User blog comment:Smartbook/Random thoughts about Total Drama/@comment-25617243-20140831144542/@comment-22535514-20140831233048

You cannot even say that the TDPI characters are based off of teenage stereotypes because all of them are gimmicks. The Fairytale Princess IS an archetype and a stereotype, and Ella and Dawn are not one of a kind, because they are literally copied off of another character in media. Every character in TD is a one of a kind then because no one else is exactly like the other, if you want to consider only the TD cast, but in media overall, almost none of them are, including Dawn and Ella.