Total Roblox Drama
| Fangame | |
|---|---|
| Name | Total Roblox Drama |
| Fandom | Total Drama |
| Developer(s) | Mojo's Games, led by Mojoue. |
| Release date | 12 April 2020 |
| Engine | Roblox |
| External link(s) | Total Roblox Drama, Archived version on Roblox.com |
| See also | Fan-made Wikia: Total Drama Roblox Wiki, Archived version |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
Total Roblox Drama, also often called Total Drama Roblox, is an adaptation of the Total Drama series which makes it into an interactive game on Roblox. It's main developer is Mojoue. Players play as a contestant of their choice and compete in challenges. Only one can win the grand prize. The process of player elimination and game resetting is fully automated, unlike the show itself, meaning it can be played over and over.
Total Roblox Drama is incredibly popular with both fans and non-fans of the series. As of October 2023, it has been favorited by over 746k players and played over 329 million times. The game brought in a new generation of fans who otherwise wouldn't have any interest in the series, reviving interest to it before the release of Total Drama: Island (2023). Due to Roblox's age requirement only being nine years old, and the age demographic of Roblox overall leaning younger, the vast majority of these new fans are around 11-16. These fans may be called newgens on TikTok and shamed by other fans for learning of Total Drama through this game[1].
Like with anything that brings in new fans, this resurgence is contested within the fandom at large. Although many are welcoming to new fans, others preferred the smaller community for the series, which leaned older due to how long the series had been off the air by that point.
Total Roblox Drama's playerbase itself is vast and largely unmoderated, owing to its small development team consisting mainly of one person. Players are often "eliminated" for superficial reasons, such as their accents, sex and the contestant they play as by others. On voice chat, Roblox's built in filter system can't be used, and anything can and has been said on voice chat. Although the game advertises itself as unwelcoming to harassment, problematic players are a consistent issue and may not be banned until they've harassed many, many other players. These problematic players are often not Total Drama fans themselves[2][3].
Influence on Total Drama Fanon
Because Total Roblox Drama is unaffiliated with Fresh TV, Teletoon and Cartoon Network, there are no assets lifted straight from the series within the game. This includes character names. Every contestant available to play as has a unique name. On TikTok, it's common to see the characters referred to by these names outside of Roblox on Total Drama posts.
"yes my fav is acc courtlyn and alfonso!!!!!!🥰🥰🥰""me personally i love dizzy"
"might aswell say "i only know it from roblox""
"I to,d my ‘obsessed fridn’ w total Roblox drama that my fav character was heather awhiel ago and she said ‘who’s heather do you meant heavley?’"
"HELP MY SISTER CALLED LINDSAY LIBRARY??"
"I’ve been playing so much Roblox I think I’m forgetting half the names at this point"
"I said my show character was bridgette and someone said “it’s actually BRIANNA.”"
"i said “i agree with katie" and someone said "you mean kacy?- learn how to read” in those exact words"
"I kept calling heavely Heather and they said might at well vote him off he called you heather…"[4]
Island (2007) contestants + ones introduced in World Tour:
- Alejandro becomes Alfonso
- Beth becomes Betsy
- Blaineley becomes Blair
- Bridgette becomes Brianna
- Cody becomes Cory
- Courtney becomes Courtlyn
- DJ becomes AJ
- Duncan becomes Dustin
- Eva becomes Ava
- Ezekiel becomes Zeeke
- Geoff becomes Jeff
- Gwen becomes Gen
- Harold becomes Harry
- Heather becomes Heavely
- Izzy becomes Dizzy
- Justin becomes Justis
- Katie becomes Kacy
- Leshawna becomes Leanna
- Lindsay becomes Libby
- Noah becomes Nolan
- Owen becomes Big-O
- Sadie becomes Stacy
- Sierra becomes Sara
- Trent becomes Travis
- Tyler becomes Tyson
Revenge of the Island contestants:
Pahkitew Island contestants:
Island (2023) contestants:
- Axel becomes Alex
- Bowie becomes Beau
- Caleb becomes Colby
- Chase becomes Chaz
- Damien becomes Darien
- Emma becomes Emelia
- Julia becomes Jenna
- Millie becomes Mollie
- MK becomes Miki
- Nichelle becomes Nishele
- Priya becomes Pyra
- Raj becomes Rajah
- Ripper becomes Rubber
- Scary Girl becomes Spooky
- Wayne becomes Wayde
- Zee becomes Zed
"Winning as Stacy"?
Most Total Drama Roblox players believe it is harder to win while playing as certain contestants over others. Because Total Drama Roblox players aren't necessarily fans of the TV series itself, this popularity is often dictated by appearance rather than their personalities on the show.
Specifically playing as Stacy (Sadie) is considered difficult. Long time players may compete as her to challenge themselves, not because they like the character.
𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙 ♡ — 09/19/2023I don't hate Sadie I hate the people that play as her
If her playerbase wasn't so two faced I would give her a chancejolly (ahhhhhhhhhhhhh) — 09/19/2023
i hate people who play as sadie AND make their whole personality just Fat shaming themselves
whenever i play ad sadie I'll just play as if i was anyone else𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙 ♡ — 09/19/2023
There is reason nobody targets Owen and Leshawna
Katie 💖 — 09/19/2023
- [Replying directly to comment above:]
Leshawna has curves now so I don’t see why people would fat shame her
People do it to Stacy because she’s the only character that’s fat that has her belly shown
People that have never even seen the show before fat shame stacy immediately
People actually think it’s because of her character 💀𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙 ♡ — 09/19/2023
So majority of the Roblox drama playerbase
Katie 💖 — 09/19/2023
Last server I was in had a Stacy and no fatshamers
I think the fatshamers are starting to dissapear
As they should𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙 ♡ — 09/19/2023
That's why I said Majority
I never touched her cuz last time I did I got called a fat hippo by a big o player[5]
Example/Notable Fanac
'Total Roblox Drama' Is Based on the 'Total Drama Island' TV Show — Everything to Know, Archived version, an article on Distractify by Jon Bitner.
Some recursive fanworks for "The Aletyler Video" are made in this fangame.
- i’m so tired of the racism in the total drama roblox game ! i reported them but ik it won’t stop by Negative-Detail-3565, Archived version, a Reddit post discussing racist abuse while playing the game.
- What's the worst experience you've ever had on Total Drama Roblox?, Archived version, a discussion on Reddit.
- Is there a lore reason why total drama roblox is so toxic?, Archived version, a discussion on Reddit.
- Harold tdi MUST BE CONTAINED!! GOSH!! by timmytastik, Archived version, fanart of Harold which references this fangame.
- Based off a really dramatic total roblox drama game (DJ won!) by chaodic9, Archived version, fanart from a particular round.
- One of my favs tbh by heathswig, Archived version, an edit for Bowie which tags him as "Beau," not "Bowie.[6]"
- how each character usually acts in roblox total drama based on my experiences by mioakem, Archived version
References/Further Reading
- ^ People on TD TikTok are so gatekeepy., Archived version Anon on real-total-drama-takes. August 17th, 2023.
- ^ i’m so tired of the racism in the total drama roblox game ! by Negative-Detail-3565, Archived version October 25th, 2022 on r/totaldrama.
- ^ Is there a lore reason why total drama roblox is so toxic? response by Ace-TD, Archived version on September 6th, 2023 on r/totaldrama.
- ^ tiktok by time2izzy, Archived version with responses circa July 23rd, 2023
- ^ [1], Archived version MachemRodez's public Discord server
- ^ heathswig commented later, saying "Omg guys I accidentally did his total drama roblox name tag instead of the real one 😭😭"