Chris

Chris Mclean is a famous celebrity that everyone on the show (except for Lindsay) knows well. His activities include an incident where he once participated in a figure skating TV show (stated by Trent in the first episode). He's known to be somewhat sarcastic. Aside of being the show's host, Chris is also the show's writer, background designer, director, executive producer, and assassin. In episode 13, it is also revealed (by himself) that he is training to get his pilots' license, while he is flying a ricketty death plane held together by duct tape. He along with his "sidekick" Chef Hatchet and the camera crew, is not a contestant of the show. He makes it clear that he really enjoys torturing the campers, taking delight in pointing out how life-threatening the current challenge is and matching them up depending on their hatred for each other. Chris really does not care what the campers do or what happens on the show as long as it's legal... and get's paid. He has ego-maniacal tendancies, which are shown in Paintball Deer Hunter, when he is introducing the show and says, "And could my teeth possibly get any whiter?" He also pauses the tape in X-treme Torture in parody of The Emperor's New Groove (he even writes on the screen! although with a PINK marker... which is awkward) and is embarrassed about how he looks (even though he looks the same as always). He also seems to be irresponsible and careless, as he mentioned to Trent once that when he thinks he's forgetting something he usually ignores the thought until it goes away. Throughout the series he mentions of all the interns dying or being in the hospital. He loves to torture the campers, but hates being forced to take the hits himself, and example of this is shown in Hide and Be Sneaky when he is hit by Chef's Killer Water Gun and is blasted back a long distance, and clearly not happy about it. He has many catchphrases, but his most common one is "AAAAWWWWESOME!", especially when a challenge is particularly life-threatening. Despite the fact that he loves torturing the campers, he has shown that he isn't completely happy with certain results. When Heather managed to avoid being eliminated and Justin was kicked off instead, Chris stated that he felt the result was completely unfair, where as he usually makes some snotty remarks at the campers when the leave. Also, in Paintball Deer Hunter, He felt bad for Cody, after Heather manages to get him voted off. In Who Can You Trust?, he allowed Katie to board the Boat of Losers to be reunited with her best friend Sadie. In Phobia Factor, he reprimanded the other campers for taunting Tyler about his fear of chickens. He also has shown that despite his harsh challenges, he does care for the camper's lives (as he rushed to save Gwen from the psycho killer because he was worried about lawsuits). He also seemed concerned that Owen kept doing so many dares (that may have eventually killed him) and also allowed the campers to do an alternate eating round when they all refused to eat dolphin hot dogs. At the end of the season, Chris is subdued by Owen, Duncan and Geoff and tossed off the Dock of Shame (ruining his hair... could he be any more embarrassed?!). Chris reveals at the end of the season that the campers can win one million dollars and so can Owen (if he gives up the money he has now). However Chris's plan winds up causing a fourteen way tie, so he is forced to perform the tie breaker known as season two (AKA: Total Drama Action).

Chris will appear in season 2 called "Total Drama Action" with updated facial expressions and a beard.

Trivia

 * He is considered to be one of the major antagonists by the campers, the others being Heather and possibly Justin.
 * He is voiced in 6TEEN Jude Lizowski, made obvious by the two sounding alike.
 * Chris is the only person to have their last name mentioned. Other than Chef Hatchet.
 * Of all the characters Chris changes his appearance the most. In one episode he wears a Star Wars rebel pilot uniform while flying a plane and in another he wears a pirate outfit for the treasure hunt contest.  He also changes into shorts at various times during the show.  In the Total Drama Action trailer he is seen wearing a blue tuxedo with a red bowtie while handing out Oscar awards that resemble him.  He is also seen in some other scenes wearing a large variety of outfits. his famous expressions while wearing outfits to season 2 are: Happy, Sad, Excited, Scared, Funny, Thankful, Worried, etc.
 * Chris is the only male on the island who never takes his shirt off(a guy from New Jersey said "Well he should take his shirt off".)
 * He is he only one of the show's three producers to be shown. He mentions that the other two are members of a "board of shadowy figures composed of producers, directors and Harold-haters".