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The teams are chosen by two lovebirds, and their first challenge is to put on a play. The team leaders have some trouble in paradise while an unexpected alliance is formed and another is considered. In the end, a crazy actress gets eliminated after a tough guy's unlikely emotional performance.


Plot[]

The episode opens with each of the castmates sleeping in their bunk beds, before they are rudely awakened by Chris through a megaphone.

TDA Beth
Beth
At first, I thought he was talking to the crew crew, not us. I was really hoping they'd replace Chris the creep with a nice host this time around! Is that mean? [gasps] Sorry!


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Trent and Gwen choosing their teammates in a schoolyard pick.

They are told that they'll have to learn how tough being on a production set really is, and that it's not all about red carpets and fame. Gwen states that she can handle it, since she once had a job at a petting zoo, cleaning up after the animals. Chris has Gwen and Trent pick their teams, since the prize for winning the previous challenge was being a team captain. They are both nervous, as neither wishes to get competitive and nasty towards each other, and feel they have learned enough from last season. The choosing starts with Gwen, who picks Duncan, so Trent, out of spite and jealousy, chooses "the beautiful Lindsay."

TDA Trent
Trent
I can't believe she just went ahead and chose Duncan! I mean, they're kind of alike. And now she wants to be on the same team? What am I supposed to make of that? You think you know a person!
TDA Gwen
Gwen
'The beautiful'? What, was Trent trying to tick me off by picking Lindsay like that? You think you know a person.

Gwen's next choice is her partner in crime Leshawna, and Trent chooses Justin. Gwen remarks that Trent is choosing all the attractive people, much to Leshawna and Duncan's chagrin. Gwen picks DJ, while Trent chooses Beth. Gwen, not sure who to pick, is reminded by Leshawna to keep her enemies close, and tells Gwen to choose Heather instead of E-Scope, which she reluctantly does.

TDA Heather
Heather
It's about time someone realized who's the most valuable player here. I mean, seriously, people.

Trent is undecided about whom to choose between Owen, who gets lint out of his navel with his finger, and Harold, who practices his martial arts moves.

TDA Trent
Trent
How do you choose between flakier and flakiest? At least Owen got farther in the last game, that's worth something. Dude, I don't know. I had to pick someone.

Trent eventually picks Owen, leaving Harold for Gwen's team and Trent's with E-Scope. Once the teams are settled, Chris announces that Gwen's team will be known as the Screaming Gaffers, and Trent's team as the Killer Grips.

TDA Gwen
TDA Trent
TDA Duncan
TDA Justin
 DJ
TDA Screaming Gaffers
TDA DJ
TDA Beth
TDA Owen
TDA Harold

They are brought to a lot filled with studio equipment and a trailer. Chris informs them that their first challenge is moving all the equipment up a huge hill.

TDA Lindsay
Lindsay
It's so great to be free from Heather! I can totally contribute more and stuff! I have a lot of unwrapped potential, you know?

Then, Lindsay suggests that they ask Tyler to help them out, but the rest of the Killer Grips remind her that he's not in the game anymore.

Afterwards, when Gwen is going up the hill, she nearly falls, but Duncan catches her. Trent, seeing this, becomes angry, but doesn't look where he's going and falls down. Gwen goes to help him up, but is beaten there by Lindsay, which makes him happy since he thinks he has made Gwen jealous. Back at the base of the hill, it is down to the final item: the trailer. Trent asks Owen to help pull the trailer, convincing him that if he does, he'll get to eat at the catering station, which he claims is waiting at the top. They start up the hill, but Owen uses his belt buckle as a way to pull the trailer, causing his pants to fall down and slow their ascent. Gwen asks DJ to pull the trailer, but he refuses, being afraid that someone might get hurt if he loses his grip on the trailer. His refusal allows the Killer Grips to reach the top first and win the first part of the challenge.

At the top of the hill, Chris tells them the second part of the challenge is to perform a scene for Chef, with the winning team being the one that makes him show the most emotion, which is going to be pretty hard considering his short temper. The Killer Grips are given a story of an old woman who lived a full life and is reflecting on it, and the Screaming Gaffers are given a story of a thug who tries to go straight, but can't fight the allure of the streets. Heather interrupts Chris and reminds him that they haven't eaten in eight hours and that he is legally obligated by union rules to give them a meal break, to which Chris says that he actually is a part of the union.

TDA Heather
Heather
I am hereby forming local one of United Workers Against Chris. Who's with me? Everybody?
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Izzy frightens Trent with her imitation of her Scottish grandmother.

Then, the teams set up: Beth tries to adjust the stage lighting; Owen tries to adjust Izzy's audio, whom he angers to the point of yelling into the microphone; Duncan complains that his lines are too cheesy, to which Gwen convinces him to act by telling him that he's attractive, seductive, masculine, enrapturing Trent. Later, Heather gets tangled in a light cable, so Harold gently appears to free her.

TDA Harold
Harold
I've been working on my courting skills. Yep, I've mastered girl whispering.
TDA Heather
Heather
As annoying as hanging around Harold would be, he'll make an easy-to-persuade alliance member, and right now, m'lady needs all the help she can get.

At the same time, when putting on Duncan's make-up, Chef approaches DJ and offers to help him man up if DJ shares the prize money with him. Chef tells DJ that he doesn't have a choice, despite his reluctance.

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Chef Hatchet
I've gotta admit. I see a bit of myself in DJ. But I had to develop the macho in myself without somebody like me helping. This is gonna be fun.


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Chef becomes emotional and starts to shed tears after seeing Duncan's performance.

Once the filming starts, Chef had unintentionally mixed up the scripts, making Duncan an old grandfather reflecting on his past in a mobster setting and Izzy a gangster grandmother attempting to go straight. Due to his alliance with DJ, Chef lets the Screaming Gaffers win by crying when Duncan performs. DJ mocks Chef for crying, though Chef claims even tough guys cry, and reminds him who is judging the challenge, which shuts DJ up. While the Gaffers are celebrating their victory, Gwen and Trent make amends for their earlier competitiveness.

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E-Scope refuses to leave as "Izzy."

At the elimination ceremony, the Killer Grips are given Gilded Chris Awards. The names called are: Trent, Owen, and Beth. However, Lindsay, Justin, and Izzy are left. Chris then announces that Izzy has been voted out, without giving out any more awards. After insisting she will not leave, since her name is E-Scope, Chris scribbles out "Izzy" on the elimination sheet, and changes it to E-Scope, declaring her eliminated. Chris calls for two men to escort her in to the Lame-o-sine and toss her inside. As it drives away, she informs the others that that she will return someday as a big star, and they will see her star on the walk of fame.

Exclusive Clip[]

Yippee i'm out

E-Scope in the Lame-o-sine.

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E-Scope
Whew! I feel so alive! I'm the Izzy "E-Scope"! I could kick backsides on reality programs! I can tie my ankles together and do backflips down an escalator! Wanna see?! ... Well then, we'll have to go someplace with an up escalator. Yeah, when Hollywood starts calling, E-Scope will have a lot of things on the special skills portion of her resume. I just made myself invisible! Can we stop for banana splits and milkshakes and cheese? Ooh ooh ooh! And let's go some place with an up escalator, you know what I mean?! Whoo!


Cast[]

Voice actor Role(s)
Christian Potenza Chris
Sarah Gadon Beth
Clé Bennett Chef Hatchet/DJ
Drew Nelson Duncan
Megan Fahlenbock Gwen
Brian Froud Harold
Rachel Wilson Heather
Katie Crown Izzy
Novie Edwards Leshawna
Stephanie Anne Mills Lindsay
Scott McCord Owen/Trent
Adam Reid Justin

Elimination Ceremony[]

Elimination Ceremony 2:
Killer Grips
Status Contestant
IN TDA TrentTDA OwenTDA Beth
Trent, Owen, Beth
LOW TDA LindsayTDA Justin
Lindsay & Justin
OUT TDA Izzy
E-Scope

Still in the running[]

 Bridgette
13th
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 Geoff
13th
TDA Geoff bw
 E-Scope
12th
TDA Izzy bw
TDA Beth
 DJ
TDA Screaming Gaffers
TDA DJ
TDA Duncan
TDA Gwen
TDA Harold
TDA Justin
TDA Owen
TDA Trent

Trivia[]

General[]

  • With Izzy's elimination, this marks the first of only two times in the whole season that there are two back-to-back elimination episodes, as Bridgette and Geoff were eliminated in the previous episode.
  • This episode is the first time that a non-participating contestant is mentioned. In this case, Tyler and Courtney.
  • The cast have switched bunks since they originally chose them in the first episode. DJ now shares a bunk with Owen; Duncan and Justin are now in separate bunks; Harold is shown alone; Trent's sleeping location is not revealed although it is likely that he is sharing with either Duncan or Justin. Meanwhile, Leshawna is now, surprisingly, sharing a bunk with Heather; Lindsay is bunking above Gwen; Beth and E-Scope have a bunk to themselves.
  • The two workers were the Camp TV designs of DJ and Cody.
  • Tyler's first design is seen as one of the guards who carries E-Scope to the Lame-o-sine.
  • This episode reveals for the first time that the Gilded Chris Awards are actually chocolate statuettes covered in gold foil.
  • Leshawna convinces Gwen to pick Heather by reciting her line of "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
    • Interestingly, Heather used that same saying during the first team challenge in Total Drama Island, when she faked an apology to Leshawna.
  • Based on Izzy's performance as her great-grandmother Mavis, she is apparently of Scottish descent. Her being a natural redhead further supports this theory.
  • Like in the previous episode, Chris narrows the eliminations down to three cast members who may be eliminated, as opposed to two, which is the norm in the previous season.

Continuity[]

  • This episode marks the second out of three times where E-Scope becomes the first girl voted out from her team.
  • This is the first post-Total Drama Island episode where not every castmate still competing has an individual speaking role, as Justin didn't speak outside of saying "it's fine" with his team,
  • When Duncan is sleeping, he folds his fingers in the sign of the horns. This is the second time that it is shown that he does this, with the first time being "The Sucky Outdoors."
  • In "Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special," E-Scope is in the same outfit and on the same stage as she was in this episode when she cursed on set.

References[]

  • This episode's title references the 1967 movie, Riot on Sunset Strip. It may also be a pun on the saying, "Quiet on Set."
  • When Chef tells DJ he'll help him "man up" and tells him he's making him an offer he won't let him refuse, this is a reference to Vito Corleone's famous line from the 1972 crime film, The Godfather.

Goofs[]

  • Around the beginning of this episode, when the girls are shown sleeping, one can clearly see Heather's wig on the side of her bed, even though it was lost in the previous episode.
  • When Chris is saying the cast is late, he has a watch, but when he gets in front of the trailer, he is not wearing a watch.
  • When the Killer Grips are yelling at Lindsay, reminding her that Tyler isn't competing, Justin keeps his mouth shut and eyes open. However, in the following shot, he's seen with his mouth open and eyes closed.
  • When the Screaming Gaffers react to the noises caused by the insulted crew, DJ is missing.
  • When Chef is asked to give the teams their envelopes he has three, but there are only two teams.
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    Chef has a full set of teeth instead of a gap.

  • When Chef growls, he has a full set of teeth, when normally, he has a gap.
  • When Lindsay says that E-Scope doesn’t look like herself, she sounds like Beth when she says it.
  • At the Awards Ceremony, when zoomed in on the new voting devices, Bridgette, Geoff, and most of the Gaffers' faces are seen. This is a re-used animation from the previous episode.
    • Also, when the voting devices are shown, Lindsay's face is displayed, yet she has no hair. She only has her bandanna. Leshawna is also missing her ponytail.
  • When the bottom three (Lindsay, Justin, and E-Scope) are shown, Justin is to the left of Lindsay, who is in the middle, with Izzy on the right. When Izzy is announced as the loser, Lindsay and Justin both look to the right. However, Lindsay is actually sitting on Izzy's right. This might be due to the split-screen effect, since both Lindsay and Justin are displayed at the left.

Gallery[]

See also[]

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