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Caleb was a camper on Total Drama Island (2023) as a member of the Frogs of Death. He returned for Total Drama Island (2024) as a member of Team Rat Face and was one of the two runner-ups of the season.
Personality[]
Caleb is an incredibly physically gifted, kind, and generous person. He volunteers at a kitten orphanage, got an early acceptance into MIT, and can bench 350lbs. He is described as a hot and emotionally mature character. He likes to help others if he can. He maintains a calm demeanor, and to begin with doesn't speak much. His looks captivate the other members of the cast, and he is viewed as a potential threat because of this. It’s possible that Caleb has trouble dropping grudges, as in Magma Cum Laude, he suggests the Wheel of Losers be named “the Wheel of People Who Never Even Got a Chance Because The Others Found Them Physically Intimidating,” which implies he never got over being voted off first.
Total Drama Island (2024) reveals a more complex version of Caleb. He is able to play the game, deciding on trying to work out an alliance with the strongest player the show has ever seen, Priya, out of insecurity related to his placement last season and a desire to win. Eventually, he’d gain true feelings for Priya as well, showing that he is a romantic individual as well. Despite his positive traits, Caleb eventually becomes very unpopular because of the misunderstanding about his alliance with Priya. Even so, he was still friendly to those who thought of him as a manipulator, therefore making most of these dislikes one-sided at best.
Total Drama Island (2023)[]
Caleb is introduced.
Caleb arrives with the rest of the cast in the premiere, where his arrival makes a few contestants, including Bowie, Emma, and Priya stare at him in awe; even Chris himself finds him attractive. The intern driving his boat crashes it as she was so distracted by his appearance; then she apologizes, and Caleb reassures her that it was fine and that it happens all the time. Caleb becomes a member of the Frogs of Death, and in the first challenge, he does little to nothing for his team during the challenge, however, this can be blamed on the format of the challenge.
He is set the job of pulling up the meat chum up the platform and to the top of the tower. He gives his team advice to speed up after Bowie insists they go slow and steady. He uses his looks to manipulate the situation into going the way he wants it to. Later, Caleb is the one to point out to his team that the Trout are almost finished, while Emma is complaining about Chase and mimicking MK.
Caleb is confident that he will not be eliminated.
His team loses the challenge and is sent to the first Elimination Ceremony, where Caleb is voted off after being in the bottom two with Emma. This comes as a shock to him, as he is smart, kind, and the strongest player on his team. He is the first player to take the Drone of Despair, where he is picked up mid-sentence and flown away. Bowie reveals in a confessional that, in order to increase his chances of winning and to gain Emma as an ally, he told the Frogs that Caleb was a threat and that they may only get the chance to eliminate him in the first ceremony.
Caleb returns to watch the finale with the other eliminated contestants. When Chris introduces the Wheel of Losers, he complains that he never got a chance to actually compete as his team members found him "physically intimidating," revealing he found out what Bowie did. MK responds by mockingly cooing at Caleb, calling him poor and gorgeous. Caleb is happy to see Priya win and is also shocked when Chris reveals a 2nd season; however, he parties with the rest of the cast for Priya's victory.
Total Drama Island (2024)[]
Caleb’s strategy for the season is to ally with Priya.
Caleb returns to the show in The Pink Painter Strikes Again, believing he is a great advantage to anyone who has him on the team. He begins to get mad at the slowly assembling teams for not picking him, and he believes when he's picked 5th that it is not good enough. Later, he confesses that he wants to make an alliance early with the girl who won it all. He picks up Priya's bag and flexes his muscles; this impresses Priya, who is instantly flustered. He believes the alliance will take work after Millie steals Priya away from him. Caleb then becomes an easy ride to the finish line for MK during the challenge, and he gets eliminated after feeling the need to announce finding MK on his back.
Caleb talking with Priya, not realizing that she is falling for him.
In Taking It to the Rim Reaper, Caleb is working out while Priya is watching. After realizing she's watching, he increases the effort he is putting into the workout. After finishing, he flirts with Priya in order to form an alliance with her. Caleb then leaves to go take a shower; he asks for her to save him a seat, which leaves her giggling. During the challenge, Caleb reassures Priya about her decisions, advising a group talk and also congratulating her when sending the Skunk Butts worked out for the better. He is one of those clearly angry at Millie when he realizes that she pushed Damien down the 4-point slide.
Caleb has to, literally, carry his team.
In You Poor Saps, Caleb calls Bowie out for whining about his team’s numerical disadvantage and points out how Priya had beaten him last time he tried complaining about the rules. Caleb is now more sure that Priya’s warming up to his idea of allying. He travels with Emma, Millie, and Priya for the challenge. After Julia drops a lot on him, Caleb refuses to give up: carrying Emma and Priya on the log to the finish line. Along the way, he picks up Axel, Damien, and Millie too. Caleb ends up coming short for his team, unsuccessfully finishing by just a few inches. Chef Hatchet calls him out, putting a dramatic effect on the idea of Caleb having skipped leg day. Caleb voted for Millie.
Caleb is scared that Priya might be going home.
In Choosin' for a Brusin', Caleb is seen working out, pushing a boulder with his legs. He tells Priya he has no off days, which makes her blush. In the confessional, he says he is glad Millie is gone so his alliance with Priya will be certain. Later in the challenge, when Priya confesses that she would rather be a hotdog than lose all her passwords, Caleb agrees with her, which makes her relieved. Caleb reveals later in the episode that he has only had one girlfriend, despite his looks, but they were five at the time. Priya says she hasn't had many boyfriends, so they have something in common. Caleb tells her that they might have a lot more in common once they start spending more time together, causing Priya to blush and look at him with loving eyes. Caleb gets far in the challenge, picking the opposite of what Emma says, but gets the next one wrong after Zee reveals how they have been winning. At the Elimination Ceremony, Caleb is scared that Priya might leave but is relieved once she gets the last marshmallow.
Caleb throws Nichelle.
In Ice to Beat You, Caleb and Priya go on a morning run, and as they reach the dock, they see Ripper and Axel making out, which horrifies them. In the confessional, he reveals he is only interested in an alliance with Priya, not a relationship. Throughout the challenge, Caleb is shown to be of great help to his team as he reads the card and acts as the base for the human tower. He and Priya get together to go find the key. As Priya is about to be hit by a seal, Caleb jumps in front of her and grabs it, saving her. He later tells her that the seal biting her face would be a crime. Later in the challenge, his team tries to get through the obstacle course, but Zee peed on the pillars, which melted them. With no other option, Nichelle asks Caleb to throw her; he hesitates, but eventually does so. In the cabin, after his team loses the challenge, he comforts Priya for the loss.
Caleb begins to fall for Priya after bonding with her.
In Canoe Believe It?, Caleb does one-arm handstand pushups, as they are good for his upper trapezius. Zee notices he has been spending a lot of time with Priya, and Caleb tells him he only wants an alliance with her, which makes Zee feel bad for Priya. In the challenge, Caleb and Priya team up; he runs through the woods, carrying Priya in his canoe. After finding out they have to battle each other, Priya and Caleb look at each other, shocked and worried. Caleb and Priya later fight, but in a more playful than vicious way. In the confessional, he says he doesn't want to hurt Priya because of their alliance going on. They continue fighting, trash-talking each other playfully. Caleb asks if Priya actually wants to play, and he will "bring it in a reusable bag full of pain." In the confessional, he reveals that he actually has fun with Priya. They then throw their jousts at each other, with both falling in the water and getting eliminated; Caleb suggests that they go look for the idol. As they look through the woods, Caleb says that the idol might be hard to find, as Chris said earlier. He and Priya later begin talking about their overbearing parents, something that they have in common. Caleb tells Priya everyone's meant to be a space engineer before sharing his true ambitions of being an environmental engineer who occasionally plays golf. After trying but having no luck, Priya suggests that they go look for it another day, and Caleb agrees. At the Elimination Ceremony, Caleb puts a flower in Priya’s hair.
Priya and Caleb almost share their first kiss.
In Fun Fight at the O'Cake Corral, Caleb searches for the idol with Priya. While looking, he breaks a branch he is standing on, and falls down. Priya catches him, they almost kiss but hear Zee's soda can. In the baking challenge, Caleb is put on a team with Damien, Zee, and Priya. When Caleb tries getting ingredients, Julia jumps on his shoulders and hits him in the face with a frying pan. Later in the challenge, in order for his team to take the lead, Caleb presses the yellow button, causing the other team's station to shake. Worrying that their team might lose, Caleb suggests that, after noting that Chris is an extreme egomaniac, instead of trying to make the cake look exactly like Chris, they make it look like what Chris thinks he looks like. In the voting confessional, Caleb worries that Priya will go home.
Zee sees Priya and Caleb talk to each other in Haulin' n' Ballin', which makes him feel bad for Priya. Priya goes up to Zee and thinks he is hiding about something about Caleb, but he puts his pants in his mouth and runs away. Throughout the episode, Caleb helps Priya through the challenge, carrying her to the top of the mountain and in the ping pong section. They also try to kiss several times during the episode, but always get interrupted. Meanwhile, Julia and MK try to make Zee reveal Caleb's secret, which he refuses. In the end, Priya wins immunity, and they kiss. However, Zee can't keep it in anymore and reveals to everyone that Caleb tricked Priya only to be in an alliance with her. Priya asks if this is true, he said it is, but he can explain, but she runs away. He is in the bottom two, but gets the final marshmallow as Zee revealed several secrets about the other contestants.
At the start of Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Caleb tries to apologize to Priya, but Damien and the Hockey Bros do not let him. The challenge starts and the campers have find the biggest object and Caleb finds a yacht. When he was dragging it to Chris, Priya attempts to drop a boulder on him. Julia and MK try to recruit him into their alliance, but he refuses, causing Julia say he is doomed. The twist in the challenge is the campers have to break their object to fit it in the hole. Throughout the challenge, Caleb tries to talk to Priya, but she doesn't listen to him, being angry at him. Caleb is ahead in the challenge, until he realizes he forgot a screw. Julia and Priya are both also at the end of their challenge. They race to put their object and Caleb throws in the screw into the slot and wins immunity.
In Circling the Drain, Caleb tries to talk to an angry Priya. Eventually, Priya lets Caleb talk for sixty seconds. He tries to explain, but stutters, causing Priya to walk off, angrily. Julia sees an opportunity to manipulate Caleb by saying he can't say how he really feels to Priya. Instead, he has to ignore her until she comes back to him. He is unsure, but he listens to Julia. Throughout the challenge, he wants and attempts to talk to Priya, but doesn't thanks to Julia. At the same time, Priya got the same advice from Julia. She plans to get one of them eliminated. Since nobody was close to winning the challenge, Chris offers the winner immunity and one person they chose. Caleb apologizes to Priya after they realize they are both being manipulated by Julia. Priya attacks Julia, but as a result, their tablets get swapped and Priya accidentally causes Julia to win immunity. At elimination, it is revealed Julia shared her immunity with Caleb, causing Priya to freak out with anger. In a confessional, Caleb reveals that he will give his vote to whatever Julia wants in change for never vote off Priya.
During Working K9 to 5, Caleb tries to talk to Priya, however, she is mad that he is working with Julia. He explains that he is working with Julia in order to spend more time with Priya. After hearing this, she allows only their alliance another chance and tries to threaten, but she couldn't come with anything as she finds it hard to threaten people. The challenge is that campers get chased by dogs. When Caleb gets attacked by the small dog named Booger, Priya doesn't help Caleb as she wanted to see what the dog can do. After he gets free, Caleb helps Priya throughout the challenge. When Caleb gets eliminated from the challenge, Caleb hopes Priya to win over Julia, however, the latter wins immunity. After the challenge, Priya asks which Hockey Bro they should eliminate in which he responds that he needs to talk to Julia to see. This frustrates Priya saying he should have never make that deal with her, as he is her puppet. Caleb is in the bottom two with Raj. Chef reveals that he is in this situation for angering Priya and being a bad partner to her. He gets the final marshmallow.
In the next episode, Priya says he should double cross Julia, which he is against. He states that his grandmother would disapprove, much to Priya's anger. Caleb says he will do what Priya suggested, but Julia over hears this. She goes to him and asks if he is backing off the deal, causing him to feel guilty and say he isn't. The challenge is that the campers have to hook their opponents by their harness, into a building where they have to face their fears. Julia whispers to Caleb he should hook Priya and she will protect them both, but he is against this. Priya says he should hook Julia while she hooks Wayne, but he hooks her instead, angering her. The only ones left are him and Julia, but he gets hooked by Wayne, unexpectedly. Caleb has to face a new fear as Chris believed his fear of snakes and clowns were boring, so he has to face a snake clown. As Caleb is getting eaten by the snake, Wayne lands on the snake, freeing Wayne. Both Priya and Julia say he should listen to them, but he hooks them both, and wins immunity. Everyone votes for Julia at elimination, but she reveals she got the immunity idol and her vote is the only that counts, eliminating Priya, much to everyone's shock. As Priya gets carried away by the Drone of Despair she tells Caleb to avenge her.
Caleb becomes a finalist in the finale. In the beginning of the episode, he says Julia will pay for what she did to her. Julia says he is no match for her. When Chris calls the finalists to the final challenge, he presents the $1,000,000 prize, which all of them are excited for. The eliminated contestants are allowed to choose who they wanted to support. Caleb is thankful that his supporters chose to support him, in which they responded they only chose him to be against Julia, much to his disappoint. Caleb has to pull cart with all of his supporters in the first part of the race for the million, which he can do easily. When he reaches the second part of the race, he has to walk across a tightrope. Damien tells him not to look down, which makes Caleb lose balance and falls down. Caleb's team shoot down Julia when she attempts to walk the rope, knocking her down. Julia gets her hair ripped off into a mullet by the raptor she trash talked in season one. As a result, she is enraged and tackles Caleb on the rope. Julia puts on a squirrel suit in the final part of the challenge, with Caleb soon behind. In mid-flight, Julia is struggling, and Caleb tries to help her, but they both go crashing down and race on foot. Wayne is behind and wearing the squirrel suit and decides to dive into the finish line where both of the other finalists are approaching. Both Caleb and Julia jump to cross the finish line first, but Wayne comes crashing down, launching them both away. Wayne becomes the winner of the season. Caleb is sad and apologizes to Priya, but she just kisses him. This causes him to feel like he won.
Appearances[]
Total Drama Island (2023)
Total Drama Island (2024)
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Trivia[]
Comparisons[]
- Caleb is one of eighteen characters to have visible abs. The others are Alejandro, Brody, Chase, Chef Hatchet, Chris, Damien, Devin, DJ, Don, Geoff, Jacques, Justin, Lightning, Mike, Raj, Ryan and Wayne.
- Caleb is one of the 10 males in the franchise to have prominent lips, the others being B, Bowie, Cameron, Chef Hatchet, Damien, Justin, Leonard, Lightning and Ryan.
- Caleb continues the trend of being a good-looking male contestant who is so attractive that he can even make animals fall for him, after Justin and Alejandro.
- Caleb is one of the eight male contestants who wear piercings.
- Caleb, Bowie, and Wayne are the only male contestants of the fourth generation to not wear sneakers and to only take the Drone of Despair once.
- Coincidentally, they're all also the only male finalists of the fourth generation cast.
- Caleb is the tallest contestant of the fourth generation.
Competition[]
- Caleb and Damien are the only two males to not make the merge in Total Drama Island (2023).
- So far, Caleb is the only Total Drama contestant who was eliminated first in his debut season, yet makes it further in his second, even reaching the finale. The other three either competed in one season or continue to be the lowest ranking contestant in their second season.
- Caleb is the first contestant who gets immunity via the winner of said immunity sharing it with him.
- Caleb is the only contestant to go from the lowest ranking in his team one season, and the highest ranking in the next.
- He and Julia are the first finalists to tie for second place.
- Caleb is one of two contestants to be both the first person eliminated and a finalist in back-to-back seasons, with the other being Duncan (though the latter is later brought back which invalidates this achievement).
- Additionally, Caleb has had one of the biggest placement jumps in Total Drama history, only being beaten by Beth if one counts her as the winner of Total Drama Action.
Miscellaneous[]
- While not shown in Meet the Victims, part of Caleb's audition is seen in the recap of Pirates of the Cabbage'an.
- In "Choosin' for a Bruisin'" Caleb reveals he has only had one relationship, despite his looks.
- Caleb's biggest fears are snakes and clowns, as revealed in "Off the Hook!"
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