User blog:CheeseBurgerGuy/Total Drama Theory: Who Is the 'Canon' Winner of Each Season?

It has kind of become a tradition in Total Drama that both finalists have a version of the season in which they walk away with the million. It has also become a tradition that we have never had any finalist, other than Owen, declared as canon. My intention for this blog is to go through each season and go over who I think is canon based on the information and hints the show has given us.

Why do this now? As many of you already know, I originally had two versions of Total Drama Finale planned out. The first version, the one already published at the time of this blog’s release, was the more ambitious 26 Episode season. The second was and is intended to be a finalists only season. However, a season of such a nature leaves us with a serious problem: who are the canon winners? Total Drama has always had a rule about nobody ever getting a repeat placement and I doubt that would change if a series like this ever came out. Additionally, the only thematic way to divide the teams in this situation would be, like the 26 Episode Version, the champions vs the contenders.

Why is this a seperate blog when I didn’t do the same for the full TDF cast reveal? There are people who visit this wiki who aren’t interested in elimination blogs and I understand that. At the same time, I felt that this didn’t necessarily need to be apart of the season so that those people will still be able to see it.

Now that all of that is out of the way, let’s get started.

Total Drama Island
Out of all the seasons I have to cover, this is certainly the easiest. As I said above, Owen is the only confirmed finalist. Case closed.

Canon Winner: Owen

Canon Runner-Up: Gwen

Total Drama Action
We go from the easiest to determine to the hardest. This was the first time that Total Drama really committed to the idea of not having a canonical winner and this really shows in its execution. If we base things off the finale episode itself, I would argue the canonical winner was Duncan due to Gwen being the swing vote. Yet Duncan never mentions the million ever again and stays in a trailer with Courteny between Action and WT? On the other hand, the money is used to bail Beth and Lindsay out of prison if she wins it, and I don’t think her parent’s car is worth a million dollars. Additionally, Gwen did say to expect the unexpected with her vote. Maybe she didn’t vote Duncan to win in denial for her feelings or maybe she blamed him for her break-up with Trent at the time? As such, while I personally prefer Duncan in the winner’s circle over Beth, I've got to rule in her favor on this one.

Canon Winner: Beth

Canon Runner-Up: Duncan

Total Drama World Tour
I’m not going to beat around the bush here. I have absolutely no doubt that Alejandro is the canonical winner of Total Drama World Tour. Alejandro asks about the money no matter which version of the ending airs in your country. Why would Alejandro care about the money if he lost to Heather? Additionally, Heather would still feel cheated out of her win because she still technically beat Alejandro in the final challenge (from her perspective). I would love to declare Heather the canon winner here, but her win makes the question about the money from Alejandro make absolutely no sense (it still doesn’t completely in canon, but at least there’s a justification).

Canon Winner: Alejandro

Canon Runner-Up: Heather

Total Drama Revenge of the Island
This is another easy season to determine: Cameron. The reason for this comes in All-Stars where Gwen mentions that she’s surprised Lightning ever made the finale. I want to emphasize the word finale here. Not even in countries where Lightning won is this dialogue changed. In Cameron’s ending, we also know what happened to the money (he split it), so it doesn’t need to be mentioned. Lightning kept his money on the other hand, and like Duncan, it is never mentioned again. The writing is on the wall.

Canon Winner: Cameron

Canon Runner-Up: Lightning

Total Drama All Stars
Does this finale even matter? It’s a couples finale. We also never see Zoey and Mike again after this finale. As such, the only thing we can base this on is what’s in the episode and personal preference. Zoey’s version of the ending is longer, has an original animation not in Mike’s ending, and makes more sense as Mike had no cover to protect himself, making him an easier target for Chef (Zoey also got to the top first).

Canon Winner: Zoey

Canon Runner-Up: Mike

Total Drama Pahkitew Island
This ending is very similar to the last one in the case that we never saw either finalist again. I’m going to rule in favor of Shawn winning here as his ending serves as a more complete conclusion to his relationship with Jasmine. Sky’s really doesn’t add much to the season as a whole compartiely. Additionally, her being placed on the contenders will just make more sense with my upcoming season.

Canon Winner: Shawn Canon Runner-Up: Sky

Final Thoughts + Teams for TDF (All-Winners Only Version)
I know everyone has their preferred winners (in fact, mine are Owen, Duncan, Heather, Cameron, Zoey, and Shawn) and that some people may disagree with me. If I missed any evidence that might shift this in favor of your preffered finalist, please share it down below. For now though, the current version of the teams are as follows:

The Champion Chipmunks:

1. Owen

2. Beth

3. Alejandro

4. Cameron

5. Zoey

6. Shawn

The Contending Bears:

1. Gwen

2. Duncan

3. Heather

4. Lightning

5. Mike

6. Sky

I hope you all enjoyed reading my theory. I'll leave fans of TDF with one final question: Which team do you prefer? Looking forward to hearing from you all below.