Are We There Yeti?

'''The campers are stuck in the middle of the woods. The challenge is to race back to camp and tag a totem pole. The boys are on one team while the girls are on the other. Although, since their host isn't there, somebody else takes charge. Another camper is eliminated because of someone's eating habits.'''

Plot
The episode begins as the final four campers awaken to find themselves in the middle of the forest. Since Chris is busy hosting an unnamed awards show, Chef takes over as host for the challenge for the day. He tells the campers that their challenge is they must find their way back to camp; Chef then gives them two bags of items that they will require in order to survive the challenge. Gwen is angry because she has been left in the woods with Heather and states that she would rather swim in the shark infested waters of Lake Wawanakwa. Duncan acts like a coward in front of Chef, holding onto him before he leaves and begging and acting like he is afraid to be alone in the woods (to steal night goggles Chef was keeping from them) and Heather thinks he is up to something. Duncan and Owen are paired up, while Heather and Gwen are forced to be partners. Chef then boards a helicopter and flies back to camp, leaving the campers stranded out in the wilderness.

Duncan and Owen quickly run into the forest in order to get away from the girls and confuse them. They check their supplies, only to notice that they have no food which worries Owen, but Duncan remains calm and thinks they will get out of the forest quickly with the night-vision goggles that he swiped from Chef. The boys quickly check the map and Duncan thinks that they go right while Owen thinks that camp is in the opposite direction. Meanwhile the girls use a compass and go north. Heather believes they will be fine if they are not killed by Sasquatchanakwa. However, Gwen thinks that it is just a story that Chef made to scare them.

Meanwhile at the camp, Chef is seen relaxing and reading a book, most likely having forgotten about the campers that are still lost in the forest. Duncan and Owen climb up a mountain and Owen admits that Chef's story scared him, but Duncan thinks that the story is only made up. Then he quickly spots the girls and teases them thinking they are going the wrong way, but Gwen says that their compass tells them to go north where camp is. Duncan checks the map and slaps his forehead, realizing that he and Owen have been going the wrong way and holding the map upside down.

Back at camp, Chef goes through the campers belongings, finding Heather's makeup, Owen's secret stash of candy, Duncan's knife and Gwen's diary. At the river, Heather and Gwen know that despite the fact that they hate each other, they must work as a team in order to win because they feel that the boys may be bonding. They finally agree and see the boys floating on a raft and getting ahead. Gwen and Heather team up to stop the boys from winning.

Later at night, Heather and Gwen try to get their stuff back only to find a large foot print. Thinking it is a prank, Gwen jumps in the bushes and is shocked to find out that she is on top of Sasquatchanakwa, who made the footprint. A large chase commences, forcing the four contestants to find shelter in a cave full of bats, which chases the campers out. Heather and Gwen accept defeat and the boys offer to let them sleep with them. While the boys set up camp, Heather tells Gwen to let them think they are strong boys, Owen ask Duncan if they should trust them and Duncan tells him to trust no one and hides the map under his shirt. The girls act as if they are scared and fool the boys, Heather tells Duncan she can't sleep and starts cuddling with him and he allows her.

The next morning, Duncan notices that the map is missing and becomes angry over it. Owen tells him that he has become weak but smells sticky buns made by Chef and runs toward camp faster than the girls. Unfortunately, he steers clear of the pole and eats the buns while the girls reach the pole and win. Later at the ceremony, Chef has to eliminate either Duncan or Owen, choosing the former. Indignant but glad to be leaving, he declares that he will be glad to get back to juvie. While he remains bitter with Heather for mocking him and Owen who burped at his face, he and Gwen part on good terms. As he rides on the boat, Chef scares him repetitively through the use of a Sasquatchanakwa costume.

Cast

 * Chris appeared briefly in a flashback, but has no lines throughout the episode.

Quotes

 * Chef: Yeah, it's me doing the recap, you got a problem with that?! Since Chris is off hosting some foo-foo award show, I'm filling in as host. And guess what? I ain't happy about it neither. So sit back, shut up and watch tonight's episode of Total Drama Island.


 * Gwen: What happened to Chris?


 * Gwen: (in confessional) They left us in the woods! Alone! Again! With Heather! I'd rather go swimming in the shark-infested water.
 * Duncan: (to Heather, about her complaining of the suicidal challenge that is to be performed) Hey, peaches, file it with the network lawyers.


 * Gwen: (confessional) Okay, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I actually miss Chris. Anything is better than Chef Psychopath. Why do camp cooks always look like escaped criminals? Heather: Can you hear me, Chris? I hope you enjoyed your little day off while we put up with your psychotic sidekick, who, by the way, wasn't even doing anything. He just ditched us in the woods.


 * Heather: (in confessional) Okay, look, we both know we don't like each other and we both probably wish we could push each other off a cliff right now. Gwen: The thought had crossed my mind. Heather: But we can both agree that we have to win this challenge. We can't afford to let the guys win invincibility and who knows what evil male bonding they are up to.


 * (after the campers run into the bat cave) Owen: Duncan? Heather: Owen? Duncan: Heather? Heather: Duncan? Gwen: Heather? Heather: Gwen? Owen: Gwen? Gwen: Owen? Heather: Now that we've taken roll call, what are we going to do? Did you see the size of that thing? Duncan: I could have taken him. Gwen: Is that why you were screaming like a little girl? Duncan: Right. I was just faking him out. Anyway, I think we're safe here for a while. (hundreds of little bat eyes appear) Owen: That depends on what you mean by safe. Heather: I never thought I'd say this, but please tell me that tongue in my ear is Owen's? Owen: No...that would be the...BATS! (the campers and Sasquatchanakwa run out of the cave screaming)


 * Gwen: (in confessional) Did I feel bad about stealing from the guys? Not really. They stole from us first. All is fair in love and war, and this is definitely war now!


 * Duncan: (in confessional) We lost the challenge for a few sticky buns, what was that?! Do you know how many sticky buns I could've bought with a hundred thousand dollars?! Heather: (in confessional) (chuckles) O-M-G. That was so pathetic. I hope those buns were worth it! Gwen: (in confessional) Wow...we kinda scored that one. Owen: (in confessional) I think Duncan's really mad at me. Maybe I should've saved him a sticky bun.


 * Chef: (to Owen) You! Choke on this, Glutton!


 * Chef: (to Duncan) You're finished! Duncan: Good! Get me out of here and back to juvie. At least with convicts you know what to expect.


 * Chef: (to Duncan when they're leaving) Left, left, left, right, left! Come on, soldier! Do I bear a striking resemblance to somebody who's got all day?


 * (Duncan is walking to the Boat of Losers on the Dock of Shame) Heather: You could have scored an alliance with me, but you blew it. Gwen: You played the game well. Sorry that you had to lose over a sticky bun. Owen: I-I-I- (burps) Duncan: Whatever.


 * Heather: (in confessional) I just want to thank everyone who got me to the final three. Courtney, I feel your pain, girl. You should not have been cheated off like that. Noah, you are one seriously smart guy, don't think I didn't notice. And Lindsay, the most fashionable girl on the island next to me, you know you'll always be one of my BFFs.


 * Gwen: (in confessional) I gotta admit, I didn't really think I'd get this far. (yawns) But now that I have, I might as well win.


 * Owen: (in confessional) Soooo, it's Owen and two hot chicks. (laughs) Partay!


 * Duncan: Just get me outta this place. (sees Sasquatchanakwa driving the boat and repeatedly taking off masks of Chef and himself) Ahhhhhh! Whew. Ahhhhhh! Phew! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Nooohoho! Whew. Nyaaaaaaaa! Hoo. No! Whew. Gyaaaaaaaaaaa! Phew.

General

 * It is interesting to note that before the Campfire Ceremony, the Final Four went into the confessionals in the order they were eliminated. Duncan went first (4th), Heather went next (3rd), then Gwen (2nd), and finally Owen (1st), who was never eliminated.
 * At the beginning of the episode, Chef chops up Mr. Coconut. It is unknown how he would have Owen's coconut friend, as it was thrown into Lake Wawanakwa in the previous episode.
 * Owen says he conquered his fear of heights, but a few days later it came back to him. He is possibly referring to DJ tossing him off the cliff during the paintball challenge (as he seemed horrified at that incident).
 * When Chef is doing the recap, he gives all of the campers nicknames:
 * Owen: The Chubby One
 * Duncan: The Delinquent
 * Heather: Mouthy Girl
 * Gwen: The Gruesome Chick
 * With Duncan's elimination, none of the Killer Bass members made it to the final three.
 * This is the only episode of the season not to include Chris McLean, aside from the brief cameo during the recap and Owen's flashback from Not So Happy Campers - Part 2.
 * This is one of the episodes to prove that Sasquatchanakwa might be fake, as Chef has a costume that looks just like him. A costume like this one is also seen in The Aftermath: I.
 * This is the last episode Sasquatchanakwa is referred to his name. In future episodes, he is refered as Bigfoot or Yeti.

Continuity

 * This is the first, and currently the only, competition-related episode in the series in which Chris does not have any lines.
 * This episode features the second longest pause before an elimination announcement in the show, due to it being the last one in Total Drama Island.
 * The longest one was in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2.
 * This is the third episode (and second in a row) to feature a challenge that was involved with returning to camp.
 * This is the second of the only four episodes that Chef has hosted at any time of the episode, the first being Basic Straining, the third being Mutiny on the Soundstage (partially), and the fourth being Eat Puke and Be Wary.

Goofs

 * When the campers are running out of the cave due to the bats inside of it, they are seen carrying three bags, but Chef only gave them two, and when they entered, they were only carrying one bag.
 * When Owen walks up to a candy-bar trap, there is no rope, but when he is trapped, the rope is clearly visible.
 * When Owen is looking at the map holding it upside down, the mountains on it are drawn as if he was holding the map properly. So, if he held the map properly, the mountains would be upside down.
 * One of Duncan's neckband spikes are missing when he is sleeping. Also, his wristband is shown on the wrong arm numerous times, and when he lifts up his shirt to check on the map, his section of shirt is missing.
 * When Chef is reading, he holds a French book, but speaks Spanish.
 * Owen bites the candy bar, but its physical appearance is not alerted after he swallows.
 * Heather says in the confessional that Courtney was booted off unfairly, but she had no way of knowing that Harold rigged the votes against Courtney, as it was not revealed until the season ended.