Jonathan

* S2: Reality
* S5: The All-Stars

Jonathan is a contestant labeled **The Boy Scout** on Total Drama Reality and Total Drama: The All-Stars.

## Biography

Jonathan is an only child. His parents enrolled him in the Boy Scouts when he was seven years old in order to teach him survival skills, and to help him make friends. Jonathan has fully dedicated his life to being a boyscout. At the age of sixteen, Jonathan is completely uninterested in dating, or anything else that boys his age are normally interested in. This worries his parents. Jonathan has also been approached by several modeling agencies, but he doesn't view his physical appearance the way others do. He still views himself as a child, as opposed to a teenager. He also doesn't realize how strong he is, physically. Jonathan has excellent survival skills.

## Total Drama Reality

In Idle Talk Show, Jonathan appeared on LeShawna's talk show and discussed the fact that he thought his parents should be proud of him the way he is. When talking about dating he stated that girls are icky, upsetting Leshawna. He then insinuated that he didn't know Leshawna was a girl, angering her further. When Chris Mclean announced that the teens would be appearing on the next season of Total Drama, Jonathan was one of the few to hesitate at the thought of joining, despite the five million dollar prize. Chris mentioned the chance to show off survival skills, making Jonathan agree to join the show.

In Mission Catwalk, Libby told a joke which made Jonathan laugh hysterically. Jonathan was later chosen as the main designer by "iRene", because she identified his sewing badge. Libby tried to joke with Jonathan as he was working on the garment. He lost his cool, and told her that they would lose if she kept talking. He showed signs of being dedicated to the challenge, and motivated the rest of his team to give it their all. Jonathan's finished garment, which was worn by Sheena, looked like a feminine version of his boy scout uniform. Jonathan's team won the challenge. In Bronze Cook, Libby was talking to Jonathan. She then asked if he wanted to kiss, and he moved his arm so that she fell to the ground. Jonathan voiced being upset that girls never just want to befriend him. In Last Comic in an Upright Position, Sheena was talking to the confessional camera in Jonathan's Winnebago, for unexplained reasons. Jonathan had to use the bathroom, but Sheena didn't feel like letting him. Jonathan ran to the 15 Second Fame Seeker guys' RV, and ran into their bathroom. When leaving the RV, Jonathan found a note about a free laundry service, and handed it to Brent. The note was actually a trick to steal Cary's clothes.
 At the beginning of The Smallest Winners, Jonathan woke up most of the other teens by practicing his bugle playing. Sheena complained and insulted Jonathan for waking them up too early. Chris quickly appeared to start the latest challenge. Sheena then thanked Jonathan for waking everyone in time for the challenge. She then insulted his bugle playing. When the teens were dressed in T-shirts and shorts, for the working out challenge, Jonathan told Dinah that he liked her in her costume better. At the weigh in, Jonathan's shorts fell down around his ankles because of his weight loss, revealing his superhero themed briefs. Cary asked why no one was laughing at him, the way Cary was laughed at during a similar event. Val told him it was because Jonathan looked good. Jonathan blushed and pulled his shorts back on. In I Endured a Japanese Game Show, Jonathan was paired against Tsuyoshi, both wearing a loin cloth, for a vine swinging challenge. Jonathan defeated Tsuyoshi.

In Boy vs. Wild, Jonathan was up early the next day practicing his fire building skills. Melinda stepped outside, as well, revealing that she had trouble sleeping after taking revenge on an innocent team mate, Brent. While Jonathan and Melinda were talking, the Winnebagos started driving away. They found a map with a destination marked on it, and a note. The note said it was from someone Chris owed money, too, and that the contestants had been taken hostage. Chris was meant to meet with the ransom note providers in order to negotiate. Unable to find anyone for help that early, Jonathan and Melinda set out to rescue the others. Jonathan used a compass from his survival kit. Melinda said that she wished she could be herself, without acting creepy to get noticed. She told Jonathan to never stop being himself. After a while Melinda stopped walking. She said she was tired and revealed that she was diabetic. Jonathan handed her beef jerky, but she told him she wouldn't eat it, as she is a vegetarian. Jonathan began carrying Melinda the rest of the way. The teens did not see any cars along the back road they were on. They eventually found the abandoned RVs near a wooded area. Jonathan explored the Winnebagos while Melinda found something that would raise her blood sugar in her designated Winnebago. Jonathan found a note written by Uriah to Yi Min. Jonathan was really concerned about how scared Uriah must have felt in order to write the note. Jonathan pleaded in confessional for help from anyone who might be watching, particularly Chris. Jonathan told Melinda to wait by the road to flag down any passing cars, as he searched the woods for the others. He followed their trail and found them, locked in two cages. Jonathan cried at seeing the visibly terrified bound and gagged contestants, as he tried to comfort them. Jonathan attempted to help his team by sawing at the ropes of the cage. When that wasn't working he tried starting a fire on the ground in order to burn at the ropes. While he was doing this, Melinda walked up saying that there were no cars passing. Jonathan told her to attend to her team. She immediately opened the cage, because it wasn't locked. Jonathan felt stupid.
 They began untying their team mates, and they talked about four mysterious men that kidnapped them and threatened to harm them if they didn't go along with them. Chris then came, and revealed that it was all part of a challenge and that Melinda won for her team as she opened her team's cage first. As Chris was excitedly, and inconsiderately, talking about the details of the challenge, Jonathan walked up to him and grabbed him by his collar. Chris pleaded for Jonathan not to hit him, but Jonathan punched him in the jaw, knocking Chris to the ground. He proceeded to kick him in the side before being held back by Tsuyoshi and Yi Min. Chris said that Jonathan was eliminated for attacking him. "iRene", who consulted her contract, said that Chris couldn't do that without facing legal repercussions. After getting back to their RVs, Sheena took a shower. She noticed that her shampoo was missing, and someone returned it to her from outside the door. She screamed, and stepped outside the bathroom in a towel. Her hair had been dyed green. She blamed Ophelia, then Dinah, insulting both of them. Jonathan defended Dinah, and Sheena proceeded to tear him apart for losing the challenge. She told him to grow up. When meeting for their elimination, Jonathan changed out of his Boy Scout uniform. Jonathan apologized to Chris for his tantrum. Sheena was ultimately eliminated for losing her composure with her team mates. Chris then apologized to the remaining Temporarily Known teens, promising that he wouldn't be so cruel in another challenge. He was afraid that he might have caused emotional damage, particularly with Jonathan.
 In Porpoise Aquarium, Yi Min was shocked to discover that Jonathan had cut apart his Boy Scout sash. Jonathan insulted Yi Min's intelligence, and hurt his feelings. Ophelia confronted Dinah about being the one who sabotaged Sheena because she liked Jonathan. Dinah denied everything, but revealed in confessional that she did in fact sabotage Sheena, but she still denied liking Jonathan. For the challenge, the contestants had to assemble some sort of new invention to present before three business people. When Yi Min suggested making a toothbrush, Jonathan insulted him, again. Yi Min said in confessional that it hurt coming from Jonathan, because they were friends. The teams selected Val and Micky D. to make the presentations. Val did well with Herman's product, while Micky D. bombed while presenting his team's self-chalking pool cue. When he saw that his team lost, Yi Min assured Micky D. that Jonathan would be eliminated for being so mean. Dinah tried to defend Jonathan, but to avoid people thinking that she had a crush on Jonathan, she went to pour ink on his belongings. She then found a picture of a bird in his things, that she drew earlier in the competition. She then admitted liking Jonathan to Ophelia, and asked her to set her up with him. Using Uriah's help, Jonathan was led to a romantic setting overlooking the setting sun. Dinah then approached him. They both admitted to liking each other. At the elimination, Dinah was eliminated. She admitted to the others that she was the one who sabotaged Sheena, and she felt that Jonathan deserved to stay in the competition longer than her.
 In Astounding Race, Jonathan said he was proud of himself for handling Dinah's elimination well. He then apologized to Yi Min and said that he hoped they could be friends, again. Yi Min accepted. Chris revealed that the two teams were no more, making Herman happy. Chris then said that he would select a name out of a bag and that person would pick a team mate for a race, and Jonathan chose Herman. Herman was excited to get to know someone from the other team, especially Jonathan. Yi Min asked Jonathan why he didn't choose him. Jonathan told him it was because he didn't want Yi Min to drag him down. Yi Min was hurt, and told Jonathan that he couldn't be friends with someone who was nice for one minute, and hurt him the next. Jonathan was disappointed with himself. Throughout the first parts of the challenge, Herman and Jonathan got along really well. Herman was unable to carry as many bricks as Jonathan, and tried to hurry Jonathan when he stopped to take a break. Jonathan lashed out at Herman, told him to stop talking stupid, dragged him by the wrist, and forced him to carry more bricks then he wanted to. They finished the task, but Herman would no longer talk to Jonathan. Yi Min and "iRene" were the final two contestants to arrive at the finish. When they got on the mat with Chris, he revealed that Herman and Jonathan had been eliminated. He then showed them a video on a portable DVD player showing what happened. Herman refused to get on the mat that symbolized the team finishing the race. Jonathan took Herman by the wrist again and told him to get on the mat. Herman pushed his arm free and said how horrible the entire experience had been for him, and that he wanted to be on the show to make friends. He said that he thought Jonathan was cool, and that he would be awesome to get to know, but that Jonathan was horrible, as well. Herman ran from the area to gather his belongings. Jonathan then had an emotional breakdown, and asked Chris what was wrong with him, and why he was fine one minute, and hurting people the next. Chris assured Jonathan that he would get him some help. Yi Min expressed concern for Jonathan after viewing the video. Chris assured Yi Min that Jonathan would be alright.

In Where Art They, Now?, Leshawna visited the eliminated contestants at the hotel they were staying at. Jonathan wasn't present at first, but arrived later. Chris had taken him to speak with a psychiatrist about his problem. He told Dinah, and a wide eyed Leshawna, that the psychiatrist believed he had bipolar disorder. Dinah assured Jonathan that she would be there for him if he needed her. He then revealed that he was going home with his parents, but that he might be able to visit the others every now and again. In Loss and Found, Leshawna visited the eliminated competitors, again. Jonathan revealed that he was now on medication to help him control his shifts in mood. He agreed with Dinah when she said she wanted Ophelia to win. In Losing Isn't Everything, Jonathan came to the hotel to spend the night so he could be present for the finale. Ruth gave Jonathan a picture she drew of him in his boy scout uniform with Dinah. It made him cry and he mentioned that he met with the Boy Scout committee and they felt his conduct wasn't a good reflection of the organization. Dinah assured him that he could still practice his hobbies, even without being a scout. In Outlaster, Jonathan supported "iRene" to win. He helped her by breaking down the door along with a few others. He later revealed that he had tied up and gagged Chris in order to make Tsuyoshi think that "iRene" won.

## After Total Drama Reality

Jonathan has been taking every day one at a time, since discovering that he had bipolar disorder. He tries to not let it define him, however. The biggest change that Jonathan experienced in the last few years is his lack of motivation for keeping active and eating well. He began focusing on his schoolwork, to guarantee that he got into college. Now, in college, he no longer exercises or does the things that he used to enjoy doing so much, not finding the interest, or time to do so. He also eats whatever is convenient, no matter how unhealthy it is. He is fully aware of his weight gain, though he doesn't show any sign of it bothering him. He does realize that it bothers Dinah, his girlfriend. She wants him to do more, but he's content with watching television when they can be together.

Jonathan agreed to appear on Total Drama: The All-Stars, after Dinah convinced him to appear, hoping that it might make him love outdoor activity, again.

## Total Drama: The All-Stars

When Jonathan arrived, in All-Starstruck, Quintin commented that Jonathan didn't look like he did, before. Jonathan stated that he put on some weight. Sheena insulted Jonathan. He said in confessional that he was heavily medicated, but still needed to show self control in order to not lash out. Sheena insulted his weight.

Sheena complained when she found out that she would be on the same team as Jonathan, in Fatal Distraction. During the challenge, Jonathan insisted that he was a good swimmer, and would look for pieces of a plastic mannequin underwater. After he got back to shore without finding a piece of the mannequin, Jonathan spoke with Chris. Jonathan stated that he was wiped out for not having swam in a while. Chris stated that plastic floats, implying that the team would have seen the mannequin pieces from the shore if they were in the water.

In Modest Muse, Beau showed pictures of his family to Jonathan, revealing that his wife was pregnant and his son was half Asian, as Beau's ex-girlfriend was Asian. During the art challenge, Jonathan revealed that he never got a boyscout badge related to art, as he is not a good artist. When Sheena was stuck in quicksand during the challenge, in Watermelon-choly, Jonathan asked if they had to help her out of it. Jonathan was paired Yi Min in the challenge. Jonathan apologized for being mean to Yi Min on Total Drama Reality, and Yi Min accepted his apology, but still was going to knock Jonathan into the ground, since that was the challenge. Jonathan said that he didn't feel right about battling a friend and Yi Min knocked him into the quicksand, thinking it might be a trick. Jonathan fell into the quicksand head first and Yi Min tried to pull him out of the sand, but pulled off his pants, instead. He then pulled Jonathan out of the sand.

Jonathan walked with Beau, in Comic Mischief Makers, and admitted how he gained the weight, and that he wanted to get back in shape, but didn't know where to start. Beau lifted up his shirt to show Jonathan his abs. He said that he would help train Jonathan, knowing a bit about fitness. He started by telling Jonathan to stop walking and run with him. During the challenge, Jonathan thanked Daniel for eliminating Sheena from the challenge. Sheena insulted Jonathan and called him weak. Beau patted him on the back, assuring him that he was doing a good job. Jonathan was eliminated from the challenge, and Sheena told him he was pathetic. Jonathan began to snap at Sheena, but stopped himself before he said anything he would regret. He walked toward his cabin. Sheena followed after Jonathan and sat next to him on his bed. She told him that she was sorry. He said that even with his meds it was difficult to not get angry with her. She admitted that she wanted Jonathan to be there so she could work on being more positive. They made up and decided to hug. They looked into each other's eyes and kissed. They both freaked out, due to their dating other people, and after complimenting each other Sheena left the room.

Beau and Jonathan ran together, in Puppet Tears, but Jonathan stopped when he got tired. Beau ran ahead while Jonathan caught his breath. Jonathan then spoke with Ophelia, telling her that he kissed Sheena. This fact surprised Ophelia. Jonathan explained that he didn't feel that Dinah was attracted to him, anymore. He said he wanted to get in shape, but Beau's routine was too difficult for him. Ophelia encouraged Jonathan to talk to Beau about it. She also told him not to cheat on Dinah, anymore. He said he wouldn't and regretted his stupid action. Ophelia noted his sincerity and was confident that Dinah would forgive him. During the challenge, Beau and Jonathan went together. Beau stood on Jonathan's shoulders to break a puppet, then Jonathan stood on Beau's shoulders which surprised Jonathan. They both retrieved what they were after and went back to Chris.

In Environmentality, Ivan saw Beau making Jonathan do an intense workout. He looked confused when Jonathan mouthed 'help me'. In the morning, Jonathan told Beau that his workouts were too difficult for him, and that he didn't want him to train him, anymore. Beau was hurt, and went for a run. Ivan told Jonathan that he would train him, knowing about losing weight starting as an obese person. Beau walked in and said he heard the conversation and understood. He hugged Jonathan tearfully.

In Quiz Showtime, Ivan helped Jonathan with his work out routine. The next morning, in LARPapalooza, Jonathan and Beau went to investigate when there were loud noises in the morning. They saw that it was Yi Min building a wheelchair ramp for Creigh. For the challenge, Beau asked Jonathan to be his butt in a horse costume. Jonathan politely declined the offer. Jonathan got teased by Reeve when he arrived in his tight fitting costume.

Beau poked Jonathan's stomach with his finger, in Mystery Loves Company, signifying that Ivan's workout wasn't having the desired results. Ivan went off after hearing an alleged bird, and Jonathan followed after him to investigate, taking a duffel bag with him. After Beau couldn't sit alone by himself, he followed after Jonathan, unknown to Jonathan. Beau caught Jonathan in the bushes scarfing down prepackaged chocolate cupcakes. Jonathan apologized for letting Beau down and then asked why he was still in the competition. Beau assured him that everyone loved him. The guys then overheard Ivan and Hedda scheme to vote out Beau by throwing the challenge. Beau got sad, though Jonathan tried to assure him that he would protect him. At the challenge, everyone threw it, but Jonathan and Beau, but Jonathan accidentally caused the other team to win the challenge. Jonathan pleaded with Ivan to vote him out instead of Beau, wondering why he was still in the game. At the elimination, Janice was voted out, though Jonathan was prepared to quit in Beau's behalf.

Jonathan and Beau hugged over being in the competition together still, in Embar-Razzmatazz, and Ivan walked in on them. Ivan explained to Jonathan that he felt that he deserved a second chance, because he reminded him of himself when he was on Total Drama: Boney Island. Dinah arrived for the challenge and told an embarrassing story about Jonathan buying a costume for himself like one of Dinah's, but it was too tight and he couldn't get it off, and had to wear it to school. She said he had to get it surgically removed. Jonathan stood up and interrupted the story stating that he kissed Sheena. After the challenge was offer, Jonathan assured that the kiss meant nothing and that he felt it wasn't worth kissing her with how bad it hurt his conscience. She forgave him, as long as it didn't happen, again. Beau then walked up with Yancy and they hit it off, though Beau thought they would be jealous over each other. Beau was annoyed when they made fun of him.

During the challenge, in Attack of the Deadly Tree Frog People, Jonathan and Beau paired up, and then split up when Chef Hatchet caught them. Jonathan ran one way while Beau ran another, and Chef Hatchet tagged Jonathan, while Beau ran off. Chef accidentally stamped Jonathan in the eye, and slowly backed away while Jonathan screamed in pain. During the challenge, in Me, Myself, and Ice, Jonathan used his campfire building skills in order to melt the block of ice he had. He won the challenge, but lost the gold medal that was in the block of ice.

Jonathan was rather angry with the fact that he couldn't keep the gold medal from the previous challenge, in Some Children Left Behind. His fellow contestants noted how angry he was, even to the point of crying. Creigh spoke with Jonathan about what was wrong. Creigh told him he was overreacting, and Jonathan snapped at him. He quickly apologized, and then explained that he lost his medication for his bipolar disorder. He was down on himself, but Creigh encouraged him to talk about something positive. Creigh told Jonathan that they should have a signal in case Jonathan needed to talk. During the challenge, Jonathan opted to sit out, while Ophelia sat by him and spoke with him. She said she knew he lost his medication. Jonathan was voted out, to Beau's surprise. He told Beau that he lost his meds but was afraid to tell him, not wanting Beau to look at him any differently. Beau assured Jonathan that he didn't and they hugged goodbye. Jonathan assured Yi Min that he wanted to be friends, but was afraid he might say something offensive to Yi Min. On the Boat of Losers, Jonathan admitted that he felt like he redeemed himself from his first season. He then stated that the fire starting challenge reminded him that he loved nature, not the incentive he got with boyscout badges.

## Trivia

* Jonathan was the tenth character eliminated, and the second person eliminated after the original teams were dissolved.
* Jonathan's talents are all represented as badges on his sash. Two badges are obscured by his ascot, and are not meant to represent anything. The badge directly below his ascot is a smiley face.
* Jonathan's character didn't end up being the same as it was originally intended. He was going to be extremely nice, but focused when things mattered. I didn't really feel that storyline, and he became pretty different from what he was originally going to be. I feel that his storyline became far more important and interesting.
* Jonathan saying "Potty emergency!" is a reference to *The Animaniacs*.
* Jonathan's cyan polo shirt and skinny jeans were chosen, as both are relatively commonly worn by "cool", teenage boys. The color of the polo shirt seems to be a very common color of shirt designed for that age group for some reason.
* Jonathan's attack against Chris Mclean was thought up the day before it happened, and the Boy vs. Wild chapter was originally going to be far lighter than it was.
* Jonathan was originally going to place thirteenth. When deciding between having Dinah or Jonathan be Herman's partner in the race chapter, Jonathan's storyline seemed stronger.
* Jonathan has bipolar disorder. Basically, it means that he has uncontrollable, severe shifts in his mood. Read more about it here.
* For All-Stars, Jonathan put on weight due to becoming inactive. That's the main reason for his different appearance.
* I was actually undecided whether I wanted Jonathan or Cary to appear in All-Stars from Total Drama Reality. Lalainee won a chance to see who I was considering to be in this story from that story. I asked her if I should put in Jonathan or Cary, and she chose Jonathan.
* Jonathan's newer image was originally going to have a brown shirt. I thought this made him more reminiscent of Kevin James' character from King of Queens, as his work uniform is similar.
* Jonathan's sleepwear pic has him in superhero underwear labeled with 'Agua-Man'. This is a reference to Aqua Man and is colored after his classic costume. Total Drama Reality mentioned him wearing superhero underwear.
* Jonathan and Sheena's kiss was done to be shocking, and to resolve their conflict.