Picnic at Hanging Dork

'''The remaining eight contestants travel to Australia, where tension really flares. Two people's strategy on another proves to work well, while the other team is divided into two alliances. In the end, due to someone's error, another person takes the Drop of Shame after losing a tiebreaker challenge.'''

Recap
The challenge is an emu race up the Blue Mountains to Hanging Rock in Australia, followed by a bungie-jumping and a sheep shearing competition. Along the way, Courtney and Gwen each try to form a three-strong alliance to vote out the other. Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot are trying to figure out how to win, and Alejandro says that he will manipulate Courtney with his charms. Owen and Duncan agree with this plan. In the challenge, Courtney is manipulated by Alejandro, thinking that Duncan is jealous about him talking with her. Gwen sees Duncan faking jealousy and becomes jealous herself. Cody tries to comfort her, but ends up being pulled into an alliance instead. In the final challenge, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot wins and Team Amazon has a tie in the votes between Courtney and Gwen. Cody votes for Sierra, Courtney and Sierra vote for Gwen, Heather(because she think that Alejandro and Courtney have a relationship) and Gwen for Courtney. Chris says that Courtney and Gwen have to do a tiebreaker challenge to determine who is eliminated. Courtney wins and Gwen is eliminated. Courtney smiles as Gwen takes the Drop of Shame.

Cast

 * Ezekiel makes a cameo appearance underneath the plane's wheel, but does not speak.

Quotes
Cody: That only happened once! Chris: Another two hours. (Chef unfolds map) Oh, make that two days!
 * Sierra: Cody! Are you Okay in there? (gasp) Did you fall in?
 * Duncan: Bridgette and LeShawna? And here I thought I was the only dude to score double-gold in the Babe-olympics.
 * Courtney: (weakly) Oh, no. This is tricky. I'll never catch one.
 * Chef: How much longer do we have to wait?

Alejandro: How long until he realizes it's a dingo? Duncan: Tree, two... (Owen gets attacked by the dingo) Alejandro: (laughs hysterically in the confessional) Hahahahaha... Ohhh. Classic. Chris: "Uh-oh funny"? Or "Uh-oh we're all gonna die"?''' Chef: Landing gear won't come down. Chris:''' How does that even happen!? (Ezekiel is then shown sleeping and keeping the landing gear from coming down) Duncan: (under attack by an emu) What? (emu runs away) What? Come back here? Alejandro: (in confessional) Heather's a masterful adervsary, indeed! She's never used flirtation before. But that could not have have been true passion in her eyes. (eyes widen) Could it?
 * Owen: (returns with a dingo instead of a sheep) Hey, check it out! I caught one that is already sheared. Wooo! hehehehe!
 * Duncan: Fake sadness has been a gift of mine since I was a kid. Watch and learn. Oh mom, was that your grandmother's vase? (fakes crying)
 * Chef: Uh-oh.
 * Heather: Lookin' good, D!

Trivia

 * This episode features the fifth Barf Bag Ceremony in a row where Chris does not pass out Barf Bags Full of Airline Issued Peanuts.
 * This is the first episode written by Michael Gelbart.
 * Ezekiel makes a cameo appearance underneath the plane's wheel, preventing the landing gear from coming down, but does not speak.
 * This is the first time that Team Amazon actually have an elimination.
 * This is the third time Team Amazon loses a challenge in Total Drama World Tour.
 * Gwen is the first member of Team Amazon to be eliminated. Coincidentally, she was the first member voted off on her team last season as well.
 * This is the first time that an elimination vote has ended in a tie, resulting in a tiebreaker.
 * It's also the second tie-breaker for an elimination. The first one being for Team Victory in Can't Help Falling in Louvre.
 * A tie breaker challenge is a reference to Survivor, where there is a tie in the votes, and the two must compete in a challenge and the loser is eliminated.
 * They make another Survivor reference, when Chris reads the votes, "One for Gwen, one for Courtney..." and so on.
 * This marks the third appearance of Chef's autopilot, seen at the very end of the episode.
 * This is the first time in a Total Drama season that Cody has lasted longer than Gwen.
 * This episode marks Sierra's first huge injury. It also marks the first time a contestant has fought with a kangaroo.

Goofs

 * When the interns brought in the emus, there appeared to only be five. But when he let them go, there was one for everyone and two for Owen.
 * When Cody tries to apologize to Gwen during the Barf Bag Ceremony, Sierra's pony tail vanishes.
 * Both of the interns who were thrown off the plane in a previous episode are shown to be perfectly safe in this episode.