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African-American married couple whose relationship was rocky due to Joyce not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging as the team destined to take down Rob & Amber, which they did with a miraculous comeback, involving begging their way on to a closed flight, and begging for money to pay their taxi at the finish line. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on All-Stars as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over Season 9's B.J. & Tyler), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.
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African-American married couple whose relationship was rocky due to Joyce not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging as the team destined to take down Rob & Amber, which they did with a miraculous comeback, involving begging their way on to a closed flight, and begging for money to pay their taxi at the finish line. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on All-Stars [[Characters/TheAmazingRace11 All-Stars]] as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over Season 9's [[Characters/TheAmazingRace9 B.J. & Tyler), Tyler]]), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.
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* {{Expy}}: Of that amicable, married African-American couple who won Season 5, Chip & Kim. They both even had the same storyline.
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* {{Expy}}: Of that amicable, married African-American couple who won [[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 Season 5, Chip & Kim.Kim]]. They both even had the same storyline.
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''{{Series/Survivor}}'' Super Couple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he bring fans over from {{Series/Survivor}}, but he compiled the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams (in particular, Season 5's Colin). He was also the Race's only true villain (as opposed to just being an unlikable {{Jerkass}} like so many others) until J.J. came along in Season 20. Rob & Amber dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, making some some truly entertaining television in the process, before finally falling in the finale to [[CallItKarma Karma]] and a cab driver who didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana. After creating such a huge splash, they would naturally be invited back for All-Stars.
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''{{Series/Survivor}}'' Super Couple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he bring fans over from {{Series/Survivor}}, ''{{Series/Survivor}}'', but he also compiled the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams (in particular, Season 5's Colin).([[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 Colin]], in particular). He was also the Race's only true villain (as opposed to just being an unlikable {{Jerkass}} like so many others) until J.J. came along in Season 20. Rob & Amber dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, making some some truly entertaining television in the process, before finally falling in the finale to [[CallItKarma Karma]] and a cab driver who didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana. After creating such a huge splash, they would naturally be invited back for All-Stars.
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* RageQuit: Patrick was almost ready to do this during the meat Roadblock until Debbie & Bianca showed up, and after their boat breakdown in the next leg, he constantly insisted they should just give up against her mother's wishes to keep going. It led to one of the more unpleasant exit interviews where he chided his crying mother for being overly optimistic while insisting he was being realistic about their eventual elimination.
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* RageQuit: Patrick was almost ready to do this during the meat Roadblock until Debbie & Bianca showed up, and after their boat breakdown in the next leg, he constantly insisted they should just give up against her his mother's wishes to keep going. It led to one of the more unpleasant exit interviews where he chided his crying mother for being overly optimistic while insisting he was being realistic about their eventual elimination.
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* RageQuit: Patrick was almost ready to do this during the meat Roadblock until Debbie & Bianca showed up, and after their boat breakdown in the next leg, he constantly insisted they should just give up against her mother's wishes to keep going. It led to one of the more unpleasant exit interviews where he chided his crying mother for being overly optimistic while insisting he was being realistic about their eventual elimination.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Both of them. Their utter hatred of Rob and Amber during the season bordered on the creepy.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Both of them. Their utter hatred of Rob and Amber during the season bordered on the creepy.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Gretchen's reaction to falling down a cave and her face badly bleeding was "I've been wanting a face-lift for a long time."
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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: On leg 4, Rob gave his traditional blue Red Sox cap that he wore on ''Survivor'' to their boat driver. In the next leg, and from there on out and into All-Stars, he sported a red Red Sox cap instead.
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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: On leg 4, Rob gave his traditional blue Red Sox cap that he wore on ''Survivor'' to their boat driver. In the next leg, and from there on out and into All-Stars, he sported a red Red Sox cap instead.
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* BlatantLies: In leg 2, Rob found out about an earlier bus, then told the guy he talked to not to say anything to anyone else, and then lied about the bus to everyone else. They naturally found out when they talked to the same guy, who told them about what Rob had said to him. Cue Debbie & Bianca confronting Rob, calling him a liar, and Rob getting upset that someone called him a liar ''right after he lied to their faces''.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: In leg 2, Rob found out about an earlier bus, then told the guy he talked to not to say anything to anyone else, and then lied about the bus to everyone else. They naturally found out when they talked to the same guy, who told them about what Rob had said to him. Cue Debbie & Bianca confronting Rob, calling him a liar, and Rob getting upset that someone called him a liar ''right after he lied to their faces''.
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* OddFriendship: With Brian & Greg.
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* OddFriendship: With Brian Lynn & Greg.Alex.
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Lifelong friends. Became early favorites when they used Bianca's fluent Spanish to win the first leg, becoming the first all-female team to win a leg without a Fast Forward since Mary & Peach in Season 2. Their Race would be cut short in leg three when they drove two hours in the wrong direction, and were never able to quite make up the time lost.
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Lifelong friends. Became early favorites when they used Bianca's fluent Spanish to win the first leg, becoming the first all-female team to win a leg without a Fast Forward since Mary & Peach in Season 2. Their Race would be cut short in leg three when they drove two hours in the wrong direction, and were never able to quite make up the time lost.
lost. Post-race, Debbie wrote and published a novel, ''The Summer We Came To Life'', partially based on her experience on the Race.
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Boyfriends, they were Rob & Amber's main opponents for most of the season. Though they were mostly a middle of the pack team, they were still going strong when their cab driver took them to the wrong temple, resulting in their elimination in 5th.
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Boyfriends, they were Rob & Amber's main opponents for most the middle part of the season. Though they were mostly a middle of the pack team, they were still going strong when their cab driver took them to the wrong temple, resulting in their elimination in 5th.
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* MiracleRally: Their comeback in the finale, which they did despite not having any money to start the leg, having to beg their way onto a closed flight, the beg for money to pay their cab at the finish line.
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* MiracleRally: Their comeback in the finale, which they did despite not having any money to start the leg, having to beg their way onto a closed flight, the then beg for money to pay their cab at the finish line.
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* Hidden Depths: Rob of all people displays a love of classic literature, which helps him immediately identify the street where Sherlock Holmes lived in one task. Most other contestants have to ask or look up classic literature references.
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* Hidden Depths: HiddenDepths: Rob of all people displays a love of classic literature, which helps him immediately identify the street where Sherlock Holmes lived in one task. Most other contestants have to ask or look up classic literature references.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Have you been reading this character entry?
* TemptingFate: Rob managed to do this several times. You think he would have learned his lesson the first time he said [[NothingCanStopUsNow "There's no way we can lose this."]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: To Ron & Kelly, several times, but punctuated by the Yield.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: TooCleverByHalf: Rob definitely had a talent for racing, but when he decided to screw with other players by making them think there was an earlier flight... Well, you already know what happened.
* TrashTalk: Rob, naturally.
* VillainBall: Rob carried this throughout the season. Was there any reason for him to pass up Brian & Greg's flipped over car without even slowing down? Or how about taunting Gretchen & Meredith with (what he thought was) a non-existent earlier flight? No, but he did it anyway, and it earned him enough hatred and distrust from the other teams that it carried over into All-Stars.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To Ron & Kelly, several times, but punctuated by the Yield.
* TrashTalk: Rob, naturally.
* VillainBall: Rob carried this throughout the season. Was there any reason for him to pass up Brian & Greg's flipped over car without even slowing down? Or how about taunting Gretchen & Meredith with (what he thought was) a non-existent earlier flight? No, but he did it anyway, and it earned him enough hatred and distrust from the other teams that it carried over into All-Stars.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To Ron & Kelly, several times, but punctuated by the Yield.
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* TokenRomance: With Megan & Heidi.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Gretchen & Meredith.
* ManipulativeEditing: They actually won the finale by 45 minutes, not the few minutes it looked like in the episode.
* MiracleRally: Their comeback in the finale, which they did despite not having any money to start the leg, having to beg their way onto a closed flight, the beg for money to pay their cab at the finish line.
* ManipulativeEditing: They actually won the finale by 45 minutes, not the few minutes it looked like in the episode.
* MiracleRally: Their comeback in the finale, which they did despite not having any money to start the leg, having to beg their way onto a closed flight, the beg for money to pay their cab at the finish line.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Inexplicably, what happened to tham in the finale. After dominating most of the season, the two of them were sitting alone on the plane to the Final Destination City, the race pretty much in hand... until Uchenna & Joyce begged their way onto the plane, despite the gate already being closed and the pilot already having pulled away. Uchenna & Joyce ended up winning despite running out of money and having to beg to pay their cab driver at the Finish Line, as Rob & Amber got lost looking for the final clue in Little Havana. The comeback was so improbable (especially with Uchenna & Joyce getting all their money and possessions taken away for losing the previous leg) that it had some fans claiming the whole thing was staged.
* NothingCanStopUsNow: Rob, after the elimination of Lynn & Alex, as he saw them as the only real competition left between him and the million dollars. Of course, he, like the audience, [[OutOfFocus overlooked Uchenna & Joyce lurking in the background...]]
* PopularityPower: They got recognized a lot thanks to ''Survivor''. A woman helped Amber complete the leg 5 Roadblock, and people deliberately blocked Uchenna & Joyce from getting off the plane in Miami at their request.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: To Ron & Kelly, several times, but punctuated by the Yield.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Uchenna & Joyce.
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* OddFriendship: With Brian & Greg.
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* ImportantHaircut: Joyce shaving her head for the Fast Forward in leg 8, which was the point at which Uchenna & Joyce stepped out of the background and became serious contenders.
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* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read The Freaking Clue]]: Joyce did not complete the leg 7 Roadblock correctly, not taking a post she was supposed to, and therefore was sent back to finish it after reaching the Pit Stop. Luckily it didn't cost them any spots.
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* AccidentalTruth: In episode 9, Rob was feeling so overconfident with Lynn & Alex gone that he asked Gretchen & Meredith if they had gotten on the earlier flight, just to mess with them. Gretchen & Meredith freaked out and went running to Uchenna & Joyce. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain The two couples borrowed someone's phone, and actually found a flight that would get them in two hours earlier.]] Rob, after "confirming" there were no faster flights to Istanbul, sat around mocking the "idiot" teams that were already in the air, getting a two-hour jump on him.
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* EvilGloating: Rob, in every episode.
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* GenreSavvy: Rob & Amber 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, used his ''Survivor'' experience to get other teams to quit the four pounds of meat Roadblock.
* Hidden Depths: Rob of all people displays a love of classic literature, which helps him immediately identify the street where Sherlock Holmes lived in one task. Most other contestants have to ask or look up classic literature references.
* IconicItem: Rob's Red Sox hat. During the "fake flight" leg, Uchenna is on the lookout for the cap to see if Rob & Amber had gotten the same flight.
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* GenreSavvy: Rob & Amber 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, used his ''Survivor'' experience to get other teams to quit the four pounds of meat Roadblock.
* Hidden Depths: Rob of all people displays a love of classic literature, which helps him immediately identify the street where Sherlock Holmes lived in one task. Most other contestants have to ask or look up classic literature references.
* IconicItem: Rob's Red Sox hat. During the "fake flight" leg, Uchenna is on the lookout for the cap to see if Rob & Amber had gotten the same flight.
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* IronicDeath: In leg 4, they managed to talk their way onto a closed flight, angering all the teams already on board, all of whom had eaten the four pounds of meat in the last leg while he quit. In the finale, as they're sitting on the first flight to Miami alone, Uchenna & Joyce manage to talk their way onto the already closed flight.
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* OhCrap: You can see Rob's face change when he finds out that Uchenna & Joyce and Gretchen & Meredith found that faster flight, and were two hours ahead,
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* FailedASpotCheck: Completely missed the clue at the end of the leg 7 Roadblock and had to go back and get it after reaching the Pit Stop.
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* BaldOfAwesome: Uchenna the whole race, Joyce after leg 8.
* BigEater: Uchenna scarfed down the infamous 4 pounds of meat like it was just an everyday meal.
* BigEater: Uchenna scarfed down the infamous 4 pounds of meat like it was just an everyday meal.
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* BatmanGambit: Used by Rob during the four pounds of meat Roadblock. After deciding that eating four pounds of meat was impossible, he quit the task and took the four-hour penalty. Since the penalty did not start until the next team showed up, he used that to his advantage, waiting for his own penalty to start before convincing two other teams to also quit the task, counting on their squeamishness to cause them to follow his lead. Cue EvilGloating about how he could not get eliminated that leg.
* BlatantLies: In leg 2, Rob found out about an earlier bus, then told the guy he talked to not to say anything to anyone else, and then lied about the bus to everyone else. They naturally found out when they talked to the same guy, who told them about what Rob had said to him. Cue Debbie & Bianca confronting Rob, calling him a liar, and Rob getting upset that someone called him a liar ''right after he lied to their faces''.
* BornLucky:what What about their life doesn't scream thisthis?
* BlatantLies: In leg 2, Rob found out about an earlier bus, then told the guy he talked to not to say anything to anyone else, and then lied about the bus to everyone else. They naturally found out when they talked to the same guy, who told them about what Rob had said to him. Cue Debbie & Bianca confronting Rob, calling him a liar, and Rob getting upset that someone called him a liar ''right after he lied to their faces''.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Rob at times, particularly to the camera.
* IdiotBall: Yielding Ron & Kelly in leg 10. Sure it guaranteed them the leg win, but Ron & Kelly were comfortably in second place, there was no way the Yield was going to do anything but cause them to waste some time, which Rob knew because they were on the first flight together. Uchenna & Joyce were on the second flight however, and there was a chance the Yield could have knocked them behind the much weaker Gretchen & Meredith.
* IdiotBall: Yielding Ron & Kelly in leg 10. Sure it guaranteed them the leg win, but Ron & Kelly were comfortably in second place, there was no way the Yield was going to do anything but cause them to waste some time, which Rob knew because they were on the first flight together. Uchenna & Joyce were on the second flight however, and there was a chance the Yield could have knocked them behind the much weaker Gretchen & Meredith.
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* DeadpanSnarker: ChewingTheScenery: Rob at times, particularly might as well be a cartoonish villain with the way he acts most of the time. He does everything short of growing a mustache to twirl.
* DeadpanSnarker: Rob's interactions with his fellow teams almost entirely consisted of making snide remarks to thecamera.
camera about how the other teams were beneath him. Naturally, he and Amber were widely disliked by the other teams.
* IdiotBall: Yielding Ron & Kelly in leg 10. Sure it guaranteed them the leg win, but Ron & Kelly were comfortably in second place, there was no way the Yield was going to do anything but cause them to waste some time, which Rob knew because they were on the first flight together. Uchenna & Joyce were on the second flight however, and there was a chance the Yield could have knocked them behind the much weaker Gretchen & Meredith. That came the episode after his "early flight" snafu.
* DeadpanSnarker: Rob's interactions with his fellow teams almost entirely consisted of making snide remarks to the
* IdiotBall: Yielding Ron & Kelly in leg 10. Sure it guaranteed them the leg win, but Ron & Kelly were comfortably in second place, there was no way the Yield was going to do anything but cause them to waste some time, which Rob knew because they were on the first flight together. Uchenna & Joyce were on the second flight however, and there was a chance the Yield could have knocked them behind the much weaker Gretchen & Meredith. That came the episode after his "early flight" snafu.
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* SmugSnake
* [[ThisIsACompetition This Is A Race]]: Rob, of course, who took particular glee in the "race" aspect, as it meant he couldn't get voted out.
* [[ThisIsACompetition This Is A Race]]: Rob, of course, who took particular glee in the "race" aspect, as it meant he couldn't get voted out.
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* GoodIsNotDumb: As Rob found out when his "early flight" joke backfired.
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!! Rob Mariano & Amber Brkich [=Romber=]
''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he bring fans over from {{Series/Survivor}}, but he compiled the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams (in particular, Season 5's Colin). He was also the Race's only true villain (as opposed to just being an unlikable {{Jerkass}} like so many others) until J.J. came along in Season 20. Rob & Amber dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, making some some truly entertaining television in the process, before finally falling in the finale to [[CallItKarma Karma]] and a cab driver who didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana. After creating such a huge splash, they would naturally be invited back for All-Stars.
''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he bring fans over from {{Series/Survivor}}, but he compiled the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams (in particular, Season 5's Colin). He was also the Race's only true villain (as opposed to just being an unlikable {{Jerkass}} like so many others) until J.J. came along in Season 20. Rob & Amber dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, making some some truly entertaining television in the process, before finally falling in the finale to [[CallItKarma Karma]] and a cab driver who didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana. After creating such a huge splash, they would naturally be invited back for All-Stars.
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!! "Boston" Rob Mariano & Amber Brkich [=Romber=]
(''Romber'')
''{{Series/Survivor}}''SuperCouple Super Couple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he bring fans over from {{Series/Survivor}}, but he compiled the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams (in particular, Season 5's Colin). He was also the Race's only true villain (as opposed to just being an unlikable {{Jerkass}} like so many others) until J.J. came along in Season 20. Rob & Amber dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, making some some truly entertaining television in the process, before finally falling in the finale to [[CallItKarma Karma]] and a cab driver who didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana. After creating such a huge splash, they would naturally be invited back for All-Stars.
All-Stars.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Rob finished second on ''Survivor All-Stars'', then second on the Race. It took him another loss at the Race and ''Survivor'' before a season of ''Survivor'' was finally engineered specifically for him to win, on his sixth try at a reality show.
* BornLucky: what about their life doesn't scream this
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* AlwaysSecondBest: Rob finished second on ''Survivor All-Stars'', then second on the Race. It took him another loss at the Race and ''Survivor'' before a season of ''Survivor'' was finally engineered specifically for him to win, on his sixth try at a reality show.
* BornLucky: what about their life doesn't scream this
* DeadpanSnarker: Rob at times, particularly to the camera.
* {{Jerkass}}: Rob.
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African-American married couple whose relationship was rocky due to Joyce not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging as the team destined to take down Rob & Amber, which they did with a miraculous comeback, involving begging their way on to a closed fight, and begging for money to pay their taxi at the finish line. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on All-Stars as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over Season 9's B.J. & Tyler), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.
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African-American married couple whose relationship was rocky due to Joyce not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging as the team destined to take down Rob & Amber, which they did with a miraculous comeback, involving begging their way on to a closed fight, flight, and begging for money to pay their taxi at the finish line. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on All-Stars as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over Season 9's B.J. & Tyler), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.
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African-American married couple whose relationship was rocky due to Joyce not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging as the team destined to take down Rob & Amber, which they did with a miraculous comeback, involving begging their way on to a closed fight, and begging for money to pay their taxi at the finish line. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on All-Stars as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over Season 9's B.J. & Tyler), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.
* TheAce: In the DVD commentaries, Lynn & Alex discussed how they picked Uchenna to win the Race after seeing how good he was at everything.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Their victory over Rob & Amber was played this way.
* {{Expy}}: Of that amicable, married African-American couple who won Season 5, Chip & Kim. They both even had the same storyline.
* OutOfFocus: They didn't get any major airtime until the ninth episode, when Joyce shaved her head to win the Fast Forward.
* TheAce: In the DVD commentaries, Lynn & Alex discussed how they picked Uchenna to win the Race after seeing how good he was at everything.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Their victory over Rob & Amber was played this way.
* {{Expy}}: Of that amicable, married African-American couple who won Season 5, Chip & Kim. They both even had the same storyline.
* OutOfFocus: They didn't get any major airtime until the ninth episode, when Joyce shaved her head to win the Fast Forward.
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''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he bring fans over from {{Series/Survivor}}, but he compiled the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams (in particular, Season 5's Colin). He was also the Race's only true villain (as opposed to just being an unlikable {{Jerkass}} like so many others) until J.J. came along in Season 20. Rob & Amber dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, making some some truly entertaining television in the process, before finally falling in the finale to [[CallItKarma Karma]] and a cab driver who didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana.
Havana. After creating such a huge splash, they would naturally be invited back for All-Stars.
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* IdiotBall: Yielding Ron & Kelly in leg 10. Sure it guaranteed them the leg win, but Ron & Kelly were comfortably in second place, there was no way the Yield was going to do anything but cause them to waste some time, which Rob knew because they were on the first flight together. Uchenna & Joyce were on the second flight however, and there was a chance the Yield could have knocked them behind the much weaker Gretchen & Meredith.
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!! Rob Mariano & Amber Brkich
''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he
''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he
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!! Rob Mariano & Amber Brkich
Brkich [=Romber=]
''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only didhe
he bring fans over from {{Series/Survivor}}, but he compiled the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams (in particular, Season 5's Colin). He was also the Race's only true villain (as opposed to just being an unlikable {{Jerkass}} like so many others) until J.J. came along in Season 20. Rob & Amber dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, before finally falling in the finale to [[CallItKarma Karma]] and a cab driver who didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana.
* CharacterFocus: From the first episode, the season was clearly about, "How do we beat Rob & Amber?"
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: On leg 4, Rob gave his traditional blue Red Sox cap that he wore on ''Survivor'' to their boat driver. In the next leg, and from there on out and into All-Stars, he sported a red Red Sox cap instead.
* TheLoad: Amber used the same strategy on the Race that she did on ''Survivor'', essentially riding Rob's coattails to the end.
* OutOfFocus: Amber, the team might as well have been Rob running by himself with as much attention as she got.
* TheScrappy: [[{{In-Universe}} Most of the other teams]] despised Rob & Amber immediately for invading their show after already winning a million on ''Survivor''.
* SuperCouple
''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did
* CharacterFocus: From the first episode, the season was clearly about, "How do we beat Rob & Amber?"
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: On leg 4, Rob gave his traditional blue Red Sox cap that he wore on ''Survivor'' to their boat driver. In the next leg, and from there on out and into All-Stars, he sported a red Red Sox cap instead.
* TheLoad: Amber used the same strategy on the Race that she did on ''Survivor'', essentially riding Rob's coattails to the end.
* OutOfFocus: Amber, the team might as well have been Rob running by himself with as much attention as she got.
* TheScrappy: [[{{In-Universe}} Most of the other teams]] despised Rob & Amber immediately for invading their show after already winning a million on ''Survivor''.
* SuperCouple
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''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans (and still does, as they blame Rob & Amber for every subsequent appearance of a team from another Reality Show), there is no denying that Rob was one of the most important Racers ever. Not only did he
Former [=POW=] and Miss South Carolina 2002 who met when he escorted her for an event. Good racers in their own right, they teamed up with Rob & Amber, and were unfortunately seen as Rob's lackeys from that point out, never able to step out of his shadow. Their relationship dissolved over the course of the season, culminating with Kelly accusing Ron of quitting everything in his life, including the Army... by becoming a [=POW=].
* AlphaBitch
* ManipulativeEditing: Even Phil came out to say that Kelly got probably one of the most unfair portrayals ever, and that she was just a young woman upset at having her relationship fall apart on national television.
* OutOfFocus: Like Brandon & Nicole (Season 5) before them, they were shoved into the background in favor of the Uchenna & Joyce vs. Rob & Amber storyline.
* AlphaBitch
* ManipulativeEditing: Even Phil came out to say that Kelly got probably one of the most unfair portrayals ever, and that she was just a young woman upset at having her relationship fall apart on national television.
* OutOfFocus: Like Brandon & Nicole (Season 5) before them, they were shoved into the background in favor of the Uchenna & Joyce vs. Rob & Amber storyline.
* TheLoad: Rob, after "tricking" them with the fast flight, accused them of being this, laughing as they went running to Uchenna & Joyce for help.
* HappilyMarried
* HappilyMarried
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* [[TeamMom Team]] [[TeamDad Parents]]: Especially to Uchenna & Joyce and Lynn & Alex.
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Old married couple who looked like complete fodder, but managed to hold on, taking advantage of other teams' mistakes to finish 4th.
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandparents]]: Before them, no "old" team had lasted longer than five legs or finished higher than 8th. Sure they weren't as impressive as some later oldster teams, but at the time what they did was damn impressive.
* ChewingTheScenery: Gretchen
--> "We've got a bad elephant!"
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Meredith.
* {{Determinator}}: On leg 5 Gretchen fell and cut her head open while spelunking, then they finished in last and instead of getting eliminated, they were instead the first team to ever get their possessions taken away as a non-elimination penalty. Despite being left injured, broke, and with no possessions, they kept going for six more legs.
* GenderBlenderName: Early on, teams would refer to them and "Meredith and her husband."
* NoIndoorVoice: Gretchen, the other teams would joke about hearing, "Meredith!" come floating in from the distance.
* SayMyName: "Meredith!"
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandparents]]: Before them, no "old" team had lasted longer than five legs or finished higher than 8th. Sure they weren't as impressive as some later oldster teams, but at the time what they did was damn impressive.
* ChewingTheScenery: Gretchen
--> "We've got a bad elephant!"
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Meredith.
* {{Determinator}}: On leg 5 Gretchen fell and cut her head open while spelunking, then they finished in last and instead of getting eliminated, they were instead the first team to ever get their possessions taken away as a non-elimination penalty. Despite being left injured, broke, and with no possessions, they kept going for six more legs.
* GenderBlenderName: Early on, teams would refer to them and "Meredith and her husband."
* NoIndoorVoice: Gretchen, the other teams would joke about hearing, "Meredith!" come floating in from the distance.
* SayMyName: "Meredith!"
Boyfriends, they were Rob & Amber's main opponents for most of the season. Though they were mostly a middle of the pack team, they were still going strong when their cab driver took them to the wrong temple, resulting in their elimination in 5th.
* CampGay: The opening title has Alex in a purple cowboy shirt.
* FalseProtagonist: Took over the role after Debbie & Bianca's elimination.
* CampGay: The opening title has Alex in a purple cowboy shirt.
* FalseProtagonist: Took over the role after Debbie & Bianca's elimination.
Brothers, and the first alpha male team since Season 4. They ran the Race well enough, even climbing to 2nd at one point, but they flipped their car in leg 6, injuring their cameraman and pushing themselves to the back of the pack. Even though they managed to survive the leg, the next leg did not have an equalizer, and they were too far behind to catch up to the team in front of them. Mostly remembered for showing up at their final Pit Stop in bathing suits, knit caps, and scarves hoping that Phil would non-eliminate them so that they would have to run the rest of the race in their ridiculous getup's. Brian has since appeared on ''TheBigBangTheory'', and in several dozen commercials, some of which have aired during subsequent seasons of the Race.
* MiracleRally: Brian & Greg looked done for in leg 6 after their jeep overturned and left them stranded and their cameraman injured, but Ray & Deana spent so long on the Detour that they were still there when the brothers finally arrived. Brian & Greg wisely went with the Detour choice Ray & Deana ''weren't'' bogged down in, completed it quickly enough to leave right on Ray & Deana's tail, and beat them in a footrace to the mat.
* MrFanservice
* ShooOutTheClowns
* WhoIsThisGuyAgain: They're not twins, but they're still one of the hardest teams ever to tell apart.
* MiracleRally: Brian & Greg looked done for in leg 6 after their jeep overturned and left them stranded and their cameraman injured, but Ray & Deana spent so long on the Detour that they were still there when the brothers finally arrived. Brian & Greg wisely went with the Detour choice Ray & Deana ''weren't'' bogged down in, completed it quickly enough to leave right on Ray & Deana's tail, and beat them in a footrace to the mat.
* MrFanservice
* ShooOutTheClowns
* WhoIsThisGuyAgain: They're not twins, but they're still one of the hardest teams ever to tell apart.
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* WorthyOpponent: The only compliment Rob gave out the entire season was to Debbie during the four pounds of meat Roadblock. He said that if anyone could pull that comeback, she could, because she was tough enough to stand up to him.
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* WorthyOpponent: The only compliment Rob gave out the entire season was to Debbie during the four pounds of meat Roadblock. He said that if anyone could pull that comeback, she could, because she was tough enough to stand up to him.
him. In the next leg, Ray even said he was happy to see them go because they were so strong.
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Mother and her gay son. Teamed up with Debbie & Bianca early on, but fell apart in leg 4 and finished 10th.
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Mother and her gay son. Teamed up with Debbie & Bianca early on, but fell apart in leg 4 and finished 10th.
8th.
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Dating couple. Came in with high expectations for themselves, but spent most their time in the back of the pack. Ultimately came in 7th when they lost a footrace to Brian & Greg.
* DownToTheLastPlay
* MasochismTango
* MayDecemberRomance: Ray is 17 years older than Deana.
* DownToTheLastPlay
* MasochismTango
* MayDecemberRomance: Ray is 17 years older than Deana.
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Mother and her gay son. Teamed up with Debbie & Bianca early on, but fell apart in leg 4 and finished 10th.
* UnknownRival: To Rob & Amber, as judged by Rob & Amber not remembering who they were upon reading their nasty letter in All-Stars.
* UnknownRival: To Rob & Amber, as judged by Rob & Amber not remembering who they were upon reading their nasty letter in All-Stars.
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Lifelong friends. Became early favorites when they used Bianca's fluent Spanish to win the first leg, becoming the first all-female team to win a leg without a Fast Forward since Mary & Peach in Season 2. Their Race would be cut short in leg three when they drove two hours in the wrong direction, and were never able to quite make up the time lost.
* ActionGirl
* BigEater: Debbie scarfed down that four pounds of meat, and was the only woman to complete it.
* FalseProtagonist: For the first three legs they were the only team to stand up to Rob & Amber, and it looked like they were building a rivalry that would last the entire season.
* HoYay: [[{{In-Universe}} Greg got a bit overexcited over the apparent "closeness" Debbie & Bianca exhibited at LAX on the Season 7 premiere.]]
* MiracleRally: They came close, but ultimately failed, in leg 3. They got lost early in the leg, drove two hours in the wrong direction, and then had to drive two more to get back on course. Still, when they got to the four pounds of meat Roadblock, there were still four teams sitting there (three having already quit the challenge, while the fourth was contemplating it). Debbie scarfed down her four pounds of meat yet they were ultimately eliminated by a matter of minutes.
* NoSenseOfDirection
* ShockingElimination
* WorthyOpponent: The only compliment Rob gave out the entire season was to Debbie during the four pounds of meat Roadblock. He said that if anyone could pull that comeback, she could, because she was tough enough to stand up to him.
* ActionGirl
* BigEater: Debbie scarfed down that four pounds of meat, and was the only woman to complete it.
* FalseProtagonist: For the first three legs they were the only team to stand up to Rob & Amber, and it looked like they were building a rivalry that would last the entire season.
* HoYay: [[{{In-Universe}} Greg got a bit overexcited over the apparent "closeness" Debbie & Bianca exhibited at LAX on the Season 7 premiere.]]
* MiracleRally: They came close, but ultimately failed, in leg 3. They got lost early in the leg, drove two hours in the wrong direction, and then had to drive two more to get back on course. Still, when they got to the four pounds of meat Roadblock, there were still four teams sitting there (three having already quit the challenge, while the fourth was contemplating it). Debbie scarfed down her four pounds of meat yet they were ultimately eliminated by a matter of minutes.
* NoSenseOfDirection
* ShockingElimination
* WorthyOpponent: The only compliment Rob gave out the entire season was to Debbie during the four pounds of meat Roadblock. He said that if anyone could pull that comeback, she could, because she was tough enough to stand up to him.
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* HiddenDepths: Chuck's Portuguese for one, but apparently they were the smartest team judging by the pre-Race tests, and the early pick to win for a lot of the production crew due to what came up int their pre-Race.
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* HiddenDepths: Chuck's Portuguese for one, but apparently they were the smartest team judging by the pre-Race tests, and the early pick to win for a lot of the production crew due to what came up int their pre-Race.crew.
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Friends and roommates, finished 10th when they lost a footrace to Brian & Greg.
* DownToTheLastPlay
* DumbBlonde
* MsFanservice
* TokenRomance: With Brian & Greg
!! Ryan Phillips & ChuckHortonHorton
Good Old Boys and lifelong friends from South Carolina. They were the first team out when they lost a footrace to Ron & Kelly.
* DownToTheLastPlay
* HiddenDepths: Chuck's Portuguese for one, but apparently they were the smartest team judging by the pre-Race tests, and the early pick to win for a lot of the production crew due to what came up int their pre-Race.
* DownToTheLastPlay
* DumbBlonde
* MsFanservice
* TokenRomance: With Brian & Greg
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Good Old Boys and lifelong friends from South Carolina. They were the first team out when they lost a footrace to Ron & Kelly.
* DownToTheLastPlay
* HiddenDepths: Chuck's Portuguese for one, but apparently they were the smartest team judging by the pre-Race tests, and the early pick to win for a lot of the production crew due to what came up int their pre-Race.
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[[caption-width-right:349:Top Row: Lynn & Alex, Megan & Heidi, Uchenna & Joyce, Ryan & Chuck. Middle Row: Susan & Patrick, Gretchen & Meredith, Brian & Greg, Ron & Kelly. Bottom Row: Debbie & Bianca, Ray & Deana, Rob & Amber.]]
Season 7 was the third straight Race to air during the 2004-2005 television season, and therefore there was somewhat of a risk of fatigue amongst the fans. However, what they got was the highest rated and most popular season of the Race. Most of this is due to Rob & Amber, who were at the height of their popularity fresh off of winning ''{{Series/Survivor}} All-Stars''. They brought with them a lot of ''Survivor'' fans who had never seen the show before, many of whom stuck with the Race afterwards. It wasn't just Rob & Amber though. The producers hit with seemingly every single casting choice, creating one of the Race's most interesting casts. If Season 5 breathed new life into the Race, Season 7 is the reason it continued to run for years afterwards.
!! Uchenna Agu & Joyce Agu
!! Rob Mariano & Amber Brkich
!! Ronald "Ron" Young, Jr. & Kelly McCorkle
!! Meredith Smith & Gretchen Smith
!! Lynn Warren & Alex Ali
!! Brian Smith & Greg Smith
!! Ray Hosteau & Deana Shane
!! Susan Vaughn & Patrick Vaughn
!! Debbie Cloyed & Bianca Smith
!! Megan Baker & Heidi Heidel
!! Ryan Phillips & Chuck Horton
[[caption-width-right:349:Top Row: Lynn & Alex, Megan & Heidi, Uchenna & Joyce, Ryan & Chuck. Middle Row: Susan & Patrick, Gretchen & Meredith, Brian & Greg, Ron & Kelly. Bottom Row: Debbie & Bianca, Ray & Deana, Rob & Amber.]]
Season 7 was the third straight Race to air during the 2004-2005 television season, and therefore there was somewhat of a risk of fatigue amongst the fans. However, what they got was the highest rated and most popular season of the Race. Most of this is due to Rob & Amber, who were at the height of their popularity fresh off of winning ''{{Series/Survivor}} All-Stars''. They brought with them a lot of ''Survivor'' fans who had never seen the show before, many of whom stuck with the Race afterwards. It wasn't just Rob & Amber though. The producers hit with seemingly every single casting choice, creating one of the Race's most interesting casts. If Season 5 breathed new life into the Race, Season 7 is the reason it continued to run for years afterwards.
!! Uchenna Agu & Joyce Agu
!! Rob Mariano & Amber Brkich
!! Ronald "Ron" Young, Jr. & Kelly McCorkle
!! Meredith Smith & Gretchen Smith
!! Lynn Warren & Alex Ali
!! Brian Smith & Greg Smith
!! Ray Hosteau & Deana Shane
!! Susan Vaughn & Patrick Vaughn
!! Debbie Cloyed & Bianca Smith
!! Megan Baker & Heidi Heidel
!! Ryan Phillips & Chuck Horton
