Not So Happy Campers—Part 2

Not So Happy Campers—Part 2
Total Drama Island
Season 1
Episode 2
Original airdate
Canada	July 8, 2007
United States	June 12, 2008
Summary
Challenge(s)	Jump off a one thousand foot cliff into a shark-infested lake Construct a hot tub from material found in the crates
Reward(s)	A hot tub party
Winner(s)	Screaming Gophers
Eliminated	Ezekiel
Episode guide
Previous episode Not So Happy Campers - Part 1
Next episode The Big Sleep

The two teams begin their first challenge: jumping off a 1,000 foot cliff into a small safe zone surrounded by shark-infested waters, and building a hot tub out of wood. One team bonds quickly, while the other struggles to cooperate. After the two-part challenge, one contestant's comments anger the female contestants on his team, and therefore leading to his early elimination.

Plot

The episode continues where the last episode left off, with all of the campers assembled at the top of the cliff. Chris reveals the first challenge of the series: The campers must jump off the one thousand foot high cliff into a safe-zone in the lake, which is represented by a small ring of buoys. For every camper that completes the challenge, their team will receive a point. After every contestant is offered a chance to jump, the points are tallied, with the winning team earning an advantage in the following part of the challenge: building a hot tub. The team with the best hot tub gets to have a hot tub party that night, while the losing team must vote a camper off for the first time. Bridgette thinks the challenge is fairly straight forward, but Chris reveals that the rest of the lake is loaded with rare, freshwater, man-eating sharks.

Harold painfully lands in the water, doing the splits in the process.

The Killer Bass are up, but no one is eager to go first. Bridgette nervously volunteers, successfully landing in the safe zone. Spurred on by her victory, Tyler enthusiastically jumps next. Although he crashes painfully onto one of the buoys in the lake, he still lands in the safe zone. Geoff, Eva, and Duncan then successfully complete their jumps with no problem. However, DJ is afraid of heights and does not jump, and he is forced to wear a chicken hat and take the escalator down the cliff. Ezekiel and Harold complete their jumps, but they both get injured; Ezekiel hits a rock jutting out from the cliff and Harold lands on his crotch. Courtney refuses to jump, citing a medical condition. Chris warns her that not completing the challenge might cost her team the win, with a good possiblity that she would get eliminated. However, Courtney accepts the risk, believing the majority of the members on the opposite team won't jump. Sadie and Izzy are left for the Killer Bass, however, Sadie refuses to jump without Katie, as the two girls are best friends and do everything together. Both girls beg Chris to allow one of them to switch teams. Izzy offers to swap, and Chris allows it, placing Katie on the Killer Bass and Izzy on the Screaming Gophers. Katie and Sadie squeal in happiness and excitedly jump off the cliff together.

The Screaming Gophers are up next, and Chris offers them an incentive: if they can beat the Killer Bass' score, he'll give them pull-carts to carry the crates holding the hot tub parts. However, like the Bass, no one is motivated to go first. Heather refuses to jump, stating that she does not want to get her hair wet on national television. Lindsay chimes in, supporting Heather's decision and refusing to jump as well. Leshawna intervenes, arguing with Heather about not jumping and refusing to lose the first challenge because of her. The two throw insults at each other until Leshawna throws Heather off the cliff, and she falls into the safe zone. Leshawna jumps after her, followed by Lindsay, Gwen, Cody, Izzy, and Justin. Justin lands outside of the safe area, to the concern of the other campers, but his looks charm the sharks and they carry him to shore. Beth does not jump because she is afraid, but Trent and Noah (unseen) successfully jump.

An extremely nervous Owen conquers his fear and jumps off the cliff to win the challenge for his team.

After most of the team has jumped, Owen is the only one left. Despite Trent's words of encouragement, he admits in the confessional that he is not a strong swimmer. The Gophers are nervous, but Owen manages to overcome his fear and jump off the cliff. When he falls, he makes a tremendous splash, knocking Trent and Noah, still in the water, to the beach. While winning the pull-cart advantage for his team to carry the crates, he loses his bathing suit in the water, much to everyone's disgust.

The Screaming Gophers happily sing on their way back to the cabins.

The Gophers, with their pull-carts, happily sing as they walk back to the campsite, while the Bass have difficulty moving the crates. Katie and Sadie take a bathroom break and Courtney gets a bug bite on her eye, which causes it to swell. When Katie and Sadie return from relieving themselves, they begin feeling itchy, which Bridgette surmises came from the poison ivy they squatted in. The itching becomes so unbearable that Katie and Sadie can't do anything to help. Meanwhile, the Gophers' hot tub is coming along, having already made it back to camp. Heather approaches Leshawna and apologizes for her rudeness earlier. Leshawna is moved by the apology, and agrees to have a truce with her. In private, Heather admits to Lindsay that her apology wasn't the least bit sincere. When Lindsay asks why she faked being nice to Leshawna, Heather reminds her of the old adage "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Lindsay asks if Heather considers her a friend, and Heather assures her that she is, for now.

The Killer Bass are behind in building their hot tub and two players down, since Katie and Sadie are still tending to their rashes. Geoff and Courtney attempt to rally their team to win the challenge, but ultimately they are unsuccessful. Duncan criticizes Courtney's high-handed nature, claiming her bossiness and assumption of other's weaknesses make her an ineffective leader, which Courtney takes offense to. The Gophers build a fully functional hot tub, while the Bass assemble a badly-constructed one that leaks and collapses in on itself, costing them the first challenge.

Eva and Bridgette do not respond well to Ezekiel's comments.

At dinner, the Bass try to decide who they are going to vote out. Duncan says that it should be Courtney or DJ, the two who did not jump. His vote leans toward Courtney, since he considers DJ's strength to be a possible future advantage. Courtney is shocked by Duncan's choice, arguing that her experience as a C.I.T. (Counselor-in-Training) makes her valuable, and tries to shift attention towards Tyler instead of herself, which Lindsay blatantly objects to. Duncan and Geoff, however, aren't interested in voting off Tyler, since Tyler jumped. Ezekiel wonders why their team lost, since the Gophers had more girls on their team. When Eva and Bridgette question what he means, Ezekiel explains that guys are stronger and better at sports than girls, which especially angers the two of them, the most athletic girls on either team. Geoff attempts to calm everyone down, but Ezekiel continues his sexist comments about intelligence, which angers every girl on the Killer Bass.

"I am gonna win this competition! And no one is gonna stop me!"

- Courtney

At the campfire ceremony, Chris, with a plate of marshmallows in hand, explains that they will be given out to all campers who are safe. The one camper who does not receive a marshmallow is eliminated and must leave. Chris gives marshmallows to Geoff, Tyler, Katie, Bridgette, DJ, Harold, Sadie, Duncan, and Eva (not shown). The bottom two comes down to Courtney and Ezekiel, who start to panic. Chris finally gives the remaining marshmallow to Courtney, leaving Ezekiel as the first camper voted out of the competition. Chris suspects that Ezekiel was eliminated for picking his nose, which was caught on camera, rather than his derogatory comments towards the female campers.

Back at camp, the Gophers are seen enjoying their hot tub party as the Bass walk by, with Cody toasting to the Screaming Gophers. Courtney signals for the cameraman to come closer, and declares that the Gophers can enjoy their first victory, but she will ultimately win the competition and $100,000 prize, and no will can get in her way.

Cast

Voice actor	Role(s)
Christian Potenza	Chris
Sarah Gadon	Beth
Kristin Fairlie	Bridgette
Clé Bennett	Chef/DJ
Peter Oldring	Cody/Ezekiel/Tyler
Rochelle Wilson	Courtney
Drew Nelson	Duncan
Julia Chantrey	Eva
Dan Petronijevic	Geoff
Megan Fahlenbock	Gwen
Brian Froud	Harold
Rachel Wilson	Heather
Katie Crown	Izzy
Stephanie Anne Mills	Katie/Lindsay
Novie Edwards	Leshawna
Scott McCord	Owen/Trent
Lauren Lipson	Sadie

• Justin and Noah appear, but have no lines aside from singing with the rest of their team while pulling their carts, and singing a cheer song for the Gophers in Noah's case.

Elimination Ceremony

Elimination Ceremony 1: Killer Bass
Status	Contestant
Safe (In Order)	Geoff, Tyler, Katie, Bridgette, DJ, Harold, Sadie, Duncan
Safe (Not Shown)	Eva
Bottom two	Courtney, Ezekiel
VOTED OUT: Ezekiel

Still in the running

Ezekiel 22nd	Beth Gophers	Bridgette Bass	Cody Gophers	Courtney Bass	DJ Bass	Duncan Bass	Eva Bass	Geoff Bass	Gwen Gophers	Harold Bass
Heather Gophers	Izzy Gophers	Justin Gophers	Katie Bass	Leshawna Gophers	Lindsay Gophers	Noah Gophers	Owen Gophers	Sadie Bass	Trent Gophers	Tyler Bass

Trivia

General

• Of those who jumped off of the cliff, Justin is the only one who is seen landing outside of the safe zone.
• The first person to go off of the cliff for both teams was a female; Bridgette jumped for the Killer Bass and Heather "jumped" for the Screaming Gophers.
• This episode, along with its predecessor, is the only competition-related episode in the entire series in which all of the original twenty-two contestants are competing.
• On Netflix, this episode is titled "The Not So Great Outdoors: Part 2".

Continuity

• This episode marks the first time in the series that a contestant is eliminated from the show.
  • This is also the first of two times that Ezekiel is the first person voted off a season of Total Drama. The second is in another two-part episode, Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2.
• Geoff is the first contestant in the series to receive a symbol of safety, receiving the first marshmallow.
• Courtney is the first player to get a final symbol of safety in the series.
• This is the second half of the first two-part episode of the series. The other second halves of a two-part episode are Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2 and None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 2.
• This is the first of eight episodes in the series to pick up right where the previous episode ended. The others are Phobia Factor, The Aftermath: IV, Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2, Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles, Hawaiian Punch, Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown and Scarlett Fever.
• This is the final episode where Courtney is voiced by Rochelle Wilson, as Emilie-Claire Barlow takes over for all subsequent episodes.
• This is the first episode in the series to feature a team swap.
• This is the first episode which involves swimming as a part of the challenge. Others include:
  • Beach Blanket Bogus in Total Drama Action.
  • Jamaica Me Sweat in Total Drama World Tour.
  • Backstabbers Ahoy! in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
  • Heroes vs. Villains in Total Drama All-Stars.

References

• Heather's line of "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" could be a reference to a similar line spoken by Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II.
• Before jumping, Lindsay states that she thought the show was supposed to be a talent contest. This mirrors what her Camp TV version said during the promo.
• The swimsuit that Beth wears is a reference to the uniforms worn in the Star Trek franchise.
• Owen's situation of jumping off a cliff despite his fear of heights is similar to Rodger Bingham from Survivor: The Australian Outback.
• The bee sting allergy Courtney suffered from is a nod to the movie Election where Tracy Flick (The character Courtney is based off) had a school teacher named Jim McAllister who unluckily suffered the same injury.
  • Additionally, his was on the right eye, unnaturally bloated, and he too denied it being a serious issue to anyone who showed concern for him.

Goofs

• When the episode begins and the teams are seen at the top of the cliff, Courtney and Geoff are missing from their team.
  • Additionally, Cody and Katie are missing from the Gophers when they are reluctant to jump off the cliff and when Heather explains why she doesn't want to jump, while Sadie is missing from the Bass.
• When Tyler saw Bridgette in the target he only had one wristband, but when he began to jump off the cliff, he had two wristbands.
• It can be seen near the beginning of the episode that Owen is missing both of his ears.
• Noah was never seen jumping the cliff, but it is shown that he did jump, as he is later seen in the water with Trent inside the safe zone shortly before Owen jumps. He, however, is not seen in the water when Trent jumps, despite supposedly diving before Trent did.
• During the diving challenge, when campers are in the confessional when Owen is about to dive, he and Geoff appear in their usual outfits instead of their swimsuits, while Gwen is in her swimsuit.
• There are several goofs in the scene right after Owen's climactic jump:
  • Duncan has two wristbands on.
  • The resulting tidal wave washes up onto the nearby beach, and the camera pans over the destruction caused by it. All of the other campers are seen washed up on the beach, along with the overturned Boat of Losers, Chef Hatchet, and a shark. Despite almost everyone appearing in this shot, Tyler is nowhere to be seen.
  • As it shows the destruction caused by Owen's jump, Trent, and the overturned boat are washed up on the beach as well. However, when Trent asks Owen what's wrong, Trent is seen on the boat, which appears to still be in the water.
  • As the camera pans over the various campers washed up on the beach, Beth and DJ both have their chicken hats, but Courtney does not have hers on, though she is seen wearing it later.
  • Everyone is seen to have been knocked away from the shoreline when the wave comes by, but when they are all shown, they are back on the shoreline.
  • When Leshawna shouts "Yes!", it comes out in Heather's voice.
• When Chris tallies the jumpers for the Killer Bass after Courtney refuses to jump, he counts eight jumpers and two chickens. Chris says that the Bass are missing one camper, but they are actually missing two. At that point, only seven had jumped (Bridgette, Tyler, Geoff, Eva, Duncan, Ezekiel, and Harold), two chickened out (DJ and Courtney), and two were left (Sadie and Izzy). After Katie and Sadie both jump, he correctly counts it as eleven.
• When Katie and Sadie realize they have squatted in poison ivy, the hair curl under Katie's ear is missing.
• When the Gophers are building their hot tub, they are at the campgrounds. However, when they are putting the water in the hot tub, it is at the beach. Then, when Chris is judging the hot tub, it is at the campgrounds again.
• After Chris inspects the Gopher's hot tub and declares its success, Owen emerges from within the hot tub without his clothes on, when seconds ago he was shown standing with the rest of the Gophers fully clothed.
• When Duncan claims that DJ should stay instead of Courtney, his nose piercing is missing.
  • Also, after Courtney proposes they vote off Tyler, Courtney and Duncan have switched positions on where they're sitting at the table.
• Chris says that whichever team won the hot tub challenge would be able to use it all summer, but the only time the hot tub is ever seen again is in The Sucky Outdoors.
• There are also several goofs during the final scene at the Campfire Ceremony:
  • With the exception of the very first shot of the scene, Eva completely disappears from the ceremony. Her name is never actually mentioned nor does she receive a marshmallow. She is also absent in the final group shot with the rest of her teammates after Ezekiel walks down the Dock of Shame. Courtney is also not seen during this group shot, and Tyler is initially not present at all until Chris calls his name.
  • While Chris explains the elimination process, he directs the Bass' attention to the Boat of Losers, already parked by the Dock of Shame and ready to pick up the first eliminated camper. Yet when Ezekiel reaches the end of the dock after his elimination, the Boat of Losers pulls up beside the dock as if it was never there before.
  • Courtney does not have her marshmallow stick in hand when her name is called, yet when she accepts the marshmallow, the stick appears in her hand suddenly. The stick is also bent when she is sitting but perfectly straight when she holds it the second time.
• When Chris announces that the Gophers had won the challenge, Beth is seen without her chicken hat.
• When Owen falls off the cliff again in The Big Sleep and in Paintball Deer Hunter, the splashes weren't nearly as high as they were in this instance.
• When Leshawna and Cody tell Justin to swim away from the sharks, Gwen's hair is wet. However, when Leshawna and Cody mock Beth for refusing to jump, Gwen's hair is dry.
• Noah is seen helping Izzy and Trent rebuild one of the crates, yet when the Killer Bass arrive, he disappears.
  • Also during this scene, his chest is out of proportion.
• The rock that Ezekiel hits when jumping becomes smaller after his turn ends.
• When the Gophers are encouraging Owen to jump, Lindsay says, "Do it, Owen", but it sounds as if Leshawna is saying it instead.
• When Tyler states he needs to take a whiz, he is holding the same crate that has the chicken hats in it even though it was never seen being brought down the cliff.
• While in her swimsuit, Izzy's wristband is either on both of her hands or is missing.
• At the end of the episode, Beth and Izzy are missing when the Screaming Gophers are celebrating.
• When Katie and Sadie return from their bathroom break, Eva is shown in her swimsuit instead of her regular outfit.
• At one point where Chef is landing in the water, his tattoo vanishes.
• After Noah turns to pass a bucket of water to Cody, his legs are still backwards.
• There are a few height mistakes in the group shot of the teams after the challenge is over, including Cody being the same height as Heather, Noah being the same height as Trent, and Bridgette being the same height as Harold.

Gallery

Chris explains the challenge.

After jumping off the cliff, contestants must assemble a hot tub.

Killer Bass are reluctant to jump off the cliff...

...and so are the Gophers.

"Do I look like an intern?"

- Chef

Chef feels something brush up against his leg...

... and quickly exits the water...

... with a shark right on his tail.

The sharks in the challenge.

Bridgette takes the first jump off the cliff.

Bridgette lands in the safe zone.

After seeing Bridgette make the jump, Tyler is eager to jump.

He makes it, though he doesn't quite land where he should have.

Geoff jumps enthusiastically.

"Look out below!"

- Eva

Duncan jumps with no response.

DJ is the first chicken.

"Bock, bock, bock!"

- Chris

Ezekiel enthusiastically jumps off the cliff...

... and though he doesn't start off great...

... he survives.

Harold has no problem jumping...

...but the sharks' reactions to his landing says everything.

Courtney risks elimination by not jumping.

Chris tallies the Killer Bass' results, stating that 8 jumped and 2 chickened out.

Izzy gladly switches teams so Katie and Sadie can be reunited.

Katie and Sadie jump together.

Leshawna and Gwen's reaction to the reason why Heather doesn't want to jump.

Lindsay sides with Heather when the latter doesn't want to jump off the cliff.

Gwen, Owen, and Beth watch as Leshawna and Heather argue.

Cody and Noah's reactions to the argument.

Justin admires himself in a mirror amidst of the argument.

Heather and Leshawna's conflict starts when Heather says she refuses to jump off the cliff.

Leshawna throws Heather off the cliff.

Heather falls into the water.

Leshawna joins Heather in the water.

Lindsay jumps...

... followed by Gwen...

... then Cody...

... then Izzy...

... and finally, Justin.

At first, it appears Justin may be in danger...

... but the sharks fall in love with him...

... and help him to the shore.

Beth apologizes to her teammates for being a chicken.

Leshawna and Cody taunt Beth after she refuses to jump off the cliff.

Trent has no problem jumping.

Owen is the last person that has to jump.

The Screaming Gophers cheer for Owen to jump.

Owen gets ready to jump off the cliff.

Geoff doubts Owen has any chances of surviving if he jumps.

Gwen has little confidence in Owen.

The Killer Bass watch Owen preparing to jump...

... along with the Screaming Gophers.

Leshawna tries to encourage Owen.

Chris is watching Owen's jump.

Trent and Noah look up as Owen falls towards them.

The splash that Owen's jump had caused.

A shark is seen clinging to a tree after Owen's jump.

Owen makes it in the safe zone.

However, he loses his bathing suit in the water.

The aftermath of Owen's jump.

Lindsay and Beth are happy Owen landed in the safe zone.

Lindsay and Noah taking the crates back to camp.

Katie and Sadie follow Tyler to go "to the toilet".

Izzy suffers a rope-burn on her tongue after opening a crate with her teeth.

Katie and Sadie start scratching their butts.

Bridgette wonders what happened to the girls.

Bridgette tells Katie and Sadie that they squatted on poison ivy..

..which makes them freak out.

Heather insincerely apologizes to Leshawna.

Geoff tries to make his team cooperate.

Courtney assures Leshawna her bee sting is "just an allergy" (a nod to Election)

Owen has got the wood for his team.

Ezekiel picks his nose.

Courtney tries to rally the Killer Bass together.

Courtney elects herself as the "leader" of her team.

The Bass struggle to cooperate...

... while the Gophers all work together in the first challenge.

Chris judges the teams' hot tubs.

Harold continues to suffer from misfortune.

The seagull in the Killer Bass' hot tub.

Some of the Screaming Gophers celebrate their victory.

Heather, Lindsay and Beth celebrate their team's victory...

...and Owen joins them.

All of the twenty-two campers eating dinner in the main lodge after the challenge.

Duncan believes DJ is a better teammate than Courtney.

Lindsay quickly protests when Courtney suggests that they vote off Tyler.

"No... salt. There's no salt on the table... bummer."

- Lindsay

Geoff stands up for Ezekiel.

Katie and Sadie's reaction after hearing Ezekiel's sexist comments.

The Killer Bass attend the first Campfire Ceremony.

Female Killer Bass glare at Ezekiel.

"Dude, you've got a lot to learn about the real world."

- Duncan to Ezekiel

Geoff gets his name called...

...receiving the first marshmallow ever.

Tyler receives the second marshmallow.

"Woo-hoo-hoo! Yeah! Place at the table!"

- Tyler, getting his marshmallow

Harold, happy as he gets a marshmallow.

Courtney and Ezekiel are featured as the first bottom two.

Courtney receiving the final marshmallow in the first Campfire Ceremony.

Ezekiel is the first person to be eliminated from Total Drama Island.

Ezekiel walks down the Dock of Shame...

...and takes the Boat of Losers.

The Gophers enjoy their hot tub party at night.

Some of the Gophers dance and sing.