The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean

'''The teams wake up in the middle of the lake, where a returnee starts mutating due to a toxic exposure, and seeks help from a fellow teammate. Meanwhile, another member tries to help a friend keep his secret under control. Someone is revealed to have found the idol, and asks someone else to keep it a secret. The finder is eliminated, but uses his discovery and new friend to eliminate a mutant instead.'''

Plot
The episode begins when both teams are seen sleeping on rafts out in the lake. Scott doesn't seem to remember anything after dinner. Cameron goes into a flashback when being served the "Turkey Butterlini". Chef tells Cameron to enjoy his nap, then corrects himself and says meal. Mike then finds a fedora hat and puts it on, which makes him transform into Manitoba Smith and starts to talk to Zoey. Cameron pushes her in the water and takes off the hat for Mike, in order to save their relationship. He then makes a confessional about how he helps Mike with his disorder, and in return he helps him get rid of Scott. He also knows all the ways Mike goes into his different personalities, but hasn't mastered getting his original one yet. Dakota also makes a confessional. She states that now being bald, she has to focus on becoming friends with the rest of the competitors. She chooses Zoey as being the best choice to be seen out in public, post-makeover.

Chris then arrives to start the next challenge, but Dakota interrupts him and starts revealing embarrassing things she learned about Chris while being an intern. However no one pays attention as Dakota grows larger and her hair started to grow back, only that now in a neon green color. Chris then gets on with the challenge saying first that the Chris immunity statue has been found, and that the teams have to first race back to shore to earn a reward to use for the second part of the challenge. While rowing, Lightning runs into a mutated squid, slowing down the Rats. Meanwhile, Fang the shark has found the Maggots, but Dakota punches it with her new strength into the squid's eye, releasing the Rats free from its tentacles. When the Maggots finally reached where the squid was, it starts attacking them. Cameron then comes up with a plan to hit the front of the board launching everyone on the back to shore.

Once ashore, Dakota starts to look for Chris and is already seen even bigger than before, and starts to jump for Chris in the helicopter. He dumps the rewards the Maggots won to them, a compass and a map of the island. Lightning and Jo are seen washed up on shore as Chris continues saying that now the teams have to find the chest in which Gwen is buried alive in, along with Sam, who was knocked out by the meal the night before as well. Once seeing Sam knocked out, Dakota becomes angry and mutates further with an increase in height, orange skin, and even grows a tail. Chris allows the Maggots to head out, but stops the Rats. He gives them the "Penalty Belt" and gives them a metal detector. Jo states how that would be of any use to them as the chest is made of wood. Chris then states it would not and sets them off.

Back in the chest, Gwen calls Chris with her cell phone. He answers and makes fun of the farting noise in the background from Sam, which knocks her out. The Maggots get to a swamp that blocks their way. Mike finds a path out of the swamp and Cameron and him start to swim. Scott tries to make his team lose by showing the way through the swamp for the Rats. Dakota grabs Zoey and starts going to the water, but Scott reminds Dakota that Sam is losing air in the chest, which makes Dakota drop Zoey and race for Sam, leaving Scott and Zoey alone. Scott says he trusts Zoey enough to show that he has the immunity idol. Zoey is flattered by the fact he trusts her that much. He then tells her at least he doesn't hide things from her like Mike, and tries to make it seem like he is the only trustworthy person on her team, then they both go into the water. Later on, the Rats finally make it to the swamp. Jo sees the arrow Scott made and follows it through the water. Back on the Maggot's team, Mike and Cameron try to tell Zoey not to trust Scott, but Zoey says he's not that bad, and doesn't notice when she walks onto the back of a giant alligator, which startles her and her team, making them run for a nearby tree. Scott and Cameron climb up, while Mike turns into Svetlana to get up, leaving Zoey by herself. She screams for Mike, then he turns back into himself, which Cameron figures out is how he gets Mike to change into himself and grabs for her. Dakota then fights with the alligator to save her team. They try to find their way out of the swamp, but the map was destroyed, Zoey then asks for the compass, but Mike couldn't find it. Scott then shows in a confessional that he had the compass and tries to hide it. Lightning sees Dakota fighting and brags about how he could do the same, which Jo mocks as more alligators show up and start attacking him. Cameron tries to find an alternative to help the team to get out of the situation, which ends up being a thorn forest, and Dakota clears a path while fighting. Mike's shirt is caught on one of the thorns, turning him into Vito, and calls out for Anne Maria. Zoey stops and seems upset of hearing Vito again, but Cameron tries to pull his shirt back down. Jo and Lightning both get out as well and find a key under a rock with the metal detector, one for the belt lock, and one for the chest. Jo then hears Gwen underground and starts digging, while Scott tries to make his team dig away from the actual location of them, but Jo had already found Gwen, making the Rats have their second win of the season. Dakota then reaches for Sam in the chest, after tossing Gwen aside, and Sam wakes up to her cuddling him. Sam then states in the confessional that he thinks Dakota has gotten even more awesome.

Later that night, at the campgrounds, Dakota and Sam are seen away from the rest of the Maggots, while Mike pulls Zoey over to say they need to get rid of Scott, but Zoey still didn't know who to vote for. Scott tries to get the secret about Mike by saying to Cameron that he appreciates that he helps him. Cameron didn't know it was a trick and tells him Mike has multiple personality disorder.

At the elimination ceremony, Dakota first asks if Sam still likes Dakota, Sam says he'll always like her, and they make out, disgusting the other campers. Chris then tells that the camper voted off was Scott. He then pulls out the Chris idol, making Chris go to the next highest voted person, which happened to be Dakota with one vote, from Zoey, who didn't like her friendship that could potentially hurt her health. Dakota doesn't seem to care anymore about the show by being too occupied with Sam and takes the Hurl of Shame.

Quotes
Zoey: No! Chris must've set us adrift when we went to sleep! Scott: Yeah...wait, I don't remember anything after dinner. Cameron: Dinner. That's it! (has a flashback) Cameron: (in flashback) Eww...what is this? Chef: Turkey Butterlini. Enjoy your nap. I mean, meal (laughs; flashback ends) Cameron: Turkey makes you sleepy, so mutant turkey must've knocked us out cold! Genius! Jo: Wakey, wakey, musclemouth! Mike: What? Uh, y-you do? Zoey: Sure. But you make it so hard to get to know you, the way your always playing characters, it... it feels like your hiding from me. Mike: We're not! I mean, I'm not. (nervous giggle) Dakota: Hey, Chris. How many times have you called your mommy today? (Chris and Chef Hatchet notice that she is growing taller) I had no idea that Tabasco was used as a thumb-sucking deterrent until I started interning for "Sippy-cup" McLean! Chris: Uhh... (the other campers start to notice Dakota's "growth spurt") Dakota: What? What are you all staring at?! Mike: Uh, your hair is already growing back. (Dakota now has short, spiky, bright green hair) Dakota: (gasps) Really?! (touching the top of her head) Yay!! (notices that she is towering over her teammates) Um, when did you all get shorter? Dakota: (opens the compact) What's this? Oooh, a picture of a scary monster? Big deal! Scott: Dude, that's a mirror. Dakota: (looking into the compact) Ahhhh!! I'm a monster!! (growling while breaking the compact) (angrily, to Chris) When I get my hands on you, I'LL TEAR YOU APART!! Chris: (panicked) Ahh!! Game on!! (backing up his watercraft away from Dakota) Mike: (to Chris) Burying someone alive is seriously dangerous. Even by your standards! Chris: (answering the phone) Hello-oooh? Gwen: You've gone too far this time, McLean! You can't... (Sam passes gas) Chris: Ewww-ugh! Gwen: That wasn't me! This guy won't stop farting...ugh! I can't breathe... (passes out due to Sam's flatulence) Chris: Eh, I'm sure she's fine. Zoey: Ba-fa-fa? Dakota: Short for BFF! Scott: Oh man, Sam is probably suffocating right now! (grins) Dakota: (shocked face) Sam! (drops Zoey and dives into the swamp) I save you!! Lightning: (appearing with bruises and scratches all over his body) Told ya! Those things totally gave up after I lost most of my blood. MVP!! (collapses) Cameron: Problem? He told you about his multiple-personality disorder? Scott: Nope, but YOU just did. (snickers)
 * Mike: What? Where are we?
 * Lightning: (sleeping) Lightning wins the Super Bowl! Yeah!
 * Mike: (as Vito) Put yo hands up! Put yo, put yo hands up!
 * Zoey: You know, out of all your characters, I like you being Mike the best.
 * Dakota: (in confessional) This is so not how I wanted to get back on the show. Now that my looks are on hold, I need an ally. If only Sam were here; he was so dedicated. (sighs) Zoey's the only person I'd be seen with in public post-makeover. So I guess it's time to start the...friend-ing process? Is that what it's called?
 * Chris: (as he and Chef Hatchet pull up to the campers on personal watercraft) Morning, suckers! How did you enjoy your turkey butterlini?
 * Chris: (after explaining the episode's challenge) Hey, Dakota! Catch! (throws her a compact)
 * Zoey: (in confessional) It's really nice that Dakota wants me to help her. I just hope she doesn't crush me to death in the process.
 * Gwen: (hits her head against the treasure chest) Uh! What the?! (realizing she is buried alive) Oh no! I'm buried alive?! AGAIN?!! CHRIS-SSSSS!!! (bangs her fist against the treasure chest)
 * Chris: (after Dakota's transformation is completed) We're gonna need some elephant tranquilizers.
 * Gwen: Where's my? (pulls out her cell phone and calls Chris) Ugh! Lousy Chris with his stupid game on his crummy show! (Chris' cell phone rings)
 * Dakota: (to Zoey, while carrying her) Come on, ba-fa-fa!!!
 * Mike: (in confessional) I don't know what's worse; the giant mutants, or the fact that Zoey trusts Scott more than me!
 * Dakota: I'm going to turn you into purse!
 * Dakota: (hurting the alligator) Why you hit yourself? Why you hit yourself?
 * Lightning: (to crocodiles) Uh... Sha-friends?
 * Mike: (turns into Vito after a thorn snags his shirt) Anne Maria? Where you at, baby? (Cameron rushes to put Mike's shirt back on, causing him to revert back)
 * Jo: Maybe I shouldn't have left jockstrap behind. How am I going to find that chest now.
 * Sam: (in confessional) Whoa! The girl of my dreams just got a thousand times more awesome!
 * Scott: Mike said he's real grateful for helping him with his problem.
 * Dakota: Uh-hahaha, me got munchies!
 * Zoey: (after Dakota's elimination) Her friendship was hazardous to my health. I had to vote her off.

General

 * Dakota's elimination in this episode is similar to Owen's in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine as they received the second most votes, as the antagonist (who received the most votes) has immunity.

Continuity

 * This is the second and final episode in the season in which the Toxic Rats win the challenge. The first was Finders Creepers.
 * The is the first time in which all four of Mike's alternate personalities appear in the same episode.
 * This marks the first time Gwen has lines since Aftermath Aftermayhem.
 * This is the second episode in which Gwen has to face her worst fear. The first time is in Phobia Factor.
 * This also shows that like Owen, Gwen hasn't fully conquered her fear from the first season.
 * Coincidentally, the two of them are the final two of Total Drama Island.
 * This is the first episode where Dakota wears her original outfit since Ice Ice Baby, as she had to wear an intern outfit from Finders Creepers through A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste. However, her mutations during this episode caused her to grow larger, and her outfit became more and more torn over the course of the episode.
 * Sam returns in this episode as part of the challenge.
 * This makes him the second new contestant this season to return as something other than be a contestant, the other being Dakota whom Chris used her as his intern.
 * This is the second time the contestants wake up in the middle of the lake, the first time being in Camp Castaways.
 * Scott makes more attempts to throw the challenge in this episode than in any other episode to date, as he does so four times.
 * He drew an arrow in the ground to point the rival team in the right direction.
 * He ruined the team's map when they were attacked by the giant alligator.
 * He stole their compass and rendered them temporarily unable to find out which way to go.
 * He tricked them into digging in the wrong spot entirely, which finally succeeded in making them lose.
 * This is the second episode that one of the originals who cameoed is the same gender as the loser, the other one being Backstabbers Ahoy!.
 * The giant mutant squid that appears in this episode briefly appears in the opening sequence.
 * The map the Mutant Maggots got was the same map Gwen used on Boney Island in Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon, and the compass was the same as what Gwen and Heather had in Are We There Yeti?.

Goofs

 * When Dakota punches the shark into the squid's eye, it has a black eye. However, it later disappears.
 * Lightning loses a tooth after he was attacked by the mutant alligators, but there is no gap in his mouth in future episodes.
 * On iTunes, this episode's title is incorrectly spelled "The Treasure Island of Dr. MacLean".
 * Chris told Jo that the chest Gwen and Sam were located in is not made of wood. However, chunks of wood can be seen flying everywhere when Dakota breaks it.
 * When Dakota and Sam are hurled, the captions say that Dakota and Chris scream, although it should say that Dakota and Sam scream.