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 the interns getting injured from this, which is why most of them end up in the hospital. It is interesting to note that Chris can talk about interns being injured or dead without a hint of remorse.

Most of the interns are prototype designs of the contestants. Examples include; the earlier designs of Duncan, DJ, Cody and Tyler. Each season has its own featured intern, who appears the most in the season.

For Total Drama Island, it was an intern with a yellow bandanna, long brown hair, a white shirt, and baggy green pants, who is actually the very first design for Duncan, which was later recycled into Cody, then recycled again into the intern. This intern was also seen in the "cheesy tabloid magazine" that Chris held up in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1. He also had several appearances in the next season.

For Total Drama Action, it was an intern who was Tyler's original design, with blond hair, a white sleeveless shirt, khaki shorts, and sandals. A third intern, featured in both seasons, was DJ's original design. He is a large man with a goatee, red cap worn backwards, a tan and red jacket, and matching shorts.

An intern was also briefly seen in The Very Last Episode, Really!, however the intern had two designs: one for the Canadian airing and one for the American airing. The Canadian intern had light skin, had light brown hair, wore sandals, denim short pants, a white tank top, sunglasses and a cowboy hat. The American intern had dark skin and wore blue sandals, matching blue denim pants, a blue wristband, a white tank top and long, dark brown hair.

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 addition, the intern who is based off of both Cody's and Duncan's prototype designs (the one who appears the most out of any intern in the series) appears as a pizza delivery boy who arrives at the Screaming Gophers' campsite with a pizza, only for the Gophers to find out (much to their dismay) that it's for the camera crew.

In Who Can You Trust?, during the blowfish-cooking challenge, the brown-haired intern is seen jumping from the ceiling of the mess hall, spinning in mid-air, and landing behind the podium where Chris pops up moments later; a sad attempt to make it seem like Chris was the one doing the impressive jump. To make it even more obvious, all of the contestants in the room could see the intern crawling away as Chris was explaining the challenge.

In 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 the 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.

In Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, the same intern seen in The Sucky Outdoors has his hot air balloon stolen by Courtney. Courtney also sees a fat man in a drive-through who later becomes an intern/camera man. Both interns return in Total Drama Action.

Total Drama Action


In Riot On Set, two camera men quit, and one of them is an intern seen in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island. They do, however return by Masters of Disasters. Later in the episode, two different interns (both of whom are apparently twins, and are dressed as orderlies) drag Izzy to the Lame-o-sine after her elimination and roughly throw her in.

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, and he most likely was injured or killed.

In Masters of Disasters, the two camera men from Riot On Set return, and are seen getting close-ups of Owen after he breaks his jaw.

Starting with the The Aftermath: I, a new intern (who is actually Tyler's prototype design) is introduced, and is featured as the second season's most prominent intern. He is most commonly seen in all of the Aftermath segments, with the exception of the final one. In the first, he is shown in a never-before-seen clip to be frightened of Izzy after she kicks Chef. Later in the same episode, he flees the stage when she reveals that she would hurt him the same way she hurt Chef.

The same intern is seen again in The Aftermath: II, wheeling in a wheelbarrow of Trent's fanmail. Also in the episode, the large intern and the yellow bandanna intern are seen in the rafters above the stage, attempting to drop a spotlight on Geoff when he criticizes the lighting on the set.

The blond intern has a line in The Aftermath: III and is seen backstage telling Owen that he was supposed to be onstage. The intern was also shown in Mutiny on the Soundstage, controlling the Monster that Duncan had to face in that episode. He was not seen in The Aftermath: IV, making that the first and only aftermath he did not appear in.

In Get A Clue, the two interns seen in Riot on Set and Masters of Disasters return once again very briefly, and are both seen playing zombies in Chris's cheesy movie, Badminton: The Movie, when both Lindsay and Duncan are watching it as a reward.

One of the interns from Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, Riot On Set, and Masters of Disasters returns in Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, seen to serve several different purposes. In the introduction for Celebrity Manhunt, several interns are seen, including the American intern from The Very Last Episode, Really!. In the first half of the special, he is seen to instead be a cameraman for Celebrity Manhunt, and gets his own camera shoved onto his head by Eva. In addition, he rides a skateboard all the way to Ezekiel's home on the farm. While there, he is heard speaking once again when he gives Ezekiel a little advice on how to be a true gangster. On the set for one of Izzy's movies, Izzy, the blond intern from the aftermath episodes returns, and apparently is a director of photography. Izzy then goes ballistic (for apparently "no reason") and curses at the intern. The intern attempts to apologize, but ends up running away crying. It is revealed by Josh and Blaineley that this intern had to go to therapy for this. This intern is presumably the same one who gets slapped to the ground by DJ's Mother, and follows Sierra to the red carpet. Later on, he is seen to supposedly be one of the competitors in Total Drama Dirtbags before it was revealed to be fake.

Total Drama World Tour
In Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1, two interns are first seen, carrying Chris, and treating him like a pharaoh. Later, an intern is seen fanning Chris when they all arrive in Egypt. The intern looks like the intern from the Aftermath shows.

Trivia

 * Overall, there have been five different interns shown on-screen in the series so far (the possible sixth intern in 3:10 to Crazytown). These interns are:
 * The intern with the yellow bandanna, long brown hair, green and white shirt, and baggy green pants; seen in The Sucky Outdoors, Who Can You Trust?, Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, Riot On Set, Masters of Disasters, and Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special.
 * He is Cody's old design for Camp TV
 * The large intern with the goatee, red baseball cap turned backwards, red and tan jacket, and matching shorts; seen in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, Riot On Set, and Masters of Disasters.
 * He is DJ's original design for Camp TV
 * The blond intern with the white tank top and khaki shorts; seen in The Aftermath: I, The Aftermath: II, The Aftermath: III, Mutiny on the Soundstage, Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, and possibly Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1.
 * He is Cody's old design for Camp TV
 * The intern with the white tank top, cowboy hat, sunglasses, and blue shorts; seen in the Canadian version of The Very Last Episode, Really!
 * An intern with similar clothing to the above intern (minus the cowboy hat and sunglasses), but with dark skin, seen in the American version of the aforementioned episode.
 * All three of the major interns are seen to have two or more different occupations on the show:
 * The yellow bandanna intern is seen as both an intern for Total Drama, a cameraman for Total Drama,a stunt double and a cameraman for Celebrity Manhunt.
 * The large intern is see as an intern, cameraman, and a civilian in the special.
 * The blond intern is seen as an intern and the director of photography during one of Izzy's movie shoots.