Recap: For their first challenge, the contestants must dive off a cliff and then race to some crates, which are filled with random objects. With these random things, each team must create the best invention. Reliable Knowledge comes up with an "idiotic" invention, which helps them win the challenge. Unfortunately for the Leftovers, they lose for making the crappiest piece of crap Gennai has ever seen. At the Campfire Ceremonies, JP gets the boot after he allegedly tried to make a pass on one of his teammates.
Going Loco for Coconuts
"I wonder why the sign on the mess hall reads 'The Poop Deck'," TK said pensively as he stirred his spoon into the unidentifiable grey slop that was supposedly breakfast.
"It's probably because the mess hall is actually part of a decaying boat," Izzy shrugged.
"I thought it was because the food tastes like shi-"
"Yolei! I'm trying to eat," Davis sticks his tongue out in disgust.
"That's funny. This has to be the first thing I've seen you have difficulty eating," Kari giggled.
Davis's face immediately turned red at that comment. "No, no, no, no, no! It's not like the food is terrible! It's actually the best stuff I've ever had!" he lied. He could tell by the expressions on everyone's faces that nobody believed him, so he scooped up a big spoonful of slop and shoved it in his mouth. "Mmmm," he pretended to enjoy the food.
"Okay," Matt smirked. "Now swallow it."
"Mmm-mmm!" Davis shook his head, his mouth still full of slop. Tai looked at his wristwatch while Mimi and Sora tried to stifle their laughter.
Mrs. Kamiya approached the table. "Hey, kiddies! How do you guys like my French toast?"
"That was supposed to be French toast?" Joe whispered.
"It's good, Mrs. Kamiya. Right?" Ken nudged Davis.
"Mmm-hmm!" Davis nodded his head and gave Mrs. Kamiya a thumbs-up.
"I'm so glad you guys like it! I'll keep a mental note to make it again," she tapped her head with her index finger. "See you later!" she happily skipped off.
"Okay, coast is clear," Tai said.
Without hesitation, Davis spit out the slop. He then proceeded to lick his arm to get the taste of slop out of his mouth. "No offense, but that food was unbearable!" he heaved.
"None taken," Kari laughed. "I must have fed most of my mom's cooking to the cat."
"Is that how Miko died?" Tai asked.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd rather eat a lifetime supply of your disgustingly undercooked burgers than to eat one more bite of this," Koji grimaced.
"Whatever! At least my burgers didn't smell bad. Or move," Takuya protested.
"At least I wasn't stupid enough to put peanut butter and sardines on a burger!" Koji yelled.
"Coming from the same doofus that put squid puree and white chocolate on his fish-burger! Like the great JP once said, white chocolate may look good, but no taste!" Takuya spat back.
"Not this again," Tommy pulled his hat down.
"Boy, I'm glad I missed that," Kouichi tugged on the collar of his shirt.
"Yeah, super lucky," Zoe said.
"I know I say this a lot, but this is the worst," Yoshi made a face at her bowl of slop.
"I wish my mom was the chef. I miss her food," Marcus turned his bowl upside down and watched his slop slowly spill down.
Thomas took Marcus's bowl away from him and placed it on the other side of the table before Marcus could make a mess. "Yeah, your mom can really cook."
"Meem um appa ba campfire bogs im bive mimmims!" the loudspeaker said.
"What?" Marcus raised an eyebrow.
"Hello, this is Executive Producer José speaking for Gennai. Will all contestants please report to the campfire logs in five minutes? Thank you!" the loudspeaker said.
"Ahhh, makes more sense now," Yoshi nodded.
"I wonder why Gennai's talking funny," Henry shrugged.
"Who knows? The old man's mad," Kazu made the cuckoo sign.
"Maybe he finally lost all his teeth," Rika scoffed.
"Whoa, princess. Don't you think that's a bit harsh?" Ryo poked her in the ribs.
Rika took Ryo's hand and bent it backwards. "Call me princess one more time. I dare you," she jokingly threatened.
"Okay, prince-ow, ow, ow! You can stop twisting my arm now!" Ryo said.
"Awww, isn't it so cute when they flirt?" Jeri tugged on the sleeve of Takato's shirt.
"Cute? I call it scary," Takato laughed nervously. "I'd hate to see what Rika would do if she was actually mad at Ryo."
"Oh pilbin! Ips goo pooh pee you!" Gennai said as all the children gathered around the campfire logs.
"What?" Matt asked.
"He said that it was good to see you all," José sighed.
"Wel, ip ooo bonp wanna helb, benn beeve," Gennai yelled at José.
"Fine. Besides, there's a cheese Danish in the lounge that's calling my name. Adios, old man!" José walked away.
"Lorry I camp peak, loh I wilm mine poo ooo implead," Gennai said as he began to sign with his hands instead.
"Why is he moving his hands like a spaz?" Takuya looked terrified.
"That's because he's speaking in sign language," Thomas said. "He says that this next challenge is going to go a little differently than he expected." Gennai nodded in approval of Thomas's translation.
"Figures. Thomas Norstein: Boy Genius knows sign language," Marcus muttered. "What doesn't he know?"
"Do I detect a hint of jealousy?" Yoshi giggled.
"No, I'm just tired of him being so smart! It's getting old!" Marcus crossed his arms.
"Okay, if you say so...," Yoshi shrugged.
"Right now he said he lost his dentures," Thomas interpreted Gennai's signing.
The Tamers all turned around to look at Rika. "What?" Rika shot a look back at them.
"I think Rika's a witch," Kenta whispered loudly. "She probably put a curse on Gennai!"
"You know I can hear you," Rika glared at Kenta.
"Eep! Please don't put a curse on me! I take it back!" Kenta ducked behind Kazu.
"Can you guys knock it off? Gennai's explaining the next challenge and it would be nice to know what's going on," Henry jerked his thumb back to Gennai and Thomas.
"Anyways, while setting up today's challenge, Gennai's dentures fell into one of the props. The problem is that he doesn't remember which prop it was, because all of the props look the same," Thomas explained. "Gennai, if you don't mind me asking, what exactly are the props?" He watched as Gennai frantically moved his hands. "Uh huh... That's not a bad idea. Okay... I see. Right. Alright," Thomas nodded.
"Can you be such a doll and tell us what's going on?" Mimi winked at Thomas and twirled her hair.
"Yeah, you sexy studmuffin!" Yolei growled in a seductive voice.
Camera Confessions:
"I don't know why, but I really don't feel comfortable when Mimi acts all flirtatious with other guys," Izzy blushed. "Not that I care or anything, because I don't. But for Pete's sake, she has the crest of purity!"
"Right," Thomas adjusted his tie and cleared his throat. "From what Gennai told me, today's challenge was going to be a trivia game. Gennai will-," Thomas stopped talking when he saw Gennai feverishly shaking his head. "What do you mean 'no'?" Thomas watched as Gennai made a variation of hand gestures. "Okay, okay..."Thomas said nervously.
"What's going on?" Sora asked.
Thomas massaged the back of his neck. "Well... Gennai wants me to ask the questions."
"So...?" Koji shrugged.
"Well, since he wants me to interpret for him, he said I will earn immunity for this challenge," Thomas explained.
"That's good," Yoshi nodded.
"Yeah," Kouichi said.
"Are you guys sure?" Thomas asked.
"Yeah. I mean, you're helping us out," Takuya said.
"And also, we don't have to hear Gennai verbally abusing us," Joe pushed up his glasses. Gennai immediately begain signing again.
"What's he saying now?" Kari asked.
"I don't want to repeat that," Thomas shook his head.
"Welcome to the second challenge," Thomas interpreted for Gennai. "In this challenge, you guys will have to answer some Digimon-related trivia questions. Each team will have its own podium. When a team is called to answer a question, the team must pick one member of the group to pick a random coconut from this table," Thomas gestures to the table next to him. "Bring the coconut to me, where I will crack it open and ask you the question found inside the coconut. The team will then have 30 seconds to answer the question. For every question answered correctly, the team gets one point. There will be no points rewarded for incorrect answers. The team that earns the most points will win immunity from elimination. The team that scores the lowest points will sent to the campfire ceremonies, where the team will have to vote off one of their members. Also, there is a twist to this game. Since Gennai is feeling especially generous today, the team that chooses the coconut with his dentures inside will also be exempt from elimination. If that team happens to be the team that scored the lowest amount of points, then the next team that performed the worst will have to participate in the campfire ceremonies."
Gennai started to sign again, and Thomas nodded his head. "There are a couple of rules to keep in mind. One: The first coconut you touch is the coconut you select. This is so that nobody can cheat and try to select the coconut with the dentures inside. Two: If you pick a coconut and all of the other coconuts tumble down, just keep walking and hand me the coconut that you touched first. Then, before you walk back to your team's podium, pick the fallen coconuts up and put them back on the table. This is so that Gennai doesn't have to clean up the mess. Three: The person who selects the coconut only has thirty seconds to answer this question. Only that person can answer the question. He or she cannot get any help from his teammates unless they use the lifeline. If a teammate decides to help out without the lifeline, then one point will be deducted from the team's score each time that happens. Also, there will be no points awarded if the person fails to answer the question in the time allocated. Four: Each team only has 1 lifeline, so choose when to use it wisely. Any questions?"
"Can you take your shirt off?" Yolei raised her hand.
"Heh heh," Thomas blushed. "But it's not that hot outside."
Camera Confessions:
"I think I'm starting to understand why Gennai doesn't want to give us the opportunity to ask questions," Thomas rubbed his chin.
"Well, if there are no questions about the challenge, I guess we can start now. Courageous Friendship, please pick a member of your team to select a coconut."
"No, you do it!" Tai nudged Davis.
"I'm not going up there! You can go," Davis pushed Takato forward.
"No! I'm too scared," Takato dropped to the sand to avoid being shoved by Davis again.
"You're all doofs," Rika rolled her eyes.
"Whoa, you sounded like my little sister just now," Marcus shivered.
Rika ignored his comment. "If you're all too chicken to go up there, then I'll go. Can't depend on goggleheads," she marched over to the table of coconuts. She picked a random one up and handed it to Thomas. He cracked the hollow prop open while Rika walked back to her team. "The timer will start after I finish reading this question. You only have thirty seconds to give me a response," Thomas said. "What is the function of the Hyper Chip card?"
"This is easy," Rika smirked. "It increases a digimon's power by 10 percent."
*Ding* Gennai pressed a green button. "You are correct. Courageous Friendship gets one point," Thomas said.
"Way to go, Rika!" Tai squeezed her tightly.
"Don't touch me," she said.
"Next up is Sincere Love," Thomas announced.
"I've got this," Zoe flipped her hair and confidently strode to the table of coconuts.
"Weren't we supposed to choose who gets to go up there?" Yoshi asked.
"That's what I thought," Sora put her hands on her hips.
"Whatever. She better not mess this up for us," Yolei bit her lip.
"Okay, Zoe. What level form is the digimon WereGarurumon?" Thomas read the slip of paper in the coconut.
"Uh...," Zoe adjusted her hat.
"Fifteen seconds," Thomas warned.
"Beast spirit?" she guessed.
*Buzz* Gennai slammed his fist on a red button. "I'm sorry, but that is not the correct answer," Thomas said. "The right answer was Ultimate form. No points for Sincere Love. Leftovers, you're up next."
"Who wants to go up?" Kouichi asked.
"I'll go up," Jeri said.
"Are you sure?" Ryo was surprised.
"Yeah," she nodded. "Positive."
"Okay, then. Good luck," Kari smiled.
"You can do this," TK cheered her on.
Jeri picked a coconut and handed it to Thomas. He waited until she returned to her team and asked the question. "What attribute type is the digimon Guilmon classified under?"
"Virus!" Jeri blurted out.
*Ding!* "Correct! Leftovers win one point! Reliable Knowledge, please choose a member to answer the next question," Thomas said.
"Come on, Joe. You can do it! You're training to be a doctor, right?" Tommy said.
"But that doesn't mean I know everything!" Joe freaked out.
"I thought that's what being a doctor meant," Tommy shrugged.
"If you go up first, you don't have to go up again," Henry reasoned.
"Yeah. The last thing we want is for your anxiety to increase," Cody nodded.
"Okay, then. I'll do it!" Joe took in a deep breath and walked over to the table. He grabbed a coconut, which caused all of the other coconuts to roll off the table. "AAAHHH! I didn't mean to do that!"
"That's okay," Thomas nodded. "Just bring me that coconut and pick up the other ones on the way back."
Joe handed him the coconut, and walked back to the table to pick up the coconuts. "Gahhh!" he said as they rolled off the table again. Gennai walked over to Joe and signalled him to go back to his podium. As Joe clumsily walked back to his group, Gennai sighed loudly and carefully placed the coconuts on the table.
"Joe, what digimon is often known to be a mode of transportation in the Digital World?" Thomas asked.
"I know this one! Is it a Trailmon?"
*Ding!* Gennai pressed the green button. "Correct! One point for Reliable Knowledge!"
A half-hour later...
"Last round of the game, and we still haven't found the invincibility coconut," Thomas said.
"Thank god," Takuya muttered. "I like it better when Gennai can't speak."
"Thanks to their secret weapon, Rika the Digimon Queen, Courageous Friendship is in first place with 14 points. Reliable Knowledge is second place with 12 points, while Sincere Love and the Leftovers are tied in third place with 10 points. Anything can happen here. Here's hoping for the best. Since this is the last round, the teams can choose who gets to go first," Thomas said.
"Guys, I have an idea!" Yoshi said. The team huddled and looked at her in anticipation. "Whatever we do, we have to make sure to be one of the last teams to go up."
"Why would we want to do that?" Zoe winced. "What if someone else gets the invincibility coconut before we do?"
"That's the thing!" Yoshi said.
"Huh? I'm not getting this," Yolei scratched her head in confusion.
"You see, there are four coconuts remaining and only one of them has the dentures inside. There's only a 1 out of 4 chance that we would pick the right coconut. If we waited, then our odds of winning invincibility would increase," Yoshi explained.
"I get it!" Sora said. "So if we wait for the other teams to pick a coconut, they have a higher chance of picking the wrong coconut and we would have a higher chance of picking the right one?"
"Exactly!" Yoshi nodded. "But we don't want to be the last team up. We should aim at being second-to-last, that way we can choose which coconut to pick."
"Good idea!" Kenta said.
"Only one problem," Kazu said. "I think the Dork Brigade also has the same idea," he jerked his thumb at Reliable Knowledge.
Mimi caught Izzy looking in their direction. As soon as she gave him eye contact, he quickly turned back to his group. "I think you're right," she said. "We have to beat them to the punch!"
"Are we ready to begin?" Thomas said.
"Ready for action!" Matt said. "And we'd like to go up first!"
"It's fighting time," Marcus punched the air.
"You can do it, Rika!" Takato called out to her. "We believe in you!"
"Maybe a little too much," Rika smirked jokingly. She walked to the table, closed her eyes, and grabbed a random coconut.
"Thank you," Thomas said as Rika handed him the coconut. "Name one of the Olympus Twelve digimon."
"Merukimon," Rika said.
*Ding!* "Correct," Thomas said. "Who wants to go up next?"
"We do!" TK raised his hand. He strolled over to the table. "Uhhh," he said as his hands hovered over the coconuts. TK took a deep breath and grabbed a coconut. He handed it to Thomas, who cracked it open.
"Whoa! You found the invincibility coconut!" Thomas picked up the dentures. Gennai snatched them out of his hands and put them back in his mouth.
"TK!" Kari ran up to TK and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Kar-" TK's surprise was cut short by her lips pressing against his. His arms started flailing, and he fell backwards into the sand, with Kari on top of him.
"What?" Davis's mouth dropped open. "And they're still kissing?"
"Don't worry, they're going to need oxygen soon," Tai nudged.
"Not helping," Davis frowned.
"Hubba bubba, the first kiss of the season," Gennai laughed. "Whoa, did I see some tongue there?"
"Not helping!" Davis bit his lip.
Camera Confessions:
"You think you know a guy," Davis shakes his head. "Whatever happened to bros before hoes?"
The camera pans over to TK, who is sitting at the corner. "First of all, Kari is not a ho. Second, she came on to me. I didn't come on to her. And third, me and her are just friends. Honestly."
"Really? Do you kiss all of your friends like that?" Davis put his hands on his hips.
"What are you trying to say?" TK cocked his head to the side.
"Oh, you know what I'm trying to say!" Davis pointed at him.
"Do you want me to kiss you?" TK made a face. "I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm flattered and all, but I don't roll that way myself."
"No, that is not what I'm trying to say!" Davis stomped his foot. "Dumb blonde."
Kari broke away from the kiss and got up. "Sorry about that, I was so happy you found the invincibility coconut," she blushed.
"No biggie," TK brushed the sand away from his shirt.
"I can talk again and it's all thanks to the Leftovers! You know what, Leftovers? Not only are you guys safe from elimination, I'm letting you stay in José's luxury cabin!'
"Then where is José going to sleep?" Ryo said.
"He can sleep in your cardboard boxes...I mean cabin. Payback's a bitch," Gennai said. "Sincere Love, meet me at the campfire for tonight's elimination."
"What?" Mimi said.
"But that's not fair! We didn't get to finish the challenge," Zoe protested.
"Why should we?" Gennai said. "I've got my dentures, and there is no way you guys have a fighting chance anyways. Reliable Knowledge is ahead of you by two points. There's no point in dragging this out any longer than it needs to be."
"This is the worst," Yoshi said.
"Tell me about it," Sora shook her head.
"Since we're done with the challenge, I have a little treat for you guys!" Gennai pulled a projector screen from behind a tree. "Replay time!" he yelled to a cameraman. The cameraman played a clip of Kari and TK kissing. "Here it is in slo-mo," Gennai pointed to the screen. "And fast motion...slow motion-"
"Seriously...not...helping," Davis said through clenched teeth.
"I wasn't trying to help," Gennai smiled.
Campfire Ceremonies:
"It's kinda funny how the votes were nearly unanimous. Alas, you two ended up with the most votes," Gennai shook his head at Yoshi and Zoe. "One of you will receive a marshmallow, and one of you will have to hop on the Loser Cruiser and never return to the island. Yoshi-"
"I'm sorry, guys!" Yoshi apologized. "I didn't mean to let you down."
"But-" Kenta said.
"I'm sorry my plan didn't work out at all. I don't blame you guys for being mad at me," she continued.
"But we're not-" Yolei said.
"I deserve to be voted off," Yoshi said. "I'm only going to drag you guys down. I mean, let's be honest. At the bottom of my heart, I know I'm not going to win anyways."
"But you don't know that!" Mimi said.
"You guys are too nice to me," Yoshi shook her head. "But I have to go now."
"Don't leave!" Sora pleaded.
"You heard her. If she wants to leave, let her. Bye, Yoshi!" Zoe said.
"Bye everyone," Yoshi slumped her shoulders. "Good luck!" she said before she shuffled away to the Loser Cruiser.
"If she let me finish, she would have known that Zoe was the one who should have been eliminated tonight!" Gennai said. "It's her luggage that's on the Loser Cruiser!"
"What?" Zoe said. "So my stuff is on that run-down boat?"
Gennai nodded his head. "Precisely."
"Can I have my marshmallow now?" Zoe asked.
"No," Gennai said. "This marshmallow belonged to Yoshi, but since she's not here, I'm eating it!" he popped the marshmallow in his mouth. "Mmmm, marshmallowey!"
Last Words:
"Hey Yoshi! If you're watching, I hit want to let you know that nothing was your fault. You are way too hard on yourself," Sora says. "You are a better person than you think you are. How about after the competition, me and you hang out? Keep in touch!"
