Total DramaRama

***Total DramaRama*** (originally titled ***Total Drama Daycare***) is a Canadian animated mockumentary series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis, a crossover/spin-off of *6teen*, *Total Drama*, and *The Ridonculous Race*, the second series in the *6teen* franchise, and the third series in the *Total Drama* franchise. The series, consisting of 78 episodes (split into 152 segments), premiered on Teletoon in Canada on October 7, 2018 and concluded on August 14, 2022.

## Plot

Set in an alternate universe from it's predecessors, the series follows the adventures of the class of twelve (later, fourteen) toddlers in Chef Hatchet's class at the Happy Tots Daycare Centre.

## Main cast and characters

### Debuted in season one

* Bahia Watson as Leshawna
* Christian Potenza as Jude Lizowski
* Cory Doran as Noah
* Darren Frost as Harold McGrady
* Drew Nelson as Duncan
* Emilie-Claire Barlow as Courtney
* Katie Crown as Izzy Hoppernook
* Kristin Fairlie as Bridgette
* Lilly Bartlam as Gwen
* Deven Mack as Chef Hatchet
* Sarah Gadon as Beth
* Scott McCord as Owen
* Wyatt White as Cody Anderson

### Debuted in season three

* Kwaku Adu-Poku as Lightning Jackson (season 3)
* Rochelle Wilson as Sugar (season 3)

## Episodes

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3

### Special

* "A Very Special Special That's Quite Special"

## Availability

### Streaming

The entire first season has been made available to purchase in HD on the Canadian iTunes store, being broken up into two separate volumes.

The entire series is currently available to stream in the United States on Max, with the first season was added on September 20, 2021 (except "Simons Are Forever," which was later fixed), the second on September 27, 2021, the first half of the third on June 8, 2022, and the final episodes on September 2, 2022. The special was later added as well.

## Production

Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch created the series because they wanted to try something different with the franchise. Originally, Cartoon Network wanted the cast to be eleven years old, but Tom McGillis suggested making them four instead, feeling there was a more limited number of stories to tell if they were eleven.

The series was first announced as simply "a new *Total Drama*" on May 3rd, 2017 by Christine Thompson and Christian Potenza, and officially announced on December 19, 2017 as *Total Drama Daycare*. Production of the first season took place from July 13, 2017 to March 9, 2019. A second season was announced on February 13, 2019 and was in production from March 1, 2019 to March 1, 2020. The third season was announced on June 24, 2020 and was in production from August 1, 2020 to August 1, 2021. The special episode was announced on March 21, 2023.

Each episode was given two production codes. They were given their standard 101–326 codes for their airings on Teletoon in Canada (according to their iTunes episode IDs) while Cartoon Network, which aired each segment as a standalone episode, assigned their own production codes to each segment (V101–V151 for the first season and CN201–CN351 for the second and third),

## Trivia

### General

* This is the first series to utilize characters from multiple past series, with characters from *6teen*, *Total Drama*, and *The Ridonculous Race*.
	+ One character from *6teen* returns as a main character, while one appears in a cameo only.
	+ Thirteen characters from *Total Drama* return as main characters, while three appear in recurring roles, one appears in a guest role, and eight appear in cameos.
	+ Two characters from *The Ridonculous Race* return as main characters, while one appears in a recurring role, two appear in a guest roles, two appear in cameos, and four appear in photographs.

* This series has several differences from the rest of the *Total Drama* and *6teen* franchises.
	+ Unlike other *Total Drama* installments, the series abandons the reality competition format, and instead takes a mockumentary approach similar to that of *The Office* and *Parks and Recreation*.
	+ Episodes are broken into two segments rather than one continuous story.
	+ The series is set in an alternate universe from the rest of both franchises.
	+ These versions of the cast are four years old, rather than teens as they were in their original series.
	+ The series follows a floating timeline, rather than a linear one like the other *Total Drama* installments.
	+ The cast in this universe knew each other as toddlers, while in the original none of them had met until "Not So Happy Campers Part 1."
	+ As the daycare is seemingly set in New York City (using the same backgrounds as "A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars"), this is the first series not set in or to start in Canada.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Total DramaRama* Season 1, Vol 1 on iTunes
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Total DramaRama* Season 1, Vol 2 on iTunes
3. ↑ *Total DramaRama* on Max
4. ↑ *Total DramaRama*: "A Very Special Special That's Quite Special" on Max
5. ↑ Christine Thomspon and Christian Potenza on YouTube, May 3rd, 2017
6. ↑ Worldscreen on December 19, 2017
7. ↑ Animation Xpress on February 13, 2019
8. ↑ Chorus Entertainment on June 24, 2020
9. ↑ Elliott Animation on Facebook, March 21, 2023
10. ↑ *Total DramaRama* on The Futon Critic

### Episodes

1. ↑ *Total DramaRama* Season 3, Episode 26b "A Bridgette Too Far"