Trent (Total Drama)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Trenton "Trent" |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Gwen (Total Drama) (ex) Justin (Total Drama) (acquaintance) Courtney (Total Drama) (acquaintance) |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Other: | |
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Trent is a contestant on Total Drama. Although he is a semi-prominent character within the series and popular with fans, fanworks focusing mainly on him are uncommon.
Canon Overview
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
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Popular Tropes & Fanon
OCD!Trent is widely considered to be canon, thus common in fanworks.
September 9th is considered Trent Day in some Total Drama fan circles. The first time fans celebrated this day was in 2009[1] . This is his appreciation day on both Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar and Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List.
Trent's Fanon Personal Name is often Cooper. This comes from Total Drama Comeback, though Fannish Drift means much of Total Drama fandom do not know this is where the name came from. In Total Roblox Drama, he is called Travis. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
Trent's OCD
Trent's obsessive behavior during Total Drama: Action is often a point of contention. It was seen as forced by some fans and not well written.
mangora said:
I shouldn’t even have to say this but, as a person with OCD I hope you all realize that people with OCD can still be a bad partner because they are. You know. People. Trent overstepped Gwen’s boundaries constantly in Action, she was in the right to break up with him even if he is mentally ill. People whiteknighting for all people with OCD simply because they have OCD is more harmful than helpful imo, Ik it may be done with good intentions but it just feels kind of infantilizing ngl, like “oh he did nothing wrong because he had OCD and Gwen was mean”. Dude he’s just some guy still, he can still do bad shit, he’s not a baby. Trent’s OCD should have been handled better and Gwen was ignorant when talking to or about him at times, but that’s mostly because the writers are ignorant, and also his OCD wasn’t the only reason; and while it may explain why people act a certain way, speaking from experience, it is not a full excuse when your actions severely negatively impact others. But that’s just my take idk I’m just one guy with OCD I’m just sick of being talked over because personally my case is very severe and has impacted my life in major ways
gwalejandro said:
#sorry to post td on the tti blog#but this is a great take. the day everyone stops using mental illness as an excuse for people to treat each other like shit#without repercussion because it's apparently ableist to feel upset over being crapped on will be a good day#speaking as someone who has a disorder (not ocd but dissociative!) that also negatively affects a lot of the people in my life#and as someone who's had the 'well I have [x] so you can't be mad at me' excuse thrown at them#have a lil nuance. please#I don't like trent and sympathize with gwen for personal reasons but it's not a cut and dry situation#also they're like 16. teen relationships tend to breed toxicity anyway#also this is total drama and the writers probably weren't even thinking of anything but getting ratings when they wrote it[2]
Another fan's opinion, mentioning the Total Drama subreddit, r/totaldrama.
there's a weird trend in td reddit where they frame Trent as someone that needed to be "reedemed" for how he behaved in Action and like, they actually kinda wrote OCD accurately, which makes the fact that they used it as a "creepy" thing even more terrible but a) it was total drama 2009 i honestly would've been more surprised if it hadn't sucked ass and b) he literally did nothing wrong except be mentally ill and get framed by duncan as a "scaaaary obssesive guy who's being soooo weird towards Gwen" for something that was out of his control during a time were he was incredibly stressed . What did he even do lmao. If anything Duncan owed apologies like usual[3]
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Relationships
Very Rough Estimation of Relationships with Trent in Fanworks on FanFiction.Net as of April 17th, 2024.[Notes 1]
Relationships with Trent in Fanworks on Archive of Our Own as of April 17th, 2024.[Notes 2]
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Trent is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Information | % on FFN[Notes 3] | % on AO3[Notes 3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwen | Gwen/Trent | Het | Gwent | (Seen on its page.) | 40.0 | 32.1 |
| Gwen | Gwen & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 17.3 | 3.1 |
| Cody; Justin; Harold | The Drama Brothers | Gen | n/a | (Seen on its page.) | 0 | 3.3 |
| Courtney | Courtney/Trent | Het | Trentney; Musicalshipping | Pairing Courtney with Gwen's ex, turning the love triangle into a love square. | 18.7 | 2.1 |
| Courtney | Courtney & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| Justin | Justin/Trent | Slash | Trustin | (Seen on its page.) | 0 | 11.3 |
| Justin | Justin & Trent | Gen | n/a | Both are part of The Drama Brothers. Sister ship of Cody & Harold. | 0 | 0 |
| Noah | Noah/Trent | Slash | Troah | Total Drama BNF AyaWilliams likes this pairing. | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| Noah | Noah & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Duncan | Duncan/Trent | Slash | Duntrent | Pairing Gwen's suitors, though this arrangement leaves out Cody. | 8.8 | 4.0 |
| Duncan | Duncan & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Lindsay | Lindsay/Trent | Het | Trindsay | The founders of Total Drama Island Fanon Club liked this pairing. | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| Lindsay | Lindsay & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 1.5 | 0 |
| Cody | Cody/Trent | Slash | Trody | Rising in popularity since 2021. Pairing Gwen's suitors, though this arrangement leaves out Duncan. | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| Cody | Cody & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| Mike | Mike/Trent | Slash | Mint; Trike | Fix-it with characters fans believe were mistreated within the show due to their mental disorders. | 0 | 0 |
| Harold | Harold/Trent | Slash | n/a | Both are in The Drama Brothers, though are rarely shipped together. | 0 | 0 |
| Harold | Harold & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 1.5 | 0 |
| Bridgette | Bridgette/Trent | Het | n/a | n/a | 1.2 | 0 |
| Bridgette | Bridgette & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 0.9 | 0 |
| Heather | Heather/Trent | Het | Treather | n/a | 1.3 | 0 |
| Heather | Heather & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 0.8 | 0 |
| Geoff | Geoff & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 0.8 | 0 |
| Sammy | Sammy/Trent | Het | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.6 |
Example/Notable Fanac
I'll share this forbidden piece of total drama lore by tdaxel, Archived version, little-seen promotional material where Trent fights with Chef Hatchet, wears a gladiator helmet and has a sword.
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- Trody Week 2023, Archived version, a fanweek hosted on Tumblr and ran from October 16th to the 22nd. Cody/Trent.
- DuncanxTrent-FC, Archived version, a community for Duncan/Trent on DeviantArt.
- TrentxLindsay-FC, Archived version, Trent/Lindsay, a club for Lindsay/Trent on DeviantArt.
- thetrentshrine, Archived version, a community for Trent on DeviantArt.
- TDI's Trent and Lindsay ♥, Archived version, a spot for Lindsay/Trent on Fanpop.
- TDI's Trent, Archived version, a spot for Trent on Fanpop.
Aesthetic Edits
- untitled by autobxtbumblebee, Archived version, Aesthetic Edit for Duncan/Trent.
Fan Art
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
- The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Trent.
- only posting this here cus i want 2 find more trody appreciators by circusmilkk, Archived version, Cody/Trent fanart of them hugging.
- god bless trodmerica by miahasahardname, Archived version, Cody/Trent made into the American flag.
- Trent vs. Trent by smeardoes, Archived version, Trent and Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails drawn together.
- Kyuu... by MadiYasha, Archived version, chibi Trent hugging the number nine.
- Epic trent hours by transtrent, Archived version, Trent pulling Fresh TV up by its collar for using him for character derailment.
Fan Fic
- Smoke by Grey_Amethyst, Archived version, a Noah/Trent English one-shot. Notable for being one of the first fanfics for Total Drama posted to Archive of Our Own as well as being Noah/Trent's most kudos'd fanwork overall on the website as of October 2023.
- A white knight and his rogue by AyaWilliams, Archived version, an English Noah/Trent collection where Trent falls for Noah.
- Duncan X Trent Fan Fic by deixkay7278, Archived version, an English Duncan/Trent one shot from 2009.
General Fanworks
- Island of the Slaughtered.
- untitled by noah-likes-crack, Archived version, Trent photoshopped into the scene where Hitler yells nein over and over from Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino. Because the movie came out in 2009, same year Action was airing, this comparison may have been common.
Fan Vids
- untitled by brodysversionz, Archived version, vid for Trent.
Fanmixes
- trody, a Cody/Trent fanmix by trentcody, aka tdrrcody and prismotron (2017)
Meta
- Total Drama's Trent: An Analysis and Backstory Theory (Plus Predictions) by dessiegurl, Archived version
- Thoughts on Trent?, Archived version, a discussion on Reddit's r/TotalDrama.
- ok i’ll admit that trent was the closest to being ooc in TDA but it wasn’t as bad as people think and i felt there was some sound reason to some of it by haroldmcgrady, Archived version
- Trent's OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), Archived version by a deleted user on Reddit.
- Trent/Trenton’s Design Evolution and My Camp TV Trenton Design Commentary, Archived version by Syahazart.
References/Further Reading
- Trent on Total Drama Wiki
- Trent on the Shipping Wiki
- ^ tdis-trent-day-fanclub on Fanpop, Archived version
- ^ I shouldn’t even have to say this but, as a person with OCD I hope you all realize that people with OCD can still be a bad partner because they are, Archived version posted to Tumblr on July 13th, 2023
- ^ there's a weird trend in td reddit where they frame Trent as someone that needed to be "reedemed", Archived version posted to Tumblr on July 7th, 2023
- ^ Pie chart considers each relationship as if it was an individual fanwork. "Other" also appears smaller in percentage than in reality and may even list negative values.Results obtained by searching for both characters tagged either under the "romance" category or excluding the "romance" category for Gen stats. See here for more up-to-date information.
- ^ Pie chart considers each tagged relationship as if it was an individual fanwork. "Other" also appears smaller in percentage than in reality and may even list negative values. See here for more up-to-date information.
- ^ a b "0" does not necessarily mean the relationship is non-existent on the platform, just that it's not one of the character's top 20 tagged relationships/was otherwise not calculated.