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Revision as of 22:55, 12 November 2010

This article is about the first season. For the entire series, see Total Drama (series).

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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 originCanada
Original languagesEnglish
Canadian French
European French
Polish
Latin Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
Bulgarian
Hungarian
Romanian
Dutch
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Italian
Russian
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 Wawanakwa, 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:Fix bunching Total Drama Island (sometimes shortened to TDI) is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. The show and its sequel seasons are collectively referred to as the Total Drama series. 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".

Plot

Main article: List of Total Drama Island episodes

The series is a reality show parody where twenty-two teens settle at Camp Wawanakwa, a fictional island located in an unspecified area in Muskoka, Ontario. The plot is somewhat like Survivor and 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; this was proved a lie in "No Pain, No Game", when he brought Izzy and Eva back into the game). About halfway through the competition, the teams are disbanded, which means (as Chris puts it) "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[4]).

Characters

Main article: List of Total Drama series 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 for the "Killer Bass" are, Duncan, DJ, Bridgette, Tyler, Eva, Courtney, Katie, Sadie, Harold, Geoff and Ezekiel. The campers for the "Screaming Gophers" are Owen, Trent, Gwen, Izzy, Heather, Lindsay, Justin, Noah, Cody, Beth and LeShawna.

Production

Total Drama Island originally began as Camp TV and was developed, financed and produced by Fresh TV. The series was animated at Elliott Animation. The series was directed by Todd Kauffman 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.[5] Fresh TV Inc. partners McGillis, Pertsch, Elliott and Irving produced the series.[6] The budget for the series was $8 million.[7] It was animated in Flash,[8] at Elliott Animation's studio in Toronto.[6] 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.[9] All the characters were designed by Kauffman.[10] An early name for the series was Camp TV.[11]

Various voice actors on 6teen have also lent their voice for Total Drama Island: Christian Potenza as Chris; 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.[12]

Episodes

Main article: List of Total Drama Island 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)[13] The games were based on the challenges in the show, and were updated weekly as new episodes aired.[13]

Elimination table

Place Name Teams Ep. 1 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. 224 Ep. 231 Ep. 24 Ep. 25 Ep 26 TDDDDI
1 Owen Gophers IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN WIN IN LOW IN IN LOW IN IN IN IN LOW WIN 1st PASS
2 Gwen Gophers IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN IN IN WIN WIN10 /LOW LOW IN IN WIN WIN 2nd PASS
3 Heather Gophers IN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN IN LOW LOW WIN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN3 WIN WIN IN IN IN LOW IN WIN OUT PASS
4 Duncan Bass IN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN LOW WIN IN IN LOW LOW IN IN IN IN IN OUT11 PASS
5 LeShawna Gophers IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN WIN IN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
6 Geoff Bass IN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
7 Izzy Gophers IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN LEFT9 Returns in episode 152 IN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
8 DJ Bass IN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
9 Lindsay Gophers IN WIN WIN LOW IN WIN WIN LOW IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
10 Bridgette Bass IN IN IN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN WIN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT PASS
11 Trent Gophers IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN WIN WIN IN* OUT PASS
12 Eva Bass IN IN* OUT Returns in episode 152 OUT FAIL
13 Harold Bass IN IN LOW WIN WIN IN IN* WIN WIN WIN LOW LOW OUT PASS
14 Courtney Bass IN LOW IN WIN WIN IN LOW WIN WIN WIN IN OUT PASS5
15 Sadie Bass IN IN IN WIN WIN LOW IN WIN WIN WIN OUT FAIL
16 Beth Gophers IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN IN OUT PASS
17 Cody Gophers IN WIN WIN IN IN WIN WIN IN OUT FAIL
18 Tyler Bass IN IN IN WIN WIN IN OUT FAIL
19 Katie Bass IN IN IN WIN WIN OUT FAIL
20 Justin Gophers IN WIN WIN IN OUT PASS
21 Noah Gophers IN WIN WIN OUT FAIL
22 Ezekiel Bass IN OUT FAIL

Notes

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

* This camper was not shown at the campfire ceremony for this episode (a goof in the episode).

1 No one was voted off in these episodes.

2 Izzy and Eva returned in episode 15 to compete after being voted off (neither of them won auto solo invincibility).

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 make the qualifiers of Total Drama Action, 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.

8 Two alternative endings were made for this episode. The alternate ending is available as a webcast.

9 The marshmallows were supposed to go to either Izzy or Lindsay, but Izzy left the game because she was hunted down by the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).

10 Gwen did won Invincibility but was still in the Bottom 2. She got the final marshmallow, leaving Izzy voted off.

11 Duncan wasn't voted off, but Chef Hatchet Eliminated him due to being a threat.

Honor places

  (1st) This camper won first place and $100,000.
  (2nd) This camper was the Runner-Up.

Teams

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

Challenge wins

  (WIN) 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).
  (WIN) 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).
  (WIN) This camper has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly team invincibility) from another camper(s).

Campfire ceremony recipients

  (IN) 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.
  (LOW) 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.
  (LOW) This camper had their name called last at the campfire ceromony but another camper had the same amount of votes as them.

Eliminations

  (LEFT) Izzy was not technically eliminated, but left the show on Total Drama Island.
  (OUT) This camper has been voted off by their campers on Total Drama Island.
  (OUT) LeShawna was accidentally voted off by the losers.
  (OUT) This camper was eliminated from Total Drama Island by placing last or performing the worst in the challenge.
  (OUT) This camper was voted off because someone tampered with the votes.

TDA qualifiers

  (PASS) 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.
  (FAIL) 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.

Genders

  This camper's gender is female.
  This camper's gender is male.

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".,[14] while users from IMDB gave it a 7.5 out of 10.[15] Commonsense Media gave the show 4 out of 5 stars, stating "Clever cartoon reality show spoof OK for older tweens".[16] 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."[17]

There was a Gemini Award nomination for best animated program or series for Total Drama Island, shared by Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, George Elliott and Brian Irving.[18]

Winners

  • Owen - a winner because he beat 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 - Gwen turns out to be the winner in an alternate ending where Owen charges at the brownies, and eats them (but not crossing the finish line). While Owen is distracted by the brownies, Gwen manages to pass the finish line first, winning Total Drama Island. In Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Poland, Uruguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Costa Rica, both versions were shown, with Owen winning at the end of a two-day long marathon and Gwen winning in a rebroadcast of the finale the following day.

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 TDI Rundown) of season one of this series in a 4 disc set, being 594 minutes long. In addition, its bonus features (entitled as X-tras) are the audition tapes of twenty campers, as well as Izzy's second audition tape and her exclusive interview with Chris.

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. ^ http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=100000&From=CAD&To=USD&image.x=48&image.y=13
  5. ^ "Total Drama Island ribs reality TV".
  6. ^ a b Total Drama Island: And So It Begins
  7. ^ "Total Drama Island: Kid Screen".
  8. ^ "Total Drama Island: What a Poser".
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ Total Drama Island: Final 4
  11. ^ Blogspot.com
  12. ^ Up close with a familiar voice: From Sailor Mars to Timmy's ads, Emilie-Claire Barlow is someone you've definitely heard
  13. ^ a b BellFund Annual Report 2006
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ^ [2]
  16. ^ [3]
  17. ^ [4]
  18. ^ "Fresh TV Inc. Celebrates Three Gemini Nominations for Top Rated Shows". www.channelcanada.com. ChannelCanada.com. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2009-03-21.

External links

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