The Chefshank Redemption

'''The competitors start to heat up the competition when they face the prison movie theme. One team is pretty confident, as they have a special deal with a team member from the other, due to her past actions. Somebody returns and someone else gets eliminated, but earns some extra karma points.'''

Plot
The episode begins showing the castmates waking up, to find that they have been locked inside of their trailers. The guys also notice Owen had eaten beans last night, and waking him up will cause him to keep farting and add to all their problems, but he is awoken anyway and offended that all anyone thinks of him as is a farting machine. The girls quickly decide that one of them will need to slip through the opening in the roof of the trailer in order to escape. After Heather complains that the trailer is "as small as the space in between Lindsay's ears," Heather then gets talked into doing such by Gwen, who uses one of Heather's weaknesses, shameless flattery. The guys, save DJ, who is cooking with Chef, have a harder time finding a way out, and eventually attempt to use Owen as a battering ram, which only works when Chris opens the door for them.

Chris then tells the castmates that the theme for this week's challenge will be "Prison Break," showing that there is an area around them that has been appropriately decorated as a prison type area. Chris then goes into a unappealing and crude description of prison life. The teams are then shown preparing for the first challenge, with the Killer Grips feeling quite overconfident, as Justin reminds them that Gwen must throw the challenge for the Screaming Gaffers. Chris then describes the challenge, in which each team will pick a member from the opposite team to eat a disgusting dish made by their team, in an effort to simulate gross prison food. The first competitor of the two to barf will be declared the loser, while the other team will get an advantage in the elimination challenge, which was a Golden Shovel.

The Gaffers easily decide on Lindsay as their victim, as she is known to be extremely squeamish. The Grips then choose Gwen, as they know she will throw the challenge for them, so they are given an advantage. The two victims are then put in prison cell type cages, while the two teams prepare their disgusting meal. DJ, however, besides putting in a disgusting ingredient, puts in some of his mother's spices, as he felt that he couldn't serve food that he wasn't proud of. Then, when the victims eat the dishes, Lindsay considers her meal very good, due to DJ. Gwen, however, despite her disgusting meal, has difficulty barfing, even when she accidentally swallows Beth's retainer and has to cough it back up. In the end, Gwen wins, as when Beth places the retainer back into her mouth, Lindsay throws up due to being grossed out by Beth's actions. Once the challenge ends, Lindsay reminds Gwen that she should have allowed the Grips to win. Heather, seeing Gwen talk to Lindsay, immediately confronts Gwen and suspiciously asks Gwen what she was talking about to Lindsay. Gwen shoves aside Heather's suspicions and walks away, leaving Heather still very much suspicious. Meanwhile, DJ has a conversation with Chef, where Chef at first tells him he is doing a terrible job so far. Then, Chef shows a small amount of his softer side when he tells DJ that he used to be a lot like him, and then tell him to "not waste his gift" like he thinks he, himself, did.

Later, Chris described the elimination challenge to the teams. They must have one member of their team push the rest through an obstacle course, until they reach a point where they will begin to dig a long tunnel from that point to the finish line. This challenge is to simulate breaking out of a prison. The Gaffers have the advantage of receiving a shovel to assist in digging their hole, while the Grips must dig with plastic spoons. For the Gaffers, DJ offers to push the cart, until Gwen convinces him otherwise. Gwen arouses more suspicions from Heather as she insists on pushing the cart for her team, followed by a wink to the Grips, signaling to them that she will be helping them win. The Grips have more trouble deciding who will push for their team. Owen is quick to make up and (obviously fake) an excuse for why he cannot. Lindsay then flirtatiously asks Justin if he will push for their team. Justin then tells her that it will make Gwen's cheating for them look more natural if she pushes the cart. After he refers to her as beautiful, Lindsay blushes, giggles, and agrees to push the cart for their team. Once the challenge begins, Gwen ends up far ahead of the opposing team, as Lindsay is having trouble pushing such a heavy cart. The Grips, angered by Gwen's lead, begin to drop very obvious hints that Gwen needs to throw the challenge. Gwen comes to a stop as soon as she hears Beth call out that Gwen is running faster than Trent ever could. Once the Grips pass up the Gaffers several seconds later, Heather's suspicions rise high enough to begin to suspiciously questioning Gwen about why she had stopped and why the Grips kept mentioning Trent's name. In an effort to convince her team that she had stopped for a legitimate reason, Gwen attempts to fake a cramp. Heather, still suspicious, then tells Gwen to keep moving, despite her "cramp," and Gwen complies.

The Grips then reach their stopping point, and begin to dig. The Gaffers aren't far behind, and once they reach their stopping point LeShawna begins to rapidly dig her team's hole. Gwen, noticing how much quicker LeShawna was moving compared to the Grips, begins to insist that LeShawna may injure herself. Heather then suspiciously asks Gwen why she isn't being supportive of her team, and questions whether she wishes to win the challenge at all. Gwen denies Heather's assumptions, saying she is only concerned for the well-being of her teammates. Meanwhile, Chris and Chef are watching from the sidelines. While watching, Chris attempts to strike up smalltalk with Chef, which Chef does not participate. Chris then asks if Chef is doing anything after work, but immediately stops once he gets a shocked look from Chef. Chris then backs off of the topic. The Killer Grips are shown, in the midst of digging their tunnel. Lindsay begins to worry that the Gaffers are far ahead of them. Justin coolly shoots down her worries, telling her that since Gwen must throw the challenge, they don't need to worry. Meanwhile, The Gaffers are also digging their hole, and are, in fact, very far ahead of the opposing team. Heather, Harold and LeShawna are being to become excited over their strong chances of winning another challenge. Gwen then begins to worry. In an effort to slow their progress, Gwen begins to fake an anxiety attack due to claustrophobia. Gwen then grabs the shovel from LeShawna's hands and hits Harold over the head with it, smashing it in half and knocking out Harold.

Their shovel is then broken, leaving them with no digging tools. DJ then convinces the team that, no matter what, they can still try their hardest to win. LeShawna agrees and tells the team to "get their dig on." However, at that moment, Izzy pops through a bank of dirt, into their hole. They are confused, until Izzy (who now possesses prairie dog style buck teeth) explains how she has been living underground with the prairie dogs since she has been removed from the competition. Izzy then, besides being a member of the opposite team, tells the Gaffers to follow her to the finish line, as she knows a 'short-cut', which makes Gwen nervous. Heather then, noticing Gwen's nervousness, provokingly tells Gwen how great it is that they had found a short-cut, knowing that she didn't want them to win. Izzy then leads the team through a tunnel, telling them more and more of her 'prairie dog' stories. They then pop out at the top of the hole, to find that the Grips had already won the challenge. Izzy then ditches the Gaffers, saying that it is funner to be on the winning team, and walks over the the Grips. The Grips are very confused, telling her that they already voted her off. Izzy, however, tells them that they technically voted "E-Scope" off, not Izzy. A flash back of her elimination even show's Chris filing "E-Scope" elimination. Thus, Izzy is allowed to return to the game.

Later, the castmates are shown eating in the dining hall. Izzy and Owen are already flirting again, describing each other as desserts. At the Gaffer's table, Heather taunts Gwen, saying that she will be voted off, to which Gwen asks her how she is so sure. Heather replies, saying that she had seen through Gwen's 'stunt', assuring her that she knew that she threw the challenge. DJ then brings Gwen a dish of food, in order to 'keep her strength up'. Gwen then thanks DJ and Heather looks on angrily. Later, the Screaming Gaffers are shown at the Gilded Chris Ceremony. During the ceremony, Duncan, LeShawna, DJ, and Harold all receive awards, while Heather and Gwen continuously glare at each other. Chris then announces that Heather receives the last Gilded Chris. Heather then, excitedly, takes Chris's place at the podium, telling Gwen that she is not a winner and is, therefore, a loser, to which Gwen only glares.

Following this are confessionals from all who had eliminated Gwen. LeShawna revealed that, although voting for Gwen hurt, she was upset that she had hit Harold over the head with a shovel. Harold revealed that, as a result of being hit over the head with a shovel by Gwen, if she stayed, according to 'prison rules', he either needed to break a shovel over her head, fall in love with her, or vote her off. Since the first two options were not possible, he had to go with the third choice. Heather is shown declaring that with the three votes for Gwen she knew of (her own vote, plus Harold's and LeShawna's), Gwen would easily be eliminated. Gwen is then shown, being hand cuffed by Chef, and taking the walk of losers. Once she had been handcuffed, Duncan offers to go instead of Gwen, as a joking way of saying that he really wanted to be out of the competition and would take her spot to do so. However, once Chef actually attempts to take Duncan instead, he quickly assures them that he never actually wanted to take her spot, and that he was kidding. Gwen then takes the handcuffs from Chef and tells Duncan that he won't get out of the competition that easily. She then wishes him luck and walks to the Lame-o-sine. Gwen's confessional is then shown, saying that the Grips had forced her to vote for herself, in order to make up for Trent throwing more than one challenge for her. Chris is then shown, still at the Gilded Chris podium and obviously beat up, saying that Gwen voting herself off would win her 'karma points' but lost her the competition and the money. He then signs off the show and collapses to the ground.

Quotes
Owen: Hey! We heard that! Beth: It could still happen! We're not losers! (accidentally spits out her retainer) Chris: (sarcastically) Riiiiight! See for yourself on Total! Drama! Action! Harold: Owen! We had cowboy beans last night. You're seriously risking a toxic gas leak! Owen: Is that all I am to you? Some kind of human fart machine? Duncan: Uh, we just value our lives, is all. Alright, big guy? Owen: Aw! I love you guys! (Owen hugs the guys) And I promise I'll never ever throw another morning - (farts) Starting now. (farts again) I mean, now. Lindsay: Awww, thank you! Heather: For once, I agree with you. I'll do it. LeShawna: Sometimes, I really wish I was one of the guys. Owen: I can try my best! Harold: It's not about trying, it's just a scientific fact! Duncan: It was only juvenile detention, don't get too excited. Gwen: She lost it! She drank everyone's shampoos as if any of them were Magic Potions then barfed on herself! Duncan: She'll crack for sure. Lindsay: Yay! I win! Chris: That's what they all say... LeShawna: I trust anyone more than I trust you. Now get up in that cart and shut it, "Miss-sourpuss-I'm-a-vote-you-off-next"! Duncan: Seriously Heather, shut it! Heather: I have just a thing for cramps. Now get moving. Lindsay: (groans and gasps) Do you know how much you and Omar weigh much? Come on I'm doing my best ever ever! (Chef looks at Chris indifferently) Chris: We can always rent a --. (sees how Chef is looking weirdly at him) Or not, I was busy...... any... way. Very busy, but just throwing it out there. Harold: (in confessional; after passing out from Gwen breaking the shovel over his head) Classic prison madness... and that shovel thing? Heck, everyone knows first day of prison, break something over some big dude's back, then nobody messes with you. I'm kinda scared of Gwen now and kinda of attracted to her. Don't tell LeShawna or Heather o-or Gwen! LeShawna: Danger Boy (Duncan), Toothpick (Heather), Soul Patch (Harold), Puke Breath (Gwen)! Mama's Boy (DJ) is right! Let's get our dig on! Screaming Gaffers: Kaleidoscope?! Izzy: Yip! Yip! Yip! Duncan: Yep, I'd say that's her. Izzy: Yep! I've been living underground amongst the prairie dogs. (an angry prairie dog emerges from her hair, growling) Aw, Butchie, it's okay. These are my friends. Gwen:' (nervously) A shortcut?! Heather: Isn't it cool, Gwen? We're totally going to win, Gwen! Heather: Try not to get too upset, traitor. Lindsay: But, we voted you off. Izzy: Uh-uh! You voted off Kaleidoscope. (cut to a flashback of Kaleidoscope's Elimination) Izzy: I'm not going anywhere. That's not my name. Chris: Can I get a pen, over here? (is given a pen, writes on the results) It says "E-Scope, now, okay? (Izzy nods) Yo, guys, wanna make sure we keep this ballot in the files as an official record of Kaleidoscope's departure? I'll notarize it. Foresight, that's why they pay me the big bucks! (Flashback ends) Owen: So, Izzy's still technically in the game. LeShawna: (in confessional) Voting for Gwen? Yeah, that hurt. I'm not saying Heather was right, but something must have gone on for Gwen, smacking Harold upside his sweet, little head like that. Girl wasn't right, and when you're not right, YOU'RE WRONG. Harold: (in confessional) Thing is, if Gwen had stayed in the game; according to prison rules, I'd either have to break a shovel over her head or fall in love with her. Obviously, neither option was feasible. Heather: (in confessional) My vote plus LeShawna and Harold's equals the greatest day of my life. Bye bye, Gwenny! Chef: Dead girl walking! Duncan: Leave her, take me! Chef: Sure, whatever. (Chef takes handcuffs off Gwen) Duncan: What? Wait, wait! Okay, I didn't actually mean... Gwen: (takes handcuffs out of Chef's hands) Nice try, Duncan. You're not getting off that easy. Good luck, eh? (in confessional) Definition of lousy: being a stickler for your word and having to vote yourself off. (looks and points upwards) Whoever's in charge of karma, I hope that counts for something!
 * Chris: (in a sarcastic voice) Stay tuned to find out who will win this week. Could it be... the Grips?
 * Harold: (in confessional) Rule Number One: Do not wake Owen's beast within first thing in the morning!
 * Heather: (referring to trailer the girls are locked in) This trailer is as tight as the space between Lindsay's ears.
 * Gwen: (in confessional) Ever since the whole awful Trent thing went down, I've just been waiting for karma to bite me in the butt, but what could I do? He was my weakness, my Achilles heel. We all have one. Luckily, Heather has a whole bunch of useful ones. Glittery objects, new hair products, shameless flattery.
 * Gwen: Of course, only the toothpickiest of us is gonna fit through that vent. I'm talking model thin. So surely, the most athletic of us would want to show off her natural sleekness.
 * Harold: Owen! You'll never fit!
 * Harold: (in confessional, referring to prison challenge) Talk about overkill. This place is plenty prison like already, not that I'm complaining. I mean, I should probably be locked up for the ladies' sake anyways.
 * Heather: Lovely. At least we have the only actual ex-con on our team.
 * Heather: Remember when Lindsay locked herself in the bathroom?
 * Heather: Lindsay!
 * Lindsay: I-I can't! I'm innocent, I tell you! Innocent!
 * Chris: A whole lot of dead hair going into the grips cuncoction. And oh, what do we have here? (sings) On top of spaghetti, all covered with flakes. And Gwen has to eat it, 'cause dem just the breaks!
 * Harold: (in confessional) Everybody knows that more wars have been won with a shovel than a sword. Give a man a hole and what does he have? Nothing, but give a man a shovel and he can dig a hole to contain the nothing.
 * Gwen: (in confessional) I know I owe the Grips because of Trent's cheating but even if we forget Lindsay's shampoo incident, last night, she nearly hurled because LeShawna's gum smelled too "minty fresh"? How am I going to puke before that?
 * Justin: Feeling queasy?
 * Gwen: (in confessional) I was imagining every horrifying, barf-worthy thing I could. Drinking the Janitor's mop water; the time my brother puked on my neck on the tilt-a whirl; when I was babysitting, and the dog ate the kids diapers, and then licked my face! But nothing was working!
 * Heather: The girl is seriously sketchy. I for one, refuse to trust her.
 * Duncan: If the girl's got a cramp, the girl's got a cramp. We humans get them.
 * Justin: Pump those legs! Come on! Pump!
 * Owen: I was having this terrible dream that we were on this show, and we were in prison, and we had to- Ah nuts. Uh- beer nuts.
 * Chris: (sitting at the finish line with Chef) So, you ever seen that prison flick; the one with the guy in it? You know, the guy with the face? (Chef nods) So, you doing anything after work?
 * Gwen: (in the prison break hole of the second challenge; freaking out from enclosed space) AAH! My claustrophobia! The walls -- they're closing in! I'm like a caged animal, man. I can't take another second! (steals shovel from LeShawna; yells out a battle cry; smashes shovel on Harold's head)
 * DJ: Team! We're the Screaming Gaffers. We're gonna win even if we have to dig with our bare hands, even if we have to eat our way out.
 * (Izzy emerges from the soil)
 * 'Izzy: Follow me! I know a shortcut to the finish-place.
 * Gwen: They actually won?
 * Izzy: Alright, Killer Grips! (laughs) High Five!
 * Chris: ...Izzy! Time to go.
 * Owen: If you were food, you'd be dessert! Chocolate covered chocolate with chocolate sauce and sprinkles...(laughs)...chocolate ones!!!
 * Izzy: (laughs) That is so nice, Owen! You're a banana split with, like, 26 bananas and a whole lotta "split"! Yeah! Too funny
 * Heather: You threw the challenge. We would've gotten through to the tunnel if it wasn't for E-scope. You're gonna pay.
 * Chris: Time's up! I'll tally the votes! Duncan, LeShawna, DJ, and Harold. Another award and one day to compete. Tonight's final Gilded Chris and another chance at the million goes to... Heather!
 * Heather: (to Gwen) Sorry, Gwen, you're not the winner. You lost, so you're a loser. It's just logic!
 * (Chef puts handcuffs on Gwen)
 * Chris: (shown looking like he is beaten up) Wow, folks are getting fistey! Voting yourself off may win you a few 'karma points', but they do lose you a million bucks. Check... you... later.
 * Gwen: Guess I'm not going to get my necklace back from Trent! Oh well. Guess that's karma for ya. (sighs) I'm so relieved that this whole thing is all over! Is that... Trent!? Hurry up driver! Can we please shut this off now? Aftershow? There's an aftershow!? Oh, you've got to be kidding! (tries to open the door) Let me out of here!

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode's title and content are based on the Stephen King movie, "The Shawshank Redemption."
 * Gwen is the first contestant in all of Total Drama history to ever vote themselves off, and is also the first contestant of the original final five from Total Drama Island to leave Total Drama Action.
 * This episode marks the first time that Gwen is officially eliminated in the Total Drama Series.
 * With Gwen's elimination, all of the female contestants from the original Screaming Gophers have been eliminated at least once over the course of the series.
 * Not only that, but also now both of the original captains of the Screaming Gaffers and the Killer Grips have been eliminated.
 * This marks the first time that someone other than Chris or Chef has talked or been seen (not in clips from the previous episode) in the recap given at the beginning of the show. The entire Killer Grips team was seen during the recap, sitting nearby.
 * The castmates seen in the confessional for this episode are Gwen, LeShawna, Heather, Harold, and DJ.
 * All the castmates that used the confessional are from the Screaming Gaffers.
 * Duncan is the only Gaffer not to use the confessional in this episode.
 * This is one of the only three episodes (the others being Not Quite Famous and One Flu Over the Cuckoos) where Heather calls Izzy by her real name.
 * When Izzy returns, she says she has been living with prairie dogs, similar to how in No Pain, No Game (the first episode she returned in) where she claimed she had been living with a family of beavers.
 * LeShawna and Harold seem to both still have feelings for each other, as Harold constantly mentions his feeling for LeShawna, and, in this episode, LeShawna voted for Gwen because Gwen had hit Harold with a shovel, despite their strong friendship.
 * Harold begins to become slightly attracted to Gwen after she hit him with a shovel, but then later explains that he voted her off because, to Harold, according to prison rules, if Gwen stayed in the game, he'd either have to hit her with a shovel or fall in love with her, and he refused to do either option, making it unlikely that he will pursue a relationship with Gwen.
 * The same two people (Lindsay and Gwen) participated in the challenges in which individual people are needed in this episode.
 * Lindsay is said to be squeamish in this episode yet, in Brunch of Disgustingness she seems to not throw up as easily as others, such as Trent.
 * Gwen says that Heather has many useful weaknesses including glittery objects. this foreshadows Heather's confession about having a secret glitter glue collection in Awww, Drumheller.
 * This is the second time that Owen has been referred to as a "fart machine," the first being by Heather in Wawanakwa Gone Wild.
 * Chef wears the same outfit as he did in Basic Straining in this episode.
 * This episode marks the first time a Screaming Gaffer is voted off in Total Drama Action.
 * Due to the slight flirting at the end of the episode, it appears that Owen and Izzy's relationship has gone back to normal for the first time since the beginning of Hook, Line, and Screamer when Owen pushed her in front of the Killer (Chef).
 * This is the first time Lindsay is seen vomiting. With her vomiting this episode, Beth is the only remaining female camper to not puke that made it onto both seasons.
 * Ironically, the first two competitors that were eliminated from the competition while on teams (Gwen and Trent) were the same two people who chose the teams (not counting Izzy, who returned from elimination as of this episode).
 * This is the first episode in Total Drama Action to have a contestant return, and also the contestant, Izzy, is the only contestant to return in both Total Drama Action and Total Drama Island.
 * This is the second time Izzy has come back when they are ten contestants left, unless one counts Eva, who came back before Izzy.
 * DJ and Duncan were the only two team members that didn't vote Gwen off at the Elimination Ceremony that night.
 * They also were sitting next to each other during the Gilded Chris Ceremony.
 * This episode makes it unclear whether or not Chris does the recap in real-time or after the show. In Paintball Deer Hunter, when he was doing the recap for Up the Creek, Chris knew all about Beth taking the tiki doll from Boney Island. However in If You Can't Take The Heat... Chris is surprised when Beth admits she took the tiki doll. It may be that the recaps are in real time, as Chris could have been faking it to overreact and make Beth feel worse. Also, in Haute Camp-ture, Chris is seen explaining how they will be talking with the losers. While he is doing that, Owen, Gwen, Heather, Duncan, and LeShawna are doing things around him.
 * This is the second episode in the series where a live grub has been seen as food. The first was Not So Happy Campers - Part 1.
 * This is the second time Gwen shows any type of claustrophobia. The first time was in Phobia Factor. Coincidentally, they were both in episode 7.
 * When Izzy is leading the Screaming Gaffers through the short cut there is a buried box with Jumanga written on it. This is a reference to the movie Jumanji.
 * When Chris says 'I'll tally the votes', it is a reference to the show Survivor.
 * The Golden Shovel used in this episode could be a reference to an item used in Animal Crossing.
 * Heather pushing Chris at the Awards Ceremony is a reference to the movie Bring It On: All or Nothing.
 * This is the first episode written by Brendon Yorke.

Goofs

 * Lindsay's Name Goof(s): She calls Owen "Omar" again.


 * Two closed captioning mistakes were made in this episode.
 * Around the time The Gaffers' made it to their "X," LeShawna gets to digging. Gwen says, "LeShawna, you'll hurt yourself." The closed captioning for this was, "LeShawna, don't hurt yourself."
 * After The Gilded Chris Ceremony results, Chris, who was hit to the floor by Heather, gets up and says, "Folks are getting feisty." The closed captioning for this was, "Folks, again, find a seat."
 * In 3:10 to Crazytown, Chris says the jump is 750 feet. However in the recap, he says it was 100 feet, although he might have forgotten what the exact height was.
 * When Gwen was freaking out in the trailer the G on her pajama shirt is backwards but when she talks to Heather, it's normal.
 * When the boys fall out of the trailer, it shows all the girls except LeShawna. However, LeShawna is seen standing next to Beth when Chris is explaining the challenge.
 * During the recap, the Grips (Owen and Beth are annoyed by Chris' attitude) are shown sitting nearby, but when the camera zooms out, they are missing.