History Characters / TotalDramaToxicRats

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:In the ''All-Stars'' finale, despite being present inside of the balloons Owen inflated with his farts so the finalists could get as a helper the contestant they freed, Lightning is not among the four helpers who are shot down and later floats away with the rest without being seen for the rest of the episode. WordOfGod claims that all the contestants inside the balloons survived and landed safely on the water after their balloons popped, but the statement doesn't disclose if they were retrieved afterwards or not, and considering that his status has no mentions at all in the seventh season due to no previous contestants making physical cameos after the fifteen year TimeSkip, certainly doesn't make his chances of survival look good.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:In the ''All-Stars'' finale, despite being present inside of the balloons Owen inflated with his farts so the finalists could get as a helper the contestant they freed, Sam is not among the four helpers who are shot down and later floats away with the rest without being seen for the rest of the episode. WordOfGod claims that all the contestants inside the balloons survived and landed safely on the water after their balloons popped, but the statement doesn't disclose if they were retrieved afterwards or not, and considering that his status has no mentions at all in the seventh season due to no previous contestants making physical cameos after the fifteen year TimeSkip, certainly doesn't make his chances of survival look good.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:In the ''All-Stars'' finale, despite being present inside of the balloons Owen inflated with his farts so the finalists could get as a helper the contestant they freed, Scott is not among the four helpers who are shot down and later floats away with the rest without being seen for the rest of the episode. WordOfGod claims that all the contestants inside the balloons survived and landed safely on the water after their balloons popped, but the statement doesn't disclose if they were retrieved afterwards or not, and considering that his status has no mentions at all in the seventh season due to no previous contestants making physical cameos after the fifteen year TimeSkip, certainly doesn't make his chances of survival look good.]]

-->'''Placements:''' 7th[[labelnote:*]]Initially second eliminated[[/labelnote]] (TDRI)

-->'''Placements:''' 7th (TDRI)

* BetaCouple: She and Sam are this to Mike and Zoey.

* OfficialCouple: With Sam, [[spoiler:following her mutation]].

* FatIdiot: Downplayed as he's chubby but not that fat and can be a little scatter-brained at times but he isn't outright stupid either.

* FieryRedhead: Not as much as Zoey or Izzy but as noted in HairTriggerTemper below, he can be a bit temperamental at times.

* HatedByAll: None of the characters seem to care for him due to his wicked actions during ''Revenge of the Island''. He is also one of the few contestants to not have any friends or allies (though he does start a relationship with Courtney in ''All Stars''). Lampshaded in ''Brains vs Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown'' when Chris explains that they had to put Scott inside the trauma chair so he can survive after being mauled by Fang, he states that who cares because it's Scott, everyone starts laughing.

-->'''Voiced by:'' Unknown

-->''Teams:'' Toxic Rats

->''Voiced by:'' Unknown

--> ''Label:'' The Strong Silent Genius

-->''Voiced by:'' Carleigh Beverly

--> ''Label:'' The Fame-Monger

-->''Teams:'' Toxic Rats, Mutant Maggots

-->''Voiced by:'' Creator/CaitlynneMedrek

--> ''Label:'' The Moonchild

-->''Teams:'' Toxic Rats

* MeaningfulName: Her name is synonymous with "sunlight", which fits her normally warmharted personality in front of others (even if she unintentionally creeps them out with her magic powers).
* MirrorCharacter: To Bridgette and DJ as the kindhearted nature lover, even taking DJ's spot on the log in the opening. However, while Bridgette and DJ are generally well-liked by their peers, Dawn comes off as a CreepyChild who many are campers are disturbed by. In addition, while all three are {{All Loving Hero}}es, Dawn takes it the furthest of all by being TheEmpath who tries her hardest to see the good in people. Also specifically to DJ, while both are {{Animal Lover}}s and attached to animals, for DJ it tends to [[AnimalsHateHim not be mutual]] and [[ButtMonkey constantly gets attacked]], while with Dawn she is TheBeastmaster with [[FriendToAllLivingThings animals assisting her whenever they can]]. And specifically to Bridgette, Dawn stands out as being one of the series' strangest characters with her supernatural powers and CreepyChild characterization while Bridgette is one of the most normal characters with her CloserToEarth OnlySaneWoman nature.

-->''Voiced by:'' Creator/TyroneSavage

--> ''Label:'' The Athletic Overachiever

-->''Teams:'' Toxic Rats, Villainous Vultures

-->''Voiced by:'' Creator/{{Brian Froud|Actor}}

--> ''Label:'' The Nice-Guy Gamer

-->''Teams:'' Toxic Rats, Heroic Hamsters

-->''Voiced by:'' James Wallis

--> ''Label:'' The Devious

-->''Teams:'' Toxic Rats, Mutant Maggots, Villainous Vultures

* ExBigBad: After causing havoc in ''Revenge of the Island'', he returns in ''All-Stars'' as one of the returning villains. However unlike Alejandro and Heather, he's never treated like much of a threat, with most people [[CharacterizationMarchesOn brushing him off as an idiotic farmboy]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: Scott points out to Zoey about how proficient Lightning was as a competitor. Zoey doesn't seem to care at first, until Lightning shows up right at that moment and displays his athletic prowess.

* LightIsNotGood: Pale-skinned, wears a white vest, main antagonist of ''Revenge of the Island'', and a member of the Villainous Vultures.

* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:The machine (and his facial expression) that he gets stuck in during "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown" is a shout out to the same state that Captain Pike was reduced to in Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries.]]

-->''Voiced by:'' Ashley Peters

--> ''Label:'' The Compulsive Liar

-->''Teams:'' Toxic Rats

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Downplayed since Lindsay is the first one eliminated but in ''All-Stars'', he is the first TokenMinority to go.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Downplayed since Lindsay was the first one eliminated but in ''All-Stars'', he is the first TokenMinority to go.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:In the ''All-Stars'' finale, despite being present inside of the balloons Owen inflated with his farts so the finalists could get as a helper the contestant they freed, Lightning is not among the four helpers who are shot down and later floats away with the rest without being seen for the rest of the episode. WordOfGod claims that all the contestants inside the balloons survived and landed safely on the water after their balloons popped, but the statement doesn't disclose if they were retrieved afterwards or not.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:In the ''All-Stars'' finale, despite being present inside of the balloons Owen inflated with his farts so the finalists could get as a helper the contestant they freed, Sam is not among the four helpers who are shot down and later floats away with the rest without being seen for the rest of the episode. WordOfGod claims that all the contestants inside the balloons survived and landed safely on the water after their balloons popped, but the statement doesn't disclose if they were retrieved afterwards or not.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:In the ''All-Stars'' finale, despite being present inside of the balloons Owen inflated with his farts so the finalists could get as a helper the contestant they freed, Scott is not among the four helpers who are shot down and later floats away with the rest without being seen for the rest of the episode. WordOfGod claims that all the contestants inside the balloons survived and landed safely on the water after their balloons popped, but the statement doesn't disclose if they were retrieved afterwards or not.]]

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* ElectiveMute: B can speak, but chooses not to or is cut off at those rare times he does try to push through vocally. In the end, the only time his voice is heard is when he scream as he takes the Hurl of Shame in "Ice Ice Baby".

One of the biggest attention-seekers to have starred on reality TV, Dakota appears at first to be nothing more than your typical vapid, spoiled princess. Deep down however, she really just wants to have somebody who will love and accept her for who she is.

* BrainlessBeauty: At first, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because her family's fame, riches, and her good looks seem to have gotten her through life, but in "Runaway Model", it's [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed a bit]] when Sam asks her for fashion advice and she's positively delighted, since no one's actually asked for her advice about anything before.

* DramaQueen: Because of her fame mongering, she can act as one occasionally.

* FriendlessBackground: A likely reason behind her fame mongering. In a confessional, she states that she has to start the "friending" process with Zoey after Sam was eliminated, implying [[LonelyRichKid she’s never done it before.]]

* TheIntern: Dakota is one of only two contestants to temporarily take the job of intern, the other being Noah. She lasts from "Ice Ice Baby" until "A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste", which is when Chris reinstates her against her will as a contestant to replace Anne Maria.

* TheLoad: Her [[AttentionWhore constant posing for the paparazzi]] made her a legitimate liability, [[TheMillstone costing her team the challenge in "Truth or Laser Shark"]]. However, this is averted in "The Treasure Island of Dr. [=McLean=]", where she saves her teammates from Fang and a mutated alligator [[spoiler:courtesy of her new found mutant SuperStrength]].

* {{Mutants}}: In "[[Recap/TotalDramaAMineIsATerribleThingToWaste A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste]]", Dakota is sent into a radioactive mine by Chris to test the area for safety. She stays for forty minutes, blacks out at some point, and gets retrieved by the other interns and put in the infirmary. To her horror she discovers she lost all her hair after she comes to, and about a day after, in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheTreasureIslandOfDrMcLean The Treasure Island of Doctor McLean]]", she gradually becomes bigger, stronger, spikier, and more prone to HulkSpeak every time she experiences a burst of anger. Her final form is powerful, inhumanly tall, and in the possesion of green spiked hair, orange skin, red eyes, shoulder and elbow spikes, razor sharp teeth, and a tail. She comes to like her new self, with Sam finding her even more attractive than before, and makes a career out of it as a wrestler, being one of the few mutants not to make the Fun Zone their home.

* {{Paparazzi}}: She has an entourage of them on speed-dial before Chris took away her cell phone. Also, after Dakota becomes an intern, Chris puts a restraining order against her entourage.

* StockScream: She gives off a horror film scream after she coughs up mud in "Truth or Laser Shark". In fact, it is the same exact scream used in the slasher film that the original cast were viewing in "Hook, Line, and Screamer".
* StoryBreakerPower: Her [[spoiler: mutant form. With it, she gains super strength and she grows immensely in size. The writers probably had her voted off the island the same episode she mutated, and is also likely why she didn’t return for All-Stars, because they realized that Mutant Dakota was too strong and would’ve easily won many of the future challenges.]]

* AllLovingHeroine: She is kind and [[TheEmpath empathetic]] to everyone, due to her AuraVision and tries to find the [[HiddenHeartOfGold good in everyone]], even Scott. However she makes an exception with him [[spoiler:when she finds out his true nature.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: The other campers view her as this due to her tendency to read people's auras and her unhuman abilities.

* TheEmpath: She can read other people's (and animals') auras and figure out their inner feelings or even backstories based on that. Normally, the other contestants are understandably creeped out by it; however it comes in handy on occasion, such as reuniting a giant fire-breathing mutant beetle and her baby to stop her from terrorizing the Toxic Rats.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has light blonde hair, is soft spoken and very rarely shows ill will towards anyone.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Dawn is normally a soft spoken girl who doesn't show ill will towards anyone, but in "Backstabbers Ahoy", she gives Scott a DeathGlare for sabotaging their team.

* SecretKeeper: Dawn is the only one besides Cameron to figure out that Mike has MPD. She doesn't tell anyone, but does hint towards it to Zoey in "[[Recap/TotalDramaIceIceBaby Ice Ice Baby]]" to help her overcome her doubt about Mike's interest in her now that Vito keeps flirting with Anne Maria.

* TheDitz: Lightning is a good contender for stupidest character period.

* DoubleKnockout: [[spoiler: In the American version of the final episode, Cameron's final attack hits Lightning, but drains his power suit of its last bits of power and he falls over. A severely dazed and discolored haired Lightning falls over on top of Cam a moment later, earning him the 3 count pin and the victory. More or less the same thing happens in Cameron's ending, except that the order of who falls on who is reversed.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He fit this prior to [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]] in the latter half of the season, with Lightning revealing some surprisingly good qualities. In the first episode he saved Cameron from drowning, in the seventh episode when Jo (who he still thought was a guy) said she never kissed a guy, he was at first confused but then understanding, saying he "didn't judge." He also helped Cameron stand up to Jo in the 10th episode and the two of them ended up eliminating her. Among other things he seemed to get along with his teammates when they were shown to be competent. [[spoiler:Even in the finale, when everything and more is on the line, he takes the time to attack the giant mutant alligator that briefly trapped Cameron in his mouth, citing TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou while he saves him.]]

* LargeHam: He is a major show off.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: For a manly man, he has a rather high pitched scream.
* StealthPun: He used to have a friend, who was nicknamed "Thunderbolt", but they grew tired of people shouting "Mamma Mia!" everytime they see them. [[{{Music/Queen}} Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening me!]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: From possible winner of his debut season to booted as early as the second episode of ''All-Stars'', he may embody this better than any contestant in the series.
* SuperStrength: He displays the ability to benchpress logs with one-arm.

* ThirdPersonPerson: He rarely uses first person pronouns.

A chubby gamer geek rarely seen without a handheld video game device that has a game he's in the middle of playing. Sam is not very athletic, has weak social skills, and possesses a low opinion of himself, but his more standout traits are his friendly disposition and kind heart.

* IKnowMortalKombat: He occasionally mimics the motions of video game characters to help him in challenges. He also has above average reflexes thanks to his gaming... most of the time anyway.

** He shares a few traits with Cody, both being a certain species of techno geek plying for the affections of a girl, though Sam actually succeeds.

* SuperReflexes: He claims that 10 years of video gaming have given him these. He demonstrates this by grabbing a piece of cheese from a MouseTrap without setting it off; however, he unwittingly sets off about a dozen additional traps when he stepped on the trap he'd just undid, claiming that his gaming withdrawal is throwing him off balance.

* AssholeVictim: Scott frequently falls victim to being pursued and mauled by the mutant shark Fang, but Scott has most of it coming, as despite not really being at fault for what caused the shark to develop a grudge for him (simply escaping from his mouth and accidentally ripping out a tooth that got stuck on him in the process), he's always been an all round horrible person who ruined the lives of many and a scheming jerk only out for himself.

* CardCarryingJerkAss: In addition to being a CardCarryingVillain, he also doesn't hide the fact that he's a JerkAss, as evidenced by him [[BullyingTheDisabled bullying Mike for his disorder]]. Averted in ''All-Stars'' where he [[TookALevelInKindness takes a level in kindess.]]

* CheatersNeverProsper: Initially averted, then played straight in "Eat, Puke, and Be Wary", when he switches his dish with Cameron's when his back was turn. This later gets played straight when he [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gets shot by Chef's painful spaghetti gun, mauled by Fang, and eventually voted off by Cameron and Zoey]].

* ExtremeOmnivore: Scott may have the toughest stomach out of all of the second generation cast, and could probably give even Owen a run for his money. He is shown eating gruel off Courtney's face, enjoying green moldy bread, and dirt is his equivalent of HeartbreakAndIceCream.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Not quite to the skill level that Alejandro has mastered, but he was still able to sucker Dawn, Sam and Zoey into believing he was their friend, until he backstabbed them.

** To Alejandro and Heather. Both his predecessor villains made numerous alliances throughout the game and played dirty to make sure their teams would win. Scott tries hard to make his team lose so he can vote off his competition, and never makes a single alliance in his debut season.
** To Duncan. Both have reputations as the devious troublemakers of their generation, however while Duncan was TheBully who openly tormented others, Scott chooses to be {{Schemer}} who keeps his true nastiness hidden from public eyes. Both also end up as the primary nemesis of the generation's nerd (Harold for Duncan, Cameron for Scott). ''All-Stars'' has fun with this by having both boys [[TookALevelInKindness taking a level in kindness]] with waning villain threats. The cherry on the cake, both of them ended up dating Courtney at some point, showing Courtney HasAType.

* GigglingVillain: He seems to be rather fond of chuckling when in the villainous mood.

* ItsAllAboutMe: As noted above, he competed in ''Revenge of the Island'' not to make friends but so that he can win the million dollar prize. He also took advantage of Mike's disorder for his own selfish desires.

** He was especially cruel to Mike in "Grand Chef Auto", with many of his actions being ForTheEvulz and not necessary to save himself from elimination. He blackmails Mike into helping him throughout the entire episode, even forcing risk his own safety, preventing him from helping his friends, and very nearly [[RelationshipSabotage causing Zoey to breakup with Mike]]. When he finally pushes Mike too far to the point where Mike no longer cares about his secret getting exposed, Scott activates Vito and has him help out instead. He also calls Mike [[BullyingTheDisabled crazy and a loser for having multiple personalities]].

* SpotlightStealingSquad: In ''Revenge of the Island'', it's justified since he was the main villain of the season; however, in ''All-Stars'', [[FlatCharacter he doesn't contribute much to the plot]] aside from his ultimately failed crush with Courtney, yet remains on the show until "The Bold and the Booty-ful". Overall, he has the second-most screen time out of the entire second-generation cast, having only two less episodes total than ''Zoey'' as of ''All Stars''.

* ThrowingTheFight: Part of his team killing strategy.

** Subverted again in "A Mine Is a Terrible Thing To Waste" [[spoiler:when he threw away the statue they are suppose to find, unaware that the statue landed in Anne Maria's hair which wins them the challenge once they leave the mine.]]

* ChattyHairdresser: Invoked. Staci is a chatterbox like no other and in her biography she notes that for her first job she worked in a hair salon.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Her constant lies about her ancestors has given Staci a rather inflated ego.

[[folder:B, The Strong Silent Genius]]

[[folder:Dakota, The Fame-Monger]]

[[folder:Dawn, The Moonchild]]

[[folder:Lightning, The Athletic Overachiever]]

[[folder:Sam, The Nice-Guy Gamer]]

[[folder:Scott, The Devious]]

[[folder:Staci, The Compulsive Liar]]

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[[folder:Lightning (Rudolph), The Athletic Overachiever]]

[[folder:Lightning, The Athletic Overachiever]]

* TheChick: Of the Toxic Rats once Staci and Dakota are eliminated, leaving only her and four guys. Notably, the morning after she's eliminated the four declare themselves Team Man.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Of the Toxic Rats after Dakota's elimination.

* ShovelStrike: Accidentally does this to Mike (as Manitoba Smith) in "Evil Dread" after triggering a Booby Trap and getting frightened by bees. [[spoiler:Little did he know that he also re-awakened Mal.]]

* EvilRedhead: He's redhead and a manipulative prankster who knows how to play the competition like a violin.