The episode opened with a shot of the island. "Last time, on Total Drama: Crossover Island...The teams were put through a classic Total Drama challenge: The Awake-A-Thon! First, they had to run 30 miles around the island, after which they were rewarded with a huge meal. Then, the real challenge began where they had to stay awake for as long as they could. Contestant after contestant drifted off to sleep thanks to a combination of tiredness and my various methods used to put them to sleep. But in the end, it was Meg who won the challenge for the Cold Carcasses after Undyne took a snooze on the can, forcing the Feisty Forks to attend their first elimination ceremony. At said elimination ceremony, it was Tracey who got the boot for not contributing to the team whatsoever and instead whining and complaining about everything. Which is to be expected from a valley girl living off of her daddy's credit card." Chris explained as he gave a recap of last episode's events before the scene cut to him sitting on a folding chair on the island's docks while wearing sunglasses and holding a juice in his right hand.
"Which team will be taking home the win in today's gruesome challenge? Which team will lose the challenge and have to lick their wounds at the elimination ceremony? Who will be taking their leave from the island by the end of the episode? And will Chef ever get his paycheck? Find out tonight, on Total...Drama...Crossover Island!" Chris finished as the show's intro began to play.
Two spotlights rose into the air as a camera popped up from a trashcan and another came out of a bush.
Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine.
The camera zoomed across the island before going underwater into a lake to find Empoleon swimming there and he smiled and waved at the camera as he did so. The camera then went to the surface of the water to find Candy Kong and Chunky Kong chatting to each other inside of a boat when an eagle suddenly proceeded to snatch Chunky's hat from his head and flew away with it as Chunky and Candy watched in dismay.
You guys are on my mind.
The camera then went towards a nearby mountaintop where Storm was lifting weights with a boulder when the eagle suddenly dropped Chunky's hat onto his face, blinding Storm as he dropped the boulder and the camera zoomed down towards the bottom of the mountaintop, where Tracey and Pearl were sitting in the shade to escape from the heat of the sun when they suddenly looked and screamed and got out of the way as they narrowly avoided being crushed by the boulder and looked at it in shock, their faces quite pale.
You asked me what I wanted to be.
The scene then cut to Steve and Meg petting a rabbit in an open clearing in a forest before smiling at each other before a bear showed up and Steve and Meg ran off with the rabbit resting in Steve's arm. The bear roared before Undyne tackled it to the ground and knocked it out with a blow to the head.
And I think the answer is plain to see.
The scene then cut to Mina sitting on a rock in the forest as she was singing a song to herself when she was suddenly startled by Red Sniper running past, chasing after a coyote that had stolen his hat from him. Mina was speechless at what she just saw but just shrugged it off.
I wanna be famous.
The scene then cut to Manic and Sonia just walking around the island chatting to each other when Sonia fell into a hole covered by a pile of dead leaves as Manic looked down the hole in shock, also being confused at what just happened. The camera then zoomed out to show Bart hiding behind a bush, struggling to contain his laughter.
I wanna live close to the sun.
The scene then cut to Panchito and Jose sitting in a canoe together as said canoe fell down a water, and they screamed but fortunately the waterfall was a short drop and the two birds continued down the river unharmed as they sighed in relief.
Go pack your bags 'cause I already won.
Squidward laughed at Panchito and Jose's little panic attack. Peach was standing next to him, and she shook her head in disapproval at the octopus' crude sense of humor.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way.
The scene then cut to the mess hall tent, where Chef cringed in annoyance as he grabbed a pair of headphones from the meal he was preparing and put them on and he sighed in relief before angrily looking towards Bessie, who was constantly talking to him, and Chef shut her up by stuffing a spoonful of disgusting food into her mouth.
I'll get there one day.
The camera then turned towards Daisy admiring herself with a mirror before looking at the camera angrily and spraying with some hair spray as it went out of the mess hall tent.
'Cause I wanna be famous.
The scene then cut to Mona lying on the beach, smiling as she was sunbathing peacefully before being rudely disturbed by Chris dropping a bucket of water over her. Mona screamed and angrily looked up at Chris, who was flying a jetpack above her and laughed.
Na na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na. I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
The camera then turned to Fang the Mutated Shark peeking his head above the sea surface as he grinned and waved at the camera before the camera turned to Danny standing on the docks of the island, doing a little dance as he was listening to music on his cellphone with earpods in before noticing the camera was filming him and he blushed in embarrassment before flipping the camera up as it pointed to the sky and the sky changed to nighttime.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
The camera then panned down to find Red Sniper lighting a campfire while Panchito tuned his guitar and the other contestants joined them around the campfire. Chris and Chef then walked up to them.
[Whistling] I wanna be, I wanna be famous.
The camera then zoomed out to reveal a sign that read "Total Drama: Crossover Island."
The scene then cut to Chef's mess hall tent, where the two teams were having breakfast, although they were all still very tired from last episode's challenge. As the teams were suffering from their lack of sleep, Chris proceeded to enter the mess hall tent.
"Morning, contestants! How are you all doing today?" Chris asked the contestants with his usual charismatic smile.
"How do you think we're all doing? We haven't been able to get any sleep for three days straight now because of three reasons: One, that Awake-A-Thon challenge we had earlier. Two, Sniper shouting stuff in his sleep. Three, Storm's thumping footsteps. Turns out that he sleepwalks at night." Mona replied.
"Yikes, three days without sleeping? Must be rough." Chris chuckled sadistically.
"Hopefully today's challenge won't be as torturous, because I'll cave your stinkin' skull in with my fists if it is." Storm threatened in a cranky tone of voice.
"You'll have to find out once it's time for the next challenge. Speaking of which, the next challenge will start in one hour, so be there or be square." Chris replied before leaving the mess hall tent again.
"Man, I'm really not ready to play a challenge today...I'm still tired from that Awake-A-Thon challenge from a few days ago..." Pearl groaned.
"I'm afraid we don't have much of a choice, Pearl. We'll have to do our very best to overcome our tiredness and pull off a win for today's challenge if we wanna have a chance at avoiding another elimination ceremony." Peach pointed out.
"Señorita Peach is right, Señorita Pearl. We gotta give it our 100% during today's challenge, even if our bodies are at like 10%." Panchito agreed.
"Ugh, fine..." Pearl sighed.
-Confessional: Pearl-
"Maybe signing up for this show wasn't such a good idea after all...Sure, I thought it'd be a great way to get away from my greedy ass dad and because he forced me to so I could win the prize money for him, but I'm having my doubts if the prize money is worth the torture of being on this show...Guess we'll have to find out later down the line..."
-End Confessional-
The scene then cut to the teams standing by a river together with Chris and Chef. "Alright, it's time for today's challenge! Your goal for today's challenge is to build a raft and race it down this river behind us while trying to avoid obstacles such as whirlpools, streams, waterfalls and Chef's bazooka." Chris began to explain as Chef grinned and held up a large bazooka, causing some of the contestants to gulp.
"The first team to make it across the finish line with their raft still intact will win immunity and save themselves from a trip to the elimination ceremony. You will all get about an hour to build your rafts, starting...now!" Chris announced as the teams got to work on building their rafts immediately.
The scene then cut to the Feisty Forks standing around their material supply. "Alright, people. Let's get this raft built and into the river. If we want to prevent losing to those Carcass people twice in a row, we're gonna have to work at twice the power as the last challenge we played." Squidward told his team as he punched nail after nail into the raft with a hammer.
-Confessional: Squidward-
"After I almost got the boot at the campfire pit in the last episode, I want to do everything in my power to prevent myself from getting into the bottom two again. That's why I decided to work as efficiently as possible on that raft and lead my team in today's challenge. I have a good amount of building experience. I mean, I once had to repair my neighbor's house after that simpleton wrecked it on the day that a real estate agent was scheduled to come by and get my house sold. If I can fix a house, then building a raft is like a walk in Bikini Bottom Park."
-End Confessional-
"Gee, Squidward. Ya really know how t' build a raft. You're workin' pretty quickly on it." Manic remarked with a smile as he watched Squidward at work.
"I have to agree with Manic, Mr. Squidward. You're doing a pretty good job at it." Peach agreed with a smile.
"Why, thank you. I'm glad at least someone recognizes my talents. Back in Bikini Bottom, people wouldn't recognize talent if it smacked them square in the face." Squidward replied to the two as he continued to work. Pearl just rolled her eyes at Squidward's brash and arrogant attitude and continued working.
-Confessional: Pearl-
"That Squidward guy works at my dad's restaurant back home in Bikini Bottom. I don't know him all that well, but he comes off as a real big, brash asshole to me. He'd better hope that big, brash attitude of his won't be his downfall."
-End Confessional-
Meanwhile, the Cold Carcasses were also busy on their raft. "Hey, Mr. Sniper. What do you do for a living?" Steve asked Sniper curiously.
"I do things for a living that lads like you probably do in your little first person shooter video games back home." Sniper replied to Steve as he worked on the raft.
"You kill people for a living...?!" Steve asked Sniper in shock.
"Yep. It's a good job, mate. It's challengin' work, outta doors. I guarantee you'll not go hungry, 'cause at the end of the day, as long as there's two people on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead." Sniper replied to Steve as he continued to work on the raft.
"Your body count is probably as high as my dad's. My dad has committed so many murders, that if he were to be taken to court, he would instantly get the death penalty." Meg remarked with a sigh as she worked on the raft with her team.
"Who knows? Maybe someone might put a contract out on your dad's head and I'll be the one to end his suffering." Sniper jokingly replied to Meg with a chuckle as the Carcasses continued to work on their raft.
Meg sighed. "I wouldn't be surprised if someone put a contract out on my dad's head some day...With all the crimes he's committed over the years, he's had to make some enemies that want him dead..." She spoke as she worked on the raft.
"Is your father really such an awful person, señorita?" José asked Meg in surprise.
"Well, he hates me and my brothers, he's robbed banks, committed treason against the United States, murdered countless of people...The list of awful things my dad has done in his life is just too long..." Meg replied to him.
Daisy placed a hand on Meg's shoulder. "Honey, his time of justice will eventually come, one way or another. He will pay for his crimes eventually." She assured Meg.
Meg thought about it and then smiled at Daisy. "You're right, Daisy. Thanks for those kind words. They're a lot kinder than most of the things my family has ever said to me." Meg told Daisy.
Daisy smiled back at Meg. "Anytime. Now how about we continue to work on this raft?" She suggested.
"Yeah, let's get this stinkin' raft done and then put it into the river to race those losers on the other team!" Storm agreed as he pounded his right fist into his left hand.
-Confessional: Daisy-
"Meg seems like the type of girl who could be easily manipulated due to her being as vulnerable as undeveloped film. Such a person seems very useful in a game like this. I hope that if I continue to be kind to her, I'll be able to get her on my side and get her to vote with me."
-End Confessional-
After about an hour of building later, Chris blew his airhorn to signal that the building part of the challenge was over. "Alright, everybody drop your tools! Let's see if these rafts are sea worthy!" Chris told the contestants as he walked over to the Feisty Forks' raft first. "Feisty Forks, you can put your raft into the river first!" He told the Forks as they lifted their raft into the air and began to carry it towards the river. Squidward laid down on the raft with his hands behind his head and his eyes closed as his team carried the raft towards the river.
"You know, Squidbag, it would be appreciated if you actually helped us carry this damn thing to the river instead of sunbathing on the damn thing." Undyne pointed out to Squidward in an annoyed tone of voice.
"I'm sorry, but I already put in plenty of work by helping you all build the raft. Can't a man have at least a minute of rest before we commence the next part of the challenge?" Squidward replied to Undyne as the rest of the Forks rolled their eyes in annoyance.
"I've only known this Squidward guy for about a week and a half now, and I'm already tired of him..." Bart whispered to Empoleon.
Empoleon nodded in agreement. "I agree, my boy. He's quite a royal pain." He whispered back to Bart. The Feisty Forks then proceeded to put their raft into the river with Squidward on top of it, and the raft remained afloat.
"Alright, looks like the raft can stay afloat with at least one person. Let's see if it can stay afloat with 10 people on it." Chris said with a smile. The rest of the Feisty Forks then proceeded to step onto the raft, and Squidward proceeded to open his eyes just as Chunky Kong proceeded to sit down on his face.
"Hey! Get your hairy buttocks off of my face!" Squidward muffle yelled at Chunky, who proceeded to notice he had sat down on Squidward's face and quickly got off.
"Oh! Sorry, Squidward! I didn't see you there!" Chunky told Squidward in a regretful tone of voice as Squidward proceeded to get up as well.
"No matter. It appears that all 10 of us are able to be on this raft together without it sinking. That's already a good thing." Squidward remarked.
"Yepper. Now, Cold Carcasses, your turn to put your raft into the river!" Chris told the Cold Carcasses, who proceeded to lift their raft into the air and began to carry it towards the river. Unlike the Feisty Forks, no one was on top of the Carcasses' raft as they carried it towards the river, and all 10 members of the Carcasses proceeded to put their raft into the river, and the raft remained afloat.
"Alright, looks like the raft is able to remain afloat. Now let's see if it can remain afloat with all 10 of you on it." Chris told the Carcasses with a smile as they all proceeded to get onto the raft together, and the raft still remained afloat.
"Well, looks like our raft is sea worthy enough for all 10 of us to be able to be on this raft together without sinking. That says enough about our raft." Mona remarked with a smile.
The scene then cut to the two teams on their rafts in the river. For the Feisty Forks, Chunky, Undyne, Pearl and Empoleon were the assigned rowers while for the Cold Carcasses, Candy, Storm, Sniper and Daisy were the assigned rowers.
"Alright, teams! Are you ready to race?" Chris asked the teams.
"Yes!" The teams replied in unison.
"Alright! Ready, set, GO!" Chris exclaimed as he fired a pistol into the air, and the two teams were sent down the stream on their rafts. Soon after the teams had left the starting line, a dead bird dropped down in front of Chris' feet, having apparently been shot on accident by the raven haired host.
Chris looked shocked at the dead bird. "That's gonna provoke some angry e-mails..." He remarked.
The scene then cut to the two teams racing each other down the river on their rafts. "Okay, team! We have a challenge to win, so keep on rowing, and keep our raft clear of any obstacles we may come across during the challenge!" Squidward told his team as he clapped his hands.
"If you can give us directions, then we won't be running into any obstacles down this river." Chunky assured Squidward as him, Undyne, Pearl and Empoleon were rowing the Feisty Forks' raft down the river.
"Don't worry. I've got the eye of an eagle, so that shouldn't be much of an issue." Squidward replied to Chunky as he began to stare down the river. "I see a whirlpool! Turn left!" Squidward told the rowers as they began to turn to the left, but because of that, they accidentally ran the raft into another whirlpool, spinning the Forks' raft around and throwing them of course as the Forks all yelled in surprise.
"Does anyone on this team have a good sense of direction?" Candy asked the rest of the Cold Carcasses who weren't rowing.
"Well, Bessie told me that she's got a very good sense of direction, but since she's not here anymore, we can't count on her to give us directions down the river." José remarked as he scratched his head.
"Is there anyone besides Bessie who's got a good sense of direction?" Candy asked once more.
"Oh, I could totally give this a try! My sense of direction could lead us down this river without running into any obstacles!" Steve offered, raising his hand.
"Well, it's better than nothing. Very well. Where to?" Candy asked Steve.
Steve began to stare down the river. "I see a whirlpool dead ahead! Turn right!" He replied as the rowers began to turn right to avoid the whirlpool and proceeded to head down a stream, giving them a speed boost as they gained a lead on the Forks.
"Woohoo!" The Carcasses cheered as they went down the stream.
Sonia took notice of the Carcasses gaining a lead on the Forks. "Oh no! The other team is gaining a lead on us! We're going to have to row faster if we want to have a chance at winning this!" She told her teammates as Chunky, Undyne, Pearl and Empoleon began rowing faster.
"Which direction do we go next, Squidward?" Pearl asked Squidward.
"Left, I see a stream up ahead that could give us a speed boost!" Squidward replied as the rowers began rowing towards the stream, but didn't see a rock up ahead and crashed into it, sending the Forks' raft off course once more.
"Squidward! You really have to get a hold of your surroundings and stop sending us into obstacles!" Panchito told Squidward.
"Sorry, I didn't see that rock!" Squidward replied as the Forks did their very best to regain the course of their raft.
Meanwhile, the Cold Carcasses continued to make their way down the river on their raft, and Steve stared down the river. "Guys, look out! There's a waterfall dead ahead! Keep the raft dead center, and then we should be able to make a landing at the bottom of the waterfall safely!" Steve warned the rowers.
"Got it!" Storm replied as the Carcasses' rowers began to keep the raft dead center, and they fell down the waterfall as the Carcasses yelled in horror but landed safely at the bottom of the waterfall, just like Steve had predicted.
"Ah, phew. Glad we landed okay." Mina remarked with a sigh of relief.
"Tell me about it. One false landing, and we could've been dead." Danny agreed as he took a moment to catch his breath.
Meanwhile, the Feisty Forks were going in the direction of the same waterfall. "Guys, waterfall dead ahead! Keep the raft steady, and we should be able to land at the bottom of the waterfall without getting hurt!" Squidward instructed his team.
"Got it!" Pearl replied as the Forks' rowers began to keep the raft steady, and they fell down the waterfall as the Forks yelled in horror and proceeded land on top of a bear that was floating in the river. It slipped away from underneath the Forks' raft and angrily roared at the Forks. The Forks yelled in horror once more and began to row away from the bear as fast they could.
"Squidbag, get your shit together and give us better fucking directions!" Undyne angrily told Squidward with gritted teeth.
"Yeah, dude! You keep leadin' us into danger with your messed up sense of direction!" Manic agreed with a scowl on his face.
"Alright, alright! I'll do better!" Squidward assured them.
-Confessional: Bart-
"If we lose this challenge, I'm definitely voting off that Squidward dude."
-End Confessional-
Meanwhile, the Cold Carcasses were rowing down the river when they were suddenly ambushed by projectiles being shot their way. The contestants who weren't rowing turned their heads to see Chef firing giant meatballs at the group with his bazooka.
"Heads up, guys! Chef is shooting giant meatballs at us with his bazooka! Row the raft up and down in an arc to avoid the meatballs!" Steve instructed the Carcasses' rowers.
"You got it, mate." Sniper nodded as the rowers began to do as Steve said. Chef continued to fire giant meatballs at the Carcasses, but missed every single shot. Chef growled in frustration as he realized this.
"Hopefully I can get some target practice done on those little shits on the Forks team..." Chef quietly told himself as he noticed the Forks coming down the river and grinned menacingly. "Okay, Chef...Take the shots more carefully this time..." Chef told himself quietly as he began to fire giant meatballs at the Forks, knocking Squidward, Panchito and Sonia off the raft.
"Crap! We lost Squidward, Panchito and Sonia!" Manic exclaimed.
"Alright! Chunky, Undyne, Pearl, Empoleon! Row from left to right to avoid Chef's projectiles!" Bart told the Forks' rowers, taking advantage of Squidward being knocked off the raft to give his team better directions.
"Got it!" Undyne replied as the rowers began to do as Bart said. As Chef continued to fire giant meatballs at the group, he began to miss the shots as the Forks began to get better at avoiding the meatballs. Eventually, both the Forks and the Carcasses were out of Chef's sight.
"3 out of 20 targets hit. I've done better, but hey. It's better than not hitting any targets at all." Chef remarked with a chuckle.
Not long after that, the finish line was in sight, and Chris was standing by the side of the river, waiting to see which team would take home the win for this challenge. "And the winners of today's challenge are..."
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The Cold Carcasses proceeded to cross the finish line first. "...The Cold Carcasses!" Chris announced as the Cold Carcasses raised their arms in victory and cheered. The Feisty Forks proceeded to cross the finish line next, and they hung their heads and frowned.
"Cold Carcasses, you win your second challenge in a row and won't have to attend tonight's elimination ceremony! Head back to camp to celebrate!" Chris told the Cold Carcasses with a smile as the Carcasses proceeded to get off their raft, lifted Steve into the air and began to carry him back to camp as they continued to cheer.
-Confessional: Steve-
"The feeling of carrying your team to victory in a challenge is just indescribable." Steve said with a smile.
-End Confessional-
Chris frowned as the Feisty Forks remained on their rafts with their heads hanging down. "Feisty Forks, unfortunately, you lost your second challenge in a row and will have to vote out another of your members by the campfire tonight. You better get around to picking a loser to take the Raft of Shame away from the island." He said as he began to walk away from the scene.
Squidward, Panchito and Sonia then came drifting down the river and managed to grab onto their raft. "Ah...Finally, we're free of that stupid river stream...Did we win?" Squidward asked the rest of the Forks.
"No, we lost. We have to vote someone off at the campfire again tonight." Peach replied.
"Really? We lost twice in a row? If we all did our best at this challenge, we wouldn't be in this situation, you know?" Squidward asked his team before they angrily stared at him. "What?" He asked again.
The scene then cut to the elimination ceremony at night as the Feisty Forks were sitting there. Chris was standing at his podium with a plate of marshmallows in his right hand. "Feisty Forks, you really thought you had it in you to win this challenge. But unfortunately, you did not win the challenge, and where did that bring you? Back here at the campfire. As per usual, if your name is called, I will toss you a marshmallow, which means that you get to stay another 3 days on this island. If you don't get a marshmallow, you must immediately make your way down to the Raft of Shame, step inside, and leave the island. Which means you're out of the contest. And you can't come back. Ever." Chris monologued to the Forks.
"The contestants who are receiving a marshmallow tonight are...Empoleon, Pearl, Sonia, Manic, Undyne, Peach, Chunky and Panchito." Chris continued as he tossed the 8 safe campers a marshmallow.
"Squidward, you're on the chopping block for your terrible sense of direction, and Bart, you're on the chopping block for...uh...Whatever, the final marshmallow's yours! Squidward's out of the game!" Chris finished as Bart caught his marshmallow with a smile while Squidward's jaw dropped in shock.
"What?!" Squidward exclaimed in disbelief.
-Confessional: Pearl-
Pearl smirked at the camera. "He had it coming." She spoke in a satisfied tone of voice.
-End Confessional-
The scene then cut to Squidward sitting inside the Raft of Shame, with Chris and the remaining 9 members of the Feisty Forks standing next to it. "Tossing out your smartest player?! Are you people nuts?! You won't survive a single challenge after this episode without my expertise in so many things! You'll regret this!" Squidward angrily rambled as Chris pushed the Raft of Shame with Squidward inside onto open water as Squidward continued to angrily ramble.
"And Squidward's out of the picture! Will the Feisty Forks be able to break their losing streak in the next episode? Which contestant will take their leave from the competition next? Find out next episode on Total...Drama...Crossover Island!" Chris finished.
Elimination Ceremony Results
Votes Against Squidward: Sonia, Manic, Bart, Peach, Undyne, Chunky, Pearl, Panchito
Votes Against Bart: Squidward
Eliminated: Squidward
Team Status
Feisty Forks: Manic, Panchito, Undyne, Chunky, Peach, Bart, Sonia, Pearl, Empoleon
Cold Carcasses: José, Candy, Storm, Meg, Sniper, Daisy, Steve, Mina, Danny, Mona
Elimination Tabel
#22: Bessie
#21: Tracey
#20: Squidward
And with that, this episode of Total Drama: Crossover Island has come to an end! Squidward's brash and arrogant attitude and his "expertise in so many things" led to his downfall here. And again, I didn't have much plans for Squidward in this story, so like Bessie and Tracey, he became an early boot. Apologies to any Squidward fans for his elimination here.
Be sure to leave a review about what you think of this chapter and I'll try to respond to it in the next chapter! Until next time, say no to drugs, say yes to giant meatballs! :D – Alexneushoorn