History Fanfic / ADramaticRidonculousRace

** At the beginning of the finale, Don refers to New York City as the home of, "depending on the form of entertainment you prefer, either [[Franchise/TheAvengers a series of superheroes with high tech armor, super soldiers, gamma radiated strength or a magic hammer that can summon lightning]], or [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles a group of teenage mutant turtles with ninja training that live in the sewer with a giant rat]]." He later encounters [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar a group of talking penguins trying to get out of the city]].

** Several shots are taken at ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''

** The Police Cadets and Daters/Haters do not compete and are replaced by the Performers (Trent and Leshawna) and Brains & Brawn (Cameron and Lightning). Geoff's partner Brody is also replaced by Bridgette, although dialogue mentioning him confirms he ans [=MacArthur=] do still exist in this universe.
** In a CallForward example, WordOfGod confirmed at the end of ''Fanfic/ABFGsWorldTour'' that the Total Drama competitors competing in this version of ''The Ridonculous Race'' will ''not'' compete in ''All Stars'', meaning canon competitors Cameron and Lightning will not appear in ''From CIT to All Star''.

** Cameron bringing up his time on ''Total Drama'' and Trent remembering his accident in "X-Treme Torture".

** Jacques performing a [[Anime/{{Naruto}} Talk no Jutsu]] with Josee.

** The Police Cadets and Daters/Haters do not compete and are replaced by the Performers (Trent and Leshawna) and Brains & Brawn (Cameron and Lightning). Geoff's partner Brody is also replaced by Bridgette, although dialogue mentioning him confirms he does still exist in this universe.

* YouRemindMeOfX: This is what triggers the rivalry between the Performers and the Ice Dancers, at least on Leshawna's end, as Josee's AlphaBitch attitude reminds her of Heather. Later, after the latter team attempts to play mind games on Cameron and Lightning, the two of them compare the Ice Dancers to Scott as well.

---->'''Leshawna:''' When has me jumping the gun screwed anyone else over? (''Trent just gives her a dull look and points at himself.''] Oh. Right. ([[SoundEffectBleep Bleep]]).

** In "Down and Outback", the Ice Dancers end up in second place and the Rockers aren't eliminated alongside the Stepbrothers.

*** In the same episode, Trent warns Leshawna not to get impulsive and use the boomerang recklessly by reminding her of what she did in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TotalDramaSearchAndDoNotDestroy "Search and Do Not Destroy"]].
--->'''Leshawna:''' When has me jumping the gun screwed anyone else over? (''Trent gives her a dull look and just points at himself.''] Oh. Right. ([[SoundEffectBleep Bleep]]).

** During "Down and Outback", Bridgette mentions she's not comfortable with rabbits now after her encounter with them back on the island.

** Don mentions one episode of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' which included a KillerRabbit.

* ForWantOfANail: In "Mediterranean Homesick Blues", Father and Son aren't penalized because Dwayne doesn't read the travel tip prematurely; as such, they take first place.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Devin's breakup with his girlfriend, Shelly, still happens over the phone in "The Shawshank Ridonction" but with almost entirely different circumstances and results. Instead of Devin being told that Shelly apparently broke up with him sometime ago, he is threatened by her that she will breakup with him unless he ends his friendship with Carrie, and not willing to do that, Devin decides to go through with the breakup over the phone and doesn't go through several stages of heartbreak afterwards.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: As a result of ''The Ridonculous Race'' now occurring before ''Pahkitew Island'', Leonard now makes his debut two seasons earlier than in canon. [[spoiler:This does not prevent him and Tammy from becoming the first contestants eliminated however]].

** During their introductory appearance, both Leshawna and Trent mention their appearances in ''Total Drama World Tour''. While Trent never competed in ''World Tour'', in ''A BFG's World Tour'', he made an appearance in "Niagra Brawls" helping out with the challenge.

* RunningGag: People commenting they're pushing the ratings of this family show.

** And Geoff once farted at Bridgette's family reunion. According to her, her mom's still mad at him about it.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Don might be a lot more professional of a host than Chris, but even he can't resist taking a potshot at him and Total Drama at points, such as calling out Chris for being a sadist and [[NoodleIncident stealing his college girlfriend]].