User blog:ArtDraw12/RR predictions, foreshadowings, spoilers, analysis, etc.

Those who come in here, abandon your hopes - this place isn't spoiler-free!

Ok, since many people have already done this, I decided to do the same - I'm gonna write about my RR predictions, etc. Don't worry, while some og my opinions will be identical or similar to those that you've possibly already heard, I'll try to be original. I'll be sometimes mentioning some details, so if you want to check them, don't worry. No matter how many times they'll remove it, episode 1 of RR will stay YouTube and the other sites.

Before I start, here are some...

Annoying/Weird/Interesting trivia about RR

 * Geoff, Noah, and the Goths are the only characters who don't have black eyes.
 * The rankings based on the order of the zip-line and announced flights are different for some reason. At least The Ice Dancers could've been announced as the first seat on the first flight. What was the suspense for? And what the heck are Noah and Owen doing on the first flight, seemingly on the 6th place, if they were at 11th place, which would be second to last place on the 2nd flight?! I know any team could be faster while running to the airport but this is riDONculous! Hope I won't have to use that name in this manner that often.
 * Here's the list of which teams were in the lead (it'll be important for my predictions):
 * Geoff & Brody (briefly, at the very beginning of the race)
 * Dwayne & Dwayne Jr. (after passing Surfers, until Dwayne accidentally pressed all the buttons in the elevator)
 * Tom & Jen (after they decided to wait in that elevator)
 * Devin & Carrie (after Tom & Jen kept refusing to do the scare for too long)
 * Gerry & Pete (briefly, after Devin & Carrie stopped so Devin could overcome his fear of falling, until the wind blowed them behind the previous pair)
 * Jacques & Josee (when they completed the "Stairs" challenge before those who chose "Scares")
 * While Noah & Owen for some reason managed to be on a 1st flight despite being on 11th place seconds before, The Goths were really "robbed." If you look closely, they took the 2nd elevator (the one after Tom & Jen and before Owen's) and were with the crowd glaring at Tom. Then, they disappeared and were later seen finishing the "Scare", along with some teams who took the last elevator. Then, they disappeared again and were seen as the last team amongs the crowd running to the airport. Like, WTF?! So, what were they doing that they lost so much time?! It has to be creators' mistake, but it's too important for the plot to do such things! Seriously, even Tom & Jen lost less time than they did (I'm gonna write about this later)!

Antagonist
Ok, I don't even know if there will be any antagonist. It's a parody of The Amazing Race, not Survivor. However, it's a cartoon, so there has to be this "big gad" of the season. Also, Julie confirmed once that teams would be more strategic during later episodes (possibly thanks to more screentime, U-Turns, etc.). So, who has a chance to become the antagonist? Heck, I have no idea. Looks like the only villainous characters could be Don (not that much so far) and Taylor. There could be no antagonist. We'll have to see.
 * Dwayne accidentally sabotages the other teams TWICE (at the very beginning with the trash bin, which is minor, and later with pressing all the buttons in the elevator). Of course, he won't be an antagonist, but I think this gag will be important and stay for a while.
 * So far, the only villainous person seems to be Taylor. She's really acting like Amy to her mother. But who knows...maybe her mother will change because of her daughter... Also, Taylor didn't want to let Owen be in their elevator.
 * Emma is competitive, but is more of Sky-like person (and somewhat likr Dave from the first 2 episodes to her sister) rather than an antagonist.
 * The Goths' designs, the fact that so few is known about them... Nah!
 * So, maybe Jacques & Josee will become antagonistic towards the end of the game (I'll write about this foreshadowing later)? Their facial expressions can be really creepy sometimes.

The "Dubai spoiler"
So, as you may remember, they once posted an episode summary istead of a place description.

"Competitors stay at The Burj Al Arab! The world’s only seven star hotel. One team goes shopping."

Third sentence is really interesting. One team goes shopping? During the race? And it's the only thing that happens to some team that is mentioned? Doesn't that mean this team will be eliminated? Yeah, I think so. But who can it be? Here are a few ideas of teams that could waste their time on shopping: While we won't know for sure (thank goodness!), I at least tried to see which of those teams still would be in the competition. Once I saw the palms in Dubai, I noticed the similarity to the background of Stephanie & Ryan's pic. However, those are two different kinds of palms.
 * Mother & Daughter (Kelly & Taylor) of course!
 * Fashion Bloggers (Tom & Jen)
 * Daters (Stephanie & Ryan)
 * Kitty, with Emma joining her later, trying to stop her

Sure, but since episode 2 is in Marocco, we know that Stephanie & Ryan will make it at least to the 3rd episode! (Well, that's not the biggest surprise, I mean, only one team won't). What's a spoiler is that they compete as long as those palms aren't seen in one of the episodes (and possibly even longer).

Where's the blond-haired team?
Perhaps some of you remember that this was one of the earliest teams to be hinted, along with confirmed Devin & Carrie, Stephanie & Ryan, The Goths, and easy to predict Owen & Noah. So, what happened to them? They most likely won't enter the competition as a surprise duo, similar to how Blaineley debuted later in Total Drama World Tour, because there are already so freakin' many characters. So, I have a few theories:
 * They were blondes in their original designs. Perhaps it was Mother & Daughter duo?
 * They were planned, but cut from the final version and replaced by Leonard & Tammy (as I've heard Leonard was a last-minute addition).

Predictions
And finally, something what you've possibly waited - my predicitons. I won't guess which place they can rank, however, I'll split the teams into a few groups: early-outs, mid-way wildcards, main characters & finalists (3 teams will belong to the last one, as 3 teams compete in the finales of The Amazing Race, similar to Total Drama World Tour, which was also a parody of this series. Also, my order is random.

Early-outs
Tom & Jen, The Fashion Bloggers Ok, I really love these two! They're my favourite pair. But why do I think they'll be early-outs, possibly even the 1st boot? Firstly, I believe that since there are a lot of characters, at least the first two eliminated pairs will have a lot of screentime and will be in the lead for some time to recompensate it. Tom & Jen were in the lead for a while (due to good luck) and thus had fair enough screentime. They also wasted this in one of the most stupid ways. Also, if you pay enough attention, you'll hear seconds before that Don said it's been an hour for the teams who chose "Stairs". Although it seems weird that an elevator where all the buttons WEREN'T pressed would need and hour to reach the observation point or that Tom & Jen would complain for so long, it's either a non-important goof or a true. Then, it'd mean that Tom & Jen wasted an hour just to whine about the challenge. This proves they aren't strong contestants, don't care about the game that much and probably won't last for long. Hopefully, long enough to not be the first boot.

What may save them? Well, there's a boy, there's a girl. They have a lot in common. And this scene... If they became a couple, they would definitely get more screentime.



Anyway, no matter if they will become a couple, or it'll be just fanfiction, I hope they don't waste such good characters who made me enjoy the first episode. Another thing is that they share the names with the creators of the show. So, they either may eliminate them early to prove this doesn't mean anything, or they may make it far (not too far though) thanks to this.

Reason for elimination: I think the scene from the premiere foreshadows they will repeate their mistake and stop doing the challenge just to whine about it for too long again, thus losing the game. If helmets can be such deals for them...

Gerry & Pete, The Tennis Rivals Ok, so I have a feeling they won't be the first boot. The creators wouldn't want the oldest contestants to go first simply so they would show they have nothing against old people. Also, their rivarly seems to be important enough for a few episodes. There are however some other things. They are one of pairs who won't change, thus don't need a long plot. They, just like Tom & Jen wasted their good place to do something stupid (look at the picture, it caused them to move from 2nd place to one of the last, if not he last). Another things is that for some reason they're often presented as the last/one of the last team(s) - they're introduced as the last ones, they're one of the last teams running to the airport and they're announced as the last ones on the 3rd and last flight to Marocco. Suspectful, huh?

Reason for elimination: Once again, a scene from the premiere is important. Due to their rivarly Gerry did something stupid that caused them to fall behind. One of them (or both) will repeat that mistake in one of future episodes, I guess.

Chet & Lorenzo, The Step Brothers They share a lot of similarities with Gerry & Pete, except their conflict is more Amy and Samey-like. They're confirmed to be talentless at everything, they became tired fast, they almost did the same mistake as Gerry & Pete. However, their plot gives them a chance for character development if they actually stop hating and gained some respect for each other. But if nothing changes, then what would be the point of keeping them for too many episodes?

That's it for possible early-outs who actually had some screentime and dialogue in the first episode. Let's start with those more silent ones!

Reason for elimination: I don't know, but they aren't athletic, so they can easily fall behind.

Rock & Spud, The Rockers No plot. Just a gimmick. Spud is said not to be fit or good at anything except rockin' out. Spud also has design similar to Owen's and didn't have any lines in the first episode. They had like two scenes where they were important, including their introduction. Need I say more?

Reason for elimination: IDK. And I don't care. Possibly there will be some concert nearby or something and they would like to take part.

Laurie & Miles, The Hippies/Vegans One of those teams with no plots, one of those teams with one silent one in the premiere. Nuff said.

Reason for elimination: Vegans, huh? Perhaps they will refuse to eat some traditional dish, which will consist of meat. Or do something that could harm an animal or a plant.

Mid-way wildcards
Ennui & Crimson, The Goths Ok, even I'm not sure about them. They're listed under this category only for what we know about them so far. Which is NOTHING. This is the only pair where BOTH contestants don't speak in the premiere. It has to mean something. Remember Not So Happy Campers - Part 2? The only ones who didn't speak were Justin, the season's silent one, and Noah. Both were early-outs. Although from the next episode even major characters, such as DJ, started to have non-speaking roles, the silents ones from each generation (Justin from TDI, B from TDRI, Beardo from TDPI) always go early. Even their description didn't help. From what I can figure, they seem to be characters whose only purpose (so far) is to make some funny expressions to different situations (in this case, they show their emotionless faces). Oh, yeah, and as you could read at the beginning of my blog, they were really cheated in the 1st episode, which shows that (at least for now) creators don't care about them.

That's for what we "know" about them.However, something what might save them is the fact they're Julie Giles' favourite team. And Christine also likes them from what I heard. So, they have to do something, right? Sure, they're designs are cool, but that wouldn't be enough to be their favourites, right? Or maybe they just don't need that much and prefer simple one-note characters? I don't know. However, the lack of information about them may be to avoid spoilers, as was with Scarlett (and Amy and Samey's plot). I didn't really know where to put them, but since I've had enough "early-out" teams, I decided to put them under mid-way category.

P.S. I wonder if they actually gonna have that introduction confessional in the second episode or if the creators will about it. Or any confessional at all. Cause they do speak, even despite they silent for most of the time (once again, so far).

Reason for elimination: Their stoic emotions won't help them. Magically losing time even more than Tom & Jen won't help as well. Unless this issue won't happen again.

The finalists
That's unfortunately all for now because I've run out of time. To be continued soon.