Paintball Deer Hunter

'''The two teams compete in a paintball competition with members of each team divided into "hunters" and "deer." One member of an alliance stands up against its leader, which causes their team to lose. Later, one camper is voted off after being mauled by a bear.'''

Plot
The episode begins with the campers being rudely awoken by the sound of Chris flying over the camp in a helicopter. In the girl's cabin, Heather asks Beth and Lindsay to warm up a shower for her, to which they reluctantly comply. A short time later, a long line can be seen outside the communal washroom because of the fact that Heather is still having her shower. Shortly afterward, Chris is heard over the loudspeakers asking the campers to assemble at the campfire pit. Heather then asks someone to lotion her back. Beth then turns around to find the other girls have abandoned the scene, leaving her to perform the daunting task. At the campfire pit, Chris tells them that the day's challenge is about survival and it is a paintball deer hunt for the teams. He then reveals an arsenal of paintball guns. Chris states the Killer Bass hunters are Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette who will be using blue paintballs and the Gopher hunters are Owen, Beth, Leshawna, and Lindsay using orange paint with everybody else taking the roles of "deer," wearing antler headgear and deer tails and being the prey for the "hunters."

Out in the woods, the Gopher "deers" are unhappy about their roles except for Cody, who says in the confessional stall that he is used to dodging things in real life, therefore he believes the challenge will be easy. Heather states that she's going to get Beth and Lindsay to protect her the entire time of the game and dismisses a suggestion from Gwen that this would be illegal under the rules. The scene shifts to the Killer Bass hunters where Harold tries to console Bridgette, who thinks hunting is wrong, by saying Heather is one of the deer and this point improves Bridgette's outlook quite a bit on the whole hunting matter.

Just after Chris announces the hunt has just started, Owen splashes urine from a jar on himself to mask his scent, to the revulsion of the other hunters of his team. Beth and Lindsay are snarled at by Heather, who orders Lindsay to get her berries and Beth to get a bag of non-barbecue flavored chips from the dining hall. In the confessional, Beth complains that Heather can be so bossy in her attitude with her and other people. Owen continues to prowl the woods and spots DJ nearby. He tries to sneak up on him. Elsewhere, Beth sneaks into the Main Lodge past Chef's watchful eyes for the chips Heather demanded. Back with Owen, the hunter is suddenly startled by a snake and DJ, alerted to Owen's presence, runs off, followed by Owen. Back at the mess hall, Beth barely manages to get out with the bag of chips without Chef spotting her. In a confessional, Beth chastises herself for what she did for someone she doesn't even like. Owen maintains his chase of DJ but only succeeds in hurting himself in the process. Beth talks with Cody and tells him she has had it with the game after risking her life for a bag of chips. Heather is angry that Beth ate most of the chips and orders Beth to get her another one, but Beth refuses to go. Moments later, Heather is shot by Harold and Bridgette. Owen heads up the cliff, shooting at DJ but, when they reach the top, Owen has run out of paintballs and is tossed off the cliff into the water below by DJ.

Elsewhere, Heather calls an alliance meeting with Lindsay and interrupts Beth shooting at a "deer" to tell Beth she can stay in the alliance if she apologizes for her earlier actions, but Beth refuses. The two argue back and forth with Beth stating that Heather is more concerned with bossing people around than winning challenges. At another location, Owen, soaking wet, is determined to get a deer and spotting Duncan walking by, quickly finds a new target. The fighting between Heather and Beth continues on with Leshawna overhearing the argument and stopping to watch. Leshawna accidentally shoots Heather by mistake and when Heather turns to angrily berate Leshawna, Beth shoots Heather as well.

Elsewhere, Owen is up in a tree getting ready to shoot Duncan, who is drinking from a nearby pond. However, a loud fart by Owen alerts Duncan to his presence and he runs off. Cody is alone in the woods eating chips with his confessional (filmed afterwards) showing him in a wheelchair and heavily bandaged. A moment or so later, the scene cuts back to the present and the reason for his injured state becomes clear when Cody is confronted by a hungry bear. Elsewhere, Heather shoots paintballs at Leshawna and Beth and they return the favor. In another location, Courtney and Duncan quibble over which direction the camp is located and accidentally lock their "antlers" as a result. In the confessional, Duncan says that he kind of liked having antlers locked with Courtney. After that, Courtney angrily asks "Now what?" Duncan responds by asking Courtney if she would like to make out with him, to which Courtney only responds with a blank expression.

Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette spot the paintball fight between Leshawna, Heather and Beth. They start shooting at the latter for fun just as the announcement is made that the hunt is over. Chris surveys the campers and tells them about Cody getting mauled by a bear. Courtney and Duncan, still stuck together, come to the camp grounds, where Bridgette and Geoff untangle them. Chris declares the Killer Bass as the winners of the challenge because they are covered in much less paint.

At the campfire ceremony, Heather declares that she votes for Beth and one other camper if she could (most likely Leshawna). In the confessional, Cody figures he's safe, since he's a quick healer and everybody hates Heather. At the campfire ceremony, Chris gives the marshmallows to Trent, Lindsay, Owen, Gwen, Leshawna, and Beth. The bottom two is Heather and Cody, and the last marshmallow goes to Heather. In the end, Cody is voted off the island. Chris allows someone to wheel him down to the Dock of Shame since he is unable to move by himself, which Beth volunteers to do almost instantly. Upon reaching the end of the Dock, Beth shows Cody the tiki idol she kept from Boney Island in the previous challenge. Cody, instantly realizing the truth about the idol and their consecutive losses, frantically tries to mumble the truth to her, but Beth doesn't seem to understand that he's trying to tell her something important. She then says goodbye to Cody and kisses him on the cheek, which causes his wheelchair to roll off the Dock of Shame and into the lake, nearly drowning him.

Cast

 * Sadie, Trent, Geoff, and Chef Hatchet appear, but have no lines (although Sadie was heard cheering when the Killer Bass won the challenge and Chef was seen whistling).

Quotes
Bridgette: What's the hold-up?! Lindsay: Heather needs her private time. Leshawna: How long's 'Queenie' going to be in there? I got urgent business! Beth: She could still be a while. Gwen: That does it. I'm going lumberjack style. (walks off) Owen: Oh nothing... Bambi! Duncan: (to Owen) You'd better be a good shot, tubby. Beth: What are you doing? Owen: Masking my scent so the deer don't smell me coming. Leshawna: Tell me that isn't... Owen: Pee? Yes! Yes it is. Beth: Ewww! Owen: I got some more if you need some. Beth: We're hunting other campers; you don't have to hide your scent! Owen: You mean I collected all this pee for nothing?! (throws cup in the air) (Lindsay and Beth run away as the cup lands beside Leshawna) Leshawna: Dude, you are one sick ticket. Beth: So I'm running for my life from this psycho chef when all of a sudden, it hits me! I'm doing this for Heather?! I don't even like her! Beth: No, but I did risk my life to steal a bag of chips. Lindsay: We have? Heather: Zip it, Lindsiot. Heather: Because they're lame and stupid? Beth: No, because you're so busy being mean that you don't even try. All you can think of is bossing us around! Beth: Why? Because you know you can't win without our little alliance? Heather: I can make your life miserable here! Beth: You already do, Miss "Come put lotion on my nasty alligator skin!"
 * Chris: (while doing the recap) Last time on Total Drama Island, both teams set out on a canoe trip to deadly boney island. Cody hit on Gwen about 80 times, but he made up for it by setting her up with the guy she actually wanted to hang with, Trent, Good strategy bro! There were winners and there were losers, also known as the Gophers. The last marshmallow was set go to either Izzy or Lindsay. but the RCMP swooped in and bam! Izzy hightailed it outta there (laughs). Man I knew the girl was nuts but I didn't know she was totally insane! However one Gopher may have secretly done something ever crazier when she brung home a creepy stick statue, voodoo thingy from the deadly haunted island. Will Beth live to regret her souvenir? And can my teeth possibly get any whiter? (shows teeth). Find out here on Total Drama Island!
 * (the girl campers are standing outside the shower/restroom, desperately needing to go)
 * Owen: Beans, beans, they're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you... (gets hit in the head with a can of beans)
 * Duncan: (to Owen) What are you looking at?
 * Chris: (to Duncan, about the deer insturctions) Take these off and your team's toast.
 * Cody: (in confessional) I was so psyched to be a deer! I'm small, but I'm quick. Lots of practice from dodging spitballs in math class.
 * (Owen splashes himself with a yellow liquid)
 * Owen: It's on, DJ! Your butt's a hamburger and I'm one hot barbecue!
 * (in confessional)
 * Cody: Bag any deer yet?
 * Heather: (to Beth) We've been talking about you.
 * Beth: Do you know why we keep losing challenges?
 * (Heather gasps then throws her deer nose at Beth)
 * Beth: Oh, that's it!
 * Heather: Bring it, dweeb!
 * Duncan: (when Owen farts) Beans... Owen! Nice try, Farticus! You almost had me! (Escapes)
 * Heather: I'm giving you one last chance...
 * Leshawna: Two hours of sneaking around in the woods and I haven't shot a darn thing. What kind of messed up person actually does this for fun?

Courtney: Why do you smell worse then usual? Duncan: It's Owen's stink. It's following me around like my juvenile record. Courtney: Now what?! Duncan: ... You wanna make out? (Sadie elbows Harold and gestures off-screen; everyone sees Duncan and Courtney walking towards them with their antlers stuck together) Gwen: Oh, this is too much. Owen: Duncan, you sly dog, you! Duncan: The girl can't keep her antlers off me. (Courtney kicks him in the nuts) (in a squeaky voice) Can't even bend over... Lindsay: I totally admire Belle for standing up to Heather, (worried) but she's so dead now! Gwen: (speaking quickly) Who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return to the Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers and leave. Can't we just get this over with it? Chris: (annoyed) Fine, whatever. Spoil the moment. Cody: Okay, I know I got mauled by a bear, but I'm feeling confident about this. Heather's as mean as a snake, dude! Her own team shot her like eighteen times! They'll never kick me off. (switches to Leshawna) Leshawna: Who did I vote for? Well, Heather's been a pain in my butt from Day 1, but I got to say... Cody. (switches to Owen) Owen: Yeah, that Cody... not so useful in challenges anymore. (shrugs) Beth: I know, I can't believe I stood up to her, either! (Cody mumbles more; Beth cannot understand, however) Beth: Don't worry about me. I'll be fine! And... I still have my good luck charm! (shows Cody the tiki idol; he starts to panic) See? I found it on Boney Island last week. Cool, huh? Goodbye Cody! Take care! (Beth kisses Cody on the cheek, but Cody seems to be trying to warn Beth about the Boney Island tiki doll; he falls off the dock and his wheelchair sinks)
 * (Duncan is spray painting a skull on a tree. Courtney appears)
 * Duncan: (in confessional) Sure, we could've taken those lame-o antler hats off, but Miss Counselor-In-Training would probably go blab to Chris and have us disqualified. And hey, I kinda liked it.
 * (Duncan and Courtney are stuck together by the antlers)
 * Chris: Tsk, tsk, tsk. Stealing from Chef, eating chips in the woods, being mauled by bears.... Do you know what I see here? I see a very undisciplined group! I see a disgraceful mess! I see a massive waste of paint product! And I have to say, that... was... awesome! When you guys opened fire on your own team? Wicked TV, guys.
 * Harold: Hey, where are Duncan and Courtney?
 * (in the confessional)
 * Chris: There are only seven marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper...
 * (in the confessional)
 * Gwen: Bye Cody.
 * Owen: Take care dude.
 * (Cody mumbles frantically, apparently trying to tell Beth that Heather is the reason he got voted off)

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode title parodies the war-drama film, The Deer Hunter.
 * Owen's song about beans is a reference to Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit.
 * With Cody's elimination, all three campers voiced by Peter Oldring have been eliminated from the season.
 * Also, only two Screaming Gopher males remain, and both of them are voiced by Scott McCord.
 * During the challenge, the two teams were divided up into the hunters and the deer.
 * The Hunters:
 * Screaming Gophers: Owen, Beth, Lindsay, and Leshawna
 * Killer Bass: Geoff, Bridgette, and Harold
 * The Deer:
 * Screaming Gophers: Gwen, Trent, Cody, and Heather
 * Killer Bass: Courtney, Duncan, Sadie, and DJ
 * Beth breaks her alliance with Heather and Lindsay in this episode.
 * When Courtney and Duncan's antlers get stuck together, the shape in the center of them makes the shape of a heart, hinting the at their relationship which happens three episodes later.
 * When Cody talks in the Confessional stall, he has many bandages and scars on his body, but he has not been mauled by the bear yet when these confessionals are shown, meaning his confessions were taken after the challenge had ended.
 * The Gophers have red guns (similar to the Bass colors) and the Bass have green guns (similar to the Gopher colors).
 * It is revealed in this episode that Leshawna may be near-sighted, as she seemed to have trouble seeing Heather and the others from a distance to the point where she could not seem to make them out. However, this disability is never referenced in any other episode.
 * DJ seems to gain animal instincts in this episode, as he trotted around on all fours, and was afraid of Owen when he was about to shoot (even though it was just paint), and then kicked Owen off the ledge as though he wanted to get even for almost shooting him (then kicking rocks and dirt over the edge after him), which makes it the first episode that he is shown using his strength out of anger.
 * The Boat of Losers, oddly, was not present at all to pick up Cody from the Dock of Shame, meaning for the only time in the season where the boat was not there to pick the eliminated camper up.
 * Duncan references the previous episode when Chris flies the helicopter and mistakes it for the RCMP, (who had attempted to arrest Izzy) and recoils in terror.
 * Owen and DJ return to the giant cliff shown in the first challenge, parodying the movie, Bambi, which Owen referenced earlier in the episode.
 * Gwen and Trent were the only Screaming Gophers who came out of the challenge unscathed.
 * This is the only episode where Cody is voted off of the Total Drama series, as he did not compete in Total Drama Action and was eliminated in a tiebreaker during Hawaiian Punch.

Goofs

 * Lindsay's Name Goof(s): Lindsay calls Beth "Belle" in this episode.
 * After Chris announces that the final marshmallow goes to Heather, the marshmallow plate that he is holding is full of marshmallows.
 * When Cody is mauled by the bear and covered in bandages, he is able to speak before he gets to the campfire ceremony (saying that he is confident that he wouldn't be eliminated). After he is eliminated, he is unable to speak due to bandages covering his mouth that he obviously did not have or need before that time.
 * As Heather takes the bag of chips from Beth, it turns green as she is grabbing it, but the bag is red at all other times in the episode.
 * When Beth tells off Heather, she takes off her deer nose and throws it at her. But in the next scene, where she and Beth are having a stare-down, her nose is back on.
 * After Owen is hunting DJ, he is out of paintballs. But when he starts hunting Duncan, he says that he has at least one paintball. He may have gone back to reload his gun off-screen, however.
 * When Heather is sitting on the tree stump, she is hit by two orange paintballs shot by Bridgette and Harold, but the Killer Bass' paintballs are blue.
 * When Beth takes Cody to the dock and pulls out her statue, it is small to the point where she can hold it with two fingers. In all the other episodes with the statue, it is much bigger to the point that she needs her whole hand to hold it.
 * When Owen is first stalking DJ, his paintball gun is green, though the gun color for the Screaming Gophers' was red.
 * Throughout the episode Owen's goggles disappear and reappear.
 * When Leshawna hears Beth and Heather fighting, the dialogue is exactly the same as one earlier in the episode.
 * At the moment when the Bear growls at Cody, his clothes fly off, implying he is naked, but when he is in the wheel chair, he seems to be wearing clothes under his wrap.
 * In the recap, where Chris explains "the final marshmallow was set to go to Izzy or Lindsay," it pans from Izzy, to Lindsay. In Up the Creek, however, it panned from Lindsay to Izzy. At the same part of the recap, Lindsay is shown with a worried look on her face, when she was actually not paying attention and playing with her hair in the real episode.
 * When Chris reaches for the paintball guns, he reaches for a red one but throws green ones to Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette.
 * When Owen throws the urine on his face, the glass jar is empty. But when he threw it to Lindsay, Beth, and Leshawna, it was full.
 * When Cody is eating from the bag of chips, it is full. However, when he snatched it up off the ground earlier, it was nearly empty.