity, Ashley hasn't spearheaded any plans of her own outside of a potential knocking over of Ben that she postponed. If something involves Ashley, she will usually be co-conspiring with another player or part of a team power move, acquiring Devon's status as the camp orbiter. What a koinky-dink: she hails from ''[[{{Irony}} Satellite]]'' Beach.

* TomboyishBaseballCap: Ashley frequently wears a black ballcap and has a very guy-oriented personality.

* RealityShowGenreBlindness: Zig-zagged. She made a comment that she has never met a redhead who is a convincing liar, which is a statement that disregards notable redheaded players on the show, such as [[Characters/SurvivorTheAustralianOutback Jerri]], [[Characters/SurvivorGabon Corrine]], [[Characters/SurvivorCaramoan Cochran]] etc. However, she has managed to align with another older player, Ben, helped to get out Jessica, and has managed to snag an extra vote through finding a hidden advantage.

* TomboyishBaseballCap: Played straight. Lauren was an outfielder and wears an authentic ballcap. Her personality is strong and steely.

* BornLucky: Found two idols, and dodged elimination three times. He also got the white rock at a Reward Challenge where winning this ''Survivor'' lottery as the odd man out meant receiving a food reward without having to compete for it on the teams, and jurisdiction over the order of when each person would eat their serving- but when it was revealed to be a family portion, Joe decided to eat last at the shared reward just to be fair (and avoid making himself into a bigger target), and gave ([[ILied phony]]) birthday boy Devin the first serve.

* CommittmentIssues: We learn about this in extra footage online and at the finale from Chrissy. Joe doesn't think marriage works... [[FreudianExcuse because his parents divorced when he was young.]] Chrissy used this fact to argue she got to know some of the players and was interested in who they were as people and not just as pawns.

* DeerInTheHeadlights: When a brawl takes place over a Hidden Immunity Idol, Ryan, who had a;ready found it, is standing there mortified and says in his confessional it was "pandemonium".

* BigGood-->BigBad: Seemingly established as TheBigGood by Episode 9, where he's remarked as the guiding force in Solewa and the one with the most airtight morality. But as of episode 12, he's shown to have becomes TheBigBad. He crafted a fake idol necklace with the intention of using it to humiliate Chrissy before he eliminates her, and got vindictive toward Lauren after she called him out -- casting his vote towards get her and nullifying everyone else's votes against him with his real idol, which sent her home. Episode 13, he started showing a belligerent side by insulting people during confessionals and mocking everyone at Tribal Council after revealing his second Hidden Immunity Idol. This has resulted in him becoming a common enemy for the remaining players.

* HiddenWeapons: A variant; the second idol necklace hefound was something the audience didn't know about. When he found his second hidden idol, the edit didn't show him getting it to leave the suspense intact, as it did in [[Characters/SurvivorMicronesia]] with Amanda Kimmel.

* NothingPersonal: Ben sincerely believes that nobody should take anything he does personally, [[SubvertedTrope however]], he shows signs of taking the actions of others as [[ItsPersonal personal]], such as regarding Cole's eating behavior, Joe's accusations of him swearing on the Marines, his alliances attempts to target him, and crafting a fake idol to humiliate Chrissy with.

* DeathBySighOfRelief: Played straight. Devon thought it would be better to go into the fire-making challenge without practicing because he felt comfortable with his skills with making fire throughout the game because the flint broke on him during practice. Turns out that was the worst decision he made, because Ben creamed him at the challenge.

* TortoiseAndTheHare: Devon's decision not to to practice fire-making with Ben very driven to win the game was this in spades.

* SociopathicSoldier: Choice confessionals reveal that Ben may be a Type IV, specifically his hard line belief that morality and empathy has no place on the battlefield. At first, it's benign as he spends much of the game as a hero. But as the days dwindle on and the situation becomes more and more like war to him, he slips into this persona, culminating in him destroying all of his friendships to save himself in episode 12.

* NiceGirl: Despite how crafty she is, she is very much shown to be a sweet person. Her first reaction to when Ryan admitted to giving her the first tribal idol was to gush in a confessional about how kind he was. [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zags]] later, as while she is still affable to her alliance, she lets her annoyance to the people who irritate her be known.

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: Got this treatment from the Jury when Desi and Cole, complained at his inactivity and lack of effort in most things he did around challenges and camp, respectively.

** BorrowedCatchphrase: Used by Jeff at the reunion.
* {{Determinator}}: When he gives himself a mission he is relentless in pursuing it to completion. This works both for and against him, as his relentless crusade to take out Lauren turned every other player against him. He got to the end purely on luck and skill alone, and that made Lauren along with the majority of the Jury vote for him

* RetiredBadass: A former U.S. Marine.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: From the very beginning of the game to the end, Ben is very much in the spotlight. He is the first person Jeff singles out to talk to on account of his hat distinguishing him. He also is almost exclusively the focus of the live reunion because of his compelling story and the fact he won.

* TookALevelInJerkass: While Ben was fairly snarky, he started the beginning of the game as friendly guy with honor and good relationships. However, post-merge has shown a more malicious and rude side to himself, starting with him dictating how people vote, insulting Joe and Cole, humiliating and lying to Chrissy (his former ally), and then gunning for Lauren (his current ally) over the paranoia of his alliance turning on him -- which wasn't even her idea, but Ashley's. It's very telling how [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating everyone]] wanted him gone after he started throwing accusations and blaming everyone but himself for the core four falling apart. Episode 13, he comes to Tribal Council with an idol he just found at camp, then blows up on the others when he reveals it just because he wants to revel in knowing he won't go home. In the finale, he's become enamored with just plain childish behavior at Tribal Council.

->'''Occupation:''' Actuary (Insurance Adjuster)[[note]]Chrissy took time off from her job to play on ''Survivor'' but was unfortunately let go for her absence.[[/note]]

* KickTheDog[=/=]KickTheSonOfABitch: Her denying Ben the chance to spend some time with his wife during the family visit could be seen either way.

* TheAce: When it comes to Hidden Immunity Idols. He found '''three in a row'' and played all of them successfully, something no player has managed to do until him.
* ActionSurvivor: He loses all his allies due to the threat he poses and manages to escape elimination twice in a row due to the Hidden Immunity Idols he had on him. Episode 13 makes it clear he has no alliances to fall back on and has to rely on himself, as everybody else admits his not in their final three plans.

* CatchPhrase: "Get to gettin.'"

* HeroicSecondWind: One of the most notable, as he lost the Final Immunity Challenge, and as a lone player with no allies left, that would have been under normal circumstances the final blow to his game and he was worn out. When he got a second chance with the final secret advantage of the game in a firemaking duel, he really put his all into it.

* LaughablyEvil: He giggled and chimed "Secrets, secrets, secrets...!" when he revealed idol number two, then made explosion noises like he blew up the game.

* TookALevelInJerkass: While Ben was fairly snarky, he started the beginning of the game as friendly guy with honor and good relationships. However, post-merge has shown a more malicious and rude side to himself, starting with him dictating how people vote, insulting Joe and Cole, humiliating and lying to Chrissy (his former ally), and then gunning for Lauren (his current ally) over the paranoia of his alliance turning on him -- which wasn't even her idea, but Ashley's. It's very telling how [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating everyone]] wanted him gone after he started throwing accusations and blaming everyone but himself for the core four falling apart. Episode 13, he comes to Tribal Council with an idol he just found at camp, then blows up on the others when he reveals it just because he wants to revel in knowing he won't go home.

* TragicKeepsake: Ben's tattoo on his right shoulder is a memento of a dearly departed loved one, displaying their birth and death date.