The episode began with a man with a blue shirt, black hair and a stubble greeting the audience. "Yo! We're comin' at you live from Camp Wawanakwa, somewhere in Muskoka, Ontario! I'm your host, Chris McLean. Dropping season one of the hottest new reality show on television right now!"
He started walking down the dock "Here's the deal. Twenty-two campers have signed up to spend eight weeks right here at this crummy old summer camp. They'll compete in challenges against each other, then have to face the judgment of their fellow campers. Every three days, one team will either win a reward or watch one of their team members walk down the Dock of Shame, take a ride on the loser boat, and leave Total Drama Island for good."
The scene cut into the campfire ceremony. "Their fate will be decided here, at the dramatic campfire ceremony, where each week, all but one camper will receive a marshmallow." He got a marshmallow and ate it. "In the end, only one will be left standing and will be rewarded with cheesy tabloid fame and a small fortune, which let's face it, they'll probably blow in a week. To survive, they'll have to battle... Black flies, grizzly bears… disgusting camp food…"
The food looked offended at this and said "Hey now."
"And each other. Every moment will be caught on one of the hundreds of cameras situated all over the camp. Who will crumble under the pressure? Find out here, right now, on Total. Drama. Island!"
(Theme song)
"Welcome back to Total Drama Island." Chris said as the intro ended "All right. It's time to meet our first eleven campers. We told them they'd all be staying at this five-star resort, so if they seem a little T.O.'d, that's probably why."
The first boat came with a short and nerdy looking girl with braces on. "Beth, what's up?" Chris asked as she got off the boat and ran towards him.
"It's so credulous to meet you! Wow. You're much shorter in real life." Beth said, not realizing Chris was weirded out.
"Uh… Thanks." Chris replied as the second boat came with a big black guy on it. "DJ!" he greeted him.
"Yo! Chris McLean! How's it goin'?" DJ said while high-fiving Chris. "Hey, you sure you got the right place here? Where's the hot tub at?" DJ continued, confused that they were not staying at the hotel.
"Yo, dawg. This is it, Camp Wawanakwa!" Chris said, not bothering to give him an answer.
"Hmm. Looked a lot different on the application form…" DJ mumbled under his breath while the third boat came with a grumpy looking goth girl on it.
"Hey, Gwen." Chris greeted her.
"You mean we're staying here ?" Gwen said, upset by the place they were at.
"No, you're staying here. My crib is an airstream with A.C. that-a-way." Chris said.
"I did not sign up for this." Gwen protested.
"Actually, you did." Chris replied, pulling up her contract. Gwen responded by ripping it in half and dumping it in the water. This upset Chris but he quickly recovered.
"The great thing about lawyers is, they make lots of copies ." Chris said after he pulled up a copy of her contract."
"I am not staying here." Gwen said, refusing to back down.
"Cool. I hope you can swim, though. Because your ride just left." Chris said as the third boat rode away.
"Jerk." Gwen said, but gave up trying to leave and went next to DJ.
The fourth boat came with a blond boy with a party hat and an unbuttoned shirt dancing on it. "Chris McLean! Sup, man? Honor to meet you, man!" he greeted as he jumped off the boat.
"The Geoffster! Welcome to the island, man." Chris greeted him back.
"Thanks, man." Geoff replied.
"They say "man" one more time, I'm gonna puke." Gwen said to herself.
The fifth boat came with a blond girl. "Everybody, this is Lindsay." Chris introduced her as he walked off the boat. "She is going to bring in a lot of viewers." he said to himself.
"Hi. Hey, you look so familiar." Lindsay said to Chris as she walked towards him, not recognizing who he was.
"I'm Chris McLean." Chris said, trying to get Lindsay to recognize him but she still seemed confused. "The host? Of the show?" he continued, which finally made Lindsay recognize him.
"Oh, that's where I know you from." Lindsay said.
"Uh... Yeah." Chris said, annoyed by her lack of intelligence. The sixth boat came with an angry looking girl with black hair on it.
"Heather." Chris introduced her as she walked off the boat.
"Great, so this place is a dump." Heather said and walked away from him.
"Hi! Looks like we're your new friends for the next eight weeks!" Beth said as she ran up to her, but ended up accidentally spitting on her.
"Uh, maybe the next time you introduce yourself to someone don't spit on their face. " Heather angrily said as she walked off, scaring Beth.
The seventh boat came with a punk guy with a green mohawk who had a music player with him that was blurting rock music. He was unhappily looking at the island.
"Duncan, dude!" Chris welcomed him as he got off.
"I don't like... surprises." Duncan said, clearly not a fan of where they were staying.
"Sheesh, that's the fourth guy complaining! Your parole officer warned me about that, man. He also told me to give him a holler anytime and have you return to juvy." Chris said, trying to get him to not leave.
"Okay then." Duncan said and walked towards the others. "Meet you by the campfire, gorgeous." he said to Heather, trying to flirt.
"Drop dead, you skeeze." Heather replied, annoyed by the attempt to flirt. "I'm calling my parents, you cannot make me stay here." she said as she walked towards the luggage. Chris pulled out her contract, implying that she would be unable to do so.
The eight boat came with a boy in a tracksuit holding a rope behind it and waterskiing. "Ladies and gentlemen, Tyler!" Chris introduced him as he crashed into a rock and was sent flying towards the luggage, causing some of it to fall in the water and cause a splash of water to hit Heather.
"Ugh! My hair!" Heather complained.
"Wicked wipeout, man!" Chris complimented Tyler. He gave a thumbs up from under the luggage in response.
"Wicked." said a redhead boy with glasses and freckles as he got off the ninth boat.
"Welcome to camp, Harold." Chris greeted him as he looked around.
"What's he looking at?" Beth said, confused about what Harold was doing.
"So you mean this show is at a crappy summer camp and not on some big stage or something?" Harold said.
"You got it. And don't even think about trying to leave!" Chris said, clearly annoyed by all the complaining."
"Why would I want to leave? This camp is so much more favorable to my mad skills. Hi-yah!" Harold said as he walked towards the others while doing karate moves, causing Chris to shudder from his weirdness.
A boy with a guitar got off the tenth boat. "Contestant number nine is Trent." Chris introduced him, not realizing that he miscounted the amount of contestants.
"Ah sweet, my lucky number!" Trent said, also not realizing that Chris miscounted.
"Um, actually it's contestant number ten." Harold said as Tyler got out of the luggage, revealing the reason for the miscount.
"Aw man, seriously?" Trent said, upset that he didn't get his lucky number. "Hey, good to meet you, man. Saw you on that figure skating show, nice work." Trent said, turning his attention to Chris.
"Hey, thanks man. I knew I rocked that show." Chris said, happy that he got complimented.
"I saw that. One of the guys, Jaguez I think? Dropped his partner on her head. They got immunity that week." Beth said.
"Lucky! I hope I get dropped on my head." Harold said.
"Me too!" Lindsay agreed. This caused people to give them weird looks.
"So this is it?" Trent said, upset about the contestants and the place they were staying at. "All righty then." he said, as he walked towards Gwen and smiled towards her. Gwen turned her head but smiled at him as well after he looked away.
The eleventh boat came with a blond girl with a hoodie on who had a surfboard "Hey. What's up?" she asked as she got off the boat.
"All right! Our surfer girl, Bridgette is here." Chris introduced her as she got off the boat.
"Nice board. This ain't Malibu, honey." Duncan said, unimpressed by her.
"I thought we were going to be on a beach." Bridgette replied.
"We are!" Chris said, pointing towards the tiny shore.
"Great." Bridgette said and sighed.
"All right! That makes–" Chris tried to say, but was interrupted by Bridgette's board hitting him on the head while she walked towards the others. "Ow! Darn it! That hurt! he whined.
"Hey guys." Bridgette greeted the other contestants.
"Hey! I'm Geoff." Geoff greeted her back.
"What's up?" Bridgette said and accidentally swung her board, almost hitting some of the other contestants.
"Dang! Watch the board, man!" Harold criticized her.
"Oh, sorry!" Bridgette said but did the same thing again.
"Okay, we've all met surfer girl. Can we get on with the show, please?" Heather said, annoyed at how long this was taking.
"Someone missed their double cappuccino macchiato this morning?" Duncan mocked her which earned a chuckle from Harold.
"Get bent." Heather replied.
The twelfth boat came with a scrawny boy who looked grumpy. "Our… uhh…" Chris said, unable to find a way to describe him. "next camper is Noah." he finished.
"You got my memo about my life-threatening allergies?" Noah said.
"Sure someone did." Chris replied, not bothering to check.
"Good. Is this where we're staying?" Noah said.
"No, it's your mother's house. And we're throwing a party!" Duncan mocked him.
"Cute. Nice piercings, original. Do them yourself?" Noah mocked him back.
"Yeah. You want one?" Duncan replied as he pulled Noah's cheek and held a needle.
"No thanks, can I have my lip back please?" Noah said while his lip was being pulled. Duncan let it go, causing it to smack into his face. "Ow! Thanks." Noah sarcastically said.
"What's up, y'all? Leshawna's in the house!" said a black girl who was arriving on the thirteenth boat. Harold gasped after seeing her.
"Yo, baby! Hey, how you doin'? How's it goin'? Feel free to quit now and save yourselves the trouble, 'cause I came to win!" Leshawna said as she greeted Chris. "Oh, what's up, my brother? Gimme some sugar, baby!" she told DJ and hi-fived him after seeing him.
"I've never seen a girl like you in real life before." Harold said.
"Excuse me?" Leshawna asked.
"You're real big. And loud." Harold replied, which upset Leshawna.
"What did you say to me?! Oh no, you didn't! You have not seen anything yet! I'll show you big, baby!" Leshawna said as she tried to attack Harold who defended himself by doing karate moves as she was held back by Bridgette and DJ. "Oh yeah, you want some of this? Well, come on then!" Leshawna mocked Harold.
"All right, campers. Settle down." Chris said, ending the conflict. Leshawna glared at Harold while he smiled at her.
Two girls who wore the same clothes came on the fourteenth boat. "Oh come on! I said I was joking when I said I accepted these two's auditions!" Chris said, annoyed. "Uh… Sadie, Katie, welcome to your new home for eight weeks." Chris reluctantly greeted them.
"Oh my gosh. Sadie look, it's a summer camp." Katie said to Sadie.
"Okay, I've always wanted to go to summer camp! Eeee!" Sadie said as the two squealed and ran towards the others.
"My ears." Noah complained.
A boy who looked like a hobo arrived on the fifteenth boat. "Ezekiel! What's up, man?" Chris asked him.
"I think I see a bird." Ezekiel randomly said, which made Trent laugh.
"Okay. Look dude, I know you don't get out much, been homeschooled your whole life, raised by freaky prairie people. Just don't say much and try not to get kicked off too early, okay?" Chris told him.
"Yes, sir." Ezekiel replied and started walking like a robot towards the other contestants.
"That's just... wow." Gwen said, impressed by Ezekiel's stupidity.
A nerdy looking boy with a tooth gam arrived on the sixteenth boat. "Cody. The Codester. The Codemeister!" Chris greeted him while they did fingerguns towards each other.
"Dude, psyched to be here, man. I see the ladies have already arrived. All right." Cody said as he started walking "coolly" towards the other contestants and winked at some of the girls which made most of them roll their eyes.
"Cut it, short stuff." Leshawna told Cody, which made him stop.
An angry looking tomboy arrived on the seventeenth boat. "Eva. Nice. Glad you could make it." Chris greeted her.
"Can it." Eva told him and put on her MP3 players. Cody offered to hi-five her but she responded by dropping her bag on his foot.
"Ow! What's in there? Dumbbells?" Cody asked her.
"Yes. Now shut it." Eva replied and started playing music on her MP3 player.
"She's all yours, man." Duncan told DJ.
"No way, man." DJ replied.
A chubby blond boy with a maple leaf on his shirt walked off the eighteenth boat as it arrived on the boat. "Woohoo! Chris! What's happenin'?! This is awesome! Woohoo!" He enthusiastically greeted Chris.
"Owen! My man! Welcome!" Chris greeted him back which made Owen hug him tightly, making it hard for him to breathe.
"Awesome to be here, man! Yeah! Man, this is just so…" Owen said but couldn't finish his sentence.
"Awesome?" Noah finished it for him.
"Yes! Awesome! Whoooo! Are you gonna be on my team, little buddy?" Owen asked Noah.
"Oh, I sure hope so." Noah said while rolling his eyes which earned him another Whooooo! from Owen.
"You about finished?" Chris said, still being squeezed by Owen's hug.
"Sorry, dude. I'm just so psyched! I mean, this place is wicked!" Owen said as he let Chris go.
"I know right? And here comes Courtney." Chris said as a brunette girl with green pants arrived on the nineteenth boat.
"Thank you. Hi. You must be the other contestants. It's really nice to meet you all." Courtney said on the boat.
"How's it goin'? I'm Owen!" Owen said as he helped her down the boat.
"Nice to meet you, Ooohhhh, wow." Courtney tried to greet Owen but was distracted by the next contestant, a hot male model, arriving on the twentieth boat. He was so hot that 80% of the cast fell for him. Sadie even fainted.
"This is Justin. Welcome to Total Drama Island." Chris introduced him as he helped him down the boat.
"Thanks, Chris. This is great." Justin said.
"Just so you know, we picked you based entirely on your looks." Chris told him.
"I can deal with that." Justin replied.
"Showoff." Noah mumbled under his breath. Justin noticed this, but opted to not say anything.
"I like your pants!" Owen told Justin, trying to flirt.
"Thanks, man." Justin responded.
"'Cause they look like they're all... Worn out. Did you buy them like that?" Owen asked him.
"Uh no, just had them for a while." Justin said, slightly weirded out.
"Oh. Cool. Stupid." Owen facepalmed at his failed attempt at flirting.
"Hey, everyone. Izzy!" Chris introduced the next contestant, a redhead girl wearing clothes made out of leaves.
"Hi, Chris! Hi! Hi! Whoa!" Izzy said, but fell off the boat mid sentence and smashed her chin into the dock.
"Ooh! That was bad." Tyler laughed.
"Says you." Duncan rolled his eyes.
"Guys. She could be seriously hurt." Courtney scolded them and helped Izzy out of the water. Izzy thanked her by drying off on her.
"That felt... So... Good! Especially hitting my chin. This is summer camp? That is so cool. Do you have explosives here? Are we having lunch soon?" Izzy said super fastly.
"That is a good call!" Owen said, only hearing the lunch part.
"First things first! We need a group photo for the promos." Chris said as everyone gathered on the dock and posed. "Everyone at the end of the dock? Okay! One, two, three. Oops. Okay, forgot the lens cap! Okay, hold that pose! One! Tw- oh. No wait. Cart's full. Hang on." he continued.
"Come on man, my face is startin' to freeze!" Leshawna said, annoyed by how much time this was taking.
"Do you want a black eye?" Eva asked Chris.
"Got it. Okay, everyone say "Wawanakwa!"" Chris said after fixing the lens cap problem.
"Wawanakwa!" everyone said as Chris took the picture. However the dock couldn't carry all their weight and broke, causing everyone to fall in the water.
"Haha, awsome!" Chris laughed. "Okay guys. Dry off and meet at the campfire pit at ten!" Chris told them.
Scene cut to campfire. "This... is camp Wawanakwa, your home for the next eight weeks. The campers sitting around you will be your cabinmates, your competition, and maybe even your friends. Ya dig?" Chris told them. Harold tried to talk to Duncan but received a threat in response. "The camper who manages to stay on Total Drama Island the longest without getting voted off will win $100,000!" he continued.
"'Scuse me. What will the sleeping arrangements be? Because I'd like to request a bunk under her ." Duncan asked Chris while pointing at Heather.
"Great, are you trying to expand your restraining order collection?" Heather sarcastically replied, annoyed by all the flirting. "They're not co-ed, are they?" she asked Chris, worried that he might accept Duncan's offer.
"No. Girls get one side of each cabin and dudes get the other." Chris replied which relieved Heather.
"Excuse me, Kyle? Can I have a cabin with the lake view since I'm the prettiest?" Lindsay asked Chris.
"Actually, I think I'm the prettiest." Justin said.
"Oh my god, that is true! Kyle, can Justin have a cabin with the lake view as well?" Lindsay asked Chris again.
"Okay that's not really how it works here, and it's Chris ." Chris said, annoyed by Lindsay's continued stupidity.
"I have to live with Sadie or I'll die." Katie said.
"And I'll break out in hives. It's true." Sadie continued.
"This cannot be happening." Gwen groaned.
"Aww, c'mon guys! It'll be fun! It's like a big sleepover!" Owen said as he put Tyler and Gwen in a chokehold, accidentally strangling them.
"At least you don't have to sleep next to them ." Tyler told Gwen, pointing at Owen and Duncan who was noogieing a deer.
"Here's the deal. We're gonna split you into two teams. If I call your name out, go stand over there. Gwen. Trent. Heather. Cody. Lindsay. Beth. Izzy. Owen. Leshawna. Justin. And... Noah." Chris said as everyone he called out went to one side. "From this moment on, you are officially known as... The Screaming Gophers!" Chris said, and tossed a flag with a gopher logo to Owen who caught it.
"Yeah! I'm a Gopher! Whoo!" Owen cheered.
"The rest of you over here. Geoff. Bridgette. DJ. Tyler. Sadie. Katie. Courtney. Ezekiel. Duncan. Eva. And... Harold! Move, move, move, move!" Chris said as everyone he called out went to the other side. "You guys will officially be known as... The Killer Bass!" Chris said, and tossed a flag with a bass logo to Harold who caught it.
"It's awesome. It's like... Amazing." Harold said in awe.
"Yay! Me and Katie are on the same team!" said Sadie as she and Katie hugged each other.
"Great." Courtney rolled her eyes.
"All right, campers. You and your team will be on camera in all public areas during this competition." Chris told them
Confessional: Chris
"You will also be able to share your innermost thoughts on tape with video diaries anytime you want. Let the audience at home know what you're really thinking. Or just get something off your chest." Chris said, using the confessional for the first time in the series.
Confessional: Gwen
"Um... Okay. So far this sucks." Gwen complained.
Confessional: Lindsay
"I don't get it. Where's the camera guy?" Lindsay said with her back turned to the camera.
Confessional: Noah
"Okay, why is there a duck in here?" Noah said, pointing at the duck who was applying make-up.
Confessional: Harold
"This is awesome so far. It will be even better when I get a chance to demonstrate my mad skills. Hi-yah!" Harold said, while doing karate moves.
Confessional: Owen
"Hey, everyone. Check this out. I have something very important to say. Food." Owen said and laughed at his own joke.
"All right. Any questions? Cool. Let's find your cabins." Chris said.
"Gophers, you're in the east cabins. Bass, you're in the west." Chris told them.
"Bunk beds? Isn't this a little... Summer camp?" Heather complained.
"That's the idea, genius." Gwen said, bumping into Heather on the doorway.
"Ugh. Shut up, weird goth girl." Heather insulted her, causing Gwen to roll her eyes.
"Man, I really wish the cabins were co-ed." Cody sighed sadly.
"Whatever you say man." Trent rolled his eyes and entered the boys cabin.
"Where are the outlets? I have to plug in my straightening iron." Lindsay asked Chris.
"There are some in the communal bathrooms just across the way." Chris told her.
"Communal bathrooms? But I'm not catholic." Lindsay asked, confused.
"Not communion. Communal. " Chris corrected her.
"It means we shower together. Idiot." Gwen told her.
"Aww, d- no! C'mon!" Lindsay whined.
"I'm glad we're in our own cabin with just guys! Know what I mean?" Owen told Trent and Noah, but then realized how weird that sounded "I mean, no! I didn't mean it like that! I love chicks! I just like sleeping near men! Ahh, Dah, I mean…" Owen mumbled, trying to fix his mistake.
"Sure…" Noah said and went into the cabin alongside Trent.
"Excuse me, Chris?! Is there a chaperone of any kind in this facility?" Geoff asked Chris.
"You're all sixteen years old. As old as a counselor in training at a regular summer camp. So, other than myself, you'll be unsupervised. You got a half an hour to unpack and meet me back at the main lodge. Starting... Now!" Chris replied and left.
"Nice." Geoff said, but was interrupted by a scream from Lindsay from inside the Gopher girls cabin.
"Ooh man, that white girl can scream." Leshawna said in response to her scream as everyone gathered up.
Lindsay was standing on a chair, looking at a cockroach from above. "What is it? Kill it! Kill it!" Lindsay said, pointing at it. DJ screamed after seeing it and jumped on a bed, destroying it.
"That was my bed." Gwen groaned. The room descended into chaos, with some trying to evade the cockroach while others tried to kill it. In the end, Duncan killed it with an axe.
"Help me." the cockroach said before it was cut in half.
"Well, that's one way to kill a cockroach." Gwen said while smirking.
"Awesome." Harold said, impressed.
"If you ever see one of those again, just let me know, 'kay? 'Cause... Y'know... I can do that too." Tyler told Lindsay, flirting with her. The two looked at each other romantically for a moment.
"Psh. They always go for the jocks." Duncan complained.
"What was that? You screamed that loud over a stupid bug! I thought someone died!" Heather yelled at Lindsay.
"Oh sorry! It was just so disgusting!" Lindsay replied.
"Whatever, you sleep on the broken bed from now on." Gwen said and left the room.
Scene cut to cafeteria. "Listen up! The names Chef Hatchet see. I serve it three times a day... and you will eat it three times a day! Grab your tray, get your food, and sit your butts down now!" an angry black man told everyone.
"Your name is your job? Pfft." Duncan scoffed.
"Are you mocking me boy? Just get your damn plate and eat!" Chef yelled at Duncan as he got his plate alongside Geoff.
"Excuse me. Will we be getting all the major food groups?" Beth asked.
"Yeah. 'Cause I get hypoglycemic real bad If I don't get enough sugar." Harold continued, angering Chef.
"You'll get a whole lot of shut the heck up! " Chef yelled at Harold as he got his food.
"Have a cow." Owen said to Noah which made him snicker.
"What was that?! Come closer, big boy. I didn't hear you." Chef yelled at Owen.
"Uh, I didn't really say anything important." Owen said as he got his food.
"I'm sure you didn't. You! Scrawny kid. Gimme your plate." Chef told Noah and dropped a piece of meat on his bread which got back up on the spoon he used to drop it, so he dropped it again, weirding out Noah.
"What? It's just mystery meat." Chef told him.
"I've never heard of that but sure." Noah said as he walked away.
"Hey, what's up, girl?" Leshawna asked Eva, who ignored her and left. "Oh. It's gonna be like that , is it?" Leshawna said, upset.
" Next! " Chef yelled at her, annoyed by her not moving.
"Excuse me. My nutritionist says I shouldn't eat any white sugar, white flour, or like, dairy." Lindsay told Chef.
"I don't think that's gonna be a problem." Gwen told her.
"Cool." Lindsay said and left.
"Okay, I hate to be predictable and complain on the first day, but I think mine just moved." Gwen complained to Chef. Chef replied by smashing her bread with his spatula, making the meat fly onto Gwen's face.
"Ow. Right. Okay then!" Gwen said and left as well.
"Welcome to the main lodge." Chris said after arriving.
"Yo, my man. Can we order a pizza?" Geoff asked Chris, but Chef replied by throwing a pan at him which barely missed.
"Whoa! It's cool, G! Brown slop is cool! Ha, ha. Right, guys?" Geoff said, scared. Everyone agreed with him due to fear.
"Cool! Your first challenge begins... In one hour! Don't forget to change into your swimsuits by the way." Chris told them and left.
"What do you think they'll make us do?" Katie asked DJ.
"It's our first challenge. How hard can it be?" DJ said.
Cut to everyone standing on top of the cliff. "Oh, shit." DJ said after seeing the cliff.
"Next time on Total Drama Island…" Chris said, doing a teaser for the next episode.
"Your first task is to jump off this 1,000 foot high cliff into the lake." Chris told the campers.
Confessional: Geoff
"I'm lookin' at this guy and thinkin'... "There's no way he's gonna make it." Geoff said.
Confessional: Gwen
"I actually thought, "If he jumps this, he's gonna die." Gwen said.
"I'm going to die now. I'm going to freakin' die now." Owen said, standing on top of the cliff. Cut to him screaming as he jumps off the cliff.