Twinning Isn't Everything

'''The two teams set off into a balloon war. Unfortunately for them, it isn't water inside the balloons, but instead various weird and painful items. One contestant attempts to get closer with a teammate, while the feud between two sisters becomes more intense. When one team's winning streak meets its end, one contestant is initially sent home; however, her long overdue payback to another gets the other sent home instead.'''

Plot
Jasmine and Samey are out foraging for food for their team. The former tries to assure the latter that just because Amy forces her to help every morning she doesn't have to and that it should really be her choice whether or not she does. Samey mistakes this for Jasmine saying she doesn't want the company and points out that Amy is both the pretty and the "favorite" twin. However, Jasmine defends Samey's self criticism and tells her she needs to stand up for herself. Their friendship solidifies as Jasmine confirms Samey's question as to whether they were friends, because Jasmine doesn't appreciate the way Amy treats her. Jasmine also confesses that she herself has a hard time forming bonds because people are intimidated by her. Shawn approaches and he and Jasmine immediately seem to display attraction to one another. Samey takes the hint and goes off to leave them in private. Jasmine asks him if he's seen any zombies around. In the confessional, Shawn gushes about her looks, survivalist skills, and her "healthy" concern about the undead. He adds that he is conflicted about wanting to date her because he doesn't want a zombie baby attacking him. Shawn leaves the girls to bring Waneyihtam Maskwak the food he's gathered. Samey wonders if they were talking about zombies, and Jasmine responds that it's a "running joke" between them, not realizing that Shawn sees otherwise.

At Waneyihtam Maskwak's cave, Sugar is overjoyed that Shawn's brought back food, tackling him to the ground and rummaging through the bag. Ella is happy too and tries to sing a song, but Sugar shoves a pear in her mouth to keep her quiet. Sky arrives with a bucket of water. Ella attempts to continue singing, only to be cut off again by Dave. Shawn suggests she go sing to Kinosewak as a sign of "friendly competition." Ella loves this idea and leaves. Sky compliments Shawn, offering to go with him to forage the next morning. Dave seems uncomfortable and adds that he will come along. With Kinosewak, Rodney thanks Jasmine and Amy for obtaining their breakfast. Samey immediately rebels by yelling she was the one who went out and not Amy. Topher narrates the quarrel while Jasmine hesitates that this isn't the right time to tell Amy how she feels. Samey goes as far as calling her sister a "monster." The latter sobs into Scarlett's arms (later showing that she was faking it). Rodney defends Amy as Max inputs that jealousy is a high form of evil. Chris announces that everyone should gather for the challenge. Jasmine goes off as she puts berries into the hand of Rodney, who then falls back in love with her.

Topher is the first to reach Chris. The former wants the challenge to be explained to him so he can then display his hosting abilities to the other contestants. Chris declines his request. Sugar says in the confessional that she only trusts Topher "about as far as she can throw a tractor." Chris elaborates that the challenge is a game of "Doom Balloons." Every competitor will collect as many balloons as they can carry. Each one holds a dangerous or disgusting surprise which will be used against the opposing team. If a contestant is hit with a balloon, they are eliminated no matter how the contents got onto them. Max visits one of several stashes of "pure evil" he hid around Pahkitew Island. Scarlett asks him what he's doing, and he replies that he's planning a contraption to launch his balloons from a safe distance. Scarlett suggests that he instead use sharp projectiles to pop Maskwak's balloons onto themselves. Max takes credit for the idea. He also thinks Scarlett is "hopelessly in love with him," but is too focused on his work to get into a relationship with her.

Sky is navigating through the forest cautiously. When she hears a noise, she prepares one of her balloons. She backs down, relieved, as she notices it is just Dave. The two share a conversation which leads to Dave admitting in the confessional that he's falling for her. Sky is obviously drawn to him as well. However, she doesn't want anything distracting her from winning. She hears another noise and pushes Dave off to the side. From the safety of a bush, Max shoots a sharp object at Sky's balloon, causing a swarm of bees to attack her. Max is ecstatic that his plan worked while Scarlett rolls her eyes. Rodney has a good aim on Sugar and is about to hit her until she unintentionally throws a snake into his face. Back with Dave and Sky, she orders him to go warn their team members that Kinosewak is using their own balloons against them. Topher abandons the challenge to inform Chris that his crow's feet are showing. Chris runs off to get a makeup touch up.

Shawn sees Jasmine wandering through the forest, somehow managing to stay quiet even with the rocks and twigs on the ground threatening to break her silence. He says in the confessional that he wants to like her, but doing so will result in him not being able to kill her should she turn into a zombie. Sugar charges to attack a member of Kinosewak with a balloon. It turns out to be just Ella holding one with a smiley face on it. Ella walks off with her exclaiming that she's looking forward to being friends with her. Sugar fakes hearing something in the woods in order to get the opportunity to push Ella into a bush. Shawn, who has camouflaged himself with mud and moss so he can blend in with a tree, meets up with Dave. Dave fulfills Sky's request by telling him about Kinosewak's tactic. When he goes off, Shawn hurls balloons at Scarlett and Max with a slingshot, eliminating them. Rodney is trying to figure out how to break up with Amy without hurting her feelings. He comes across Amy and Samey fighting over the incident at breakfast. Rodney politely asks Samey if he can have a moment alone with her sister, and she gladly complies. He repeatedly fumbles his words while trying to talk to her. Amy walks off yawning. Rodney begins to cry, which leads to Dave hitting him with a balloon.

Topher runs up to Chris to compliment him on the challenge. As the host starts to get irritated with his admirer, Dave uses up his last balloon on Topher. Ella and Sugar are walking together as the former begins to sing. Jasmine swings by on a vine and hits them both. Sugar squeals on Ella to Chris, who doesn't care that Ella sang as long as it caused them pain. Dave's lack of balloons works against him as Amy and Samey attack him with theirs. Samey delivers the final blow, covering him with itching powder. Amy tries to take credit for it when Jasmine approaches. She, however, doesn't buy it because she knows how to tell the twins apart. Seeing Samey has one more balloon, Jasmine decides to take them with her to Shawn's hiding spot. She encourages Samey to drop it on him. Before she can, Amy grabs onto it because she wants to take the shot. The three girls fight for it until the balloon bursts, not only dousing them in paint, but also causing Kinosewak to lose the challenge, making Jasmine scream in anger.

Samey rants in the confessional that Amy always takes whatever she wants. She pauses suddenly, contemplating this statement and coming up with a plan. Later on, she is shown holding a green apple in her hand before Amy swipes it from her. The latter confidently tells her that she talked to all of Kinosewak about how Samey's balloon cost them the challenge. Amy walks off while munching on the stolen apple, to which Samey smiles and silently tells her to enjoy the poisonous fruit that she came across in the previous episode. At the elimination ceremony, the sisters are the bottom two. As Chris reveals that Samey has been voted off, Amy begins choking, her face swelling up. Samey takes on her mannerisms and dismisses it as "Samey" begging for attention, while Amy struggles to speak. Chris is unable to tell which twin is which and shoots her from the Cannon of Shame.

Cast

 * Chef Hatchet appears, but he has no lines. However, he laughs when Chris announces Waneyihtam Maskwak's reward.

General

 * The title of this episode stems from Samey's final line, "Twinning isn't everything."
 * Chris claims that he is thirty years old as of this season.
 * As his birth year was 1978, if he was telling the truth, then this indicates that Total Drama: Pahkitew Island takes place in 2008.
 * His claimed age is brought into question again in Mo Monkey Mo Problems when Topher steals Chris' phone, and after calling the producers, seems shocked at learning Chris' real age.
 * The order in which the contestants are eliminated from the challenge is as follows:
 * Sky, by Max and Scarlett popping her balloons.
 * Max and Scarlett, by Shawn shooting his balloons through a slingshot.
 * Rodney, by Dave, who is hiding behind a tree, during his break-up with Amy.
 * Topher, by Dave.
 * Ella and Sugar, by Jasmine, who tracks them through Ella's singing.
 * Dave, by Samey after he dodges Amy's balloons.
 * Jasmine, Amy, and Samey eliminate themselves by fighting for the last balloon.
 * Shawn is never eliminated from the challenge.
 * The contents of the balloons that hit the contestants are:
 * Sky: Bees.
 * Max: Sneezing powder.
 * Scarlett: Green jelly.
 * Rodney, Jasmine, Amy and Samey: Pink jelly.
 * Topher: Spiders.
 * Ella and Sugar: Mustard, relish and one unknown substance (as proclaimed by Sugar).
 * Dave: Itching powder.
 * With Amy's elimination, all remaining voice actors only have one contestant each.

Continuity

 * The poisonous fruit that Samey gives Amy at the end of the episode was introduced in the episode prior.
 * This is the second episode where a contestant says the title of the episode. This also happened in I Love You, Grease Pig! when Sugar said the title of the episode.

Goofs

 * While commentating on Amy and Samey's argument, Topher says, "Will Team Maskwak be able to overcome this problem?" instead of Team Kinosewak.
 * Before Scarlett shows up and startles him while he's looking in his secret hole, part of Max's hair is missing.
 * When Amy takes the apple from Samey, she goes into the other team's shelter: the cave, when her team's shelter is their treehouse.
 * While Shawn is camouflaged, the bark lines appear to change in width and angle.