Monster Cash

'''After ending in a fourteen way tie for a million dollars, the campers are brought to the set of Total Drama Action. Their first challenge will be one of monstrous proportions.'''

Recap
The castmates Owen, Gwen, Heather, Duncan, LeShawna, Geoff, Izzy, DJ, Lindsay, Bridgette, Trent, Harold, Beth, and Justin are dropped off by a bus to the set of Total Drama Action. Chris picks them up in a cart and gives them a tour of their new temporary home. It is revealed the losing castmates will walk the "Walk of Shame" (a ratty red carpet) into the "Lame-o-sine". As they are driving around the set, Chris begins to talk about how this was once a set for a monster movie, until the star had some "problems". As it turns out, the star is not an actress, as Lindsay imagines, but a mechanical monster resembling a dinosaur. Chef, wearing a motion-sensitive suit, controls the monster. Chris explains how the first challenge is to race to a set of trailers before the monster can catch them. Everyone races off the cart and hurries toward the trailers with the monster in hot pursuit. One by one, each castmate is deposited into a moon bounce when the monster catches them. Soon, only Owen is left. When Chef finally locates him, the monster attempts to pick him up to put him in the moon bounce. However, Owen is too fat and heavy, and the monster breaks down, leaving Owen to find the trailers. Ten hours later, Owen finds the other castmates and releases them from the moon bounce by pricking it with a needle. Then they go to the second part of the challenge.

Each castmate enters the new mess hall as Chris explains how the teams will be divided into boys versus girls while the castmates see a delicious-looking feast set upon some tables. Owen erupts into a feeding frenzy and eats everything on the table. Chris, annoyed, explains how the food was plastic and the challenge was to find the key hidden inside the "food". Then Owen burps up the key, and wins the challenge for his team. For winning the reward, Owen gets to choose from two trailers where the boys will bunk and where the girls will bunk. As it turns out, one of the trailers had been crushed under the monster's feet during the first challenge, and the guys assume that Owen will choose the unharmed trailer. Instead, Owen chooses the crushed one.

The guys start yelling at him until Chef makes the monster (repaired) crush the other trailer as well. Later, the trailers are fixed and the castmates figure out where they'll be sleeping. The boys decide with relative ease, Duncan sharing a bunk with Justin, Harold calls a bunk and Geoff calls the one under his, while Trent and Owen split one, leaving DJ alone. No one wants to share a bunk bed with Heather, so the girls draw makeup brushes (there were no straws) to see who will bunk where. Lindsay and Beth share a bunk, Gwen and Bridgette share, and LeShawna and Izzy share a bunk, leaving Heather with two bunks of her own, and with Gwen saying "Yeah, we really need to work on our math." Later, early in the morning, Chris yells into a megaphone to wake the castmates up, and asks what will be in store for the castmates in the next episode. As the closing line, he says, "Mclean out!" Offscreen, The monster roars and Chris asks if someone "will please put a wrap on that monster."

Challenge

 * Challenge 1:
 * Challenge 2:

Taken By The Monster
In challenge one, the monster took the castmates to a bounce house. This is the order of when they got in:
 * 1) Izzy (but got out)
 * 2) LeShawna and Harold
 * 3) Geoff and Bridgette
 * 4) Justin

Quotes
Gwen: You step off! (both growl at each other )
 * Heather: Step off!

LeShawna: No harm done.
 * Harold: Sorry, LeShawna!

LeShawna: You're going to give up the chance at a million big ones? That's a lot of hair weaves. Heather: (is about to retort until she remembers that she's bald) Guess I can stay for a bit.
 * Heather: I'm not hanging around here.

Beth: (shyly looks away) Justin: Hot as ever. (is actually looking at his reflection in Beth's teeth)
 * Trent: Beth, you got your braces off. Nice!

Izzy: (whistles as if not listening) Owen: I mean "Kaleidoscope". Izzy: No one leaves "E-Scope" behind! (does a classic Tarzan yell and hits her chest repeatedly then runs and flips into the cart)
 * Owen: (notices Izzy is being left behind) Izzy! Run!

Lindsay: Wow! A whole trailer full of make-up?! (someone offers Lindsay lipstick, But she rejects it) Lindsay: Sorry, I don't use that brand.
 * (In Confessional)

Lindsay: (gasps) Does this mean we're going to be in the movies? Chris: No, it means you're going to be on TV. And don't interrupt me. Ever! (flicks finger on Lindsay's nose) Lindsay: Oops! Sorry.
 * Chris: Welcome to the set of Total Drama Action! This season's hottest reality show will be shot here on an abandoned film lot.

(Lame-o-sine causes dust to spread on the trolley, everybody chokes and coughs) Trent: Could you have sprung for a better ride? Chris: (Rolls down the window) No.
 * Chris: Like last season, one team will win and the other team will watch one of their own make their way down the dreaded Walk of Shame to the Lame-o-sine (rolls up window)


 * Gwen: (in the confessional, about having to receive the Gilded Chris Award) The Gilded Chris? What a narcissist! ... Don't get me wrong, I still want one.

Chris: I have an eject button and I will use it. Geoff: Please... continue.
 * Geoff: You done yet, dude?

Gwen: In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have asked that question...
 * (in confessional)

Chris: (pats DJ on the head)
 * DJ: (after having seen the giant animatronic monster) I can almost hear your sweet lullabies, mama... (starts sucking his thumb)

Izzy: (giggles) Goose! (impact of monster slamming hand causes her to fly) WEEE! (lands in a construction lift) Do it again!
 * Owen: (sees the monster is about to grab Izzy) Izzy, duck! Duck!


 * Owen: (in the confessional) Maybe the monster won't look for me in here. I love Izzy. Not like love love, but I think she's amazing. I just wish she would notice me and not that dumb monster. How can I compete with it? Sure, we're both big and we both eat a lot. But it's really tall.

Bridgette: (In confessional) What was I thinking? Duncan is so right. I like Geoff, but hello, I also like a million bucks. Geoff: (in confessional) Duncan's right. Time to get our head in the game. Boo-yah! (Camera switches to Geoff and Bridgette making out in confessional, causing them to fall off the chair)
 * Duncan: (notices Geoff & Bridgette making out) Uh, I don't think this is the kind of action Chris had in mind.

Trent: Maybe it's not in the budget. (a set building explodes, another burns down to reveal an angry bear that chases after them) Gwen, Trent and Duncan: (scream and run away) Chris: (watching the monitors, chuckling) I thought the bear was tranquilized and returned to its handler. Chef: Had one day left on its contract. Chris: Nice!
 * Gwen: This challenge isn't so bad. What, no explosions? No burning buildings? No bears?


 * Harold: If I want it to, I can run as fast as a pronghorn Antelope! It's the fastest land mammal after the Cheetah!


 * LeShawna: (after getting captured by the monster) Easy now! This booty is breakable!

LeShawna: (angrily) Say what now?
 * Harold: (getting dropped into the jumping castle) I love you!

Justin: I'm not just another gorgeous face and abs and butt and shoulders, ok? I'm also a master strategist and this year, I'm in it to win it!
 * (in confessional)

Everyone: You! Justin: Oh! Right.
 * Justin: (sees everyone in the jumping castle staring) What are you all staring at?

Gwen: (in the confessional) That's what makes Trent such a great boyfriend. He's always thinking of others. It's one of the things I love about him. Trent: (to DJ) It's okay, big guy. I got you. (leads everyone into a building, only to find that it's a cardboard cutout) You mean everything around here is fake? Gwen: (in the confessional) That and Trent's exceptional powers of observation. Beth: I'M COMING, LINDSEY! (the monster drops them and they fall into the castle)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Trent: (to Gwen) I'M HERE FOR YOU, BAAAAAAAABE!!!!!!
 * Trent: (to Gwen, DJ and Beth) Everyone, follow me!
 * (while Gwen, Trent, Beth, and DJ are being carried by the monster)

Chef: Kid really needs to lay off those cheese puffs.
 * Owen: (out of breath) Take..me. I... surrender.

Owen: Boy, am I ever glad I didn't go on that diet! (laughs) Being big can really have its advantages. You know, like, uhh, when you're trying not to, uhh, be captured by an animatronic monster for example. That's just off the top of my head.
 * (in confessional)

DJ: That's just sad, man. (Owen pulls a pin out of nowhere and uses it to pop the bounce house) Duncan: How come no one thought of doing that last night? (Everyone groans) LeShawna: (after getting freed from the jumping castle) Wait! Where's Izzy? (the monster returns and drops off Izzy, stepping on a trailer in the process) Izzy: Thanks for the date, baby! Don't ever leave me, cause I'd find you! Owen: (glares with jealousy) Duncan: How did you manage to escape? Izzy: Monster and I had a romantic date. He doesn't take no for an answer. Mm-hmm. Pretty crazy, can't even tell you guys.
 * Trent: (to Owen, who finally arrives at the cast trailers) It took you ten and a half hours to walk three city blocks?


 * Owen: (in confessional) My mom says I eat when I'm upset. And happy. And tired. Not to mention bored, gassy, morose, joyous, comatose, semi-conscious, (suddenly grows a mustache) avuncular... (giggles) Avuncular.

Owen: The turkey was a bit-- (burps) --dry. Chris: Not surprising, since the food was fake. Owen: Fake? Chris: Yep! Just props made from foamcore, silicone, sawdust and wax. It wasn't a speed eating contest. It was a contest to find the key. Owen: What key? (burps out a key) Oh! You mean this key? Chris: That'd be the one. Owen: Does this mean I win? Chris: Yes. Yes, it does. Owen: Alright!
 * Chris: (to Owen, after watching him eat everything in the craft services tent) Owen, the man of many appetites. How was it?

Duncan: (laughing) Did you see that? The dude ate foamcore and wax! Full props for that, man. (continues laughing) Geoff: Way to find the key, dude! I used to think Owen was just some party dude, but he's really a stand up guy. Party on! Harold: I could have done that, you know. I just wasn't hungry. Owen: No, wait, wait, wait, wait! There's still one more! (burps very loudly) LeShawna: You know what that boy has? Guts! Guts full of foamcore and rubber. But guts still the same.
 * (in the confessional)
 * Owen: (still lying on the table after gorging down faux foods, sees Chef about to give him a dissolvable indigestion stimulator) Oh, don't worry. I'm good. (laughs) My mom says I got a gut like a goat's. (bowel movement noise) Nope, call 911.


 * Izzy: (in the confessional, about the monster stepping on the girls trailer) I am so over that monster!

Leshawna: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! We're in Toronto. We're no where near the ocean. Heather: Then maybe I don't want to lay my pretty head near this big butted, loud-mouth, mall shopping (cut by Leshawna) Leshawna: (cuts Heather's sentence) And maybe I don't want to sleep near a two-faced, bossy, little, string bean of a prom queen!
 * Heather: (in girls trailer) I need to sleep on the east side so that my head will be closer to the ocean.

Leshawna: Who's got straws?! Lindsay: We could use makeup brushes instead! Gwen: That's actually a good idea. Beth: Longest ones get the top ones, shortest ones the bottom. Shortest of all gets to sleep with Heather!
 * Bridgette: Fine, we'll draw straws.

Trivia

 * Title Reference: This episode's title parodies the hit song by Pickett, Monster Mash.


 * All dialog edits to this episode can be found on the Edits page.


 * This is the first Total Drama Action episode when all the characters speak.


 * Every castmate used the Confessional Cam except DJ, Trent, Beth, and Heather.


 * Courtney, Katie, Sadie, Tyler, Noah, Cody, Eva, and Ezekiel were not mentioned at all in this episode, despite the fact that they were going to be "watching from the sidelines", and are all seen in the theme song at the end with the other contestants. They would not be seen until The Aftermath: I.


 * There is a belief that this episode is a parody of famed Japanese movie monster Godzilla, but it may also be a parody of the movie Cloverfield, as the creature is hardly shown until the the end of the challenge and there are a few scenes during the challenge of slanted cameras similar to the movies camera angles.


 * The eating part is set up similar to the Brunch of Disgustingness (it also features the same montage song).


 * According to the TDI Blog, while on the table Owen was originally supposed to tell everyone he's fine. However Scott Mcord (who voices Owen) blurted out "Nope Call 911." The production crew found it so funny that they kept it for the episode.


 * This episode first premiered on Teletoon's website on January 8, 2009. It was available to everyone, even those outside of Canada. However, on the next day, Teletoon blocked all non-Canadians from watching any videos on their website.


 * This episode proves that Owen has the strongest stomach of all the campers, as logically, Owen would die from eating that much foamcore, wax, and sawdust. He is shown in the next episode to have severe digestive issues due to what he's eaten in this episode, however.


 * Ironically, LeShawna says they are in Toronto and are not near the ocean, but on the opening song, it actually does show an ocean when the camera is zooming in. Though it may just be a special effects pool or the studio may border Lake Ontario.


 * In the recap, Chris says that the campers are competing for the same money, which most likely means that the sharks "eating" the case was a trick by Chris to create the need for a second season (meaning more paychecks for Chris), however the money could actually be in he shark and would lead the winner to season 3 for new money.


 * In this episode, Owen seems to be slowed down by his massive weight (as it takes him ten hours just to walk three blocks), though he seemed to be able to move perfectly fine on the island and his weight was never an issue for him (though he may have been fatigued due to excessive running from the monster).


 * This is the first time this season, but third time overall, that Chris has mentioned an episode's title. The first two were in No Pain, No Game and Search and Do Not Destroy.


 * Bridgette said she wore makeup in this episode, but in Brunch of Disgustingness, she said she keeps it natural.


 * Izzy is never seen on screen with the other cast mates in the holding pen. A siloutte of her however can be seen when Geoff and Bridgette are dropped in and again when LeShawna and Harold are dropped in (it can also be partially seen when Justin is dropped in, but it is in front of another siloutte making hard to make out).


 * Heather's original hair can be seen in many points of the episode even though it is supposed to be shaved off.


 * Though Owen wins the challenge because the monster could not pick him up, the monster had picked up Beth, DJ, Gwen and Trent together in one hand without a problem. These castmates combined certainly weighed more than Owen's 296 pounds alone. However, it could be possible that Owen had gained more pounds prior to this episode or that lifting so many people had a cumulative effect on the monster's ability to lift.


 * Izzy is seen sitting on her luggage when the bus pulls away (along with the other campers), but when Owen tells her to get on the trolley (and she is seen whistling), the luggage is no where to be seen. She may have tossed it on off-screen and simply did not board the trolley.


 * Unless Izzy wasn't called E-scope (or Kaleidoscope) she wouldn't respond, however, when Owen said "Izzy! Duck! Duck!", She responded back. It could be interpreted that she wasn't necessarily responding to Owen directly by saying "Goose," believing she was playing a game rather than being told to duck.


 * When the monster is dropping Justin in the "cage", the shapes of Trent and Gwen are visible on the right side, but it is supposed to be Bridgette and Geoff there, as shown in the next shot, where everyone is staring at Justin.This also happens when LeShawna & Harold are put in.


 * Izzy says a quote, referenced to the film, "The Wedding Crashers":
 * "Thanks for the date, baby! Don't ever leave me. Cause I'd find you!"


 * According to Chris, the first camper to get to the trailers and free the other campers wins. This brings up a continually error: LeShawna at one point flees past it, though maybe she was too scared to care.


 * Izzy said that she had a romantic date with the monster, so technically she had a date with Chef, because he was controling the monster, actually Chef lost control the night before leading to the possibility can be controlled, but has a mind of its own.


 * Duncan is the first character to speak in the episode and the whole series.

Goofs

 * There were multiple instances this episode where Heather was seen with highlights in her solid colored wig, which denote a goof as her having her real hair. Instances are seen:
 * An instance was seen during the time Heather began to try getting off the bus, and Gwen "gets in her way"
 * Another was after Chris says for the cast-mates to start their first challenge, everyone tries to get off Chris's ride. Trent throws Heather out of his way with her "real hair".
 * The biggest was when everyone was sleeping in the holding pin; Heather's hair was seen; however, it changes back to her regular wig after she wakes up.


 * Beth is heard screaming this episode. Later, Beth says to her team that she had a freak accident which prevented her from screaming.


 * When the monster drops people in the bounce house, you can see their shadows. When Geoff and Bridgette get dropped into the bounce house, their shadows are seen, but the next scene Gwen and Trent's shadows are seen for some odd reason.


 * While in the blow-up house, while even one is asleep waiting for Owen, Trent is not seen until he confronts Owen about his slowness.