User blog:DCT0473/My Total Drama Controversy Meme

Yo, yo, yo! It’s ya boi, DCT0473! And I’m back at it again with another blog post!

Cringe-worthy intro aside, today we’re… not reviewing another season of Total Drama! Don’t worry, the reviews will return once Dramarama officially starts, but for now let’s go over my favorite and least favorite things from Total Drama in my Total Drama Controversy Meme!

“But DCT!” One of you is bound to ask. ‘What’s a Total Drama Controversy Meme?”

Well, for the one person who hasn’t seen the Total Drama community’s presence on DeviantArt, a Total Drama Controversy meme is a post where you list your favorite and least favorite things about Total Drama. There isn’t a set rule to what topics you talk about, but here are the ones that are generally covered:

-Favorite Character

-Despised Character

-Favorite Season

-Despised Season

-Most Overrated Character

-Most Underrated Character

-Favorite Couple

-Despised Couple

-Favorite Song

-Despised Song

-Favorite Episode

-Despised Episode

I’ll be going over all of these topics, giving my thoughts on each of them. Anyways, let’s begin, shall we?

Favorite Character (Male):
Of the male characters, I have to say Scott is probably my favorite (If the fact that I listed him as my favorite character of season twice in a row on my reviews didn’t give that away). Whether he’s an incompetent bad guy or a bumbling buffoon, Scott is just charming and hilarious to me. Definitely a character I’d like to see return.

Favorite Character (Female):
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but Izzy is probably my favorite female character from Total Drama (With MacArthur being an incredibly close second). Her sheer craziness and funny personalities really make every scene with her funny and enjoyable to watch. Although every season Izzy has competed in she doesn’t make it too far, I still have a blast watching her in action, and hearing that she returned for Dramarama was really nice to hear.

Despised Character (Male):
Dave. He could’ve been a great straight man to all of the crazy and wacky contestants on TDPI, but sadly, what we got was a character who’s only point was to crush on Sky. And then Hurl and Go Seek and Lies, Cries, and One Big Prize turned Dave into a butthurt lunatic who tried to kill Sky just for dumping him. Talk about pathetic. Also, his neat freak attitude got annoying at times.

Despised Character (Female):
Oh Courtney. In TDI, she was one of the better contestants and she had a good relationship with Duncan. Sadly, TDA ruined her for me. Courtney turns into a Mary Sue and a complete b**** who gets no punishment for her actions, so as such, she feels like a failed Heather to me. Also, in TDA, her relationship with Duncan turned from happy and caring to borderline abusive. Then came TDWT with the whole love triangle arc that made Courtney look like she was almost as petty as Dave. The writers tried to fix her in TDAS, but Sundae Muddy Sundae had to come and ruin her AGAIN. I do hear she is tolerable in Dramarama, however…

Most Overrated Character (Male):
I was originally going to go with Duncan, but for the number of fans he has there’s an almost equal number of haters. So, I decided to go with Cody. Don’t get me wrong, I like Cody, he’s a nice guy. But I don’t see him to be as special as many fans make him out to be.

Most Overrated Character (Female):
Ooh boy, I know I’m going to get a lot of slack for this, but I just can’t stand Zoey.

To me, Zoey is just a bad character. She’s never gotten into any beef or drama with anyone, she usually wins every challenge, and she never is targeted at eliminations or has to worry about getting eliminated. To me, that sounds like one heck of Mary Sue. But it only gets worse from here.

In TDROTI Zoey was just too dependent on Mike. She’d always cry for him to come and save her and would even sometimes put herself in danger just to be saved by Mike. Then came TDAS where she was a complete brain-dead moron who couldn’t see through that Mike was under Mal’s control, even though there were multiple characters who told her. Even then, there were times where it was obvious Mike wasn’t Mike, yet Zoey still didn’t see through.

All in all, Zoey to me is a complete idiot and a Mary Sue who shouldn’t have gotten as far as she did in both of her seasons.

Most Underrated Character (Male):
B. B to me is a cool guy. He’s smart, knows how to think on his feet, and can create devices out of junk. Not only that, but he seems pretty chill. It’s a shame we only got to see B in four episodes (One of which he wasn’t even competing in), because he really has potential.

Most Underrated Character (Stephanie):
Stephanie. I get why fans dislike Stephanie, as she can be a complete b**** at times, she has a horrible relationship with Ryan, and she lasted way too long in RR. But that’s where her charm comes from. The almost ridiculous arguments and bickering Steph does with Ryan are so absurd that they actually come off as pretty funny to me.

Best Couple:
To me, Jasmine and Shawn are probably my favorite couple, mostly for how realistic their relation is. They like each other, yes, but they go through arguments just like any regular couple.

Worst Couple:
I was originally going to go with Ryan and Stephanie, since while I do like them, I admit their relationship is dysfunctional. But to me, that’s what gives them charm. So, I ended up going with Courtney and Duncan.

What started out as a good couple turned into a couple where Courtney forces Duncan to do her bidding in a borderline abusive relationship, which caused Duncan to cheat on her. It doesn’t help that every episode focused on them after TDI have some of the worst writing in the series.

Best Season:
Total Drama World Tour. It has incredible writing (For the most part), a great cast, and interesting storylines. The only season that really comes close to it in quality is the Ridonculous Race.

Worst Season:
Total Drama All-Stars, though it’s technically not a season, it’s just half of one. Anyways, I’m not gonna elaborate on why TDAS is bad. Just find any negative review of it online and it’d probably be what I’d say.

Favorite Song:
My Sweet Izzy is probably my favorite, with its cute art style and saddening funny lyrics.

Despsised Song:
A Lesson in Chinese, or as I call it, ''OMG, just end already you’ve repeated, like, 20,000 times! ''The lyrics are just dull and boring, and even worse is that the song plays seven times during the episode. SEVEN!!! Thankfully, the song is fairly short.

Favorite Episodes:
·TDI: Total Drama Drama Drama Island: A nice finale which has some of the best character interactions of the series.

·TDA: Celebrity Manhunt Total Drama Special: Oh man, I forgot this episode existed until recently, and I found it pretty enjoyable when I went to rewatch it. Every character introduced up to that point gets a moment and the spotlight, which leads to tons of hilarious moments. Also, we got our first taste of the TDWT newcomers, which left fans excited to see them in the upcoming season.

·TDWT: Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles: Geez, how did I forget of this during my TDWT review? This is genuinely one of the show’s greatest episodes, maybe even its best in some people’s eyes. Anyways, this episode has great writing, and has some of the show’s best scenes, like Heather’s and Alejandro’s duet I’m Gonna Make It and the train scene. Also, this is the only episode where Sierra actually acted like a friend towards Cody instead of a creepy yandere.

·TDROTI: Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown: This is just one of the show’s best finales, as we see Cameron’s arc finally end in a sick battle between him, Lightning, and later on, all the mutant animals. The fight scene is well played out, as it displays both of Cameron and Lightning’s biggest strengths and weaknesses.

·TDAS: Regatta Be Kidding Me: This is what TDAS should’ve been: The OG cast and the ROTI cast working with or against each other and supported by great writing. Also, Duncan’s elimination this episode is one of the show’s funniest.

·TDPI: Scarlett Fever: The only episode of TDPI that actually used the whole “Artificial island” gimmick to its fullest, and it utilized every character left very nicely. It just stinks the rest of the season couldn’t be done like this.

·RR: Down and Outback: This is just a funny episode that takes a simple concept and uses it to its fullest. Some of my favorite scenes from RR are from this episode, like Spud telling Carrie the 7 Stages of Breakup and Chet and Lorzeno mistaking a full-grown kangaroo for an albino rabbit.

Despised Episodes:
·TDI: If You Can’t Take the Heat: Duncan acts like a bigger ass than normal, and its just annoying. Also, nothing really happens on the Screaming Gopher’s side of the plot aside from Beth getting the boot.

·TDA: Rock n’ Rule: Courtney at her absolute worst in TDA. Also, Lindsay’s elimination is one of the show’s all-time worst, and was practically an excuse to get Duncan to the finale.

·TDWT: The Ex-Files and Picnic at Hanging Dork: God, Courtney is just a complete b**** in these episodes, to a point where she deliberately throws challenges. Also, we get a BS elimination in the form of Gwen’s.

·TDROTI: The Treasure Island of Dr. Mclean: More dehumanization!... yay? And unlike Ezekiel, Dakota didn’t really do anything to deserve it. At least she seems happy with her transformation…

·TDAS The Final Wreckening:  Such a bad finale for many reasons that so many other fans have pointed out.

·TDPI: Hurl and Go Seek: Just a disgusting episode that makes Sugar somehow look worse than she already is and ruined any likeability I had for Dave.

·RR: Hawaiian Honeyruin: Stephanie, Kelly, and Taylor all at their lowest in this episode. Aside from that, the episode is pretty forgettable… except for seeing Chet in a coconut bikini and grass skirt, which will probably haunt my dreams until the day I die.

Anyways, that is all for today. The next time we cross pathes, I'll start the Total Dramarama reviews. Bye!