Total Drama Island: Again!

I've submitted some characters for and read several "send in your own character" stories and I've always thought "Hey, these are pretty cool." So I got this random idea… why don't I start my own? So, the rules and format for your application are after the intro. Here it is… Total Drama Island: Again!

"Hello TV viewers! You thought I was gone didn't you?" shouted an oh-too-familiar voice from television sets across Canada and America. A pair of shining teeth and so perfect it was almost fake looking five o'clock shadow greeted the viewing audiences. "I'll bet twenty two people, or should I say campers are squirming in their chairs right now!" He gave a laugh that was almost sadistic sounding.

And he was right, somewhere out in Canada there were twenty two teens screaming and throwing things at the television just to get the face of the man that had ruined their lives for a summer to go away.

"As you all probably know, I'm Chris Mclean, and I'm back!" The TV host himself was standing on a dock. Anybody who'd even seen him before knew what that dock meant. "Surprise, surprise everyone! Not only am I back, but so is Total Drama Island!

"That's right people; we've got a whole new season coming up. And we are in desperate need of applications!" Chris held up a paper and took a pause to read it. "Now, it says here in my script that I'm supposed to get down on my knees and plead, but would you really want to see these perfect knees get dirty? No! So just imagine that I'm down on the dock, begging for your applications. That's how desperate we are."

"See, after the major success of the previous season, we had tons of applications come in, probably at least a thousand. However, all of those people were boring! And if they haven't noticed, the show is called Total Drama Island. So we're on the hunt for applications!

"Just fill in the needed information for your applications and send it to us here in Camp Wawanakwa in Muskoka, Canada. Who knows? Maybe you will be picked for Total... Drama… Island… Again!"

A little bit of rules…

1) Don't send in characters that you obviously sent into other stories. So, if you fill out more than what I ask for, I'm kind of going to be able to tell you're one of those people that submits your camper to every single one of these stories without reading the first chapter.

2) I'd like ORIGINAL CAMPERS! Not everyone out there's a goth or a rebel who just broke out of prison or a guitar player. And not everyone's cool, either.

3) If you're going to send in a musician character, can you please not put an entire song in their audition? It's fine if you put in a little part of it, but don't put the entire song. They're pretty short audition tapes if I remember, not fifteen minutes.

4) Submit as many characters as you want (though I don't think twenty five decent characters will fit into one review…) but I my opinion on this. First off, don't make the two characters you submit the Duncan clone and the Courtney clone (even if you don't say it right out) and then expect them to go out. What's the point of that? It's like TDI all over again! Also, if you submit a pair of characters that are already dating and I actually choose them, I can't guarantee they won't break up on the island… (hint, hint!)

5) Could you try and make your stereotypes one stereotype? I don't want the "Gothish, trouble maker, mysterious, skateboarder, sort of a tomboy", or the "beautiful/clumsy/smart/talented surfer chick". (And yes, these are real examples of stereotypes people put.) You can make the stereotype longer than just one or two words, but don't just list off a list of traits that'll make guys or girls want to hook up with you.

6) No characters that are exact clones of TDI characters (unless they're like obsessed or something and that's their stereotype, in which case carry on). I actually read a review where somebody's audition tape was Courtney's audition tape but with their person's name in it. Don't you think most of us have seen Courtney's audition?

7) If you're going to use foreign words (especially those Japanese ones like Otaku and stuff) could you explain to me what they mean? Sorry about that, but I'm really brain dead when it comes to these Japanese anime words (and words in any language other than English, Spanish, and mild Polish.)

I know I might sound like a snob, but I'm kind of trying to point out the obvious here. One or two of my own campers will be in the cast, but you won't find out what they're like until I pick the final campers. How many campers will there be? Anywhere between 16 and 22.

If you can't think of a stereotype, that's fine, but try to describe the character good in the personality section. But anyway, applications! Anything in parentheses you don't have to write. It's just there to explain what I want for each thing. Again, DON'T WRITE THE STUFF IN PARENTHESES!

Name (and nickname if they have one):

Age (15-17):

Gender (for those wacky names that I just can't tell):

Stereotype:

Appearance (hair, eyes, skin tone, build, etc.):

Regular Clothes:

Bathing Suit:

Pajamas:

Notable Traits (are they freakishly tall? Do they talk with an accent? Stuff like that…):

Color That Represents Character (I'll explain this one below):

Personality (please make this more than a few words. I like sentences better):

Phobia:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Talents:

NOT Talents:

Paired Up:

If Yes, What Kind of Person:

If Yes, How Do They React Around Them (flirt? Watch from a distance? Get freakishly clingy all of a sudden?):

Short History (Family, where they're from…):

Why TDI:

Audition Tape (Totally necessary! I'll explain this below too):

Does Your Character Use Bad Language (may sound dumb to ask, but… a lot? A little? Not at all?):

Can Your Character Drive? (if I told you why I need this one, that'd spoil it):

Quote from Character (optional, explained below):

Favorite Challenge from Original TDI (optional):

Challenge Suggestions/Requests (optional):

Other (I'm not really sure what else there is, but…):

I might have to explain a couple things…

Color That Represents Character: this is for later on in the game if they ever have to do an individual challenge. The color is to represent them. For example, if they have to grab a rope from somewhere or something, the rope with be marked with their color. Try to pick a color that you think nobody else will pick (like midnight blue or gray or beige or something.)

Audition Tape: This is completely necessary, unlike most stories. Why? I'm not going to put the entire selected applications up in a chapter, probably just their name and audition tape. Why this? Well, if you can already see everybody's phobia, what's the fun of a challenge that has to do with those? Or if everyone can see that this person has a deep dark secret, than it's not exactly a secret anymore, is it?

Quote from Character: This can be either a quote your character has said in the past, a quote you want me to somehow fit into the story that they say, or both. Just specify which one. Why? I don't know. Just for fun.

Also, if I need any additional information, I'll just ask either in an author's note or PM. So start sending in those applications!