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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: The other queens attribute Phi Phi O'Hara's nasty attitude to her rough childhood as a victim of bullying.
** Most felt that excuse rang hollow when we learned that Sharon was forced to leave school due to being bullied, and yet was a thousand times friendlier and more likeable than Phi Phi.
*** Especially considering when Phi Phi bullied the other queens. She intentionally sabotaged Jiggly and had her eliminated from the show. Made even grosser is when Jiggly revealed in the Reunion episode that, after the show, she had been inviting Phi Phi to her place and Phi Phi had never fessed up to what she had done the whole time.
**** Let's not forget that she had been just as, if not more, nasty toward Willam. Before the episode where she sabotaged Jiggly and after the episode, for the rest of season, she constantly insulted Willam to a disproportionate degree. Hell, in the episode where she sabotaged Jiggly, Phi Phi sauntered over to Willam's work station, acting as if she were buddies with Willam because she thought Willam would laugh alongside her over what she did. Willam instead stared at Phi Phi in disbelief and discomfort as Phi Phi bragged that she heightened Jiggly's chances for elimination.
* [[Full-Name Basis]]: [[
** Mystique Summers Madison
** Stacey Lane Bryant Matthews Latisaw Q.
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* [[I'm Not Here to Make Friends]]: Made evident by every "Untucked" episode. Most prominently displayed by Rebecca Glasscock, Raven, Phoenix, and Shangela, who claims to be "keeping it real" about six times an episode.
** Averted somewhat by Manila. In a normal episode, she says to Shangela "I don't want you to feel like I'm attacking you... but I am attacking you, because this is a competition and I'm trying to beat you." However, she also says to Ru that she did like making friends in the competition, and she seems to be actively avoiding fights in the Untucked room.
** In Season 4 we finally got a "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race!"
* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: Shannel, who seemed to have extreme levels of confidence ("I should have won this challenge!") but couldn't handle the judges not complimenting her regularly.
** And, to a lesser degree, Season 4's Phi Phi O'Hara.
* [[Keet]] / [[Genki Girl]]: Manila Luzon. Dear God, Manila. Just watch her [http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj00oxV12B1qgp9gko1_500.jpg facial] [http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/feature/blog/2011/02/hyphen-tv-are-you-playing-angry-birds/500x350manila-luzon-qnn.jpg expressions.] True, she's capable of being pretty composed, too, but most of the time…
* [[Large Ham]] / [[Camp]]: It's a show about drag queens, so natch. In particular, RuPaul often takes particular relish in instructing the queens to "lip synch... for your ''LIFE''," and in ordering "bring back... MY GIRLS."
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Manila Luzon, a Filipino queen, named herself after two of the largest islands in the Philippines.
** Pandora Boxx's name is a pun on [[Classical Mythology]], Delta Work got her name from [[Designing Women]] star Delta Burke, Nina Flowers' surname comes from her real surname out of drag (Jorge Flores), Victoria "Porkchop" Parker's name out of drag is Victor, and as Ongina put her name: "Well, my middle name is Ong, and God didn't bless me with a different kind of -gina."
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The true reason behind Willam's disqualification. According to interviews from some of the other queens, the "conjugal visits from Willam's husband" explanation may not be the whole truth, or even the truth at all.
* [[N-Word Privileges]]: The term "she-male" is often considered offensive, but punnishly reclaimed to introduce the first segment: "Girl, you got She Mail!"
** In Season 3, the other queens question Manila Luzon's [[N-Word Privileges]] in regards to some of her Asian stereotype schtick.
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** Now being lampshaded in s4, as RuPaul will regularly smile and wink at the camera after a moment of product placement. Part of the show's delightful campiness.
* [[Pronoun Trouble]]: Occasionally crops up, though most of competitors and judges refer to themselves and each other as "she" in costume and "he" he out of it.
* [[Pungeon Master]]: RuPaul herself, [[Once an Episode]], usually when calling out the girls or telling them they get to stay. Examples include: "You made a meal out of this challenge, but it left a bad taste in some of the judges' mouths"; "You were pretty in [[
** In season four's "Dragazines" challenge, Sharon Needles tries to take the cake, filling her ''Cat Fancy''-esque magazine's cover with all kinds of pussy-related puns. When this is pointed out on the runway, she replies with, "Well, I don't know… [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|I'm talking about cats!]] [[Deadpan Snarker|You're a pervert!]]"
* [[Punny Name]]: Mimi Imfurst, Pandora Boxx, Sharon Needles.
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** The straight jocks that appeared on the show to be transformed into a [[Drag Queen]] for a day had these moments in abundance. One jock seemed to be flirting with his partner, Alexis Mateo, throughout the show, and most of them admitted to a crush on Carmen Carrera. And of course, their reactions to the extremely sexual lipsync at the end.
** [[Henry Rollins]] confessed in his spoken word shows that he once fantasized about one of the contestants after his guest appearance.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Sometimes. Very often on RuPaul's Drag U.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Displayed by Sharon Needles and Phi Phi O'Hara in the "frenemies" challenge. {{spoiler|It doesn't work and they end up lipsynching for their lives.}}
* [[The Runner Up Takes It All]]: Both Nina Flowers and Raven, the runner ups of Seasons 1 and 2, seem to have enjoyed greater success than the actual winners.
** This may have something to do with the winner's prize including a headline slot on the Drag Race tour, which would seem to be a fairly time-consuming engagement, while the runners-up are free to take on other, more high-profile jobs.
** Pandora Boxx seems to have found the most success of all, seeing as she's now omnipresent on just about every ''Logo'' show.
* [[Throw It In]]: [[Invoked]] while the queens were filming a music video with RuPaul in the second season Tyra mishears "act hurt" for "act hood". When she asks for clarification, the director and Ru agree to go with Tyra's version as it sounds better.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] / [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Mimi Imfurst lifting up a screaming India above her head during her lipsync.
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