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It’s Color Theory Episode 100.

It’s the 100th Episode, Duncan Brown!

Trivia

This is the first appearance of Duncan Brown, making him the last of the V1 cast to debut.

As of this episode, Rudy’s eyes are red.

Aside from Martin, all the Castmates to appear are the eleven “main” main characters.

“So what's it gonna be? You wanna be sad forever? Or do you want to make something of yourself?”

It’s Color Theory Episode 60.

Sit There and Think About What You Did

Trivia

This is the first episode Scarlett and Sylvester speak since “Apples and Oranges” and “Close Encounters for the Third Time” respectively. Sylvester’s sunglasses also return after having been destroyed in the latter episode; it’s revealed he can reform them.

Sylvester’s crew appears in silhouette. Both girls feature largely similar designs to those of Rough Sketch, but the boys were completely overhauled.

This is the fourth appearance of an aged down cast member, in this case Scarlett. Her younger self has a more obvious orange tint, resembling how Scarlett looked before her slight redesign. Ironically, this is how she is portrayed as of her next voiced appearance.

This is the first appearance of Posy Oobay, albeit only via flashback. This is the first episode to feature any of the core six’s parents.

Scarlett is Violet’s only major recurring family member to wear her jacket/vest throughout the episode.

J. and Angie are the only core characters not to appear; no orange family Drewmans appear either.

“Your move, shrimp!”

It’s Color Theory EP. 31

Things They Do

Trivia

This is the first proper fight scene in ICT.

A greater extent of Sylvester’s powers are shown. His main weakness is also revealed, which will continue to be a recurring threat throughout the series.

“If he knows what’s good for him, he won’t.”

It’s Color Theory EP. 33

Fuchsia Tense

Trivia

The marks the first appearances of Fuchsia, Brick, Ebony, and Ivory. Fuchsia previously went by “Reese” in the Rough Sketch continuity. This is also the second appearance of Dwight, Jade, and Nathan and Tanner’s first appearance since “Factory Reset”.

Sylvester’s sunglasses are completely absent from this episode. They and his gloves are back by his next appearance.

Tyler is mentioned but isn’t seen.

This is first episode in which a character from all seven color families appears.

“Listen, this was entertaining for all of ten seconds, but I have plans.”

It’s Color Theory EP. 32

Leveling the Playing Field

Trivia

Sylvester Oreon, the Grey Claytonian

Be a Hero

Rank: A- (Major Character)

Visual Inspirations

Mini Martial Moon Man

Sylvester Oreon III is a Claytonian sent to Palette to keep tabs on the main cast after Chloe, eh, blew up the sun. He got hired by ICT entirely by accident, but his higher ups on the moon are forcing him to stay in Dullsville until the threat is neutralized.

Sylvie’s the height of professionalism, for a given definition of “height”. Given that he’s basically a genius and is strong enough to jerk the others around like dolls, you’d think he’d be the single most rational person on the planet, and he probably is, but since he’s ludicrously polite, he tends to assume everyone on Palette is like this and thus goes along with whatever Violet says.

Granted, he’s not entirely wrong.

Fun Facts

Sylvester’s name is a pun on “silver”, while his surname is derived from a portmanteau of “Oreo” and the constellation Orion. Ironically, he’s the first character to have his name derived from a trademarked sweet despite being an alien.

Sylvester’s design is derived from the archetypal grey alien.

Sylvester in his resting size is the shortest character introduced in Season One by a ludicrously wide margin.

Sylvester is one of the few characters to revert to a previous design during development. In the jump to ICT, he was meant to grow from his usual height and proportions to one of the tallest characters (as shown above, with Skye and Tanner for comparison). He ultimately reverted to his design with pupils from RS’ mid-late Season Two (not pictured), with the addition of sunglasses.

Sylvester is the only non-Drewman of the main cast, being Claytonian, hence his lack of an outline.

Sylvester speaks with Received Pronunciation, hence most of his dialogue being spelt with the British English spellings, right down to his own color (“grey” instead of “gray”) and the series title (“It’s Colour Theory”).

Sylvester is the only Season One ICT member to still be an adult in his RS incarnation.

Sylvester’s shades, specifically the light reflections, tend to follow his eye movements.

Sylvester was originally designed as a villainous character, having a drab color scheme and hating the brightly colored inhabitants of Dullsville, akin to a Nixel. Noah and Whitney rendered this idea pointless, and he was lightened up into “merely” being a jerk before becoming an outright heroic character in Rough Sketch and It’s Color Theory.

Sylvester was also designed as a foil to Gordon. Sylvester is dull grey and named after silver, Gordon’s bright yellow and named after gold. Sylvester’s design heavily incorporates circles, Gordon’s incorporates squares. Gordon towers over the cast, Sylvester could fit in one’s hand. Gordon has beady eyes and eyebrows bigger than them, Sylvester also has beady eyes, but his shades mimic the effect of big eyes and he’s one of the only characters to lack eyebrows on his resting face.

Sylvester, during RS, was the first character to receive full voice acting, having two voices provided by me and laid over each other. One was deep and growly (Syl’s natural voice) and one higher pitched (modulated over his usual voice). Season Two went back and forth between the deep voice and the two voices. In ICT, he lacks the voice entirely.

Sylvester is my favorite character design of the Season One cast.

One of many things I like about Total Drama’s art style is the use of facial lines in the cast’s more exaggerated expressions, especially among the Killer Bass.