User blog:Robertoiglesias/My ranking of the Total Drama seasons

Hi. I’m going to rank Total Drama Island, Action, World Tour, Revenge of the Island, All-Stars, Pahkitew Island, Ridonculous Race, and Dramarama from worst to best.

#8. Total Dramarama My rating: 1/10

I think I speak for most of us when I say that this, is definitely the worst. A show about teens competing in dangerous challenges for $1 million, having hilarious and interesting drama with other contestants, has now been reduced to preschoolers. Now we get to see our favorite characters in preschool. Isn’t that fun?!

No! It’s not enjoyable. Not only is the concept ridiculously stupid, but so is the execution. It’s just toilet humor without any sense of enjoyability or drama behind it. Also, it’s a plot hole / continuity error that the teens have met and know each other in preschool. WTF! The one decent thing is that some of these adventures are a bit fun. But man, this whole idea is stupid and the result is horrid.

#7. Total Drama Pahkitew Island My rating: 3.5/10

This is technically Season 5B. Just by saying that kinda sums up Season 5 (All-Stars and Pahkitew Island): sometimes rushed and lazy.

This season / second half of a season introduces the 3rd generation of contestants after only 1.5 seasons with the 2nd generation (and the first generation had 3 seasons before the 2nd gen came, so the producers are literally half assing everything). However, unlike the first 2 gens, this crew has almost all unlikable, forgettable, bland, and/or underdeveloped teens. Out of the 14, I thought Sky and Shawn were decent and Jasmine was great. But the rest, especially Beardo, Leonard, Rodney, Topher, Scarlett, and Sugar can go die. The fact that 6 of the 14 teens are unbearable is not a good sign.

Chris and Chef don’t get a lot of screen time either. This new island is quite similar to Wawanakwa, only it’s forgettable. It’s actually a mechanical island, which could have led to some great things, but no. Only the last third of this season utilizes it. The challenges are fun, and a few characters are likable, but this 14 episode, second half of season 5, with a generally unlikable 3rd cast and a boring island, is a mess.

#6. Total Drama All-Stars My rating: 6/10

And now we’re at the first half season 5. Total Drama All-Stars has a great idea of combining some of the best 1st and 2nd generations of teens, and separating them into heroes and villains. So now we’re on the season where the general idea is good, unlike Dramarama or Pahkitew Island. And the characters are likable and deserve to be here. But the execution and the short length hurt this season, as well as other things.

There is only 13 episodes of what should be 20-25 episodes. Characters like Owen, Leshawna, DJ, Beth, Brick, Anna Maria, Dakota, and Dawn are nowhere to be found. The cast, Mike, Zoey, Scott, Gwen, Courtney, Alejandro, Cameron, Duncan, and more are great, but there is not enough people. I think this is because the second half is for Pahkitew Island, but F**K PAHKITEW ISLAND! That’s probably what caused the shortening of this season. Thanks Sugar for existing and kinda ruining All-Stars!

But there are other problems, like Lindsay and Lightning being stupid, being eliminated early, and whose faces never show up again. Why?! Also, Courtney’s and Gwen’s relationship was fine until it got ruined and Courtney was eliminated. And yeah, let’s talk about the finale. I like Mal, but Mike vs Zoey doesn’t change any perspective. It doesn’t matter if one wins, they both basically win. I think it should have been Mike vs Courtney. Zoey could be in 5th place, and Gwen and Scott the same. Not only would the results be different, but that’s 1st generation vs 2nd generation! Missed opportunity. And yeah, there seems to be more focus on the 2nd gen, especially in the finale. Overall, ok season with some downfalls.

#5. Total Drama Revenge of the Island My rating: 8/10

Finally, I’m onto the good seasons. Total Drama Revenge of the Island is the 4th season and introduces us to the 2nd generation of teens. After 3 seasons of fun with the 1st gen, this is a bit of a risky move. However, most of the characters here are likable and fun. The only one I didn’t like that much was Staci, she was a bit annoying with talking about her great (x16) uncle inventing Earth and before then you just floated around in space dead, and she was underdeveloped. But the rest are great, like Cameron, Zoey, Mike, Jo, Lightning, Scott, Brick, and more. The Cameron vs Lightning finale is fun, and the island being more mutated and more dangerous brings us some really fun challenges.

The problem however is the fact that season has only 13 episodes. Why not 20 episodes for this new cast? I don’t really know why they decided this. But mostly everything else is good. This is Pahkitew Island, but way better.

#4. Total Drama the Ridonculous Race My rating: 9/10

This season ditches the concept of around 15 contestants competing for $1 million and there is only 1 winner, for duos racing around the world, trying to not come in last place or else they’re gone, and the last duo standing gets $1 million. I guess they were tired of the original idea after All-Stars and especially Pahkitew Island ruined it, but this new race idea is great.

Most of the characters are also fun and/or likable (I added the ‘or’ because the Ice Dancers are far from likable, but they are fun). To be honest though, the LARPers, Geniuses, Vegans, Tennis Rivals, Fashion Bloggers, Stepbrothers, Spud, and Taylor, aren’t interesting or likable, but the rest (especially the Police Cadets, Ice Dancers, Best Friends, Sisters, Daters, Goths, Father and Son, Surfer Dudes, and Reality TV Pros) are great. The challenges are very fun and creative as well. And even though I miss Chris, Don is a neat guy. So yeah, this is a great season.

#3. Total Drama Action My rating: 10/10

And now I’m onto the first 3 seasons. I’ll be honest, it was hard ranking #3 and #2, but Action gets #3 for me. And honestly, that’s really only because there’s less characters and episodes than the first season. Everything else works fine for me though.

The characters are competing in movie based challenges. I absolutely love this idea, and what’s given is great! Also, the characters competing are given more development, especially Justin and Beth. I’m glad that Beth was in the finale with Duncan. Yeah, some people wished that it was Lindsay vs Duncan, but I thought that this was fine, too. The aftermath episodes are a nice addition, and would continue in World Tour. So yeah, this is the underrated season that deserves way more love than it gets.

#2. Total Drama World Tour My rating: 10/10

This season is usually most people’s favorites, and I can see why. Total Drama World Tour brings back most of the interesting characters and puts them in 3 teams, and now they’re competing around the world. Along with them are 2 new characters, Alejandro and Sierra, who are great additions. And I can definitely give this season credit for making me like Cody. After he was underdeveloped in the first 2 seasons, this season actually did a lot of justice to some of the characters. Cody, Tyler, and Noah are now developed characters, and the other returning characters do a great job.

However, there are a few minor annoyances. Ezekiel is given the same stupid treatment from season 1, being the first to go and not having enough character development (and Duncan was the first to go, but he returned later). Only now, he’s a zombie wanting to steal the money. Yay. And Blainley sucks too. She has even less development, and is eliminated in the second challenge she’s in, after just being introduced. Also, Team Victory losing challenges the first 3 times, with Ezekiel, Harold, and Bridgette eliminates was fine, but after that it got a bit lazy and annoying. But these are all minor problems. Everything else works fine, including the songs and challenges. Also, Heather and Alejandro was great.

#1. Total Drama Island My rating: 10/10

The original season wins my number 1 spot. The previous 2 were close, but this takes the prize.

The characters are great (except Ezekiel), the challenges are fun and creative, the drama is entertaining, and the relationships are portrayed very well. It’s a fantastic season imo.

Anyways, that’s my ranking. Besides Dramarama because obviously, I can watch all of the seasons and be fine. Even Pahkitew Island isn’t an abomination to me. It is a struggle though. How would you place them?