Trent

Trent, labeled The Cool Guy, was a camper from Total Drama Island on the Screaming Gophers team. He was also a castmate in Total Drama Action and was the captain of the Killer Grips.

Total Drama Island
Trent is a casual musician who tends to get along with everyone. When Trent is not working on his music, he is seen working on motorcycles (though he never made it to the motorbike challenge in That's Off the Chain!). His dream is to one day have his own motorcycle shop, although his father wishes for him to become an accountant, to which Trent is vehemently against. Overall, Trent treated nearly everyone fairly and equally, which made him a very likable competitor for the other campers. He was even seen able to get along with Chris McLean at times.

Trent's musical skills impress several campers, as he was chosen for the talent contest in Not Quite Famous. He ended up getting the second-highest score after Harold, but could not win for his team. Afterward, Trent became somewhat of a pain magnet in the midst of the series as he fell victim to quicksand traps, sustained concussions, became severely poisoned, and broke nearly every bone in his body in the challenges. Even after becoming severely injured, Trent more-or-less retained his calm and collected attitude and healed by the next epiode. After the teams dissolved and Trent moved in to the boys' cabin (mostly composed of men from the opposing team), he was warmly welcomed to the brotherhood and was helped out whenever he had difficulty with a challenge, such as eating disgusting meals when he had a weak stomach. Despite Trent being notoriously unlucky, he has been known to be clever in challenges as well. He managed to conquer his fear of mimes in Phobia Factor by jumping into water and telling the mime his make-up would run if he followed, and he also managed to obtain his key with ease in Search And Do Not Destroy when he distracted a herd of sharks with meat in order to swim to where he needed to be.

Throughout Total Drama Island, Trent develops a huge crush on Gwen. When Trent first arrives on Total Drama Island, he smiles at Gwen, Gwen looks annoyed at first but looks twice and smiles. Trent's feelings are revealed when he sings a love song to her in Not Quite Famous. He is also seen snagging Gwen a extra muffin from breakfast occasionally. Trent and Gwen start to become closer thanks to Cody setting them up in a canoe together in Up The Creek. After several trials testing their friendship and trust in each other, Trent and Gwen work their way into a relationship by Search And Do Not Destroy.

Trent admires Gwen's beauty, intelligence, and independence in a confessional, happily willing to take a bullet for her without hesitation. Their relationship, however, is severely damaged when Heather tells Trent that Gwen is only using him to get along in the game and kisses him in front of Gwen, whom received a letter forged by Heather to make it seem like a letter from Trent to meet him at the exact place where she would see her mortal enemy kiss the man she loved. The trust between the two is shattered and emotionally tears both Trent and Gwen apart. For Trent, his troubles escalate as LeShawna, Gwen's best friend, hears her side of the story and immediately forms a temporary alliance with the other campers to vote off either Trent or Heather (preferably Heather). However, since Heather won invincibility in the challenge, it was Trent who was voted off. All this time, Trent was completely unaware of the contempt the other campers held for him and thought that he had been getting along with everyone. Because of this, he was shocked when he was the only one without a Marshmallow at the Campfire ceremony.

Heather reveals the scam she pulled. While it was too late to do anything about it, Trent was able to make amends with Gwen before he walked the Dock of Shame. He made her promise to fight hard for both of them to the bitter end, which she agreed to. He bid her farewell as he sailed away on the Boat of Losers and proceeded to watch the rest of the action from Playa Des Losers. In Haut Camp-ture, where the losers were the focus of the episode, Trent adamantly wanted Gwen to win the competition and openly admitted that he fell in love with her. Gwen followed through on her promise to Trent and became Total Drama Island's runner-up. Trent went out of his way to assist her in the final challenge in The Very Last Episode, Really!, only to finally regain her trust at the end as he picked her up and she conceded that she would go out with him. The two were then invited to the party Owen promised he would throw for everyone should he win, which he did.

Trent teams up with Gwen and LeShawna to obtain the million-dollar case in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island. He is appalled when the girls easily give away their secrets to Justin (who uses his good looks to get women to do or say whatever he wants), but otherwise works well with his team and ultimately qualifies to compete for the money again in the next season after the case is eaten by a shark. They're group is the only one who sees Heather stuck headfirst in the beaver dam, and though he suggests helping her out, he along with Gwen and LeShawna laugh hysterically at that and run off.

Total Drama Action
Unlike last season in which he was strong and confident with everyone, Trent starts to make a turn for the worst due to his relationship with Gwen. Although the couple starts out strong at first, an unexpected twist occurs when he and Gwen win the challenge in Alien Resur-eggtion; their win means that the two of them will be in charge of picking out members for the two teams, which forces Gwen and Trent to compete against each other. The blow is made worse when Trent starts to notice that Gwen and Duncan have so much in common. Trent becomes very upset and jealous because of Gwen's friendship with Duncan, making him and Duncan newly enemies this season. In a desperate attempt to make Gwen happy, Trent starts to throw challenges for her (which she does not approve).

Due to the winning the challenge of Alien Resur-eggtion, Trent becomes the founder of the Killer Grips team. In Riot on Set, he picks Lindsay, Justin, Beth, Owen, and Izzy to be his teammates. Because he was still jealous of Gwen being close to Duncan, Trent made a point to pick "the beautiful" Lindsay as his first teammate in an attempt to make Gwen jealous of him. The two were able to make up by the end of the episode. However, ever since then, Trent starts to lose his sanity.

During the sand castle building part of the challenge in Beach Blanket Bogus, Trent named his team's sand castle after Gwen. She found it a little disturbing, although she was comforted by the fact that Trent did everything in nines (like putting nine flags on his sand castle), saying that at least he wasn't as obsessed with her as with his obsession with the number nine. Duncan then pointed out to Gwen that there were five letters in Trent's name and four in hers, adding up to nine. Harold informed Gwen that Trent's obsession with the number nine started becoming apparent after he first became interested in Gwen, convincing her that he truly was going over the top with his obsession over her.

The next part of the challenge in Beach Blanket Bogus required the teams to select a team member to compete in a dance contest. The Screaming Gaffers chose LeShawna, and the Killer Grips chose Trent. Trent threw the challenge so Gwen wouldn't be disappointed from losing (this was a non-elimination challenge, anyway). Gwen then said that she liked Trent, but hated being responsible for his mental distress. After Trent told her he threw the challenge, Gwen and Trent again made amends. They almost kissed, but Owen's voyeurism interrupted them.

Trent's determination to win Gwen over is ultimately what led to his downfall, as he made a habit of throwing challenges on purpose so Gwen could win, which was made very apparent in 3:10 to Crazytown. Owen had previously given him advice that Gwen likes to win, and letting her win would win her over to him. This turned out to be a giant flaw in logic, as Gwen noticed Trent purposely losing challenges just for her sake when she wanted to win the competition fair and square. His nine-obsession still made her uncomfortable as well. Trent showed great concern for Gwen when she had come down with a sinus infection in this episode, but treated her as if she were a terminally ill patient by making everyone lay off on her. When the second challenge was about to start (which was to be a shoot-off), Trent purposely chose Owen to participate because his large size guaranteed that Gwen's team would hit him. Owen's antics ultimately canceled the challenge, but by this point Trent's own teammates were becoming well aware of Trent's focus being somewhere other than winning. Justin in particular was privy to this detail.

After Trent's team lost the third challenge (and thus had to eliminate someone from their team that night), Gwen approached Trent and informed him of how she was aware of him throwing challenges for her sake. She could no longer take the guilt by allowing it to happen any longer, and broke up with Trent, but still wanted to remain on good terms with him. Trent was depressed to hear the news, but surprisingly took it maturely. What neither of them knew was that Justin was listening in on the entire conversation. His suspicions were true, so he dragged out Gwen in front of the rest of Trent's team (minus Trent) and ordered her to tell the truth that she allowed Trent to make his own team lose numerous times just to win her over. The others were aghast at this, but Gwen insisted that she never wanted it to play out this way and wanted to win fair and square. Justin refused to believe her, so in order to retain her own integrity (and possibly her sanity), Gwen suggested that the team vote off Trent that night to not only prove that she was being honest about wanting to win, but to ease off the tension that had been stewing in their relationship and friendship.

The Killer Grips did as Gwen suggested and voted Trent off that night. Trent was surprised at this, and struggled against Chef Hatchet's grip, wanting to at least bid Gwen farewell before he was thrown into the Lame-o-sine. However, it was not meant to be, and Trent was sent away without Gwen to see him off this time. Just to rub salt in the wound, Chris showed Gwen the tape of his elimination, much to her regret.

Trent showed up one episode later in The Aftermath: I, which was a talk show showcasing the characters who did not qualify for the second season along with the characters who did qualify and already lost the competition. Up until Geoff and Bridgette inadvertently blabbed about it, Trent was unaware of Gwen's involvement in getting him kicked out of the competition and cried about it after learning the truth. Several of the characters feel sorry for Trent's situation, especially after Trent explains that his obsession with the number nine actually had nothing to do with Gwen; it became his lucky number during his childhood when his grandfather gave him a toy train. A wheel fell off the train shortly before his grandfather died, leaving only nine wheels. His mother then told him that nine was now his lucky number. Most who had taken Gwen's side of the break-up situation switched to Trent's after learning about this. Trent sang a song with his guitar about his broken heart due to Gwen (most of the campers get emotional and Geoff and Bridgette reconcile), but eventually conceded that he would have to move on from her and find someone else.

Trent makes another appearance in The Aftermath: ll as a commentator just like the people who weren't on season 2 at all. Apparently Trent has been getting a lot of fan mail since his breakup and elimination. He also has a lot of fans now, one of them being a girl who makes a life-sized Trent doll and kisses it nine times, leaving Trent disturbed and freaked out. He ends up stepping in to stop Gwen when she was about to be forced to enter a piranha-infested dunk tank. Trent confesses that he was the one rigging the challenges and that it was his fault, and that he saw it coming. The audience then cheers for him. As of right now, he and Gwen are on even terms, but are not a couple yet.

Audition tape
In his audition, Trent sings a love song about searching for the woman of his dreams while playing the guitar in a recording studio. He later then says "Ah, crap." after a string breaks.


 * View Trent's audition video

Camp TV
Like many of the characters, Trent was present in Camp TV. Trent was also one of the main characters of the show, however, he was a late-comer to the camp. In terms of design, Trent is one of the five characters (the others being Duncan, Geoff, Lindsay, and Harold) to go virtually unchanged from his design in Camp TV. The only difference is that his shirt reads "Smith's" instead of having a hand symbol. His character, however, was almost completely different than the current show. While he and Gwen are a couple in Total Drama Island, the two of them were bitter enemies in Camp TV (as they are seen in a number of pictures trying to strangle each other). Trent also was very unpopular amongst the other campers, while in the current show he is popular amongst all the campers. His lack of popularity is apparently because he was the only camper considered "normal." This is almost like Heather. However, some art for Camp TV shows Geoff with his hand over his shoulder and both are smiling happily, which could indicate that he was later accepted by the other campers.

Trivia

 * Trent returns as a competitor in Total Drama Action.
 * Both of Trent's eliminations were caused or somewhat caused by the antagonist of the series (when his relationship with Gwen fails):
 * In Search and Do Not Destroy, Heather kissed him in front of Gwen, and once Gwen told LeShawna what happened, LeShawna formed a temporary alliance to vote off either Heather or Trent. Since Heather won invincibility, Trent was eliminated. This elimination is under heavy debate between fans as to whether or not this elimination was unfair.
 * In 3:10 to Crazytown, Justin overheard Gwen breaking up with Trent, and thought the two were forming an alliance to get to the final two. In order to prove that she and Trent were not in an alliance, he told the Killer Grips to vote him off.
 * He is the only male contestant who competed in both seasons that did not participate in any horror movie challenges.
 * Trent is one of the several campers to have a crying fit:
 * After Heather tricks Trent into thinking Gwen hates him and kisses him, he goes to the beach to cry (without tears) in Search And Do Not Destroy.
 * In The Aftermath: I, Geoff accidentally reveals that Gwen was the cause of Trent's elimination in 3:10 to Crazytown, Trent cries.
 * Oddly, Trent has never had tears in his eyes when crying.
 * He is one of three characters (the other 2 being Geoff and Chef Hatchet) to have a curved chin.
 * Trent's favorite song is "She Would Be Loved," (an obvious spoof of Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved") revealed when he and Gwen asked each other a series of questions in an attempt to survive the Awake-A-Thon in The Big Sleep.
 * Trent's least favorite food is broccoli. His parents had to force feed him broccoli when he was a kid. His team uses the force feeding tactic to make Trent eat in Brunch of Disgustingness.
 * Trent has a weak stomach and throws up more than any other contestant.
 * Trent is one of the most unfortunate competitors; becoming gravely injured or narrowly evading certain death five times:
 * He accidentally steps in quicksand and nearly drowns in it with Lindsay in Up The Creek.
 * He sustains a concussion after Owen accidentally throws a giant crate of oranges at his head in If You Can't Take The Heat....
 * He is severely poisoned from eating an improperly-prepared Fugu blowfish meal in Who Can You Trust?.
 * He falls several thousand feet in the air straight into the Earth's crust, breaking nearly every bone in his body in X-Treme Torture.
 * He falls several feet in the air, and sustains a severe blow to his groin, after landing on his crotch into a gate's post, which leaves him reeling in pain for the rest of the challenge in 3:10 to Crazytown.
 * Three of the five injuries Trent sustained were caused by other campers who meant well:
 * Owen meant for Trent to catch a crate of oranges in If You Can't Take The Heat... (saying, "Trent! Heads up!") but ended up giving him a concussion when the crate hits him in the head.
 * Lindsay failed to prepare the highly poisonous Fugu blowfish correctly in Who Can You Trust? to feed to Trent.
 * DJ put his hand on Trent's back, which caused Trent to fall out of the helicopter on accident. Trent was too terrified about the incident to remember to activate his parachute, causing his very harsh landing.
 * Trent's biography says that he is smart, but that his grades do not reflect that. However, in the last episode, Trent says he is a Straight-A student.
 * Trent is the last male camper from the Screaming Gophers to be voted off.
 * He is one of the few characters who can play a musical instrument. The others are Courtney, who can play the violin, Harold (and possibly Cody), who can play the keyboard, and Chef, who can play the harp and drums.
 * He is one of three male characters (the others being Justin and Owen) who takes off his shirt on-screen. This does not include when the cast is swimming.
 * It is debatable that his last name could be Smith, mostly because his shirt has "Smith's" written on his original design.
 * This could, however, be a detail in homage to his guitar talent, as Smiths is a guitar brand. Coincidentally, the hand on his revised design resembles the Epiphone logo as well.
 * He, along with DJ and Harold, are the only three to suck their thumbs on-screen.
 * In Brunch of Disgustingness, After eating the pizza, Trent fell asleep in DJ's arms and sucks his thumb.
 * Here is a list of Trent's obsession with the number nine (as revealed in Beach Blanket Bogus):
 * At breakfast Trent has nine eggs on his plate, after Duncan ate one, Trent was upset that he only had eight left.
 * When Beth gives Trent a friendship bracelet, he taps it on his head nine times (he does this twice).
 * Despite the weight to the sandcastle, Trent puts nine shells on the team's first sandcastle, which causes it to collapse.
 * He gathers nine sticks.
 * He waves to Gwen nine times (counting as he does so).
 * His team's sandcastle has nine moats, nine flags, and nine jam rooms.
 * For the dance contest, in order for him to compete for the team he demands that his team says his name nine times.
 * Strangely, his accidental vote for LeShawna in Haut Camp-ture counted as the ninth.
 * In 3:10 to Crazytown, Trent gives Gwen a drink from his water bottle, after she drinks out of it he wipes it off nine times.
 * Chris said that Trent was the ninth camper to arrive on the island in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1 (though he was actually the tenth).
 * In Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, Trent was actually the ninth Gopher to jump off the cliff, (since Beth did not jump.) Noah was already in the water when Trent jumped.
 * In an aftermath, one of Trent's fans kisses her life-sized rag doll of Trent nine times. This freaks out and disturbs Trent.
 * In Cartoon Network's Best. Game. Ever. one of the things Trent says is that if he won he would give 1 dollar back so he would have 999,999 dollars.
 * He also says, "Onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnine!"
 * Trent is the first castmate to get a Gilded Chris Award.
 * He seems to be right-handed.
 * Trent can also do the moonwalk which was first seen in Beach Blanket Bogus. He can also dance like in Michael Jackson's Thriller music video seen in Basic Straining.
 * Trent received the first Gilded Chris Award at both award ceremonies before his elimination in 3:10 to Crazytown.
 * The hand print on Trent's shirt has 5 fingers (including the thumb), while Trent and everyone else has 4 fingers on each hand (this is not uncommon in cartooning).
 * In his audition tape for Total Drama Island, Trent sings a song about finding "that one woman", possibly foreshadowing his relationship with Gwen.