History FanFic / TotalAlternateIsland

** Harold's (and Mara's) family name is "McGrady."

The main story is complete and a sequel, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8435547/1/TAI2_Total_Alternate_Action_Tour Total Alternate Action Tour]]'' is in progress. This series has its own [[http://totalalternateisland.wikia.com/wiki/Total_Alternate_Island_Wikia wikia page]].

** Harold’s (and Mara’s) family name is “McGrady.”
** Gwen’s (and Michael’s) family name is “Ackheart.”
** Lindsay’s (and Paula’s) family name is “Gibbons.”
** Heather’s family name is “Cheng.”
** Katie’s family name is “Hunt.”
** Courtney is given a full name, hers being “Courtney Abigail Mann.”

---> Chef: "Oh you’re not old enough for me to take to the woodshed, boy!"

* AdaptationalHeroism: While she does have her original AlphaBitch moments from the cannon Total Drama Island show, Heather in the fanfiction becomes a DefrostingIceQueen much quicker, actually shows concern for her siblings back home, and isn`t responsible for several cruel acts in the cannon series (notably getting Trent eliminated, as it`s Courtney who blackmailed him out of the competition instead).

** Harold’s (and Mara’s) family name is “Mcready.”

** Heather’s family name is “Chen.”

** Harold’s (and Mara’s) family mane is “Mcready.”

* ClosetGeek: Andrew is revealed to be a huge fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'' when he gets into an argument with Harold about who is stronger between Darth Vader and Sauron from ''LordOfTheRings''. Heather to a lesser extent during the Campers Rising challenge when she lets it leak where she wonders if the types of zombies they will face are the classic slow ones or the fast ones of recent times (then quickly saying she only knew about that because her brother had her watch him do playthroughs of zombie video games).

* KickTheDog: Literally. Courtney, being an arrogant JerkSue kicks Wolfo away when he was simply begging for food.

* {{Badass}}: Andrew faces off against a bear, Eva, and even Chef. Also in the first challenge, he killed a shark when he landed outside the safe-zone of the shark-infested lake.

* TheScrappy: Courtney, in-universe. Because of her arrogance and reign of terror during most of the first season, she is hated by the viewing audience as well as the other players.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Courtney doesn't take kindly to being eliminated first despite her team having good reason to, so she persuades [[CorruptCorporateExecutive her father]] to buy the network that airs the show. She then [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections uses her father's influence]] to force her way back into the competition and obtain numerous perks that give her a blatantly unfair advantage, all while claiming she deserves it "for how [she] was treated". Once back in the game, she spends most of her time trying to [[DisproportionateRetribution cause serious injury]] to Ezekiel over something that happened long before and blackmails multiple players into an alliance with her, threatening to destroy their lives if they refuse to help her win.

%%* PressurePoint: Heather knocks out Courtney with this to shut her up.

%%* {{Schemer}}: Justin. Also Jared in TAAT. Who knows what's in that metal briefcase of his...

* VillainousBreakdown: Courtney breaks down when her terror- and corruption-fueled scheme unravels.

* ChasteHero: Andrew was this at first, believing his teammates should focus on winning the challenges rather than think about relationships. [[spoiler: Heather inadvertently ended that]].

%% * ControlFreak: Courtney, again.

%%* JerkassRealization: [[spoiler: Leshawna in the Haut-Campture chapter]].

* TrainingFromHell: Andrew mentioned that his father, a former army drill sergeant, used to put him through insane training exercises. This includes stranding him in a forest and dumping him in a lake of alligators, all while he was only eight years old.

* ClosetGeek: Andrew is revealed to be a huge fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'' when he gets into an argument with Harold about who is stronger between Darth Vader and Sauron from ''FranchiseLordOfTheRings''. Heather to a lesser extent during the Campers Rising challenge when she lets it leak wherer she wonders if the types of zombies they will face are the classic slow ones or the fast ones of recent times.

%%* AxCrazy: Courtney, after Ezekiel spits at her.

%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: Justin as shown in ''Scheming From the Shadows''.
%%* BreakTheCutie: Laura got subjected to these even before coming to the island.

%%* BrokenBird: Gwen's reason for being a Goth. Said reason was also [[spoiler: used as leverage for blackmail by Courtney]].

%%* ClosetGeek: Andrew is revealed to be a huge fan of ''Franchise/StarWars''. Heather to a lesser extent during the Campers Rising challenge. %% WHERE IS THE "CLOSET" PART?

%%* StageMagician: Felix in TAAT ''tries'' to be this...

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Talia in TAAT has purple hair with white bangs.

* OnlySaneMan: Andrew feels like this. Jessie is a female example.

* PapaWolf: Andrew to Bridgette. Duncan to Lindsay.
* PetTheDog: Chris tells the Interns to help [[spoiler: help Ezekiel]] to the Boat of Losers after his elimination when he is sick and exhausted.

* PlayfulHacker:
** Cody to a lesser extent as it was revealed he accidentally hacked into the Canadian Government's database while playing World of Warcraft.
** Kiki in TAAT is this.

* PressurePoint: Heather knocks out Courtney with this to shut her up.

* ReformedButRejected: Somewhat subverted with Heather. Although a few still hate her, some are willing to give her a chance.

** Heather [[spoiler: switching the votes.]] She was so enraged about being left locked in the freezer that she does't care about the consequences. Leads to a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
** Courtney throws reason out the window in the path of an oncoming bus here. All she cares about is making sure those who "wronged" her suffer.
** Leshawna also falls in this, not caring about the consequences of her actions as long as Heather gets voted off.
* RichBitch:
** This becomes the defining feature of Courtney's characterization due to her connections, vindictiveness and entitled attitude.
** Heather was this [[CharacterDevelopment at first]].
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Wolfo, the wolf pup Jake adopts.

* {{Schemer}}: Justin. Also Jared in TAAT. Who knows what's in that metal briefcase of his...

* ShipperOnDeck: Izzy towards Sara and Laura.

** The virtual challenges are a shout out to those from the ''[[Fanfic/TotalDramaComebackSeries Total Drama Comeback]]'' series.

* TheSilentBob: Raphael in TAAT is a mute due to a throat injury.

* TheSmartGuy: Harold, Cody, and Noah, but Marcus fits the bill since he's an inventor.
* SmugSnake: Courtney mostly, but Justin as well.

* StageMagician: Felix in TAAT ''tries'' to be this...

* TakeThat: To ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' during the Campers Rising challenge.
* TeamDad: Andrew is this not just for the Killer Bass, but for whatever team he gets put on for challenges after the merge.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Basically within both teams, and some after the merge, especially those teams unfortunate enough to have Courtney.

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* AccidentalPervert: Andrew to Heather in the infamous top-rip scene.
* ActionGirl: Izzy, and later Bridgette.
* AlphaBitch:
** Heather in the beginning of the first fic, but then replaced by Courtney.
** Sadie in Action Tour, after her new, slimmer look makes her arrogant and high-maintenance.

* TheAtoner: Heather in the latter half of the story.
* AxCrazy: Courtney, after Ezekiel spits at her.

* BadassNormal: Andrew. He faced off against a bear, Eva, and even CHEF. Also in the first challenge, he killed a shark when he landed outside the safe-zone of the shark-infested lake.
%% ** Izzy
* BareYourMidriff: Heather, Lindsay, Izzy, Gwen, Bridgette, Sara, Jessie, Katie, Sadie and Dena.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Heather and Andrew.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Michael the intern, Gwen's brother, is this to her to the point of being a PapaWolf. Also Duncan towards Lindsay and Andrew towards Bridgette.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Justin as shown in ''Scheming From the Shadows''.
* BreakTheCutie: Laura got subjected to these even before coming to the island.

* BrokenBird: Gwen's reason for being a Goth. Said reason was also [[spoiler: used as leverage for blackmail by Courtney]].
* BuriedAlive: Gwen's fear to conquer in the fear challenge.
* ChainedHeat: The "Trial By Triathlon" challenge is based on this.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ezekiel gets a lot of this.

* ClosetGeek: Andrew is revealed to be a huge fan of ''Franchise/StarWars''. Heather to a lesser extent during the Campers Rising challenge.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: [[spoiler: Heather, in which her conscience takes the voice of her sister Jewel]].

* DaddysGirl: Courtney takes advantage of this to bully her way back onto the game.
* DarkerAndEdgier: scenes like [[spoiler: Harold's concussion]] and the [[spoiler: REAL Gregory Fowling showing up and attacking Bridgette, Leshawna, and Mara in their cabin]] set a darker tone than the original had.
* DeadpanSnarker: Noah, as per canon. Andrew at times, as well.
* DealWithTheDevil: Justin seems to bait people into being his unknowing pawns for next contest in Scheming From the Shadows, but [[spoiler: Courtney takes him up on his offer to work with him for the next contest all for the sake of revenge, with little to no concern for the consequences]].
* DefrostingIceQueen: Heather, thanks to [[spoiler: Andrew, Jessie, and even Sara and Laura]].

* DistractedByTheSexy: Sara to the boys and a certain girl upon her arrival to the island. Lindsay as well. Gwen after being forced into one of Lindsay's bikinis. Heather in the infamous top-rip scene, then her SexyWalk in the Finale [[spoiler: which momentarily stopped Andrew]].

* [[invoked]] DudeNotFunny: Everyone displayed disgust at Duncan when he repeatedly pranked Harold for no reason, which isolated him from his own team. Then came the dock incident, where Duncan and Geoff get treated like pariahs for their prank gone wrong.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Though technically not evil, Heather, even at her worst, [[spoiler: showed genuine care for her siblings.]]

* EveryoneMeetsEveryone:
** Done in the beginning of both fics while introducing the new players.
** Inverted with [[spoiler: Eva as chocolate IS her fear]] and with [[spoiler: Heather due to a childhood trauma with a [[AbusiveParents dickweed father]]]].
* FallenHero: How [[spoiler: Leshawna is viewed after the Boney Island Race.]]

* FullFrontalAssault: In "Xtreme Torture" by Heather in the mudski challenge. Andrew got himself an eyeful.

* HotTeacher: Jessie would technically count as this as it was revealed she once served as a substitute teacher at a high school.

* ItAmusedMe: Chris when he thinks up insane challenges for the contestants to do.

* JerkJock: Jared in TAAT is this.

* JerkassRealization: [[spoiler: Leshawna in the Haut-Campture chapter]].
* JustFriends: Andrew and Bridgette. Geoff had a bit of a hard time realizing this, though.

* KungFuKid: Andrew is a martial artist. Also, Harold in sone regard

* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler: Tyler and Eva, Beth and Noah]] just before one got voted off. Averted with [[spoiler: Heather and Andrew]] who had a proper set-up.

* LockedInAFreezer: Done to Heather in "If You Can't Take the Heat".
* LoopholeAbuse: Chris is fond of these. Harold and Laura turn the tables and use it on Chris to win the first challenge of the Tri-armed Triathlon. Harold does it to Chris again in the dare challenge.

* LoveTriangle
** Tyler/Lindsay/Cody.

* MamaBear: Eva to Ezekiel and Izzy to Laura.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** Chris and Courtney. Justin is secretly this in ''Scheming From the Shadows''.
** Sadie in Total Alternate Action Tour seems to be falling into this.

* MoralityPet: Jake and Ezekiel to Eva.

!!''Fanfic/TotalAlternateIsland'' provides examples of:

%% * BadassAdorable: Laura becomes this.

%% ** Izzy

%% * BearsAreBadNews: A lot.

%% * BigEater: Owen, as per canon

%% * ControlFreak: Courtney, again.

%% * DumbBlonde: Lindsay and Geoff in some cases.
%% * EarthyBarefootCharacter: Dena.

%% * FriendshipMoment

%% * GadgeteerGenius: Marcus
%% * GenkiGirl: Izzy obviously, and now [[spoiler: Laura]].
%% * GentleGiant: DJ.

%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gwen and Duncan.
%% * {{Jerkass}}: Chris, Chef, Justin, Leshawna, and Courtney.

%% * LovableNerd: Harold and Cody.
%% * LoveRedeems: Heather

%% * {{Meganekko}}: Jessie.
%% * MoralMyopia

%% * MsFanservice: Sara seems prominent in this regard.

%% * NerdActionHero: Harold and his mad skillz.
%% * NerdsAreSexy: Harold to Jessie.

%% * PitbullDatesPuppy: Eva and Tyler.

%% * SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler: Duncan and Leshawna]].

%% * SpecsOfAwesome: Jessie and Harold.

%% * StalkerWithACrush: Kelsey to Trent in TAAT.

%% * SurferDude: Geoff.

%% * TeamMom: Bridgette to the Killer Bass.
%% * TeamPet: Wolfo and Bunny.
%% * TeenGenius: Marcus

%% * {{Trailers}}: Total Drama Action Tour

%% * WhoWearsShortShorts: Sarah, Heather, Lindsay, Izzy, Katie, Sadie.
%% * WickedCultured: Justin

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Heather's]] father is an abusive prick who beats on his own children. At one point, [[spoiler: Heather as a child tried baking a surprise birthday cake for her mother, but then gets beaten to within an inch of her life for simply messing up the kitchen. To add to his jerkassery, he took the cake and delivered it to his wife, taking the credit for it]]. The message from home wasn't heartwarming as the others as [[spoiler: Heather's father outright tells her not to bother coming back if she loses]].

* ActionGirl: Izzy, and recently [[spoiler: Bridgette]].
* AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler: Gwen]] does this on [[spoiler: Courtney when she is forcefully disqualified due to her past actions on the show]].
--> [[spoiler: Gwen]] : [[spoiler: "You've made most of our stay here hell, got rid of my first real friend and my boyfriend, bossed us around, terrorized Homeschool, thought you were a goddess, and tried to make me your slave." *Gwen flashes a SlasherSmile and punches Courtney in the face hard enough she gets sent flying onto the Boat of Losers* "THAT'S for ALL of them."]]
* {{Angst}}: Laura goes through this when [[spoiler: Sara gets voted off the first time due to Heather switching the votes for being locked in the freezer. She gets better, though, when Sara was among the ones who return back]]. Cody suffers this as well when [[spoiler: Lindsay gets voted off due to an untold rule of Courtney's that she couldn't be voted off on the challenge she returns on (everyone voted for her, which made their votes invalid). He places the blame on Jake, the winner of said challenge, for not making her one of the spots for immunity. Cody gets better, too]].
* AffectionateNickname: Seems to be this eventually in regards [[spoiler: to Heather's 'Queenie' nickname from Laura.]]

** [[spoiler: Sadie in Action Tour as her new look had made her quite arrogant and high-maintenance]].
* AmusingInjuries: Most characters have their moments.
** Special mentions go to Courtney, which include: being shot numerously with a paintball gun, being thrown into a barrel of leeches by Andrew, getting electrocuted by Izzy, and getting [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom a haymaker punch to the face]] by Gwen.
** The latter is recorded via sketch by Gwen and Laura. It is then later revealed in the Haut-Campture chapter that [[spoiler: Courtney's face was horribly disfigured from the punch to the point everyone laughs at her new mug, much to her anger]].

* AxCrazy: Courtney after [[spoiler: Ezekiel spits at her.]]
%% * BadassAdorable: [[spoiler: Laura]] becomes this.

* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler: Heather and Andrew]].

* {{Blackmail}}: Courtney pulls this on [[spoiler: Gwen and Heather to force them into an alliance with her. If they refuse, she'll reveal the news of why Michael, Gwen's brother, was sent to prison, and she'll also call Heather's father on her]]. She also blackmails [[spoiler: Trent to vote himself off or she'll publically ruin Gwen and her family's lives]].

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler: Courtney's father, Carter, buys the network in order to get Courtney back into the game, where she acts like a complete SpoiledBrat. Because he is now the new chairman, Courtney had been given so many perks unfair to the other players it's not even funny. He basically bought the network to make sure Courtney wins no problem, lest Chris, Chef, and the Interns suffer his wrath since he controls the paychecks. The corruption IS found out later, though, and Carter is paying dearly for it]].

* DistractedByTheSexy: Sara to the males [[spoiler: and Laura]] upon her arrival to the island. Lindsay as well. Gwen after being forced into one of Lindsay's bikinis. Heather in the infamous top-rip scene, then her SexyWalk in the Finale [[spoiler: which momentarily stopped Andrew]].

* DontYouDarePityMe: Heather doesn't want anyone's pity, stating that it's the worst thing to have. This was after all the remaining campers [[spoiler: saw her message from home, which had her dad basically tell her that she's a failure and not to bother returning home if she loses]].

* EntitledBastard: Courtney expects everyone to follow her orders or protect her despite not showing any respect whatsoever to her teammates.

* HotterAndSexier:[[spoiler: Sadie in TAAT who slims down quite a bit because she thought she wasn't attractive before.]]
* HumiliationConga: Some, but it all goes to Courtney, who deserves EVERY BIT OF IT.

** Tyler/Lindsay/[[spoiler: Cody]]. [[spoiler: Cody wins out in the end]].
** [[spoiler: Heather/Andrew/Sadie]], maybe...

* MarshmallowHell: Lindsay does this to [[spoiler: Cody]] in the first challenge, but he doesn't seem to mind at all, obviously. Happened again at the start of TAAT when the campers reunited again.

* NightmareSequence: [[spoiler: Duncan gets one about his past when he was young how he was roped into pulling off an arson by a former friend who resembled Harold, then got sold out to the cops by him, fueling his FreudianExcuse of his unprovoked antagonistic attitude towards Harold. Heather when she thought about what may happen to her siblings who are left with her abusive father]].

* ObliviousToLove: Sadie harbors an obvious crush on Andrew, who doesn't even notice her or even interacted with her that much. It remains [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]], though, as he eventually [[spoiler: hooks up with Heather]].
* OddFriendship: Gwen and Lindsay. Later [[spoiler: Gwen and Heather]].

** Pretty much any time Chris is smiling or grinning.

* PairTheSpares: Once the teams were dissolved in Brunch of Disgustingness, the remaining guys joke that among them, [[spoiler: Andrew is the only one not hooked up with anyone and that on the girls side, Heather is the only girl not hooked up. They meant that as a joke, until Andrew simply asked what's wrong with hooking up with her, then all laughter stopped]].

* PetTheDog: Chris tells the Interns to [[spoiler: help Ezekiel to the Boat after his elimination when he is sick and exhausted]].

--> Andrew: (to [[spoiler: Leshawna]]) "Shut. Up. NOW."

* RageBreakingPoint [[spoiler: Leshawna goes ballistic when she is almost voted off after the Boney Island Race.]]

** Heather [[spoiler: switching the votes.]] She was so enraged about being left locked in the freezer that she does't care about the consequences. Leads to a [[spoiler: MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment]]

* RomanticRunnerUp: [[spoiler: Tyler loses Lindsay to Cody since she wasn't at all interested in him. Upon Tyler's elimination, it was revealed to him that Eva harbored a crush on him]].

* ShipperOnDeck: Izzy towards [[spoiler: Sara and Laura]].
* ShoutOut: The virtual challenges are a shout out to those from the ''[[Fanfic/TotalDramaComebackSeries Total Drama Comeback]]'' series.

** The 8th chapter of SFTS's idea is based off [[spoiler: Inception]]

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Izzy is able to speak with the local wildlife. Also [[spoiler: Laura]] to an extent.

* SpoiledBrat: Courtney. After forcing her way back onto the show, she expects everything to be handed down to her on a silver platter, threatening the hosts and interns their jobs if they didn't comply.

* ThanatosGambit: Duncan arranges his own figurative "death" of getting eliminated from the game to publicly expose Courtney's reign of terror and the corruption supporting it, something he can only do from the outside.

* ThrowingTheFight: [[spoiler: Leshawna tried to do this in the grifball VR challenge in order to get Heather voted off. It failed badly, but they lost anyway. It also didn't matter because the elimination in that challenge can only be done by the losing team's MVP, which turned out to be Heather, much to Leshawna's horror]].

** Bridgette when she [[spoiler: bashed Gregory Fowling repeatedly over the head with her surfboard in self-defense]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: Courtney didn't take to being eliminated first despite her team having good reason to, so she [[spoiler: had her father buy the network that plays the show]] so she'd be back in the competition, and if that weren't bad enough, she had also given herself numerous perks that gave her blatantly unfair advantage, all while saying it is "justified for how she was treated". She also spends most of her time trying to cause serious injury to Ezekiel over something that happened long before. Courtney also [[spoiler: blackmailed Gwen and Heather into an alliance with her, threatening to destroy their lives if they refuse to help her win]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Courtney after [[spoiler: an eliminated Duncan reported the corruption taking place in the show to Crystal, a lawyer. Crystal arrives on the island after the ''Hide and Be Sneaky'' challenge to reveal that Courtney's father is in DEEP trouble with the media law and had lost 80% of his fortune paying off the numerous lawsuits thrown at him by angry viewers and relatives of the eliminated contestants. Because her father broke a lawfully-written law in contract, Courtney is forcefully removed from the contest, ending her reign of terror. She goes into a rant after all her perks get taken away from her, but then Gwen [[LaserGuidedKarma punches her out]] for everything she's done to her and everyone else]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: [[spoiler: Gwen and Heather could be seen this way]].
* WeightWoe: In TAAT, [[spoiler: Sadie undergoes a surprising change and slimmed down during the year break thanks to Justin, as she felt herself unattractive. However this was mostly due to her trying to get Andrew's attention]].

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: How Gwen initially felt towards [[spoiler: Leshawna seeing Duncan]] before he eventually proved himself. Gender-inverted with how most of the campers felt towards [[spoiler: Andrew seeing Heather]].

** Leshawna can't really be considered a "heroic character" considering her actions of late, but it depends on the reader.

** Andrew also states he wouldn't hesitate to [[spoiler: knock out Leshawna should she continue to rant about Heather]]. So far he only caused her to slam face-first onto the bottom of the canoe by pulling her down.

* YuriFan: Izzy. She even [[ShipperOnDeck tries to play cupid]] for [[spoiler:Laura and Sara]].

* ShowSomeLeg: Dena's skirt has a long slit up the side which show off her legs quite nicely. Extra points that she's also [[DoesnotLikeShoes barefoot]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: Duncan, after he and Trent [[spoiler: witnessed that Gwen was being blackmailed by Courtney to help her win by voting off people she hates or else. Finding out the truth, Duncan formulates a plan with Trent, Gwen, and Geoff to get himself voted off so that he could make Courtney's reign of terror public. Courtney figured he'd be a threat if he stayed on, but in fact he is an even bigger threat voted off. Several challenges later, it all paid off as Crystal the lawyer appeared to give Courtney the boot whether she likes it or not]].

* TakeThat: To ''Literature/Twilight'' during the Campers Rising challenge.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Several.
** Bridgette gives one to Courtney after she complains about Andrew's win in one of the endurance challenges, calling her pathetic for saying he doesn't deserve to be in the game.
** Ezekiel, of all people, gives a major one to Courtney when she tried to attack him during the 'Hide and Be Sneaky' challenge, saying how pathetic she was to continue holding such a petty grudge for so long and making such a huge deal about it. She [[AxCrazy completely loses it]] afterward.
** Bridgette and Sara to Leshawna in the Aftermath episode as they have had it with her treating those who view Heather in a different light like crap. She was put on the spot as the two girls along with Jessie point out that Leshawna isn't exactly innocent of things herself and brutally points out that her obsession had caused her to unknowingly alienate herself from some of the campers. She was given a serious wake-up call when Jessie compared her to Courtney.
* TheScrappy: Courtney, in-universe and out. Because of her arrogance and reign of terror she held over most of the 1st season, she is basically hated by everyone there as well as by the viewers of the show, which lead them [[spoiler: to sue her and her dad for blatantly breaking the rules. See VillainousBreakdown below]].