Interns



Interns are used by Chris to test out the challenges to make sure they are moderately safe. Throughout the whole series, Chris frequently mentions that the interns get injured from this, which is why most of them end up in the hospital. It is intersting to note that Chris can talk about interns being injured or dead without a hint of remorse.

Total Drama Island
Owen, at the beginning of the first challenge, mentions that shows like Total Drama Island need to test the challenge. They then show a clip of Chef testing the challenge, where Chris says that all of their interns are 'in the hospital already'

In The Sucky Outdoors, Chris mentions that he "lost a couple of interns" to the bears living in the woods of Camp Wawanakwa.

In the episode Camp Castaways, Chris mentions the number of interns he had lost for a specific project, namely moving his sets into place. He also, while having fun with Chef, considers sending the interns that are in the hospital a picture of them having a good time.

In "The Very Last Episode, Really!", a new intern (ChaseRocks) was needed to test the final challenge, as Chris said that all of their other interns had died already. He was injured by sharks (though it's unknown whether or not he died). In America, a different person was used for testing, the winner of America's challenge.

Total Drama Action
In 3:10 to Crazytown, when Chef is shown testing the horse-jumping challenge. The intern's hands are only shown on screen, but his screams can be heard as Chef forces him off of the platform.

In The Aftermath: I, where an intern is shown to be frightened of Izzy after she kicks Chef. This intern seems to be based off of one of Tyler's old designs. The same intern is seen again in The Aftermath: II, wheeling in a wheelbarrow of Trent's fanmail.