Total Drama Action

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Total Drama Action

Country of origin	Canada
Genre	Reality TV/Comedy/Animation
Television channel	Teletoon/Cartoon Network
Created by	Jennifer Pertsch Tom Mcgillis
Developed by	Fresh TV Inc./Teletoon
Directed by	Todd Kauffman Mark Thornton

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Total Drama Action is the second season of the Total Drama series. This season's challenges are based off movie plots, and the site where all the madness shall be held will be at an Abandoned Movie Lot. This season, the grand prize is one million dollars. Forty-two days, with fourteen campers, for one grand prize. When eliminated, the loser must walk across the Red Carpet of Shame into the Lame-o-sine.

Season 1

see: Total Drama Island

Season 2

Fifteen of Season 1's contestants continue on to the second season that takes place on an abandoned film lot. For forty-two days, the cast is forced to compete in movie genre themed challenges, for the one million dollar grand prize.

Season 3

see: Total Drama, the Musical

The final frame of the theme song, featuring all 22 of the original campers.

Episodes

see: List of Total Drama Action episodes

Elimination

see: Elimination

Theme Song

"I Wanna Be Famous", by Graeme Cornies and Dawna Toews

Dear Mom and Dad I'm Doin' Fine,
You Guys are on My Mind.
You asked me what I wanted to be
And now I think the answer's plain to see.
I wanna be Famous.
I wanna live close to the sun
So pack your bags cause I've already won
Everything to prove nothing in my way
I'll get there one day
Cause I wanna be Famous!
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
(Whistling I Wanna Be Famous)

Best. Game. Ever.

Censorship in United States

see: Edits for full list of censors

Prizes

see: Episode Prizes

Notes

According to a game on Cartoon Network that shows the number of episodes in studios, there will be at least 24 episodes of Total Drama Action in total. Since the aftermath episodes do not open new studios, and there will be four of them (if they follow the pattern of every six episodes), there will be 28 episodes in Total Drama Action. Also, since no studio was opened in Monster Cash, this brings the total to 29 episodes.

Unlike last season, the show will have episodes like The Aftermath: I where they talk about their time on the show, and what they have been up to since.

This season, the competitors are now considered castmates rather than campers.

While a major part of the previous season was getting a romantic relationship started for most campers, this season focuses on keeping a relationship going. Although for some campers such as Beth and Harold, starting a relationship is still a major part.
As for now, in every elimination of Total Drama Action the person who gets eliminated is always sitting in the front row, except in The Sand Witch Project, where DJ quit even though he won that challenge.

Characters from the previous season who were less focused on (such as Beth, Harold and Justin) are more of a focus in this season, and as such, have not yet been eliminated, except for Justin.

The Screaming Gaffers and the Killer Grips teams are the Total Drama Action equivalent to the Screaming Gophers and Killer Bass from the previous season.

Notably when a person in a couple is eliminated, the other person in the couple is eliminated next. Example: Geoff and Bridgette (eliminated together), Trent and then Gwen, Izzy and then Owen.
- The only exception is Izzy's first elimination (though she and Owen weren't a couple at the time).
- This pattern ended in Princess Pride when Justin was eliminated as opposed to Harold (LeShawna was eliminated previously in Super Hero-ld.)

The Bear appears in Monster Cash, as it was on contract for one more day. This may mean there will be no more appearances of the bear after this episode.

Instead of venting their feelings in a bathroom stall, the Confessional will be a makeup room.

The Dock of Shame and the Boat of Losers are now changed to "Walk of Shame" and the Lame-o-sine.

Instead of marshmallows, the campers are given a golden statue of Chris, known as the Gilded Chris Award. These awards have been confirmed to be hollow chocolate Chris's, even though in the first episode, Lindsay was hit in the head with one and it made a solid, metallic sound. This may have been a one time gag, or just simply a mistake on the sound effects' part.

Several characters have upgraded facial expressions in this season.

Some characters talk more than the previous season, like Justin (who talked only in the first and last episode of Total Drama Island) and Beth.

Though it has been mentioned several times on Total Drama Island that the show takes place in the summer, summer itself cannot last for fourteen weeks (eight from Total Drama Island, six from Total Drama Action). It is mentioned that there is a two-day gap between the special and Monster Cash; by this logic, even if the show's beginning took place in early May, it would be September by the time Total Drama Action would end. However, in Alien Resurr-eggtion, Duncan and Gwen said it was a year ago, but this is clearly wrong since Chris said in the special that the castmates would report to an old film lot in two days. However, by year he could be referring to season.

Due to a successful lawsuit against the show, Courtney returned in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine.

While Heather was the antagonist last season, this season's antagonist is Justin, though in One Million Bucks B.C. Courtney seems to be taking on the role as main antagonist, especially after Justin's elimination in The Princess Pride.

Teletoon has been giving six week breaks after every aftermath episode. However after Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, new episodes will begin to air Thursday, September 17th, at 7:30 PM, unlike its usual time slot at 6:30PM on Sundays. This is the same day that the newest episode airs on Cartoon Network.

So far two couples have been forced to compete against each other, one from the Screaming Gophers (Gwen and Trent) and one from the Killer Bass (Courtney and Duncan). These couples were also the most focused-on couples in Total Drama Island. (Other than Geoff and Bridgette).
It is technically impossible for all the characters to still be 16, and probably one of their birthdays would be during the season, which makes it very unrealistic.