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THEO, 19 It seems that ''The Real World'' is most comfortable when its African-American male roomie fits every stereotype of the loud playa usually seen on ''TRL'''s rap videos. Last season they took a welcome hiatus with the mellow and sensitive Malik, but this year Theo is like Teck Redux. Theo loves the ladies! Theo hates homos! And Theo loves to party! Theo instantly fell in love with Aneesa, and spent the whole premiere declaring that he was going to score with her before the five months were through. Frankly, you can't blame him for beating that dead horse, considering how Aneesa led him on, although it seems that Theo falls in love with whoever's within eyesight, and Aneesa is one of the only women he's seen in Chicago – so far. But the coming attractions suggest that Theo has no trouble finding new jacuzzi partners once he actually leaves the house.

TONYA, 21 With her teeny bikini and wild blond weave, Tonya looks so much like a hot party girl that you keep waiting to see her shuck off the whole ''sheltered, small-town girl'' act and start handing out lap dances. Yet, this is no act. She just loves her longtime boyfriend, Justin, to pieces, and expects to get married when she goes back to being a nurse where she can help people and... Come on! What's more, her cloistered youth has also taught her a lesson: Minorities are scary! When she first met Theo, she confessed that black people intimidate her, and when she was alone with him and Aneesa and those two started chatting, Tonya all but retreated under the bed. Which makes for an interesting chain: Tonya is freaked out by Theo because he's black, and Theo will likely be wigged out by Chris because he's gay. Now, if only Chris would confess to being creeped out by Laura Ingalls Wilder/Pamela Anderson types, then we'd have quite a little circle of life going!