Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
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Total Drama: Revenge of the Island is the fourth season of the Total Drama franchise. The series' extension was commissioned by Teletoon
from the producers, Fresh T.V. Inc.
This season will take place back at Camp Wawanakwa (the original setting of the first season
) but this time with an entirely new cast. However, since the island has been forgotten and left alone for the past two seasons, the island has been used as a toxic nuclear waste
dump, transforming it into the perfect location for the most dramatic and brutal challenges yet. There will be thirteen new competitors: Ann Maria, B, Brick, Cameron, Dakota, Dawn, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Sam, Staci, Scott and Zoey. This new season will have new rivals, new relationships, and the biggest drama yet but will only be half the length of a regular season, with only 13 episodes. The purpose for this season is not just to start all over again, but to introduce the new cast to what the older contestants have gone through before. Total Drama: Revenge of the Island will air Thursday nights in Canada
starting January 5, 2012 at 7:00 P.M./E.T. on Teletoon while the U.S.
will air it later on Cartoon Network
.
, this season is a fictional reality show that follows the competition of thirteen new teens at Camp Wawanakwa, a summer camp on a fictional island located in an unspecified area in Muskoka, Ontario
, except now, the island is radioactive. The campers participate in competitions to avoid being voted off the island by their fellow teammates. At the end of the season, the winning contestant will win one million dollars. The competition is hosted by Chris McLean (Christian Potenza
), who is assisted by the camp's chef, Chef Hatchet (Clé Bennett
). At the beginning of the season, the thirteen campers are placed onto two teams, the Mutant Maggots and another unknown team. In each episode, the teams participate in a challenge, in which one or more campers can win invincibility for their team. The losing team is called to the elimination ceremony at night, where they vote one of their own members off the island. At the ceremony, McLean declares which contestants are safe by calling their name, while the one whose name is not called is eliminated from the game. About halfway through the season, the teams are disbanded, after which the challenges continue; the winner of each challenge then only receives invincibility for him or herself, whereupon a camper without invincibility is voted off the island. This process of elimination is continued on until two players remain on the island, where then they are subject to a final contest. At the end of the season one camper is crowned winner of the contest and is given the million dollars.
" from the MTV series Jersey Shore
. B is a big guy who is very strong and smart, but can be shy when it comes to social conversations. Brick is a rude and rambunctious rebel
who comes from the Armed Forces
. Cameron is the main "geek
" of the show just how Harold was before, and he is a "wide-eyed bubble boy". He and Sam are the only two contestants from the new cast who wear glasses. Dakota is a girl who is hungry for fame
and appears to be a parody of Paris Hilton
. She does anything she can to get famous, but normally fails. Dawn is a reassuring blonde girl and is commonly seen meditating. She is peaceful and likes to deal with nature
. Jo is an athletic female who is very tough and similar to Eva. Lightning is also athletic. He is an over-achiever
, and always does more than asked. Mike has a disorder
which causes him have multiple personalities. He appears to like Zoey, as they are frequently seen together in the trailer. Sam is a gamer and he loves to play video games. Shown on the right, he is seen playing what appears to be a Nintendo DS
. Scott is a devious male who will do anything to win. Staci is a compulsive
girl, and is usually known best for her lie
s. Zoey is a fun-loving red-head
who wears a flower in her hair. Her design is similar to ex-contestants Courtney and Heather. She seems to like Mike, as seen on the trailer as both her and Mike are frequently together. It is unknown whether the new cast will have new audition
tapes, or whether the tapes will be shown if they exist.
s throughout the season. Todd Kauffman has confirmed on his Facebook
that Duncan, Lindsay and Harold are some of the original contestants who will make a cameo. However, Kauffman also confirmed that Eva, Noah, Justin, Katie, Cody, Sadie, Leshawna, Alejandro, Sierra and Blaineley will not cameo.
Since all the characters in this season are completely new, the studio had to hire several new voice actors to come and voice the new characters. However, Brian Froud
, the voice actor of Harold is returning to voice Sam, one of the new characters. This season will be directed by two new directors, Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks. However, Mark Thornton and Todd Kauffman will still have some sort of role in the making of this season.
released on his Facebook
the new season logo along with more final designs of the characters. On June 3rd, there were snapshots of radioactive Camp Wawanakwa. On August 25, 2011 the new Total Drama: Revenge of the Island flipbook was released. On August 28, 2011, the first official cast image was released to the public via Facebook. On September 24, 2011, the third official trailer was released which contained new scenes and confirmed the team assignments. On September 27, 2011, Christian Potenza
announced that Total Drama: Revenge of the Island was first supposed to air in the summer of 2011, but was then pushed back to September 2011, and now it has been delayed into 2012. Also, the personality of Mike was explained more as well as the team name for the Radioactive Rats being scrapped. On October 13, 2011, Christian Potenza revealed some stuff about the intro of the season and said that promos will be out soon. On November 28, 2011 the official Canadian airdate for the season was announced for January 5, 2012.
, the producers chose to modify the storyline of the season to remove some radioactive references that were considered insensitive to victims of the disaster. This caused the season's airdate to be delayed until late September, but failure to complete the full season by then caused another season delay until January 5, 2012. Now the season will air almost a half an year later than originally expected.
Télétoon (Canadian TV channel)
Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...
from the producers, Fresh T.V. Inc.
Fresh TV
Fresh TV is a Canadian production company specializing in youth entertainment. They have been successful in establishing internationally recognized brands such as 6teen and the Total Drama franchise...
This season will take place back at Camp Wawanakwa (the original setting of the first season
Total Drama Island
Total Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. The show and its sequel seasons are collectively referred to as the Total Drama series. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon on July 8, 2007...
) but this time with an entirely new cast. However, since the island has been forgotten and left alone for the past two seasons, the island has been used as a toxic nuclear waste
Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay is the process by which an atomic nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting ionizing particles . The emission is spontaneous, in that the atom decays without any physical interaction with another particle from outside the atom...
dump, transforming it into the perfect location for the most dramatic and brutal challenges yet. There will be thirteen new competitors: Ann Maria, B, Brick, Cameron, Dakota, Dawn, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Sam, Staci, Scott and Zoey. This new season will have new rivals, new relationships, and the biggest drama yet but will only be half the length of a regular season, with only 13 episodes. The purpose for this season is not just to start all over again, but to introduce the new cast to what the older contestants have gone through before. Total Drama: Revenge of the Island will air Thursday nights in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
starting January 5, 2012 at 7:00 P.M./E.T. on Teletoon while the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
will air it later on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
.
Format
Like Total Drama IslandTotal Drama Island
Total Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. The show and its sequel seasons are collectively referred to as the Total Drama series. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon on July 8, 2007...
, this season is a fictional reality show that follows the competition of thirteen new teens at Camp Wawanakwa, a summer camp on a fictional island located in an unspecified area in Muskoka, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, except now, the island is radioactive. The campers participate in competitions to avoid being voted off the island by their fellow teammates. At the end of the season, the winning contestant will win one million dollars. The competition is hosted by Chris McLean (Christian Potenza
Christian Potenza
Christian Potenza is a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.- Biography :He has been in television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy....
), who is assisted by the camp's chef, Chef Hatchet (Clé Bennett
Clé Bennett
Clé Bennett is a Canadian television and film actor. He has had roles in the television series Instant Star, Soul Food, The Hoop Life, Code Name: Eternity, Odyssey 5, Total Drama and The Line, as well as the films Harvard Man, Treed Murray, Urban Legend, How She Move and Doomstown...
). At the beginning of the season, the thirteen campers are placed onto two teams, the Mutant Maggots and another unknown team. In each episode, the teams participate in a challenge, in which one or more campers can win invincibility for their team. The losing team is called to the elimination ceremony at night, where they vote one of their own members off the island. At the ceremony, McLean declares which contestants are safe by calling their name, while the one whose name is not called is eliminated from the game. About halfway through the season, the teams are disbanded, after which the challenges continue; the winner of each challenge then only receives invincibility for him or herself, whereupon a camper without invincibility is voted off the island. This process of elimination is continued on until two players remain on the island, where then they are subject to a final contest. At the end of the season one camper is crowned winner of the contest and is given the million dollars.
Characters
Unlike previous seasons, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island only features a new set of contestants which are Ann Maria, B, Brick, Cameron, Dakota, Dawn, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Sam, Staci, Scott and Zoey. Ann Maria is a short girl who is a parody of "SnookiNicole Polizzi
Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi is an American reality television personality who appeared on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore starting in 2009.- Early life :Polizzi was born in Santiago, Chile...
" from the MTV series Jersey Shore
Jersey Shore (TV series)
Jersey Shore is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV on December 3, 2009 in the United States. The series follows the lives of eight housemates spending their summer at the Jersey Shore in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Season 2 followed the cast escaping the cold northeast...
. B is a big guy who is very strong and smart, but can be shy when it comes to social conversations. Brick is a rude and rambunctious rebel
Rebellion
Rebellion, uprising or insurrection, is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or replacing an established authority such as a government or a head of state...
who comes from the Armed Forces
Armed Forces
Armed Forces is Elvis Costello's third album, his second with the Attractions, and the first to officially credit the Attractions on the cover. It was released in the UK by Radar Records and in the U.S. by Columbia in 1979...
. Cameron is the main "geek
Geek
The word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to...
" of the show just how Harold was before, and he is a "wide-eyed bubble boy". He and Sam are the only two contestants from the new cast who wear glasses. Dakota is a girl who is hungry for fame
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
and appears to be a parody of Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...
. She does anything she can to get famous, but normally fails. Dawn is a reassuring blonde girl and is commonly seen meditating. She is peaceful and likes to deal with nature
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
. Jo is an athletic female who is very tough and similar to Eva. Lightning is also athletic. He is an over-achiever
Overachievement
Overachievers are individuals who "perform better or achieve more success than expected." The implicit presumption is that the "overachiever" is achieving superior results through excessive effort...
, and always does more than asked. Mike has a disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....
which causes him have multiple personalities. He appears to like Zoey, as they are frequently seen together in the trailer. Sam is a gamer and he loves to play video games. Shown on the right, he is seen playing what appears to be a Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
. Scott is a devious male who will do anything to win. Staci is a compulsive
Compulsive behavior
Compulsive behavior is behavior which a person does compulsively—in other words, not because they want to behave that way, but because they feel they have to do so....
girl, and is usually known best for her lie
Lie
For other uses, see Lie A lie is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others....
s. Zoey is a fun-loving red-head
Red hair
Red hair occurs on approximately 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations...
who wears a flower in her hair. Her design is similar to ex-contestants Courtney and Heather. She seems to like Mike, as seen on the trailer as both her and Mike are frequently together. It is unknown whether the new cast will have new audition
Audition
An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist.Audition may also refer to:* The sense of hearing* Adobe Audition, audio editing software...
tapes, or whether the tapes will be shown if they exist.
Cameos
Although it is confirmed that the original contestants will not compete in this season, some will still have cameo appearanceCameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
s throughout the season. Todd Kauffman has confirmed on his Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
that Duncan, Lindsay and Harold are some of the original contestants who will make a cameo. However, Kauffman also confirmed that Eva, Noah, Justin, Katie, Cody, Sadie, Leshawna, Alejandro, Sierra and Blaineley will not cameo.
Production
Total Drama: Revenge of the Island was developed and produced by Fresh T.V. Inc.Fresh TV
Fresh TV is a Canadian production company specializing in youth entertainment. They have been successful in establishing internationally recognized brands such as 6teen and the Total Drama franchise...
Since all the characters in this season are completely new, the studio had to hire several new voice actors to come and voice the new characters. However, Brian Froud
Brian Froud (actor)
Brian Froud is an actor, voice actor and comedian. He has been nominated for 3 Canadian Comedy Awards: once in 2005 for his one-person show The Wizard Of Coz, and twice in 2007 for his one-person show: Swiss Family Guy Robinson. He is best known for his stand-up, one-person show Swiss Family Guy...
, the voice actor of Harold is returning to voice Sam, one of the new characters. This season will be directed by two new directors, Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks. However, Mark Thornton and Todd Kauffman will still have some sort of role in the making of this season.
History
On March 25, 2011 all the shapes of all the 13 contestants were revealed in this video. On March 27, all the names and personalities of the contestants were revealed in a press release. On April 5, 2011, Christian Potenza posted a YouTube video of him recording the first line of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island. The quote was, "Camp Wawanakwa! Once a paradise on earth, now a biohazardous dump! The perfect setting to drop a gang of teen-freaks and let 'em run wild! We're going back to the island, baby! A whole new set of campers. Each one more abnormal than the last. A whole new set of dangerous challenges! Insane, deranged, disgusting! These are just a few words that describe this season's high level of drama and another million dollar prize! Stay tuned for a brand new vengeful season of Total! Drama! Revenge of the Island!" This line is used for the promotional trailer that Teletoon showed at the end of the Total Drama World Tour finale, which was first released on April 24, 2011 (Easter Sunday). On June 1st, Christian PotenzaChristian Potenza
Christian Potenza is a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.- Biography :He has been in television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy....
released on his Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
the new season logo along with more final designs of the characters. On June 3rd, there were snapshots of radioactive Camp Wawanakwa. On August 25, 2011 the new Total Drama: Revenge of the Island flipbook was released. On August 28, 2011, the first official cast image was released to the public via Facebook. On September 24, 2011, the third official trailer was released which contained new scenes and confirmed the team assignments. On September 27, 2011, Christian Potenza
Christian Potenza
Christian Potenza is a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.- Biography :He has been in television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy....
announced that Total Drama: Revenge of the Island was first supposed to air in the summer of 2011, but was then pushed back to September 2011, and now it has been delayed into 2012. Also, the personality of Mike was explained more as well as the team name for the Radioactive Rats being scrapped. On October 13, 2011, Christian Potenza revealed some stuff about the intro of the season and said that promos will be out soon. On November 28, 2011 the official Canadian airdate for the season was announced for January 5, 2012.
Airdates
| Season | Episodes | Country | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 13 |  |
2012 | 2012 |
 |
January 5, 2012 | April 5, 2012 | ||
 |
February 19, 2012 | Spring 2012 |
Titles
| # | Title | Original Airdate | Prod. Code |
|---|
Airdate conflict
Total Drama: Revenge of the Island was originally supposed to air in July on the U.S. and in September in Canada, but due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
, the producers chose to modify the storyline of the season to remove some radioactive references that were considered insensitive to victims of the disaster. This caused the season's airdate to be delayed until late September, but failure to complete the full season by then caused another season delay until January 5, 2012. Now the season will air almost a half an year later than originally expected.