With nine contestants remaining, the host initiates a monkey scavenger hunt, in which each team has to find a golden coin and insert it into a vending machine before the other. One competitor continues to hate on another, who additionally begins to dote on her crush, while one of the island's most devious contestants accidentally gets his team caught in one of his traps as a result of another's miscalculation. In the end, said contestant is voted off, but someone else anonymously convinces the host to follow through on eliminating her greatest enemy.
Plot
At Pimâpotew Kinosewak's treehouse, Max awakens Scarlett by poking her with a stick repeatedly, and orders her to get some food "for his face," in exchange for teaching her more evil.
 Scarlett |
“ | Yeah, he's starting to annoy me. | ” |
Meanwhile, within the forest, Dave has set up a picnic for Sky and is entranced by a flower. Shawn arrives and Dave explains that the picnic he set up is for Sky. Shawn tries to remind him of the reality of the situation, that Sky is a competitive person and has no intention of dating. However, Dave simply replies that he doesn't care about the money, to which Shawn calls him insane. Dave then asks him if he would give it a million dollars to be with his "true love." Shawn is touched by this as he remembers Jasmine, and how he possibly ruined his chances with her in the previous episode. Newly inspired, he agrees to go find Sky for Dave, and resolves to go tell Jasmine how he feels as soon as this is over.
 Dave |
“ | Ah, a picnic is the most romantic way to eat if you can get past the idea that every bite might have bugs or animal droppings in it, but I'm not gonna think about that. | ” |
 Shawn |
“ | I'll find Sky, send her to Dave, then go tell Jasmine how I feel. | ” |
Elsewhere, Sky is worried about what's going on with Dave and Ella. Sugar arrives at first to cheer her up but then tells her that Dave is flirting with every girl on the island.
 Sugar |
“ | Yeah, that was a can of lies, but the teams are gonna merge soon. It's time to mess with some minds! | ” |
In another part of the forest, Ella is searching for her "prince" when Shawn passes by. She asks him if he's seen him anywhere, to which Shawn responds that Dave is in the clearing "ready to bare his soul for love." Thinking Dave is intending to reveal his affections for her, Ella becomes excited.
 Ella |
“ | Ah! My prince David is going to confess his affection for me! I only hope he isn't planning a picnic; the birds who follow me will eat everything. [bird chirping] Yes, that includes you, Alan. | ” |
Ella realizes that her affection toward Dave isn't mutual.
Ella soon finds him, sits down, and fishes for the declaration of his love; however, Dave says that the picnic is for Sky. Ella plays it off, but is saddened to the point where she is crying and then leaves. Shawn finally locates Sky, but only seconds before Chris announces to gather for the day's challenge.
At the meeting area, Jasmine notes that different parts of the island have seemingly moved, but Chris shoots down the possibility. Shawn approaches her with a bouquet of flowers determined to make amends. She instead knocks them to the ground, ordering him to stay away from her.
 Jasmine |
“ | I'm done with zombie boy's mixed messages. First he's all sweet, then he hits me with a dueling stick, then he brings me flowers?! If this is how Canadian boys flirt, I'd hate to see how they propose. | ” |
Topher suggests that he and Chris have a host-off to kill time while they wait for Dave and Ella, to which he quickly turns down the idea.
 Topher |
“ | Chris is intimidated by my talent and superior good looks — my hair alone is a national treasure; babies envy my skin. I should totally be hosting my show! | ” |
Ella, with a heavy heart, tells Sky that she is the one Dave loves.
Heartbroken, Ella shows up and sits near Sky, who questions her sadness. Ella disposes of Sky's previous worries about Dave by telling her that Dave in fact, wishes to be with her. Sky is elated, but apologizes to Ella for her rejection. Dave eventually shows up and sits near Sky.
 Sky |
“ | What am I doing? What am I doing? I can't. I just— What am I doing? | ” |
Chris begins to explain the challenge: The goal for each team is to retrieve a gold coin from a monkey and place it in a vending machine, thus earning food for dinner and the first to do so wins immunity for the episode. Chris then notices Sugar's licking off the vending machine and asks her to step away from it.
Sugar |
“ | What? You never lick the glass off a vending machine hoping for a taste of cheesy-flavored nacho taco puffy puffs? Live a little! | ” |
Dave reveals he has a banana as a "secret weapon" before Chris sets the teams loose.
Topher informs Jasmine that he has an "errand" to run and leaves. Max also goes up to her to tell her that he is through taking orders from her. Frustrated and confused, Jasmine picks Max up and hangs him from a tree by his underwear. When he falls to the ground, Scarlett advises him on how to make himself as feared as he would like to be: don't limit evil actions to just one team.
 Max |
“ | Scarlett has had three good ideas as of late. It was brilliant of me to allow her to be my sidekick. | ” |
Team Maskwak's monkey with their coin.
As Wâneyihtam Maskwak successfully corners their monkey, Dave requests Sugar to hand him the banana, only to find out that Sugar had already eaten it, unaware of their plan. Sugar rebuffs it as she tried to pounce at the monkey, but ended up falling into a stream. To make things worse, the monkey eats the gold coin.
Meanwhile, Topher bumps into Chris and lies that he was looking for his monkey and leaves. In reality, Topher actually stole Chris's cell phone in order to call the producers to tell them to replace Chris as he is getting older and might no longer be useful anymore.
Topher |
“ | I got Chris's cellphone! (laughs) So easy, it was like taking money from a monkey. | ” |
Max grows excited and starts plotting his revenge by setting up a trap in order for his team to get caught in it. Once he is done, Scarlett tells him they should go find Jasmine and lure her to the trap. Before Chris goes to a commercial break, Team Maskwak tries to retrieve the coin that is inside the monkey, it is then eaten by a bear.
Then, Topher is shown talking to the producers, trying to plant a seed of doubt, and the other members of Team Kinosewak caught up with Jasmine. Max demands the monkey to the coin to reveal itself. The monkeys respond by throwing feces at him, much to his horror.
Dave goes with Sky's plan and tries to befriend the bear.
Since the coin is inside the monkey inside the bear, as Shawn says, Sky states that they should bring the entire bear back to Chris.
Dave |
“ | Yes, Sky's plan to bring the bear to Chris is terrible — and will get us all killed! But I want to show her I'd be a good boyfriend, so… | ” |
Back with Team Kinosewak, Scarlett suggests that their team's best chance was to find which monkey has the coin is "by conducting a neuroscientific experiment," since to her it is no secret that "there's hyperactivity in the mirror neurons of primates," but her teammates appear confused, so she suggests them to play a game of "Monkey See, Monkey Do."
Scarlett |
“ | Use . . . little . . . words. | ” |
Meanwhile at Team Maskwak, Dave is being licked by the bear, and Sky hurries her team to come up with an idea. Knowing that Ella will get in trouble if Chris finds out, Sugar tries to convince her to sing in order to tame the bear. Ella points out the conflict, but Team Maskwak assures her that they won't report her to Chris.
On the other side, Team Kinosewak's game plan works, and after the monkeys mimic their moves, the real monkey accidentally gives them the coin. Having successfully acquired the coin, they leave to insert it into the vending machine and win. Ella then agrees and begins to sing, successfully putting the bear in trance and letting go of Dave. Meanwhile, as Team Kinosewak's on their way, Scarlett whispers to Max wondering how he marked the trap, but before he can answer, a net shoots up and traps all of them, aggravating Scarlett. Jasmine suggests the trap was probably made by Sky, but to Scarlett's luck, Max admits it himself.
Scarlett |
“ | The plan was for Max to not be the only one in the trap, so that the team would know he built and vote him off. Now I need to find a clever way for him to admit it. (sighs) This won't be easy. Much easier than I thought. (chuckles) |
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Ella sings and leads the bear to the vending machine.
As Team Maskwak passes them, with Ella still singing and the bear following her, Jasmine fumes at Max and their current situation, threatening to vote him off if they lose. The net soon collapses, due to the team members' combined weight. Back at the meeting area, Chris wonders why the bear seems to be in a trance. Sugar is then about to say that Ella sang to the bear; however, Sky claims she hypnotized her, preventing Sugar from exposing Ella's singing. Chris refuses to accept Team Maskwak's story. In response, Sugar gives the bear a Heimlich Maneuver until it coughs up the monkey. She then reaches inside the monkey and obtains the coin.
Sugar |
“ | Going down that critter's throat for the nickel was nothing! I had to haul a pigeon out of my dog once. It wasn't pretty, but I wasn't about to let him eat my dinner! | ” |
Jasmine gets closer with Kinosewak's coin, but Sugar tosses Maskwak's coin into the vending machine just as Jasmine is about to insert Kinosewak's, winning the challenge. Chris then rewards Wâneyihtam Maskwak with Chef Hatchet's Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails, while Pimâpotew Kinosewak has to yet again, vote off another competitor. However, Chris also orders Team Maskwak to attend the elimination ceremony.
Ella sings her final song as she is lowered into the Cannon of Shame.
At the elimination ceremony, Chris announces that Max is eliminated, but quickly retracts the statement, making Max think that evil got the better of him. Chris then reveals that he had received an anonymous note detailing that Ella went against his no-singing policy. For doing so, Ella has officially met her end in the competition.
Sugar |
“ | Yeah, so I spelled ugnanymous wrong. Who cares? Ella is G-A-W-N, gone! | ” |
Ella says goodbye to the contestants through one final song before being blasted out of the Cannon of Shame by Chris, who finally has enough of her singing for the show.
Cast
| Voice actor | Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Christian Potenza | Chris |
| Daniel DeSanto | Dave |
| Sunday Muse | Ella |
| Katie Bergin | Jasmine |
| Bruce Dow | Max |
| Kristi Friday | Scarlett |
| Zachary Bennett | Shawn |
| Sarah Podemski | Sky |
| Rochelle Wilson | Sugar |
| Christopher Jacot | Topher |
- Chef Hatchet appears; however, he has no lines.
Elimination Ceremony
Max was supposed to be eliminated, but Chris disqualified Ella instead.
| Elimination Ceremony 6: Pimâpotew Kinosewak | |
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| Status | Contestant |
| IN |    Jasmine, Scarlett, Topher |
| LOW |  Max |
| OUT |  Ella |
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Trivia
General
- The shoe that the bear spits out bears a striking resemblance to those worn by Cody.
- This is the second episode of the season that someone was set to be eliminated, but an event caused someone else to take their place, the first being in Twinning Isn't Everything.
- The song Ella sings at the elimination ceremony is the longest one she has sung.
- This is the only episode of the season to show nudity.
- This is the fourth time that the player who gets eliminated isn't on the losing team, though it is the first time they are officially disqualified by Chris, as the other times the contestants quit the competition or left due to an external reason. The other times were:
- "The Sand Witch Project" (Action) with DJ.
- "Jamaica Me Sweat" (World Tour) with Izzy.
- "A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (Revenge of the Island) with Anne Maria.
- With Ella's elimination, the teams are balanced in the gender-ratio, with each team having two males and two females.
- As the monkeys on the island are later revealed to be robots, it's unclear that it was actually excrement they were throwing at Max.
Continuity
- This episode mentions Chef Hatchet's Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails, which were previously introduced in Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan and was last seen in Picnic at Hanging Dork.
- In addition, the music played when Chris introduced what the winning team won was also used in Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot's commercial.
- The music that plays when Scarlett explains her plan to trick the monkey, is the same music when Sierra is introduced in "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1."
- Chris follows through on his ultimatum to Ella from the previous episode.
- In "Twinning Isn't Everything," Dave stated he had never been tested for his allergies, flowers apparently being one of them, as indicated by his constant sneezing.
References
- This episode title is a reference to the late Notorious B.I.G.'s song "Mo Money Mo Problems."
- Jasmine mentions the monkey making it "halfway to Brisbane," which is an Australian city.
Goofs
- When Shawn is touched when Dave asks him if he'd give up the money to be with his love interest, the upper part of a tree behind him is cut.
- At certain points in the episode, such as her confessional and singing to the bear, Ella has visible eyelashes that disappear and reappear.
- When Wâneyihtam Maskwak are cheering for Sugar, Ella's left sleeve is overlapping her torso.
Gallery
See also
- "So, Uh, This Is My Team?"
- "I Love You, Grease Pig!"
- "Twinning Isn't Everything"
- "I Love You, I Love You Knots"
- "A Blast from the Past"
- "Mo Monkey Mo Problems"
- "This Is the Pits!"
- "Three Zones and a Baby"
- "Hurl and Go Seek"
- "Scarlett Fever"
- "Sky Fall"
- "Pahk'd With Talent"
- "Lies, Cries and One Big Prize"