Chris McLean

**Chris McLean** is the host of *Total Drama*. Originally, this was a solo job, but in *Total Drama: Return to the Island*, Chef Hatchet was promoted to Chris' co-host. He enjoys forcing his contestants into dangerous and life-threatening challenges, and got shut down after the events of *Total Drama: Fans vs Favorites*. While the show was on hiatus, Chef Hatchet got his own scripted spinoff show, *Total Drama Daycare*. Chris occasionally made appearances in the show, but not too many. After marrying, having kids and settling down, Chris was given back his job of host for the new season, *Total Drama: Return to the Island*. However, the producers forced him to work with Chef as a co-host instead of Camp Chef.

## History

Christian McLean was born on November 18, 1978 in Saskatchewan, Canada. At age sixteen, he started a boy band, named "Fame Town" with a few childhood friends. However, the band failed to garner much attention after their first album's success. Chris left the band and began his own acting career, earning three Gemmie Nominations for his role as Rudolph in *A Very Magical Christmas*\*. After winning the Award for best voice actor, Chris moved on to Live Action roles, such as the lead roll in *The Lost Jungle of the Apes*\*. He most notably played the antagonist Carl in *The Tale of Muskrat Jones*\*, for which he was nominated for four Gemmies. After a solid ten years of acting and being nominated for several more Gemmie awards (winning three), Chris was invited to guest-host season three of *Horror Factor*\* (his experience on this show led to the inspiration for the Phobia Factor challenge).

Over the next two years, he received minor roles as a guest star in various talent competitions, including an Ice Skating show, where famous Ice Dancer Josee Martin\*\* was dropped on her head by her partner Jacques Rochefort\*\*. Finally, in 2006, a small-time company hired him as the host for an upcoming Reality TV Show titled "Camp TV". While in production, the name changed to *Total Drama*, as Chris found the name more likely to attract the attention of viewers. On July 8, 2007, the first episode of *Total Drama Island* was aired on TVs all over Canada and the United States.

## *Total Drama Island*

22 teenage contestants arrived at a rundown summer camp (originally, there were 18 contestants, but the producers let in a bonus four via Golden Tickets) and competed in physically taxing challenges for a chance to win a small $100,000 fortune. Chris' show flourished and, before the Season Finale, was greenlit for Season 2. Chris tasked the contestants from season 1 with retrieving the prize money of $1,000,000. Though multiple of the contestants had a good chance at winning the prize money, Chris revealed that it was all fake and the contestants who wound up in the lake before a certain time limit was over moved on to Season 2.

## *Total Drama Action*

16 of the original 22 contestants advanced to the second season, *Total Drama Action*, now vying for the $1,000,000 prize. Chris themed the challenges after movie genres, and the season saw less good reviews than the predecessor, but the ratings remained high. When the season ended, the cast went to the Annual Gemmie awards, only to find out that the show was being replaced by a new show called *Total Drama Dirtbags*, which used an entire new cast. Chris, however, revealed that the show was a fake and that 16 contestants from *Total Drama Island* would return (along with two new contestants) for the show's third season, originally titled *Total Drama: The Musical*. Chris decided who would advance by picking up the contestants in a van as he found them.

## *Total Drama World Tour*

The 16 returning contestants were Owen, Gwen, Heather, Duncan, Leshawna, Izzy, DJ, Lindsay, Bridgette, Trent, Harold, Courtney, Cody, Tyler, Noah and Ezekiel, along with new contestants Alejandro and Sierra. Chris put them all in his Jumbo Jet and flew them across the world, landing in random destinations and setting up challenges in said destinations. Another added twist was that the contestants had to sing every episode or risk immediate elimination. Halfway through the season, the Total Drama Aftermath show brought in a new contestant, Blaineley, who won the challenge hosted at the Aftermath Show. After the season ended, fans speculated that it'd be the last season of *Total Drama*. Chris, however, had no plans to stop. He was casted for a role in a horror movie and thus the time between season 3 and season 4 was lengthy.

## *Total Drama: Revenge of the Island*

The fourth season of *Total Drama*, (originally titled *Total Drama Comedy* and *Total Drama Reloaded*) featured a new crop of 13 contestants who came to Camp Wawanakwa to win the million-dollar prize. However, Chris had previously rented the island out to a toxic waste company and it was covered in hazardous material. Chris had to shorten the episode count to 13 because of this and, when the season ended, he was arrested for 1 year.

## In jail

While in prison, Chris began becoming insane, as notable in later seasons of his hit TV Show. When the producers finally greenlit a fifth season, Chris decided he didn't want to return, before at last changing his mind and hosting season 5. Not much is known about his time in prison, although prison mates described him as "rambling in his sleep and constantly shouting at people who weren't there".

## *Total Drama Disaster Island*

The fifth season of the show featured the thirteen contestants from *Total Drama: Revenge of the Island* returning to once again compete for the million dollar prize. The island was cleaned up considerably and no more toxic waste was left on the island (as required by the law before the season started). Chris was obviously shaken from his time in prison because his challenges became more ludicrous and dangerous in this season. Nonetheless, the season finished and Chris got a break of six months before Season 6 was greenlit.

## *Total Drama: Fans vs Favorites*

Chris brought in 11 returning contestants and 11 new contestants to battle it out in the sixth season. The show returned to a 26-episode format with the 22 contestants vying for a larger prize of $2,000,000. The returning contestants were chosen by polls, which gave viewers the choice of certain "All-Star" contestants for a new season. Returning were Sam, Mike, Cameron, Zoey and Scott from *Total Drama Revenge of the Island* and Gwen, Heather, Duncan, Courtney, Lindsay and Alejandro. They faced off against new contestants Shawn, Sky, Sugar, Jasmine, Max, Scarlett, Dave, Topher, Rodney, Amy and Sammy. Chris' insanity became more noticeable and when the season ended, the producers officially cancelled the show.

## After *Total Drama*

Along with the ending of his hit Reality Show, Chris stopped receiving acting roles and settled down in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. He became more mentally stable in his time away from the show, leading many to theorize that the show was what caused his insanity and not his time in jail. He married actress Ana Carter\* and had two kids, Chris Junior and Cristal. He remained in touch with his former co-host, Norbert Hatchet, who had recently had his own scripted spinoff show, *Total DramaRama*, in which he played a teacher at a daycare and taught younger versions of the *Total Drama Island* cast.

## *Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race 2*

Chris and Chef joined the second season of the hit reality show *The Ridonculous Race*. Their team was titled "The Reality TV Hosts". Despite frontrunning for the majority of the show, the team placed 4th. Chris often said that it was the hardest thing he had to work for.

## *Total Drama: Return to the Island*

The producers saw the popularity coming off of *The Ridonculous Race*'s second season and greenlit a seventh season of *Total Drama*, six years after the previous season ended. Production was slowed but was released starting in 2022. The cast included 16 new contestants: Axel, Bowie, Caleb, Chase, Damien, Emma, Julia, Millie, MK, Nichelle, Priya, Raj, Ripper, Scary Girl, Wayne and Zee.

\*This was made up by TuffMunki and any resemblance to actual movies, people, places, etc. are purely coincidental. \*\*These last names are not canon and are made up by TuffMunki