The Sand Witch Project

'''The castmates compete in a horror themed challenge. One castmate takes over the leadership role of her team and someone's conscience begins to bother them about their actions, which leads to him removing himself from the competition, saving two others from the brink of elimination.

Plot
This episode starts with the cast members relaxing, playing "Go Fish," and eating some of Chef's sandwiches that were stolen. Duncan and Justin are kicking a soccer ball back and forth around DJ, who is sleeping. Harold talks in the confessional booth about Izzy thinking she's so cool for dealing the cards like a card shark, before pulling out to show the camera what he thinks is an ace of spades, but is actually a card photo size of himself covering himself with a pillow (from the prank that the guys pulled on him from Total Drama Island). Each cast member is surprised that the sandwiches are delicious, as they all steal them, mostly from Beth, as Beth had many sandwiches. Everyone was eating them except for DJ who was lying sleep on the floor.

While DJ was dreaming, he dreamed of the night before where he was preparing the sandwiches for the team. Chef appears reminding him that they both were still in the alliance to make DJ the winner and Chef to take half of the million. Back with the cast members, they are called to the fake mountain by Chris, so he can reveal the next challenge. Once there, Chris screams and falls out of the sky to a spotlight below and is impaled on that spotlight below. He appears to be dead but then it is revealed that it is a stunt prop and announces that the challenge's theme is horror films. While everyone was screaming about Chris's stunt, Lindsay notes that Beth didn't scream like the others. Beth tells her that she cannot scream due to a faulty tonsillectomy from one of the doctor's earrings got stuck on the tonsils. Back to the challenge, each team is to select a 'scarer' from their team to scare the members of their team, the rate of the scream which is being shown on the scream-o-meter. The Screaming Gaffers all agree to choose Duncan for it because he did great in the acting challenges before and he would make a great scarer, but Chef forces them and Duncan to go with DJ. In the confessional booth, Duncan says that he'd like to keep his arms after Chef threatened him and said that the one thing he learn from home cooking class is to always listen to the guy with knife.

The Killer Grips are arguing who to choose. Justin wants something to protect his face, to put on the mask, and be the leader. Izzy claims that her 'scary faces' creep her dog out. While Lindsay was trying to get everyone to go with Beth because she can't scream, Beth was distracted by Justin and the mask while Owen goes on and on about how Izzy is cute and never scary, prompting Izzy to glare at Owen. While no one was answering to Lindsay, she shouts that Beth would be the scarer and that's it. The challenge begins with both Harold and Justin standing in the forest setting, and both DJ and Beth set to scare them. Beth tries to scare Justin, but as he doesn't want his pipes to be strained, he does not scream. DJ is pushed by Chef, bumps into Harold and puts on his mask, making Harold scream. Harold screams the loudest which makes the Screaming Gaffers win the first round.

The next round is scaring one of the teammates in the outhouse. The victims are LeShawna and Lindsay. LeShawna thinks that being scared in the outhouse was the most inappropriate thing ever, and Lindsay states that she is not going to pee on camera like she did last season. When DJ went in to scare LeShawna, he felt embarrassed for going in where there is someone on the toilet, and does a wimpy "Rawr" and claws with his hand. LeShawna begins laughing. While when Beth ran in, she scared Lindsay so much that she peed herself and screamed twice; Beth and Lindsay score a point for their team.

The tie-breaking round is the couple round where both "killers" go after the couple making out, the couples are Owen and Izzy, along with Duncan and Heather. Owen and Izzy were excited about the scene and started to make-out in front of Chris, but Duncan and Heather were horridly disgusted. Once Chris mentions the prize of a million dollars, they hesitantly kiss and back off quickly, both visibly shaken. When both "killers" try to scare the two couples, neither couples were scared because Duncan and Heather were still grossed out by the kiss, and Owen and Izzy were to busy making out to notice The killer was in the room. Chef then comes out with a mask and chainsaw and scares Duncan, Heather, and DJ, scaring DJ so much he passes out. Then they went to a break. Once back on the air, everyone was surrounding the shocked DJ to see if he is still alive.

In DJ's dream/unconscious state, he is in the clouds and sees his mother. He runs to his mama, but she gives him a upset look and tells him she didn't raise a cheater. Then she slaps him which brings him back to the set, where he is slapped by Heather, who was trying to bring him out of the shock. He asks to talk to Chef, but Chef is talking with the producers, getting disciplined for messing with the challenge. Chris then sets them up for another challenge, where the Killer Grips' challenge was to stand in the craft serving tent and try not to get scared by it; after Chris tells them about the old movie lot guard who mysteriously disappeared. They are given devices to detect where the ghost of the guard is at.

The Screaming Gaffers' challenge was to scare the Grips out of the tent with any items available to them. Harold tries to scare them with a floating object trick, but it didn't work. Duncan has his turn by making some fake blood and letting it seep from the windows of the kitchen, and fall. Lindsay shows everyone that she does have a brain by exposing both Harold's and Duncan's tricks.

During that time, everyone in the Killer Grips notes that Lindsay was being a bit bossy. Meanwhile the Gaffers try to think of something else to scare the Grips, and everyone turns to DJ for he hasn't been helping out with the other tricks. DJ's plan was to scare them with the ghost of the guard. Heather dresses up as the guard, and added with some spooky voices (provided by LeShawna), complete darkness (Duncan turns off the power) and Harold suspending Heather above the Grips, scares everyone out of the tent. Lindsay tries to tell everyone it was not real until DJ threw a fork that set off the device and sent Lindsay screaming into the night. Once the Killer Grips were gone, DJ walks toward the hanging Heather and sees the 'conscience mama' telling him that he did a bad thing and she would never forgive him.

At the Gilded Chris Awards Ceremony, it was between Justin and Lindsay who were left without a reward. Justin didn't do well on the challenges and Lindsay was too bossy for the team. As Chris is about to name the winner of the last reward, DJ comes out clean and votes himself off the show for having had an illegal alliance with Chef. Chef tries to talk to DJ, but he sets Chef out.

He also confesses that he was the one who made all the delicious food that everyone was eating. All the cast mates want DJ to stay, Justin even says they should have Chef voted off, but DJ wants to make it clear and by getting voted off it will fix everything that he did with Chef. Once DJ was in the Lame-O-Sine, Owen tries to stop it but he couldn't. Chris signed off while holding Owen's face and telling him that in the next episode they will face the most horrible thing ever... Chef's cooking. Owen then drops to the ground and pukes on Chris's shoes as the episode ends.

Quotes
(Izzy looks annoyed.) Owen: I'll also take a five. Heather: (has her mouth full) What kind of pigs are you anyways? Izzy: (laughs) Oh my gosh, you guys. Did you see that one with the possessed rug that learned to walk and smothered cats? Or did I make that up? Justin: (very unenthusiastically) Ahh... ! I'm so scared! (The Scream-O-Meter rates 3 bars) Justin: I'm sorry, I just can't risk my pipes any further. What good is a face like this, without my warm yet, manly tones to back it up? DJ: Oh! I'm sorry, I busted in on your private moment! Boy, is my face red! LeShawna: You wanna win? Do the scene, DJ! DJ: (with an extremely wimpy tone) Rawr. Beth: You were doing so good, I'm not even being scary anymore. Owen: Oh, boy. I'm not the world's greatest actor. Izzy: Oooh! How horror movie is this! We have to make out! Owen: I love this business! Hubba-hubba! (Owen and Izzy start making out very passionately.) Chris: Awkward.... Heather: (gasps after reading script) No. No, no, no! I would rather die! Duncan: That makes two of us, lady! (Chris jumps out from behind the couch) Chris: Don't forget, kiddies! It's a million bucks! (Chris pops back behind the couch) (Duncan and Heather both make ugly faces... close their eyes, slowly come together and their lips barely touch for almost 1 second. Their eyes open and they are clearly revolted) Heather: Ewww! Ugh!! Yuck!! Duncan: Blech! Yuck! Ughh!! Heather: You taste like street! (DJ pops up from behind the couch and makes a really wimpy growl. Heather and Duncan don't even notice him.) Heather: My lips may never recover! Beth: (growls) I'm gonna chop you into little teriyaki bits! (Izzy and Owen are still making out, oblivious to her presence) Ummm... guys? Owen: (along with Izzy, realizes they're in the middle of a horror scene) Hmmm? Oh! (Izzy and Owen give out a very unenthusiastic scream that rates very low on the Scream-o-meter before resuming their makeout session) DJ: Momma! I'm here! Momma! It's me, Momma! It's Poopydoo! Your little Devon Joseph Poopydoo! (DJ's Mom turns around and gives him a stern look) DJ's Mom: The son I raised would never lie or cheat! (DJ's Mom whacks him with her purse and he comes to) DJ: I need to see Chef! (Heather slaps him again) LeShawna: Heather! Heather: What? He's still talking crazy! DJ: I'll get you some. (DJ leaves to do so) LeShawna: Respect, Duncan. It really looks like blood! Duncan: Devil's Night, my brothers and I used to wait outside kindergarten with this goop dripping off us. Ha! One year I gave a dozen five year olds seizures. LeShawna: Aaaand... Respect deleted. LeShawna: Well, momma ain't here, is she? Duncan: And Papa Duncan wants to win and go to bed! So...? Beth: You were a little bossy. Lindsay: Hello, it's called leadership? Duncan: Dude, you can't leave! Justin: Yeah! Can't we just vote Chef off instead? (Chef glares at Justin) DJ: Sorry, but I gotta make it right, for Momma. Girls: Awwwww... Owen: Can you still send food? Pretty please, with delicious sandwiches on top? Chris: Well, folks, looks like Owen's gravy-train just hightailed it outta town! Now that he has survived this week's fright-fest, will he be able to bear the most horrific, stomach churning, gut wrenching challenge ev-ah? Owen: What is it? Chris: Chef's cooking! Owen: Aaahhh! (Owen falls on the ground) Chris: (laughs) I love this game! (Owen pukes loudly) Chris: Dude! Not the shoes!
 * Owen: Izzy, do you have a BLT?
 * Harold: (in confessional) Izzy thinks she's so cool, but did she spend three whole summers at Magic Steve's Magic Camp? Allow me to demonstrate my mad magic skills by producing the Ace of Spades!!! (Creates card. Realizes it's an embarrassing picture of him naked on the dock from If You Can't Take The Heat...) Oh... heh, heh. Hey, how did that get in there?
 * Beth: I call this The Egg Salad Firework! (Does a complex flip) Drumroll! (tosses sandwiches in air, Owen catches them) Owen! Stop stealing my Sammies!
 * Owen: (has his mouth full) What are you talking about?
 * DJ: Maybe it's time to stop cheating. Being in this alliance with you, it makes me feel all kinds of wrong inside!
 * Chef: This is not about right or wrong, son. It's about you and me winning that cool mil!
 * Chris: Think of every great horror movie you've ever seen.
 * Duncan: (in confessional) Arms are goods. They throw things, feed you things, they're something to put in your sleeves. And if there's one thing I learned in Home Ec. class, always listen to the dude with the knives.
 * Beth: Boo!
 * (DJ opens the door to see LeShawna on the toilet)
 * Lindsay: (screams in hysterical fear; sees herself peeing and stops screaming, then continues screaming)
 * Chris: All right, guys. This is the tie breaker scene. You're gonna have to act your faces off!
 * (Heather and Duncan have to do a makeout scene)
 * (Izzy and Owen are making out on the couch when Beth, dressed as the serial killer, appears from behind)
 * Chris: (after DJ fainted) Join us after the break to see if DJ is still alive. DJ. Come in DJ.
 * (DJ is having an hallucination where he sees his Mom in the clouds)
 * (Heather slaps DJ)
 * Duncan: (taste tests his fake blood concoction) Hm. Needs more corn syrup. It's not quite scabby, enough.
 * DJ: Guys, I don't know if I should do this. I don't like scaring people. My momma says it's not gentlemanly.
 * Lindsay: What! Why me? Beth!
 * DJ: Stop! I'm gonna do what I should've done long ago; Make Momma proud. I'm voting myself off.
 * Owen: Wait, wait, wait! You've been cooking all of the delicious food? The pizza? The cheesecake? The sandwiches?
 * (DJ has gone into the Lame-o-sine and is leaving. Owen chases after him and grabs onto the Lame-O-sine.)
 * DJ: (inside the Lame-o-sine) Wednesday, momma and I are going to the petting zoo. She likes the ducks because they have honest spaces. I like the bunnies because they don't lie. I hope she isn't as mad at me in real life as she was in my dream. I did the right thing in the end. Isn't that what matters? So I lost out on a million bucks, but I still have my integrity. Well, with everyone who didn't watch the show, I guess. As for the people who did watch the show, maybe I can bake them my famous cinnamon buns.

Trivia

 * Title Reference - The Blair Witch Project:
 * Similar to Hook, Line, and Screamer, this episode contains many parodies/references to famous horror-themed movies:
 * Halloween: Music similar to the original theme plays towards the end of the first challenge, when DJ is about to scare Harold; the "killers" also wielded giant kitchen knives similar to the signature weapon of Michael Myers. Also, Beth's POV through the eyes of the mask is similar to when a young Michael's POV was shown in the beginning of the film after he committed his first murder.
 * The Amityville Horror: The blood tactic that Duncan used to make the wall look like they were oozing blood.
 * Ghostbusters: The ghost reading devices that Chris gave the Grips.
 * Friday the 13th: The hockey mask worn by the killers.
 * With DJ's elimination, the Killer Grips now have more members than the Screaming Gaffers for the first time in the series.
 * This is the second time Lindsay is saved from almost being eliminated. The first was in Up The Creek, when the RCMP came just before the final marshmallow was distributed. However, unlike that instance, it seems that this time, Lindsay truly would have been voted off, as both Izzy and Justin admitted to being scared of her when she yelled at them in the Craft Services Tent, and even Beth admitted that Lindsay was "being a little bossy." Thus, that would make a three-out-of-five majority against Lindsay.
 * This marks the first time in the series where one team won the challenge, but ended up losing one of its own members anyway.
 * These are the parts each cast member played.
 * DJ becomes the second person to vote themselves off and confesses to having had an illegal alliance with Chef. Gwen was the first to do so. Strangely, they do this consecutively.
 * He is the second out of three to vote for himself in Total Drama Action and the second out of four overall.
 * Once again, DJ is eliminated during a horror themed challenge (the first was the Psycho Killer challenge in Hook, Line, and Screamer). This is also the second time that DJ has left the competition without actually being voted off by the other contestants. (Again, the first was in in Hook, Line, and Screamer, where the loser was chosen based on poorest performance instead of votes.)
 * It is revealed that DJ's initials stand for Devon Joseph; his mother also calls him "Poopydoo."
 * This is the second time a contestant's full name is revealed. The first was Harold in One Flu Over the Cuckoos (real name Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V), and the third was Cody in Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1 (real name Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson).
 * Lindsay was most likely the one who was supposed to be eliminated, as both Izzy and Beth seemed to give off the impression that they voted against her. Justin may have also joined in the vote, since he cares nothing for her.
 * Izzy reveals she has a dog, making her the fifth person to own a dog. There other four are Lindsay, Noah, Owen and Duncan (though Duncan's dog Petey had long since run away).
 * Izzy and Owen make out for the first time each season in episodes based on horror movies. They first made out in Hook, Line, and Screamer (where they first became a couple, incidentally) and now in this episode. The difference is that they are seen out in the open making out in this episode, while in Hook, Line, and Screamer, Izzy dragged Owen behind a bush to make out with him.
 * Chris forced Duncan and Heather to kiss in this episode during the third part of the challenge.
 * The Scream-O-Meter is very similar the Chef-O-Meter from Not Quite Famous. Ironically, Harold won that challenge when it was his turn as well (though he did not achieve the highest overall score this time).
 * Lindsay seemed to take the role of team captain for this episode when Heather referred to her as a "follower," but was too bossy, causing her to become unpopular with her teammates and almost got voted off as a result. She attempts again in Full Metal Drama, but continues to fail, until a real leader takes over the team in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine.
 * The cast members seen in the confessional in this episode were Harold, Lindsay and Duncan.
 * Beth reveals that she cannot scream due to a botched tonsillectomy.
 * Owen states in this episode that he hates Chef's cooking. However, in many episodes previous, he has stated that he loves it.
 * Lindsay says that Owen must have S 'n' P. This may be a reference to Amanda Seyfried's character, Karen Smith, in Mean Girls noting that she has ESPN (instead of ESP).
 * This is the second time Justin and Lindsay got the final Gilded Chris Award due to DJ eliminating himself; the first time was during Riot On Set.
 * DJ kept having dreams featuring his mother sitting on a cloud and telling him that "nobody likes a cheater" due to his overwhelming guilt of being in an illegal alliance with Chef.
 * The music from Cody's dream in The Big Sleep is heard during DJ's dream.
 * Ronnita the Rent-a-Cop is an obvious reference to 6teen, in which it is Ron the Rent-a-Cop.
 * This episode was written by Shelley Scarow.

Goofs

 * Beth states she can't scream due to a faulty tonsillectomy, but in various episodes before this one, Beth can be heard screaming. One example is in 3:10 to Crazytown, in which Chris shot his gun and Beth screamed with fear and annoyance, and in Monster Cash, she is heard screaming while running from the monster with DJ, Gwen, and Trent. It is unknown whether she was lying or not though, (she has been known to lie about certain things) about the failed surgery. Or possibly, she can only scream at some points.
 * When Lindsay is inside the confessional, the Gaffers logo comes up, but Lindsay is a Grip.
 * Continuity Error: DJ is able to quit Total Drama Action, but all the contestants weren't allowed to leave before the series ended (due to signing contracts).
 * When we see DJ's mother in his audition tape, his mother looks completely different.
 * However it is possible that the picture on DJ's audition tape was when DJ's mother was younger.
 * When DJ outs himself as a cheater, all of the Killer Grips are shocked. This is strange, as Izzy knew of the alliance as of The Aftermath: I. Either she just wanted to play along leaving the cast to wonder, or the aftermath show was filmed after this episode. (But this is unlikely, as Izzy would have to keep her return a secret.)
 * When Chris "died" when he hit the stage light, it was impossible for Chris to get where he was and have a hole the size of what he had due to the light being much larger than the pole.
 * There should also have been blood on the light if he had actually went through it.