List of running gags

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Total Drama Island

 * Lindsay mispronouncing the other contestants' names.
 * Gwen's privacy being interrupted by either Cody, Owen, or the camera.
 * Owen either falling off of the cliff or being pushed off after annoying other campers.
 * Owen eating habit and other odd behaviors.
 * Cody's failed attempts to woo Gwen.
 * Geoff failing to impress Bridgette.
 * Katie and Sadie doing everything together.
 * Tyler and Bridgette being klutzy.
 * Eva's anger management.
 * Harold getting pranked.

Not So Happy Campers - Part 1

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Chris as Kyle.

Not So Happy Campers - Part 2

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Leshawna as Lafawnduh.
 * Owen jumped off of the cliff due to that being part of the challenge.
 * Courtney telling everyone on her team that she's a CIT (Counselor in Training).

The Big Sleep

 * Owen interrupts Gwen and Trent's moment when he sleepwalks by them naked.
 * Owen was sleepwalking and fell off the cliff.
 * Eva yelling and screaming at everyone.

Not Quite Famous

 * Owen and Cody interrupt Gwen and Trent's moment by running down the dock while Gwen and Trent on sitting on it together.

The Sucky Outdoors

 * Cody wetting himself throughout the episode.

Phobia Factor

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Tyler as Taylor, but quickly fixes herself.
 * The mime interrupts Gwen and Trent's moment by sneaking up on Trent and causing him to run away.

Up the Creek

 * When Gwen and Trent were about to decide to ride in a canoe together, Cody comes on to Gwen and tries to make her ride with him. Meanwhile, Beth and Lindsay do the same with Trent.

Paintball Deer Hunter

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Beth as Belle.
 * An annoyed DJ threw Owen off the cliff, during the challenge.
 * Owen's frequent farting during the challenge.

If You Can't Take The Heat...

 * DJ, Duncan, and Geoff pulling pranks on Harold.
 * Owen interrupts Gwen and Trent's moment by throwing a box of oranges at Trent and giving him a concussion.
 * Trent gets injured, because Owen throws a crate of oranges at him.
 * Harold is seen naked on the dock in front of the remaining females prior to the end of episode.

Who Can You Trust?

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Trent as Todd.

Basic Straining

 * Duncan and Geoff pulling pranks on Harold.
 * Duncan agitating Chef Hatchet.
 * Gwen is interrupted by Chef when she tries to say something to Trent.

X-Treme Torture

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Duncan as Doug.
 * As the bear is about to eat his marshmallows, something or someone keeps preventing him from doing so.
 * Bridgette and Gwen argue over who wrote the haiku love poem.

No Pain, No Game

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Chris as Chip, Eva as Ava, and Leshawna as Laquisha.

Search and Do Not Destroy

 * Trent asks Gwen during the beginning of the episode what she's sketching. She replies with nothing, though a hidden camera proves her otherwise, seeing that she has sketched a picture of Trent. Gwen gets annoyed and pushes the camera out of her way.
 * Lindsay is shown in the confessional stall using the toilet rather than using the confessional for its actual purpose; confessing. She, however, didn't notice that the camera is on.
 * Chris interrupts Gwen and Trent as they were just about to kiss before Trent walked the Dock of Shame.

That's Off the Chain!

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Gwen as "Greta" and Leshawna as "Laquisha."
 * Izzy is riding on her bike like a maniac with Leshawna, who is screaming the entire time.

Hook, Line, and Screamer

 * The campers (and Chris) refer to the killer as "the escaped psycho killer with a chainsaw and a hook," or they would forget the "hook" part and would be corrected by someone else wearing a fake hook prop on their hand (namely Duncan or Chris).
 * DJ running and screaming throughout the whole episode.
 * Contestants (except Duncan) ignoring Gwen's advice.

Wawanakwa Gone Wild!

 * Izzy shooting anything that isn't a deer, including an airplane, Chef Hatchet and Heather.
 * Heather calls Izzy a "Psycho Hose-Beast."

Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon

 * Heather and Owen appearing in the confessional stall together, bad-mouthing each other.
 * Heather calls Izzy "little miss crazy" in front of Owen. She adds on to say that she's roams the streets wild.

Haute Camp-ture

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Leshawna as Lafawnduh. Lindsay also tries to remember who Tyler was, by asking Eva, an eskimo and DJ's bunny.
 * Courtney complaining about her unfair elimination in Basic Straining.
 * DJ's bunny getting injured.
 * Izzy calls Heather "psycho" (the other way around of Wawanakwa Gone Wild!).
 * Everyone accidentally votes for Leshawna.
 * The parrot repeatedly votes for Leshawna, despite not knowing who she was.
 * An annoyed Courtney armed herself with a lamp post she ripped out of the ground and went looking for Harold, finally beating him up with it after she found him.

Camp Castaways

 * Owen running back into the confessional cam.
 * One of the characters seeing Owen's beard, asking him why he has a fake beard, and pulling on it, hurting Owen.

The Very Last Episode, Really!

 * Heather calls Izzy "crazy girl," after she picks on her wig.
 * After telling viewers what she thought of the campers and her experience on the island, she says that she's done and shoves the camera down.
 * Owen interrupts Gwen and Trent's moment to the end of the episode, after he wins.

Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Heather as Hannah.
 * Geoff and Bridgette making out in various situations, and Bridgette accidentally causing Geoff to get injured.
 * Owen, along with DJ, Tyler, and Cody were scared off the edge of the cliff by a bear.

Total Drama Action

 * Lindsay mispronouncing the other contestants' names.
 * Lindsay thinks that Tyler is still in the game.
 * The other contestants thinking that Gwen and Duncan are a couple.
 * Heather desperately attempting to cover her bald head.
 * Harold showing off a skill and mentioning learning it from a camp owned by a man named Steve.
 * Trent and his obsession with the number 9.
 * Leshawna's hair growing into an afro.
 * Bridgette and Geoff making out.
 * Courtney calling her lawyers.
 * Justin thinking that he is ugly everytime he gets injured.
 * Izzy changing her personality.
 * Beth mentioning Brady.
 * Katie and Sadie fighting over Trent.
 * Chef cross dressing.
 * Truth or _______ gets renamed.
 * A clip ends in the middle of Courtney screaming.

Alien Resurr-eggtion

 * Chef constantly demands Chris for his paycheck.
 * Bridgette and Geoff constantly making out.

Riot On Set

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay mentioning Tyler and being told he's not competing anymore.

Beach Blanket Bogus

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Owen as Omar and Trent as Tyler.
 * Beth gives everyone on her team friendship bracelets.
 * In the surfboard challenge, Lindsay keeps getting thrown against the wall.
 * In the surfboard challenge, Owen keeps on getting hit in the face with sticks.
 * A nine-obsessed Trent asks for nine flags, jam rooms, moats, sticks and his team to say his name nine times. He also shook his necklace nine times throughout the episode.
 * Duncan states that Trent is on cloud nine.
 * Owen interrupts Gwen and Trent as they are about to kiss at the end of the episode.

3:10 to Crazytown

 * Trent seen is the confessional slapping himself in the head and saying, "Stupid! stupid!" over and over again, eventually getting a red handprint on his forehead.

The Chefshank Redemption

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Owen as Omar.

The Sand Witch Project

 * DJ dreams about coming to his mom in his dreams, but she called him a cheater in the first time, and she slaps him the second time.

Masters of Disasters

 * Harold's Running Gag: Harold tells about him going to 'Picky Steve's Lock Picking Camp.
 * Beth telling everyone about her boyfriend, Brady and how great he is, despite no one believing her.

Full Metal Drama

 * Izzy's alter ego, Explosivo enjoying blowing up objects.
 * Lindsay referring to herself as "Admiral Lindsay, Her Hotness," while leading her team.

The Aftermath: II

 * Truth or Hammer gets renamed to Truth or Anvil.

Ocean's Eight - Or Nine

 * Owen's hunger makes him see his team as types of food. He sees:
 * Lindsay as a soda bottle, a lollipop, and a drum stick.
 * Beth as a strawberry ice cream cone and a drum stick.
 * Justin as a drum stick and a hot dog.
 * Chris as a slice of pizza.
 * Leshawna was locked in the safe since the first challenge to the end of the episode.
 * Chris is seen running into something with his car, then saying "Awww crap!".

One Million Bucks, B.C.

 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Tyler as Tyson.
 * Harold being attacked by Woolly Beavers.
 * Heather failing to cut some of Courtney's hair.

Dial M for Merger

 * Chris getting attacked by his cat.
 * Justin keeps trying to use his brain to figure out a solution to the challenges, and only manages to move things forward through dumb luck.

The Aftermath: III

 * Truth or Anvil gets renamed to Truth or Electrocution.
 * Owen keeps telling the truth no matter how hard Geoff tries to provoke him in Truth or Electrocution.
 * Bridgette keeps asking Owen to tell Geoff what it is that Bridgette is saying in an indirect way, even though Geoff can hear everything that Bridgette is saying.

The Princess Pride

 * Justin gets hurt repeatedly.
 * He gets hit in the eye by a glass boot (twice).
 * Betsy, the horse, kicked him in the face.
 * He fell off the tower, and hit his chin several times on the way down (courtesy of Courtney).
 * Beth saying "Does this mean I have a concussion?"
 * Beth keeps criticizing Chris' fairy tale story.
 * Chris attempting to sell three products during the episode, parodying the Disney Princess line.
 * The "Princess Courtney CD" (which Harold buys).
 * The "Princess Courtney Limited-Edition Glass Boot Doll" (which Lindsay and Beth buy).
 * However, Courtney's lawyers demanded 80% of sales, so they decided to market "Princess Beth" dolls instead.

Get a Clue

 * Courtney demanding a prize from Chris.
 * Courtney screams and gets cut off after declaring she doesn't care about Duncan going to the movies with Lindsay.
 * Lindsay is upset that everybody listens to Courtney's ideas rather than her own.
 * Harold and Lindsay saying "murdered" in a strange voice.
 * Harold playing dramatic music on his keyboard after someone mentions the words "murder," or "murdered."

Rock n' Rule

 * Courtney screams and gets cut off after Lindsay's victory in the second part of the challenge.
 * Everybody keeps getting thrown off by Lindsay's lack of intelligence.
 * The contestants keep breaking the paparazzi standee's while they run on the red carpet.

Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen

 * Courtney almost engaged in a knife fight with Beth.

2008: A Space Owen

 * Scruffy landing on Harold's face.
 * Owen regretting about Chris' deal to sabotage the other contestants.

Top Dog

 * The raccoon feeding Beth dog treats.

The Aftermath: IV

 * Chris and Chef has trouble getting to the Aftermath Studio.

Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special

 * DJ's mother slapping characters.

Total Drama World Tour

 * Lindsay forgetting the other contestants' names, and failing to remember Tyler, until Slap Slap Revolution, in Eine Kleine.
 * DJ accidentally hurting animals.
 * Sierra stealing Cody's personal belongings.
 * Sierra telling the other contestants personal info of Chris and Cody.
 * Duncan running around the world after his elimination.
 * Tyler getting injured in almost all the episodes he appeared.
 * The contestants having to sing at inconvenient times.
 * Ezekiel's cameo appearances throughout the season.
 * Bridgette saying that she has a boyfriend prior to her elimination.
 * Cody's failed attempts to woo Gwen.
 * Chris giving nicknames for Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot and Team Victory.
 * Chris stating wrong or mispronounced information on the current area. He also speaks the national language of the country they are in wrong or in a bad accent.
 * Heather and Alejandro denying their attraction for each other.
 * Owen hurting Noah by accident.
 * Chris declaring a non or fake elimination on his own terms.
 * A contestant barging into the confessional while another is using it.
 * Sierra fighting animals when they try to hurt Cody.
 * Noah's unique form of word play and sarcasm.
 * A contestant suffers a certain form of mishap (usually being pushed or thrown out of the plane) while taking the Drop of Shame.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ breaks a mummified dog, thus causing the animal curse throughout the season.
 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay forgets who Tyler was.
 * Tyler trying to impress Lindsay, but Alejandro shows him up every time.
 * Tyler trying to climb up the pyramid, but getting knocked down by something.
 * Chris not acknowledging Ezekiel as a contestant.
 * Harold translating the numbers of the teams in Egyptian, to Chris' annoyance.
 * Chris hitting Owen on the head with a frying pan.
 * Ezekiel bragging about how he'll win the season.
 * Chris says "Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Really Hot" instead of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ tosses a stick in the air, hitting a seagull.
 * Lindsay misunderstanding the voting process.
 * Alejandro shuddering every time Owen calls him "Al."

Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ accidentally hurts a panda bear.
 * Ezekiel's cameo: Team Amazon spots Ezekiel's silhouette from behind a pile of crates while in the cargo hold, but disappear seconds later.
 * Courtney declaring herself as the leader for her team.
 * Harold correcting Chris on false information about Japan.
 * Lindsay misunderstanding the voting process, despite telling Chris that she does.
 * Chris says "Team I Am Really Really Really Hot" instead of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.

Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ unintentionally hurts a Baby Seal and believing he's cursed.
 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers Tyler as Noah.
 * Ezekiel's cameo: As the plane is about to land, Ezekiel is seen in the cargo hold watching three rats jumping off the plane through a trap door, wearing small parachutes.
 * Tyler failing to get Lindsay's attention and when he does, he gets called Noah.
 * Bridgette saying she had a boyfriend.
 * Chris says "Team Chris Is Really Really Crazy Hot" instead of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.

Broadway, Baby!

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ causes a baby snapping turtle to get eaten by a much larger turtle.
 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Tyler as Dave.
 * Sierra annoying Chris, often by revealing embarrassing information about him.

Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water

 * Ezekiel's cameo: Owen saw Ezekiel, through a window, hanging upside down on one of the planes wing, but vanish when Owen shook his head. A second clip shows Ezekiel appearing in Chris' hot tub, obscure by the steam, with Chris in it. As Chris reach out for a baseball bat, Ezekiel once again vanishes,
 * Eva saying "Aw, forget this," hurting someone (usually by throwing a microphone down at the ground so that it bounces up and hits the innocent bystander in the groin) and storming away angrily.
 * Geoff denying that there was a second guest by bringing up extra segments.

Slap Slap Revolution

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ hurts a seagull and baby goat.
 * Lindsay's Running Gag: Lindsay refers to Tyler as Darrel, but later on in the episode, remembers that his name was actually Tyler.
 * Chris says "Team Chris Is Reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaally Hot" instead of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.
 * Chris says "Team Elusive Victory" and "Team Opposite of Victory" instead of Team Victory.
 * He doubted that Team Victory could continue to call themselves said name after voting off their fourth member, leaving them down to just two.
 * Chris speaking German incorrectly.

The Am-AH-Zon Race

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ stepped on and slapped a bunch of small monkeys.
 * Chris says "Tiny Victory," "Victory Duo," and "Victory Twins" instead of Team Victory.
 * Team Amazon getting bad luck after Gwen curses them for saying it will be an easy challenge, since it will be located in the Amazon.
 * Chris calls a fake elimination on his own terms, after Heather gets the most votes.

Can't Help Falling in Louvre

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ hurts a bear, a baby seal, and Sasquatchanakwa.
 * Chris failing to pronounce the word 'Louvre' properly.

Newf Kids on the Rock

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. DJ nearly suffocates a killer whale, and indirectly hurts a seagull.
 * Ezekiel's cameo: After Chef threw Heather out of the plane, Ezekiel can be seen hiding behind some crates while Chef is laughing. He is also seen in the exclusive clip inside a pot and was frighten at the sight of Owen.
 * Sierra stealing Cody's toothbrush, after Heather finds it on the ground in the Total Drama Jumbo Jet.
 * A person making a mistake and saying something embarrassing in the confessional and afterward, reaching for the camera and demanding the tape.
 * This gag was performed by Heather, Gwen, and Courtney, as the three of them were members of Team Amazon.
 * All three confessionals are about a boy the girls are attracted to.
 * Heather trying to get DJ to form an alliance with her.

Jamaica Me Sweat

 * DJ's Running Gag: DJ hurting animals. During the toboggan challenge, DJ runs over a walrus and a flock of seagulls.
 * Ezekiel's cameo: During the elimination ceremony, Ezekiel can be seen on top of the hut.
 * Izzy hitting Owen in the groin, also seen in Oh My Izzy.
 * Chris calling Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot "Team I Am So Hunky Dory Dreamy Hot," "I Am Super Duper Mega Whopper Hot," and "Team I Am So Wicked Wicked Hot."
 * Tyler getting random stuff instead of Chef's gold chains in the lagoon.

Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon

 * DJ's Running Gag: Several clips shows more animals that DJ accidentally hurt.
 * Ezekiel's cameo: During Total Drama Fugitive segment, Ezekiel's silhoutte can be seen pouncing on a rat.

I See London...

 * Owen attempts to make jokes in an attempt to make Noah laugh, and fails.

Greece's Pieces

 * Ezekiel's cameo: While the contestants are listening to Chris in the cafeteria, Ezekiel can be seen under the table, slowly closing the trapdoor.
 * Chris shoving interns out of the plane.
 * People calling Cody weak and Team Amazon an all-girls team.
 * Chef whipping Duncan with a towel.
 * Duncan being forced to sing every word he says.
 * Chris says "Team Me," "Team I Am Really Really Really Hot" and "Team Super Hot Me" instead of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.
 * Chris calls a fake elimination on his own terms, after Duncan gets the most votes. In result of this, he eliminates an intern.

The EX-Files

 * Ezekiel's cameo: Early in the episode, Ezekiel is in the cockpit next to Chef's inflated dummy.
 * Alejandro hypnotizing Owen and Owen singing "The Running Man" (Take Me Out to the Ballgame).

Picnic at Hanging Dork

 * Ezekiel's cameo: Ezekiel is seen sleeping under on of the plane's wheel, preventing the plane to land.
 * Chris says "Team Chris is Super Hot," "Team I am Totally Smokin' Hot" and "Team Mini Me" instead of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.
 * Sierra stealing Cody's underwear.

Sweden Sour

 * Ezekiel's cameo: While Alejandro and Heather are in the cargo hold, Ezekiel's silhouette appears behind several crates when Chris announce Team Amazon to go to the elimination ceremony.
 * Chris says "Team Me," "Team Perfect Me," and "Team Me Be Hot" instead of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot.
 * Chris calls a fake elimination on his own terms, after Courtney gets the most votes.

Aftermath Aftermayhem

 * Tyler getting injured.
 * Harold adding worse details about Bridgette's situation.

Niagara Brawls

 * Ezekiel's cameo: Ezekiel appears early in the episode stealing a piece of cheese from a rat and quickly hides as two interns pull Owen into the cargo hold.

Chinese Fake-Out

 * Ezekiel's cameo: Ezekiel can be seen hiding behind the bar, attempting to steal some of Duncan and Courtney's cake, but quickly hides when Duncan approaches.
 * Chris getting interrupted several times by getting a phone call during the challenges.
 * Chris speaking Chinese incorrectly.

African Lying Safari

 * Alejandro and Heather speaking in unison
 * Sierra fighting monkeys for Cody.

Rapa Phooey!

 * Ezekiel's cameo: Ezekiel can be seen hiding in economy class, behind a curtain, watching at Sierra and Heather.
 * Chris trying to take control of the plane, with Chef smacking his hand away.

Awwwwww, Drumheller

 * Ezekiel's cameo: When it is revealed that Sierra uses sparkling candles on the cake she made, Ezekiel and several animals quickly ran out of the plane before it explodes.

Hawaiian Style

 * Bruno attacking Geoff every time he tries to get close to Bridgette.
 * Courtney's hatred song getting cut off.
 * Blaineley getting hurt.

Hawaiian Punch

 * Sierra fighting a shark before it eats Cody.

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

 * Brick getting hurt.
 * Dakota's paparazzi appearing and then shooed by Chris.
 * Staci's constant lies.
 * Dawn reading other people's auras.
 * Scott getting hurt in the confessionals.
 * Scott having bad interactions with Fang.
 * Lightning thinking Jo is a male.
 * Lightning starting a word with "Sha."
 * Sam's gaming.
 * Chris hurling people away before they can finish what they wanted to say.
 * Cameron pulling on heavy items.
 * Cameron being excited that it is his first time doing something.
 * Mike's multiple personalities appearing.

Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!

 * When Dawn is introduced, she reads B's aura saying that it was purplish-green.
 * Chris getting rid of Dakota's paparazzi.
 * When Sam is introduced, he kept playing his video game.
 * At the camp, Dawn read Zoey's aura saying that she was an only child.
 * When Lightning and Jo arrive first at the finish line, Jo sarcastically says that she is sorry that he had to lose to a girl and Lightning says "What girl?" annoying Jo.
 * Staci constantly bringing up one of her family members or ancestors, claiming that they invented a certain object or action, such as:
 * Her great-aunt Millie invented suntans.
 * Her unnamed third uncle twice removed invented life preservers.
 * Her great-great-great uncle Boris invented swimming.
 * Her uncle Bill won the New York marathon four times.
 * Her great-great-great aunt Dora taught native Canadians how to carve totems.
 * Her great-great-great uncle James invented log cabins.
 * Her great-great-great-great-great aunt Phillis invented roofs.
 * Before she took the Hurl of Shame, she is about to mention another family member, but was flung away before she can finish her sentence.
 * Chris laughed evilly when he said that the mutant animals would make sense eventually.
 * Chester, one of Mike's alternate personalities, appears for the first time during the challenge.
 * Cameron got excited by falling off the waterfall for the first time.

Truth or Laser Shark

 * Dawn reads Dakota's aura saying that her need of fame is really a depressed cry for love.
 * Brick and Jo competing against each other in the beginning.
 * Mike turns into Chester in his sleep.
 * Mike becomes Svetlana for the first time during the obstacle course challenge.
 * Chris takes Sam's video game console and Dakota's cell phone.

Ice Ice Baby

 * Brick and Jo competing to see who can eat faster.
 * Mike becomes Chester when he is hit by a spoon.
 * During the snow fort challenge, Mike also turns into Svetlana in order to break in to the Toxic Rats' fort.
 * Vito also appears for the first time almost immediately after Svetlana broke into the fort.