Dave and Ella

This article focuses on the interactions between Dave and Ella.

Overview
Ella is immensely nice to Dave just as she is to everyone. Dave, on the other hand, views her as one of the many weird members on his team, and is constantly annoyed by her singing. However he seems more tolerant of Ella than other members, and doesn't openly criticize her or try to hurt her feelings. Eventually, due to Dave returning Ella's shoe to her, Ella becomes attracted to Dave after he treats her nicely, and considers him as her "prince". However, Dave doesn't return her affection (and seems to be unaware of her's as well), unknowingly breaking her heart.

So, Uh This Is My Team?
While everyone is still on the zeppelin, Ella tries to cheer Dave, who is disturbed by Max and Leonard's odd personalities, by singing her song for him though this just creeped him out even more. During the challenge, Dave was mad at Ella for grabbing a bucket of pink glitter, as it was useless for building their shelter. During the elimination ceremony, Dave, while using the confessional wonders that if he can vote for four people, indicating he wished to vote Ella off as well.

I Love You, Grease Pig!
Dave cheers for Ella when she seems to cruise through her segment of the challenge with ease by dancing with the grease pig. However, he then scolds her to hurry up when she takes too long due to dancing. Once Ella finishes her course, she gave the leash to Dave, which he is reluctant to take due to fear of germs.

Twinning Isn't Everything
When Ella tries to show her gratitude to Shawn by singing, Dave tells Ella that isn't necessary. He is also thankful to Shawn when he gets rid of her without hurting her feelings.

A Blast from the Past
Dave helped Ella out of the lake after she was defeated by Max and also puts her shoe back onto her foot. This reminds Ella of a scene from Cinderella and she begins to fall for Dave. In the confessional, Ella was delighted with the "true fairytale moment" and announced to the audience in the confessional that she had found her prince. When it is Ella's turn again, she tells Dave that she will repay his earlier kindness by scoring a point for their team while referring to him as her prince. This leaves both Dave and Sky very confused.

Mo Monkey Mo Problems
In the beginning of the episode, Dave prepares a romantic picnic for him and Sky, and prompts Shawn to go retrieve her. Along the way, Shawn runs into Ella and informs her about Dave's picnic but fails to mention exactly who it is for. Ella believes that the picnic is for her and she meets up with Dave. There, Ella refers him as David. She blushingly listens to Dave talking until he mentions that the picnic is actually for Sky. She was even more devastated when Dave tells her to leave. Heartbroken, Ella leaves him and went to the challenge site. For the majority of the episode, Ella is woeful during the challenge, and barely speaks up until Dave's life is put in danger by a bear. Despite Chris' warning in the previous episode, Ella sings in order to save Dave. Chris eventually found out about this from Sugar and disqualified her. Before taking the Cannon of Shame, Ella sings one final song, during which she refers to Dave as her "prince" and that he had hurt her feelings, but seemingly brushes him off in order to complete her cheery goodbye song.

Trivia

 * This attraction is involved in a love triangle with Dave and Sky.
 * This attraction along with Dave and Sky form the third love triangle of the series, after Duncan and Gwen with Courtney, as well as Mike and Zoey with Anne Maria.