Chef Hatchet and Duncan

This article focuses on the interactions between Chef Hatchet and Duncan.

Basic Straining
In this episode, Duncan is consistently irritating Chef, which marks the beginning of their conflict. The conflict began when Chef was leading the group in the dancing part of the challenge. Duncan stopped the music abruptly, much to the other campers' relief, and protested that Chef had said that the boot camp would be over for the day when someone dropped out. Chef then told Duncan to do twenty push-ups, which Duncan complied to, rolling his eyes.

Later, Chef demanded that the remaining campers write a three hundred word essay on how much they 'love' him. Chef was angered when Duncan's ended up writing "just one sentence with five pages of 'verys' in between," but didn't eliminate him. During the obstacle course portion of the challenge, Chef Hatchet forced Duncan to spend the rest of the night alone in the boathouse for constantly annoying him with his defiance. This was provoked when Duncan kissed Chef on the nose after being told to do twenty more push-ups.

Duncan had also referred to Chef as "general crazy." Despite his punishment, Duncan left his solitary confinement with Courtney to go raid Chef's kitchen. When Courtney tells Chef that he needs to chill out, Duncan high-fives and hugs her, obviously proud of her insult to Chef.

Hide and Be Sneaky
Chef Hatchet was in charge of the challenge in this episode. Duncan was hiding in a cave for the challenge. When Chef Hatchet found Duncan, he grabbed him by the ear and Duncan spitefully told him that he was found and to let him go.

Are We There Yeti?
Duncan steals Chef's night-vision goggles at the beginning of the episode so he and Owen could see in the dark at night and escape the forest more easily. Towards the end of the episode, it was revealed that Chef took Duncan's knife to clean his toenails (much to Duncan's disgust). Chef tried to scare Duncan as he rode the Boat Of Losers by wearing the yeti costume and constantly putting the mask on and off.

The Very Last Episode, Really!
Duncan, Geoff, and Owen throw Chris into the lake from the Dock of Shame and chase Chef around the island in order to throw him into the lake along with Chris.

The Sand Witch Project
Chef threatened Duncan by questioning if he "likes having his arms attached to his torso," in order to have DJ fill the role of the serial killer in the challenge.

One Million Bucks, B.C.
As Duncan was getting ready to find some firewood for the first part of the prehistoric challenge, Chef grabs Duncan by the loincloth, and asks him to give back some of the things that he stole off-screen.

Super Hero-ld
Chef throws a bowling ball at both Duncan and Chris instead of Harold during the obstacle course of the superhero challenge.

Mutiny on the Soundstage
When Duncan was carrying Chef across the bridge for the The Princess Pride challenge, Chef tells Duncan that if he drops him, he is "dead meat."

Greece's Pieces
Chris makes up a rule that whenever Duncan talks instead of singing, Chef will whip him with a towel. Duncan mocks this punishment, only for Chef to whip him violently, causing him to recoil in pain. Chef abides to this rule and continues to whip him throughout the challenge.

Hawaiian Punch
Duncan, along with everyone else, laughed at Chris and Chef when Ezekiel sank their boat.

Trivia

 * This conflict helped start the relationship between Courtney and Duncan, since Chef Hatchet sent Duncan to the Boathouse in Basic Straining, which gave Courtney a reason to talk to him alone and lead to a consequent relationship.
 * Both of them are featured in the game Cartoon Network TKO, and are the only two characters from the show to be featured.
 * This conflict is mainly caused by each of their personalities: Duncan (being the trouble making delinquent) and Chef (the strict tough guy). Duncan challenges Chef's authority and began a large conflict.