Jasmine

Jasmine is a contestant in Total Drama: The Next Generation. She is labeled as **The Big Sister**.

## Biography

Jasmine has a younger brother that she is very protective of, and has defended on many an occasion. She has never backed down from a fight, and is always the victor, despite her small stature. She is far less likely to take personal offense, and considers herself to have thick skin. She isn’t all brawn, however, as she is a champion debater.

Jasmine joined the Total Drama series because her brother wanted to. She isn’t a fan of the show.

## Total Drama: The Next Generation

Jasmine arrived on the island with her brother, Naveen. She proved protective of him after Yolanda commented about Naveen's height, declaring that Yolanda was not his type, which Naveen responded with visible discomfort. Jasmine then dragged Naveen along the dock, threatening anyone that would dare mess with him. Orlando singled Jasmine out and commented on her being an inspiration. Jasmine also put an end to questioning from Max.

When the very honest Gabe approached Jasmine, upon his arrival, the others were nervous about what he would say. They were relieved when he simply complimented her necklace. She then stated to tell her something she didn’t already know, he responded with 'that shouldn’t be that hard'. Jasmine got angry, until it was realized that he was referring to a package of biscuits that were past the expiration date.

A conflict with mean girl, Tiffany, started very early on. Jasmine was weary about Tiffany making a move with Naveen. Tiffany then insulted Jasmine's height, but Jasmine shrugged that off quickly.

Upon team selection, Jasmine protested being on a team separate from her brother. The host, Jack, insisted that changing teams was impossible. Tiffany also chimes in that she would take care of Naveen.

During the first challenge, Tiffany used Naveen as a way to distract Jasmine as she eliminated her from the challenge. Jasmine didn’t blame her brother, but threatened Tiffany, again. Though Jasmine's team lost the first challenge, she was safe from elimination.

In the second challenge, Jasmine was paired against Naveen in a task to see who could break a carton of eggs fastest. Jasmine won the task, but felt bad for winning against her brother. He assured her that it was okay. Jasmine's team won the challenge.

During the next challenge, Jasmine noticed that Naveen seemed reluctant to take part of the pie eating. Orlando noted that her brother seemed self conscious about his weight. This concerned Jasmine, as she didn’t think he had felt self conscious before. After Tiffany thrust his face into a pie, Jasmine stood up and menacingly held a pie she intended to throw at Tiffany. Orlando and Suzy successfully calmed her down, however.

For the superhero themed challenge, Jasmine was dressed as a hero named Wolvalteen. She became suspicious when she observed Naveen flirting with his teammate, Vivi. Ultimately, Jasmine's team won the challenge and were not required to eliminate anyone.

That same evening, Jasmine asked Kirika, a member of the opposing team, how her brother was faring. Kirika assured her that he was doing fine. Jasmine proceeded to explain the source of her overprotectiveness. When they were young, Jasmine was put in charge of watching Naveen and lost him. Though her brother was safe, Jasmine became afraid of letting him down, again, and what might happen to him. During the challenge, Jasmine began worrying further as Tiffany threatened to vote out Naveen. Jasmine and Suzy teamed up to push Tiffany into the water.

Feeling nervous about her brother's position in the game, Jasmine enlisted Orlando's help in spying on him and his male team members. After seeing them wrestle, Jasmine was further concerned, despite Orlando insisting that what they saw was just roughhousing. This upset Jasmine, who accused Orlando of being prejudiced, despite his assurance that he was not. Jasmine stormed off.

At the challenge, noticing that Jasmine was concerned about Naveen, Orlando tried to insist on competing in the challenge in place of Jasmine, afraid she might throw the challenge. As the rest of his team discouraged his stance, Orlando acquiesced and agreed to sit out. The challenge involved escape rooms. Jasmine stood aside as her teammates attempted to solve the challenge. They ultimately lost, and unbeknownst to her team, Jasmine did throw the challenge by hiding an integral part of the challenge. Orlando was voted out, however.

Later than night, Jasmine recognized that she was mistaken about Naveen being in danger of being voted out. Declan shared with her some of Orlando's backstory, revealing that his family were victim to hate crimes, and he attempted to better himself to avoid others dealing with similar hurt. Jasmine apologized to Declan, who implied that she knew something the others didn’t.

In her cabin, Suzy was holding a doll that Jasmine became attached to. The team ultimately lost the challenge. Jasmine was voted out, and it was revealed that she admitted to her team members that she had sabotaged them during the previous challenge. This ultimately saved Declan, who was at risk of being voted out.

## Trivia

* Jasmine is named after Princess Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin.
* Jasmine is the first little person to compete.
* Jasmine was not always going to be black. She originally was white with red hair. Something bothered me about the design, and I realized that her coloring made her too closely resemble Vicky from The Fairly Odd Parents, unintentionally. I changed her color scheme.
* Jasmine and Naveen were not always intended to be related. After thinking that I would like a male and female contestant with a predicting relationship, I decided to make them siblings.
* In chapter one, Jasmine references the popular YouTube/Facebook video The Building is on Fire, with her comment 'Not today!'
* Jasmine references 'Rock You Like a Hurricane' by Scorpions in chapter one.
* Jasmine references Katie and Sadie switching teams, despite not being a fan of the show.
* Jasmine dressed as Grace from Total Drama: Boney Island and Total Drama: Worst of the Worst for the first challenge. This was a reference to both girls' flare for dramatics.
* For the superhero themed challenge, Jasmine was dressed as 'Wolvalteen'. While a direct reference to Marvel's Wolverine, the name also references chocolate beverage Ovaltine, and Teen Wolf.
* Jasmine references Wolverine by saying 'bub', his famous ‘I’m the best at what I do' line, and having a lollipop in her mouth, a reference to when he smoked cigars.
* I originally intended for Jasmine to dress as Storm for the superhero challenge, but felt Wolverine should be represented.
* Jasmine was originally going to make a comment about Naveen not being dressed as a dog being the same reason she wasn’t dressed as the maid for the challenge. This was left out for obvious reasons.
* Orlando originally was going to be eliminated earlier on for interfering with Jasmine's completion of a challenge, attempting to relieve her of something strength based due to feeling she was incapable. I wanted to make Orlando more falsely interpreted as prejudiced as opposed to him actual being so. I wanted to avoid Jasmine's race and height being a factor as much as possible.
* Jasmine is quite strong.
* Jasmine's reason for being overprotective was meant to be comedic, but it was challenging to write it as such. She got distracted when told to watch Naveen, and while he was safe, she become worried about what might have happened to him.
* Jasmine was the first character eliminated without appearing in an episode image in their elimination chapter. This was meant to suggest that she would be safe.
* I considered having Naveen and Jasmine make the merge together and Naveen voting his sister out to avoid being under her watchful eye. This felt a little too underhanded and was decided against.

## Gallery

Jasmine in her sleepwear.Jasmine in her swimwear.Jasmine’s original image.