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Shipping and Handling: Total Drama Couples

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Shipping and Handling

Feb 5



Key unlocks day five with all sorts of different Total Drama characters

Oh, boy, we're in for a real treat today. We're gonna look at the many ships of Canada's reality survival show parody, Total Drama, as well as its sister series, the Ridonculous Race. While shipping is not the one thing we all tune into this series for, it's a pretty fun and insane one with many key points. And I'm gonna do as many as I can. And I will say this. I just may disagree with a pairing you love, so please don't take it personally.

Canon Couples

Gwent

This was the original power couple of the franchise. Back when the series was still in production, they were originally going to hate each other's guts. But that seemed a little too harsh. So, they changed it up and made them become close to one another. While Gwen was off to be a bit of an annoyed Goth, she at least had a shot with Trent who was a pretty cool guy. Then came Heather's treacherous ploy to kiss him right in front of Gwen to give off the illusion that he was cheating on her. But it was a lie, and Gwen still didn't believe him even in the finale when he was proving the limits he would go to to prove his worth. But whether or not Gwen won, she still gave him a chance.

Sadly, this ship was sunk in Action when they turned Trent into a worry-wart of a boyfriend and thought she would be with Duncan, which I think was a change that was most likely forced. I'll get to that in a few minutes. Not only did this break off a relationship that was perfectly fine, it opened up one that really started a big war not just with the fans, but with a couple of other players. This ship was fine. It didn't need to be tainted the way it was.

Tylindser

So, we have a dumb blonde who had been having some sort of development in the second season and her accident prone jock of a boyfriend who has had little to no screentime until season three. Sure, they didn't have a lot of time together, but it at least came off as something that showed that they did like each other genuinely. Not just for how they looked or acted. They were comfortable with being that someone special in mind. And Tyler was happy to see that she could remember him even after the time they spent apart. A couple with their hearts in the right place, though their brains have been rearranged.

Duncney

Some people like this ship, some people hate it. It's really hard to say how I feel about this one. Duncan once helped Courtney bring out the wild side in her while she was at first disgusted with his lifestyle. But as she caved, she realized how much fun she was having until she was wrongfully eliminated by Harold who wanted to give some retribution for all the taunting Duncan's put him through. And Courtney did get her revenge, and she seemed rather fond of Duncan at first and they both tried to hide their feelings for one another. That is until Action came along and had Gwuncan begin to start getting closer, and then Courtney stepped in by suing the show if they don't throw her in to play. And she was getting back at Duncan for not being a very loyal boyfriend to her, and the ship was really starting to sink to the bottom of the sea when World Tour came around and Courtney and Gwen got on the same team and then...well, let me explain it in the next couple. One that I don't agree with very much.

Gwuncan

This...had to be the most forced couple in the franchise. Duncan became a character that has turned himself into a lying cheating two-timing womanizer that he would be happy to make out with both Gwen and Courtney. After he quit the show, they brought him back and Chris forced him to compete again and sing a lot more often to miss out on all the songs he missed. He makes out with Gwen which makes Courtney go after GWEN because they were trying to be friends just so she can have Duncan all to herself! Shouldn't she go after someone she should label as her ex-boyfriend instead? And thankfully, when came the most often labeled worst season of the series, All-Stars, came about, Gwen saw that Duncan was trying to get Courtney jealous and officially ended it. What didn't help was Sierra's Gwuncan page that got Courtney to really want to kill Gwen who wanted to make amends with her. So, if you ask me, not only is Duncan overrated, I think he really blew his chances at getting a good girlfriend. And now, one of them is gonna destroy the other just to have him.

Bridgeoff

Bridgette is my Total Drama waifu and if she were to ever break up with Geoff, I wouldn't mind comforting her. But I can see that she and Geoff have something special. And that's really great. At first, Geoff didn't know how to say the right words, and Bridgette did think he was a nice guy. Just like with Lindsay and Tyler, they didn't like each other for their looks. They liked each other because they could see something special inside of them. Of course, this pairing went too far with them constantly making out and getting the boot at the start of the second season. For that, they're put on a little show that tells what happens after the contestants got eliminated. And Geoff let the fame go a little to his head to the point where Bridgette was close to breaking up with him. But he soon gets a reality check and tells her she's more important in his life than his power hungry celebrity status. Of course, it was in trouble again when Bridgette...MADE OUT WITH ALEJANDRO WHO TEMPTED HER! Yeah, I really wish the writers wouldn't have done that. They love the drama almost as much as Chris does. And Bridgette tries to sing as her apology, Blaineley tries to keep the ship from resurfacing in anyway she can but they ultimately forgive each other and they're back together. And Geoff wanted Bridgette to compete with him in the Ridonculous Race, but she was busy in a surfing tournament in Australia. It's just too bad she didn't get a cameo, which I griped about before. This is probably the strongest couple thus far.

Alejather

This one really went up and down in Alejandro's debut. Trying to sympathize with Heather for the pain she suffered in the last two seasons and trying to outdo his brother Jose, he at the same time tries to get together with Heather who was starting to feel a little smitten with him, but also used that to her advantage to try to get him out of the game, which ultimately fails. They end up in the finals and it looks like they share a passionate kiss only for Heather to knock him back and get her chance at winning the million, but either way, it doesn't end happily because of what happened to Ezekiel. They return together in All-Stars where Alejandro decides to betray her and get her eliminated instead in one of the team challenges. And they come back in the finale to help out Mal and it looks like they're back together only to ultimate break up after they fail to win the million under Chris's new sudden death race. So, probably not sure they're coming back.

Coderra

Cody originally liked Gwen until she got paired up with Trent. Which he didn't mind eventually and saw that they did make a nice pair. Even if Gwen was dating another guy, Cody still saw her as a great friend and hoped she would win the first season. But then came their return in World Tour and Cody meets Sierra, his biggest and scariest fan ever who is so aroused by her, she goes right into super uncomfortable just about Yandere levels of insanity. She'll fake sadness just to make him admit that he'll take her obsessive clingy demeanor over her depressing one any day. And during a staged wedding, she claims it a real one and acts as if they really are married. But then comes his birthday when he realizes that Sierra remembered and even he forgot. This causes them to become really close friends, despite what happens next with the dumbest move by the writers that season. Sierra returned in All-Stars and...for some reason saw Cody inside of Cameron. Just when it seemed like she was over it, it came back. I used to think this was pretty funny, but then I started to ween a little from this. Now, I feel sorry for Cameron there.

Harshawna

This is one of the more underrated couples that my friend Rebekah just loves and hopes is still happening. Harold is a bit of a dork, Leshawna is a sassy girl, and Harold would do anything to win her over. She's not as uncomfortable about it as some of the other girls are with some of their guys, but she did see him as just a friend, but she still liked him. They shared a kiss after all. Then came a moment where she faked crying to get a fun day with her relatives. My friend came up with a theory that the reason she did this was to get approval from her overbearing father that Harold is a great and sweet guy that she wants to date and hopes that he'll approval of it, and maybe he does. It's a good theory in a way, but still, it's hard to tell what the writers will say about it. They do seem to be on good terms. Just not as a couple yet. But I wouldn't mind seeing a dork with a hot girl. It has to happen more often.

Izzen

Oh, Owen. Is there no end to your mixed fandom who loves you for your funny moments and cheerful attitude but hates you for being a ticking time bomb of noxious fumes? And Izzy, does nobody hate you at all? They seem to be good friends, and they make out at one point in a horror movie survival challenge, but this pairing is definitely the most complex out of all of them. So, I can say it's a very questionable shipping.

Zike

This is a couple that started out well in the fandom but soon enough declined in quality. I think season five had something to do with it. Zoey was a shy girl who people thought was bland with no personality and Mike had a little too much personality. But the two of them seemed to really see a lot of each other and wanted to give it a try. But Mike's MPD would often get in the way of it, that is, until he could control it. Then came season five which to me was a really big cop out. When Mike originally conquered his personalities, there was a quick glimpse at what looked like an evil personality, and I think that was just an animation error that the people decided to roll with and thus create Mal, the most unoriginal villain in the franchise. He sealed off Mike's other personalities and tried to do away with the others, as well as Zoey. And what was Mike's victory over them? Well, let's just say it's on levels of stupid with the ending of Earthworm Jim 3D. The two of them are a nice couple, but I can see why it's not a well liked one.

Sakota/Dam

Like I said with Harshawna, we need to see more dorks getting the hot girls. And this is the epitome of that. For one thing, it starts off with the hot girl trying to veer as far away from the dork as possible until she starts to open up to him and help him out a couple of times. And she sees him as nice compared to some of the other people. And when she's turned into a mutant, Sam doesn't care. The Dakotazoid is just the right kind of gal for him. Now, if Dakota ever had the ability to change forms, that would be something to see. They should really make it a thing.

Scottney

I'll admit, I didn't really watch much of this season, more like only half of it, but I have heard that this two tried to be a couple at first. And it was a way to give Scott a bit of development after his evil nature in the previous season he was in, and Courtney could have originally used it to get back at Duncan. Again, I admit to not watching much of All-Stars, since it did seem to slip in quality, so I don't have much to say on this one.

Jashawn

So, we have this one guy who is obsessed with protecting himself from a zombie apocalypse and an Aussie amazon who can really survive out there. Sounds like a match made in heaven to me. And they do seem to enjoy hanging out at first. That is, until Shawn is tricked into attacking Jasmine because he stupidly believes his teammate who says she's a zombie now and thus she decides to hate his guts for that fiasco. Shawn tries to prove his worth to her only for her to try to spit on it. But when he saves her from the others who are succumbed to severe stomach poisoning because Chris had been flanderized into a sadistic drama loving ratings harvester, she forgives him and sees that he really is a great man, even seeing him take down a ton of robots that act like zombies. Everything seems fine until the finals where Chris, being the sadist that he is now, reveals that Shawn was having second thoughts on splitting the prize money with Jasmine so they could both fulfill their dreams as he believes he needs every penny, and the hatred returns. But in the end, she is more worried about his well-being and gets back together with him. At least in his ending. Not sure if it happens in Sky's. Which reminds me.

Skave

Boy, is this one a doozy. Dave gets a little too obsessed with Sky and starts going out of his way to make it look like he is playing hard to get, but Sky does see something in Dave. But she doesn't feel interested in him at the same time. Dave gets more whiny the more Sky turns him down and when he gets eliminated and comes back, it's revealed that Sky had a boyfriend named Keith in her audition tape which we didn't get to see before that episode. As for Shawn's...well, it was never uploaded. And thus, Dave goes out of his way to try to hinder and even flat out kill Sky just because she didn't tell him about her boyfriend before. She planned to break up with him before the show, but it didn't come out that way. So, Jashawn, I can go with. Skave, not so much.

Brodarthur

This one is a bit of a pairing that came out of nowhere. Brody starts to get a little attracted to tough cop MacArthur who is a bit flattered, though not interested at first. This doesn't really go too far in relationship status, but Brody did seem willing to protect her from any threats that would be too great for her. And after their elimination, he drowns his sorrows in burritos and puts on a little weight, which he shrugs off by the time of the finale. In the Surfers' ending, she is even so impressed with them winning, she'll give Brody a chance. Not sure if there would be any implications of the Cadets' ending is the canon one once Canada finishes this up, but we'll see for real in the future if they bring them both back.

Devarrie

Best friends who eventually become a couple. Need I really say more about this? They were great and shared their fair share of bumps in the road, but it isn't that memorable. We all saw it coming. That's it.

Nemma

Now this is the power couple of the first season of the new chapter of the franchise. We have Noah, the snarky wisecracking adorkable guy and the law school student and serious sister of the two, Emma. One amazing moment from Emma has Noah smitten with her and causes him to do what he can to win her over. After saving her life, they start to connect a little more. But they also have to focus on the race as well. Emma eventually gets into levels of obsessive mode herself when she starts gushing more about Noah and thinking less about the race. This causes her to break off their alliance and Noah is understandably devastated and crushed by this, leaving Owen to try to cheer him up. When the two buddies get eliminated, Emma decides to win it for Noah and save their relationship, but not before letting him go with a kiss. And even though the sisters ultimate lose, which a lot of fans were rightfully pissed off about, Emma did at least still have Noah to look forward to when she gets home. And they are seen gazing into each other's eyes after everything they had struggled through. So, it shows that they are strong in their hearts and nothing will tear them apart. Definitely a ship in the makings.

Fanon Couples

NoCo

It was just one accidental kiss played for laughs! Nemma pretty much sunk this one! Good riddance!

Scawn/Dott

Why do people like this couple so much? Dawn didn't really see much in Scott and knew he framed her in the episode of her elimination.

Kickey

Sure. I think this couple might actually work well if the Adversity Twins and Sisters come back in a future season. Mickey looked like he enjoyed having a girl bond with him a little bit.

Justowen

I don't really see this talked about much, but I have seen the hints of Owen being aroused by him, especially when this guy first arrived. And they did hug together when they got to stay. But not much else to say about this.

Scarlax

One who tries to be evil and one who is evil. Scarlet doesn't want anything to do with Max, and Max is not sure how to approach her now. But hey, if they can work their evil brains together, or at least if Scarlet can try to get Max to be truly evil, it could work.

Kellane

If Dwayne is suffering from marital problems like I originally thought, and Kelly and her husband have different views of approaching and raising their daughter, and both of these two get a divorce, it could be worth a shot. Plus, if Chet and Lorenzo could learn to get along as stepsiblings, maybe Taylor and Dwayne Jr. can do the same. It's just probably not likely to happen, sadly.

And there you have it. So many different ships of Total Drama. I hope you all understand my point of view on some of these. You may not agree with it, but an understanding and an agreement are two different things. I just hope that we don't lose anymore good pairings in future seasons to the demonic spawn that is Chris McLean and his love for drama. Unless Don comes back because at least he's sane and probably a shipper. Just like us viewers.

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Something a little extra in today's installment of Shipping and Handling. I tackle the many couples that are in the Total Drama franchise. Some I love, some I hate, others I feel neutral toward. While shipping is not the prime of the show, it does often play as key points and I point out which ones work and which do not.

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That was interesting.  One thing, though.  After Sierra's 'Gwuncan' blog lead to Gwen and Courtney boxing for a bit, they eventually come to terms with what happened, admit that their friendship means more to them than Duncan, and patched things up.  Granted, the show totally botched that up by the end of season, but nothing about the way it was handled suggested that Duncan was involved.  More like their recently-rebuilt friendship was sabotaged by outside forces who messed with their minds, brought out the worst in them, and forced negative traits just to break them up.  As for who would do that, well only 1 suspect comes to mind that likes seeing them suffer and has the motive to ruin a good friendship, the connections needed to make that happen, and the inside-access that would help him plan it out.