Big Brother: Difference between revisions
m
→top: clean up
No edit summary |
m (→top: clean up) Tag: Reverted |
||
Line 3:
The show started in the Netherlands in 1999, and has since spread around the
The premise is simple: lock several "ordinary" people in house, ply them with alcohol, and watch the results on omnipresent cameras. Viewers can watch the edited highlights in the evening, or watch it live on cable or the Internet. The public then proceed to vote them out every so often.
Line 11:
A common twist is a "Big Brother goes evil" or "Hell" twist, where Big Brother is psychologically abusive to the houseguests or where they are put in a bad environment.
Homaged by the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E12 Bad Wolf|Bad Wolf]]", with a [[
It's often actually turned into Machinima, see [[SBB Brothers]] for just one example.
Line 32:
*** The UK series usually has two main warring factions. One made up of the "underdogs", the other made up of "populars". Notable examples are Team Richard vs The Plastics ([[BB 7]]), B Block vs The Whisper Club ([[BB 9]]).
* [[Ad Nauseam]]: Within the show, nonetheless. In the more recent editions of Big Brother Brasil, the Brazilian version, every competition for leadership or immunity is themed with a certain brand. Say the characters need to grab the highest amount of [[Brand X]] objects. The whole scenario will be covered with ads of the brand, the host will repeat the brand name every time it refers to the object, there will be massive close-ups on the objects in case, and when counting the amount of objects grabbed, the characters must say the brand name for each object they grabbed. Taking batteries for example, if they got 15 batteries, they will say the brand and the specific type of battery 15 times.
** The last five series of Big Brother Australia (
* [[Adult Child]]: ''Many'' contestants seem this way, with Howie Gordon from Seasons 6 and 7 being the textbook example.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Dr Will so much.
Line 58:
*** The increasing levels of campness are hilariously mocked by [[Lee Mack]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCA5z3KJClY&t=0m5s in his stand up show]
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: It made its creator (who was, admittedly, fortunated to begin with) rich enough to launch his own TV station in the Netherlands
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Quite a few during the Brazilian version. In fact, at one point the most noteworthy S9 catchphrases were mashed all into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCCx5cXeQdg a song]. Also, not really a phrase, but one season of the same version had a fairly popular [[Mondegreen
** "I'd do that for a dollar!" Invoked in season 8 (US)
** "But First" from the American version. Particularly because Julie Chen has a tendency to say "But first" all of the times...sometimes making the ''exact'' same movements as she did before, a common meme is to call her the "Chenbot" and make a compilation of her saying "But First" - it's amazing how she does this so perfectly!
Line 90:
** The Evil Doctor Will openly told people from the start that a) they could not trust him and b) he would lie, cheat, and steal to win. Apparently no one thought he'd do that after ''telling'' them he'd do that, but he did. And it worked.
* [[The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes]]: Natalie, a Tae Kwon Do Champion who did ''terribly'' at physical challenges.
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: BR calls the participants "brothers" and "sisters", sometimes prefaced with the adjective "Big" ([[Gratuitous English]] at its best), ignoring completely that the titular
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]:
** Season 11: Jordan spends the entire season riding on Jeff's coattails and her one head of household victory was handed to her. Then in the final three, she competes in the final head of household round with Kevin and...''wins''. See the [[Moment of Awesome]] page.
Line 106:
* [[Double Standard]]: Why does nobody like Craig from BB6 UK? Because A) he's gay and B) he cried. Even if women are the target audience.
** I think it was more to do with the fact that he was obsessed with Anthony, the straight male housemate who went on to win, and was disturbingly possessive of him, to the point of throwing hissy fits if he thought Anthony was spending too much time with anyone else.
** The US version switched away from public voting after Season 1 because the [[Jerkass|JerkAsses]] were getting voted out early, leaving the less entertaining contestants (Sans George) behind.
** Emily Parr and the whole [[N-Word Privileges]]. Nobody raised a fuss about ''Charley'' using the N-Word, but ''Emily'' said it?!? KICK HER OUT OF THE HOUSE!!!!
*** If it wasn't for the Celebrity edition scandal a mere four months earlier, Emily most likely would have got away with a formal warning. They were terrified of another backlash. Ironically, the only backlash was anger against Emily's unfair explulsion!
Line 125:
** Jeff also would regularly insult the newbies and walked in claiming he deserved to win...and was ''dumbfounded'' when they went after him.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Producers have the power to slant the show via [[Obvious Rule Patch]], such as evacuating the houseguests if they are injured or if something happens, showing that it is [[Tropes Are Tools|not a bad thing]].
** Fans suspect that the producers interfere with on-line fan polls and in the game itself for ratings. Season 13 has so far been a hotbed of
*** Fans have even been suspecting them of intentionally ''casting'' players to be living props, (since it worked so well in ''[[Survivor]]'''s 22nd season) knowing that they wouldn't be mourning the newbies if they were evicted since they wanted to see their old favourites - and if they stood against the veterans? Zero percent approval rating. Add in a bit of [[Manipulative Editing]] to portray them as a villain, and voila.
** Fans also suggest executive meddling by producers turning a blind eye to rule violations or equipment malfunctions. Key examples being Jeff in the teacup challenge somehow getting away with using his hands to hold soap and not just cover it, and Dick and Daniele supposedly not being penalizd at for violating slop restrictions, as well as Dick not getting yelled at for burning Jen with the cigarette or not getting yelled at for having a code written by his son in a letter from home. Jameka evidently had an equipment failure in Season 8; but this has neither been confirmed or denied. (The other main equipment failure was ''very'' obvious since buttons wouldn't work for a couple players; requiring them to reshoot the challenge.)
Line 148:
** A recent Head of Household competition was this; however it was moreso to the ''viewers'' rather than the players. The night before the head of household challenge, the fortune teller begun to spout predictions about what houseguests would do after the show for them to memorize. What was actually shown ''on'' the highlights show were a couple; and what Julie chen actually asked weren't shown. Basically; players didn't really know this given that these were played at 4 AM.
* [[Hypocrite]]: Rachel in Season 13 has put people up on the block and had them evicted for stuff she does to other people. For a specific example, in week two she campaigned to get Cassi out because she didn't like what Cassi said about Porche in a single off-hand remark. Then in the veto competition Jeff got mad at Rachel for a snide remark she made towards his girlfriend Jordan. This prompted her to question [[Face Palm|"Why is he so mad over a single comment?"]] Not to mention, Rachel spent half the week wangsting about how Brendon was evicted, then she says "Oh suck it up" to Kalia, who cried because she lost a challenge that more or less sealed her fate.
** In the same season, Danielle warned Porcshe that Brendon and Rachel will lie and backstab anyone they have to in order to win. Lying, backstabbing and manipulation is par for the course in the game, so the same could be said of pretty much any other contestant in the history of the show. This includes Danielle
*** To be fair, it was probalby a better idea to be in an alliance with Daniele than Brendon&Rachel and Jeff&Jordan....whose alliance(s) were pretty much set in stone from ''before the show even started''. You would have had a much better chance in an alliance of three or four with less concrete bonds to each other.
** In the american version, people often complain about being backstabbed after they backstabbed their own alliance members.
Line 164:
** Plenty in BBUK too. Due to the vote to evict, they usually bit the dust as soon as they were on the block. Now the voting system has changed to "vote to save", controversial characters (such as The Shannon Twins) manage to survive longer (even make the final). But, in the end, good usually wins.
*** Of course, that depends on who you view as "good", as the majority have "jerkass" moments now and again.
* [[Karmic Death|Karmic Eviction]]: Jeff in Season 13 won HoH, put up Kalia and Porche, then won the Veto and removed Porche in favor of his primary target Danielle, who was evicted. However, it was a double eviction
** James in Big Brother 9. He is constantly targeted, but then one by one, his alliance goes. Finally, he fails to win veto to remove himself and is then evicted over Sharon, nominated ''again''.
** Marcellas in season 3 who had the opportunity to get himself guaranteed safety to the final four. But he doesn't use the veto on the one time he could use it on himself and is promptly evicted, in what's seen as the original "Stupidest move in the game."
Line 245:
* [[Transsexualism]]: This was featured in the Aussie version of Big Brother, where Miriam (of There's Something About Miriam fame) came on as a gag housemate. Famously featuring the line from hyperawareness-enabled housemate Ryan (Fitzy), "I see them frank-n-beans".
** Also featured in the UK version with Nadia, who was revealed to be a male-to-female transsexual. She went on to be that year's winner.
** The recent (
** The current Argentinian version has Alejandro, a female-to-male transsexual who entered the show expecting to obtain the money to pay for his sex change operation.
** The current Brazillian version has Ariadna, a male-to-female transsexual hairdresser. Unlike Alejandro, she already made her sex change operation and is [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|actually a pretty damn convincing female.]]
Line 252:
** Big Brother 5 US had this as one of the twists; and with a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] from the casting department. Adria and Natalie were the twins that were switching places...and several other contestants (Drew and Diane) had twins as well.
** In one of the Australian editions; this worked for three weeks until one of the twins cut himself.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: The Australian version's infamous "turkey-slapping".<ref>some guy teabagged a sleeping female housemate</ref>
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Brendan and Rachel in Season 13, mainly Rachel, whose had to have a ''psychiatrist called in to calm her down!''
** Chima's lead to her being the third houseguest to be forcefully ejected from the big brother house in the American series. During which, she threw her microphone into the hot tub.
Line 277:
[[Category:The Nineties]]
[[Category:Reality TV]]
[[Category:
[[Category:TV Series]]
| |||