Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles

'''With their original mode of transportation destroyed, the contestants must engage in a full-out, no-rules race to Hawaii. One contestant confronts someone else about something she attempted to do earlier, enlisting the help of a stowaway in defeating her. Meanwhile, someone works with a previously eliminated contestant to reach the finish line and in the process, develops a strong bond with her. In the end, one competitor guarantees themself a spot in the final two, while two others tie for second place.'''

Plot
The episode opens with a very upset Chris pouting over the destruction of his beloved Total Drama Jumbo Jet and with it, all of his luxurious belongings. This was thanks to Sierra's actions at the end of the previous episode. Heather and Alejandro both try to convince Chris to continue the show and in reply, he furiously snaps at the two, believing his loss is more important than the show.

Meanwhile, Cody is yelling at everyone to help him save Sierra, who is buried in the wreckage of the plane, although everyone ignores him. Chef Hatchet finds an extremely large crate which Chris tells everyone is the emergency kit. Inside is a two-seater helicopter, which has only enough room for Chris and Chef. Chris tells the final three that the final challenge is in Hawaii, and gives them each GPS coordinators before leaving. Sierra asks what's going to happen to her, but Chris refuses to help her, in part because she blew up his plane. Sierra glares at him angrily as the helicopter takes off. Heather decides to help Sierra, out of sympathy for her being bald, and gives her a wheelchair and her hat from Easter Island. Heather tries to align with Alejandro in order to get to the final two, but he tells her he knows about the vote she cast against him. The two yell at each other over the walkie-talkies until Heather turns hers off. Alejandro finds a truck full of the show's animals and enters it. Heather trips on some train tracks and goes to the nearby train station. A cocky Alejandro tells the camera that he is going to win, but is suddenly kissed by Sasquatchanakwa, which leads him to stumble backward in shock and fall right into a crate, accidentally locking himself in. He eventually manages to get himself out, and states that once he finds Heather, he will destroy her "as she destroyed my heart." Then, he discovers Ezekiel in a crate with the other animals on the truck, and agrees to let him out if he behaves.

Chris, from the helicopter, comments on the fact that Heather is in the lead and Alejandro is closing the gap, but Cody has not even left the remains of the plane. Inspired by Sierra and the items in the debris, Cody builds a hot air balloon but cannot find a basket to ride to continue in the challenge. Sierra offers him her chair and tells him she is willing to stay in Drumheller forever and die for him. Cody thanks her for this and calls her a good friend until she asks him to call her his "best friend." However, he can't morally leave her behind and takes her with him. Cody sits in Sierra's lap in the wheelchair while they ride the hot air balloon. They manage to set off and start moving. Soon, their hot air balloon comes into range of Chris's helicopter and they both narrowly avoid each other, much to the angry remarks of one another.

Alejandro's truck is unloaded onto the train that Heather had boarded earlier, which is on a non-stop trip to Mexico. Just when Heather thinks that she has the advantage, Alejandro appears in her car with Ezekiel, using the hood of his jacket like a leash. He tells the conductor that Ezekiel is his little brother and that his animalistic qualities are merely 'quirks.' After Alejandro notices Heather, he relinquishes his grasp on Ezekiel and he proceeds to chase after Heather ferociously. She manages to escape from the car, but is cornered on the roof of the caboose by Alejandro. After a brief fight that results in the two of them ending up on opposite cars, he uses his belt to disconnect the car, attempting to abandon her on the tracks. However, she manages to jump over onto his car and lands on top of him. Sierra uses this moment in the hailstorm to ask Cody to kiss her because she thinks they will die. However, Chris then uses this opportunity, in the middle of the hailstorm, to make the contestants sing a song, which causes much complaining.

During the song, Heather manages to make Alejandro fall off the train and Cody's hot air balloon ends up crashing into a telephone wire, leaving Heather as the only contestant still moving southward. However, Alejandro manages to land near a pack of horses that are traveling in a herd, galloping alongside the train. Heather then encounters Ezekiel again, and after a brief fight, Heather is thrown out of one of the train's windows by Ezekiel and manages to land on another one of the horses. This causes the two to race to Mexico on horseback.

Cody and Sierra try to free the balloon from the wires, but it ignites and burns up. Cody gives up on the competition after his ride to the finish is destroyed. Sierra urges him to keep going, which he ignores in a dejected tone. She goes to a nearby fireworks shop and tries to barter for fireworks, unsuccessfully. Sierra then prepares to sell her expensive locket, which features a picture of Cody inside, to get enough money to buy the fireworks. Upon learning that the fireworks are for Cody, the clerk, who reveals himself to also be a major fan of the Total Drama series and Cody in particular, gives her a whole box full of fireworks for free. Even though Cody is still devoid of all hope, Sierra convinces him that he still has a shot to win and that he should get up and continue, which he encourages himself to do so. They attach the fireworks to her chair and fly towards the beach. Alejandro and Heather arrive at the same time, crashing into an embrace with each other, while Sierra and Cody crash and fly right into one of the boats and take off before the others can recover. Heather wastes no time catching up, while Alejandro comes up alongside. Cody throws a cod at Alejandro which causes him to retaliate and they engage in battle with swordfish, allowing Heather to take the lead. She arrives at a mine field and avoids the mines, taking first place where Chris and an angry peanut gallery awaits. Alejandro tells Cody he is going to win, but hits a mine, blowing his boat skywards. Cody passes Alejandro and cheers for his win. However, his boat runs out of gas inches away from the beach and Alejandro's boat crashes on top of his boat, launching them and Sierra to the beach at the same time. Chris tells everyone that he could look at the instant replay, but instead delays long enough to sign off the show with a tie for second place.

Exclusive Clip
In a never-before-seen clip we see that Ezekiel has, in fact, reached Mexico. He runs up to the beach where the final three (and Sierra) took off in their speedboats. He kneels down and sniffs a single feather left behind by Heather, then looks up towards the sun. He then hallucinates and sees the sun turn into a giant money bag. His eyes widen and he smiles weakly before he starts walking towards the sun and deeper into the water as he makes his way towards Hawaii.

Cast

 * Ezekiel appears throughout the episode making animal-like noises, however he never speaks.
 * The weatherman on the radio, the train conductor, and the man at the fireworks stand all have lines, but it is unknown who voiced them.
 * Chef Hatchet, Blaineley, and the twenty eliminated/non-contestants appear but don't speak, although Chef Hatchet is heard laughing.

Quotes
''Cody: Did you land on your head? Sierra: No, silly! I'm fine. I'm fantastic! Except for my, you know, my left wrist, right earlobe, scalp and both ankles. Which, um, are kind of throbbing with every step we take. Heather: Um, could you be a bit more specific? I've done a lot. Alejandro: Of course you can. You're an expert at turning people off! Alejandro: Now to find Heather and destroy her, as she destroyed my heart. Also, where am I? Cody:Right after you stop pinching my butt. Sierra: (gasp) We sound just like an old married couple, don't we? Cody: Ugh, I guess we do! Cody: So? Chris: Bro, we already have one cling-on named Ezekiel. We do not need two. Sierra: Cling-on!? Chris: I pride myself on my timing. Alejandro, Heather, Sierra and Cody: Are you kidding me? Chris: You know the answer to that by now! Sierra: We're going to die! Quick! Kiss me! Cody: Uh... false alarm. Steering, steering! Heather and Alejandro: You again! Alejandro: Hurry! Caballo! Heather: Just do what he says, but faster! Heather: I feel exactly the same.
 * Chris: Did I mention we've got no ride now? Because Sierra blew it up?! (inhales in a paper bag)
 * Chris: As usual, you two are thinking of nothing but yourselves.
 * Sierra: Oh, Cody. I've had dreams like this! Except in most of them, you wore a mountie hat and a loincloth. ''(purrs)
 * Heather: (checks GPS) "Middle-of-nowhere, Alberta." Well, they work.
 * Alejandro: I know what you did.
 * Alejandro: (in the confessional) Heather has a way of making my focus slip, like a too small Speedo. (shudders) This race is my redemption. As long as I travel alone, she can't distract me with her clever words, or her distrustful eyes, or the way she tucks her hair behind those cute little earlobes. (slaps himself) Focus!
 * Heather: Guess what? I can just turn you off!
 * Alejandro: If you want to find a thief, follow his money. If you want to find Chris, follow the evil beasts he loves to throw into the challenges.
 * Heather: What kind of idiot leaves train tracks in the middle of nowhere?
 * Alejandro: (opens the box) Ugh... que malo...
 * Sierra: Stop giving it so much fuel.
 * Chris: Umm, Cody, dude? Are you sitting on Sierra's lap?
 * (Music bell chimes)
 * Cody: Whoa! I can't steer.
 * Alejandro: Yeah! Andale! Oh, Heather... I'm coming...
 * Chris: Cody? The quitter? Wow...That's lame!
 * Heather: (To Ezekiel) Remember Camp Wawanakwa, huh? See! Back when you were still semi-human?
 * Alejandro: (to horse) Yes, you run beautifully. (Heather falls out of window and onto horse next to him) What the...?
 * Chris: Cody's still in it! Like a phoenix, burnt to a crisp before rising anew. No, wait. That's Sierra!
 * Alejandro: I hate you.
 * Chris: I'd go to the slo-mo to declare a winner. But... we're... kind of out of time. Yep, we are totally, completely, undeniably, out of time as... of... right... about... now.

Trivia

 * Title Reference: The title of this episode is a reference to the film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
 * The original title of this episode was Planes, Train, Hot Air Mobiles.
 * Heather climbing underneath the train could be a reference to a similar, famous stunt performed by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, except the latter was underneath a truck rather than a train.
 * This is the first and only episode to feature more than one location, as the contestants travel through Canada, mainland United States, Mexico, and Hawaii.
 * The colors used to depict Cody, Heather, and Alejandro on the GPS correspond to Team Victory, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot, and Team Amazon, respectively.
 * None of the colors correspond the the contestant's actual team (Cody had Team Victory, Heather had Team Chris, and Alejandro had Team Amazon).
 * The fireworks seller resembles the blond intern, but with an eye patch, hook, and a yellow shirt.
 * The feathered hat that Heather gives Sierra to wear is the same one she wore in Rapa Phooey!.
 * This is the only episode after an aftermath where a contestant is not eliminated.
 * When Chef pulls out the emergency helicopter, the beginning for Who You Gonna Root For? can be heard.
 * This is the third time the time limit of an episode is mentioned, the first in Can't Help Falling in Louvre, and second in Hawaiian Style.
 * On iTunes, this episode is titled "Planes, Trains, and Codymobiles."
 * When the peanut gallery is shown, the five contestants closest to the right are the members of Team Victory.
 * Additionally, the seven contestants that are closest to the left are the contestants who did not qualify for Total Drama World Tour.

Goofs

 * In the beginning of the episode, Chris is wearing his pilot costume. But, in the previous episode, Chris was wearing his normal clothes and, with the destructed plane, there wasn't any time to Chris change his clothes.
 * Also In the beginning of the episode, Cody digs Sierra out of the rubble as if she had been buried by the plane parts in the explosion. However, she is seen sitting on the ground away from the wreckage in the previous episode immediately following the explosion.
 * Heather hears Cody say over the walkie-talkie that he and Sierra are now airborne. A few seconds later Chris says that it is too bad she turned off her walkie-talkie, before giving an update about Alejandro over the device. If Heather was able to hear Cody on the walkie-talkie then she should have heard Chris.
 * The conductor whom Alejandro argues with about Ezekiel mysteriously disappears right after Ezekiel spots Heather.
 * When Alejandro takes off his belt to pull the cart of the train, a new belt suddenly reappears a few seconds later, while he holds the one who just took off.
 * Heather's shirt becomes longer when she is climbing underneath the train.
 * When Ezekiel walks towards Heather as she tries to reason with him, the tip of his right foot passes below the base of his left despite his left foot being flat on the floor.
 * When Heather picks up eggs to throw at Ezekiel, she is seen holding three eggs, but when she throws them, only two are seen.
 * Like in African Lying Safari, when Ezekiel tackles Heather in the train after she threw objects at him, his feet are shaped normally instead of being claw-like.
 * When Heather spills oatmeal on her hair, her hair gets messed up, but when she gets up after landing on a horse following Alejandro, it's dry.
 * When Heather was thrown out of the train, she almost flew past the horses that were galloping by, but when she landed on a horse, she dropped straight down onto it in a different angle than that of which she was thrown in.
 * Chris checks his watch to see how much time is left for the challenge, however, the watch is gone when he turns his wrist the other way.
 * The cleft on Chris's chin disappears in some scenes.