u/Blueboi_Minecraft_22

For me it is a very clear answer. Sadie! And yes, just Sadie, not Katie.

Now before thinking I am crazy, hear me out! I think Katie got eliminated at the right time and personally, I feel she is more annoying than Sadie. She is meaner than Sadie as she thinks she is prettier and she indirectly made fun of her own bestie's weight. And when you think about it, she was the reason the Killer Bass lost the challenge! Anyways, I think Sadie has wasted potential because she stayed for a lot longer than Katie. For people who are unaware, Katie got eliminated in episode 6 while Sadie got eliminated in episode 11. What sucks is that the writers did NOTHING about her character! She only spoke in episode 7 and in the episode where she got eliminated! In every other episode, she was silent and a background character! And I have re-watched TDI 2007 multiple times and I observed that there were many silent character interactions Sadie had with others which were left blank and never built up on. It would have been nice if they gave Sadie more interactions with other characters so it shows that she can make friends other than Sadie. Let me prove it by analysing every episode Sadie was in after Katie's elimination (I'm not writing the episode names).

Episode 7: This was the phobia challenge episode, which was right after Katie got eliminated. While Sadie spent the beginning of the episode crying about Katie, she was fine by the next morning when the challenge started and she actually performed well (even though it was super easy for her, she still contributed to her team). And this was the first time Sadie interacted with Lindsay as they both had the same fear. They both became fast friends in this episode and I am PISSED that they didn't build up on this interaction at all! I think Sadie and Lindsay would be pretty good friends (coincidentally, both Lindsay and Katie are voiced by Stephanie Anne Mills). Sadie was also shown to have some knowledge as when DJ was getting scared of a snake, Sadie told DJ that the snake's reaction meant it liked him (basically she wanted to comfort DJ and make him win).

Episode 8: This time Sadie was completely silent and she had the main focus on one scene only where Harold and her were going towards a canoe and then Duncan grabbed them and they three went on the same canoe (all three of them were silent this episode). But this episode was also the first time we see Sadie with Harold which I will be getting to.

Episode 9: This was the paintball episode. And in this episode we saw that Sadie (who was a deer), went completely alone similar to DJ unlike her teammates who formed groups. While Sadie did almost get caught by Beth and would have lost, the important thing is that she didn't and she didn't get almost caught by anyone else. And this was another episode where we see her with Harold but this time she had an actual interaction. When Harold asks where Courtney and Duncan were, Sadie does a gesture to him and points out where they actually are (see the above image), this suggests that the two at least talk to each other a little bit and might be acquaintances.

Episode 10: This is the cooking challenge episode. This episode also made it clear that Harold and Sadie are on relatively good terms. When the team was deciding on what member will do what task, Harold specifically says that he will be pairing with Sadie, he could have chosen anyone, like Geoff for example, as they were on good terms or even Courtney as she wasn't happy when she was paired with Duncan. But he specifically chose Sadie (who wasn't unhappy) meaning they both are pretty good friends.

In the next episode she got eliminated and there wasn't much that could have been done (I do think that her elimination was pretty unfair as she made a simple mistake which she APOLOGISED FOR and Courtney was being a petty jerk).

So basically what I am trying to say is, for the five episodes we saw Sadie without Katie, they could have given her lines, and have her interact more with people like Lindsay and Harold. For example, maybe they could have shown that Harold wanted help on how he can deal with Duncan, DJ and Geoff's constant bullying and maybe Sadie could have been there for him and helped him as much as she could. Alternatively, maybe they could have shown that despite being on separate teams, she became good friends with Lindsay and realised that Katie is not the only one who has to be her friend. But NOPE, they got her eliminated and made her an annoying comic relief character. They at least could have had her and Katie return as contestants in the ridonculous race! I really hope that if they ever do make a season 2 of the ridonculous race, they add Sadie and Katie as a duo.

Anyways, what do you guys think? Comment your opinions on my post and characters you think have wasted potential (only gen 1).