History Characters / SurvivorSamoa

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: It was mentioned in her [[AllThereInTheManual pre-game profile]] Laura was actually an Grandmother. It was [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at the reunion when she was called a Hot Grandma.

* AlliterativeName

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* SpotlightStealingSquad

* MsFanservice: Natalie's official photo, on the right.

* JerkassFacade: Erik claimed this in post game interviews.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His speech to Natalie in the final tribal council was encouraging and called out the DoubleStandard of Survivor gameplay.

* TheWomanBehindTheMan: To Russell; they were a power of one and the only two players whose every vote was for the eliminated contestant.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In-universe, Russell was insufferable. Completely self-absorbed, treated everybody as stepping stones, and willingly to use disgusting lies that are right up there with Fairplay's late grandma BS. Many contestants noted they hated being around Russell because he never treated them with a scrap of decency and was even so bent on winning he tried to BUY the victory from the actual winner in an all-time despicable snake ploy, which is probably the lowest thing ''anybody'' could do on one of these competitions next to using the actual winnings for [[HookersAndBlow vice.]] So, naturally, the show brought him back to wreak havoc some more, because he was interesting, because out of universe, Russell was a dynamo who people loved to hate.

* BeingEvilSucks: Despite being viewed as the most strategic of the finalists, Russell was viewed as the biggest Asshole as well and the jury refused to vote for him.

* ThePollyanna

* MsFanservice: Natalie's official photo on the right.

* RedOniBlueOni: Next to him, almost everyone was blue.

* [[BadassBeard Badass]] BeardOfEvil: Russel's beard and his cunning go hand-in-hand.

%%* [[BadassBeard Badass]] BeardOfEvil

* '''BigBad''': Russell Hantz is often seen as ''the'' definitive villain in the ''Survivor'' franchise, due to being one of the most vainglorious and potent threats to ever play the game. However, his one stumbling block will always be that while he leaves a scorching trail of railroaded players in his wake, he pisses off everybody too much to ever make it to the end even remotely liked, and Natalie crushed him at the Jury because she had played the game as TheHeroine.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In-universe, Russell was insufferable. Completely self-absorbed, treated everybody as stepping stones, and willingly to use disgusting lies that are right up there with Fairplay's late grandma BS. Many contestants noted they hated being around Russell because he never treated them with a scrap of decency and was even so bent on winning he tried to BUY the victory from the actual winner in an all-time despicable snake ploy, which is probably the lowest thing ''anybody'' could do on one of these competitions next to using the actual winnings for [[HookersAndBlow vice.]]

* {{Foil}}: Ended up being one to Russell Swan -- the older, harder-working, capable leader taken out by his own work ethic, while Mick was the younger, lazier, incompetent leader who made it to the end of the game.

* '''BigBad''': Russell Hantz is often seen as ''the'' definitive villain in the ''Survivor'' franchise, due to being one of the most vainglorious and potent threats to ever play the game. However, his one stumbling block will always be that while he leaves a scorching trail of railroaded players in his wake, he pisses off everybody too much to ever make it to the end even remotely liked, and was one of the reasons why ''Survivor'' modified their gameplay to feature a Final Three instead of Final Two shortly after this season aired because of how badly Natalie crushed him at the Jury.

* AssholeVictim: He went into the show ''already rich''. That alone brought the thunder down on him. But in his case, it was enormous. Russell played the game very hard but suffered the consequences of his unpleasant behavior toward everyone when nobody he helped to get rid of wanted to crown him the winner due to using them and disposing of them like broken toys. Because of this, he is generally considered the origin of the notorious phrase "bitter Jury" in both ''Survivor'' and by extension ''Series/BigBrother'' (which also uses a similar Jury system in the US), where a player may get to the end and deserve to win on a strategic level, but has done far too much to anger their pawns to ever receive their support.

* NiceHat

* AssholeVictim: He went into the show ''already rich''. That alone brought the thunder down on him. But in his case, it was enormous. Russell played the game very hard but suffered the consequences of his unpleasant behavior toward everyone when nobody he helped to get rid of wanted to crown him the winner. Because of this, he is the origin of the notorious phrase "bitter Jury" in both ''Survivor'' and by extension ''Series/BigBrother'' (which also uses a similar Jury system in the US), where a player may get to the end and deserve to win on a strategic level, but has done far too much to anger their pawns to ever receive their support.

* AssholeVictim: He went into the show ''already rich''. That alone brought the thunder down on him.

* '''BigBad''': Russell Hantz is often seen as ''the'' definitive villain in the ''Survivor'' franchise, due to being one of the most vainglorious and potent threats to ever play the game. However, his one stumbling block will always be that while he leaves a scorching trail of railroaded players in his wake, he pisses off everybody too much to ever make it to the end even remotely liked, and was one of the reasons why ''Survivor'' modified their gameplay to feature a Final Three instead of Final Two shortly after this season aired because of how badly Natalie crushed him at the Jury, because he is the origin of the notorious phrase "bitter Jury" in both ''Survivor'' and by extension ''Series/BigBrother'' (which also uses a similar Jury system in the US), where a player may get to the end and deserve to win on a strategic level, but has done far too much to anger their pawns to ever receive their support.

* '''BigBad''': Russell Hantz is often seen as ''the'' definitive villain in the ''Survivor'' franchise, due to being one of the most vainglorious and potent threats to ever play the game. However, his one stumbling block will always be that while he leaves a scorching trail of railroaded players in his wake, he pisses off everybody too much to ever make it to the end even remotely liked, and was one of the reasons why ''Survivor'' modified their gameplay to feature a Final Three instead of Final Two shortly after this season aired because of how badly Natalie crushed him at the Jury, because he is the origin of the notorious phrase "bitter Jury" in both ''Survivor'' and by extension ''Series/BigBrother'' (which also uses a Jury system in the US), where a player may get to the end and deserve to win on a strategic level, but has done far too much to anger their pawns to ever receive their support.

* '''BigBad''': Russell Hantz is often seen as ''the'' definitive villain in the ''Survivor'' franchise, due to being one of the most vainglorious and potent threats to ever play the game. However, his one stumbling block will always be that while he leaves a scorching trail of railroaded players in his wake, he pisses off everybody too much to ever make it to the end while liked, and was one of the reasons why ''Survivor'' modified their gameplay to feature a Final Three instead of Final Two shortly after this season aired because of how badly Natalie crushed him at the Jury.

* GenreSavvy: Based on how she played and how the other players acted toward her.

* AssholeVictim:

* {{Badass}}: Considered one of the best players at manipulating the vote.
** [[BadassBeard Badass]] BeardOfEvil

* {{Badass}}

* PaperTiger: Jaison certainly believes that Ben's attitude is a facade and Ben isn't {{Badass}} as he portrays himself. Despite Ben's athleticism, The tribe didn't win any challenges with him competing.

* AscendedFanboy
* [[BadassBeard Badass]] [[BadassMoustache Facial Hair]]

** JerkWithAHeartOfAJerk

* SoleSurvivor: Arguably the [[BaseBreaker most controversial]] since [[Characters/SurvivorAllStars Amber Brkich]].

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Also see GirlFriday, LadyMacbeth, ObfuscatingStupidity, OutOfFocus, and TheSocialExpert.

* SilkHidingSteel: Why she was DangerouslyGenreSavvy (except as far as Russell was concerned).

* GenreSavvy: With Strategy and In finding idols. His {{Genre Blind}}ness of the social game keeps him from being DangerouslyGenreSavvy.

* DumbBlond: Subverted? Try flat-out ''obfuscated!''

* OddFriendship: With Russell Hantz as described in post game interviews.
* OutOfFocus: Natalie's gameplay does not translate into great TV. Especially with the editing favoring Russell Hantz. [[BoringButPractical But it does work.]]

* AmericanDream: Mentioned in her CBS Profile that she was living the American Dream.