Chicken hat

The Chicken Hat is a hat made to look like a chicken, meant to signify that the person wearing it is a chicken and cowardly. In Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, the campers had to wear a Chicken Hat if they were too chicken to jump off the cliff during the first challenge.

The Chicken Hats were first used in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2 when some of the campers refused to jump off the cliff into the shark-infested waters below. Of the twenty-two campers, only three had to wear it: DJ, Beth and Courtney. DJ and Beth were simply afraid of heights, while Courtney refused to jump, underestimating the other team's collective courage. The three were forced to wear these hats for the rest of the day. Notably, Beth was seen not wearing it later in the episode.

A Chicken Hat was also used in I Triple Dog Dare You!. This time Heather had to wear it when she was dared to act like a chicken. The final time a Chicken Hat was used was in The Very Last Episode, Really!. Chris had Gwen wear a chicken hat in the Rejected Olympics, but it was only used for that part of the challenge, and did not mean that Gwen was a chicken. The chicken hat did not appear in Total Drama Action.

Trivia

 * Gwen, Beth, Courtney, DJ, and Heather are the only contestants to wear the Chicken Hat.
 * Heather wore it in I Triple Dog Dare You!, Gwen wore it in The Very Last Episode, Really! and DJ, Beth, and Courtney wore it in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2.
 * Season 1 was the only season so far where any camper wore a Chicken Hat.
 * The Chicken Hats do not resemble the chickens seen in Phobia Factor.
 * DJ was the first camper to wear the Chicken Hat. He is the first person overall.