Jacques

Jacques was a Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race contestant and one of the main antagonists as a member of The Ice Dancers with Josee.
== Personality ==
Jacques is a Canadian figure skater, whose dream is to win the gold at the Olympics. When he finally got the chance, he unintentionally dropped his partner face-first on the ice, and the two became national embarrassments. They are conniving performers who signed up for the race to prove that they are still winners. The two will do whatever it takes to guarantee a victory all while flashing a show-ready smile, to which he and Josee often do throughout the show.
While just as determined to come in first as Josee, he is not as obsessed as she is and tries to be the voice of reason, making him a lesser of two evils. However, he is not above sabotaging other teams and usually goes along with Josee's demands, taking the brunt of most of the abuse. Bahamarama shows that Jacques may have some hidden depths, indicating that he wants to explore new pursuits aside from ice skating. He can rebel against Josee if he wants, and may not care for being malicious the way Josee does.
== Trivia ==
=== Comparisons ===
* Jacques is one of the characters who serve as a "pain magnet" of a particular season, who is injured excessively as part of a running gag. He does so in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race.
** The other characters to do so are Owen in Total Drama Island, Harold in Total Drama Action, Tyler in Total Drama World Tour, Brick in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, Scott in Total Drama All-Stars, Max and Dave in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island, Cody in Total DramaRama, Chase in Total Drama Island (2023), and Damien in Total Drama Island (2024).
* Jacques and Josee are two of several characters to possess theme music, along with Alejandro, Brick, Crimson, Duncan, Dwayne, Ennui, Izzy, Jay, Justin, Lindsay, Max, Mickey, most of Mike's personalities, Owen, Rock, Scary Girl, Spud, and Sugar. In their case, it is a trumpet theme.
* Jacques is one of four contestants who was shown to have armpit hair; the others are Chet, Eva, and Owen.
* Jacques is the only contestant to speak in every episode of Ridonculous Race.
* Jacques is one of 14 characters to have visible abs, the others being Alejandro, Brody, Caleb, Chef Hatchet, Chris, Devin, DJ, Don, Geoff, Justin, Lightning, Mike, and Ryan.