Line #61 ShoutOut/TotalDrama


1	''[[ShoutOut/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace The Ridonculous Race]]'' now has its own page.
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6	* ''World Tour'' has many towards ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', the most obvious being the world travel aspect of the show, and that almost every episode has a challenge that include racing to a "finish line".
7	** The episode title "The Am-AH-zon Race" is a direct reference to the show's title.
8	** In "Walk Like an Egyptian - Part 1", racers are given the option of going over or under a pyramid, presented in the exact same way Detours are given on the Race.
9	** In several later episodes, team are given tasks for only one team member to perform, which mirrors Roadblock on the Race.
10	** Both challenges from "Walk Like an Egyptian - Part 2" (the camel race and boat building) were lifted from different seasons of the Race.
11	** The statue assembly challenge from "Can't Help Falling In Louvre" was originally a Roadblock on Season 9 of the Race.
12	** In "Niagara Brawls", players are split into teams of two. Later, they're tasked with crossing a high wire over Niagara Falls, another frequent Race challenge.
13	* Owen's jump on the first challenge of season one is a reference to ''Survivor: The Australian Outback'', when one contestant overcame his fear of heights to jump off a cliff, giving his tribe the victory.
14	* An episode was called "Phobia Factor", in tribute to ''Series/FearFactor''.
15	* "Wawanakwa Gone Wild!" is a reference to "E! gone Wild" shows.
16	* Blaineley apparently hosted [[Series/TheBachelor The Puppy Bachlorette]].
17	* Team Victory and their abysmal record is likely a reference to the infamous Ulong tribe in ''Series/{{Survivor}}''.
18	* The second episode of ''Revenge'' has a challenge reminiscent of ''Series/Wipeout2008'', the Big Balls included.
19	* Scott is based on Russell Hantz from ''Survivor''. Both players had strategies that involved sabotaging their teams, they were both savvy at finding the hidden immunity idol, they both hail from the South.
20	* The first challenge of ''Total Drama Island (2023)'' involves blindfolded, attached pairs bringing back items to carry up a pulley system, which closely resembles a challenge used in ''Survivor: Cagayan'' and ''Survivor: Worlds Apart''.
21	** Even more direct is the use of a challenge that involves players standing atop a perch as long as possible while the host presents food temptations, which is one of ''Survivor's'' oldest and most frequently-used challenges.
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25	* Since ''Total Drama Action'' takes place in a film studio, pretty much everything in it makes reference to movies. Not to mention that [[LongList A LOT]] of episodes are named after movies (even some from other seasons):
26	** "2008: A Space Owen" to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
27	** "3:10 to Crazytown" to ''[[Film/ThreeTenToYuma1957 3:10 to Yuma]]''.
28	** "A Blast from the Past" to ''Film/ABlastFromThePast''.
29	** "Alien Resurr-eggtion" to ''Film/AlienResurrection''.
30	** "Beach Blanket Bogus" to ''Film/BeachBlanketBingo''.
31	** "Camp Castaways" to ''Film/CastAway''.
32	** "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen" to ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
33	** "Dial M for Merge" to ''Film/DialMForMurder''.
34	** "Full Metal Drama" to ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.
35	** "Film/GetAClue" to the movie with the same name.
36	** "Hawaiian Style" to ''Film/ParadiseHawaiianStyle''
37	** "Master of Disasters" to Irwin Allen, who bears such a title for producing movies like ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure''.
38	** "Million Dollar Babies" to ''Film/MillionDollarBaby''.
39	** "Not Quite Famous" to ''Film/AlmostFamous''.
40	** "Ocean's Eight - Or Nine" to ''Film/OceansEleven''.
41	** "One Flu Over the Cuckoos" to ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''.
42	** "One Million Bucks, B.C." to ''{{Film/One Million Years BC}}''.
43	** "Paintball Deer Hunter" to ''Film/TheDeerHunter''.
44	** "Picnic at Hanging Dork" to ''Film/PicnicAtHangingRock''.
45	** "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles" to ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''.
46	** "Riot On Set" to ''Film/RiotOnSunset''.
47	** "Rock n' Rule" to ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule''.
48	** "The Big Sleep" to [[Film/TheBigSleep the movie with the same title]].
49	** "The Chefshank Redemption" to ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''.
50	** "The Princess Pride" to ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
51	** "The Sand Witch Project" to ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject''.
52	** "Evil Dread" to ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''.
53	** "Saving Private Leechball" to ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.
54	** "Suckers Punched" to ''Film/SuckerPunch''.
55	** "Sky Fall" to ''Film/SkyFall''.
56	** "Jurassic Fart" to ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
57	** "The Pink Painter Strikes Again" to ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain''.
58	* To ''Franchise/StarWars'':
59	** The flightsuit and helmet Chris wears when piloting any aircraft resembles Luke's X-Wing Pilot outfit.
60	** In "Masters of Disasters" Chris is shooting a golf-ball gun. [[Film/ANewHope When he first hits one of the contestants, he boasts "I got one." Chef's reply... "Don't get cocky, kid."]]
61	** In "Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan", when Harold is eliminated, he takes out a lightsaber and stabs himself in the style of samurai seppuku.
62	** In the final scene of the finale for ''World Tour'', Alejandro, [[spoiler:[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith after having been deformed by a volcano, is reconstructed as a cyborg]]. Complete with Chris dressed as Darth Sidious and a {{Narm}}y BigNo from Alejandro when he finds out the prize money's been destroyed.]]
63	** In "Runaway Model", Anne Maria pokes fun at Zoey's hair, calling her pigtails "[[Film/ANewHope Princess Leia buns]]"; however, Zoey compares her hair to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Queen Amidala]]'s.
64	* To ''Film/{{Heathers}}''. ("What's your damage, Heather?")
65	* Harold's [[{{Expy}} entire character]] is a ShoutOut to Film/NapoleonDynamite. Heck, the final episode of TDA had him asking [[spoiler: Duncan and Beth]] to draw a picture of ''an imaginary animal'' to win his vote.
66	** Napoleon's older brother has a black girlfriend named Lafawnduh. Does that sound familiar somehow? [[LampshadeHanging Lindsay's even called her Lafawnduh a couple times.]]
67	* To ''Film/FightClub'':
68	--> '''Chris:''' The first rule of dodgeball is-
69	--> '''Noah:''' ''[amused]'' Do not ''talk'' about dodgeball?
70	* The scene in "Hook, Line, and Screamer" where Gwen lays out the rules of surviving a slasher movie is a near-direct rip of Randy doing the same in ''Film/{{Scream}}''.
71	* Heather's aforementioned evil little brother Damien references Damien Thorn from ''Film/TheOmen'' films.
72	* "2008: A Space Owen" also gives us [[Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles a horrified "those aren't pillows!"]]
73	* In "Top Dog", Beth [[Film/TheBlairWitchProject panics on camera]] when she gets left in the woods alone with her animal.
74	* In "Camp Castaways", Chris says they're using props from a film called ''[[Franchise/JurassicPark Bigassic Park]]''.
75	* The Celebrity Manhunt special revealed Izzy pursued acting and played the female leads of ''Film/KillBill'', ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman'', ''Film/KingKong1933'', and ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''
76	* Chris's farewell to Leshawna in "Slap Slap Revolution" references both ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' and ''Series/ProjectRunway''.
77	--> '''Chris:''' So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen!
78	* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' in the Area51 episode.
79	--> "[[MemeticMutation Don't probe me, bro]]!"
80	* Ezekiel starts to look like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] as ''World Tour'' progresses. Hell, in the last episode of the season, [[spoiler:he falls into a volcano.]]
81	* In "I see London..." Owen tells UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper that [[Film/DirtyDancing "Nobody knocks my little buddy [Noah] in the corner!"]]
82	* A skeleton with a scarf, a hat and a duffle bag is holding an umbrella and flying during the London recap. This is a clear and rather dark nod to Film/MaryPoppins.
83	* Chef's Replacement Pilot is a clear one to ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
84	* Owen seeing Ezekiel on the wing of the Jet is an obvious one to the ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' episode, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
85	* Lindsay sports a LittleBlackDress and hairstyle similar to [[Creator/AudreyHepburn Holly Golightly]] from ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' in musical number in "Broadway Baby".
86	* The leg lamp from ''Film/AChristmasStory'' shows up in the pirate treasure episode as a prize.
87	* In "Finders Creepers" the spider's infrared vision is a ShoutOut to Film/{{Predator}}.
88	* In "Grand Chef Auto", Duncan makes his cameo constrained a la Hannibal Lecter in ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
89	* In the finale of ''Revenge of the Island'' TeenGenius BubbleBoy Cameron builds a [[PoweredArmour high-tech super-powered]] [[InstantArmour self-assembling suit of armour]] and turns into "Iron Cam", which he built [[Film/IronMan1 IN A CAMP! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!]]
90	* In "Food Fright," as Chris introduces the Salad Spinner he says, "[[Film/Scarface1983 Say 'hello' to my metal friend!]]"
91	* In "Saving Private Leechball", Zoey dodges leeches in BulletTime like [[Film/TheMatrix Neo]].
92	* Shawn seems to make a reference to ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' or ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' in every episode. He's one big shout out to the Zombie genre, especially ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead.''
93	* Sammy tricking Amy into eating a poison apple is a role-reversed version of ''Literature/SnowWhite''.
94	* In "A Blast From The Past", Dave puts Ella's shoe he found on her foot, which pays homage to the ending of the Creator/{{Disney}} movie, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''.
95	* "Scarlett Fever" contains countless references to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', especially from Shawn and Scarlett.
96	** The laser dodging scene was also a clear shout out to ''Film/MissionImpossible''.
97	* "The Aftermath: O-Wen or Lose" has Owen giving an extremely extensive confession, almost the exact same confession Chunk from ''Film/TheGoonies'' gave to the Fratellis.
98	--> '''Owen:''' In the third grade, I cheated on my math exam! In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and glued it to a goat's butt at the petting zoo! In fifth grade, I knocked my little brother down a flight of stairs and blamed it on my other little brother! When my mom sent me to a summer camp for fat kids and they served us lunch, I pigged out! And the rest of the kids had nothing to eat for an entire week! But the worst thing I've ever done, I mixed a pot of fake puke juice at home and went to school, hid the puke in my jacket, and then I made a noise like this: bleahk bleahk bleahk, and then I dumped it all over--
99	* Upon discovering Bowie double crossed her and got her eliminated, Julia threatens him with the iconic line from ''Film/{{Taken}}'' before it's abruptly cut short by Chris.
100	* The 2023 reboot has some references to ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
101	** In "Jurassic Fart", the contestants have to avoid a pair of Raptors that follow the stereotypical portrayal of ''Velociraptor'' popularized by the JP series. One of the Raptors is able to open the door to the mess hall.
102	** In "Tortoise Rigamortis", after the Canadian goose that has been given Bowie a hard time during the episode's challenge scares three of the animals he wanted to take a selfie with, Bowie utters "Clever girl".
103	* In "[[Recap/TotalDramaHaulinNBallin Haulin' n' Ballin']]", MK and Julia hold hands, speak in a CreepyMonotone tone, and try to convince Zee to tell them the secret he is keeping, being a clear reference to the CreepyTwins from ''Film/TheShining''.
104	* In "Fun Fight at the O'Cake Corral" Axel yelling "This is Drama!" then kicks Zee off the dock is a reference to ''Film/ThreeHundred''.
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108	* Some of the episodes are named after music:
109	** The episode titled "Newf Kids on the Rock" is a reference to [[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock New Kids on the Block]].
110	** "No Pain, No Game" to "No Pain, No Gain" by the Music/{{Scorpions\|Band}}.
111	** "Search and Do Not Destroy" to "Seek and Destroy" by Music/{{Metallica}}.
112	** "Walk Like An Egyptian 1" and "Walk Like An Egyptian 2" are a reference to the song by Music/TheBangles.
113	** "Sundae Muddy Sundae" to "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by Music/{{U2}}.
114	* Some of the episodes feature references to music:
115	** [[Music/{{ACDC}} AC/DC]] in "Picnic at Hanging Dork."
116	** Music/{{ABBA}} in "Sweden Sour."
117	** "What's Not To Love" sounds a lot like "Paradise City"
118	** "Blainerific" sounds a lot like "Fergalicious".
119	** "I'm Gonna Make It" sounds a lot like "Life is a Highway"
120	** "This is How We Will End It" has a PowerPop riff that sounds a lot like the one in "Say It Ain't So" by Music/{{Weezer}}.
121	** In "The Big Sleep", Trent states that his favorite song is [[Music/MaroonFive "She Would Be Loved"]].
122	** In "Rock n' Rule" Harold says [[Music/{{ACDC}} for those about to rock, I salute you!]].
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126	* To ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}} 6teen]]:''
127	** In "Dial M for Merger", they parody the intro.
128	** In ''World Tour'', Lindsey mentions the Khaki Barn, a store from the show.
129	* In "Wawanakwa Gone Wild", the raccoon mecha references ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. Duncan even utters the franchise's mantra: "That's more than meets the eye."
130	* The title of "The Ex-Files" is a reference to ''Series/TheXFiles''.
131	* The title of "The Bold and the Booty-ful" is a reference to ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful''.
132	* The title of "Nobody Egg-spects the Spanish Opposition" is a reference to the famous catchphrase from ''The Spanish Inquisition'' episode of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
133	* When Heather [[spoiler: loses her hair]] we get a reaction shot of a squirrel played just like the Dramatic Chipmunk meme.
134	* In "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen", the Sasquatchanakwa is shown dressed in [[Franchise/MortalKombat Raiden]]'s classic outfit.
135	* In the ''Action'' episode "Ocean's Eight - or Nine," when Owen smells chicken scented perfume coming from outside his cell, his eyes turn green and he goes, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk "People shouldn't make me hungry]]! [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry "You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry!"]]
136	* To ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', of all things (specifically the ''Synchronized Swimmers'' episodes) in the second episode:
137	-->'''Owen:''' I'm not really a ''strong swimmer''...
138	* To ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' in "Full Metal Drama" and "Walk Like An Egyptian, Part 1".
139	-->'''Harold:''' Might I suggest you consult your friendly neighborhood chem expert? Because what is an explosion other than the chemical reaction of trinitrotoluene decomposing as [=C7H5N3O6=], 3N2, plus 5H2O, plus 7CO?
140	-->'''Noah:''' ''[as contestants face three different tunnels]'' Oh great. Our friendly neighborhood host-dude failed to mention there were ''different paths.''
141	* The expression Tyler makes after his DreamSequence in, ''"The Big Sleep"'' is a shout-out to the painting, "The Scream".
142	* During the third TDA aftermath, the boy in the webcam has a ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' poster.
143	* The unmasking of [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] in "I See London..." plays out like a scene from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', with the entire cast gasping and yelling the suspect's name after his mask is removed. Also, the first mask [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] is wearing is identified as "Old Man Jenkins", who is a minor character from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
144	* "Slap Slap Revolution" is an allusion to ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
145	* Chef is heavily implied to be playing ''VideoGame/PacMan'' at one point in "The Am-AH-zon Race", if the sound effects and his own comments are any indication.
146	-->'''Chef:''' Ha! Eat that ghost, eat it!
147	* In "Jamaica Me Sweat", a drawing of VideoGame/PacMan, two Power Pellets and an enemy Ghost can be seen among the diagrams Izzy scribbles after she becomes Brainzilla.
148	* In the finale of ''Total Drama World Tour'' they give Sierra (who lost her hair in an explosion) [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce a wheelchair and a mohawk]].
149	* "Grand Chef Auto" is obviously one to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'', particularly ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]'', where the campers had to steal Chef's prized go karts and race to graffiti tag three [[spoiler:(later four)]] landmarks.
150	* In the second episode of ''Island'', Duncan refers to Katie & Sadie as [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Tweedledum and Tweedleidiot]].
151	* Gwen's attempt at fixing Chris' self-portrait in "The Bold and the Booty-ful" is a reference to "Potato Jesus."
152	* Leonard of ''Pahkitew Island'' makes a few ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' references in his fantastic stories and claims.
153	* During the DancePartyEnding in the 2023 Reboot, Ripper is seen doing the Floss. An iconic dance from ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.
154	* The Grandma's Footsteps Challenge in episode one of ''Total Drama Island (2023) Part 2'' is a reference to the Red Light Green Light Challenge from ''Series/SquidGame''.
155	* There are ''tons'' in the official ''World Tour'' character biographies:
156	** Courtney's favorite movie is ''[[Series/RulesOfEngagement Rules of Arrangement]]'', DJ's favorite movie is ''[[Film/{{Babe}} Bob the Gallant Sheep]]'', Harold's favorite movie is ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Master of the Spheres]]'', Heather's favorite movie is ''[[Film/SawI Scrollsaw]]'', Leshawna's favorite movie is ''[[Film/StepUp Step it In 3D]]'', Lindsay's favorite movies are ''[[Film/LegallyBlonde Legitimately Blonde]]'' and ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} Semidark]]'', Owen's favorite movie is ''[[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs Overcast with a Chance of Meatwads]]'', Sierra's favorite movie is ''[[Film/NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist Mick and Morah's Superlong Mixed Tape]]'', and Tyler's favorite movie is ''[[Film/BendItLikeBeckham Kick It Like Cookedham]]''.
157	** Cody's phone "Simsang" is a reference to Samsung.
158	** [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas The Brown Nosed Peapods]] played at Lindsay's birthday party.
159	** Owen's favorite band is [[Music/{{Nickelback}} Nickelfront]].
160	** The Q-biks cubes that Izzy mentions are a reference to Rubix Cubes.
161	** Bridgette's dream date (who isn't Geoff, she adds) is [[Music/JustinTimberlake Dustin Himberlake]] and her favorite musician is [[Music/DickDale Rick Rale]].
162	* The official ''Revenge of the Island'' bios are also a plate full of references:
163	** Anne Maria mentions ''[[Film/JustMarried Just Carried]]'' and ''[[Film/Titanic1997 Gigantic]]'' as her favorite movies.
164	** Brick's favorite movie apparently is ''[[Film/{{MASH}} PAS*H]]''.
165	** Cameron mentions [[Music/TinaTurner Tina]] [[Music/DonnaSummer Summer]] as his mom's favorite singer.
166	** Dakota's favorite movie is ''[[Film/{{Clueless}} Shoeless]]''.
167	** When asked about his favorie music Scott answers [[Music/KanyeWest "Kan'Ya East"]].
168	** Staci is a big [[Music/SimplePlan Simple Flan]] fan.
169	** Staci also mentions she wants to put on her [[Music/{{Rihanna}} Tihanna]] and then mentions her duet with [[Music/{{Eminem}} N&N]] which was a song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U&list=PL7_Yoh5i3R1m-j18I4rwNZJS9jK1whDDP&index=5 about lying or something]].
170	** Lightning mentions [[Film/FastAndFurious The Splat and Curious Parts 1 through 3]] as his favorite movie.
171	** Sam wants to meet [[Creator/SatoruIwata Satoshi Niigata]].
172	** Zoey's favorite bands are [[Music/TheBeatles The Be]][[Music/TheTurtles rtles]] and [[Music/ArcadeFire Parkade Tire]].
173	** Jo lists ''[[Film/CharliesAngels2000 Charlie's Devils]]'' as her favorite film.

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