Frederick

* S3: Tropics
* S10: WotW

Frederick is a contestant on Total Drama Tropics and Total Drama: Worst of the Worst.

## Biography

Frederick has an older brother that had been adopted by his parents before Frederick was born. Frederick is the heir to his parents' vast fortune, as they inherited their vast wealth from both of their parents. Frederick grew up incredibly pampered. His parents also taught him the importance of giving back to people in need, as they are world famous for their generous philanthropy. They hope for Frederick to carry on their legacy, but there's one glaring problem. Frederick hates other people. In school, he'd always been teased because he was so rich. He is constantly hounded by the paparazzi, even when he doesn't leave the grounds of his family estate. Strangers constantly ask Frederick for either money or his autograph whenever he goes out. These events caused Frederick to become very introverted and shy, even around his own family. Frederick just wants to be left alone.

Frederick joined the Total Drama series because he had received information that it would take place on a remote island that very few know about. Frederick wants to get away from his life. Frederick also secretly hopes to keep anyone else from winning.

## Total Drama: Worst of the Worst

Frederick arrived, expecting someone to take his bags for him. Blair spoke with Frederick about him seeming different. He stated that he has a more positive demeanor now, noting that no one wants to be with a sourpuss. Blair said that wasn’t it, and that it was as plain as the nose on his face to which Frederick frowned. When Tamira arrived, Frederick turned his attention to her. Attempting to one up Angelo’s charitable contributions, Frederick mentioned his rounding up his purchases to the nearest dollar on occasion. When he went to kiss Tamira’s hand, she pulled it away and stated that she was focused on winning this time around. Attempting to impress the ladies, Frederick pulled out his flip phone and flexed his bicep. Quimberly walked up by that point and was concerned by the flexing happening. LeVar and Frederick were embarrassed and bowed down to tell Quimberly that they were not worthy to be in her presence. Ruth questioned Frederick’s motives in being there with his already being wealthy.

When the teams were announced as divided by gender, Frederick voiced his discontent. Evan attempted to assure him that they would still have a good time. Frederick ignored him. When choosing bunk mates, Frederick rejected Dirk’s offer. He decided to share a bunk with Cary, and handed him a long list of conditions in sharing his bunk.

Frederick attempted to impress the women with his jewelry. He expressed sorrow over the other team’s first loss. Hae Won insulted him by mentioning his nose job. Frederick offered a gold bracelet to the women, with Tamira seeming interested, but Dirk was the one to accept. After the ladies left, Frederick and Dirk had a tug of war over the bracelet. Dirk let go when he learned that the bracelet was a part of a cancer campaign for Evan. Frederick ended up hitting his head when he fell down the stairs. When he woke up in the medical tent, Cary was at his side. When conversing, Cary noted that Frederick was only pleasant around the women, deducing that Frederick was there because he wanted a showmance. Frederick assured that looking for romance was a need, not a want. He went into further detail off camera and made Cary promise not to repeat what he told him.

Frederick and Luke were together in the bushes during the challenge. Frederick was looking for something, and emerged from the bushes when Tamira was near. Frederick offered to help Tamira in the challenge. As she stood on his back to get some jewels from a tree she punctured his neck with her high heels. Tamira ordered the others present to get medical help. Tamira fashioned her bag for the challenge into a makeshift bandage. He then insisted that Tamira use his bag to collect treasure for the challenge. She assured him that there would be nothing between them. He ignored her and stuck his hand inside a large flower prop to retrieve some treasure. His hand got stuck because of his watch and Tamira pulled him by the hand. When he came loose they fell, and he landed on top of her. Tamira was rendered unconscious from the fall. Frederick panicked, asking the approaching medics to help her. Yuko walked up, seeing the disturbing looking scene. Frederick was rushed from the area, and when Tamira woke, she was unaware of what happened or why Frederick was escorted off. Frederick was announced by Chris to have been eliminated from the completion and evacuated by helicopter.

## Trivia

* Frederick's adoptive brother is Brad.
* Frederick was designed and created by another user.
* Frederick's last name, Vanderbuilt, is a reference to the affluent Vanderbilt family, as well as his muscular frame.
* Frederick is embarrassed when Isaiah is thought to have taken a picture of him picking his nose. At one point I considered this scene instead having him caught snorting cocaine, but thought that was far too dark for the story.
* Frederick initially had very rigged angles in his character design both in his face and body. For his return in Total Drama: Worst of the Worst, he was revealed to have had extensive plastic surgery to remove those hard edges. This was an attempt to be more attractive to the opposite sex.
* Frederick's updated look in Total Drama: Worst of the Worst is based on Fred Jones from the Scooby Doo franchise.
* In Total Drama: Worst of the Worst, when Frederick arrived he stated that no one wants to be with a sourpuss. This was in direct reference to him looking for a girlfriend
* Frederick dislikes Evan because of the ease in which Evan seems to find girlfriends. He mostly ignores Evan’s attempts at friendship.
* In the original version of the story, Frederick was more unrelenting, though I did keep his attempts at romance in the story, and Tamira as his main interest. It always felt off for me to have eliminated Tamira for her being hounded by him, although that was a direct reference on Survivor painting women that were sexually assaulted as crazy or overly sensitive, namely with Ghandia from Survivor Thailand and Sue Hawke in Survivor: All Stars. That story element was never meant to portray Tamira negatively, but it still didn’t sit well with me. That was a major reason that she outlasted Frederick in this version.
* Frederick assures that his helping Tamira wasn’t an indecent proposal. This was a reference to 1993’s Indecent Proposal, a film based on a novel about a millionaire offering a couple one million dollars to spend a night with the wife.
* In the original story, Frederick was going to be eliminated early, but maybe around being the eighth eliminated. He and LeVar were going to be troublemakers, where Anders in particularly would be tricked into doing embarrassing things by the duo out of a desire to be popular with the ‘cool guys’. I alluded to Frederick and LeVar’s bromance in the first chapter of the reboot by having them try to impress some of the women, but ultimately didn’t have much time to delve into their friendship.
* I intended to have a grouping of Frederick, Tamira, Yuko, Luke, and Patsy in a challenge where they investigate a haunted house together. In that order, they were meant to represent Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby Doo. Patsy and Scooby were the loosest reference. I didn’t like the way the challenge was going when writing it, so I changed it to be LARP themed. I did not go with the same investigation theme, but I did have the five characters be intertwined during it.
* Frederick was dressed as Prince Charming in the second challenge. I had originally thought to have him dressed as a paladin when I intended to make the challenge more strictly Dungeons and Dragons themed.
* Frederick getting his watch caught in the rafflesia was a reference to Evan in Final Destination 2 getting his watch and hand caught in his garbage disposal. Frederick and Evan had their wealth in common, though Evan’s was from winning the lottery.
* Frederick was evacuated as a viable reason to introduce Herman into the competition.
* In Frederick’s episode image in the introductory chapter of Total Drama: Worst of the Worst, the time on his flip phone reads 8:33. If you subtract 8 from 33 you get 25. This was a direct reference to his placing 25th, and a clue that there were actually going to be 26 characters in the competition.