Marshmallow


 * Refer to this page for stats about the various campfire ceremonies.

Marshmallows were tasty treats used during the Campfire Ceremonies in the first season as a symbol of safety from elimination.

Total Drama Island
According to Chris, marshmallows represent your safety on the show and the contestant who does not receive a marshmallow will be automatically eliminated, must walk the Dock of Shame and then ride the Boat of Losers and never come back (although that has been proven to be false).

At all of the campfire ceremonies, Chris, stands behind an oil drum with a plate full of marshmallows. He then explains what happens when you don't receive a marshmallow ("The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must walk down the Dock of Shame, board the Boat of Losers and leave...and you can't come back...ever!") and then hands out marshmallows one by one. When there is only one marshmallow left, Chris will have some type of dialogue relating to the final two campers and then give out the final marshmallow, often with a dramatic pause of varied length in between.

The final marshmallow is given out in The Very Last Episode, Really! to Gwen or Owen, depending on the ending. If Owen won the final challenge, he receives the marshmallow and claims he will treasure the last marshmallow for the rest of his life, but his appetite gets the best of him and he swallows it whole.

Total Drama Action
In this season, marshmallows are not given out as a sign of immunity, but are still seen in some episodes of the season, always used as giant marshmallow boxing gloves. In Million Dollar Babies, these marshmallows play an important role early in the episode, used as boxing gloves by Harold and Lindsay. While they were fighting, Lindsay eats a part of Harold's marshmallow. Duncan had to use these marshmallows to fight the bear in Mutiny on the Soundstage, since he did not answer a question properly. Duncan continuously punches the bear, until the bear knocks him out in one punch. The large marshmallows seen during the season could also be used as a weapon by the player in the Cartoon Network game, "Best. Game. Ever."

Total Drama World Tour
For the elimination ceremony in Awwwwww, Drumheller, Chris decided to do a tribute to the first season by using the marshmallows as the symbols of safety. He gives marshmallows to Sierra and Heather. He was about to give one to Cody, until Sierra blew up the plane.

Trivia

 * Geoff was the first Killer Bass male and first member of the team to receive a marshmallow (thus being the first contestant overall) and Katie was the first Killer Bass female to receive a marshmallow. She is also the first female overall to get a marshmallow.
 * Owen was the first Screaming Gopher male to get a marshmallow, Gwen was the first female Gopher. Coincidentally, they were the final two of Total Drama Island.
 * The amount of marshmallows each participant received was:
 * Ezekiel: Zero
 * Noah: Zero
 * Justin: One
 * Katie: Two
 * Tyler: Three
 * Cody: Three
 * Beth Four
 * Sadie: Four
 * Courtney: Five
 * Harold: Six
 * Eva: One (though she is never seen receiving one on-screen due to a goof.)
 * Trent: Five
 * Bridgette: Eight
 * Lindsay: Seven
 * DJ: Nine
 * Izzy: Four
 * Geoff: Ten
 * Leshawna: Nine
 * Mr. Coconut: Zero
 * Duncan: Twelve
 * Heather: Eleven (Counting the one received in Awwwwww, Drumheller.)
 * Gwen: Ten (Eleven in the alternative ending.)
 * Owen: Eleven (Ten in the alternative ending.)
 * Sierra: One (Counting the one received in Awwwwww, Drumheller.)
 * Alejandro: Zero
 * Blaineley: Zero
 * There has been a total of one hundred and forty one marshmallows given out to the contestants (both on-screen and off-screen).
 * The only episodes the marshmallows were not handed out at a Campfire Ceremony were Not So Happy Campers - Part 1, Brunch of Disgustingness, No Pain, No Game, That's Off the Chain!, Hook, Line, and Screamer, Haute Camp-ture, and I Triple Dog Dare You!.
 * Heather and Harold tie for receiving the most final marshmallows, with each of them getting three.
 * However, if there were marshmallows in No Pain, No Game, Heather would have the most final marshmallows with four, as Heather got the 2nd highest amount of votes, with Eva receiving the most.
 * Marshmallows made a cameo appearance in the Cartoon Network game Chomp Sewey, as they were seen being roasted by DJ, Courtney, and Tyler inside the albino alligator's stomach.
 * The only contestants to never receive a marshmallow are Ezekiel, Noah, Blaineley, Mr. Coconut, and Alejandro.
 * Marshmallows may possibly return in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, since the show is going back to the island where they originally gave them out. This is uncomfirmed.