Killer Grips



The Killer Grips is a team in Total Drama Action. Their team symbol is a Red Fist. They seem to be the TDA equivalent of The Killer Bass, but have proven to be a possibly even weaker team than the Bass.

The Killer Grips consists of Trent, Lindsay, Justin, Izzy, Owen, Beth, and Courtney.

They lost in Riot On Set, becoming the first team to lose. In that episode, Izzy was voted off because she lost the acting challenge. However, Izzy was brought back in The Chefshank Redemption because of a technicality that she was eliminated as "E-Scope". They also lost the challenge in Beach Blanket Bogus, although no player was voted out this episode. Trent usually took on the role as leader, directing the team on what to do and going into the most risky and decisive of challenges. However, the Grips eliminated Trent when they discovered that he was throwing challenges for Gwen. The team finally won their first challenge in The Chefshank Redemption. The Grips returned to their losing streak when they lost the challenge in One Flu Over the Cuckoos, but no one on the team was voted out in this episode. They seem to be, like the Killer Bass, the TDA equivalent underdog team. To date the team has only won a single challenge, although this was partially due to Gwen owing them a favor for Trent's cheating. She was subsequently eliminated for sabotaging the Gaffers. In Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, Courtney joins the team after successfully winning her lawsuit against the producers to allow her return to the show. She gets off on the wrong foot, however, as everyone votes for her.

It is uncertain who is the new team captain, as leadership has changed hands a few times. With Justin as the team captain in The Chefshank Redemption, the team adopted underhanded tactics in its efforts to win challenges. This is evident when they forced Gwen to throw all of the Gaffers' challenges, playing a major role in her eventual elimination. Justin also seems to have immersed Beth, Lindsay, and possibly Owen in his new alliance. However in The Sand Witch Project, Lindsay seems to take the leadership role, landing her in the bottom two, however DJ then votes himself off saving her. She reassumed leadership in Full Metal Drama, where she proclaimed herself "Admiral Lindsay, Her Hotness", with Beth giving out instructions too hard for Lindsay to explain herself. So far, her leadership has yet to win any challenges. Izzy as eliminated in this aforementioned episode again after Justin turned the team against her, as she said that he was not that cute.

With Izzy's second elimination, the Grips are now on an equal footing with the Gaffers once again, with four players each.

Trivia

 * A grip is a stagehand in film or television production that mainly helps in shifting scenery, adjusting sets, lighting, and props.
 * The Killer Grips do not contain any members from The Killer Bass, despite being based one Killer Bass. (However, Izzy was on the Killer Bass in the 1st episode and shortly in the 2nd episode.) The Screaming Gaffers have the 3 remaining Killer Bass members, Duncan, Harold and DJ, though Courtney (a former member of the Killer Bass) will join the Killer Grips on Ocean's Eight - Or Nine.
 * The Killer Grips lost the first two challenges in Total Drama Action just as the Killer Bass lost the first two challenges in Total Drama Island.
 * The Killer Grips lost the first 3 challenges due to Trent's putting of challenges for Gwen. This is slightly similar to when Beth cursed her team with the tiki idol in Total Drama Island.
 * With Trent, who was the captain for the Grips, gone, it is unknown who will take Trent's place as captain of the Grips. It's most likely that either Justin or Courtney will be the new captain for the Grips. Lindsay is trying to also be the captian for the Grips in The Sand Witch Project and Full Metal Drama.
 * Trent was the first captain to be voted off (in both teams).
 * Coincidentally, the contestants Heather used to vote Justin off in Total Drama Island, are now on his team, being Lindsay, Owen, Izzy and Beth, with exception of Trent.
 * While Lindsay and Beth were on Heather's alliance, in Total Drama Action Justin wants to form an alliance with them, making Justin somewhat like the counterpart of Heather in Total Drama Island.
 * In Riot on Set, it wasn't Izzy who was eliminated, but it was E-Scope. This means that E-Scope doesn't exist anymore and Izzy returned in The Chefshank Redemption.
 * In Full Metal Drama, Izzy used the name Explosivo. This may foreshadow that she might try to come back.
 * In Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, the Killer Grips were awarded Courtney as an addition to their team.