Total Drama Island

Overview

Created as a parody of shows such as Survivor and Fear Factor, Total Drama Island focuses on twenty-two teenagers' arrival at Camp Wawanakwa to compete on a reality television show. The contestants are divided into two teams and must compete in challenges every three days. While the winning team earns invincibility, the losing team has to vote off one of their own players. Whoever is voted off must walk the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers and leave the island. The teams eventually dissolve and the elimination process continues until the last contestant standing wins a grand prize of $100,000.

Episodes

For more information about this section, visit: List of Total Drama Island episodes

This season consists of twenty-six episodes (twenty-seven including Total Drama Island Recap and TDI Rundown) plus a special.

Cast

Elimination

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Rewards

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Many challenges award prizes to the winner(s). Invincibility is the most common reward but on several other occasions, different prizes are rewarded as a bonus.

Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive!

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The official website for this season, Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive! features an interactive campsite with information about the season, games inspired by each challenge, wallpapers, screensavers, and a create-your-own-character feature.

Production

For more information about this section, visit: Camp TV

Camp TV is the original prototype for Total Drama Island and only featured eighteen of this season's twenty-two contestants.

Censorship in the United States

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Total Drama Island episodes are usually rated TV-PG in the United States, for suggestive dialogue and aggressive language. On occasion, an episode will be rated TV-PG D for mild flirtatious dialogue, such as X-Treme Torture.

Availability

DVD

Total Drama Island has been released on DVD by Cartoon Network (Total Drama Island: The Complete First Season) and Madman Entertainment in Australia. Cartoon Network's DVD features the entire first season with the censoring of some dialogue, while the Australian DVDs are unedited and split into two collections.

Netflix

On Netflix, Total Drama Island contains, HD, full screen, 16:9 aspect ratio, using the censored version.

Trivia

• This is the first of three seasons to take place entirely at Camp Wawanakwa, with the others being Total Drama: Revenge of the Island and Total Drama All-Stars.
• This is the first of two seasons in which the remaining two finalists are from the same team. This happens again in Total Drama All-Stars.
  • This is also the only season in which all of the final three are from the same team.
• This is the only season not to feature a double-elimination.
• This is the only season in which both teams' lowest-ranking members are male.
• This is the only season that does not feature a prize of one million dollars; the prize was $100,000 until Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island featured a million dollar grand prize, setting the trend for future seasons.
• This is currently the only season that Eva, Katie, and Sadie compete in.
• This is currently the only season where Izzy competes and is not the first of her team to be eliminated.
• This season features the highest amount of eliminations of any season so far (including the two returning contestants and Gwen or Owen's loss in the finale), with twenty-three total.
• Excluding Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, this season features the highest amount of challenges and contestants of any season.
• This season features seven irregular eliminations. This is the reverse of Total Drama World Tour, which featured only seven regular eliminations.
• This is one of only two seasons to have its main promotional image be a moment from an actual episode, with the other being Total Drama World Tour.
• Total Drama Island has been featured as a question on the game show Jeopardy!, with both Dodgebrawl and Brunch of Disgustingness being mentioned as part of the clue.
• The series being advertied as "the first animated reality show" was similar to the promotion of the mature animated series, Drawn Together.

Gallery

Early versions of the Total Drama Island logo.

Screaming Gophers line up, plus Chris.

The Killer Bass line up, plus Chef Hatchet.

Heather arrives, not happy with the group of other contestants and the condition of the island.

Courtney and Ezekiel are the first bottom two of the season.

Gwen and Trent get to know each other during the challenge.

The Bass have their first victory, courtesy of Harold.

Heather's conflict with Gwen begins, when she reads her diary to the entire viewing world.

Katie and Sadie's final moments before being separated, due to the former's elimination.

The contestants discuss their greatest fears.

Beth finds a mysterious tiki idol while she is on Boney Island.

Beth finally turns against Heather after another fight.

Heather receives a good lesson from her team.

Katie and Sadie are finally reunited after the latter's elimination.

Harold rigs the votes and causes Courtney to be eliminated in order to get revenge on Duncan.

Leshawna kisses Harold goodbye before he leaves the island.

Owen wins the yacht party for the guys by drinking more cockroach drinks than Leshawna.

Eva swears revenge after being eliminated again.

Heather kisses Trent, breaking his and Gwen's hearts, and later resulting in his elimination at the hands of Leshawna.

Geoff and Bridgette, almost kissing for the first time, at the latter's elimination.

Lindsay learns the truth behind Heather's alliance after it costs her the game.

DJ receives a group hug before leaving the island.

Izzy is eliminated again.

Geoff is eliminated.

The eliminated contestants are told to vote off a member of the final five.

The remaining campers team up and find the camp.

Duncan gives Gwen a fist bump before he leaves the island.

Heather tries arguing her way out of her elimination, but fails.

Owen wins Total Drama Island in his ending.

Gwen wins Total Drama Island in her ending.

The contestants end up in a massive pile-up while racing to find the million dollar case.

Chris tells the audience to tune in for Total Drama Action in the final shot of the season.

See also