Noah

Noah, called the Lazy and Cynical Know-It-All, is a self-absorbed, lazy, manipulative teen who blends in with the background. He enjoys sitting, lying down, occasionally leaning, and reading. He is known for "being a freakish child genius."

Character History
He joined because he wants to apply skills from fantasy-land survival video games to the real world. He was the third person to be voted off in the competition because he wouldn't participate in the challenge.

He highly contrasts with Owen, but despite this, at the beginning of the show Noah seems to be friends with Owen, since Noah shares his cynical remarks with Owen and elbows him when he's about to crackwise. Owen gained Noah's dislike when he voted him off (as well as Heather, Gwen, Izzy, Leshawna, Lindsay, Beth, Cody, Trent, and Justin).

Like Heather, he seems to disdain others, especially Leshawna and Justin. He harbours a dislike towards Leshawna for calling him a disrespectful turkey when he was voted off (something he did not enjoy hearing from her). Although, neither Leshawna nor Noah have shown any sign of a grudge since he was voted off in Dodgebrawl. He only cheered for Owen in the final episode because although he dislikes both Gwen and Owen, he dislikes Gwen more, not because he really likes Owen.

In the episode "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!" he is seen in a team and getting along with Izzy and Eva. It may seem his friendships with Izzy and Eva are only for the contest and not for real, however, he is seen concerned when Courtney attacks Izzy, hinting that Noah is really Izzy and Eva's friend, since he normally enjoys seeing people fight. At the end of the episode, he and Eva dump water and a fish on Justin, who had just gained the case of 1 million dollars. Izzy then runs in and steals the case while Justin is distracted, but Noah and Eva don't have enough time themselves to run to the dock and land in the lake to tie with the other campers, so he will not participate in Total Drama Action.

Noah has a large feud with Justin. This feud seems to have originated when Justin voted off Noah and later escalated during their stay in Playa Des Losers, probably because of the character's enormous personality differences. The feud is shown in episode "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!", when Noah calls Justin the "anti-me" and later, by the end of the episode, Noah attacks Justin with a fish.

In "The Big Sleep," he accidentally kissed Cody on the ear in his sleep (an event that the other campers have constantly teased him about, especially Izzy, Katie, Sadie, and Trent). In the same episode Noah is seen running in first place at the 20k run, however, he later passes out due to lack of air and has to be rescued by Owen.

Audition tape
In his audition, Noah is congratulated by a friend, Joey, for making class president. Then he says that he is smart and that's how he'll come out on top.



Personality Origins
Though small and dorky, Noah apparently never was beaten up in the school yard due to his cleverness and used his mean remarks as his weapon. According to the biography on Cartoon Network's official site, Noah is the 'runt' (possibly youngest) of 10 kids (biography refers to it as a 'nine sibling litter'). Being shrimpy, Noah is said to have gained his sarcastic, manipulative, and pessimistic attitude to make up for his lack of size, he possibly had to do this to survive being the runt of his large family. Though he is often compared to Heather, such as their selfishness and hatred of other campers, unlike her, he at least has a background and a reason for his personality and is not considered an antagonist.

Fan Reception
Despite not appearing in many episodes, and having dull personality, Noah is incredibly popular with fans. Many fans have threatened to boycott watching future seasons if Noah is not a contestant.

Trivia

 * He is the most sadistic of the campers
 * Something exhibited in "Not So Happy Campers 2," when Heather and Leshawna are fighting about jumping over the cliff, Noah is the only camper smiling while the others appear concerned. He also demonstrates his enjoyment to see other people fight at "Haut Camp-ture," when Harold and Courtney get into a slap fight and fall into the pool, Noah exclaims "Excellent!". Later on in "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island", Noah attacks Justin with fish when he has the million dollar case. He is only shown not to enjoy a fight when Izzy is fighting with Courtney, probably because Izzy is one of his two friends in the island (the other being Eva). In the same episode, Noah uses his hands to simulate shooting himself and and hanging himself when Harold won't stop talking him about why Beavers are technically not Rodents.
 * It's interesting to note that in the beginning of Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, Harold is apparently trying to be friendly to Noah, much to Noah's annoyance, and offers to loan Noah some of his beaver journals if he promises to 'not get food on them and stuff', to which Noah politely declines. Harold is possibly one of the campers that likes Noah.
 * Noah is surprisingly one of the most popular characters among fans.
 * Noah is the only camper to hate Justin throughout the entire show. Izzy hated Justin as well, but only during "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!".
 * Noah tends to get annoyed when people drool over Justin.
 * He's the only male camper to have only female friends(except possibly Trent) (specifically Izzy,Sadie,Katie, and Eva) and not have a relationship.
 * Noah is said to be the smartest camper and the "Mr. Know-It-All".
 * Besides Cody, whom is said to be the same height as him or shorter, Noah is the shortest male camper.
 * Besides Owen and Duncan, Noah is the only camper to give a kiss to someone of the same gender.
 * Noah is one of the four male campers that never shared any kind of kiss with a female camper on screen, the others are Ezekiel, DJ, and Justin. However, he is seen kissing Cody (unintentionally) in his sleep during episode The Big Sleep. This has lead to fans making up the Noah/Cody relationship.
 * During "Dodgebrawl", he is constantly seen reading a hardback copy of "The Day Of The Jackal".
 * Although Noah made his team hate him during Dodgebrawl, in Playa de Losers, he is friends with Trent, Katie, and Sadie. *Noah's eyes tend to cross and widen often, occasionally one eye will cross or one will twitch- these things seem to happen when he is excited, angry, drinking, embarrassed etc.
 * Running gag: Noah tends to get hit in the head or face with numerous objects:
 * Dodgebrawl: Noah is hit in the face with a dodgeball and in the same episode is pelted with marshmallows, some of which hit his face.
 * Haut Camp-ture: Courtney throws her drinking glass at his head.
 * Noah is considered one of the dark skinned characters, though his nationality is unknown.
 * Running gag: Noah's book appearing:
 * Dodgebrawl:Noah isn't seen carrying a book or having any source of carriage for his book when arriving at the place where dodgeball would take place. He is seen giving a gesture of encouragement to his team without any book in sight, yet appears with one in all the scenes afterwards.
 * Haut Camp-ture: While sitting by the little hut, Noah is often seen reading his book and then other times it is nowhere in sight- often in back to back scenes.
 * Noah is the show's true 'loner', not Gwen though he doesn't fit the personality for it, he is the only camper that never seems to establish a very strong friendship with someone from the island, although he made peace with Sadie, Katie, Izzy, and Trent while at Playa des losers.
 * Noah is class president at his school.
 * Though never establishing strong friendships, Noah seems to decently get along with mainly female campers, never male ones (except possibly Owen in early episodes and Trent in Haut Camp-ture)- as he is seen having conversations with Izzy, Sadie and Eva.
 * According to Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island he wears boxers.
 * Noah is possibly the only camper that didn't run the entire 20 km run in The Big Sleep, as Owen is seen carrying him to the finish because Noah is 'passed out', however, Noah is seen at the lead during the race before he 'passed out'.
 * Noah was most likely faking, because as Owen is trying to do some form of CPR on him, Chris announces the Gophers win and Noah magically wakes up to cheer.
 * Fans see Noah as somewhat of a neat freak, hence the perfectly brushed hair and sweater vest. He is definitely the most easily grossed out, as he is the first to pull his feet out of the pool when Izzy 'goes' in it in Haut Camp-ture, he is also the only camper to openly complain about Owen's gas, as he does in the same episode.
 * Noah's voice is usually dull, but surprisingly changes when he is embarrassed as in Haut Camp-ture when Izzy refers to his accidental Cody kiss. Noah's voice becomes raspier and maybe a bit higher.
 * Although he is said to have a large feud with Leshawna, in Haut Camp-ture he seems to admire the time Leshawna locked Heather in the fridge, also confirming his dislike toward Heather. He also says "Anyone that can do that has got my vote".
 * Noah is referred to as the 'scrawny kid' by Chef, though Cody is clearly thinner, and some girls such as Gwen, Katie, and Heather are much skinnier, but weren't mentioned by Chef.
 * Noah has a dog, a golden lab to be more specific. He made a reference to it in Haut Camp-ture when stating how his lab doesn't drool as much over a steak as Courtney does over Duncan.
 * Though 'manipulative' is a word often used in even official biographies to describe Noah, he apparently does not think of himself that way, as in Haut Camp-ture he states he apparently was NOT 'manipulative enough' (amongst other things) to last longer in the show.
 * However, in Haut Camp-ture, Noah seemed to be defined as more of a 'boring and dull' type that believed he was voted off due to his boringness, rather than his manipulation.
 * He became close friends with Izzy, Sadie, Katie and Eva (possibly Trent) during their stay at Playa Des Losers, ironically Eva and Izzy come back after being eliminated. Their friendship must be strong considering Noah and Eva doing everything Izzy told them to during the special.
 * Noah's name sounds like "know-a", which makes sense, he being TDI's "Mr. Know-It-All".