Total Drama Action

Total Drama Action
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	27 (including special)
Broadcast
Original channel	Teletoon
Original run	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11) – June 10, 2010 (2010-06-10)
Season chronology
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Second season of the Total Drama series. List of Total Drama episodes

Total Drama Action is the 2nd season in the Total Drama television series. It started on June 11, 2009. The players on the show are Geoff, Bridgette, Izzy, Trent, Gwen, Owen, Heather, Le-Shawna, Courtney, Beth, Lindsay, Justin, Harold, Duncan, DJ,

Plot

Main page: List of Total Drama Action episodes

Like the previous season, much of Total Drama Action chronicles the events of the eponymous fictional reality shows. The Total Drama series itself is an "animated reality television series", which stars the cast and crew of the fictional series, parodying many aspects of reality television in general.

After last season's winner, Owen (Scott McCord), forgoes his prize money of C$100,000 for a challenge (open to all 22 of Total Drama Island's contestants) in which the winner would receive C$1,000,000, the money was left in limbo after a situation resulted in a 14-way tie. As such, show host Chris McLean (Christian Potenza) had no choice but to commission a second competition with all 14 tied contestants. The contestants are told to arrive at an abandoned movie studio lot in Toronto, where the new competition, titled "Total Drama Action", would take place. Because of its location, Chris tells the contestants that the challenges would all be in the form of various movie genres. The accommodations of the contestants are handled by Chef Hatchet (Clé Bennett) in a similar manner to how it was handled in the previous season.

After a quick elimination of two contestants, the couple Geoff (Dan Petronijevic) and Bridgette (Kristin Fairlie), a second challenge determined the team captains of the two competing teams: the Screaming Gaffers, headed by Gwen (Megan Fahlenbock), and the Killer Grips, headed by Trent (Scott McCord). From then on, challenges would alternate between "reward challenges" where winners would receive a special prize, and "elimination challenges" where the losing team would vote off one of its own in an elaborate "Gilded Chris Ceremony". The pattern of reducing the contestants down was briefly interrupted on two occasions: once when Izzy (Katie Crown) was reinstated following a voting irregularity where her alter-ego, "E-Scope", was voted off, and another time when Courtney (Emilie-Claire Barlow), a contestant who did not originally qualify for Total Drama Action, successfully sued the show. The players eliminated would make the "walk of shame" and into the "Lame-o-sine", where they leave the movie studio.

Once seven contestants were left, the Screaming Gaffers and the Killer Grips were dissolved, and the challenges became individual-oriented in nature. Chris hired Owen as his ringer to sabotage the other contestants and to create drama. Eventually, two contestants were left standing: Beth (Sarah Gadon) and Duncan (Drew Nelson). The Total Drama Action winner was Duncan. Beth wins in the alternate ending.

TDA Aftermath

Sprinkled among the episodes (taking the place of reward challenges) is TDA Aftermath, a show-within-a-show hosted by Geoff and Bridgette, commissioned shortly after their eliminations. On TDA Aftermath, Geoff and Bridgette interview eliminated contestants on their Total Drama Action experiences. They are accompanied by the contestants of Total Drama Island that did not qualify for Total Drama Action, as well as other previously-eliminated contestants. TDA Aftermath consisted of various "never-before-seen footage" sequences (purportedly taking place during the events of previous episodes), as well as two recurring segments, "That's Gonna Leave a Mark" (a segment of the contestants getting badly hurt), and "Truth or..." (in which a contestant is interviewed and are hurt if they lie to the hosts or the studio audience).

When the field eventually narrowed down to two contestants, (Beth and Duncan), a final obstacle course challenge would lead the contestants into the Aftermath set, with the first one arriving winning the show's million-dollar grand prize. Unfortunately, Beth and Duncan had sufficiently cooperated enough though the final challenge to arrive at the same time, and what was meant as a season recap became a show in which the winner would be determined. After efforts by the eliminated and nonparticipant contestants to come up with an impartial way of determining the winner all fail, Chris (supposedly leaving on vacation) ultimately returns to the set and has the eliminated (but not the nonparticipant) contestants vote for the winner who was eventually Duncan.

Elimination Table

Place	Name	Team	Episodes																							CMTDARS9
			1In/Re	2In/D	3	4Re	5	7	8Re	9	10Re	11	134	14Re	15	16M/Re	17	19	20Re	21	22Re	23	24D	257	268
1	Berthe	Killer Grips	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	1	FAIL
2	Hugo	Screaming Gaffers	WIN1	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	LOW	LOW	IN	LOW	IN	IN	LOW	WIN	2	PASS
3	Gontran	Killer Grips	WIN	IN	IN	IN	LOW	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	OUT	Returns in Episode 21						IN	IN6	IN	OUT			PASS
4	Audrey	Killer Grips	Debuts in Episode 13										LOW	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	WIN	IN	LOW	OUT			PASS
5	Harold	Screaming Gaffers	WIN1	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	OUT				PASS
6	Tania	Killer Grips	IN	IN	LOW	IN	IN	WIN	IN	LOW	IN	IN	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	IN	WIN5	OUT						PASS
7	Justin	Killer Grips	WIN1	IN	LOW	IN	IN	WIN	IN	LOW	IN	LOW	IN	WIN	WIN	IN	IN	OUT								FAIL
8	Leshawna	Screaming Gaffers	IN	LOW	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	LOW	IN	OUT									PASS
9	Marilou	Screaming Gaffers	IN	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	LOW	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	OUT											PASS
10	Édith	Killer Grips	IN	IN	OUT	Returns2		WIN	IN	IN	IN	OUT														PASS
11	DJ	Screaming Gaffers	WIN1	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	IN	WIN	WD3																PASS
12	Joëlle	Screaming Gaffers	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT																		PASS
13	Loïc	Killer Grips	WIN1	WIN	IN	IN	OUT																			FAIL
14	Brigitte	None	IN	OUT	Hostess of TDA Aftermath																					PASS
15	JF	None	WIN1	OUT	Host of TDA Aftermath																					FAIL

Key

Section	Box	Description
Teams	Gaffers	This cast-mate was on The Screaming Gaffers.
	Grips	This cast-mate was on The Killer Grips.
	None	This cast-mate was eliminated before the teams were formed.
Challenge Wins	WIN	This cast-mate won the challenge for themselves or their team.
	WIN	This cast-mate won the challenge individually for themselves. (Episodes 1-2 & 16-26)
	WIN	This cast-mate was on the winning team. (Episodes 3-15)
Guilded Chris Ceremony Recipients	IN	This cast-mate is still competing in Total Drama Action as of that episode, and had their name called at the Gilded Chris Ceremony.
	LOW	This cast-mate was in the bottom two at that episode's elimination ceremony, but was not eliminated.
	OUT	This cast-mate was eliminated from Total Drama Action (either voted off or last place in the challenge).
	OUT	This cast-mate was eliminated unabledly.
	WD	This cast-mate withdrew from the competition or was eliminated voluntarily.
Honor Places	1st	This cast-mate won first place and the C$1 million.
	2nd	This cast-mate was the season's runner-up.
Genders	Male	This cast-mate is male.
	Female	This cast-mate is female.
Other	N/A	This cast-mate was inactive during these episodes.

Notes

Tag	Description	Example
Sw	This contestant switched teams over the course of the game.	Courtney was assigned to The Killer Grips upon her return.
In	This challenge was an individual challenge before the teams were formed.
Re	This episode featured a reward challenge therefore no contestants were eliminated.	Due to the challenge being a reward challenge, there were no Gilded Chris Ceremonies in these episodes.
M	This episode was the merge, meaning the teams were dissolved and every contestant competed for him or herself. Every episode from the merge on featured an individual challenge.
DE	This episode featured a double elimination.
1	The second challenge in episode 1 rewarded the winner with the first pick of the contestant trailers, which were restricted by gender. Therefore, even though Owen won an individual challenge, all the male contestants were rewarded by extension.
2	Izzy was eliminated in episode 3. She was voted off as "Izzy", but insisted on being called "E-Scope". The votes for Izzy were changed to votes for E-Scope and she was given the boot. She returned in episode 7 without her new alias, and was allowed back into the competition, because technically, "Izzy" was still in the game. (She later made a new alter-ego, Explosivo).
3	DJ withdrew from the competition because he felt guilty for cheating by making an illegal alliance with Chef Hatchet.
4	Courtney sued Total Drama Action because she originally did not qualify, and wanted to compete. In the episode she debuted in, everyone voted her off. However, her legal contract stated she was immune from being voted off in her first episode. She wanted Owen to leave and voted him off. Due to her immunity, only her vote counted, and Owen left.
5	Lindsay won this challenge but shared her reward with Duncan.
6	Owen did not participate in the challenge.
7	This challenge was supposed to see who would win the million dollar prize, but Beth and Duncan tied, so they both won the challenge.
8	Duncan was the official winner in Canada, the United States, Latin America (except Brazil), Denmark, Norway, and Netherlands. Beth was the winner in Oceania, Europe (except Denmark, Norway, and Netherlands), and Brazil.
9	CMTDARS stands for the episode "Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Show" which showed the contestants that moved on to the next season.