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The Peanut Gallery is a seating arrangement first intoduced in the Aftermath episodes for Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour, which served as a place for commentators and eliminated contestants to sit during the show. It returns in Total Drama All-Stars as a way for the winning team to watch the losing team's campfire ceremony.

Total Drama Action
The Peanut Gallery makes an appearance at the end of the opening sequence, showing all of the contestants, as well as the Aftermath commentators.

The gallery is officially seen for the first time in the Aftermath show's premiere, featuring Tyler, Courtney, Noah, Katie, Sadie, Eva, Ezekiel and Cody, all of which did not qualify for Total Drama Action. They are all introduced by Bridgette and Geoff, meanwhile Courtney is on the phone with her lawyers talking about suing the show.

In the second Aftermath episode, Trent and "Izzy" join the gallery. It is not revealed until later in the episode that Izzy is not actually present, but a cardboard cut-out is, as Izzy is shown swinging from a vine into the studio in order to get another guest spot, but Bridgette calls security on her, which she quickly escapes from. In an interview with Katie and Sadie sitting at the Peanut Gallery, they are asked to give their opinion on the "Gwen and Trent" situation. They felt sorry for Trent at first, but have developed a crush on him and decide to start a Trent Fan Club. Sadie also adds that they hate Gwen.

DJ, Gwen and Izzy (officially) join the Peanut Gallery in the third episode of the Aftermath. Not much is heard from them, as the focus is more on Heather, Leshawna and Owen, as well as Geoff's growing ego.

The gallery plays a slightly more significant role in the season finale, as they are the ones who decide who gets the million dollar prize after the final two tied in the previous episode, which the gallery made a very brief appearance in. Unlike the previous Aftermath episodes, the recently eliminated contestants are not interviewed, and are immediately seated in the Peanut Gallery, which now includes both couches in the studio. While trying to think of a way to pick a winner, Courtney comes up with an "unbiased" quiz competition, but it is immediately shot down by the entire gallery, calling it "lame". Harold gets an idea to set up a "hole-in-the-wall type challenge, which both Duncan and Beth agree to. After that fails, Chris and Chef enter the studio and take over the show. Bridgette and Geoff never join the gallery, as they as busy making out backstage.

Chris explains that each eliminated contestant will have a chance to ask Duncan and Beth a question that will help them decide who gets the million dollar prize. Trent is the first to ask a question, who asks about their character as a possible attempt to impress Gwen. He makes it awkward by adding specific details to the question, notably things that happened during his break-up with Gwen. Izzy suggests they do a dance-off to decide who gets her vote. Gwen asks what each of them would do to help the environment if they won. DJ asks if they would run a bike over dasies or dandilions. The answer was apparently neither, which Beth answers correctly. Owen has them do an eating contest consisting of healthy food. Heather does not ask anything, instead she rants about how she should be the one in the final two rather than Beth or Duncan. Similar to Gwen's question, Leshawna asks how they would spend the money in general, saying she knows how she would spend it if she won. Justin asks if he is still good-looking despite his "deformities". Lindsay doesn't really ask a question, and Harold requires them to draw their own fictional creature on a piece of paper. Courtney doesn't get to answer a question as they are running out of time, and Chris announces it is time to vote.

Heather, Gwen, DJ, Lindsay, Owen, Trent, Leshawna, and Courtney are seen entering the confessional to vote for Duncan or Beth, which the exception of Izzy who votes for herself. After the votes are read, everyone in the gallery cheers for the winner. Once Brady appears onstage, Heather and Lindsay begin gushing over him. In Duncan's ending, Justin becomes jealous due to him allegedly being better looking. In Beth's ending, he admits he regrets voting for Beth, even though he was never shown voting.

Total Drama World Tour
The Peanut Gallery returns for Total Drama World Tour's Aftermath episodes, this time featuring Katie, Sadie, Eva, Trent, Justin, and Beth. They are taunted by Blaineley for not making it into the competition, but they reveal that they don't really care about losing out on a million dollars. Once the first guest, Harold, is brought out, Justin and Trent join him in singing Baby, to which the girls in the Peanut Gallery and Blaineley gush over the majority of the Drama Brothers reuniting. Beth, Katie and Sadie suddenly get into a catfight which is broken up by security.



In the second World Tour Aftermath episode, the Peanut Gallery now includes counters with telephones in front of each couch, as the members (now including Harold) are participating in the telethon in order to raise money to repair the plane. Their job is to answer calls from people who are donating, which fails at first, only getting $200 from Harold's mother. When DJ is introduced, a bunch of wild animals are released during the "DJ's World of Animals" segment which ruins the studio as well as the gallery.

In the third installment of the World Tour Aftermaths, the gallery now includes Lindsay, Izzy, Leshawna, and DJ. The gallery itself is not used much during the episode, as the non-contestants are competing in a "second chance challenge" in order to return or even debut into the game. Trent and Gwen do however sit in the gallery having small talk after they are eliminated from the challenge.



Unlike the previous episodes, the fourth and final Aftermath takes place in Hawaii. Now joined by the other eliminated contestants, they decide who they will root for in the finale. Tyler, Lindsay, Courtney, Katie, and Sadie are on Team Alejandro, while the rest of the non-contestants are on Team Cody, with Blaineley as the sole member of Team Heather. The gallery is not seen for the rest of the episode, as the non-contestants are competing in a challenge to win an adventage for the finalist they are supporting.

The Peanut Gallery makes a brief appearance in Hawaiian Punch as all the non-contestants are watching Alejandro and Cody compete in the tiebreaker. It appears again when Alejandro and Heather are required to pick two helpers for the rest of the challenge. Lindsay and Courtney volunteer for Alejandro, while Harold and Cody volunteer for Heather.

Total Drama All-Stars


Despite the Aftermath show not returning, the Peanut Gallery still has a role in the show. It is now seen at the campfire ceremonies for the winning team to sit and watch the losing team vote someone out. The Villainous Vultures are the first ones to be able to use it in Heroes vs. Villains. Gwen leaves the gallery in order to flowers to Courtney as a form of an apology, but it turns out she is allergic to them.

The Heroic Hamsters get a chance to sit in the gallery for the next two episodes. In Food Fright, Chris has Sam get up from the gallery to reveal he took a chunk of the giant pancake and put it in his pocket, cauing the Heroes to forfiet the challengem giving the win to the Villains.

Trivia

 * Total Drama Island and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island are the only two seasons not to feature the Peanut Gallery.

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