Big Brother/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The strategy of winning competitions so people can't touch you. What happens when you become ineligible to compete or fall a bit short? Everyone takes aim at that target at your back, and...

* [[Base Breaker]]: During Season 8 of the U.S version, both Jen and Evel Dick were simultaneously loved and hated by the fanbase.

** Nikki from the UK series is either really ''really'' annoying, or actually pretty funny.

*** Season 13 in general was either one of the best seasons ever when Rache realized being a complete jerk won't win her the game and got what she claimed to have deserved. Or you were suspicious at how Rachel seemed to get every single twist directly or indirectly benefitting from it, shaking your head at the [[Flanderization]] of the game into a game about competitions.

* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: During a discussion about his plan with Matt in the HOH room, Lane spontaneously declares that he needs some pop rocks. Cue him sitting in a chair in silence, the sound of the rocks being caught by his microphone, and Matt staring incredulously. And then:

* [[Heartwarming Moments]]: Season 2 (US) brings us Kent, who is ''clearly'' homophobic, even saying in the diary room (early on) that he thinks the homosexual lifestyle is sinful. He's also placed in the house with Bunky, who is openly gay. You'd expect these two to be at each other's throats, right? Well, those two actually became best friends in the house, Kent even let Bunky sleep in the head of household room with him!

** The twins in ''5'' joining up.

*** Not to mention, the producers even ''fixed an entire season'' for them.

** Jessie seems to be hated all over the Internet, yet, he has now made an appearance during four consecutive seasons. He's been used as a punishment from Pandora's Box during the last two.

** In the US, prior to season 12, the worst seasons were generaly agreed to be 4 and 9. 4 for its stupid twist and unlikeable cast, 9 for it's below 30 cast of eye candy (only 1 player was over 30), a bunch of hastily cast players who weren't very likable with the exception of Natalie, a beginning twist that sort of screwed Parker and Alex (And originally Sharon) because people were evicted in pairs, its winner who became a drug dealer (yes really), and Joshua. Just Joshua. The next season, a back to basics thrown together 3 months later is considered one of the best seasons for not being like 9.

** Season 12 (along with 2 and 10) is perhaps one of the best ways to demonstrate what the US ''[[Big Brother]]'' is actually like; the producers didn't really try to slant the season that much and they didn't show off that many twists that affected the game (sans the Diamond Power of Veto, which was a small-scale coup'de'tat <ref>(the Coup'de'tat was a power that allowed a person to remove the nominees and replace them with their own nominees. When used in Season 7, the specter of it basically meant it wasn't used, and when it was used in 11, it completely flipped the game around. In contrast, the Diamond Power of Veto was just removing one nominee and replacing it with your own.</ref>) because the Saboteur twist ended early and failed big time when it was tried again beyond just annoying the houseguests. (Although it ''did'' screw over Kathy) However most people were rather...dull game players because they were booksmart and not really streetsmart. The Brigade shows a [[Boring but Practical]] strategy. There were also a couple players who, if they were in another season, probably would have controlled the house but wound up on the wrong side of a four (later three) man alliance or didn't play too long. Heck, Ragan could've controlled the game; his main shortcoming was that he spent too long hiding behind house drama and didn't start playing hard until it was too late when the alliances were tighter.

** Brendon&Rachel and more recently Jeff&Jordan (But Jeff moreso) have shown themselves to be ''incredibly'' intolerant towards other peoples' gameplay, especially trying ''not'' to make yourself be perceived as a threat to others. Typically; what gets you further in the house is making the other houseguests think they ''can'' beat you - And winning competitions is typically a good way to make houseguests think they ''can't'' beat you. One almost wonders if they'd accuse Will and Mike "Boogie" Malin of having poor gameplay and say they are terrible players, since Will's entire strategy was making people underestimate him and target somebody else. (Boogie even lampshaded this in ''All Stars'' when he immediately dropped out of an endurance competition saying they(Janelle and Erica) had to take him, even comparing himself to [[Survivor|Richard Hatch]] in the process.)

 

* [[Wangst]]: Nikki Grahme in ''2006'' would throw tantrums over some of the ''pettiest'' of things.

** From the american series, Amber would cry over just about ''anything''. In Season 13, Rachel comes pretty close to Amber in terms of constantly throwing pity parties and crying, while Brendon would just try to calm her down. Other criers from the American series include Daniele (8), Shelia (9), April (6), Chima and Lydia (11), and Ragan (12). (Zig-zagged with Bunky, who had a reputation for crying a lot but his crying was more happy crying.)

** Brendon in Season 13. The reason they were evicted in their original season is their Russel Hantz-like social game where they made enemies of just about everyone in the house and being good in competitions put targets on their backs the size of Alaska. Instead of cleaning up their act this time however, they act pretty much the same way they did last year, just allied with Jeff and Jordan this time upon finding they had common ground. After Daniele flipped on their initial alliance, Brendon told her that if he or Rachel makes it to the finals they will win, which is the ''exact opposite'' type of thinking you want to encourage--if you want someone to keep you in the house, you want them to think you ''aren't'' a threat to them and won't beat them if you make it to the end with them. See also [[Reality Show Genre Blindness]].

** The newbies had a golden opportunity to vote out Rachel, instead, Kalia decided to TRUST Rachel & Jeff, even though Rachel said 'to her FACE' that she'd target Danielle, followed by Lawon asking to be evicted, thinking he could beat whoever came back. "Win-nothing" Lawon, against either Dominic or Brendon, allowing the veterans to retake a majority. To be fair, Lawon ''asked'' to be voted out and there was no way for them to have known it'd be a challenge. And also to be fair, exchanging Rachel for Brendon would've been a better choice.

 

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Jessie actually admitted this in season eleven. Jeff won a game changing power called Coup de tat and used it to put Jessie and Natalie on the block. Kevin had the insight to cast the deciding vote to evict Jessie as a bigger threat. Jessie even said in his interview that it was a very good move on Jeff's part and that he would vote for him if he made it to the end.

 

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