Ocean's Eight - Or Nine

The two teams compete in a series of three bank heist themed challenges, '''as one cast member starts regretting their past actions. Then the action really heats up when somebody from the sidelines returns to the show due to a lawsuit. This leads to the losing team trying to send a bossy player home, but in the end, their votes are proved null & void and one of their best friends is sent home instead.'''

Plot
The episode opens with the two teams sitting in the craft services tent, eating breakfast. Duncan is seen carving pictures into the table with his knife; Heather calls him a vandal, and then irritatedly turns to Harold and calls him a nerd. Harold replies by blowing a raspberry at her. Leshawna tries to ease the tension by telling them not to act like that, or else they will all be going home soon. Unfortunately, the rest of the Gaffers are still giving her the cold shoulder because of her previous actions. This infuriates Leshawna and causes her to leave the tent, but as she leaves the tent, she gets bagged by an intern and taken off-screen. At the Grips' table, Owen is happy to "eat like normal people" now that his jaw has been unwired, much to the rest of his teams' dismay. As he gorges, he seems to smell something coming from the kitchen and somersaults in only to find that it was just a pot of steam. As he begins to look for Chef, he gets bagged by an intern and taken off-screen as well.

Back in the tent, a hole gets cut into it from the outside and Chris is seen to come through it, saying that it was a hint to their next challenge and explaining that they would be contributing to an action-filled heist flick. Before the challenge could be started, Justin tells Chris that their team is missing a player, right before Heather says the same, in an uncaring tone, that they are missing one, but they don't care. Chris tells the castmates that their disappearance is part of the challenge they will be participating in. Owen and Leshawna are taken into tightly-locked bank vaults. Leshawna seems to be happy that she is away from their team, but Owen seems to be upset, since there is no catering in the vault.

At the Gaffers' vault, Harold tries to unlock the vault, but Heather starts an argument with him by telling him that she needs to do it. Harold uses facts as to why he needs to be the one to unlock the vault as he was captain of Picky Steve's Lock Picking Camp. However, Heather slaps his hands so she can try. He then slaps her hand away and they both get into a slap fight over who's the better lock-picker and forget all about the actual experienced criminal, much to his annoyance. At the Grips' vault, Justin tries to explain to Lindsay exactly what the term "cracking the combination" actually means. Again, Beth's boyfriend, Brady, gets mentioned. She tells her team of the obsession he has with cracking his knuckles, after which Lindsay and Justin look at her with disbelief. Harold, seen brutally beaten, still seems to be trying to unlock their team's vault. Heather begins getting impatient and starts to tap her foot, as Harold says he needs silence. Justin seems to be trying to tell Lindsay the meaning of the expression concerning the combination, but Lindsay takes it the wrong way and thinks that the combination is from her school locker (since it never changed). She tries putting it in, getting nowhere, and says that the whole thing was a lack of school spirit.

Heather begins to think strategically as to what the code might be, as she thinks Chris was the one who made the combination. She believes that the combination could be about something that he loves; himself. First, she tries his birthday. Getting it incorrect, Harold makes a buzzer noise, as if they were on a game show. Heather then tries Chris' measurements, incorrectly, and gets another buzzer noise from Harold. Before she could even get her third suggestion in, Harold makes the buzzer noise, much to her anger. Lindsay starts jumping on the safe-cracker, as Beth pulls, with no type of effort on the vault lock. Justin's manipulation is just making Chris uncomfortable. Heather comes up with another idea, using a bobby pin, which doesn't work.

Owen is then heard to be getting very hungry in the vault and Justin comes up with an idea to pipe food into the vault, so Owen's "hunger power" is unleashed and he would break himself out. He says it's a good idea, but realizes that they have no food to use. Beth, then, breaks out an elixir called Desperado, the Fragrance of Last Resort, a potent potion that smells like roast chicken. Beth sprays the elixir in the vents that lead to the vault. Owen, of course, smells it and makes an Incredible Hulk reference saying that nobody would "like him when he's hungry." He then breaks out on his own, helping the Grips' get the bank-robbing equipment and getting the lead to the next part of the challenge. However, Owen begins to hallucinate into thinking his teammates are food, on account of the long period of time away from it.

Duncan then realizes that he really doesn't even need Leshawna or the bank-robbing equipment inside. Duncan and Heather decide to leave Leshawna. Even though Harold tries to change their minds, he gets swayed into doing so as well. The Grips' seem to be pulling ahead, as the Gaffers go back to the boys' trailer to make their own fake bank-robbing equipment, out of Harold's necessities and items. Back at the vaults, Leshawna, still inside, begins wondering where her team is. She seems to know for sure that they would be there in to break her out, so she decides to take a nap, only to be awakened by her paranoia thoughts as to where her team could be.

Duncan, Harold, and Heather then arrive at the bank robbing site and actually beat the Grips, on account of Owen's hunger slowing them down. Owen begins imagining his team as edible food items again, as Justin says that Owen's starting to get mentally deranged. He tosses some breath mints in his mouth, Lindsay gives him lip gloss that's cherry and pineapple flavor, and Beth unscrews the top off her Desperado elixir and feeds him the liquid of it since the smell worked the first time. It seems to work, and the Grips get on their way to the bank teller. Unfortunately, the Gaffers' are already at the mysterious teller. Duncan tells her that she needs to start giving them money now. The teller then asks if there was anything else that she could do, says his name (which catches Duncan's attention), takes off her wig, and reveals herself as Courtney. This shock actually causes Duncan to pass out.

The Grips have made it to the teller's desk and see Courtney and the Gaffers. Chris is then seen struggling to read a contract from Courtney's lawyers, stating that she will be back for the duration of the game (or until she gets voted off). Chris then tells Courtney that, since she was the teller, she gets to choose who wins first prize, the money. She quickly gives it to the Gaffers, unknowing that she just gave herself away as second prize to the Grips, which makes her angry. The host then says for the teams to get to their getaway cars quickly to finish the challenge. As the castmates get to their cars, they are disappointed to see that not only are the 'cars" go-carts, but they must also put them together. Later, at the vaults, Leshawna is seen to still be inside the Gaffer vault. She begins to believe that the Gaffers only left her in the vault because of her mistake, when that really wasn't the reason at all. Thinking that her team is still there, she verbally apologizes, to no avail.

At the car site, Duncan, Harold, and Heather are seen working on the now-seen-to-be Go-Karts. At the Grips' car, Justin looks over to Duncan and the Gaffers until Courtney commands him to start working, though to no avail, since Justin refused to do anything that would get grease on his epidermis. Courtney notices that the others had disappeared; Lindsay and Beth were shown being chased by Owen, who was hallucinating, thinking they were movie snacks. Later, Duncan gets finished with the Gaffer Go-Kart and they get started on their getaway. He stops to taunt Courtney, saying that she may get to see more of Duncan when the teams merge. Afterward, he rockets off, and Courtney gets stressed when seeing the absence of most of their car parts and teammates. Beth and the others come back, saying that they had to re-wire Owen's jaw because of his constant hallucinations. Unfortunately, due to Owen, the Grips' wheels seemed to be out of commission, and Courtney suggests improvising.

Racing down the hill, the Gaffers met with several unfortunate incidents, which included crashing into a rack of clothes; backdrops of a log truck, a closed road, a police roadblock, and space; and then into a man with a hook in place of a hand. At the top of the hill, Courtney and the Grips use their feet as the wheels for their car. Courtney begins to slave her team telling them to "mush" as if they were dogs, much to Beth's dismay. Nearing finish, the Gaffers are yards away from the finish line. Unfortunately, they run out of gas just a few yards away from the line. As Duncan keeps trying to turn over the engine, Courtney and the Grips begin to catch up and eventually pass them. As they pass the Gaffers, Courtney says that she knew she could win, even with a terrible team. The Gaffers end up having to push their Go-Kart, while watching the Grips basically go off with the win. It looks that way, but unfortunately, the Grips crash within closing feet to the finish line, and the Gaffers win the challenge. Chris tells the Gaffers that they are the winners and get to enjoy their loot prize. They head back to the trailers, and Duncan dumps out the money, thinking that it's really money. Heather reads out that it is "non-negotiable Chris cash, accepted only in the Total Drama Action craft services tent towards the purchase of tap water."

At the awards ceremony, the Grips are getting ready to vote someone off, when suddenly, Leshawna is shown still trapped in the bank vault, claiming that the whole situation is cruel. At the ceremony, Chris tells the castmates that, due to her recent return and her lawyer's contract, Courtney could not be voted out. The castmates vote and it's declared that Beth, Lindsay, and Justin are safe. Chris then gets mad when he sees four votes against Courtney. Justin and Lindsay said that they couldn't help themselves, but click her button. Since Courtney's vote was the only one that could officially count, Owen, the person she voted for, was eliminated. The castmates then see the mistake they made, realize they can do nothing about it, and ask Owen to give a farewell speech.

Owen starts his speech by thanking the "Gilded Chris Academy." He then begins to go into small hallucinations. He thanks Justin (picturing him as a hot dog), Lindsay (picturing her as a bottle of pop), Beth (picturing her as a drumstick), and Chris (picturing him as a slice of pizza). As his speech has gone on for too long he gets cut off and starts thanking people quickly. Lindsay, Justin, and Beth then throw their Gilded Chris awards at Owen so he can eat one. Chris then says that the episode would come to an end as long as there were no loose ends to tie up. He asks Chef if anything was left to do, and Chef thinks back to Leshawna, who is still in the vault. Unfortunately for her, he ignores it and tells Chris that nothing was left and they walk off-screen.

General

 * Due to the Canadian run being on a break and the U.S. airing new episodes non-stop, the premiere of this episode tied the American run with the Canadian run. As a result, the American run started running right alongside the Canadian run of new episodes.
 * When Heather is trying to pick the lock, she reveals that she reads her sister's diaries. She also reveals she knows Chris' birthday, the barcode on his favorite hair gel, and measurements.
 * How Heather knows all of this information about Chris is unknown.
 * In this episode, Lindsay reveals that she was held back in 8th grade for two years.
 * In this episode, Courtney would have been voted off, as her entire team voted for her, if it wasn't for her lawyers making it so she could not be voted off in this episode. As Courtney had voted for Owen, he was the one to leave.
 * There were two prizes for the first challenge, and Courtney is involved in both:
 * The first prize was the "loot" from the challenge, which Courtney gave to the Gaffers.
 * The second prize, or "consolation prize," was Courtney, who was then given to the Grips.
 * Courtney doesn't receive a Gilded Chris Award because her lawyers made the producers give her immunity.
 * The music from Duncan's arrival in Not So Happy Campers - Part 1 is heard when Duncan, Harold and Heather are driving off.
 * The wig Courtney wears is similar to two of the hairstyles a player can choose for his or her avatar on Cartoon Network's Best. Game. Ever.
 * As it turns out, the votes appear as the contestant's heads on the slip Chef gives to Chris, as Courtney's head is seen on the slip four times.
 * Owen's head does not appear, although Courtney voted him off.
 * However, it may have not been shown to add tension and suspense.
 * When Chris pulls up to the contestants in his car when they are getting the Go Karts, Chris' car horn plays a few bars from the Total Drama Action theme song (specifically the "I wanna be famous" line).
 * With Owen's elimination, Justin is the only male Killer Grip left, until Owen's return in Rock n' Rule.
 * This is the only episode that the Killer Grips lose a challenge with Courtney on their team.
 * This episode marks the first time in the series so far that an unqualified contestant returns to the show.
 * Owen's reference to Lindsay as very much like a soda pop in his departure speech is similar to how she was described in her camper biography, though the biography refers to her soda-like qualities in her personality.

Continuity

 * This is the first episode of the season to feature individual invincibility.
 * This is also the first episode in which individual invincibility is earned before the teams merge in the whole series. The second is The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean.
 * This is also the first episode where the person with the second highest number of votes is eliminated when the person with the highest number of votes has immunity. The second is, once again, The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean.
 * This is also the first time a contestant gets votes despite being immune. The second is, once again, The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean.
 * Oddly enough, both people with the highest amount of votes and were also immune were the antagonists of the season the episode took place.
 * This marks the eighth and final time that Screaming Gaffers won.
 * This is the last Gilded Chris Ceremony the Killer Grips go to as a team.
 * This is the only episode of Total Drama Action that does not show the Gilded Chris slide show.
 * This episode marks the first time Owen is eliminated from the Total Drama series.
 * With Owen's elimination, everyone who has ever been a contestant in Total Drama Island has been eliminated at least once, not counting both original and alternate ending of Total Drama Island, over the course of the series.
 * This episode's elimination marks the first time that a contestant gets voted off with only one vote.
 * Owen is the first contestant to give a "farewell speech" before leaving the competition (although it is debatable whether or not Harold's lines when he was eliminated was considered a speech or not).
 * This is the second episode of Total Drama Action that uses the word "crap." It was used twice, both times by Chris, as:
 * The first time is when he crashed into a tree.
 * The second time is when he crashed into an unseen object, but it may have been another tree.

Goofs

 * When Courtney pulls off the blonde wig the piece of hair in the front of her face is missing, but it then returns when she is next seen.
 * The bag of loot that Chris gave to Courtney had a coin jingling noise, but when the Gaffers opened it, it was filled with fake paper money.
 * When Owen is finished giving his farewell speech, Justin shouts at him: "This Chris is for you!". The closed captioning however says that it was Chris who had said it.
 * When Owen is chasing Lindsay and Beth while balancing on car wheels he is running forward even though he'd have to run backwards to make the wheels go forward.
 * Also, Courtney still has four wheels in her parts pile even though Owen had taken two.
 * During the episode, there are many instances where Heather is missing the tiny hairs on her head:
 * When she is laughing at Harold because he is wearing a bra (unwillingly).
 * When she is pushing her team's cart to the finish line.
 * When she exclaims in joy after her team's win.
 * When she is examining the Chris Cash that her team won during the second part of the challenge.