User blog comment:Rhonda the stalker fan!/Total Drama 30 Day Challenge: Day 8/Happy Anniversary Total Drama!/@comment-2166423-20180708220413

My favorite thing about Total Drama Island, and what actually got me hooked to the show was its atmosphere of unpredictability. Sure, when I look back TDI was anything but unpredictable, but while watching it I always felt on the edge of my seat, like ANYTHING could happen - I think the sound effects really contributed in creating this mood and the show would be a lot different without it. And that did not happen only during the episodes, after each episode I could not WAIT for what would happen next week and I already started making up theories in my head, considering how the scenario would change without the eliminated character, etc.; I had never done this with any other cartoon as far as I can remember.

Other things that might also have helped me get attached to it was its realism (the term is used loosely), I've just always preferred stories centered around human beings and their relationships without the intervention of supernatural/fantasy elements. Maybe for that reason I've also always been a fan of murder mysteries, and a lot of the feeling I got from reading them I got from watching TDI, such as the constant atmosphere of unpredictability, and the idea of following "clues" and formulating theories on who will be eliminated next/who the murderer is.