It is no surprise to viewers when they hear about drama that occurs both on and off of reality TV
shows, and the fictional ones are no stranger to this as well. With the keyword right in the title,
the Total Drama series brings some serious outrageous happenings to the show. However,
despite the insanity and severity of the occurrences to the characters, very little
do we actually see anyone get reprimanded for these actions. So which characters in the show
are overdue for a trip to the slammer and which ones are first time criminals?
I’m Caleb with WickedBinge, and this is Sentencing Total Drama Characters for Their Crimes.
Let’s start by going over the crimes of the characters from the first
generation of the show from Total Drama Island through Total Drama World Tour.
Who better to start this sentencing off than the main host of the series, Chris Mclean! Anyone
who’s watched any amount of Total Drama knows that this host loves to put his contestants in danger
and it only increases with every season. Right from the very first episode,
the campers are forced to dive from an extremely high cliff into a small safe zone within shark
infested waters. Over the first three seasons of the series, Chris forces the
teens to eat all kinds of disgusting foods, fend for themselves in extreme environments,
and attack them with various projectiles all in the name of creating an exciting reality tv show.
Throughout the show, Chris is well aware that a lot of his actions are harmful and/or endangering
to the campers, but shows no concern to address the safety as he enjoys the torture. We even
witness him place a bomb on Owen’s face in order to dismiss him from the island
after the competitor is informed he won’t be participating in the fourth season.
The host is unfortunately no stranger to being incarcerated as we see between the finale of the
fourth season and the first episode of the fifth season that he spent a year in prison
for using the island as a dumping site for a hazardous waste company. For his blatant
disregard for the environment as well as any of the campers he comes into contact with,
we have to sentence Chris with life in prison with no chance for parole.
CRIMES: CHILD ABUSE, ILLEGAL DUMPING OF TOXIC MATERIALS, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, ATTEMPTED MURDER
SENTENCE: LIFE IN PRISON (NO PAROLE)
Following his boss would be the resident cook and drill sergeant, Chef Hatchet.
Chef Hatchet being the right hand man to Chris is usually shown alongside the host in torturing the
teens throughout the TV series, always the one cooking all the disgusting food that they are
forced to eat. Chef is also responsible for being an active threat to the teens in the challenges;
whether he acts as an antagonist to slow down or stop the campers, or launching
projectiles to prevent them from advancing. Chef oftentimes is the lesser of the two
evils as he occasionally tries to call the host out for his endangerment of the kids,
as he himself has to substitute in for the interns to test the safety of the challenges. However,
Chef also takes pleasure in abusing the teens, occasionally taking over for Chris
to inflict the painful challenges himself. We also see twice in the series that Chef joins
illegal alliances in order to benefit himself; once in Total Drama action where he toughens
DJ up in exchange for half the prize money, and once in World Tour where he allies with Blaineley
after she offers him his own show. Despite both attempts resulting in punishments from the host,
Chef doesn’t end up off the show. We see Chef’s attempt at murder
where due his constant frustrations with Chris treating him poorly,
the cook takes it upon himself to place a bomb on Chris’ boat, blowing him up in the finale of
the fourth season. However, as Chef comes to Chris’ aid to bail him out of jail, it seems
that there’s no hard feelings between the two. Chef definitely isn’t as malicious as Chris when
it comes to his crimes but he definitely isn’t innocent either. For this, it seems fitting that
Chef should also serve life in prison but should be offered the chance for parole.
CRIMES: AIDING AND ABETTING, CHILD ABUSE, EXTORTION AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
SENTENCE: LIFE IN PRISON WITH POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE
Moving from the crew of the show, we move to the first of our contestants, Duncan.
Duncan arrives at Total Drama Island having already accumulated a criminal record,
being reminded by Chris that the delinquent can be returned to juvenile detention with just once
phone call to his parole officer. We don’t exactly know what caused Duncan to be sent to juvie,
but we know from a video log from his parents and his parole officer that he was already
facing a few offenses: public nudity, selling fraudulent products and disorderly conduct.
The young delinquent spends the majority of the series picking on Harold in a number of ways.
Primarily, in the episode “If You Can’t Take The Heat…” Duncan and the other boys are fed up with
Harold leaving his dirty underwear around, so they decide to teach him a lesson by sabotaging all his
clean pairs of underwear until he promises to clean up after himself. After finding out that
Harold tampered with the votes in order to get Courtney eliminated, Duncan makes it his personal
mission to make Harold’s life miserable for the rest of the series. They eventually are able to
briefly make up by the end of the second season, but Duncan very quickly returns
to his bullying ways by the third season. Duncan is also no stranger to vandalism.
He would be seen occasionally spray painting different parts of the island with his skull
and crossbones tag. In Revenge of the Island, Duncan is brought back to demonstrate the
challenge for the new campers, but ends up running off to destroy Chris’ monument to himself. Also,
during Total Drama All Stars, to avoid being perceived that he’s getting soft,
the delinquent blows up Chris’ personal cottage to prove he’s still tough. He is excited about the
prospect of returning to juvie but quickly learns that his act will get him landed in prison proper.
It’s very fitting that Duncan ends up in jail, likely for 10 years and a fine of $250,000.
CRIMES: HARASSMENT, ASSAULT AND
VANDALISM OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. SENTENCE: 10 Years + $250,000 Fine
Another contestant who needs reassessment is Ezekiel.
Though he doesn’t play much of a role as an antagonist in the first season outside
of making some misogynistic comments, this homeschooled teen becomes a minor
villain from Total Drama World Tour onwards. After initially being kicked off the show,
Chris gives Ezekiel the chance to come back ONLY if he is able to kidnap all the contestants in
London before they catch him. Zeke is more than willing to do this at the chance to win
the prize money, but unfortunately fails and is booted once again. In the episode,
“African Lying Safari,” Ezekiel has become completely feral and now poses a threat to
his fellow teens as he allows his animalistic instincts to take over and attack where necessary.
In Revenge of the Island, the feral teen resides in an abandoned mine and attempts to kill the
teens when they try to retrieve the treasure he has. He does something similar but to a
more heinous degree in Total Drama All-Stars; kidnapping Chris as revenge for humiliating
throughout the years. The feral teen has the host hung up over a vat of acid while two rats chew
on the suspending rope. When the contestants come to rescue Chris, Zeke attacks them with
his acid spit. Since all these actions seem to stem from so much emotional and mental trauma,
it would probably be best for Ezekiel to remain in a psychiatric hospital until he’s
no longer deemed a threat. It wouldn’t hurt to probably add on a no-contact order for his
relationship with Chris as well, regardless of whether the teen turns over a new leaf.
CRIMES: KIDNAPPING, ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
SENTENCE: PSYCHIATIRC HOSPITAL
Our first female felon of the list, we move onto Sierra.
Though she prides herself on being a superfan of Total Drama contestant Cody,
the lengths that she has gone to in order to prove this in the show are downright disturbing. Sierra
divulges a lot of personal info about Cody despite not directly being involved with him in any way;
she reveals that she posed as a telemarketer and got all the information from his aunt.
She constantly takes his things for her own pleasure, such as a shoe to sniff on or a
toothbrush to use. In one episode, Sierra managed to swipe all of Cody’s underwear,
forcing him to use his swim trunks. This fangirl also has a knack for invading the young boy’s
space in the hopes of touching him in any way possible, most often when he’s unconscious;
she’s rubbed his feet and made him suck her thumb, causing Cody to create a bell
system around his seat in the plane in order to alert him to her invasions.
Sierra has also made several inappropriate advances towards Cody throughout the series,
but primarily in Total Drama World Tour. In addition to the aforementioned invasions,
the fangirl has kissed the young man without consent on multiple occasions and made several
flirty remarks about his physical appearance much to his discomfort. She even attempts to get him
to marry her without his consent and tries to use a Chinese “love tea” in order to make him
be more attracted to her, despite the fact he turns out to be allergic to it. Because of her
obsessive nature endangering Cody’s wellbeing, it goes without saying that she would need to have a
hefty no-contact restraining order. Sierra seems crafty enough to potentially work her way around
this so it might be worthwhile for her to spend 2 years in prison as well to drive the point home.
CRIMES: STALKING AND (SEXUAL) HARASSMENT
SENTENCE: 2 YEAR IN PRISON, RESTRAINING ORDER
Onto another TV personality, we have Blaineley.
Blaineley is brought into the Total Drama World Tour by accidentally winning the chance to join
into the competition and immediately tries to flex her role in the TV world. She manages to
get Chef Hatchet to join into another illegal alliance by influencing him under the promise
of getting him his own show with her connections. He helps her make it into the second round of the
challenge in “Chinese Fake-Out” by carrying her via rickshaw, and creates tame and more edible
versions of the Chinese dishes they have to eat. However, Heather catches this and the alliance is
dissolved with Blaineley’s elimination. Since this blackmailing was light and had no threats
of personal harm, Blaineley gets off with a lighter sentence of only a year in prison.
CRIMES: BLACKMAIL/EXTORTION
SENTENCE: 1 YEAR IN PRISON
Moving onto some smaller crimes within the first generation, our next delinquent is Owen.
Despite seemingly getting along with most everyone, Owen is not without his faults. In Total
Drama Action, the fan favorite is brought back after his elimination to stir up drama between
the contestants in exchange for Chris paying off his mom’s $50,000 debt. He feels really bad about
being a mole for the producers, but reluctantly follows through the sabotage until he gets outed
by Courtney and is fired by Chris. He never wanted to follow through with the plan, but had no choice
because of the financial crisis his family was in. On top of this, Owen is unfortunately no stranger
to appearing nude in the show, primarily whilst sleepwalking. He has admitted that these episodes
happen after he eats baked beans, so that at least can be deterred, but there’s no real excuse for
the few times he consciously does it. For these two minor instances, it feels best to give Owen
community service to do as he’s a well meaning person and almost never has intent to hurt anyone.
CRIMES: AIDING & ABETTING AND PUBLIC NUDITY
SENTENCE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
The final criminal for sentencing on this list is Eva.
Right from her arrival on the island, Eva makes it very clear that she is tough and not someone
to be messed with, terrifying her fellow campers. In “The Big Sleep,” Eva threatens to hurt Chris
for making the teens do a run around the lake before they get fed, but is held back
by Duncan and Geoff. Courtney supplements this by mentioning how she’d also thrown her suitcase out
the window and broken a lock on one of the bathroom doors. Heather takes advantage of
these rage issues by stealing Eva’s mp3 player without her knowing, forcing the angry teen to
take her aggression out on her teammates until the item is coughed up. Once Heather makes her play,
Eva is subsequently voted off by her team. She returns in “No Pain, No Game” and immediately
begins to direct all her hatred towards Bridgette, the remaining former Killer Bass member. Eva gives
the former teammate various death threats and insults, even enraging others who come
to Bridgette’s defense. When the confessional videos are shown for the elimination ceremony,
Eva says in hers that if the teens don’t want to end up in body bags, they should refrain
from voting for her. Unfortunately, everyone votes against Eva and she’s forced off the island in a
straitjacket. For her first criminal offense, it seems fair for Eva to be put on probation
and continue taking the anger management classes she claimed to be taking in the show.
CRIMES: PROPERTY DESTRUCTION AND VERBAL THREATS/ASSAULT
SENTENCE: PROBABTION + ANGER MANAGEMENT
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