History Series / TheAmazingRace

* CanadaEh: Averted, as the whole goal of the first season was to give people a greater appreciation of their own country.

* BellyDancer: In China Season 2, the fourth leg of the race had contestants head over to Turkey; one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjmTSp-GCi8&list=PLmtBGSLcKgXU6p6-gJfsVd2TCpA-Mat2F&index=7 events]] there involved each and every duo to take part in a belly dancing session with professional dancers. Each team was not allowed to continue until the dancers were satisfied with the team's dancing performance.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Guaranteed to happen on any All-Star seasons, as an increase in competition means that teams who led their seasons are all of a sudden running with the pack, while teams that would otherwise be expected to make the Final 3 on a normal season are all of a sudden scratching and clawing to stay in the race. Unless they're a top tier team like Dustin & Kandice and Rob & Amber (on All-Stars), Zev & Justin (on Unfinished Business), or Dave & Connor (on the second All-Stars), no team really has a chance of standing out. In the case of Unfinished Business, this happened to every former Final 3 finisher, with the aforementioned Zev & Justin who finished 9th and Gary & Mallory who finished 6th being the dominant teams.

* ProductionThrowback: Due to seasons 33&34 being filmed during the COVID-19 padnemic and having more limited travel options, self-driving was brought back to being more in line with how much they were doing it in the earlier seasons.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Used on the racers themselves in Seasons 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, and 32. The teams get a clue telling them to go to mat and find Phil, only to have him tell them that they're still racing, and hand them their next clue.

Eleven teams of two people[[note]]Though five seasons have featured twelve teams (Seasons 3, 4, 10, 15, and 34), while Season 8 featured ten teams of four[[/note]] go on a journey around the world, following clues and performing tasks in order to find their way to the designated Pit Stops; the last team to arrive is usually (but not always) eliminated.

* '''Detour''' -- [[CatchPhrase A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons.]] For Seasons 1-4, one route was typically shorter but harder (or scarier) to use while the other was longer but relatively easier. Starting with Season 5, it became more of a choice between two conflicting skill sets, such as brains vs. brawn, or something highly technical vs. grunt work. However, up until about Season 12, the tasks were still unbalanced enough that teams could easily see that one was much faster than the other. The producers got better at this after the first All-Stars, and it's now [[CompetitiveBalance uncommon to see all the teams choose the same Detour]]. Season 25 featured the Blind Detour, where teams are only given the names of the tasks, and must travel to the task location before receiving instructions.
* '''Roadblock''' -- [[CatchPhrase A Roadblock is a task that only one team member can perform,]] and the choice must be made with only a vague clue to hint at the task. [[ObviousRulePatch As of Season 6]], the rules specify that no one racer can perform more than a set number of Roadblocks, meaning the tasks must be split between teammates somewhat fairly. The non-participating teammate is in no way permitted to help with the task; should they even help verbally (regardless of whether the active partner listens or can even hear them), the team will incur a time penalty.
* '''Fast Forward''' -- A special task that allows a team to bypass all other tasks and head directly to the Pit Stop. This is only awarded to the first team to complete the task, and teams are limited to one Fast Forward per race. The earliest seasons had Fast Forwards available on every leg, but due to the expense of setting them up they were cut back in Season 5 to only once or twice a season, and starting in Season 18 they might not appear at all.

* ''[=HaMerotz LaMillion=]''[[note]]"The Race to the Million" in Hebrew[[/note]]: A race around the world (except the Americas, again) open to citizens of Israel with a grand prize of 1 million Israeli new shkalim (approximately US$277,000). The first three seasons ran the normal Race format, while the fourth had the largest cast in franchise history, with 14 teams, who were split up into two groups of seven. Each group ran a separate first leg, with a team being eliminated from each group, before meeting up to continue the race as a whole.

* BackForTheFinale: All eliminated teams show up at the Finish Line to cheer on the final three teams, with only a few exceptions. (Such as a team losing a passport)
* BackseatDriver: Enforced every time teams are tasked with driving themselves because of the way the camera crew positions themselves in the car (The driving team member in the driver's-side front seat, the cameraman in the passenger front seat, the non-drving team member is in the driver-side back seat, and the soundman is in the passenger-side back seat. This arrangement keeps the soundman out of camera range and allows both team members to be in-frame.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like the US version, the Australian version implemented this in later seasons to make it easier for the production crew to locate teams. This is probably most obvious in season 7, although Bec and Kate's teal boob tubes were a similar shade to Team Denyer's teal shirts.

* NunsAreFunny: Missionaries of God's Love sisters Judy and Therese, from the revived series. In the first episode, they take a long time dealing with the postcard clue and turn to God for help, Judy takes her time to complete her roadblock set to [[https://youtu.be/cKkDMiGUbUw?t=82 "The Blue Danube Waltz"]], and had one of their dumplings stolen by Instagrammers Sid and Ash, as they ask for more dough to make them.

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* HistoryRepeats: Just like with Season 19's Andy & Tommy, Matt & Redmond were an "invincisble" team that got eliminated on the penultimate leg. Also, Brooke & Scott and Tara & Joey are similar to season three's Flo & Zach and Teri & Ian, respectively, in both their storylines and finishes (the fighting team that surprised people by beating the older team that won three legs).

* ProductionThrowback: This season brings back the yield which hasn't been used since season 11. However, it's been tweaked. In episode 2, they searched for either ten or twenty minute hourglasses and are able to use it once throughout the season when the yield comes up.

* AsianDrivers: the Roadblock in Season 2, leg 3 had teams earning their driver's license in India, which led to many of the teams talking about how crazy the drivers were there, and about how ridiculous it was to learn the rules of the road when no one followed them.

* FairytaleWeddingDress: The Greek wedding dress challenge in season 6. Notably, all the men in the man/woman teams wore the dress.

* SequelEscalation: Australia 4 was produced by a new channel and it felt that way. Australia 5 changed the stakes ''a lot'' to the point some fans claimed they were trying to do too much at once by adding an abundance of twists, and having a whopping 16 teams and 24 legs. Australia 6 upped the ante again with 20 teams.
* AStormIsComing: The snowstorm in Greece in Australia 6.