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The Screaming Gaffers is one of the two opposing teams in Total Drama Action. Their symbol is a light green circle containing a green lightbulb with crossbones, surrounded by a green circular outline. The team members were chosen by the team captain, Gwen.

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The Screaming Gaffers are formed by Gwen.

The Screaming Gaffers are formed in "Riot on Set." The team members were decided through selection by Gwen. She picks her friends Duncan, Leshawna, and DJ, chooses Heather under Leshawna's advice, and accepts the boasting Harold "if for no other reason but to shut him up." Duncan wins the acting challenge after his tearful performance, making the Screaming Gaffers the first team to win a challenge in Total Drama Action.

In "Beach Blanket Bogus," the Gaffers win a beach-themed party after Trent begins to throw challenges for Gwen. Trent continues his cheating in 3:10 to Crazytown, and he is later voted out after Justin discovers what he is doing.

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The Gaffers discussing who should be put up in the challenge.

Justin and the other Grips convince Gwen to even the score with them, and Gwen ends up keeping her end of the deal in "The Chefshank Redemption," where she tries to slow her team down through any means possible, such as convincing them she has cramps, and telling DJ and Leshawna not to work so hard. She tops it off by breaking a golden shovel over Harold's head, snapping it in two. This is one of the reasons Leshawna, Harold, and Heather voted Gwen off, removing her from the competition.

With Gwen and Trent gone, the competition returns to normal as the Gaffers win again in "One Flu Over the Cuckoos." Leshawna then fake cries to get the team to vote for her to win the reward: a trip to a spa with a close friend. Leshawna also tries to start an alliance with Duncan and Harold against Heather, though this doesn't work out until "Dial M for Merger" when Heather is already out of the game.

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The Screaming Gaffers are shocked to find out that DJ was cheating.

By "The Sand Witch Project," DJ's illegal alliance with Chef starts to wear on his conscience. After Chef helps the Gaffers win the first challenge, they must scare the Grips out of the craft services tent to win invincibility. After Duncan and Harold's plans fail, DJ cooks one up that wins the Gaffers invincibility. Even though they win, DJ's conscience gets the better of him, and he quits the game for his pride, setting the Gaffers one member back behind the Grips.

Conflicts begin to rise in "Masters of Disasters" when it is revealed that Leshawna fake cried to win the spa trip. Leshawna is disliked for many future episodes. By "Full Metal Drama," Duncan states he considers Leshawna already off the team. The team manages to win invincibility again after Duncan and Harold put their conflict aside to prevent the Grips from stealing the Trunk of Mind Blowing Secrets.

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The Gaffers in their get-away kart.

The Screaming Gaffers are once again on even footing with the Grips, with four members each in "Ocean's Eight—or Nine." During the challenge, Leshawna ends up being locked in a vault, and the rest of the team has to get her out. They eventually decide not to let Leshawna out of the vault and instead go on to complete the challenge without her. Duncan is shocked to learn that Courtney will be returning to the game and will be put on the Killer Grips. Thanks to Duncan, the Gaffers easily construct their getaway car and begin down the hill. The Grips almost pass them when they run out of gas, but the Gaffers still manage to win invincibility by pushing their cart towards the finish line.

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The Gaffers at their second and last elimination ceremony before the merge.

When Leshawna is released from the vault and Courtney appoints herself as the leader of the Grips, the Gaffers have to work harder during the challenges to keep up, especially in "One Million Bucks, B.C." Even though Duncan built his fire first, it is revealed he used a lighter, which was not a prehistoric tool causing the Grips to get bigger bones during the duel challenge. Leshawna defeats Lindsay, Heather loses to Beth, and Harold and Justin tie. In the tiebreaker, Courtney tricks Duncan, and he falls into the tar, making the Grips the winners.

The Gaffers lose again in "Million Dollar Babies," and although Leshawna is caught trash-talking the other contestants during her spa night, it is Heather who is sent home because Harold and Duncan accept Leshawna's apologetic cheer.

The Screaming Gaffers, along with the Killer Grips, are broken up in "Dial M for Merger," with Leshawna, Duncan, and Harold progressing to the merge.

Elimination[]

Contestant Team Affiliation Elimination
Team Merge Status Episode Reason
Ep. 3 Ep. 13
TDA Gwen Gwen
The Loner
TDA Screaming Gaffers 5th eliminated
(12th place)
Episode 7:
"The Chefshank Redemption"
Gwen threw the challenge and voted herself out in order to repay the other team for when Trent was throwing challenges for her.
TDA DJ DJ
The Brickhouse with Heart
TDA Screaming Gaffers 6th eliminated
(11th place)
Episode 9:
"The Sand Witch Project"
A guilt-ridden DJ quit the competition and confessed to his illegal alliance with Chef.
TDA Heather Heather
The Queen Bee
TDA Screaming Gaffers 9th eliminated
(9th place)
Episode 15:
"Million Dollar Babies"
Leshawna's cheerleading convinced Duncan and Harold to vote against Heather instead of Leshawna.
TDA Leshawna Leshawna
The Sister with 'Tude
TDA Screaming Gaffers Merge 10th eliminated
(8th place)
Episode 17:
"Super Hero-ld"
Courtney, Duncan, and Justin convinced Harold to doubt his trust in Leshawna and vote her off, forming a majority vote of 4-3.
TDA Harold Harold
The Dweeb
TDA Screaming Gaffers 13th eliminated
(5th place)
Episode 23:
"2008: A Space Owen"
Harold figured out that Owen was a mole and accidentally killed Duncan's pet tarantula Scruffy, so both of them voted out Harold.
TDA Duncan Duncan
The Delinquent
TDA Screaming Gaffers Winner/
Runner-up
(1st/2nd place)
Episode 26:
"The Aftermath: IV"
Winner/Beth got more votes than Duncan.

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