Rock n' Rule

'''After a well loved contestant returns to the game and the final six compete in rock and roll themed challenges. One of the girls wins invincibility again, so another one plots for somebody's downfall to weaken someone's chances. In the end, the plotter eliminates themselves due to an accident, leaving another contestant sad.'''

Plot
The episode opens with Lindsay singing happily as she leaves the communal bathrooms, while several animals run away in fear of her horrible singing voice. This greatly irritates Courtney, who is still upset from the events of the previous night. This also irritates Duncan, who is annoyed from having to sit through the date with Lindsay and the movie from last night. Chef then begins to play the drums, prompting the contestants to emerge from their respective trailers. Chris then announces the challenge and explains that it will be the "Rock and Roll" genre. Lindsay then questions why Owen is next to her, eating her popcorn. The camera moves to Owen, as Chris yells at him to leave and wait for his cue. Chris then announces that Owen will be returning to the competition due to a lawsuit. Owen later reveals in the confessional that he never filed a lawsuit and that he only returned because Chris had actually paid him to come back onto the show to cause more drama. He said that he needed the money to pay off his mom's cheese cellar.

They then move on to the first challenge, which is guitar playing. The contestants are told that they need to play the notes that correspond with the screen, and they will be electrified if they do not do so. Harold plays too fast and his guitar starts burning, so Chef throws water on it and electrocutes him. Owen falls off the stage and is eliminated. Lindsay gets electrocuted because of not playing at all but asking Chris if he has a red guitar that went with her outfit. Beth's guitar simply explodes; this leaves Duncan and Courtney the only two left in the challenge. Duncan plays the guitar very basically while Courtney does a tremendous amount of tricks. Duncan then smashes his guitar, and Chris says that he won, as Courtney "tried too hard." Duncan teases her about his victory, to which Courtney responds by smashing her guitar against Duncan's groin, knocking him to the ground.

They then move on to the next challenge, where they must maneuver through a red carpet. Courtney goes first, maneuvering around the photographers and fans while rushing through the obstacles. Duncan goes next, being rude to the photographers and all of the fans, save for the groupie, to whom he gives his phone number. Owen then goes, tripping and rolling down the red carpet, causing Chef to have to duct-tape the door back together. Beth loses her glasses on her turn, and ends up tripping and falling, much like Owen, making Chef duct-tape the photographer back together too. Harold goes next and starts out okay, but when Duncan tells Doris to hurry up, Harold freaks out, breaking all the cardboard cutouts, and breaking down to the point where he falls into Chris' arms, crying, leaving Chef to duct-tape all of the cardboard cutouts. Lindsay is the last to go, and she walks slowly down the red carpet, greeting and posing for the fans and the photographers. Due to this, Lindsay had the best photo and also did the least amount of damage, and thus won the challenge. Courtney is angry about this, saying that she clearly did the best job of dodging the paparazzi. Chris then says that their task wasn't necessarily to dodge the paparazzi, but rather, to properly expose yourself to them, adding, "And Lindsay exposed."

The third challenge is for the contestants to trash a hotel room. They all go at the same time, but Lindsay earned extra time at the end. Duncan and Courtney were, once again, the best competitors in the challenge. However Courtney ends up losing it and destroys the entire set, including the lights, a microphone, and the set walls. Courtney ends up smashing so much that Lindsay had nothing left to break when she got her extra time. This causes Courtney to win invincibility.

Later, Harold and Owen are seen being called over to a set bridge by Lindsay and Beth. They begin to talk of a plan to vote off Duncan, as Courtney has immunity. They wish to vote him off for his bad attitude and knowing Courtney would go crazy if he left. Owen seems to disagree, saying he wants to vote for Courtney, even if that would be a waste of his vote but says it is for getting him voted off in the first place. Harold, however, agrees with Lindsay and Beth and agrees to vote off Duncan. At the Gilded Chris Ceremony, the competitors are seen voting, with Owen notably voting for Courtney, and Harold for Duncan. Lindsay is seen looking at Beth, smiling, and closing her eyes while she voted. Chris then distributes the awards to Courtney, Beth, Harold, and Owen, leaving Lindsay and Duncan in the bottom two. Duncan begins to look nervous, and Lindsay believes that, with three votes against him, she is safe. The last Gilded Chris, however, goes to Duncan, meaning that Lindsay has been eliminated. Lindsay and Beth are both confused since three people were supposed to vote off Duncan. Chris announces that, while Harold and Beth did indeed vote for Duncan, Lindsay had accidentally voted for herself when she looked at Beth and didn't look at who she was voting off. This, along with Duncan's and Courtney's votes, eliminated her. The castmates are shocked, and Duncan laughs.

Lindsay and Beth say goodbye to one another, each of them saddened by them having to be separated. Lindsay then leaves in the Lame-o-sine, and Chris says goodbye to the competition's "foxiest player," then he signs off the episode.

Cast

 * Chef Hatchet appeared in this episode but he had no lines.

Quotes
Courtney: Would you please shut up! It's "like butterflies" not "butterknives." And everyone knows you picked Duncan for your movie reward last night as retaliation! That murder-mystery challenge is over; you can stop massacring that song! Lindsay: I was not mascara-ing anything except my eyelashes, Courtney. Courtney: Oh, stop playing dumb Lindsay. Lindsay: Oo, oo, oo! Like butterknives we're free! Courtney: (to Beth) She's not playing, is she? Duncan: (reacting To Lindsay's singing, also grabs Harold) Agh! Three hours at the movies last night with that girl and now this! I'm gonna go stick a fork in my eye to relieve the pain. Chris: A few things that every certifiable rock god needs to know that I can talk about: You need to know how to rock out on the guitar, work the paparazzi, and trash a hotel room. Owen: (laughing) Hey everybody! Courtney, Lindsay, Beth, Duncan and Harold: Owen? Chris: Owen! You were supposed to wait for your cue; what is wrong with you? Owen: I was hungry! And when I'm hungry I forget everything except what my tummy is telling me. Chris: You're not the only one with lawyers; Owen also filed a lawsuit...and won. His jaw was busted by Chef and he was unfairly kicked off the show. Is that good enough for ya? Chris: Yeah, it's a lot like the recorder...only completely different! Beth: You mean you're going to electrocute us? Chris: Me? Electrocute You? Of course not! (short pause) The guitar will electrocute you. But don't worry, you'll live. Though you may never be able to play the piano again... Lindsay: I can't play the piano anyway. Chris: ...or use the phone. Lindsay: Noooo! Harold: For those about to rock, I salute you! Duncan: (while looking at Harold) Bite me. Chris: And...Rock on! Harold: Water! Water! (gets electrocuted) Shoot. Duncan: Oops. Chris: Impressive both of you, but the winner is...Duncan! Courtney: What?! But I played every note! I played behind my head, and on my knees, and with my teeth! Chris: Yes, yes you did. But you tried way too hard. And if there's one thing rock stars don't do, it's try. Even a little. You saw Duncan. Courtney: Yes! He played every tenth note and broke his guitar afterwards! Chris: Exactly. Duncan: Watch and learn, baby doll. Maybe one day you'll be able to rock as hard as me. (Courtney hits him in the groin with her guitar) AAAAAAAAAAAH! Courtney: That hard enough, baby doll? Chris: We'll be right back as soon as Courtney cools down with a hot bath and Duncan gets his rock back in his roll. (Chris' head pops up out of upper-right corner of the screen; with a towel around his shoulders) Chris: Yeah, I'm going to be needing that. Chris: Um... Ok... Harold: (runs down the red carpet crying, destroying the cutouts on his way) Courtney: Yes! Beth: (off-screen) Pst! Guys, over here! Harold: Ladies? What's up? Lindsay: Beth and I have been thinking about who to vote off. Since we can't lose Courtney, we're thinking Duncan. Owen: Vote off Duncan? Lindsay: Hello-o! Did you see how grumpy he was today? Plus, Courtney would never admit it, but she'd go ballistic if he got kicked off! Harold: You don't need to convince me. Owen: I don't know...I think I'd like to vote for Courtney. Harold: But, she has invincibility. Owen: I know I'd be wasting my vote, but it's her fault I got kicked off the show! Plus, I don't think she was very nice today. Lindsay: I don't think so either, Owen. Chris: Thought so. In fact, what happened is a first for the show. A contestant accidentally voted themselves off. Lindsay: What?! Chris: Take a look, unlike me, the camera never lies. (shows a video clip of Lindsay voting herself off) Everyone (except Duncan): (gasps) Duncan: (laughs) Chris: Lindsay, it's time to say sayonara. (short pause, with Lindsay staring at him blankly) That means goodbye. Lindsay: Don't worry. Friends are worth way more than money. Beth: Lindsay, That's the smartest thing anyone's said all season! Lindsay: Really? Beth: Totally.
 * Lindsay: (singing off-key) Ooo, your face, in my glands. Ooo, oo, oo, oo, oo, oo, oo, oo, it's you and meeee! And you and me makes weee. You. and me-e-e-e-e-e-e-eee like butterknives we're free! We're freeeee!
 * Chris: (to Chef) Okay, Ringo. Spotlight's not big enough for the both of us.
 * Lindsay: Is a Bio Pic like a toothpick? Because I could really use one right now.
 * Duncan: (in Confessional) Rock n' Roll Bio Pic? Normally I would of been stoked, but I had a rockin' headache from Lindsay-palooza last night.
 * Chris: Any good Rock n' Roll Bio Pic starts with a kid from humble beginnings drawn into the seemingly glam world of rock music. After overcoming enormous hardship, the kid gets a break and makes it ginormous. Bigger than me, even. The kid is then drawn into a scandalous world of stuff I'm not allowed to talk about with sixteen-year-olds; things that lead to dangerous addictions, multiple divorces, the occasional night in the joint, and an untimely death while sitting on a toilet. (in video-feed room) Please, do not try any of the aforementioned at home, or I will be sued and would be unable to afford the maintenance of this fabulous smile.
 * Lindsay: Why is Owen eating my popcorn?
 * Owen (In Confessional) Me and my tummy are very close, we'd be even closer if it weren't for my chest.
 * Courtney: Hello? Not fine. No way Owen is allowed back. I had to file a lawsuit to get back on this show. I'm contacting my lawyers.
 * Owen: I didn't really file a lawsuit. I'm back because my mom spent $50,000 on a cheese cellar.
 * Lindsay: But, I don't know how to play the guitar. Is it anything like the recorder? I can play the recorder.
 * Chris: (while explaining the challenge) ...every time you play a wrong note, BZZT!
 * Chris: Are you ready to rock out?
 * Chris: Would'ya look at that; Harold's on fire! I mean, seriously, his guitar's on fire...
 * Harold: (about Courtney) Wow! That girl can rock!
 * Chris: Wow, Duncan, you broke it.
 * Duncan: (In confessional; referring to the backstage pass he got from Chris) Too bad this isn't a real backstage pass. Sure, looks the part. (Begins reading it) All access public membership, (surprised look) buff and tone spa!?!
 * (Duncan flips off a cardboard cutout)
 * Duncan: (to Harold) Get on with it, Doris!
 * Chris: (about Harold) If that's not a cry for help, I don't know what is.
 * Courtney: (in confessional) I hate, hate, hate losing. So when Lindsiot won, it took all my years of studying transcendental meditation to keep it together. AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
 * Owen: (in confessional) ...three...four...five! Five pennies! Only five million five hundred and ninety-four more until I can pay off the cheese cellar, which'll get me out of doo doo doing duty; how am I going to betray my own friends?! (sees something) Six! Six pennies. And a peanut! Oh, this day just keeps getting better!
 * Duncan: (in confessional) Nothing sharpens my dog collar more than a girl with a ton of attitude. Mm, mm, mm...
 * Chris: Time! Lindsay, you now have an additional ten seconds...go! (short pause) ...I see your predicament. Thanks to Courtney, there's nothing left to destroy. Which means...Courtney wins invincibility!
 * Harold: I sure am glad you're back, Owen.
 * Owen: (in confessional) I know I'm supposed to be stirring up the doo doo, but I just got here! I haven't even got a chance to put my drawers in my drawers yet. Look! (sniffs underwear) Ew, hello Mr. Dirty Pile.
 * Beth: But, Lindsay? Harold and I voted for Duncan.
 * Beth: It's my fault! I distracted you! And now you've lost your chance at the million.
 * Lindsay: Bye! Well, don't worry! Saying bye isn't so bad. Because, really it's just a Hi with a B.
 * Chris: And on that note, TDA says bye to it's foxiest player, tune in next time for a another hot rockin' episode of Total...Drama...Action!
 * Lindsay: (In Lame-o-sine) Getting kicked off the show may be the best thing that ever happened to me! Now I can devote my time to something real meaningful. Like, helping the poor look better! I see them on the street and think, uh, with some blush, some eyeshadow, ok and a lot of foundation, I could work miracles! And I'd have a line of skin care products named....Lindsay! And I'd make sure that none of them are tested on animals. Well, at least not the cute ones!

Trivia

 * The episode's title is a reference to Rock & Rule.
 * This is the first episode in the season that Harold doesn't have a confessional.
 * Courtney wins solo invincibility in an elimination challenge for the third time in a row.
 * Owen returns to the competition in this episode, making him the first male in the entire series to return to the competition.
 * Owen promised not to sue the show in Masters of Disasters even though Chris told the remaining contestants he did, even though in reality Owen didn't sue the show.
 * Chris told Owen not to sue the show for Chef busting his jaw, and Chris told the remaining contestants that he sued due to his unfair elimination, not contradicting what Chris said in Masters of Disasters.
 * In this episode, Lindsay devises a plan to get Duncan eliminated, but ends up eliminating herself instead.
 * This marks the first time a contestant has accidentally voted themselves off the show for the entire series, and the third to just vote themselves off.
 * This episode made a reference to Guitar Hero/Rock Band rhythm video games in the first portion of the challenge.
 * This episode marks the first time that Chris and a contestant have been seen in the confessional simultaneously (in this case, Duncan).
 * Every person that voted for Lindsay won part of the challenge.
 * This is the third episode were someone gives the finger. The first was That's Off the Chain!, the second was The Aftermath: III. Also, it should be noted that somebody gives the finger in both episodes Lindsay is eliminated.
 * Chris made a reference to The Beatles in this episode by calling Chef "Ringo."
 * It is clear who everyone voted for in this episode:
 * Courtney: Lindsay
 * Duncan: Lindsay
 * Lindsay: Lindsay
 * Owen: Courtney
 * Beth: Duncan
 * Harold: Duncan
 * It is revealed that Lindsay can play the recorder.
 * Most of the times that Owen is in the confessional, he has something with him.
 * First time: Popcorn
 * Second time: 6 pennies and a peanut
 * Third time: A pair of boxers
 * Courtney was revealed to have been in a rock band called The A-Type Psychotic Crazies, and therefore can play the guitar well, with people all like her. It broke up because there were five lead singers, and no back up. The band was referenced again in Mutiny on the Soundstage.
 * Harold can also play the guitar well, but due to his fast moving fingers, he set the guitar on fire.
 * Courtney admits to having a therapist, who helps her with her anger issues in this episode.
 * Courtney's therapist also was said to have taught her meditation, for when she is angry about losing.
 * This is the first and currently only time Lindsay was eliminated from being voted out (Lindsay was eliminated in That's Off the Chain!, because she was the last person to cross the finish line in the Motocross Challenge and lost the tie-breaker challange in Can't Help Falling in Louvre).
 * This is the second episode someone attempted to eliminate Courtney even though she had invincibility (the first time was in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine).
 * Coincidentally, Owen was involved in both Gilded Chris Ceremonies.
 * Chris' statement about rock star's having an untimely death while sitting on the toilet is a reference to Elvis Presley's death.
 * The cardboard girl that Duncan flips off is the original design of Sadie. Also, the girl photographer when Lindsay passes the red carpet, is the original design of Katie.
 * When Lindsay posed for the camera, She has a Camp TV pose.
 * This is the second time Lindsay, Beth, and another contestant try to vote off Duncan to upset Courtney but one of those three players gets eliminated instead. (The first time was in Super Hero-ld.)
 * This episode is the first to feature references to AC/DC in it, the next being Picnic At Hanging Dork.
 * During the guitar playing challenge, Owen is seen wearing the school boy uniform of Australian hard rock band AC/DC's lead guitarist Angus Young.
 * Harold also makes two references to AC/DC: 1st by signing a line from Thunderstruck when he was excited about the challenge, and by chanting "To those about to rock, I salute you" during the guitar challenge, very much like the the AC/DC song, "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)."
 * This is the second episode to feature Chef's drums.
 * The first time Chef's played the drums was in Riot On Set, during the Awards Ceremony.
 * This is the second episode in a row that Chef appears but has no lines.
 * Courtney playing guitar behind her head and with her teeth is a reference to the guitar stunts of guitar legend, Jimi Hendrix; while her playing the guitar in the "windmill" motion is akin to Pete Townshend of The Who.
 * Duncan uses one of Harold's middle names, "Doris," for the second time, which he found out in One Flu Over the Cuckoos.
 * This is the third elimination ceremony in which Duncan receives the final Gilded Chris in a row. The other episodes are Super Hero-ld and The Princess Pride.
 * Duncan is also the first person to ever do so in the entire series.
 * After the merge, Duncan is the only person to do so.
 * This is the second episode of Total Drama Action to feature singing. The first was The Princess Pride.
 * In this episode, a blond enters the competition and a blond leaves the competition.
 * Like last season, there were six contestants in episode 21, with two blonde contestants each season. Also, in the 21th episode of both seasons one blond contestant is leaving, with another one left
 * In this episode we learn that Chris wrote an auto-biography (which is a volume set, although only the first volume is seen in this episode).
 * This is the second time Beth is seen without her glasses in Total Drama Action. The first was in Dial M for Merger.
 * Courtney calls Lindsay, "Lindsiot," which is a nickname that Heather used.
 * With Lindsay gone, all five remaining contestants are also the first five to appear in the Total Drama Action Intro.
 * Interestingly, the first five eliminated were the last five contestants in the theme song.
 * The guitars the contestants had were different from each other.
 * Beth had a Banjo (Probably based on the fact that she was raised in the prairie).
 * Courtney had an acoustic guitar.
 * Lindsay had a Flying V guitar.
 * Duncan had a Skull-like Guitar. (Probably based on his punk delinquent attitude.)
 * Owen had an electric guitar with Britain's Flag on it, similar to Noel Gallagher's Supernova guitar.
 * Harold had a normal, solid-colored guitar with Canadian leaves on it.
 * This is the third episode where Courtney hurts Duncan in his groin. The first episode was Paintball Deer Hunter and the second was One Million Bucks, B.C..

Goofs

 * On the groupie cutout, Duncan wrote his phone number on the stomach, yet when the other contestants walk past it, the writing is missing, except for when Lindsay passes by.
 * During the third part of the challenge, Chris says that Lindsay won the first challenge, when in fact Duncan won it.
 * In the captions, when Beth called Harold and Owen, it said Lindsay had said it.
 * When Courtney hit Duncan with the guitar, Duncan's shorts were longer than usual.
 * When it shows Lindsay's voting device, Beth is shown and the top of her neck shows her in her swimsuit.
 * Strangely, Harold and Owen are not shown on the voting devices.
 * It is possible that the castmates had to "scroll" to see them.
 * When Lindsay is singing, the mirror does not show her hand.
 * When Courtney grabs her swag-bag, it is light blue, but when she runs past the bouncer, it is black. However, in the next scene, it is blue once again.
 * When Owen is counting his first five pennies, they disappear when he finds the sixth penny and the peanut, yet re-appear once he picks it up.
 * When Chris shows everyone their best shots it shows Lindsay posing, but she was never seen posing in that formation.
 * The same was with Harold. He is seen in the picture with his hands up, yet when he ran, he had his hands over his eyes.
 * There were two closed captioning goofs.
 * When Courtney says "Lindsiot" in the confessional, the closed captioning said "Lindsay" instead of "Lindsiot."
 * When Duncan calls Harold "Doris," the closed captioning said that Chris said it.
 * When Harold was trying to destroy the phone, it had no cord. But when Lindsay was jumping on the bed, it had one.
 * Owen was eliminated from the guitar challenge but he actually never was electrocuted. It is possible that Chris considered him falling off of the stage as a reason to remove him from the challenge.
 * When Chris is talking about his autobiography, he seems to be floating in mid-air.
 * When Harold was knocking the heads off of all of the standees, he never knocked off the sandwiches, even though they were at the same level as where his hand had been.
 * The cheese cellar was 50,000 dollars, but when Owen finds 6 pennies, he says he needs 5,000,584 more. 50,000 dollars is equal to 5 million pennies, so he only really needed 4,999,994 more.