Noah (Total Drama)

Noah 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 most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own. Although other places where fandom lives consider him a popular contestant, it is only in Slash fan circles that he's this prevalent. He's the fandom's resident BSO.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
In order of how common they are:
*Gay!Noah
*Autistic!Noah
*Trans!Noah
*Bisexual!Noah
*Dead!Noah
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Noah with one or all of these attributes. Assistant!Noah and Barista!Noah are also common, though unwrangled.
Assistant! comes from fanworks taking place during Total Drama: Action, where Noah was employed as Chris McLean's assistant. Dead! is likely a catch-all tag for any fanworks taking place during or after Island of the Slaughtered, a popular Darkfic AU which has spawned a notable amount of recursive fanworks. The specific phrase, "Noah of the Waters," is more commonly used than the general Dead! tag for the same reason.
In Total Roblox Drama, he is called Nolan. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame. His appreciation days are October 5th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and October 1st (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List). Noah also won TD Tumblr, a character popularity contest, in 2013.
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
=== Queercoding ===
Many argue Noah is queercoded. This is expanded upon in meta, and has been noticed by even younger fans without any prior context. This queercoding has also led some fans to believe he is canonically Bisexual, submitted to real-total-drama-takes, though this is not the case.
=== Noah "Sterecra"? ===
Noah's widely accepted Fanon Personal Name, Sterecra, also is controversial. Word of God has stated Noah to be Canadian-Indian, and Sterecra is not an Indian surname. It comes from Total Drama Comeback by The Kobold Necromancer, a very popular fic in the fandom. Total Drama Comeback was written before this information about Noah was revealed publicly. Kobold believed Noah was IndonesianTotal Drama Battlegrounds chapter 35, he's said to be Indonesian, though Sterecra is Indonesian last name either. On search engines, the name just brings up results for the Total Drama character. 
Mudaliar may be used by some fans instead, as that was his last name in Slippery Slopes. Island of the Slaughtered uses Mudaliar while using last names created by Kobold for many of the other contestants.
=== "We Don’t Consider Noah to be Gay"? ===
thefreshchannel, a now deactivated Tumblr account ran by the creators of Total Drama, Fresh TV, is noted as responding with this phrase to a fan's question regarding Noah.This ask was answered after thefreshchannel responded to another fan's question on Twitter. Because Total Drama was aimed towards a 8-12 age bracket, Fresh answered that it couldn't feature queer characters.Both that response and this one caused a kerfuffle in Tumblr's Total Drama fandom. Fans expected better from Fresh TV. This phrase may be referenced in some fan circles regarding Noah.
Despite this 2015 interaction, there would be a same-sex couple in the reboot Total Drama: Island (2023), Bowie/Raj.
=== "Noah Really Gets Around"? ===
Terry McGurrin, an executive producer for the Total Drama series who frequently interacts with fans, is noted as saying this on Twitter in response to a question regarding Alejandro/Noah. The phrase, "Noah [really] gets around," is sometimes parroted in Total Drama fan circles.
==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Noah is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Cody 	Cody/Noah 	Slash	NoCo; Nody 	(Seen on its page.)
Cody 	Cody & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro; Cody 	Alejandro/Cody/Noah 	Poly 	Alenoco 	Brings Alejandro into Cody/Noah; Brings Cody into Alejandro/Noah.
Izzy 	Izzy/Noah 	Het 	Nizzy 	(Seen on its page.)
Owen 	Noah & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Owen 	Noah/Owen 	Slash	Nowen 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro 	Alejandro/Noah 	Slash	Alenoah 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro 	Alejandro & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Emma 	Emma/Noah 	Het 	Nemma 	(Seen on its page.)
Emma 	Emma & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	Works may focus on their potential friendship over their canonical romance.
Eva; Izzy 	Team E-Scope 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Bridgette 	Bridgette/Noah 	Het 	Nodgette 	Had a scene of ship-tease during World Tour.
Dawn 	Dawn/Noah 	Het 	Nawn 	The two have similar personalities. Dawn is from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
Heather 	Heather/Noah 	Het 	Noather 	This ship has fallen out of popularity, but it was once Noah's most popular pairing on YouTube.
Heather 	Heather & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Gwen 	Gwen/Noah 	Het 	Gwoah 	Somewhat common for canon divergent AUs of World Tour.
Gwen 	Gwen & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Duncan 	Duncan/Noah 	Slash	Dunno; Dunnoah	(Seen on its page.)
Duncan 	Duncan & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	They were both on Team Chris in World Tour, though essentially not at the same time.
Justin 	Justin/Noah 	Slash	Justoah 	Noah is one of two Male characters seen finding Justin attractive, the other being Owen.
Courtney 	Courtney/Noah 	Het 	Nourtney 	A rarepair despite both characters being popular.
Katie 	Katie/Noah 	Het 	Notie 	(Seen on its page.)
Lindsay 	Lindsay/Noah 	Het 	Noasay 	Opposites Attract. Noah is considered smart while Lindsay is not.
Sierra 	Noah/Sierra 	Het 	Noerra; Sioah 	Noah and Cody, Sierra's canonical crush, are similarly sized.
Eva 	Eva/Noah 	Het 	Neva; Nova 	Opposites Attract. Noah hates sports while Eva loves working out.
Trent 	Noah/Trent 	Slash	Troah; Trenoah	Total Drama BNF AyaWilliams likes this pairing.
Dave 	Dave/Noah 	Slash	Nove; Doah 	Dave is from Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.
Tyler 	Noah/Tyler 	Slash	Tynoah; Nyler 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro; Duncan 	Alejandro/Duncan/Noah 	Poly 	Aledunno 	Brings Alejandro into Duncan/Noah. May 14th is Aledunno Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Alejandro; Heather	Alejandro/Heather/Noah	Poly 	Alenoaheather 	(Seen on its page.)
==Example/Notable Fanac==
In 2011, Carter Hayden, Noah's English voice actor, was interviewed by fans on Dramatic Static, a Tapatalk forum for the show, in an Interview with Carter Hayden - The Voice of Noah.
=== Fan Communities/Fan Events ===
* Noahvember, a fanweek for Noah which ran during 2023.
* Tynoah Week, a fanweek which ran during July 2024.
*, a week for Noah/Sierra. This may have been made out of a gag, as this week got little traction.
*, a community for Noah on Fanpop.
*, a community for Noah on DeviantArt.
*, a community for Heather/Noah on Fanpop.
*, a community for Heather/Noah on DeviantArt.
*, a community for Bridgette/Noah on Fanpop.
*, a community for Noah/Sierra on DeviantArt.
=== Collections ===
*, a fanfiction collection for Lindsay/Noah on FanFiction.Net.
*, a fanfiction collection for Noah on FanFiction.Net.
*, a fanfiction collection for Dawn/Noah on FanFiction.Net.
=== Fan Art ===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Noah.
*, Dawn/Noah fanart. High School AU, a common AU for Total Drama fandom as a whole.
*, Heather/Noah fanart. This is fanart for a scene in the fanfiction .
**"I don't understand why you're so upset about him specifically." Noah knew not to use Alejandro's name. He didn't want her head to explode from thoughts of him. "... I think I might like him, Noah." Heather said quietly. English, likely abandoned work-in-progress, Fiction K+, Hurt/Comfort/Romance.
*, fanart which pokes fun at how many ships feature Noah. Mentions Cody/Noah, Heather/Noah and Noah/Katie in its description. Dates to February 2009.
*, fanart with a big "GAY" banner in front of Noah. October 5th, when this art was drawn, is considered to be Noah Appreciation Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
*, Noah and Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony in crossover fanart.
*, Noah in a binder.
*, Noah with his golden retriever. He has one canonically, and it is sometimes featured in fanworks.
*, art of Noah and Dakota. Both were employed by Chris McLean at some point in the series, but never met canonically.
*, Dave/Noah where Dave hugs Noah.
=== Fan Fic ===
* The bigger they are, the harder they fall by noahsolosyou (2024), infamous Islamophobic shockfic.
=== Fan Comics ===
*, a comic poking fun at Noah's haircut. Featuring Harold.
=== General Fanworks ===
* Island of the Slaughtered.
=== Fan Vids ===
* by tdicamper241, a well-remembered YTP prominently featuring him.
* by tansoloyo007, a YTPMV featuring him.
*, him dancing to Caramelldansen. Considered well-remembered.
*, Noah fanvid to Genius by LSD featuring his four biggest ships all in one vid. "Sterizzra" is a play on his fanon last name Sterecra.
=== Meta ===
* surrounding the fact that Noah wore glasses in the original script for Total Drama: Island (2007).
*
**"fun fact in haute camp-ture's spanish dub during the whole "noah denies kissing cody" scene trent actually says what translates to "of course he did" rather than "he totally did". basically as if trents not surprised at all that noah's kissed a guy and that's really funny to me. trent's gaydar is immaculate, submitted to real-total-drama-takes"
*, a discussion on Fanpop.
*.
* on Tumblr regarding Noah's strange choice of shoes.
*, a poll on Tumblr. First place was Noah/Owen, who received 42% percent.
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
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