Chicken hat

The Chicken Hat is a hat made to look like a chicken, meant to signify that the person wearing it is a chicken, in other words, cowardly, and did not participate in the very first challenge. In Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, the campers had to wear a chicken hat if they were too afraid to jump off of the cliff during the first challenge.

The chicken hats were first used in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2 when some of the campers refused to jump off the cliff into the shark-infested waters below. Of the twenty-two campers, only three had to wear it: DJ, Beth and Courtney. DJ and Beth were simply afraid of heights, while Courtney refused to jump, underestimating the other team's collective courage. The three were forced to wear these hats for the rest of the day. Notably, Beth was seen not wearing it later in the episode.

A chicken hat was also used in I Triple Dog Dare You!. This time Heather had to wear it when she was dared to act like a chicken. The final time a chicken hat was used was in The Very Last Episode, Really!. Chris had Gwen wear a chicken hat in the Rejected Olympics, but it was only used for that part of the challenge as an article of clothing, and did not mean that Gwen was a chicken or have any significance.

The chicken hat did not appear in either Total Drama Action or Total Drama World Tour.

Trivia

 * Gwen, Beth, Courtney, DJ, and Heather are the only contestants to wear the Chicken Hat.
 * Heather wore it in I Triple Dog Dare You!, Gwen wore it in The Very Last Episode, Really! and DJ, Beth, and Courtney wore it in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2. They are the only two campers to wear it for purposes besides being cowardly.
 * DJ, Beth, and Courtney had to do it for refusing a challenge, whereas Heather and Gwen had to wear it as part of the challenge.
 * Season one was the only season where any camper wore the chicken hat.
 * The Chicken Hats do not resemble any of the chickens that were seen in Phobia Factor.
 * DJ was the first camper to wear the chicken hat.
 * DJ is the only male to wear the chicken hat.
 * More Screaming Gophers wore the chicken hats than Killer Bass.
 * Heather, Gwen, Beth, and Courtney are the only females to wear the chicken hat. Interestingly, they are the only girls to ever make it to the final three.