Total Drama Action
| Total Drama Action | |
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| File:TDA Cast 1.JPG The primary cast of Total Drama Action Top: Gwen Middle: Courtney, Heather, Lindsay, Harold, Duncan, Owen, LeShawna, Trent, Geoff, Bridgette, Justin, DJ Bottom: Izzy (E-Scope / Explosivo), Beth | |
| Genre | Comedy/Animation/Drama/Action |
| Created by | Jennifer Pertsch Tom McGillis |
| Developed by | Fresh TV Inc. / Teletoon |
| Directed by | Todd Kauffman Mark Thornton |
| Presented by | Teletoon/Fresh TV |
| Voices of | Christian Potenza as Chris Megan Fahlenbock as Gwen Stephanie Ann Mills as Katie/Lindsay Rachel Wilson as Heather Scott McCord as Owen/Trent Drew Nelson as Duncan Clé Bennett as Chef/DJ Novie Edwards as Leshawna Julia Chantrey as Eva Emilie Barlow as Courtney Sarah Gadon as Beth Kristin Fairlie as Bridgette Brian Froud as Harold Peter Oldring as Cody/Tyler Adam Reid as Justin Katie Crown as Izzy Lauren Lipson as Sadie |
| Narrated by | Chris McClean (Total Drama Island Host) |
| Theme music composer | Voodoo Highway |
| Opening theme | I Wanna be Famous! |
| Ending theme | I Wanna be Famous! Instrumental |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Original languages | English, French |
| No. of seasons | 2nd Season of the Total Drama Series |
| No. of episodes | 13 (List of Episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, George Elliott, Brian Irving |
| Production location | Abandoned Movie Studio Lot in Toronto, Ontario |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Teletoon (Canada) Cartoon Network (America) |
| Release | January 11, 2009 (Original Canadian Airdate)[1] June 11, 2009 (American Airdate) |
| Related | |
| TDA Aftermath | |
Template:FixBunching Template:FixBunching Total Drama Action is the second season of the Canadian animated television series Total Drama Island. The show premiered in Teletoon Canada 6:30 et/pt[2] on January 11, 2009. This series was also created by the makers of 6Teen, another Teletoon program.
Plot
Like its predecessor, Total Drama Island, this season's series is an "animated reality show" starring fifteen teenagers. This series still portrays likeliness towards other physical and social shows, like Fear Factor and The Real World. The original twenty-two "campers" were cut down to fifteen "cast-mates" after the reunion special's dramatic ending between these seasons. Both host and assistant Chris McClean and Chef Hatchet will return as the cast-mates' supervisors and challenge distributors. The theme of this series is "Cinematography". These fifteen cast-mates have found out that they will be staying in an abandoned movie studio lot in Toronto, Ontario. Since the theme is all about movies, the competitors are treated as real actors. They stay in small, unaccomodating actors' trailers competing against each other and themselves. Challenges come back for this season, as well. Unlike the random TDI challenges, TDA challenges will be based upon which movie genre the cast-mates will portray. The "mess hall" of TDI will also be replaced this season with The Craft Services Tent, which will also be catered by Chef Hatchet, once more. The "outhouse/confession can" of TDI was used to let the audience at home know what the campers were really thinking about. In TDA, this was replaced with the "Make-Up Confessional", a room full of make-up and body enhancements. If the cast-mates were able to make it past Chris, the daily challenge(s), and themselves, their fate would, then, have to be decided. TDI also used the outhouse/confession can to cast votes as to who they would like voted off. Cast-mates of TDA now used "voting devices" placed under their seats to vote someone off. The elimination bonfire ceremony was replaced with an "awards ceremony", where all but one person would receive a Gilded Chris Statuette (which took the place of the marshmallows). The losers of Total Drama Island had to walk down the Dock of Shame, board the Boat of Losers, and leave the campsite (to go to La Playa De Losers); however, the Total Drama Action losers must walk down the Red Carpet Walk of Shame, get into the Lame-O-Sine, and leave the film lot for good (it is unknown to the viewing world where the losers go). This process is supposed to continue until one cast-mate is left on the film lot. That one cast-mate will, then, take home the $1,000,000 cash prize.
Characters
The Total Drama Action cast consists of Chris McClean (the host), Chef Hatchet (the caterer and assistant), and the fourteen teens that make up the cast-mates. These cast-mates were divided into teams of six: The "Screaming Gaffers" and The "Killer Grips". Geoff and Bridgette, two of the fourteen cast-mates were eliminated before Episode 3, "Riot On Set", when the teams were decided. Gwen and Trent won the challenge of that same episode and got the privilege of choosing the teams for the rest of the season. Courtney, a "camper" who did not qualify for Total Drama Action, has been proven to join the remaining cast-mates due to a technicality with the last season. She also been proven to which team she will be on. Below is a list of the cast-mates, the team that they are on, and their status in the competition.
| Position | Cast Mate | Team | Status |
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| 19 - 20 | Bridgette | N/A | Eliminated 1st / 2nd in Episode 2 "Alien Resurr-eggtion" |
| Geoff | |||
| • | Izzy / E-Scope |
The Killer Grips | Eliminated 3rd in Episode 3 "Riot on Set" |
| 18 | Trent | The Killer Grips (1st Captain) |
Eliminated 4th in Episode 5 "3:10 to Crazytown" |
| 17 | Gwen | The Screaming Gaffers (1st Captain) |
Eliminated 5th in Episode 7 "The Chefshank Redemption" |
| 16 | DJ | The Screaming Gaffers | Quit/Eliminated 6th in Episode 9 "The Sand Witch Project" |
| • | Izzy / Explosivo |
The Killer Grips | Eliminated 7th in Episode 11 "Full Metal Drama" |
| 15 | Owen | The Killer Grips | Eliminated 8th in Episode 13 "Ocean's Eight - or Nine" |
| Beth | The Killer Grips | ||
| Courtney | The Killer Grips (Captain) |
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| Duncan | The Screaming Gaffers (Captain) |
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| Harold | The Screaming Gaffers | ||
| Heather | The Screaming Gaffers | ||
| Justin | The Killer Grips (2nd Captain) |
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| Lindsay | The Killer Grips (3rd Captain) |
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| Leshawna | The Screaming Gaffers |
Production
Like Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action was developed and produced by Fresh TV, targeting an age group of 10 to 15 year olds.
Various Voice actors from 6Teen come back as the same actors for the same people of this season. Christian Potenza as Chris McClean, Julia Chantrey as Eva; Drew Nelson as Duncan; Megan Fahlenbock as Gwen; Adam Reid as Justin; Stephanie Anne Mills as Katie and Lindsay; Rachel Wilson as Heather; Emilie Barlow as Courtney; Lauren Lipson as Sadie; and Peter Oldring as Cody and Tyler.
External links
- Official Total Drama Island Blog
- Total Drama Island Interactive
- Total Drama Island.com
- Total Drama Island Wiki
- Fresh TV announces Total Drama, the Musical
- Total Drama Action Interactive
- A TDA Podcast
- Total Drama Action.com