Alejandro (Total Drama)

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Character
Name: Alejandro Burromuerto
Occupation:
Relationships: Heather (Total Drama) (lover)
Noah (Total Drama) (enemy)
Tyler (Total Drama) (friend, formerly; one-sided on Tyler's end)
Fandom: Total Drama
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Alejandro is a contestant on Total Drama. He is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. As of September 2023, he is the fifth most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah, Duncan, Courtney and Gwen. Other places where fandom lives place him on the same level of prominence.

Canon Overview

[characterization, story role, further important appearances]

TBA

Popular Tropes & Fanon

All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Alejandro with one or all of these attributes. Alejandro Needs a Hug, Wheelchair!Alejandro and BurnScar!Alejandro are also common, though unwrangled.

Wheelchair! and BurnScar! come from the same interpretation of canon some Total Drama fans concluded independently of one another during the airing of Total Drama: All-Stars. Because the post-credits scene at the end of Total Drama: World Tour showed Alejandro being scarred and with broken legs, then in All-Stars, this was revealed to have no lasting physical effects on him, some fanworks feature Alejandro using a wheelchair, leg braces, and/or with burn scars after World Tour and All-Stars ended.

Alejandro may also be portrayed in fanworks as being stuck in the Total Drama Machine after World Tour. Hard to explain here, it's a thing in the show.

In Total Roblox Drama, Alejandro is called Alfonso. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame. His appreciation days are November 13th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and July 25th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).

Alejandro can also arguably be called a Tumblr Sexyman[1].

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

Is Alejandro Latino?

Alejandro's ethnicity is left purposefully vague. His last name, Burromuerto, which means dead donkey, is a reference to a Spanish saying[Notes 1], and Blaineley states he was born in Spain. So, he is Spanish. However, many fans speculate he is also Latino.

...I am part of the latin fandom, and this community has had HUGE debates over Alejandros nationality lol It's something we can't agree on, because Alejandro is a mix of stereotypes that fit different countries. Although the ones I've seen the most is people agreeing on is headcanoning him being as Peruvian and Salvadoreño, I can't remember the reasons between him being Peruvian but it made sense and I think they did come to a conclusion on that one, I have a peruvian friend whos fan of td, I'll ask him to tell me about it so I can post it if you're interested. The reasons behind him being Salvadoreño are that in one episode he offered "pupusas" to Heather, which are a typical food from El Salvador. I don't know if he's canonically spanish so I owe you that, but I do know he fits a lot of stereotypes that I can totally see him being from Spain, I get it, but they're also the stereotypes that media will try to say are from Latin America and since fresh rarely bothers to do research, I can totally see that they just applied spanish stereotypes and said "wow we just created the most latino character ever!!!" Yes, Alejandro is brown and I like to defend character's ethnicities from being erased but the fact that he's a mix of stereotypes makes him very very complicated. We once came to the conclusion he was mixed and fuck it lol, he's just complicated that way, we as latinos don't get so upset with Alejandro being headcanoned as spanish because WE GET IT. I'd really like to get an input from my peruvian friend to keep talking....[2]

actually in one episode, alejandro mentioned that in his country they eat guinea pigs. guinea pigs (referred as cuy) are commonly eaten in Ecuador or Peru therefore, Alejandro could possibly be Ecuadorian or Peruvian.[3]

Alejandro, the 17 Year-Old Boy

Alejandro is portrayed as 16-17 within Total Drama and never called an adult. This causes conflict with the stereotype he parodies, the Latin Lover, an inherently sexual character trope. Fans unaware of common racial stereotypes might warp existing aspects of his "Latin Lover" character in their fanworks to the extent that Alejandro no longer acts his age.

Latino and Latina Total Drama fans may feel unnuanced and racially biased depictions of his character within fanworks dehumanize Alejandro. In Explicit fanworks, phrases to the tune of, "his slithery Latino voice," are not unheard of[Notes 2][Notes 3], though egregious cases such as these are likely because Total Drama's audience skews young rather than out of implicit malice.

Anonymous asked:
The amount of ships Alejandro has is ridiculous and gets fetishizing at some point. I don't see any of his ships. Shipping Alejandro with people he didn't even interact with is so odd, he just gets shipped for being this "alpha latino man" stereotype. As a latino american, it disturbs me to see he gets shipped with others just for being handsome, ripped and brown...

straighttxhell replied:
as a latina i approve

aleheather-enjoyer replied:
#louder for the people in the back#some people treat him like a trophy their fave deserves[4]

Relationships

Burromuerto Brothers by Scepterno. Featured from left to right: Alejandro, Carlos, José. In this fanart, Carlos does not wear a bull necklace like his brothers do, implying he's distant from the rest of the Burromuerto family.

Alejandro's Brothers

Alejandro Burromuerto has two known brothers: José Burromuerto and Carlos Burromuerto.

José is a minor character who was mentioned in World Tour and had an appearance on the show during All-Stars. In fanworks, he's typically extremely pompous and thinks little of Alejandro, fitting with canon. During the run of All-Stars, the rarepair of Courtney/José was shipped on Tumblr, typically by fans who didn't like the canon couple Courtney/Scott. Total Drama Dundie, a meme from Tumblr which advertised a fake sixth season of Total Drama, pairs him with Tyler.

Carlos is mentioned in one line during World Tour. The only thing said about him is that he's a professional soccer|football player. In fanworks, fans may portray him as supportive of Alejandro and otherwise uninvolved with the rest of his family. Slippery Slopes by courtney-deserved-better and An Insulting Indifference by Scepterno popularized this interpretation. In fanart, he typically wears green to to match Alejandro's red and José's blue.

Other Relationships of Note

This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Alejandro is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.

With... Full Label Type Portmanteau Information
Heather Alejandro/Heather Het Aleheather (Seen on its page.)
Heather Alejandro & Heather Gen n/a (Seen on its page.)
Noah Alejandro/Noah Slash Alenoah (Seen on its page.)
Duncan Alejandro & Duncan Gen n/a n/a
Heather; Noah Alejandro/Heather/Noah Poly Alenoaheather (Seen on its page.)
Noah Alejandro & Noah Gen n/a (Seen on its page.)
Gwen Alejandro & Gwen Gen n/a n/a
Duncan Alejandro/Duncan Slash Aleduncan (Seen on its page.)
Courtney Alejandro/Courtney Het AleCourt An uncommon pairing despite both characters being popular.
Courtney Alejandro & Courtney Gen n/a Featured in Slippery Slopes.
Tyler Alejandro/Tyler Slash Aletyler; Tylejandro (Seen on its page.)
Tyler Alejandro & Tyler Gen n/a n/a
Cody Alejandro/Cody Slash Alecody (Seen on its page.)
Cody Alejandro & Cody Gen n/a n/a
Sierra Alejandro/Sierra Het Alejierra Popular before World Tour's release, practically unheard of by the time it finished airing.
Sierra Alejandro & Sierra Gen n/a n/a
Gwen Alejandro/Gwen Het Gwalejandro Somewhat common for canon-divergence fanworks.
Bridgette Alejandro & Bridgette Gen n/a n/a
Bridgette Alejandro/Bridgette Het Bridgejandro Alejandro successfully makes Bridgette develop a crush on him on the show.
Leshawna Alejandro/Leshawna Het Aleshawna Alejandro successfully makes Leshawna develop a crush on him on the show.
Lindsay Alejandro/Lindsay Het n/a n/a
Cody; Noah Alejandro/Cody/Noah Poly Alenoco (Seen on its page.)
Justin Alejandro/Justin Slash Alestin; Alejustin Pairing the most canonically conventionally attractive Male contestants with each other.
Justin Alejandro & Justin Gen n/a n/a
Mal Alejandro/Mal Slash Malejandro Enemyslash.
Scott Alejandro & Scott Gen n/a n/a
Owen Alejandro & Owen Gen n/a n/a
Pineapple Alejandro/Pineapple Cargo Alepineapple Alejandro kisses a pineapple during World Tour. The pineapple was supposed to represent Heather.
Duncan; Noah Alejandro/Duncan/Noah Poly Aledunno (Seen on its page.)

Example/Notable Fanac

Unconditional Love by TheRScrooge. In this fanart, Alejandro, stuck inside the Total Drama Machine, is hugged by his parents. Both parents seen here were designed by TheRScrooge.

Marco Grazzini AMA in r/totaldrama, Archived version

Fan Communities/Fan Events

Fan Art

Fan Fiction

Fan Comics

Fan Vids

Fan Mixes

Meta

Notes

  1. ^ Punny Name: Possibly. As pointed out on the WMG page, "Burromuerto" combined with the nickname "Al" might be a reference to the Spanish saying "al burro muerto, cebada al rabo" (which roughly translates to "tying barley to a dead donkey's tail"). It means that you should enjoy life while it lasts, because you won't have things such as fame, glory, or wealth when you are dead. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TotalDramaAlejandro (Accessed Sept. 20, 2023)
  2. ^ "But then he gets in his ear with that slithery Latino voice of his and Tyler melts, feeling stupid for ever thinking Alejandro hated him." [Lame Puddle by indanger, Archived version]
  3. ^ "He whispers Spanish seductively into Tyler’s armpit." [Tyler’s armpits by miasdiary, Archived version ]

References/Further Reading

  1. ^ Alejandro, Archived version on Sexypedia
  2. ^ Your post about Courtney's race was very interesting., Archived version on March 10th, 2021
  3. ^ Characters's ethnicity comment by whyattbeanstalk, Archived version on June 2nd, 2020 on r/totaldrama
  4. ^ The amount of ships Alejandro has is ridiculous and gets fetishizing at some point., Archived version on February 15th, 2021; Anon on total-ass
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