Duncan and Trent

The Duncan-Trent Conflict is the conflict between Duncan and Trent in Total Drama Action. Since Trent was eliminated and Duncan continued on to win TDA, this conflict may dissolve or never be resolved.

Phobia Factor
Trent, along with Courtney, teases Duncan about his fear of Celine Dion music store standees. After explaining to Lindsay about the definition of standees, an aggravated Duncan tells Trent to shut it.

Search and Do Not Destroy
Duncan votes Trent off that night after he heard about Trent kissing Heather, saying that he "messed up".

Alien Resurr-eggtion
The rivalry began when Duncan and Gwen (Trent's girlfriend at this point) were discussing about their favorite movie, Alien Chunks. Feeling threatened, Trent inserted himself into the conversation and tried his best to fit in, but Gwen and Duncan saw right through him. This made Gwen feel awkward, but Duncan simply dismissed Trent for trying too hard. Gwen, Duncan, Trent, and DJ formed a group for their challenge, which was to find alien eggs and return them safely to home base before getting splattered with Chef Hatchet's slime gun. Trent complained about Duncan in the Confessional cam about how much he and Gwen are turning out to share too many similarities for his liking. Trent also takes the opportunity to insult Duncan's personality, questioning how manly a guy could be when they used hairspray. Gwen loses her necklace after Chris dropped a slime bomb on them, which hits Duncan and eliminates him from the challenge. Gwen jokingly makes fun of Duncan for losing, which Duncan laughs back in response. Trent, however, seemed to perceive this exchange as something much more malicious on Gwen's end, saying how much he loved seeing Gwen "stick it to Duncan" even though the verbal exchange was not nearly as nasty as Trent thought it was. Suddenly, Trent was forced to choose between the eggs (one was about to fall and break) or Gwen's lucky necklace (which was about to fall into a sewer grate). He chose the necklace and gave it back to Gwen, but she decided to let Trent keep it. Duncan admits he would have gone for the egg, and he mutters "girl" to Trent when he accepts the necklace, prompting Trent to glare at him. After Trent found two eggs to secure the victory for Gwen and himself, Duncan was seen being mad at him while Gwen was proud of Trent for doing it.

Riot On Set
The conflict continues as Trent and Gwen are about to choose who they want on their team. Gwen chose Duncan first for her team, inadvertently making Trent jealous again. In the confessional, Trent feels betrayed and wonders if he really knows the true Gwen. As a result, Trent responds by picking "the beautiful" Lindsay first in an attempt to make Gwen jealous of him. In the confessional, Gwen was shown to be confused and upset at the way Trent chose Lindsay. Once the teams were assembled, the first challenge was to run up a steep prop hill with backstage equipment like lights, backgrounds, and cameras. Trent gets angry after seeing Duncan catch Gwen when she falls, though when he questions Gwen about it, Gwen simply states that she and Duncan are teammates. Later, as the Killer Grips begin to make progress, Trent taunts Gwen and Duncan, calling them "punk wannabes". While shocked by Trent's sudden nasty streak, Gwen and Duncan resolve to bring his team down. They succeed in doing so, thanks to Duncan's touching performance as a sentimental gangster. After the challenge, Trent and Gwen make amends when she assures him that she and Duncan are just friends.

Beach Blanket Bogus
Duncan is shown early on in this episode to have taken a liking to pranking Trent (similar to how he pranked Harold last season) by loosening the tops of the salt and pepper shakers and causing Trent to accidentally spill all of the salt and pepper on his eggs. Gwen slaps Duncan and scolds him for it, finding the act to be juvenile. After Trent inadvertently throws the excess salt and pepper at Heather, Duncan walks over to steal a piece of Trent's breakfast. Unexpectedly, Trent freaks out since Duncan leaves him with only eight pieces left. Duncan replies by stating how Trent is weird for fretting over something as trivial as how much breakfast he has on his plate. Gwen cuts in, assuring Trent that she likes weird, and then eats a piece of Trent's breakfast herself to leave seven pieces. She asks if that makes it better for him to have an odd number, and Trent agrees.

The first challenge of the day is being able to stay on the mobile surfboard while dodging various obstacles (such as sharks, high-speed winds, and a barrage of seagulls). Duncan wins this challenge for his team, leading to Gwen giving Duncan a congratulatory hug. Trent grows suspicious over this, stating to Owen how Gwen's team is a "ticking time bomb of betrayal". By this point he is showing a particular obsession with the number nine, which freaks Gwen out.

As Gwen and Duncan sneak off together to dismantle the bus, Trent's team tries to win the second challenge. Trent's obsession with the number nine is still ever-present. Gwen is relieved, thinking Trent's obsession with her is at least not as bad as the "9" obsession, but Duncan points out that the amount of letters of Gwen's name and Trent's name combined makes nine, which makes her freak out. After the Grips win the second challenge, Trent is chosen to participate in the final tie-breaking challenge: a dance-off. Trent figured the way to win Gwen's favour again would be to throw the competition so her team could win, and as such, he falls down in the middle of the dance-off, feigning an ankle injury. As Trent squirms on the ground, Chris comes over and states that what Trent is doing isn't dancing. Although Trent tries to claim that it is "modern dancing", Chris does not buy it and Duncan in particular thinks the moves suck, which leads Gwen to retort to Duncan that she is the one to blame for Trent losing his focus due to ignoring him throughout the episode. Duncan then states that Gwen is giving herself too much credit. Thanks to Trent, Gwen's team wins once again.

The Aftermath: I
When Trent appeared on the talk show episode, he told everyone about Gwen and Duncan hanging out together, which made Courtney (Duncan's love interest) jealous as well. Trent solely blames Duncan for his elimination after seeing Duncan suggest to Gwen that his obsession over the number nine is due to the fact that the combined amount of letters in both Gwen and Trent's names equals to nine (which makes her even more uncomfortable about her relationship with Trent), when in fact his number nine superstition had nothing to do with Gwen. He believed that he inadvertently made her freak out (and break up with him) over nothing.

Brunch of Disgustingness
After the Screaming Gophers and Killer Bass teams dissolved to gender-based teams, Trent was warmly welcomed to the guys' cabin. When faced with the challenge of this episode, the guys were more than willing to help Trent out due to his weak stomach. Trent and Duncan, along with the other guys, enjoyed a fantastic weekend on a cruise before all teams were officially dissolved.

No Pain, No Game
After their weekend getaway, the guys, including Duncan and Trent, are getting along really well, with Duncan going as far as saying that they were all "tighter than family". However, when Chris dissolves the teams, the boys distance themselves from one another. After Duncan took the first challenge, Trent told Gwen that his challenge was "harsh".

Search And Do Not Destroy
Duncan was angry when LeShawna told him about Trent's incident with Heather, which broke Gwen's heart. He said in the confessional stall that what Trent did was really messed up. He and several others voted Trent off the island, but realized it was all an elaborate ruse by Heather after the fact. As Trent sailed away on the Boat of Losers, Duncan bid farewell to him, likely feeling regretful that he fell for Heather's trick like the others and voted off the innocent Trent.

The Aftermath: II
In a stark contrast to the previous Aftermath episode, Trent no longer seems mad about Duncan's friendship with Gwen.

Million Dollar Babies
Duncan felt bad in the confessional about how Trent and Gwen's relationship came to an end when they were put on separate teams. Duncan also states that since he and Courtney are now in a similar situation, he wants to avoid risking his relationship with her by not throwing challenges like Trent did (though this would prove to be a moot point, as Courtney would win anyway). This may mean that Duncan was unaware of the jealousy he caused Trent to have, and has actual respect for him.

The Aftermath: IV
Apparently, this conflict was shown to be dissolved at this moment. Trent has a question for Duncan and Beth about their "character". Trent gives the two an oddly specific example about relationships. When it was revealed that Duncan won the million dollars, Trent was shown cheering for him along with the other contestants. However, he also does this in the alternate ending when Beth won the show over Duncan. It was unknown who he voted for (although Trent may not have voted due to him being grossed out and almost vomitting in the conffesion can.)

Trivia

 * Their conflict is partially because of Gwen.
 * Trent and Duncan (along with Harold) are the only guys on the show to kiss two different girls.
 * Heather was one of them for both.