Total Drama
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Total Drama |
| Abbreviation(s): | TD, TDI, TDA, TDWT, TDROTI, ROTI TDAS, TDPI, TDRR, TDI2023, TDR (Total Drama Revival, another name for "TDI2023") |
| Creator: | Fresh TV |
| Date(s): | 2007 - Present |
| Medium: | Cartoon |
| Country of Origin: | Canada |
| External Links: | Total Drama Wiki Total Drama on Wikipedia |
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Total Drama is a Canadian animated TV show which parodies reality TV shows such as Survivor and Fear Factor. Total Drama has had a large, active fandom since its debut in 2007.
Fandom
See List of Total Drama Relationship Names for ship information.
See Timeline of Total Drama Fandom for a fandom history.
Example/Notable Fanac
- No Beta We Die Like Men, turns into "No Beta We Die Like Chris's Interns".
Fancommunities/Fanevents
See Total Drama Challenges and Total Drama Communities for all articles about Total Drama fan communities fan events on Fanlore.
The following is purposefully not a complete list. On DeviantArt and Fanpop in particular, there many moderately sized communities for Total Drama.
- TD 30 Day Challenge
- Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
- Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List.
- Alecody Week
- The Official Total Drama Fan Group
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab, where around 100 artists participate in a collaborative fanart piece in celebration of Pride Month.
- Total Drama Writers' Forum, a popular and influential forum on FanFiction.Net.
- Total Drama Island Fanon Club, a popular club on DeviantArt.
- Total Drama Crack and Fanon Week, a fanweek for non-canonical pairings, moderated by the Total Drama Island Fanon Club. It ran from 2009 to 2014.
- TD Tumblr, a popularity contest on Tumblr to see who was the most popular character and character pairing.
- Total Drama FanFic Awards 2023, a fanfic awards competition held on Tumblr in the form of several polls.
- Noahvember, a fanweek for Noah which was held during November 2023.
- Total Drama Rarepair Week 2023, a Rarepair week. Ran from August 13th to the 19th.
- Total Drama Shipping Week 2024, a general shipping week. Ran from October 1st to the 7th.
- Total Drama Secret Santa, a Secret Santa held during the winter of 2013 on Tumblr.
- Total Drama Official, the largest Amino community for Total Drama fandom as of December 2023.
- The Writers' Lounge: TDI Edition, a popular and influential forum on FanFiction.Net.
- Mayrarey, a vidding challenge on TikTok.
- real-td-heritage-posts, Archived version, a Tumblr "heritage" posts blog.
- total-drama-fans, Archived version, a community on DeviantArt.
- total-drama-arts, Archived version, a community on DeviantArt.
- Total-Drama-Yaoi, Archived version, a community on DeviantArt.
- Total-Drama-Yuri, Archived version, a community on DeviantArt.
- Total-Drama-In-Love, Archived version, a community on DeviantArt.
- total-drama-ocs, Archived version, an Original Character community on DeviantArt.
- Total Drama Island Fanfiction, Archived version, a fanfiction wikia.
- Fan Works / Total Drama, Archived version on TVTropes.
- ttldramaisland, Archived version, a community on LiveJournal.
- Total Drama Island Fancharacters, Archived version, an original character community on Fanpop.
- total-drama-island on Fanpop, Archived version, a community on Fanpop. This is by far the largest community for Total Drama on Fanpop with around 8,000 members. Nearly all are inactive as of 2023.
- The Noco Sleepy-Time Collaboration, a collaboration posted to Tumblr in 2024.
- Wawanakwa Wildcards, a public Discord sever with around 100 members.
- tynoah nation, a public Discord sever with around 40 members for Noah/Tyler.
- Union of Wakanakwa’s Underappreciated Staff, a public Discord sever for original TD characters.
- Total Drama Fic Rec Week - fic recs on Tumblr during 2024
Zines
- Total Drama Zine, possibly the first collaborative zine ever for Total Drama fandom.
Fanart
- Leshawna Ball OC, a popular meme for Leshawna.
All of these examples below show general trends for Total Drama fanart.
- alright campers, today’s challenge is to stop spiderman by thebigbababooey, Archived version, an example of Total Drama's art style being applied to other fandoms. In this case, the Spiderverse.
- Total Drama All Stars Redux! by EvaHeartsYou, Archived version, an example of contestants from multiple seasons being included in one piece of fanart. This fanart was a commission for the fanfiction Total Drama All-Stars: REDUX by SEGASister.
- FASHION TIME!!!!!!! by gataboricua, Archived version, which puts contestants in different outfits while attempting to emulate Total Drama's art style.
FanFiction
See Total Drama Fanfiction for all articles about Total Drama fanfiction on Fanlore.
- Total Drama Fanfiction, a Tumblr blog for hosting links to fanfiction made by the fandom.
- Prinzessin, a polorizing fanfiction often called "that Duncney Holocaust fic."
- Slippery Slopes, a well-liked fanfiction which helped popularize Alejandro/Noah.
- Total Drama Comeback, a Competition Fic which helped establish fanon Ezekiel's personality. It also influenced Fanon Personal Names for Total Drama's cast, with many of the last names also appearing in Island of the Slaughtered.
Fan Animation
- The Aletyler Video, an infamous porn parody for Alejandro/Tyler.
- Campamento Desventura, called Disventure Camp in English, an animated Competition Fic with a lot of Recursive Fanworks.
Misc Fanworks
- i like the diversity in personalities for TD ladies sO i made one specially for TD by neopuff, Archived version, an image set which compiles various Female contestants of note who represent women needed more in media, such as, "women who are shy," and, "women who don't take no shit," as said by Madlori in her writing tips for Female characters.
- Island of the Slaughtered, a Darkfic-like story where a killer murders many of the contestants during Total Drama: Island (2007). This fanwork has inspired a whole genre of Recursive Fanworks.
- Total Fucking Drama, an infamous porn parody featuring most of the characters from Island (2007).
Meta
- Total Drama Dundie, a fake new season of the show featuring many in-jokes from Total Drama's Tumblr fandom.
- Total Drama Dating Tips, a fake dating advice column.
- My guide to the Total Drama fandom, a post from 4chan in 2012 which insultingly "summarized" many BNFs in the fandom at the time.
- 2013-14 td fandom aesthetic, a thread on Tumblr about Total Drama fandom as it was on the website in 2013 and 2014.
- Analyzing EVERY Total Drama Contestant In One Video by BHultra, Archived version, an overview on how every Total Drama contestant left the show worse than how they arrived to it. Mostly.
- This post, Archived version compiles all queer-related official content for Total Drama, including what's been said by the show's staff and within the show itself. It was made by mangora.
- Hometown head canons for TD characters on a map! by vote4courtney, Archived version, has headcanons for character's home towns up to Pahkitew Island.
- A guide to drawing, discussing, and writing black characters (because apparently none of you know how to act right) by taiboboisland (2024)
Common Crossovers/Fandom Migrations
- Danganronpa, fans may come and go from Danganronpa fandom. Both series involve a large cast of teenage characters who have a "title" and are "eliminated" as the series goes along.
- Object Show Community, The original creators of the OSC were directly inspired by Total Drama, leading to much crossover in the fans. Many are fans of both.
- South Park, fans may come and go from South Park fandom. Both are at times gross-out comedies which has a large Male cast. Their Slash fanbases are also of similar ages.
- Pokémon, crossovers with Pokemon are the most common crossover for the Total Drama category on FanFiction.Net as of the 2020s.
- Naruto, the ten most favorited Total Drama crossover fanfics on FanFiction.Net are all with Naruto as of the 2020s
Fangames
- Total Roblox Drama, a popular fangame on Roblox.
Canon
Total Drama: Island (2007)
Total Drama: Island (2007) is the first season of Total Drama. It stars 22 contestants and two hosts. This cast is sometimes called Gen 1.
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama Island is Courtney/Duncan. Other popular ships are Cody/Noah, Bridgette/Geoff, and Gwen/Trent.
Total Drama: Action
Total Drama: Action is the second season of Total Drama. It stars 14 contestants returning from Total Drama: Island (2007) (with one joining later on) and two hosts.
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama Action is Courtney/Duncan. Other popular ships are Bridgette/Geoff, Gwen/Trent, Harold/Leshawna and Izzy/Owen, all of which were also popular in Island.
Total Drama: World Tour
Total Drama: World Tour is the third season of Total Drama. It stars 17 contestants returning from Total Drama: Action & Island (with one joining later on) and two hosts. World Tour introduced fan-favorites Alejandro Burromuerto and Sierra, as well as Blaineley.
The most popular pairing for contestants who were introduced in Total Drama World Tour is Alejandro/Noah. Other popular ships are the canon Alejandro/Heather and the semi-canon Cody/Sierra.
Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
Total Drama: Revenge of the Island is the fourth season of Total Drama. It stars 13 contestants and two hosts. This cast is sometimes called Gen 2.
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama Revenge of the Island is Mike/Zoey. Other popular ships are Brick/Jo, Scott/Dawn and Dakota/Sam.
Total Drama: All Stars
Total Drama: All-Stars is the fifth season of Total Drama. It stars 14 contestants and two hosts.
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama All-Stars is Mike/Zoey. Other popular ships are Alejandro/Heather and Courtney/Gwen.
Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
Total Drama: Pahkitew Island is the sixth season of Total Drama. It stars 14 contestants and two hosts. This cast is sometimes called Gen 3.
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama Pahkitew Island is Jasmine/Shawn. Other popular ships are Dave/Sky and Max/Scarlett.
(Spinoff) The Ridonculous Race
TBA
(Spinoff) Total Dramarama
Total Dramarama (2018) is a spin-off series and features characters from the original as preschoolers attending day care together.
Total Drama: Island (2023)
Total Drama: Island (2023) is the seventh season of Total Drama. It stars 16 contestants and two hosts. This cast is sometimes called Gen 4. Total Drama Island is a reboot of the series, restarting the franchise after 9 years (12 years in-universe) of absence.
The most popular ship for characters who compete this season is Bowie/Raj. Other popular ships are Raj & Wayne and Chase/Emma.