Total Drama Action

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.

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

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

Elimination

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

Movie genres

Every challenge except for the aftermaths is based around a movie genre.

1. Monster in Monster Cash
2. Alien in Alien Resurr-eggtion
3. Drama in Riot On Set
4. Beach in Beach Blanket Bogus
5. Western in 3:10 to Crazytown
6. Prison in The Chefshank Redemption
7. Hospital in One Flu Over the Cuckoos
8. Horror in The Sand Witch Project
9. Disaster in Masters of Disasters
10. War in Full Metal Drama
11. Bank heist in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine
12. Prehistoric in One Million Bucks, BC
13. Sports in Million Dollar Babies
14. Spy in Dial M for Merger
15. Superhero in Super Hero-ld
16. Fairytale in The Princess Pride
17. Mystery in Get a Clue
18. Rock 'n' roll in Rock n' Rule
19. Kung fu in Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen
20. Space in 2008: A Space Owen
21. Animal buddy in Top Dog
22. Pirate and Miscellaneous (a combination of almost all of the past movie genres) in Mutiny on the Soundstage

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 contains HD, full screen and 16:9 aspect ratio.

Trivia

• As revealed by Chris in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, this episode takes place two days following the previous season.
• Cody, Courtney, Eva, Ezekiel, Katie, Noah, Sadie, and Tyler did not originally qualify for this season. Courtney later debuted in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine.
  • Counting Courtney's debut, in this season there are three females and four males who do not compete. This is the opposite of Total Drama World Tour, in which four females and three males do not compete.
  • Eva is the only contestant who reached the merge in Total Drama Island but did not qualify for Total Drama Action.
• Beth, Duncan, 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 where everyone competing has merged at least once during the series.
• All of the characters that were voiced by Peter Oldring (Cody, Ezekiel, Tyler) did not compete in this season.

Gallery

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.

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.

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.

See also