You know what no dude you have a contract eat it McLean if you need
me I'll be in the plane waiting for a ride home because I'm out done I quit
Duncan is the arrogant and anti-social delinquent from the Total Drama series at least that's what
he wants us to think beneath all the hostile hair dye, punk rock piercings, and angsty attitude is
a heart of gold and it's here that we'll find the biggest conflict with Duncan's character he's too
antagonizing to be a hero but he's too noble to be a villain regardless of where he stands morally
one of Duncan's most consistent character traits is his bravado but as the series progresses Duncan
is taken down a couple of pegs usually by getting his butt kicked the pain the pain
too much to explain look I'm sorry
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you'll notice that our supposed bad boy Duncan always gets beaten up usually in an attempt
to make someone else look stronger this trope is called the Worf Effect if you want to make
a new character seem tough have them beat up your toughest character yeah I hate this trope
Duncan is almost always at the receiving end of this and the more it happens the harder it is
to believe he's intimidating at all but instead of it being a bunch of throwaway gags the show
surprisingly makes Duncan losing his edge a major plot point but where did it all start
what dastardly deeds and dubious directions led to Duncan's discouragingly dysfunctional
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see girls don't fight over a good guy total bad guy right here oh
before Duncan even set foot on camp Wawanakwa he spent some time in juvie though why is never
made 100% clear we do get a bit of insight into what types of things he'd be exposed to
whether it's his skills in stealing, carving, spray painting, and even acting a majority of
Duncan's skills can easily be traced back to his time in juvie or his early childhood
fake sadness has been a gift of mine since I was a kid watch and learn oh mom was that your
grandmother's vase? Oh. having grown up in such a hostile environment explains the antagonistic
nature of Duncan's personality but what it doesn't explain is his more honorable character traits
Duncan takes his word very seriously and as he puts it he's always straight with people
he's the only quote unquote villain that remains relatively loyal during all of his alliances not
because he's naive quite the contrary Duncan's one of the harder contestants to manipulate
and he's pretty vocal about knowing he might be double-crossed at the drop of a hat
so he always knows when to get out he's kind until the competition demands otherwise but any
feat of kindness shown by Duncan is only limited to his friends and his alliances on the opposite
end we have characters like Harold who Duncan regularly bullies because he just does yeah it's
never made apparent why exactly Duncan targets Harold specifically so much this is especially
strange considering the fact that they're on the same team we know that Duncan is more than
willing to show kindness to Harold when he's not looking so why so much hostility to his face
well gosh when will you stop making my life so brutal well I don't know when it stops being funny
as in never as the scene suggests a lot of Duncan's antagonism stems from his own
amusement rather than any real distaste for who he's antagonizing mind you this doesn't justify
him being a bully I'm just saying Duncan's bad because he thinks it's fun this explains why he
never crosses the lines that other villains like Heather or Alejandro very well might it's funny
being bad but it's not funny being evil when taking this quintessential part of who he is
into consideration his fall from villainy makes a lot more sense throughout the first season Duncan
only takes the leadership role whenever his team is in desperate need but in any other situation
Duncan wants nothing to do with the leadership role this comes as no surprise once you consider
who his team leader is Courtney I already made a video about Courtney so I'll be brief Courtney may
have all the training required to make a great leader but she lacks any of the social skills,
Duncan is the exact opposite even though he's the supposed broody bad boy Duncan introduces himself
to everyone on his team right away he knows each member of his team well enough to lead them
out of their losing streak as early as the fourth episode by the time the teams are split into two
while Jeff is appointed leader it's Duncan that calls most of the shots by the half point of
season 2 Duncan turns into a full-fledged leader and it's here that we'll find some of the cracks
in his bad boy persona one of the best qualities you can find in a good leader is their ability to
build others up or at the very least have a mutual understanding with them in order to make Duncan
a believable leader he has to lose some of his arrogance it can't be all about him if he wants
his team to win this team building behavior is gradually brought to the foreground as the series
progresses and it's not like this is inconsistent with his character oh yeah I don't think you will
I think you talk a big game but underneath you're nothing but a big cream puff fine my dog Petey ran
away on me when I was six and i didn't want DJ to have to go through the same thing okay but
there is one really glaring problem with Duncan that I don't see enough people talking about
hey hey it's the girls and they're going the wrong way typical chicks with zero sense of direction!
I don't know who's wedding Justin cried at what kind of girly man cries at a wedding
anyway? Hurry it up! Back off it won't go any faster than this! What we need is a man behind
the wheel! Ironic considering that this type of behavior is exactly what got Ezekiel voted off
in the very first elimination ceremony what the heck bro why does Duncan get a pass this is made
all the more irritating once you notice how badly Duncan desires attention from certain females wish
I was on the hero's team ah cheer up Gwen there that should do it you think she was watching
but we're getting ahead of ourselves and now a Total Drama island video message from home to
Duncan your parole officer here said we could tell you we love you despite your arrest for
the happy new year stunt or for selling your father's hair pieces as pets or for the pool
party in the city hall fountain come to think of it do we love you that's a terrible thing to say
Duncan's home life reveals a lot about him it's obvious that his parents disapprove
of his juvenile antics but what really drives the point home is the fact that he comes from
a long line of cops his cousins aunts and even his grandmother are all police officers obviously that
would make Duncan the black sheep of his family but this actually helps us understand why Duncan
is already well as Leshawna put it a big cream puff being surrounded by good people would
definitely have an influence on Duncan's behavior whether or not it'd be a positive influence is a
completely different story it's possible that initially Duncan's only reason for rebelling
was to stand out from the rest of his family but deep down he's always been a good person
he gets called out for it multiple times during the first three seasons but it's the fifth season
where things get interesting the whole theme of Total Drama All-Stars is heroes vs villains
Duncan starts the season on the villains team but after displaying a few heroic feats he switched
over to the heroes team this infuriates Duncan and leads him on a path trying to reclaim his villainy
after several failed attempts Duncan finally snaps and does something that's not only
villainous but downright illegal ultimately resulting in him being thrown behind bars
dear mom how are you I am in jail just because I blew up a resort and got kicked off of total drama
all stars please send cake even in jail he's still thinking of his mom the one thing that always
brings Duncan's good side out is his relationships once Duncan and Courtney start dating instead of
the two working through their differences Courtney just hands Duncan a list of things she'd like to
change about him instructing him to memorize everything on the list and instead of rebelling
and not playing by the rules he actually goes along with it the relationship lasts for two
seasons but it's in the third season where we see his rebellious habits rear their ugly heads once
again abandon me again and it will not be pretty get over here you big lug I'm not really mad
I just missed you every time I ran from the cops I thought of you Duncan cheats on Courtney with Gwen
and to make a very long story short he's much happier with Gwen that is until Courtney starts
showing interest in other people come season 5. Now here's where a majority of fans like to say
that Duncan's character got derailed Duncan starts obsessing over making Courtney jealous about him
and Gwen and when Courtney just ignores him his ego deflates truth be told this isn't completely
out of character for Duncan remind her that he's always been prideful of his social status
and how he appears to the people around him if this weren't true then he wouldn't feel
the need to constantly remind everyone that he's a bad boy and part of his bad boy persona
involves getting the attention from girls that he likes in other words it's cool if he
doesn't show any interest in them but it's not if they don't show any interest in him
this is for kissing my boyfriend that's for him not being your boyfriend when he kissed me
they're fighting over me because of this Duncan's priorities start becoming skewed the more he
obsesses over Courtney which then leads to Gwen breaking up with him things only get worse once
Courtney and Gwen start being friends again let's go hey can I be part of your alliance why
I could use some allies and I can protect you from people like mike
instead of accepting that the girls have moved on from him and he should probably move on too
Duncan says I'm surrounded by so much heroic kindness wow I think it's starting to rub off
is that why Gwen dumped me whatever I'm still bad just watch come on
Duncan's obsession with his image and unwillingness to accept both the good and bad
parts of himself are what led to major insecurities
insecurities that by themselves crippled any potential development or self-realization
Duncan could have had by focusing so squarely on keeping with his brand he lost the motivation he
once had to win a whole competition which by the way what did Duncan do with the prize money this
long-bodied, short-legged, pseudo-intelligent, anti-social delinquent was able to do all but
one thing except himself for who he is and that my friend is How Duncan Lost His Edge!
Total Drama Island premiered in Canada all the way back in 2007. When it came out I remember all of
my classmates watching it together when the boys were asked who their favorite character was we
all said Duncan now with many years of growing up I still think he's a really cool character
Heather is just slightly above him and I know not everyone's a big fan of season five
heck I don't even like season five but what happened to Duncan kind of makes sense it just
wasn't handled very well total drama is supposed to be getting a reboot soon let's see who the
delinquent is this time also if you're a fan of Total Drama there actually is official merchandise
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