Brunch of Disgustingness

'''The two teams are divided up with the guys on one team, and the girls on the other. They must eat many varieties of disgusting food in order to win an awesome prize. Nobody is eliminated, but everybody throws up.'''

Recap
The campers enter the main lodge expecting breakfast, only to find Chris and Chef standing off to one side. When Trent notices there's no food present, Chris tells him there will be plenty of food later on, and then he and Chef snicker. When all the campers have assembled, Chris congratulates them for making it to the halfway point, and that all of them will have some say in the final outcome of Total Drama Island. He also says that the Screaming Gophers and Killer Bass will be merged, and that the girls will move to the Gopher's cabin, and the boys will take the Bass' cabin; today's challenge is to be a classic battle of the sexes. When everyone gets settled in, they will meet again in the mess hall for "a bite to eat". As an added bonus, no one will be voted off, it's all for the prize, and it's a good one.

On the way back to the cabins, Heather tries to sweet talk Bridgette, the only female Bass left, hoping to start another alliance with her, but Gwen interferes, telling Bridgette that Heather is trouble. When she gets her things packed up, Bridgette runs into Geoff, and they talk about what a great time they had while on the same team. They are about to kiss when Chris arrives and drags Bridgette away to the other cabin, and Geoff is bonked on the head by new arrival Trent's guitar.

Bridgette reaches the Gopher, she admits that being the only new girl she is nervous, but she says it can't be that bad. Bridgette is wrong when at the cabin she finds the girls are embroiled in a fight, or specifically, Heather and LeShawna. LeShawna demands to know who ate her food, and Heather dismissively tells her that she ate it. LeShawna is even more incensed at how Heather doesn't seem to care, and Heather snaps back that she hates how LeShawna leaves her underwear lying around, pointing to a large bra hanging off a bunk. It almost comes to blows when Heather sees Bridgette in the door, and suddenly turns nice to invite her in; she quickly shows Bridgette around, but stops before letting her near LeShawna and Gwen. Despite the obviously dysfunctional group, Lindsay comments things must be way better than at the guy's cabin.

In the Bass cabin, it's party central as Owen and Trent integrate with DJ, Duncan and Geoff seamlessly, with soda and music all around; Owen lets out a burp, followed by Geoff, who launches an earth-shaking burp that blows back everyone's hair, shakes the fur off a pair of squirrels, and blasts the door off the cabin. Afer a stunned silence Trent declares Geoff should be captain, and he is lifted on a stump for a speech: a declaration that the girls are going down. Back in the Gopher cabin, tensions continue to rise as Heather tries to make nice with Bridgette, while alienating everyone else, even Lindsay, who remains too ditzy to realize Heather's cruelty. The fight resumes, and Heather tapes a line down the middle of the cabin, separating her and Lindsay from LeShawna and Gwen, leaving Bridgette to choose a side.

When the teams head back to the mess hall, they ask where breakfast is; Chris announces that the next challenge is "The Brunch of Disgustingness". The two teams will be given a nine course meal of disgusting brunches, in each course, all members of one team must eat the horrible food to win that round; at the end of nine rounds, the team with the most points wins. The incentive for winning, is that the winning team will spend two days at a nearby five-star resort, where they will be pampered, eat gourmet food, and receive antibiotics against anything they might pick up during the Brunch of Disgustingness. The losers will spend the next two days on Total Drama Island, with Chef. In the confessional, Bridgette says that she hopes they win if only to relieve some of the tension building amongst the girls, and that she'll try anything, except eat meat. Back at the mess hall, there is the usual taunting, with LeShawna telling the boys that they'll surely lose; while Owen says he'll eat his underwear if he has to, then asks if he'll have to.

Chef brings out the first dish, and Owen plows into what looks like meatballs. Chris tells him that they are meatballs, but more specifically, they're bovine testicles (referred to as meatballs in an alternate version). The guys lose all their nerve, and even some of the girls are squeamish, but Lindsay presses on in hopes of winning a pedicure, while Heather and LeShawna dig in, taunting the boys. Bridgette however, doesn't want to eat the dish, being a vegetarian. Heather accuses her of throwing the round to spite her, but Geoff takes pity on his girlfriend, and offers some calming advice that gets Bridgette to finally eat. The girls lead 1-0.

The guys are not pleased that Geoff just handed victory to the girls, and Chris has to break up the argument to tell them that the next dish is coming; in a show of solidarity, the guys forgive Geoff and agree to work together going forward, much to Bridgette's shock.Chef brings out the next dish, pizza with live grasshoppers in tangy jellyfish sauce and live anchovies. The girls balk at eating the pizza, while Owen gobbles his first piece in no time. Eventually, the girls get each other to eat the pizza, while most of the guys also eat, except for Trent; this leads to the other guys holding him down while they stuff a slice in his mouth. With LeShawna unable to eat her slice, the guys tie it up 1-1.

Chef brings out the third course, spaghetti; actually, it's earthworms covered in snail slime sauce and hairballs. Geoff panics and runs away, but DJ tackles him to the ground and brings him back. The guys try to down the lunch by covering their eyes and plugging their noses while eating the meal. On the girls' side, Lindsay tries some deep meditation that Bridgette showed her to ignore how gross the food is while eating the worms, but the worms are too much for her and she gags. The guys win two in a row, and lead 2-1.

Bridgette tries to psyche the girls up for the next meal, Gwen and Heather chime in, but LeShawna is already feeling sick. Chris introduces the next meal, French Bunion Soup with hangnail crackers. Geoff thinks that the meals are made of stuff they found on Chef's bathroom floor. The guys can't seem to stomach the soup, while Bridgette gets the idea of funneling the soup directly down the throat, bypassing the tongue and taste senses altogether; she tries it on Lindsay, and it works perfectly. The girls even it up at 2-2.

The show forwards through the next four challenges: Chef's pre-chewed gum; skunk juice, shaken not stirred; a sandle with a caulking happy face drawn on it; and soup made of banana peels, fish heads and soda cans. After all that, the score is still tied 2-2, meaning none of the last four rounds were won.

The teams are now at the last meal: dolphin wieners, hot dogs made from dolphins. Surfer girl Bridgette outright refuses to eat the hot dogs, saying that dolphins are her friends. DJ sides with Bridgette, and also refuses to eat. Chef appears in the confessional about how he slaves over a hot stove, cooking dolphins, and gets no appreciation. Chris sees the stalemate and calls it off, sending the fight to an eat-off.

LeShawna and Owen face each other; the tie breaker is freshly blended cockroaches, an unlikely satisfying blend of 8 cockroaches that is rich in vitamins for your balanced life. Chef blends up the cockroaches on the spot, and pours out the chunky mixture into 15 shot glasses. One by one, LeShawna and Owen start drinking; after six glasses each, it appears that both have grossed themselves to the breaking point, when Owen's obscene eating habits kick in and he downs the last three glasses in quick succession, beating LeShawna 9-6, and then faints. The guys win 3-2, and the girls berate LeShawna for losing. LeShawna has made herself sick with the last challenge, and throws up on the table, complete with an undigested cockroach. This leads to a series of vomiting, first DJ, then Trent; Chef and Chris manage to hold it, but Duncan and Geoff throw up right into the camera.

Later, at the Dock of Shame, the guys leave on their luxurious weekend retreat, while the girls remain divided. Bridgette and Geoff are left lamenting the day that has pulled them apart.

Quotes

 * (in the confession stall) Heather: (about taping a line to divide the room in two) Okay, I probably could've played that better but LeShawna seriously creases me. LeShawna: Yeah that's right, you keep putting down that tape, and if you cross it, I'll smack you down!


 * Owen: I'll eat anything. Even my gitch if I have to. ... Will I have to?


 * Geoff: (to Bridgette) It's not that big a deal. Sometimes, they castrate bulls for medical reasons. Bridgette: (in confessional) It was so sweet of him to help.


 * Chris: You guys like pizza? Owen: I could eat pizza anytime. With anything on it. Chris: Anything? How about live grasshopper pizza with tangy jellyfish sauce and live anchovies? Lindsay: Ewww, I hate anchovies!


 * Trent: I can do this. DJ, I need you hold me down, while Geoff, you stuff the slice in my mouth. And no matter how much I scream or beg, you have got to feed me that slice! Geoff: Sure! I'm in. (DJ holds Trent up as Geoff has a pizza in his hand) Trent: No, stop! Wait, it a joke! I was kidding! (tries to laughs) I'm warning you; my dad's a lawyer!(Geoff stuffs the slice in his mouth; his pupils darken and widen) Mama...? (DJ rocks him in his arms, while Trent is sucking on his thumb)


 * (in the confessional) Trent: It wasn't that bad. I was playing it up for the cameras. You know, to boost ratings. I really don't mind beef testicles, or live grasshopper pizza's with jellyfish..oh... (barfs)


 * Geoff: (about the food in the confessional stall) I think they just used stuff from Chef's bathroom floor.


 * Chris: We're down to the last course in the challenge. It's delicious Dolphin weiners; hotdogs made from dolphins. (everyone gasps) Bridgette: But dolphins are our friends! Heather: What are you waiting for? It's already dead! If you don't eat, we don't win. Bridgette: (voice breaking) No, I can't, I'm a surfer! I swim with dolphins! Heather: Eat it!! Bridgette: No! I'm not doing it! You can't pressure me! DJ: I'm with you, sister. I'm not eatin' no dolphin. Chef: (in confessional) I slaved over a hot stove cookin' dolphin... no appreciation!

Trivia

 * Unedited this episode would be rated TV-PG D.


 * LeShawna's refusal towards eating the pizza dish here could hint her lactose intolerance, revealed in the second season, since some cheese is seen on the platter.


 * Lindsay might have been the only contestant to eat all the food without complaining (except in the beginning before Bridgette helped her.


 * Even though the boys won the challenge, LeShawna was the only girl to be seen puking and the all of the boys puked in the ending.


 * All dialog edits of this episode can be found on the Edits page.


 * Trent's parents apparently force fed him broccoli, and other foods he wouldn't eat when he was young.


 * The characters in the confessional for this episode were Bridgette, Heather, Geoff, Trent, and Chef.


 * This is the first episode to be considered as a filler, mostly because it was the episode for the merge.


 * This episode is titled "Brunch of Disgustingness" but on Cartoon Network, the episode was titled "Brunch of Disgust" when broadcast.


 * None of the foods shown in the montage were eaten.


 * Trent's complaining is a reference to the movie "Young Frankenstein". When Trent says, "Wait, it was a joke! Ha, ha." to DJ and Geoff (holding him down so he eats), it resembles a line said in the movie.


 * Here's a list of the Disgusting Meals the campers had to eat:


 * 1) Bull testicles (replaced by "meatballs" in America.)
 * 2) Pizza covered with grasshoppers, jellyfish and live anchovies.
 * 3) Live worms covered in slime and hairballs.
 * 4) French Bunion Soup with hangnail crackers.
 * 5) A ball made out of pre-chewed gum.
 * 6) A shake made purely out of the skunk's liquefied odor glands.
 * 7) A sandal (with a smiley face made of silicone).
 * 8) A stew made from banana peels, dead fish and soda cans.
 * 9) Hot dogs made from dolphin meat.
 * 10) Shot glasses of blended cockroaches.


 * This is the only reward challenge of Total Drama Island.

Goofs

 * When Trent became nauseous from the pizza he held his chest and not his stomach, even though his stomach was heard growling.
 * When Bridgette goes out of the Bass cabin, she is carrying her surfboard while talking to Geoff. Upon entering the Gopher cabin, it is gone.
 * When the second dish, pizza, was presented to the girls, LeShawna tells herself she wasn't eating the pizza (possibly due to her later revealed lactose intolerance). Heather then tells her to eat it, and not to be afraid of "keeping down" grasshoppers. Before she could get the word "grasshopper" out, one appears on her hand. She then lets out a scream majorly similar to Lindsay's scream.
 * When Geoff slaps Owen's hand away from taking a second slice of pizza, he has his bracelet on. But when everyone is in the picture, the bracelet is on his other wrist.
 * When the campers are walking into the Mess Hall, Duncan and DJ are never seen walking in, but in the next shot they're both seen sitting at the table with Bridgette and Geoff.
 * When Trent is in the confessional puking, the animals run away from it and the snake in the background is the same snake that ate DJ's first bunny (even though it was caught by an Eagle which was eaten by a shark) and the bunny is still apparently in its stomach.
 * In the recap, the camera angle shows Heather's shirt ripping left to right, but when it actually happened, the shirt ripped right to left.
 * In this episode, it is revealed that Bridgette is a vegetarian. However, she seems to be a rather lenient vegetarian, as she admits that she eats tuna fish and has been seen eating marshmallows throughout the series (which contain gelatin, made from pigs).
 * Though it was a nine-course meal, at the end of the blended cockroach challenge, the final score was 2 to 3 instead of 4 to 5, meaning both teams had failed to eat the courses that came after the French Bunion Soup.
 * Chris said that the campers present are going to be the judges in the final episode, but this does not happen in the finale, in actuality every camper returns but nobody gets to judge anything. However, they are influential in deciding who they want to win, as shown in the season finale.
 * Trent shows no signs of injury from the last episode, even though he had a full body cast.