Amancio

## Other

### Family

- Margarida Tavares [Mother]- Joaquim Tavares [Father]- Odair Tavares [Younger Brother]

### Played By

Bound

**Amancio Tavares** is a contestant on Total Drama Winter Games as a member of Team Ig Lun.

## Appearance

Amancio usually wears his hair in black dreads along with matching black eyes. Along with that, he has bushy eyebrows. His go-to in terms of clothing is gingham, however he enjoys anything simple.

## Personality

Amancio can possibly be considered as the perfect optimist. It’s always been his goal to see the best in other people, as a warm smile manages to lift everyone’s spirits. He’s someone who’s completely loyal, and he wouldn’t sabotage you no matter what!

## Total Drama Winter Games

**LET THE GAMES BEGIN!:** Amancio was the second contestant to be introduced onto the show, albeit starting to freeze because of the different climate to his home country. Despite the initial culture shock, Amancio quickly began to bond with Logan and Blake. He commented on Logan’s type of clothing, being concerned on his shorts and T-Shirts. On the other hand, while everyone seemed to shy away from Blake, Amancio greeted the hunter with open arms and began to get to know him [noting that he’s not one for physical touch]. During the first challenge of the season, Amancio….kinda vibed! For the most part, he stayed away from everyone else. This ended up becoming a problem when his piece of ice began to float away, and although Blake tried to keep him with the rest of the group, he floated off regardless. He was content with his block of ice, eventually naming it Amancioland. However, his island ended up getting colonized when Roxas threw her heel at the boy, thus eliminating him from the challenge in fifth place. At the end of the episode, Amancio is the first person selected on William’s team, Ig Lun. This would soon begin the downfall of Ig Lun throughout the competition.

Amancio returned to the glacier pond after the challenge, in order to re-gain control of Amancioland. In the process, he ends up dropping Roxas’s heel into the water, causing it to sink down to the bottom of the lake. After stepping off of the glacier, Amancio suddenly heard a loud roar followed by Blake yelling for him to run in the distance. He did so, and returned once the coast was clear. Amancio quickly commented on how well Blake had handled the situation in awe. The hunter soon invited Amancio to help him with his cottage, which Amancio obliged to and quickly assisted Blake with building. Along the way, Blake had to deal with MORE polar bears (supposedly, they were never actually seen). But, at the end of the day, the two completed construction on Blake’s place.

**OH SNOW!:** The second challenge was the first team challenge, which was a snowball fight between the two teams. Although Amancio began the challenge in high spirits, he soon came to realize Ig Lun had met their match. One by one, their teammates fell to the other team’s snowballs, and Amancio ended up being the second to last eliminated from his team. Needless to say, Ig Lun did not end up winning the first challenge and was sent to elimination. Amancio casted his vote for FINN, as while he had built at least a small connection with everyone else on the team, he had yet to know Finn. He ended up in the majority and Finn was the first to be sent home.

Amancio meets up with Isabel, in which the girl tried to teach the boy how to dance classical….let’s just say it does not go well at all and Amancio takes a tumble. Amancio tries to show Isabel more casual dancing, in an attempt to show her that not everything has to be hyper-focused. Sometimes you could just vibe to the music!

**GREENLANDIC IDOL:** The third challenge was a talent show, in which each team could pick three players to compete. Amancio, unsure of what he could be able to offer, recommended Isabel to compete as he had previously heard her singing voice. Hyo and Vincent also both offered to participate, thus leaving William and Amancio on the peanut gallery. To say Amancio was the best hype man was an understatement. Despite how messy or chaotic his team’s performances were, he still cheered for them with double thumbs. He even cheered for Blake, despite him being on the opposite team. However, his cheers came to a stop upon seeing Vincent knock Milk unconscious due to a blow to the head. He cheered at first, unaware of the damage, before realization set in and he apologized to William for not going instead of Vincent. Ig Lun lost once again as a result of Vincent’s “talent”, and Amancio had to vote him off as a result.

After the challenge, Amancio made his way outside of the doctor’s office in order to check up on Milk. Lucy ends up meeting with him, and two make their way inside. Amancio is able to breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing that Milk is okay, and the two lead Milk back to the host’s cabin. Amancio is let in as a special guest to Milk and Lucy’s self discovery lessons, in which Amancio…remembers some pretty bad thoughts. However, he soon spots Milk sobbing out of the corner of his eyes, and he quickly goes to hold the host’s hand in comfort. The three are walked in on by Kirk, and Amancio and Lucy leave the host’s cabin.

**GOING FOR THE D’OH:** The fourth challenge were the literal winter games, in which Amancio was paired up with Hyo for the bobsled part of the challenge. The two boys seemed to immediately bond as they went up against Logan and Lucy, and they managed to lift the team spirit as they won their part of the challenge. Unfortunately, Ig Lun ended up losing the other two parts of the challenge, so they ended up heading to elimination once again. This had been the hardest vote to Amancio yet. He knew he didn’t want Hyo to leave, since they were partners and it didn’t feel right to boot a teammate. However, he didn’t want to vote out William as he had been hit by a tree during a challenge, and it didn’t feel right to vote him while he was down. This left him to vote for ISABEL, despite the connection the two had made. He voted in the majority, but he cried when Isabel had left the competition. This was the first elimination he had felt guilty about, but his mood was slightly lifted up when Blake was announced to join Ig Lun.

Amancio didn’t do much between episodes 4 and 5, as the first bullet had hit him that the game was heating up. He needed time to self reflect.

**A HOLIDAY IN HELL’S KITCHEN:** The fifth challenge was a cooking challenge, in which each team would have to provide a three course meal. Before the challenge, Blake and William had a confrontation over who they thought should be the leader for this specific challenge. Amancio ended up taking Blake’s side, as nothing that William had been doing had worked out so far. Amancio was assigned to make calamari for the team, while he also assisted with a sauce for the main course by Blake’s request. The team took more of a native Greenland approach to the food, but the other team ended up edging them out with their traditional American approach. So, for the fourth time in a row, Ig Lun had lost. God, this brought down his morale. He felt close to everyone left on his team, but he ended up voting for WILLIAM due to his close friendship with Hyo and Blake. It was another point wherein he felt guilty over his vote.

Amancio, alone in his cottage, is able to reflect on his actions in the competition so far. He thinks back on all of the people he had voted off up to this point: Finn, Vincent, Isabel, and William. Four people who all had dreams, wishes, reasons why they needed to get the money. He begins to feel guilty for staying in the competition, realizing that the only reason he signed up was that he could experience another part of the world. His guilt becomes almost overwhelming, and he begins to question what he would do in the event Ig Lun loses again.

**GETTING WILD IN THE WINTER:** The sixth challenge was a survival mission, in which both teams would camp out in the wilderness until one team gave up. While Hyo went out to hunt for food, Amancio had a conversation with Blake about why he signed up for the show. He’s met with a response of Blake needing the money for him and his brother, thus causing Amancio’s guilt to flare up higher than before. He couldn’t do this. He couldn’t vote Blake out, knowing what he had on the line. God, he couldn’t do anything to Hyo either…..who would that leave? Himself. …When Blake goes off and Hyo returns, Amancio can’t help but spill his feelings to his friend. His insecurities, his guilts, his worries about losing yet another challenge. What he would do in the event that Ig Lun were to lose a fifth time. However, Hyo manages to soothe the boy with his words, eventually leading Amancio to tears that he had been building up for years. As he embraced the brunette, Hyo reassured him that he was an incredible person and that he was lucky to have the other. As the two became sappy, Blake returned to the scene with news of their victory. Ig Lun had finally won their first challenge, at Oli’s expense.

Amancio, Hyo, and Blake had a trio conversation in which Blake relayed his personal life struggles to the other two. Amancio couldn’t help but admire Blake about his willingness to open up about his problems to the rest of the team; it made it feel like the trio had a closer connection. Amancio and Hyo comforted Blake, unknowing of Blake’s true pain with this information.

**WHO KILLED KIRK:** The seventh challenge was a murder mystery that was staged to be a party. Amancio was the most outgoing of the Ig Lun trio, and as such locked arms with his teammates as they walked to the building in which the party was being held. However, Amancio began to panic upon Kirk’s “murder” as such was practically linked onto Hyo as the trio navigated through the building. However, Amancio suddenly sprinted outside upon hearing Colt’s scream, leaving his team behind on accident. This was taken advantage of by the killer as he put a bag over Amancio’s head and dragged him away, eliminating him from the challenge second. Hyo and Blake ended up winning the challenge, but Amancio wasn’t aware of this until later. Regardless, he had made the merge at Lucy’s expense.

A gunshot is what wakes Amancio up from his daze, as he rips the bag off of his head and spots Hyo running away. In fear of Hyo being killed, Amancio ran after the boy and caught him. Hyo quickly retold the events of the challenge, as he vented about a pistol [which he thought was fake] that he shot at the killer, revealed to be Milk. Amancio comforted the shorter boy, firmly telling him that a gun shouldn’t have been there in the first place. After calming Hyo down, the duo made their way back to the cottages where Hyo remarked on the small amount of clothes he had brought onto the show. Amancio quickly offered the other boy some of his clothes, which caused Hyo to soon redden up and run off to the bathroom. Amancio had started to feel sick around this point, and he wondered why he was feeling as such. That was until he found himself thinking about Hyo’s hands and their softness, as well as how happy Hyo made the boy feel. Just as Hyo was about to leave, Amancio confessed his love to the other boy. And, to his surprise, it was reciprocated with open arms. Amancihyo canon.

**COLTY THE SNOWMAN:** The eighth challenge was a simple snowman building challenge. Although Amancio started off confident, he was soon concerned by everyone else’s snowman and the skills that they were bringing into the challenge. He felt as though his snowman didn’t match up to everyone else’s, but soon his focus was thrown off when Roxas began to destroy her snowman. Amancio quickly rushed over to stop the girl, along with Hyo, which caused a misinterpretation wherein the hosts thought he was trying to fight Roxas. Roxas and Milk [now known as Chef] came to Amancio’s defense and said that he was just trying to help, causing the situation to blow over. Amancio’s snowman is one that embraces his culture, with a Sao Tomean boubou being draped over it. However, he’s known as all-seeing, all-knowing, all-hearing king of Snowman Land, and his creativity grants Amancio immunity into the final five. He ends up casting his vote for LOGAN, as he was the only player left he felt as though he hadn’t built a connection with. He once again votes in the majority, and Logan is the seventh to be sent home.

## Appearances

**TDWG:**

4.5x01 - Let the Games Begin!

4.5x02 - Oh Snow!

4.5x03 - Greenlandic Idol

4.5x04 - Going for the D’oh!