Killer Grips

The Killer Grips are a team in Total Drama Action. Their team symbol is a cross between a paintbrush and a fist. They seem to be the Total Drama Action equivalent of The Killer Bass of Total Drama Island, but have proven to be an even weaker team than the Bass.

The team was picked by Trent, and consists of himself, Lindsay, Justin, Beth, Owen, Izzy, and later in the game, Courtney.

They lost in Riot On Set, becoming the first team to lose. In that episode, Izzy was voted off because she lost the acting challenge. They lost once again in Beach Blanket Bogus due to the fact that Trent began throwing challenges so Gwen can win. This continued in 3:10 to Crazytown, but Trent was voted off once Justin discovered he was cheating.

The Killer Grips finally win their first challenge in The Chefshank Redemption, thanks to Gwen trying to even the score with them due to Trent's cheating in the past. During this episode, Justin takes charge of the team, using underhanded tactics to win. Izzy also returns to the team in this episode. The Gaffers resume their winning streak by One Flu Over the Cuckoos.

In The Sand Witch Project, Lindsay begins to take charge of the team, even though she almost helps them win this challenge, the others see this as her being bossy and rude, landing her in the bottom two. But nobody was sent home once DJ quit the game for his pride. The Grips lose again in Masters of Disasters, due to their inability to work with Izzy without Owen by their side.(As he had been hurt earlier in the challenge.) Izzy is hated even more in Full Metal Drama, especially by Justin, and is voted off for the second time in this episode, due to Justin convincing Lindsay and Beth to vote her off for saying he isn't cute.

The Grips are once again on even footing with the Gaffers, with four members each, by Ocean's Eight - Or Nine. After they rescue Owen from his vault, they aren't very excited to learn that Courtney will be joining their team. She immediatley assumes leadership of the team, bossing them around. They almost win the challenge, but the Gaffers pass the finish line first. And even though the Grips had planned on voting Courtney off, it was Owen who was sent home due to Courtney getting invincibility from her lawyers. Courtney is here to stay, for now.

With Courtney at their side, the Grips win their first challenge with no strings attached in One Million Bucks, B.C., thanks to Courtney's bitter rivalry with Duncan. the Grips are still getting used to her presence though. They win again in Million Dollar Babies, after they suck up to Chris during the cheering challenge, who is the judge of the challenge. Courtney seems to be nicer to her teammates in this episode also.

The Grips are broken up in Dial M for Merger, with Beth, Courtney, Lindsay, and Justin going on to the merge. Since the merge, the remaining Grips have actually turned the tables and have left the final cast mates as four original Grips and only two original Gaffers.

Trivia

 * A Grip is a stagehand in film or television production that mainly helps in shifting scenery, adjusting sets, lighting, and props.
 * The Killer Grips contain only one The Killer Bass member, despite being based on the Killer Bass. (However, Izzy was on the Killer Bass in the first episode and shortly in the 2nd episode.) The Screaming Gaffers have two of the three remaining Killer Bass members, Duncan and Harold, while Courtney (a former member of the Killer Bass) joined the Killer Grips in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine.
 * The Killer Grips lost the first two challenges in Total Drama Action just as the Killer Bass lost the first two challenges in Total Drama Island.
 * The Killer Grips lost the first three challenges due to Trent's putting of challenges for Gwen. This is slightly similar to when Beth cursed her team with the tiki idol in Total Drama Island, as each cost their team three challenges.
 * Trent was the first captain to be voted off (for both teams).
 * Killer Grips never won with Trent as captain, due to him throwing competitions for Gwen.
 * Coincidentally, the contestants Heather used to vote Justin off in Total Drama Island, are now on his team, being Lindsay, Owen, Izzy and Beth, with exception of Trent.
 * While Lindsay and Beth were on Heather's alliance, in Total Drama Action, Justin wants to form an alliance with them, making Justin somewhat like the counterpart of Heather in Total Drama Island.
 * Strangely, everyone on the Killer Grips (besides Courtney and Owen) were eliminated in season 1 due to Heather's scheming. (Izzy was eliminated the second time due to Heather.)
 * In Riot on Set, it wasn't Izzy who was eliminated, but it was E-Scope. This means that E-Scope doesn't exist anymore and Izzy returned in The Chefshank Redemption.
 * In Full Metal Drama, Izzy used the name Explosivo. This may foreshadow that she might try to come back. She also used the name Esquire in The Aftermath: II.
 * In Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, the Killer Grips were awarded Courtney as an addition to their team.
 * The Grips won their first reward challenge in One Million Bucks, B.C..
 * Despite all the eliminations that they had to go through and their loss in every elimination challenge except two, the Grips have had equal or more teammates than the Screaming Gaffers since The Chefshank Redemption. This is because of Izzy's return to the competition and increasing the number of the Killer Grips, Gwen purposely costing her team the challenge and getting her self voted off, therefore saving another Grip from being eliminated and lowering the number of Gaffers by her own elimination, DJ quitting even though the Gaffers won that week's challenge and therefore not only lowering his own team's number of players but preventing another Killer Grip from being eliminated, and Courtney's return to the competition as a member of the Killer Grips, increasing the number of members on the team again. Currently, Trent, Izzy and Owen have been eliminated from the Killer Grips (though there have been four eliminations and five ceremonies; Izzy was voted off two times, first as E-Scope and secondly as herself and DJ eliminated himself in one ceremony, preventing another Grip from being eliminated).
 * With Owen's elimination, Justin is the last male castmate on the Killer Grips. Yet, with his elimination all the boys of the original Killer Grips have been eliminated.
 * The Grips are all eliminated in a pattern going Girl (E-Scope), Boy (Trent), Girl (Izzy), Boy (Owen).
 * The pattern ended with Justin's elimination.
 * Due to the merge, the Grips only won three times and only two times on their own.
 * The Killer Grips are the only team to receive returning castmates (castmates who have entered the show at an irregular time, later than everyone else, return after elimination.
 * Izzy was the only female Killer Grip who did not make it to the merge, she is also the only one not to be in the Final Five of Total Drama Action.
 * Owen and Trent were the only boys on the Killer Grips who didn't make it to the merge on Total Drama Action.
 * Ironically, Owen and Trent were the only boys from the Screaming Gophers who made it to the merge on Total Drama Island.
 * The final 3 castmates on the Killer Grips are all female. (Lindsay, Beth, Courtney)