History Characters / TheAmazingRace7

* AlliterativeName: Alex

* TokenRomance: With Brian & Greg

* DownToTheLastPlay: The only team to win not one, but two footraces to avoid elimination (in legs 2 and 6).
* ForegoneConclusion: Their final leg.
* MiracleRally: They looked done for 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
* NoSenseOfDirection: They quoted the trope name in their final leg.

* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read The Freaking Clue]]: They wasted a lot of time looking for a clue at the wrong water tower in their final leg, as they did not read that they had to drive through Maun before finding the clue.

* PluckyComicRelief

* TokenRomance: With Megan & Heidi.

Dating couple. They came in with high expectations for themselves, but spent most their time in the back of the pack. They would finally jump to first place when they won the Fast Forward in South Africa, but would ultimately come in 7th on the following leg when they fell apart at the corn pounding Detour (mostly because they couldn't get into a good rhythm), putting them into a position to lose a footrace to the long trailing Brian & Greg.

* CompetitionFreak

* DownToTheLastPlay

* HairTriggerTemper
* TheMasochismTango

* TeamMom: To Debbie & Bianca.

Lifelong friends. They 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 [[Characters/TheAmazingRace2 Season 2]]. Their Race would be cut short in the third leg when they drove two hours in the wrong direction, and were never able to quite make up the time lost. Post-race, Debbie wrote and published a novel, ''The Summer We Came To Life'', partially based on her experience on the Race.

* ActionGirl

* HoYay: [[{{In-Universe}} Greg got a bit overexcited over the apparent "closeness" they exhibited at LAX during the premiere.]]

* NoSenseOfDirection

Friends and roommates, they fell behind in the second leg and finished 10th when they lost a footrace to the Pit Stop with Brian & Greg.

* DownToTheLastPlay
* DumbBlonde
* MsFanservice

Good Old Boys and lifelong friends from South Carolina, they are easily one of the most popular first outs. When doing the Rope a Llama Detour in the first leg, they made the decision to only guide one llama at a time, and struggled with their second one, dropping them into a three-way tie for last place. They were the first team eliminated when they subsequently lost a footrace to Ron & Kelly.

* BigFun
* DownToTheLastPlay
* GoodOlBoy: Though with a lot of HiddenDepths.

Boyfriends, they were the most vocal in the anti-"Rob & Amber" sentiment that permeated the season. Though they were mostly a middle of the pack team, finishing above 4th only once, they were still going strong when their cab driver took them to the wrong temple in India, resulting in their elimination in 5th.

-->Muy, muy, muy... What am I saying, "Very, very, very"?
* CallItKarma

* DrivingStick: Alex, which only mattered when he chose to do the driving Detour in Botswana.
* FalseProtagonist: They took over the role of Rob & Amber's main opposition after Debbie & Bianca's elimination.
* HonorBeforeReason: They stopped to help Brian & Greg after they flipped their car. Now, stopping when someone is lying by the side of the road, injured, is excusable, as some things are more important than a game, but they continued to stick around even when Brian & Greg were practicality pushing them back into their car to continue the race.

* LoopholeAbuse: They were the first team to think of putting on as many clothes as possible in case they got non-eliminated and hit with the mugging penalty.

* StubbornMule: They switched out of the llama Detour after their llamas refused to move and kept spitting on them.

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 Botswana, 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 their ten minute deficit behind Gretchen & Meredith was apparently enough that they never saw another team after that. They are mostly remembered for the accident and 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 getups. Brian has since appeared on ''TheBigBangTheory'', and in several dozen commercials, some of which have aired during subsequent seasons of the Race.

* BadassMustache: At the Finish Line.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: From the beginning the season was clearly about, "How do we beat Rob & Amber?"

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To Ron & Kelly, several times, but punctuated by the Yield.

* CommitmentIssues: A complaint Kelly had against Ron.
* FailedASpotCheck: Ron didn't see the signs leading them to the San Juan airport, effectively costing them the Race.
* LongDistanceRelationship
* 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.
* TheMasochismTango

* OutOfFocus: Like [[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 Brandon & Nicole]] before them, they were shoved into the background in favor of the Uchenna & Joyce vs. Rob & Amber storyline.

* ShirtlessScene: Ron during the corn pounding Detour.

* UniversalDriversLicense: Ron said that he could have completed the Double Decker Bus Roadblock faster than Kelly because he used to fly helicopters in the Army. When Kelly mocked him for saying he could drive anything, he said he would turn around and go back to the Detour and do the course to show her.

Elderly married couple, they cruised along at the back of the pack for most of the race, proving to be surprisingly resilient despite both suffering severe injuries over the course of the season. Despite never looking like a real threat, they managed to make it to leg 11, where Meredith was beaten on the Double Decker Bus Roadblock by Joyce, causing them to finish 4th.

* BackseatDriver: Gretchen spent much of the Botswana leg leaning over Meredith's shoulder and telling him to slow down and drive safe.
* [[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

* FailedASpotCheck: They did this repeatedly in Istanbul, even riding to the top of the Galata Kulesi twice because they missed the clue box out front.

* TheLoad: Rob, after "tricking" them with the fast flight, accused them of being this, laughing as they went running to Uchenna & Joyce for help.

* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read the Freaking Clue]]: They actually got out of the cave in South Africa 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.
* SayMyName: "Meredith!"
* SequenceBreaking: They 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.

* [[TeamMom Team]] [[TeamDad Parents]]: Especially to Uchenna & Joyce and Lynn & Alex.
* TemptingFate: Gretchen, on the way to the cave rappelling Detour, said that, "rappelling is going to be easy compared to getting there."

''{{Series/Survivor}}'' Super Couple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans, there is no denying the effect they had on the show. Not only did they bring fans over from ''{{Series/Survivor}}'', but they also helped compile the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams and copying the ones they found most effective. They dominated the season, using techniques and tactics that upset the other teams and the fans, while making some some truly entertaining television in the process. They would jump out to a huge lead in the finale, and even though equalizers would negate this lead, they still managed to talk their way onto the first flight to Miami. Though the season looked over and their win assured, Uchenna & Joyce also talked their way onto the flight, and they fell behind when they didn't think to speak Spanish in Little Havana, and they took forever to find the "King of the Havanas". After creating such a huge splash, they would naturally be invited back for All-Stars.

* AccidentalTruth: At the beginning of leg 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.
* 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.

* EvilGloating: Rob, in every episode.
* EvilLaugh

* {{Hypocrite}}: Rob got upset in leg 2 when Bianca called him a liar...

* {{Jerkass}}: Rob.
* KickTheDog: Being an egotistical {{Jerkass}} is one thing, but when Brian & Greg flipped their car in Botswana, Rob did not 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.

* SmugSmiler
* SmugSnake

Married couple whose relationship was rocky due to lost jobs and not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging when Joyce shaved her head to win the Fast Forward in leg 8. After making their way into the Final 3, they looked like they were going to win the penultimate leg in Jamaica, only to suffer a flat tire and drop to last place, and were forced to run the final leg with no money. After falling behind early, they would pull a miraculous comeback, begging their way onto a closed flight to keep from falling behind Rob & Amber, and then being forced to beg for money at the Finish Line to pay their taxi. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on [[Characters/TheAmazingRace11 All-Stars]] as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over [[Characters/TheAmazingRace9 B.J. & Tyler]]), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.

* NoSenseOfDirection: They got lost several times in South Africa.

* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read The Freaking Clue]]: Uchenna did not complete the leg 7 Roadblock correctly, not taking a post he was supposed to, when Joyce read him the clue wrong while he was driving, and therefore was sent back to finish it after reaching the Pit Stop. Luckily, it didn't cost them any spots.
* TearsOfJoy: At the Finish Line. It started with them and spread to the other teams.

-->'''Rob''': I didn't think I could do it, but I found a way to plot and scheme in ''Series/TheAmazingRace''.

''{{Series/Survivor}}'' Super Couple who went through connections to get a spot on the Race. Though their presence upset some fans, 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 also helped compile the modern {{Metagame}} by studying the tactics of former teams and copying the ones they found most effective. They 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.

Premiering just three weeks after the Season 6 finale, the seventh season of the Race marked the only time in the show's history that they aired three seasons within a single year. Building off the momentum of increased ratings, the show finally living up to the massive critical praise heaped upon it, Season 7 garnered what was, and still is, the show's highest ratings. A portion of this increased popularity was due to the StuntCasting of ''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple Rob & Amber, who were at the height of their popularity fresh off of winning ''Characters/SurvivorAllStars''. With them, they brought a lot of ''Survivor'' fans who were exposed to the show for the first time, many of whom stuck with the Race afterwards. Along with Rob & Amber, the season featured a number of large, outgoing characters, who produced a whole slew of memorable moments, and a whopping ''three'' footraces to avoid elimination, with two of them coming in the first two legs. To top it all of, the season had an ending so unbelievable, you might just believe it was scripted that way[[note]]And many did, despite even Rob saying it was all legit.[[/note]]. All in all a great season, it would mark the last true high point of the show's early seasons.

Married couple whose relationship was rocky due to lost jobs and not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging when Joyce shaved her head to win the Fast Forward in leg 8. They would win the Race after pulling a miraculous comeback in the finale, involving starting the leg with no money, begging their way onto a closed flight, and begging for money to pay their taxi at the Finish Line. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on [[Characters/TheAmazingRace11 All-Stars]] as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over [[Characters/TheAmazingRace9 B.J. & Tyler]]), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.

* BaldWomen: Joyce.
* BigEater: Uchenna scarfed down the infamous 4 pounds of meat like it was just an everyday meal.

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Their victory over Rob & Amber was played this way.

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

* GoodIsNotDumb: As Rob found out when his "early flight" joke backfired.
* HappilyEverAfter: Subverted. When they came back for All-Stars, we learned that not only did the in vitro fertilization they had been looking forward to fail, nor had they gone through with adopting a kid, but their relationship had become rocky again as a result. (They eventually did end up getting divorced.)

* LightningBruiser: Uchenna was not only the biggest and strongest racer, but, as Phil would say multiple times on All-Stars, he was once the fifth fastest man in the world. He was the most acrobatic too, apparently, as while begging for money, he would do back flips, and in Botswana he zoomed through the head balancing Detour at a walking pace when everyone else was either inching along or stumbling at the beginning. In the DVD commentaries, Lynn & Alex discussed how they picked Uchenna to win the Race after seeing how good he was at everything, not that we got to see everything they did, as Uchenna & Joyce were kept in the background a lot early on, and subsequently played as underdogs later.

* ShockingElimination: Phil stated at their elimination that he had expected them to be racing in the top 3 the whole season.

* [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends We're Not Here To Make Friends]]

African-American married couple whose relationship was rocky due to lost jobs and not being able to conceive children. They were relegated to the background for most of the season before finally emerging when Joyce shaved her head to win the Fast Forward in leg 8. They would win the Race after pulling a miraculous comeback in the finale, involving starting the leg with no money, begging their way onto a closed flight, and begging for money to pay their taxi at the Finish Line. Described by Phil prior to them reappearing on [[Characters/TheAmazingRace11 All-Stars]] as "the most popular team to win the Race so far" (yes, even over [[Characters/TheAmazingRace9 B.J. & Tyler]]), Uchenna & Joyce made quite a splash with so little airtime.

* BaldWomen

* GentleGiant: Uchenna

Premiering just three weeks after the Season 6 finale, the seventh season of the Race marked the only time in the show's history that they aired three seasons within a single year. Building off the momentum of increased ratings, the show finally living up to the massive critical praise heaped upon it, Season 7 garnered what was, and still is, the show's highest ratings. A portion of this increased popularity was due to the StuntCasting of ''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple Rob & Amber, who were at the height of their popularity fresh off of winning ''{{Characters/Survivor All-Stars}}''. With them, they brought a lot of ''Survivor'' fans who were exposed to the show for the first time, many of whom stuck with the Race afterwards. Along with Rob & Amber, the season featured a number of large, outgoing characters, who produced a whole slew of memorable moments, and a whopping ''three'' footraces to avoid elimination, with two of them coming in the first two legs. To top it all of, the season had an ending so unbelievable, you might just believe it was scripted that way[[note]]And many did, despite even Rob saying it was all legit.[[/note]]. All in all a great season, it would mark the last true high point of the show's early seasons.

* TheAce: Uchenna was not only the biggest and strongest racer, but, as Phil would say multiple times on All-Stars, he was once the fifth fastest man in the world. He was the most acrobatic too, apparently, as while begging for money, he would do back flips, and in Botswana he zoomed through the head balancing Detour at a walking pace when everyone else was either inching along or stumbling at the beginning. In the DVD commentaries, Lynn & Alex discussed how they picked Uchenna to win the Race after seeing how good he was at everything, not that we got to see everything they did, as Uchenna & Joyce were kept in the background a lot early on, and subsequently played as underdogs later.

* SelfDeprecation: During the zip-line task, Ryan said that they were going to be the first people to load test the rig.

* MasochismTango

* HeyItsThatGuy: Brian, in addition to ''TheBigBangTheory'', is also infamous for his [[BerserkButton outburst]] on Christmas FearFactor.

* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin

* ThatCameOutWrong: In the finale, Kelly essentially accused Rob of deliberately getting captured so he wouldn't have to break up with her to her face. It's safe to say she didn't actually intend that meaning.

* HonorBeforeReason: They stopped to help Brian & Greg after they flipped their car. Now, stopping when someone is lying by the side of the road, injured, is excusable, as some things are more important than a game, but they continued to stick around even when Brian & Greg were practicality pushing them back into their car to continue the race. Some fans accused them of doing it as an excuse for a {{Holier Than Thou}} attitude about the other teams, considering they weren't actually ''doing'' anything to help the situation.

* SelfDeprecation: During the zip-line task, Ryan said that they were going to be the first people to load test the rig.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Their being eliminated first is still being called perhaps the worst piece of bad luck the show has ever had, as we can only wonder how much fun could have been had with them through the rest of the season.

* SelfDeprecation: During the zip-line task, Ryan said that they were going to be the first people to load test the rig.

* HonorBeforeReason: They stopped to help Brian & Greg after they flipped their car. Now, stopping when someone is lying by the side of the road, injured, is excusable, as some things are more important than a game, but they continued to stick around even when Brian & Greg were practicality pushing them back into their car to continue the race.

Premiering just three weeks after the Season 6 finale, the seventh season of the Race marked the only time in the show's history that they aired three seasons within a single year. Building off the momentum of increased ratings, the show finally living up to the massive critical praise heaped upon it, Season 7 garnered what was, and still is, the show's highest ratings. A portion of this increased popularity was due to the StuntCasting of ''{{Series/Survivor}}'' SuperCouple Rob & Amber, who were at the height of their popularity fresh off of winning ''{{Characters/Survivor All-Stars}}''. With them, they brought a lot of ''Survivor'' fans who were exposed to the show for the first time, many of whom stuck with the Race afterwards. Along with Rob & Amber, the season featured a number of large, outgoing characters, who produced a whole slew of memorable moments, and a whopping ''three'' footraces to avoid elimination, with two of them coming in the first two legs. To top it all of, the season had an ending so unbelievable, you might just believe it was scripted that way[[hottip:*:And many did, despite even Rob saying it was all legit.]]. All in all a great season, it would mark the last true high point of the show's early seasons.

* StuntCasting

* 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 should have known because they were on the first flight together, two hours ahead of the other teams. 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.