Yep. I'm the same way. I act crazier in public than I actually am to throw off potential attackers, if they think you're crazier than them and look like you're barely holding on by a thread they tend to leave you alone. There's this skinhead in my town always staring me down whenever he sees me around town, but he's never said or done anything because I'm always carrying 2 machetes on me and look like a bum so it seems like I have nothing to lose.
Given her apparent past with chef and the fact that she was a premed student it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Izzy was also way older than she claims to be.
@@nadroji6549 If that is the case I'd like to think that every reincarnation looks the exact same. That way when Chef says "Not again" he actually means he had a reincarnation of Izzy as one of his military pals that died in front of his eyes.
@@Jaeeden All it really needs is just the one that served w/ Chef & we're golden. TBH I wouldn't be too surprised if that were the case considering how crazy this show can get.
@@nadroji6549 I forgot what the term was when you joined the military so I went with "military pals" lol. Thank you for reminding me of the word "served"
What if Izzy is actually in her early to mid 20s, but just looks like a teen. I feel like this makes sense for how smart and experienced Izzy is. This is kind of a reach, but maybe that’s why she laughed when Gwen said she just wishes to finish high school. Also, maybe that’s how Izzy knows chef. I’m not to familiar with Canadian laws, but here in the USA you have to at least be 18 to be drafted into the military.
@jazmin-qu2xk Well technically the age of consent in Canada is 16 years old which they all ( supposedly) are in island. So if it was true it would be absolutely fucked, but still not illegal.
Small nitpick/common misconception, Gwen wasn't the Canadian winner. Her ending only aired in Finland, Japan, Latin America, Norway, Poland, Romania and Sweden.
"Either Izzy was smart enough to trick the doctor, or that's a really bad doctor." Considering by season 3 Chris was committing full on Geneva Convention/Human Rights violations, that "doctor" is probably a hotdog vendor he paid $50 to play dress up for a day.
An interesting tidbit for this show: Even though all the contestants are 16 years old as stated by Chris. The 43 year old Blaineley was allowed to compete on the show. So, it may be entirely possible that Izzy is a fully grown woman who has a youthful complexion pretending she's a teenager for the sake of blending in.
this has......troubling implications for her already.....horrifying relationship with Owen........tbf though, super genius Izzy is already fucked up enough to do that.
Izzy truly has the perfect strategy. She acts crazy so no one sees her as a real threat. She loses on purpose, but also conveniently saves her team when she has to. She doesn’t even need to win. Ultimately, she just has to be the most memorable. She’s already gotten on the show. That’s already a win. If she can be the loudest most unhinged person, the audience won’t soon forget her. And she gets close enough to the guy who wins that she probably thought she could get a piece of those winnings herself. She probably never even intended to win. Just play the game as long as possible. After all, it’s not really about the money for her. It’s the thrill of the game.
Izzy’s pain tolerance may explain the lie detector thing. She might be being shocked constantly but doesn’t care/feel anything bc of how high her tolerance to pain is.
Right. It could be old and just going off randomly... Or it does work and she ignores the shocks or the shocks are responding against her biological state. If she can "believe" the lies and not know they are lies, it's like passing a polygraph. With her being able to come up with new personalities, it is a way to fragment her mind to make the lies more believable to her body, circumventing the shocks and saving mental resources. So maybe Izzy is like an MKULTRA fighter in the alien war.
The show happens every summer so there are extensions between each season. she gets her head shaved in season one, she wears a cavewoman wig in season two (while obsessing over stealing Courtney’s hair), she gets human hair extensions in season 3, she fully grows back her hair in season 4. So basically she’s been growing out her hair for 4 years.
@@user-fw7pg6mi3oaction takes place literally right after island, and then the celebrity manhunt special takes place a few months later, so by that point her hair would be super short but she got extensions
I find it funny that Izzy was one of the only first gen characters properly dressed with intent for such a survival show, which is probably cause she knows Chris McLean and that he was lying about the hotel. Whatever Heather is wearing is a little practical, but was supposed to be for fashion.
I'm realizing now that the reason izzy didn't rejoin the game in world tour is probably because of how hard it would be to track down the plane in order to get back in the game
Other possiblity for Izzy dressing as a bear: She did it to spice up the show, either because Chris told her to or because she thought it would get her in his good graces. As you said, she mentions in the tape that the show wont be boring with her on it, likely why she was chosen. Therefore, this woukd be a good way to further that goal.
As someone who has literally never seen a single episode of Total Drama in my entire life: This was the most entertaining cartoon character analysis ever.
I always viewed Izzy in "burdened by knowledge" archetype of character. Those people who are smart enough to dominate whatever they want, but know too much and stop functioning like a normal person. Often leading to the creation of their own problems.
@PowerNO Grief meh I'm smart enough to dominate what I'm interested in because I'm a fast learner with photographic memory so I'd say speak for yourself, respectfully. Anyway I was mostly talking about the part of not being able to function like a "normal" human being because I sometimes end up making people rethink their entire life without actually standing by anything I just told them.
I know i’m late to say this, but I like to think that Izzy submitted two audition tapes in different outfits is because she thought if one failed, she could be a different person, and since she thought she would win, both tapes wouldn’t be shown.
about the cheering thing, lindsay and katie have the same va. they have prerecorded clips for any situation (like sneezing, cheering etc.) so they must’ve gave it to katie, looped it, and then accidentally gave it to lindsay.
Honestly speaking, Heather being kept on the show on purpose makes sense. If you watch Survivor, you know that some of the most well-known contestants are the villains, so if the producers/Chris saw how much money Heather was bringing in by all the drama she causes, I could totally see them intervening to keep her on
Two corrections: 1 - Izzy didn't care about the prize money. She only really cared about having fun and manipulating the game and its rules. She was intelligent enough and had the skills to win every show there is and make as much money as she wanted to but that's not the point. Also, if she did care about the prize, she wouldn't have willingly gotten herself off the show in season 1 (after coming back). 2 - I don't think Izzy knew about the second season because she read the fine print, but rather because she knew she suitcase they had was empty. A suitcase with 1 million dollars, or even 100 thousand dollars would be way heavier than an empty one. She noticed it, proven by how she claims to change her name to Kaleidoscope *after* holding the suitcase. Which is also the reason why she gave it to Justin. Not because she can't resist him, because she knew it didn't matter anyway.
"SHE DOESNT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW HER PLAN, INCLUDING US, BUT I'M A MENTALLY UNWELL OBSESSED FAN SO I NOTICED THE SLIP UP" my god i relate to this energy very much
This is my personality when I'm talking about ANY FANDOM IVE EVER BEEN IN *cough undertale *cough gravity falls *cough BILL FUYKIN CIPHER *COUGH COUGH COUGHHHHH SNASSSSSSSS btw does anyone hear boss music?
@@thoticcusprime9309 trust me, avoid these people at any cost lmao,if they start making jokes about these or be over obsessed with some stuff they will go out of their way to make you believe it
@@robynnhoudokay i actually rewatched the episode and the word was "no" lol. heather sent beth to find her some chips, but after she did it the second time beth refused, saying no
I always thought that Izzy is both insane and intelligent, where she really IS insane, but she just pretends it was worse than it actually is. Like, she’ll pretend to be crazy, but she is also just very chaotic, so ordered chaos.
I follow the theory that she's a psychopath, but one so smart that she fakes insanity (I found the theory from the channel The Theorizer, so credit to them for that)
The fact Izzy kept her crazy mask to the confession, I think it's because she knows what the host wants and what the viewers want (entertainment), so she keeps the mask to become adored by the audience and even to keep her strategy up, knowing that someone might notice she isn't crazy sometime so she needs to keep her mask on until the game is over.
Everyone always talks about the "Psychotherapy runs in my family" as proof she's actually crazy, but I disagree. I think she's such a good strategist and manipulator because her parents ARE psychotherapists. She was in med school to become a psychoanalyst/therapist like one/both of her parents. It would explain why she has such a huge understanding of how other people behave and the easiest ways to manipulate them into acting how she wants. It also explains how she knows /exactly/ how to act when pretending to be crazy. She's being consistent in her acting.
@@laraweinberg7635 Isn't it possible to be accelerated in school because you're too smart for what would be your year level? Like, say you're too smart for being in 7th grade so they accelerate you to 8th? Plus she did say she has an IQ of 188...
@@laraweinberg7635 beleive it or not, its entirely possible for young teens to go to college/finish high school at young age. Here in Brazil we had a lawyer by 18 years old. When he was 14, he was already doing cillege WHILE also finishing high school.
This is a really weird piece of information that i feel not many people know about but, in an official game promoting world tour called "oh no you di'n't" you have to pick the character based off of a description and one of descriptions for Noah is "Hes the second smartest camper (next to izzy)". so officially Izzy is the smartest character, that might be useful information for this theory but honestly idk, they might of said it in the show already (i haven't watched all the series yet)
@@MaruchanPrimeNoah is probably a bit smarter than Alejandro, just wayyy less socially capable so Alejandro tends to implement his intelligence socially way better.
@@MaruchanPrimenoah has an iq of 180, izzy of 188 and alejandro somewhere above 160 (or he has the degree he mentioned, which i doubt since he’s 16/17 at this point in the show) he’s likely 3d smartest of the gen 1 cast.
@@springtrap54009thank god I’m not the only one who thought of this. I was only listening to it and forgot what happened in that episode and I was like “wait..what?”
The Total Trauma fancomic brings up an interesting backstory for Izzy: she was "raised by wolves" but that was a metaphor for her being raised by a pageant mom. She spent her childhood being forced into contests and beauty pageants, and it "drove her insane" (read: destroyed her mental health). I think that backstory could support this theory--if she's grown up competing in pageants and having to put on a show, to be an entertainer and interesting, that could explain how she's so good at manipulating people on the show. She seems omniscient, but really if she's spent her life being a showpig, she would know exactly how to keep her place on Total Drama Island.
I think the reason Izzy can stop reacting to then shock when she lies is because of her pain tolerance because when he was shocked by the electric eels she had almost no reaction
1:08:56 no matter how many times I watch this video, the transition of going from Chris forcing a disoriented Owen to vote Izzy to battlefront being canon will never not be funny 😭
I think Izzy having that massive breakdown on set against that guy is perfectly in character: Since day 1 Izzy has shown manipulative traits, being selfish, having possibly zero empathy or remorse for others etc. Even if she somehow wasn't as malicious before joining the show, she could have easily "Became The Mask" she was putting on for the entire show. She thought she was above being punished after becoming so famous for her acting. She thought she had outsmarted everyone and achieved everything she wanted. So she didn't try to restrain her negative traits when it mattered, ironically.
Which is a thing that happens with a lot of people, not sure the exact medical term (whether it’s narcissism or sociopathy or other) where eventually they get too comfortable. They keep self aggrandizing and think themselves invincible. That’s how most serial killers get caught.
Another thing that proves that Izzy isn't crazy is in All Stars when she asks "Mike" about Mal, proving that she knows what's going on and isn't just some lunatic
I also think Izzy isn’t actually psychotic. When she says “psychotherapy runs in my family” she meant that her family ARE psychotherapists and she learned from them how to read and manipulate people. This is why she was able to see through Mike and recognize that he had DID; she knows a lot about psychology and mental conditions and could recognize it in him right away.
@@gregjayonnaise8314 my god im getting chills. it all makes sense now. chris is a criminal (animal abuse, wrongful death, 2nd degree murder, attempted murder, he’s even a registered sex offender lol). izzy is an evil genius. who’s next?
@@gregjayonnaise8314 She does claim to have a therapist, who could be someone in her family. Also she might actually be psychic, as she shouldn't know Mal's name.
6:40 i also think this mightve been a tactic to make people believe she cares for them ,seeing her so carelessly split off from her team and 'allow the besties to be together ' when actually she is just joining the better team.
Unrelated but now that i think about it, Alejandro quite literally made Noah do things for him, he had to "babysit" izzy, grab the piece of statue through the lazers in the "louvre" episode. Give bro a break 😭
So why does Izzy help Sierra? Maybe because the Total Drama superfan, who has seen every episode so many times, also figured out the truth. My theory is Sierra wrote a blog about Izzy's "craziness" - Izzy found it somehow, & made a deal: Sierra doesn't tell anyone what she's discovered, and Izzy supplies her with all the gossip about the cast she could ever want.
18:04 fun fact! There's actually a term for this in psychology, it's called "Mirroring". It's when you start copying other people's mannerisms, body language, speech, and even facial expressions. Most of the time people don't even realize they're doing it and it's actually a sign that someone liked you and tusts you. Not to say that this is what Izzy is doing or anything, I just have a lot of useless information.
in some moments of the show instead of her expression not changing like most background characters at some moments her face changes from like calm to panicked to back to calm when we’re not focusing on her
Leshawna was voted off the way she was because her voice actress had personal issues and had to leave production immediately, which is why she doesn’t even have any lines in her elimination episode. She was original set to win the first season.
Not true because that's not how cartoon development works, and voice lines are recorded first. Also Leshawna was always meant to be eliminated 5th but Gwen was supposed to betray her at the hands of Heather.
izzy not having more confessionals is one of the weirdest things to me, especially when she was a fan favorite known for saying weird stuff. thank you for all of the work you put into this video!!
My theory is: She already knew the series would get a second season from the start,and what we know by now is the campers watch newer seasons,meaning they would have probably watched the ones they were in. Izzy wanted to push the crazy thing,so she never confessed. And when she did,it was always pushing the crazy narrative.
Haven't watched the show yet, but let me guess. Some characters are most beloved without overexposure. Maybe she tried to not feed the audience with too many confessionals because she considered herself such a character?
I noticed you didn’t mention Izzy’s official bio, which reads: Name: Izzy Likes: Burning Things. Dislikes: Being rejected by guys that she is stalking. Known for: Howling at the full moon. Why TDI?: Willing to do whatever it takes to win, even camp out on the producer's doorstep. Izzy has been described by those who know her as a "wingnut," a "psycho hosebeast," and "some kind of crazy." For as long as she can remember, she's been a big fan of "the witching hour." Her parents once awoke at midnight to find year year old Izzy shaking the bars of her crib and howling at the full moon. They soothed her back to sleep with her favourite lullabies - horror movie soundtracks; the only music that relaxes her. Being around Izzy is like being on a roller coaster - one that hasn't been inspected for safety. Some of her favorite pastimes include impersonating her parents friends, burning things and making up stuff that scares the crap out of people. There's no rhyme or reason to what Izzy does. For instance, a guy from her school remembers when Izzy stalked him for a whole week because she had a major crush on him. He also remembers how a week later she changed her mind and threw him in a sewer. When Izzy heard about the Total Drama Island auditions, she camped outside a producer's front door for three weeks until he agreed to cast her on the show. She now has a restraining order against her and she can't come within two miles of his house. Izzy is willing to do whatever it takes to survive eight weeks of camp and is definitely one to watch. She'll definitely make the highlight reel! How does this affect the theory?
I'm not sure? It just kinda means she has weird hobbies and is 100% willing to be kinda "crazy" if it helps her chances as she's "willing to do whatever it takes to survive eight weeks of camp"
@@AzuriteCoast yeah I think it’s likely that Izzy is more manipulative and intelligent than she lets on, but that she’s also genuinely crazy, or at least extremely eccentric
Izzy's always been one of my favorite Total Drama characters and this video has just cemented that and made me love her more. This theory makes her character so much more complex, and I love that!!!
I’ve never thought about how many of Izzy’s moves were strategic, but this video was a real eye-opener. Now I believe Izzy could make a great finalist in the next season! (provided they use the original cast members)
i think if they ever put izzy as a host they would make her co-host with chris. chris absolutely hates this and izzy leans into it, taking his spotlight as much as possible and pushing him back down into insanity.
I think something you missed about the audition tapes is that she acted normal in the first one but crazy in the second so perhaps she originally intended to win by just strategising without being crazy cause it’s confirmed she’s the smartest camper but then she must have come up with the crazy facade she planned on using before making the second one which is why she acts so different in that one
The funniest thing is Izzy in total drama Rama (the preschool version) she was crazy but a child. But she had access to bombs, plains and nukes? She had machines and often disappeared and came back at weird times. She was also close to the police seen as she somehow managed to trick cops, army troops and sheriffs by wearing there outfits. No one cared when she walked in and used there high-tech stuff or why she had uniforms in her size. Hmmm 🤔 Btw Chef was the teacher in that preschool and Izzy was always talking to Chef
Something I've always had a problem with being a big Owen fan, the campfire story he tells, he says they shot the bear. He had a gun. He's now in the woods without a gun. Of course he'd be scared. He's the missing the most important thing that saved his life. I rest my case.
even with a gun, that’s still a very difficult feat that would require the bear not having any awareness of his presence, which in canon to his farting, is impossible
Theory for season 3 Izzy: She ramped up the crazy in an attempt to cover up the movie set freak out story. She had no need to return after cementing her insanity excuse in the public eye
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Given she said psychotherapy runs in her family rather than psychosis, maybe her family is all psychology PhDs and that's why she can read people so well
I don't think she is crazy but I don't think she's an evil villain either because you can see in the episode where Owen broke his jaw Izzy was the most worried about him
He's kinda implying that Izzy doesn't care about anyone and making her out to be evil and she cares a lot about Owen even before they officially started dating
I feel like Izzy intentionally yelled LeShawna’s name on the final 5. She was the only one to do so, and because she realized that even the parrots words counted, she said LeShawna’s name loud enough to get as many parrots to mimic her as possible.
Izzy's "character" choice was genius, assuming she was familiar with Chris's shows before and that she knows what he likes, she was sure that picking an unstable character who is not afraid to create/participate in crazy dangerous shenanigans would for sure give her a spot on the show. Also, the "crazy" persona gives her a chance to manipulate the game and the people around her by doing absurd but calculated things and STILL fly under the radar.
@@gigabeta1182 She's not smart, and f thats what you call smart, well youre just completely braindead like the characters on that show ,shes is stupid and just a snake that knows how to trick Normies that trust others. her bs wouldnt work on me, since I dont trust ANYONE nor like humans
17:09 Ok so get this… Lashana was originally supposed to be the winner of the show… and so I think it makes total sense that Izzy targeted her/saw her as a threat
"Courtney defiently would of been voted off this episode if Ezekial didn't get possessed, he's like "I have to say something sexist immediantly!"." best summary ever
If there is ever an official total drama reunion I want Izzy to be either an incredibly serious and intelligent lawyer or one of the wealthiest actors on earth edit: GUYS WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WHY IS THIS SO POPULAR I JUST- Edit: Zach hadel!!1
after watching total drama (I'm half way through world tour) the one thing that I took away is that these characters should never look straight forward
JUST wanted to point out that in the aftermath where Owen wins instead of Gwen and they are all hanging around the resort. There is a shot of him and her in the background; where she is CLEARLY doing the dance of the rattlesnake (which if you remember hypnotized Owen in one of the earlier episodes) maybe she was trying to hypnotize him into giving her some of the winnings 🤔🤔🤔 Love this theory btw!!
Just a quick nitpick: Chris introduces Chef by listing his prominent jobs, and DJ was one of them. It wasn't secret, it was a _really, really_ late callback.
Notice how her face looks when she says "Animal brethren". Takes on a whole new meaning when you consider she was actually with the eliminated competitors. (23:35)
I'm 8 months late but I don't buy this at all. Beth being fooled by it, sure, Lindsay? I'm not so sure, plus these two never seem to obsess over Justin after Episode 9 or 10, add on to that with how Justin very well could've been eliminated in Episode 9, I have no reason to believe Justin manipulated the two again. Also Izzy is clearly just moving the challenges along after she returns, in Episode 8 the only reason the challenge begins or is solved is because of Izzy, yet Izzy doesn't win immunity or the reward, the Gaffers do. In Episode 9, Izzy should theoretically know that the scares are fake because... Izzy loves scary movies, but yet she gets scared, and in Episode 10, Izzy could very well read the number combination on the paper not, but she doesn't, and this causes more drama for the show. This mole theory makes way too much sense in my opinion because I just don't see the votes in Episode 11 going to Izzy naturally (through Justin's "manipulation").
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Here's the thing. I grew up with passive aggressive, controlling people, always with their own hidden meanings and agendas for stuff, and growing up in a place like that, you sort of develop receptors for that sort of thing, in the same way people have receptors for when people are really listening and understanding. I also grew up with TDI, and Izzy would always set off those receptors whenever I watched the show. I may not have consciously known about this theory, but I *FELT* this theory whenever she was on screen.
Izzy and chef were in world war 2 together in a one of Izzy’s past lives, the two were dating/married in that past life and when they served in World War Two together chef accidentally shot Izzy and still feels guilt about it, that’s why he said “not again” because he thinks he killed another innocent person.
I haven't thought about this show in about 15 years and practically forgot it existed. But this theory has made me consider a rewatch, because holy shit there is no way Izzy isn't a genius level sociopath. I barely even remembered she was a character, the only one that stuck through my memory til adulthood was Heather.
1:07:13 It makes sense after the Justin confession. He’s explaining that Beth and Lyndsey were immune to his charm until he found the hair flip move. There for getting his mojo back, and there for convincing Beth & Lyndsey to vote Izzy out, “shaking things up a bit”. If Justin hadn’t discovered that new hair flip move, Beth and Lyndsey would’ve have continued to vote him out. Izzy didn’t plan on Justin getting his convincing “powers/mojo” back
Izzy’s actions in the episode also fit within the theory. We could interpret her scene with Justin where she says she doesn’t “think he’s so cute” is her grabbing the opportunity to break down his self esteem and reduce his influence over Beth and Lindsay but, unfortunately for her, it backfires and has the opposite effect where Justin instead gets creative and figures out new ways to assert his influence, i.e. coming up with that hair flip maneuver.
I think Izzy is slightly but incredibly smart. Her craziness gets in the way of the smart sometimes but she’s still very capable. It also makes her a good umbrella
Personally I feel like Izzy is both crazy AND a genius as there is a saying “all geniuses are crazy” or something like that she’s probably had a few screw loose but is still very intelligent
If she kept up the crazy act this long she is still fuckin crazy as hell no matter what Just not the type of crazy she convinces people she is. More like genuinely terrifyingly psychotic
Izzy was my absolute favorite character as a kid, but now I'm just happy Owen broke away from the emotionally abusive relationship in order to spend time with his friends in World Tour. She's likely the first exposure to legitimate psychopathic behavior for so many people, and right under our noses while we focused on how openly mean Heather was. Except Heather got a redemption arc
I don’t know why but I keep coming back to this video. I never really watched this series that much but for some reason I keep wanting to finish this analysis. He does a really good job on explaining everything.
My theory on Izzy is that she IS a genius playing a role, but under the direction of the producers. She's so deep into the plant life that she alters who's going to win the games for good content on the show but also to influence who will continue to compete in the future to boost TDA ratings for fan favorites. She's always in the right place at the right time and it would explain how she'd know Chef. It also explains why Chris lets her get away with so many loopholes
@@shadowcween7890 Well, directly changing the votes would be met with community backlash, also it would make you question "what's the point if they're gonna change the votes in their favor?". But it is implied here and there that they do it indirectly, as so at the same time manipulate the show and manipulate the viewers&players that it's not being manipulated
27:18 since we're talking theories, there is also a theory that Chris and the producers were helping Heather so that she could stay on the show and keep stirring up drama. Come to think of it, the show would be quite boring without her, interactions between characters were pretty interesting but I don't think the show (whether within the cartoon or in real life) would've been nearly as popular and its emotional impact wouldn't be as big, also proven by how this season seems to be fan-favorite with Heather as the "main character". In other words, it wasn't plot armor, it was the whole thing being rigged in the first place to guarantee Heather doesn't get voted off. By the way, please do overanalyze her. Love your video essay.
Isn't that literally what happens in the show? And isn't that what happens in every teen drama reality competition show? They help the drama people stay in, to make it more exciting?
On S3 Episode 11, the doctor says they fixed a blockage in her head, but when she turned crazy in the beginning from hitting her CHIN on the dock. Intresting.
Why not tackle everyone's favorite villain turned lesser of two evils, Heather? She's interesting, she's complex, she gets the most lines, has the most diary room confessions, and you can decide if she's really a good player or just has super ultra mega plot armor because writers? Plus, there's a personal nugget I like. We know Heather's afraid of Sumo wrestlers, but have no context as to why. She's also Asian-Canadian, and Harold guesses that she used to be fat and pimply. It's my theory that when she was younger, the mean bully girls called her Sumo as a mean nickname for the fat asian girl, hence her fear of sumo wrestlers. So, I think there's enough to her character that it's not just about is Heather a good player, but how interesting of a character is she, and does her home life validate any of her actions? No, but it's fun to think about and overanalyze.
Fun fact, Izzy is the only contestant to be eliminated 5 times. Owen Courtney Duncan and Lindsay are the only four to come close each being eliminated 4 times. I would list the rest, but there are so many contestants who get eliminated 3 times that I won’t bother.
@@averynicewarmbowlofsoup1081 personally I don’t count anybody who makes it to the final as an elimination, since they both technically win. So that’s why. The reason Owen has four is because I count Ridonculous Race as an elimination.
@@jbrocomicsricketybiscuitst2511 oh ok, I've not watched ridonculous race so I wasn't sure. But wouldn't that mean that Duncan had only been eliminated 3 times? With season 1, season 3 and all stars? I might be forgetting something but yeah
I thought the reasoning (even if not directly stated) for Alejandro getting the camel on the boat (mentioned at 1:22:09 )was because he assumed that if team amazon were to lose the challenge Heather would be kicked off, and he didn't want that to happen. He makes a lot of strange choices through the series that all resulted in heather avoiding the boot because either someone else becomes a bigger target or he manipulates the game so either his team (which he is in complete control of and won't be kicked off from) or team victory lose. I know this is an Izzy theory, so sorry about that just wanted to mention it. Great video!
Thank you for making this video.
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Izzy is just the personification of “my goals are beyond your understanding”
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Yep. I'm the same way. I act crazier in public than I actually am to throw off potential attackers, if they think you're crazier than them and look like you're barely holding on by a thread they tend to leave you alone. There's this skinhead in my town always staring me down whenever he sees me around town, but he's never said or done anything because I'm always carrying 2 machetes on me and look like a bum so it seems like I have nothing to lose.
@@SeviathTheHumanDrago dude where do you live?
Given her apparent past with chef and the fact that she was a premed student it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Izzy was also way older than she claims to be.
"I've been reincarnated, like, 80 times." I'm willing to lean into it.
@@nadroji6549 If that is the case I'd like to think that every reincarnation looks the exact same. That way when Chef says "Not again" he actually means he had a reincarnation of Izzy as one of his military pals that died in front of his eyes.
@@Jaeeden
All it really needs is just the one that served w/ Chef & we're golden. TBH I wouldn't be too surprised if that were the case considering how crazy this show can get.
@@nadroji6549 I forgot what the term was when you joined the military so I went with "military pals" lol. Thank you for reminding me of the word "served"
@@Jaeeden
No problemo friend.
What if Izzy is actually in her early to mid 20s, but just looks like a teen. I feel like this makes sense for how smart and experienced Izzy is. This is kind of a reach, but maybe that’s why she laughed when Gwen said she just wishes to finish high school. Also, maybe that’s how Izzy knows chef. I’m not to familiar with Canadian laws, but here in the USA you have to at least be 18 to be drafted into the military.
16 with parental permission
in Canada you can join the reserves at sixteen and she did say she spent a summer in the reserves.
@jazmin-qu2xkYeah, but cartoons have shown those types of relationships before and since.
Uh I have a injection to that I’d that’s true then why does her mom call her a kid I think she said that
@jazmin-qu2xk Well technically the age of consent in Canada is 16 years old which they all ( supposedly) are in island. So if it was true it would be absolutely fucked, but still not illegal.
Small nitpick/common misconception, Gwen wasn't the Canadian winner. Her ending only aired in Finland, Japan, Latin America, Norway, Poland, Romania and Sweden.
In the American version, "Because I'm from America," Owen wins in total drama and loses it all away
Yea im from Australia and we got the Owen Beth heather Cameron etc endings and im assuming they're the canon ones
common romanian W
For me in America the endings were Owen, Duncan, and Heather
I didn't realize there were different endings, I remember Owen winning but rather than taking the money he decides to come back for the next season 🤔
"Either Izzy was smart enough to trick the doctor, or that's a really bad doctor."
Considering by season 3 Chris was committing full on Geneva Convention/Human Rights violations, that "doctor" is probably a hotdog vendor he paid $50 to play dress up for a day.
Fax 😂 😊
Izzy’s doctor was one of the interns that died 🤣
Bro, the doctor would clearly be Chef in a doctor outfit.
@@pokemon05100that’s true! He was the killer (the fake one) and the animatronic!
violating the geneva convention is so canadian of chris
An interesting tidbit for this show: Even though all the contestants are 16 years old as stated by Chris. The 43 year old Blaineley was allowed to compete on the show. So, it may be entirely possible that Izzy is a fully grown woman who has a youthful complexion pretending she's a teenager for the sake of blending in.
wait wait wait how do you know "Blaineley" Mildred Andrew Stacey O'Halloran's exact age?
@@stolenmemesfromdiscord The Wiki
this has......troubling implications for her already.....horrifying relationship with Owen........tbf though, super genius Izzy is already fucked up enough to do that.
Owen is 30.. I just looked it up out of curiosity.. SOOOOO..
@@user-Andrew65Love He was born in 1990, so actually he would’ve been 17 by the time TDI was “filmed”.
The cartoon was designed to mock reality shows, so Izzy being manipulative secretly to win isnt just written as a mistake.
They have a writer who religiously studied reality TV characters so most likely
Izzy truly has the perfect strategy. She acts crazy so no one sees her as a real threat. She loses on purpose, but also conveniently saves her team when she has to. She doesn’t even need to win. Ultimately, she just has to be the most memorable. She’s already gotten on the show. That’s already a win. If she can be the loudest most unhinged person, the audience won’t soon forget her. And she gets close enough to the guy who wins that she probably thought she could get a piece of those winnings herself. She probably never even intended to win. Just play the game as long as possible. After all, it’s not really about the money for her. It’s the thrill of the game.
The Lucy Gray strategy of winning (except, LG actually wins lol)
double trouble from she ra style wanting to get into her role
The fact that izzy gaslighted everyone without them realizing is crazy
Gaslighting isn’t real
@@Abandoned_Account88 yes it is
@@honkhonk4982 no it isn’t your just making things up
@@Abandoned_Account88 i see what you did there lol
@@honkhonk4982Wdym? Gaslighting isn’t real.
Izzy’s pain tolerance may explain the lie detector thing. She might be being shocked constantly but doesn’t care/feel anything bc of how high her tolerance to pain is.
This. If you’ve been in battle before, got shot, AND survived Chris’ challenges, you could probably tolerate a mild electric shock.
That’s actually perfect for her since it’d then allow her to fake a reaction to the shock whether she’s lying or not whenever she wants
Except, we don't hear the shock. But, we do the first time.
Right. It could be old and just going off randomly... Or it does work and she ignores the shocks or the shocks are responding against her biological state. If she can "believe" the lies and not know they are lies, it's like passing a polygraph. With her being able to come up with new personalities, it is a way to fragment her mind to make the lies more believable to her body, circumventing the shocks and saving mental resources. So maybe Izzy is like an MKULTRA fighter in the alien war.
@@Iquey This. This is what I was thinking, this makes the most sense to me
Tbh I’ve always loved Izzy. All these theory’s makes her more even more likable and mysterious
Same here I hope in future seasons she comes back with my three favorite characters Gwen and Dawn and Zoey
As someone who's been growing out a buzzcut for a year, Heather's hair growth does make sense
I think they mention in the show that they are extensions.
The show happens every summer so there are extensions between each season. she gets her head shaved in season one, she wears a cavewoman wig in season two (while obsessing over stealing Courtney’s hair), she gets human hair extensions in season 3, she fully grows back her hair in season 4. So basically she’s been growing out her hair for 4 years.
Drugi sezon dzieje się 2 dni po pierwszym, a nie rok więc zajęło to 3 lata
@@user-fw7pg6mi3oaction takes place literally right after island, and then the celebrity manhunt special takes place a few months later, so by that point her hair would be super short but she got extensions
I find it funny that Izzy was one of the only first gen characters properly dressed with intent for such a survival show, which is probably cause she knows Chris McLean and that he was lying about the hotel. Whatever Heather is wearing is a little practical, but was supposed to be for fashion.
Owen and Leshawna weren’t too bad but jeans… if they can do that they can, and heather dressed perfect
Tyler was good too
Heathers was and IM pretty sure her outfit was based on survivors outfits
Heather was perfect and Bridgette was alright, those two and Izzy were the most appropriately dressed knao
I think Eva was tbh
Izzy is the definition of “my enemy’s can’t know what I’m doing if I don’t know what I’m doing”
You may have outsmarted me, but i outstupided your outsmarting.
@@Asillyfella21
AH, I've been out dimwitted! My only weakness 😩👋
exactly
Lmao me
this entire video was the point is that she DOES know what shes doing
I'm realizing now that the reason izzy didn't rejoin the game in world tour is probably because of how hard it would be to track down the plane in order to get back in the game
And yet Ezekiel stays and sneaks into the plane for the entire show.
@@NintendoMeister2260 There's a difference
Izzy is on the aftermath set, Ezekiel grabs and hold into the plane whenever he gets thrown out
Other possiblity for Izzy dressing as a bear: She did it to spice up the show, either because Chris told her to or because she thought it would get her in his good graces. As you said, she mentions in the tape that the show wont be boring with her on it, likely why she was chosen. Therefore, this woukd be a good way to further that goal.
Theres also the question of where the costume came from, maybe she requested it from the crew!
As someone who has literally never seen a single episode of Total Drama in my entire life: This was the most entertaining cartoon character analysis ever.
Same
Same
watch a episode bro it’s like a 2000s fever dream
U need to get on that
binge watch it, this show gets u hooked doesn’t matter if it’s for kids it’s too entertaining to avoid
I always viewed Izzy in "burdened by knowledge" archetype of character. Those people who are smart enough to dominate whatever they want, but know too much and stop functioning like a normal person. Often leading to the creation of their own problems.
Haha that's me
@PowerNO Grief meh I'm smart enough to dominate what I'm interested in because I'm a fast learner with photographic memory so I'd say speak for yourself, respectfully. Anyway I was mostly talking about the part of not being able to function like a "normal" human being because I sometimes end up making people rethink their entire life without actually standing by anything I just told them.
@@babyjuicesisterco.4723 If that was you, you wouldn't be bragging about it. Not smart person move
@@babyjuicesisterco.4723 Maybe in your fantasies
@@babyjuicesisterco.4723 Remember not to confuse high intelligence with simply overthinking things on a normal basis.
I know i’m late to say this, but I like to think that Izzy submitted two audition tapes in different outfits is because she thought if one failed, she could be a different person, and since she thought she would win, both tapes wouldn’t be shown.
That’s actually makes sense hold on-
about the cheering thing, lindsay and katie have the same va. they have prerecorded clips for any situation (like sneezing, cheering etc.) so they must’ve gave it to katie, looped it, and then accidentally gave it to lindsay.
I like combining the "Heather was kept on the show purposefully" and the "Izzy isn't crazy", works pretty hand-in-hand.
same
Genius
a perfect marriage of a theory!
Same
Honestly speaking, Heather being kept on the show on purpose makes sense. If you watch Survivor, you know that some of the most well-known contestants are the villains, so if the producers/Chris saw how much money Heather was bringing in by all the drama she causes, I could totally see them intervening to keep her on
Two corrections:
1 - Izzy didn't care about the prize money. She only really cared about having fun and manipulating the game and its rules. She was intelligent enough and had the skills to win every show there is and make as much money as she wanted to but that's not the point. Also, if she did care about the prize, she wouldn't have willingly gotten herself off the show in season 1 (after coming back).
2 - I don't think Izzy knew about the second season because she read the fine print, but rather because she knew she suitcase they had was empty. A suitcase with 1 million dollars, or even 100 thousand dollars would be way heavier than an empty one. She noticed it, proven by how she claims to change her name to Kaleidoscope *after* holding the suitcase. Which is also the reason why she gave it to Justin. Not because she can't resist him, because she knew it didn't matter anyway.
She is the Total drama series version of the Joker
i love her
I LOVE this sub-theory
👍
We live in a society.
"Hey, what did you do today?"
"Watched TDI conspiracy while only seeing 12 episodes on the hotel tv's disney XD 9 years ago"
"Huh"
Please, we all know that Mr. Coconut is the one *really* pulling the strings behind the show
I think Izzy and Mr coconuts are teaming
Her delivery of the "License to kill" line is so nonchalant and threatening at the same time, it's hilarious
It’s like that one scene with Daffy in the Looney Tunes show.
@@liviwaslost I love how broad that was
"SHE DOESNT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW HER PLAN, INCLUDING US,
BUT I'M A MENTALLY UNWELL OBSESSED FAN SO I NOTICED THE SLIP UP"
my god i relate to this energy very much
This is my personality when I'm talking about ANY FANDOM IVE EVER BEEN IN *cough undertale *cough gravity falls *cough BILL FUYKIN CIPHER *COUGH COUGH COUGHHHHH SNASSSSSSSS btw does anyone hear boss music?
@@MeMe-eo1st Yikes, taking notes of people to avoid in life
@@thoticcusprime9309 trust me, avoid these people at any cost lmao,if they start making jokes about these or be over obsessed with some stuff they will go out of their way to make you believe it
Me reading warrior cats:
Dont take the Lords name in vain please, you may not be a Christian but it is still our Lord and savior that helps us into heaven. ✝️🙏🏽❤️.
Not to mention the line "Im too young to die! Here, take Izzy."
"Take back what?"
"The n word."
THAT SOUNDS SO BAD WITHOUT CONTEXT 😭😭😭
Okay but what is the n word in this context
@@robynnhoud "No." Beth disobeyed Heather, so now she's going full bitch mode.
No @@robynnhoud
@@robynnhoudokay i actually rewatched the episode and the word was "no" lol. heather sent beth to find her some chips, but after she did it the second time beth refused, saying no
Izzy is the embodiment of 2010s “gaslight, gatekeep, girl boss”
Didn't the original Total Drama come out in the 2000s (2007)?
@@KG.00 Very good point, but I was specifically focused on the first one
😭😭😭
@@aspebb only the first 2 seasons though
What do you mean, what do you mean by that?
I always thought that Izzy is both insane and intelligent, where she really IS insane, but she just pretends it was worse than it actually is.
Like, she’ll pretend to be crazy, but she is also just very chaotic, so ordered chaos.
@ineffableskies more like what people think chaotic neutral is
I follow the theory that she's a psychopath, but one so smart that she fakes insanity (I found the theory from the channel The Theorizer, so credit to them for that)
Organized chaos is quite dangerous
So like a Harley Quinn type thing
@@Idkanymorelol. More like a Joker thing but female, so yeah Harley Quinn
The fact Izzy kept her crazy mask to the confession, I think it's because she knows what the host wants and what the viewers want (entertainment), so she keeps the mask to become adored by the audience and even to keep her strategy up, knowing that someone might notice she isn't crazy sometime so she needs to keep her mask on until the game is over.
40:11
"And Izzy with the girls, and NOAH" got me trippin' 🤣🤣🤣
Noah is one of the girls
@@Ketchuppp.11 ofc 🤣
Everyone always talks about the "Psychotherapy runs in my family" as proof she's actually crazy, but I disagree. I think she's such a good strategist and manipulator because her parents ARE psychotherapists. She was in med school to become a psychoanalyst/therapist like one/both of her parents. It would explain why she has such a huge understanding of how other people behave and the easiest ways to manipulate them into acting how she wants. It also explains how she knows /exactly/ how to act when pretending to be crazy. She's being consistent in her acting.
@@laraweinberg7635 Isn't it possible to be accelerated in school because you're too smart for what would be your year level? Like, say you're too smart for being in 7th grade so they accelerate you to 8th? Plus she did say she has an IQ of 188...
@@laraweinberg7635 there are people in real life that graduate highschool before they're 14
I believe that is the textbook definition of a high functioning sociopath, is it not?
Yep always acting
(Glares at celebrity manhunt meltdown)
@@laraweinberg7635 beleive it or not, its entirely possible for young teens to go to college/finish high school at young age. Here in Brazil we had a lawyer by 18 years old. When he was 14, he was already doing cillege WHILE also finishing high school.
This is a really weird piece of information that i feel not many people know about but, in an official game promoting world tour called "oh no you di'n't" you have to pick the character based off of a description and one of descriptions for Noah is "Hes the second smartest camper (next to izzy)". so officially Izzy is the smartest character, that might be useful information for this theory but honestly idk, they might of said it in the show already (i haven't watched all the series yet)
42:59 Freddy Fazbear
Sort of off topic, but isn't Alejandro the smartest next to Izzy? Or did the game not involve Alejandro/Sierra?
@@MaruchanPrimeNoah is probably a bit smarter than Alejandro, just wayyy less socially capable so Alejandro tends to implement his intelligence socially way better.
@@MaruchanPrimenoah has an iq of 180, izzy of 188 and alejandro somewhere above 160 (or he has the degree he mentioned, which i doubt since he’s 16/17 at this point in the show) he’s likely 3d smartest of the gen 1 cast.
@@springtrap54009thank god I’m not the only one who thought of this. I was only listening to it and forgot what happened in that episode and I was like “wait..what?”
Izzy really pulled a "I always come back"💀
(Edit: holy frig this is the most likes I've ever gotten thanks you guys)
Where do you think William got it from?
@@frozenfoxgames5300william is an izzy stan
@@dokibunni
Can't blame him for that, so am I. I dig crazy chicks.
The Total Trauma fancomic brings up an interesting backstory for Izzy: she was "raised by wolves" but that was a metaphor for her being raised by a pageant mom. She spent her childhood being forced into contests and beauty pageants, and it "drove her insane" (read: destroyed her mental health).
I think that backstory could support this theory--if she's grown up competing in pageants and having to put on a show, to be an entertainer and interesting, that could explain how she's so good at manipulating people on the show. She seems omniscient, but really if she's spent her life being a showpig, she would know exactly how to keep her place on Total Drama Island.
The quote: "no great mind has existed without a touch of madness" perfectly sums up her character.
True
Thank you so much Miles "Tails" Prower cookie
"balloons flew by my window" just as great
Except the touch of madness was just beating her up with it (💀)
"everybody has a weakness; nobody is devoid of passion" is such a raw fucking line. Good video.
We all make mistakes in the heat of passion, Jimbo.
It's too similar that I can't take it seriously.
Word ²
I guess I’m nobody, then.
@@bunsenn5064 edgiest comment i've ever seen
I think the reason Izzy can stop reacting to then shock when she lies is because of her pain tolerance because when he was shocked by the electric eels she had almost no reaction
1:08:56 no matter how many times I watch this video, the transition of going from Chris forcing a disoriented Owen to vote Izzy to battlefront being canon will never not be funny 😭
I think Izzy having that massive breakdown on set against that guy is perfectly in character: Since day 1 Izzy has shown manipulative traits, being selfish, having possibly zero empathy or remorse for others etc. Even if she somehow wasn't as malicious before joining the show, she could have easily "Became The Mask" she was putting on for the entire show.
She thought she was above being punished after becoming so famous for her acting. She thought she had outsmarted everyone and achieved everything she wanted. So she didn't try to restrain her negative traits when it mattered, ironically.
Which is a thing that happens with a lot of people, not sure the exact medical term (whether it’s narcissism or sociopathy or other) where eventually they get too comfortable. They keep self aggrandizing and think themselves invincible. That’s how most serial killers get caught.
Ah yes the classic example of Jungian psychology: the mask you wear serves it’s purpose well but take care not to lose yourself in it
Another thing that proves that Izzy isn't crazy is in All Stars when she asks "Mike" about Mal, proving that she knows what's going on and isn't just some lunatic
I also think Izzy isn’t actually psychotic. When she says “psychotherapy runs in my family” she meant that her family ARE psychotherapists and she learned from them how to read and manipulate people. This is why she was able to see through Mike and recognize that he had DID; she knows a lot about psychology and mental conditions and could recognize it in him right away.
@@gregjayonnaise8314 so basically, she's a sociopath psychotherapist who is using her acquired skills to manipulate the entire world.
She is crazy, and a trash person.
@@gregjayonnaise8314 my god im getting chills. it all makes sense now. chris is a criminal (animal abuse, wrongful death, 2nd degree murder, attempted murder, he’s even a registered sex offender lol). izzy is an evil genius. who’s next?
@@gregjayonnaise8314 She does claim to have a therapist, who could be someone in her family.
Also she might actually be psychic, as she shouldn't know Mal's name.
6:40 i also think this mightve been a tactic to make people believe she cares for them ,seeing her so carelessly split off from her team and 'allow the besties to be together ' when actually she is just joining the better team.
Unrelated but now that i think about it, Alejandro quite literally made Noah do things for him, he had to "babysit" izzy, grab the piece of statue through the lazers in the "louvre" episode. Give bro a break 😭
So why does Izzy help Sierra? Maybe because the Total Drama superfan, who has seen every episode so many times, also figured out the truth. My theory is Sierra wrote a blog about Izzy's "craziness" - Izzy found it somehow, & made a deal: Sierra doesn't tell anyone what she's discovered, and Izzy supplies her with all the gossip about the cast she could ever want.
I love how this theory is getting more and more believable as I watch the video and read these comments
That make si much sense
18:04 fun fact! There's actually a term for this in psychology, it's called "Mirroring". It's when you start copying other people's mannerisms, body language, speech, and even facial expressions. Most of the time people don't even realize they're doing it and it's actually a sign that someone liked you and tusts you. Not to say that this is what Izzy is doing or anything, I just have a lot of useless information.
Its a fun fact that I'm glad to know even though it's useless, so thanks
❤❤
Autistic’s also use it
Speaking from experience
@steventeasdale7865 most gifted people have autism or adhd or some type of mental disorder/ difference
Is it bad I do that......?
in some moments of the show instead of her expression not changing like most background characters at some moments her face changes from like calm to panicked to back to calm when we’re not focusing on her
Leshawna was voted off the way she was because her voice actress had personal issues and had to leave production immediately, which is why she doesn’t even have any lines in her elimination episode. She was original set to win the first season.
Why'd she quit?
I'm pretty sure they wrote the whole series before voice acting it to avoid cases like this, I don't think your theory was ever confirmed
Not true because that's not how cartoon development works, and voice lines are recorded first. Also Leshawna was always meant to be eliminated 5th but Gwen was supposed to betray her at the hands of Heather.
yeah this comment is a lie lol
@@sevenoxia7199no I believe it. That’s why she didn’t say anything during her elimination. Her voice actor wasn’t present.
izzy not having more confessionals is one of the weirdest things to me, especially when she was a fan favorite known for saying weird stuff. thank you for all of the work you put into this video!!
exactly.
My theory is:
She already knew the series would get a second season from the start,and what we know by now is the campers watch newer seasons,meaning they would have probably watched the ones they were in. Izzy wanted to push the crazy thing,so she never confessed. And when she did,it was always pushing the crazy narrative.
Haven't watched the show yet, but let me guess. Some characters are most beloved without overexposure. Maybe she tried to not feed the audience with too many confessionals because she considered herself such a character?
I noticed you didn’t mention Izzy’s official bio, which reads:
Name: Izzy
Likes: Burning Things.
Dislikes: Being rejected by guys that she is stalking.
Known for: Howling at the full moon.
Why TDI?: Willing to do whatever it takes to win, even camp out on the producer's doorstep.
Izzy has been described by those who know her as a "wingnut," a "psycho hosebeast," and "some kind of crazy." For as long as she can remember, she's been a big fan of "the witching hour." Her parents once awoke at midnight to find year year old Izzy shaking the bars of her crib and howling at the full moon. They soothed her back to sleep with her favourite lullabies - horror movie soundtracks; the only music that relaxes her. Being around Izzy is like being on a roller coaster - one that hasn't been inspected for safety. Some of her favorite pastimes include impersonating her parents friends, burning things and making up stuff that scares the crap out of people. There's no rhyme or reason to what Izzy does. For instance, a guy from her school remembers when Izzy stalked him for a whole week because she had a major crush on him. He also remembers how a week later she changed her mind and threw him in a sewer. When Izzy heard about the Total Drama Island auditions, she camped outside a producer's front door for three weeks until he agreed to cast her on the show. She now has a restraining order against her and she can't come within two miles of his house. Izzy is willing to do whatever it takes to survive eight weeks of camp and is definitely one to watch. She'll definitely make the highlight reel!
How does this affect the theory?
The horror movie soundtracks thing genuinely made me laugh
I'm not sure? It just kinda means she has weird hobbies and is 100% willing to be kinda "crazy" if it helps her chances as she's "willing to do whatever it takes to survive eight weeks of camp"
Obviously Izzy’s got a great cover story there 😂
This absolutely tanks the theory. It already felt fairly flimsy... Thanks for sharing.
@@AzuriteCoast yeah I think it’s likely that Izzy is more manipulative and intelligent than she lets on, but that she’s also genuinely crazy, or at least extremely eccentric
Izzy's always been one of my favorite Total Drama characters and this video has just cemented that and made me love her more. This theory makes her character so much more complex, and I love that!!!
I refuse to believe a show that constantly makes fart jokes has that much thought put into it
I know right!
It doesn’t lol, that’s the point of the theory.
I’ve never thought about how many of Izzy’s moves were strategic, but this video was a real eye-opener. Now I believe Izzy could make a great finalist in the next season! (provided they use the original cast members)
There'll be a new season? Nice!!
@@takamikeigo7985 yep it was announced over a year ago
Anything would be better than Total-Drama-Rama
@@MyNameIsRow01 frrr
@@takamikeigo7985 There’ll be two, and at least one of them is an entirely new cast.
i think if they ever put izzy as a host they would make her co-host with chris.
chris absolutely hates this and izzy leans into it, taking his spotlight as much as possible and pushing him back down into insanity.
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I think something you missed about the audition tapes is that she acted normal in the first one but crazy in the second so perhaps she originally intended to win by just strategising without being crazy cause it’s confirmed she’s the smartest camper but then she must have come up with the crazy facade she planned on using before making the second one which is why she acts so different in that one
The funniest thing is Izzy in total drama Rama (the preschool version) she was crazy but a child. But she had access to bombs, plains and nukes? She had machines and often disappeared and came back at weird times. She was also close to the police seen as she somehow managed to trick cops, army troops and sheriffs by wearing there outfits. No one cared when she walked in and used there high-tech stuff or why she had uniforms in her size. Hmmm 🤔
Btw Chef was the teacher in that preschool and Izzy was always talking to Chef
Drama Rama not canon
Something I've always had a problem with being a big Owen fan, the campfire story he tells, he says they shot the bear. He had a gun. He's now in the woods without a gun. Of course he'd be scared. He's the missing the most important thing that saved his life. I rest my case.
Even as a kid I thought that was unfair 💀 like are they really expecting him to take it on with his bare (hehe) hands?!
I’d still be scared if I DID have a gun.
Bears are scary.
even with a gun, that’s still a very difficult feat that would require the bear not having any awareness of his presence, which in canon to his farting, is impossible
@@hotjuices2Well it's improbable but not possible that he got a lucky shot to it's head
I mean yea but Owen made that story up….
Theory for season 3 Izzy: She ramped up the crazy in an attempt to cover up the movie set freak out story. She had no need to return after cementing her insanity excuse in the public eye
Oh that’s literally perfect!!!!
Makes sense. 🤔
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@@Lolirock971 *No* ♡
@@Lolirock971 Y?
Given she said psychotherapy runs in her family rather than psychosis, maybe her family is all psychology PhDs and that's why she can read people so well
I don't think she is crazy but I don't think she's an evil villain either because you can see in the episode where Owen broke his jaw Izzy was the most worried about him
she needs to keep her facade going
@@oliviaknowstrivia Yeah but she's not a villain
He's kinda implying that Izzy doesn't care about anyone and making her out to be evil and she cares a lot about Owen even before they officially started dating
I feel like Izzy intentionally yelled LeShawna’s name on the final 5. She was the only one to do so, and because she realized that even the parrots words counted, she said LeShawna’s name loud enough to get as many parrots to mimic her as possible.
OMGGGGG
Izzy's "character" choice was genius, assuming she was familiar with Chris's shows before and that she knows what he likes, she was sure that picking an unstable character who is not afraid to create/participate in crazy dangerous shenanigans would for sure give her a spot on the show. Also, the "crazy" persona gives her a chance to manipulate the game and the people around her by doing absurd but calculated things and STILL fly under the radar.
@@gigabeta1182 She's not smart, and f thats what you call smart, well youre just completely braindead like the characters on that show ,shes is stupid and just a snake that knows how to trick Normies that trust others. her bs wouldnt work on me, since I dont trust ANYONE nor like humans
@@gigabeta1182 what did they say
This is literally the most relevant video in the whole fandom
17:09
Ok so get this… Lashana was originally supposed to be the winner of the show… and so I think it makes total sense that Izzy targeted her/saw her as a threat
But how would Izzy know that
@@LorenZo-ix7lpshe wouldnt know, but this guy said in the vid that she could tell leshawna was a strong player so izzy wouldve noticed
@@peridotbutpink this whole theory is bullshit I don’t ever remember what he said
@@LorenZo-ix7lphow do you not remember what he said then just call it bullshit?? Just watch it again
No, the winners were always gonna be Owen and Gwen.
"Courtney defiently would of been voted off this episode if Ezekial didn't get possessed, he's like "I have to say something sexist immediantly!"."
best summary ever
If there is ever an official total drama reunion I want Izzy to be either an incredibly serious and intelligent lawyer or one of the wealthiest actors on earth edit: GUYS WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WHY IS THIS SO POPULAR I JUST- Edit: Zach hadel!!1
“Oh, yeah, that crazy persona was all a lie”
i think actor is a genderneutral term dw
@@bethanysingsmrs849 it's not
@@notoriouslysky it is ppl use it gender neutrally all the time similar to guys, bro, man, mankind, dude, lad, author, lion
@@notoriouslysky If a term doesn't have a feminine variant, people usually use the masculine term. Plus, actor feels gender-neutral regardless.
after watching total drama (I'm half way through world tour) the one thing that I took away is that these characters should never look straight forward
JUST wanted to point out that in the aftermath where Owen wins instead of Gwen and they are all hanging around the resort. There is a shot of him and her in the background; where she is CLEARLY doing the dance of the rattlesnake (which if you remember hypnotized Owen in one of the earlier episodes) maybe she was trying to hypnotize him into giving her some of the winnings 🤔🤔🤔
Love this theory btw!!
Just a quick nitpick: Chris introduces Chef by listing his prominent jobs, and DJ was one of them. It wasn't secret, it was a _really, really_ late callback.
nice pfp
Anyone going to Sawcon tomorrow?
@@Adderall019 Sea of thieves nuts sea of thieves nuts sea of thieves nuts sea of thieves nuts
@@Adderall019 sorry I can't, got a lesson on the ancient Aztec tribe called the kome rubondeez coming up ;c
@@Adderall019 can't. Gotta ask Candice
Dumb theory:
Izzy got her license to kill renewed during the time she was gone
Y e s
@@sunsetgamer1464hi fellow therian
@@The-gender-goblinfreak
@@UnicornBySprinkleHow are they a freak?
@@UnicornBySprinkledidn’t know you were talking about yourself.
1:27:08 Chris made him watch RUclips tutorials. He said this in a bonus clip
When Owen pushes Izzy she looks genuinely shocked
Yes
@@Melon450bro forgot to switch accounts
@@rajkumar-xu2otLMAO FR
@@rajkumar-xu2ot 💀
@@Melon450 💀
Notice how her face looks when she says "Animal brethren". Takes on a whole new meaning when you consider she was actually with the eliminated competitors. (23:35)
btw for anyone wondering its 23:35
@@GurseTheStick thanks for the time stamp that was incredibly helpful
Yeah I meant to include it and completely forgot, thanks
Imagine being Eva when she said that
Pls elaborate
I always thought Izzy reminded chef of someone he used to know. The “oh no not again” line seems a lot darker in the context too…
But you didn't have to cut me off
make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
I thought this too 😂
now you're just somebody that I used to know
I imagine that Izzy’s voice actress had loads of fun voicing her
This never gets old this might be my favorite video on RUclips. this is something i would watch as a kid over and over again.
Izzy in a nutshell:
Izzy: "...but what do i know"
Jeff: "A lot...apparently"
Cheese
Izzy’s second elimination in Action actually is explained. The hair flip line implies he got control of Beth and Lindsay again before they voted
Or did the producers tell Justin to say that as Lindsay and Beth don't really obsessive him as much as before after Izzy's elimination.
The way he talks it sounds more like he just assumed it worked rather than being certain.
I'm 8 months late but I don't buy this at all. Beth being fooled by it, sure, Lindsay? I'm not so sure, plus these two never seem to obsess over Justin after Episode 9 or 10, add on to that with how Justin very well could've been eliminated in Episode 9, I have no reason to believe Justin manipulated the two again. Also Izzy is clearly just moving the challenges along after she returns, in Episode 8 the only reason the challenge begins or is solved is because of Izzy, yet Izzy doesn't win immunity or the reward, the Gaffers do. In Episode 9, Izzy should theoretically know that the scares are fake because... Izzy loves scary movies, but yet she gets scared, and in Episode 10, Izzy could very well read the number combination on the paper not, but she doesn't, and this causes more drama for the show. This mole theory makes way too much sense in my opinion because I just don't see the votes in Episode 11 going to Izzy naturally (through Justin's "manipulation").
"But Cody definitely voted for Trent" GOT ME MURDERED BY LAUGHTER 😘🥰😍
Just want to say, this is an incredible video. You truly have a talent for scriptwriting + speaking, and you’ve made at least 3.5 MILLION people happier by making this. No rush, but looking forward to seeing more amazing content like this. Rock on!
Here's the thing. I grew up with passive aggressive, controlling people, always with their own hidden meanings and agendas for stuff, and growing up in a place like that, you sort of develop receptors for that sort of thing, in the same way people have receptors for when people are really listening and understanding. I also grew up with TDI, and Izzy would always set off those receptors whenever I watched the show. I may not have consciously known about this theory, but I *FELT* this theory whenever she was on screen.
This is very interesting, thanks for sharing!
"oh yeah courtney would have been voted off if ezekiel didnt like get posessed and say something sexist immediately" favorite line no cap all fact
Izzy and chef were in world war 2 together in a one of Izzy’s past lives, the two were dating/married in that past life and when they served in World War Two together chef accidentally shot Izzy and still feels guilt about it, that’s why he said “not again” because he thinks he killed another innocent person.
I haven't thought about this show in about 15 years and practically forgot it existed. But this theory has made me consider a rewatch, because holy shit there is no way Izzy isn't a genius level sociopath. I barely even remembered she was a character, the only one that stuck through my memory til adulthood was Heather.
1:07:13
It makes sense after the Justin confession. He’s explaining that Beth and Lyndsey were immune to his charm until he found the hair flip move. There for getting his mojo back, and there for convincing Beth & Lyndsey to vote Izzy out, “shaking things up a bit”. If Justin hadn’t discovered that new hair flip move, Beth and Lyndsey would’ve have continued to vote him out. Izzy didn’t plan on Justin getting his convincing “powers/mojo” back
Yeah, I thought the same while watching
Izzy’s actions in the episode also fit within the theory. We could interpret her scene with Justin where she says she doesn’t “think he’s so cute” is her grabbing the opportunity to break down his self esteem and reduce his influence over Beth and Lindsay but, unfortunately for her, it backfires and has the opposite effect where Justin instead gets creative and figures out new ways to assert his influence, i.e. coming up with that hair flip maneuver.
I had just commented the same thing before seeing this
its not Lyndsey its Lindsay*
WAIT, THERE'S MULTIPLE ENDINGS???
Bruh, i just thought Owen winning was the canon ending because that's what I grew up with.
I always thought Gwen was the canon winner lmao
FR also I didn't know about the TONS of other seasons (I was a Netflix watcher)
@@chiyosan3520 wdym, I watched total drama on Netflix arent there 7 seasons in total?
@@GatoAmor there are now, but they took a long time to put them on the selection
@@GatoAmor 8 if you include the weird daycare one
I haven't seen total drama, but this theory makes so much sense I find it hard to believe it's not intentional. Plus the art is amazingly expressive.
I think Izzy is slightly but incredibly smart. Her craziness gets in the way of the smart sometimes but she’s still very capable. It also makes her a good umbrella
Personally I feel like Izzy is both crazy AND a genius as there is a saying “all geniuses are crazy” or something like that she’s probably had a few screw loose but is still very intelligent
If she kept up the crazy act this long she is still fuckin crazy as hell no matter what
Just not the type of crazy she convinces people she is.
More like genuinely terrifyingly psychotic
We can't all be sane.
all geniuses have mental differences from average people so showing how crazy she is she must be very very smart
@@lori.iiiiiiii188 iq apparently
I think the saying is you don’t have to be crazy to be a genius but it really helps
Izzy was my absolute favorite character as a kid, but now I'm just happy Owen broke away from the emotionally abusive relationship in order to spend time with his friends in World Tour.
She's likely the first exposure to legitimate psychopathic behavior for so many people, and right under our noses while we focused on how openly mean Heather was. Except Heather got a redemption arc
Notuch of one. 😑
“Quick question, who’s Mal?” - Izzy. She isn’t crazy, she just knows.
I thought when she said that I thought They were getting her confused with dawn
I don’t know why but I keep coming back to this video. I never really watched this series that much but for some reason I keep wanting to finish this analysis. He does a really good job on explaining everything.
My theory on Izzy is that she IS a genius playing a role, but under the direction of the producers. She's so deep into the plant life that she alters who's going to win the games for good content on the show but also to influence who will continue to compete in the future to boost TDA ratings for fan favorites. She's always in the right place at the right time and it would explain how she'd know Chef. It also explains why Chris lets her get away with so many loopholes
But they didn't go as far as directly changing the votes?
@@shadowcween7890 Well, directly changing the votes would be met with community backlash, also it would make you question "what's the point if they're gonna change the votes in their favor?". But it is implied here and there that they do it indirectly, as so at the same time manipulate the show and manipulate the viewers&players that it's not being manipulated
@@Dzekin You make a good point
@@Dzekin Yeah, you skew the results that blatantly and your audience tunes out, and there goes the ratings.
27:18 since we're talking theories, there is also a theory that Chris and the producers were helping Heather so that she could stay on the show and keep stirring up drama. Come to think of it, the show would be quite boring without her, interactions between characters were pretty interesting but I don't think the show (whether within the cartoon or in real life) would've been nearly as popular and its emotional impact wouldn't be as big, also proven by how this season seems to be fan-favorite with Heather as the "main character". In other words, it wasn't plot armor, it was the whole thing being rigged in the first place to guarantee Heather doesn't get voted off. By the way, please do overanalyze her. Love your video essay.
I've definitely subscribed to that theory, haha. I love Heather.
Isn't that literally what happens in the show? And isn't that what happens in every teen drama reality competition show? They help the drama people stay in, to make it more exciting?
@@MyNameIsRow01 It happens in competition and reality shows in general, and teen drama reality shows don't really exist anymore.
Isnt that what happened
I prefer thinking she really managed to be in final 3
It is interesting that izzy has switched teams twice and nobody had sadi anything
On S3 Episode 11, the doctor says they fixed a blockage in her head, but when she turned crazy in the beginning from hitting her CHIN on the dock. Intresting.
Her audition tapes proves that hitting her chin on the dock didn't actually make her crazy
Why not tackle everyone's favorite villain turned lesser of two evils, Heather? She's interesting, she's complex, she gets the most lines, has the most diary room confessions, and you can decide if she's really a good player or just has super ultra mega plot armor because writers? Plus, there's a personal nugget I like. We know Heather's afraid of Sumo wrestlers, but have no context as to why. She's also Asian-Canadian, and Harold guesses that she used to be fat and pimply. It's my theory that when she was younger, the mean bully girls called her Sumo as a mean nickname for the fat asian girl, hence her fear of sumo wrestlers. So, I think there's enough to her character that it's not just about is Heather a good player, but how interesting of a character is she, and does her home life validate any of her actions? No, but it's fun to think about and overanalyze.
I think she mixed. They shown her parents. A asian woman and a white man
Heather is the best
@@ashab6806 So? She's still Asian-Canadian.
this would make a lot of sense!
In island she had plot armor multiple time. In World tour tho she was lowkey good cause people where to busy being idiot and was the anti-hero
Fun fact, Izzy is the only contestant to be eliminated 5 times. Owen Courtney Duncan and Lindsay are the only four to come close each being eliminated 4 times. I would list the rest, but there are so many contestants who get eliminated 3 times that I won’t bother.
I think Gwen also counts right? If you count her coming second as an "elimination"
@@averynicewarmbowlofsoup1081 personally I don’t count anybody who makes it to the final as an elimination, since they both technically win. So that’s why. The reason Owen has four is because I count Ridonculous Race as an elimination.
@@jbrocomicsricketybiscuitst2511 oh ok, I've not watched ridonculous race so I wasn't sure. But wouldn't that mean that Duncan had only been eliminated 3 times? With season 1, season 3 and all stars? I might be forgetting something but yeah
@@averynicewarmbowlofsoup1081 he quits at the beginning of world tour, and comes back, and gets eliminated a second time in episode 21
@@jbrocomicsricketybiscuitst2511 oh yeah, I forgot he quit
I thought the reasoning (even if not directly stated) for Alejandro getting the camel on the boat (mentioned at 1:22:09 )was because he assumed that if team amazon were to lose the challenge Heather would be kicked off, and he didn't want that to happen. He makes a lot of strange choices through the series that all resulted in heather avoiding the boot because either someone else becomes a bigger target or he manipulates the game so either his team (which he is in complete control of and won't be kicked off from) or team victory lose. I know this is an Izzy theory, so sorry about that just wanted to mention it. Great video!