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The teams are sent down into a cave complex and must navigate their whole team out. One has a hard time trying to impress another while someone's fear causes her team to be separated. Two partners finally reach their breaking point. In the end, no one wins the challenge after disobeying the host's rules, but he decides to make things interesting by splitting up two partnerships.

Plot

At Pimâpotew Kinosewak's treehouse, Jasmine wakes up on her branch and hops down onto the balcony, using the roof as a landing. This startles Max and Topher out of their sleep. Max confronts her outside, complaining that the noise she made cut short his "delightful" dream of being carried like an Egyptian king. Jasmine mockingly tells him his "servants" have stuck around, in reference to the ants crawling over Max's body. He is appalled by the infestation in his bed and orders Scarlett to remove them.

TDPI Scarlett
Scarlett
I need him gone. When people realize how dense he is, they'll know I made all his gadgets.

Max ends up using a magnifying glass as a "death ray" to burn the ants, but ends up setting his own bed on fire. She smiles smugly while Topher is put off by it all.

At Wâneyihtam Maskwak's cave, Sky dreams about a muscular Dave proposing to her to be his jungle queen. She wakes up, and finds that in reality, he is actually offering her some berries.

TDPI Sky
Sky
Okay, I kind of flirt with Dave sometimes, and I dreamt about him, and my tummy fills with butterflies when he's around, but that doesn't mean I have a crush on him. I can't! I'm not looking for romance. He gets it.
TDPI Dave
Dave
Sky's acting weird and I'm no dummy. I get it — it's 'cause I haven't kissed her yet. I just want our first kiss to be perfect, you know?
Shawn no like alliance

Shawn is not keen about forming an alliance with Sugar.

Sugar takes their bonding as proof that the two are in an alliance. When Sugar tells Shawn that Dave or Sky could team up to vote off her or him, Shawn indicates that he wouldn't mind voting off Sugar. She recommends to Shawn that they form one of their own before it's "game over" for one of them.

TDPI Shawn
Shawn
There's no nice way to say this: I'd rather be eaten by a zombie!

Dave attempts to wipe a berry stain off Sky's cheek, but Sugar beats him to it by spitting on her hand and vigorously rubbing it off. Both of them are disappointed at this development, while Sugar is determined not to allow their relationship to progress.

TDPI Dave
Dave
Note to self: Never kiss Sky's left cheek.
TDPI Sugar
Sugar
Ain't gonna be no lovey-dovey alliances happening while I'm around. I'm like the opposite of one of them match-making fairy godmothers, whatever that would be. Some sort of unicorn, I guess.

Sugar's act makes Sky's appetite go away, and Sugar then asks if it'd be okay to eat the rest of the blueberries, getting stains all over her face. Chris calls the contestants to gather for the challenge.

Jaz and chris

Chris pretends to comfort Jasmine and help her confront her claustrophobia.

Chris tells the contestants that their challenge is to get into hamster balls and run around the island until they cross the finish line. All of the contestants reluctantly comply, except for Jasmine who has huddled on the ground shivering in terror.

TDPI Jasmine
Jasmine
Okay, so I might be claustrophobic.
TDPI Shawn
Shawn
It's sad when a person lets a single, irrational fear control their whole lives.

Chris tries to snap her out of it by feigning sympathy, but has little success, so instead he has Chef pick her up and toss her in. Chris and Chef then push the balls into a long drop that sends the competitors down into a cave. Dave exits Maskwak's ball, followed by Sky, who falls on top of him.

TDPI Dave
Dave
Score! Near-death experiences always make girls wanna kiss!

However, Sugar vomits up the blueberries that she ate. Sky realizes just in time and steers clear, but Dave who still has his lips puckered for a kiss, opens his eyes to see a stream of puke fly towards him. Being covered in Sugar's puke causes him to go into another panic attack. Topher thinks Chris has pulled a "host fail" by putting them in a situation that they are unable to be narrated. On a television high up on the cave wall, Chris's image appears informing them of the truth: the balls were a trick to lead them to their real challenge, which is to navigate out of the cave. He points out two bags on the side; one contains useful supplies, claimed by Max for Kinosewak, and the other has random, unhelpful objects, taken by Sky for Maskwak. Along the walls is a series of tunnels, some will help them exit safer and faster than others.

Get me out

Jasmine pounds on the walls out of fear, inadvertently causing a cave-in.

Without warning, Jasmine begins to panic and pounds on the walls. The cave shakes, threatening to collapse on itself. Shawn discourages the way Jasmine is acting before Sugar screams so loudly that it results in a cave in. The contestants scramble to safety. Kinosewak gets separated as Topher, concerned about his hair, knocks Jasmine into a random tunnel, and it is sealed off by rocks. Scarlett leads Max into another while Maskwak sticks together.

Third

One of Dave's several failed attempts at kissing Sky.

Team Maskwak finds themselves in a seemingly normal part of the cave. Dave and Sky attempt to kiss again, but Sugar interrupts them by belching loudly, which awakens a swarm of bats, causing Dave to kiss a bat instead.

TDPI Dave
Dave
The weirdest part: That bat was totally into it.

Next, they find themselves in a room full of glow slugs, one of which Sugar eats in order to provide a light source for the team.

Meanwhile, Topher provides the still anxious Jasmine with night vision goggles to see. He complains about Chris's stolen phone having no bars. Max and Scarlett find themselves in a room full of stalactites. She finds this strange because of the lack of water on the cave floor. Chris warns them to control their volume as he releases a crocodile.

TDPI Scarlett
Scarlett
This is my chance to get rid of Max. If he doesn't make it back, we lose, and he gets voted off.

As the crocodile bites Max, he screams in pain and it causes the stalactites to collapse. The two are unharmed, however, the crocodile is demolished and its interior is shown to be robotic. Scarlett is intrigued, and attempts to put together a remote control which will allow her dominance over all the other robots on the island.

TDPI Scarlett
Scarlett
My brother pulled my hair once, so I made his remote control toys come to life and attack him in the night, every night, for six years. He's still in therapy.

Meanwhile, Topher irks Jasmine by narrating her actions, describing the cave in ways that scare her off. They arrive to a room where there is a drop. The bottom is blanketed in fog, thus making it impossible to see. Jasmine fearfully clings onto Topher, causing him to suffocate. He passes out and sends both of them tumbling forwards. Contrary to their earlier beliefs, they are safe, as the fall was only a few deep feet.

Back to Team Maskwak, the final room they appear in is a room full of crystals guarded by Scuba Bear, now wearing an abundance of jewelry and known as "Bling Bear." Chris warns them not to take any crystals, but Bling Bear pursues them despite no one having stolen anything, confusing Dave and Sky.

TDPI Dave
Dave
What the heck? Nobody took any diamonds!
TDPI Sky
Sky
My guess is Sugar ate one, so that everything she says sparkles.
TDPI Shawn
Shawn
Shiny!

The team retreats and jumps into a pool of water. Bling Bear ceases his attack, perplexing Sky since he is wearing the necessary gear to continue.

After a while longer, Topher's phone detects a signal, and he follows it to get them out. Their exit is later revealed to be a hole dug by gophers. While Topher starts to go back, Jasmine doesn't allow it and uses his head in order to bust them out from underground. Meanwhile, Scarlett and Max load into an elevator that Max locates. Before the doors close, he throws Scarlett's remote out. In the confessional, she declares that she officially hates him. The elevator gives them the ability to safety exit the cave off-screen.

TDPI Scarlett
Scarlett
Who knows what else on the island could've been controlled with that remote?! It's official, I. Hate. Max.

Sugar finds a large hole in the wall, which they use to escape the cave. Much to the disgust of everyone, it leads out the toilet of the confessional, causing Dave to collapse. Chris expresses his aggravation that neither team actually completed the challenge correctly, so both teams lose.

MaxAndSky

"You're in my seat. Gone with you!"

—Max

At the elimination ceremony, he reveals what would have been their reward, a gourmet dinner, before announcing that it would be the dinner that would be eliminated. Chef then proceeds to set the dinner on fire and burns himself in the process. Chris then notes that one couple is on the verge of entering "smooch town," getting too close, and since he considers that it's unfair and awkward to their teammates, he'll split them up.

TDPI Sky
Sky
I really like Dave, as a friend, but this is for the best, and I know Dave agrees.
TDPI Dave
Dave
Nooo!

Although Sky believes that Chris is talking about her and Dave, Chris reveals that the "couple" he is talking about is none other than Max and Scarlett, much to Scarlett's embarrassment as she nervously tries to defend herself that the two of them are not in a relationship.

TDPI Max
Max
Hardly my fault. I have two things women love: an evil, evil mind; and a sense of humor.
TDPI Sugar
Sugar
[crying] Their love was so beautiful!

Therefore, Chris decides to implement a team swap, by sending Max over to the Wâneyihtam Maskwak and selects Sky to replace him on the Pimâpotew Kinosewak, devastating Dave.

TDPI Dave
Dave
[crying] It's not like we're on different islands! There's still a shot, right?
TDPI Sky
Sky
I'll miss Dave, but at least now he knows there's no shot.

Cast

Voice actor Role(s)
Christian Potenza Chris
Daniel DeSanto Dave
Katie Bergin Jasmine
Bruce Dow Max
Kristi Friday Scarlett
Zachary Bennett Shawn
Sarah Podemski Sky
Rochelle Wilson Sugar
Christopher Jacot Topher

Still in the running

 Beardo
14th
TDPI Beardo bw
 Leonard
13th
TDPI Leonard bw
 Amy
12th
TDPI Amy bw
 Rodney
11th
TDPI Rodney bw
 Samey
10th
TDPI Samey bw
 Ella
9th
TDPI Ella bw
TDPI Dave
 Max
TDPI Team Maskwak
TDPI Max
TDPI Shawn
 Sky
TDPI Team Kinosewak
TDPI Sky
TDPI Sugar
TDPI Topher

Trivia

General

Continuity

  • The intended prize for the episode is dinner from Darwin's All-You-Can-Eat Food Safari, which Sugar had previously done a commercial for as revealed in her audition tape.
  • This episode features yet another team swap. In this case, Max and Sky switch teams.
  • The cameo Beardo makes in this episode is similar to Ezekiel's in "Basic Straining" (Total Drama Island). Both feature the contestant's image on something. In this case, it is a CD cover.

References

Goofs

  • Several goofs are present when Sky is exiting her team's ball:
    • Her right earring is missing.
    • Her right arm is missing on one frame and then her left a few frames later.
    • On the same frame where her left arm is missing, her left leg cuts into the ball.
  • When the Salmons are running away from Bling Bear, Sky has two right earrings.
  • Topher states he can't get a signal on Chris's phone while in the cave. However, when the camera zooms on the phone, it has a full signal.

Gallery

See also

Total Drama: Pahkitew Island Episodes
Team Phase "So, Uh, This Is My Team?" | "I Love You, Grease Pig!" | "Twinning Isn't Everything" | "I Love You, I Love You Knots" | "A Blast from the Past" | "Mo Monkey Mo Problems" | "This Is the Pits!" | "Three Zones and a Baby"
Individual Phase "Hurl and Go Seek" | "Scarlett Fever" | "Sky Fall" | "Pahk'd With Talent" | "Lies, Cries and One Big Prize"
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