Total Drama Action

Total Drama Action is the second season of the Total Drama series.

About
This season's challenges are based off movie genres, and the site where it is filmed is an Abandoned Film Lot. This season, the grand prize is one million dollars. Forty-two days, with fifteen castmates, for one grand prize. When eliminated, the loser must walk across the Walk of Shame into the Lame-o-sine.

Summary
After the events of Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, where all of Season One's contestants attempt (and fail) to win one million dollars in a final challenge at Camp Wawanakwa, Chris McLean recruits a lucky fourteen who came closest to continue on to the second season that takes place on an abandoned film lot in Toronto. For forty-two days, the cast is forced to compete in movie genre themed challenges for the one million dollar grand prize, faced with new challenges, surprises, and drama. Split into two new teams, the Killer Grips and the Screaming Gaffers, they took part in various movie-genre-based challenges, where the winning teams gained immunity or rewards for success. The losing team is now forced to attend an award ceremony, where they voted on who would receive the Gilded Chris Award of immunity and who would be forced to take the Walk of Shame to the Lame-o-sine out of the competition. The lucky camper who outlasts the other castmates wins the highly anticipated $1,000,000.



Characters

 * see: Total Drama Action Characters

Fifteen of the past season's contestants compete in this season, and Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet remain the host and co-host/chef.

Episodes

 * See: List of Total Drama Action Episodes

There is a total of twenty-six episodes of Total Drama Action, and a special.

Movies Genres

 * 1) Monster in episode one: Monster Cash.
 * 2) Alien in episode two: Alien Resurr-eggtion.
 * 3) Drama in episode three: Riot On Set.
 * 4) Beach in episode four: Beach Blanket Bogus.
 * 5) Western in episode five: 3:10 to Crazytown.
 * 6) Prison in episode seven: The Chefshank Redemption.
 * 7) Hospital Drama in episode eight: One Flu Over the Cuckoos.
 * 8) Horror in episode nine: The Sand Witch Project.
 * 9) Disaster in episode ten: Masters of Disasters.
 * 10) War in episode eleven: Full Metal Drama.
 * 11) Bank Heist in episode thriteen: Ocean's Eight - Or Nine.
 * 12) Prehistoric in episode fourteen: One Million Bucks, B.C..
 * 13) Sports in episode fifteen: Million Dollar Babies.
 * 14) Spy in episode sixteen: Dial M for Merger.
 * 15) Superhero in episode seventeen: Super Hero-ld.
 * 16) Fairy Tale in episode nineteen: The Princess Pride.
 * 17) Mystery in episode twenty: Get a Clue.
 * 18) Rock n Roll in episode twenty-one: Rock n' Rule.
 * 19) Kung-Fu in episode twenty-two: Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen.
 * 20) Sci-Fi in episode twenty-three: 2008: A Space Owen.
 * 21) Animal Buddy in episode twenty-four: Top Dog.
 * 22) Pirate and Miscellaneous (a combination of almost all of the past movie genres) in episode twenty-five: Mutiny on the Soundstage.

Elimination

 * see: Elimination

A common process on the whole Total Drama series. In Total Drama Action, the elimination happens after every challenge. The team or players that haven't got immunity receive votes from other contestants via electronic devices and the most voted participant leaves the competition.



Best. Game. Ever.

 * see: Best. Game. Ever.

A online game seen on Cartoon Network's official Total Drama Action site. It consists RPG gameplay, where the player creates their own avatar and receives missions from Chris, which will change weekly, so it will relate to the last challenge done on the show. The player will be forming alliances, fighting beasts and obtaining money to buy more accessories for their avatar throughout the game.

The Big Picture

 * see: The Big Picture

Another Cartoon Network game made on Total Drama Action. The main goal is to take pictures of the contestants while they run across film studios, trying to take high-quality pictures with as much castmates in them as possible.

Official Website

 * see: Total Drama Action EXTRA

The official Cartoon Network Total Drama Action site. It features videos, info about the contestants, games (see above), headlines and exclusives, all on Total Drama Action recent stuff. Also, the Best. Game. Ever. challenge announcement changes weekly according to the previous episode of the season.

Censorship in United States

 * see: Edits for full list of censors

Like the first season, Total Drama Action is rated TV-PG or TV-PG D in the United States for mild, flirtatious dialogue.

Prizes

 * see: Episode Prizes

There are much more challenge prizes in Total Drama Action than in the previous season. Since this season has less contestants and the same number of episodes, a large number of challenges are reward and non-elimination ones, which makes the list of prizes bigger.

Trivia

 * Beth, Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Justin, LeShawna, Lindsay, Owen, and Trent are the fifteen castmates who compete.
 * All of the characters have new and upgraded facial expressions this season.
 * This season is the first, and currently only, one where team captains were chosen, by a challenge, to choose the teams rather than the producers making the decisions or by rankings in a challenge.
 * Beth, Duncan, Harold, Courtney, Lindsay, and Justin all made it farther than they did in Total Drama Island.
 * However, Owen, LeShawna, Heather, Izzy, DJ, Gwen, Trent, Geoff, and Bridgette did not.
 * However, in Owen's case, since Owen won in the previous season, it was impossible for him to do better.
 * Coincidentally, all of the contestants who were eliminated before the merge in Total Drama Island (Justin, Beth, Harold, and Courtney), all made it past the merge in Total Drama Action. This is likely to give them more character development that they did not get last season.
 * Currently, this season features the least amount of competing contestants of any season of the Total Drama series yet, with only fifteen contestants.
 * Every contestant (with the exception of Eva) who was eliminated after the merge in Total Drama Island made it to this season.
 * Unlike last season, the show had Total Drama Action Aftermath episodes where the eliminated contestants talk about their time on the show, and what they have been up to since.
 * This season, the competitors are now considered castmates rather than campers.
 * While a major part of the previous season was getting a romantic relationship started for most campers, this season focuses on keeping a relationship going, and surviving hardships.
 * The Screaming Gaffers and the Killer Grips teams are the Total Drama Action equivalent to the Screaming Gophers and Killer Bass from the previous season.
 * Notably when a person in a couple is eliminated, the other person in the couple is eliminated next. Example: Geoff and Bridgette (eliminated together), Trent and then Gwen, Izzy and then Owen.
 * The only exception is Izzy's first elimination (though she and Owen weren't a couple at the time).
 * This pattern ended in The Princess Pride when Justin was eliminated as opposed to Harold (LeShawna was eliminated previously in Super Hero-ld.)
 * Instead of venting their feelings in a bathroom stall, the Confessional was a makeup room instead.
 * Instead of marshmallows, the campers are given a golden statue of Chris, known as the Gilded Chris Award. This is a spoof of many awards given out at ceremonies, like the Oscars, Gemini, or Grammys.
 * Some characters talk more than the previous season, like Justin (who talked only in the first and last episode of Total Drama Island), Harold and Beth.
 * Though it has been mentioned several times on Total Drama Island that the show takes place in the summer, summer itself cannot last for fourteen weeks (eight from Total Drama Island, six from Total Drama Action). It is mentioned that there is a two-day gap between the special and Monster Cash; by this logic, even if the show's beginning took place in early May, it would be September by the time Total Drama Action would end. However, in Alien Resurr-eggtion, Duncan and Gwen said it was a year ago, but this is clearly wrong since Chris said in the special that the castmates would report to an old film lot in two days. However, by year he could be referring to season.
 * Although extremely unlikely, all the contestants may have remained sixteen if their birthdays were all right before Total Drama Island started. It's also possible that their birthdays are after Total Drama Action (possibly in the fall and/or winter).
 * Courtney's return in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine is one of the major turning points in the story. However, there is actually some speculation as to the truth behind Courtney's return. Obviously, the story that is most commonly used and referred to is that Courtney sued the show because she was mad about not qualifying for Total Drama Action. This, along with another lawsuit for her unfair Total Drama Island elimination at the hands of Harold, cost the show too much money, and Chris decided to let her have her way. However, there have been several hints over the course of the show that directly contradict this:
 * In Dial M for Merger, when Courtney forces everyone to agree to giving her half of the million should any of them win, Chris pauses the episode and says "There was a reason we chose Courtney; she's devious!" The word "chose," obviously, implies that they had already planned to bring back one of the eight non-contestants, and that one happened to be Courtney.
 * When Owen returned in Rock n' Rule, Chris said that he also sued the show (for breaking his jaw). However, in a Confessional shortly after this, Owen admitted that he didn't really sue the show, and that Chris actually paid him to return. This could be the situation with Courtney, as well.
 * While Heather was the antagonist last season, this season's antagonist is Justin. Although by Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, Courtney has completely taken on the role as main antagonist, especially after Justin's elimination in The Princess Pride.
 * So far two couples have been forced to compete against each other, one from the Screaming Gophers (Gwen and Trent) and one from the Killer Bass (Courtney and Duncan). These couples were also the most focused-on couples in Total Drama Island. Coincidentally, the both relationships were ended in the same episode that the one on the Killer Grips was eliminated.
 * Strangely, the first five contestants shown in the opening are the final five of Total Drama Action; Duncan, Harold, Courtney, Owen, and Beth.
 * Again, in the final two is a boy and a girl. Also, one character is tough and one character is goofy, just like last season's finalists.
 * This is the first time the finale has had competitors from different teams (Grips and Gaffers).
 * Once again, a male from the Screaming team wins.
 * This season has the first episode that is To be continued....
 * It is also the only episode in the series have to be continued at the end.
 * This is currently the only season not to have Izzy switch teams. It is also the only season to not have anyone switch teams.
 * This is the only season where Lindsay didn't get an automatic elimination.
 * This season is the only season to not have a challenge that remembers eliminated contestants.
 * Currently, this is the only season where the winner keeps their money.
 * Owen gives up his prize to potentially win a million dollars.
 * Ezekiel steals Heather's prize, but he and the prize fall in the volcano.
 * The final eight were made up of half that did and did not make it to the merge last season.
 * The ones that did make it to the merge are LeShawna, Lindsay, Owen, and Duncan.
 * The ones that did not make it to the merge are Justin, Harold, Courtney, and Beth.
 * Currently, this is the only season not to have a final three as Owen and Courtney were eliminated in the same episode.
 * Unlike last season, only part of the final ten of this season do make it Total Drama World Tour.