Total Drama really struck a chord with
a lot of people which, in retrospect, is pretty remarkable. The first season was
a straightforward parody of reality-show competitions which literally reduced
its characters to single-word archetypes and delivered laughs through lowbrow and
particularly violent physical comedy. Nonetheless, this first installment paved the
way for an empire which spanned several years, spin-offs, and of course fame-hungry
teenage contestants, ripe for the torturing. Make no mistake, we’ve got a Good-to-Evil
List and place for each and every one of them. For now, though, I’m Brad with WIckedBinge, here to take a stab at the OG Total Drama cast
- the original twenty-two campers of Wawanakwa, the newcomers who join the ranks in
Season 3, and of course, Chris and Chef. Let’s get started: Our Gold Standard Good is gentle-giant DJ, or
“Devon Joseph Poopydoo” as his mother calls him. DJ is the textbook example of purity - his arc
in each season is a testament to his good nature. He spends his time on the Island mothering a baby
bunny his finds in the woods, and - upon finding himself to be a jinx who’s continued presence
leads to animals getting hurt - actively tries to remove himself from the competition. If there were
any stains on his record, it might have been his actions in Total Drama Action, in which he joins
an alliance with Chef which lends him an unfair advantage in the game. We get a surprisingly
in-depth look at DJ’s psyche in a dream he has, in which his mother (representing his conscience)
admonishes him for doing so. This ultimately leads him to abandon the prize money and
leave the competition on his own volition. Official sources call DJ a “teddy bear”
and that definition fits him like a glove. He’s also an incredibly progressive portrayal
of masculinity - certainly capable of standing up to things that threaten his friends,
but also not afraid to be emotional and rely on others for help. DJ is a saint,
don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. For our Silver-standard, we present Bridgette.
As the resident surfer chick and the last girl standing on the Killer Bass, Bridgette had her
work cut out for her midway through the first season. In a ‘battle of the sexes’-type challenge,
she tries to unify the other girls, to no avail. But this episode really highlights her as a
good person, particularly when her morals lead her to protest being served dolphin-meat. She’s
courageous, she’s compassionate, and she tries to do right as a both competitor and colleague
to Total Drama. Notably, she’s consistently the nicer of the two Aftermath hosts. She also served
as an on-hand medic for her team more than once. Bridgette does go through a rough patch in her
relationship with Geoff which sours her a little during the third season, though admittedly
this was partially due to outside influences, namely Blaineley and Alejandro. If she had
any faults of character it was probably being too invested in her relationship with Geoff,
which ended up costing her the competition. Finally, our Bronze. Cody.
Cody is likely the most beloved character from the original cast if not the
entire series. Its a little known fact that two characters were based on a real-life fan of
his (and her life-size, homemade doll of him). And it’s honestly not hard to see why he’s likable.
Cody’s not suave and a lot of the passes he makes wouldn’t fly today, but he is genuinely a sweet
kid and that comes out a lot over the course of his time on the show. Arguably, he does more for
Gwen and Trent’s romance than either of them do, even after Gwen tonelessly rejected his affections
specifically for Trent’s, and continues to support her throughout the first season. He’s also one
of the few characters to have no significant conflicts during this time, barring one
angry bear that nearly mauls him to death. Season 3 saw Cody return with
a crazed fan joined at his hip, something that he had a hard time tolerating
for obvious reasons. But that doesn’t stop him from at least trying to be accommodating,
though it isn’t a stretch to say that it did limit the character development he
might have had otherwise. Regardless, we can remember Cody for being the sweet, if
somewhat awkward, guy-next-door vs. the world. Next we have Beth. Though initially written off as
a “Wannabe”, known for her awkwardness in the face of more charismatic competitors. At first, Beth
seemed like she was doomed to be Heather’s lackey, but it actually takes a short amount of time for
her to tire of Heather’s treatment of her and stand up for herself. Beth spends the rest
of her tenure with Total Drama being among the friendliest contestants it offers. She
immediately strikes up a friendship with Lindsay and even goes on to become a finalist, not
because she plays the game a certain way, mainly just because she’s so nice, no one ever votes her
off until the merge. Even then, she only becomes underhanded in defense of herself or others, as
demonstrable by her brief alliance with Courtney. Beth appeared to be naive, but also principled,
something that most of her fellows lose out on in their gradual pursuit of riches, romance, or
revenge. She isn’t well-remembered after the fact, but, you’d be hard pressed to find
someone who doesn’t remember her fondly. Then there’s Lindsay, the Princess.
Every show seemed to have a ‘Lindsay’ back in the early-2000s. She wasn’t a mean
girl but she definitely fell into that crowd, and Lindsay was among those unfortunately
enough to become the villain’s lapdog. In her case, her master was Heather, and Lindsay
was coerced (even threatened) into doing some pretty mean things under her. Namely, she helped
Heather eliminate her competition in cold blood, and even ruined a relationship for Gwen and
Trent. But Lindsay wasn’t entirely at fault here, being manipulated herself at the
time. And once she does wisen up, after it costs her the first season, she actually
becomes a force to be reckoned with in the next few seasons. One might count her relationship
with Courtney against her, but really, everything that happened to
her, Courtney had coming. If anything holds Lindsay back from top-tier
goodness, it’s her lack of foresight. Being unfortunately unintelligent, she can
be an inconvenience more than an asset. She’s also not the best at being a girlfriend,
frequently forgetting who her boyfriend is. Still, she’s one of the
nicest competitors out there, showing that it’s entirely Rossi
bee to be pretty inside and outside. Finally, party-monster Owen. This lovable
fat guy ended up winning the first season, mainly because he was so likable. In an
increasingly hostile environment, he was the comic relief for the audience as well as his teammates.
Despite his spastic colon, people tended to like Owen for his excitable and friendly demeanor.
But, he’s not as “good” as we might remember. He places where he does for his friendliness,
but this amicability isn’t universal. For starters, Owen isn’t as kind to
himself as he is other people - he mentions at one point to Heather that he feels
disappointed in no one taking him seriously, but he goes along with it nonetheless.
Further, in the second season, Owen actually returns to the competition with
specific instructions to cause drama between the other contestants. Admittedly, he dislikes
this role, but again, goes along with it anyway. Perhaps his worst trait is his default emotional
response to any stressful situation is to eat, something that causes problems in challenges.
These things aside, Owen is liked universally for his enthusiastic and forgiving ways, so
we place him here, comfortably among the best. Next is Sadie, one half of the
Best Female Friends For Life, the exclusive club consisting
of herself and Katie. Despite being joined at Katie’s hip in most of
the appearances, Sadie is able to outlast Katie and even grow from it. This allows her
to place higher out of the two. Notably, she demonstrates a significant capacity
for empathy - just after losing Katie, she helps Lindsay survive their
shared worst fear of bad haircuts. She also works to put aside missing her
best friend and participate in the game. She’s also able to see past her dislike of Heather
to be happy for her and Alejandro later on. Sadie isn’t ever given the chance to be really
fleshed out - she and Katie tend be accessories to stronger competitors, or just whatever boy
they happen to like this week. Nonetheless, Sadie is a good friend and a good person,
visible in the few moments which she does get. Then there’s Tyler, a hapless jock who’s so dumb
and uncoordinated, he manages to cheat Death every other episode. But Tyler’s another case of a good
person in a demanding environment. In Season 1, he was mostly preoccupied with getting noticed
by Lindsay, whom he immediately formed a crush on. The next few seasons, though, manages
to give him an arc in him getting past his insecurities in himself. Tyler is noticeably one
of the few insecure competitors to go through this arc, and the only one to do so in a healthy
way. He gradually goes from a jock stereotype to a remarkably sensitive individual, and
further demonstrates himself capable of great loyalty. He actually saves himself and all of
his teammates from certain death at one point, and rather than become annoyed with Lindsay
forgetting him, he works to help her remember. All things considered, he might be the
sweetest of the contestants we have, certainly the most dedicated to his
romantic partner. He’s no one trick pony, like you might think by looking at him at first. And then there’s Geoff, a Total Drama staple who
appears in nearly every installment of the series. The first season sees Geoff as a team
player as well as a mood lightener. People gravitated towards him for
his carefree and kindhearted nature, even sticklers like Gwen and Duncan. He
became one of the most well-liked characters of the first seas and even landed a job as an
Aftermath host after his second elimination. But this role changed him considerably,
leading to several stains on his permanent ‘goodness’ record. In fact, he becomes similar
to Chris in his pursuit of reality-show glory, and trods on his former friends and his
girlfriend to get what he wants. For example, he risks several lives to get an appropriate amount
of drama from sensitive situations, threatening Gwen with an anvil and Owen with an electric
shock for not playing into the game he devises. Geoff does eventually see the light and
return to his old ways, even managing to return for one of the spin-offs. We can talk
more about his subsequent performances there, but as far as the few installments go, he was
a good guy who almost went down the wring path, but he was brought back by - in true
cartoon fashion- by the power of love. Our resident cool-guy, Trent, comes next.
Unfortunately, he misses out on ninth place, where we’ve no doubt he’d be happier. Trent was
one of the most popular members of the original cast because… of course he was. He was a sensitive
musician who would sit up and stargaze all night with you. He’s the stuff all the indie teen-flicks
are made of, he was just honest about it. Indeed, much of his character was centered around his
budding relationship with another fan-favorite, Gwen. But he did demonstrate himself to be a good
boyfriend, and good person, for the most part. Certainly, he made few enemies in his time,
and proved himself a strong enough competitor to lead a team, or so it appears. Because
Trent’s real flaw is that he was so blinded by love, he was willing to screw his
team over. By his own admission, when it appeared he was losing ground with
Gwen, he chose to cater to her in the face of her own objections. Precisely what you don’t
want to do if you don’t want to be voted off. Trent definitely feels like he was just sort
of shunted out of the way in the writers’ room once it looked like Gwen and Duncan was a more
popular pairing. In fact, he rarely, if ever, was even mentioned in the eventual love-triangle
that developed between them and Courtney. He just sort of feels… forgotten. So we’ll leave him here,
where he can officially round our “Good” guys. As far as good girls go, though, we have
Leshawna, an aspiring community organizer and Total Drama mainstay. It says a lot about
Leshawna that her popularity among the cast is what gets her eliminated in the first season.
But she does qualify as our “Least Good”, and this is for several reasons. Unmistakably,
Leshawna has good intentions. She’s a strong competitor and obviously cares about her teammates
and fellow campers. But she is also the most underhanded among our good guys, and further, her
temper is more likely to make the lives of those around her harder than not. For example, in Season
2, she proves herself to be willing (and apt at) manipulating others, which she does to secure a
prize for herself. She also spends most of her time in a fierce rivalry with Heather which,
admittedly, is consistently a two-way street. It isn’t fair to deny Leshawna a spot as a
“good” character because she is a good character, but she is the first on our list to be
in-it-to-win-it completely. She cares, but she plays the game as she needs to, and
that requires just a little bit of selfishness. But we’ve talked about our good guys,
so now let’s tackle the grey area. These guys fall pretty comfortably in the
neutrals. But not all neutrals are created equal. Here we find Katie, first. It might seem strange
to see her so far from BFFFL, but all the evidence points to her being the more dominant, and less
kind, member of the duo. For starters, she’s more vain than her friend, insisting that she’s
the pretty one and that “everyone thinks so”. She intentionally upsets Sadie with this
information during a fight, and even body shames her behind her back in the same episode. This also
happens to be the challenge that she and Sadie cost their team, resulting in her elimination.
Her subsequent appearances have her solidly at Sadie’s side, but even then, she appears to be the
meaner one. She suggests an “anti-Gwen club” and fights demonstrably harder for the affections
of her crushes, namely Trent and Justin. Katie is a nice person, to an extent. She never
manipulates anyone, never eliminates anyone, and never complains about the squalid
conditions that Wawanakwa imposes. Regardless, to be as dependent as she and
Sadie are on one another, she could afford to be a better friend. Still, inoffensive
as she ultimately is, we place her here. Next, Izzy, the Hose Beast. (For real, that’s
her official label - I have no idea what “hose beast” means.) She lives up to her reputation as
a lunatic, and her status as a wanted fugitive of the Canadian government. In fact, Izzy and
her many alter-egos might be the closest any of these guys come to truly chaotic neutral. In
every season she appears in, Izzy’s creativity is unbound - she operates on her own wavelength, and
honestly that works for her as a strategy. But her eccentricities do wear on others, particularly
when she inconveniences others with them. Izzy’s darkest actions include rigging explosives
and risking the lives of her teammates for her own delusions. She also dressed up as
a bear and terrorized her own team, just because. Alternatively, she’s saved
her friends on multiple occasions and even gone toe-to-toe with Chef Hatchet
(which, honestly, is pretty awesome). She sells out her friends and
intents an algorithm for time travel, then returns to her old ways
just in time to blow everyone, including herself, to smithereens. It goes
without saying that Izzy is unorthodox, and that can be a good thing or a bad thing. But she
was a fun character, for the time that she lasted. Ezekiel, the Homeschooled, comes next.
This poor guy never really had a chance, did he? Inarguably, he’s inconsequential for
the first two seasons, playing the smallest role out of all the competitors. He does
manage to peeve off his fellows with his lack of social graces and backwards thinking,
both consequences of his sheltered upbringing, resulting in his nigh-immediate removal from the
island. He wouldn’t return to prominence until World Tour, in which he is (again) the first
to get the boot. But in a show of tenacity, he manages to physically stay on the
jet, at the total expense of his sanity. He becomes a Gremlins parody pretty quickly
and even manages some pretty dark feats, namely attacking other people. Zeke… isn’t really
a bad guy, overall. It might be unfair to blame him for going feral on us considering it didn’t
really look like he could help it, but he is backwoods, and awkward, and sexist, so maybe he’s
better off as a zombie. He looks happier, anyway. Next, Harold. A Napoleon Dynamite rip-off
who eventually became a jack-of-many-trades and one of the most valuable wild-cards in the
game. But Harold’s time on the island was more defined by his fraught relationship with the other
guys on his team. In order to get back at Duncan, Harold orchestrates Courtney’s elimination,
becoming one of the few campers to successfully cheat the game. Remarkable as this is, though, it
does him no favors regarding his placement on a moral gradient. With time, though, he demonstrates
himself to be genuinely interested in Leshawna, and willing to fight for her affections. In this
pursuit, he at least demonstrates his capacity to be forgiving, being willing to look past
her deceiving him. Though he also effectively uses Leshawna for… ‘chemical warfare’ later
in that episode, which is pretty monstrous. He also resorts to some pretty low
shots in his ensuing feud with Duncan. Ultimately, Harold appears to only be as “bad”
as his situation. While he doesn’t appear to be naturally malicious, he does show a penchant
for it. For this reason, we place him here. And what Total Drama listicle would be complete
without Sierra, the Uber-Fan? She enters under the pretext of her impossibly-intense crush on
Cody, but manages to stick around long enough to make a sizable impact on the series.
But this impact isn’t always positive, particularly in her earlier appearances. Sierra's
fatal flaw was, and remains, her obsessive nature. She physically needs an outlet for her enthusiasm,
and being denied this can be disastrous for her mental state, as well the wellbeing of those
around her. This aside, she does become a good ally to Cody, to an extent, and even develops
her character enough to exist without him, also to an extent. That is, she trades in her
obsession with Cody for an obsession over Total Drama (and that’s super sad. Can you imagine,
knowing so much about this dumb show? I couldn’t) Sierra is an odd bird, sure, and she causes a lot
of grief in her attempts to get what she wants. Still, she’s not a bad person for this;
ultimately, she is a fan who’s living her dream interacting with her favorite media, and
she doesn’t really do anything to jeopardize anyone else’s shot at the money.
She’s not perfect, no, but she’s a good girl. Let her be a lesson, though,
too much internet is a bad thing, y’all. Next, Gwen, our resident goth. A loner by profession, Gwen comes off
as incredibly surly and unapproachable, something even Trent admits and the Island does
nothing to help. She gets by by relying on no one and competing to the best of her abilities. But
time changes Gwen more than any other contestant, and it’s no understatement to say that she
eventually runs afoul of many. Her time on the second season ends honorably enough, she lets
herself be tortured to make up for Trent throwing challenges for her, and even votes herself off to
be thrown to an unsympathetic public. But she does manage to set the record straight, just in time to
crash land Duncan’s relationship with Courtney. It isn’t fair to blame Gwen for that spark dying, but
it doesn’t do her any favors either. Nor is she innocent in the many feuds she finds herself in
- namely her beefs with Heather and Courtney. Gwen is notably not a fatalist. She believes in
karma predetermining her destiny and works to appease the universe so that good things will
happen for her. This tends to bleed into her daily life and how she handles the competition.
She’s grey because she’s petty enough to stoop to others’ level, but usually for the right - or at
least sympathetic - reasons. She was a good friend and a decent person overall. Still, Gwen was
done dirty by her extended time on Total Drama, and so here shall she be condemned, in
spitting distance of her criminal ex. That’s right, I’m talking
about Duncan, our next entrant. Duncan was one of the most cherished contestants
of the first season. His devil-may-care attitude in defying Chef made him the darling of the
audience, and he was helped along by his budding relationship with Courtney. But Duncan
was also a really good guy. He jumped through several hoops to find a replacement for DJ’s
fallen bunny at one point, and even showed some signs of softening towards the end of the game.
But time wore on for Duncan as well, and his personality admittedly shifted for the sake of the
plot, namely the love triangle that formed around him and the grief it caused for everyone involved.
There were plenty of times that he screwed the pooch on that one, and despite the many instances
where he couldn’t really be blamed, most of his problems were contingent on his selfishness and
his indecision. Still, Duncan remained a character who would do the wrong thing for the right
reasons, and eventually came to focus his more destructive tendencies against Chris, something
that not long cost him the game, but his freedom as well. But this also came solely in response to
him feeling like he was falling short of his bad boy image. In the end, Duncan really showed his
backside in regards to his values, an unfortunate byproduct of reality television. So here he
rests, at the very bottom of our Grey pile. Now we’ve seen the situational heroes and the
situational bad guys, but what about the career villains in our midst. We find them here, in the
infernal regions of our “bad to evil” category. To start us off, Heather. Heather goes from
being an incredibly skilled, if hatable, mean girl to one of Total Drama’s all-time strongest
competitors. Her redemption arc consisted of losing her hair, and a few braincells, before
coming back swinging in the third season. Here’s where we really start to see this character shine:
she’s no longer uncontested in her manipulation of others - people are wise to it, and then there’s
Alejandro, who appears better at it than her. But Heather’s redemption is interesting in that
it never really softens her competitive edge. She continues to scheme and play to her strengths,
but she’s also put in more dangerous situations, necessitating more creative measures than
simply playing coy to get what she wants. This is something that eventually all
the castmates have to reckon with: the processing absurdity of the game. Heather
might be the contestant who most rises to meet this challenge. It also humanizes her as a fierce
fighter and as a person - she does what she does to get ahead. So with time, her aggression
feels less… personal, less malicious. But, she’s still selfish and egotistical (and
that’s why we love her), so we find her here. Next, Noah. To be fair, Noah does develop
as a character, though this doesn’t really happen in the generation covered in this video. We
definitely will talk about Ridonculous-Race Noah, but for now, we can only judge him on his
performance in the first three seasons. His time on the island was perhaps his lowest point,
proving him to be cold, sarcastic, and unhelpful. World Tour sees him return as much less aloof,
but also no less sardonic. His first major role in this season comes from him being discerning
- he’s one of the first competitors to suspect Alejandro. Ultimately though, this isn’t really
enough to spare him the Arch-Villain’s wrath. Again, it simply takes Noah a while to
come out of his shell, and though we do see vestiges of who he eventually becomes, we
see his more callow side first. That side, the one who sat out the Dodgeball
game and tells off his friend, is the side that places in the
lower strata of the “Evil” list. Then there’s Alejandro, the literal handsome devil
who matches wits with Heather in Season 3. He’s another manipulative type, but a uniquely talented
one at that. He manages to hoodwink just about everyone, including otherwise very discerning
characters like Leshawna. In fact, he amalgamates the two types of manipulation we’ve seen before:
like Heather, he convinces others that his intentions are pure; and like Justin, he lets his
abs to the talking when words fail. At the end of the day, Al might be our smartest villain, if only
because he knows better than to underestimate his opponents. His one crux is Heather, who actually
manages to steal her way into his evil heart. But Al isn’t as bad as he might be - he has a
sense of chivalry to him and maintains his dignity in rough situations. He also isn’t wasteful, and
never expends any more than he needs to. Still, his label is ‘The Arch-Villain’ for a reason, and
that reason is that he’s simply good at being bad. Next, Justin. We can’t really say much about
Justin that we can’t say Alejandro did better. He’s equally known for his beauty, but Justin
appears to be more enamored with himself that anyone else ever is. In fact, Justin’s
fatal flaw is also his greatest strength, he’s so beautiful that he’s hollow. And that works for
him for a while, when he has other people charmed, but it quickly wears off. For a minute, he looks
poised to be the big bad of the season season, but he falls through the cracks pretty quickly after
he wears out his welcome. Justin also sort of just… stops existing once Alejandro comes on the
scene. He joins the Drama Brothers with the other forgotten males of the series and never evolves
past being a pretty face with a twisted heart, something that Alejandro eventually does. So we
see Justin as weaker villain than his fellows, but also a more wicked one, simply
because he never got the chance to not be. Even further along, we have Eva, the athlete who
once eloquently stated, “If they don’t want to leave in body bags, they won’t vote for me.” That
summarizes Eva’s character pretty well: she’s a brute with a temper and enough muscles to make
that an issue. To her credit, in later seasons, she does try to curb her anger issues, to limited
success. While she can admit to her faults, she never quite gets the better of them, spelling doom
for the groin of a poor Scotsman when she finds work as a field reporter. Eva’s a danger to her
fellow man, sure, but she is the most honest out or our bad guys. She settles problems by punching
them and, in a way, you have to admire that. Just shy of our finalists, let’s have a hand
for Chef Hatchet, our Drill Sergeant Nasty and culinary extraordinaire, who also serves
as Chris’ muscle and main means of torturing the cast. It wouldn’t be fair to label Chef
a villain in the traditional sense - he is, after all, simply a man trying to do his job,
and his job involves pushing teenagers to the breaking point. But lets not fool ourselves
into thinking he doesn’t enjoy his lot in life, because Chef obviously doesn’t mind being the
bad guy. Nonetheless, he does demonstrably have more integrity than Chris or Blaineley - he
certainly isn’t starved for fame or ratings, in fact he seems to be perfectly content
in the role he’s in despite it’s… less than stellar requirements. He’s even
demonstrated a limited amount of patience with his employer’s antics which almost borders on caring
about the kids he’s responsible for. Almost. But Chef does have one saving grace that actually
makes him a pretty interesting character, and that’s his willingness to defy Chris for his
own purposes. And one such purpose is his love of a challenge. We see this most consistently in the
first season, where he engages with contestants who gain his respect as equals. One such example
is his ongoing feud with Izzy, who he physically fights as an equal, or Gwen, whom he offers to
follow into combat if the need should ever arise. All this is to say, Chef actually seems to
care about the potential of the contestants, something Chris forever underestimates.
For everything Chef is, it demonstrates a sort of utilitarian moral backbone that’s an
unexpected, but not unwelcome, touch to his character. But it does lead him to being beaten
out by our own Final Three. Let’s take a look. The final member of the OG cast to join Total
Drama was Blaineley, who defied tradition by being a adult reality-show host as well as
a seasoned polemicist. Right from the start, she showed herself to be cut from the same
cloth as Chris and a willing member of his unholy trinity of executive producers. The name
of her game is ‘gossip’, and she does everything in her power to sow discord for the sake of
a good story. Blaineley sort of came along to put the ‘Drama’ in Total Drama, a feat she
accomplishes at the expense of her own image. How effective she is at being a villain is
questionable, considering the low success rate of her plans and her general lack of skills.
But her willingness to play the long game, and gamble with the wellbeing of
anyone she must to get what she wants, establishes her as a definitive contender
for Most Evil. She takes Bronze, not for any redeeming qualities, but rather that
she simply gets outdone as a villainess. Our Silver is equally our most evil contestant
Total Drama has ever seen. Courtney. This shouldn’t surprise anyone - despite her
popularity as Duncan’s original flame, Courtney is all the evil of a career politician wrapped up in
a teenage girl’s body. Not only is she incredibly manipulative and unfortunately intelligent, she’s
also incredibly petulant and a horribly sore loser. Her entitlement alone eventually debases
her as arch-villain of the second half of Season 2. IN her time, Courtney doesn’t cause as many
eliminations as Heather (who sets the record) but she did manage to have at least some friction
with every other contestant. She became so hated that her only chance to stay in the game is
winning immunity. As obnoxious as she is, though, her damning flaw is her ruthlessness - at least
once, she’s been willing to let others die for the sake of her ambitions, which equally indicates
a level of selfishness unmatched by her peers. Total Drama is, at the end of the day, a game.
Despite the trauma it causes them, most o the contestants seem to be capable of admitting
that. But Courtney is a special case. Her drive and her conviction to be the best, coupled
with the delusion that she is the best, make her, for lack of a better term, the worst. But even she
pales in comparison to our Gold Medal evildoer. Chris McLean. The Host with the Most, and
a glaring satire of the soullessness of mass-produced reality-based entertainment. Chris
is perhaps the most evil animated character to come out of Canada in the past decade,
and the thing is, he isn’t even trying. At the end of the day, Chris is the master of
ceremonies. He doesn’t torture his charges for the sake of it, but rather because he wants
to see them squirm. More than that, he wants the audience to see the pain he inflicts on his
charges because he knows it’ll make him richer and more noteworthy. Put simply, every horrible
thing he does, he does for the sake of his own image. Just a cursory glance at his actions could
give anyone pause - he lies, he cheats, and he destroys in the name of drama. He toys with the
lives of children all while dangling the obscene amounts of luxury in front of them to keep them
playing. Looking at him from a non-comedic angle, he almost seems like a cautionary tale to
anyone who might want to compete on Survivor. And that’s not to mention the devastation he
merits out on the environment every challenge with his deadly machines and challenges. Even
worse is his complete disregard for safety - he houses his staff and his competitors in
dangerous and unsanitary environments, up to and including a island steeped
in deadly amounts of radiation. Conclusively, Chris is a cruel
god. He commands the world of Total Drama and he uses his power
to make his puppets dance for him. It might raise an interesting discussion about
the corrosive influence of power and what crimes against humanity you can get away with if you’re
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Apparently not helping your team in a dodgeba contest makes you worse than a girl who screwed over several people, sabotaged a relationship, read a girl's diary on television, among many other nasty things.
Courtney is the most evil contestant? Noah more evil than Heather? Idk about that chief
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Katie ranking substantially lower than Sadie's a weird pick. I get why they did it but it also felt like they were cherry-picking at times, especially since Sadie's not exactly pure good herself. They're mostly one in the same.
Beth and Cody's more blatantly selfish/insensitive moments aren't really acknowledged at all and I thnk they're both ranked too high for it, even if they're both likely still in the "good" category.
Ezekiel's given a bit too much credit, considering the show believes his feral actions to be out of his own control even if he's shown to be aware of his actions throughout a lot of his appearances.
Noah ranking lower than Heather and Duncan is frankly ridiculous. The worst Noah can get is lazy and sarcastic, but he's not proactively malicious towards anybody. Definitely not a "bad guy", even without The Ridonculous Race which they strangely chose not to take into consideration.
Justin being lower than Alejandro is absurd; Alejandro is chivalrous but that's not really to anyone's benefit but his own. Even lower than Heather's a stretch. Justin's been more selfish and shallow than he is evil and manipulative, where even then his evil actions don't top those of Heather or Alejandro.
Eva's also a tad lower than she ought to be. She's temperamental and threatens people a lot but she doesn't really act on it beyond tantrums and screaming.
I don't disagree with Courtney being in the "evil" category or even having her be lower than Heather or Eva, but this video does make it a point to not really point out any of her kinder qualities that could have ranked her higher than, say, Alejandro or Chef or Blaineley, which is hardly fair in defense of her strengths in more ways than her aggression or entitlement.
Also side note, I love their analysis on Chef and it makes me think more highly of him than I used to. And I already liked Chef to begin with.
Noah may be lazy and can act like an ass to others sometimes, but how is he considered to be evil?
Noah in Bad/Evil is major sus. And I feel Courtney should be above Blaineley. Though that's mainly because I think she was bluffing in the TDI special. Though some of the good contestants did indeed have some pretty questionable moments that I think more so fling them into morally grey territory(Beth and Cody for a couple of prime examples), which WickedBinge didn't remotely acknowledge. And Ezekiel is way too high(for me, Good is higher, and Evil is lower). Like u/JakeClipz said, he was pretty aware of his actions. And he injured Cameron for literally no reason
As clickbaity as they are, there's always something that compels me.
Some of these rankings are really off. heather above noah? alejandro above justin?
Fans of a certain character that is labeled as "the most evil contestant" from gen 1, will have a field day .
Felt really nit-picky. Courtney being second-to-last was stupid, she was a flawed character, but she was far from evil, as most of the time she wasn't in the wrong, she just reacted to things badly.
Coming from a huge fan of Bridgette and Geoff, Bridgette being number 2 on the good list was stupid. Wouldn't have put her in the grey area, but cheating, regardless of why, probably isn't acceptable. I probably would've ranked her lower (but still in the "good" group).
Gwen and Duncan being in the grey area is borderline retarded. I can (potentially?) see Gwen in the ranking she got, but Duncan? Absolutely not.
The fact that Duncan cheated, and the fact that Gwen participated (knowing he was in a relationship with Courtney), and then both decided not to acknowledge it is crappy. The fact that Gwen tried to befriend Courtney again in AS without truly trying to apologize is crappy.
Noah should probably be in the gray area.
I can't imagine Blaineley being ranked that low??
Overall, the rankings just have a lot of flaws. I originally thought they might've only watched the first season, then I realized Blaineley, Alejandro, and Sierra were on there and I was like 👁👄👁