Chef Hatchet and Duncan

This article focuses on the interactions between Chef Hatchet and Duncan.

Overview
Because of Duncan's hatred for the authorities, Duncan does not have a positive perception of Chef, a feeling that is mutual due to Chef's hatred of his rebellious attitude (even though they have friendship in rare moments). The mutual hatred between the two develops early on during Total Drama Island, and only develops further as the series progresses.

Basic Straining
In this episode, Duncan constantly irritates Chef, which marks the beginning of their conflict. The conflict began when Chef was leading the group in the dancing part of the challenge. Duncan stopped the music abruptly, much to the other campers' relief, and protested that Chef had said that the boot camp would be over for the day when someone dropped out. Chef then told Duncan to do twenty push-ups, which Duncan complied to, rolling his eyes. Later, Chef demanded that the remaining campers write a three hundred word essay on how much they 'love' him. Chef was angered when Duncan's ended up writing "just one sentence with five pages of 'verys' in between," but didn't eliminate him. During the obstacle course portion of the challenge, Chef Hatchet forced Duncan to spend the rest of the night alone in the boathousefor constantly annoying him with his defiance. This was provoked when Duncan kissed Chef on the nose after being told to do twenty more push-ups. Duncan had also referred to Chef as "general crazy." Despite his punishment, Duncan left his solitary confinement with Courtney to go raid Chef's kitchen. When Courtney tells Chef that he needs to chill out, Duncan high-fives and hugs her, obviously proud of her insult to Chef.

Hide and Be Sneaky
Chef Hatchet is in charge of the challenge in this episode. Duncan is hiding in a cave for the challenge. When Chef Hatchet finds Duncan, he grabs him by the ear and Duncan spitefully tells him that he was found and to let him go.

Are We There Yeti?
Duncan steals Chef's night-vision goggles at the beginning of the episode so he and Owen could see in the dark at night and escape the forest more easily. Towards the end of the episode, it was revealed that Chef took Duncan's knife to clean his toenails (much to Duncan's disgust). Also, when they guys lost to Gwen and Heather, he chose Duncan to be eliminated over Owen because he didn't like him. Chef tried to scare Duncan as he rode the Boat Of Losers by wearing a Sasquatchanakwa costume and constantly putting the mask on and off.

The Very Last Episode, Really!
After Duncan, Geoff and Owen throw Chris into the lake from the Dock of Shame, they chased Chef around the island in order to throw him into the lake along with Chris.

The Chefshank Redemption
When Duncan attempts to sacrifice himself and takes Gwen's place to the Lame-o-sine, Chef removes the cuffs from Gwen and is about to put it on him stating he didn't care who gets eliminated. Duncan quickly took back what he said stating he was just kidding.

The Sand Witch Project
Chef threatened Duncan by questioning if he "likes having his arms attached to his torso," in order to have DJ fill the role of the serial killer in the challenge. Duncan also agrees with Justin that Chef should be voted off instead of DJ.

One Million Bucks, B.C.
As Duncan was getting ready to find some firewood for the first part of the prehistoric challenge, Chef grabs Duncan by the loincloth, and asks him to give back some of the things that he stole off-screen.

Million Dollar Babies
Duncan and his team are disgusted when they saw Chef in a bikini. Chef says they are all just jealous.

Mutiny on the Soundstage
When Duncan was carrying Chef across the bridge for the The Princess Pride challenge, Chef tells Duncan that if he drops him, he is "dead meat". However, Duncan showed signs of caring for him when he was pumping his cannon in the challenge, and noticed that Chef isn't insulting him as always, and in a concerned tone asked if he was okay.

Greece's Pieces
Chris makes up a rule that whenever Duncan talks instead of singing, Chef will whip him with a towel. Duncan mocks this punishment, only for Chef to whip him violently, causing him to recoil in pain. Chef abides to this rule and continues to whip him throughout the challenge.

Hawaiian Punch
Duncan, along with everyone else, laughed at Chris and Chef when Ezekiel sank their boat.

Grand Chef Auto
Chef brings Duncan into the camp, tied up in order to demonstrate the challenge. Once he is untied, Duncan uses this as an opportunity to escape. Later, Chris blames the fourth mysterious graffiti target on Duncan and Chef agrees that it was Duncan, even though it was Chef who did it.

The Very Last Episode, Really!
Chef is happy when Chris gets throwed into the water by Duncan, Geoff, and Owen.

Riot On Set
Despite their conflict, Chef declares Duncan the winner of the acting challenge, therefore winning the challenge for his team. Though this may be because of Chef's alliance with DJ at the time.

Grand Chef Auto
After Duncan destroys Mount Chrismore, Chef laughs with him, hinting a sign of respect between the old enemies. However, this was probably due to both of their extreme hatred towards Chris.

Trivia

 * This conflict helped start the relationship between Courtney and Duncan, since Chef Hatchet sent Duncan to the Boathouse in Basic Straining, which gave Courtney a reason to talk to him alone and lead to a consequent relationship.
 * This conflict is mainly caused by each of their personalities: Duncan (being the trouble making delinquent) and Chef (the strict tough guy). Duncan challenges Chef's authority and began a large conflict.
 * This conflict is the reason Duncan was eliminated from Total Drama Island.
 * Both appeared as playable character in one of the Cartoon Network's game called, Cartoon Network TKO.
 * Both have monobrows.