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* BaitAndSwitchComment: In the episode "Lost in the Snow," when Jim and his family don't show up in time, and concerned that they got lost because of the bad weather, his stepfather calls the highway patrol to ask for help finding them. When he doesn't get anything useful from them, he hangs up by saying this:
--> '''Stepfather''': I'd like to thank you for your help... except you haven't been any.

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* {{Determinator}}: Otherwise known as "the drive to survive". Examples include crawling for miles when unable to walk in minus fifteen degrees, scaling a cliff with a shattered pelvis, fending off wild beasts with only one working arm after being mauled by a crocodile and hiking for two days down a mountain with a broken ankle, not to mention sometimes lasting weeks without food and over twenty-four hours without water. One women even forced herself to do one sit-up every five seconds for six hours to stave off hypothermia during the night.

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* {{Determinator}}: Otherwise known as "the drive to survive". survive".
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Examples include crawling for miles when unable to walk in minus fifteen degrees, scaling a cliff with a shattered pelvis, fending off wild beasts with only one working arm after being mauled by a crocodile and hiking for two days down a mountain with a broken ankle, not to mention sometimes lasting weeks without food and over twenty-four hours without water. One women even forced herself to do one sit-up every five seconds for six hours to stave off hypothermia during the night.



* HappilyMarried: Tom and Lynda Bosworth who break down in the desert, Charlie Hench who gets trapped on a mountain and his wife Julie, and newlyweds Brandon and Brandy Wiley who survive a plane crash in the jungle.

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Tom and Lynda Bosworth who break down in the desert, Charlie Hench who gets trapped on a mountain and his wife Julie, and newlyweds Brandon and Brandy Wiley who survive a plane crash in the jungle.



*** In "A Dad's Worst Nightmare," Matthew [=McGough=] sees the headlights of a truck driving near where he and Shannon have stopped for the night. He lights an emergency light and begins waving it, screaming for help. The car stops for a moment... then drives away again.

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*** ** In "A Dad's Worst Nightmare," Matthew [=McGough=] sees the headlights of a truck driving near where he and Shannon have stopped for the night. He lights an emergency light and begins waving it, screaming for help. The car stops for a moment... then drives away again.



* InjuredSelfDrag: As shown in many of the real life tales of survival featured in this series, one of the worst possible things you can do after getting seriously injured, lost, or otherwise imperilled is to stay where you are and give up. Numerous impressive feats were achieved by survivors on this series because they refused to give in in spite of injuries that should have left them a dead man (or woman) walking. Survivors featured have hiked, walked, clambered, shambled or even ''crawled'' to safety, often for several miles over extremely difficult terrain.



* LetsSplitUpGang: Depending on the situation, this can be a good idea or a bad idea. One person becoming split from the rest of the group is usually bad but other times, especially in cases where one person is unable to walk or when there are young children involved, someone (usually the father) will head on alone to get help.

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* LetsSplitUpGang: Depending on the situation, this can be a good idea or a bad idea. idea.
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One person becoming split from the rest of the group is usually bad but other times, especially in cases where one person is unable to walk or when there are young children involved, someone (usually the father) will head on alone to get help.



* SnowMeansDeath: A few episodes. For example, in "Frozen at 20,000 Feet", "Blizzard of Death", "Avalanche of Terror", "Snowmobile Nightmare" has the snow presenting obvious issues with not only their survival but their rescue as well.

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* SnowMeansDeath: A few episodes. For example, in episodes.
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"Frozen at 20,000 Feet", "Blizzard of Death", "Avalanche of Terror", "Snowmobile Nightmare" has the snow presenting obvious issues with not only their survival but their rescue as well.

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* ImAHumanitarian:
** When lost and gone days without food, several of the survivors will have contemplated cannibalism but neither are willing to go through with it.
** One pair of survivors contemplated eating their ill friend who succumbed to her wounds and died in her sleep, but refused due to the possibility that her whole body and flesh are full of the bacterial infection that killed her and instead decide to give her a proper burial.


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** When lost and gone days without food, several of the survivors will have contemplated cannibalism, but none are willing to go through with it.
** One pair of survivors contemplated eating their ill friend who succumbed to her wounds and died in her sleep, but refused due to the possibility that her whole body and flesh are full of the bacterial infection that killed her and instead decide to give her a proper burial.
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*** In "A Dad's Worst Nightmare," Matthew McGough sees the headlights of a truck driving near where he and Shannon have stopped for the night. He lights an emergency light and begins waving it, screaming for help. The car stops for a moment... then drives away again.

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*** In "A Dad's Worst Nightmare," Matthew McGough [=McGough=] sees the headlights of a truck driving near where he and Shannon have stopped for the night. He lights an emergency light and begins waving it, screaming for help. The car stops for a moment... then drives away again.

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