List of vehicles

There are many vehicles featured over the course of the Total Drama series, in addition to the two main vehicles: The Boat of Losers and the Lame-o-Sine. Some serve significant roles in the episodes they appear in, while others are simply one-time vehicles. Most of them are driven/piloted by either Chris McLean or Chef Hatchet. As a running joke in the series, most of the vehicles are often low-budget, poorly-built, and not well-maintainted.

The Boat of Losers
See main article: Boat of Losers

The Plane


The plane was the first recurring vehicle to appear in the series. It is a yellow, single-propeller plane, with red stripes on the side. It is clearly poorly-maintained, as it was covered in grease stains, had one wheel crudely replaced with a ski, and had tape covering up the holes and cracks in the plane's hull, as well as the tip of the left wing. Nonetheless, it flew normally. It was seen to be piloted by Chris, Chef, and Justin.

Its first appearance was in Phobia Factor, in which Owen and Izzy had to ride in the plane, piloted by Chef (wearing a female flight attendant outfit), to conquer their fear of flying. The plane was flown around in circles and loops, barely able to stay airborne at some points. But both Gophers conquered their fears and earned two points for their team.

It was seen again in X-Treme Torture, and had two appearances. In the beginning of the episode, Chris flew the plane extremely low over the campgrounds, using the roar of its engine to rudely wake up the campers. Later in the episode, it was used in the second challenge, in which Trent and DJ had to jump out of it and skydive straight down to their targets on the beach.



Its third appearance, which was also its briefest and least significant, was in Wawanakwa Gone Wild!. Over the course of the episode, Izzy is seen blindly shooting her tranquilizer gun at the first thing she sees in an attempt to catch her animal, a deer. One of her unfortunate victims is the plane, which is flying overhead. She fires up at it and hits it in the left wing, which causes it to choke and sputter, a thin plume of smoke to stream from it, then to fall off-screen and crash, to which Izzy simply responds, "Oops." However, it is technically impossible for a tranquilizer dart to do this, as the plane is not a living creature. Also, this episode depicts the plane as an innocent passerby plane, rather than the show's plane. It is unknown who was piloting it, but it was obviously not Chris or Chef, as the former was back at the campgrounds, waiting for the contestants to arrive with their animals, and the latter having also been taken out by Izzy's darts before this incident occurred.

Although it was supposedly destroyed in the previous episode, it appeared one last time in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island. Justin was seen to use an autographed picture of himself to get the keys to the plane from Chef. He then used the plane to soar over the campgrounds, then jump out and parachute down to the team of Lindsay, Beth, and Ezekiel, who had the million dollar case at the time. After he jumped out, the pilot-less plane spiraled out of control and crashed right through the support beams of the high diving board platform over the pool of green jell-o (which had been set up for Courtney in Phobia Factor). At that time, Geoff, Bridgette, Katie, Sadie, LeShawna, Courtney, Owen, Cody, DJ, and Tyler were all on the diving board. This crash caused the diving board to fall off, and subsequently started a chain of events that ended with five of these campers qualifying for Total Drama Action, and the other five not. After it smashed through the support beams, it continued on and, once again, crashed off-screen. It is presumed that the plane was finally destroyed in this episode.

The Canoe(s)
The canoes, arguably the most significant and most commonly-seen vehicles in the first season, are simple canoes that are usually either red or green (obviously representing the colors of the respective teams). It is worth noting that many important character development scenes take place in a canoe.

The canoe's first appearance was also its briefest, in The Big Sleep. When Eva unleashes her fury on her teammates after her MP3 player is stolen, she starts throwing random objects out the window searching for it. One of the objects she throws out is a canoe.

Their largest, and probably most significant, appearance was in Up the Creek. In the challenge, the campers had to canoe over to Boney Island in small groups, then carry their canoes all the way across the island to the opposite end. There were seven canoes in this episode: four for the Screaming Gophers (which were appropriately green) and three for the Killer Bass (which were red). The two teams had to split into smaller groups of two and three and all ride over to the island. Several significant character development scenes took place in the canoes in this episode. An example is a scene between Gwen and Cody, in which the latter tried to flirt with the former. In the end, he realized that Gwen liked Trent, not him, and he offered to hook them up by the end of the episode. In return, he asked Gwen for her bra, since he made a bet with Owen that if he did so, Owen would do his dishes for the rest of the competition, to which Gwen hit him in the groin with her paddle. Cody eventually lived up to his promise, and managed to get Gwen and Trent alone in the same canoe on the trip back. Another example of a development scene was when Geoff and Bridgette, in seperate canoes, discussed their relationship at the time with their canoe partners, Courtney and DJ, respectively.



The next appearance of canoes was in Basic Straining. For the second task, the two teams had to hold a canoe above their heads (reminiscent of Up the Creek), but with Chris and Chef sitting on top of them.



In Hook, Line, and Screamer, one of the things that Duncan threw at the psycho killer (Chef in disguise) to fend him off was an entire canoe, which "the killer" easily destroyed with his chainsaw.

In Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon, the six remaining contestants had to group up in three teams of two, and return to Boney Island for the second challenge of the episode. Once again, a scene was featured during the trip there between Duncan and LeShawna, in which LeShawna confronted Duncan about having a soft side, since he got DJ a new pet bunny after his first one died in Who Can You Trust?

One canoe was featured for a brief moment in I Triple Dog Dare You. In the final scene, where Heather is faced with Lindsay's dare of having her head shaved by Chef, Chris reminds Heather that if she refuses the dare, she will miss out on the $100,000 grand prize. To further prove his point, and to probably put more pressure on Heather, a canoe suspended by wires drops onto the stage that they are on, with all of the money piled up inside. Despite being face-to-face with what she could have won, Heather still ended up being eliminated.

The last appearance of a canoe in the series was in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island, in which Heather, having finally escaped a group of angry beavers that repeatedly beat and paddled her while her head was stuck in their dam, is walking along a river. Harold, whom she earlier betrayed just to take the money all for herself, rides up alongside her in a canoe, and offers to let her join their team once again. Despite her fierce refusal, Harold is persistent, and has a deep and emotional conversation with her, in which she reveals that her being mean is just "like a habit." Harold understands, and once again offers to let her rejoin, for a 60-40 split. She agrees, and joins him in the canoe. Later on, they arrive at the campgrounds in the canoe, and see the hot-air balloon passing by overhead. Inside are Courtney, Owen, Cody, DJ, and Tyler. After seeing that these five have the case, Heather and Harold abandon the canoe and race into the campgrounds.

The ATV
The ATV is a red, four-wheeled vehicle with yellow stripes running across the side. It, like the plane, is mainly driven by either Chris or Chef.

It first appeared near the end of X-Treme Torture, in which Chris was seen casually riding on it as he announced that Harold had lost the final challenge, and the game overall, for the Killer Bass.

In That's Off the Chain!, Chris rode up to the Arts 'N Crafts Center on it to explain the day's challenge to the remaining campers. Later in the episode, he was riding it alongside the starting/finish line of the race track that the campers would have to race their bikes on as he explained the second half of the task.

Its last appearance was in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island. When Chris and Chef see that Courtney has found a wall with a fake forest backdrop on it, and is starting to scale the wall, Chris tells Chef to stop her. He immediately jumps onto the ATV and speeds off into the woods. However, he does not reach her in time. Instead, he is seen much later into the special, riding up to Gwen, Trent, and LeShawna, and asking if they've seen Courtney go by in the hot-air balloon. As he explains the situation, LeShawna knocks him out with a log and hijacks the ATV, allowing Gwen and Trent to join her, and uses it as a faster way of getting around. Towards the climax, the three ride into the campgrounds on the ATV, but LeShawna notices Heather and Harold also running into the campgrounds. She decides to get back at Heather for insulting her earlier that day, and revs up the ATV. At the last second, Gwen and Trent jump off just before she speeds straight towards the duo. She chases them onto the Dock of Shame, and they jump right into the lake. Despite this, she continues riding at full speed, crashing the entire ATV into the lake as well, which presumably destroys it.

The Lame-o-sine
See main article: Lame-o-sine

The Bus
The bus is one of the main vehicles for the second season. It is seen to transport the castmates to certain locations. It is blue and white, has several grease and rust stains, and a large crack in one of the windows.

In Monster Cash, it dropped off the original fourteen contestants at the Film Lot. It is apparently depicted as a regular city bus, and the driver is not seen to be Chris or Chef.

Its next appearance was almost at the opposite end of the season, in Top Dog. The bus was seen to drop off three of the final four contestants, Duncan, Beth, and Owen, along with their animal partners, in the middle of the woods, so that they would have to make their way back to the Film Lot to win the challenge. After these three disembarked, Chris also emerged from the bus, and is thus believed to be the driver of the bus for this episode.

The Golf Cart and Trailer
This double vehicle also had its first appearance in Monster Cash. Shortly after the castmates were first dropped off at the Film Lot, Chris arrived in a golf cart, pulling a long trailer attached behind it, with enough seats for the fourteen castmates to sit in. Chris then slowly pulls the trailer through the Film Lot, giving the cast a basic tour of the Film Lot, as well as an explanation of the season and how it will go. He then takes them right into the middle of the Monster Movie set, and unceremoniously dumps them off there to start the challenge.

In Masters of Disasters, the golf cart and trailer were featured in the first half of the challenge, when the roof of the trailer was removed so that Chris could attach a massive machine gun onto it that could fired golf balls at the contestants (to simulate hail). Chef was seen to be sitting in the golf cart that was attached to the trailer at the time. This is the last appearance of the trailer, but the golf cart is seen later.

The golf cart is seen by itself for the first and last time in One Million Bucks, B.C.. At the end of the challenge, when the Killer Grips emerged victorious, Chef drove up in the golf cart with their reward, a "mammoth-sized" slab of ribs, tied to the roof. However, he left the cart running, so the moment he got out, it instantly moved backwards and fell right into the nearby tar pit, with both the cart and the ribs sinking into the tar to be buried forever.

Despite the golf cart being destroyed at this point in time, it was featured one last time in The Aftermath: III in the "That's Gonna Leave a Mark!" segment. The clip showed Chef driving the golf cart in the previous episode, on the way to deliver the doomed ribs to the victorious Grips. However, he accidentally rear-ended a similar golf cart, which was driven by the Sasquatchinakwa. The angry yeti retaliated by pulling a golf club out of a bag in the back of his cart and repeatedly wacking the front-right tire of Hatchet's golf cart, then flipped him off. This is the last appearance of any golf cart in the season.

One-Time Vehicles
These are all the vehicles that have appeared only once in the series.

LeShawna's Trailer
The prize for winning the challenge in the episode No Pain, No Game, a luxurious trailer, was won by LeShawna, who managed to brave through all of the torturous challenge to do so. It was intended to be hers for the rest of the season, but it was destroyed in the following episode, Search and Do Not Destroy, when Chris fired a cannonball at it.

The Jet-Ski
The Jet-Ski appeared in Haut Camp-ture when Chris used it to get from Camp Wawanakwa to Playa Des Losers.

The Hot-Air Balloon
The hot-air balloon was probably the most significant of the vehicles featured in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island, despite it being the only one to not be a recurring vehicle. In the scene where Courtney climbs over the wall and discovers that civilization was nearby all along, a cameraman in the balloon above her attempted to stop her by dropping a boom onto her head. However, she managed to pull the balloon down to her using the wire, and eventually chased out the cameraman and hijacked the balloon for herself. Through a series of events, Owen, Cody, DJ, and Tyler (who had the million dollar case at the time) ended up in her grasp when Owen's ankle was caught in the dangling boom wire, after the four of them fell off the 1,000-foot cliff. They eventually ended up in the basket with Courtney, and the bear got its ankle caught in the same boom wire as Owen had been. The five of them ended up getting in a long argument over the case, and during the quarrel, Courtney forgot to watch where the balloon was going. When it floated into the campgrounds, it ended up heading straight for the massive diving board platform, where Geoff, Bridgette, Katie, and Sadie were at the time. The four boys decided to jump for it, but Courtney snatched the case from them just before they fell, landing on the diving board. However, the bear then appeared in the basket behind her, and she also jumped and landed on the diving board. Neither the hot-air balloon nor the bear is seen again for the rest of the special. It is unknown exactly what happened after Courtney abandoned ship, but it is presumed that the outcome of the situation basically resulted in the destruction of the balloon, and the bear survived, as he appeared later in the series.

The Yellow Bus
The yellow bus, which bears a resemblence to a regular school bus, appeared in Beach Blanket Bogus when it was used to take the cast from the Film Lot back to Camp Wawanakwa for the second and third parts of the challenge. A fairly significant character development scene in the episode centered around the bus, in which Gwen and Duncan sneak off to disable the bus so that they will have to stay at Camp Wawanakwa for the night, since they both apparently missed the cabins. They exchange some playful banter as Duncan works to dismantle the engine, and just as Gwen starts to playfully insult his dismantling abilities, Duncan intentionally cuts the line to the horn, which causes it to honk loudly and repeatedly. Gwen, fearing that they will be caught, quickly apologizes, and Duncan fixes the cut line. Their plan ultimately works, and Chris lets them stay at the island for the night until they can find another ride. Because of this, it is presumed that their mischief may have pemanently disabled the bus. It is also believed that this bus, being in better condition than the other one, would have been used as the main means of transportation over the course of the season had it not been for Gwen and Duncan tampering with it.



The Go-Karts
The go-karts were featured in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, as they were part of the third and final part of the episode's challenge. The two teams had to build their own go-karts out of scratch, and then race them down the replica of the 1,000-foot cliff and cross the finish line first. While the Gaffers were able to build a successful go-kart and get a strong head-start, the Grips had a much harder time, and basically had to hold their pieces together and run them down the mountain. At one point, the Gaffers' engine stalled, and the Grips passed them. Just when it seemed that the Grips were about to win, their go-kart suddenly fell apart, and the Gaffers were able to push their disabled go-kart over the finish line and win the challenge.





The Sports Car
The sports car is featured twice in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine. The first time is when Chris is doing the recap, and he is seen sitting in the sleek car, playfully revving the engine. As he finishes the ending line, "...on Total...Drama...Action!", he ends up carelssly driving off and smashing into a fake tree, which smashes the front half of the car. He then yells, "Aw, crap!" The second appearance of the car is very much like the first, in which Chris drives up to the castmates on the summit of the replica of the 1,000-foot cliff, and explains the final part of the challenge to them. After he finishes his explanation, he attempts to leave the scene in style, but once again carelessly speeds off, this time crashing off-screen, and yet again yells, "Aw, crap!" Seeing the damage the car took from the first hit, it can be assumed that it was thoroughly totalled by the second crash.