Screaming Gophers



The Screaming Gophers (Les Malins Rongeurs in French) are one of the two teams on the animated Canadian television show, Total Drama Island. It is sometimes considered to be the superior team over the Killer Bass. The Screaming Gophers originally consisted of Owen, Gwen, Beth, Trent, Justin, LeShawna, Heather, Cody, Noah, Lindsay, and Katie. Yet in the episode Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, Katie and Sadie (being inseparable) pleaded that they could be in the same team, and finally, Chris let Katie switch to the Killer Bass and as a result, Izzy became a Screaming Gopher.

The Screaming Gophers were undefeated until Dodgebrawl, when the Killer Bass defeated them three to five dodgeball matches, due to Harold's figure skating skills, this meant that Noah The Know-It-All, became the first Screaming Gopher voted off the island because of his refusal to help in the match. All the way up until If You Can't Take The Heat, the Gophers always had equal or more people on their team than the Bass. The final three were all Screaming Gophers (Heather, Gwen and Owen).

From Up the Creek to If You Can't Take The Heat... The Screaming Gophers lost three consecutive challenges over the Bass which decreased their numbers below those of the Killer Bass for the first time (and only time) in the season's run. This was mostly perceived as bad luck from a cursed tiki idol that Beth unknowingly stole from Boney Island in Up the Creek, which lead to her elimination and three additional and retribution challenge wins for themselves (giving the Gophers a 6-4 advantage over the Bass at the merge). Surprisingly enough, the teams were relatively equal in team members for most of the game.

The Screaming Gophers are friendly people, however Heather remains snobbish and give the Gophers a bad reputation toward the Killer Bass. Justin's personality makes him seem polite and good-natured, even when he is manipulating others using his looks, which renders him narcissistic. Owen, Trent, and LeShawna are generally friendly and well-liked. Izzy is mainly friendly towards everyone, though her weird stories and crazy attitude actually annoys the other campers. Cody is friendly but is dorky and awkward at times. Beth tries to be nice to everyone, going to the extreme because of her desire for friends. Gwen is considered a grumpy loner, yet was respected by most of the other campers and was nice whenever in a good mood. Lindsay is a sweet person who, when not being controlled by Heather, tries to be nice to all the other campers, even if she can't even remember their names. Overall, the Screaming Gophers are a winning and powerful mix of people who seem to have plenty trouble within their group.

The Screaming Gophers' logo is a green gopher standing upright with its fists drawn out on a circle with a green ring around it.

Interestingly, the team is called the Screaming Gophers and they are competing against the Killer Bass. The names are probably meant to imply that the Gophers are cowardly and the Bass are strong. However, it's actually the Gophers who win the most challenges over the Bass, although most of the challenges that the teams were faced with did not require a great deal of physical strength, mostly endurance, intelligence, and bravery.

The Total Drama Action equivalent of the Screaming Gophers is the Screaming Gaffers.

Trivia

 * The Gopher's members seem to be more focused than the Bass' members. Examples of this include:
 * They win most of the challenges.
 * Nine of the Screaming Gophers, including all the girls from the team (excluding Katie, who was originally on the team), were qualified to compete in Total Drama Action.
 * The final three campers in Total Drama Island were all Gophers.
 * A Screaming Gopher managed to win the first season of Total Drama Island.
 * For some reason, Ezekiel is not included in the "Killer Bass" Picture. Instead, he is seen in the "Screaming Gophers" Picture.
 * If one counts Mr. Coconut as a Gopher (because Owen have created him, and he was a Gopher), the Screaming Gophers have all the three characters that did not have lines in their elimination episode. Those are Justin, LeShawna and Mr. Coconut, despite he isn't human and can't speak.