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* It was believed for a long time that Creator/EmilieClaireBarlow only took over as Courtney in the third episode, with Rochelle Wilson, who later voiced Sugar in ''Pahkitew Island'', voicing her in the first two episodes. However, both Wilson and series director Todd Kauffman debunked this, saying that Barlow voiced her the whole time. Part of the reason for this belief was many thinking that Courtney's voice sounded different in the first two episodes compared to later, though that was likely just VocalEvolution.

* It was believed for a long time that Creator/EmilieClaireBarlow only took over as Courtney in the third episode, with Rochelle Wilson, who later voiced Sugar in ''Pahkitew Island'', voicing her in the first two episodes. However, both Wilson and co-director Todd Kauffman debunked this, saying that Barlow voiced her the whole time. Part of the reason for this belief was many thinking that Courtney's voice sounded different in the first two episodes compared to later, though that was likely just VocalEvolution.

* It’s mildly rumored among Total Drama’s TikTok fanbase that Cody developed feelings for Sierra after World Tour. This is based on the scene where the original contestants arrive on boat and Cody smiles as Sierra hugs him. However, it’s more likely that they’re just friends.

* It's rumored that the reason why Owen didn't compete in this season despite [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it originally being planned]] was because {{Creator/Scott McCord}}, his voice actor, refused to voice him for another season. This theory has never been backed up by any official statements and the fact that he still voiced Owen during his cameo appearance in the finale seems to contradict this. There's also the fact that it's been stated that availability of voice actors doesn't influence their time on the show, meaning he likely would have just been voiced by a new voice actor, like Alejandro.
* Speaking of rumors related to voice actors, there were several ones regarding why Marco Grazzini was replaced by {{Creator/Alex House}}. Among them was that he spoiled the final two of ''World Tour'', which per the rules of the contract got him fired. However, all those theories were disconfirmed when Marco Grazzini stated on an AMA on Reddit that he declined to voice Alejandro in ''All-Stars'' due to experiencing mental health problems at the time.

* It was believed for a long time that Creator/EmilieClaireBarlow only took over as Courtney in the third episode, with Rochelle Wilson, who later voiced Sugar in ''Pahkitew Island'', voicing her in the first two episodes. However, both Wilson and co-director Todd Kauffman debunked this, saying that Barlow voiced her the whole time. Part of the reason for this belief was many thinking that her voice sounded different in the first two episodes compared to later, though that was likely just VocalEvolution.

* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the reason Justin was eliminated was because Creator/AdamReid got sick and was unable to voice Justin for the rest of the season. There's no concrete proof of this, but if it were true, it would possibly explain Justin's considerable lack of dialogue throughout the season and [[AscendedExtra his larger role]] in the following season. With that being said, it's been said on other occasions that availability of a voice actor doesn't decide about elimination order. This can be proven by the fact that Courtney's initial voice actress was changed instead of having her voted off or that when Alejandro's voice actor couldn't return due to mental health issues ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/Totaldrama/comments/nno38r/alejandroooo_hey_total_drama_friendzz_marco/ as revealed on a reddit AMA]]), Alejandro was given a new voice actor in ''All-Stars'' as opposed to being scrapped.

* It was believed for a long time that Creator/EmilieClaireBarlow only took over as Courtney in the third episode, with Rochelle Wilson, who later voiced Sugar in ''Pahkitew Island'', voicing her in the first two episodes. However, both Wilson and co-director Todd Kauffman debunked this, saying that Barlow voiced her the whole time.

* There's a rumor that Lindsay was set to go to the final two but because Creator/StephanieAnneMills, her voice actress, had another project to work on, Beth was written in the final two in Lindsay's place with the implication this was going to be her elimination instead. However, this has not been confirmed to be the case, as the creators said that availability of the voice actors has no role in the elimination order (further backed up by the fact that Alejandro's VA was simply changed in ''All-Stars'' as opposed to just scrapping him from the season).

* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the reason Justin was eliminated was because Creator/AdamReid got sick and was unable to voice Justin for the rest of the season. There's no concrete proof of this, but if it were true, it would possibly explain Justin's considerable lack of dialogue throughout the season and [[AscendedExtra his larger role]] in the following season. With that being said, it's been said on other occasions that availability of a voice actor doesn't decide about elimination order. This can be proven by the fact that Courtney's initial voice actress was changed instead of having her voted off or that Alejandro still competed on ''All-Stars'' with a changed voice actor as opposed to being scrapped.

* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the reason the episode's original plot was scrapped was because Creator/NovieEdwards had other commitments, hence why her elimination was unintentionally caused by the losers. The creators have confirmed that the availability of the voice actors wasn't a factor in deciding the elimination order.

* There are fans who claim to have watched Cody's ending. However, this ending has never been created (along with Ice Dancers' from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRidonculousRace The Ridonculous Race]]'') and he was only featured in online polls for voting for the winner to avoid spoilers of him being eliminated. Not to mention, creating his ending would have been incredibly hard, as not only it'd drastically change the plot of the majority of the episode, but the song would have to be heavily altered as well, which would've been uneconomical given all the effort and cost needed for this one ending.

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* You'd be surprised how many fans believe this episode is titled "Super Hero Id", as in "id" with uppercase "i", referring to identification. However, the episode is clearly titled "Super Hero-ld", with the lowercase "L", clearly making a pun using Harold's name.

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* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the episode [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally had an scene]] in which Heather discovered that she had immunity by looking through the lock of her treasure chest, hence her risky plan to make it look like Trent was cheating on Gwen to have him voted off. While there's no evidence such scene existed, it somewhat makes sense for Heather's plans, as she knew she had no allies other than Lindsay and Izzy by that point and trying to frame Trent from being unfaithful despite the possibility of everyone seeing through her ruse and voting her off sounds something risky for an expert strategist like her.

* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the reason the episode's original plot was scrapped was because Creator/NovieEdwards had other commitments, hence why her elimination was unintentionally caused by the losers. It's unknown if this is indeed the case, but the fact that Leshawna never speaks in the episode seems to be one of the reasons this rumor was sparked.

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* There's a rumor that the episode originally had a conversation between Geoff and Bridgette in which the former would have revealed that Blaineley was apparently fired from Celebrity Manhunt "[[{{Ephebophile}} because of the thing with Justin]]", to which Bridgette would have asked what exactly it was and Geoff would have whispered it to her, leading Bridgette to look disgusted at Justin. There's no concrete evidence this is true, but considering some of Blaineley's comments about Justin's looks, it doesn't sound too far-fetched.

* It's widely rumored among the fandom that Scott's brief ShipTease with Dawn in the episode was because, back when ''Revenge of the Island'' was set to be 26 episodes long like the previous three seasons, it was originally planned by the writers to have Scott romance Dawn to sway her to his side, but that all this subplot was scrapped when production problems shortened the season to 13 episodes only. There's no concrete evidence this is true, however, so many assume it was just a rumor created by the "Dott" shippers, especially if one takes into account how Dawn was one of the last ''Revenge'' competitors to be created.

[[AC:The Final Wreck-ening]]
* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the finale was to be Courtney vs. Zoey or Courtney vs. Lindsay, but that Creator/CartoonNetwork didn't wish for an all-female finale despite having an all-male finale in ''Revenge of the Island'', which makes several fans believe that the network and Creator/FreshTV are sexist. While there's no word on if Cartoon Network's executives are sexist or not, Fresh TV's executives likely aren't, considering the many female employees they have. In addition there's no solid proof that Courtney or Lindsay were ever meant to reach the finale.

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* It's widely rumored among the fandom that Ezekiel being eliminated first in this episode, which eventually turns him into a feral [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilmIndependentVillains Gollum]] {{expy}}, was to spite popular ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic writer Creator/TheKoboldNecromancer due to his ''Fanfic/TotalDramaComeback'' fanfic being considered superior to ''Action'' by several fans. To drive the point home, Kobold is particularly known among the fandom for giving satisfying CharacterDevelopment to Ezekiel in his stories, which only fueled Ezekiel's popularity among the fans. As some vague references to Kobold have been included in the show, plus WordOfGod stating that Ezekiel [[WhatCouldHaveBeen wasn't originally planned to compete]] in ''World Tour'' until the writers realized how popular he was, many fans assume Ezekiel was brought back as a ButtMonkey just to mock his immense fanbase. Needless to say, this plot point was the reason ''World Tour'' ended up being Kobold's least favorite season.

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* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the love triangle between Mike's alter Vito, Anne Maria and Zoey was going to be an important plotline throughout the season back when ''Revenge of the Island'' was set to be 26 episodes long like the previous three seasons before production problems shortened the season to 13 episodes only.
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** A different more likely rumor states that the reason why Owen was scrapped was because at this point in time the creators of the show already knew they were going to have him compete on ''WesternAnimation/TheRidonculousRace''. With them being aware that he became disliked by a portion of the fanbase for being a part of the SpotlightStealingSquad (and unlike other spotlight stealers - usually offering just comic relief instead of plot relevance), they allegedly decided to remove him from the cast, preferring to have him on the spin-off instead and not wanting him to compete too often.

* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the finale was to be Courtney vs. Zoey or Courtney vs. Lindsay, but that Creator/CartoonNetwork didn't wish for an all-female finale despite having an all-male finale in ''Revenge of the Island'', which makes several fans believe that the network and Creator/FreshTV are sexist. While there's no word on if Cartoon Network's executives are sexist or not, Fresh TV's executives likely aren't, considering the many female employees they have. In addition there's no solid proof that Courtney or Lindsay were ever meant to reach the finale, but given how Courtney's storyline of forgiving Gwen being thrown off [[Recap/TotalDramaSundaeMuddySundae two episodes ago]], despite there being no hints that Courtney secretly planned to backstab her, was so sudden, many fans also believe that Ed [=McDonald=] deliberately made Courtney lose to prevent her from reaching the finale.

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[[AC:A Blast From the Past]]
* It's widely rumored among the fandom that Samey was originally going to have a crush on Topher and Amy would have done anything necessary to squash her twin's chances with him in yet another romantic plotline the show has always shown. Several of these fans assure that Amy's random insult at Samey that "Topher thinks she's fat" is the evidence of this, given how Samey and Topher had little to no interaction in the season at all.

[[AC:Lies, Cries, and One Big Prize]]
* It's widely rumored among the fandom that the finale was to be Jasmine vs. Sky, but Creator/CartoonNetwork didn't want an all-female finale and had the writers take Shawn to the finale while eliminating Jasmine in the Final Four, which makes several fans believe that the network and Creator/FreshTV are sexist. While there's no word on if Cartoon Network's executives are sexist or not, Fresh TV's executives likely aren't, considering the many female employees they have. In addition Sky ends up winning the finale in the original ending, which makes her the first official female winner in the show. However, given how Chris reveals Sky's lies about her not having a boyfriend to Dave to screw her up, some speculate that maybe the crew was forced to implement this plot point with no foreshadowing just to paint Sky in a negative light and make Shawn someone people would root for.
* It's also widely rumored among the fandom that Sky and Dave [[WhatCouldHavebeen were going to end up together and that Keith was a controlling boyfriend]], hence Sky's line about her need to say goodbye to him because he was in the room with her. According to these rumors, Sky was originally going to mention Keith early on the season by telling Dave that she doesn't wish to have a boyfriend after she discovered Keith kissing her best friend, but promising Dave she will date him once the competition ends. However, instead of her audition tape, Chris was going to reveal a video filmed at the airport when Sky was saying goodbye to her acquaintances before leaving for ''Total Drama'', with Keith among them, leading Sky to admit that she discovered Keith's unfaithfulness the night before taking her flight, so she didn't have time to properly break up with him. Had this concept been included, the twist with Sky's boyfriend wouldn't have felt so forced, and while there's no concrete evidence this was the case (other than Sky's hints at Keith being a bit controlling), it's said that Sky's sister was going to appear in the scene, and given how she later shows up in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'', it adds more credibility to the theory.

[[AC:I Triple Dog Dare You!/The Very Last Episode, Really!]]
* Believe it or not, in the early years of the fandom, there was a rumor that Heather won in France. This is obviously not true and you can watch the true French version of both episodes online. Furthermore, this would've meant that not only the ending of the penultimate episode was changed, but also the entire script of the finale as well. Such effort for just one different ending (and a controversial one, given that the main antagonist would've won), which according to the rumor aired in only one country at that, would've been incredibly uneconomical, even more so than creating another rumored ending - Cody's one from ''World Tour''.