Chris and Topher

This article focuses on the interactions between Chris and Topher.

Overview
Topher initially greatly respects Chris, complimenting him on his hosting skills and the challenges he puts the contestants through. Chris, at first, is excited to meet someone who appreciates his work, and takes his suggestions on how to make the challenges even more dangerous. He grows annoyed by this incessant fawning after awhile. Adding to his resentment of Topher are his backhanded comments about his age and frequent attempts to host the show. Topher eventually steals Chris' cell phone to contact the producers about officially replacing him, bringing into question whether his admiration of Chris was ever true. However, Chris predicted he would do something like this, and goes along with it to teach him a lesson in "playing a player." In Three Zones and A Baby, he is delighted to both expose the truth to Topher and eliminate him after his team votes him off.

Audition Tape
During his audition, Topher mentions that he nicknamed himself "Chris 2.0" as people usually compare him to Chris when he was younger. To further compare himself and Chris, he even has a cat named after Chef Hatchet and yells loudly through a megaphone, similar to Chris' behavior throughout the series. He even has a picture of Chris in his home.

Opening sequence
In the intro, Chris is annoyed that Topher was standing too close to him, so he pushed him off the rock that they are standing on.

So, Uh This Is My Team?
While on the zeppelin ride to Pahkitew Island, Topher desperately tries to look for Chris which greatly annoys Sugar. Once he appears, shortly be the crash, Topher compliments Chris' idea of blowing up the zeppelin before offering him a parachute so they may safely go down to the island together. The Chris that he is talking to, however, is only a hologram, and Topher jumps off with Chef instead. At one point during the first challenge, Topher leaves in order to remind Chris that is about time to announce the commercial break. When Chris asks him why he has reminded him, Topher exclaims that it's always been a dream of his to watch Chris cut to commercial break. Chris is flattered at first, but isn't against throwing Topher back into the gun fire of Chef's tennis ball shooter.

I Love You, Grease Pig!
While Chris is announcing the challenge, Topher keeps complimenting Chris of his ideas for the challenge, including the name. Chris is flattered by this and thanks him. While using the zip-line, Topher once again compliments Chris but mentions that he seems to look tired for spending all night planning for the challenge. This startles Chris and he asks Chef whether what he said was true or not. Topher then attempts to sign off the show for the commercial break before Chris stops him. Chris then signs off the episode with Topher copying this exact moves and saying to him "You are so good!"

Twinning Isn't Everything
Topher reached the meeting site earlier than the other contestants in order to greet Chris though he is not to glad to see him. Although Chris denies Topher announcing the challenge, he is happy to hear all of Topher's compliments about him. While Chris is announcing the challenge, Topher continues to give him compliments but Chris shuts him up by blowing a whistle. Later, Topher tells the audience how close he and Chris are and believes that one day he might become the co-host. Topher again leaves in the middle of the challenge in order to inform Chris to put on some make up before he is replaced with a younger host. This scares a paranoid Chris, who quickly calls the make up crew. Once Chris is done, Topher again compliments him but adds that Chris should apply some moisturizer. Angered that Topher is not concentrating in the challenge, Chris watches as someone throws a spider-filled balloon at him and thanks whoever it is that help him get rid of Topher.

A Blast from the Past
Chris has done many things in order to remove any noticeable wrinkles such as shaving his beard. Topher tries to guess what changes that Chris has made and realize that he has used "Slowtox" to make himself look younger. However, Topher realizes that this might ruin his chance of becoming the show's host. During the challenge, Topher makes a self-narration complimenting his good looks before Chris yells at him to stop. When the Scuba bear attacks Chris, Topher is shown to be delighted in the confessional. Then, he asks Chris if he can throw a commercial break and that he screams if he agrees, which he does, because its in danger. Before Topher could start, Chef Hatchet appears which scared the bear away and Chris followed with the show.

Mo Monkey Mo Problems
Topher believes that he is far superior than Chris in every way and believes that it should be him who should be hosting the show, not Chris. In the beginning of the episode, while the contestants are waiting for Ella and Dave to arrive, Topher suggest that they should have a "host-off" to which Chris immediately rejects. When the challenge begins, Topher left his team, claiming that he is on a certain errand. He purposely bumps into Chris, claiming that he is chasing the monkey, and leaves after helping him up. Once he left, Chris gives a note to himself; "start hating Topher." In reality, Topher had stolen Chris' cellphone and uses it to call the producers and tell them that they should choose a younger host instead of Chris.

This Is The Pits!
Topher spends most of the episode obsessing over Chris' cellphone in hopes of getting a call from the network to replace him. He only gets aggravated due to the poor cell phone reception in the pit that the contestants fall into. Chris yells at the entire cast, including Topher, for not finishing the challenge "correctly."

Three Zones and A Baby
Topher continues to mock Chris for being too old to think of better challenges throughout the episode. In response to him not taking the challenge seriously, Chris has Chef fire his meatball bazooka at him before the challenge starts. For most of the challenge, Topher spends more time waiting for a reply call from the producers instead of helping his teammates. Near the end of the challenge, he finally receives a call from a "producer" telling him that he will be replacing Chris. This delights Topher so much that he screams loudly with joy, causing an avalanche that costs his team the win. At the campfire ceremony, Topher is voted off but he doesn't mind since he believes that he will be taking over the show. However, Chris reveals that Topher was tricked and that the "producer" who called him earlier was actually Chris himself. Shocked at this discovery and his subsequent elimination, Topher remains speechless as he is placed into the Cannon of Shame and launched away from the island.

Trivia

 * This interaction is similar to Chris' interaction with Sierra, as both involve Chris and one of his fans.
 * Chris initially takes pride in both of his fans, but eventually grows to hate them.
 * However, unlike Sierra's admiration, Topher eventually reveals to be only interested in getting Chris' hosting job.
 * Interestingly, if their names are put together, their names will spell out "Christopher," the full version of the name "Chris."