History Characters / TotalDramaTheHostAndHisSidekick

Total Drama's cast got so big that the page had to be split into several pages. This page is for Chris [=McLean=] and Chef Hatchet.

* [[Characters/TotalDramaKillerBass Killer Bass]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaScreamingGophers Screaming Gophers]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaNewWorldTourContestants New World Tour Contestants]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaMutantMaggots Mutant Maggots]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaToxicRats Toxic Rats]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaPimapotewKinosewak Pimâpotew Kinosewak (Floating Salmon)]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaWaneyihtamMaskwak Waneyihtam Maskwak (Confused Bears)]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaRidonculousRaceNewcomers Ridonculous Race Newcomers]]
* [[Characters/TotalDramaOthers Others]]
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[[folder:Chris [=McLean=], The Host With the Most]]
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->"''The great thing about lawyers is, that they make LOTS of copies.''"

-->''Voiced by:'' Christian Potenza

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* ArchEnemy: To everyone who isn't named Chef. However, the original cast are easily the ones who hate him the most -- after three seasons enduring his sadism, the ''only'' reason they bother sticking around is because of contractual obligations, the million being the only other possible reason, even for super competitive Heather, with many blatantly stating that they hate Chris with every fiber of their being.
* AssPull: Chris is the in-universe master of this trope. On many, many occasions he changes the rules of a competition at the last minute or after it's finished.
* AttentionWhore: In spades. See CelebrityEndorsement and ItsAllAboutMe below.
* BerserkButton:
** Hearing anyone mention his age.
** Being interrupted.
** Being corrected.
** Being played by the contestant. In ''Revenge of the Island'', he once decides to make a safe and fun challenge for the contestants but angrily changed his mind after getting caught into one of Scott's traps, making him stuck in the outhouse. He manage to get his revenge when Scott gets eliminated by sending Fang along with him. He also set out to humiliate Topher in TDPI once he figured out Topher was deliberately getting under his skin so Chris would crack and Topher could replace him.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Serves as the little guy to Chef's big guy.
* BigBad: While every season has at least one antagonist, he can certainly be called this due to being the most recurring one.
* BreakTheHaughty: Although he is usually a KarmaHoudini, [[LaserGuidedKarma he occasionally gets what's coming to him]]. Each season has a trend of him getting hit with some sort of karma at the end.
* BrokenPedestal: To Sierra, who didn't register how cruel he was until she managed to incur his wrath by accidentally blowing up his jet at the end of "Awwwwww, Drumheller".
* BunnyEarsLawyer: That's why they pay him the big bucks!
* CatchPhrase: "Awwwee-some!!!" and "Right here. On Total. Drama..."
* CelebrityEndorsement: Chris will put his name and/or face on anything. In ''Revenge of the Island'', he has his own brand of products, including hot chocolate, soaps and conditioners, instant coffee, etc.
* CheshireCatGrin: He's usually seen with a [[{{Sadist}} Sadistic]] grin on his face.
* DepravedKidsShowHost: Words cannot express the downright sadism and lack of empathy this man expresses as the host of a reality show with teenage contestants. He doesn't even ''attempt'' to hide his cruelty.
* DracoInLeatherPants: In-universe, Sierra's mother has a crush on him. Sierra herself thinks he's an amazing host, only realizing the full extent of his cruelty when he leaves her behind in "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles".
--> '''Sierra:''' ''(confessional)'' [[ShipSinking Okay, mom? I know how hard it is to end a crush, but he's a total JERK-FACE! When I come home, the Chris [=McLean=] Museum/guest room better be DESTROYED!"]]
* DramaQueen: He screams and throws tantrums frequently--[[ComicalOverreacting most of the time over silly]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish reasons]].
* DreadfulMusician: He's a terrible singer, which is probably why his being in a boy band is an off-limits topic of discussion.
* DungeonMaster: His job is to make the challenges ''interesting'', and constantly [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem pays lip service to his own rules.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas [=/=] MommasBoy: Implied by Dakota in "The Treasure Island of Dr. [=McLean=]", when she mockingly asks him how many times he'd called his mother that day.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The level of care and affection he shows to Larry, is an unusual sight for him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He was genuinely disgusted when Heather read Gwen's diary on National Television; and feels bad when, in the same episode, Justin is the one who gets voted off.
---> '''Chris:''' That's really messed up, dude.
** He was horrified when [[OverlyLongName the psycho killer with a chainsaw and a hook]] came across Gwen, and left the safety of his surveillance room (alongside everyone else) to warn her.
** Mike calls him out on this in "The Treasure Island of Dr. [=McLean=]", stating that burying someone alive is dangerous, even by Chris' standards.
** Even ''he'' doesn't approve of Courtney trying to give his starving interns a sundae covered in chocolate coals and bird vomit in "Sundae Muddy Sundae", changing the rules so that the contestants have to eat their own sundaes and forbidding Courtney from eating anything else until she finishes hers.
---> '''Chris:''' You won't get anything else until you finish the sundae that you thought was ''good enough'' to feed my interns.
** While he may flush the losers down a giant toilet in ''All-Stars'', he gets pretty pissed at the Sasquatchanakwa for using it as an actual toilet.
---> '''Chris:''' Seriously bro, we put ''PEOPLE'' in there!
** In "The Bold and the Booty-ful", he was genuinely scared when Mal came up out of nowhere and was about to hit Gwen with a pipe and it caused him to head to the panic room!
---> '''Chris''': Whoa! Where did he come from? That guy is just spooky!
** In "Scarlett Fever", he doesn't even waste time with [[spoiler:an elimination ceremony for Scarlett, instead chewing her out and throwing her off the island as soon as everything is resolved.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In the ''All-Stars'' finale Chris can't stand the fact that Mike and Zoey, Heather & Alejandro, and Gwen & Cameron were all happy and didn't remotely care about the game or challenge anymore
* EvilLaugh: He pulls off a pretty impressive one in the first episode of ''Revenge of the Island'', and in "Finders Creepers".
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: As stated by Beth.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's a good show host and a pretty chill dude, but he's a downright, self-acknowledged {{Sadist}}.
* {{Flanderization}}: He gets progressively more evil and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] with each passing season. In ''Island'' he at least has ''some'' semblance of humanity and was just a [[SurrealHumor mean jokester]]. But by ''All-Stars'' he exists solely for the purpose to cause pain and suffering, which he thrives on. This is even lampshaded a few times where he explains it's due to the effects of his time spent in prison.
--> '''Chris''': It's great to be back, surrounded by the people I love ... ''to hurt''.
* ForTheEvulz:
** Before the start of the Yukon challenge, Chris mentions that in the past, he noticed that teams tend to work much harder during elimination rounds. [[ForTheLulz Just because he can]], he promises that every challenge ''COULD'' result in an elimination from that point.
** When people call him out for some of his excessively cruel challenges, he often comments "where would be the fun in that?"
* FreudianExcuse: According to WordOfGod. Chris suffered a tragic event in his past that made him the sadistic asshole he is today.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the ''Revenge'' finale, he tries to blow up the contestants' boat... only to blow ''himself'' up because Chef switched the explosives' location.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: His role as badminton player, the Flipper in ''Badminton: The Movie'' in "Get A Clue".
-->'''Chris:''' It's not Badminton, it's Good-minton, Heck, it's Great-minton!
* ILied: Uses this liberally when people point out his contradictions.
* InsistentTerminology: His [[spoiler:(now blown up and sunk)]] lakeside mansion is a cottage.
* ItAmusedMe: He puts the contestants through increasingly difficult challenges for two reasons: Ratings, and kicks.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He runs the show, and his personal tastes influence both the challenges and their outcomes at times.
-->'''Chris:''' Hey, it's my show! I can do what I want!
* {{Jerkass}}: He holds very little regard for the contestants (and less for the interns) and often laughs at their misfortune.
* KarmaHoudini: He ends up getting away with nearly everything he does, aside from the occasional mishap here and there just for laughs, except for when he gets arrested by the government at the end of ''Revenge of the Island''.
* KickTheDog: In the Yukon, Bridgette gets her tongue stuck to a pole. Instead of giving her his hot water bottle, he drinks it in front of her, then tosses it aside.
* LackOfEmpathy: One notable example is how he treats the interns. When he unleashed the carnivorous scarab beetles in Egypt, he was standing on top of an intern, who was raising him up off the ground like a piece of furniture. The scarabs begin to crawl up the intern, who was then quivering in fear. The next scene shows all the contestants running away, but when we pull back to Chris, the intern was stripped clean to the bone. [[CrossesTheLineTwice He continues to use the intern's skeleton as a footrest later on in the episode, not even batting an eyelash about it.]]
* LargeHam: His bombastic personality is based off real-life excitable game show hosts.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He is normally a KarmaHoudini; however, when karma ''does'' hit him, it hits him ''hard''.
* LightningReveal: In the first episode of ''Pahkitew Island'' [[spoiler:though that was revealed to be due to him being a hologram.]]
* MadBomber: He enjoys [[StuffBlowingUp blowing stuff up]], especially so in ''Revenge of the Island''.
** In "Who Can You Trust?", he uses mild explosives as an obstacle in the rock climbing challenge and later in the blind toboggan race.
** In "Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!", he blows up, with [[RunningGag [=McLean=]-Brand]] explosives, the new contestants' yacht, Dakota's paparazzi entourage, and [[TheCameo Owen]]. Also, he rigs the teams' totems with bombs with 7-minute timers.
** In "Backstabbers Ahoy!", he puts mines out in the lake, with Dakota and Bridgette getting blown up while demonstrating the challenge.
** In "A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste", due to pressure from a government environmental agency, he sends the campers into an abandoned mine turned toxic dump with bombs strapped to their backs. After the campers evacuate the mine, he blows it shut.
** However, he did NOT like it when Sierra accidentally blew up the Total Drama Jumbo Jet in "Awwwwww, Drumheller" or when Duncan blew up Mount Chrismore in "Grand Chef Auto", and his [[InsistentTerminology cottage]] in "You Regatta be Kidding me".
* {{Narcissist}}: Progressively [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] over the course of the series. In ''Action'', he let the Killer Grips win a cheerleading challenge because their cheer was about him.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks like the cartoon version of Jeff Probst, host of ''Survivor''.
* NoOSHACompliance: He often [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this trope in challenges, sometimes taking it UpToEleven, especially in later episodes of a season.
-->'''Zoey:''' This challenge looks a little unsafe.
-->'''Chris:''' No, it's '''''[[LampshadeHanging totally]]''''' unsafe!
* NotMeThisTime: His response to Heather accusing him of [[spoiler:stealing her idol]] in "No one Eggspects the Spanish Opposition".
* OldShame: In-universe, Chris was NEVER in a boy band. DON'T ever insinuate otherwise. Nor should you mention his cooking show and the godawful films about talking cats.
* PermaStubble: He is clean shaven in "A Blast from the Past", but regains his stubble by the next episode.
* PerpetualSmiler: Played with.
** Normally the trope is [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], while he usually seen with a CheshireCatGrin, he'll occasionally drop it when he gets angry or serious.
** [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in "A Blast from the Past". Due to a Botox injection, his face is stuck with a smile throughout the episode. One would not normally smile through a bear attack...if they were the victim.
* {{Sadist}}: He describes himself as one, and goes to painstaking degrees to ensure the contestants are as miserable as possible.
* SanitySlippage: Suffered from this by having to spend the off-season in jail.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Chris practically runs on this trope, as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Heather in "Masters of Disasters" and Alejandro in "The Am-AH-Zon Race".
--> '''Chris''': Since I'm the host of the show and I can do whatever I want.
* SkewedPriorities: He cares more about his personal comfort than the safety and well being of the contestants. [[spoiler:This is especially prevalent when Scarlett threatens to blow up Pahkitew Island.]]
--> '''Chris:''' ''(in a panicked voice)'' CHEF!!! We got an emergency! The foamy thing in the coffee machine won't work at all now! ''(takes a sip of coffee)'' ''(in a less distressed voice)'' Also, [[spoiler:Scarlett's]] gone rogue and is going to blow up the island. We've got to warn the others. ''(takes another sip of coffee)'' As soon as the foamy thing is properly working again.
* SurferDude: His voice actor is most known for this, and he sounds like one himself.
* TooDumbToLive: It's probably not a good idea to remind your biggest hater of all the things you've done to them, which made them hate you in the first place, while they've got you hanging by a rope over a pot of toxic waste.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He levels up in every season.
* UnusualEyebrows: Chris is usually shown to have separate eyebrows; however, whenever he has a scowl on his face, he ends up with what looks like a unibrow.
* VillainousBreakdown: Chris loses it when Sierra accidentally blows up his plane.
* VillainousBSOD: Duncan blowing up his mansion, however, elicited this reaction instead, making him talk in a depressed tone of voice for a few moments in "You Regatta Be Kidding Me".
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite his treatment of the contestants and going to jail for dumping toxic waste by the end of ''Revenge of the Island'', Chris is apparently still popular enough to be chosen by his producers to host ''All-Stars''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Chef. Chris can be rather abusive of Chef, which really wears on Chef's patience, but the two are ultimately pretty good friends.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The cast of every season hates him, but none more so than the first generation cast, many of whom are just sick of his bullshit and want absolutely nothing to do with the show anymore.
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[[folder:Chef Hatchet, The Scary Cook]]
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->''"I slave over a hot stove cookin' dolphin... no appreciation!"''

-->''Voiced by:'' Clé Bennett

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* AngryBlackMan: He's definitely not happy with his job...
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Twice in season one. First he's put in charge of a boot-camp / military-themed challenge in "Basic Straining", and later he has to host the entirety of "Are We There Yeti?" because Chris was busy attending an awards show.
** He also got more of the spotlight when he formed an illegal alliance with DJ in ''Action'' and Blaineley in ''World Tour''.
** In season four, he had to host "Eat, Puke and Be Wary" because Chris had accidentally gotten caught in one of Scott's snare traps.
* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with Chris, at times, resembles an old married couple's, and he has fallen for Justin's looks more than once, even admitting 'the boy is handsome' once... even if, in the latter case, it can be a case of EvenTheGuysWantHIm.
* BerserkButton:
** Don't ever get caught in his kitchen, otherwise known as "Forbidden Territory".
** Don't touch or mess with ANYTHING that belongs to him.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: With Chris. Chef is obviously the big guy.
* CampCook: [[CaptainObvious Obviously]].
* {{Crossdresser}}: He even Lampshades in the recap before "Finders Creepers" by saying that "Wardrobe's all out of Vampire Outfits."
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Fleeting snippets of dialogue imply that he has one. During one episode, he saw Geoff and Bridgette making out and said, "I once knew a love like that," and in the same episode, when he thought he killed Izzy, he said, "Oh no, not again."
* DeathGlare: His default expression.
* DoAnythingSoldier: He can fill any role that Chris needs at the moment. His range includes being a chef, a stunt tester, a man hunter, a drummer, a drill sergeant, a harp player, a doctor, etc.
* TheDragon: In many ways.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: What he figured out right before [[spoiler:Camp Wawanakwa sunk]] in the finale of ''All-Stars''.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He's implied to have spent time in the army.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In the TDA reunion special, off-screen.
-->'''Chris:''' Dude, where'd you learn to drive? NASCAR?
* DungeonMaster: Twice in ''Island'' and once in ''Revenge of the Island''.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He was a little shocked when he thought he killed Izzy during the alien challenge.
** He was worried when Zoey snapped in "Eat, Puke, and Be Wary"
--->'''Chef:''' I may have pushed her too far...
** He's also freaked out by Mal's cruelty.
---> '''Chef:''' That kid ain't right!
** In "The Final Wreckening" he expresses concern about the challenge Chris set up, and refuses to high five the former when he describes how brutal and vicious the challenge is, stating, "People are gonna die."
** In "Hurl & Go Seek" he is genuinely concerned about the contestants eating food that expired back in ''1976'', and is visibly dismayed by Chris' apparent joy at the horrible side effects the contestants will be suffering from.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His full name seems to be Chef Hatchet, though. So it's a very convenient first name?
* EvilChef: Probably better known as a LethalChef but he certainly gets a lot of enjoyment out of tormenting the campers. This was toned considerably as the show went on -- many of the campers actually prefer Chef over Chris.
* EvilLaugh: Most of the time, he is a GigglingVillain; however, he pulls off impressive evil laughs in "Grand Chef Auto" and "Eat, Puke and Be Wary".
* FanDisservice: Anytime he cross-dresses.
* GracefulLoser: Was genuinely impressed when Leshawna outplayed him in "Hide and Be Sneaky".
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Has a temporary one at the end of ''Revenge of the Island'']].
* HypercompetentSidekick: To Chris.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne
-->'''Izzy:''' If I can handle hand-to-paw combat with a polar bear... ''(chuckles)'' I can handle a bald, emotionally-withdrawn cook in a Halloween costume.
-->'''Chef:''' Who you callin' a cook?
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On rare occasions. Mainly reserved for DJ.
* KickTheDog:
** In "Backstabbers Ahoy!", he puts Dawn in a garbage bag before catapulting her off the island.
** In "This is the Pits!", on Chris' order, he pours gasoline on a buffet and lights it on fire [[spoiler:because neither team won the challenge]].
* LesserOfTwoEvils: Unlike Chris, Chef does occasionally show concern for the campers, especially in Season 5.
* LethalChef: [[InvokedTrope Intentionally invoked]], most likely by Chris. It is shown that Chef can actually [[RealMenCook cook quite well]] when he wants to, but it's his job to make barely edible slop for the campers.
* ManlyTears: Most notably in "Basic Straining" and "Riot on Set."
--> "STRONG MEN CRY!"
* TheMedic: One of his secondary roles.
* TheMunchausen: Nobody's quite sure what war he was in.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is basically an exaggerated version of Creator/SamuelLJackson, minus the use of his infamous CatchPhrase.
* PerpetualFrowner: In contrast to Chris' PerpetualSmiler. While he usually has a DeathGlare on his face, [[DownplayedTrope he does occasionally crack a smirk]].
* PsychoForHire: Enjoys what he does (most of the time).
* TheQuietOne: Most of the time.
* RealMenWearPink: But he wishes they didn't.
* {{Sadist}}: Although not to the same degree as Chris, Chef does enjoy seeing the campers in pain on occasion.
* ScaryBlackMan: Considering that he is based off almost every Samuel L. Jackson character ever, it's a given.
* SlasherSmile: Anytime he gets to personally mess with the contestants, but pulls an amazing one in "Are We There Yeti?" during the elimination ceremony.
* SuddenlyShouting: He tends to do this quite often. One example is his BaitAndSwitchComment to Lindsay when she quits one of the challenges in "Basic Straining":
--> "Listen here, you have nothing to be ashamed of... EXCEPT FOR BEING A LITTLE BABY AND LETTING YOUR TEAM DOWN!!!"
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Chris. The two initially bicker a lot and Chef really seems sick of him at times, but they are also shown to get along well offset and consider each other very close friends. In "Zeek And Ye Shall Find," Chef freaks out when Chris is kidnapped by Ezekiel and is genuinely concerned for his safety.
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[[folder:Don]]

--> ''Voiced by'' Terry [=McGurrin=]

The host of the Ridonculous Race.

* AffablyEvil: He isn't as sadistic as Chris nor does he go out of his way to make the challenges more difficult for the contestants. However, he also has zero issues with watching the contestants put themselves in danger.
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of his off script dialogue is this.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Characters/TheAmazingRace Phil Keoghan]].
* {{Narcissist}}:
** His official reveal was an ego stroking article made up from "facts" supplied by Don himself.
** Also, the Don Boxes, the show's clue dispensers shaped like him.
* RulesLawyer: He gives out twenty minute penalties to teams whenever they fail to follow their instructions exactly and [[spoiler:he eliminated the Tennis Rivals on the technicality that Gerry's foot wasn't all the way in the Chill Zone.]]
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: After a crab pulls on his Speedo.
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* BigBad: While every season has at least one antagonist, he can certainly be called this due to being the most recurring one. WordOfGod even states that he will always be the real villain of the show.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He's a good show host and a pretty chill dude, but he's a downright, self-acknowledged {{Sadist}}.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the ''Revenge'' finale, he tries to blow up the contestants on the boat... only to blow ''himself'' up because Chef switched the explosives' location.

** Even ''he'' doesn't approve of Courtney trying to give his starving interns a sundae covered in chocolate coals and bird vomit in "Sundae Muddy Sundae", changing the rules so that the contestants have to eat their own sundaes and forbidding Courtney from eating anything else until she finishes her's.

** Being played by the contestant. In ''Revenge of the Island'', he once decides to make a safe and fun challenge for the contestants but angrily changed his mind after getting caught into one of Scott's traps, making him stuck in the outhouse. He manage to get his revenge when Scott gets eliminated by sending Fang along with him.

* ItAmusedMe: He puts the contestants through increasingly difficult and torturous challenges for two reasons: Ratings, and kicks.

* HypocriticalHumor: He chastises Courtney for trying to feed the interns with ice cream topped with bird poop, even if he himself let them starve before the challenge...[[spoiler:''and kept them starving anyway''.]]