The two teams compete in a paintball competition, with members of each team divided into "hunters" and "deer." One member of an alliance stands up against the Queen Bee leader, which causes her team to lose. Additionally, one camper is voted off after being viciously mauled by a bear.
Plot[]
The episode opens with the campers being rudely awakened from their sleep by the sound of Chris flying over the camp in a helicopter. In the girls' cabin, Heather asks Beth and Lindsay to heat up a shower for her, which they reluctantly do.
Since Heather is still having her shower, a long line of girls can be seen outside the communal washroom a short time later. Gwen decides to go "lumberjack style" because of the long wait and goes into the forest to do so.
Chris demonstrates the challenge, involving paintball guns.
Soon after, Chris is heard over the loudspeaker telling the campers to gather at the campfire pit. Heather then asks to have her back lotioned. When Beth turns around, she discovers that the other girls have left the scene, leaving her to complete the difficult task alone. At the campfire pit, Chris informs them that the day's challenge is about survival and that the teams will be going on a paintball deer hunt; he then reveals an arsenal of paintball guns. Chris explains that the hunters for the Killer Bass will be Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette, using blue paintballs; for the Screaming Gophers, the hunters will be Owen, Beth, Leshawna, and Lindsay, using orange paintballs. Everyone else will be dressed as "deer", with antler headgear and deer tails, and will be the "hunters' prey". Duncan is very disappointed to be a deer, and Owen decides to target him, calling him "Bambi".
Out in the woods, the members of the Screaming Gophers who have been chosen as "deer" are unhappy with their roles, except for Cody.
 Cody |
“ | (filmed afterwards, in a wheelchair and heavily bandaged) I was so psyched to be a deer. I’m small, but I’m quick. Lots of practice from dodging spitballs in math class. | ” |
Heather declares that she will have Beth and Lindsay defend her in the game, dismissing Gwen's suggestion that this would be illegal. The scene cuts to the Killer Bass' hunters, where Harold tries to reassure Bridgette, who thinks hunting is wrong, by pointing out that Heather is one of the deer, which greatly improves Bridgette's perspective on the matter.
Owen masks his scent with his own urine.
Just after Chris announces that the hunt has begun, Owen splashes himself with urine from a jar to cover his scent, which repels the other hunters on his team. Beth and Lindsay are growled at by Heather, who orders Lindsay to get her berries and Beth to get a bag of chips from the dining hall.
 Beth |
“ | Okay, Heather can be so bossy. And in nature, hunters would never go find food for the deer! Heather won’t hear this, right? | ” |
Owen continues his search through the woods and comes across DJ, whom he tries to sneak up on. Beth, on the other hand, sneaks into the main lodge, past Chef's watchful eye, to get the chips Heather requested. Back with Owen, the hunter is suddenly startled by a snake, and DJ, alerted to his presence, runs off, followed by Owen. Back at the main lodge, Beth barely manages to get out with the bag of chips without being seen by Chef.
Beth |
“ | So, I'm running for my life from this psycho chef when all of a sudden it hits me: I'm doing this for Heather?! I don't even like her! | ” |
Owen continues his pursuit of DJ, but only manages to injure himself. After risking her life for a bag of chips, Beth talks to Cody and tells him she's tired of the game. Heather is mad that Beth has eaten most of the chips and tells Beth to get her some more, but Beth refuses. Moments later, Heather is shot by Harold and Bridgette. Owen climbs the cliff and shoots at DJ, but when they reach the top, Owen is out of paintballs, so DJ angrily throws Owen over the edge.
Beth decides to turn on Heather, and starts eating the chips Heather requested on her way back.
Elsewhere, Heather calls an alliance meeting with Lindsay and interrupts Beth shooting at a "deer" to tell her she can stay in the alliance if she apologizes for her past actions, but Beth refuses. The two argue back and forth, with Beth saying that Heather is more concerned with bossing people around than winning challenges. Elsewhere, a soaking wet Owen is determined to get a deer, and when he sees Duncan walking by, he quickly finds a new target. The fight between Heather and Beth continues, and Leshawna overhears the argument and stops to watch. Leshawna accidentally shoots Heather, and when Heather turns to scold Leshawna, Beth shoots Heather as well.
Meanwhile, Owen is perched high in a tree, preparing to shoot Duncan, who is drinking from a nearby pond. Duncan is alerted to his presence by Owen's loud fart and flees.
Cody |
“ | I thought it was a cinch to win. I almost made it all the way through without being hit by a single paintball! | ” |
Heather shoots paintballs at Leshawna and Beth, who return the favor. Courtney and Duncan argue about which way the camp is in another area, and as a result, their "antlers" get locked.
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“ | Sure, we could've taken those lame-o-antler hats off, but miss counselor-in-training would probably go blab to Chris and have us disqualified. But, hey! I kinda liked it! | ” |
After that, Courtney gets angry and asks, "Now what?" Duncan replies by asking Courtney if she wants to make out with him, to which Courtney just gives him a blank look.
Cody and Heather are shocked to be in the bottom two.
The paintball battle between Leshawna, Heather and Beth is noticed by Harold, Geoff and Bridgette. They start shooting at them for fun, just as the hunt is announced to be over. Chris surveys the campers and informs them of Cody's bear mauled. Courtney and Duncan, still together, arrive at the campsite. When Owen and Gwen joke about the two of them being stuck together, Duncan replies, "The girl can't keep her antlers off me." Courtney reacts violently by kicking Duncan in the groin, prompting Bridgette and Geoff to untangle them. Since the Killer Bass have far less paint on them, Chris declares them the winners of the challenge and a hunting camp shindig.
At the campfire ceremony, Heather declares that if she could, she would vote for Beth and another camper. In the confessional, a battered Cody is reassured that he is safe because he is a fast healer and everyone despises Heather. At the campfire ceremony, Chris gives the marshmallows to Trent, Lindsay, Owen, Gwen, Leshawna and, to Heather's surprise, Beth. Heather and Cody are in the bottom two, and Heather gets the last marshmallow, claiming that her teammates are very lucky not to have voted her out. In the end, Cody is voted off the island. Since Cody is unable to travel on his own, Chris allows someone to wheel him down to the Dock of Shame, which Beth quickly volunteers to do. The gophers bids farewell to Cody as Beth wheels him away. At the end of the dock, Beth shows Cody the tiki idol she took from Boney Island in the previous challenge. Cody, realizing the truth about the idol and their number of losses, desperately tries to tell Beth the truth, but Beth doesn't seem to realize he's trying to tell her something important. She then kisses Cody on the cheek before saying goodbye, causing his wheelchair to roll off the Dock of Shame and into the water, nearly drowning him.
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Christian Potenza | Chris |
| Sarah Gadon | Beth |
| Kristin Fairlie | Bridgette |
| Peter Oldring | Cody |
| Emilie-Claire Barlow | Courtney |
| Clé Bennett | DJ |
| Drew Nelson | Duncan |
| Megan Fahlenbock | Gwen |
| Brian Froud | Harold |
| Rachel Wilson | Heather |
| Novie Edwards | Leshawna |
| Stephanie Anne Mills | Lindsay |
| Scott McCord | Owen |
- Chef, Geoff, Sadie, and Trent appear, but they have no lines, although Sadie is heard gasping and cheering when the Killer Bass win the challenge, and Chef is seen whistling.
Elimination Ceremony[]
| Elimination Ceremony 8: Screaming Gophers | |
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| Status | Contestant |
| Safe |       Trent, Lindsay, Owen, Gwen, Leshawna, Beth |
| Low |  Heather |
| Out |  Cody |
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Trivia[]
General[]
- With Cody's elimination, all three campers voiced by Peter Oldring have been eliminated from the season.
- Also, there are only two Screaming Gopher males left, and both of them are voiced by Scott McCord.
- Cody has several bandages and cuts on his body as he speaks in the confessional, but he has not yet been mauled by the bear as these confessionals are seen, suggesting that they were taken after the challenge ended.
- The Gophers have red guns, similar to the color of the Bass, while the Bass have green guns, similar to the color of the Gophers.
- Leshawna's nearsightedness is revealed in this episode, as she had trouble seeing Heather and the others from a distance. This disability is never mentioned in any other episode.
- DJ seems to be developing animal instincts in this episode, as he trotted around on all fours, was afraid of Owen when he was about to shoot, and then threw Owen off the ledge as if to avenge himself for almost shooting him; then he kicked rocks and dirt over the edge after him. This is the first episode where he is seen using his strength out of frustration.
- Gwen and Trent were the only Screaming Gophers to survive the challenge unscathed, while none of the Killer Bass did.
- Cartoon Network Canada refers to this episode as "Bad Will Hunting."
Continuity[]
- Courtney and Duncan's antlers are stuck together, forming the outline of a heart in the middle, hinting at their relationship, which occurs three episodes later.
- Duncan refers to the previous episode, in which Chris pilots the helicopter and misidentifies it as the RCMP (who had tried to arrest Izzy) and recoils in fear.
- Cody and Heather, the bottom two at the elimination ceremony, would eventually be in the final three of Total Drama World Tour.
References[]
- The title of this episode could be a reference to the war drama movie, The Deer Hunter.
- Owen's song about beans is a reference to "Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit."
- Owen calls Duncan "Bambi" in the episode. The word is a reference to the 1923 novel turned film, Bambi, a Life in the Woods.
- When Chris flies the helicopter, he wears a Rebel flight suit from Star Wars.
- When Owen gets thrown off the cliff, the [1]Stuka scream effect commonly used in war films is heard.
Goofs[]
- In the recap where Chris explains that "the final marshmallow was set to go to Izzy or Lindsay," it pans from Izzy to Lindsay. In Up the Creek, however, it panned from Lindsay to Izzy. In the same part of the recap, Lindsay is shown with a worried look on her face, when in the actual episode she was not paying attention and was playing with her hair.
- In the remastered version of the episode, however, in addition to the fact that the recap is missing half of its sequences, Lindsay is seen sitting in the same position as in the previous episode.
- Harold is missing from the rest of the cast when Chris explains the challenge.
The scene where part of Heather's head, including her face, is missing.
- Part of Heather's head is cut off as Chris explains the challenge.
- When Chris reaches for the paintball guns, he grabs a red one, but throws green ones to Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette.
- When Harold reassures Bridgette, the hand in which he is holding his gun has 5 fingers, when normally the characters have only 4.
- When Owen throws the urine on his face, the jar is empty, but when he throws it to Lindsay, Beth, and Leshawna, it is full.
- When Owen first stalks DJ, his paintball gun is green, even though the gun color for the Screaming Gophers was red.
- When Bridgette shoots Heather, the paint on her shoulder is the color of the Screaming Gophers paint.
- When Cody eats from the bag of chips, it is full. However, when he picks it up from the ground earlier, it is almost empty.
- When Beth tells Heather off, she takes off her deer nose and throws it at her. But in the next scene, when she and Beth have a stare-down, her deer nose is back on.
- When Heather is sitting on the stump, she is hit by two orange paintballs shot by Bridgette and Harold, but the Killer Bass' paintballs are blue.
- When Owen is thrown off the cliff, his paintball gun disappears, but he is seen with it later.
- When Owen sees Duncan, he doesn't have his goggles.
- After Owen hunts DJ, he is out of paintballs. However, when he starts hunting Duncan, he says he has at least one paintball.
- When Cody is mauled by the bear and covered in bandages, he is able to speak before the campfire ceremony (saying that he is confident he will not be eliminated). After he is eliminated, he is unable to speak because of the bandages covering his mouth, which he apparently did not have or need before.
- After Chris announces that the last marshmallow goes to Heather, the marshmallow plate he is holding is full of marshmallows.
- When Beth takes Cody to the dock and pulls out her statue, it is small enough that she can hold it with two fingers. In all the other episodes with the statue, it is much bigger, so much so that she needs her whole hand to hold it.
Gallery[]
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See also[]
- "Not So Happy Campers—Part 1"
- "Not So Happy Campers—Part 2"
- "The Big Sleep"
- "Dodgebrawl"
- "Not Quite Famous"
- "The Sucky Outdoors"
- "Phobia Factor"
- "Up the Creek"
- "Paintball Deer Hunter"
- "If You Can't Take the Heat..."
- "Who Can You Trust?"
- "Basic Straining"
- "X-Treme Torture"
- "Brunch of Disgustingness"
- "No Pain, No Game"
- "Search and Do Not Destroy"
- "Hide and Be Sneaky"
- "That's Off the Chain!"
- "Hook, Line, and Screamer"
- "Wawanakwa Gone Wild!"
- "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon"
- "Haute Camp-ture"
- "Camp Castaways"
- "Are We There Yeti?"
- "I Triple Dog Dare You!"
- "The Very Last Episode, Really!"
- "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island"
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