Canoe

A Canoe is a large, hollow boat in which the rider uses paddles to move through water. It is most prominently seen in Total Drama Island. The ones used in the show are colored either red, for the Killer Bass, or green, for the Screaming Gophers. Several challenges in Total Drama Island feature canoes. They are the most commonly-seen vehicles in the series, with appearances in eight different episodes. They are also arguably the most significant vehicles in the series, as many important character development scenes take place during canoe rides. The canoes, however, did not appear at all in Total Drama World Tour, but did appear in a season related game.

The Big Sleep
During Eva's angry rampage to find her MP3 player, she accuses the Killer Bass of stealing it, so she recklessly combing the Bass' cabin, one of the objects she throws out of the cabin is a canoe.

Up the Creek
Arguably the canoe's most significant appearance in the whole series is in this episode. It also features the most amount of canoes of any episode in the series, with seven: four for the Screaming Gophers (which were appropriately colored green), and three for the Killer Bass (which were similarly colored red). The teams have to split into smaller groups of two or three and paddle canoes to the dreaded Boney Island. Once there, the campers have to carry their canoes across the island where they must build a signal fire. Chris judges which fire would attract the most attention. Thanks to Izzy, the Screaming Gophers win this leg of the challenge. The two teams begin to paddle back, where the first team that get there will be declared the winner. DJ summons enough courage to push his entire team's canoes back to the island, and in a strange turn of events, the Killer Bass are declared the winners. Over the course of the episode, several significant character development scenes take place during the canoe rides. One such scene is when Cody makes his biggest move in attempting to win over Gwen, to which she rejects him twice. However, he does manage to win her friendship by instead offering to hook her up with Trent, the boy whom she truly likes, by getting her alone with him in the same canoe on the return trip. This, more or less, is the moment when their relationship is fully established. Another scene also involved Bridgette and Geoff, in which they both discuss their relationship with their canoe partners DJ and Courtney, respectively.

If You Can't Take The Heat...
When Harold wakes up naked on the Dock of Shame, in front of all the girls, Duncan, Geoff, and DJ are paddling a canoe, laughing at him, and asking him one final time to stop leaving his filthy underwear around the cabin, to which he solemnly agrees to. This scene suggests that the campers were allowed to use the canoes in their leisure, or that Duncan simply stole it.

Basic Straining
Chef Hatchet forces the two teams to compete in a twisted competition, to see which team can hold a canoe over their heads for the longest amount of time. When one person drops out, everyone is relieved of the challenge. After hours of doing this in the hot sun, with Chris and Chef on top of the canoes at one point, Lindsay drops out.

Hook, Line, and Screamer
When Duncan encountered the "Psycho Killer" (Chef Hatchet in disguise), one of the items he threw at him was an entire canoe, which, like every other object, was easily sliced in half by Chef's chainsaw.

Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon
The final six contestants had to split into three groups of two (which were Gwen and Geoff, Duncan and Leshawna, and Owen and Heather) and canoe back to Boney Island to return the cursed tiki idol Beth picked up as a "souvenir." Yet another significant character development scene took place during the canoe ride, between Duncan and Leshawna, in which the latter confronted Duncan about having a nice side, which she backed up by referring to when Duncan got a new pet bunny for DJ after his first one died in Who Can You Trust?.

I Triple Dog Dare You!
When Heather is faced with Lindsay's dare of having her head shaved by Chef, Chris reminds her that if she refuses the dare, she will miss out on the chance to win the $100,000 grand prize. To put more pressure on Heather, a red canoe suspended by wires dropped down onto the stage that they were on, with the money piled up inside.

Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island
Harold paddles up to Heather in a canoe while she is walking alongside the river and talks to her, which creates an emotional character development scene between the two. When she rejoins his team, they continue down the river until they arrive at the campgrounds. Once they see the hot-air balloon passing by, which has Courtney, Cody, DJ, Tyler, Owen, and the million dollar case all inside, they abandon the canoe and race into the campgrounds.

Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen
A canoe is seen again with Courtney paddling in it, while she was training Beth for the kung fu fight challenge. This was its only appearance in the second season.



Oh No U Di'n't!!!
Although the canoe had absolutely no appearances in the entire third season, it did have a brief appearance in the Cartoon Network game, "Oh No U Di'n't!!!," as one of the prizes given to the player by Chef at the end of the game. It was a red canoe filled with a pile of money, just like the one seen in I Triple Dog Dare You!.