Curse of the Mummified Dog

This article is about the alleged curse placed on DJ and the rest of Team Victory in Total Drama World Tour. It causes DJ to hurt an animal in every episode and causes Team Victory to lose.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1
When DJ, LeShawna, and Harold enter the pyramid in the "Pyramid Over Under" challenge, they see a row of mummified animals while they are running. DJ stops and says that he feels sorry for the mummified dog. So he pets it and it crumbles into dust, beginning the supposed curse. It causes a large number of scarabs to come out of the walls and ceiling to attack them. Despite being the first ones to finish the challenge, their luck doesn't last long.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2
In the beginning of the episode, DJ tries to stop Harold from using their team's Stick as a jousting weapon. He grabs it from Harold's hand and throws it in the air, only to have it hit a bird and upset DJ. He talks in the confessional about how he loves animals and that this kind of thing would never happen back home. Team Victory ends up losing the first challenge due to Ezekiel losing the stick that they needed to finish the challenge. This is Team Victory's first loss after the curse.

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This episode has the first actual mention of the curse. In the "Human Pinball" challenge, LeShawna volunteers DJ to do the challenge. DJ is dead set against this because he has to be in the pinball with a panda and after hurting the dog and bird in the previous two episodes, he doesn't want to hurt any more animals. He reminds everyone of the curse that was set on him. He greatly exaggerates the story though, imagining that the pyramid exploded after he pet the dog. LeShawna reminds him that that isn't what happened at all and the dog just disintegrated. But he still doesn't feel good about it. He reluctantly does the challenge anyway. During the challenge, DJ does badly injure the panda that he's in the challenge with, T'sing T'sing. He is visibly upset about this. At the end of the episode, Team Victory loses their second challenge in a row and the T'sing T'sing appears in the confessional to vote for DJ, despite not being a contestant. Even DJ votes himself off out of guilt. When DJ is supposed to leave, Harold honorably quits the competition to put DJ through more torture.

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DJ is pulling his sled for his team but cries because he misses his mother. This causes his tears to freeze and blind him for the challenge. He has no idea where he's going and tries to tell his team, but they don't hear him. While his eyes are shut, he keeps running and accidentally kicks a baby seal off a cliff and into the water. This devastates him and he wants to go back and help it but LeShawna tells him that the seal is climbing back up. DJ doesn't believe this until Lindsay makes a fake seal sound. The baby seal does eventually make it back up, but it very angry with DJ. Despite crossing the finish line first, Team Victory loses once again because Bridgette wasn't with them when they finished. DJ says the only way that he'll believe he isn't cursed is if he isn't voted off. He isn't voted off, and is convinced for a short time that he's not cursed.

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When the contestants make it to turtle pond, DJ goes to go get the big apple from his team. But once he gets it, he is attacked by a large group of snapping turtles. He eventually escapes and gives Lindsay the apple. He notices a snapping turtle biting the back of his shorts and takes it off and tosses it in the water, but a larger snapping turtle surfaces and eats it. DJ is saddened and asks "Why?" LeShawna tells him that it's because they're cursed and that's why. Team Victory finally doesn't come in last place, they come in second. But Chris reveals that it isn't an elimination challenge so they have no benefit of getting second place.