| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !The Tribes |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder: Bayoneta]] |
| 6 | -> '''Color/ namesake:''' blue/ Bayoneta island and thus Spanish for "bayonet" |
| 7 | -> '''Members:''' Courtney Marit, Danielle [=DiLorenzo=], Misty Giles, Sally Schumann |
| 8 | |
| 9 | The younger women's tribe. |
| 10 | ---- |
| 11 | * AmazonBrigade |
| 12 | * MaleGaze: Particularly, Danielle and Misty. Sally and Courtney are also good looking too. |
| 13 | * MsFanservice: Everyone on the tribe. |
| 14 | * TheArtifact: Like Viveros, Bayoneta disbanded at the swap despite not losing anybody. |
| 15 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Never had a man on the tribe, but were covered in blue. |
| 16 | [[/folder]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder: Viveros]] |
| 19 | -> '''Color/ namesake:''' green/ Viveros isle and thus Spanish for "nursery" |
| 20 | -> '''Members:''' Aras Baskauskas, Austin Carty, Bobby Mason, Nick Stanbury |
| 21 | |
| 22 | The younger men's tribe. |
| 23 | ---- |
| 24 | * TheArtifact: Viveros and Bayoneta were removed at an early swap, but didn't actually lose any members. |
| 25 | * TheBigGuy: All members were physically capable men who were well built to match. |
| 26 | * DwindlingParty: When the men started getting voted out, Viveros was quickly reduced to one member. |
| 27 | * FemaleGaze: An all-men tribe of fit men? Yes. |
| 28 | [[/folder]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder: Casaya]] |
| 31 | -> '''Color/ namesake:''' purple/ Casaya island |
| 32 | -> '''Members (start):''' Cirie Fields, Melinda Hyder, Ruth Marie Milliman, Tina Scheer |
| 33 | -> '''Members (swap):''' '''Aras Baskaulas''', '''Bobby Mason''', '''Bruce Kanegai''', Cirie Fields, '''Courtney Marit''', '''Danielle [=DiLorenzo=]''', Melinda Hyder, '''Shane Powers''' |
| 34 | |
| 35 | The older women's tribe. |
| 36 | ---- |
| 37 | * AHouseDivided: Less from strategic infighting and more from clashes of personality. |
| 38 | * AmazonBrigade: At first. |
| 39 | * TheArtifact: Partly because only Cirie remained by five eliminations. Partly because the "age and gender" split only lasted an episode or two. ''Mostly'' because their dysfunctional post-swap dynamic is better remembered. |
| 40 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: Once the four tribes collapsed into two, they became among the most dysfunctional tribes in ''Survivor'' history; but they were rather close and definitely effective. |
| 41 | * {{Cool Old Lad|y}}ies: Invoked. The original lineup consisted of the four eldest women. |
| 42 | * DysfunctionJunction: After the switch, it looked like all the eccentric people (Aras, Courtney, and Shane) on the season ended up here. |
| 43 | * DwindlingParty: 3 of the 4 original members were voted out before the merge. |
| 44 | * GracefulLadiesLikePurple: At first. |
| 45 | * {{Irony}}: The post-swap tribe tribe picked themselves, but still had a nightmarish dynamic. |
| 46 | * PaperTiger: Aras once referred to Casaya as this. Thankfully for him, he was wrong. |
| 47 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Starting in the third episode |
| 48 | * RagTagBunchOfMisfits: TropeCodifier for {{Series/Survivor}}. |
| 49 | * TheRival: To La Mina, later to [[MadeOfIron Terry]]. |
| 50 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: At times. It's a miracle they won any challenges. |
| 51 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: It's a miracle they got along. |
| 52 | * WorldOfHam: The outdoors had NoIndoorVoice at Casaya. |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder: La Mina]] |
| 56 | -> '''Color/ namesake:''' orange/ La Mina island and thus Spanish for "the mine" |
| 57 | -> '''Members (start):''' Bruce Kanegai, Dan Barry, Shane Powers, Terry Deitz |
| 58 | -> '''Members (swap):''' '''Austin Carty''', Dan Barry, '''Misty Giles''', '''Nick Stanbury''', '''Ruth Marie Milliman''', '''Sally Schumann''', Terry Deitz |
| 59 | |
| 60 | The older men's tribe. |
| 61 | ---- |
| 62 | * AHouseDivided: The original members post-merge. |
| 63 | * TheArtifact: Stopped being so much about "older men" and more about "the tribe that's outnumbered by a person, but is at least not constantly fighting" once the swap hit. |
| 64 | * {{Cool Old Guy}}s: The original lineup. |
| 65 | * DwindlingParty: Starting in the third episode, La Mina would go on a losing streak and ended up in the minority in the merge, and get picked off one by one. The reason the tribe wasn't completely pagonged post-merge was Terry's immunity streak. |
| 66 | * TheQuisling: Shane and Bruce post-merge. |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[folder: Gitanos]] |
| 70 | ->'''Color/ namesake:''' Spanish for "gypsy" |
| 71 | ->'''Members:''' Aras Baskauskas, Austin Carty, Bruce Kanegai, Cirie Fields, Courtney Marit, Danielle [=DiLorenzo=], Nick Stanbury, Sally Schumann, Shane Powers, Terry Deitz |
| 72 | The merged tribe. |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * UnfortunateNames: You get the feeling nobody on the show knew "gitano" was a slur. |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | !!Finalists |
| 78 | [[folder:1st. Aras Baskauskas]] |
| 79 | !!'''Aras Baskauskas''' |
| 80 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_aras_baskauskas.jpg]] |
| 81 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 31/ Santa Monica, California/ yoga instructor |
| 82 | ->'''Tribe:''' Viveros -> Casaya -> Gitanos |
| 83 | |
| 84 | A yoga instructor from the original Viveros tribe, and the de facto leader of the newly formed Casaya tribe. Despite being seen by his tribe as somewhat of a ditz with questionable methods at times, Aras was perhaps the only thing keeping the most dysfunctional tribe ever put together in Survivor from splitting apart. Whether it be through mediation of the bigger personalities or a general tough challenge performance, Aras can be credited with dragging his tribe into the merge with the majority, where he then faced the problem of Terry Deitz and his impressive challenge performance, which threatened the chances of a Casaya member winning the game. |
| 85 | |
| 86 | Despite having numerous close shaves, and an immunity win at the Final 4 being the only thing keeping him from going home, he was saved by Danielle at the Final 3 after she won immunity and booted his arch-rival from the game. After yet another close shave after badly injuring himself during the Day 39 feast, he went on to face the jury where despite accusations of being a LazyBum, he went on to beat Danielle 5-2 in the jury vote and become the twelfth SoleSurvivor. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | Seven years and fifteen seasons later, Aras later returned to play again in [[Characters/SurvivorBloodVsWater Blood vs. Water]]. |
| 89 | ---- |
| 90 | * BerserkButton: After Terry suggested that a person's spouse is more important of a loved one than one's parents (in order to justify why he picked Cirie to see her husband over Aras seeing his mom during the Reward Challenge), we get to see up close how much Aras really dislikes Terry. |
| 91 | * CloudCuckoolander: Especially his method for trying to start a fire on the original Viveros tribe; it's likely that all his... eccentricities were overlooked thanks to being on the same tribe as Courtney and Shane (who were both even crazier than he was). |
| 92 | * CoolTeacher: He even taught Parvati Shallow yoga. |
| 93 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Broke Terry's immunity streak. |
| 94 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: His journey to the end was certainly not a smooth one: |
| 95 | ** First: He started out fine on Viveros, but the tribes were shuffled after only one total elimination. Aras ended up on Casaya, the most dysfunctional tribe that the show had ever seen. Just about everyone there was out of their mind, unable to deal with the chaos, or both. Even though he was the youngest contestant this season, ''he'' had to reign them all in and lead them in challenges. This got them on a decent winning streak, despite La Mina being the more cohesive and stronger tribe on paper. |
| 96 | ** Second: When he got to the merge, the success of Casaya meant he became a threat. He had rival Terry Deitz breathing down his neck the entire time, and suffered defeat after defeat from him in challenges. Even the prospect of Terry losing was undermined by the threat of a {{MacGuffin}} that could kick Aras from the game any time Terry wanted to use it. He obviously didn't get sent home, but his alliance fell apart after Terry proved too strong to simply work around. |
| 97 | ** Third: The Casaya Alliance collapse meant he also had to deal with Cirie and her GambitRoulette. The only reason ''she'' got out of the picture was because Aras managed to win immunity at the final four, forcing Terry and Danielle to vote for Cirie as a plan B. |
| 98 | ** Finally, he had to convince the jury that he deserved the money over Danielle in spite of accusations from the jury that he was generally nothing but a LazyBum on the show and in RealLife. ''And'' this was all done after sustaining a surprisingly brutal injury to his finger on the last day at camp. |
| 99 | * {{Fingore}}: Aras slipped on a bottle on day 39 and cut his finger. |
| 100 | * TheHero: Of Viveros, and eventually Casaya. |
| 101 | * HotTeacher: He teaches yoga, granted, but it still counts. |
| 102 | * HumblePie: Aras stated that, between the days spent on Exile Island, the constant losses to Terry at Immunity Challenges, and getting cuts on his body from tripping on the rocks on Day 39; his ego was crushed over the course of the season. |
| 103 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Cirie. |
| 104 | * KidHero: By comparison, since he is the youngest player in the season. |
| 105 | * LastOfHisKind: In addition to being the Sole Survivor, once Austin was voted out at the Top 9, Aras was the last remaining member of the original Viveros tribe. |
| 106 | * TheLeader: Of Casaya. Without him, they probably would have fallen apart within days. |
| 107 | %%* MrFanservice |
| 108 | %%* NiceGuy |
| 109 | * OnlySaneMan: Of the Casaya Four. A recurring theme in the early episodes is one of the other members (usually Shane or Courtney) doing something ridiculous or fighting with another member of the alliance, with Aras just watching in disbelief and trying to smooth things over. In particular, Aras is the one that held the Casaya Four together by persuading Shane not to quit on Day 6. |
| 110 | * TheRival: To Terry, to a huge degree. |
| 111 | * SoleSurvivor: The winner of ''Survivor: Panama''. |
| 112 | * SpikyHair: So pronounced that, at the reunion, Jeff Probst asked Aras how he managed to keep it up throughout the entirety of his duration on the island. Aras said that Cirie and some of the other girls helped him out in maintaining it. |
| 113 | * SurroundedByIdiots: Technically "surrounded by crazy people". |
| 114 | %%* TallDarkAndHandsome |
| 115 | * TeamDad: Despite being the youngest person on Casaya, he usually came across as the most mature and authoritative members of the tribe, often resolving conflicts. |
| 116 | * WhamLine: Aras told Danielle he was done with Shane. He elaborates on this further in a confessional. |
| 117 | * WorthyOpponent: [[TheRival Terry's]] words while voting for him says it all. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:2nd. Danielle [=DiLorenzo=]]] |
| 121 | !!'''Danielle [=DiLorenzo=]''' |
| 122 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_danielle_dilorenzo.jpg]] |
| 123 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 31/ Boston, Massachussetts/ medical salesperson |
| 124 | ->'''Tribe:''' Casaya -> Gitanos |
| 125 | |
| 126 | A medical sales representative from the original Bayoneta tribe, and one of the reasons Casaya was such a dysfunctional tribe. A competitive and aggressive person by nature, Danielle fought with Shane on what seemed like a daily basis, and it was only thanks to the efforts of Aras that she didn't actually kill him. After the merge, when the possibility of her alliance being torn apart by the challenge-dominating Terry seemed imminent, she made several decisions that saw her voting out her own alliance, including Courtney, Shane, and eventually Cirie after voting with Terry at the Final Four. However, after winning the final immunity challenge, she backstabbed Terry and saved Aras from almost certain elimination, where she went on to lose to him in the jury vote 5-2. |
| 127 | |
| 128 | Danielle would eventually return as one of the more questionable choices for [[Characters/SurvivorHeroesVsVillains Heroes vs. Villains]]. |
| 129 | ---- |
| 130 | * AlliterativeName |
| 131 | %%* AloofDarkHairedGirl |
| 132 | * AfraidOfBlood: Danielle admitted this after Aras' accident and it showed. |
| 133 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: By the end of the game she had betrayed quite a few close allies. The most stinging example would be Terry. |
| 134 | %%* CompetitionFreak |
| 135 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
| 136 | %%* FemmeFatale |
| 137 | * HeroKiller: The last episode saw Danielle directly eliminating two major and fan favorite players this season, namely Cirie and Terry. |
| 138 | * HospitalHottie: Danielle is a medical sales representative, and is [[MsFanservice quite attractive]]. |
| 139 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Bruce. Coincidentally, her name is the same with Bruce's Daughter. |
| 140 | %% {{Jerkass}} |
| 141 | * TheLancer: To Casaya. She's arguably TheHero of Bayonetta beforehand. |
| 142 | * LastOfHerKind: The last remaining member of the original Bayoneta tribe. |
| 143 | * LazyBum: Shane accused her of being one a few times. |
| 144 | * MaleGaze: Quite often. |
| 145 | * SitcomArchNemesis: To Shane. |
| 146 | * StatuesqueStunner: Danielle is the tallest woman of the season. |
| 147 | %% {{Tomboy}} |
| 148 | %% UngratefulBitch: To Terry. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | !!Jury |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:3rd. Terry Deitz]] |
| 154 | !!'''Terry Deitz''' |
| 155 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_terry_deitz.jpg]] |
| 156 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 42/ Simsbury, Connecticut/ pilot |
| 157 | ->'''Tribe:''' La Mina -> Gitanos |
| 158 | |
| 159 | A fighter pilot from the original and switched La Mina tribe, Terry was lauded by almost everyone for his incredible physical prowess, which saw him win several key immunity challenges both pre-merge and post-merge. After La Mina went into the merge in the minority and his fellow three tribemates Nick, Austin and Sally were all voted out in succession, it was only thanks to continuous immunity wins and an over-powered Hidden Immunity Idol that he managed to worm his way far into the game, where he made an enemy of almost the entire Casaya tribe (most notably Aras), thanks to differing world views, values, and general attitude. Thanks to a late-game team-up with Danielle, he seemed almost destined to be in the finals. However, he ended up losing the final immunity challenge to Danielle, who despite promising him she would take him, sent him to the jury in 3rd place. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | Terry was eventually chosen to compete in Characters/SurvivorCambodia |
| 162 | ---- |
| 163 | * TheAce: Won many immunity challenges and outlasted all the other La Minas. His streak was so overwhelming that he managed to break up Casaya's alliance by the time he got sent home. |
| 164 | ** AcePilot: Bonus points for once being this. He also befriended Dan Barry for also being one. |
| 165 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: ''Especially'' to Aras. |
| 166 | %%* CompetitionFreak |
| 167 | %%* CoolOldGuy |
| 168 | * CripplingOverspecialization: Terry is arguably the most dominant challenge competitor the show has ever seen, but he is decidedly lacking in the social and strategic components of the game. |
| 169 | * {{Determinator}}: You gotta hand it to the guy who outstays his old tribe's Pagonging by ''continuously winning immunities''. |
| 170 | * FishOutOfWater: Once his former tribe is gone and he's stuck living with the Casaya tribe. It doesn't help that Casaya is not only absolutely crazy, but their political beliefs are also diametrically opposed. |
| 171 | * FailureHero: Though he dominated in challenges, every single attempt of his to take over the game ended up falling apart. With the numbers not on his side at the merge, Terry tried to lure away several of Casaya's fringe players (Bruce and Danielle, for example) by pointing out they were likely at the bottom of the tribe's hierarchy once La Mina was eliminated. It didn't work, and the rest of his teammates were pagonged while Casaya's alliance held firm. When Casaya was finally forced to turn on each other starting at the Final 6, Terry felt out people who might be willing to work with him, but the ones he wanted to take to the final 2 (Courtney and Shane) were each swiftly eliminated by Aras, Cirie, and Danielle. He finally got Danielle on his side at the Final 4 to force a tie vote against Aras and Cirie and it paid off, with Cirie going home and Aras left alone to compete against Terry and Danielle. Come the final immunity challenge, Danielle actually won, and Terry assumed that meant he had a spot in the finals. But it turned out to be his undoing, as Danielle worried about which of the two guys she had the best chance against at final tribal council and ultimately picked Aras to take with her, leaving Terry voted off just before the end. |
| 172 | * GrumpyOldMan: Being on the outs with a tribe of crazy people can do that to you. |
| 173 | %% HappilyMarried |
| 174 | %% HeroicBuild |
| 175 | * LastOfHisKind: The last remaining member of La Mina (of both carnations). |
| 176 | * MeaningfulEcho: During the 12th episode, Danielle and Terry agreed on the person who comes in last in the Final Immunity Challenge would be voted out. Guess what happens. |
| 177 | * TheNeidermeyer: Comes of as this to Casaya towards the end of the game. |
| 178 | * NeverMyFault: At the final four reward challenge, Terry freaked when Aras won and tried to protest the latter's win. Terry was overruled. |
| 179 | * TheRival: To Aras. |
| 180 | * ShowyInvincibleHero: Though he turned out to be not so invincible by the end. |
| 181 | * TeamDad: On La Mina. |
| 182 | * TookALevelInJerkass: As the game goes on, presumably out of frustration with constantly being on the chopping block. |
| 183 | * VillainousUnderdog: Despite being on the outs for the entirety of the merge, he is arguably the season's [[BigBad main antagonist]]. |
| 184 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Courtesy of Danielle. She assumed Aras would be much easier to beat in the final vote. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:4th. Cirie Fields]] |
| 188 | !!'''Cirie Fields''' |
| 189 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_cirie_fields.jpg]] |
| 190 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 42/ Walterboro, South Carolina/ nurse |
| 191 | ->'''Tribe:''' Casaya -> Gitanos |
| 192 | |
| 193 | A nurse from the original and switched Casaya tribe, many thought Cirie would be one of the first people booted thanks to having little to no outdoor experience (even being afraid of ''leaves''), and her initial position as one of the outsiders of the new Casaya tribe seemed to confirm this. However, after surviving into the merge, her adeptness of the game began to show - she managed to win a social reward challenge based on knowing her tribemates, and she even managed to orchestrate the elimination of a former tribemate at the final six by making sure every single person in the tribe voted the way she wanted them to vote, splitting the vote 3-2-1. After tucking Aras under her wing, she almost seemed like a surefire lock for the finals; however, the only thing that could possibly have screwed up her game happened at the Final 4 - Aras winning immunity. With Terry's hidden immunity idol in play, Cirie was forced into a tiebreaker with Danielle, where she narrowly lost to her former tribemate and was sent to the jury in 4th place. |
| 194 | |
| 195 | Being one of the fan favorites of the season, she was invited back for [[Characters/SurvivorMicronesia Fans vs. Favorites]], and also for [[Characters/SurvivorHeroesVsVillains Heroes vs. Villains]] and [[Characters/SurvivorGameChangers Game Changers]]. |
| 196 | ---- |
| 197 | * BadassAdorable |
| 198 | * BigBeautifulWoman |
| 199 | * BreakoutCharacter: Cirie easily became one of the most popular and respected castaways to play the game and won the fan favorite award at the reunion. |
| 200 | * TheEveryman: A female example, personality-wise. This is especially apparent once the tribes swap and she's surrounded by extremely eccentric people on Casaya. |
| 201 | * GeniusBruiser: Is clearly a very smart player, but her being chubby doesn't help in the physical challenges. The exceptions are challenges that involve brawling, in which she easily demolishes all other female players. |
| 202 | * GuileHeroine: She was far outclassed in any physicality, survival skills, pre-established alliances and had to weevil her way forward. |
| 203 | * HappilyMarried: As seen in the loved ones visit and the reunion. |
| 204 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: To Aras. They both reined in the uncoöperative Casayas enough to give them a winning streak. |
| 205 | * LastOfHerKind: She was the last remaining member of the original Casaya tribe by a great margin. Not only did Tina, Melinda, and Ruth Marie not make the merge, they were respectively the first, second, and fourth contestants voted out. |
| 206 | %%* ManipulativeBitch |
| 207 | * MightyGlacier: If a physical challenge is about brawling, not running or endurance. See GeniusBruiser. |
| 208 | * OnlySaneMan: For a relative definition of "sane", given her cutthroat playing style and (contemporary) aversion to nature. |
| 209 | * TheSmartGirl: And how. She's considered one of the most brilliant mental players in Survivor history, and her Triple Play move is also considered one of the most brilliant moves in the history of the game. |
| 210 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Completely changed the face of the game and screwed up both Terry and Shane's plans by getting Aras and Danielle to join her in voting Courtney out. |
| 211 | * TheStrategist: |
| 212 | * TeamMom: To the new Casaya, and held them together despite a severe clash of personalities. |
| 213 | * TookALevelInBadass: One of the storylines of the season was Cirie going from being totally clueless as to how to survive in the wild (she was scared of ''leaves''), to ending up perfectly capable of handling herself in the outdoors and being probably the most strategically sound player in the game. |
| 214 | * VerbalTic: Has a habit of bursting out into laughter at the end of her confessionals. Sometimes she can't even hold out that long, particularly if she's talking about something ridiculous a member of the Casaya Four has done. |
| 215 | * WorthyOpponent |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:5th. Shane Powers]] |
| 219 | !!!'''Shane Powers''' |
| 220 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_shane_powers.jpg]] |
| 221 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 34/ Los Angeles, California/ marketing executive |
| 222 | ->'''Tribe:''' La Mina -> Casaya -> Gitanos |
| 223 | |
| 224 | A marketing executive and single dad from Los Angeles, California. Having just stopped smoking the day before, Shane struggled with nicotine withdrawal. This was made worse by not only him ending up with Casaya, but Shane making an alliance by swearing on his son's life with the crazy people of the tribe. Shane wanted to quit, but Aras talked him out of it. Despite entering the merge with numbers, Terry's immunity streak along with an last minute change up made by Cirie at the last tribal council sent him packing at fifth. |
| 225 | ---- |
| 226 | * AloofAlly: Towards Courtney and Danielle. |
| 227 | * AntiHero: Was a very high-strung and an unreliable contestant, but also one of the most sympathetic and least likely to backstab. |
| 228 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With Courtney. |
| 229 | * CompetitionFreak: Shane states he hates losing. |
| 230 | * CloudCuckoolander: Too many examples to count. Of particular note, towards the end of the game he starts carrying a block of driftwood around, insisting that it's his Blackberry. He even tells the confession cam that he's sending emails on it. |
| 231 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He was genuinely saddened over Bruce’s evacuation and had hoped he would come back so he could finish the game on his own terms. |
| 232 | * HairTriggerTemper: Most of his outbursts seem to come out of nowhere, and are very surprising. |
| 233 | * {{Irony}}: During the schoolyard pick, Shane picked one of the people he would come to hate the most, Courtney to be with him. |
| 234 | * JawDrop: When he was getting votes and was blindsided. |
| 235 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has ''many'' abrasive moments, but shows a softer side as well, especially with his son. |
| 236 | * {{Keet}} |
| 237 | * TheLancer: To La Mina. |
| 238 | * LargeHam: Sometimes breaks into shouting, often over unexpected things. |
| 239 | * LeanAndMean: Aside from an awkward pose as pointed out of on [[http://funny115.com/v2/104.htm TheFunny115]] |
| 240 | * ManChild: "I'm thirty-four going on twelve." His own son even confirms this by the end of the season. |
| 241 | * MoodSwinger: As a result quitting cigarettes the day before the game. |
| 242 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: [[http://funny115.com/v2/20.htm The otherwise-moving scene of Bruce's medical evacuation is somewhat undermined by the fact that Shane is wandering around the front of the shot completely naked.]] |
| 243 | ** [[http://funny115.com/v2/26.htm There's also the hilarious scene where he takes off his pants to show Cirie his inflamed nuts and his ass needs to be given a gigantic blur to prevent him from mooning the camera.]] |
| 244 | * NoIndoorVoice: Particularly when dealing with Courtney or Danielle. |
| 245 | * PluckyComicRelief: His often erratic behavior made for many humorous moments. |
| 246 | * PunnyName: His son's name is [[Film/AustinPowers Boston Powers]] |
| 247 | * RealityShowGenreBlindness: Did nobody tell him he wouldn't get cigarettes in the game? |
| 248 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Toward Aras and Danielle at the final tribal council. |
| 249 | * SanitySlippage: As a result of nicotine withdrawal, the game itself, and being trapped with (equally-)crazy people. |
| 250 | * ShooOutTheClowns: The most outgoing player of the season and source of a lot of its humor (intentionally or otherwise). He's finally eliminated two episodes before the finale, finishing in fifth place. |
| 251 | * SuicideByCop: Attempted to do this in the second episode but was talked out of it by Aras. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:6th. Courtney Marit]] |
| 255 | !!'''Courtney Marit''' |
| 256 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_courtney_marit.jpg]] |
| 257 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 31/ Los Angeles, California/ fire dancer |
| 258 | ->'''Tribe:''' Bayoneta -> Casaya -> Gitanos |
| 259 | |
| 260 | A fire dancer on the original Bayoneta. Minutes after stepping on Bayoneta, she would establish herself as ''quite'' weird. When the first four tribes collapsed into two, she went to the notoriously dysfunctional Casaya, and became a strong reason for its reputation. Courtney soon aligned with Shane, an equally odd fellow, with whom she would often butt heads with. Although the merge was initially smooth sailing, Terry's immunity streak would force the former Casayas to turn on each other. Courtney decided to align with Terry. However, Cirie, deeming her the biggest threat because she would go to the final two, arranged for her ouster and Courtney got voted out in 6th place. |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Her tribemates openly suspected that her tempestuous relationship with Shane was covering for a crush. Although in this case, it's the ''guy'' who has the sudden mood swings. When Courtney and Shane were left all alone, with Terry on Exile Island, Bruce evacuated out of the game, and everyone else on a reward, it sure seemed like they would get it on eventually. Instead it ended with Shane threatening to drive to her "shitty" apartment and kill her. |
| 263 | * ButtMonkey: Exemplified in The Touchy Subjects challenge. See ThePawn below. |
| 264 | * CassandraTruth[=/=]DumbassHasAPoint: In her argument with Aras, Courtney points out if Terry has the idol he would not give it up. Considering the idol at the time was used ''after'' the votes were revealed, this was a reasonable assumption. Plus, she was right in the end as Terry did not use it on anyone. |
| 265 | * TheChewToy: Gets mocked by most the rest of the cast. |
| 266 | * CloudCuckooLander: Her somewhat oblivious nature combined with her focus on alternative spirituality gives this impression. |
| 267 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: After one of Shane's rage fueled tirades against Courtney, which included a ''death threat'', Courtney was only upset that he belittled her apartment. |
| 268 | * CuteBruiser: She's a very good athlete. |
| 269 | * TheDitz: Not necessarily stupid, but certainly oblivious to how she’s perceived. |
| 270 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: As seen at the final 7 reward challenge. |
| 271 | * TheGadfly: Occasionally needles Shane for fun. |
| 272 | * GranolaGirl: Frequently explains spiritual energies, animal signs, and other “alt” concepts. |
| 273 | * MsFanservice: She’s a pretty, young, athletic woman with a red and black swimsuit. |
| 274 | * ThePawn: Courtney was the final two option for almost everyone on the merged Gitanos tribe, except perhaps for Cirie, who saw her as a challenge threat. She annoyed EVERYONE, and was pegged as a "goat" that could easily be beaten in a popularity contest. |
| 275 | * PluckyComicRelief: She's often the odd woman out, but her interactions make her quite humorous. |
| 276 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly girl to Danielle's tomboy. |
| 277 | * UnwittingPawn: Was the victim of the Cirie/Aras/Danielle vote off, headed by Cirie, to prevent Courtney from reaching the finals to fulfill her destiny as a final two goat. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:7th. Bruce Kanegai (evacuated)]] |
| 281 | !!'''Bruce Kanegai''' |
| 282 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_bruce_kanegai.jpg]] |
| 283 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 57/ Simi Valley, California/ art teacher |
| 284 | ->'''Tribe:''' La Mina -> Casaya -> Gitanos |
| 285 | |
| 286 | A martial arts instructor and art teacher placed on the original La Mina. After the elimination of Melinda, he was placed on Casaya, where he was pegged as an outsider. He was nearly voted out in episode five due to a conflict with Aras, but was saved by Danielle's lobbying. When the tribes merged, the former La Mina attempted to Bruce to flip, but he didn't budge. He kept steady rather far into the game, before being evacuated due to severe constipation. |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * BadassBookworm: An old schoolteacher who held his own until sickness forced him out. |
| 289 | * ButtMonkey: Bruce was exiled twice consecutively and was eventually removed from the game in a painful way. |
| 290 | * CoolOldGuy: Mostly liked and respected by the tribe, despite his occasional crabbiness and wine-stealing. |
| 291 | * CoolTeacher: Both a martial arts instructor and an art teacher. |
| 292 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Danielle and Bobby. His friendship with the former is what saved him from eliminated at his first tribal council. Coincidentally, his daughter's name is Danielle. |
| 293 | * NonGameplayElimination: The second person to be evacuated from the show in almost five years and ten seasons. |
| 294 | * NotSoStoic: Even with his eccentricities, he's generally pretty laid-back and patient. But when Aras asked him if it was appropriate to work on his rock garden when they has having trouble making fire, Bruce bluntly told him to "get more fire". This caused the two men to argue and nearly got Bruce out of the game. |
| 295 | * SixthRanger: To Casaya. |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:8th. Sally Schumann]] |
| 299 | !!'''Sally Schumann''' |
| 300 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_sally_schumann.jpg]] |
| 301 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 26/ Chicago, Illinois/ social worker |
| 302 | ->'''Tribe:''' Bayoneta -> La Mina -> Gitanos |
| 303 | |
| 304 | A social worker on the Bayoneta tribe. Once she became on La Mina, Sally would become an outsider with Misty's blindside. She was exiled in the sixth episode, which saved her from certain elimination. When the merge happen, Sally's luck didn't improve and she was eventually voted out in 8th place as part of Casaya's pagonging. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * BornUnlucky [=/=] ButtMonkey: Sally was consistently in the minority since Day 8. |
| 307 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Well-liked by all her tribemates. |
| 308 | * GirlishPigtails: Her general hairstyle. |
| 309 | * MsFanservice: A very pretty young woman with ZettaiRyouiki. |
| 310 | * ShoutOut: She wears her hair in [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] buns during the Final Tribal Council. |
| 311 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Sally very quickly became the last woman standing once Casaya started their winning streak. |
| 312 | * TemptingFate: On her first fishing trip, Sally claim she should have practiced with the spear more. This would come true as she lost the spear on her first use on it. |
| 313 | * ThoseTwoGirls: With Misty on La Mina, who were both on the outs. |
| 314 | * ThrowTheDogABone: Sally was at the bottom of the La Mina tribe and all set to go home if they lost the last pre-merge immunity challenge. When Casaya won it, they had the choice to send one La Mina member to Exile Island and sit out that tribal council and landed on her. As a result, she made the jury phase by the skin of her teeth, as Dan was voted out in her stead and Nick and Austin were immediately much bigger targets than her once the tribes merged. |
| 315 | * TheUnfavorite: Sally revealed her divorce made her one to her parents. |
| 316 | [[/folder]] |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[folder:9th. Austin Carty]] |
| 319 | !!'''Austin Carty''' |
| 320 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_austin_carty.jpg]] |
| 321 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 24/ High Point, North Carolina/ writer |
| 322 | ->'''Tribe:''' Viveros -> La Mina -> Gitanos |
| 323 | |
| 324 | A writer on the Viveros tribe. When switched to La Mina, Austin would join Terry and Dan to form a men's alliance. However, La Mina's losing streak cost them the numbers advantages. Because of Terry's immunity streak and not using his hidden immunity idol, Austin was voted out in 9th. |
| 325 | ---- |
| 326 | * UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Austin sports a strong southern accent. |
| 327 | * InformedAttribute: Austin claimed he can't help but [[TheCasanova flirt with women]]. We don't see that and he even chose to be in a men's alliance over one with two beautiful women. |
| 328 | * TheLancer: To Terry during the merge. |
| 329 | * NiceGuy: His comforting of Sally over her rough relationship with her parents stands out. |
| 330 | %%* PermaStubble |
| 331 | * TheStrategist: Primary one on La Mina. |
| 332 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Enacted one at the first individual immunity challenge to avoid being voted out. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | !!Voted Out |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:10th. Nicholas "Nick" Stanbury]] |
| 338 | !!'''Nick Stanbury''' |
| 339 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_nick_stanbury.jpg]] |
| 340 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 25/ Tempe, Arizona/ finances salesperson |
| 341 | ->'''Tribe:''' Viveros -> La Mina -> Gitanos |
| 342 | |
| 343 | An accountant on the Viveros tribe. When transferred to La Mina, Nick was on the men's alliance. Unlike his friend, Austi, Nick was much quieter a contestant. However, La Mina entered the merge without numbers in their side and no alliance to support them. When Terry won immunity, Nick was voted out for being the next-biggest threat. |
| 344 | ---- |
| 345 | * TheBigGuy: To La Mina. |
| 346 | * HeroicBuild: Nick might not be a full blown MrFanservice but he has some amazing abs. |
| 347 | * LastWords: Instead of the usual pleasantries or bitter rants people give when they are voted off, Nick gives a quite possibly epic final words dovetailing his experience on the show with his (what appears to be libertarian) political beliefs. |
| 348 | %%* OutOfFocus |
| 349 | %%* TheQuietOne |
| 350 | * TheStoic: Best example is when Sally lost the spear. He kept calm and told the panicky Sally that everything is going to be okay. |
| 351 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Austin. |
| 352 | %%* WorthyOpponent |
| 353 | [[/folder]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[folder:11th. Dan(iel) Barry]] |
| 356 | !!'''Dan Barry''' |
| 357 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_dan_barry.jpg]] |
| 358 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 51/ South Hadley, Massachussetts/ retired astronaut |
| 359 | ->'''Tribe:''' La Mina |
| 360 | |
| 361 | A retired astronaut who was originally placed on La Mina. He immediately befriended Terry based on flying backgrounds. After the switch, Dan was in a comfortable men's alliance. In the last pre merge immunity challenge, Dan fouled up, costing his tribe the win. With the usual target, Sally, on Exile Island, Dan was voted instead. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * CoolOldGuy: He's almost universally liked by his tribemates. |
| 364 | * GracefulLoser: Accepts his vote-out and states he was just grateful to have another adventure. |
| 365 | * NumberTwo: To Terry. |
| 366 | * RetiredBadass: He's a former astronaut. His tribe certainly respected him enough to think of him as this. |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[folder:12th. Bobby "Bobdawg" Mason]] |
| 370 | !!'''Bobby "Bobdawg" Mason''' |
| 371 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 32/ Los Angeles, California/ attorney |
| 372 | ->'''Tribe:''' Viveros -> Casaya |
| 373 | |
| 374 | An attorney from the original Viveros tribe and the newly formed Casaya tribe. Bobby, or "Bobdawg" as he's better known outside of the show, is best known outside of Survivor for his commentary surrounding the show and how early boots such as himself are portrayed. Unfortunately for him, he was also stuck on Casaya, one of the most dysfunctional tribes ever assembled, where he was forced to deal with people who not only wanted to vote him out; but also some legitimately crazy people. After going off on Courtney for annoying him over a bottle of wine that he drank with Bruce, plus the possibility of him flipping over to La Mina at the merge looming, he was voted out by the women of Casaya in 12th place. |
| 375 | ---- |
| 376 | * AscendedFanboy: He was [[OutOfFocus barely shown]] during his season, but absolutely a textbook case. Check out his [[http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/392/t/The-Deuceman-Cometh.html thread]] on Survivor Sucks where he speaks about his experiences on the show and why the editing screwed him over. It's surprisingly insightful. |
| 377 | * BadassBoast: Describes his starting tribe (the younger men) as the "young beefcake crowd," and describes himself as the charter member and president. |
| 378 | * TheBigGuy: To the new Casaya. |
| 379 | * GeniusBruiser: A very strong man and an intelligent attorney, though his intelligence was not shown much on camera. |
| 380 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Bruce, who had the same tactic of avoiding the hassle of dealing with Casaya. |
| 381 | * KnightInSourArmor: Because he was stuck on what was possibly the most dysfunctional tribe ever. His coping mechanism was avoiding them whenever he could. |
| 382 | * LazyBum: Was seen as one by his tribe. |
| 383 | * OnlySaneMan: Besides Cirie and Aras. |
| 384 | * OutGambitted: He had intended to adopt an unstable, vapid persona to get people to underestimate him. But then he got sent to a tribe where people acted even worse and were ''not'' faking it. |
| 385 | * OutOfFocus: Doesn’t get much attention, and most of the attention he does get is negative. |
| 386 | * ShoutOut: In his first confessional, He called Casaya to the Series/TheGoldenGirls and Bayoneta Music/TheSpiceGirls. |
| 387 | * TattooedCrook: After he and Bruce steal the rest of the tribe’s wine. |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:13th. Ruth Marie Milliman]] |
| 391 | !!'''Ruth Marie Milliman''' |
| 392 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_ruth_marie_milliman.jpg]] |
| 393 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 55/ Greenville, South Carolina/ property developer |
| 394 | ->'''Tribe:''' Casaya -> La Mina |
| 395 | |
| 396 | Real estate agent from the original Casaya tribe and the newly formed La Mina tribe. While she was initially branded as a strong competitor by her tribemates thanks to winning the first reward challenge, she was less well-received on La Mina thanks to the prominence of the all-guy alliance, and was sent home in 13th place after being perceived as weak. |
| 397 | ---- |
| 398 | * CoolOldLady: She was one who won the older women the first challenge. The tribe respected her judging by the voting confessionals. |
| 399 | * FullNameBasis: Always "Ruth Marie", never "Ruth". |
| 400 | * GirlishPigtails: Very feminine and wears her hair in two small braids. |
| 401 | * GracefulLoser: In her post-elimination interview during the recap episode, she says she was lied to and deceived, but she doesn’t blame anyone because that’s the name of the game. |
| 402 | * IWasQuiteALooker: According to her [[AllThereInTheManual Pre-Game Profile]], Ruth Marie was a former beauty queen in the 70s. |
| 403 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Voted out fourth. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:14th. Misty Giles]] |
| 407 | !!'''Misty Giles''' |
| 408 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_misty_giles.jpg]] |
| 409 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 31/ Dallas, Texas/ missile engineer |
| 410 | ->'''Tribe:''' Bayonetta -> La Mina |
| 411 | |
| 412 | A missile engineer and former beauty queen from the original Bayonetta tribe. The first person to ever be sent to Exile Island, Misty was sent to the newly formed La Mina tribe after the swap, where she ended up being the first target of the all-guy alliance and sent home in 14th place. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * BrainyBrunette: Misty is a missile engineer, after all. |
| 415 | * TheCharmer: Attempted to work the younger men and failed. |
| 416 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: Terry's explanation for getting rid of her is that she was too intelligent to keep around. In addition, her elimination arguably contributed to beginning La Mina’s losing streak. |
| 417 | * MsFanservice: A very beautiful woman, and she tried (and failed) to use it to her advantage. |
| 418 | * ShaggyDogStory: She is eliminated because Terry and Dan fear she will be too dangerous at the merge and because they don’t want to break their previous pact with Ruth Marie. Her elimination, however, contributes to La Mina’s losing streak, which leads to the Ruth Marie alliance being broken the very next round, Dan being eliminated before the merge, and Terry entering the merge with a terrible numbers disadvantage that essentially requires him to win every immunity. |
| 419 | * TheSmartGirl: What led to her elimination. Terry and Dan recognized her intelligence and feared she would be a threat post-merge. |
| 420 | * TheTease: Not that it saved her from elimination. |
| 421 | [[/folder]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[folder:15th. Melinda Hyder]] |
| 424 | !!'''Melinda Hyder''' |
| 425 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_melinda_hyder.jpg]] |
| 426 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 39/ Sevierville, Tennessee/ singer |
| 427 | ->'''Tribe:''' Casaya |
| 428 | |
| 429 | Singer from the original and new Casaya tribe. The variety of people from different backgrounds and beliefs coming into the new tribe made it hard for her to fit in, and once they lost the first immunity challenge she and Cirie were told outright one of them would be leaving. While they both rallied to have Shane voted out after expressing a desire to quit, Melinda was ultimately voted out in 15th place. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * TheCassandra: Melinda more or less predicted her elimination her in her first confessional after the tribe switch. |
| 432 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Was seen as a kind lady by most of her tribemates, though it wasn’t enough to save her. |
| 433 | * TheLoad: Was viewed as this by Aras, and it's what led to her elimination. |
| 434 | * OutOfFocus: We don't really get to see her interactions with the rest of the reformed Casaya. There's hints that she has trouble relating to most of them. |
| 435 | * SurferDude: Talked like this in her EliminationStatement and stated she didn't want to be like this. |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
| 437 | |
| 438 | [[folder:16th. Tina Scheer]] |
| 439 | !!Tina Scheer |
| 440 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s12_tina_scheer.jpg]] |
| 441 | ->'''Age/ home/ job:''' 51/ Hayward, Wisconsin/ logger |
| 442 | ->'''Tribe:''' Casaya |
| 443 | |
| 444 | A logger and the leader of the original Casaya tribe. Tina was originally supposed to be in the preceding season, but her only son died in a car accident shortly before filming, and [[Characters/SurvivorGuatemala Amy O'Hara]] replaced her. After initially taking charge and running a tight ship, the death of her son only a few months earlier was too much for her, and Cirie was able to take her lack of focus on the game and her perceived bossiness as an excuse to vote her out. |
| 445 | ---- |
| 446 | * CoolOldLady: The women was an lumberjill and was the one who made Casaya hospitable. |
| 447 | * DontYouDarePityMe: Stated this in the rites of passage. |
| 448 | * HistoryRepeats: Tina later competed on another reality show called Ultimate Survival Alaska where her team was the lowest performing of the season. Her brother Rob also competed on Series/TheAmazingRace and didn't fare much better than she did. |
| 449 | * LargeHam: Especially win banging on her chest and yelling. |
| 450 | * MercyKill: Casaya generally felt sorry for her as they sent her home. |
| 451 | * MoodWhiplash: Her son died only a few months before the game. This is revealed (to the ConfessionCam) rather abruptly midway through the episode. |
| 452 | * OutlivingOnesOffsping: Tina's son died in a Car accident just months before she was supposed to went on Guatemala. This was mentioned after the original Casaya lost the first challenge of the season. |
| 453 | * WildHair |
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