Dakota Cummings

Dakota Cummings is one of the contestants in Private Eye and holds the dumb blonde stereotype.

Biography
Dakota was first seen in Pilot talking about herself in her audition tape. When she arrived at the Private Eye house she was put in a room with Scarlett. While Scarlett unpacked her trophies, certificates, makeup and clothes, Dakota unpacked her pet cat Syphilis (Siffy for short), some catfood and two tomatoes. It was from this that Scarlett express his disinterest in bunking with Dakota.

In Scarlett Says, Dakota is used as Scarlett's slave by playing the game "Scarlett Says." She is forced to get Scarlett her drinks and it is implied that she did everything in the challenge. In the end of the episode Dakota decides to stop playing the game and Scarlett becomes suspicious on just how dumb she is.

In Karaoke, Dakota has a somewhat minimal role, basically only suggesting to Morgan that they should sing about the people they have crushes on. She develops a friendship with Ross, discussing his injury, but later reveals she has stronger feelings for him through song. She votes for Ross, thinking that she was meant to vote for the person she likes the most.

In Mini Me's, Dakota was the first person to break her egg - it got swallowed whole by her cat Siffy. She voted for herself during elimination.

Personality
Dakota is introduced as the dumb blonde in her audition tape where she forgets her last name and displays her belief that there is a difference between a tomato (tom-ar-to) and a tomato (tom-ay-to). She is very naive and unaware of her fellow contestents' true feelings.

Despite her dumb appearrance, she can come up with good ideas - suggesting a brilliant idea to Morgan to help them in the challenge.

She is easily excited and easily upset.

Relationships
She has developed feelings for Ross, singing about how much she loves him in the episode Karaoke. She believes she is Scarlett's friend. Dakota also has a strong bond for Syphilis as she takes him everywhere.

Quotations

 * "I can tell the difference between a tomato and a tomato. One's a fruit and one's a vegetable." - Pilot.
 * "This is my cat Sypillis - Siffy for short." - Pilot.
 * "They named a place after me? I've been here for, like, five minutes and I'm already famous?" - Pilot.
 * "My body hurts more than that time I thought I was a pidgeon." - Scarlet Says.
 * "Dakota!" - Mini Me's.