User blog comment:Wattamack4/Something I really just want to get off my chest/@comment-10310224-20131229230912/@comment-35640410-20131230170733

Total Drama wasn't entirely meant to be a realisitc show, but there's a major difference as well.

In TDI and TDA, they had once in a while cartoon jokes like any cartoon, such as the sasquatch and Trent falling into the Earth's core. But by WT, they started putting too much cartoony jokes in and TDRI just completely forgot they're trying to at least try to parody reality shows. That's just my theory.