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** It could be said that Richard's memetic outfit is his [[Naked People Are Funny|birthday suit]].
* [[Moe]]: Colleen Haskell from ''Borneo'', Amber Brkich and Elisabeth Filarski from ''Australian Outback'', Kim Powers from ''Africa'', Eliza Orlins from ''Vanuatu'' and ''Micronesia'', Michelle Yi from ''Fiji'', Courtney Yates from ''China'' and ''Heroes vs Villains'', Sugar Kiper from ''Gabon'' and ''Heroes vs Villains''.
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** No, Redemption Island wasn't entirely Jeff's idea; other versions of the show have done it ''long'' before.
*** For that matter, Jeff has no say in the editing - with the exception of challenges and Tribal Council, he sees everything at the same time we do.
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* [[Plot Tumor]]: The Hidden Immunity Idol. In some seasons, the influence of the idol becomes so important that it's hard to imagine the boot order occurring even remotely like it actually did if the idol wasn't in place. It must be slightly jarring for modern viewers to imagine that once upon a time, ''there were no idols''.
* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: "Romber" was one for Rob & Amber.
* [[Rescued
** Boston Rob's gotten a variation; he was never anybody's Scrappy, but he's certainly been rescued from the ''villain'' heap. He came into Heroes vs. Villains as the arch-manipulator untrustworthy bad guy, but was arguably more heroic than most of the hero tribe, especially when put with other non-villain Villains such as Sandra and Courtney. Not to mention having actual villains such as Randy, Tyson, and Russell around to contrast with suddenly made Rob look like a pretty nice, easygoing guy (marriage and fatherhood probably helped too). By ''Redemption Island'', his tribe immediately expressed relief that they got the "good" veteran.
** Clarence Black from the ''Africa'' season. After being ostracized by his tribe for most of the game because he ate a can of beans from said tribe's food rations while the others were away searching for a water source , he later on shapes up, works hard at camp and in the challenges, and eventually earns back their respect.
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** ''Fiji'' also was hit with this and [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]; because only one person on the show actually applied. Everyone else was recruited. One other reason for this was the general [[Jerkass]]-ness of the cast combined with a dull predictable pre-merge game consisting of Ravu losing every single tribe with only tribal switches to make things interesting. The producers also admit that it's a failed experiment. (A "heaven" tribe and a "hell" tribe. Needless to say every challenge was more or less a [[Curb Stomp Battle]].)
** ''Redemption Island'' with the [[Ratings Stunt|unnecessary return]] of infamous [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|spotlight members]] Boston Rob and Russell. While Russell was voted off third, it became clear that only one of the tribes had the power to carry the season, and once they were [[Fan Nickname|Pagonged]], with absolutely no opposition to Boston Rob, it was clear that Boston Rob had zero chance of losing. Add in the amount of [[Creator's Pet|shilling]] worked into every single episode, as well as a Finale that can be completely summed up as "isn't Rob awesome?", and you got what's universally considered the worst season of ''Survivor''. People were actually applauding not that Rob finally won, but that the season ended, with plenty of long-time fans having shut off the season mid-way. Even those who sat through the previous "worst seasons ever".
* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: Some of the earlier seasons, mainly ''Borneo, The Australian Outback,'' and ''Africa'', can be a little hard to watch nowadays because many people had played the strategy game so well (Boston Rob, Brian, Rob Cesternino, Jonny Fairplay, Rafe, Cirie, Yul, Parvati, Earl, Yau-Man, Todd, Amanda and Sugar come to mind) some of the early players seem like utter fools in comparison. Even predesignated roles - Jerri proudly wears the title of ''Survivor'''s original Villain, but seeing her in ''Australian Outback'' after the likes of Jonny Fairplay, Boston Rob, Ami, Randy and Russell Hantz can make her look like just a rude girl in comparison. (She admits as much in the premiere of ''Heroes Vs Villains'', and she wasn't ''that'' villainous thereafter. See also [[Rescued
** However, the earlier seasons had a different mindset than what was used today. Richard Hatch was HATED by the audience not just for being arrogant, but for daring to play the game at all, because at the time most people (including most of the earlier contestants) expected votes to be based on merit instead of politics and considered alliances and shrewd gameplay to be unethical.
** The challenges also fall into this category. They were far less elaborate in the earlier seasons than they were in the more recent seasons, unless they were one of the [[Final Exam Boss]] type challenges.
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** Sugar, Randy, Tom, and Stephenie in ''Heroes vs. Villains''.
** Richard, Rudy, Tina, Jenna, Jerri, and Sue in ''All-stars''.
** Jonathan Penner in ''Fans vs. Favourites''. In ''Cook Islands'', he was a bit of an annoyance. But in ''Fans vs. Favourites'', he starts to [[Rescued
** Russell Swan had what was one of the most memorable [[Sugar Wiki/Crowning Moment Of Heartwaming|Crowning Moment Of Heartwaming]] in the series. Sadly he doesn't even make it mid-way.
** Wanda and Jonathan of ''Palau'' were evicted in episode one. We really didn't get to know them.
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