User blog comment:CheeseBurgerGuy/Total Drama Theory: What If Gwuncan Was In TDI?/@comment-38340683-20191026135257/@comment-35606925-20191026165858

When doing what I did with Ezekiel, I wanted to keep his character as close as I could to canon. In the TDI Special, he noticed the case when everyone else in his group didn't. I basically tried to expand on those jokes, so Zeke turned into being socially unaware/awkward and uneducated but have an incredible ability to point out things others wouldn't notice (ex. even the bird from episode one could count under that descripiton).

I thought it made sense to expand on things with Geoff due to their canon interactions. Harold seemed like another good choice down the line due to their similiarites. Bridgette seemed like another great choice and she played off Zeke incredibly well.