Duncan (Total Drama)

Character
Name:	Duncan
Occupation:
Relationships:	Courtney (Total Drama) (ex) Gwen (Total Drama) (ex)
Fandom:	Total Drama
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Duncan 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 second most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah. Other places where fandom lives place him on a similar level of prominence.

Canon Overview

[characterization, story role, further important appearances]

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Popular Tropes & Fanon

• Bisexual!Duncan
• Top!Duncan
• Trans!Duncan

All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Duncan with one or all of these attributes. Bottom!Duncan and GangLeader!Duncan are also common, though unwrangled.

Duncan's Fanon Personal Name is often Tarun. 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 Dustin. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame.

His appreciation days are November 1st (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and July 17th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).

td fandom when duncan acts like a jerk: i wish he could just show his soft side again!!

td fandom when duncan shows soft side: he's so ooc!!

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

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Relationships

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

With...	Full Label	Type	Portmanteau	Information
Courtney	Courtney/Duncan	Het	Duncney	(Seen on its page.)
Courtney	Courtney & Duncan	Gen	n/a	n/a
Gwen	Duncan/Gwen	Het	Gwuncan; DunGwen	(Seen on its page.)
Gwen	Duncan & Gwen	Gen	n/a	(Seen on its page.)
DJ; Geoff	Killer Bass Trio	Gen	n/a	(Seen on its page.)
Zoey	Duncan/Zoey	Het	Doey	(Seen on its page.)
Heather	Duncan & Heather	Gen	n/a	n/a
Trent	Duncan & Trent	Gen	n/a	n/a
Courtney; Gwen	Courtney/Duncan/Gwen	Poly	Gwuncney	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro	Alejandro/Duncan	Slash	Aleduncan	(Seen on its page.)
Harold	Duncan & Harold	Gen	n/a	They are enemies on the show.
Harold	Duncan/Harold	Slash	Dunhar	(Seen on its page.)
Heather	Duncan/Heather	Het	Deather; Dunther	February 15th is Dunther Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Mal	Duncan/Mal	Slash	Malcan	Enemies to Lovers. Fanworks for this pairing tend to be Explicit, rare for Total Drama fandom.
Noah	Duncan/Noah	Slash	Dunno; Dunnoah	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro	Alejandro & Duncan	Gen	n/a	They were both on Team Chris during World Tour.
Scott	Duncan/Scott	Slash	Scuncan	July 10th is Scuncan Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Trent	Duncan/Trent	Slash	Duntrent	(Seen on its page.)
Lindsay	Duncan/Lindsay	Het	Dunsay	Duncan finds Lindsay attractive on the show, though this was only for one line.
Leshawna	Duncan/Leshawna	Het	Ledunca	(Seen on its page.)
Leshawna	Duncan & Leshawna	Gen	n/a	They were both on the Screaming Gaffers team in Total Drama: Action.
Cody	Cody/Duncan	Slash	Duncody	Pairing Gwen's suitors, though this arrangement leaves out Trent.
Bridgette	Bridgette/Duncan	Het	DunBridge	n/a
Geoff	Duncan/Geoff	Slash	Geoffcan	Both are in the Killer Bass Trio, though this arrangement leaves out DJ.
DJ	DJ/Duncan	Slash	Djuncan	Both are in the Killer Bass Trio, though this arrangement leaves out Geoff.
Duncan; Noah	Alejandro/Duncan/Noah	Poly	Aledunno	(Seen on its page.)
Bridgette; DJ; Duncan; Geoff	Killer Bass 5, aka KB5	Gen	n/a	(Seen on its page.)
Sadie	Duncan/Sadie	Het	Dundie	(Seen on its page.)

Example/Notable Fanac

Fanart for Duncan by hielorei. Canonically, he wears a different shirt than drawn here.

Fan Communities/Fan Events

• TD-Duncan-Lovers, ^{Archived version}, DeviantART community for Duncan.
• Djuncan Week, a fanweek which ran during April 2024.

• TDI DuncanxHeather, ^{Archived version}, a Duncan/Heather community on Fanpop.
• Duncanx______, ^{Archived version}, a self-shipping community on Fanpop.
• Gwen Duncan Courtney Bridgette, ^{Archived version}, a self-shipping community on Fanpop.
• Total Drama Island's Duncan, ^{Archived version}, a Fanpop community for Duncan.
• TDI's Duncan and Lindsay, ^{Archived version}, a Fanpop community for Duncan/Lindsay.

Collections

• Ledunca Collection, ^{[Unable to archive]} a FanFiction.Net collection for Duncan/Leshawna.

Tumblr Posts

• Me Being Born by druddigon, ^{Archived version}, a post with Duncan in it that went viral on Tumblr. It spawned offshoots
  • untitled by starkeaton, ^{Archived version}

Fan Art

• Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
• Dunther (Duncan x Heather) Vector by EvaHeartsArt, ^{Archived version}. Duncan/Heather.
• Dunsay confessional by TDIlover226, ^{Archived version}. Duncan/Lindsay.
• gee duncan how come chris lets you have 5 girlfriends by constellaj, ^{Archived version}, joking about him paired with Mal, Courtney, Harold, Gwen and Alejandro.
• scuncan doodle for the soul by dripcrust, ^{Archived version}. Duncan/Scott.
• SUBJECT: Policy Regarding My Idiot Rockabilly Son by farcito, ^{Archived version}, Duncan&Harold, not Duncan/Harold.

Fan Comics

• but thats just a theory…..a game theory by thefreshchannel, ^{Archived version}, which pokes fun at how short Duncan's legs are. Features Trent.

Fan Fiction

• my angel, a Duncan/original character fic on Wattpad. It is one of the most popular Total Drama fics on the platform, with over 608k reads and 13.2k votes as of October 2023.

Fan Mixes

• Not a Saint by jordan.river, aka spaceoddly, and thatcookiecat (2016)
• Duncan has a playlist in Straight up geek's Total Drama Playlists (2023)

Meta

• Total Drama’s derailment and over-exposure of Duncan, ^{Archived version}, an essay.
• Thoughts and opinions on: Duncan!, ^{Archived version}, a discussion on Reddit

References/Further Reading

• Duncan on Total Drama Wiki
• Duncan on the Shipping Wiki