History Fanfic / TotalDramaBattleOfTheGenerations

** Several references to Main/ProfessionalWrestling in the Mexico City chapter as the challenge is themed around it. [[spoiler:Lightning references the infamous Wrestling/ScottSteiner math promo, Dave's elimination in the challenge references the 1 second Wrestling/SantinoMarella Royal Rumble elimination, Chris and Chef commentate on the challenge while dressed as Wrestling/JerryLawler and Wrestling/JimRoss respectively.]]

* BlatantLies:[[spoiler: In "Friday Night Crackdown", Izzy and Jo both refuse to back up Sugar’s claims about Dave being a secret villain while Izzy herself turns this back on her by claiming that everything that happened was all Sugar and Amy’s doing. Jo did this mainly because she wanted to stay out of all the drama while Izzy admits in the confessional that she has her own plans for Dave.]]

** Several references to ''Main/ProfessionalWrestling'' in the Mexico City chapter as the challenge is themed around it. [[spoiler:Lightning references the infamous ''Wrestling/ScottSteiner'' math promo, Dave's elimination in the challenge references the 1 second ''Wrestling/SantinoMarella'' Royal Rumble elimination, Chris and Chef commentate on the challenge while dressed as ''Wrestling/JerryLawler'' and ''Wrestling/JimRoss'' respectively.]]
*** Even the various personas created by the contestants each reference a specific pro wrestler. [[spoiler:Or in Beardo's case, King from the Franchise/{{Tekken}} series.]]

** To coincide with the pro wrestling themed challenge, the song in "Friday Night Crackdown" references the entrance theme for ''Wrestling/JohnCena''
* StunnedSilence: This is everyone's reaction to [[spoiler:Amy saying Sammy should've died in the womb, which leads to Teams Old School and Radioactive working together so Team Explosive loses and she gets eliminated]].

*** Even the various personas created by the contestants each reference a specific pro wrestler. [[spoiler:Or in Beardo's case, King from the ''Franchise/Tekken'' series.]]

* BlatantLies:[[spoiler: In "Friday Night CrackDown", Izzy and Jo both refuse to back up Sugar’s claims about Dave being a secret villain while Izzy herself turns this back on her by claiming that everything that happened was all Sugar and Amy’s doing. Jo did this mainly because she wanted to stay out of all the drama while Izzy admits in the confessional that she has her own plans for Dave.]]

** The second aftermath's guest consist of Bridgette, Eva, Jo, Sky, and [[spoiler:Josee due to her and Jacques making arrangements so she could appear instead of Zoey.]] Due to the aftermath's second chance challenge, [[spoiler:Izzy]] rejoins the game [[spoiler:while Jo is allowed to debut on a loophole.]]

* TheGhost: Mike, Cameron, Justin, Sierra, and Zoey are mentioned at different points in the story but they don’t physically appear in it.
** Cameron actually does appear in one episode, but not as a competitor.

* MythologyGag: In "Total Drama Goes Bollywood", Dawn reveals that Chef's first name is Norbert, which is his name in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama''.

** In Madagascar, the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' film is parodied numerous times, including the title, and with wildlife the teams encounter.

* BlatantLies:[[spoiler: In "Friday Night CrackDown", Izzy and Jo both refuse to back up Sugar’s claims about Dave being a secret villain while Izzy herself turns this back on her by claiming that everything that happened was all Sugar and Amy’s doing. Jo did this mainly because she wanted to stay out of all the drama while admits in the confessional that she has her own plans for Dave.]]

* BlatentLies:[[spoiler: In "Friday Night CrackDown", Izzy and Jo both refuse to back up Sugar’s claims about Dave being a secret villain while Izzy herself turns this back on her by claiming that everything that happened was all Sugar and Amy’s doing. Jo did this mainly because she wanted to stay out of all the drama while admits in the confessional that she has her own plans for Dave.]]

* TheGhost: Justin, Sierra, and Zoey are mentioned at different points in the story but they don’t physically appear in it.

** Topher, despite his emulation of Chris, gets incredibly annoyed with Staci's lies, eventually forcing her to reveal why she does it so much.

--> '''Ella:''' That can't be right. I mean, she doesn't consider anyone a friend? She doesn't appreciate her fans? [[spoiler:She's spiteful towards her sister for no reason?]] It's horrible, her personality is horrible. She's horrible! She's an irredeemable monster!\\

--> '''Courtney:''' Oh give me a break, you can take your stupid loopholes and [[AssShove shove 'em straight up your-]]\\

--> '''Ella:''' That can't be right. I mean, she doesn't consider anyone a friend? She doesn't appreciate her fans? [[spoiler:She's spiteful towards her sister for no reason?]] It's horrible, her personality is horrible. She's horrible! She's an irredeemable monster!
--> '''Topher:''' Oh, no. What took ya so long?

--> '''Courtney:''' Oh give me a break, you can take your stupid loopholes and [[AssShove shove 'em straight up your-]]
--> '''Dawn:''' Excuse me, but I believe this can wait.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dakota unfortunately goes through this, trying to make friends after getting her Monster Form under control. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she's eliminated fairly shortly into the season, in Madagascar.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Staci mentions the fic's tropes page during the second aftermath and how [[spoiler:6 tropes were added in regards to Amy admitting she wished Sammy was dead]].

** Multiple in the Los Angeles chapter. Jasmine chases Brick through the ''Ride/StudioTour'' at Universal Studios, DJ and Dawn briefly pass Loona and Octavia from ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', Sugar spends the challenge hiding in a ''WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse'' costume. [[spoiler:Amy lands in Creator/{{Keanu Reeves}}' swimming pool once eliminated.]]
** After being the first contestant to be voted out again, Staci attempts to stowaway onto the Jumbo Jet similar to how she did in ''[[Fanfic/TotalShuffledIslandSeries Total Shuffled World Tour]].'' Also, in the voting confessional, Dawn chooses to vote for her because she senses nothing but pain for Staci if she were to stay in the game any longer. This is referencing Staci's fate in that fic, [[spoiler:where she transforms into a werewolf-like monster after stowing away on the Jumbo Jet and ends up being heartbroken by Tyler when she learns that he loves Ella.]]
** In the second Aftermath, Ella’s horrified realization that Amy is truly an irredeemable monster despite all her hopes otherwise mimics the Ethical Bug’s same denouncement of Jack Horner from ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' word for word, with Topher even adding on Jack’s own mocking LampshadeHanging response.

* OneOfUs: Staci mentions the fic's tropes page during the second aftermath and how [[spoiler:6 tropes were added in regards to Amy admitting she wished Sammy was dead]].

* BeyondRedemption

** The second aftermath's guest consist of Bridgette, Eva, Jo, Sky, and [[spoiler:Josee due to her and Jacques making arrangements so she could appear instead of Zoey.]]

--> '''Ella:''' That can't be right. I mean, she doesn't consider anyone a friend? She doesn't appreciate her fans? She's spiteful towards her sister for no reason? It's horrible, her personality is horrible. She's horrible! She's an irredeemable monster!

* EtTuBrute: Shawn has this reaction [[spoiler:after he figures out that Dave had him voted off. Dave as well when he realizes Amy was just pretending to like him]].

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Sammy realizes that Amy will never change when the latter tells her that she should have died in the womb.]]

* CompleteMonster: By the end of her interview, with Truth or Hammer confirming every bit of her awfulness, even the sweet-minded Ella is forced to acknowledge [[spoiler:Amy]] as this.
--> '''Ella:''' That can't be right. I mean, she doesn't consider anyone a friend? She doesn't appreciate her fans? She's spiteful towards her sister for no reason? It's horrible, her personality is horrible. She's horrible! She's an irredeemable monster!
--> '''Topher:''' Oh, no. What took ya so long?

* TakingYouWithMe: B pulls this against Sugar and Amy [[spoiler:after they sabotaged his singing to get him eliminated.]]

** Everyone, minus Chris and Chef, in hearing range of [[spoiler:Amy telling her younger sister is appalled and disgusted at the former telling the latter that she should have died in the womb.]]

** Harold [[spoiler:is unfortunately eliminated in Japan ''again'' because of someone else's actions. This time however, it was unintentional on part of Dakotazoid not knowing what she was doing.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Team Radioactive have to march through a large colony of penguins to get to their destination in Antarctica.

An ongoing ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' [[https://fanfiction.net/s/12987510/1/Total-Drama-Battle-of-the-Generations fanfic]] written by Creator/{{StayOuttaMyShed}}.

%%* PositiveFriendInfluence

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Brick attempts to be a rare inversion of this for Lightning, being around him more so that Lightning can learn about the importance of teamwork and try to be less of a lone wolf. Dawn even states that it is working on Lightning in Istanbul.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Amy, who's eliminated before the merge, thanks to being played by Dave of all people. The author even refers to her as such.]]

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:This happens between Cody and Sammy by "Total Drama Goes Bollywood".]]

** Multiple in the Los Angeles chapter. Jasmine chases Brick through the ''Ride/StudioTour'' at Universal Studios, DJ and Dawn briefly pass Loona and Octavia from ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', Sugar spends the challenge hiding in a ''WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse'' costume. [[spoiler:Amy lands in Creator/{{Keanu Reeves}} swimming pool once eliminated.]]

* SmartBall: [[DumbMuscle Lightning]] [[{{Pun}} shocks]] everyone in "You've Gotta Be Kilikiting Me!" when he gives a detailed and accurate description of the game of cricket.

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoilers:This happens between Cody and Sammy by "Total Drama Goes Bollywood".]]

* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rodney]], whose manipulation by Amy [[GoneHorriblyRight worked a little too well]], [[spoiler:leaving Amy still in the competition to cause trouble later on. albeit with one less ally.]]

* HatedByAll: [[spoiler:Amy becomes this by the time she's eliminated. After telling Sammy that she should've died in the womb in front of everyone, all the remaining contestants on Team Old School and Team Radioactive do everything they can to make sure her team loses, and when they do, everyone except Sugar and herself votes her off. Shortly after she takes the Drop of Shame, everyone on Team Explosive decides to break the good news to the other teams and celebrate her getting the boot. The in-universe audience seems to share the same sentiment as them too. This is showcased when the Jumbo Jet arrives in Montreal, she's one of the very few contestants to be booed and jeered at by the fans at the airport.]]

%%* RelationshipUpgrade

* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rodney]], whose manipulation by Amy [[GoneHorriblyRight worked a little too well]], [[spoiler:leaving Amy still in the competition to cause trouble later on.]]

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: Chris goes along these lines [[spoiler:when he zaps Staci off of the wing of the plane so as not to have another Ezekiel situation.]]