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{{TDRREpisode
|image = 9ab882a652139d8a2659de282dbc4650.png
|season = 1
|number = 9
|can = January 18, 2016
|usa = September 16, 2015
|location = [[List of Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race locations#Hawaii, United States|Hawaii, United States]]  → [[List of Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race locations#Dubai, United Arab Emirates|Dubai, United Arab Emirates]]
|challenge = Either return a serve from the world's toughest tennis launcher (Serve), or wash an entire column of windows of the Burj Al Arab (Squeegee)<br>Race to the Gold Souk mall, where the Chill Zone is located
|winner = [[Emma|Sis]][[Kitty|ters]]
|eliminated = [[Kelly|Mom]] & [[Taylor|Daughter]]
|previous = [[Hawaiian Honeyruin]]
|next = [[New Beijinging]]}}
'''The thirteen teams travel to [[List of Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race locations#Dubai, United Arab Emirates|Dubai]], where they go through some of the [[List of Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race challenges|harshest challenges]] yet that challenge their abilities in the sky. [[Kitty|A]] [[Owen|duo]] works together to form the [[Emma|ultimate]] [[Noah|alliance]] between their teams, while a [[Josee|successful]] [[Jacques|duo]] finds themselves losing their luck as they lose the podium to a [[Mickey|weaker]] [[Jay|duo]]. [[Kelly|Two]] [[Carrie|participants]] continue to show problems in associating with [[Taylor|their]] [[Devin|partners]], but in the end a quick diversion ends up leading to the [[Elimination (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race)|end]] of a [[Taylor|rekindled]] [[Kelly|bond]].'''

==Plot==
[[File:Love_the_group_pics.png|thumb|left|220px|The teams that choose the tennis challenge face terrible problems.]]
The episode starts with the last leg's winners, the [[Geoff|Surfer]] [[Brody|Dudes]], taking the first [[List of Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race gameplay elements#Travel Tip|Travel Tip]]. Brody reads it out, and has trouble pronouncing "Dubai". Don takes over, and begins to describe Dubai, saying it is their next destination. After arriving, the teams must take a bus to Burj Al Arab. Six teams get on the first flight while the rest have to wait for the next one. For winning the last leg, the Surfer Dudes earn themselves the luxury of first-class, which makes [[Jacques]] jealous, but [[Josee]] assures their next victory with help from her good luck lava rock. Meanwhile, as the other seven teams book themselves on the second flight, the [[Stephanie|Dat]][[Ryan|ers]] give each other the silent treatment after their harsh break-up in the [[Hawaiian Honeyruin|previous episode]]. On the first flight, [[Kitty]] suggests that they form an [[Sisters' alliances|alliance]] with the [[Owen|Reality]] [[Noah|TV Pros]], due to their experience with reality TV. However, [[Emma]] rejects the idea, not liking Noah's snarky attitude. On the second flight, [[Mickey]] gets a nosebleed along with an ear infection due to his fear of flight, despite not even departing yet. Meanwhile, [[Taylor]] is still upset about learning the truth of her past achievements. [[Kelly]] is forced to sit next to [[Dwayne|Father]] and [[Junior|Son]], due to Taylor demanding that she needs more space. Kelly explains her family issues to Dwayne, who believes this is a perfect opportunity to form an alliance, even though Junior doesn't approve.

[[File:tennis meance.png|thumb|220px|The Tennis Menace, the world's toughest tennis ball launcher.]]
Back on the first flight, Noah and Emma have a friendly talk while both Owen and Kitty watch. Kitty explains that Emma is still upset about her break-up with Jake. Owen and Kitty agree to help turn Noah and Emma into a couple. The first flight arrives to Dubai as the teams receive an Either/Or challenge. In this Either/Or, teams have to either serve one ball each to one of the toughest ball launchers in the world or clean a section of the Burj Al Arab's windows from top to bottom. The Reality TV Pros and Sisters both choose the Squeegee while the Surfer Dudes choose Serve. The Surfers are confident, believing that the challenge is child's play until they discover the difficulty in serving. On the second flight, Dwayne tries to give advice to Kelly but ends up angering her after he accidentally insults Taylor, stating she is spoiled rotten. The second flight arrives in Dubai and the teams unanimously choose to Serve after noticing the Sisters sharing a near-death experience. Mickey gets another nose-bleed after getting hit by the [[List of minor objects#Tennis Menace|Tennis Menace]], but the Twins still do Serve because of their dislike of the sound of squeegees streaking on windows. Father and Son, along with Daughter and Mom, switch to Squeegee after noticing the dangers of the Tennis Menace. Despite the Adversity Twins doing badly on their first attempt, they decide to stick with it.

[[File:Kitty_tennis_beast.png|thumb|220px|left|The [[Emma|Sis]][[Kitty|ters]] ultimately face both challenges.]]
While the Ice Dancers are confident at first, due to Jacques' successful hit, Josee gets distracted by a seagull and is struck by one of the balls. They also agree to switch to do Squeegee. Kelly is jealous of Dwayne's parenting skills after watching him get along with his son. Ryan's teasing angers Stephanie, who manages to knock the Tennis Menace off the building and onto the Sisters' platform, which causes Emma to free fall.

[[File:Noahsavesemma.png|thumb|220px|Noah [[Emma and Noah|saves]] Emma from certain death.]]
Noah notices and manages to catch Emma, which results in her restating her previous expectations on Noah, and an attraction ensues. The Reality TV Pros and Sisters finally agree on an alliance due to this. Owen then uses his body as a squeegee, which helps himself and Noah along with the Sisters complete the challenge. It also causes [[Jay]] to pass out after hearing the streaking sound, which helps him hit a ball along with [[Mickey]], allowing them to be the first to complete the challenge. The next challenge is to find the Chill Zone in the Gold Souk. Back at the Serve challenge, the Tennis Menace is severely damaged, which makes the challenge easier for the teams to complete. However, [[Carrie]] becomes upset when [[Devin]] constantly mentions Shelley. Mother and Daughter finish washing the windows, but Kelly finally loses her patience with her daughter's disrespectful behavior when Taylor rubs bird poop from her boot onto Kelly's sleeve. Kelly gives Taylor a time-out by hoisting her up the suspended scaffolding, which results in them losing their lead.

[[File:Kelly_Taylor_happy.png|thumb|left|220px|[[Kelly|Mom]] and [[Taylor|Daughter]] reconcile.]]
At the Gold Souk, the Reality TV Pros and Sisters make it to the Chill Zone. Noah allows Emma and Kitty to reach the Chill Zone first, which causes Emma to develop feelings for him. However, she tries to hide this from Kitty. Josee rages once again when she finds out that she and Jacques have placed fourth place, behind the Twins, who feel that their bad luck is being absorbed by another team. More teams arrive until only the Best Friends and Mom and Daughter are left. Taylor finally apologizes (albeit rather halfheartedly) after her mother reveals that the Chill Zone is at a mall full of gold. However, they forget to check-in before going shopping, allowing Carrie and Devin to finish before them and Mom and Daughter to be eliminated. The two aren't upset by this, with Kelly being glad they are leaving the Race with something much better than the prize. She then mentions that she's cancelling her daughter's allowance, which shocks her.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
![[Staff#Voice actors|Voice actor]]
![[:Category:Characters|Role(s)]]
|-
|Terry McGurrin
|[[Don]]
|-
|Scott McCord
|[[Brody]]/[[Jacques]]/[[Owen]]
|-
|Kristin Fairlie
|[[Carrie]]
|-
|Darren Frost
|[[Chet]]
|-
|Jeff Geddis
|[[Devin]]
|-
|Neil Crone
|[[Dwayne]]
|-
|Stacey DePass
|[[Emma (The Ridonculous Race)|Emma]]
|-
|Dan Petronijevic
|[[Geoff]]
|-
|Lyon Smith
|[[Jay]]/[[Mickey]]
|-
|Julie Lemieux
|[[Josee]]/[[Kelly]]
|-
|Jacob Ewaniuk
|[[Junior]]
|-
|Stephanie Anne Mills
|[[Kitty]]
|-
|Carlos Díaz
|[[Lorenzo]]/Ticket Clerk
|-
|Carter Hayden
|[[Noah]]
|-
|Joseph Motiki
|[[Ryan]]
|-
|Nicki Burke
|[[Stephanie]]
|-
|Bryn McAuley
|[[Taylor]]
|}

*[[Crimson]], [[Ennui]], [[MacArthur]], [[Rock]], [[Sanders]], and [[Spud]] appear; however they do not speak.
*The Tennis Menace speaks; however, it is unknown who voiced it.

==Leaderboard==
{{LeaderboardLegend}}
{| style="font-size:11px;" align="center"
| {{TeamPlacement|Emma&Kitty (RR).png|Kitty|Emma|first|1st place|Sisters}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Noah&Owen (RR).png|Owen|Noah|racing|2nd place|Reality TV Pros}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Mickey&Jay (RR).png|Jay|Mickey|racing|3rd place|Adversity Twins}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Josee&Jacques (RR).png|Josee|Jacques|racing|4th place|Ice Dancers}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Stephanie&Ryan (RR).png|Stephanie|Ryan|racing|5th place|Daters}}
|-
| {{TeamPlacement|Dwayne&DwayneJr (RR).png|Dwayne|Junior|racing|6th place|Father & Son}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Ennui&Crimson (RR).png|Ennui|Crimson|racing|7th place|Goths}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Sanders&MacArthur (RR).png|MacArthur|Sanders|racing|8th place|Police Cadets}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Geoff&Brody (RR).png|Brody|Geoff|racing|9th place|Surfer Dudes}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Lorenzo&Chet (RR).png|Lorenzo|Chet|racing|10th place|Stepbrothers}}
|-
| {{TeamPlacement|Rock&Spud (RR).png|Rock|Spud|racing|11th place|Rockers}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Devin&Carrie (RR).png|Devin|Carrie|racing|12th place|Best Friends}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Kelly&Taylor (RR).png|Kelly|Taylor|elim|13th place|Mother & Daughter}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Tom&Jen (RR)_bw.png|Tom|Jen|none|Eliminated|Fashion Bloggers}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Laurie&Miles (RR)_bw.png|Laurie|Miles|none|Eliminated|Vegans}}
|-
|
| {{TeamPlacement|Ellody&Mary (RR)_bw.png|Ellody|Mary|none|Eliminated|Geniuses}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Gerry&Pete (RR)_bw.png|Pete|Gerry|none|Eliminated|Tennis Rivals}}
| {{TeamPlacement|Leonard&Tammy (RR)_bw.png|Leonard|Tammy|none|Eliminated|LARPers}}
|
|}

==Trivia==
===General===
*Pictures of [[Chris]], as well as [[Gilded Chris Award]] statuettes, appear at one store in the mall, while the store where the Chill Zone is located has Chris and Chef bobbleheads for sale, as seen on the dashboard on the [[Total Drama Jumbo Jet]].
*This is the first time the Ice Dancers are placed in a position lower than third place.
*The ones who do the "Squeegee" challenge are the Reality TV pros, Sisters, Ice Dancers, Mother and Daughter, and Father and Son teams. All the other teams choose "Serve".
*When some luggage falls on Jacques, [[Bridgette]]'s blue bag that is sometimes seen in [[Total Drama Island]] can be seen.
*This is the only elimination episode to feature an [[List of Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race gameplay elements#Either/Or|Either/Or]] challenge.
*Jacques explains that tantrums run in Josee's family by telling of the time when Josee's mother attacked him with a lamp when he was late to pick up Josee for ice dancing practice.
*This is the only episode where MacArthur and Sanders don't speak.

===Continuity===
*The [[Geoff|Surfer]] [[Brody|Dudes]] getting full access to first-class on the Dubai flight is similar to how winning teams in [[Total Drama World Tour]] gained access to first-class of the [[Total Drama Jumbo Jet]].
*This is the fourth consecutive episode where [[Dwayne|Father]] and [[Junior|Son]] finish in sixth.
*Dwayne recalls his team being on the first flight and having a delay in [[Brazilian Pain Forest]] while trying to comfort Junior after they didn't make it on the first flight this time.
*The girl who works at the airport in [[The Aftermath: IV]], who also makes appearances throughout [[Total Drama World Tour]] as well in [[French is an Eiffel Language]] is seen.
*Noah referring to a store full of [[Gilded Chris Award]]s as a "dollar store" is a reference to his [[Everyone and Chris#Noah|disdain]] for the [[Chris|host]] of [[Total Drama]].
*Owen recalls eating Beary in [[Brazilian Pain Forest]].

===References===
*The name of the episode is a play on "Hello and Goodbye".
*The Tennis Menace is a parody of the [[wikipedia:Dalek|Daleks]] from ''[[wikipedia:Doctor_Who|Doctor Who]]''. It even chants "Participate" in a similar manner to the way Daleks say "Exterminate".
*The teams playing tennis on the rooftop helipad of the Burj Al Arab is a reference to a 2005 publicity stunt by the hotel in which professional tennis players Andre Agassi and Roger Federer played a match on the hotel's helipad.
*The landmarks in Dubai are related to some World Record-Breaking structures:
**The [[wikipedia:Burj Al Arab|Burj Al-Arab]] is the world's first 7-star hotel.
**The mall is in reference to [[wikipedia:The Dubai Mall|The Dubai Mall]], the largest shopping structure on Earth in reference to size (not retail space.)
**The [[wikipedia:Dubai Gold Souk|Gold Souk]] is a traditional Arab marketplace which almost exclusively deals in gold and jewelry.
**The [[wikipedia:Burj Khalifa|Burj Khalifa]] as seen in the postcard is the world's tallest tower, standing at 828 meters.

===Goofs===
[[File:Error! Emma is in the air.png|thumb|210px|Emma is not standing on the suspended scaffolding.]]
*When Emma slides off the scaffolding, for a brief moment her right foot is a few inches under the scaffolding instead of on the scaffolding.
*Before the Sisters and Reality TV Pros complete the Squeegee challenge, Owen rips off his shirt. However, when they finish, it's intact when Kitty hands it to him.
*After Mickey gets hit with a tennis ball for the first time, he doesn't have the gap in his teeth.
*When tennis balls are being fired at the contestants, the tissues inside of Mickey's nose disappears.
*In [[French is an Eiffel Language]], Kitty says that Emma broke up with [[List of minor characters#Jake|Jake]] two years ago, but in this episode, when Kitty tells Owen about it, she says it was three years ago. However, it's possible that it became three years between that episode and this one.
[[File:Emma Hair.png|thumb|210px|Emma's hair is inaccurately drawn.]]
*When Emma grabs hold of the scaffolding before she falls, her hair is drawn inaccurately for a brief moment.
*When Brody says "tennis ball is like a wimp sport", half of his hair splits from his head for a split second.
*Even though the sides of each suspended scaffolding move separately, Kelly raises hers despite only activating one lever.

==Gallery==

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Geoff_and_brody_hawaii.png|The Surfer Dudes are the first team to get a Travel Tip.
Dubai_please.png|The teams in the lead ask for tickets to Dubai.
Last_team_row_dubai.png|The last teams get their tickets.
tumblr_nupp7mvz5v1uffaifo1_500.jpg|Geoff and Brody in first class.
Jacques_crushed.png|Some luggage falls on Jacques.
Owena_nd_noah_plane_dubai.png|Owen sitting on Noah.
Taylor_and_twins.png|Taylor tells the Twins to stop complaining, as the plane is still to take off.
Sike_means_it_isnt.png|Taylor wants to be alone after last episode.
dwayne_and_kelly_moment_by_nikki1975-d9ac4ja.png|Kelly explains her family issues to Dwayne.
kittyemmaplane.png|Emma and Kitty on the plane.
weshouldformanalliance.png|Kitty asks Emma about forming an alliance with Noah and Owen.
noahemmatalking.png|Emma talking with Noah...
tumblr_nv1qocRpkh1u6x8oyo1_500.png|...for the enjoyment of Kitty and Owen.
Teams_pic_tennis.png|Some teams pick the Tennis.
Brody_tennis_fail.png|Brody fails at returning a serve.
Carrie_distracted_shelley.png|Carrie gets distracted with Devin's words and fails...
Chet_and_the_girls.png|...and so does Chet.
kittyemmadubai.png|The sisters choose washing the windows.
kittyemmadubai2.png|Emma and Kitty are afraid of the challenge.
Seeerve!.png|The teams pick tennis after watching the Sisters nearly falling.
That_sound.png|The Twins can't stand the squeegee sound.
Familiy_reunion_rr.png|Father & Son and Mom & Daughter decide to switch to Squeegee.
Mad_jacques.png|The Ice Dancers and the Best Friends ready for the challenge.
Jacques_confident.png|Jacques manages to return the serve.
You might learn something.png|Devin promises to shut up when he sees Jacques's tennis skills.
Josee_not_confident.png|Josee doesn't manage to return the serve.
Dwaynes_summer_work.png|Dwayne and Junior cleaning the windows.
Stephanie_argues_tennis.png|Stephanie arguing with Ryan before the challenge.
Performance_canada.png|Jacques and Josee switch to the squeegee...
Local score.png|...and are given a score by a local.
Sistersprosalliance.png|The Sisters form an alliance with Noah and Owen.
Kelly_sick_of_taylor.png|Kelly starts losing her patience with Taylor.
Owen_rips_off_shirt.png|Owen rips his shirt off.
HumanSqugee.jpg|Owen uses himself as a squeegee and win for both his team and the Sisters.
Spit1.png|A hotel staff member spits out her coffee...
PersonShocked1.png|...because she is shocked at seeing Owen slide down the window.
Jay_tennis_master.png|Jay unknowingly hits the tennis ball.
Mickey_hit.png|Mickey gets hit with a tennis ball.
Guys clap.png|The Rockers and the Surfer Dudes clap at the Twins' moves.
So_close_dubai.png|The Sisters and Reality TV Pros bypass the Ice Dancers.
Goowen.png|The Sisters and Reality TV Pros finish first.
NoahKittyHappy.png|Noah is proud of Owen for taking one for the team.
OwenAfterSqueegee.png|''"I feel like I just took a roller coaster through a car wash."''<div align="right"> - Owen</div>
Emmareadsatip.png|Emma reading a Travel Tip.
Teams return serves.png|More teams manage to complete the challenge.
Spud belly return.png|Spud returns a serve with his stomach.
Enui_serve.png|Ennui returns the serve, motionless.
Carrie_mad_at_devin.png|Carrie gets mad at Devin for comparing her to Shelley again.
Kelly_finishes.png|Kelly and Taylor finally finish the challenge.
Dirty_mother.png|Taylor cleans her boot on Kelly's clothes.
Taylor_finally.png|Kelly leaves Taylor hanging until she apologizes.
emmalaughs.png|Emma is amused by Noah's joke...
ididntgetit.png|...but in an interview she says she didn't get it.
noahemmadubai.png|Noah lets Emma and Kitty finish first.
sisterswins.png|Emma and Kitty are the first team to arrive at the Chill Zone.
Twins_third_yay.png|Don reveals the Adversity Twins came in third.
5th 6th 7th 8th.png|The fifth through eighth...
9th 10th 11th.png|...and ninth through eleventh placing teams.
Carrie and Taylor.png|[[Carrie]] and [[Devin]] and [[Taylor]] and [[Kelly]] are in the bottom two.
Queen are out ;(.png|Kelly and Taylor are eliminated from the race.
Taylor_and_Kelly's_departure.png|Taylor and Kelly's departure.
</gallery>
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==See also==
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[[Category:Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race episodes]]