The final five arrive in Tanzania for their next challenge: hunting down a former contestant who has now gone feral after hiding in the cargo hold. Someone's obsession with another peaks, and two others continue to deny their attraction towards each other. In the end, one person wins the challenge and another is sent home for the second time after a close plurality vote and an alliance.
Plot[]
Heather, Alejandro, and Duncan in economy class after losing the challenge in the previous episode.
The episode begins by showing Alejandro, Heather, and Duncan sitting in economy class after losing the challenge in China. Duncan is shown to be unusually happily carving a skull into the wooden seats with his knife whilst whistling. Alejandro comments that he has never seen Duncan so happy before. Duncan says that he is elated with Courtney's recent departure, then comments on Alejandro and Heather's mutual crush, revealed by Blaineley after her elimination last episode. Both try to deny it, but end up speaking in unison, making them seem even more like a couple. Meanwhile, in the first class compartment of the Jumbo Jet, Sierra has started feeding Cody her Love-Me Tea.
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“ | Now that Cody's drinking the love potion tea instead of me, it's finally working! He's already weakened the knees around me. A few more cups, and he'll be the perfect husband! [squeals] I love saying that! | ” |
However, the tea causes him to go into a comatose state and gives him hallucinations, including one in which Sierra turns into a polar bear.
Once the plane lands, Chris welcomes them to Tanzania, home to the Serengeti Plains. Sierra arrives late, carrying Cody in her backpack. She declares that she will be playing for herself and her "husband." Chris introduces the first challenge, which he named "Sock-et To Me." He also points out the punishment he gave Chef for making an illegal alliance with Blaineley: wearing a parka and pants in the searing African heat, which he dubbed as the "Penalty Parka." Their challenge is to run to a pile of plums and return with as many as they can carry, while avoiding the soccer balls kicked by the contestants.
Alejandro's and Heather's soccer balls each hit Duncan in the head.
Sierra, who is carrying Cody in a backpack, goes up first, easily evading the soccer balls as they hit Cody's face. When she reaches the plums, she carries a bunch in her arms, but Alejandro kicks both her arms and the cans that symbolize her "marriage" with Cody. Duncan manages to kick Sierra's soccer ball back and hit Cody during his turn, but as soon as he gets plums, both Alejandro and Heather hit him in the head, celebrating and becoming enraged at each other. During Heather's turn, Alejandro apparently misses when he kicks his soccer ball, making Heather believe that he wouldn't "kick a ball at his crush," but the ball turns around in the ground, hitting her in the back of the head. When Alejandro is up, he manages to kick the others' soccer balls back to them, hitting all in the process, except for Sierra who turns to defend herself, injuring Cody, making Alejandro the only one to make it through unharmed.
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“ | My brother Carlos is a professional soccer player. | ” |
The plums are then used to smash through gourds, and whoever does so first wins an advantage. While Sierra accidentally hits Chef, Duncan's hit barely smashes a gourd, saying he isn't used to smashing things with a bat and not with a "middle man." As Heather prepares to hit her plum, Chris distracts Heather by calling her "Alejandro's girlfriend," hitting Alejandro in the head instead, prompting Chris to say they are "meant for each other," which irritates them both. Heather hits her plum, smashing the gourd first, which makes her win. As a reward, she gets six tranquilizer balls for the hunt. Alejandro, smashing his gourd after Heather, gets three balls. Duncan only gets two balls, since he flung his cricket bat at the gourds to smash them instead of using the plums. Sierra and Cody, failing to smash their gourds, only get one ball each and no slingshot to hurl them with.
Ezekiel, who is now feral, is shown to the contestants.
Chris then announces that the tranquilizer balls will be used to knock out Ezekiel, who was found in the cargo hold after Blaineley ratted him out. Ezekiel is now in a complete feral state: He is nearly bald except for a few long strands of hair, with liver spots on the top of his head and his toque missing, his two front teeth are considerably larger, like buck teeth, and both his hoodie jacket and jeans have several large holes in them. He is now also barefoot, like a wild animal, revealing feet that also seem to resemble that of a wild animal, having three talon-like toes instead of regular human feet. He even attacks an intern upon release. The contestant who catches him wins invincibility. Sierra manages to build her own slingshot from a stray stick and Cody's spare underpants. Duncan suggests to Alejandro and Heather they team up to hunt, but Heather decides to go alone. This is a mistake, as Alejandro steals all her ammo when they huddle, which becomes a problem, as she soon comes across a lion.
Duncan and Alejandro get stuck in quicksand.
Alejandro and Duncan walk into a quicksand bog, slowly sinking into it until Alejandro manages to lure Ezekiel with a stick, into pulling them out to safety. However, they were unable to catch him, because he ran away before either of them could get a clear shot at him with their slingshots. Sierra shoots some rocks to lure Ezekiel out, but she ends up striking a rhino, which angers it, causing her to flee in terror. She trips, launching Cody into the air and into a tree. Heather bumps into Sierra, offering to team up with her and help Cody down. However, a baboon grabs him and runs off with him, which greatly angers Sierra.
The girls and boys run into each other and, mistaking the others for their intended target, strike each other, knocking each other out with tranquilizing balls. Chris chooses this time to make the contestants sing, despite being still stunned. This doesn't stop them from singing "Wake Up." At the end, Chris warns that they have just one hour to catch Ezekiel; otherwise, the plane is leaving without them, while Chef is sweating, and Chris covers his nose as he tells him how smelly he is, offering him a truce if he learns his lesson, which Chef accepts; however, Chef drives the car leaving Chris behind, making him fall.
Duncan tries to make an alliance with Sierra, but she only wants to ally with Cody. Meanwhile, Heather and Alejandro plan on how to get rid of Duncan and go together to the finals. Alejandro suggests that they both act uncomfortable with each other in front of the others, and Heather then chimes in, as they both say in unison that then they should secretly combine "[their] powers and knock everyone else out of the ring!" Heather tells Alejandro that saying things at the same time has to stop, but she agrees to join the alliance. Alejandro then whispers the plan to Heather's ear.
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“ | Even I'm not that ruthless! | ” |
Sierra "saves" Cody from the baboons that "kidnapped" him.
Sierra goes off on her own and comes across Cody being held by a baboon, who is massaging Cody's feet in the same way Sierra would. Cody has recovered from the drugging, warning Sierra that the primate really likes him. This angers Sierra, who gets jealous and tries to save Cody, causing the baboon to call for more baboons to stop her. Even though she is outnumbered, Sierra easily beats up the baboons and rescues Cody.
Heather and Alejandro put their plan into action. Heather asks Duncan about Gwen, which distracts him long enough for Alejandro to trip him. Duncan smashes into Serengeti Blood Berries and goes to a watering hole to wash up. Ezekiel leaps out of the water and beats on Duncan. Alejandro, being the only one left with ammo, easily knocks out both Ezekiel and Duncan, winning the challenge, invincibility, and reward. Trying to leave Ezekiel behind, Chris rushes the contestants inside the Jumbo Jet, but Ezekiel manages to break his way back into the plane by pulling away a sheet of metal from the top before it leaves.
Duncan is eliminated once again.
At the Barf Bag Ceremony, Alejandro, Heather and Sierra each have a vote against them, despite Alejandro being immune. At the end, Duncan is voted off with two votes, which he expected. He gets tossed out of the plane by Chris while trying to explain that he does not care. Alejandro, considering who to bring up to first class with him, chooses Cody, surprising everyone. Chris then barges in on Heather's confession, freaking her out, and signs off the episode.
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Exclusive clip[]
Duncan takes the Drop of Shame for a second time.
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“ | It’s a pity for the money, but yes! No more singing like a Total Drama dork! No more flying around in that cluttery rust bucket, no more masochistic McLean mayhem! No more Alejandro! No more cameras in the can, no more creepy couples! Gwen, I'll see you soon! (falls in quicksand with lion) Or maybe I'll see you later. (screams) | ” |
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Role(s) |
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| Christian Potenza | Chris |
| Marco Grazzini | Alejandro |
| Peter Oldring | Cody |
| Drew Nelson | Duncan |
| Rachel Wilson | Heather |
| Annick Obonsawin | Sierra |
- Chef Hatchet and Ezekiel both appear, but they do not speak. However, Ezekiel makes animal noises while Chef grunts.
- Two interns appear, but they do not speak.
Elimination Ceremony[]
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| Status | Contestant |
| WIN |  Alejandro |
| IN |    Cody, Heather, Sierra |
| OUT |  Duncan |
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Trivia[]
General[]
- The exclusive clip of this episode is similar to the exclusive clip of "The EX-Files":
- Both involve the elimination of a former member of the Killer Bass as well as a member of Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot.
- Initially, both contestants are disappointed about their elimination but then are excited due to a specific reason (Tyler because it is his best season yet, and Duncan due to being away from several things he dislikes).
- Both send a message to their respective girlfriend (who are coincidentally former members of the Screaming Gophers) that they will see them soon.
- Both then face a problem involving another creature (aliens for Tyler, and a lion for Duncan).
- With Duncan's elimination, all of the former Killer Bass have been eliminated.
- Additionally, Heather is the only contestant left in the competition that competed on Total Drama Action.
- Furthermore, Alejandro is the only former Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot member left in the competition.
- This also marks the first time in the series Duncan is not the highest-ranking member of his team, with that role being Alejandro.
- Heather demanding a reward from Chris is similar to how Courtney kept telling Chris to give her a reward in "Get a Clue."
- In Australia, this episode is named "African Lying Society."
Continuity[]
- This is the first episode in the series where a male contestant wins individual invincibility for themselves.
- Owen won immunity in "I Triple Dog Dare You!"; Trent, in "Alien Resurr-eggtion"; and Duncan, in "Niagara Brawls". However, all of them won alongside another (female) contestant.
- This episode marks the third time in a row that Duncan has reached the final five of a season (albeit, this time after returning), thus making him the only contestant to have been in the final five in three seasons.
- This is the only time that Duncan has ever been voted off regularly.
- Chef chose him for elimination in "Are We There Yeti?" during Total Drama Island.
- He is a finalist in Total Drama Action.
- He quit earlier this season in "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1."
- He was voted off by his team in "Greece's Pieces", but an intern was eliminated by Chris instead.
- He was removed from the competition in "You Regatta Be Kidding Me," during Total Drama All-Stars.
- This is the second time Ezekiel has been used in the challenge while not being a contestant.
- The first is in "I See London..." when he was masquerading as Jack the Ripper.
- This is the third time that Chris has interrupted someone's confessional.
- The other times were during "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 2" and "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better".
- This is the second episode in a row where someone has voted for someone else who has immunity.
- The first was "Chinese Fake-Out," where Cody voted for Sierra, despite her being immune.
- The tune of "Wake Up" is played when Chris introduces the challenge, making it the second time the tune of a song is heard in an episode and the tune is played before the song is played.
- The first episode is "Chinese Fake-Out," where the song "Condor" could be heard.
- This is the first episode in which new background music plays when Sierra explains Cody is incapable of competing in the challenge — and also when Chris explains "Socc-et to Me"—which would be regularly heard from this episode forward in the following seasons.
- This is the second time that Duncan is eliminated in Africa.
References[]
- This episode's title is most likely a reference to the Canadian safari park, African Lion Safari.
- Sierra's style of running while fleeing a rhino is reminiscent of the Road Runner.
- Sierra's line, "Take your stinking hands off him, you darn, dirty ape!" is a reference to the line said by Charlton Heston in the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes, only that Heston says "damn" instead of "darn."
- The idea of Cody being kidnapped by monkeys could be a loose reference to the original Johnny Quest episode, "Attack of the Tree People."
- Ezekiel's physical appearance from this episode onwards resembles Gollum from The Lord of the Rings.
Goofs[]
- When Sierra force-feeds the Love-Me tea to Cody in first class, the spoon in the cup doesn't fall out despite the angle of the cup, and her not holding it.
- Duncan states that he dislikes soccer, but in "The Sand Witch Project," Duncan was shown to take interest in soccer, as he was playing it at the beginning of the episode and was mad at Harold for making a hole in his soccer ball.
- Cody is shown with a full row of teeth several times in this episode when he normally has a gap between them.
- When Alejandro hits Sierra with soccer balls, her ponytail is missing.
- After hitting the gourds open, Heather grabs the items from within the pumpkin, when it was Alejandro who had cracked it.
- Duncan's legs aren't shown when he throws his bat in anger.
- An intern is tranquilized by Chris when he is explaining the challenge, though seconds later, he is seen fine when Ezekiel is attacking him.
- When Sierra pulls out Cody's emergency underwear, she says that he always keeps a pair handy just in case, but in "The Am-AH-Zon Race," Cody wasn't wearing any underwear and Gwen didn't find any backup underwear when she was digging through his pockets at the time.
- When Sierra runs away after hitting a rhinoceros with rocks, her goggles disappear. They reappear again after she launches Cody into a tree.
- When Alejandro and Duncan realize they are on quicksand, Alejandro is on the left while Duncan's on the right. The next time they are seen, they have switched places.
- The footprints that Cody finds left by Ezekiel are different from the footprints that Duncan finds. The ones found by Duncan were humanoid, had three claw-like toes and are covered in drool. The ones Cody finds were bearlike, had four normal human toes, and no drool.
- Also, there are no handprints on the ground, despite Ezekiel running on all fours.
- Even though Alejandro stole all of Heather's tranquilizer balls, she has one when the four active contestants accidentally shot each other.
- When Duncan, Alejandro, Sierra, and Heather fired tranquilizer balls at each other, four balls were fired, but five puffs of smoke appeared after they were all hit.
- Duncan is covered in berry juice when Ezekiel attacked him. However, after Alejandro hits them with the tranquilizer ball, Duncan is clean.
- When Ezekiel tackles Duncan after scratching his chest, his feet are shaped normally instead of being claw-like.
- When Duncan and Ezekiel are shown sleeping, Ezekiel's sunken cheek disappears from the left side of his face.
- On the Time Warner Cable "On Demand" channel, the episode is titled "African Lyin Safari" instead of "African Lying Safari." However, the On Demand version seems to be alluding to "African Lion Safari," as "Lyin" and "Lion" rhyme.
- While Alejandro tells Heather about his secret plan to win the challenge, her cleft chin disappears.
- When Sierra finds Cody, she drops his shoe and it is not seen on the floor in sight. When she attacks the baboons, she has his shoe in her hand.
- When Duncan was talking to Sierra, she was much taller than him, but in the scene after Alejandro and Heather make an alliance, they are the same height.
Gallery[]
See also[]
- "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1"
- "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 2"
- "Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan"
- "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better"
- "Broadway, Baby!"
- "Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water"
- "Slap Slap Revolution"
- "The Am-AH-Zon Race"
- "Can't Help Falling in Louvre"
- "Newf Kids on the Rock"
- "Jamaica Me Sweat"
- "Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon"
- "I See London..."
- "Greece's Pieces"
- "The EX-Files"
- "Picnic at Hanging Dork"
- "Sweden Sour"
- "Aftermath Aftermayhem"
- "Niagara Brawls"
- "Chinese Fake-Out"
- "African Lying Safari"
- "Rapa Phooey!"
- "Awwwwww, Drumheller"
- "Hawaiian Style"
- "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles"
- "Hawaiian Punch"