Riot on Set

The teams are chosen by two lovebirds, and their first challenge is to put on a play. The team leaders have some trouble in paradise while an unexpected alliance is formed and another is considered. In the end, a crazy actress gets eliminated after a tough guy's unlikely emotional performance.
==Plot==
The episode opens with each of the castmates sleeping in their bunk beds, before they are rudely awakened by Chris through a megaphone. 
They are told that they'll have to learn how tough being on a production set really is, and that it's not all about red carpets and fame. Gwen states that she can handle it, since she once had a job at a petting zoo, cleaning up after the animals. Chris has Gwen and Trent pick their teams, since the prize for winning the previous challenge was being a team captain. They are both nervous, as neither wishes to get competitive and nasty towards each other, and feel they have learned enough from last season. The choosing starts with Gwen, who picks Duncan, so Trent, out of spite and jealousy, chooses "the beautiful Lindsay." 
	
Gwen's next choice is her partner in crime Leshawna, and Trent chooses Justin. Gwen remarks that Trent is choosing all the attractive people, much to Leshawna's chagrin. Gwen picks DJ, while Trent chooses Beth. Gwen, not sure who to pick, is reminded by Leshawna to keep her enemies close, and tells Gwen to choose Heather instead of E-Scope, which she reluctantly does. 
Trent is undecided about whom to choose between Owen, who gets lint out of his navel with his finger, and Harold, who practices his martial arts moves.
Trent eventually picks Owen, leaving Harold for Gwen's team and Trent's with E-Scope. Once the teams are settled, Chris announces that Gwen's team will be known as the , and Trent's team as the .
					
					
They are brought to a lot filled with studio equipment and a trailer. Chris informs them that their first challenge is moving all the equipment up a huge hill.
Then, Lindsay suggests that they ask Tyler to help them out, but the rest of the Killer Grips remind her that he's not in the game anymore.
Afterwards, when Gwen is going up the hill, she nearly falls, but Duncan catches her. Trent, seeing this, becomes angry, but doesn't look where he's going and falls down. Gwen goes to help him up, but is beaten there by Lindsay, which makes him happy since he thinks he has made Gwen jealous. Back at the base of the hill, it is down to the final item: the trailer. Trent asks Owen to help pull the trailer, convincing him that if he does, he'll get to eat at the catering station, which he claims is waiting at the top. They start up the hill, but Owen uses his belt buckle as a way to pull the trailer, causing his pants to fall down and slow their ascent. Gwen asks DJ to pull the trailer, but he refuses, being afraid that someone might get hurt if he loses his grip on the trailer. His refusal allows the Killer Grips to reach the top first and win the first part of the challenge.
At the top of the hill, Chris tells them the second part of the challenge is to perform a scene for Chef, with the winning team being the one that makes him show the most emotion. The Killer Grips are given a story of an old woman who lived a full life and is reflecting on it, and the Screaming Gaffers are given a story of a thug who tries to go straight, but can't fight the allure of the streets. Heather interrupts Chris and reminds him that they haven't eaten in eight hours and that he is legally obligated by union rules to give them a meal break, to which Chris says that he actually is a part of the union. 
Then, the teams set up: Beth tries to adjust the stage lighting; Owen tries to adjust Izzy's audio, whom he angers to the point of yelling into the microphone; Duncan complains that his lines are too cheesy, to which Gwen convinces him to act by telling him that he's attractive, seductive, masculine, enrapturing Trent. Later, Heather gets tangled in a light cable, so Harold gently appears to free her.
	
At the same time, when putting on Duncan's make-up, Chef approaches DJ and offers to help him man up if DJ shares the prize money with him. Chef tells DJ that he doesn't have a choice, despite his reluctance.
Once the filming starts, Chef had unintentionally mixed up the scripts, making Duncan an old grandfather reflecting on his past in a mobster setting and Izzy a gangster grandmother attempting to go straight. Due to his alliance with DJ, Chef lets the Screaming Gaffers win by crying when Duncan performs. DJ mocks Chef for crying, though Chef claims even tough guys cry, and reminds him who is judging the challenge, which shuts DJ up. While the Gaffers are celebrating their victory, Gwen and Trent make amends for their earlier competitiveness.
At the elimination ceremony, the Killer Grips are given Gilded Chris Awards. The names called are: Trent, Owen, and Beth. However, Lindsay, Justin, and Izzy are left. Chris then announces that Izzy has been voted out, without giving out any more awards. After insisting she will not leave, since her name is E-Scope, Chris scribbles out "Izzy" on the elimination sheet, and changes it to E-Scope, declaring her eliminated. Chris calls for two men to escort her in to the Lame-o-sine and toss her inside. As it drives away, she informs the others that that she will return someday as a big star, and they will see her star on the walk of fame.
===Exclusive Clip===
==Cast==
Voice actor 	Role(s)
Christian Potenza 	Chris
Sarah Gadon 	Beth
Clé Bennett 	Chef Hatchet/DJ
Drew Nelson 	Duncan
Megan Fahlenbock 	Gwen
Brian Froud 	Harold
Rachel Wilson 	Heather
Katie Crown 	Izzy
Novie Edwards 	Leshawna
Stephanie Anne Mills	Lindsay
Scott McCord 	Owen/Trent
*Justin appears, but he has no lines. However, he is shown saying "Okay, fine!" with the rest of his team.
==Elimination Ceremony==
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Status 	Contestant	 	 	
 	
{| align="center"	Trent	Owen	Beth
==Still in the running==
						
						
==Trivia==
===General===
*With Izzy's elimination, this marks the first of only two times in the whole season that there are two back-to-back elimination episodes, as Bridgette and Geoff were eliminated in the previous episode. 
**The second and last time is with the consecutive eliminations of Harold in "2008: A Space Owen," followed by Courtney and Owen in "Top Dog."
*This episode is the first time that a non-participating contestant is mentioned. In this case, Tyler and Courtney.
*The cast have switched bunks since they originally chose them in the first episode. DJ now shares a bunk with Owen; Duncan and Justin are now in separate bunks; Harold is shown alone; Trent's sleeping location is not revealed although it is likely that he is sharing with either Duncan or Justin. Meanwhile, Leshawna is now, surprisingly, sharing a bunk with Heather; Lindsay is bunking above Gwen; Beth and E-Scope have a bunk to themselves.
*The two workers were the Camp TV designs of DJ and Cody.
*Tyler's first design is seen as one of the guards who carries E-Scope to the Lame-o-sine.
*This episode reveals for the first time that the Gilded Chris Awards are actually chocolate statuettes covered in gold foil.
*Leshawna convinces Gwen to pick Heather by reciting her line of "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
**Interestingly, Heather used that same saying during the first team challenge in , when she faked an apology to Leshawna.
*Based on Izzy's performance as her great-grandmother Mavis, she is apparently of Scottish descent. Her being a natural redhead further supports this theory.
*Like in the previous episode, Chris narrows the eliminations down to three cast members who may be eliminated, as opposed to two, which is the norm in the previous season.
===Continuity===
*This episode marks the second out of three times in which E-Scope becomes the first girl voted off from her team.
*This is the first post-Total Drama Island episode in which not every castmate still competing has an individual speaking role, as Justin didn't speak, 
**Not counting new castmate, B in season four, who doesn't have a voice actor.
**This would later happen in "" () with Zoey.
*When Duncan is sleeping, he folds his fingers in the sign of the horns. This is the second time it is shown that he does this, with the first time being "The Sucky Outdoors."
*In "," E-Scope is in the same outfit and on the same stage as she was in this episode when she cursed on set.
===References===
*This episode's title references the 1967 movie, Riot on Sunset Strip. It may also be a pun on the saying, "Quiet on Set."
*When Chef tells DJ he'll help him "man up" and tells him he's making him an offer he won't let him refuse, this is a reference to Vito Corleone's famous line from the 1972 crime film, The Godfather.
===Goofs===
*Around the beginning of this episode, when the girls are shown sleeping, one can clearly see Heather's wig on the side of her bed, even though, it was lost in the previous episode.
*When Chris is saying the cast is late, he has a watch, but when he gets in front of the trailer, he is not wearing a watch.
*When the Screaming Gaffers react to the noises caused by the insulted interns, DJ is missing.
*When Chef is asked to give the teams their envelopes he has three, but there are only two teams.
*When Chef growls, he has a full set of teeth, when normally, he has a gap.
*At the Awards Ceremony, when zoomed in on the new voting devices, Bridgette, Geoff, and most of the Gaffers' faces are seen. This is a re-used animation from the previous episode.
**Also, when the voting devices are shown, Lindsay's face is displayed, yet she has no hair. She only has her bandanna. Leshawna is also missing her ponytail.
*When the bottom three (Lindsay, Justin, and E-Scope) are shown, Justin is to the left of Lindsay, who is in the middle, with Izzy on the right. When Izzy is announced as the loser, Lindsay and Justin both look to the right. However, Lindsay is actually sitting on Izzy's right. This might be due to the split-screen effect, since both Lindsay and Justin are displayed at the left.
==Gallery==
Owen Sock in Mouth.webp|Owen sleeping with a sock in his mouth.
Justin Sleeping.webp|Justin getting some more camera time, sleeping.
Girls Sleep.PNG.webp|All the girls sleeping.
Izzy In Her Pajamas.webp|E-Scope is seen in her nightwear for the first and only time ever.
Gwen Wake Up Call.webp|Gwen gets woken up by Chris.
Picture 1.webp|Chris rudely awakens the castmates.
Izzy happy.webp|E-Scope is ecstatic in the morning.
Not All Red Carpets and Pool Parties.webp|Chris tells Owen it's not all red carpets and pool parties.
GwenTrentCompetitive.webp|Gwen and Trent agree not to be competitive despite being on different teams.
TDA3TimeToPick.webp|Chris announces that it is time for Gwen and Trent to choose teams.
Gwen first pick.webp|Gwen is surprised that she had the first pick and had to pick a boy.
Duncanhighfives.webp|Duncan highfives Gwen upon being picked first.
Gwen picked Duncan.webp|Trent is even more surprised that Gwen picked Duncan.
Trentspeechless.webp|Trent being speechless in the confessional, after Gwen chose Duncan.
BeautifulLindsay.webp|Lindsay is happy to be on Trent's team.
TDA3GwenReactsToLindsay.webp|Gwen reacts to Lindsay being the first contestant Trent picked.
Gwengotsometude.webp|Gwen picking Leshawna due to Trent's jealousy.
Leshawnafivegwen.webp|Leshawna highfives Gwen after picking her.
Tylerisout.webp|Lindsay suggests Trent to choose Tyler.
faceplam.webp|Trent's reaction after Lindsay suggests picking Tyler.
TDAEp3JustinPicked.webp|Justin is the next pick for Trent.
TDAEp3GwenOnBlast.webp|Leshawna and Duncan react to Gwen calling out Trent for picking Justin and Lindsay.
Gweninsult.webp|Leshawna and Duncan glare at Gwen after she accidentally insults them.
Gwen Peekz DJ.webp|Gwen picks DJ.
Trent's favorite picks Trent's unfavorite.webp|Trent picks Beth.
TDAEp3PickHeather.webp|Leshawna whispers to Gwen to pick Heather.
TDAEp3HeatherStunned.webp|A confident E-Scope is not chosen to be on Gwen's team, as Heather is the selection instead.
Heatherareukidding.webp|Heather is shocked to be chosen by Gwen...
Imimportant.webp|...but later tells in the confessional that it was "about time" people knew her value.
TDA3TrentMakesFinalChoice.webp|Trent doesn't know who to choose out of the contestants left.
TDA3OwenDigging.webp|Owen is seen digging in his belly button.
TDA3OwenRetrieves.webp|Owen retrieves a ball of dirt.
Haroldkungfy.webp|Harold shows off his skills in order to make Trent pick him...
Trentfiveowen.webp|...but he still picks Owen.
Gwenchooseharold.webp|Gwen chooses Harold in order to make him shut up...
Haroldeeysclosed.webp|... ending up with him on her team.
TDA3IzzyIgnoresTrent.webp|E-Scope ignores Trent, as he is not referring to her by her nickname.
TDA3LindsayRemindsTrent.webp|Lindsay reminds Trent that she goes by E-Scope.
TDA3EScopeWaves.webp|E-Scope waves at Trent after being selected.
TDA3BethNoGrip.webp|Beth does not want to be a grip.
Screaming Gaffers ROS.webp|The Screaming Gaffers.
Killer Grips ROS.webp|The Killer Grips.
TDA3HeatherMocksGrips.webp|Heather chastises grips.
TDA3GaffersReactToGrips.webp|The Screaming Gaffers hear crashing sounds in the background soon afterward.
Phil gaffer.webp|A pair of disgruntled interns quit the show as a result of Heather's insults.
Gripscarryingprops.webp|Lindsay, Beth and Owen carrying the props.
DuncanSaveGwen.webp|Duncan helps Gwen up, much to Trent's annoyance.
Tl.webp|Lindsay helps Trent onto his feet during the challenge.
Harold agrees.webp|Harold agrees with Heather's idea.
IzzyTrent.webp|E-Scope is surprised to see that she's not the only "crazy" person in the game.
Lindsay happy from heather.webp|Lindsay is happy that she is not on the same team as Heather.
LindayRiotTyler.webp|Lindsay wants Tyler to help them in the challenge.
Owen food.webp|Owen runs up the hill.
Untitledd.webp|Gwen, Duncan…
Untisdfsdftleds.webp|…Leshawna, Harold, and Heather react after hearing Trent's insults towards them.
Owen pants fall down.webp|Owen's pants fall down.
no way.webp|DJ is not willing to carry the trailer to the top of the hill.
BethCheersForOwen.webp|"Owen! Owen! He's our guy! If he can't do it... Uh, uh... He's not our guy!" —Beth
Killer Grips win.webp|The Killer Grips win the challenge.
screaming gaffers lose.webp|The Screaming Gaffers are annoyed that they lost the challenge.
lol chris.webp|Chris tells the Killer Grips that they only won the first challenge.
CART1008161000013154 013 640x360.webp|Heather is annoyed that they don't even have a trailer thanks to DJ. 
Izzy bow.webp|The Grips pick E-Scope as their actress.
ChefMockDJ.webp|Chef mocks DJ for not being a tough guy.
ChefNoEmotion.webp|Chef, who the contestants are supposed to make emotional, shows zero emotion.
PrettyBoyDuncan.webp|Heather poking at Duncan while telling him to not complain.
HaroldHelpsHeather.webp|Harold helps Heather untangle her foot from a light cable.
MakeUpTime.webp|DJ applying make up on Duncan.
Chef confessional.webp|Chef using the confessional for the first time in Total Drama Action.
TDA4.webp|E-Scope during her performance.
TruthBomb.webp|Trent comments on Izzy's performance.
Chriscries.webp|Chris is in tears after watching Duncan's performance.
Duncandurprised.webp|The Screaming Gaffers won the challenge.
Izzy angry.webp|E-Scope is angry because she didn't win.
Gwen goat.webp|Gwen tries to imitate a goat.
IzzyTDAElim.webp|E-Scope is shocked to be eliminated.
IzzyName.webp|"I'm not going anywhere. That's not my name." —E-Scope
IzzyDraggedInterns.webp|The interns "escort" E-Scope to the Lame-o-sine.
Izzy Traveling.webp|"This was just a dress rehearsal my darlings! Ha ha! You'll see my star on the Walk of Fame! Mark my words! Mark 'em!" —E-Scope
==See also==
Category:Total Drama Action episodes