Total Drama: Action

Total Drama: Action is the second season of Total Drama. It stars 15 contestants returning from Island (2007) and two hosts. Cody, Eva, Ezekiel, Katie, Noah, Sadie and Tyler appear for some episodes but do not compete.
Listed alphabetically, the contestants are Beth, Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Owen and Trent. Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet host.
Billy the Intern also appeared for the first time during this season.
==Shipping==
See List of Total Drama Relationship Names for more ship information.
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama Action is Courtney/Duncan. Other popular ships are Bridgette/Geoff, Gwen/Trent, Harold/Leshawna and Izzy/Owen, all of which were also popular in Island.
Total Drama Action gave further development to existing relationships, but didn't add many new ones. Justin/Trent, Beth&Lindsay and Duncan/Gwen made their primary fanac debuts this season, though. Duncan/Harold shippers were provided with more scene-fuel for their fires while Heather/Leshawna shippers were given an in-universe friendship between the two contestants, only for World Tour to take that away in 2010. Chef/Chris is worth mentioning as well. 
Friend-groups commonly found in fanworks for Action and further seasons include include The Drama Brothers, consisting of Trent, Justin, Harold and Cody, as well as Team E-Scope, consisting of Eva, Izzy and Noah.
==Fan Opinions==
As Total Drama Island was written with no guarantee for a second season, many of its pairings were written as having their stories "finished" by the final episode. With the series' popularity, Island was renewed for a second season and had to shake up many once set-in-stone canonical couples with new tension. This was seen as forced by some fans. One example is with Trent's, "derailment," and the show's depiction of OCD, as well as fan reactions to this sudden development, as discussed on Trent's page.
In other aspects, the season felt underwhelming to some fans, especially after the release of season three, World Tour.
==Example/Notable Fanac==
=== Fanart ===
*, a screenshot redraw of a still-frame of Action featuring Justin, Duncan and Harold.
*, fanart of Emma, Izzy, Eva, Noah and Owen as Team E-Scope. Rare example of Emma, a character from the spin-off The Ridonculous Race, being included in the group.
=== Fancomics ===
*Zeke in Action AU , an English canon-divergence AU where Ezekiel was eligible for Action. The comic is spread out over several TikTok posts. Eventual Ezekiel/Justin. This AU has produced recursive fanworks itself, mainly in Ezekiel/Justin tags on various social media sites.
=== Fanfic ===
* by Rufus T. Serenity, an English abandoned longfic where there's a love triangle between Bridgette, Cody and Gwen during Action. Rated T and its genre is Romance/Drama. Rufus was an early BNF in Total Drama fandom.
=== Meta ===
*, meta praising the rivalry in Action between Duncan and Harold.
==Other Total Drama Seasons on Fanlore==
*Total Drama: Island (2007)
*Total Drama: Action
*Total Drama: World Tour
*Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
*Total Drama: All-Stars
*Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
*The Ridonculous Race
*Total Dramarama
*Total Drama: Island (2023)
*Total Drama: Island (2024)
==References/Further Reading==
Category:Total Drama