Total Drama Island/Not So Happy Campers (1)

Not So Happy Campers (1)
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate	July 8, 2007
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Directed by
— N/A	1x02 → Not So Happy Campers (2)
Total Drama Island — Season One

Not So Happy Campers (1) is the first episode of the first season of Total Drama Island.

Guest Stars:

Plot Overview

Chris Maclean greets the audience from Camp Wawanakwa somewhere in Muskoka, Ontario, and tells the viewers that twenty two campers have signed up to spend eight weeks at a summer camp where they will participate in challenges every three days and the winning team will receive a reward. The losing team will have to vote one of their own members off the island in a campfire ceremony where survivors receive marshmallows to mark their survival, after which the eliminated member will take a walk down the "Dock of Shame", take a ride on the "Boat of Losers" and leave Total Drama Island forever. Chris goes go on to say that the numbers will dwindle down with the last one achieving tabloid fame and winning a small fortune. Chris says all dramatic moments will be caught by hundreds of cameras situated all over the island, and then tells them that they may be TO'd because they were told that they were staying in a five-star resort and with that, the episode begins.

Next, Chris is on the dock and ready to meet the first eleven campers. Beth arrives and immediately hugs Chris as she states Chris looks much shorter than what she expected. DJ arrives next and comments how the camp isn't what he expected. Gwen then arrives and says she did not sign up for staying at the rundown camp and tears up her agreement, but Chris pulls out a copy of the agreement and points out that Gwen's ride has already left. Geoff arrives and greets Chris enthusiastically with the word "man" said several times. Lindsay arrives next and catches the notice of all of the boys and says Chris looks familiar, and when Chris points out he's the show's host, the seemingly clueless Lindsay says that's where she's seen him. Heather arrives to foreboding dramatic music and noticeably recoils from Beth's enthusiastic welcome. Duncan arrives and Chris tells Duncan that his parole officer called to say Duncan can be returned to juvenile detention any time if the show has any problems with him, but Duncan doesn't seem bothered by this statement. As Heather fumes over the conditions, Tyler arrives on water skis but crashes into the dock and the splash soaks Heather.

Harold arrives toting a keyboard and is okay with the conditions of the camp. Trent arrives next and mentions seeing Chris on a figure skating show as he also notices the run down nature of the camp and Gwen. Bridgette arrives carrying a surfboard and says she thought they were going to be on a beach. Noah arrives next and asks if Chris got the memo he sent listing a number of life threatening allergies he has, and Chris states that he's sure someone did. Leshawna arrives and talks confidently of winning but reacts negatively to Harold saying that she's big and loud. Katie and Sadie arrive together and gush over the camp they'll be staying at. Ezekiel arrives and Chris counsels him that considering Ezekiel was home schooled and didn't get out much, he advises him to try to stay quiet and avoid getting voted off early in the game. Cody arrives next and notes that the ladies have already arrived. Eva arrives and when Cody asks, Eva says she has dumbbells in her luggage. Owen arrives and shouts happily as he grabs Chris and grabs him in a rib-crushing bear hug. Courtney arrives and as Owen greets her, Justin arrives with awe evident in most of the campers' faces at his good looks. Chris mentions to Justin that he is in on the show for his looks alone and Justin is okay with that. Izzy is the last to arrive, but she trips getting off the boat and hits the dock face first and drops into the lake, though Izzy doesn't seem bothered by the accident at all.

With that, Chris gets the campers to go to one end of the dock for a group picture but, after two false starts, the dock collapses under the campers as the picture is taken, dumping the entire group of campers into the lake. Chris tells the campers to dry off and meet him at the campfire pit in ten minutes.

At the campfire pit, Chris tells the campers the person who is the last one left in the competition wins one hundred thousand dollars. As for sleeping arrangements, Chris says guys get one side of a cabin and the gals get the other side. Chris splits the campers into two teams with Gwen, Trent, Heather, Cody, Lindsay, Beth, Katie, Owen, Leshawna, Noah and Justin forming the Screaming Gophers, and Geoff, Bridgette, DJ, Tyler, Sadie, Izzy, Courtney, Ezekiel, Duncan, Eva and Harold forming the Killer Bass team. Chris mentions that the campers will be sharing their thoughts in a video diary taped in the outhouse and this is followed by Gwen, Lindsay, a black duck and Owen sharing their thoughts. Chris goes on to say that the Gophers are in the east cabin and the Bass members are in the west cabin, and also points out there is a communal bathroom building for everyone to use. When Lindsay gets confused about what the communal washroom is and Gwen has to explain it to her, Lindsay starts to whine, not being thrilled at the thought of having to share a shower with 21 other campers. After Chris gives everyone thirty minutes to unpack before meeting him back at the main lodge, Duncan uses an ax to kill a cockroach that scared Lindsay and freaked out some of the others.

At the main lodge, Chef Hatchet gives his instructions as to how he will be serving meals on a daily basis and ignores some of the campers' requests and complaints. Chris arrives and says the first challenge starts in one hour. DJ doesn't think the challenge will be difficult, but when the camera shows a a very tall looking cliff, DJ quickly changes his mind.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• This is the first part of TDI's two-part pilot episode, setting the stage for the characters and their adventures at Camp Wawanakwa

Trivia

The Show

Differences Between the Canadian and US versions

• Original dialogue in Canadian version:

• Duncan (passing by Heather at the dock): Meet you by the campfire, gorgeous!
  Heather (offended): Drop dead, you skeeze!

• Harold: So, you mean this show is at some crappy summer camp and not on some big stage or something?

• Gwen (in the Confessional Can): Um, okay...so far this sucks.

• Heather (to Gwen): Shut up, weird Goth girl!

• Lindsay (to Chris, about the washrooms): Communal bathrooms? But I'm not Catholic.
  Chris: It's not communion, it's communal.

• Chef (to Harold, in the mess hall): You'll get a whole lot of SHUT THE HECK UP!

• Chef (to Owen): WHAT WAS THAT?! Come closer, fat boy! I didn't hear you!

• DJ (at the cliff dive challenge): Oh, sh**!

• Edited versions of the same dialogue in the US:

• Duncan: Meet you by the campfire, gorgeous!
  Heather: Drop dead, you goof!

• Harold: So you mean this show is at some yucky summer camp and not on some big stage or something?

• Gwen: Um, okay...so far this stinks.

• Heather: Shut it, weird Goth girl!

• Lindsay: Where's the spa? I'm confused.
  Chris: Wow, that's a....shocker.

• Chef: You'll get...SIT YOUR BUTT DOWN!

• Chef: WHAT WAS THAT?! Come closer, big guy! I didn't hear you!

• DJ's "Oh, sh**!" line, which was beeped out by the animators on the original Teletoon version, is removed entirely by the Cartoon Network censors

Behind the Scenes

• This is the first of two episodes in which Rochelle Wilson plays the original voice of Courtney