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Total Drama Island
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24 Interesting Facts About Total Drama Island
Interesting Facts (23)
- #001
Many lines in the original Total Drama Island/Action as aired in Canada were either cut or replaced with other lines out of fear that they would be too mature for younger viewers.
- #002
In Total Drama Island, Owen won in America while Gwen won in other countries. The same applies to the other seasons.
- #003
Cody and Izzy are the only campers who left Camp Wawanakwa without boarding the Boat of Losers.
- #004
Before the series was called Total Drama: Island, it was intended to be named "Camp TV".
- #005
After his elimination, Ezekiel can be seen hiding at various points in Total Drama World Tour.
- #006
Owen's elimination in "Niagara Brawls" was the only time he was regularly eliminated in the series. Owen won TDI; Courtney eliminated him with her own vote in his first elimination in TDA; he was fired in his second elimination that same season; and he and Noah finished last in TDRR.
- #007
Interestingly, Gwen calls Cody one of the few sane people in Total Drama Island, yet instead chooses the two people she describes as "not sane" and later goes on to have relationships with them.
- #008
Except for "African Lying Safari", Duncan was eliminated in different ways. In TDI, Chef Hatchet chose Duncan for elimination. Duncan would go on to win the next season (TDA). However, after dealing with Courtney and Gwen's fight, he would quit TDWT because he did not want to sing. In the All-Stars season, Duncan was removed from the show for blowing up Chris's mansion.
- #009
The Kinosewak team is the first team to be entirely female at any point before the merge. This was the opposite of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot (after the elimination of Izzy, the only girl on the team) and the Toxic Rats (as Jo would be on that team, only for "Runaway Model"), where both teams were made up entirely of boys.
- #010
Heather's elimination in "Million Dollar Babies" was the only time she was regularly eliminated. In season 1 (TDI) she was eliminated in a sudden-death challenge; in TDWT she made the finals, where she won (in the United States) or placed 2nd (in Canada); and Alejandro cheated on her in TDAS.
- #011
Bridgette is the first contestant in Total Drama history to take part in a challenge. She did so in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2 as the first camper to jump off the cliff.
- #012
In "Total Drama: Pahkitew Island", none of the female contestants were regularly eliminated. First, Amy was eliminated after Samey convinced everyone they were each other. When Amy returned to the show, Chris disqualified both sisters to avoid any confusion. This sent Samey home as well. Later, when Sugar sent Chris a letter explaining that Ella sang, Ella was disqualified after Chris told her not to. After the merge, Scarlett was personally eliminated by Chris after she tried to take over Pahkitew Island. Later, Jasmine was automatically eliminated after Sugar dropped a tree on her. In the end, Sugar was to be the victim of her own elimination when Chris gave her the lowest score, thinking her talent was rebellious. Ultimately Sky made it to the final two and won "Total Drama: Pahkitew Island".
- #013
Ezekiel is the only player to appear in all 5 seasons of the Total Drama series. In seasons 1-2 as Ezekiel (part of season 3) and in seasons 3-5 as a stowaway.
- #014
Except for Harold, all members of the Screaming Gaffers were eliminated irregularly in Total Drama Island. DJ was automatically eliminated, Leshawna was accidentally eliminated by the contestants eliminated at Playa Des Losers, Duncan was eliminated by Chef Hatchet, Heather was eliminated due to a technicality after losing a challenge, and Gwen was one of the finalists and therefore was never eliminated.
- #015
Only 8 contestants ever outranked Owen at least once. These contestants are Alejandro, Beth, Blaineley, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather and Sierra. Coincidentally, seven of them were the Final Seven of Total Drama World Tour, and Beth was the only one who did not compete in TDWT.
- #016
Killer Grips, Team Victory and Toxic Rats are all record-low teams: Killer Grips won only three challenges, while Screaming Gaffers won eight, Toxic Rats won only two challenges, and Mutant Maggots won six, but Team Victory also won only two challenges, the worst because it is the only team in Total Drama history to be completely eliminated before the merge.
- #017
In Total Drama World Tour, the Amazon team did not lose a single member until the season's 16th episode, Picnic at Hanging Dork. This made the Amazon team last longer than the other two teams without losing any of its members.
- #018
Courtney is the only member of the Amazon team to be eliminated normally. Gwen was eliminated by a tiebreaker, Sierra was eliminated by Chris, Cody was eliminated when he lost to Alejandro in the first challenge of Hawaiian Punch, and Heather was a finalist and therefore was never eliminated.
- #019
Both times Cody was eliminated, an animal attacked him. In Paintball Deer Hunter he was attacked by a bear, which led his team to think he was no longer useful and to vote him off. In Hawaiian Punch, Alejandro knocked Cody into the water and he was eaten by a shark (until Sierra saved him), resulting in his second elimination.
- #020
Season 5 is the only season in which no contestant returned during the competition. In the Pahkitew Island finale, Jasmine and Dave return to help Shawn and Sky respectively, but not to compete for themselves.
- #021
Two of Stephanie Anne Mills's characters (Lindsay and Kitty) were at one point considered for the final two. Lindsay was originally going to be TDA's female finalist instead of Beth. In TDRR, Kitty and Emma (Sisters) were to place in the top three alongside Carrie and Devin (Best Friends) and Jacques and Josee (Ice Dancers).
- #022
According to Terry McGurrin, Chris McLean was to have a larger cameo in the "Ridonculous Race" finale, in which he would offer Don hints about hosting. Don refused to acknowledge Chris and called security to escort Chris off the set. This was cut from later drafts of the finale due to time, and the scene, had it remained intact, would have addressed McGurrin's reservations about the finale's tension.
- #023
Cody is the only member of Total Drama World Tour's Final Four who never lost his hair at any point. Heather's was shaved by Chef in I Triple Dog Dare You, Sierra's burned when she blew up the plane in Aww DrumHELLER, and Alejandro's burned when he was caught in a lava flow at the end of Hawaiian Punch.
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- #024
Noah and Ezekiel are the only contestants who never received a safety symbol at any point throughout Total Drama.
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