That’s Off the Chain! (Total Drama Island)

That’s Off the Chain! is the 18th episode of Total Drama Island.

Plot
As the campers build their own bikes using supplies from a pile of old bike parts and then race them in a dangerous motor cross, Izzy takes Leshawna who has never learned how to build or ride a bike on a joy ride. In the end, Heather betrays Lindsay, leading to an explosive elimination.

Why It's Off The Chain

 * 1) The biggest problem with the episode is that the elimination makes absolutely no sense. Apparently, Lindsay gets eliminated for technically crossing the finish line last after Heather who won, despite the fact that Owen and Duncan didn’t cross the line because they wiped out. Gwen, DJ, and Geoff lost the first round, and Izzy and Leshawna skipped the entire challenge. Why should Lindsay be punished for doing better than everyone except Heather, who she let win? Why didn’t the writers just have Heather win invincibility and have a traditional vote off?
 * 2) The challenge also doesn’t make sense. Why are the final four bikers the ones to be up for elimination? Wouldn’t it make more sense for them to compete for just immunity?
 * 3) The prize of immunity also does not make any sense due to the fact that the challenges in this episode and the next both involve eliminations that are automatic and not traditional vote offs.  Heather’s immunity only exists as a tool for her to brag her arrogance to the other campers.  It would have made more sense for this challenge to be a reward challenge instead of immunity and have the next challenge be a double elimination because of this.
 * 4) Lindsay is treated unfairly, as she is forced by Heather to build her bike. Even worse, she is the reason Heather wins while she gets eliminated.
 * 5) Heather is a unlikeable jerk that goes too far this episode, as she admits she was just using Lindsay this whole season just to stay further in the game. She admits she never really liked her and doesn’t even care that she got eliminated.
 * 6) Geoff’s crying is annoying this episode, just because Bridgette got eliminated the previous episode. It really didn’t matter as much, because Geoff would get eliminated three episodes later and would see her again.
 * 7) DJ is way too much of a wimp because he was scared of riding a bike. He’s overcome his fear of snakes and water earlier in the season, so it’s hard to see the problem with him overcoming his fear of riding bikes.
 * 8) Izzy and Leshawna got away with skipping the whole challenge, for some reason.
 * 9) *Chris is somewhat unlikable in this episode as he didn't punish Leshawna or Izzy in any way despite them both not competing in the challenge.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The scene where Lindsay told off Heather for betraying was extremely awesome and satisfying, not to mention her censored-out curse was hilarious and iconic. This has earned her so much respect from the rest of the campers, and even Chris was satisfied with that.
 * 2) The friendship between Owen and Lindsay was cute.
 * 3) The ending is heartwarming as she said farewell to the other campers except Heather.
 * 4) Heather does get her comeuppance for betraying Lindsay and getting her eliminated in a later episode as it was Lindsay’s dare that got Heather to lose her hair and get eliminated.  Lindsay even foreshadows her own role in Heather’s elimination by wishing that karma would catch up to Heather later on.
 * 5) The rest of the characters were likeable, especially Lindsay.