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The final eight compete in sports-themed challenges. One's infatuation with a mysterious love, combined with another's new rules and conditions, causes a small problem to arise between one cast member and the other seven. However, after an accepted apology, a different person gets sent home instead.

Plot

Episodio 15-1

Harold is hit by several balls of Chef Hatchet's spaghetti.

The episode opens with Harold, Duncan, and Justin waking up to Chris's trumpet alert, dazed and confused. Beth walks out of the girls' trailer "sleep-twirling" Courtney's PDA. Courtney is horrified and dives to get it after Beth throws it, yelling at her enough to wake her up properly. The castmates find out that they are eating pasta for breakfast, so they can begin "carbo-loading." Chris then states that they will be competing in a sports-themed challenge.

Chris brings the cast to a football field and puts them through a variety of training exercises. First, the Screaming Gaffers must push Chef across the field like a football dummy. Heather refuses to help, but Leshawna forcefully tells her to put effort into it. Duncan sides with Leshawna, which she happily interprets as the first step in repairing the damage done by the spa incident.

TDA Leshawna
Leshawna
'Side with Leshawna'?! (gasps) Are they finally coming around? That'd be like rolling up Christmas, Kwanzaa, Easter, Canada Day, and BOGO Day at the shoe store all into one! Sweet, sweet forgiveness!

When Chef badmouths the Gaffers one too many times, Leshawna gets so furious that she charges at Chef with significant force and manages to knock him down all by herself. Next, the Grips have to run through tires, which is made more difficult by the fact that the tires are too small for their feet and have mousetraps planted inside them. For the final exercise, both teams have to crawl through mud under barbed wire. Courtney thinks this is somewhat over-the-top since she has never seen her school sports team do this, but Chris explains that he wanted to reuse some props from the war-themed challenge. With the obstacle course completed, the teams are wondering who won, but Chris tells them that the obstacle course isn't their challenge but rather a simple test to determine their rankings for the real challenges. He explains that the real challenge will be four sporting events, with members of each team facing off based on their seeds.

TDA Lindsay
Lindsay
Okay, so he meant like sport seeding. I knew that. But if there was a gardening challenge, I would seriously kick butt. I mean, nobody can even touch my tomatoes!
Knockout

Lindsay seems to have beaten Harold in the first part of the challenge, but not according to Chris.

Harold and Lindsay are ranked fourth, so they are pinned against each other in boxing, using marshmallow gloves. Chris then tells them that, in true boxing style, they will have to fight in slow motion. Despite this, Lindsay fights at a normal speed, but Harold fights in slow motion, awing Leshawna. Lindsay easily blocks Harold's slow-motion jab and takes a bite of his glove, since the marshmallows are real and edible. Courtney begins shouting at Lindsay and doesn't notice that her PDA has fallen out of her pocket.

ContestantsFindOut

The contestants find out that Leshawna was trash-talking them behind their backs after lying for the reward.

Beth notices this and decides to borrow it so she can write an email to Brady. However, while browsing the Internet, she finds something that shocks her. Lindsay knocks Harold out after he is distracted by Leshawna's support. However, Harold wins due to his use of slow motion. Chris also docked Lindsay for biting Harold's glove, angering her to the point where she has to be physically restricted.

The next challenge pits Beth against Heather in a game of badminton. Before the challenge, Chris mentions his role in a movie about badminton after Justin refuses to believe that any badminton movies exist, as he believes "that would be seriously lame." Chris begins to tell about how he starred in it, and so he begins to recreate his finest scene, moving Chef, who begins to cry.

TD Chef
Chef Hatchet
Why couldn't the Olympic committee just give the Flipper a break? It was his big dream! [snorts and cries]

Heather begins pummeling Beth, and it looks as though all hope is lost for the Grips. The Gaffers start trash-talking Beth, and Leshawna tells her that her "chances of winning are about as real as your boyfriend." Her comment sparks fury in Beth, and she transfers her anger into the game, easily defeating Heather. Leshawna again tells Beth that her boyfriend doesn't exist, and Beth retaliates by revealing that she saw a video on Courtney's PDA of Leshawna saying bad things about all of the other castmates on her way to the spa to her cousin, Leshaniqua, as it was on Total Drama Action's website. They then play the tape, and everyone else is angered by Leshawna's mean comments, except Heather, who says that she does the same thing and wonders why everyone is so angry.

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Duncan and Courtney wrestling.

In the next challenge, Duncan is matched up against Courtney in Greco-Roman wrestling (which had to take place in a kiddie ball pit, thanks to Chris).

TDA Courtney
Courtney
My heart can't be swayed by just any tattooed bad boy oozing danger out of every pore. I'm a fit and well-quaffed little package of pure competition!
TDA Duncan
Duncan
Oh-oh-oh, she's a fit-in-well quaff little package, alright! But I'm not going there even though I could. Remember what happened to Trent and Gwen? (giggles) Ugly!

However, Duncan still has trouble with Courtney due to her athleticism and determination. After a lost toddler calls him "Momma," Duncan claims he lost to Courtney due to the distraction, despite his attempts to compete normally. Courtney is seen to be very proud of her victory.

TDA Duncan
Duncan
I don't know. The kid called me 'Mama' and it threw me off my A-game. [cameraman laughs] What, am I funny to you? Let me come over there, and you can laugh to my face.

Leshawna is put up against Justin in a "slam dunk" challenge, much to Leshawna's dismay.

TDA Leshawna
Leshawna
Play it for the camera? I just wanted to hide under the bleachers 'til the whole thing was over. Think anyone's ever done a slam dunk from under the bleachers? That'd be creative.

Justin's slam dunk includes humiliating the Gaffers by butt-bumping Leshawna, dribbling under Duncan's legs (hitting Harold in the chest), and stealing Heather's wig and putting it on the basketball before dunking it. Leshawna returns the wig to its rightful place, on Heather's head. Leshawna's slam dunk is much simpler. She threw the ball at Justin's chest, tossing him onto the trampoline. He bounces and lands in the basket, bruised and scarred. Chris gave the point to Leshawna, and with each team now having scored two points, Chris led them to a tie-breaker.

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Leshawna cheers about everybody.

The tiebreaker is a cheerleading competition, in which each team will come up with someone to cheer for. The Killer Grips began planning immediately, but the Gaffers have more trouble, not deciding who they'd cheer for, despite Harold's suggestion of Norbert Swindlow, inventor of the pom-pom, or Heather's suggestion of herself. When Chris announced "time" and that the Gaffers were up, Leshawna improvises a cheer about the other castmates as a way of apologizing. The apology is well accepted, and she is liked once again. However, the Grips won the challenge, as they cheered for Chris, who is the judge of the challenge.

At the Gilded Chris Ceremony, Chris began to tell the reasons why each of them could be expelled: Leshawna for criticizing everyone, Heather for losing to Beth on the badminton court, and Duncan for losing to Courtney in wrestling. Harold seemed the only one who could be safe from the elimination, and he wanted to give a speech, but Chris told him that no one wanted to listen to him and that he should just take the Gilded Chris Award. Chris called Duncan "Diaper Shark" and gave him the award. Chris starts talking to Leshawna, who fearfully asks "yes", and Chris tells her that he is sorry and... to catch the award! This makes Leshawna happy, and Heather is surprised that she was voted off.

TDA Duncan
Duncan
[Duncan]: I know Leshawna dissed us…
[Harold]: Sure, Leshawna called me deluded.
[Duncan]: But that cheer, well, pfft. We counted her out, but she showed us she had heart, guts, grit, and a bounce that won't stop.
[Harold]: Sounds like a sports movie. The thing is, she didn't totally shoot me down. Okay, she still has a hold on me! I can't help it! I'm a slave to love!
TDA Harold
Harold


At the end of the episode, Leshawna walks Heather to the Lame-o-sine, telling her she can consider themselves friends. Heather then gives Leshawna her wig from the last episode as a farewell gift, so that Leshawna can use it when her real hair looks "as bad as it does today."

Exclusive clip

I hate you guys

Heather in the Lame-o-sine, angry as usual.

TDA Heather bw
Heather
You know, it's really just a total relief to be out of there. And a mill isn't worth wasting another second of my time with those freaks! At least I didn't have to lick anyone's armpit this time! And now I have the time to get a weave and correct this travesty! I mean, the million would have come in handy to get some totally rad extensions, and my dad's so cheap I'll probably end up with pony hair. Maybe I could cut my mom's off while she's sleeping! She's always had nice volume! Now that the dumb game's done, the possibilities are endless!


Cast

Voice actor Role(s)
Christian Potenza Chris
Sarah Gadon Beth
Clé Bennett Chef Hatchet
Emilie-Claire Barlow Courtney
Drew Nelson Duncan
Brian Froud Harold
Rachel Wilson Heather
Adam Reid Justin
Novie Edwards Leshaniqua/Leshawna
Stephanie Anne Mills Lindsay
  • A young boy speaks, but it is unknown who he is voiced by.
  • The cameraman is also heard laughing.

Elimination Ceremony

Elimination Ceremony 8:
Screaming Gaffers
Status Contestant
IN TDA HaroldTDA Duncan
Harold, Duncan
LOW TDA Leshawna
Leshawna
OUT TDA Heather
Heather

Still in the running

 Bridgette
14th
TDA Bridgette bw
 Geoff
14th
TDA Geoff bw
 Trent
13th
TDA Trent bw
 Gwen
12th
TDA Gwen bw
 DJ
11th
TDA DJ bw
 Izzy
10th
TDA Izzy bw
 Owen
9th
TDA Owen bw
 Heather
8th
TDA Heather bw
TDA Beth
TDA Duncan
TDA Harold
TDA Justin

Trivia

General

  • This is the second episode of the season with a title that references the million dollars.
  • This is the very first episode since his debut in which Owen does not appear and is not mentioned.
  • Leshawna was revealed to have insulted all of the other castmates on the show, while she was riding to the spa:
    • Heather: "Just mean for the sake of being mean"
    • Lindsay and Justin: "Has half a brain cell, max, that's usually gone out shopping, probably with Justin's giant ego"
    • Duncan and Courtney: "Likes to think he's a bad boy, but when Courtney was there, she dragged him around by his eyebrow ring"
    • Beth: "Actually wears a side ponytail."
    • Harold: "Is sweet on [Leshawna], but is getting as much play as an old school cassette tape in a world of MP3s."
      • Oddly, Leshawna wasn't shown to insult DJ, Izzy, or Owen, who were still in the competition while she was at the spa.
  • The little kid that comes out in the ball pit was also briefly seen in "Wawanakwa Gone Wild!" when the bear was relocated.
  • This is the first time a team is reduced to only three members, a record that is not broken until "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better" with Team Victory.
  • This episode marks the first time that the Total Drama website is directly referenced.
  • This episode marks the first time — out of three eliminations — in which a Screaming Gaffer is actually voted off.
  • This is the first episode in which Courtney is seen in her pajamas.
  • This is, in the United States, the highest-viewed episode of the series in real-time, gathering over 3.5 million viewers on its initial airdate.
  • In the United States, this episode was aired four days earlier than its usual weekly schedule.

Continuity

References

  • This episode's title is a reference to the 2004 sports drama movie, Million Dollar Baby.
  • In this episode, Chris is revealed to have starred in a movie about badminton in which he played the main character named "Flipper."
    • The nickname and the speech about "winning one for the flipper" is a parody of a similar speech done by "George 'The Gipper' Gipp," who was played by future U.S. president Ronald Reagan, in Knute Rockne, All American.
  • Harold refers to Leshawna as a "Benedict Arnold", the name of a Continental Army traitor during the American Revolution.
  • Leshawna refers to BOGO Day, a Payless ShoeSource sales event when she talks about Duncan siding with her.
  • The music that plays during Harold and Lindsay's boxing match is similar to the music played in the movies of the Rocky franchise, which fits because those movies are also about boxing.
  • When Chris calls Lindsay "Miss Tyson" after biting Harold's marshmallow, this is an indirect reference to Mike Tyson, the boxer, who was also known for a well-publicized biting incident.

Goofs

  • At the beginning of the episode, the cast is hit with spaghetti and sauce gets on their pajamas, but seconds later, the stains disappear.
  • When the Gaffers push Chef in the very first challenge, Duncan's shirt is gray instead of black.
    • In the same scene, Heather's torso is much thinner and smaller.
  • There are several instances in the episode where Lindsay's eyes are a much paler, lighter blue than usual.
  • When Leshawna cheers for Harold, his hand vanishes for a moment.
  • When Chris is reliving his "famous badminton movie scene", Duncan's nose piercing is missing.
    • Also, when the scene cuts back to Chris, Chef clearly pops into the scene.
  • When Duncan asks the person who laughed at him if it is funny to him, his eyebrow piercing, the one on his nose, and one of the earrings on his left ear are all missing.
  • At the end of the episode, Harold mentions Leshawna calling him "deluded" when it was actually Chris who called him "deluded" during the boxing challenge. Leshawna has never called him deluded on-screen.
  • At the very end of the episode, when Chris signing off, Chef punches him in the face and then walks past him. When the camera zooms back out Chef is completely gone.

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