Total Drama: All-Stars

Total Drama: All-Stars is the fifth season of Total Drama. It stars 14 contestants and two hosts, all of whom return from either Island (2007) or Revenge of the Island.
Listed alphabetically, the contestants are Alejandro, Cameron, Courtney, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Lindsay, Mike, Sam, Scott, Sierra and Zoey. One of Mike's alters, Mal, is introduced. Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet host.
Total Drama All-Stars is often regarded poorly by fans for various reasons.
==Shipping==
See List of Total Drama Relationship Names for more ship information. 
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama All-Stars is Mike/Zoey. Other popular ships are Alejandro/Heather and Courtney/Gwen. 
Remaining common pairings for Total Drama All-Stars include Courtney/Scott, Duncan/Zoey, Cameron/Gwen, Duncan/Mal and Alejandro/Mal. Chef/Chris is worth mentioning as well. The crack ship Courtney/José is also shipped, though primarily on Tumblr as a fandom in-joke while All-Stars was airing. 
==In-Universe Casting==
Total Drama All-Stars's casting is considered a disappointment. Many fan favorites who could be considered all stars, such as Leshawna, Anne Maria, Brick, Owen and Harold aren't present. Other contestants, such as Noah and Dawn, wouldn't be considered all stars, yet many fans still wanted them to return for this new season. Canon Rewrites are common, and almost all of them change the lineup.
A popular rewrite, Total Drama: All Stars Rewrite by RagtimeSpecter (account since orphaned), adds Brick, Dawn, Anne Maria, Owen, Izzy, Eva, Noah and Cody while removing Sam and Lindsay 2021-2023. Meta May 13th, 2021 often delves into why fans want these rewrites, and its not uncommon for hypothetical fanseasons to be placed in-between Revenge of the Island and All-Stars, such as in , to try and resolve larger issues surrounding All-Star's development.
==Mal vs the Fandom==
Total Drama All-Stars introduced Mal, a character considered unpopular. He is the "villain" of this season, a character trope common in competitive Reality TV shows, which has appeared in Total Drama seasons before. Unlike previous villains, his villainy is considered classic, thus lacks depth because he has no motivation to be a causing trouble. Meta June 7th, 2022 may try and bring depth to his character by exploring unexplained factual information about him, particularly regarding his time in juvenile detention with Duncan.
Fanworks including Mal tend to not take his villainy seriously, and may portray him as emo September 11th, 2023. 
==Big Red "Reset" Button==
Total Drama All-Stars's finale had Mike "fix" his DID disorder by pressing a "reset" button in his headspace, which made Mike the sole personality, amalgamating Svetlana, Chester, Vito and Manitoba Smith into himself and eliminating Mal entirely. Needless to say, this did not go over well with fans. Mike was already an unpopular character, and his DID was already considered poorly handled, so this only scorched flames. The tag "Mike (Total Drama) Didn't Have A Reset Button" is wrangled on Archive of Our Own.
==Gallery==
File:Jose Boom.gif|Uploaded to Tumblr by sallychanscraps with the caption, "you know he dead." Created while All-Stars was still airing. 
==Example/Notable Fanac==
=== Fancommunities/Fanevents ===
*, a fanweek hosted on Tumblr. Took place from December 14th to the 20th.
*, a fanweek hosted on Tumblr. Took place from December 14th to the 20th.
=== Fanart ===
*, Duncan&Jo fanart.
*, fanart of the Heroic Hamsters drawn while All-Stars was still airing (09 Oct 2013).
*, fanart of the Villainous Vultures in a Mafia AU drawn before All-Stars premiered (22 Aug 2013).
*, fanart of Mike's alters, including Mal.
*, which compares Mal to Commando Zoey.
*, Duncan/Zoey fanart which attempts to emulate the show's art style.
*, fanart of Sierra, Cameron, Zoey, Mike, Courtney, Lindsay and Sam which illustrates how they could've appeared in All-Stars if previous events and headcanons were put into account.
=== Gifset ===
*, a compilation of Cameron/Gwen clips.
=== Meta ===
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*, where Leshawna is edited into screenshots of All-Stars as a member of the cast.
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*, who submitted this to a now defunct blog named tdiconfessions before All-Stars premiered.
*, where anon proposes that super-fan Sierra should've known about Mal before All-Stars happened in-universe.
==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