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The final seven go to China for a visit to the Great Wall. Tension since the last episode between four of the contestants continues and another plans to establish the connection between himself and another. The newercomer allies with a staff member, but during the food buffet challenge, they are foiled by an enemy, and then voted off with another hated contestant, due to budget cuts, but none went without a scene.

Plot

The episode opens with Duncan and Courtney in first class, while a feral-looking Ezekiel is trying to get his hands on the wedding cake they won in the previous challenge, which is on the table. Duncan approaches Courtney in an attempt to make amends, only to be met with the silent treatment.

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Duncan
Don't get me wrong, I'm really enjoying the silent treatment, but it's starting to get old. With Owen gone, I lost a vote I could count on, so I figured making nice with Courtney wasn't a bad idea.


BlaineChefAlliance

Blaineley offers Chef Hatchet a television deal, thus beginning another illegal alliance.

In response to Duncan's smooth talk, Courtney shoves him head-first into the cake and triumphantly walks away, munching a slice of cake. Over the plane's PA system, Blaineley advertises the opportunity for the contestants to make an alliance with her, stating that the alliance is not legally binding and can be canceled at any time. Blaineley turns to Chef and asks if he'd be willing to help out a contestant, to which he refuses, and she remembers that he won't because he was caught helping DJ last season, so in order for him to accept, she manipulates by suggesting a TV deal to Chef if he helps her.

In the economy-section, Cody mopes about the fact that Sierra thinks the two of them are married now due to what happened last episode, wondering if Sierra can make him have kids. Alejandro sides with Sierra, but Heather, needing Cody for an alliance, tries to help Cody out by telling him that being forthright with Sierra will get her to back off for good.

The contestants are lined up in front of the Great Wall of China. Before a cell phone call interrupts Chris's explanation of the competition, he gets as far as saying the contestants must race along the wall. The contestants race off after they misinterpret a signal, missing out on vital information about the challenge. Chris lets them go, figuring this will just make things more interesting. As they run, Heather tells Cody to get the rickshaw while they race, but Blaineley says it isn't hers yet. Heather, annoyed, tells Blaineley to stop breathing on her neck or to get a mint, prompting Blaineley to smack her in the face.

TDWT Blaineley
Blaineley
I would like to send a shoutout to my personal trainer, Bonnie, for making me do all those sprints, you rule! Sorry for calling you waste of skin, you know that was just the adrenaline talking. Also, big ups to my hand-to-hand combat instructor, Butchie! You are not a roid monkey, no matter what I said!


Each contestant grabs a different mode of transportation to help them on their journey. Blaineley gets first to the rickshaw, asking for her "alliance buddy" to help her. Duncan rides the bicycle, thinking he has an advantage, after Alejandro manipulates him so he can use the skateboard.

Chinese Fake-Out (4)

Duncan and Alejandro race on top of the Great Wall of China.

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Alejandro
A small price to pay for Duncan's loyalty. What I forgot to mention is that I won a gold medal at the South American Skate Olympics.


Courtney rides her tricycle over Heather's foot, Cody climbs the donkey with the help of Sierra, who uses a pogo stick, and Heather is forced to wear traditional Chinese wooden sandals, which Blaineley finds amusing. Duncan and Alejandro race neck and neck down the wall, until Duncan hits an explosive booby trap. Cody finds his donkey stubbornly not moving, while Sierra hops behind and around him. He tries to "break up" with her, but she focuses on the fact that he said he liked her. Sighing, he spurs on the donkey, which accidentally kicks Sierra off the Great Wall of China and through the roof of a Chinese tea store. After telling her sad story to the elderly Chinese lady, Sierra is given a bag of Love-Me Tea, with the promise that the more she drinks, the more Cody will love her.

Courtney gets the tricycle's wheel stuck in a crack of the wall, and Alejandro suggests to Duncan that they should stop and help her. Duncan, on the other hand, thinks it'll be entertaining to watch her suffer for a while, but Alejandro believes she'll help him in return, so he assists her.Once she is free, she does offer to return the favor later. The three of them race off for the finish line, but Courtney hits another booby trap and goes flying backwards past Chris in a helicopter. Alejandro and Duncan arrive at the finish line almost simultaneously, only to discover that there is no prize for first place; instead, whoever crossed the finish line first gets to join Chris for a "special" lunch, which is the next part of the competition. Cody and Heather finish shortly afterwards, and Blaineley "somehow" got to the finish line before all of them. When Cody sees Sierra approaching, he prompts Chris to ring the gong, which would signal that the race is over. However, Sierra makes it over the line barely soon enough, making Courtney the only one ineligible to compete in the next half of the challenge.

In the Chinese restaurant, the contestants learn that they will be served local dishes, such as deep-fried grasshoppers, Kung Pao larvae — the grossest Chris can find, which makes Alejandro gag. After that, Courtney arrives, which relieves Alejandro. She claims she is loaded with anger because she landed in a pig pen and was snouted, to which she responds that it's a good thing she has a strong stomach, which Alejandro appreciates, so he turns to Courtney for help in the challenge as he can't tolerate disgusting food.

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Alejandro
I've been dreading the eating competition because my body is my temple, and what temple-keeper would contaminate this?


Blaineley, being allied with Chef, is served slightly different food (that is actually edible) than the other contestants. Throughout the challenge, the contestants have to sing a song. Cody is eliminated when he thinks that the donkey meat served first is his new friend Ace, the donkey. Heather is then eliminated when she finishes the next food item last. Then Duncan is eliminated when Sierra beats him in finishing a starfish.

China courtney gets mask

Courtney is forced to wear a lion dancer's mask due to her cheating.

Blaineley, Alejandro, and Sierra are the only contestants left in the challenge. It is at this point where Heather takes notice that Blaineley is the only one being given actual foods instead of the same disgusting meals everyone else has to eat, as well as Alejandro constantly bending over when each meal is served, meaning he's been passing the foods over to Courtney. To appease her, Chris has Sierra and Blaineley switch bowls of food, and Courtney is forced wear a large mask to prove that she can keep her mouth shut. Courtney exclaims that this treatment of her is ridiculous. Both cheaters can't stomach the thought of eating the gross dish and vomit before they even taste it, while Sierra finishes her bowl, winning invincibility and the opportunity to take Cody with her to first class along with her Love-Me Tea.

China double elimination

As a result of budgetary constraints, both Blaineley and Courtney are eliminated.

The votes are in, and they are evenly divided between Courtney and Blaineley, with three each, since Cody is the only one who voted for Sierra, despite her immunity. Courtney is confident that she can take Blaineley in a tiebreaker, since she is excellent in them, but since Chris has been getting calls from the producers, hounding him about the show's budget, he decides to eliminate both of them instead.

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Blaineley exposes several things, including the fact that the producers wanted her to host the show, instead of Chris.

Courtney once again promises to sue the show, adding a lawsuit against Duncan for defamation. Meanwhile, Blaineley spills information about all the remaining contestants: Ezekiel is still hiding on the plane, Cody votes for Sierra every time they are at an elimination Ceremony, Heather and Alejandro have an obvious crush on each other, and that she was picked over Chris to host the show before she said no. Before Blaineley can continue on that last bit of information, Chris pushes both contestants off the plane.

In first class, Sierra splashes the tea over herself, which makes Cody light-headed. Sierra realizes he's having an allergic reaction and jabs him with an EpiPen. In the cockpit, Chris discusses with Chef the serious ramifications of Blaineley's actions, though it was not her alliance with Chef, but that Chris was second-pick that annoyed Chris the most. Chef, looking nervous, quickly assures Chris it was false and Chris was a better host. With this thought weighing on his mind, he signs off the episode, to Chef's approval.

Exclusive clip

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The Chinese woman throws a hammer at Courtney's face.

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Courtney
How can you not have a tiebreaker for a tie? (sigh) Seriously, I mean, what more proof do you need that the show is fixed?! Well, at least I seem to have lost Blaineley… and Duncan the goth kisser. Getting away from him? Almost worth this indignity. (screams, crashes into Chinese woman's ceiling) Hi, do you speak English? Manman chi?


Cast

Voice actor Role(s)
Christian Potenza Chris
Marco Grazzini Alejandro
Carla Collins Blaineley
Clé Bennett Chef Hatchet
Peter Oldring Cody
Emilie Claire-Barlow Courtney
Drew Nelson Duncan
Rachel Wilson Heather
Annick Obonsawin Sierra
  • Ezekiel makes another cameo appearance, where he is trying to steal some of Courtney's wedding cake, but he has no lines.
  • A Chinese woman has lines. However, it is unknown who voiced her.

Elimination Ceremony

Because Chris didn't allow a tiebreaker challenge, both Blaineley and Courtney were eliminated together, tying for 6th place.

Elimination Ceremony 14
Status Contestant
WIN TDWT Sierra
Sierra
IN TDWT AlejandroTDWT CodyTDWT DuncanTDWT Heather
Alejandro, Cody, Duncan, Heather
OUT TDWT BlaineleyTDWT Courtney
Blaineley & Courtney

Still in the running

 Ezekiel
18th
TDWT Ezekiel bw
 Harold
17th
TDWT Harold bw
 Bridgette
16th
TDWT Bridgette bw
 Leshawna
15th
TDWT Leshawna bw
 Lindsay
14th
TDWT Lindsay bw
 Izzy
13th
TDWT Izzy bw
 DJ
12th
TDWT DJ bw
 Noah
11th
TDWT Noah bw
 Tyler
10th
TDWT Tyler bw
 Gwen
9th
TDWT Gwen bw
 Owen
8th
TDWT Owen bw
TDWT Blaineley bw
TDWT Courtney bw
 Alejandro
Merge
TDWT Alejandro
 Cody
Merge
TDWT Cody
 Duncan
Merge
TDWT Duncan
 Heather
Merge
TDWT Heather
 Sierra
Merge
TDWT Sierra

Trivia

General

  • This episode reveals that the ringtone on Chris's cell phone is the show's theme song, "I Wanna Be Famous."
  • The food that the contestants ate during the cuisine challenge include donkey meat, live mealworms, roasted starfish on a skewer, and one unknown dish containing tentacles and eyeballs.
    • The food served to Blaineley is sightly more edible versions of the food everyone else gets
  • The character in the tea bag is "心," which is read as "xin," which means "Heart."
  • The final three contestants in the eating challenge are also the three newcomers to the show.
  • This is the only episode to feature Blaineley in her swimwear.
  • Much like in "Top Dog" (Action), Courtney is seen alone in the exclusive clip despite being eliminated via double elimination.
  • This is the last speaking appearance of Blaineley in the season and series overall.
  • This is the only episode of the season in which a character who debuted as a contestant in Total Drama World Tour is voted off the show.
    • Sierra was disqualified in "Awwwwww, Drumheller," and Alejandro was a finalist in "Hawaiian Punch."
      • However, Sierra was actually voted out in "Rapa Phooey!"; however, the episode turned out to be a reward-only episode, sparing her from elimination.
  • This is the only episode of Total Drama World Tour where there are an even amount of former Screaming Gophers (Cody and Heather) and former Killer Bass (Courtney and Duncan).

Continuity

References

  • Sierra references Sally Field's speech for winning the Academy Award when she says, "You like me. You really like me."
  • The local food-eating challenge parodies cultural eating challenges from Survivor, where contestants are also given local delicacies, such as larvae.
  • Duncan's line "If annoying you is wrong, I don't want to be right" is a reference to the song lyric to the song "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right."

Goofs

  • At the elimination ceremony, just before Blaineley tells the others about Ezekiel being on the plane, the straps on her high heels are missing.
  • The color of Alejandro's food is different when Heather looks under the table; instead of the usual sickly green color, it is teal.
  • When Courtney is given the mask from Chris to wear so she doesn't cheat for Alejandro, her hair is fixed and there are no more dirty smudges on her face.
  • Sierra's 'Love-Me Tea' was never on the restaurant table until the second part of "A Chinese Lesson."
  • Duncan's spiked collar disappears when he is riding his bike next to Alejandro.
  • Courtney is also incorrect when she states that there were dinosaurs in eight million B.C. (which is in the Miocene period), as the last known dinosaurs were extinct in sixty-six million B.C. (during the Cretaceous period).
  • When Cody talks to the donkey before it kicks Sierra off the Great Wall, his right hand is drawn with his fingers coming from his wrist.
  • When Blaineley takes over the episode recap, her pupils go missing upon saying the word "lights."
  • While lying about his sensitive stomach, both Alejandro's bracelets have black stripes.
  • Just before he rips his shirt off, Alejandro's left bracelet looks like his right one.
  • When Cody questioned the food in the first part of the challenge, his position made it look like he was sitting on the far left, despite being in-between Blaineley and Sierra.
  • When Chris announces that it's time to sing, Sierra and Heather are missing from their seats.

Gallery

See also

Total Drama World Tour Episodes
Team Phase "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1" | "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 2" | "Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan" | "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better" | "Broadway, Baby!" | "Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water" | "Slap Slap Revolution" | "The Am-AH-Zon Race" | "Can't Help Falling in Louvre" | "Newf Kids on the Rock" | "Jamaica Me Sweat" | "Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon" | "I See London..." | "Greece's Pieces" | "The EX-Files" | "Picnic at Hanging Dork" | "Sweden Sour" | "Aftermath Aftermayhem"
Individual Phase "Niagara Brawls" | "Chinese Fake-Out" | "African Lying Safari" | "Rapa Phooey!" | "Awwwwww, Drumheller" | "Hawaiian Style" | "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles" | "Hawaiian Punch"
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