History Characters / TheAmazingRace7

[-United States original: [[Characters/TheAmazingRace1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace6 6]] | '''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]] | [[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]]-]]]]]

* StubbornMule: Debbie's inability to get her [[EverythingsBetterWithLlamas llama]] moving in the first leg Detour caused them to switch tasks and fall from 1st to 3rd (the other eight teams were an hour and a half behind them).

* OvershadowedByAwesome: They were actually the first team to come up with the "Move up to first class for no additional cost" strategy to get off the plane first. That move would later become more famous 9 seasons later when Dan & Jordan won using that strategy.

* BaldOfAwesome: Uchenna the whole race, Joyce after leg 8.

* BaldWomen: Joyce after shaving her head.

* {{Jerkass}}: Ray had some not so nice things to say to his competition, specifically Meredith & Gretchen. Not to mention he got into frequent spats with Deana.

* CampGay: Patrick

* KickTheDog: Being an egotistical {{Jerkass}} is one thing, but when Brian & Greg flipped their car in Botswana, Rob did not even slow down to check if everyone was okay (something every other team did), and he immediately snarked to the camera about how ThisIsACompetition. When Phil brought it up at the Pit Stop, not only did he once again bring up ThisIsACompetition, but he started [[EvilLaugh laughing about it too]]. He could be forgiven for continuing to play the game, even when someone was hurt, but that he was proud of what he did is what pushed it over the edge.

* BadassGrandpa: Before them, no team with an average age over 50 had lasted longer than five legs or finished higher than 8th[[note]]Both [[Characters/TheAmazingRace1 Joe & Bill]] and [[Characters/TheAmazingRace3 Teri & Ian's]] although highly competent older teams, their age averages was was 48.5 and 49.5 respectively[[/note]]. Sure they weren't as impressive as some later oldster teams, but at the time what they did was damn impressive, especially when you consider the serious injuries both suffered along the course.

* TheLoad: Rob, after "tricking" them with the faster flight, accused them of being this, laughing as they went running to Uchenna & Joyce for help. Subverted. By asking Uchenna & Joyce about this "faster flight" both teams were able to learn there really was one.

* NeverMessWithGranny: See BadassGrandpa.

* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read the Freaking Clue]]: They actually got out of the cave in leg 5 fine the first time, but then had to go back in and retrieve the clue that they didn't retrieve the first time, resulting in Gretchen falling and busting her head open.

* TeamDad: Especially to Uchenna & Joyce and Lynn & Alex.

* MiracleRally: Their comeback in the finale, which they did despite not having any money to start the leg (and where the rules required traveling by taxi, [[CaptainObvious which requires money]]), having to beg their way onto a closed flight, then beg for money to pay their cab at the Finish Line.

* GameplayDerailment: [[{{In-Universe}} Rob did this]] by convincing Meredith and Deana to quit the four pounds of meat Roadblock. Prior to this, EatThat challenges were popular as Roadblocks ([[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 Chip & Kim even won two legs solely due to them]]). After that incident, EatThat challenges have been relegated to Detours and Fast Forwards, or otherwise being small amounts of ForeignQueasine.

* TheScrappy: [[{{In-Universe}} Most of the other teams]] despised Rob & Amber immediately for invading their show after already winning a million on ''Survivor''.

* GenreSavvy: At LAX, Bianca first pointed out that the later flight to leave is sometimes the first to land (true in this case), then, when none of the other teams bothered to ask which landed first, borrowed a cell phone to find out. At the end of the leg, they pulled out a map which allowed them to navigate their cab around the traffic jam that hindered the two teams in front of them.

* {{Expy}}: Of that amicable, married African-American couple who won [[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 Season 5, Chip & Kim]]. They both even had the same storyline, with Rob & Amber in the place of Colin & Christie.

* HappilyMarried

* UnderdogsNeverLose

* ShooOutTheClowns

* ShooOutTheClowns
* SiblingTeam

* DrivingStick

* The load: Patrick spent most of the race whining, quitting tasks, and being negative.

* AllThereInTheManual: They were mobbed by locals in Lucknow, India, got an ovation on the street, and Meredith was repeatedly asked for autographs. It was never stated in the show, but Meredith later commented that the locals mistook him for LarryDavid.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: They studied the top teams from the first 5 seasons (Season 6 had not aired yet) and copied their tactics. This is common now, at least if you want to be successful, but back then they were the first team to prepare so thoroughly. Also, he used his ''Survivor'' experience to get other teams to quit the four pounds of meat Roadblock.

* GenreSavvy: When flying to South Africa, Ray took the initiative to move them up to first class so they would be the first ones off the plane. Unlike [[Characters/TheAmazingRace16 Dan & Jordan]], they did it in leg 5 instead of the final leg, meaning all they got themselves was a jump in getting to the Fast Forward.

* GenreSavvy: At LAX, Bianca first pointed out that the later flight to leave is sometimes the first to land (true in this case), then, when none of the other teams bothered to ask which landed first, borrowed a cell phone to find out. At the end of the leg, they pulled out a map which allowed them to navigate their cab around the traffic jam that hindered the two teams in front of them.