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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: One of the only reasons you should feel sorry for [[AlphaBitch Heather]] is that she has to deal with her alience members in ''Island'' which contains [[DumbBlonde ridiculously naive Lindsay]] and cheerful [[NotGoodWithPeople farm girl Beth.]]
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** There's a musical number about this in season three, ''Before We Die''.
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** The third season had two people quitting and an informal "elimination" of Ezekiel by Chris, with a formal elimination of Sierra after she blows up the plane (in the same episode she was granted invincibility, no less).
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* KarmaHoudini: Chris [=McLean=] rates highest in this regard, though he eventually gets what's coming to him in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown" [[spoiler:when he is arrested by the RCMP for illegally turning Camp Wawanakwa into a toxic waste dump and gets throughly decontaminated. However we may suspect that he may have gotten off the hook in ''All Stars'']].
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* KarmaHoudini: Chris [=McLean=] rates highest in this regard, though he eventually gets what's coming to him in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown" [[spoiler:when he is arrested by the RCMP for illegally turning Camp Wawanakwa into a toxic waste dump and gets throughly decontaminated. However we may suspect that he may have gotten off the hook he's granted parole in ''All Stars'']].
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* OnlySaneMan: During the first two seasons Gwen and Trent were often bewildered and annoyed by the behavior of their fellow contestants and the lunacy of some of the challenges; they both reached the "acceptance" stage by the time season three arrived.
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* OnlySaneMan: During the first two seasons Gwen and Trent were often bewildered and annoyed by the behavior of their fellow contestants and the lunacy of some of the challenges; they both reached the "acceptance" stage by the time season three arrived. arrived.
** Noah is this for the most part, especially on "Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot".
** Noah is this for the most part, especially on "Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot".
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** Also Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson.
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** Also Cody Emmett JamesonAnderson.Anderson (According to Sierra, the show's LoonyFan).
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** Lindsay's cowboy boots are blue in the fashion episode of ''Revenge of the Island''.
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** [[FreudianTrio Geoff, DJ and Duncan]] (season one).
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** [[TokenTrio Leshawna, Trent and Gwen]] (season one).
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** [[TokenTrio Leshawna, Trent and Gwen]](season one).
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** [[TheHecateSisters Heather, Lindsay and Beth]](season one).(''Island'').
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* ICantFeelMyLegs: Alejandro being in that robot for so long made his legs numb, he even lampshades it in ''All Stars''.
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* KarmaHoudini: Chris [=McLean=] rates highest in this regard, though he eventually gets what's coming to him in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown" [[spoiler:when he is arrested by the RCMP for illegally turning Camp Wawanakwa into a toxic waste dump and gets throughly decontaminated]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Chris [=McLean=] rates highest in this regard, though he eventually gets what's coming to him in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown" [[spoiler:when he is arrested by the RCMP for illegally turning Camp Wawanakwa into a toxic waste dump and gets throughly decontaminated]].decontaminated. However we may suspect that he may have gotten off the hook in ''All Stars'']].
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* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Said verbatim by Sierra to Cody [[spoiler:when he tries to take her with him even though her legs are broken]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Every antagonist ends up suffering from this, which always leads to a HumiliationConga. Chris himself gets it at the end of the final series by being arrested.
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* HandyRemoteControl: Most commonly used by Chris as a bomb detonator.
* HairRaisingHare: The KillerRabbit in "Search and Do Not Destroy".
* HarmlessElectrocution:
** Played with in "Jamaica Me Sweat"; Tyler gets a momentary shock from an [[PsychoElectricEel electric eel]] but is unhurt. Gwen, however, gets shocked by ''three'' electric eels and has to be rescued by Alejandro and taken to the infirmary.
** Played straight in "The Ex-Files", where the guys get shocked by a laser, an electric fence, a clone pod, and an alien, in that order, and don't take any lasting damage.
* HartmanHips: Every girl except [[FatGirl Sadie]], [[BigBeautifulWoman Leshawna]], [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure Lindsay]], and [[FatGirl Staci]].
* TheHatMakesTheMan: In ''Revenge of the Island'', Mike (who has multiple personality disorder) becomes an adventurer called Manitoba Smith whenever he puts on a hat.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Tyler has a minor one in the first episode of ''World Tour'', when he believed that Alejandro was trying to charm him.
-->'''Tyler:''' I like girls!
* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He is Not My Boyfriend]]: Courtney to Duncan.
* HeadPet: Duncan's chameleon in "Top Dog".
* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Sierra in "Can't Help Falling in Louvre," after finding out Cody tried to vote her off.
* [[HeroAntagonist Hero Antagonists]]: The interns, according to WordOfGod.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Katie and Sadie.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Each and every antagonist meets their downfall this way.
* HollywoodAtlas: ''World Tour'', in spades.
* HollywoodHealing: Played around with. The show relies on AmusingInjuries a lot (see: [[TheKlutz Tyler]]), but it also shows some injuries taking a realistic amount of time to heal, most notably Heather's black eye that took about 2 or 3 episodes to disappear.
* HookHand:
** In "The Sucky Outdoors", Duncan uses one to scare the daylights out of the Killer Bass at the end of his campfire story.
--->'''Duncan:''' ...because there, hanging from the door handle, was the ''bloody hook.'' They say that this killer is still alive, wandering these very woods. He could be just about anywhere, really. Maybe even right HERE! ''(whips out hook)''
--->'''Killer Bass:''' AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
** The Escaped Psycho Killer with a Chainsaw and a Hook from "Hook, Line and, Screamer".
* HorribleCampingTrip: "The Sucky Outdoors" features an overnight camping trip as the challenge; the Screaming Gophers get attacked by a bear and have to spend the night stuck up a tree, while the Killer Bass are unable to find food and get their tent burnt down. Then, just as Courtney angrily declares that the situation can't get any worse, [[CueTheRain it starts to rain]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
** Owen and Izzy.
** B and Dawn.
* HulaAndLuaus: The finale of ''World Tour''.
* HulkSpeak: Dakota [[spoiler:after becoming Dakotazoid]].
* HumanPopsicle:
** Two interns' fates in "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better".
** In the game ''Total Drama Freezer Burn,'' Alejandro ends up as one if the player loses.
* HumiliationConga:
** Of course, Heather did have it coming to her...
** As did Justin and Courtney in ''Action''.
** Blaineley received a pretty nasty one in season three, being thrown from the plane ''without a parachute'', trapping her in a full body cast, only for her to suffer even more when she has to represent "Team Heather" on the final Aftermath. In the finale, [[KilledOffForReal she's implied to have drowned]].
** Alejandro [[spoiler:gets kicked in the balls by Heather, thrown off the volcano, trampled by the rest of the cast, is burned in the lava flow and is revived in the same manner as [[RevengeOfTheSith Darth Vader]]]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Almost every single character, due to DependingOnTheWriter issues.
* IdiotBall: Leshawna gets it early in ''Island''. Leaving [[BigEater Owen]] to guard the food alone? ''Really''?
* ILied: Chris, when he said that anyone voted off could never come back to the island.
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends:
** Heather, of course.
** Scott fulfills this trope in ''Revenge of the Island''.
** Jo has moments of this.
* ImpactSilhouette: In "Hook, Line, and Screamer", DJ does this with the bathroom door after seeing Heather in a face mask.
* ImprovisedZipline: Used by every member of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot in order to cross a river filled with piranhas.
** Alejandro uses his belt.
** Owen uses his hands, and gets rope burn.
** Tyler uses his pants, but halfway down the line they end up [[StealthPun catching fire]].
** Izzy places Noah in a backpack, wears it, and then slides across using the straps.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Cody in "Dodgebrawl".
* IncrediblyLamePun: When reading ''The History of Canada'', Chris says that the North American beaver makes "a '''dam''' fine hat."
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Heather crosses into this territory in ''World Tour'', when it becomes obvious that she'd really like to get on with the backstabbing, but [[GenreSavvy nobody will give her a chance]].
* InformedAbility: Oh boy. One wonders if the writers even ''read'' the character biographies at any point.
* InSeriesNickname:
** Many are just shortened forms of their actual names: Geoff calls Bridgette "Bridge", Owen calls Izzy "Iz", Tyler calls Lindsay "Linds", and both Owen and Cody call Alejandro "Al" (which happens to be his BerserkButton).
** Bridgette uses a lot of pet names for Geoff, including "Schmoopy-Boo", "Cutie-Patootie", and "[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Sweetie]]".
** Duncan calls Courtney "Princess" and Gwen "Pasty".
** Izzy demands to be called "Esquire", "E-Scope", or "Explosivo" during ''Action''. She also calls Owen "Big-O".
** Noah calls Izzy "Nutsie", while Eva is "Iron Woman" and Justin is "Anti-Me".
** Owen and Noah refer to each other as [[FatAndSkinny "Chubby Buddy" and "Little Buddy"]] respectively, and during a wedding-themed challenge Blaineley calls Owen "Chubby Hubby" in a CallBack to this.
** Ezekiel calls himself "[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Zeke]]", Duncan calls him "Ezeke", and everyone else calls him "Homeschool".
** Cody calls himself "Codemeister" or "Codester" while Sierra calls him "Codykins" or "Cody-Wody".
* InsufferableGenius: Harold's bragging annoys almost everyone, but he certainly has the skills to back up his claims.
* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Happens to Tyler in "Can't Help Falling in Louvre".
--> '''Lindsay:''' Us being in Paris together means only one thing!
--> '''Tyler:''' I know. ''(music swells)'' I love y-
--> '''Lindsay:''' [[BaitAndSwitchComment Shopping!]] I can pick up new clothes for you! EEEE!
* IronButtMonkey: Basically every single contestant has suffered multiple incidents of physical damage that should have, by all rights, left them permanently crippled or dead.
* {{Irony}}:
** Ezekiel, the lowest ranking contestant in the game, is the first person to find the million dollar case during the hunt for it in "Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island".
** Owen, who is both [[spoiler: the winner of the first season]] and one of the highest ranking contestants in the entire series, does not compete in ''Total Drama: All Stars''.
* ItsRainingMen: The theme song for ''World Tour'' features the contestants falling off the plane and then parachuting safely to the ground (except Ezekiel, who ends up crash landing).
* ItTastesLikeFeet: After kissing Duncan in ''Action'', Heather disgustedly declares that he "tastes like street!"
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Chris. He holds very little regard for the contestants (and even less for the interns) and often laughs at their misfortune. The only reason he ever worries that the contestants might die is because the show would be canceled if they did.
** Duncan, who bullies Harold for no reason and cheated on Courtney with no remorse. In ''Island'' it looked like he would receive some CharacterDevelopment and learn to be a nicer person, but [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot this was abandoned]].
** [[AlphaBitch Heather]]. She became less of a jerkass in ''Action''... [[VillainDecay Kinda.]]
** While Courtney [[TookALevelInJerkass became more of one.]]
** Alejandro, [[ManipulativeBastard oh God]], [[FalseFriend Alejandro!]]
** Blaineley from the ''World Tour'' aftermath rivals Chris himself, taking sadistic glee in emotionally torturing Geoff and Bridgette.
** [[TokenEvilTeammate Scott]], who often resorts to [[TeamKiller destroying his own team]] to get ahead, [[TheSociopath showing no remorse for his actions.]]
* JerkJock: Lightning, who becomes season four's lead antagonist after Scott is eliminated.
* JiveTurkey: Leshawna and Ezekiel.
* JustFriends: Leshawna on her relationship with Harold
* KarmaHoudini: Chris [=McLean=] rates highest in this regard, though he eventually gets what's coming to him in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown" [[spoiler:when he is arrested by the RCMP for illegally turning Camp Wawanakwa into a toxic waste dump and gets throughly decontaminated]].
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: [[GenreSavvy Heather]] uses her understanding of what reality show producers like best to get to the final three of ''Island'', and so despite hating Leshawna, acts nice to her for this reason.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Gwen and Leshawna to Heather.
** Heather to Alejandro.
** Courtney to Gwen.
** Duncan to Courtney in season two, vice versa in season three.
* KillerRabbit:
** Yep, the island has one, just ask Bridgette.
** Do ''not'' annoy any cute chipmunks or beavers that happen to be hanging around.
** The pandas and baby seals from ''World Tour''.
** Mutated squirrel. '''[[EyeBeams Eye lasers]]!'''
* KnowYourVines: Katie and Sadie both squat in poison ivy to pee. HilarityEnsues.
* LampshadeHanging: Happens quite regularly, given the {{Troperrific}} nature of the show.
* LarynxDissonance: DJ's mom is voiced by the same person who also voices her son and Chef.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Every antagonist ends up suffering from this, which always leads to a HumiliationConga.
* LaserHallway: Used in "Dial M for Merger" and "Can't Help Falling In Louvre".
* LastMinuteHookup:
** Leshawna and Harold in ''Island''.
** Mike and Zoey, although they had considerably more build-up.
* LateArrivalSpoiler:
** Advertisements inevitably indicate who the remaining contestants are by showing scenes from upcoming episodes, and promotional material during or after a season finale tends to be rather direct about naming the finalists. The worst example is an ad for the third season that revealed the two finalists of the second...when the second season was still in progress with six contestants remaining.
** Some TVGuide-esque website posted small paragraphs about each episode. Oh, don't worry, the paragraphs don't reveal anything about the episode they're ''talking'' about: just who was eliminated in the last one. For example, the summary for "I See London" reads 'With DJ gone, only 2 teams remain!', the summary for "Greece's Pieces" reads 'Owen is missing his little buddy Noah...' etc.
* LatinLover: Alejandro, he even says that his Latin blood keeps him hot in the snow.
* LaxativePrank:
** Heather sends Gwen a laxative-spiked cupcake in order to make her lose the final challenge of season one. Unfortunately for her, Owen eats the cupcake instead.
** In the second season, the pizza they all (well, everyone but Leshawna, because "dairy and [her] do not agree.") eat is laced with itching powder and laxatives.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Chris reads the card that tells the audience not to try the stunts in the show because they were performed by animated teens.
* LeetLingo: Sierra in "Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1".
-->"O-M-G, Chris! I am just so L-O-L!"
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Harold's keyboard in "Get a Clue".
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** The show has a specific tune that plays during heartwarming moments.
** Whenever Justin flips his hair or removes his shirt, an EtherealChoir is heard.
** The ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' theme can be heard whenever Izzy is sneaking up on someone.
** Creepy horror music would start to play whenever Trent talked about his obsession with the number nine; the same music plays whenever Sierra has a stalkerish moment, such as when she reveals how much information she has on Cody (obtained by calling members of his family pretending to be a telemarketer).
** Alejandro has a Latin theme tune.
** Duncan has blues/punk rock theme, which was surprisingly played for Tyler a couple times in ''World Tour''.
** Brick has a military drum leitmotif.
* LethalChef:
** Played with by Chef Hatchet. Though he is actually a competent chef, [[InvokedTrope it's his job]] to make barely edible slop for the contestants.
** Played with by DJ's Momma. She has a seasoning blend that can make any disgusting food palatable; however, when she gets her own cooking show, her food proves to be ''literally'' lethal because of how cholesterol-laden it is.
** Lindsay accidentally poisons Trent with ill-prepared fugu blowfish in "Who Can You Trust?".
** In "Eat, Puke and Be Wary", the final four's (except for Cameron's) dishes are lethal in more ways than one.
* LimitedWardrobe: The characters wear the same outfit 90% of the time, though they are shown in sleepwear/underwear/swimwear when appropriate.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are more than 40 named regulars in the series.
* LonelyRichKid: Dawn surmises that Dakota's desire to be famous is a cry for love.
--> '''Dakota:''' Who told you that, my therapist!?
* LotusPosition:
** Lindsay and Bridgette in "Brunch of Disgustingness".
** This is practically Dawn's default pose.
* LoudOfWar: One episode featured the contestants being tortured in various off-kilter ways, including being forced to listen to new-age music.
* LoveDodecahedron: The most frustrating subplot of ''World Tour''. StalkerWithACrush Sierra likes HopelessSuitor Cody, who likes TheSnarkKnight Gwen, who likes BadAss Duncan, who likes Gwen back even though he's been dating {{Tsundere}} Courtney for about two years, and once they break up Courtney falls for Alejandro, who loves the AlphaBitch Heather, who [[spoiler:likes her prize money more than Alejandro]]. Brain hurt, yet?
* LoveTriangle:
** Gwen/Duncan/Courtney.
** Heather/Alejandro/Courtney.
** Zoey/Mike/Anne Maria.
* MadeOfIron: Everyone other than Cody and Blaineley.
* MakeOutKids: Geoff and Bridgette were [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into this in ''Action''; however, it's downplayed in ''World Tour''.
* MaleFrontalNudity: All instances are [[{{Pixelation}} pixelated]].
** Owen, [[FanDisservice far too often]].
** Duncan in "One Million Bucks, B.C."
** Lightning in "The Enchanted Franken-Forest".
* ManiacMonkeys: Mandrills attack the contestants in "African Lying Safari", and DJ gets attacked by some in "The Am-AH-zon Race".
* ManipulativeBastard: Chris in spades. Heather in ''Island'', Justin and Courtney in ''Action'', Alejandro in ''World Tour'' and Scott in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* ManlyTears:
** Duncan's performance in "Riot On Set" moves Chef to tears.
--->'''DJ:''' '' You're'' gonna teach me how to be tough? ''(snickers)''
--->'''Chef:''' Tough guys cry!
** After [[spoiler:Cameron defeats him]] in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown", [[spoiler:Lighting breaks down in the confessional, apologizing profusely to his father, [[WellDoneSonGuy who he believes he has let down]]]].
* MarshmallowHell:
** Cody falls into the Statue of Liberty's cleavage. The scene was cut out of the US version.
** Cody gets this treatment many times by Sierra.
* MassOhCrap:
** All the contestants get one when their bus starts heading towards a cliff.
** Team Amazon gets one right before Owen, the human cannonball, destroys their boat in "Sweden Sour".
* MedalOfDishonor: The Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* MeatOVision: Owen starts hallucinating that his teammates (and Chris) are food items after he gets injured (and then locked in a safe) in ''"Ocean's Eight-Or Nine"''.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Thanks to Christian Potenza's series of [[http://www.youtube.com/user/TheChristianPotenza video interviews]] of the series' voice cast, we can see that behind the voices of all the [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] and {{Alpha Bitch}}es populating the show are some of the nicest people in entertainment, particularly Rachel Wilson (Heather), Emilie-Claire Barlow (Courtney), and Drew Nelson (Duncan).
* MeaningfulName:
** [[BrilliantButLazy Noah]] is a Hebrew name for "restful." [[HoYay Interestingly]], Cody can mean "cushion", turning the scene in ''Action'' where Noah is sleeping with his head on Cody's lap into an AccidentalPun.
** [[FrivolousLawsuit Court]]ney.
** [[AlphaBitch Heather]] is probably named after the movie ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.
** Gwen means "white" or "fair".
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Alejandro falls victim to this in the ending of ''World Tour''.
* MediumAwareness: When Courtney sees [[CirclingBirdies birds circling her head]] after slamming into a camouflaged wall, she shoos them away, prompting one to angrily chirp back at her.
* MessyPig: In "I Triple Dog Dare You!" Heather gets cannon blasted into a pig's mudpile.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: One of the only reasons you should feel sorry for [[AlphaBitch Heather]] is that she has to deal with [[DumbBlonde ridiculously naive Lindsay]] and cheerful [[NotGoodWithPeople farm girl Beth.]]
* MisplacedVegetation: Chef Hatchet [[LampshadeHanging asks what those palm trees are doing in Ontario]].
* ModestyTowel:
** Heather is often found wearing one during ''Island''.
** Courtney, in "Get a Clue".
** Lindsay, at the beginning of "Rock n' Rule".
** Jo, in a confessional in "A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste".
* MoralityPet:
** Owen for Chris during ''Action''.
** Courtney for Duncan during ''Island'' and the first half of ''Action.'' Then it's subverted to hell.
** Bridgette for Courtney during ''Island'' and ''Action'' and Geoff during the ''Action'' aftermath.
** Heather for Alejandro during ''World Tour.''
* MotorMouth: Izzy.
* MouseTrap:
** Sam demonstrates his SuperReflexes in "Runaway Model" by unbaiting one without setting it off. He ends up setting off half a dozen other traps because he accidentally stepped on the trap he just undone.
** Scott finds one in Chris' garbage bag after drawing an undesirable objective in "Up, Up And Away In My Pitiful Balloon".
* MrFanservice: Duncan, Trent, Justin, and Alejandro.
* MsFanservice:
** Lindsay, who wears a tight tank top and a miniskirt most of the time, and has even dressed up as an admiral and WonderWoman!
** Heather, who sports a ModestyTowel in several [[ShowerScene Shower Scenes]] and accidentally flashed her boobs during "X-Treme Torture".
* MultipleEndings: Every season has seperate endings for each member of the final two, a canon ending and an alternate.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Songs about a person [[TongueOnTheFlagpole stuck to a pole]], stripping down guards (ItMakesSenseInContext), shearing sheep, and others never were so awesome.
* MuppetCameo: In ''This is How We Will End it''.
* MusicalEpisode: "The Princess Pride" in ''Action''.
* [[MustMakeHerLaugh Must Make Him Laugh]]: Owen spends the entirety of "I See London" trying to make Noah laugh, because "Noah's the funniest guy [he] knows" and Owen wants to "top his honor roll!"
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Unfortunately, it's Owen in this case, though most of the other teens get a [[{{Pixelation}} pixelated]] nudity shot sooner or later.
* TheNapoleon: Duncan.
* NearDeathExperience:
** Alejandro [[spoiler:getting trampled and drenched in boiling lava]].
** Trent falling 5,000 feet from a plane.
** Cody getting swallowed by a shark (Sierra got him out).
** Ezekiel [[spoiler:getting blasted out of a volcano on fire]].
** Izzy and Owen getting crushed by the plane.
** Sierra getting caught in the plane's explosion.
** There's a musical number about this in season three, ''Before We Die''.
* NeverSayDie: The show defies this trope every which way.
* NeverTrustATrailer:
** The third season is still a musical. Good luck determining that from any of the marketing past the original trailer and pamphlet.
** An ad for the wild west themed episode of ''Action'' showed Duncan and Bridgette in a showdown. Not only did this not happen in the episode, but Bridgette had been eliminated by that point, and did not make an appearance.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands:
** Courtney's super strength in ''Action''.
** Harold has a tendency to use random and usually obscure skills during ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman situations.
** Sierra's ancestral teachings go from Chris [=McLean=] Scholaring to basket-weaving.
** Tyler's incredible finger strength. This one is an odd case, because it appeared out of nowhere, was reused in another challenge in a later episode, and then wasn't even REFERENCED when he tried to punch through a metal door.
* NiceGuy: Geoff ([[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism except during the second season]]) and Owen.
-->'''Gwen:''' ''(to Owen)'' Have you ever had a bad thought about ''anyone?''
* NiceHat:
** Ezekiel's toque.
** Geoff's cowboy hat.
** Alejandro, Owen, and Noah are given Pickelhaubes (a type of German army helmet) in "Slap Slap Revolution".
** Heather, Alejandro, Sierra, and Cody are given traditional Rapa Nui headdresses in "Rapa Phooey!".
* NobodyCanDie: Exaggerated. [[RealityEnsues Except when it comes to]] [[RedShirt interns]].
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Mixed with HypocriticalHumor when it comes to Sierra and Cody.
* NoJustNoReaction: Tyler, when he sees the hairstyles Lindsay plans to give him in "Can't Help Falling In Louvre".
* NoOSHACompliance: Contestant safety is obviously an afterthought for Chris. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] at times.
** The first season had numerous references to interns being injured or killed in various accidents, presumably due to a lack of safety precautions. Particularly noteworthy is the incident when an intern dies whilst testing part of the final challenge. Chris reacts by saying to himself, "That seems safe enough."
** Camp Wawanakwa also suffers from "No EPA Compliance" in ''Revenge of the Island'' due to the adverse effects of toxic waste to the local fauna and flora after Chris rents it out as a dumping ground to a "nice, family-oriented" bio-hazardous waste disposal company.
* NonGameplayElimination:
** Two in the second season. One quit and one ejection, though neither are normal.
** The third season had two people quitting and an informal "elimination" of Ezekiel by Chris, with a formal elimination of Sierra after she blows up the plane (in the same episode she was granted invincibility, no less).
** ''Revenge of the Island'' sees Anne Maria walk off in the seventh episode, after getting a giant diamond from [[TheCameo Ezekiel]] in the mine. Too bad it turned out to be a fake.
** Also played with with Izzy in season one - she flees when [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight a helicopter comes to arrest her]], meaning that no one is eliminated that round, but she later returns to the game.
* NotableOriginalMusic
* NotGoodWithPeople: Beth is the first type. Her [[AllThereInTheManual character bio]] indicates that she genuinely wants to fit in with people, but only really understands how to deal with farm animals.
* NotSoDifferent: Never said on the show but reading the character bios at Teletoon and Cartoon Network reveals how similar several characters are.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Beth's boyfriend, Brady.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: The very first challenge involved the campers jumping off a ''thousand''-foot cliff into water below. Just try complaining about any unrealistic injuries after that.
* ObviouslyEvil: Alejandro.
* OddFriendship:
** [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan DJ and Duncan]].
** [[{{Goth}} Gwen]] and [[NiceGuy Geoff]] during the end of ''Island''.
** [[TheCheerleader Lindsay]] and [[NotGoodWithPeople Beth]].
** [[BigFun Owen]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Noah]].
** [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl Noah and Izzy]].
** [[LovableJock Tyler]] and [[ExtravertedNerd Harold]] in ''World Tour''.
** [[{{Geek}} Sam]] and [[SpoiledSweet Dakota]] in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* OffModel: Some of the character heights vary a bit for particular scenes, and that's just the tamer part. Heather has been drawn [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101125133724/totaldramaisland/images/7/7b/TrentTossHeather.png with her original hair]] early in ''Action'', when she was supposed to be bald, and Katie was once ''[[http://images.wikia.com/totaldramaisland/images/e/ed/Katie%27s_Missing_Arm_Goof.PNG missing an arm.]]''
* OhCrap: Nearly every contestant that winds up in the bottom two for elimination automatically gets this expression.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Cody, Beth, Cameron and Dawn.
* OneLetterName: B. Subverted in "Truth or Laser Shark" where we find out that it really stands for B[[spoiler:everly]].
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, both Blaineley's ''Celebrity Manhunt'' co-host and an intern on ''Revenge of the Island'' are named Josh.
* OnlyOneName: Everyone except Chris, Chef, Harold, Cody, DJ, Alejandro, Blaineley, Dakota, and Brick.
* OnlySaneMan: During the first two seasons Gwen and Trent were often bewildered and annoyed by the behavior of their fellow contestants and the lunacy of some of the challenges; they both reached the "acceptance" stage by the time season three arrived.
* OperationJealousy: Employed for three episodes in a row in season three. Courtney flirted with Tyler (to make Duncan jealous), Alejandro flirted with Courtney (to make Heather jealous) and Heather flirted with Duncan (to make Alejandro jealous).
* OptOut: Zig-zagged; it's played straight in some instances but subverted in others.
** Heather and Gwen both refused to do certain challenges in ''Island'', but were convinced to participate by either Chris or their teammates.
** Tyler tries to opt out of the "I See London..." challenge after Chris announces what it is.
---> '''Tyler:''' We have to strip a ''dude?'' I'm out!
** Noah tries to walk out on Blaineley's [[TheBusCameBack second chance]] challenge in "Aftermath Aftermayhem", but is forced to participate by his [[ReadTheFinePrint contract]].
** In "A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste", Anne Maria leaves Wawanakwa to cash-in a large diamond given to her by [[spoiler:Ezekiel]]; it's only ''after'' she quits that Chris tells her [[AllThatGlitters it's practically worthless]].
* OutOfFocus:
** Eva, Katie, and Sadie are the most egregious examples, as they do not get any attention in ''Action'' and ''World Tour'' outside of the Aftermaths.
** Ezekiel, Cody, Noah, and Tyler during ''Action''.
** Beth, Justin, and Trent during ''World Tour'' after receiving focus and development during ''Action''.
* OverlyLongGag:
** A few times with Owen farting.
** DJ's running and screaming in "Hook, Line and Screamer".
* OverlyLongName:
** Harold Norbert Cheever [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Doris]] Mc Grady the Fifth.
** Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot
** Also Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson.
** Blaineley Stacey Andrews O'Halloran. (Wow, the producers really have a thing for long names...)
** The Escaped Psycho Killer With the Chainsaw and the Hook. Also counts as a RunningGag.
** Total Drama Yum-Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails. And the challenge: Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails Challenge (of celebration fun)
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Exaggerated in Sierra's song from ''World Tour'':
-->'''Sierra:''' Oui, my friends! Now I'm stuck telling you: If you fall in love with a boy on TV, and then audition to get on his show, and audition again, and finally get on his show, and be nice to him, and do nothing but kiss up, you will still, oui, end up in Paris, oui, feeling despaires, and the boy won't even take you outside!
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Mom]]: Cameron has one.
* PaintballEpisode: "Paintball Deer Hunter".
* PaletteSwap:
** Courtney's wedding dress in "Niagara Brawls" is a white recolor of her princess costume from "The Princess Pride", complete with the same tiara.
** Chris' boat in "Newf Kids on the Block" is a green recolor of the Boat of Losers from ''Island''.
** The cowboy hat Chris wears in "3:10 to Crazytown" is a grey recolor of Geoff's hat.
* PandaingToTheAudience: The [[MisplacedWildlife Japan]] episode of ''World Tour'' and the ''Pandamonium'' game.
* PantyShot:
** Lindsay in the opening for the first season.
** In season one's "Who Can You Trust?", Heather is able to ''remove Gwen's skirt completely''. They're purple with a skull, in case you're wondering. She also wears stockings.
** In the episode of ''Island'' where Izzy comes back, she scratches her ear with her foot while on all fours.
** A flat-out blatant shot occurs in the third season episode "Slap Slap Revolution". Sierra tells the audience that she makes a notch on her belt every time Heather tries her [[GenreSavvy "best friend"]] tactics. She then whips off her belt to show it off, [[{{Fanservice}} giving a good long shot of her in just her skivvies]]. [[RefugeInAudacity Yikes]].
* PepperSneeze: In "Beach Blanket Bogus", Trent spills pepper on his breakfast and then tosses it over his shoulder, straight into Heather's face, causing her to sneeze for the rest of the scene.
* PetTheDog:
** When Sierra accidentally blows up the jet in "Awwwwww, Drumheller", Alejandro shields Heather from the blast.
** Heather is infamous for faking these for ulterior motives, but she does occasionally play it straight: She consoles a heartbroken Courtney in "Greece's Pieces", and gives Sierra a headdress to cover her bald head in "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles".
** Chris allowing Katie to reunite with Sadie in "Who Can You Trust?". Also, when Harold eliminates himself in "Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan", Chris wishes him luck [[SincerityMode without a hint of sarcasm]].
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The mostly-female Team Amazon has a pink logo while the mostly-male Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot has a blue one.
* PiranhaProblem:
** Lake Wawanakwa is stocked with piranha. In ''Revenge of the Island'', [[UpToEleven the piranha are mutated]].
** Chris uses a piranha pit as an obstacle in "That's Off the Chain".
** The Amazon episode of ''World Tour'' featured both Owen and Tyler falling into a river and getting attacked by piranhas.
* {{Pixellation}}: Played straight and for laughs when privates are exposed.
* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe examples with "Duncney" (Duncan/Courtney), "Gigette" (Geoff/Bridgette), "Gwuncan" (Gwen/Duncan) and "Coderra"/"Siody" (Sierra/Cody).
* PowerTrio:
** [[FreudianTrio Geoff, DJ and Duncan]] (season one).
** [[TokenTrio Leshawna, Trent and Gwen]] (season one).
** [[TheHecateSisters Heather, Lindsay and Beth]] (season one).
* {{Precap}}
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Harold apparently has mad beatboxing and rap skillz.
* PreviouslyOn
* ProperlyParanoid: In ''World Tour,'' it turns out that Courtney's and Trent's fears that Duncan and Gwen were becoming more than friends were pretty understandable after all.
* PropRecycling:
** The wings that Tyler and Cody used in "Greece's Pieces" are used by Scott in "Up, Up and Away in My Pitiful Balloon".
** In the same episode, the wings Zoey taped onto her swan boat? They're the wings on Gwen's bike from "That's Off the Chain!"
** The tiara Izzy wears in her second audition tape is part of Courtney's princess outfit in "The Princess Pride".
** The white gruel served to the campers in ''Island'' appears as Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot's breakfast in "Broadway, Baby!"
* PsychicPowers: Dawn has the power to read aura.
* PsychoForHire: Chef Hatchet, and in a way Duncan.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis
--> '''Sierra:''' I! WANT! MY! KISS!/RESPECT! MY! CODY!
--> '''Tyler:''' NEVER! LEAVE! A MAN! BEHIND!
--> '''Chris:''' TOTAL! DRAMA! [ISLAND!/ACTION!/WORLD TOUR!/REVENGE OF THE ISLAND!]
* PutOnABus: During the first three seasons eliminated contestants were sent to either the Playa des Losers hotel (season one) or the aftermath studio (seasons two and three) so that Chris could keep tabs on them in case he wanted to [[TheBusCameBack bring someone back into the competition]].
* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth:
** Sierra does this to Gwen to prevent her from [[TemptingFate jynxing their team]] in "The Am-AH-Zon Race".
** In "I See London...", the Ripper does this to Noah while capturing him, to avoid drawing attention from Owen.
* PyrrhicVictory:
** [[spoiler:Heather and Alejandro]] in both ''World Tour'' endings.
** [[spoiler:Beth]] in the alternate ending of ''Action''. The money was used to pay off the damage done to the Mona Lisa in the special, and she's completely left out of the third season.
* HairRaisingHare: The KillerRabbit in "Search and Do Not Destroy".
* HarmlessElectrocution:
** Played with in "Jamaica Me Sweat"; Tyler gets a momentary shock from an [[PsychoElectricEel electric eel]] but is unhurt. Gwen, however, gets shocked by ''three'' electric eels and has to be rescued by Alejandro and taken to the infirmary.
** Played straight in "The Ex-Files", where the guys get shocked by a laser, an electric fence, a clone pod, and an alien, in that order, and don't take any lasting damage.
* HartmanHips: Every girl except [[FatGirl Sadie]], [[BigBeautifulWoman Leshawna]], [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure Lindsay]], and [[FatGirl Staci]].
* TheHatMakesTheMan: In ''Revenge of the Island'', Mike (who has multiple personality disorder) becomes an adventurer called Manitoba Smith whenever he puts on a hat.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Tyler has a minor one in the first episode of ''World Tour'', when he believed that Alejandro was trying to charm him.
-->'''Tyler:''' I like girls!
* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He is Not My Boyfriend]]: Courtney to Duncan.
* HeadPet: Duncan's chameleon in "Top Dog".
* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Sierra in "Can't Help Falling in Louvre," after finding out Cody tried to vote her off.
* [[HeroAntagonist Hero Antagonists]]: The interns, according to WordOfGod.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Katie and Sadie.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Each and every antagonist meets their downfall this way.
* HollywoodAtlas: ''World Tour'', in spades.
* HollywoodHealing: Played around with. The show relies on AmusingInjuries a lot (see: [[TheKlutz Tyler]]), but it also shows some injuries taking a realistic amount of time to heal, most notably Heather's black eye that took about 2 or 3 episodes to disappear.
* HookHand:
** In "The Sucky Outdoors", Duncan uses one to scare the daylights out of the Killer Bass at the end of his campfire story.
--->'''Duncan:''' ...because there, hanging from the door handle, was the ''bloody hook.'' They say that this killer is still alive, wandering these very woods. He could be just about anywhere, really. Maybe even right HERE! ''(whips out hook)''
--->'''Killer Bass:''' AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
** The Escaped Psycho Killer with a Chainsaw and a Hook from "Hook, Line and, Screamer".
* HorribleCampingTrip: "The Sucky Outdoors" features an overnight camping trip as the challenge; the Screaming Gophers get attacked by a bear and have to spend the night stuck up a tree, while the Killer Bass are unable to find food and get their tent burnt down. Then, just as Courtney angrily declares that the situation can't get any worse, [[CueTheRain it starts to rain]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
** Owen and Izzy.
** B and Dawn.
* HulaAndLuaus: The finale of ''World Tour''.
* HulkSpeak: Dakota [[spoiler:after becoming Dakotazoid]].
* HumanPopsicle:
** Two interns' fates in "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better".
** In the game ''Total Drama Freezer Burn,'' Alejandro ends up as one if the player loses.
* HumiliationConga:
** Of course, Heather did have it coming to her...
** As did Justin and Courtney in ''Action''.
** Blaineley received a pretty nasty one in season three, being thrown from the plane ''without a parachute'', trapping her in a full body cast, only for her to suffer even more when she has to represent "Team Heather" on the final Aftermath. In the finale, [[KilledOffForReal she's implied to have drowned]].
** Alejandro [[spoiler:gets kicked in the balls by Heather, thrown off the volcano, trampled by the rest of the cast, is burned in the lava flow and is revived in the same manner as [[RevengeOfTheSith Darth Vader]]]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Almost every single character, due to DependingOnTheWriter issues.
* IdiotBall: Leshawna gets it early in ''Island''. Leaving [[BigEater Owen]] to guard the food alone? ''Really''?
* ILied: Chris, when he said that anyone voted off could never come back to the island.
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends:
** Heather, of course.
** Scott fulfills this trope in ''Revenge of the Island''.
** Jo has moments of this.
* ImpactSilhouette: In "Hook, Line, and Screamer", DJ does this with the bathroom door after seeing Heather in a face mask.
* ImprovisedZipline: Used by every member of Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot in order to cross a river filled with piranhas.
** Alejandro uses his belt.
** Owen uses his hands, and gets rope burn.
** Tyler uses his pants, but halfway down the line they end up [[StealthPun catching fire]].
** Izzy places Noah in a backpack, wears it, and then slides across using the straps.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Cody in "Dodgebrawl".
* IncrediblyLamePun: When reading ''The History of Canada'', Chris says that the North American beaver makes "a '''dam''' fine hat."
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Heather crosses into this territory in ''World Tour'', when it becomes obvious that she'd really like to get on with the backstabbing, but [[GenreSavvy nobody will give her a chance]].
* InformedAbility: Oh boy. One wonders if the writers even ''read'' the character biographies at any point.
* InSeriesNickname:
** Many are just shortened forms of their actual names: Geoff calls Bridgette "Bridge", Owen calls Izzy "Iz", Tyler calls Lindsay "Linds", and both Owen and Cody call Alejandro "Al" (which happens to be his BerserkButton).
** Bridgette uses a lot of pet names for Geoff, including "Schmoopy-Boo", "Cutie-Patootie", and "[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Sweetie]]".
** Duncan calls Courtney "Princess" and Gwen "Pasty".
** Izzy demands to be called "Esquire", "E-Scope", or "Explosivo" during ''Action''. She also calls Owen "Big-O".
** Noah calls Izzy "Nutsie", while Eva is "Iron Woman" and Justin is "Anti-Me".
** Owen and Noah refer to each other as [[FatAndSkinny "Chubby Buddy" and "Little Buddy"]] respectively, and during a wedding-themed challenge Blaineley calls Owen "Chubby Hubby" in a CallBack to this.
** Ezekiel calls himself "[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Zeke]]", Duncan calls him "Ezeke", and everyone else calls him "Homeschool".
** Cody calls himself "Codemeister" or "Codester" while Sierra calls him "Codykins" or "Cody-Wody".
* InsufferableGenius: Harold's bragging annoys almost everyone, but he certainly has the skills to back up his claims.
* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Happens to Tyler in "Can't Help Falling in Louvre".
--> '''Lindsay:''' Us being in Paris together means only one thing!
--> '''Tyler:''' I know. ''(music swells)'' I love y-
--> '''Lindsay:''' [[BaitAndSwitchComment Shopping!]] I can pick up new clothes for you! EEEE!
* IronButtMonkey: Basically every single contestant has suffered multiple incidents of physical damage that should have, by all rights, left them permanently crippled or dead.
* {{Irony}}:
** Ezekiel, the lowest ranking contestant in the game, is the first person to find the million dollar case during the hunt for it in "Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island".
** Owen, who is both [[spoiler: the winner of the first season]] and one of the highest ranking contestants in the entire series, does not compete in ''Total Drama: All Stars''.
* ItsRainingMen: The theme song for ''World Tour'' features the contestants falling off the plane and then parachuting safely to the ground (except Ezekiel, who ends up crash landing).
* ItTastesLikeFeet: After kissing Duncan in ''Action'', Heather disgustedly declares that he "tastes like street!"
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Chris. He holds very little regard for the contestants (and even less for the interns) and often laughs at their misfortune. The only reason he ever worries that the contestants might die is because the show would be canceled if they did.
** Duncan, who bullies Harold for no reason and cheated on Courtney with no remorse. In ''Island'' it looked like he would receive some CharacterDevelopment and learn to be a nicer person, but [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot this was abandoned]].
** [[AlphaBitch Heather]]. She became less of a jerkass in ''Action''... [[VillainDecay Kinda.]]
** While Courtney [[TookALevelInJerkass became more of one.]]
** Alejandro, [[ManipulativeBastard oh God]], [[FalseFriend Alejandro!]]
** Blaineley from the ''World Tour'' aftermath rivals Chris himself, taking sadistic glee in emotionally torturing Geoff and Bridgette.
** [[TokenEvilTeammate Scott]], who often resorts to [[TeamKiller destroying his own team]] to get ahead, [[TheSociopath showing no remorse for his actions.]]
* JerkJock: Lightning, who becomes season four's lead antagonist after Scott is eliminated.
* JiveTurkey: Leshawna and Ezekiel.
* JustFriends: Leshawna on her relationship with Harold
* KarmaHoudini: Chris [=McLean=] rates highest in this regard, though he eventually gets what's coming to him in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown" [[spoiler:when he is arrested by the RCMP for illegally turning Camp Wawanakwa into a toxic waste dump and gets throughly decontaminated]].
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: [[GenreSavvy Heather]] uses her understanding of what reality show producers like best to get to the final three of ''Island'', and so despite hating Leshawna, acts nice to her for this reason.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Gwen and Leshawna to Heather.
** Heather to Alejandro.
** Courtney to Gwen.
** Duncan to Courtney in season two, vice versa in season three.
* KillerRabbit:
** Yep, the island has one, just ask Bridgette.
** Do ''not'' annoy any cute chipmunks or beavers that happen to be hanging around.
** The pandas and baby seals from ''World Tour''.
** Mutated squirrel. '''[[EyeBeams Eye lasers]]!'''
* KnowYourVines: Katie and Sadie both squat in poison ivy to pee. HilarityEnsues.
* LampshadeHanging: Happens quite regularly, given the {{Troperrific}} nature of the show.
* LarynxDissonance: DJ's mom is voiced by the same person who also voices her son and Chef.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Every antagonist ends up suffering from this, which always leads to a HumiliationConga.
* LaserHallway: Used in "Dial M for Merger" and "Can't Help Falling In Louvre".
* LastMinuteHookup:
** Leshawna and Harold in ''Island''.
** Mike and Zoey, although they had considerably more build-up.
* LateArrivalSpoiler:
** Advertisements inevitably indicate who the remaining contestants are by showing scenes from upcoming episodes, and promotional material during or after a season finale tends to be rather direct about naming the finalists. The worst example is an ad for the third season that revealed the two finalists of the second...when the second season was still in progress with six contestants remaining.
** Some TVGuide-esque website posted small paragraphs about each episode. Oh, don't worry, the paragraphs don't reveal anything about the episode they're ''talking'' about: just who was eliminated in the last one. For example, the summary for "I See London" reads 'With DJ gone, only 2 teams remain!', the summary for "Greece's Pieces" reads 'Owen is missing his little buddy Noah...' etc.
* LatinLover: Alejandro, he even says that his Latin blood keeps him hot in the snow.
* LaxativePrank:
** Heather sends Gwen a laxative-spiked cupcake in order to make her lose the final challenge of season one. Unfortunately for her, Owen eats the cupcake instead.
** In the second season, the pizza they all (well, everyone but Leshawna, because "dairy and [her] do not agree.") eat is laced with itching powder and laxatives.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Chris reads the card that tells the audience not to try the stunts in the show because they were performed by animated teens.
* LeetLingo: Sierra in "Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1".
-->"O-M-G, Chris! I am just so L-O-L!"
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Harold's keyboard in "Get a Clue".
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** The show has a specific tune that plays during heartwarming moments.
** Whenever Justin flips his hair or removes his shirt, an EtherealChoir is heard.
** The ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' theme can be heard whenever Izzy is sneaking up on someone.
** Creepy horror music would start to play whenever Trent talked about his obsession with the number nine; the same music plays whenever Sierra has a stalkerish moment, such as when she reveals how much information she has on Cody (obtained by calling members of his family pretending to be a telemarketer).
** Alejandro has a Latin theme tune.
** Duncan has blues/punk rock theme, which was surprisingly played for Tyler a couple times in ''World Tour''.
** Brick has a military drum leitmotif.
* LethalChef:
** Played with by Chef Hatchet. Though he is actually a competent chef, [[InvokedTrope it's his job]] to make barely edible slop for the contestants.
** Played with by DJ's Momma. She has a seasoning blend that can make any disgusting food palatable; however, when she gets her own cooking show, her food proves to be ''literally'' lethal because of how cholesterol-laden it is.
** Lindsay accidentally poisons Trent with ill-prepared fugu blowfish in "Who Can You Trust?".
** In "Eat, Puke and Be Wary", the final four's (except for Cameron's) dishes are lethal in more ways than one.
* LimitedWardrobe: The characters wear the same outfit 90% of the time, though they are shown in sleepwear/underwear/swimwear when appropriate.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are more than 40 named regulars in the series.
* LonelyRichKid: Dawn surmises that Dakota's desire to be famous is a cry for love.
--> '''Dakota:''' Who told you that, my therapist!?
* LotusPosition:
** Lindsay and Bridgette in "Brunch of Disgustingness".
** This is practically Dawn's default pose.
* LoudOfWar: One episode featured the contestants being tortured in various off-kilter ways, including being forced to listen to new-age music.
* LoveDodecahedron: The most frustrating subplot of ''World Tour''. StalkerWithACrush Sierra likes HopelessSuitor Cody, who likes TheSnarkKnight Gwen, who likes BadAss Duncan, who likes Gwen back even though he's been dating {{Tsundere}} Courtney for about two years, and once they break up Courtney falls for Alejandro, who loves the AlphaBitch Heather, who [[spoiler:likes her prize money more than Alejandro]]. Brain hurt, yet?
* LoveTriangle:
** Gwen/Duncan/Courtney.
** Heather/Alejandro/Courtney.
** Zoey/Mike/Anne Maria.
* MadeOfIron: Everyone other than Cody and Blaineley.
* MakeOutKids: Geoff and Bridgette were [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into this in ''Action''; however, it's downplayed in ''World Tour''.
* MaleFrontalNudity: All instances are [[{{Pixelation}} pixelated]].
** Owen, [[FanDisservice far too often]].
** Duncan in "One Million Bucks, B.C."
** Lightning in "The Enchanted Franken-Forest".
* ManiacMonkeys: Mandrills attack the contestants in "African Lying Safari", and DJ gets attacked by some in "The Am-AH-zon Race".
* ManipulativeBastard: Chris in spades. Heather in ''Island'', Justin and Courtney in ''Action'', Alejandro in ''World Tour'' and Scott in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* ManlyTears:
** Duncan's performance in "Riot On Set" moves Chef to tears.
--->'''DJ:''' '' You're'' gonna teach me how to be tough? ''(snickers)''
--->'''Chef:''' Tough guys cry!
** After [[spoiler:Cameron defeats him]] in "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown", [[spoiler:Lighting breaks down in the confessional, apologizing profusely to his father, [[WellDoneSonGuy who he believes he has let down]]]].
* MarshmallowHell:
** Cody falls into the Statue of Liberty's cleavage. The scene was cut out of the US version.
** Cody gets this treatment many times by Sierra.
* MassOhCrap:
** All the contestants get one when their bus starts heading towards a cliff.
** Team Amazon gets one right before Owen, the human cannonball, destroys their boat in "Sweden Sour".
* MedalOfDishonor: The Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* MeatOVision: Owen starts hallucinating that his teammates (and Chris) are food items after he gets injured (and then locked in a safe) in ''"Ocean's Eight-Or Nine"''.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Thanks to Christian Potenza's series of [[http://www.youtube.com/user/TheChristianPotenza video interviews]] of the series' voice cast, we can see that behind the voices of all the [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] and {{Alpha Bitch}}es populating the show are some of the nicest people in entertainment, particularly Rachel Wilson (Heather), Emilie-Claire Barlow (Courtney), and Drew Nelson (Duncan).
* MeaningfulName:
** [[BrilliantButLazy Noah]] is a Hebrew name for "restful." [[HoYay Interestingly]], Cody can mean "cushion", turning the scene in ''Action'' where Noah is sleeping with his head on Cody's lap into an AccidentalPun.
** [[FrivolousLawsuit Court]]ney.
** [[AlphaBitch Heather]] is probably named after the movie ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.
** Gwen means "white" or "fair".
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Alejandro falls victim to this in the ending of ''World Tour''.
* MediumAwareness: When Courtney sees [[CirclingBirdies birds circling her head]] after slamming into a camouflaged wall, she shoos them away, prompting one to angrily chirp back at her.
* MessyPig: In "I Triple Dog Dare You!" Heather gets cannon blasted into a pig's mudpile.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: One of the only reasons you should feel sorry for [[AlphaBitch Heather]] is that she has to deal with [[DumbBlonde ridiculously naive Lindsay]] and cheerful [[NotGoodWithPeople farm girl Beth.]]
* MisplacedVegetation: Chef Hatchet [[LampshadeHanging asks what those palm trees are doing in Ontario]].
* ModestyTowel:
** Heather is often found wearing one during ''Island''.
** Courtney, in "Get a Clue".
** Lindsay, at the beginning of "Rock n' Rule".
** Jo, in a confessional in "A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste".
* MoralityPet:
** Owen for Chris during ''Action''.
** Courtney for Duncan during ''Island'' and the first half of ''Action.'' Then it's subverted to hell.
** Bridgette for Courtney during ''Island'' and ''Action'' and Geoff during the ''Action'' aftermath.
** Heather for Alejandro during ''World Tour.''
* MotorMouth: Izzy.
* MouseTrap:
** Sam demonstrates his SuperReflexes in "Runaway Model" by unbaiting one without setting it off. He ends up setting off half a dozen other traps because he accidentally stepped on the trap he just undone.
** Scott finds one in Chris' garbage bag after drawing an undesirable objective in "Up, Up And Away In My Pitiful Balloon".
* MrFanservice: Duncan, Trent, Justin, and Alejandro.
* MsFanservice:
** Lindsay, who wears a tight tank top and a miniskirt most of the time, and has even dressed up as an admiral and WonderWoman!
** Heather, who sports a ModestyTowel in several [[ShowerScene Shower Scenes]] and accidentally flashed her boobs during "X-Treme Torture".
* MultipleEndings: Every season has seperate endings for each member of the final two, a canon ending and an alternate.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Songs about a person [[TongueOnTheFlagpole stuck to a pole]], stripping down guards (ItMakesSenseInContext), shearing sheep, and others never were so awesome.
* MuppetCameo: In ''This is How We Will End it''.
* MusicalEpisode: "The Princess Pride" in ''Action''.
* [[MustMakeHerLaugh Must Make Him Laugh]]: Owen spends the entirety of "I See London" trying to make Noah laugh, because "Noah's the funniest guy [he] knows" and Owen wants to "top his honor roll!"
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Unfortunately, it's Owen in this case, though most of the other teens get a [[{{Pixelation}} pixelated]] nudity shot sooner or later.
* TheNapoleon: Duncan.
* NearDeathExperience:
** Alejandro [[spoiler:getting trampled and drenched in boiling lava]].
** Trent falling 5,000 feet from a plane.
** Cody getting swallowed by a shark (Sierra got him out).
** Ezekiel [[spoiler:getting blasted out of a volcano on fire]].
** Izzy and Owen getting crushed by the plane.
** Sierra getting caught in the plane's explosion.
** There's a musical number about this in season three, ''Before We Die''.
* NeverSayDie: The show defies this trope every which way.
* NeverTrustATrailer:
** The third season is still a musical. Good luck determining that from any of the marketing past the original trailer and pamphlet.
** An ad for the wild west themed episode of ''Action'' showed Duncan and Bridgette in a showdown. Not only did this not happen in the episode, but Bridgette had been eliminated by that point, and did not make an appearance.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands:
** Courtney's super strength in ''Action''.
** Harold has a tendency to use random and usually obscure skills during ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman situations.
** Sierra's ancestral teachings go from Chris [=McLean=] Scholaring to basket-weaving.
** Tyler's incredible finger strength. This one is an odd case, because it appeared out of nowhere, was reused in another challenge in a later episode, and then wasn't even REFERENCED when he tried to punch through a metal door.
* NiceGuy: Geoff ([[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism except during the second season]]) and Owen.
-->'''Gwen:''' ''(to Owen)'' Have you ever had a bad thought about ''anyone?''
* NiceHat:
** Ezekiel's toque.
** Geoff's cowboy hat.
** Alejandro, Owen, and Noah are given Pickelhaubes (a type of German army helmet) in "Slap Slap Revolution".
** Heather, Alejandro, Sierra, and Cody are given traditional Rapa Nui headdresses in "Rapa Phooey!".
* NobodyCanDie: Exaggerated. [[RealityEnsues Except when it comes to]] [[RedShirt interns]].
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Mixed with HypocriticalHumor when it comes to Sierra and Cody.
* NoJustNoReaction: Tyler, when he sees the hairstyles Lindsay plans to give him in "Can't Help Falling In Louvre".
* NoOSHACompliance: Contestant safety is obviously an afterthought for Chris. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] at times.
** The first season had numerous references to interns being injured or killed in various accidents, presumably due to a lack of safety precautions. Particularly noteworthy is the incident when an intern dies whilst testing part of the final challenge. Chris reacts by saying to himself, "That seems safe enough."
** Camp Wawanakwa also suffers from "No EPA Compliance" in ''Revenge of the Island'' due to the adverse effects of toxic waste to the local fauna and flora after Chris rents it out as a dumping ground to a "nice, family-oriented" bio-hazardous waste disposal company.
* NonGameplayElimination:
** Two in the second season. One quit and one ejection, though neither are normal.
** The third season had two people quitting and an informal "elimination" of Ezekiel by Chris, with a formal elimination of Sierra after she blows up the plane (in the same episode she was granted invincibility, no less).
** ''Revenge of the Island'' sees Anne Maria walk off in the seventh episode, after getting a giant diamond from [[TheCameo Ezekiel]] in the mine. Too bad it turned out to be a fake.
** Also played with with Izzy in season one - she flees when [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight a helicopter comes to arrest her]], meaning that no one is eliminated that round, but she later returns to the game.
* NotableOriginalMusic
* NotGoodWithPeople: Beth is the first type. Her [[AllThereInTheManual character bio]] indicates that she genuinely wants to fit in with people, but only really understands how to deal with farm animals.
* NotSoDifferent: Never said on the show but reading the character bios at Teletoon and Cartoon Network reveals how similar several characters are.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Beth's boyfriend, Brady.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: The very first challenge involved the campers jumping off a ''thousand''-foot cliff into water below. Just try complaining about any unrealistic injuries after that.
* ObviouslyEvil: Alejandro.
* OddFriendship:
** [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan DJ and Duncan]].
** [[{{Goth}} Gwen]] and [[NiceGuy Geoff]] during the end of ''Island''.
** [[TheCheerleader Lindsay]] and [[NotGoodWithPeople Beth]].
** [[BigFun Owen]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Noah]].
** [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl Noah and Izzy]].
** [[LovableJock Tyler]] and [[ExtravertedNerd Harold]] in ''World Tour''.
** [[{{Geek}} Sam]] and [[SpoiledSweet Dakota]] in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* OffModel: Some of the character heights vary a bit for particular scenes, and that's just the tamer part. Heather has been drawn [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101125133724/totaldramaisland/images/7/7b/TrentTossHeather.png with her original hair]] early in ''Action'', when she was supposed to be bald, and Katie was once ''[[http://images.wikia.com/totaldramaisland/images/e/ed/Katie%27s_Missing_Arm_Goof.PNG missing an arm.]]''
* OhCrap: Nearly every contestant that winds up in the bottom two for elimination automatically gets this expression.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Cody, Beth, Cameron and Dawn.
* OneLetterName: B. Subverted in "Truth or Laser Shark" where we find out that it really stands for B[[spoiler:everly]].
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, both Blaineley's ''Celebrity Manhunt'' co-host and an intern on ''Revenge of the Island'' are named Josh.
* OnlyOneName: Everyone except Chris, Chef, Harold, Cody, DJ, Alejandro, Blaineley, Dakota, and Brick.
* OnlySaneMan: During the first two seasons Gwen and Trent were often bewildered and annoyed by the behavior of their fellow contestants and the lunacy of some of the challenges; they both reached the "acceptance" stage by the time season three arrived.
* OperationJealousy: Employed for three episodes in a row in season three. Courtney flirted with Tyler (to make Duncan jealous), Alejandro flirted with Courtney (to make Heather jealous) and Heather flirted with Duncan (to make Alejandro jealous).
* OptOut: Zig-zagged; it's played straight in some instances but subverted in others.
** Heather and Gwen both refused to do certain challenges in ''Island'', but were convinced to participate by either Chris or their teammates.
** Tyler tries to opt out of the "I See London..." challenge after Chris announces what it is.
---> '''Tyler:''' We have to strip a ''dude?'' I'm out!
** Noah tries to walk out on Blaineley's [[TheBusCameBack second chance]] challenge in "Aftermath Aftermayhem", but is forced to participate by his [[ReadTheFinePrint contract]].
** In "A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste", Anne Maria leaves Wawanakwa to cash-in a large diamond given to her by [[spoiler:Ezekiel]]; it's only ''after'' she quits that Chris tells her [[AllThatGlitters it's practically worthless]].
* OutOfFocus:
** Eva, Katie, and Sadie are the most egregious examples, as they do not get any attention in ''Action'' and ''World Tour'' outside of the Aftermaths.
** Ezekiel, Cody, Noah, and Tyler during ''Action''.
** Beth, Justin, and Trent during ''World Tour'' after receiving focus and development during ''Action''.
* OverlyLongGag:
** A few times with Owen farting.
** DJ's running and screaming in "Hook, Line and Screamer".
* OverlyLongName:
** Harold Norbert Cheever [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Doris]] Mc Grady the Fifth.
** Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot
** Also Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson.
** Blaineley Stacey Andrews O'Halloran. (Wow, the producers really have a thing for long names...)
** The Escaped Psycho Killer With the Chainsaw and the Hook. Also counts as a RunningGag.
** Total Drama Yum-Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails. And the challenge: Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails Challenge (of celebration fun)
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Exaggerated in Sierra's song from ''World Tour'':
-->'''Sierra:''' Oui, my friends! Now I'm stuck telling you: If you fall in love with a boy on TV, and then audition to get on his show, and audition again, and finally get on his show, and be nice to him, and do nothing but kiss up, you will still, oui, end up in Paris, oui, feeling despaires, and the boy won't even take you outside!
* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Mom]]: Cameron has one.
* PaintballEpisode: "Paintball Deer Hunter".
* PaletteSwap:
** Courtney's wedding dress in "Niagara Brawls" is a white recolor of her princess costume from "The Princess Pride", complete with the same tiara.
** Chris' boat in "Newf Kids on the Block" is a green recolor of the Boat of Losers from ''Island''.
** The cowboy hat Chris wears in "3:10 to Crazytown" is a grey recolor of Geoff's hat.
* PandaingToTheAudience: The [[MisplacedWildlife Japan]] episode of ''World Tour'' and the ''Pandamonium'' game.
* PantyShot:
** Lindsay in the opening for the first season.
** In season one's "Who Can You Trust?", Heather is able to ''remove Gwen's skirt completely''. They're purple with a skull, in case you're wondering. She also wears stockings.
** In the episode of ''Island'' where Izzy comes back, she scratches her ear with her foot while on all fours.
** A flat-out blatant shot occurs in the third season episode "Slap Slap Revolution". Sierra tells the audience that she makes a notch on her belt every time Heather tries her [[GenreSavvy "best friend"]] tactics. She then whips off her belt to show it off, [[{{Fanservice}} giving a good long shot of her in just her skivvies]]. [[RefugeInAudacity Yikes]].
* PepperSneeze: In "Beach Blanket Bogus", Trent spills pepper on his breakfast and then tosses it over his shoulder, straight into Heather's face, causing her to sneeze for the rest of the scene.
* PetTheDog:
** When Sierra accidentally blows up the jet in "Awwwwww, Drumheller", Alejandro shields Heather from the blast.
** Heather is infamous for faking these for ulterior motives, but she does occasionally play it straight: She consoles a heartbroken Courtney in "Greece's Pieces", and gives Sierra a headdress to cover her bald head in "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles".
** Chris allowing Katie to reunite with Sadie in "Who Can You Trust?". Also, when Harold eliminates himself in "Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan", Chris wishes him luck [[SincerityMode without a hint of sarcasm]].
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The mostly-female Team Amazon has a pink logo while the mostly-male Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot has a blue one.
* PiranhaProblem:
** Lake Wawanakwa is stocked with piranha. In ''Revenge of the Island'', [[UpToEleven the piranha are mutated]].
** Chris uses a piranha pit as an obstacle in "That's Off the Chain".
** The Amazon episode of ''World Tour'' featured both Owen and Tyler falling into a river and getting attacked by piranhas.
* {{Pixellation}}: Played straight and for laughs when privates are exposed.
* PortmanteauCoupleName: In-universe examples with "Duncney" (Duncan/Courtney), "Gigette" (Geoff/Bridgette), "Gwuncan" (Gwen/Duncan) and "Coderra"/"Siody" (Sierra/Cody).
* PowerTrio:
** [[FreudianTrio Geoff, DJ and Duncan]] (season one).
** [[TokenTrio Leshawna, Trent and Gwen]] (season one).
** [[TheHecateSisters Heather, Lindsay and Beth]] (season one).
* {{Precap}}
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Harold apparently has mad beatboxing and rap skillz.
* PreviouslyOn
* ProperlyParanoid: In ''World Tour,'' it turns out that Courtney's and Trent's fears that Duncan and Gwen were becoming more than friends were pretty understandable after all.
* PropRecycling:
** The wings that Tyler and Cody used in "Greece's Pieces" are used by Scott in "Up, Up and Away in My Pitiful Balloon".
** In the same episode, the wings Zoey taped onto her swan boat? They're the wings on Gwen's bike from "That's Off the Chain!"
** The tiara Izzy wears in her second audition tape is part of Courtney's princess outfit in "The Princess Pride".
** The white gruel served to the campers in ''Island'' appears as Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot's breakfast in "Broadway, Baby!"
* PsychicPowers: Dawn has the power to read aura.
* PsychoForHire: Chef Hatchet, and in a way Duncan.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis
--> '''Sierra:''' I! WANT! MY! KISS!/RESPECT! MY! CODY!
--> '''Tyler:''' NEVER! LEAVE! A MAN! BEHIND!
--> '''Chris:''' TOTAL! DRAMA! [ISLAND!/ACTION!/WORLD TOUR!/REVENGE OF THE ISLAND!]
* PutOnABus: During the first three seasons eliminated contestants were sent to either the Playa des Losers hotel (season one) or the aftermath studio (seasons two and three) so that Chris could keep tabs on them in case he wanted to [[TheBusCameBack bring someone back into the competition]].
* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth:
** Sierra does this to Gwen to prevent her from [[TemptingFate jynxing their team]] in "The Am-AH-Zon Race".
** In "I See London...", the Ripper does this to Noah while capturing him, to avoid drawing attention from Owen.
* PyrrhicVictory:
** [[spoiler:Heather and Alejandro]] in both ''World Tour'' endings.
** [[spoiler:Beth]] in the alternate ending of ''Action''. The money was used to pay off the damage done to the Mona Lisa in the special, and she's completely left out of the third season.
