Total Drama
Ho Yay in this series.Generation 1
And this was after the "ear kiss" incident.
- Chris and Chef have an interesting relationship throughout the seasons.
- In "Camp Castaways," Chef picks Chris up and rocks him tenderly like a baby.
- In "Zeke and Ye Shall Find", when Chris and the other contestants get captured by Feral Zeke, the only person Chef is worried — and we're talking deeply worried — for is Chris.
- Then there's "The Chefshank Redemption" in which Chris pretty much unsuccessfully tries to ask Chef out on a date with all the awkwardness that comes with it.Chris: So, you've ever seen that prison flick? The one with the guy in it, you know, the guy with the face? (Chris refers to himself here. Chef doesn't bite) So, are you doing anything after work? We could always rent a... or not. I was busy... anyway. Very busy. ...Just throwing it out there.
- In the intro for the 2023 season, instead of the usual clip of the main couple for the season gazing at each other over the campfire, Chef and Chris are shown gazing at each other instead.
- In one of the new episodes Chris makes a rainbow coloured breakfast for the campers while wearing the hat and apron from Chef's usual outfit...
- In the episode “Soar Losers” after Wayne gets launched into the sky by a tightrope, Chris and Chef are seen in a hot air balloon. Chris tells Chef that he wanted a combat helicopter to oversee the challenge with Chef remarking that he get the balloon under the recommendation of the salesman because the hot air balloon was more “romantic”. The hot air balloon shown in this episode is colored pink with hearts printed all over it and Chris and Chef are the only occupants in it with Chris embarrassed over the balloon.
- In general their dynamic in the 2023 season has changed with Chef becoming more of a co-host alongside Chris rather than his lackey. Chef shows an almost parent-like concern and protectiveness towards the campers in contrast to Chris acting like a standard zany sitcom dad.
- Duncan and Harold:
- While pantsing Harold in "One Flu Over the Cuckoos", he remains behind Harold with an incredibly satisfied look on his face.
- Using Harold to pad his landing in "3:10 to Crazytown", he's wearing the same satisfied look and appears to be holding Harold's butt. He also knocks Harold out of his barrel shower later in the same episode, seeing him naked in the process.
- The pair's conflict reaches a new breaking point in "Full Metal Drama" where they butt heads over the leadership role of their team, before Harold gets Duncan to admits some respect for him and work together to defeat the other team. After they compliment each other for their victory, they are both driven to tears when they find their prize is an empty box and drove them to such emotional lengths for nothing.
- Duncan is genuinely scared for Harold's safety when he is pursued by wooly beavers in "One Million Bucks B.C." as soon as he realizes they're real animals and aren't show-controlled animatronics.
- The entirety of their interactions in "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen"; including Duncan catching Harold's hand when the latter almost drops his tea, the two agreeing to split the prize at the end of the episode and essentially burying the hatchet, and even Duncan's laughing at Harold's attraction to Leshawna is more a dig aimed at Leshawna than Harold himself. Duncan also smiles and says he's proud of Harold for giving him a black eye and besting him, saying the student became the teacher.
- Justin and Noah:
- When the cast bus falls off a cliff in the Action special, Justin is hugging Noah.
- There was that crack about "so we meet again" from Noah to Justin in the Island special, which seemed odd considering they'd never interacted before. This, combined with the fact that Justin and Noah are two contestants frequently thought to be gay by the fan base, inspired a lot of theories that the two had a thing at Playa Des Losers.
- Noah and Cody:
- In Episode The Big Sleep, Noah and Cody can be seen sleeping next to each other, Noah kissing Cody's ear in his sleep. Cody wakes up and looks at Noah, smiling.
- In the Total Drama Action special, while the contestants wait for help, Noah can be seen sleeping near Cody.
- Later, Noah and Cody can be seen sleeping together, Noah sleeping on Cody's lap (as pictured above).
- The two are often seen near each other in TDI and TDWT.
- Duncan seemed a little too happy about holding onto Noah's lip in the first episode. His only other interaction with Noah was pantsing him in the Island special. Not just pulling his pants down, but pulling them completely off, and then staring at them for a few seconds.
- Owen and Noah:
- Owen saying that he'd win the game for Noah definitely qualifies as a Heartwarming Moment.
- Owen's quest to make Noah laugh in "I See London"Owen: I'd like to top his honor roll!...D-Did that sound creepy?
- Owen's pretty quick to hug Noah for warmth, after Noah's rejected by Bridgette in "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better"Owen: You can cuddle me, buddy!
- While they are just friends, it should be noted that Owen seemed to be more distraught over the loss of Noah than the loss of Izzy, his (ex-)girlfriend. While Izzy may have gotten a whole song dedicated to her, Owen was worried about Noah up until he himself was eliminated!
- In "African Lying Safari", when escaping quicksand Duncan hugs Alejandro around his shoulders and lays directly on top of him, not to mention they stay like that for quite a while and Duncan doesn't seem to mind the position.
- In the episode "Hawaiian Style" Harold gushes about Cody."Cody's a deer. And not just for his big blue eyes and tiny tail."
- "African Lying Safari" has Ezekiel lying on top of Duncan, both of them fast asleep from the tranquilizer gun.
- The relationship between Lindsay and Beth. They went on vacation together to Paris and were seen holding hands while jumping off a tower to get on a horse in "3:10 To Crazy Town".Beth: I'll miss your fruity lip goop!
- Heather behaved a lot like a stalker towards Courtney in "One Million Bucks B.C" as she spent a huge portion of the episode attempting to acquire a lock of Courtney's hair. She succeeds in doing this when she sneaks into the confessional while Courtney is inside.
- In the episode "If You Can't Take The Heat", Heather orders Beth to switch places with Leshawna during the cooking challenge and while Beth tries to walk over to where Heather ordered her, Leshawna blocks Beth from walking and places her hand on Beth's chest.
- Heather attaches another cable to Gwen's skirt during the rock climbing portion of the trust challenge and uses the cable to rip off Gwen's skirt completely to reveal her underwear while enjoying it.
- Gwen and Courtney:
- "Heroes Vs Villains" had Gwen giving flowers to Courtney (although Courtney was allergic to them)...to apologize for kissing Duncan, of course. Seriously, Gwen seems more interested in getting Courtney's forgiveness than her relationship with Duncan in All-Stars.
- Gwen outright states that the only reason she decided to participate in All-Stars was to make up with Courtney, and she's devastated because she doesn't think it will happen. Courtney's defenses slip for a moment after she overheard this.
- In "Suckers Punched", Gwen and Courtney have to fight each other in the challenge but refuse to do so due to their reigniting friendship. Chris then uses various clips of Duncan and Gwen kissing to anger Courtney enough so that she attacks Gwen. Gwen fights back and the two girls end up battered and bruised. Gwen eventually admits she only wanted to make things better with Courtney, and Courtney responds that she had gotten over Duncan and never truly missed him after World Tour but had actually missed Gwen. They then collapse to their knees out of exhaustion and embrace each other, saying that they're "friends forever".
- In "You Regatta Be Kidding Me", Gwen saves Courtney from falling in the water. Courtney thanks her, exclaiming "I almost got my hair wet!" They then start complimenting each other's hair, leaning closer and closer to each other with huge smiles on their faces, before being interrupted by Chris.
- In "Sundae, Muddy Sundae", the way Courtney looks at Gwen is the exact same way she looks at Duncan in the Action intro.
- Sadie and Katie are extremely close and are seen hugging quite a lot in Island. In "The Sucky Outdoors", they each have a moment of gushing over how pretty the other girl is. They also bicker Like an Old Married Couple on occassion with it being prominent in " The sucky outdoors". There is also one moment where they both agree to pee in the bushes... Together. While gleefully chuckling to themselves.
- DJ's mom has a very different design between her photo in his audition tape and her appearance in "Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special". Retcon, or does DJ, in fact, have two mothers?
- When Alejandro helps Noah into the boat in "Newf Kids on the Rock," Noah has an uncharacteristically tender smile
◊ on his face. - In "The Very Last Episode, Really!", whilst physically blocking Justin after Heather uses his good looks to distract the finalists, Trent calls him an "incredibly hot mancandy".Trent: Gwen! Ignore the incredibly hot mancandy and keep walking!
Generation 2
- While Anne Maria has confirmed feelings only for Vito, during "Backstabbers Ahoy!", she goes from frowning to smiling when Svetlana comes out and gives her Pre Ass Kicking One Liner.
- When the giant spider in "Finders Creepers" captures Scott and Sam, they are the only two contestants to be wrapped up together, tightly and on top of one another. This causes Sam to comment that he is "definitely overstimulated".
- In “Truth or Laser Shark”, when Sam says to Scott “You kissed a gentleman?” Lightning looks away and bites his lip as if he’s hiding something, possibly indicating that he himself kisses men.
- In “The Enchanted Franken-Forest”, Lightning makes a punching bag of Cameron and takes a bite out of its face right in front of Cameron. While this was meant to show that he wants to destroy Cameron, many fans have joked about Lightning having a “Cameron body pillow” and “kissing” it.
- Even before the season aired, the show released contestant bios that had some interesting answers to the questions they were asked, with both Brick and Lightning saying that their dream date would both be with men: specifically Arthur Nothingchick for Brick and Ike “Springball” Clementine for Lightning. Granted, the “dream date” question is used by many competitors in a non-romantic, “if you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be” question (Zoey says hers would be with her favorite indie band and Staci says hers would be with Richard Nixon, for instance), but it still makes you wonder. Compounded with the fact that neither of them have any sort of love interest on the show, this might lead some to wonder if they are both gay.
Generation 3
- Topher seems a bit obsessed with Chris. Sure, he says it's just because he wants the hosting job, but some of the compliments make you wonder...
- Jasmine and Samey seem to be a very popular pairing, since it seems like Jasmine was the only one (besides Shawn) to ever encourage and be nice to Samey, and Samey thus looks up to her a lot.
- In the episode "I Love You, I Love You Knots", Dave has to kiss a person next to him for a dare. Seated next to him are Sky on the right and Shawn on the left. Dave first looks at Shawn, who makes a run for it, and only then does Dave turn to Sky. Mind that Shawn, as per his confessional, does not object to the kiss but to the risk that Dave is a zombie trying to get close so he can eat his brains.
Generation 4
- While Raj has a Coming-Out Story with Bowie, his intimate friendship with his heterosexual best friend Wayne can raise same eyebrows, especially with a one-off joke mentioning that they share jockstraps. Before the show aired, some fans predicted that they would be the gay couple. Well, they were half right...
- During the incredibly-awkward challenge in "Jurassic Fart", Zee becomes obligated to hold Chase's butt (for a prolonged period of time) for their shared safety. While doing so, Zee compliments Chase's butt, which Chase seems to take well.
- However, after a run-in with a velociraptor, Chase eventually ditches Zee but later sobs profusely about having done so — and upon seeing that Zee's safe, Chase tearfully hugs Zee and apologizes profusely while proclaiming he's the most sorry he's ever been in his life.
- Ripper calls Chase a pretty boy twice in the third episode. Priya also comments in the fourth episode how Ripper and Chase have a bromance going on.
- Zee gives an almost lovesick look as Ripper coaches him on how to do a mating movement to distract a cassowary in "Severe Eggs and Pain".
- Priya and Millie develop a very intimate friendship over the course of the Island reboot season. Priya takes a strong interest in training Millie for the competition, even carrying her up a mountain when training gets too rough. While Millie initially just wants to study Priya's Hilariously Abusive Childhood, she eventually becomes deeply invested in her as a person. In the final couple of episodes, when Priya learns about Millie's psychoanalysis of her and the rest of the cast, Millie is so devastated that she stays up all night crying and is desperate to get Priya's friendship back. When they reconcile, Millie admits that Priya changed the way she sees herself and her research, and they share a tender moment with very loving expressions towards each other.
- The second season has MK and Julia form an alliance with interactions that read very heavily as flirting, with both constantly complementing each other about their skills and deviousness, with Julia outright saying in episode 4 that if "MK's brain drove a cool car, I would totally date it", with date being swapped out for marry in the Italian dub. Episodes 7 and 8 only add further teasing, with MK teasing Julia for "liking her" and suggesting they get one of those two piece heart necklaces, while Julia acts in a very She Is Not My Girlfriend manner when denying her friendship with MK. Then, in the next episode, Julia starts avoiding MK over sabotaging her in the last challenge, to which MK tries to assure her that she doesn't hold it against her in the same way that someone who wanted to assure their SO would over something they may have done.
- In “Choosin For A Bruisin”, after repeatedly getting incorrect answers for the questions and having half her team fall through trap doors early in the challenge, Emma begs Axel to give her another chance. The way Emma begs Axel is by getting on the ground and holding on to Axel’s leg while Axel drags her in a similar way to how a boyfriend drags a pleading girlfriend on the ground after recently breaking up with her.
Generation Mixed
- In All-Stars, Mal calls Alejandro a "handsome jerk". Especially notable because Heather (Alejandro's love interest) has called him the exact same thing.
