Tyler

Tyler (Simon in French), labeled the No-Skill Jock, was a camper on Total Drama Island on the Killer Bass team. He is currently unqualified to compete on Total Drama Action.

Total Drama Island
Tyler joined Total Drama Island for the wild challenges to test his "skills". He acts as a jock, but in reality stinks at everything. Tyler tries to prove on multiple occasions that he is a competent competitor, but many of these attempts ended in failure, and therefore 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 making out (in the bathrooms or beneath the dock). When Tyler makes out with Lindsay during the Dodgebrawl challenge under the docks (sneaking away from the other campers), Heather drops a canoe on him to show her disapproval. Tyler is voted off in Phobia Factor for failing to conquer his fear of chickens and lack of skills. In a sick twist, when Tyler boarded the Boat of Losers, it was stocked with cages of chickens. In response, Tyler screams and cries, and Chef is seen driving the boat, laughing. In Playa Des Losers, he and Lindsay resume their relationship, though it seems that Lindsay has forgotten what Tyler looked like. 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 team got stuck on the diving board and fell when it 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 tub and thus were unable to make it to the dock in time. It is said that Tyler will be watching the action on Total Drama Action from the sidelines, as he is not qualified to compete.

Total Drama Action
Tyler is not competing in season two, but he is referenced by the other campers (namely Lindsay who can't remember that he is not competing). Tyler does make an on-screen appearance on the talk show, Total Drama Action Aftermath, where he watches as Bridgette and Geoff interview Izzy and Trent. However, he has yet to speak this season.

Audition tape
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.

Tyler's tape stands out amongst the others as it is the only audition tape to feature multiple locations and activities.

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.

Both designs have been recycled into different characters in the Total Drama series. The first design was recycled into an intern shown in the background and at the end of TDA Aftermath. 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.

Trivia

 * Tyler will not be returning to Total Drama Action as a competitor. He will continue to make occasional appearances as a commentator during the Total Drama Action Aftermath sideshow.
 * He is the first non-returning character to be mentioned in Total Drama Action
 * Tyler is the second (currently first) most quiet camper (after Justin) as he does not speak in a number of episodes he is featured in and does not speak at all between his elimination and Total Drama, Drama, Drama Island. Even when he does speak, he usually only has one line per episode.
 * Tyler is the only character not to say his or anyone else's name (not even Lindsay's) except in Dodgebrawl where he chants Harold's name along with his teammates.
 * Despite looking and acting like a jock, he appears to be a very sensitive male camper, as he cries after being humiliated by his lack of ability to conquer his fears.
 * Tyler gets hurt in the majority of the episode he appears in and is one of the most accident-prone campers.
 * Tyler has suffered a near death experience:
 * He almost drowned in a pool in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!
 * Tyler believes himself to be a great athlete, but there are countless times when his attempts at showing with athletic prowess ended in failure and humiliation for him:
 * The first evidence on the show of Tyler's lack of athleticism was when he first arrived in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1. He rides in on water skis, but ends up crashing into the dock.
 * When Tyler dives in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, he lands on a buoy.
 * In The Big Sleep, when all of the campers take off for the big race, Tyler leaves the starting line last and his running form has him slouched with his arms forward.
 * In Dodgebrawl, Tyler throws the first dodge ball for his team, hitting a member of his own team, Sadie, sitting on the sidelines. He is then the first contestant eliminated in round one by Owen.
 * In Not Quite Famous, Tyler's "talent" is yo-yo tricks. He tangles himself in the yo-yo string.
 * In Phobia Factor he didn't face his fear of chickens but ate a cooked chicken in the beginning of the episode. It is unkown why he was able to eat the chicken but couldn't face his fear of them.
 * Tyler is the only camper (other than Ezekiel) who never uses the Confessional stall.
 * When he is voted off, Chris, Duncan, Geoff and Bridgette taunt him with chicken puns (which became increasingly unrelated to chickens) until it's not funny anymore and Courtney tells them to shut up.
 * Tyler seems to be right-handed.
 * 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.
 * 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.