Judy

## Additional Information

**Judith Ann Taylor**, also known as **Judy Nails**, is a contestant from *Total Drama: Camp Kickoff*. She is also the vocalist for the fictional metal band Ashes.

Judy was more of a mixed bag, especially within her status on the team with being well-liked by some and viewed as a liability by others. She scraped past the first couple votes, but her luck ran out at her team's third ceremony and a failed Shot in the Dark play sealed her fate.

## Audition Tape

[12:35 PM]
Audition Tape: Judy Nails The camera truns on to reveal a relatively tall, pale lady donned in red, black, pink and white leaning on the wall to her left, a small, sly, slightly seductive smirk on her face as she plays a couple notes on her monochrome St. Vincent tribute guitar. When she looks towards it, she tilts her head ever so gently. The room around her seems to be some sort of bar or club, with stage lights shooting from above, seemingly a dress rehearsal. Clearing the hair from her eyes, the young woman looks stage left, despite the fish eye lens being focused solely on her. "Pan, are ya sure it's rollin'? I don't see the blinking li- oh, there it is . . . shit, lemme try that again!" STATIC The camera again reveals Judith Ann Taylor, better known as Judy Nails, leaning on the wall as she plays an open and slightly dissonant passage while unplugged. Slinging the guitar behind her back as she turns to the viewer, she steps up to the microphone a few feet ahead of her and smirks, her sweeter voice distorting into a ladylike yet rather unhinged metal growl. "What the fuck is up, Total Drama?!" Cue a loud musical sting from the rest of Ashes off-screen as she tosses the guitar to her right, again offscreen. She seems a little underwhelmed, despite getting a fairly decent response from the crowd of people gathered behind the camera. "Oh come on, that was fuckin' weak! Lemme try it again. I said, WHAT THE FUCK IS UP, TOTAL DRAMAAAAAAA?!?!" This time, she hits a screeching fry scream, turning to her right and cupping her ear to signal that the crowd needs to show up and show out to be heard over the camera audio. Again, cue musical sting, this time with a ripping lead over top of it, presumably from Napalm. She lets out a satisfied laugh, lifting her arms in glee.

[12:35 PM]
"Now, that's what Mama likes to hear! Who's ready to tear this motherfucker apart with me?!" Judy then picks up the camera, switching out the lens for a flat one as she turns around to reveal the packed club that was making noise just a moment ago. She gestures to herself with the microphone, continuing. "I'm Judy Nails, and I'm comin' to KICK! YOUR! FUCKIN'! ASS!" As she shouts the last couple words, the crowd joins the chant as Xavier kicks off the intro to their breakout single, 'Carve'.

[12:35 PM]
Transition to Interview. 'So, we hear your band 'Ashes' has been in quite the controversy recently . . .' Judy cuts the interviewer off with a sigh, crossing her arms at the mention. "Okay, first off, it's kinda rude to start with some shit like the stand your ground case, but yea; we have. Heh, some people even call us 'Southern Cali's Most Volatile'! It just adds to the mystique, y'know? Sure, I killed the motherfuckers but c'mon, they were trying to kill me! What was I supposed to do, hide?! Bitch, please. Next!" 'Alright, fair enough. Why do you wanna be on Total Drama? What's the angle?' "Angle? I don't really have one, maybe if I meet another musician I can collab with 'em? Come back to me on that."

[12:36 PM]
'Seems like you have your priorities set with the band, but I can already tell you'll be a great addition. Is there anything else you'd like to add?' "I'm tired? Idunno man, what are you lookin' for me to say that I haven't already? Of course, I'd like to win, but that ain't really everything. Maybe I could be a little more humble over there? Something about gettin' a softer look in the public . . ." As she was answering this question, Judy had been informed that her tour bus was leaving without her. She proceeded to blow a kiss, jump up, and start to run after it. She will see you all very, very soon. ~End.~

## Personality

Judy, like most frontpeople, is very mouthy; at times possibly sarcastic. However, there were a few instances in which she was not only intuitive but flat out supportive of her teammates (i.e. her rivalry with Coin and her decision amongst Astrid and Rune to stage a fight). She tends to wear her heart on her sleeves as a result, and that is shown several times within the confessionals (See confessional #3 - Don't Speak).

She also has a flair for the dramatic, as seen on multiple occasions including her introduction and final ceremony; although her reactions are very genuine, some of her mannerisms are exaggerated slightly to keep an entertaining aura. This would also be shown in the fact that when not on the chopping block, she seemingly never took the show too seriously.

## Total Drama: Camp Kickoff

### Voting History

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 5

**^1** In "You Killed The Snake But Not The Competition", Judy used her Shot in the Dark die, making her ineligible to vote at the elimination ceremony.

## Trivia

### Competition

* Judy is the first player to be eliminated in a ceremony where only two players received votes.
* In "You Killed The Snake But Not The Competition", Judy becomes the first eliminated character in Era 3 to correctly predict a winner, having said out loud that she expects Coin to take home the win.

### Character

* Judy, as with all members of Ashes, is a directly rewritten version of the Guitar Hero character of the same name.
* Judy is of Filipina and Danish descent.
* She also makes and wears nail polish infused with rattlesnake venom, some of which she would end up giving to Ryker and Rune; this is a reference to Kissin' Kate Barlow from the book Holes, who is infamous for the same thing. This is why she chose the pseudonym 'Nails', as a rather eerie warning of the possible consequences of fighting her.
* Judy has killed people and gotten away with it; in an attempted robbery of the band's home studio, she managed to fend off the suspects one by one and wound up winning the case on the basis of self-defense. In this exact same scenario in Era 2, Judy had died instead, leaving a then four-piece version of Ashes to have Pandora take over vocal duties and recruit her cousin Napalm to the lineup on lead guitar in her stead.