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"Previously on TDM: We had a sharp shooting tournament, courtesy of Black Cat. After many guns and weapons, only one team won (Team Dragon Ball Z), resulting in Team Japan having to send someone home. After a close call, it was Alejandro who was sent packing.
This episode, be prepared for a not-so-dramatic elimination ceremony, right here, right now, on
TOTAL
DRAMA
MANGA!"
theme song plays: a combination of both TDI's opening and TDRI's opening.
The siren, again blares throughout the campgrounds. After sirens becoming routine during TDI, the campers all droned out and into the dining hall.
"Oh no you don't!" yelled Chef, running and blocking the door. "You have to meet Chris out at the elimination ceremony campground. Do it, maggots!"
Chef pulled out a handgun and aimed it at the campers, most of whom ran.
"It's just full of paintballs, eh?" said, Ezekiel, walking away slowly.
Chef shot a bullet at his feet, and all of the other campers started running.
"Hello, campers. Today, our challenges will be based on Bakuman! Now, creating a successful manga takes a lot of hard work and, as such, there are many long, sleepless nights." Chris said.
"Oh crap!" yelled Gwen, holding the sides of her head.
"That's right, it's another awake-a-thon!" Chris smiled, showing teeth. "We're not gonna give you any food or any exercise beforehand. If you want food, you have to give up and tell me so. So, begin!"
"That's unfair, throwing us into it like that. You woke us up early and expect us to stay awake for days?" Zoey sighed.
"Days WITHOUT FOOD!" Chris laughed, sitting back and watching.
"Seriously?" asked Harold.
"Have I ever NOT been serious?" he chuckled back.
"We're two hours in and already two campers, Jo and Brick. They served THEMSELVES early morning exercise. Ahh, campers." he smiled.
"So, what do you wanna do to pass time?" asked Mike.
"I dunno, man. I'm too tired to think." DJ replied, blinking slowly.
"I'm not that tired." Mike said, laughing and rubbing his eyes.
"Let me thee your eyeth thith time." Beth said quietly to Justin.
"Ugh. Here!" he exclaimed, blinking rapidly.
"Good." she smiled, smelling his hair. He had a sacred expression and went away to talk to someone else.
"Think we can last longer this time?" Gwen asked Duncan, laying beside him.
"Duhh. We're better than these losers. I mean look, one's already asleep!" Duncan said, pointing at Dawn, who was meditating.
"Hey Dawn…you asleep?" asked Chris, poking her head.
"No! I'm trying to focus my energy to stay awake." she snapped, smacking Chris' hand away.
"Hahaha! Yeah. Do you think there'll be another challenge today?" asked Gwen, looking slowly at Duncan.
"Yeah. Chris wouldn't do the same challenge twice." he laughed, staring into Gwen's eyes. Or, he would if she hadn't fallen asleep already.
"Damnit!" he yelled, getting up and walking off.
"It's now at the six hour mark and only three campers are out. It's looking bad for Team Amazing, who have two less players in the challenge than Team Dragon Ball Z. We won't break out the hardball yet, but just you wait. At the 18 hour mark, our first obstacle will be shown." whispered Chris.
"I just got the latest patch and I've gotta say, the new missions stink." Harold said to his friend, staring at the ground.
"I like them. They're heaps different from the old ones. But you're not a warlock yet, so you wouldn't understand." Sam laughed in reply, playing his GameBoy G3.
"I told you, I'd rather wear a tutu all day than be caught dead resorting to playing as a warlock. Knights are heaps better. The Zodiac Defenders are way cool."
"Pfft. Zodiac Defenders are no match for the Greek Embodiments. With the staff of +50% magic, I'm unbeatable. Troll God Herks was a cinch!"
"Oh, would you nerds shut up!" yelled Courtney from the Team Japan section of the ground. "I'm trying to converse here!"
"Oh please! As if I'd talk to you!" scoffed Heather, turning away.
"You just wanna stare at Trent some more, don't ya?" Harold smiled.
"N-no!" she replied, blushing.
"He may be your 'hubby', but give him some space. He's allowed to talk to other people if he wants to!" said Noah, seeing Trent talking to Anne Maria, trying to calm her down from her rage at Mr. Coconut.
"He's sleepin', let me get 'im!" yelled Anne Maria, struggling against Trent's grip on her arms.
"Calm down. Just try to get him eliminated next." smiled Trent. She calmed down quickly to relieve his grip, before running away and kicking Mr. Coconut towards the Team DBZ ground.
"I mean, Cody can't possibly get any-!" Sierra was stopped and knocked unconscious by the coconut projectile.
"Sierra and Mr. Coconut are down for the count!" Chris commented. "Team DBZ are in the lead by two campers."
"It's been 12 hours and Justin and Lightning are down. There are only 30 campers remaining, and we have prepared their first obstacle." Chris said aloud.
"Would you stop that!" yelled Tyler, blocking his ears from Staci's incessant mumbo-jumbo.
"invented poker, yeah. Before that people just threw cards at each other." Staci continued, not phased by his commands.
"It is getting rather annoying. Has anyone seen Scott? It seems like he went somewhere an hour ago and hasn't come back yet." Cameron commented.
"He probably fell asleep on the toilet like Duncan in TDI!" laughed Zoey. The rest of Team DBZ laughed as well.
"It would be equally as funny if you SHUT UP!" yelled Noah from the next ground over.
"What are you gonna do about it, short stuff!" Dakota said, walking towards him.
"N-nothing. I'm just irritable right now…" he commented, sitting back down.
"Damn straight." Dakota said, strutting back.
"18 hours down. Three more campers gone. B, Katie and Bridgette. Now, the obstacle!" Chris whispered to the camera.
"Alrighty, campers! To those remaining, I'm here to give you these!" he smiled, throwing a box to each group. In each box was many copies of the book Twilight.
"You must each read the entire book and then answer a questionnaire about them! Or, you could give up now!" he chuckled.
"I'm out. I won't let my brain cells die this way." Noah said, walking towards the cabins.
"I'm gone too, but only because I'm hungry…" mumbled Owen, taking a book with him and eating a page.
"I love the Twilight books! I know everything about them!" screamed Lindsay, waking the sleeping campers. They were told to get to bed.
"You won't get the questions until after your entire team has finished the books!" Chris laughed.
"24 hours down. Only one camper has fallen asleep while reading. Heather. Guess she couldn't handle the badly written love. Most of the other campers have finished reading and Lindsay is waiting patiently. The words have become so intense that even Staci has shut up!" Chris whispered.
"Can our team have the questionnaire's now?" asked Trent, seeing as every other member of his Team had finished.
"Sure, loner boy!" Chris smiled, throwing the sheets to them.
"What does that mean?"
"You're the only boy on your team, dude." Chris pointed out.
"Wait, seriously?" Trent exclaimed, looking around.
"Seriously. First team to finish all of their questions will be able to eliminate a camper of their choice! Luckily, Team Japan has the least members left in the game."
"This is too easy!" smiled Izzy, answering questions like a pro.
"Really?" asked Courtney looking at her sheet. "Question 1: What is the book called?"
"Question 2: Who is the main character? (First name only)" said Izzy in reply.
"Question 3: Who wrote da book? What kinda cheap questions are these?" asked Anne Maria.
"Not so loud! We don't want the other teams overhearing!" Courtney whisper yelled.
"Question 4: What creature is Jacob when he is in human form? Um…human, duh!" Izzy laughed, writing her answer.
"We've finished, Chris!" said Dawn calmly, walking up and holding her paper. "We've chosen to knock Staci from the competition.""What? We agreed on Cameron!" yelled Trent.
"Yes, but knocking out Staci would be more beneficial. Her talking is keeping the other team awake. If she was gone, so would their source of being awake."
"Well…when you put it that way…" said Trent. "…group vote. All in favour of Staci?"
The result was unanimous.
"Sorry, Staci, you're gone. The rest of you boneheads still have to finish reading and answering questions though, or your entire team is gone!" Chris exclaimed.
"This bites!" said Eva, holding her head in shame.
"I'd pat your back but…but I don't have the energy…" said Zoey, rolling towards the fire in between the campers.
"Hey, guys!" said Izzy, hiding behind a nearby bush.
"Izzy? You're not meant to be here!" Eva almost yelled.
"Hey listen! Er…your redhead's asleep. Anyway, I have a plan to stop the other team from winning!" she said in reply.
"Chyeahh! Spit it out, dude!" Geoff said, nodding.
"Well, knock 'em out!" said Izzy with a huge grin.
"That's what we're trying to do, Izzy…" said Cameron.
"No, silly, I mean knock them unconscious! But do it away from Chris." she said, before jumping away.
"Knock them out? That doesn't sound…where's Leshawna?" asked Cameron.
"Oh crap!" yelled Eva, spying Leshawna in the bushes next to Team Amazing.
"Harold! Harold! Hey, Harold!" called Leshawna quietly from the bushes. He saw her and walked towards her.
"Hey Leshawna. What's up?" he asked.
"Team Japan is trying to knock you all unconscious! Izzy told us! Warn your team! But act like you're unconscious." she whispered before backing silently into the flora.
Harold fell to the ground.
"Damn it Harold! Already?" asked Sam, mocking him silently.
"Shh! Team Japan is trying to knock us down one by one. Tread carefully! Only warning." he whispered, acting gone.
"Seriously? How do you know?" Gwen asked.
"Leshawna was just here. Now shhh!" he whispered from the ground, motionless.
Gwen smiled at Leshawna over at the DBZ grounds discreetly.
"Why'd you knock out Harold? That was-"
"I didn't. He's awake. I double-crossed Japan. Team Amazing knows about their plan." she whispered back.
"Smart!" whispered Cody, falling backwards into the dirt.
Team Amazing kept their guard up all night, only losing Duncan.
"Cody, Duncan and Harold are down! It's been 30 hours, and we have something else up our sleeves…campers!" Chris yelled. "It's been 30 hours, and somehow some of you are still awake. This next part will separate the men from the boys, figuratively speaking. Take some water, and one of these!"
Each ground was thrown a bottle and a packet of pills.
"McLean brand...sleeping pills? That's unfair!" yelled Trent. "None of us can stay awake through that!"
"Uh, I can! Do you know how many times Chef and Chris tried to drug me back in seasons 1-3? They wanted me gone PRETTY BADLY!" Izzy laughed, falling back off her chair.
"Seriously? Oh well," Trent gave in, taking a swig of water and a pill. This went around every Team.
"It's been 32 hours, and the campers are dropping like flies!" laughed Chris. DJ, Mike, Sam, Beth, Dawn, Courtney, Leshawna, Geoff, Tyler and Sadie were down, leaving only 3 from Team Japan, three from Team DBZ and two from Team Amazing.
"Awake-a-thon is over! Remaining 8 campers, rest up and report back here in two days time. And bring Beth." smiled Chris, waving goodbye, not bothering to wake the sleeping campers from their slumber.
The next day, all nine campers lined up next to the logs.
"There is one more thing that goes into creating a great manga, and that is the manga itself. Which is why you will each pick one of your Team's three to be an artist, another to be the snack-man and the other to be the story maker."
"Can you guys draw?" asked Beth. Ezekiel and Lindsay both shook their heads.
"What about you guys?" asked Trent. Anne Maria shook her head, but Izzy cheered.
"I can! I paint murals across my school! Of course, I'm not allowed to, but I do anyway! I've got talent!" she smiled.
"And…you?" asked Cameron reluctantly.
"I can…kinda…" Eva said, while Dakota shook her head.
"Here's some paper, some pencils and a key to Chef's food locker. Begin!"
Team Amazing
"So, Lindthay, you get the snacks. Ethekiel, you tell me what to draw. I like our plan!" smiled Beth, picking up her pencil and holding it over the paper.
"Why do I have to get the food?" asked Lindsay upset.
"Because your stories would be all about make up or something, and we don't want this to be drawn in nail polish, eh?" replied Ezekiel. "I do have this cool idea for a story though. A manga aboot a talking dog, who is with this group of teens who solve mysteries, eh?"
"That sounds like Scooby Doo," Lindsay stated. Beth and Ezekiel gave her confused looks. "You guys never watched Scooby Doo?"
"We grew up on farmth and I could only watch TV for an hour before bed."
"Yeah, and I didn't have a TV at all."
"Really? You guys are missing out!" Lindsay exclaimed.
"Guys, we're getting side tracked, eh? We need to start. What about a story based on…a small circus! They always have thieves try to steal their exotic animals and people trying to shut them down with FORCE! But they fight back!" smiled Ezekiel.
"That sounds cool! Draw that one!" smiled Lindsay.
Team Japan
"Ain't messin' up dese hands wit all dat drawing. Crazy girl can do it!" Anne Maria said, holding the pen and paper and walking off.
"Okay, you're the snack retriever." Trent smiled in reply.
"What? No, I'm da story person. I have the best stories up in dis head!" Anne Maria protested.
"Yeah, but you don't wanna mess up that hair with your…thinking?"
"Ugh! Fine den! I guess crazy girl can do the drawing den!"
"Respect your elders, young one…" mumbled Izzy, walking up in a samurai costume.
She immediately grabbed a piece of paper, and jumped suddenly out of her suit.
"Why the costume?" asked Trent.
"I had to use it sometime! So, what's the plan?" asked Izzy.
Team Dragon Ball Z
"I'm drawing. I was…kind of a teacher's pet in art class back in junior high." said Eva, confidently.
"I want to get the foods. I'm not very good at stories or drawing." said Cameron shyly.
"But I don't have an idea! You can be the story idea, I'LL get the snacks." said Dakota, pushing Cameron slightly.
"No, no, no. You do it. You'll have better ideas then me." replied Cameron.
"No, you."
"No! You do it!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Just play a game of rock, paper, scissors! Jeez!" yelled Eva, smacking them both.
"Er…okay then…" Cameron smiled awkwardly.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Paper!"
"Rock!"
"Damnit!" yelled Dakota, storming off for food."Wait, paper BEATS rock!" yelled Cameron."Really? I've played it wrong this whole time…wait, what?"
Cameron had already run off to get some food.
Team Amazing
"So the main character will be a girl, the ring master's daughter! Ooh, and the ring master died, and the daughter…Chloe, doesn't know anything about the circus! She has to learn to fight and the love interest is…the beast tamer, eh?" cheered Ezekiel, swimming in ideas.
"Speed up! This is too easy!" Beth smiled, drawing quickly.
"I'll get some more Pepsi!" yelled Lindsay, running to the kitchen.
"Two pageth done! The character introth are finished!" Beth cheered, grabbing another sheet.
"Okay, to start off, the girl is looking up at a circus tent in a large field. The small boxes on the sides explain what her getting money is all aboot!"
"Yup, yeah, uh huh…ith thith a good tent?""I love it! Next she walks inside and sees…a ventriloquist!"
"Keep going!"
"I have the Pepsi! Drink some more and draw faster!" Lindsay ran back.
Team Japan
"I like that! The band's name should be…?" asked Izzy.
"Er…LionScratch! And that should be the title too! They should enter a battle of the bands, where the prize is a music contract! But they run into troubles. If this is a oneshot, just say it's band vs. band and add a few arguments, a fight and some prize. That seems...simple."
"Okay, write the song while I draw the start. Ahahaha!" Izzy laughed as she started frantically slashing the pencil across the page.
"Oh no…Anne Maria, get some food!" Trent yelled trying to be heard over the loud, furious slashing.
"Fine!" she yelled, stomping off.
"Are you actually drawing?" asked Trent, sitting down on a nearby log and pulling out his guitar.
"Duh! I told you, I draw murals! I'm good at this!" she laughed, slashing onto her fourth page. "I'm almost done! How's the song coming?"
"I…uh…haven't started yet…"
"Well hurry!" she yelled.
"By the way…" Trent said, tuning his guitar. "Did these murals look like bad graffiti?""Only some of them!"
"Ugh…"Trent moaned, beginning to play.
Team Dragon Ball Z
"Any ideas yet?" asked Eva, tapping her head with the pencil.
"Not yet…how about something along the lines of Pokemon?" offered Dakota.
"You play video games?" asked Cameron, sitting down with some Coca Cola.
"Um, no!" she yelled back.
Confessional Cam: Dakota
"Sam got me into video games, I admit. But I don't want anybody to know…shit!" she yelled, staring at the camera.
"How about…a story about a monster. A monster that's hated by its own kind AND humans, but finds shelter with a kind family, only to have the government take him and succeeding!"
"I like the twist ending, but too common." replied Eva.
"Well…how about a story that makes fun of a fairy tale like…The Three Little Pigs!"
"Good idea! What about?"
"Uhh…Chris, Chef and Lara!"
"Yes! But aren't they the judges?" asked Cameron.
"I doubt it. Why would they go out of their way to read something WE made? It'd probably be our own teams. I say go ahead." replied Eva.
"Our campers have nearly finished their manga oneshots and we have a little twist. Their OWN teams won't be judging the manga! A different team will be! Muahahaha!" laughed Chris.
"That's just stupid. You're playing right into what one of them is saying. You've never done that." said Lara, sitting in a nearby chair.
"Oh would you…shut up and do your job…ugh!" Chris groaned.
Team Amazing
"And then beats him with a bash to the head! He's thrown through the wall, and the teen group runs off, leaving the circus unharmed!" laughed Ezekiel.
"Yeth! And…the end! I love it! Let'th get it to Chrith quickly!"
"Let's go! If he likes it, we can win this! One step closer to the million!" cheered Lindsay, throwing her hand into the air.
The three ran towards Chris' cabin.
Team Japan
"Okay and…done! Play that song again!" cheered Izzy, standing upside down.
"Not right now. Let's take our manga back to Chris! If he has any taste at all, he'll love it!"
"Oh no. I ain't runnin' in dese shoes!"
"No need!" laughed Izzy as she picked up the paper and jumped through the trees.
Team Dragon Ball Z
"Seriously? This art looks amazing! I didn't know you had it in you, Eva!" smiled Cameron.
"I know! I was surprised too! I guess I've just never drawn before!" she smiled, handing the paper to Dakota. "Fly over to Chris' cabin and hand this to him, please?"
"I can't fly…"
"Figure of speech. You can run heaps fast."
"Will do!"
"Only the team leader's will get a copy to judge!"
The rest of the campers groaned and went back to their cabins.
"The manga-ka can stay though!" he followed up. They all returned except for Lindsay who went back to the cabin anyway.
"This is the first manga, campers. It is called 'Great Circus of Fun'. The scoring system goes from 1 to 10. Total is 40. Each manga could be your own, OR it could be another team's, so watch out. When you've finished reading, select a number on these devices."
"What the-this manga looks awesome!" smiled Harold, receiving his copy. "The art is amazing!"
"I LOVE funny mangas! Are there any fight scenes? I hope so." cheered Cody, flipping to the front.
"Meh. Art is…okay, I guess." Noah said, unimpressed. B smiled and opened it up.
"Next manga up is 'LionScratch'. A manga about a battle of the bands and the skills it takes to rock on!"
"Music? Not quite my slice of cake, but I deal. Looks interesting…" said Noah, to which B agreed.
"Music is kinda lame to me. I was in the Drama Brothers, but that was only to show off my mad skills." Harold smiled, nodding to Cody.
"Yeah, I miss the Drama Brothers. Anyway, I love music! I just suck at playing instruments. But I love K-On, so this'll be great!" Cody hummed.
"And last, is The…Three Little Hosts?" Chris asked the manga-ka. They all shook their heads and shrugged.
"Looks funny. A good read." smiled Harold.
"Very nice artwork. I think this might be Izzy's…" replied Cody.
"Izzy's? Doesn't look like it." Noah stated. B, again, agreed.
"And the reading is over! We will now show the scores and have them commentated, showing the winner! First up is again Great Circus of Fun! Harold, your score?"
"I gave GCF a 7 out of 10. I loved the action scenes, and it was equally funny. But, it went by too fast. I would've liked it to be a bit longer. Maybe as a series."
A seven appeared next to Harold's face on an electronic tally board, filling the first of three slots.
"Now, B!"
B held up 6 fingers, the numeral six appearing in the first section next to B's face.
"Noah…""I liked the placement, and I loved the character development. The art was nice, and the action scenes were cool. Ten out of ten!" A 10 appeared next to Noah's face, covered in fireworks.
"And Cody."
"I didn't like the art much, the setting was bland and the story matched. 0/10."
"Harsh, dude…"
A zero appeared next to Cody's face, and Cody's face got scribbled over.
"That manga was brought to you by Team Amazing. Team Amazing's total score was…23 out of 40. Just over 50%. Nice. Next up is LionScratch. Harold?"
"I don't like music, but I liked the art, I liked the song and I liked the characters. 7 out of 10 again."
B held up his hands in a circle, signifying zero.
"I disliked the art, but liked the idea, setting and characters. 9/10."
"From me, a 5 out of 10. Sorry."
"And, cue the total score…21 out of 40. If the next manga scores higher, then Team Japan are gone."
B gulped and turned his head slightly.
"Our next manga, brought to you by Team DBZ is The Three Little Hosts. Scores?"
"It was hilarious! Not many manga can make me literally laugh out loud. 10 out of 10." said Harold.
"10 out of 10 from me, too." smiled Cody, suddenly watching his team give him happy stares.
"10 as well. But did you actually READ it, Chris?"
"No…B?" He held up ten fingers,
"A perfect score! 40 out of 40!" cheered Chris, clapping.
"Read it." said Noah, smiling. His team was giving him evil stares.
Team Dragon Ball Z's manga-ka stopped dead in their party tracks.
"What happened?" asked Leshawna, picking up a copy of the story. "Oh…crap! We're dead!" she yelled, throwing the manga to her team.
"Shit!" they said one after the other.
"Oh, no! I do NOT accept this! 0/40 for Team DBZ! Elimination ceremony for you! Now!" Chris screamed in a feminine way, storming back to his cabin.
"Hello, Team Dragon Ball Z. Chris is havin' some…er…technical difficulties right now. I am your host this evening. Anyone got PROBLEMS?" yelled Chef, reading off of cue cards.
All of the campers furiously shook their heads.
"Good. Now, our first marshmallow goes to…Eva."
"Wooh!" she cheered, grabbing her marshmallow and walking towards the cabin.
"Next up, Scott."
"Crap!" he yelled, storming off without his marshmallow.
"Sierra, Zoey, Cameron, Staci, Leshawna, Sadie and Geoff." he read from the list. He threw a marshmallow to each, and they walked off.
"Don't go, Cody!" yelled Sierra.
"Tyler, Bridgette and Geoff." They walked up and took their marshmallows silently.
"We're down to two campers…Cody!"
"Wha-"
"You may or may not get a marshmallow tonight. Our loser is…
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Tiebreaker!"
"All of that for a stupid tiebreaker?" yelled Cody.
"Yup. And the last person who can now vote is…Alejandro!" Chef said, shocked.
"Yes, on this screen!" Lara ran up, reassuring.
"Well, well, well. The last vote is mine. We all know who's safe, and we all know who's not. The person I WON'T vote, will stay in the game." Alejandro muttered from a screen.
"Which is?" asked Dakota, trying to secure her spot.
"Er, it's you Dakota. You're not going-
"And last vote is for Dakota! Cody stays for another day!" cheered Lara.
"What?" yelled Alejandro and Dakota at once.
Dakota was dragged off to the boat of losers, kicking and screaming.
"Dakota!" yelled Sam, running from his cabin. He ran too fast and passed out before saying goodbye.
"And so concludes our episode. Unexpected ending, right? I know! Join us next time, right here on TOTALDRAMA
MANGA!"
Author's Note: I don't know what I'll do next. In case anyone wanted to know, I write stories as they go along. When I start writing a chapter, even I don't know who's going next. All I know is the two finalists for the season, so don't ask me "Who's going next?"