Line #20 Recap/TotalDramaNotSoHappyCampersPartOne


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/firstcampfireareaever.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:The 22 contestants.]]
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4	Our twenty-two campers arrive, learn just how bad the camp is, and get to know each another.
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6	!!Tropes
7	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Cody to Gwen, and the other girls to a lesser extent. Neither Heather or Lindsay are receptive to Duncan's advances either.
8	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Duncan doesn't care much for the introduction session and distracts himself by restraining a deer around the neck and giving it a noogie.
9	* BitchAlert: Heather arrives at Camp Wawanakwa wearing intimidating sunglasses. When they come off, she gives the island and her fellow campers alike a DeathGlare.
10	* {{Bookends}}: Cody attempts to greet Eva by giving her a high-five, but she coldly ignores him and drops a bag filled with dumbbells on his foot. In Gwen's version of "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheVeryLastEpisodeReally The Very Last Episode, Really!]]", Eva and Cody high-five in celebration of Gwen's victory, although Eva's unchecked strength knocks over Cody.
11	%%* {{Cliffhanger}}: Almost literally.
12	* CuteButCacophonic: Gwen covers her ears when Lindsay whines about the communal washrooms. Shortly thereafter, Lindsay screams bloody murder when she finds a cockroach in the cabin.
13	* {{Cliffhanger}}: The campers find out the first challenge is a cliff jump to the only non-shark-infested part of a shark-infested lake.
14	* DisproportionateRetribution: When Geoff asks Chris if they could order pizza, Chef Hatchet throws a meat cleaver at Geoff.
15	-->'''Geoff:''' ''(after Chef throws a meat cleaver towards him)'' W-W-Whoa, G! It's cool! Brown slop is cool. ''(laughs nervously while Chef glares at him with another big knife in hand)'' Right, guys?
16	* TheDreaded: Heather, Duncan, and Eva establish themselves as this almost immediately.
17	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: 21[[note]]Katie and Sadie share one, naturally[[/note]] of them in a row, though DJ's doesn't really say much about him.
18	* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: Everyone, save for Katie and Sadie, meet for the first time here.
19	* FaintsInShock: Sadie throws her arm over her forehead and swoons when the hunky Justin joins the competition.
20	* FalseReassurance: When Lindsay asks if Chef's food would go against her diet, Gwen sarcastically responds that it wouldn't.
21	* FeetFirstIntroduction: Of the campers making their grand entrance, Lindsay, Heather, and Eva are introduced feet first. Lindsay's and Heather's come back to back. They're the conventionally sexiest female campers, and while the sweet Lindsay's pan shot upwards is accompanied by a sultry jazz tune, the wicked Heather's flash shot is marked by a threatening aerophone and drum. The violent Eva also gets a flash shot and her intro tune starts with a bang that subsides in a threatening aerophone.
22	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chris' warning to Ezekiel to "don't say much and try not to get kicked off too early" foreshadows Ezekiel getting voted off first after [[InnocentlyInsensitive unintentionally offending]] his female team members with some [[StrawMisogynist sexist comments]].
23	* GettingTheBoot: Like a genuine creep, Cody follows Gwen into the girls' side of the Gopher cabin to flirt with her. She's none too pleased to find him standing behind her and she throws him out to eat grass in the next shot.
24	* HandshakeSubstitute: Chris high-fives DJ, Leshawna, and Cody and fistbumps Geoff, Trent, and Justin in greeting when they arrive at Camp Wawanakwa.
25	* HighFiveLeftHanging: When Eva arrives at Camp Wawanakwa, Cody raises his hand for a high-five to greet her. Instead of taking it, she dumps her bag filled with dumbbells on his left foot. This forms a {{Bookends}} with Gwen's version of "[[Recap/TotalDramaTheVeryLastEpisodeReally The Very Last Episode, Really!]]", in which Eva does take Cody's high-five in celebration of Gwen's victory.
26	* HurtFootHop: Eva drops her bag filled with dumbbells on Cody's foot when she arrives at Wawanakwa. Cody pulls the foot free and hops in place while holding it.
27	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Harold apparently thought it would be a good idea to tell Leshawna that she's "big and loud", which naturally sets her off. He likely intended it as a genuine compliment.
28	* {{Introdump}}: This episode introduces Chris, Chef, and the 22 first-generation campers.
29	* ItCameFromTheFridge: The first meal the campers are served includes sloppy joes consisting of red slop with the occasional hair. While all the food is disgusting, the sloppy joes actually move. The sloppy joe Noah is given wraps itself back onto the spoon it was scooped from and, when Gwen complains that hers moved, Chef fixes the problem by splattering it with a meat mallet. When all the camp have settled down at their tables, one sloppy joe makes a run for it, but only Duncan and Sadie care to notice.
30	* LastSecondPhotoFailure: All the contestants are told to move to the end of the dock for a photo shoot. What happens next is that when the picture was taken, the dock crumbles and everyone is in the water.
31	* LetMeAtHim: Harold welcomes Leshawna to the island by calling her big and loud. Naturally, she takes offense and gets ready to batter him to his knees when Bridgette and DJ jump in to hold her back and save Harold.
32	* LoveAtFirstSight: Geoff immediately falls for Bridgette when he sees her.
33	* NotDistractedByTheSexy: DJ is the only one who retains a neutral expression when Justin arrives on the island.
34	* NotWhatISignedUpFor: Gwen in her EstablishingCharacterMoment.
35	* PerpetualFrowner: Eva is the only camper who doesn't smile in the group photo, though she still says "Wawanakwa" along with the others.
36	* PlankGag: Bridgette twice nearly hits Duncan, Harold, and Trent with her surfboard when first Geoff asks her attention and next Beth.
37	* PlotAllergy: Noah's first line when he arrives at Wawanakwa Island is to ask Chris if he got his memo about his life-threatening allergies. With the exception of an allergy to panda dander in "[[Recap/TotalDramaSuperCrazyHappyFunTimeInJapan Super Crazy Happy Fun Time in Japan]]", none of these allergies play a role in the story going onward.
38	* PunBasedTitle: The episode's alternate title is "The Not So Great Outdoors - Part 1", a play on the phrase "the great outdoors".
39	%%* SarcasmMode: Gwen when answering Owen's question.
40	* TheScream: Lindsay screams bloody murder when she finds a cockroach in the cabin.
41	-->'''Leshawna:''' [[LampshadeHanging Oh man, that white girl can scream]].
42	* ShipTease:
43	** Geoff/Bridgette, Gwen/Trent, and Lindsay/Tyler all get blatant ones.
44	** Harold/Leshawna and Owen/Izzy get more subtle ones.
45	** Duncan/Heather get pretty obvious ShipTease in the premiere, but [[AbortedArc it is never picked up on afterward]].
46	* ShoutOut: When Duncan kills the cockroach with an axe, it squeaks out "[[Film/TheFly1958 Help me]]".
47	* TemptingFate: DJ tells Katie that it's the first challenge; how hard could it be? Turns out it's a cliff jump to the only non-shark-infested part of a shark-infested lake, ending the episode on a cliffhanger.
48	* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Duncan kills the cockroach in the Gophers' cabin ''with an axe''.
49	* VaderBreath: Harold makes his entrance breathing heavily and creeping the others out.
50	* VeryFalseAdvertising: Camp Wawanakwa was advertised as a four-star resort to the campers auditioning. Naturally, it isn't.
51	* WelcomeEpisode: For the campers as a whole, introducing just about every element of the competition and a handful of plots for the season.

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