User blog comment:Kgman04/Woot for breakthroughs./@comment-1874924-20110708000956

You could also call it something like Total Drama Literati and keep the same initials. In any case, being a well-read sort, I find the premise appealing. I'm sure this doesn't surprise you at all.

I'm doing something similar in LTDI, albeit on a much smaller scale, with one challenge based on a famous poem and another based on something from Classical mythology. The reason Chris gives for this is that, because TDI is nominally a children's show, broacast regulations require that it have a certain amount of educational content.

As for which canon characters you should use in TDL, I will only say this: use those that you feel the most comfortable writing for and that will work best with your newbies and the TDS characters you choose. I'm assuming, of course, that the canon characters' personalities/foibles will be based on your remakes, and not necessarily on the canon episodes.