User blog comment:Flagator24/Did Geoff have character derailment in The Ridonculous Race? Theory/@comment-1396625-20170714063644

I don't really get the notion that Geoff wasn't supposed to be dumb in TDI. Remember, this is a man who didn't know what a haiku was. When he didn't know what portaging was a fly flew straight through his head. He got captured by the killer because he thought there was an ice cream truck on the island. One could easily argue that the reason why Geoff and Bridgette weren't in a serious relationship sooner was because Geoff kept doing or saying dumb things. And so on. I feel like because there aren't many examples in the aftermaths or in Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon - which is the only episode of TDI people seem to distinctly remember Geoff from - people seem to forget that it was definitely a trait of his.

Even in RR (for the most part) most of the more outlandish things are said or done by Brody.

Geoff's constant state of happiness and lack of intelligence are more prominent in TDRR than the other seasons (you could realistically just say 'in TDI' given that he did little in the other two seasons that in some way wasn't related to Bridgette, who isn't in TDRR) but for that to be derailment they would have had to come out of nowhere or be unrelated to the premise of his character, neither of which are close to true. Maybe I'm biased given that I liked the pairing but it feels like this is exactly how he'd act in TDI if he had a notable interaction with someone who had a similar personality as him, which really wasn't the case back then.