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Duncan Button is the older brother of Ruby Button and the best friend of Ricky Campbell.
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2009-2010: Arrival[]
Duncan is first seen when he arrives in The Dog in the Pond which is currently owned by the Ashworth family in November 2009 but seems disheartened when Neville does not at all recognize him but when Neville's wife, Suzanne arrives not long after she soon recognizes Duncan as their godson and is angry with Neville for not noticing who Duncan was later on Duncan moves into the Ashworth home and befriends Anita Roy and attempts to charm Anita however his rejected by her. Duncan also befriends Ricky Campbell when the two are not best pleased about working with each other over a paper round but quickly get on. Duncan also gets on the wrong foot with the McQueens when he asks Michaela McQueen for a massage but insinuates that he wants it to be sexual this angers Michaela's oldest sister in Jacqui McQueen who decides to painfully wax off Duncan's chest hair as a way to punish him and later in Duncan ends up throwing up on Theresa McQueen at a school Christmas party.
Duncan who sees that Ricky is deflated by not impressing the girls and not having an enough money to enter a party, Duncan tells Ricky that they should both host a bogus raffle in order to retrieve the money for entry to the party this leads Duncan to dress up as Santa Claus in an effort for the raffle thankfully this works as the raffle tickets sell quicker then expected making them more money then expected also however the raffle was a lie just for them to sell tickets for money this is later discovered by they're own teacher, Des Townsend and o top of that Duncan and Ricky are also approached by Myra McQueen who wants th Hamper that was promised to her by the two boys. Later Duncan thinks the only way is to put this right with the many people they ripped off is to do a 'goodwill' however what Duncan really meant was he was going to break into the McQueens home and steal their presents but it makes it harder for Duncan to go through with it as since arriving his had a crush on Theresa although after many silly attempts Theresa continues to reject a disheartened Duncan.
Duncan though would later win himself a competition that would allow his 16th Birthday party be payed for by a reality TV company and in an effort to impress Theresa once more Duncan invites Theresa to his 16th and this time to Duncan's delight Theresa accepts however Duncan is left again red faced when Theresa pays more attention to rapper Chipmunk over him instead. Duncan is then thrown out by the Ashworths when Nevile finds the stolen presents months later and when his also caught with a pair of Suzanne's underwear. Duncan then temporarily moves back to his parents for sometime.
2010: Helping Ricky & Moving in with The Osborne's[]
Duncan returns some weeks later after making a mends with the Ashworths but feels Ricky is acting strange not only towards him but in general this later leads Duncan to follow Ricky and see him entering a block of flats Dunacn although Duncan assumes and accuses Ricky of being a drug dealer or user Duncan soon finds out that Ricky was in fact helping out his father, Martin Campbell who is ill and when Duncan arrives at the flat Ricky snaps although afterwards would open up to Duncan and tells him that his father is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, Duncan is remorseful and questions weather Ricky is receiving help and tells Duncan nor to say a word to any as Martin would be taken into a care home, Duncan agrees not to say anything to anyone and as a good gesture he gives Ricky a pair of trainers and prmises to stand by him.
Duncan temporarily leaves for some weeks in July 2010 when both Neville and Suzanne decide to move abroad to Spain after selling The Dog to the Costello family but Rhys decides to stay in Hollyoaks and after speaking to his parents they tell Duncan he must return to the UK in which he does so Duncan then moves in with Rhys along with Darren Osborne who Duncan becomes good friends with and not wanting to go back to his parents Dumcan does his best to persuade Rhys to let him stay with him after some persuading, Rhys agrees to let Duncan stay to his delight later on Darren's father, Jack Osborne offers both Duncan and Darrem to move in with him and his wife Frankie Osborne. Duncan is delighted and straight away accepts the offer to move into the Osborne's. After settling in the Osbornes by October 2010, Duncan let's Darren know that he is wantng to do his driving lessons and admits to Darren that his in fact actually 17 years of age and only lied about being 16 so he can get into TV and impress Theresa, Duncan also reveals to Darren in the lead up the Christmas 2010 that his parents one Christmas kinda intact tried to kill him and this is the reason that he does not want to go and spend Christmas with them. On Christmas Eve Duncan along with Jack and Ricky find the body of India Longford whom had been murdered by Silas Blissett. Duncan and Ricky are left shocked by India's murder.
2011: Ruby's Arrival & Departure[]
Duncan is joined by his sister Ruby Button in January 2011 who also wants to get away from their controlling obsessed parents and Duncan has Ruby move in with him at the Osbornes and is unaware of Ricky fancying his sister and is forious when he discover that Ricky and Ricky have been seeing each other but soon comes to accept them to be together. By November 2011, Duncan forms a band along with Ricky, Bart McQueen, Gaz Bennett and they hire Lee Hunter as they're manager but they struggle to get any gigs.
Duncan along with Ricky decide to get fit and join a fat camp they sign up for it and spend five days away at the camp during this time Duncan meets with a girl named Kelly Saunders, Duncan gets along with Kelly and the two end up kissing as well as losing their virginity to one another they later begin a brief relationship despite Duncan's insecurities but Duncan is finished by Kelly after Duncan had showed a naked picture of her to Rick showing off after they had sex, Duncan is devastated by being finished by Kelly and after she departs, Duncan has a wake up call and comes to the conclusion that he now needs to start to grow up therefore he decides to leave Hollyoaks to move to Spain with the Osborne's Duncan says his goodbyes to the Osborne's as well as Ruby and Ricky before departing.
2013: Brief Return[]
Duncan makes a return in October 2013 in this sixth and final season of Hollyoaks Later during his return its revealed that Duncan is now training to be in the Army and is good friends with Louis McQueen who turns out to be the cousin of Theresa. Duncan is surprised to learn this when he comes face to face with Theresa however the two briefly reminisce on their history. Duncan is not seen again after the final episode of that series.
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