Hey guys! JMbuilder here!
And here we go for another chapter. .I made it when I wasn't progressing much on my other Total Drama fanfic soo here's the result.
Here we know what will happen: Japan, panda, pinball, advertisement, Harold's idea, and such. But, what will happen now that Zeke can interfere on what will happen? We'll see.
But first... Reviews:
- Anthony Staffenhagen: Thank you. I treat my fanfics with a freestyle. And yeah: There are more of that type of plot about focusing on the main character but thanks again anyway;
- Jss2141: Thank you for wanting to keep reading. (Second part of your review will be kind-of answered at the end of this Author Note);
- MatiasND: Thanks! I didn't understand the relation between the symbol on the team's badge and the Amazon name soo I decided to change to one that made sense. First, I thought of Team Fire but I saw that was taken by another fanfic that I forgot the name soo I used a synonym. Also, breaking the 4th wall is one of the best parts of a show. And nobody finds it strange because only he can listen to me (Besides Sierra due to the first chapter, of course, unfortunately). I thought that by just saying "Plaza" people could already connect it to Plaza des Losers but I guess that it wouldn't be the case. I will change it. And don't be like that. Pointing out mistakes helps me fix the story to make it better;
- Fritz Electroscreech: Thanks dude. And about the Gwody... Nah. Sorry dude. I wouldn't mind reading a story but, like with Ezekiel about Bridgette, I want it to turn into a short-lived crush. In Cody's case though will be different as Gwen isn't dating. Sierra is creepy, yes but even that it wasn't TV-PG, it wouldn't go that far. Surely hope that Sierra has her limits. Yeah: It would avoid Courtney be whiny due to the whole love triangle debacle but due to my opinion on Gwody that I stated above, it will still be a no. Sorry again.
- SilentSinger948: I'm happy that you are happy for Zeke. You will see more! I promise!
- Guest (1): The "odd couple" thing is not a bad idea but shipping Sierra with Zeke. It's a BIG NO! They wouldn't work at all.
And... What the heck happened on the review section?!? There was a whole discussion between guests (Idk it's two or three people or whatever). Let's try to break it off:
1. Like I said with Sierra, Cody would have its limits. If you look on the show, you see that, besides the creepiness, Cody is an alright character and isn't much annoying, unlike Sierra.
2. No wonder the only guest with a custom name "Fritz" thought that a guest meant taken pictures of girls in bed. Where people normally sleep?
3. I had to research about taking a photo of Gwen sleeping and... It's true. But my point about him still stands.
4. To the last guest to review: Thanks for your opinion and you're right. We don't need unnecessary negativity in the reviews section. The only criticism with respect shall be either in saying that it is good or criticizing something I did bad. Insults? Swearing? Saying that it's terrible without pointing out why? That doesn't make sense to me to consider them as real "criticism".
Phew... Answering was tiring... Maybe it's due to not being used to have many reviews.
Anyways, before reading, I thank again to Jss2141 for helping me with the song of this episode too. I might ask for help again. You're great for helping me on changing some stuff of the song.
Now... Read. Enjoy!
Chapter 3 - Pinball and Ad: Japan Edition
- "I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!"
That's what Ezekiel, his team, and the other losing team from the last challenge heard during the whole flight. When he was on the 1st Class, when Chris was explaining how this season would work, he saw that there was enough stuff to distract themselves during the flights they would have to take.
Now on the economy class? The only distraction they could have was talking with the others... And Owen's panicking due to his fear of flying.
On a positive note, the homeschool had a good sleep. While it was still uncomfortable sleeping while strapped on the wall and sitting on one of the economy class's benches, it is far better than in the cargo hold.
I mean... Anything is better than the cargo hold. But coming back to the story...
- "Stop sweating and yelling, lunchbox." - Noah was tired of Owen yelling and also grossed out due to some of his sweating, at the goofball shaking himself, targetting him and the rest of his teammates, making him tell this to Owen. - "Air travel is like the 15th safest mode of transportation." - Very reassuring... (Sarcasm intended and he would understand if he could hear me). - "Unless you're in a death trap."
At the same time, he said "death trap", some cardboards that were stoned to one of the economy class's walls, broke apart, making said wood be sucked by the wind of outside, revealing a hole.
- "This one for example!" - Noah exclaimed with a terrified expression.
Everybody grabbed the benches to avoid being sucked out of the window too. Leshawna was a special case as she was holding for her dear life due to being sucked and she was almost giving up due to the wind being too much.
- "This is not how Leshawna is going to leave this world!" - She yelled with determination.
However, the determination was quickly replaced by fear as her hands gave up and were going to be sucked through the hole. And the keyword is "was" as she was saved at the last second by Alejandro, that grabbed her hand to not let her die.
- "Such beauty will not fall through giant airplane holes on my watch!" - He declared as he held her firm to not let her fly away.
The homeschool rolled his eyes as I did the same with my eyes. His manipulation by making this kind of behavior and being handsome works very well. It even makes it look so easy.
At least, now that he wasn't voted off the last episode, he could start planning a way of spoiling his plans. But the question was how to do it.
Anyway, at some point, Owen's harnesses ripped apart, making him being sent to the hole. Good news? He was big enough to cover the whole hole, making everyone else safe. Bad news? Number one: For now. And... The number two was obvious: He didn't feel comfortable being the new "hole cover".
- " I could have done that." - Harold stated about Alejandro's rescue to the rest of the sitting teammates as Leshawna thanked the Spaniard by hugging him. - "I just prefer to leave the ladies wanting more."
The homeschool internally snickered at this and also saw Lindsay giggling at Harold's words.
- "She wants more, I get it." - DJ agreed. Then, he takes his hands to his chin to add in a joking flattered tone: - "More Alejandro!"
- "Oh DJ... You know nothing about women."
- "You can put me down now." - Leshawna told to the Spaniard as she was still being held by him. - "I mean... If you want or not... Your choice. Because... This is nice!"
Zeke snickered again while DJ glanced at Harold with an "mm-hmm" sound and saying "nothing".
- "Uh... Guys?" - Owen informed everyone in the economy class as he started feeling pain due to still being sucked out of the plane. - "Not that this isn't fascinating at all but... GAH! HELP! MY BUTT IS BEING SUCKED OUT OF THE PLANE!"
Before anyone could try to help him somehow, Chris's voice was heard from the loudspeaker of the plane:
- "This is your captain speaking! It's time for everyone to join me in the common area! And I mean EVERYONE."
Well... Better get going.
- "Yeah, eh." - Ezekiel told me.
After some time, everyone was gathered at the dining area. Team Chris and Team Creative were able to help Owen by making a human cord with DJ holding the door that connected the economy class with the dining area and Alejandro grabbing Owen's hands. After pulling him out of the hole, they all tried their best to take everyone out and close the door. It took some time with even Chris having to order Chef to help while taking temporary control on the plane. Not because the host cared but yes because without most of the cast, he might be sued by the families and the show would be over and he would get no paycheck.
He would deserve that. And everyone else would agree with me.
Anyways, with all teams gathered and Chef back controlling the plane again, Chris walked to all the contestants to announce:
- "Welcome to today's challenge! It's-"
- "Is it a reward or an elimination challenge?" - Harold interrupted to ask.
- "Good question, Harold. Like I'm gonna answer that!"
This time, due to the last episode having only one contestant being eliminated, Tyler didn't make any comment about what he believed to be today's type of challenge.
- "And I hope you all brought your giant radioactive monster repellent." - Chris warned the teams. - "Because we are about to land in... JAPAN!"
At these words, Chef broke down the door connecting to the elimination ceremony area wearing a ninja costume and holding a katana with his mouth. My only question was what he did to make the plane have autopilot mode.
- "Gosh guys! That's totally a Chinese outfit!" - Harold pointed out with a glare.
- "Thank you, Harold." - Chris told him that. - "But we forgot about the costumes at the last minute and we had to improvise." - Zeke had to add another thing he didn't hear from hiding on the plane. - "Anyway, remember the main rule: Anyone who doesn't sing-"
- "You just- You'd really think you'd work harder to get it right? Why you didn't prioritize for respect of culture?!?"
- "Harold! Shut it! Anyone who doesn't sing is immediately disqualified!"
- "Your cultural insensitivity is just- Gosh!"
- "I don't think you are getting anywhere, eh." - Ezekiel told him.
- "Unfortunately..."
After this happens, Chris gives an evil look to Chef, who replied with a nod. Them, the co-host runs to one of the plane's doors to slash it in pieces with the katana. With this... All teams are sucked out of the plane.
With all the contestants screaming while free falling, nothing could be worse-
*BING!*
Come on! I have to stop saying these words at the worst times!
- "Seriously?!?" - Noah yelled.
- "Sing and I might think about saving your butts!" - They all hear Chris yelling at them with a megaphone. - "Maybe you'll try harder this time, no?"
Before We Die
Courtney:
We're singing as we're falling!
Heather:
While some are cannon-balling!
Izzy:
Yeah!
Alejandro:
Our lives begin to flash before our eyes!
Owen and Noah:
We might just go kablooey!
Harold, Tyler, and Ezekiel (With the latter hugging the other two):
Get smushed and become chewy!
Everyone:
Except there are tons we wanna do before we die!
Leshawna:
Millionaire!
Cody:
Billiards champion!
DJ (Hugging his knees):
Make it home and see my momma!
Sierra (While diving to hug Cody):
Marry Cody!
Bridgette:
Catch a barrel!
Lindsay:
Be an actress in a drama!
Courtney:
Corporate lawyer!
Gwen:
Prom destroyer!
Harold:
Be a ninja with throwing stars!
Alejandro:
Lion tamer!
Owen:
New food namer!
Tyler:
Repairman of the parallel bars!
Ezekiel:
You're all lucky!
I didn't think that far!
Noah:
But first, we must cease dropping!
Our goal here would be "stopping"!
Izzy:
Before we smash into the ground from the sky!
DJ:
Flat into little pieces!
Harold (Holding his feet):
Our heads merged with our feet-ses!
Leshawna:
That would really suck and here's why!
Bridgette:
We'd like to keep on living!
Alejandro (Holding Bridgette's right hand):
So Chris we hope your giving...
Sierra (Revealing that all contestants are making a circle by holding hands):
Some wings!
Courtney:
A jet pack!
Gwen:
A rift in time!
Heather:
Parachute?
Noah:
Water bed!
Tyler:
A trampoline!
Izzy:
Springy shoes!
Alejandro:
Rocket boots!
Lindsay:
Flying squirrel!
Leshawna:
Bubble bath!
Lindsay:
I change to bubbles too!
DJ:
Momma!
Ezekiel:
A giant pillow!
Owen:
Pizza!
(Changes his mind)
No!
Chips and some dip will do!
Everyone:
Cuz'...
There's...
Still soo much to do before we die!
Yeah! We said it!
There's still so much to do!
There's still so much to do!
There's still so much to do before we DIE!
YEAH!
After finishing the song, the contestants resumed their screaming due to still falling and Chris not looking that he's going to do anything. Finally, the land... On a giant bowl with rice inside of it?
Wow... Even for Japan, that's new.
- "JAPAN!" - Harold submersed with everyone else from the rice and declared. - "Yes! I know everything about this place!"
- "What you know just sent us FREE FALLING out of a plane!" - Leshawna glared at him and said with an angry tone.
Ezekiel wanted to defend Harold due to looking unnecessary of Leshawna venting her anger on him for free falling. But considering that Leshawna is one of the strongest women of the season, he just decided to leave it with between them. Not that she was that much aggressive though.
- "But I went to Sensei Steve's Feudal Japanese Summer Camp!" - Harold explained how he knew.
- "Oh yeah?" - Alejandro said. Then, he showed off one of his skills: - "I speak Japanese too!" - Then, he turns to Leshawna to tell her: - "Leshawna, anata wa hana no yō ni utsukushīdesu."
- "How's that?" - She asked in confusion.
- "I said: 'Leshawna, you are as beautiful as a flower.'"
Leshawna obviously giggled, feeling flattered at his words, which made Harold jealous of Alejandro.
Later, with all the contestants out of the bowl, they were waiting for Chris to appear after being ordered by some interns to where they should go.
While they were waiting, the homeschooled teen was trying to remember how the team failed in this episode. Dang... What an irony: He could remember things before this season but he couldn't remember some things from this season.
- "Sorry, eh. I tend to forget recent moments." - Ezekiel apologized to me.
Fine... Also, one question: I heard that you know some languages... How much you know?
- "Eight."
Exactly! Is Japanese one of them, may I ask?
- "No, eh."
Aw... It would be interesting to see if Alejandro was lying about knowing the Japanese. What languages do you know?
- "English, obviously, Spanish, Russian, French, German, Italian, Romanian and Portuguese."
Ah ok- Wait... Portuguese?
- "Yeah! Why?"
Then what it means... "Eu estou aborrecido"?
- "I'm bored."
That's... Correct.
- "You know Portuguese too, eh?"
Yeah, I do. But let's focus on the story, okay?
- "Of course, eh."
Anyway, after this talking, Ezekiel also had another thought: How to make his team turn against Alejandro? They all see him as a good person with Leshawna and Bridgette looking to be crushing on him. In this way, he wouldn't be able to defeat him. For god's sake! This had to be harder than he thought it would be, no?
Soon, his thoughts were interrupted with Chris walking to him and the other contestants, with two interns moving a gong. Then, as soon a cameraman made signals to indicate that the camera was now recording, the host of the show explained:
- "Okay everyone! Your first challenge is inside a Japanese game show studio! Bow down before..." - The shot zooms out to reveal a giant pinball machine. - "Super Human Mega Pinball Smash!"
This made Harold and Tyler happy saying that they love Japanese tv shows and high-five each other. They talked about their favorite Japanese tv show with excitement-
*PANG!*
... Until Chris banged on the gong, annoyed with the interruption.
- "Oh look!" - The host said while mocking them. - "My own personal geek-gong!" - Then, he clears his throat to continue: - "I'm gonna need one volunteer from each team to climb into one of the giant hamster balls. Then, your teammates are gonna beat you around the game board scoring points by bouncing you off bumpers and pubs! Most points win and... I have a special local surprise for EACH of you to share your little ball-shaped paradise with. So... Teams, select a ball guy or gal. Team Creative?"
Uh oh... Ezekiel remembered what will happen in this challenge. He wouldn't like to see DJ being attacked by a panda again. With this, he decided to gulp and take some courage and offer himself. However, Leshawna was faster by telling:
- "We choose DJ!"
- "We do?" - DJ asked her while raising an eyebrow.
- "Coolio, here's your pinball buddy!" - The host told DJ while holding... I spoiled it: A panda.
- "No! Remember when I crumpled that mummy puppy in Egypt and exploded?"
I guess he forgot to mention it last episode.
- "That so totally did not happen!" - Leshawna tried to make sense on DJ's head. - "The mummy's dog didn't explode! It just disintegrated, remember?"
- "I remember when you knocked a poor little birdie out of the sky and that crocodile that didn't do anything to us yet at the moment."
This made DJ feel worse, making Ezekiel and Leshawna glare at Lindsay for not helping, which made her raise her hands in defense in a scared expression. A second later, the panda jumped on DJ and attacked him.
- "Aww... Cute!" - Chris commented about this in a joking tone.
Well... Ezekiel probably couldn't offer himself anymore. But he could at least try to make Chris change things up.
- "Uh... Chris?" - He asked him.
- "What do you want Zeke? I have a show to run." - The host answered with an annoyed look.
- "I thought we were in Japan. Not in China."
- "Saying that all Asians are equal sounds offensive. I don't want that problem here, okay? It's Japan here!"
- "I know, eh. But if we are in Japan and you don't want to offend, then why bringing a panda? It represents China, from what I remember."
Zeke hoped that it would work. Knowing that Chris wouldn't care much about the contestants' complaints, he knew that it would be ha-
- "Ok, I saw your point." - He told before taking some keys to his pocket and throw them to Chef to ask him: - "Get an animal that represents Japan. Fast! We are on a schedule!"
With that, in a grumble, Chef walks away to drive to get an animal to truly represent Japan. After some time, the co-host came back with... Two red fox?
- "I got red foxes." - He told Chris while showing the animal to him. - "They are considered one of Japan's treasured animals."
- "Good enough then!" - The host agreed with a thumbs up.
With this, Chef takes the panda out from biting DJ's head and gives him the red fox.
Well... Let's hope that it changes anything.
- "Now that we guaranteed that Japanese will like this episode..." - Chris resumed the episode. - "Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot?"
- "I'm... Uh... I'm allergic to fox fur due to being related to the dog one." - Noah refused and justified with a doubtful expression. - "I will get red eyes, sore throat, difficulty at breathing... All of that stuff."
One more change on the timeline was added to the list. No. Two as Tyler didn't say anything.
- "I'll do it." - Alejandro offered himself. - "For my team!"
- "Wicked!" - Chris exclaimed before throwing to him another red fox. - "Incoming!"
Alejandro catches the fox-like last time. However, he didn't say anything else after that.
- "And Team Blaze?"
- "Gwen's face could use some remodeling." - Heather said with a glare at her.
- "Nice." - Gwen replied with an unimpressed tone with Courtney glaring. - "I hate to tell you but we're on the SAME team so you might want to flip the witch switch back off!"
- "Would you girls like some leadership?" - The Ex-CIT said next to both of them. - "I'll be glad to choose."
- "STOP BICKERING!" - Cody yelled to stop this argument. - "I'll do it!"
- "Oh... You might want to bring a toothbrush, Cody." - Chris replied to Cody. - "Because the beast you'll be sharing your space with is... Sierra!"
Of course, it made the crazy fan excited and squeal as she jumped on Cody to hug him.
To be fair, while Ezekiel had to agree that way Sierra loves Cody not looking right, it still makes him jealous of not having fans. Probably his mistakes before this season kind of contributed to that happening.
After this, each chosen contestants, with each companion, were inside of the balls: Blue for Team Chris, Red for Team Blaze, and Yellow for Team Creative.
- "It's Human Pinball Time!" - Chris announced, making Chef pulled the machine's spring for the balls being shot.
And the game started. Each ball, with the chosen contestants guiding, hit on the bumpers and pubs, gaining points for the teams.
Down there, the rest of Team Creative were trying to push one of the pinball's paddles. However, Harold wasn't helping much as he was telling the angle the ball should connect with the paddle. HOW YOU CAN DISCOVER THE ANGLE? YOU CAN'T USE A PROTRACTOR! Luckily, Leshawna made him shut up by ordering him to get out of the way as he wasn't helping. One second after finish saying that DJ's ball hit the paddle, knocking the entire team away.
When the ball hit the paddle, Zeke noticed that the fox was attacking DJ, with the latter screaming. With this, changing animals didn't change anything. Shoot!"
- "Shoot in favor..." - Ezekiel agreed with me while lying on the ground, hurt at the impact from falling.
Finally, after some more time, the balls start leaving the machine. The first one was from Team Blaze, where, at the ball opening, vapor went out from inside the ball and Cody fell from it with his face marked with kisses while Sierra was making the biggest smile that a human being could make.
- "Agh..." - Cody reacted due to being kissed non-stop. - "If we got a point for every time she kissed me in there-"
- "We'd be millionaires!" - Sierra finished his words while holding her own hands at each other.
The next ball was from Zeke's team. When DJ left from it, he was holding the red fox tired and kind of hurt. In the case of the contestant, he was with a sad expression. But without crying.
- "Are you okay, eh?" - Ezekiel asked while he and the rest of the team walked to him with worry. - "I saw you being attacked by the fox and all-"
- "No... But not for being hurt." - DJ replied. - "But yes for hurting the little guy here..."
- "The little guy? It was attacking you!" - Leshawna countered.
- "It was my fault! I fell in the middle of the challenge and landed on him. With me hurting him, it was obvious that he would attack me..."
- "DJ... Don't be li-"
Bridgette couldn't finish her words as a crash was heard. Looking in the direction of the crash, they see a broken blue ball with Alejandro and the red fox hurt on all their bodies. What happened is that his ball got soo fast that, when he left from the machine, it couldn't stop from the impact and crashed against a wall.
- "Ow..." - Alejandro let out in pain, with of course getting sympathy from most of everyone.
- "Hahaha! I didn't anticipate the crash but I'm glad it happened!" - Chris exclaimed with a laugh and a smile while walking to the Spaniard, who glared at him. Then, as the contestant got up, the host continued: - "If it is any consolation for you, with a score of 462000 points, Team I Am Really Really Really Really Hot takes the Superhuman Mega Pinball Smash and wins a leg up in the next Japanese challenge!"
- "I WANNA GO HOME...!!!" - DJ yelled before crying before anyone could cheer.
As Chris closed up for the commercials, Team Creative tried to console DJ as some interns take the foxes to get them a full recovery.
Back to the plane, all the contestants were sitting in chairs and seeing on a big screen, a commercial of the previous season. At seeing, they notice that the voices were dubbed English, which was weird as Canadian isn't a language and they were talking in English in the original version. When the commercial ended...
- "Um... What?" - Noah was the only one reacting, with an uninterested tone.
- "That piece of cinematic gold is the Japanese promo." - Chris explained. - "Total Drama is HUGE here!"
- "Okay but that was in English! So why are they dubbing our voices?" - Courtney pointed out what everyone noticed.
- "Turns out the locals just don't like the sounds of y'all. Sorry!"
- "No you're not!"
- "True that! Anyway, ready for the next challenge? I hope you paid attention because... You'll be writing, directing, and producing your very own Japanese commercial. There's a brand new candy hitting the Japanese market!" - Before continuing, he took out a pink bag from his pocket to show them. - "It's Chef's Total Drama Yum-Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tales! I call this the Total Drama Yum-Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tales Challenge of Celebration Fun!"
Wow... Very original for a challenge's name.
- "You said we were going to pay a REAL Tokyo Ad Firm!" - Chef protested, taken aback at this.
- "Oops. I did, didn't I?" - Chris answered without much care. - "As props, you'll be allowed to use anything you can find in the airplane storage area. Since Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot won the first challenge, they get to choose their props first!" - It made the Team Chris celebrate and high-five each other, with the addition of Tyler falling when doing the said high-five. - "With Team Creative choosing second and Team Blaze stuck with whatever drags are left."
Of course, Team Blaze was upset with this.
After this meeting, Team Creative was walking down to the cargo hold as they were allowed to go. Ezekiel didn't have good memories about here so he just hoped not to be here too long and not coming back more times.
In the middle of the walking, they passed by Team Chris leaving the cargo hold carrying a lot of stuff. Alejandro, at seeing the other team, told them while bowing:
- "Good luck, honorable opponent."
- "I don't need your luck!" - Harold said while raising one of his hands to him.
- "Of course you don't. You have superior leadership skills and vision. Your team is lucky to have you."
- "I know, right? They are!"
- "Oh boy, eh..." - Ezekiel let out in a whisper.
- "I have an idea!" - Lindsay got an idea as Alejandro left. - "Last time I went out for Japanese, I had this huge bowl of Pad Thai, and it was-"
- "Pad Thai is THAI!" - Leshawna shot her idea down for not being Japanese.
- "Are you sure? That doesn't sound right..."
- "Fear not, Leshawna!" - Harold declared with determination. - "I have a dramatic vision! It mixes Kurosawa's pathos and Miyazaki's sense of wonder." - After that, he sees his team blinking, at not knowing about what he was talking about, making the nerd sigh and add: - "Fine... I'll explain."
With that being said, Harold explained the commercial idea the best he could. All details. Without exception.
Zeke had to admit that Harold was good in terms of art and also creative, making sense of the team's name. However, he remembered in a flash that the idea would fail due to a certain detail: It being too figurative.
- "So... What do you think?" - Harold asked when he finished explaining his idea.
- "Well..." - Bridgette let out while scratching her head.
- "I didn't get it." - Lindsay told her opinion in a confused expression.
- "Of course not. It's too hard for you, considering from what I know about you." - Harold pointed out.
- "Hey!"
- "Lindsay has a point, eh." - Ezekiel agreed with the ditzy blonde. - "That idea isn't bad. But... It's too... Figurative? What it intends to be about?"
- "It intends to be a metaphor. A commentary on the Earth's sorrow and it's crying out for mo-"
- "Then it's a theatrical movie or a commercial we are making? You are just confusing me, eh."
- "I'm getting Ezekiel's point." - DJ said. - "One or two might get the idea of the commercial but in the case of the rest would be a big no, man."
- "But-" - Harold tried to counter.
- "Sorry Harold." - Leshawna told him. - "You are making our team name true but it's too figurative and wouldn't be a commercial at all. Just a movie with product placement."
- "Grr... Fine... Then you have a better idea?"
The rest thought about an idea for their commercial fast as possible due to not having much time to get the stuff. After a minute...
- "I have one!" - DJ exclaimed. - "Let me explain."
When he finished explaining...
- "That idea is cool, man!" - Harold had to agree despite being angry for his idea being refused.
- "I think I got the idea too." - Lindsay added.
- "For a Japanese commercial, sounds good!" - Bridgette agreed too.
- "Good job, eh." - Zeke praised DJ.
- "Thanks..." - DJ replied while rubbing his neck's back.
- "Alright! With me, is 5 votes yes!" - Leshawna declared. - "Let's make this!"
Later, all the teams were back in the room where they saw the Total Drama Japanese commercial before. Looking around, Ezekiel could see the atmosphere of hate between certain three girls of Team Blaze. Then, he couldn't help but smile at Owen wearing a spider outfit and Harold still wearing the Samurai outfit from the ad they made. He had to say that, in the case of Owen, he looks funny. In the case of Harold, he looks cool. I agree with you, Zeke. Me too.
- "Alright!" - Chris told the teams while walking next to the big screen of the room they are. - "Now that you're done filming, it's time to see if your hard work paid off." - Then, he turns to his partner to tell him: - "Chef?"
- "No budget, no ad agency... Rip-Off Cheese Ball Cheap Show..." - The co-host mumbled while raising a remote, ready to click on its only button.
- "First up, Team Chris Is Really Really Hot with... 'Monster Rampage'!"
The commercial was the same from before: Owen, dressed as a spider was above a city made of cardboard, roaring, and smashing some buildings, and the rest of Team Chris was dressed as a soldier, with scared faces due to the giant spider, preparing to surrender, with the addition of Izzy saying that he was hot. Then, Alejandro gets an idea and takes the bag of candies to be used for the commercial. After that, he opens it, takes one of the candies, and throws it into Owen's mouth. Due to being predictable, even without watching the episode, Owen found it delicious and got happy, making him surrender. The commercial ends with a catchy jingle that got annoying fast.
- "Next up, it's Team Creative proving that deserves being considered creative with 'Need Some Strenght'."
The commercial starts with a forest scene in the background. Suddenly, Harold, dressed as a samurai jumps back while fighting with his lightsaber against Bridgette, Lindsay, Ezekiel, and Leshawna, wearing some Japanese hats and with some sticks that were somehow on the cargo hold. Harold looked tired while fighting while the opponents were determined and with evil expressions.
- "Give up! Your whole army was defeated by us!" - Leshawna declared.
- "You have no chance! Surrender, eh!" - Ezekiel ordered.
- "Never!" - Harold answered while still tired, running away to behind some boxes.
- "He's getting away!" - Bridgette said, making everybody run slowly.
The scene cuts to Harold, that was scared of what will happen next.
- "Gosh... I'm alone and even with my skills, I will be defeated. Poor me..." - He said to himself.
Suddenly, DJ appeared next to him wearing another Japanese hat, which made Harold alarmed.
- "Stand back!" - Harold declared while showing his lightsaber. - "I still have energy!"
- "Wait! I'm in your side!" - DJ said with his hands raised in defense, making Harold drop his guard down. - "Samurai, I see that you have energy but you lack power. Use this!"
At saying this, he shows to him the pink bag of candies.
- "What's this?" - Harold asked.
- "It's Chef's Total Drama Yum-Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tales! Eat one and you will get the True Samurai Power!" - DJ told him.
With this, Harold takes candy from the bag and eats it. After that, he faked that he was excited at eating it and jumped out in full adrenaline and hyperactivity against his enemies while yelling:
- "YIHAAAAAA!!!"
- "Uh oh..." - The enemies let out in shock due to the sudden energy.
In some seconds, Harold defeats each one with one attack, making all of them fall on the ground, faking that they are dead.
- "Wow... Wicked." - Harold commented with a smile.
- "Get Chef's Total Drama Yum-Yum Happy Go Time Candy Fish Tales if you also want the True Samurai Power! Guaranteed to be the best in the market!" - DJ said while reading from a script.
Before the commercial ends, Harold is seen shaking out the candies from the pink bag without success.
- "Aw man... I ran out of power..." - He said.
From nowhere, a fish is thrown next to him. At seeing this, Harold gets an idea and raises his lightsaber to the air.
- "No!" - Lindsay yelled, imitating the fish yelling.
Finally... The ad ends with the video turning black as yelling of horror is heard.
- "Wow! That was truly entertaining." - Chris said where, this time, he meant.
- "I have to admit that I did well there." - Harold commented.
- "Take it as compensation for refusing your idea, eh." - Ezekiel told him.
- "True..."
- "Next up, it's from the Blazes." - Chris said next.
At this, we see Heather, Courtney, and Gwen shocked for some reason. Then, they whispered to each other until Courtney decided to reveal:
- "Chris, as the leader of the Team Blaze, it falls to me to tell you that... Our team didn't-"
- "Come up with an amazing title for our awesome commercial!" - Cody interrupted with a smile while showing a camera, angering the ex-CIT for being interrupted.
- "We have a commercial?" - The goth asked in confusion.
- "Let's just call it... 'Huh?'."
And yes. The commercial was the same from before too: Random video editing, exploding donuts, and the candies for the commercial, Sierra yelling on a megaphone, the candy swimming on a water tank, and a dead gull eating the candy and talking.
All the contestants were confused, not getting the commercial. I was also didn't understand what in the world was happening in the video. Not even Chris understood as he shook off his head to say:
- "Okay...? Well... Chef?"
- "Hmm..." - Chef sounded while thinking. After some suspense, he made up his mind as he revealed: - "Yeah... Chris? I think I gotta go with... Team Blaze." - And, with this, the contestants from the said team cheer for winning. - "I don't know. I just love exploding donuts."
In this, the team complimented Cody for doing the ad when they couldn't. Then, Sierra offered a group hug, where it ends up becoming a hug just for the only boy on the team as the crazy fan told the others to "back off".
- "Congratulations Team Blaze." - The host congratulated the winning team with a smile. Then, the smile drops while he asks his partner: - "But Chef... I also have to know: Who bit the biggest?"
- "Uh..." - Chef also had to think about that. In the end, he also revealed while pointing to Team Chris: - "Those guys. I mean the monster part wasn't bad but its jingle was annoying. They are sending someone home tonight!"
With that, of course, Team Chris groaned for losing while Team Creative sighed of relief. The most relieved was Ezekiel. He just avoided another defeat of the team.
Talking about him, sometime later, he was hiding behind the door connecting the dining area and the elimination area. The reasons? Number one: He didn't have much to do after talking about how today went well and complimenting DJ for his idea working. Number two: He was curious. Who would Team Chris vote out?
From what he remembered when spying on them, he didn't have enough clues to know. Maybe Owen? He doesn't know.
Anyways, he would know soon as he saw that a cameraman was making signals to Chris that the camera would start recording.
- "Okay, everybody." - The host started while holding some passports, and the co-host holding a plate with bags that have peanuts inside. - "Those staying in the game will get in-flight snacks. And if you don't get one, you'll be taking the "Drop of Shame"." - To demonstrate it, the exit door of the plane opens to reveal a sky, meaning that they are dar away from the ground, obviously. - "The following players are safe: Alejandro." - The Spaniard catches the bag that Chef threw fast. - "Noah. You both had no votes." - The bag is thrown at the bookworm's back, making him yelp of pain and glare. - "And Tyler." - The red athlete tried to dodge but failed due to how fast the bag was thrown at him and sent the said contestant to the ground. - "You received one vote. Now... Who will be voted out? It's Owen, who didn't help much before filming while doing the monster stuff that messed up a few things?" - Owen just got sad but internally was happy for being at the risk of being voted out to not be on the plane anymore. - "Or Izzy, that suggested for him to perform like a monster in the first place?" - She just shrugged as she hugs the oddball's left arm. - "The answer is..."
Some time of silence happened because the host wanted to create some suspense. In Zeke's opinion, it was too tense for him. Why did reality show creators think about this? After some seconds...
- "Owen."
Owen sighs of relief while Izzy catches the peanuts bag but drops it to hug more his boyfriend due to him having to go. While she might be crazy, she still had moments where she would act... Normal. Not in a bad way, though.
- "Sorry Big O." - She apologized to him. - "I was the one that made you the monster in the first place."
- "That's fine." - Owen replied with a smile. - "To be fair, the idea of getting out of the plane makes me relieved."
- "While it was predictable, it sucks that you have to go." - Noah confessed while trying to not look sad.
- "Don't worry. It was good while it lasted."
With that, he gets up from the benches each contestant on the team has to sit on during the ceremony. Then, he walks to the open door of the plane to after tell his team:
- "Bye guys! See you back SOOOOOONNNNN!"
This yell was due to Chris throwing him a parachute, sending him free-falling from there.
With his doubt answered, Ezekiel decides to leave the area he was hiding and goes back to the economy class. There, we see that Harold was still wearing the Samurai outfit. At this, the homeschool asked him:
- "The challenge is over, eh. Why still wearing it?"
- "Because I love the outfit, obviously." - Harold answered while folding his arms. - "I'm going to wear it until the interns asked me to return. If I can keep it, I will keep it."
- "Okay..."
- "Anyway, how have you been?"
This was taken aback by Ezekiel, that didn't expect someone to ask him without being about an idea for challenges or after he started the conversation himself.
- "Eh?"
- "I asked how have you been. Gosh! I can't ask anything to you?"
- "No no no! I just... Didn't expect that you would ask me about how I have been, eh. I thought everybody here would be still uncomfortable with me due to not starting the friendships with everybody well and all of that..."
- "Makes sense. But don't worry. It happened in the past. You can't change anything, right?" - Irony due to this story. - "We might not be friends yet but that doesn't mean that we can't try to be."
- "Ah ok... But answering the question, yes I am, eh. I just happy for not being voted out first like last time."
- "That's good to know, man."
- "What about you? Still upset about not picking your idea, eh?"
- "No." - This surprised Zeke. - "I was before but, after being confused by Team Blaze's ad and how the heck Chef has chosen that ad, I realized that it might have been the best to not be used. It still sucks but I saw that nobody would understand my art."
- "Understandable, eh. But, to say the truth, I loved the idea. But the problem was due to being too figurative."
- "You... Liked? Wow, man... I didn't expect you to like and understand..."
- "Eh. Just because I'm homeschooled, doesn't mean I'm dumb. That is an offensive belief, eh. For example, I know 8 languages."
- "Really? Wicked."
- "Thanks."
Well... What a nice start to a new friendship, no?
- "Anyway, I will make a confessional. See you later."
- "Fine, eh."
With this, Harold leaves the economy class to do the confessional. Zeke was satisfied with being okay with, at least, one of the members of his team.
Another objective of his can be considered to have good progress in this way of talking.
And that's it! Done! Chapter done!
It was fun to recreate this episode. The best part was when I created a new commercial for Team Creative. Yes: It probably won't look good for you but I still liked the results.
Also, the part of Alejandro crashing was kind of funny too Seriously: How none of them crashed due to the speed of the ball? Logic issues here, no?
And yes: Owen had to go. From what I watched in the episode, it was hard to know who to eliminate. He had to be the choice due to interrupting the scenario making for the video. And for votes? 3 for Owen (Alejandro, Tyler (Probably due to the first's elimination) and Owen himself (To get out of the plane)), 1 for Izzy (Noah), and 1 for Tyler (Izzy as she just wanted to save Owen).
Opinion on Owen: I think that I can't really hate him. Despite his contribution for the toilet humor, which is gross, he really brings excitement around and wants to make friends. His behavior in the three seasons and spin-off he played was nice, even though he might overreact. At least it is part of his character. Final Score? 9/10 (Great).
And... That's it. I hope you liked reading. Favorite, follow, and review!
Now... I need to go! Bye!