Alejandro (Total Drama)
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Name: | Alejandro Burromuerto |
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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 approvealeheather-enjoyer replied:
#louder for the people in the back#some people treat him like a trophy their fave deserves[4]
Relationships
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 |
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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
Marco Grazzini AMA in r/totaldrama, Archived version
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- Alejandro-Fangirls, Archived version, a community on DeviantART.
- Alejandro x Sierra, Archived version, an Alejandro/Sierra community on Fanpop.
- TDWT's Alejandro, Archived version, a community on Fanpop.
- TDMs alejandro, Archived version, a community on Fanpop.
- AlePineapple, Archived version, a community on DeviantART for Alejandro/the pineapple.
Fan Art
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
- The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Alejandro.
- Take A Photo! by TaintedArtist, Archived version, Alejandro/Sierra fanart.
- destroy him by sugarrushes, Archived version, screenshot redraw from All-Stars of Alejandro holding Mal up.
- untitled by totaltrauma, Archived version, art of Alejandro&Heather, with Alejandro in a wheelchair. Takes place after Total Drama ends.
Fan Fiction
- Predator and Prey by Sakura Blossom Storm [Unable to archive]. A Story about A Man, His Prey and her Boyfriend. An English completed fanfiction for Alejandro/Bridgette. Lyrics from Alejandro by Lady Gaga are sprinkled throughout this fic, a common song for Total Drama Songfic featuring Alejandro given his name back when World Tour released. Features Explicit content, including rape.
Fan Comics
- Puppet Love, Archived version, Alejandro's puppet/Mal's puppet. Joke crack ship.
- what do you mean this didn’t happen huh by chrismcbastard, Archived version, a comic of Alejandro and Duncan kissing to "distract the Amazons."
- This comic inspired MachemRodez to make an animated video clip of them kissing, Archived version, mimicking the show's art style.
Fan Vids
- He fr pulled everyone, including me 🤭 by alejandroasp._, Archived version, a vid set to Mambo Number 5 by Lou Bega showing multiple Alejandro pairings. Featured are him shipped with Bridgette, Tyler, Leshawna, Heather, Noah, Courtney and Duncan.
- Alejandro ships be like by total_edits_island, Archived version, a vid set to a clip from Taskmaster New Zealand showing multiple Alejandro pairings. Featuring Heather/Sierra and Alejandro/Heather; Emma/Noah and Alejandro/Noah; Courtney/Duncan and Alejandro/Duncan; Beth/Justin and Alejandro/Justin; and finally Lindsay/Tyler and Alejandro/Tyler. Fanart featured are linked and by: ehspio (Alejandro/Noah), Archived version, KeySeyRuto (Alejandro/Duncan), Archived version, XxDarkAlessaxX (Alejandro/Justin), Archived version and RPKrystalTD (Alejandro/Tyler), Archived version.
Fan Mixes
- BODY PARTY by deadfield (2015)
Meta
- Alejandro X Everyone Stamp by TheStalkerific, Archived version, who proposes ____shipping names for Everyone/Alejandro.
- Is Alejandro actually not that bad?, Archived version, a discussion on Reddit.
- How would they interact? Alejandro and trent, Archived version, a discussion on Reddit proposing What Ifs for Alejandro meeting Trent.
- The Last Of Alejandro by PS2wizard, Archived version, discussion on DeviantART from 2010 about the post-ending credit scene of World Tour.
- Al Vs Mal: an analysis by the-malevolent-platypus, Archived version, Alejandro&Mal meta.
Notes
- ^ 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)
- ^ "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]
- ^ "He whispers Spanish seductively into Tyler’s armpit." [Tyler’s armpits by miasdiary, Archived version ]
References/Further Reading
- Alejandro on Total Drama Wiki
- Alejandro on the Shipping Wiki
- ^ Alejandro, Archived version on Sexypedia
- ^ Your post about Courtney's race was very interesting., Archived version on March 10th, 2021
- ^ Characters's ethnicity comment by whyattbeanstalk, Archived version on June 2nd, 2020 on r/totaldrama
- ^ The amount of ships Alejandro has is ridiculous and gets fetishizing at some point., Archived version on February 15th, 2021; Anon on total-ass