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* SpoilerTitle: Although the title of the episode also refers to the challenge, it ends up spoiling that Caleb and Priya, the main couple of the season, either break up in this episode or have just broken up and are dealing with the aftermath, the latter of which is what actually happened.
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Raj does even less damage to his object than Wayne does (Wayne at least broke one of the walls of the confessional with his head while Raj didn't get a dent on the fridge due to food poisoning)


* BewareTheNiceOnes: While generally a kindhearted LoveableJock, Wayne gets defense of Priya when Caleb tries to approach her (due to thinking he was only using her to get further in the game) and tells him to leave after he fails to get Priya to listen to him at the start of the episode.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: While generally a kindhearted LoveableJock, LovableJock, Wayne gets defense of Priya when Caleb tries to approach her (due to thinking he was only using her to get further in the game) and tells him to leave after he fails to get Priya to listen to him at the start of the episode.



** Raj also doesn't fare too well in this challenge, getting food poisoning from the expired food in the fridge that renders him unable to complete the challenge.

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** Raj also doesn't fare too well in this challenge, getting food poisoning from the expired food in the fridge that renders him unable to complete the challenge. He ends up being the only one who fails to make even the smallest dent in his object.



** Wayne at the start of the challenge says breaking apart the outhouse will be a cinch, only for the confessional to be far more resilient than expected and he ends up being the camper who does the least amount of damage to his respective object.

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** Wayne at the start of the challenge says breaking apart the outhouse will be a cinch, only for the confessional to be far more resilient than expected and he ends up being the camper who does the least amount of damage to his respective object.expected.



* TooDumbToLive: Raj for some reason decides to eat the food that was on the refrigerator he brought, despite Chef and Chris pointing out he could just pass the food through the hole and that the food was likely there since ''Season 1''. Unsurprisingly, Raj gets food poisoning and can't complete the challenge.

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* TooDumbToLive: Raj for some reason decides to eat the food that was on the refrigerator he brought, despite Chef and Chris pointing out he could just pass the food through the hole and that the food was likely there since ''Season 1''. Unsurprisingly, Raj gets food poisoning and can't complete the challenge.challenge, being the only one who fails to make a single dent in their object.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: While generally a kindhearted LoveableJock, Wayne gets defense of Priya when Caleb tries to approach her (due to thinking he was only using her to get further in the game) and tells him to leave after he fails to get Priya to listen to him at the start of the episode.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: {{Downplayed}} Damien admits that he feels somewhat guilty about having voted off Zee in the previous episode.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: {{Downplayed}} {{Downplayed}}. Damien admits that he feels somewhat guilty about having voted off Zee in the previous episode.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: {{Downplayed}} Damien admits that he feels somewhat guilty about having voted off Zee in the previous episode.
--> '''Damien:''' Good on Zee for dishing on Caleb before his lies got even worse. *Beat* Kinda feel bad about voting him off the Island...

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Damien attempts to explain to Julia about there being things more important than the game when they are trying to console Priya using emoji terms, Raj and Wayne quickly derail the conversation by bringing up random emojis like a spider face, peach, and a fart emoji.



** Damien also technically had the easiest object to pass through the hole, a sheep named Chester, but in his reluctance to hurt the animal he ended up breaking his door and getting himself off the challenge.

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** Damien also technically had the easiest object to pass through the hole, a sheep named Chester, but in his reluctance to hurt the animal he ended up breaking his door and getting himself off the challenge.challenge first.
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** Once again, it's Wayne that struggles the most in the challenge, constantly getting injured while completely failing to even make much of a dent into the outhouse until he rams against the walls using his dead.

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** Once again, it's Wayne that struggles the most in the challenge, constantly getting injured while completely failing to even make much of a dent into the outhouse until he rams against the walls using his dead.head.

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* ButtMonkey: Once again, it's Wayne that struggles the most in the challenge, constantly getting injured while completely failing to even make much of a dent into the outhouse.

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Once again, it's Wayne that struggles the most in the challenge, constantly getting injured while completely failing to even make much of a dent into the outhouse.outhouse until he rams against the walls using his dead.
** Raj also doesn't fare too well in this challenge, getting food poisoning from the expired food in the fridge that renders him unable to complete the challenge.


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* UseYourHead: Wayne does this to try and break the confessional, being the only way that he is able to remotely make a dent in it.
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** Caleb could have technically destroyed a canoe or a picnic table with far more ease than a yacht, but in his rush to get the biggest possible object he brought a ''yacht''.

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** Caleb could have technically destroyed a canoe or a picnic table with far more ease than a yacht, but in his rush to get the biggest possible object he brought a ''yacht''. Though to be fair, the contestants didn't learn the challenge involved needing to break down their objects until after they brought them back.
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* AmusingInjuries: Wayne suffers a lot of these. He gets hit in the face by the confessional door twice, his first attempt at breaking the confessional results in getting hit in the face with an axe, the second time results in a hit to the [[GroinAttack groin]], and the third time with a different axe gets smacked in the face. The fourth attempt at breaking the outhouse using a wrecking ball only results in the ball bouncing off and crushing him instead. He's fine by the end of the episode.


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* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: When Damien uses emojis to explain Priya's emotional state to Julia, Raj starts talking about his favorite emojis, including a peach and wind emoji that together look like the peach is farting.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: After MK is eliminated, Julia nervously asks if she's mad at her. MK tells Julia she's an "evil back-stabbing monster", before happily saying "Of course I'm not mad at you!"
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* RecurringElement: Once again, the bottom two are MK and Julia with MK being eliminated. This time they are on better terms with each other compared to last season.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The episode can be a reference to Priya and Caleb's breakup this episode and how badly it's effecting them, but also references the challenge of finding the biggest item they can find and breaking it apart to fit in a small door.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Had MK just honored her agreement to not go after Julia in honor of their alliance when it was clear that one of them was leaving instead of trying to sabotage her by making her look bad in one last knee-jerk effort, then Julia wouldn't have been able to convince them that she was lying by stating that she and MK had agreed to respect each other no matter who left and not try and go after each other, which could've have given her a chance to stay over Julia.

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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Had MK just honored her agreement to not go after Julia in honor of their alliance when it was clear that one of them was leaving instead of trying to sabotage her by making make her look bad in one last knee-jerk effort, effort to sabotage her, then Julia wouldn't have been able to convince them that she was lying by stating that she and MK had agreed to respect each other no matter who left and not try and go after each other, which could've have given her a chance to stay over Julia.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Had MK just honored her agreement to not go after Julia in honor of their alliance when it was clear that one of them was leaving instead of trying to sabotage by making her look bad in one last knee-jerk effort, then Julia wouldn't have been able to convince them that she was lying by stating that she and MK had agreed to respect each other no matter who left and not try and go after each other, which could've have given her a chance to stay over Julia.

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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Had MK just honored her agreement to not go after Julia in honor of their alliance when it was clear that one of them was leaving instead of trying to sabotage her by making her look bad in one last knee-jerk effort, then Julia wouldn't have been able to convince them that she was lying by stating that she and MK had agreed to respect each other no matter who left and not try and go after each other, which could've have given her a chance to stay over Julia.
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** Caleb has outright superhuman strength for this challenge when he drags on his own a full-sized yacht, then managing to destroy it with his bare fists.

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** Caleb has outright superhuman strength for this challenge when he drags on his own challenge, dragging a full-sized yacht, yacht on his own, then managing to destroy it with his bare fists.



* DelayedReaction: It takes Wayne several minutes to realize the confessional booth he's currently at ''is'' a very big object.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Had MK just honored her agreement to not go after Julia in honor of their alliance when it was clear that one of them was leaving instead of trying to sabotage her with the others in one last knee-jerk effort, then Julia wouldn't have been able to convince them that she was lying by stating that she and MK had agreed to respect each other no matter who left and not try and go after each other, which could've have given her a chance to stay over Julia.

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* DelayedReaction: It takes Wayne several minutes to realize the confessional booth he's currently at in ''is'' a very big object.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Had MK just honored her agreement to not go after Julia in honor of their alliance when it was clear that one of them was leaving instead of trying to sabotage by making her with the others look bad in one last knee-jerk effort, then Julia wouldn't have been able to convince them that she was lying by stating that she and MK had agreed to respect each other no matter who left and not try and go after each other, which could've have given her a chance to stay over Julia.



* DudeWheresMyRespect: MK is pretty annoyed seeing everyone doting on Priya for something as trivial as Caleb hurting her feelings, yet showed her NoSympathy when she was mauled by a bear.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: MK is pretty annoyed seeing everyone doting on Priya for something as trivial as Caleb hurting her feelings, yet when they showed her NoSympathy when she was mauled by a bear.



** Wayne tries to break the confessional with an axe, only to bounce off and hit him in the face. While on the floor he asks Santa if it's game time already.

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** Wayne tries to break the confessional with an axe, only for it to bounce off the confessional and hit him in the face. While on the floor he asks Santa if it's game time already.

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** It happens again when he tries to crush the confessional with a wrecking ball, only for the ball to bounce off and hit him instead. He then says the outhouse should receive ten minutes for unsportsman-like conduct.

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** It happens again when he tries to crush the confessional with a wrecking ball, only for the ball to bounce off and hit him instead. He then says the outhouse should receive gets ten minutes for unsportsman-like conduct.conduct before falling to the floor.



* TemptingFate: Julia boasts in the confessional that she's got the challenge, and then a squirrel attacks her for destroying its nest, costing her just the right amount of time for Caleb to win instead.

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** Wayne at the start of the challenge says breaking apart the outhouse will be a cinch, only for the confessional to be far more resilient than expected and he ends up being the camper who does the least amount of damage to his respective object.
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Julia boasts in the confessional that she's got the challenge, and then a squirrel attacks her for destroying its nest, costing her just the right amount of time for Caleb to win instead.
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* ButtMonkey: Once again, it's Wayne that struggles the most in the challenge, constantly getting injured while completely failing to even make much of a dent into the outhouse.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Caleb throws a screw of the yatch to the door's passage from a reasonable distance, yet he is able to land the screw there and win the challenge.


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* LeetLingo: Parodied. When Julia and MK come to Priya and the other players wanting to discuss strategies, Damien tells them that there are things that are more important than the game. When Julia asks what could be more important than one million dollars, she gets this response from Damien:
--> '''Damien:''' I'll explain in terms that you understand: broken heart emoji, crying emoji, thumbs down emoji.

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* PyrrhicVictory: Though Caleb is able to secure his place in the competition by winning immunity at the last minute, the look on Priya's face afterwards implies that he may have just made things even worse for himself.



* PyrrhicVictory: Though Caleb is able to secure his place in the competition by winning immunity at the last minute, the look on Priya's face afterwards implies that he may have just made things even worse for himself.
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* ExactWords: Chef did say any object on the island could be brought for the challenge, so MK just hijacks Chef's car, but he didn't specified the objects were needed ''for'' the challenge, not the challenge itself.

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* ExactWords: Chef did say any object on the island could be brought for the challenge, so MK just hijacks Chef's car, but he didn't specified specify the objects were needed ''for'' the challenge, not the challenge itself.



** Damien technically had the easiest object to pass through the hole, a sheep named Chester, but in his reluctance to hurt the animal he ended up breaking his door and getting himself off the challenge.

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** Damien also technically had the easiest object to pass through the hole, a sheep named Chester, but in his reluctance to hurt the animal he ended up breaking his door and getting himself off the challenge.



** After Priya hits the Hockey Bros with the confessional door twice, Wayne says he sees so many stars today while Raj mentions he liked the circus music he's hearing.

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** After Priya hits the Hockey Bros with the confessional door twice, Wayne says he sees so many stars today while Raj mentions he liked likes the circus music he's hearing.
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* ChronicallyCrashedCar: The running gag of Chef's car constantly getting destroyed from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'' is brought in to the main series. MK manages to one-up anything the kids at the daycare ever did by reducing the car to ashes, much to Chef's horror.


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* WayPastTheExpirationDate: The fridge hadn't been used since season 1, fifteen to sixteen years prior. As such, the food Chef left in there is equally expired.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: MK is pretty annoyed seeing everyone doting on Priya for something as trivial as Caleb hurting her feelings, yet showed her NoSympathy when she was mauled by a bear.

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** It happens again when he tries to crush the confessional with a wrecking ball, only to bounce and hit him instead. He then says the outhouse should champions for unsportsman-like conduct.

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** It happens again when he tries to crush the confessional with a wrecking ball, only for the ball to bounce off and hit him instead. He then says the outhouse should champions receive ten minutes for unsportsman-like conduct.


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* TemptingFate: Julia boasts in the confessional that she's got the challenge, and then a squirrel attacks her for destroying its nest, costing her just the right amount of time for Caleb to win instead.

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* DelayedReaction: It takes Wayne several minutes to realize the confessional booth he's currently at ''is'' a very big object.



* TheDoorSlamsYou: Priya ends up hitting Raj and Wayne with the confessional door twice in her rage at Caleb's apparent deceit.



* RunningGag: Chef's horrified reactions at MK destroying his car to reduce it to parts, and then calling his workshop in the hopes they can somehow fix it.

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* NonSequiturThud:
** After Priya hits the Hockey Bros with the confessional door twice, Wayne says he sees so many stars today while Raj mentions he liked the circus music he's hearing.
** Wayne tries to break the confessional with an axe, only to bounce off and hit him in the face. While on the floor he asks Santa if it's game time already.
** It happens again when he tries to crush the confessional with a wrecking ball, only to bounce and hit him instead. He then says the outhouse should champions for unsportsman-like conduct.
* RunningGag: Chef's increasingly horrified reactions at MK destroying his car to reduce it to parts, and then calling his workshop in the hopes they can somehow fix it.



* TooDumbToLive: Raj for some reason decides to eat the food that was on the refrigerator he brought, despite Chris pointing out he could just pass the food through the hole and that the food was likely there since ''Season 1''. Unsurprisingly, Raj gets food poisoning and can't complete the challenge.

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* TooDumbToLive: Raj for some reason decides to eat the food that was on the refrigerator he brought, despite Chef and Chris pointing out he could just pass the food through the hole and that the food was likely there since ''Season 1''. Unsurprisingly, Raj gets food poisoning and can't complete the challenge.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Caleb has outright superhuman strength for this challenge when he drags on his own a full-sized yacht, then managing to destroy it with his bare fists.

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Caleb has outright superhuman strength for this challenge when he drags on his own a full-sized yacht, then managing to destroy it with his bare fists.



* {{Irony}}: Caleb could have technically destroyed a canoe or a picnic table with far more ease than a yacht, but in his rush to get the biggest possible object he brought a ''yacht''.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Caleb has outright superhuman strength for this challenge when he drags on his own a full-sized yacht, then managing to destroy it with his bare fists.
** Julia demonstrates once again why she's a beast in challenges when she not only fells a full tree with just an axe, but also manages to reduce it to splinters at a ridiculously fast rate.



* PyrrhicVictory: Though Caleb is able to secure his place in the competition by winning immunity at the last minute, the look on Priya's face afterwards implies that he may have just made things even worse for himself.

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* EpicFail: Wayne's attempts at breaking the confessional are this, even when he drops ''a wrecking ball'' on top of the outhouse, which just bounces off and crushes poor Wayne.
* ExactWords: Chef did say any object on the island could be brought for the challenge, so MK just hijacks Chef's car, but he didn't specified the objects were needed ''for'' the challenge, not the challenge itself.
* {{Irony}}: Caleb could have technically destroyed a canoe or a picnic table with far more ease than a yacht, but in his rush to get the biggest possible object he brought a ''yacht''.
** Damien technically had the easiest object to pass through the hole, a sheep named Chester, but in his reluctance to hurt the animal he ended up breaking his door and getting himself off the challenge.
* RunningGag: Chef's horrified reactions at MK destroying his car to reduce it to parts, and then calling his workshop in the hopes they can somehow fix it.
* PyrrhicVictory: Though Caleb is able to secure his place in the competition by winning immunity at the last minute, the look on Priya's face afterwards implies that he may have just made things even worse for himself.himself.
* TooDumbToLive: Raj for some reason decides to eat the food that was on the refrigerator he brought, despite Chris pointing out he could just pass the food through the hole and that the food was likely there since ''Season 1''. Unsurprisingly, Raj gets food poisoning and can't complete the challenge.
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In addition to Caleb needing to navigate a messy breakup with Priya after being exposed in the previous episode, the contestants need to find the biggest object that they can and break them apart just enough to fit them into a tiny door slot without breaking the door apart to win immunity.

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*BatmanGambit: Julia actually stays true to her word to not try and badmouth MK and throw her under the bus even after MK immediately goes behind her back and does the exact opposite by badmouthing and framing her with the other contestants—not just because she wanted to honor her alliance with MK, but because she knew that MK would go way overboard in doing the opposite and that the others would know that something was up when she told them that she and MK had agreed not to badmouth and go after each other.
*ContinuitySnarl: The confessional booth is said to have become nigh indestructible in this episode, but a bear was able to break through one of the walls to reach MK no problem in [[Recap/TotalDramaCanoeBelieveIt Canoe Believe It?]] and Zee was attacked by a cassowary the same way in [[Recap/TotalDramaSevereEggsAndPains Severe Eggs and Pains]], though given that these were both extremely powerful animals, it's likely that they just had a bit of extra strength to help them out with it.
*DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Had MK just honored her agreement to not go after Julia in honor of their alliance when it was clear that one of them was leaving instead of trying to sabotage her with the others in one last knee-jerk effort, then Julia wouldn't have been able to convince them that she was lying by stating that she and MK had agreed to respect each other no matter who left and not try and go after each other, which could've have given her a chance to stay over Julia.
*PyrrhicVictory: Though Caleb is able to secure his place in the competition by winning immunity at the last minute, the look on Priya's face afterwards implies that he may have just made things even worse for himself.

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