User blog comment:TotalDramaFan1000/Is Total Drama Just Mike's Imagination?/@comment-24028957-20131030212532

So while Mike couldn't imagine up a new island, he could imagine up twenty-six new challenges, a bunch of mutant creatures, a new cast, two new "of Shame" devices, antagonists, protagonists, and old cast/new cast interactions. And he didn't end up killing himself first.