Total Drama Action

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 fi f t e en c o n t e s t a n ts 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 rea sons.
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 el im in at ed con t es ta n ts 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
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

	Team Affiliation			Finish
	Team Phase		Indiv. Phase	Status	Episode
	Original	Additional	Merge	Status	Episode
Bridgette The Surfer Girl	None			1^st/2^nd eliminated 14^th place	"Alien Resurr-eggtion"
Geoff The Funniest Guy Around	None			1^st/2^nd eliminated 14^th place	"Alien Resurr-eggtion"
"E-Scope" The Psycho Hose Beast	Killer Grips			3^rd eliminated Returns	"Riot on Set"
Trent The Cool Guy	Killer Grips			4^th eliminated 13^th place	"3:10 to Crazytown"
Gwen The Loner	Screaming Gaffers			5^th eliminated 12^th place	"The Chefshank Redemption"
DJ The Brickhouse with Heart	Screaming Gaffers			6^th eliminated 11^th place	"The Sand Witch Project"
Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast/"Explosivo"	Killer Grips			7^th eliminated 10^th place	"Full Metal Drama"
Owen The Party Guy	Killer Grips			8^th eliminated Returns	"Ocean's Eight — or Nine"
Heather The Queen Bee	Screaming Gaffers	Screaming Gaffers		9^th eliminated 9^th place	"Million Dollar Babies"
Leshawna The Sister with 'Tude	Screaming Gaffers	Screaming Gaffers	Merge	10^th eliminated 8^th place	"Super Hero-ld"
Justin The Eye Candy	Killer Grips	Killer Grips		11^th eliminated 7^th place	"The Princess Pride"
Lindsay The Dumb Princess	Killer Grips	Killer Grips		12^th eliminated 6^th place	"Rock n' Rule"
Harold The Dweeb	Screaming Gaffers	Screaming Gaffers		13^th eliminated 5^th place	"2008: A Space Owen"
Courtney The Type-A		Killer Grips		14^th eliminated 4^th place	"Top Dog"
Owen The Party Guy	Killer Grips	Killer Grips		15^th eliminated 3^rd place	"Top Dog"
Beth The Wannabe	Killer Grips	Killer Grips		Finalist 1^st/2^nd place	"The Aftermath: IV"
Duncan The Delinquent	Screaming Gaffers	Screaming Gaffers		Finalist 1^st/2^nd place	"The Aftermath: IV"

Movie genres

Every challenge, except for the af ter mat hs, is based around a movie genre.

Episode		Movie genre
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."
- 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 f o u r females and th re e 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, 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.

Total Drama
Main Series	Total Drama Island \| Total Drama Action \| Total Drama World Tour \| Total Drama: Revenge of the Island \| Total Drama All-Stars \| Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
Spin-Offs	Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race \| Total DramaRama