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Total Drama World Tour is the best season of the Total Drama franchise. Who'd have thought travelling the world and musical numbers would mesh so well together? Don't forget the clever writing, exciting plot twists, and tremendous character development.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1
Highlights:
 * Sierra's introduction
 * Come Fly With Us is a classic
 * Harold nerding out by counting in Egyptian
 * Izzy's pyramid / Frankenstein song
 * Alejandro swearing in Spanish
 * Sierra naming their team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot

Complaints:
 * Ezekiel being cringy (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney and Gwen bicker over Duncan - already in the first episode? (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9/10 - Wonderful start to the season!

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2
Highlights:
 * Izzy speaking in "camelese"
 * "You hear that? It's the sound of girls all over the world, running and rushing, just desperate to... lock their doors!"
 * Owen calling Alejandro "Alehandout" and "Alakazam"
 * Lovin' Time is adorable
 * Rowin' Time is a great addition to the above song
 * Lindsay going trigger happy with stamping instead of voting someone off

Complaints:
 * Cody being shafted as the camel's toilet seat (-1/2 point)
 * Ezekiel predictably fuck!ng sh!t up (-1/2 point)
 * Getting eliminated first again (-1/2 point)

Rating: 8.5/10

Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan
Highlights:
 * They go to Japan which, is the coolest country ever!
 * Harold complaining about Chris' "cultural insensitivity"
 * Before We Die is the best song of the season
 * All of them landing in a giant bowl of rice after singing the song
 * Harold and surprisingly Tyler express their love for Japanese game shows, with Chris shutting them up with his own "personal geek gong"
 * The entire pinball machine challenge
 * The Japanese promo for Total Drama Action featuring their unnecessarily dubbed voices
 * Lindsay confusing Harold's Japanese babble as something she ordered from a restaurant
 * "It was art! A metaphor! A commentary on the Earth's sorrow, and its crying out for more—"
 * Sierra and Cody's commercial song
 * Lindsay admiring her passport photo instead of voting
 * Harold's comical rendition of seppuku

Complaints:
 * Heather/Courtney/Gwen spending the whole time bickering during the commercial challenge and not contributing at all (-1/2 point)
 * Team Amazon winning instead of Team Chris who deserved it way more (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9/10 - My favourite character Harold may have left the game thanks to Alejandro's intervention, but at least he got good development in Action and ended his run in World Tour by being hysterically funny in this episode, so I don't consider it a bad thing.

Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better
Highlights:
 * "No, I'm Lindsay!"
 * "Oh, dear Cody! If one of us drowns, I want it to be me!" "Me too."
 * DJ comparing the Yukon's ice to his mother's freezer
 * Izzy thinking the radioactive symbol is a speaker so it must play music and then trying to find the radio inside
 * Alejandro claiming his Latin blood prevents him from freezing

Complaints:
 * Sierra treating Cody like a plaything (-1/2 point)
 * The huddling for warmth part is cringy (-1/2 point)
 * Especially with Noah uncharacteristically hugging Bridgette... with a grin (-1/2 point)
 * Stuck to a Pole is a good song, but it sounds too weird with Bridgette's muffled voice. (-1/2 point)
 * There is a version of the song available with her normal voice, which is way better.

Rating: 8/10

Broadway, Baby!
Highlights:
 * "What am I, Tyler?"
 * Gwen's defeat / da feet pun
 * Sierra revealing obscure yet hilarious trivia about Chris throughout the episode
 * The way the characters scream or exclaim something relevant to their personality when sliding down the pole
 * A baby carriage without a baby is a shopping cart, according to Owen
 * The colour palette and Lindsay demanding Leshawna and DJ to stop dancing in What's Not To Love
 * "And look at the size of them apples!" is a clever double entendre referring to the literal apples in the water and Leshawna's metaphorical apples on her backside
 * Sierra talking about breaking her leg at a Chris McLean fan club picnic, which strangely resulted in her becoming part seal

Complaints:
 * Cody falling into the statue's boobs is awkward and unnecessary for the plot. I can kind of see why it was a deleted scene on Cartoon Network. (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9.5/10

Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water
This is my least favourite episode, so brace yourselves for this overwhelmingly negative review.

Complaints:
 * The entire episode has horrendous pacing, mostly thanks to the next bullet point.
 * Geoff stalling Bridgette's appearance on the show to an obnoxious extent just because he's too scared to approach her cheating, which results in Blaineley being an incredibly annoying and spiteful b!tch about it the whole way through
 * Harold's "journey video" is a disappointment. He's my favourite character and deserves way more!
 * The fan predictably asking Bridgette a question related to a pole
 * Bridgette and Geoff's "fight" that results in them making out just like in their Action days

Highlights:
 * Eva gets more screen time (+1/2 point)
 * Harold nerding out with maths (+1/2 point)
 * Bridgette's singing voice is beautiful in I'm Sorry (+1/2 point)

Rating: 1.5/10

Slap Slap Revolution
Highlights:
 * "Give me an Ale hand, bro!"
 * "I would throw up, but he is not even worth the puke."
 * Leshawna going along with Lindsay raving over Tyler's "return"
 * "Shove it!" is an excellent visual pun for Heather's nagging and what she should be doing in the challenge
 * Another great pun with "We could use Meat Cody / meat, Cody!"
 * Noah and Cody's cheeky sausage joke exchange
 * "Duck!" "No, it's a goat."
 * The electrified Dance Dance Revolution challenge

Complaints:
 * Leshawna beating up Heather primarily due to Alejandro winding her up, but also because she had apparently wanted to since season one? I thought the two became friends in Action. What happened to that? (-1/2 point)
 * This resulted in her unfair elimination. (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9/10 - I was a little disappointed with Leshawna leaving, though. I wish she could win a season.

The Am-AH-Zon Race
This is my favourite episode!

Highlights:
 * Owen being relentlessly optimistic about Alejandro in the confessional
 * Lindsay is smarter
 * "Your parents must love this show. Gets you out of the house!"
 * Tyler continuing to call it anything but a T-bar
 * "Whatever you say, Al! Arriba!"
 * Sierra wanting to pay to get her arms extended so she can reach Cody's pocket in the future
 * Gwen epi-penning herself into a hyperactive mess
 * "Al built it. Maybe Spanish fires growl."
 * Team Victory finally wins!
 * "Wow, I've never been so scared of a friend before!"
 * The reveal of the Zing-Zings being actors who put a fake gold tooth in Heather's mouth
 * "Oh, great. It's Pirate Pablo."
 * "I would have... crushed you!"
 * "What you think, Cody? You give that a big fat thumbs up?"
 * The fake elimination reveal which leads to Heather's bad@ss speech - "Now, they fear me, and so they should. I will make them all pay for what they tried to do to me, and then, I'll crush Alejandro for dessert!"

Complaints:
 * Gwen's part in Gypsy Rap, especially at the angle she's animated in, puts me off (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9.5/10

Can't Help Falling in Louvre
Highlights:
 * Alejandro and Cody sharing a confessional, ending with the latter pointing out the former's ripped shirt seam
 * Izzy taking over the cockpit
 * “Everything looks slightly different in her head.”
 * “Guess who was captain of his gymnastics team at kinder gym?”
 * Noah’s imaginary ball trick working on Izzy
 * “Aw, man, I hate walking.”
 * Cody finally standing up to Sierra and in a clever way
 * Lindsay busting her skull against the plane before falling

Complaints:
 * Sierra spends a great deal of this episode crying obnoxiously, making it hard to watch at times (-1 point)
 * Both of the challenges in this episode are boring (-2 points)
 * DJ wins for the most bullsh!t reason because the characters all of a sudden love his shirt (-1/2 point)
 * Lindsay's unfair elimination due to DJ's win (-1 point)

Rating: 6.5/10

Newf Kids on the Rock
Highlights:
 * “It’s like asking a girl out, only she’s a guy.”
 * Owen attempting to “flirt” with DJ
 * Heather revealing Izzy sings pop goes the weasel whenever she defecates
 * “More like a b-i-t-c...”
 * Sierra claiming she saw Cody on a white horse before she even knew him
 * Gerd’s hilariously butchered accent
 * Noah commenting that his cousins are banned from watching Total Drama with Owen later agreeing
 * Tyler and DJ making out with fish, god damn it!

Complaints:
 * Courtney and Gwen’s bickering over Duncan (-1/2 point)
 * The “give me the tape” gag is cliche (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9/10

Jamaica Me Sweat
Highlights:
 * Courtney is surprisingly the only one to give a sh!t about Owen and Izzy getting hurt
 * "I don't see well underwater. I guess it's a trade-off for my super strong fingers."
 * “I don’t know. Did we land in the 70s?”
 * The skateboarding challenge is very creative

Complaints:
 * Izzy and Owen are mercilessly injured (-1 point)
 * Izzy once again being eliminated by government officials because writers can’t be bothered with eliminating her normally ever (-1 point)
 * Owen’s breakup song is depressing (-1 point)
 * DJ gets unfairly eliminated after finally trying this time around (-1 point)
 * His elimination ceremony is also the dumbest ever with being chased away by fire ants (-1 point)

Rating: 5/10

Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon
Highlights:
 * "Ja-party!"
 * “When you get it wet, it’s a wet tee!”
 * $200 coming from Harold promising to clean his mom’s garage
 * Blaineley attacked by a snake because she IS one

Complaints:
 * Save This Show is mostly boring (-1/2 point)
 * The Ezekiel and Duncan sighting clips are also boring (-1/2 point)
 * Blaineley being a spiteful b!tch yet again (-1 point)
 * She releases the animals from their cages to attack everyone and destroy everything on stage (-1 point)
 * Leshawna’s song and dance (-1/2 point)

Rating: 6.5/10

I See London...
Highlights:
 * Noah roasting Sierra when she makes her fake social media update
 * Gwen when she talks about her interest in Jack the Ripper being "morbid and offensive"
 * “Strip a dude? I’m out!”
 * “He’s like Heather, only with social skills.”
 * “Ow, my wiener!”

Complaints:
 * Cody getting a shot of him and Gwen whilst sleeping is reeks of desperation (-1/2 point)
 * Owen being extremely gross this episode with milk/snot/farts (-1 point)
 * Courtney and Gwen’s sudden close friendship is totally see-through (-1/2 point)
 * The stripping challenge is boring (-1/2 point)
 * Changing Guard Mix is also boring (-1/2 point)
 * Sierra harassing Cody to kiss her (-1/2 point)
 * Ezekiel appearing just so he can be treated like sh!t again (-1 point)
 * They kidnapped Duncan just to be on the show again which launches the infamous love triangle (-1 point)
 * Noah eliminated just because Alejandro somehow overheard him talking sh!t (-1 point)

Rating: 3.5/10

Greece's Pieces
Highlights:
 * Sierra guessing the Olympics originated in Atlantis and Owen guessing Mount Olympics
 * The challenge featuring them winning gold medals like the Olympics
 * Duncan being forced to sing his lines after missing too many episodes and getting towel whipped whenever he fails
 * Duncan's singing voice is great
 * "Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!"
 * Cody knocking out Duncan with JUST one punch
 * Owen claiming Tyler and Cody's moulting wings are seasonal

Complaints:
 * Courtney and Gwen continue their fake @ss friendship (-1/2 point)
 * Which turns into incessant bickering (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney acting like even more of a nagging b!tch to win Duncan over (-1/2 point)
 * Gwen acting annoyingly deviant behind the scenes (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney being mean to Cody and hitting him for no good reason (-1/2 point)
 * Alejandro forcing Tyler to reveal the secret seems so childish and should have been handled better (-1/2 point)

Rating: 7/10

The EX-Files
Highlights:
 * The episode has a cool and unique setting in Area 51ish
 * Tyler not knowing how to spell "jerk"
 * Tyler climbing the electric fence when the entrance was right next to him
 * The Kraftwerk robot
 * "Don't probe me, bro!"
 * Owen claiming to forget everyone he knew whilst saying everyone's names

Complaints:
 * The way Courtney breaks up with Duncan (-1/2 point)
 * Boyfriend Kisser is the worst song of the season (-1/2 point)
 * Especially with hypocritical Heather since she kissed Gwen's ex Trent in Island (-1/2 point)
 * Gwen and Duncan continuing to mess around even after what happened the previous episode (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney barging into Team Chris' elimination ceremony to spy on Duncan (-1/2 point)
 * Then she knocks Tyler out of the plane for no good reason (-1/2 point)

Rating: 7/10

Picnic at Hanging Dork
Highlights:
 * Sierra worried that Cody fell into the toilet again
 * Shearing Sheep is a catchy song
 * Team Amazon finally lose their first member

Complaints:
 * The episode opening with Courtney and Sierra awkwardly sitting and glaring at Gwen (-1/2 point)
 * Cable jumping to grab innocent sheep that have been branded with Chris' face is low-key cruelty (-1 point)
 * Duncan throwing a dingo at Cody for no good reason which f*cks him up by voting for Gwen instead of Courtney (-1 point)
 * Gwen's unfair elimination due to a eucalyptus allergy that came out of nowhere other than to stir the plot towards Courtney's favour (-1 point)

Rating: 6.5/10

Sweden Sour
Highlights:
 * Sierra geeking out over the RPG she plays
 * “Someone look at my booty!”
 * The building challenge cleverly referencing IKEA
 * “Sadly, the assembly instructions were accidentally shredded when they were put through a shredder.”
 * ALL of Heather, Courtney, and Sierra battling because Cody built Gwen's face
 * Team Me Be Hot is my favourite nickname Chris gave his team
 * Owen claiming receiving a bag of rocks is like Christmas all over again
 * The whole viking challenge is exciting to watch

Complaints:
 * Cody being more obsessive than ever over Gwen after her departure (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney being a nagging b!tch yet again to Duncan (-1/2 point)
 * Owen being super gross by farting non-stop (-1/2 point)

Rating: 8.5/10

Aftermath Aftermayhem
Highlights:
 * Leshawna betting Trent that Lindsay would remember Tyler’s name and winning
 * Noah’s noise when he gets hit in the nuts by the can
 * Geoff roasting the hell out of Blaineley in his song
 * The board game challenge
 * Lindsay wishing to land a seven on a regular six-sided die
 * Trent and Gwen being friendly again
 * Lindsay balancing the meatballs on her nose like a seal

Complaints:
 * Evil c*nt Blaineley kidnapping Bridgette solely out of spite and elaborately lying about it (-1 point)
 * Blaineley being even grosser than Owen (-1 point)
 * Blaineley getting a chance at competing (okay, it’s obvious I can’t stand her) (-1 point)

Rating: 7/10

Niagara Brawls
This episode is overrated. It’s only popular because it’s unadulterated shipping fodder, and people eat that sh!t up.

My biggest complaint is how predictable the pairings were for the challenge - Aleheather, Duncney, Coderra, and equally gross Owen and Blaineley. Yep, totally random and unexpected. (-1 point)

It would have been way more interesting if it were:
 * Blaineley (bride) and Cody (groom), especially after how angry she got after Cody had no idea who she was during her song. It'd be interesting to see them interact after that.
 * Duncan (bride) and Owen (groom), because they could use their friendship to work together.
 * Courtney (bride) and Alejandro (groom), because they can flirt again to piss Heather off.
 * Heather (bride) and Sierra (groom), which would piss Heather off even more because she's working with ultra-obnoxious Sierra, at least until they can use their strategic skills to work together and win the challenge.

Other complaints:
 * Sierra kissing Cody against his will twice (-1 point)
 * Then forcing him into a "marriage" (-1 point)
 * Imagine if their genders were reversed.
 * Owen’s unfair elimination, just because Alejandro suddenly sees his popularity as a threat. He should have gotten rid of him long ago if that were the case, instead of people like Bridgette and DJ. (-1 point)

Highlights:
 * The setup of the episode with picking your partner in a slot machine/catching your dress blindfolded through an obstacle course/walking on a tightrope is very creative, despite its poor execution.

Rating: 6/10

Chinese Fake-Out
Highlights:
 * “Which escaped mental patient are you married to?”
 * Chris making Courtney wear a dragon mask, so she finally shuts up
 * Blaineley and Courtney get eliminated!
 * Blaineley admitting that Chris only got to do Total Drama after she said no (and thank goodness she did)

Complaints:
 * Blaineley’s role as an antagonist is so poorly written (-1 point)
 * Chinese Lesson is way too long, which butchers the plot's pacing (-1 point)
 * Sierra delusionally believing that Cody drinking a "love me tea" will make him like her (-1/2 point)

Rating: 7.5/10

African Lying Safari
Highlights:
 * Bald Chris
 * Excellent pun of “socket to me” with soccer and cricket
 * “Follow that homewrecker!”
 * Sierra’s part in the song
 * Alejandro and Heather’s increasing sexual tension is entertaining to watch even though I don’t ship it

Complaints:
 * Sierra continuing her "love me tea" trip, but even worse now (-1 point)
 * Cody being incapacitated for much of the episode and becoming a punching bag because of it (-1 point)
 * Sierra violently beating up innocent baboons just because they got close to Cody (-1 point)

Rating: 7/10

Rapa Phooey!
Highlights:
 * Sierra being a master strategist
 * “Nope, nothing but air,” Alejandro says referring to Lindsay’s stone head
 * “That’s like two Alejandros wide.”

Complaints:
 * Sierra still in her delusional mindset, believing that she’s married to Cody and being an extra control freak about it this episode (-1 point)
 * Sierra getting a condor baby whose features resemble Cody seems forced and unnecessary (-1 point)

Rating: 8/10

Awwwwww, Drumheller
Highlights:
 * Sierra remembering Cody's birthday was the season's most heartwarming moment
 * Heather admitting she secretly loves glitter pens
 * "Put me the heller down!"
 * "If you're planning my murder, remember we're on TV--"
 * Heather and Alejandro expressing a shocking amount of concern for Sierra's injury

Complaints:
 * Alejandro photoshopping a picture of Cody and Heather sleeping just stir up Sierra is so childish (-1/2 point)
 * Heather and Alejandro having coinciding confessionals denying their feelings for one another by claiming it was a strategy is cheesy and cliche (-1/2 point)
 * Chris being a total @sshole giving zero sh!t about Sierra's injury after what was a complete accident, worrying more about the plane being destroyed (-1 point)
 * Kicking her out of the game for it was by far the most unfair elimination this season (-1 point)

Rating: 7/10

Hawaiian Style
Highlights:
 * Courtney being shut up every time she attempts to sing a Gwuncan hate song (because she really should shut up for once)
 * Harold's rap verse in Who You Gonna Root For?
 * Duncan claiming that he "took a dive" for Cody when we know damn well that ain't true
 * The majority rooting for Cody
 * The peanut gallery's blank expressions after Bridgette had asked if they miss being in the game
 * Geoff showing pictures of animals you can find in Hawaii with Bridgette adding that they're only at the Maui Zoo
 * Owen thinking Blaineley was pointing at the doberman to be Heather's spirit animal
 * "Technically, it's twenty-two minutes, and that includes opening and closing credits."
 * "Laugh if you want to, but I have my reasons, ones that go beyond his large, innocent eyes and tiny tail."
 * Courtney's voice in I'm Winning This is gorgeous

Complaints:
 * The recap clips for the final three and the way they present it is tacky (-1 point)

Rating: 9/10

Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles
Highlights:
 * The whole episode of them facing numerous obstacles to get to Hawaii is exciting
 * Heather showing more of her good side by helping Sierra with her injury and giving her a wheelchair
 * Sierra finally realizing Chris is a sadistic narcissist
 * "You're an expert at turning people off!"
 * I'm Gonna Make It is catchy
 * Sierra's motivational speech for Cody

Complaints:
 * Sierra fixated over being more than friends with Cody, with him being forced to say that he considers her his best friend, could have been handled better. Cody should have been more assertive is what I'm trying to say. (-1 point)
 * Alejandro and Cody tying, which makes the final three remain, with Chris being too lazy to a slow-motion replay to declare and then stalling to make them "out of time" (-1 point)

Rating: 8/10

Hawaiian Punch
First and foremost, I would like to say that Cody should have won this season. He should have been in the final two with Alejandro because he would have totally taken him down thanks to his tremendous character development from passive featherweight to aggressive powerhouse.

Highlights:
 * "She's funny when she's tied up and can't hurt me."
 * Leshawna flipping off Heather
 * Chris revealing the plot twist that the peanut will not be voting for the winner and instead having the final two complete a challenge to win
 * Cody and Heather becoming friends (because Heather could really use some friends)
 * Heather and Alejandro roasting each other in Versus
 * Cody getting bold as f*ck in this episode by tackling Courtney, trolling Alejandro by calling him "Al," and giving Heather tough love encouragement
 * Heather's top-notch strategy of exposing Alejandro's romantic feelings towards her, only to go full-on savage and kick him in the jewels
 * Noah shrugging at Heather revealing she loves Alejandro
 * "Boys are okay, but a million dollars is way better!"

Complaints:
 * Courtney continuing her petty hatred towards Cody (-1/2 point)
 * Heather saying, "So long, sucker!" and then pushing Alejandro down the volcano on the ice cube is cliche (-1/2 point)
 * Heather losing her prize money thanks to Cringezekiel (because I consider her to be the real winner in canon), though I still think Cody should have really won. (-1 point)
 * The Star Wars parody at the end was cheesy. Then again, I think many cartoons fail at parodying Star Wars well. (-1/2 point)

Rating: 7.5/10

Overall
Total Drama World Tour gets an overall rating of 7.5/10. Despite its average score, the season maintains its sky-scraping rewatch value. I tend to rewatch all the episodes I've rated 8 and above the most.