I'm Ruthless... and Have a Smile on My Face

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I'm Ruthless... and Have a Smile on My Face
Episode Information
Season	Micronesia
Episode Number	11/14 (225)
Original Release	April 24, 2008
Viewership (in Millions)	12.90
Ratings/Share (18-49)	4.3/N/A
Episode Chronology
Previous	"I Promise..."
Next	"I'm Gonna Fix Her!"
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I'm Ruthless... and Have a Smile on My Face is the eleventh episode of Survivor: Micronesia.

Challenges

Reward

Challenge: Survivor Auction

Erik pays $40 to lick the chocolate cake of Cirie's fingers.

Reward Challenge: Survivor Auction
Competitors
File:S16 alexis t.jpgFile:S16 amanda t.jpgFile:S16 cirie t.jpgFile:S16 erik t.jpgFile:S16 james t.jpgFile:S16 jason t.jpgFile:S16 natalie t.jpgFile:S16 parvati t.jpg Alexis, Amanda, Cirie, Erik, James, Jason, Natalie, & Parvati
Purchase Breakdown
Item	Winner	Bid
Covered Item (Hot Dog with Fries)	File:S16 cirie t.jpg Cirie	$120
Covered Item (Nachos) (Offered chance to trade original covered item (jarred octopus) with another covered item. Erik chose to trade his original item.	File:S16 erik t.jpg Erik	$80
Covered Item (Fruit Bat Soup)	File:S16 natalie t.jpg Natalie	$240
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich	File:S16 amanda t.jpg Amanda	$280
Covered Item (Power To Send Someone To Exile Island And Take Their Money) Natalie chose to send Jason.	File:S16 natalie t.jpg Natalie	$240
Covered Item (Chocolate Cake) Shared with Alexis, Cirie and Parvati.	File:S16 natalie t.jpg Natalie	$380

Immunity

Challenge: Pool Party
The castaways would throw rocks at a tile which would cause a bundle of puzzle pieces to drop to the ground. The first four castaways who broke their tiles would move on to the second round of digging up a key that would unlock the puzzle pieces. The puzzle pieces would then be assembled into a wheel that would be used to crank a pulley, which would lower two wooden planks. The first two castaways who completed the second round would move on the final round. The planks would be used to cross a rope bridge. The castaway would then race across a series of disks suspended on ropes. First to cross the disks would win Individual Immunity.
Winner: Erik Reichenbach

Immunity Challenge: Pool Party
Round	3		2	1
Placement	Winner	2nd	3rd	4th
Castaway	File:S16 erik t.jpg Erik	File:S16 james t.jpg James	File:S16 amanda t.jpgFile:S16 jason t.jpg Amanda & Jason	File:S16 alexis t.jpgFile:S16 cirie t.jpgFile:S16 natalie t.jpgFile:S16 parvati t.jpg Alexis, Cirie, Natalie, & Parvati

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 11: Dabu
Voted Against	Voter
File:S16 jason t.jpg Jason (4 votes)	File:S16 amanda t.jpgFile:S16 cirie t.jpgFile:S16 erik t.jpgFile:S16 parvati t.jpg Amanda, Cirie, Erik, & Parvati
File:S16 james t.jpg James (3 votes)	File:S16 alexis t.jpgFile:S16 jason t.jpgFile:S16 natalie t.jpg Alexis, Jason, & Natalie
File:S16 parvati t.jpg Parvati (1 vote)	File:S16 james t.jpg James
VOTED OFF: File:S16 jason bw.jpg Jason Siska

Voting Confessionals

“	I think you're a great person, this is a purely strategic move tonight and I wish you the best of luck in everything you do, and you were playing a better social game towards the end... except for all the clams, I found them all. But yeah you did step up your game. Good job.	”
—Amanda

“	Sorry James, you're the biggest threat out here right now, it's not personal.	”
—Alexis

“	James, you've played a good game; unfortunately, Parvati got you in the end. Yeah, take care.	”
—Jason

“	People don't change overnight, sorry.	”
—Cirie

“	You couldn't just frolic naked and enjoy the heavens. You had to eat the damn apple.	”
—James

“	You should really chew with your mouth closed. Seriously, it's bad.	”
—Parvati

“	See ya, wouldn't want to be ya.	”
—Erik

“	This doesn't necessarily mean that you're going home tonight, and this is not what that vote is for, hopefully it's a voided vote because I love ya, you'll still be here.	”
—Natalie

Final Words

“	I was definitely played today by Natalie and the rest of the girls. They did the same thing in voting out Ozzy. I should have been a little more wary of what they were telling me. What they did tonight will definitely come back to haunt them as I'm sitting up there on the jury. I just wish I would have been a little smarter and played the Hidden Immunity Idol when I had the chance.	”
—Jason Siska

Still in the Running

Airai
File:S16 alexis t.jpg Alexis	File:S16 chet bw.jpg Chet	File:S16 erik t.jpg Erik	File:S16 jason bw.jpg Jason	File:S16 joel bw.jpg Joel	File:S16 kathy bw.jpg Kathy	File:S16 mary bw.jpg Mary	File:S16 mikeyb bw.jpg Mikey B.	File:S16 natalie t.jpg Natalie	File:S16 tracy bw.jpg Tracy
Malakal
File:S16 amanda t.jpg Amanda	File:S16 ami bw.jpg Ami	File:S16 cirie t.jpg Cirie	File:S16 eliza bw.jpg Eliza	File:S16 james t.jpg James	File:S16 jon bw.jpg Jon	File:S16 jonathan bw.jpg Jonathan	File:S16 ozzy bw.jpg Ozzy	File:S16 parvati t.jpg Parvati	File:S16 yauman bw.jpg Yau-Man

Trivia

• This is the only post-merge Tribal Council of the season where more than 2 people get votes.
• Everyone who voted for James Clement stayed on Airai for its entire existence. Also, none of them returned for a subsequent season. Parvati Shallow, Amanda Kimmel, Cirie Fields, and James returned for Heroes vs. Villains, while Erik Reichenbach returned for Caramoan.
• In this episode, there is a goof: Amanda can be seen in the background of the auction eating the sandwich that she hasn't purchased yet.
• Day 30 was Erik's birthday. Appropriately, he won immunity.