Caleb and Zee

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This article focuses on the interactions between Caleb and Zee.

Overview

Zee talking with Caleb about the latter’s relationship with Priya.

Other than being blown away by Caleb’s looks in Meet the Victims, Zee doesn’t majorly interact with him in Total Drama Island (2023) due to being placed on opposite teams and Caleb’s early elimination. However, they form a small friendship when they’re both chosen for Team Rat Face in Total Drama Island (2024). They get along well for the first few episodes. But after Zee found out about Priya's crush on Caleb, he had trouble keeping it a secret.

Later learning that Caleb doesn't return Priya's feelings and was only spending time with her for an alliance, Zee mistakenly thinks of Caleb as a manipulator, as he was unaware that Caleb had grown to return Priya's feelings for him. For the next few episodes, Zee can be seen watching Caleb and Priya from a distance in some cases. In Haulin' n' Ballin', Zee, having had enough of Caleb, exposes the latter’s original intentions, causing Caleb and Priya’s genuine relationship to enter a controversy for the rest of the season.

Total Drama Island (2023)

Meet the Victims

Zee is instantly charmed by Caleb’s strong appearance, believing it’s pretty clear who was going to win this season, instantly betting $20 against himself in favor of the idea that Caleb would win the competition during the latter's introduction. To him, Caleb winning seemed pretty obvious and that it was a win-win scenario either way. Caleb ironically gets eliminated first later in the same episode.

Total Drama Island (2024)

Taking It to the Rim Reaper

Caleb runs to the one-point slide while holding Zee. The two go down the slide together and end up knocking into each other before either of them could score, causing them to need to be saved by Priya and Axel respectively.

Caleb holding Zee.

Caleb and Zee’s collision.

You Poor Saps

Zee cheered for Caleb as the latter was carrying the rest of the team on his back in this episode.

Ice to Beat You

Zee is supportive upon learning of Priya’s crush on Caleb, believing Caleb would be overjoyed if he knew. For the majority of this episode, Zee has trouble trying to hide Priya's crush from Caleb, choosing to busy himself by drinking lychee soda for most of the episode instead of talking.

Canoe Believe It?

Zee is oblivious to the fact that Caleb has gained actual feelings for Priya.

Zee approaches Caleb, asking what he’s doing. After Caleb explains his workout routine, Zee admits he had no clue what the former was talking about. Caleb and Zee then have a chat where Zee finds out Caleb doesn't actually have any feelings for Priya and has just been trying to make an alliance with her. When Damien talks about Priya and Caleb's flirting, Zee tries to correct Damien, but the latter insists that they're flirting with each other, causing Zee to mistakenly think that Caleb is taking advantage of Priya's feelings for him. Later at the elimination ceremony, Zee has a confessional expressing his concerns for Priya, and he refers to Caleb as “a huge flirt machine”.

Fun Fight at the O'Cake Corral

Zee watching Priya and Caleb, interrupting their potential first kiss.

Before Caleb and Priya can share their first kiss, they hear a fizzing sound from Zee’s soda can: unaware that he was watching them. However, despite the tension between them, Caleb, Priya, and Zee are happy to have each other as teammates in the challenge, and they work well together.

Haulin' n' Ballin'

Zee tells the “unfortunate truth” about Caleb.

Before the challenge, Zee is seen watching from the cabin door as Caleb and Priya flirt again. In this moment, Zee has become more tense, desiring to tell Caleb’s “true” intentions. Throughout the challenge, Zee is uneasy to see Caleb and Priya getting closer and closer. However, he still keeps the secret no matter how much Julia attempts to pester him and convince him to spill the beans. After Zee bumps into Priya, Caleb angrily tells him to control himself. This makes Zee even more anxious about Caleb and Priya. And after Caleb and Priya share their first kiss, Zee tells Priya about how Caleb “never liked her” and only wanted an alliance. The camaraderie Caleb and Zee had ends in this episode with the two attempting to vote each other out, and Caleb narrowly surviving at Zee’s expense.

Soar Losers

Even though they were on the same team with some kind of camaraderie before, Zee actively made the choice to work with and root for Wayne over Caleb. Though he's still in awe at Caleb's efforts and physical prowess.

Trivia

• They are the two tallest contestants of the fourth generation.
• Zee interpreting Caleb's actions as using his good looks to manipulate Priya is similar to that of which previous contestants were known for doing.
• Zee is the lowest-ranking male member of Team Rat Face, while Caleb is the highest-ranking male member.