User blog comment:Sprinklemist/Total Drama Reality Announcement (A Good One) and Opinions and Rankings on Other Stories/@comment-237406-20100107234210

"Usually when I was reading "baby" all the time... I can't help but think of it as an incredibly masculine term while terms like "hon", "honey", "babe", "sweetheart", and "sweetie" seem a little more Julio-ish. But maybe Nalyd was using baby intentionally."

Julio constantly saying baby was intentional, but clearly he needs a new equally flamboyant word... XD Probably the reason is sounds masculine to you, and flamboyant to me, is that I always picture Julio like the Julio on the Simpsons. (Especially his line, "Hey, Queeny, baby." XD)