Duncan and Mike

This article focuses on the interactions between Duncan and Mike.

Overview
Due to being on different teams, Duncan and Mike did not interact much in the beginning of Total Drama All-Stars. However, Duncan's heroic action in Saving Private Leechball gave Chris the opportunity to replace Courtney with him on the Hamsters. Although Duncan is often shown wanting to be a villain again, he behaves civilly towards his new teammates, including Mike. In both Food Fright and Moon Madness, Duncan notes the familiarity in Mike's voice, but cannot remember their history until he hears his evil alternate personality whistling. Duncan reveals to the audience that the personality's name is Mal, they were in juvie together, and that Mal was the most dangerous inmate there.

Saving Private Leechball
Though the two do not interact face to face in this episode, Duncan tells Gwen to imagine Mike as Courtney so she can "clobber" him.

Food Fright
In the beginning of the episode, Mike seems genuinely happy to have Duncan on his team, celebrating his arrival along with Cameron, Sam, Sierra, and Zoey. Duncan is annoyed by the gesture, thinking they are putting him on a pedestal in order to vote him off later, but accepts the cake. During the challenge, Duncan encourages Sam, but, remembering his bad boy nature and former villain status, quickly corrects himself. Mike reassures Duncan that "it's okay to be a team player," to which Duncan looks at him strangely. The punk notes that his voice sounds familiar, however Mike does not appear to return the feeling.

Moon Madness
Duncan comes across Mike as Mal speaking to a blue harvest moon-affected bird and demands to know where they've met before. Mal initially acts polite, pretending to be Mike, but sets the bird free to attack Duncan as he tries to further think their relationship.

No One Eggspects The Spanish Opposition
In the confessional, Duncan becomes distressed over his team's "heroic kindness" and thinks it may be rubbing off on him. He tries to prove he's still a bad boy by stabbing his knife into the wall, only to have the blade detach from the handle. Mal appears next sarcastically questioning what happened to his tool. A flashback reveals that Mal stole the knife and crushed it with a rock so it would split. Duncan becomes the fourth person to have something broken by Mal, behind Sam's Game Guy, Sierra's cell phone, and Cameron's glasses. Due to Mike partnering with Zoey for the challenge and Duncan wanting to be a "lone wolf," the two are distant until the elimination ceremony. Mal can be heard whistling In the Hall of Mountain King on his way to Boney Island, during which it finally hits Duncan where he knows him from. The punk reveals that Mike was in juvie at the same time he was and called "Mal." Duncan then elaborates that he practically "ran the place."

Trivia

 * Duncan says that Mike's name while they were in juvie was "Mal." This word can be translated from languages including French, Spanish, and Latin to "evil, pain, trouble, bad."
 * Additionally, this name is a shortened version of the evil personality's title "the Malevolent One," given by Mike's other personalities Chester, Manitoba Smith, Svetlana, and Vito. Malevolent meaning "to want to cause harm upon others."
 * This is the second known pair to have been related in some way prior to the show, the first being Katie and Sadie.
 * This is the first, and so far only, related interaction consisting of a veteran and a newcomer.