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Originally Posted by Epic.
I will cut Noah because I'm not here for his overrated ass stomping through this rank + the ones there I know are worse will probably leave this round anyway
And I'll save Spud because he was a great character  |
just a heads up Morgan, there's 84 contestants, not 85
84. Noah
(my typical reaction to a Noah and Emma scene)
Ugh yuck. Why is such an obviously poorly written character so bloody popular? While he definitely isn't my actual #84, Noah would've glided through to the Top 15 of this rank with ease no matter how many times I would've nominated him so it gives me great satisfaction that he's no more. For the record, he's not an all around terrible character. Unpopular opinion, but I actually liked him best in Total Drama Island. At that point, he was the same nasty, selfish, lazy deadbeat he was in all the other seasons, but in this exception, he gets called out on it and even voted off early for it, and therefore is a much funnier character because you can laugh at him. In the special, there's less of this but it was fun to see him team up with Eva and Izzy and... y'know, do something of importance. Which brings me to World Tour, where he gets glorified by people as one of the best of the season, but why exactly? All he does is sit around and make one or two one-liners per episode and is still just as much a background character, if not more than ever. And on his team, Alejandro, Owen, Izzy and even Tyler are just way more interesting and fleshed out personalities than he ever was. He also caused Owen to dump Izzy after complaining about her behind her back like the sad bitch he is despite him supposedly being friends with her
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And then... there's Ridonculous Race
. When asked what my favourite season is, it is usually this one by a slight margin, but whenever I think of Noah's involvement with it, I question why I'd put it as my favourite. Although Noah is suddenly an important character in this season, on rewatch you can notice that he's still somehow pretty unmemorable and not that much of a screen stealer. But what's actually offensive about this is that he's still at his most insufferable somehow. I don't need to go into the Nemma storyline that much because it's already been discussed many times, but my god I've never cringed in annoyance as much watching the show as I did with this couple. Noah falls madly in love with her because he sees her do a flip(???). What's worse is that this awful robotic personality he gets from this relationship transcends onto Emma and completely ruins her character and team for me. The independent, emotionally confused law girl was gone for a few episodes and replaced with an emotionally love-driven weirdo. It may have been in-character for her based on her previous relationship but it's not funny or paced at all. When I think about it, Noah and Emma were basically TD's take on Steven and Kimberly in BB15
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But no, my real problem with Noah is how badly he treats Owen. They get regarded as this ultimate best friend duo of the show but it really isn't. Don't believe me that Noah's a terrible friend? Well:
- he force feeds Owen spicy food against his will
- he laughed behind his back when he drew him in Paris with the judge and then wouldn't even let him see the picture
- he responded to being playfully teased about Emma to punching Owen as hard as he could
- he refused to save Owen's life when he was nearly eaten by a crocodile + when his eye was literally on fire
- he constantly undermined Owen's abilities despite him usually being the one who had to save the team from being out after Noah kept screwing everything up
All in all, Noah sucks and isn't likeable despite the attempt to paint him as such. Bye bye loser!
