Total Drama: Island (2007)

Total Drama: Island (2007) is the first season of Total Drama. It stars 22 contestants and two hosts.
Listed alphabetically, the contestants are Beth, Bridgette, Cody, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Katie, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Sadie, Trent and Tyler. Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet host. This cast is sometimes called Gen 1.
Most characters introduced in Total Drama Island participate in Action and World Tour. Many fanworks draw upon these seasons for characterizations and pairings rather than Island.
==Shipping==
See List of Total Drama Relationship Names for more ship information.
The most popular pairing for contestants who compete in Total Drama Island is Courtney/Duncan. Other popular ships are Cody/Noah, Bridgette/Geoff and Gwen/Trent.
Remaining common pairings for Total Drama Island include Lindsay/Tyler, Harold/Leshawna and and Izzy/Owen. Chef/Chris is worth mentioning as well. The crack ship Duncan/Sadie is also shipped, though primarily on Tumblr as a fandom in-joke. With the large, large cast of Total Drama, which currently stands at around one hundred with the release of Island (2023), there's too many semi-common ships with Fanac to list them all here.
==Fan Opinions==
TBA
==Example/Notable Fanac==
=== Fan Art ===
*, sixteen of the contestants in platonic rarepairs. Geoff&Gwen, Heather&Owen, Duncan&Leshawna, Lindsay&Trent, Harold&Courtney, Bridgette&DJ, Izzy&Noah and Beth&Cody.
*, Courtney and Gwen with their children. Courtney/Duncan and Gwen/Trent. Kika-ila is a Total Drama BNF with the popularity her fanart.
*, Harold/Leshawna fanart.
*, featuring redesigns for the casts' outfits. This is common in Total Drama fandom overall, though rarely with an entire cast of contestants.
*, every contestant of Island paired up in 2008. This features sections labelled Popular Canon: Gwen/Trent, Courtney/Duncan and Bridgette/Geoff Secondary Canon: Harold/Leshawna, Lindsay/Tyler and Izzy/Owen Weird: Justin/Sadie, Ezekiel/Heather and DJ/Katie Slash: Cody/Noah and unlabelled Beth & Eva, (explicitly said as non-romantic ship). 
*, every of Island paired up in same-gender relationships in 2009. Couples are unlabelled. Bridgette/Gwen, Justin/Owen, Courtney/Heather, Cody/Noah, Eva/Izzy, Ezekiel/Tyler, Katie/Sadie, DJ/Geoff, Beth/Lindsay and Duncan/Trent. Harold and Leshawna are not drawn.
=== Fan Fic ===
*Total Drama Comeback.
*Stuck (Total Drama fic).
*Total Drama Mansion.
*, an English metafic one-shot exploring how Island's cast could react to its fans as of late 2008. Rated K, and its genre is Humor.
=== Fanworks ===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
*William Country, an infamous fan film.
*We Didn’t Start the Drama, a fan song.
*, a video which looks into how Island's cast may look 10 years in the future. Videos with this premise were common in early fandom, but are mainly joked about in later years. This particular video is often brought up as a prime example in fan circles.
=== Meta ===
*, a discussion on YouTube started by MachemRodez. MachemRodez is a (somewhat?) Total Drama BNF with the popularity his videos.
==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