A middle aged man stepped onto the docks with a forced smile.

"It's been twenty years since our last season but we're back baby! For all of those who may have forgotten. I'll explain the rules of the game. Sixteen strangers will be arriving in a moment. They'll be split up into two teams and forced to compete in challenges. The winning team will luxury prizes while the losing team will be sending someone home. This will keep on going until we reach the merge. Where only one person can win immunity, from there we head onto our grand finale! Two contestants will duke it out for one million dollars!" Chris said

An intern walked by with a suitcase. He opened it to reveal tons of money stuffed inside. Some of it blew away.

"Give or take. And it looks like our first camper is arriving now." Chris said

A speedboat was arriving to camp wawanakwa. An intern was driving it while a chubby black girl was writing stuff in her notebook. Once the speedboat stopped at the dock, the chubby black girl stepped off.

"Welcome to the island Millie." Chris said

"Thanks! Though I'm a bit confused. I thought Camp Wawanakwa sank during the All Stars season?" Millie asked

"Oh we decided to retcon that plotline." Chris replied

"What? That... doesn't make any sense." A confused Millie said

"It'd be better not to think about it." Chris said

Millie shrugged and walked off. The next speedboat contained an angry looking lightskin girl with her hair tied up in a ponytail.

"This is Axel." Chris said

Axel silently walked onto the dock and stood far away from Millie. She dropped a heavy looking bag.

"What's in there? Bricks?" Millie asked

"No just weapons." Axel replied

"Uh... what kind of weapons?" Millie asked

Axel opened her bag.

"Nunchucks, flamethrower, pickaxe. Everything I need to survive the zombie apocalyspe." Axel said

Millie looked at Axel like she was crazy.

"Okay then." Millie said

"Looks like our next camper has arrived. Say hello to Priya." Chris said

A speedboat containing an indian girl arrived at the dock. Priya excitedly stepped onto the dock and shook Chris' hand.

"Chris! I am so excited to meet you!" Priya said

Normally Chris would love to suck up praise from a fan. But after a few unfortunate encounters on the show, he was a little on edge.

"I'm sure you are. Please go stand over there." Chris said

Priya ran over to her fellow contestants.

"I'm Priya! I hope we can all get along!" Priya said

"We're not here to make friends. Just don't get in my way." Axel said

"Um.. okay!" Priya replied

Priya decided to turn her attention to the other girl and started up a conversation. A speedboat containing a tall lanky dude with a green hat and a ponytail arrived on the island.

"Welcome Zee." Chris said

"Wassup Chris. Totally nice to meet you man." A relaxed Zee replied

Zee took a sip of his soda and walked to the end of the dock. Since Priya and Millie were already chatting. He decided to stand next to Axel.

"You look stressed dudette. Want a soda?" Zee asked

"What? So you can poison me? No thanks." Axel said

"Nah man. I wouldn't put poison in soda. It would ruin the taste." Zee said

Zee took another sip of his soda.

"See? I'm perfectly fine." Zee said

Axel stared at Zee for a few seconds before shrugging.

"Fine give me a can." Axel said

Zee handed Axel a soda can. She chugged the entire can and crushed it with her head.

"Sick.." Zee said

The next speedboat containing a black guy with a yellow hat made its way to the island. He stepped onto the dock with his things.

"One million bucks please!" Damien said

"Excuse me?" Chris asked

"The million dollars? My friends said some show was handing away free money." Damien responded

Chris let out a laugh before putting his hand on Damien's shoulder.

"So let me get this straight." Chris said "You auditioned for a show you've never even seen before?"

"Yeah?" A confused Damien responded

"You are gonna be fun." Chris said "Go join the others if you will."

Before Damien could walk over, another speedboat was already arriving. An Asian guy in a red hoodie was doing some waterskiing.

"Whoa! That does not look safe at all!" Damien said

The Asian guy was waving at his fellow competitors. He lost balance and begin to fumble. The speedboat stopped abruptly and he went flying right into Damien. Both boys groaned in pain. Chris decided to laugh once more.

"Man we picked a good cast." Chris said "Everyone that was Chase."

Priya and Millie ran over to help up the two boys.

"Are you okay?" Priya asked

"Hell yeah! That was an epic wipeout! Would've made a killer video for my channel." Chase said

"Channel?" Priya asked

"Yeah I'm sure you've heard of me before. I'm part of the group, Three Guys in A Beach House." Chase said

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A cricket started chirping.

"I thought it was called Three Guys and A Girl in A Beach House." Zee said

"Nope! Just three guys! Hahahahaha!" Chase said as he laughed "Ha..."

No speedboat arrived but a girl with purple hair was standing next to Chris.

"Whoa! Don't sneak up on me like that!" Chris said

Chris took out a list and checked it.

"I'm guessing that you're Scary Girl?"

"Present!" Scary Girl said

"Great.." Chris said sarcastically "Go stand with the others."

Scary Girl nodded and walked over to the end of the dock.

"I can't wait to watch you all get hurt." Scary Girl said

Nobody was sure how to respond to that. Another speedboat arrived containing a chubby white guy.

"Looks like the final member of your team has arrived. Say hello to Ripper." Chris said

"The alpha male has arrived. Ladies try not to get distracted by my rugged good looks." Ripper said

"We'll try our best." Millie responded sarcastically

Ripper took his stuff and headed over to the dock. Chef arrived with a red flag and handed it to Priya.

"Your team will be known as the Ferocious Trout!" Chef said

"What's so ferocious about tiny little fish? Let's call ourselves the Wolf Pack!" Ripper said

Ripper started howling like a wolf, Chase and Scary Girl decided to join him.

"Stop that!" Chef said "All team names are final."

Ripper snapped his fingers in defeat. A speedboat containing two players was arriving. One was Caucasian and wearing a red hat the other was Indian and had short brown hair. What the two boys had in common was their hockey jerseys.

Eventually they both stepped onto the dock.

"Excited to be here Coach!" The red hat guy said

"My name is Chris not Coach. Wayne and Raj! You'll be the first two members of the other team." Chris said

"We're on the same team? Wicked!" Raj said

Wayne and Raj did a fist bump before walking over.

"So you guys are the competition eh? Think we can beat em Rajie?" Wayne asked

"We could beat em with our eyes shut and one arm tied behind our backs!" Raj said

Wayne and Raj shared a laugh.

"No one laughs at me! It's time to go BEAST MODE!" Ripper said angrily

Ripper pulled at his shirt and started to rip it. After completely ripping his shirt off, he walked over to fight the hockey players. But was stopped by Axel.

"Save it for the game." Axel said

"No one tells me what to do!" Ripper said

Axel growled at the alpha male. Ripper whimpered and backed off. A next yacht arrived with a girl looking at her cell phone. The girl stepped onto the dock and took a picture with Chris.

"My journey starts today. #blessed." The blonde girl said "And... send!"

"You did read the contract right?" Chris asked

"Eh I skimmed over it." The blonde girl said.

"Well Julia we have a very strict no cell phone policy." Chris said "So I'm gonna need all of your electronics."

Chris pulled out a box. Julia scoffed and dropped her phone in the box.

"I'm not some cell phone addict. I am like way stronger than you think." Julia said

Julia tried to sneak away but Chef stood in her way with a metal detector.

"Crud.." Julia said

Julia walked back over and dumped twenty phones into the box. The next speedboat arrived with an asian girl wearing a beanie.

"Looks like Mary Kate has arrived." Chris said

"Just call me MK dude." MK said

"Okay. Or should I say mk?" Chris said

"Very funny.." MK said sarcastically

MK and Julia walked over to the end of the dock. A yacht containing a chubby white girl arrived.

She stepped onto the dock and gasped.

"What is HE doing here?!" The chubby white girl asked

"You two mentioned each other in your audition tapes. So it only felt right to have you both in the same season." Chris said

"Ugh!" The chubby white girl said

The girl stomped over to the dock and tried to keep her distance from Chase.

"Dude what was that all about?" Zee asked

"That's just my ex-girlfriend Emma. We used to date but then she got all crazy and dumped me." Chase said

"I'M the crazy one?! Oh! You do not wanna go there mister!" Emma said

"What? Everything was great until you decided that you hate fun." Chase replied

Emma let out a warrior cry as she ran over and tackled Chase. The two got into a slap fight.

"Our teammate needs our help Rajie!" Wayne said "Go Snow Owls!"

"Hoot hoot!" Wayne/ Raj said

Wayne and Raj joined in the slap fight.

"That tears it!" Ripper said

Ripper went over to slap the Hockey Bros. Axel tried to grab his arm to stop him. But he accidentally ended up elbowing her. She had enough of the alpha male and slapped him. Chef eventually had to step in to separate everyone.

"We have to get these introductions done! The next person to hit, slap or punch will earn a penalty!" Chef said

Another yacht arrived and the person on it was very recognizable.

"Everyone this is Nichelle Ladonna." Chris said

Everyone gasped and turned their attention to the newest camper.

"From Gorgeous People High?" Emma asked

"Ooh I loved her on Hot Teen Girl Ninja Detective Squad!" Julia said

"I bet she has lots of stuff I can steal.." MK whispered

"Don't freak out, don't freak out.. OMG I AM LITERALLY YOUR BIGGEST FAN EVER!" Priya said

"Okay." Nichelle said

Nichelle casually stood there.

"This is usually the part where someone carries my stuff for me." Nichelle said

Wayne and Raj ran over to pick up Nichelle's things. She walked over to the end of the dock. Another speedboat arrived and a tall lanky black guy made his way to the dock.

"Bowie! It's a pleasure to meet you." Chris said

"Likewise." Bowie said

Bowie walked over to the end of the dock.

"Is that Nichelle Ladonna?" Bowie asked

"The one and only." Nichelle said "What can I do for you?"

"Wow. I am in the presence of a literal goddess right now." Bowie said "You absolutely slayed every show you were in."

"You know I did!" Nichelle said

"So what's a famous actress like you doing here?" Bowie asked

"I'm supposed to be doing a movie about a girl at summer camp. I've never been to one before so I thought coming here would give me an idea on how to play the character." Nichelle said

"That sounds like a great..." A distracted Bowie said

Bowie looked past Nichelle and saw the final speedboat arrive. A muscular black guy stepped onto the dock.

"This is our final contestant of the season. Welcome Caleb." Chris said

Caleb stuck out his hand for a handshake. Chris decided to reciprocate. Caleb walked to the end of the dock.

"Hello everyone. I hope we can all get along and play a good, clean game." Caleb said

Nichelle looked around and saw the attention wasn't on her for once.

"Um.. what is going on?" Nichelle asked

Bowie put his finger over Nichelle's mouth.

"Shh.. the eye candy is talking." Bowie said

"If you guys need anything make sure to let me know. Helping my team is my top priority." Caleb said

Chris walked over and shoved Caleb to the side.

"And that's enough of that. Wayne, Raj, Julia, MK, Emma, Nichelle, Bowie and Caleb. You are now known as the Frogs of Death!" Chris said

Chris handed a green flag to Caleb.

"Since you've all seen the show before. I don't think I need to explain the rules." Chris said

Damien raised his hand.

"Hehe.." Damien chuckled awkwardly

"Oh right. Forgot about you." Chris said "I guess I'll make an exception. You'll have to work together and compete in challenges. Winners get a reward and losers send someone to elimination. Fail to receive a marshmallow and that means you lose out on a million dollars."

"Uh.. what do you mean by challenges?" Damien asked

"Look were on a strict schedule dude." Chris said "Just ask one of your teammates when I'm done talking. You all get one hour to unpack and eat lunch. Then it's challenge time!"


The camera cut to two Ferocious Trout guys unpacking their things. Zee dropped his stuff on a bed. Ripper walked over and decided to cause trouble.

"I already called that bed!" Ripper said

"Really? I didn't hear you dude." Zee replied "I'll take top then."

"I want the top bunk!" Ripper said

"I thought you said you wanted the bottom?" Zee asked

"I want whichever one you want! Let's fight for it!" Ripper said

"Nah I'm good." Zee said "I'll just bunk with somebody else."

A scared Damien entered the cabin with Chase.

"I think out of all them. My favorite episodes are the ones where they do extreme stuff." Chase said "Like the time that guy jumped out of a moving plane and almost died. That was sweet!"

"Huh?! What kind of show is this?!" Damien asked

"You really should've did your research dude." Chase replied

"Sup my peeps." Zee said "Any of you want to bunk with me?"

"Sure." Chase replied

Chase and Zee walked over to a bunk together. Damien looked over at Ripper who was picking his nose.

CONFESSIONAL: DAMIEN

Damien opened the confessional door.

"Man I gotta pee."

While Damien was unzipping his pants, he saw the camera right in front of him and screamed.

"AAAAHHHHHHH!"

END CONFESSIONAL

At the girls part of the cabin. Axel dropped her bag of weapons on the top bunk and jumped on the bottom bunk. Priya saw that Scary Girl and Millie were already sharing a bunk.

"Where am I supposed to sleep?" Priya asked

"The floor's right there." Axel said

Priya huffed.

"I am NOT sleeping on the floor." Priya said

"Well then I hope you like sleeping outside." Axel said

Priya walked over to claim her bunk. But was stopped by Axel.

"DON'T touch my stuff." Axel said

"You have your stuff all over my bed!" Priya said "Acting like this will only get you kicked off!"

Axel scoffed. She grabbed her bag and tossed it at Priya. The indian girl fell down with the bag.

"Enjoy the new bed.." Axel said as she walked away

Millie walked over to help Priya up.

"Are you okay?"

"I hope she isn't!" Scary Girl said

Millie shot Scary Girl a disapproving look.


At the Deadly Frogs cabin. Bowie was filing his nails, he looked over and noticed that Caleb was sweeping.

"Are you seriously cleaning right now?" Bowie asked

"A clean cabin will keep us tidy and organized." Caleb said "You wanna help?"

"No thanks." Bowie said "I'm gonna go see what's up with Emma."

Bowie got up and walked out of the cabin. He entered the girls side and saw Emma crying in a bed. He walked over and tried to comfort her.

"There, there.." Bowie said

"T-This was supposed to be my thing! And Chase ruined it! Like always!" Emma said

"Tell me everything he did to you." Bowie said

"O-Okay.." Emma said

Emma explained the whole situation. Bowie was not ready to hear what he heard.

CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE

"Straight couples are messed up."

END CONFESSIONAL

Some time had passed and Chris called the campers over for their first challenge.

"Were starting things off with a total drama classic, the obstacle course. But this one will be different. Two of you will be yelling orders with megaphones. Four members from each team will be blindfolded as they try to face the dangers ahead. The last two will be eating a special order of chum straight from Chef's kitchen." Chris said

Chef arrived with two buckets of chum.

"Bon appetit!" Chef said

"Your baton will be the bucket of chum. If you drop it. You have to go back to get another one. And before anyone asks I will be deciding the order." Chris said

Chris pulled out a piece of paper.

"Emma, MK, Axel and Millie are on megaphone duty. Damien, Priya, Wayne and Raj will be tackling the first course. Chase, Ripper, Nichelle and Julia will handle the second course. Which leaves us with Bowie, Caleb, Zee and Scary Girl. Who will be eating chum." Chris said

"Yay!" A happy Scary Girl said

"Chum is raw meat and fish intestines." Chris said

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"Yay!" Scary Girl said once again

"You are a strange one. I'll give you some time to get ready." Chris said

Some time had passed as Damien, Priya, Wayne and Raj were now wearing blindfolds. While Axel and Emma were holding megaphones.

"On your marks... get set... GO!" Chris said

Wayne and Raj started running. Axel decided to use her megaphone.

"GO GO GO!" Axel yelled

"Go where?" Priya asked

"FORWARD!"

Priya and Damien started running as well.

"Look out for those tar pits up ahead!" Emma said

Wayne and Raj stopped.

"Which way do we go Ems?" Wayne asked

"Try going to the right to avoid it." Emma said

Wayne and Raj slowly walked to the right.

"Jump over the tar pits! We're no cowards!" Axel yelled

"They don't have enough vertical to make that jump!" Millie said

"It can't be that hard!" Axel said

Priya and Damien tried to jump and fell in the tar pit. Axel hit her head in frustration.

"Get out of the tar and keep going!"

Damien was screaming for his life while Priya was trying to calm him down.

"Damien! Damien! Calm down!" Priya said

"How am I supposed to be calm? We're currently sinking to our deaths!" Damien responded

"I think I know a way to get us out of here. So just trust me okay?" Priya said

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"Alright." Damien said

Priya cleared her throat and tried her best to imitate Emma's voice.

"Wayne! Raj! Come back to the tar pits!" Priya said

Wayne and Raj stopped running.

"I think Ems wants us to go back." Wayne said

"She's the boss." Raj said as he shrugged

Wayne and Raj stopped running forward and turned back.

"Don't listen to her! That's just Priya trying to imitate my voice!" Emma said

"Don't listen to her! That's just Priya trying to imitate my voice!" Priya said

"Uhh..." Wayne said as he scratched his head

A confused Wayne and Raj stood there.

"Oh dude I got it!" Raj said "Tell us something only the real Emma would know!"

"Uhh.. I hate Chase?" A confused Priya said

"That sounds about right." Wayne said

"I do not sound like that!" Emma said angrily

Wayne and Raj ran back to where Priya and Damien were.

"Good! Try to pull me up!" Priya said

Priya pulled out her hand as Wayne and Raj tried to feel for it. Eventually they found Priya's hand. The hockey bros pulled as hard as they could and got Priya out of the tar pit.

"Phew... thanks!" Priya said in her normal voice

"Huh?" Wayne/ Raj said

"Oh I mean thanks!" Priya said "Go help Damien... I mean MK!"

Wayne and Raj pulled up Damien as well. Emma screamed in frustration and threw her megaphone on the ground. MK picked it up and decided to give it a try.

"Hey Jockstraps! We're playing a new game called Run As Fast As You Can! The rules are pretty self explanatory." MK said

"Sounds fun." Wayne said "What'cha think Rajie?"

"Let's go for it!" Raj said

Wayne and Raj ran off with Damien and Priya not too far behind. Wayne handed his bucket of chum to Nichelle while Priya handed her bucket to Ripper. With their part of the challenge now complete. Damien and Priya took off their blindfolds.

"Priya that was amazing! Where'd you learn how to do that?" Damien asked

"Oh my parents made me go to voice acting camp. I never thought it'd be useful until now." Priya said

CONFESSIONAL: DAMIEN

"Surprisingly that's not the weirdest thing I've seen today."

END CONFESSIONAL

"GO LEFT!" Axel yelled

"We don't take orders from girls! We're true alpha males! Right Chase?" Ripper asked

"Uh.. sure whatever." Chase replied

Chase and Ripper ran straight into a beehive. The two boys screamed as the bees began to sting them.

"Go left!" MK said

Nichelle and Julia followed MK's orders and avoided the beehive.

"We really work well as a team! Once this challenge is over we should totally follow each other on Instagram." Julia said

"I thought Chris confiscated all your phones?" Nichelle asked

"Not all of them. In fact, I'm gonna try and do a blindfolded selfie! My followers will love it!" Julia said

"In the middle of a challenge?!" Nichelle asked

"Relax. Stress causes wrinkles." Julia said

Julia pulled out a phone from her shorts and tried to take a selfie. A drone flew by and snatched up Julia's phone. The influencer tried to grab on to it as it lifted her up off the ground. Taking Nichelle as well.

"W-Whoa!" Nichelle said

The drone flew on by as Julia tried to get her phone back. Julia eventually lost her grip and fell near the last part of the challenge.

"Ow.." Julia whined

"They made it!" Bowie said

"Not quite.." Caleb said

Caleb pointed at the bucket of chum that was spilled all over the beach.

"The Frogs dropped their bucket. Which means they have to go back to the start and grab another one!" Chris said

Julia and Nichelle groaned as they got up. Through some divine power, Chase and Ripper were able to make it to the last part of the challenge. He handed the bucket to Scary Girl. She took a piece of chum and slowly chewed it.

"You can really taste the dead animal carcass." Scary Girl said

"This isn't fine dining! It's a challenge! Eat the food!" Axel said

Scary Girl rolled her eyes and pulled out a piece for Zee.

"Thanks dudette." Zee said

Zee ate the chunk of chum and actually liked it.

"Bro that is so good. Gotta get some seconds." Zee said

Zee and Scary Girl made quick work of the chum bucket and devoured all of the contents inside.

"This just in! The Ferocious Trout win! Which means the Deadly Frogs are heading to elimination tonight!" Chris said

The Trout celebrated their victory.


The Deadly Frogs were in the Mess Hall as they discussed who to vote off.

"I think this one is pretty clear cut and dry. Selfie Girl cost us our lead. Selfie Girl goes home." MK said

"No wait! You guys need me!" Julia said

"To do what? Take more selfies?" MK asked

"There's no need for taunting. Julia do you need any help packing your bags?" Caleb asked

Julia groaned.

CONFESSIONAL: JULIA

"I did NOT give up an entire summer to come here and get kicked off first."

"I really need a plan."

END CONFESSIONAL

Most of the others left Julia to wallow in her misery. Except for one.

"You seem to be in quite the predicament." Bowie said

"Tell me about it." Julia responded

"Here's the deal. I save your butt at the elimination ceremony. And you agree to form an alliance with me." Bowie said

Julia shrugged

"Sure." Julia said

The two shook hands.

"So who are we voting off?" Julia asked

"You'll see.." A sinister Bowie said


A clear cut shot of the Deadly Frogs walking to the elimination ceremony could be seen. Chris stood there with a tray of marshmallows. Chef stood there with a piece of paper.

"Welcome to the very first elimination ceremony of the season. We'll be doing things a little bit differently this time around." Chris said "Chef was pretty miffed about his lack of lines during Season 5. So I gave him the new role of explaining why you might be going home."

Chef cleared his throat.

"Julia instead of focusing on the challenge. You tried to take a selfie and blew it for your team." Chef said

"#whatever." Julia said

"Wayne and Raj. You two got tricked by Priya and helped the other team." Chef said

"She sounded just like Emma dude! It was crazy!" Raj said

"And finally we have Caleb. I have no clue why you're on the chopping block." Chef said

Caleb's face turned from neutral to confused.

"Nichelle, MK, Emma, and Bowie. You are all safe. Please come up and claim your marshmallow." Chef said

The four called players went up to get a marshmallow.

"The first player eliminated from Total Drama Reboot is..." Chef said

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"Caleb!"

Caleb's jaw dropped. Wayne, Raj and Julia went up to collect their marshmallows.

"M-Me?! What did I do?!" Caleb asked

No one had an answer for Caleb's question.

"Well Caleb it looks like your time is up. Please follow me to the Dock of Shame." Chris said

A sad Caleb followed Chris to the Dock of Shame. Once the reality of the situation set in, he got a little angry.

"I'm kind, strong and courteous. I tried to help everyone no matter how weird and ugly they were. This is garbage! I should go back there and give them a piece of my-" Caleb said

A giant drone flew by and picked up Caleb by his pink shirt. Caleb screamed as he was dragged away.

"Huh. That thing actually works. Want to see who goes home next time? Then stay tuned for TOTAL DRAMA REBOOT!" Chris said

CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE

"Yeah I convinced Julia, Emma and Nichelle to vote for Caleb."

"While he was very cute. Caleb was a major threat in this competition."

"I needed him gone. ASAP. After all there's only one crown and it's going on my head."

END CONFESSIONAL


Awkwardly shuffles into the room. Hey...

Remember when I tried to make a TDI 2023 fic before the season came out? That didn't go too well. Real life struggles and writer's block are my kryptonite.

On the bright side watching the season leaks and seeing how wrong I was about certain characters was funny. (Primarily Damien, Millie, Emma, Chase and Priya.) I was way off base.

Quick thoughts on the actual new season? I enjoyed it quite a lot. Which is what inspired me to do this re-write. Some things may change and some may stay the same. I still don't see a lot of TDI 2023 fics on here. So I want to tap into that potential market. (Mainly because I'm worn out from writing Gen 2 and 3. And I honestly have no plans of writing for Gen 1.)

Decided to keep the elimination the same. Just felt right. But I tried to offer a little more explanation to it. I once again ask for your patience as I try to juggle life and fanfic writing. But I'm hoping to get these chapters out at a decent pace.

Votes for Caleb:

Nichelle- Caleb

Emma- Caleb

Julia- Caleb

Bowie- Caleb

Votes for Wayne

Raj- Wayne

Votes for Raj

Wayne- Raj

Votes for Julia

MK- Julia

Caleb-Julia

Elimination Order: Caleb,