Survivor (TV series)/Characters/Heroes vs. Villains

Sandra Diaz-Twine

"I'll write your name again, and if I'm up there in the final three you'll still give me the million dollar vote."
 * Anti Villain
 * Arch Enemy: Russell's. And that extended to the reunion.
 * Badass Boast: When casting the fatal vote for Rupert:


 * Badass Preacher
 * Born Winner: First and (so far) only two-time winner.
 * The Cassandra: Fridge Brilliance at the very best!
 * Cool Big Sis: To Courtney.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy
 * Guile Anti-Villain
 * The Good Guys Always Win: Sandra would go on to defeat Russell/Parvati in the final three after the pair (with Danielle and Jerri) systematically eliminated her entire alliance.
 * Happily Married
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Courtney
 * Hot Mom
 * Indy Ploy: When it became clear that her attempts to oust Russell wouldn't work, she turned it to her advantage by using him as a "goat."
 * That's also exactly why the others eventually stopped trying to get him out.
 * In Series Nickname: "Rice" (based on an answer she gave in the Pearl Islands season: "arroz y gandules").
 * Ironic Echo: Her burning Russell's Nice Hat.
 * Lady in Red
 * Law of Chromatic Superiority
 * Living Lie Detector
 * Lucky Seven: Won again after winning the seventh season seven years prior.
 * Meaningful Name: Well...
 * The Napoleon
 * Noble Demon
 * Older and Wiser
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Remnant: To the Villains tribe due to being the last remaining member of Boston Rob's alliance.
 * Sandra's Secret Compartment: "I would hate to go home with the idol in my bra..."
 * Sole Survivor: For the second time.
 * Sixth Ranger: Subverted. She attempted to be this numerous times to the Heroes, but they just didn't listen to her.
 * Spicy Latina
 * Talking Your Way Out
 * Worthy Opponent To Danielle and Parvati. The exact opposite to Russell.

Parvati Shallow

Would you think this was the same Parvati who won Micronesia?
 * Action Girl
 * All There in the Manual: According to a post-game interview with Sandra, Parvati and Russell openly mocked the Heroes by reading the message J.T. wrote to Russell, which certainly would explain why the Heroes' votes didn't go to either of them.
 * Anything That Walks: Courtney used her confessional with "The Russell Impression" to accuse her of this.
 * Badass
 * Batman Gambit
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: Her and Russell despite her claim that he's her dragon.
 * Cassandra Truth: She tried to convince Russell to vote out Sandra during the final four, since she knew Sandra had more friends on the jury than Jerri did. Russell, of course, believed it was the other way around.
 * The Charmer: Definitely toward Russell. Not so much the Heroes.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Even Evil Has Standards: She drew the line at Russell voting out Danielle.
 * Even the Girls Want Her
 * Evil Genius
 * Femme Fatale
 * Friendly Enemies: with Amanda
 * Gone Horribly Right: She knew that she had a target on her back going into the season, so she locked herself into an alliance with another dangerous player (Russell) as protection. It got her to the end, but by that time she'd grown so close to Russell that the Heroes on the jury saw the tight alliance as "a snake with two heads." And she ended up with none of their votes.
 * Greater Need Than Mine
 * Hard Work Hardly Works
 * Hello Nurse
 * Hero Killer
 * It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time: Sure, keeping the idol she found with Danielle from Russell had its perks, but it was what led to Russell's paranoia about Danielle and Parvati working against him, which in turn led to Russell voting Danielle out and taking an ideal Final Three partner from Parvati.
 * Large Ham: And how!
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch: Well, as long as she wasn't going after the Heroes' bananas; in that case, she was just an Alpha Bitch.
 * Male Gaze
 * Manipulative Bitch: Perhaps too well.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Older and Wiser
 * Poor Communication Kills: Suuuuuuuuurrrrrre you would have talked J.T. out of giving his idol away. And you said it in a pathetic feeble tone. Yeah, that's gonna sway him.
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Runner Up Takes It All: Subverted in a sense that she won in the past already. However a lot of people believe she should have won because she played the game in a style that more people are fond of.
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * The Tease
 * Too Clever By Half
 * Worthy Opponent: The only person that Russell clearly considers in this season... however, he states that he also considers Tom and Stephenie this too judging by his reactions to their eliminations (And stated that he was afraid to face those two) and has also implied this to Boston Rob and Colby.

Russell Hantz


 * Always Second Best
 * Arch Enemy: Sandra's all game long, and Rupert's for a while. Both of them have said they prefer Jonny Fairplay to them.
 * Asshole Victim
 * Badass
 * Bald of Evil
 * Batman Gambit
 * Beard of Evil
 * Being Evil Sucks
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: Him and Parvati despite the latter claiming he's her dragon.
 * Breakout Character
 * Card Carrying Villain
 * The Chessmaster
 * Control Freak: Where even to start?!
 * Did You Think They Can't Feel? Around Danielle and Rupert, especially.
 * Entitled Bastard
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
 * Evil Counterpart: To Rupert (in terms of being each other's Foil), Amanda (for being able to reach back-to-back FTC, losing due to poor communication skills) and Colby (in the top 5, both being previous runners-up and hailing from the south).
 * Evil Genius
 * Evil Gloating
 * Evilly Affable
 * Fat Bastard
 * He Just Doesn't Get It: Losing twice, Russell still can't comprehend that the jury isn't supposed to vote for him.
 * Heroes Killer: And they all killed back.
 * Humiliation Conga: Samoa was nothing by comparison.
 * I'm Not Here to Make Friends
 * I Regret Nothing: Russell was asked multiple times by the jury if he felt any guilt over his bullying, degrading treatment of other people. He admitted that he did not, and then honestly seemed shocked when he didn't get any votes.
 * Its All About Me: The producers certainly seem to agree, too!
 * Jerkass
 * Large Ham
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * The Napoleon
 * Never My Fault
 * Nice Hat
 * Not Good With People To Danielle a fellow former finalist (and one of five on the jury): "I'm not going to sit here and tell you what you want to hear; I'm going to tell you the truth."
 * Nothing Can Stop Me Now: He was just as arrogant as he was during Samoa, and still couldn't understand how or why he lost.
 * Poor Communication Kills Did it ever.
 * The Second Runner Up Takes It All
 * Short Dark And Snarky
 * Reality Show Genre Blindness: Russell once again bullies his way through the game and even tells Boston Rob that they should vote off one of the weak players, and even says who should be voted off when they're sitting right there next to him.
 * And did he even consider that Sandra had former alliance mates in the Jury? As well as, oh I don't know, the entire Heroes tribe? Ever hear of the "Lesser of two Three evils"?
 * Sanity Slippage: Several of his tribemates thought he was going through this as the season got to the endgame. (Well, given the two idols Parvati whipped out...)
 * Smug Snake
 * Spot Light Stealing Squad: Thankfully not as bad as Samoa, because the editors actually didn't forget that they had more than him in the game.
 * The Starscream: To Boston Rob.
 * Ted Baxter
 * Third Place Is For Losers
 * Too Clever By Half
 * Too Dumb to Live: Bullying Danielle right in front of the jury right before voting her out, for no apparent reason besides being jealous of her alliance with Parvati. Yeah, brilliant strategy, driving a jury member to the point of tears and kicking her out at the absolute height of her hatred for you.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Becomes more competent in the physical game compared to Samoa.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: To J.T., Danielle and Jerri.
 * Unknown Rival: To Boston Rob.
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Wrong Season Savvy: This video implies that he sided with Parvati and took Sandra to the final three with them so he'll win because he's against past winners. This isn't All-Stars, Russell.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To everyone.

Jerri Manthey


 * Anti Villain
 * Appropriated Appellation: For years after Australian Outback, Jerri railed her perception as a villainess by the Manipulative Editing. Yet during Heroes vs Villains, she seemed to finally accept it and even embrace being on the Villains tribe.
 * The Baroness
 * Character Development: You can actually trace a character arc through her three seasons. In Outback she's the arrogant, aggressive villain. In All-Stars, she tries to be nicer but it doesn't really pan out, particularly because she's dead-set on getting revenge on Tina and Colby. In Heroes vs. Villains, she's ten years older than she was the first time and has calmed down considerably.
 * Christmas Cake
 * Distaff Counterpart: To Colby.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Fiery Brunette
 * Kuudere: Arguably.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * My Greatest Third Chance: This is her farthest position in her three tries. She ends up... fourth.
 * Nice Hat: She was the only member of the Villains tribe not to believe she was improperly placed; hence, her black (Army) hat.
 * Older and Wiser
 * Out of Focus: There seemed to be a lot going on with her this season that got obscured by the focus on other players, primarily Russell.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Red Baron: The Black Widow. Her first confessional of the season makes note of a couple of these. Her favorite? "Man-Eater Manthey."
 * Revenge: In All-Stars it was Boston Rob's deal with Lex that ended up costing Jerri the game. This time around, guess which player she plays a role in getting rid of?
 * Ship Tease: With Coach and obviously Colby.
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tall Dark and Snarky
 * The Tease
 * Tsundere
 * What Happened to The Mouse: During one Tribal Council, Russell named Danielle and Parvati as the only ones he trusted, leaving Jerri as the fourth man out. This appeared to Foreshadow Jerri flipping on Russell, but was never brought up again afterwards.
 * When She Smiles

Colby Donaldson


 * The Ace: Though he is close to being a mild example of a broken one.
 * Badass in Distress
 * Being Good Sucks
 * Biseinen
 * Character Development: This season sees the resolution of his feud with Jerri.
 * Chick Magnet
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Honor Before Reason
 * Knight in Sour Armor: Everyone's.
 * The Lancer
 * The Last DJ
 * Last of His Kind: The last Hero left.
 * Magnetic Hero
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * My Greatest Third Chance: Subverted compared to Australia, Played straight compared to All-Stars.
 * Nice Guy
 * Nice Hat: Regarded his white cowboy hat and Jerri's black Army hat as the definitive good and evil symbols.
 * Older and Wiser
 * Perma Stubble
 * Ship Tease: With Jerri.
 * Shocking Elimination
 * Spear Counterpart: To Jerri.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Worthy Opponent

Rupert Boneham


 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Big Good
 * The Big Guy
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Breakout Character
 * The Cassandra: One of the only Heroes that does listen to Sandra when she's trying to warn him about how Russell can't be trusted.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Death Glare: Gave one to Russell after being voted out; several fans found it reminiscent of Big Tom's Death Glare at Rob in All-Stars.
 * Gentle Giant
 * Happily Married
 * The Hero Dies
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With James and Amanda.
 * Large and In Charge
 * Large Ham
 * Memetic Outfit
 * My Greatest Third Chance
 * Older and Wiser
 * Red Baron: The Pirate.
 * Shocking Elimination
 * Team Dad: To the Heroes.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Though he did manage to fool Russell with a phoney idol bluff, which dropped Candice through the trapdoor.

Danielle DiLorenzo


 * Alliterative Name
 * Cat Fight: With Amanda.
 * Dark Chick
 * Death Glare: To Russell at Tribal Council, before the vote.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Hello Nurse
 * Male Gaze
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo

Candice Woodcock


 * Alliterative Name: Once married, she became Candice Cody.
 * And There Was Much Rejoicing
 * Anti Hero
 * The Chick
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Deja vu.
 * Fire Forged Friends: with Amanda
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hello Nurse
 * Hospital Hottie
 * Laser Guided Karma
 * Male Gaze
 * My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted. She finishes in the exact same place for a very similar reason as last time.
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Quisling
 * Rewarded As a Traitor Deserves: Assumes that if she flips to the Villains and gives them a majority that she'll be taken further.
 * Thirteen Is Unlucky: For the second time she finished 8th out of 20 contestants.
 * Turncoat

Amanda Kimmel


 * Cat Fight: With Danielle.
 * Fire Forged Friends: with Candice.
 * Four Is Death: The fourth member of the jury, and this the first time she's Voted Off the Island too. Not only that, she spent a total of One Hundred and Eight days in her three tries. The respective total of votes she got in China and Micronesia are 1 and 3. Do the math...
 * Friendly Enemies: With Parvati.
 * Good Is Boring
 * The Lancer: To J.T.
 * Like Brother and Sister: She explicitly stated she and James (Clement) are this.
 * Male Gaze
 * Meganekko
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * My Greatest Third Chance: Subverted.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Ship Tease: With J.T.
 * The Smart Girl
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Worthy Opponent: Parvati can attest that Amanda is by no means a poor player; just terrible at tribal councils.

James Thomas, Jr.


 * Anti Hero
 * Badass
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Darker and Edgier
 * Epic Fail
 * Farm Boy
 * Fun With Acronyms
 * Garage Band: Forms one with Coach and Courtney.
 * Idiot Ball
 * Idiot Hero
 * Keet
 * Kid Appeal Character
 * Kid Hero: Well, he was 25, which, by the standards of the other players, made him the youngest.
 * Laser Guided Karma
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero
 * One Steve Limit: Averted with James Clement.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: J.T.
 * Save the Villain: It failed, BIG TIME.
 * Ship Tease: With Amanda.
 * Stupid Good
 * Too Dumb to Live: Is considered to have done the stupidest thing ever after Erik Reichenbach giving up immunity. To be fair; it should be noted that part of the reason his fail was so epic was that he was taking a risk with giving up the idols and he didn't know what we did. (they don't get to see confessionals or even the other tribal councils)
 * Took a Level In Dumbass

Courtney Yates


 * Anti Villain: Is actually praising Sandra for being nice at the final tribal council.
 * Badass Adorable
 * The Charmer
 * Deadpan Snarker: Especially with her Russell imitation.
 * Designated Girl Fight: With Sugar. They did in the very first episode.
 * Garage Band: Forms one with Coach and J.T.
 * Genki Girl
 * Girlish Pigtails: At the Final Tribal Council.
 * Hair Of Platinum
 * Hollywood Thin
 * Jerk With a Heart of Jerk: What Manipulative Editing made her. She's a Jerk With a Heart of Gold at worst.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Sandra.
 * In Series Nickname: Beans ("she's the beans to my rice," according to Sandra).
 * Kawaiiko
 * My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.
 * Older Than They Look: In her early 30s.
 * Platinum-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Benjamin Wade


 * Anti Villain
 * Badass
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Teacher
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Chew Toy: For Probst and much of his tribemates; he took it really well.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Much less in this season.
 * Do I Really Sound Like That: In the reunion, he admitted that after watching Tocantins, this is why he decided to change his playing style.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: To Jerri.
 * Garage Band: Forms one with Courtney and J.T.
 * Honor Before Reason
 * Manly Tears
 * Names the Same: With a major league player and a former U.S. senator.
 * Nice Job Breaking It Hero: His insistence on eliminating Courtney resulted to Boston Rob's Shocking Elimination. Boston Rob called him a "Little Man" as a result.
 * Noble Demon
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Coach
 * Red Baron: The Dragon slayer
 * Ship Tease: With Jerri.
 * Social Darwinist
 * Tall Dark and Snarky
 * Ted Baxter
 * Took a Level In Badass: As a challenge player, at least. At one point Tyson, his former Tocantins alliance-mate, notes that Coach has worked himself into much better shape and it shows.
 * Took a Level In Kindness: Oh, the irony.
 * Warrior Poet
 * Worthy Opponent

Rob Mariano


 * Anti Villain: Rob actually knows that this is a social game.
 * Badass
 * Badass Mustache
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * The Chessmaster
 * Disc One Final Boss
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Evil Genius / The Smart Guy
 * Happily Married
 * Hot Dad
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Magnetic Anti-Villain
 * Memetic Outfit: His legendary Nice B Cap.
 * My Death Is Just the Beginning
 * My Greatest Third Chance: Subverted BIG TIME.
 * Older and Wiser
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Boston Rob.
 * Self Proclaimed Liar
 * Shocking Elimination
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Tall Dark and Snarky
 * Team Dad
 * Thirteen Is Unlucky: Placed thirteenth.
 * Too Clever By Half
 * Worthy Opponent

James Clement


 * Aloof Ally: Particularly, to Tom, Colby and Stephenie.
 * Angry Black Man: Fans and Jeff have commented that he seemed to be having a lot less fun in the game his third time out.
 * Anti Hero
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Big Eater Dude loves his bananas.
 * The Big Guy
 * Black Best Friend: To Amanda.
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Game Breaking Injury: Twice now.
 * Glass Cannon: Twice now.
 * Heroic Build
 * Laser Guided Karma
 * My Greatest Third Chance: Subverted.
 * One Steve Limit: Averted with James "J.T." Thomas.
 * Take That Me: His luxury item this season? The Hidden Immunity Idols from China.
 * Tall Dark and Snarky
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: He lost a great deal of his original fanbase after this.
 * It should be noted, though, that he was really not that much more of a jerk than he had been in prior seasons. It's just that this time he was a little more aggressive and doing it at players who aren't Acceptable Targets the way Jean-Robert, Courtney, and Peih-Gee were.

Tyson Apostol


 * Anti Villain
 * Badass Long Hair
 * The Big Guy / The Brute
 * Disaster Dominoes: Him switching the vote started the chain of events that would lead to Russell getting to the end.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Laser Guided Karma
 * My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Villain: Screwing the triple tie plan.
 * Religious Bruiser: He's mormon.
 * Too Clever By Half: Completely overthought how Parvati and Danielle were going to react to the vote-splitting, which led to him switching the vote.
 * Worthy Opponent: Especially to J.T.

Tom Westman


 * The Ace
 * Badass
 * Retired Badass: Former Firefighter.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Happily Married
 * Hot Dad
 * Intergenerational Friendship
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Made of Iron
 * Shocking Elimination
 * Team Dad: To the Heroes.
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * Worthy Opponent: Russell apparently stated that Tom was one of the people on the Heroes tribe who he was afraid to face later in the game.
 * Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Playing the Hidden Immunity Idol and idoles Cirie.

Cirie Fields


 * BBW
 * The Chessmaster
 * Four Is Death: Fourth person voted off.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Guile Heroine
 * Hoist By Her Own Petard: Remember that 3-2-1 triple play in which she didn't want anyone getting the idea of using that other Courtney as a finals goat?
 * Hot Mom
 * Irony: Was voted out because Tom, Colby, and J.T. feared she'd be deadly at the merge, and that it was a good idea to sink her now while they had the chance - these were the exact reasons that she led the vote against Yau-Man in Micronesia.
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * My Greatest Third Chance: Subverted.
 * Shocking Elimination She clearly thought so.
 * The Smart Girl: Too much so.
 * Team Mom
 * Xanatos Roulette
 * Worthy Opponent: Honestly, would you have wanted to face her?

Randy Bailey


 * The Cassandra: Really, really wanted Parvati out. Nobody listened.
 * Character Development: Partly due to the We Hardly Knew Ye effect of being voted out early as well as the producers' love of Russell, he was much less of a Jerkass than he was in Gabon.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defrosting Jerkass
 * Grumpy Old Man
 * My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.
 * Jaded Washout
 * Thanatos Gambit: Writing Boston Rob's name to send a message to the other Villains on who they should vote for next.
 * Took A Level In Xanatos
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Other than Danielle and Russell, was pretty much the only villain to have not really known anyone from their tribe.

Stephenie LaGrossa


 * Accentuate the Negative: When she played the second time, she actually placed in the final two. Considering how James went on and on about how she was bad luck...you'd be surprised to know that detail.
 * Badass
 * Cat Smile
 * Hello Nurse
 * Informed Ability: To be fair to James, he did have a point about this. If Stephenie is such a strong player, why is she always on the losing tribe?
 * Made of Iron
 * My Greatest Third Chance: Subverted BIG TIME.
 * Older and Wiser
 * Plucky Girl
 * Shocking Elimination: The villains were surprised at her being voted out.
 * Short Dark And Bishoujo
 * Shorttank
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Worthy Opponent: To the entire Villains tribe. They even put the shocking in her Shocking Elimination.
 * Russell has stated that Stephenie was one of the people on the Heroes tribe he was afraid to face at the merge, which

Jessica Kiper


 * Badass Adorable: Sandra unclipped her top in the very first challenge.
 * Celebrity Resemblance: To Marilyn Monroe.
 * Cry Cute
 * Defeat By Modesty: Averted.
 * Designated Girl Fight: With Courtney. They did in the very first episode. She won.
 * Dumb Blond: Subverted in her own season, played straight by the edit this time.
 * Flipping the Bird: To Sandra apparently.
 * Genki Girl
 * Hair of Gold
 * Kawaiiko
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted BIG TIME.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Sugar.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Seemingly Wholesome Fifties Girl
 * Stalker With a Crush: To Colby in one scene.
 * Tagalong Kid
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Even though we know what she's like from Gabon, she was voted out first. It's been assumed that she and Randy were the ones voted out first because they were low-on the totem pole and didn't really know anyone else from past seasons.