History Characters / TheAmazingRace14

[-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]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace12 12]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace13 13]] | '''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]]-]]]]]

* EducationMama[=/=]OverprotectiveDad: They unsurprisingly grew up in one of these households. Their parents wouldn't even let Tammy go to the beach in Thailand.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Discussed by Jaime at the Phuket Zoo, much to Cara's amusement:
-->'''Jaime''': If I could just spend my life in the wild with animals and never see people again, I'd be completely okay with that. I'd never look back.

Dwarven stuntmen brothers. Though they had a lot of confidence, their inability to stay on course caused them to fall to the back of the pack a lot. They have the dubious honor of being the most frequently penalized team in the show's history (Though [[Characters/TheAmazingRace1 Nancy & Emily's]] 24-hour penalty remains the longest penalty, they had a total of four penalties levied on them over the course of the season). Though their first set of penalties only cost them a leg win, their second set, a pair of 2-hour penalties for using personal possessions to settle cab fairs, put them so far behind that they never saw another team after that, and they finished 5th.

* SoProudOfYou: Tammy to Victor in leg 7 after completing the richshaw detour.

Ex-NFL cheerleaders, and the only non-family team in the top 6. They started off as middle-of-the-road racers, but were able to improve their game to the point where they gained competitive footing with the top teams. They became infamous for Jaime's HairTriggerTemper, which she frequently took out on locals, to the point that it made up her Final 3 montage. Ultimately, they finished 2nd due to the combination of a bad taxi and Jaime stumbling on one of the surfboards in the [[FinalExamFinale Final Roadblock]]. Jaime's outrageous, and often amusing, outbursts made them the only villain team to be invited back for Unfinished Business (with even Phil calling them the villains in pre-season interviews), and she was invited to become a Magazine/{{Playboy}} Playmate.

The 14th season of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' was called "a very unique season" by producer Bertram van Munster at the start of [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceUnfinishedBusiness Unfinished Business]]. It was the first season to cut out most of the airport scenes that used to take up the first quarter of most episodes, only leaving them in when they had a significant effect on the leg, and has the distinction of being the only season not to feature the usually ubiquitous couples teams among the top 7, thus presenting more unique team dynamics.

However, the producers clearly wanted more inter-team conflict, which was mostly lacking in the previous two seasons, and thus they stopped the traditional "eat, sleep, and mingle" Pit Stops mid-race[[note]]which they would carry over to subsequent seasons[[/note]], resulting in a cast that started off friendly, then suddenly became more cutthroat by the endgame. For better or for worse, this resulted in one of the most memorable, if polarizing, casts in the series, and it left the fans divided, as the top 4 had no consensus [[GreyAndGrayMorality hero to root for or villain to root against]]. Despite the divisive effect they had on the fans, the teams were charismatic enough that five of the eleven teams in Unfinished Business were from this season. Like the cast, the season itself is polarizing. For the most part it's considered one of the all time greats, especially with those who watch the race for its competitive aspects (and it was the only post-Season 7 Race to make Phil's personal top 5[[note]]As of Unfinished Business[[/note]]), but those who dislike it ''really'' dislike it.

* {{Mondegreen}}: When getting their clue to go to the Amber Fort via telephone, Kisha heard and told their cab driver "amher football," which he then immediately translated to Amber Fort.

!! Mel White & Mike White [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MelMike_9336.jpg]]

* {{Mondegreen}}: When getting their clue to go to the Amber Fort via telephone, Victor heard and wrote down "valet parking."

Deaf contestant and his American Sign Language-translating mother. Luke was the first deaf contestant in the series[[note]]though [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia2 Asia Season 2]] constesant Adrian was the first in the franchise[[/note]], and as such, Phil signed their Race positions at the end of each leg. They started off as a strong team and early fan favorites, and though some fans soured on Luke's bursts of impatience, they remained favorites until Luke got into a shoving match with Jen in China. Margie's surprising physical strength combined with Luke's ruthless strategy got them into the Final 3 without ever being in danger of elimination, but Luke choked away a massive lead on the [[FinalExamFinale Final Roadblock]], leaving the task last despite having 8 of his 11 surfboards placed before the other teams showed up, ultimately giving them 3rd place. Their strong showing and Luke's InspirationallyDisadvantaged status gave them a place in Unfinished Business.