Harold

Harold, labeled The Nerd of the group, was a camper on Total Drama Island on the Killer Bass team. He is currently a cast member on Total Drama Action on the Screaming Gaffers.

Total Drama Island
Harold is a rather tall red-head who wears glasses, sports a goatee, and is deemed awkward. Although he is mostly called a nerd, he is unaffected by outside influence and considers himself a loner by choice. He has had some outdoor skills due to being a scout. He also took figure skating lessons. Harold highly resembles Napoleon Dynamite in the way that he talks, saying "Awesome", "Gosh!", and "Idiots!", and in his appearance. Harold has shown to be the underdog of the Killer Bass, although he has proved on many occasions that he is able to save his team when they are suffering in certain challenges. The first occasion was in Dodgebrawl when he was the only person left on his team and caught Owen's ball, winning the point for his team and their first win overall. One episode later, he used his beatboxing skills to score perfectly on the Chef-O-Meter in the talent contest, earning another win for the Killer Bass. It is appropriate that Harold has been labeled the underdog, since his most significant victories are ones he earned in situations where the odds were heavily stacked against him. Although he is afraid of ninjas, he showed no fear when he was forced to face his phobia in person while he was in the bathroom in Phobia Factor. Had he not accidentally knocked himself unconscious with his nunchaku, he likely would have faced his fear successfully.

He is primarily a target of Duncan's pranks. But when someone really get on his nerves, he will find revenge. He was the reason why Courtney was voted off by switching the original votes with forged ones that mostly called for Courtney to be voted off in order to get back at Duncan (who had just then gotten romantically involved with her). He later sees Heather's breasts on accident during a challenge, which leads him to fail the challenge and be eliminated. Unlike most, Harold was content with his loss (mainly due to being able to see bare breasts before he left) and reveals that he wrote a romantic haiku to LeShawna, revealing his crush on her. The two embrace in a kiss and he leaves the island. Harold was the first one shown to bring his luggage to the Boat of Losers along with him. At Playa Des Losers, Courtney is hunting him down after she learns about how she was eliminated. He asks Trent for food, which Trent concedes to, but Ezekiel considers him a "traitor". During the TDI special, LeShawna broke up with Harold, saying their relationship went too fast and the moment on the Dock of Shame was just a fleeting, emotional moment. Harold seems to have accepted the break up, though afterwards he promises he will win her over eventually and then rambles on in the Confessional stall about how they will possibly move in together (specifically in his mother's basement) when they are 30 years old. LeShawna so far seems unaware of his intentions. During the challenge to find the million dollar case, he befriended Heather after she opened up about her insecurities after being rendered alone like he currently was. It is debatable if an actual relationship will come from this, considering Harold is still determined to win over LeShawna (who hates Heather).

Total Drama Action
Harold is shown still trying to win LeShawna over in Monster Cash. It is implied in the future that Harold will spend more time bonding with Heather due to the fact that she remains unpopular with everyone else. Before Geoff was eliminated, Harold shared a bunk bed with him.

Despite Harold's claims to have keen senses to allow him to know when someone is nearby, he is completely oblivious to Chef Hatchet being right behind him in Alien Resurr-eggtion and is the first one to be shot down. Harold seems to have a deluded view of his relationship with LeShawna, even claiming that she is undressing him with her eyes; meanwhile, LeShawna claims in the confessional (quite confidently) that they are not meant to be. Harold is recruited on Gwen's team, the Screaming Gaffers in Riot On Set. Though he attempts to sell himself by informing everyone of his expert knowledge of movie-making and movies in general, no one seems to care and Gwen only chose Harold if only to shut him up. He was the last castmate chosen for Gwen's team.

In Beach Blanket Bogus, Harold is shown to think quite highly of himself and his bottom. Though he is in alliance with Heather, Heather still has no interest in speaking with him. Though Harold frequently speaks highly of himself in his confessionals, he is often met with failure, though he proves to be an expert sandcastle-builder during the second part of the challenge and surprisingly takes a leadership-like role in the project. Unfortunately, none of this visibly impresses LeShawna. He is the one who informs Gwen that Trent became obsessed with the number nine ever since Trent became interested in her.

Audition tape
In his audition tape, Harold shows everyone his scout badges and then he plays his keyboard, which promptly falls over.

View Harold's Audition Tape

Camp TV


Like many others, Harold was originally a camper included in Total Drama Island's prototype version, Camp TV. He has a small role in the promo when he asks where his ant farm is, only to say "Nevermind" once Lindsay is running off and screaming while being covered by the ants. Harold's appearance is mostly the same (just minor differences with his shirt), but his voice is deeper, comical, and rather like Barney Rubble's from The Flintstones. Interestingly, the fact that he owns an ant farm is carried over into Total Drama Island.

Trivia

 * Harold returns to Total Drama Action as a competitor.
 * He is one of the few characters to show a form of nudity, in If You Can't Take The Heat... when he wakes up floating on his bed to see all of the girls laughing at him.
 * He saved the Killer Bass from losing several times, but he still remains unpopular.
 * Duncan, Geoff, and DJ constantly prank Harold (though given DJ and Geoff's personalities, they may be doing it as friendly competing).
 * Harold gained Courtney's dislike when he voted Courtney off.
 * He was the last camper to be eliminated before the teams were dissolved in Total Drama Island.
 * Harold ties with Heather in having the most instances of receiving the final marshmallow during the Campfire ceremony; three times.
 * Other than Beth, he was among the few characters who openly faced his fear without any signs of fear in Phobia Factor.
 * Harold is surprisingly one of the tallest characters in the show.
 * He and Ezekiel are the only characters who have picked their noses on-screen.
 * Harold is the only character to never take off his socks and shoes.
 * Harold has some kind of strength, as shown in Monster Cash (he knock outs Trent with a karate chop, though he may have just hit him in a vital spot).
 * Harold frequently talks about his "skills" and is very underestimated on the show. Many times, his "skills" win his team challenges or helps them in different ways throughout the game.
 * Harold owns an ant farm.
 * It is not clear whether Harold is a middle child or the youngest in his family.
 * Harold is an obvious knockoff of Napoleon Dynamite, though he more closely resembles Kip (from the same movie) in physical appearances.
 * It is noteworthy that Kip gets married to a woman named LaFwhanda at the end of the movie; this parallels Harold's currently unrequited love for LeShawna (possibly implying that they will get back together; though this might more explain why he gained a crush on her in the first place).
 * Harold is one of the two characters to have a friendly conversation with Heather without being in her alliance; the other being Bridgette in Brunch of Disgustingness (although Heather was obviously faking it to get Bridgette to join her alliance, to which she seemed to be oblivious about).
 * Along with Cody and Izzy, Harold is one of the few characters who wet his pants. Like Cody, he did so unwillingly, and was ashamed of it.
 * Harold has been hit in the groin more than the other guys on the show.
 * Harold and Izzy are the only characters to wear an outfit in their audition tape that they never wear during the show.
 * Harold is ambidextrous, as he is seen writing with both hands throughout the series.