Eddy

Eddy is a contestant in Total Drama: The Next Generation. He is labeled as **The Junior Businessman**.

## Biography

Eddy has been working for his family business for some time, even as an adolescent. He has a natural business sense that his family is sure not to stifle. He is not very interested in social activity, and tends to be bullied at school. He looks forward to buying and selling the students who bully him in the future.

Eddy joined the Total Drama series to help fund future business ventures.

## Total Drama: The Next Generation

Eddy was the second to last contestant to arrive. He made a generally positive impression, stating that he wanted to prove that there was more to him than his intelligence. He successfully kept his cool even when insulted.

After his team was announced, Eddy stated in the confessional that he was glad to be on a team with Naveen and Max. He noted that his specialty was not going to be in the physical aspect of the competition, so he was relieved to be on a team with physically strong teammates. He also revealed that his main motivation for competing was the prize money.

At the initial challenge, Eddy did not put up much of a fight against Declan, who eliminated him by using his superior physical ability. In spite of this, Eddy was spared from possible elimination as his team won invincibility.

Eddy expressed that he was glad that his team was up a player, as he described the competition as a numbers game. He also expressed that he was glad that Tiffany was on his team, as she would deflect attention from him. He also revealed that he had authored his own guide to help him relate to the other teens.

Eddy asked his male teammates if they liked any of the girls on the show as an effort to engage in 'boy talk'. Before going to bed, Eddy did the flossing dance move with Gabe.

During the second challenge, Eddy competed in a task against a rival team member, Orlando, where they needed to improvise a superhero costume. While Eddy won his task, his team lost the challenge, overall. Eddy was not voted off of his team, however.

Eddy's focus on the numbers translated to the social side of the game, as well. When Tiffany invited the guys on a late night swim, Eddy joined her, as he went with the decision made by the majority of male teammates. Tiffany and the guys proceeded to stand around in the water, Eddy doing so fully clothed as Tiffany bullied him about his weight. This caused him to have second thoughts about putting full effort into the pie eating challenge, which the team lost.

Eddy was approached by Clara to join her and the other girls to vote out Tiffany. Eddy agreed on the condition that the girls successfully recruit one more player to ensure the majority, as he was afraid of what might happen in order to break a tie. This goal was not reached, as Eddy ultimately voted with Tiffany and her alliance of boyfriends. Tiffany later clarified that Eddy was not one of her boyfriends, a fact that Eddy was content with.

For the next challenge, which was based on superhero comics, Eddy was dressed as The Puffin, a criminal who identified as the bird. He was able to use his in game ability to slow down the other team, but they ultimately lost the challenge. Eddy was again spared from elimination, as his alliance was still mostly intact.

In the next challenge, which required pushing the opposing team members into the water from a platform, Eddy expressed his disdain for physical challenges. Dressed in his swimwear, Tiffany continued to make demeaning comments about his weight, which annoyed him. She also threatened that he best not lose the challenge for his team, which made him nervous.

As the challenge began, Tiffany pushed Eddy into the water for standing too close to her. After emerging from the water, Max expressed concern at Eddy's looking overheated. Eddy downplayed the concern, stating that he always looked rough while exerting physical effort. He joined in trying to push Wolf from the platform. He failed at this, as Wolf forced him off of the platform, again. Eddy climbed from the water, again, breathing heavily, but was immediately knocked into the water, yet again.

After his team lost the challenge, the others climbed back onto the platform. Yolanda noticed that Eddy was floating motionless in the water face down. Yolanda dived in, rescued Eddy, and got him back onto the platform, where Wolf performed CPR on him. Eddy regained consciousness and was assisted by the medical staff.

Eddy thanked Yolanda and Wolf for rescuing him and said goodbye to his team members, sans Tiffany who he did not request to see. Due to needing further medical examination because of abnormal breathing, Eddy was evacuated from the competition. Jack, the show's host, later revealed that Eddy was found to have an abnormality in his heart that would require surgery.

## Trivia

* I experimented with different colors of clothing for Eddy after several other contestants also wore purple. I kept him the same I liked that color scheme best.
* Eddy was not born in Canada. He is said to have an accent, as well.
* Eddy is named after celebrity chef and subject of Fresh Off The Boat, Eddie Huang.
* Eddy's strategy of being under the radar, and concern about being on the correct side of the numbers was based on first two time winner of Survivor, Sandra Diaz-Twine.
* Eddy was originally going to place 12th. He was also intended to always seem safe from a numbers standpoint.
* In confessional, Eddy paraphrases the Petshop Boys' 'Opportunities' lyric 'You've got the brawn, I've got the brains. Let’s make lots of money.'
* Eddy was dressed as Yancy for the first challenge. They both share a nerdy aesthetic.
* Eddy's wig in his Yancy costume was described as being shaped like a coconut. This is a reference to the character Coconut Head from Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. Eddy also has his own guide titled 'Ed's Declassified Survivor Guide', another reference to the show, as well as a reference to reality competition show Survivor.
* Eddy's referencing teen slang was an element I wish I had implemented more of. I included a few in the chapter in which he is eliminated.
* Eddy asking his roommates which girls they liked was a lead in to the next chapter where most of the guys started dating Tiffany.
* He also wears a graphic print on his shirt based on Scrooge McDuck. This is a reference to Eddy's love of money.
* Eddy's reluctance to force a tie due to a potential tie breaker is a reference to the random drawing of rocks used in some seasons of Survivor. I did consider Eddy knowingly forcing a tie later, but ultimately decided against it.
* Eddy was swapped from team to team in planning. I was reluctant to include him on The Cool Cats, as he would not fit into Tiffany's alliance of boyfriends, but ultimately I felt he fit better on that team. His unwavering devotion to majority holders made him a loyal member to the alliance in the end, however.
* When swimming fully clothed with Tiffany, the image shows Eddy in a purple tie as opposed to the black on in his character image. This is simply a different tie.
* Eddy dressed as a villain based on The Penguin for the comic book challenge due to his physical resemblance to the character. I also considered having him dress as a version of Kingpin or Lex Luthor, In order to have less Batman themed villains. The Lex Luthor inspiration is referenced in the story as Rex Ruthless.
* Eddy is consistently concerned about his lack of physical strength for challenges. This was meant to foreshadow his elimination due to a physical challenge.
* While the nature of his elimination was decided early on, the severity was not. I didn’t want him to be incapacitated due to an injury, but the physicality of the challenge being too much for him to handle. I also did not intend to have him nearly drown, but just pass out from the physical exertion. This was changed since his being on the platform would mean his team would still be in the challenge.
* I also wanted The Cool Cats to lose the challenge before Eddy's evacuation so it would be determined that they would have lost someone in the elimination, anyway.
* Eddy was originally going to be voted out for his lack of physicality, but it didn’t feel to flow with the current team dynamic.
* Eddy's overall story was meant to signify his completely ignoring the physical side of the competition being his eventual downfall.
* Though not explicitly stated, Tiffany threatening that Eddy's potential elimination would be due to his performance in the challenge was what caused him to exert as much effort as he did. This was especially reflected by his repeatedly climbing back on to the platform.
* I was going to make an image of Eddy being revived by Wolf, but went with Yolanda instead, since Wolf had other memorable moments in the chapter.
* In Eddy’s sleepwear image, I liked how it looked having Eddy’s stomach poking out. While Eddy seems too well groomed to allow this to happen, I can imagine him using a shirt that was too small if he liked it enough.
* Eddy’s sleepwear image clothing doesn’t match the description in the chapter. I liked the reverse color scheme together, and didn’t change it in chapter as there is an episode image tied to it. The explanation is that Eddy has alternate sleepwear.Eddy in sleepwear.Eddy in swimwear.Eddy’s alternate swimwear.Eddy’s original image.