Airplane

The airplane is one of the many vehicles to appear in the series, most prominently in Total Drama Island. A different plane is seen during Total Drama Action in one episode. It was completely replaced by another plane in Total Drama World Tour, but makes a brief cameo appearance.

Total Drama Island
The airplane seen in the first season is a yellow, single-propeller plane with red stripes running along its sides. It is very poorly maintained as it is covered in dents, grease stains, and there are rust stains all over it. One of its wheels is missing and has been replaced by a ski and its wings are kept in place by duct tape. However, despite Chris' cheapness, it stays functional until it crashes in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island.

Phobia Factor
The plane is first seen in Phobia Factor, when Owen and Izzy have to ride in it to conquer their fear of flying. In this episode, the plane is piloted by Chef Hatchet, who is dressed up as a female flight attendant. He pilots the plane wildly, performing loops and even flying upside-down. Despite this and the fact that the tape on the plane is falling off, both Gophers manage to conquer their fears, earning their team two points. The plane's wings fall off the body shortly after the plane lands.

X-Treme Torture
The plane is first seen in this episode when Chris flies it low over the campgrounds, using the loud roar of its engine to rudely wake up all of the campers. It is also used when DJ and Trent have to jump out of it and skydive down to their respective targets on the beach below. Although Chris is still inside the plane with them, Chef is the pilot this time. Thus, this is the only time in which the plane has two different pilots in the same episode.

Wawanakwa Gone Wild!
When Izzy shoots a tranquilizer gun at the plane and hit its left wing, it jerks, coughs and sputters, with a thin stream of smoke pluming from it, before dipping down and crashing off-screen. It is unknown who was piloting it, as Chris was back at the campgrounds waiting for the other campers, and Chef had been tranquilized by Izzy at the time.

Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island
Despite supposedly being destroyed in a previous episode, it is seen one last time in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island. Justin is flying it after he convinces Chef to give him the keys to the plane by offering an autographed picture of himself. After this, Justin jumps out and parachutes down to Lindsay, Beth, and Ezekiel, who has the million dollar case at the time. Once he does this, the plane spirals out of control, in the process crashing through the support beams for the high diving board over the green jelly pool (which had been set up for Courtney in Phobia Factor). At that time, Geoff, Bridgette, Katie, Sadie, Leshawna, Courtney, Cody, DJ, Tyler, and Owen are all crowded on it. This causes the diving board to fall off and, subsequently, set off a chain of events that result in five of them qualifying for Total Drama Action, whereas the other five do not. After smashing through the support beams, it continues on and flies right into the woods. The plane is supposedly destroyed for good after this, as it is never seen again in Total Drama.

Full Metal Drama
In Total Drama Action, a plane that resembles a silver World War I aircraft is used for the challenge. The contestants are forced to jump out of this plane to reenact a World War I scenario, but once they had all fallen out of the plane, they realize it never even took off, and was just a prop inside of the studio lot.

Get a Clue
Courtney mentions the plane from Full Metal Drama, although it did not appear. She recalls that the plane seen in Full Metal Drama was fake and she compared it to the train that they were currently riding in.

Total Drama World Tour
A different plane is used in Total Drama World Tour; in this case, the Total Drama Jumbo Jet. It transports the contestants around the world from one location to another and was piloted by Chef Hatchet, until it was ultimately destroyed in a massive explosion caused by Sierra in Awwwwww, Drumheller. However, the yellow airplane from the first season did make one brief appearance about halfway through the season.

Aftermath Aftermayhem
In a flashback, Blaineley is seen throwing a sack over Bridgette's head and stuffing her in a yellow plane that resembles the one from Total Drama Island. She closes the door and sends her off on a "tour around the world" in order to get rid of her.

Trivia

 * All three of the first three seasons featured some sort of airplane:
 * In Total Drama Island, a small, beaten-up yellow plane appears for the challenges in Phobia Factor and X-Treme Torture.
 * In Total Drama Action, a large black airplane was used for a challenge in Full Metal Drama, although it was later proven to be a fake prop for the set.
 * In Total Drama World Tour, contestants traveled around the world with the Total Drama Jumbo Jet.
 * Justin, Chris, DJ, Izzy, and Chef are currently the only characters that have been seen piloting a plane.
 * The yellow airplane appears briefly in the game Flight Simmerator, as one of the many obstacles that the Total Drama Jumbo Jet may crash into.
 * Total Drama: Revenge of the Island is currently the only season to not feature any kind of airplanes.