History Characters / TheAmazingRace31

[-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]] | [[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]] | '''31: ''Reality Showdown''''' | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace32 32]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace33 33]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace34 34]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace35 35]]\\

[-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]] | [[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]] | '''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]]-]]]]]
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* IHatePastMe: Colin wasn not proud of how he was 15 years ago in Season 5.

The 31st installment of the title series.

For the first time in ''The Amazing Race'' history, the season featured 11 teams each consisting of reality stars from three different shows: ''Series/BigBrother'', ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', and ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' in an epic race across the globe. The season premiered on April 17, 2019. Though the concept was an AudienceAlienatingPremise for some and there were noticeable flaws in both the racecourse [[note]] equalizers began many of the legs, and a finale with only one roadblock without a detour or memory task [[/note]] and the editing, [[note]] Many episodes came off as crammed alongside questionable choices like excluding the Head-To-Head on Leg 4 in favor of showing three teams taking a long time to find a cab and leaving out a massive airport problem on Leg 10 in which the first 2 flights got delayed, leaving everyone stuck on the third flight[[/note]] the end result was very well received. There were a wide variety of creative and hilarious tasks and the teams, having all already been on a reality competition before, were extremely competitive and not afraid to pull big moves. This lead to a likable final 5 and perhaps one of the best-received final outcomes in a while.

!!Victor Arroyo & Nicole Franzel

** A slight variation, but the clue leading to the Pit Stop clearly said that "The last team to check in ''will'' be eliminated," but Becca may have overlooked it, asking Phil if they're still racing when there are no more non-elimination legs at this point.

"Life partners" (apparently meaning married in all but name) from ''Characters/TheAmazingRace5''; best known for Colin's "My ox is broken!" meltdown. Over a decade later, they competed for a second time. This time, the couple adopted a more "Zen" approach to racing and to life while still being a competitive team. They had another strong run, placing in the top half of the pack in a total of 10 legs and never placing below fourth overall. Despite experiencing setbacks such as being U-Turned in leg 8, getting on a late flight and forgetting their gnome in leg 9 and Christie struggling in the roadblock in the penultimate leg, all of which caused them to fall to last place, they managed to recover [[note]] they even finished in 3rd out of seven teams when they had been U-Turned [[/note]]. In the final leg, the two along with Tyler & Korey alternated between first and second place and though they experienced minor problems in the final challenge, Colin and Christie managed to finish shortly before Tyler and Korey, allowing them to cross the finish line first and win the race.

* FatalFlaw: Their inability to take a step back look at the small details bit them in the ass in the last leg. Leo struggled mightily with the fairly easy task of opening a bank vault because he wasn't reading the instructions right. This put them so far behind that they never stood a chance of making up the time difference.

* QueerPeopleAreFunny : Them flirting with Sebastian (the Switzerland instructor) and then Colin.

* TookALevelInJerkass: While they aren't the meanest team out there, they certainly didn't take their U-Turn by the Reilly sisters well, despite the fact they wanted to be forgiven for U-Turning Tyler and Korey. In a sense, their rivalry with the Reilly sisters is reminiscent of David and Connor's.

* AlphaBitch. Shown early on after they made gossipy comments kind of like Kelly and Shevonne from Season 27 early on. They seemed to be evolving into being entertaining LovableAlphaBitches with their competitiveness and having interesting personalities. They reverted into this trope in their last leg when they got mad at Rachel & Elissa for stopping them from stealing their taxi then insulting the sisters after they gave humble gratitude for coming on the show in the first place.

* BrokenStreak: They broke the streak of non-Amazing Race teams being consecutively eliminated after Art & JJ, even though Victor & Nicole were still in the race.

* BrilliantButLazy : The UK leg pretty much proved that they aren't as dumb as some people may make them be. Leo solved the puzzle quite easily and Jamal memorized the names of the cities (they only didn't finish that part of the detour thanks to Leo) also at the surprise task they also find the stuff relatively quick,proving that if they tried to focus Leo and Jamal were as capable as Tyler and Korrey or Colin and Christie to win the race.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: After saying they were blessed (to be well off Americans), Corrine and Eliza (who had just gotten eliminated) ''flip'' out at them thinking they were being condescended. Despite the Reily sisters saying otherwise, Eliza broke down with raging tears.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In Season 24 we have a more calm Rachel who wanted a better person. In this season even if she isn't on the levels of Season 20 she became more cut-throat, granted how in that season Rachel TookALevelInCynic and she ended up with more enemies than friends when she was trying to be better, could sort of explain her attitude. Doesn't help that she keeps making enemies left and right.
* TookALevelInKindness: Arguably after seeing all the poverty around them in Vietnam, they even said they respected Corrine and Eliza as strong female competitors, but were denied by said team. ...[[SubvertedTrope Only]] for Rachel to start making enemies left and right with pretty much every remaining team, and due to not having a strong connection with the guys they called "weak", got their kamic retribution.
* VanityIsFeminine: An insider clip has them fighting against each other about purchasing face soap, Rachel thinking that it is wasteful while Elissa argued back that everybody else bring them to the show.

* EpicFail: Britney took out the polar bear handing out clues while sledding down the hill earning the episode's title: "I Took Out A Polar Bear"
* FailingATaxi: Struggled to find a taxi in leg 4

* OutOfFocus: They are moms from Big Brother and they have a Big brother alliance and that's pretty much all you know of them in the three first episodes.

* TemptingFate : The first line they say on the leg that they are eliminated is how well they are doing.

Friends from ''Survivor''; Corrine was in ''[[Characters/SurvivorGabon Gabon]]'' and ''[[Characters/SurvivorCaramoan Caramoan]]'' while Eliza was in ''[[Characters/SurvivorVanuatu Vanuatu]]'' and ''[[Characters/SurvivorMicronesia Micronesia]]''. Early on it was clearly they had picked up personality traits from the other with Corrine being more patient and tolerable and Eliza being more spiteful than in Survivor. Despite their competitive spirits, they only saw a few brushes at the top of the pack, but their final placements were always in the middle or towards the bottom. In leg 4, Eliza had more trouble than anyone on passing the scooter license test dropping them into last. They seemed to have a chance at catching up when Rachel & Elissa kept failing to build the water wheel correctly, but the sisters found their mistake before the two finished the Irritation detour. They then proceeded to lose the unaired Head-to-Head against Rachel & Elissa eliminating the second Survivor team in a row.

* MoralityPet: Eliza is this to Corrine

Married couple from ''Survivor''. Rupert competed in ''[[Characters/SurvivorPearlIslands Pearl Islands]]'', ''[[Characters/SurvivorAllStars All-Stars]]'', and ''[[Characters/SurvivorHeroesVsVillains Heroes Vs. Villains]]''; and Laura joined him in ''[[Characters/SurvivorBloodVsWater Blood Vs. Water]]''. They quickly proved to be directionally challenged getting lost on almost every travel aspect of the leg. While they were saved by Art & JJ's penalty on the first leg, their navigation issues persisted into Laos dropping them into last while looking for the ABC Detour. Any chance they had of catching up was ruined by Rupert's elephant stopping for a snack partway through the Roadblock eliminating them in 10th place

** Then, they got lost for 2 hours in Shiba Koen, and would have been eliminated had Art & JJ not taken a four hour penalty at the Mount Fuji Roadblock.
** This would be their ultimate undoing in Laos when they spend so long looking for the ABC Detour it allowed Becca & Floyd to pass them on the Detour despite having been U-Turned

Border patrol agents and friends from ''Characters/TheAmazingRace20''. They came in a lot less aggressive than in that season; while this meant they were much less rude, they also didn't have the same drive that led them to be so successful in Season 20 despite an easier course. Their failure on the starting line challenge was negated by everyone being on the same flight. After landing in Japan they had more trouble than anyone else in finding a clue vendor. Despite, that they still had a chance to catch up after Rupert & Laura got lost looking for the Roadblock, until Art's legs cramping up led them to take a 4 hour penalty giving Rupert & Laura enough time to catch up and resulting in them being the first team eliminated this season.

* GameBreakingInjury: Art's thighs cramping led them to take a 4 hour penalty.
* HistoryRepeats: Art's failure on a hill based challenge once again cost them the race.

For the first time in ''The Amazing Race'' history, the season featured 11 teams each consisting of reality stars from three different shows: ''Series/BigBrother'', ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', and ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' in an epic race across the globe. The season premiered on April 17, 2019. Though the concept was an AudienceAlienatingPremise for some and there were noticeable flaws in both the racecourse [[note]] equalizers began many of the legs, and a finale with only one roadblock without a detour or memory task [[/note]] and the editing, [[note]] Many episodes came off as crammed alongside questionable choices like excluding the Head-To-Head on Leg 4 in favor of showing three teams taking a long time to find a cab and leaving out a massive airport problem on Leg 10 in which the first 2 flights got delayed leaving everyone stuck on the third flight[[/note]] the end result was very well received. There were a wide variety of creative and hilarious tasks and the teams, having all already been on a reality competition before, were extremely competitive and not afraid to pull big moves. This lead to a likable final 5 and perhaps one of the best-received final outcomes in a while.

* HoYay: Collin flirted back when Tyler and Korey flirted with him in the first Switzerland leg, going so far as to moon them. When they won, Colin went straight to hug Phil instead of Christie and even slapped his ass.

* SheepInSheepsClothing : You would probably think that at some moment Colin would bring back his temper issues gets to freak out and return to his old himself it doesn't happen. You probably would think that they only help teams in a way of EmotionControl you would be wrong. They manage to be only The Amazing Race returnee to stay out of any drama and it has shown that they have been GoodAllAlong.

* TokenGoodTeammate : In a sense that they are the only team of The Amazing Race returnees cast that has good intentions and could be the only one considered to be truly ''good'' on terms on gameplay. While Leo and Jamal aren't precisely evil they scheme and manipulate others in order to get further, Becca and Flyod despite their mostly positive attitudes they aren't against U-Turning teams down if they need to,Tyler and Korrey while not being on the levels of their season they still are very paranoid of their place in their race. Rachel has a more cut-throat view of all of the teams and Art and JJ still had a bit of their narcissistic attitude left in them.It is kind of ironic since this trope could be reversed in their original season.Taken even further on the Switzerland leg where Colin of all people is the one who has to calm down all the teams.

* HaveIMentionedIAmGay : Their whole Uganda leg which in itself is kind of ironic since they never brought up that on Dubai that isn't in any way better in LGBT rights than Uganda.

* ManipulativeEditing: It was implied they fell into NoSenseOfDirection which is why they fell from 3rd to 6th on the way to the pit stop, however the unaired Head-to-Head was the real reason for this drop.
* RevengeBeforeReason: While Victor & Nicole were reasonable strong team, they chose to U-Turn them over the stronger Becca & Floyd who were also behind them in retaliation over the U-Turn Vote

Dating couple from ''Characters/BigBrother18''; and Nicole was also on ''Characters/BigBrother16''. They proved themselves early on to be competent racers, finishing in 2nd three times in a row across legs 2-4. However, they were far from invincible, as seen during Leg Seven in which, already behind, they decided to drive away from the Detour without asking for directions. Nevertheless, they were a possible target for the U-Turn vote in Leg 8, but they managed to evade the vote - though not without making an enemy of the Afghanimals when Victor, thrown off by Nicole, voted for them. They were quickly repaid with a U-Turn in Leg 10, though they managed to survive that by U-Turning Team Fun behind them. Despite wanting to prove themselves in the penultimate leg as the only non-racers left, they would make a fatal decision when they decided to switch detours and not even the final pit stop task could save them from going home in 4th.

* ArchEnemy: With the Reilly sisters after their fight in Switzerland
* FailureMontage: Victor was shown biting over 43 shoes before finding the chocolate shoe, unlike most race examples it didn't hurt their placement as they were already so far ahead.

* JerkassBall: In leg 7, Victor acted a lot more hostile both towards the other teams and Nicole herself. Even at one point he said Nicole is nicer than him which was an odd statement considering how nice he had been the whole time

Friends from ''Characters/TheAmazingRace29'' who brought back the same spirited personalities that made them fan favorites in their original seasons. Outside of their U-Turn on leg 2, they were a fixture in the top of the standings alongside the other Amazing Race returnees. On leg 10, they got horribly lost looking for the Detour. Though they blew through the cow lifting Detour with ease, their delay allowed for Victor & Nicole to U-Turn them. They had a chance to catch up when Nicole & Victor got lost looking for the cow lifting Detour after getting U-Turned, but Becca landed on the bag of eggs when vaulting across the creek and didn't notice the broken egg until they got to the market forcing them to repeat the task. This put them far enough behind that finding a shortcut to the Pit Stop wasn't able to save them eliminating them in 5th place again.

* FatalFlaw : Becca has temper issues, judging by her rock climbing competitive background it shouldn't have come as much as a surprise.

* TookALevelInJerkass: While they aren't the meanest team out there, they certainly didn't take their U-Turn by the Reily sisters well, despite the fact they wanted to be forgiven for U-Turning Tyler and Korey. In a sense, their rivalry with the Reilly sisters is reminiscent of David and Connor's.

Friends from ''Characters/SurvivorMillennialsVsGenX''. They started off rough but found their footing towards the middle of the season. In leg 8, they were riding high having come off a second place the previous leg (and missing first place by a matter of minutes). They and Tyler and Korey got on the first place which got it about half an hour before Nicole and Victor on the second and three hours before the rest of the teams. They got to the detour first but chose the needle in a haystack coin challenge and ending up switching twice more. Ultimately Leo and Jamal and Colin and Christie would pass them up at the detour while Leo and Christie worked together at the Roadblock which would ultimately cause their elimination.

For the first time in ''The Amazing Race'' history, the season featured 11 teams each consisting of reality stars from three different shows: ''Series/BigBrother'', ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', and ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' in an epic race across the globe. The season premiered on April 17, 2019. Though the concept was an AudienceAlienatingPremise for some and there were noticeable flaws in both the racecourse [[note]] equalizers began many of the legs [[/note]] and the editing, [[note]] Many episodes came off as crammed alongside questionable choices like excluding the Head-To-Head on Leg 4 in favor of showing three teams taking a long time to find a cab and leaving out a massive airport problem on Leg 10 in which the first 2 flights got delayed leaving everyone stuck on the third flight[[/note]] the end result was very well received. There were a wide variety of creative and hilarious tasks and the teams, having all already been on a reality competition before, were extremely competitive and not afraid to pull big moves. This lead to a likable final 5 and perhaps one of the best-received final outcomes in a while.

For the first time in ''The Amazing Race'' history, the season featured 11 teams each consisting of reality stars from three different shows: ''Series/BigBrother'', ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', and ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' in an epic race across the globe. The season premiered on April 17, 2019. Though the concept was an Audience-AlienatingPremise for some and there were noticeable flaws in both the racecourse [[note]] equalizers began many of the legs [[/note]] and the editing, [[note]] Many episodes came off as crammed alongside questionable choices like excluding the Head-To-Head on Leg 4 in favor of showing three teams taking a long time to find a cab and leaving out a massive airport problem on Leg 10 in which the first 2 flights got delayed leaving everyone stuck on the third flight[[/note]] the end result was very well received. There were a wide variety of creative and hilarious tasks and the teams, having all already been on a reality competition before, were extremely competitive and not afraid to pull big moves. This lead to a likable final 5 and perhaps one of the best-received final outcomes in a while.

Dating couple from ''Characters/BigBrother18''; and Nicole was also on ''Characters/BigBrother16''.