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The contestants crash land in Jamaica after the plane runs out of fuel. A blow to the head causes Izzy to become a genius, and causes her relationship with Owen to end in the process, while Alejandro's reveal to DJ causes the eventual downfall of Team Victory. The episode ends in a cliffhanger, with the contestants still stuck in Jamaica with no way of leaving.

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  • Ant Assault: Because the plane is stranded on Jamaica, DJ's Drop of Shame is very unspectacular. To please Chris, he screams as if he's making a fall, but it's not convincing until he starts screaming from actually being attacked by fire ants.
  • Art Shift: The crayon-like art style which happens whenever Owen imagines something makes a return from previous episodes, occurring when he sings "Oh, My Izzy".
  • Batman Gambit: Alejandro's "poorly-timed" confession regarding fish came at the exact moment where Alejandro knew it would demoralise DJ to the point of thinking about his animal curse again.
  • Bland-Name Product: Chris mentions getting views on "Cliptube".
  • Break Up Song: Owen and Gwen's duet "Oh, My Izzy" is one in the aftermath of Izzy dumping Owen.
  • Breaking Old Trends: This episode marks the dissolution of a team before the merge, and the only time Izzy is eliminated once.
  • Bridal Carry: Alejandro does this to Gwen after she grabs the gold chains and gets shocked by a pod of electric eels. He steals the gold from her while she's unconscious, but Heather grabs them back and yells, "Thanks for the delivery!"
  • Call-Back:
    • Izzy previously mentioned having an IQ of 188 back in "Wawanankwa Gone Wild", this is apparently what was revealed after the plane landed on her.
    • Tyler also mentions his extreme finger strength we first saw in the Yukon.
    Tyler: This one (referring to his right pinkie) can bench-press 80 pounds.
  • Continuity Nod: When asking Chris if DJ could merge into one of the other teams (due to DJ being the only member of Team Victory left), he mentions how Sierra and Izzy switched teams back in "Walk Like An Egyptian Part 2".
  • Cucumber Facial: Team CIRRRRH, DJ, and Irene have one while in the first class section. Owen eats both of his cucumbers, and eventually swipes one of Noah's.
    Noah: "It's a facial, not a fruit plate."
    Owen: "Oh Noah, don't you see? It's both!"
  • Damsel in Distress: After being severely shocked by eels, Gwen has to be saved by Alejandro.
  • False Reassurance: When Chris says that there are no sharks in the bay below them, he says it's because that there are sharks and eels in the bay.
  • Fanservice: We get to see the cast in their swimsuits during the cliff-diving challenge.
  • Grief Song: "Oh My Izzy", a sad number sung by Owen after Izzy breaks up with him and departs the game.
  • Groin Attack: Owen gets two of these from Izzy, one in the plane, and one on the beach, before both get a plane on top of them.
  • Like an Old Married Couple: Chris and Chef get into a married couple like argument after crash landing in Jamaica as they bicker over Chef's failure to land at one of the two airports on Jamaica and Chris' splurging of the season's budget money on himself.
  • Morality Pet: Irene the Cod (the fish DJ kissed in the previous episode) becomes one to DJ throughout the episode.
  • Never My Fault: Chris refuses to take any of the blame for not budgeting the season and spending all the money for his lavish quarters on the plane.
  • Non Sequitur, *Thud*: Owen gets a whole plane dropped on him. In the confessional, he remarks that it's just a concussion and asks if someone can parents his phone and worry them not to tell Santa. At "Santa", his mouth stays open, he drools a little, and ends the confessional by falling onto the floor out cold.
  • Nothing Personal: Alejandro says this to Heather after distracting her during her jump. Heather then says this back to Alejandro after she retrieves the gold chains he stole from Gwen while rescuing her. Lastly, Alejandro says this when regarding DJ's elimination, but then laughs about it.
  • Oh, Crap!: Chris gets this reaction after Chef says that they ran out of fuel.
  • Poorly Timed Confession: When Alejandro "accidentally" confessed to Tyler about the truth about the fish with DJ standing behind him, DJ starts doing poorly in the competition and eventually gets eliminated.
  • Psycho Electric Eel: Several lie waiting for the contestants in the bay, giving Tyler a jolt and severely injuring Gwen.
  • Pun-Based Title: The title is a play on the phrase "you make me sweat".
  • The Reveal: Alejandro not-so accidentally reveals that the symbol on Irene was a fake.
  • Ship Sinking: Izzy breaks up with Owen for good.
  • Shout-Out:
    • A drawing of Pac-Man can be seen in Izzy's equations.
    • The bobsled challenge is a reference to the movie Cool Runnings.
    • The music heard while Cody and Sierra are preparing for their final run through the course is similar to the Jaws theme.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Poor DJ had no idea what he was doing when teaming up with Alejandro.
  • Wham Episode: With DJ's elimination in the hands of Alejandro, Team Victory is no more, the first and only time a team failed to make it to the merge.

 
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