Characters / Total Drama Tokyo

The character page for Total Drama Tokyo.

Staff

Chris Mclean - The Host with the Most

Chris is the host of the show. He's cynical, sarcastic, lazy, sadistic, and a Jerkass.

• Deadpan Snarker
• Dude, Not Funny!: Several things he does to the contestants qualify.
• Jerkass: Needless to say, he's not too nice of a guy.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He has few, if any, redeemable moments.
• Perma-Stubble

Chef Hatchet - The Scary Chef

Chef Hatchet is the camp's chef. He is often shown doing humiliating things, much to his chagrin, and is usually found with Chris.

• The Dragon: To Chris.
• Evil Chef
• The Quiet One: Usually.
• Scary Black Man

The contestants

Total Drama Tokyo features twenty-two original characters.

Anderson - The Troublemaker

'Dude, I pulled an epic prank on Shawn. I made him lose the game, and ate half of his candy bar. He's raging at me, and he should be here any second, so I gotta hide!"

Anderson is an extremely immature and perverted kid who is obsessed with pulling pranks on people. His sister is PJ, the silent girl from Total Drama Revolution.

• Butt-Monkey: Anderson's time on the show is pretty rough.
• Evil Redhead: He has bright red hair and is an obnoxious jerk.
• Hate Sink: He was deliberately intended to be as obnoxious and juvenile as possible so readers wouldn't be upset by his early exit.
• Jerkass: Anderson is rather hostile and spends his time being a jerk to other people For the Evulz.
• Messy Hair
• Naked People Are Funny: He runs around naked in the spa challenge, which doesn't end well for him.
• Older Than They Look: He's supposed to be 16 but looks closer to 12.
• Redhead In Green: Red hair, green hoodie.

Ari - The Awkward Sweetheart

"No, I like a lot of guys. I mean, I think a lot of guys are cute, I mean... Whatever."

Ari is pretty and aspires to be popular and make friends, but is awkward as well. She develops a very good friendship with Roz, and ends up navigating a love triangle with Roz and Tolkien.

• Closet Geek: Tolkien comes across her Luncheons and Laggins cards at one point, and she demonstrates a considerable amount of Pokemon knowledge in the ensuing challenge.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Is this to Roz.
• The Cutie: She's very sweet, quiet, and awkward, which causes Roz to take her under her wing.
• Love Triangle: With Tolkien and Roz for a brief period of time.
• Nice Girl: Usually, but Roz knows how to push her buttons.
• Odd Friendship: With Roz.
• Out-of-Character Moment: Rejecting Tolkien at his elimination and repeatedly voting for Roz both count.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Roz's Tomboy
• Took a Level in Jerkass: In later episodes, she repeatedly tries to vote out Roz, her best friend, although Roz was no saint in the interactions either.

Bennett - The Playa

" I'm just a kid who has extraoooordinary luck with th' laaadies."

Bennett likes girls, and they like him back, so much that he always has two random girls flanking him at all times, who do whatever he wants them to.

• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Revealed after his bangs are pushed to the side.
• Eyes Out of Sight: His eyes are completely covered by a big swoop of blonde hair.
• Flat Character: Bennett got zero development and was created to be a throwaway first boot.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Manty from Total Drama Tiki Jungle, two stories earlier, who was also the first boot. Bennett got even less focus.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He was the first contestant voted out and only had about 15 lines.

Casey - The Girl Who Has A Scarf And Thinks She's Popular Like Chelsey But Isn't

"Hmm... Popularity meter... Best part of a kid's life... Little kid over there... Crap, I forgot."

Casey is a strange girl who idolizes Chelsey from Total Drama Revolution and tries to behave just like her. However, she doesn't have the greatest read on Chelsey's personality.

• Attention Whore: Seems to be the reason she acts like Chelsey.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: She spends most of her time either making out with Puck or screaming at him.
• Drama Queen/Large Ham: Similar to Puck, most of the things Casey does are ridiculously dramatic.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Her label provides a pretty good analysis of her personality.
• Evil Redhead: Desires to be this, but is mostly just a...
• Fiery Redhead
• Loony Fan: Of Chelsey, the Alpha Bitch 5th placer of Total Drama Revolution.
• Ms. Fanservice: In-universe, Casey became this after she spontaneously gave herself a makeover... which happened to give Puck a Raging Stiffie.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: With Puck
• Tsundere: See Belligerent Sexual Tension.

Delia - The Violent Fanatic

"You all will regret that this ever happened..."

Delia has had a hard life, and is now very dangerous and deadly. She hides it all under a cool mask of calmness, but has many terrifying things going through her mind.

• Dark and Troubled Past: The darkest of any of the characters in the story, especially since most of them are joke characters.
• Dark Is Not Evil: She's definitely not a villain, despite her terrifying exterior.
• Does Not Understand Sarcasm:
  Chris: Today's challenge involves big, furry creatures that have a possibility of injuring or killing you.
  Layla: My favorite kind of challenge.
  Delia: I know, right?
• Loners Are Freaks: Implied.
• The Quiet One: Delia only speaks a few times per chapter, usually preferring to silently creep people out.

Estrella - The Goth

Tolkien: Do you think ANYTHING is cute, Estrella?

Estrella: Blood. Centipedes crawling across people's skin. Knives flying out of nowhere and almost stabbing people's heads. Dead dogs in the highway. Vultures that eat human carcasses. Gory, grisly corpses hanging out to dry. Oh, and teddy bears.

Estrella is, well, a goth. She enjoys reading morbid novels, being sarcastic, and saying grisly things.

• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl
• Deadpan Snarker: The token snarker of the story, taking Helga's role.
• Goth: An obvious one.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Helga from the earlier stories. Both are antisocial, sarcastic, and enjoy reading books. They eventually meet in Total Drama: Superstar Showdown and - of course - get along.
• Tsundere: Towards Julian.

Flora - Some Girl

"Why am I so boring? I just want people to like me!"

Flora doesn't need a biography, she's just that one girl in every show who always seems to stay in the background and not do anything of importance. She's not really anything, just a boring girl.

• Breakout Character: The biggest one in the story other than maybe Layla, even rivaling past favorites like Chelsey. She later returns to the next story, Total Drama: Superstar Showdown, for this reason.
• Flat Character/The Generic Girl: Flora was purposely created to be one, spoofing Out of Focus female characters from past Total Drama fanfictions.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: Stated in the quote above and later expanded upon in the next story.
• Nice Girl: "Nice" is her only defining trait.
• Out of Focus: Invoked as part of her shtick.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's very similar to the author's previous characters Emilee, Mackenzie, and Mattie and is meant to be a parody of them.
• That Makes Me Feel Angry: She talks like this due to her simple personality.

Gail - The Animal Lover

"No, it's fine. You can't control your boringness."

Gail loves animals. Yeah, that's about all we know.

• Friend to All Living Things: This is her only "personality trait."
• Irony: Gail, who got angry at Flora for being boring, is infamously known as the most boring character of the story.
• Living Prop: She has no plot, almost no lines, and is only there to get angry at Flora for being boring.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Second out and even less prominent than Bennett.

Horatio - The Jazz Cat

"I know that times are tough, and sometimes life gets you down, but I think we should all just try to... Keeping The Faith."

Horatio is a jazz musician who wears a tux and frequents nightclubs, a la the Blues Brothers.

• Cool Shades
• Expy: Inspired by Horatio Sanz's character in the Catalina Wine Mixer scene of Step Brothers.
• Nice Guy: He's friendly to all his teammates.
• Non-Gameplay Elimination: He's forcibly removed from the game due to his saxophone summoning Dolph.
• Older Than They Look: This scene suggests this:
  Tolkien: All right, Horatio, you play video games, right?
  Horatio: Yeah, dog, totally. The SNES is what's big now, right?
  Estrella: ...Horatio, how old ARE you?

Isabel - The Ditz

"Oooh, I love Tokyo! I climbed the Eiffel Tower here when I was four."

Isabel is basically Lindsay if she Took a Level in Dumbass... if that's even possible.

• Brainless Beauty
• The Ditz/Dumb Blonde: A particularly bad one, although later scenes imply she's not quite as stupid as she appears.
• The Dragon: To Layla, although she doesn't know it.
• Minion with an F in Evil: She serves as this to Layla, with predictably terrible results.
• Out of Focus: Isabel wasn't the most prominent character, mostly serving as a comedic foil to Layla and Charles.

Julian - The Rocker

"Well, first of all, don’t wear cologne. Girls don’t like cologne unless they like gross, pompous jocks, and you’re not a gross, pompous jock. So, yeah, no cologne. Let your pits develop a natural smell. That’s what I do, and you know Estrella loves me."

Julian is a pretty chill dude who plays music and has a laid-back view on life. He's also a self-proclaimed ladies' man, with mixed results.

• Black and Nerdy: He's interested in video games and Tolkien's Luncheons & Laggins cards.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: He's smart and a talented musician but has no desire to put effort into school or life.
• Deadpan Snarker: Julian is one of the wittier characters.
• Did Not Get the Girl: Until the next story, at least.
• Expy: His musical skills and his crush on a goth girl who has no interest in him are reminiscent of a combination of Trent and Cody.
• Handsome Lech: He tries time and time again to flirt with Estrella, and although she admits she's attracted to him, she's never amused.
• Hopeless Suitor: To Estrella.
• Lazy Bum: Implied in his pre-season biography and the first chapter, but he's not that lazy on the show.
• Younger Than They Look: Julian is one of the tallest people in the cast and looks like a college student, but he's 16 like all the other contestants.

Kai - The Magician

"Hello, young children. I am the great Kai. I will now take a rabbit out of my hat."

Kai is a magician, basically, who's jealous of his older brother.

• Camp Straight: He's flamboyant and described as having a high voice.
• The Generic Guy: Outside of the magic tricks he occasionally performs, there's very little notable about Kai and he sticks out among the more unique characters around him.
• Nerds Are Sexy: To Vivienne, apparently.
• Nice Guy: Kai is pretty friendly.
• Official Couple: With Vivienne.
• Out of Focus: While Kai makes it all the way to the final four, he mostly floats through the story with few defining scenes or plotlines.
• Sibling Rivalry: He has a pretty big one with his brother, but it's only brought up a couple times outside of the biography.

Layla - The Rich Snob

"Charles, make them give me a warm welcome. I didn't come here to be overlooked. I came here to win, and add more bucks to my collection. So make them welcome me."

Layla is a rich, spoiled, and bratty heiress who's used to living a posh life. She came to the competition with her butler, Charles, who follows her around and caters to her (almost) every whim.

• Alpha Bitch
• Attention Whore: Being rich, Layla is used to having lots of attention focused on her.
• Berserk Button: When Charles doesn't listen to her, which happens frequently...
• Bitch Alert: The quote above was one of the first things she said after being introduced.
• Breakout Character: The author thought she'd be disliked, if not hated, but she was easily the most popular character in the story.
• Butt-Monkey: Both she and Charles qualify as this, with Charles bordering on The Chew Toy.
• Card-Carrying Villain: See Laughably Evil.
• Catchphrase: "Charles, get me a ____", usually with some extremely ridiculous reason why after.
• Deadpan Snarker: Surprisingly sometimes, though Charles is usually the receiving end.
• Drama Queen: She regularly throws fits about the tiniest things.
• Expy: Her bossiness, treatment of Isabel, and eventual win are very similar to Heather from the canon Total Drama series.
• Idle Rich: Layla's too rich to care about anything besides herself.
• I'm Not Here to Make Friends: She's open about the fact she doesn't like anyone there and outright manipulates Isabel.
• It's All About Me: She's extremely selfish and treats Charles like garbage.
• Jerkass
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Once she wins, she decides to give the million-dollar prize to Charles so he can quit and live a happy life. However, once she returns for the next season without him, she's back to her old ways.
• Laughably Evil: Layla's awful, spoiled personality is too absurd to take seriously.
• Only in It for the Money: She explicitly states that this is why she's on the show, which is strange considering she already has massive amounts of money.
• Precision F-Strike:
  "FUCK! What, it's PG-13, and we're allowed to drop one F-bomb. Hehe, I took it from you guys. Ari, get me a latte."
• Punny Name: Her full name is Layla A (yes, just an A) Knee, a reference to Lalainee, a user from the wiki the story was posted.
• Rich Bitch: She encapsulates every single stereotype of these ever created.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!:
  "You guys tell me that every day, but I really don't care. He's a jerk to me. He never gets me the stuff that I want. And since I'm rich, and pretty, by default I deserve to get everything I want."
• Spoiled Brat: Just see the quote directly above.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Justified because she wins, but she and Charles's gags are heavily focused on, especially post-merge.
• Token Evil Teammate: Of the Mini Dharmas.
• Took a Level in Kindness: In the final chapter, she somehow beats Roz and wins the million dollars, and decides to give it all to Charles. She reverts to her old self in the next story, though, missing Charles and forcing other contestants to do work for her.

Neal - The Smartass

It's Neal from Freaks and Geeks. Why he's here is a mystery.

• Deadpan Snarker: Not as pronounced as his basis, but occasionally.
• Expy: Of Neal from Freaks and Geeks.

• Out of Focus: With barely anything resembling a plot or his canon portrayal.

Puck - The Chill Guy

"What's chillin'? I'm Puck! Just an average guy, tryin' to make my way in the world. 'Water' you guys' names?! Bwa-ha-ha-ha!"

Puck is a short, pudgy, bizarre character who loves making cheesy water and ice-related puns, thinks he's half-penguin, and has a perpetually enthusiastic attitude, to the point of delusion.

• Acrofatic: Occasionally played straight, occasionally averted. He's a horrible swimmer, but has strange hidden talents that come out in certain challenges.
• Butt-Monkey: Within eighteen chapters, Puck almost drowns multiple times, gets kicked in the groin by Wolfgang multiple times, gets turned into a pig, gets attacked by a demon while using a Porta-Potty, gets attacked by Japanese tourists, and gets his pizza stolen. That's only scratching the surface.
• Embarrassing First Name: Cornelius.
• Fat and Skinny: With Wolfgang.
• From Bad to Worse:
  Kai: (after Vivienne has confessed her love to him) This couldn't possibly get more awkward...
  Puck: (in a deep, gruff voice) Beans and cornbread.
  Kai: It just did.
• Groin Attack: Frequently the recipient of these, courtesy of Wolfgang.
• Heh Heh, You Said "X":
  Chris: Epic Rap Battles of Tokyo! Round One! Puck Something-or-other! Versus! Julian Reddick!
  Puck: Julian's last name is Reddick? (giggles immaturely)
• Incredibly Lame Pun: Half the things he says.
• Innocently Insensitive: He annoys the hell out of Wolfgang, but still believes Wolfgang is his best friend.
• Keet: Puck is a small, constantly upbeat and hyper character.
• Kid-Appeal Character: Or the closest thing to this in a fanfiction.
• The Load: He rarely contributes anything helpful to team challenges, yet somehow manages to squeak by elimination every time.
• Love Triangle: With Thomas and Casey, pre-merge.
• Naked People Are Funny: He's been seen "in the buff" a few times, solely for the sake of comedy.
• Nonindicative Name: His stereotype, "The Chill Guy" - he's not chill (as in laid-back) at all, it's a reference to his horrible water and ice-themed puns.
• Odd Friendship: With Casey. He desperately wants to have one of these with Wolfgang, but Wolfgang does not.
• Official Couple: With Casey again.
• Prematurely Bald: He has no hair under his helmet.
• Pungeon Master: Puck constantly makes puns, usually involving water or ice and always turning out horrible.
• Raised By Penguins: Or so he claims (he was actually born in Maine).
• Repetitive Name: His last name is Puckerschmidt.
• Shout-Out Theme Naming: His and Wolfgang's names together make... well, Wolfgang Puck, but Word of God says it was a coincidence at first (they were named after two Animal Crossing NPCs).
• So Unfunny, It's Funny: Puck's entire sense of humor falls under this.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: He and Layla/Charles tended to be the center of most of the jokes post-merge.
• Tagalong Kid: Puck is the shortest and most annoying contestant on every team he's on, and also contributes the least.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Once again, with Casey.

Roz - The Maniac

"Hehe, I totally can [fly]. Who wants to see? Oh, yeah, by the way, I've been stalking my science teacher lately. His name is Mr. Chapman. I call him Chappy. Anyone care for a status update?"

Roz is Izzy's cousin. Hyper, cheerful, enjoys stalking her science teacher, that kind of stuff.

• Action Girl: Roz is incredibly strong and energetic.
• Ax-Crazy: This is her at her worst.
• Blatant Lies: When she claims her various boyfriends are "just friends" or that she's a "lone wolf."
• Cloud Cuckoolander: Very much so, especially when she rambles on about strange things like her love for her elderly science teacher.
• Cute Bruiser
• Embarrassing First Name: At least, in her opinion. Her full name is Rosalind and she states in French how much she hates it.
• Expy: Of Izzy from Total Drama, who happens to be her cousin. Some of her traits, particularly her dynamic with Mr. Chapman, were also inspired by a friend of the author's.
• Genki Girl: Ridiculously so.
• Heh Heh, You Said "X":
  Chris: Tomorrow. This chappy is getting long.
  Roz: Hehehehe. Chappy. Long.
• It Runs in the Family: She, Izzy, and Sharissa, her cousins, are extremely similar.
• Just Friends: What she claims her and Chaz are. Obviously, this is not the case.
• Love Triangle: With Ari and Tolkien post-merge.
• Odd Friendship: With Ari.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name is Rosalind.
• The Runner-Up Takes It All: Returns for the fifth season as the host, after Chris quits.
• Shipper on Deck: Supports Tolkien's relationship with Ari, but happens to like Tolkien himself... maybe.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's a more well-rounded version of Total Drama School's Sharissa. This is explained by them both being cousins of Izzy.
• The Nicknamer: Calls almost nobody by their real name, except Ari. Examples include "Strelly" (Estrella), "Tolky" (Tolkien), "Chappy" (Mr. Chapman), etc.
• Third-Person Person: Sometimes.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Ari's Girly Girl.
• Verbal Tic: She says "hehe" a lot.

Shawn - The Jamaican Rapper

Shawn is, well, a rapper from Jamaica. Acts as the straight man to many of the crazier characters.

• Big Fun
• The Generic Guy: Outside of his rapping, he really doesn't have that many outstanding character traits.
• The Lancer: To Tolkien.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Based on Sean Kingston, the only difference is that he's a rapper instead of a pop singer.
• Overly Long Name: His full name is Kishawn Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam Anderson, which is surprisingly a combination of Sean Kingston's and Akon's full names.
• Shipper on Deck: Ships Tolkien/Ari.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Donny from the previous story, Total Drama Revolution. Both are pretty mellow, laid-back guys who hang out with more crazy guys (Vincent/Julian) and two guys who happen to be cousins. (Kavren/Tolkien)

Thomas - The Extremely Tall Guy

Thomas loudly says something censored that rhymes with Puck.

Thomas is tall, goofy, and... kind of an asshole?

• Bandage Mummy: He temporarily becomes one after falling off of the Tokyo Tower.
• Did Not Get the Girl: Much to his dismay.
• Expy: Of one of the author's friends. However, when he was turned into more of a jerkish character, the similarities (other than the appearance and height) disappeared.
• Has a Type: His biography and his interactions with Casey all but confirm he's into tall redheads.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Casey.
• Love Triangle: With Puck and Casey.
• Nice Guy: At first.
• Precision F-Strike: Upon his elimination.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: He started out as a nice, somewhat goofy guy, and turned into a jerk who hated Puck and was extremely jealous of his relationship with Casey.

Tolkien - The Fantasy Geek

"That was so weird. Like, I had to pick between Roz, Ari, and the Black Mage from L&L, and I picked burrito!"

Tolkien is a nerdy, short boy who has two big passions: the fantasy role-playing game Luncheons & Laggins... and girls.

• Author Avatar: Tolkien is meant to be this, from his crush on the character who was based on one of the author's crushes at the time to his nerdiness and appearance, especially the hairstyle and prominent nose. His obsession with Luncheons & Laggins was so he wouldn't completely resemble the author.
• Casanova Wannabe
• Character Focus: Tolkien has the most depth out of the characters other than possibly Layla, as his inner thoughts are shown constantly.
• Did Not Get the Girl: With two different girls, too, as Ari doesn't seem to want to be anything more than friends and Roz is seen with other boys constantly.
• Geek: His label is "The Fantasy Geek."
• Jewish and Nerdy: Tolkien is confirmed to be Jewish, another trait inspired by the author.
• Love Triangle: Is involved with one with Ari and Roz.
• Nice Guy: He's friends with everyone on his team (except for Jerkass Anderson), and both Roz and Ari care a lot about him, even if not romantically.
• Shout-Out: He's obviously named after J. R. R. Tolkien.

Vivienne - The Mysterious Romantic

Vivienne is a mysterious, lovesick girl who has had her heart broken in the past and joined Total Drama to meet kind people.

• Dark Is Not Evil
• Expy: Based on Vivian from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the author's favorite character from his favorite video game.
• Official Couple: With Kai.
• Out of Focus: Although she had her moments, Vivienne was mostly a background character.
• The Bus Came Back: She was originally meant to be in the very first version of Total Drama Tokyo, was temporarily scrapped, then was brought back when the story was revamped.

Wolfgang - The Loner

"Puck... I hate you. I always did. You're just too much of a CRETIN to notice it! So just bug off and leave me alone!"

Wolfgang is a grumpy, aggressive, and oddly fashionable guy who doesn't really like social interaction.

• Anime Hair: It's blue, spiky, and amorphous.
• Berserk Button: Anything Puck says or does.
• Fat and Skinny: With Puck.
• Groin Attack: He kicks multiple others in the crotch in his time on the show.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Wolfgang gets angry very easily, and Puck is usually the catalyst.
• Jerkass: Initially comes across as one with his violent, angry nature and refusal to get to know anybody.
• The Quiet One: Does not talk during his entire time in the competition, making him The Voiceless until his elimination, where he goes on a rant. He's much more talkative come the finale and Total Drama: Superstar Showdown.
• Shout-Out Theme Naming: His and Wolfgang's names together make... well, Wolfgang Puck, but Word of God says it was a coincidence at first (they were named after two Animal Crossing NPCs).
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He was the third contestant voted out and only had one line.

Yuri - The Yaoi Fanatic

Yuri is a cheerful Japanese girl who lives close to where the season is filmed and who also happens to be obsessed with yaoi pairings.

• Abhorrent Admirer: Once she reveals in the confessional that she secretly has a crush on Shawn, she qualifies as this, especially considering she doesn't do anything other than force him and Julian to date each other.
• Anime Hair
• Genki Girl: Most definitely.
• Joke Character: Yuri was created by one of the users on the website the story was posted on, and was not meant to have any sort of characterization or depth, just being a bizarre one-note character.
• Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls
• Shipper on Deck: For Julian and Shawn, Wolfgang and Puck, and MANY more.
• Yaoi Fangirl: It's basically her label.