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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:The cast of the story.[[note]]Front row, from left to right: [[IceQueen Whitney]], [[LovableJock Roald]], [[ObliviouslyEvil Erica]], [[ValleyGirl Isabella]], [[IntrepidReporter Frances]], [[GoodOlBoy Rhett]], [[CloudCuckoolander Artemis]], [[BasementDweller Boris]]. Back row, from left to right: [[SerialRomeo Graham]], [[CampGay Kingsley]], [[GranolaGirl Rachel]], [[HandsomeLech Christian]], [[BrokenAce Kelsey]], [[TheParanoiac Suvir]], [[AttentionWhore Kaitlin]], [[TheEeyore Miles]].[[/note]]]]''Total Drama Lakeside'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic written by [=Toadgamer80=]. It is a distinct entry from his previous five-story canon, taking place five years after ''Fanfic/TotalDramaSuperstarShowdown'' and involving a cast of 16 new college-aged contestants competing at a ritzy, suburban lakeside setting. Chris [=McLean=] returns as host, now trying desperately to stay in the public eye as he grows older and his hosting gig is jeopardized. |
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4 | You can read the story [[http://totaldramaislandfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Total_Drama_Lakeside here]]. |
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8 | !!This story provides examples of: |
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10 | * ADeathInTheLimelight: Secondary characters' arcs will often climax right before their elimination, the main examples being Miles, Artemis, and Kaitlin. |
11 | * AerithAndBob: As per tradition. This story has names like Christian, Rachel, and Isabella mixed with Boris, Suvir, and Artemis. |
12 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Christian is obsessed with women, but constantly mentions "male-on-male bonding" and begrudgingly admits other men (such as the actually gay Kingsley) are attractive. His behavior only gets more homoerotic when one of his fraternity brothers comes to visit. |
13 | * AntiHero: Frances: she's reclusive, vindictive, passive-aggressive, and most of her attempts to befriend the others fail miserably... but compared to Erica, she's unmistakably a protagonist. |
14 | * AttentionWhore: Kaitlin and Erica are both very aware they're on TV and frequently play up their interactions to get screen time or positive attention. |
15 | * BigBad: This time around, it's Erica. Chris returns as the series' overarching antagonist, but he gets plenty of AlasPoorVillain moments toward the end of the story. |
16 | * TheBusCameBack: |
17 | ** First and foremost, Chris [=McLean=] himself returns to host once again after Roz's TDSS stint. |
18 | ** Multiple past contestants also return for cameo appearances, such as Wolfgang, Puck, and Chelsey, as do bit characters like Big Johnson and Smoothie Guy. |
19 | * ChekhovsGunman: |
20 | ** Daniel, the mysterious bearded man who heckles Miles during the shack challenge, comes back a day or two later and is revealed to be the new boyfriend of Miles's ex, Jackie. |
21 | ** Don, former host of WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace, is mentioned by Chris in a throwaway line early on. He eventually shows up physically as a guest host for multiple chapters, trying to take the gig away from Chris. |
22 | * ContinuityNod: In the second chapter, Chef is reading a mystery novel written by [[Fanfic/TotalDramaTikiJungle Helga]]. |
23 | * DeadpanSnarker: There are a few, as usual. Whitney, Frances, and Kelsey are the main ones. |
24 | * DumbBlonde: For once in the series, all three blonde contestants (Christian, Isabella, and Kaitlin) are morons. |
25 | * FakeHigh: Zig-zagged. For the first challenge, the return of the "Awake-a-Thon," Chris tells Chef to get a keg of non-alcoholic beer so the contestants experience the placebo effect. He does, and they do, but it's later revealed that Chef goofed and actually got real beer. |
26 | * FiveTokenBand: Four racial minorities all arrive at once in the intro chapter, causing the ever-subtle Chris to make an offhand remark about a "diversity quota." |
27 | * GoOutWithASmile: A couple characters are happy even after they're voted out - namely [[spoiler: Roald and Graham, thanks to their respective new relationships.]] |
28 | * GuestHost: Don, former host of ''WesternAnimation/TheRidonculousRace'', makes a special appearance to host a challenge while Chris is bailing Kaitlin out of jail. |
29 | * ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Graham creates one of these between himself, Roald, and Whitney - what's really the case is that Roald and Whitney just like each other and don't care about Graham at all. |
30 | * InVinoVeritas: Graham and Kelsey's feelings for each other are finally revealed after a night of heavy drinking. Graham references the saying "drunk words are sober thoughts" in a confessional. |
31 | * IResembleThatRemark: Used as a malapropism by Roald, while perfectly exhibiting the trope's description, after Graham assigns him to play the role of an insulting meathead-jock character who leaves to go "itch [his] butt for five hours." |
32 | -->"Was Mold supposed to be me? If he is, man, I resemble that remark! I’ve never itched my butt for more than four hours!” |
33 | * ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When Kingsley is voted out: |
34 | -->"I want you ALL to get on your phones right now and tweet like crazy at that old, washed-up loser Chris [=McLean=]—” |
35 | -->“Hey!” shouts Chris. “I’m not old!” |
36 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: This season introduces [[Fanfic/TotalDramaTokyo Wolfgang and Puck]]'s sister and cousin, respectively, and it is clear that all of Wolfgang's relatives are grouchy, sarcastic, and standoffish, and all of Puck's are rotund, overly enthusiastic, and pun-obsessed. |
37 | * {{Jerkass}}: Many, many contestants, such as [[BasementDweller Boris]], [[ObliviouslyEvil Erica]], and [[AttentionWhore Kaitlin]], although most of them have some depth. Also, Chris [=McLean=], who doesn't. |
38 | * KissingUnderTheInfluence: Graham and Kelsey kiss in the tenth chapter after consuming large amounts of wine at a fancy restaurant. |
39 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Conflict ensues toward the end when Erica tells Frances that the two have played very similar games, something Frances is appalled by but knows is true. |
40 | * PunBasedTitle: Most of the chapter titles are puns, usually music-related (i.e. [[Music/TheNewPornographers "Canoe Pornographers"]] and [[Music/{{ABBA}} "Lay All Your Loved Ones On Me"]]). |
41 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Kaitlin is released from prison, she spends her last day in the competition attempting one of these (key word: attempting). Her targets include Chris, Chef, a barista, an elementary school teacher, a group of 12-year-olds, and a random biker. |
42 | * SeinfeldianConversation: As usual for the author's works, these are frequent, especially in the scenes that take place at the beginning of each chapter before the challenge. |
43 | * ShoutOut: |
44 | ** In what seems to be a new tradition, there are two contestants based on two [=NPCs=] from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', and a third whose design was inspired by one. |
45 | ** Two other contestants, Kaitlin and Artemis, are affectionately based on two characters from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. |
46 | * VillainsOutShopping: Many of Chris's chapter intros are done while he's mindlessly running an errand, having dinner with Chef, getting a massage, etc. |
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