Total Drama Action

Total Drama Action is the second season of the Total Drama series. This season's challenges are based off movie plots, and the site where all the madness shall be held will be at an Abandoned Movie Lot. This season, the grand prize is one million dollars. Forty-two days, with fifteen castmates, for one grand prize. When eliminated, the loser must walk across the Red Carpet of Shame into the Lame-o-sine.

Summary
Fifteen of Season 1's contestants continue on to the second season that takes place on an abandoned film lot. For forty-two days, the cast is forced to compete in movie genre themed challenges, for the one million dollar grand prize.



Characters

 * see: Characters

Fourteen of the past season's contestants are up to this season, and Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet keep as host and co-host.

Episodes

 * see: List of Total Drama Action Episodes

There is a total of 26 episodes of Total Drama Action aired so far. It is confirmed that a 27th one will air to give place to Total Drama World Tour.

Elimination

 * see: Elimination

A common process on the whole Total Drama series. In Total Drama Action, the elimination happens after every challenge. The team or players that haven't got immunity receive votes from other contestants via electronic devices and the most voted participant leaves the competition.

Theme Song
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"I Wanna Be Famous", by Graeme Cornies and Dawna Toews

''Dear Mom and Dad I'm Doin' Fine, You Guys are on My Mind. You asked me what I wanted to be And now I think the answer's plain to see. I wanna be Famous. I wanna live close to the sun So 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 I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous! (Whistling I Wanna Be Famous)''



Best. Game. Ever.

 * see: Best. Game. Ever.

A online game seen on Cartoon Network's official Total Drama Action site. It consists RPG gameplay, where the player creates their own avatar and receives missions from Chris, which weekly change related to the last episode's challenge, forming alliances and obtaining money to buy more accessories for their avatar.

The Big Picture

 * see: The Big Picture

Another Cartoon Network game made on Total Drama Action. The main goal is to take pictures of the contestants while they run across film studios, trying to take high-quality pictures with as much people as they can.

Official Website

 * see: Total Drama Action EXTRA

The official Cartoon Network TDA site. It features videos, info about the contestants, games (see above), headlines and exclusives, all on Total Drama Action recent stuff. Also, the Best. Game. Ever. challenge announcement changes weekly according to the previous episode of the season. Each episode gets a headline when shown at Cartoon Network and an exclusive before being aired.

Censorship in United States

 * see: Edits for full list of censors

Like the first season, Total Drama Action is rated TV-PG or TV-PG D in the United States for mild, flirtatious dialogue.

Prizes

 * see: Episode Prizes

There are much more challenge prizes in Total Drama Action than in the previous season. Since this season has less contestants and nearly the same number of episodes, a large number of challenges are reward and non-elimination ones, which makes the list of prizes bigger.