Chris

Chris MaClean is a famous celebrity that everyone on the show (except for Lindsay) knows well. His activities include an incident where he once participated in a figure skating TV show (stated by Trent in the first episode). He's known to be somewhat sarcastic, egotistical, and a self-admitted sadist). Aside of being the show's host, Chris is also the show's writer, background designer, director, executive producer, and assassin. In episode 13, it is also revealed (by himself) that he is training to get his pilots' license, while he is flying a rickety death plane held together by duct tape. He along with his "sidekick" Chef Hatchet and the camera crew, is not a contestant of the show. He makes it clear that he really enjoys torturing the campers, taking delight in pointing out how life-threatening the current challenge is and matching them up depending on their hatred for each other. Chris really does not care what the campers do or what happens on the show as long as it's legal... and gets paid.

He has ego-maniacal tendencies, which are shown in Paintball Deer Hunter, when he is introducing the show and says, "And could my teeth possibly get any whiter?" He also pauses the tape in X-Treme Torture in parody of The Emperor's New Groove and is embarrassed about how he looks (even though he looks the same as always). He also seems to be irresponsible and careless, as he mentioned to Trent once that when he thinks he's forgetting something he usually ignores the thought until it goes away. Throughout the series he mentions of all the interns dying or being in the hospital. He loves to torture the campers, but hates being forced to take the hits himself, and example of this is shown in Hide and Be Sneaky when he is hit by Chef's Water Gun and is blasted back a long distance, and clearly not happy about it.

He has many catchphrases, but his most common one is "AWWWWESOME DUDE!", especially when a challenge is particularly life-threatening. Despite the fact that he loves torturing the campers, he has shown that he isn't completely happy with certain results. When Heather managed to avoid being eliminated and Justin was kicked off instead, Chris stated that he felt the result was completely unfair, whereas he usually makes some snotty remarks at the campers when they leave. Also, in Paintball Deer Hunter, He pitied Cody, after Heather manages to get him voted off because he was severely mauled by a Bear, to the point where he was unable to move on his own. In Who Can You Trust?, he allowed Katie to board the Boat of Losers to be reunited with her best friend Sadie. He also has shown that despite his harsh challenges, he does care for the camper's lives (as he rushed to save Gwen from the psycho killer because he was worried about lawsuits, though tried to see a positive in it in regard to his show's ratings). He also seemed concerned that Owen kept doing so many dares (that may have eventually killed him) and in Brunch of Disgustingness, he also allowed the campers to do an alternate eating round when they all refused to eat dolphin hot dogs (though the alternative challenge turned out to be much grosser than dolphin hot dogs).

At the end of the season, Chris is subdued by Owen, Duncan and Geoff and tossed off the Dock of Shame (ruining his hair). Chris reveals at the end of the season that the campers can win one million dollars and so can Owen (if he gives up the money he has now). However Chris's plan winds up causing a fourteen way tie, so he is forced to perform the tie breaker known as season two (Total Drama Action). He will appear in TDA with updated facial expressions.

Trivia

 * He is considered to be one of the major antagonists by the characters, the others being Heather and possibly Justin.
 * Chris actually bears a great resemblance to Michael Bay, as they both have a 5 o'clock shadow and similar hairstyle. This is also backed up by the fact that Chris uses over the top special effects (such as explosions) and violence in a number of challenges (something Michael Bay is often criticized for).  The whole concept of Total Drama Action may also be a joke to this resemblance (since Michael Bay does a lot of action movies).
 * He is voiced in 6teen Jude Lizowski, made obvious by the two sounding alike.
 * Chris (might) be the only person to have their last name mentioned, other than Chef Hatchet. It is shown that in Camp T.V, Trent's last name could be Smith.
 * Chris also might be a model for hair-gel, as seen in the episode, Hook, Line, and Screamer
 * Of all the characters Chris changes his appearance the most. In X-Treme Torture he wears a Star Wars rebel pilot uniform while flying a plane, while in Search And Do Not Destroy he wears a pirate outfit for the treasure hunt contest.  He also changes into shorts at various times during the show. In the Total Drama Action trailer, he is seen wearing a blue tuxedo with a red bow tie while handing out Gilded Chris Awards that resemble him.  He is also seen in some other scenes wearing a large variety of outfits.
 * Chris is the only male on the island who never takes his shirt off.
 * He is the only one of the show's three producers to be shown. He mentions that the other two are members of a "board of shadowy figures composed of producers, directors and Harold-haters".
 * He was intended to be an unseen character in the promo.
 * Fans often debate about the spelling of Chris' last name.
 * He has been through a near death experience: choking on a burned cake.
 * He is one of the only people to say his own name along with Beth, Geoff, Heather, Izzy, and Courtney.
 * Even though he is the host, he does not appear in every episode (he is completely absent in Are We There Yeti?).
 * In Phobia Factor, when the mime passes Chris, Chris makes a freaked out face.