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* HeyYouHaymaker: During their ball pit wrestling match, Duncan gets distracted by a baby he digs up and which Chef quickly comes to take away. Courtney taps him on his other shoulder to get his attention back on her and promptly grabs his face to pull him in for a match-winning chokehold



* KickTheDog: Leshawna's long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (who's had a hopeless crush on her the whole season).



* PomPomGirl: Leshawna goes for the role when her team has to come up with a cheer on the spot. She dedicates hers to all the other contestants, not just to win, but also to convince them to forgive her for the awful things she said about them earlier. While she doesn't win, her kind words and team spirit do get her back in everone's good graces.

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* PomPomGirl: Leshawna goes for the role when her team has to come up with a cheer on the spot. She dedicates hers to all the other contestants, not just to win, but also to convince them to forgive her for the awful things she said about them earlier. While she doesn't win, her kind words and team spirit do get her back in everone's everyone's good graces.

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* BringIt: After Courtney hits a nerve by feeding him a dirty diaper, Duncan resolves to let go of his attraction to her and fight like the delinquent he is. He takes a fighting stance and motions with his full hand for her to take a swing at him, which he quickly regrets.



* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While all it takes is a cheer to smooth things over after what she said on her spa night, [=LeShawna=] makes an honest effort to win everyone over, only losing because the Killer Grips made a play to Chris' huge ego.

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* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While all it takes is a cheer to smooth things over after what she said on her spa night, [=LeShawna=] Leshawna makes an honest effort to win everyone over, only losing because the Killer Grips made a play to Chris' huge ego.

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* AccidentalKidnapping: For the wrestling match, Chris buys a ball pit from a local carnaval that has neither been checked nor cleaned. A dirty diaper and a full baby bottle aren't unexpected finds, but Duncan also digs up a genuine baby. Chef rushes in to get the kiddo out of the combat zone and presumably back to its parents.

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* AccidentalKidnapping: For the wrestling match, Chris buys a ball pit from a local carnaval that has neither been checked screened nor cleaned. A dirty diaper and a full baby bottle aren't unexpected finds, but Duncan also digs up a genuine baby. Chef rushes in to get the kiddo out of the combat zone and presumably back to its parents.



* ShamedByAMob: Leshawna got this treatment big time by the other competitors after that video of her badmouthing them was played to the point where the contestants where sitting a distance from Leshawna on the bleachers, and her teammates berated her during the Slam Dunk challenge

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* ShamedByAMob: Leshawna got this treatment big time by the other competitors after that video of her badmouthing them was played to the point where the contestants where sitting a distance from Leshawna on the bleachers, and her teammates berated her during the Slam Dunk challenge challenge.
* SharkFinOfDoom: While wrestling in a secondhand ball pit, Duncan spots a shark fin poking out from the surface and panics. Courtney is skeptical and picks it up, revealing that the supposed shark fin is just a semi-hardened loose flap of a dirty diaper. She mocks Duncan for being scared by the "big bad diaper shark".
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* AccidentalKidnapping: For the wrestling match, Chris buys a ball pit from a local carnaval that has neither been checked nor cleaned. A dirty diaper and a full baby bottle aren't unexpected finds, but Duncan also digs up a genuine baby. Chef rushes in to get the kiddo out of the combat zone and presumably back to its parents.
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* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: Leshawna provokes Beth during the badminton match by insisting that she's lying about having a boyfriend. Beth shoves all her fury into the match with some incredible winning maneuvers, for one of which she holds the racquet in her teeth.
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* Sleepwalking: Beth not only sleepwalks, she sleep-twirls. With Courtney's PDA no less, which Courtney saves from damage at the last moment.

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* Sleepwalking: {{Sleepwalking}}: Beth not only sleepwalks, she sleep-twirls. With Courtney's PDA no less, which Courtney saves from damage at the last moment.
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* RousingSpeech: Chris had such a speech in his badminton movie, being the coach trying to motivate his players. Considering it his finest scene in the movie, he recreates it for the contestants.

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* RousingSpeech: Chris had such a speech in his badminton movie, being reveals he was the coach trying to motivate in a batminton movie and reenacts one of his players. Considering it his finest key scenes. Said scene in is a rousing speech to the movie, he recreates it for batminton team to show the contestants.Olympic Committee that they deserve a shot because [[JustForPun they make batminton not just good-minton, but great-minton!]] The contestants are less than impressed by the performance, but Chef is moved to tears.
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I added Shamed by a mob, because due to the video about Leshawna's betrayal towards the others, they glared at here (See Death Glare), sat a distance towards her on the bleachers, and her teammates berated her.

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* ShamedByAMob: Leshawna got this treatment big time by the other competitors after that video of her badmouthing them was played to the point where the contestants where sitting a distance from Leshawna on the bleachers, and her teammates berated her during the Slam Dunk challenge
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* LetMeAtHim: Lindsay gets angry at Chris when he declares Harold the winner of the boxing match for technical reasons despite that Lindsay knocked him out. Lindsay prepares to take her punches to Chris, but Justin and Courtney hold her back.
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* MouseTrap: Chris doesn't tell the Killer Grips about the mouse traps he's hidden in the tires of the tire obstacle course in until they're all several steps in.
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* TemptingFate: Chris is fooling around in the boxing ring with Chef while asking questions meant to entice the audience to tune in next time, but which also have the effect of annoying Chef. Then Chris asks if he'll take out Chef with his killer uppercut and is promptly knocked down by Chef.

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* AppealToFlattery: The Killer Grips win the tie-breaker challenge for an inspiring cheer by doing nothing more than chant Chris's name over and over again and holding up an image of him. Chris even calls the "incredible kissing-up" amazing.



* HumanDoorstop: The Killer Grips force the Screaming Gaffers to be footsteps in their human pyramid tribute to Chris. The Killer Grips actually win with that move, to the fury of the Screaming Gaffers.



* JustJokingJustification: After her rant is played in full, Leshawna insists that it was outside the game and that she didn't know anyone would see it. Lindsay is surprised, as she thought Leshawna was just joking. Leshawna immediately flip-flops and tries to claim this, not that anyone buys it.

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* JustJokingJustification: After her rant is played in full, Leshawna insists that it was outside the game and that she didn't know anyone would see it. Lindsay is surprised, as she thought Leshawna was just joking. Leshawna immediately flip-flops and tries changes her story to claim this, not that anyone buys it.go along with Lindsay's, but it's too late.


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* PomPomGirl: Leshawna goes for the role when her team has to come up with a cheer on the spot. She dedicates hers to all the other contestants, not just to win, but also to convince them to forgive her for the awful things she said about them earlier. While she doesn't win, her kind words and team spirit do get her back in everone's good graces.
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* DungFu: Duncan and Courtney have to wrestle in an unsanitary ball pit wholesome bought from a cheap carnival. AMong the things they find in it is a diaper dripping with poop, which Courtney forces into Duncan's mouth.

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* DungFu: Duncan and Courtney have to wrestle in an unsanitary ball pit wholesome bought from a cheap carnival. AMong Among the things they find in it is a diaper dripping with poop, which Courtney forces into Duncan's mouth.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Beth retaliates against Leshawna's insults by outing her rant to the others. Chris is openly amused by this development.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Beth retaliates against Leshawna's insults by outing her rant to the others. Despite that the contestants shouldn't have access to the internet to know about it, Courtney's lawsuit gives her access to her PDA and they get to watch the footage anyway. Chris is openly amused by ecstatic about this development.



* CallBack: Duncan tries to stay focused on just competing against Courtney, citing how ugly things got between Gwen and Trent as the reason.

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* CallBack: Duncan tries to stay focused on just competing the competition regardless of the fact he's up against Courtney, citing Courtney. He cites how ugly things got between Gwen and Trent as the reason.



* DeathGlare: The contestants towards Leshawna after the clip of the rant is played.

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* DeathGlare: The other contestants towards let Leshawna ocularly know how pissed they are after they see the clip of her trash-talking all of them to her cousin.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Leshawna ruins
the rant badminton challenge for her team when she shouts to Beth that her boyfriend isn't real, sending the baton-twirler into a badminton fury that Heather can't stand up to. Does Leshawna shut up after that? No, she repeats her belief that Beth doesn't have a boyfriend. Beth's done with her this time and reveals there's footage of Leshawna trash-talking everyone, which temporarily leaves her with no allies after she also says that she didn't think they'd ever know about it, while someone like Lindsay would've let it go if Leshawna had said she was joking.
* DungFu: Duncan and Courtney have to wrestle in an unsanitary ball pit wholesome bought from a cheap carnival. AMong the things they find in it
is played.a diaper dripping with poop, which Courtney forces into Duncan's mouth.



* FanDisservice: Chef again crossdresses in this episode during Duncan and Harold’s boxing match. This time Chef walks around wearing a purple bikini and lipstick while holding a round 2 card, which disgusts the contestants to the point where Duncan lampshades it.

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* FanDisservice: Chef again crossdresses in this episode during Duncan and Harold’s Harold's boxing match. This time Chef walks around wearing a purple bikini and lipstick while holding a round 2 card, which disgusts the contestants to the point where Duncan lampshades it.



* KickTheDog: Leshawna's long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (who'se had a hopeless crush on her the whole season).
* LaserGuidedKarma: Leshawna's mistreatment of Beth causes the latter to show everyone what the big girl had said about them at the spa reward, and [[WhatTheHellHero everyone gets mad at her]], causing her popularity with them to plummet.

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* KickTheDog: Leshawna's long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (who'se (who's had a hopeless crush on her the whole season).
* LaserGuidedKarma: Leshawna's mistreatment of Beth causes the latter to show everyone what the big girl had said about them at the spa reward, and [[WhatTheHellHero everyone gets mad at her]], her, causing her popularity with them to plummet.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Leshawna tries trash talking Beth during the badminton game to throw her off her game. Instead, Beth becomes so enraged that she plays with more determination and beats Heather handily.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Leshawna tries trash talking trash-talking Beth during the badminton game to throw her off her game. Instead, Beth becomes so enraged that she plays with more determination and beats Heather handily.



** Beth after getting a look at Courtney's PDA. We later learn that she was seeing Leshawna's rant.

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** Beth after getting a look at Courtney's PDA. We later learn that she was PDA and seeing Leshawna's rant.



* Sleepwalking: Beth not only sleepwalks, she sleeptwirls. With Courtney's PDA no less, which Courtney saves from damage at the last moment.

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* Sleepwalking: Beth not only sleepwalks, she sleeptwirls.sleep-twirls. With Courtney's PDA no less, which Courtney saves from damage at the last moment.



* TrashTalk: The footage of Leshawna during her spa day with Leshaniqua shows her making cruel comment after cruel comment on everyone still in the game. Heather's called desperately mean, Lindsay highly stupid, Justin comically vain, Duncan a spineless wannabe tough guy, Courtney a control freak, Beth's ridiculed for her side-ponytail, and Harold's mocked for thinking he still has a shot with Leshawna.



* VitriolicBestBuds: [=LeShawna=] and Heather by the end.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: [=LeShawna=] Leshawna and Heather by the end.
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* TrrrillingRrrs: In the role of a Roman Emperor who oversees a gladiatorial match, Chris lets his Rs roll liberally.

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* InsaneTrollLogic: Justin knows what tennis is and what badminton is. Still, when he gets a badminton racquet in his hands he thinks it's a miniature tennis racket, and when he sees the net he thinks it's too high for tennis. Why? Because the challenges are all movie-themed and Justin is certain there never was a movie about badminton.



** The Grips' cheer is entirely built on stroking Chris' ego (in fact, the cheer only consists of the Grips saying Chris' name). It easily wins.

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** The Grips' cheer is entirely built on stroking Chris' Chris's ego (in fact, the cheer only consists of the Grips saying Chris' Chris's name). It easily wins.
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* Sleepwalking: Beth not only sleepwalks, she sleeptwirls. With Courtney's PDA no less, which Courtney saves from damage at the last moment.

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* CallBack: Duncan tries stay focused on just competing against Courtney, citing how ugly things got between Gwen and Trent as the reason.
* DeathGlare: The others towards Leshawna after the clip of the rant is played.

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* CallBack: Duncan tries to stay focused on just competing against Courtney, citing how ugly things got between Gwen and Trent as the reason.
* CoveredInMud: For one of the challenges the contestants have to crawl through mud underneath barbed wire. It has nothing to do with the sports them; it's actually stuff from a war movie Chris had lying around and decided to make use of.
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DeathGlare: The others contestants towards Leshawna after the clip of the rant is played.



* KickTheDog: [=LeShawna=]'s long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (who'se had a hopeless crush on her the whole season).
* LaserGuidedKarma: [=Leshawna=]'s mistreatment of Beth causes the latter to show everyone what the big girl had said about them at the spa reward, and [[WhatTheHellHero everyone gets mad at her]], causing her popularity with them to plummet.

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* KickTheDog: [=LeShawna=]'s Leshawna's long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (who'se had a hopeless crush on her the whole season).
* LaserGuidedKarma: [=Leshawna=]'s Leshawna's mistreatment of Beth causes the latter to show everyone what the big girl had said about them at the spa reward, and [[WhatTheHellHero everyone gets mad at her]], causing her popularity with them to plummet.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Beth retaliates against Leshawna's insults by outing her rant to the others. Chris is openly amused by this development.



* DeathGlare: The others towards Leshawna after the clip of the rant is played.



* ManlyTears: As Chris recreates his favorite scene from his badminton movie, Chef is clearly moved. In the confessional, he starts crying.

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* ManlyTears: As Chris recreates his favorite scene from his badminton movie, Chef is clearly moved. moved to tears. In the confessional, he starts crying.crying again.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Leshawna tries trash talking Beth during the badminton game to throw her off her game. Instead, Beth becomes so enraged that she plays with more determination and beats Heather handily.
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** Beth after getting a look at Courtney's PDA. We later learn that she was seeing Leshawna's rant.
** Leshawna when Beth reveals that everything she said about her fellow contestants was recorded and put up on the show's website.
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* CallBack: Duncan tries stay focused on just competing against Courtney, citing how ugly things got between Gwen and Trent as the reason.


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* JustJokingJustification: After her rant is played in full, Leshawna insists that it was outside the game and that she didn't know anyone would see it. Lindsay is surprised, as she thought Leshawna was just joking. Leshawna immediately flip-flops and tries to claim this, not that anyone buys it.


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* ManlyTears: As Chris recreates his favorite scene from his badminton movie, Chef is clearly moved. In the confessional, he starts crying.


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* RousingSpeech: Chris had such a speech in his badminton movie, being the coach trying to motivate his players. Considering it his finest scene in the movie, he recreates it for the contestants.


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* TraumaButton: When Justin scoffs at the notion of a badminton movie, Chris angrily says there was one and that it was great.
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* FanDisservice: Chef again crossdresses in this episode during Duncan and Harold’s boxing match. This time Chef walks around wearing a purple bikini and lipstick while holding a round 2 card, which disgusts the contestants to the point where Duncan lampshades it.
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per Trope Repair Shop, Jerkass Facade is being cut in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold / Jerk With A Heart Of Gold.


* PetTheDog: Heather is the only one not giving Leshawna a hard time about her rant. [[JerkassFacade She insists it means absolutely nothing.]]

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* PetTheDog: Heather is the only one not giving Leshawna a hard time about her rant. [[JerkassFacade She insists it means absolutely nothing.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [=Leshawna=]'s mistreatment of Beth causes the latter to show everyone what the big girl had said about them at the spa reward, and [[WhatTheHellHero everyone gets mad at her]], causing her popularity with them to plummet.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Leshawna keeps mocking Beth for having a supposedly imaginary boyfriend. It gets so grating that Beth finally snaps and reveals to the others the clip of Leshawna badmouthing the contestants on the way to her spa trip.


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* {{Hypocrite}}: Defied by Heather. She takes no offense from what Leshawna said in the clip because she insults people like that all the time.


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* PetTheDog: Heather is the only one not giving Leshawna a hard time about her rant. [[JerkassFacade She insists it means absolutely nothing.]]

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The contestant's are put up to a sport's movie challenge. Leshawna continues to suffer the backlash from her ill-gotten spa night. Beth scheme's to get her hands on Courtney's pda.

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The contestant's contestants are put up to a sport's sports movie challenge. Leshawna continues to suffer the backlash from her ill-gotten spa night. night, while Beth scheme's schemes to get her hands on Courtney's pda.PDA.



* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While all it takes is a cheer to smooth things over after what she said on her spa night, she makes an honest effort to win everyone over, only loosing because the killer grips make a play to Chris' huge ego
* KickTheDog: [=LeShawna=]'s long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (Whose had a hopless crush on her the whole season)

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* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While all it takes is a cheer to smooth things over after what she said on her spa night, she [=LeShawna=] makes an honest effort to win everyone over, only loosing losing because the killer grips make Killer Grips made a play to Chris' huge ego
ego.
* KickTheDog: [=LeShawna=]'s long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (Whose (who'se had a hopless hopeless crush on her the whole season)season).



* SmallNameBigEgo: Chris think's highly of the badmitton film he did.
** Also, the Grips cheer is entirely built on stroking Chris' ego (In fact, the cheer only consists of the Grips saying Chris' name!). It easily wins.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: SmallNameBigEgo:
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Chris think's thinks highly of the badmitton badminton film he did.
** Also, the Grips The Grips' cheer is entirely built on stroking Chris' ego (In (in fact, the cheer only consists of the Grips saying Chris' name!).name). It easily wins.
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** Also the grips cheer is entirely buily on stroking Chris' ego. It easily wins.

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** Also Also, the grips Grips cheer is entirely buily built on stroking Chris' ego.ego (In fact, the cheer only consists of the Grips saying Chris' name!). It easily wins.
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The contestant's are put up to a sport's movie challenge. Leshawna continues to suffer the backlash from her ill-gotten spa night. Beth scheme's to get her hands on courtney's pda.

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The contestant's are put up to a sport's movie challenge. Leshawna continues to suffer the backlash from her ill-gotten spa night. Beth scheme's to get her hands on courtney's Courtney's pda.



* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While all it takes is a cheer to smmoth things over after what she said on her spa night, she makes an honest effort to win everyone over, only loosing because the killer grips make a play to Chris' huge ego

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* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While all it takes is a cheer to smmoth smooth things over after what she said on her spa night, she makes an honest effort to win everyone over, only loosing because the killer grips make a play to Chris' huge ego



** Also the grips cheer is entirely buily on stroking Chris' ego. It easily wins them.

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** Also the grips cheer is entirely buily on stroking Chris' ego. It easily wins them.wins.
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* KickTheDog: LeShawna's long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (Whose had a hopless crush on her the whole season)

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* KickTheDog: LeShawna's [=LeShawna=]'s long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (Whose had a hopless crush on her the whole season)



* TedBaxter: The grips cheer is entirely built on stroking Chris' ego. It easily wins them.
* VitriolicBestBuds: LeShawna and Heather by the end.

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* TedBaxter: The ** Also the grips cheer is entirely built buily on stroking Chris' ego. It easily wins them.
* VitriolicBestBuds: LeShawna [=LeShawna=] and Heather by the end.
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* VitrolicBestBuds: LeShawna and Heather by the end.

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* VitrolicBestBuds: VitriolicBestBuds: LeShawna and Heather by the end.
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* EasilyForgiven: Played with. While all it takes is a cheer to smmoth things over after what she said on her spa night, she makes an honest effort to win everyone over, only loosing because the killer grips make a play to Chris' huge ego
* KickTheDog: LeShawna's long rant insulting every last one of her fellow competitors, including Beth (who'd been nothing but nice to everyone) and Harold (Whose had a hopless crush on her the whole season)
* {{Overcrank}}: Played for laughs.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Chris think's highly of the badmitton film he did.
* TedBaxter: The grips cheer is entirely built on stroking Chris' ego. It easily wins them.
* VitrolicBestBuds: LeShawna and Heather by the end.

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