Recap: Last week on Total Drama Island, the contestants were brought to the Cerulean Gym, where they would be reunited with their digimon. Of course, in TDI File Loophole style, these digimon were not the same digimon the children have bonded and learned to fight side-by-side with. What? At least they were the same species! Anyway, the contestants go into this next challenge, thinking that they were going to train the digimon to fight against each other. But alas, little did they know that the digimon are the ones who end up taming the tamers! Before the challenge, the digimon train their partners on a martial art of their choice. While some choices were pretty obvious (*cough cough* Marcus *cough cough*), other choices were extremely shocking...literally. Rika claimed the title of Digimon Queen once again, and as a reward, earned the Cascade Badge. On the other hand, Izzy got sooo fried in the competition. At least he got an all-expense paid trip back home, courtesy of the Loser Cruiser Ship Resort!
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Project Runway
"So I'm pretty sure you guys have all heard that Lily's kinda, sorta, totally in jail...," Gennai said.
"Lily's in jail?!" everyone shrieked.
"Yeah... I guess the Cerulean Gym sisters didn't appreciate being gagged and locked up in a closet, so Lily will be gone for a while," Gennai said.
"When will she be back?" Kari asked.
"I don't know! The only thing I do know is that she didn't leave behind the rundown for this week's challenge," Gennai pouted.
"So we don't have to do anything for this week? Yayyyy!" Kazu squealed.
"No! Not yay! Since Lily left me hanging, the CEO of the FFNetwork threatened to bite my head off if I didn't come up with a challenge soon enough!" Gennai grumbled.
"So this is the end...," Tai said sadly.
"Awww, I guess we'll never know who the winner is," Kazu sighed.
"Oh yes we will! Everyone knows that it's gonna be me!" Matt winked.
"Hah," Rika snorted.
"The show's not over until the old man says so!" Gennai yelled.
"So what's your plan, old man?" Marcus crossed his arms.
"I was bingeing on reality TV shows last night, when an idea just came to me!" Gennai said.
"Great...don't tell me you're going to rip off of The Bachelor," Zoe groaned.
"No way! That's for another show, which will be starring me and only me...oh, and 12 hot chicks, with only 5 of them being single moms," Gennai said.
"Ew," Marcus made a face.
"You won't be saying eww when your mom's gonna be one of those lucky ladies," Gennai smirked.
"Seriously? Why can't you guys just leave my mom alone? Thomas tries to make moves on her, and now you too?" Marcus groaned. "Are you guys aware of the fact that my mom is happily married...to my dad?!"
"Oooh, playing hard to get. That minx," Gennai grinned.
"How hot is your mom?" Kazu asked.
"Is she a total MILF?" Kari eagerly looked at Marcus.
"What?! Do you guys expect me to come up with an opinion? You guys are sick! Sick!" Marcus turned pale.
"Hello? Can we just talk about the challenge?" Rika huffed.
"Aww, but it's not as fun as talking about MILFs," Gennai frowned.
"Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited you," Kazu sang.
"So what reality TV show gave you the inspiration for the next challenge?" Zoe asked.
"Is it The Apprentice?"
"The Voice?"
"The Last Comic Standing?"
"No, no, and god no!" Gennai shook his head.
"Then what is it?" Zoe asked.
"Because I don't want you guys to strain your brain muscles, I'll just tell you. Our next challenge is Project Runway!"
"Project Runway?" Matt asked. "But I don't know how to make clothes..."
"That's why it's called a challenge! If it was easy to do, then we would call it an easy," Gennai snapped.
"Geez," Tai grimaced.
"Now let's get down to business! You guys will make an outfit inspired by your digimon and you get to pick one of the eliminated contestants to model your creation!"
"That sounds easy enough," Zoe shrugged.
"Alas, but it's not! You guys will spend the whole day whipping up your outfits until 7 o'clock tonight," Gennai announced.
"What?! That's in four hours!" Marcus shrieked.
"And I'm pretty sure most of us know how to use a sewing machine, let alone tell the difference between cotton and leather," Kari protested.
"Then I'm surprised you made it this far," Gennai stuck his tongue at her. "Look, our guest judges really don't want to be waiting for you guys, so you better have your outfits done just in time for the fashion show. Your challenge starts...NOW!"
"Where are we supposed to start the challenge?" Tai asked.
"Oh, that's right! You guys gotta work in that warehouse," Gennai pointed to a rusty shack. A piece of tin roof squeaked and fell off. "Hurry along," he motioned the contestants over. "The models are waiting for you!"
"Whoa! I didn't expect to see you guys here!" Tai jumped back in surprise.
"Nice to see you too," Sora said.
"Dibs on Sora!" Matt smirked at Tai.
"No! I want Sora!" Tai said.
"Sorry, but Matt called her first," Gennai said.
"Grrr...," Tai growled.
"TK! Come with me!" Kari pulled TK by the hand and dragged him.
"Henry, I choose you," Rika said.
"Okay," Henry shrugged.
"Hey Taki...you're gonna be my little doll," Kazu smiled evilly.
"Rika? Help me?" Takato yelped.
"Hey Thomas," Marcus bumped fists with Thomas.
"The Ultimate Team is back," Thomas smiled.
"I guess I'll take you," Zoe sighed.
"Hey! You make it sound like you had no choice," Davis whined.
"Well...never mind," Zoe shook her head.
"Raise your arms to the side," Matt held up a tape measure.
"Like this?" Sora did what Matt said.
"Perfect," Matt smirked as he wrapped the tape around her ribcage.
"Look at that guy, thinking he's so cool with his coolness," Tai grumbled.
"Oww! Watch it!" Joe shrieked.
"My outfit has to be better than Matt's, it just has to!" Tai said.
"Ow! As much as I admire your determination, I would highly appreciate it if you could stop pricking needles into me like a voodoo doll!" Joe shrieked. "You don't even have any fabric to hold up!"
"I have to make something that will be easy to do. Something that's on my level, ya know?" Tai rubbed his chin.
"And how do you plan to do that?" Joe said.
"I don't know. It has to look Agumon-ish though," Tai looked around the warehouse.
"Why are you telling me? Gennai already told us what you guys have to do for this challenge," Joe said.
"I was hoping you could give me some ideas," Tai frowned.
"I'm not exactly a fashion expert, but maybe you should make an outfit that has orange in it," Joe shrugged.
"That's such a great idea! That's why I picked you," Tai poked Joe in the chest.
"This is gonna be one long challenge," Joe sighed. "Ow!"
Camera Confessions...
"I thought that after I got eliminated, I wouldn't be hurt in any more challenges. I was wrong," Joe poked himself in the arm. "I bet Gennai's enjoying this right now."
"I sure am," Gennai sipped away at a Long Island iced tea.
"You're a horrible person," Joe gasped.
"Hah hah!" Gennai let out an obnoxious laugh.
"Hey, hey, hey! I trademarked that laugh!"
"There is no such thing as trademarking a la- Chris McLean?!" Gennai accidentally spilled his drink.
"The one and only!" Chris rested his arm on Gennai's shoulder.
"Am I the only one who doesn't get to be by himself in a camera confession?" Joe sighed.
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you," Kari wrapped her arms around TK's neck.
"It's nice to see you again too," TK gently lifted Kari's arms off of him. "So what digimon are you going to make your outfit on?"
"I was thinking Angewomon," Kari said.
"What?!" TK spazzed.
"Just kidding! I just wanted to see your reaction," Kari giggled.
"You're evil, you know that?" TK chuckled.
"Why couldn't that be me?" Davis whimpered.
"Hey! When I say look straight, you look straight!" Zoe twisted Davis's face so that he faced her.
"I'm just sad," Davis sighed. "Why did she choose TK? I thought she loved me."
"Is someone jealous?" Zoe smirked.
"No. I'm just confused," Davis looked at his feet.
"I can't work like this," Zoe dropped her tape measure to the floor and rubbed her forehead.
"You can't work like what?" Davis picked his head up.
"I can't work with a pathetic, self-pitying model who's too stupid to realize his supposed girlfriend doesn't even care about him," Zoe crossed her arms.
"But I'm your model," Davis said.
"My point precisely," Zoe smirked. "You are the pathetic model."
"I am not!" Davis protested.
"Then why are you so focused on Kari and TK? If you think Kari loves you, then you shouldn't worry about her being with TK. Am I right?" Zoe smirked.
"I'm not worried about her. I just don't trust TK," Davis narrowed his eyes.
"I might not know TK that well, but I don't think he's the kind of guy who would mess around with another friend's girl," Zoe said.
"He's not," Davis sighed.
"Then what's the problem? Why can't you just be a still and quiet mannequin?" Zoe put her hands on her hips.
"I don't know...," Davis said softly.
"Let's just put this to rest. She doesn't care about you, okay?!" Zoe huffed.
"Yes she does," Davis said.
"Are you sure about that?" Zoe said. "If you were super positive, then you wouldn't be so paranoid."
"But you don't understand! Kari is the perfect girl. She's completely out of my league and she still chose to be my girlfriend," Davis said.
"No. I don't understand now, and I probably wouldn't understand that in a million years, even if I lived that long," Zoe laid some fabric on a table. "And she is out of your league. Even you can do better than her."
"No, don't talk about her like that," Davis gasped.
"I'll prove it to you. Just wait till she turns our way."
"What are you gonna do? Whatever you do, please don't kill me," Davis trembled.
"Shh," Zoe put her finger in front of her lips. "Okay, here goes!"
"Zoe? What are you-mmmm," Davis's eyes widened. Zoe pulled his head close and kissed him.
"Look," Zoe subtly pointed at Kari. "I know she saw us."
"It's as if nothing ever happened," Davis's jaw dropped.
"Are you satisfied now? You finally got your answer," Zoe picked up another roll of fabric.
"Yeah, I did," Davis mumbled.
"Now stand up straight. Nobody wants a slouchy model," Zoe said.
"Nobody wants a Davis," Davis frowned.
"That either," Zoe said.
"You're supposed to make me feel good about myself and say stuff like 'Stop being so ridiculous, Davis! Who wouldn't love you?' and stuff like that," Davis sadly said.
"I don't see why I have to. I'm not your mom," Zoe huffed.
"Oooh, Henry and Rika sitting in a tree, F-U-C-"
"Can it, nerdface!" Rika shook her fist at Kazu.
"I was just gonna spell fuchsia," Kazu whined.
"Leave him. He's not worth wasting your time on," Henry said.
"I guess you're right about that," Rika lowered her fist.
"That's cold. I thought we were friends," Kazu whined.
"No, you're Takato's friend. We just try putting up with you for his sake," Henry calmly said.
"Hey! He's just a guy I trade Digimon cards with," Takato said.
"That's really cold," Kazu frowned. "Whatever, I got all your measurements done. You can talk with your cool friends about how you're not friends with me."
"Kazu! I didn't mean it like that," Takato turned red. "You know I'm terrible at phrasing things!"
"Whatever," Kazu picked up his sewing kit.
"I just meant to say that you were annoying," Takato said.
"Oh, aren't you such a nice guy. I guess I'll be alone. It is where I was meant to be," Kazu tucked his fabric under his arms and walked away.
"Good. Glad you understand," Rika held a clothespin in her mouth.
"You deserve it, especially since you voted Kenta off," Henry said.
"Henry! Look at you being mean. I like it," Rika smiled.
"You guys are horrible," Takato said.
"I was just stating the truth. He deserves everything he gets because that's what he gives to other people," Henry crossed his arms. "I call it a taste of his own medicine."
"What is that? Some kind of half-Chinese thing?" Kazu scoffed.
"It's more of a if-you-don't-leave-I'm-gonna-kick-your-ass sorta thing. Now get lost," Rika said.
"Fine, I will!" Kazu turned his nose up in the air and walked away.
"Gahhh! I sewed the fabric onto my hand AGAIN!" Marcus held up his bloody hand.
"Marcus, don't you have any common sense?" Thomas sighed.
"Yeah! Tryin' to say I don't?" Marcus growled.
"Look, I'm only supposed to be your model, but can I offer some suggestions?" Thomas said.
"Sure, but let me give you a piece of advice first. Get rid of that yarmulke!" Marcus yelled.
"I've tried, but it won't come off. This glue is too strong," Thomas tugged at the Jewish beanie.
"Here, I'll take it off. No glue is too strong for me," Marcus cracked his knuckles.
"No, Marcus. I'm fine," Thomas stepped back.
"You act like I have to rip the damn thing from your head. I'm just gonna cut the hair under the yarmulke," Marcus picked up a pair of shears.
"No thank you," Thomas said.
"Come on! Do you want that yarmulke stuck to your head for the rest of your life?" Marcus twirled the scissors on his finger.
The Inner Workings of Thomas's Imagination...
"Ha hah! I beat you in chess again!" said a muscular old guy. He was wearing a black motorcycle jacket, distressed jeans, and his long, gray hair was tied in the back.
"That's preposterous! You're probably cheating!" an old man with white hair pounded his fist on the table. He had on glasses, a green sweater vest, and a pair of tan slacks.
"He's not cheating, Grampy," a young blond boy in an identical outfit said.
"You're choosing sides!" the old guy in the sweater vest pointed a finger at his grandson.
"No, I'm not! I'm sorry, Grampy!" the kid burst out in tears and ran away.
"Heh heh, nice one there. And I'm the one who has anger issues. I bet it's hot underneath that yarmulke," the old man in the motorcycle jacket sneered.
"That's it Marcus! Enough with your hogwash prattle and let's do a rematch!" the old man in the sweater vest knocked all of the pawns down.
"We've done 73 rematches and I won all of them and frankly, I'm getting tired of it. Remember when you used to be the genius?" Marcus yawned.
"I still am a genius," Thomas protested.
"A genius whose brain is slowly deteriorating. And that yarmulke is only speeding up the process. Tell me, how hot is it underneath that thing?" Marcus smirked.
"Stop trying to psyche me out!" Thomas yelled.
"What? I'm just concerned. What if you get heat stroke?" Marcus said.
"You just want me to die so you can have my tapioca pudding!" Thomas yelled.
"Are you kidding? Then who am I going to beat at chess with?" Marcus said.
"Gahhhh!" Thomas clutched the sides of his face.
"How about we go inside and play Yahtzee?" Marcus got up from his seat and placed his hand on Thomas's shoulder. "You can have my tapioca pudding."
"Okay," Thomas moped and shuffled his way inside.
*End Scene*
"No," Thomas sighed.
"Then come over here," Marcus patted a wooden chair.
"Okay, okay. Just be careful, and I mean really careful. Not your standard of careful, if you even have one," Thomas said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Just relax," Marcus stood behind Thomas and tried to pick up the yarmulke. "Geez, this thing is so stubborn! It's like it's glued to your scalp..."
"Oww, oww! This is great!" Thomas said. "There has to be a painless way to fix this!"
"There is," Marcus said.
"Let's hear your bright idea then," Thomas crossed his arms.
"Convert to Judaism," Marcus laughed.
"Oh, that's really helpful, Marcus!" Thomas snapped.
"Just for that, I'm not taking the yarmulke off!" Marcus yelled. "Now be a good doll while I throw a bunch of fabric on you!"
"I can feel my head sweating underneath this cap," Thomas grumbled.
"Shhh!" Marcus threw a sheet of orange fabric on top of Thomas.
"And...time! Put your supplies down!" Gennai yelled.
"Aww," everyone groaned.
"I'm just gonna touch this up," Matt grabbed a spool of thread.
"No Matt! You are not going to feel anything up! We've got a fashion show starting in a minute!" Gennai snatched the thread from Matt and threw it to the other side of the room. "Now chop chop! The crew's expecting you backstage. Vamoose, rapido, andiamo," Gennai pushed the kids out of the back room.
"Ahhhh!"
"What the hell, Marcus?!" Gennai barked.
"It's nothing," Marcus jumped in front of Thomas.
"Stop bullying your friend and get going!" Gennai yelled.
"Okay okay, sheesh. Come on, Nerdstein," Marcus huffed.
"I don't necessarily appreciate that nickname," Thomas said.
"What's that, Nerdstein?" Marcus smirked.
"Unbelievable," Thomas shook his head.
"Alright, is everyone here?" Gennai did a quick head count. "Okay, good. I'm gonna pass down these numbers. These numbers will represent your designs, so that the judges can't tell who did which design. They don't know anything about your outfits being inspired by your digimon, so everything's basically anonymous to them," Gennai handed buttons to everyone.
"Quick question!" Kazu raised his hand.
"This better be quick," Gennai impatiently crossed his arms.
"Okay, if there are only seven of us, then how am I number 9?" Kazu held up his button.
"That is the number 6," Gennai turned the button upside-down. "Someone switch numbers with him! Now if you excuse me, someone has a fashion show to be the star of!" Gennai clicked his teeth.
"Hello! Welcome to the first annual TDI File Island Project Runway Competition, where Seven hopefuls will show off their designs and look to the approval of our guest judges! Put your hands together for Taiki Kudo*, who likes to be called Mikey...,"
*applause*
"Thanks!" Mikey smiled.
"Psst...pssst," Kazu tried to get everyone's attention.
"What is it?" Matt droned.
"Don't you think that guy looks like if Tai and Davis had a baby?" Kazu pointed at Mikey.
"Don't point! That's rude," Thomas said.
"But he's right," Sora peeked through the curtain.
"Lemme see!" Tai nudged everyone so he could get a clear view. "No...freakin'...way. Davis, you really gotta check this out," Tai moved Davis over.
Mikey had spiky brown hair and goggles on his head. He wore what looked like a red soccer jersey that was white on the side and had a knockoff Adidas logo on the chest. He also had on khaki shorts, and a stack of rubber bracelets on his arm.
"That is pretty creepy...," Marcus made a face.
"It's like a spawn of Stupid," Rika groaned.
"And give a round of applause to...Tagiru Agashi*. He doesn't have a nickname yet, but that's totally okay," Gennai said.
"'Sup?" Tagiru winked at the audience.
"I wonder if that kid is as stupid as he looks," Rika snorted.
"You really shouldn't say that someone is stupid-looking," TK frowned.
"Even if he does look stupid," Kari said.
But in fact, Tagiru did look stupid. Like Mikey, he also had spiky brown hair, except that he had a red streak in the middle. He wore a blue shirt that had a golden crescent and star on the front and a sun patched on the shoulder, and gray shorts. The only reason he looked stupid was because he had a goofy smile plastered on his face and goggles resting off the top of his head.
"Give a round of applause to...Ryouma Mogami*!" Gennai boomed.
*applause*
"She looks stylish," Sora noted.
"She's pretty in a high-fashion sorta way," Zoe agreed.
"Nah, she's not curvy enough for me," Tai said.
"She's way too skinny," Matt nodded.
"Hey Matt. She's got your smile," TK pointed out.
"No she doesn't...," Matt trailed off.
"Oh my gosh, she totally does!" Kazu gasped.
"You're an idiot. What do you even know?" Matt snapped.
"As much as I want to agree with you, I'm afraid that I'm gonna go with Kazu on this," Henry shook his head.
"I love you!" Kazu gave Henry a big bear hug.
Ryouma's short, wispy, silver hair fell gracefully into her eyes. She wore a tailored midnight-blue blazer with a zipper in the back, matching dress slacks, black sneakers, and a watch.
"Hey, can I call you Ryan for short?" Gennai asked.
"No," Ryouma curtly said.
"Whatever. The dubbers will change your name anyways," Gennai muttered.
"Oh my gosh! He's a guy!" Davis gasped.
"Or she could have smoked too many cigarettes?" Takato shrugged.
"No, she's totally a guy! Look at that Adam's apple! It's like he swallowed a golf ball," Kari whispered.
"Gross...I think I'm gonna be sick," Joe said.
"Whatever you do, don't get sick on my outfit!" Tai threatened.
"And our final guest judge...drumroll please?" Gennai looked over to his sound effects crew.
*ratattatatatata!*
"Yours truly, Mimi Tachikawa!" Gennai announced.
"Glad to see you all again," Mimi took a seat next to Ryouma. She was wearing a green, lacy top and her hair was a nice shade of brown. "Actually, not really. I'd rather have stayed in the competition," she crossed her arms.
"Now now, Mimi! The past has already passed. That's why it's called the past," Gennai said.
"Where did he get that from? The Corniest Phrases Day-by-Day Calendar?" Rika scoffed.
"It's a clever quote, don't you think? I got it from my Inspirational Idioms of the Day Calendar," Gennai beamed.
"You're creepy, you know that?" Tai looked astonished at Rika.
"And you're stupid, but I'm hoping you know that," Rika scoffed.
"Okay everyone, time to shut up and get into your seats!" an intern ushered them into the audience.
"You're a meanie!" Tai mouthed to Rika. She simply smirked back.
"Now that we've got all of the intros out of the way, let's get on with the show! Each of our contestants will send a model down the runway, and it is up to the judges to grade each outfit. At the end of the show, the judges will deliberate and pick which outfits they liked best and which outfits should be sent to the reject pile! Are we ready to get the party started?" Gennai hollered.
"YEAAAHHHH!" the audience chanted.
"For our first outfit, we have Sora modeling a blue zebra-print minidress that barely leaves anything to the imagination! We're not complaning though," Gennai asked.
"I am! How could you dress her up like a whore?" Tai punched Matt in the arm.
"What? I was just working with what I had. It's pretty hard to do when you only have a couple feet of fabric," Matt hissed.
Hours earlier...
"Hey," Matt motioned TK over.
"Yeah?" TK tilted his head to the side.
"Can you do me a favor and throw this away?" Matt dropped a whole stack of blue zebra-print fabric in TK's arms.
"Why?" TK asked.
"Uh...because it's ugly?" Matt said. "I'll give you ten bucks..."
"Okay," TK shrugged and took the fabric with him.
"Oh no, they're whispering! That can't be good," Kazu gasped.
"Can it!" Matt said.
"So what do you guys think?" Gennai pointed to Sora.
"I like it!" Mikey grinned.
"At first I thought you looked like a mess, but I'm gonna go with Mikey on this. You look hot! Thumbs up!" Tagiru nodded.
"Not really feeling this. Have you thought about where you could even wear a monstrosity like this?" Ryouma crossed his arms in disapproval.
"Like totally. Whoever designed this has like totally tacky taste," Mimi wriggled her nose in disgust.
"Wow, Meems. Someone's being exceptionally harsh today," Gennai grimaced. "I would have thought you'd like this outfit."
"And I thought I would win this competition," Mimi pouted. "Besides, that outfit is like so tacky!"
"Your clothes are tacky," Matt muttered.
"Sorry to disappoint, but I have a feeling that this is as good as it'll get. If it makes you feel any better, you guys will get to decide who goes home tonight...," Gennai said.
"That does make me feel better," Mimi smiled.
"I don't know. I feel bad that the fate of others depends on me. I don't want anybody to lose because of me," Mikey frowned.
"Sissy," Ryouma snorted.
"Now now, let's leave the name calling for the jungle gym," Gennai shook his head. "Our next model up is... Joe! He's my favorite guy," Gennai cackled.
"Can I just stay behind the curtain? I have stage fright...," Joe whimpered.
"NO!" Gennai dashed to the end of the runway and pulled Joe across. Joe was wearing an orange T-shirt with a happy face scrawled on it. He was also wearing brown khaki shorts, and black sneakers.
"What is that?" Ryouma winced.
"No that's just wrong," Tagiru shook his head.
"Well, I think it's cool! I would wear it," Mikey said.
"Then I would wear it too! Not because I wanna copy you, but because I think it's cool too," Tagiru changed his mind.
"You think that's cool?" Mimi grimaced. "Anybody could buy a T-shirt and draw a face on it!"
"That's true...," Tagiru trailed off.
"But don't you like it?" Mikey asked.
"Uh...," Tagiru bit at his fingernail.
"I think it's stupid, don't you?" Ryouma badgered Tagiru.
"Uh...," Tagiru frantically looked around the room.
"You really shouldn't have to think too hard about this. Even that blue dress is better than that stupid shirt!" Mimi got in Tagiru's face.
"Excuse me, everyone," Tagiru calmly got up from his seat. "GAAAHHHHH!" he dashed off before anyone could move a muscle.
"You better come back here or I'm gonna break those goggles!" Gennai yelled after him.
"Okay...," Tagiru shuffled his way back to his seat.
"Thank you!" Gennai huffed. "TK, your turn!"
"That's okay. I'm fine back here..."
"What is it with all of you guys acting so camera shy? For crying out loud, you guys were filmed nonstop for weeks. What's the change now?" Gennai grumbled as he pulled TK by the wrist.
"Oh...," Mikey's jaw dropped.
"My...," Ryouma covered his face.
"God...," Mimi said in awe.
"Whoa...," Tagiru whimpered. "Do I have to look at this?"
"Duh! You guys have to judge the outfits, so you gotta look at them all," Gennai frowned.
"Well, it's definitely an interesting outfit," Mimi giggled as she eyed TK. TK was wearing a white corset with pink ribbon trimmings, white short shorts, white high-heeled boots with silver studs on them, black belts strapped around his thigh, and white wings.
Camera Confessions...
"Kari is pure evil," TK struggled to take off his wings.
"Can you guys just hurry up so I can hide?" TK bit his lip.
"No," Gennai stood next to him. "Do you guys like this?"
"You look like an angel," Mikey winced.
"No man should ever wear this," Ryouma shook his head.
"I think it's cute. It does give you some volume," Mimi put her hand on her chest.
"Not funny," TK narrowed his eyes at her.
"Yeah, you do look...bigger," Tagiru said.
"I gotta go now," TK stomped out of the runway.
"Next up!" Gennai hollered.
Henry walked down the runway. He was wearing a yellow blazer with the sleeves rolled up, purple jeans, a white v-neck shirt, purple fingerless gloves, and a white scarf hanging off his neck.
"No," Mimi said firmly.
"What's wrong with it? I think it's a clean cut look. If I liked wearing colors, I would wear this," Ryouma said.
"Yellow and purple? Is he rooting for the LA Lakers? Because there is no other reason why purple and yellow should be in the same outfit," Mimi scoffed.
"This outfit is too... Ryouma," Tagiru said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ryouma flashed Tagiru an evil look.
"I think he was just trying to say it's a very stylish outfit," Mikey said.
"I want to hear what he has to say though," Ryouma looked at Tagiru with piercing eyes.
"Hey, is that an airplane?" Tagiru tried to change the subject.
"You're not getting off that easy...," Ryouma bore his eyes at him.
"Thank you, Henry," Gennai said. "Next!"
"What the...?"
"Did you get beaten up before you got here?" Gennai asked.
"No," Davis slumped.
"Then why do you look like someone mugged you for your lunch money?" Mikey asked.
"Someone mugged my heart," Davis sighed. He wore a lavender v-neck, a dark lavender vest (which was held up by safety pins), and silver jeans (which also happened to be held together by safety pins).
"Stupid, stupid!" Zoe quietly facepalmed herself. "Why did I have to be stuck with him?"
"Because you didn't pick someone else quick enough," Kari whispered in Zoe's ear.
"You bitch!" Zoe sprung up from her seat and slapped Kari hard across the face.
*cricket cricket*
"Ouch, that must hurt," Mikey bit his lip.
"That slap was so hard, I felt it," Tagiru rubbed his cheek.
"Nah, that was me," Ryouma smirked.
"How are those two still in the competition and I'm not?" Mimi crossed her arms.
"What's done is done! Now get over it!" Gennai yelled. "As for this outfit, we can all agree that it makes a statement."
"Yeah, and that statement is 'I didn't have enough time to sew everything together'," Ryouma smirked.
"And those colors sooo don't go with Davis's complexion! Whose bright idea was it to make his outfit silver and purple? It totally washes him out!" Mimi ranted.
"Okay, you can go backstage now," Gennai shooed Davis away. "Next! Oh my gosh, it's Thomas! He's soooo hot!"
"Thank you?" Thomas blushed as he walked down the runway. He was wearing an torn-up orange shirt with blue fabric underneath, a red belt strapped criss-crossed on his chest, and blue jeans.
"That's a pretty cool shirt," Mikey nodded his head.
"He makes that shirt look cool. I want it," Tagiru said in awe.
"Not impressed," Ryouma kicked his feet up on the table. "It looks like someone just ripped up an orange shirt and put it over a blue shirt."
"You know what? He's right...," Tagiru said. "Mimi?"
"Thomas, you look like a dream," Mimi giggled, not paying attention to his outfit.
"Thanks, Nerdstei- Norstein!" Gennai patted Thomas on the back and signaled Takato over.
"Wow!" Mikey gaped.
"Double wow!" Tagiru nodded.
"Oh my gosh!" Mimi gasped.
"That's nice," Ryouma nonchalantly said.
Takato walked down the runway with his hair slicked back, and wearing a shiny, silky, burnt orange button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a brown tie, spray-painted bronze jeans, and a brown belt.
"You look so cute! I just want to kidnap you and take you to my room-" Mimi gushed.
"Whoa, whoa Mimi! This is a PG-13 show!" Gennai said.
"What? I was just gonna say that I was gonna take him to my room and add him to my stuffed animal collection. What did you think I was going to say?" Mimi blinked.
"Oh, nothing! But she's right. Takato, you look so cute!" Gennai grabbed Takato by the face.
"Thanks?" Takato said through squished cheeks.
"Okay, now all the models get up here!" Gennai yelled. Sora, Joe, Henry, TK, Davis, and Thomas lined up on the stage next to Takato. "Time for you judges to choose your favorite and your least favorite outfits! Designers, head backstage!"
"Oh my god, oh my god, I might pee myself," Kazu bit on his nails.
"I already did...," Matt said.
"Gross!" everyone shrieked.
"Whatever. I'm training to be an astronaut. Might as well get used to the feeling of hot pee on my leg," Matt shrugged.
"Uh huh...that's why," Tai rolled his eyes.
"Don't make me sit on you! My pants are wet!" Matt threatened.
"Shhh! I'm trying to listen to what they're saying!" Kari pressed her ear against the door.
"That's not how you do it. This is how you do it," Zoe put on a stethoscope and put the chestpiece on the door.
"Where did you even get that thing?" Marcus asked.
"I swiped it from Thomas's first aid kit," Zoe said. "Joe also brought a first aid kit with him, but his tools were just plastic toys."
"Figures," Rika rolled her eyes.
"So what are they saying?" Matt asked.
"I don't know...seems like they're done judging though. Act natural," Zoe threw the stethoscope across the room.
"Hey guys! Ready to face your doom?" Gennai asked.
"Not really," Kazu wiped his sweaty palms on his pants.
"Well, too bad!"
"As you can see, our designers are standing right next to their models. This is it...here is the moment where we find out who made the cut, and who will be cut. Here are our guest judges: Mikey Kudo, Tagiru Agashi, Ryouma Mogami, and Mimi Tachikawa!" Gennai said. "Mimi, what have you guys decided on?"
"The choice was pretty hard. There were a couple of hits, misses, and in betweens, but we finally came to an agreement," Mimi said. "And the candidates who will make it to the next round are...number 7..."
"Nyah nyah!" Kari stuck her tongue out at Zoe.
"You bitch!" Zoe said through her teeth.
"YES! That means I can finally take this off," TK threw his wings off his back and walked away.
"Number 2...," Ryouma said.
"The Ultimate Team strikes again!" Marcus high-fived Thomas.
"Number...1!" Tagiru called out.
"I knew I'd make it through," Rika casually led Henry off the runway.
"Number 6...," Mikey said.
"We did it, baby!" Matt picked Sora up and spun her around.
"We did it, baby...," Tai quietly mocked Matt.
"Tai, Zoe, Kazu. Please step up," Ryouma said.
"One of you guys created the best outfit, one of you guys created the worst outfit, and one of you guys made an outfit that was in-between," Mimi said.
"As a little reward, the winner of this challenge gets a $50 gift card to Primary Colors Bakery," Tagiru held up a card.
"And like usual, the loser gets to go home," Mikey frowned.
"Kazu, step up!" Mimi said.
*gulp*
"You are the proud winner of this challenge!" Tagiru handed Kazu his gift card.
"I never thought you had it in you," Gennai shook his head.
"Neither did I! I would have never guessed you had a sense of style...especially with that visor of yours," Mimi said.
"Well, I do have good taste," Kazu winked.
Camera Confessions...
"At first, I only read fashion magazines for the almost naked models, but then I started getting interested in the clothes," Kazu said. "But it's still nice to see Rika's mom on the advertisements, heh heh."
"Now it's down to you two," Mikey tapped on his goggles.
"I don't think we need to give you any reasons of why you guys are on the bottom two," Ryouma said.
"Please be Zoe, please be Zoe," Kari closed her eyes and crossed her fingers.
"Did you guys think that you could pull this over on us?" Mimi tapped her fingers against the table.
"It looks like you didn't have enough time to make something passable, so you just threw something together," Ryouma sat up straight.
"Holy crap! It does look like that!" Tagiru exclaimed.
"I feel like a jerk for saying this, but you two had the worst outfits out of everyone," Mikey said.
"Zoe...," Mimi said.
"Yeah?" Zoe trembled.
"You're safe from this week's elimination," Ryouma said. "Tai, you've been cut!"
"What? But why?" Tai asked.
"Anybody could scribble a face on a t-shirt!" Ryouma scoffed.
"You're an ass," Tai flipped him off.
Last words...
"They're just jealous because I kept it simple!" Tai pouted.
"I think everyone else would call it BS-ing," TK said.
"TK?! Where's the cameraman?" Tai sprung up from his seat.
"Beats me. Davis handed me the camera, and I have no idea where he went...," TK said. "But did you think you could take the easy way out this time around?"
"Yeah! It's worked for me all the time! It was fool-proof!" Tai said.
"Hmm...remember our challenge at Primary Village?" TK asked.
"What about it?" Tai growled.
"Your team took the 'easy way' out of that one too, and you guys ended up losing that challenge," TK reminded Tai.
"That was one time, and it was Takuya's idea, not mine!" Tai protested.
"But you still went with it," TK said.
"Shut up! At least I didn't dress up like a Victoria's Secret angel!" Tai smirked,
"You need to do something about that. Your sister is evil!" TK yelled.
"You take that back!" Tai lunged toward TK.
*static*
*Disclamer: Thanks to Sorian Khrailite for suggesting bringing some Xros Wars guys to drop by the competition! Unfortunately, since I never watched Xros Wars (I don't do reading subs, so I'll wait for the dub and pray that it's just as good/accurate as the original Japanese), these guys might be out of character. I tried to portray these guys as best as I can for a person who only went as far as reading the character wiki pages. Nonetheless, I thought that bringing the Xros Wars guys were a good idea, so I just had to bring them in. What did you guys think?
(PS: Why they did dub it Digimon Fusion? Digimon Xros Wars sounds so much more badass...)