Total Drama

Total Drama is a series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis. Total Drama is developed by Fresh TV Inc. and Teletoon. The show was created by the same creators as 6teen and Stoked. It is has the Canadian TV rating of "G" or "c8" (ages 8+). It has the American rating of TV-PG or TV-PG-D (Originally TV-PG-DLS) for Cartoon Network.

Staff

 * see: Staff

There are thirty-five voice actors, six directors, twenty-five writers, and three song-writers for the series.

Total Drama Island

 * see: Total Drama Island



Total Drama Island (formerly titled "Camp TV") is about twenty-two contestants on an island known as "Camp Wawanakwa" or "Total Drama Island." The contestants were divided into two separate teams, the Screaming Gophers and the Killer Bass. The two teams were given challenges and every three days, the team who lost the challenge votes the contestant they most want off the island off. The contestant who was voted off must walk the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers, which will take the loser away. This process continues on until one person remains on the island. The last contestant standing wins $100,000.

Episodes

 * see: List of Total Drama Island Episodes

There are twenty-six episodes, twenty-seven counting the exclusives for each country, plus a special.

Total Drama Action

 * see: Total Drama Action

Total Drama Action, the second season of the show, takes place on an abandoned film lot somewhere in Toronto, Ontario. Fifteen of the original contestants are split up into two teams, the Screaming Gaffers and the Killer Grips. The teams compete in movie-themed challenges until only one contestant is left on the set. That player ultimately wins $1,000,000.

Episodes

 * see: List of Total Drama Action Episodes

Just like Total Drama Island, there are twenty-six episodes, plus a special, which gives way to the next season.

Total Drama World Tour

 * see: Total Drama World Tour

Total Drama World Tour (formerly titled "Total Drama, the Musical") is the third season of Total Drama. Fifteen of the original contestants, as well as three new ones, compete for another $1,000,000 in various challenges in locations all around the world. This season, there are three teams: Team Amazon, Team Victory, and Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot. All the while, the contestants must break into spontaneous musical numbers during each episode.

Episodes

 * see: List of Total Drama World Tour Episodes

Total Drama World Tour consists of twenty-six episodes, but there is no special for this season.

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

 * see: Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (formerly titled "Total Drama Reloaded") is the fourth season of the series. In the official Total Drama Production Blog, Mark Thornton was the first to mention the existence of season four, and later said that as of January 18, 2010, the season was being written. This is significant for being the first season to not feature any of the original cast of 22 competing; this season instead features 13 brand new characters. The season effectively traces the roots of the series back to the setting of the original season: Camp Wawanakwa. The presence of radioactivity is major trait of the season, as both team names are related to nuclear radiation: the Toxic Rats and the Mutant Maggots. Other than that, the season goes back to the same basic format as the original season, with the teams competing for immunity while the losing teams vote a member off. The prize money (once again $1,000,000) goes to the last-standing contestant in the season.

Episodes

 * see: List of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Episodes

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island contains thirteen episodes, exactly half of the usual twenty-six episodes. Currently, there is currently no special confirmed for this season.

Untitled fifth season
On July 19, 2012, Christian Potenza announced the fifth season in an Interview with Tom McGillis, saying that Season 5 would be very similar to Total Drama Island and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, due to the high success of the two season's "Survivor" style theme. The season is currently in pre-production, and will return to being a 26 episode season, bringing the series up to a total of 121 episodes (including specials and recaps).

On October 22, 2012, It's confirmed that the season is already ordered by Cartoon Network which is currently in production. The first thirteen episodes will be an all-star season and the following thirteen episodes will introduce a whole new cast of characters.

On December 19, ABC3 Australia confirmed that the theme for this season is going to be "Heroes vs. Villains."

Censorship in United States

 * see: Cartoon Network Edits for full list of censors

Although it was originally rated TV-PG DLS, Total Drama episodes are usually rated TV-PG in the United States, for suggestive dialogue and aggressive language. Sometimes an episode would be rated TV-PG D for mild flirtatious dialogue.

Opening Sequences

 * see: Opening Sequences

I Wanna Be Famous, by Graeme Cornies and Dawna Toews

''Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine, You guys are on my mind. You asked me what I wanted to be And now I think the answer is plain to see. 'Cause I wanna be famous.'' I wanna live close to the sun Well, pack your bags 'cause I've already won Everything to prove, nothing in my way I'll get there one day 'Cause I wanna be famous! na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous! (Whistling the same tune I Wanna Be Famous)

Reception
The Total Drama series has garnered very successful ratings over the years. Carole Bonneau, the Vice President of programming of Teletoon Canada, stated that Total Drama Island, along with Fresh TV's 6Teen, were "consistently top performers" for audiences of ages 6-11, and also helped to bring in older viewers as well. When Total Drama Island aired on the American Cartoon Network, it performed very well; The Toronto Star reported that, "in some age groups, Total Drama Island showed a 500 percent ratings increase in its time slot." On December 11, 2008, Total Drama Island garnered 3.5 million viewers. That year, the series was the top "regularly-scheduled Thursday night program at 9 p.m. on all television throughout third quarter among boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14," according to the Animation World Network. On Memorial Day weekend of 2009, a marathon of Total Drama Island increased viewership in age groups 2-11, 6-11, and 9-14, each by 20% or more compared to the same week in 2008.

The show's critical reception has been generally positive. Commonsense Media gave the show four out of five stars, calling it a "clever cartoon reality show spoof OK for older tweens." In reviewing the DVD for the first season, Matthew Price of The Oklahoman wrote that while the show started out "unbelievably slowly," the series became more interesting as campers began getting voted off. Price also praised the parody of reality shows. In another review of the DVD, Jeffrey Kauffman of DVD Talk wrote that the character development was compelling and that the parody of reality shows were very funny. Mac McEntire of DVD Verdict praised the character development as well, but noted that the show sometimes sinks to "lowbrow gross-outs." Both Kauffman and McEntire recommended the season DVD. However, not all reviews have been positive. Debi Enker of The Age gave a negative review of the season's last episode, calling the art, the design, and the writing "lamentable."

Merchandise

 * The DVD of the first season, Total Drama Island: The Complete First Season, came out on August 18, 2009.
 * Kauffman and Thornton have both confirmed that, as of this point, DVD releases of Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour have not yet been scheduled.
 * Australia is the only country to receive a Total Drama Action DVD, and will soon be releasing a Total Drama World Tour DVD.
 * A blue Total Drama Action t-shirt with a Gilded Chris Award on it was released on the Cartoon Network Shop website. Also, a t-shirt with the entire Total Drama Island cast was released by Hot Topic.
 * A black Total Drama World Tour t-shirt with all the locations on it (and the Total Drama World Tour logo) was released for Gossip Mongers on Total Drama Online.
 * Another variation of the shirt includes the skull from Duncan's shirt.
 * A t-shirt that can be both blue and black features the question about Total Drama from the popular game show Jeopardy!.

Awards

 * Total Drama Island was a nominee in The Gemini Awards, in 2008.
 * In 2010, the show won Best Tween Series and the Viewer's Choice Award for Kid Screen's 1st Annual Award presentation in New York.
 * Total Drama Action was nominated for The Gemini Awards, in 2010.
 * Total Drama World Tour won "Best Foreign Series" and "Best Music Score on a TV series" in the ToonZone Awards.
 * The song Oh My Izzy was nominated for "Best Song in a TV series" in the ToonZone Awards.
 * Carter Hayden, the voice actor for Noah, was nominated for "Best Voice Actor in a TV Series" and Annick Obonsawin, the voice actress for Sierra, won "Best Voice Actress in a TV Series," in the ToonZone Awards.
 * Total Drama World Tour won "Best Animated Series," "Best Voice Talent," and "Best Tweens/Teens Program" in the Tweens/Teens, Creative Talent, and Viewers Choice categories for the 2011 KidScreen Awards.

Trivia

 * As of the fourth season, all of the seasons in the series excluding one have had their original titles changed shortly before premiering. Total Drama Action was currently the only season to never feature any kind of name change.
 * Camp TV was changed to Total Drama Island.
 * Total Drama, the Musical was changed to Total Drama World Tour.
 * Total Drama Reloaded was changed to Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
 * In the first three seasons, at least two contestants have joined or rejoined the game about halfway through.
 * In Total Drama Island, Izzy and Eva returned after the teams merged.
 * In Total Drama Action, Izzy and Owen both returned to the competition, while Courtney later debuted.
 * In Total Drama World Tour, Duncan returned after quitting, and Blaineley debuted at the merge.
 * Thus, Izzy is the only contestant to return to the competition more than once.
 * Also, the only two contestants who have ever joined a season that they were not originally supposed to be on were females.
 * Coincidentally, both were eliminated via double elimination with each other in Total Drama World Tour.
 * There are thirty-eight (thirty-nine if one counts Mr. Coconut) participants in Total Drama so far.
 * There are ten contestants who have qualified for the first three seasons: Heather, Gwen, Owen, DJ, Harold, Lindsay, Duncan, Bridgette, Leshawna, and Izzy.
 * However, Courtney, who qualified for Total Drama Island and Total Drama World Tour, did not originally qualify for Total Drama Action, but competed on the season after suing the show.
 * The contestants who have competed on only two seasons are: Geoff, Trent, Beth, Cody, Tyler, Justin, Noah, and Ezekiel.
 * Beth was the only female contestant that competed on two seasons.
 * There are currently nineteen (twenty if one were to count Mr. Coconut) contestants who have competed on only one season: Katie, Sadie, Sierra, Alejandro, Eva, Blaineley, Anne Maria, B, Brick, Cameron, Dakota, Dawn, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Sam, Scott, Staci, and Zoey.
 * Also, there has been one human eliminated that was a non contestant: the blonde intern in Total Drama World Tour.
 * Ezekiel, Katie, Sadie, Noah, and Tyler are the only five contestants from of the first three seasons who never reached the merge of a season.
 * Coincidentally, these five were all contestants who did not compete on Total Drama Action.
 * Owen, Heather, Duncan, Leshawna, Lindsay, and Harold are the only six contestants have ever beaten every other contestant from the first season of show.
 * However, if Duncan's return in Total Drama World Tour is counted, then the list would only be Owen, Heather, and Duncan.
 * Also, if one counts the three newcomers in Total Drama World Tour and the alternate ending, then Heather would be the only one listed.
 * Alejandro and Cameron are the only two contestants so far have never been eliminated, due to them winning the season that they debuted in.
 * Every season so far has featured a noticeable pattern that, for the most part, keeps the amount of males and females in the competition perfectly even.
 * The contestants very rarely change their clothes, with an exception of swimwear and sleepwear, while Chris and Chef wear a number of different outfits throughout the series.
 * The final four of Total Drama Island have the best performance out of all the original contestants and are also the contestants with the most participation in the series.
 * All of them compete on the first three seasons.
 * At least one of them made it to the final two every season.
 * All of them appear in every episode of at least one season.
 * All four have the highest amount of participation:
 * Heather: 66
 * Owen: 62
 * Duncan: 59
 * Gwen: 49
 * If the alternate endings count, all of them are the winners of a season.
 * All of them are members of the "superior" team of the season at least once.
 * With the exception of Gwen, all of them have:
 * Beaten every other contestant of the first generation (not counting the newcomers of Total Drama World Tour).
 * Made it to the merge more than once.
 * Been the highest ranking member of their team.
 * Gwen however compensates these losses by holding the record of winning the most challenges in a single season and also total challenges won in all three seasons.
 * All of them made cameo appearances in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
 * The four winners of Total Drama have all been males, being Owen, Duncan, Alejandro, and Cameron, in that order.
 * Thus, a female has never won a season so far.