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 |
| 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 | 26 (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 (USA) |
| Release | January 11, 2009 - present (Canada)[1] June 11, 2009 - present (USA) |
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 at 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 parodies other reality competition TV shows, like Fear Factor and The Real World. The original twenty-two "campers" were cut down to fifteen "castmates" after the reunion special's dramatic ending between these seasons. Both host and assistant Chris McClean and Chef Hatchet will return as the castmates' supervisors and challenge distributors. The theme of this series is "Cinematography". These fifteen castmates 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, unaccommodating 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 castmates 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 again. 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 castmates 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 castmate is left on the film lot.
TDA Aftermath
The TDA Aftermath show is hosted by Geoff and Bridgette and so far, 18 people out of the original 22 contestants are commentators and/or hosts (Ezekiel, Eva, Katie, Tyler, Cody, Sadie, Geoff, Bridgette, Izzy (a.k.a. E-Scope/ Explosivo), Trent, Gwen, DJ, Owen, Heather, Harold, Justin, Lindsay, and LeShawna) and have been eliminated from TDI/ TDA. So far, they have 4 episodes (3 aired, 1 temporarily unaired), interviewing 2 (once 3) recently eliminated contestants.
Note: Courtney was originally eliminated unfairly from TDI and an Aftermath commentator, but she managed to win a lawsuit and return to the competition, thus making her no longer an Aftermath commentator.
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 castmates. These cast-mates were divided into teams of six: The "Screaming Gaffers" and The "Killer Grips". Geoff and Bridgette, two of the fourteen castmates 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, later rejoined the remaining cast-mates due to a technicality with the last season, and she was placed on the Killer Grips team.
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-Claire Barlow as Courtney; Lauren Lipson as Sadie; and Peter Oldring as Cody and Tyler.
Episodes
Canada
| Season | Episodes | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
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| Season 2 | 29 | January 11, 2009 | December 10, 2009 |
United States
| Season | Episodes | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 2 | 26 | June 11, 2009 | December 03, 2009 |
Elimination table
| # | Name | Ep 13 | Ep 24 | Ep 3 | Ep 43 | Ep 5 | Ep 7 | Ep 83 | Ep 9 | Ep 103 | Ep 11 | Ep 13 | Ep 143 | Ep 15 | Ep 163 7 | Ep 17 | Ep 19 | Ep 203 | Ep 21 | Ep 223 | Ep 23 | Ep 24 | Ep 25 | |||||||||
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| TBA | Beth | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | IN | WIN | WIN | TBA | |||||||||
| TBA | Duncan | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | TBA | |||||||||
| 3-4 | Owen | WIN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Returns in Episode 21,Rock 'n Rule" | IN | IN9 | HIGH | OUT10 | |||||||||||||||
| 3-4 | Courtney | Debuts in Episode 13, "Ocean's Eight - or Nine" | IN6 | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | OUT10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Harold | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||
| 6 | Lindsay | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN8 | OUT | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Justin | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | IN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | LeShawna | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Heather | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Izzy | IN | IN | OUT | Returns 1 | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | DJ | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | QUIT5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Gwen | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Trent | WIN | WIN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14-15 | Bridgette 2 | IN | OUT | Current Hostess of Total Drama Action Aftermath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14-15 | Geoff 2 | WIN | OUT | Current Host of Total Drama Action Aftermath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Note: Episodes 6, 12, 18, and 26 are TDA Aftermaths meaning there was no challenge in these episodes.
Notes
1 Izzy returned using her real name (but later made a new alter-ego, Explosivo) because she was first voted off as her first name, E-Scope.
2 Geoff and Bridgette were voted off before the teams were formed.
3 Episodes 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 had no Gilded Chris Ceremonies. There was an elimination ceremony only in every other episode from 3 and on.
4 In episode 2, 2 people were voted off instead of 1.
5 DJ quit the game because he felt guilty of making an illegal alliance with Chef Hatchet and for cheating.
6 Courtney sued Total Drama Action because she originally did not qualify, and in the episode she made her debut in, she was immune from being voted off, even though everyone voted for Courtney (except for herself) at the Gilded Chris Ceremony.
7 On episode 16, the teams were dissolved.
8 Lindsay was the actual winner of this challenge.
9 Owen did not participate in the challenge.
10 Cortney was voted off, but Owen was fired and forcibly removed from the game by the show's producers due to his new job as a saboteur being discovered, and therefore made useless.
Teams
- This cast-mate was chosen by Gwen in Episode 3, "Riot on Set", to be on the team of The Screaming Gaffers on Total Drama Action.
- This cast-mate was chosen by Trent in Episode 3, "Riot on Set", to be on the team of The Killer Grips on Total Drama Action.
Challenge wins
- This cast-mate has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win a challenge and its prize (mostly team invincibility) for their entire team (Episodes 1-16 - Before the teams dissolved).
- This cast-mate has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win the challenge and its prize (mostly solo invincibility) for themselves (Episodes 17-27 - After the teams dissolved). In episode 2 and odd-numbered episodes after the teams dissolve, this camper was called first at the Gilded Chris, but also won.
- This cast-mate has met the qualifications of a certain episode's challenge(s) to win a challenge and its prize (mostly team invincibility) from another cast-mate (Episodes 1-16 - Before the teams dissolved).
Gilded Chris Ceremony recipients
- This cast-mate is still competing in Total Drama Action as of that episode, and had their name called first at the Gilded Chris Ceremony.
- This cast-mate is still competing in Total Drama Action as of that episode, and had their name called at the Gilded Chris Ceremony.
- This cast-mate is still competing in Total Drama Action as of that episode, but had their name called last at the Gilded Chris Ceremony.
- This cast-mate has left the game.
- This cast-mate was voted off on Total Drama Action.
- This cast-mate was fired from Total Drama Action.
Total Drama, The Musical
The contestants for the upcoming show Total Drama, The Musical have been selected. There will also be two new characters in this season. The season will have Chris McLean hosting again, and 17 (possibly 18) contestants will have to break into song when he rings a special chime. The elimination ceremony will be held on an airplane and the eliminated contestant will have to jump out.
See also
References
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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
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