Trent (Total Drama)

Trent is a contestant on Total Drama. Although he is a semi-prominent character within the series and popular with fans, fanworks focusing mainly on him are uncommon.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
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==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
OCD!Trent is widely considered to be canon, thus common in fanworks.
September 9th is considered Trent Day in some Total Drama fan circles. The first time fans celebrated this day was in 2009 . This is his appreciation day on both Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar and Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List.
Trent's Fanon Personal Name is often Cooper. This comes from Total Drama 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 Travis. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame.
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
=== Trent's OCD ===
Trent's obsessive behavior during Total Drama: Action is often a point of contention. It was seen as forced by some fans and not well written.Another fan's opinion, mentioning the Total Drama subreddit, r/totaldrama.
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==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Trent is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Gwen 	Gwen/Trent 	Het 	Gwent 	(Seen on its page.)
Gwen 	Gwen & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Cody; Justin; Harold	The Drama Brothers	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Courtney 	Courtney/Trent 	Het 	Trentney; Musicalshipping	Pairing Courtney with Gwen's ex, turning the love triangle into a love square.
Courtney 	Courtney & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Justin 	Justin/Trent 	Slash	Trustin 	(Seen on its page.)
Justin 	Justin & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	Both are part of The Drama Brothers. Sister ship of Cody & Harold.
Noah 	Noah/Trent 	Slash	Troah 	Total Drama BNF AyaWilliams likes this pairing.
Noah 	Noah & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Duncan 	Duncan/Trent 	Slash	Duntrent 	Pairing Gwen's suitors, though this arrangement leaves out Cody.
Duncan 	Duncan & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Lindsay 	Lindsay/Trent 	Het 	Trindsay 	The founders of Total Drama Island Fanon Club liked this pairing.
Lindsay 	Lindsay & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Cody 	Cody/Trent 	Slash	Trody 	(Seen on its page.)
Cody 	Cody & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Mike 	Mike/Trent 	Slash	Mint; Trike 	Fix-it with characters fans believe were mistreated within the show due to their mental disorders.
Harold 	Harold/Trent 	Slash	n/a 	Both are in The Drama Brothers, though are rarely shipped together.
Harold 	Harold & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Bridgette 	Bridgette/Trent 	Het 	n/a 	n/a
Bridgette 	Bridgette & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Heather 	Heather/Trent 	Het 	Treather 	n/a
Heather 	Heather & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Geoff 	Geoff & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Sammy 	Sammy/Trent 	Het 	n/a 	n/a
==Example/Notable Fanac==
, little-seen promotional material where Trent fights with Chef Hatchet, wears a gladiator helmet and has a sword. 
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, a fanweek hosted on Tumblr and ran from October 16th to the 22nd. Cody/Trent.
*, a community for Duncan/Trent on DeviantArt.
*, Trent/Lindsay, a club for Lindsay/Trent on DeviantArt.
*, a community for Trent on DeviantArt.
*, a spot for Lindsay/Trent on Fanpop.
*, a spot for Trent on Fanpop.
===Aesthetic Edits===
*, Aesthetic Edit for Duncan/Trent.
===Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Trent.
*, Cody/Trent fanart of them hugging.
*, Cody/Trent made into the American flag.
*, Trent and Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails drawn together.
*, chibi Trent hugging the number nine.
*, Trent pulling Fresh TV up by its collar for using him for character derailment.
===Fan Fic===
*, a Noah/Trent English one-shot. Notable for being one of the first fanfics for Total Drama posted to Archive of Our Own as well as being Noah/Trent's most kudos'd fanwork overall on the website as of October 2023.
*, an English Noah/Trent collection where Trent falls for Noah.
*, an English Duncan/Trent one shot from 2009.
===General Fanworks===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
*, Trent photoshopped into the scene where Hitler yells nein over and over from Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino. Because the movie came out in 2009, same year Action was airing, this comparison may have been common.
===Fan Vids===
*, vid for Trent.
===Fan Mixes===
*trody, a Cody/Trent fanmix by trentcody, aka tdrrcody and prismotron (2017)
*Trent has a playlist in Straight up geek's Total Drama Playlists (2023)
===Meta===
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*, a discussion on Reddit's r/TotalDrama.
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* by a deleted user on Reddit.
* by Syahazart.
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters