User blog comment:Gogogadget831/Total Drama Theory - How Would I Improve Mike's Character?/@comment-25483925-20141205220250/@comment-25285054-20141206004847

That is true but I think it is pretty significant that many of these elements have cropped up after World Tour. Before that challegnes were rarely a matter of life and death, now apparently Chris has to hammer in how deadly challenges can be? In Pahkitew, Chris accidentally poisening all of the contestants is used as a joke.

There is a difference between being more childish and more gimmicky.