Mo Monkey Mo Problems

'''With nine contestants remaining, the host initiates a monkey scavenger hunt, where each team has to find a golden coin and insert it into a vending machine before the other. One competitor continues to hate on another, who additionally begins to dote on their crush, while one of the island's most devious contestants accidentally gets their team caught in one of their traps as a result of another's miscalculation. In the end, said contestant nearly leaves until a rival forces the host to follow through on eliminating their greatest enemy.'''

Plot
In Pimâpotew Kinosewak's treehouse, Max awakens Scarlett and orders her to get food for him, in exchange for teaching her more evil. Scarlett expresses in the confessional how she's begun to develop hatred towards him. Meanwhile within the forest, Dave has set up a picnic for Sky and is entranced by a flower. Shawn arrives so Dave explains the purpose of the gesture. Shawn reminds him of the reality of the situation, as Sky was a competitor and had no intention of dating. However Dave simply replies that he doesn't care about the money, to which Shawn calls him insane. Dave then asks him if he would give it a million dollars to be with his "true love." Shawn is touched by this as he remembers Jasmine, and how he possibly ruined his chances with her in the previous episode. Newly inspired he agrees to go find Sky for Dave, and resolves to go tell Jasmine how he feels as soon as this is done. Elsewhere, Sky is worried about what's going on with Dave and Ella. Sugar warns her that Dave has been flirting with every girl on the island. She admits she was lying due to the approaching merge, reasoning she needs to start "messing with some minds."

In another part of the forest, Ella is searching for her "prince" Dave when Shawn passes by. She asks him if he's seen him anywhere, and Shawn responds that Dave is in the clearing "ready to bare his soul for love." Thinking Dave is intending to reveal his affections for her, Ella becomes excited. She soon finds him, sits down, and fishes for the declaration of his love. However, he says that the picnic is for Sky. Ella plays it off but is saddened to the point of crying, and she leaves. Shawn finally locates Sky but only seconds before Chris announces to gather for the day's challenge.

At the meeting area, Jasmine notes that different parts of the scenery have seemingly moved, but Chris shoots down the possibility. Shawn approaches her with a bouquet of flowers determined to make amends. She instead knocks them to the ground, ordering him to stay away from her. Topher suggests that he and Chris have a host-off to kill time while they wait for Dave and Ella, to which he quickly turns down the idea. Topher claims in the confessional that deep down, Chris is intimidated by him, and believes he should be the one hosting Total Drama. Heartbroken Ella shows up and sits near Sky, who questions her sadness. Ella disposes of Sky's previous worries about Dave by telling her he does, in fact, wish to be with her. Sky is elated but apologizes to Ella for her rejection. Dave eventually shows up and sits near Sky, prompting Chris to begin the challenge explanation. The goal for each team is to retrieve a gold coin from a monkey and place it in a vending machine, thus earning food for dinner. The first to do so wins immunity for the episode. Dave reveals he has a banana as a "secret weapon" before Chris sets the teams loose.

Topher informs Jasmine that he has an "errand" to run and leaves. Max also goes up to her to tell her he is through taking orders from her. Frustrated and confused, Jasmine picks Max up and hangs him from a tree by his underwear. When he falls to the ground, Scarlett advises him on how to make himself as feared as he would like to be: don't limit evil actions to just one team. Max grows excited and starts plotting his revenge. Dave requests the banana from Sugar as Waneyihtam Maskwak corners their monkey. Sugar, however, has already devoured it, claiming she didn't know it was part of the strategy. After the "element of surprise" fails, with Sugar ending up in the lake, the monkey distresses Maskwak by climbing a tree and eating the gold coin.

Topher and Chris slam into each other, the former defending that he was chasing after his monkey. Topher helps Chris up while the latter tells himself to start hating him. In the confessional, Topher reveals that he snagged Chris's cell phone, and that was the reason he bumped into him. Kinosewak's monkey loses Jasmine long enough to discard its collar and blend into a tree with many other monkeys. Meanwhile, Max is setting up a trap planning for his team to get caught in it. Scarlett, at his side, tells him they should go find Jasmine, to which he follows her. With Maskwak, Sky wants Dave to hold the monkey down so she can get the coin. His germ sensitivity keeps him from complying. The monkey is suddenly eaten by a bear, which then threatens the team.

Topher is seen contacting the producers, planting a seed of doubt about Chris's usefulness as an "older" host. Max grabs the monkey's collar from Jasmine, demanding its owner "speak." They respond by throwing feces at him, much to his horror. Maskwak considers how they can retrieve the coin from inside the monkey, which is now inside of the bear. Sky says that they should bring the entire bear back to Chris. Dave knows this is a bad idea, but wants to prove to her that he would be a good boyfriend. He attempts to befriend the bear only to get caught in a headlock.

At the tree of monkeys, Scarlett suggests to the rest of Pimâpotew Kinosewak that they play "Monkey See, Monkey Do" with the monkeys. The team is fond of this idea, but Scarlett is frustrated by their lack of ability to understand her "big words." The bear keeps a firm grip on Dave, but Sugar comes up with a plan. Knowing Ella will get in trouble if Chris finds out, she tries to convince her to sing to tame the bear. Ella points out the conflict, and Maskwak assures her that they won't report her to Chris. At this, Ella agrees and begins to sing. Pimâpotew Kinosewak are seen playing "Monkey See, Monkey Do" with the monkeys. Scarlett commands everyone to flip a coin in the air, fooling their monkey into throwing the gold coin up and into Jasmine's hand. Having succeeded, they leave to insert it into the vending machine and win. Scarlett whispers to Max wondering how he marked the trap. Before he can answer, a net shoots up and traps all of them. She is aggravated that her plan to frame him for it and get him voted off has failed. Scarlett tries thinking of a way to cleverly get him to admit to it. Proud of his evil deed, Max claims responsibility for having set it up.

Ella continues singing as the bear follows her and the Waneyihtam Maskwak back to Chris. They pass by Kinosewak, and Jasmine fumes at Max and their current situation, threatening to vote him off if they lose. The net soon collapses due to the team members' combined weight. Back at the meeting area, Chris wonders why the bear seems to be in a trance. Sky claims she hypnotized him, preventing Sugar from exposing Ella's singing. Chris refuses to accept the bear and Maskwak's story. In response, Sugar gives it the Heimlich maneuver until it coughs up the monkey. She then reaches inside the monkey while Jasmine gets closer with Kinosewak's coin. Sugar obtains Maskwak's coin and tosses it into the vending machine just as Jasmine is inserting Kinosewak's, winning the challenge. Chris then rewards Waneyihtam Maskwak with Chef Hatchet's Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails while Pimâpotew Kinosewak has to, yet again, vote off another competitor. Unlike usual, everyone is required to attend the elimination ceremony.

At the elimination ceremony, Chris announces Max's elimination, but quickly retracts the statement. The host reveals that he received an anonymous note detailing that Ella went against his "no singing" policy. For doing so, Ella has officially met her end in the competition. Sugar is blunt in the confessional about it being she who messaged Chris, ecstatic that her enemy has finally been eliminated. Ella says goodbye to the contestants through song before being blasted out of the Cannon of Shame. Chris signs off the episode afterwards.

Cast

 * Chef Hatchet appeared, but had no lines.

General

 * The shoe that the bear spits out bears a striking resemblance to those worn by Cody.
 * This is the second episode of the season that someone was set to be eliminated, but an event caused someone else to take their place. The first being in Twinning Isn't Everything.
 * The song Ella sings at the elimination ceremony is the longest one she has sung.
 * This is the first episode since The Enchanted Franken-Forest to contain nudity.
 * This is also the only episode of the season.
 * This is the fourth time that the player who gets eliminated isn't on the losing team. The other times it happened were in The Sand Witch Project with DJ, Jamaica Me Sweat with Izzy and A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste with Anne Maria.
 * Though it is the first time they are officially disqualified by Chris, as the other times the contestants quit the competition or left due to an external reason.
 * With Ella's elimination, the team's are balanced in the gender-ratio, with each team having two males and two females.

Continuity

 * This episode mentions Chef Hatchet's Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tails, which were previously introduced in Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan. This is the first time it is mentioned since Total Drama World Tour.
 * In addition, the music played when Chris introduced what the winning team won was also used in Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot's commercial.
 * Chris follows through on his ultimatum to Ella from the last episode.
 * In Twinning Isn't Everything, Dave stated he had never been tested for his allergies, flowers apparently being one of them, as indicated by his constant sneezing.

Goofs

 * At certain points in the episode, such as her confessional and singing to the bear, Ella has visible eyelashes that disappear and reappear.
 * When Waneyihtam Maskwak are cheering for Sugar, Ella's left sleeve is overlapping her torso.