User:Planet Xerox/Total Drama World Tour

I've rewatched Total Drama World Tour for the umpteenth time because it's still just as exciting and hilarious as the first time I watched it, despite its flaws. I might as well write reviews for each episode now.

Note: I am using time markers based on this YouTube playlist for the season, so it would help to watch the episodes on there to know what goes on in the time markers I list.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1
Highlights:
 * Sierra's introduction
 * Harold nerding out by counting in Egyptian
 * Izzy's pyramid / Frankenstein song
 * Alejandro swearing in Spanish
 * Sierra naming their team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot

Complaints:
 * Ezekiel being cringy (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney being b!tchy (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9/10 - Wonderful start to the season!

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2
Highlights:
 * Izzy speaking in "camelese"
 * Heather's savage takedown of Cody when he won't give up on Gwen
 * Owen calling Alejandro "Alehandout" and "Alakazam"
 * Lovin' Time
 * Rowin' Time
 * Lindsay going trigger happy with stamping instead of voting someone off

Complaints:
 * Cody being shafted as the camel's toilet seat (-1/2 point)
 * Ezekiel predictably fuck!ng sh!t up and getting eliminated for it (-1 point)

Rating: 8.5/10

Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan
Highlights:
 * They go to Japan which, is the coolest country ever!
 * Harold hilariously complaining about Chris' "cultural insensitivity"
 * Before We Die is the best song of the season
 * All of them landing in a giant bowl of rice after singing the song
 * Harold and surprisingly Tyler gabbing over loving Japanese game shows, with Chris shutting them up with his own "personal geek gong"
 * The entire pinball machine challenge
 * The Japanese promo for Total Drama Action featuring their unnecessarily dubbed voices
 * Lindsay confusing Harold's Japanese babble as something she ordered from a restaurant
 * Harold dramatically explaining their commercial as metaphorical
 * Sierra and Cody's commercial song
 * Lindsay admiring her passport photo instead of voting
 * Harold's comical rendition of seppuku

Complaints:
 * Heather/Courtney/Gwen bickering and not contributing to the challenge at all (-1/2 point)
 * Team Amazon winning instead of Team Chris who deserved it way more (-1/2 point)
 * My favourite character leaving the game thanks to Alejandro's intervention. At least he got good development in Action and ended his run in World Tour by being hysterically funny in this episode, so it's not so bad. (-1/2 point)

Rating: 8.5/10

Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better
Highlights:
 * "No, I'm Lindsay!"
 * Cody going savage when Sierra is willing to drown for him
 * DJ comparing the Yukon's ice to his mother's freezer
 * Izzy thinking the radioactive symbol is a speaker so it must play music and then trying to find the radio inside
 * Alejandro claiming his Latin blood prevents him from freezing

Complaints:
 * Sierra abusing Cody way too much (-1/2 point)
 * The huddling for warmth part, especially with Noah uncharacteristically hugging Bridgette with a grin (-1 point)
 * DJ crying way too much (-1/2 point)
 * Owen talking about cake out of nowhere just because he's hungry, which does nothing for the plot (-1/2 point)
 * Stuck to a Pole sounds really weird with Bridgette's muffled voice (-1/2 point)
 * Lindsay barging in Tyler's confessional just to call him Noah because the plot demanded it, I guess (-1/2 point)

Rating: 6.5/10

Broadway, Baby!
Highlights:
 * "What am I, Tyler?"
 * Gwen's defeat / da feet pun
 * The way the characters scream or exclaim something relevant to their personality when sliding down the pole
 * A baby carriage without a baby is a shopping cart, according to Owen
 * "And look at the size of them apples!" is a clever double entendre referring to the literal apples in the water and Leshawna's metaphorical apples on her backside
 * Sierra talking about breaking her leg at the Chris McClean fan club picnic, which strangely resulted in her becoming part seal

Complaints:
 * Sierra continuing to reveal obscure trivia about Chris, which barely does anything for the plot (-1/2 point)
 * Cody gazing at the statue's boobs and then falling into them. I can kind of see why it was a deleted scene on Cartoon Network. (-1/2 point)
 * Heather kidnapping an actual baby to sabotage Alejandro's team (-1/2 point)

Rating: 8.5/10

Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water
This is my least favourite episode, so I apologize in advance for this overwhelmingly negative review. Complaints:
 * The entire episode has horrendous pacing, mostly thanks to the next bullet point.
 * Geoff stalling Bridgette's appearance on the show to an obnoxious extent just because he's too scared to approach her cheating, which results in Blaineley being an incredibly annoying and spiteful b!tch the whole way through
 * Harold's "journey video" is a disappointment. He's my favourite character and deserves way more!
 * The fan predictably asking Bridgette a question related to a pole
 * Bridgette and Geoff's "fight" that results in them making out just like in their Action days

Highlights:
 * Eva gets more screen time (+1/2 point)
 * Harold nerding out with maths (+1/2 point)
 * Bridgette's singing voice is beautiful (+1/2 point)

Rating: 1.5/10

Slap Slap Revolution
Highlights:
 * "Give me an Ale hand, bro!"
 * "I would throw up, but he is not even worth the puke."
 * Leshawna going along with Lindsay raving over Tyler's "return"
 * "Shove it!" is an excellent visual pun for Heather's nagging and what she should be doing in the challenge
 * Another great pun with "We could use Meat Cody / meat, Cody!"
 * Noah and Cody's cheeky sausage joke exchange
 * "Duck!" "No, it's a goat."
 * The Dance Dance Revolution challenge

Complaints:
 * Leshawna beating up Heather primarily due to Alejandro winding her up, which resulted in her unfair elimination (-1 point)

Rating: 9/10 - I was a little disappointed with Leshawna leaving, though.

The Am-AH-Zon Race
This is my favourite episode!

Highlights:
 * Owen being relentlessly optimistic about Alejandro in the confessional
 * Lindsay is smarter
 * "Your parents must love this show. Gets you out of the house!"
 * Tyler continuing to call it anything but a T-bar
 * "Whatever you say, Al! Arriba!"
 * Sierra wanting to pay to get her arms extended so she can reach Cody's pocket in the future
 * Gwen epi-penning herself into a hyperactive mess
 * "Al built it. Maybe Spanish fires growl."
 * Team Victory finally wins
 * The reveal of the Zing-Zings being actors who put a fake gold tooth in Heather's mouth
 * "Oh, great. It's Pirate Pablo."
 * "I would have... crushed you!"
 * "What you think, Cody? You give that a big fat thumbs up?"
 * The fake elimination reveal which leads to Heather's bad@ss speech

Complaints:
 * Gwen's part in Gypsy Rap, especially at the angle she's animated in, puts me off (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9.5/10

Can't Help Falling in Louvre
Highlights:
 * Izzy taking over the cockpit
 * “Everything looks slightly different in her head.”
 * “Guess who was captain of his gymnastics team at kinder gym?”
 * Noah’s imaginary ball trick working on Izzy
 * “Aw, man, I hate walking.”
 * Cody finally standing up to Sierra and in a clever way
 * Lindsay busting her skull against the plane before falling

Complaints:
 * Sierra spends a great deal of this episode crying obnoxiously (-1 point)
 * The statue challenge is boring (-1/2 point)
 * DJ getting too desperate to go home (-1/2 point)
 * The fashion show challenge is also boring (-1/2 point)
 * DJ wins for the most bullsh!t reason because the characters all of a sudden love his shirt which results in Lindsay’s unfair elimination instead (-2 points)

Rating: 5.5/10

Newf Kids on the Rock


Highlights:
 * “It’s like asking a girl out, only she’s a guy.”
 * Owen attempting to “flirt” with DJ
 * Heather revealing Izzy sings pop goes the weasel whenever she defecates
 * “More like a b-i-t-c...”
 * Sierra claiming she saw Cody on a white horse before she even knew him
 * Gerd’s hilariously butchered accent
 * Noah commenting that his cousins are banned from watching Total Drama with Owen later agreeing
 * Tyler and DJ making out with fish, god damn it!

Complaints:
 * Courtney and Gwen’s bickering over Duncan (-1/2 point)
 * The “give me the tape” gag (-1/2 point)

Rating: 9/10

Jamaica Me Sweat
Highlights:
 * Courtney is surprisingly the only one to give a sh!t about Owen and Izzy getting hurt
 * "I don't see well underwater. I guess it's a trade-off for my super strong fingers."
 * “I don’t know. Did we land in the 70s?”
 * The skateboarding challenge is very creative

Complaints:
 * Izzy and Owen are mercilessly injured (-1 point)
 * Izzy once again being eliminated by government officials because writers can’t be bothered with eliminating her normally ever (-1 point)
 * Owen’s breakup song is depressing (-1 point)
 * DJ gets unfairly eliminated after finally trying this time around with his elimination ceremony is the dumbest ever with being chased away by fire ants (-2 points)

Rating: 5/10

Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon
Highlights:
 * "Ja-party!"
 * “When you get it wet, it’s a wet tee!”
 * $200 coming from Harold promising to clean his mom’s garage
 * Blaineley attacked by a snake because she IS one

Complaints:
 * Save This Show is mostly boring (-1/2 point)
 * The Ezekiel and Duncan sighting clips are also boring (-1/2 point)
 * Blaineley being a spiteful b!tch yet again and releasing the animals from their cages to attack everyone and destroy everything on stage (-2 points)
 * Leshawna’s song and dance (-1/2 point)

Rating: 6.5/10

I See London...


Highlights:
 * Noah roasting Sierra when she makes her fake social media update
 * Gwen when she talks about her interest in Jack the Ripper being "morbid and offensive"
 * “Strip a dude? I’m out!”
 * “He’s like Heather, only with social skills.”
 * “Ow, my wiener!”

Complaints:
 * Cody getting a shot of him and Gwen whilst sleeping is cringy and desperate (-1/2 point)
 * Owen being extremely gross this episode with milk/snot/farts (-1 point)
 * Courtney and Gwen’s sudden close friendship is totally see-through (-1/2 point)
 * The stripping challenge is weird and boring (-1/2 point)
 * Changing Guard Mix is also boring (-1/2 point)
 * Sierra harassing Cody to kiss her (-1/2 point)
 * Ezekiel appearing just so he can be treated like sh!t again (-1 point)
 * They kidnapped Duncan just to be on the show again which launches the infamous love triangle (-1 point)
 * Noah eliminated just because Alejandro somehow overheard him talking sh!t (-1 point)
 * Tyler barging in on Gwen and Duncan's makeout session seems too forced (-1/2 point)

Rating: 4/10

Greece's Pieces
Highlights:
 * Sierra guessing the Olympics originated in Atlantis and Owen guessing Mount Olympics
 * The challenge featuring them winning gold medals like the Olympics
 * Duncan being forced to sing his lines after missing too many episodes and getting towel whipped whenever he fails
 * Duncan's singing voice is great
 * "Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!"
 * Cody knocking out Duncan with JUST one punch
 * Owen claiming Tyler and Cody's moulting wings are seasonal

Complaints:
 * Courtney and Gwen continue their fake @ss friendship which turns into incessant bickering (-1 point)
 * Courtney acting like even more of a nagging b!tch to win Duncan over (-1/2 point)
 * Gwen acting annoyingly deviant behind the scenes (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney being mean to Cody and hitting him for no good reason (-1/2 point)
 * Alejandro forcing Tyler to reveal the secret seems so childish should have been handled better (-1/2 point)

Rating: 7/10

The EX-Files
Highlights:
 * The episode has a cool and unique setting in Area 51ish
 * Tyler not knowing how to spell "jerk"
 * Tyler climbing the electric fence when the entrance was right next to him
 * The Kraftwerk robot
 * "Don't probe me, bro!"
 * Owen claiming to forget everyone he knew whilst saying everyone's names

Complaints:
 * The way Courtney breaks up with Duncan (-1/2 point)
 * Boyfriend Kisser is the worst song of the season especially with hypocritical Heather since she kissed Gwen's ex Trent in Island (-1 point)
 * Gwen and Duncan continuing to mess around even after what happened the previous episode (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney barging into Team Chris' elimination ceremony to spy on Duncan and hurting Tyler for no good reason (-1 point)

Rating: 7/10

Picnic at Hanging Dork
Highlights:
 * Sierra worried that Cody fell into the toilet again
 * Shearing Sheep is a catchy song
 * Team Amazon finally lose their first member

Complaints:
 * The episode opening with Courtney and Sierra awkwardly sitting and glaring at Gwen (-1/2 point)
 * Cable jumping to grab innocent sheep that have been branded with Chris' face is low-key cruelty (-1 point)
 * Duncan throwing a dingo at Cody for no good reason which f*cks him up by voting for Gwen instead of Courtney (-1 point)
 * Gwen's unfair elimination due to a eucalyptus allergy that came out of nowhere other than to stir the plot towards Courtney's favour (-1 point)

Rating: 6.5/10

Sweden Sour
Highlights:
 * Sierra geeking out over the RPG she plays
 * “Someone look at my booty!”
 * The building challenge cleverly referencing IKEA
 * “Sadly, the assembly instructions were accidentally shredded when they were put through a shredder.”
 * ALL of Heather, Courtney, and Sierra battling because Cody built Gwen's face
 * Team Me Be Hot is my favourite nickname Chris gave his team
 * Owen claiming receiving a bag of rocks is like Christmas all over again
 * The whole viking challenge is exciting to watch

Complaints:
 * Cody being more obsessive than ever over Gwen after her departure (-1/2 point)
 * Courtney being a nagging b!tch yet again to Duncan (-1/2 point)
 * Owen being super gross by farting non-stop (-1/2 point)

Rating: 8.5/10

Aftermath Aftermayhem
Highlights:
 * Leshawna betting Trent that Lindsay would remember Tyler’s name and winning
 * Noah’s noise when he gets hit in the nuts by the can
 * Geoff roasting the hell out of Blaineley in his song
 * The board game challenge
 * Lindsay wishing to land a seven on a regular six-sided die
 * Trent and Gwen being friendly again
 * Lindsay balancing the meatballs on her nose like a seal

Complaints:
 * Evil c*nt Blaineley kidnapping Bridgette solely out of spite and elaborately lying about it (-1 point)
 * Blaineley being even grosser than Owen (-1 point)
 * Blaineley getting a chance at competing (okay, it’s obvious I can’t stand her) (-1 point)

Rating: 7/10

Niagara Brawls
This episode is overrated. It’s only popular because it’s unadulterated shipping fodder, and people eat that sh!t up.

My biggest complaint is how predictable the pairings were for the challenge - Aleheather, Duncney, Coderra, and equally gross Owen and Blaineley. Yep, totally random and unexpected. (-1 point)

It would have been way more interesting if it were:
 * Blaineley (bride) and Cody (groom), especially after how angry she got after Cody had no idea who she was during her song. It'd be interesting to see them interact after that.
 * Duncan (bride) and Owen (groom), because they could use their friendship to work together.
 * Courtney (bride) and Alejandro (groom), because they can flirt again to piss Heather off.
 * Heather (bride) and Sierra (groom), which would piss Heather off even more because she's working with ultra-obnoxious Sierra, at least until they can use their strategic skills to work together and win the challenge.

Other complaints:
 * Sierra kissing Cody against his will twice, because that would totally fly if the genders were reversed (-2 points)
 * Blainerrific is a Fergalicious rehash (-1/2 point)
 * Owen’s unfair elimination, just because Alejandro suddenly sees his popularity as a threat? He should have gotten rid of him long ago if that were the case, instead of contestants like Bridgette and Leshawna who don’t nearly get as much screen time as Owen. (-1 point)

Highlights:
 * The setup of the episode with picking your partner in a slot machine/catching your dress blindfolded through an obstacle course/walking on a tightrope is very creative, despite its poor execution.

Rating: 5.5/10

Chinese Fake-Out
Highlights:
 * “Which escaped mental patient are you married to?”
 * Chris making Courtney wear a dragon mask, so she finally shuts up
 * Blaineley and Courtney get eliminated!
 * Blaineley admitting that Chris only got to do Total Drama after she said no (and thank goodness she did)

Complaints:
 * Blaineley’s role as the antagonist is so poorly written (-1 point)
 * Chris continuing to deal with phone calls due to “budget issues” (-1/2 point)
 * Chinese Lesson is way too long (-1/2 point)
 * Sierra delusionally believing that Cody drinking a "love me tea" will make him like her (-1/2 point)

Rating: 7.5/10

African Lying Safari
Highlights:
 * Bald Chris
 * Excellent pun of “socket to me” with soccer and cricket
 * “Follow that homewrecker!”
 * Sierra’s part in the song
 * Alejandro and Heather’s increasing sexual tension is entertaining to watch even though I don’t ship it

Complaints:
 * Sierra continuing her "love me tea" trip, but even worse now (-1 point)
 * Cody being incapacitated for much of the episode and becoming a punching bag because of it (-1 point)
 * Sierra violently beating up innocent baboons just because they got close to Cody (-1 point)

Rating: 7/10

Rapa Phooey!
Highlights:
 * Sierra being a master strategist
 * “Nope, nothing but air,” Alejandro says referring to Lindsay’s stone head
 * “That’s like two Alejandros wide.”

Complaints:
 * Sierra still in her delusional mindset, believing that she’s married to Cody and being an extra control freak about it this episode (-1 point)
 * Sierra getting a condor baby whose features resemble Cody because it was "supposed" to happen after they got "married" (-1 point)

Rating: 8/10

Awwwwww, Drumheller
Highlights:
 * Sierra remembering Cody's birthday was the season's most heartwarming moment
 * Heather admitting she secretly loves glitter pens
 * "Put me the heller down!"
 * "If you're planning my murder, remember we're on TV--"
 * Heather and Alejandro expressing a shocking amount of concern for Sierra's injury

Complaints:
 * Alejandro photoshopping a picture of Cody and Heather sleeping just stir up Sierra is so childish (-1/2 point)
 * Heather and Alejandro having coinciding confessionals denying their feelings for one another by claiming it was a strategy is cheesy and cliche (-1/2 point)
 * Chris being a total @sshole giving zero sh!t about Sierra's injury after what was a complete accident, worrying more about the plane being destroyed and kicking her out of the game for it was by far the most unfair elimination this season (-1 point)

Rating: 8/10

Hawaiian Style
Highlights:
 * Harold's rap verse in Who You Gonna Root For?
 * Duncan claiming that he "took a dive" for Cody when we know damn well that ain't true
 * The majority rooting for Cody
 * The peanut gallery's blank expressions after Bridgette had asked if they miss being in the game
 * Geoff showing pictures of animals you can find in Hawaii with Bridgette adding that they're only at the Maui Zoo
 * Owen thinking Blaineley was pointing at the doberman to be Heather's spirit animal
 * "Technically, it's twenty-two minutes, and that includes opening and closing credits."
 * "Laugh if you want to, but I have my reasons, ones that go beyond his large, innocent eyes and tiny tail."
 * Courtney's voice in I'm Winning This is gorgeous

Complaints:
 * Courtney continuing to attempt singing her Gwuncan hate songs (-1/2 point)
 * The recap clips for the final three and the way they present it is tacky (-1 point)

Rating: 8.5/10

Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles
Highlights: Complaints:
 * The whole episode of them facing numerous obstacles to get to Hawaii is exciting
 * Heather showing more of her good side by helping Sierra with her injury and giving her a wheelchair
 * Sierra finally realizing Chris is a sadistic narcissist
 * "You're an expert at turning people off!"
 * I'm Gonna Make It is catchy
 * Sierra's motivational speech for Cody
 * Sierra fixated over being more than friends with Cody, with him being forced to say that he considers her his best friend, could have been handled better (-1 point)
 * Alejandro and Cody tying, which makes the final three remain, with Chris being too lazy to a slow-motion replay to declare and then stalling to make them "out of time" (-1 point)

Rating: 8/10

Hawaiian Punch
First and foremost, I would like to say that Cody should have won this season. He should have been in the final two with Alejandro because he would have totally taken him down thanks to his tremendous character development from passive featherweight to aggressive powerhouse.

Highlights:
 * "She's funny when she's tied up and can't hurt me."
 * Leshawna flipping off Heather
 * Chris revealing the plot twist that the peanut will not be voting for the winner and instead having the final two complete a challenge to win
 * Cody willingly choosing to help Heather in order to further bring Alejandro down
 * Heather and Alejandro roasting each other in Versus
 * Cody getting mad aggressive in this episode by tackling Courtney, trolling Alejandro by calling him "Al," and encouraging Heather
 * Heather's top-notch strategy of exposing Alejandro's romantic feelings towards her, only to go full-on savage at 16:42
 * Noah shrugging at Heather revealing she loves Alejandro
 * "Boys are okay, but a million dollars is way better!"

Complaints:
 * Courtney continuing her petty hatred towards Cody (-1/2 point)
 * Heather not reciprocating Cody's amicability by never thanking him for his help, still bossing him around during the dummy building challenge (shown in Versus) and calling him "nerdface" when he messes up cutting a cord which traps her in a cage. (-1/2 point) This wiki lists them as being friends, but we can't really be sure due to these circumstances.
 * I would like to think that they did become friends behind the scenes after this episode finished, with Cody comforting Heather after she couldn't keep her prize money.
 * Heather saying, "So long, sucker!" and then pushing Alejandro down the volcano on the ice cube is cliche. It would have been fine with just her kneeing him in his jewels. (-1/2 point)
 * Heather losing her prize money thanks to Cringezekiel (because I consider her to be the real winner in canon), though I still think Cody should have really won. (-1 point)

Rating: 7.5/10 - I don't like giving the season finale this low a rating, but it had to be done.