Duncan and Gwen



This article is about the friendship between Gwen and Duncan.

The Big Sleep
Gwen and Duncan are the remaining two campers out of twenty-one who remain awake during the Awake-A-Thon. After Chris Mclean offers a bathroom break, Duncan assures Gwen he can hold it all day and calls her "sweetheart" (though this may not mean much, as he uses terms of endearment such as this on most girls.) Gwen asks Duncan if he could hold it after another ten chapters of a Canadian history book, and this challenge makes Duncan surrender and use the bathroom, where he later fell asleep.

Who Can You Trust?
During the rock climb challenge, Heather pulls a prank on Gwen that causes her to lose her skirt while climbing the mountain, leaving Gwen in her panties fully viewable to everyone watching the challenge. Duncan is notably commenting on the scene and seems pleased with it, while there is no reaction from Trent.

Hook, Line, and Screamer
Both Duncan and Gwen enjoy the gory movie that the other campers seemed horrified to watch, excluding Izzy, talking with one another about their favorite gore scenes from other slashers. Heather insults both of them, saying they actually have more in common than "bad fashion sense". Their knowledge in slasher movies allow them to be the final two campers remaining in the contest, although Duncan appears to trick Gwen into leaving the campfire so that he could face the killer and win. Gwen, however, did seem to be interested in why Duncan went to Juvenile Hall.

Like everybody else, Duncan was terrified when he saw that Gwen was facing the real psycho killer, and rushed to warn her of the danger. He congratulated her when she successfully fought off the killer. When DJ was eliminated, Gwen and Duncan were standing next to each other, Gwen had her arm draped over Duncan's back.

Camp Castaways
When it comes down to the Final Four, Duncan takes delight in watching Gwen and Heather fight. In the confessional, he admits both of them are attractive, but cannot bring himself to trust either one of them. Gwen and Duncan (as well as Heather) spend most of the episode arguing over what to do when they are suddenly stranded on a deserted island. Eventually, Gwen makes a raft so she can get herself off the island, but has no food. Duncan, meanwhile, had plenty of food but no way out of the island. Duncan traded Gwen his egg to hitch a ride with her, as they both happily left Heather behind. They argue a bit while paddling across the lake, with Duncan insisting that Gwen had no idea where she was going (which was proven to be true when Gwen accidentally paddled back to the same island they just left, only in a different area). Duncan takes his egg back as he runs off from Gwen, but is soon attacked by the monstrous mother bird (somewhat resembling a Canadian Goose) of the egg. After a brief moment where they try to give the egg back to each other, Duncan is carried off by the mother bird. Gwen actually uses a rope in an attempt to save Duncan, but ends up getting pulled up into the air as well, and they both ride haphazardly on the bird until they reconvene with Heather and Owen.

At the suggestion of Owen, all four campers sat in the tree house and confessed their sins. It was at this point that Gwen finally found out why Duncan went to Juvenile Hall, but the exact details are unknown to the viewer.

Are We There Yeti?
After Duncan is eliminated, Gwen tells him that he played the game well, and that she was sorry he had to lose over something as trivial as sticky buns (which was actually Owen's fault). Even though they spent most of this episode playing tricks on each other (due to being on different teams), it appears that it was this episode where Duncan and Gwen officially respected each other as competitors and decent people. Gwen was the only one of the three who parted with Duncan on a good note

Alien Resurr-eggtion
Trent starts to grow jealous of Duncan due to Duncan and Gwen's budding friendship. Gwen tells Duncan he is skinny in her own way at breakfast by saying 'he could use the extra carbs' when Duncan tries to offer Gwen his toast. Though he and Duncan were good friends for most of Total Drama Island, Trent is quick to say nasty things behind Duncan's back at the Confessional cam when he becomes wary of Duncan and Gwen getting along too well for his liking. Trent attempts to fit in with Duncan and Gwen's conversations about obscure alien movies, but both of them see right through him. They also seem eager to take the alien down together, with Trent trailing behind. However, near the end of the episode, Duncan is eliminated in the challenge. Gwen pokes fun at him for losing, which Duncan laughs off (Trent liked to view the exchange as more malicious on Gwen's end than it really was). When Trent is forced to choose to save either one of the last alien eggs or Gwen's lucky necklace, he chooses the necklace. Duncan admits he would have gone for the egg. When Gwen gives Trent her necklace for good luck, Duncan subtly makes fun of Trent's sensitivity.

Riot On Set
When choosing teams, Gwen picks Duncan first, which upset Trent, and pleases Duncan. Throughout the episode, Trent shows disapproval for every time the two interact, such as when Duncan catches Gwen when she falls. On the set of the challenge, Gwen tells Duncan that he is "...hot, sexy, stud-like". At the end of the episode, Gwen tells Trent not to worry about Duncan, assuring him that Duncan is "no Trent." She also mentions that Duncan still has a picture of Courtney under his pillow, though it is unknown how she would know something so personal, as Duncan is known for being reserved and going out of his way to hide anything that trivializes his rough and tough exterior.

Beach Blanket Bogus
At the beginning of the episode, Duncan laughs after his successful prank, Trent's saltshaker spills onto his eggs, resulting in a playful slap from Gwen. Later, at the surf board balance challenge, the two share a laugh over Harold's rant about his butt. When Duncan wins the challenge for the Screaming Gaffers, they slap fists, then embrace, which makes Trent call the team a "ticking time bomb of betrayal". After they return to Camp Wawanakwa, Gwen and Duncan sneak off together during the sand castle challenge in order to take apart the bus they used to get there so they could sleep in the cabins. Later, while Gwen is stressing over Trent's sudden strange actions believing they're her fault, Duncan tells her that she is giving herself too much credit, though he does confirm that Trent's mild insanity over his obsession with the number nine is because that is the total amount of letters with Gwen and Trent's names combined.

TDA Aftermath
Trent explains to his audience during Total Drama Action Aftermath that one of the reasons for his failed relationship with Gwen was because Duncan and Gwen's budding friendship. Courtney, who was present on the set, shows vehement disapproval of this friendship. Although, unlike Trent, she seems angry with Duncan himself rather than Gwen. Trent also places full blame on Duncan for ruining his and Gwen's relationship, even if that was not Duncan's intention, as Trent explains that Duncan's reasoning for the number nine obsession was completely inaccurate and actually never had anything to do with Gwen, and therefore Duncan made Gwen panic over a nonexistent issue.

The Chefshank Redemption
While most of the Screaming Gaffers are suspicious of Gwen's behavior (due to her guilt over the nature of Trent's elimination and subtly trying to throw the challenge for her team in this episode), Duncan is surprisingly one of the few who is not suspicious of her at all and stands up for her. At the end of the episode, Gwen is eliminated, but Duncan is one of the two, along with DJ, who did not vote her off. As she is handcuffed by Chef Hatchet and taken to the Lame-o-sine, Duncan stops them to offer himself in her place, as a way of saying that he really wants to be out of the competition, but quickly assures them that he was kidding as soon as Chef attempts to actually take Duncan instead. Gwen tells him that he won't get out of the competition that easily and wishes him good luck.

One Flu Over the Cuckoos
When the team is talking about the side-deal Gwen had with the Killer Grips, Duncan said he couldn't believe it and he "didn't know she had it in her", appearing to be more amused and/or impressed by her actions rather than embittered and/or betrayed.