Twinning Isn't Everything

The two teams set off into a balloon war. Unfortunately for them, it isn't water inside the balloons but, instead, various weird and painful items. One contestant attempts to get closer with a teammate, while the feud between two sisters becomes more intense. When one team's winning streak meets its end, one contestant is initially sent home; however, her long overdue payback to another gets the other sent home instead.
==Plot==
 
Jasmine and Samey are out foraging for food for their team. The former tries to assure the latter that just because Amy forces her to help every morning doesn't means she has to and that it should really be her choice whether or not she does it. Samey mistakes this for Jasmine saying she doesn't want the company. She also points out that Amy is both the pretty and the "favorite" twin. However, Jasmine defends Samey's self-criticism and tells her she needs to stand up for herself. Their friendship solidifies as Jasmine confirms Samey's question as to whether they were friends because Jasmine doesn't appreciate the way Amy treats her. Jasmine also confesses that she herself has a hard time forming bonds because people are intimidated by her, and she herself is happy to have a friend in Samey. 
Shawn then approaches them, and he and Jasmine immediately seem to display attraction to one another. Samey takes the hint and goes off to leave them in private. Jasmine jokingly asks him if he's seen any zombies around. 
 
Shawn leaves the girls to bring Wâneyihtam Maskwak the food he's gathered. Samey returns wondering if they were talking about zombies, and Jasmine responds that it's a "running joke" between them, not realizing that Shawn sees otherwise.
At Wâneyihtam Maskwak's cave, Sugar is overjoyed that Shawn's brought back food, tackling him to the ground and rummaging through the bag. Ella is happy too and tries to sing a song, but Sugar shoves a pear in her mouth to keep her quiet, and tells her to eat up. Sky arrives with a bucket of water. Ella attempts to continue singing, only to be cut off again by Dave. Shawn suggests she go sing to Kinosewak as a sign of "friendly competition." Ella loves this idea and leaves. Sky compliments Shawn, offering to go with him to forage the next morning. Dave seems uncomfortable and adds that he will come along. 
 
With Kinosewak, Rodney thanks Jasmine and Amy for obtaining their breakfast. Samey immediately rebels by yelling she is the one who went out and not Amy. Topher narrates the quarrel while Jasmine hesitates that this isn't the right time to tell Amy how she feels. Samey goes as far as calling her sister a "monster." The latter sobs into Scarlett's arms (later showing that those were crocodile tears). Rodney defends Amy as Max inputs that jealousy is a low form of evil. Chris announces that everyone should gather for the challenge. Jasmine goes off as she puts berries into the hand of Rodney, who then falls back in love with her.
 
Topher is the first to reach Chris. The former wants the challenge to be explained to him so he can then display his hosting abilities to the other contestants. Chris declines his request. 
 
Chris elaborates that the challenge is a game of "Doom Balloons." Every competitor will collect as many balloons as they can carry. Each one holds a dangerous or disgusting surprise, which will be used against the opposing team. If a contestant is hit with a balloon, they are eliminated no matter how the contents got onto them. Max visits one of the several stashes of "pure evil" he hid around Pahkitew Island. 
	
Scarlett startles Max and asks him what he's doing, and he replies that he's planning a contraption to launch his balloons from a safe distance. Scarlett suggests that he instead use sharp projectiles to pop Team Maskwak's balloons onto themselves. Max takes credit for the idea.
 
Sky is navigating through the forest cautiously. When she hears a noise, she prepares one of her balloons. She backs down, relieved, as she notices it is just Dave, who warns her not to throw. The two share a conversation which leads to Dave admitting in that he's falling for her, privately. 
	
Sky is obviously drawn to him as well. However, she doesn't want anything distracting her from winning. She hears another noise and pushes Dave off to the side. From the safety of a bush, Max shoots a sharp object at Sky's balloon, causing a swarm of bees to attack her. Max is ecstatic that his plan worked while Scarlett rolls her eyes. Rodney has a good aim on Sugar and is about to hit her until she unintentionally throws a snake into his face. 
Back with Dave and Sky, she orders him to go warn their team members that Team Kinosewak is using their own balloons against them. Topher abandons the challenge to inform Chris that his crow's feet are showing. Chris runs off to get a make-up touch up.
Shawn sees Jasmine wandering through the forest, somehow managing to stay quiet even with the rocks and twigs on the ground threatening to break her silence. Sugar charges to attack a member of Kinosewak with a balloon. It turns out to be just Ella holding one with a smiley face on it.
	
Ella walks off with her exclaiming that she's looking forward to being friends with her. Sugar pretends to hear something in the woods in order to get the opportunity to push Ella into a bush. Dave stumbles upon Shawn, who has camouflaged himself with mud and moss so he can blend in with a tree, which he learned by decorating cakes. 
	
Dave fulfills Sky's request by telling him about Kinosewak's tactic. When he goes off, Shawn hurls balloons at Scarlett and Max with a slingshot, eliminating them.
 
Rodney is trying to figure out how to break up with Amy without hurting her feelings. He comes across Amy and Samey fighting over the incident at breakfast. Rodney politely asks Samey if he can have a moment alone with her sister, and she gladly complies. He repeatedly fumbles his words while trying to talk to her. Amy walks off yawning. Rodney begins to cry, which leads to Dave hitting him with a balloon.
Topher runs up to Chris to compliment him on the challenge. As the host starts to get irritated with his admirer, Dave uses up his last balloon on Topher. Ella and Sugar are walking together as the former begins to sing, making Sugar call to Chris, informing that Ella was once again singing. Jasmine swings by on a vine and hits them both. Sugar squeals on Ella to Chris, who doesn't care that Ella sang as long as it caused them pain. Dave's lack of balloons works against him as Amy and Samey attack him with theirs. Samey delivers the final blow, covering him with itching powder. 
Chris then answers from the speaker that everyone is allergic to it, as the name suggests. Jasmine specifically congratulates Samey for taking out Dave, but Amy tries to take credit for it. Jasmine, however, doesn't buy it because she knows how to tell the twins apart. 
Seeing Samey has one more balloon, Jasmine decides to take them with her to Shawn's hiding spot. She encourages Samey to drop it on him. Before she can, Amy grabs onto it because she wants to take the shot. The three girls fight for it until the balloon bursts, not only dousing them in the paint but also causing Kinosewak to lose the challenge, making Jasmine scream in anger.
	
Team Maskwak, being the winners of the challenge, win immunity and, also, a reward from "Mary's Lamb Burger."
Later on, Samey is shown holding a green apple in her hand before Amy swipes it from her. The latter confidently tells her that she talked to all of Kinosewak about how Samey's balloon lost them the challenge. Amy walks off, munching on the stolen apple, to which Samey smiles and silently tells her to enjoy the poisonous fruit that she has learned about in the previous episode. 
At the elimination ceremony, the sisters are the bottom two. As Chris reveals that Samey has been voted off, Amy begins choking, her face swelling up. Samey takes on her sister's mannerisms and dismisses it as "Samey" begging for sympathy, while Amy struggles to speak. Chris, unable to identify which twin is which, forces Amy to take the Cannon of Shame.
	
==Cast==
Voice actor 	Role(s)
Christian Potenza	Chris
Bryn McAuley 	Amy/Samey
Daniel DeSanto 	Dave
Sunday Muse 	Ella
Katie Bergin 	Jasmine
Bruce Dow 	Max
Ian Ronningen 	Rodney
Kristi Friday 	Scarlett
Zachary Bennett 	Shawn
Sarah Podemski 	Sky
Rochelle Wilson 	Sugar
Christopher Jacot	Topher
*Chef Hatchet appears, but does not speak. However, he is heard laughing when Chris announces Wâneyihtam Maskwak's reward.
==Elimination Ceremony==
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==Still in the running==
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==Trivia==
===General===
*The title of this episode stems from Samey's final line, "Twinning isn't everything."
**This marks the fifth time the title of the episode is spoken in the episodes. The others are:
***"" and "" ().
***"" ().
***"," the previous episode of this season.
*Chris claims that he is thirty years old as of this season.
**Though his claimed age is brought into question again in "," when Topher steals Chris's phone, he seems shocked at learning Chris' real age after calling the producers.
*The order in which the balloons are popped and the contents of each balloon is as follows:
**Sky's balloon, which contains bees, was popped by Max and Scarlett.
**Max's balloon had sneezing powder while Scarlett's balloon had green goo, launched by Shawn from a slingshot.
**Rodney gets hit by a balloon with pink goo thrown by Dave.
**Topher's balloon contains spiders also thrown by Dave.
**Ella and Sugar, are hit simultaneously with a balloon full of relish, mustard and dirt, thrown by Jasmine while swinging on a vine.
**Dave's balloon contains itching powder, thrown by Samey.
**Jasmine, Amy, and Samey eliminate themselves by fighting over the last balloon, containing pink goo.
*With Amy's elimination, all remaining voice actors only have one contestant each.
===Continuity===
*The poisonous manchineel fruit, which Samey lets Amy take from her at the end of the episode, is first introduced in the episode prior.
===References===
*Among Max's hidden things is a book that looks like a Necronomicon.
*"Twerting", a reference to Twitter, is brought up again, this time by Topher. It is first mentioned by Sierra in Food Fright.
*Shawn's method of camouflaging himself using his cake decorating skills is a reference to the character Peeta in The Hunger Games, who uses a similar tactic.
*The title is a play on the phrase "Winning isn't everything."
*While describing the reward, Chris made reference to the nursery rhyme, "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
===Goofs===
*Topher says, "Will Team Maskwak be able to go beyond this?" instead of "Team Kinosewak" while commenting on Amy and Samey's argument.
*At one point when Chris is explaining the challenge, Amy's mole is missing.
*Before Scarlett shows up and startles him while he's looking in his secret hole, part of Max's hair is missing.
*When Sky warns Dave before Max pops up her balloons, Dave's the lower part of his leg is not attached to his body.
*After Dave throws his balloon at Topher, a few spiders appear on him before the balloon pops.
*While Shawn is camouflaged, the bark lines appear to change in width and angle.
*Although, Shawn is still in his camouflage in the confessional, he is in his normal appearance in the following scene.
*When Amy takes the apple from Samey, she goes into the other team's shelter: the cave, when her team's shelter is their treehouse.
*On Netflix, the closed captions refer to Samey as Amy several times.
==Gallery==
JasmineBlushing.webp|Jasmine begins to show an attraction towards Shawn.
Samey needs to stand up for herself.webp|Samey has had enough of Amy's abuse and that she needs to stand up for herself.
Samey and jashawn.PNG.webp|Samey walks away to leave the two in private.
Sugarandshawn.webp|Sugar excitedly tackles Shawn to the ground…
Sugartacklesshawn1.webp|…happy that he brought back some food for the team.
The water brought joy.webp|Ella sings her gratitude to Shawn and Sky…
EllaSugarPear.webp|…before Sugar stuffs a pear in Ella's mouth to keep her quiet.
ShawnGetRidElla.webp|Ella loves Shawn's idea to sing to the other team.
20190527 200344.webp|Team Kinosawak's food spread across.
Amy cry1.webp|Amy fake cries, pretending to be the victim.
Topher the host lol.webp|Topher begins imitating Chris and his hosting abilities…
Yo salmon whaddup.webp|…and Ella shows up hoping to sing them a song.
Doom balloons.webp|Chris explains the challenge.
TopherRBWRankings.webp|Topher expects Chris to ask him to co-host.
Daveandshawn.webp|Dave is scared by Shawn's camouflage.
Skyalmosthitdave.webp|Sky almost throws a balloon at Dave, before realizing who it is.
Hear perfectlly.webp|Max talks about his super hearing sense…
ScarlettMaxEp3.webp|…moments before Scarlett sneaks up behind him…
Ahhhhh1.webp|…startling him.
My idea mine.webp|Max claims Scarlett's idea as his own.
So you wanna hang with me.webp|Dave tries to impress Sky…
Skave1.webp|…but she interrupts him, believing an opponent to be nearby.
Scarlett with max.webp|Max prepares to shoot to Sky and Dave.
This is how i break up with guys.webp|Sky pushes Dave away…
Fiuuu.webp|…Max shoots at her…
SkyBees.webp|…and pops her balloon, releasing some bees, causing her to run away.
Rodneyballoon.webp|Rodney approaches Sugar.
SnakeFace.webp|Sugar with a snake attached to her face.
ShawnSlingshot.webp|Shawn prepares to fire two balloons.
And they're hit.webp|Scarlett and Max get hit.
Could be worse.webp|Dave meets up with Sky….
Wowomgsky.webp|…and sees the number of stingers on her.
Warn the others.webp|Sky tells Dave to warn the others about Max and Scarlett's plan.
Delighted ballon.webp|Ella with her "delighted" balloon and a butterfly.
Get ready to DIE!!!.webp|Sugar prepares to attack…
Oh its you.webp|…before realizing that it is only Ella.
Adorable Ballon.webp|Ella shows her balloon to Sugar.
That strange feeling of something going wrong.webp|Dave throws a balloon at Rodney.
Rodney and Dave.webp|Rodney is taken out.
JasmineEllaSugar.webp|Jasmine hits Ella and Sugar.
Is that bear poop.webp|Sugar and Ella in the aftermath of Jasmine's hit.
I wanna look younger.webp|Chris gets a facial.
Chris walks away.webp|Chris says he's happy as long as Ella's singing caused her pain.
That was close Toph.webp|Topher dodges a balloon.
So long Toph.webp|Topher is eliminated from the challenge.
DaveAmySamey.webp|The twins ambush Dave.
Itching powder allergy.webp|Dave scratching himself in the confessional.
AmySameyTwiningIsntEverything.webp|Amy tries to tell Jasmine she was the one who shot Dave…
Amy pushes samey.webp|…and pushes Samey over…
I can tell you apart.webp|…but Jasmine can tell the two apart.
JasmineAmySameyTwinning.webp|Jasmine tells Amy and Samey about Shawn's hiding spot.
AngryAmy.webp|Amy in angry after Jasmine praised Samey.
Shawn hiding spot.webp|Shawn hides behind a bush.
JasmineEncouragingSamey.webp|Jasmine encourages an uncertain Samey.
Amy takes the balloon from samey.webp|Amy tries to take the balloon from Samey, claiming that she'll miss.
So predictable II.webp|Amy, Jasmine and Samey accidentally pop their last balloon.
Amy thinks sammy did it.webp|Amy tells Samey that she is doomed to elimination.
Everyone and reward.webp|Team Maskwak is declared the winner of the challenge.
ChrisChefMarysLambburger.webp|Chis presents the Mary's Lamb Burger to Team Maskwak.
My apple.webp|Amy takes the apple from Samey.
Enjoy your manchineel.webp|Samey reveals she lets Amy eats a Machineel fruit.
Sameyposesasamy.webp|Samey pretends to be Amy and finally stood up to sis after all of these years of Amy's mistreatment.
AmyCannon.webp|Amy is eliminated in Samey's place.
Sameyplanpayedoff1.webp|"I guess twinning isn't everything!" —Samey 
Switcheroo1.webp|"The old switcheroo! Good for Samey!" —Jasmine 
==See also==
Category:Total Drama: Pahkitew Island episodes