The Princess Pride

'''Fairy tales come to the set of Total Drama Action as the princess is crowned, causing  two  people to form a fierce rivalry of love. Upon fighting his way through dragons, ogres and many other creatures, a long running enemy finally meets his ultimate end in the game.'''

Plot
The episode opens up with Duncan hosting a burrito making contest. Courtney doesn't participate, as she is busy "strategizing." Beth and Lindsay combine their burritos, while Harold makes one based off of LeShawna. Justin makes a burrito modeled after his muscle, but Beth and Lindsay feel nothing when he starts flexing. Duncan pick Harold's burrito to be the winner, as it is the biggest. Justin demands a second opinion, but Courtney says that all of them have become obsessed with challenges. Justin goes over to Courtney, compliments her strategy, then says that she has lots of deformities and she's in denial. Chef and Chris walk in and announce the challenge. Beth, however, guesses the challenge based on the glass slipper Chris is caring, which results in Chris threatening to personally kick Beth off the show. Chris says that whoever fits into the glass slipper will be the challenge's princess, but he immediately rules Beth out. Lindsay takes off her boot, and turns out to have huge feet (Which are never actually seen). Courtney tries to put on the slipper, and barely succeeds. Chef then dubs Courtney, "Princess Courtney." Courtney's slipper then shoots off her foot, hitting Justin in the eye.

It then cuts to goes to Chris telling a story, and the first challenge: Crossing a bridge with an angry Ogre (chef). Everybody is given a fairy tale roll to play and must cross the bridge... blindfolded. Beth, Lindsay, Harold and Justin all fail, but Duncan manages to swing across to safety. Justin and Harold however qualify for the next challenge as Beth and Lindsay are injured. The next part begins as Courtney is leveled down dressed as a princess. She starts singing, which enchants both Duncan and Justin (while Chris makes the song into CD's to auction). The next challenge begins as Chef takes Courtney up the radio tower (dressed as a tower). The next challenge starts as the three boys are supposed to save Courtney from a dragon (the mechanical monster). Justin calls a truce with Harold to get Duncan to lose, but Justin betrays Harold and leaves him and Duncan crushed as makes his way up. Chris then tells Justin he has to sword battle Courtney for invincibility, but Justin refuses to do so. Courtney however doesn't want to risk losing invincibility and knocks him off the tower and crashing into the ground (putting him in a full body cast). Chris then ends the challenge by advertising Courtney dolls.

At the award ceremony, Chris announces that Courtney's lawyers want 80% of the profits from the merchandise, but in an attempt to avoid it, he changes all the dolls to Beth dolls (and gives her a contract that she gets no profits off the merchandise). During elimination, it comes down to Justin and Duncan. Chris announces that Duncan is eliminated. But Courtney argues and Chris says he was kidding and Justin was really eliminated. Justin carefully makes his way to the Lame-o-sine with his injured body.

Quotes

 * Duncan: Ten more seconds! Biggest burrito wins! (to Courtney) Think I'd make a good reality show host? Courtney: Excuse me, I'm strategizing. Duncan: (mockingly) Oooo!


 * Courtney: Please. I'm not coming anywhere near the infected. Justin: Who's infected?! Is it a rash?! I can't afford a rash! Courtney: You all have reality-show-idis, a disease which causes people to turn everyday tasks ito crazy challenges. Thus losing focus on the real competition, which I refuse to do!


 * Justin: You could help more if you'd tell me your secrets...like, how do you even get through life with all your deformaties? Courtney: What?! I don't have any deformaties! Justin: So your answer is...denial?


 * Chef Hatchet: And, rise, for Sir Chris! Harold: Sir? Someone needs an ego check. (Chris enters in costume, holding a glass slipper) Beth: Ooo! That's a glass slipper! Which means today's challenge is a fairy tale movie. My favorite! Chris: (irritated) Beth, dude, if you ever steal my intro again, I'll have to personally boot you off the show.


 * Beth: (in confessional) They're totally type-casting me as the ugly step-sister! But now that my braces are off, I'm absolutely princess material.


 * Justin: (in confessional) I've become the beast, instead of the beauty. A prince turned into a frog. Did Courtney do that on purpose? No, no, she's not evil, she's just fiesty. I like fiesty. I like it alot.


 * Justin: (in confessional) There I was, down, dirty, and deafened. And I thought, 'W.W.C.D,' What would Courtney do? And then it came to me! Courtney would use her head.


 * Courtney: (singing) When I was a little girl, I dreamed of my first kiss. It would come from my perfect prince. and in my dream, it would go like this... Justin: She's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Duncan: Yeah... Justin: I've been so busy seeing her as a master stragist, that I didn't see her outer beauty. Wow, we'll be the best looking couple in the kingdom. Duncan: What?! Justin: I saw 'ya cheat, Duncan. You don't deserve to be Courtney's prince. Duncan: Who died and made you the decider about me and Courtney?!


 * Courtney: (singing) My prince will be tall and handsome. My prince will be tough as nails. My prince will have lots of money. My prince will tame wild whales. Lindsay: She is so lucky, she gets to wear that dress and that sparkly head thingy. Beth: If you smell burnt toast and everything looks like it's underwater, does that mean you have a concussion? Courtney: (singing) When we kiss, my prince will be you.


 * Chris: Wasn't that song brilliant? It was so brillant, I bet everyone wishes they could hear it over and over and over again, and now they can. (snaps) Get the magic of Courtney for only $12.99. Call 555-SELLOUT to get your authentic Princess Courtney CD now, before everyone else downloads it illegally! Harold: I'll take one! I'm going to listen to the beautiful love song and think of LeShawna...


 * Harold: (in confessional, reading a note from LeShawna) " Yo, Harold. If you play that skinny rich girl song and think of me, I'll have to kill you."


 * Duncan: (to Courtney) Come on, I was just kidding about the compliment. You're cute, okay?! I like your face; it's nice!


 * Justin: (in confessional) Falling for Courtney has been hard on the face. I think we'll have a 'no shoes' policy once we're dating.


 * Duncan: (to Justin) You princess-stealing slimeball! (Duncan tackles Justin; the "dragon" causes them to fall in opposite directions) Justin: (to Harold) You want Duncan to win? Harold: You're kidding, right? Justin: Help me take him down, and I'll let you win. I don't care, I just don't want to let Duncan have Courtney!


 * Chris: Want to rescue Princess Courtney too? Well, now you can for only $79.95! Order your very own princess Courtney limited edition glass boot doll. Playing with the princess Courtney doll is more fun and less dangerous than playing with the real Courtney, guarenteed.


 * Justin: No, I am a noble gentleman, a brave knight, a handsome prince. I would never hurt a lady. Harold: Althought a guy who's working with you is appearently fair game. Justin: I said I was sorry, Harold. I refuse to raise a sword to Courtney. I give up any chance I had at immunity to spare you. Now... (puckers his lips) Courtney: Sorry, Justin. I just can't let immunity go. You understand. (pushes Justin off the tower)


 * Chris: And the last guilded Chris goes to...Justin! Duncan? You're out. Courtney: What?! This is an outrage! Justin should be going home. Chris: Yeah, you're right. I was just kidding. Justin's actually the one who's been eliminated! Duncan: (to Courtney) An outrage, huh? Courtney: (in confessional) All I meant was that Justin deserved to go home. I worked really hard at getting him to fall for me. It's called 'stategy.' My feelings had nothing to do with Duncan getting voted off. As if I care about that. I don't!


 * Harold: (to Justin) See you in the funny papers. Farewell. Auf wiedersehen. Don't let the door hit you in the-


 * Justin: With me gone, this competition just got eighty percent less handsome. (bumps into Lame-O-Sine) Alright, seventy-nine!

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode's title is a reference to The Princess Bride.
 * The same horse used in 3:10 to Crazytown re-appears in this episode.
 * The same monster used in Monster Cash re-appears in this episode.
 * Courtney sings for the first time in the series, notably Courtney's voice actress Emilie-Claire Barlow is actually a famed canadian singer.
 * There were some hints for a relationship between Courtney and Justin, which ended up being a conflict.
 * Running Gag: Justin gets a swollen eye.
 * Chris attempted to sell two products during this episode.
 * The "Princess Courtney CD"
 * The "Princess Courtney Limited-Edition Glass Boot Doll" (However, Courtney's lawyers demanded 80% of sales, so they decided to market Beth dolls instead.)

Goofs

 * While Lindsay was shown to have very large feet in this episode, in past episodes she was shown to have normal-sized feet.
 * Again like in, Dial M for Merger, Justin's swollen eye disappears and reappears throughout the episode.