Campers are tasked to race to the top of a honey filled mountain. Two alliances of three are formed, but each need a vote from the only one who isn't in any alliance. Surprisingly, he easily agrees to join both alliances and tries helping them. The rivalry between two alliance captains starts coming to a head until one scores immunity. When two strong players were at risk of elimination, the one with the deciding vote reveals his "master" plan: Merge the two alliances into one and vote off the host. With approval for a revote, the two alliances come to an agreement to vote off the one who tried to bring them together.
Plot[]
The episode opens with Priya and Millie doing their daily training session in the cabins, with each girl holding a broom and Millie being blindfolded. Priya tells Millie to see through her ears, which prompts Millie to joke that it's not how one gets into medical school. Priya laughs before getting serious and starts the training by swiging her broom. After being hit in the head once, Millie decides she wants to stop, but Priya tells her she can't stop training and give up on challenges whenever she wants before she's telling her she's trying to transform her. Julia suddenly comes in, which shocks Priya enough to accidentally hit Millie twice, the latter saying she's getting used to it. Julia tells the two that a three person alliance is stronger than a two person alliance and decides to work with them because she refuses to work with Bowie. Millie was about to refuse but Priya accepts easily, which confuses Millie. Millie pulls Priya aside to tell Priya that Julia can't be trusted. Priya is aware of this but states that if their alliance is targeted, the least liked person would be targeted, which is Julia. Millie understands and agrees.
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“ | Plus Julia will actually compete instead of chickening out! Did you see her eat that tapeworm? She may be evil but she's determined. | ” |
Priya, Millie and Julia are hiding in a bush when Priya raises a point that with seven campers remaining, an alliance of four will get control over who gets eliminated. Julia suggests someone who will do what they say but isn't smart enough to feel like they're just being used, pointing to a nearby Zee, who ate a macaroni out of his belly button. Julia calls Zee over, who thinks the bush is talking to him before Julia pulls him inside. Priya tells Zee that she wants him in their alliance, but before Priya can give him 46 reasons why he should join, Zee easily agrees.
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 Bowie |
“ | I feel bad for making Emma work with him, but with seven of us left, this is a numbers game. | ” |
Chase thinks that pretending to be dead worked, but only for him and Emma to realize that the bears are heartbroken, with one of them is literally digging a grave for them.
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“ | The bear's digging graves so yeah, I'm a pretty good actor. | ” |
Zee throws one of the salmon at the bears, who were holding a funeral for Chase and Emma and have already buried them. However, as the salmon flies by, the bears get distracted and run for it. Chase and Emma pop up from the grave and thank Zee for their help. Priya and Millie notice this and are confused as to why Zee is helping them, but Millie believes that he's keeping their alliance a secret so that they'd never see them coming.
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Bowie |
“ | You know what's stronger than Julia's broken canoe paddle? A crocodile's tail. | ” |
By Bowie saying that in the confessional, the crocodile uses its tails to fling Julia up in the air. Two crocodiles bounce Julia up and down like volleyball as Bowie thanks her for keeping them busy.
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“ | I really don't know what she means. [Chase falls into the confessional.] Chase, dude! You gotta knock, yo! | ” |
 Emma |
“ | If there's a shortcut to the top by going through this hive, immunity is mine. | ” |
Emma goes through the tunnel some living were locked in honey jail. Chase pleas her not to leave him.
Emma |
“ | Aw, he looks so helpless. I'll definitely go back for him. Probably. | ” |
Zee |
“ | I didn't know who to help first. But then I remembered: 'Yo, Zee! You have two hands!' | ” |
Zee reaches out for both of them, only to be pulled into the honey. Bowie and Julia resume fighting for the bell until Julia is knocked onto the ground. Before Bowie approaches the bell, he taunts at Julia by telling her that 95% of her followers are bots, which makes Julia really furious, enough for her to get back up.
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“ | I went too far. | ” |
Julia picks up Bowie and throws him into the honey before she rings the bell. Chris announces Julia winning immunity through the megaphone before Julia grabs it and declares herself the Queen of Honey Mountain before tripping on arock and falling off the mountain. What proceeds is a chain reaction of pain as Julia is swarmed by bees, falls off the mountain and into the geyser, blasted to the top of the river and falling off of the waterfall.
At the elimination ceremony, Chef begins explaining reasons certain players are at risk of elimination. Chase was called out for playing baseball with salmon and sank Emma's canoe, referring to her as his girlfriend. Emma corrects angrily that she's not Chase's girlfriend, though Chase seems to disagree. Chef tells Bowie that he told Julia that 95 percent of Julia's followers are bots, and loudly so he needs to man up a little that Bowie never gives in that easily.
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Just as Chris is about to distribute marshmallows, Zee interrupts the ceremony and starts to claim he has a plan that cannot fail. He then gives a speech about the how they're friends and reveals his plan that he secretly joined the two alliances into one and is planning to vote Chris off. The other campers simply stare at him in confusion and disbelief because, as much as everyone hates Chris, voting off the host is not possible.
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After hearing Zee’s "finest" speech, Bowie asks Chris for a revote and while Zee tries to convince them to reconsider, Chris allows the revote.
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“ | I might be in trouble here... | ” |
To be sure enough, Bowie gets the last marshmallow. Zee tells Chris not to cry, but Chris said he wasn't going to because he doesn't care about people.
 Zee |
“ | Not gonna lie, I lasted longer than I thought I would! What a wild ride! Got to fly through an electrical storm, drink disgusting cow liquid and even had a brief relationship with a large bird! Yep, I didn't win the million bucks, but I wouldn't change a thing. How did I get in here!? Wasn't I just on the dock!? | ” |
And with that, Zee is taken away by the Drone of Despair and Chris signs off the episode.
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Role |
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| Terry McGurrin | Chris |
| Deven Mack | Chef Hatchet |
| Brandon Michael Arrington | Bowie |
| Julius Cho | Chase |
| Melanie Leishman | Emma |
| Julia Sype | Julia |
| Barbara Mamabolo | Millie |
| Eman Ayaz | Priya |
| Gerardo Gismondi | Zee |
Elimination Ceremony[]
| Elimination Ceremony 9: Merge | |
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| Status | Contestant |
| Win |  Julia |
| Safe |     Chase, Emma, Millie, Priya |
| Low |  Bowie |
| Out |  Zee |
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Trivia[]
General[]
- This is the first episode in the series to have a revote.
- While there are occasions when contestants request to reexamine or to revote—as seen in "Basic Straining" (TDI), "The Sand Witch Project" (TDA), and "The EX-Files" (TDWT)—this is the only time in the series where it was granted.
- Interestingly, the two contestants who would've been in the bottom two before the re-vote ended up becoming the final two of the season.
- Although there have been two occasions where some contestants mentions trying to eliminate non-contestants, this is the first time someone actually attempted to go through with this.
- In Zee's final confessional, he realizes how he got into the confessional since he was just at the dock. This is a nod to the lack of realism for most of the confessionals in the franchise (especially in the later seasons), which would have a character practically teleport from the scene they were from to the confessional.
Continuity[]
- This is the second time Chris lied to the contestants about the challenge being easy so they'd let their guard down, the first time was in "Lies, Cries and One Big Prize."
- Chef is seen drinking Rainbow Pegasus Juice Mix, which first appeared in Duck Duck Juice.
- The part where Zee informs everyone about his plan to eliminate Chris is similar to "Three Zones and a Baby" as in Topher believed he replaced Chris as the new host that was learned at the elimination ceremony.
References[]
- Bowie said the almost all of Julia's followers are bots. A bot is a software application that performs certain tasks by themselves with human intervention.
- The name of the episode is based on L. Ron Hubbard's 1982 novel Battlefield Earth and its film adaptation.
Goofs[]
- Chris says that Zee is the 9th person to be taken by the Drone of Despair. This is incorrect, since Wayne and Raj were both eliminated at the same time, counting them as both the 7th or 8th eliminated. Instead, Zee is the 10th contestant eliminated, whereas Ripper was the 9th contestant eliminated.
- As Zee and Chris walk by the Dock of Shame, Chris is seen frowning for a split second despite being smiling the whole scene.
Gallery[]
See also[]
- "Meet the Victims"
- "Pirates of the Cabbagean"
- "Drown Town Abbey"
- "Numbskull Island"
- "Jurassic Fart"
- "Launch Back of Notre Game"
- "Severe Eggs and Pains"
- "The Wheel of Vomit"
- "Paddle Field Earth"
- "The Truth, The Pole Truth and Nothing But the Truth"
- "Tortoise Rigamortis"
- "Caved by the Bell"
- "Magma Cum Laude"