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''[[User blog:TheEpicDestroyer/Why The Ice Dancers (JACQUES AND JOSEE) are the GREATEST (RR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY)#How Deep is Your Love|How Deep is Your Love]]''
''[[User blog:TheEpicDestroyer/Why The Ice Dancers (JACQUES AND JOSEE) are the GREATEST (RR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY)#How Deep is Your Love|How Deep is Your Love]]''
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''[[User blog:TheEpicDestroyer/Why The Ice Dancers (JACQUES AND JOSEE) are the GREATEST (RR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY)#Last Tango in Buenos Aires|Last Tango in Buenos Aires]]''
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Against Don's best wishes, the Ice Dancers pass way ahead of the other teams in first place after they steal the Sisters' leaves, advancing to getting on the first train carriage while the others are behind. They immediately take issue with this, as the other teams could just run onto their carriage and cut their lead. But with Josee's plan of simply cutting the carriages and ordering Jacques, they manage to get very far ahead once he separates with a lever.
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Against Don's best wishes, the Ice Dancers pass way ahead of the other teams in first place after they steal the Sisters' leaves, advancing to getting on the first train carriage while the others are behind. They immediately take issue with this, as the other teams could just run onto their carriage and cut their lead. But with Josee's plan of simply cutting the carriages and ordering Jacques, they manage to get very far ahead once he separates with a lever.
The Ice Dancers believe they're heading right for first place and it's all cheers for them... right until they get a 60 minute penalty for separating their trains. This highly infuriates them, with Josee wondering what Don has against them, imagining how he may think their team is too talented, attractive, or all of the above. This line suggests the Ice Dancers recognize how good looking or attractive they both are, which is pretty cute of them even though they're clearly frowning. I also still love their heightened confidence, not realizing how wrong they're acting at all.
The Ice Dancers believe they're heading right for first place and it's all cheers for them... right until they get a 60 minute penalty for separating their trains. This highly infuriates them, with Josee wondering what Don has against them, imagining how he may think their team is too talented, attractive, or all of the above. This line suggests the Ice Dancers recognize how good looking or attractive they both are, which is pretty cute of them even though they're clearly frowning. I also still love their heightened confidence, not realizing how wrong they're acting at all.
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'''Thoughts:''' The Ice Dancers were hilarious iconic villains who performed vapid and quick-witted mind tricks on other teams and their cheating still pays off and they survive, which is pretty unique. We're nearing the end and they're just getting better and better as we go.
'''Thoughts:''' The Ice Dancers were hilarious iconic villains who performed vapid and quick-witted mind tricks on other teams and their cheating still pays off and they survive, which is pretty unique. We're nearing the end and they're just getting better and better as we go.
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==[[Last Tango in Buenos Aires]]==
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Before I start this particular episode, I need to make something very clear. Similar to my [[My Way or Zimbabwe]] analysis, the sections for this episode will not be the usual that I've done for a majority of the rest of the season. Instead, there will be a <font color="Hotpink">'''Josee'''</font> section and a <font color="Lightpink">'''Jacques'''</font> & <font color="Pink">'''The Team'''</font> The reason for this is that Jacques' particular purpose in the episode mostly relates to just his team. And you'll see why when I reach him. Not that this diminishes my enjoyment of him though. It actually just increases it (oops spoiler ;) ). This is gonna be a BIG one.
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===<font color="Hotpink">'''Josee'''</font>===
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Josee starts her episode off in a pretty chucklesome way by screaming in her taxi that if another team get an earlier flight she'll do something bad... '''VERY BAD''', it turning out she was hinting about crushing planes with her mind. I always welcome her having no rationality and being completely unhinged as a human being. Her screaming that she'll do something bad, followed by emphasizing her "VERY BAD" makes it sweep me even more. This comical moment is balanced by Josee cheering from Jacques' actions later in the episode, cheering that he's her hero and everyone else's. A really adorable moment, and one worth mentioning later in this.
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[[File:14830474402267044.gif|thumb|center|250px|"I don't care who it is. We're just going to send them back home again:D!"]]
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===<font color="Lightpink">'''Jacques'''</font> & <font color="Pink">'''The Team'''</font>===
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After Josee screams while racing other teams in her taxi that if any of them get an earlier flight she'll do something very bad, Jacques intuitively suspects she's referring to crushing planes with her mind, which he turns out to be right on. He's so in-sync with his teammate that he can even sometimes sense what violent acts Josee might commit, despite how unpredictable she clearly is. Pretty considerate.
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After the Ice Dancers race to the airport with the Cadets and get stuck in a line, the Sisters sabotage them into going to the back of the plane near the toilets for 24 hours straight, filling the Ice Dancers with vengeance. This will be very important later.
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Before the Ice Dancers can unleash their lovably revenge-filled and demonic force, the next all-in challenge gets them happy, wherein teams try a traditional tango in front of a judge and can proceed to the next challenge if approved. The ice dancers are confident about how they'll do and end up acing it much to the judges' amusement and disamusement. Ok, '''this''' really was warm to watch.
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The Ice Dancers have, for the last 24 episodes, been a team that has strictly been very up or down in their attitude towards the race. We've seen them achieve the heights of winning first 7 times already. We've seen their really interpersonal connection to each other. But we've also seen them struggle in confidence whenever they'd get a lower placing. We've seen them act unorthodox, provoked from them believing they've been made a fool out of.
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But '''now??''' Right on screen the two of them are making it known that in spite of anything that happened to them, they are at the end of the day, performers. Ice Dancers, or Dancers for short, who can make flamboyant and theatrical moves look as epic as possible. The other 3 teams may have been displeased but I sure wasn't. I was in awe as these two won a challenge quicker than almost all other ones, only being on par with [[Maori or Less]], a great example of what I'm talking about here. But that episode was much earlier and this episode is much later. Thus it impacts me more as does the ballroom music to coincide with their honestly alluring moves.
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[[File:The Ice Dancers' Beautiful Tango.gif|thumb|center|250px|Speaks for itself.]]
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The Ice Dancers reach the botch or watch next, wherein one team member rides on horseback and use a boleadora, a rope with weights attached, to tie up their team's respective emu that has their teams picture on it, before bringing the emu to the chill zone.
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Before Jacques proceeds to try his botch or watch out, he sabotages the Sisters as vengenace for putting his team at the back of the plane next to the toilets, spilling vegetable oil all over their emu, making it near impossible for them to catch it. This moment was ''iconic.'' A common misconception about this team is that Josee is the much more evil member of the team who is responsible for their dysfunctionality. And I just could not disagree more. Jacques is arguably equally as unhinged as Josee is. He just hides it better and therefore comes across more rational. And this moment is a perfect example. It is Jacques and Jacques alone that is responsible for sabotaging the Sisters. His self-assured and patronizing delivery of ''"Oooops. I acci-dentally got vegetable-oyal all-over the Seester's em-u. I hooope that-doesn't make-the race hard-er for-them"'' that just really took me. He's contained this clear diabolical mindset very well and has now released it.
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But suddenly... a plot twist. While laughing at his achievement against the Sisters, Jacques... slips! Thus, Jacques repeatedly fails at catching his boleadora despite being far ahead of the other teams. Oh, the horror!
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The Sisters eventually discover that the Ice Dancers have oiled their emu, slowing them down a lot. The Ice Dancers make the reasoning that the Sisters ''did'' put them at the back of the plane, justifying their actions. But the Sisters argue back that it was karma for the Ice Dancers' actions against them. This conflict is just epic. I'm not really the biggest fans of the Sisters but this was probably my favorite storyline of theirs I actually liked. It's not just an interaction with the Ice Dancers. It's become this really enamouring revenge match, flying back and forth for the past few episodes now, and that's an easy way to see the appeal.
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It is ''imperative'' to read the next paragraph.
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Jacques tries to reel the emu in on horseback but the leftover vegetable oil on his polyester suit he fell on absorbs the oil and he gets roped in instead of the emu. He tries scraping it off but to no avail. His actions against the Sisters backfired on him and he has no choice but to rub the oil all over his hair as there's nowhere else it can really go. He thus announces with damage in his voice that his hands are dry. Josee can't believe what he's done but he shushes by saying "I-don't want to talk about eet". After his sacrifice, Jacques successfully flings his boleadora at the emu's legs. Josee rushes to him and screams proudly "You're my hero! You're everyone's hero!" After his team's achievement, they race against the Police Cadets to the chillzone in a dramatic finish and the Ice Dancers win for the 8th and final time.
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...Ok, so A LOT to go over here. It's time I reveal that this entire paragraph sums up probably my favourite part of the entire series. For like, so many reasons. I'll start from the top. Jacques tried out being a villainous mastermind and although it worked and slowed the Sisters down, he's had to pay his consequences and needs to come up with a solution. Good villains get the job done. ''Great'' villains get the job done AND overcome themselves. Through rigorous attempts, Jacques just can't get rid of the oil. And there's only one thing he can do. Sacrifice one of the most reliable aspects of him; his beauty. I mean let's be honest here, Jacques IS a sexy beast.
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[[File:JacquesBlinkSmile.png|thumb|250px|center|I mean...]]
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[[File:Jacques_confident.png|thumb|250px|center|bedroom eyes]]
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[[File:Jacaues dress.png|thumb|250px|center|daddy]]
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But alas, here is Jacques sacrificing his hair in favor of this outdated greasy oil look he clearly hates. He is not some self-serving antagonist unlike well every other antagonist. And neither is Josee to an extent, but that's for some other time. Alejandro or Heather for example, would ''never'' sacrifice their hair for a challenge. [[I Triple Dog Dare You!|Heather herself kicked a blade away that should shave her and suffered the consequences for it.]] Jacques on the other hand, ''will'' sacrifice his looks. One of my favorite things about the Ice Dancers is them being antagonists you can root for, which is more worth going into detail at the end. But for now I'll just say this moment made Jacques incredibly rootable, simply because he's a villain with a heart of gold on the inside. He will give up his own beauty in order to claim victory. It's not exactly helpful to any opponent, but it's the equivalent of someone in the war sacrificing their own limb for their country. As we know, Jacques and Josee do ''all'' of what they're doing for their fans. So when Jacques sacrifices his hair, he doesn't just have his looks on his mind. He also thinks about pleasing Josee, winning the entire competition, and making his fans adore him. And how do I know he thought of his fans...? Because of this...
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[[File:14830471081741133.gif|thumb|center|250px|''"My 'ands... are dry!"'' '''"I can't believe you sacrificed your hair so that we could--"''' ''"I don't want-to talk about eet"]]
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Right there! See what he said at the end. "I don't want-to talk about eet". Remind you of anything...?
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[[File:1483214747235419.gif|thumb|center|250px|"I don't-want to talk-about eet!"]]
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Right in his first moment ever, Jacques screams this alluded line after hearing that his team had gotten silver at the olympics due to him dropping Josee. Now, obviously sacrificing your hair and winning silver at the olympics are two completely different things, but think of the symbolism here. Jacques accidentally sacrificed his team's chances of winning the olympics, but now? He's sacrificed HIMSELF so his team could win. The fact that both clips included him interruping Josee is one thing. But in the first moment he screams out of humiliation. Here? He sounds defeated. He's took away something he loves about himself for the good of his team and his fans. And the line "My 'ands, are dry", secures Jacques as the title of a legend. He's a broken man, a shadow of himself. Yet he comes out of it more lovable then ever.
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And then? He wins the botch or watch, first try! Josee had never been more happy for someone else.
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[[File:14830471811741143.gif|thumb|250px|center|"You're my hero! You're EVERYONE'S hero!"]]
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Look at how lovely these two are to each other. We may have seen them be a dysfunctional team sometimes, but just as many times they've looked out for each other like true evil pals. And here Josee is being very thrilled that Jacques went to all this trouble just for her. He really was a gift to some, and a hero to many. Props to Josee too for proving she's not a completely selfish person who's only happy for herself. She knows Jacques went to so much trouble. And she doesn't provoke him to be further selfless. She doesn't scold him for sacrificing his good looks for their team. She just knows it was really kind-hearted for him to do.
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And in the end, the Ice Dancers win the challenge after easily destroying a tango challenge and through Jacques sacrificing his looks. Selfless villains in fact who will not just DO anything to win, but will SACRIFICE anything to win too.
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And now for some insight. This is my favourite episode of the Ice Dancers. Not because they were extremely prominent or anything. Everyone in this episode was getting fairly large screentime. And yes I did mention so many perfect things but still, why be my favorite episode?
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On October 7 2015, [[Last Tango in Buenos Aires]] aired. But on October 7 2015, a different sad event occured; my dog died. It was a very tragic and unexpected day and I just felt empty from it. ''But'', after watching this episode, and seeing Jacques be just as empty as me with his iconic "My 'ands, are dry" scene, watching him sacrifice something just for himself, and then his team to win? It just lightened me that there is a silver lining to what bad can happen. If something bad happens to you, you might just see something great just around the corner. This team winning the challenge after victoriously winning at dancing and through sacrifice and perseverance pushed it too.
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And to put the final nail in the coffin, let's say the final thing to secure them as my favorite characters, probably forever. After this tragic death belonging to me occurred, I was given some water to ease myself by my cousins. The ice in it was moving up and down. My cousin then laughed and said "It's like it's 'ice dancing'". It was then that I really did start to have a spiritual connection with these two. They quickly relaxed me from a rough moment in my life and I'll be forever thankful for that.
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[[File:1483046998160561.gif|thumb|250px|center|"Ha! In your face, mall cops!"]]
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'''Thoughts:''' Marry me, Ice Dancers.
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