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- Abandon Shipping:
- It already happened to Lill x Nick to a lesser extent in the original version, although their ambiguous Will They or Won't They? at the end improved their popularity a little. In the remastered version, however, Nick's Adaptational Jerkass personality is the main reason why many may abandon the ship after he blindly falls for Fiore's rather obvious Frame-Up of Lill (especially in contrast to Ashley who still believes in her) and acts antagonistic towards her afterwards.
- While it was initially a fairly popular ship, Connor x Riya lost some supporters after Riya's Face–Heel Turn, causing her to be hostile even towards him and claim she doesn't need his help after he refused to continue supporting her in the finale upon seeing who she's become. It only got worse during All-Stars, where not only does Riya keep mistreating Connor and eventually votes him out, but even Connor eventually realizes that the Riya he once knew is gone and he doesn't want anything to do with the new Riya.
- Angst? What Angst?: Aside from initial reactions upon coming back to reality. the final seven of the remastered version of Season 1 doesn't comment much on dying and/or surviving for anywhere up to a month (depending on how long each individual survived) in a Zombie Apocalypse. None of them also seem bothered by essentially losing up to a month of their life due to the Year Inside, Hour Outside time passage of the virtual reality they were in.
- Ass Pull:
- Jake voting for Tom, even though he wanted to, if reluctantly, hear him out (and right before the voting ceremony at that) and was only prevented from doing so by Ellie. Keep in mind that successfully voting Tom out would've given Jake a very short time to hear him out before his departure as opposed to leaving him for at least one more episode.
- Alec leaving to get more sticks for the fire-making challenge, leaving a person he had betrayed a couple times to guard the fire. Especially considering they were shown to have just enough wood for the fire to spread without problems, which makes the decision come off as unnecessary.
- Fiore betraying Alec, including the downfall of their friendship. For one thing, Miriam manages to convince Fiore that Alec is more of a threat than Ellie, even though he's more likely to team up with her in the finale than anyone else, and even let her win given that his main motivation to win - saving his marriage - has just been crushed. And while Fiore betraying Alec isn't that unthinkable in itself, the execution of it, including their newly formed conflict, betrays their previously established relationship where Fiore treated him better than others throughout the entire season and admitted she cared for him just an episode prior.
- Almost every time Hunter wins immunity post-merge can be counted:
- In Episode 7, Kristal ignores the fact that Lake successfully completed the challenge before him solely because her ring quickly fell off.
- In Episode 8, Nina announces that the winner will get to choose two other contestants to share immunity with and tells her to choose Ally and Hunter in order to cause more drama since otherwise they'd be obvious easy targets for elimination.
- In Episode 9, Kristal decides that Hunter wins solely for being the only person to cross the finish line, ignoring the fact that he lost his partner along the way and accidentally got his blindfold taken off.
- Karol being the deciding vote against Lake...even though she has her vendetta against James and Aiden and she's just wasted a perfect opportunity to vote out James.
- Speaking of Karol, her sudden Non-Gameplay Elimination via a medical evacuation due to receiving a major leg injury. Not only is it out of nowhere and happens in an episode focusing on her stirring more drama, it gets rid of her before the elimination ceremony, cutting short her rivalry with James and Aiden, and renders her role as The Corrupter to Riya pointless (at least for this episode) since Riya ends up accepting that everyone plays dirty in this game and targets Ally anyway.
- Awesome Art: The series is praised for its smooth animation and art style perfectly replicating that of Total Drama, putting it above any other fanmade web animation based on that show.
- Awesome Music: Born to Drive Me Crazy
, Piggyback and No Matter How Hard We Try, the three songs that Magenta Team, Cyan Team, and Yellow Team perform respectively in "Strike a Cord" are all very pleasant to listen to, with a good quality of both the music and the vocals, which is especially impressive for a web animation. - Bizarro Episode: Episode 9 of the remastered version of Season 1 features a Zombie Apocalypse, which is revealed to take place in a virtual reality with Year Inside, Hour Outside time passage, both of which are rather out there for an otherwise fairly realistic reality show set on a summer camp. Furthermore, the events of the episode are rarely mentioned again, while contestants essentially losing a month of their life is never brought back again.
- Captain Obvious Reveal:
- Episode 7 of Season 1 reveals that Ellie and Grett merely switched teams instead of being eliminated. This was pretty easy to predict based on several clues: from the mysterious Cliffhanger scene and Derek thanking the Patreons in their place, to the show creators being guests on Silly Billy's review of the episode rather than the voice actresses of Ellie and Grett. There's also the fact that Episode 6 was one of two cases where both teams had to vote someone out (as a whole team rather than one member of the winning team getting to eliminate someone from the losing team in Epsidoe 5), with the previous one being Episode 1, which pulled off the same twist.
- During All-Stars episode 5, a rogue vote for Yul is made, with the guy immediately pinpointing Connor as the suspect. For a portion of the fanbase that didn't theorize it was actually Grett's vote, given that Connor voted for Miriam and the handwriting of the vote, it was obvious that Riya was the one who voted for Yul, given that the two have been at each other's throats the entire season up to that point, and Grett, Yul's girlfriend and the other possible suspect, doesn't have a clear enough motive to vote for him just yet.
- Catharsis Factor: Yul getting poisoned instead of Aiden Is this as a result of his role of a Hate Sink The Bully. It's even more cathartic for Jaiden shippers.
- Common Knowledge:
- Whenever Riya's Face–Heel Turn is brought up, those who argue for how bad it was bring up the moment when she leaves Aiden dangling on a cliff during the final challenge before leaving him to die, claiming that it was done deliberately in order to get rid of him. This is only partially true: while Riya does leave Aiden to die by falling off a cliff, what she was actually trying to do was Break Them by Talking by telling Aiden how he wasn't cut out for the finale, all while walking towards him and Aiden walking backward, which eventually lead to the mentioned moment by accident.
- Some fans believe that Ellie is one of, if not the biggest causes of trauma for Jake, as well as the main reason why their relationship eventually fell apart. While Ellie had an undeniable role in the relationship crashing down, it was actually Grett who kickstarted it, revealing Tom's secret to Jake and Miriam, which would eventually lead Jake to be vulnerable enough to fall for Ellie's lie.
- Crack Pairing: Next to Jaiden, or Aiden X James, Aiden X Hunter was one of the most popular pairings during the airing of the second season, and still has its fair share of supporters even after the season ended. In terms of canon, the two hardly share an interaction before the final few episodes, and even then, they don't have any one-on-one interactions.
- Crosses the Line Twice: In episode 12, Miriam throws Fiore off the cliff, lets go of a rope so that she'd fall of a platform and throws her up a high pole to catch a flag, all of which is considered abusive. Child Abuse? Horrible. That fact that it's all happening to Fiore? Hilarious!
- Cry for the Devil: With most characters being given depth, it's actually not that hard to sympathize with and feel sorry for the antagonists of the show. Many of them have Jerkass Woobie moments, have valid reasons to win the money, and have to deal with hardships even when they're not doing anything wrong after becoming Hated by All due to their past strategies.
- Ellie is probably the biggest example. She enters the game in easily the worst economic position out of everyone, working two jobs that barely keep her afloat. And even after joining up with Alec and Fiore, it's clear that she doesn't enjoy having to do the nasty things she does, which isn't helped by how she's constantly betrayed across the game, which only furthers her Descent into pragmatism and ruthlessness. To add insult to injury, she ranks 3rd place after being tricked yet again by Miriam, one of the few campers remaining who hadn't played dirty by then, and unlike future competitor Rosa Maria, she doesn't even get any compensation for her loss: she's just forced to go back to her poor lifestyle with only Gabby by her side.
- A close second is Alec. Like Ellie, he didn't enter the game as a bad person, but became one the longer he interacted with Fiore and the game became more cuthroat. He's dealing with a broken family back at home, with him entering the game to try use the money to fix his marriage with his wife. This all ends up for nothing when his wife decides to file a divorce while he's one of the last few campers remaining, which, to add insult to injury, is followed by Fiore betraying him and getting him eliminated before the final three, with Fiore herself barely reeling from the action while Alec is left utterly devastated.
- Designated Hero:
- Gabby in the remastered version of Season 1. The narrative clearly favors her point of view and rarely, if ever, calls her out on her actions. Her being the type of animal activist who'd threaten to kill someone just for the clothes they're wearing is treated as some sort of silly quirk. She's never called out for being a Motor Mouth, a trait which contributed to her team's loss in Episode 1. In fact, said trait is treated as something positive as it gets her the role of a navigator in Episode 6. Finally, her team voting her out in a fake elimination ceremony in Episode 1 is treated as being in the wrong and something worth for her to get Revenge for, with both Gabby and the narrative failing to address that her behavior rightfully annoyed her teammates in the first place.
- Jaiden (Aiden and James) has a tendency for this trope, especially regarding Karol. In Episode 2, James learns from Aiden that she'd be willing to vote for one of the girls from the trio of Lake, Maggy, and Rosa Maria since their alliance now forms half of the team and thus poses a threat. He reveals that to the girls to turn them against her. While a dirty play on Karol, it's a fairly smart strategic move to protect himself and Aiden from potentially losing a tie-breaker. However, joining in on voting her out and thus becoming minority on the team is not, which comes off as unnecessarily betraying her. Things are worse after her return when Aiden outright sabotages Karol during the challenge after learning she's rightfully trying to get her revenge for aforementioned stunt, which in comparison to Karol merely trying to convince Riya to vote for them by describing what they did to her, makes the couple come off as more in the wrong, even though the show portrays them as the protagonists we should root for and Karol as an obstacle they need to overcome.
- Hunter is portrayed as a friendly if somewhat socially awkward Nice Guy, but his tendency for Unintentionally Unsympathetic moments makes him come off as this instead.
- Designated Villain: Karol is portrayed as the Big Bad upon her return, specifically as a scheming antagonist Jaiden must overcome. However, as a result of her Unintentionally Sympathetic qualities, such as being justified in wanting to get rid of Jaiden for their dirty play against her, using methods for her revenge which come off as more sympathetic than the ones Jaiden use to fight back against her, and her soft spot for animals make her come off as this instead.
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- Ensemble Dark Horse:
- Ashley is possibly the most popular season 1 contestant who didn't make it to the merge. She's a well-meaning, but brave cowgirl who has good interactions with characters like Will and Lill, and unlike the Beta version, she figures out Fiore's true nature before it's too late, although she's still eliminated fairly early by Gabby's sole vote. She is also considered one of the prettiest girls in the season. Her status as one of these is why she likely returned for All Stars.
- Drew, the second boot of the first season, has a smaller but loyal fanbase who loves him for being a Nice Guy who writes in his notebook to communicate since he doesn't talk. The fact that he's one of the few characters who didn't appear in the Beta version also makes him interesting.
- You’d be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t like Connor, due to his status as an older contestant with a friendly and encouraging personality, his struggles with his aging and trying to stay current with a younger generation causing many funny moments of awkwardness, and being one of the most openly vocal against Yul and his negative and awful attitude. Some people have even made plenty of fanarts featuring him. Again, his status as one is likely why he returned for All Stars, although he doesn't make it much farther than his debut season.
- Epileptic Trees:
- During the early episodes, there was a theory that Hunter would turn out to be the Hidden Villain of the season. Several factors contributes to this: from his name and label of the "Player" being potentially interpreted in a villainous way, his rather grim character design which would easily suit antagonistic character, to his eventual infamous tendency for Unintentionally Unsympathetic moments which followers of the theory viewed as him accidentally (or not) letting his true colors slip. His involvement in the Love Triangle was also seen as him trying to manipulate the girls into an alliance, with his alliance with Yul from the earliest episodes also contributing to the theory. Eventually, the theory almost entirely faded away around the middle of the season, once Hunter's personality and plots have been more established.
- Before Aiden was revealed as the trans character teased during the Trivia challenge and although he was still the most common pick, Maggy was possibly the second most theorized candidate for this role. This was as a result of several factors, with her staying in the forest allowing to potentially pick up on the unanswered question in the future, her character design being basically a female version of Rodney's from Total Drama, and her backstory of being bullied potentially tying in with the theory as it wouldn't be uncommon for a trans person to be bullied.
- Lake was also a fairly common pick for the theory due to still being in the competition at the time, allowing for unanswered question to be revealed in later episodes, having a name commonly associated with trans community, and wearing a full-body swimsuit. Although, she was just as often debunked as a potential candidate, with most stating that her Abusive Parents would've never allowed her to go through a sex change operation.
- Some fans theorize that Nina might be artificial intelligence or a robot controlled by someone, perhaps Chris checking on his daughter's work, as a way to explain how she's apparently sentient without even Marcus around.
- Fandom VIP: Silly Billy is a YouTuber who became known for both his Disventure Camp reviews and Total Drama content. He was so recognized in the fandom that he was offered to voice Trevor as of Season 1's remaster.
- Fans Prefer the New Her: While a Base-Breaking Character, you'd be hard pressed to find fans of Riya who prefer her self from the early half of Season 2 compared to her post-Face–Heel Turn self from the latter half, as she is considered a pretty forgettable background character during early Season 2 while the latter half gave her an interesting arc of going from a good/neutral person to a maliciously competitive one, and showed a strategic mindset she didn't show before.
- Friendly Fandoms: As expected of a web animation project which started as a fanmade season of Total Drama, pretty much the entire fanbase are fans of its inspiration show. While there is some competition over which aspects are done better in which show, the fans are unitied in enjoying both.
- Harsher in Hindsight:
- Fiore getting hit by a bus in her ending of Adventure Camp can become this for some after Miriam reveals in the remastered version of Season 1 that she's a Sole Survivor of her family after her husband and son were run over by a car.
- Riya crying after her loss in the finale of Season 2. It already caused mixed reaction back then, with many fans not buying her tears and seeing it as a case of someone who was sorry for being caught rather than genuinely sorry. It only gets worse by the time of All-Stars, which reveals she hasn't learnt her lesson at all, with her career as villain actress making her believe it pays off being a villain even more, and with her lacking in empathy even more as a result.
- Heartwarming in Hindsight: A photo of Miriam's family reveals that her son was gay. This makes all of her interactions and support towards Jake more heartwarming.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Season 2 of this show was produced at the same time as the 2023 season of its inspiration, Total Drama. Despite the two production teams having no way of knowing what the other show was planning, they somehow managed to have a pair of finalists with the same racial identities and sexual orientations, only with an inverted hero-villain dynamic between them. In Disventure Camp, a pansexual black man is the hero against a straight Indian woman who is the villain, while in Total Drama Island 2023, a straight Indian woman is the hero against a gay black man who is the villain. The women also have almost identical names: Riya in Disventure Camp and Priya in Island (2023).
- Furthermore, Season 2 had a case of Breaking Old Trends as it broke Adventure Camp and Total Drama's trend of having two endings per season. Island (2023) was also the first season of Total Drama to have only one ending.
- For yet another bonus, Season 2 featured the earliest merge thus far, starting in Episode 6. The same would happen in the second season of Total Drama's reboot.
- And for yet another example, in the second season of both shows, the Big Bad uses the immunity idol to save herself from elimination in the final 4 (which also happens to be the last voting ceremony before the final 3 competing in the finale), making only their sole vote count. Both antagonists were also female and received all of the remaining three votes against them in this voting ceremony.
- Finally, the final challenge of Season 2 of both shows involves a gliding challenge where the three finalists wear special gliding costumes.
- I Knew It!:
- While there were various theories about what the mysterious card meant exactly for them, it was generally predicted that Ellie and Grett weren't eliminated in Episode 6.
- When the trailer for Episode 10 in the reboot of the first season dropped, many people speculated that Tom would be eliminated, which turned out to be true.
- Many fans predicted the "Miriam Miracle" aka Miriam winning the remastered version of Season 1. From Miriam being written as the most sympathetic character in the final 5 (and not sharing Rosa Maria's fate), having a Let's Get Dangerous! confessional at the end of Episode 11 that clearly hinted her winning, getting Character Development over the course of the season; to her fellow finalists, Ellie and Fiore, already having their own endings in the original Adventure Camp, as well as both experiencing Elimination Houdini moments in the remake that could make their victory feel unfair.
- Aiden identifying as trans was a relatively popular fan theory before it was revealed in Episode 11 in season 2.
- Improved Second Attempt: The remaster of Season 1 included a Captain Obvious Reveal in regards to Ellie and Grett switching teams instead of being eliminated since Derek thanked Patreons in their place as well as because the showrunners were special guests in Silly Billy's discussion of the episode, not to mention a case of History Repeats due to repeating the same twist from Episode 1; with the predictability of the twist being complained about by some fans. While it's been confirmed that one contestant would return after their elimination in All-Stars, the fact that both Trevor and Derek respectively replace two contestants in two different episodes in thanking the Patreons makes it less predictable this time around.
- Les Yay:
- Ally and Tess bond with each other well in spite of being in a Love Triangle with Hunter, getting especially closer to each other in episodes 6 and 7, becoming True Companions.
- The friendship trio between the nice girls - Lake, Maggy, Rosa Maria and later on Riya - is also quite affectionate at times.
- LGBT Fanbase: As a result of having a gay main couple (for the second season in a row), having aforementioned Les Yay moments, and having a confirmed trans character among the cast. Between the two casts, there are 12 LGBTQ+ competitors.
- Like You Would Really Do It: Like contestants would actually die in the middle of the competition in Episode 9 of the remastered Season 1 or Episode 8 of Season 2.
- Love to Hate: Fiore, Grett, and Yul will be this for one side of the fanbase. Karol might qualify for some as well, assuming they don't feel sorry for her instead.
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- Magnificent Bastard: James is a highly strategic TikTok influencer, knowing that the main couple of the last season became a fan favorite he seduces Aiden into an alliance and Publicity Stunt Relationship. James uses Aiden to expose Karol's intentions to eliminate one of the girls in Rosa Maria's alliance, getting her eliminated and manipulates a tie vote between Yul and Maggy. When Yul tries to poison Aiden, James tricks Yul into eating the poison mushroom instead getting him medically evacuated. Following Karol's return, James sees through her facade and records a video of her admitting her intentions to eliminate him and Aiden, leading to them sabotaging her and causing her elimination. Growing genuine feelings for Aiden, the two help each other in the final challenge where James goes on to win the season.
- Memetic Mutation:
- Quite a number of Patreons' usernames ends up being those for their...uniqueness, with the most recurring being: "Tam loves Yul and his spicy abs", "Yul's baby mama", and "Dan was robbed and should have won the season".
- "Miriam Miracle"Explanation
- Tom doing something "while being shirtless." Explanation
- Moe: Ally, Fiore (at least on the surface), Gabby, Lake, Maggy, and Trevor.
- More Interesting as a Villain: Back when Season 2 was still just starting, a popular theory popped up that claimed Hunter could become a villainous character, whether a minor one or even the main antagonist of the season, an idea that was only enhanced when Hunter performed some rather questionable actions that made him seem less sympathetic than intended. Needless to say, while Hunter has plenty of fans, there are just as many fans who feel he'd be more interesting, or at least less controversial, if the show had gone down the villain route.
- Narm: The voice acting for the English dub, especially Season 2 in particular, has been criticized by some for some of the line deliveries being seen as dull. Some characters sometimes mispronounce certain words (granted, some of the voice actors are not native English speakers like James and Gabby's for example). Considering some of the characters hail from countries outside the Anglosphere, this could be intentional.
- It can come as a detriment to certain scenes, such as the scene in season two where Riya reveals to Rosa Maria she stole her totem and framed her comes off as awkward due to the more flat delivery.
- One True Pairing:
- Even between the many characters of the first season and the combinations thereof, you'd be hard-pressed to find a fan who doesn't ship Will and Ashley together, as a result of their adorable interactions and healthy dynamic among the more morally neutral pairings in the show.
- Likewise, there's very few fans who don't ship Ellie and Gabby together, owing to the fact that they're not only very supportive and wholesome with each other, but that her relationship with Gabby is one of the few positive things about a character as morally ambiguous as Ellie.
- While nobody can deny that they had a rough start and some pretty low moments, by the end of Season 2, Jaiden (James X Aiden) is easily the most popular pairing and considered a highlight of the season, to the point they're one of the few couples to be relatively happy and healthy come All-Stars.
- One True Threesome: Hunter, Tess, and Ally, who all quickly bond with each other. In fact, all of the combinations (Hunter x Tess, Hunter x Ally, Tess x Ally) seemed to be getting Ship Tease at one point or the other. The entire trio remained as True Companions in spite of the initial Love Triangle dynamics.
- Portmanteau Couple Name:
- "Jaiden" (James x Aiden)
- "Tomjake" (Tom x Jake)
- "Gabellie" (Gabby x Ellie)
- ''Wishley'" (Will x Ashley)
- Rescued from the Scrappy Heap:
- While he was never a hated character, Tom in the beta was a very divisive character by making quite a few idiotic decisions, such as not bothering to hide that he is an Deep Cover Agent and causing Gabby's elimination just to spite Grett. In Disventure Camp he receives a necessary Adaptational Intelligence by also trying to hide his identity and becoming a more sympathetic character by not causing anyone to be eliminated. It also helps that unlike the beta version, Tom does not easily forgive Jake for believing Ellie's lies, causing many to see him as a relatable character.
- Hunter fell into The Scrappy territory post Episode 9 for his tendency for Unintentionally Unsympathetic moments, the way he handled his Love Triangle at times such as when he avoided the girls or when he impulsively kissed Ally even though he told the girls to wait for his answer after the show, as well as for his streak of 3 contrived immunity wins in a row (one of which he didn't even win and was handed to him). However, Episode 10 improved his popularity a little, restoring him back to his earlier Base-Breaking Character status. This was because the episode portrayed him more sympathetically, with him acknowledging his mistake, actually genuinely earning his victory for a change, and developing a nice Odd Friendship with Rosa Maria, even to the point of being the only one who believed she didn't steal anything and didn't vote for her.
- Romantic Plot Tumor: The Love Triangle between Tess, Ally, and Hunter in Season 2. Even without having Hunter as a member of the triangle, the subplot played the Will They or Won't They? part for all it was worth, without giving the triangle much progress. Not helping matters is the fact that Hunter eventually asks the girls to wait for his answer after the finale, which some viewers saw as the subplot being further padded out. And then, once the finale came, Hunter doesn't choose either of them as a love interest, which can make the subplot come across as pointless.
- Ron the Death Eater:
- Some of Ellie's detractors tend to paint her as a manipulative Jerkass who willingly played with Jake's trauma in order to destroy his and Tom's relationship. While she's undeniably one of the more unpleasant players within the game, Ellie's generally neutral at best, and is implied to be at least decent outside of the game.
- Likewise, some of Jake's detractors paint him as an overly emotional Manchild who's dumb enough to be played by everyone and too toxic for Tom. In truth, Jake's usually fairly chill and even friendly during the game, and it's only when his traumas are pressed does he act like an irrational paranoiac.
- Rooting for the Empire: Much like in its inspiration show, fans may often find the antagonists to be more interesting and fleshed out characters and root for whatever strategy they use to advance in the game.
- Fiore, Grett, and Alec have a big fanbase, especially the former, and fans want them to make it far in the game.
- While Ellie had become a villain by the end of Season 1, her realistic personality, sympathetic backstory and motivation, and relationship with Gabby gave her a lot of fans who were rooting for her to win.
- It's honestly not hard to actually root for Jared from the original Adventure Camp to succeed in his Revenge plot against Chris McLean, given how much of a flanderized Hate Sink the latter has become in later seasons of Total Drama.
- While Yul is a Base-Breaking Character, during the early episodes when it seemed like he'd be the main antagonist of the season, quite a lot of fans were rooting for him, especially since he had an occassional strategic move in spite of his otherwise purely Jerkass The Bully personality.
- Although he turned out to be more of an Anti-Hero as opposed to the main antagonist as was originally widely believed, James has a lot of fans rooting for him. Partly because of his ship with Aiden and partly because he's the only character who's been strategizing since the day one.
- Although she's a temporary antagonist, Karol comes off as Designated Villain. This is one of the reasons why a lot of fans find it easy to root for her, as they sympathize with her for being done dirty by Jaiden twice. More meta reasons also helped her case, as episodes 6 and 7 having No Antagonist made her strategizing a welcome change for a lot.
- While the twist is divisive, Riya's Face–Heel Turn made quite a number of fans start rooting for her as opposed to when she was more of a background character. This is partly because the change fleshed out her personality more and gave her an interesting arc, as well as because otherwise the final 5 lacked a more typical antagonist. The fact that the other members of the final four are Designated Heroes makes more people want to root for Riya.
- Special Effects Failure: In a lot of close-up shots, usually during elimination ceremonies, the backgrounds are blurry and pixelated.
- Spoiled by the Format: Two elements basically spoil the reveal of Season 1's Episode 7 that Ellie and Grett switched teams instead of being eliminated: Derek thanks the Patreons, replacing the usual eliminated contestant(s) who do so; and the showrunners appear as the special guests on Silly Billy's review of Episode 7 instead of the usual voice actor(s) of the eliminated contestant(s).
- Strawman Has a Point: While Ellie was rather harsh in her words about her fellow contestants in post-Season 1 interviews, which even her own girlfriend points out, she did raise some valid points. Namely, why would a secret spy enter a reality show where their identity and job was bound to be revealed to the public, calling out Miriam for pretending to have a heart attack to eliminate her, or calling out Alec for claiming on international TV that he wished his son was more like Fiore.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
- Will, being both the first boot of the first season and the second of the original version. Some fans wish his friendship with Lill and Ashley was explored more. Some even wish he became less cowardly over time. Unlike Oliver, he only comes back for the finale and has The Cameo in the premiere episode of All-Stars. There's also the fact that a Lovable Coward was eliminated right before a "What Do They Fear?" Episode.
- Drew, one of the new contestants added to the remake, is booted in the third episode through Dan’s old boot method. This split the fandom quite a bit as many had come to adore Drew for his silent nature and wondering why he only communicated through notes, as well as the fact that the audience learned nothing about Drew before his boot other than his note writing, which was used to give him an excuse to be booted, making him feel more like deliberate padding than an actual contestant.
- Connor. His abrupt and out of nowhere boot in Episode 3 came off as unnecessary and an unfair waste of his potential, especially since he had already become a fan favorite.
- Karol. She's eliminated second which automatically makes her one of the least focused on contestants. Then she gets to come back and appears to be set up as the Big Bad of the merge, having a major rivalry with the main couple of the season...only to be eliminated via a medical evacuation in the episode following her return.
- Marcus and Nina. Similarly to Chef Hatchet, the co-host of Total Drama, they were already more in the background when compared to contestants or the host. However, aside from A Day in the Limelight, Oliver becoming an intern made them take a back seat even more since their roles are mostly interchangeable, with Marcus only getting to drive the bus. In fact, they only got more focus in one of the episodes during which Oliver was missing. This is despite their very unique personalities and dynamics with each other and the hostess of the show.
- Unexpected Character: While even Ashley, Connor, and Yul - the three returning contestants with the lowest participation count in the past - were predicted to compete by some fans, pretty much no one expected Derek and Trevor, two hosts of the first season who were arrested in its finale, to come back as interns.
- Unpopular Popular Character: With the sole exception of James who ends up redeeming himself and thus developing several friendships, pretty much every single antagonist of the show ends up Hated by All, with a potential one exception of an Only Friend or a Love Interest. However, they're all popular among the fandom, often having a case of Cry for the Devil, Jerkass Woobie, Love to Hate, and/or Rooting for the Empire.
- Unintentionally Sympathetic:
- Fiore is supposed to be seen as cruel for forcing Will to help out aggressively. While she did reveal her true colors in the process, she made some good points about why she lost her temper at Will, considering that he slowed the team down by refusing to ride down the hill out of fear and chose to argue back at Fiore, costing them more time.
- Karol is painted as the Big Bad upon her return, with her vendetta against the main couple, James and Aiden. However, she might actually get a lot of sympathy or even fans rooting for her against Jaiden as a result of several factors. Firstly, she has every right to be mad for being betrayed by them. Secondly, while Aiden actually attempts to sabotage her during the challenge, she merely ends up trying to get Riya to vote against them, and what she tells to her about them isn't even false (aside from the claim that they lied about her). Finally, some might view her as sympathetic for deeply caring for a tarantula, seeing how devastated she was when Aiden accidentally squished it. She might also get sympathy from some for her reaction to her Non-Gameplay Elimination, as she failed to accomplish her revenge and wasn't allowed to stay in the competition due to a broken leg in spite of her protests.
- Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?: How some fans felt when Connor forgave Riya, even though she had previously and cruelly told him that she didn't need him and he had witnessed her endangering and sabotaging Aiden.
