Not So Happy Campers (Part 1)

**Episode title** is the first episode of the first season of *Total Drama*, the first episode of *Total Drama*, and the first episode overall.

## Plot synopsis

The season begins with Chris explaining the formula of the series, explaining that each week two teams will compete in challenges together, and the losing team will vote someone off. The campers arrive one at a time, starting with Beth, who immediately gets in Chris's face. Next to arrive is DJ, who mentions that the place they signed up to stay at looked a lot different then Camp Wawanakwa actually does. The third to arrive is Gwen, who is visibly upset at the camp being a summer camp and not a resort, and attempts to leave. Chris reminds her that he has a lot of copies of her contract, and she's obligated to stay, but she turns to leave anyway, but discovers the boat has already left.

Geoff arrives next, and appears thrilled to be there, wanting to have a good time. Next to arrive is Lindsay, whom Chris comments is "not too shabby", although she instantly forgets who Chris is, before he reminds her. Heather arrives, and Beth tries to introduce herself, much to Heather's dismay. The attention is taken by loud music, and Duncan's arrival. He threatens Chris, saying he doesn't like surprises, and Chris reminds him he can call his parole officer any time. Tyler is waterskiing behind the boat, but ends up falling off and gets flung onto the dock into the pile of luggage, causing some to fall in the water and splash Heather. While Chris is laughing, he's interrupted by Harold, who heaily sighs behind him. He states the show being at a summer camp is more favorable to his skills and walks over to join the other contestants. Trent arrives next, and admits he's a fan of Chris's, having seen him on a figure skating show. Beth then explains she also watched the show, and that one of the teams dropped their partners on their head, which lead to them getting immunity. Harold says he hopes she gets dropped on her head, causing Lindsay to agree.

The next contestant to arrive is Bridgette, who is mocked by Duncan for bringing a surf board. Geoff and Beth introduce themselves, causing her to almost hit others in the head with her board as she turns to great them, before Heather states they've all met and it's time to move on. Noah is the next to arrive, and instantly begins to ask about if Chris got the memo about his life threatening allergies. Duncan begins to pick on him, even grabbing his lip and threatening to pierce it. Leshawna arrives and instantly is loud and confident about winning. Harold states he's never seen a girl like her, and that she's really big and loud, which she takes offense to and tries to attack him. After the fight is calmed down, Katie and Sadie arrive, excited that they're going to be staying at a summer camp. Ezekiel is the next camper to arrive, and Chris explains he was raised on a farm and homeschooled, meaning he didn't get out a lot. Chris tells him not to say much and he wont be kicked off too soon.

As soon as Cody arrives, he begins to flirt with the female contestants, but fails at flirting with all of them. Eva arrives next, and the other contestants question if it's dumbbells in her luggage, which she states it is. Duncan tells DJ she's "all yours". Owen screams excitedly as soon as he steps on the dock and continuously talks about how awesome it is to be there. Gwen, who's annoyed, makes fun of him, which he takes as her being nice. Courtney arrives before Owen joins the other contestants, and after she's helped off the boat by Chris, Owen excitedly shakes her hand and introduces himself. Before she finishes introducing herself, she gets distracted by Justin on the boat. All of the campers admire his beauty, and as he walks over to the other campers, Chris admits they picked him only based on his looks. The last camper to arrive is Izzy, who trips and hits her chin on the dock. Courtney helps her up, and she begins to rapidly ask questions. Chris doesn't answer any but instead states he needs a group picture for the promos, and tells all the contestants to move to one end of the dock. Once there, Chris, who is on the boat, stalls taking the picture, and the dock breaks under the weight of twenty-two people.

After the campers dry off, they wait by the campfire pit, where they're broken into two teams, the Killer Bass and the Screaming Gophers. The Bass team consists of Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Harold, Izzy, Sadie, and Tyler, while the Gophers team consists of Beth, Cody, Gwen, Heather, Justin, Katie, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, and Trent. Katie and Sadie are upset about being on different teams, but Courtney comforts Sadie. The teams are then brought to their cabins, where Cody flirts with Gwen, who throws him out of the girl's side of the Gopher cabin. Chris explains to Lindsay there's only outlits in the communal bathrooms, but she thinks he means communion, leading her to be confused and cry. Geoff asks if they'd be supervised, and Chris explains only by himself. Lindsay screams extremely loud, causing all the campers to run to see what was wrong. A cockroach scares most of the contestants, until Duncan cuts it in half with an axe, leading Tyler to flirt with Lindsay and tell her he "could do that too".

They move to the dining hall, where Chef explains he serves three meals and they'll eat all three meals. Beth asks about if they'll be getting all the major food groups, prompting Harold to add he gets hypoglycemic if he doesn't get enough sugar. Chef yells at them, and Owen jokingly says "have a cow" to Noah, causing Chef to call him forward. Thinking Noah is too scrawny, he gives him extra food. While in line, Leshawna tries to talk to Eva, who just looks at her and walks away, irritating her. After Gwen gets her food, it moves, and Chef hits it with a mallet, causing her to nervously walk away.

Chris walks in, and Geoff asks if they could order a pizza, prompting Chef to throw a cleaver at him. Chris continues to explain their first challenge will begin in one hour. Katie asks DJ what he thinks it is, and DJ says it's their first challenge, so "how hard can it be?". The challenge then is revealed that the campers must jump off a one thousand foot high cliff into the lake.

## Characters

*In order of appearance*

* Chris McLean (debut)
* Beth (debut)
* DJ (debut)
* Gwen (debut)
* Geoff (debut)
* Lindsay (debut)
* Heather (debut)
* Duncan (debut)
* Tyler (debut)
* Harold McGrady (debut)
* Trent (debut)
* Bridgette (debut)
* Noah (debut)
* Leshawna (debut)
* Katie (debut)
* Sadie (debut)
* Ezekiel (debut)
* Cody Anderson (debut)
* Eva (debut)
* Owen (debut)
* Courtney (debut)
* Justin (debut)
* Izzy (debut)
* Chef Hatchet (debut)

### Other appearances

* Bandana intern (picture)
* Leshaniqua (picture)

## Notes and trivia

* This is a the first two-part or more episode of the franchise, taking place right before "Not So Happy Campers (Part 2)".
	+ The others are:
		- "Mutiny on the Soundstage" and "The Aftermath: Who Wants to Pick a Millionaire?"
		- "Walk Like an Egyptian (Part 1)" and "Walk Like an Egyptian (Part 2)"
		- "Awwwwww, Drumheller", "The Aftermath: Hawaiian Style"/"Planes, Trains and Hot Air Mobiles", and "Hawaiian Punch"
		- "Hurl and Go Seek" and "Scarlett Fever"
		- "None Down, Eighteen to Go (Part 1)" and "None Down, Eighteen to Go (Part 2)"
		- "Bahamarama" and "A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars"

* This episode and "Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island" are the only two episodes in which all twenty-four main characters of the season speak.