The EX-Files

'''After breaking up with someone, a contestant decides to get revenge by flirting with someone else after being encouraged by another. The two teams search Area 51 for working alien artifacts. In the end, one more takes the fall.'''

Recap
In the first class compartment, the tension is unbearable - Courtney and Sierra are ready to eliminate Gwen out of jealousy - Courtney for Gwen's kiss with Duncan in the confessional and her resulting a messy breakup from Duncan with his new nickname, "Jerk", and Sierra for Cody's strong attraction to Gwen - the only person having fun is Heather who's just glad that the target's off her back. In economy class, Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot is planning their own next elimination, with Tyler and Alejandro hoping to eliminate Duncan.

The plane begins mysteriously preparing to crash, and Chris calls the "potential crash victims" to visit the culinary for a "last meal" while their autopilot tests some equipment. Alejandro takes advantage of the turbulence to suggest that Courtney flirt with Tyler to make Duncan jealous, and Courtney rolls with it, mentioning Tyler is "super-cute" and shocking him, but Tyler refuses to betray Lindsay. The plane finally lands and Chris explains they are in Area 52 - just next to the famous Area 51 and explains the challenge - break into Area 51 and bring back an in-tact alien artifact.

Team Chris and Team Amazon reach their respective sides of Area 51 and form plans, with Gwen accidentally leading Team Amazon to a mine field, leading her to the nickname "New Heather" - and Team Chris loses Owen to the Black Ops. Team Chris gets past the lasers first, while Team Amazon is forced to sing. Ignoring the girls' insulting Gwen in their song, Cody throws candy at the mine field, waits for the explosions, then runs over the mines, and both teams enter Area 51's secret warehouse at the same time.

Both teams go off looking for intact relics - Heather is angry to discover Courtney purposely throwing the challenge in hopes of eliminating Gwen, while Tyler forces Team Chris to help him look for Owen, who is having his memory erased in a box. Alejandro angrily claims that an artifact won't fall from the sky, but Tyler causes a small box to fall into Alejandro's arms, releasing a pair of aliens that electrocute the both of them. Duncan and Gwen run into each other in the warehouse, and Gwen mentions although everyone now hates her, she enjoyed their kiss. However, she points out that Courtney's "ridiculous" flirting seems to be getting to Duncan, and before she can go on, Duncan kisses her, a foot pop from Duncan also added. The two smile and decide to start a relationship and just let things happen. They are interrupted by an alien spaceship, reminding them they are competing against each other. Duncan runs off to capture the alien, and Gwen trips him nicely. She tells him to try not to get eliminated, and Duncan replies with, "Same to you," with a dreamy expression.

Cody is searching alone, however, when he finds an alien pod, an alien Cody is created as a result - Sierra is enthusiastic and hugs both so tight the alien Cody is killed. Duncan finds Team Chris and rescues them, but makes Alejandro promise not to vote him off in return - he fails to free Alejandro, but they both end up unintentionally freeing Owen, who claims to have no memory, despite clearly showing he remembers everyone and the competition. Chris and Chef Hatchet, watching from the plane, thank the Colonel for doing Owen's make-up job and mullet hairdo, while Duncan finally gets the aliens off Tyler and Alejandro and traps one into a cardboard box, confident.

Gwen brings Team Amazon the original box Team Chris had found, to which her teammates, aside from Cody, angrily tell her to "save it for first class" as they rush out of the warehouse. Tyler, on the other hand, is too busy gloating to notice that Team Chris is now on a mine field. They are blown up and into the air, landing by Chris with the charred remains of the alien. Team Amazon almost loses their box because Courtney trips Gwen, but Chris catches it and they win the challenge. In first class, Heather is surprised at Courtney's obsession with eliminating Gwen, noting that Courtney has replaced Izzy in terms of insanity. In the meantime, Gwen disappears to spy on the elimination ceremony, where Chris is explaining how Team Chris failed due to their lack of teamwork. Tyler meanwhile, is ecstatic that Duncan is out, remembering his earlier discussion with Alejandro, only to discover he's been voted off instead. Courtney protests at first, but when Tyler asks if there can be a re-vote, she angrily knocks Tyler out of the plane. Courtney says she will have her revenge on Duncan and Gwen. Courtney saying this hypnotizes Owen, and he begins dance again. Chris signs off the show while musing on whether or not Courtney will ever get her revenge.

Cast

 * Ezekiel made a cameo in the cockpit, but did not speak.

Quotes
Alejandro: Three, two, one, and you are back. Owen: We landed already? I'm so over my flying thing. Duncan: Looks like I owe you five bucks. Alejandro: My uncle Julio is a hypnotist. Manipulating runs in the family. And that isn't the only post-hypnotic suggestion I gave Owen (laughs evilly) Gwen: Okay. The kiss was awesome, even though now everyone on my team thinks I'm the new Heather, even Heather! But I can see that Courtney's ridiculous flirting is getting to you, so if you've change your mind about our se... (Duncan kisses Gwen) Was that just to shut me up? Duncan: Not entirely. Gwen: Why don't we just let things happen? No pressure, no plannings, no "pookums". 'Kay? Duncan: See, that there is why I like you. Tyler: And did your make-up. Owen: Oh, but they did, Tyler! I can't even remember your name! Duncan: A little help here please? Owen: Or Duncan's name, or Al's name, or Chris, or the Total Drama plane, or...Mom's cheese cellar back home! Or any of... oh... wait wait nevermind. I think I'm good. How you doing Al? Al? AL? Alejandro: Three, two, one, and REVENGE. Owen: (gets hypnotized) (stretches underwear over head) ''Take me out to the ball game! Take me out with the crowd! Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, I don't care if I never come back-- (alien latches onto head and zaps Owen)'' Duncan: (in confessional) Ha ha! The Running Man? Alejandro is all right! Chris: Former Alien lifeform? Impressive. Too bad it's not still intact.
 * Courtney: (writing down a list) Humph! Pummel Duncan...(thinks)...Pummel Gwen. Wash socks. (begins to sob)
 * Heather: Mmm, what is that delicious smell? Oh I know! It's (cuts to confessional) Tension!
 * Tyler: That guy's a jerk with a capital "G." I'd﻿ never cheat on my Lindsay the way he hurt Courtney!
 * Tyler: Must... leave... beautiful... corpse!
 * Owen: (lights go off and he farts) The dark as my witness, that was not me.
 * Owen: Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaah!
 * Heather: Are you trying to make us lose?
 * Duncan: You go first.
 * Sierra: Eeee! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! Two Codys! I'm confused... and excited! (Sierra hugs both Cody's and alien-Cody explodes) Okay, now I'm just confused...
 * Owen: Oh no! The aliens stole my memory! And styled my hair!
 * Tyler: I really don't think they stole your memory!
 * Tyler: Why is the purple meatball playing the piano?
 * Heather: (in confessional, referring to Courtney) Izzy, you have been replaced.
 * Sierra: (singing) ...the cradle will fall, and down will come GWEN! (bites off the head of the paper Gwen)
 * Duncan:(enters)lookin especially pasty this mornin
 * Gwen;thet means so much coming from a cyclops

Trivia

 * Running Gags: Courtney trying to sabotage her team's chances of winning, Ezeiel appearing in cameos around the plane.
 * This episode was written by Laurie Elliot.
 * Ezekiel makes another appearance in this episode. He is seen sitting in the cockpit with Chef's inflatable autopilot.
 * This episode's title is a reference to the American science fiction series, The X-Files.
 * Owen's painted face is a reference to the appearance of the Joker in the Batman film The Dark Knight.
 * When Tyler and the alien touched fingers it is similar to the movie E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial.
 * Cody activates a clone of himself from a pod, a reference to the horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
 * The way the two aliens attached to Alejandro's and Tyler's faces could be a reference to Alien.
 * Heather finds a portal similar to that of the Stargate series.
 * The Black Box warehouse could be a reference to the famous warehouse seen in two of the Indiana Jones films: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
 * This is the fifth episode to feature an Indiana Jones reference, the first five being Full Metal Drama, Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1, and The Am-AH-Zon Race.
 * If all of these hints are considered actual references, then this episode currently features the most amount of film/TV references of any episode in the series.
 * Cody's candy from Broadway, Baby! is used to get through the mine field.
 * This is the second alien-themed episode, the first being Alien Resurr-eggtion. This also the first episode to involve real aliens.
 * All of the male contestants get electrocuted in this episode. Alejandro by the alien, Tyler by the electric fence and the alien, Owen by the alien, Duncan by a laser and the alien and Cody by a clone pod.
 * Bunny makes a cameo, and is electrocuted by the security lasers.
 * This episode marks the 2nd appearance of Chef's inflatable autopilot, which was first seen in Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better.
 * This is the fourth elimination in a row where Barf Bags are not handed out.
 * This is one of the few episodes where the show escapes the fact it's supposed to be a cartoon reality show.
 * Chris' line about blaming a casualty on a weather balloon accident is a reference to The Roswell Incident.
 * Tyler is the third person to be eliminated while severely injured. First one being Cody and second one being Justin.
 * The wig Owen has on is the same wig used in Phobia Factor just painted green.
 * Interestingly, he used the wig in both episodes that Tyler is eliminated.
 * This is one of the four episodes to take place at night, for the whole episode.
 * This is the second time in a row that Gwen has attended another team's elimination, and the first time that two people have done so at the same time.
 * It's possible Chris got to arrange the challenge directly with the Area 51 base personnel, since he's shown thanking the Colonel for using the security cams and the artifacts inside, and the plane is saved from crashing by the same beams of the security system.
 * Alejandro speaks Spanish again in this episode, saying "Vamonos", which means "Let's go".

Goofs

 * When Sierra made a paper Gwen, she crushed it and ate the head off of it, but after she uses the confessional the paper Gwen still has the head on it.
 * When Chris is announcing the paths each team takes, Duncan's black eye is missing.
 * It's also missing while he has a confessional.
 * It's also missing in the scene with Tyler climbing the fence.
 * When Cody's alien replica exits from the cocoon, his shoulder and hands have goop on them, but in the next shot, his shoulder and later hands are shown clean.
 * When clone Cody emerges from the pod, its shirt wrists face inside. When Sierra runs over, the wrists are facing the outside.
 * At the beginning of the episode, the Intern is seen in first class tending the bar at first class, but he was thrown off the plane in the previous episode.
 * When it shows everyone standing in Area 52, there isn't a line there, but after Chris says Duncan is out of the border, there is a line separating Duncan from everyone else.
 * After Duncan was zapped with the laser, he appeared to be burnt, but for the rest of the episode he isn't burnt.
 * When Duncan uses the confessional, the interior is flipped around.