Plot

Main article: List of Total Drama Island episodes

The series is a reality show where twenty-two teens settle at Camp Wawanakwa—an island located in an unspecified area in Muskoka, Ontario. The plot is somewhat like Survivor and Endurance, with social and living environments similar to The Real World. At times, the show also spoofs elements of Fear Factor and Iron Chef. The producers of the reality show plan various challenges the campers must participate in, usually involving extreme stunts. Every three days, the losing team (up until the point where the teams are disbanded) is called to the campfire at night, where Chris (the host) passes out marshmallows. Those who receive a marshmallow get to stay, while the one who does not get a marshmallow has been voted off the island, and must walk down the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers, which will take them away and they will never, never, never, ever, ever, ever, come back, EVER. This process continues on until one player remains on the island. There are many similarities in each of the elimination rounds, but also many unique variations. At the end of the series, the last contestant will win a $100,000 prize (which the host is certain the contestant will "blow in a week").

Characters

Main article: List of characters from Total Drama Island

The Total Drama Island cast consists of the host Chris Maclean, the chef, Chef Hatchet, and the twenty-two teens that make up the contestants. The contestants are split into two groups of eleven: the "Screaming Gophers" and the "Killer Bass". The contestants personify various teenage and reality show stereotypes, such as "the fat guy" (Owen) and "the goth girl" (Gwen).

Position  ↓ Campers  ↓ Team  ↓ Status  ↓
22 Ezekiel The Killer Bass Eliminated 1st
in Episode 2
"The Not So Happy Campers
(Part 2)"
• Eva (I) The Killer Bass Eliminated 2nd
in Episode 3
"The Big Sleep"
21 Noah The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 3rd
in Episode 4
"Dodgebrawl"
20 Justin The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 4th
in Episode 5
"Not Quite Famous"
19 Katie The Killer Bass Eliminated 5th
in Episode 6
"The Sucky Outdoors"
18 Tyler The Killer Bass Eliminated 6th
in Episode 7
"Phobia Factor"
• Izzy (I) The Screaming Gophers Left / Eliminated 7th
in Episode 8
"Up the Creek"
17 Cody The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 8th
in Episode 9
"Paintball Deer Hunter"
16 Beth The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 9th
in Episode 10
"If You Can't Take the Heat"
15 Sadie The Killer Bass Eliminated 10th
in Episode 11
"Who Can You Trust?"
14 Courtney The Killer Bass Eliminated 11th
in Episode 12
"Basic Straining"
13 Harold The Killer Bass Eliminated 12th
in Episode 13
"X-treme Torture"
12 Eva (II) The Killer Bass Eliminated 13th
in Episode 15
"No Pain, No Game"
11 Trent The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 14th
in Episode 16
"Search and Do Not Destroy"
10 Bridgette The Killer Bass Eliminated 15th
in Episode 17
"Hide and Be Sneaky"
9 Lindsay The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 16th
in Episode 18
"Thats Off the Chain"
8 DJ The Killer Bass Eliminated 17th
in Episode 19
"Hook, Line, and Screamer"
7 Izzy (II) The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 18th
in Episode 20
"Wawanakwa Gone Wild"
6 Geoff The Killer Bass Eliminated 19th
in Episode 21
"Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon"
5 LeShawna The Screaming Gophers Eliminated 20th
in Episode 22
"Haut Camp-Ture" (Canada)
"After the Dock of Shame" (USA)
4.5 Mr. Coconut N/A Eliminated 21st
in Episode 23
"Camp Castaways"
4 Duncan The Killer Bass Eliminated 22nd
in Episode 24
"Are We There, Yeti?"
3 Heather The Screaming Gophers 3rd Place Recipient
in Episode 25
"I Triple Dog Dare You!"
2 Gwen The Screaming Gophers Runner Up
in Episode 27
"The Very Last Episode, Really!"
1 Owen The Screaming Gophers Winner
in Episode 27
"The Very Last Episode, Really!"

Production

Total Drama Island was developed, financed and produced by Fresh TV. The series was animated at Elliott Animation. The series was directed by Todd Kaufman and Mark Thornton. It is primarily targeted at eight- to thirteen-year-olds, and the creators, Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch, studied what pre-teens liked and disliked about reality television shows in the writing process.[4] Fresh TV Inc. partners McGillis, Pertsch, Elliott and Irving produced the series.[5] The budget for the series was $8 million.[6] It was animated in Flash,[7] at Elliott Animation's studio in Toronto.[5] As with many other Teletoon series, Total Drama Island has also been dubbed into Quebec French prior to its release. Every cast and crew member on Total Drama Island had to sign a confidentiality agreement not to tell who the winner was.[8] All the characters were designed by Kauffman.[9] An early name for the series was Camp TV.[10]

Various voice actors on 6teen have also lent their voice for Total Drama Island: Christian Potenza as Chris Maclean, Julia Chantrey as Eva; Drew Nelson as Duncan; Megan Fahlenbock as Gwen; Adam Reid as Justin; Stephanie Anne Mills as Lindsay and Katie; and Rachel Wilson as Heather. The aforementioned voice actors (Christian Potenza, Megan Fahlenbock, Adam Reid, Stephanie Anne Mills and Rachel Wilson) play the roles of Jude, Jen, Wayne, Kirsten, and a recent crush of Jude's named Melinda Wilson on 6teen. Emilie-Claire Barlow plays a recurring role as Chrissy on 6teen and plays Courtney on Total Drama Island.[11]

Total Drama Island Interactive

Total Drama Island Interactive was an online game marketed in conjunction with the television series. It is produced by Xenophile Media. Development of the site was done largely by Toronto based Jam3media. By registering a free account, the player could play games to earn points for marshmallows. Marshmallows are used as money in the game so the player can buy various items. The top 22 players at the end of the season were entered into a draw, where one of the players had their character in the game make a cameo appearance in the finale [as an intern] (ultimately testing out a part of the ending obstacle course, and falling into a river)[12] The games were based on the challenges in the show, and were updated weekly as new episodes aired.[12]

Total Drama Action

Main article: Total Drama Action

Total Drama Action is the second season of Total Drama Island. Chris Maclean will return as the host, and Chef Hatchet will return as the chef. The show takes place on an abandoned film studio back lot, where the contestants will stay for six weeks, competing in various movie genre-themed challenges for one million dollars. The losers will take the Red Carpet Walk of Shame to the Lame-o-sine and leave Total Drama Action forever. There will be fourteen returning contestants from the first season: Beth, Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy (E-Scope/Explosivo/Esquire), Justin, LeShawna, Lindsay, Owen, and Trent. Leaving Cody, Courtney, Eva, Ezekiel, Noah, Katie, Sadie, and Tyler to not return, but they are expected to star in a talk-show segment. Though there is some discussion about Courtney being able to be in season two. It shows her as one of the characters on the official Teletoon website game. No one knows as of yet that Courtney will be able to be in the show as a main character. After her, there is a strange rumored that's Cody participate in Total Drama Action in episode 15 - "Welcome Two The Jungle". The show premiered in Canada on January 11, 2009.

Elimination table

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Place  ↓ Contestants  ↓ Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7** Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 10 Ep 11 Ep 12 Ep 13 Ep 14** Ep 15** Ep 165 Ep 17** Ep 18** Ep 19** Ep 20 Ep 217 Ep 22** Ep 23 Ep 24 Ep 25** Ep 27** TDDDDI  ↓
1 Owen WIN WIN HIGH IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN WIN IN LOW IN LOW IN IN IN IN LOW LOW WIN WINNER PASS
2 Gwen WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN WIN IN IN WIN LOW6 LOW IN IN HIGH WIN Runner-Up PASS
3 Heather WIN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN IN LOW LOW WIN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN IN WIN IN IN IN IN HIGH HIGH 3rd Place Span Between TDDDDI PASS
4 Duncan IN HIGH WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN HIGH HIGH LOW WIN IN WIN LOW LOW WIN IN IN IN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
4.5 Mr. Coconut Debuts in Camp Castaways OUT Cut in Half by Chef Hatchet 8
5 LeShawna WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN HIGH WIN WIN WIN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN HIGH OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
6 Geoff HIGH IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN WIN IN IN IN HIGH OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
7 Izzy2 3 WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN LEFT Returns in the episode, No Pain, No Game4 IN HIGH IN IN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
8 DJ IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
9 Lindsay WIN WIN LOW IN WIN WIN LOW IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN WIN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
10 Bridgette IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN HIGH IN IN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
11 Trent WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN HIGH IN WIN WIN WIN WIN IN* OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
12 Eva2 IN* OUT Returns in the episode, No Pain, No Game4 OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL
13 Harold IN LOW WIN WIN IN IN* WIN WIN WIN LOW LOW OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
14 Courtney LOW IN WIN WIN HIGH LOW WIN WIN WIN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL9
15 Sadie IN IN WIN WIN LOW IN WIN WIN WIN OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL
16 Beth WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN HIGH IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
17 Cody WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL
18 Tyler IN IN WIN WIN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL
19 Katie3 IN IN WIN WIN OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL
20 Justin WIN WIN IN OUT Span Between TDDDDI PASS
21 Noah WIN WIN OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL
22 Ezekiel OUT Span Between TDDDDI FAIL

Honor places

     This camper has met the qualifications to win first place, receive $100,000 from Total Drama Island, and the title of Total Drama Island Grand Prize Winner.
     This camper has met the qualifications to earn second place and the title of Total Drama Island Runner-Up.
     This camper has met the qualifications to earn third place and the title of Total Drama Island 3rd Place Winner.

Teams

     This camper was pre-decided to be on the team of The Screaming Gophers of Total Drama Island.
     This camper was pre-decided to be on the team of The Killer Bass of Total Drama Island.

Challenge wins

     This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly team invincibility) for the rest of their (or their entire) team (Episodes 1-14 - Before the Teams dissolved).
     This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly solo invincibility) for themselves (Episodes 15-27 - After the Teams dissolved).
     This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly team invincibility) from another camper (Episodes 1-14 - Before the Teams dissolved).
     This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly solo invincibility) for themselves (Episodes 15-27 - After the Teams dissolved) and had their name called first at the campfire ceremony.

Campfire ceremony recipients

     This camper is still competing in Total Drama Island as of that episode, and had their name called first at the campfire ceremony.
     This camper is still competing in Total Drama Island as of that episode, and had their name called at the campfire ceremony.
     This camper is still competing in Total Drama Island as of that episode, and had their name called last at the campfire ceremony.

Eliminations

     This camper was not technically eliminated, but left the show during the elimination ceremony. This happened only once on Total Drama Island.
     This camper has been voted off regularly on Total Drama Island.
     This camper has been "voted off" irregularly or through other campers' motives on Total Drama Island.
     This camper has been eliminated from Total Drama Island.

TDDDDI qualifiers

     This camper technically met the qualifications in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island (TDDDDI) to advance to the next season to become a cast-mate of Total Drama Action.
     This camper technically did not meet the qualifications in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island (TDDDDI) to advance to the next season to become a cast-mate of Total Drama Action.
  • Note: Episode 1 was an introductory episode and Episode 26 was a recap of the season.

* In certain episodes, maybe as goofs in the show, these campers did not appear in the bonfire ceremonies to receive a marshmallow, even though they appeared in the very next episode.

** Due to "technicalities", it is unknown who received the first marshmallow, getting the "HIGH" rank (before and/or after the team splits).

1 Mr. Coconut was not an official camper from the start of Total Drama Island, and therefore, was not on the team of either The Screaming Gophers or The Killer Bass. He was introduced in Episode 23, "Camp Castaways", as Owen's "friend" (Owen and the other remaining campers had been stranded on a deserted island, without "prepared" food or shelter). Owen was cut off from the other campers due to where he was during the time the campers were stranded. So on top of not having food and shelter, he also had solitude. This, of course, caused Owen to go temporarily insane, which caused him to befriend a coconut, appropriately named "Mr. Coconut".

2 These campers were exceptions to the rules, and came back to Total Drama Island to compete after being previously eliminated. These campers, therefore, had two places in this competition.

3 Originally, Izzy was on the team of The Killer Bass and Katie was on the team of The Screaming Gophers. In Episode 2, "The Not So Happy Campers - Part 2", Sadie, a camper on The Killer Bass, refused to complete the challenge (jumping off a 1,000-ft. high cliff into the lake). She said that she would only jump if her BFFFL, Katie, was on the same team as she was. Izzy, originally of The Killer Bass, offers to trade places if Chris McClean were to agree. After begging the host, Chris McClean, he finally switches Izzy to The Screaming Gophers and Katie to The Killer Bass.

4 Izzy and Eva were two campers who came back to the island by "popular audience demand" (which was actually proclaimed to be a lie, the "Total Drama Island" staff had only brought them back because they liked Izzy and Eva, and the staff only wanted to make it harder for the other campers by bringing two of the most "intolerable" people back to campgrounds).

5 Episode 16, "Search and Do Not Destroy", featured multiple winners since multiple people completed the challenge objective.

  • Heather was the actual winner of this challenge because she completed the required challenge objectives, and the prize she received had an invincibility pass inside, claiming the actual win.
  • Owen also won and completed the challenge objectives, but when he tried to claim his prize, he did not end up with a prize.
  • Gwen, Duncan, LeShawna, Geoff, Izzy, and Lindsay also won and completed the required challenge objectives, and also had a prize to claim, though their prize was not invincibility, but other random items that probably were not worth the effort of getting them.
  • DJ and Bridgette did not complete their challenge objective, thus, not winning.
  • Trent also completed his challenge objectives, won, and claimed his prize, but got voted off the island. He did win, but he was voted off the island, which also counted as him being out.

6 In Episode 20, "Wawanakwa Gone Wild!", Gwen was the winner of this challenge, and received invincibility for this challenge, but still received the final marshmallow. Winning solo invincibility, Gwen was already proven to stay on the island.

7 Episode 21, "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon", had no actual winner(s). This episode was themed with the #3, where the remaining campers were split into three groups, linked together by handcuffs (meaning that the campers only had 3 literal arms that they could actually use), with each team having to do three challenges. Invicibility was going to be given to the team with the most wins. Each team won one of the three challenges, making the final game a tie, meaning that anyone could have been eliminated.

8 In the beginning of Episode 24, "Are We There, Yeti?", since Chris McClean had to host an awards ceremony, Chef Hatchet was doing the recap of Episode 23, "Camp Castaways". Mr. Coconut, Owen's mutual friend, was the "camper" that was eliminated that episode. As Chef was emphasizing the words "Total Drama Island" at the end of his recap, he threw Mr. Coconut onto to the table and cut it in half.

9 Cody and Courtney, two of the campers of Total Drama Island, were pre-destined to not participate in the upcoming season as a cast-mate on Total Drama Action. Due to a technicality of Courtney suing the Total Drama network of all the terrible things they did to her, she is proved to have earned a spot as a Total Drama Action cast-mate in a later episode entitled "Ocean's Eight - Or Nine".

Elimination reasons

"Voted Off" and "Eliminated" are two different things in this situation.

  • Ezekiel - Voted off because of his sexist comments against women.
  • Eva - Voted off because she lost her temper after Heather stole her MP3 Player, thinking her team took it. She returned in Episode 15.
  • Noah - Voted off because he didn't help his team members, and refused to play the game of dodgeball (the challenge of this episode).
  • Justin - Voted off because Heather convinced Lindsay, Beth, Izzy & Owen to vote him off instead of her.
  • Katie - Voted off because she and Sadie had gotten lost in the woods, and showed up at the campgrounds too late to save their team from losing.
  • Tyler - Voted off because of his inability to conquer his fear of chickens and also for making the team lose the challenge. However, considering that Courtney's challenge in this was worth triple points and the team lost because of her, there is one theory that Courtney was to be voted off but Duncan, developing a sudden love for her, told his team mates to vote for Tyler instead.
  • Izzy - Eliminated because she was hunted by the R.C.M.P. She returned in Episode 15.
  • Cody - Voted off because he was mauled by a bear and no longer useful to the team.
  • Beth - Voted off because she cursed the team with a tiki doll she brought from a previous challenge.
  • Sadie - Voted off because of her inability to shoot an apple through the arrow on Courtney's head for a challenge, and instead, knocked Courtney unconscious, which caused Courtney to turn her team against Sadie.
  • Courtney - "Voted off" because of Harold tampering with the votes. It is likely that Harold was going to be voted off here, but due to his want for revenge against Duncan for bullying him throughout the show, he tampered with the votes so that Courtney, Duncan's girlfriend, would be voted off.
  • Harold - Voted off for being distracted by Heather's top getting ripped off, exposing her breasts. This happened during a challenge and his distraction ultimately caused them to lose the challenge.
  • Eva (Again) - Voted off again for the same reason as before. Her rage this time was mostly centered around Bridgette and Heather.
  • Trent - Voted off because of LeShawna's actions after Heather used her manipulative ways against Gwen and Trent (including kissing Trent in front of Gwen intentionally to break Gwen and Trent up). After Gwen told LeShawna what she "saw", LeShawna got everyone to vote off either Heather (for messing with Gwen's boyfriend) or Trent (for being a "two-timer", even though he was only framed to look like one). Heather would win invincibility in the challenge, making Trent the one who had to take the fall.
  • Bridgette - Voted off because the guys saw her as a threat, as she was nice and athletic. She also smelled terrible in this episode, on account of being sprayed by a skunk during the challenge.
  • Lindsay - Eliminated because she was the last to cross the finish line in the Tour de Wawanakawa because of Heather's back-stabbing ways. (Whoever crossed last in this bike race was to immediately go to the Dock of Shame. Heather crossed first of four, and Lindsay crossed second of four). Duncan and Owen had crashed in the process of trying to get to the finish line, technically saying they didn't cross the finish line (making Heather cross first of TWO people and Lindsay cross second of TWO people, meaning "last place").
  • DJ - Eliminated because of being freaked out from an Escaped Psycho Killer with a Chainsaw and Hook without even meeting the challenge qualifications (i.e. to at least see and confront him).
  • Izzy (Again) - Voted off this time for her inability to shoot her required animal with a tranquilizer gun for a challenge, though ended up shooting everything else (i.e. Heather and Chef Hatchet).
  • Geoff - Voted off for his kindness and happy-go-lucky attitude towards the other campers, who believed that "nice cannot be defeated".
  • LeShawna - "Voted off" because of a misconception from the losers. When Chris announced that the losers would choose the camper to be eliminated this episode, Katie and Sadie voted for LeShawna (intentionally) because they wanted to see her again. It would become apparent that Chris was counting any name of a remaining camper uttered by the losers as a vote against them, whether or not they actually wanted to vote for them. After Katie and Sadie's votes, the other losers would scold the two's stupidity in voting for her, stating that if they like her, they should let her stay in the game. A chain reaction would then ensue in which the losers ended up saying LeShawna's name seven more times, simply in attempts to get no one to say her name. Courtney, Lindsay (twice), Izzy, Trent, and even a random parrot (twice) said LeShawna's name, inadvertently, totaling nine votes against her, being a majority (there were 16 losers at the time). LeShawna was immediately brought to Playa de Losers even though no one actually wanted to vote her off.
  • Mr. Coconut - Eliminated because it was not an actual contestant and it destroyed what was left of Owen's sanity.
  • Duncan - Eliminated because of his brashness against other people, especially Chef Hatchet (who was a main facilitator in Duncan's elimination).
  • Heather - Eliminated because she refused to do the submitted dare (by Lindsay) in the I Triple Dog Dare You challenge of having Chef shave her head. Her head would end up being shaved anyway, however. As Chef was approaching with the electric razor, Heather kicked it out of his hand, thereby implying that she was rejecting the dare. However, bad karma kicked in, and the razor landed on her head after she kicked it, shaving all her hair off. Even though her head was shaved, she was still eliminated due to the fact that she did not technically "accept" the dare.
  • Gwen - Eliminated because she lost to Owen in a race to a finish line (As Owen began to tire and Gwen began to pull away, Lindsay & Izzy made brownies and used Chris' fan to blow the scent to Owen, which gave him the strength to dash to the finish line and beat Gwen at the last second to win Total Drama Island).