A Million Ways to Lose a Million Dollars

The final three teams arrive in New York, the final destination of the race. In a cab driving, stair climbing showdown, two players have their final showdown, leading to a mad dash to Central Park where one squad finally vanquish their greatest foes and earn their long-waited comeuppance for what they've done (also someone's biggest problem) but still have one team to contend with. In the end, that one team finally finishes and gets the million, while the other feels good they made it to the end regardless.
==Plot==
The three finalist teams must now fly to New York for their next Travel Tip. All three teams believe they have a good chance at winning the race, as they all have survived numerous challenges that are thrown at them. After their flight lands at the airport, teams must compete in an All-In, which involves driving a taxi to the Empire State Building. Once there, teams must climb 86 flights of stairs up to the observation deck where they will collect their next travel tip attached to a suitcase. The Ice Dancers immediately start playing dirty, taunting the Police Cadets and crashing their taxi into the Surfer Dudes, resulting in their taxi spinning out of control and crashing into a pole. Lucky for them, they are near a subway entrance, so they take the train instead.
The Ice Dancers and Police Cadets end up stuck in a traffic jam, however, the Cadets are able to clear the traffic by impersonating a police siren, allowing them and the Ice Dancers to arrive at the building. The Surfers are the first to arrive at the Empire State Building, having no trouble at all climbing the stairs due to having done this in the very first episode. They find out that their next task is to get to Central Park for the mid-point Chill Zone and Don states that the last team to arrive at the mid-point Chill Zone will be eliminated. Unfortunately for them, Brody gets another leg cramp, much like what happened in the first episode. But this time, Brody came prepared as he kept a banana in his pocket for potassium, though it had become rotten by this point. He eats the banana, causing Geoff to spew. The Police Cadets arrive before the Ice Dancers, but fall behind due to Sanders insisting they find a proper parking spot. As the Surfers rush back down, they take the Ice Dancers taxi, mistaking it for one left by Don, while the Ice Dancers take the Police Cadets taxi. In a bid to catch up, MacArthur uses her police badge to confiscate a hot dog van and pursues the Ice Dancers.
 
The Surfers are the first to arrive at the mid-point Chill Zone and must make their way to a boathouse to ride a boat to the middle of a pond. Once there, they must find a combination that will unlock their briefcase. Elsewhere, the Ice Dancers get a flat tire and have their vehicle flipped over by the vengeful Police Cadets, resulting in them having to race on foot to the finish. The Police Cadets arrive at the Chill Zone, only to have their tip blown away by the wind into a drain. As the Ice Dancers arrive and getting closer, Sanders uses her broken arm to reach down the awkward angle of the drain and grab the tip. MacArthur then carries her to the Chill Zone before the Ice Dancers. As a result, the Ice Dancers are the last to arrive and are cut from the competition. Josee, reaching her breaking point, throws a temper tantrum by breaking a fountain. Jacques stops her before she can throw a hot dog cart by telling her to accept the fact that they had lost and it's over, Josee calms down and begins to cry and hug Jacques only to be crushed by the hot dog cart she had been lifting. They believe that their tactics weren't worthy of winning the competition with Josee promising to be a better person, only to push a lady in the fountain afterward.
The final two teams use a map to make their way to the boathouse, but the Surfers end up going to the wrong one. After getting the right combinations, the teams will attain the directions to their final Chill Zone inside the briefcase, where the first team to arrive will win one million dollars. The camera then switches to the previously eliminated teams sitting at the bleachers, some using the interview expressing their opinion on the final two. Rock is excited that someone is going to win the money, but Spud mistakes this as themselves being in the finale as finalists. The Tennis Rivals make jokes about the finalists and how bad the finale is. The Stepbrothers reveal that they're rooting for the Police Cadets to win, due to their athletic skills. Taylor admits that she's glad that she and her mother got cut from the competition before they had to do any of the disgusting challenges. Crimson is happy about the Ice Dancers's elimination, but Ennui carefully reminds her about showing happiness. The Ice Dancers are still bitter over their elimination and each give a score of "0.0". Meanwhile, both teams have trouble searching the buoys for a combination, and MacArthur tries to flirt with Brody, who seems to be more focused on winning, much to her anger. The Cadets are the first to find the correct combination, but in their excitement, MacArthur accidentally creates a hole in the boat and it begins sinking. However, they manage to make their way to shore before they submerge, with the Surfers not far behind.
After reaching to shore, both teams quickly run as fast as they can to the final Chill Zone with the eliminated contestants cheering for them. In the end, one of the teams reached the finish line and is declared the winner. Regardless of who wins, only the Ice Dancers are not happy but Don blatantly says he doesn't care. In both endings, the Surfers admit that they have a good time during the Race while MacArthur admits that being in the Race taught her a lot and realizing that her partner is stronger than she thought. 
The winning team celebrates their victory by tossing the money joyfully in the air much to Don's annoyance. Don and the other contestants then join them in a final group shot as Don signs off the show.
===Endings===
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In the final race to the Chill Zone, the Cadets are the first team to arrive because of them picking up speed and win the million dollars. Sanders celebrates her and MacArthur's victory while the Surfers hug each other despite their loss. In the final group shot, the Cadets are celebrating their winnings with them.
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In the final race to the Chill Zone, the Surfers are the first team to arrive and win the million dollars as they celebrate. The Police Cadets congratulate the Surfers on their win and MacArthur asks Brody to call her, much to his delight. MacArthur admits that while it is embarrassing that her team didn't win, the race helped her realize how competitive, strong, and forgiving her partner is. In the final group shot, the Surfers are celebrating their winnings.
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==Cast==
Voice actor 	Role(s)
Terry McGurrin 	Don
Scott McCord 	Brody/Jacques
Darren Frost 	Chet
Stacey DePass 	Crimson
Carter Hayden 	Ennui/Spud
Dan Petronijevic	Geoff
David Huband 	Gerry
Julie Lemieux 	Josee/Kelly
Carlos Díaz 	Lorenzo/Rock
Evany Rosen 	MacArthur
Adrian Truss 	Pete
Nicole Stamp 	Sanders
Bryn McAuley 	Taylor
*Carrie, Devin, Dwayne, Ellody, Emma, Jay, Jen, Junior, Kitty, Laurie, Leonard, Mary, Mickey, Miles, Noah, Owen, Ryan, Stephanie, Tammy, and Tom all appear; but do not speak. However, they are heard cheering.
*Anne Maria, Blaineley, and Chris each make brief appearances; however, they have no dialogue.
*A man driving a car, the intercom on the train, and a cart vendor speak, though it is unknown who voiced them.
==Leaderboard==
===Mid-Point Chill Zone===
		
==Final Results==
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Canada, Croatia, USA [Netflix], Hungary, Italy, Romania, Portugal
				
				
				
				
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USA [CN], Israel, Portugal, Brazil, Latin America, Australia, Netherlands, France, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria, Norway, Denmark, United Kingdom [BBC iPlayer]
				
				
				
				
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==Trivia==
===General===
*This is the second double elimination episode of the spin-off, the first being in Down and Outback.
*This marks the first time in the franchise that a returning character(s) is in the final two.
*In the Cadets' ending, the Ice Dancers are sitting, while in the Surfers' ending, they're standing.
*Several Total Drama characters cameo in this episode:
**Anne Maria is seen outside the Empire State Building.
**Chris is seen sitting on a bench, reading a newspaper in the streets of New York City.
**Blaineley is seen carrying boxes from an assumed shopping spree, although she is wearing a pink dress.
**A wanted poster of Ezekiel can be seen in the background.
*A graffiti of the skull on Duncan's shirt can be seen on the walls of a building.
*A woman resembling Sky can be seen walking past Don at the airport. Fresh TV confirms on Twitter that this woman is Sky's older sister whom she mentioned in A Blast from the Past.
*Cody's, DJ's, Katie's, and Tyler's Camp TV design were seen throughout the episode as either pedestrians or drivers.
*The Rob Ford look-alike from the premiere is seen in front of The Empire State Building.
*The butler from Total Drama All-Stars, appears at the top of the Empire State Building, in the observatory deck.
*The man in the Hawaiian shirt from The Aftermath: IV, a female intern from Jamaica Me Sweat, and one of the men from Dakota's paparazzi entourage are seen running away from Geoff and Brody's taxi.
*The homeless man from Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Reunion Special who stole Ezekiel's wallet as well as in Broadway, Baby!, during What's Not To Love, is seen sleeping on the subway train next to the Surfer Dudes.
*When the Police Cadets run after the Ice Dancers after having their taxi stolen, they pass by a woman who looks like the mother from Broadway, Baby! who had her baby carrier swapped.
*The doll from That's Off the Chain! and The Enchanted Franken-Forest appears on the bench after the Ice Dancers try to sabotage the Surfer Dudes while driving a cab.
*Leshawna's bag from Not So Happy Campers - Part 1 and Haute Camp-ture appears in possession of a background character.
*When the Ice Dancers' taxi flips over, a silver medal can be seen hanging in their taxi as a reference to them winning silver at the Olympics.
*Noah and Owen are the only characters voiced by Carter Hayden and Scott McCord who don't speak in this episode.
*Counting Total Drama, this is the second finale in which a female contestant wins in Canada. The first was Lies, Cries and One Big Prize, in which Sky became Canada's first female winner. As of this episode, only three female contestants won a season of Total Drama in Canada.
*This is the first finale since Hawaiian Punch where the winner is the same in both the United States and Latin America.
===Continuity===
*The presence of snapping turtles in the Central Park pond is a callback to Broadway, Baby!
*Taylor mentions the exotic animals eating challenge from New Beijinging and the spa challenge from I Love Ridonc & Roll, the first two episodes after her elimination.
*Sanders indicates she picked up on MacArthur's reckless driving skills, which she had shown in earlier episodes.
*Brody recalls the climbing of the CN Tower in Toronto during the first Either/Or in None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 1, when he and Geoff climb the Empire State Building stairs.
**Like in the first episode, Brody suffers from leg cramps while climbing the stairs.
*MacArthur uses the same technique to hijack a hot dog car which she did to commandeer the cab in Mediterranean Homesick Blues.
*The old lady who Josee pushes into the fountain looks like the Travel Tip giver from New Beijinging, though her attire has changed.
*Devin hasn't fully recovered from his injuries, as he is seen with his head still covered by bandages.
*Dwayne no longer has the tattoo on his chin he got during Maori or Less, suggesting he had it removed.
*Brody has lost the extra weight he had in the previous episode.
*Counting Total Drama, this is the second finale to feature a former Killer Bass member in the finale. The first time was with Duncan in The Aftermath: IV.
===References===
*The title is a reference to the 2014 film A Million Ways to Die in the West.
*Brody references King Kong when he mentions about a "huge gorilla went bonkers" on the Empire State Building.
*Sanders impersonating the police siren may be a reference to Larvelle Jones, a character from the Police Academy franchise, who also has a habit of impersonating realistic sound effects.
*The hot-dog car is a reference to Oscar Meyer's Weinermobile.
*Like The Amazing Race, the finale for the Ridonculous Race has three teams competing. However, one team is eliminated midway unlike The Amazing Race, where all three teams reaching the finish line.
===Goofs===
*Because the Surfer Dudes' taxi was crashed by the Ice Dancers, they end up taking a subway to the Empire State Building. Despite this, they didn't receive a penalty.
*One can notice that when Josee blows raspberries and when The Ice Dancers ram the Surfers' taxi, Jacques' hair size changes, the former scene having Jacques' hair shorter than the latter.
*Don claims that the mid-point chill zone is the final chill-zone, but the final chill-zone is the one with the million dollar prize.
*At one point while the Ice Dancers are running to the midpoint Chill Zone, Josee has two ponytails, one dry and one wet.
*The Ice Dancers are somehow able to join the other previously eliminated teams near the finish line ahead of the finalists, despite them walking away from the midpoint Chill Zone earlier.
**This could be explained by MacArthur taking some time to fix Sanders's cast and the Surfer Dudes wasting a lot of time before realizing they arrived at the wrong boathouse.
* Devin sports bandages on his head, which was the one part of his body that wasn't injured in Last Tango in Buenos Aires.
*When the Stepbrothers are shown cheering for the teams during the final stretch, their voices are swapped.
*In the Cadets' ending:
**The table holding the money is missing in one shot.
**Part of MacArthur's body is still outside of the Carpet of Completion, but they still win, despite Don telling Gerry in French is an Eiffel Language that the contestant's entire body has to be on the carpet.
***Additionally, Sanders is not standing on the carpet.
*In the Surfers' ending, the Police Cadets feet can be seen running up the stairs to the carpet before the Surfers, yet the Surfers still reach the carpet first and win regardless.
==Gallery==
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Episode=
RR Final 3.webp|The final three of the season.
Surfers Finale Interview.webp|The Surfer Dudes feel they've got luck on their side.
Cadets Finale Interview.webp|MacArthur states that she and Sanders are the team to look out for.
Dancers Finale Interview.webp|The Ice Dancers are confident about their chances for winning.
Final 3 Arrive.webp|The final three teams arrive at New York City.
CARE1008271500006406_004_1280x720.webp|The contestants rush to the nearest taxi.
Hurry up.webp|The Ice Dancers in their taxi.
So much faster.webp|Josee tells Jacques to drive faster.
Dudes.webp|The Surfers in their taxi.
BrodyFinale.webp|Brody explains why history is important.
Need to win.webp|"Do we want to win? Yes. Do we need to win? Also yes!" - Sanders
Nice driving.webp|MacArthur compliments Sanders's driving skills.
CARE1008271500006406_005_1280x720.webp|Josee blows a raspberry.
Those_faces.webp|The Ice Dancers ram their taxi into the Surfers' taxi...
Rammed1.webp|...making them spin out.
IceDancersInterviewConfessionalFinale.webp|The Ice Dancers apparently enjoyed ramming the Surfers.
Surfers_scream.webp|The Surfers scream as their taxi spins out of control.
Taxis_toast.webp|The Surfers' taxi is totaled.
Surfers subway.webp|The Surfers take a subway.
Josee_scream1.webp|Josee screams in agony due to the traffic jam.
Move_it.webp|The Cadets are also stuck in traffic.
GeoffBrodyAndRandomBum.webp|The Surfers in the subway.
MacArthurImpersonatesPoliceSerine_(lol).webp|MacArthur's attempt to impersonate a police siren...
SandersImpersonatesPoliceSerine_(better).webp|...until Sanders steps in and does it perfectly.
Surfers Empire State Building.webp|The Surfers reach the Empire State Building.
Falling gorilla poop.webp|"Watch out for falling gorilla poop." - Brody
CARE1008271500006406_006_1280x720.webp|The contestants driving to the Empire State Building.
We Rule.webp|The Surfers are the first to reach the top of the Empire State Building.
Double leg cramp.webp|Brody gets a double leg cramp.
Brody banana.webp|Brody eats an old banana in order to recover from the injury...
Loosening up.webp|...and he succeeds at doing so.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.15.06 AM.webp|The Ice Dancers brag about being the first to the building...
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.15.08 AM.PNG.webp|...as the Surfers run past them...
JoseeAngry.webp|...which angers Josee.
Cadets_run_past_surfers.webp|The Surfers pass the Cadets.
CadetsStairway.webp|"Yeah, we're coming for you next." - Sanders
CARE1008271500006406_010_1280x720.webp|"Last team to arrive is gonzo!" - MacArthur
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.19.55 AM.PNG.webp|"Don has left another ridonculous taxi for us!" - Brody
So long losers.webp|The Ice Dancers steal Cadets' taxi.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.23.21 AM.PNG.webp|The Cadets commandeer a hot dog car...
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.22.43 AM.PNG.webp|...to which they describe as being a wonderful experience.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.23.32 AM.PNG.webp|The Police Cadets speed up and flip the Ice Dancers' car upside down, to Josee's chagrin.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.23.34 AM.PNG.webp|The Police Cadets pass the Ice Dancers.
CARE1008271500006406_011_1280x720.webp|The Surfers running in Central Park...
CARE1008271500006406_012_1280x720.webp|...and couldn't find the site of the second challenge.
Looks like team number two is here.webp|The Cadets reach the midpoint Chill Zone...
Tip blown away by the wind.webp|...but their tip is blown away by the wind.
Did it move.webp|MacArthur tries to get the tip back from the drain.
Queen Sanders I want u.webp|Sanders uses her broken arm to get the tip back.
Cadets take second place.webp|MacArthur beats the Ice Dancers in a race to the midpoint Chill Zone.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.27.42 AM.PNG.webp|Josee smiles before she loses it at their elimination.
Jacques oh no.webp|"Oh no." - Jacques, when Josee is about to throw a tantrum.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.46.06 AM.PNG.webp|Don screams before Josee throws things at him.
Ice departure.webp|Ice Dancers' departure.
Proud and disgusted.webp|"I am so proud. And disgusted." - MacArthur
I really am the sidekick.webp|MacArthur admits she is the sidekick of the duo.
There's more than one.webp|The surfers realize there is more than one boathouse.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.33.16 AM.PNG.webp|The Police Cadets and Surfer Dudes must find the golden travel ticket for the final challenge of the season.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.29.02 AM.PNG.webp|The eliminated teams are waiting by the finish line.
Screen_Shot_2015-10-10_at_11.29.11_AM.PNG.webp|"Woah! This is the finale?...
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.29.13 AM.PNG.webp|...We're in the finale!" - Spud
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.30.41 AM.PNG.webp|The Tennis Rivals make jokes about the final two teams.
Stepbros finale.webp|The Stepbrothers are rooting for the Police Cadets.
Mum and Daughter Finale.webp|Taylor is glad she and her mother got eliminated before the most disgusting challenges.
GothsFinale.webp|Crimson is "happy" over the Ice Dancers' elimination.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.31.27 AM.PNG.webp|The Ice Dancers does not support either two teams.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.32.02 AM.PNG.webp|A snapping turtle gets on the Police Cadets' boat.
Cadets searching.webp|Sanders searches for the numbers.
Sorry hot stuff.webp|MacArthur tries to distract Brody, but he seems more focused on the challenge than on her.
Sanders RR Rank.webp|The Cadets are the first to open their suitcase.
Don and million dollars.webp|Don with the million dollar prize.
Don_Irritated.webp|"For the last time, I don't care!"
Don signs off the show.webp|Don signs off the show and their first season of the race.
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Police Cadets' ending=
MacArthur wins.webp|MacArthur collapses on the final Chill Zone.
We won gurl.webp|Sanders tells MacArthur they won.
Cadets omeny.webp|The contestants and Don gather for a final group shot.
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Surfer Dudes' ending=
Surfers win.webp|The surfers celebrate their victory...
Surfers hug.webp|...and hug each other.
Call mee.webp|MacArthur tells Brody to call her.
Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 11.39.02 AM.PNG|The contestants and Don gather for a final group shot.
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==See also==
Category:Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race episodes
Category:Finale