The Aftermath: IV

'''Total Drama Action finally reaches its epic conclusion, but with the hosts missing, a winner has yet to be decided. As tension rises, the two finalists attempt to find a way to break the tie, but in the end, there can be only one winner, who gets the money and the girl, which leads up to the loser going home with a "consolation prize."'''

Plot
This episode picks up exactly where the last one left off, starting with the contestants shocked at the tie. Duncan angrily asks if there's a plan, but Geoff says there is not. But, since they are all together, Geoff decides that they should "party" and they begin showing clips of the season. Meanwhile, Chris and Chef are leaving for their vacation, with Chris being frequently recognized by people. A woman even requests his autograph as Chef looks on, annoyed.

The contestants contemplate the fact that this is the last time they will all be together, and Bridgette and Geoff seem to be sad about it. LeShawna, however, says that they should just pick a winner and go home. Then, Geoff and Bridgette begin to show clips of injuries and "the real Chris." While at the airport, Chris ends up seeing what is going on on the show (which is live) and rushes with Chef to stop it. Chris says that he wants a third season, but the contestants could ruin it. He insists on rushing, and yells at Chef about the traffic.

Meanwhile, Geoff and Bridgette finish showing the clips and Duncan starts to complain. Courtney then announces that she has a plan. She says they should have a "completely unbiased" quiz show, but the others deem that "lame." Harold then annouces a plan to do a contortion exercise. The two will have to mold their bodies in different shapes to make it through a conveyor belt. During this time, Chris and Chef end up at Camp Wawanakwa, due to Chris' poor directing of the driver.

The contestants begin doing this, and they end up tying, as Beth falls and then Duncan does also on his next turn. Eva and several others become frustrated at this point. They begin showing more embarassing clips of Chris, until Chris shows up, and yells at them. He forces Geoff and Bridgette out of the way, and then declares himself the host. Chris then begins to show clips of Beth and Duncan, and the sides of them that aren't normally seen. Beth is shown being selfish, while Duncan is shown being nice to other contestants while they are sleeping. Both are embarrassed by the footage. The contestants are then subjected to questions by those who had been voted off. Geoff and Bridgette are not present, so Trent goes first. He begins to ramble about a hypothetical situation that sounds similar to his situation with Gwen. Then, Izzy challenges the two competitors to a battle of dancing. Gwen the questions them about the environment. DJ then asks them about another hypothetical situation, where Beth correctly answers his question. Owen then goes, and challenges the two into an eating battle.

Owen also tells the audience that he has begun to eat healthily. Heather then announces that she should win the money, and that she deserves it more. LeShawna then asks them what they will do with the money. Next, Justin asks them if he is still attractive. Lindsay then states that she is going to vote for Beth, without asking a question. Harold then challenges them to draw pictures of a imaginary animals. Courtney is about to ask a question, but is interrupted. The ex-contestants then vote in a bathroom stall. They all end up voting, and Chris slowly announces the votes. The winner, in the end, is Duncan.

Courtney runs up to him in joy, and hugs him. Duncan questions her, saying that he may not share the money with her. She then kisses him saying every king needs a queen, and Duncan happily complies.Meanwhile, Brady enters the stage and hugs Beth, leaving Beth happy as well. The screen pans out and shows the non-contestants cheering, Beth hugging Brady, Chef and Chris grinning wickedly, Courtney and Duncan making out and the losers celebrating. Then Chris signs off the season and thanks the viewers for watching.

Alternate Ending
Similar to last season, this finale has an alternate ending. In this ending, Chris counts the votes and the final vote goes to Beth. Everyone cheers and Brady comes in and hugs her. Heather says he's handsome, and even Justin looks stunned at his looks, regretting voting for her. Duncan walks up to Courtney and asks if she wants to get a bite to eat, to which Courtney says she doesn't usually eat with losers. Duncan says he doesn't either but he asked. Smiling, Courtney accepts to go out to dinner with him and when he asks where she's going to buy him dinner, she teasingly says she'll give him knuckle sandwich. As they leave, Courtney dials up her lawyers on her PDA, planning another lawsuit due to the voting of the episode, thinking there was "electoral fraud" and that Duncan should've won. Beth is held high by everyone as Chris throws the million dollar suitcase to Beth, hitting her. Chris then ends the show.

Cast
Katie, Sadie, Tyler and Ezekiel appear but do not speak, although Cody gasps and they all can be heard cheering and also when Duncan wins, Ezekiel can be seen talking but no noise comes out.

Quotes
Male Tourist: Hey! Aren't you Chris McLean?! Chris: Busted. You know, I try to keep my ID a secret when I travel, but, it looks like these are hard to hide. Female Tourist: Chris McLean! Can I have your autograph? Chris: No, but you can let us bud to the front of the line. Flight Attendant: (squeal) Chris: Now, you, you can have my autograph, fine lookin' lady. Bridgette: Aww...We've had an awesome time together...I'm gonna miss you guys. LeShawna: We'll miss you too, girl...now pick a winner so we can all go home! Bridgette: We think these will help our veiwers see the real Chris Maclean. Geoff: We'll be showing them later in the show for y'all, but here's a preveiw to get you intersted. Chris: (singing in shower) I stand and the wall... waiting for you to ask me to dance... my heart is in your hand! Ooo, ooo, ooo. (shower curtain opens) (gives girly shriek) Chef: Well, Chris. When a lot of cars are stuck on the same road, it's called 'traffic.' The other Contestants: Lame! Duncan: Uh, no. Beth: It was worth a try. Duncan: This is the most stupidest thing I've been a part of and I've been on here for two seasons. Beth: I've thought I'll never miss Chris. Duncan: But it is a million bucks. DJ: What "it" am I hitting? Izzy: Not you! DJ Jazzy Chef! Noah: Yeah, right. Owen: No, really! And to show the viewers they should eat healthy too, I want there to be an eat off to win my vote! Chris: Finally, something gross and humiliating! Chris: Lindsay! You have to ask a question! Lindsay: Um, do I like Beth? And, do I like cruises? Beth and Duncan: Yes! Lindsay: It's going to be hard to pick, you both had such good answers. Duncan: (Laughing triumphantly) OH, YES!! Courtney: (goes up to hug him) We're rich! Duncan: Whoa-ho-ho, not so fast, sister. Who said I'd share anything with you? Courtney: (kisses Duncan) Every King needs a Queen. Duncan: King, huh? That doesn't sound so terrible. (they continue kissing) Brady: Was I supposed to bring a prize? Beth: I love losing. Izzy: Ahahahhahaha-ooooooh
 * Chris: Alright, Sunset beach. Here we come. That was one heck of a long season, if I do say so myself. I've earned this Vacay big time.
 * Geoff: This is the last time we're gonna see each other guys...gettin' a bit choked up here...
 * Geoff: Me and Bridgette have some never before seen clips of Chris.
 * Chris: (to driver) You call this driving?! What are you doing?!
 * Chris: I bet Ryan Seacrest's driver would be able to fly the car!
 * Courtney: Stop! I got a plan. I devised a completely unbiased (winks at Duncan) way to find a winner. A quiz show to determine who gets the million.
 * Beth: Just give all the money to me!
 * Harold: Prepare to contort!
 * Heather: Here we go again...
 * Eva: Make a decision! I'm bored! And you know what happens when I'm bored? (hits fist into palm)
 * Izzy: Hit it DJ!
 * Owen: I think we should have a healthy food eat-off, since I've decided to start eating healthily.
 * Lindsay: I want to Beth to win, because I like her, and because she will take me on tropical cruises.
 * Chris: The Season 2 Total Drama Winner is... (pulls out Final Ballot) Duncan!
 * Beth: I have all the prize I need.
 * Izzy: Ahahahhahaha-ooooooh (pauses and looks around)



Trivia

 * This episode picks up where Mutiny on the Soundstage left off, and is a continuation of the finale.
 * In the universe of the show, the TDA Aftermath shows are live, according to the events in this episode.
 * Chris states during the dance off that there should be more dancing on the show. This is probably a foreshadow of Total Drama the Musical.
 * On Teletoon.com and Cartoonnetwork.com, there is an alternate ending that shows what would happen if Beth was the winner.
 * The way the winner is announced in this episode is an allusion to Survivor.
 * In Survivor style, one vote for each contestant (DJ for Beth, Owen for Duncan) was shown.
 * Additionally, in Survivor style, one vote (Heather's) is ambiguous, as the line she made could be for a B, as in Beth, or a D, as in Duncan.
 * Brady is proven to exist in this episode, as he makes an appearance at the end.
 * Duncan and Courtney get back together in this episode.
 * Chris makes reference to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest in this episode.
 * This is the second time that a real person was mentioned in the Total Drama Series (the first time was back in Phobia Factor).
 * Chef Hatchet's DJ name, DJ Jazzy Chef, is a reference to | DJ Jazzy Jeff, real name Jeffrey Townes; well known for playing the role of Jazz, Will Smith's best friend on | The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
 * Chris showed hidden footage of the two finalists:
 * Beth was shown eating all the cookies sent to be shared.
 * Duncan was shown being nice to the other boys while they were sleeping
 * This footage shows the completely opposite of their personality.
 * This marks the first time that Justin ever appeared in the segment "That's Gonna Leave a Mark".
 * It also counts the first time that all the clips weren't altered for the montage.
 * Throughout the episode, Beth has shown attraction to Justin, although Brady was shown to be real.
 * Courtney didn't get to ask her question due to running out of time.
 * In the alternate ending, Beth gets knocked out due to being hit with the million dollar case.
 * In Duncan's ending, Chris is never seen giving him the million dollar case, unlike Beth's ending.
 * Izzy did not vote for anyone because she voted for "Explosivo" to win.
 * This is the first time Noah talks in Total Drama Action.
 * This is the first Aftermath in Total Drama Action that does not interview any eliminated contestants.
 * This episode has a reference to the Survivor Finale. Duncan and Beth were asked questions by the eliminated contestants. This is the same situation where the Jury ask the the finalists questions on Survivor.
 * The luggage that Chris is carrying at the beginning of the episode is actually the million dollar case or at the least bears a striking resemblance to it.
 * If one downloads the episode on iTunes, the alternate ending with Beth's win is shown instead of Duncan's.
 * This is the first time a contestant has done the recap. This case, Geoff.
 * This is the second time that someone other than Chris has done the recap. This time was Geoff, the other time was Chef.
 * Chris and Chef accidentally return to Camp Wawanawkwa in this episode.
 * This episode has the most voice actors in the whole season.
 * The frames for Harold's final challenge were:
 * A random rectangular-like shape.
 * The letter "T"
 * A Spider
 * Palm Tree
 * Something that looks like the Sky Needle
 * Flamingo
 * Clouds
 * Ladder (which is impossible, but that is common in cartoons)
 * Pretzel
 * Elephant
 * Car
 * Unicorn
 * Chris McLean
 * A plus sign
 * Harold's Face
 * Actually, Harold's challenge was a reference to the game show, Hole In The Wall.
 * A number of frames (namely Harold's face) seem to have solid spots that are hanging in midair (forming such things as eyes or other details). Logically, this is impossible unless they were hanging by very thin string.
 * A paraody of Pyscho is shown when Chris was in the shower.
 * Here is how the other side of Chris McLean was shown by Geoff and Bridgette:
 * Chris is singing in the shower.
 * He eats a sandwich in a very messy way.
 * He sleeps sucking his thumb and holding a teddy bear.
 * It is revealed that he is bald.
 * He goes outside in a robe, but the wind blows a part of it off revealing private parts.
 * Geoff and Bridgette were the only ones not to vote (or at least seen voting) for either Duncan or Beth.
 * In this episode, we learn Harold was an "imagineer".
 * A reference to the series Stoked was made in this episode when Chris stated that he and and Chef were going to Sunset Beach for vacation, which is the setting of the show.
 * This episode reveals that Chris is bald.

Goofs

 * The episode picked up seconds after the previous one left off, but Chef and Chris are already at the airport, despite the lack of elapsed time that would have allowed them to get there.
 * In the alternate ending, where Beth is unconscious, Heather has her original hair back.
 * Also, Katie doesn't have a body; just a floating head.
 * Harold and Justin were never actually shown voting in the stall.
 * Duncan is hesitant to share his money with Courtney in this episode, despite Courtney stating in an Exclusive Clip that they had both signed an alliance contract in which if one of them won the money, he or she would have to split it 50/50 with the other.
 * When Duncan and Beth had to go through the shapes that Harold built, some of them were suspended above the band, therefore they had to jump and to the shape at the same time. Yet again it could have been a montage gag.
 * When Duncan is going through the final shape (Harold's head) some details (like the pupils) are floating in midair. However when he fails to go through and it's on the floor, these details are missing and just the cut out it there. It is possible that they were on a string and the string broke when it crashed.
 * The scene where Duncan was helping the other guys was incorrect. There was never a time where DJ, Justin, Harold and Duncan were there at the same time, but Owen wasn't. Yet again, Owen could have went to the bathroom or for some midnight snack.
 * This episode insists that Chris is bald, however, there are other episodes which insists he isn't, such as using hair gel. Since this was used in a montage of Aftermath clips, it is possible it isn't true, as other clips have been shown that are impossible.
 * When Harold first built his challenge, there was no belt to drag Beth and Duncan along.
 * Many of Harold's contorting shapes would be impossible to move through in real life.
 * When one looks at the first shape from the far view for Harold's challenge, the hole has dramatically gotten smaller.
 * In the frame that represents Harold's face, his facial features are seen, not connected to anything. This would mean that they were floating in mid air, which would be impossible. However, it is possible that they could have been hung by a string we couldn't see.
 * On Harold's second frame, which was a T, the T is taller than Harold. But Duncan, who is shorter than Harold, ducks his head with his arms straight out, meaning he would not make it out evenly, but he did.
 * The former competitors ask questions in the order they were eliminated (though Geoff and Bridgette were skipped). However Trent begins followed by Gwen and followed by Izzy. However Izzy wasn't eliminated after Gwen, DJ was. And even if her first elimination was counted, she should've gone before Trent.
 * When Izzy pretends to be Explosivo, her eyebrows are longer.
 * In the alternate ending, Brady disappears once Chris actually gives Beth the million.
 * Courtney threw her PDA in the Exclusive Clip when she got eliminated. However, in the alternate ending, it is seen again.
 * The Total Drama Action competitors were the only ones allowed to vote. However, only eight votes were counted. Fifteen people competed on Total Drama Action, so thirteen people should have voted. If you exclude Bridgette and Geoff who were making out, eleven people should have voted.
 * However, Lindsay did not get a vote (due to blowing her nose on the toilet paper). Additionally, Trent and LeShawna are seen passing out in the stall, so it could be that they didn't vote as a result of this.