Ezekiel (Total Drama)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Ezekiel, aka Zeke |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Bridgette (Total Drama) (unrequited crush on Ezekiel's side) Izzy (Total Drama) (acquaintance) Harold (Total Drama) (acquaintance) |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Other: | |
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Ezekiel is a contestant on Total Drama. He is a semi-prominent character within the series and popular with fans. Unique to Ezekiel amongst every other Total Drama character is that, during Total Drama: World Tour, he became what the show and fans dub Feral!Ezekiel. Feral!Ezekiel and regular, non-feral Ezekiel are practically different characters on how they behave and relate to Total Drama's cast.
Common Ezekiel-specific Tropes
Trans!Ezekiel has been popularized with slimeys0daa's Zeke in Action AU. Zeke in Action AU is a multimedia fanwork spread across several posts popular on Tumblr and TikTok. Autistic!Ezekiel is also common.
Ezekiel is also commonly the protagonist of Competition Fic and Redemption stores. Kobold's interpretation of his character influenced widespread fanon regarding him for over a decade, seemingly only in 2023 being replaced more with slimeysodaa's interpretation and similar interpretations from other fans.
Ezekiel's Fanon Personal Name is often Miller. This comes from 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 Zeeke. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame, as this name is a variation of his canonical nickname.
His appreciation days are June 21st (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and August 16th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
Feral!Ezekiel
For context, Ezekiel is one of the most underutilized characters in Total Drama's cast, being eliminated first both time's he's competed. Before Kobold, he was rarely written about at all and considered largely a blank slate. What was known about him was that he was a misogynist, similar to Duncan, though Island's special episode implied that he'd change for the better as a person since being eliminated. After the success of Comeback, fans, particularly writers, were interested in expanding upon his character as seen specifically in that fanfic, popularizing fanon interpretation. Ezekiel became one of the most popular Total Drama characters for writers.
Meanwhile, Total Drama's showrunners were seemingly unaware of this fanon while writing World Tour. In that season, Ezekiel was convinced he'd win and annoyed the other competitors, again being eliminated first. He stayed on the plane secretly and "lived among the rats," becoming "feral" as a result. Fans were divided about this then and now regarding whether this aspect added to the show or removed from it, as Ezekiel is still feral as of Total Drama: All-Stars. While fanworks are made for Feral!Ezekiel, most are him before this point. Many AUs for World Tour may have him recovering from this by the end of the work, such as in Slippery Slopes, or write out this plot point entirely.
In early Total Drama, this form of Ezekiel was sometimes called "Gollumschool."
I appreciate the fact that even people who don’t particularly like Ezekiel agree that what canon did with him is stupid. I don’t think I’ve ever really seen someone defend the “Feral Zeke” arc. Every fanfic that I’ve read either ignores it or tries to do something better with the idea. It’s just nice knowing that, even in this incredibly divisive fandom, everybody recognizes that this is garbage.[1]
“Being feral total ruined ezekiel’s character :(“ he went from a misogynistic conceited immoral farm boy to an unhinged creature who does not give a shit about anything besides giving a pretty lady gifts and beating up the rich man who ruined his life I think this is an absolute improvement[2]
Other Ships of Note
Very Rough Estimation of Relationships with Ezekiel in Fanworks on FanFiction.Net as of April 10th, 2024.[Notes 1][Notes 2]
Relationships with Ezekiel in Fanworks on Archive of Our Own as of April 10th, 2024.[Notes 3][Notes 4]
All pairings featuring Ezekiel are rarepairs.
Ezekiel is most commonly shipped with Bridgette, forming Bridgette/Ezekiel. This ship was popularized by former Total Drama BNF The Kobold Necromancer and fellow Total Drama big-names on FanFiction.Net during the series' heyday in 2009. Bridgekiel to Paradise focuses on it, and Total Drama Comeback, the most favorited fanfic for Total Drama on FFN, features them being friends. As of 2023, the ship has become largely unknown to the extent searching its ship name on Tumblr and TikTok bring up little results. Ezekiel's second most common ship is with Izzy, forming Ezekiel/Izzy. Like with Bridgette/Ezekiel, Kobold also popularized this one with the success of Comeback, as Ezekiel and Izzy are also friends in the fanfic. Love Ain't Easy, It's Ezzy is by far its most popular fanfic. It is often recommended to new fans of the series and otherwise looked back upon fondly.
Ezekiel's third most common ship is with Harold, forming Ezekiel/Harold. Although Ezekiel/Harold has been shipped since 2007, it only became common to ship around 2021 following a Renaissance within the fandom at large, particularity for its Slash pairings. Total Drama Underdogs by StayOuttaMyShed somewhat popularized this pairing just like Comeback had with Ezekiel's Het pairings, as Ezekiel and Harold are friends in that fic.
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Ezekiel is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Information | % on FFN[Notes 5] | % on AO3[Notes 5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgette | Bridgette/Ezekiel | Het | Bridgekiel | Ezekiel canonically has a crush on Bridgette. | 7.5 | 1.0 |
| Bridgette | Bridgette & Ezekiel | Gen | n/a | n/a | 8.6 | 0 |
| Izzy | Ezekiel/Izzy | Het | Ezzy, Zekizzy | Former TD BNF The Kobold Necromancer liked this pairing. | 7.5 | 1.0 |
| Izzy | Ezekiel & Izzy | Gen | n/a | n/a | 5.2 | 0 |
| Harold | Ezekiel/Harold | Slash | TyZeke | n/a | 0 | 3.7 |
| Harold | Ezekiel & Harold | Gen | n/a | Fanworks may make the two of them friends. | 4.1 | 0 |
| Tyler | Ezekiel/Tyler | Slash | Tyzeke | Both share a voice actor. Pairing the Spares. | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| Tyler | Ezekiel & Tyler | Gen | n/a | Both share a voice actor. Fanworks may make the two of them friends. | 4.5 | 0 |
| Anne Maria | Anne Maria/Ezekiel | Het | n/a | Feral!Ezekiel likes her and may have a crush on her. Anne Maria is from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island. | 0 | 0 |
| Eva | Eva/Ezekiel | Het | Zekeva | n/a | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| Eva | Ezekiel & Eva | Gen | n/a | While Ezekiel was eliminated first, Eva was second. | 5.2 | 0 |
| Justin | Ezekiel/Justin | Slash | JustZeke | Popularized by Zeke in Action AU. Most fanworks for this pairing regard that AU or were inspired by it. | 0 | 6.3 |
| Heather | Ezekiel/Heather | Het | Heathekiel | Notably included in Comeback. | 1.9 | 0 |
| Heather | Ezekiel & Heather | Gen | n/a | n/a | 5.2 | 0 |
| Noah | Ezekiel/Noah | Slash | n/a | n/a | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| Noah | Ezekiel & Noah | Gen | n/a | n/a | 7.5 | 1.7 |
| Gwen | Ezekiel/Gwen | Het | n/a | n/a | 2.2 | 0 |
| Courtney | Courtney/Ezekiel | Het | n/a | n/a | 3.3 | 0 |
| Courtney | Courtney & Ezekiel | Gen | n/a | n/a | 5.6 | 0 |
| Cody | Cody/Ezekiel | Slash | n/a | Both share a voice actor. | 2.2 | 0 |
| Cody | Cody & Ezekiel | Gen | n/a | Both share a voice actor. Fanworks may make the two of them friends. | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| Duncan | Duncan/Ezekiel | Slash | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.9 |
| Duncan | Duncan & Ezekiel | Gen | n/a | n/a | 5.2 | 0 |
| Dawn | Dawn/Ezekiel | Het | n/a | Dawn is from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island. | 0 | 0.9 |
Example/Notable Fanac
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- TyZeke-Fan-Club, Archived version, Homeschool and Jock, a community on DeviantArt.
Fan Fic
- Total Drama Comeback.
- Total Drama Underdogs[3] [Unable to archive] by StayOuttaMyShed.
- Bridgekiel to Paradise[4] [Unable to archive] by The Kobold Necromancer.
- Love Ain't Easy, It's Ezzy[5] [Unable to archive] by The Kobold Necromancer.
- Nightmares by StarryOak, Archived version, featuring lyrics from Bad Apple and cover art. Focuses on Feral!Ezekiel.
Fan Art
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
- The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Ezekiel.
- Okay, but he’s animals! by chefscook, Archived version, Feral!Ezekiel fanart.
- Ezekiel but if he got rehabilitated and therapy by mangora, Archived version, depicting Ezekiel recovering from being feral.
- Something from my Encanto AU by daniartist19, Archived version, fusion AU fanart with Encanto, specifically Ezekiel mixed with Bruno Madrigal.
- my post-feral recovery AU Ezekiel by s0leillune, Archived version
General Fanworks
- Island of the Slaughtered.
- Zeke in Action AU by slimeys0daa, Archived version, an English canon-divergence AU where Ezekiel was eligible for Action. The comic is spread out over several TikTok and Tumblr, Archived version posts. Eventual Ezekiel/Justin. This AU has produced recursive fanworks itself, mainly in Ezekiel/Justin tags on various social media sites.
- i was bored by poopoo-shart, Archived version, where Duncan calls Feral!Ezekiel a cat. Made in tdi.comic.studio[6].
Looking for revenge, eh? (Read below) by Chickie456, Archived version, fanart and writing which compares Dave to Ezekiel.
Meta
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gen for Chris McLean & any contestant in particular is rare on FFN so no interlink here on Fanlore
- ^ 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.
- ^ Data stops at #12 because of insufficient data
- ^ 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.
References/Further Reading
- ^ I appreciate the fact that even people who don’t particularly like Ezekiel agree that what canon did with him is stupid, Archived version posted on Tumblr January 18th, 2021
- ^ he went from a misogynistic conceited immoral farm boy to an unhinged creature who does not give a shit about anything besides, Archived version posted on Tumblr June 15th, 2021
- ^ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8003772/1/Total-Drama-Underdogs
- ^ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5300331/1/Bridgekiel-to-Paradise
- ^ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4874180/1/Love-Ain-t-Easy-It-s-Ezzy
- ^ https://tdi.comic.studio/?lang=en