Duncan and Harold

This article is about the conflict between Duncan and Courtney against Harold.



Overview
Duncan and Harold have had a long history of conflict since the beginning of the show. Duncan doesn't put up with Harold's geeky ways nor does Harold put up with Duncan's rebellious ways, and in Total Drama Action the conflict got worse since Duncan realized what Harold did to Courtney; Courtney and Harold have a bit of a conflict too, but with her on the opposite team, the conflict between them hasn't continued as much as that between Harold and Duncan. Still, the conflict between Duncan and Harold still remains, but when Duncan said Harold isn't a complete loser in Full Metal Drama, it's possible that their conflict could be resolved, but events past that episode have proved otherwise. They also decided to join an alliance with LeShawna in Dial M for Merger, but only in order to have a better chance at the prize money. The two immediately backed out of LeShawna's new alliance in Super Hero-ld in order to join Justin to form their new Guys' Alliance. Their conflict is still unresolved.

Not So Happy Campers - Part 1
The Conflict started in this episode. When Chris was talking about the organization of the teams, Harold looks at Duncan, who suddenly puts his fist in front of Harold's face, making him nervous.

The Big Sleep
Courtney scolds Harold for being the last person to complete the 20k run at the beginning of the episode, when, at that moment, he was having heart palpitations. Duncan later made him wet himself while sleeping by placing his hand in a cup of water. Duncan pointed this out to everyone and Harold ran off humiliated.

Dodgebrawl
When Harold comes into the main lodge, he has a marker-drawn mustache on his face (revealed to be drawn by Duncan in Haut Camp-ture). Courtney tells off Harold when Duncan sits out most of the game due to his snoring, to which he snaps back that his snoring is due to the fact that he has a medical condition. Courtney also heavily criticizes Harold's weak dodgeball-throwing skills and forces him to sit out the game after his performance in the first round, even though he wants to actively participate.

It became apparent that Duncan's fierceness was needed to win the game, and so Harold was forced by Courtney to poke a stick into Duncan's nose (since he was the "weakest" team player left, in the event that Duncan was enraged enough to kill a camper as he so threatened, Courtney said Harold was the only one they could afford to lose). Harold is eventually allowed back into the game, due to Geoff pitying him, and saves his team, defeating overwhelming odds by dodging all of Owen's (the strongest player in the Screaming Gophers,) balls and catching the last one to win his team the game.

Not Quite Famous
Courtney didn't give Harold a chance to audition for the talent contest at first. The only reason why she allowed Harold to go later was because she was forced to let him perform, resulting in their team winning the challenge. His victory was so stunning that she even embraced him (She was likely caught up in the moment).

Phobia Factor
Harold shook his head out of disagreement when Courtney yelled at DJ for taking time about not conquering his fear of snakes.

Up the Creek
To bug Harold and Sadie, Duncan becomes their canoe partner. Courtney stated that Harold's arms are too skinny to push the canoe when the Killer Bass are devising a method to make it back to camp after Harold accidentally burns their canoe paddles for firewood.

If You Can't Take The Heat...
When doing morning exercises, Duncan is greatly disgusted by Harold leaving his underwear lying around when he sniffed the air, therefore, Geoff and DJ join Duncan in teaching Harold a lesson about leaving his underwear lying around by pulling a series of pranks against Harold. Geoff secretly steals one of Harold's briefs and DJ purposely spills water on Harold. Duncan, Geoff, and DJ put hot sauce on one of Harold's underwear. Geoff then feeds Harold with a sandwich containing Harold's underwear and Geoff says that he will return Harold's clothes if Harold admits that he leaves his underwear lying around. After the ceremony, Duncan, Geoff, and DJ drag Harold's bed to the dock while Harold was sleeping. Harold finally admits that he will never leave his underwear lying around when he wakes up naked in presence of the girls who are swimming in the lake. Courtney also teasingly greeted him as he woke up (along with LeShawna).

Basic Straining


This episode begins with Duncan and Geoff making s'mores out of Harold's underwear. Courtney was grossed out when one of the underwear s'mores were thrown at Courtney.

Duncan, aided by Geoff, also gave Harold a wedgie with a fishing hook, as well as tricking Harold into eating kitchen grease by telling Harold that it is apple juice, making Harold spit it back out. After Duncan and Courtney smuggle food from Chris' tent, Duncan uses some peanut butter to make a smiley face on Harold's bed. Geoff and Duncan laugh at Harold's reaction after he sees their mess and says that it was gross. When Harold sees Duncan and Courtney kissing, Harold gets upset and uses Courtney for revenge against Duncan for his constant pranking. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Courtney was voted off because Harold tampered with the votes.

Haut Camp-ture
Courtney spends the entire episode blaming Harold for her elimination. Harold is hiding from Courtney in the bushes, but Courtney eventually finds him and beats him up with a lamppost. Harold said that he hates Duncan and then listed all the pranks Duncan had pulled against him. He also said that what he did to Courtney was pretty heinous, but he was really upset with Duncan because he kept bugging him. He refused to vote for Duncan to win, although he is forced by Courtney to vote for Duncan to win. Noah enjoyed watching Courtney and Harold slap fight when Courtney accidentally voted for LeShawna, and when both fall in the pool.

Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!
Harold asks Courtney and Duncan if he can join them, but Courtney furiously rejects him, saying that he will only slow them down. Duncan also calls Harold a doofus in the Confessional Stall after Courtney turned down Harold.

Theme song
Duncan and Courtney kiss and are then seen smiling deviously with each other at Harold's misfortune when Harold is shot with seagulls by Duncan.

Monster Cash
Sometime after Chris said "action", Duncan threw Harold out of the vehicle they were in.

Beach Blanket Bogus
After the dance challenge and during the Screaming Gaffers victory beach party, Harold had Duncan kick sand at him for showing off his dance moves.

3:10 to Crazytown
Duncan trips Harold into a tub of water and laughs at his misfortune after Harold shows off his toughness before the first challenge. Duncan purposely landed on Harold when Harold successfully landed on the horse during the first challenge.

LeShawna starts to wonder why "That Punk-Haired, Skull-Shirted Wannabe" Duncan continues to pick on Harold. Harold has his entire body wrapped in rope and hogtied by Duncan when the Screaming Gaffers won the final challenge. Duncan shakes Harold out of the barrel he is bathing in. In the confessional stall LeShawna disapproves of what Duncan did to Harold. Duncan replies that he is paying Harold back for what Harold did to Courtney (in Basic Straining), as he finally figured out who was behind her wrongful elimination in Total Drama Island.

One Flu Over the Cuckoos
In this episode, LeShawna makes attempts to form an alliance with Harold and Duncan. Despite her attempts, Duncan just laughs at the idea, and Harold calls her 'nuts'. Harold also questions why LeShawna even talks to Duncan, saying he is a "worthless punk". Harold also said that he "absolutely refuses" to be in an alliance with him.

Throughout the episode, Duncan continues to irritate Harold, such as when he pulled down his pants during the first part of the challenge, when Duncan tramples Harold only to say 'whoops-a-daisy', and when Duncan attempted to take Harold's 'temperature' with a rectal thermometer. Also, when Harold reveals his full name in the confessional, and tells the camera person to not tell Duncan that one of his middle names is "Doris". However, Duncan finds out anyway, infuriating Harold. However, LeShawna steps in for Harold multiple times when Duncan antagonizes him.

The Sand Witch Project
The conflict continues in this episode. While the Gaffers are discussing who the Killer should be for this challenge, everyone agrees that Duncan should be the killer because of his acting abilities and plain scary personality, Harold agrees with them all by shivering and saying that he's terrified of Duncan on a daily basis. Harold tries to convince Duncan and the others that he is very skilled multiple times, but Duncan remains unimpressed, and often refers to him as insulting names such as "The Great Dorko" and "Harry Hood"Weiney"". At one point, Harold purposely uses Duncan's soccer ball to perform a magic trick (in an attempt to scare the opposing team out of the tent, which was part of a challenge), after which Duncan proceeds to kick him in the groin.

Masters Of Disasters
In the beginning of the episode, Duncan puts his share of Chef's disgusting food in Harold's bowl. During the flooding submarine challenge, Harold volunteers to pick the lock and boasts about his lockpicking skills. Duncan trips him and tells him to hurry up. Later, Harold criticizes Duncan about not looking like a big thinker, which causes Duncan to dunk Harold's head in the water.

Full Metal Drama
When the war challenge starts, Harold insists that he will be a valuable player due to his vast experience in online battles. Duncan mocks him so Harold says that he will defeat his foes with his "nun-yos", a portmanteau of "nunchakus" and "yo-yo". Duncan responds by sticking in a twig during Harold's spinning routine, with one of his yo-yos hitting him in the groin. Duncan calls him a loser and walks off laughing while Harold lies in pain. Throughout the challenge, Duncan picks on Harold no matter what he does, angering him even further.

When Harold and Duncan are trapped in the foxhole with LeShawna farting all over the place, Duncan is desperate to escape, but gets in a heated argument with Harold when they accuse each other of not being team players. Fed up, Harold forces Duncan into referring him as an equal by intimidating him with LeShawna's worsening farts. The two finally escape and then face the Killer Grips head on, as they are attacking the Gaffers.

Ocean's Eight - Or Nine
Duncan consistently picks on Harold throughout the challenges again. For the bank-robbing heist, he made masks from Harold's lucky socks, cut up his magazines, and slapped a portrait of Harold on Harold's face. When Harold notices Courtney returned, he said to Duncan "Good news, eh Duncan?" which Duncan then shoved him to the ground. Duncan also laughed at him along with Heather when Harold had a bra on after they crashed through a pile of clothing during the go-kart challenge.

Harold likely hopes to see Courtney make things miserable for Duncan, since he mockingly told him what a good thing her return was.

One Million Bucks, B.C.
Duncan throws a rock at Harold's shoes when Harold was explaining the uses of rocks. During the fire building challenge, Duncan tripped Harold and let "animatronic" prehistoric beavers drag him away. In the confessional, Harold admits that both he and Duncan equally hate hate each other.

Million Dollar Babies
Courtney glared at Harold when the pom-poms arrived.

Dial M for Merger
When everyone in the cave, Duncan calls Harold "Mister Ninja not so much." Harold says if Duncan could deactivate bombs as well as booby traps then they are dead. In the laser challenge Harold comments that Duncan is making googly eyes on Courtney then Duncan pushes Harold into a laser. In the bomb deactivating challenge, both blamed each other about not knowing how to disarm a bomb.

Super Hero-ld


Duncan puts a burrito (off-screen) in Harold's pocket after dinner, then kicks him in the butt. Justin intervenes in the fight and convinces Duncan and Harold to form a new Guys' Alliance because they were completely outnumbered by the girls. The two agreed to join him even though they are still in LeShawna's alliance.

Episodes Against
Although Duncan and Courtney are usually foes of Harold, there is a sometimes signs of a friendship between Duncan/Courtney and Harold.

Dodgebrawl
Duncan compliments Harold's dodgeball playing after he wins the challenge, though he calls him a "skater nerd" after he compliments him (however, his tone is not malicious or disrespectful). Courtney also compliments Harold's "team spirit", though after that she tells him to wake up Duncan. Courtney was impressed in Harold winning the game as well.

Not Quite Famous
After doing great in beatboxing and single-handedly saving the team a second time, Courtney (along with Bridgette), run to Harold and hug him.

Basic Straining
When Duncan gave kitchen grease to Harold Courtney called Duncan and Geoff immature and the she hoped they were proud of themselves. But based on Courtney's crush on Duncan she might have just said that as excuse to talk to Duncan and didn't really mean to defend Harold.

Total Drama Action Picture Shoot
Duncan and Harold are by each other and hugging and they both seem happy and not mad about it, which may denote a friendship.
 * In Total Drama Action Duncan and Harold seem to get along a lot more then in Total Drama Island.

Beach Blanket Bogus
In the sandcastle building challenge, Duncan looks impressed with Harold's sandcastle. Later during the Gaffers' victory party, Duncan kicks sand in Harold's face, but he compliments his dance moves and it may be his way of respecting Harold.

Masters Of Disasters
Duncan nods in agreement when Harold says he wishes DJ was still there. At the end of the episode, Duncan and Harold are shown happily clanking bottles of soda together during their victory celebration.

Full Metal Drama
In the beginning of the episode, Duncan reminds Harold about LeShawna lying to them. Harold later forces Duncan to admit to him that he isn't a complete loser and that he values a small portion of him that isn't a loser, altough Duncan probably just admitted to get out of the underground base. Later, Duncan and Harold cooperated in fighting off the attacking Killer Grips. Using LeShawna's blasts of bad gas as cover, Duncan buys Harold time to defeat all of the Grips with his "num-yos", and is thoroughly impressed by Harold's performance. Later, when they find that the chest they were protecting was empty, they wail in agonizing defeat.

Million Dollar Babies
Duncan and (especially) Harold have clearly shown too much sadness due to LeShawna's dissing that they're too sad to even diss each other. And they shared the confessional together, Duncan looks sorry for Harold when he admits he's still sad about LeShawna trash-talking about him, and Harold to even grab onto Duncan's chestal region, causing both of them to look shocked at each other (however, Duncan looked somewhat angry).

Dial M for Merger
They both helped Leshawna get through the lasers. Then they formed a "secret alliance" with Leshawna.

Trivia

 * This conflict was the second conflict of Total Drama Island after the Duncan-Noah Conflict.
 * There is a connection between this conflict and the Courtney-Duncan Relationship.
 * When Courtney returned in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, she showed no hostility towards Harold. However, they will most likely interact more later on.
 * Since Harold and Duncan got along to an extent in Full Metal Drama, this conflict might be resolved in the near future. However, their "getting along" was mostly caused because LeShawna had gas and Duncan was terrified enough to have a truce with Harold.
 * But it can be noted that Duncan and Harold shared a confession together which usually only friends do. It is also noted that Duncan and Harold agreed in it and the fact that Duncan's facial expression showed sorry to Harold because he's still in love.
 * This is the only rivalry which consists of a couple versus a single person.
 * The three are the only original Killer Bass members left in Total Drama Action as of The Sand Witch Project.
 * On the promo for TDA, Duncan is seen with his arm over Harold and both are smiling happily. This may indicate that their relationship improves over the season and the two may in fact become friends.
 * Since Courtney has returned to the competition, she has shown no hostility towards Harold. However she has shown some hostility to Duncan due to his friendship with Gwen.