History Analysis / TotalDrama

[[WMG:Total Drama: Where Teenage Love Goes to Die]]

With Harold and Leshawna this is even more evidente. See, Harold declared his love in a very emotional context, during his elimination and regretting nothing and under the light of a full moon. It was like something straight out of a fairytale, Leshawna had to accept it. But then in "Total Drama Drama Drama Island", she admits that it was in the heat of the moment and that she let her feelings control her judgment, thus she had to break up with him, it was the right thing to do, even assuring him that maybe things can work out in the future.

The second season shows how dysfunctional their relationship would be, because both refuse to change and try to listen carefully to each other. In the mid-season episode between TDA and TDWT, they're fighting for the custody of a pet raccoon, doesn't it reminds you of something? And, finally, after all of this, Duncan cheats on her. Hearing Courtney saying [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome "I want a divorce!"]] is a sad thing even for people who don't like her. And then, as a nervous trainwreck, she is manipulated by Alejandro until the end, to the point she's so emotionally disturbed she still believes in him long after his [[BadSamaritan "true nature"]] and [[ BirdsOfAFeather "real romantic interests"]] were known to everyone in the cast. Even in the shorts after TDWT, she is nothing but a joke.

The second season shows how dysfunctional their relationship would be, because both refuse to change and try to listen carefully to each other. In the mid-season episode between TDA and TDWT, they're fighting for the custody of a pet raccoon, doesn't it reminds you of something? And, finally, after all of this, Duncan cheats on her. Hearing Courtney saying [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome "I want a divorce!"]] is a sad thing even for people who don't like her. And then, as a nervous trainwreck, she is manipulated by Alejandro until the end, to the point she's so emotionally disturbed she still believes in him long after his true nature and romantic interest were known to everyone in the cast. Even in the shorts after TDWT, she is nothing but a joke.

The second season shows how dysfunctional their relationship would be, because both refuse to change and try to listen carefully to each other. In the mid-season episode between TDA and TDWT, they're fighting for the custody of a pet raccoon, doesn't it reminds you of something? And, finally, after all of this, Duncan cheats on her. Hearing Courtney saying [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome "I want a divorce!"]] is a sad thing even for people who don't like her. And then, as a nervous trainwreck, she is manipulated by Alejandro until the end, to the point she's so emotionally disturbed that she still believes in him long after his true nature and romantic interest were known to everyone in the cast. Even in the shorts after TDWT, she is nothing but a joke.

The second season shows how dysfunctional their relationship would be, because both refuse to change and try to listen carefully to each other. In the mid-season episode between TDA and TDWT, they're fighting for the custody of a pet raccoon, doesn't it reminds you of something? And, finally, after all of this, Duncan cheats on her. Hearing Courtney saying [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome "I want a divorce!"]] is a sad thing even for people who don't like her. And then, as a nervous trainwreck, she is manipulated by Alejandro until the end, she's so emotionally disturbed that she still believes in Alejandro even after it's established he likes Heather and is evil. Even in the shorts after TDWT, she is nothing but a joke.

The second season shows how dysfunctional their relationship would be, because both refuse to change and try to listen carefully each other. In the mid-season episode between TDA and TDWT, they're fighting for the custody of a pet raccoon, doesn't it reminds you of something? And, finally, after all of this, Duncan cheats on her. Hearing Courtney saying [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome "I want a divorce!"]] is a sad thing even for people who don't like her. And then, as a nervous trainwreck, she is manipulated by Alejandro until the end, she's so emotionally disturbed that she still believes in Alejandro even after it's established he likes Heather and is evil. Even in the shorts after TDWT, she is nothing but a joke.

The second season shows how dysfunctional their relationship would be, because both refuse to change and try to listen carefully each other. In the mid-season episode between TDA and TDWT, they're fighting for the custody of a pet raccoon, doesn't it reminds you of something? And, finally, after all of this, Duncan cheats on her. Hearing Courtney saying [[RealityEnsues "I want a divorce!"]] is a sad thing even for people who don't like her. And then, as a nervous trainwreck, she is manipulated by Alejandro until the end, she's so emotionally disturbed that she still believes in Alejandro even after it's established he likes Heather and is evil. Even in the shorts after TDWT, she is nothing but a joke.

First, let's take the example of Duncan and Courtney, the most popular pairing, to the point that in FanfictionDotNet section of Total Drama Island there was literally half of fics there as Duncan/Courtney at one point. I don't know how it is today, but back when the hype was that big, to pair Courtney or Duncan with someone else was very rare. But it's really fascinating to see how such a pairing reached such popularity, {{continuation}}, HighSchoolAU, {{crossover}}, name the type of fic and there would invariably be a Duncan/Courtney moment. The cries of joy of thousands of fangirls (and fanboys, to be fair) were heard all over the globe when they kissed and assumed their romance.

Ironically, while not in a relationship, Sierra was one of the few ones that actually showed CharacterDevelopment concerning romance. While in the beginning she was pretty much an unpleasant character, though not reaching [[Manga/MiraiNikki Yuno Gasai]] levels of {{yandere}}ness, she does turn less of a stalker in the end of TDWT.

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[[WMG: Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Josse & [=MacAuthur=]]]
by Polisi25, from my blog's [[https://prepareandpractice.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/total-drama-ridonculous-race-finale-thoughts/ blogpost]], if you don't mind.

I have to include a segment about them, due to the fact that they are NoSoDifferent from each other.

Both of them are quite devious and manipulative (Josse has many, while [=MacAuthur=] did try to dare Spud in Finland), and they basically needed their partners to hold them back. And they also have difficult childhood, with Josse having a family that strives for excellence all the time, while [=MacAuthur=] basically did thing that will get her fired from being a police officer.

But the difference between them is their partner, Sanders mostly a shoulder angel while Jacques mostly a shoulder devil.

Sanders is basically a textbook good cop, whose biggest crime is not paying the fries when she founds out, and usually have a lot of differences with [=MacAuthur=]. She chose what’s is morally good for [=MacAuthur=] even she founds out [=MacAuthur's=] past (which is not mentioned at all), and when she’s hurt due to [=MacAuthur=] negligence, she decided to take charge of the situation and make herself as an equal alongside with [=MacAuthur=].

Jacques however, basically go along with what Josse did as it doesn’t penalize them. Since they have similar mindsets, Jacques only chose to hold her back from being insane from repeatedly getting anything less than 1st and rarely did anything on being courteous towards other people. “My Way Or Zimbabwe” is the biggest example, where Jacques stopped Josse from running over Dwayne, and give her the orders when Dwayne said that gold medals don’t matter.

So that’s the difference between them, where influences basically changed their way of how they behave.

[[WMG: Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Josse & MacAuthur]]

Both of them are quite devious and manipulative (Josse has many, while MacArthur did try to dare Spud in Finland), and they basically needed their partners to hold them back. And they also have difficult childhood, with Josse having a family that strives for excellence all the time, while MacArthur basically did thing that will get her fired from being a police officer.

Sanders is basically a textbook good cop, whose biggest crime is not paying the fries when she founds out, and usually have a lot of differences with MacArthur. She chose what’s is morally good for MacArthur even she founds out MacArthur past (which is not mentioned at all), and when she’s hurt due to MacArthur negligence, she decided to take charge of the situation and make herself as an equal alongside with MacArthur.

First, let's take the example of Duncan and Courtney, the most popular pairing, to the point that in FanfictionDotNet section of Total Drama Island there was literally half of fics there as Duncan/Courtney at one point. I don't know how it is today, but back when the hype was that big, to pair Courtney or Duncan with someone else was very rare. But it's really fascinanting to see how such a pairing reached such popularity, {{continuation}}, HighSchoolAU, {{crossover}}, name the type of fic and there would invariably be a Duncan/Courtney moment. The cries of joy of thousands of fangirls (and fanboys, to be fair) were heard all over the globe when they kissed and assumed their romance.

The second season shows how disfunctional their relationship would be, because both refuse to change and try to listen carefully each other. In the mid-season episode between TDA and TDWT, they're fighting for the custody of a pet raccoon, doesn't it reminds you of something? And, finally, after all of this, Duncan cheats on her. Hearing Courtney saying [[RealityEnsues "I want a divorce!"]] is a sad thing even for people who don't like her. And then, as a nervous trainwreck, she is manipulated by Alejandro until the end, she's so emotionally disturbed that she still believes in Alejandro even after it's established he likes Heather and is evil. Even in the shorts after TDWT, she is nothing but a joke.

As someone in the Fridge page said, "So his craziness is him not obsessing over Gwen so much, but desperation over not wanting to endure breakup again, and doing everything he could to prevent that. Without a successful wingman to let him know what he was doing wrong, all he could do was rely on luck." It was a self-fullfiling prophecy.

Lindsay even forgot who Tyler is. Since it was PlayedForLaughs, I guess there is no point in commenting it, I just hope it doesn't become another flanderized gag in new seasons.

Heather and Alejandro can't decide whether they kiss or backstab each other.