User blog comment:TDIFan13/Dave and Sky vs. Mike and Zoey/@comment-24152851-20140711064804/@comment-1376932-20140711065640

Mmm, I kinda disagree. I think each and every finale (at least before Revenge of the Island) has always featured a "normal" player. In fact, I don't think them wanting Mike and Zoey to be our protagonists was that far-fetched. Think about it; Gwen, Beth, and Cody were all portrayed as the "straight guys" (that is, the normal ones... I'm not referring to sexuality) in their respective seasons among the craziness of the others and they weren't terrible heroes.

I think the problem with Mike and Zoey is that they were just too lovey-dovey, not that they were normal. I have no problem with normal characters; Dave and Sky are normal. Total Drama usually always has foils to balance out the crazies but the problem is that they spent more time on Mike and Zoey's relationship than they did on them as individual characters. Oh yeah, and then there's the disorder which was in poor taste.

Seriously, if there are still people out there who aren't totally appalled or at least slightly offended by Mike's portrayal then... yeah, they really aren't smart enough to be out in the world on their own.