2008: A Space Owen

'''It's time for Total Drama Action to lift off as the cast competes in space themed challenges. Two castmates start to feel a strain on their alliance and another still can't shake his guilt. After a number of calculations, someone believes there to be a traitor amongst the cast, but is eliminated before he is able to expose him.'''

Plot
The episode opens with the contestants being woken up in the middle of the night. Chris greets them and tells them that they have all been sent something from the outside world, and gives them their packages. Owen gets a Trophy for being a good citizen, which upsets him due to his new role on the show. Courtney gets a photo of herself winning a debate. Harold gets nun-chucks, whil Beth gets a "promise" candy ring from Brady. Duncan gets his pet tarantula, Scruffy.

Then, Chris tells them to meet him at a different location for the challenge. There, he tells them that they must spend the rest of the night riding in a space simulation rollar coaster. The group goes inside the space ship, and they sleep in zero-gravity until they are woken up by an alarm. The alarm tells them that they need to fix the ship, so they decide that they must grab the joystick, so Duncan thrusts Harold at it. Harold then stops the ship. Meanwhile, while the castmates compliment Harold, Owen is off by a window. Fulfilling his duties, he takes Harold's gift and breaks the ship's window. The cast then is told that they have several minutes to fill the space or else they will run out of Oxygen. Ironically, they then use Owen to fill the hole.

The challenge is then over, and the cast members exit the ship. As Beth and Courtney, or the "Girl's Alliance," were the ones to use Owen as the solution, they got to choose the order for the next part of the challenge. Without consulting Beth, Courtney decided that she would choose the order: Harold, Owen, Duncan, Beth, and then herself. They then find out that the next challenge is to ride the "Vomit Comet" and Courtney tries to take back her desicion, but it is too late.

Harold rides first, but accidently ends up with Scruffy being inside too. Harold immediatly asks to leave the ride, and loses the challenge. Duncan then asks Harold where Scruffy is, but it turns out that he is dead. Next, Owen rides next and ends up leaving early too, but not after farting inside the ride many times, due to Chef's chili. He does not vomit, but Duncan is still disgusted as he enters. Duncan ends up being the first one to vomit, and manages to stay in the longest so far (but gets 10 seconds off for vomiting). Beth goes next, still upset that she is going so late and that the ride has already been soiled; yet, she refuses to stick with Courtney and not participate at all. Beth manages to stay in longest with thirty-six seconds. Beth exists the ride and kisses Harold, as she assumes that Harold has feelings for her, which he does not. Harold is disgusted that Beth then dumps Brady and tells Harold that she wishes to date him. Meanwhile, Courtney is upset that Beth did not go along with her plan, and ends up forfiting herself in the challenge. Beth then earns immunity.

The scene then cuts to Duncan and Harold sitting outside the girl's trailer as they argue. Inside the trailer, Beth and Courtney break up their alliance, and each decide to fight alone for the rest of the game. Meanwhile, Harold finds Owen out in the filmlot. Harold explains to Owen that he is suspicious of him, as Owen was the only castmate not accounted for when the window broke on the space ship. Harold tells Owen that he knows he is a traitor.

At the Guilded Chris Ceremony, the castmates are seen voting. Courtney is the only one who will not imply to the camera whom she is voting for. Courtney and Harold are the final two, with Harold being sent home. As he leaves, he pulls down Duncan's pants, which Duncan admits he had seen it coming, and shouts to the other castmates that Owen is a traitor and that they should watch him like a falcon, as it has better eyesight than a hawk. Beth also mentions that she will "wait for Harold," much to Harold's dismay.

Chris then signs off the show.

Quotes
Beth: It's Bra-dy and he's totally real! Courtney: Let me see that! (takes it away; reading) 'Awarded to the most trusting, caring, honest student who always puts others before himself.' Owen: (teary-eyed) 'scuse me...(runs off crying) Duncan: What's his problem? Courtney: More importantly, why didn't I get one of these?! Harold: Dude, that's one small dog. Duncan: It's not a dog, it's a tarantula. (to Scruffy) Awww. I wuv you, Scruffy. (makes kissy faces at Scruffy) Yes I do! Duncan: Nope. Courtney: Not even remotely. Duncan: No can do, babe. 'Already gave it to Scruffy. Zero Gs can be tough on the little guy. Harold: Wasn't planning on it. Beth: (to herself;sighs) He so wants me. Courtney: There, there. Scruffy's in a better place now. (in confessional) Yeah! Anywhere but here! Harold: Yes! I knew my mind powers would kick in when I needed them most! Duncan: It's not that, it's my mattress! I still have a stabbing pain in my back. Owen: Who stabbed you in the back? It wasn't me! I'm a good guy! Not some dirty back-stabber! I swear. You guys, you gotta believe me! (short pause) Uh..nothin' to see here; carry on! Duncan: At least the ride snapped my spine back into place. No more pain. Courtney: (holds up fist) Wanna bet? Beth: (in confessional) If I can take the plunge and say yes to Brady, then surely I have the strength of will needed to get inside a smelly space suit and be hurled around like a rag doll for five minutes. They're practically the same thing, right? Beth: I'll do it! Harold: Bye, bye, traitor. (votes) Owen: Harold's on to me! I know it! (votes) Beth: The girl's alliance is over! (votes) Courtney: (to camera) Back off. There's a reason this is called "secret voting" people. Harold: 5th place?! But Owen's the traitor! You've gotta watch that guy like a hawk! (Chef tosses Harold into the Lame-O-Sine) No wait! A falcon! Their eyesight is way superior. Beth: Goodbye, Harold. I'll wait for you. Harold: Haven't I suffered enough? Chris: We'll see about that. (The Lame-O-Sine drives off, and vanishes in a flash of light, leaving behind two fiery trails, and a spinning licence plate) And you'll see how our remaining contestants suffer, next time on Total, Drama, Action!
 * Harold: (in confessional) Maybe I filled Duncan's mattress with coal, and maybe I did.but, yeah. (holds up two ) I totally did. OW MY HAND
 * Courtney: Don't you get enough Science Fiction with that weird boyfriend of yours? What's his fake name, again? Brainy?
 * Owen: What did I get?! (opens box) A citizen of the school year trophy?
 * Courtney: (in confessional) When I was head of the school debating team, my partner walked out on me during the biggest debate of the year because she though I wasn't being a "team player." So I went on to win it without her. Take that Britney Reed! This photo serves as a reminder: If you want something done right, you do it yourself!
 * Duncan: Scruffy! Ha!
 * Duncan: (to Scruffy) Scruffy, no! Bad killer spider!
 * Beth: Look, guys! Brady gave me a promise ring! Can you believe it?!
 * Courtney: Duncan? Can I have your pillow? Mine floated off somewhere.
 * Courtney: (in confessional) As if I'm going to play second fiddle to a tarantula. Ah! I hate that gross hairy creature....and his pet spider too.
 * Harold: (to Beth) I think you're making a mistake, being exclusive to one guy. Why tie yourself down when you can keep playing the field like moi.
 * Beth: Harold? Aren't you going to help me down?
 * Harold: Awesome. I'd hate to be going last in something called a 'Vomit Comet.' Thanks for taking one for the team, Courtney.
 * Harold: (in confessional) If I was the last man alive in space, and Beth was the last woman, then maybe we'd have a chance. But here, on Earth? Please! Think about how disapointed LeShawna and Heather would be. I just can't do that to the ladies.
 * Duncan: Where's my Scruffy?! (sees him dead on Harold's back) No! Scruffy!
 * Duncan: (to Harold) Give me one good reason not to beat you to a pulp. (his back cracks) Aw!
 * Courtney: (to Duncan) That was so disgusting! How could you do that to me?
 * Courtney: (to Beth) If we both refuse to do the challenge, then we'll have strength in numbers at the elimination ceremony. Are you with me Beth?
 * Courtney: The girl alliance sticks together, Chris. We're both refusing to participate.
 * Beth: (to Harold) I'm calling it off with Brady and giving us a try!
 * Harold: (to Duncan) I, too, love a good cat fight, but one with real cats, wearing tiny boxing gloves.
 * Courtney: (in confessional) Once again, I'm better off alone. There's no "team" in "I." From now on, it's the Courtney alliance. And I'm in it to win it.
 * Harold: (in confessional) Math never lies. But, apparently, Owen the traitor does! Hi-ya! (breaks Owen's trophy)
 * Duncan: This'll teach you to mess with my Scruffy! (votes)
 * Duncan: Get on with it, Doris! (Harold runs to Duncan, and pulls his pants down, Chef grabs Harold) I kinda had that coming.

Trivia

 * This episode's title is a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey
 * During the space roller coaster ride, the music in the scene is very similar to the music in 2001: A Space Odyssey
 * This is the second episode in a row to feature Owen's name.
 * This is the first (and last) time in Total Drama Action, that Harold has ever come in the bottom two. With his elimination, Beth is now the only cast mate thus far to never come in the bottom two at all.
 * With Harold's elimination, Duncan is the last Gaffer on the show.
 * Ironically, he was also the last Bass on the show last season.
 * The cast members all get packages from home in this episode:
 * Owen: A Student-Of-The-Year Trophy
 * Courtney: A photo of herself winning a debate
 * Beth: A candy "promise" ring
 * Duncan: His pet tarantula, Scruffy
 * Harold: His Nun-Chucks
 * Interestingly, by the end of the episode, four of the presents could no longer be accounted for.
 * Owen threw Harold's out Nun-Chuck the window of the space ship.
 * Scruffy was killed by Harold.
 * Owen's trophy was broken by Harold.
 * Beth finished eating her candy ring.
 * This is the second time that Harold has been hit in the head by his nunchuks, the first time is in Phobia Factor.
 * In the end when Harold goes off the Lame-o-sine, it parodies the movie Back to the Future.
 * As Harold is driven away in the Lame-o-sine, you can hear the opening tune to The Power of Love, which was also heard in the movie Back to the Future.
 * Harold is the second person and first male in Total Drama Action to win an award challenge then get eliminated in the next episode.
 * This is the third time Duncan called Harold by his middle name, Doris.
 * When they were voting:
 * Duncan voted off Harold
 * Owen voted off Harold
 * Harold voted off Owen
 * Beth voted off Courtney
 * Courtney's vote is not revealed in the episode although it can be reasoned down to either Duncan or Harold
 * Duncan didn't seem to hold a grudge against Harold for punching him in the previous episode.
 * Harold pulls two pranks on Duncan; Putting rocks in his mattress and he also pants him at the end.
 * Beth develops a crush on Harold in this episode, and breaks up with Brady because of it.
 * This is the first episode of Total Drama Action in which Courtney did not win the invincibility, making Beth the only other to do so. Reward challenges not counting as there is no "invincibility".
 * Strangely, the space set background shown in Monster Cash is not used on this episode.
 * The elimination is a slight reference to Resident Evil due to both persons being eliminated/killed due to them knowing a little too much about some others.
 * Harold also got eliminated due to killing Duncan's pet Spider
 * The Vomit Comet is a reference to the roller coaster, the vomit comet, on 6teen.
 * The candy "promise" ring that Beth receives from Brady resembles a Ring Pop.
 * After Harold's elimination, this is the second time that Owen and Duncan made it to the final four, for the second time in a row.
 * This the second time Chef had to escort Harold out of the competition.

Goofs

 * Contrary to the title, this episode aired in late 2009. This could mean, however that the series takes place in the summer of 2008, or its a reference to when the episode was written.
 * When the castmates were listening to Chris' instructions in front of the Vomit Comet, their order in which they were standing changed with the camera angle.
 * Beth's ring disappears many times in the episode.
 * For the Space Ride, where the castmates experienced perpetual zero-gravity, would have actually been, if any, small bursts of zero-gravity followed by forces equal to two times Earth's gravity.