History Characters / TheAmazingRace12

[-United States original: [[Characters/TheAmazingRace1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace6 6]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace7 7]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceFamilyEdition 8: Family Edition]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace9 9]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace10 10]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2007 11: All-Stars]] | '''12''' | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace13 13]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace14 14]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace15 15]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace16 16]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace17 17]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceUnfinishedBusiness 18: Unfinished Business]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace19 19]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace20 20]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace21 21]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace22 22]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace23 23]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2014 24: All-Stars]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace25 25]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace26 26]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace27 27]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace28 28]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace29 29]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace30 30]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace31 31: Reality Showdown]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace32 32]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace33 33]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace34 34]]\\

''Australia'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand 3: Australia v New Zealand]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia6 6: Around the World]]\\
''Canada'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada6 6: Heroes Edition]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada7 7]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada8 8]]-]]]]]

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

Suffering from a severely reduced budget after [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2007 All-Stars]], and risking cancellation once again following a streak of seasons with disappointing ratings, the twelfth season of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' had a lot to live up to in order to keep the show afloat. The cast initially took a lot of flack for 15 out of the 22 contestants coming from California, but ultimately the combination of better prepared teams and a shift away from physically demanding tasks to tricky mental tasks resulted in the longer-lasting teams being markedly different than seasons past, with three of the top six teams being blood related. The teams were a very tightly matched lot, with close finishes being the norm (including five teams hitting the mat within seconds of each other in the third leg) and no one emerging truly dominant for long, and despite the early complaints, became one of the most liked casts, with it often being cited as having the series' most likable Final 3.

* NiceHat: Their shocking pink cowboy hats.

* GoodIsNotDumb
* [[GranolaGirl Granola Girl / Guy]]

* OneHeadTaller

* SmoochOfVictory

--->'''Ronald''': I don’t speak any Italian, do you? "Prego"… something, is "Please," I think.
--->'''Christina''': Isn't Prego... a spaghetti sauce?

* {{Hypocrite}}: Ron. See PolitenessJudo.

* WeakButSkilled: Christina.

%%%* DirtyOldMan: Don towards Marianna & Julia.

* AlphaBitch: Jennifer.

* CompetitionFreak: Nate called Jen this.

* {{Jerkass}}: Both of them.

* FreakyFashionMildMind

* MyNaymeIs

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* RealMenWearPink
* RoseHairedSweetie: Vyxsin.

* ShooOutTheClowns

* XtremeKoolLetterz

* BrotherSisterTeam

* DumbBlonde

* SpicyLatina: Lorena.

* SpikyHair: Ari.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Vyxsin's pink hair.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: Donald.

* UselessAccessories: They both wore pairs of fingerless gloves at times.

* MaleGaze: In leg 6, Vyxsin wore a tanktop that showed off her rather generous cleavage. Said cleavage got a lot of airtime.

* AudienceSurrogate: Not because the audience was supposed to relate with a pair of pampered Hollywood blondes in any way, but because each represented a side in an argument which had been [[FlameWar burning hot]] withing the fanbase for the [[Characters/TheAmazingRace10 past few]] [[Characters/TheAmazingRace11 seasons]]. Jennifer represented the CallItKarma side, who thought the Yield/U-Turn and other such cutthroat strategies were dirty play that should not be allowed, and teams that used them would be punished by karma. While Shana represented the [[ThisIsACompetition This Is A Race]] side, who thought any strategy that did not break rules or endanger another team was fair, and the Yield/U-Turn was part of the game, just another tool that a team could use to get themselves ahead. Fittingly, their arguing over this only served to get them eliminated.

* FingerlessGloves: They both wore pairs of these at times.

-->'''Jennifer''' (at the camel milking Roadblock): Nathan, you gotta be gentle. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar You’re handling nipples]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Jennifer got frustrated during the camel milking Roadblock, and started frantically pulling at the camel's teat, only the angle of the camera and the speed and placement of her hand made it look like she was doing something very different from milking.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse. Jen said that she would get so much crap from the dancing world for failing the Shake Your Booty Detour.

* NobodyOver50IsGay: Averted.