Cody/Noah

Cody/Noah, mostly known as NoCo, is a popular pairing within Total Drama fandom. The ship is between Cody and Noah, both prominent characters. It has been popular since 2008, and is the only Slash ship in the Total Drama fandom to have this distinction.
Cody/Noah is Total Drama's second/third most fanwork'd ship on Archive of Our Own as of September 2023, neck-to-neck in popularity with Alejandro/Noah, the coupling of Alejandro and Noah. There is light ship war between Alejandro/Noah, Cody/Noah and Cody/Sierra fans, though Noah/Owen shippers are not to be ignored from the equation.
==Common Tropes==
*in vino veritas - Kissing in your sleep edition.
*Domestic AU - Cody/Noah fanworks tend to be on the fluffy side.
*Fake Dating Turns Real - Mostly to ward off Sierra, however, works made prior to Total Drama: World Tour may have placed Eva in the same position.
*Izzy the Matchmaker - Other characters may propel the ship. Although typically Izzy is in this position, it may also be Gwen.
*Jealous!Noah - Early fanworks may have portrayed Noah as jealous of Gwen for being Cody's crush. After World Tour, it was more likely to be Sierra instead of Gwen.
==Cody/Noah Fandom==
Aipomtrainerhttps://aipomtrainer.tumblr.com/https://www.deviantart.com/aipomtrainer430 was a BNF for Cody/Noah back in the day and still occasionally posts about Cody/Noah. 
Former BNFs include dinosauris--rexhttps://www.deviantart.com/dinosauris--rex and Zphalhttps://www.deviantart.com/Zphal. Modern BNFs include kimpuntoexehttps://www.tumblr.com/kimpuntoexe, zuureleenahttps://www.tumblr.com/zuureleena, eavee-ryhttps://www.tumblr.com/eavee-ry and starryluminaryhttps://www.tumblr.com/starryluminary. Eavee-ry is a BNF in Total Drama fandom as a whole.
=== Pairing Names for Cody/Noah ===
The portmaneau "Nody" was coined as a pairing name for them sometime before June 2009 on The Writers' Lounge: TDI Edition and was the most commonly used and recognized ship name for them until 2011 or so, when "NoCo" surpassed it in usage. One fan wrote that NoCo was coined by someone, likely a BNF, in 2009A Rant on the Death of NoCo (2014). As of 2024, the pairing is nearly universally recognized as NoCo, and Nody is rare. A similar change happened with Cody/Gwen's ship name "Gody" around the same time.
===Cody/Noah, the Fujoshi's Favorite?===
As a result of Fandom Migration, early Cody/Noah fanculture took heavy inspiration from larger Anime fandom. Calling the pairing yaoi, using anime bases, drawing chibis and making AMVs were commonplace for Cody/Noah fanworks, moreso than for any other Total Drama pairing.
After Sierra was introduced in World Tour, fans speculated she knew of Cody/Noah. Given how the ship is an entirely fanon pairing, and Sierra is a larger amalgamated parody of, "the super-obsessed fangirl," this was not a big leap of logic. Despite never referencing to Cody/Noah in-universe, fanworks may portray her as actively disliking the pairing and its fans.
The ship has been controversial since 2007 and continues to be so. Its popularity with Fujoshi, whether shippers call themselves that or otherwise, is often mentioned in discussion as a negative.
===Cody/Noah Stans, "the most oppressed users in the td fandom"? ===
This ask become a copypasta in Total Drama fandom on Tumblr soon after it was submitted to total-ass. Since then, it remains joked about as of 2023 posted June 16th, 2023 on Tumblr.
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*Nerds in Love: The First NoahCody Forum, a forum on FanFiction.Net.
*Noco Week 2013, a fanweek hosted on Tumblr by solludory (26 February 2014). Ran from April 5th to 11th. So far, only divinefirewolf's submissions are known and can be seen .
*NocoVember (2021-2023)
*, a community on Fanpop.
*, a community on DeviantArt.
*The Noco Sleepy-Time Collaboration, a collaboration posted to Tumblr in 2024.
*nocoville, a public Discord server with around 60 members.
*noco-ers, a public Discord server with around 270 members.
===General Fanworks===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
===Fan Art===
*, Holiday fanart featuring mistletoe.
*, redraw fanart. First drawing was in 2011, second in 2017, third in 2019.
*, the scene where Noah hugs Bridgette is redrawn to be Cody instead.
*, fanart featuring Cody and Noah in winter wear.
*, Cody and Noah looking at a sunset together.
*, Fusion fanart with Harry Potter. Drawn for Total Drama Crack and Fanon Week.
*, a well-known fanart for them.
===Fan Fiction===
*Secrets of a Matchmaker.
*A Concert for Twenty Fingers.
*Playing Pretend Just Got A Lot Gayer
*2:36 A.M.
*, an English, possibly abandoned, AU of Island where Cody and Noah date before the events of Dodgebrawl. It is the most kudos'd work in Archive of Our Own's Cody/Noah tag as of October 2023.
*, metafic where Noah discovers Cody/Noah as well as Fanpop.
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===Fanvids===
*, compilation of fanart set to Everytime We Touch by Cascada.
*, a tongue-in-cheek AMV set to Avril Lavigne's Sk8ter Boi.
===Meta===
*A Rant on the Death of NoCo (2014), meta essay.
* recalls seeing their ear kissing scene as a child.
*, a discussion on Fanpop.
*, a discussion on Fanpop.
* compares and contrasts Cody's and Noah's designs with Cody/Noah in mind.
** also entertains a potential NoCo zine.
==References/Further Reading==
* on Shipping Wiki
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