Duncan (Total Drama)

Duncan is a contestant on Total Drama. He is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. As of September 2023, he is the second most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah. Other places where fandom lives place him on a similar level of prominence.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
*Bisexual!Duncan
*Top!Duncan
*Trans!Duncan
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Duncan with one or all of these attributes. Bottom!Duncan and GangLeader!Duncan are also common, though unwrangled.
Duncan's Fanon Personal Name is often Tarun. 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 Dustin. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame.
His appreciation days are November 1st (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and July 17th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
TBA
==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Duncan is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Courtney 	Courtney/Duncan 	Het 	Duncney 	(Seen on its page.)
Courtney 	Courtney & Duncan 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Gwen 	Duncan/Gwen 	Het 	Gwuncan; DunGwen	(Seen on its page.)
Gwen 	Duncan & Gwen 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
DJ; Geoff 	Killer Bass Trio 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Zoey 	Duncan/Zoey 	Het 	Doey 	(Seen on its page.)
Heather 	Duncan & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Trent 	Duncan & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Courtney; Gwen 	Courtney/Duncan/Gwen 	Poly 	Gwuncney 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro 	Alejandro/Duncan 	Slash	Aleduncan 	(Seen on its page.)
Harold 	Duncan & Harold 	Gen 	n/a 	They are enemies on the show.
Harold 	Duncan/Harold 	Slash	Dunhar 	(Seen on its page.)
Heather 	Duncan/Heather 	Het 	Deather; Dunther	February 15th is Dunther Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Mal 	Duncan/Mal 	Slash	Malcan 	Enemies to Lovers. Fanworks for this pairing tend to be Explicit, rare for Total Drama fandom.
Noah 	Duncan/Noah 	Slash	Dunno; Dunnoah 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro 	Alejandro & Duncan 	Gen 	n/a 	They were both on Team Chris during World Tour.
Scott 	Duncan/Scott 	Slash	Scuncan 	July 10th is Scuncan Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Trent 	Duncan/Trent 	Slash	Duntrent 	(Seen on its page.)
Lindsay 	Duncan/Lindsay 	Het 	Dunsay 	Duncan finds Lindsay attractive on the show, though this was only for one line.
Leshawna 	Duncan/Leshawna 	Het 	Ledunca 	(Seen on its page.)
Leshawna 	Duncan & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	They were both on the Screaming Gaffers team in Total Drama: Action.
Cody 	Cody/Duncan 	Slash	Duncody 	Pairing Gwen's suitors, though this arrangement leaves out Trent.
Bridgette 	Bridgette/Duncan 	Het 	DunBridge 	n/a
Geoff 	Duncan/Geoff 	Slash	Geoffcan 	Both are in the Killer Bass Trio, though this arrangement leaves out DJ.
DJ 	DJ/Duncan 	Slash	Djuncan 	Both are in the Killer Bass Trio, though this arrangement leaves out Geoff.
Duncan; Noah 	Alejandro/Duncan/Noah 	Poly 	Aledunno 	(Seen on its page.)
Bridgette; DJ; Duncan; Geoff	Killer Bass 5, aka KB5	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Sadie 	Duncan/Sadie 	Het 	Dundie 	(Seen on its page.)
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, DeviantART community for Duncan.
*Djuncan Week, a fanweek which ran during April 2024.
*, a Duncan/Heather community on Fanpop.
*, a self-shipping community on Fanpop.
*, a self-shipping community on Fanpop.
*, a Fanpop community for Duncan.
*, a Fanpop community for Duncan/Lindsay.
===Collections===
*, a FanFiction.Net collection for Duncan/Leshawna.
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===Tumblr Posts===
*, a post with Duncan in it that went viral on Tumblr. It spawned offshoots
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===Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*. Duncan/Heather.
*. Duncan/Lindsay.
*, joking about him paired with Mal, Courtney, Harold, Gwen and Alejandro.
*. Duncan/Scott.
*, Duncan&Harold, not Duncan/Harold.
===Fan Comics===
*, which pokes fun at how short Duncan's legs are. Features Trent.
===Fan Fiction===
*my angel, a Duncan/original character fic on Wattpad. It is one of the most popular Total Drama fics on the platform, with over 608k reads and 13.2k votes as of October 2023.
===Fan Mixes===
*Not a Saint by jordan.river, aka spaceoddly, and thatcookiecat (2016)
*Duncan has a playlist in Straight up geek's Total Drama Playlists (2023)
=== Meta===
*, an essay.
*, a discussion on Reddit
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters