Total Drama: World Tour

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Name: Total Drama World Tour (formerly titled Total Drama, the Musical)
Abbreviation(s): TDWT, TDM
Creator: Fresh TV; Teletoon
Date(s): 10 June 2010 (CAN) - 15 November 2010 (USA)
Medium: Cartoon
Country of Origin: Canada
External Links: Total Drama World Tour on Total Drama Wiki
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Total Drama: World Tour is the third season of Total Drama. It stars 15 contestants returning from Island (2007) and three new ones: fan-favorites Alejandro Burromuerto and Sierra, as well as Blaineley. It also stars two hosts. Beth, Eva, Geoff, Justin, Katie, Sadie and Trent appear for some episodes but do not compete.

Listed alphabetically, the contestants are Alejandro, Blaineley, Bridgette, Cody, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Ezekiel, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Sierra and Tyler. Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet host.

Total Drama World Tour was the last season many of the contestants from Total Drama Island participate in. Fanworks often draw upon World Tour for characterization.

Shipping

See List of Total Drama Relationship Names for more ship information.

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. Courtney/Gwen also gained popularity after Duncan/Gwen had an in-universe cheating scandal which broke up Courtney/Duncan and Gwen/Trent for good. Chef/Chris is worth mentioning as well. The uncommon ship Alejandro/Tyler is also shipped, though is somewhat infamous due to The Aletyler Video.

Popular Episodes

I See London...

I See London... is an episode commonly written about in World Tour fanfiction. In this episode, the fan favorite Noah was eliminated, Duncan came back, and a love triangle was established between Courtney, Duncan and Gwen. Many fics focus on either characters other than Duncan being brought back, different characters than Duncan or Gwen kissing in the confessional, and characters other than Tyler discovering the Courtney/Duncan/Gwen love triangle; or another relationship entirely. If the fanfiction results in Noah not being voted off this episode, it's considered fix-it.

Niagara Brawls

Niagara Brawls is an episode commonly drawn about in fanart. For the episode's challenge, the contestants were assigned into couples and had to walk over a tight rope together. Needless to say, canon divergence is common and most often involves a same-sex pairing being made into a couple. Because girls in this episode were made to wear dresses, often times one or both parties in these non-canonical couples also wear a dress. Because this episode also introduced a new contestant, fanworks may change this new contestant to be someone else, typically Noah or Tyler.

Team "Elusive" Victory

Team Victory was considered handled poorly and a missed opportunity by some in the fandom.

Ooh boy let's go

Team Victory made the whole first half of the season boring and predictable. After a few episodes episodes knew that this team was going to be eliminated before the merge, which meant you could tell there were really no stakes for the other two teams. New York being a reward challenge pretty much confirmed it.

DJ wanted to go home as early as Japan, but apparently couldn't quit despite Duncan and Harold both quitting. Then he stopped wanting to go home and voted out Bridgette and Leshawna. Then he wanted to go home again. The animal curse had no conclusion either.

Bridgette was made to look like an awful person. Alejandro went from flirting with Leshawna, to flirting with Bridgette, then right back to Leshawna and no one said anything. Bridgette had to go into a bathroom to vote but couldn't remove the pole herself? There's a sink in there.

Leshawna and Heather's friendship was completely forgotten about. How does "seize the day" translate to "attack Heather" ? Why did Lindsay and DJ vote for Leshawna when they cheered for her slapping Heather? Didn't DJ want to go home? Why didn't he just tell Lindsay and Leshawna to vote for him?

I honestly just didn't enjoy World Tour that much. It wasn't an abysmal season but the beginning of it was just an absolute drag and hard to watch.[1]

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References/Further Reading

  1. ^ What was the worst thing in World Tour besides the love triangle? response by Rigel04, Archived version July 24th, 2021
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