Caves

The Cave is a recurring location in Camp Wawanakwa on Total Drama Island. The cave is a dank, nearly pitch-black, above-ground tunnel, mostly inhabited by the Bear, Sasquatchanakwa, and bats, that nearly always leads to horrifying events for the campers upon their entry. This cave has made numerous appearances first season.

Recurrences
In The Big Sleep, campers were to stay awake as long as possible after a cross-country run and an all-you-can-eat buffet feast. In his shape, Owen was naturally the first to fall asleep. He mentions in the Confessional that he ate baked beans and maple syrup during the feast, which make him sleepwalk. Around the end of the challenge, after Eva had been eliminated, not realizing that that his team just won, Owen somehow stumbled into a cave full of "Sasquatchanakwas." These creatures see that Owen is sleep, and, after poking him, realizes that he just farted. The Sasquatchanakwa act on this and kick him out of the cave forcefully.

During The Sucky Outdoors, campers were to stay one night out in the wild woods. Katie and Sadie of the Killer Bass got lost and separated from the rest of their team, due to being distracted by blueberries (courtesy of Katie, which eventually led to her elimination). During their separation from the team, they almost lose their close friendships. While arguing, they hear a owl hooting, which scares them and causes them to run off-course into a cave. As Katie tries to assure Sadie that they would be safe in the cave until morning, a bat flies out of nowhere and torments Sadie. After this action, Sadie begins to lose hope and repeats to herself that they were going to die there. Later, a bear that inhabits in the cave "awaken" Katie and Sadie, which causes them to flee the cave, towards the campsite (though too late to save the rest of their team from a bonfire ceremony.

In No Pain, No Game, an accident occurs when Eva was to spend 10 seconds in a crate with Sasquatchanakwa. Unfortunately, Eva tore it to shreds. Later, another accident occurs when LeShawna pile-drives numerous piranhas onto Molotov the Bear. Around the end of the episode, both Molotov and the Sasquatchanakwa retreat to a cave. Both have excessive fur loss and numerous wounds from the beatings. The Sasquatch finds Geoff's hat to cover his head; whereas, Molotov finds a suitcase with very skintight clothes Like Katie and Sadie. Wearing them all, he then lets out a dolphin-like squeal, (similar to two other people, but more deep).

In Search and Do Not Destroy, campers had to find keys stowed in hidden spots. Owen's key was stashed as a necklace around a sleeping bear's neck in a cave. As Owen tried to get his key, no avail was made when the bear nearly ate Owen upon waking up.



In the next episode, as campers were to find hiding places from Chef Hatchet, Duncan chose the cave. Later on, Duncan uses his cave hiding spot to form and orchestrate the first meeting of the new-founded Guys' Alliance. After declaring the start of the alliance, Duncan tells the other guys to leave since the cave was his hiding spot first. As Chef Hatchet begins to pick off campers one by one, he finally checks the cave and gets Duncan.

Later, in Wawanakwa Gone Wild!, Heather's task was to catch a bear and bring it unharmed to the campsite. Since Heather had the bear to catch, she brings some garbage to his assumed cave and tells him to "come and get it". The bear begins to roar from her voice and she runs away.

Next, during one of the three challenges, the remaining six campers, divided into teams of two (Duncan & LeShawna, Gwen & Geoff, and Heather & Owen), were to return the Tiki Doll Beth stole from Boney Island (which gives away the fact that she lied when she said she would return it). Campers were to try to return pieces of the idol to the Cave of Treacherous Terror (which could be different from the regular recurring cave). Heather & Owen get inches away from the cave when a common spider jumps onto Owen's face, which causes him to run away. Duncan & LeShawna actually get into the cave, but gets chased away by woolly beavers. Gwen believed that they (her & Geoff) had been beaten since she had seen everyone retreating. Geoff believes that they could still win and, without even approaching the cave, throws their part of the tiki idol into the cave and wins that challenge.

During Are We There, Yeti?, Owen, Gwen, Heather, and Duncan run into a pitch-black cave after Gwen and the Sasquatchanakwa scared everyone. After finding out that everyone was in the cave, they discover that other creatures (bats) were with them, which causes them to run out of the cave, as well.

In I Triple Dog Dare You!, previously eliminated campers sent in sick dare for the final three to complete. One of the dares Owen had to do was submitted in by his significant other. The dare was to give a purple nurple to a sleeping bear. This dare had only shown the cave where the viewer could only hear Owen's voice inside, saying that he was going to give the bear "a little pinch, and be on his way". After doing so, the viewer was then able to hear screams of terror, and then Owen running out of the cave. After which, he goes back to the campsite where the viewer can then see him very injured from the bear.

After Owen's (Gwen's in other regions) win of Total Drama Island, in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!, all 22 campers race to find the $1,000,000. Justin teams up with Katie and Sadie. While searching for the case, Katie and Sadie talk nonchalantly about past experiences. This drives Justin crazy, and then he loses it. He then lies to them by saying that he has to use the bathroom. He asks them to wait in a cave and give him privacy. As Katie and Sadie walk into the cave, they begin to talk about #2 and if Justin actually does it (not regarding that all humans do). Showing more of their bubbly personality, Katie and Sadie talk about other events other than #2 that they would hate doing in public, an example being diarrhea. Katie brings up moments of the time where Sadie was stuck in a bathroom with mono (shortened form of mononucleosis). Later on, Katie and Sadie's friendship strays more when they get into an argument over who Justin has a crush on. They leave this untrue fate up to a folded paper game that they call "The Magic Square." When both play The Magic Square it ends up saying that Justin has a crush on the both of them.

Trivia

 * It is inferred that the cave is mostly inhabited by the Bear or Sasquatchanakwa, as they have been seen in it in many episodes (namely No Pain. No Game). However, only one Bear has been seen in the cave, while a few Sasquatchanakwa were seen in it in The Big Sleep
 * Many infer that the recurring Cave and the Cave of Treacherous Terror are the same caves, however the Cave of Treacherous Terror is on Boney Island, while the recurring cave is on the Main Island.
 * Other than the animals, Owen is the character that mostly have instances with the cave and/or its' dwellers.
 * Except for the special with Katie and Sadie, every instance the campers have with the cave involve them running or being kicked out of it.
 * The top four campers (Owen, Gwen, Heather and Duncan) have had more than three instances in a cave; whereas, the bottom 4 campers (Ezekiel, Eva, Noah, and Justin) have yet to step foot in a cave.
 * Izzy and Eva, who came back on the island after elimination, have also never stepped inside a cave.
 * Katie and Sadie were together in the cave two times, the first in The Sucky Outdoors, and the second in the Total Drama Island special.