Trivia / Total Drama: "Not So Happy Campers - Part 1"

• Pop-Culture Urban Legends:
  • There's a rumor that Jacques and Josee from The Ridonculous Race had been referenced by Beth in this episode when she mentions a man who dropped his female partner on her head on an ice-skating TV show in which Chris also competed. However, not only had the Ice Dancers not even been planned at this point, Beth also mentioned such instance happening on a reality TV show. The only instance when it happened to the Ice Dancers happened during the Olympics at which they got a silver medal.
  • It was believed for a long time that Emilie-Claire Barlow 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 Vocal Evolution.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The script of this episode reveals that instead of the two just looking at each other while waiting in line for Chef's food at the main lodge, Tyler would've been checking out Lindsay's butt and she would've flirted with him in turn.
  • Word of God has stated that the confessional wasn't originally part of the show when it was conceived, but was a last-minute addendum because the network told the showrunners that the premiere needed more footage.