Duncan and Heather

This article focuses on the interactions between Duncan and Heather.

Overview
When he first arrives at Camp Wawanakwa, Duncan shows attraction to Heather and openly flirts with her, but she rejects him. During the first two seasons Duncan, despite being in a relationship with Courtney, occasionally gives her pet names while she gives him names based on his juvenile records in Total Drama Action. However, like the other contestants, Duncan dislikes Heather's cruel and mean attitude. Eventually, Duncan loses all signs of attraction for her and the conflict intensifies.

Not So Happy Campers - Part 1
Duncan is physically attracted to Heather, which is proven when he hits on her a couple times in this episode. The first time is when he arrives to the island and says to her, "Meet you at the campfire, gorgeous," to which she replies, "Drop dead, you skeeze." Soon after that, when Heather gets impatient with the attention being given to Bridgette, Duncan taunts her by stating that she "missed her double cappuccino macchiato" that morning, to which Heather responds with a simple "get bent." Later, Heather shows disgust when Duncan requests a bunk under her, which he seems to be doing just to irritate her.

No Pain, No Game
Duncan mistakenly accuses Heather of voting Courtney off, not knowing the real culprit behind Courtney's elimination. For this reason, Duncan does not vote Eva off, instead he votes for Heather.

Search and Do Not Destroy
Duncan is informed by Leshawna about Trent kissing Heather, and agrees to vote either Trent or Heather off. He seems to be upset about it, despite not having a very strong relationship with Gwen or Trent at this point in the show. Although, he remarks that Trent "messed up," he seems to be equally upset with Heather.

Hide and Be Sneaky
When the girls decide which guy to vote off after figuring out about their secret guys' alliance, Heather is vehemently against voting for Duncan, whom Gwen, Leshawna, and Bridgette are voting for. Instead, she decides Owen should be eliminated.

That's Off the Chain!
Duncan is disgusted when Heather abandons Lindsay, remarking that what she did is "cold." Heather then says that Duncan is being hypocritical, as he always goes around scaring the crap out of everybody. Offended, Duncan says that at least he is straight with people, implying that he doesn't agree with Heather's habit to constantly lie, as an result of Heather's snobbery.

Hook, Line, and Screamer
Duncan takes offense when Heather insults his and Gwen's enjoyment of horror movies. He replies by saying there's more to them besides "mindless guts and gore." She also remarks that Gwen and Duncan have more in common than "bad fashion sense." Later, while Heather is about to take a shower, she heard someone outside and immediately believes it was Duncan.

Wawanakwa Gone Wild!
Heather calls Duncan a "criminal" while in the confessional, telling the viewing world that she's the favorite to win the $100,000. Later, Duncan considers joining Heather's alliance, a win-win situation, stating that even if it fails, he would not care, as he seems not to have any fear that Heather might be eaten by a bear. After capturing his raccoon, Duncan helps Heather to catch a bear with the condition of Heather wearing deer antlers and a tail. Determine not to lose, Heather begrudginly agrees with him. However, the plan fails as Izzy mistaken Heather for an actual deer and shot her with a tranquilizer gun. In the confessional, Duncan laughs at Heather's misfortune. At the end of this episode, the two of them vote Izzy off. Heather is supposed to clean the communal bathrooms for failing the challenge; however, she forces Duncan to clean it for her, pretending she is still paralyzed by the tranquilizer dart.

Camp Castaways
At the beginning of the episode, Gwen and Heather are fighting and Duncan sarcastically states that it's so nice for them to be getting along, as it give him the warm fuzzies. Heather, in response, tells him, "In your dreams, perv!" Later Duncan, in the confessional, states that Heather and Gwen are "hot", but he also states that they are "insane" and "annoying" and remarks "which one would you trust?” Also, when Heather says that both Duncan and Gwen are crazy, Duncan retaliates by saying, "You say that like you aren't crazy." Duncan also comments that she "changes friends more often than he changes socks,” to which Heather mentions that he doesn't change his socks often enough.

Are We There Yeti?
Heather convinces Gwen to help her trick Duncan and Owen into thinking they need help camping overnight, in an effort to steal all of their supplies. That night, Heather fakes that she is too scared to go to sleep alone, so she cuddles up to Duncan and asks him if she could sleep with him. The effort works and but soon after Duncan and Owen became very angry with both Gwen and Heather for tricking them. Also, when Duncan is walking the Dock of Shame, Heather insults him, although Duncan ignores her.

Riot On Set
Duncan begins to complain about the script he has to memorize, Heather replies by calling him a "Prima Donna" and that he should "just stand there and look pretty" and adds, "okay, Pretty Boy?" while poking his shoulder. Duncan then threatens her to not call him pretty until Gwen intervenes. After watching Duncan's performance, Heather, Chef, Chris and Leshawna are in tears.

The Chefshank Redemption
When Leshawna states that she trusts anyone more than Heather, Duncan agrees and tells Heather to shut it. Duncan also votes for Heather that night (as Gwen mentions that Duncan did not vote for her), but Gwen is voted off instead.

One Flu Over the Cuckoos
In the confessional, Heather mocks Duncan and Leshawna, stating they will be useless in the challenge.

The Sand Witch Project
Chris forces Duncan and Heather to kiss in this episode during the horror film challenge, which neither of the two enjoys. Heather says that Duncan "tasted like street," while Duncan is seen gagging afterwards.

Masters of Disasters
When Heather is scared about how they would escape the submarine, she fearfully grabs onto Duncan, and then, realizing what she has done, splashes him away with a disgusted look on her face. Duncan is at first confused, but then smirks at her mistake.

Full Metal Drama
Along with Leshawna, Heather allows Duncan to be in charge of the second part of the challenge over Harold, stating "Vandal boy beats Big Chem Nerd."

Ocean's Eight - Or Nine
At the beginning of the episode, Heather calls Duncan a "vandal." She also calls him "idiot boy" due to him telling Leshawna not to hit the door on her big butt when they are in the tent. While Heather and Harold are arguing over who should open the vault, Duncan insults the both of them in the confessional, as they forget that he is an actual criminal. In the end, Heather lets Duncan take leadership and calls him an "evil genius." After Courtney's return, Heather remarks that she has "seen manlier men trying on women's shoes," when Duncan acts nervous in the presence of Courtney. Later on Heather admires Duncan's ability to assemble the go-kart, to which he responds "it's like stripping a car", but in reverse.

One Million Bucks, B.C.
Heather cheers Duncan on as he tries to make a fire in the first challenge. Duncan also becomes considerably annoyed at Leshawna when she cheers for Heather's loss in the second challenge.

Million Dollar Babies
Duncan cheers Heather on when she is playing a badminton match with Beth, saying, "That's right Heather, no mercy!" During the tie-breaker challenge, Heather says they should cheer for her, Duncan then says he'd rather cheer for his school principal, his mother, or even Leshawna. Duncan (along with Harold) also votes Heather off in this episode because even though he is angry by Leshawna when she makes some rude comments about him (and all of the other contestants) on Courtney's PDA, he immediately forgives her when she performs a cheer apologizing to all of the contestants.

Mutiny on the Soundstage
After Duncan completes one of the challenges, which is about kissing a monster, he states he'd rather kiss Heather again.

The Aftermath: IV
Heather nods in agreement when Duncan answers DJ's question that he would run over dandelions if he had to choose between them and daisies. Heather then later says that she doesn't have a question, and rants about how she should have been in the final two instead of them.

Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special
Heather reveals that she owns a picture of Duncan. The reason she owns it is unknown, though it may have just been for her to use while making fun of Gwen. She later teases Courtney that Gwen just keeps with her boyfriend, Duncan, being aware of Gwen's attraction to him, until correcting herself that Duncan is actually Courtney's boyfriend.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1
When Heather states that her hair extensions are made from real hair, Duncan jokingly comments, "You learn something new every day," which offended Heather while Gwen laughs.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2
Heather mocks Duncan for quitting in the previous episode and even states that he can't sing.

Picnic at Hanging Dork
After seeing Alejandro flirting with Courtney, Heather takes revenge by flirting with Duncan. However, Duncan keeps ignoring her since he is dating Gwen, but Heather still got to disturb Alejandro (unintentionally causing him to lose trust from Gwen). When Gwen asks Duncan what's up with Heather, he jokes that she's probably plotting to kill him. Before Gwen could ask, Heather quickly denies planning something on Duncan.

Sweden Sour
While in Sweden, Heather attempts to hug Duncan to make Alejandro jealous, but Duncan refuses to hug back. They get into a brief fight, with Heather pulling at Duncan's hair and Duncan trying to shove her off him over this issue until Chris interrupts them. This proves that he is no longer attracted to her.

Chinese Fake-Out
When Duncan is talking with Alejandro about who they are going to vote off, Duncan says that Alejandro could go with his Heather vote and says that he wouldn't miss her.

African Lying Safari
Earlier in the episode, Duncan teases Alejandro and Heather's attraction for each other. After singing Wake Up, Heather teams up with Alejandro to eliminate Duncan and capture Ezekiel at the same time. The plan succeeds and Duncan is voted off at the end of the episode. Before being tripped by Alejandro, Heather mentions Gwen's elimination to Duncan and he glares at her.

Hawaiian Style
Duncan teases Blaineley by putting her on Team Heather, thinking that they're both a "matching pair," so he thinks that Heather is just as mean as Blaineley is.

Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles
Duncan looked a bit mad that Heather made it to the finish line first when she secures a spot into the final two.

Hawaiian Punch
Duncan is seen laughing when Heather is getting hit by golf balls. After Cody is defeated, Duncan, along with most contestants, change sides and support Heather over Alejandro. In Heather's ending, Duncan cheers for Heather at the end of this episode and even compliments her for defeating Alejandro and winning the season along with the million dollars.

Saving Private Leechball
Heather attempts to rally Gwen into an alliance with her, knowing that she will guarantee Duncan's vote as well if successful. Duncan knows of this and is greatly annoyed that she, Alejandro, and Jo are spending more time arguing instead of focusing on the challenge. Additionally, he is annoyed that nobody attempts to pull him into an alliance.

Trivia

 * Heather and Duncan have the highest amount of participation in the series among the contestants.
 * This was the second conflict to be formed in Total Drama Island. The first being Chris and Gwen.
 * This is also the first conflict formed between two contestants.
 * Although he was in a relationship with Courtney, Duncan continued to flirt with Heather throughout Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action but stops entirely once he is dating Gwen.
 * Both have kissed a total of three people during their time on the show:
 * Duncan kissed both Courtney and Gwen.
 * Heather kissed both Trent and Alejandro.
 * Both were also forced to kiss each other.
 * Both, along with Gwen and Zoey, are the only contestants to appear in all episodes of two seasons:
 * Duncan appeared in every episode of Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action.
 * Heather appeared in every episode Total Drama Island and Total Drama World Tour.
 * Both, along with Owen, are the only three from the original twenty-two contestants to make it to the top ten in every season they have competed in.
 * Both were finalists of a season.