I'm Not Batman, I'm the Canadian

I'm Not Batman, I'm the Canadian
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	45
Episode Number	6/14 (659)
Original Release	November 1, 2023
Episode Chronology
Previous	"I Don't Want to Be the Worm"
Next	"The Thorn in My Thumb"
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I'm Not Batman, I'm the Canadian is the sixth episode of Survivor 45.

Story

Day 12

At Lulu, Kaleb led most of the tribe on an idol hunt, leaving behind Katurah, saying that if he could not find the idol himself, he wanted to know who had it. Bruce found and opened a Beware Advantage, which informed him that he lost his vote unless he found the idol hidden under the shelter. Before the idol could be recovered, the Lulu tribe was visited by a boat and instructed to drop their buffs and prepare to move to another beach. In the chaos, Bruce found the idol at the last minute before embarking on the boat.

Day 13

The castaways drew rocks to determine their team during the Immunity Challenge. Since there was an odd number of players, Katurah drew the odd grey rock and sat out of the challenge. Jeff Probst gave her the opportunity to bet on one of the teams; if her chosen team won, she would also win reward and immunity. She chose to back the blue team.

Austin	Bruce	Dee	Drew	Emily	J. Maya
Jake	Julie	Kaleb	Kellie	Kendra	Sifu

Katurah

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Super Ramp
The castaways will be divided into two teams of six. One at a time, team members will crawl under a muddy net to a cart. Once all six members have reached the cart, they will push the cart along the field, collecting sandbags along the way. They will then continue pushing the cart to a tower, stacking more sandbags to help the team get onto the tower. The team will then collect a key and slide down the tower before racing to a giant boulder, which they must scale to reach a final platform. There, two members will use the key to unlock jigsaw pieces to display a rebus puzzle. Two other members will then solve a word puzzle based on the rebus puzzle; the first team to find the answer "SAFELY MOVING FORWARD TONIGHT" wins.
Reward: Merge feast
Additional Stipulation: The odd player out will choose one of the teams to root for at the challenge, and if that team wins, they would also win reward and immunity.
Winners: Blue Team (Austin Li Coon, Bruce Perreault, Drew Basile, Julie Alley, Kendra McQuarrie, and Sifu Alsup) (since Katurah Topps guessed the winning team correctly, she also won reward and immunity)

Tribal Council

• First Vote
• Vote Restart

Tribal Council 6: Merge
Voted Against	Voter (Austin abstained from vote; Kaleb used Shot in the Dark and was safe)
Kaleb (Shot in the Dark succeeded)	Bruce, Dee, Drew, Emily, J. Maya, Jake, Julie, Katurah, Kellie, Kendra, Sifu (votes not counted)
Vote Rendered Null

Vote Restart (Austin, Bruce, Drew, Julie, Kaleb, Katurah, Kendra, and Sifu immune)
Voted Against	Voter (Austin abstained from vote; Kaleb used Shot in the Dark and was safe)
J. Maya (10 votes)	Bruce, Dee, Drew, Emily, Jake, Julie, Katurah, Kellie, Kendra, Sifu
Emily (1 vote)	J. Maya
VOTED OUT: J. Maya

Voting Confessionals

• First Vote
• Vote Restart

J. Maya was shown writing down Kaleb's name. Kaleb shouted J. Maya's name before playing his Shot in the Dark. Sifu's vote was not shown during his confessional.

	Sifu	“	(voting against Kaleb) This could change the game.	”

	Austin	“	(sacrificing vote) Bummer I'm not gonna vote. (holding up idol) Instead of voting, I'm gonna be sacrificing it in order to extend this to a fully-fledged idol.	”

	Emily	“	(voting against J. Maya) I couldn't be more thrilled that Kaleb's Shot in the Dark worked. You've been throwing my name out, I just hope this vote sticks.	”

	J. Maya	“	(voting against Emily) No words... Really is you or me.	”

Final Words

	J. Maya	“	It was a unanimous vote for Kaleb, he got saved through a Shot in the Dark. I guess I was the collateral damage in the revote. However upsetting it is, it is pretty freaking wild. This was the greatest adventure of my entire life. There were no regrets here now, just smiles, so I'm just happy that I got to come out here and play a great freaking game.	”

Still in the Running

Hannah 18th	Brandon 17th	Sabiyah 16th	Sean 15th	Brando 14th	J. Maya 13th	Austin Merged Tribe	Bruce Merged Tribe	Dee Merged Tribe
Drew Merged Tribe	Emily Merged Tribe	Jake Merged Tribe	Julie Merged Tribe	Kaleb Merged Tribe	Katurah Merged Tribe	Kellie Merged Tribe	Kendra Merged Tribe	Sifu Merged Tribe

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• (Untitled): Kendra explains her astrology-based strategy.
• Sifu's Seafood: Sifu uses his cooking talents to better get to know everyone.
• Day 13 Treemail: The castaways read treemail and wonder how difficult the upcoming challenge will be.

On Fire with Jeff Probst

• Earn the Merge

Other

• This episode marks the first time Bruce has attended Tribal Council.
• This episode ties the record for most votes cast at a single Tribal Council, with 22 across two rounds of voting, after "Double Agent".
• This is the second episode where a Shot in the Dark has succeeded, after "I Can't Wait to See Jeff".
  • This is the first time that a successful Shot in the Dark negated a majority of the votes and, by extension, negated any votes at all.
• This marks the fourth time that every vote cast at Tribal Council has been negated, after "Lie, Cheat and Steal", "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" and "It All Boils Down to This".
  • This is the first time that a unanimous vote has been completely negated.
  • This is the first null vote to happen in a season with new players, and the first null vote to happen before the final six.
• The Easter egg in this episode's intro titles was the Shot in the Dark, foreshadowing Kaleb's successful play.