Harold

Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V was a camper on Total Drama Island as a member of the Killer Bass. He was also a cast member on Total Drama Action as a member of the Screaming Gaffers. He later competed on Total Drama World Tour as a member of Team Victory. He was seen with the original contestants on a yacht in the first episode of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
== Personality ==
A skinny, awkward-looking guy, Harold takes immense pride in his numerous "mad skills". Although he isn't much to look at and is often disrespected by many of the other contestants, including his own teammates, Harold is actually an incredibly resourceful young man of many talents and has won several challenges, both for himself and his various teams, impressing others in the process. Harold's geeky interests, his somewhat poor personal hygiene and his know-it-all personality often make him an outcast among his fellow contestants and a perfect bullying target for Duncan, although he still gets to make many friends during the competition, even showing himself willing to befriend Heather when everyone dislikes her. Although Duncan hates Harold for his uncool ways and Harold hates Duncan for his bad attitude, it appears the two have a begrudging respect for one another at the same time. A telling confessional Harold makes in One Million Bucks B.C.points out that both are willing to put their differences aside when forced to work together.
In Total Drama Island, Harold develops a crush on Leshawna, and although she is initially put off by the strange boy, she eventually comes to see him as a true and loyal friend. He has an interest in music, as evidenced by his skills in beatboxing, keyboard, and rapping. Harold is one of four boys to be in The Drama Brothers and sometimes interrupted the songs in Total Drama World Tour to add his own hip-hop section. Harold is also known to be very confident in his knowledge and will not hesitate to correct other contestants, or even Chris if they present information that is false or inaccurate.
== Trivia ==
=== Comparisons ===
* Harold is one of the twelve characters whose full names have been revealed (Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V), the others being Alejandro, Blaineley, Brick, Cameron, Chris, Cody, Dakota, DJ, Lightning, MacArthur, and Nichelle.
* Harold 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 serves this role in Total Drama Action.
** The other characters to do so are Owen in Total Drama Island (2007), 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, Jacques and Devin in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Cody in Total DramaRama, Chase in Total Drama Island (2023), and Damien in Total Drama Island (2024).
** He has been injured about sixty times, more than any other contestant, making him the most unfortunate contestant in the show.
** He has also been injured in the groin more than any other character, with fifteen onscreen. This is more shown on various Aftermath videos.
* Harold is the fourth person to vote for themselves, the others being, Gwen, DJ, Dave, and Lindsay.
* Harold is one of the eight contestants who have freckles, along with Courtney, Laurie, Leonard, Miles, Rodney, Sanders, and Scott.
* Harold, along with Chris, Courtney, DJ, and Owen appear in a Cartoon Network parody called "Total Drama Reality."
* Harold is the third contestant to quit the show, the first two being DJ and Duncan.
* Harold is one out of three characters to have rapped on the show, the others being Ezekieland Gwen.
* Harold is one of the few contestants who are known to be able to play an instrument. In his case, it is the keytar and tuba. The others are Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Gwen, and Trent.
* Harold is one of the few characters to have had his weight revealed, as Leshwana's World Tour biography reveals he weighs ninety-eight pounds, which equals 44kg. The other characters to do so are Owen and Cameron.
* Harold is one of seven of the original contestants to share a voice actor with a new contestant, the other being Courtney, DJ, Katie, Lindsay, Noah, and Owen.
* Harold is one of the few boys on Total Drama to have more than one girl attracted to him. He was in a relationship with Leshawna, and Beth was attracted to him in 2008: A Space Owen. The others are Trent, Justin, Alejandro, Duncan, Mike, and Dave.
* Harold is one of only three contestants to compete in the first three seasons to not have an individual cameo appearance in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the others being Leshawna and Courtney.
** However, according to Todd Kauffman, Harold and Leshawna, along with Tyler were originally supposed to make an appearance, but they were cut from the final release.
* Harold is one of seven contestants to speak multiple languages, the others being Ezekiel, Crimson, Ennui, Alejandro, Noah, and Sky.
* Harold is one of a number of contestants who wear glasses, with the others being Beth, Cameron, Ellody, Mary, Miles, Sam, Scarlett, and Tom.
* Harold is one of a few characters to have their name referenced in an episode title, the others being Chef Hatchet, Courtney, Chris, Bridgette, Ezekiel, Owen, Scarlett, and Sky. In his case, it is Super Hero-ld.
* Harold is one of six characters known to role-play. The others are Leonard, Noah, Sam, Sierra, and Tammy.
* Harold is one of nineteen male characters to have facial hair, with the others being Alejandro, B, Beardo, Chef, Chet, Chris, Damien, Devin, DJ, Duncan, Ezekiel, Gerry, Lorenzo, Pete, Sam, Shawn, Spud, and Wayne.
* Harold is one of four characters to have tan lines, with the others being Owen, Ezekiel, and Ripper.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* Harold's guilty pleasure music includes Devo, Barenaked Ladies, Weezer, and Blondie as confirmed by his voice actor.
* Throughout the series, Harold alludes to having many medical conditions and ailments:
** He has numerous allergies, though the only confirmed ones are crab apples and gummi slugs.
** Harold once mentions that he has contracted over three hundred diseases and been cured of most of them.
** Harold once stubbed his toe and waited in the Emergency Room for thirteen hours until a doctor finally told him that he wouldn't have to amputate, to which his oldest brother called him an over-exaggerating, melodramatic fret-bucket.
** When Harold was born, his kidneys were in the wrong place, as his left kidney was where the right one should have been, and vice versa.
** In Not So Happy Campers—Part 1, he mentions to Chef Hatchet that he gets hypoglycemic if he does not get enough sugar daily.
* Harold seems to know some form of martial arts, having performed several poses throughout Total Drama Island, although during the said season, he appears mostly inept at it. He apparently has some kind of strength at it, though, as shown in Monster Cash (he knocks out Trent with a karate chop). His combat skills are even further improved thanks to the training he received from Duncan in Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen whereby the end he was capable of knocking out Duncan with a punch, and overwhelming Sasquatchanakwa with kicks to the face. He has also shown proficiency with a few weapons, such as his nunchucks and yo-yos.
* Harold has learned several of his skills from camps owned by a man named Steve at various camps. To date he has mentioned:
** Magic Steve's Magical Magic Camp, where he spent three summers and learned the 'Phantasm Ball' trick (putting a sheet-covered soccer ball on a fishing pole).
** Picky Steve's Lock Picking Camp where he was captain and learned to open a combo lock.
** Inventive Steve's Junior Inventors Gizmo League, of which he was a founding member.
** Medieval Steve's Medieval Camp, who makes his favorite lunch stew.
** Sensei Steve's Feudal Japanese Summer Camp, where he learned everything he knows about Japan.
** Magic Steve's Circus and Aeronautics Camp, where he did a summer of animal training.
** He has also mentioned going to computer camp and pirate camp, though does not specify if they are Steve affiliates.
* Harold has 43 confessionals in Total Drama Action, the most out of everyone.
* It is interesting to note that, in Total Drama Action, Harold has helped vote off all three girls that he has a possible attraction to.
* Confirmed on the official Total Drama World Tour website, Harold's favorite skills are all of them. It also hints that he believes in aliens, as he believes that keeping tin foil on one's head keeps them away.
* Harold revealed in a confessional that he owns a teapot collection and wears a wizard's cape while playing solitaire.
* In Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1, Harold is shown to have a knowledge of Egyptian language, or at least the numbers.
* During Before We Die, Harold states that he wants to be a ninja with throwing stars.
** Strangely, he said that he is afraid of ninjas in Phobia Factor.
* Harold was the first contestant on Total Drama Island to leave with his luggage.
* In a JZProductions26 interview Harold's voice actor Brian Froud confirms that he is a gamer and went to a Steve camp teaching him to be good at it.
* Harold is the only contestant to have some sort of role in every Total Drama Aftermath song.
* Harold considers his first job to be a paper route where he would deliver photocopied journal pages of facts he found on the internet, called the Harold Herald.
* Harold has been kissed in two episodes he was eliminated in.
* The number five has something to do with all of Harold's eliminations:
** He ranked 5th on his team in Total Drama Island and Total Drama World Tour if Eva didn't return in the former season.
** In Total Drama Action, he ranked 5th overall.
** Due to this, he has only ever been eliminated in the presence of four other people.
* Interestingly, in every season he competed, Harold always left in an episode with the number three:
** He was eliminated in Total Drama Island in the thirteenth episode.
** He was eliminated in Total Drama Action in the twenty-third episode.
** He quit Total Drama World Tour in the third episode.
*** He's also one of two contestants with such record, with the other being Millie.