Mark

Mark is a contestant labeled **The 90's Guy** on Total Drama Time Travel.

## Biography

Mark is the oldest of two children. He is a very normal teenager who loves running track and music. One day he was skateboarding outside his local mall, when someone approached him, saying he was a music producer. The music producer told Mark that he had the perfect look for a music group he was constructing. Mark was excited about the opportunity, so he agreed to be in the group. Later, the producer told Mark that he would be referred to as "Marcus", and be in a boy band. Mark wasn't too bothered by these things, even though he detests boy bands. The producer told Mark he had to sing, but Mark said he liked drumming, and that he couldn't sing well, at all. The producer told Mark that it didn't matter. He would use someone else to sing Mark's parts of a song and Mark could just lip sync his lines for public appearances, and that he just had to look the part. Mark was promised millions of dollars to be in the band, but after talking it over with his parents, he decided not to take the offer and said that he had to be true to himself. The producer assured Mark that he was making a huge mistake, but Mark didn't waiver in his decision. Mark never felt bad about the decision, even though the band he was originally going to be in became a giant success. He feels that being honest and true to himself was the right decision.

## Total Drama Time Travel

When Mark appeared, in Welcome to the Present, El Serpiente mistook him for the devil. Chris explained that he probably was referring to his facial hair. Mark then recognized Sandi, a future famous musician. He told her she was a famous singer, which surprised Sandi. Mark recognized Bianka and Jon Pierre, but he wasn't sure why. He then noticed Alexander the Generally Awesome, and said he looked like his textbook picture. He then said sorry that he died at twenty-two years old. Alexander turned to Chris and asked why people kept saying that to him. Mark then recognized Florence as a famous sitcom star. Mark asked why Chris brought him there, and Chris stated that it was because he was the unofficial sixth member of his favorite boy band. Mark was amazed when Millie the Kidette arrived. He stated that they made a musical about her. Mark laughed when she said 'tootin'est'. When Xiomara arrived, a girl from the future who was bound by a mechanical chair, and spoke in a computerized voice, Mark asked if anyone knew who Stephen Hawking was.

When going into their room for the first time, in Central Theme Park, Mark said it was gross when Quog was urinating on the floor, marking his territory. He told someone to make him stop, and Ira was the one who did so. Mark noted that someone would have to show Quog how to use a toilet, but immediately hopped into his bed. Ira was the one who volunteered. Mark slapped El Serpiente on the back, and made a comment about something he said. El Serpiente angrily glared at Mark. For the challenge, Roxie teamed up with Mark for the challenge. He asked about when she was from, and she told him she dropped out of school to be a riveter. He asked if she regretted that decision. She said that she wasn't fond of war, but she wanted to support the servicemen by taking a job that normally would be taken by a man that may have been sent over seas. She also said she likes to work hard. Mark asked if she would keep working once the war ended. She confided in him that she felt that the war would never end. Mark noted in confessional that he had to be careful about the information he revealed. When Jon Pierre, was brought to the others, wearing only his ascot and underwear, Mark recognized him as being the model of a world famous sculpture. Mark then noted that he probably should not have revealed that.

When being back in the middle ages, in Total Drama Time Travel and the Quest for the Holy Grail, Mark was excited to see dragons, wizards, or half-man, half-tarantulas. Later, Mark realized what happened when Ira got an erection. Quog was pulling on Ira's arm, but Mark stopped Quog, and had everyone leave Ira alone. Mark was paired with Julietta for the challenge, and they went to ask villagers where they could find the Holy Grail. They came upon a rather surly man, who threatened Mark into singing a song. Julietta sang along as Mark sang Greensleeves. After they left, Julietta began to comment that the song was from the wrong era, but her memories changed, and dated the song back a few centuries, indicating that Mark had now created the song. When returning to the others, Mark caught the Holy Grail in his hands. He handed it to Millie, not understanding what it was. Mark was in the bottom two, but Cleo was eliminated, as the others had never seen a reality show, so they voted for who they liked most.

Mark asked if going back to change the past was disruptive, in And Then There Were Eighteen. Mark sat with El Serpiente and Sir Perlative in a bed room. El Serpiente assumed that the person that was picking off contestants was male. Sir Perlative protested, saying that it could be a woman. El Serpiente ran off by himself to find the suspect. Later, when running down the halls, Mark tripped over El Serpiente's motionless body. Mark then found Julietta and told her he was afraid that the killer got to her, as well. They embraced, and Julietta said she was worried about Mark, too. When Mark deduced that he and Julietta were the only two alive, Julietta pushed him away, thinking he was the killer. She grabbed hold of a candlestick, and went to strike Mark, when Chris said that they won the challenge, to survive. Julietta was shocked, thinking that the others were dead. Chris just explained that they had been tranquilized.

When Chris screamed in another room, in Hair Today, Gone Last Week, it woke up Mark. Ira was already awake, so they talked. Ira revealed that he was an orphan, and had to support himself by working as a newsie. Mark asked about not knowing his heritage, and Ira said that was personal. Mark revealed why he was asking, stating that his parents kept part of their family a secret, specifically one side of his grandparents. Both boys agreed that they joined the contest to hopefully learn more about the family members they never met. Ira then revealed that no one ever talked to him about puberty. Mark's face was bright red, and he said he had to go back to sleep, avoiding the discussion. When pairing up to do the protesting challenge, Mark asked Julietta to be his partner. She agreed, but looked sad. After a little while, Mark saw that Julietta was sad. He suggested a break. She told him that she felt horrible over thinking he was a killer. In an effort to comfort her, he said that he thought she was the killer, as well. He then apologized for lying, because he never felt that way. He said that he thought it had to be someone else, because he couldn't think of her negatively. Julietta apologized for thinking that way, but Mark said it was alright.

Mark protested the idea of having to wear pink, in Pillaged Village People. Xiomara noted that he must have been from a time prior to when tough guys wore pink. Mark laughed when Chris said 'ransacked'. He also laughed when Robert asked him to help him carry a big piece of wood. Mark told him 'heads up', but Robert didn't understand the term, and hit his head. He then dropped his piece of wood, and hurt his foot. After losing the challenge, Mark questioned Robert's strategy. Robert tried to cover up his plan with a lie, but eventually came out with the truth. He revealed that he lied about being a good strategist, because he wanted to be viewed as a hero. Robert was eliminated, and Mark told him they would have kept him if he had just been himself. Everyone was surprised that Mark did not know what a sock hop was, in So You Think You Can Hop?, as he usually knew a lot about things. Julietta defended Xiomara when she couldn't compete in the challenge. Inga was annoyed with Julietta, and Mark defended Julietta. Mark was chosen to sit out of the challenge by the other team. After returning to Mark in the future, Julietta hugged him and they told each other that they missed each other.

Mark walked out of his room, tired, in We Interrupt This Challenge to Bring You Something Completely Different. He stated that he normally woke up by twelve thirty. Sandi asked if he meant on weekends, and he said no. She then called him her hero. Mark became nervous when Chris showed everyone a girlie magazine. Chris said it had to do with the challenge, and Mark was surprised. When El Serpiente went missing, Quog used Mark as a battering ram to open the door. Julietta ran to make sure that Mark was alright. Bianka came back to the others, with tear stained cheeks, saying that El Serpiente went crazy and took her hostage. She said that he took her hostage and he wanted her to bring Mark back in order to negotiate what information he wanted. Julietta protested, not wanting Mark to go. Lady Perlative insisted that she go along with them, and Julietta also went along, taking hold of Mark's hand at the last moment. They met with a mask-less El Serpiente, who was disappointed that Lady Perlative came back. He wanted to send her and Julietta back to the competition, but didn't know how to work the time machine. Bianka took it and adjusted it. Mark hugged Julietta goodbye, but Lady Perlative knocked Bianka to the ground, causing the time machine to fall by Mark and Julietta's feet, sending them somewhere random in time.

Chris found Mark and Julietta after Past Tensity got the information from Bianka, in When Did They Go?. He fond them along with Julietta's family, in her time period. Mark told Chris, privately, that he and Julietta planned to marry, and that they'd been there for a few months. Mark said he felt that it was not coincidence that they were sent to that time. He said that they were both very happy. Mark did not want to return with Chris, but agreed to if he and Julietta were not separated. Julietta then said she should stay behind. She insisted that Mark go back with Chris. She told Mark that she didn't care for him the way he cared for her. Mark told her he'd try to convince Chris to let him return to her, but she told him she'd move on by then. Mark was hurt, and left with Chris. Mark was angry with Chris for finding him. Chris later showed Mark a clip of Julietta's life. She married a blond man. Mark was upset, thinking that Julietta really forgot about him. He then heard her call his name, and he saw that she had named her son after him. Mark thanked Chris for showing him the footage.

When Chris disappeared from existence, in Prom and Circumstance, everyone assumed that Mark could solve everything when the time travel device shattered. Mark attempted to assure everyone that they could correct what happened. Mark tried to explain why they returned to the present, and why they remembered Chris, but admitted that he had a C average. Mark told Lady Perlative to try to fix the time travel device without damaging anything. Mark found a instruction manual that helped him repair the time travel device. Mark had Daisuke go back in time to warn Chris of what was going to happen. Mark went to talk to Ira. He gave him a pamphlet that he took from young Chris' room about puberty. Ira thanked him, saying that he didn't have someone to talk with like that at home. Mark asked Ira and Love Possum to let him be by himself for a little while. Mark then took a flower from his pocket. In confessional, he explained that it was one Julietta wore in her hair. He said that he felt he could move on, but that it didn't mean he couldn't think about her every now and then.

Mark was one of the contestants who didn't know what 'merging' met in connection to a reality competition, in Portrait of an Artist as a Young Slob. Mark attempted to tell Jon Pierre that he was a great artist. He then said that motivating him to paint, again, was hopeless. Mark looked on as El Serpiente angrily went into his room. He knocked at his door, and explained that he took something from his room. El Serpiente grabbed the item from his hand, and confirmed that they were steroids. Mark mentioned the risks of taking steroids, but El Serpiente was from a time before they were discovered. Mark asked through the closed door if he was having any side effects from taking the pills in his appearance or in his personality. El Serpiente didn't reply.

Mark walked out of his room, in Stolen Goodies, scratching himself. He stopped when he realized everyone was staring. He noticed that they kept staring. Love Possum asked what happened to his goatee. He insisted that he never had one. After further prodding, he admitted that he had one for about a day until his grandfather told him that he looked like the devil. He said he shaved it off out of respect for him. Ira grew incredibly offended at Mark, and left for his room. After learning that Chris was arrested, Mark said he should be punished if he broke the law. When someone from the RCMP arrived, Mark said he liked his name, 'Rex'. Mark explained to him that Chris used the time travel device selfishly. Daisuke then changed what Mark said to make Chris look better. After that, the man agreed to let Chris go. Love Possum was upset with Mark about getting Robert voted out for lying, and then him now seemingly lying. Mark was hurt at being called a liar, yet again. He sat down, away from the others. Therese joined him, and assured him that she believed him. He said that it hurt being called a liar. She assured him that his knowing in his heart that he was being honest should be good enough. He agreed, and Therese kissed him on the cheek. His face turned red. At the elimination ceremony, Mark was voted out. Ira told him that he shouldn't have lied about his grandfather, accusing him of trying to get sympathy from him. Mark tried to explain, but Ira was still angry. Mark was about to leave. Lady Perlative asked him what his grandfather's name was. He was confused, but admitted that it was Miguel. She told him to say hi for her. At home, Mark stated that he the whole contest went badly. He then picked up his phone and called his grandfather, he told him that he missed him and that he loved him. He then told him that someone with the last name of 'Perlative' told him to say hi. His grandfather started laughing.

The remaining contestants visited Mark, in Leaving Your Mark. They wound up with him in the boys bathroom, where he was alone, smoking. He quickly discarded his cigarette. He admitted that he only began smoking to impress a girl. He said it was nice to see the others. He then said they better leave, as he was cutting class. He looked out in the hallway and was pulled into the hallway by his grandfather. He lied to him about cutting class, and apologized right away. Mark's grandfather deduced that he had been smoking. When Mark talked back, his grandfather threatened to spank him in front of his friends. Mark apologized. Mark promised to never smoke, again. The bell rang, and the other students went into the hallway. Mark's grandfather pinched his cheeks and kissed him on the nose, embarrassing him in front of everyone. Mark then introduced the contestants to his friends, shy Deb, and flamboyant Andre. Chris said that they were there to find him a date. He said that he didn't need a girlfriend. Mark's grandfather agreed, saying that he had him. While walking to Mark's house, Mark was teased by a peer who saw him holding hands with his grandfather. Mark and Ira went to Mark's room, and Ira encouraged him to ask his grandfather to give him some space. Ira apologized for being so harsh with Mark. Mark came downstairs, and his grandfather told him he would give him some space. Florence told Mark that Deb liked him, and that they should go out. Mark agreed to. The contestants left, after solving Mark's problems.

## Trivia

* Mark was the thirteenth character eliminated.
* Mark is from 1997.
* Mark is meant to look like a member of a boy band. Something popular in the late nineties.
* The list of Mark's fears mentions "Becoming a Liar". This was an indication as to how his time in the competition would end.
* Mark recognizing Bianka in the first chapter is an indication that she was notorious in the future.
* When Chris mentions a quest to find the holy grail, Mark mentions that being his favorite movie. This is a reference to *Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail*.
* Mark's goatee was an important story element, and connected to El Serpiente with the 'the devil' comments. 'The devil' is meant to be "El Diablos", but is translated by the time travel device.
* Mark mentioned his grandparents early on, stating that he hoped to meet them. This was meant to make the reader think he would meet them in a challenge, and not that he already had met them.
* Mark is mentioned being involved in swing dancing class. Swing was fairly popular, again, around the time Mark is from.
* El Serpiente is Mark's grandfather. Mark explained to Ira that because of some reason, his parents kept one set of grandparents hidden. This was because El Serpiente had died tragically at an early age, after fathering Mark's mother. This brought shame to the family as it had to do with steroid use, and quite possibly could have been an early case of a death caused by steroid use. It brought dishonor to his family's name as he was cheating, and hiding the fact that he'd been taking steroids. Communication with Mark's grandma ended, as well, though she lived on. Mark saved his grandfather's life by warning him about the damages of steroid use.
* Mark valuing honesty was meant to be what came back to bite him in the end.
* Mark was originally going to be eliminated heartbroken, but I had to change that so that he could be in a positive mood, in order to want to help El Serpiente.
* Mark was going to become reclusive and depressed after the competition. He wasn't going to come out of his depression until thirteen years later, when the show premiered, and he received a painting from someone who had a relation to her. He would find a letter from Julietta, stating that she never stopped loving him, and never married. The letter would have urged him to move on with his life, and not end up like her. He would then try to become more social.
* Another ending to Mark's story would have been for him to be randomly placed by Chris where he would get hit by a golf ball. He would have then forgotten his time in the contest.
* Mark was meant to be central in order to make the reader think that he would do better in the competition.
* Mark is partially Mexican. He is either a quarter Mexican or less, depending on whether his grandfather married another Mexican.
* Miguel recognized Mark by his appearance. He had his parents name him Mark after Mark, not knowing that he actually was Mark. They would have named him Mark, anyway. Mark only saw Miguel without his mask, once, and age made him not think about him as El Serpiente.
* Mark's grandfather was originally going to spank him repeatedly in front of his peers. User DJ Spenstar helped me reconsider, and just make him more lovey dovey.