Pagonging

Pagonging is a fan-made term used to describe a post-Merge strategy in which one tribe systematically eliminates members of the rival tribe one at a time. The term was coined in reference to the Tagi Alliance's elimination of all members of the Pagong tribe in.

The term applies to situations in which one tribe or alliance purposefully eliminates the other in rapid succession (it does not refer to situations where all members of one tribe or alliance happen to be voted out one after the other, such as the consecutive elimination of Samburu in ).

History
The strategy was first employed in by the Tagi Alliance.

In Survivor: Marquesas after Rob Mariano was voted out the remaining outsiders on the merged tribe combined forcers to overthrow the dominate Rotu Four alliance. This group of outsiders then pagonged the remaining former Rotu Four alliance members one by one until there where only them left.

After the Fake Merge allowed Chuay Gahn to gain a numbers advantage at the Merge in, the remaining three former Sook Jai tribemates were ousted.

In, the minority four-person Aitu Four alliance managed to systematically eliminate all members of the Rarotonga tribe after the Merge, with the help of Jonathan Penner who reneged on the Raro Alliance (in which he was eliminated before Parvati Shallow and Adam Gentry after Aitu Four agreed to vote him out first before the latter two).

saw the minority Jalapao Three manage to gain control of the merged Forza tribe, eliminating the entire Timbira Alliance. At the Final Four, however, J.T. Thomas and Stephen Fishbach decided to keep former Timbira member Erinn Lobdell over Taj Johnson-George, cutting short the planned tribal pagonging.

The minority Foa Foa Four alliance of managed to overcome an 8-4 numbers disadvantage to pagong the entire Galu tribe. By convincing the Galu Alliance to vote out Erik Cardona, the Galu Alliance didn't have enough numbers to split vote, wrongly targeting Russell Hantz's who used his Hidden Immunity Idol to negate 7 votes against him. With the help of Galu members Shambo Waters and later John Fincher, Foa Foa Four managed to eliminate all the Galu members (with Shambo and John being eliminated later). However, the pagonging was briefly halted when Brett Clouser won immunity at the Final Five, Foa Foa eliminated Jaison Robinson. However, Brett was eliminated at the next Tribal Council to complete the pagonging.

In Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, the tribes merged with five Heroes and five Villains. Due to Parvati Shallow's big move at the inaugural Yin Yang Tribal Council, it allowed the Villains to take control and eliminate all the other Heroes, although Danielle DiLorenzo (a Villain) was blindsided by Russell Hantz before the last two Heroes Colby Donaldson and Rupert Boneham were eliminated. The pagonging was completed at Day 37 with Colby's elimination.

In, the dominant Stealth R Us alliance eliminated the remaining members of the Zapatera Six after first booting swing vote Matt Elrod. The Redemption Island twist allowed Mike Chiesl to outlast two former Ometepe members, but he fell short of returning to the game.

saw a 6-6 tribal split at the Merge. To avoid picking rocks, John Cochran flipped to vote with The Family, allowing the Upolu alliance to pagong the remaining members of Savaii, including Cochran. Redemption Island allowed Ozzy Lusth to re-enter the game at the Final Five, but after failing to win the Final Immunity Challenge, he was permanently eliminated.

In, the Salani Alliance gained control of the merged Tikiano tribe, eliminating every original Manono castaway one-by-one. The complete pagonging stopped one vote short, when alliance member Kat Edorsson was unanimously blindsided at the Final Seven. However, the last remaining Manono Tarzan Smith was eliminated at the next Tribal Council. Both Alicia Rosa and Christina Cha, who were on Manono post Tribe Switch, were also eliminated, as the remaining post-Switch Salani members continued to pagong Manono.

Trivia

 * The term "Pagonging" came from when Tagi started eliminating members of the rival tribe, Pagong.