Duncan and Owen

This article focuses on the interactions between Duncan and Owen.

Overview
Despite their contrasting personalities, over the course of the series, the two become close friends with each other. In Brunch of Disgustingness, both become acquainted when Owen moves into the same cabin as Duncan, along with all the other remaining males. In Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action, they both make it into the final four. In Total Drama World Tour, they both end up on the same team, which gives them plenty of time to interact and develop their friendship.

Paintball Deer Hunter
Owen mocks Duncan for being a deer, referring to him as "Bambi" and messes with his deer tail. In retaliation, Duncan insults Owen's weight as he rudely tells him that he got to be a good shot. Later, Owen spots Duncan walking alone and stealthily tails him and climbs into a tree to watch him. However, Owen's odor gives him away, to which Duncan calls him "Farticus" before fleeing.

Brunch of Disgustingness
Duncan and Owen are placed together on the guys team and party with the other guys in the cabin. Duncan cheers for Owen when he wins the tie-breaker. At the end of the episode, they happily go on the trip they win, along with Geoff, DJ, and Trent.

No Pain, No Game
After having two great days together with the other guys, they happily return to the camp together. When yelling out that "guys rule", Duncan and Owen have their arms around each other. However, right after Chris yells out that it is every camper for themselves, Owen tries to give him a high five, but Duncan refuses and says "It's every camper for themselves".

Hide and Be Sneaky
When Duncan tries to make an alliance with DJ, Geoff, and Owen, Owen is unsure about whether or not he should join. However, in the next scene, Duncan is hanging Owen by his feet over a "cliff" threatening him to join, which he does. Owen then kisses Duncan and DJ on the cheek which freaks Duncan out a little. At the end of the episode, the new alliance successfully votes out Bridgette.

That's Off the Chain!
Duncan, Owen, and Geoff have a friendly conversation about their most painful experiences that they had in the past while riding a bicycle. During the challenge, Duncan gives an advice on how to stop his bike when Owen rides it.

Hook, Line, and Screamer
When Izzy jumps into Owen's arms, Duncan is seen giving him a thumbs up. When Duncan is about to face the killer, Owen begins to worry, but cheers for him after he won.

Wawanakwa Gone Wild!
When Chris announces that the contestants are required to trap an animal, Duncan raised Owen's arm and declared that he "got one".

Haute Camp-ture
At the start of the episode, Duncan is seen fishing, but accidentally hooks Owen who swimming in the lake. Seeing his friend covered in leeches, he tries to reel him up, but only ends up snagging his pants, which annoys Owen.

Camp Castaways
Once Owen reunites with his friends, he quickly hugs both Gwen and Duncan. Additionally, Duncan wasn't as annoyed as Gwen and Heather by Owen after his mental breakdown.

Are We There Yeti?
Chef puts the duo on the same team against Heather and Gwen. Duncan says that he's lucky to be on the same team as Owen because if a bear came by, it would go after Owen first. When Owen refuses to jump off a cliff due to not having fully overcome his fear, Duncan gives him some 'persuasion' by shoving him off. Throughout the episode, they are seen working together in an attempt to steal the other team's materials, and succeed in doing so, being in the lead several times. They also seem to bond over a farting contest during the challenge. Later, Duncan shows anger towards Owen for losing the challenge due to Owen going after some sticky buns instead of reaching the finish line. When Duncan is eliminated, Owen seems to be upset, even about to tear up when saying goodbye to him, but instead accidentally burps in Duncan's face, which the latter responds by saying "Whatever".

The Very Last Episode, Really!
Duncan chooses to side with Owen instead of Gwen, despite his good friendship (and future relationship) with her, even before Owen announced his big party he would hold if he won. Duncan is seen cheering for Owen throughout the challenge. In the end, Duncan and Owen, along with Geoff throw Chris into the water and then attempt to do the same thing with Chef, chasing the latter around the campus.

Monster Cash
Owen and Duncan hide together behind a car standee from the monster. After Owen managed to eat all the prop food and find the key, Duncan is impressed with Owen's eating ability (and laughs in amusement at in the confessional) as well as winning the challenge for the boys.

The Chefshank Redemption
Duncan is able to calm Owen down after Harold accidentally insulted him. Owen then hugs Duncan, Justin, and Harold, saying he loves them. As the boys tried to find a way to escape their trailer, Duncan shows concern for Owen when he volunteers to be a human battering ram.

Masters of Disasters
Duncan seems concerned when Owen gets his jaw broken and glares at Chris for not caring.

Rock n' Rule
When Owen returns, Duncan happily greets him and Owen hugs him along with Harold. Later when Lindsay and Beth are trying to get Duncan voted out, they ask Owen about it. Owen seems worried and doesn't vote for Duncan, but instead votes for Courtney due to Courtney voting him off in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine even though she has immunity.

Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen
Due to his role as "the producers' mole", Owen manages to break up Duncan and Harold's recently formed friendship and later convinces Harold to punch Duncan.

Top Dog
At the beginning of the episode, Owen became worried when Duncan was not in the trailer the whole night. When Owen accidentally insults Scruffy, Duncan becomes angry. Owen continues to sabotage the game by spraying Duncan's mohawk and by leading him into a trap. During the elimination ceremony, although Owen states that he likes Duncan, he votes to eliminate Duncan, but only because he eats more than Beth and Courtney.

The Aftermath: IV
Owen is impressed by Duncan in Owen's eating challenge. At the end, Owen votes for Duncan to win the season (by drawing a stick man with an angry expression and a mohawk on the voting paper) because Duncan is being a healthy eater and because he "still feels like one of the guys".

Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special
Duncan helps Owen get into the bus when Chris saves the cast.

Greece's Pieces
When Chris says that the Drop of Shame will be taken by an intern and that Duncan is safe, Owen is relieved.

The EX-Files
Owen, unlike most of the contestants, still sides with Duncan, saying he got a major score by getting with two girls on the same show, in his terms of a "Babe Olympics". Owen is also the only person other than Gwen to look worried when Duncan is shot by a laser. He also laughs at Owen when Alejandro activates the post-hypnotic suggestion he had given to Owen, which makes Owen give himself a wedgie while singing and dancing. Later in the episode, Duncan along with Alejandro carry Owen out of Area 51 when he gets knocked out.

Picnic at Hanging Dork
Early in the episode, Owen tells Duncan how Alejandro eliminated Bridgette and Leshawna, prompting Duncan to agree to help Alejandro throw Courtney off her game using the same strategy. However, this instead strains Duncan's relationship with Gwen, as she mistook Duncan's 'fake crying' (when Alejandro flirted with Courtney) for Duncan still having feelings for Courtney. Duncan and Alejandro also laugh at Owen's misfortunes throughout the episode.

Sweden Sour
During this episode, Duncan tries to ally with Owen after realizing that Noah was correct about Alejandro. In order to seal an alliance with Owen, he states he also missed Noah (though the truth in his statement is questionable due to their previous conflict). Throughout the episode Duncan obediently follows everything that Owen tells him to do, and furiously fights with Alejandro for Owen's loyalty, even going so far as to appoint Owen as captain during the Viking Ship Battle challenge. However, Alejandro is unable to keep up the charade for long and loses his patience with Owen. Duncan takes full advantage of this and very nearly succeeds in exposing Alejandro's true side to Owen. In the end, to everyone's surprise, Owen wins the challenge for his team, and Alejandro manages to recover his guise in time to save his cover from being blown, but Owen has already cast suspicion on him.

Niagara Brawls
Owen remembers the warnings that Duncan and Noah gave him about Alejandro and he finally sees him for who he is, as shown by Alejandro's appearance in Owen's dream. During Blainerific, Duncan and Owen are in a coffee shop, enjoying lattes. When Chris announces the teams are dissolved, all the former members of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot shake hands and wish each other well. Later in the episode, Alejandro attempts to convince Duncan to join him in voting Owen off, as he hated Owen; being repulsed by Owen's disgusting habits and saw his popularity as a threat. Although Duncan appeared to agree to Alejandro's conditions at the time, he revealed in the confessional he was only playing along, having never trusted Alejandro and secretly hated him. It is unknown whether Duncan actually complied to Alejandro's request and voted for his friend. Owen was eliminated that night, having received the majority of four out of eight votes, however it isn't made clear who the fourth vote was from. Duncan and Owen bid an emotional farewell to each other before he leaves.

Chinese Fake-Out
In the confessional, Duncan is shown to be dismayed with Owen's elimination.

Trivia

 * Owen and Duncan have many similarities pertaining to their placements:
 * Both return to a season after being previously eliminated.
 * Coincidentally, they each returned in the season after the season they were a possible winner in:
 * ​Owen was a possible winner in Total Drama Island and returned in Total Drama Action.
 * Duncan was a possible winner in Total Drama Action and returned in Total Drama World Tour.
 * Both are the only members from the original twenty-two contestants to make it to the merge in every season that they have participated in so far, although both had to return once in order to do so.
 * Both were eliminated in a merge episode, where they placed eighth.
 * Both were eliminated in the twenty-fourth episode of the season where the other won.
 * Both are the last-ranking two male contestants in the first two seasons.
 * While Owen is the first original contestant to make a guest appearance in a pre-merge episode (which is also the first episode of the season) of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, Duncan is the first original contestant to make a guest appearance in a post-merge episode.
 * Both lost their mind and dressed up as a wild man at one point in the series:
 * Both dated a girl for three seasons before they broke up with them.
 * Both have been eliminated in an episode in which someone else got the most votes.
 * Both have been the first contestant eliminated after the merge in a season.
 * Coincidentally, they also placed eighth when they were the first eliminated in the merge.
 * Both have gotten the last symbol of immunity in at least one season:
 * Owen has gotten the final marshmallow in Total Drama Island.
 * Duncan has gotten the final Gilded Chris Award in Total Drama Action.
 * Both of them (along with Heather) are the only three from the original twenty-two contestants to make it to the top ten in every season they have competed in.