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** A fanfic called [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8963259/1/Just-you-me-and-Cody Just you me and Cody]] had a Sierra/Cameron pairing where Sierra used Cameron as a substitute for Cody since he wasn't in season 5 come "Saving Private Leechball" it actually happens.
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** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss. Similarly to Gwen above, this might be lampshded in All-Stars by her placement in the Heroric Hamsters.
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** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss. Similarly to Gwen above, this might be lampshded in All-Stars by her placement in the Heroric Heroic Hamsters.
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** Gwen (in-universe) in ''Action'' and ''World Tour''. Taken even further in ''All-Stars'', in which she is on the Villainous Vultures.
** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss. Similarly to Gwen above, this might be lampshded in All-Stars by her placement in the Heroric Hampsters.
** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss. Similarly to Gwen above, this might be lampshded in All-Stars by her placement in the Heroric Hampsters.
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** Gwen (in-universe) in ''Action'' and ''World Tour''. Taken even further in ''All-Stars'', in which she is on the Villainous Vultures.
Vultures, taken a bigger step further in "Evil Dread" after Courtney getting covered in garbage, Chris tells her that she's on the right team.
** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss. Similarly to Gwen above, this might be lampshded in All-Stars by her placement in the HeroricHampsters.Hamsters.
** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss. Similarly to Gwen above, this might be lampshded in All-Stars by her placement in the Heroric
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* CreatorsPet: Owen is probably one had shades of this in the [[WorldOfPun biggest]] examples out there.first two seasons, what with him winning the first and coming back after being voted off in the second. However, the third season improved him, giving him sympathy with his breakup with Izzy and his moments with Noah, making him more of a BaseBreaker. The fourth and fifth seasons improved this even further, with him not competing at all.
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** Another, far more cruel example, was [[spoiler: when Scott's snare meant for Fang caught him, the host was flung into the septic tank. His response: sic Fang on Scott after the boy's elimination. Then, in the finale, he makes a rather [[DudeNotFunny horrible]] joke about Scott's [[FateWorseThanDeath condition]] because of this deed.]]
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* RonTheDeathEater: Courtney, Duncan, Gwen, Trent, Sierra, and Scott. Trent is by far the most extreme case in many works, especially in Cody/Gwen fanfiction.
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** ''World Tour'' suffered from this as well due to repeating most of the problems that ''Action'' suffered from as well as creating of few of their own like the high number of plot lines in the 1st half of the season (DJ's animal curse, Izzy's alter-ego Brainzilla, and Owen & Noah's friendship) that are [[AbortedArc suddenly dropped in the later half]], the infamous love triangle between Gwen, Courtney, and Duncan that took up almost all of the 2nd half of the season, and also having a very mean-spirited nature overall when compared to the other two seasons. Some fans actually tend to say that this season is the worst for those reasons.
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* SeasonalRot: Many fans feel that ''Action'' was very poor compared to the previous season. Izzy gets grating after a few episodes, fan faves Gwen and Trent are broken up (doesn't help that it was a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling the producers wanting to make the idea of dating realistic for kids who normally date more than once]] but ended up falling under a double edged sword) and eliminated early, Owen leaves and comes back later despite becoming TheLoad, and much of the rest of the cast is very unlikable, particularly Chris, whose [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] reaches exasperating levels.
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* SeasonalRot: SeasonalRot:
** Many fans feel that ''Action'' was very poor compared to the previous season. Izzy gets grating after a few episodes, fan faves Gwen and Trent are broken up (doesn't help that it was a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling the producers wanting to make the idea of dating realistic for kids who normally date more than once]] but ended up falling under a double edged sword) and eliminated early, Owen leaves and comes back later despite becoming TheLoad, and much of the rest of the cast is very unlikable, particularly Chris, whose [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] reaches exasperatinglevels.levels.
** ''World Tour'' suffered from this as well due to repeating most of the problems that ''Action'' suffered from as well as creating of few of their own like the high number of plot lines in the 1st half of the season (DJ's animal curse, Izzy's alter-ego Brainzilla, and Owen & Noah's friendship) that are [[AbortedArc suddenly dropped in the later half]], the infamous love triangle between Gwen, Courtney, and Duncan that took up almost all of the 2nd half of the season, and also having a very mean-spirited nature overall when compared to the other two seasons. Some fans actually tend to say that this season is the worst for those reasons.
** Many fans feel that ''Action'' was very poor compared to the previous season. Izzy gets grating after a few episodes, fan faves Gwen and Trent are broken up (doesn't help that it was a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling the producers wanting to make the idea of dating realistic for kids who normally date more than once]] but ended up falling under a double edged sword) and eliminated early, Owen leaves and comes back later despite becoming TheLoad, and much of the rest of the cast is very unlikable, particularly Chris, whose [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] reaches exasperating
** ''World Tour'' suffered from this as well due to repeating most of the problems that ''Action'' suffered from as well as creating of few of their own like the high number of plot lines in the 1st half of the season (DJ's animal curse, Izzy's alter-ego Brainzilla, and Owen & Noah's friendship) that are [[AbortedArc suddenly dropped in the later half]], the infamous love triangle between Gwen, Courtney, and Duncan that took up almost all of the 2nd half of the season, and also having a very mean-spirited nature overall when compared to the other two seasons. Some fans actually tend to say that this season is the worst for those reasons.
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** The All-Stars cast is full of these.
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** Plenty of [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] examples occur (often by Owen, see GettingCrapPastTheRadar). However, one is probably be a straight example- Izzy's AffectionateNickname for Owen is "Big O", which is also slang for an orgasm.
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** The choice of main antagonists for each season: Heather (Asian) in season one, Justin (Hawaiian) and Courtney (Hispanic) in season two, and Alejandro (also Hispanic) in season three. Additionally, while season four's main antagonist, Scott, is white, the secondary antagonist, Lightning, is black.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: "Oui, my friends! You must never trust a boy! Oui, my friends! They will treat you like a toy!"
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Many fans don't like to acknowledge ''Action'' even if some of the events (Gwen & Trent's breakup and Geoff's brief derailment into being a Chris clone) are referenced in later seasons. Similarly, ''World Tour'' got hit by this for things including early eliminations of fan favorites like [[EnsembleDarkhorse Bridgette & Noah]], the introductions of [[MarySue Alejandro]] & [[AttentionWhore Blaineley]], and especially the love triangle between Duncan, Courtney, & Gwen. '"Revenge of the Island'' also got hit by this to an even lesser extent due to [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks the new cast.]]
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* SeasonalRot: Many fans feel that ''Action'' was very poor compared to the previous season. Izzy gets grating after a few episodes, fan faves Gwen and Trent are eliminated early, Owen leaves and comes back later despite becoming TheLoad, and much of the rest of the cast is very unlikable, particularly Chris, whose [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] reaches exasperating levels.
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* SeasonalRot: Many fans feel that ''Action'' was very poor compared to the previous season. Izzy gets grating after a few episodes, fan faves Gwen and Trent are broken up (doesn't help that it was a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling the producers wanting to make the idea of dating realistic for kids who normally date more than once]] but ended up falling under a double edged sword) and eliminated early, Owen leaves and comes back later despite becoming TheLoad, and much of the rest of the cast is very unlikable, particularly Chris, whose [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] reaches exasperating levels.
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* AbandonShipping: Courtney's antagonistic behavior in ''Action'' caused many once die hard fans of Courtney/Duncan to jump ship to Gwen/Duncan or Alejandro/Courtney. Ironically, she got better in ''World Tour''...and the Courtney/Duncan ship was then [[ShipSinking canonically sunk]].
* AlasPoorScrappy: Sierra is severely injured and loses all her hair in the explosion that results in her elimination immediately after winning invincibility, just because [[PetTheDog she made a birthday cake for Cody, who was completely ignored on his last birthday.]]
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Every character on the show, even {{One Scene Wonder}}s.
* BadassDecay: Duncan's status as a BadAss is inconsistent, but he sure gets his butt kicked a lot for a such a supposedly tough guy: Courtney frequently beat him in ''Action'' and both Harold and Cody are able to knock him out with a single blow in "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen" and "Greece's Pieces" respectively.
* BaseBreaker:
** The whole cast, due to the myriad of [[ShipToShipCombat shipping wars]] and [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation alternate character interpretations]]. Courtney, Sierra, Gwen, Owen, Cody, and Duncan are some of the most notorious cases though.
** The cast of ''Revenge of the Island'' has been this ever since it was announced that [[ReplacementScrappy they'd be replacing the original cast]], with Zoey proving to be the most controversial case.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The ''[[{{Sixteen}} 6teen]]'' parody sequence in ''Action''.
* CargoShip:
** Ezekiel/his scarecrow ([[http://totaldramaisland.wikia.com/wiki/File:NewGirlfriend.png no, really]]).
** Beth/Bridgette's pole.
** Alejandro/his pineapple.
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* CrazyAwesome: Izzy.
* CreatorsPet: Owen is probably one of the [[WorldOfPun biggest]] examples out there.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[Awesome/TotalDramaIsland It's got its own page full of 'em.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[Funny/TotalDramaIsland Deserved its own page.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[Heartwarming/TotalDramaIsland Guess what?]]
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: While practically ''all'' of the songs the cast sings qualify, one Cartoon Network commercial features a chorus of kids dressed as pilots singing a little number about the season. It's short, but just awesome.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Where most of its humor comes from. A prime example is when Chris fires a gun in the air and ends up ''killing a bald eagle''.
--> '''Chris''': That's gonna provoke some angry e-mails...
* DamselScrappy: Zoey.
* DesignatedHero:
** [[spoiler:Heather]] during the season three finale, much to [[spoiler:her]] own surprise.
--> "You mean I'm the good guy?!"
** Trent was this in ''Action'' until he himself puts a stop to it.
** Some fans believe Gwen and Duncan are this while others believe Courtney is instead.
** Zoey at times.
* DesignatedVillain:
** Justin in ''Action''.
** Gwen (in-universe) in ''Action'' and ''World Tour''.
** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss.
* DieForOurShip:
** Gwen for Duncan/Courtney.
** Courtney for Duncan/Gwen.
** Duncan for Trent/Gwen and Gwen/Cody.
** Trent for Duncan/Gwen and Gwen/Cody.
** Alejandro for Duncan/Courtney, Harold/Leshawna, Geoff/Bridgette, Tyler/Lindsay and Heather/anyone else.
** Sierra for Cody/anyone else.
** Beth made a lot of enemies for kissing Cody in "Paintball Deer Hunter", although their lack of interaction and the introduction of Sierra in season three eventually caused the hate to die down.
** Leshawna for Harold/Heather.
** Owen for Izzy/anyone else.
** Geoff for Bridgette/anyone else.
** Anne Maria for Mike/Zoey. Granted, it's one of Mike's [[SplitPersonality other personalities]] she's in love with, but that doesn't help very much.
* DracoInLeatherPants:
** Scott, Duncan, and Alejandro.
** Courtney and Gwen have become both this trope ''and'' RonTheDeathEater, with FanDumb on both sides of the love triangle with Duncan refusing to accept the flaws of their preferred character while demonizing the opposing character.
* DudeNotFunny: [[spoiler:Scott's [[FateWorseThanDeath karma]]]] at the end of ''Revenge of the Island'' is considered this.
* EarWorm: All the songs in ''World Tour''. Special mention goes to ''Sea Shanty'', which not even DJ, who was actually trying to get eliminated by not singing, could resist.
--> '''Heather:''' It's a sea shanty, and it's darn catchy!
--> '''DJ:''' No you can't catch me with a sea shanty!
* EliminationHoudini: Thanks to Chris gleefully indulging in ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem, this is the only reality show that will openly admit to keeping characters on for drama through the most ridiculous plot conveniences and only sending characters home when Chris wants them to go.
** The most extreme example would be Izzy, who is actually brought back into the competition ''after'' being eliminated, twice in two different seasons.
** Courtney has pulled this trope off more than anyone else, especially in ''Action'', where she would have been immediately voted out if she wasn't using her lawyers to cheat the show and getting to win every challenge. Ironically, her first elimination in ''Island'' was one of the most unfair in the entire series and thus an ''inversion'' of this trope.
** Heather also does this numerous times in the first season, often avoiding elimination by either winning invincibility or somehow manipulating someone else into being sent home.
** Owen is often seen as this, staying on the show simply for not having any enemies, despite often contributing nothing to his team.
** Duncan in ''World Tour''. In "Greece's Pieces", when he got the most votes against him, Chris "eliminates" an intern instead of him, stating that he is keeping Duncan around for the drama.
** Cody in ''World Tour''. He even acknowledges this in two songs, noting that he would never have made it as far as he did without Sierra's help.
** Despite [[TeamKiller deliberately sabotaging his own team]], Scott manages to outwit and outplay everyone up until "Eat, Puke, and Be Wary".
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Noah is incredibly popular with the fandom despite being one of the most minor contestants in the series (he was booted off third in the first season, wasn't even a contestant in the second, and got kicked out half-way in the third). His status is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Chris, who introduces him and Cody as "returning favorites" in the first episode of ''World Tour''.
** [[FanNickname "Billy"]] the intern, a blonde-haired character who appears frequently in Aftermath episodes, speaks only once, and doesn't even have a confirmed name.
** [[FanNickname "Emily,"]] the flight attendant from the fourth aftermath of ''Action'' is quite popular.
** Mr. Coconut.
** Scruffy, Duncan's pet tarantula, also has this going for him.
** The alien Cody from the Nevada episode, he even gained a [[FanNickname nickname]]: Evil Alien Cody Clone, EACC for short.
** Dawn became popular before the fourth season even started.
* EvilIsSexy:
** Heather and Alejandro.
** Justin technically qualifies, although he was originally conceived as just "sexy" and only became "evil" later on.
* FanPreferredCouple:
** First, it was Duncan/Gwen, but then it became {{Canon}} so the fan preference switched to Trent/Gwen instead.
** [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl Noah/Izzy]], [[HoYay Noah/Cody]], [[ShipTease Duncan/Heather]], [[StalkingIsLove Cody/Gwen]], [[CrackPairing Ezekiel/Izzy]], [[PairTheSpares Trent/Courtney]], and [[OppositesAttract Scott/Dawn]] are also quite popular.
* FanonDiscontinuity: Many fans don't like to acknowledge ''Action'' even if some of the events (Gwen & Trent's breakup and Geoff's brief derailment into being a Chris clone) are referenced in later seasons. Similarly, ''World Tour'' got hit by this for things including early eliminations of fan favorites like [[EnsembleDarkhorse Bridgette & Noah]], the introductions of [[MarySue Alejandro]] & [[AttentionWhore Blaineley]], and especially the love triangle between Duncan, Courtney, & Gwen. '"Revenge of the Island'' also got hit by this to an even lesser extent due to [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks the new cast.]]
* FoeYay: Between Heather and Alejandro.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** In-universe example: Japan loves the series.
** Real life example: On the first voting day for ''Action'' in Brazil, Beth was winning by '''94%'''! She ended up winning with 82%, but still...
* HilariousInHindsight: In the first episode Trent is introduced as contestant number '''9'''. Most notably, he was actually the ''[[WritersCannotDoMath tenth]]'' camper to arrive!
* HoYay: [[HoYay/TotalDramaIsland Enough to merit a separate page.]]
* HollywoodHomely: Jo is so ugly that [[AnimalReactionShot a bird vomits upon seeing her nude]], but her actual design is fairly nice; she has HartmanHips and a good figure.
* IdiotPlot: Much of ''World Tour'', especially the Courtney-Gwen conflict. Courtney generates nothing but blind hatred for Gwen, who never tries to apologize to her throughout all this despite clearly feeling guilty, and takes most of the abuse sitting down rather than defending herself. Cody is barely involved in all this, and all of his anger is taken out on Duncan, for "stealing" his beloved Gwen, rather than Courtney, who is the one ''hurting'' her.
* IronWoobie: Owen, who borders on being ThePollyanna.
* JerkassWoobie:
** Courtney, her boyfriend cheated on her with Gwen, whom she was starting to become friends with and then she falls for Alejandro, even helping him [[spoiler: win the final challenge]], only to discover that he loved Heather instead and had just been using her to get ahead.
** Duncan, seeing how much abuse he took from Courtney. Sure, he cheated on her, but she still was not that nice to begin with.
** Alejandro, when it was revealed that he's been frequently abused by his own brother and later got horribly burned.
** Heather in ''World Tour''. No one seemed to be treating her fairly, despite her occasional PetTheDog moments.
** Blaineley, when she ended up in a full body cast.
** Scott, his comeuppance was too cruel for him to deserve for some.
** Chef in his more humane moments.
* JerkSue: Courtney in ''Action''. All of a sudden, she wins her lawsuit and reveals that she can sing like an angel, cook poisonous fish, do mixed martial arts, wrestle a shark, play the guitar, handle a bunch of lawyers, put a go-kart together, figure out a clue that no one else was able to, make up a cool cheer on the spot, wrestle Duncan and win, win almost every single challenge after her debut, manipulate everybody so everything turns out in her favor, keep herself from being voted off ''and'' make Justin fall in love with her.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Almost everyone; Duncan, Gwen, Cody, Noah, and Bridgette would be the most prominent examples though.
* MagnificentBastard: Alejandro. By this shows standards, anyway, he's the most successful manipulator. He seems aware of this fact, as his VillainSong "This Is How We Will End it" depicts him in a role he's quite fitting for, a puppetmaster controling wooden puppets of several of the other characters he's manipulated and eliminated. "Evil Al" manages to outsmart,charm, and out-gambit many other contestants; and, regardless, he ''still'' manages to win the game in the original, Canadian ending. He eliminated the majority of the contestants in season 3 almost completely by himself, and even when he fails, he always had a backup plan to win what he wanted in the very end.
* MemeticMutation:
** Gwen and her [[ImprobableWeaponUser shovel of doom]] sparked this among the fanbase.
** ''Sadie drops a Whopper with [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090201043846/totaldramaisland/images/1/13/Tears.jpg onions!]]''
** "Cody's got a tiny sausage!"
** [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100730213031/totaldramaisland/images/d/dd/Cody_shock.jpg "Whoa, Noah was right, Cody DOES have a tiny sausage!"]]
** Noah's unicorn.
** Trent's obsession with #9.
** Alejandro's attraction towards pineapples.
** [[MuppetCameo Ale-Puppet.]]
** Brick's [[http://images.wikia.com/totaldramaisland/images/b/b8/Truth_or_Laser_Shark_%286%29.png derp]] [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120209020134/totaldramaisland/images/6/6a/TROLOL.PNG faces]].
* MemeticSexGoddess: Most of the female cast.
* {{Moe}}: Bridgette, Izzy, Lindsay, Dawn, and Zoey.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Chris crossed this when he started abusing his interns in season three (i.e. throwing one off a plane just to keep Duncan in the game).
** Another, far more cruel example, was [[spoiler: when Scott's snare meant for Fang caught him, the host was flung into the septic tank. His response: sic Fang on Scott after the boy's elimination. Then, in the finale, he makes a rather [[DudeNotFunny horrible]] joke about Scott's [[FateWorseThanDeath condition]] because of this deed.]]
** Blaineley crossed this when she kidnapped and sent Bridgette to Siberia to avoid a tour and take her place on the Aftermath.
** In an odd example, the in-universe contestants, aside from Courtney, consider Alejandro to have crossed this when he [[spoiler:threw Cody to the sharks]] in "Hawaiian Punch", whereas most of the fandom thinks the worst deed he did was eliminating DJ in "Jamaica Me Sweat".
** In another in-universe example, all the remaining contestants (including [[JerkAss Duncan]]) are shocked and disgusted when Heather betrayed Lindsay in "That's Off the Chain!".
* MostAnnoyingSound: Courtney's voice is very high-pitched. When she whines or screams, it becomes very grating indeed.
* NeverLiveItDown: Ezekiel's sexism (which is only brought up in the second episode) is considered his most defining trait even after he [[spoiler:turns into a monster]] in season three.
* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel.TotalDramaIsland Now has its own page!]]
* OneSceneWonder: "[[FanNickname Emily]]" The Flight Attendant from the fourth aftermath of ''Action'' is quite popular, often being paired with "Billy" the intern.
* ParodySue: Sierra, just look at the CommonMarySueTraits page and see how many of those fit her.
* PossessionSue: Ezekiel, Harold, and Cody for the male part of the fandom and Gwen for the female part.
* PuritySue:
** Some people emphasize Bridgette's supposed IncorruptiblePurePureness too much, believing she can do no wrong even though she has done wrong several times in the past.
** Gwen and Courtney also have this problem. Some fans on different sides of the [=CxDxG=] conflict believe the girl they support is entirely blameless.
** Zoey. Besides her friendlessness, she seems to have almost no flaws.
* ReplacementScrappy:
** Courtney to Heather as the AlphaBitch in ''Action''.
** Some say Sierra is "the poor man's Izzy".
** The new cast of season four. However...
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
** Most of the season four cast (except for Staci).
** Owen's break-up with Izzy in season three made a lot of people feel sorry for him.
** Many fans started liking Sierra better around "Awww, Drumheller" or "Planes, Trains, Hot Air Mobiles," when she finally accepted Cody's BetterAsFriends proposal.
* RonTheDeathEater: Courtney, Duncan, Gwen, Trent, Sierra, and Scott. Trent is by far the most extreme case in many works, especially in Cody/Gwen fanfiction.
* TheScrappy:
** [[TastesLikeDiabetes Katie and Sadie]].
** Staci among the new cast, but seeing as she was a FlatCharacter [[WeHardlyKnewYe who got eliminated in the first episode]], this was probably an IntendedAudienceReaction to avoid the last-place contestant becoming an EnsembleDarkhorse.
* SeasonalRot: Many fans feel that ''Action'' was very poor compared to the previous season. Izzy gets grating after a few episodes, fan faves Gwen and Trent are eliminated early, Owen leaves and comes back later despite becoming TheLoad, and much of the rest of the cast is very unlikable, particularly Chris, whose [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] reaches exasperating levels.
* ShipToShipCombat:
** Duncan/Courtney vs. Duncan/Gwen.
** Duncan/Gwen vs. Trent/Gwen as well, with Duncan/Courtney fans typically [[ShipMates tag-teaming]] with Trent/Gwen fans.
* {{Squick}}:
** The scene in "The Chefshank Redemption" where Lindsay threw up on Gwen. Dis-gus-TING.
** The scene from "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better" where Owen pees while swimming near Cody, Cody's mortification is completely understandable.
** "Brunch of Disgustingness". Particular scenes are Trent vomiting in the confessional after eating the Worm Spaghetti and Leshawna throwing up an alive cockroach after the challenge.
* StoicWoobie: Gwen and Noah.
* TakeThatScrappy: Cody telling Sierra that he was hoping she had drowned, after she ''saved his life''. Ouch.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Katie and Sadie ("The Sweet Girl" and "The Sweet Girl's Friend" respectively).
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans were not happy about the contestant line-up in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** Courtney getting revenge on Harold for getting her eliminated
** Owen trying to get back on Izzy's good side after pushing her into a serial killer to save his own hide.
** Duncan's alliance with Heather near the end of ''Island.''
** Harold and Duncan's conflict throughout ''Action.''
** Justin being the antagonist of ''Action''.
** An alliance between Heather and Harold in ''Island'' and ''Action.''
** DJ becoming a team of one in ''World Tour.''
** Izzy being super smart.
** The possible relationship between Owen and Blaineley.
** Brick and Jo's "[[WillTheyOrWontThey rivalry.]]"
** [[spoiler:Dakotazoid]], who gets eliminated in the very episode she "appears" in.
* ToughActToFollow: Inverted. ''Total Drama'' is generally more well-known than its predecessor, ''[[{{Sixteen}} 6teen]]''.
* UnfortunateImplications:
** The choice of main antagonists for each season: Heather (Asian) in season one, Justin (Hawaiian) and Courtney (Hispanic) in season two, and Alejandro (also Hispanic) in season three. Additionally, while season four's main antagonist, Scott, is white, the secondary antagonist, Lightning, is black.
** The Trent/Gwen/Duncan/Courtney love rhombus could also be read as unintentionally saying that if your partner has a [[PlatonicLifePartners best friend of the opposite sex]] they'll end up cheating on you.
** Trent's behavior in ''Action'' seems to present the message that having OCD makes you act like a borderline sociopath.
* UglyCute:
** While Beth is not the most ''physically'' attractive female contestant, her kind and endearing personality gives her a [[{{Adorkable}} certain adorableness]].
** Dakota finds the mutant squirrel to be cute, wanting one as a pet. At least until it tried to kill her with its EyeBeams.
** [[spoiler:Dakota herself]] could be considered this as of "The Treasure Island of Dr. [=McLean=]".
* [[VillainSue Villain Stu]]: Alejandro. May or may not be intentional.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Geoff is lured away by Chef with the sound of an ice cream truck in the slasher episode. They're on a semi-deserted island.
** After knocking Heather off their platform in "Slap Slap Revolution" Leshawna jumps after her in order to beat her up, if she had just waited until the end of the challenge to do this her team wouldn't have been a player short.
** Jo treated Cameron like shit throughout ''Revenge'', and is ''stunned'' when he decides to vote her off.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Has caused a huge PeripheryDemographic among older teens and adults. Contains truckloads of comic violence, pixellated nudity shots, and constant GettingCrapPastTheRadar. For ages 8-12.
* [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack Why Would Anyone Take Her Back?]]: How fans reacted to Duncan getting back together with Courtney at the end of ''Action''.
* TheWoobie: Every single character has at least one moment, even [[BigBad Chris]].
* WinBackTheCrowd: ''Revenge of the Island'' managed to bring new life to the series.
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* AbandonShipping: Courtney's antagonistic behavior in ''Action'' caused many once die hard fans of Courtney/Duncan to jump ship to Gwen/Duncan or Alejandro/Courtney. Ironically, she got better in ''World Tour''...and the Courtney/Duncan ship was then [[ShipSinking canonically sunk]].
* AlasPoorScrappy: Sierra is severely injured and loses all her hair in the explosion that results in her elimination immediately after winning invincibility, just because [[PetTheDog she made a birthday cake for Cody, who was completely ignored on his last birthday.]]
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Every character on the show, even {{One Scene Wonder}}s.
* BadassDecay: Duncan's status as a BadAss is inconsistent, but he sure gets his butt kicked a lot for a such a supposedly tough guy: Courtney frequently beat him in ''Action'' and both Harold and Cody are able to knock him out with a single blow in "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen" and "Greece's Pieces" respectively.
* BaseBreaker:
** The whole cast, due to the myriad of [[ShipToShipCombat shipping wars]] and [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation alternate character interpretations]]. Courtney, Sierra, Gwen, Owen, Cody, and Duncan are some of the most notorious cases though.
** The cast of ''Revenge of the Island'' has been this ever since it was announced that [[ReplacementScrappy they'd be replacing the original cast]], with Zoey proving to be the most controversial case.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The ''[[{{Sixteen}} 6teen]]'' parody sequence in ''Action''.
* CargoShip:
** Ezekiel/his scarecrow ([[http://totaldramaisland.wikia.com/wiki/File:NewGirlfriend.png no, really]]).
** Beth/Bridgette's pole.
** Alejandro/his pineapple.
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* CrazyAwesome: Izzy.
* CreatorsPet: Owen is probably one of the [[WorldOfPun biggest]] examples out there.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[Awesome/TotalDramaIsland It's got its own page full of 'em.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[Funny/TotalDramaIsland Deserved its own page.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[Heartwarming/TotalDramaIsland Guess what?]]
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: While practically ''all'' of the songs the cast sings qualify, one Cartoon Network commercial features a chorus of kids dressed as pilots singing a little number about the season. It's short, but just awesome.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Where most of its humor comes from. A prime example is when Chris fires a gun in the air and ends up ''killing a bald eagle''.
--> '''Chris''': That's gonna provoke some angry e-mails...
* DamselScrappy: Zoey.
* DesignatedHero:
** [[spoiler:Heather]] during the season three finale, much to [[spoiler:her]] own surprise.
--> "You mean I'm the good guy?!"
** Trent was this in ''Action'' until he himself puts a stop to it.
** Some fans believe Gwen and Duncan are this while others believe Courtney is instead.
** Zoey at times.
* DesignatedVillain:
** Justin in ''Action''.
** Gwen (in-universe) in ''Action'' and ''World Tour''.
** Courtney in ''World Tour''. The writers ended the love triangle in a ''de facto'' deleted scene with Courtney knocked out by a sandal while Gwen and Duncan happily kiss.
* DieForOurShip:
** Gwen for Duncan/Courtney.
** Courtney for Duncan/Gwen.
** Duncan for Trent/Gwen and Gwen/Cody.
** Trent for Duncan/Gwen and Gwen/Cody.
** Alejandro for Duncan/Courtney, Harold/Leshawna, Geoff/Bridgette, Tyler/Lindsay and Heather/anyone else.
** Sierra for Cody/anyone else.
** Beth made a lot of enemies for kissing Cody in "Paintball Deer Hunter", although their lack of interaction and the introduction of Sierra in season three eventually caused the hate to die down.
** Leshawna for Harold/Heather.
** Owen for Izzy/anyone else.
** Geoff for Bridgette/anyone else.
** Anne Maria for Mike/Zoey. Granted, it's one of Mike's [[SplitPersonality other personalities]] she's in love with, but that doesn't help very much.
* DracoInLeatherPants:
** Scott, Duncan, and Alejandro.
** Courtney and Gwen have become both this trope ''and'' RonTheDeathEater, with FanDumb on both sides of the love triangle with Duncan refusing to accept the flaws of their preferred character while demonizing the opposing character.
* DudeNotFunny: [[spoiler:Scott's [[FateWorseThanDeath karma]]]] at the end of ''Revenge of the Island'' is considered this.
* EarWorm: All the songs in ''World Tour''. Special mention goes to ''Sea Shanty'', which not even DJ, who was actually trying to get eliminated by not singing, could resist.
--> '''Heather:''' It's a sea shanty, and it's darn catchy!
--> '''DJ:''' No you can't catch me with a sea shanty!
* EliminationHoudini: Thanks to Chris gleefully indulging in ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem, this is the only reality show that will openly admit to keeping characters on for drama through the most ridiculous plot conveniences and only sending characters home when Chris wants them to go.
** The most extreme example would be Izzy, who is actually brought back into the competition ''after'' being eliminated, twice in two different seasons.
** Courtney has pulled this trope off more than anyone else, especially in ''Action'', where she would have been immediately voted out if she wasn't using her lawyers to cheat the show and getting to win every challenge. Ironically, her first elimination in ''Island'' was one of the most unfair in the entire series and thus an ''inversion'' of this trope.
** Heather also does this numerous times in the first season, often avoiding elimination by either winning invincibility or somehow manipulating someone else into being sent home.
** Owen is often seen as this, staying on the show simply for not having any enemies, despite often contributing nothing to his team.
** Duncan in ''World Tour''. In "Greece's Pieces", when he got the most votes against him, Chris "eliminates" an intern instead of him, stating that he is keeping Duncan around for the drama.
** Cody in ''World Tour''. He even acknowledges this in two songs, noting that he would never have made it as far as he did without Sierra's help.
** Despite [[TeamKiller deliberately sabotaging his own team]], Scott manages to outwit and outplay everyone up until "Eat, Puke, and Be Wary".
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Noah is incredibly popular with the fandom despite being one of the most minor contestants in the series (he was booted off third in the first season, wasn't even a contestant in the second, and got kicked out half-way in the third). His status is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Chris, who introduces him and Cody as "returning favorites" in the first episode of ''World Tour''.
** [[FanNickname "Billy"]] the intern, a blonde-haired character who appears frequently in Aftermath episodes, speaks only once, and doesn't even have a confirmed name.
** [[FanNickname "Emily,"]] the flight attendant from the fourth aftermath of ''Action'' is quite popular.
** Mr. Coconut.
** Scruffy, Duncan's pet tarantula, also has this going for him.
** The alien Cody from the Nevada episode, he even gained a [[FanNickname nickname]]: Evil Alien Cody Clone, EACC for short.
** Dawn became popular before the fourth season even started.
* EvilIsSexy:
** Heather and Alejandro.
** Justin technically qualifies, although he was originally conceived as just "sexy" and only became "evil" later on.
* FanPreferredCouple:
** First, it was Duncan/Gwen, but then it became {{Canon}} so the fan preference switched to Trent/Gwen instead.
** [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl Noah/Izzy]], [[HoYay Noah/Cody]], [[ShipTease Duncan/Heather]], [[StalkingIsLove Cody/Gwen]], [[CrackPairing Ezekiel/Izzy]], [[PairTheSpares Trent/Courtney]], and [[OppositesAttract Scott/Dawn]] are also quite popular.
* FanonDiscontinuity: Many fans don't like to acknowledge ''Action'' even if some of the events (Gwen & Trent's breakup and Geoff's brief derailment into being a Chris clone) are referenced in later seasons. Similarly, ''World Tour'' got hit by this for things including early eliminations of fan favorites like [[EnsembleDarkhorse Bridgette & Noah]], the introductions of [[MarySue Alejandro]] & [[AttentionWhore Blaineley]], and especially the love triangle between Duncan, Courtney, & Gwen. '"Revenge of the Island'' also got hit by this to an even lesser extent due to [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks the new cast.]]
* FoeYay: Between Heather and Alejandro.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** In-universe example: Japan loves the series.
** Real life example: On the first voting day for ''Action'' in Brazil, Beth was winning by '''94%'''! She ended up winning with 82%, but still...
* HilariousInHindsight: In the first episode Trent is introduced as contestant number '''9'''. Most notably, he was actually the ''[[WritersCannotDoMath tenth]]'' camper to arrive!
* HoYay: [[HoYay/TotalDramaIsland Enough to merit a separate page.]]
* HollywoodHomely: Jo is so ugly that [[AnimalReactionShot a bird vomits upon seeing her nude]], but her actual design is fairly nice; she has HartmanHips and a good figure.
* IdiotPlot: Much of ''World Tour'', especially the Courtney-Gwen conflict. Courtney generates nothing but blind hatred for Gwen, who never tries to apologize to her throughout all this despite clearly feeling guilty, and takes most of the abuse sitting down rather than defending herself. Cody is barely involved in all this, and all of his anger is taken out on Duncan, for "stealing" his beloved Gwen, rather than Courtney, who is the one ''hurting'' her.
* IronWoobie: Owen, who borders on being ThePollyanna.
* JerkassWoobie:
** Courtney, her boyfriend cheated on her with Gwen, whom she was starting to become friends with and then she falls for Alejandro, even helping him [[spoiler: win the final challenge]], only to discover that he loved Heather instead and had just been using her to get ahead.
** Duncan, seeing how much abuse he took from Courtney. Sure, he cheated on her, but she still was not that nice to begin with.
** Alejandro, when it was revealed that he's been frequently abused by his own brother and later got horribly burned.
** Heather in ''World Tour''. No one seemed to be treating her fairly, despite her occasional PetTheDog moments.
** Blaineley, when she ended up in a full body cast.
** Scott, his comeuppance was too cruel for him to deserve for some.
** Chef in his more humane moments.
* JerkSue: Courtney in ''Action''. All of a sudden, she wins her lawsuit and reveals that she can sing like an angel, cook poisonous fish, do mixed martial arts, wrestle a shark, play the guitar, handle a bunch of lawyers, put a go-kart together, figure out a clue that no one else was able to, make up a cool cheer on the spot, wrestle Duncan and win, win almost every single challenge after her debut, manipulate everybody so everything turns out in her favor, keep herself from being voted off ''and'' make Justin fall in love with her.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Almost everyone; Duncan, Gwen, Cody, Noah, and Bridgette would be the most prominent examples though.
* MagnificentBastard: Alejandro. By this shows standards, anyway, he's the most successful manipulator. He seems aware of this fact, as his VillainSong "This Is How We Will End it" depicts him in a role he's quite fitting for, a puppetmaster controling wooden puppets of several of the other characters he's manipulated and eliminated. "Evil Al" manages to outsmart,charm, and out-gambit many other contestants; and, regardless, he ''still'' manages to win the game in the original, Canadian ending. He eliminated the majority of the contestants in season 3 almost completely by himself, and even when he fails, he always had a backup plan to win what he wanted in the very end.
* MemeticMutation:
** Gwen and her [[ImprobableWeaponUser shovel of doom]] sparked this among the fanbase.
** ''Sadie drops a Whopper with [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090201043846/totaldramaisland/images/1/13/Tears.jpg onions!]]''
** "Cody's got a tiny sausage!"
** [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100730213031/totaldramaisland/images/d/dd/Cody_shock.jpg "Whoa, Noah was right, Cody DOES have a tiny sausage!"]]
** Noah's unicorn.
** Trent's obsession with #9.
** Alejandro's attraction towards pineapples.
** [[MuppetCameo Ale-Puppet.]]
** Brick's [[http://images.wikia.com/totaldramaisland/images/b/b8/Truth_or_Laser_Shark_%286%29.png derp]] [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120209020134/totaldramaisland/images/6/6a/TROLOL.PNG faces]].
* MemeticSexGoddess: Most of the female cast.
* {{Moe}}: Bridgette, Izzy, Lindsay, Dawn, and Zoey.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Chris crossed this when he started abusing his interns in season three (i.e. throwing one off a plane just to keep Duncan in the game).
** Another, far more cruel example, was [[spoiler: when Scott's snare meant for Fang caught him, the host was flung into the septic tank. His response: sic Fang on Scott after the boy's elimination. Then, in the finale, he makes a rather [[DudeNotFunny horrible]] joke about Scott's [[FateWorseThanDeath condition]] because of this deed.]]
** Blaineley crossed this when she kidnapped and sent Bridgette to Siberia to avoid a tour and take her place on the Aftermath.
** In an odd example, the in-universe contestants, aside from Courtney, consider Alejandro to have crossed this when he [[spoiler:threw Cody to the sharks]] in "Hawaiian Punch", whereas most of the fandom thinks the worst deed he did was eliminating DJ in "Jamaica Me Sweat".
** In another in-universe example, all the remaining contestants (including [[JerkAss Duncan]]) are shocked and disgusted when Heather betrayed Lindsay in "That's Off the Chain!".
* MostAnnoyingSound: Courtney's voice is very high-pitched. When she whines or screams, it becomes very grating indeed.
* NeverLiveItDown: Ezekiel's sexism (which is only brought up in the second episode) is considered his most defining trait even after he [[spoiler:turns into a monster]] in season three.
* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel.TotalDramaIsland Now has its own page!]]
* OneSceneWonder: "[[FanNickname Emily]]" The Flight Attendant from the fourth aftermath of ''Action'' is quite popular, often being paired with "Billy" the intern.
* ParodySue: Sierra, just look at the CommonMarySueTraits page and see how many of those fit her.
* PossessionSue: Ezekiel, Harold, and Cody for the male part of the fandom and Gwen for the female part.
* PuritySue:
** Some people emphasize Bridgette's supposed IncorruptiblePurePureness too much, believing she can do no wrong even though she has done wrong several times in the past.
** Gwen and Courtney also have this problem. Some fans on different sides of the [=CxDxG=] conflict believe the girl they support is entirely blameless.
** Zoey. Besides her friendlessness, she seems to have almost no flaws.
* ReplacementScrappy:
** Courtney to Heather as the AlphaBitch in ''Action''.
** Some say Sierra is "the poor man's Izzy".
** The new cast of season four. However...
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
** Most of the season four cast (except for Staci).
** Owen's break-up with Izzy in season three made a lot of people feel sorry for him.
** Many fans started liking Sierra better around "Awww, Drumheller" or "Planes, Trains, Hot Air Mobiles," when she finally accepted Cody's BetterAsFriends proposal.
* RonTheDeathEater: Courtney, Duncan, Gwen, Trent, Sierra, and Scott. Trent is by far the most extreme case in many works, especially in Cody/Gwen fanfiction.
* TheScrappy:
** [[TastesLikeDiabetes Katie and Sadie]].
** Staci among the new cast, but seeing as she was a FlatCharacter [[WeHardlyKnewYe who got eliminated in the first episode]], this was probably an IntendedAudienceReaction to avoid the last-place contestant becoming an EnsembleDarkhorse.
* SeasonalRot: Many fans feel that ''Action'' was very poor compared to the previous season. Izzy gets grating after a few episodes, fan faves Gwen and Trent are eliminated early, Owen leaves and comes back later despite becoming TheLoad, and much of the rest of the cast is very unlikable, particularly Chris, whose [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] reaches exasperating levels.
* ShipToShipCombat:
** Duncan/Courtney vs. Duncan/Gwen.
** Duncan/Gwen vs. Trent/Gwen as well, with Duncan/Courtney fans typically [[ShipMates tag-teaming]] with Trent/Gwen fans.
* {{Squick}}:
** The scene in "The Chefshank Redemption" where Lindsay threw up on Gwen. Dis-gus-TING.
** The scene from "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better" where Owen pees while swimming near Cody, Cody's mortification is completely understandable.
** "Brunch of Disgustingness". Particular scenes are Trent vomiting in the confessional after eating the Worm Spaghetti and Leshawna throwing up an alive cockroach after the challenge.
* StoicWoobie: Gwen and Noah.
* TakeThatScrappy: Cody telling Sierra that he was hoping she had drowned, after she ''saved his life''. Ouch.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Katie and Sadie ("The Sweet Girl" and "The Sweet Girl's Friend" respectively).
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans were not happy about the contestant line-up in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** Courtney getting revenge on Harold for getting her eliminated
** Owen trying to get back on Izzy's good side after pushing her into a serial killer to save his own hide.
** Duncan's alliance with Heather near the end of ''Island.''
** Harold and Duncan's conflict throughout ''Action.''
** Justin being the antagonist of ''Action''.
** An alliance between Heather and Harold in ''Island'' and ''Action.''
** DJ becoming a team of one in ''World Tour.''
** Izzy being super smart.
** The possible relationship between Owen and Blaineley.
** Brick and Jo's "[[WillTheyOrWontThey rivalry.]]"
** [[spoiler:Dakotazoid]], who gets eliminated in the very episode she "appears" in.
* ToughActToFollow: Inverted. ''Total Drama'' is generally more well-known than its predecessor, ''[[{{Sixteen}} 6teen]]''.
* UnfortunateImplications:
** The choice of main antagonists for each season: Heather (Asian) in season one, Justin (Hawaiian) and Courtney (Hispanic) in season two, and Alejandro (also Hispanic) in season three. Additionally, while season four's main antagonist, Scott, is white, the secondary antagonist, Lightning, is black.
** The Trent/Gwen/Duncan/Courtney love rhombus could also be read as unintentionally saying that if your partner has a [[PlatonicLifePartners best friend of the opposite sex]] they'll end up cheating on you.
** Trent's behavior in ''Action'' seems to present the message that having OCD makes you act like a borderline sociopath.
* UglyCute:
** While Beth is not the most ''physically'' attractive female contestant, her kind and endearing personality gives her a [[{{Adorkable}} certain adorableness]].
** Dakota finds the mutant squirrel to be cute, wanting one as a pet. At least until it tried to kill her with its EyeBeams.
** [[spoiler:Dakota herself]] could be considered this as of "The Treasure Island of Dr. [=McLean=]".
* [[VillainSue Villain Stu]]: Alejandro. May or may not be intentional.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Geoff is lured away by Chef with the sound of an ice cream truck in the slasher episode. They're on a semi-deserted island.
** After knocking Heather off their platform in "Slap Slap Revolution" Leshawna jumps after her in order to beat her up, if she had just waited until the end of the challenge to do this her team wouldn't have been a player short.
** Jo treated Cameron like shit throughout ''Revenge'', and is ''stunned'' when he decides to vote her off.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Has caused a huge PeripheryDemographic among older teens and adults. Contains truckloads of comic violence, pixellated nudity shots, and constant GettingCrapPastTheRadar. For ages 8-12.
* [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack Why Would Anyone Take Her Back?]]: How fans reacted to Duncan getting back together with Courtney at the end of ''Action''.
* TheWoobie: Every single character has at least one moment, even [[BigBad Chris]].
* WinBackTheCrowd: ''Revenge of the Island'' managed to bring new life to the series.
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