Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
Promotional poster with new series logo
Genre	Animation Comedy Action
Created by	Tom McGillis Jennifer Pertsch
Developed by	Fresh TV Inc. / Teletoon
Directed by	Chad Hicks Keith Oliver
Presented by	Fresh TV Inc. / Teletoon
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Alex Ganetakos
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Teletoon Fresh TV Inc.
Original release
Network	Teletoon (CAN)[1] Cartoon Network (USA)
Related
Total Drama

Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race is an upcoming Canadian animated reality television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality television. The show is a spin-off of the original Total Drama series created in 2007. The series is created by Fresh TV Inc. and distributed by Cake Entertainment and is the second series created as part of the greater Total Drama franchise. The style of this series is direct parody of The Amazing Race. The series will premiere on the Canadian cable television specialty channel, Teletoon in mid-to-late 2015^[2] and air on Cartoon Network in the United States.^[3] Like the original series, this series will comprise 26 episodes per season.^[2]

Plot

The series will be based on The Amazing Race and will loosely parody the reality series.^{[citation needed]} It will take place around the world and feature pairs of contestants, rather than teams, in the style of the reality series it is parodying.

The first season of The Ridonculous Race is expected to consist of mostly all new characters, with four characters returning from the original Total Drama series. All characters will be split into 18 teams of two, and must complete challenges around the world to win a one million dollar prize.^[3]

Racers will visit a different country in every episode and perform in "legs" while the team to finish in last place gets eliminated.^[4] In each of the 26 different locations, each racer must go to a "Don Box" to receive clues that let them decide which challenge they want to perform in.

Cast and characters

The host Don will be voiced by Terry McGurrin.^[5] As of July 2015^[update] the following voice actors had been confirmed as cast members:

• Stephanie Anne Mills as Kitty^[6]
• Emilie-Claire Barlow as Ellody^[7]and Laurie^[8]
• Nicki Burke as Stephanie^[9] and Tammy^[10]
• Neil Crone as Dwayne^[11]
• Stacey DePass as Emma^[5][6] and Crimson^[12]
• Carlos Díaz as Lorenzo^[13] and Rock^[14]
• Jacob Ewaniuk as Junior^[11]
• Kristin Fairlie as Carrie^[15]
• Darren Frost as Chet^[13]
• Katie Griffin as Mary^[7]and Miles^[8]
• Jeff Geddis as Devin^[15] and Tom^[16]
• Carter Hayden as Noah,^[17][18][19] Spud^[14] and Ennui^[12]
• Julie Lemieux as Josee^[20][5] and Kelly^[21]
• Bryn McAuley as Taylor^[21]
• Scott McCord as Owen,^[18][19] Brody^[22] and Jacques^[20]
• Joseph Motiki as Ryan^[9]
• Dan Petronijevic as Geoff^[22]
• Lyon Smith as Jay and Mickey^[23]
• Ashley Botting as Jen^[16]
• Evany Rosen as MacArthur^[24]
• Nicole Stamp as Sanders^[24]
• David Huband as Gerry^[25]
• Adrian Truss as Pete^[25]
• Clé Bennett as Leonard^[10]

Production

Production commenced on January 1, 2014 and it is scheduled to conclude on October 30, 2015.^[26] Alex Ganetakos is producing the show,^[27] while Terry McGurrin is writing the screenplay,^[28] and Chad Hicks is directing.^[29]

Casting

Even though some of the characters from the main series will make appearances, the spin-off series will primarily have a new cast.^[1] The spin-off series will be a "Buddy Comedy" and will include 36 characters (18 teams of two), four which are from the original series (Owen, Noah, Geoff, and Leonard) and the rest brand new characters.^[3] Kristin Fairlie, the voice actor for the character Bridgette from the original series, is set to voice one of the new contestants, Carrie.^[30] Scott McCord (voice of characters Owen and Trent in the original series) as well as Carter Hayden (voice of Noah in the original) were also revealed to be returning to the cast, and were seen in the recording studio together.^[17] It was later confirmed that the actors were indeed going to voice the characters Owen and Noah.^[18] It was eventually revealed that the first pair will be Carrie and her best friend Devin, who is played by Jeff Geddis.^[15] In February, the second pair was revealed: Stephanie and Ryan. The two are voiced by Nicki Burke of Dead Rising 2 and Joseph Motiki, from Rescue Heroes.^[9] In a new promotion by Cake Entertainment, Geoff was also revealed to be among the returning cast, teamed up with Brody, one of his friends from home.^[22] The father-son team of Dwayne and Dwayne Jr. was also revealed.^[11]

So far the following pairs have been revealed. A pair of goths called Ennui and Crimson.^[12] In June, the third pair to be revealed are Mary and Ellody, two close friends who are dubbed the "Geniuses".^[7] A week later, the fourth pair to be released are Emma and Kitty, who are Asian sisters with opposite personalities, referred to as the "Sisters".^[6] A week later, another team was confirmed; Chet and Lorenzo, known as "the Stepbrothers".^[13] Next to be revealed are twins Mickey and Jay, called "the Adversity Twins", who are plagued with countless phobias, allergies, injuries, disorders, and ailments.^[23]

Setting

Many countries and their geographic elements will be drawn and animated when used as settings for the whole series. A different country will be used for each episode.^[4] The starting point will be the city of Toronto, Ontario in Canada,^[31] while characters will then travel to the following locations:

Zimbabwe^[32]

Paris, France^[33]

The Arctic Circle^[34]

Iceland^[35]

Beijing, China^[36]

Darjeeling, India^[37]

Las Vegas, Nevada^[38]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates^[39]

New Zealand^[40]

Lethbridge, Alberta^[41]

Transylvania, Romania^[42]

Kola Borehole, Russia^[43]

New York City^[44]

Acapulco^[45]

Morocco^[46]

Argentina^[47]

Brazil^[48]

These locations may not be in the order of episodes, but they are in the order they were announced.

Elimination table

Postion	Team	Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
		CAN
	Dwayne & Junior
	Emma & Kitty
	Mary & Ellody
	Jen & Tom
	Laurie & Miles
	Tammy & Leonard
	Taylor & Kelly
	Rock & Spud
	Carrie & Devin
	Geoff & Brody
	Sanders & MacArthur
	Chet & Lorenzo
	Josee & Jacques
	Crimson & Ennui
	Jay & Mickey
	Gerry & Pete
	Noah & Owen
	Stephanie & Ryan

See also

• Total Drama World Tour, another animated series by the same producers that also takes place around the world
• The Amazing Race, the reality TV series that this series is based on

References