Screaming Gophers

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The Screaming Gophers are one of the two teams on the animated Canadian television show, Total Drama Island. It is sometimes considered to be the superior team over the Killer Bass. The Screaming Gophers originally consisted of Owen, Gwen, Beth, Trent, Justin, LeShawna, Heather, Cody, Noah, Lindsay, and Katie. Yet in the episode Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, Katie and Sadie (being inseparable) pleaded that they could be in the same team, and finally, Chris let Katie switch to the Killer Bass and as a result, Izzy became a Screaming Gopher.

The Screaming Gophers were undefeated until Dodgebrawl, when the Killer Bass defeated them three to five dodgeball matches, due to Harold's figure skating skills, this meant that Noah The Know-It-All, became the first Screaming Gopher voted off the island because of his refusal to help in the match. All the way up until If You Can't Take The Heat, the Gophers always had equal or more people on their team than the Bass. The final three were all Screaming Gophers (Heather, Gwen and Owen).

From Up the Creek to If You Can't Take the Heat, The Screaming Gophers lost three consecutive challenges over the Bass which decreased their numbers below those of the Killer Bass for the first time (and only time) in the season's run. This was mostly perceived as bad luck from a cursed tiki idol that Beth unknowingly stole from Boney Island in Up the Creek, which lead to her elimination and three additional and retribution challenge wins for themselves (giving the Gophers a 6-4 advantage over the Bass at the merge). Surprisingly enough, the teams were relatively equal in team members for most of the game.

The Screaming Gophers are friendly people, however Heather remains snobbish and give the Gophers a bad reputation toward the Killer Bass. Justin's personality makes him seem polite and good-natured, even when he is manipulating others using his looks, which renders him narcissistic. Owen, Trent, and LeShawna are generally friendly and well-liked. Izzy is mainly friendly towards everyone, though her weird stories and crazy attitude actually annoys the other campers. Cody is friendly but is dorky and awkward at times. Beth tries to be nice to everyone, going to the extreme because of her desire for friends. Gwen is considered a grumpy loner, yet was respected by most of the other campers and was nice whenever in a good mood. Lindsay is a sweet person who, when not being controlled by Heather, tries to be nice to all the other campers, even if she can't even remember their names. Overall, the Screaming Gophers are a winning and powerful mix of people who seem to have plenty trouble within their group.

The Screaming Gophers' logo is a green gopher standing upright with its fists drawn out on a circle with a green ring around it.

Interestingly, the team is called the Screaming Gophers and they are competing against the Killer Bass. The names are probably meant to imply that the Gophers are cowardly and the Bass are strong. However, it's actually the Gophers who win the most challenges over the Bass, although most of the challenges that the teams were faced with did not require a great deal of physical strength, mostly endurance, intelligence, and bravery.

The Total Drama Action equivalent of the Screaming Gophers is the Screaming Gaffers.

Screaming Gophers
Beth | Cody | Gwen | Heather | Izzy | Justin | Katie | LeShawna | Lindsay | Noah | Owen | Trent

Contents 1 Castmates Eliminated 2 Gallery 2.1 Campers 2.2 Scenes 3 Trivia

[edit] Castmates Eliminated

Name	Sex	Rank voted off of team	Rank voted off	Episode voted off	Reason voted off
Noah	Male	1st	3rd	Dodgebrawl	Noah didn't help his team members and refused to play the game
Justin	Male	2nd	4th	Not Quite Famous	Heather convinced other campers to vote him off instead of her
Izzy	Female	3rd	7th	Up the Creek	She was hunted by the RCMP in Up the Creek. Returns again in No Pain, No Game. Note: She technically was not eliminated that time because the RCMP interrupted and Lindsay may have been voted off instead
Cody	Male	4th	8th	Paintball Deer Hunter	He was mauled by a bear and his team decided he was no longer useful.
Beth	Female	5th	9th	If You Can't Take The Heat...	She cursed the team with the tiki doll she brought from Boney Island (see Up the Creek) and was voted off when the curse was revealed.
Trent	Male	6th	12th	Search and Do Not Destroy	LeShawna convinced the other campers to vote off Heather or Trent, since Gwen told her about how she saw Trent kissing Heather, but since Heather won invincibility, they voted off Trent instead. Heather then tells everyone what she did, only it was too late.
Lindsay	Female	7th	14th	That's Off The Chain	Heather came first while the others (Duncan and Owen) had crashed in the process making Lindsay last to cross the finish line and automatically sent to the boat of losers.
Izzy	Female	8th	16th	Wawanakwa Gone Wild!	She was voted off again when she failed to capture her animal and shot Heather in the butt with a dart in Wawanakwa Gone Wild!
LeShawna	Female	9th	18th	Haut Camp-Ture	When Chris announced that the losers would choose a camper to be eliminated that episode, Katie, Sadie, Lindsay (twice), Trent, Izzy, Courtney, and the parrot (twice) said LeShawna's name, although Katie and Sadie were the only ones who meant to choose LeShawna.
Mr. Coconut	N/A	10th	18.5th	Camp Castaways	Everybody was freaked out by Mr. Coconut, so Chris threw him into the lake. He was then chopped in half by Chef Hatchet in the following episode.
Heather	Female	11th	20th	I Triple Dog Dare You	Heather was forced to do a series of intense dares from the voted off contestants, but Lindsay's dare was to 'get your head shaved by Chef. As Chef had a razor in his hand, Heather quickly kicked it up in the air and it with it landed, Heather got her hair accidentally shave. Chris then claimed that Heather was out because she did not truly accept the dare.
Gwen	Female	Runner Up	Runner Up	The Very Last Episode, Really!	Lost to Owen when Lindsay and Izzy, scared that their yacht party was in jeapordy, came up with brownies, while Lindsay held the fan facing the direction of Gwen and Owen. Owen's energy is renewed thanks to Izzy and Lindsay with their brownies.
Owen	Male	Winner	Winner	Winner	Lindsay and Izzy came up with brownies to lure Owen to the finish line, resulting in him passing Gwen, towards the brownies and right over the finish line, thus winning Total Drama Island.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Campers

Beth	Cody	Gwen	Heather
Izzy (originally Killer Bass)	Justin	LeShawna	Lindsay
Noah	Owen	Trent

[edit] Scenes

All team members of Screaming Gophers (with Ezekiel).	Beth gets taunted by LeShawna and Cody.	The Gophers got pull-crates to help them win the first challenge.	The Gophers' teamwork during the first challenge.
Heather, Lindsay and Beth's reaction to Owen.	The Hot Tub Party at night.	Lindsay and Beth stand on their heads in order to stay awake through the Awake-A-Thon.	Noah's "team spirit". "Go, team, go."
Noah is the first eliminated Gopher.	Trent plays his song, giving the Gophers many points.	Gwen faces her fear.	Izzy is hunted down by the RCMP. "You'll never get me alive!"
The designated deer for the challenge in Paintball Deer Hunter.	Beth and LeShawna team up against Heather.	Tension rising between Heather and the other Gophers.	Heather and Gwen are forced to "trust" each other for a challenge.
Lindsay accidentally poisons Trent with her improperly-prepared fugu sashimi.	The Gophers use Owen as a cushion for Trent when he skydives...	... but he missed his target.	The final three Gophers (and also the final three contestants) of Total Drama Island.

[edit] Trivia

• The Gopher's members seem to be more focused than the Bass' members. Examples of this include:
  • They win most of the challenges.
  • Nine of the Screaming Gophers, including all the girls from the team (excluding Katie, who was originally on the team), were qualified to compete in Total Drama Action.
  • The final three campers in Total Drama Island were all Gophers.
  • A Screaming Gopher managed to win the first season of Total Drama Island.
• For some reason, Ezekiel is not included in the "Killer Bass" Picture. Instead, he is seen in the "Screaming Gophers" Picture.
  • Also, Gwen is standing on air.
  • Also. Cody's shirt and pants are messed up.
• If one counts Mr. Coconut as a Gopher (because Owen have created him, and he was a Gopher), the Screaming Gophers have all the three characters that did not have lines in their elimination episode. Those are Justin, LeShawna and Mr. Coconut, despite he isn't human and can't speak.