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Ken Berry wants to swap places with someone who looks like him, which is quite a gamble.
A nun wants her wine to win first place in the Fantasy Island Wine Tasting contest so she can get a lot of money and save her convent shutting down or something.

Roarke: You thought you would do me a favour and handle her teeny-weeny fantasy by your teeny-weeny self.

That was a low blow, Roarke.

It’s not right for Tattoo to grant a fantasy to someone needs money… because that means she probably couldn’t pay for the fantasy. That’s not how Tattoo rolls.

Roarke: Your double will be pleasantly diverted on the other side of the island. But I…
Me: Must warn you.
Roarke: …feel obligated to warn you once more, Mr. Simpson…

Ugh, come on, Roarke. Throw me a frickin’ bone here.

This guy would rather spend his weekend playing baseball with a little boy he doesn’t know than lounging on a yacht with beautiful women. Oookay.

Ohhh my god. What is this room? Is this the main house?! WAAAAH!

This is much more what I would be expecting for a kitchen in the main house. That brown fridge is kinda gross though.

Roarke: I only tell my guests what they need to know.

Ugh, so now they are doing an establishing shot of the tiki restaurant and then cutting to inside the ~Fantasy Island Ice Cream Parlor~.

Harry Simpson: I never had any kids.

Really? What happened to those three little boys you adopted and forced me to watch for half an hour when I could have been watching a mediocre final season episode of The Brady Bunch instead?!

Benny Fernandel: I think we oughta switch the labels of our wine onto her bottles and vice-versa.

Why didn’t I think of that? 🙄

It was pretty obvious what was gonna happen in this story, but at this point, it makes no sense, because the judges have already tasted both the wines, and I assume they would kinda remember what each wine tasted like.

Harry Simpson: But I have to come up with better than a half a million dollars in the next ten minutes or else!
Roarke: Well, in that case… good luck, Mr. Brandon!

Simpson wins a single hand, and the crowd is all like “wowww!”

Vince Brandon: Take your money and get out.
Frank Lassiter: [to Vince] Okay, Vince. [to Harry] Okay, Vince.

I don’t like when the guest just stands in front of the docks and waves and doesn’t get a final scene with Roarke and Tattoo.

Roarke: The odds always favour the house. And, on Fantasy Island, you could say that I am the house.

Wait, hang on… what does this mean for my floor plan?

• Competitions: Fantasy Island Wine Tasting Contest
• Recurring phrases:
  • Roarke: But some of the winegrowers in the world are entered in the contest, my friend. How can you be sure the sister’s vintage is good enough to compete?
    Tattoo: But boss! This is Fantasy Island! Everything is possible!
• Not quite recurring phrases:
  • Roarke: But I… feel obligated to warn you once more, Mr. Simpson…
  • Roarke: I must caution you to guard your optimism, sister.
• Roarke’s drink: clearish yellow
• Ominous shot of Roarke raising his drink: no shot of Roarke
• The other side of the island:
  • Roarke: Your double will be pleasantly diverted on the other side of the island.
• Not my problem:
  • Tattoo: Boss, Sister Veronica can’t win the medal with this bilge. What are we are going to do?
    Roarke: You guaranteed her fantasy, my friend. I don’t know what you will do.
• Tattoo’s shenanigans: He’s trying to make a wine that will win Sister Veronica the contest, and inevitably, there’s an explosion.
• Recurring characters:
  • Tattoo: Hi. I’d like to go inside and look around.
    Tama: Of course, Mr. Tattoo.
• Not what you asked for:
  • Harry Simpson: Now, Mr. Roarke, that was not my fantasy.
    Roarke: Ah, but I must disagree with you, Mr. Simpson. Your fantasy was not only to change places with your double, but also, uh, to bring some excitement into your otherwise dull and uninteresting life, hm?
• Locations: Fantasy Island Ice Cream Parlor
• Meddling Roarke: Harry Simpson loses every hand at blackjack until Roarke shows up.
• Leaving with an extra guest: Harry Simpson with new son Jimmy