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The Screaming Gophers is one of the two opposing teams on Total Drama Island. The Screaming Gophers' logo is a green gopher standing upright with its fists drawn out. It is mounted on a pale yellow circle with a green ring surrounding it.

Members[]

Episode 1[]

Episode 2–13[]

Notes[]

Total Drama Island[]

"Not So Happy Campers—Part 1"[]

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The Screaming Gophers happily work together at first.

Chris announces that the members of the Screaming Gophers will be Gwen, Trent, Heather, Cody, Beth, Lindsay, Katie, Owen, Leshawna, Justin, and Noah. Once in their cabin, Gwen doesn't seem to be very friendly, as she forces Cody out of the girls' cabin, starts a conflict with Heather, and insults Lindsay; meanwhile, Owen fails to impress his fellow male teammates, as he makes comments that could be misinterpreted.

"Not So Happy Campers—Part 2"[]

Most of the Gophers jump off the cliff, with the exception of Beth, getting boxes to build their jacuzzi, which gave them an advantage to win over the Killer Bass, saving them from the first elimination ceremony due to this and their good teamwork. Prior to the challenge, Katie begged Chris to allow her to be on the same team with her best friend, Sadie. Izzy then volunteered to switch teams with Katie, meaning that Katie was now a member of the Killer Bass while Izzy was now a member of the Screaming Gophers.

"The Big Sleep"[]

When the Gophers thought they had won the first part of the challenge, which consisted of running twenty kilometers around the camp, they eat from the big feast Chris served them, in order to make more difficult the Awake-a-Thon, a challenge in which the last camper standing wins immunity for their challenge. Owen is the first to fall asleep; Heather forms the first Total Drama alliance with Lindsay and Beth; Justin cheats by painting his eyelids; and Gwen and Trent begin to develop their relationship. In the end, it was Gwen who took the lead and got her team the win, granting them immunity for the second time in a row.

"Dodgebrawl"[]

Their winning streak ends when the Killer Bass manage to defeat them in three-out-of-five dodgeball matches after the Gophers have already taken the lead with two wins, losing the third and fourth thanks to Duncan's prison tactics. They lose the last match due to Harold's figure skating skills, which gives them their first loss. Noah becomes the first Screaming Gopher voted off the island because of his refusal to help in the dodgeball match and lack of team spirit.

"Not Quite Famous"[]

Heather puts herself in charge, along with Beth and Lindsay, to choose the three campers who will perform in the talent contest. During their time off, Heather notices that Gwen and Trent are spending a lot of time together, so she asks Lindsay to spy on her. Meanwhile, other campers audition for the challenge: Beth performs baton twirling, Izzy does her rattlesnake dance, and Justin gets a spot for the show when he charms the girls by putting out a burning bush. Heather, failing to get useful information through Lindsay, breaks into the cabin while Gwen and Trent take a dip in the lake, managing to steal Gwen's diary. In the talent show, Justin dances , getting a good score; Trent sings a song, dedicated to Gwen, and gets several points for his team; however, when it is Heather's turn, she does not dance as planned but reads Gwen's diary in front of everyone, causing her not to get a single point for her team. Finally, Heather manages to save herself from elimination by convincing her alliance (Beth and Lindsay), Izzy, and Owen to join forces to vote Justin out, causing him to be the second member of the Screaming Gophers to be eliminated.

"The Sucky Outdoors"[]

When Chris forces the teams to spend a night in the woods, the Gophers have a hard time surviving due to lack of food, so Owen fishes and brings food back to their assigned camp and, then, makes up a story about how he defeated a bear with his grandfather. At night, when a bear appears, Owen chickens out and says he was exaggerating, so everyone, being scared, climb a tree to protect themselves; however, when Leshawna's branch breaks and the bear tries to talk to her, Izzy reveals that she was disguised as the bear only to scare them and laugh. Later, a real bear invades their camp, causing Cody to pee his pants for the second time, forcing them to stay in the tree all night. At dawn, the Gophers arrive last back at the campfire, but, because Katie and Sadie didn't get there for the Bass, the Gophers win the challenge.

"Phobia Factor"[]

Once the Gophers return from their bounty at the tuck shop, they join the Killer Bass at the campfire, and they all start talking about their biggest fears. The next day, Chris forces them to face their admitted fears: Beth manages to get into a pool filled with worms; Cody fails to defuse a bomb under pressure; Gwen manages to be buried alive for several minutes; Izzy and Owen overcome their fear of flying by being forced to be on a plane; Leshawna fails to control herself when she sees Chef dressed as a spider; Lindsay, who is afraid of bad haircuts, has to wear an ugly wig; and Trent faces a mime who follows him around. Thanks to most of the Gophers completing their challenges, they get immunity, especially after Courtney doesn't jump into a pool of green jelly, as Chris would have given the Bass triple points, saving the Gophers from the elimination ceremony.

"Up the Creek"[]

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Beth finds a tiki idol on Boney Island, which curses her team.

The campers must row to Boney Island, an island from which they can not take anything or they will be cursed. As they get there, Cody annoys Gwen by asking her out on a date; Beth and Lindsay admire Trent; Izzy creeps Leshawna out; and Heather ignores Owen. Once there, the Gophers are confronted by large woolly beaver chasing them, and although they manage to escape them, Trent and Lindsay fall into quicksand, from which Cody rescues them. When it's time to make a huge bonfire, Izzy causes an explosion with tree sap and other ingredients, earning the Gophers a point. In the end, Izzy costs her team the victory when gives advise to the Bass on how to get back to Camp Wawanakwa without paddles and, although she was at risk of being eliminated, the R.C.M.P. found her, so she leaves the competition. At the end of the episode, it is shown that Beth took a tiki doll from Boney Island.

"Paintball Deer Hunter"[]

The Gophers lose for the second time in a row due to internal team conflicts, as a disobedient Beth caused a chain effect of shooting when she hit Heather, as her own team shot themselves multiple times, costing them the challenge. In the end, Cody is eliminated because he was mauled by a bear, so the others felt he would no longer be useful to their team.

"If You Can't Take the Heat..."[]

Heather, once again, makes herself the team leader, bossing and irritating her teammates: Leshawna is ordered to cut pineapple chunks even though she is allergic; Owen is ordered to fetch various materials even though he is stung by several bees; Beth is not treated with respect after their conflict in the previous episode. All of this angers Leshawna so much that, along with Beth's and even Lindsay's help, they take Heather's makeup bag and throw it into the freezer, where Heather enters and gets locked in. The lack of teamwork, along with Owen's lack of self-control, causes the Screaming Gophers to lose yet again. Having lost three challenges in a row, the team discovers that they are dealing with the bad luck of a cursed tiki idol that Beth had unknowingly taken from Boney Island, leading to their elimination.

"Who Can You Trust?"[]

The conflicts between the Gophers continue to be apparent. Although Heather tampered with Gwen's rope in the climbing challenge, Gwen managed to earn a point for her team, while Lindsay accidentally poisoned Trent with a toxic fish and also caused Heather to be electrocuted by jellyfish, sending her to the infirmary. Leshawna and Owen also earn a point by winning the blind William Tell challenge. In the tiebreaker, Gwen and Leshawna win the blind slide challenge, ultimately giving the Gophers the victory.

"Basic Straining"[]

The Screaming Gophers are upset that Chef is now in charge of the challenge. The first part, holding a canoe over their heads, starts off badly for them, especially when Lindsay gives up. During the musical challenge, Duncan stops the music, saying he wants to quit, but Chef won't let him. They then write an essay about why they love Chef, from which Trent is eliminated for falling asleep. Then, Leshawna is eliminated from the obstacle course challenge, leaving only Gwen, Heather, and Owen standing. During the final challenge, hanging upside down from a tree for as long as possible, Owen farts, so Heather drops, but Owen falls on top of her as well. In the end, Gwen gives the victory to the Gophers, giving them immunity.

"X-Treme Torture"[]

for the first part of the challenge, DJ and Trent face off against each other. For the second part, Geoff and Leshawna also face each other, while Harold faces Lindsay. The Gophers lose the first challenge, but win in the second, evening the score. In the last challenge, two more people have to compete in the challenge as runners, who end up being Duncan and Heather. In the end, Lindsay wins the tiebreaking challenge, earning her team the final immunity as a team.

"Brunch of Disgustingness"[]

When the two original teams are dissolved, Bridgette is instructed to move to the former Gophers' cabin, while Trent and Owen move into the former Bass' cabin in order to have the two sexes compete against each other during the challenge. Izzy returns in "No Pain, No Game," claiming to have been living in the woods since her elimination and in that same episode the teams are permanently dissolved.

Elimination[]

Contestant Team Affiliation Elimination
Team Merge Status Episode Reason
Ep. 1 Ep. 2 Ep. 14
TDI Noah Noah
The Schemer
TDI Screaming Gophers 3rd eliminated
(21st place)
Episode 4:
"Dodgebrawl"
He refused to play dodgeball and irritated his teammates by being overly sarcastic.
TDI Justin Justin
The Eye Candy
TDI Screaming Gophers 4th eliminated
(20th place)
Episode 5:
"Not Quite Famous"
Heather convinced her alliance (Lindsay, Beth), Owen, and Izzy to vote him off instead of her.
TDI Katie Katie
The Sweet Girl
TDI Screaming Gophers TDI Killer Bass 5th eliminated
(19th place)
Episode 6:
"The Sucky Outdoors"
She and Sadie cost their team the challenge when they had gotten lost and showed up too late at camp.
TDI Izzy Izzy
The Psycho Hose Beast
TDI Killer Bass TDI Screaming Gophers 7th eliminated
(returned)
Episode 8:
"Up the Creek"
Although she was not actually eliminated yet, the RCMP arrived to arrest her, and she ran off.
TDI Cody Cody
The Geek
TDI Screaming Gophers 8th eliminated
(17th place)
Episode 9:
"Paintball Deer Hunter"
After being mauled by a bear, he was in a full body cast, so his team thought he was no longer useful.
TDI Beth Beth
The Wannabe
TDI Screaming Gophers 9th eliminated
(16th place)
Episode 10:
"If You Can't Take the Heat..."
Heather exposed her for taking a cursed tiki idol from Boney Island, causing her team to blame her for their losses.
TDI Trent Trent
The Cool Guy
TDI Screaming Gophers TDI Guys Merge 14th eliminated
(11th place)
Episode 16:
"Search and Do Not Destroy"
When Gwen told Leshawna that Heather kissed Trent, Leshawna then told everybody to vote him or Heather off. Since Heather won invincibility, they voted off Trent instead.
TDI Lindsay Lindsay
The Dumb Princess
TDI Screaming Gophers TDI Girls 16th eliminated
(9th place)
Episode 18:
"That's Off the Chain!"
In a sudden-death challenge and after Heather won invincibility, Lindsay crossed the finish line second but was also the last to cross the line due to a technicality.
TDI Izzy Izzy
The Psycho Hose Beast
TDI Killer Bass TDI Screaming Gophers 18th eliminated
(7th place)
Episode 20:
"Wawanakwa Gone Wild!"
In an animal-hunting challenge, she shot Heather, Chef Hatchet, a plane, and a horse with a tranquilizer gun due to her poor shooting skills.
TDI Leshawna Leshawna
The Sister with 'Tude
TDI Screaming Gophers TDI Girls 20th eliminated
(5th place)
Episode 22:
"Haute Camp-ture"
When Chris allowed the losers to vote out a remaning camper, Katie and Sadie accidentally set off a chain reaction that caused many and a parrot to vote her off by simply saying her name.
TDI Heather Heather
The Queen Bee
TDI Screaming Gophers TDI Girls 22nd eliminated
(3rd place)
Episode 25:
"I Triple Dog Dare You!"
Gwen and Owen teamed up against her, and she failed a dare, that envolved shaving her head, on a technicality.
TDI Gwen Gwen
The Loner
TDI Screaming Gophers TDI Girls Winner/
Runner-up

(1st/2nd place)
Episode 26:
"The Very Last Episode, Really!"
Izzy's plan to lure Owen to the finish line with brownies succeeded, making Owen the winner./Winner
TDI Owen Owen
The Party Guy
TDI Screaming Gophers TDI Guys Winner/Trent motivated Gwen with a pep talk, and Izzy's plan to lure Owen to the finish line with brownies failed, making Gwen the winner.

Trivia[]

  • The Screaming Gophers are seen as the superior team to the Killer Bass in challenges, losing only five challenges compared to the Killer Bass' seven.
  • They are the first team ever to lose more than twice in a row.
  • Throughout the entire series, original members of the Gophers are generally more successful in winning than the Bass' members. Examples of this include:
  • There are several animation errors in the Screaming Gophers' cast picture:
    • For some reason, Ezekiel is included with the Gophers instead of the Bass, his actual team.
    • Gwen's foot is in midair and isn't actually resting on the dock.
    • Cody's shirt and pants are altered from the promotional picture, and his legs are very irregularly shaped.
    • Some of the highlights in Heather's hair have disappeared.
    • Izzy's sarong is colored the same green as her top.
  • This is the only team that Leshawna has been on without Harold and DJ.
  • Beth is the only female Gopher to compete in only two seasons.
  • Owen is the only male Gopher to compete in all of the first three seasons.
  • This is the only team Izzy has been on in which she is not the first to be eliminated.
  • Noah is the only member of this team never to receive a symbol of immunity.
  • Every member of this team has either shown their underwear—in this case: Gwen, Noah, and Lindsay—or shown nudity—in this case: Trent, Owen, Izzy, Cody, Katie, Leshawna, Heather, Justin, Beth—on-screen.
  • In every pre-merge Campfire Ceremony that the team attended, either Lindsay or Heather are in the bottom two.
  • When the team members were announced in the first episode, the first and last member to be announced were a finalist and the first person of their team that was eliminated in the same season, respectively.

Gallery[]

See also[]

Total Drama teams
Island (2007) Action World Tour Revenge of the Island
TDI Killer Bass TDI Screaming Gophers TDA Killer Grips TDA Screaming Gaffers Team Amazon Logo Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot Logo Team Victory Logo TDRI Mutant Maggots TDRI Toxic Rats
All-Stars Pahkitew Island Island (2023) Island (2024)
TDAS Heroic Hamsters TDAS Villainous Vultures TDPI Team Kinosewak TDPI Team Maskwak TDI23 Ferocious Trout TDI23 Frogs of Death TDI24 Rat Face TDI24 Skunk Butt
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