The Fall of Total Drama: How it Happened 

Lashauna deserved SO much better

The turning characters into babies aspect never ends well for anything.

The irony is that Total Drama became the thing it was trying to parody. It started out as something cool and orginal and then slowly died out and became a shell of it's former self.

Honestly dj is WAYYY to nice from the point wanting a pet bunny to not wanting to be a burden to his mom. He even rejected a chance to win lots of money. Dj is so underrated

Gwen, owen, duncan, lashanua and cortney had so much potential

I wish they did “Total Drama High School” instead of Drama Rama as a non canon spinoff. Where it takes place in a alternative timeline like Dramarama where the kids went to school together except they are still teenagers in high school.

Total Drama’s downfall was mostly Cartoon Network and Teletoon’s fault.

Chris becoming more and more sadistic is actually one of my favorite parts of the series

Duncan and Courtney. Great relationship with the ONE EPISODE It seemed genuine in. I loved the concept, and I’m a total sucker for opposites attract trope in stuff. But then they ruined it and it makes me sad.

I just couldn’t understand why Gwen would kiss Duncan and be a “boyfriend stealer” when Heather literally did that to her in TDI

I don’t think season 1 Chris would actually let his contestants die

Genuinely, total dramarama would have been worth it if they had an episode where chris gets hired at the daycare, makes some horrible toddler gambling ring or something, and then goes to jail

ridonculous race was surprisingly good 😳 probably on my top 3 seasons, better than all seasons after world tour imo

Let's all just pretend Total Dramarama doesn't exist.

"Ok campers. I heard from an annoynomous source that SOMEONE turned my show into a preschool prequel. Not COOL dudes!"

Heather not being in most of all stars felt… odd. I feel like Heather had made it really far in every season before, and I didn’t like how quickly she was eliminated in all stars.

one of the worst things about mike is how they handled his disorder. he could be that one character with a few alters who can do different things, even if they bend the rules a bit for some more interesting things. one thing i have learned from the systems i’ve met though, is that an alter doesn’t have the desire to hurt the body or any of the other alters. alters are formed from different reactions to trauma (oh! that could’ve been a good thing to use! during the challenge, an antisocial alter forms so as to save the body from more trauma!), so why have an alter intentionally try to hurt the body/host? it doesn’t make sense, and it vilifies people with DID or OSDD because of that one “bad alter” i just wish they did more research, a character with DID/OSDD would’ve been interesting if done right. as i said before, an alter forming from the challenges makes more sense when you know a bit, and they could’ve served a similar purpose to mal while keeping a better representation of DID/OSDD. it really is sad

I always find myself groaning whenever I rewatch Leshawna's elimination, she was so robbed, even if it was 15 years ago.

Moment of silence for the kids who think Total Drama Rama is an original series 😔✊

In my opinion Heather made TDI the most iconic memorable & great season with amazing moments on screen due to how entertaining she was even though you might hate or love her from drama tension strategy and interactions with other campers are pure iconic. Most well written & developed character of the first generation cast.

I love Courtney she was somewhat realistic with her heartbreak. Probably her first boyfriend Duncan changed her into what she really was she wanted her future with Duncan. And then she was cheated on and didn’t know until awhile afterwards but not from Duncan or Gwen she was told by Tyler in front of everyone on live television. And in all stars she seemed like she was over Duncan she even made friends with Gwen until when Gwen and Courtney had to fight and she was forced to watch Gwen and Duncan kiss while her and him were still together in world tour which brought out a lot of anger. Afterwards she realized how much time she wasted on Duncan but is still hurt. Scott just happened to be the rebound guy. She was different with Scott she didn’t try to change him and became extra clingy. Of course their relationship wasn’t healthy because Courtney didn’t like Scott just the idea of him. She then betrays Scott and Gwen for some reason my idea on it was she wanted to win to show Duncan she better without him. Her relationships weren’t healthy because she wasn’t in a healthy state of mind. She was upset for so many seasons because I think she loved Duncan and wanted marry him one day and hoped he’d changed by then. Of course she realized how much of a terrible boyfriend he was but she still loved him and went on terrible path because of it. I could tell in world tour she felt useless and hoped Duncan still loved her. She had so many meltdowns from Duncan she couldn’t realize she was in a toxic relationship until after they broke up.

He did not even talk about chef being a totally different person in total dramarama. He is now a nice man the butchered my boi.

Imagine a season were they have to break Chris out of a prison to win 100milion

Writers on long running shows either leave or are fired after 2 - 3 seasons, either because the pay wasn't enough or they just didn't want to work on the series anymore (or because the studio wants to get newer writers in exchange for cheaper pay). I'm guessing after World Tour a majority of the original writing team left and new ones were hired each season onward since that would be cheaper. This is something that happens with a lot of cartoons, if you ever notice a series suddenly changing in tone after during or after season 3 it may be due to writing staff changing

Ridonculous Race was incredible. Just as good as Island and World Tour imo, but for different reasons. They returned to realistic characters and less life-threatening challenges; but most of all, the scriptwriting writing was incredible. It was the only total drama season to ever make me laugh out loud.

I'm still mad about the complete destruction of Courtney's character and the abandonment of her relationship with Duncan. It was my favorite little feel-good part of the first season and they smashed it to dust.

It's simple, they teen titans go'd it. Just like all their garbage reboots

In case any of you don’t know, the reason why Trent went off the rails in season 2 was because the higher-ups at cartoon wanted them to break up. They were also behind the reason Duncan and Gwen getting together as well.

I read somewhere that they were thinking of doing a live-action reboot of Total Drama Island and honestly I'd watch that just for how meta it would be. A live action reboot of an animated parody or a reality TV show

I feel like Chris directed 2020, and you can’t prove me wrong.

The only thing I have to say is that I personally like how chris got more sadistic, it just makes sense to me that he gets more and more psycho throughout the seasons. This is a weird comparison but it’s sort of like how Walter White slowly became more and more evil throughout the seasons.

Why did Duncan do so well in the first 3 seasons? Season 1: 4th Season 2: 1st Season 3: 5th Anyone else notice that?

A while ago a friend of mine asked what my top 3 favorite cartoon series were, and when I said my 2nd favorite was TDI, they said it was a “baby show”. That’s when I realized that some people only recognize Total Drama for Total Dramarama.

imagine how many kids dont know about the original total drama and only know about the ''show'' total dramarama

The Ridonculous Race was a massive step-up from what Total Drama became, then it just went back to square one with DramaRama.

For me: 1. Total Drama World Tour 2. Total Drama Island 3. Total Drama Ridonculous Race

What is more upsetting is, their is a lot of missed potential . Noah had a lot of potential in character but he never got the screen time or recognition

If dramarama didn’t exist I think total drama wouldn’t of fallen in popularity as big as it did Edit: Looking back, this take is so garbage. 💀

I lost all hope for Total Drama as soon as they gave Blu Studios a Seize and Desist for “Total Drama Reunion”. Major fuck up.

Me who actually watched total drama Rama: 😶 Also if I was in total drama island I would become friends with Chris and I don’t know why 💀 I’d have an advantage tho

Nikki from 6Teen was also mentioned briefly in TDRama, on the rainbow juice episode. They were flashing back to a day where the softie version chef had a huge tantrum when he didn't get his rainbow juice, and in that flashback, a 4 year old who wasn't shown earlier in the show appeared with short girl hair with different shades of purple, and after the flashback, owen said: "We never saw Nikki again.... I guess she moved away."

Chris in the first season would push his contestants but he still cared about them

I really hated how they messed up characters' personalities to the point they became caricatures. To this day, they did Courtney so wrong.

OMGGGG- I HADN'T HEARD THAT THEME SONG IN YEARS- ✋ Thanks for bringing back the nostolgia of my childhood

At least we can all agree that literally EVERY season is better than total dramarama.

Let’s be honest, we all had a crush on A goth in that show some point in our life

I fell in love with this show day one, and I think the reason I’ve stuck by for the entire ride is because of my attachment to these characters. World Tour was my absolutely favorite season, and it ducks that it was the last good one but it was a nice proper send off for our characters. Dramarama has its funny moments but it’s not the same essence. I’m excited for these new episodes that they’re working on. I’m hoping they take the Ridonculous Race style of competition and not the Pahkitew style.

Total DramaRama is actually quite a smart decision from a marketer’s perspective. The children it is targeted to watch the show, and once they get older will do some searching for the show again to ‘remember their childhood’, only to then discover the main TD series. This puts them onto TD (at least for the first three seasons), with two new seasons commissioned by the BBC (UK) coming out soon. DramaRama also encourages current adult/teen viewers to find the main series again. Pretty good marketing stunt TDR is.

I feel like Jude from 6teen appeared in Dramarama just so Chris' voice actor could be part of the series

I honestly thought that Chris kidnapped the OG cast members and have them in some tanks somewhere where false memories are pumped into their brains which is why they thought they grew up with each other.

Action is my favorite season because of the reward challenges. Don’t get me wrong I love when someone goes home almost every episode like in Island, but a lot of my favorites made it into Action. So those reward challenges put my mind at ease about not having to worry over anyone I liked getting eliminated. And I loved the character dynamics in Action, so the reward challenges just gave me more chances to enjoy and appreciate the dynamics and interactions between everyone.

Never got to All Stars and after but apparently I didn't miss much.

Chef is the most underrated character #chefneedslove Edit:thanks for all the likes and replies this is my most like comment yet

Honestly, Fresh lost my respect when they killed Total Drama Reunion. They technically have the legal right, but killing a non-profit fan series made with nothing but love for the original TD (which posed no threat whatsoever to Dramarama) is scummy as fuck and I don't know how anyone can seriously defend them after that.

The weird thing about multi personality disorders is that that veto would be actually stronger than his original personality because it is documented throughout cases that your brain change personalities they actually have physical features that also changed to go with that

I think in season 3 Noah should have got more attention Noah only got 2 confessionals when he made it to the Jack the Ripper episode and Harold got more confessionals when he got voted off in one of the first episodes. My favorite character during world tour was Cody he made it very far into the game I was rooting for him the whole season.

I hate that I'm gonna say this, I actually miss the spawn of Evil that is Chris.

I like how it said total drama downfall LOL

Ok, so awkward revelation time: When Total Drama first came I was 4. I started watching the show when it first aired in Canada. I watched all the seasons even though I didn't enjoy it as much after TDWT (I thought it was because I was getting older, but I guess I was wrong becaus I just rewatched the 3 first seasons recently). When I was little, my favorite character was Gwen (she still is tbh). So I once tried to write a letter to Teletoon asking them to race with Gwen on TDRR (I think I did not understand it was a cartoon and that if it aired, the show was already completed). XD

I absolutely love Justin in season 2. Ahhh I just love that you agree with me

I think I know why Jude from 6teen was added to Total DramaRama. Basically, the voice actor who voiced Chris from TDI also voiced Jude from 6teen. I think that when they created the concept for Total DramaRama, they realized Chris couldn't ever be involved but didn't wanna fire the voice actor, so they just threw in Jude from 6teen into the show.

It’s funny that a WEEK after this was released another two seasons were announced for regular Tdi so that’s a coincidence

Something not mentioned: in the Redonculous Race, Chris has a tiny cameo where in (what I think was) the finale, when driving past, you can see Chris reading a newspaper.

as a 10 year old i loved the SHIT out of the musical elements in WT. i do admit that ROTI felt almost forgettable to me, i stopped tuning in regularly once that season started. and god...i don't even wanna mention the travesty that is all-stars

I can't fucking believe that the corporations made Total Drama Rama an actual show, then proceeded to take down the fan made (and a million times better) Total Drama Reunion.

WHY IS NOONE TALKING ABOUT MY BOI DJ?!? HES NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN TOTAL DRAMARAMA

I just realized leshawnas and duncans old design are on the newspaper chris is holding 1:43

Great vid

I have a love/hate relationship with Chris' character progression. His entire character was focused on getting good ratings irrespective of danger. Personally, I liked having him get bored with challenges and add in another layer, but just having him do something irrelevant for five minutes was a waste of time and just felt like the directors were selling out.

I'm sad that DJ didn't get as much recognition as he deserved he is tied with my favorite characters (tied with Owen OBV!!)

Unironically Ridinculous race is like top 3 TD season. Maybe with Island and Tour. I love the spin off and characters

I just wish Dawn got farther in the competition.

let me just say it, leshawna’s elimination was full of bs. she should have won. (my opinion on the last sentence)

Modern audiences will never know the temptation to look up the elimination results because the episodes were already released in Canada. It was tough.

I’m literally obsessed with this shows I have rewatched the show over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER AGAIN

Total DramaRama is a good show for what it purports to be, a children's show. As a TD fan, I was also upset with the show's change in focus and theme, but watching Total DramaRama with my cousins ​​while we had lunch made me see that it can be a very refreshing and funny show, even if very silly at times. It turns out that the same stereotyped characters that worked so well in the original series also fit well into this format (which is to be expected, but on this show it's done quite competently by the writers anyway). In fact, it reminds me a lot of the vibe of the same age-group cartoons I watched in my time. So it turns out that it doesn't bother me that much, after all, it's not even part of the canon of the universe, it's an alternate universe and that's it. There will be a few seasons, hoppely will bring in a new generation to check out the originals when they grow up and then there will be seasons of TD as we know it (as they've already announced there will be). Until then, may the kids enjoy this variation molded for them, which I dare say is one of the best cartoons out there today.

i would give ANYTHING for another season with leshawna and courtney as the finalists

My younger sibling seriously asked me why they made the characters not know each other in total drama island even though they knew each other in total Dramarama 😭

caught some errors. 4:03 Oh. Thats...It??? Nice video!

Even though Gwen is 100% my favorite character of the series, I really liked Lashauna she was so brassy and loud, she was an icon

Who else thought that Island, Action, and World Tour were the "gem seasons" of the series? 🖐

lets just say dramarama is an alternate universe and stow it away forever.

I have never watched past world tour because all the new contestants came on… I didn’t want the original TDI characters to disappear and lose their relevancy. I love these people. And I don’t want them to be replaced.

Ridonculous Race was probably my favorite season just because I liked the ice dancers I just liked their interactions with other characters The other teams were good too And I liked the goths too, they were cool

They were able to redeem themselves with Ridoculous Race, but then they dropped the ball so hard with Dramarama. Why did they legitimately thought that show was a good idea.

I was obsessed with Total Drama Island as a kid, but stopped with Action. Recently I got surgery and had to stay over night at a hospital with nothing to do. I went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night. I tried watching some TV and Total Dramarama was on. I was convinced I dreamt it up. A toddler version of my favourite TV show from a child, plus I was literally drugged earlier? Much more sensical than this show actually existing. Luckily, after two episodes, Gumball came on instead, which was much more interesting and then I thankfully fell back asleep.

I like to imagine that chef is just a immortal being that doesn't get older and that's how he works in total drama and total dramarama

I love scott genuinely one of my favorite characters but i do agree that he did need to be balanced and during all stars they made his character a push over

Funfact: Netflix messed up in the second season where the U.S version where Duncan won, the captions for Beth’s ending played instead of Duncan’s.

Total drama downfall sounds like a good title for a Total Drama show

Theory: Jude in Total Dramarama was originally at that daycare till he had to move away to a new town. 6TEEN. Theory 2: some kids grew up in different parts of the world such as Ezekiel who was homeschool, katie and sadie who practically grew up together. Theory 3: the kids have amnesia. In total drama ISLAND. They saw chef as someone new. But they dont remember chef, their daycarer

A new total drama series where the viewers get to decide who gets voted off would be cool

It was this video that made me realize that every season after TDWT got progressively more childish

Fun fact: Justin actually DIDN'T speak at all until the final episode of Season one. One of the very few great things that Total Drama Action did was make them a decent character.

Mike’s DID was actually treated really well. His alters were pretty realistic with the fact he couldn’t control them and even got imposter syndrome sometimes because of them. All stars however that ruined him. First they gave him an evil alter, which is a very harmful stereotype people with DID have to deal with all the time. Obviously we’ve also got the button which is literally the most unrealistic thing ever. Yeah some alters do end up going away but again you don’t have control over that. Mike used to have like the best DID representation I’d ever seen in revenge of the island and then they just threw it out the window so quickly and so horribly

I just come to your vids cause I love your voice

The fool. The absolute buffoon. A mere week and half later and Total Drama is renewed for 2 more seasons. You have been bamboozled my friend.

why did he not mention ferel ezekiel, i felt like when he became ferel marked total dramas downfall especially cuz the kept using him over and over

19:49 THANK YOU, I always thought I was the only one who thought this was weird

Bro i remembered one episode where chef said in total dramarama was:"a cucumber is a fruit!" never forgot that sentence