http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceSeason9

Go To

RuPaul's Drag Race:

Remember, spoiler policy forbids spoilering tropes, so THERE WILL BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!

Jaymes Mansfield

Real Name: James Wirth : James Wirth

"Hi shapeshifters!"

Advertisement:

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Upon her elimination, she pleads with the audience to be kind to her and remember that she's a human being.

Gender-Blender Name: Jaymes is more typically a male name, than a female one.

In-Series Nickname: Eureka dubs her "Milwaukee" during Untucked.

Irony: When up for elimination Ru says that although her runway read "Floozy" her performance was "Snoozy". When preparing for the challenge, she was originally going to play the character of Floozy before she switched with Alexis to the Snoozy character, her unable to really sell either role.

Larynx Dissonance: The difference between his naturally masculine voice and the voice he puts on when in drag is jarring. Charlie even says when Jaymes is putting on her make-up, she'll slowly drop character and transform from a girly voice into James Earl Jones.

Advertisement: My Nayme Is: Her real name is James, so she just added a "Y" to it to transform it into her drag name.

Named After Somebody Famous: Her drag name is a play on her name and Jayne Mansfield.

Shrinking Violet: Is accused by the other queens of looking terrified to be on the show and that she's hiding behind her humor. In her second (and final) episode she's accused again by the judges that she tries to sell herself as a comedy queen, but her personality is only about 20% there, the rest just coming off as incredibly shy and unsure.

We Hardly Knew Ye: Subverted. The first to be eliminated in her season, but with no elimination in the first episode, we had two whole episodes to get to know her.

Advertisement:

Kimora Blac

Real Name: Von Dulce : Von Dulce

"Kimora Blac is everyone's sexual preference."

Charlie Hides

Real Name: Charlie Hides : Charlie Hides

"Hi, hi, hi! It's about to get shady up in here!"

Eureka O'Hara

Real Name: David Huggard : David Huggard

"Come on, give it up for the big girl! Serving pure catfish."

Cynthia Lee Fontaine

Real Name: Carlos Hernandez : Carlos Hernandez

"Are you ready to see my cucu again?!"

The Bus Came Back: Rejoins the competition after being eliminated early in Season 8.

Crippling Overspecialization: Eventually the only thing she excels at is her own particular Cynthia shtick, leaving very little room for showing any other nuances of comedy.

Funny Foreigner: Claims this to be a big part of her charm. When Charlie tries to force her to stick to the cue cards in the morning talk show challenge, Cynthia counters that her thick accent and tendency to suffer from word salad is the cornerstone of her humor.

Ill Girl: Her liver cancer is still in remission since the previous season's reunion but she isn't letting it get to her.

Lip Lock: Her lip syncing in the Kardashian musical challenge is so off that it comes across as a live version of this trope.

Nice Guy: Season 8's Miss Congeniality. Upon her return she claims despite this title she's not planning on playing nice ... although to be honest it's doubtful there's a single mean bone in Cynthia's entire body.

Team Mom: Just like her original season, after leading the cheerleading challenge, she went around the workroom helping everyone get ready for the runway. It's also later revealed she's somewhat of a drag mom to Farrah, having given her start in the club scene in Texas.

The Unintelligible: Her manic way of speaking would often veer into this territory which came to haunt her when playing Sofia Vergara in Snatch Game: RuPaul : "Shes smiling so I know she just told a joke."

Unusual Euphemism: Finally reveals the origin of her "cucu"; when she was a child she got slapped by her mother after saying the word "culo" (Spanish for ass), so she started saying cu-cu instead, which her mother considered perfectly acceptable. After that, it just stuck.

Verbal Tic: Even more apparent than in her short season 8 run, she can't go two sentences without mentioning her "cucu".

Aja

Real Name: Aja Rivera : Aja Rivera

"Your edges are officially snatched."

Farrah Moan

Real Name: Cameron Clayton : Cameron Clayton

"So this is what it looks like."

Real Name: James Leyva : James Leyva

"I'm glad these girls see me as a threat."

Nina Bo'nina Brown

Real Name: Pierre Leverne Dease : Pierre Leverne Dease

"I'm Nina, Bo'nina, Banana, Fofana, Osama, Bin Laden Brown! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Alexis Michelle

Real Name: Alex Michaels : Alex Michaels

"How do you like them eggrolls, Mr Charles?"

Trinity Taylor

Real Name: Ryan Taylor : Ryan Taylor

"The body is here, bitches!"

Shea Couleé

Real Name: Jaren Shea : Jaren Shea

"I didn't come to play, I came to slay!"

Real Name: Agnes Moore : Agnes Moore

"Oh my gosh ... Heeey!"

Sasha Velour

Real Name: Alexander Steinberg : Alexander Steinberg

"I think that drag is the art form of the queer imagination."