Zane

Zane's Portrait (art done by BadLuckAE)

Zane Dempsey (created by Knifez) is one of the twenty-two contestants from Total Drama: Scrap Island that was originally placed on the Sandstorm Squirrels. His title is the Strategist.

## **Appearance**

Zane is on the taller half of the contestants from Total Drama: Scrap Island, standing at 6'0" (183cm) tall. He has a runner's build, setting him apart from both the scrawny and the buff. He's described as having pale skin, hazel eyes, and dark brown hair with the sides trimmed down while the front and top is gelled back. He wears a white tee shirt underneath a black, zip-up hoodie, which is always unzipped, a pair of black jeans, and black and white hiking boots. When he first met Valerie, he commented on the similarity of their outfits.

## **Personality**

Zane is one of the more serious contestants, caring less for the drama and more for the game itself. He's not exactly a jerk, nor is he incredibly friendly, but he gets done what he needs done, all with a straight face. The only real exceptions to his seriousness are Valerie, who he treats with kindness and takes her under his wing, and Yves, who he holds suspicions of and watches with a wary eye.

## **History**

### Scrap Island

#### Grand Graveyard

When Zane first arrived on Scrap Island, he was trying to stave off the heat by fanning himself with his hand. After speaking with the hosts, briefly, he joined the group, and specifically chose Valerie to talk to, due to them twinning. There, he noticed that she had self-confidence issues, and decided he would help with them and be her friend.

Zane said that the Loser's Hotel was similar to a base of operations.

In his first confessional of the season, he mentioned that he'd be able to pen down each contestant to a fault soon enough. He then said that he planned to play the game straight, but that he needed to know all about his opponents.

During the challenge, he continued his task of raising Valerie's self-esteem by giving her a yellow coin to get them on the same team.

When the challenge finished, he was placed on the Sandstorm Squirrels.

#### Beauty in Destruction

Zane was at the deep end of the pool with most of the group to stave off the heat. He noticed that Blaster covered her ears when the feedback from the speakers kicked up, and then went on to talk to Valerie about how it's not worth targeting her, since she has a big enough target on her head already.

In the confessional, he mentioned that Valerie made for a good ally, but that she needs to respect herself more.

During the challenge, Zane taught Valerie how to pick out a fault in someone by having her practice on Max.

In his second confessional, he was excited to see how fast Valerie was picking up on things.

He didn't hold any aggression towards Daniel for what happened in the challenge, but he still indicated that he would be voting for him.

When he received his rations in the elimination ceremony, he mentioned that he would never place that low anyways.

He voted for Daniel, along with Blaster, Buck, Yves, CJ, Larida, Ronnie, Valerie, and Brittany.

#### YodelayPU

Zane was one of the people who ended up with a bad mattress, which Larida was quick to notice from how tired he was. She dragged him down to the office against his will, saying that she would make Dana and Aaron fix the mistake.

In the confessional, he mentioned that it's easy to see why so many people respect Larida.

In the office, Zane was still being held captive by Larida.

During the challenge, he got really defensive when Brittany insulted Valerie, and said that there was nothing wrong with her. He proceeded to get even more defensive when Brittany said he was just using Valerie before climbing on ahead.

He was one of the later Squirrels to reach the top of the hill, due to his exhaustion.

When the challenge finished and Larida got removed from the game due to injury, he expressed his anger directly at the hosts, telling them that it was wrong of them to put her through a challenge like that.

In his second confessional, he expressed his remorse for Larida's injury.

#### Highway to the Nature Zone

Zane was present for the big fight between Buck and Theodore. He, along with CJ, attempted to hold Buck back from hurting the boy, but when they ultimately failed, he mentioned that Buck was being an idiot, and that this would hurt them in the game.

When the fight finished, he mentioned that CJ had some brains in him, and showed that he was angry at Buck for the fight ensuing.

During the challenge, he trailed Yves, trying to make sure that she wouldn't cause any more issues. He also mentioned that Brittany isn't fit to lead a group.

## **Relationships**

### Valerie

Zane and Valerie are seen to be both friends and allies, at least on Zane's side of things. Valerie herself has made comments indicating that she doesn't exactly trust the boy, due to some comments he makes and the way he plans to deal with things.

### Larida

Zane and Larida both seem to, at the minimum, respect each other. It became more clear that Zane actually liked the mother figure at the end of YodelayPU, when she was injured from falling down the hill.

### Brittany

Zane doesn't ever get angry at Brittany per se, but he makes it clear that he doesn't care for her snobby attitude, and he will actively argue with her when she tries to cause drama.

## **Trivia**

* Zane has a "DI" embroidered on his jeans in his design. This is a reference to **Despair Island**, a fic written by his creator, Knifez.