Tiffany

Tiffany is a contestant in Total Drama: The Next Generation. She is labeled as **Miss Popularity**.

## Tiffany

### Friends

Kirika, Winnie (one-sided on Winnie's part)

### Enemies

Clara, Jasmine, Max, Naveen, Gabe, Eddy, Suzy, Vivi

## Biography

Tiffany is a popular girl at her school. She leads her clique with an iron, but well manicured, fist. She is used to landing whatever guy she wants, and takes a lot of pride in being able to do so. Her teachers and advisors try to encourage her to take academics as seriously as she does being popular, but she’s pretty certain that they’re just jealous.

Tiffany joined the Total Drama series to be the most popular contestant ever.

## Total Drama: The Next Generation

Tiffany arrived and greeted the contestants. Jasmine admitted that Tiffany seemed nice, but quickly retracted her comment after Tiffany stated that she was only saying her name once because she’s ‘unforgettable’. Tiffany then demanded that someone help her with her luggage, to which most of the guys quickly responded. Jasmine held back her brother, Naveen. Tiffany was not shy in sharing that the amount of handsome contestants would make her strategy easier. Jasmine warned Tiffany to stay away from Naveen, to which Tiffany asked the diminutive Jasmine if she was going to bite her ankles.

Once Kirika arrives, Tiffany tripped her, causing her to land hard on the dock. Tiffany insulted her braces, and called her a loser, after telling Kirika to be more careful. Tiffany seemed annoyed when Max helped Kirika to her feet. When the nerdy Eddy was introduced, Tiffany mocked Kirika in calling him her dream date.

When teams were decided, Jasmine protested not being on a team with her brother. Tiffany assured that she would take care of him. Tiffany delegated sleeping arrangements, choosing to have the friendly Clara bunk with her.

The first challenge involved dressing as a former contestant, and the new contestants placing the matching name tag to their back, eliminating them until the entire opposing team was eliminated. Tiffany was excited to be dressed as her self proclaimed childhood hero, Missy. She successfully eliminated Suzy, and intentionally taunted the grammarian by using poor grammar. Suzy threatened to ‘end’ Tiffany while a crew member dragged her away.

Tiffany led some guys on her team, with the priority being on protecting her. She also used Naveen to distract Jasmine while she effectively eliminated her from the challenge. When she lost her shoe, Tiffany made Naveen retrieve it for her, causing his pants to rip as he bent to retrieve it. He was also eliminated after this. She got Romelio from the other team to retrieve her shoe for her, before eliminating him and his friend Declan. She then tried to eliminate Orlando, but couldn’t figure out who he was dressed as. Orlando eliminated her, not realizing that Kirika was still in the challenge. She reappeared and eliminated Orlando, winning the challenge for her team. Tiffany lamented that that result was worse than losing.

Later that night, Tiffany told Clara about the jersey she was wearing. She explained that it belonged to an ex from a rival school, and that she dated him to get the jersey because she liked his team colors. She dumped him after she received it, and he was so heart broken that he lost the big game. She seemed proud that he and his family were shamed to a different province, and Clara stood shocked at the story.

For the second challenge, Tiffany assigned herself the role of giving tasks to her team members to perform. Tiffany was upset with horse obsessed Winnie for drawing a horse instead of the host Jack. Tiffany attempted to give Kirika a difficult task, only for her to win her portion. Later, it came to light that Tiffany brought a horse figurine as a personal item. Winnie then latched on to Tiffany, much to her chagrin. Tiffany arranged for Winnie to be voted out, because she didn’t want to be associated with her. Winnie didn’t seem deterred, and considered Tiffany her friend. She gave her a horseshoe for luck before departing. Tiffany tossed it, claiming she didn’t need luck.

After the elimination, Tiffany invited the guys on her team for a late night swim. All agreed to join her, but Max. She urged Eddy to keep his shirt on, so he entered the lake fully clothed. She proceeded to body shame him, Naveen, and Gabe, particularly for his body hair. They just stood around in the water, as she was most concerned about getting her hair wet. During the pie eating challenge, Eddy and Naveen were reluctant to partake in the pie after Tiffany’s harsh comments. She told them to get over it, and slammed Naveen’s face into a pie. Jasmine threatened to throw a pie at Tiffany, but was talked down by her team. Clara noticed that Tiffany didn’t eat any pies, and the team lost the challenge. Tiffany was a target for elimination, but she convinced the guys to vote for Clara. It was revealed at the campfire ceremony, Naveen, Gabe, and Max were all considered Tiffany’s boyfriends, and Eddy sided with them because they had the numbers.

The straight laced Max was reluctant when Tiffany insisted on giving him a makeover, but he eventually acquiesced. She even cut his hair. In confessional, Tiffany admitted that Max didn’t need a makeover, but she wanted him to prove how far he’d go for her. At the challenge, Tiffany commanded her alliance of boyfriends, and Eddy, to throw the challenge in order to vote out her rival, Kirika. The group was blindfolded, as Kirika, without a blindfold, directed them to puzzle pieces. They responded by doing the opposite of what she said. Kirika eventually caught on, purposely having them walk into each other by telling them the opposite of what she wanted them to do. Using the help of Vivi and Orlando, Kirika won the challenge for her team.

Later that night, Tiffany swore revenge on Kirika to her alliance of boyfriends and Eddy. They all seemed to disagree, and Max stated that he felt throwing challenges to eliminate Kirika was a bad idea. Tiffany responded that he wasn’t there to think, and she demanded that he rub her feet. During the superhero cosplay challenge, Tiffany was rescued from her cage by mask. When he suggested how to use his assigned ability for the challenge, Tiffany told him that how he use his power would be her decision. He felt uncomfortable in his revealing costume, and she downplayed his feelings, basically saying that his appearance reflected well on her. She then insulted his teeth, which he called her out for being uncalled for. He reluctantly followed after her to continue on in the challenge.

After losing the challenge, Tiffany and Max got into an argument about Kirika that disrupted conversation by others. After Vivi was voted out, it was revealed that the argument was a ruse to prevent Naveen from speaking. Tiffany realized that Naveen liked Vivi, and was keeping him from breaking up with her.

At the challenge that required the contestants to keep the other team off of a dock, Tiffany insulted Eddy for his weight. She also threatened Jasmine to not think about getting her hair wet, using Naveen’s fate in the game as a negotiating device. When the challenge started, Suzy pushed Tiffany, who tripped over Jasmine, who was crouched behind her knees. Tiffany fell into the water and screamed, blaming Naveen for what happened. The challenge was halted after Eddy was seen floating motionless in the water. Tiffany was in disbelief. After Eddy was resuscitated, and brought to the medical tent, Tiffany was the only member of his tribe that he did not request to see.

After the incident with Eddy, the remaining contestants were properly introduced to the show’s grief counselors. Tiffany insulted their age and said she’d rather talk to her boyfriends. Naveen got upset, and told her she only thought about herself. When she told him that was no way to talk his girlfriend, he fixed the problem by breaking up with her and storming off. When fearing Gabe was about to break up with her, she broke up with him first, which was a relief to him. Tiffany admitted to Max that she felt bad for the mean things she said about Eddy, but he did not sympathize, implying that she only felt bad because something tragic happened. He then proceeded to break up with Tiffany, as well. When Tiffany was feeling emotional in her shared cabin with Kirika, Kirika attempted to comfort her, but Tiffany refused to talk to her.

For the escape room challenge, Tiffany was essentially ignored by her team. She threw a ring at Max when he said something she didn’t like, inadvertently landing the ring on a soda bottle. This made lights go off and music play, she took credit for whatever happened, but then fell behind a mirror that promptly closed behind her. The others did not rush to her rescue. When she was eventually freed, she had found a crank necessary for the challenge. The others did not thank her, but praised Kirika for solving the puzzle with the help of the crank. Their team went on to win the challenge.

During the gameshow challenge, the guys on Tiffany’s team worked at excluding her from the challenge. Kirika noted this, and told them she did not think they should shun Tiffany, but Max reminded her of how Tiffany had treated her before. Kirika was team captain, and noted that Tiffany had right answers, but did not choose Tiffany’s answers due to pressure from their other team members. Kirika finally listened to Tiffany, which led the team to a win. Kirika noted Tiffany, while the guys ignored her and celebrated Kirika for the team’s victory.

After predicting a merge, Max tried to reconcile things with Tiffany. He apologized for how harshly he treated her after they broke up. He admitted to struggling with self loathing when admitting why he agreed to date her. Tiffany assured him that they were similar, and that she too struggled with self confidence after her parents had verbally abused her as a child. Max asked if they could work together in case of a merge. Tiffany agreed, stating that the women from the other team likely wouldn’t want to work with her. At the merge feast, Tiffany attempted to be cordial with the other team and Suzy assured her that they didn’t like her. Tiffany noted the comment from Suzy to Max. At the elimination ceremony, Max was eliminated. Tiffany revealed in confessional that she defected to the other team in turning on Max. She stated that it was revenge for his breaking up with her.

Once back to their cabin, Tiffany attempted to bond with Suzy and Yolanda. Tiffany bragged about being to less campfire ceremonies than her former rivals. After Yolanda denied dating Declan, Tiffany asked to make her move, which upset Yolanda. Before the challenge, Tiffany was blindfolded. When her blindfold was removed, she found herself speaking via video to a purple haired ventriloquist’s dummy that called itself Cryptogram. Cryptogram explained that the others would try to capture Tiffany. If she successfully evaded them and found some hidden objects, she would earn invincibility. If one of the others captured her, they would earn invincibility. Tiffany found herself in a rowboat in the middle of the lake with no oars. Naveen, disguised with a hockey mask, emerged from the water, and tried to catch Tiffany with a large fishing net with a handle. She successfully dodged Maveen, took the net from him, and jabbed him with it. He then helped push her to shore before giving up and floating away.

Tiffany next encountered Wolf, dressed as a doll in a lab coat. He was intimidating in his efforts to catch Tiffany, and caught her by the ankle as he fell to the ground. After a long night spending time with Gabe, Wolf fell asleep before completing his part of the challenge. Tiffany escaped and decided to search the confessional for her next item. There, she was met by Suzy, wearing an eerie apron. Suzy expressed a lack of interest in the challenge, and let Tiffany go, handing her a video tape clue for the next item. Tiffany then made her way to the crew quarters, as she had seen a VCR there, previously. There, she was accosted by a masked figure that chased her. She successfully got away, until it was revealed that Declan and Gabe were teamed up. Gabe held Tiffany down, while Declan went to capture her. Tiffany turned the guys against each other, stating that Declan was not letting Gabe win, and taking the invincibility for himself. After a struggle, Gabe fell and a cardboard television fell on top of him. Kirika was revealed to be stuck inside the television. Tiffany tripped Declan, and he, Gabe, and Kirika fell all top of each other. Tiffany escaped with the next item. She hid from Yolanda, and sought solace in her cabin. Only for Suzy to emerge from the cabin and capture a very surprised Tiffany. Despite not earning invincibility, Tiffany was not voted out of the competition.

Tiffany attempted to bond with Suzy and Yolanda, but they made it clear that they were not working with her. During the laser tag challenge, however, Suzy created a tentative truce in order to team up. As soon as Yolanda arrived, Suzy eliminated Tiffany from the challenge.

After helping vote out the men of her former team, Tiffany attempted to bond with the former members of The Chilly Dogs. Suzy, Declan, and Yolanda again made sure to tell her she was not part of their alliance. She also tried to make a love connection between Declan and Yolanda, who denied being interested in each other. Tiffany returns to her cabin, and only Kirika was present. After a brief argument, Kirika dropped her journal. Tiffany picked it up, thinking it was romantic musings about Max. She then realized that Kirika had been writing strategic observations of her competitors. When she got to what Kirika wrote about her, she was surprised to learn that Kirika found her to be smart. Kirika suggested they team up, Kirika noting that they each lacked what the others needed. Tiffany refused, but seemed to consider what Kirika said.

During the croquet challenge, Tiffany excelled, citing her favorite film as why she was so good at croquet. Instead of trying to win, however, Tiffany backtracked in order to hit Kirika’s ball off of the course. Tiffany noted how cute Declan and Yolanda were together. She then attempted to make a final two deal with Suzy, who lost her temper with Tiffany. She told her no one liked her and that she would be voted out next. Declan was the next one eliminated, however. Tiffany had decided to team up with Kirika in order to take down the alliance of Declan, Yolanda, and Suzy. Kirika suggested convincing Suzy that she was playing for third. Tiffany liked the plan but insisted that Kirika be the one to have the conversation with Suzy.

In the following episode, Kirika and Tiffany discussed their next plan. They agreed to further divide Suzy and Yolanda. Kirika suggested finding a way to get Suzy to lose a challenge. Tiffany found a moment alone with Yolanda and told her that Suzy voted with her to eliminate Declan. Yolanda claimed not to believe Tiffany.

The challenge involved the players competing in pairs for a therapy session where they were meant to pretend to be their partner. Tiffany and Kirika were paired together. Tiffany struggled at staying in character, and was insulted when Kirika was praised for portraying Tiffany as shallow and flippant. Tiffany finally revealed why she instantly disliked Kirika, stating that she herself put so much effort into being liked, where Kirika was liked without even trying. Kirika revealed that she was so afraid to upset Tiffany that she was afraid to do anything out of fear of being attacked by Tiffany. Kirika went on to explain how she shut herself away in her room out of fear of being mistreated. Tiffany finally apologized to Kirika and the two won the challenge. The duos tactic worked in trying to divide Suzy and Yolanda, and they were eliminated in a surprise sudden death elimination for the team that placed last.

Now in the final four, the two women discussed dividing Wolf and Andrea next. Kirika expressed difficulty in causing friction between friends. Tiffany said that she tries to focus on her ultimate goal, buying a playgirl mansion. They decided that in order to divide Andrea and Wolf, they would need to learn more about them. Kirika and Tiffany divided the pair physically, by having Andrea join them in their cabin, and leaving Wolf outside. Tiffany then showed Andrea a picture of Wolf with his family, which Tiffany stated that he looked like he had sons. Andrea assumed that it may be nephews. Tiffany attempted to raise the doubt that Wolf was keeping a secret. When giving the photo back, Wolf revealed that he is one of three identical triplets, and that he was a ‘test tube baby’. Tiffany and Kirika relayed the information to Andrea, who started to think Wolf was a clone.

During the plush creation challenge, Tiffany revealed that she was big fan of stuffed animals. Due to the narrow views of the judges, Tiffany won the challenge. Tiffany was shocked that Kirika was eliminated. Kirika explained that she couldn’t hurt a friendship like Tiffany could, and she exited, stating that Tiffany was a remarkable player.

Having exhausted her options for trying to defeat Andrea and Wolf, Tiffany admitted going through all of her tricks to try to get between the two. She then tried to get friendly with Andrea, and agreed to a makeover. Andrea made Tiffany to look like Andrea. Tiffany was disturbed by the makeover, but tried to use it to trick Wolf into thinking she was Andrea, and that Andrea was an alien. This tactic failed, as Tiffany was voted out, placing third overall.

In the final challenge, Tiffany supported Wolf as the winner.

## Trivia

* I initially felt that Tiffany was too similar to Missy and Heather, but decided to focus on the male characters ‘simping’ for her. This gave her a unique spin to a similar archetype.
* Jasmine initially stating that Tiffany seemed nice was foreshadowing to their long lasting rivalry.
* Tiffany is polyamorous.
* Tiffany hides things that might make her seem less popular, like her love for horses and stuffed animals.
* Tiffany was dressed as a parody of Poison Ivy in the superhero challenge due to her ability to seduce the male characters.
* During the escape room challenge, Tiffany is dressed like Daphne from the Scooby Doo series. Of the characters, that seemed like the most obvious choice of a reference. Tiffany and Daphne are both conventionally pretty and seem popular.
* When Tiffany reads that Kirika finds her smart, she states that no one ever called her smart before. But when Max apologizes to her, he calls her smart. This was a mistake on my part, but could be explained as her viewing his apology as false.
* Tiffany portrayed a ‘final girl’ in the horror themed challenge. With the final two in the story being a male, and a gender nonbinary contestant, she was the final girl in the competition. Sally from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was the specific character I had in mind for her.
* In the laser tag challenge, Tiffany was going to portray the bride from Ready or Not. I decided to change her to a reference of Uma Thurman’s character, the bride, from Kill Bill.
* In the croquet challenge, Tiffany comments on her favorite movie about a group of popular girls being targeted by a fake friend and a juvenile delinquent. Kirika adds that the movie starred three Heathers from Total Drama Island. The movie being referenced is Heathers. Croquet is a recurring event in that film.
* Tiffany’s dream of owning a ‘playgirl mansion’ is a reference to Hugh Hefner’s living arrangement.
* Tiffany’s strength is her ability to create social connections, even though she’s not a nice character. Most of her social connections come from people wanting to be liked or viewed as popular.
* In the earliest version of the story, Tiffany was going to be a surprise early elimination. She was going to be who Kirika considered as having control over Max, and would become Kirika’s target. After the real story came into fruition, Kirika was no longer going to be the main villain.
* After beginning to write the story, I still intended to keep Tiffany as an early elimination. My first boot order had her as being eliminated sixth, after Vivi and before Eddy. However, due to how essential she felt to the story, I decided to keep her in the story and made Orlando a premerge elimination instead. I even considered making Tiffany the story’s winner, but my initial view of her being similar to Missy kept me from making that choice.
* Eventually, I decided to use her relationship with Kirika as her plot. They go from having varying success when working apart, to being a nearly unstoppable power duo when they finally work together.
* I know I compare Tiffany to Missy quite often, but one big difference between the two is Tiffany being honest about who she is, and is legitimately a good strategic and social player. Kirika helps balance her out in where she lacks strategically, however.

## Gallery

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