Cody Harem

Tropes and genres
Synonym(s)	Haremfic
Related tropes/genres	Cody (Total Drama), Harem (trope)
See also	Masculinity in Fanworks
Meme by Will-Never-Straight about Cody Harem fanworks
Related articles on Fanlore.

Cody Harem is the general term for fanfiction in Total Drama fandom where Cody amasses a harem of three or more of the Female contestants in the series. This was once common for Competition fic in the fandom, though fell out of favor during the fandom's migration from FanFiction.Net to Archive of Our Own around 2020. This is likely due to AO3's audience leaning heavily towards slash and Female wish-fulfillment over Male wish-fulfillment.

In Cody Harem fic, Cody usually is the author's Self-insert. His lovers are often accused of being Out of Character for the relationship to work, while others, typically unattractive Female contestants such as Beth and Sadie, are villainized. Male contestants are often ignored or otherwise villainized.

Cody may also be "given a second try" at the game by some supernatural means, such as time travel, years after the in-universe reality TV show, Total Drama, ended, where from there he amasses a harem.

Although some Cody Harem plots are longfic, others are PWP. Fics also take place during Total Drama: Island (2007) more than any other season.

The term Cody Harem is used derogatorily, though the fics themselves are often some of the most favorited on FFN for the entire series. Total Drama Luxury Tour in particular is typically well-regarded by fans despite falling into this trope.

Characters Most Often in the Harem

• Bridgette, who canonically is with Geoff.
• Courtney, who canonically was with Duncan.
• Lindsay, who canonically is with Tyler.
• Heather, who canonically is with Alejandro.
• Gwen, Cody's canonical crush.
• Leshawna, though this is not common for them individually outside the harem.
• Katie, though this is not common for them individually outside the harem.
• Noah may be joked about as also being in the harem, since Cody/Noah are both their biggest Slash ships.

Example Fanworks

• Total Drama: Cody's Redemption by CosmicWarrior
  • Featuring Cody with Bridgette, Courtney and Lindsay.
• Total Drama Luxury Tour by Baconsandwichman
  • Featuring Cody with Bridgette, Courtney, Gwen, Heather and Sierra.
• Cody's sexy encounters on the island by Wolfdrake29
  • Featuring Cody with Anne Maria, Bridgette, Courtney, Dawn, Gwen, Heather, Katie, Leshawna, Lindsay and Zoey.
• Playa Des Los Harem by OwTheEdge
  • Featuring Cody with Eva, Izzy, Katie and Leshawna.

Meta

• Cody (or oc) harem fics in a nutshell by Lkas2528000, ^{Archived version}
• Most shipping fanfics in a nutshell especially Cody harems. by Carrot-Relative, ^{Archived version}