List of vehicles

There are many vehicles featured over the course of the Total Drama series. Some serve significant roles in the episodes they appear in, while others are simply one-time vehicles.

The Plane


The plane was the first recurring vehicle to appear in the series. It is a yellow, single-propeller plane, with red stripes on the side. Ii is seen to be poorly-maintained, as it was covered in grease stains, had one wheel crudely replaced with a ski, and had tape covering up the holes and cracks in the plane's hull, as well as the tip of the left wing. Nonetheless, it flew normally. It was seen to be piloted by Chris McLean, Chef Hatchet, and Justin.

Its first appearance was in Phobia Factor, in which Owen and Izzy had to ride in the plane, piloted by Chef (wearing a female flight attendant outfit), to conquer their fear of flying. The plane was flown around in circles and loops, barely able to stay airborne at some points. But both Gophers conquered their fears and earned two points for their team.

It was seen again in X-Treme Torture, and had two appearances. In the beginning of the episode, Chris flew the plane extremely low over the campgrounds, using the roar of its engine to rudely wake up the campers. Later in the episode, it was used in the second challenge, in which Trent and DJ had to jump out of it and skydive straight down to their targets on the beach.



Its third appearance, which was also its briefest and least significant, was in Wawanakwa Gone Wild!. Over the course of the episode, Izzy is seen blindly shooting her tranquilizer gun at the first thing she sees in an attempt to catch her animal, a deer. One of her unfortunate victims is the plane, which is flying overhead. She fires up at it and hits it in the left wing, which causes it to choke and sputter, a thin plume of smoke to stream from it, then to fall off-screen and crash, to which Izzy simply responds, "Oops." However, it is technically impossible for a tranquilizer dart to do this, as the plane is not a living creature. Also, this episode depicts the plane as an innocent passerby plane, rather than the show's plane. It is unknown who was piloting it, but it was obviously not Chris or Chef, as the former was back at the campgrounds, waiting for the contestants to arrive with their animals, and the latter having also been taken out by Izzy's darts before this incident occurred.

Although it was supposedly destroyed in the previous episode, it appeared one last time in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island. Justin was seen to use an autographed picture of himself to get the keys to the plane from Chef. He then used the plane to soar over the campgrounds, then jump out and parachute down to the team of Lindsay, Beth, and Ezekiel, who had the million dollar case at the time. After he jumped out, the pilot-less plane spiraled out of control and crashed right through the support beams of the high diving board platform over the pool of green jell-o (which had been set up for Courtney in Phobia Factor). At that time, Geoff, Bridgette, Katie, Sadie, LeShawna, Courtney, Owen, Cody, DJ, and Tyler were all on the diving board. This crash caused the diving board to fall off, and subsequently started a chain of events that ended with five of these campers qualifying for Total Drama Action, and the other five not. After it smashed through the support beams, it continued on and, once again, crashed off-screen. It is presumed that the plane was finally destroyed in this episode.

The Canoe(s)
The canoes, arguably the most significant and most commonly-seen vehicles in the first season, are simple canoes that are usually either red or green (obviously representing the colors of the respective teams). It is worth noting that many important character development scenes take place in a canoe.

They first appeared in Up the Creek. In the challenge, the campers had to canoe over to Boney Island in small groups, then carry their canoes all the way across the island to the opposite end. There were seven canoes in this episode: four for the Screaming Gophers (which were appropriately green) and three for the Killer Bass (which were red). The two teams had to split into smaller groups of two and three and all ride over to the island. Several significant character development scenes took place in the canoes in this episode. An example is a scene between Gwen and Cody, in which the latter tried to flirt with the former. In the end, he realized that Gwen liked Trent, not him, and he offered to hook them up by the end of the episode. In return, he asked Gwen for her bra, since he made a bet with Owen that if he did so, Owen would do his dishes for the rest of the competition, to which Gwen hit him in the groin with her paddle. Cody eventually lived up to his promise, and managed to get Gwen and Trent alone in the same canoe on the trip back. Another example of a development scene was when Geoff and Bridgette, in seperate canoes, discussed their relationship at the time with their canoe partners, Courtney and DJ, respectively.



The next appearance of canoes was in Basic Straining. For the second task, the two teams had to hold a canoe above their heads (reminiscent of Up the Creek), but with Chris and Chef sitting on top of them.

In Hook, Line, and Screamer, one of the things that Duncan threw at the psycho killer (Chef in disguise) to fend him off was an entire canoe, which "the killer" easily destroyed with his chainsaw.

In Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon, the six remaining contestants had to group up in three teams of two, and return to Boney Island for the second challenge of the episode. Once again, a scene was featured during the trip there between Duncan and LeShawna, in which LeShawna confronted Duncan about having a soft side, since he got DJ a new pet bunny after his first one died in Who Can You Trust?

One canoe was featured for a brief moment in I Triple Dog Dare You. In the final scene, where Heather is faced with Lindsay's dare of having her head shaved by Chef, Chris reminds Heather that if she refuses the dare, she will miss out on the $100,000 grand prize. To further prove his point, and to probably put more pressure on Heather, a canoe suspended by wires drops onto the stage that they are on, with all of the money piled up inside. Despite being face-to-face with what she could have won, Heather still ended up being eliminated.

The last appearance of a canoe in the series was in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island, in which Heather, having finally escaped a group of angry beavers that repeatedly beat and paddled her while her head was stuck in their dam, is walking along a river. Harold, whom she earlier betrayed just to take the money all for herself, rides up alongside her in a canoe, and offers to let her join their team once again. Despite her fierce refusal, Harold is persistent, and has a deep and emotional conversation with her, in which she reveals that her being mean is just "like a habit." Harold understands, and once again offers to let her rejoin, for a 60-40 split. She agrees, and joins him in the canoe. Later on, they arrive at the campgrounds in the canoe, and see the hot-air balloon passing by overhead. Inside are Courtney, Owen, Cody, DJ, and Tyler. After seeing that these five have the case, Heather and Harold abandon the canoe and race into the campgrounds.

The ATV
The ATV is a red, four-wheeled vehicle with yellow stripes running across the side. It, like the plane, is mainly driven by either Chris or Chef.

It first appeared near the end of X-Treme Torture, in which Chris was seen casually riding on it as he announced that Harold had lost the final challenge, and the game overall, for the Killer Bass.

In That's Off the Chain!, Chris rode up to the Arts 'N Crafts Center on it to explain the day's challenge to the remaining campers. Later in the episode, he was riding it alongside the starting/finish line of the race track that the campers would have to race their bikes on as he explained the second half of the task.

Its last appearance was in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island. When Chris and Chef see that Courtney has found a wall with a fake forest backdrop on it, and is starting to scale the wall, Chris tells Chef to stop her. He immediately jumps onto the ATV and speeds off into the woods. However, he does not reach her in time. Instead, he is seen much later into the special, riding up to Gwen, Trent, and LeShawna, and asking if they've seen Courtney go by in the hot-air balloon. As he explains the situation, LeShawna knocks him out with a log and hijacks the ATV, allowing Gwen and Trent to join her, and uses it as a faster way of getting around. Towards the climax, the three ride into the campgrounds on the ATV, but LeShawna notices Heather and Harold also running into the campgrounds. She decides to get back at Heather for insulting her earlier that day, and revs up the ATV. At the last second, Gwen and Trent jump off just before she speeds straight towards the duo. She chases them onto the Dock of Shame, and they jump right into the lake. Despite this, she continues riding at full speed, crashing the entire ATV into the lake as well, which presumably destroys it.