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The contestants must brave either a freezing obstacle course or a chilling maze to find three keys to obtain a Chris Coin inside a frozen safe within a frigid glacier. One contestant reveals her crush on a teammate to another whilst swearing him to secrecy. On the other team, one contestant finally sides with two honorable players over three cheaters and the two sides battle. Although their team secures victory through sheer luck, one cheater is finally discovered by the host. In the end, despite one member causing issues due to being desperate to keep a teammate’s secret, a formidable player decides to quit the competition after being tricked into doing so by a petty rival.
Plot[]
The episode starts with Caleb and Priya running through the woods. Caleb tells her he is glad she decided to join him, and Priya tells him it's nice to have someone to train with, and races Caleb to the dock. As they arrive at the dock, he begins to taunt her, but they notice Ripper and Axel making out. Priya asks if they have been doing that all night. Axel is surprised and Ripper says time flies when they are "lip-wrestling for the championship belt," and they continue kissing. Priya tells Caleb they should head back, and he agrees.
 Priya |
“ | Caleb and I would make a great couple, and I think he might be thinking that too. | ” |
 Caleb |
“ | Priya and I would make a unstoppable alliance, and I know she is thinking the same thing. | ” |
As Raj, Wayne, and Bowie walk together, Raj tells Wayne that people swallow over a liter of spit a day, Wayne asks where they find it, and Raj says most of it is their own. Bowie tells them they can go ahead, and he will catch up. He then tells Julia that he is done cheating, she agrees but says he has to if she wants him to and walks away.
In the cabin, Priya talks to a pillow, pretending it is Caleb, and asks if it would be okay for her to kiss it, rubbing the pillow all over her face. Zee walks in, thinking the pillow is attacking her, yanks it away from her and throws it to the fan. He tries getting Priya to leave before the other pillows attack, she tells him it is okay because she was kissing it, and he is confused.
 Zee |
“ | I just killed Priya's pillow boyfriend! | ” |
She reveals that she was pretending the pillow was Caleb because she likes him, and says he should keep it a secret, as she hasn't said anything to him yet, to which he agrees and calls it a "zeecret." She tells him she wishes Caleb feels the same way about her, Zee says of course he will when he tells him. Priya yells out his name, so Zee reminds himself it's a secret.
Zee |
“ | All I can think about now is yelling out her secret. But as long as I keep my mouth busy with soda. [chugs his soda and gives the camera a thumbs up] | ” |
Bowie tells Julia they are not done talking. She tells him not to make her tell Raj about the cheating. Ripper, Raj, and Wayne try getting through the door at the same time, and Wayne says one-person doors are the worst, as they all fall to the ground. MK runs in, saying she needs a pen and a paper immediately, Raj then compliments her mustache. Julia tells Bowie to take Raj and Wayne on walk, and he frustratingly agrees, telling them they should go see what the other team is up to, and Wayne calls it a mission. Julia tells MK she has a marker but no paper, Ripper says they can use his stomach. MK gags and says she does not enjoy it, as Ripper laughs, she says the challenge involves a maze, they have to collect keys embedded in ice to unlock a coin. Julia says with the map MK drew they can avoid the dead ends and get right to the keys. MK says she knows something to help melt the keys out of the ice faster, Julia tells her they will win this challenge for sure. Nichelle and Damien run in, and Nichelle says they will trounce them in the challenge. MK replies, "you wish." Julia says she bets Nichelle wishes she didn't tank so badly last season that she destroyed her career in Hollywood, Nichelle says she doesn't miss that life at all, Julia reminds her of the money, red carpets, swag, photoshoots, and autographs, and says she would miss that life, adding on she should audition in a movie. Nichelle tells her Hollywood wants movie stars, and Julia is more of a small-town movie theater actor. Damien responds with, "Oh snap!"
 Julia |
“ | Ugh! She's gonna pay for that! | ” |
On the intercom, Chris tells the campers to meet at the dock of shame because it is time for the challenge. At the dock, Chris welcomes the contestants, and tells them for the challenge, he imported the last iceberg from the North Pole, Damien tells him he is a bad person. Chris tells them each team will travel through the iceberg, collecting three keys to unlock the safe made of ice and retrieve the Chris coin. Chef adds on saying they will then take a six-person bobsled down a track back to their dingy and return back to the dock, with the first team to give Chris back their coin winning immunity. Chris asks if anyone has questions, the contestants raise their hands, but Chris says not to asks about his hat. After they put their hands down, he tells them that his hair isn't its normal style today. MK laughs, sarcastically wondering why that is. Chef says they can get to the coin room using the first or second tunnel, the first tunnel is a maze with the keys embedded in the icy walls, and they have to melt it out. The second tunnel is an obstacle course, which is a much more painful route. Chris starts the challenge by blowing the horn and asks if Chef told him he owned a hair salon in the 80's, Chef says he did, and Chris, pulling his hat off, asks what he can do about his hair, which causes Chef to exclaim.
Priya tells her team they should do the obstacle course, as they have lost two challenges in a row. Damien reminds her that Chef said the obstacle course was a more painful route. Priya says it is much more painful, and Damien says that is not helpful, Nichelle says Priya's right and the team agrees.
As Team Skunk Butt approach the iceberg, Raj says they should take the obstacle course, to which Wayne agrees. Julia tells the team they are doing the maze, Raj asks why, and Ripper says they have a plan. Bowie tells them not to listen to Ripper because he never makes any sense.
 Bowie |
“ | I feel bad lying to Raj, but MK is giving us a real advantage here. What am I supposed to do? | ” |
Wayne and Raj begin to admire the ice. MK tells them she feels bad for making them cheat in the sap challenge, and brought them ice skates, they hug her and tell her she is the best, which makes her regret her decision.
Julia |
“ | [Julia]: We needed those two distracted and once MK knew it was an ice challenge, it just made sense. [MK]: The TDI equipment locker is surprisingly stocked for a show with such butt production values. [fist-bumps Julia] |
” |  MK |
Bowie acts like a coach and tells them to go and have fun, but to not bodycheck each other. His fake smile disappears when they get out of frame as he mentions that he wants it on the record that he doesn't feel good about this. However, he seems very excited when he asks his other teammates how they're going to be cheating. Ripper tears his shirt off to show him how, disgusting his other teammates. Ripper says that not all heroes wear capes, resulting in Julia disgustingly replying that they apparently don't wear deodorant either. Bowie believes the plan is great but feels bad because he made a promise to not cheat anymore. MK just wants to let the Hockey Bros skate around for a little before calling them back later.
Caleb points out that he sees their key, but Priya doesn't know how their team will get across. Axel sees a card and picks it up, shoving it in Caleb's hands to read because he's smart, even though it's only two words. He reads "Santa's Boot" as Priya believes it's odd. Axel skips ahead and holds onto the handholds as she moves across. Priya tries to warn her that they aren't what she thinks, but it is too late, as Axel is kicked by a boot coming out of the hole.
Chris keeps an eye on the campers using a tablet as he sees Axel was just "booted." Chef takes off the hair machine that Chris is wearing, revealing long, blonde hair, saying it was a very popular style. Chris isn't happy about this and puts emphasis in a really bad tone that it was a popular style, but it isn't anymore. Chef is disappointed that Chris didn't like it, but they can try something else.
Zee is the next person kicked, falling in the hole. Damien goes after him, dodging all the boots he can. He sighs a sigh of relief because he thinks all the boots are gone, but he is kicked in the hole as well.
Team Skunk Butt finds the key, but Bowie doesn't understand how they're meant to get it out, jokingly asking if they need to "lick the key out." Ripper suggests he could fart the key out as MK yells at him to hold his fire before pulling out a hair dryer. Bowie has no idea where she got it, so Julia explains she stole it from Chris as MK melts the ice. Bowie smirks and says that it explains Chris's "hot new look."
Priya spots room between the top of the wall and the ceiling, getting a plan. Caleb holds Priya on his shoulders as she holds Nichelle on hers. Priya asks if Nichelle reached the ledge as she pulls herself up, telling Priya she did. The three who previously fell admire her skills as she reaches the key and stops the boots.
 Nichelle |
“ | If I'd done that in a movie, that would've taken a three person stunt team and two days of shooting. Your move, Hollywood! | ” |
As MK gets the key out of the ice, Bowie comments on how it was easy. Julia says that he loves it as Bowie sighs and tries to reassure himself it's hardly cheating because they aren't melting their way through the entire maze. MK and Julia look at each other while Julia compliments the idea he accidentally put in their heads.
Bowie |
“ | What did I just do? [whimpers] I really don't wanna lie to Raj, but giving up cheating is harder than I thought! | ” |
Chris is shocked of how fast Team Skunk Butt is getting through the maze, as Chef reveals the new curly hairstyle. Chris is upset because he specifically said that he didn't want a perm.
Damien reads their next card, worried because it says, "Seal Your Fate." Zee chuckles at the word "fate" as he begins talking of two people meeting on a reality show, referring to Priya and Caleb before Priya cuts him off and tells him to focus on the challenge. Zee chugs more lychee and gives her a thumbs up while agreeing with soda in his cheeks.
Zee |
“ | Not telling Caleb is gonna be harder than I thought! | ” |
Axel notices that once they start running, they're going to be shot at with something. Damien is terrified and begins thinking of what it could be, deciding on frozen cabbages. Caleb believes it'll be something like snowballs, since Chris likes sticking to themes. Priya says that they should split up, putting herself with Caleb. Zee chuckles at that before Priya gives him a glare as he drinks some more soda to shut himself up.
Zee |
“ | [chugs more soda] I can't spill the beans if I've got a mouthful of Lucious Lychee. [chugs his soda and burps before drinking more] | ” |
Priya reminds her team to keep an eye out for the key as they all run out into the open. Damien doesn't go with everyone else because he thinks they should stick together, but everyone had already left. Everyone ducks when a seal is fired, but Damien doesn't because he thinks the seal is cute, but he immediately regrets it as the seal bites his arm. Axel points out the cannon fires seals as Damien runs and points out that it fires "vicious baby seals." Nichelle offers to draw their fire for the others as she runs out from behind the rock she ducked behind.
Chris chuckled because of the seal cannons, laughing about how they could buy anything. Chef once again shows Chris the new haircut, and Chris is once again not amused.
As Nichelle dodges all the seals, everyone runs out from their hiding places. Axel attempts to kick the oncoming seal, but it bites her leg. She warns Zee to duck, but he fails as the seal bites his butt. Priya is almost bit by a seal, but Caleb jumps in front of her and grabs it, saving her. Priya quickly grabs the second key without another thought, shutting off the cannons.
Team Skunk Butt makes their way to a ladder that leads to the coin room as Julia yells out for Wayne and Raj to come back. They skate over as Raj is confused by the ladder, thinking it's just a straight line and that mazes should be harder. Bowie sees the safes and a Yeti which MK sarcastically states that she guesses Chris forgot to mention that. Wayne and Raj admire the sleds, believing it has just been the best day. Ripper shivers and agrees with them as Wayne sees the maze on his stomach and believes it's a birthmark. Raj looked at it and eventually realized it was a map, growing angry that they cheated again, now realizing how MK knew to bring skates. Wayne says that what they're doing is wrong, but he asks Raj what he's mad about because he doesn't understand. Raj fills him in as Wayne gasps and says it's "very very wrong. Julia says that they're going to win and that the two shouldn't think and should just stay out of their way.
The last obstacle course is called "Snow Cone Catwalk," as Nichelle read off the card, while Damien thought it would be tough. Priya thanks Caleb for previously saving her while Caleb thinks the seal biting her face would be a crime. Priya looks up at him with sparkly eyes before they are interrupted by Zee who comments on them before realizing he almost exposed Priya's secret again, resulting in him awkwardly chuckling and drinking a large bottle of lychee soda.
Zee |
“ | I'm proud of myself for having not told Priya's secret, or peeing my pants! I drank a lot of lychee today... | ” |
Axel asks if anyone has a plan before Zee runs in, yelling that he has to pee. Priya tells him that the world is his snowbank and to relieve himself and for the others to huddle up as Zee runs off to pee. The others come up with a plan before they run in to see Zee peed on one of the jumps and made it sink. Caleb says the jump won't be easy and Priya says that they have to get to the second snow cone, or they can't get the last key. Axel questions if Zee knew what he was doing, and so he says he didn't because he was thinking of something way more important. Nichelle asks what he means as Priya gives him a threatening glare. He attempted to chug another bottle of soda, but Axel slapped it out of his hands because his bladder was done for the day.
MK melts their team's safe with the stolen hairdryer as Raj tells her that now he and Wayne have to tell Chris that she and Julia cheated. Julia doesn't care, but instead tells Raj that he would have to tell on his boyfriend too. Bowie tries to defend himself by saying he didn't know until they arrived at the iceberg, but Julia reminds him they cheated on the bridge challenge, upsetting Raj, who didn't know. MK gets their coin before she and Julia have an idea at the same time. They say that the opposing team can't win if their coin is gone, planning to steal it from their safe. The two grin evilly as they go back to the safes while Wayne and Raj get upset, Wayne tells them that their plan is "super cheating" and Raj, who is clearly upset, questions how Bowie is okay with what the girls are doing.
Axel runs to try to jump to the second snow cone, but misses, as it is too far. Then Priya tries, and manages to get her hands on, but falls too. Nichelle tells Caleb to throw her while Damien questions what that even means because it can't mean to actually throw her. Caleb tells her that it does sound dangerous, but Priya says that it could be their only hope in the situation they're currently in. Caleb agrees and throws her, falling in after. Nichelle manages to get the key as her team cheers for her, but her excitement resulted in her falling in with all the others. Nichelle thought that they were now stuck, but Priya started pushing one of the snow cones in an attempt to escape. Caleb tells them to all do what she was doing, and so they all ran and successfully made a way to get back up.
Wayne tells Julia 43 times to stop melting the safe and not to make him tell her 44 times but Julia ignores Wayne, Bowie begs Raj to believe him that he is trying, he tells him that he doesn't want to be a cheater and never wants to lie to you about anything. Raj still has to tell Chris what’s going because he can't standby to watch the girl's cheat. Bowie gets an idea. As Julia continues melting the safe, she gets pelted by a snowball and drops the hair dryer as she gets upset at this. Bowie joins Raj and Wayne and declares a snowball fight against Julia. Julia knows where this is going as she, MK and Ripper do the same. As both sides throw snowballs, the still active dryer begins cracking the ice, causing Team Skunk Butt and the frozen Yeti to fall at the bottom.
Julia |
“ | Ugh, Bowie is gonna pay for that mutiny! | ” |
Team Rat Face runs in, shocked upon seeing the huge hole in the floor. Damien notices that their safe is half melted, and Nichelle believes it was those "rotten Skunk Butts." Zee agrees by saying skunk butts stink, not realizing they were talking about the team. He finally figures out the funny name as four of his teammates look with confusion on how he just found that out now. Priya notices both bobsleds are there and that they are in the lead, so her team grabs the coin and bails.
Julia asks if everyone is okay as Raj pops out saying he's barely okay, Wayne groans, and MK says she's okay while Bowie is upside down in the snow pile. Julia says she is alright because she landed on Ripper before she pulls up a strand of hair which she believes is his back hair. Ripper appears farther away and shivering right before Julia is flung by the yeti, which is actually who she was lying on. Seeing it, Raj screams out in fear: "It's an adorable snowman!"
Bowie |
“ | He means: "abominable". | ” |
The Skunk Butts run for their lives as they quickly jump into the bobsled to escape. Julia tells MK to pull the breaks, but unfortunately for them, the breaks literally break as everyone screams. However, their problem turns into their key to victory, as the bobsled cuts the Rat Face's boat in half and brings them to the finish line. Their team cheers because they won, but Wayne and Raj aren't happy as Bowie looks at them with remorse.
Bowie |
“ | I'm glad we won, but at what cost? | ” |
Priya apologizes to their team because she thought they had that challenge in the bag, and so Caleb comforts her. Zee shouts out that he did great as Nichelle looks at him with confusion since he didn't do much in the challenge. Their team walks out, but something catches Nichelle's eye. She looks at the packet on her bed and gasps with excitement after skimming through it.
At the elimination ceremony, Chris tells Team Rat Face that they must’ve caught a chill if they’re willing to brave yet another elimination ceremony by the fire, to which Axel remarks, "Very funny!", Chris tells Chef to please recap the worst performances of the day, to which Chef tells Chris that it would be his pleasure and starts by calling out Zee's name. However, before Chef can tell Zee or any of the other members what they're at risk for, Nichelle interrupts. She reveals she got hired to start a superhero franchise, a three-picture deal, EP credit all guaranteed, and will be going back to Los Angeles tomorrow to start shooting. She chooses to quit the competition, but when Damien stops her because he thought Nichelle hated Hollywood, Nichelle disregards him. She tells them to have fun suffering through a chance at a measly million bucks. She grabs a marshmallow and eats it. She proclaims, "Nichelle Ladonna is back, baby!", and runs very happily to the dock and the Drone of Despair takes her away. After Nichelle was eliminated, Damien stated, "Well, did not see that coming." Julia stops all the Team Rat Face and said she did. Julia told everyone she wrote that big fat fake contract and left it on Nichelle's bed before the challenge.
Julia |
“ | I don't even count that as gameplay, that one was personal. | ” |
Julia waved, turned around and told the Rat Face to have sweet dreams. Damien, worried about Julia's manipulation tactics, plans to never cross her. At the end of the episode, MK sneakily puts back the hair dryer when no one was looking and runs away. Chris catches MK sneaking away, thus finding out why his hair was a mess and where his hair dryer was. He ends the episode promising to get back at her.
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Role |
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| Terry McGurrin | Chris |
| Deven Mack | Chef Hatchet |
| Tamara Almeida | Axel |
| Brandon Michael Arrington | Bowie |
| Kwaku Adu-Poku | Caleb |
| Daniel Keith Morrison | Damien |
| Julia Sype | Julia |
| Kimberly-Ann Truong | MK |
| Tymika Tafari | Nichelle |
| Eman Ayaz | Priya |
| Varun Saranga | Raj |
| Fred Kennedy | Ripper |
| Jack Copland | Wayne |
| Gerardo Gismondi | Zee |
Elimination Ceremony[]
| Elimination Ceremony 5: Team Rat Face 
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| Status | Contestant |
| Out |  Nichelle |
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Trivia[]
General[]
- This is the first episode since her debut that Millie does not appear or is mentioned.
- Excluding last season's finale, this is the first episode of the reboot to feature a Campfire Ceremony but not have Chef Hatchet call anyone out on the mistakes they did, as Nichelle interrupted him to announce she's quitting. He was, however, about to call out Zee, likely for peeing on and thus melting a pillar his team needed to get across.
- This is also the third time when someone interrupts Chef from calling someone out, with the other two being Scary Girl in The Pink Painter Strikes Again and Axel in You Poor Saps.
- With Nichelle's elimination, Caleb is the only former Frog of Death left on Team Rat Face.
- This is the second episode of the reboot to not premiere alongside another episode in Canada, with the first being Magma Cum Laude.
- However, unlike Magma Cum Laude, this episode wasn't paired up with a rerun of another episode, instead being followed up with an airing of the 2017 animated movie The Lego Batman Movie.
Continuity[]
- Sasquatchanakwa is seen frozen in an ice block much like in Scarlett Fever and Bjorken Telephone.
- Chris' cordless hair dryer that MK stole made its appearance as it was mentioned by MK in the previous episode.
References[]
- The title of the episode is a pun on the phrase "Nice to meet you."
Goofs[]
- When Damien screams that the cannon shoots baby seals, his mouth doesn't move with his dialogue.
- When Zee says "fate", his voice sounds different.
- Chris experiences a bad hair day in this episode, even though The Aftermath: IV reveals that he's actually bald. However, it's possible he got a hair transplant since Total Drama Action.
- Julia is able to prepare a fake contract for Nichelle, which includes a stack of pages, even though the beginning of the episode establishes she was not in the possession of any paper. There's also a question of her handwriting seemingly looking like a perfect typeface and having a rather short timeframe to write this much content.
- The episode never acknowledges that, per the updated rules from last season, Nichelle owes the show a one million dollar fine for quitting the show. However, it's possible that either the rules got updated again, Chris kept quiet to surprise her with the fine once it was too late, Chris had simply lied about the rule back then to prevent Damien from having an easy way out of the show, or Nichelle is willing to pay the million dollars due to already being having a lot of money.
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