Lightning

Rudolph "Lightning" Jackson was a camper and one of the finalists of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island as a member of the Toxic Rats. He later returned as a camper for Total Drama All-Stars as a member of the Villainous Vultures.
== Personality ==
Lightning is an ultra-competitive jock who values winning above everything else. He is very vain and egotistical, constantly referring to himself in the third person, using the prefix "sha-" in front of his words, and often shown kissing his biceps. He is also quite selfish and always puts his own interests above everyone else's. Such an example is when he betrays Cameron on the agreement they made in Eat, Puke and Be Wary because he was slowing him down. Another is when he was more focused on winning in the finale than rescuing the others from the dangerous mutant animals, which had accidentally been unleashed into the colosseum. Lightning is actually very good at sports, showing he can somewhat back up his boasting. However, despite his athletic prowess and physical strength, he is rather unintelligent and quite stubborn. For example, in Evil Dread, he is adamant about digging wherever he wants, uselessly shoveling up Lake Wawanakwa to find pieces located in the water. Lightning also possesses an inability to recognize the genders of contestants like Jo and Cameron, even if they tell him otherwise. His lack of intelligence made him an easy target for many manipulative contestants such as Jo and Scott.
=== Comparisons ===
* Lightning is the second contestant overall (and the first male contestant) in Total Drama to win in the United States but not in Canada, the first being Heather.
* Lightning is one of the few characters who possess more than one main design, with his original design with brown hair, and his later design with white hair. Other characters include Heather, Ezekiel, Mike, Dakota, Sierra, Scarlett, Staci, and Chef Hatchet.
* Lightning is one of the eight male characters to have piercings, the others being Alejandro, B, Bowie, Caleb, Damien, Duncan, and Ennui.
* Lightning is the second newcomer to have a conflict with one of the veterans with the first being Cameron who had a conflict with Izzy.
* Lightning is one of nine contestants who are known by their nicknames, the others being DJ, Blaineley, B, Samey, Scary Girl, MacArthur, MK and Zee.
* Lightning, B, Bowie, Caleb, Cameron, Chef Hatchet, Damien, Justin, Leonard, and Ryanare the only males to have prominent lips.
* According to Fresh TV, Lightning is one of the twelve characters whose full name has been revealed (Rudolph Jackson, with "Lightning" being a nickname), the others being Alejandro, Blaineley, Brick, Cameron, Chris, Cody, Dakota, DJ, Harold, MacArthur and Nichelle.
** Lightning is the only one whose full name has been revealed by a staff member, not via the show.
* Lightning is the second contestant in Total Drama history to win the reward of choosing who will be eliminated next, as he did so in The Enchanted Franken-Forest, with the first being Scott.
* Lightning is the first male runner-up of a season in Canada.
** In addition, he is one of the six male contestants to have been the runner-up in Canada. The others are Shawn, Geoff, Brody, Bowie, and Caleb.
* Lightning is one of the three contestants who compete in Total Drama All-Stars to never be in a relationship of any sort at any point in the series. The others are Cameron and Jo.
* B and Lightning are the only male contestants of the second generation to have piercings.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* According to Refresh blog, Lightning had a friend nicknamed Thunderbolt, but they stopped being friends because they were tired of people yelling "Mamma Mia." Their names and "Mamma Mia" is a reference to the song, Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen.
* According to Lightning's Total Drama: Revenge of the Island biography, his favorite colors are yellow and blue, both of which are on his jersey.
** Also stated in his biography, Lightning's favorite food is protein shakes.
* Segments of Lightning's speech in his audition tape is an extract of a confessional he did in Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er! and another in Truth or Laser Shark.
** This explains why, in his audition tape, he speaks as if he's already on the show.
* Lightning has trouble telling the difference between some contestants' genders.
** He called Cameron a girl in Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er! and Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown.
** It becomes a running gag for Lightning to think Jo is a male throughout the season, until her elimination in Up, Up And Away In My Pitiful Balloon.