Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (originally titled Total Drama Reloaded) is season four of the Total Drama series. The existence of a fourth season was confirmed on the Total Drama Production Blog on January 18, 2010. The title was left unknown until it was confirmed by Christian Potenza in a YouTube video. Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks directed this season just as they did the third season, Total Drama World Tour, only without the assistance of Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis. It is taking place in Camp Wawanakwa as the first season did, but the site is now a biohazardous toxic waste dump, altering the environment greatly. The season premiered on January 5, 2012 on Teletoon in Canada, while the premiere date for the United States is still unconfirmed.

Summary
Since Total Drama Action began, Chris rented Camp Wawanakwa out to a toxic waste company, which used it as their main dump. By the time Chris bought it back for the new season, it was filled with biohazardous toxic waste, affecting the island and its inhabitants; making it more dangerous for a new cast. TB|he cast of thirteen is divided into two teams and must compete in many deadly, disgusting, and humiliating challenges. One by one, they are eliminated in a manner similar to the original season, but with a twist; when the bottom two is reached, the person whose name is called last is the one who is eliminated, and thus receives the last marshmallow, which is toxic. After the camper is eliminated, they are catapulted off the island in the Hurl of Shame The last contestant standing is crowned the winner and receives the $1,000,000 prize.

Characters
Twelve new character designs were posted by former director Todd Kauffman on his blog.

It was confirmed through cleverly hidden hints that these characters were, in fact, part of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, because of a crossword puzzle posted on Thornton's blog that included the season name, Chris's name, Chef's name, and twelve of the thirteen new contestants' names:


 * Top: Cameron
 * Standing (Left to right): Anne Maria, Mike, Zoey, Lightning, Dawn, B, Sam, Brick, Scott, Jo
 * Sitting (Left to right): Dakota, Staci

These characters' participation was finally confirmed in Potenza's video, when at the very first recording session for season four, a new voice actor showed the camera a long, black and white sheet with twelve of these characters on it. The black bars over their eyes were gone, but it was still hard to see them. In addition, a previously unknown thirteenth character was also seen alongside them. This character, from a first hand glance, resembles the intern from Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action, who is DJ's original design, and his name was confirmed to be "B".

As revealed in an interview with Chad Hicks and Keith Oliver, some of the original twenty-two campers will be making brief guest appearances throughout the season.

Airdate Delays
As confirmed by Christian Potenza on the Total Drama panel at Canada's 2011 Fan Expo, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island was originally supposed to air in July. However, many staff members found some of the scenes of radioactive material and creatures to be insensitive after the results of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which caused many citizens to receive radiation poisoning, so many scenes had to be edited out. It was then going to be scheduled to air in September, but there were still many scenes that had to be changed. The final rescheduled air date was January 5, 2012, which was when Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er! first aired in Canada.

Contestants

 * See also: Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Elimination Table

Elimination

 * See: Elimination

The process of elimination in this season is somewhat similar to the one in Total Drama Island. However, while the elimination is still around the Campfire and the symbols of safety are still marshmallows, there is a twist: When the bottom two is reached, the person whose name is called next is the one who is ‘’eliminated’’, not safe. Subsequently, that person must catch the final marshmallow; the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom, which is toxic. Afterwards, they are seated in a massive catapult on the Dock called the Hurl of Shame and are launched out of the competition.

Episodes
See: List of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Episodes 

There is a total of thirteen episodes of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island,. It's unknown if or not there will be special for this season.

Cameos
Although this is the first season of the series to not feature a single one of the veteran contestants competing, all of them appeared in the very beginning of Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er! before Chris introduced the new cast. After this moment, a handful of the original characters were seen once more throughout the season in cameo appearances. Some are brief appearances with little to no impact on the show, while others are much more significant and often have the challenge revolve around them (usually out of an impromptu decision by Chris). Below is a list of all the characters who cameoed and which episodes they appeared in.


 * Owen: Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!

Trivia

 * This is the first season of Total Drama to not feature any of the original 22 contestants competing.
 * This season features the smallest cast of any season to date, with 13.
 * Additionally, this is the first (and currently, the only) season to start and end with an odd amount of contestants.
 * This season features the smallest episode count of any season to date, with 13.
 * This is the first (and currently, the only) season where the amount of episodes matches the amount of contestants.
 * This is the first season in which a male contestant is the first person to use the confessional.
 * This is the first season in which a female is the first contestant eliminated from the season (not including Bridgette being eliminated in a double elimination with Geoff in Total Drama Action).
 * This is the first season where no two contestants have the same voice actor (although one contestant shares his voice actor with a contestant from the previous seasons).
 * This is the first season where the entire cast has audition tapes.
 * This is the first season to include the McLean-Brand Chris Head, which is similar to the immunity idols featured in Survivor.
 * This season shares many notable, obvious similarities with Total Drama Island:
 * Both take place entirely in Camp Wawanakwa, and are the only two seasons so far to do so.
 * Both feature the elimination area happening at the Bonfire pit, with Marshmallows being the symbols of safety.
 * Both feature similar opening sequences.
 * Both feature a red team and a green team that are named after animals (one animal is a rodent).
 * Both feature the exact same confessional.
 * This is the second season in a row where the first two contestants eliminated are of the same gender. The first was Total Drama World Tour, with Duncan and Ezekiel.