Total Drama Action

Total Drama Action
Season Information
Season No.	2
No. of Episodes	26 (+1 special)
No. of Contestants	15 (originally 14)
Teams	Screaming Gaffers Killer Grips Merge
Premiere date
Canada	January 11, 2009
United States	June 11, 2009
Production
Creators	Tom McGillis Jennifer Pertsch
Developers	Fresh TV Inc. Elliott Animation Teletoon
Directors	Todd Kauffman Mark Thornton
Previous:	Total Drama Island
Next:	Total Drama World Tour

Total Drama Action is the second season of Total Drama.

Overview

Total Drama Action takes place on an abandoned film lot somewhere in Toronto, Ontario. It follows the same format as Total Drama Island, with fifteen contestants from last season participating in movie-themed challenges on separate teams. After being voted off, contestants must take the Walk of Shame and travel to the Total Drama Aftermath show via the Lame-o-sine. This process continues until one player wins $1,000,000.

Format

• Returning/Fewer Players: 14 former contestants returned to compete for another shot at the $1,000,000 prize after ending in a tie during the special episode from the past season.
• Shorter Game: The game lasted 42 days — that is, 6 weeks — 2 weeks shorter than the first season.
• Individual Start: For the first time, the first two episodes of the game were completely individual.
• Double Elimination: During the first elimination round, the contestants had to vote out two competitors, instead of the usual one, for the first time. During the final four, two contestants were sent to the Lame-o-Sine for different reasons.
• Schoolyard Pick: The winners of the second challenge would become the captains of a Schoolyard Pick, starting the team phase of the game.
• Returning by name: A contestant returned after the host only eliminated their alter-ego, meaning that contestant was still in the game.
• New Team Member: In episode 13, Courtney debuted in the game, due to her winning a successful law suit against the producers.
• Smaller Merge: The two teams merged when there were just 7 contestants remaining in the game, with 1 returning later in the game.
• Saboteur: A previously eliminated contestant returns for the chance to earn money by sabotaging the competitors during the merge phase.
• Jury Vote: Since the final challenge ended in a tie, the eliminated contestants were asked to vote for one of the two finalists.

Episodes

For more information about this section, visit: Total Drama Action/Episode guide

Like the previous season, this season consists of twenty-six episodes plus a special. Every challenge, except for the aftermaths, is based around a movie genre.

Cast

The fifteen contestants in Total Drama Action.

Total Drama Action cast
Character		Voice actor	Episode count
Icon	Name
	Chris	Christian Potenza	27/27
	Chef Hatchet	Clé Bennett
	DJ		14/27
	Duncan	Drew Nelson	27/27
	Beth	Sarah Gadon
	Harold	Brian Froud	26/27
	Lindsay	Stephanie Anne Mills	24/27
	Justin	Adam Reid	23/27
	Owen	Scott McCord	21/27
	Trent		11/27
	Leshawna	Novie Edwards	20/27
	Heather	Rachel Wilson	18/27
	Courtney	Emilie-Claire Barlow	16/27
	Izzy	Katie Crown
	Gwen	Megan Fahlenbock	13/27
	Bridgette	Kristin Fairlie	8/27
	Geoff	Dan Petronijevic

• Cody, Eva, Ezekiel, Katie, Noah, Sadie, and Tyler all appeared in six episodes.
• Alejandro, Blaineley, Sierra, Josh, and Brady all appeared in one episode.

Elimination

For more information about this section, visit: Total Drama Action/Elimination table

Contestant		Team Affiliation			Finish	Rank
		Original Team		Merged Team
		Episode 3	Episode 13
	Bridgette The Surfer Girl				1st/2nd Eliminated in "Alien Resurr-eggtion"	14th
	Geoff The Funniest Guy Around
	Trent The Cool Guy	Killer Grips			4th Eliminated in "3:10 to Crazytown"	13th
	Gwen The Loner	Screaming Gaffers			5th Eliminated in "The Chefshank Redemption"	12th
	DJ The Brickhouse with Heart	Screaming Gaffers			6th Eliminated2 in "The Sand Witch Project"	11th
	E-Scope1 Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast	Killer Grips			3rd Eliminated in "Riot on Set" 7th Eliminated in "Full Metal Drama"	10th
	Heather The Queen Bee	Screaming Gaffers			9th Eliminated in "Million Dollar Babies"	9th
	Leshawna The Sister with 'Tude	Screaming Gaffers		Merge	10th Eliminated in "Super Hero-ld"	8th
	Justin The Eye Candy	Killer Grips			11th Eliminated in "The Princess Pride"	7th
	Lindsay The Dumb Princess	Killer Grips			12th Eliminated in "Rock n' Rule"	6th
	Harold The Dweeb	Screaming Gaffers			13th Eliminated in "2008: A Space Owen"	5th
	Courtney The Type-A		Killer Grips		14th Eliminated in "Top Dog"	4th
	Owen The Party Guy	Killer Grips			8th Eliminated in "Ocean's Eight—or Nine" 15th Eliminated3 in "Top Dog"	3rd
	Beth The Wannabe	Killer Grips			Winner/Runner-Up in "The Aftermath: IV"	1st/2nd
	Duncan The Delinquent	Screaming Gaffers
Notes: ^1 Izzy originally joined the competition as E-Scope. ^2 During the Killer Grips' Awards Ceremony, DJ quit the competition. ^3 Owen returned as a saboteur but was fired by Chris.

Rewards

For more information about this section, visit: List of rewards#Total Drama Action

There are many more rewards this season than in the previous season. Since this season has less contestants, many of the challenges end in non-eliminations.

Total Drama Action EXTRA

For more information about this section, visit: Total Drama Action EXTRA

Total Drama Action EXTRA is Cartoon Network's Total Drama Action website featuring videos, information about the season, games, and announcements for Best. Game. Ever.

Best. Game. Ever.

Best. Game. Ever..

For more information about this section, visit: Best. Game. Ever.

Best. Game. Ever. was a role-playing game in which players created their own avatar and received weekly missions from Chris. Players were tasked with forming alliances, fighting enemies, and obtaining money to purchase more accessories in-game.

The Big Picture

For more information about this section, visit: The Big Picture

The Big Picture is another Cartoon Network game. The main goal is to take high-quality pictures of the contestants in a short amount of time as they run across the film lot.

Availability

DVD

There are no Region 1 or Region 2 DVD releases of Total Drama Action. An Australian company called Madman Entertainment released Total Drama Action: Collection 1 in a Region 4 DVD on November 2, 2011. Total Drama Action: Collection 2 was later released on July 4, 2012.

Netflix

On Netflix, Total Drama Action is displayed in HD, full screen and 16:9 aspect ratio, using the censored version. In November 2020, Netflix's global rights to the show were set to expire, resulting in it no longer being available on the platform. Netflix later confirmed that the show would be staying on for a little longer. However, in February 2021, all seasons of Total Drama were removed from Netflix in some regions, though it remained available in the United States and Canada.

Trivia

• As revealed by Chris in "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island," this season takes place two days following the previous season.
• Originally, Cody, Courtney, Eva, Ezekiel, Katie, Noah, Sadie, and Tyler did not qualify for this season. However, Courtney later debuted in "Ocean's Eight—or Nine."
  • Counting Courtney's debut, in this season there are three females (Eva, Katie, and Sadie) and four males (Cody, Ezekiel, Noah, and Tyler) who do not compete.
    • This is the opposite of Total Drama World Tour, in which four females (Beth, Eva, Katie, and Sadie) and three males (Geoff, Justin, and Trent) do not compete.
  • Eva is the only contestant who reached the merge in Total Drama Island but did not qualify for this season.
• Beth, Duncan, Courtney, Harold, Justin, and Lindsay all made it farther than they did in Total Drama Island.
• This is the first season where an elimination occurs before teams are formed, as seen in "Alien Resurr-eggtion," where Bridgette and Geoff were voted out.
  • The second time this happens is in the next season with Duncan.
• This season is one of the two seasons where team captains (Gwen for the Screaming Gaffers and Trent for the Killer Grips) select the teams.
  • In other occasions, the host made the decision—as seen in "Not So Happy Campers—Part 1" (TDI), "Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!" (TDRI), "Heroes vs. Villains" (TDAS), and "So, Uh, This Is My Team?" (TDPI)—or by rankings in a challenge—as seen in "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1" (TDWT).
  • This is also the only season in which the teams weren't formed in the first episode.
• This is the first season to ever feature a double elimination, as seen in "Alien Resurr-eggtion" and "Top Dog."
• This season introduced the Total Drama Aftermath, in which the eliminated contestants reunite to talk about their experiences on the show.
• This is one of only three seasons where none of the contestants swap teams, the others being Total Drama Island (2023) and Total Drama Island (2024).
• This is the only season in which the merge episode is a non-elimination round.
• All of the characters that were voiced by Peter Oldring (Cody, Ezekiel, and Tyler) did not compete in this season.
• This is the only season where Gwen gets a double-digit ranking, and one of the two seasons where she does not make it to the merge.
• This is the only season in the series where a winner is decided by a vote among the eliminated contestants.
• This is the only season where the teams do not form in the first episode, and the only season to feature an elimination before teams are formed.
• This is the only season that every member makes it to the merge at least once in the series.

Gallery

• Season
• Promotional material

The final frame of the theme song, featuring all twenty-two of the original contestants.

Fourteen contestants are back for Total Drama Action.

Trent and Gwen receive the first Gilded Chris Awards of the season.

Chef Hatchet forces DJ into his alliance.

Gwen and Trent make up...

... and later break up.

Trent sings a song about Gwen in the first Aftermath.

Gwen votes herself off and leaves with a smile.

Leshawna reveals that her crying was fake.

DJ finally stands up to Chef as he quits the competition.

The Gaffers discover Leshawna's farce.

Justin's charm over Beth and Lindsay begins to fail.

The second Aftermath shows a never-before-seen clip of Gwen and Duncan.

Courtney debuts into the game.

Heather wears a new wig.

Leshawna's way of avoiding the elimination.

Total Drama Action makes a reference to 6teen, after Chris merges the teams.

Leshawna meets her end in the season, making Duncan safe from elimination.

Leshawna, Heather and Owen are the new Aftermath guests.

Justin's charm and his chances are over.

Harold looks for the murderer.

Lindsay declares Courtney as the primary suspect.

Owen returns to the show, working as a mole for Chris.

Lindsay accidentally votes herself off.

Harold gets back at Duncan for everything he has done.

Courtney and Beth end their short-lived alliance.

Harold warns the remaining contestants about Owen after he is eliminated.

Courtney is finally defeated, thanks to Beth and Duncan voting against her.

After Courtney's lawyers found out the purpose of Owen's return, Owen got fired.

Beth and Duncan prepare to make the final race for the million dollars.

Beth wins Total Drama Action in her ending.

Duncan wins Total Drama Action in his ending, and makes up with Courtney.

All of the contestants scream after they drive off a cliff in DJ and his mother's bus.

Alternative logo.

The first logo ever revealed for the season.