The Am-AH-Zon Race

'''The three teams are taken to the Amazon, where their eighteen-hour challenge awaits. One team ends up in deep trouble after a teammate's judgment, giving them their first loss in the game, and giving another team their first win in the game. After the revealed votes cause heartbreak, the host reveals that the episode was actually a reward challenge!'''

Recap
Team Victory and Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot are in economy class at the beginning of the episode. Owen accidentally punches Alejandro in the eye, to which Alejandro says, "Nothing a little ice and revenge won't fix". Owen questions if Alejandro said 'revenge' but Alejandro lied saying he didn't. Lindsay is shown comforting DJ about his curse. In first class, Team Amazon is shown. Sierra is shown using a pizza box with a drawing of her and Cody on it while using a real mouse as an actual computer mouse. Gwen worriedly asks what she was up to, and Sierra tells her that she is updating her blog. She allows Gwen to check her e-mail, and Gwen accepts, but then notices the pizza box and mouse. She awkwardly refuses after seeing Sierra eat a slice of pizza from "laptop". Heather, now with a missing tooth ever since LeShawna attacked her in the previous episode, tries covering up her bruises. Courtney sarcastically tells Heather that she looks good, while Heather scoffs and shuts her mirror. Chris then announces the next destination; the Amazon. Gwen comments that Team Amazon in the Amazon must be a lucky sign, but Sierra gasps and mentions that every team who predicts good luck loses. Gwen tries to hide what she said, but Sierra clamps her hand over her mouth. Chris laughs over the intercom as he warned Team Amazon about wishing for good luck.

The three teams exit the plane as Chris welcomes them to Peru; home of the Amazon River. He explains that the challenge is to hike along an ancient Peruvian trail all the way to Machu Picchu. Above the ruins, one team must find the golden treasure. The discoverers will win first-class treatment as they fly to their next location, and that the losers will send someone home. Chris begins to list the dangerous animals in the Amazon, and Cody raises his hand. Chris, already knowing the question of Cody's many allergies in The Amazon, pulls out an epipen. Cody makes a grab for it, however, Chris tells him that it wouldn't make sense to give it to the person with the allergies in case he passed out. Sierra pleads to be given the responsibility, but after Cody begs Gwen to with puppy eyes convinces Gwen holds it instead of Sierra. Devastated, Sierra begins to list Cody's deadly allergies. Chris then warns the teams of the Zing-Zings, a tribe which has never made contact with the humans. Owen asks how far the trip is, and to the teens' dismay, it is an eighteen-hour trip. Chris then gives each team walkie-talkies, in case of an emergency.

The hiking trip begins, and Team Victory chooses the left path. Tyler gets Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot to also choose the left path in order to stay with Lindsay. Gwen suggests to choose the right path, but Sierra thinks that they should choose the left path, as if they were wrong, they would still be with the other teams. Cody agrees with Sierra, who becomes ecstatic in the confessional, stating that she heard wedding bells in her head after Cody agreed with her in front of the whole team. Heather taunts Gwen and tells her to decide, as she had jinxed the team with her talk about good luck. Team Amazon ends up taking the right path.

Team Victory reaches the zipline first, and they get the privilege of using the T-Bar. DJ ziplines down, while Lindsay rides on his shoulders. Meanwhile, Team Amazon hikes down a trail, Cody thanks Gwen for taking his epipen, but Gwen confesses that she has no idea how to use it. Cody leers at her and explains that she has to jab it into his naked butt cheek, and Gwen tosses the epipen back to him in disgust. Suddenly, Cody is grabbed by an enormous mosquito, but Sierra knocks it down with a stone. She catches him as he falls and assures him of her devotion towards his safety. Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot reaches the zipline, and Tyler asks where the T-Bar is (giving it several incorrect names in the process). Alejandro ziplines down using his belt, and Owen rides using his hands. He sinks into the water as the zipline hits a low point, and is nibbled on by piranhas.

Team Amazon is stopped in their tracks as they notice two Zing-Zings sitting around a fire. Cody stops the girls and tells him that he has it covered, although a Zing-Zing appears directly beside him. They are held at spear point, and Gwen desperately calls Chris for help. However, there are no batteries in the walkie-talkie since Chef took them to play video games. Meanwhile, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot still needs Tyler, Noah, and Izzy to cross the zipline. Tyler removes his pants and uses it as a makeshift T-Bar. It works for a short while, but it then catches on fire, and he falls into the water. Izzy decides to go next, and puts Noah in her bookbag. She slides down the zipline hand-over-hand, and crashes into Tyler and Owen as she lands.

The Zing-Zings have tied Team Amazon to a tree, and Cody suggests that the batteries in the flashlight in his back right pocket could be used inside the walkie-talkie. However, he cannot reach it. Sierra excitedly tells him that she can get it, but Heather rejects the idea and tells Gwen to, since she's the closest. Gwen makes Cody promise that he will not enjoy the moment, and he agrees. Gwen removes many items out of Cody's pockets, and finds some X-Ray glasses. Heather mockingly asks her what color Cody's underwear is, and Gwen checks. However, Cody doesn't have any underwear on, and she ends up seeing a lot more. Sierra asks if she can borrow the glasses, while Gwen, aghast, answers that everyone wears underwear in the Amazon. Cody reminisces about how Gwen basically touched his butt, despite him wearing pants. In the jet's lavatory confessional, Sierra vows that when she wins the money, she will buy arm extensions in order to reach Cody's pocket. Gwen continues to search Cody's pocket, but ends up accidentally injecting herself with his epipen. Cody calms her nerves by telling her that she would be fine, and that the injection is basically a large adrenaline rush. Courtney digs in Cody's other pocket and finds the flashlight, and Cody laughs about getting his pockets confused.

Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot finds a place to set camp, and Owen begins to complain about the lack of food. He asks for nachos, and Noah begins to list the ingredients necessary to make nachos in a sarcastic tone. Izzy tells him to slow down, and she was in the process of making a shopping list. Team Victory runs into Chris, and DJ begs for food. Chris awards them a crate full of bananas for being in first place. Suddenly, his walkie-talkie activates, and Gwen is heard speaking. Chris nonchalantly thinks that she is in trouble, then cuts to a commercial break. As the show returns, Gwen is heard panicking through the walkie-talkie again. Tyler suddenly jumps into the conversation after hearing that Gwen "had her hand in Cody's pants". Heather and Courtney add on that they are getting held at spear point by the Zing-Zings and that Gwen epipenened herself and is now going crazy. Lindsay exclaims about Team Victory being in first place, then addresses Tyler. Chris tells Team Amazon to remain calm, but then, the chime for a musical number is heard. Heather is in disbelief, while Owen asks if Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot is forced to sing backup. Chris then commands that the song is all Team Amazon, and that it must end with a solo from Heather. Team Amazon then sings Gypsy Rap.

After Heather's solo, the Zing-Zings notice her missing tooth. Heather misconstrues their appall as an insult. They brush over some large leaves to reveal a tiki of a goddess with a gold tooth that resembles Heather. Cody worries at the fact that since Heather is an alleged goddess, the rest of Team Amazon would be "expendable". With night fallen, Lindsay wakes up to a pattering sound. She shines her flashlight on DJ, and he notices that he had been slapping monkeys who wanted their banana's, not bugs. He sighs at the fact that his curse has still not worn away. At Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot's campfire, Owen hears a growling noise. He wonders if it had been the fire, but Noah reminds him that fires don't growl. Owen jokingly mentions that since Alejandro made the fire, it could growl due to being a "Spanish fire." Owen blows on the fire, illuminating their campsite and revealing five strange caterpillar-like creatures. Their fire is extinguished by one of the creatures, and they are ambushed.

Back with Team Amazon, the two Zing-Zings give her a gold tooth in place of her recently lost one, pleasing her. Gwen comments rapidly about the tooth, still undergoing the effects of Cody's epipen shot. DJ had bandaged the monkeys which he had hurt earlier and began to walk down the trail with Lindsay. But, he steps on a twig and awakens the monkeys, causing them to attack him, while Lindsay watches in fright. The next morning, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot wakes up. Alejandro quickly refuses to take a head count and gets the team running over to Machu Picchu.

Team Victory reaches Machu Picchu first, and Chris, once again, announces that they are maintaining the first place slot. He worries about DJ's condition, who is bawling over having hurt his seventh animal's. Lindsay points out that in that situation, the monkeys hurt him, and DJ focuses on the challenge. Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot, save Owen, reaches Machu Picchu. But Chris does not allow them to begin searching the ruins until their team is complete. Alejandro accuses him of making the rules as he goes along, and Chris dismisses it as old news. Alejandro then goes on a search for Owen.

Team Amazon, still in the same place as the previous day, is wide awake except for Gwen, who is sound asleep due to Cody's epipen. Gwen's snoring begins to irritate Sierra, saying that it's "driving her crazy," but Courtney corrects her, and says that it's driving Sierra "crazier." Courtney then orders Heather to get the Zing-Zings to untie them, but Heather defends them, arguing that they might become angry and make a sacrifice. Cody agrees with Heather in fear. In another part of the dense jungle, Alejandro finds Owen stuck in an large cocoon. He asks what happened, but Owen holds Alejandro accountable of the entire situation that Alejandro was awake while the other's were sleeping when a caterpillar took him away. Alejandro lies and says that Izzy, Tyler, and Noah went ahead without Owen purposefully, and that he was Owen's only true friend. Owen comments that he has never been as scared of a friend before as that moment.

Alejandro and Owen run back to their team, and Chris allows them to begin searching. Almost immediately after, Tyler announces that he has found the treasure. Chris walks over to Owen and Tyler, who are struggling to remove a small pillar from the ground. Chris tells them that they have the wrong treasure, and when Lindsay approaches him with a small golden statue, he crowns Team Victory the winners of the challenge. Owen removes the pillar, and as the sun casts upon its ominous blue tip, the ruins begin to shake violently. Chris, Team Victory, and Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot evacuate quickly.



Chef finds Team Amazon, but is stopped by Heather who orders him to kneel down before the Zing-Zings. Chef disregards her and slices the ropes which tied Team Amazon, and reveals that the Zing-Zings were two Peruvian actors. Heather is disgusted by the fact that they put a gold tooth in her mouth, and Sierra taunts her. Chef reminds them that they lost the challenge and must vote someone off. Cody is suddenly bitten by a red ant, one of his life-threatening allergies. Sierra goes as far as to try and suck the poison out of his thumb, causing Cody to look away. Heather notices Gwen and addresses her, and she wakes up and asks if they had won the challenge, giving her angry glares from Sierra, Courtney, and Cody.

In the first-class section, DJ and Lindsay relax for the first time. DJ helps himself to a cookie, and Lindsay begins to ask him a question. DJ already knows it, however, and allows her to bring Tyler into the first-class section with her. Meanwhile, Gwen, Courtney, and Sierra are sitting in the dining hall discussing the elimination. Sierra then joins Courtney and Gwen in their plot to vote off Heather, giving that Gwen stops being nice to Cody.

At the Barf Bag Ceremony, Alejandro appears beside Heather. Less than thrilled to see him, he tells her to cheer up, as her departure will help him in the game. Heather lets him know that she knows of his plans which eliminated both LeShawna and Bridgette. Alejandro admits that even she couldn't resist him if he kissed her, but Heather quickly shoots down the thought. Chris begins the elimination ceremony, and makes a joke about Cody's swollen thumb. He then reveals the votes, which show that Gwen, Courtney, and Sierra all voted for Heather, Heather voted for Gwen, and Cody voted for Sierra. Heartbroken, Sierra sobs, in the confessional, she asks why Cody would vote her, after everything she did for him. Chris then reveals that the elimination was fake and Heather wouldn't be taking the Drop Of Shame. Everyone gasps at this, while in the confessional, Heather swears revenge on both her team and Alejandro. Chris then signs off the show.

Cast
An actor playing one of the Zing-Zings had a line, although it is unknown who voiced him.

Quotes
(DJ puts his hand on the bench, Lindsay puts hers on top of his) Lindsay: Cheer up, DJ! If Tyler can come back, anything can happen! Maybe we'll become the best team ever! Chris: "Here's the best team ever..." (DJ and Lindsay look up in delight) Chris: ...is exactly what I'll say once I get into the first-class compartment! (DJ groans) Sierra: (gasps) Every time a team predicts good luck, they always lose! (Cody raises his hand) Chris: Yes, Cody, the legal department made me well aware of your deathly allergies and insisted we supply an epipen. (holds epipen away from Cody) Wouldn't make sense to give it to the person who has the allergies. What if you need an injection when you're unconscious? Gwen: (hands Cody the epipen) Yeah, good luck with that. Tyler: (picks up walkie-talkie) Way to go Cody! Cody: Thank you! Noah: Sure! All we're missing is chips, beef, tomatoes, cheese, salsa... Izzy: (writing on a notepad) Hey, hey! Slow down guys. I'm making a list. Heather: What color are Cody's undies? Gwen: (puts on X-Ray glasses and looks at Cody's body, seeing that he's wearing no underwear) GAH! Cody: (blushing) Who wears undies in the Amazon? Sierra: Uh... can I borrow those glasses?
 * DJ: I feel bad about voting off LeShawna. All she did was hurt Heather. I'm hurting innocent animals! How long can a curse last, anyways?
 * Gwen: Team Amazon in the Amazon? That's gotta be a lucky sign!
 * Chris: Welcome to Peru! Birthplace of the mighty Amazon river! This challenge is called the "Am-AHHH-Zon Race". Teams must hike along an ancient Inca trail through the Peruvian jungle all the way to Macchu Picchu. Hidden somewhere amongst the ruins of Macchu Picchu, a golden treasure awaits discovery. Find the treasure to win first class passage to our next destination. Last team to arrive at Macchu Picchu will have to send someone out the elimination door. And be warned, the jungle contains many, many, vicious insects.
 * Sierra: (in lavatory confessional) When Cody agreed with me in front of everyone, I swear I heard wedding bells! (excitedly squeals) 
 * Gwen: (To Heather) Your parents must love this show. It gets you out of the house!
 * Chris: (at zipline with Team Victory) Welcome Tiny Victory! I'd say team, but you're more of a duo...
 * Cody: (to Gwen on how to use his epipen) I get bit, you jam the needle into my naked buttcheek.
 * Gwen: (on walkie-talkie) The Zingys, caught in a tree with my hands in Cody's pants... this trouble is big!
 * Izzy: (gives two thumbs-up) Izzy has a plan!
 * Owen: Need rest... and water... Ohh nachos would be killer right now, eh?
 * Chef: (in Chris' private headquarters, playing a hand-held videogame) Ha! Eat that ghost, eat it!
 * Gwen: (to Cody) You are not allowed to enjoy this. (puts hand in Cody's back pocket) Killer Casanova Kissing Mint? Hair gel. Saw body spray. X-Ray glasses?
 * Gwen: (confessional) Everyone! That's who wears undies in the Amazon! Everyone!

Alejandro: Ah Heather, cheer up. Your departure will make the game a whole lot easier for me. Heather: I know you messed with Leshawna and Bridgette too, probably. You are just lucky you didn't try anything on me. Alejandro: Ah, but with the temptation of a kiss, even you couldn't resist me forever. Heather: (both lean closely towards each other) I...would...have....CRUSHED YOU!
 * Cody: (confessional) Gwen touched my butt. I had pants on, but it was pretty much my butt.
 * Heather: Is my missing tooth that hideous?
 * Owen: I've never been so scared of a friend before.
 * Heather: (confessional) Even as a child I knew that someday a large group of people, would worship me. I knew. (smiles a wide, toothy grin; gold tooth gleams)
 * Gwen: (confessional) I vote for Heather. And Chris, there's ten dollars in it if you forget to give her a parachute.
 * Cody: (confessional) I... vote for Sierra. She's like the stalker girlfriend I've always wanted... until I got one!
 * Sierra: (confessional) He voted...for me? President of his fan club? After all I've done for him? Foot rubs, secret hair collection...I mean, it's just so...CODY!! (sobs)
 * Heather: Oh great it's Pirate Pablo.

Trivia

 * Running Gag: DJ slapping a bunch of small monkeys.
 * This is the first episode in Total Drama World Tour where a non-elimination round does not feature a reward, as first-class is automatic for the first place team.
 * This is the third time where someone else is at the elimination ceremony in Total Drama World Tour.
 * Two times were Alejandro and once was Duncan.
 * This is also the second time that Chris reveals the votes to the fellow contestants, the first time being No Pain, No Game.
 * This is the second episode in Total Drama World Tour to not have an elimination, the other being Broadway, Baby!.
 * The Zing Zings believing that Heather is a goddess could be a reference to the Ewoks in Star Wars, when they thought that C-3PO was their god.
 * The title of this episode is a reference to the reality show The Amazing Race.
 * This is the first episode where Team Amazon comes in last.
 * Team Victory finally wins their first challenge in Total Drama World Tour, despite having such a low team member count.
 * Their low number count actually helped them win the challenge, with fewer team members to look after.
 * Also a team of two may be another reference to The Amazing Race, where only teams of two compete.
 * Chris's reference to "The Slap Heard Around the World" in the recap of the previous episode could be a reference to the infamous "Shot Heard Around the World;" the single gunshot rumored to have been the start of the American War for Independence.
 * This is the first time that there has been a "fake" elimination ceremony.
 * Cody reveals he has allergies to various bug bites (among other things), making him the fourth person to have allergies.
 * The bottle of hair gel that falls out of Cody's pocket is the same one that Chris left behind in Hook, Line, and Screamer.
 * The bottle of Saw Body Spray that also falls out is a reference to the popular men's scent brand Axe.
 * This is one of the first episodes to feature a split-screen shot, for the scene where Gwen, Courtney, Heather, Tyler, Owen, Lindsay, and Chris are all talking on the walkie-talkies.
 * Chef reveals that the two "Zing-Zings" that captured Team Amazon are actually Peruvian actors who were practicing for a local "| Shakespeare In The Jungle" production of | MacBeth. This may be a parody of "Shakespeare in the Park" productions.
 * This is the first and currently the only Total Drama World Tour episode with it's title being said in the episode.
 * There are several references to the Indiana Jones films in this episode.
 * The golden treasure that Lindsay finds to win the challenge bears a striking resemblance to the golden idol Indiana Jones had to find in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
 * The way Macchu Picchu collapses at the end of the episode is similar to how the hidden city collapsed at the end of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
 * This is the fourth episode in the series to reference an Indiana Jones film. The first was Full Metal Drama, the second was Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, and the third was Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1.
 * The giant cross on the top of Macchu Picchu is replaced with a statue of Chris.
 * Owen accidentally destroys Macchu Picchu in this episode, it's the first time on the season that an icon from a location is destroyed.
 * This is the first episode where the winning team allows a member of an opposing team to join them in the first class section.
 * This is the first time in the show that someone gets drugged, although it is done with an allergy shot; in this case Gwen.
 * Ezekiel does not appear in this episode, despite having had cameo appearances in previous episodes.
 * This is the third episode he does not appear in; the first two were Broadway, Baby! and Slap Slap Revolution.
 * This episode was written by Terry McGurrin.

Goofs

 * In this episode the writers seemed to mix cultures and locations all throughout the episode. Chris says that they are in The Amazon, and that they will have to head to Inca territory all the way to Machu Pichu, but The Amazon is located in Brazil and Machu Pichu is in Peru, and the Incas were also from Peru. So this just means that the race started in Brazil and ended in Peru.
 * When Chris explains that the runway to The Amazon is short, Courtney buckles her seat belt. However, while Sierra is talking about predicting bad luck to Gwen, she is standing up. This is impossible unless she unfastend it.
 * When Chris finished explaining the challenge, Izzy is not present.
 * In the wide shot of Chris, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot, and Team Victory as Owen's treasure activates and the temple starts to collapse, Noah is absent. He is also not seen in the next shot of all the contestants (and Chris) running away.
 * When all the members of Team Amazon are voting, there are seven passports instead of five.
 * When Noah is sitting at the campfire and talking to Owen, the colors at the bottom of his two shirts are reversed.
 * Whenever Noah goes into a sleeping position his three-quarter pants extend all the way to his ankles.
 * There are a few moments where Heather's gold tooth appears white like the rest of her teeth.
 * When Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot appears, Chris has a watch, but when they think they found the treasure it is gone.
 * While many of the traits that the statue of the Zing-Zings' goddess had resembled many of Heather's, the statue was depicted as having Heather's original hairstyle, instead of the ponytail she had at the time.
 * Technically, there would be no way for the camera to assume Gwen's vision when she put on the X-ray glasses and looked at Cody.
 * A little after Tyler's pants set on fire and rip in half on the rope, he is seen in his pants.