Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water

'''The first aftermath of the season has premiered, with an old host and a new one. The other six non-competitors watch alongside the Peanut Gallery. The hosts wonder over the whereabouts of two eliminated contestants after their plunge down the Drop of Shame. The first guest is interviewed, and they sing a song about their crush, left in the competition, and the last guest sings a ballad to apologize for their previous actions.'''

Recap
The episode opens with the hosts, Geoff and Blaineley introducing the show. Blaineley then begins to talk to the contestants that could not compete in season three in hopes that they would be dejected and angry at the fact they could not participate, only to find out that they really don't care. Blaineley becomes upset, as they seem fine with not participating in the season and are enjoying their time away from Chris, Chef, and drama. She also tries to annoy Geoff, by bringing up the fact Alejandro is flirting with Bridgette. They play a brief game of "Truth or Hammer," and things begin to fall on Geoff when he says he is happy (indicating that he is lying). Then, Geoff and Blaineley reveal that two eliminated contestants that are missing. Duncan and Ezekiel seem to have vanished after their respective eliminations. Duncan was last seen in Africa, though several people have reported and rumored sightings in Scotland and Sweden. The first is a photo of his mohawk coming out of Loch Ness in Scotland. Eva is shown to interview the man who took the photo. He is a stereotypical Scottish man with a strong accent. Eva can't understand what he says so she gets angry and throws the microphone down, ending the interview. Geoff instantly deems the photo a complete hoax. The second sighting is a video, in which a shadow shaped like Duncan runs through a forest, he falls off a cliff and swears every time he gets hit on the way down. Blaineley believes that this video may be real because only Duncan would swear like that. Ezekiel is also missing, though hidden cameras on the plane have seen outlines of him for seconds at a time. Ezekiel was seen by Owen to be hanging upside-down on the wing of the plane during a storm. His silhouette is also seen while Chris is in his hot tub, but quickly fades away in the steam. This makes Katie believes that it's a ghost, which frightens Sadie.

Blaineley then goes into the other two contestants who were eliminated, and attempts to introduce Bridgette. Geoff, upset with Bridgette over her affair with Alejandro, brings out Harold instead. They give a short recap of Harold, which he complains about, saying there is not enough of his "mad skills." Blaineley then shows another recap, which is a series of clips of him stating random facts, and then being injured. Blaineley then ask Harold to sing. Justin asks her that she's really gonna make him do that, but she misconstrues it as him asking it to be a new song for The Drama Brothers to perform. Harold ask what about Cody since he's still in the competition, but Blaineley says that it's already taken care of, using Sasquatchanakwa as his replacement. The Drama Brothers then proceed to sing Baby, dedicated to Leshawna. Meanwhile, the girls of the peanut gallery (besides Eva) and Blaineley scream over The Drama Brothers. Geoff calls for security as Beth, Katie, and Sadie get into a catfight while Blaineley faints after screaming over Justin. Geoff then signs off for commercial, wondering if they would even be back.

When they come back from commercial, Geoff and Blaineley banter before they begin talking about a "riot" that was caused by The Drama Brothers' fans. The band was being chased by "dumb girls" according to Eva, wearing "dumb plaid skirts." Blaineley then attempts to bring Bridgette out again, but Geoff says that "That's Gonna Leave a Mark" should come next. Blaineley asks for Bridgette to come out, but Geoff instead shows a clip of Izzy and Chef fighting that he said was so violent it deserves its own section, much to Blaineley's irritation. Blaineley then demands that Bridgette come out. Bridgette is shown to have locked herself in the green room, only to be coaxed out by Beth. Bridgette is shown to be nervous about being interviewed, especially after cheating on Geoff. Beth convinces her to come out and sing, but she only will if she can sing "her way." Geoff complies.

Bridgette then sings I'm Sorry, but Geoff does not fully accept her apology. Blaineley then shows Bridgette's "recap" which is all clips of her with Alejandro. Geoff gets frustrated even further. After a video guest asks Bridgette if she would make out with another pole, Bridgette and Geoff start bickering, much to Blaineley's pleasure. Blaineley then declares it a "Total Smackdown," a new segment she came up with that involves the two teens in a boxing arena and preparing to fight each other. They begin the segment, but instead of fighting, they end up making out. Blaineley gets incredibly frustrated and quits the show, while Beth flirts with the pole. Eva then angrily signs off the show "because they told her to."

Cast

 * Cody, Lindsay, Heather, Leshawna, Tyler, Alejandro, DJ, Duncan, Ezekiel, Chris, and Noah appear in videos but do not speak. Duncan does swear in the video, but was beeped out. Owen gasps when he sees Ezekiel, but does not speak.

Quotes
Blaineley: You mean the other sad bystanders who can't even play this season? Geoff: Easy... Geoff: Hey! I tried to organize us into a rescue party from the bus of doom. Blaineley: And now your rescue party has to sit and watch everyone else play for a million. Geoff: I threw a great "consolation party," with a piñata. Trent: Yeah, that was my guitar. I kept telling you. Geoff: Pfft. You kidding? I'd way rather host this aftermath than suffer through more drama. Blaineley: Care to prove it with a game of "Truth or Hammer"? Geoff: Sure, uh. Why not? Couldn't be happier. (Hammer swings down) Whoa! Hey. Blaineley: Nice moves, Geoff. Almost nicer than the moves Alejandro made on Bridgette. Geoff: (clearly upset) Happy, happy, happy! Happy, hap- (screams as an anvil, a safe, and a piano falls and barely misses him) Look at the time! Game over! Ha, ha. We better get on to our first segment, huh? We'll be spending time with everyone who's left the show since the season began. Blaineley: Everyone we could find, at least, because two ex-contestants have gone "AWOL," which leads us to our new segment, as designed by moi. Hamish McTavish: (gibberish) Eva: What are you saying?! Ah, forget this! (angrily throws the microphone down at the ground, which bounces up and hits Hamish in the groin, then turns and walks off) Duncan: (beep)! (beep)! (beep)! Blaineley: (during audience's reaction) What about that one? Real? Fake? Geoff: Tough to tell. There wasn't a single non-swear in there that we could play. Blaineley: But it really bleeped like Duncan. Who can fake that level of profanity?! Justin: You just said "cool" and "Ezekiel" in the same sentence. Ha! Hilarious! Geoff: Well, dude, this is kinda cool. And by "cool," I mean "mega creepy." Katie: Ghost! Sadie: (screams) Geoff: Oh. We have another guest? Blaineley: Yes. You know that girl. Surfer, vegetarian, blonde? Geoff: Oh, yeah. Who was that again? Beth: Bridgette, your girlfriend! The one who made out on TV with Alejandro and then kissed a pole! 'member? Blaineley: That's right! Please welcome our soulful surfer, whose unfortunate habit of kissing really cute dudes- Geoff: It's Harold! Come on out, Harold! Harold: (is pushed onstage) But I'm no surfer. Unless you count the net. Plus, I've never kissed any dudes. Blaineley: Yikes! Even Leshawna?! Oh, Harold... Harold: Pfft. She rolls her eyes all the time! Maybe she has an eye tick. Blaineley: One that only happens when you talk? Right. Or maybe she's just not that into you. Justin: You're going to do that to him now? Blaineley: A reunion of your band, The Drama Brothers, right here on the aftermath?! Great idea, Justin! Justin: Wha? Blaineley: (screams) Marry me, Justin! (faints) Geoff: As in, "the Aftermath of Blaineley losing her mind over a boy band"! Blaineley: I was demonstrating enthusiasm. It's part of my job. As we've just prove, Total Drama is the most dramatic show in the history of drama! Geoff: And Blaineley just proved she's not as cool as she think she is. Eva: Like, a whole bunch of dumb girls chasing Harold, Justin, and Trent. Blaineley A-and what did these girls look like? Eva: Dumb, like a bunch of dumb girls in dumb plaid skirts. Like, kilts. Blaineley: Kilts, a school bus... could be a private girls school! (while Eva growls) Eva, what color were the kilts? Eva: Plaid and dumb. Aw, forget this! (angrily throws the microphone, which hits janitor in the groin, and walks off) Geoff: But first, it's time for my very favorite aftermath segment, "That's Gonna Leave a Mark!" Blaineley: No, it's not. Geoff: Yes, it is. Blaineley: No, it's not. Geoff: Yes, it is. Roll it! Bridgette: It's not even just that. It's this whole aftermath show! Beth: Come out and we'll talk about it. (comes out with pillowcase over head) Bridgette: I thought I hated interviewing people on the show last year, but... being a guest is even worse! Beth: There has to be something you liked about the show. Bridgette? (removes pillowcase on Bridgette) Bridgette: Geoff. Even when he was being a Hollywood-level fame-loving freak-a-zoid. I liked Geoff. Beth: When are you going to get a better chance to tell him how you feel? Bridgette: You sure I can't do it by text? Beth: Bridgette wants to sing! Blaineley: Oh. We'll make her sing, alright. Beth: Not your way, her way! It's the only way she does the show! Blaineley: I want her out here! Geoff: You didn't fess up! You were caught on national TV! Harold: It's international, Geoff. Total Drama is seen all over the world. Bridgette: Uh, no. What I always wanted to do when I was hosting this show? Blaineley: Make out with a hot Spanish dude? Bridgette: No, I always wanted to answer some viewer mail! Aren't those fun? Blaineley: That can be arranged! Let's go live to Wyerton, where your first interrogator- uh, I mean, uh, fan awaits! Bridgette: Anything. Willy: Would you kiss this pole? Bridgette: Enough! I'm not gonna sit here and take another moment of this! Geoff, I don't know how to apologize any more sincerely! Geoff: That's no reason to stop trying. Bridgette: You watch the show, right? Ale-heinous was playing every girl out there! We all fell for it! Geoff: Some harder than others. Imagine if the tables were turned. Bridgette: You probably would have kissed him too! He's that good! Bridgette: Poles aren't alive! Geoff: Tell that to your tongue! Beth: (to pole) Ouch. Sorry. Guess you guys just weren't meant to be. So... What are you doing later? Geoff: You feel different. Bridgette: It's the frostbite.
 * Geoff: But first, let's introduce my friends...
 * Blaineley: (to peanut gallery) So, how does everybody feel about the fact that it's Geoff's fault (Geoff gasps) you're all out of the game?
 * Blaineley: Guess they are just being honest, but what about you? Any regrets?
 * Trent: Only Duncan would throw away a chance at a million! Idiot.
 * Eva: So, you gotta tell me what you saw.
 * (a tape shows Duncan at night running off a cliff, and hits the cliff side several times on the way down)
 * Blaineley: Camera shy? So not cool, Ezekiel.
 * Blaineley: What do you think? Real or fake?
 * Blaineley: I'm talking about our other guest.
 * Harold: It's over?! I was on the show for three seasons and all I get is a nano-second?!
 * Harold: (in a flashback; next to Justin, who is urinating on a tree) When your bladder is full, it's roughly the size of a softball. (Justin punches Harold. Next flashback; Harold is next to Heather) The world's longest cricket match lasted 14 days. That's a lot of googlies. (Heather knees him in the stomach. Next flashback; Harold is talking to Noah) In Alaska, it's illegal to talk to someone when they moose hunt. (Moose rams Harold into tree. Next flashback; Harold is facing the camera) Squirrels only blink one eye at a time. Like this. (Demonstrates. A squirrel blinks one eye at a time, then punches him. Next scene.) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321, (A few campers, Chef, and the Bear gets ready to attack Harold, while Leshawna rolls her eyes.) which is a numerical palindrome! How cool is that?
 * Blaineley: Hey, it's time for Harold to sing!
 * Geoff: (as Beth, Katie, and Sadie get in a catfight during "Baby") Uh, ya think we might need to get some security out here?!
 * Blaineley: (with ice bag on head) Hi, everyone. And welcome back to the Total Drama Aftermath.
 * Blaineley: Eva, can you tell us what you saw?
 * Blaineley: Time to welcome our next guest. A soulful surfer whose unfortunate habit of kissing-(Geoff covers her mouth)
 * Beth: C'mon Bridgette! You can't lock yourself in the green room forever! So you kissed a frozen pole on TV! It wasn't that bad!
 * Blaineley: Let's bring her out. It's Bridgette! (Beth comes on stage) I said "Bridgette"!
 * Bridgette: (during "I'm Sorry") Oops, I really messed up. At least I fessed up.
 * Blaineley: So, is it finally time for "Truth or Tractor Trailer"? (a tractor trailer is seen hanging over Bridgette's head)
 * Willy: There's just one thing I really, really, really wanna know!
 * Geoff: You'd be mad if I've been caught making out with a girl pole on TV!
 * Bridgette: (to Geoff) You're so much better than that pole!
 * (while making out)
 * Eva: I don't know why you would, but they want me to tell you to tune in next time, got it?! There's gonna be more crazy action on Total... Drama... (attempts to sing) World Tour! Aw, forget this! (kicks a round lamp, causing it to fly off-screen and shatter)

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode title is a reference to the classic song Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel.
 * Running Gags:
 * Eva saying "Aw, forget this," hurting someone (usually by throwing a microphone down at the ground so that it bounces up and hits the innocent bystander in the groin) and storming away angrily.
 * Geoff denying that there was a second guest by bringing up extra segments.
 * This episode first premiered on iTunes before it was up on the Cartoon Network site. The episode premiered on the website on August 2, 2010.
 * The scene in which Owen spots Ezekiel on the plane's wing resembles a similar scene in a famous episode of The Twilight Zone called "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet," in which a man sees a gremlin on an airplane's wing in the middle of a storm, which then suddenly and inexplicably vanishes.
 * The "Truth or Hammer" segment is seen to change multiple times throughout the episode. First, a hammer swings down. Then, as Geoff starts lying multiple times, an anvil falls, followed by a safe and a grand piano. Then, when Bridgette plays the game, it changes to its largest and most outrageous form yet: "Truth or Tractor Trailer."
 * This is the first episode in the Total Drama series that is aired online, instead of on TV. However, this is only true for the United States, as the TDWT aftermaths all aired online rather than on TV.
 * The first photo of Duncan is a spoof of the famous "Surgeon's Photo" of the Loch Ness Monster, which was revealed to be hoax. The second is a loose parody of the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film, which was never proven fake.
 * Blaineley seems to have taken place of the "Chris" attitude, similar to the way Geoff acted last season.
 * This is the first episode to feature two songs without either being a reprise.
 * This is the first aftermath episode in which Harold is interviewed, as he was never interviewed after his elimination last season.
 * This is also the first time Bridgette is interviewed, since she was eliminated first last season, and took the role of host before being technically interviewed. This makes Geoff, Beth, Duncan, Lindsay, Justin, and Courtney the only people to compete in Total Drama Action, but not get an interview on the Aftermath.
 * This is the first, and only, aftermath episode in which every commentator speaks.
 * This is the last aftermath in which the guests are interviewed.
 * In the recap, it is shown that when Harold took the Drop of Shame in Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan, he failed to catch the parachute that Chris tossed to him.
 * The two interns/security guards in this episode are both wearing color-swapped versions of Chris' outfit with shorts.
 * As Blaineley is being dragged off of the stage in the end of the episode, she states that she wants her old job back, hinting that she lost her Celebrity Manhunt job. This was proven to be true in the next aftermath, when Bridgette asked Geoff if she was going back to Celebrity Manhunt, and Geoff responded, "She tried, they said no."
 * The janitor from the Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special appears again in this episode.
 * This marks the first, and only, time Eva attempts to sing in any episode of Total Drama.
 * This marks the first episode where Bridgette is in a dress and high heels. Bridgette, also for the first time, shows signs of cleavage in the dress.
 * It is also the first episode in which Bridgette changes her hair out of her trademark ponytail.
 * This is also the first and only Aftermath with Blaineley as a host instead of Bridgette.
 * Blaineley and Bridgette wear the same dress in this episode, except for a few details.
 * Blaineley's is red while Bridgette's is light blue.
 * The slit on Bridgette's is smaller than that of Blaineley's.
 * Blaineley's choker is red like her dress, but Bridgette's is black with a light blue charm on it.
 * The segment "Total SmackDown" may be a parody of WWE SmackDown.
 * Gwen, Sierra, and Courtney are the only contestants who do not appear at all in this episode.
 * Interestingly, they're all on Team Amazon.
 * Bridgette's song, I'm Sorry, was the first song that a contestant wasn't forced to sing.
 * Sasquatchanakwa is shown to be very musical in this episode by playing the electric keyboard as Cody's replacement in The Drama Brothers, and a grand piano and electric guitar for Bridgette's number.
 * Cody is shown to know how to use nunchucks when he was about to assault Harold with the others.
 * This is the first aftermath episode in Total Drama to have the name of a contestant in the original Canadian title and the fourth episode when you count the renamed American titles.
 * The first three are The Aftermath: Trent's Descent, The Aftermath: For-Gwen and Forget, and The Aftermath: O-Wen or Lose.
 * Every camper about to attack Harold (in the flashback) was a Screaming Gopher.
 * It can be inferred at least two of these clips were taken prior to Not Quite Famous with Justin still on the island, while one must take place prior to Dodgebrawl due to the appearance of Noah.
 * One of the interns in Broadway, Baby! appears again in this episode.
 * In this episode, the commentators that competed in one season are on the bottom couch and the commentators that competed in two seasons are on the top.
 * The girl that the Drama Machine mistook for Duncan is a recolor of the woman in the airport seen in The Aftermath: IV and Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, as well as the woman who wanted to use The Drama Brother's new album case.
 * This is the second aftermath to feature a video of Izzy attacking Chef Hatchet. The first one was The Aftermath: I, strangely, both are the first aftermath of the season.
 * One of the moves that Leshawna does while singing Sisters is just like a move seen in Michael Jackson's Thriller. This is the third episode to contain a reference to Michael Jackson in the series. The first two were Basic Straining and Beach Blanket Bogus.
 * This means that he has been referenced once in every season.
 * This is the second aftermath to not have a contestant return or join the game in the next episode.
 * Bridgette breaks the fourth wall in this episode, when she pushes aside a split screen during her song.
 * This is the only episode where Katie, Eva, and Justin have any lines in Total Drama World Tour.
 * On Cartoon Network's Total Drama World Tour Website, the name of the episode is Aftermath: That's Gonna Leave a Mark.
 * This is the only Total Drama World Tour Aftermath episode that doesn't affect the outcome of the game.
 * This is the first aftermath where Cody, Ezekiel, Izzy, Noah, and Tyler aren't present in person.

Goofs

 * Geoff says that Duncan was the first to quit Total Drama, but DJ quit in Total Drama Action.
 * Geoff was attacked by many random objects, thus creating a hole in the floor. However later, the hole is fixed. This could possibly be a one-time joke, or they fixed the hole.
 * Eva's mole is on the wrong side on the first part of the episode.
 * Beth is sitting next to Katie and Sadie when Geoff and Bridgette are kissing. Yet, when Bridgette says that Geoff is better than that pole, Beth is suddenly in the green room with the pole.
 * Harold was present during Bridgette's song, yet he was chased down by girls in a yellow school bus with Justin and Trent.
 * Justin was also seen present as Bridgette and Geoff were making out. When the camera slides over to Beth, Katie, and Sadie, Justin's arm can be seen behind them.
 * Bridgette is in her dress before her montage started, yet after the montage she is in her normal clothing. The montage was too short for her to go back to the dressing room, change, and then get back on stage.
 * There were several goofs in the montage of Harold annoying people back at Camp Wawanakwa.
 * Heather's hairstyle is the same one she has in Total Drama World Tour, despite her head not yet being shaved. Even if this was immediately post-finale, she should've either had her original wig on or be completely bald.
 * In the scene of several campers, Chef, and the Bear preparing to attack Harold, Beth doesn't have her braces on.
 * There are numerous instances throughout the show where the buttons on Beth's shirt are on the wrong side.
 * When Beth asks "Chris is looking for Duncan?."
 * During Bridgette's song, when Geoff says "In front of all my friends."
 * Where they notice that Geoff and Bridgette start kissing.
 * When when the screen shows the tractor trailer waving above Bridgette's head.
 * The pole that Beth flirts with in the green room is apparently supposed to be the same one that Bridgette ended up accidentally kissing in Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better. However, it is noticeably much wider than it was in that episode.
 * When Trent and Justin are singing with Leshawna's face in the background, her mole is on the wrong side.
 * Geoff says that a video was captured when Duncan was in the lake, yet it was a picture.
 * When Alejandro was hit in the face by a pipe in "That's Gonna Leave a Mark!," the pipe overlaps his hands despite having his arms straight out.