Ezekiel (Total Drama)

Ezekiel is a contestant on Total Drama. He is a semi-prominent character within the series and popular with fans. Unique to Ezekiel amongst every other Total Drama character is that, during Total Drama: World Tour, he became what the show and fans dub Feral!Ezekiel. Feral!Ezekiel and regular, non-feral Ezekiel are practically different characters on how they behave and relate to Total Drama's cast.
== Common Ezekiel-specific Tropes ==
Trans!Ezekiel has been popularized with slimeys0daa's Zeke in Action AU. Zeke in Action AU is a multimedia fanwork spread across several posts popular on Tumblr and TikTok. Autistic!Ezekiel is also common.
Ezekiel is also commonly the protagonist of Competition Fic and Redemption stores. Kobold's interpretation of his character influenced widespread fanon regarding him for over a decade, seemingly only in 2023 being replaced more with slimeysodaa's interpretation and similar interpretations from other fans.
Ezekiel's Fanon Personal Name is often Miller. This comes from Comeback, though Fannish Drift means much of Total Drama fandom do not know this is where the name came from. In Total Roblox Drama, he is called Zeeke. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame, as this name is a variation of his canonical nickname.
His appreciation days are June 21st (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and August 16th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
== Feral!Ezekiel ==
For context, Ezekiel is one of the most underutilized characters in Total Drama's cast, being eliminated first both time's he's competed. Before Kobold, he was rarely written about at all and considered largely a blank slate. What was known about him was that he was a misogynist, similar to Duncan, though Island's special episode implied that he'd change for the better as a person since being eliminated. After the success of Comeback, fans, particularly writers, were interested in expanding upon his character as seen specifically in that fanfic, popularizing fanon interpretation. Ezekiel became one of the most popular Total Drama characters for writers.
Meanwhile, Total Drama's showrunners were seemingly unaware of this fanon while writing World Tour. In that season, Ezekiel was convinced he'd win and annoyed the other competitors, again being eliminated first. He stayed on the plane secretly and "lived among the rats," becoming "feral" as a result. Fans were divided about this then and now regarding whether this aspect added to the show or removed from it, as Ezekiel is still feral as of Total Drama: All-Stars. While fanworks are made for Feral!Ezekiel, most are him before this point. Many AUs for World Tour may have him recovering from this by the end of the work, such as in Slippery Slopes, or write out this plot point entirely.
In early Total Drama, this form of Ezekiel was sometimes called "Gollumschool."As seen in My guide to the Total Drama fandom
== Other Ships of Note ==
All pairings featuring Ezekiel are rarepairs.
Ezekiel is most commonly shipped with Bridgette, forming Bridgette/Ezekiel. This ship was popularized by former Total Drama BNF The Kobold Necromancer and fellow Total Drama big-names on FanFiction.Net during the series' heyday in 2009. Bridgekiel to Paradise focuses on it, and Total Drama Comeback, the most favorited fanfic for Total Drama on FFN, features them being friends. As of 2023, the ship has become largely unknown to the extent searching its ship name on Tumblr and TikTok bring up little results. Ezekiel's second most common ship is with Izzy, forming Ezekiel/Izzy. Like with Bridgette/Ezekiel, Kobold also popularized this one with the success of Comeback, as Ezekiel and Izzy are also friends in the fanfic. Love Ain't Easy, It's Ezzy is by far its most popular fanfic. It is often recommended to new fans of the series and otherwise looked back upon fondly.
Ezekiel's third most common ship is with Harold, forming Ezekiel/Harold. Although Ezekiel/Harold has been shipped since 2007, it only became common to ship around 2021 following a Renaissance within the fandom at large, particularity for its Slash pairings. Total Drama Underdogs by StayOuttaMyShed somewhat popularized this pairing just like Comeback had with Ezekiel's Het pairings, as Ezekiel and Harold are friends in that fic.
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Ezekiel is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Bridgette 	Bridgette/Ezekiel 	Het 	Bridgekiel 	Ezekiel canonically has a crush on Bridgette.
Bridgette 	Bridgette & Ezekiel	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Izzy 	Ezekiel/Izzy 	Het 	Ezzy, Zekizzy	Former TD BNF The Kobold Necromancer liked this pairing.
Izzy 	Ezekiel & Izzy 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Harold 	Ezekiel/Harold 	Slash	TyZeke 	n/a
Harold 	Ezekiel & Harold 	Gen 	n/a 	Fanworks may make the two of them friends.
Tyler 	Ezekiel/Tyler 	Slash	Tyzeke 	Both share a voice actor. Pairing the Spares.
Tyler 	Ezekiel & Tyler 	Gen 	n/a 	Both share a voice actor. Fanworks may make the two of them friends.
Anne Maria	Anne Maria/Ezekiel 	Het 	n/a 	Feral!Ezekiel likes her and may have a crush on her. Anne Maria is from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
Eva 	Eva/Ezekiel 	Het 	Zekeva 	n/a
Eva 	Ezekiel & Eva 	Gen 	n/a 	While Ezekiel was eliminated first, Eva was second.
Justin 	Ezekiel/Justin 	Slash	JustZeke 	Popularized by Zeke in Action AU. Most fanworks for this pairing regard that AU or were inspired by it.
Heather 	Ezekiel/Heather 	Het 	Heathekiel 	Notably included in Comeback.
Heather 	Ezekiel & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Noah 	Ezekiel/Noah 	Slash	n/a 	n/a
Noah 	Ezekiel & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Gwen 	Ezekiel/Gwen 	Het 	n/a 	n/a
Courtney 	Courtney/Ezekiel 	Het 	n/a 	n/a
Courtney 	Courtney & Ezekiel 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Cody 	Cody/Ezekiel 	Slash	n/a 	Both share a voice actor.
Cody 	Cody & Ezekiel 	Gen 	n/a 	Both share a voice actor. Fanworks may make the two of them friends.
Duncan 	Duncan/Ezekiel 	Slash	n/a 	n/a
Duncan 	Duncan & Ezekiel 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Dawn 	Dawn/Ezekiel 	Het 	n/a 	Dawn is from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
== Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, Homeschool and Jock, a community on DeviantArt.
===Fan Fic===
*Total Drama Comeback.
* Total Drama Underdogshttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/8003772/1/Total-Drama-Underdogs by StayOuttaMyShed.
*Bridgekiel to Paradisehttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/5300331/1/Bridgekiel-to-Paradise by The Kobold Necromancer.
* Love Ain't Easy, It's Ezzyhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/4874180/1/Love-Ain-t-Easy-It-s-Ezzy by The Kobold Necromancer.
*, featuring lyrics from Bad Apple and cover art. Focuses on Feral!Ezekiel.
===Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Ezekiel.
*, Feral!Ezekiel fanart.
*, depicting Ezekiel recovering from being feral.
*, fusion AU fanart with Encanto, specifically Ezekiel mixed with Bruno Madrigal.
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===General Fanworks===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
*Zeke in Action AU , an English canon-divergence AU where Ezekiel was eligible for Action. The comic is spread out over several TikTok posts. Eventual Ezekiel/Justin. This AU has produced recursive fanworks itself, mainly in Ezekiel/Justin tags on various social media sites.
*, where Duncan calls Feral!Ezekiel a cat. Made in tdi.comic.studiohttps://tdi.comic.studio/?lang=en.
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, fanart and writing which compares Dave to Ezekiel.
===Meta===
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==Notes==
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters