Ricardo

* TDWT 1-18
* TDWT 19-20
* TDWT 20-23
* TDWT 24-26

### Enemies

Martha, Christian, Austin, Wendy Truitt, Hawke, Charlie, Lydia, Spritz, Alex, Chloe, Mel (one-sided on his part), Mac, Edward, Ben

## Other

### Family

Lucille Capecchi (deceased), Frederick Capecchi (deceased), Julian, Bianca "Bubbles" Capecchi (deceased)

### Played By

Ben

**Ricardo Lucille Capecchi** was a runner-up on *Total Drama World Tour* and was a member of Team Out-Casts.

## Appearance

Ricardo wears a stunning ensemble: a red button-down top as well as a gray undershirt. His hair is slicked back and is jet black; he uses copious amounts of hair gel to achieve that look. He always makes sure that he's well-presented, confident, and cool at all times.

## Personality

Ricardo Capecchi, king of the world, and he *knows* it! This man loves the spotlight, the camera, the *action!* He's thrilled to join in this as-yet-unknown season, ready to see the sights, the sounds, the Hollywood! His charisma belies some *dark* secrets, however, as the season will progress...

## Total Drama World Tour

In Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1, Ricardo was one of the last members introduced on the show due to being a newbie. He hit it off with Christian and struck a bet, seeing if Sebastian would be quickly eliminated. He lost the bet, meaning he owes Christian 50 bucks. In order to cover the bet, he asked Austin to bet 50 dollars (or an equivalent thereof) on where their next destination would be.

On the plane, Ricardo sang the first song of the season, Come Fly With Us*.* He played a backup singer role and wasn't eliminated for not signing.

Once in Egypt, Ricardo joined Chloe, Austin, and Charlie going inside the pyramid, choosing to go down the scarab path. He and Chloe had to save Austin from several traps and ultimately, the four proved successful in getting through the pyramid. They were the first four across mat 2, making them part of Team 2. Ricardo soon coined the term Team Out-Casts for them, as Austin had once been in a cast and several members of the cast were either newcomers or didn't fit into a traditional mold. His name, however, made Martha disappointed, but she ultimately relented.

In Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2, Ricardo participated in both Lovin' Time and Rowin' Time. He also participated in the challenge, although he didn't do anything key to winning it. He and his team were safe from elimination, but did not win first place.

After the first elimination, in which Gordan was dropped, Ricardo confronted Chloe after her run-in with Christian. He officially formed an alliance with her after both parties laid out ground rules. However, in the confessional following this meeting, he told the viewing audience that he was ultimately out for himself, possibly implying that he would backstab Chloe at some point in the future. But, for now, he would play along and lay low with Chloe and her scheme.

In Total Drama Alchemist, Ricardo sang along with the next two songs, Before We Die and Black and White,and led his team in finding the fabric for the costumes. Austin and Alex disappeared during the challenge, causing Ricardo to lose his patience with both of them. Ricardo's eardrum blew out when Alex screamed at Austin when he was at risk of losing the challenge. After the challenge was over, he, Chloe, Charlie and Austin formed a four-person alliance, and plotted to vote out Mel. Ricardo was ecstatic, as he hated Mel's way of speaking and her misspelling his name. Ricardo was safe at elimination with no votes against him.

In Iceland, Iceland, Baby, Ricardo helmed the sled for his team and sang along in the song for the challenge. Team Out-Casts nearly fell to their dooms at the end of the course, but due to Zachary heroically sacrificing himself, he was able to lead his team to victory and first class!

In A Pizza My Heart in Italy, Ricardo participated in the challenge and sang along in the songs. However, his team lost, and he had 2 votes against him. However, since Alex had 4 votes against her, she was sent packing. Ricardo personally saw her exit from the plane in a humiliating fashion. Strangely enough, Ricardo seems to have blanked on remembering the key events of this episode, as well as the intricacies of the challenge.

In A Total Drama State of Mind, Ricardo again participated in the challenge and sang in the song for the episode. He, again, however, seems to have forgotten the key points in the episode, much to his chagrin. As the episode was a reward challenge, no one was eliminated. Team Out-Casts and Team ELITE joint won the reward.

Ricardo was mentioned a few times in the first Aftermath episode, especially by Alex. Unbeknownst to him, his brother Julian Capecchi is now a member of security staff.

In Slap, Slap, Revolution, Ricardo performed the challenge and aided his team. He worked on the sausage challenge and performed the dancing maneuvers. He and his team won second place, so he did not receive any votes against him.

In The Am-AH-Zon Race, Ricardo and Chloe led their team into the Macchu Pichu area, but lost to SUPERZACH. As they placed second, they received no votes.

In Homechloming in Rio, Ricardo and the Out-Casts performed in the challenge. However, as Mackenzie got medically evacuated, no placements were possible in this episode.

Ricardo and the Out-Casts participated in the statue challenge in Can't Help Falling in Louvre. Ricardo does not help his team carry the statue to the ending area, calling out every member of his team in the process. This causes Martha to snap at him and punch him. His team loses. Ricardo is in the bottom two, but survives by the skin of his teeth in a 3-2 vote.

Ricardo took leadership of his dwindling team in Newf Kids on the Rock, noticing that their lack of leadership. He failed at this endeavor; a hole in the boat capsized it and him and Chloe had to be bailed out. He sang along to Sea Shanty, saving him from elimination. He took charge of the apple vinegar challenge, chugging it and causing his muscles to tense up. He goaded Austin into kissing the fish, but Austin failed for reasons he didn't know about. The Out-Casts lost (again), but as it was a non-elimination, he was once again spared. He said a farewell to Francis, although he didn't know him well at all.

Ricardo once again attempted to take leadership in A Blast From the Past, but all he really succeeded in doing was "burying" Austin in a hole in Muerto. He "spread the word" about Austin being deceased. As Austin was still on the plane after that point, Ricardo, obviously, was incorrect. Thankfully, his team was spared elimination yet again as Myles was eliminated from Team SUPERZACH?. Ricardo spends the rest of the season thinking Austin is part of the undead.

Ricardo was mentioned by Martha in The Aftermath II: Martha Speaks. She mentions how cruel he was to her and how she hopes his friendless nature and karma will come back to bite him.

In Greece's Pieces, Ricardo sings this episode's song and performs in the joint wrestling challenge against Viana and Christian. He does horribly - a pillar falls on him and Viana busts his kneecaps. Sadly, he earns no medals, or points, for his team, but the Out-Casts are once again spared from elimination. Once he walks and talks with Chloe, however, it's found out to be a ruse to get out of doing work for the team.

In one of Ricardo's last scenes with Chloe on the Out-Casts, he vows to become a better team player if they win a challenge without him.

In I See London..., Ricardo's kneecap "injury" leads to him being captured very quickly by Jack the Ripper (who is really Sebastian). As a result, he is unable to sing this episode's song and is therefore not eliminated for circumstances outside his control. The Out-Casts, however, finally win a challenge without Ricardo, which would lead to him holding up his promise to being a better team player...and then the merge happens, making his vow absolutely moot. Ricardo does, however, vow to start stirring up the drama in order to take whatever target(s) there are for him off his back, which will be easier since he's now 1 of 10 and not 1 of 4.

Ricardo finally got a taste of first class in The ET-Files, albeit only for 2 seconds before the challenge begins (Chloe, Austin, and Spritz were having a long talk). As the ship goes through some dramatic shifts, he sees the Yellow Among Us Crewmate twerking in front of him. Unfortunately for him, it was just a vision. As the challenge begins, he goes through the minefield while visions of said Yellow Among Us Crewmate dance in his head. He climbs the electric fence, even though there was a door nearby, as he wanted to touch said Crewmate's twerking parts. This even affects him during the song Someone Is Watching Me, seeing the Crewmate in his visions again. Once he enters the warehouse, he and Charlie stumble upon pods full of evil Charlies and Toucan Sam's. He finds his Yellow Among Us Crewmate and heads back to the plane. The Among Us Crewmate uses its...ass-ets...to bounce Ricardo back, but gets blown up by a mine and turned into goop. Before his true love leaves this mortal coil, they give Ricardo one last gift - a Sus Sus Amogus drum kit, only $1.99! Ricardo bears witness to the fight between Chloe and Christian, but quickly susses out that the former faked her injury to get the latter eliminated.

In Picnic at Hanging Dork, Ricardo tried his best in the challenge, only for it to blow up in his face. His emu got away, he came in dead last (even behind Charlie, who was carrying his emu) and captured a dingo instead of the required sheep. Lastly, he lost a good chunk of his hair due to Hawke. It was pretty obvious he didn't win immunity. At elimination, Ricardo was bottom two (again) with three votes against him. However, it was Mac taking herself out that saved him from defeat again. Once Charlie's cloned toucan exploded, Ricardo finally laid into him with a verbal assault meant to break his spirit.

Ricardo gets his head shaved even further in Niagara Brawls, fueling his ire. During the challenge, Austin threw a Kyogre card at him and it got embedded in his head. During the challenge, he was partnered with Lydia, leading the pair to form an alliance. The two make it through the wedding dress challenge in fine form and are first to cross the tightrope. Ricardo does not know a thing about Lydia and they eventually fall off the tightrope. As the episode ends with Chloe's departure, Ricardo's safe from elimination.

In Nausea See Me, Nausea Don't, Ricardo formulates a plan with Austin for a voting majority. He, Austin, Spritz, and Lydia would vote off Wendy and seize majority. He didn't, however, expect two things: Hawke to eat his delicious Greenland dish, swapping him with his "creation", and for Charlie to bring Spritz over to his side. As a result, he's voted out of the game, but it turns out to be a non-elimination.

The world soon knew about Ricardo's true actions towards his and Hawke's families in Aftermath III: Burn It Down, and Christian and Mac made off-hand mentions to him.

Ricardo finally started making some strategic moves to avoid elimination in Sweden Sour. He pairs up with Lydia on a combined boat build and convinces her to vote off Spritz. After the challenge where Wendy wins, he tells Austin to convince Charlie to vote her off too. With a close 4-3 vote, Spritz is eliminated and Ricardo is once again safe.

In African Lying Safari, Ricardo was the target of everyone's soccer balls in the initial stages. He lamented the fact that no one used many balls for anyone else's runs. He got hit in the crotch by nearly everyone remaining; even Thomas joined in the fun! After the soccer challenge, Ricardo paired up with Austin in order to catch a "feral" Sebastian. He sang the song of the episode, Wake Up, and attempted to catch Sebastian. It ended in abject failure and he was not immune. He did, however, have two proverbial cards to play: Austin's voting numbers and several decks of cards in the event of a tie. Austin told him to vote for Lydia, however, and Ricardo had no choice but to comply. The votes were tied, Ricardo proffered a poker game tiebreaker against Lydia, and he won in a pre-planned sleight-of-hand, essentially rigging himself further in the game.

In Rapa-Phooey, Ricardo had two major aims: to earn his first immunity this whole competition, and to get Austin (who was helped out of his funk by Wendy) under his control. His road to the former goal was lined with several obstacles, such as Charlie pelting him with eggs and Hawke absolutely annihilating him with eggs of his own color. Once he entered the cave system after finding eggs from statues of Chloe, Christian, himself (a stand-in for the Greenland elimination) and Mac, Ricardo nearly got rolled over by Hawke's runaway boulder and the collapsing caves. He was last to arrive and, as a result, last to sing in Condor. This proved advantageous to himself, however, as he ended up winning immunity for the first time all competition. As for winning Austin's control, however, that proved to be far more disastrous. He tried to convince Austin that the latter's strategic moves of voting for Spritz and Lydia were moves done by a true villain, but came up short. He then tried to trip up Austin by convincing a condor was a rare Pokémon, paying the price as said condor nearly attacked them all. Lastly, Austin's Gameboy ended up in his hands after its owner lost it in the song, leading Ricardo to crush his most prized possession: Pokémon Yellow. In a fit of rage, however, he couldn't get the sticker off and ended up shattering the system itself, too.

As he was immune, Ricardo could pick anyone he wanted to come to first class with him - he chose Charlie as the two needed to "talk". Unfortunately, due to Wendy's injuries, his self-vote to see where everyone else's loyalties lay was voided.

In first class, Ricardo told Charlie that he was next in his plans to go, working under the impression that Austin would be his lapdog and give him the win in the final two due to him owing Ricardo a favor. In the process of interrogating Charlie, Ricardo grants him an offer: eliminate Hawke with him, and Ricardo would bow out of the competition, letting Austin and Charlie make their way to finale together. Charlie refused this offer, and Ricardo leaves, but not before warning Charlie that fate "couldn't be changed." In the process, he takes Charlie's lighter, in order to enact the final stage of his plan.

In Aww, Drumheller, Ricardo plants Austin's Game Boy by him to see. To his delight, he sees Hawke sitting on said Game Boy as well; he tells Austin that he'll help him find out who the perpetrator is. During the designing challenge, Ricardo makes a Chris-ceratops, but due to the competitors grading each other, Ricardo gets no votes and no advantage. Charlie mocks him for digging with his hands, which Ricardo snaps back at him. Ricardo gets unlucky during the challenge, coming up empty-handed. Ricardo later finds Charlie stuck under a rock and sings This is How We Will End It to him, before freeing Charlie and giving him an ultimatum: vote for Hawke and try to change the hands of fate. Charlie finds the other half of the Game Boy sticker that Ricardo has on his shirt, and the former runs off to tell Austin everything. When Ricardo comes back to the plane, Austin finds out about the Game Boy and completely flips out on him. At elimination, Ricardo would have been eliminated in a 3-1 vote, but due to his drum kit from Area 51 and Charlie's lighter, he's able to blow up the plane and frame it on the latter. However, Charlie plays his note on Austin and Austin is the one eliminated. In a fit of rage from having his winning ticket voted out from under his nose, Ricardo throws a piece of shrapnel at him, causing Austin to be medically evacuated instead.

In the remains of loser class, Ricardo laments falling into a fit of rage like the people he had mocked and belittled have. He vows never to let his mask, his facade, crack again, and strengthens his resolve to eliminate Hawke and Charlie and win the season.

In Hawaiian Punch, Ricardo is given a walkie-talkie and heads off with Sebastian to their final destination - Tijuana Beach to eventually reach the shores of Hawaii. They eventually reach a train going to Tijuana. Hawke eventually makes a crash landing on said train and they sing I'm Gonna Make It on top of it. Ricardo eventually rides some horses over to the beach and gets on a boat to Hawaii. He nearly crashes into Hawke and his engine explodes. They both cross the shoreline at the same time, tying for second. Ricardo and Hawke face each other in a Hawaiian Fire Dance to the death. Ricardo, after a serious struggle, emerges victorious and is in the final two. Ricardo picks Sebastian and Edward for his helpers and they all sing Versus. Ricardo makes it partway up the mountain before Sebastian breaks his wheelbarrow. Ricardo takes the effigy up himself and makes it across the lava pool before getting hurt by Sebastian (again). Once Ricardo's across, he has an altercation with Chloe and nearly intimidates her again. He then makes it to the top to be met by his brother, Julian. The two bicker until Julian drops the proverbial bomb that he successfully got on Total Drama Asuka Valley. This gives Charlie enough time to reach the top and the two have one final confrontation. Ricardo loses, Charlie wins the million, and the former nearly shoves the latter off the volcano in one desperate bid for the million. Julian, in a reversal of roles, makes Ricardo a deal - he's not responsible for where he drops Ricardo, while Ricardo gets everything he had coming to him. With that deal squared away, Ricardo's own hubris has him fall in the volcano. As life flashes before his eyes, he sings My Way in his head before sinking deep in the lava.

After the season is over, Ricardo, burned beyond recognition, grips onto some flotsam off the shores of Hawaii. The King of Spades will rule again.

## Total Drama Asuka Valley

Ricardo is alive in Total Drama Asuka Valley. The end.

## Votes

Ricardo voted for these people in his time on the show:

## Episodes

4x01 - Walk Like An Egyptian

4x02 - Walk Like An Egyptian

4x03 - Total Drama Alchemist

4x04 - Iceland, Iceland, Baby

4x05 - Leaving a Pizza My Heart in Italy

4x06 - A Total Drama State of Mind

4x07 - The Aftermath: I - The Four Stooges (mentioned)

4x08 - Slap, Slap Revolution

4x09 - The Am-AH-zon Race

4x10 - Homechloming in Rio

4x11 - Can't Help Falling in Louvre

4x12 - Newf Kids on the Rock

4x13 - A Blast From the Past

4x14 - The Aftermath II: Martha Speaks (mentioned)

4x15 - Greece's Pieces

4x16 - I See London...

4x17 - The ET-Files

4x18 - Picnic at Hanging Dork

4x19 - Niagara Brawls

4x20 - Nausea See Me, Nausea Don't

4x21 - The Aftermath III: Burn It Down (mentioned)

4x22 - Sweden Sour

4x23 - African Lying Safari

4x24 - Rapa-Phooey!

4x25 - Aww, Drumheller

4x26 - Hawaiian Punch

## Trivia

* Ricardo ran an underground betting show during the latter portion of Total Drama Action. He was betting big money on Christian winning, but after his violent spell in the last stages of the show, no one was rooting for him.
* Ricardo's personality is based on a character that will be revealed at the end of his time on the season.
* Ricardo does not like clowns very much, as his negative interactions with Martha have shown. However, he has warmed up to her in filler scenes, and now thinks of her as "fascinating". This is then sadly turned on his head as he's instrumental in Martha's elimination.
* Ricardo is much more observant than he'd initially let on in the show, given his past. He quickly determines that Chloe feigned her injury to get Christian eliminated as it's something he would have done, as well as staying low with the alliance during the early portions of the game in order to get ahead versus competitors like Mel and Martha.
* Ricardo caused the fires that killed his parents. In addition, he was responsible for the deaths of Hawke's parents, as they had found out far too much abut him. Shortly after this, he moved to Toronto and started his show.
	+ In a case of history repeating, Ricardo caused the destruction of the Total Drama Jumbo Jet and framed it successfully (for a time) on Charlie.