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* ConflictBall: Invoked. After Mal's defeat, Chris calls a free-for-all for the million, giving both sides assitants a shot at the million in order to spark up the competition and turn Alejandro and Heather against each other.

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* ConflictBall: Invoked. After Mal's defeat, Chris calls a free-for-all for the million, giving both sides assitants assistants a shot at the million in order to spark up the competition and turn Alejandro and Heather against each other.


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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Just when it seems like Heather and Alejandro's RelationshipUpgrade is a case of LoveRedeems and it seems like they're okay with not getting the million dollar prize, Chris, then decides to make the challenge a free-for-all, which causes both of them to jump at the opportunity to get the cash prize. Which results in them turning on each other.


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* HistoryRepeats: Heather is once again screwed out of the million dollar prize.

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** Zoey is convinced that Mike is really Mike when he asks her about the necklace he gave her, a reference to how, last episode, Zoey realized Mal was in control when he incorrectly said that last season Mike gave her a bracelet.



* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: How Zoey knows that Mike is really himself again.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: How Zoey knows that Mike is really himself again. \n-->'''Mike:''' Hey, where's Mike asks her where the necklace I he gave you?her is, while Mal last episode couldn't even remember that Mike had given Zoey a necklace.
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* WrongNameOutburst: When Mal almost falls into the toxic waste, Zoey panics and calls out "Mike!" - despite believing that Mike is gone forever and knowing full well that Mal is in sole control of the body, and has been for quite some time now. Gwen reminds her that she must remember that that is ''not'' Mike.
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** Cameron when he realizes that the moats were dug with a machine that damaged the foundation of the island.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: When Chef warns something is wrong with the fracking machine, Gwen says you can't say "that word" on TV. Cameron corrects her.

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* {{Mondegreen}}: MondegreenGag: When Chef warns something is wrong with the fracking machine, Gwen says you can't say "that word" on TV. Cameron corrects her.
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* ShoutOut:
** The final part of the challenge is a reference to the Legend of Myth/KingArthur pulling Excalibur out of the stone to become the King of Britain.
** As Camp Wawanakwa sinks, the music plays is a portion of the requiem of Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, specifically the well-known "Dies Irae" portion.
** The butler playing the violin as the island sank is a reference to the musicians during the sinking of the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic.
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* PunBasedTitle: The title is a play on "the final reckoning".
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* HandWave: Vito questions why there's no protection regarding Mal's tower, to which Mike suggests that Mal just never figured they'd never get that far.

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* FinalBoss: Mal.

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* %%* FinalBoss: Mal.Mal.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Vito and Manitoba assure Mike they'll always be a part of him, which foreshadows the SplitPersonalityMerge.
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* SplitScreenReaction: Zoey, Mal, Gwen, Cameron, Heather, and Alejandro respond with a reaction shot composed of parallelograms upon beholding the Moats of Doom. Each of them is differentiated with a unique color background and the composition highlights the characters' relevance. Zoey and Mal, the two finalists, are depicted largest and take up a quarter of the shot each, while the other four, as helpers, have to do with less. As a couple, Alejandro and Heather get to share their own quarter and Cameron and Gwen have an eighth of the screen each.

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* SplitScreenReaction: Zoey, Mal, Gwen, Cameron, Heather, and Alejandro respond with a reaction shot composed of parallelograms trapezoids upon beholding the Moats of Doom. Each of them is differentiated with a unique color background and the composition highlights the characters' relevance. Zoey and Mal, the two finalists, are depicted largest and take up a quarter of the shot each, while the other four, as helpers, have to do with less. As a couple, Alejandro and Heather get to share their own quarter and Cameron and Gwen have an eighth of the screen each.
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* GoingDownWithTheShip: In a reference to the musicians on board of the ''UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic'', the butler of the luxury cabin stands outside to play his violin until Wawanakwa Island goes down beneath the waves. It's more than possible he survives, but he's not made an appearance since.


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* OminousLatinChanting: As Wawanakwa Island sinks due to fracking, water bursts out from every weak spot on the island, animals and humans alike run for safety, and ominous latin chanting sets the mood.
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* SplitScreenReaction: Zoey, Mal, Gwen, Cameron, Heather, and Alejandro respond with a reaction shot composed of parallelograms upon beholding the Moats of Doom. Each of them is differentiated with a unique color background and the composition highlights the characters' relevance. Zoey and Mal, the two finalists, are depicted largest and take up a quarter of the shot each, while the other four, as helpers, have to do with less. As a couple, Alejandro and Heather get to share their own quarter and Cameron and Gwen have an eighth of the screen each.
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* RelationshipSabotage: Chris likes Heather's and Alejandro's belligerent romance. He does not like it when they get lovey-dovey and fail to provide any drama. Thus, to get entertaining footage, he changes the rules of the finale midway to where the finalists and the helpers equally can claim the grand prize upon winning. With money on the line, Heather and Alejandro go back to being enemies.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: In his mind, Mike summons a barrier, with there being no previous indication he had this skill or anything like it.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Mal tries in vain to tempt Mike into giving him control, then results to flat out begging as he ceases to exist.

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* VillainousBreakdown: VillainousBreakdown:
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Mal tries in vain to tempt Mike into giving him control, then results to flat out begging as he ceases to exist.


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* VillainsWantMercy: When Mal starts fading from existence, he begs Mike to keep him alive.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After half a season couped up in his own head, Mike gets Zoey, the million, and all of the skills his personalties had.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After half a season couped cooped up in his own head, Mike gets Zoey, the million, and all of the skills his personalties personalities had.



* GracefulLoser: This is the first time where the runner up doesn't feel bad about losing the challenge, given that the finalists are Mike and Zoey.

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* GracefulLoser: GracefulLoser:
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This is the first time where the runner up doesn't feel bad about losing the challenge, given that the finalists are Mike and Zoey.Zoey.
** After the ConflictBall ends with him not winning, Alejandro takes it in stride, as he still has love. Heather is not exactly in the same good mood, though that's more because of her infuriation with the show than him.



* HeroicSacrifice: Mike's other personalties willingly let themselves disappear and become part of him in order to destroy Mal.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Mike's other personalties personalities willingly let themselves disappear and become part of him in order to destroy Mal.



* {{Mondegreen}}: When Chef warns something is wrong with the fracking machine, Gwen says you can't say "that word" on TV. Cameron corrects her.



* SequelHook: Chris gets a call saying that the producers want to start filming another season immediately, never mind that it's actually the end of the first half of season 5.
* ShipTease: The kiss on the cheek Gwen gives Cameron, though there's every possibility it was a simple friendly gesture to piss Chris off.



* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: How Zoey knows that Mike is really himself again.
-->'''Mike:''' Hey, where's the necklace I gave you?



* {{Squee}}: Zoey in the confessional after SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay.



* SequelHook: Chris gets a call saying that the producers want to start filming another season immediately, never mind that it's actually the end of the first half of season 5.
* ShipTease: The kiss on the cheek Gwen gives Cameron, though there's every possibility it was a simple friendly gesture to piss Chris off.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Alejandro and Heather, and later Mike and Zoey to Chris's frustration
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: How Zoey knows that Mike is really himself again.
-->'''Mike:''' Hey, where's the necklace I gave you?
* SplitPersonalityMerge: Mike after hitting the ResetButton.
* {{Squee}}: Zoey in the confessional after SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "What part of 'poof' don't you understand?"



* BreakTheCutie: Zoey over the possibility that Mike is never coming back. She buries the necklace he gave her.



* GrassIsGreener: Upon seeing what awaits in the big challenge, Gwen remarks she envies the other former contestants blown away in the balloons.



* KickTheDog: Mal gets under Zoey's skin by telling her that Mike is gone forever.



* OhCrap:
** Chris upon realizing that Heather and Alejandro hooked up.
** Alejandro when faced with Fang. Happens to him and Heather in the end, as well.



* SickeninglySweethearts: Heather and Alejandro, to the point that Chris derides their lovey-dovey moment in the confessional as the most disgusting thing that has ever happened in there.
* SplitPersonalityMerge: Hitting the ResetButton causes Mike and his good personalities to join together. He gains all of their skills and abilities. Mal is the lone exception, as Mike simply erases him.



* SplitPersonalityMerge: Mike after hitting the ResetButton.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: How Zoey knows that Mike is really himself again.



* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: How Zoey knows that Mike is really himself again.
-->'''Mike:''' Hey, where's the necklace I gave you?
* SplitPersonalityMerge: Mike after hitting the ResetButton.
* {{Squee}}: Zoey in the confessional after SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay.



* VirtueIsWeakness: Mal mocks how Zoey's devotion to Mike got him to the finale and a shot at a million dollars.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The necklace that Zoey buried under Camp Wawanakwa, how will Mike and Zoey retrieve it back since the Camp have now sunk?

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The necklace that Zoey buried under Camp Wawanakwa, how will Mike and Zoey retrieve it back since the Camp have now sunk?sunk?
* WouldHitAGirl: Mal throws Gwen off a nasty height and then says Zoey is next.
* YankTheDogsChain: Chris boasts of how fearsome and dangerous the final challenge will be, capping off with how the lawyers told them to change it. When Zoey asks if changes were made, Chris says he ''told'' the lawyers he did.
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** Speaking of lava being a call-back to ''World Tour'', the remaining tiers of the moat are references to one of the previous seasons as well. The toxic tier represents ''Revenge of the Island'', the natural tier with just water represents ''Island'', and even Chef dressed as a king and the final part requiring the finalists to pull a sword out of a stone, thus being a reference to the Legend of King Arthur, is a call-back to the cinematic theme of ''Action''.

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* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere



* ThePowerOfFriendship
** ThePowerOfLove



* WhamLine: "Don't you get it? [[FoeYay There's no longer a choice]]. [[ThatManIsDead Mike is]] ''[[ThatManIsDead gone]]''. [[SplitPersonalityTakeover And he's never coming back]]!"

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* WhamLine: "Don't you get it? [[FoeYay There's no longer a choice]].choice. [[ThatManIsDead Mike is]] ''[[ThatManIsDead gone]]''. [[SplitPersonalityTakeover And he's never coming back]]!"

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Mal and Zoey go head to head for the million dollars with help from Alejandro and Heather (on Mal's side) and Cameron and Gwen (on Zoey's side)
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Mal and Zoey go head to head for the million dollars with help from Alejandro and Heather (on Mal's side) and Cameron and Gwen (on Zoey's side)
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side). Will Mike ever regain control of his mind again?
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* TheCameo: Owen returns at the beginning of this episode in order to fill up the balloons to put the contestants in. He also returns at the end, water-skiing from the Loser Boat.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Both Chef and The Lawyers (who usually okay Chris's rather insane and negligent actions) are against his dangerous final challenge.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Both Chef and The Lawyers Chris’s lawyers (who usually okay Chris's rather insane and negligent actions) are against his dangerous final challenge.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Both Chef and The Lawyers (who usually okay Chris's rather insane and negligent actions) are against his dangerous final challenge.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards: Both Chef and The Lawyers (who usually okay Chris's rather insane and negligent actions) are against his dangerous final challenge.
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* TrashTheSet: Wawanakwa is sunk.

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* TrashTheSet: TrashTheSet[=/=]RegionalRedecoration: Wawanakwa is sunk.
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* BackForTheFinale: Cameron, Gwen, Heather, Alejandro, and Owen. The other campers are present... but promptly blow away in ballons.

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* BackForTheFinale: Cameron, Gwen, Heather, Alejandro, and Owen. The other campers are present... but promptly blow away in ballons.balloons.

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* AllYourPowersCombined[=/=]BroughtDownToNormal[=/=]SanityStrengthening[=/=]SplitPersonalityMerge: Mike after hitting the ResetButton.



** The Lava and two assisting contestants call back to the World Tour Finale. The island is also destroyed, just like the Hawaiian island was in the ''World Tour'' Finale.
** Like the first half of the season, the final conflict is a battle between a heroes team and a villians team, with Zoey as the hero and Mal as the villian.

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** The Lava lava and two assisting contestants call back to the World Tour Finale. The island is also destroyed, just like the Hawaiian island was in the ''World Tour'' Finale.
** Like the first half of the season, the final conflict is a battle between a heroes team and a villians team, with Zoey as the hero and Mal as the villian.villain.



* FinalBoss: Mal

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* FinalBoss: MalMal.


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* SplitPersonalityMerge: Mike after hitting the ResetButton.
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First, the boys threw Chris in the lake. Second, Geoff humiliated Chris. Third, he lost his plane to Sierra. Fourth (and finally thus far), he gets arrested.


* KarmaHoudini: So far, the mid-season finale where Chris gets no comeuppance.

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* KarmaHoudini: So far, This is the mid-season first season finale where Chris gets no comeuppance.

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* EsotericHappyEnding: Mike/Zoey win the million dollars and are finally reunited, leaving the island with Cameron and Gwen. However, Wawanakwa has been sunk and no mention on the fate of the eight contestants who floated away is ever revealed.



* RelationshipUpgrade: Heather and Alejandro ''finally'' become a couple after seasons' worth of BelligerentSexualTension, yet they retain their competive natures.
* ResetButton: What turns out to be at the center of Mike's guard tower. It resets Mike's head, taking away all his personalities in the process.


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* RelationshipUpgrade: Heather and Alejandro ''finally'' become a couple after seasons' worth of BelligerentSexualTension, yet they retain their competive natures.
* ResetButton: What turns out to be at the center of Mike's guard tower. It resets Mike's head, taking away all his personalities in the process.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: Mike/Zoey win the million dollars and are finally reunited, leaving the island with Cameron and Gwen. However, Wawanakwa has been sunk and no mention on the fate of the eight contestants who floated away is ever revealed.



* {{Gasshole}}: Owen inflates the Ballons the other campers are trapped in with his farts.

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* {{Gasshole}}: Owen inflates the Ballons balloons the other campers are trapped in with his farts.
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* WhamLine: "Don't you get it? [[FoeYay There's no longer a choice]]. [[ThatManIsDead Mike is]] ''[[ThatManIsDead gone]]''. [[SplitPersonalityTakeover And he's never coming back]]!"
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** Like the first half the season, the final conflict is a battle between a heroes team and a villians team, with Zoey as the hero and Mal as the villian.

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** Like the first half of the season, the final conflict is a battle between a heroes team and a villians team, with Zoey as the hero and Mal as the villian.

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