Hickory

**Hickory** is a contestant and character in Footemoji's Total Drama Rewrite. He was introduced in Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special and competed in Total Drama World Tour as a member of Team Chris is Really Really Really Really hot. He uses he/him pronouns and was created by unsolved-marionette on Tumblr. His title is "The Failboy Nerd."

## Appearance

Hickory is a slim, lanky character who is shorter than most contestants. His eyes are a shiny brown, almost black, though this doesn't translate well in the show's artstyle. He has dark, short hair with highlights in a lighter brown. He wears a sleeveless turtleneck in dark brown with a slightly unbuttoned button-up on top. He also wears a loose red tie. He wears dark pants with a belt and knee-high boots with golden buckles.

## Personality

At first sight, Hickory seems like a typical nerd often seen in fiction: dorky, academically intelligent, quiet, and sophisticated. However, upon further observation, one could find that he's actually the loud, haughty sort. He has a smug sense of confidence (or fake confidence, maybe, because sometimes it's so exaggerated we can't tell if he's joking or not) and is a wildly loud theater kid. In fact, because of this, he's super glad to be in the musical season! (He's never done actual theater for a MUSICAL and not a plain old play.) He walks into things with an attitude of, "I can do this!" only to fail in a ridiculously cartoonish way. Ah well. At least he tried.

Though, for the nerd side of things... he does have *some* nerd credentials. He was the "smart kid" in school, he swears! Sure, he was the "weird kid" too, but he still has the nerd pass!!! It's just... being a nerd never stopped anyone from loving joy, magic, and fun, right? He left his quieter days back in his younger years, and walked into the future telling himself to "fake it until he made it." And by God, he really did make it. Almost a little too much, actually. Can someone remind him that he has a physical skills of the gamer boy he is? (Unfortunately, he never seems to actually *know* anything when people actually need it...)

Somehow, though, he's also... got some habits reminiscent of the typical popular girl trope? He certainly loves to gossip. He ca also be a bit of a bitchy little shit, not going to lie. The mosquito buzzing next to your ear, except instead of buzzing he's belting out some random song at the top of his lungs in the most obnoxious way ever.

## Relationships

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### Team Footemoji

#### Aver

During the start of the show, Aver and Hickory get off on the wrong foot due to clashes in personality. Though they both happen to be glasses-wearing contestants on the show, Hickory is the more lively and obnoxious of the two, leading to Aver’s slip of the tongue insult and Hickory taking it personally. They may have a negative start, but soon learn to get over their differences and get along later on in the season.

#### Brooke

Both Brooke and Hickory get along in terms of general silliness, and being a supposed “cartoon failure” duo in the show. However, where Brooke happens to get along with Coco, the flamboyant nerd happens to be on bad terms with her. They remain friends despite their differing opinions.

#### Candy

Candy and Hickory get along due to a love of gossip, and Candy’s developing ruthlessness in World Tour as she begins to gossip more about other contestants and chases down the title of winner. She shares her gossip wiht both him and Elodie, another new contestant in World Tour. Hickory’s inner love of gossip and teenage girl-esque mannerisms means he takes great pleasure in this and appreciates it. Candy, meanwhile, finds Hickory haughty at times but still happens to get along with him. Their growing friendship causes a rift between Coco and Candy. Where Hickory happens to be like Gretchen, Candy resembles Cady—the one who begins getting involved with the trickery and manipulation, becoming estranged from a friend in the process.

#### Coco

* "NOOOO DONT HANG OUT WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHAT IF YOU BECOME GOSSIPY AND BITCHY TOO" too late.
* if Candy is Cady, then Coco is the Janice who becomes estranged from them
* Things get awkward once Hickory is added to the Duncanators
* Rivalry vibes
* Takes Noah's side in all arguments out of pure spite

#### Cupid

* The Regina to his Gretchen (cupid's in their villain arc)
* Friendship potential

#### Elodie

Both Elodie and Hickory have something in common—being a new contestant to the cast in World Tour, much like Sierra and Alejandro. She gets the drama shared with her from Candy alongside Hickory. In that sense, they happen to become closer wiht these circumstances. To continue the Mean Girls metaphor, Elodie happens to be like Karen—though, her docile attitude happens to only be a persona put up for trickery.

#### Nibbles

Nibbles and Hickory get along well, seeing as neither of them find a problem with the other. However, the difference is that Nibbles gets along with Noah, while Hickory does not.

### Canon Cast members

#### Noah

* Still brewing but it needs to be funny bcs he's my favorite character
* A nerd fistfight needs to happen somewhere i bet
* Maybe they fight at first because one of them is a sophisticated nerd and the other is annoying asf (he thinks Noah is allergic to joy magic and fun maybe???)
* They tone down the fighting when nibbles is around bcs Nibbles aint done anytime wrong and isnt involved in this

#### Alejandro

* Idea I made with my sister: hickory LOVESSS pissing off Alejandro but like for all the wrong reasons
* He sublty (or un-subtly) pisses him off not because he sees through the man's facade, but just because its kind of funny
* Right answer, wrong working out

#### Duncan

* Possibly hates him
* Or at least finds him annoying (Duncanators gang lets go!!!!)

#### Owen

* Team Chris teammate (relationship pending)

#### Izzy

* Team Chris teammate (relationship pending)

#### Tyler

* Team Chris teammate (relationship pending)

## Relationships Summary

### Allies

* Brooke
* Candy
* Cupid
* Elodie
* Nibbles

### Enemies

* Aver (Initially)
* Coco
* Noah (Initially, not so serious)
* Alejandro
* Duncan

## Alliances

### The Duncanators

* Duncan haters gang
* Vern: ok everyone welcome hickory to the duncanators
* Coco: >:( are you shitting me rn

## Trivia

* Literally loves musical theater with his whole heart
* Kind of has poplar teenage girl-esque vibes to him sometimes. Like I feel like he would love lying on his stomach on his bed and twirling a finger around the phone cord as he gets on a four-way phone call with the besties
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