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8	Alaska Thunderfuck (sometimes known as Alaska Thunderfvck, Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, or simply Alaska) is an American {{drag queen}}, musician, and actor.
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10	Alaska is best known for finishing as a runner-up of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' season five, after previously auditioning for every single season of that show to date but never making the cut. She was famously in a long-term relationship with season four winner Creator/SharonNeedles at the time, but they eventually broke up after Alaska's season aired. Alaska later returned for the second season of ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race All Stars '', which she won.
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12	She's also a recording artist, having released two albums --2015's ''Anus'' and 2016's ''Poundcake''-- and regularly performs with fellow ''Drag Race'' alumni Creator/WillamBelli and Courtney Act as The AAA Girls. Alaska is also a member of the folk pop duo Alaska & Jeremy, who released their debut album, ''Amethyst Journey'', in 2018.
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14	In 2018, Willam and Alaska began the ''Race Chaser'' podcast, recapping every season of ''Drag Race'' from the beginning. The success of ''Race Chaser'' led to the creation of [[https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/mom/ Moguls of Media ("M.O.M.")]], an LGBTQ-focused podcast network in association with Forever Dog, which has launched several titles featuring other ''Drag Race'' alumni.
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17	!! Selected filmography
18	* ''Series/RupaulsDragRace'' (2013) {{as herself}}
19	** ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race All Stars '' (2016)
20	* ''Bro'Laska'' (2014 -- present) {{as herself}}
21	* ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Celebrity Apprentice]]'' (2017) {{as herself}}
22	* ''WebVideo/{{Dimension 20}}: Dungeons and Drag Queens'' (2023) as herself / Princess
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24	!! Discography
25	!!! '''as Alaska Thunderfuck'''
26	* ''Anus'' (2015)
27	* ''Poundcake'' (2016)
28	* ''Vagina'' (2019)
29	!!! '''with The AAA Girls'''
30	* ''Christmas Queens'' EP (2015)
31	* ''Access All Areas'' (2017)
32	!!! '''with Alaska & Jeremy'''
33	* ''Amethyst Journey'' (2018)
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35	!! Alaska provides examples of the following tropes:
36	* BorrowedCatchphrase:
37	** Alaska's memorable way of greeting people ("Hieeee!") [[SharePhrase has caught on]] with ''Drag Race'' fans in real life; even Creator/{{RuPaul}} herself [[GotMeDoingIt starting using it]] on ''and'' off the show. "Hieeee" [[AscendedMeme eventually became the opening track on Alaska's debut album]]. Subverted in that Alaska openly attributes the origin of the saying to fellow ''Drag Race'' alumnus Ongina, who first said it in the series premiere of the show.
38	** She's known for saying that "If you're not wearing nails, you are not doing drag."
39	** When she wants to make sure she is being noticed when talking, she will end any sentence she's saying with "anus".
40	* TheCameo: Along with her fellow AAA Girls Creator/WillamBelli and Creator/CourtneyAct, Alaska appears in the music video for "Power" by Music/LittleMix, since band member Jade Thirlwell is a massive fangirl of drag.
41	* TheDeterminator: Alaska submitted auditions every single season when they were accepting, and even sometimes when they weren't. By her own admission, it got to the point where it became a personal vendetta to get on the show.
42	* DragQueen: Primarily of the campy/genderfuck variety.
43	* MeaningfulRename: Her drag name is a reference to Alaskan Thunderfuck, a potent strain of marijuana.
44	* OfficialCouple: With '"Drag Race'' season four winner Creator/SharonNeedles, until they broke up in 2013. At the time they were known by Drag Race fans as the "Royal Couple of Drag".
45	* OnlyOneName: Because the last part of her drag name, Thunder''fuck'', [[EnforcedTrope had to be censored]] on ''Drag Race'', she sometimes goes by it publicly.
46	* PronounTrouble: When she and Sharon were together, people stumbled over what pronouns they should use to describe them together; 'boyfriend', 'girlfriend', 'boygirlfriend', 'husband', or 'wife' were the usual choices. Sharon herself referred to Alaska as her "girlfriend with a penis".
47	* RecoveredAddict: Used to be an alcoholic and did a lot of drugs (primarily marijuana), but has since gone sober. While its unknown if she has completely given up on pot, she has stopped drinking and will refuse free drinks even in the clubs she performs in.
48	* RecurringCharacter: She is perhaps the most frequently-recurring queen on ''Drag Race'' besides [=RuPaul=] herself; in the first and third seasons she appeared in the montage of HopelessAuditionees, in the fourth season she appeared a couple times in support of Sharon Needles, she was ''[[AscendedExtra finally]]'' a contestant in the fifth season, she made a guest appearance in the first episode of the seventh season, and was the ''[[PromotedFanboy winner]]'' of the ''All Stars 2'' season.
49	* RefugeInAudacity: Well, she ''did'' release an album called ''[[VulgarHumor Anus]]''.
50	* RummageSaleReject: A self proclaimed "trash-queen", although since her time on ''Drag Race'' she has shown capability to fancy it up when she wants to.
51	* SillyWalk: She's quite bow-legged in her manner of walking, but it's generally agreed that it [[FailureGambit fits her personality]].
52	* WildHair:
53	** Doesn't consider herself in proper drag unless she was wearing ''at least'' two wigs teased up into a wild coif.
54	** She later released a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9RQlv5iXHI single]] that insisted "[[BlatantLies THIS IS MY HAIR, I DON'T WEAR WIGS]]".)
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