Reality TV Pros
| Gen Relationship | |
|---|---|
| Relationship: | Reality TV Pros |
| Alternative name(s): | Noah & Owen |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Type: | Best Friends Male & Male |
| Canonical?: | Canon |
| Prevalence: | Popular |
| Archives: | n/a |
| See also: | Noah/Owen, the romantic interpretation of their relationship |
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Reality TV Pros refers to the gen friendship that Noah and Owen have on Total Drama. Although this could be seen as early as 2007, it was only after their Laurel and Hardy-esque dynamic in 2010, during World Tour, that their relationship gained notable fanac in the fandom.
In 2015, the two were a duo in The Ridonculous Race, and the term "Reality TV Pros" comes from the show itself as their official team name. Although "Noah & Owen" is a sort of catch-all for their gen dynamic regardless of season, the term Reality TV Pros is distinct and popular with fans.
Many fanworks include the Reality TV Pros as a background pairing to keep in line with canon, and their friendship is the most tagged gen ship in Archive of Our Own's Total Drama category as of 2024. It is also Owen's most common relationship for fanworks on both Archive of Our Own and FanFiction.Net as of 2024, more-so than his canonical relationship with Izzy, Izzy/Owen.
Common Tropes
- "Little Buddy" and "Big Guy": Their canonical nicknames for one another.
- Opposites Attract: Owen's cheery and naive. Noah's deadpan and sassy.
- Fix-it: Many fans were disappointed that their friendship in World Tour didn't translate exactly to Ridonculous. In the latter, Noah's often mean to Owen. Fanworks may make Noah endeared by Owen's eccentricities rather than annoyed by them.
- Team E-Scope: A team formed by Izzy during an episode of Island; Owen may join the group in fanworks.
- Works may include their friendship, but pair Noah, in particular, with other characters. Owen may be Noah's wingman.
- Alejandro/Noah works may use Alejandro's canonical hatred of Owen for comedy and/or character exploration.
- Emma/Noah works commonly include their friendship.
- Izzy/Noah works may include their friendship.
- Meanwhile, the friendship is rarely included in Cody/Noah and Duncan/Noah works.
- Fanworks may interpret their friendship as ambiguously pre-slash, letting readers see it either as gen or Noah/Owen.
- Roommates: According with Total Drama creators Tom McGillis and Jennifer Persch, Noah and Owen became roommates after the show. [1]
Reality TV Pros Fandom
courtney-deserved-better, a Total Drama BNF overall, has written the Reality TV Pros in many of their fics, such as Operation Nemma[2] and Not The Worst Movie Night[3].
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Reality TV Pros was a prompt for Noahvember in 2023.
Fan Fic
- Slippery Slopes (2021-2022), the most kudos'd Total Drama work on Archive of Our Own as of May 2024, features this ship.
- do you look like me, do you burn like me? by quaranteenz (2021), Owen convinces Noah to attend a party that his crush, Cody, would be attending. It goes better than expected.
- To Catch an Eel by Brick_bronze165 (2023), Noah didn't mean to flirt with Alejandro, it was all Owen's fault that Alejandro got the idea in the first place. It doesn't matter[...]
- Feel Better, My Little Buddy by xXFantasyVSRealityxX, Archived version (2013) Owen is bored and goes to Noah's house to "play". But when he finds his little buddy sick and alone, he takes up the job of nursing him back to health.
- The NotSoOdd Couple by PPP SSC, Archived version (2010) Owen explores his friendship with Noah through poetry.
Fan Comic
- I can fit so much burnt out gifted kid energy into him and it’s amazing by notthecommercialism, Archived version (2024)
Fan Art
- ”Ariiiighttt!” by ghosthosters, Archived version (2023)
- Best Buds by Exekiella, Archived version (2017)