History FanNickname / Survivor

* A blindside is when [[DidNotSeeThatComing a contestant goes into tribal council thinking they will be safe, when in reality they’re the one who gets voted off.]]

* “Golden Boy” is a young, conventionally attractive male who Jeff likes to faun over. They also tend to [[SpotlightStealingSquad get lots of screentime]]

* "The Tika Three" (Yam-Yam, Carson, and Carolyn during ''44'').

* "WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs tribe", the post-shuffle Escameca in ''Worlds Apart'' due to the tribe having blue ColorMotif and TheSmurfettePrinciple being blonde and an original member of said blue tribe.

* "Stealth R Us 2.0" in ''Caramoan'' (Phillip, Andrea, Cochran, Dawn, Malcolm, and Corinne initially, later [[SixthRanger Sherri, Erik, and Brenda]] join after the latter two defect.) Emphasis on the 2.0, as it was the follow-up to "Stealth R Us" from ''Redemption Island''.

* "Goats" are people who are intentionally taken to the end of the game by other players with the knowledge that none of the jurors will vote for them to win. It has been [[AscendedMeme ascended]] as the show went on, but the original term of this came from [[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/survivorsucks/the-fox-the-bear-the-goat-and-the-bunny-t10101.html#.VWHKukYUt8E a post]] on ''Survivor Sucks''.

* "Stealth R Us 2.0" in ''Caramoan'' (Phillip, Andrea, Cochran, Dawn, Malcolm, and Corinne initially, later [[SixthRanger Sherri, Erik, and Brenda]] join after the latter two defect.)

* "Gamebot" is a player whose entire focus is on winning the game and maximizing their success at winning the game at the expense of everything else (such as, you know, maybe enjoying the experience, or [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends remembering that this is a social game too]]). They are differentiated from most players (who also want to win) by their total disinterest in anything that doesn't advance them further in the game.[[labelnote:example]]Amanda and Danielle during ''Heroes vs Villains'' when they went along with Colby to the home of Creator/RobertLouisStevenson on reward. Amanda even ''said'' out loud that she didn't care about the reward itself, and just wanted a clue to the next hidden immunity idol.[[/labelnote]]

* "The Rotu 4" (John, Tammy, Robert Decanio, and Zoe during ''Marquesas'')

* "The Fat Five" (Lea, Bubba, Chris, Chad, and Rory during ''Vanuatu'')

* "Aitu 4" (Yul, Sundra, Ozzy, and Becky during ''Cook Islands'')
* "Black Widow Brigade" (Parvati, Amanda, Cirie, Natalie, and Alexis during ''Micronesia'')
* "The Onions" (Marcus, Charlie, Corinne, [[ICouldaBeenAContender Jacquie]], later [[{{Turncoat}} Randy]] and Bob during ''Gabon'')

* "Cool Kids Club" in Caramoan (Reynold, Eddie, Allie, and Hope. Later it becomes Malcolm, Reynold, Eddie, Corinne, and Michael.)
* The "Three Amigos" alliance in ''Caramoan'' (Malcolm, Reynold, and Eddie.)
* "The Witches Coven" (Kelly Wentworth, Ciera, and Abi-Maria in ''Cambodia'')

* "Boran Boys Club" (Lex, Big Tom, and Ethan during ''Africa'')

* ''Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers'' has been called "Triple H" by fans.

* A darker example, in light of his real life larceny and child pornography charges, some fans have started referring to Michael Skupin as [=[REDACTED]=].

** "Unintentional Tandang", named for the tribe from the same season as Matsing, is the exact opposite of the "Intentional Matsing" as it refers to a tribe within a three-tribe season that keeps on winning immunities, but get picked off at the merge very quickly due to either the amount of numbers on their side that makes players from the other tribes not want to align with them or not being able to get rid of any wild cards they had on their tribe before the merge.

** "Unintentional Tandang", named for the tribe from the same season as Matsing, is the exact opposite of the "Intentional Matsing" as it refers to a tribe within a three-tribe season that keeps on winning immunities, but get picked off at the merge very quickly due to the amount of numbers on their side that makes players from the other tribes not want to align with them or not being able to get rid of any wild cards before the merge.

* Donald Glover for Wendell Holland (aka the winner of ''Ghost Island'') thanks to how similar looking they are.

* To disambiguate between the many Natalies to play Survivor, Natalie from ''Redemption Island'' is often called Nat10, short for her surname, Tenerelli.

** The "idol with special powers" in Cagayan is referred to as the "Tyler Perry idol", since the idea came from a text message from Tyler Perry to Jeff Probst. Alternatively called the "Super Idol," to include functionally similar idols from ''Panama'' and ''Cook Islands''.

* Here's a few other popular (or once popular) fan nicknames for alliances featured on the show:
** "Boran Boys Club" (Lex, Big Tom, and Ethan during ''Africa'')
** "The Rotu 4" (John, Tammy, Robert Decanio, and Zoe during ''Marquesas'')
** "Twigs and Sticks" (Jenna and Heidi during ''The Amazon'')
** "The Fat Five" (Lea, Bubba, Chris, Chad, and Rory during ''Vanuatu'')
** "Crazy Casaya" (Shane, Courtney, Danielle, Aras, Cirie, Bruce, and Bobby during ''Panama''. This is an exception in that it describes the entire tribe instead of a specific alliance.)
** "Aitu 4" (Yul, Sundra, Ozzy, and Becky during ''Cook Islands'')
** "Black Widow Brigade" (Parvati, Amanda, Cirie, Natalie, and Alexis during ''Micronesia'')
** "The Onions" (Marcus, Charlie, Corinne, [[ICouldaBeenAContender Jacquie]], later [[{{Turncoat}} Randy]] and Bob during ''Gabon'')
** "The Ometepe five/six" (Andrea, Natalie, Grant, Phillip, Ashley, plus Rob when it's six, during ''Redemption Island'')
** [[FunWithAcronyms CRABS]] ('''C'''oach, '''R'''ick, '''A'''lbert, '''B'''randon, and '''S'''ophie during ''South Pacific''.) After '''E'''dna [[SixthRanger joined]], the acronym got changed to BRACES.
** "Stealth R Us 2.0" in ''Caramoan'' (Phillip, Andrea, Cochran, Dawn, Malcolm, and Corinne initially, later [[SixthRanger Sherri, Erik, and Brenda]] join after the latter two defect.)
** "Cool Kids Club" in Caramoan (Reynold, Eddie, Allie, and Hope. Later it becomes Malcolm, Reynold, Eddie, Corinne, and Michael.)
** The "Three Amigos" alliance in ''Caramoan'' (Malcolm, Reynold, and Eddie.)
** "The Witches Coven" (Kelly Wentworth, Ciera, and Abi-Maria in ''Cambodia'')
** "Cool Kids 2.0" (Taylor, Jay, Michelle, Will, Figgy, later joined by Michaela and Hannah (who defected)) and "Nerd Voting Bloc" (Adam, Zeke and Hannah) on the Millennials side of ''Millennials Vs. Gen-X''.
** On Gen-X, there was "Paul's Posse" (Paul, Chris, Bret, Sunday, Jessica and Lucy) but after a swap, losing its members, and making the merge with the outcasts, they formed together and became "The Gen-X Alliance" (Chris, Bret, Sunday, David, Jessica and Ken).
* "CG-I", to refer to a player with an OutOfFocus edit to the point that they seem almost digitally inserted into the show halfway through the season. In a similar vein, thanks to Purple Kelly's OutOfFocus edit in ''Nicaragua'', people have referred to OutOfFocus contestants as "Purple ______" as well as those types of edits being referred to as "Purple Edits" in general.

* The term "Island Hot" is used to describe players who are considered to be becoming more attractive the longer they stay in the game as they lose weight, get more tanned, and, in the case of the men, grow beards.
* ''Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers'' has been called "Triple H" by fans.

* "Ulonging" is similar; only the tribe gets utterly destroyed ''before'' the merge by losing challenges. Named for the Ulong tribe in ''Palau'', who lost ''every single Immunity challenge''. They went down in history as the only tribe to be completely eliminated before the merge (except for Stephenie). In fact, there was no official merge in that season because of this.
** "Matsinging", named for the tribe from ''Philippines'', is similar but refers specifically to a losing tribe in 3-tribe seasons since those seasons have different dynamics. Interestingly, those dynamics tend to put the survivors of these in favorable positions after their tribe is inevitably dissolved. Also, "Intentional Matsing" when this is done on purpose.

* "Gamebot" is a player whose entire focus is on winning the game and maximizing their success at winning the game at the expense of everything else (such as, you know, maybe enjoying the experience, or [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends remembering that this is a social game too]]). They are differentiated from most players (who also want to win) by their total disinterest in anything that doesn't advance them further in the game. A good example of this is Amanda and Danielle during ''Heroes vs Villains'' when they went along with Colby to the home of Creator/RobertLouisStevenson on reward. Amanda even ''said'' out loud that she didn't care about the reward itself, and just wanted a clue to the next hidden immunity idol.
* "Advantagegeddon" refers to the final 6 Tribal Council in ''Game Changers'' where 3 immunity idols and a legacy advantage were played, sending Cirie out of the game as the only person not immune. By extension, it refers to any theoretical scenario where the same can happen.

* The "idol with special powers" in Cagayan is referred to as the "Tyler Perry idol", since the idea came from a text message from Tyler Perry to Jeff Probst. Also called the "Super Idol" for any idol that can be played after the votes are read.

* The term "Big Move-itis", often used when somebody makes a big move just for the sake of making a big move, despite it being more or less a bad move to make at that point in the game.

* "Goats" are people who are intentionally taken to the end of the game by other players with the knowledge that none of the jurors will vote for them to win. It has been [[AscendedMeme ascended]] as the show went on, but the original term of this came from [[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/survivorsucks/the-fox-the-bear-the-goat-and-the-bunny-t10101.html#.VWHKukYUt8E a post]] on ''Survivor Sucks''.

* "Medevac" or "medivac" is a portmanteau of "medical evacuation."

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* "Medevac" or "medivac" is a portmanteau of "medical evacuation."