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'''''Total Drama Island''''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[cartoon series|animated television series]] which lampoons the conventions commonly found in [[reality television|reality shows]]. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel [[Teletoon (Canada)|Teletoon]] on July 8, 2007. The show was created by the creators of ''[[6teen]]'', another Teletoon program. It was the third [[Cartoon Network]] show outside of [[Adult Swim]] and [[Toonami]] to have the [[TV Parental Guidelines|U.S. rating]] of "[[TV-PG|TV-PG-D]]", and a parental-guidance warning after every commercial break and at the beginning of the show (the first two being ''[[Sunday Pants]]'' and ''[[IGPX]]''; its rating in Canada for most episodes is "[[Television content rating systems#English ratings|G]]", or else "[[Television content rating systems#English ratings|PG]]"). On the [[Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network]] airing in the United States, some content has been removed from the episodes by censors in order to keep the rating open to a younger audience; for example, putting in words instead of long [[Bleep censor|bleeps]], for the episodes "That's Off the Chain" and "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon". On the original trailer for the show from [[Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network]], the original rating was TV-PG-DLS, but when edited, the highest rating an episode received was TV-PG-D.
'''''Total Drama Island''''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[cartoon series|animated television series]] which lampoons the conventions commonly found in [[reality television|reality shows]]. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel [[Teletoon (Canada)|Teletoon]] on July 8, 2007. The show was created by the creators of ''[[6teen]]'', another Teletoon program. It was the third [[Cartoon Network]] show outside of [[Adult Swim]] and [[Toonami]] to have the [[TV Parental Guidelines|U.S. rating]] of "[[TV-PG|TV-PG-D]]", and a parental-guidance warning after every commercial break and at the beginning of the show (the first two being ''[[Sunday Pants]]'' and ''[[IGPX]]''; its rating in Canada for most episodes is "[[Television content rating systems#English ratings|G]]", or else "[[Television content rating systems#English ratings|PG]]"). On the [[Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network]] airing in the United States, some content has been removed from the episodes by censors in order to keep the rating open to a younger audience; for example, putting in words instead of long [[Bleep censor|bleeps]], for the episodes "That's Off the Chain" and "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon". On the original trailer for the show from [[Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network]], the original rating was TV-PG-DLS, but when edited, the highest rating an episode received was TV-PG-D.


==Plot==
==Official Site==

{{Main|List of Total Drama Island episodes}}
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The series is a reality show parody where twenty-two teens settle at Camp Wawanakwa — a fictional <!-- Do not remove the word "fictional", because the word "fictional" describes the island isn't real. --> island located in an unspecified area in [[Muskoka]], [[Ontario]]. The plot is somewhat like ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'' and ''[[Endurance (TV series)|Endurance]]'', with social and living environments similar to ''[[The Real World]]''. At times, the show also spoofs elements of ''[[Fear Factor]]'' and ''[[Iron Chef]]''. Every three days, the campers must participate in the challenge which normally has at least one winner for their team that met the qualifications of the challenge and gave their team invincibility. The losing team (up until the point where the teams are disbanded) is called to the campfire at night, where Chris (the host) passes out marshmallows. Those who receive a marshmallow get to stay, while the one who does not get a marshmallow has been voted off the island, and must walk down the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers, which will take them away and they will "never, never, never, ever, ever, ever, come back, ever" (according to Chris). About halfway through the competition, the teams are disbanded, which means (as Chris puts) "every camper for themselves," and the winner of the challenge only gets invincibility for him- or herself. This process of elimination continues on until one player remains on the island. At the end of the series, the last contestant will win [[C$]]100,000 ([[US$]]93,761.68<ref>http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=100000&From=CAD&To=USD&image.x=48&image.y=13</ref>).

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==Characters==
==Characters==

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Total Drama Island
File:The Campers.jpg
The primary cast of Total Drama Island

Top: DJ, Duncan, Tyler, Harold, Geoff, Heather Middle: Lindsay, LeShawna, Eva, Justin, Owen, Noah, Trent, Gwen, Cody

Bottom: Izzy, Bridgette, Courtney, Katie, Sadie, Ezekiel, Beth
GenreComedy/Animation/Drama/Action
Created byJennifer Pertsch
Tom McGillis
Developed byFresh TV Inc. / Teletoon
Directed byTodd Kauffman
Mark Thornton
Presented byTeletoon/Fresh TV
Theme music composerVoodoo Highway
Opening themeI Wanna be Famous!
Ending themeI Wanna be Famous! Instrumental
Country of origin Canada
Original languagesEnglish and French
No. of seasons1st season of the Total Drama Series
No. of episodes28 (including special and review) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersTom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, George Elliott, Brian Irving
Production locationsCamp Giardo, Muskoka, Ontario
Running time22 minutes (excluding commercials)
Original release
NetworkTeletoon (Canada) (Canada)
Cartoon Network (USA)
ReleaseJuly 8, 2007 - November 29, 2008 (Canada)[1][2]
June 5, 2008 - December 18, 2008 (USA)[3]

Template:FixBunching Total Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon on July 8, 2007. The show was created by the creators of 6teen, another Teletoon program. It was the third Cartoon Network show outside of Adult Swim and Toonami to have the U.S. rating of "TV-PG-D", and a parental-guidance warning after every commercial break and at the beginning of the show (the first two being Sunday Pants and IGPX; its rating in Canada for most episodes is "G", or else "PG"). On the Cartoon Network airing in the United States, some content has been removed from the episodes by censors in order to keep the rating open to a younger audience; for example, putting in words instead of long bleeps, for the episodes "That's Off the Chain" and "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon". On the original trailer for the show from Cartoon Network, the original rating was TV-PG-DLS, but when edited, the highest rating an episode received was TV-PG-D.

Official Site

http://drama.co.nr/

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Characters

The Total Drama Island cast consists of the host Chris McLean, the chef, Chef Hatchet, and the twenty-two teens that make up the contestants. The contestants are split into two groups of eleven: the "Screaming Gophers" and the "Killer Bass". The campers personify various teenage and reality show stereotypes. The campers are , in no particular order, Ezekiel, Eva, Noah, Katie, Sadie, Tyler, Justin, Beth, Cody, Courtney, Trent, Harold, Lindsay, DJ, Geoff, Bridgette, Izzy, LeShawna, Duncan, Heather, Owen, and Gwen.

Production

Total Drama Island was developed, financed and produced by Fresh TV. The series was animated at Elliott Animation. The series was directed by Todd Kaufman and Mark Thornton. It is primarily targeted at eight- to thirteen-year-olds, and the creators, Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch, studied what pre-teens liked and disliked about reality television shows in the writing process.[4] Fresh TV Inc. partners McGillis, Pertsch, Elliott and Irving produced the series.[5] The budget for the series was $8 million.[6] It was animated in Flash,[7] at Elliott Animation's studio in Toronto.[5] As with many other Teletoon series, Total Drama Island has also been dubbed into Quebec French prior to its release. Every cast and crew member on Total Drama Island had to sign a confidentiality agreement not to tell who the winner was.[8] All the characters were designed by Kauffman.[9] An early name for the series was Camp TV.[10]

Various voice actors on 6teen have also lent their voice for Total Drama Island: Christian Potenza as Chris Maclean, Julia Chantrey as Eva; Drew Nelson as Duncan; Megan Fahlenbock as Gwen; Adam Reid as Justin; Stephanie Anne Mills as Lindsay and Katie; and Rachel Wilson as Heather. The aforementioned voice actors (Christian Potenza, Megan Fahlenbock, Adam Reid, Stephanie Anne Mills and Rachel Wilson) play the roles of Jude, Jen, Wayne, Kirsten, and a recent crush of Jude's named Melinda Wilson on 6teen. Emilie-Claire Barlow plays a recurring role as Chrissy on 6teen and plays Courtney on Total Drama Island.[11]

Episodes

Canada

Season Episodes First Airdate Last Airdate
Season 1 27 July 8, 2007 November 29, 2008

United States

Season Episodes First Airdate Last Airdate
Season 1 28 June 5, 2008 December 18, 2008

Total Drama Island Interactive

Total Drama Island Interactive was an online game marketed in conjunction with the television series. It is produced by Xenophile Media. Development of the site was done largely by Toronto based Jam3media. By registering a free account, the player could play games to earn points for marshmallows. Marshmallows are used as money in the game so the player can buy various items. The top 22 players at the end of the season were entered into a draw, where one of the players had their character in the game make a cameo appearance in the finale [as an intern] (ultimately testing out a part of the ending obstacle course, and falling into a river)[12] The games were based on the challenges in the show, and were updated weekly as new episodes aired.[12]

Elimination table

Place Name Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5** Ep 6 Ep 7** Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 10 Ep 11 Ep 12 Ep 13 Ep 141 Ep 15** Ep 16 Ep 17** Ep 18 Ep 19 Ep 20 Ep 214 Ep 22** 4 Ep 231 4 6 Ep 24 Ep 25 Ep 27 TDDDDI
1 Owen WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN WIN IN LOW LOW IN IN IN IN IN IN LOW WIN WINNER PASS
2 Gwen WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN WIN IN IN WIN3 WIN LOW IN IN WIN WIN RUNNER-UP PASS
3 Heather WIN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN IN LOW LOW WIN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN3 IN WIN IN IN IN IN IN WIN OUT PASS
4 Duncan IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN LOW WIN IN WIN LOW IN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
5 LeShawna WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
6 Geoff IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
7 Izzy7 WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN LEFT Returns in episode 152 IN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
8 DJ IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
9 Lindsay WIN WIN LOW IN WIN WIN LOW IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN WIN IN OUT PASS
10 Bridgette IN IN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
11 Trent WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN WIN IN* OUT PASS
12 Eva IN* OUT Returns in episode 152 OUT FAIL
13 Harold IN LOW WIN WIN IN IN* WIN WIN WIN LOW LOW OUT PASS
14 Courtney LOW IN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN WIN IN OUT FAIL5
15 Sadie IN IN WIN WIN LOW IN WIN WIN WIN OUT FAIL
16 Beth WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN OUT PASS
17 Cody WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN OUT FAIL
18 Tyler IN IN WIN WIN IN OUT FAIL
19 Katie7 IN IN WIN WIN OUT FAIL
20 Justin WIN WIN IN OUT PASS
21 Noah WIN WIN OUT FAIL
22 Ezekiel OUT FAIL

Notes

  • Episode 1 is the introduce of the season and Episode 26 is a recap of the season.

* This camper wasn't shown at the campfire ceremony for this episode (a goof in the episode).

** In these episodes, it wasn't shown who got the first marshmallow.

1 No one was voted off in these episodes.

2 Izzy and Eva returned in episode 15 to compete after being voted off.

3 This camper was the only one to receive invincibility even though there was more than one winner.

4 These episodes had no winners.

5 Courtney technically did not meet the qualifications in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island but was able to advance to the next season to become a cast-mate of Total Drama Action due to winning a lawsuit against the producers.

6 This episode had a campfire ceremony, but the one eliminated was Mr. Coconut, because he was a coconut, not an active contestant, and because he mentally damaged Owen.

7 Katie and Izzy switched teams in episode 2.

Honor places

  This camper has met the qualifications to win first place, receive $100,000 from Total Drama Island, and the title of Total Drama Island Grand Prize Winner.
  This camper was the Runner-Up.

Teams

  This camper was pre-decided to be on the team of The Screaming Gophers of Total Drama Island. For Episodes 1-13.
  This camper was pre-decided to be on the team of The Killer Bass of Total Drama Island. For episodes 1-13.

Challenge wins

  This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly team invincibility) for the rest of their (or their entire) team (Episodes 1-14 - Before the Teams dissolved).
  This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (which is always solo invincibility) for themselves only(Episodes 15-27 - After the Teams dissolved).
  This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly team invincibility or solo invincibility) from another camper (Episodes 1-14 - Before the Teams wrere dissolved).

Campfire ceremony recipients

  This camper is still competing in Total Drama Island as of that episode, and had their name called at the campfire ceremony. This is also for contestants who are still in the game and is in the table on every episode until they get eliminated.
  This camper is still competing in Total Drama Island as of that episode, but had their name called last or second to last at the campfire ceremony.

Eliminations

  This camper was not technically eliminated, but left the show on Total Drama Island, before Chris announced who would receive the last marshmallow.
  This camper has been voted off by their campers on Total Drama Island.
  This camper was eliminated from Total Drama Island by placing last or performing the worst in the challenge.
  This camper was voted off unfairly.

TDI qualifiers

  This camper met the qualifications in Total Drama Island (TDI) to advance to the next season to become a cast-mate of Total Drama Action.
  This camper did not meet the qualifications in Total Drama Island (TDI) and failed to the next season to become a cast-mate of Total Drama Action.

Other

  This camper was inactive during these episodes.

Reception

Total Drama Island received positive reviews from critics. Users from TV.com gave the show an 8.6 "Great".[13], while users from IMDB gave it a 7.5 out of 10.[14] Commonsense Media gave the show 4 out of 5 stars, stating "Clever cartoon reality show spoof OK for older tweens"[15]. The best review was from Review Stream, who gave it a 10 out of 10, saying "I like the series because just recently I have found myself watching a few VH1 reality television shows, and I was also a teenager in the era of reality shows so I know how these things work and these characters are. Thus, I found the parody to be very funny despite the fact that it was a cartoon."[16]

Winners

  • Owen - "Winner", because he won to Gwen in a race to a finish line (As Owen began to tire and Gwen began to pull away, Lindsay & Izzy made brownies and used Chris' fan to blow the scent to Owen, which gave him the strength to dash to the finish line and beat Gwen at the last second to win Total Drama Island). Winner in the original version.
  • Gwen - "Winner", Gwen turns out to be the winner in an alternate ending where Owen charges at the brownies, and eats them. While Owen is distracted by the brownies, Gwen manages to pass the finish line first, winning Total Drama Island. In Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Costa Rica, both versions were shown. First, a marathon on Friday and Saturday with all the episodes, and Owen winning, on Sunday the episode in which Gwen wins was shown. Winner in alternative ending in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Costa Rica.

DVD releases

File:TotalDramaIslandDVD.jpg
The cover of the DVD

A DVD was released by Cartoon Network on August 18, 2009 in the United States. It contains all of the 27 episodes (including the reunion special) of this series in a 4 disc set, being 594 minutes long.

International broadcast

Country Channel Other Channel
Canada Canada Teletoon
United States United States Cartoon Network (US)
France France Télétoon
Brazil Brazil Cartoon Network (Brazil) SBT
Mexico México Cartoon Network (Latin America) , Boomerang
Venezuela Venezuela Televen, Venevisión
Ecuador Ecuador
Peru Perú
Argentina Argentina
Chile Chile
Colombia Colombia RCN Televisión
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Poland Poland Cartoon Network (Europe)
Hungary Hungary
Romania Romania
Norway Norway Cartoon Network (Nordic)
Sweden Sweden
Denmark Denmark
United Kingdom United Kingdom Disney XD (UK & Ireland)
Republic of Ireland Ireland
Netherlands Netherlands Disney XD (Netherlands)
Japan Japan Disney XD (Japan)

Cartoon Network (Japan)

Australia Australia ABC3
Italy Italy Italia 1 and K2
Israel Israel Children's Channel
Bulgaria Bulgaria Diema 2

Cartoon Network has broadcast the show in many parts of Europe due to the Pan-European feed. Jetix has been broadcasting the show in The Netherlands, and UK.

References

  1. ^ "Elliott Animation - Productions - Total Drama Island".
  2. ^ "Total Drama Island: GOPHERS vs. BASS".
  3. ^ Thorny (2008-06-03). "Howdy Neighbor!... (or is it neighbor?)". Total Drama Action. Retrieved 2008-06-11-Present. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Total Drama Island ribs reality TV".
  5. ^ a b Total Drama Island: And So It Begins
  6. ^ "Total Drama Island: Kid Screen".
  7. ^ "Total Drama Island: What a Poser".
  8. ^ Channel Baby: From the creators of the award winning series 6teen, the number one show on Teletoon, comes a truly unique reality show for kids
  9. ^ Total Drama Island: Final 4
  10. ^ Blogspot.com
  11. ^ Up close with a familiar voice: From Sailor Mars to Timmy's ads, Emilie-Claire Barlow is someone you've definitely heard
  12. ^ a b BellFund Annual Report 2006
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ [2]
  15. ^ [3]
  16. ^ [4]

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