The Aftermath: IV

'''Total Drama Action finally reaches its epic conclusion, but with the hosts missing, a winner has yet to be decided. As tension rises, the two finalists attempt to find a way to break the tie, but in the end, there can be only one winner, who gets the money and the girl, which leads up to the loser going home with a "consolation prize."'''

Plot
This episode picks up exactly where the last one left off, starting with the contestants shocked at the tie, and Beth and Duncan very annoyed. Duncan angrily asks if there's a plan, but Geoff says there is not. But, since they are all together, Geoff decides that they should "party" and they begin showing clips of the season. Meanwhile, Chris and Chef are leaving for their vacation, with Chris being frequently recognized by people. A woman even requests his autograph as Chef looks on, annoyed.

The contestants contemplate the fact that this is the last time they will all be together, and Bridgette and Geoff seem to be sad about it. LeShawna, however, says that they should just pick a winner and go home. Then, Geoff and Bridgette begin to show clips of injuries and "the real Chris". While at the airport, Chris ends up seeing what is going on with the show (which is live on TV), becomes horrified, and rushes off with Chef to stop it. Chris says that he wants a third season, but the contestants could ruin it. He insists on rushing, and yells at Chef about the traffic.

Meanwhile, Geoff and Bridgette finish showing the clips and Duncan starts to complain. Courtney then announces that she has a plan. She says they should have a "completely unbiased" quiz show (winking at Duncan as she does so), but the others unanimously deem that idea to be "lame." Harold then announces a plan to do a contortion challenge. The two will have to mold their bodies in different shapes to make it through a conveyor belt. During this time, Chris and Chef end up at Camp Wawanakwa, due to Chris' poor directing of the driver.

The two finalists begin doing Harold's idea, and they end up tying once again, as Beth falls and then Duncan does also on his next turn. Eva and several others become frustrated at this point. They begin showing more embarrassing clips of Chris, until Chris himself finally shows up and yells at them. He forces Geoff and Bridgette out of the way, and then declares himself the host. Chris then begins to show footage of Beth and Duncan, and then additional footage of the sides of them that aren't normally seen. Duncan is shown being nice to other contestants while they are sleeping, while Beth is shown being selfish. Both are embarrassed by the footage. The contestants are then subjected to questions by those who had been voted off. Geoff and Bridgette are not present, so Trent goes first. He begins to ramble on about a hypothetical situation that sounds similar to his situation with Gwen. Then, Izzy challenges the two competitors to have a battle of breakdancing. Gwen then questions them about how they'd help the environment if they won. DJ then asks them another hypothetical question, which Beth correctly answers. Owen challenges the two to hold an eating contest, which Duncan and Beth reluctantly do.

Heather states that she already knows who she's voting for, then goes into a rant about how she deserves to win the money more. LeShawna then asks them what they will do with the money. Next, Justin asks them if he is still attractive. Lindsay then states that she is going to vote for Beth, without asking a question. Harold then challenges them to draw pictures of a imaginary animal. Courtney is shown about to ask a question, but she's cut off by Chris. The ex-contestants then vote in a bathroom stall. Most of them end up voting, and Chris slowly announces the votes. The winner, in the end, is Duncan.

Courtney runs up to him in joy and hugs him. Duncan questions her, saying that he never said he'd share the money with her. She then kisses him and says that every king needs a queen, and Duncan happily complies; the crowd and the losers cheer as the couple reunites and make-out.

Meanwhile, Brady enters the stage and hugs Beth to console her, leaving her happy as well (and the losers incredulously surprised at his existence). The screen pans out and shows the non-contestants cheering, Beth hugging Brady, Chef and Chris grinning wickedly, Courtney and Duncan making out and the losers celebrating. Then Chris signs off the season and thanks the viewers for watching.

Alternate Ending
Similar to last season, this finale has an alternate ending. In this ending, Chris counts the votes and the final vote goes to Beth. Everyone cheers and Brady comes in and hugs her to celebrate, surprising the other competitors. Heather remarks on how handsome Brady is, and even Justin looks stunned at his looks, now having regretted voting for Beth. Duncan walks up to a visibly disappointed Courtney and asks if she wants to leave with him to grab a bite to eat, to which Courtney replies that she doesn't usually eat with losers. Duncan grins and says that he usually doesn't either but he still asked her anyway. Smiling, Courtney accepts to go out to dinner with him. Duncan then asks where she's going to buy him dinner, and she teasingly replies that she'll make him a knuckle sandwich. As they leave hand-in-hand, Courtney dials up her lawyers on her PDA. She says that she is planning another lawsuit due to the voting of the episode, thinking there was "election fraud" and that Duncan should've won. Beth is held high by everyone as Chris throws the million dollar suitcase to Beth, seemingly knocking her out. Chris then ends the show.

Cast
Katie, Sadie, Tyler, Cody and Ezekiel appear but do not speak, although Cody gasps and they all can be heard cheering. Also, when Duncan wins, Ezekiel can be seen talking but no noise comes out.

Quotes
Duncan: Can somebody please tell me there is a plan here?! Geoff: Nope! But since we're all here together one last time, let's party! Bridgette: Geoff and I cut together some sweet footage of everybody from the whole season. Beth: But what about the... Geoff: Don't get your shorts in a knot! There's plenty of time to pick a winner. Roll clip! Chef: Uh-huh. Male Tourist: Hey! Aren't you Chris McLean?! Chris: Busted. You know, I try to keep my ID a secret when I travel, but looks like these are hard to hide. Female Tourist: Chris! Can I have your autograph? Chris: Nope, but you can let us bud to the front of the line! Flight Attendant: (squeals) Chris: Now you, you can have my autograph, fine lookin' lady. Beth: There's only one chair. Geoff: Yep! Duncan: You think we could at least get another seat? Bridgette: We think these will help our audience see the real Chris McLean. Geoff: We're gonna play them later in the show for y'all, but here's a little preview to get you interested. Chris: (singing off-key in shower) I stand against the wall... waiting for you to ask me to dance... my heart is in your hand! Ooo, ooo, ooo! (shower curtain opens) (Chris lets out a girly shriek) Bridgette: Aww, we've had an awesome time together... I'm gonna miss you guys. LeShawna: We'll miss you too, girl... now pick a winner so we can all go home! Chef: Well, Chris. When a lot of cars are stuck on the same road, it's called "traffic". Beth: Just give all the money to me! Duncan: Uh, NO? Beth: It was worth a try. The other contestants: Lame! Duncan: This is the stupidest thing I've ever been a part of and I've been on this show for two seasons! Beth: I never thought I'd miss Chris. Duncan: But it is a million bucks... Chef: Cookie gram. Sent by the girls of the Total Drama fan club for all the girls to share. Beth: Really? That's so nice. (cut to a scene of her eating all of the cookies) It's really hard work being nice. I deserve these more than anybody! (shoves the camera out of her face) DJ: ... What "it" am I hitting? Izzy: Not you! DJ Jazzy Chef! Noah: Yeah, right. Beth: Your loss! I love quinoa! Chris: Lindsay! It has to be a question! Lindsay: Um, do I like Beth? And, uh, do I think cruises are nice? Beth and Duncan: Yes! Lindsay: Oh my gosh, you both know me so well. How am I gonna decide? Izzy: Ahahahhahaha-ooooooh Duncan: (laughing triumphantly) AHAHAHA, YEAH!!! Courtney: (runs up and hugs him) We're rich! Duncan: Whoa-ho-ho-ho, not so fast, sister. Who said I'd share anything with you? Courtney: (kisses Duncan, who subsequently looks content) Every king needs a queen. Duncan: "King", huh? That doesn't sound so terrible... (they continue kissing) Lindsay: Wow! Heather: Not only is he real, he's really handsome! Justin: Is it not bad enough that this show made me into a goblin? Now I got his gorgeousity making me come off as even more hideous. Great. Beth: I have all the prize I need. Brady: Oh, was I supposed to bring a prize? (Beth and the others stare at Brady) Beth: (smiles) I love losing.
 * Geoff: (to Bridgette) What do we do now?
 * Chris: Alright, Sunset Beach, here we come! That was one heck of a long season, if I do say so myself. I've earned this "vacay" big time.
 * Bridgette: Um... hey, you guys! Why don't you come and join us in the winner's... seat?
 * Geoff: Since Chris took off on "vacay", we've prepared some never-before-seen clips.
 * Geoff: This is the last time we're gonna see each other guys... gettin' a bit choked up here...
 * Chris: (to driver) You call this driving?! What are you doing?!
 * Chris: I bet Ryan Seacrest's driver would be able to fly the car!
 * Duncan: Ugh, just end this! Just give one of us that colossal stack of cash!
 * Courtney: Stop! I've got a plan. I've devised a completely unbiased (winks at Duncan) way to find a winner. A quiz show to determine who gets the million.
 * Harold: Prepare to contort!
 * Eva: Make a decision! I'm bored! And you know what happens when I'm bored? (hits fist into palm)
 * Heather: (after hearing Beth bring up Brady) Here we go again...
 * Beth: What's that?
 * Izzy: Okay, so like, I just rented the DVD reissue of the 1982 breakout breakdance hit movie "Break Break Break Already"... or was "Breakbeat Breakneck Breakdown"? No wait, I think it was "Breakin' Records II: The Boogaloo Dance Crew: The Criterion Edition"... or something... okay, either way, I love the golden oldies! They don't make movies like that anymore! So, I need a break-off to decide my personal winner! Hit it, DJ!
 * Owen: I recently decided to start eating healthy.
 * Duncan: (to Beth, upon seeing the food for Owen's eating contest) I could have split the million with you and avoided all this!
 * Lindsay: I'm choosing Beth, because I like her, and tropical cruises are nice too. Thank you!
 * Izzy: Ahahahhahaha-ooooooh (pauses and looks around)
 * Chris: The Season 2 Total Drama Winner is... Duncan!
 * Beth: (After seeing Brady enter) Brady! (Beth and Brady hug)
 * Chris: And so it ends. Thanks, from me, your beloved and humble host, Chris McLean! And from our loser Beth. It's been a great season of Total... Drama... Action!

Alternate Ending Quotes
Beth: Yeeeeaaaaaah! (the other contestants cheer and Brady enters) Brady! (Beth and Brady hug) Lindsay: Wow! Heather: He's not only real, he's really handsome! Justin: Now I wish I didn't vote for her. Courtney: (in a haughty tone of voice) I don't usually eat with losers. Duncan: (grins) Neither did I, but I asked you, didn't I? (Courtney smiles and accepts his hand) So uh, where do you want to buy me dinner? Courtney: I'd be happy to fix you up a nice homemade knuckle sandwich! But first, we have to work up a strategy and call my lawyers. (Courtney dials a number on her PDA with one hand as she holds Duncan's hand with the other) After all this election fraud, I smell another winnable lawsuit! (Courtney and Duncan leave)
 * Chris: The Season 2 Total Drama winner is... Beth!
 * Duncan: (to Courtney, offering his hand) Wanna get out of here and grab a bite to eat?
 * Chris: Our Season 2 winner! Beth! She gets one million dollars! (Chris throws the million dollar case at Beth, knocking her out.) And so it ends. Thanks, from me, your beloved and humble host, Chris McLean! And from our winner Beth. It's been a great season of Total... Drama... Action!

Trivia

 * The full Cartoon Network title for this episode is "The Aftermath: Who Wants To Pick A Millionaire?", a reference to the game show, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?.
 * This episode picks up where Mutiny on the Soundstage left off, and is a continuation of the finale.
 * In the universe of the show, the TDA Aftermath shows are live, according to the events in this episode.
 * This episode caused a major debate as to which ending was the true ending of the season. Mark Thornton addressed this on the TDI blog, stating that both endings were the true ending. He also stated that two endings were made to prevent any possibility of anybody revealing for certain who won the competition and the ending that airs is decided by the broadcasting station through voting.
 * The Male Tourist somewhat resembles Owen.
 * Both are voiced by Scott McCord
 * Chris states during the break-off that there should be more dancing on the show. This is probably foreshadowing the concept of Total Drama World Tour.
 * Further backing this up is when Chris, in the Lame-o-sine, tells Chef that he wants a third season.
 * On Teletoon.com and Cartoonnetwork.com, there is an alternate ending that shows what would happen if Beth was the winner.
 * The way the winner is announced in this episode is an allusion to Survivor.
 * Between every few votes, Chris declares how many votes the two finalists have; for example: "Another one for Duncan. That's three votes for Duncan, and one vote for Beth."
 * In Survivor style, one vote for each contestant (DJ for Beth, Owen for Duncan) was shown.
 * Additionally, in Survivor style, one vote (Heather's) is ambiguous, as the line she made could be for a B, as in Beth, or a D, as in Duncan.
 * Brady is proven to exist in this episode, as he makes an appearance at the end.
 * Duncan and Courtney get back together in this episode after having broken up in Top Dog.
 * Chris makes reference to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest in this episode.
 * This is the fifth time that a real person has been mentioned in the Total Drama series. The first time it was Céline Dion back in Phobia Factor, the second time it was Stephen Hawking in Who Can You Trust?, the third time it was Frank Gehry in Beach Blanket Bogus, and the fourth time it was Muhammad Ali in Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen.
 * Chris also makes an indirect reference to Mike Tyson in Million Dollar Babies and Ringo Starr in Rock n' Rule.
 * Chef Hatchet's DJ name, DJ Jazzy Chef, is a reference to | DJ Jazzy Jeff, real name Jeffrey Townes; well known for playing the role of Jazz, Will Smith's best friend on | The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
 * In the scene where Geoff and Bridgette are last seen, making out in the control room, the shot where Bridgette's hand sticks up into the air, then slowly slides back down off-screen, is a reference to Titanic.
 * Duncan's mention of green-peace guys who "hijack ships and get arrested all the time" could be a reference to Whale Wars.
 * Chris showed hidden footage of the two finalists:
 * Beth was shown being greedy, eating all the cookies meant to be shared with the other female competitors.
 * Duncan was shown being nice to the other boys while they were sleeping
 * This footage shows the completely opposite of their personality.
 * It also counts the first time that all the clips weren't altered for the montage.
 * In the alternate ending, Beth gets knocked out due to being hit with the million dollar case.
 * In Duncan's ending, Chris is never seen giving him the million dollar case, unlike Beth's ending.
 * Courtney's comeuppance due to her role as an antagonist this season continues in this episode from Top Dog:
 * Her idea for a quiz show to decide the winner was shot down as being "lame" by all her fellow competitors.
 * Chris didn't allow her to ask her question for Duncan or Beth due to time constraints, although it's also possible that he didn't allow her to speak due to lingering resentment over the lawsuit.
 * After complaining in the outhouse about the show not being able to afford a decent pen for her to vote with, she tries to get it to work, only to have the pen squirt ink all over her face and clothes, much to her frustration. The ink remains on her for the rest of the episode.
 * However, in both endings for the episode, Courtney ends up happy since she reunites with Duncan. This is reminiscent of Heather sharing a smile with Gwen at the conclusion of season one after Chris was thrown into the lake.
 * This is the second time in the series when Courtney has been muted by Chris. The first was in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island.
 * Izzy did not vote for anyone because she voted for "Explosivo" to win.
 * At various points in the episode, Beth showed a continuing attraction to Justin, although Brady was shown to be real.
 * This is the first time Noah talks in Total Drama Action.
 * This episode has a reference to the Survivor Finale. Duncan and Beth were asked questions by the eliminated contestants. This is the same situation where the Jury ask the the finalists questions on Survivor.
 * If one downloads the episode on iTunes, the alternate ending with Beth's win is shown instead of Duncan's. Similarly, her win is also shown on On Demand as well.
 * This is the first time a contestant has done the recap (Geoff).
 * This is the second time that someone other than Chris has done the recap. This time was Geoff, the other time was Chef in Are We There, Yeti?.
 * This is the first time in the season, and the second time in the overall series, in which part of the outside world was featured in the show. Namely, the scene in the beginning with Chris and Chef at the airport, and encountering several tourists.
 * The first time was in Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island, when Courtney climbed over the wall and found a drive-thru restaurant nearby.
 * Chris and Chef accidentally return to Camp Wawanakwa in this episode.
 * This episode has the most voice actors in the whole season.
 * The frames for Harold's final challenge were:
 * A rectangular-like shape.
 * The letter "T"
 * A Spider
 * Palm Tree
 * The CN Tower
 * Flamingo
 * Clouds
 * Ladder
 * Pretzel
 * Elephant
 * Car
 * Unicorn
 * Chris McLean
 * A plus sign
 * Harold's Face
 * Harold's challenge was a reference to the game show, Hole In The Wall.
 * A number of frames (namely Harold's face) seem to have solid spots that are hanging in midair (forming such things as eyes or other details). Logically, this is impossible unless they were hanging by very thin string.
 * A parody of Psycho is shown when Chris was in the shower.
 * Here is how the other side of Chris McLean was shown by Geoff and Bridgette:
 * Chris is singing off-key in the shower.
 * He eats a sandwich in a very messy way.
 * He sleeps sucking his thumb and holding a teddy bear in his hand.
 * It is revealed that he is actually bald and wears a wig.
 * He goes outside in a robe, but a breeze kicks up and reveals his private parts.
 * Geoff and Bridgette were the only ones not to vote (or at least seen voting) for either Duncan or Beth.
 * In this episode, Harold reveals he was an "imagineer."
 * The embarrassing footage of Chris could be considered the Total Drama Action equivalent to when Chris was thrown in the lake, in The Very Last Episode, Really.
 * A reference to the series Stoked was made in this episode when Chris stated that he and and Chef were going to Sunset Beach for vacation, which is the setting of the show.
 * Izzy has apparently switched back to her alter ego, Explosivo. This marks the first time she changes her name (Izzy Esquire) only to return to a past identity.
 * This episodes marks the third time that Camp Wawanakwa was visited in Total Drama Action. The other two times were in Beach Blanket Bogus and Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen.
 * The same outhouse from The Sand Witch Project is used in this episode.
 * The flight number and symbol in the beginning of the episode is a reference to the plane that crashed in the TV series Lost.
 * For some reason, while Chef and Chris are at the airport, preparing for vacation, in reality, that would not be shown due to there being no camera crew. A possible explanation for this might have been that the camera crew came and were going to go back to the set, but ended up going back with Chris and Chef.
 * DJ and Chef get confused in this episode due to Chris shouting for "DJ!" They got confused due to Chef being referred to as the DJ.
 * This marks the first time (and presumably last) Chris has been in the Aftermath studio on screen.
 * Chris reveals his feeling again in this episode about the Aftermath episodes
 * In the finale for the Best. Game. Ever., the "never-before-seen" clips of Chris are posted on a giant wall in picture form.
 * In the game, it was Chef who wanted to post the pictures, and not Geoff and Bridgette
 * The first female tourist that came up to Chris is the same person that is one of Heather's friends in "Total Drama Action: Alternate Realities."
 * This is the first aftermath where the blond haired intern does not appear.
 * Izzy, DJ, Heather, Gwen, Owen, and Courtney were the only people that were seen voting.
 * Lindsay did not cast in a vote as she sneezed in her paper.
 * Trent and LeShawna didn't vote due to Owen's stink.
 * Harold and Justin voted, but were never seen voting.
 * This is the first episode ever since One Flu Over the Cuckoos that the conflict between Duncan and Harold is not shown (Excluding Top Dog and Mutiny on the Soundstage, since Harold did not appear in these episodes)
 * This is the first aftermath episode to not have a person's name in the title. In the first aftermath, Trent's name was in the title. In the second, Gwen's name was. In the third, Owen's name was in the title (however it is written as O-wen).
 * In the car, Chris finds it hard to pronounce 'Seacrest'.

Goofs

 * The episode picked up seconds after the previous one left off, but Chef and Chris are already at the airport, despite the lack of elapsed time that would have allowed them to get there.
 * In the alternate ending, where Beth is unconscious, Heather has her original hair back.
 * Many Goofs were present during the Contorting Segment.
 * Many of Harold's contorting shapes would be impossible to move through in real life, since a lot of them were too thin for Duncan or Beth to fit through.
 * When Duncan and Beth had to go through the shapes that Harold built, some of them were suspended above the band, therefore they had to jump and to the shape at the same time. Yet again it could have been a montage gag.
 * When one looks at the first shape from the far view for Harold's challenge, the hole has dramatically gotten smaller.
 * On Harold's second frame, which was a T, the T is taller than Harold. But Duncan, who is shorter than Harold, ducks his head with his arms straight out, meaning he would not make it out evenly, but he did.
 * When Harold first built his challenge, there was no belt to drag Beth and Duncan along.
 * The scene where Duncan was helping the other guys was incorrect. There was never a time where DJ, Justin, Harold and Duncan were all on set at the same time, but Owen wasn't.
 * This episode insists that Chris is bald, however, there are other episodes which insists he isn't, such as using hair gel. Since this was used in a montage of Aftermath clips, it is possible it isn't true, as other clips have been shown that are impossible (particularly in the "That's Gonna Leave a Mark!" segments).
 * When the camera pans out to show all the competitors right before Chris begins counting the votes, Courtney is missing the ink on her face that she received in the outhouse just a few moments earlier.
 * The former competitors ask questions in the order they were eliminated (though Geoff and Bridgette were skipped). However Trent begins and then followed by Izzy. However, Izzy was before Trent, meaning she should have asked her question before Trent.
 * In the alternate ending, Brady disappears once Chris actually gives Beth the money.
 * During the eating contest, the skull on Duncan's shirt occasionally disappears.