Riot On Set

'''The teams are chosen and the cast mates have to put on a play. While one team member is chosen to play an old lady, the other team picks somebody for the role of a rundown gangster. But when Chef gives them the wrong scripts, things start to get weird on the set. It all leads up to one castmate getting eliminated for their bad performance.'''

Recap
The episode begins with each of the castmates sleeping in their bunk beds before they are rudely awakened by Chris. They are told that today they'll learn how tough being on set production is and that it is not all red carpets and fame. Gwen mentions that she can handle it since she once had a job at a petting zoo, but unlike what other people thought about working there, she had to clean up after the animals, which reminds Chris that it's time for Gwen and Trent to pick teams. They both are nervous, as they don't want to get all competitive and nasty, but they think that they learned well from last season. The choosing starts off with Gwen, who picks Duncan, much to Trent's dismay. Spitefully, Trent chooses Lindsay, which of course upsets Gwen a little bit. Gwen's next choice is LeShawna and Trent chooses Justin. Gwen chooses DJ and Trent chooses Beth. Gwen, not sure who to pick, is reminded by LeShawna to keep your enemies close and tells Gwen to choose Heather instead of Izzy, to which she does. Trent, unsure who to pick as well, since he only had the option of either choosing Harold or Owen settles for Owen since he won the previous season, leaving Harold for Gwen's team and Izzy for Trent's. Once the teams are settled, Chris announces that Gwen's team will be known as the Screaming Gaffers and Trent's team as the Killer Grips.

They are brought to a lot filled with studio equipment and a trailer and Chris informs them that their first challenge is moving the equipment up a huge hill. The two teams race nearly neck and neck. When Gwen was going up the hill, she nearly falls, but Duncan catches her. Trent seeing this becomes angry, and due to his anger, he doesn't look where he's going and falls down. Gwen goes to help him up, but is beaten there by Lindsay. Back at the base of the hill, it was down to the final item, the trailer. Trent asks Owen to help pull the trailer up the hill, convincing him that if he helps, he'll get to eat at a catering station, which he says is at the hill's top. They start up the hill, and Owen uses his belt buckle as a way to pull the trailer, causing his falling pants to slow down the Killer Grips. Gwen asks DJ if he could pull the trailer, but he refuses, afraid someone might get hurt. His refusal allows the Killer Grips to reach the top first.

At the top of the hill, Chris tells them that what they just did was only the first part of the challenge and that they now needed to perform a scene for Chef, the winning team being the one that makes him show emotion. The Killer Grips are given a story of an old woman who lived a full life and is reflecting on it, and the Screaming Gaffers a story of a thug who tries to go straight, but can't fight the allure of the streets. Izzy immediately offers to play the old woman, claiming she has been reincarnated "like a whole bunch of times". She even claimed that she is the reincarnation of her great grandmother Mavis. She then imitates her, freaking out the team, who give her the roll. The Screaming Gaffers choose a reluctant Duncan to play the part of the gangster, since they had no other person to interpret it; as Harold was as tough as butter and DJ was way too kind. During the preparation, Heather (after being helped down from being stuck in a light cable) admits that Harold would be an easy person to string along for an alliance. At the same time, Chef pulls DJ aside; while he was putting on Duncan's make up and tells him that he will help him man up and win if DJ splits the prize money with him. Once the filming started, it became clear that Chef had mixed up the scripts, leading to an emotional performance by Duncan, and Izzy as a gangster grandmother. Duncan's performance was very emotional and he was able to make Chef cry which meant a win for the Screaming Gaffers. While the Gaffers are celebrating their victory Gwen steps out of it for a bit to talk to Trent. Trent is assured that Gwen and Duncan are just friends, and the couple make amends.

At the elimination ceremony, Gilded Chris Awards are given out to everyone but Lindsay, Justin, and Izzy, and Chris then announces that Izzy has been voted out. After insisting she won't leave since her name is E-Scope, Chris changes her name on the sheet to E-Scope and has two men escort her to the Lame-o-sine (possibly to make sure she goes and doesn't start something). They then toss her into the car and as it drives away, she reminds the others that this was just a dress rehearsal and that she will return someday as a big star, and she will walk the hall of fame.

Cast

 * Justin appears, but has no lines (though he is saying "Okay, fine!" with the rest of his team when Izzy insists she plays the old lady and when the Killer Grips says for Lindsay that Tyler is no longer in the game).

Quotes
Beth: (in the confessional) At first, I thought he was talking to the crew crew, not us. I was really hoping they'd replaced Chris the Creep with a nicer host this time around. Is that mean? Sorry!
 * Chris: (blows air horn then speaks into megaphone) All crew on set! Call time is four A.M.! (turns to camera) I love this thing.


 * LeShawna: (after being woken by Chris) I can't believe I'm doing another season of this show.


 * Harold: This continuing sadistic wake up call is messing with the natural rhythms of my body clock. My mojo will be destroyed!

Chris: Well, speaking of number two, it's time to pick your teammates, and then try to stick it to the team your boyfriend chooses. Trent: (to Gwen) We're not going to get all competitive and nasty, are we...? Gwen: Absolutely not. We learned from last season... right?
 * Gwen: I once had a summer job at a petting zoo. It's so adorable. Everybody feeding the adorable goats their adorable cabbages." But somebody -- i.e., me -- had to shovel up the less adorable end of the digestive process.

Gwen: I don't know... Duncan? Trent: (gasps) (in confessional) Trent: (referring to Gwen choosing Duncan for her team) I can't believe she just went ahead and chose Duncan. I mean, they're kind of alike and now she wants to be on the same team? What am I supposed to make of that? You think you know a person...
 * Chris: Okay, let's get this bloodbath started! You're gonna choose school yard style. Boy, girl, boy, girl. Ladies first. Since we have no ladies here... Gwen!

Lindsay: Eeyay! Gwen: (in confessional) The 'beautiful'? What, was Trent trying to tick me off by picking Lindsay like that? You think you know a person...
 * Trent: I choose the beautiful Lindsay!

Trent: Tyler's not in the game anymore. Lindsay: Seriously? Bummer!
 * Lindsay: Oh, you know what would be so great? Is if you picked Tyler!

Gwen: Oh, pick all the good looking contestants. That'll get you far. (LeShawna and Duncan, already on Gwen's team, glare at her) Trent: It will in showbiz.
 * Trent: I choose Justin.

Gwen: No! Really? You don't mean... (LeShawna nods) Fine... We choose Heather. Heather (with a surprised expression): Really!?
 * LeShawna: (whispers to Gwen while she is choosing teams) Remember, keep your enemies closer.

Gwen: I pick Harold! If for no other reason, than to shut him up. Harold: Wise choice. Gwen: There were no other guys left. Harold: Still.
 * Harold: (after Owen is chosen by Trent over him) Uh, hello? Don't wicked skills count for anything? I mean, who else here went to film camp and is fully trained as a junior cinematographer, with a thorough knowledge of lighting filters, film stock-

Izzy: (pretends to not respond by whistling) Lindsay: She likes to be called "Kaleidoscope". Trent: (sighs) Oh, right. "E-Scope." Izzy: Here! (giggles) Hi!
 * Trent: Um... I guess Izzy's on my team then. Izzy?

Beth: Grip? I-I don't wanna be a grip! Heather: Puh-lease! It's not like being called a gaffer is something to brag about. It sounds like something that has rabies. (crashes are heard off-screen, everyone turns to the source to see two T.O.'d crew members) Intern: I'm sick and tired of gettin' no respect around here! (walks away while Fat Crew Members pushes over a TV set) Chris: Okay, since we're running late now and don't seem to have any more... um... whatever those... two... crew... dudes... did... we better get going! You're challenge, for each team to set up a film set! LeShawna: (confident laugh) We'll be scarfing flapjacks by seven. Chris: Oh will you? As location manager, I want your sets to go... there! (points to the top of a giant hill, reminiscent of the 1,000 foot high cliff from last season) Gwen: You just love doing this to us! Chris: Yes! Yes I do! (Smirking and taking out a walkie-talkie) Chef! Clear for traffic up there? (Chef looks around and shrugs)
 * Chris: Gwen, I christen your team "The Screaming Gaffers"! Trent, you're "The Killer Grips"!

Izzy: Eheh, wow! I thought I was crazy! You're talking to jewelry? Trent: You are crazy! I'm just trying to help our team win this thing. Izzy: Hehey! That's what I'm trying to do too! If you've got some lucky earrings I'd be glad to have a little chat with them, huh?
 * Trent: (rubbing Gwen's lucky necklace as he runs up the hill) C'mon, lucky necklace! Papa Trent needs you.

Lindsay: I have a great idea! (in the confessional) It's so great to be free from Heather. I can totally contribute more and stuff! I have a lot of unwrapped potential, you know. (back on set) Let's get Tyler to do it! Trent, Beth and Izzy: He's not here any more! Lindsay: Oh, right! Bummer...
 * Trent: How the heck are we going to get those trailers all the way up the hill?

Owen: Eat? I love eat!
 * Trent: (after Owen's stomach grumbles) Owen! There's a caterer at the top of the hill. Just take that trailer up there with you, and you can eat.


 * Beth: (cheerleading) Owen, Owen, he's our guy! If he can't do it... uh... he's... he's not our guy!

Chris: Well... not... exactly. Beth: Pardon? Chris: That was only the first part of the challenge. Did I neglect to mention that?
 * Beth: (after Owen get's the trailer up the hill) He actually won!

Chris: Oh yeah? Who here is in the Union? (Only Chris raises his hand) Yeah, I thought so! Heather: (in the confessional) I am hereby forming Local One of United Workers Against Chris. Who's with me? Everybody?
 * Heather: Hey! What about lunch? We have been working for eight hours and you are legally obligated by Union rules to give us a meal break.

Izzy: Oh, please! Let me do it! It's gotta be me! I've got an old soul! I'm, like, 87-years-old in the inside 'cause I've been reincarnated, like, a whole buncha times! Actually, I'm the reincarnation of my very own Granny Mavis! (starts acting like Granny Mavis, using a Scottish accent) "Aye there, laddie! Ya spelled a wey bit'a haggis on yer kilt! I can tell ya of the Lochs a risin' up to the claw!" (bows and exhales) Killer Grips: Okay, fine!
 * Trent: Alright, we need an old lady.

DJ: How could you say that? (eyes water)
 * Chef: Don't expect DJ to be your tough guy, that's for sure.

Harold: I've been working on my courting skills. Yep, I've mastered "Girl Whispering". Heather: As annoying as hanging around Harold would be, he'll make an easy-to-persuade alliance member. And right now, (referring to herself) "m'lady" needs all the help she can get.
 * (in confessional)

Izzy: (cranky) I feel like eighty-years have already passed since they started to adjust the lighting! Beth: (adjusting the lights) Don't move! Izzy: Oh, don't worry. I can't. My legs are totally asleep! Owen: (doing sound check) Could I get that last line again? Izzy: (grabs boom mike and shouts) MY LEGS ARE ASLEEP! Owen: (screams as high volume of Izzy's voice pains his ears, causing him to fall over)
 * Lindsay: (applying make up on Izzy) Your make-up... gorgeous! And now I'm gonna make you really feel like an old lady. (forces Izzy to crouch)

Heather: Just say what is written and quit being such a prima donna! LeShawna: We all have a job to do. Heather: So you just stand there and look pretty. Okay? (pokes Duncan's arm) Pretty boy? Duncan: Don't call me pretty! The last guy who called me pretty ended up looking a lot less pretty. (crumples script page) Get it? Chris: (watching from behind the set, chuckling quietly) Friction between the crew and talent. I love it! It's like a real film set. Gwen: You are not pretty, okay, Duncan? You're hot, okay. You look hot, sexy, stud-like! Duncan: That's better.
 * Duncan: (having difficulty preparing) One, I can't memorize this much. And two, these lines are way out of left field.

Chris: Did you check the envelopes before you labeled them? Chef: I thought you checked them. (they both giggle)
 * Duncan: (in a gangster accent) When I was a young school girl in Poland, frolicking through the fields with my pet goat in the summer sun, those were my happiest days.

Chef: Baa. Baa. (he starts crying and then grabs some tissues from LeShawna and Heather, who are also crying) Chris: (trying to holding back his tears) Cut! Okay, enough. It's too much for Chef to take.
 * Duncan: (gangster accent) I've lived a good long life. I've loved. I've laughed, but what I miss most of all is my sweet little goat, Shopa. Oh, Baa, baa.
 * Izzy: (reacting to her team's loss) Hey, Hey! Oh, Oh~I was robbed! I'll see you in the morn, capeesh?!

Chef: (grabs DJ by the shirt and hoists him up) Tough guys cry! And did you notice your team just won? Who was the judge, huh? Who?
 * DJ: (seeing Chef cry that decided challenge winner) You're going to teach me how to be a tough guy? (snickers)

Gwen: (touched) Mm, Baaah. (giggles) Trent: You guys are just friends, right? Gwen: Worry not. The guy has a secret photo of Courtney under his pillow. And really, he's no Trent. Trent: I'm sorry I called you a wannabe. Gwen: Ah, whatever. All I know is, I don't wanna be you right now. Trent: (frightened) Because you're gonna dump me? Gwen: No chance! More like because you have to go vote someone off. Trent: (relieved) Ah, whatever. As long as you're still here, I'm good.
 * Trent: Duncan's performance made me realize some stuff. Like, I've loved. Lost. But what I miss most is my sweet little goat, Gwen.

Izzy: I'm not going anywhere. That's not my name. Chris: (looks to Chef for help) Chef: (shrugs) Girl likes to be called "Kaleidoscope". Chris: (glares at Izzy, who in turn has her nose up to him) Can I get a pen over here? (is thrown a pen, makes correction on results sheet) It says "E-Scope" now! Okay?
 * Chris: (announcing the loser) Izzy! Time to go!


 * Izzy: (after being thrown into the Lame-o-sine, speaking in a Scottish accent) This was just a dress rehearsal, my darlings! (giggles and blows kisses while the Lame-o-sine drives off, reverts back to normal speaking voice) You'll see my star on the Walk of Fame! Mark my words. MARK 'EM!


 * Izzy: (In Lame-o-sine) Wooh! I feel so alive! I'm the Izzy E-Scope! I can kick backsides on reality programs! I can tie my ankles together and do back flips down an up escalator! Wanna see! (Camera nods) Well then, we will have to go someplace with a up escalator, won't we? Yes, when Hollywood starts calling, E-Scope will have a lot a things on the special skills portion of her resume! (Goes down the the floor of the car) I just made myself invisible! Can we stop for banana milkshakes and cheese? Oh, oh, oh, oh! Let's go some place with an up escalator! Do you know what I mean!? Wooh!

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode's title references the 1967 movie, "Riot on Sunset (Strip)." It may also be a pun on the saying, 'Quiet on Set.'


 * This episode marks the first time in the season that non-returning campers (Tyler and Courtney) were mentioned.
 * Although Courtney returns in a later episode.


 * The castmates have switched bunks since they originally chose them in the first episode. DJ now shares a bunk with Owen, Duncan and Justin are now in separate bunks, while Harold is shown alone. Trent's sleeping location is not revealed, although it is likely that he is sharing with either Harold or Justin. Meanwhile, LeShawna is now surprisingly sharing a bunk with Heather, Lindsay and Beth have separated, with Beth alone and Lindsay bunking above Gwen, while Izzy had a bunk to herself.


 * The driver based off DJ's original design seen by Courtney in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, is shown here to be employed by the show as a gaffer and working alongside Phil as they storm off after Heather insults them, casting doubt on whether or not the driver was actually a member of the outside world and that what Courtney saw was merely something Chris fabricated to mess with the campers' heads.


 * This episode marks the first time that Izzy's pajamas are shown.
 * This episode marks the first time the Screaming Gaffers win a invincibility challenge and also marks their first challenge win in Total Drama Action.
 * This episode marks the first time the Killer Grips lose a invincibility challenge and also marks their first loss in Total Drama Action.


 * This is the only second season episode to date in which not every contestant still competing has an individual speaking role, as Justin didn't speak alone. However In Get a Clue, Chef doesn't speak, making this the first of two episodes where not everyone on the set speaks.


 * This is the episode where it is revealed that the Gilded Chris Awards are actually chocolate statuettes covered in gold foil.


 * Compared to how she was eliminated in both instances in Total Drama Island, Izzy was eliminated relatively normally in this episode. However, similar to how she never walked the Dock of Shame in Total Drama Island, Izzy technically did not walk the Red Carpet of Shame, as she was dragged by her knees by two security guards the entire way rather than actually walking herself.


 * LeShawna convinces Gwen to pick Heather by reciting her line of "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Interestingly, Heather used that same saying during the first team challenge in Total Drama Island when she faked an alliance with LeShawna.


 * It is uncertain why exactly LeShawna wanted Heather to be on her team; it is quite possible that she wanted her because she knew she was a powerful player despite her nasty character. In addition, Heather is hated by nearly everyone on the team (especially Gwen and LeShawna) and having her on the team would keep her in check should she try anything (although they are probably unaware of Harold's connection with Heather).


 * It is somewhat odd that Izzy was eliminated, as it was not really her fault that they lost the challenge (Trent even said that she was dedicated to her role). In addition, none of her teammates (except perhaps Justin) showed much of a grudge against her for losing. Therefore, it is unknown who else (other than Justin) would vote her off. It is possible that perhaps she garnered some votes because she was annoying them by making them call her "E-Scope."


 * Izzy and Justin are assigned to the Killer Grips team, yet Izzy shows no signs of disdain of being on the same team as Justin.


 * Based on Izzy's performance as her great-grandmother Mavis, she is apparently of Scottish descent. Her being a natural redhead further supports the theory.


 * Owen seemed to show no sign of sadness when Izzy was taken off the set, leaving the future of their relationship unknown until Izzy returned in The Chefshank Redemption.


 * Like in Alien Resurr-eggtion, Chris narrowed the eliminations down to three cast members who would be eliminated as opposed to two in the previous season. In this episode, it came down to Izzy, Justin and Lindsay.


 * Even though Chef cried after watching Duncan's act, it may have been fake to get DJ in an alliance with him.


 * This is the first time Chris McLean and LeShawna are seen crying. Chef Hatchet also cries, which is rarely seen, but he has briefly done so before in Basic Straining. Heather pretends to cry in Search and Do Not Destroy and cries for real (or possibly faked it) in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, but when LeShawna fake cries in One Flu Over the Cuckoos, her eyeliner runs, unlike in this episode.


 * Tyler's first design was seen as one of the guards who carries Izzy to the Lame-o-sine.


 * In contrast to the previous episode, Heather doesn't seem to complain about her wig being gone, though she may have learned that nothing can be done about it now.


 * When Chris scratches out Izzy's name and writes E-Scope, he shows the paper there is no writing on it (though this may just be a simple cartoon habit of not having much writing).


 * LeShawna is seen crying in this episode, but she mentions later in the series that she never cries showing some confusion, though she may have tried to hide it.


 * When Phil and the producers are knocking down equipment, the screen goes to the Gaffers. DJ is nowhere to be seen.


 * Inside joke: the fact that Chef said he saw a lot of himself in DJ could possibly be a reference to the fact that they both have the same voice actor.


 * Chris' line "Ladies first, but since we have no ladies... Gwen!" is a parody of the Joker's dialogue in the Batman: TAS episode "Almost Got Him."
 * This is the last time Izzy is E-Scope.
 * When Chef tells DJ he'll help him "man up" and tells him he's making him an offer he won't let him refuse. This is a reference to Vito Corleone's famous line from The Godfather.
 * In the Total Drama Action Reunion special, Izzy is in her same outfit and on the same stage as she was in this episode when she cursed out on set.

Goofs

 * When the bottom three, Lindsay, Justin, and Izzy, are shown, Justin's window is to the left of Lindsay's, who is in the middle with Izzy on the right. When Izzy is announced as the loser, Lindsay and Justin both look to the right. This is strange, seeing as Lindsay is actually sitting on Izzy's right.
 * Around the beginning of this episode, when the girls are shown sleeping, you can see Heather's wig on the side of her bed; however, it was lost in the previous episode.
 * During the Gilded Chris Ceremony, when zoomed in on the new voting devices, Bridgette, Geoff, and most of the Gaffer's faces are seen, signifying they could be voted off. This is a re-used animation from the previous episode.
 * When the voting devices are shown, when Lindsay's face is there, she has no hair. Its only her bandanna.
 * Also, LeShawna is missing her ponytail.
 * When Chris is saying the cast is late, he has a watch; but when he gets in front of the trailer, there is no watch.
 * When Chef is asked to give the teams their envelopes, he has three; but there are only two teams.
 * When Gwen exits the trailer after the Gaffers win she exits the guys trailer, but the Gaffers were probably partying in there.
 * When Chef growls, he has a full set of teeth.