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Sickly but determined twin brothers with all the bad luck in the world, as well as countless physical ailments, phobias, and allergies. No one who knew them believed they'd even last an hour in the race but they entered anyway. Maybe they're not as pitiful as they seem?
- Absurd Phobia: They're afraid of pencils, sand, spiders, werewolves, heights, squeegee sounds, germs, and being on stage.
- Achievement In Ignorance: In "Hello and Dubai", Jay passes out from squeegee sounds and his fainting motion causes him to hit the tennis ball with enough force to be a winning shot.
- Acquired Poison Immunity: Mickey has been bitten by so many venomous creatures, he's become immune to it. This comes in handy in "Brazilian Pain Forest" when he doesn't feel the effects of the bullet ants.
- Actor Allusion: This isn't the first time Mickey went on stage to play a guitar, with his voice actor best known for the role of Corey Riffin.
- Always Identical Twins: Which is probably why they share the same illnesses and misfortunes.
- Arc Number: In the first four challenges, the two place 12th, they end up leaving in 12th place, and appear in 12 episodes of the season. This is foreshadowed in the first episode, where Mickey says they're not cursed, but they might be whatever comes before cursed. 13 is usually considered bad luck, and 12 is right before that.
- Big Brother Instinct: It's subtle, but Jay seems to be a bit more confident and the less-wimpy leader of the two. Shown best in "None Down, Eighteen To Go - Part 1" where he carries Mickey up the stairs, when the latter can no longer continue.
- Born Unlucky: They are tied with Dwayne for the unluckiest characters in the race.
- It's implied they are actually cursed, being afflicted with every possible allergy, phobia, accident, disorder and ailment, to the point where Harold and Cody get off lightly. Makes one wonder why they even signed up for the race.
- Played with in "Hello and Dubai" where they experience good luck for the first time after all of the bad luck gets sucked up by the Ice Dancers due to their Artifact of Doom.
- Butt-Monkey: With a label like the "Adversity Twins", it's a given. They're easily pushed around by stronger, meaner players like Taylor or the Ice Dancers.
- Delicate and Sickly: As part of their Born Unlucky shtick, they are plagued with every possible allergy and ailment. Their allergies include confetti, cinnamon, orchids, and grass skirts. They also have (but not limited to) asthma, lactose intolerance, eczema, altitude intolerance, chronic nose bleeds, and temperature insensitivity. Apparently that's not the whole list. Despite or because all of this, they are meant to be seen as cute and sympathetic.
- Determinator: Despite all the difficulties life throws at them, they just keep trucking along. After their elimination, they mention how nobody believed they would have even survived the competition as long as they have, yet they still did through sheer willpower. Their doctors believed they'd be dead within a week, and their gym coach just laughed when they said they were entering the competition.
- Disability Immunity:
- Despite his countless allergies, Mickey gets past the bullet ants without any trouble in "Brazilian Pain Forest" because he's been bitten by so many things over the years that he's become immune to all forms of venom.
- Also zig-zagged in "I Love Ridonc & Roll", where they trump the Dry Sauna All-In due to their "temperature dyslexia"; while they do suffer from burns and frostbite in extreme cases, the twins are relatively unaffected by the drop or increase in temperature.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: Jay's hoodie is a darker shade of blue and is green on the inside. Mickey's hoodie is orange on the inside. Mickey also wears the helmet, has a gap in between his teeth, and has a higher voice than his brother.
- Iron Butt-Monkey: They get hurt so often, they think they're the next closest thing to being cursed.
- Leitmotif: A sad violin tune.
- Mirror Character:
- They bear striking resemblance to Cameron's original design
, and are physically like him as well. - Like Amy and Samey, Jay and Mickey are identical twins who competed on the same team and got eliminated together. Unlike Amy and Samey, who absolutely despise each other, Jay and Mickey are supportive of one another during the Race.
- They bear striking resemblance to Cameron's original design
- Never Bareheaded: Mickey is never seen without his helmet.
- Nice Guy: They're immensely kind to others and describe themselves as gentlemen.
- Noodle Incident: Jay, as they're about to descend into the Parisian catacombs: "I hope I don't get the plague again."
- Older Than They Look: They're 16 years old, but look more like they're the same age as Junior.
- Reused Character Design: Jay and Mickey were based on Cameron's prototype design.
- Shrinking Violet:
Word of God compares them to timid animals at the bottom of the food-chain. - Sibling Team: Consisting of identical twin brothers.
- So Proud of You: Even Don is proud of the brothers for making it to a respectful 12th place despite the overwhelming disadvantages they were faced with.
- Terrified of Germs:
- In the second episode Mickey asks Jay if he wants some hand sanitizer, only for Jay to reveal that he's wearing gloves.
- Exploited by Emma in "I Love Ridonc and Roll" when she convinces Mickey that his air guitar has germs on it, causing him to break out in hives from stressing out about it.
- Uninhibited Muscle Power: Mickey gets a burst of strength in Transylvania, lifting up a coffin with his brother in it above his head. Though he collapses from the weight a few seconds later.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Pretty much "Why Did It Have To Be Everything" for these two. Check Absurd Phobia above.

Two very close childhood friends who do everything together. Carrie is a sweet young lady with a cordial personality, and while Devin may not be the brightest bulb in the box, he is still a very nice guy. However, Carrie wants a bit more than friendship from Devin, although he remains oblivious to it.
- Aborted Arc: Carrie's Odd Friendship with Ryan is completely dropped in the latter's elimination episode to the point where neither characters interact once in said episode.
- Actor Allusion: In one episode, Devin mentions that Carrie's older sister forced her to eat a worm.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Carrie's feelings for Devin are always put through the grinder by him mentioning his girlfriend Shelley. Eventually, Devin does realize he has feelings for Carrie, and by the end of the series they confess their love for each other.
- All-Loving Hero: Both Carrie and Devin are among the most friendly contestants in the race, having befriended the Sisters, the Surfer Dudes, and Junior. Carrie also befriends Ryan, though Devin doesn't seem to care for him much.
- Amusing Injuries: Both of them, especially Devin.
- Asian Airhead: Devin's not stupid, but he's very oblivious.
- Berserk Button: Carrie hates it whenever Devin mentions Shelley. Carrie has snapped at Devin for comparing her to Shelley at least twice.
- Betty and Veronica: For Devin, Carrie is the Betty to Shelley's Veronica.
- Big Damn Kiss: When Devin finally tells Carrie that he loves her.
- Broken Pedestal: As part of the Unrequited Love Switcheroo the duo goes through, Carrie starts to reevaluate her feelings towards Devin after seeing the more negative aspects of his personality. She ultimately ends up retaining her feelings for him.
- Brown Bag Mask: Devin gets one slapped on him by Don when he can't stop sobbing after being dumped.
- Butt-Monkey: Devin becomes one after realizing his feelings for Carrie: he gets pepper juice in his eyes, horribly burns his tongue, struck in the kiwis by a goat, trampled by a bull, lands crotch-first on a train connector, twists his ankle after being thrown off a train, and being unable to tell Carrie how he feels.
- The Cameo: Both of them appear in the Total DramaRama episode "Invasion of the Booger Snatchers" as characters inside Harold's alien invasion comic.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Carrie can't bring herself to tell Devin how she feels. She finally gathers up the courage to do it in "Shawshank Ridonc-tion" but Devin is too distracted by the promise of a phone call to Shelley to give her time to talk. Carrie puts off telling him after Shelley dumps him, feeling it's not the right time. Eventually this gets reversed when Devin realizes he has feelings for Carrie, but can't bring himself to tell her. In "Darjeel With It," Devin keeps getting interrupted by outside circumstances. He was able to tell the sisters though, but they slapped him a few times for being so insensitive to Carrie's own love towards him.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Remember the tennis instructor Devin mentioned in "Hello and Dubai"? Shelley's been seeing the guy behind Devin's back.
- Childhood Friend Romance: As cited above, they knew each other when they were kids, stating that they met in a sandbox when they were five. Their relationship turns romantic over the course of the race.
- Childhood Friends: They met in a sandbox when they were kids and have been close since then.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Carrie shows shades of this, being very envious of Shelley.
- Compliment Backfire: Downplayed. When Devin and Carrie compliment Crimson's non-goth appearance, she reacts negatively, although it's more out of insecurity than anger.Crimson: You're throwing a lot of positive emotions my way, and I don't know what to do with that.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Devin becomes clingy and possessive once he starts to crush on Carrie.
- Decoy Protagonist: They're set up as one of the main teams, place first in the first episode, were part of an anti-evil alliance, were saved by non-elimination once, and were even the first team to be announced during the promotional phase of the show, but they only place 5th. According to
Word of God, they were originally intended as finalists before it was changed. - Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Carrie realizes she admitted to liking Devin on TV, which meant everyone tuned in heard her... including Devin's girlfriend.
- Disproportionate Retribution: According to Devin, Shelley once locked him out of his car during winter because he bought her the wrong kind of tea.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: They finally get into a relationship, at the cost of Devin being massively injured by accident by Kitty.
- Face Palm: Carrie when she realizes her love confessional was going to be seen on TV by Shelley (Devin's girlfriend) and realized what she was doing.
- Five Stages of Grief: Devin goes through this after being dumped by Shelley.
- The Ghost: Shelley, Devin's ex-girlfriend. Devin would often talk about her and even calls her in "Shawshank Ridonc-tion", but she is never seen.
- Girl Next Door: Carrie to Devin, they were childhood friends who met in the sandbox and have been inseparable ever since.
- Groin Attack: In "Darjeel With It," Devin was expecting to get hit in the crotch at some point or another, but wasn't expecting it from a goat. He wasn't expecting to land on the decoupling unit moments later either.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Carrie has blonde hair and is one of the kindest girls in The Ridonculous Race (for the most part).
- Hartman Hips: Carrie has a noticeably curvy figure and big hips.
- Hopeless Suitor: Carrie is this to Devin. And later, Devin to Carrie.
- Humiliation Conga: The latter half of the competition really isn't that kind to Devin, with him learning that his girlfriend had been cheating on him, and then getting dumped on live TV. He spends the rest of the competition getting the Butt-Monkey treatment with his every attempt at trying to impress Carrie only resulting in him embarrassing himself, often in painful ways.
- Inelegant Blubbering: Devin is reduced to this after Shelley dumps him. It's so depressing that Don tries to cover his tear-stained face with a paper bag.
- It's All About Me: Downplayed with Carrie, but still somewhat noticeable. She often tends to put on a high pedestal about how she'd be a better girlfriend for Devin than Shelley while also showing a bit of lack of respect for the former. One such example occurs when Shelley dumps Devin as her first instinct is not to comfort him in any way, but instead think that now is the ideal opportunity to profess her feelings to him (she ultimately doesn't, while still not even attempt to comfort him).
- Just Friends: Devin thinks they're this but Carrie has a huge crush on him, which Devin is oblivious to.
- Laser-Guided Karma: The good kind. Since The Surfers allowed them to advance in Vietnam Carrie picked them to take their spot after they had to pull out after Devin was injured. The Surfers were very grateful for being back in the race and promised to split the million with them. This means they're the only team to not win but did end up with $250,000 (Brody got the amount wrong but he meant this much) at the end.
- Love Makes You Dumb: Devin repeatedly tries to admit his feelings for Carrie, but that usually involves him doing really stupid and suicidal tactics in the race that put them at a disadvantage.
- Luminescent Blush: Carrie when staring at Devin.
- Male Gaze: Carrie gets plenty of butt-shots throughout the season.
- Mirror Character:
- Carrie is one to Bridgette, being the nice blonde with a huge crush. She even shares the same voice actress. As the series progresses, she evolves more into a substitute for Zoey from Revenge, being a Nice Girl whose entire character seems based on a Will They or Won't They? with her season-long love interest.
- Visually, Devin looks a lot like Trent, and later after Devin realizes he's in love with Carrie, he starts acting a lot like Trent from Action, right down to nearly blowing the challenges to impress her. Devin is also a big pain magnet for the series, like Trent.
- Moment Killer: After Kitty encourages Carrie to speak her mind out to Devin, she finally tries to, and luckily, she gets Devin to admit his relationship with Shelley is just as bad as the Daters (because of Stephanie becoming overly competitive and demanding)... He then says with a smile that he and Carrie will be best friends forever.
- Mutual Pining: Pretty much the entire basis of their characterization is that Carrie is in love with Devin but Cannot Spit It Out, with Devin being Oblivious to Love. And then partway through the season they have Swapped Roles, with Devin in love with Carrie, and Carrie oblivious to it.
- Nice Guy: Both of them; they are the least offensive pairing in the game.
- Non-Gameplay Elimination: They ended up eliminated when Kitty, tied to an Emu, accidentally crashed into Devin and knocked him down a cliff even after he and Carrie managed to beat the Sisters to the chill zone. He was too injured to continue, but there was a silver lining in the rule book which allowed them to bring back an eliminated team to take their place.
- Not Good with Rejection: Devin does not take well when Shelley breaks up with him.
- Oblivious to Love: Despite having a girlfriend back home, Devin has no idea that Carrie has a crush on him. After his girlfriend breaks up with him and Devin realizes he has feelings for Carrie, Carrie is completely oblivious to this as she had decided to stop reading into Devin being nice when she thought it was obvious they were destined to just remain friends.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Devin thinks they're this, as they've been inseparable since childhood, but Carrie's been harboring romantic feelings for quite a while. Gets reversed later when Devin realizes he loves Carrie, and Carrie becomes convinced they are destined to just be friends.. This subverts after a Relationship Upgrade happens between them.
- Plot Allergy: In "El Bunny Supremo", Devin is allergic to hot peppers, temporarily blinding him when he accidentally gets pepper juice in his eyes. In the next episode, his allergies clear up somewhat, but his vision remains impaired.
- Plot Armor: Avoided elimination a few times due to their Will They or Won't They? plot.
- Precocious Crush: Carrie is on the receiving end of affections from Junior.
- Running Gag: Carrie shows affection to Devin, only for him to bring up Shelley.
- Sanity Slippage: Devin. Big time. After Shelley breaks up with him, he goes through each of the seven stages of heartbreak (as described by Spud) though they're actually really five, starting with delusion, then anger, then desperation, then rock bottom, and finally moving on.
- Satellite Character: Due to their entire characterization revolving around the Will They or Won't They? plot, they were just... there. The only notable interactions they had was both of them with Kitty & Emma and Carrie's Odd Friendship with Ryan.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Carrie and Devin's Will They or Won't They? storyline gets focused on a good bit throughout the race, but not to the same extent of the Ice Dancers/Police Cadets rivalry.
- Swapped Roles: Devin does move on from Shelly and finally realizes he loves Carrie, but unfortunately, he realizes this too late after accidentally making Carrie fend off a herd of lions in a trap door where she realizes herself she doesn't need to suck up to him anymore.
- Trauma Conga Line: Devin just keeps getting one injury after another in short succession in "Darjeel With It." Carrie eventually had to hoist him up and take him to the chill zone.
- Unexplained Recovery: In "Last Tango in Buenos Aires", Devin gets accidentally knocked off a cliff and ends up in a full body cast. However, in "A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars", he simply has bandages on his head (even though it was the only part of his body not covered up while in his cast), while Sanders' arm was still in a cast for the remainder of the season.
- Unrequited Love Switcheroo: Downplayed but after Devin gets cheated on and then dumped by his girlfriend, he ends up going through a nasty funk. A side-effect of this is Carrie starts to see the more unappealing sides of Devin's personality that she previously never noticed due to her rose-tinted crush on him. By the time Devin finally gets over the breakup and starts developing feelings Carrie, Carrie's own crush on him had cooled off considerably.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Devin doesn't even question why Carrie drew his caricature with hearts around it, or even that he was shirtless in the drawing. When the artist they were giving it to judge turned it down, Devin believes it's because the caricature was "too realistic".
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: While on the flight to Transylvania, Carrie talks to the Fashion Bloggers about their blog and how cool it sounds. When she asks which of them started it, Tom and Jen each say they did and spend most of the leg arguing with each other. They make up before the end of the leg but come in last and are eliminated.
- Victory Is Boring: Rock Bottom Devin doesn't have any drive to do any challenges when he's like this.
- Vomit Discretion Shot:
- In "New Beijinging", Carrie either vomits off-screen or hides her face in a bucket to vomit when she thinks about having to eat worms.
- In "Little Bull on the Prairie", Devin runs off-screen to vomit after eating the pork 'n beans and riding the mechanical bull.
- What Does He See in Her?: Carrie's reaction when Devin mentions that Shelley locked him out of the car (in weather cold enough to give him frostbite) for bringing her the wrong kind of tea.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Devin is terrified of heights.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Carrie, when she mentions that they must have made the skywalk challenge safe for the contestants.
- Yandere: Devin displays shades of this after his breakup with Shelley, oscillating wildly between jealousy and anger as he enters the "Seven Stages Of Heartbreak".

A lovey-dovey couple that met at the gym and have been attached to each other ever since. Ryan is a massive bodybuilder whose hulking form belies his calm nature (though he does have limits to his patience), while Stephanie is fuelled with a fiery sense of passion that can get the better of her.
- Aborted Arc: Ryan's Odd Friendship with Carrie is suddenly dropped without explanation in his final episode.
- Action Girl: Stephanie can be very violent and aggressive. Not to mention having incredible strength, beating a full-grown male lion to a pulp.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: A very odd example, as they started off being Sickeningly Sweethearts, before progressing to a Belligerent Sexual Tension, and afterwards keep jumping back and forth from loving to hating each other.
- Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Stephanie wears a small crop, while her boyfriend Ryan doesn't.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: After their breakup they make an effort to defy this and stay enemies, as The Power of Hate makes them more efficient. It doesn't quite work out.Stephanie: The hate thing is really working for us and I don't want to ruin that.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Ryan is usually a Gentle Giant; however, Stephanie often tests his patience, which causes him to lose his cool.
- Boyish Short Hair: Stephanie has short hair with an undercut, which fits with her athletic, fiery personality.
- Bridal Carry: Ryan had to do this to Stephanie in the Hawaii leg for a challenge while having to deal with Stephanie's "race rage". He carries Stephanie all the way to the chill zone where he later breaks up with her.
- Bullying a Dragon: Stephanie takes pleasure in insulting Ryan, the strongest person on the race. Ryan stated this in one episode.Ryan: You're shouldn't insult someone that can drop you onto hot coals!
- Competition Freak: Stephanie seems to be this, which is shown when she starts ranting in "Bjorken Telephone", and when she threatens Ryan not to make a mistake ever again, in "French is an Eiffel Language". This is played straight in "Hawaiian Honeyruin" where Ryan says she becomes a monster when things get competitive.
- Deadpan Snarker: Ryan, although it's mostly directed at Stephanie.
- Does Not Like Spam: Stephanie hates beans.
- Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Stephanie frequently bullies, abuses and assaults Ryan, even for the most minor mistakes he does.
- Dragged into Drag: Stephanie forces Ryan to wear a dress for the magic challenge in the Las Vegas portion of the race to humiliate him on international television. Ryan did not like having to wear the dress one bit.
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Easily Forgiven: Towards each other after their reconciliation, to which they didn't even mind if that costs their chance to outbeat the Ice Dancers. - Fake Muscles: Implied or rather an insult by Stephanie that most of Ryan's upper body are implants.
- Female Fighter, Male Handler: Stephanie is hyper-competitive and aggressive, and Ryan has to rein her in, although she fights with Ryan more often than other contestants.
- Foil:
- To the Ice Dancers. Both the Daters and the Ice Dancers are athletic-minded pairs with a Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl and Huge Guy, Tiny Girl dynamic. Both Ryan and Jacques are Top Heavy Guys who tend to be the voice of reason while both Stephanie and Josee are hyper-competitive and have Hair Trigger Tempers. While the Ice Dancers were the main antagonists of the season and had significant interactions with other teams, namely the Police Cadets, the Daters were largely relegated to their own storyline.
- In episode 7, to the Bloggers. While Stephanie is only keeping up the veneer of not being a control freak to Ryan, Tom and Jen were both fighting for who was the creator of their blog. And while Stephanie slowly devolved into belittling and insulting Ryan, Jen and Tom slowly patched up their differences, until the end where Jen was wholeheartedly cheering for Tom. The biggest contrast come at the end of the episode, where the Daters just barely make it, but Stephanie is pissed at Ryan, while the Bloggers lost but their friendship is stronger than ever and they leave the show on good terms.
- Gentle Giant: Ryan is easily the most muscular member of the cast, but he's a pretty calm guy... unless Stephanie's needling him at the moment. Though rarely, if ever, takes it out on the other contestants.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Stephanie can flip out at a moment's notice. Ryan calls this temper "Race Rage".
- Hartman Hips: Stephanie has perfect childbearing hips wider than her shoulders, along with being blessed with a large rump.
- Heel Realization: Stephanie realises in "Darjeel With It" that she harshly treated Ryan throughout the race and is regretful for this.
- Hot-Blooded: Stephanie to a T. Especially she lets our her competitive side.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: While Stephanie isn't particularly small, she is compared to Ryan, who is the largest cast member in The Ridonculous Race.
- In-Series Nickname: The "Haters", which Don has officially started referring to them as.
- Jerkass to One: Ryan becomes this to Stephanie after they break up in response to her angry outbursts. Otherwise, he's sociable and easygoing with everyone else.
- Large Ham: Stephanie can get pretty dramatic when she’s enraged.Stephanie: [to Ryan]: You’re giving me the silent treatment? Two can play that game. I’m the queen of silent treatment. I’ve got a wh0le bag of quiet to drop on you! … You just wait, mister! You’re about to hear pins dropping! It’s gonna be a LIBRARY up in here!!!
- Leitmotif: When they're not fighting there is some starry romantic music.
- Love at First Sight: Implied when Ryan said that they been going steady since they met at the gym. Deconstructed as the season goes on and Stephanie turns out extremely different from what Ryan thought she was, resulting in their breakup a third of the way in.
- Make-Out Kids: Like Geoff and Bridgette circa Action, they're often seen making out. This gets tossed out the window once Stephanie turns competitive.
- Manchild:
Word of God claims they're both in their early twenties (Stephanie is 21 and Ryan is 22), yet both of them (mostly Stephanie, but Ryan has his moments too) tend to act even more childish and immature than the Stepbrothers! - Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Downplayed. Stephanie's the occassionally assertive Masculine Girl, while Ryan's the more gentle Feminine Boy.
- The Masochism Tango: They slowly fell into this as the race goes on and Stephanie's competitive side came out. They even broke up at the end of the Hawaii leg.
- Mirror Character:
- Stephanie does share a lot of the mannerisms of the Sassy Black Woman with Leshawna, while also behaving like Courtney in Action except if the latter was more unstable.
- Additionally, in the tradition of Eva and Jo, Stephanie is an athletic woman with an unpleasant and fierce personality.
- Ryan plays the part of the Gentle Giant which is very reminiscent of DJ, while also sharing a bit of Courtney's unstable attitude in Action.
- After their breakup, the way they treat each other while trying to deny that they blatantly STILL have feelings for one another would strike one as a poor man's version of Duncan & Courtney back when they were still a couple. Not helped is that just like with Duncney, it's hinted that this isn't the first time they've broken up only to reconcile later.
- More Deadly Than the Male: Stephanie has proven herself to be far more aggressive than Ryan.
- Ms. Fanservice: Stephanie has a curvy figure and her gym clothes shows off her cleavage and long legs. But her best feature would have to be her huge butt, which is noticeable through those skin-tight shorts of hers.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: Stephanie and a few others clearly overclass Ryan in Physical Strength.
- Never My Fault: Stephanie blames Ryan for everything and accuses him for stuff even she does herself.
- Nice Guy: Ryan. He's a calm and friendly Gentle Giant who manages to befriend Carrie, of all people, and is one of the nicer contestants... unless Stephanie's meddling him at the moment. Though he rarely, if ever, takes it out on the other contestants.
- Not So Above It All: While Ryan is usually the straight man and a pretty Nice Guy, he can absolutely get petty when Stephanie is involved after their relationship goes sour.
- Odd Friendship: Ryan forms one with Carrie, connecting over their less than ideal relationships. As mentioned above, it's all but dropped without explanation in his final episode.
- Pitbull Dates Puppy: The aggressive Stephanie is paired with the laid-back Ryan.
- Plot Armor: Avoided getting eliminated twice before their actual elimination due to the episodes they were last in being non-elimination rounds.
- Rage Breaking Point: Ryan's patience with Stephanie's over-competitiveness runs out in "Hawaiian Honeyruin", resulting in their breakup.Ryan: Your "race rage" is out of control, and I am this close to leaving!
Stephanie: I'm sorry, what?! "Race rage"?!
Ryan: You are sweet, Stephanie. But when things get competitive, you turn into a raging, psychotic bull!
Stephanie: Bulls... are... male!!!
Ryan: Whatever! She-bull! - Real Men Wear Pink: Ryan has no problem wearing a pink shirt for such a hulking looking gymnastics.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Stephanie is in the red due to her tendency to go into race rage and her constant shouting and Ryan is in the blue due to his laid back nature. They did not show this early in the race but its most prominent in the Hawaii portion of the race but it starts to subvert after they become the haters.
- Revenge Before Reason: In "Lord of the Ring Toss", Stephanie decides to Boomerang Ryan out of spite while they're in second place, which nearly ends up getting them eliminated.
- Satellite Character: Just like Mother & Daughter and the Stepbrothers, they have virtually next to no reason for being in the game other than their extremely unhealthy and toxic relationship with each other. The only other characters that they interact with are Stephanie with Kitty in "Hawaiian Honeyruin" and Ryan with Carrie in his last few episodes as part of their Odd Friendship.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Later episodes show clear signs of this when Stephanie's tsundere personality becomes more apparent.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Ryan's the Manly to Jacques' Sensitive. An example of this is in "Dude Buggies." Jacques loves wearing a dress, while Ryan hates the absolute idea of doing so.
- Series Continuity Error: The first episode establishes that they've been dating for two months and six days prior to the series. Later into the show's run, this suddenly changes to where they're said to have been dating for at least a year.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts: Stephanie will often swoon at the most insignificant things Ryan says or does. Not so much later on...or at all. They eventually revert back to this by the time they are eliminated.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Part of why Stephanie is into Ryan is that he's just simply a Nice Guy, not just to her (at least before their breakup), but also to everyone else (including Carrie).
- Skewed Priorities: They insist on stopping right before the Chill Zone to correct Don about their name being changed from the Haters back to the Daters, even if though they could have easily taken fourth place and kick the Ice Dancers from the competition.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Stephanie constantly brags how great she is. While she has the strength to prove it, she hardly win any challenges without Ryan's help. When she tries to prove that the challenge in "Lord of the Ring Toss" is easy, it took her more than thirty-six tries to do so, each time giving excuses as to why she fail.
- Spirited Competitor: Ryan is one. Stephanie is one too, for all of about a few seconds before her competitive side takes over.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: They start to get a lot more attention after their breakup in "Hawaiian Honeyruin", especially because of their Volleying Insults habit.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: After their breakup, it's almost as bad, if not worse, than the Stepbrothers. However, like the Stepbrothers, Ryan and Stephanie reconcile just in time to be eliminated.
- This Is Unforgivable!: Stephanie refuses to allow Ryan to ever forget that he dumped her on international TV.
- Token Good Teammate: Ryan is one for the "Axis of Evil" along with Sanders. Though the Daters might be this in general since they are the only team that thinks it's an alliance to the end
- Took a Level in Jerkass: After they broke up, although Stephanie more so than Ryan.
- Top-Heavy Guy: Ryan. He describes himself as "75% upper body".
- Tsundere: Stephanie's mostly a Type A on her case (even before this team became "The Haters", and later switched back to their original identity) due to her ambitions (which includes her spiteful feelings towards her boyfriend during their romantic split), while Ryan is more of a Type B for his own case because he's openly much softer than his girlfriend is.
- Unskilled, but Strong: Ryan, and even the strong part is debatable. This almost costs them the race in Romania as Ryan struggled on the gymnastics challenge.
- Unstoppable Rage: Stephanie is very dangerous when angered.
- Volleying Insults: After their breakup, all of their conversations consist of this and it's pretty much the only thing they actually contribute to the plot.

A pair of flamboyant but good-natured fashion bloggers who love to look good and start new trends. They entered The Ridonculous Race as a means of promoting their blog, but even the competition won't stop them from finding the time to get some clothes shopping done wherever they go.
- Ambiguously Brown: Jen, although she could just be tanned.
- Ambiguously Gay: Tom likes fashion and shopping to the point where he makes his living as a fasion vlogger, and has an effeminate voice. Although he is based on the show's openly gay co-creator, Tom McGillis, his sexual orientation is never stated or even hinted at in the show, so he is neither Camp Gay nor Camp Straight. Gay or straight, his relationship with racing partner Jen is implied to be primarily or purely professional.
- Author Avatar: For the creators of Total Drama; Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch.
- Coordinated Clothes: The Fashion Bloggers both wear pastel blue tops and a dark blue pair of pants or skirt. Also, Tom wears glasses and Jen matches that by wearing sunglasses on her head.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Jen has a rather piercing scream; in "Bjorken Telephone", her screaming shatters a camera.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Sure, they lost, but both of them were able to strengthen their bonds after having a fall out about who's the main contributor to their blog in their elimination episode, Tom manages to make his hat popular with Don, and Jen starts to support Tom a lot more after the gymnastic event. They also got to shop for clothes in Paris during a midnight special sale, which was a dream come true for them, and party with a prince on a yacht.
- The Fashionista: Both, as to be expected of fashion bloggers.
- Genki Girl: A more down-to-earth example, Jen is peppy and gets excited when there is an opportunity to shop, especially in a fashion mecca like Paris.
- Hidden Depths: Jen is very skilled at gymnastics. Unfortunately, it was Tom who had to do a gymnastics challenge.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Tom is one of the taller contestants, while Jen is one of the shortest.
- I Broke a Nail: Jen breaks three to be precise when being carried in a coffin by Tom.
- Keet: A more down-to-earth example, Tom is peppy and gets excited when there is an opportunity to shop, especially in a fashion mecca like Paris.
- Neat Freak: Tom is implied to be one of those. In the first episode, he refuses to wear an unsanitized helmet and in the second episode, he tries to not get stains on his shirt while eating the Moroccan stew.
- Nobody Touches the Hair: According to Tom, Jen only lets her hairstylist wash her hair.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: While based off the show's producers, their fashion background and demeanor seem to be inspired by What Not to Wear hosts Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, both of which are fashion and lifestyle consultants.
- Older Than They Look:
Word of God reveals Tom is 24 and Jen is 22, even though they look, and at times act, like teenagers. - One Head Taller: Jen only comes up to Tom's shoulders.
- One-Steve Limit: Tom shares his name with the guy from Courtney's audition video.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Despite only being co-runners of a blog, they absolutely adore each other and are in the running with the Goths for the most closely knit team. However, they have zero sexual attraction to each other. Due to Tom being Ambiguously Gay, it's unclear if they're simply not interested in each other romantically or if it's a case of Incompatible Orientation.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: Tom, particularly after seeing sharks in the south of France.
- Security Cling: When they're crossing the sky deck.
- Skewed Priorities:
- In "French Is an Eiffel Language", they take their time shopping in Parisian clothing stores rather than rush the taxi driver to get the tire fixed.
- In "Bjorken Telephone", Jen was more concerned with her top than her safety while crossing the geyser field.Jen: Geysers are hot water; this top is cold wash only. Nobody told there would be real danger!
- Squee: In "French is an Eiffel Language", both of them give an excited squeal when they learn that the next stop would be Paris.
- Sunglasses at Night: Jen due to having sunglasses as part of her default design. She wears them even during night challenges like in Transylvania.
- True Blue Femininity: Jen is a fashionista, and her and Tom's signature color is blue.
- Valley Girl: Jen, despite being in her early 20s, still talks like a teenager.
- Who Writes This Crap!?: Apparently they wrote their introduction themselves, which causes this reaction from Don.
- Worth It: In "Mediterranean Homesick Blues", they get penalized because they came to Calanque de Maubois on a yacht instead of by train as instructed. However, they shrug it off, saying they got to party with the Prince of Monaco on the yacht and that Don was just jealous.

Bumbling Dad Dwayne and his often exasperated son Dwayne Jr. are in the race both to win and to score some bonding time together. Dwayne means well but is cursed with bad luck and his own air-headedness. It's often his son, who despite being the youngest contestant is more than Wise Beyond Their Years, helping him out of whatever muddle he's fallen into.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Dwayne has a tendency to unintentionally embarrass his son in front of other people.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Dwayne embarrasses Junior a lot which can sometimes result in the latter taking the former for granted but despite this, Dwayne still cares for his son and Junior knows that his dad still loves him no matter what.
- Bear Hug: Dwayne pulls Junior into one when they reunite at the end of "My Way or Zimbabwe". The hug knocks Junior off his feet, but he reciprocates all the same.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Junior has large black eyebrows that don't match his hair.
- Born Lucky: As if to balance out Dwayne's supernaturally terrible luck, the team as a whole have benefited from other teams' misfortunes on several occasions or Junior doing the work for them.
- Born Unlucky: Dwayne might very well be cursed. He gets injured in every episode, messes up the challenges, and keeps unintentionally offending others which result in him getting scolded or attacked.
- Bumbling Dad: Dwayne screws up so many times, he and Junior are lucky to get as far as they have.
- Butt-Monkey: Dwayne, who is extremely disliked in-universe, due to his horrid luck and lack of tact.
- Camera Abuse: Dwayne accidentally punches the confessional camera in "Mediterranean Homesick Blues".
- Catchphrase: Particularly whenever they and the other contestants get a move on towards the challenge, Dwayne has a can often be heard saying "Hurry!" in a sing-song cadence.
- Character Development: Their relationship steadily improves during the course of the season, as Dwayne learns to start treating his son like an adult while Junior starts to look past his dad's Bumbling exterior and enjoy his company. This is bookended with their introduction and elimination clips: In the former, Dwayne forces enthusiasm while Junior ignores him and scowls at the camera. In the latter, they're laughing and making plans to binge-watch Pahkitew Island together.
- Children Are Innocent: More that they're level-headed in Junior's case. The worst thing he does is yell at his dad when Dwayne was being uncooperative in a challenge. Considering the franchise he's in though, his decency is honestly exceptional.
- Deadpan Snarker: Junior. Best exemplified when Dwayne proudly talks about trying to make an alliance with Kelly and Taylor in the confessional.Junior: Have you met them?!
- The Ditz: Calling Dwayne stupid may be a bit of a stretch but he isn't shown to be very smart. For example, in the first episode, when he and Junior get into the elevator, he accidentally smashes too many buttons and breaks the elevator in the process.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Dwayne might be dim, but he's absolutely right when he points out to Kelly that her behavior enables Taylor to be a Spoiled Brat.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: The two eventually start to like each other more after a rocky start. They take this to heart after being eliminated.
- Elevator Buttons Mash: Dwayne accidentally did this in the first episode, so he & Junior just took the stairs.
- Embarrassing Tattoo: Dwayne gets a chin tattoo in order to appear cool to Junior. Unfortunately, Junior reveals it's a tattoo for women. Almost nobody takes Dwayne seriously for the rest of the race.
- Energetic and Soft-Spoken Duo: One would expect the child to be more energetic than their parent; however, Junior is more rational and relatively soft-spoken compared to his father.
- Expy: Dwayne is based on Clark Griswold.
- Face Palm: Junior frequently does this in response to his father's antics.
- Foil: To Kelly and Taylor, the Mother and Daughter team. Both teams are a Parent-Child Team with a Wacky Parent, Serious Child dynamic. Among their differences is that Dwayne and Junior are a suburban middle class family while Kelly and Taylor are a well-to-do family. While Junior might laugh at his dad's misfortunes and believes that he's too overprotective, their relationship is far more stable when compared to Kelly and Taylor's relationship, with the mother setting no boundaries, allowing her daughter to walk over her, although Kelly eventually puts her foot down after she's pushed too far.
- Foreshadowing: In "None Down, Nineteen to Go - Part 2", Junior mentions that he doesn't pay attention to Dwayne's stories or advice. In "My Way or Zimbabwe", this causes him to misremember what he's supposed to do if he gets lost.Dwayne: The family rule is if you get separated, go back to the last place you saw each other.
(later, when Junior is talking to another team)
Junior: My dad says the family rule is if you get separated, go to your destination. - The Glomp: When they get eliminated in "Little Bull on the Prairie", Dwayne begins to sigh in disappointment but is interrupted by Junior tackle-hugging him.
- Good Parents: Despite being a Bumbling Dad, Dwayne always looks out for Junior's best interest, always volunteering to take on the more dangerous challenges in his place. Dwayne can even give good, albeit in one case a bit harsh, parenting advice to others. Kelly finally puts her foot down when Taylor crosses more lines later in the same episode Dwayne gave her the advice.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Junior has blonde hair and while his dad's antics can annoy him at times, he's still a nice and decent guy overall.
- Hidden Depths: Dwayne Senior tends to put his foot in his mouth a lot, and is quite the Bumbling Dad. However, he can also show a solid grasp on parenting his son, always looking out for Junior's best interests, even if it makes him uncool. He further shows a pretty good grasp on parenting when he brings up to Kelly that Taylor has no respect for boundaries, which is shocking coming from such a bumbling dad.
- Honor Before Reason: In the second leg of "Hawaiian Honeyruin" one contestant is required to wear a grass skirt while their partner carries them over hot coals. Junior refuses to wear the skirt (because he knows his schoolmates will see) despite Dwayne pointing out that it's the less painful option.
- Innocently Insensitive: Pretty much any time Dwayne talks to someone other than Junior, he winds up being this.
- Iron Butt-Monkey: Dwayne gets injured almost every episode, but so far hasn't taken any lasting damage.
- Just a Kid: Junior is often on the receiving end of this.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: Dwayne isn't the sharpest tool in the shed but he means well and still cares for his son. Think Homer Simpson but without the Jerkass qualities.
- Laser-Guided Karma: In the Iceland leg, Dwayne accidentally steals the Vegans' fossil and ends up getting "cursed" by Laurie despite trying to return the fossil to them. In the following episode, the fossil shatters on the airport runway and its shards pierce the wheels of the plane Dwayne and Junior are on, causing it to fall behind the second place plane that the Vegans are on.
- The Load: Dwayne's age and bad luck make him a burden at times.
- Love at First Sight: Junior gets a crush on Carrie immediately after meeting her.
- Meaningful Name: Junior's name isn't just an indication that he's also named "Dwayne" like his father (i.e. Dwayne Jr.). This also means that Junior himself is the youngest contestant to compete within the franchise itself.
- Mirror Character: Junior is one to Cody. Junior is one of, if not the youngest person competing but also one of the sanest, Cody was treated like an Annoying Younger Sibling by his teammates due to being a late-bloomer in physical development and emotional maturity, but often finds himself as the Only Sane Man. Both liked a girl who was interested in someone else, Junior having a Precocious Crush on Carrie who became an Official Couple with Devin at the end of the season and Cody being an Abhorrent Admirer to Gwen. Juniors exasperation at having to be on a reality show with his overeager, Bumbling Dad was similar to Cody's annoyance being paired with his own Abhorrent Admirer Sierra throughout World Tour, but both eventually came around to their partners and regained their drive to win.
- Never Bareheaded: Junior is never seen without his backwards hat.
- Nice Guy: Both of them. Junior befriends Devin and Carrie in "My Way or Zimbabwe" when he gets separated from his dad, and both father and son befriend the Surfer Dudes, with Junior looking up to them as cool and Dwayne trying to seek advice from Brody on how he can look cool for his son. The only times that Dwayne was blunt was in "Hello and Dubai", when he gives Kelly some Brutally Honest advice on Taylor, and in "My Way or Zimbabwe", when he tells the Ice Dancers that his child is more important than some dumb gold medal.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed:
- Junior's appearance is reminiscent of Justin Bieber when he was starting out.
- As Dwyane is a Clark Griswold Expy, he also bears a heavy resemblance to Chevy Chase circa the early 1980s.
- One-Steve Limit:
- Both father and son are named Dwayne, but the younger is called Junior to avert this problem.
- Speaking of which, Junior could be referred to as "DJ", but of course there already is a DJ in the series.
- Only Sane Man: Amidst the hostility, quirks and rocky relationship troubles of the other contestants, Junior's mostly just a friendly kid who keeps to himself.
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Dwayne, so many times.
- While trying to recite a travel phrase in "Bjorken Telephone", Dwayne somehow manages to say something offensive in Icelandic — which earns him an angry slap from the local.Junior: What did you even say to her?
Dwayne: I have no idea! - In "Hello and Dubai", while conversing with Kelly, he implies that Taylor is a Spoiled Brat. However, judging by Kelly's reaction and how Taylor treats her, it's true.
- In "My Way or Zimbabwe", Dwayne runs into the last place Ice Dancers while searching for Junior. While their conversation is surprisingly civil at first, the moment he says "Who cares about a dumb gold medal?" the Ice Dancers take it personally and try to run him over.
- While trying to recite a travel phrase in "Bjorken Telephone", Dwayne somehow manages to say something offensive in Icelandic — which earns him an angry slap from the local.
- Parent-Child Team: One of two such teams in the Race. While Junior is often embarrassed by his dad, the two do work together fairly well, especially compared to Kelly and Taylor.
- Precocious Crush: Junior has a crush on Carrie and was planning to ask her out until Devin informed him that she doesn't date "younger men".Devin: But hey, give it a couple years. She might change her mind.
- Short Teens, Tall Adults: Justified. Since Junior is the youngest of the contestants at 13 years old, even younger than the first-generation Island cast (who entered the show at 16), he is shorter than the adults and most of the older teens.
- Sleep Mask: Dwayne was seen wearing a dark gray one while he was sleeping in the plane in "The Shawshank Ridonction". Its most likely because he has trouble sleeping on planes without it.
- So Proud of You:
- Junior after his dad got the Travel Tip from the sharks in "Mediterranean Homesick Blues".
- Dwayne said this after Junior handed the camera to Don in "My Way or Zimbabwe", securing them a 10th place finish exactly one spot ahead of the Ice Dancers.
- Spear Counterpart: To the Mother and Daughter team (Kelly and Taylor), as both teams involve the child being embarrassed by their parent, who then grew to accept and respect their elders.
- Tempting Fate: At the start of their final episode, Dwayne admits in a confessional that even if they were to lose, he appreciates the time he got to spend with his son. Junior ends up freaking out and tells his dad that he's jinxing them. Sure enough, they get eliminated next.
- Too Dumb to Live: Dwayne, again. Instead of safely skewering a scorpion with a stick, he tries picking one by hand. The task giver there saves him from getting pinched...but his blind overconfidence gets the better of him and he does it again, this time getting every scorpion to pinch his hand and leave him stupefied for the rest of the episode.
- Unknown Rival: After he gives her parenting advice, Kelly gets angry and wants revenge. Aside from not wanting an alliance with her, Dwayne never notices.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Dwayne is goofy, clumsy and overestimates his own competence. Junior tries constantly to get his dad to listen to reason.
- "Well Done, Dad!" Guy: Dwayne tries throughout the race to impress his son, eventually succeeding, although it was by the time they were eliminated.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite his age, Junior is one of the most rational and level headed characters in the cast.

Two extremely intelligent university students who have entered The Ridonculous Race in hopes of acquiring money to fund their research into astrophysics. The two hope to use their superior intellects to win the competition, firmly believing that their smarts will get them quite far.
- Actually Pretty Funny: They have a good laugh over their intelligence causing their downfall.
- Aerith and Bob: While Mary is a very common name, Ellody most certainly is not, though Élodie is quite common in Québec. In fact, with the exception of Ennui, Crimson, and Spud (whose names are insinuated to be nicknames), Ellody could be this to the majority of the cast.
- Ambiguously Brown: Ellody.
Word of God says she's Indian. - Awesome by Analysis: They break down and analyze every possible situation, sometimes too much for their own good.
- Bollywood Nerd: Ellody, she's stated to be Indian according to
Word of God and is an very intelligent university student. - Celibate Hero: In their official reveal
, it's stated that neither have an interest in having boyfriends. - Complexity Addiction: The reason of their elimination. They lost time in making complicated calculations to just build a sand castle.
- Covered in Gunge: After finishing the sky deck task.
- Ditzy Genius: For a team called "the Geniuses", they make a very stupid move that costs them the game. They waste a lot of time in the sandcastle making challenge by writing out design plans, and end up coming dead last.
- Additionally, you would think that while spending all that time planning instead of building they would have caught on that they were falling behind and needed to hurry up..
- Don't Explain the Joke: While having to get their next travel tip off the fin of a shark, Mary jokes that she used a magnet to 'scare' the sharks away ... and then her and Ellody go off on an educational rant about the science behind magnets in salt water and the electrical impulses of sharks. Eventually Don butts in and practically begs the editors to switch over to anything more interesting than this.
- Eye Glasses: Played straight with Mary; averted with Ellody.
- Flat Character: They have no distinctive traits aside from their intelligence. Them getting eliminated 16th doesn't help their case.
- Gag Nose: Mary has a long pointed nose, much like Harold's from the original Total Drama series.
- Graceful Loser: They aren't disheartened by their elimination at all. Ellody even cracks a self-deprecating joke about it.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: The fact that they are both scientific geniuses is what makes them good friends with each other. They get concerned about each other when one of them goes into a panic as such a situation happened to them when the data blueprint the wrote in the sand for their sandcastle gets washed away by ocean waves and becomes a huge factor for their elimination from the race.
- Hoist by Their Own Petard: In the end, it was their intelligence that caused their elimination.
- Immune to Slapstick: With the sole exception of the LARPers (who are the first boots, and Leonard got a few injuries back in Pahkitew Island), they are the only characters who never once get a single injury onscreen.
- Irony: As Ellody herself points out, they expected their dedication to detail to be their greatest strength, but it ended up being their biggest weakness instead.
- Leitmotif: A chiptune theme.
- Mythology Gag: The designs that they write on the sand are just like the ones that Brainzilla and Cameron wrote.
- Nerd Glasses: To signify their intelligence.
- Nerds Are Virgins: Both Ellody and Mary state that they are not interested in perusing relationships.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Mary bears a slight resemblance to Mayim Bialik.
- Not So Above It All:
- Ellody's usually very calm and collected. But screw up her plans, and she freaks out.
- Both Ellody and Mary make fun of Tom's and Jen's fake tans in "Mediterranean Homesick Blues".
- Oh, Crap!: Ellody's reaction to losing her and Mary's complex plan to build a sandcastle.Ellody: (after their data is washed away) OUR DATA!!!
Mary: We'll just have to wing it.
Ellody: I never wing it! I DON'T KNOW HOW!!! - One-Steve Limit: Played with. Her name is the same one as the first name of Mary Kate from Total Drama Island (2023). However, due to the latter being better known as MK, it's not that noticeable.
- The Perfectionist: While Mary shows willingness to wing it when necessary, Ellody is always by the book. Ellody's insistence on perfection is what ultimately costs the Geniuses the Race.
- Proud to Be a Geek: They are both proud to be geniuses and would rather do science than go to parties.
- The Quiet One: Mary only speaks in "Mediterranean Homesick Blues", the episode where she and Ellody were eliminated.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Again, they're called "The Geniuses" for a reason.
- Street Smart: A downplayed example, Mary is this compared to Ellody. Mary attempts to use layman's terms when she explains why sharks are repelled by magnetism, and she is also more willing to improvise when things don't go according to plan.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute:
- They seem to be non-psychopathic versions of Scarlett, especially Ellody.
- Ellody herself looks a bit like Courtney, and even shares her voice actress. She also seems to be the more uptight of the two.
- Techno Babble: They have a habit of giving speeches full of long, complex words that no one else can understand.
- Teen Genius: They're literally labelled the "Geniuses".
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Accomplished next to nothing and were the third to go, not even receiving A Death in the Limelight like many other teams.

Two (later three) very morose and morbid goths of few words - or, in Loki's case, no words at all (due to being a rabbit, and all that). Though they show little emotion and greet the world with permanent deadpan stares, they're not bad people inside. Crimson and Ennui are a dating couple.
- 10-Minute Retirement: This happens in Finland where they lost their goth makeup and their confidence along with it, and Ennui decides it's best for them to leave the show. However, the Goths eventually decide to accept each other with their non-goth appearance, and when Ennui spots new outfits in a gothic boutique, their drive to stay in the competition is renewed.
- Achilles' Heel: Josee in an effort to sabotage the Goths concludes that Ennui's love for his bunny, Loki, to be their weakness. She was right, and the Ice Dancers exploiting this weakness gets the Goths eliminated.
- Always a Bigger Fish: The deodorant both of them wear is made from Komodo Dragon musk ("Komodorant"). In Indonesia, all the komodo dragons ran away from them because they recognized the scent of larger, more powerful komodo dragons coming from them (at least, that's what Crimson claims).
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: While generally level-headed, they do become easily distracted from the competition by dark and spooky things. In Transylvania they lose their early lead by taking a detour to look at Dracula's paintings, and at the Alberta dude ranch, they go from first to fourth place because they stopped to admire a rotting skull they came across.
- Badass Adorable: Loki, who contributes just as much as Crimson and Ennui.
- Beta Couple: They are this to all the couples of this series.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: This trait keeps them under everyone else's radar for the majority of the race.
- Big "NO!": Ennui gives his incredibly deadpan version of this when he realizes he's lost Loki.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Ennui. However, a portion of his big brows is actually makeup.
- Birds of a Feather: The fact that they're in a happy and functional relationship isn't at all surprising, considering how similar they are and how many interests they share.
- Born Lucky: The two rarely seem to have to put any real effort into the competition to do well, with everything just working out for them despite their slow pace. Ennui even lampshades this during the narwhals ring toss when he just holds a ring out and a narwhal just happens to ring it for him. The only time their luck runs out is when they are sabotaged by the Ice Dancers stealing Ennui's pet bunny.Ennui: (after barely breaking his stride ringing a narwhal) ... OK, that was pure luck ... but we don't have to tell them that.
- Brown Bag Mask: Both wear these to cover their faces in "I Love Ridonc & Roll" after their goth makeup is ruined.
- Chastity Couple: They hold hands in the Arctic challenge, but that's about it.
- Collared by Fashion: Ennui wears a spiked collar similar to Duncan's while Crimson wears a red choker.
- The Comically Serious: When contrasted with the other, more expressive teams.
- Compliment Backfire: Played for Laughs when Devin and Carrie see Crimson ungothed.Crimson: You're throwing a lot of positive emotions my way, and I don't know what to do with that.
- Creepy Good: They're dark, brooding, have a liking to things like darkness and death and freaked out some fellow racers and Don but they are genuinely good people and one of the teams to not start any sort of conflicts with others.
- Creepy Monotone: The rare occasions they do speak, it's always this. Even when they scream at the revelation of seeing each other without goth makeup, their screams barely show any emotion.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: As stereotypical goths no one seemed to think of them as a genuine threat, Don even claiming when they're finally eliminated at 7th place out of 18 teams that he fully expected them to be the first team sent home.
- Cursed with Awesome: Cute animals flock towards Ennui, and he hates it.
- Dark Is Not Evil: They're aloof and find pleasure in dark and creepy things, including Transylvania, but they never do anything cruel or mean-spirited. They're genuinely decent people, just not very sociable. The only team the Goths hold a grudge against are the Ice Dancers, who kidnapped Loki and caused their elimination.
- Deathbringer the Adorable: Seems to be a theme with them.
- They name their pet bunny "Loki", after the Norse god of the same name.
- Ennui mentions that he used to own a black kitten called "Toxic Mold".
- Death Glare: Ennui actually gives these on two occasions. The first when around bunnies and the second when Josee was glad that a lion swallowed Loki.
- Defiant Captive: When the Ice Dancers kidnap him in "El Bunny Supremo", Loki does not make things easy for them, constantly attacking Jacques whenever he gets the chance and being responsible for them taking a penalty when he scares their donkeys off.
- Don't Look At Me: Crimson exclaims this in "I Love Ridonc & Roll" after her and Ennui's goth makeup comes off.
- Dramatic Thunder: During their introduction.
- The Dreaded:
- Don states they freak him out.
- Both of them scare Jay and Mickey in the Parisian catacombs in "French is an Eiffel Language".
- In the Botch or Watch in "Mediterranean Homesick Blues", Crimson manages to scare an attacking shark away and earn her next Travel Tip.
- When collecting Komodo Dragon venom the dragons continuously run away from the Goths in fear ... although Crimson is convinced it's due to their deodorant smelling like Komodo Dragon musk from obviously bigger and stronger dragons than the 'wimps' they're dealing with.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Ennui could be mistaken for a female before hearing his voice, due to his makeup, bare midriff, and other slightly feminine aspects of his design.
- Dull Surprise: Overlapping with Flat Joy, the Goths are near impossible to shock. The one exception was in "I Love Ridonc & Roll" when their makeup melts off and they get un-gothed.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: They were happy they got to visit Transylvania, Finland and the skull-filled catacombs in Paris, Ennui got a pet in Loki, and they even point out if they really want the money, they can just go back to Las Vegas and be stage magicians.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Both of them. Subverted when their real skin tone and hair color is revealed in "I Love Ridonc and Roll".
- Emotionless Girl: Crimson, although she does come close to showing emotion at times, with Ennui pulling her back in.
- Everyone Has Standards:
- They disapprove of Stephanie using her Boomerang ticket on Ryan in "Lord of the Ring Toss".Ennui: Even for me, that's dark.
- They find the collapse of the Daters' relationship rather upsetting.Crimson: It's sad when love turns to poison.
- They disapprove of Stephanie using her Boomerang ticket on Ryan in "Lord of the Ring Toss".
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Ennui inverts it while catching rabbits in Australia. He is disgusted by the rodents' cuteness, and Crimson asks him how could anything that cute could destroy a continent. Over the course of one sentence, Ennui goes from hating them to adopting one.Ennui: They're like a plague; a happy, hopping wave of famine and death.
- Extreme Omnivore: The Goths quite possibly have the strongest stomachs on the show. Yes, even better than Owen. They will eat anything no matter how disgusting or spicy, all while maintaining their same emotionless expression and showing no signs of discomfort. Although Crimson almost puked in Morocco when Owen drank camel saliva as well as in China when she had to eat a bunch of fried animals consisting of scorpions, bats, and silkworms on a skewer.
- First Love: Considering they started dating when they were only fourteen, this is very likely.
- Flat Joy:
- Their reaction to winning in Iceland and coming to Transylvania.
- When taking a selfie while falling down Victoria Falls in "My Way or Zimbabwe", Ennui gives a flat "wheeee" of enjoyment.
- In the finale Crimson admits to being happy with the Ice Dancers finally eliminated, but does so with the usual lack of expression and monotone voice.
- Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind: Despite dressing up in the stereotypical goth attire and freaking out several of the other contestants, they are not purposely mean to anyone, and show unconditional love and support for one another.
- Freaky Is Cool:
- They are entranced by all things dark and scary, and the only time they come close to showing excitement is during a trip to Transylvania. Crimson comes so close to expressing outward happiness that Ennui has to pull her back.
- They also take a liking to Devin when he comes bitter and depressed.Ennui: When did Devin become so... cool?
- Friend to All Living Things: Adorable animals love Ennui.Crimson: Cute and fluffy animals love Ennui. It's adorable.
Ennui: I don't want to talk about it.
Crimson: We hate adorable. - Girlish Pigtails: Crimson's real hairstyle, which is hidden under her goth wig.
- Good Is Not Nice: Ennui and Crimson are not evil, but they aren't really polite towards other contestants and viewers, with Crimson rudely saying "whatever" several times to them.
- Goth: They seem to be more of the Emo variant, as opposed to Gwen's Perky Goth personality.
- Guyliner: Ennui, as part of his gothic makeup.
- Hidden Depths:
- They know Icelandic because most of their favorite bands are from Iceland.
- In "Little Bull on the Prairie", Crimson mentions that ranches make her feel nostalgic because she spent a lot of summers at her grandmother's farm. She later implies that she once attempted to ride a bull at said farm, but that she 'doesn't want to talk about it'.
- In the episode "El Bunny Supremo" we learn that Ennui received a black kitten as a child and named it "Toxic Mold", but that it ran away and he never saw it again. It gives a lot more depth to his current relationship with his new pet, Loki the rabbit.
- At one point Ennui loses Loki, and while on many other shows one would expect the stereotypical Goth response to be to shrug and quip about how all life is meaningless or something like that; instead, Ennui is very saddened that he's lost his pet, and Crimson insists they stop competing until they find him.
- Given their reactions upon seeing each other un-gothed for the first time in the 3 years they've been dating, and Crimson's negative reaction the Best Friends complimenting her, it's implied that they might have self-esteem issues.
- High-School Sweethearts: This was confirmed by the official Fresh TV blog. Crimson and Ennui first met when they coincidentally chose the same dark corner to hide from the other students in. How sweet is that?
- Holding Hands: They do this in episode 17, during a confessional. It's adorable.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Ennui is one of the tallest contestants in the race, even without his platform boots; Crimson in particular only comes up to about his shoulders.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Loki, despite the fact the Goths were already pretty competent in their own right.
- Identical Stranger: While using the trope for historical figures is dubious, it has been shown in "A Tisket, A Casket, I'm Gonna Blow A Gasket" that Vlad the Impaler bears a strong resemblance to Ennui. The Goths themselves even commented on the striking resemblance between Ennui and Vlad.
- Nightmare Fuel: In-universe. Their stoicness freaks out some of the others, especially Don. It gets much worse when they get new goth outfits and even scarier makeup.
- Killer Rabbit: Loki. In "El Bunny Surpemo", the Ice Dancers kidnap Loki; however, he breaks free. When the Goths arrive at the Chill Zone in last place, Loki motions to the Ice Dancers that they are dead meat.
- Leitmotif: Dark, creepy music.
- Major Injury Underreaction:
- In "Brazilian Pain Forest", Ennui's hand gets bitten by bullet ants, where he says a very flat "ow", to which Crimson replies, "don't be so dramatic."
- In "El Bunny Supremo", Crimson eats an extremely spicy chili pepper and just stands there with a blank stare for several seconds before giving her own very flat "ow."
- Make Up or Break Up: They go through this upon seeing each other un-gothed for the first time. Unable to cope with such a huge change, in combination with the new and unwanted attention they're receiving from everyone else, it leads them to not only decide to quit the race, but to break up with each other as well. At the last minute, they decide to try to accept each other for who they are, and in the end the whole ordeal really strengthens their relationship.
- Masculine, Feminine, Androgyne Trio: Ennui is the masculine to Crimson's feminine and Loki's androgyne.
- Meaningful Name: Each of their names describes both of them pretty well. Crimson for their red outfits, and Ennui for their listless, bored personalities. Their pet bunny, Loki, gets in on this too, being named after the Norse dark god of trickery, and being a Pun on the fact Loki is also low-key.
- Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold: Their gothic appearance and persona tends to freak people out, but they have no malicious attempt and are pretty easy-going despite their odd tastes.
- Ms. Fanservice: Crimson's design features some cleavage, Raven Hair, Ivory Skin, and wide hips.
- Nice Guy: Despite their dark appearances, the Goths are up there with the Best Friends, the Surfers, and the Sisters (well, Kitty at least) as one of the nicest teams in the Race. They don't have much contention with any other teams except the Ice Dancers, whom they actively dislike for completely justifiable reasons.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Conceptually they're based on Kent & Vyxsin (also known as 'The Dating Goths') from The Amazing Race.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Crimson and Ennui help out the Ice Dancers not only by letting them know that the trophy-shaped lava rock Josee took from Hawaii was actually a very potent bad luck charm, but also by telling the Ice Dancers how to properly dispose of it and break the curse. Several episodes later, Jacques and Josee directly cause the Goths to be eliminated by kidnapping Loki, Ennui's pet rabbit, making the Goths fall too far behind as they searched for the bunny.
- Nonconformist Dyed Hair: The Goths, Crimson and Ennui, have black-and-white hair and red-and-black hair, respectively, to complete their eerie vibes. At one point, they lose their wigs, revealing their natural hair colors (ginger and brunette), which freaks them out so much they try to cover their heads.
- Non-Standard Character Design: It's subtle, but watch how they blink... they don't, they slowly close and reopen their eyes. They also blink by raising their lower eyelids, something impossible to humans. The only time they blink normally is when they are un-gothed, and they go right back when they get regothed.
- Noodle Incident: Crimson rode with real bulls before mechanical bulls, though she implies it was harder, but she refuses to go into detail about it.
- No One Gets Left Behind: After Ennui loses Loki and is distraught over it, Crimson says outright that "no bunny gets left behind" and they drop everything to find him.
- Not So Stoic:
- Crimson nearly vomited when she saw Owen drinking camel saliva.
- They're both so happy about getting to visit Transylvania that their body language becomes more expressive and Crimson nearly "gets color in her face", as well as them giving their very first genuine smiles of happiness near the end.
- Crimson nearly vomited again when she had to eat a bunch of fried bats and bugs on a skewer in the China leg.
- Both of them gasp when their makeup starts to melt in a sauna, and they freak out when they see each other without their goth makeup for the first time, even after dating for 3 years.
- Crimson can instantly tell that Ennui is distraught after losing his pet bunny, Loki.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Losing their make-up leaves them wrecked. Ennui in particular does an over-dramatic air guitar solo that makes the audience boo him. He even tears up.
- Parrot Pet Position: Ennui's bunny, Loki, who often sits on his shoulders, but is sometimes kept inside his shirt.
- Perpetual Frowner: Their default expression is an indifferent stare.
- Pivotal Wake-up: When Crimson gets out of the casket, she levitates up without moving a muscle.
- Psychic Link: Ennui shares one with his pet bunny, Loki.
- The Quiet One: They rarely talk; Ennui was completely silent for the first two episodes and Crimson for the first four. They do speak a bit more as the cast thins, but they're still far from talkative.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: A part of Crimson's appearance as she has pale skin and some of her hair is dyed black. It's later revealed that she's wearing heavy makeup and a wig.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Crimson. However, it's subverted since she and Ennui aren't evil. Her natural eye color is blue.
- Relationship Reveal: They offhandedly reveal that they've been dating for three years in "I Love Ridonc & Roll".
- Reused Character Design: Crimson's body shapes and proportions, including her hairstyle, eyes and lips, are just a goth version of Amy and Samey.
- Serious Business: They take being goth very seriously, to the point where they'll take time to make anything black.Ennui: (as Crimson is coloring a grass skirt black) She only wears black. Even if it's grass, it must be black grass.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: Both of them are incredibly attractive under their makeup. Of course, Crimson and Ennui don't think so.
- Shrinking Violet: They're noticeably more insecure and self-conscious without their makeup.
- Silent Snarker: Loki is able to convey disgust and anger just from facial expression.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: A lighter version with Don since, while he's annoyed and creeped out by them, Don still treats them fairly while the Goths don't seem to notice or care how much they bother him.
- Sixth Ranger: Loki after becoming Goths' Team Pet.
- Skewed Priorities: In "Little Bull on the Prairie", they were in first place after completing the mechanical bull ride but dropped down to fourth because they got sidetracked by a skull they found on the way to the Chill Zone.
- Slow "NO!": Ennui lets out a remarkably sluggish one in real-time upon noticing Loki's disappearance in "El Bunny Supremo".
- Speaks Fluent Animal: More along the lines of "psychically communicate with animals", but Ennui appears to be able to read and understand Loki's thoughts and emotions via physical contact.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: They have a habit of showing up without warning. Don even requests that a bell be placed around their necks, since their silent approaches always freak him out.Don: (Spits out his water) How can ANYONE be that silent!? Seriously, can we put a bell around their necks or something?
- Stocking Filler: Crimson wears fishnet stockings.
- The Stoic: They don't emote very much, much to Don's chagrin. However, they exhibit a wider range of emotions after they get un-gothed by a sauna in "I Love Ridonc & Roll".
- Suddenly Voiced: From "French Is An Eiffel Language" onward.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Gwen, to an extent. Although they represent a different Goth subculture, being more of the Emo goth variety, in contrast to Gwen's Perky Goth. Gwen's Goth friends were the typical Emo goths compared to her.
- To Dawn, both in the way other characters find them creepy, their affinity with animals and general Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold status.
- Team Pet: In "Down and Outback", they adopt a black bunny and name it Loki thus becoming an official part of the Goths and therefore an official contestant and the first animal one ever.
- Throat-Slitting Gesture: Loki does this towards the Ice Dancers in "El Bunny Supremo" as the Goths were eliminated.
- Too Much Information: In "Little Bull on the Prairie", Don tries to get an explanation for why the Goths came in fourth, and Crimson's explanation made him queasy.Don: What happened to you two? You were the first to finish the bull ride.
Crimson: Yeah, but then we found a skull rotting in the sun. So...
Don: Nope! No, no! Stop talking. Forget I asked. You're team number four. Go! (the Goths walk away) - Troll: After seeing their reaction (or lack thereof) to getting first place in Iceland, Don openly asks them if they're just there for this.
- True Beauty Is on the Inside: When they get un-gothed and are on the verge of breaking up because they can't handle the change, they decide to try and love each other for who they are, deciding that it's the blackness deep down inside that counts.
- Visible Silence: While there are lots of characters who don't have lines in the early episodes, due to the large cast, with these two it's made clear they intentionally remain silent, even when directly spoken to.
- Vocal Dissonance: Played with. Their monotone voices are appropriate given their gothic appearance and attitude. However, it is played straight when they lose their goth makeup in Finland; they still maintain their monotone voices.
- What Is This Feeling?: When they hear the next challenge will take them to Transylvania.Crimson: What is this strange feeling?
Ennui: I fear it may be... (Dramatic Sting) happiness. - When She Smiles: Like typical goths they rarely smile or show any emotion, but when they do smile it's always heartwarming.
- Worth It: Crimson states this when getting a penalty for letting Ennui take a turn in the casket challenge.
- You Don't Look Like You: When they lose their make-up, Don doesn't believe it's them on the account they don't give him nightmares. They manage to convince it's them by pointing out they have the camera crew shooting them.

Silver medalist Olympians from Quebec who entered The Ridonculous Race to help salvage their reputations after Jacques dropped Josee during their performance and the two became national embarrassments. Wickedly devious, wickedly capable and sometimes just plain wicked, they'll do anything to win.
- The Ace: They excel at anything physical, effortlessly performing flips and figure skating poses. They have come in first more than any other team in the race. However they do have one crucial weakness...
- Achilles' Heel: Josee's one weakness is that she is extremely claustrophobic.
- Affectionate Nickname: Jacques refers to Josee as mon petit chounote , a French term of endearment.
- Alpha Bitch: Josee is a rare adult version, given how she regularly bullies Jacques and belittles other teams, particularly the Cadets and the Sisters.
- Always Someone Better: They get enraged at coming any lower than first, which happens a lot.
- Ambiguously Gay: Jacques is a figure skater with a flamboyantly effeminate manner, including an interest in wearing dresses in "Dude Buggies," and Screams Like a Little Girl. However his orientation is never elaborated on. Though it appears his relationship with his racing partner Josee is purely platonic.
- Amusing Injuries: Jacques often falls victim to this, particularly against the lion in "Dude Buggies".
- Anti-Villain: They aren't necessarily evil, but they do have an unhealthy obsession with winning.
- Arch-Enemy: To the Police Cadets, with whom they constantly clash throughout the race, especially after the events of "Shawshank Ridonc-tion". Josee and MacArthur are most often the ones shown to have it out for one other; Jacques and Sanders usually try to talk some sense into them when they go to far, but they still take the rivalry quite seriously as well. Coming in first is top priority for the Ice Dancers, but eliminating the Cadets becomes a prime objective for Josee.
- Artifact of Doom: The lava rock Josee acquired in "Hawaiian Honeyruin" serves as this.
- Attention Whore: They have a habit of hogging the camera with huge smiles on their faces.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: As spiteful as their bickering can be, they still have moments where they demonstrate genuine affection for each other. Jacques comforts Josee whenever her claustrophobia kicks in and Josee gives him a hug when he sacrifices his hairdo so that they can win the Argentina leg.
- Ax-Crazy: Josee has no qualms about hurting people, especially if the person in question is Jacques. She even bursts out laughing when she believes that Ennui's bunny, Loki, got eaten by a lion.
- Bad Luck Charm: After Josee loses her Lucky Rabbit's Foot, she finds a lava rock shaped like a trophy in Hawaii. However, after claiming the rock, she and Jacques start slipping in placements and become more accident prone. This is resolved by taking a detour in the middle of the competition to return the rock to Hawaii before finishing the leg in Zimbabwe.
- Beauty Is Bad: Mainly applies to Josee, but they're both extravagant and flamboyant while still being cruel and sore losers.
- Berserk Button:
- Not coming in first. While "silver" or "second place" seems to give Jacques nightmares, Josee flips out in the confessional after she hears the phrase "third place". Then they start coming in fourth place and not making the podium; neither of them takes it well.
- They also really hate it when there's a team that they can't intimidate or manipulate, which is the source of their distaste for the Surfers, the Goths, the Sisters and especially the Police Cadets.
- Dismissing a gold medal as unimportant will make them furious. When Dwayne does so, the Ice Dancers are quick to try and run him over.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Despite being over the top Large Hams, the Ice Dancers are dangerous competitors.
- Big Bad Slippage: As the race progresses, Jacques and Josee's competitive fire eventually gets the better of them, resulting in a "win at any cost" attitude which leads them to increasingly villainous behavior, most notably their willingness to sabotage the other teams or simply cheat. As they spiral further into cartoonish villainy, Josee gains an evil laugh, a death glare, and a flaming background.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Seemingly nice with smiles plastered on their faces, but they have a more sinister side underneath, especially Josee. Jacques, on the other hand, seems to be more "Sheep" than "Bitch" at times, but the series does remind the viewers why they get along at all. Ennui calls Josee out on this in "Down and Outback" when she pretends to act friendly in an attempt to borrow his makeup.Josee: (to Ennui) Oh! Hey there... buddy. Do you mind if I borrow some of your makeup? (smiles and laughs nervously)
Ennui: Don't pretend to be friendly. It's gross. - Break Them by Talking: Though they usually have better success just straight-up cheating, they sometimes resort to verbal manipulation to throw the other teams off their game.
- In "Lord of the Ring Toss", Josee plays mind games with the Surfer Dudes, making Geoff think that Brody felt he was a hindrance in order to drive a wedge between them. However, this ultimately backfires when Brody and Geoff's friendship proves too strong.
- In "Got Venom", she tries this again with the Goths, but the Goths were unfazed.
- Bridal Carry: Played with during "Hawaiian Honeyruin". In their first attempt at walking across hot coals, Jacques carries Josee over his head in their usual over the top fashion. It is then inverted in their second attempt, with Josee carrying Jacques and finally played straight in their third attempt with Jacques carrying Josee normally.
- Bully and Wimp Pairing: A rare mixed gender variation, Josee is the Bully to Jacques's (emotional) Wimp.
- Bumbling Sidekick: How Josee views Jacques at times, especially whenever he drops her.
- Camera Abuse: In Romania, Josee violently flips the coffin Jacques is in, and his face keeps getting slammed against the night vision camera inside the coffin.
- Card-Carrying Villain: At first they just seemed over-competitive (especially Josee), but by the episode "Ca-Noodling" they outright claim they deserve a gold medal in treachery for getting the Goths eliminated, and join with the Police Cadets and the Daters in what they proudly refer to as the "Axis of Evil".
- Cheaters Never Prosper: Zig-Zagged.
- Subverted in "Down and Outback". They first make a regular bunny look like the albino bunny to fool the Cadets, then they trick the Surfer Dudes into helping the Cadets, stealing the former's bunnies in the process. When the Ice Dancers arrive first in New Zealand, Don suspects that their win was illegitimate, but he says doesn't care enough to look into it.
- Played straight in "Lord of the Ring Toss". Josee plays mind games with the Surfer Dudes, making Geoff think that Brody felt he was a hindrance; however, the Surfer Dudes' friendship proves too strong.
- Played with in "Got Venom". Josee's attempts to sabotage other teams allows them to get a bucket of komodo dragon drool without any effort, but they're devastated to find they placed second.
- Subverted again in "How Deep is Your Love". Josee steals Kitty's ball and smashes her helmet light. When the Ice Dancers reach the Chill Zone, Don slaps them with a 30 minute penalty for not going all the way to the bottom. Despite the penalty, they still come in first.
- Played straight in "Darjeel With It". The Ice Dancers uncouple the rest of the train, leaving only their car attached to the engine. When the train arrives at the station minus several cars, Don gives them a one hour penalty. Had the Daters not hesitated, the Ice Dancers would've been eliminated.
- Played with again in "Last Tango in Buenos Aires", where Jacques tries to sabotage the Sisters by pouring olive oil on their emu. However the olive oil causes him to continuously slip and fall over. They do however succeed in delaying the Sisters and end up placing first.
- Finally played straight in "A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars", where after spending a whole season of cheating, including in the finale where they ram the Surfers' cab and stealing the Police Cadets cab. However the Police Cadets end up ramming their cab, causing them to tip upside down and coming in third place, finally getting eliminated.
- Childhood Friends: Jacques states he's had put up with Josee for 14 years. Based on the ages provided by
Word of God, this means they've known each other since they were at least 8 and 6 years old. - Chronic Backstabbing Disorder:
- Their alliance with the Police Cadets lasts for about half an episode before they betray them and sabotage their ice yacht in Siberia.
- After MacArthur rescues her during scuba diving challenge in Bahamas, saving her from suffocation or being eliminated, Josee repays her by lobbing a coconut at her head during the race to the Chill Zone.
- Claustrophobia: Josee, who's even worse than Gwen and Jasmine. She will have severe panic attacks and hyperventilating or screaming as soon she is in a small space.
- In "Shawshank Ridonc-tion", Josee believes that the air is running out in the cell. Jacques tries to calm her down, telling her that there's plenty of air in the cell, to no avail; however, Josee's panicking eventually breaks them out.
- In "How Deep Is Your Love", she does not look forward to going down into the Kola Borehole, but does so because Jacques' upper body strength is needed to operate the crank above. After being lowered a only a few hundred feet Josee demands that Jacques pull her back up.
- In "Bahamarama", the second challenge is a "Random Botch"; since Josee took the Travel Tip, she has to dive underwater into a cavern, a task she does not look forward to. Of course, her panicking quickly drains her oxygen supply.
- Comically Missing the Point: When Don calls them out for cheating in "Darjeel With It" and slaps them with a one hour penalty, Josee cannot understand what Don has against them.Josee: What does Don have against us?! Are we too talented, too attractive, too all of the above?!
- Competition Freak: Both will not settle for anything less than first place; however, Josee is the more rabid of the two.(after Don reveals that the Adversity Twins checked in before the Ice Dancers)
Jacques: You mean, WE'RE FOURTH?! We didn't make the podium at all?!
Don: (confused) What podium? There is no podium.
Josee: There is always a podium! - Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: As the main villains of Ridonculous Race, they really distance themselves from the Total Drama villains that came before them. Firstly, Josee and Jacques did not start off as the obvious antagonists from the start, simply being Competition Freaks who took themselves a little too seriously. Most Total Drama villains were out to cause trouble from the start, with the only exception being Courtney who came in mid-season after having a Face–Heel Turn. Secondly, the Ice Dancers have one of the most firm Freudian Excuses and sympathetic motivation behind their villainy, due to them messing up at the Olympics and looking to restore their reputation. Finally, their actual villainy is much tamer than the Total Drama baddies, with them leaving very little impact on the show as a whole and their only real lasting accomplishment being eliminating the Goths.
- Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: After getting the curse removed from themselves, the Ice Dancers have become obsessed not with just winning, but crushing the other teams. The irony being they are more than capable of finishing competitions quickly but they are determined to screw other teams over while doing so, even if it sets them back. Don even points out that they've received the most amount of penalties directly as a result of their cheating, but it goes straight over their heads.
- Disproportionate Retribution:
- Josee's abusive treatment of Jacques is her way of getting revenge on him for accidentally dropping her during the Olympics — a humiliating incident, yes, but one he's already apologized for countless times.
- They try to run Dwayne over with a jeep when he tells them that he considers his son more important than any gold medal in "My Way or Zimbabwe".
- To show what they think of second in the Arctic Circle, Josee takes her rage out on Don's snowman friend.
- Disqualification-Induced Victory: They were given first place in the fourth episode because of Dwayne & Junior's and Tom & Jen's penalties. This happened again in the sixth episode when Laurie & Miles were penalized.
- Divide and Conquer: Josee tries this on the Surfer Dudes in "Lord of the Ring Toss" by making Geoff think he's a burden to Brody, but it backfires as the two of them are too close.
- The Dog Bites Back: After enduring 14 years of her bad attitude and her abuse, particularly during the race, Jacques finally puts his foot down in "Bahamarama", stating that he no longer wants to perform with her once they get back home.
- Drama Queen: Both of them, especially whenever they place anything worse than first. Josee winds up being much worse about it, but Jacques is never without his moments.
- Enemy Mine:
- They briefly form a truce with the Cadets in "Shawshank Ridonc-tion" when they are locked in prison together after using boomerangs on each other.
- They are forced to do so again in "Ca-Noodling" during a super team challenge that involves three teams, though this time it's more of an example of Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, as Josee and MacArthur argue and fight throughout the challenge.
- Evil Costume Switch: In "Shawshank Ridonc-tion", they wear black versions of their regular outfits. Josee lampshades this by saying that the black outfits tell people to get out of their way. Oddly, the costumes are only worn for that episode, with them going back to their usual pink outfits despite still being villainous an episode later.
- Evil Duo: The two main villains of Ridonculous Race who are partners in crime.
- Evil Is Burning Hot: Josee is sometimes accompanied by fiery backdrops when she does an Evil Laugh.
- Evil Is Hammy: They are the most over the top pairing in the race as well as the most evil.
- Evil Laugh:
- Josee starts giving these, with the one in "Hawaiian Honeyruin" even having her turn demonic.
- Both of them engage in evil gloating in front of Don in "My Way or Zimbabwe". Don says that's just all kinds of creepy.
- Exact Words: Josee said they'll help the Cadets if MacArthur said that Ice Dancing was the greatest sport in the world. After MacArthur said that, Josee said she helped the cadets on their way out.
- Extreme Doormat: Jacques usually goes along with Josee's demands, and he suffers the consequences for them. However, in "Bahamarama", Jacques puts his foot down against Josee's abusive behavior.
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: On the outside, they seem like Canada's sweethearts, but on the inside, they're both ruthless jerks.
- Failure Is the Only Option: They really cannot take the easy route through the magic trick in "Dude Buggies".
- Fangs Are Evil: Josee seems to gain fangs whenever she does her maniacal Evil Laughs.
- Faux Affably Evil: Josee sure makes a big deal about smiling and looking nice in front of the camera but she's really anything but nice. Although Jacques seems to lean more towards the Affably Evil alignment.
- Female Fighter, Male Handler: Josee often gets into fights, especially with MacArthur, with Jacques having to rein her in.
- Foil: To the Daters. Both the Ice Dancers and the Daters are athletic minded pairs with a Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl and Huge Guy, Tiny Girl dynamic. Both Jacques and Ryan are Top Heavy Guys who tend to be the voice of reason while both Josee and Stephanie are hyper-competitive and have Hair Trigger Tempers. While the Ice Dancers were the main antagonists of the season and had significant interactions with other teams, namely the Police Cadets, the Daters were largely relegated to their own storyline.
- Four Is Death: When they start placing fourth consecutively after Josee picks up the lava rock. Particularly notable is that they start placing fourth the second time in China, where the unlucky superstition originates. Lampshaded by the Goths, as they tell them to ditch the lava rock in Hawaii.
- French Jerk: While Jacques and Josee are French-Canadian, both of them are rude, arrogant, and ill-tempered towards the other contestants, Josee more so than Jacques.
- Freudian Excuse: The reason they are so obsessed with winning is because Jacques accidentally dropped Josee when they finally got the chance to get gold in the Olympics, becoming national embarrassments instead. Also, Josee apparently had a pretty bad Stage Mom who once attacked Jacques with a lamp for picking Josee up late.
- Girly Bruiser: Josee is an ice dancer who wears eyeshadow and dresses in pink and purple colors but she also can get physically aggressive especially when things don’t go her way.
- Gold Fever: Both of them are obsessed with winning a gold medal, especially Josee.
- Gone Horribly Right: In "Lord of the Ring Toss", Josee tries to continuously put the Surfers' friendship under stress by spouting lies to each one of them. This backfires horribly on the Ice Dancers when the Surfers gain a lot of passion for their team and end up beating them for first place.
- Good Luck Charm:
- Josee keeps a lucky rabbit's foot named "Bun-Bun" as a good luck charm. She loses it in Transylvania when it falls out of her pocket during the carriage ride. She later finds a lava rock shaped like a trophy and takes it as her new one, only for it to turn out to be a Bad Luck Charm. A local even warns her that taking it would be bad, but she refuses to listen until the Goths told them about it in the Finland leg.
- Jacques claims he has a lucky pair of underwear, which he hasn't washed since starting the race. Josee points out that's just plain gross.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: One of Josee's outfit's main colors is purple, and her partner even describes her as: "beauty, grace and strength."
- Graceful Loser: Oddly, when they actually thought they were eliminated (before it was revealed to be a non-elimination challenge) they tearfully thank their fans for supporting them and bow out quite gracefully. In the finale, after they come in third, they appear to take their loss with grace until Josee snaps and starts destroying Central Park.
- Grew a Spine: Jacques finally gets fed up with Josee in "Bahamarama" and refuses to partake in her sabotage anymore. He also states he no longer wants to go pro with her, due to wanting to do other things with his life.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Josee will get angry at a moment's notice, especially if she doesn't come in first or if she has to share an advantage with other teams if she does come in first.
- The Heavy: They become the primary source of conflict about halfway through the race, where they begin playing dirty and start sabotaging other teams.
- Heel–Face Turn: Jacques has one briefly in "Bahamarama"; however, he switches back after Josee almost drowns. Subverted in that he wasn't against Josee wanting him to cheat, he was against getting penalized for cheating. They claim to have learned their lesson about playing fair after coming in third, although it's clear you can take that claim with a grain of salt.
- Iconic Item: Josee's rabbit foot, "Bun-Bun" and later her lava rock.
- In a Single Bound: They are capable of jumping huge inhuman distances.
- In-Series Nickname: They have a few of these, most of them from MacArthur, including; "Skaters", "Ice Skating Freaks", and "Freezer Breath", as well as "Skater Girl" for Josee. Kitty also calls them "Ice Dunces."
- Old Shame: Jacques getting Silver at the Olympics is one for him In-Universe.
- It's All About Me: The Ice Dancers are so selfish as shown through their desire to win 1st place. It’s more blatant through their cheating in later episodes as shown by stealing Emma and Kitty’s ball to get 1st in the Russia leg.
- It's Personal: In "Down and Outback", Josee declares that simply winning was no longer enough and she wouldn't be satisfied unless she got revenge on the Police Cadets.Josee: (referring to the Police Cadets) They boomeranged us!
Jacques: We boomeranged them.
Josee: I want revenge! Winning is no longer enough; I need to be the one who makes them lose!
Jacques: I think winning is still enough.
Josee: YOU'RE WRONG!!! (Jacques falls out of his seat) - Jerkass: The Ice Dancers are both huge jerks towards the other teams as shown through their constant cheating. Josee especially fits into the title of jerk due to her abuse of Jacques.
- Jerk Jock: Josee more than Jacques.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his treachery, Jacques is the more sympathetic of the two, although his sympathy is usually reserved for Josee.
- Just a Stupid Accent: They have extremely exaggerated French-Canadian accents, but Jacques is a more notable example. It's implied that Jacques was either born in Quebec or somewhere in France.
- Karmic Butt-Monkey: Despite being antagonists, they both suffer Amusing Injuries.
- Jacques gets hit around multiple times in the race: he gets thrown around in an old coffin, gets his clothes caught on fire at least twice, crashes through a billboard, gets trampled by a bunch of komodo dragons, gets treated like a chew toy by a lion, collides with a subway pillar while on a train, and gets crushed by a hot dog cart after he and Josee are finally eliminated.
- While Josee gets it better than Jacques, she's still not immune to getting beaten and thrown around. She gets trampled by a bunch of komodo dragons, collides with a subway pillar while on a train, and gets crushed by a hot dog cart after getting eliminated.
- Kick the Dog:
- Josee often abuses Jacques both physically and verbally, namely due to him dropping her during a performance which cost them a gold medal and their reputation.
- Josee taking out her anger in coming second place by destroying Don's snowman friend Chilly Billy was rather cruel even with how funny (and kinda heartbreaking) Don's reaction was. She even starts laughing after she's done.
- Large Ham: They "perform" their challenges with more flair than necessary, and they often wave to their fans watching.
- Laughing Mad: Josee's Evil Laugh is one of the more psychotic ones in the Total Drama franchise, on par with Mal and Scarlett.
- Lean and Mean: Josee is a tiny ice dancer with a huge mean streak.
- Leitmotif: Triumphant trumpet music plays during their confessionals or when they perform well in challenges.
- Light Is Not Good: They may have the aesthetic fashion, but deep down, they're suspicious.
- Like Mother, Like Daughter: Josee's mother is the one who taught her that Second Place Is for Losers, and according to Jacques, temper tantrums run in their family, as Josee's mother once threw a lamp at him for picking up Josee from practice late.
- Living Emotional Crutch: Jacques is this to Josee. He attempts to be the voice of reason as Josee becomes more emotionally unstable over the course of the season.
- Lucky Rabbit's Foot: Josee keeps one as an Good Luck Charm. She even named it "Bun-Bun". She lost it in Romania after it fell out of her pocket during the carriage ride.
- Magic Skirt: In "French is an Eiffel Language", despite her skirt, Josee somehow doesn't flash panties while balancing on Jacques' hands upside down.
- Make It Look Like an Accident: In "How Deep is Your Love," the Ice Dancers say that if they find the opportunity to get the Cadets eliminated, they'll do exactly this. Cue evil laughter.
- Makeup Is Evil: Josee wears a lot of make-up and is the most evil female character in the race.
- Manipulative Bitch: Josee often resorts to sabotaging other teams, both physically and psychologically.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Josee is rather aggressive and almost always takes the reigns in challenges, while Jacques is more concerned with his appearance and enjoys doing very un-masculine things, like wearing a dress. Exemplified during the wedding challenge in Hawaii, in which they’re the only team to wear both leis AND grass skirts.
- Mood-Swinger: Josee, who can change from one mood to another in an instant. This is best seen in "New Beijinging" after Jacques lands on his ankle wrong.Josee: (seeing Jacques screaming in pain) Snap out of it! This is a competition; our fans are watching! EAT THE PAIN!!! (her mood shifts from angry to cheerful) ♪And smile!♪
- More Deadly Than the Male: Josee has proven herself to be the more dangerous of the two thanks to her overambitious attitude.
- Narcissist: Both of them as they are obsessed with winning gold and love it when the camera focuses on them as they always smile and have their arms open in the air for cameras to see. Josee often grows tantrums when she places anywhere other than first and Jacques is very obsessive about his hair.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: For all of Scott McCord's roles in the race, Jacques's the mean to Brody's nice and Owen's in-between.
- The Nicknamer: Josee has a tendency to nickname other teams, especially the Police Cadets, who she calls "mall cops" and "copper wannabes." She also calls Emma "lawyer girl".
- Nobody Touches the Hair: Jacques is devastated about having to sacrifice his hairdo to absorb the oil on his hands in "Last Tango in Buenos Aires".
- No Inside Voice: Late in the season, Josee is extremely prone to shouting her dialogue.
- Not So Above It All: Jacques is usually the rational one between them, but he can be just as devious as Josee at times.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Downplayed. They start out the first half of the season being athletically talented, but overtly competitive jerks with a creepy obsession with smiling and winning but don't do anything deceitful. However, halfway through the season they decide to start playing dirty, using several underhanded tactics, reaching 3rd place, and even causing the direct elimination of The Goths.
- Once Done, Never Forgotten: Josee will never let Jacques forget about him dropping her during a performance, which cost them a gold medal.
- One Head Taller: Jacques is tall and well built while Josee is short and petite.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: In Australia, Josee develops this mentality towards the Police Cadets.
- Out-of-Character Moment: In "Little Bull on the Prairie", they come in 7th place and just smile and wave. This is the same pair that threw angry and violent fits whenever they placed 2nd.
- Passionate Sports Girl: Josee is a professional ice skater, but her lack of sportsmanship is her Fatal Flaw.
- Perpetual Smiler: Both smile constantly, rather creepily. Their justification is that the cameras can pop up anytime.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Josee, a petite ice dancer, can lift heavy objects over her head in a rage.
- Platonic Life-Partners: While not romantically involved, they nonetheless are very close to each other.
- Plot Armor: The Ice Dancers have come close to being eliminated a few times, but get spared due to being the Arc Villains of the season.
- Pragmatic Villainy: In "Bahamarama" Jacques tells Josee not to sabotage the other contestants as they might get penalized for it.
- Psychopathic Womanchild: Josee. Despite being an adult, she frequently behaves like an ill-tempered child, usually throwing a psychotic tantrum whenever she and Jacques rank lower than 1st place and bullying Jacques into doing what she wants.
- Psycho Pink: Despite the pink outfits, both are ruthless competitors, albeit Josee more than Jacques.
- Rage Breaking Point: Josee often holds back her anger and hides it behind a smile, before she unleashes it during an interview where she throws a tantrum.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The impulsive Josee is the red to Jacques' rational blue.
- Revenge Before Reason:
- Josee is hellbent on getting back at Jacques for dropping her at the Olympics, even if it means hurting her teammate during challenges.
- Josee is just as hellbent, if not more so, on getting the Police Cadets, more specifically MacArthur, eliminated.
- Running Gag: Their poor reactions to not getting first place. Then there's their reactions for not being treated properly when they do get first place.
- Sanity Slippage: Josee got crazier and more villainous the longer the race went on. In "Dude Buggies", she believes that the Goths are vampires, despite Jacques saying otherwise.
- Sarcastic Devotee: While he's willing to criticize her, Jacques is still completely willing to go along with Josee's antics.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: A darker version. Josee is often brash and impulsive while Jacques attempts to be the voice of reason.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: Jacques has the highest pitched scream of any male character in the series.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Subverted. In "Bahamarama", Jacques has finally had enough of Josee's ill temper and threatens to quit on her; however, he doesn't follow through.
- Second Place Is for Losers: As competitive ice dancers, they practically live and breathe this principle.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Jacques' the Sensitive to Ryan's Manly. An example of this is in "Dude Buggies." Ryan hates wearing a dress, while Jacques loves the absolute idea of doing so.
- Serious Business: As Olympians, they treat getting the gold medal as such. When Dwayne says "Who cares about a dumb gold medal?", Jacques, usually the more rational of the Ice Dancers, wants to run him over for saying that.
- Sissy Villain: Jacques is this as he is one of the main antagonists of the season but he is a figure skater who had no trouble cross dressing, did a lot of girly screaming, and is very vain and effeminate as evidenced through his behavior in the season and especially in the Las Vegas magic trick challenge.
- Skewed Priorities: In "My Way or Zimbabwe", they prioritize dumping the lava rock back in Hawaii over going to Zimbabwe. Had the leg not been a non-elimination round, the ice dancers would have been easily eliminated.
- Slasher Smile: They are quite fond of this, especially when they're hurting other teams, especially the Cadets.
- Smug Snake: If they beat other contestants in challenges, they can and WILL rub it all over them.
- Sore Loser: Josee doesn't react well to getting anything outside an first place finish. When she and Jacques are finally eliminated and ultimately place third, she goes berserk and starts destroying statues and hot dog carts in Central Park until Jacques calms her down.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Along with the Police Cadets, they are the most focused on pairing, placing no worse than third in the first eight episodes, and they're the Arc Villains of the first season.
- Stepford Smiler: Josee, who seems to be Type 3.
- Stupid Evil: They just can't resist sabotaging other teams despite all the penalties they receive from it.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: They're similar to Alejandro in World Tour in terms of being villains who hide their intentions behind smiles, and dominate the challenges with exceptional skill.
- Tantrum Throwing: Josee, any time she comes in anything worse than first place.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With the Police Cadets during the "The Shawshank Ridonc-tion". They then form a sketchy alliance in "Ca-Noodling".
- Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity: Josee is the foul traditional female to Sanders and MacArthur's tomboyish and heroic characters.
- Terrified of Germs: Jacques is implied to be this, as he is repulsed by the slimy catfish in "Ca-Noodling" and clearly discomforted when Josee spits saliva on the window in the finale.
- Top-Heavy Guy: Jacques has a large upper body and a comparatively slimmer lower body. Unlike most examples of this trope, Jacques has rather long legs, especially compared to other males in the franchise.
- Trash Talk: Mainly reserved for the Police Cadets.
- Troll: Jacques attempts to be one towards Josee in "How Deep Is Your Love" for the Russian pilot's slow enunciation, only for the former to get punched by the latter.
- Twitchy Eye: Josee, any time she comes in anything worse than first place.
- The Unfettered: Progressively becoming this over the course of the show, especially Josee. They have become so obsessed with 1st place, they will do absolutely anything to reach 1st place whether its backstabbing allies to sabotaging other teams.
- Ungrateful Bitch:
- Josee has totally forgotten when the Goths alerted them about the lava rock.
- In "Bahamarama", when her rival MacArthur saves her from drowning by sharing her oxygen tank with her, and Josee repays the favor by chucking a coconut at MacArthur's head minutes later during a footrace to the finish line, without a single ounce of remorse whatsoever.
- Unknown Rival: To the Goths after they start getting on their nerves. They view them as huge threats in need of targeting, while the Goths don't notice or care until the Goths learn that the Ice Dancers kidnapped Loki.
- The Un-Smile: At best, their constant smiles are simply creepy. At their worst, it crosses over to Slasher Smile.
- Unstoppable Rage: When Josee becomes angry, she gains monstrous strength and will trash all of her surroundings in a temper tantrum.
- Vampire Hunter: Josee invokes this in "Dude Buggies", where believing the Goths to be vampires, and she tries to use bulbs of garlic and a wooden stake against them.
- Villainous Breakdown: Josee completely LOSES IT when they are finally eliminated, coming in third behind the Cadets and Surfer Dudes in the final episode. She goes on a rampage and starts destroying statues and hot dog carts in Central Park. Jacques was a lot more accepting of defeat, and is able to quickly calm her down. They also tend not to take it very well when they come in something other than first. Coming in fourth makes Josee lose it.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: While they give each other a lot of flack (especially Josee towards Jacques), at the end of the day they're still partners.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Jacques when he wears the magician's assistant dress in "Dude Buggies".
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?:
- Jacques thinks fish are disgusting and is terrified of reaching inside slimy catfish mouths in "Ca-Noodling," saying that it's like giving his grandmother a foot rub.
- Josee has severe claustrophobia, so naturally she's horrified when she realizes that she's the one who has to be lowered down the Kola Borehole in "How Deep Is Your Love."
- Women Are Wiser: Jacques isn't implied to be dumb, but Josee is the one who's clearly in control of the two.
- Younger Than They Look: They could be mistaken for late twenties to early thirties, but
Word of God reveals Jacques is 22 while Josee is 20.

LARPers with a very loose grip on reality. They seem to believe their magic is real and won't hear anything against this delusion. Leonard has had experience with reality TV due to his time on Total Drama Pahkitew Island, but his friend Tammy is a newcomer to this.
See Total Drama Wâneyihtam Maskwak for tropes specific to Leonard during his time on Total Drama.
- Adaptation Expansion: Leonard's backstory is elaborated on a bit more in this series so he's no longer just a generic LARPer.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Leonard still believes he's a wizard and also thinks the Adversity Twins are magical doppelgängers.
- Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Had they not stopped to cast a spell to deter Dwayne, Junior, and the Vegans towards the end of the Morocco Leg, they wouldn't have been the first team to be eliminated.
- Down to the Last Play: In the Morocco Leg, it came down to a footrace between them, the Vegans, and Father & Son. They ended up losing because they stopped to cast a spell to protect their lead.
- Dreadful Musician: Downplayed. Tammy's ocarina playing isn't agonizing to listen to, but she's also clearly not very trained at it.
- Fat and Skinny: A prime example of Geek Physiques, Tammy is short and fat whereas Leonard is tall and thin.
- Flat Character: Tammy has no characteristics besides being a female version of Leonard, likely due to the aforementioned's inclusion in the series being a last minute decision.
- Geek: They're pretty much this at school, and got bullied as a result. They met each other when they got crammed into the same locker.
- Horny Vikings: Tammy wears a viking costume.
- Joke Character: They believe that their magic is real which leads to their early elimination. Leonard and Tammy's purpose on the race seems to be excessively gimmicky fodder that would only serve to annoy others and would not lead to anyone complaining about their favorite team being eliminated first. They were not really popular with the other racers, often getting spite and annoyance from them and Don was very annoyed with them too for trying to use magic in the race to the point where he called security to get them out.
- LARP: They're LARPing partners. Turns out Leonard has always had someone who shares his quirkiness.
- Never Bareheaded: Both are always shown wearing their headgear.
- No-Neck Chump: Tammy is a rotund girl of medium height whose head at cheek level makes a slightly inwards-angled straight line down to her torso.
- The Quiet One: Tammy didn't say a word in episode 1.
- Reused Character Design: Tammy's body shape is the same as Staci's.
- Satellite Character: Leonard being in this as well as Tammy's existence is pretty much just so that they can be the first team eliminated.
- Small Name, Big Ego: They're overconfident that their belief in magic will help them in anything. This is what caused their elimination.
- Stuffed into a Locker: Tammy said they met when they were both crammed into the same locker.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Tammy, being a big-bodied, blonde-haired girl who thoroughly believes in magic and hangs out with Leonard, is highly similar to Sugar from Pahkitew Island.
- Transplant: Leonard's a latecomer to the Total Drama series, but transplanted nonetheless.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: They are the first team to be eliminated.
