That’s Not An Animal

## Subpages

**That’s Not An Animal** is the second episode of *TSM The Amazing Race 12: Second Chance*.

## Story

Leg 2 (Based off Leg 4 of The Amazing Race 18)

The race resumes at the Martyrs' Shrine.

Turt & Chook will depart 1st.

**Route Info:** Teams must fly to Kunming, China, taking a mandatory flight departing at 9:50 am. Once in Kunming, teams may make any arrangements they would like to Lijiang. Upon arrival in Lijiang, teams must make their way to Jade Dragon Mountain, where teams will take a marked shuttle bus to the Baishui River to find their next clue.

**Charlotte:** "Time for another fun leg."

**Jojo:** "It's hard racing with people when you we're at the bottom of that tribe premerge."

**Wasabi:** "Are you seriously still talking about that?"

**Jojo:** "Yes because it's true."

**Wasabi:** "You legit made final three and last time I checked, I got voted out premerge with an idol. But I didn’t go on this whole rant to everyone. Grow up!"

**Asia:** "Shut up! You were being annoying with that f4 deal?"

**Wasabi:** "That never existed?"

**Hali:** "Laughs loudly in the background!"

**Jojo:** "Literally it's true. You can’t accept facts."

**Wilted:** "He thinks we care? Ok bye."

Flight Lands.

**Bena:** "We need to get on a train."

**Swag:** "What's the train schedule?"

**Samuel:** "We found the ticket counter. There's one train leaving in an hour so all the teams will get on it!"

**Nemo:** "This train is taking us to the right spot hopefully and we will be there in no time."

**Abi:** "Fast please!"

**Wilted:** "Ok, here's the bus. We're the last ones here! Oh, guess it takes all of us."

The bus arrives.

**Route info:** Teams must properly saddle a yak, which one team member must then ride across a portion of the Baishui River, where they will receive their next clue.

**Swag:** "Faster Eliov!"

**Asia:** "Oh my gosh! These flops need to get out of our way!"

**Samuel:** "Let's do this!"

**Abe:** "Like riding a horse!"

**Exploit:** "Woo done!"

Exploit & Hali finish currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must ride a gondola to Spruce Meadow, where they will find their next clue.

Bash & Phorix finish currently in 2nd place

Swag & Eliov finish currently in 3rd place.

Abi & Jeeven finish currently in 4th place.

Nemo & Abe finish currently in 5th place.

Samuel & Psy finish currently in 6th place.

Asia & Jojo currently in 7th place.

Bena & Charlotte currently in 8th place.

Turt & Chook finish currently in 9th place.

Wasabi & Wilted finish currently in Last place.

**Roadblock:** One team member must search through tens of thousands of wooden charms for a set of twelve that correspond to the symbols of the Chinese zodiac. Once they collect the charms, they must place them on a mobile in the correct order of the traditional procession of the signs according to myth; Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig, to receive their next clue.

Exploit is doing the RB

Bash is doing the RB

Swag is doing the RB

Abi is doing the RB

**Abi:** "Last time Jeeven did really bad at the roadblock so I knew I had to do it so we didn’t flop."

Abe is doing the RB

Samuel is doing the RB

Jojo is doing the RB

Charlotte is doing the RB

Chook is doing the RB

Wilted is doing the RB

**Samuel:** "Hmm looking closely."

**Jojo:** "I don't understand. um... what?!"

Abe: "Hmm, that."

**Bash:** "What stupid animal is that?"

**Swag:** "Then that there."

**Abi:** "Let me look at that to copy well."

(Cf) **Swag:** "So instead of copying the example, Abi was copying me... what a strategy!"

**Charlotte:** "Hmm, maybe if I dance while everyone works it will give me the answer."

**Bash:** "Check?"

**Judge:** “Correct!”

Bash finishes the RB currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must take a marked shuttle bus to the Old Town of Lijiang and search for the ancient prayer wheel at Grass Selling Square, where they will find their next clue.

**Bena:** "That fast!?"

**Chook:** "Hmm."

**Abi:** "Swag was going so slow it was hard to copy him so I started copying Abe."

**Abe:** "Check!"

**Judge:** "Correct!"

Abe finishes the RB currently in 2nd place.

(Cf) **Abe:** "Abi was trying to copy mine so before I left, I took it apart. No copying for you Abi!"

**Abi:** "That's no help Abe! Ugh! This is so complex um."

**Jojo:** "Hmm, put that there."

**Samuel:** "I’m so confused."

**Exploit:** "Check?!"

**Judge:** "Correct!"

Exploit finishes the RB currently in 3rd place.

**Jojo:** "I got it!"

**Judge:** "Correct!"

Jojo finishes the RB currently in 4th place.

**Chook:** "Check!"

**Judge:** "WRONG!"

**Chook:** "Ugh! This is so hard!"

**Bash:** "We are currently on our own bus and we are making our way back."

**Nemo:** "We left about three minutes after Bash & Phroix and hopefully we can make up time!"

**Asia:** "We are traveling with, Exploit & Hali and hopefully we can make up time."

**Phorix:** "Here it is!"

**Route info:** Teams must put a wish into the prayer wheel via a slot that corresponds to their sign in the Chinese zodiac, and call out the name of their sign. Once they have placed their wish in the correct slot, they will receive their next clue.

**Bash:** "I am a snail."

**Phorix:** "I am a bear."

**Detour:** Hammer or Horn?

**Choice A:** *Hammer*
Teams must use wooden mallets to pulverize molten peanut brittle to the right consistency. They must then cut the peanut brittle into pieces and box them before the candy maker will give them their next clue.

**Choice B:** *Horn*
Teams must travel to a square and pick up a large traditional horn, then lead a group of Nakhi dancers to Wencheng Palace on the other side of town to receive their next clue.

Bash & Phroix are doing Hammer

**Swag:** "Check please?"

**Judge:** "Correct!"

**Abi:** "Why did I stop copying Swag?"

Swag finishes the RB currently in 5th place.

**Samuel:** "Ugh! This is so hard! What am I missing!"

Charlotte finishes the RB currently in 6th place.

**Chook:** "Yes! The judge approved!"

Chook finishes the RB currently in 7th place.

**Nemo:** "I am a fish!"

**Abe:** "I am a Tree"

Nemo & Abe are doing Horn

**Wilted:** "Oh geez, there's only 3 of us still here!"

**Hali:** "I am a monkey!"

**Exploit:** "I am a crab!"

Exploit & Hali are doing Hammer

**Jojo:** "I am a rat!"

**Asia:** "I am a cat!"

Asia & Jojo are doing Horn

**Wilted:** "Please be done!"

Wilted finishes the RB currently in 8th place.

**Abi:** "Got it!"

Abi finishes the RB currently in 9th place.

**Psy:** "Samuel, stay calm. It's ok."

**Samuel:** "Ugh! what am I doing wrong!"

**Asia:** "Jojo, slow down! Ugh!"

**Jojo:** "This is too annoying!"

**Swag:** "I am a mouse!"

**Eliov:** "I am a mouse!"

Swag & Eliov are doing Hammer

**Asia:** "We gotta switch. I’m getting tired!"

**Jojo:** "No! Suck it up!"

**Bash:** "Almost done and we're out of here!"

**Abe:** "This is a lot longer then I thought but let's push through it."

**Chook:** "I am a seal."

**Turt:** "I am a rat."

Turt & Chook are doing Horn

**Samuel:** "Oh my gosh! I had two turtles! Judge, I think I got it!"

**Judge:** "Correct!"

Samuel finishes the RB currently in Last place.

**Charlotte:** "I am an angel!"

**Bena:** "That’s not an animal."

**Charlotte:** "I am a queen."

**Bena:** ".........."

**Charlotte:** "I am a dog!"

**Bena:** "I am a dragon!"

Bena & Charlotte are doing Hammer

**Bash:** "We're done!"

Bash & Phorix finish detour currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must make their way on foot to Eternal Tower on Lion Hill to check in. The last team to check in may be eliminated.

**Swag:** "We're making up a lot of time here!"

**Hali:** "They literally are ahead of us now. We've got to go fast!"

**Wasabi:** "I am a moose!"

**Phorix:** "I am a human!"

Wasabi & Wilted are doing Horn

**Jeeven:** "I am a dog!"

**Abi:** "I am a rat!"

Abi & Jeeven are doing Hammer

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

Bash & Phroix, you are team number 1! You have won a trip for two from Travelocity and you are going to Mexico!

**Eliov:** "Done!"

Swag & Eliov finish detour currently in 2nd place.

**Nemo:** “Finally!”

Nemo & Abe finish detour currently in 3rd place.

**Hali:** "Yes, that last part! Woo!"

Hali & Exploit finish detour currently in 4th place.

**Samuel:** "I am a lion!"

**Psy:** "I am a tiger!"

Samuel & Psy are doing Hammer

**Chook:** "Oh my gosh! We're passing Asia & Jojo!"

**Asia:** "I told you we should have switched!"

**Jojo:** "It's too late now, we gotta go!"

**Wilted:** "Done?"

**Wasabi:** "Yes!"

Wasabi & Wilted finish detour currently in 5th place.

**Hali:** "Hmm, that way!"

**Abe:** "It's up there, run!"

**Swag:** "Go!"

**Nemo:** "Woo!"

**Hali:** "Right behind you!"

**Eliov:** "We missed it!"

Nemo & Abe, you are team number 2! Exploit & Hali, you are team number 3, Swag & Eliov, you are team number 4!

**Turt:** "Done!"

Turt & Chook finish detour currently in 6th place.

**Bena:** "We skipped that part, ugh!"

**Charlotte:** "What's the point."

**Samuel:** "We might be the last ones here, but we can make up the time!"

**Jojo:** "Yes!"

Asia & Jojo finish detour currently in 7th place.

**Jeeven:** "Maybe if we do that."

**Abi:** "That's wrong! I told you!"

**Jeeven:** "You are not the know it all on this team."

**Abi:** "I kinda am since your being stupid."

Wasabi & Wilted, you're team number 5!

**Samuel:** "Check?"

**Judge:** "Correct!"

Samuel & Psy finish detour currently in 8th place.

**Charlotte:** "Ugh, how!"

**Jeeven:** "Check!”

**Judge:** "Wrong!"

**Abi:** "Oh, that part. Check again."

**Judge:** "You got it!"

**Charlotte:** "Judge!"

**Bena:** "Please!"

**Judge:** "Correct!"

Abi & Jeeven finish detour currently in 9th place.

Bena & Charlotte finish detour currently in Last place.

**Bena:** "We've gotta out run them!"

**Chook:** "Hey Phil!"

Turt & Chook, you are team number 6!

**Asia:** "Ugh! Which way?"

**Psy:** "This nice woman just gave us directions. We've gotta run fast!"

**Bena:** "We got directions!"

**Abi:** "We never got directions. We're just hoping we're going the right way."

**Samuel:** "Is that it?"

Samuel & Psy, you are team number 7!

**Asia:** "Oh, I see them."

**Samuel:** "Run hard!"

Asia & Jojo, you are team number 8!

**Charlotte:** "Oh my gosh! There they are!"

**Bena:** "Please don’t be last."

Bena & Charlotte, I'm sorry to tell you that... you finished at the back of the pack but you are team number 9!

**Bena:** "Let's go!"

Abi & Jeeven, you are the last team to arrive. I'm sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race.

**Abi:** "Its all Jeeven's fault! he did the detour wrong!"

**Jeeven:** "Yeah miss hmm let me copy that!"

**Abi:** "I am way better then you!"

## Route Markers

* Pit Start
* Route Info 1
* Route Info 2
* Route Info 3
* Roadblock
* Route Info 4
* Route Info 5
* Detour
* Route Info 6 and Pit Stop
 The order of departure from the Martyrs' Shrine are as follows:

1. Turt & Chook
2. Bash & Phorix
3. Nemo & Abe
4. Samuel & Psy
5. Asia & Jojo
6. Swag & Eliov
7. Wasabi & Wilted
8. Exploit & Hali
9. Bena & Charlotte
10. Abi & Jeeven
 Teams must fly to Kunming, China, taking a mandatory flight departing at 9:50 am. Once in Kunming, teams may make any arrangements they would like to Lijiang. Upon arrival in Lijiang, teams must make their way to Jade Dragon Mountain, where teams would take a marked shuttle bus to the Baishui River to find their next clue.

 Teams must properly saddle a yak, which one team member must then ride across a portion of the Baishui River, where they would receive their next clue.

 Teams must ride a gondola to Spruce Meadow, where they would find their next clue.

 The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must search through tens of thousands of wooden charms for a set of twelve that correspond to the symbols of the Chinese zodiac. Once they collect the charms, they must place them on a mobile in the correct order of the traditional procession of the signs according to myth; Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig, to receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Abi & Jeeven
* Asia & Jojo
* Bash & Phorix
* Bena & Charlotte
* Exploit & Hali
* Nemo & Abe
* Samuel & Psy
* Swag & Eliov
* Turt & Chook
* Wasabi & Wilted
 Teams must take a marked shuttle bus to the Old Town of Lijiang and search for the ancient prayer wheel at Grass Selling Square, where they would find their next clue.

 Teams must put a wish into the prayer wheel via a slot that corresponds to their sign in the Chinese zodiac, and call out the name of their sign. Once they have placed their wish in the correct slot, they will receive their next clue.

**Choice A:** *Hammer*
Teams must use wooden mallets to pulverize molten peanut brittle to the right consistency. They must then cut the peanut brittle into pieces and box them before the candy maker would give them their next clue.

Abi & Jeeven, Bash & Phorix, Bena & Charlotte, Exploit & Hali, Samuel & Psy, and Swag & Eliov chose this task.

**Choice B:** *Horn*
Teams must travel to a square and pick up a large traditional horn, then lead a group of Nakhi dancers to Wencheng Palace on the other side of town to receive their next clue.

Asia & Jojo, Nemo & Abe, Turt & Chook, and Wasabi & Wilted chose this task. Teams must make their way on foot to Eternal Tower on Lion Hill to check in.

For coming in first place, Bash & Phorix won a trip for two to Mexico, provided by Travelocity.

## Leaderboard

**Legend:**
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg•      Saved from elimination by the Salvage Pass or The Save •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • **►** Used the Fast Forward • **ϵ** Used the Express Pass• **⊂** User of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⊃** Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⋐** User of the second Double U-Turn slot • **⋑** Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot

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