Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!

'''The fourth season begins, introducing a B|whole new cast, set at Camp Wawanakwa, which has turned into a bio-hazardous waste dump. The thirteen contestants are divided into two teams, the Toxic Rats and the Mutant Maggots. Two contestants build a close bond, and one contestant manages to annoy her entire team into them eliminating her that night.'''

Plot
The episode begins with an introduction from Chris, who explains that the season will take place at Camp Wawanakwa, similar to Total Drama Island, the show's first season. However, this time the season has a few changes, showing how the island has changed while they were gone. Next, all the contestants from the past three seasons (excluding Blaineley) are seen partying on a yacht floating past the island. Chris then announces that they will not be competing this year.

Instead, thirteen new contestants are then introduced from a different yacht arriving to the island. A full line up of all the competitors competing this season is then given. The viewer is first introduced to Jo and Scott, the former telling the latter to stay out of her way. Mike and Zoey are introduced, only to be interrupted by Lightning. Brick catches Zoey after she is pushed out of the way by Lightning, but drops her to give a salute when his name is announced. B and Dawn are then introduced, followed by Dakota, who blows a kiss to the camera. Anne Maria is then introduced while applying spray tan, and Staci brags about her aunt who invented fake tanner. Cameron is then introduced, but is then knocked over by a flock of birds, followed by the final introduction, Sam. But to make a more interesting welcome, Chris activates a bomb, destroying the boat and causing the cast to fall into the water.

The contestants then had to swim back to shore. Cameron is drowning in the lake, but Lightning saves him and calls him a "little girl" in the process, causing Cameron to protest. Staci starts drowning, as she was wasting her energy telling lies. Mike and Zoey both say that they'll help Staci and Staci takes her hand and puts it on Mike's head drowning him. Zoey saves them both. Meanwhile, Jo swims her way to the shore first. However, Dawn was already at the shore, since she used a shortcut and didn't even get wet. Brick made it on the shore third. B, who was unknowingly carrying Cameron, makes it to the shore fourth.

Once everyone made it ashore, everyone gets to have a few moments of chatting. Then Chris announces that the team should follow a path into the woods, and then signals off a horn to awaken the beasts that have been inhabitants of the island. The cast screams as they run away from the loud rustling in the distance. After they have followed the path, they are united with Chris awaiting at a finish line. The contestants crossing the finish line determined which team they would be placed on, with B, Dakota, Dawn, Lightning, Sam, Scott, and Staci ending up on the Toxic Rats and Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Jo, Mike, and Zoey on the Mutant Maggots. Chris also introduces the "Chris head," which he is going to hide somewhere on the island. It is an item that, when found, will allow the contestant who finds it to stay in the competition even when voted out for the first time.

After that, Chris then gives out rewards for those who crossed the finish line first. Due to Jo crossing first, her team won a trampoline, and Lightning, the second to cross, got a hacksaw. From there, they must cut down a totem pole that is hanging from a tree, with a timed bomb strapped to it, which would detonate in seven minutes, unless they cut it down, slide it down a hill, and place it on a tree stump between the cabins. After the team had both successfully cut down their rope, they then had placed it on the river, where they would ride down a waterfall and onto a slope.

The challenge begins. Jo fell into the water after jumping on the trampoline, prompting Cameron to calculate exactly where Jo should jump on the trampoline to reach the axe. Anne Maria attempts to get the axe but jumps too hard which causes her to slam between the totem pole and the trampoline until Jo kicked the trampoline out of the way. Brick then attempts to grab the axe but couldn't separate the axe from the totem pole, leaving him vulnerable to a mutant squirrel which attacked the entire team (no one was harmed though). In the process, the squirrel shot a laser which cut the rope. Meanwhile, Lightning failed at climbing the tree to cut the totem down for the Toxic Rats, claiming there was butter on that tree that Chris put there to mess him up to shrug off his failure. Afterwards, B managed to come up with a solution that involved the entire team stacking up against each other to reach the rope to cut down the totem. This made B's teammates (excluding Scott) impressed with B. The rats were in the lead and made it down the slope first after both teams went down a waterfall and B had his team lean forward to pick up speed and pass the Maggots. While they were racing on their totems, Owen makes a cameo in this episode, saying to Chris that the boat carrying him and his fellow "classic" contestants wouldn't stop, before Chef sticks a bomb on his face, causing Owen to be launched off the island, screaming. The Rats arrived first and got to choose between a luxurious cabin and a regular cabin akin to the cabins from Total Drama Island. But once the Rats had chosen which cabin they had wanted, the Maggots came into the campground soaring and crashed into that cabin, thus destroying it. Even though the Rats successfully completed the challenge, the Maggots won because the cabin the Rats chose was destroyed and the Maggots' cabin was the only one left. A new cabin which is just a plain old cabin replaced the new one immediately via helicopter.

The Rats were then taken to the first elimination campfire ceremony, where Chris announced that this time instead of the eliminated player not getting a marshmallow, that player would get the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom. Scott, Lightning, B, Dawn, and Sam received regular marshmallows in that order. That left Dakota, who wasn't focused on competing, and Staci, who annoyed everyone by constantly talking. The Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom went to Staci, who became the first contestant out of the season. Staci asks if that means she has to go to the Dock of Shame, to which Chris replies by announcing that this season voted off players leave the game by the Hurl of Shame. Staci talks about how one of her ancestors invented catapults but before she could finish, Chris hurled her with the catapult.

Cast

 * B and Chef Hatchet appear, but do not speak. However, Chef Hatchet screams and laughs.
 * All of the original twenty-four contestants appear, but (excluding Owen) have no lines.
 * One of the men in the paparazzi speaks, but it's unknown who voices him.

Quotes
Scott: (to Jo) Right back at ya.(sniffs armpit) Chris McLean: (cutting off Dakota) Anne Maria! Anne Maria: (applying spray tan) Ah yes, three more coats ought a do it. Dakota: (pushes Anne Maria out of the camera) Whoa, who said you could pan away? Anne Maria: (sprays Dakota with spray tan) Don't push me, blondie! Staci: My great aunt Milly invented sun-tan. Yeah, before her, people used to smear themselves in clay. (Anne Maria sprays Staci with spray tan as well) Scott: (swims past him) Spaz. Lightning: (lifts up Cameron) I'll save you, little girl! Cameron: I'm a boy! Paparazzi: Uh, we got your text. Dawn: (examining starfish) Hmm, oh, I used a shortcut. Brick: (crawls out of lake and to Dawn.) Ma'am. (salutes and falls back down)  Dawn: Yes, that would be good, considering you were an only child and all. Zoey: Huh? Who told you that? Dawn: Your soul reads like an open book, you had such a lonely childhood. (holds Zoey's hand) It must have been difficult. Zoey: (removes her hand away from Dawn's grasp) Anne Maria: That's what we're trying to do, Mike. Mike: Mike? Name's Chester, missy. Sam: Teeth down on the rope! Down! Lightning: Girl, you cannot be that dumb! Dawn: Pretend it's Daddy's steak knife! Dakota: Oh! (cuts the rope releasing their totem) B: (in confessional silently admiring his genius wit)' Scott:' (confessional, bouncing a rock against the wall) B thinks he's so smart, but, when my plan goes in action, he won't know what hit him! (rocks hits his face) Oww! Brick: It's my duty to inform you, Ma'am, that we have bigger problems. (points towards waterfall) Mike: (still under his Chester personality) And maybe our last! (after the team reaches the land again) Ah, kids today and their crazy log rides. Mike: Huh? (regains original personality) Zoey, Zoey hang on tight! Chris: Actually, we came up with something new this season. You'll love it! Say hello to the Hurl of Shame, patent pending.
 * Jo: (to Scott) Stay out of my way if you value your kiwis!
 * Dawn: (to B) Your aura is an exceptionally purplish-green. Oh, it suits you, though.
 * Dakota: Oh, hey there. Dakota here! And I'm here to... (is cut off by Chris)
 * Cameron: Fresh air, a real lake, birds! (pigeons knock him off a railing)
 * Sam: (playing videogames) Oh yeah! Grenade launcher upgrade! Heh heh, now we're cooking!
 * Chris McLean: Yup, it's our most roughest, toughest, most explosive season ever! (detonates a bomb on the boat) Right here on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!
 * Cameron: (drowning) Help!
 * Dakota: (getting picture taken) Hi, fellas, how ever did you find me?
 * Jo: (walks out of lake) Woohoo, that's what I'm talking about! First one on the... (looks at Dawn on rock) How did you...you're not even wet!
 * Brick: (in confessional) I may be the strongest player here, but I'm all about the teamwork. Back in cadet camp, I took the teamwork medal three years running. Also bed making medal, flag folding medal, and letters home to mom medal, I always win that one.
 * Zoey: (in confessional) Wow, I can't believe I'm in the Total Drama confessional, it's so exciting. Everyone seems so nice. I hope they all like me, I could use a few more friends, or friends period. Oh, what if they hate me? Maybe this flower is too big. Am I trying to hard? You like me, right?
 * Zoey: So stoked to be here! I've been watching Total Drama forever. Who knows, maybe I'll even make some new friends.
 * Staci: It's too bad my third cousin Jack isn't here to give us tips on bare handed tree climbing.
 * Anne Maria: (in confessional) Sure I want to win a million dollars, but not at the expense of my looks! I mean check me out, perfect hair, perfect tan, all this is worth a billion, easy.
 * Mike: (watching Brick attempting to not hurt himself) Aww man, this isn't working. (gasps as he undergoes a change in personality into an old man named Chester) D'aw darn it, cut the dang rope already!
 * Zoey: (in confessional) Mike is so sweet! You know, I really don't get his old man comedy routine, but I bet it's really funny if you're from France, or something...
 * Dakota: (trying to saw the ropes) How are you supposed to, it won't work!
 * Sam: B! Change your name to A plus!
 * Jo: (on her team's totem pole floating down river) They're gaining on us!
 * Cameron: My first waterfall!
 * Zoey: (falls off totem pole and is hanging on the edge) Mike!
 * Zoey: (smiles and holds onto Mike) Thanks Mike!
 * Owen: (rejoins Chris awaiting at the cabins) Hey Chris, get this, the boat wouldn't stop.Chris: Oh look, it's former player Owen, who's not competing this year!Owen: Yeah, so I swam back to tell, what? Not competing?Chris: I'm afraid you and the other "classic" campers have outlived your usefulness, Chef.Chef: (Chef puts bomb on Owen's face)Owen: Ah! (Chris activates the bomb and blasts Owen off the island)
 * Lightning: (after he and the other Toxic Rats made it back to camp) Whoo, first place, go Team Lightning!
 * Staci: Yeah, great great great uncle James invented log cabins, before him people had to sleep in the trees, and they kept falling out all the time. And my great great great great aunt Phillis invents roofs and before her, homes were just walls and furniture. And every time it rained you had to get a new sofa, hehe.
 * Chris: Regardless, the only team with a cabin still standing, the Mutant Maggots win the first challenge!
 * Chris: (at elimination) The votes have been cast, those who receive a regular marshmallow can stay, but this season one player will receive a special marshmallow. A marshmallow you do not want to eat, whoever gets the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom is out of the contest. Which means you can't come back, ever.
 * Staci: Aww, but I was doing so good. (Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom makes Staci's hair fall out) I guess it's the Dock of Shame for me, then.
 * Staci: Yeah, catapults were invented by my great great great great great great great great (gets launched off the island)
 * Chris: One down, twelve to go. Who's next in line? Find out next time on, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!

Trivia

 * The title is a reference to the commonly used phrase "Bigger, faster, stronger."
 * Currently, this is the only episode in which all of the original contestants (excluding Blaineley) and all of the new contestants appear. This reveals that they all survived their ordeal at the end of the previous season.
 * This excludes Blaineley, thus it is unknown what her condition is.
 * The order the new contestants are introduced is:
 * 1) Jo
 * 2) Scott
 * 3) Zoey
 * 4) Mike
 * 5) Lightning
 * 6) Brick
 * 7) B
 * 8) Dawn
 * 9) Dakota
 * 10) Anne Maria
 * 11) Staci
 * 12) Cameron
 * 13) Sam
 * This is the second season premiere in a row in which a race to the finish line determines the teams; the first was Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1 in Total Drama World Tour.
 * When Cameron and Lightning are in the confessional, audio from their audition tape is used.
 * The only new characters who don't use the confessional in this episode are Dawn, Jo and Staci.
 * The following are what the original contestants did on the yacht:
 * Duncan and Gwen are making out.
 * Harold, Leshawna and DJ are dancing with Eva glaring at them.
 * Izzy is hanging upside down at the side of the yacht with her arm twirling a life preserver and having another in her head while Noah stares at her awkwardly.
 * Sierra, who has regained a bit of her hair and is wearing a hat, is hugging Cody.
 * Owen is dancing.
 * Lindsay and Tyler are making out.
 * Beth is gushing over Justin, until bird droppings fall on him.
 * Alejandro, still in the Drama Machine, is holding Heather, who now has long hair, while Courtney glares at them.
 * Katie and Sadie are hugging Trent.
 * Bridgette and Geoff are dancing.
 * A still-feral Ezekiel is at the front of the deck with his tongue out like a dog.
 * This episode marks the highest number of contestants appearing in the episode without any lines.
 * Owen is the only original contestant who spoke.
 * Both couples making out consist of a male Killer Bass and a female Screaming Gopher.
 * Ironically, the couple who is often seen making out did not.
 * DJ's dance is similar to his celebration dance in Can't Help Falling In Louvre while Leshawna's dance is similar to that in Beach Blanket Bogus and Come Fly With Us.
 * Geoff excited on the yacht is similar to when he first arrived to the island in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1.
 * The bombs that were seen multiple times throughout the episode had the Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot logo on them, which was used in the previous season.
 * Dakota's desire to have a mutated squirrel in this episode could parallel the character Veruca Salt in a chapter of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a novel by Roald Dahl (and later two movies).
 * One of Mike's alternate personalities, an old man named Chester, makes his debut in this episode.
 * There are several clues from the "classic" cast that some time has past between the end of season three and the start of season four.
 * Chris told Owen that he was "not competing this year." It could be assumed that a year has passed since the events of Total Drama World Tour.
 * It can also be assumed from the length of Heather's hair growth from her Total Drama World Tour length back to its original Total Drama Island length that a significant amount of time has passed since Total Drama World Tour and this episode.
 * Likewise, Sierra is also shown with some hair growth under her hat, showing that she has recovered some of it since losing all of her hair in an explosion. Additionally, her legs have also recovered.
 * However, Alejandro was still inside the Drama Machine, highlighting that his injuries were incredibly extensive.
 * Similarly, Ezekiel is still a Gollum-like creature. This proves that not enough time has passed for Ezekiel to restore to normal or his transformation from the previous season is irreversible.
 * The reward for this episode is similar to the reward in Monster Cash, with the winners of the first challenge being allowed to pick the sleeping arrangements.
 * Also, in both episodes, one of the trailers/cabins seems obviously better than the other, but then something happens to bring them both down the same standard.
 * Staci is the fifth contestant to have become bald at some point. The other four are Heather, Ezekiel, Sierra, and Alejandro.
 * This is the first season where there are two teams and the amount of players on each team are uneven at the beginning.
 * The cap Sierra is wearing is similar to Cody's Drama Brothers cap.
 * When Dakota's paparazzi first arrive, the theme music used for the Aftermath's intro can be heard playing.
 * With the exception of Courtney's PDA, this is the first time Chris allows the contestants to bring along any technological devices with them; in this case, Sam's handheld video game and Dakota's cellphone (Although they were confiscated later by Chris in Truth or Laser Shark).
 * This is the second time that a contestant contacts people in the outside world with their technological device; the first being Courtney contacting her lawyers in Total Drama Action.
 * The way Duncan and Gwen hold each other while making out is similar to how Courtney imagines in Boyfriend Kisser.
 * Like in Not So Happy Campers: Part 1, the first two contestants to be introduced is a girl followed by a boy.
 * Also, the first new contestant to reach the island is also a girl.
 * This is the second season premiere that hasn't two part length. The first being Monster Cash.
 * This is the first episode Sierra and Alejandro appears but have no lines.
 * At least one member of the final two of the previous seasons appear in all four shots showing the veterans:
 * First shot: Gwen (Total Drama Island) and Duncan (Total Drama Action).
 * Second shot: Owen (Total Drama Island).
 * Third shot: Beth (Total Drama Action).
 * Final shot: Alejandro and Heather (Total Drama World Tour).
 * The final shot showing the orignal contestants on the yacht shows at least one member from all teams of the previous seasons:
 * Screaming Gophers: Trent and Heather.
 * Killer Bass: Bridgette, Geoff, Ezekiel, Courtney, Katie and Sadie.
 * Screaming Gaffers: Heather.
 * Killer Grips: Courtney and Trent.
 * Team Victory: Bridgette and Ezekiel.
 * Team Amazon: Heather and Courtney.
 * Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot: Alejandro.

Goofs

 * Before the camera zooms in on Chris standing on the dock, the intern is nowhere to be seen. After it zooms in on Chris, he walks to the side of the dock and the intern appears.
 * The bombs Chris uses throughout the challenge are missing the logo on the front at several times during the episode.
 * As soon as the mutant squirrel hits the tree branch with electricity, the axe in the Mutant Maggots' totem disappears.
 * When B pulls Staci aside, the drawstrings on his sweatshirt are missing.
 * This goof also occurs when B receives his marshmallow.
 * Chris originally starts the bomb timers at the same time, but the Mutant Maggots' timer was three seconds slower than the Toxic Rats' timer.
 * When Chris is naming the when the campers are arriving at the finish point, the wheel's on his truck shift alignment.