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Recap / Total Drama: "Aftermath IV: Who Wants to Pick a Millionare?"

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After crossing the finish line at the exact same time, our final two are interviewed by the eliminated contestants and go through a number of challenges to try and pick a winner for the season. Chris on the other hand, tries to race back to the studio before he gets seriously humiliated.

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  • The Bad Guy Wins: Courtney, who was the Arc Villain for the second half of the season, convinces Duncan to split the money with her.
  • Big "NO!": Done by Chris when he sees embarrassing clips of him being played on national television.
  • Big Eater: Beth is revealed to be one, by eating an entire basket of cookies meant for all of the female contestants.
  • Butt-Monkey: Courtney, whose ideas get denied twice, and is muted when she shouts too much.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Noah (of course) in response to Owen's claims that he's starting to eat healthier.
  • Epic Fail: When Chris and Chef are lost in traffic, Chris somehow manages to get them at Camp Wawanakwa, from Toronto.
  • Evil Laugh: Izzy when filling out her vote and when it's read aloud.
  • Faint in Shock: Chris flirts with the airport agent who makes no effort to hide that she's a fan of his. Once he calls her a "fine-looking lady", there's a moment in which she manages to stay upright, but then she throws her arm over her forehead and swoons.
  • Hidden Depths: Turns out Chef is a talented Disc Jockey.
  • Humiliation Conga: Chris, he’s denied a vacation, gets lost in traffic, and has humiliating clips of himself played on national television.
  • Immediate Sequel: The episode starts off seconds after the previous one.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In Beth’s ending, Chris is the first one to be genuinely touched by Beth and Brady's reunion and even smiles at the sight.
  • Lampshade Hanging: As Chris drags out counting the votes, Heather demands he hurry it up. Chris retorts he's deliberately doing this to prolong the drama of the moment.
  • No Sense of Direction: Chris. Though this is somewhat subverted due to a combination of being in the back seat and panicking.
  • Not-So-Imaginary Friend: Beth's boyfriend, Brady, turns out to be this.
  • Pet the Dog: A clip shows Duncan tending to various guys while they slept, such as returning DJ's fallen teddy bear. Duncan expresses irritation that this was shown.
  • Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: The title is a play on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • Reel Torture: One of the punishments Duncan receives for not knowing the answers to Chef's questions is to watch a movie titled The Miracle of Childbirth because actual horror movies don't scare him. Screaming ensues.
  • Self-Deprecation:
    • When giving Harold's idea try, Duncan remarks this is the stupidest thing he's ever been apart of, even after being on this show for two seasons.
    • Chris let the peanut gallery ask questions, only to get increasingly irritated by their questions and chastise them.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Chris and Chef plan to go to Sunset Beach for their vacation and their flight number is 815.
    • Chris' shower scene parodies Psycho.
    • Chris mentions Ryan Seacrest when complaining about his new Chef's limo being stuck in traffic.
    • Harold's challenge is almost identical to Hole in the Wall. The only differences are that Duncan and Beth are on a conveyor belt, and the shapes are simply outlandish.
    • The scene where Geoff and Bridgette are seen making out in the control room and Bridgette's hand sticks up into the air, then slowly slides back down off-screen, is based on the love scene in Titanic (1997).
    • Chef's DJ name, DJ Jazzy Chef, is a reference to the actor, Jazzy Jeff.
    • Duncan's mentions green-peace guys who "hijack ships and get arrested all the time".
    • Harold's idea of drawing an imaginary animal is a reference to Napoleon Dynamite (who Harold's character is based on).
    • The entire vote counting scene is based on how votes are counted on Survivor.
  • Singing in the Shower: Among the humiliating footage of Chris played is a recording of him badly singing in the shower while pretending that his bath brush is a microphone.
  • Throw the Dog a Bone: Beth's boyfriend is revealed to be real after the votes are counted.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Beth is on the receiving end of this when it's revealed that she ate cookies that were meant for all of the female contestants.

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