User blog comment:Raised By Wolves/CYOA: Total Drama: Revenge of the Island - Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!/Truth or Laser Shark/@comment-5231983-20170118133113/@comment-5231983-20170118142653

"Have you seen Mike? I think he likes me.", Zoey says.

"Why're you encouraging him? You know he's just fodder.", Scott says. "He's...what?", you ask. "Fodder! It means he's basically here to increase the bodies. We all know he's not gonna win.", Scott says harshly.

^that's why

especially in Zoey's case lol she's basically a parody of canon Zoey

side note: I didn't know how to spell "independent" back when this episode came out