Paintball Deer Hunter

'''The two teams compete in a paintball competition with the teams divided into "hunters" and "deer." One member of an alliance stands up against its leader. Another camper is voted off after being severely mauled by a bear.'''

s== Recap == The campers are awoken by the sound of Chris flying over the camp in a helicopter. In the girls cabin, Heather asks Beth and Lindsay to warm up a shower for her, to which they comply. A short time later, a long line can be seen outside the communal washroom because of the fact that everyone is waiting for Heather to finish. Shortly afterward, Chris is heard over the loudspeakers asking the campers to assemble at the campfire pit. Heather then asks someone to lotion her back, and Beth turns around to find she's the only one left and grudgingly walks in to complete the task. At the campfire, Chris says today's challenge is about survival, and it is a paintball deer hunt for the teams. He then reveals an arsenal of Paintball Guns. Chris states the Killer Bass hunters are Harold, Geoff and Bridgette and will be using blue paintballs and the Gopher hunters are Owen, Beth, LeShawna and Lindsay using orange paint with everybody else taking the roles of "deer" wearing antler headgear and deer tails and being the prey for the 'hunters'.

Out in the woods, the "deer" are unhappy about their roles except for Cody, who says in the confessional stall that he is used to dodging things in real life. Heather says she's going to get Beth and Lindsay to protect her for the entire time of the game and dismisses a suggestion from Gwen that this would be illegal under the rules. The scene shifts to the Killer Bass hunters where Harold tries to console Bridgette, who thinks hunting is wrong, by saying Heather is one of the deer and this point improves Bridgette's outlook quite a bit on the whole hunting matter.

Just after Chris announces the hunt has just started, Owen splashes urine, from a jar, on himself to mask his scent, to the revulsion of the other hunters of his team. Beth and Lindsay are snarled at by Heather, who orders Lindsay to get her berries and Beth to get a bag of non barbecue chips from the dining hall. In a confessional, Beth complains that Heather can be so bossy in her attitude with her and other people. Owen continues to prowl the woods, spots DJ nearby and tries to sneak up on him. Elsewhere, Beth sneaks into the Main Lodge past Chef's watchful eyes for the chips Heather demanded. Back with Owen, the hunter is suddenly startled by a snake and DJ, alerted to Owen's presence, runs off followed by Owen. Back at the mess hall, Beth manages to barely get out of it with the bag of chips without Chef spotting her. In a confessional, Beth chastises herself for what she did for someone she doesn't even like. Owen maintains his chase of DJ but only succeeds in hurting himself in the process. Beth talks with Cody and tells him she had it with the game after risking her life for a bag of chips. Heather is angry that Beth ate most of the chips and orders Beth to get her another one but Beth refuses to go. Moments later, Heather is shot by Harold and Bridgette. Owen heads up a hill shooting at DJ but, when they reach the top, Owen has run out of paintballs and is tossed off the hill into the water below by DJ.

Elsewhere, Heather calls an alliance meeting with Lindsay and interrupts Beth shooting at a "deer" to tell Beth she can stay in the alliance if she apologizes for her earlier actions but Beth refuses. The two argue back and forth with Beth stating that Heather is more concerned with bossing people around than winning challenges. At another location, Owen, soaking wet, is determined to get a deer and, spotting Duncan walking by, quickly finds a new target. The fighting between Heather and Beth continues on with LeShawna overhearing the argument and stopping to watch. LeShawna accidentally shoots Heather by mistake and when Heather turns to angrily berate LeShawna, Beth shoots Heather as well.

Elsewhere, Owen is up in a tree getting ready to shoot Duncan, who is drinking from a nearby pond. However, a loud fart by Owen alerts Duncan to his presence and he runs off. Cody is along in the woods eating chips with his confessional (filmed afterwards) showing him in a wheelchair and heavily bandaged. A moment or so later, the reason for his future state becomes clear when Cody is confronted by an hungry bear. Elsewhere, Heather shoots paintballs at LeShawna and Beth and they return the favor. In another location, Courtney and Duncan quibble over which direction the camp is located and accidentally lock their "antlers" as a result. In confessional, Duncan says that he kinda liked having antlers locked with Courtney. After that Courtney asks "now what?", Duncan responds asking Courtney if she would like to make out with him, to which Courtney only responds with a blank expression.

Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette spot the paintball fight between LeShawna, Heather and Beth and start shooting at the latter for fun just as the announcement that the hunt is over. Chris surveys the campers and tells them about Cody getting mauled by a bear. Courtney and Duncan, still stuck together, come to the camp grounds, where Bridgette and Geoff untangle them. Chris declares the Killer Bass as the winners of the challenge.

At the campfire ceremony, Heather declares she votes for Beth and one other camper if she could (most likely LeShawna). In the confessional, Cody figures he's safe, since he's a quick healer and everybody hates Heather. At the campfire ceremony, Chris gives the marshmallows to Trent, Lindsay, Owen, Gwen, LeShawna and Beth. The last marshmallow goes to Heather. In the end, Cody is voted off the island. Chris allows someone to wheel him down to the Dock of Shame since he is unable to move by himself, which Beth volunteers to almost instantly. Upon reaching the end of the Dock, Beth shows Cody the tiki idol she kept from Boney Island in the previous challenge. Cody, instantly realizing the truth about the idol and their consecutive losses, frantically tries to mumble the truth to her, but Beth doesn't seem to understand that he's trying to tell her something important. She then says goodbye to Cody and kisses him on the cheek, which only makes his wheelchair roll off of the Dock of Shame and into the lake, nearly drowning him.

Cast
Sadie, Trent, Geoff and Chef Hatchet appear, but have no lines (although Sadie was heard cheering when the Killer Bass won the challenge and Chef was seen whistling).

Quotes
-->Cody: Okay, I know I got mauled by a bear, but I'm feeling confident about this. Heather's as mean as a snake, dude! Her own team shot her like 18 times! They'll never kick me off.(switches to LeShawna)LeShawna: Who did I vote for? Well, Heather's been a pain in my butt from Day 1, but I got to say... Cody.(switches to Owen)Owen: Yeah, that Cody... not so useful in challenges anymore. (shrugs)
 * (in recap) Chris: Will Beth live to regret her souvenir? And can my teeth possibly get any whiter? (shows teeth)
 * (the girl campers are standing outside the shower/restroom, desperately needing to go) Bridgette: What's the hold-up?! Lindsay: Heather needs her private time. LeShawna: How long's 'Queenie' going to be in there? I got urgent business! Beth: She could still be a while. Gwen: That does it. I'm going lumberjack style. (walks off)
 * Owen: Beans, beans, they're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you... (gets hit in the head with a can of beans)
 * Duncan: (To Owen) What are you looking at? Owen: Oh nothing.... Bambi!
 * Cody: (in confessional) I was so psyched to be a deer! I'm small, but I'm quick. Lots of from practice dodging spitballs in math class.
 * (Owen splashes himself with a yellow liquid) Beth: What are you doing? Owen: Masking my scent so the deer don't smell me coming. LeShawna: Tell me that isn't... Owen: Pee? Yes! Yes it is. Beth: Ewww! Owen: I got some more if you need some. Beth: We're hunting other campers; you don't have to hide your scent! Owen: You mean I collected all this pee for nothing?! (throws cup in the air) (Lindsay and Beth run away as the cup lands beside LeShawna) LeShawna: Dude, you are one sick ticket.
 * Owen: It's on, DJ! Your butt's a hamburger and I'm one hot barbecue!
 * (in confessional) Beth: So I'm running for my life from this psycho chef when all of a sudden, it hits me! I'm doing this for Heather?! I don't even like her!
 * Cody: Bag any deer yet? Beth: No, but I did risk my life to steal a bag of chips.
 * Heather: (to Beth) We've been talking about you. Lindsay: We have? Heather: Zip it, Lindsiot.
 * Beth: Do you know why we keep losing challenges? Heather: Because they're lame and stupid? Beth: No, because you're so busy being mean that you don't even try. All you can think of is bossing us around!
 * (Heather gasps then throws her deer nose at Beth)
 * Beth: Oh, that's it!
 * Heather: Bring it, dweeb!
 * Duncan: (When Owen Farts) Beans... Owen! Nice try, Farticus! You almost had me! (Escapes)
 * Heather: I'm giving you one last chance... Beth: Why? Because you know you can't win without our little alliance? Heather: I can make your life miserable here! Beth: You already do, Miss "Come put lotion on my nasty alligator skin!"
 * LeShawna: Two hours of sneaking around in the woods and I haven't shot a darn thing. What kind of messed up person actually does this for fun? Courtney: Why do you smell worse then usual? Duncan: It's Owen's stink. It's following me around like my juvenile record.
 * Duncan: (in confessional) Sure, we could've taken those lame-o antler hats off, but Miss Counselor-In-Training would probably go blab to Chris and have us disqualified. And hey, I kinda liked it.
 * (Duncan and Courtney are stuck together by the antlers) Courtney: Now what?! Duncan: ... You wanna make out?
 * Chris: Tsk, tsk, tsk. Stealing from Chef, eating chips in the woods, being mauled by bears.... Do you know what I see here? I see a very undisciplined group! I see a disgraceful mess! I see a massive waste of paint product! And I have to say, that... was... awesome! When you guys opened fire on your own team? Wicked TV, guys.
 * Harold: Hey, where are Duncan and Courtney? (Sadie elbows Harold and gestures off-screen; everyone sees Duncan and Courtney walking towards them with their antlers stuck together) Gwen: Oh, this is too much. Owen: Duncan, you sly dog, you! Duncan: The girl can't keep her antlers off me. (Courtney kicks him in the nuts, in a squeaky voice) Can't even bend over...
 * (in confessional) Lindsay: I totally admire Belle for standing up to Heather, (worried) but she's so dead now!
 * Chris: There are only have seven marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper... Gwen: (speaking quickly) Who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return to the Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers and leave. Can't we just get this over with it? Chris: (annoyed) Fine, whatever. Spoil the moment.
 * (In the Confessional Can)<br/!--
 * Gwen: Bye Cody.
 * Owen: See you later dude.
 * (Cody mumbles frantically, apparently trying to tell Beth that Heather is the reason he got voted off) Beth: I know, I can't believe I stood up to her, either! (Cody mumbles more; Beth cannot understand however) Beth: Don't worry about me. I'll be fine! And... I still have my good luck charm! (shows Cody the tiki idol; he starts to panic) See? I found it on Boney Island last week. Cool,huh? Goodbye Cody! Take care! (Beth kisses Cody on the cheek, but Cody seems to be trying to warn Beth about the Boney Island tiki doll; he falls off the dock and his wheelchair sinks)

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode title parodies the war-drama film, "The Deer Hunter".
 * Owen's song about beans might be a reference to Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit.
 * With Cody's elimination, all three campers voiced by Peter Oldring have been eliminated.
 * Also, only two Screaming Gopher males remain, and both of them are voiced by Scott McCord.
 * Cody is the first camper to get voted off due to a severe injury in the series and the only one in season 1, followed by Justin in season 2's The Princess Pride and Tyler in season 3's The Ex-Files.
 * The campers in the confessional for this episode were Cody, Beth, Duncan, LeShawna, Owen, and Lindsay.
 * This is the first episode where Duncan and LeShawna use the Confessional stall.
 * During the challenge, the two teams were divided up into the hunters and the deer.
 * The Hunters:
 * Screaming Gophers: Owen, Beth, Lindsay, and LeShawna
 * Killer Bass: Geoff, Bridgette, and Harold
 * The Deer:
 * Screaming Gophers: Gwen, Trent, Cody, and Heather
 * Killer Bass: Courtney, Duncan, Sadie, and DJ
 * Beth breaks her alliance with Heather and Lindsay in this episode.
 * When Courtney and Duncan's antlers get stuck together the shape in the center of them makes the shape of a heart.
 * When Cody talks in the Confessional stall, he has many bandages and scars on his body, but he has not been mauled by the bear yet when these confessionals are shown, meaning his confessions were taken after the challenge had ended.
 * This is the first episode that foreshadows something happening due to the appearance of a person in the confessional. The second was Justin in One Million Bucks, B.C., where it foreshadows Justin falling in the "tar." Coincidentally, they were both the two who were eliminated after being severely injured. (Cody in Paintball Deer Hunter, Justin in the Princess Pride)
 * The Gophers have Red Guns (similar to the Bass colors) and the Bass have Green Guns (similar to the Gopher colors).
 * When Beth is hiding from Chef, he is whistling the show's theme song.
 * It is revealed in this episode that LeShawna may be near-sighted, as she seemed to have trouble seeing Heather and the others from a distance to the point where she could not seem to make them out. However, this disability is never referenced in any other episode.
 * This episode marks the fourth loss for the Screaming Gophers and their second consecutive loss (having lost in Up the Creek, the previous episode).
 * The only campers who were hit with paintballs were LeShawna, Heather, Beth, and Lindsay. Out of all of them Heather was the only one who was actually a deer in the challenge. Lindsay was the only one not involved in the fight that broke out within her own team, but still got hit by paintballs from the Killer Bass.
 * DJ seems to gain animal instincts in this episode, as he trotted around on all four and was afraid of Owen when he about to shoot (even though it was just paint) and then kicked Owen off the ledge as though he wanted to get even for almost shooting him (then kicking rocks and dirt over the edge after him), which makes it the first episode that he is shown using his strength out of anger.
 * When Cody falls in the lake, he is assumed to have been saved off-screen as he is shown to be alive and fully healed in Haute Camp-ture.
 * While Cody is eliminated because of his injury and lack of usefulness in future challenges, Trent is notorious for being severely injured several times (making him useless in the challenges), and he was never voted off on account of that; due to the Gophers winning each time he got severely injured (except in If You Can't Take The Heat...).
 * This is the first episode Harold has had any lines since Not Quite Famous.
 * Gwen forlornly says goodbye to Cody as he is wheeled out, showing she has respect for him once he hooked her up with Trent, and undoubtedly considered him a good friend to her at this point.
 * It is unclear how exactly Cody would have gotten eliminated. LeShawna and Owen are the only two campers explicitly seen voting for Cody. Heather and Lindsay confirmed that they voted for Beth, leaving only Gwen, Trent, Beth, and Cody's votes unknown. Judging by the way Cody speaks, he could not have voted himself off, as he said that he was "a quick healer." It seems that he voted for Heather, as he said that she was "as mean as a snake" and that the others would never vote him off. Beth also probably voted off Heather because of what happened during the episode. And it is not likely that Gwen and Trent would vote off Cody (considering he played such a large part in getting the two together), and both would more likely vote off Heather instead. It is possible, however, that Gwen and Trent were worried for Cody's condition and how it might endanger him in future challenges, so they voted him off so he could recover without having to worry about him being even more severely injured or possibly killed. However, by the sound of Gwen's voice when she said goodbye to Cody, she probably did not vote Cody off, or did so but was sad about doing it.
 * Chris starts to chew out the campers for their horrible skills at survival such as eating chips in the woods or stealing from Chef (even though he later says it made excellent TV material); this may hint that Chris is experienced with survival in the wild and he has done this himself many times before.
 * Heather, LeShawna, Beth, Lindsay, Owen and Cody all got either injured or dirtied in the episode (Heather, LeShawna, Beth and Lindsay got covered in paint, Owen got drenched in mud and water and Cody got mauled by a bear).
 * This is the second time that blueberries have been responsible for a contestant's elimination, the first was in The Sucky Outdoors.
 * The Boat of Losers, oddly, was not present at all to pick up Cody from the Dock of Shame, meaning for the first (and only time) the boat was not there to pick the eliminated camper up.
 * Technically, Heather was supposed to be disqualified from the challenge, because she took off her nose despite Chris saying that taking off any part of the outfit is against the rules. However, since he was not a witness to this happening, Heather got away with it.
 * Duncan references the previous episode when Chris flies the helicopter and mistakes it for the RCMP, (who had attempted to arrest Izzy) and recoils in terror.
 * Owen and DJ return to the giant cliff shown in the first challenge, parodying the movie, Bambi (which Owen referenced earlier in the episode).
 * The bear appears in the Confessional stall eating chips after he mauls Cody.
 * This is the first episode where the bear uses the confessional stall.
 * Gwen and Trent were the only Screaming Gophers who were came out of the challenge unscathed.
 * None of the Killer Bass members were hit by paintballs during the challenge.*This episode was written by Shelley Scarow.

Goofs

 * Lindsay's Name Goof(s): Lindsay calls Beth "Belle" in this episode.
 * After Chris announces that the final marshmallow goes to Heather, the marshmallow plate that he is holding is full of marshmallows.
 * When Cody is mauled by the bear and covered in bandages, he is able to speak before he gets to the campfire ceremony (saying that he is confident that he wouldn't be eliminated). After he is eliminated, he is unable to speak due to bandages covering his mouth that he obviously did not have or need before that time.
 * As Heather takes the chip bag from Beth, it turns green as she is grabbing it, but the bag is red at all other times in the episode.
 * When Beth tells off Heather, she takes off her deer nose and throws it at her. But in the next scene, where she and Beth are having a stare-down, her nose is back on.
 * After Owen is hunting DJ, he is out of paintballs. But when he starts hunting Duncan, he says that he has at least one paintball. He may have gone back to reload his gun off-screen, however.
 * When Heather is sitting on the tree stump, she is hit by two orange paintballs shot by Bridgette and Harold, but the Killer Bass' paintballs are blue.
 * When Beth takes Cody to the dock and pulls out her statue, it is small to the point where she can hold it with two fingers. In all the other episodes with the statue, it is much bigger to the point that she needs her whole hand to hold it.
 * When Owen is first stalking DJ, his paintball gun is green, though the gun color for the Screaming Gophers' was red.
 * Throughout the episode Owen's goggles disappear and reappear.
 * The weekly game for this episode on the Total Drama Island website has the player shoot everyone and the paintball changes color from blue to orange.
 * When LeShawna hears Beth and Heather fighting, the dialog is exactly the same as one earlier in the episode.
 * At the moment when the Bear growls at Cody, his clothes fly off, implying he is naked, but when he is in the wheel chair, he seems to be wearing clothes under his wrap.
 * In the recap, where Chris explains "the final marshmallow was set to go to Izzy or Lindsay", it pans from Izzy, to Lindsay. In Up the Creek, however, it panned from Lindsay to Izzy. At the same part of the recap, Lindsay is shown with a worried look on her face, when she was actually not paying attention and playing with her hair in the real episode.