Survivor (TV series)/Characters/Nicaragua

Judson Birza


 * And the Fandom Rejoiced: While there were people who would have preferred Chase or Sash (or even Jane) he is one of the few winners whose victory wasn't a Base Breaker like Natalie and Sandra's in the seasons before.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Born Winner
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: And how! For most of the game, he seems like nothing more than a clumsy, amiable doofus. Then, with about three episodes to go, he abruptly drops the harmless act and morphs into an unstoppable challenge machine. He also subtly maneuvers Sash and Chase into not only voting off Jane, but also making themselves look like JerkAsses at tribal council (in full view of the jury).
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: His immunity run at the end, as well as how he managed to manipulate Chase and Sash into showing their alliance to everyone.
 * Dumb Blond: Subverted, although he admits he does play that role sometimes.
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Genius Ditz
 * Hair of Gold
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Marty and Dan.
 * Keet
 * Kid Appeal Character
 * Kid Hero: He's 21 - and certainly looks the part!
 * Magnetic Hero: NaOnka, his Sitcom Arch Nemesis, voted for him in the end. Not to mention the people cheering at him to win in the finale.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Big time. Perhaps one of the best people to pull this card next to Natalie from Samoa and Vecepia from Marquesas.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Fabio.
 * Sole Survivor: The youngest ever to do so.
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * Unlikely Hero: Who thought that this guy was going to be at the merge let alone win? Getting the fishing hook caught in his finger and not realizing crabs could pinch had people wonder if he'd get himself evacuated.
 * Worthy Opponent: Some players thought he'd have been perfect to have taken out Russell and Rob (who, ironically, were in the next season).

Chase Rice


 * The Big Guy
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: On the one hand, he seemed to be reluctant or feel remorse every time he betrayed an ally or broke a promise. On the other, he just kept on doing it.
 * Good Ol' Boy
 * Mr. Fanservice: He certainly looks pretty good!
 * Nice Cap
 * Noble Demon
 * Poor Communication Kills: While he did a good job with most of the jury, he butchered the answers to other members (in particular Marty's question), which may have ended up costing him that fifth vote (he ended up with four).
 * The Quisling: To the females.
 * Ship Tease: With Brenda.
 * The Cast Showoff: Singing at the reunion.

Matthew Lenahan


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Backstab Backfire: His refusal to give Brenda his immunity idol when she needed it ended up biting him in the ass during the final jury questioning.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Unlike Chase, didn't really seem as remorseful to have done so.
 * The Dandy: Wears an expensive-looking three-piece suit to the finale.
 * Idiot Ball: After the tribal shuffle, he immediately starts targeting Marty since he's the strongest strategically and has an idol. Eventually, it comes to a tie between Marty and Kelly B at tribal (Marty did not play his idol), and during the revote... he votes for Kelly, giving Marty ample opportunity to cause more dissent against him and Brenda.
 * Jerkass
 * Loophole Abuse: Allegedly bribed Purple Kelly to quit so she could sell him to the jury - unfortunately, he did such a bad job when she supposedly tried to make him look good that she had no justification to vote for him so she was forced to vote for Fabio instead.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Mistaken for Gay: By Shannon. Hilarity Ensues!
 * Noble Demon
 * Noodle Incident: Something involving Sash got edited out of the tribal council in Jane's last episode which all of the players are apparently under strict orders not to discuss. It's implied in both his and Jane's voting confessionals (available from CBS's website), and it's notable that Jane abruptly changes her vote without explanation (from intending to vote Holly, which made the most strategic sense, to voting for Sash, even though she knew perfectly well his immunity idol would nullify it). It's been speculated that this may have contributed to him getting no votes at the end.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Sash.
 * Poor Communication Kills: Tries pandering to the jury too much, and as a result gets no votes.
 * The Smart Guy

Holly Hoffman


 * Alliterative Name
 * Badass Teacher
 * Cool Old Lady: Jane minus a few years?
 * Foil: Stands in contrast towards NaOnka and Purple Kelly, who both quit, while she managed to recover from her own desire to quit.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Last of Her Kind: Last original Espada member and last woman in the game.
 * Cool Teacher
 * Team Mom

Dan Lembo


 * Elimination Houdini: No good at challenges at all - even sitting out of a lot of challenges and manages to finish in fifth.
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Fabio
 * The Load: The reason other players let him get that far.
 * Older Sidekick: By default, given that he is the oldest cast member (this season) alongside Jimmy J.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Slams Sash and Chase at the jury questioning.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness

Jane Bright


 * Arch Enemy: To Marty, somewhat inexplicably. The source of her resentment is never really explained, and he's clearly baffled by it.
 * Base Breaker: Either she's really good at this game and doesn't get enough appreciation for it, or she's lucky to have survived as far as she did. Alternatively, she's either a charming and feisty old lady who takes no guff from anyone, or a spiteful and mentally-unstable hypocrite with a nasty vicious streak.
 * Cool Old Lady: In. Spades.
 * Disproportionate Retribution: Jane can get downright scary if she even thinks she's been betrayed or slighted. Her reaction to learning she was about to be voted out practically makes Lex look civilized.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: It wasn't even close for the Fan Favorite.
 * Genre Savvy: Quoted Jeff Probst on why people don't know how to make fire.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heroines Love Dogs: She's a dog trainer.
 * Holy Shit Quotient
 * Intergenerational Friendship
 * Irrational Hatred: Nurses a bitter grudge against Marty throughout the entire game, for reasons unknown. This includes ranting that he's a wretched scumbag at every opportunity, trying (with some success) to turn other players against him, and calling him a worthless failure as a father. When asked at the reunion, she claims that she felt Marty didn't respect her, even though he'd repeatedly told anyone who'd listen that Jane was the most dangerous player in the game.
 * Never Mess With Granny: And Holy Shit How! She regularly beat men half her age in challenges. Not to mention what happened when she was told she would be voted out...
 * Noodle Incident: Something certainly happened at her final tribal council, which CBS edited out from what was broadcast, and which all of the players are under orders not to discuss. According to rumors, she accused Sash of secretly offering (earlier in the game) to pay off her mortgage if she helped him win. He denied it, and there was no way of knowing which of them was lying. If true, it would've been illegal (and if not, it was slander), so CBS edited it out and ordered everyone to stay quiet. Evidently nothing more was done as they didn't want two more people being ejected after NaOnka and Purple Kelly quit.
 * Shocking Elimination: A lot of fans thought she'd have made it to the finals.

Ben Henry


 * The Big Guy
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Benry.
 * Out of Focus

Kelly Shinn


 * All There in the Manual: Thanks to her Living Prop edit, most of her confessionals can only be found through videos on the CBS website. Despite the first impression of her being that of a living Barbie Doll, a lot of what she says and does shows there's a lot more underneath.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Living Prop: To the point of parody.
 * Loophole Abuse: Sash allegedly bribed her so she would quit, and then try to sell his story on the jury - unfortunately, since he did such a bad job answering her question, she was forced to vote for Fabio, since there was no justification for voting for him.
 * Non Gameplay Elimination
 * One Steve Limit: With Kelly B.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Purple Kelly. (Even after Kelly B. was voted off!)
 * Out of Focus: Possibly done by the editors as revenge for quitting - especially since she didn't do anything to impact the game like NaOnka did. Kelly managed to have less screentime than the victims of Rob, Russell, and Coach's Reign of terror.
 * Purple Is Powerful: Subverted big time.
 * The Voiceless: Probably had fewer confessionals than anyone in Survivor history who got as far as she did. Inadvertently Lampshaded by Fabio when they wind up in conversation on a reward trip, and he remarks that she never seems to say anything.

NaOnka Mixon


 * Evil Teacher: She's a gym teacher.
 * Alicia Rosa from the One World season drew comparisons to her in the first episode.
 * Foe Yay: With Fabio and Kelly B. You gotta admit though...she did get Fabio to go along with a gameplay plan despite hating him. Even some of her haters had to admit that getting Fabio on board was a good gameplay move.
 * Jerkass
 * Jerkass Woobie: Came across as this near the end, especially when it got hard for her and she felt like quitting.
 * Kick the Dog: Even after announcing that she was going to quit the game at the next tribal council, she refused to step out of a reward so that her whole tribe could get some much-needed food. Holly, who had been desperate to finally get a reward, volunteered to make the sacrifice in her place.
 * Her treatment of Kelly B is generally this.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Jerk
 * Non Gameplay Elimination
 * The Resenter
 * Sassy Black Woman
 * Sitcom Arch Nemesis: With Fabio.
 * Spanner in The Works: Her quitting utterly destroyed Sash's ideal final two, given that she was an easy goat to use.

Brenda Lowe


 * The Chessmaster
 * Disc One Final Boss: Like Marty, an extremely competent player taken out right at the merge.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Hoist By Her Own Petard: Got blindsided by everyone when they saw her as a threat.
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Ship Tease: With Chase.
 * Shocking Elimination
 * Spicy Latina: Although, based on looks alone, her ethnic make-up seems pretty ambiguous. She's described as Asian by at least one fellow castaway.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Marty Piombo


 * The Chessmaster: He even claims (to Fabio) to be a literal one. He was making it up, although Fabio apparently bought it.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Diabolus Ex Machina: Was totally screwed by the unexpected tribal switch, after meticulously maneuvering himself into control of his tribe. Up to that point he was arguably a favorite to win the game. Afterwards he was basically a dead player walking, although he did manage to barter his immunity idol for a temporary stay of execution until the merge.
 * Disc One Final Boss: One of the most competent players, taken right out at the merge.
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Fabio.
 * Magnificent Bastard: A failed attempt. He freely admitted he had intended to lie to get ahead, but he was voted off before he ever really needed to.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Wounded Gazelle Gambit: It failed.

Alina Wilson


 * Informed Ability: At merge, she's public enemy number one. Exactly why?! Chances are, she was just annoying people.
 * Red Headed Heroine

Jill Behm


 * Cool Old Lady: Actually won the first individual immunity challenge.
 * The Medic
 * Red Headed Heroine
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Eliminated at the worst possible time. Got no screentime at the reunion (there's even rumors she didn't even attend the reunion).

Yve Rojas


 * Absurdly Youthful Mother
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Older Than They Look: She's 41.
 * Spicy Latina
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Yve was eliminated at perhaps the worst time in the game. The first two or so survivors are at least spoken to at the reunion - people eliminated right before the merge? Almost never see them unless it was a Shocking Elimination of some kind or Non Gameplay Elimination. Jeff Probst didn't even look at her at the reunion. Shame since she probably had the best chance of winning next to Jane on her tribe.

Kelly Bruno


 * Artificial Limbs
 * Handicapped Badass: Holds world records in amputee running.
 * Inspirationally Disadvantaged
 * Iron Woobie: No one wanted her anywhere near the merge, mainly because they thought she'd get sympathy votes.
 * One Steve Limit: With Purple Kelly.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Tyrone Davis


 * Badass
 * Bald Black Leader Guy
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Older Than They Look: He's 42.
 * Too Cool to Live
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness

Jimmy Tarantino


 * The Complainer Is Always Wrong
 * Glory Seeker
 * Name's the Same: Occasionally called J.T. by his teammates.
 * One Steve Limit: With Jimmy J.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Jimmy T.
 * Sour Supporter

Jimmy Johnson


 * A Father to His Men
 * Alliterative Name
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Dead Star Walking: Was used heavily in promotions for the season, but only manages to make it three episodes before being voted out.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: He's a Super Bowl-winning head coach.
 * Name's the Same: Occasionally called Coach by his teammates.
 * One Steve Limit: With Jimmy T.
 * Promoted Fanboy
 * Something Completely Different: He showed absolutely no interest in playing the game, and was just there for the "experience." He even said that if he won, he would donate the million dollars to charity.
 * The Strategist
 * Team Dad

Shannon Elkins


 * Establishing Character Moment: Asking Sash if he was gay.
 * Gender Blender Name
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk Jock
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky

Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff


 * Farm Girl
 * Nice Hat: And skirt.
 * Scheherezade Gambit: It failed.
 * Talkative Loon: It's especially obvious when she has probably the longest confessional in Survivor history explaining how she'd probably get out because she talks too much.