The remaining Ranch teams compete as a unit against Green team for the prize of letters from home; the goal is to guess the total caloric content of all the contestants' favorite foods.

The quartet did not compete again as a unit following the Moscow Olympics, as Tonelli retired from swimming immediately after the Games.

Although the honorees generally do not compete as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media.

The Fall Guard competes as a unit of the marching band (Marching Spartans), while the Winter Guard competes indoors independently against various guards from all across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Just prior to leaving, it is announced that, following a North-South Summit, the North and South Korean teams will compete as a single unit for the first time, under a newly designed Korean Unification Flag and with a North Korean, Jo Nam-poong (Kim Eung-soo), as its chief trainer.

The quartet never competed as a unit after the Moscow Olympics.

A number of sections in the band have gone on to compete as a smaller unit themselves in addition to the rest of the band during festival season.