The Am-AH-Zon Race

'''The three teams are taken to the Amazon, where their eighteen-hour challenge awaits. One team ends up in deep trouble after a teammate's misjudgment, giving them their first loss in the game, and giving another team their first win. After the revealed votes cause a heartbreak, the host reveals that the episode was actually a reward challenge, sparing a contestant.'''

Recap
Team Victory and Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot are back in economy class at the beginning of the episode while Team Amazon is enjoying the luxury they previously won. Owen accidentally punches Alejandro in the eye, to which Alejandro says, "Nothing a little ice and revenge won't fix". Owen questions if Alejandro said 'revenge' but Alejandro lied saying that he didn't. Lindsay is shown comforting DJ about his "curse". In first class, Sierra is shown using a pizza box with a drawing of her and Cody on it while using a real mouse as an actual computer mouse. Gwen worriedly asks what she was up to, and Sierra tells her that she is updating her blog. She allows Gwen to check her e-mail, and Gwen accepts, but then notices the pizza box and mouse which causes her to awkwardly refuses after seeing Sierra eat a slice of pizza from her "laptop." Heather, who is still missing a tooth from when LeShawna attacked her in the previous episode, tries covering up her bruises. Courtney sarcastically tells Heather that she looks really good, while Heather scoffs and shuts the mirror she was using. Chris then announces that the next destination is the Amazon. Gwen comments that Team Amazon in the Amazon must be a lucky sign, but Sierra gasps and states that every team who predicts good luck always loses. Gwen tries to hide what she said, and Sierra clamps her hand over Gwen's mouth. Chris laughs over the intercom, warning Team Amazon about wishing for good luck.

The three teams exit the plane as Chris welcomes them to Peru; home of the Amazon River. He explains that the challenge is to hike along an ancient Peruvian trail all the way to Machu Picchu. Above the ruins, one team must find the golden treasure. The discoverers will win first-class treatment as they fly to their next location, and that the losers will send someone home. Chris begins to list the dangerous animals in the Amazon, and Cody raises his hand. Chris, already knowing the question of Cody's many allergies in The Amazon, pulls out an epipen. Cody makes a grab for it; however, Chris tells him that it wouldn't make sense to give it to the person with the allergies in case he passed out. Sierra pleads to be given the responsibility, but after Cody begs Gwen to with puppy eyes convinces Gwen holds it instead of Sierra. Devastated, Sierra begins to list Cody's deadly allergies to the bugs, but Chris ignores this and gives it to Gwen, making Cody happy. Chris then warns the teams of the Zing-Zings, a tribe which has never made contact with the humans. Owen asks how far the trip is, and to the teens' dismay, it is an eighteen-hour trip. Chris then gives each team walkie-talkies, in case of an emergency.

The hiking trip begins, and Team Victory chooses the left path. Tyler gets Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot to also choose the left path in order to stay with Lindsay. Gwen suggests to choose the right path, but Sierra thinks that they should choose the left path, as if they were wrong, they would still be with the other teams. Cody agrees with Sierra, who becomes ecstatic in the confessional, stating that she heard wedding bells in her head after Cody agreed with her in front of the whole team. Heather taunts Gwen and tells her to decide, as she had jinxed the team with her talk about good luck. Team Amazon ends up taking the path on the right.

Team Victory reaches the zip-line first, and they get the privilege of using the T-Bar. DJ zip-lines down, while Lindsay rides on his shoulders. Meanwhile, Team Amazon hikes down a trail, Cody thanks Gwen for taking his epipen, but Gwen confesses that she has no idea how to use it. Cody leers at her and explains that if he gets bitten, then she has to jam it into his naked butt cheek, and Gwen, disgusted, tosses the epipen back to him. Suddenly, Cody is grabbed by an enormous mosquito, but Sierra knocks it down with a stone. She catches him as he falls and assures him of her devotion towards his safety. Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot reaches the zip-line, and Tyler asks where the T-Bar is (giving it several incorrect names in the process). Alejandro zip-lines down using his belt, and Owen rides using his hands. He sinks into the water as the zip-line hits a low point, and is nibbled on by piranhas.

Team Amazon is stopped in their tracks as they notice two Zing-Zings sitting around a fire. Cody stops the girls and tells him that he has it covered, although a Zing-Zing appears directly beside him. They are held at spear point, and Gwen desperately calls Chris for help. However, there are no batteries in the walkie-talkie since Chef took them to play video games. Meanwhile, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot still needs Tyler, Noah, and Izzy to cross the zip-line to the bottom. Tyler removes his pants and uses it as a makeshift T-Bar. It works for a short while, but it then catches on fire, and he falls into the water. Izzy decides to go next, and puts Noah in her backpack before sliding across the zip-line, knocking over Tyler and Owen as she reaches the shore.

The Zing-Zings have tied up Team Amazon to a tree, and Cody suggests that the batteries in the flashlight in his back right pocket could be used inside the walkie-talkie. However, he cannot reach it. Sierra excitedly tells him that she can get it, but Heather rejects the idea and tells Gwen to, since she's the closest. Gwen tells Cody that he is not allow to enjoy the moment, fully aware of his attraction to her. Gwen removes many items out of Cody's pockets, and finds some X-Ray glasses. Heather mockingly asks her what color Cody's underwear is, and Gwen checks. However, Cody doesn't have any underwear on, and she ends up seeing a lot more. Sierra asks if she can borrow the glasses, while Gwen is aghast, wailing in the confessional later that everyone wears underwear in the Amazon. Cody makes a confessional next, reminisces about how Gwen basically touched his butt, despite him wearing pants. In the jet's lavatory confessional, Sierra vows that when she wins the money, she will buy arm extensions in order to reach Cody's pocket. Gwen continues to search Cody's pocket, but ends up accidentally injecting herself with his epipen. Cody calms her nerves by telling her that she would be fine, and that the injection is basically a large adrenaline rush. Courtney digs in Cody's other pocket and finds the flashlight, and Cody laughs about getting his pockets confused.

Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot finds a place to set camp, and Owen begins to complain about the lack of food. He asks for nachos, and Noah begins to list the ingredients necessary to make nachos in a sarcastic tone. Izzy tells him to slow down, and she was in the process of making a shopping list. Team Victory runs into Chris, and DJ begs for food. Chris awards them a crate full of bananas for being in first place. Suddenly, his walkie-talkie activates, and Gwen is heard speaking. Chris nonchalantly thinks that she is in trouble, then cuts to a commercial break. As the show returns, Gwen is heard panicking through the walkie-talkie again. Tyler suddenly jumps into the conversation after hearing that Gwen "had her hand in Cody's pants". Heather and Courtney add on that they are getting held at spear point by the Zing-Zings and that Gwen epipenned herself and is now going crazy. Lindsay exclaims about Team Victory being in first place, then addresses Tyler. Chris tells Team Amazon to remain calm, but then, the chime for a musical number is heard. Heather is in disbelief, while Owen asks if Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot is forced to sing backup. Chris then commands that the song is all Team Amazon, and that it must end with a solo from Heather. Team Amazon then sings Gypsy Rap.

After Heather's solo, the Zing-Zings notice her missing tooth. Heather misconstrues their reaction as an insult, asking Gwen if her missing tooth is that hideous. The Zing-Zings then brush over some large leaves to reveal a tiki of a goddess with a gold tooth that resembles Heather. Cody worries at the fact that since Heather is their alleged goddess, the rest of Team Amazon would be "expendable". With night fallen, Lindsay wakes up to a pattering sound. She shines her flashlight on DJ, and he notices that he had been slapping monkeys who wanted their bananas, not bugs. He sighs at the fact that his curse has still not worn away. At Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot's campfire, Owen hears a growling noise. He wonders if it had been the fire, but Noah reminds him that fires don't growl. Owen jokingly mentions that since Alejandro made the fire, it could growl due to being a "Spanish fire". Owen blows on the fire, illuminating their campsite and revealing five strange caterpillar-like creatures. Their fire is extinguished by one of the creatures, and they are ambushed.

Back with Team Amazon, the two Zing-Zings give her a gold tooth in place of her recently lost one, pleasing her. Gwen comments rapidly about the tooth, still undergoing the effects of Cody's epipen shot. DJ had bandaged the monkeys which he had hurt earlier and began to walk down the trail with Lindsay. But, he steps on a twig and awakens the monkeys, causing them to attack him, while Lindsay watches in fright. The next morning, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot wakes up. Alejandro quickly refuses to take a head count and gets the team running over to Machu Picchu.

Team Victory reaches Machu Picchu first, and Chris, once again, announces that they are maintaining the first place slot. He worries about DJ's condition, who is bawling over having hurt another animal. Lindsay points out that in that situation, the monkeys hurt him, and DJ focuses on the challenge. Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot arrives at Machu Picchu second. But Chris does not allow them to begin searching the ruins until their entire team arrives. Alejandro accuses him of making the rules as he goes along, and Chris dismisses it as old news. Alejandro then goes on a search for Owen.

Team Amazon, still in the same place as the previous day, is wide awake except for Gwen, who is sound asleep due to Cody's epipen. Gwen's snoring begins to irritate Sierra, saying that it's "driving her crazy," but Courtney corrects her, and says that it's driving Sierra "crazier". Courtney then orders Heather to get the Zing-Zings to untie them, but Heather defends them, arguing that they might become angry and make a sacrifice. Cody agrees with Heather in fear. In another part of the dense jungle, Alejandro finds Owen stuck in a large cocoon. He asks what happened, but Owen holds Alejandro accountable of the entire situation that Alejandro was awake while the others were sleeping when a caterpillar took him away. Alejandro lies and says that Izzy, Tyler, and Noah went ahead without Owen purposefully, and that he was Owen's only true friend. Owen comments that he has never been as scared of a friend before as that moment.

Alejandro and Owen run back to their team, and Chris allows them to begin searching. Almost immediately after, Tyler announces that he has found the treasure. Chris walks over to Owen and Tyler, who are struggling to remove a small pillar from the ground. Chris tells them that they have the wrong treasure, and when Lindsay approaches him with a small golden statue, he crowns Team Victory the winners of the challenge. Owen removes the pillar, and as the sun casts upon its ominous blue tip, the ruins begin to shake violently. Chris, Team Victory, and Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot evacuate quickly.

Chef finds Team Amazon, but is stopped by Heather who orders him to kneel down before the Zing-Zings. Chef disregards her and then slices the ropes which tied Team Amazon, and reveals that the Zing-Zings were two local Peruvian teenage actors. Heather is disgusted by the fact that they put a gold tooth in her mouth, and Sierra taunts her. Chef reminds them that they lost the challenge and must vote someone off. Cody is suddenly bitten by a red ant, one of his life-threatening allergies. Sierra goes as far as to try and suck the poison out of his thumb, causing Cody to look away. Heather wonders who to blame for all this, then notices Gwen and addresses her as she wakes up. Gwen asks if they had won the challenge, giving her angry glares from Sierra, Courtney, and Cody.

In the first-class section, DJ and Lindsay relax for the first time. DJ helps himself to a cookie, and Lindsay begins to ask him a question. DJ already knows it, however, and allows her to bring Tyler into the first-class section with her. Meanwhile, Gwen, Courtney, and Sierra are sitting in the dining hall discussing the elimination. Sierra then joins Courtney and Gwen in their plot to vote off Heather, giving that Gwen stops being nice to Cody.

At the Barf Bag Ceremony, Alejandro appears beside Heather. Less than thrilled to see him, he tells her to cheer up, as her departure will help him in the game. Heather lets him know that she knows of his plans which eliminated both LeShawna and Bridgette. Alejandro admits that even she couldn't resist him if he kissed her, but Heather quickly shoots down the thought. Chris begins the elimination ceremony, and makes a joke about Cody's swollen thumb. He then reveals the votes, which show that Gwen, Courtney, and Sierra all voted for Heather, Heather voted for Gwen, and Cody voted for Sierra. Heartbroken, Sierra sobs, in the confessional, she asks why Cody would vote her, after everything she did for him. Chris then reveals that the elimination wasn't real and that Heather wouldn't be taking the Drop of Shame, for now. Everyone gasps at this, while in the confessional, Heather swears revenge on both her team and Alejandro. Chris mocks Heather's then signs off the show.

Quotes
Alejandro: Nothing a little ice and revenge won't fix. (DJ puts his hand on the bench, Lindsay puts hers on top of his) Lindsay: Cheer up, DJ! If Tyler can come back, anything can happen! Maybe we'll become the best team ever! Chris: "Here's the best team ever."... (DJ and Lindsay look up in delight) Chris: ...is exactly what I'll say once I get into the first-class compartment! (DJ groans) Sierra: (gasps) Every time a team predicts good luck, they always lose! (Cody raises his hand) Chris: Yes, Cody, the legal department made me well aware of your deathly allergies and insisted we supply an epipen. (pulls out epipen) (Cody reaches for it, but Chris takes it away) Chris: Wouldn't make sense to give it to the person who has the allergies. What if you need an injection when you're unconscious? Sierra: (with right hand hi) Oh, oh. Me! I can take it! Chris: Who can we get to carry this? Sierra: Ohh, Chris! Chris! Chris! (meanwhile, Cody begs for Gwen to take it with big puppy eyes) Gwen: (sighs while rolling her eyes) I'll take it. Sierra: What?! NO!! I'm the only one who knows what send Cody into anaphylactic shock! Black ants, brown ants, red ants, bugeo bees, wolf spiders, katydid crickets, the clear-winged Sutherious Perenna butterfly, and goat saliva! Chris: "Goat saliva"? Must make dating a little tough, eh, Cody? Here you are, Gwen. ''(tosses epipen to her) (Gwen uneasily catches epipen, Cody makes a fist while making a "Yes!" motion, and Sierra glares at Gwen)'' (Heather blows a raspberry as Gwen walks off) Gwen: Not a clue. Cody: I get bit, (whispers) you jam the needle into my naked butt cheek. Gwen: (disgusted, gives the epipen back to him) Yeah... good luck with that. Cody: Ugh. I'm doomed! Chris: "Hanging on thingy"? Tyler: (scoffs) You know, the riding stick. The grabby whatchumacallit. Ugh, the zipper buckle handle! Chris: Getting colder... (Tyler looks as if he's about to lose it.) (Tyler takes off his sweat pants and uses it as a T-bar) Tyler: Yeah! Woo! Zip-line-(pants catches on fire) Wuh-oh! Ah, ah! (pants breaks and he falls in piranha infested waters) Tyler: (jumps out of water and makes a beeline towards shore as piranhas bite him) Whoa, oh no! Noah: He's got good vertical. Chris: For a guy leaping out of water? Yeah. (Tyler makes it to shore, opens mouth to reveal a piranha biting his tongue, and yanks it off, leaving bite marks) Tyler: (gasp) Ugh! Chris: All right. Who's next? Izzy: (gives two thumbs-up) Izzy has a plan! (Izzy then shoves Noah into her backpack.) Ha! (slides down to zip-line with a rope.) Yeah! Ha, ha! Come on! (Izzy then knocking over Owen and Tyler at the shore.) Heather: What color are Cody's undies? (Gwen puts on glasses and sees Cody, only to see him without any clothes) Gwen: GAH!! (takes off glasses, looks away with eyes closed, and takes deep breaths) Cody: (blushing) Who wears undies in the Amazon? Sierra: Uh...(laughs) can I borrow those glasses? Gwen: (in confessional) Everyone! That's who wears undies in the Amazon! Everyone! Cody: (in confessional; daydreaming) Gwen touched my butt. I had pants on, but it was pretty much my butt. Sierra: (in confessional) When I win the money, I'm going to get my arms extended. Next time, I will reach Cody's pocket. Noah: (sarcastically) Sure! All we're missing is chips, beef, tomatoes, cheese, salsa... Izzy: (writing on a notepad) Hey! Slow down, guys. I'm making a list. Chris: (picks up walkie-talkie) Walkie-talkies are for emergencies only! Gwen: The Zingys, caught by the tree ties up with my hands in Cody's pants! This trouble is big! Tyler: (picks up walkie-talkie) Way to go, Cody! Cody: Thank you! Gwen: (indistinct) Help us! Courtney: Gwen epipenned herself, we need help! Chris: E-MER-GEN- Heather: We are being held at spear point by the Zing-Zings! Help! Us! Now! Lindsay: (oblivious to what's going on) We're in first place! Hi, Tyler! Noah: (scared) Fires rarely growl. Owen: Al built it. Maybe Spanish fires growl. Lindsay: Same old story: attacked by miniature monkeys. DJ: I deserved it... I ALWAYS DESERVE IT! Alejandro: You never said that! You're making up the rules as we go! Chris: And this surprises you because...? Courtney: I think you mean crazier! Gwen: (yawns) Did we win? (sees the rest of Team Amazon and Chef glaring at her) Alejandro: Ah, Heather. Cheer up. Your departure will make the game a whole lot easier for me. Heather: I know you messed with LeShawna, and Bridgette too, probably. You are just lucky you didn't try anything on me. Alejandro: Ah. But with the temptation of a kiss, even you couldn't resist me forever. Heather: (both lean closely towards each other) I... would... have... CRUSHED YOU!
 * Owen: (after accidentally giving Alejandro a black eye) Al, what happened?
 * DJ: I feel bad about voting off LeShawna. All she did was hurt Heather. I'm hurting innocent animals! How long can a curse last, anyways?
 * Gwen: Team Amazon in the Amazon? That's gotta be a lucky sign!
 * Chris: Gee, I hope that no one from Team Amazon said that this would be good luck for them. That'd be disastrous!
 * Chris: Welcome to Peru! Birthplace of the mighty Amazon river! This challenge is called the "Am-AHHH-Zon Race". Teams must hike along an ancient Inca trail through the Peruvian jungle all the way to Machu Picchu. Hidden somewhere amongst the ruins of Machu Picchu, a golden treasure awaits discovery. Find the treasure to win first class passage to our next destination. Last team to arrive at Machu Picchu will have to send someone out the elimination door. And be warned, the jungle contains many, many, vicious insects.
 * Sierra: (in confessional) When Cody agreed with me in front of everyone, I swear I heard wedding bells! (excitedly squeals)
 * Gwen: (to Heather) Your parents must love this show. It gets you out of the house!
 * Chris: (at zip-line with Team Victory) Welcome Tiny Victory! I'd say team, but you're more of a duo...
 * Cody: (to Gwen) Hey. Thanks for taking my epipen. You know how to use it, right?
 * Sierra: (after saving Cody from a giant mosquito) I'm the only one who will always be there for you, Cody. Always! (chucks Cody over her shoulder)
 * Tyler: (trying to address the missing T-bar on the zip-line) Where's the hanging on thingy part?
 * Chef: (in Chris's private headquarters, playing a hand-held videogame) Ha! Eat that ghost, eat it!
 * Chris: This should be interesting.
 * Gwen: (to Cody) You are not allowed to enjoy this. (reaches for Cody's back pocket while he grins) Killer Casanova kissing mints? Hair gel, Saw body spray, X-Ray glasses?
 * Owen: Need rest... and water... Ohh, nachos would be killer right now, eh?
 * Gwen: (on walkie-talkie) Chris! Chris! Chris! It's Gwen!
 * Heather: (gasps) Is my missing tooth that hideous?
 * Owen: (after hearing a growling sound) Is that coming from the fire?
 * Gwen:The gold tooth! Crazy or what? It's crazy, right it can't just be not crazy, it's crazy, crazy, crazy!
 * Heather: (in confessional) Even as a child, I knew that someday a large group of people would worship me. I knew. (smiles a wide, toothy grin; gold tooth gleams)
 * Chris: (about DJ, who's shaking) What happened to him?
 * (After Chris tells Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot that they can't continue to Machu Picchu without Owen.)
 * Sierra: (referring to Gwen) Her snoring is making me crazy!
 * Owen: Wow. I've never been so scared of a friend before.
 * Heather: (after finding out Team Amazon lost the challenge) If only there was someone we could blame for all this. (sweetly) Morning, Gwen.
 * Heather: Oh, great. It's Pirate Pablo.
 * Chris: All right, Amazons. Are you ready to find out who you chose to eliminate? Whatchu think, Cody? (gives a thumbs-up, then refers to the bandages over his bug bite) Give that a big, fat thumbs-up? (Cody glares at him)
 * Gwen: (in confessional) I vote for Heather. And Chris, there's $10 in it if you forget to give her a parachute.
 * Cody: (in confessional) I... vote for Sierra. She's like the stalker girlfriend I always thought I wanted... until I got one!
 * Sierra: (in confessional) He voted... for me? President of his fan club? After all I've done for him?! Foot rubs, secret hair collection... I mean, it's just so... CODY!! (sobs)

Trivia

 * Running Gag: DJ slapping a bunch of small monkeys.
 * This is the first episode in Total Drama World Tour where a non-elimination round does not feature a reward, as first-class is automatic given to the first place team.
 * This is the third time where someone attends the elimination ceremony of another team.
 * This marks Alejandro's second time, his first being the previous episode, while the very first was Duncan in Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2.
 * This is also the second time that Chris reveals the votes to the fellow contestants, the first time being No Pain, No Game.
 * This is the second episode in Total Drama World Tour to not have an elimination, the first being Broadway, Baby!.
 * The Zing-Zings believing that Heather was a goddess could be a reference to the Ewoks in Star Wars, when they thought that C-3PO was their god.
 * The title of this episode is a reference to the reality show The Amazing Race.
 * This is the fourth episode where someone is seen bloated, in this case, Lindsay.
 * This is the first episode where Team Amazon comes in last place.
 * Technically, they came in last place in the Yukon, but due to a technicality, they placed second.
 * Team Victory finally wins their first challenge in Total Drama World Tour in this episode.
 * Chris's reference to "The Slap Heard Around the World" in the recap of the previous episode could be a reference to the infamous "Shot Heard Around the World;" the single gunshot rumored to have been the start of the American War for Independence.
 * This is the first time in the Total Drama series that there has been a "fake" elimination ceremony.
 * Cody chose to not wear underwear while he was at his stay in the Amazon, making him the first person to be seen naked in Total Drama World Tour.
 * This is also the second time that he was seen naked, the first being Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, when he went skinny dipping with the rest of The Drama Brothers.
 * Third if you include Paintball Deer Hunter, when the bear roared off his clothes before mauling him; however, this is unconfirmed since Cody was only seen waist up, and only his shirts and deer accessories were seen roared off.
 * Strangely enough, while Sierra wants to see Cody without any clothes, she already did during the incident with The Drama Brothers.
 * Cody reveals he has allergies to various bug bites (among other things, including goat saliva), making him the fifth of six people to have allergies to something.
 * Noah asks Chris if he got his memo about his life threatening allergies in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1, and states he gets hives when in contact to panda dander in Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan; however, the latter was probable said in order to try getting out of the challenge.
 * LeShawna states, and shows due to Heather, that she's allergic to pineapples in If You Can't Take The Heat... and mentions to be lactose intolerant in One Flu Over the Cuckoos.
 * Harold states being "violently allergic to crab apples" in Who Can You Trust?, but in Basic Straining, he is seen drinking what he thought was apple juice when it was kitchen grease, courtesy of Duncan.
 * Ezekiel reveals to have a peanut allergy in Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1.
 * Gwen will reveal her allergy to eucalyptus during the sudden death elimination challenge in Picnic at Hanging Dork.
 * The bottle of hair gel that falls out of Cody's pocket is the same one that Chris left behind in Hook, Line, and Screamer.
 * The bottle of Saw Body Spray that also falls out is a reference to the popular men's scent brand Axe.
 * This is one of the first episodes to feature a split-screen shot, for the scene where Gwen, Courtney, Heather, Tyler, Owen, Lindsay, and Chris are all talking on the walkie-talkies.
 * Chef reveals that the two Zing-Zings that captured Team Amazon are actually Peruvian actors who were practicing for a local "Shakespeare in the Jungle" production of MacBeth. This may be a parody of "Shakespeare in the Park" productions.
 * This is the first and currently the only episode of Total Drama World Tour there the title of the episode is actually said in the episode.
 * As of this episode, all four antagonistic contestants in Total Drama had their eyes damaged at some point. In order:
 * Courtney got a bug bite in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2.
 * Justin got a black eye when Beth accidentally elbowed him in Dial M for Merger and received another, along with much physical abuse, in The Princess Pride.
 * Heather got a bruise over hers when LeShawna slapped her in Slap Slap Revolution.
 * Alejandro received a black eye after Owen accidentally punched him in this episode.
 * There are several references to the Indiana Jones films in this episode.
 * The golden treasure that Lindsay finds to win the challenge bears a striking resemblance to the golden idol Indiana Jones had to find in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
 * The way Machu Picchu collapses at the end of the episode is similar to how the hidden city collapsed at the end of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
 * This is the fourth episode in the series to reference an Indiana Jones film. The first was Full Metal Drama, the second was Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, and the third was Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1.
 * The giant cross on the top of Machu Picchu is replaced with a statue of Chris.
 * Owen accidentally destroys Machu Picchu in this episode, thus marking the first time in the season that an icon from a location is destroyed.
 * This is the first episode where the winning team allows a member of an opposing team to join them in the first class section.
 * This is the fourth of five episodes where someone gets drugged, in this case, Gwen with Cody's epipen.
 * In Search and Do Not Destroy, the bear, and Owen, gets shot with tranquilizers.
 * In Wawanakwa Gone Wild!, Izzy accidentally shot Chef and Heather with tranquilizers as well.
 * In Dial M for Merger, Duncan gets shot with a tranquilizer.
 * In African Lying Safari, two interns, Duncan, Heather, Alejandro, Sierra, and Ezekiel each get hit with a tranquilizer ball (although in Duncan's case, he was hit with two, the second being the one used on Ezekiel).
 * Also, this is the first time someone gets drugged by something other than a tranquilizer of some sort.
 * This is the first episode to show the winning team in first class at the end of the episode.
 * Tyler breaks the fourth wall twice in this episode.
 * The first time was during a split-screen, where Lindsay greets him and he looks up and waves at her despite being in a different location.
 * When Chris had the music number bell ring, Tyler turns to the left to glance at the music icon.
 * The song that plays when Tyler goes down the zip-line is the same as the one played when Duncan arrived to Camp Wawanakwa in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1.
 * This marks the second time Heather is voted off, but this the first time where she is not eliminated after the vote.
 * This is the second time that Cody's pants are shown having hammerspace qualities, for he had in his back pockets a pack of breath mints, a bottle of hair gel, a deodorant body spray, X-ray glasses, an epipen for his insect allergies, and a flashlight without having any physical changes to his appearance.
 * The first time this happened was in Up the Creek, where Cody stored in his pants a loaf of bread, a can of soda, and assumingly, everything else needed in order to make a romantic picnic.
 * This episode was written by Terry McGurrin.
 * The is the second time that the contestants use walkie-talkies, the first being in Not Quite Famous where Lindsay uses one to communicate with Heather.

Goofs

 * When Chris finished explaining the challenge, Izzy is not present.
 * When Chris explains that the landing for the Amazon is short, Courtney buckles her seat belt. But after Gwen says that the Amazon will probably give their team an advantage, Courtney stands up when Sierra explains about that they could get bad luck.
 * When Chris announces over the speakers that the jet is about to land, Cody was next to Heather, but when he turns to see Gwen he is next to Courtney.
 * In the wide shot of Chris, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot, and Team Victory as the temple starts to collapse, Noah is absent. He is also not seen in the next shot of all the contestants and Chris running away.
 * When all the members of Team Amazon are voting, there are seven passports instead of five.
 * When Noah is sitting at the campfire and talking to Owen, the colors at the bottom of his two shirts are reversed.
 * Whenever Noah goes into a sleeping position his three-quarter pants extend to his ankles.
 * There are a few moments where Heather's gold tooth appears white like the rest of her teeth.
 * When Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot appears, Chris has a watch, but when they think they found the treasure it is gone.
 * Technically, there would be no way for the camera to assume Gwen's vision when she put on the X-Ray glasses and looked at Cody. Even if he was wearing underwear, she still would have seen right through them.
 * Even though Tyler's pants caught on fire and tore in half on the rope, he is seen later wearing them intact and unburned.
 * When Cody was getting ready to vote and when he was in the lavatory voting, his right hand was completely bandaged up. But when they find out that it was a fake elimination, the bandages are gone.
 * During the voting confessionals, Heather's passport shows her with her original hair, even though it is shorter now this season.
 * Also, when Gwen and Sierra votes for Heather, Heather's passport was the third one from the left. But when Courtney votes for Heather, Heather's passport is the second from the left, where Gwen's passport would be as seen during Heather's vote.
 * When Chris tells the teams that they'll each have a walkie-talkie, he holds up a box of them. However, there are about six walkie-talkies, but each team only gets one.
 * During the recap, Chris states that ten contestants are left, when there are actually twelve contestants left.
 * Chris says all contestants must sing or they are automatically eliminated, but when he made Team Amazon sing, Courtney didn't have a line in the song. This was due to the Zing-Zings interrupting the song when they saw Heather's missing tooth.
 * When Gwen talks into the walkie-talkie only to find out there are no batteries, it show's Chef using them so he can play video games. However, the walkie-talkies that Chris and Tyler already had batteries, despite Chef having all of them.
 * When Cody screams after realizing he was face to face with one of the Zing-Zings, his eyebrows disappear.
 * When Tyler pulls the piranha off of his tongue, his right arm appears dislocated from its socket and is instead coming out of where his neck meets his head.
 * When Gwen digs through Cody's back right picket, she finds and drops a broken pack of mints, but both halves have a complete oval on the label where the brand name would be and are the same length each.
 * When Chris asked Cody if he would give seeing who would be eliminated a "big fat thumbs-up," and when Gwen was voting, Gwen was seen with strands of hair sticking out as if she was still crazy under the effects of the epipen. However, earlier, when she and Courtney were convincing Sierra to vote for Heather, and later during the rest of the elimination ceremony, her hair is normal.
 * When the Zing-Zings point their spears at the frightened Team Amazon, Cody has a full row of teeth.