User blog:DCT0473/Reviewing Literally Every Season of Total Drama: Part 6: Total Drama Pahkitew Island

Last time on Reviewing. Literally. Every Season of Total Drama:

We reviewed All-Stars and it sucked. End of story. Let’s just jump into the review.

So we have finally reached Season 5’s second half, Total Drama Pahkitew Island. I don’t know why FreshTV doesn’t consider it Season 6 (Because let’s be honest, it is. Even Netflix thinks so), but whatever. Anyways, what does TDPI do to stand out from the crowd?

To start, we’re on a whole new location called Pahkitew Island (If you couldn’t figure it out by now). Unlike Camp Wawanakwa, Phakitew Island is completely artificial, with land pieces that can be rearranged and lethal robotic animals that can be controlled by Chris. While this does sound interesting, the writers barely use this concept to its fullest, and only really did it one episode. The rest are just generic Total Drama shenanigans.

Another big change Pahkitew Island has is its new cast. That’s right, we have a new cast again. And unlike the OG cast and the ROTI cast-which the writers had at least 2 to 3 years to plan them out for their debut season and most of which had at least competed in one other season to help expand on their character-the Pahkitew Island cast had only one year for the writers to write and plan out, which leads to a very, very poorly written cast, to a point where I consider it arguably the weakest Total Drama cast.

Don’t make this statement think there aren’t any good characters. Quite the contrary. Jasmine, Shawn, Ella, Scarlett, Max, and Topher are all in my top 20 favorite characters and are quite enjoyable to watch. Even Sky is OK. The rest however, definitely outweigh the good. Beardo and Samey have little to nothing going for them, Leonard and Rodney are annoying, Dave became more unlikable as the season progressed, and Amy and Sugar are horrible characters, to a point to where they give Season 2/3 Courtney a run for her money. These mediocre or sometimes bad contestants really make the season just unbearable to watch.

As for the writing, while it isn’t as bad as All-Stars, it’s incredibly boring. Most episodes I was half paying attention to and the rest I just sorta liked (With one exception). The episodes are just a complete snore, and make me wonder “How did Total Drama come to this?”

Final Verdict:

Total Drama Pahkitew Island had a great concept, but it was rarely used. Top it off with some dull writing and a cast where the bad outweigh the good, and you get a bad season. 2/5 stars.

Favorite Character of the Season: Scarlett. I like her mannerisms and behavior, and she had some funny scenes.

Least Favorite Character of the Season: Sugar, simply because I only needed to put up with Amy’s actions for merely four episodes. Sugar lasts until the final three. She’s a horrible character who does disgusting things for the sake of cheep gross-out humor. Also, her rivalry with Ella seemed really petty.

Favorite Episode of the Season: Scarlett Fever. It was the only episode that truly used the whole “Artificial Island” setting to its fullest. It’s fast paced and funny, and I can’t be the only one finds it hilarious that Max-who is supposedly EVIL-of all people was the one who saved the day.

Least Favorite Episode of the Season: Hurl and Go Seek. A fairly disgusting episode that destroyed what little liking I had for Dave.

So that is all for today! Next time, we’ll cap off this series with a climatic review of the last remaining season. See you all next time on Reviewing. Literally. Every Season of Total Drama!

Quick Note: The Ridonculous Race review will be out within the next 2 weeks, as I am currently on vacation at the moment and do not have a direct access to Netflix to rewatch it.