Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!

'''The fourth season finally begins, introducing a B|whole new cast, set at Camp Wawanakwa, which has turned into a bio-hazardous waste dump. The thirteen contestants are divided into two teams, the Toxic Rats and the Mutant Maggots. Two contestants build a close bond, and one contestant manages to annoy her entire team into them eliminating her that night.'''

Plot
The episode begins with an introduction from Chris, who explains that the season will take place at Camp Wawanakwa, similar to Total Drama Island, the show's first season, but this time the season has a few changes, showing how the island has changed while they were gone. Next, all of the contestants from the past three seasons, excluding Blaineley, are seen partying on a yacht floating past the island. Chris then announces that they will not be competing this year. Instead, thirteen new contestants are then introduced from a different yacht arriving to the island.

A full line up of all the competitors competing this season is then given. The viewers are first introduced to Jo and Scott, the former telling the latter to stay out of her way. Mike and Zoey are introduced, only to be interrupted by Lightning. Brick catches Zoey after she is pushed out of the way by Lightning, but drops her to give a salute when his name is announced. B and Dawn are then introduced, followed by Dakota, who blows a kiss to the camera. Anne Maria is then introduced while applying spray tan, and Staci brags about her aunt who invented fake tanner. Cameron is then introduced, but is knocked over by a flock of birds, followed by the final introduction, Sam. But to make a more interesting welcome, Chris activates a bomb, destroying the boat and causing the cast to fall into the water.

The contestants then had to swim back to shore. Cameron is seen drowning in the lake, but Lightning saves him while calling him a "little girl" in the process, causing Cameron to protest. Staci starts drowning, as she was wasting her energy telling lies. Mike and Zoey both say that they'll help Staci and Staci takes her hand and puts it on Mike's head drowning him. Zoey saves them both. Meanwhile, Jo swims her way to the shore first. However, Dawn was already at the shore, since she used a shortcut and didn't even get wet. Brick made it on the shore third. B, who was unknowingly carrying Cameron, makes it to the shore fourth.

Once everyone made it ashore, everyone gets to have a few moments of chatting. Then Chris announces that the team should follow a path into the woods, and then signals off a horn to awaken the beasts that have been inhabitants of the island. The cast screams as they run away from the loud rustling in the distance. After they have followed the path, they are united with Chris awaiting at a finish line. The contestants crossing the finish line determined which team they would be placed on, with B, Dakota, Dawn, Lightning, Sam, Scott, and Staci ending up on the Toxic Rats and Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Jo, Mike, and Zoey on the Mutant Maggots. Chris also introduces the "Chris head," which he is going to hide somewhere on the island. It is an item that, when found, will allow the contestant who finds it to stay in the competition even when voted out for the first time.

After that, Chris then gives out rewards for those who crossed the finish line first. Due to Jo crossing first, her team won a trampoline, and Lightning, the second to cross, got a hacksaw. From there, they must cut down a totem pole that is hanging from a tree, with a timed bomb strapped to it, which would detonate in seven minutes, unless they cut it down, slide it down a hill, and place it on a tree stump between the cabins. After the team had both successfully cut down their rope, they then had placed it on the river, where they would ride down a waterfall and onto a slope.

The challenge begins. Jo fell into the water after jumping on the trampoline, prompting Cameron to calculate exactly where Jo should jump on the trampoline to reach the axe. Anne Maria attempts to get the axe but jumps too hard which causes her to slam between the totem pole and the trampoline until Jo kicked the trampoline out of the way. Brick then attempts to grab the axe but couldn't separate the axe from the totem pole, leaving him vulnerable to a mutant squirrel which attacked the entire team. In the process, the squirrel shoots a laser which cuts the rope. Meanwhile, Lightning fails at climbing the tree to cut the totem down for the Toxic Rats, claiming there was butter on the tree that Chris put there to mess him up, to shrug off his failure. Afterwards, B manages to come up with a solution that involved the entire team stacking up against each other to reach the rope to cut down the totem. This made B's teammates, excluding Scott, impressed with B. The Toxic Rats were in the lead and made it down the slope first after both teams went down a waterfall and B had his team lean forward to pick up speed and pass the Maggots. While they were racing on their totems, Owen manages to make his way to the island and ask Chris why the boat carrying him and his fellow "classic" contestants wouldn't stop. Chris tells him that they would not be competing this season, and Chef sticks a bomb on his face, causing Owen to be launched off the island, screaming. The Toxic Rats arrived first and got to choose between a luxurious cabin and a regular cabin akin to the cabins from Total Drama Island. But once the Toxic Rats had chosen which cabin they had wanted, the Mutant Maggots came into the campground soaring and crashed into that cabin, thus destroying it. Even though the Toxic Rats successfully completed the challenge, the Mutant Maggots won because the cabin the Rats chose was destroyed and the Maggots' cabin was the only one left. A new cabin which is just a plain old cabin replaced the new one immediately via helicopter.

The Rats were then taken to the first elimination campfire ceremony, where Chris announced that this time instead of the eliminated player not getting a marshmallow, that player would get the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom. Scott, Lightning, B, Dawn, and Sam received regular marshmallows in that order. That left Dakota, who wasn't focused on competing, and Staci, who annoyed everyone by constantly talking. The Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom went to Staci, who became the first contestant out of the season. Staci asks if that means she has to go to the Dock of Shame, to which Chris replies by announcing that this season's voted off players leave the game by the Hurl of Shame. Staci talks about how one of her ancestors invented catapults but before she could finish, Chris hurled her with the catapult.

Cast

 * B and Chef Hatchet appear, but do not speak. However, Chef screams and laughs.
 * All of the original twenty-four contestants appear, but (excluding Owen) have no lines.
 * One of the men in the paparazzi speaks, though it's unknown who voices him.

Quotes
(a yacht with the original cast on-board appears, first focusing on Duncan, Gwen, DJ, Harold, Leshawna, and Eva, then focuses on Owen, Sierra, Cody, Izzy, and Noah, then shifts focus on Tyler, Lindsay, Beth, and Justin, and finally shifts focus on Sadie, Katie, Trent, Courtney, Geoff, Bridgette, Alejandro, Heather, and Ezekiel) Owen: (as their yacht goes past the Dock of Shame) Nooooo!! Chris: (laughs) No, not them! This season, we've got all new players, fighting for the million! And here they come now, for real! (another yacht appears, carrying the new contestants) Jo: (to Scott) Stay out of my way if you value your kiwis! Chris: Scott! Scott: (to Jo) Right back at ya. (sniffs armpit) Chris: Zoey and Mike! Zoey: (to Mike) Can you believe we're here?! Mike: Yeah, it's... (looking at Zoey) beautiful. Chris: Lightning! Lightning: (knocks Mike and Zoey out of the way) Hello, Gorgeous! (kisses his bicep) Chris: Brick. Brick: (saluting, accidentally dropping Zoey in the process) Brick MacArthur, reporting for duty! Chris: B and Dawn. Dawn: (to B) Your aura is an exceptionally purplish-green. Oh, it suits you, though. Chris: Dakota! Dakota: Hey there. (giggles) Dakota here! And I'm here to win this! (is cut off by Chris mid-sentence) Chris: Anne Maria! Anne Maria: (applying spray tan) Ah yeah, three more coats ought a do it. Dakota: (pushes Anne Maria out of the camera) Whoa, who said you could pan away? Anne Maria: (Dakota screams when Anne Maria attacks her with spray tan) Don't push me, Blondie! Chris: (as Staci walks up behind Anne Maria) Staci! Staci: My Great Aunt Milly invented suntan. Yeah, before her, people used to smear themselves in clay. (Anne Maria sprays Staci with spray tan as well) Chris: Cameron! Cameron: Fresh air, a real lake, birds! (pigeons knock him off a railing) Chris: And Sam. Sam: (playing video games) Oh yeah! Grenade launcher upgrade! Heh heh, now we're cooking! Scott: (swims past him) Spaz. Lightning: (lifts up Cameron) I'll save you, little girl! Cameron: I'm a boy! Paparazzi: Uh, we got your text. Chris: (watching on a monitor on the Dock of Shame) For crying out loud! (to Chef Hatchet, via 2-way radio) Uninvited guests, over. Chef Hatchet: (emerges from the water, planting a bomb on the boat, with Chris detonating it remotely after he returns to the water) Dakota: (after the paparazzi's boat blows up) Whoa-ah!!! (knocks Cameron out of Lightning's hand and into Anne Maria) Anne Maria: (after Cameron hits her) Hey! No touching the hair, Four-eyes! (swimming away while spraying her hair) Mike: Hang on! Zoey: I'm coming! Mike and Zoey: (bumping into each other) Oh! Mike: No, you first, please. Zoey: No, please. Go ahead; I insist. Mike: Well, I mean if you insist. (Staci pulls him under) Zoey: Hold on! (dives into the water and pulls Mike and Staci up) Mike: (he and Staci gasp for air) Thanks. I owe you one. Dawn: (examining starfish) Hmm? Oh, I used a shortcut. Brick: (crawls out of lake and to Dawn) Ma'am. (salutes and falls back down) Mike:  (interrupting Staci) Yeah, that's great. Dawn: Yes, that would be good, considering you were an only child and all. Zoey: Huh? Who told you that? Dawn: Your soul reads like an open book; you had such a lonely childhood. (holds Zoey's hand) It must have been difficult. Zoey: (removes her hand away from Dawn's grasp) Lightning: (to Sam) Yeah! We wouldn't want to upset the bunnies! Chris: The tiniest sound could set them off. Like, this! (a loud horn goes off and an unknown creature roars in the distance, prompting the contestants to run in fear) Zoey: Only as a child. Seriously. Cameron: I'm pretty sure that cry does not belong to any known animal species! Chris: Relax. It'll all make sense eventually. (laughing manically to the point of insanity) Scott: Yep. And it looks like a butt. Cameron: It's the monster!! (the "monster" fells several trees and is revealed to be a hairless squirrel) Jo: Hey! It's just a stupid squirrel! Dakota: Awww! (shrieks when the squirrel blinks abnormally) Dawn: (gasps) Oh my gosh! What's wrong with it?! Chris: While we were gone, I rented the island out to a "nice, family-oriented" biohazardous waste disposal company. Sweet people. But the waste is having a teensy bit of an impact on the flora and fauna. (the mutant squirrel eats a butterfly) Anne Maria: That's what we're trying to do, Mike. Mike: Mike? Name's Chester, missy. Sam: Teeth down on the rope! Down! Lightning: Girl, you cannot be that dumb! Dawn: Pretend it's Daddy's steak knife! Dakota: Oh! (cuts the rope releasing their totem) B: (in confessional silently admiring his genius wit)' Scott:' (confessional, bouncing a rock against the wall) B thinks he's so smart, but, when my plan goes in action, he won't know what hit him! (rocks hits his face) Oww! Brick: It's my duty to inform you, Ma'am, that we have bigger problems. (points towards waterfall) Cameron: My first waterfall! Mike: (still under his Chester personality) And maybe our last! (the team reaches land again, with Zoey nearly falling off the totem) Ah, kids today and their crazy log rides. Zoey: (hanging on to the edge of the totem) Mike!! Mike: Huh? (regains his original personality) Zoey!! Zoey, hang on tight!! (pulls Zoey back on to the totem) Zoey: (smiles and holds onto Mike) Okay! Thanks, Mike! Mike: (smiling) Uh, no problem. Dawn: B wants us to lean forward! Staci: Yeah! My Great-Great-Great Second Aunt Mary invented log riding and she... Toxic Rats (except for B): We don't care! Chris: (activates the bomb and blasts Owen off the island) Chris: Actually, we came up with something new this season. You'll love it! (Chris, Chef Hatchet, and Staci are now on the Dock of Shame, with a giant catapult on one end of the dock) Say hello to the Hurl of Shame, patent pending. Staci: (sitting in the Hurl of Shame) Yeah, catapults were invented by my Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Graaand- (gets launched off the island) ahhhhh! Chris: One down, twelve to go. Who's next in line? Find out next time on, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!
 * Chris: (opening narration, as an astronaut works on a satellite) We've been to the movies. We've been around the world. (scene changes from outer space to Camp Wawanakwa) And this season, we're going right back to where it all began...at Camp Wawanakwa!
 * Chris: And speaking of our cast members, here they come now!
 * Chris: Meet Jo.
 * Chris: Yup, it's our most roughest, toughest, most explosive season ever! (detonates a bomb on the boat) Right here on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!
 * Cameron: (drowning) Help!
 * Dakota: (getting picture taken while floating in a dinghy) Hi, fellas, how ever did you find me?
 * Staci: (as she's drowning) I wished my third uncle, twice removed was here. He invented life preservers. (Mike and Zoey come to her rescue)
 * Mike: (in confessional, playing with the toilet paper roll before he speaks) Okay, my first confessional! So, um, Zoey! Nice girl. Okay, super nice! I wonder if she'll go out with a guy like me. You see, I have this, um, quirk. I just hope my condition doesn't ruin everything for me again. (sighs)
 * Zoey: (in confessional) Wow! I can't believe I'm in the Total Drama confessional; it's so exciting! Everyone seems so nice. I hope they all like me, I could use a few more friends, or friends period. Oh, what if they hate me? Maybe this flower is too big. Am I trying to hard? You like me, right?
 * Jo: (walks out of lake) Woo-hoo! That's what I'm talking about! First one on the... (looks at Dawn on rock) How did you...you're not even wet!
 * Brick: (in confessional) I may be the strongest player here, but I'm all about the teamwork. Back in cadets, I took the teamwork medal three years running. Also bed making medal, flag folding medal, and letters home to mom medal, I always win that one.
 * Staci: Yeah, my Great-Great-Great Uncle Boris invented swimming! Before him, people swung their arms like this (flails her arms) and sank to the bottom. And my Great-Great-Great-Great-Great...
 * Sam: (giggles) I knew I should have played that sweet fitness workout game. Eheh. I just hope I don't get cut first. That would be lame. But if I stick it out to being cut sixth or even seventh, I'm cool with that, B. (giggles more, then returns to his game)
 * Zoey: So stoked to be here! I've been watching Total Drama forever. Who knows, maybe I'll even make some new friends.
 * Chris: Attention, fresh meat! See the trail leading into the forest? Race to the end of the trail, and do not disturb the wildlife! That would be bad!
 * Chris: "Zoey the Lonely", Team B.
 * Scott: (referring to the creature in the forest) What the heck was that thing in the forest?!
 * Chris: (referring to the McLean-Brand Chris Head) Is the cleft on my chin really that big?
 * Mike: (after Chris announces the team names of the season) Um, what's with all the references to chemical waste? (the creature roars)
 * Chris: (laughing manically after the mutant squirrel attacks Dakota) Most. Danger. EVER!!!
 * Dakota: (in confessional, sobbing) Chris is the meanest ever!! (stops sobbing) Hang on. (takes out her compact and checks her makeup) Not too blotchy. Okay, take two. (puts away her compact, clears her throat, then resumes sobbing)
 * Staci: It's too bad my Third Cousin Jack isn't here to give us tips on bare handed tree climbing.
 * Anne Maria: (in confessional) Sure I want to win a million dollars, but not at the expense of my looks! I mean check me out, perfect hair, perfect tan, all this is worth a billion, easy.
 * Mike: (watching Brick attempting to not hurt himself) Aww man, this isn't working. (gasps as he undergoes a change in personality into an old man named Chester) D'aw darn it, cut the dang rope already!
 * Zoey: (in confessional) Mike is so sweet! You know, I really don't get his old man comedy routine, but I bet it's really funny if you're from France, or something...
 * Brick: (as the mutant squirrel is attacking the Maggots) Not the crew cut!
 * Dakota: (trying to saw the ropes) How are you supposed to, it won't work!
 * Sam: B! Change your name to A plus!
 * Jo: (on her team's totem pole floating down river) They're gaining on us!
 * B: (motioning the Toxic Rats to lean forward)
 * Jo: How'd they get in front of us?
 * Owen: (rejoins Chris awaiting at the cabins) Hey Chris, get this, the boat wouldn't stop.Chris: Oh look, it's former player Owen, who's not competing this year!Owen: Yeah, so I swam back to tell you that- WHAT?! Not competing?!Chris: I'm afraid you and the other "classic players" have outlived your usefulness. Chef?Chef: (Chef puts bomb on Owen's face)Owen: (screaming while running away)
 * Lightning: (after he and the other Toxic Rats made it back to camp) Whoo, first place, go Team Lightning!
 * Staci: Yeah, my Great-Great-Great-Uncle James invented log cabins, before him people had to sleep in the trees, and they kept falling out all the time. (the Toxic Rats glare at her) And my Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Aunt Phillis invented roofs, and before her, homes were just walls and furniture. And every time it rained you had to get a new sofa. (giggles)
 * Chris: Regardless, the only team with a cabin still standing, the Mutant Maggots win the first challenge! (the Mutant Maggots weakly cheer)
 * Chris: (at elimination) The votes have been cast, those who receive a regular marshmallow can stay, but this season, one player will receive a special marshmallow. A marshmallow you do not want to eat. Whoever gets the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom is out of the contest. Which means you can't come back. Ever!
 * Staci: Aw, but I was doing so good. (Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom makes Staci's hair fall out) I guess it's the Dock of Shame for me, then.

General

 * The order the new contestants are introduced is:
 * 1) Jo
 * 2) Scott
 * 3) Zoey
 * 4) Mike
 * 5) Lightning
 * 6) Brick
 * 7) B
 * 8) Dawn
 * 9) Dakota
 * 10) Anne Maria
 * 11) Staci
 * 12) Cameron
 * 13) Sam
 * When Cameron and Lightning are in the confessional, audio from their audition tape is used.
 * The only new characters who don't use the confessional in this episode are Dawn, Jo and Staci.
 * The following are what the original contestants did on the yacht:
 * At the starboard:
 * Duncan and Gwen are making out.
 * Harold, Leshawna and DJ are dancing with Eva glaring at them.
 * At the stern:
 * Izzy is hanging upside down at the side of the yacht with her arm twirling a life preserver and having another in her head while Noah stares at her awkwardly.
 * Sierra, who has regained a bit of her hair and is wearing a hat, is hugging Cody.
 * Owen is dancing.
 * On the second floor:
 * Lindsay and Tyler are making out.
 * Beth is gushing over Justin, until bird droppings fall on him.
 * At the bow:
 * Alejandro, still in the Drama Machine, is holding Heather, who now has long hair, while Courtney glares at them.
 * Katie and Sadie are hugging Trent.
 * Bridgette and Geoff are dancing.
 * A still-feral Ezekiel is at the front of the deck with his tongue out like a dog.
 * The bombs that were seen multiple times throughout the episode had the Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot logo on them, which was used in the previous season.
 * One of Mike's alternate personalities, an old man named Chester, makes his debut in this episode.
 * This is the first season where there are two teams and the amount of players on each team are uneven at the beginning.
 * The way Duncan and Gwen hold each other while making out is similar to how Courtney imagines in Boyfriend Kisser.
 * With the exception of Courtney's PDA, this is the first time Chris allows the contestants to bring along any technological devices with them; in this case, Sam's handheld video game and Dakota's cellphone.
 * Although they were confiscated later by Chris in Truth or Laser Shark.
 * This is the second time that a contestant contacts people in the outside world with their technological device; the first being Courtney contacting her lawyers in Total Drama Action.
 * Like in Not So Happy Campers: Part 1, the first two new contestants to be introduced is a girl followed by a boy.
 * Also, the first new contestant to reach the island is also a girl.
 * Currently, this is the only episode in which all of the original contestants and all of the new contestants appear. This reveals that they all survived their ordeal at the end of the previous season.
 * This excludes Blaineley, thus it is unknown what her current condition is.
 * There is an alternate scene in Cartoon Network Poland when Anne Maria was introduced. Instead of spraying at Dakota for pushing her, she just pushed her back. Similarly, she doesn't spray at Staci on purpose but sprayed on herself which causes Staci to choke.
 * Chris's nicknames for the contestants:
 * 1) Lightning- Captain Modesty
 * 2) Scott- Pit Sniffer
 * 3) Brick- Corporal Brick House
 * 4) B- Silent Treatment
 * 5) Cameron- Bubble Boy
 * 6) Zoey- Zoey the Lonely
 * 7) Dawn- Aura Whisperer
 * 8) Mike- Saved by a Girl
 * 9) Anne Maria- Tan in a Can
 * 10) Dakota- Princess Wannabe
 * 11) Sam- Game Junkie
 * 12) Staci- Chatty Staci
 * Jo is the only contestant Chris does not give a nickname to.

Continuity

 * This is the second season premiere in a row in which a race to the finish line determines the teams; the first was Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1 in Total Drama World Tour.
 * This is also the second season premiere in a row where someone is eliminated in it. The first being Duncan and the second being Staci.
 * This episode marks the highest number of contestants appearing in the episode without any lines.
 * Owen is the only original contestant who spoke.
 * Both couples making out consist of a male Killer Bass and a female Screaming Gopher.
 * Ironically, the couple who is often seen making out, did not.
 * DJ's dance is similiar to his celebration dance in Can't Help Falling In Louvre while Leshawna's dance is similar to that in Beach Blanket Bogus.
 * Geoff excited on the yacht is similar to when he first arrived to the island in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1.
 * There are several clues from the original cast that some time has passed between the end of season three and the start of season four.
 * Chris told Owen that he was "not competing this year." It could be assumed that about a year has passed since the events of Total Drama World Tour.
 * It can also be assumed from the length of Heather's hair growth from her Total Drama World Tour length back to its original Total Drama Island length that a significant amount of time has passed since Total Drama World Tour and this episode.
 * Likewise, Sierra is also shown with some hair growth under her hat, showing that she has recovered some of it since losing all of her hair in an explosion. Additionally, her legs have also recovered.
 * However, Alejandro was still inside the Drama Machine, highlighting that his injuries were incredibly extensive.
 * Similarly, Ezekiel is still a Gollum-like creature. This proves that not enough time has passed for Ezekiel to restore to normal or his transformation from the previous season is irreversible.
 * The reward for this episode is similar to the reward in Monster Cash, with the winners of the first challenge being allowed to pick the sleeping arrangements.
 * Also, in both episodes, one of the trailers/cabins seems obviously better than the other, but then something happens to bring them both down the same standard.
 * The cap Sierra is wearing is similiar to Cody's Drama Brother cap.
 * When Dakota's paparazzi first arrive, music from the Aftermath's intro can be heard playing.
 * This is the second season premiere that does not have a two part length. The first being Monster Cash.
 * This is the first episode Sierra and Alejandro appear but have no lines.
 * At least one member of the final two of the previous seasons appear in all four shots showing the veterans:
 * First shot: Gwen (Total Drama Island) and Duncan (Total Drama Action).
 * Second shot: Owen (Total Drama Island).
 * Third shot: Beth (Total Drama Action).
 * Final shot: Alejandro and Heather (Total Drama World Tour).
 * The final shot showing the original contestants on the yacht shows at least one member from all teams of the previous seasons:
 * Screaming Gophers: Trent and Heather.
 * Killer Bass: Bridgette, Geoff, Ezekiel, Courtney, Katie and Sadie.
 * Screaming Gaffers: Heather.
 * Killer Grips: Courtney and Trent.
 * Team Victory: Bridgette and Ezekiel.
 * Team Amazon: Heather and Courtney.
 * Team Chris is Really, Really, Really, Really Hot: Alejandro.
 * This is the first episode of the entire series to not feature any of the veteran contestants actively competing in the game.

Goofs

 * Before the camera zooms in on Chris standing on the dock, the intern is nowhere to be seen. After it zooms in on Chris, he walks to the side of the dock and the intern appears.
 * The bombs Chris uses throughout the challenge are missing the logo on the front at several times during the episode.
 * As soon as the mutant squirrel hits the tree branch with its laser beams, the axe at the base of the Mutant Maggots' totem disappears.
 * When B pulls Staci aside, the drawstrings on his sweatshirt are missing.
 * This goof also occurs when B receives his marshmallow.
 * Chris originally starts the bomb timers at the same time, but the Mutant Maggots' timer was about three seconds slower than the Toxic Rats' timer.
 * When Chris is naming the campers when they are arriving at the finish point, the wheels on his truck shift alignment.
 * Several goofs are seen when the veterans arrive:
 * Eva's mole is on the wrong side, while Leshawna's is missing.
 * Beth's badges are on her right side of her vest, while they are normally on her left.
 * Izzy's wrist band is on her left wrist instead of her right.
 * When Cameron crashed into Anne Maria's hair, he hit it like a rock. However, when Anne Maria's head kept hitting the totem pole, her hair wasn't hard anymore.