RuPaul's Drag Race: Difference between revisions

Each weekly challenge typically consists of the queens putting together an outfit based on a theme, but then tweaking the theme in order to put their signature on the dress. One of the defining elements of the show is the lip sync. After every challenge, the two competitors that have preformed the weakest must compete to stay on the show with a lip sync ''for their lives''. In the [[Grand Finale]] the final two competitors must also compete for the crown with a final lip sync. These have resulted in wigs falling off, splits, and even a kiss.

 

 

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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Terri Nunn's reaction after seeing Raven in drag.

** In season four, Jennifer Love Hewitt has the same reaction to Phi Phi O'Hara and Gi Gi, her partner in the "give a non-drag queen a makeover" challenge, "DILFs (Dads I'd Like To Frock)."

* [[Eye Scream]]: Jujubee was accidentally hit in the eye with a stiletto heel while participating in a staged and filmed catfight. Ouch.

* [[Fan Service]]: The "Pit Crew," two musclebound hunks who assist Rupaul in setting up the challenges.

*** 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.

** Mystique Summers Madison

** Stacey Lane Bryant Matthews Latisaw Q.

** Zig-zagged with Untucked. Half of Untucked is the queens sharing heartwarming stories and forming "a sisterhood" with eachother, while the other half is the screaming matches and fights that take place in [[Serial Escalation|almost every episode.]] One fight between Sharon Needles and Phi Phi O'Hara was so heated they fought through RuPaul's message to head to the Gold Bar and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|unknowingly missed out on an opportunity to meet Dita von Teese, who waited patiently as Muzak played in the background.]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Shangela proudly thinks of herself as this, sometimes crediting herself when another queen does poorly. In one humorous instance, she lied and told Carmen that she wanted reggae for the music challenge, knowing that Carmen would then select reggae for herself in an attempt to screw Shangela over.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Raja. Even before appearing on the show she had a drag mother relationship with a couple of the other competitors, putting Delta in shows and helping Shangela to dress for the Season 2 reunion.

** In season 4, we now have Chad Michaels, who spends most of one Untucked episode alternately comforting Sharon Needles and reminding her teammates from the challenge that Jiggly Caliente's feelings should taken into consideration. Chad even stands up to a big, burly DILF and in the Untucked episode cautions, "you don't come for [attack] my people, not while I'm around."

** 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.

*** Later that episode, Stacy dresses as Mo'Nique's character from ''Precious''. While Stacy is black, she is very light-skinned (and only brings up her Native American heritage, in a later episode), so she decided to dress in borderline blackface. This went unmentioned by the other queens.

** In season 4, we end up with a discussion of the line between racially charged, off-color humor and offensiveness when, acting as a [[Sarah Palin]]-esque character in the "Frock the Vote" challenge, Phi Phi O'Hara refers to Latrice Royale and Dida Ritz, "the help."

** the finale of every season features the top three competitors performing in some new Rupaul music video, one gets eliminated based on that challenge, and then the top two lipsynch against each other for the crown.

* [[Perky Goth]]: Sharon Needles.

* [[Product Placement]]: Anyone thirsty for some Absolut vodka?

** Ru Paul's "Champion", now on iTunes!

* [[Stage Names]]: Used by most of the queens, but rejected by Chad Michaels, Willam, and Rupaul herself.

** Chad and Willam's cases double as [[Gender Blender Name|Gender Blender Names]].

* [[Spicy Latina]]: Jessica Wild, Yara Sofia, Alexis Mateo, to name a few.

** ''Drag U'' was another spin-off in which former ''Drag Race'' contestants give ordinary, plain women drag-tastic makeovers.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Many queens have gone down the runway in outfits that would qualify as such, [[Serial Escalation|but Carmen Carerra regularly tops herself]].

** Stacy Layne Matthews and India Ferrah's most common criticism.

* [[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.

 

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