Total Drama Island

Total Drama Island is an animated series which premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon July 8, 2007. The show was created by the creators of 6teen, also a show airing on Teletoon. It was the first Cartoon Network show outside of Adult Swim to have the U.S. rating of TV-PG and a viewer-discretion warning after every commercial break and at the beginning of the show. Total Drama Island is a show that is similar to Survivor taking place at Camp Wawanak which takes place in Muskoka, Ontario.

= Season 1 = The series was about 22 contestants on a reality show (the twist is that it is all in cartoon). the teens are divided into two separate teams, the Screaming Gophers and the Killer Bass. The two teams were given challenges and every three days, the losing team voted a contestant off. The losing contestant must walk the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers which will take the loser away. This process continues on until one person remains on the island. The last contestant will win a $100,000 prize which the host, Chris Mclean, is certain the contestant will "blow in a week".

= Season 2 = 15 campers will return Total Drama Action.

Elimination
the teams have to face off with challenges and the losing team must send someone "home". Campers will get marshmallows in "campfire cerimonies" but one person that does not must walk the dock of shame then ride the boat of losers and "never return".



Originally
In the Original plot of the show their were suppose to be only 14 campers split into teams of seven. While they were in the show, the people thought it would be better to add some more. They also changed some plot views of the characters. Gwen was suppose to be a simple loner not Goth, she was also originally suppose to dislike Trent and have a thing for Geoff.

Censorship in America
Cartoon Network heavily censors words and seconds-long footage of the show. Words that aren't necessarily considered curses, such as 'freak', 'breasts', 'screw', and 'boobies' are replaced.

The episode 'Not-So-Happy Campers, Part 1' DJ said 'It's our first challenge, how hard can it be?' but after, he says 'Oh s***'. In the American version they cut out his line entirely.

In 'X-treme Torture', after Harold saw Heather's breasts (censored in both American and Canada) he says "boobies" and also said that in confession. In America in both scenes, he says booyah! Also in America, in the scene when Harold is voted off, Geoff and Leshawna's saying of "boobies" are replaced with "chest."

'Brunch of Disgustiness' is slightly censored due to the scene when the campers are eating "beef testicles." In America, Chef and Owen say "beef meatballs," and the male campers react the same way they did in Canada.

In 'Who Can You Trust?', when Heather rips off Gwen's skirt, Gwen says "Screw it" which was replaced with "Skip it" in the American version. Then later, she shouts "Crap!" which was replaced with "Man."

Owen's running joke using the words 'oh crap' is replaced with 'oh no' in the episode.

Probably the most noticable censor takes place at the end of 'That's Off the Chain'. Lindsey's climactic, euphoric moment of triumph is censored during her seconds-long curse on Heather. The original version has her curse entirely beeped out, cutting to the reactions of various characters. In the United States, it is replaced by actual, kid-friendly insults. In both versions, Lindsey's middle finger is faded.