Paintball Deer Hunter

The two teams compete in a paintball competition, with members of each team divided into "hunters" and "deer." One member of an alliance stands up against the Queen Bee leader, which causes her team to lose. Additionally, one camper is voted off after being viciously mauled by a bear.
==Plot==
The episode opens with the campers being rudely awakened from their sleep by the sound of Chris flying over the camp in a helicopter. In the girls' cabin, Heather asks Beth and Lindsay to warm up a shower for her, to which they reluctantly comply. 
Since Heather is still getting her shower, a long line of girls can be seen outside the communal washroom a short time later. Gwen decides to go "lumberjack style" due to the long wait and walks into the forest to do so.
Chris is heard over the loudspeakers shortly after, telling the campers to gather at the campfire pit. Heather then requests that her back be lotioned. When Beth turns around, she discovers that the other girls have left the scene, leaving her to complete the difficult task alone. At the campfire pit, Chris informs them that the day's challenge is about survival, and that the teams will go on a paintball deer hunt; he then reveals an arsenal of paintball guns. Chris states that the hunters for the Killer Bass will be Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette, who will be using blue paintballs; for the Screaming Gophers, the hunters are Owen, Beth, Leshawna, and Lindsay, who will be using orange paintballs. Everyone else will be dressed as "deer," with antler headgear and deer tails, and will be the "hunters' prey." Duncan is very disappointed in being a deer, and Owen decides to target him, calling him "Bambi."
Out in the woods, the members of the Screaming Gophers who were selected as "deer" are unhappy about their roles, except for Cody. 
Heather declares that she will have Beth and Lindsay defend her in the game, dismissing Gwen's suggestion that this would be illegal. The scene moves to the Killer Bass' hunters, where Harold attempts to reassure Bridgette, who believes hunting is incorrect, by pointing out that Heather is one of the deer, which significantly enhances Bridgette's perspective on the matter.
Just after Chris announces the hunt has started, Owen splashes urine from a jar on himself to mask his scent, which repulses the other hunters on his team. Beth and Lindsay are snarled at by Heather, who orders Lindsay to get her berries and Beth to get a bag of chips from the dining hall. 
Owen continues his search through the woods and comes across DJ, on whom he makes an attempt to creep up. Beth, on the other hand, sneaks into the main lodge, past Chef's watchful gaze, to get the chips Heather requested. Back with Owen, the hunter is suddenly startled by a snake and DJ, alerted to his presence, runs off, being followed by Owen. Back at the main lodge, Beth barely manages to get out with the bag of chips without being seen by Chef.
Owen maintains his chase of DJ, but only succeeds in hurting himself in the process. After risking her life for a bag of chips, Beth speaks with Cody and tells him she's had it with the game. Heather is mad that Beth ate the majority of the chips and tells Beth to go get her some, but Beth declines. Moments later, Heather is shot by Harold and Bridgette. Owen climbs the cliff, shooting at DJ, but when they reach the top, Owen is out of paintballs, causing DJ to angrily hurl Owen over the edge.
Elsewhere, Heather calls an alliance meeting with Lindsay and interrupts Beth shooting at a "deer" to tell her she can stay in the alliance if she apologizes for her earlier actions, but Beth refuses. The two argue back and forth with Beth stating that Heather is more concerned with bossing people around than winning challenges. At another location, Owen, soaking wet, is determined to get a deer and spotting Duncan walking by, quickly finds a new target. The fighting between Heather and Beth continues on with Leshawna overhearing the argument and stopping to watch. Leshawna accidentally shoots Heather by mistake, and when Heather turns to angrily berate Leshawna, Beth shoots Heather as well.
Meanwhile, Owen is perched high in a tree, preparing to shoot Duncan, who is drinking from a nearby pond. Duncan is alerted to his presence by Owen's loud fart, and he flees.
Heather shoots paintballs at Leshawna and Beth, who return the favor. Courtney and Duncan argue over which way the camp is situated in another area, and as a result, their "antlers" become locked.
After that, Courtney becomes enraged and asks, "Now what?" Duncan answers by asking Courtney if she wants to make out with him, to which Courtney just gives a blank look.
The paintball battle between Leshawna, Heather, and Beth is noticed by Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette. They begin shooting at them for amusement just as the hunt is announced to be over. Chris surveys the campers and informs them of Cody's bear mauling. Courtney and Duncan, still stuck together, come to the camp grounds. When Owen and Gwen both joke about the two being stuck together, Duncan responds, "The girl can't keep her antlers off me." Courtney responds violently by kicking Duncan in the groin, prompting Bridgette and Geoff to untangle them. Since the Killer Bass are coated in far less paint, Chris declares them the winners of the challenge.
At the campfire ceremony, Heather declares that, if she could, she would vote for Beth and one other camper. In the confessional, a mauled Cody is assured that he is safe because he is a fast healer and everyone despises Heather. At the campfire ceremony, Chris gives the marshmallows to Trent, Lindsay, Owen, Gwen, Leshawna and, to Heather's surprise, Beth. Heather and Cody are in the bottom two, and Heather gets the last marshmallow, claiming that her teammates are very fortunate not to have voted her off. In the end, Cody is voted off the island. Since Cody is unable to travel on his own, Chris allows someone to wheel him down to the Dock of Shame, which Beth quickly volunteers to do. The gophers bid farewell to Cody as Beth wheels him away. Upon reaching the end of the dock, Beth shows Cody the tiki idol she took from Boney Island in the previous challenge. Cody, realizing the truth about the idol and their number of losses, frantically tries to tell Beth the truth, but Beth doesn't seem to realize he's trying to tell her anything important. She then kisses Cody on the cheek before saying farewell, causing his wheelchair to roll off the Dock of Shame and into the water, almost drowning him.
== Cast ==
Voice actor 	Role(s)
Christian Potenza 	Chris
Sarah Gadon 	Beth
Kristin Fairlie 	Bridgette
Peter Oldring 	Cody
Emilie-Claire Barlow	Courtney
Clé Bennett 	DJ
Drew Nelson 	Duncan
Megan Fahlenbock 	Gwen
Brian Froud 	Harold
Rachel Wilson 	Heather
Novie Edwards 	Leshawna
Stephanie Anne Mills	Lindsay
Scott McCord 	Owen
*Chef, Geoff, Sadie, and Trent appear, but they have no lines, although Sadie is heard gasping and cheering when the Killer Bass win the challenge and Chef is seen whistling.
==Elimination Ceremony==
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===Voting Confessionals===
==Still in the running==
							
							
							
== Trivia ==
===General===
*As of Cody's elimination, all three campers voiced by Peter Oldring have been eliminated from the season.
**Also, only two Screaming Gopher males remain, and both of them are voiced by Scott McCord.
*Cody has multiple bandages and cuts on his body as he speaks in the confessional, but he has not yet been mauled by the bear as these confessionals are seen, implying that these were taken after the challenge had finished.
*The Gophers have red guns, similar to the Bass' color, while the Bass have green guns, similar to the Gophers' color.
*Leshawna's nearsightedness is revealed in this episode, as she had a hard time seeing Heather and the others from a distance. This disability, on the other hand, is never mentioned in any other episode.
*DJ appears to develop animal instincts in this episode, as he trotted around on all fours, was scared of Owen when he was about to shoot, and then threw Owen off the ledge as if he wanted to avenge himself for almost shooting him; then, he kicked rocks and dirt over the edge after him. This is the first episode in which he is seen using his strength in frustration.
*Gwen and Trent were the only Screaming Gophers who came out of the challenge unscathed, while none of the Killer Bass did.
===Continuity===
*Courtney and Duncan's antlers become stuck together, forming the outline of a heart in the middle, hinting at their relationship, which occurs three episodes later.
*Duncan refers to the previous episode, in which Chris pilots the helicopter and misidentifies it as the RCMP (who had tried to detain Izzy) and recoils in fear.
*Cody and Heather, the bottom two at the elimination ceremony, would eventually be in the final three of Total Drama World Tour.
===References===
*This episode's title could be a reference to the war-drama film, The Deer Hunter.
*Owen's song about beans is a reference to "Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit."
*Owen calls Duncan "Bambi" in the episode. The word is a reference to the 1942 Disney animated movie, Bambi.
*When Chris is flying the helicopter, he is wearing a Rebel Flight Suit from Star Wars.
=== Goofs ===
*In the recap, where Chris explains "the final marshmallow was set to go to Izzy or Lindsay," it pans from Izzy to Lindsay. In "Up the Creek," however, it panned from Lindsay to Izzy. At the same part of the recap, Lindsay is shown with a worried look on her face, when she was actually not paying attention and playing with her hair in the real episode.
**In the remastered version of the episode, however, besides the fact that the recap is missing half of its sequences, Lindsay is seen sitting in the same position as she was in the previous episode.
*Harold is missing from the rest of the cast when Chris explains the challenge.
*Part of Heather's head is cut when Chris explains the challenge.
*When Chris reaches for the paintball guns, he reaches for a red one, but throws green ones to Harold, Geoff, and Bridgette.
*When Owen throws the urine on his face, the glass jar is empty, but when he threw it to Lindsay, Beth, and Leshawna, it is full.
*When Owen is first stalking DJ, his paintball gun is green, though the gun color for the Screaming Gophers' was red.
*When Bridgette shoots Heather, the paint on her shoulder is the color of the Screaming Gophers paint.
*When Cody eats from the bag of chips, it is full. However, when he snatches it up off the ground earlier, it is nearly empty.
*When Beth tells off Heather, she takes off her deer nose and throws it at her. But in the next scene, where she and Beth are having a stare-down, her deer nose is back on.
*When Heather is sitting on the tree stump, she is hit by two orange paintballs shot by Bridgette and Harold, but the Killer Bass's paintballs are blue.
*When Owen is thrown off the cliff, his paintball gun disappears, but he is seen later with it again.
*When Owen spots Duncan he doesn't have his goggles.
*After Owen is hunting DJ, he is out of paintballs. However, when he starts hunting Duncan, he says that he has at least one paintball.
*When Cody is mauled by the bear and covered in bandages, he is able to speak before he gets to the campfire ceremony (saying that he is confident that he wouldn't be eliminated). After he is eliminated, he is unable to speak due to bandages covering his mouth that he obviously did not have or need before that time.
*After Chris announces that the final marshmallow goes to Heather, the marshmallow plate that he is holding is full of marshmallows.
*When Beth takes Cody to the dock and pulls out her statue, it is small to the point where she can hold it with two fingers. In all the other episodes with the statue, it is much bigger to the point that she needs her whole hand to hold it.
==Gallery==
Deer1.webp|Duncan flips out when he hears a helicopter above the cabins.
Deer2.webp|Heather instructs Beth and Lindsay to do her bidding.
Paintball deer waiting.webp|The remaining girls wait for Heather to finish with her "private time."
Harold missing from groupshot.PNG.webp|Chris explains the challenge.
Deer3.webp|Trent and Gwen are becoming even closer.
Deer4.webp|Chris shows off the gear to be used during the challenge.
Deer5.webp|Chris helps Duncan with his deer tail . . . 
Deer6.webp|. . . and Duncan is less than happy about it.
Tubby.webp|Duncan and Owen talk before the challenge begins.
PDH- Shocked.webp|The Killer Bass are shocked to see DJ's animal instinct.
Deer7.webp|Heather doesn't participate in the challenge.
PDH-Tired.webp|Lindsay and Beth walk in the forest.
Deer9.webp|Owen hides in a bush . . . 
Deer8.webp| . . . and sets his sights on DJ.
Deer10.webp|Beth drops her tiki idol and is almost caught by Chef Hatchet.
Deer13.webp|DJ is chased by Owen.
Deer14.webp|Owen doesn't perform very well.
Beth Stahped Runnin'.webp|Beth stops running away from Chef as she rethinks her actions.
AllThisForHeather.webp|"I'm doing all this for Heather? I don't even like her!"– Beth
CodyBethDearHunter.webp|Beth vents her feelings to Cody.
Deer15.webp|Beth finally stands up to Heather.
Bridgette_and_Harold.webp|Bridgette and Harold high-fives after shooting Heather.
Deer16.webp|DJ gets angry at Owen.
PaybackTime.webp|The hunter is now the hunted.
OwenCliffFall.webp|Owen is thrown off the cliff by DJ.
Deer18.webp|"Wait! I have blueberries, see?" —Lindsay 
Bethshootssadie.webp|Beth almost gets Sadie.
LeShawnaEyesight.webp|Leshawna sees three figures from the distance.
Deer19.webp|Beth and Leshawna laugh at Heather's misfortune.
Deer 20.webp|Owen fails to get Duncan either.
Cody_found_berries.webp|Cody starts feasting on berries.
Deer22.webp|Cody is mauled by a bear who obtains some of his possessions.
Phobia factor (2).webp|Cody after his mauling.
Deer23.webp|Courtney and Duncan cross paths during the hunt . . . 
Deer24.webp|. . . and cross antlers, as well.
Deer25.webp|Bridgette, Harold, and Geoff stumble upon the fighting Gopher girls.
FeistyCourtney.webp|{{nowrap|Courtney kicks Duncan in the groin.
Deer26.webp|Duncan cringes in pain.
Deer27.webp|Geoff and Bridgette untangle Duncan and Courtney.
LeshawnaVoteCody.webp|Leshawna . . . 
OwenVoteCody.webp| . . . and Owen vote for Cody in the confessional.
LindsayAdmireBeth.webp|Lindsay admires Beth for standing up to Heather. 
Deer28.webp|Heather thinks Beth is going home.
Deer29.webp|Heather chews out her team once she is safe.
CodyOut.PNG.webp|Cody is eliminated from the competition.
StopTouchingMyCodyFoulBeth.webp|Beth kisses Cody on the cheek before he leaves.
Deer 31.webp|The episode ends with Cody rolling into the water.
==See also==
Category:Total Drama Island episodes