Alejandro (Total Drama)

Alejandro 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 fifth most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah, Duncan, Courtney and Gwen. Other places where fandom lives place him on the same level of prominence.
==Canon Overview ==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
== Popular Tropes & Fanon==
*Bisexual!Alejandro
*Gay!Alejandro
*Trans!Alejandro
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Alejandro with one or all of these attributes. Alejandro Needs a Hug, Wheelchair!Alejandro and BurnScar!Alejandro are also common, though unwrangled.
Wheelchair! and BurnScar! come from the same interpretation of canon some Total Drama fans concluded independently of one another during the airing of Total Drama: All-Stars. Because the post-credits scene at the end of Total Drama: World Tour showed Alejandro being scarred and with broken legs, then in All-Stars, this was revealed to have no lasting physical effects on him, some fanworks feature Alejandro using a wheelchair, leg braces, and/or with burn scars after World Tour and All-Stars ended.
Alejandro may also be portrayed in fanworks as being stuck in the Total Drama Machine after World Tour. Hard to explain here, it's a thing in the show.
In Total Roblox Drama, Alejandro is called Alfonso. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame. His appreciation days are November 13th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and July 25th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List). 
Alejandro can also arguably be called a Tumblr Sexyman on Sexypedia.
== Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta ==
=== Is Alejandro Latino? ===
Alejandro's ethnicity is left purposefully vague. His last name, Burromuerto, which means dead donkey, is a reference to a Spanish sayingPunny Name: Possibly. As pointed out on the WMG page, "Burromuerto" combined with the nickname "Al" might be a reference to the Spanish saying "al burro muerto, cebada al rabo" (which roughly translates to "tying barley to a dead donkey's tail"). It means that you should enjoy life while it lasts, because you won't have things such as fame, glory, or wealth when you are dead.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TotalDramaAlejandro (Accessed Sept. 20, 2023), and Blaineley states he was born in Spain. So, he is Spanish. However, many fans speculate he is also Latino. 
=== Alejandro, the 17 Year-Old Boy ===
Alejandro is portrayed as 16-17 within Total Drama and never called an adult. This causes conflict with the stereotype he parodies, the Latin Lover, an inherently sexual character trope. Fans unaware of common racial stereotypes might warp existing aspects of his "Latin Lover" character in their fanworks to the extent that Alejandro no longer acts his age. 
Latino and Latina Total Drama fans may feel unnuanced and racially biased depictions of his character within fanworks dehumanize Alejandro. In Explicit fanworks, phrases to the tune of, "his slithery Latino voice," are not unheard of"But then he gets in his ear with that slithery Latino voice of his and Tyler melts, feeling stupid for ever thinking Alejandro hated him." 
[]"He whispers Spanish seductively into Tyler’s armpit." 
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], though egregious cases such as these are likely because Total Drama's audience skews young rather than out of implicit malice. 
== Relationships ==
===Alejandro's Brothers===
Alejandro Burromuerto has two known brothers: José Burromuerto and Carlos Burromuerto.
José is a minor character who was mentioned in World Tour and had an appearance on the show during All-Stars. In fanworks, he's typically extremely pompous and thinks little of Alejandro, fitting with canon. During the run of All-Stars, the rarepair of Courtney/José was shipped on Tumblr, typically by fans who didn't like the canon couple Courtney/Scott. Total Drama Dundie, a meme from Tumblr which advertised a fake sixth season of Total Drama, pairs him with Tyler.
Carlos is mentioned in one line during World Tour. The only thing said about him is that he's a professional soccer|football player. In fanworks, fans may portray him as supportive of Alejandro and otherwise uninvolved with the rest of his family. Slippery Slopes by courtney-deserved-better and An Insulting Indifference by Scepterno popularized this interpretation. In fanart, he typically wears green to to match Alejandro's red and José's blue.
===Other Relationships of Note===
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Alejandro is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Heather 	Alejandro/Heather 	Het 	Aleheather 	(Seen on its page.)
Heather 	Alejandro & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Noah 	Alejandro/Noah 	Slash	Alenoah 	(Seen on its page.)
Duncan 	Alejandro & Duncan 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Heather; Noah	Alejandro/Heather/Noah	Poly 	Alenoaheather 	(Seen on its page.)
Noah 	Alejandro & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Gwen 	Alejandro & Gwen 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Duncan 	Alejandro/Duncan 	Slash	Aleduncan 	(Seen on its page.)
Courtney 	Alejandro/Courtney 	Het 	AleCourt 	An uncommon pairing despite both characters being popular.
Courtney 	Alejandro & Courtney 	Gen 	n/a 	Featured in Slippery Slopes.
Tyler 	Alejandro/Tyler 	Slash	Aletyler; Tylejandro	(Seen on its page.)
Tyler 	Alejandro & Tyler 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Cody 	Alejandro/Cody 	Slash	Alecody 	(Seen on its page.)
Cody 	Alejandro & Cody 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Sierra 	Alejandro/Sierra 	Het 	Alejierra 	Popular before World Tour's release, practically unheard of by the time it finished airing.
Sierra 	Alejandro & Sierra 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Gwen 	Alejandro/Gwen 	Het 	Gwalejandro 	Somewhat common for canon-divergence fanworks.
Bridgette 	Alejandro & Bridgette 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Bridgette 	Alejandro/Bridgette 	Het 	Bridgejandro 	Alejandro successfully makes Bridgette develop a crush on him on the show.
Leshawna 	Alejandro/Leshawna 	Het 	Aleshawna 	Alejandro successfully makes Leshawna develop a crush on him on the show.
Lindsay 	Alejandro/Lindsay 	Het 	n/a 	n/a
Cody; Noah 	Alejandro/Cody/Noah 	Poly 	Alenoco 	(Seen on its page.)
Justin 	Alejandro/Justin 	Slash	Alestin; Alejustin 	Pairing the most canonically conventionally attractive Male contestants with each other.
Justin 	Alejandro & Justin 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Mal 	Alejandro/Mal 	Slash	Malejandro 	Enemyslash.
Scott 	Alejandro & Scott 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Owen 	Alejandro & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Pineapple 	Alejandro/Pineapple 	Cargo	Alepineapple 	Alejandro kisses a pineapple during World Tour. The pineapple was supposed to represent Heather.
Duncan; Noah 	Alejandro/Duncan/Noah 	Poly 	Aledunno 	(Seen on its page.)
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, a community on DeviantART.
*, an Alejandro/Sierra community on Fanpop.
*, a community on Fanpop.
*, a community on Fanpop.
*, a community on DeviantART for Alejandro/the pineapple.
===Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Alejandro.
*, Alejandro/Sierra fanart.
*, screenshot redraw from All-Stars of Alejandro holding Mal up.
*, art of Alejandro&Heather, with Alejandro in a wheelchair. Takes place after Total Drama ends.
===Fan Fiction===
* . A Story about A Man, His Prey and her Boyfriend. An English completed fanfiction for Alejandro/Bridgette. Lyrics from Alejandro by Lady Gaga are sprinkled throughout this fic, a common song for Total Drama Songfic featuring Alejandro given his name back when World Tour released. Features Explicit content, including rape.
===Fan Comics===
*, Alejandro's puppet/Mal's puppet. Joke crack ship.
*, a comic of Alejandro and Duncan kissing to "distract the Amazons."
**This comic inspired , mimicking the show's art style.
===Fan Vids===
*, a vid set to Mambo Number 5 by Lou Bega showing multiple Alejandro pairings. Featured are him shipped with Bridgette, Tyler, Leshawna, Heather, Noah, Courtney and Duncan.
*, a vid set to a clip from Taskmaster New Zealand showing multiple Alejandro pairings. Featuring Heather/Sierra and Alejandro/Heather; Emma/Noah and Alejandro/Noah; Courtney/Duncan and Alejandro/Duncan; Beth/Justin and Alejandro/Justin; and finally Lindsay/Tyler and Alejandro/Tyler. Fanart featured are linked and by: , , and .
=== Fan Mixes ===
* BODY PARTY by deadfield (2015)
===Meta===
*, who proposes ____shipping names for Everyone/Alejandro.
*, a discussion on Reddit.
*, a discussion on Reddit proposing What Ifs for Alejandro meeting Trent.
*, discussion on DeviantART from 2010 about the post-ending credit scene of World Tour.
*, Alejandro&Mal meta.
==Notes==
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters