Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (originally titled Total Drama Reloaded) is the fourth season of the Total Drama series.

Summary
Since Total Drama Action began, Chris rented out Camp Wawanakwa to a toxic waste company, which used it as their main dump. By the time Chris bought it back for the new season, it was filled with biohazardous toxic waste, affecting the island and its inhabitants; making it more dangerous for a new generation. TB|he cast of thirteen is divided into two teams and must compete in many deadly, disgusting, and humiliating challenges. One by one, they are eliminated in a manner similar to the original season, but with a twist; when the bottom two is reached, the person whose name is called last is the one who is eliminated, and thus receives the last marshmallow, which is toxic. After the camper is eliminated, they are catapulted off the island in the Hurl of Shame. The last contestant standing is crowned the winner and receives the $1,000,000 prize.

Characters
Twelve new character designs were posted by former director Todd Kauffman on his blog.

It was confirmed through cleverly hidden hints that these characters were, in fact, part of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, because of a crossword puzzle posted on Thornton's blog that included the season name, Chris's name, Chef's name, and twelve of the thirteen new contestants' names:

These characters' participation was finally confirmed in Potenza's video, when at the very first recording session for season four, a new voice actor showed the camera a long, black and white sheet with twelve of these characters on it. The black bars over their eyes were gone, but it was still hard to see them. In addition, a previously unknown thirteenth character was also seen alongside them. This character, from a first hand glance, resembles the intern from Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action, who is DJ's original design, and his name was confirmed to be "B".
 * Top: Cameron
 * Standing (Left to right): Anne Maria, Mike, Zoey, Lightning, Dawn, B, Sam, Brick, Scott, Jo
 * Sitting (Left to right): Dakota, Staci

As revealed in an interview with Chad Hicks and Keith Oliver, some of the original twenty-two campers will be making brief guest appearances throughout the season.

Contestants

 * See also: Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Elimination Table

Elimination

 * See: Elimination

The process of elimination in this season is somewhat similar to the one in Total Drama Island. However, while the elimination is still around the Campfire and the symbols of safety are still marshmallows, there is a twist: When the bottom two is reached, the person whose name is called next is the one who is ‘’eliminated’’, not safe. Subsequently, that person must catch the final marshmallow; the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom, which is toxic. Afterwards, they are seated in a massive catapult on the Dock called the Hurl of Shame and are launched out of the competition.

Episodes

 * See: List of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Episodes 

There is a total of thirteen episodes of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, exactly half of the usual twenty-six. Currently, there is no special confirmed for this season.

Prizes

 * See: List of Rewards

History
The existence of the fourth season was confirmed on the Total Drama Production Blog on January 18, 2010. The title was left unknown until it was confirmed by Christian Potenza in a YouTube video that was orignally called Total Drama Reloaded, but it's now Total Drama: Revenge of the Island. Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks directed this season just as they did the third season, Total Drama World Tour, only without the assistance of Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis. It is taking place in Camp Wawanakwa as the first season did, but the site is now a biohazardous toxic waste dump, altering the environment greatly.

Cameos
Although this is the first season of the series to not feature a single one of the veteran contestants competing, all of them (excluding Blaineley) appeared in the very beginning of Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er! before Chris introduced the new cast. After this moment, a handful of the original characters were seen once more throughout the season in separate cameo appearances. Some are brief appearances with little to no impact on the show, while others are much more significant and often have the challenge revolve around them (usually out of an impromptu decision by Chris). Below is a list of all the original characters who cameoed and which episodes they appeared in:
 * Owen: Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!
 * Izzy: Finders Creepers
 * Bridgette: Backstabbers Ahoy!
 * Lindsay: Runaway Model
 * Ezekiel: A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
 * Gwen: The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean
 * Duncan: Grand Chef Auto
 * Heather: Up, Up And Away In My Pitiful Balloon
 * DJ: Eat, Puke and Be Wary
 * Ezekiel: The Enchanted Franken-Forest
 * Ezekiel: Brain vs. Brain: The Ultimate Showdown

Trivia

 * This is the first season of Total Drama to not feature any of the original 22 contestants competing.
 * This season features the smallest cast of any season to date, with 13.
 * Additionally, this is the first (and currently, the only) season to start and end with an odd amount of contestants.
 * This season features the smallest episode count of any season to date, with 13.
 * This is the first season to feature a final two of the same gender, as both are males.
 * This is the first season to feature only one double elimination: A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste.
 * This is the first season to include the McLean-Brand Chris Head, which is similar to the immunity idols featured in Survivor.
 * This is the first season to not have any reward challenges.
 * This is the first season where a contestant is brought back as an intern.
 * This is the first season where no two contestants (and no two characters overall) have the same voice actor (although one contestant shares his voice actor with a contestant from the previous seasons).
 * This is the first season where the entire cast has audition tapes.
 * This is the first season in which a male contestant is the first person to use the confessional.
 * This is the first season in which a female is the first contestant eliminated from the season (not including Bridgette being eliminated in a double elimination with Geoff in Total Drama Action).
 * This is the first season in which an elimination is scheduled in every episode.
 * This is the first season in which the final four consists of three males and one female.
 * This is the first season in which one of the rewards for winning a challenge is getting to choose who is eliminated next, as Scott won this in Grand Chef Auto and Lightning won this in The Enchanted Franken-Forest.
 * This season shares many notable, obvious similarities with Total Drama Island:
 * Both take place entirely in Camp Wawanakwa, and are the only two seasons so far to do so.
 * Both feature the elimination area happening at the Bonfire pit, with Marshmallows being the symbols of safety.
 * Both feature similar opening sequences.
 * Both feature a red team and a green team that are named after animals. The only different is first season's animal were normal, but season four's animal were mutated.
 * Both feature the exact same confessional.
 * Both do not feature aftermath episodes.
 * Both seasons' final fours were made up of one member of one team, while the other three are all from the other team.
 * Although Scott was originally a member of the Toxic Rats, he switched in Runaway Model.
 * In both cases, the "superior" team of the season had the three members, while the weaker team had only one.
 * Both seasons are the only two in which the highest-ranking members of both teams were males.
 * This is the second season in a row where the first two contestants eliminated are of the same gender. The first was Total Drama World Tour, with Duncan and Ezekiel.
 * This is the second season so far where the number of days is not confirmed. The first was Total Drama World Tour.
 * This is the second season to air in January on Teletoon. The first was Total Drama Action.
 * This is the second season in which the winner manages to keep their money. The first was Total Drama Action.
 * This is the second season in which both teams' lowest-ranking members are females. The first was Total Drama Action.
 * This is the second season to not contain any two-part episodes. The first was Total Drama Action.
 * However, if one were to consider Mutiny on the Soundstage and The Aftermath: IV to be a two-part episode, than this would be the only season without any two-part episodes.
 * Truth or Laser Shark and Ice Ice Baby are the only episodes in which none of the original contestants cameo.
 * This season features the least amount of non-elimination episodes of any season in the series, with only one: Finders Creepers.
 * This season features more team swaps than any other season in the series.
 * Brick first switched from the Mutant Maggots to the Toxic Rats after volunteering for elimination in Finders Creepers.
 * Scott and Jo switched teams after Sam's elimination in Runaway Model.
 * Dakota was brought back and put on the Mutant Maggots in A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, while she was originally on the Toxic Rats before.
 * This is the fourth season that Chris has hosted.
 * This is also the fourth season that featured Chef Hatchet as co-host.
 * This is the fourth season to feature a male winner, Thus all four season winners are males.
 * This is the second season since Total Drama Island that a protagonist won.
 * Only two couples from the previous cast to have both members make an additional cameo.
 * However, one of them has already broken up, thus only one official couple makes a cameo.
 * Eva, Noah, Justin, Katie, Tyler, Cody, Beth, Sadie, Courtney, Harold, Trent, Geoff, Leshawna, Sierra, Blaineley and Alejandro are the only original contestant to not make additional appearances.
 * None of the newcomers introduced in Total Drama World Tour make additional cameo appearances in this season.
 * It is revealed in The Enchanted Franken-Forest that three years have passed since the first season ended.
 * This makes the original contestants (except Blaineley, who is an adult) 19 years old as of this season.