Characters / Big Brother 19 The Jury 01 To 03

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Cody Lee Nickson (Juror #01; Evicted HG #07, America's Favorite HG)

Cody Lee Nickson

Hometown: Lake Mills, IA

Current Residence: Plano, TX

Born: Apr 13th, 1985

Age: 32 (age at time of competition)

Occupation: Construction Sales Rep

Number Of HOH Wins: 1

Number Of POV Wins: 0

Number of Temptation Challenge Wins: 1

Number Of Times Nominated: 3

Number Of Times As Have-Not: 1

Final Standing in Battle-Back Showdown: 1st ^note (Competed against Paul to re-enter the house, Won, eviction overturned)

Temptations Taken: "Strangest Things" (Winner, Immune Week 6), "Where Were You?" (Eighth Place)

Temptation Punishments: Ve-Toad Curse ^note (Dress and act like a toad for a week – evicted, thus freed from it early)

Prizes Won: America's Favorite Houseguest (WON $25.000); The Amazing Race 30 Official Winners (WON $1.000.000 + $5.000; Shared with Jessica)

Finished: 11th Place [1ST JUROR]

Evicted: 1st Time: 7-2-0 VS. ALEX and RAMSES; 2nd Time: 7-0-0 VS. MATT and ELENA

HOH Evicted Under: ALEX (Week 7, Day 58)

Voted For (As Juror): JOSH

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• Abhorrent Admirer: For Alex in the earlier weeks. Despite Cody going out of his way to help Alex and to protect her (including going against his entire alliance, throwing the POV competition to her, risking Jessica getting mad at him, etc), Alex has still stated (both behind his back and to his face) that she plans on nominating him.
• The Ace: Cody sees himself as the elite of the house. He also considers Paul one, AKA "The Battle of the Alphas". However, he's not as much of an alpha as he appears to be and he comes across as just a try hard.
• Affably Evil: While Cody is more Faux Affably Evil in most situations, there are times when he does show some genuine kindness, compassion and sympathy to others but it's a very select and small group of people. He's shown compassion towards Jessica and Alex. Jessica is his romantic partner so Cody showing affability towards her is not a surprise.
• Aggressive Categorism: Cody was shown to be very ignorant about transgender people and he has made racist and transphobic comments on the live feeds.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Both Paul and Cody are villains and their dynamic is Evil Versus Evil. However, even though Cody can be pretty mean and cruel in his treatment towards the other houseguests, Paul is still far more ruthless in his approach in the game. Some even say that between Paul and Cody, Cody may be the lesser of two evils.
• All Take and No Give: How Cody saw his relationship with Alex (and to a lesser extent, Jason). Cody said that he tried to protect Alex and save Jason in his Exit Interview. He even told Alex he threw his game away for her, so she should consider trusting him. However, Cody thought Alex was ungrateful after what he tried to do for her.
• The Aloner: Cody is a loner and he has one of the worst social games in the house. All he did while he was in the house was lay in bed with Jessica all day. Amazingly, he sulks in the Have-Not room by choice; it was noted to be the most painful one ever (as of this season), with blunted spikes attached the mattress rests so that anybody who rests/sleeps in there will feel them jabbing at them through the cushions.
• Amazon Chaser: Cody is drawn to Alex because he loves that she is a fierce competitor who won't back down from a fight.
• Ambition Is Evil: Whenever Cody wants something or tries to achieve a goal, he's cutthroat and ruthless in how he achieves it. And once Cody has a goal, nothing can or will change his mind. When Cody had the intention of backdooring Paul, he didn't tell any of his alliance members that he was planning on going against the team and nominating one (and later two) of his own alliance members. Cody's ruthlessness regarding his own alliance cost him everyone's trust and they all turned against him.
• And There Was Much Rejoicing: Everyone was glad when Cody was finally evicted and gone for good. The people most overjoyed by his eviction were Paul, Jason, Christmas, Josh and Alex.
• Arch-Enemy:
  • He and Paul never got along from Day 1. It got to the point where both wanted each other out. While Cody might not like Paul, he respects them as a competitor and even calls them a fellow "alpha."
  • Josh also seems to be an arch enemy of his as Josh voted to evict Jillian instead of Christmas. This further plays when Josh tries to make peace with Cody, and Cody simply pushes him away. Josh's childish tantrums don't seem to please Cody either.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Jessica asked Cody if his behavior in the house reflects how he acts in real life, and worries about continuing a serious relationship after all's said and done. Cody admits it does.
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Cody and Jess were very prone to bicker as houseguests, but were fully in love by the time they left the house. As soon as Josh won the game, the first thing Jessica did was bolt over to Cody and leap into his arms, right in the middle of Josh's big moment. That's just how much the two wanted to be together- they put their own relationship before everything else and had a secondary heartwarming moment as Josh celebrated on high.
• Ax-Crazy: On the live feeds when he discussed his past in the military, he smiled creepily while bragging about how many people he has killed in combat.
• Back from the Dead: Cody was evicted in Week 2 but he made a comeback into the house after he won three rounds of the Battle Back Competition and beat Paul in the final round.
• Badass Biker: Cody has a love of motorcycles, it's one of his favorite pastimes and hobbies.
• Badass in Distress: Cody was always the biggest target in the house, there was nobody that supported him or could save him when he was in trouble. The only people that could save Cody were Jessica and himself. Cody was in danger every single week and there was never a time when he wasn't one foot out the door. Much of that is self inflicted though.
• Bad Boss: While he was HOH in Week 1, he was shown to be a terrible leader to his alliance members. He refused to communicate with them about his plans, acted selfishly, and backstabbed two of his alliance members. Cody's actions as the leader in the first week caused him to lose credibility among not just his own allies but the entire house. Cody was mean spirited and unnecessarily rude to some of the other houseguests such as Megan and Josh.
• Backstab Backfire: His attempts to nip both Paul and Christmas in the bud were disastrous. The first came about as his original plan from the get-go, but unfortunately for him, America loved Paul and graced him with the Pendant of Protection. Forced to put somebody up on the block, Cody slammed Christmas up there in Paul's place and became near-universally hated for what he did.
• Battle Couple: Along with Jessica as she is his romantic partner and number one ally. It was the two of them against the rest of the house and they had to fight and compete to stay in the game for as long as they could. Both were solid competitors and they won stuff when they had to to ensure their safety. Unfortunately for them, they were too outnumbered to survive together in the game.
• Beard of Sorrow: When Cody returned after winning the Battle Back competition, he stopped shaving and Jessica noticed it. At the time that he was growing facial hair, he and Jessica were being targeted and going through a rough time. Cody growing a minor beard was a sign that he was stressed and unhappy with his and Jessica's situation in the game.
• Beauty Is Best: Out of all of Jessica's attributes, Cody emphasizes her physical beauty as being the best thing about her. He does acknowledge that he likes her personality as well, but says that the way that she looked was the most important thing that attracted him to Jessica.
• Berserk Button:
  • Josh's very existence. Every time Josh starts complaining about being mistreated by Cody, Cody accuses him of Playing the Victim Card. Even the mere mention of Josh's name is enough to set him off. At one point, Cody is so frustrated with Josh that he tells Josh he doesn't exist to him anymore.
  • Don't bring up the age difference between him and Jessica (Cody is 32 and Jessica is 26 which is a 6 year age difference between the two). This button was pressed by Josh.
  • Don't make "victim noises". In other words, don't whine about getting bullied on when you aren't a real victim of bullying... But Cody doesn't seem to care even if you really are suffering...
  • Don't act stupid or try to prank him. Cody hates idiocy.
• Beyond the Impossible: Cody ended up voting for Josh instead of Paul, just because he respected Josh's game more. This is the guy who threatened to destroy Josh outside of the house, and even Josh himself expected Cody to vote against him. This also happened to be the final vote and the one that confirmed that Josh won the game.
• Blood Knight: Cody openly admitted on the live feeds that he loves war/combat and enlisted in the military because he has a love of fighting and killing. He has even bragged about how many people he had killed while he was in combat and during tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Breakout Character: He and Jessica were chosen by CBS on September 27, 2017, as one of the teams to compete in the 30th season of the US version of The Amazing Race. Before that, Will Kirby was toying with the idea in front of them at the afterparty.
• Bridal Carry: When Jessica was evicted in Week 6, Cody lifted up Jessica and carried her to the door in a bridal carry. Cody did this because Jessica asked him to — she said that she refuses to hug anyone on the way out and Cody carrying her to the door was the only way to ensure that only Cody would be the one to get close to Jessica and hug her goodbye.
• Broken Ace: After Jessica gets kicked out of the house, Cody becomes The Aloner who wallows in the Have-Not room and waits for his eviction, but not before taking away the chance to win the grand prize from as many of "those psychopaths" as possible.
• Broken Tears: Finally shows some emotion when he cries to Jessica after the entire house targets him again in Week 5. Cody finally broke down when he realized how much he (and Jessica by association) was screwed in the game because of his poor behavior and bad game decisions.
• Brutal Honesty: Cody is extremely blunt and honest much to his detriment. His brutal honesty towards some of the other houseguests is highly aggressive and makes him come across as The Bully.
• The Bully: Cody has a very intimidating and aggressive personality. He constantly uses intimidation tactics to make other houseguests feel terrible. He has bullied a few houseguests in the house such as Megan, Christmas, Josh, and Paul. He seems to take pleasure in inflicting pain on others and insulting other people without any remorse. It comes with the territory considering that he's a Jerk Jock.
• The Bus Came Back: Won the Battle Back competition on Day 31, re-entering the game, but was evicted again in Week 7.
• Butt-Monkey: Cody has become the biggest target in the house and he is the most ostracized houseguest in the game. The rest of the house, even those who were his allies earlier on, have all turned against him and want him out of the house. Because of his bad social game and his inability to appear trustworthy to others, it's self inflicted. In the later weeks, Cody (and Jessica) even become the major target for bullying by the other houseguests.
• Byronic Hero: Downplayed. Cody is the embodiment of this trope as he's aloof, anti-social, brooding and has a Dark and Troubled Past. He was also ostrasized while he was in the house.
• Cannot Spit It Out: As their relationship was burgeoning, Cody had trouble giving Jess a straight "I love you" and would often pull a Last-Second Word Swap until he finally worked up the nerve to tell her for real. Justified, because he has an ex and a lot of bitter memories of rejection.
• Cassandra Truth: In the jury house, having blown their chances at winning the game, Elena finally recognizes that Cody's decision to target Christmas was right, and had the house not evicted Jillian, they might still be in the game right about now, and Cody is not as much of a jerk as she thought.
• Catchphrase: "Victim noise" or "victim noises". If it were a drinking game every time he says that phrase, everyone in the world would be drunk as hell.
• Censor Box: In his introduction on the show, Cody is wearing a black strip across one of his dog tags so nobody can ID his post. Very justified, because it's for security concerns.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Cody has no loyalty to anyone in the game with the exception of Jessica. He has turned his back or backstabbed almost every single houseguest at some point, including his own alliance. Because of his backstabbing ways, nobody in the house likes him, trusts him or wants to work with him.
• Cluster F-Bomb: Cody is the biggest curser in the house next to Christmas and Paul. Every other word that comes out of his mouth is the F word. Curse words especially fly out of his mouth much faster when he's pissed off, upset or angered.
• Cold Sniper: In real life, Cody is a genuine example, with the skills to hit multiple targets at several paces and deadly icy focus.
• Colonel Kilgore: Cody states that he has a love of war and being in the military. He even admitted that he enlisted in the military because he loves going into combat and enjoys the violence and killing that comes along with being a marine. He's even bragged about how many people he's killed while he was in combat.
• Combat Sadomasochist: Cody seems to love or have a fascination with violence, killing and fighting. He seems to get a thrill out of it if him being so happy and elated every time he tells stories about him killing people while was in combat as a marine are anything to go by. This is the same guy who bragged about flying down to the Ferguson riot (which was very violent and dangerous to begin with) and bragging about he went there simply to see if he could survive among all of the violence and chaos.
• The Comically Serious: Even when Cody tells a joke or tries to be funny (which is very hard for him for the vast majority of the time), he comes across as incredibly deadpan and serious. Despite his serious lack of humor, he can come across as funny at times during humorous moments simply because he's so serious to begin with.
• Consummate Liar: Cody just simply cannot tell the truth regarding himself. He's lied about his personal life so many times that many of the houseguests think that he has multiple personalities. He's lied about his age (said he was 27 when he was really 32), the year he graduated from high school (said he graduated in 2008 when he really graduated in 2003), how many years he served in the military (said that he served 4 or 6 years in the military when he actually served 10 years), his birth order in his family (he told Jessica he's the oldest child of four but he had an older brother named Dillan that died in a motorcycle accident six years ago), about the fact that his very young nephew Dillan was named after his late older brother, and lied about having a five year old daughter named Paisley (he was even hesitant to let Jessica know that he had a daughter). Nobody trusts him because he lies so much despite his Brutal Honesty when it comes to expressing how he feels about situations or the other houseguests. Paul even stated to the rest of the house that they couldn't name one factual piece of information about Cody because none of his stories add up.
• Control Freak: Cody is very controlling by nature. He likes to have complete command of everything. He tried to be in control of his alliance when he was HOH in Week 1, but he became so controlling of everything that his plans blew up in his face and he alienated his entire alliance in the process.
• Cute and Psycho: On the surface, he looks completely normal. However, it's obvious by his behavior in the house that he's mentally and emotionally unstable and is battling serious emotional issues.
• The Cynic: Cody has a very cynical view on life but it could be because of all the hardships and struggles that he's gone through as well as becoming hardened by his experiences as a military man.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Cody has serious emotional problems due to being a veteran and engaging in combat who has done a few tours of duty in the Middle East.
• Deadpan Snarker: Everything that comes out of Cody's mouth is sarcastic and deadpan. He is The Stoic after all.
• Death Glare: Gives these to everyone, but especially to those that he doesn't like or those whom he deems untrustworthy. BB Comics week even branded him as "The Starecrow".
• Deep South: Cody is currently residing in Dallas, Texas but he's originally from Lake Mills, Iowa.
• Defrosting Ice King: Normally, Cody is unemotional and The Stoic. However, there are only a select few people where Cody will show a more emotional, vulnerable and human side. The first is Alex, whom Cody seems to have a deep affection, respect and admiration for. Whenever Cody interacts with Alex, he becomes much more relaxed and likeable. The second is Jessica, who is his showmantic partner and his only ally in the game.
• Despair Event Horizon: In the later weeks of the game, especially in Week 6 and 7, Cody comes to realize that he made a lot of major mistakes in the game. After Jessica leaves, he seems to lose all hope of winning. Once he knows that he's going to be backdoored by Alex, he spends all his time alone in the Have Not room and refuses to socialize with the other houseguests. Much of his hopelessness in the game is self inflicted and is a result of the bad choices he made in the game.
• The Determinator: Cody is extremely persistent when he has a goal or an agenda. He was so determined to align with Alex early in the game out of interest and respect for her but Alex had declined his offer. That still didn't stop Cody from trying to find a way to get Alex to align with him. He also made it his number one goal in trying to get Paul out of the house.
• Didn't Think This Through: Cody tried to throw the last Temptation Challenge, "Where Were You?", and thought he didn't hear any sound effects while residing in the Have Not room... except he forgot about hearing the jackhammer in there and accidentally scored a point. Had he chosen the HOH room where Josh was residing (which he didn't go anywhere near), he could have succeeded.
• Digging Yourself Deeper: Cody eating Alex's entire box of cereal just to spite her over a game move did nothing to help Cody's position in the house or the other houseguests' perceptions of him. The funny thing is, Alex wanted Elena gone and was going to try to persuade the house to vote her out, but Cody just had to screw up the chances to save himself by acting petty over Alex.
• Disc-One Final Boss: He seems to be the primary antagonist of this Season, but he was evicted in the second episode. Then Cody returned by winning the Battle-Back Showdown, restoring his primary antagonist status. He's this again after being evicted for a second time with a 7-0 vote.
• Dogged Nice Guy: For Alex. For the first two or three weeks of the game, Cody was extremely persistent in trying to get Alex to be in an alliance with him. But much to Cody's disappointment, Alex turned him down and told him that she had planned on targeting him along with Jessica and the rest of the showmances. Cody didn't really take it well and put Alex on the block.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Cody hates people who throw pity parties or victim noises. Ironically, it's only acceptable when he's the one making victim noises such as when he and Jessica were being targeted by the other house (for very good reason) and Cody ended up crying because of it. It seems the only one who can make victim noises is himself and the only one who's allowed to pity him is Jessica.
• Drill Sergeant Nasty: Downplayed. During the week that Cody was in charge as HOH in Week 1, he was rude, selfish and abrasive in his treatment towards the other houseguests, including his own alliance members. But he wasn't really that confrontational and argumentative with the others in the beginning. Cody didn't start to display aggressive, intimidating and belligerent behavior or getting into fighting or yelling matches with the other houseguests until later on in the game after the entire house turned against him. Once everyone turned on him, Cody became downright nasty, mean spirited and vicious in his treatment towards the other houseguests and he became the most unpleasant person to be around.
• Drunk with Power: Whenever Cody gets some kind of power, he completely abuses it and lets arrogance dictate his behaviour in the game.
• The Dulcinea Effect: Cody was willing to throw away his game for Alex and Jessica, despite not knowing them for that long. Cody had a serious soft spot and strong infatuation with Alex at the beginning which caused him to go to extreme lengths to save and protect her even against his alliance members desires. Jessica was in a showmance with Cody so it's understandable why he would be willing to throw away the chance to win 500G's for her if he felt that he was a liability or detriment to her future or chances in the game.
• Emotionless Boy: Cody rarely emotes beyond a cold, clinical stare. The only ones who can make him emote past that are Jessica and Alex (in the earlier part of the game) and those who make him lose his temper. In some ways, he's also a Broken Bird- Cody seems like a tired man who is closed off from people due to personal trauma and has grown weary of emotions and bitter toward the notion of fun.
• Empty Eyes: Along with his Thousand-Yard Stare. Cody's eyes often appear very vacant and empty along with his often emotionless facial expressions. When the producers wanted to prove that point prior to his second and final eviction, they added robotic whirs to Cody's eyes when they moved.
• Enraged by Idiocy: Cody gets easily irritated by some of the other houseguests stupidity and immaturity, most notably Josh's Attention Whore antics and dramatic behavior. Ironically, Cody has made a lot of stupid mistakes in the game.
• Entitled Bastard: Cody has an extremely entitled and It's All About Me attitude. He flat out refuses to let his alliance know about his game plan as HOH in Week 1. As a result, his entire alliance started to mistrust Cody and felt that he was acting shady because he refused to communicate his plans with anyone.
• Entitled to Have You: Cody was arrogant enough to believe that Alex should have a degree of loyalty to him because he's stated that he wants to protect her or keep her safe in the game. He also had a sense of entitlement over Alex in the first week when he tried to make an alliance with her. Once he realized that her plans didn't coincide with his and that she wasn't sure on aligning with him, he put her on the block (understandably so).
• Epic Fail: His Eviction Speech on Double Eviction night where he was trying to call out Alex for playing a dirty game because she was trying to flip the house to get out Matt, Paul or Raven (when it was him who came up with the idea to do all of that in an attempt to try to keep himself from going on the block as a replacement nominee) was one giant colossal mess of Blatant Lies. Alex and Jason gave his speech a giant raspberry and an Emperor's thumb down once he was finished. Going by the other's reaction to his speech, nobody was buying what he was selling.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Cody may be the villain and he's generally not the most pleasant guy on the playground in his cruel treatment of others, but even he believes that the bullying and harassment that he and Jess have faced in the game has crossed a moral line. He's also commented that people personally attacking his military status and career was way too personal even though the other houseguests had ill will towards him.
• Evil Counterpart: To Mark. Both are athletes or athletic guys, with Mark being a Lovable Jock and Cody being a Jerk Jock. Both Mark and Cody are in showmances with a female houseguest (Mark was in a showmance with Elena and Cody was in a showmance with Jessica). The major difference between the two of them is that Mark is a genuinely Nice Guy while Cody is a Jerkass.
• Evil Grin: Upon hearing that he has a chance to go back into the competition, his face lights up with a look that Julie believes is him thinking about Revenge.
• Evil Is Petty: Cody can be very harsh, cruel and mean, especially towards people that he doesn't like. For example, when Cody was nominating Megan in the first week, he unnecessarily told her to her face in his nomination speech that he was putting her on the block simply because he didn't like her. Cody also seems to like talking trash and saying mean things about all of the other houseguests with Josh, Paul, and Christmas being his main targets. He has also made racist and transphobic comments.
• Evil Laugh: Cody already has a creepy enough laugh as it is but whenever he's feeling confident in the game or if he knows that something is going to benefit him and work in his favor, he resorts to laughing like a giddy maniac.
• Evil Versus Evil: For the majority of the season, it's been Paul vs. Cody. They spent the entire game plotting to evict each other. At the start, Paul and Cody were in an alliance together but Cody tried to get rid of Paul and he dramatically failed to do so. Since then, there's been a huge lack of trust between the two and Paul and Cody were each other's number one target. Between the two of them, Paul won the battle as Cody was evicted for the second time in Week 7.
• Flyover Country: Cody is originally from a city in Iowa called Lake Mills. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas.
• For the Evulz: Cody wants Josh out of the game simply to savor the moment of watching him leave and even took delight in the idea of the houseguests booing at his unwanted eviction. Suprisingly, Cody was cheered during his own eviction(s) instead of booed himself, so not everyone opposes his gameplay decisions. He also tried to ruin people's games just because he wanted to watch them fail.
• Foreshadowing: Cody was the last to enter the house because he held the door open for Jessica. Cody turned out to be the Black Sheep of the house and got into a relationship with Jessica, who considers him a gentleman.
• Freudian Slip: After his second eviction, he accidentally infers that he wants to marry Jessica, but quickly backs away from the idea this soon. Julie lampshades this by saying Jessica is probably screaming at home after hearing this.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: He plays the game mean-spiritedly from day one. Yet, he is strongly respected by Mark and Elena, and adored by Jessica. Meanwhile, his nemesis Paul plays the game in good spirits and has just about everyone else at his side. Cody immediately earns dislike for ruthlessly and methodically targeting Paul and causing discord in the household in general, without care over who he steps over. As soon as he tried to backstab Paul and it backfires due to Paul secretly taking the Pendant of Protection, Cody is outed as a backstabber and his reputation flat-lined among the rest of the household beyond Jessica and Marlena, who stick with him no matter what- even though Cody himself is annoyed by the latter group's flip-flopping.
• Friendless Background: Intermingled with Family Man. Cody tells Jessica he doesn't have any friends in real life and is very close to his family, which explains why he's so irrationally hateful towards other people out of spite for their fellowship. And then there's the implication that his isolated life and time in the military has made him very self-dependent and unwilling to think his judgements are wrong because he has no one there to be his crutch and tell him when he's in the wrong.
• Gasshole: The other houseguests complained about how much Cody farts and how disgusting it is that he does it all over the house.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Cody has a visible jealous and envious streak when it comes to Paul.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Normally is very stoic and unemotional, but he has a very quick and violent temper when he's provoked.
• Hated by All: Cody is rather intensely hated by the rest of the house due to his aggressive, mean-spirited, and duplicitous antics, including (but not limited to) going out of his way to mistreat other houseguests for little to no reason, backstabbing his own alliances, and simply being mean and spiteful the majority of the time.
• Hates Everyone Equally: Cody admits that he hates everyone in the house with the exception of Jessica.
• The Hermit: Cody has openly admitted that he prefers being alone and he likes the solitary environment. It makes sense since he has No Social Skills and didn't really bond and develop any strong personal relationships in the game.
• Heteronormative Crusader: According to the discussions on the live feeds, Cody doesn't appear to have too high of an opinion on the LGBTQ community, especially transgendered people. He has repeatedly called transgendered individuals "tranny", which is a very derogatory term.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Cody was this with Mark at the beginning of the game along with being Bash Brothers. Mark and Cody were really close and the two of them admitted that they were each other's ride or die in the game. Unfortunately, their friendship and alliance fell apart once Cody flipped on his alliance and Mark sided with Paul instead which caused distrust towards Mark on Cody's behalf. Mark has stated that even though he and Cody drifted apart on a game related level, he still liked Cody and wanted to be friends with him outside of the house.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Cody's decision to blindside his entire alliance by backstabbing not just one (Paul), but two members of it has, more or less, led to the rest of the alliance (except for Jessica) completely abandoning him and Cody becoming one of the biggest targets in the entire game.
• Humiliation Conga: Being turned into a Ve-Toad along with co-conspirator Jessica, forced to hop around the house dressed like a frog and stand only on lily pads throughout the place. Then, when he comes back into the game and the following HOH competition includes random punishments to inflict on others to encourage their loss, the whole house indulges in tormenting him and Jessica.
• Hunk: Despite his unpleasant personality, Cody is a physically appealing man. He's also a Walking Shirtless Scene who likes to show off his ripped body.
• Ice King: To the point that a professional interrogator (Megan) couldn't even read him. Cody doesn't even pretend to be particularly affable. Even when the house is joking around and having fun, Cody is icy and serious. Justified, because he's from the military and the experience hardened him.
• I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Cody respects Alex because she has no problem with challenging him. In the very first week when Alex and Cody were the last two left competing in the Safety Competition, Cody tried to use manipulation and reverse psychology in order to get Alex to throw the competition to him. Alex didn't fall for it and instead told him "No offense, but I hope you eat shit." Cody found this amusing and smiled.
• Ineffectual Loner: Cody could have been a force to be reckoned with in the game since he's a pretty strong competitor, but his social game is so terrible and his inability to form personal bonds and relationships with most of the other houseguests made sure that he never stood a chance of lasting long in the game.
• Irony:
  • Cody calls all of the other houseguests "psychopaths" and bullies when it's him who acted psychopathic since the beginning of the game and mistreated numerous houseguests for no reason.
  • The one person (Alex) that Cody strongly respected and admired, blew up his whole game for and turned on his alliance for, was the same person who was responsible for his downfall and his eviction. Looks like Jessica's instincts regarding Alex being the eventual downfall for Cody were spot on.
• Irrational Hatred: Has this for Paul and Josh. Granted, the both of them can be hard to manage sometimes due to their brash personalities. However, Cody has disliked Paul since the very beginning of the season. Cody even admitted that he hated Paul on his season (Big Brother 18). He went out of his way to target Paul in the first couple of weeks. Since then, Cody has made it his mission to try to get Paul out of the house. Cody also has an intense hatred of Josh. He claims that he hates Josh because he's overly emotional, immature, and makes himself out to be a victim constantly. While all of this may be true, it still doesn't justify Cody's mistreatment and bullying of him.
• It's All About Me: Puts up Paul without talking to his allies, and then does the exact same to Christmas when his attempts to backdoor Paul fails without even warning them.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Was willing to allow himself to be evicted in order to further Jessica's game. Despite his huge role in making them both targets, it was still admirable and a humanizing moment for a change. And now it's gone even further with Cody telling her outright that he's afraid he can't make her happy in the way she deserves to be happy. Jessica sweetly told Cody that he shouldn't believe that and that he shouldn't just assume what he thinks is right to shield himself from getting hurt, because he can be wrong.
• I Warned You: To everyone who ended up in the Jury House with him because they didn't heed his warnings that Paul was only using them to his own end and dumping them as soon as they became a liability to his game.
• Jerkass: Is consistently rude and deceitful toward just about everyone to the point that even his own alliance members think he's going too far. Being a dick in Big Brother gets you on the chopping block, but with him, it's a step further in that he seems ready to kill some people. One wonders why he isn't in counseling.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: At the very least, he is very loyal towards Jessica, and he does have quite a few morality pets as shown below. He does seem to genuinely love and care for his daughter as well, so Cody isn't all bad.
• Jerk Jock: Cody is highly athletic and physically fit. However, he's not the friendliest guy on the play ground and he's quite mean and cruel in the way that he treats the other houseguests. He's also strongly arrogant and thinks he's better than everyone else.
• Lack of Empathy: Cody is emotionless and The Stoic. He rarely shows any kind of vulnerability or emotion. It takes people like Alex and Jessica to get him to show some emotion openly. He also didn't seem to care that Christmas had injured her foot. When Christmas had come back from surgery, everyone except Cody had come down to check on Christmas.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Cody bullied his way into becoming the first HOH with reverse psychology and then took a stab at both Christmas and Paul from behind, and treated Josh like shit along with Jessica. Paul proceed to rally the rest of the house against Cody, then Christmas cursed him and Jessica into becoming a Ve-Toad.
• Loners Are Freaks: Cody is a loner, so he's considered to be an outcast among the other houseguests. Many of the other houseguests find Cody's behavior very bizarre with some even believing that Cody suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder.
• Manipulative Bastard: Plays up his reactions as creepily friendly and extraverted to gain brownie points with Christmas during her story about her time with NASCAR. The way he behaves is so out of character and forced that he starts cringing. You can almost hear the seams inside him popping from putting on such a painful performance.
• Men Are the Expendable Gender: In the custody hearings for his daughter Paisley, the judge only gave him the summer months. Which he is giving up by coming onto this show.
• Men Don't Cry: Subverted. He admitted to Jessica that he rarely cries and it's hard to get a tear out of him, but he was on the verge of tears when he had put Alex on the block. Even then, Cody went into denial saying that he didn't get emotional. In the later weeks, Cody ends up sobbing to Jessica when they get targeted by the entire house. It was the second time (after showing emotion for putting Alex on the block) that Cody had shown that he does cry.
• Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow: Subverted. In the early weeks, Cody, who is White, was drawn to Alex, who is Asian, and had a bond with her. Cody mentioned that he liked and respected Alex because she's a strong competitor. He also seems to be drawn to her strong, feisty personality as he was amused when Alex had told him to eat shit while they were going head to head in the Safety Competition.
• Miles Gloriosus: Constantly says that he's trustworthy which he believes makes him heroic. However, nobody in the house wants to align with him because he has such a poor social game and has proven to be untrustworthy because he went against his entire alliance. Josh even accuses him of having "little man syndrome".
• The Millstone: Although Cody is a reasonably good competitor, he's still pretty useless socially and strategically in the game. The guy has zero social skills and has no allies in the game (except Jessica) because he's shown to be very untrustworthy. When he's not in power, his contributions to the game include laying in bed with Jessica all day, playing victim, and talking trash about the other houseguests that he deems unworthy of his social presence. Without having strong competition prowess, Cody is pretty incompetent in the game.
• Morality Pet: Jessica is his showmance and the only person who really stuck by his side, so that's why she would keep Cody in check when he becomes too intense.
• Must Make Amends: This will really surprise you. Once Josh won the game, Cody immediately went and apologized to Josh's folks for his misconduct in the house, proving that all the stuff he said was brought out by anger and not truly personal.
  Josh: It was so crazy. He came up to me and shook my hand and congratulated me. I was not expecting that and he said, 'I apologize. It was just a part of the game.' I apologized too and he then went to my family and said, 'I apologize. It was just a game move and just a show. If I hurt you guys I'm so sorry.' That was huge. As a man I really respected that and it meant a lot. Even though we're not friends and we probably won't talk after this, I really appreciated that and it meant a lot to me.
• Murder the Hypotenuse: Cody wanted Paul out of the house in Week 1 because Paul was desperate to get Alex out of the house. Paul rallied people to get Cody to put Alex on the block in order to placate his large alliance. Cody, on the other hand, wanted to protect Alex, much to his alliance's disconcertion and Paul targeting her seriously rubbed Cody the wrong way.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Cody doesn't plan on winning the game anymore after coming to realize that he's let hate dictate his moves in the game so intensely that he's being viewed as a sociopath by everybody, even his girlfriend.
• Narcissist: When he's on a power trip, Cody is best described as an angry Adonis who thinks he's on top of the world and wonders why people aren't worshipping at his feet when he doesn't show any concern for them. The one time he did try to show a vested interest in somebody's background (Christmas), it was so fake and plastic that you'd think Cody had blown a fuse. Josh was also annoyed Cody hadn't bothered to get to know him and learn about his degree in business and instead bullied him all this time.
• Nerves of Steel: Cody is almost unflappable, even when everybody is taunting him. He is the epitome of The Stoic.
• Never My Fault: Cody can't own up to all of his bad behavior, his poor attitude throughout the game, and the many horrible things that he said while he was in the house. He doesn't own up to anything, including the fact that he was an abrasive bully who threatened and abused people while in the house and was also completely and unnecessarily rude to other people for no reason.
• No Sense of Humor: Cody is basically the anti fun police. He doesn't seem to have a grasp on humor and having fun. When Paul was fooling around by dressing up as a rodeo clown in Week 1, everyone in the room was laughing and having a good time but Cody was completely serious and looked like he was about to kill Paul. And when Paul pranked him by putting Vaseline (petroleum jelly) on the coffee filters and scoop, Cody didn't laugh- he broke into a Tranquil Fury and began hatefully cussing under his breath. Unlike all the other houseguests, Cody finds NO mirth in pranking/being pranked or lightening up for anybody except Jessica.
• No Social Skills: Cody is extremely socially awkward and anti social. His social game is very poor and he doesn't know how to actively socialize with the rest of the houseguests. His lack of decent social skills have contributed to Cody being such a huge target.
• Not Good with Rejection: Cody had been trying for weeks to get Alex to be in an alliance with him, but Alex turned down his offer and told him boldly that she was planning on targeting him and the other showmances. Cody didn't react that well to Alex's rejection of being an alliance with him and he nominated her after Megan quit the game. Even after Cody had put Alex on the block, he still continued to be persistent in trying to both protect her and get her to align with him much to Jessica's disconcertion.
• Official Couple: With Jessica; it's not only an actual relationship, it's involved some hanky-panky.
• Out-of-Character Alert: Cody acting emotive around Christmas to try and make people see he's not a bad guy and can have emotional investments in people. It is so forced and creepy and one of the cringiest things to watch.
• Perpetual Frowner: The guy serious doesn't know how to smile. He always seems like he has a permanent scowl on his face which makes him come across as completely anti social and unfriendly.
• Pet the Dog: Cody, who is normally flip flopping between being a Jerkass and The Stoic, and his interactions with both Alex and Jessica bring out a much more vulnerable, nice and emotional side out of him. Alex is a Morality Pet for Cody and he has an obvious soft spot for her. He becomes more endearing whenever he's interacting with her. Jessica is his Love Interest so that's why she would make Cody become more nice and tolerable. Although, it is arguable that Jessica does bring out the worst in Cody at the same time.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Cody made transphobic comments just a couple days into feeds. He also described Audrey Middleton as "a dude dressed up like a girl". When his showmance partner Jess called him out on his transphobia, Cody defended himself by saying "that's what he was!"
• Poor Communication Kills: Cody refers to people Playing the Victim Card as making "victim noises". The way he words it is too curt and cold; it makes it sound like a blanket statement that he's apathetic to people who have been seriously hurt on an emotional level. He's not, he's just so stiff and annoyed when he talks to people that he usually comes off as hostile and it's very hard to tell when he's being sincere.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue Oni to Paul's Red Oni – militant, cold, and unflinching to Paul's energetic, passionate and spirited. Best seen when the two competed in the Battle-Back Showdown and their colors matched their characters with Cody wearing blue and Paul wearing red.
• Rejection Affection: Cody repeatedly asked Alex to be in an alliance with him throughout the game. Alex rejects him over and over. Cody doesn't take the hint. Even when Alex warned Cody the first time when she stated that she would target him, he still didn't stop being determined in trying to get Alex to join his side of the house. When she rejected him the first time, he put her on the block. When she saved herself by winning the POV, he threw his alliance under the bus to gain trust with Alex. The guy never quit wanting to work with Alex even during the week that led to his eviction.
• The Reveal: Cody is a father of a 5-year-old daughter, Paisley. He only reveals this to a select group of people he can trust in real life. Only Jessica and Kevin get to know this. Respectfully so, Kevin wanted to tell the other houseguests because he felt they had a right to know, but only made it public knowledge once Cody left the game and no one could use it against him on a personal level.
• Rule of Three: The first time he was nominated, he did get evicted, but won the Battle Back. The second time, Jessica used the Halting Hex to cancel it. It was his third nomination where he was evicted for good.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Cody is the Savvy Guy to Alex's Energetic Girl. Cody is much more serious, cynical, aloof, and The Stoic while Alex is more upbeat, optimistic, hyper and a Genki Girl.
• Selective Obliviousness: Cody repeatedly stated that he respects Alex and he was desperate to align with her. However, she's also the same person that told him that she planned on nominating him and the other couples. That still didn't stop Cody from trying to ally with Alex. Cody seemed like he was in denial about Alex for the entire game and just didn't want to admit that she didn't have any loyalty to him.
• Sex for Solace: When Cody used to become an erratic mess, Jessica would offer sex as a way of getting him to calm down and take his mind of things.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: Apparently most of his Jerkass behavior comes from being an ex-military man.
• Ship Tease: With Jessica. A bit more than that considering he outright asked her to be his girlfriend come his eviction and now he's back in the house with her.
• Smug Snake: Whenever Cody is in power or not, he's full of himself, arrogant, threatening, and aggressive. He has an apparent superiority complex and seems to think he's better than everyone else in the house. Although he's a relatively strong competitor, he lacks decent social skills and is terrible at strategy. Due to his arrogance and sense of superiority, his social game is non-existent and any strategic gameplay dramatically blows up in his face.
• Stalker with a Crush: For Alex. Cody had an obsession with Alex in the early weeks of the game. He went as far as to repeatedly offer Alex an alliance with him in order to guarantee her safety. He also went against his entire alliance to try to keep her safe which only managed to cause his allies to mistrust him. Much of Cody's determination to protect Alex was because of his genuine admiration, affection and respect for her and the fact that he felt that she deserved to be in the game. All that Cody seemed to talk about on the live feeds was Alex or something concerning Alex, even to his own girlfriend Jessica!
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Jessica. His relationship with Jessica has been nothing but endless chaos and turmoil. the two loved each other so much yet they were constantly being torn apart. They were constantly targeted because everyone hated them and wanted them out of the house. Cody and Jessica tried to do everything in their power to try to stay together so that they could be with each other for the rest of the summer but unfortunately for them, the Big Brother Gods went out of their way to keep them apart
• Stupid Evil: While Cody had all the power in the first week as HOH, he blew it. He had a large majority alliance that he was leading and was a part of, but he blew it all for a girl (Alex) that wasn't even in his alliance to begin with and backstabbing two of his alliance members (Paul and Christmas) for no good reason. After that, everyone that was in an alliance with him turned on him and realized that he was too much of a loose cannon to work with.
• The Sociopath: Many people felt that Cody was sociopathic because of his very aggressive, cruel, cold and ruthless personality. He would show no emotion or vulnerability and people felt that he was nothing more than an emotionless robot. It didn't help that Cody is Ax-Crazy and emotionally and mentally unstable. This is a guy that has smiled while bragging about killing human beings. The guy is seriously not okay upstairs.
• Sore Loser: With Jessica after his nemesis Paul wins HOH. And when he gets voted out to stay out, he walks right on top of the meeting room coffee table on the way out just to show everyone how he doesn't have anymore fucks to give at this point.
• Stepford Smiler: Cody does not like to smile or grin at all. But when he does, it's so forced that it looks fake, like its plastered on his face. There's nothing natural about his smile but that's not surprising since Cody most likely doesn't understand the meaning of showing emotion, especially emotions like joy and happiness. His forced smile is an indicator that Cody is a deeply mentally troubled person hiding a lot of serious emotional issues underneath that stoic facade.
• The Stoic: Cody is infamous for his stoicism. He's been described as a "stone-faced monster". And the show even adds a few robotic servo whines and whirs when he cracks his neck or moves his eyes around.
  • Not So Stoic: Jessica telling Cody that his character is seriously lacking almost got him crying. And when Christmas knocked him out of a POV where Jess's safety was on the line, he finally did break down in tears.
• Taking You with Me: Dropped some bombs on Mark for his dishonesty and Dominique for her shadiness in the hours before he was evicted by giving Paul a lot of ammo to work with. Paul decided Dominique was the person of most immediate concern and got her out. Cody didn't believe what he said would affect who would leave next, thinking Ramses was more likely to be voted out next (which did happen after Cody returned to the house). He was surprised that the gambit worked when Dominique walked out as the next person evicted after him prior to the Battle-Back Competition.
• Thousand-Yard Stare: Cody has a very emotionless, empty stare which is often seen as creepy. Cody is a combo of The Stoic and a Shell-Shocked Veteran who might have undiagnosed or untreated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Gifted a nice sum of $25,000 as America's Favorite Houseguest after a whole season of misery, remarking how it didn't make sense to him (he didn't know that the viewers switched sides when Paul became the bigger monster in the game). And on top of that, he and Jessica have been commissioned to take part in The Amazing Race 30.
• Toxic Friend Influence: Jessica begins to see Cody as one after realizing he is a confrontational bag of nerves in real life, and Christmas gives her a heart-to-heart that the house is against her only because Cody is dragging her through the mud. Jessica confronts Cody and makes him own up to his behavior.
• Tragic Keepsake: Starts wearing Jess's red bandana on his arm on the night he knows she's going home.
• Tranquil Fury: Even when Cody gets mad or shows irritation, his anger comes across as emotionless and cold. He does have a Hair-Trigger Temper when he's provoked too far though.
• Troubled, but Cute: Cody has some major emotional issues. He's a very emotionally repressed person that needs loads of therapy.
• Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: His battle against nemesis Paul in the Battle-Back Showdown was practically a solid guarantee even before he beat the others trying to get back in, because Paul is the golden boy of the house and everyone voted for him (except himself, because that's against the rules) to compete without knowing Cody would be the opponent.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Even for Big Brother, Cody takes things way too far with the anger, forgetting he's on a game show and holding grudges like the people in the house murdered someone he really cared about. During the week he blew up at Josh with Jessica while Josh was HOH, he made threats to come after Josh and shred him in two in a fight in real life before Josh could get a word in edgewise. Paul found it very unhealthy for the rest of the house to keep Cody among them and sarcastically remarked how well they were faring because of his many abuses.
• Villainous Breakdown: Screaming at Paul after the HOH meeting where he put his and Jessica's names up a second time served no purpose but just to insult him because he was mad. When Paul explained that they were not his intended targets and that Cody was being unfair, Jessica realized Cody has a scary temper and was nearly driven to break things off with him. Cody went to the Have-Not room to give himself time to clear his head, which worried Jessica even more because she interpreted it as him wanting to run away from the problem. And then he told her his real fear. See I Want My Beloved to Be Happy.
• Villain Corner: Started off the game as a well-meaning but quiet houseguest who seemed shy and had good reasons to hate on some players (like calling Josh a coward for taking the Golden Apple and throwing his team under the bus in doing so). It wasn't until he tried to backdoor Paul that he became vilified.
• Villainous Crush: Had one on Alex earlier on in the game. He would constantly talk about how much he liked and respected Alex and wanted to keep her in the game for as long as possible because he enjoyed her company and respected her game playing skills. In fact, Cody liked Alex so much that he became a Stalker With Acrush and a Yandere for her. He discussed her nonstop to the other houseguests (including his own girlfriend Jessica!) and he made a declaration to Alex herself that he wanted to protect her in the game for as long as possible as well as wanted to align with her in the game. In fact, he liked her so much that he threw away his game for her in Week 2 and even admitted to Alex herself when he came back in the game a second time.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: The dude is practically allergic to shirts.
• War Is Glorious: Cody constantly smiles every time he brings up war and the military. He thrives on telling the other houseguests about his service and his time in the military. He also likes to brag about how many people he's killed while in combat. He enlisted in the army because he loves of war.
• Wham Line: "Christmas, you got screwed." That was the moment he went from being a power player to a power asshole among the houseguests.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Finally given a scolding for his overwhelmingly poisonous nature by Jessica 40+ days into the game.
• When He Smiles: Cody doesn't smile all that much, but when he does, it's considered to be endearing.
• You Were Trying Too Hard: Elena complained in the Diary Room that his use of maverick moves at the beginning of the game was a very bad thing to do.
• Zero-Approval Gambit: Cody made no bones about going after Paul first and foremost. Yet in doing so, he incurred the wrath of the house and America itself. They're directly responsible for getting Cody out of the game and then netting him his haters in-house because they gave Paul the Pendant of Protection the very same week he tried to oust Paul and that trickled down into a brouhaha. Additionally, the entire gambit failed since it resulted in his eviction and Paul gaining an extreme amount of power and support inside the house.

Eugenia Ce'Anne "Elena" Davies (Juror #02; Evicted HG #08)

Eugenia Ce'Anne "Elena" Davies

Hometown: Fort Worth, TX

Current Residence: Dallas, TX

Born: Aug 19th, 1990

Age: 26/27 (age at time of competition)

Occupation: Radio Personality

Number Of HOH Wins: 0

Number Of POV Wins: 0

Number Of Times Nominated: 3

Number Of Times As Have-Not: 2

Temptations Taken: "Strangest Things" (Ninth Place), "Where Were You?" (Joint Third Place)

Temptation Punishments: Golden Apple Curse ^note (Instant disqualification from HOH competition during Week 1)

Prizes Taken: $5,000 ^note (During a prize and punishment POV competition, Elena won $5,000 after coming in first place in the competition)

Finished: 10th Place [2ND JUROR]

Evicted: 6-1 VS. MATT

HOH Evicted Under: JASON (Week 7, Day 58)

Voted For (As Juror): JOSH

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• Ambiguously Bi: Elena shared a good-bye kiss with Raven on the lips.. She also had major Ship Tease with Christmas earlier on in the game. Elena would cuddle Christmas in bed! It seems that Elena doesn't care which gender she's showing love to as she seems to like 'em both.
• Ambiguously Evil: Elena's alignment is so ambiguous that it's really difficult to tell where she really side. It almost seemed as though Elena was teetering between being one the good or bad side.
• Anti-Hero: She can flip flop between being a darker example of this and Anti-Villain. Elena is much more on the Anti-Heroine side considering she is mostly nice but she can also has her Alpha Bitch traits. As an Anti-Heroine, she's Type II (a Knight in Sour Armor). On the Anti-Villain side, she is Type I (a Noble Demon) and Type III (a Well-Intentioned Extremist). She's a Noble Demon even if she can be catty at times, she's also capable of stepping back and not getting personal in the game unless provoked.
• Asshole Victim: Stole $5,000 from Alex after saying she clearly wouldn't, and even though no one but Alex overheard their "deal" being broken, they were all shocked she just swiped the money out from under Alex like that. Alex and Jason and Josh were ready to pounce and lead the charge in getting her out of the house on double eviction week, right after the even more reviled Cody was removed from the house first.
• Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch: Elena was aligned with Alpha Bitch in the first week of the game. But as soon as Cody betrayed the entire alliance that they were apart of, Elena had little issue with turning on Jessica (and Cody) and siding with Paul.
• Berserk Button: Interrupting her and trying to out-talk her, JOSH!
• Beta Bitch: Along with Raven to Jessica's Alpha Bitch earlier on in the game. Elena felt a loyalty to Jessica because they were both in showmances.
• Betty and Veronica: Elena (Archie) was in a semi love triangle with Josh (Veronica) and Mark (Betty). Originally, she wasn't romantically interested in either of them, but she eventually chose Mark and developed a showmance with him. On the other hand, she was Just Friends with Josh and showed no romantic interest in Josh, even though Josh has a major crush on her.
• The Big Damn Kiss: After denying Mark several attempts to kiss her after she allowed him the courtesy of cuddling, Elena finally let him have a peck or two when she was worn down by his constant badgering and schmoozing.
• Big Eater: Elena eats a lot and she eats her food in large portions and quantities. Josh once commented on how much ice cream she was eating, and she said she didn't care and to not judge her for her extreme eating habits.
• Can't Spit It Out: Elena couldn't admit that she had feelings for Mark. Instead, she said that Mark wasn't her type (which was true) or that she didn't want to get involved with anyone while playing the game. She eventually confesses her feelings for Mark once they are in the jury house. They eventually become an Official Couple and manage to make a go of their relationship outside of the house.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Elena flip-flops loyalties at the drop of a hat, even if she just said moments ago that she wouldn't.
• Cleavage Window: She wears a lot of clothes that show off her cleavage as she's The Tease and likes to use her sexuality to get her way.
• Deadpan Snarker: Elena often uses dry wit to get her point across. She's the Ice Queen who passes herself off as someone who doesn't get her feelings hurt that easily. If someone so much as attacks her or comes after her, don't expect this girl to start crying or shedding any tears of sadness. Expect her to spout off endless sarcastic and snarky comments that are biting and edgy in nature.
• Decoy Damsel: Elena looked like she was completely useless in the game and that she contributed nothing of value...but she was actually working for Paul, the main villain of the season. That made Elena by association a very dangerous person to have in the house. She was not as innocent as she tried to come across.
• Deep South: Elena is the epitome of a Southern Belle in many ways. She has a very strong Southern accent, and a little sultry. After all, she is from the heart of the South, which is Fort Worth, Texas but she currently resides in Dallas, Texas because of her occupation as a radio personality.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Elena is normally an Ice Queen who comes off as aloof and distant most of the time. But she lets her icy attitude diminish in Mark's presence. Around him, she becomes much nicer, kinder, friendlier and warmer and Mark has a positive influence on her personality. Without Mark's influence or presence, Elena isn't the most pleasant person to be around.
• The Determinator: When Elena really wants something, she'll do anything to get it. She's a highly persistent and determined individual who's no pushover.
• Domestic Abuse: Downplayed. Elena doesn't abuse Mark or treat him that terribly but she does seem to manipulate him and lead him on. Elena had even admitted behind Mark's back that she wasn't really interested in having a relationship with Mark inside of the house. Other houseguests, such as Josh, Alex, and Paul, have commented how they feel that Elena treats Mark terribly and like he's expendable to her.
• Drowning My Sorrows: After losing, she intends to get so drunk in the jury house that nothing fazes her anymore.
• Everything is Big in Texas: Elena is from Fort Worth, Texas and she is one of the larger set female houseguests in the house. In addition, she has some large "assets" that she likes to use to her advantage.
• Everyone Loves Blondes: Josh, Mark (and Christmas...) all find Elena sexually and physically appealing. Mark is in a showmance with Elena while Josh has openly admitted to having huge crush on her because she is his type. Josh and Mark have even gotten into a bit of a rivalry over her affections. Not surprising, considering that Elena is the typical hot blonde girl with and hourglass figure in addition to being a Ms. Fanservice and a Femme Fatale.
• Evil Eyebrows: Elena's eyebrows are severely arched and they give her the appearance of a manipulative, cunning and scheming villainous. Very fitting since she was the The Dragon for Paul in the beginning.
• Evil Is Petty: When Alex received her Camping Punishment and was conducting it for the first time, Elena continued with her petty attitude by laughing and jeering at her behind her back and bragging about how she's proud that she took the $5,000 from her because of how she's handling receiving the punishment.
• Femme Fatale: Elena likes to use her sexuality and her feminine wiles to manipulate men and get them to do what she wants. She's also not above backstabbing or manipulating other people.
• Gasshole: Elena is frequently known to burp and fart on the live feeds. Much of it has to do with her being a Big Eater.
• Genre Blind: Tells Alex not to nominate any of her friends, then names half the house... and doesn't find anything wrong with the fact that Paul has gone from saying Dominique is one of their allies to unanimously evicting her.
• Girl Next Door: Subverted. Elena has the appearance of an All-American girl next door who seems as if she is the typical friendly, sweet Southern Belle, but she's actually a high-maintainance Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who believes that she's superior to others.
• Greed: She snitched $5,000 from Alex just because she wanted some takeaway money if she went out of the game. It didn't matter if Alex agreed with her that they wouldn't curse each other, she listened to Cody.
• Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Elena has mentioned that she has a love of drinking alcohol and partying. She even said that once she is out of the game, she is going to go on a major drinking bender so that she will drown her sorrows.
• High-Heel–Face Turn: Elena used to be The Dragon for Paul since the start of the game, but she eventually decides to turn on Paul and chooses to side with Mark (and Cody) in wanting to get Paul out of the house. Unfortunately for her, she gets evicted before she can make any kind of impact in the game after joining the "good side".
• Ice Queen: Elena is very aloof and stuck up but it's operably because she is a Rich Bitch who thinks that she's better than anyone else. Even though she comes off as a party girl, she's not the friendliest girl on the block and she rarely lets her emotions show unless she is provoked. Her aloofness also caused Mark to have very confused or mixed feelings about their relationship and whether or not Elena was interested in him.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Knowing that she was a big target after Cody, Elena decided that she needed to take what she could get before there's a chance that she's the next one to go. She decides to break her promise to Alex in not cursing her if they were playing in a prize and punishment POV competition. Elena took $5,000 from Alex and traded her the Camping Guide Punishment. This honked off Alex but Elena showed no guilt or regret for what she did.
• I Lied: She got the idea to have Alex to make a deal with her that neither would curse the other in the first Week 7 POV. Alex got $5,000, Elena realized her chances of winning the game were slim, it would suck to leave the game empty-handed, and so she went back on her word.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: On Double Eviction, Elena was completely happy and satisfied that Mark had won the POV to save himself from being evicted (because he was the original and intended target) even though she knew that she was going to be the next one gone. Elena didn't show any bitterness and instead, was happy that Mark was still in the game with a chance to fight to get to the end.
• Jerkass Has a Point: She stole Alex's money because she knew she wasn't going to make it to the end of the game with her bad competitive skills and status as a growing target whose time was coming soon, if not sooner.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite her catty ways and her selfish attitude, she's still loyal and caring to those she considers to be her friends.
• Kill the Cutie: Elena is evicted on the first Double Eviction of the season right after Cody. And she was nominated against her showmance partner Mark, who won the POV and saved himself from eviction. Talk about a brutal way of being evicted.
• The Load: To the producers. She, along with Alex and Jason, lolligagged after being awoken to gather downstairs to film the day's challenge, with the implication being that Elena was stalling them from getting downstairs by not wanting to get out of bed and Alex and Jason couldn't get her to stir. And the man on the intercom was pissed beyond wit.
  Supervisor: "What part of this did you not understand? WAKE. UP."
• Locked Out of the Loop: Paul did not clue her nor Mark in that he was going to flip the vote against Josh to Ramses because the two of them were in cahoots with Cody and Jessica.
• Metaphorgotten: Listen to her eviction night speeches. It sounds like she's having a multi-saying pileup, and the result is a huge wreck. Part of it comes from spending too much time around Jessica.
• Morton's Fork: When she arrived at the Jury House, she didn't want Mark to be evicted but felt lonely without him around, noting it was like a Catch-22 situation. Mark was voted out the house next, much to her bittersweet delight.
• Motor Mouth: She's a radio host. Chatter is her specialty.
  • Logical Weakness: Because she's used to talking so much for her profession, not being able to talk drives her crazy (and not talking on air is a recipe for disaster, so she's probably encouraged not to be silent). That's how she lost an HOH competition.
• Ms. Fanservice: Elena likes to show off her body in revealing clothing and is conventionally attractive, wearing tank tops and shirts that show off her stomach area or midriff.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Elena already knew that she was a target for the house after Cody and Mark, so she broke her word to Alex by saddling her with a horrible punishment for an entire week and taking $5,000 instead of taking the POV. This predictably angered the HOH, which made the target on her back much bigger. Alex was so angry at Elena for what she did that she even contemplated getting Elena out of the house instead of Cody, the guy who's been the number one target for everyone for weeks. Her betraying Alex did nothing to salvage her game and she was the next one evicted after Cody on Double Eviction.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real given name is Eugenia, but she goes by her stage name of "Elena".
• Out of Focus: Because the live shows focused 90% of their time on Paul, Cody and Jessica, nobody else, including Elena, even managed to get that much attention of spotlight.
• Perky Female Minion: For Paul. She's extroverted, light hearted, sassy and she had loyalty to Paul as well as a strong personal bond and friendship with him.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Alex hated her for lying to her face and sacking a punishment on her the week Alex was HOH. Josh, who knew Elena was a flip-flopper from the beginning, was overjoyed that the truth was finally revealed, causing Elena to become the next biggest target on the house hit list after Cody.
• Rich Bitch: According to some of the other houseguests, she comes from a wealthy family and drives an expensive car. Other houseguests have commented that she's also very high maintenance and that she lives an expensive life.
• Rule of Three: She got put up for eviction three times before it finally stuck.
• Show Some Leg: Elena is always showing off her legs by wearing revealing clothing, especially skirts, dresses or bathing suits.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Her relationship with Mark. Mark is one of the nicest and genuine guys in the house and she likes him and has feelings for him. Interestingly enough, Elena did admit that she wasn't attracted to Mark because he wasn't her physical type (Elena claimed to like nerdy and smart guys). Eventually, she did develop feelings for him that went beyond physical attraction and she appreciated Mark's kind, good and nice personality.
• The Snark Knight: Elena is constantly making snarky comments, whether it's towards other people, herself or situations. She's the Deadpan Snarker and can never go a time without making a sarcastic comment. She doesn't seem to be aware however that because she is constantly using sarcasm to get her point across, nobody can really tell when she's being serious or heartfelt about something.
• Sore Loser: Elena openly admitted that she was going to vote bitterly because she was going to be a bitter juror. She was upset over how Paul played her and everyone else. Because of her salty feelings, she decided to vote bitter by giving the win to Josh over Paul for her vote. Even though Elena was closer to Paul than she was to Josh during the game.
• Southern Belle: Elena originally comes from Fort Worth, Texas. For the most part, Elena's sweet, but she has a salty and even sour side at times.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Elena seems to have two side to her personality especially when it comes to her interactions with Mark. At times, Elena is an Ice Queen who is aloof, distant and cold and doesn't want to have anything to do with Mark. On the other hand, she is highly affectionate, loving and friendly towards Mark and shows that she has a lot of interest in pursuing a romantic relationship with him. Unfortunately, Elena gives off so many mixed signals towards Mark that she has left Mark completely confused by her feelings and her intentions. Her default personality seems to be an Ice Queen but if there's someone that she takes a fancy to, then she becomes a Defrosting Ice Queen who becomes a much nicer and warmer person.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Around Day 40, Elena doesn't like the idea of throwing away her game for someone she met roughly a month ago and is leery around him for the same reasons Jessica has doubts about Cody- what if he's crazy like this in real life? However, they patched things up and Elena is willing to give him a shot outside the house and promised him a date in Texas.
• The Tease: Wears false eyelashes, a ton of lipstick, has frosted hair, and a ton of pin-up outfits. You can bet she's not doing this just to be fashionable.
• This Is Gonna Suck: After Mark splashes Josh with the hot sauce & pickle juice, she immediately tells Mark to get away from her when Josh comes bursting onto the backyard with condiments.
• Tsundere: Normally Elena is snarky and sarcastic towards everyone in the house. But around Mark, she lets her more affectionate, fun loving and warmer side show.
• Unwitting Pawn: Elena knows well that she's a scapegoat. She lampshades how tired she's become of being subjected to this kind of treatment after the many consecutive times she's used as an eviction night pawn, feeling like the house is going to keep doing this until she goes out- which gives her the idea to cut and run.
• The Vamp: Elena is quite the flirt and the seductress and she likes to use her sexuality towards men and women to her advantage. However, her seductive charms and feminine wiles work the strongest on Mark.
• Vapor Wear: She has a big moment on After Dark where she got hooted out of a room because she had just showered and not put any underwear when she curled up in a compromising position on the couch. She then is forced to explain to some of her housemates that she didn't do it on purpose and just to prove her point now that she's decent, she makes a very blatant spread-eagle gesture that Paul proceeds to mimic ("I SEE EVERYTHING!"). This is also of one of the many colorful shenanigans that could never be depicted on the TV episodes.
• Word Salad: Her eviction night speeches are an incomprehensible mess of fancy language and jumbled sayings.
• Worth It: She could tell her chances of going to the end were nil, so Elena imploded her entire game just for some spending money. This got her knocked out of the game, but at least she didn't leave the game with nothing.

Mark Gordon Jansen (Juror #03; Evicted HG #09)

Mark Gordon Jansen

Hometown: Grand Island, NY

Current Residence: Grand Island, NY

Born: Jun 13th, 1991

Age: 26 (age at time of competition)

Occupation: Personal Trainer

Number Of HOH Wins: 0

Number Of POV Wins: 2

Number of Temptation Challenge Wins: 2

Number Of Times Nominated: 2

Number Of Times As Have-Not: 3

Temptations Taken: "Bowlerina" (Winner, Immune Week 5), "Strangest Things" (Sixth Place), "Where Were You?" (Winner, Immune Week 7), Save a Friend Apple ^note (Give someone immunity from eviction nomination for the week; granted it to Paul)

Prizes/Punishments Taken: Adventure Vacation ^note (A vacation to Colorado)

Finished: 9th Place [3RD JUROR]

Evicted: 4-2 VS. MATT

HOH Evicted Under: CHRISTMAS (Week 8, Day 65)

Voted For (As Juror): JOSH

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• The Ace: Mark is one of the strongest male competitors and he also had one of the stronger social games. Unfortunately for him, his social and competitive strengths didn't manage to keep him in the game long enough to get to the end.
• Achilles' Heel: His large stature and massive muscles make it easier for him to lose his balance and fall, so competitions which involve a lot of slipping and sliding are naturally his worst enemy. This caused him to lose the Week 9 POV competition the Zingbot-themed challenge. He kept falling over so hard that Paul was feeling the shockwaves from over in the next lane.
• Action Hero: He starts out as an Action Survivor, but some time in the later weeks, he gets more competitive and starts winning multiple competitions in a row. He won a few Safety Competitions and he's come in clutch by winning POV twice, once when he was in serious danger during Double Eviction. He proved to be one of the strongest physical and competitive threats and he's arguably the strongest male competitor next to Cody and Paul.
• A Friend in Need: Mark is pretty loyal and understanding to his allies and friends. Whenever someone he cares about needs to be comforted, Mark will always be there to provide it or give advice. In Week 1 after Christmas had broken her foot, Mark had said to Christmas that he felt bad about not being there enough for Christmas and he even shed some Manly Tears about it. Mark is also Undying Loyalty to Cody, even when everyone else had turned their back on him. Mark even extended friendship and kindness to Josh by giving him advice whenever he went over the edge.
• Agent Peacock: Downplayed. Mark isn't extremely androgynous or effeminate but he is still in touch with his feminine side. He's comfortable showing plenty of emotion (he's shed plenty of Manly Tears throughout the season), is very emotional sensitive and he's highly comfortable wearing pink shorts. But just because he's in touch with his effeminate side and is comfortable with himself doesn't mean he's any less of a badass or a beast when it comes to being a competitor and winning competitions.
• All-Loving Hero: Downplayed. Although he's had his problematic moments with some of the other houseguests (mostly Josh), Mark is noble, kind, compassionate, and good hearted. He has never openly stated that he personally hates or dislikes anyone in the game even if he may not get along or gel with them on a game related or personal level. He's never been purposely malicious, rude, or downright vile towards any of his fellow housemates and he's constantly advocating for everyone to try to get along in the house and be cordial towards one another.
• All of the Other Reindeer: Mark is a decent Nice Guy who has a good nature and is a likeable person. However, the majority of the house doesn't trust him due to his association with Cody. Houseguests have frequently questioned how such a nice guy like Mark could ever be aligned or associated with someone like Cody since they are so different from each other.
• Ambiguously Bi: Played for Laughs. Mark has made some jokes about being bi-sexual and he's mentioned that he's had a man crush on members of the same sex. His relationship with Ramses, the sole gay houseguest of the season, was surprisingly intimate. The Zingbot even made a zing about Mark by saying: "I think you might be bye-sexual because every time that you tried to get sexual with Elena, she said "Bye!"" The guy wears pink shorts and is in touch with his femininity and emotions.
• The Anti-Nihilist: Mark has a strong belief that life is much too short to hold grudges or take everything so personally in life. He's said that he doesn't take things too personally and that doing so will only make your life miserable. Instead, he frequently tries to see the best in all situations and the good in people no matter how badly they may have treated him. Such as the case with Cody, who may not have been the nicest person to other people, but he says that it's pointless to consider hating him or calling him a bad person simply over the way he played the game. Mark believes in the mentality that life is way too short to be bitter, angry and take everything too personally to the point where it would make you miserable and resentful of life.
• Arch-Enemy: To Josh, who he finds childish and immature. Christmas is a close second, who he thinks is just a Manipulative Bitch. But by the end of his run in the game, he's made peace with both of them and they've patched things up.
• Badass Adorable: Mark is a dorky Emotional Bruiser who's not afraid to show his vulnerable side. But at the same time, he's also a powerhouse with a Heroic Build and is also one of the toughest and strongest competitors of the season. The guy has won 2 POV's and 2 Safety Competitions during his time in the house.
• Badass Armfold: Mark frequently likes to cross his arms, it's one of his signature postures. Such as in the above photo.
• Badass in Distress: Mark became a big target — he was constantly switching sides, he and Elena were a showmance (showmances are often the victims of being put on the chopping block), and he started to show that he was capable of winning competitions especially whenever his butt was on the line. Because of all three of these things, Mark became the house target after Cody and everyone wanted to get rid of him. Fortunately for him, he managed to win 2 POV's and 2 Safety Competitions. But he slid into full time distress in Week 8 when his luck ran out and he was backdoored by Christmas with no way to save himself. Mark has been in trouble in the game way more than he's been safe.
• Bait the Dog: Mark appeared to be one of the kindest and most likeable people in the house and he was one of the most moral in a house filled with poor behaved or ill mannered houseguests, But it turned out that he has a nasty side. A lot of fellow houseguests were shocked and appalled that someone like Mark would throw hot sauce and lime juice in Josh's face over something as silly as a bet in a pool game.
• Bash Brothers: With Cody. When they were part of an alliance, Cody was Mark's closest ally, to the point that they were each other's ride or die, in the game and he had Undying Loyalty towards him. Even after their alliance had broken up, Mark still retained some loyalty towards him, even going as far as to defend Cody and his bad behavior during discussions about Cody.
• The Bear: A heterosexual example. Mark is a physically husky guy with a somewhat hairy chest. He looks like a huggable teddy bear because of his large appearance and his Emotional Bruiser personality. There have been some gay men within the LGBT community who comment that they find Mark appealing because he's very manly and bearlike in his appearance. Ramses even admitted that he finds Mark attractive and he wants a Mark of his own. Mark would also playfully lift up Ramses giving the impression that Mark is a strong teddy bear.
• Beauty Equals Goodness: Mark is a physically attractive handsome person. He's also very attractive on the inside as he has a very good, kind hearted, empathetic and compassionate nature. In many ways, he's the antithesis of Cody, who is physically appealing in some ways and is a Mr. Fanservice like Mark, yet he's a case of Beauty Is Bad because his personality is so awful and unpleasant.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Paul gave Mark a friendship bracelet on Week 1 and Mark promised to repay him for it. Come Week 9, he keeps his word by giving him safety for a week.
• Being Good Sucks: Mark has been one of the nicest houseguests of the season and has treated everyone with common decency and respect (unless someone crossed him, attacked him or betrayed him. Unfortunately for him, being a decent and nice person hasn't managed to help salvage his game as he's become one of the bigger targets in the house. However, Mark became such a huge target had more to do with his association with Cody than about him being a decent person. Mark has said that he has problems with acting ruthless and aggressive or having to lie and step on others in order to progress himself in the game.
• Berserk Button: Mark doesn't stand for bullying. Whenever he sees bullying of any kind, he gets very upset. Much of it is personal for him since he was bullied when he was a child. Personally attacking him is a big no-no. In fact, Mark doesn't like anyone making personal attacks towards anyone at all. He doesn't take it well when Elena is attacked either.
• Beware the Nice Ones: For the most part, Mark is a genuinely Nice Guy who acts cordial. However, it's a really bad idea to get on his bad side or make an enemy out of him.
• Big Applesauce: Mark is originally from Grand Island, New York.
• Big Brother Bully: Downplayed towards Josh. Josh is someone that has frequently gotten under Mark's skin time and time again. They have gotten into many fights and they have personally attacked and insulted each other. After making a bet during a pool game, Mark threw hot sauce and lime juice in Josh's face and it escalated into a major fight between them. Josh called Mark out in front of the house and yelled at him while in the process calling Mark a hypocrite and a bully because he disrespected him by throwing the liquid in his face. Ironically, even though Mark hates bullying and will advocate against it, he displayed a huge bullying tactic against Josh during that moment by throwing hot sauce and lime juice (ouch!) into Josh's eyes which caused extreme irritation. Mark may claim to hate bullying, but sometimes, he can come across as a bully himself especially with the fact that he is a big guy and has large muscles that he can use to intimidate others. He's still nowhere near the bully that Paul and Cody were though.
• Big Brother Instinct: Has some towards Josh, especially earlier on in the game before they become enemies. Mark would often be the one to calm Josh down whenever he became emotional and to give him some perspective about life and the game. Despite the rift between them, they have managed to repair their relationship as of recently.
• Big Brother Mentor: Towards Josh. Although Josh acts like an Annoying Younger Sibling who gets on his nerves through some of the stuff that he does, Mark does seem to have a older brother or mentor type relationship with Josh. He has frequently had deep talks and conversations with Josh concerning his (Josh) problematic actions and behavior in the game. Mark does try to look out for Josh and give him personal and game related advice about how to act and how not to act while playing the game.
• Big Eater: Mark visibly loves to eat and when he eats, he's always eating large portions of food, explained by how athletic and active he is. Mark is also frequently seen to be snacking on food and it appears that his favorite place in the house other than the workout station in the backyard is the kitchen.
• Big Good: Other than Kevin, Mark could be the closest person to be seen as this trope. He's kind, caring, empathetic, compassionate and he's probably the most noble houseguest of the season. He does serve as a Morality Pet to many of the other houseguests who are morally ambiguous in nature.
• The Big Guy: Mark is one of the physically largest houseguests of the season. According to Josh, Mark is 6'5" and 250 lbs. Despite his large size, he's still a Gentle Giant. But despite his sensitive and emotional nature, he's extremely athletic snd physically active. He's also incredibly competitive and he has a love of combating and fighting for himself. He has a Heroic Build with incredibly large muscles and he puts them to use. He's a big guy in terms of his height and body type. Before he gained all that muscle mass, he used to be overweight but changed his diet and built his body up by weight lifting and training.
• Birds of a Feather: Even though personality wise, Mark and Cody couldn't be more opposite or different from each other, the two bonded from the start as both of them are athletic and competitive. The only difference is that Mark is more of a Lovable Jock while Cody is more of a Jerk Jock. Both of them have a shared dislike of Josh and wanted to get him out of the house. Both of them were against Paul and thought that he was the biggest threat in the house; however, while Mark was originally aligned with Paul and served as The Dragon to him, Cody was never aligned with Paul and wanted him out since Day 1. Both of them are also in showmances with a female houseguest; Mark is with Elena while Cody is with Jessica. Even though they couldn't be more different, they still clicked due to how much they had in common with each other. Thus they aligned quickly and became each other's ride or die.
• Blood Knight: Mark isn't a violent person by any means but he is a very physically active and competitive person. He loves to compete and fight for his life in the game. Considering how athletic he is and how much of a competitive spirit he has, this is really no surprise. Mark also seems to show a respect for people who pull their weight in the game and win competitions so he appreciates those who are warriors, soldiers and fighters when it comes to the game.
• Boisterous Bruiser: Downplayed. Although Mark isn't as much of a Large Ham as Jason is, he's good natured, outgoing and fun loving. Mark also has somewhat of a big personality and large presence and that isn't solely talking about his physical size. He also likes to let others know just how big his presence is by constantly showing off his bulging muscles and even flexing them.
• Born Lucky: Mark has had some unbelievable luck when it comes to saving himself from danger. He won the first Temptation Challenge on a week when he was a big target. And then again, Mark squeaked away unscathed when Alex was a hair's breath away from winning the Otev POV where he was up for eviction. She dropped her shoe sole number scratch-off right as she prepared to offer it to Otev and win. Coming up empty-handed meant Mark had a free pass to win.
  • Karma Houdini Warranty: Finally exhausted his luck at the end of Week 9, being denied anything useful from the Tree of Temptation to save himself and losing the POV comp.
• Breakout Character: As of the later weeks of the game, Mark has become one of the most liked and popular characters among the general public. He's in the top spots on many Big Brother popularity polls (such as Jokes Updates for example) and he could easily be a contender to win the America's Favorite Houseguest prize at the end of the season.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Mark could have been one of the strongest players and contenders to get to the end of the game, but he never used his instincts and went through with some of his ideas. For example, Mark eventually caught onto Paul and his game and instead of making any actual moves to get rid of Paul like he said he was going to do, he never took the initiative to make those moves. Before Mark got the opportunity to make a move against Paul, he was evicted. Also, Mark could have been a much stronger player if he was more consistently loyal than he was. Mark had a very bad habit of flipping sides and appearing unreliable and untrustworthy. Mark was very lazy in the social game aspect and he secluded himself to just Elena instead of branching out and securing allies and loyalties with other people that were going to get him farther in the game.
• Bruiser with a Soft Center: Mark is basically built like the Hulk with a Heroic Build that has a lot of big muscles. But underneath all that bulk of muscle is a very kind, loving, caring, sensitive, empathetic, compassionate Gentle Giant who's a Nice Guy.
• Butt-Monkey: Since being in the house, Mark has been a Have Not for a total of five times, the most out of anyone in the game. He did manage to escape being a Have Not in Week 7 when he took the Have Not Temptation Pass.
• Bystander Syndrome: Mark, just like Christmas, is outraged to know people sat there and watched him suffer when they had a chance to step in and help or at least be in his corner.
• Can't Take Criticism: Mark has no issue with criticizing other people when they are doing something wrong or doing something he doesn't like. But when others criticize Mark, he gets upset. When Josh got into a fight with Jessica and Cody, and Jody was bullying Josh in front of the entire house, Paul called out Mark for not standing up for Josh when he needed his support. Paul was upset at Mark for standing up for Jody being bullied and harassed and trying to put a stop to it, but that he wasn't willing to extend the same courtesy to Josh simply because he has a personal beef with him since the start. Mark did not take Paul's criticisms well. Mark has a lot of insecurities and self esteem issues due to being a victim of bullying during his childhood, and any slight against him or his character he takes as a personal attack or insult.
• Celebrity Resemblance: To Mark Wahlberg. The resemblance between the two is quite strong and there is no doubt that Mark strongly resembles Mr. Wahlberg during his MARKY MARK and Calvin Klein days.
• Compassionate Critic: Mark has a tendency to call out people on their bad or poor behavior, not because he doesn't like someone, but because he cares about them and how they would be seen or perceived at large. Mark frequently calls out Josh because he has a Big Brother Instinct towards him and he is critical of Josh because he wants him to improve his attitude and not cause unnecessary problems for himself in the game. He's also been critical of Cody for his bad treatment of other houseguests as well as the bad decisions he's made in the game. But he criticizes Cody because he likes him on a personal level and sees him as his friend. Whenever Mark is calling out someone or being critical of people's behavior, it's done out of love, empathy and compassion because it's not in Mark to dislike or hate anyone on a personal level. Mark really means well when he's criticizing some of the other houseguests.
• Conflicting Loyalty:
  • Suffered from this after Cody blindsided their alliance and put Christmas on the block, feeling torn between his close friendship with Christmas (and his loyalty to Matt, Raven, and Elena) and his loyalty towards Cody. Ultimately, he chooses to side with Christmas and voted Jillian out. When he later remains with Elena, and the two of them side with the more unpopular Cody and Jessica, Paul closes the door on them to his own schemes and starts ratting on them to their so-called allies Matt and Raven.
  • This flaw also led to him helping the rest of the house to vote out Dominique, something he deeply regrets. Josh even called him out on in Day 40.
• Covered in Gunge: OTEV sprayed him with a geyser of possession puke when he won that particular POV.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Downplayed. He's more of a Green-Eyed Monster when it comes to his relationship with Elena. He doesn't like it when Elena flirts with other people. Mark also had a bit of a personal vendetta against Josh simply because he knew that Josh openly had a crush on Elena. Mark also had a beef with Paul because he felt that Paul and Elena were a little too close for comfort and would flirt too much with each other which made Mark feel insecure and uncomfortable. Mark even admitted that one of the reasons why he didn't vote for Paul in the end is because he felt that Paul was trying to come between him and Elena.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: He won the second POV competition of Week 8 so easily that it prompted the rest of the house to figure out how to solve Jason's puzzle, who got stuck in second place.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Not only was Mark a bullying victim, he broke up with a girl because she sugarcoats every single thing she says with empty words. And unfortunately, Josh reminds him of talking to her. Crosses over into Black Comedy when Mark asks Josh if he's okay with being hit (for a potential friendly boxing match) and the other guys start wondering why Mark would talk to his ex like that. But worst of all, he outlived both his parents at a young age and is in the care of his grandparents.
• Desperately Craves Affection: Mark wanted to pursue a romantic relationship with Elena. Elena, on the other hand, was much more skeptical about having a romantic relationship while playing game because she didn't want to be distracted. It also seemed as if Mark was way more into Elena than Elena was into him, but eventually Elena did reciprocate Mark's feelings. Mark takes romance and love very seriously, almost too seriously.
• The Determinator: Mark's extremely passionate in his beliefs and he's also a highly determined individual. He's not the type to back down when he believes in something or when he wants something. For example, Mark never gave up on trying to make a relationship with Elena work inside of the house. He was so persistent with her that he came off as a Dogged Nice Guy towards her. In addition, whenever Mark finds himself in trouble game wise, he manages to be extremely clutch by winning competitions when he needs to in order to save himself.
• Distinction Without a Difference: Josh did not want to drink the losers' pickle juice and hot sauce cocktail after claiming he won the 8-ball game. After a lot of arguing, Mark allowed him to get away with not drinking it... and instead threw it at him.
• Distracted by the Sexy: Sometimes Mark has let his feelings and his showmance with Elena take precedence over his game.
• The Dog Bites Back: When Josh came after him with the pots and pans, Mark shouted at Josh and grabbed one of the pots and lifted it over his head, causing him to flinch, and the live feed to be interrupted. It is later revealed during the TV show proper that the Powers-That-Be had to break up the fight and Mark went into the Diary Room (with Josh still antagonizing him) and the houseguests believing Mark had gotten himself expelled. However, Mark knew what not to do and only made a reach for the pans, never laying hands on Josh himself because the show has cameras to prove when people get physical and could use it against him. During a long cool-off in the red room, Mark told Cody that Josh flinched just like the bitch he is, and Cody praised Mark for it.
• Dogged Nice Guy: A little bit towards Elena, who is just using him for game related purposes. Mark seems to be genuinely into Elena on a romantic level but Elena has admitted that she doesn't necessarily feel the same way. Mark constantly goes out of his way to seek Elena's attention and he's completely oblivious to the fact that she may be playing him.
• The Dragon: Like the majority of the houseguests, Mark used to be this for Paul in the earlier part of the game. He used to follow along with whatever Paul says, does or wants. He was also in an alliance with Paul at the start of the game, but after the alliance breaks up done to Cody betraying everyone by nominating two of their alliance members (Paul and Christmas), Mark chooses to take Paul's side over Cody's side. Despite being loyal to Paul earlier on, he does eventually become a Dragon with an Agenda and The Starscream.
  • Co-Dragons: Mark is this with the rest of the house including Alex, Jason, Kevin, Raven, Matt, Josh and Christmas, as he was aligned with Paul and often took his side earlier in the game. Mark contributed to Paul's agenda earlier on with the use of social game and competitive prowess.
  • Devour the Dragon: Once Paul realizes that Mark is a huge competitive threat that might foil their future plans in the game, Paul realizes they have to evict Mark. Paul also learns that Mark had turned on them and had realigned with Cody and Jessica. However, Paul got Christmas to get rid of him by throwing the HOH to her and having him backdoored. Paul finalized the nail in Mark's game coffin when they voted him out in Week 8.
  • Dragon with an Agenda: Although originally aligned with Paul in the start, Mark eventually turned on Paul as he realized that Paul was running everything that was going on in the house. As a result, he regrouped with Jessica, Cody and Elena and plotted to get Paul out of the house shall he win HOH.
  • Noble Top Enforcer: Mark is MUCH nicer than Paul. He is way more noble in his approach in the game. He's not as ruthless, scheming and manipulative as Paul is. Mark prefers to play the game with more morals and values and he hates bullying, manipulating, and lying in order to get farther in the game. When it comes to aligning with people, Mark seems to be a really Horrible Judge of Character as he always finds himself aligning with people who don't contribute anything to the game (Elena), are too mean spirited and cruel in their approach (Cody), are too selfish and whiny (Jessica) and are way too manipulative, cutthroat and aggressive (Paul).
  • The Starscream: Although originally working with Paul, Mark starts to turn on Paul in the later weeks. He realizes that Paul is a huge threat that is running the house and he plots against him. He decides to regroup with some of his old alliance members (Cody, Jessica, and Elena) in order to gain the numbers that he needs to get Paul or any of his other allies out of the house. Unfortunately for him, the stars didn't align in order for Mark to take the shot at Paul as he was evicted in Week 8. Paul even said in goodbye message to Mark that he felt genuinely hurt and betrayed that Mark had turned on him. Despite this fact, Paul and Mark did manage to leave on amicable terms.
• Dumb Jock: Subverted. At first, it seems that Mark would be nothing more than a muscled jock with no smarts or brains, but it turns out that he's got pretty good game sense and has a good memory.
• Emotional Bruiser: He's a hard candy with a soft center, and described as "such a teddy bear" in a live Tweet. However, he's got a soft, spicy center, because after Josh pissed him off during their pool game, it was off to the races both big dudes' tempers, ending with Mark trying to teach Josh a lesson in good sportsmanship by spitefully flinging the punishment cocktail at his face.
• Even the Guys Want Him: Ramses, who is the sole gay guy this season, has mentioned that he is attracted to Mark. He admitted to Elena that he is his type physically and that he also loves his personality. Considering that Mark is a Mr. Fanservice who is also an Emotional Bruiser and is not the type who's afraid to be affectionate with other men and he's also okay with showing emotion and wearing pink shots, is it really a surprise that the sole gay guy would take a liking to Mark? It also helps that Mark is the stereotype of what many stereotypically Camp Gay men are attracted to as Mark fits The Bear type physically (large and muscular with a hair chest and is like a big cuddly teddy bear).
• Evil Grin: Mark's not a bad or evil guy by any means, but he constantly gets a dirty or mischievous grin on his face whenever the game is going good for him or something is going to benefit him in the game.
• Extreme Doormat: Some of the houseguests argue that when it comes to Cody and Elena, Mark is such a "pussy" or a pushover. They have claimed to Mark personally that Cody has gone out of his way to be disloyal to him and has thrown him under the bus repeatedly behind his back yet Mark still continues to defend Cody and have a degree of loyalty to him. His fellow housemates are wondering why someone as decent as Mark would ever have loyalty to Cody and why he would continue to let Cody walk all over him. When it comes to Elena, the other houseguests, such as Josh, Alex, Christmas, and Paul, have commented about how Elena mistreats Mark and doesn't even want to be in a relationship with him. Mark seems completely oblivious to the fact that Elena doesn't always treat him kindly and that he just lets Elena use him and manipulate him to her advantage. Even after the houseguests warn Mark about Cody and Elena, Mark still doesn't seem to get that they may not have the best intentions.
• Fatal Flaw:
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Mark is constantly switching allegiances, so many of the other houseguests refused to ever trust Mark or align with him. They felt that he didn't understand the concept of loyalty. When it came to being loyal to Dominique and for him to defend her and side with her, especially when she was being attacked by the rest of the house, he chose not to side with her or defend her. This is unfortunate because Dominique and Mark were friends and were working together. But because Mark didn't want to appear as though he was associating with a sunken ship in Dominique, he decided to throw her to the wolves and let her be evicted. Josh even called Mark out about his disloyalty to Dominique citing that he has no right to try to defend Jessica and Cody about their bad behaviour towards other people and them being mistreated by the rest of the houseguests considering that he did nothing to defend Dominique when she deserved it and needed it the most from it from the one friend and ally that she had in the game. Mark was also loyal to Paul and he showed that he sided with him over Cody when Cody decided to betray the alliance. But when Cody came back from the Battle Back competition, he all of a sudden decides to switch allegiances ONCE AGAIN and chooses to side with Cody. By doing this, Mark only managed to destroy his game and expose himself as completely disloyal. Christmas also got into a fight with Mark because of it. Christmas called out Mark for not being loyal and being an unreliable ally because he was constantly switching sides and flip flopping. Mark's lack of loyalty to any particular side was what ultimately cost his life in the game. If Mark had just picked a side and stuck with it all the way through, Mark probably wouldn't have become such a big target and he could have gone much farther in the game.
  • Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Mark simply doesn't understand why characters that act bad do the things that they do. For example, with Cody and Jessica, he refused to acknowledge or understand why Cody acted the way that he did. He would just blindly accept his actions without even thinking of understanding Cody's behavior and how his behavior had been harmful to other people. Mark refused to understand that Cody was distributing bad behavior towards others and he refused to acknowledge Cody's mistakes. Other houseguests have called Mark out on not understanding what makes Cody tick and why his behavior has done some horrible damage to the other houseguests. Instead of acknowledging that Cody has harmed people with his words and actions, he simply brushes it aside and constantly tries to defend him. He simply refuses to see the negative or dark side of people when he should acknowledge it. Paul had to call Mark out on his hypocrisy regarding the bullying that Cody has done. Paul had told Mark that he constantly advocates for anti-bullying yet when Cody was bullying many people in the game, he did nothing to stop Cody from doing it. Instead, he just sat by and let it happen because he was too much of a coward to face up to Cody and was afraid that Cody would no longer want to be friends with him. Mark even admitted that he has a hard time seeing the bad in people and he's always trying to see the good in people no matter how they act. Unfortunately, this attitude and outlook is naive and it has caused him to have a Broken Pedestal towards anyone that has let him down.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: Mark is way too idealistic for his own good. He refuses to see the bad side of things even when things are obviously bad. Mark even admitted that he refuses to see the negative in things because he doesn't take things personally. This idealistic attitude extends to his perceptions of people such as Cody. Cody may have mistreated many houseguests, but Mark refuses to call Cody out for it. He refuses to acknowledge that Cody has hurt people on a personal level and that all of the actions and things that he said while in the game should not be taken so personally by other people. He also said that he refuses to see anything bad in Cody and that he shouldn't be judged for his behavior in the game. Mark still thinks that Cody is a good person, despite all evidence to the contrary in how he has acted since the beginning of the game. Mark's idealistic attitude has also made him a Horrible Judge of Character. He's very gullible and easily manipulated. His constant need to see the good in others has proven to be a huge weakness in Mark because he has no idea who's manipulating him, playing him or betraying him.
• Genius Bruiser: Downplayed of course, Mark may not be the typical intellectual and brainy guy who's a bookworm that has his head stuck in a book or is extremely knowledgable about a variety of things including art, literature or current affairs. However, that doesn't mean that Mark is by any means stupid, unintelligent or ignorant. Mark won a Veto Competition focused on solving puzzles when he needed it most. Mark is excellent at reciting and remembering things. Mark could be perceived as not very smart because he's very athletic and seems like he would be a Dumb Jock that has no clue about anything. But Mark has some brains. He could also be seen as Brilliant, but Lazy.
• Gentle Giant: One of the largest male houseguests and also highly emotional, sensitive and compassionate. Just don't get on his bad side — even though he's most sweet, he's got a sour side.
• The Giant: Mark is not only the tallest houseguest of the season (at 6'5"), but he's also physically the largest. He's built like a wrestler because of his extreme Heroic Build.
• Good is Not Nice: Mark is generally nice and affable towards others, but he does have a ratter petty, mean and aggressive side if he's provoked. Doing things such as bullying, personally attacking him, or betraying him will bring out a much tougher and nastier side out of Mark.
• Good Is Not Soft: Mark is nice to his friends and those he trusts, but he's not so pleasant towards his enemies or those who've done him wrong.
• Graceful Loser: Once he learned that he was the likely target in Week 8 for a backdoor option by HOH Christmas and was eventually put up as a replacement nominee after losing the POV to Jason, Mark completely accepted his fate in the game with class and dignity. Christmas and everyone else in the house, including Josh, were very proud of Mark for handling his impending eviction well and with grace.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Not enough to classify as a Crazy Jealous Guy but Mark has openly admitted that he would get jealous of Elena and Paul whenever they were together.
• The Heart: Shares this role with Kevin of the season. He's easily one of the nicest and most noble houseguests. Although he's been in some fights with some of his fellow housemates, he's never been intentionally malicious to anyone on a personal level. Mark is always trying to get people to not get personal in the game and he's always the one trying to advocate against fighting and bullying. He always tries to get people to get along with each other and to try to get others to own up to their mistakes.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam: After losing all the people who were unpleasant to be around in the house, Mark tries to distance himself from all things about them that made the houseguests want them gone. Unfortunately, what he did strained his reputation in the house so badly that Mark doesn't look dependable no matter what he does. He has to resort to begging and a failed attempt to use the Tree of Temptation to save himself. When he makes a final effort to have Christmas choose somebody else over him, she feels that all obligations she has to him are over with and it is time to cut him loose.
• Heroic Build: Mark is the most muscular, physically built male in the house with large chest and broad shoulders.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: Mark is the All-Loving Hero of the season and he's also a decent person, but he's ostracized and left out by the rest of the houseguests. Much of the distrust or disdain that the others have towards Mark has to do with the fact that he was aligned with Cody, who was hated in the game. The other houseguests seem to have an issue with separating Mark from his association with Cody. Being aligned with Cody caused the other houseguests to state that they feel Mark is exactly like Cody because of the degree of Undying Loyalty that he has towards him and how Mark is always defending Cody and his poor behavior.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Mark was this with Cody at the beginning of the game along with being Bash Brothers. Mark and Cody were really close and the two of them admitted that they were each other's ride or die in the game. Unfortunately, their friendship and alliance fell apart once Cody flipped on his alliance and Mark sided with Paul instead which caused distrust towards Mark on Cody's behalf. Mark has stated that even though he and Cody drifted apart on a game related level, he still liked Cody and wanted to be friends with him outside of the house.
• Hidden Depths: Mark is sometimes seen reading a book and using glasses. Considering he tried to outgrow the image of a wimp by getting jacked at the gym, this shows he is also a modest bookworm.
• Honor Before Reason: No matter what, loyalty, trust and keeping his word are things that Mark consistently tries to uphold. In Week 8, Mark had stated that he owes Paul a debt for giving a Friendship Bracelet which garnered him safety from being evicted back in Week 1. During Week 8, Mark had the opportunity to repay the debt that he owed Paul by giving him immunity for the week with the Save A Friend Tree Temptation that he had won.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Mark's dooming experience in the house was to side with the people who were the best at pissing the rest of the house off, as well as his floundering romance with Elena, who he thought digs him (fortunately, she really does).
• Hot-Blooded: Mark is a Large Ham and a Boisterous Bruiser. Everything about him can be over the top. including his physical size. Mark also has a tendency tone extremely overly emotional and he's known to be very hotheaded and sensitive. Despite all of his proclamations that he hates fighting and conflict, he doesn't hesitate to get into fights and confrontations with other people when he doesn't agree with them. He's gotten into fights with Alex, Paul, Cody, Christmas and Josh. Mark sometimes has a really bad habit off letting his emotions rule over him and it has a tendency to cloud his judgement.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Mark next to any woman (and all of the guys too) in the house, especially Elena. Mark is 6'5", Elena is 5'5". Mark is the tallest in height as well as the largest in body type (because of his large muscles) houseguest of the season alongside Jason. He towers over every single houseguest with the exception of Jason (6'5"), Kevin (6'3"), and Josh (6'4"), who are all tall in their own right. Since all of the women in the house are on the shorter or petite side, especially girls like Alex and Jessica who are super tiny, Mark looks like Sasquatch next to all of them. He's even huge when he's standing next to Elena and she is average height for a woman.
• Humble Hero: While Mark may be a very noble and heroic person by nature, he's far from arrogant and cocky. Whenever Mark chooses to help other people and give some of his support and his compassion, he never asks for any appreciation or thanks in return. At heart, Mark is a pretty selfless person who is willing to do things for other people and put other people's needs before his own without even asking for anything in return. Mark is one of the most humble people in the house especially in comparison to so many of the other houseguests who are shown to be very arrogant and self absorbed. Mark is incredibly humble in comparison to people like Cody, Paul and Josh, who are very cocky, arrogant and often think that they are better than everyone else. His humility is part of what makes him someone likeable and worthy to labelled a noble and good person.
• Hunk: Mark is physically appealing and is a Mr. Fanservice to boot. His pleasant personality helps to increase his attractiveness factor. Dr. Will thinks he should be on The Young and the Restless.
• Ideal Hero: Mark has a Honor Before Reason mentality and he's very noble and idealistic in his approach. He strongly believes in seeing the best in every situation as well as seeing the good in people. Unfortunately, Mark's idealistic outlook has made him a Horrible Judge of Character and it's made him incredibly gullible and naive. Mark is also the ultimate Nice Guy, so much that he borderline on being an All-Loving Hero, choosing to see the good in others even if they don't deserve it.
• The Idealist: Mark has a Humans Are Good mentality and tries to consistently see the best in others even if they don't deserve it. Since Mark is such a noble and honourable person, it's not surprising that he's willing to give people second chances. He has the belief that nobody is born evil and that people can make mistakes but that doesn't make them bad or horrible people. Mark's idealistic nature extends to his perception and opinion about Cody. No matter how badly he's treated people or how mean he's gotten, Mark still refuses to think that Cody is a horrible person and that despite his mistreatment of others, he's still a decent person on the inside. People, such as Paul, have criticized Mark for having such an outlook. While it's noble that Mark wants to see the good in everyone, he's a little bit naive and trusting for his own good.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: Mark's game primarily consists of trying to earn friends by showing he's a man of his word. Unfortunately, siding with a bunch of people who turn out to be selfish and pitiless sullies that aspect of his character by associating with them enough to make him a sizable target to get rid of.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Mark always had the intentions of keeping Elena safe and protecting her because of his feelings for her. Anytime that Elena was in trouble, Mark would always scramble to try and find ways to save her. However, it's inverted on Double Eviction night when Mark and Elena are both put on the block against each other and the two of them have to battle it out and fight against each other for safety and to continue playing the game. Mark wins the POV which would give him the chance to take himself off the block and secure his safety so that he can continue to fight in the game. Elena, although deeply saddened that she knew she was going to be the one sent home, was very happy for Mark and was very proud that he would have a chance to get farther in the game even if her time in the game was going to end for good (since there was no Jury Buy Back this season). Even when Elena was in jury, she had touted in the Jury House Segment that she didn't want to see Mark come to the jury house next because she wanted him to get to the end and have a chance at winning the game. Because Mark and Elena were each other's ride or die in the game (and that they are in a romantic relationship), they want the best for each other — even Elena, who's known to be one of the most selfish and self absorbed people in the house.
• Irony: Mark pulls the apple with "Save a Friend" from the Tree of Temptation after he has run out of allies in the game. So who do you think is gonna be his choice- OH, OF COURSE IT'S PAUL, we've been over this many times before (Mark knew he had no chance of bargaining with anybody, so he gave it to the person who gave him friendship at the start of the game and to show people calling him out that he wouldn't go back on his word). On top of that, because Mark pulled the one apple that would have proven useful in Week 10, nobody remaining in that house that week wants to take an apple from the tree out of fear of the bad things that will befall them and the others, so Mark's misfire with the Tree and departure of the game has Gone Horribly Right and stunted the other contestants' games.
• It's Personal: Mark takes everything personally in the game. Hell, this is the same guy who voted for the player that he chose to win the game (which was Josh) based on personal feelings. Mark had such an antagonistic relationship with Josh throughout the entire game because Mark strongly disliked Josh's overly emotional and aggressive personality. He didn't like that Josh would constantly act confrontational and get into fights with almost every single houseguest, himself included. Mark takes harassment and bullying very seriously as he was a victim of bullying when he was much younger. So bullying is a Trauma Button and a Berserk Button for him which is why he had such an unfavorable opinion about Josh. Mark hated that Josh constantly acted like a Manchild and The Bully when he didn't get his way. So, Mark's dislike of Josh was more personal than game related more than anything else. In addition, Mark turned against Paul and wanted to get rid of him because he felt that Paul posed a threat to his relationship with Elena. Mark has openly admitted that he was uncomfortable and jealous whenever Elena and Paul flirted with each other and he felt that Paul as trying to impose himself by trying to convince Elena to have more loyalty to him than to Mark. Mark felt threatened by Paul's presence over Elena and so made it one of his missions to try to get rid of Paul. Mark admitted that his vote against Paul to win the game was also personal in nature. One of the reasons Mark voted for Josh over Paul to win the game in the Final 2 is because he didn't like Elena and Paul's relationship and he felt that Paul was trying to break Mark and Elena's relationship up. He also said that he didn't vote for Paul because he didn't respect Paul's game, even though he does admit that Paul did play the best game out of anyone. But on his conscience, he couldn't vote for Paul to win because he simply had no respect for all of the backstabbing, lying, and manipulating that he did to get to where he did. Mark admitted to voting for Josh because even though they weren't on the best of terms for the entire game, at least Josh was open and honest about how he felt and where he stood with Mark unlike Paul, who he felt was playing a more cowardly and sneaky game by not being honest and upfront about what he was doing, how he was feeling and about his intentions.
• Jerk Jock: Downplayed. For the most part, Mark is a Lovable Jock who is generally nice to everyone. However, he only acts mean if people are taking shots at him first. His relationship with Josh has been tumultuous for the most part and things got really ugly between them in Week 4 when Mark threw a cup of lemon juice and hot sauce in Josh's face and eyes.
• Just Friends: Even though it's arguable that Dominique feels something of a more romantic nature for Mark, Mark always saw Dominique as just a friend. Instead, Mark had interest in Elena and was Oblivious to Love when it came to Dominique. As a result of Mark being blind to Dominique's feelings, she became a Dogged Nice Girl towards him.
• The Klutz: Mark has terrible coordination when it comes to physical challenges where his large stature puts him at a disadvantage. He wasn't watching where he was going and stumbled off the Jury bleachers right as Josh came out of the house after winning the competition, and Julie had to grab Mark's hand and help him down so he wouldn't fall.
• Last of His Kind: As of Week 8, he's the last House Guest who isn't Paul's minion. That being said, there's a reason there are no other independent thinkers left, at least not the ones who care to speak up like he did — the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
• Locked Out of the Loop: He and Elena were left in the dark to Paul's plan to knock out Ramses over Josh, because their loyalties with Cody and Jessica made them suspect. They ended up voting for Josh and were the only ones to do so aside from Cody.
• Loved by All: Although many of the houseguests didn't approve of Mark and his gameplay decisions, they have all commented how they like Mark on a personal level.
  • Josh, who was his Arch-Enemy throughout the game, has even said that he likes Mark as a person and that he would like to be friends with him outside of the house.
  • Paul has said he thinks Mark is a cool person and that he just didn't agree with his gameplay decisions. Kevin has always liked Mark on a personal level despite not being aligned with him in the game.
  • Alex also likes Mark, even saying that he can't believe someone as good and nice as Mark would ever associated themselves with someone has horrible as Cody.
  • Jason has never gotten personal with Mark and has stood up for Mark to Cody when he was throwing him under the bus.
  • Even Christmas, someone that Mark had a lot of tension with throughout the game, was crying after she put him as a replacement nominee and feeling bad that she had to do it.
• Manly Tears: During After Dark he shed some tears while apologizing to Christmas. And he has lots of tears for Elena when he realizes he must make a choice between him and her to save with the Veto. Following her eviction, he continues to pour out his frustrations in the Diary Room until he's had a nice long cry. It doesn't help that Zingbot twists the knife deeper. The first time Mark is shown to be visibly emotional is when Christmas confronted him about not being there to support her when she broke her foot, which resulted in him crying out of guilt for not being there for her. Mark's emotional nature and his crying spells were Played for Laughs in the BB Comics, as his character was named "The Incredible Sulk". The Best of the Diary Room segment also shows Mark crying over silly stuff.
• Mighty Glacier: Mark may be physically strong but he's extremely slow and doesn't have much speed. It's showcased during competitions which are physical in nature and require him to show speed. Mark is slow because of his large size and his height is what hinders him from being fast. Mark is a bodybuilder and is not a lean person who has a slim build and is wiry which is often the body type that is most suited for speed.
• Mr. Fanservice: Mark has a Heroic Build and is not afraid to show it off by almost always appearing shirtless.
• My Greatest Failure: In the week of his eviction, Mark admits that he was constantly flipping between loyalties during the game and this ruined his chances of moving forward when his alliances collapsed because nobody wanted to put up with a continuously dishonest player. He also regrets not doing everything that he could to protect Elena from being a target and for eventually being eliminated. After Elena is evicted, Mark blames himself for it and feels immense guilt about it.
• Nice Guy: The only nice guy in Cody's alliance. Especially shows when he is among the first to ditch Cody completely. And when everybody, including Raven (who just caught hell from Jessica), moves in on Cody and Jessica for a group hazing, he walks away and says in the Diary Room a little later that this is not what he wanted his game to be. He also went as far as to confront Christmas about antagonizing Cody after Paul set the plans in action. However, despite being nice, mellow and down to earth most of the time, it's not wise to make an enemy out of him by either betraying him or lying to him.
• Noble Male, Roguish Male: Mark is the Noble Male to Cody's Roguish Male. While Mark is much more benevolent, noble and diplomatic in his approach to fixing things and is likely to use Honor Before Reason before anything, Cody is more impulsive, aggressive and prone to getting into fights with others. The ways in which they treat their respective showmance partners (Elena for Mark, Jessica for Cody) shows off their noble and roguish personalities. While Mark is more likely to be gentlemanly, sophisticated and into developing a serious romantic relationship based on deep romance and emotions with Elena, Cody is much more aggressive, domineering, and controlling towards Jessica and he also seems to be into having more of a sexual relationship with Jessica that seems to be based on lust.
• No Social Skills: Downplayed. It's not that Mark isn't capable of socializing and making friends. But when it comes to making allies and getting people to trust and cooperate with him, Mark fails dramatically as he only stuck to Dominique and then Elena. Mark did have a friendship with Cody in the beginning but as soon as he turned his back on him, Cody never trusted Mark again even if Mark was trying to fix their relationship so that they could be allies again. Mark also didn't seem to take social cues from Cody, who didn't want to have anything to do with Mark. As a result, he came across as a flip-flopper who didn't show loyalty to a specific group of people or even one person (if we're not counting Elena).
• Oblivious to Love: Inverted (in Elena's case with Mark) and Played Straight (in Mark's case with Dominique).
  • Mark openly admitted that he was attracted to Elena and wanted to pursue a romantic relationship with her, but Elena saw him as a friend and an ally in the game. Eventually she did find out about how Mark felt about her, but she was unsure about how she felt about him and whether she wanted to reciprocate. With time, Elena realized that she did have romantic feelings for Mark and wanted to be in a relationship with him. They eventually became an Official Couple.
  • It's Played Straight when it comes to Dominique's feelings for Mark. Dominique wanted to take their friendship to a romantic level but Mark was too blinded by his attraction to Elena to realize that Dominique was interested in him. Because of Mark's obliviousness about Dominique, she came across as a Dogged Nice Girl whose feelings were being unreciprocated.
• Official Couple: Played Straight with Elena after they got a Relationship Upgrade. At first, it was uncertain whether the two were going to engage in a romance. Mark had feelings for Elena of a romantic nature, but Elena appeared as if she didn't reciprocate Mark's feelings and didn't want to have a relationship while playing the game in the house. Mark was ready to have a romance but Elena was uncertain. But eventually, Elena gets over her uncertainty about how she feels for Mark and decides to take her relationship with Mark to the next level. Mark continued his relationship with Elena outside of the house to see if their relationship would function outside of the game.
• One-Man Army: By Week 9, Mark is hanging on by a thread. After the first showmance with Jody ended with her eviction, he finds himself and Elena going up repeatedly and no one to turn to, including Elena herself, and Elena can't do well enough in the game to save herself, so she cops out. Mark is an absolute beast at the competitions who resolves to stay in the game through his excellent physical prowess when he is the biggest threat to the majority (mirroring Brad Culpepper's desperate situation in Survivor: Game Changers earlier that year). Unfortunately, his game imploded so badly because of all the shady characters he allied himself with that he looks terrible by proxy and cannot find allies with anyone.
• Only Sane Man: Finally emerging from underneath a rock, Mark shows up halfway through day 40 to find the house has gone apeshit. He is the only one still indoors as the rest haze Cody and Jessica like crazy, and the best vocal approximation of the look he gets as he peers on quietly is, "WTF is wrong with you animals?"
• Out of Focus: On Day 40, he is practically AWOL, considering he went through hell the previous day and the days before that. By the time he does choose to emerge, everyone else has lost their marbles.
• Parental Abandonment: A really sad example to boot. Mark lost both parents while only a boy. Mark's dad died when he was little, and not long after, his mom did, too, evidenced by the family photo where the latter is only around. He is now living with his grandparents who took up the surrogate responsibility of raising their grandson, who are wonderful people and responsible for his kind heart.
• Rage Breaking Point: When Josh decided to torment Mark again after Paul's second time spearheading an eviction nomination meeting, it went well past the point of humorous and quickly accelerated into pure bullying. That got Mark angry enough to get physical with Josh- and prompted the civility gatekeepers monitoring the show from up on high to twice broadcast over the speakers, "Opposite sides of the house." On the live feed, they cut away from the footage.
• Real Men Hate Affection: Subverted. Mark is a very large guy with big muscles but he's still an Emotional Bruiser who is very affectionate and loves to give out the hugs. He's a very touchy feely person and he's not the type to shy away from handing out affection. Mark is so comfortable with showing affection to others that he has no issue being touchy feely with member of the same sex without the fear of being portrayed as gay.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Mark is an Emotional Bruiser that has no problems with shedding a few Broken Tears or Manly Tears or wearing pink shorts. Mark is in tune with the feminine aspects of his brain and personality. His favorite color is also pink, and he lampshades this trope in the literal sense of wearing pink in his intro package.
• Sadistic Choice: During double eviction week, Elena goes up twice, the second time with him. He knows that he has a chance of winning the game because he's a strong competitor, but Elena's goose is cooked. Although it would be chivalrous to sacrifice his game for her, Elena talks Mark into saving himself, but he is brought to tears.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Cody's Manly Man. Even though it appears as if Mark would be the Manly Man because he's incredibly athletic and he's very large in size with big muscles, he's actually ruled by his emotions and is in touch with his feminine side. Cody, on the other hand is more of The Stoic and engages in more masculine pastimes such as shooting guns and hunting in addition to being a veteran that served in the military and engaged in combat. Cody also rarely shows any emotion and he's nowhere near as sensitive, empathetic and emotional as Mark is despite the fact that they both share the trait of being athletic in common.
• Ship Tease: With Elena. But he has a good close friendship with Dominique. Eventually, Mark goes through a relationshipUpgrade with Elena and they become an Official Couple. With Dominique on the other hand, they are Just Friends and Mark only views her platonically but Dominique likes Mark as more than just a friend and she displays Dogged Nice Girl shades towards him.
• Sleepyhead: Spends a lot of time napping/lying in bed and is fast asleep while the rest of the house is generally up. Until Josh decides otherwise...
• Sore Loser: Downplayed. At the roundtable discussion at the Jury, Will thinks Mark is irritated by Paul and mad that Jody was evicted and his showmance partner Elena was sent packing. During the afterparty, Mark explains that he wouldn't vote for Paul because Paul tried to turn Elena against him, and while he thought Paul played a better game than Josh, Paul's dishonorable strategies didn't deserve to be rewarded. Will claims Mark is why Paul was deprived $450,000, but Mark doesn't think he's the real reason, just a contributor to his downfall (we all know the real game killer for Paul was one mightily pissed off Alex).
• Spanner in the Works: Implied he intends to get rid of Paul at some point. Unfortunately for him, he was sent home before he ever got the chance to nix Paul's chances of getting to the end for a second time. But most of that was his fault since he made himself come off as too unreliable and disloyal in the game. Paul caught onto it so there was no chance that Mark had any shot of taking Paul out before Paul took Mark out.
• Survivor's Guilt: On Double Eviction night, Jason won HOH and nominated Mark and Elena against each other so they had to battle against one another for safety and to stay in the game. Mark won POV which ensured that he had the opportunity to take himself off the block and be safe. But Elena was in serious trouble — she knew that if they couldn't get Mark out (who was the first or real intended target) then they were going to go for her instead. Unfortunately, they did pull the trigger on Elena as she was evicted after Cody. Mark was happy that he won the POV and ensured his own safety but he was also feeling saddened and guilty that Elena was going home instead of him. In a way he felt like he was responsible for her eviction because he was the one that was supposed to go home in her place. At that point, he mentally and emotionally checked out of the game.
• That Makes Me Feel Angry: Normally, Mark is a friendly, calm and mild-mannered guy, but if he sees bullying of any kind, then he will not tolerate it and he will blow up in anger. It's also an unwise idea to even think of bullying him or attacking him in any way. When Josh made the very unwise idea to berate Mark after making a bet over a pool game and Mark's temper got the best of him which resulted in him throwing an uncomfortable mix of hot sauce and lime juice in Josh's face. That event alone should tell you to never mess with Mark no matter how mild mannered and friendly he seems. He can get quite angry because despite his sensitive and emotional nature, he's Hot-Blooded.
• Took a Level in Badass: Mark seemed like he was not that much of a competitor when the game first started. He was athletic but he showed no promise when it came to performing well in competitions. However, when his safety was on the line and he started to realize that he was becoming a target to go home, Mark started to become increasingly good at winning competitions. But in turn, the other housemates started to view Mark as a huge physical threat so he became one of the biggest targets in the house. He's also someone, other than Cody, who had the guts to turn on Paul and realize that it was him that was running the show and that he was going to attempt at trying to take him out of the game before Paul could ever have the chance to go on a winning streak in comps, get rid of all of his competition, and slide his way to the end once again with a chance at winning.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: He started out nice, but has recently been showing a much darker side, even going as far as to throw hot sauce in Josh's eyes over an argument as to who had won a game of pool. And he even tries pandering to Cody long after all bridges have been burned.
• Trauma Button: Don't bully Mark. Just don't. You'll get what you deserve if you do. Mark got bulled as a kid and joined a gym specifically to muscle up to the point he stopped being a bullying target. Mark also wears glasses, but not too often because glasses are a common target of harassment.
• We Used to Be Friends: With Cody, before it all went to absolute Hell. After Cody's betrayal, Mark decided that Cody couldn't be trusted and Mark owed no loyalty to Cody anymore. After Cody was evicted and reentered the game by winning the Battle Back competition, Mark decided to give Cody a second chance and wanted to work with him once again. Unfortunately for Mark, he was unaware that Cody no longer had any desire to work with Mark and didn't trust him because Mark had already turned his back on him before. Even though Cody has mistreated Mark and talked badly about him behind his back, Mark still refused to see the bad side of Cody and chose to continue to think that he's a good person who can be his friend outside of the game.
• Will They or Won't They?: With Elena throughout the season. Even though Mark was attracted to Elena and wanted to have a romance with her, it was uncertain as to if Elena really reciprocated Mark's feelings. Mark let every single person that he talked to know about how he felt about Elena. Elena, on the other hand, had told other people that she was uncertain about her feelings for Mark and had even admitted that physically, Mark was not really her type as she has a tendency to be attracted to intellectual nerdy types over authentic jocks like Mark. Elena even said that she wasn't sure if she wanted to get into a relationship in the house while playing the game because it could cause a distraction for her wanting to play the game and try to win and it could paint a target on her back. Despite the mix up of feelings between the two, they eventually meet a crossroads and discover that they both like each other romantically. They end up having a Relationship Upgrade and become an Official Couple. They extend their romance to the jury house and when the game is over.
• With Friends Like These...: Mark learned that he's got nobody in his corner but him. Not even Elena, his very own showmance, is to be trusted. He decided to fend for himself and ensure his own safety by winning the first Temptation Competition. But that doesn't stop him from becoming Josh's target come next week because Josh hates the way both Mark and Elena have played the game.

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