Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special

'''Total Drama Action has come to an end and everyone is living the big life. Everyone gathers for the awards for their show. However their wonderful world comes crashing down when the former host announces a new reality show. In a desperate attempt to save their fame, all the competitors join together (along with a new face) in a full out race to New York. But what does the old host really have planned?'''

Plot
The episode opens by introducing Celebrity Manhunt, a celebrity-watching show that begins to discuss the progress in the lives of the Total Drama contestants since Total Drama Action ended. It touches on all the characters, with Noah being the one they know the least about. They talk about Gwen and Heather's feud, Geoff and Bridgette, DJ and his momma's cooking, The Drama Brothers, Duncan and Courtney, Eva's temper, Tyler and LeShawna's reality-show frenzy, Ezekiel's culture-shock, Owen's "exercise," Lindsay and Beth, and Izzy's acting career.

The show's hosts, Josh and Blaineley have Sierra appear on the show (with the lights dimmed and her voice disguised to protect her identity) and tell them all kinds of dirt about the cast. However, Sierra is ruined when Izzy appears out of nowhere and reveals that she had been the one giving Sierra the information. Although Sierra is crushed, Josh and Blaineley decided to unofficially make her their reporter, and send her on a gossip hunt on the red carpet. Sierra, however, does a poor job with this, and Blaineley grows impatient. Meanwhile, Chris McLean has arrived, and seems to have forgotten the Total Drama cast. The cast comes to the red carpet, and they are "interviewed" by Sierra. They then attempt to go into the award ceremony, but are stopped by Chris and Chef, as they are "no longer famous." He says that they are being replaced by a new cast for his new reality series, "Total Drama Dirtbags", with the cast being the Interns, the Bear, the Sasquatchanakwa, The Killer, Alejandro, and the Eskimo on the sled from Haute Camp-ture. It is then revealed that Noah is Chris's assistant but is fired when Chris finds out his latte is cold. Alejandro comes and pushes through the Total Drama contestants and walks by Chris without saying anything even though Chris greets him. Then Chris goes inside the theater for the Gemmie awards locking the Total Drama contestants out with no way to get in. Izzy tries to find a way into the theater, succeeds in doing so and she comes out eating a bag of popcorn but she forgets to hold the door and the campers are locked out once again.

The cast's final hope is in the Gemmie award for "Best Reality Show," but they lose that as well. Then the reward for the best reality show host is given to Chris, who reveals that he is going to "The Orpah Show" in New York City to talk about his new reality series, "Total Drama Dirtbags." When the cast have finally given up hope, Sierra motivates them to fight harder. They ultimately come to the conclusion that they need to pursue the bus that Alejandro is driving, which has all of the Dirtbags in it, intercept them, hijack the Orpah interview, and regain their fame. Harold questions how they are going to get to New York in just one day, and Izzy starts to suggest that they build a boat. However, DJ simply offers them all a ride on his mother's bus, to which they all agree. Courtney drives the bus in pursuit of stopping the Dirtbags' bus and achieving fame. Chris seems to be proud of them for such, and he and Chef actually follow them in the helicopter to watch the entire chase.

While driving after Alejandro, the cast eventually manages to get ahead of him and work together as a team to stop him. LeShawna offers her bra as a catapult for Owen's hundreds (and maybe even thousands) of pieces of caramel and choclate candy. Gwen keeps watch through the back door to let them know when it's good to fire, while Tyler reloads the bra with candy. The choclate splatters all over the windshield, obstructing Alejandro's vision, and is enough to stop him. The cast members celebrate, but end up veering off the road when Duncan and Courtney start making out and Courtney stops paying attention to the road. When Courtney does notice that they are out of control, she attempts to regain control of the bus. When she sees the cliff approaching, she tries to slam on the brakes, but finds out (much to everyone's horror) that the brakes aren't working. Despite all odds, their lives are saved when LeShawna uses her bra to hook onto the edge of the cliff, so that their fall is halted and they are hanging just inches above the ground. Thus, when Duncan uses his knife to cut the bra, the impact is only enough to smash the front end of the bus, but leave all of the cast members unharmed (except for Noah, who is crushed by Owen).

While stuck in the canyon, Beth, Geoff, Justin, Katie, Sadie, Trent, Eva, and DJ's Mother go to get help while the others stay and make camp. These eight eventually stumble upon a house in the middle of the desert that is actually a nuclear weapon testing facility, and the eight barely escape before the bomb goes off. The next day, the remaining sixteen cast members are woken up when Chris and Chef return in the helicopter and lower a cable to attach to the overturned bus. The cast members all climb into the bus just before Chris pulls up, lifting the bus out of the canyon and carrying it all the way back to the Abandoned Film Lot. The cast is then served a pancake breakfast (which Owen devours) in the Craft Services Tent with Sierra and Alejandro there as well.

At this point, Chris reveals that "Total Drama Dirtbags" was a test to see if the campers would do anything in hopes of achieving fame and fortune. He also reveals that Alejandro was working for him to get a spot on the next season. When questioned by the campers about the new season, Chris tells them that they are all in the next season, competing for 1 million dollars and would be joined by Sierra and Alejandro. Blaineley and Josh are excited to hear this news, while the contestants looking for help rush in and realize that they lost out on going into a new season. Eva then has a temper tantrum and causes Blaineley and Josh to sign off from their show. Then, confessionals are shown of the cast of Total Drama World Tour (except for Izzy, Lindsay, Cody, Noah, Tyler, and Heather). The episode ends when the battery in the camera runs out during Sierra's confessional.

Chris is then shown near a large airplane while Chef arrives in a airplane stewardess's uniform. They then talk about what the next season would contain including singing. They sing the orginal season's name while adding a dramatic flair to the end. The front part of the plane breaks which is when Chris thinks that the musical part isn't a good idea and then the real season's logo shows up, ending the episode.

Quotes
Josh: The tuxes! Blaineley: The hair! Josh: The drama! Beth: Lindsay. They can't speak English. Cameraman: It don't matter how much bling you sling, brotha! You gotta earn ghetto crib! Ezekiel: (falls over) Uh, kinda stuck here. Could you put the cameras down and help me out? Sadie: Katie! Remember when we went green?! Gwen: Guys... Katie: Oh my Gosh, Sadie! When you helped paint my bedroom green, and we got into that paint fight, it was so fun! Sadie: I know! And just because we got into one little paint fight, doesn't mean we're not BFF's! Gwen: (to Katie and Sadie) GUYS! Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up! Chris: Who? Blaineley: The teenagers you abused for two seasons on national television? Trent, Cody, Harold, and Justin: (singing) When I cry, my eye is wet. And I swear it wasn't guy sweat. Duncan: No comment. Courtney: And that he has the table manners of a chimp. Duncan: No comment. Courtney: And he always chews with his mouth open. And he's constantly interrupting me. And- Duncan: I said, NO COMMENT! (Duncan shoves the camera away) Intern: (offscreen) Sorry. Izzy: No! Ha-ha. Don't be sorry, (bleeping), THINK FOR A SECOND! NO, NO, NO! I WILL NOT TAKE 5 MINUTES, ''(bleep)! (Josh spits out his coffee)'' I'm ready to go, NOW! You call yourself a director of photography?! Why were you walking right through the set? WHY WERE YOU WALKING RIGHT THROUGH THE (bleeping) SET?! (the Intern runs away, crying) Ha-ha-ha. Okay, He was just kidding. Guys? I just went ballistic for no good reason. What? Blaineley: I'd have to pick... LeShawna's new weight loss program. Girl, why do you want to tone down that perfect booty? Courtney and Duncan: My lawyer says no comment. Courtney: (to Duncan as he's walking away) You got a lawyer? For real? Katie and Sadie: And pecs and abs.... Owen: And butt. LeShawna: Oh no you don't! Owen: Did someone say ribs? (everyone else rushes off except Tyler) Tyler: (pauses) Front row is where I go. (starts running) (The Total Drama cast stares at the TV from which he's talking from in anger.) Noah: What about your long suffering assistant? You schmuck! (Noah kicks the TV away in anger.) LeShawna: I didn't know you had that in ya, string-bean. Duncan: At least I'll be able to survive on the streets! Ezekiel: Me too, ya'll! Jiggy! (homeless man steals his wallet) Courtney: Back off! It won't go any faster than this. Duncan: What we need is a man behind the wheel. Courtney: What you need is some tape over your mouth! Duncan: Well, if you'd just listen to me... Courtney: Oh, I'll start listening the minute you say something worthwhile! Duncan: You're insane, you know that?! Courtney: And you... are a MONSTER! (they glare at each other, but their mood begins to lighten and they suddenly start making out passionately) DJ's Mom: What's wrong with you girl?! You think I raised my son to talk smack behind people's backs?! Izzy: Perfect! DJ's Mother: What'd I tell ya about crashin' my bus?! Chef: Told ya those would come in handy. (chuckles) Trent: Uh, dude, those are dummies. Geoff: Oh, right (chuckles) Wait a minute… Isolated location, dummies, Nuclear testing signs, Flesh Eating Mutants? Mutant: Hi Geoff: (gasps) Dudes, we gotta get outta here! (Campers with Geoff scream and run away, then a bomb lands on the house) Chris: Yeah, but they're probably all banged-up. You know, the kind you never really heal from? Maybe I should call for help. (Chris and Chef start laughing nonstop, then fly away) Gwen: (in confessional) You know what the say, third time lucky. (points at self) This could by my season! Owen: (in confessional; talking with his mouth full) Mhm, pancakes! (squirts maple syrum into mouth) DJ: (in confessional) Don't you worry, momma. I'm gonna win this one and buy you a big ol' house...and maybe a new bus. Alejandro: (in confessional) Watch out Total Drama nerds. This new guy is going all the way to the top. Ezekiel: (in confessional) Ho-Ho-Homies! Get in Focus! And take notice! I’m what is, oh yeah that showbiz! Uh-uh-uh-uh uh-huh… (falls out of chair)
 * Blaineley: The shoes!
 * Blaineley: Poser boy got his party on! Miss. Know-It-All was caught with her pants down in Paris!
 * Blaineley: Come on, Duncan! Suck it up and take her back! And Courtney, grow a heart! We know you can, honey!
 * Lindsay: Did anyone see my other earring? It's a gold hoop with a little horse charm?
 * Ezekiel: (to the camera) Yo, yo, yo, paparazzi peeps! Ya'll want a piece of the Zeke's? (holds up his golden Z necklace) 'Sup! (his arm gets tangled in the chain of his necklace)
 * Gwen: (to computer) Hey. Today I want to talk about going green. Basically, the world is going to die if we don't do something about it!
 * Heather: This is the loser Gwen show, where everything always sucks and the world is terrible (playing with Katie and Sadie puppets) Like, "Oh my gosh!"
 * Gwen: Did you know that Heather couldn't get a date for her semi-formal? That's right. The most famous girl at Forpines High was turned down by every guy in school.
 * Chris: Dude, where'd you learn how to drive?! Nascar?!
 * Blaineley: Chris, you must be dying to see the Total Drama cast again?
 * Courtney: I have nothing to say about that guy except that he's a complete THUG and I wish I'd never met him!
 * Gwen: Courtney is totally nuts, letting Duncan get away from her like that. He's the best thing that's ever happened to her! I mean, look at the guy, he's hot! I mean...uh...he's okay...for her...
 * Izzy: ... OR I'LL KICK YOUR (bleeping) BUTT! I WANT YOU OFF THE (bleeping) SET!
 * Josh: Okay, worst career choices! Go!
 * Sierra: First the messy break-up, then the custody battle over Brittany... you two must just hate each other!
 * Courtney: We'll be famous again! Right?
 * Izzy: I'm here on the red carpet. It's so red. Why is it red? Shouldn't it be black? Or purple, that would be cool!
 * Justin: And I'll go back to being just another pretty face.
 * Heather: I call dibs on front row seat!
 * Ezekiel: Yo, yo, yo...(DJ's Mother slaps him) Ouch!
 * Chris: Nothing as depraved as this!
 * Chris: (Through a TV) Thanks, again. But I couldn't have done it without a great bunch of people from Total Drama Action. The interns, the caterers, the camera crew and the real stars of the show...my stylists!
 * Geoff: Dudes, you heard the guy. We're nobodies again!
 * LeShawna: Here's a bra! (LeShawna takes off her bra offscreen and throws it on Noah's head) What? Never seen a big bra before?
 * Duncan: (to Courtney, who's driving the bus) Hurry it up!
 * Courtney: Cut the bra!
 * Chris: What more could you possibly want?
 * Sierra: Okay, DJ, level with me. Secretly, who can't you stand from Total Drama? Like, who do you just hate?! (Sierra is knocked to the ground by DJ's Mom's purse) OW!
 * Noah: Sure thing. I'll get my unicorn to deliver it.
 * Courtney: AAAAAA! I can't steer!
 * Chris: (pulls out contracts) Total Drama, Inc. waives all legal responsibilities for the sudden and gruesome demise of our cast.
 * Geoff: Why didn’t you Dummies open the Door!?
 * Chef: Hm. Would you look at that? They're not dead!
 * Bridgette: (in confessional) I miss you already, Geoff! Wait for me, schmoopy-boo! I'm gonna win it for both of us! (begins to cry)

Trivia

 * This is the second special of the Total Drama series. The first special was Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island.
 * Sierra and Alejandro make their debut in this episode.
 * This is the first episode directed by Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks.
 * The cast members who use the Confessional in this episode are Courtney, Harold, LeShawna, Sierra, Ezekiel, Bridgette, Gwen, Duncan, Alejandro, DJ, and Owen.


 * The "Gemmie" award is possibly a reference to the Emmy Award or its Canadian counterpart, the Gemini Award.


 * This is the first episode since "I Triple Dog Dare You!" where Heather is shown to have hair.
 * This is the only episode of Total Drama Action where Heather has hair.


 * This is the first episode to have a fictional magazine show called Celebrity Manhunt appear.


 * This is the first episode since Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island that Ezekiel and Tyler have lines.


 * This is the first time that Ezekiel is seen to return to the ganster motif he originally picked up in "Haute Camp-ture", as practically every single line of his in the entire special involves the poor use of slang, even when he's not wearing his shades and bling.


 * This is the first time Bridgette is seen with her hoodie off revealing a light blue cutoff bra underneath.
 * This is also the first time that one of the female characters is seen wearing no shirt, and only a bra (if one does not count LeShawna in her pajamas).


 * Two of the interns from "Riot on Set" and "Masters of Disasters" are seen once again in this episode and the one from "The Very Last Episode, Really!" appeared.


 * Heather wears a new wig for part of this episode.


 * Excluding "The Aftermath: IV", this is the only episode of Total Drama Action where all of the contestants are seen together.
 * In addition, this is the sixth episode of the series overall where the whole cast is seen; the first five were "Not So Happy Campers - Part 1", "Not So Happy Campers - Part 2", "The Very Last Episode, Really!", "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island", and "The Aftermath: IV".


 * This is the first time that the entire cast is seen in the outside world; in this case, an awards show.


 * This is the 1st (and currently the only) time Beth is seen with her pants down
 * This marks the second in the season (first if you don't count the fight between Justin and Duncan), and the third time in the series overall, that two characters have gotten into a full-blown, all-out fist fight on camera (in this case, Heather and Gwen). The first was Duncan and LeShawna in "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon".


 * Ezekiel uses the confessional for the first time in this episode.


 * There is a parody of "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Top Secret" during the episode.


 * Sierra is the last contestant to use a confessional in this episode, and is responsible for causing the camera's battery to run out, thanks to her extensive knowledge about Chris.


 * This is the first (and only) episode of the season, and the third episode in the series overall, in which every character has a line. The first two were "Not So Happy Campers - Part 1" and "Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island".


 * The movie posters that Izzy had done after Total Drama Action were parodies of the films "Kill Bill", "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman", "King Kong" and "The Sound of Music".


 * The scene where Geoff, Trent, Beth, Katie, Sadie, Justin, Eva, and DJ's Mother find the nuclear testing facility in the middle of the desert is a reference to "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".


 * When we see a clip of Izzy on set of one her movies, she starts screaming and cursing an intern. This is possibly a reference to the Christan Bale incident.


 * The costume that Harold wears for his solo career is the costume of Ali G, a famous TV character created by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.


 * This is the first time that Cody, Trent and Beth have shown any type of nudity in the series.


 * This is the fifth time someone says an expletive. However, unlike the others, it is muted out instead of bleeped out.
 * The first time was Not So Happy Campers - Part 1, the second time was That's Off the Chain!, the third time was Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon, and the fourth time was The Aftermath: II.


 * Sierra's "third generation Chris McLean scholar" speech is an allusion to The Millionaire Matchmaker


 * This is the first time the confessional runs out of battery power.


 * The dummies in the military base are the identical to the one seen in "Beach Blanket Bogus".


 * The reality show in which Tyler pretended to be pregnant is likely a parody of the reality show "Scott Baio is 46 & Pregnant."


 * "The Orpah Show" Chris mentions he would be going to is most likely a parody of "The Oprah Show"


 * Chris makes a reference to the the motorsport show NASCAR, when he asks Chef where he learned how to drive.


 * This is the first time a contestant is seen driving a real vehicle (if one does not count the go-karts in "Ocean's Eight - Or Nine"); in this case, Courtney and Alejandro.


 * It is revealed in this episode that Duncan now has a lawyer.


 * This episode marks the first time one can actually hear Tyler say someone's name, that being LeShawna's. In DodgeBrawl, he chanted Harold's name with the rest of his team but couldn't be heard.
 * An interesting note that if a different reality show had won the Gemmie (except for Total Drama), Tyler and Leshawna might have actually become famous again since "Oldies in their Undies" was the only show they weren't nominated for.

Goofs

 * When Eva is punching the camera, her mole is on the right side; the opposite of what side it's usually on.
 * Chris says sixteen castmates are in season three, but there are seventeen.
 * When Lindsay arrives on the red carpet she has earrings on, but they are not seen throughout the episode.
 * When the cast is waiting to see if they won the Gemmie Award for the best reality show Heather has her regular hair.
 * When the teens are watching the Gemmies, Katie and Sadie's green lines go back to their regular striped shirts.
 * Both Ezekiel and Eva seem to completely disappear towards the end of the special, starting with the action sequence.
 * Eva was noticeably absent during the entire bus chase, although Ezekiel was seen in several group shots. She was not seen following the bus's crash, and was also absent when the small rescue part fled from the nuclear testing facility. Nonetheless, she was alongside them when they arrived at the Celebrity Manhunt studio, and was enraged when she found out that she would not be participating in season three.
 * Ezekiel was seen in many of the group shots, as well as several of his own shots, during theb us chase. He was absent following the bus's crash, but was apparently among the cast members rescued by Chris and taken back to the Craft Services Tent. Also, when Chris announced Total Drama World Tour, Ezekiel was missing from the wide shots of the entire cast in the Tent. Despite this, he still appeared in the Confessional in the very end of the episode, stating that he was glad to be in season three.
 * However, Ezekiel's absences could have been a joke, as until this point, it was debatable if Ezekiel was going to be in the third season.
 * The show Tyler and LeShawna were on was called "Sharp Things Flying at Your Head," yet some items such as a cinderblock, missile, trash can, tennis raquet, cash register, weren't sharp but they do hurt when you're hit with one.
 * When Gwen shows the hidden video of Heather's cat licking her mouth, Heather has her hair in a ponytail. This is impossible because Josh said that the blog wars were last year.
 * When Sierra is hugging Blaineley, Blaineley's legs constantly disapear though the V-shaped cut in her dress.
 * When Gwen and Heather are near the back door of the bus, Heather's hair was being blown by the wind as if the wind was being blown from the outside into the bus. However Gwen's hair was being blown as if the wind was coming from inside the bus and blowing out.
 * When Harold is at the Gemmies he is in his "H-Bomb" uniform, But once he gets on the bus it disapears for the rest of the episode.