Killer Grips

Team profile
Season:	Action
Namesake:	Nod to Killer Bass but with a film-related profession, that is, a grip, a stagehand in film or television production that mainly helps in shifting scenery, adjusting sets, lighting, and props.
Rival team(s):	Screaming Gaffers
Team status:	Merged with Screaming Gaffers
Lowest-placing member:	Trent (13/15)
Highest-placing member:	Beth (Finalist)
Team emblem

The Killer Grips are one of the two opposing teams in Total Drama Action. Their team symbol is a beige circle containing a red fist, with a red, circular outline. The team members were chosen by the team captain, Trent.

Members

• Ep. 3–11
• Ep. 13–15

Episode 3–11

Beth

Izzy

Justin

Lindsay

Owen

Trent

Episode 13–15

Beth

Courtney

Justin

Lindsay

Owen

Notes

• Courtney debuted in "Ocean's Eight—or Nine."

Total Drama Action

The Killer Grips being formed by Trent.

The Killer Grips are formed in "Riot on Set". The team members were decided through selection by Trent. He picks Lindsay out of jealousness for Gwen selecting Duncan for her team, Justin to get him far in the show biz after declining Lindsay's suggestion to pick the non-competing Tyler, Beth, debates on whether he should recruit Owen or Harold for being "flakier" or "flakiest" respectively before opting for the former due to making it far the last season and Izzy for being the last available member. The team suffers their first loss in the same episode, becoming the first team to lose a challenge in Total Drama Action, similar to the Killer Bass. In that episode, Izzy is voted off, because she loses the acting challenge for the Grips.

The team goes on to lose once again in "Beach Blanket Bogus", due to the fact that Trent begins throwing challenges so Gwen can win as he believes he is helping her win by doing so. This continues in "3:10 to Crazytown," but Trent is voted off once Justin discovers that he has been purposely throwing challenges for Gwen.

Trent keeps throwing challenges to try impress Gwen.

The Killer Grips finally win their first challenge in "The Chefshank Redemption", due to Gwen trying to even the score with them, since Trent started throwing challenges. In this episode, Justin takes charge of the team. Izzy also returns to the team in this episode during the prison escape challenge, much to everyone's surprise. Despite this win, the Grips resume their losing streak starting in the next episode.

In "The Sand Witch Project", Lindsay takes charge of the team, and she helps them almost win the challenge. However, the others see this as her being bossy and rude, landing her in the bottom two - she would have possibly gotten eliminated if DJ had not quit the game, due to his guilt. The Grips lose again in "Masters of Disasters" due to Harold's efforts to save everyone from drowning. Izzy gets voted off for the second time in "Full Metal Drama", as Justin convinced Lindsay and Beth to vote her off after Izzy said that he isn't good-looking.

Thanks to Courtney's sole vote, Owen's the last Grip eliminated before the merge.

The Grips are once again on even footing with the Gaffers, with four members on each team, by "Ocean's Eight—or Nine". After they rescue Owen from his vault and arrive at the bank teller area, they are disappointed to learn that Courtney is joining their team as a consolation prize of the challenge. She immediately assumes leadership of the team, bossing them around. They almost win the challenge, but the Gaffers pass the finish line first when the Grips' "car" breaks down. Even though the Grips plan on voting Courtney off, it is Owen who is sent home due to Courtney winning invincibility due to her lawyers, since she votes for Owen and only her vote counted.

Courtney becomes a great contribution for the Grips after she joins their team.

With Courtney on their team, the Grips end up winning their first challenge fairly in "One Million Bucks, B.C." thanks to Courtney's bitter rivalry with Duncan. They win again in "Million Dollar Babies", after they suck up to Chris during the tiebreaker of a cheerleading challenge. Courtney also seems to be getting along with her teammates better in this episode than she had in the past season and since her debut.

The Grips, along with the Gaffers, are merged in "Dial M for Merger", with Beth, Courtney, Lindsay, and Justin going on to the merge.

Elimination

Contestant		Team Affiliation			Elimination
		Team		Merge	Status	Episode	Reason
		Ep. 3	Ep. 13
	E-Scope The Psycho Hose Beast				3 !3rd eliminated (returned)	3 !Episode 3: "Riot on Set"	E-Scope lost the acting challenge for her team, and the judge, Chef Hatchet, had an alliance with an opposing team member.
	Trent The Cool Guy				4 !4th eliminated (13th place)	5 !Episode 5: "3:10 to Crazytown"	Justin heard that Trent was throwing challenges for Gwen, telling her that she owed them. Gwen then requested the Killer Grips to vote out Trent.
	Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast				7 !7th eliminated (10th place)	11 !Episode 11: "Full Metal Drama"	Justin convinced Beth and Lindsay to vote out Izzy when she told him that he was not cute.
	Owen The Party Guy				8 !8th eliminated (returned)	13 !Episode 13: "Ocean's Eight—or Nine"	Everybody else voted for Courtney in spite of her being immune for her first challenge. Courtney's sole vote eliminated Owen, specifically for costing their team the challenge.
	Justin The Eye Candy			Merge	11 !11th eliminated (7th place)	19 !Episode 19: "The Princess Pride"	Courtney manipulated Justin into throwing the final part of the challenge to earn invincibility for herself, and there was tension between him, Duncan, and Harold.
	Lindsay The Dumb Princess				12 !12th eliminated (6th place)	21 !Episode 21: "Rock n' Rule"	Lindsay accidentally voted for herself instead of Duncan, giving her the most votes in a 3-2-0 vote.
	Courtney The Type-A				14 !14th eliminated (4th place)	24 !Episode 24: "Top Dog"	Duncan voted Courtney out because he was tired of listening to her, and Beth voted her out because Courtney was a bigger threat than Owen.
	Owen The Party Guy				15 !15th eliminated (3rd place)		Courtney's lawyers informed the remaining castmates about Owen's purpose for returning, so Chris fired him from the show.
	Beth The Wannabe				16 !Winner/ Runner-up (1st/2nd place)	26 !Episode 26: "The Aftermath: IV"	Winner/Duncan got one more vote than Beth.

Trivia

• A grip is a stagehand in film or television production that mainly helps in shifting scenery, adjusting sets, lighting, and props.
• This team may be considered to be one of the weakest teams in the history of Total Drama. Out of the eleven episodes of the season in which the two teams compete against each other, the Grips win only three times.
  • Thus, the Grips hold the record for the highest amount of challenge losses of any team in the series, as they lose eight times.
  • Despite the significant amount of losses, they manage to stay nearly even with the Gaffers in terms of the amount of members due to many episodes being non-elimination/reward episodes.
    • In addition, two returning contestants and one member of the Gaffers quitting when the Grips were supposed to send someone home also contributed to their staying even.
  • Also, the Killer Grips are tied with the Heroic Hamsters for the second-lowest amount of challenge wins for any team in the series, with three each, ahead of Team Victory, the Toxic Rats, and the Pimâpotew Kinosewak, all with two each.
• Despite being the weaker of the two teams in its respective season, three team members reach the final four.
• Despite being parallel to the Killer Bass, the Killer Grips only have one former Killer Bass member (Courtney). Before her return, it completely consisted of former Screaming Gophers, not counting Izzy being a former Killer Bass.
• The Killer Grips are one of only four teams to have all of its members make it to the merge at least once in the series, the others being the Screaming Gaffers, Team Amazon, and the Villainous Vultures.
• Justin is the only male on the team to not make it past the merge in Total Drama Island, while Courtney and Beth were the only females to not make the merge previously.
• Counting Gwen's ending, this is the second team in which Owen takes second place, the first Screaming Gophers.
  • However, he is the highest ranking male member of his team for the second time in a row.
• This is the only team that Izzy is originally on that she didn't switch out of.
  • Although she did help out the Gaffers in "The Chefshank Redemption," and had they won the challenge, she might have stayed in their team.
• Both of Total Drama Action's main antagonists are on this team.
  • This is one of three teams overall to include both of the season's main antagonists, with the others being the Frogs of Death and Team Skunk Butt.
• Despite the team's poor performance, most of the post-merge challenges are won by either Lindsay, Beth, or Courtney.
  • The only times a former Killer Grip didn't win were "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen," which is won by Harold, as well as "The Aftermath: IV," in Duncan's ending.
  • They also have more members at the merge, with four and once Owen returns, five.
• This is the only team Owen and Izzy have been on together without Noah.
• Beth is the only female on the team not to compete in Total Drama World Tour. Conversely, Owen is the only male on the team to compete in the season.
  • Coincidentally, Beth, Justin, and Trent are the only Killer Grips members, and also the only three former Screaming Gophers, to not compete again in Total Drama World Tour.

Gallery

E-Scope acts for the Killer Grips in the first challenge.

Beth is attracted to Justin's hair.

Owen panics when the Killer Grips have to start the challenge...

...but Trent has an idea.

The Killer Grips win one part of the challenge.

Trent's team says his name nine times at his insistence.

Lindsay and Beth do the challenge together.

Lindsay ropes Trent, even though she is supposed to rope the opposite team.

Owen and Justin hug when they are both safe.

Trent's challenge throwing is discovered, and he gets eliminated.

The Grips feel confident, knowing Gwen will throw the challenge.

Lindsay pushes the team's cart in "The Chefshank Redemption."

Justin is not working with the team.

Izzy returns to the game, and joins her old team.

The Grips study medicine books for their next challenge.

The Grips finish building their cadaver.

The Grips start suffering medical diseases.

Grips scared during "The Sand Witch Project."

The Grips are scared.

The Killer Grips are shocked that DJ was cheating by being in an illegal alliance with Chef Hatchet.

After Owen breaks his jaw, Izzy goes to check on him.

Izzy prepares for the war movie challenge, changing her name to "Explosivo."

The Grips speak to "Admiral Lindsay, Her Hotness."

"Admiral Lindsay" assumes leadership of the Killer Grips.

The Killer Grips are captured by Duncan's trap in "Full Metal Drama."

Izzy gets eliminated again, thanks to Justin.

The Killer Grips try to free Owen from the safe.

Owen imagines the Killer Grips as food.

The Grips are mad at Owen for slowing them down in "Ocean's Eight—or Nine."

Courtney debuts on the game, and is placed on the Grips.

The Grips give Owen a farewell gift.

Courtney during the prehistoric challenge.

Justin up against Harold in the challenge.

Lindsay in the boxing match against Harold.

Beth competes in the badminton match against Heather.

The Grips are happy that Beth wins the badminton challenge.

The girls of the Grips cheer for Justin in "Million Dollar Babies."

Beth and Justin in a cave, minutes before the team dissolves.