Screaming Gophers

The Screaming Gophers are one of the two teams on Total Drama Island. It is sometimes considered to be the "superior" team over the Killer Bass. The Screaming Gophers originally consisted of Owen, Gwen, Beth, Trent, Justin, LeShawna, Heather, Cody, Noah, Lindsay, and Katie. In the episode Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, Katie and Sadie, being inseparable, pleaded that they could be on the same team, and finally, Chris let Katie switch to the Killer Bass and as a result, Izzy became a Screaming Gopher.

The Screaming Gophers were undefeated until Dodgebrawl, when the Killer Bass defeated them three to five dodgeball matches due to Harold's figure skating skills. Noah became the first Screaming Gopher voted off the island because of his refusal to help in the match. All the way up until If You Can't Take The Heat, the Gophers always had equal or more people on their team than the Bass. The final three were all Screaming Gophers (Heather, Gwen and Owen).

From Up the Creek to If You Can't Take the Heat, the Screaming Gophers lost three consecutive challenges over the Bass which decreased their numbers below those of the Killer Bass for the first (and only) time in the season's run. This was mostly perceived as bad luck from a cursed tiki idol that Beth unknowingly stole from Boney Island in Up the Creek, which lead to her elimination and three additional and retribution challenge wins for themselves (giving the Gophers a 6-4 advantage over the Bass at the merge). The teams were still relatively equal in team members for most of the game until Duncan, the final Killer Bass left on the show, was eliminated, leaving the final three all members of the Screaming Gophers.

The Screaming Gophers' logo is a green gopher standing upright with its fists drawn out. It is mounted on a pale yellow circle with a green ring around it.

The Total Drama Action counterpart of the Screaming Gophers is the Screaming Gaffers, which shares a lot of similarities with its equivalent.

Trivia

 * The Gopher's members seem to be more focused on winning than the Bass' members. Examples of this include:
 * They win most of the challenges (both pre-merge and post-merge).
 * All of the Screaming Gophers, excluding Katie (who was originally on the team), Cody, and Noah qualified to compete in Total Drama Action.
 * In addition, all of the Gophers (except for Trent, Beth, and Justin) will be returning for Total Drama, The Musical.
 * Four out of the final five contestants (Owen, Gwen, Heather, and LeShawna) were Gophers, and the final three campers in Total Drama Island were all Gophers.
 * A Screaming Gopher managed to win the first season of Total Drama Island.
 * For some reason, Ezekiel is not included in the "Killer Bass" Picture. Instead, he is seen in the "Screaming Gophers" Picture. There are several strange flaws with the picture besides this. Examples include:
 * Gwen is standing on air, and, since she is leaning over, her back seems bent out of shape.
 * Cody's shirt and pants are altered from the promotional picture, and his legs are very irregularly shaped.
 * LeShawna's earring is half-way colored.
 * Noah is not smiling in the picture, even though he was smiling in the main promotional picture with all of the twenty-two campers (even though it was more of a smirk than a smile).
 * Trent's shirt collar is missing.
 * The Gophers team is often seen to be able to work together in most of the challenges much better than the Bass. A good example is the very first challenge, in Not So Happy Campers Part 2. In the second part of the challenge, the teams had to build a hot tub. Although it was probably just a one-time joke, the Gophers were seen to work together in almost perfect harmony, while the Bass couldn't do anything without conflict.
 * It is also worth noting that, despite the fact that the Gophers were the first team to experience the dreaded three-in-a-row losing streak, they still managed to come out on top by the time the teams were officially dissolved in Episode 15. As there were 12 challenge episodes that had the teams competing against each other before their dissolving in No Pain, No Game, the Gophers managed to win 7 of these challenges, with the Bass winning only 5.
 * Not So Happy Campers Part 1 - Part 2:" The entire team worked together to win both phases of the challenge, with Beth being the only chicken on the team when it came to the cliff dive.
 * The Big Sleep: Gwen stayed awake the longest (albeit, falling asleep barely a few seconds after Duncan, the last standing Bass, did), thus winning the challenge.
 * The Sucky Outdoors: Although the Bass team showed up first, they were missing two members (Katie and Sadie). The entire Gophers team showed up after this and won the challenge.
 * Phobia Factor: They mainly won this challenge due to the cowardice of Tyler and Courtney on the Bass team.
 * Who Can You Trust?: They started winning challenges again, starting with this one, mainly due to the fact that Beth was voted off in the previous episode, which probably removed the curse she had placed on her team. They also won due to Sadie's stupidity on the Bass team.
 * Basic Straining: Once again, Gwen was the last one standing in Chef Hatchet's boot camp, winning the challenge yet again.
 * And X-Treme Torture: LeShawna and (surprisingly) Lindsay won two of the three phases of the challenge, thus winning the overall challenge for their team.
 * In addition, a majority of the challenges after Episode 15 were won by former Gophers.
 * "No Pain, No Game:" LeShawna won Invincibility and a luxurious trailer.
 * Search and Do Not Destroy: Although almost everyone technically won the challenge, Heather won the greatest victory by winning the Invincibility Pass.
 * Hide and Be Sneaky: LeShawna won once again, winning invincibility. Heather also managed to win invincibility.
 * That's Off The Chain: Heather, yet again, won Invincibility.
 * Hook, Line, and Screamer: Gwen won Invincibility.
 * Wawanakwa Gone Wild: Gwen won the prize of a gourmet dinner.
 * Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon, Haut Camp-Ture, and Camp Castaways: No one won.
 * Are We There, Yeti?: Gwen and Heather both won, and Duncan, the last Killer Bass on the island, was eliminated.
 * Thus, in the next two episodes after that, a Gopher won.
 * If one counts Mr. Coconut as a Gopher (because Owen have created him, and he was a Gopher), the Screaming Gophers have all the three characters that did not have lines in their elimination episode. Those are Justin, LeShawna and Mr. Coconut, despite he isn't human and can't speak.
 * Ironically, Beth, the lowest-ranking female, and the second lowest ranking member overall, of the Screaming Gophers is now, in Total Drama Action, the highest-ranking female, and highest-ranking member overall, of her team.