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* AmbiguousSituation: Did Alejandro betray Tyler by voting him off or not? His deal with Duncan only stated that he cannot vote for Duncan specifically, but never forced him to choose who to vote for, after all. With Alejandro being a cunning and strategic ManipulativeBastard, his greater dislike of Owen, Owen already suspecting his true nature in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheAmAHZonRace The Am-AH-Zon Race]]", Noah warning Owen about Alejandro in "[[Recap/TotalDramaISeeLondon I See London...]]", and Tyler's UndyingLoyalty towards Al; one would assume he'd vote for Owen instead of Tyler, meaning Tyler voted for Duncan, while both Duncan and Owen voted for Tyler, thus explaining the entire bottom three. However, Tyler raising his hand when contestants are asked by Bridgette about whose eliminations were caused by Alejandro in "[[Recap/TotalDramaAftermathIVHawaiianStyle Hawaiian Style]]" suggests that Alejandro actually voted for Tyler, thus creating a 3v1 vote and not explaining Owen being in the bottom three. Even so, with the show's tendency for SeriesContinuityError, Tyler raising his hand can't be counted as irrefutable evidence of Alejandro's vote.
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** Cody touches a pod which an alien clone of him emerges from, much like the pods from ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' and the green slime that covers Cody and Sierra after it gets squeezed to death is similar to the green innards that are seen coming out of Film/TheThing in a scene of the movie of the same name.

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** Cody touches a pod which an alien clone of him emerges from, much like the pods from ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' and the green slime that covers Cody and Sierra after it gets squeezed to death is similar to the green innards that are seen coming out of Film/TheThing Film/{{The Thing|1982}} in a scene of the movie of the same name.
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* TeamKiller: Courtney intentionally trips Gwen to make the Amazons fail the challenge, guaranteeing Gwen would be eliminated. However, the box lands in Chris' hands, allowing the Amazons to win.

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* TeamKiller: As Gwen is running toward the finish line with a glowing box, Courtney intentionally trips Gwen her to make the Amazons fail the challenge, guaranteeing Gwen would be eliminated. However, the box flies into the air and lands in Chris' hands, allowing the Amazons to win.
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* TeamKiller: Courtney intentionally trips Gwen to make the Amazons fail the challenge, guaranteeing Gwen would be eliminated. However, Chris catches the box, allowing the Amazons to win.

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* TeamKiller: Courtney intentionally trips Gwen to make the Amazons fail the challenge, guaranteeing Gwen would be eliminated. However, Chris catches the box, box lands in Chris' hands, allowing the Amazons to win.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Owen points out that Duncan has hooked up with two hotties, Courtney and Gwen, assuming everyone else is mad at him because he has two women in his life, failing to realize that everyone is mad at him because he was unfaithful.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Owen points out that Duncan has hooked up with two hotties, Courtney and Gwen, assuming everyone else is mad at jealous of him because he has two women in his life, failing to realize that everyone is mad at him because he was unfaithful.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: At the beginning of the episode, Courtney's to-do list includes "pummel Duncan", "pummel Gwen", and "wash socks".
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--> '''Courtney''': GOTHY'S GOING DOWN!!! GOTHY'S GOING DOWN!!! GOTHY IS GOING DOWN!!!

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--> '''Courtney''': GOTHY'S GOING DOWN!!! GOTHY'S GOING DOWN!!! GOTHY IS GOING DOWN!!!''(muttering to herself while writing on a notepad)'' Gothy's going down, gothy's going down, gothy is going down...



* TantrumThrowing: In her breakup with Duncan, Courtney is seen on the floor, crying, kicking, and screaming like a toddler who got told "no".

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* TantrumThrowing: In her breakup with Duncan, Courtney is seen on the floor, crying, kicking, throwing spaghetti and screaming like a toddler who got told "no".
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* SanitySlippage: "Gothie is going down, Gothie is going dooowwn, Gothie is going down..." while making a list.
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* OperationJealousy: Courtney attempts to flirt with Tyler to make Duncan jealous, similar to how she flirted with Justin to make him jealous in Season 2 (minus the cheating back then). She's not successful this time around.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: Gwen can deal with all the vitriol she's been getting lately, but Sierra calling her "New Heather" hits her where it hurts.


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* BlatantLies: Even after we see her TantrumThrowing, Courtney insists in the confessional that she still has her pride. She immediately starts crying again.


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** Tyler is aghast at the concept of cheating on a loved one, considering it a deep betrayal. When Courtney flirts with him to try to make Duncan jealous, Tyler refuses out of complete devotion to Lindsay.


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* {{Irony}}: Heather is delighted how, for once, all the inter-team tension has absolutely nothing to do with anything she did.
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* OcularGushers: In two scenes Courtney where Courtney cries, her tears shoot out of her face; during the scene where she struggles to write in her journal and in her confessional when she tries to get a hold of herself after her break up with Duncan.

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* OcularGushers: In two scenes Courtney where Courtney cries, her tears shoot out of her face; during the scene where she struggles to write in her journal and in her confessional when she tries to get a hold of herself after her break up with Duncan.
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* OcularGushers: In two scenes Courtney where Courtney cries, her tears shoot out of her face; during the scene where she struggles to write in her journal and in her confessional when she tries to get a hold of herself after her break up with Duncan.

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* EyeScream: Courtney hit Duncan hard with the bowl to leave a nasty eye bruise.

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Courtney hit Duncan hard with the bowl to leave a nasty eye bruise.bruise.
** Tyler is about to eat a banana, but turbulence causes the banana to go into his eye instead of his mouth.


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* MaleGaze: While Heather is talking to Cody and Sierra in the warehouse, the camera focuses on Heather's butt for a few seconds.


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* TantrumThrowing: In her breakup with Duncan, Courtney is seen on the floor, crying, kicking, and screaming like a toddler who got told "no".

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* ShoutOut: The makeup that Owen gets forced on him by the Area 51 machinery makes him look like the Joker from Batman, particularly the Dark Knight.

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** Sierra's anti-Gwen song shares a melody with "Rock-a-bye Baby".
** Chris' line about blaming a casualty on a "freak weather balloon accident" is a reference to the Roswell Incident.
** The Black Box warehouse resembles the warehouse seen in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''.
** The robot that Courtney stumbles upon looks like a Rock 'em Sock 'em Robot, only it is a different color.
** The portal Heather gets sucked into looks like the ones in ''Series/StargateSG1''.
** Tyler and an alien touch fingers like in ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', the aliens then attach themselves to Alejandro and Tyler's faces like the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Facehuggers]].
** Tyler's line of "Don't probe me, bro!" is a parody of the University of Florida Taser Incident.
** Cody touches a pod which an alien clone of him emerges from, much like the pods from ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' and the green slime that covers Cody and Sierra after it gets squeezed to death is similar to the green innards that are seen coming out of Film/TheThing in a scene of the movie of the same name.
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The makeup that Owen gets forced on him by the Area 51 machinery makes him look like the Joker from Batman, particularly the ''[[Film/TheDarkKnight The Dark Knight.Knight's]]'' depiction of the Joker.
** After being hypnotized by Alejandro, Owen sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer and dances the "Running Man".
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a play on the show ''Series/TheXFiles''.
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* PetTheDog: Alejandro actually keeps his side of the deal with Duncan, voting for Tyler, and allowing Duncan to stay in the competition, when he easily could have just gone back on his word and voted for Duncan anyway.
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* ShoeSlap: In an attempt to make Duncan regret cheating on her, Courtney tries to flirt with Tyler despite the fact that he already is with Lindsay and loyal to her. While Tyler is performing some hanging leg lifts, Courtney throws a few compliments his way. However, one of Tyler's shoes slips off and accidentally but fittingly hits Courtney in the face.

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* NonSequiturThud: Tyler runs into a landmine and gets blown a good distance away. When he crashes, he barely consciously wonders why the purple meatball is playing the piano.



* WakingNonSequitur: Tyler runs into a landmine and gets blown a good distance away. When he crashes, he barely consciously wonders why the purple meatball is playing the piano.
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* TheDissTrack: The song "Boyfriend Kisser" is a thread of death threats and insults towards Gwen for kissing Duncan, therefore destroying his relationship with Courtney. Curiously, Duncan gets very little hate, all of it being directed towards Gwen.
--> "''You're not my new sister, you're a pus-y gothy nasty blister!''"
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* SideBet: Duncan and Alejandro make a bet for five bucks whether or not Alejandro can hypnotize Owen. Alejandro learned hypnotism from his uncle and so wins with ease. Duncan is impressed and doesn't mind losing.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Owen gets taken prisoner when the teams infiltrate Area 52. Alejandro and Duncan couldn't care less, but Tyler ditches the challenge to save Owen. He locates Owen's cell and tries to bash through the door with his bare hands to the rhythm of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never! Leave! A Man! Behind!]]"

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Owen gets taken prisoner when the teams infiltrate Area 52. Alejandro and Duncan couldn't care less, but Tyler ditches the challenge to save Owen. He locates Owen's cell and tries to bash through the door with his bare hands to the rhythm of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never! Leave! A Man! Behind!]]"Behind!]]" By coincidence, trying to save Owen gets Team CIRRRRH ahead in the challenge and Owen is freed through other means.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Tyler tries to rescue Owen, justifying it with this philosophy.

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Owen gets taken prisoner when the teams infiltrate Area 52. Alejandro and Duncan couldn't care less, but Tyler ditches the challenge to save Owen. He locates Owen's cell and tries to rescue Owen, justifying it bash through the door with this philosophy. his bare hands to the rhythm of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never! Leave! A Man! Behind!]]"
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* BagOfKidnapping: Courtney recalls the events in London and reimagines her and Gwen abducting Duncan in a bag as Gwen shoving her out of the way and abducting Duncan to keep for herself.
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* PragmaticVillainy: PlayedForLaughs. When Courtney sees Heather getting sucked into what seems to be a portal to a different dimension, she says this before pulling her out:
--> '''Courtney''': Hmm, she is a pain... ugh, but I need her vote to get rid of Gwen. (proceeds to pull Heather out of the portal)

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* CactusCushion: To get past the lasers protecting Area 51, Team CIRRRRH comes up with the idea to throw a rock one way and run the other way to trick the system. When Tyler does it, he throws the rock as per the plan, but runs without looking and comes to a prickly standstill embracing a cactus.



* TheCameo: Ezekiel is also briefly seen in the cockpit of the plane at the beginning.



* TheCameo: Ezekiel is also briefly seen in the cockpit of the plane at the beginning.
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* SmellyFeetGag: After learning about Duncan's and Gwen's cheating, Courtney writes herself a to-do list. It starts with pummeling Duncan, proceeds to pummeling Gwen, makes a detour with a reminder for Courtney to wash her socks, and then she stops writing to cry uncontrollably.
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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Chris makes an announcement to "all players and brooding goth chick" to attend the elimination ceremony. Gwen's the player who got her team the victory that day, but it's overshadowed by the hate she has garnered from cheating with Duncan.
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* WakingNonSequitur: Tyler runs into a landmine and gets blown a good distance away. When he crashes, he barely consciously wonders why the purple meatball is playing the piano.

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