Chef Hatchet and DJ

This article focuses on the interactions between Chef Hatchet and DJ.

Overview
Chef's conflict with DJ is one of the biggest conflicts he has. The two had limited interactions over the course of Total Drama Island, but developed a conflict during Total Drama Action after Chef created an illegal alliance with DJ. Under the terms of the alliance, Chef would help DJ become tough enough to win the season, in exchange for a share of the prize. He was also given special treatment, and his team was given advantages in select challenges. However, this ultimately caused DJ to feel excessively guilty for his questionable actions, leading to his ultimate departure from the game.

Not Quite Famous
Chef gave DJ two out of nine points for his poor ribbon performance. DJ was noticeably sad about this.

Basic Straining
After the voting ceremony, Chef pushed both DJ and Geoff aside in order to carry Courtney to the Boat of Losers.

Brunch of Disgustingness
Chef appears to be mad that DJ and Bridgette refuse to eat the dolphin wieners that he made.

Hook, Line, and Screamer
Chef had indirectly eliminated DJ for not getting to scare him in time.

Riot On Set
In the first challenge of the episode, the two teams have to pull a heavy trailer up a hill. After Chef sees DJ refuse to carry his team's trailer up the hill, he states in the confessional that he sees a little bit of himself in DJ, and feels the need to toughen him up for his own good. This leads to the two creating an alliance (though DJ did not like the idea at first, Chef wouldn't relent). The deal was that if DJ won the $1,000,000 prize, he would split half of his winnings with Chef. After the Screaming Gaffers win the challenge, DJ is quick to chide Chef for crying, which Chef counters by reminding him who had been the judge in this case, indicating that Chef had made a biased judgment in order for the Screaming Gaffers to win.

Beach Blanket Bogus
Chef tells DJ that if anybody kicks sand in someone's face that DJ had better be the one doing the kicking, not the one being kicked at. During the first challenge, DJ lost his trunks after a shark ate it and runs away. Chef angrily yells at him that he has a great body and do not need to be embaressed to be naked.

The Chefshank Redemption
Chef lets DJ help him with the cooking and occasionally acts as his mentor. However, DJ finds out that Chef has a soft side, as well, and is not always the tough guy that he appears to be.

One Flu Over the Cuckoos
DJ is forced to help Chef cook the pizza that is to be served to the contestants. The Screaming Gaffers start to become suspicious of DJ when he is not there when they are hanging out and studying. However, he does come along and eat the pizza himself, amazed at how good his own cooking really is. Later he was pressured, and shocked to find out that Chef was the one who added the itching powder to the pizzas that made the castmates sick during the challenge.

The Sand Witch Project
Chef spends the entire episode ensuring that DJ's team wins the challenges. He was trying to help DJ be the killer instead of Duncan even though DJ wasn't interested. However, he was ultimately caught in the act after he makes DJ faint, and gets disciplined by the producers. DJ starts feeling extremely guilty for his dishonest actions after his conscience (in the form of his mother) tells him to quit lying and cheating. The alliance comes to an end in this episode as DJ confesses to everyone about his and Chef's alliance and votes himself off.

Full Metal Drama
Chef is forced to feed Owen a remedy for his constipation as punishment for his bad behavior of making an alliance with DJ. However, Leshawna drinks it instead.

The Aftermath: II
A clip is shown during the show on how Chef helped DJ. DJ got massages, good food, vitamins, clean clothes, and even packages from home. In a confessional, it seemed like DJ liked having this alliance and appeared eager to win the competition despite the obvious deceit. However, it turns out that Chef threatened DJ into staging the aforementioned confessional. The alliance has done little to hurt the contestants' trust in him as most of them realize that DJ was a victim of Chef's scheming.

Hawaiian Punch
As Chef and Chris' boat begins sinking due to Ezekiel crash-landing into it, DJ is seen laughing at them along with the other contestants.

Eat, Puke and Be Wary
Chef brought DJ back to camp, tied up on a dolly, in order to be the judge for the cooking challenge. DJ begins to cry when he found out where he was as he had vowed never to return to Camp Wawanakwa as long he is still alive. Chef then reminds him that due to his contract, he must return. Eventually, DJ escapes and Chef has no choice, but to change the challenge.

Trivia

 * Both are voiced by Clé Bennett.