Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (originally known as Total Drama Reloaded) is season four of the Total Drama series. The existence of a fourth season is confirmed on the Total Drama Production Blog on January 18, 2010. The title was left unknown until it was confirmed by Christian Potenza in a YouTube video. It has also been confirmed that Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks will be directing this season, much like the third season, Total Drama World Tour. It will be taking place in Camp Wawanakwa, as the first season did, but now the site is radioactive. The season premiered on January 5, 2012 on Teletoon.

Characters
Twelve new character designs were posted by former director Todd Kauffman on his blog.

It was confirmed through cleverly hidden hints that these characters are, in fact, part of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, because of a crossword puzzle posted on Thornton's blog that included the season name, Chris's name, Chef's name, and all twelve of the new contestants' names:


 * Top: Cameron
 * Standing (Left to right): Anne Maria, Mike, Zoey, Lightning, Dawn, B, Sam, Brick, Scott, Jo
 * Sitting (Left to right): Dakota, Staci

These characters' participation was finally confirmed in Potenza's video, when at the very first recording session for season four, a new voice actor showed the camera a long, black and white sheet with all twelve of these characters on it. The black bars over their eyes are gone, but it was still hard to see them. In addition, a previously-unknown thirteenth character was also seen alongside them. This character, from a first hand glance, resembles the intern from Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action, who is DJ's original design, and his named is confirmed to be "B". Also, Molly's character was scrapped for the character Dawn.

As revealed in an interview with Chad Hicks and Keith Oliver, some of the original twenty-two campers will be making brief guest appearances throughout the season.

Airdate Delays
As confirmed by Christian Potenza on the Total Drama panel at Canada's 2011 Fan Expo, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island was originally supposed to air in July. However, many staff members found some of the scenes of radioactive material and creatures to be insensitive after the results of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, causing several citizens to receive radiation poisoning, so many scenes had to be edited out. It was then going to be scheduled to air in September, but there were still many scenes that had to be changed. The final rescheduled air date was January 5, 2012, which was when Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er! aired in Canada.

Contestants

 * See also: Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Elimination Table

Elimination

 * See: Elimination

The process of elimination in this season is somewhat similar to the one in Total Drama Island. However, while the elimination is still around the Campfire and the symbols of safety are still marshmallows, there is a twist: When the bottom two is reached, the person whose name is called next is the one who is ‘’eliminated’’, not safe. Subsequently, that person must catch the final marshmallow; the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom, which is radioactive and damages them in some way. Afterwards, they are seated in a massive catapult on the Dock called the Hurl of Shame and are launched out of the competition.

Episodes
Christian Potenza was able to confirm in his video that the first episode of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island is called "Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!" and a script for one episode was seen and the title is "The Enchanted Franken-Forest." Other than that, no other episodes are currently known. Todd Kauffman, along with Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks, confirmed that there will be thirteen episodes in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the smallest episode count in Total Drama (only half of the previous three seasons).

Cameos
Although this is the first season of the series to not feature a single one of the original 22 contestants competing, all of them (plus Alejandro and Sierra) appeared in the very beginning of Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er! before Chris introduced the new cast. After this moment, a handful of the original characters were seen once more throughout the season in cameo appearances. Some are brief appearances with little to no impact on the show, while others are much more significant and often have the challenge revolve around them (usually out of an impromptu decision by Chris). Below is a list of all the characters who cameoed and which episodes they appeared in.


 * Owen: Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!

Trivia

 * This is the first season of Total Drama to not feature a single one of the original 22 contestants competing.
 * This season features the smallest cast of any season to date, with 13.
 * Additionally, this is the only season to start and end with an odd amount of contestants.
 * This season features the smallest episode count of any season to date, with 13.
 * This is the first season where the amount of episodes matches the amount of contestants.
 * This season shares many notable, obvious similarities with Total Drama Island:
 * Both take place entirely in Camp Wawanakwa, and are the only two seasons so far to do so.
 * Both feature the elimination area happening at the Bonfire pit, with Marshmallows being the symbols of safety.
 * Both feature very similar opening sequences.
 * Both feature two teams that are named after animals.