Author's Note: The first of a double update week. I consider this to be the finale of the first third of the competition, so get ready for some fun.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Stoked isn't the only Fresh TV show that's getting a team in the Ridonculous Race. I'm also bringing Wyatt and Caitlin as the Mallrats.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And to answer some reviews:
Johnathen: A friendship just works better for what I have planned. I can't give away more than that.
StarHeart Specials: Thanks. I was going for cute with Britney and Dave. Kinda like how Sky and Dave were cute before the writers threw all our dreams about them into a woodchipper. If Courtney doesn't have an hypocritical opinion, is it really Courtney? I wouldn't say Dawn's for or against anything, she just vaguely knows what's going to happen. Justin is a scheming scumbag, but that's what I like about him. I do hate his only really villainy was the break-up though. I think I'll use Gatie as the ship name. It's closer to Gigdette. I was actually watching the first season of Stoked on Netflix when I got the idea. And I had to do it. It's a shame Sadie had to go so soon, but that is the nature of the game. No worries, review when you can.
Shrimpimp: Reef and Broseph are from a show called Stoked, it's about a group of surfers working at a tourist trap for the summer. I'll definitely check out that Brickney ship fic. It'll give me something to do on the way to the Thanksgiving celebration. I'm not sure where I got the idea of Geoff and Katie, but I could see it working. I'm glad you like Britney and Dave though. Katie being by herself is definitely going to be explored this season.
Derick Lindsey: Really? I've only seen one fic where Sadie went first and it was never finished. See the announcement for your Ridonculous Race question, and I can't really make any comments on the rest of your review because it'd reveal too much.
Tempokeep: Thanks. Justin does look rather villainous doesn't he?
Guest: I couldn't just keep them the bland friends they were in canon, not after what I did with Scarlett. I think people are really going to like what I do with Katie.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Thanks! Good thing you like the relationships, let's hope things stay that way. And the boyfriend stealer line wasn't a World tour reference.
Phenomenal Excelsior: That sequence of events was exactly what I was going for. Izzy is on to Justin, but it remains to be seen what comes of it. Brick and Courtney are both way too proud to admit they were distracted by a crush. I wouldn't say Dawn won her team the challenge as much as she was just the last person standing when the Salmons took themselves out.
That British Guy: I think Katie/Geoff have the similar personality to make things work. And Katie's story will definitely be interesting. No worries about lateness. Review when you can.
Remaining Campers:
Waneyihtam Maskwak: B, Britney, Courtney, Dave, Dawn, Geoff
Pimâpotew Kinosewak: Brick, Cameron, Izzy, Justin, Katie
Truth or Scare. Or based on my school friends, "Tell me who you like or do something gross"
Episode 04: I Love You, I Love You Knots
"Last time, on Total Drama!" Chris opened over a clip of Brick hitting Dave with a balloon full of itching powder. "The teams went wild with balloon animals," Brick was shown hitting B with a balloon full of pink paint, "and not the kind ya think." The next clip showed Katie running out of the bushes to hit Geoff.
"But in the end," Britney was shown fleeing in terror as her own balloons burst to reveal a swarm of angry bees, "Team Kinosewak went bust," Courtney tripped on a rock in the ground causing her own green jelly filled balloon to hit her, and Katie and Sadie and Justin fought over their last balloon, causing it to burst and cover them in fish guts.
"So for the second time, they had to send a member home. And thanks to Katie and Sadie's bestie break-up-make-up," a quick series of clips showed the BFFFL's arguing before the challenge, Katie getting blown off by Chris after asking for a team swap, and the two making up during the challenge, "it was Sadie who was left without a marshmallow." The montage ended with Sadie offering words of encouragement to a distraught Katie, then getting shot into the night by a cannon.
"What sort of luck is in store for our campers this time?" Chris asked the camera as it cut to him standing in an open field with a hand behind his back. "Probably bad. It's time, for Total! Drama! Paaaaahkitew Island!"
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[Though the sequence remained short, it opened much the same as it had in previous seasons – a shift into letterbox format for a shot of a rocky forest waterfall, a stagelight rotating up from behind some rocks and turning on. Then a shiny spotlight swings down from the unseen branches of some mossy, mushroom-ridden tree. The shot moves to a pond where a brown bear wearing a scuba mask sits in the water glaring at a frog on a lily pad, both animals looking surprised as the lily pad is suddenly lifted into the air by a security camera rising up from below it. A seagull perched on a rock on the beach is flattened by a panel in the rock slamming down on it, another camera emerging from within, and a pair of white-skinned hands clap a film slate in front of the main camera.
As the film slate is pulled away the scene transitions to a rocky stream, and the camera flies forward to see Anne Maria, spraying her hair in front of a coughing and annoyed Chris. He shoves her out of the way just as the camera passes and the lyrics start.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[The camera quickly flies through the pine trees, landing on Katie and Sadie eagerly picking berries from a bush and eating them. They look to the right to see Justin smiling with his hands on his hips, and the girls squeal in delight. Then they run over and hug him to Justin's shock and discomfort, and the camera quick-pans away.
It lands on Dawn and Courtney standing on top of a cliff. Dawn says something with a calm and serious expression, prompting Courtney to angrily turn around and cross her arms. Suddenly, Izzy runs past the two girls and jumps off the cliff and they gasp in shock. Izzy raises her arms and falls with a cackle.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[The camera quick-pans downward to show Izzy falling past Britney and Brick, the two scaling the side of the cliff. They look back over their shoulders to watch the girl fall with blank and confused looks.
Another quick-pan takes the camera to Dave sitting on a rock, his fingers in his ears and an irritated look on his face. To the left is Jaxon, a book in one hand and his other arm outstretched dramatically as he spoke. And on the right is Geoff, pumping his fist excitedly.
The camera moves to the left to show B and Cameron standing next to a large robot that looked like it was made out of old appliances and electronics. B presses a button on a remote with a smirk, that turns in to a look of shock when the robot grabs Cameron by the hoodie and tosses him off-screen.
The lyrics end there, and the camera suddenly flies forward through the shrubs behind B to emerge at the roaring campfire. The usual whistling finishes begins as Britney and Dave are shown sitting together by the fire. Britney looks giddy as Dave leans forward expectantly, only for Courtney to suddenly step forward with an angry glare and make Dave stop and sag in disappointment.
Britney frowns and sags as well, and then to the camera as it pulls back to reveal the full cast – Cameron, B, Katie, Sadie, Geoff, and Dawn on the left next to Courtney and Britney with Chris standing nearby; Justin, Izzy, Brick, Anne Maria, and Jaxon next to Dave, with Chef standing behind them.
The misshapen signpost on the gateway to the elimination area read 'Total Drama Pahkitew Island' in big block letter over three lines.]
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A deep tune began as the episode opened on the morning sun, the camera soon panning down onto the Salmons' bunker and cutting inside. Katie was sobbing on the bottom bunk of the set of beds she had formerly shared with Sadie. A low, touching tune was playing in the background.
"Sadie wouldn't want you to spend all your time moping," Izzy told her with a comforting pat on the shoulder.
"Well she's not here," Katie said. "And it's all your fault!"
Izzy briefly widened her eyes, then sighed. "I'm sorry okay. But you knew one of you had to go first."
Katie sniffed, then propped herself up on one arm to look at her teammate. "That doesn't mean I was prepared for it!"
Both girls' attention were caught by Cameron's voice calling out "Is everything okay over there?"
"Come on in Cam!" Izzy called back.
"Sorry to interrupt," the bubble boy said as he walked on screen. "But Brick's about to go foraging and he wanted to know if either of you wanted to go with him."
"You should go Katie," Izzy suggested. "Maybe it'll take your mind off of Sadie."
Katie sniffed. "Okay," she said. "I'll try."
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"I've never done anything without Sadie before," Katie confessed awkwardly while rubbing her arm. "We've been best friends and neighbors since we were five years old."
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"I just don't get where Britney went," Dave said, the static cutting to him, Geoff, and Courtney walking together through the forest as the music became more plodding. "I mean, she said she was gonna come foraging with us..."
"I already told you Dave," Courtney told him as the camera moved in closer. "She had to show Dawn and B where to get the water. Unless you like the idea of dying of thirst."
"But why wouldn't she tell me-I mean us that she wasn't coming?" Dave asked.
Geoff shrugged helplessly. "Maybe she forgot dude. You gotta admit, she's not the most focused around you," he added with an elbow nudge and a wink.
"But-" Dave tried to say before Courtney suddenly stopped, forcing him and Geoff to stop as well.
"Alright," the prep said as the focus moved to her, "we should be meeting the others any minute now." She waved them forward before proceeding through the bushes and out of sight.
"Others?" Dave whispered to Geoff, earning another helpless shrug before they followed Courtney.
The scene immediately cut to a small clearing as Courtney walked in from the left, and Brick and Katie walked in from the right. "Good morning Courtney," the soldier greeted, raising his hand as he drew closer to his nominal enemy. "Are you ready to forage?"
"Obviously," Courtney said, the camera panning to the right slightly as Dave and Geoff emerged from the woods with surprised looks on their faces.
The shot cut to Brick and Katie as their brows shot up. "I thought you said only Courtney and Britney would be here," Katie said in confusion.
Courtney blinked. "Britney wanted us to split up so we could all learn how to survive out here," she answered with an eye roll that went unnoticed. "But they shouldn't be a problem..."
"Hey, the more the merrier!" Brick said brightly.
Courtney smiled at him, and the camera cut to Geoff and Dave sharing an odd look.
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Katie started her confessional with a squeal. "Geoff's here!" She sighed and looked down sadly. "But I don't know what to say. Sadie used to coach me on how to talk to guys."
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"Call me crazy," Dave told the outhouse, "but I think Brick the straight-laced military leader of the other team has a thing for Courtney the control freak that cares more about winning than people."
He gave the camera a dry look. "This place is weird."
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The static cut to the girls' side of the Bears' treefort, where Britney was pouring water into plastic cups of various sizes and colors.
Courtney walked into the room, then frowned. "What are you doing?"
Britney gasped in surprise. "Oh! Courtney! I didn't hear you come in. I was just pouring some water into a cup for Dave." A flat note played as Courtney stared at her blankly. "You know... his germaphobia," Britney said awkwardly. "I just thought...he'd appreciate a clean-ish cup to drink from, then I thought 'Why not just give one to everybody?'"
Courtney took a deep breath, then smiled. "You haven't been in Canada for a while have you?"
"Not really," Britney said with an awkward smile and laugh. "My parents are cinematographers and I was homeschooled. Everywhere they went, I did. So I don't really know a lot about Canadian culture outside the stereotypes."
"Well in that case I have to say something," Courtney said. "You're going to scare Dave off if you keep obsessing over him like this."
"I am?" the globetrotter asked fearfully.
"Yes," Courtney answered. "You need to play hard to get. That means you act like you don't like him," she said upon seeing her roommate's confused look. "Guys want what they can't have, so that'll make him like you more."
"That..." Britney said slowly, "doesn't make a lot of sense."
"Of course it doesn't," Courtney shrugged. "He's a guy. But trust me, this will work. Would I lie to you?"
Britney thought about it for a moment, then smiled.
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"There," Courtney said with a satisfied smile. "Within a day or two they'll both lose interest and we get our best player back to normal."
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The footage skipped ahead a ways to show all five Salmons gathered around the campfire in front of their bunker, eating berries and roasted fish.
"Great haul Izzy," Justin said with a smile, sitting between her in the foreground. "I really appreciate it."
"And I appreciate that trick you taught us with a battery," Brick told Cameron, the camera zooming in on the two sitting next to each other on the far side of the fire. "It sure does make this fire easier."
"Eh, it's no big deal," Izzy said with a shrug.
"Yeah, happy to help," Cameron chimed in.
The camera panned back to Justin as he swallowed a bite of fish. "Are you okay Katie? You haven't said anything since you got back from foraging," he turned and asked the thin girl sitting between him and Brick.
The shot cut in closer to her, perking up at the question. However, any response was cut off by the sudden whine of the camp's broadcasting system switching on. The Salmons promptly covered their ears and cringed, and shot dirty looks towards the side.
"Morning, campers!" Chris announced, the camera cutting to the booming loudspeaker. "It's time to start today's fun activity!" The shot moved to the Bears' treefort as Britney, Courtney, and Dave opened the door and poked their heads outside to listen. "So, get your butts over to the meeting area, tout de suite!" He finished with a laugh.
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The scene immediately flashed to the meeting area as the two teams filed onto the angled logs set up as benches. Chris stood between them, under a large television monitor that had been affixed to two tall, thick posts. Above the monitor was an electronic scoreboard that read 0-0, each in the color of the logo it was under.
"Step right up, players," Chris said. "Team Kinosewak to the right, Team Maskwak to the left."
The shot cut in close to the Salmon's bench as Cameron and Izzy filed in at the end after Justin. "Hey, have you noticed something weird with Justin?" Cameron whispered to his teammate.
"Yeah I have," Izzy replied, shielding her mouth with her hand as he glanced to the side, "I think he may have had something to do with Sadie's elimination."
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"At least I'm not the only one who's noticed," Cameron told the outhouse. "I was worried all that time in my bubble made me a little paranoid."
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"Then why did you vote for her?" Cameron asked in disbelief.
Izzy cocked her head to the side in confusion.
"Uhh, never mind," Cameron said quickly. "My point is, we have to vote him off the next chance we get. He kinda reminds me of Alejandro and you know how much trouble he caused."
"Oh I know, I cheered when that handsome jerk lost all his hair," Izzy whispered.
"Maybe we can get Katie to see that Justin's the reason Sadie was sent home," Cameron suggested.
A sharp throat-clearing got their attention, and they looked up. "If the two nerds of a feather would quit mumbling," Chris told them sternly as the shot cut to him, "I have a challenge to intro. You can save your conversation for later."
"Oh, sorry," Cameron said, the shot cutting to him and Izzy noticing their teammates' confused stares then looking over towards the host.
"Thank you," Chris said, bouncing lightly on his feet as he took a breath, opened his eyes, and smiled for the camera. "It's time we separated the brave from the liars," he announced as a light but tense theme began to play. "The game is Truth, or Scare!" The shot cut from the Salmons to the Bears, a mixture of confusion and dread appearing on the campers' faces.
"Every round a player is chosen at random," he explained, pointing up to the monitor above him. Its screen was divided in half, with each side spinning like the reels of a slot machine – the left showing the faces of the campers, the right alternating between a halo and a flame. The left side suddenly stopped on Izzy, and the shot briefly cut to her frowning and looking around as the host continued. "It also chooses whether you'll do a truth, or a scare. Halo means truth," the right side of the screen was forcibly stopped on a halo, "flames mean scare," and then to flames.
"Get a scare," Chris explained as the shot cut back to him, "and you'll have to perform a terrifying challenge!" he said with a dark and vicious grin, provoking a gasp from the Salmons and an ominous musical riff. "Don't worry," he told Brick sitting on the far end of the Salmons' log, "not all the scares will be scary. Some," he pointed his finger close enough to the soldier's face to force him to lean away, "will be disgusting."
The shot cut back to the reels, the left still on Izzy as the right resumed spinning before stopping on a halo. "But in this case, Izzy has gotten a truth." A cut to the girl in question showed her sitting in between Cameron and Justin, gulping nervously as she stared up at the monitor. "This means she just has to answer a question honestly! But the answer," he leaned over towards the girl, startling her, "will be revealing! It could expose a dark secret that will destroy her in the eyes of her newly found friends!" The music trilled ominously as Izzy's eyes darted around in rising panic. "Or not," the host said with renewed nonchalance, "whatevs."
"How will you know if we lie?" Izzy asked, rubbing her neck nervously after Chris left.
"For that," Chris grinned as he took his spot back in the center, "we spared no expense. Meet Clucky," he motioned down and to the left, the camera quick-panning over to show a normal-looking brown chicken walking over, "the truth-seeking chicken! No lie gets past this bird." Clucky looked around calmly as she was introduced. "She's former CIA and runs her own law firm: Buck, Buck, & B'gawk. If you have a secret," he gleefully told the campers as the shot cut back to him, "this poultry polygraph will pluck it out." With a flutter and a squawk, Clucky flew up onto Chris's well-coiffed head.
"Completing a challenge or telling a truth gets your team a point," he continued. "But, if you fail a challenge, or tell a lie, your whole team gets a shock."
A metallic clinking was heard as the shot cut to a close-up of Dave. "Umm, what do you mean by 'shock'?" As he spoke, Chef walked up behind him and put a metallic collar around his neck, the same clinking sound heard as it locked and crackled with electricity. "Also," Dave added warily as the camera pulled back to show his full team, himself sitting on the right between Britney and Geoff, "what are these metal collars Chef's putting on us?" He motioned to Britney's collar as Chef stepped to the side and put one on Geoff.
"You just answered your question," Chris said with a happy smile and a chicken still on his head. "But let me make it even clearer..." He held up a pair of single-button remote controls, a red one in his right hand and a green one in his left. With a squinting grin he pressed the buttons, and a dramatic note played as the two teams were electrocuted – first the Bears, then the Salmons.
He released the buttons, and the shot cut to the smoldering members of the Salmons. "Have you tested these?" Katie asked.
"Yup, I just did!" Chris answered with a bright smile. "And, you're still alive. Congrats. Let's start the game!" he said, turning to the other side. "Izzy?"
Izzy gulped again as Clucky fluttered over onto her lap, stared her in the eye, and clucked at her in suspicion.
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"So I may have a couple of things I don't want the others to know," Izzy said impishly. "Luckily this isn't the first time I've dealt with a lie detector chicken.
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"Izzy, the question is," the host continued, "do you have a criminal record?"
Izzy looked to the side and saw Brick, Katie, and Justin looking at her and Clucky clucked demandingly. "Okay! Okay..." she told her in a placating tone.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "The truth is," she began along with a drumroll, "I..." The Bears were shown looking interested, then the shot cut to Cameron doing the same. "...don't technically have one," Izzy admitted as the drumroll concluded.
The others gasped. Clucky clucked at her in suspicion, staring deeply into her eyes as a tense tune played...only for it to level off as she clucked in confirmation.
"Clucky says, that was a truth!" Chris announced as the scoreboard was shown dinging up to 0-1.
"'Technically'?" Courtney asked from across the way. "You either do or you don't."
"Care to elaborate, Izzy?" Chris asked with a mischievous smile, and the music began to rise dramatically.
"Umm...well...," Izzy said, closing her eyes and looking away nervously, "not.. really. I mean, I was given a question and I answered it and got a point. If you wanna know more, then ask me another truth question later."
"She has a point," Cameron spoke up. "Unless you plan on giving her more points then her turn is over."
"Thanks Cam," Izzy said, putting a hand on the bubble boy's shoulder.
"Fine," Chris said tersely before looking back up at the monitor which promptly began to spin again, "we'll move on. Looks like B's next," he announced, the left reel landing on the Bears' resident genius, "doing another truth. And the question is...," he began as the shot cut to him holding a stack of note cards, "What is your first name?"
B's eyes widened, and Clucky landed on his lap with a demanding cluck.
"Maybe he could get a scare instead?" Dawn asked. "B can't answer this, he doesn't talk!"
"You're running out of time, B," Chris said sternly.
B's eyes darted from the right to the left in a panic.
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"I have to do something," Dawn declared. "I can't let B fail because of this!"
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The static cut away to her patting B on the back and giving him an encouraging smile. He looked back, sighed silently, and nodded his head.
"B is short for... Beverly," Dawn told the host.
Clucky looked him right in the eyes, then nodded in acceptance and clucked at Chris. The background music turned triumphant.
"Well," the host said as the music stopped. "While that was a truth, B was supposed to be the one who answered. So-" He pressed the red remote and the Bears were all shocked.
"What the heck was that about?!" Courtney complained. "You just said it was the truth!"
"As I just said, B did not answer the question and therefore it doesn't count," Chris told her plainly. "Next up is..." He looked back up to the monitor, and the first reel quickly stopped on the globetrotter, and the second on a flame shortly after. "Britney! Doing a scare."
"Britney," he said as the shot cut to the wary girl and the music became slow and tense, "to earn a point," the camera moved behind her shoulder as Chris walked in front of her, "you will have to drink. An entire jug." The shot switched from zooming in on Britney to zooming in on Chris. "Of mineral water!" He produced a clear glass jug about two-thirds full of sloshing water.
"Oh, that's not so bad." Britney smiled, taking the jug.
Chris took out a stopwatch. "You've got thirty seconds," he said, pushing its button. The background score immediately sped up, the clock ticking over it.
Britney put the jug to her lips...and took a small sip. And another small sip. And another. And another.
"What are you...," Dave asked in disbelief, the camera cutting outward to show her teammates watching her. "Really?"
"Are you sure that's the best way to do that?" Dawn added.
"Stop sipping and chug!" Courtney chimed in.
Britney gave her an anxious look, then gasped for air. "Fifteen seconds," Chris told her with a smile, the stopwatch still ticking in his hand.
Most of the Bears groaned. "If I drink any faster I'll get sick," Britney told them in a pleading tone.
Geoff replied by grabbing the jug, and vigorously shaking it so the water began to fizz and hiss ominously.
Britney gave him a blank and wary look. "Geoff, what are you doing?"
"Stop it," Courtney added, standing up with a look of irritation. "How can she drink it if it's in your hands?"
Geoff just smiled. "Trust me dudes," he said, pointing towards Britney's mouth. He removed his hand from the jug's mouth, and the water shot at Britney, knocking her onto her back with her legs sticking up in the air.
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"My older brother taught me that trick," Geoff confessed proudly. "Haven't lost a soda chugging contest in years."
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"Well half of it went up her nose," Chris said as the shot cut back to him and his stopwatch. "But that still counts as drinking Team Maskwak gets a point." He motioned up to the scoreboard, which updated with a ding to show the score at 1-1. "Well done Britney," he said to the girl, who was still on her back. "Britney?" he asked as she reached up and grabbed onto the log.
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"I don't know what's about to happen," Britney told the outhouse camera, painfully holding her bloated stomach, "but it clearly can't be good." Her stomach gurgled ominously. "Not good at all..."
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Now sitting back on the log among her teammates, Britney's stomach gurgled loudly again and the other nervously scooted away from her.
"It's a 1-1 tie," Chris told the camera as it moved back to him and the capstone theme began to play. "But, it looks like a contestant might get blasted off the island early, and we won't even need the cannon! Stay tuned to find out, on Total! Drama! Paaaaaahkitew Island!"
Britney's stomach growled again as the shot hung on the full view of the island.
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(Commercial Break)
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The episode resumed on a close-up of Britney's rumbling stomach, the background music quickly building up into an intense peak as her hands shot up to cover her mouth and her cheeks bulged.
She burped. Lightly.
"That was disproportionate" Cameron commented, the shot cutting to him, Izzy, and Justin crouching behind their team's log.
"Aww," Izzy added as she stood up and stepped back over the log. "I was hoping for something a little more... 'Boom-boom'!"
The music became tense as the camera cut back to the monitor, the first reel stopping on Justin. "Justin!" Chris said impishly just before the second reel stopped on a halo. "It is, truth time!"
"Uh...," Justin said, looking at Clucky warily as the chicken walked over. "I won't get like some freaky chicken disease will I?"
Chris shrugged. "Who knows?" he said before raising his next note card. "Justin, for a point: What worries you the most?"
"I never worry," Justin said calmly. "It causes wrinklage."
The music became deep and dramatic enough as Clucky was shown giving him a one-eyed inspection, then fluttering over to the smiling host and knocking the remotes he was holding to the ground. She pressed the button on the Salmons' with her beak, and the team was electrocuted.
"Justin's the one who lied," Brick said after the shock passed, "why are the rest of us getting shocked?"
"Sorry, but you're a package deal," Chris told her. "Remember: if one of you tells a lie, you all pay the price." A tense tune played as the camera cut first to Brick and Katie, then Izzy and Cameron, then Justin's face falling upon seeing his teammate's glares.
Justin just gulped and pulled at the collar of his shirt.
The shot cut back to the spinning reels. "And next up, we have..." Chris said before the first reel stopped, "Dave."
"Sure," the germaphobe said optimistically, "I got nothin' to hide."
"Doing, a scare!" Chris finished as the second reel was shown stopping on a flame. Dave gulped, and Chris walked over to him with a mischievous grin. "Alright Dave," he said, "there are scary scares. Then, there are scarier scares," he hunched himself over and made claws with his hands. "And then," Dawn and B were shown sharing a confused look, "there's this." he took out a note card.
"For a point," Chris said as the music built up ominously again, "you must...kiss a person next to you."
Dave's eyes widened in fear, and he looked to his left at Geoff. The party dude raised an eyebrow. "Dude, I'm flattered," Geoff said, "but you're not really my type. Plus, I'm sure there's someone else you'd rather be kissing right now."
Dave let out a breath of relief. "Yeah, sorry," he said, giving his teammate an awkward smile. Then, as he turned his head to the right, a touching tune began to play as he locked eyes with a faintly blushing Britney. "Well...if it's this or a shock," he said as she briefly looked away bashfully, "I guess we may as well...I mean," he rubbed the back of his head, "if we have to."
The two leaned towards each other ever so slightly with smiles on their faces.
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"YYYYYYYYYES!" Dave cheered, raising his arms then pumping his fist one after the other. "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
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"YES!" Britney said happily as the touching tune resumed. "I mean, yeah we have to. No big deal..."
"Right," Dave chimed in. "It's not...like..."
"Yeah," Britney said with a light shrug, "it's just two people."
"Well if that's all it is," Courtney spoke up impatiently, the shot cutting outward to show both her and Chris staring at the pair in annoyance, "then why don't you hurry up and get it over with already?"
"Yeah, clock's ticking," Chris added, pointing at his stopwatch.
Britney and Dave shared a look at one another and the music became tense, the camera zooming in as they puckered up and moved slowly towards each other.
"Time's up!" Chris announced just before they kissed, a sharp note playing as the shot cut outward to show the full and shocked line-up of the Confused Bears. "And since your lips never actually touched..." The camera panned down to Clucky as she stepped on their team's button, and another sharp note played as the six were electrocuted.
"Aww," Britney said dejectedly.
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"What am I doing?" she asked herself in the outhouse. "I'm supposed to be playing hard to get. That was not hard to get!"
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"Next up," Chris said over another close-up of the spinning reels, "Courtney! Doing...a scare," he announced as the reels stopped on the preppy girl and the flame respectively.
The shot briefly cut to the girl in question perking up before returning to the host. "Courtney," he said as tense music began to build, "for the point, you must... eat a bowl of gelatin."
Courtney smiled. "Is that all?" she asked confidently.
"Huh," Dave said as the camera panned over to him, "I thought these scares were supposed to be disgusting."
Chris laughed. "I haven't explained the twist yet. Chef?" he added impishly, shaking his stopwatch at the Bears.
The shot cut to Chef bringing a bowl of green gelatin to Courtney on the end of her team's log as the girl's eyes widened in shock. "Eat up," Chef told her, "you got thirty seconds."
The camera cut to a close-up of the prep trembling with fear, then to a close-up of the gelatin.
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"You know that movie?" Courtney asked the outhouse. "With all the dinosaurs in the theme park? And that one scene where the green jelly is just skaing on the girl's spoon right before another attack. Yeah, I was in daycare when I saw that and I've been terrified of green jelly ever since."
She took a deep breath. "But I refuse to let my team down. Someone on this team has to be focused on winning."
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A deep, dramatic note was struck as the challenge footage resumed on the close-up of Courtney with her eyes clenched shut and the gelatin now sitting on her lap.
"Come on," Geoff told her as the shot cut outward to show the campers next to her, "you can do it."
"It won't get any better if you keep waiting," Dawn added.
"Right," Courtney said before gulping nervously.
She suddenly opened her eyes, stared at the gelatin for a second, then cringed in disgust. "GET THIS STUFF AWAY FROM ME!" she shouted, tossing the bowl off her lap and scrambling off the log.
"Seriously?" Dave asked dryly, the bowl having landed on his head and gelatin covering his head and shoulders.
Britney swiped some from the boy's shoulders and popped it in her mouth. "I don't get it, lemon lime is like the best flavor."
"Interesting," Chris commented as the shot cut to him. "You can think about it while your team is being electrocuted."
The camera immediately cut back to the Bears as electricity once more coursed through their bodies. All six of them groaned as it ended. "I just couldn't do it...," Courtney said in shame.
The shot moved back to the monitor as the reels began to spin again – and soon landed on Brick and a halo. "Ready and willing sir," the soldier saluted as the focus moved to him and Clucky jumped up onto his lap. She clucked at him suspiciously and looked him in the eye, but he just snorted. "I won the honesty medal back home three years running."
"Brick," Chris began to read from his card, "out of everybody on the island, who best fits your compliant nature?"
"Compliant?" Brick answered in disbelief. "I'm large and in charge!"
A cluck drew the camera back to Brick and Clucky as the chicken got face-to-face with the startled soldier, staring him right in the eyes. After a moment she clucked in disdain, fluttered away, and landed next to the two remotes that were still on the ground. She stared back towards the Salmons as she pressed their button, and the shot promptly cut to them getting shocked again.
"Sorry Brick," Chris said from off-screen as the camera focused on the smoldering cadet, "but Clucky says you're lying."
"Aww man," Izzy said in disappointment as the shot zoomed back out.
"Way to go, man," Justin spat, and the cadet groaned.
"From here on in, I'm gonna suggest better team play," Chris said as the focus moved back to him. "Maybe then then the score will get higher than 1-1!" he added, the shot quickly cutting away to the scoreboard. "Remember what's at stake. The loosing team will be sending someone home! And while I don't know who that could be there's already a couple good candidates on each team." The shot cut first to the Salmons as Justin and Brick looked around in a defiant sort of sheepishness, then to the Bears to show B, Courtney, and Dave all hanging their heads in shame. "But hey!" Chris said brightly. "Anything can happen! It's on to the Lightning Round!"
A fast-paced an intense challenge theme began to play as the reels resumed spinning, quickly stopping on Britney and the flame. "Grab a wolf by the ears!" Chris announced. The footage immediately cut to a slow pan onto the forest with plenty of furious howls and snarls coming from off-screen. The camera finished its pan to show Britney, bruised and scratched and smiling proudly, holding a large, angry wolf by the ears.
The shot cut to the scoreboard as it became 2-1, then panned down to show the reels landing on B and a halo again. "Who is your least favorite teammate?" Chris asked with great enthusiasm, pointing to the boy and causing him to gulp nervously. The camera panned across his haggard and mostly glaring team as he darted his eyes around nervously. Clucky was shown moving over to their remote, and the seated Bears were soon shocked once more.
The reels began to spin once again, this time landing on Katie and another flame. "Beautify a bear!" Chris called out and the footage moved to the hot-blooded girl kneeling beside a bear lying on its back. She frantically applied dark eye shadow, red lipstick, and a bit of blush to it, and it soon sat up, looked at its reflection in a hand mirror, and grunted happily. The scoreboard promptly changed to 2-2.
A pan down to the monitors showed the reels landing on Cameron and a halo. "What is your most embarrassing memory?" Chris asked, and the the cut to the bubble boy rubbing his chin and looking up in thought.
"My mom made me wear a diaper until I was eleven," he explained unabashedly. As he spoke the camera panned to the left across his shocked and slightly mortified teammates, ending with a shot of both Chris and Clucky gaping in shock.
The shot cut to the scoreboard updating to 2-3 in the Salmons' favor.
Then the reels landed on B and a halo again, and the shot cut to the boy in question as he rolled his eyes.
The footage skipped over the question and inevitable failure, and the shot immediately cut to him and his teammates being shocked.
A cut back to the reels showed them landing on Geoff and a flame. "Okay Geoff, to get a point," Chris said as the scene moved to Chef bringing a tarantula to the haggard Bears, "you must take this live tarantula and-"
Geoff shrugged and grabbed the bug, then shoved it in his mouth and swallowed.
"Whoa! Whoa!" Chris exclaimed in shock, barely able to stop himself from vomiting. "All you had to do was pet it!"
"Oh," Geoff said blankly. "Do I still get the point?"
The shot cut to Chris, doubled over and trying to avoid puking. He took a deep breath, then resumed his usual posture and cleared his throat. "Yeah okay, uh, point for Team Maskwak!" he announced, a light triumphant tune playing as the scoreboard updated 3-3.
"After all this pain and anguish," Chris continued, the shot cutting outward to show him and Chef and Clucky standing between the two teams, "you're still tied. Makes it seem like it was all for nothing," he added thoughtfully as the camera slowly zoomed in on the depressed-looking Salmons. "And while I could do this all day," the shot panned across the similarly-downtrodden Bears before cutting to the grinning host, the remotes now in his hands, "seriously, I mean these are awesome!" he said excitedly, looking from one remote to the other before stowing them away behind his back. He took a breath. "It's time for the game to end," he announced, earning a sigh of relief from the Salmons. "Right after the Sudden Death Round!" he added with dramatic excitement, earning a gasp from the Bears.
"A player from each team will go head-to-head in a duel challenge," he explained. "Winner's team gets immunity. Loser's team gets shocked, and, sends someone home," he said with a sly smirk.
The shot cut to the monitor, now showing only one reel containing the faces of the Bears and nothing else. After a couple seconds it landed on B.
"Not again!" Courtney complained, slapping her hand against her forehead.
Dave crossed his arms and glared. "This is for the game Courtney," he said. "Could you try and be a little supportive?"
Courtney took a deep breath, then smiled. "You're right," she said sweetly. "Let's try and support the guy who only gets truth questions even though he doesn't talk to represent us in the final round!" she said, getting less sweet and more irritated with every word.
"Don't worry Courtney," Chris said as he walked over to the team. "In the sudden death round, there are no truths. Only scares."
"That means we still have a chance dudes!" Geoff said, prompting the team to cheer.
"Well that depends on if he can beat..." Chris said as the shot cut back to the reels, now showing only the faces of the Floating Salmons, "Izzy!"
A deep note played as the shot cut to Izzy's smile. "Allright," she cheered as she walked over to the host and B, "let's bring on the scares!"
B just crossed his arms and smirked.
Chris held up two cloth sacks – one in each hand, both tied shut. "The game is simple," he explained with his usual smile. "In each of these bags you'll find the opposing team's shock remote. First to undo the tightly-knotted string, get the remote, and shock the opposition, wins the day."
The shot cut outward as he handed the bags to B and Izzy. "Go!" he declared, and a deep and tense challenge theme began to play.
A close-up showed Izzy trying to untie her knot, a determined look on her face. It was followed by a close-up of B doing the same, pursing his lips as his large fingers tried to get a good grip on the string.
"Do it, B!" Courtney called out, drawing the camera to the Bears. "Remember what's at stake!" she added as Dave, Britney, and Geoff cheered.
The shot then cut to the Salmons, Cameron, Katie, and Brick all cheering Izzy on enthusiastically. "Yeah," Justin added halfheartedly, "don't let me get shocked again!"
"Oh no," Dawn cried as B was shown still fumbling to get a hold of the string. "His fingers are too big!"
"If you can't undo the string," Courtney called out from off-screen, prompting B to turn his head and the camera to cut back to her, "then find another way!"
The shot cut back to B as he smirked confidently, then renewed his efforts by attacking the knotted string with his teeth. The camera panned over to Izzy, who had loosened her knot but not untied it. "Urgh, why is this so tricky?" she griped in frustration as she kept pulling at the string.
The screen split in two, each side focusing in on one of the bags, and just as Izzy finished untying her knot with her fingers B simply pulled the entire string off the bag with his teeth. Both bags were opened, but the right side slid away and the camera pulled back as Izzy tried to dump out her remote.
"Oh no no no!"she cried as she fumbled and dropped it.
The shot cut to B holding up his remote with a grin. He slowly raised a finger to push the button, then the camera moved to Izzy half-bent over and gasping at her opponent, then back to B - his eyes closed in triumph - finally pressing his remote.
Izzy was shocked, as were the rest of the Salmons.
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A deep note played as the scene skipped ahead a little ways, the campers all seated. "What an interesting day," he said in a calm voice as a faintly victorious tune played. "Team Maskwak," he motioned to the winners, "as winners of Truth or Scare, you gain immunity," he said as he walked over to them. B sagged in relief. "You also get this week's fast food delivery," he took out a greasy paper bag, "courtesy of Humpty Dumpty's Meat Shack!" An elevator music tune began to play as the shot cut to the open bag lying on its side on an orange table; on the side of the bag was an image of an egg-shaped character sitting in a horseshoe despite the nursery rhyme never mentioning eggs. "At Humpty's all the king's horses feed all the king's men," Chris said as a few horses ran into the open bag, which then tipped upright.
The shot cut to the team in question as everyone gurgled in disgust and covered their mouths.
"Yeah," Chris told them as he stowed the bag with his own look of disgust. "Or if you want, Chef's grillin' fish. Team Kinosewak," he turned to the other team, "time to vote one of you off the island."
The five members of the Floating Salmon sighed and sagged in disappointment.
XXX
"We lost, and I didn't earn us a point," Justin said almost worryingly. "I need to do something about that..."
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A flash took the scene to Britney walking through the woods apparently by herself, until Dave ran up alongside her. "Ssooo," he opened, "crazy day, huh? I mean, we almost kissed back there..."
"Totally," Britney answered with a smile as the shot cut in closer, "really crazy." She stiffened slightly as her eyes widened, then she ran ahead down the path.
The camera lingered on Dave, and he sighed. "I wish I could figure her out," he said sadly as he started walking back in the other direction. "Is she into me, or not? I just wish she'd give me a sign. Any sign at all..."
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Another flash took the scene to just outside of the Salmons' bunker, the camera focused on Izzy. She sighed, then looked up as she came upon Justin - completely shirtless - walking in her direction.
"Hey Izzy," he said suavely. "Can we talk?"
The camera panned down his well-muscled torso as his leitmotif played.
Izzy just nodded with her mouth agape.
"It's about tonight's vote. I heard the others talking and they wanna send you home," he said.
Izzy didn't visibly respond.
"But I think we should send Cameron home instead, he just doesn't really fit in with the rest of us y'know?"
Once again, Izzy just nodded with her mouth agape.
"Great," Justin smiled. "Then I'll see you at the ceremony tonight." With that he walked away, leaving Izzy's eyes glued to his backside.
XXX
Justin started his confessional with a chuckle. "It's just too easy."
XXX
The footage cut ahead to nighttime, the moon high above the island. The opening of the elimination theme was cut short as the camera cut to the campfire area, the Salmons' logo appearing in the corner.
"The following Team Kinosewak members are safe," Chris opened. "Brick, Katie," the shot cut to the pair sitting on a log together and happily catching the marshmallows tossed their way, "and Izzy." The shot cut next to Izzy and Cameron sitting together on another log, the wildcard accepting her prize. The boy smiled at her, then froze and frowned in sudden realization as the dramatic music began to build.
"Cameron, you could be going home because you've been trying to convince everyone not to trust a teammate," the host explained from off-screen, Cameron sent a glare to the model sitting next to him, "and, you're not a very physically gifted player."
"Justin," the shot cut to the model as he raised an eyebrow, "you could be going home for getting your team shocked by refusing to tell a simple truth, and becaused some of your team doesn't seem to trust you."
Justin smirked. "So I noticed," he said smoothly.
"And tonight's human cannonball is...," Chris said with a bright smile, "Cameron!" The shot cut back to the bubble boy, his eyes widening as he gasped in shock. He looked to the side, and Justin smirked at him as he caught the final marshmallow in his open palms.
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The scene rotated to the Cannon of Shame, the camera focused on a scowling Cameron in the barrel, the somber farewell tune playing in the background. "I'm telling you guys you can't trust Justin," he said sharply. "He's the reason Sadie went home and he hasn't even done anything all season!"
A dull note played as the shot cut to his former teammates, Brick looking sheepish and awkward as Izzy looked down in shame and Katie rubbed a hand against her chin. Justin, meanwhile, simply crossed his arms and smirked.
"If you guys aren't careful," Cameron warned as the shot cut back to him. "You're all going home!"
"Yeah, just like you," Chris told him as he took out his remote and pressed the button.
Cameron was promptly shot screaming into the night.
Chris snorted as the shot moved back to him, and the capstone theme started up in the background. "Ten players left," he told the camera with his usual fake smile. "Find out which nine will get to hang, while one, goes bang. Next time, on Total! Drama! Paaaaahkitew Island!"
(Roll the Credits)
Author's Note Post Script: And so it happens that I had to eliminate Cameron. I noticed that he had significantly less potential than the other males, and especially the females. So I had in the earliest planning stages had him as the first boot, then second, then third. His final fate was decided when I finally came up with a plot. He was the first to notice Justin's villainy and was sent home because of it. Sorry to his fans, and to those expecting him and Izzy to become friends or even him to notice the strangeness with the island. This just... wasn't his time.
Oh and it was a bit contrived, but I managed to reveal B's real name.
Fun Fact: The backstory to Courtney's fear has real world roots. My own mother refuses to eat green jello because of the very scene in Jurassic Park that was described, and my aunt - a preschool teacher- once showed it to her class only knowing that it was about dinosaurs.
Not much to say about the challenge though. I never was good at these types.
And as always I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention something.
I hope you all enjoyed the episode, or some part of it.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDPI ELIMINATION TABLE:
14th Place: Anne Maria
13th Place: Jaxon
12th Place: Sadie
11th Place: Cameron