User blog comment:JERealize/Progress Bar: Issue 053 (TDPI Episode 3 Review)/@comment-3350823-20140818024246

I feel so proud of myself for getting the chum bucket reference (not sure how I feel about the new movie).But good power rankings, and Jasmine definitely deserves to be top.

I hate the abundance of spoilers as well. It’s infuriating, and it makes it feel like Cartoon Network doesn’t even care (that and the fact of how easily they shot out these episodes).

You calling your mom might be my new favorite joke. But it was completely understandable; Amy is finally doing something <3 And I ship Jasmine and Shawn so hard <3

I honestly hate the scene where they eat the berries so much. No one gives a crap about Samey, except Jasmine, and she doesn’t even defend her. It really makes the team seem like jerks and bullies. Which is just so depressing.

Ms. Schein catches all these Family Guy references…does she watch Family Guy? She shouldn’t judge.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who found Topher’s routine getting old. It got old with me so quick. I’m going with Topher as the most annoying out of him, Ella and Rodney.

And lost me at, 'you had me at doom'. xD I agree with this so much as well. And I remember Get Ed! I think this challenge is all right, although this challenge is more up to individual performance than teamwork.

The True lowest form of evil was a great running gag in this review as well. And yeah, Dave sucks. And who would they get to be a younger host Topher? Blaineley :D

And I too seriously question the twins home-life. And I enjoyed that walmart joke (the Costco bit was the part that made it a kicker).

I am bugged at how Jasmine didn’t help Samey out over this matter. I mean going against the team could make her an outsider and a target.

In the hindsight, the episode wasn’t as great as I remember it. I did have a little bit too much filler than character development (but I stopped watching Total Drama for character development long ago).

This challenge was mostly a ‘dialogue’ challenge, as I call it. A challenge that isn’t too complicated or actiony so there can be a lot of character interactions. I use them in my fanfictions at times, but it’s usually to develop characters. Which this didn’t do much of. And really, for the title to be about twins, it wasn’t that focused on them.

And I agree with this; everyone is holding the idiot ball with Amy and Samey. If Amy maybe sabotaged Samey to look bad then it’d work. But it just makes everyone seems like jerks.

I also see your points about Shawn. I liked him rather quickly, but I can understand why you wouldn’t, his zombie jokes do get old.

The Katie/Sadie squeal was well deserved. I do like how they foreshadowed Samey overthrowing Amy; the apple in a past episode, the confessional about Amy wanting what Samey had. I do wish she would have told off Amy though, would have been better character development.

Another great review JER, I really enjoyed it and it was really funny. It might be my favorite yet <3