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 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: List of Total Drama Action episodes
Like the previous season, this season consists of twenty-six episodes plus a special.
Cast

The fifteen contestants in Total Drama Action.
Voice actor | Role | Episode count |
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Christian Potenza | Chris | 27/27 episodes |
Clé Bennett | Chef Hatchet | 27/27 episodes |
Drew Nelson | Duncan | 27/27 episodes |
Sarah Gadon | Beth | 27/27 episodes |
Brian Froud | Harold | 26/27 episodes |
Stephanie Anne Mills | Lindsay | 24/27 episodes |
Adam Reid | Justin | 23/27 episodes |
Scott McCord | Owen | 21/27 episodes |
Novie Edwards | Leshawna | 20/27 episodes |
Rachel Wilson | Heather | 18/27 episodes |
Emilie-Claire Barlow | Courtney | 16/27 episodes |
Katie Crown | Izzy | 16/27 episodes |
Clé Bennett | DJ | 14/27 episodes |
Megan Fahlenbock | Gwen | 13/27 episodes |
Scott McCord | Trent | 11/27 episodes |
Dan Petronijevic | Geoff | 8/27 episodes |
Kristin Fairlie | Bridgette | 8/27 episodes |
- 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
Castmates | Team Affiliation | Finish | ||||
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Team Phase |
Indiv. Phase |
Status | Episode | |||
Original | Additional | Merge | ||||
Bridgette The Surfer Girl |
None | 1st/2nd eliminated 14th place |
"Alien Resurr-eggtion" | |||
Geoff The Funniest Guy Around |
None | |||||
"E-Scope" The Psycho Hose Beast |
Killer Grips | 3rd eliminated Returns |
"Riot on Set" | |||
Trent The Cool Guy |
Killer Grips | 4th eliminated 13th place |
"3:10 to Crazytown" | |||
Gwen The Loner |
Screaming Gaffers | 5th eliminated 12th place |
"The Chefshank Redemption" | |||
DJ The Brickhouse with Heart |
Screaming Gaffers | 6th eliminated 11th place |
"The Sand Witch Project" | |||
Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast/"Explosivo" |
Killer Grips | 7th eliminated 10th place |
"Full Metal Drama" | |||
Owen The Party Guy |
Killer Grips | 8th eliminated Returns |
"Ocean's Eight — or Nine" | |||
Heather The Queen Bee |
Screaming Gaffers | Screaming Gaffers | 9th eliminated 9th place |
"Million Dollar Babies" | ||
Leshawna The Sister with 'Tude |
Screaming Gaffers | Screaming Gaffers | Merge | 10th eliminated 8th place |
"Super Hero-ld" | |
Justin The Eye Candy |
Killer Grips | Killer Grips | 11th eliminated 7th place |
"The Princess Pride" | ||
Lindsay The Dumb Princess |
Killer Grips | Killer Grips | 12th eliminated 6th place |
"Rock n' Rule" | ||
Harold The Dweeb |
Screaming Gaffers | Screaming Gaffers | 13th eliminated 5th place |
"2008: A Space Owen" | ||
Courtney The Type-A |
Killer Grips | 14th eliminated 4th place |
"Top Dog" | |||
Owen The Party Guy |
Killer Grips | Killer Grips | 15th eliminated 3rd place | |||
Beth The Wannabe |
Killer Grips | Killer Grips | Finalist 1st/2nd place |
"The Aftermath: IV" | ||
Duncan The Delinquent |
Screaming Gaffers | Screaming Gaffers |
Movie genres
Every challenge, except for the aftermaths, is based around a movie genre.
Episode | Movie genre | |
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1 | "Monster Cash" | Monsters |
2 | "Alien Resurr-eggtion" | Aliens |
3 | "Riot on Set" | Drama |
4 | "Beach Blanket Bogus" | Beach |
5 | "3:10 to Crazytown" | Western |
7 | "The Chefshank Redemption" | Prison |
8 | "One Flu Over the Cuckoos" | Hospital |
9 | "The Sand Witch Project" | Horror |
10 | "Masters of Disasters" | Disaster |
11 | "Full Metal Drama" | War |
13 | "Ocean's Eight — or Nine" | Bank heist |
14 | "One Million Bucks, B.C." | Prehistoric |
15 | "Million Dollar Babies" | Sports |
16 | "Dial M for Merger" | Spy |
17 | "Super Hero-ld" | Superhero |
19 | "The Princess Pride" | Fairy tale |
20 | "Get a Clue" | Mystery |
21 | "Rock n' Rule" | Rock and roll |
22 | "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen" | Kung fu |
23 | "2008: A Space Owen" | Space |
24 | "Top Dog" | Animal buddy |
25 | "Mutiny on the Soundstage" | Pirate, misc. |
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.

- 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.
- Cody, Courtney, Eva, Ezekiel, Katie, Noah, Sadie, and Tyler did not originally qualify for this season. However, Courtney later debuted in "Ocean's Eight — or Nine."
- 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.
- The second time this happens is with another contestant in the next season.
- This season is currently the only season where team captains select the teams, rather than the host making the decision or by rankings in a challenge.
- 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.
- This season introduced the Total Drama Aftermath, in which the eliminated contestants reunite to talk about their experiences on the show.
- This is the only season where none of the contestants swap teams.
- 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, Tyler) did not compete in this season.
- This is the only season in the series where a winner is decided by a vote among the eliminated contestants.
Gallery
See also
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