Rudolph Jackson

Rudolph Jackson, also known as Lightning and The Athletic Overachiever, is a character from the Total Drama series.
== Charactah Account ==
Lightning is your classic jerk jock, one whose incredible arrogance and boastfulness are legitimately backed up by his strength and athleticism. As competitive as he is though, his intelligence is at the opposite end of the scale when compared to his ego and physical prowess.
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 most 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 make 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 stadium.
Lightning also possesses an inability to recognize the genders of contestants like Jo and Cameron, even if they tell him otherwise. This lack of intelligence makes him easily manipulated by contestants such as Jo and Scott. 
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Total Drama All-Stars
* Total DramaRama Season 3
* Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
== Trivia ==
* 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 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 six contestants who are known by their nicknames, the others being DJ, Blaineley, B, Samey and MacArthur.
* Lightning, Chef Hatchet, Justin, Cameron, B, Leonard, and Ryan are the only males to have prominent lips.
* According to Fresh TV, Lightning is one of the ten contestants whose full name has been revealed (Rudolph Jackson, with "Lightning" being a nickname), the others being Alejandro, Blaineley, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Dakota, DJ, Harold, and MacArthur.
** 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.
* 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.
* Counting Owen's ending, Lightning is the only contestant to become the highest ranking member of his team in a season, and then become the lowest ranking member of his team in the next.
** However, in Gwen's ending, he is the second person, as in her ending, Gwen was the highest ranking member of her team but the lowest in Total Drama Action.
* Lightning is the only member of the Toxic Rats who made it to the merge that did not change teams.
* 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.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Lightning at Total Drama Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:Total Drama