User:Juan Jose Rodriguez

José (Juan in French), labeled The Mexican, was a camper on Total Drama Island on the Screaming Gophers team. He is currently unqualified to compete in Total Drama Action, but he is joining Geoff and Bridgette in the Aftermath shows.

Biography
Juan José Rodriguez, normally known as José, is a Mexican-Canadian teenager. He is smart, but he also loves to play sports, therefore wanting to avoid the terms "Jock" or "Geek." He is fluent in Spanish and English, and uses his second language frequently in TDI. He is a talented singer, but not a good dancer or artist, and very friendly. His best friends on the island are DJ, LeShawna, Gwen, Courtney, Duncan, Bridgette and Geoff. José is a good soccer player, and in his native Mexico City, he was always picked as goalie. When his family moved to Toronto, Canada, he realized that hockey was the big sport there, just soccer on ice. He never really learned how to skate, so he decided to go back to the less-popular sport of soccer. He wants to win Total Drama Island for his deceased girlfriend, and to get a head start to Toronto FC. On the island, he never developed a romantic relationship with the other campers, but he did make friends with DJ easily, attempting coaxing him to jump off the cliff in the first episode. He cheered for his friends that weren't even on the Screaming Gophers.

Total Drama Island
In Not So Happy Campers - Part 1, he stepped off the boat happily. José talked to Gwen and DJ about why they were here, however, José left out the fact that his girlfriend had died. He cannonballed off the cliff and landed in the safe zone by an inch. He backed away slowly when Ezekiel made his sexist comments, and partied with LeShawna and Trent when the Screaming Gophers won in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2.

In The Big Sleep, José grew extremely tired in the run. Thus saying that, José was one of the first to fall asleep in the actual competition. He fell into a deep sleep inside a tree in an attempt to stay awake longer. When he woke up, the only remaining competitors were Gwen and Duncan. He cheered on Gwen, briefly keeping her from sleeping. He then asked Chris for the history book, before hitting him on the head with it. He helped restrain Eva from attacking Chris, and he grew suspicious of Heather when she took away Lindsay and Beth.

Dodgebrawl was an episode where José shined, revealing his good strategist role, ordering the guys to lob light passes and then throw hard dodgeballs at the stunned Bass, earning them a winning round. He dodged several throws from Katie, Courtney, Sadie and finally Tyler, but DJ hit José's head, knocking him unconscious. Bridgette seemed worried, but he rose and José congratulated DJ for his skills. He put his arm around LeShawna's shoulder when they threw marshmallows at Noah.

In Not Quite Famous, José narrowed down his talents to either singing or blocking goals. Trent asked him for help with Gwen, and to Trent's suggestion, José sang with him as a duet. Chef gave them both an 8/9, and several girls swooned. In the confessional, José said "I'm not here for a relationship. I really can't, after... that happened." He, however, high-fives Trent for getting Gwen to smile. He plugged his ears when Heather read Gwen's diary, and looked extremely mad. Aside from this, he cheered for Harold's skills at beatboxing, claiming that "It was whack! Or dope. Or off the chizzle? Man, I suck at gangsta speak." He was also glad when Justin got voted off, but mad that Heather didn't.

In The Sucky Outdoors, José followed Izzy around. He stayed back while she did her bear impersonation, but was the first one into the tree when the real bear arrived. He fell asleep in the tree, and slowly carried Lindsay back to camp.

In Phobia Factor, José reveals his case of hemophobia, or fear of blood, to everyone listening. Duncan and Gwen laughed at the idea, and he got Gwen to reveal her fear. He grew incredibly nervous during the challenge. Halfway through, he laughs at Chris for not being able to show him blood, due to the TV producers giving the show a PG-rating it was not allowed. Chris then plays a flashback of José and Beth exchanging iPod earphones, and José running screaming at Beth's country music. He runs away as Chris takes out a banjo, essentially failing his challenge. He tries to get other Screaming Gophers to complete their phobias, such as LeShawna's arachnophobia and the aerophobia of Izzy. He told her that for some reason, he could not stand Owen and never trusted him.

In Up the Creek, José went in Beth's canoe and asked her about her alliance with Heather. He pulled out his iPod and tried to ignore his surroundings, but he eventually turned it off to talk to Cody. On the way back, he went with him and congratulated him for not taking the so-called break-up with Gwen hard, and says that he knows how it feels. Cody asks José what happened, but José never answers him about his girlfriend's death.

In Paintball Deer Hunter, José is revealed to love playing paintball, and again, uses a strategist role. He gives LeShawna and Lindsay self-made paintball grenades before taking off as a deer. He comes back a few minutes later covered in ticks. He aids Beth and LeShawna in shooting Heather, stealing Lindsay's paintball gun and giving her a charlie horse. In the confessional stall, he says "I'm tired of Heather. Mira, she's a low-down user and she needs to go. " He also says "Madre del Diablo!" (Mother of the Devil!) when he sees Cody, but it is edited in the United States version to him saying "Ay carumba!"

In If You Can't Take The Heat, José helped LeShawna and Beth make the pineapple and mango salad after she tells them she has allergies. He gives Heather a small taste of several ground-up Haberno peppers in revenge for her mouthing off LeShawna. His spices that he gave Gwen to use didn't help much, as Chris had to drink several glasses of water. He pelts Heather with a mango when she isn't eliminated, implying that he voted for her.

In Who Can You Trust, José got hit in the eye with a crabapple, but then got the arrow knocked off of his head when he and LeShawna were paired for the blind William Tell challenge, and they high-fived after. He laughed with Duncan when Gwen lost her skirt, and tried to comfort DJ about DJ's Bunny, to no avail. Heather tried to get him to stop talking to the Killer Bass, before José told her off and walked away with a satisfied look on his face.

In Basic Straining, he fell asleep holding up the canoe, but he moved on to the next round. He failed to complete the 300 words about Master Chief Chef Hatchet, instead writing sad poems to his former girlfriend. No-one asks him about it, save Bridgette, but he doesn't reply. This is the first episode that José is seen almost depressed unlike his usual happy-go-lucky personality. He tried to say goodbye to Courtney, but was ignored when she was dragged to the boat. He walked into the confessional and found out that Harold switched the votes in a little while.

José did not see action in X-Treme Torture. Instead, he went into another depressed state inside the cafeteria. Bridgette came in and asked if he liked any girl on the island after showing him the letter, and he finally cracked and revealed to Bridgette that he met a girl named Maria, and that she died on her 16th birthday by a drunk driver, outside of a concert that she went to with José. For the first time in years, Bridgette made him feel better about it, showing that him and Bridgette are good friends. (See http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5004256/1/Into_The_Night) He then volunteered to ask Harold. This was only a plot to push him off the dock in retaliation of getting Courtney off, so he did not find out that Harold wrote the note.

José ate several dishes in Brunch of Disgustingness with ease, such as the pizza, but threw up after hearing about the bull testicles and sniffing one. He, however went to the spa, to his and the guy's delight. José had no lines in this episode.

No Pain, No Game was an average episode for José. His first challenge was to eat incredibly spicy Haberno peppers. He did so without hesitation and with ease. He then had to get punched by Eva in the stomach repetitively after he defended Bridgette over the conflict in the episode. He said "What? Get punched by Ev - OOF!" José took 2 punches to the stomach before he used Owen to defend himself. He tried to use the opportunity to vote off Heather, but everyone voted off Eva.

In Search and Do Not Destroy, José's key was on the antler of a wild moose. He got DJ to coax the moose so he could grab the key. However, while José was returning the favour to DJ, Owen accidentally shakes the tree after seeing a chocolate bar that slipped out of José's pocket. He then tried to comfort Gwen along with LeShawna after Heather kissed Trent and tripped Heather when she was walking away. His chest had an art kit, which he gave to Gwen, as José stood up for her after LeShawna asked him to vote off Trent. He apologized to Gwen with LeShawna after Trent was eliminated.

In the next episode, José, DJ and Geoff were all nervous about Duncan's suggestion to vote off Bridgette, but he eventually complied. He then crawled off to his hiding spot in Hide and Be Sneaky was in the confessional stall, grabbing onto the roof from the inside. Chef found him while talking in the stall, with José ending up being one of the first eliminated. He laughed, and helped Chef try to find people. He found Bridgette before she was caught by Chef Hatchet, but swore he wouldn't give her spot away. At the campfire, José received a marshmallow instead of Bridgette, and hugged her, even though Geoff, her boyfriend, wouldn't kiss her. José said that he should have been eliminated instead of her, implying a strong friendship.

In That's Off The Chain, José did not know how to ride a bike, much to the laughter of the other contestants. He explained to DJ that he grew up almost in poverty in Mexico, so he never got a bike, only a scooter. He ignored some of the campers for the rest of the episode, building a wooden scooter, under the permission of Chris. He surprisingly came in first place, after jumping off a cliff, taking a shortcut, and Chris announcing that anything goes. He would have won invincibility, but Chris changed the rules as he crossed the finish line ; thus meaning that José was instantly eliminated. He said goodbye to DJ, LeShawna, Gwen, Duncan and went on the boat with Lindsay. As they left the island, she called him "Mohammad". José's final moment in the confession stall was: "Mohammad. I spend over 5 weeks enforcing my status as a Mexican, and she calls me Mohammad. Heh. All I hope is that you guys can take down Heather. Adios!"

In Haute Camp-ture, José was relaxing and making friends with many people. He said that he would probably vote for either LeShawna, Duncan or Gwen to win. His dare in I Triple Dog Dare You! was to eat several Habanero peppers. Owen ended up doing it.

In The Very Last Episode, Really!, José chose Gwen's side from the beginning, and said in the confessional stall that he simply hated Owen. In the Norweigian ending, he lifts Gwen on his shoulders with Eva. In Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, he went with Trent, LeShawna and Gwen. He landed on the dock when it collapsed, allowing him to compete in TDA. However, for reasons unknown, he would not be allowed to enter TDA. In the Mexican version of Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, he finally managed to grab the case, and finally sang a song at the stage for the entire cast and viewing world.

Total Drama Action
He was first seen in Total Drama Action in The Aftermath: II, when Bridgette announced that he would be joining the Aftermath crew. José already knew what had been happening in Total Drama Action, and threw it upon himself to talk about the biggest issue there. After hearing relentless arguing and insults to Gwen, mainly from Courtney, Katie and Sadie, he exclaims "Enough is enough! Trent went loco! Gwen broke up with him! If he didn't want that to happen, he should've not thrown challenges for her. So stop blaming Gwen and start blaming yourself, Trent." He was happy to see DJ, and wasn't even shocked when the clip showing Gwen and Duncan ended, saying "Oh well. Gwen broke up, and she can be with whoever she wants." José believed Gwen when she said that they were just friends, but Courtney put him in a headlock when he failed to realize that she and Duncan were a couple.



Audition tape
José is at a soccer field playing soccer while reading. He looks at the camera and tells it that if he were chosen, he'd be friendly and a fair competitor to everyone on the island. He then blocks a goal, but the ball hits the camera and knocks it out of focus.

Trivia
22. Harold. He's annoying, pointless and has is such a nerd that it isn't funny anymore.
 * He is one of the only campers to be born outside of Canada or the United States, along with DJ and Kazuki.
 * His favourite songs are Into the Night ft. Chad Kroeger by Santana, Walk This Way ft. Aerosmith by Run DMC and Conflict Diamonds by Lupe Fiasco. He absolutely hates Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers, as well as Fred and Twilight.
 * Jose is surprisingly not real. The photos were MS Painted (I've got skills.) and edited, and his head was created on Teletoon.com. He is, however, based upon his real-life voice actor.
 * He wins Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island! in the Mexican/Spanish airing of the episode.
 * His favourite characters in order are:

21. Owen. I can't stand a fat, nudist, disgusting camper who won only one challenge for his team and won the first season. Alternate ending was waaay better.

20. Izzy. She's been coming back too many times, and her craziness hasn't been all that amusing to me.

19. Tyler. I'm sorry, who? This guy has been the most boring character all season long.

18. Justin. Your fault for Gwen's elimination. She didn't even know about Trent throwing challenges until later, and she tried to get him to stop!

17. Trent. He used to be so-so, but then in TDA he went loco, and now everyone says that Gwen shouldn't have broken up with him. If I was in Gwen's position, I would dump the clingy over-jealous girl.

16. Sadie. Chubby, disturbingly annoying and socially awkward.

15. Katie. Per above, except for the chubby part.

14. Eva. She's okay, but she never gets any chance to say anything funny.

13. Geoff. He's very so-so, and he took a turn for the worse in The Aftermath: II.

12. Beth. How this average nerd girl got past several of my favourites is unknown to me.

11. Noah. Had a chance to be funny, but got eliminated too early. 10. Cody, for the exact same reason.

9. Ezekiel. He's very funny, even though he only appears in several episodes.

8. Lindsay is the dimwitted girl who is funny at many times, and TDA gave her time to expand her character.

7. Heather, because in TDA she hasn't been up to any schemes of any sort.

6. LeShawna, because she is always in character and makes a lot of laughs.

5. Courtney, because she's funny, attractive, bossy, and whatever else you can come up with. Better antagonist than Heather.

4. Bridgette. In TDI, she was nice, funny, and had a very nice charm.

3. DJ has been really nice and funny during TDA. Bummer he got the boot.

2. Duncan has been a great character in both seasons, and his chauvinistic and soft side with the ladies has been very entertaining all season long.

1. Gwen has just been amazing all season, winning countless challenges. I was steaming at her elimination.