Suckers Punched

The final nine contestants square off against old enemies in a boxing tournament. Two people have their newly formed friendship tested by a cynical host; someone defeats a familiar foe and admits his love for another; and another's true nature is revealed by a former contestant. Meanwhile, a sweetheart tries to ally with a teammate in order to eliminate a growing threat, but due to a surprising twist, a lovesick uberfan is eliminated instead.
==Plot==
The episode begins with the Heroic Hamsters in the McLean Spa Hotel. Sierra's mutant rat that she adopted in the previous episode chews through a boombox cable, electrocuting itself. Sierra scolds the animal, which attacks her. 
The scene cuts to most of the Villainous Vultures, who are engaging in a team breakfast on the steps of the loser's cabin. Alejandro joins them, declaring his glee that he can walk normally again, holding up his story that his legs were asleep the entire time. He claims that it is a miracle that his legs work again and that now he can use them to benefit the team. Cameron, Courtney, Gwen, and Scott all appear to have grudges against him for his previous actions towards Heather, with Scott saying "Wakey Wakey, Legs-A-Fakey" to him. Courtney even goes as far as to say that no one will want to be his ally once the teams merge. In the process, she does something Alejandro openly despises and calls him "Al." Alejandro snaps back, warning her not to use that nickname. 
After an announcement from Chris, the contestants head to the Chrisiseum for the next challenge. Sierra has even more trouble with her "Cody Juniors," while Duncan pulls Zoey aside to warn her about his recent Mike discovery. Zoey initially laughs when he tells her that her boyfriend had been to juvie, but after discussing his disorder, and the broken camper possessions, she becomes more alert to Mike's behavior. She thanks Duncan for telling her, annoying him by calling him "thoughtful and considerate." The scene shifts to Chef Hatchet at Boney Island, trying to retrieve Mike from exile. Yelling out for him triggers a stampede of animals to trample him, the final attack coming from Mike as Mal, who steps on his hand. Inside his mind, the real Mike remains chained to the boulder from the previous episode. He is shocked to see Mal's image in a fiery mirror and voices his certainty that he had done away with him after his duration in juvie. Mal responds that he was laying low, and only conserving his energy for the right time. Mike begs him to stop, to which Mal mocks him and laughs that he's "just getting started."
When the contestants arrive at the Chrisiseum, Cameron is terrified at the sight of a boxing ring.
Chef returns with the exiled Hamster, and the camp cook whispers to the host that "that kid ain't right." Mal continues pretending to be Mike, flirting with Zoey by calling her "a sight for sore eyes." Chris explains the day's task as an homage to season one's No Pain, No Game challenge with some Phobia Factor to add "extra zing." Each contestant must spin the Wheel of Misfortune. Whatever they land on they must fight one-on-one in the boxing ring, lasting for two minutes maximum. If they win the match, their team gets a point. First team to three points wins immunity and the stay at the Spa Hotel. Zoey earns a free point for the Hamsters and does not have to participate as a result of obtaining the most eggs in the last challenge. Chris declares that because the Vultures lost last time, they are required to go first.
Scott comes up and spins. As it rotates, Chris and Chef exchange mischievous looks before Chef presses a button that stops the wheel on Fang, Scott's greatest fear. Fang emerges from the floor wearing boxing gloves and a teeth guard, and Scott stares at him in pure terror and freezes. Courtney tries to wake him up, but is unsuccessful. He is thrown into the ring and is easily defeated. After scolding at Fang, who shows a look of indifference, Courtney tries to drag a disoriented Scott away from the ring. Gwen offers her help, which Courtney accepts, smiling. 
	
Sierra is chosen to as the next fighter. She spins the wheel and lands on an enemy whose silhouette is identical to that of her pet's. Sierra refuses to fight Cody Juniors, but Chris reveals that it is not them she must battle, but their mother. Sierra "breaks up" with Cameron, citing motherhood as a blockage for love. 
The mother emerges just as Fang did, and Sierra gives Cameron the baby to watch. She starts out the fight well, though she is eventually beaten just like Scott. The mother swipes the baby from Cameron and leaves. Sierra falls on top of Cameron and mends the non-existent relationship, much to Cameron's dismay. Duncan then asks Cameron what the odds are of both Sierra and Scott landing on such "personal" opponents. While Cameron exclaims that its astronomical, the other contestants are dumbfounded. Alejandro volunteers to go next for the Vultures. Courtney remarks to Gwen that she hopes he lands on Heather. Gwen snickers in response. Actually, Alejandro lands on the one person he says he would "ever want to fight less than Heather" — his brother José. 
The battle starts equal, but Duncan finds weird that they're only hitting each other in the body.
	
Then, José recalls Alejandro's season three humiliation and Heather's "unattractive personality." 
This statement infuriates Alejandro, who attacks him enough to render him useless and win the round, earning the first point for the Vultures, and Chris also states that now everybody knows how Alejandro really feels about Heather.
Mal spins next. Cameron tells the other contestants to watch, as he believes the wheel will "randomly" select one of Mike's worst fears. Chris hears this and communicates to Chef to stay off the button. Mike/Mal lands on a picture of a spider. Cameron becomes afraid, remembering his experience and the fact that it is not a spider, but Izzy. She removes her mask and taunts Cameron. Izzy, facing Mike/Mal, is then shown to detect the "good on the inside, poison on the outside." Within his subconscious, Mike begs for help as Mal takes action to "close the window" to his soul. Izzy stares at "Mike," and questions him who Mal is, shocking both Duncan and Zoey.
	
Mal viciously defeats Izzy, while laughing malevolently, and Duncan points out to Zoey that that is what he's been telling her about. Chris says that the way "Mike" fought was a villainous move, but he still gives the Heroic Hamsters a point. Zoey asks him where he learned to fight like that, but Mal plays innocent yet again, sweet talks Zoey and celebrates his win by saying he practically "wasn't in control" but that he feels better when he's with her.
Cameron is next. He spins the wheel and lands on mutant gophers. He is quick to lose the match as the gophers form a dog pile on top of him. Duncan is picked next. He initially is excited about being able to fight and prove he is still a villain. 
Chris asks "Duncan Do-right" if he's ready, and Duncan says he's been itching for it, but Chris tries to talk him down before revealing that he is paired with the bird he met in the previous episode. As both of his ex-girlfriends laugh at him, Chris mocks him about being too sweet to fight the bird. He soon proves correct as Duncan backs down.
When Chris asks whether Gwen or Courtney will fight next for the villains, they speak simultaneously, forcing Chris to choose Gwen. Gwen's worst fear becomes reality when she lands on a silhouette of Courtney. Both girls refuse to battle. 
	
Chris, anticipating this, had put together a montage of Gwen kissing Duncan, all the clips taking place long before their recent breakup. Courtney grows furious, while Gwen begs her to calm down and reminds her that they're past it. Courtney admits that maybe she isn't as over it as she thought, before punching Gwen. 
Gwen punches her back, pleading her case the same way she did in the first episode: by insisting Courtney and Duncan were not a couple at the time he kissed her in London.
From the sidelines, Duncan points out to Alejandro that they're fighting over him, and in the time in takes him to make an ill-fated confessional, both girls become beaten and black-eyed. Gwen goes on to tell Courtney she only came back to the show to make amends with her. Courtney, in turn, reveals she missed Gwen more than she missed Duncan, which offends Duncan. They collapse to their knees and hug, finally putting their conflict to rest. Courtney even adds they'll be "friends forever." Sierra and Zoey smile and even Chris is touched. Since the girls managed to make Chris show emotion, he gives the Vultures two points. With the final score 3-2, the Vultures win the challenge.
At the campfire ceremony, Duncan and Zoey talk about Mike's performance during the challenge. When Duncan raises the possibility of Mike being the alternate personality and Mal being the real one, Zoey is shocked. 
Before the voting begins, Chris has an announcement to make. Courtney tells Gwen that he means they're merging. 
Instead, Chris announces that instead of the usual voting system, the Vultures are to choose which Hamster is kicked off; and the Hamsters, the exiled Vulture. After discussing it with her team, Gwen declares the eliminated camper is Sierra. Meanwhile, the heroes send Alejandro to Boney Island. 
As Sierra is flushed, Gwen apologizes and asks her to say hi to Cody for her. Duncan says that she should also make more "Gwuncan" videos, earning an irritated look from Gwen. Chris then signs off the episode.
===Exclusive clip===
Sierra lands inside the Black Box building in Area 51. As she excitedly remembers the challenge and exact episode number from the Total Drama World Tour episode, several pods open up, revealing multiple Cody clones. At first, the clones chase after Sierra, but soon, Sierra happily carries one of the clones while chasing after the others, claiming the situation is like "Heaven."
==Cast==
Voice actor 	Role(s)
Christian Potenza 	Chris
Alex House 	Alejandro/José
Kevin Duhaney 	Cameron
Clé Bennett 	Chef Hatchet
Emilie-Claire Barlow	Courtney
Drew Nelson 	Duncan
Megan Fahlenbock 	Gwen
Katie Crown 	Izzy
Cory Doran 	Mike
James Wallis 	Scott
Annick Obonsawin 	Sierra
Barbara Mamabolo 	Zoey
==Elimination Ceremony==
The Heroic Hamsters did not vote; instead, the Villainous Vultures reached a consensus to eliminate one member of the opposite team.
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==Still in the running==
						
						
==Trivia==
===General===
*This episode's challenge features a nod to the fear-facing challenge from "," as well as having the return of the Wheel of Misfortune from "," both from .
*Cameron is one of the contestants to have his full name revealed, being Cameron Corduroy Wilkins.
**The others are Alejandro, Blaineley, Brick, Cody, Dakota, Harold, and MacArthur.
*Alejandro's brother José, previously mentioned in , makes his debut in this episode. He is the third relative of a contestant to appear on Total Drama, the others being Leshaniqua (Leshawna's cousin) and DJ's mother.
**In addition, he becomes one of several non-contestants to have used the confessional.
*The contestants eliminated and exiled in this episode were the two newcomers from Total Drama World Tour.
*This marks the first time a contestant from the original cast goes to Boney Island for exile.
**This is also the first time a contestant did not volunteer for exile. Instead, he is chosen by the other contestants.
*When Chris is doing the recap, he is seen to be at Playa Des Losers.
*This episode marks the first time since "" () in which there are more former Killer Bass members than former Screaming Gophers members remaining in a season.
*This is the third time the winner(s) of the challenge can pick whom to vote out and the first time it happen before the merge.
*The slots of the Wheel of Misfortune were either the competitors' fears or opponents corresponding to their unique situations:
**Sierra: The mother of Sierra's newly adopted pet.
**Scott: Fang, Scott's greatest fear and arguably worst enemy on the show.
**Alejandro: José, Alejandro's elder brother, worst fear and fiercest enemy.
**Duncan: The mother bird from the previous episode, Duncan's opponent.
**Gwen: Courtney, whom Gwen has been trying to make up with all season.
**Cameron: Izzy, a fear of Cameron's, though Mike faced her.
**Mike: The mutant gophers, Mike's fear, though Cameron faced them.
***Zoey is the only one whose fear is not featured in the wheel due to her not participating.
***A bear is featured but never competed. It is presumed that this is meant to be Courtney's opponent, should she spin the wheel.
*If the two specials are counted, then this is the 100th episode of the Total Drama series, rather than "" which is referred to as the 100th episode in the show.
*Alejandro is the only member of the Villainous Vultures to not receive a black eye in this episode. In contrast, Sierra is the only member of the Heroic Hamsters to receive a black eye.
===Continuity===
*Most of the fears on the Wheel of Misfortune reference events from previous episodes:
**Sierra adopting a baby mutant in "."
**Duncan taking the mother bird's egg, also in "No One Eggspects the Spanish Opposition."
**Fang's obsession with Scott since "" ().
**Gwen's desperation to make up with Courtney since "."
**Cameron encountering Izzy dressed as a mutated spider in "" ().
**Mike's confrontation with mutant gophers in "."
*The scenes that Chris used — to make Courtney and Gwen fight — of Duncan and Gwen kissing are from "," "," an exclusive clip of "" (), and "" ().
*On Sierra's Gwuncan blog, there is a picture of her hugging Cody taken from "." 
*Gwen and Courtney finally settle their differences after being in a conflict since "."
*This is the last episode of the season where there are more first-generation contestants than second-generation contestants.
===References===
*The title of this episode is a pun on the phrase "sucker punch."
*When it's the Hamsters' turn to fight, Chris says "Hero time," possibly referencing the catchphrase of Ben Tennyson from the Ben 10 franchise.
*Chris calls Duncan "Duncan Do-Right", a possible reference to Rocky and Bullwinkle character Dudley Do-Right who's a fellow Canadian.
===Goofs===
*In the recap, Chris says the last challenge was last week, but while mentioning Zoey's reward, he said the Hamsters won yesterday instead.
*In the recap, Chris asks whether or not the Heroic Hamsters will keep their lead; however, they are tied with the Villainous Vultures in terms of challenge wins.
*The twist tie that Cameron used to fix his glasses in the previous episode disappears from this episode on.
*When the Heroic Hamsters celebrate Zoey's reward, Cameron is with them and joins in cheering, even though he is supposed to be with the Villainous Vultures.
*When Courtney is trying to wake Scott up when he has to fight Fang, the lines and the freckles on his chest are missing.
*When Fang opens his mouth he has a mouth guard, but when he closes his mouth, his teeth are showing.
*During Cameron's second confessional, there's no team logo.
*At one point, when Mal hits Izzy, the entire top of her hair is in a darker shade of orange instead of only the darker highlights.
**The outlines of her highlights are also cut.
*When Gwen spins the wheel, it spins clockwise, despite her spinning it in the opposite direction.
*Just before Sierra is flushed, the bruises on her face disappear, despite them being present later on in the exclusive clip.
*At the beginning of the exclusive clip, Sierra is seen with her original hair length.
*When Sierra landed on Cameron, he receives a black eye, but the black eye disappears afterwards.
**After he is dogpiled by the mutant gophers, his black eye returns.
==Gallery==
Chris at playa.webp|Chris is resting at Playa Des Losers during the recap.
7.1.webp|Sierra's pet attack her.
7.2.webp|Sierra says she doesn't have time to be in a relationship.
7.3.webp|The Vultures eating breakfast outside the loser cabin.
Cam Scott Penicillin.webp|Scott takes the moldy toast from Cameron.
Penicillin Puree.webp|Scott eats the moldy toast…
Gwen nearly pukes.webp|… causing Gwen to retch.
7.5.webp|Courtney tells Alejandro that he won't find an ally after what he did to Heather in the previous episode.
7.6.webp|Alejandro explaining his hatred for his older brother, José.
Alejandro Scott Albertha.webp|Scott tells Alejandro about his sister Albertha.
Scottpig-TDAS7.webp|Scott gets pounced on by a pig after imitating pig sounds.
7.7.webp|Duncan tells Zoey that Mike was in juvie.
7.8.webp|Zoey thanks Duncan and calls him "thoughtful and considerate".
7.9.webp|Chef calls for Mike before being run over by some animals.
7.10.webp|Mal purposely steps on Chef's hand.
Hey Chef.webp|"Mike" greets Chef in an eerie manner.
7.11.webp|Mike is surprised to see Mal.
7.12.webp|"I'm just getting started." —Mal
7.13.webp|The contestants at the Chrisinium.
Wheel-TDAS7.webp|The Wheel of Misfortune returns.
Who will watch Codies.webp|Sierra asks who would take care of the Codys.
7.14.webp|"Mike" asks Chris about the reward he promised Zoey.
7.15.webp|Chris says Zoey does not have to participate in the challenge and gives the Hamsters a free point.
rigging it.webp|Chef rigs the Wheel of Misfortune…
shark selected.webp|… and it lands on "the shark".
7.16.webp|Scott has to fight Fang.
7.17.webp|Scott's reaction when he finds out he has to fight Fang.
Scott pummeled.webp|Scott gets brutally beaten by Fang.
Screenshot 71.webp|Fang defeats Scott.
Scourtney-TDAS7.webp|Courtney checks up on Scott after he's beaten up by Fang.
7.18.webp|Courtney thanks Gwen for helping her.
Gwen-conf-TDAS7.webp|Gwen cheers in the confessional, after finally succeeding in quelling Courtney's hostility towards her.
7.19.webp|Sierra is the next one to fight.
Not my pet.webp|Sierra objects to fighting her pet…
7.20.webp|… but it turns out she's fighting her pet's mother.
Sierra TDAS Rank.webp|Sierra is not afraid of her opponent.
Duncan and Cam suspicious.webp|Duncan and Cameron get suspicious at the unlikely opponents.
Cameron minds Codys.webp|Sierra asks Cameron to mind the boys.
CodysAttackCameron.webp|The Codys attack Cameron in the confessional.
7.21.webp|Sierra loses the battle.
Apollo Sierra.webp|Sierra is launched to the sky by the mom.
Give me my kids.webp|The mother takes the Codys from Cameron.
That may hurt33.webp|Sierra lands on Cameron.
Sierra wants Camody forever.webp|Sierra takes back her previous statement and says she could never break up with Cameron.
LamentationCam.webp|Cameron's is not pleased to hear this.
7.22.webp|Alejandro spins the wheel.
IHopeHeGetsHeather.webp|Courtney thinks Alejandro will get Heather.
SupAl.webp|Alejandro gets worried as he waits for his opponent to be revealed.
7.23.webp|Alejandro has to fight his brother José.
Jose-confessional-TDAS7.webp|Alejandro's brother José is shown in the confessional.
Alejandro-jose-box-TDAS7.webp|Alejandro gains the confidence to fight his brother.
Alejandro tells Heather to call him.webp|Alejandro tells Heather to call him, while he's in the confessional.
7.27.webp|Mal spins the Wheel of Misfortune …
7.28.webp|… and must fight Cameron's biggest fear…
7.29.webp|… which is Izzy.
Confused and surprised.webp|Mal is surprised by Izzy's knowledge.
Izzy-goodmike-TDAS7.webp|Mike looks at Izzy from inside his own subconscious.
7.31.webp|"Mike" defeats Izzy.
7.32.webp|It is Cameron's turn to spin the Wheel of Misfortune.
7.33.webp|Cameron must fight four mutant gophers.
7.34.webp|Cameron is quickly defeated.
7.35.webp|Duncan spins the Wheel of Misfortune.
hissss.webp|Duncan boasts about being a good fighter.
7.36.webp|Duncan must fight the blue bird mother from last episode.
Court and Gwen laugh.PNG.webp|Gwen Dracula and Courtney laugh at Duncan's phobia.
RefuseFight.webp|Duncan refuses to fight.
Gwen-court-dunc-TDAS7.webp|Courtney and Gwen poke fun at Duncan not wanting to fight a bird.
Courtney and Gwen Laughing.webp|Courtney and Gwen laughing as one of them volunteers to spin the wheel.
7.37.webp|Gwen spins the Wheel of Misfortune.
7.38.webp|Gwen and Courtney laughing because they won't fight each other.
GwenVsCourtneySuckers.webp|Courtney and Gwen prepare to box.
Bigez Courtney Rankings.webp|Courtney glares at Gwen after seeing clips of Duncan and Gwen kissing.
Alejandro is not amused.webp|Duncan remarks the girls are fighting over him.
Duncbird-TDAS7.webp|Duncan in the confessional with the bird.
GwourtneyBeat.webp|Gwen and Courtney fight until they're worn out.
FriendsForeverGwourtney.webp|The two make-up and hug after the fight.
Chris cries.webp|Courtney and Gwen even manage to touch Chris.
CollectiveGasp.webp|The campers gasp at the twists Chris announces.
7.41.webp|The Heroic Hamsters decided that Alejandro will go to the exile.
MoreGwuncanVideos.webp|Gwen becomes annoyed at Duncan's request to Sierra for more Gwuncan videos.
SierraFlushed.webp|Sierra is eliminated.
Gross-0.webp|The Flush of Shame splashes on the contestants.
==See also==
Category:Total Drama All-Stars episodes