Hester & Susan

Hester & Susan are a team of Mother and Son on Revenge of the Ridonculous Race.

Biography
Hester & Susan single mother and her son from suburban central New York state, Hester and Susan have shared a close relationship since Hester's birth. Susan home-schooled him up until high school when Hester sent himself to a charter school out of outrage that he'd far outpaced what his mother knew, especially in the area of history. Since venturing out into the world, Hester has been bullied for being socially awkward but has seen great success in trivia competitions, even winning the national history bowl in his junior year of high school after a question about his personal favorite, Millard Fillmore. Hester afterwards went to a prestigious university in Boston, but has found it difficult trying to interact with other people his age and being more than 15 minutes away from his mother. Susan, meanwhile, is bent on helping her son be more independent and well-adjusted, even if his outbursts over her lack of historical knowledge are hard to manage.

Hester and Susan signed up for the Race out of a shared desire to travel. Susan also hopes to help Hester hopefully make more friends his age after his application to Total Drama was rejected due to producers being more interested in her than her son.

Trivia

 * Hester was initially part of Total Drama: The Australian Outback across its original two drafts, the first originally titled Total Drama Marsh. The mention of him being a failed applicant to Total Drama is a nod to this background.