Lightning is an ultra-competitive jock who values winning above everything else. He is very vain and egotistical, constantly referring to himself in the third person, using the prefix "sha-" in front of his words, and often shown kissing his biceps. He is also quite selfish and always puts his own interests above everyone else's. Such an example is when he betrays Cameron on the agreement they made in Eat, Puke and Be Wary because he was slowing him down. Another is when he was more focused on winning in the finale than rescuing the others from the dangerous mutant animals, which had accidentally been unleashed into the colosseum. Despite this, Lightning has also showed moments of kindness when he saved Cameron from drowning and warned him about Jo. He also got Sam out of the water when he was trapped in ice. Lightning is actually very good at sports, showing he can somewhat back up his boasting. However, despite his athletic prowess and physical strength, he is rather unintelligent and quite stubborn. For example, in Evil Dread, he is adamant about digging wherever he wants, uselessly shoveling up Lake Wawanakwa to find pieces located in the water. Lightning also possesses an inability to recognize the genders of contestants like Jo and Cameron, even if they tell him otherwise. His lack of intelligence made him an easy target for many manipulative contestants such as Jo and Scott.
