Tyler

Tyler, labeled The Sport-o Who Sucks At Sports, was a camper on Total Drama Island on the Killer Bass team. He did not compete in Total Drama Action, but he did return to compete in Total Drama World Tour. He is currently a member of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.

Biography
Tyler loves sports, but is a real klutz. He thinks of himself a pro-level player in hockey, football, basketball, tennis, golf, cricket, handball, shuffleboard, badminton, bounce ball, horseshoes, thumb wrestling and a few more he couldn't think of off hand. Disregarding his abilities to play sports, Tyler never gives up no matter how hard he falls. Unfortunately, his many coaches have different opinions of his skill level. Tyler loves anything that involves throwing, catching, hitting, bouncing or a combo of all the above. His gym teacher consistently gives Tyler an E for effort, but always keeps the First Aid Kit handy. He thinks that Tyler has a lot of enthusiasm and drive, but that talent and coordination are not his strong points. Tyler is competitive, but prides himself on his friendliness, too. When he's not throwing a ball back and forth, he can be found hanging out with his many friends. Tyler is stoked to be a part of Total Drama Island. He loves the fact that there will be a wide variety of wild challenges to test his skills, so he's psyched! While he may never be a real pro, he always looks the part. Thanks to his rich and famous sportscaster Dad, (who is totally hooked up with all the major sponsors), Tyler is always outfitted in top-of-the-line logos. Tyler's Dad is proud that his boy made it onto the show and expects him to WIN! WIN! WIN! Tyler is under a lot of pressure, but isn't worried. He feels he'll do okay. If nothing else, he'll look swank in those track suits.

Total Drama Island
Tyler joined Total Drama Island for the wild challenges to test his "skills." He acts like a jock, but in reality, he fails at many sports, no matter how hard he tries. However, he never gives up, thinking he excels at sports, although he does not. Tyler tried to prove on multiple occasions that he was an able competitor, but many of these attempts ended in failure, and therefore he was not popular among his teammates. During the competition, he has a major crush on Lindsay who is a member of the opposing team. They are found frequently together which annoys one member on each of their teams. They ignore that fact, and spend time together even if Lindsay gets in trouble from Heather for it.

In Not So Happy Campers - Part 1, Tyler arrived on a jet-ski, but tripped and tumbled over everyone's bags, soaking Heather. Tyler was put on the Killer Bass. Tyler was the second person to jump off the cliff in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2. However, he painfully landed on a buoy on the safety-zone ring. He and Duncan fought over a hammer during the second part of the challenge, but it flung out of their hands and hit Harold in the crotch. Tyler was the candidate for elimination in Courtney's view, but Lindsay jumps up at his defense, yelling "No!", confirming a crush and hinting a relationship which would start a few episodes later. It is implied that Courtney didn't vote for him however, as Tyler got the second marshmallow at the ceremony. In The Big Sleep, Lindsay sees Tyler as a candidate for Heather's Alliance, but Heather rejects it because he is on the other team. He falls asleep somewhere around the 24 hour mark.

Even though he was shown to have some lack of strength and sporting skill in the theme song (where his scene is getting beaten by Eva in arm wrestling), his character of being a no-skill jock came to spotlight in Dodgebrawl, where he constantly tries to show his skill in sports. Every time his started to throw a dodgeball, he would spin wildly and end up hitting someone on his own team or in the bleachers (such as Chris, Chef, Sadie, the Screaming Gophers on the bleachers and eventually Lindsay). He got out incredibly easy both times, being the first one out both times he competed, annoying the Killer Bass. He also got attacked by Heather's throwing of a kayak below the dock at him because he hung out with Lindsay when Lindsay was in Heather's Alliance.

In Not Quite Famous, he tried out to be in the talent show, doing tricks with his yo-yo but tied himself up. Lindsay and Heather are trying to get Gwen's Diary and Lindsay says she's bored but finds Tyler, who is tied up in his yo-yo string, saying that "that's not boring" Tyler and Lindsay have their first make out session tied into a yo-yo in one of the bathrooms.

In The Sucky Outdoors, Tyler didn't do much but help his team set-up the tent, hide under DJ's leaf, and got back to the camp with the rest of his team, minus Katie and Sadie. Tyler was voted off in Phobia Factor for failing to fulfill the challenge of conquering his fear of Chickens. In a twist, when Tyler was boarding the Boat of Losers, it was stocked with cages of chickens. In response, Tyler screamed in fear, while Chef is seen driving the boat, laughing hysterically.

In Haute Camp-ture at Playa Des Losers, he and Lindsay resume their relationship, though it seems that Lindsay has forgotten what Tyler looked like and has begun mistaking other campers as him.

In the special, he teamed up with Owen, DJ and Cody to retrieve the case with one million dollars. His team was the first to retrieve the case (thanks to Tyler finally doing something right after climbing a tree three times to get the case), and Tyler was actually the member of the team who showed the most resistance to giving up the case to opponents. He constantly threatened those who opposed his group that he would "mess them up," but this was always a hollow threat. Tyler and the rest of his alliance eventually fall of a cliff. However, Courtney's hot air balloon comes by and the boys manage to get on it. After a bear gets on the air balloon, the boys have to jump to a diving board below. Owen and DJ are against the idea at first, but Tyler and Cody convince them to do it. When the diving board broke, DJ and Owen both managed land on a sloped airplane wing and were able to make it to the Dock of Shame and wound up getting on Total Drama Action, but Tyler and Cody both fell into the pool of jelly from Phobia Factor and thus they were unable to make it to the dock in time.

Total Drama Action
Tyler does not compete in season two, but he is referenced by the other campers (mainly Lindsay who can't remember that he is not competing; she has mentioned him in Riot On Set, Beach Blanket Bogus, One Million Bucks, B.C. and Rock n' Rule). Tyler does make an on-screen appearance on the talk show, Total Drama Action Aftermath. However he does not say or do anything at all throughout all of Total Drama Action. During The Aftermath: I, he is shown sitting next to Courtney, but afterwards he sits next to Cody, making him the first one to switch seats.

In Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special it is revealed that he and LeShawna were participating in reality show contests, they were shown on a show called "Running on a Treadmill While Dodging Sharp Things" where Tyler gets hit by a cinder block and flies off the treadmill after boasting his "awesome" skills. Josh later reveals that Tyler gained a fake baby-bump, apparently for fame. When he and the rest of the cast get on the red carpet for the Gemmies and everyone runs off to get a front row seat, he trips on a small bump in the carpet and tumbles into everyone. Tyler also helps out when the campers are trying to slingshot Owen's caramel chocolates onto the other bus, though he trips but is still able to get the chocolates into LeShawna's bra and he refills the bra multiple times. When the campers celebrate, he and Lindsay are seen high-fiving each other but hit each other on the head instead. Tyler and Lindsay are also shown hugging each other as the bus falls down. He is one of the 15 contestants that don't leave look for help and ends up getting on the new season called Total Drama World Tour.

Total Drama World Tour
In Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1, Tyler is introduced into Total Drama World Tour and trips on his way out of the bus along with Ezekiel, Bridgette, and Izzy. Alejandro helps Tyler up, to which Tyler replies he "likes girls". During the episode, Tyler gets increasingly jealous as Alejandro flirts with Lindsay. He tries to get Lindsay's attention multiple times, but fails every time, either because Lindsay is distracted by Alejandro, or because Tyler fails himself. During Come Fly With Us, he isn't focused on singing as he is shown in group parts. He completes the challenge after falling down the pyramid three times, once when he got hit by a sign, another when he got stung by a scorpion, and a third time when he fell down the pyramid. Since he came down 7th, he ends up on Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot with Owen, Noah, Alejandro, and Sierra. When the reward for Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot is found out to be a goat, Tyler suddenly gets rammed in the stomach by it, causing him to fly back a bit.

In Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2, Tyler and his team start out strong. When the scarabs attack, Tyler lets out a girlish squeal before starting the song Lovin' Time, humming here and there with a couple lines during the chorus. After he and his team get on their goat with help from Alejandro, the team proceeds to go to the Nile River. Tyler's team is the first to arrive at the Nile, and Tyler gets offended by Chris's comment which isn't intended for him. He and his team start building their boat, but slow down once Sierra switches places with Izzy from Team Amazon. Tyler and the rest of the team proceed to get onto their boat and row across the Nile River. During Rowin' Time, Tyler had minimal particiaption, only seen in group parts and humming. Tyler and his team are the second to finish, but escape elimination because they are able to hold onto their goat.

In Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan, when the question of whether or not Japan will be an elimination or a reward challenge arises, Tyler confidently whispers to the others that since two contestants had already been eliminated previously, this was sure to be a reward challenge. Tyler sings with Harold in Before We Die, when the cast is thrown out of the plane and forced to sing while falling and has his first solo. In Japan, Tyler reveals he likes the same Japanese game show as Harold and the two high-five. For the human pinball challenge, Tyler uses the same excuse Noah had used seconds before - not even repeating it, but merely offering "What he said!" - in order to avoid taking part in the challenge. After his team wins the first part of the challenge, he tripped while walking towards his team in order to participate in the group's high-five. For the second challenge, creating a commercial for Chef's new candy, Tyler willingly goes along with Alejandro's idea, even referring to it as great. Tyler and Noah help build the city they use in their commercial, which is deemed decent by Chef. Although Team Amazon ends up winning, Tyler and his team were safe from elimination.

In Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better, Tyler is dismayed that Lindsay still doesn't remember him. Tyler ends up having to pull his team's sled, and when Owen breaks the ice and the whole team is about to fall into the water, Tyler uses his strong fingers to hang on to the cliff so everyone could climb back onto the ice. Tyler has his first three confessionals in this episode. The first is about getting Lindsay to remember him and her calling him Noah, and the second was about his strong fingers and how he broke the piano by accident in his first lesson and how the doctors have no idea how his fingers are that powerful. Thanks to Tyler saving them, Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot wins their first challenge because Team Victory was missing Bridgette. Tyler's last confessional in this episode explains how he wants to get Lindsay to remember him, and is the first one with multiple interruptions, one with Lindsay coming in and calling him Noah again, and the second being Chris signing off the show and also calling him Noah, probably to make fun of how Lindsay does it because Chris has never messed up Tyler's name before.

In Broadway, Baby!, Noah is sat on by Owen all night. He asks why his team didn't notice that he was missing all night, and compares himself to Tyler. Tyler takes offense to this comment. When all of the contestants are in a giant boat, Tyler tries to talk to Lindsay but she still forgets about him. Later in the episode, Tyler hears Lindsay say that she likes to be called to be baby. Noah tells him that he should take a mental note of that, but he says that he doesn't have a pen. Tyler retrieves the apple from Turtle Pond for his team, by headbutting it to shore. Team CIRRRRH takes a small lead, and reach the finish line first. However, due to Heather switching their baby carriage with one that actually contains a baby, Tyler and his team are forced to go back for it, and ultimately lose the challenge. However, Chirs reveals that the challenge was for reward rather than elimination, meaning Tyler and his team were safe.

Audition tape
In his audition tape, the scene opens with Tyler standing in a football field. He tells the viewers that the show needs an athlete, and that he is the man, and he tries to show everyone how good he is at sports, but he doesn't do so well. He tries to throw a football, but trips over his gym bag. He dives off a high board and does a belly flop. Finally, he tried to do a slam dunk, but missed and falls flat on his face. The ball then falls on the back of his head.

Tyler's tape stands out amongst the others as it is the only audition tape to feature multiple locations and activities, rather than just staying in one place like the others do.


 * View Tyler's audition tape

Camp TV
Tyler was an original camper from the prototype version of Total Drama Island; Camp TV. His personality seems to more-or-less be the same (he is described as being a jock) and is clearly in a relationship with Lindsay, just how he is in Total Drama Island. The interesting case with Tyler is that he seems to have two prototype designs that both greatly differ from his final design. The only other campers that have two prior designs are LeShawna and Duncan, but both of their second designs are virtually identical to their final designs, whereas Tyler's is not. He seems somewhat more refined and wealthy-looking in both designs. Judging from the promotional pictures, he seemed to also get along with Duncan. Tyler's role was probably much more important in Camp TV because his prototype design is seen in almost all of the original promotional material. His first design also has some similarities to Justin's final design.

Both designs have been recycled into different characters in the Total Drama series. The first design was recycled into an intern shown in all three Aftermaths, as well as Mutiny on the Soundstage. The coloring of this design may indicate that Tyler was originally planned to have blond hair. Tyler's second design is recycled to become Duncan's parole officer shown in the Video logs from home. Tyler's first design is seen in Rock n' Rule as some one who gives the contestants fake items. But he has a hat and different hair.

Trivia

 * Tyler does not compete for Total Drama Action, but returns to compete in Total Drama World Tour.
 * It's possible that his last name starts with a J, T, or L, since the last letter on his jacket's monogram could pass for any one of those letters.
 * In Phobia Factor, Tyler has to face his fear of chickens three times.
 * That morning, Chef prepares a "special meal" for Tyler: chicken. Tyler eats this, however it was not part of the challenge. Of course, after biting the head off of the fried chicken, a real chicken head pops out, prompting Tyler to get scared.
 * Tyler has to confront his fear of chickens during the challenge and fails, which results in his elimination.
 * After boarding the Boat of Losers, the boat is full of chickens waiting for him. This was not part of any challenge, however, and was set up by Chris and Chef just for fun.
 * Tyler is the last contestant of the Total Drama series to use confessional (and not until the third season). As a possible joke about this fact, when he does finally use it, he keeps talking about how he is the contestant who fans and blogs seem to know the least about and how he is almost never mentioned.
 * Tyler along with Ezekiel are the only campers to not speak during Total Drama Action (until Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, in which they both speak). Unlike Ezekiel, he was not featured. He, however, was mentioned by Lindsay in four episodes.
 * Confirmed on the official Total Drama World Tour website, Tyler's favorite clothing is a track suit.
 * Tyler and Geoff are the only male campers on the Killer Bass without any signs of facial hair.
 * They are also the first two campers to get marshmallows in Total Drama Island.
 * Tyler is the first contestant to have a conflict with a newcomer.
 * Tyler is the only contestant to wear a headband.
 * Tyler is the only male contestant whose hair covers his ears completely (Noah and Alejandro's hair partially covers their ears). The first time his ears were fully shown was on Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2.
 * Tyler is the only Killer Bass on Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.
 * In Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan, Tyler, along with Harold, enjoy watching Japenese gameshows.
 * As revealed in Before We Die, Tyler wants to be a repairman for the parallel bars.
 * Tyler is the only contestant who has had Chris mess up their name, although he probably just did it to make fun of how Lindsay couldn't remember him.
 * Tyler makes a reference to how little fans he has, even less than Ezekiel. Although, he says that Lindsay not remembering him is worse then that.
 * In Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better, Tyler reveals that he has extra-strong fingers.
 * He also revealed that he went out for piano lessons, but broke the piano. From there, he went into sports.