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*** Towards the start of Season 1 Episode 3 they briefly do Riff Raff and Magenta's "elbow sex" gesture.
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* PassThePopcorn: The Monsters who don't involve themselves in on-going drama or who somehow manage to stay out of it often have this attitude, sometimes down to [[InvokedTrope actually making a popcorn eating gesture]].
** In Episode 7 of ''Titans'', Hoso somehow manages to stay out of a massive argument in the Cauldron, pointledly zipping her mouth and watching the on-goings while offering [[DeadpanSnarker snarky commentary]].
-->'''Hoso''': The sound bites are popping today
** In Season 5's Monsters of Rock challenge, the team led by Orkgotik has some of the biggest personalities of the season, including the resident drama magnet, Jay Kay. When the team falls into an argument [[ImmediateSelfContradiction right after announcing they are calling a truce]], the rival team all make popcorn-passing gestures as they enjoy the show.
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** At one point is Season 5, Throb Zombie compares Niohuru X and Orkgotik to [[{{Franchise/TheAddamsFamily}} Morticia and Gomez Addams]], right down to likening the Addams' dynamic to the [[RedOniBlueOni driven, focused Niohuru and the smitten Orkgotik]].

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** At one point is in Season 5, Throb Zombie compares Niohuru X and Orkgotik to [[{{Franchise/TheAddamsFamily}} Morticia and Gomez Addams]], right down to likening the Addams' dynamic to the [[RedOniBlueOni driven, focused Niohuru and the smitten Orkgotik]].
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** At one point is Season 5, Throb Zombie compares Niohuru X and Orkgotik to [[{{Franchise/TheAddamsFamily}} Morticia and Gomez Addams]], right down to likening the Addams' dynamic to the [[RedOniBlueOni driven, focused Niohuru and the smitten Orkgotik]].

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* AwesomeButImpractical: Niohuru X's "Drag Kaiju" look has a massive, articulated tail. The judges are impressed by the craftsmanship and the commitment, but the articulation means she can't get around on stage. She has to be carried by crew members to get onstage and over to the "Destroy the City" portion of the show, and Throb ends up "wheelbarrowing" her tail to help her onstage for the judge's critiques.



* BeYourself: Of course, the whole show is a dedication to drag artists performing without shoehorning themselves into more conventional types of drag. However, the Boulets will sometimes specifically invoke this trope if they feel a contestant is trying to appeal to the Boulets' sensibilities at the cost of their true selves. Disasterina from Season 2, Evah Destruction from Season 3, and both Merrie Cherry and Jade Jolie from Season 4 all received such feedback.

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* BeYourself: Of course, the whole show is a dedication to drag artists performing without shoehorning themselves into more conventional types of drag. However, the Boulets will sometimes specifically invoke this trope if they feel a contestant is trying to appeal to the Boulets' sensibilities at the cost of their true selves. Disasterina from Season 2, Evah Destruction from Season 3, and both Merrie Cherry and Jade Jolie from Season 4 4, and both Blackberri and Onyx Ondyx from season 5 all received such feedback.



* CruelToBeKind: Downplayed. Drac keeps the pressure on Victoria Elizabeth Black in season 2 to improve herself and come out of her shell until the end. [[spoiler:When she meets the Boulets in their private box, Drac admits that while both brothers liked Victoria from the start, they didn't think she would be pushed to improve herself the way she did if she didn't have some critiques of her performances. Since this was just before the finale with Victoria in the final 3, it's safe to say it worked well.]]

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* CruelToBeKind: Downplayed. Drac keeps the pressure on Victoria Elizabeth Black in season 2 to improve herself and come out of her shell until the end. [[spoiler:When When she meets the Boulets in their private box, Drac admits that while both brothers liked Victoria from the start, they didn't think she would be pushed to improve herself the way she did if she didn't have some critiques of her performances. Since this was just before the finale with Victoria in the final 3, it's safe to say it worked well.]]



** The press for Season 4 went out of its way to make sure viewers knew how the cast described their drag styles and what their preferred pronouns were, with most of the cast preferring they/them in some combination with or exclusively from she/her and/or he/him, such as Formelda Hyde (he/they), Koco Caine (they/them only), Saint (he/she/they), and La Zavaleta (she/they). Some uniquely identifying cast members were trans woman Bitter Betty, trans-femme and non-binary "Drag {{Youkai}}" [=HoSo=] Terra Toma, "female impersonator impersonator"[[note]]AFAB cis woman drag queen[[/note]] Sigourney Beaver, and [[spoiler:the return of Dahli]].

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** The press for Season 4 went out of its way to make sure viewers knew how the cast described their drag styles and what their preferred pronouns were, with most of the cast preferring they/them in some combination with or exclusively from she/her and/or he/him, such as Formelda Hyde (he/they), Koco Caine (they/them only), Saint (he/she/they), and La Zavaleta (she/they). Some uniquely identifying cast members were trans woman Bitter Betty, trans-femme and non-binary nonbinary "Drag {{Youkai}}" [=HoSo=] Terra Toma, "female impersonator impersonator"[[note]]AFAB cis woman drag queen[[/note]] Sigourney Beaver, and [[spoiler:the return of Dahli]].Dahli]].
** The press for Season 5 continued the trend of making sure pronouns and styles were made clear from the top. Notable cast members include trans woman Fantasia Royale Gaga and the nonbinary Throb Zombie and Jay Kay.
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* SoBadItsGood: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Dahli regarding Niohuru X's guitar skills during Season 5's Monsters of Rock Part 2. Dahli notes that the guitaring was already bad from the get go but somehow got progressively worse as the performance went on, reaching a point where they just couldn't take their eyes off it.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After Orkgotik deliberately some of their drink on Jay Kay in the cauldron, Jay demands answers in the boudoir. They can't help but burst out laughing at Orkgotik's response with the rest of the cast.
--> '''Orkgotik:''' You're always tell me I'm making you wet!
** Later during the Monsters of Rock group floor show, [[SelfDeprecation they incorporate Ork pouring a goblet of blood over Jay.]]


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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Almost every season has at least one monster with a penchant for starting drama who the rest of the cast can barely stand.
** Abhora's initial clash with Biqtch Puddin about past issues starts most of the drama in the season, and their distant, cold attitude didn't help matters. He did, however, have a HeelRealization toward the end of the season and ended up genuinely redeemed in the eyes of their competitors.
** Dollya Black came out swinging, starting drama with about half the cast while calling out others for talking about her behind her back. When she tries to be nicer, nobody really seems to trust her on it.
** La Zavaleta is openly abrasive for most of their season, being the main source of chaos in the infamous Ghost Ship Glamour Cauldron. Like Abhora, [[HeelRealization she does realize she's been being a bitch]] and start to walk it back after that.
** Jay Kay's reads of everyone else come across as mean instead of funny, and their refusal to hear criticism puts everyone else on edge around them. No one seems particularly sympathetic or sorry when Orkgotik spills some of their drink on them. [[SerialEscalation It's telling that part of the reason they were brought on the show was that La Zavaleta called them "the most annoying person in Brooklyn" on Instagram.]]

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