Killer Grips

The Killer Grips is a team in Total Drama Action. Their team symbol is a Red Fist. They seem to be the TDA equivalent of The Killer Bass, but have proven to be an even weaker team than the Bass.

The Killer Grips consists of Trent, Lindsay, Justin, Izzy, Owen, Beth, and 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. However, Izzy was brought back in The Chefshank Redemption because of a technicality that she was eliminated as "E-Scope". They also lost the challenge in Beach Blanket Bogus, although no player was voted out this episode. Trent usually took on the role as leader, directing the team on what to do and going into the most risky and decisive of challenges. However, the Grips eliminated Trent when they discovered that he was throwing challenges for Gwen. The team finally won their first challenge in The Chefshank Redemption. The Grips returned to their losing streak when they lost the challenge in One Flu Over the Cuckoos, but no one on the team was voted out in this episode. They seem to be, like the Killer Bass, the TDA equivalent underdog team. To date the team has only won a single challenge, although this was partially due to Gwen owing them a favor for Trent's cheating. She was subsequently eliminated for sabotaging the Gaffers. In Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, Courtney joins the team after successfully winning her lawsuit against the producers to allow her return to the show. She gets off on the wrong foot, however, as everyone votes for her.

It is uncertain who is the new team captain, as leadership has changed hands a few times. With Justin as the team captain in The Chefshank Redemption, the team adopted underhanded tactics in its efforts to win challenges. This is evident when they forced Gwen to throw all of the Gaffers' challenges, playing a major role in her eventual elimination. Justin also seems to have immersed Beth, Lindsay, and possibly Owen into his new alliance. However, in The Sand Witch Project, Lindsay seems to take the leadership role, landing her in the bottom two, however DJ then votes himself off, saving her. She reassumed leadership in Full Metal Drama, where she proclaimed herself "Admiral Lindsay, Her Hotness", with Beth giving out instructions too hard for Lindsay to explain herself. So far, her leadership has yet to win any challenges. Izzy was eliminated in this aforementioned episode again after Justin turned the team against her, as she said that he was not that cute.

With Izzy's second elimination, the Grips are now on an equal footing with the Gaffers once again, with four players each. However in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, the Killer Grips receive Courtney, disturbing the balance between the teams to 5 to 4. Courtney tries to take leadership during the last part of the challenge and almost win. However they lost the challenge, and due to Courtney's lawsuit, she couldn't get eliminated. Her vote was for Owen, eliminating him. This evens out the teams for the third time this season.

It would seem Courtney has made herself the new team captain of the Grips. Unfortunately, due to her overbearing and selfish nature, she currently does not have the support of her team, as evidenced by their failed attempt to eliminate her.

In One Million Bucks, B.C., the Killer Grips finally win their first challenge with no strings attached. They resumed their winning streak in Million Dollar Babies, after repeatedly beating the Gaffers fair and square. It would also seem that Courtney is slightly less contemptuous towards her team.

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 only contain one member The Killer Bass, despite being based on the Killer Bass. (However, Izzy was on the Killer Bass in the 1st episode and shortly in the 2nd episode.) The Screaming Gaffers have 2 of the 3 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 3 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 3 challenges.
 * Trent was the first captain to be voted off (for both teams).
 * Killer Grips never won with Trent as captain.
 * 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 challange thanks to Courtney.
 * Despite all the eliminations that they had to go through and their loss in every elimination challenge except one, 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).
 * When Owen got eliminated, Justin became the last male castmate on the Killer Grips.
 * The grips are all eliminated in a pattern going Girl (E-Scope), Boy (Trent), Girl (Izzy), Boy (Owen). This pattern is the same with the Gaffer'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 campers.
 * Izzy was the only female Killer Grip who did not make it to the merge.
 * Owen and Trent were the only boys on the Killer Grips who didn't make it to the merge.