Orlando

Orlando is a contestant in Total Drama: The Next Generation. He is labeled as **Woke**.

## Biography

Orlando at one time considered himself to be a pretty close minded individual. Topics like women's feelings, the environment, and the world's conflicts were all things he had negative opinions on. He took great offense at being called ignorant. He feels like he has been enlightened after doing internet research.

Orlando joined the Total Drama series to show how well he can interact with all kinds of people.

## Total Drama: The Next Generation

When Orlando arrived to the island, he gave his blessing on the diversity of the cast. He awkwardly hugged the other present contestants. When Romelio greeted him, Orlando assured the gay teen that he was an ally. He also told Romelio that it was okay that he was attracted to him, a claim that Romelio was quick to deny. Orlando didn’t seem to accept the answer as he proceeded to expose his abs to him. Romelio reprimanded Orlando for assuming that he would be attracted to him. He also stated that he was devoted only to his boyfriend. Orlando felt touched that Romelio was open about himself to him, and assured that he was always open to talk. Romelio quickly refused the offer.

Upon Wolf's arrival, Romelio slipped out his attraction to him, which Orlando duly noted, and appeared to take offense at, before claiming otherwise. Upon seeing Jasmine, a little person, Orlando declared her an inspiration.

During the team selection announcement, Orlando was excited to be on a team with Romelio, though Romelio did not share the excitement. In his tiny sleepwear, Orlando seemed offended when Byron pointed out that Orlando appeared to have next to no body fat. Orlando responded by calling Byron a body shamer.

During the challenge, Orlando did well. He was dressed as former contestant Fernando, which needed to be identified, but the other contestants could not. He was the final contestant to represent his team, despite being incapacitated due to uncontrollably laughing at another contestant splitting his pants, until Kirika correctly identified him.

Orlando was safe at his team's first elimination ceremony, though his friend, Romelio was voted out. Romelio came around on Orlando, noting that Orlando meant well, and before parting, assured Orlando that he had nice abs. This was a compliment that Orlando was incredibly touched by.

In the next challenge, Orlando was tasked with creating his own costume to portray a superhero. He struggled with painting the words 'Hyper Inclusivity Person' on his chest in the allotted time. While he lost his individual task, his team won enough tasks accumulatively that they did not lose the challenge, overall.

The following challenge was a pie eating challenge, a challenge that Orlando was very excited to compete in. Mid-challenge, Orlando observed that Naveen, a contestant on the opposing team, seemed ashamed of his weight. He shouted out that Naveen's heft made him special, a statement that further embarrassed Naveen. When Jasmine threatened to throw a pie at an opposing team member, Orlando attempted to talk her down by reminding her of the starving children in the world. Ultimately, his team won the challenge when he was accused of discriminating against a pie that no one wanted to eat. After eating it, he became addicted, even launching himself at the host, later, when he attempted to eat his own pie.

Orlando clarified that we was legitimately color blind and unable to direct his team members in a challenge to find different colored puzzle blocks. He ultimately lost the challenge for his team, as he was unable to recognize his teammate, Yolanda's voice. He did, however, follow he commands of the opposing team, leadin them to their win. Despite this, Orlando was safe due to the controversy surrounding Byron.

The next day, Orlando and some team members went for a swim. Jasmine was offended when Orlando attempted to help her lift her bag, and offered to lend her his pool noodle. She stated in confessional that he didn’t think he felt she was capable to take care of herself. During the challenge, Orlando was dressed as Aguaman, a water based hero. His role in the challenge was not aired, but his team won it.

The next challenge required The Chilly Dogs to sit a team member out. Orlando was chosen, though he seemed reluctant. He ultimately went along with the choice, trying to avoid being a source of conflict. While his team were the winners, Eddy had to be medically evacuated, after his near drowning incident caused his breathing issues to become more apparent.

Later, Jasmine became increasingly worried about her brother's place in the competition. She enlisted Orlando's aid as a stepping stool to help her spy on her brother. Orlando encourages her to worry less about her brother. Jasmine was offended by this, and accused Orlando of feigning interest in others to make himself look good, before storming off.

At the challenge, involving an escape room, Orlando was insistent that Jasmine sit out of the challenge instead of him. He assured the others that it wasn’t because she was a little person, but they didn’t believe him. His newfound friend, Declan, encouraged him to try to think about his philosophy on not feeling better than others. Orlando finally relented, sitting out his second challenge in a row. As the others competed out of sight, Orlando worried. Suzy observed this, and seemed annoyed.

After losing the challenge, Orlando encouraged Jasmine to tell the truth, believing that Declan was in danger of being voted out. Ultimately, Orlando was voted out. He seemed to take it well, and was glad that it wasn’t Declan.

## Trivia

* Orlando's stance is based on the 'You know I had to do it to 'em' meme.
* Orlando is not named after Orlando Bloom, despite slight similarities in style.
* Orlando's long shirt is a trend from recent years.
* In a very early concept image, Orlando was going to be a nudist. He was still going to be 'woke', but in this idea, he would be denouncing the evils of clothing manufacturers. Orlando's lack of shame of his body was left in the story, even though the nudist idea was scrapped.
* When writing the scene where Romelio and Orlando meet, it initially took a far more serious tone, as Romelio ripped Orlando apart with his criticism. A crestfallen Orlando proceeded to quietly stand aside from there on. I knew I needed to tone it down, and keep Orlando his usually blissfully unaware self.
* It was a challenge for me to not mix up Romelio and Orlando's names.
* When deciding teams, I wanted Orlando and Romelio on a team together. I also wanted to avoid Orlando being one of Tiffany's lackeys. Orlando and Romelio eventually become friends.
* Orlando's green thong was initially a mistake when drawing his episode image from the first chapter, I erased a line, and when redrawing it, left it in as a thong.
* Orlando dressed as Fernando in the first challenge, partly due to their slight similarities in appearance. Mainly, I thought it would be amusing for him to be unrecognizable to the other contestants, as Fernando was considered a forgettable character in universe. It was also hard for me to get Fernando's name out of my head as it ends with 'ando' like Orlando's name.
* Orlando's personal item was a book entitled 'How to Not Be Offensive, Updated to Include Ironically Edition'.
* Orlando's mentioning of Gaia, as his presumed deity of choice, is a reference to the Captain Planet character.
* Sour cream and raisin pie is a favorite of the author.
* Orlando's bib is a thinly disguised reference to Die Hard.
* Orlando is color blind.
* Orlando was dressed as Aguaman, a Hispanic take on Aquaman. This was based on Orlando's slight resemblance to Jason Momoa, who plays Aquaman in recent films.
* Orlando was originally going to be eliminated far earlier in the competition, perhaps being the second or third eliminated after physically preventing Jasmine from doing a component of a challenge by herself. After the sole reader of the story quickly latched onto Orlando, I decided to keep him in longer, partially to challenge myself. He then was going to make the merge, but I changed the plan when second guessing another elimination.
* Orlando was not being prejudiced against Jasmine in his final chapter in the competition, but had a feeling that she would intentionally throw the challenge to keep her brother in the game.
* Orlando appears to be the only contestant that likes challenges involving costumes.
* Orlando is coincidentally in three episode images with Suzy and Jasmine.
* Though he does not practice, Orlando's family is Muslim. He is from The Middle East.
* Orlando’s speedo is based on one worn by Simon Mee from Australian Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains.

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