Author's Note: And we're here for the first elimination of the spin-off. Not much to say, so let's dive in.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And to answer some reviews:
Nicky Haugh: Thanks.
Phenomenal Ultra Instinct: Yeah, I'm starting to see that now, but hopefully everything will work out in the end.
Derick Lindsey: I announced the Outcast during the All-Stars finale. If I can find the right time, and figure out how to do it, I can definitely see some Geoff/ Bridgette friendship. Well I do have plans for Tyler and Noah. Cody is... I'm not sure really. I have ideas, but I can't really discuss them. Less non-eliminations was pretty much the reason I added the extra teams. Well, there are some teams that could stand to have very little screen time. Mainly I changed the Daters' intro because them being that lovey-dovey after only two monthe made me really hate them. There are significant changes to the Best Friends' plot this time.
Tempokeep: Thanks! I figured adding in more Total Drama contestants would get people more excited about this undertaking. I mean, I know I only watched canon because of Owen and Noah. And I said in the Author's not last chapter that Nemma is definitely a thing.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Thanks! Shaking things up was the plan.. and also the point of the whole series. Cody And Beardo were my faves from the second generation.
TheChrisanthemum: As per usual, your premier reviews as always contain quite a bit that I can't comment on, but I really hope you enjoy what I have in store for your favorites. But I will say that they're very interesting.
WeirdAlfan101: Is it bad that I completely forgot about Tammy? Oh well, I'll just have to give her a reference in Danger Island.
StarHeart Specials: I had some free time last weekend and could get out two chapters. Thanks for that correction with the Vegans. Not really sure how I missed that. All I can say about Malcolm's reaction is that he won't think Noah's dying. I'm glad you like Caitlin and Wyatt. I used to watch 6teen on either Netflix or Hulu. Can't find it anywhere now though. Caitlin's inability to keep a boyfriend was actually why I came up with the idea. Why else would she keep dumping guys?
That British Guy: I'm looking forward to this season. It's not really stupid. I wound up typing Owen's name like five times.
Red Rain: Thanks! I'm glad you like the OC's and the teams as a whole, and I can't wait to get through this season. It's just so busy.
Remaining Teams:
Adversity Twins: Jay and Mickey, Band Geeks: Andrew and Elliot, Best Friends: Carrie and Devin, Bromance Bros: Brody and Geoff, Daters: Ryan and Stephanie, Fashion Bloggers: Jen and Tom, Father and Son: Dwayne and Junior, Geniuses: Ellody and Mary, Goths: Crimson and Ennui, Ice Dancers: Jacques and Josee, Jocks: Steven and Tyler, Mallrats: Caitlin and Wyatt, Mom and Daughter: Kelly and Taylor, Outcasts: Beardo and Cody, Police Cadets: MacArthur and Sanders, Reality TV Pros: Malcolm and Noah, Rockers: Rock and Spud, Sisters: Emma and Kitty, Slackers: Marley and Rasta, Stepbrothers: Chet and Lorenzo, Surfer Dudes: Broseph and Reef, Sweethearts: Angel and Bridgette, Tennis Rivals: Gerry and Pete, Vegans: Laurie and Miles
Just stew it...
Episode 02: None Down Twenty-Four to Go Part Two
"Last time on the Ridonculous Race," Don said over the show's title card before the montage began with him being run over by the twenty-four teams, "Twenty-four teams started a race around the world," he continued over a shot of the series's world map.
"After a lot of running," Father and Son and the Bromance Bros were shown running to the first Don Box, "waiting," Sanders protested as MacArthur, The Ice Dancers, Stepbrothers, and Surfer Dudes left the elevator in search of the stairs, "even more running, confronting fears," Carrie encouraged Devin on the skywalk, "and pushing themselves further than I thought possible," Bridgette saved Angel from a freak wind, "everyone reached the airport and booked themselves on three different flights," the Sisters, Geniuses, Sweethearts, Vegans, Slackers, Father and Son, Fashion Bloggers, Mom and Daughter, Outcasts, Mallrats, and Daters were shown on the zipline, then the Tennis Rivals arriving at the airport, "to Morocco," the montage ended with a shot of a passenger plane in flight.
"Flight number one with eight teams," Don continued as the shot cut to the Ice Dancers in their seats, then cut to the Best Friends and panned to the right to show Father and Son and the Reality TV Pros, "has already departed."
"The next eight teams are on flight number two," Don continued over a panning shot showing the Sisters, Vegans, Mallrats, and Fashion Bloggers, then cut to another panning shot showing the Slackers, Mom and Daughter, Rockers, and Geniuses.
"Meanwhile, the Goths, Band Geeks," the shot cut to the two teams in the airport, "Adversity Twins, Surfer Dudes," the shot cut to Jay and Mickey, then panned to the right to show Reef and Broseph, "Outcasts, Bromance Bros, Stepbrothers, and Tennis Rivals' flight," the camera cut to the four teams, Pete checking his watch, "won't depart for another hour," Don finished as the camera panned up and to the left to show a wall clock.
"Will one of these teams suffer the ultimate reality show humiliation and get kicked off first?" Don asked as he stepped into the shot. "Time to find out!" He declared excitedly. "This is," the camera zoomed in for a close-up, "The Ridonculous Race!" He raised one eyebrow, lowered the other, and flashed a smile so white it served as the flash that transitioned to the opening sequence.
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[Unlike the opening sequence of Total Drama, the opening sequence for The Ridonculous Race is instrumental. The intro begins with an overview of the Earth before a hand holding a Travel Tip appears. The camera zooms in, revealing the silhouettes of all twenty-four teams running in three rows: the top row held from left to right the Fashion Bloggers, Mallrats, Adversity Twins, Rockers, Vegans, Slackers, Tennis Rivals, and Jocks running to the right against a blue city street background; the second row had from left to right Father and Son, Police Cadets, Goths, Sweethearts, Daters, Sisters, Bromance Bros, and Surfer Dudes running to the left against a golden desert background; and the bottom row held from left to right the Best Friends, Geniuses, Outcasts, Ice Dancers, Stepbrothers, Band Geeks, Mom and Daughter, and the Reality TV Pros running to the right against a green jungle background . The scene shifts to a map of the world, showing the visited countries being highlighted by yellow dots. The camera zooms in on one of those dots and it becomes the background as three postcards depicting the inside of a fancy restaurant, a beautiful and nondescript beach, and the Parisian skyline are 'thrown' onto it. A Travel Tip then cuts the scene into three sections, each showing the silhouette of a different mode of transportation that are used throughout the race; a train aganst a gold background, a plane against a blue sky background, and a bus against a green background all three heading to the right. A taxi stops by and opens its door as the camera zooms in, showing pictures of all twenty-four teams each appearing during one of the ending flourish of notes. In the end, the scene cuts to the main logo of the Ridonculous Race with a plane that flies across the screen, spinning the N.
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Dramatic music played as the episode opened up to a shot of the series's world map. "Sixteen teams are already on their way to Morocco," Don narrated as the northwest coast of Africa has highlighted and two plane icons were shown heading to a yellow dot there.
"But eight are still at the airport, awaiting anxiously," he continued over a shot of a luggage cart driving along the tarmac of the airport from the last episode.
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The camera flashed to a clear bottle with bubbles on the label as the Adversity Twins' leitmotif played. "sanitizer?" Mickey asked.
"No need," Jay answered as the shot cut out to show them both, "I made a point of not touching anything. Juice?" he offered a red box with the image of a cherry on it, oven mitts on his hands.
"Hey guys!" Andrew said, suddenly popping out from behind the chairs the Twins were sitting on and startling them. "So, we were thinking that our two teams form an alliance..." he elbowed Jay and waggled his eyebrows as Elliot walked over with a friendly smile. "What'd'ya say?"
"Sorry," Jay said as he stood up and walked away.
"We're not looking for an alliance right now," Mickey added as he followed his twin.
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"You're plan won't work Mom!" Chet said into a pay phone as the camera cut to him. "We're not gonna become friends!" The voice on the other end spoke. "Because Lorenzo is a poo-head. That's why! Can't you just divorce his dad?" he whined.
"Hey is that my dad?" Lorenzo asked desperately as he stuck his head in the shot.
"No," Chet told him. "It's my mom."
"Daaaad!" Lorenzo yelled after taking the receiver out of his stepbrother's hands. "You gotta divorce Chet's mom!"
Chet gave him a hateful glare and snatched the receiver back. "Quit it! Mom!" he whined as Lorenzo moved to grab the receiver and the two began a tug-of-war.
"Daaad!" Lorenzo whined.
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"So you guys are into that whole gothic stuff huh?" Andrew asked as the camera cut to the Band Geeks standing next to Ennui and Crimson. "Yeah, we get it. So how about we form an alliance?" he asked not so subtly.
"I can show you the guitar solo I learned from the new Zombie Crusher album," Elliot added in a confident tone.
"You can't say no to that?" Andrew smiled. "Can you?" he added in a slightly more nervous tone.
The goths just sighed and walked away.
"Huh," Elliot said. "I really thought they'd say yes."
"Maybe it's us?" Andrew shrugged.
Elliot gave an audible shrug in response.
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ELLIOT & ANDREW; BAND GEEKS
"Me and Elliot met in beginner band back in grade six," Andrew explained. "And we've been buds ever since, even after she betrayed me," he added with a playful glare.
"Oh hush," his partner smiled. "I started as a trumpet player before switching to percussion," she explained to the camera.
"It was the biggest betrayal since Benedict Arnold," Andrew said in a serious tone, though he was obviously joking.
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The scene cut to the Moroccan flag. "Morocco!" Don narrated as a postcard of a camel and a distant city slid into view. "Originally named Italy," he said as he walked into view inside the postcard, "until it was discovered there already was an Italy."
"Home to scorchingly hot foods," the image of numerous burlap sacks all filled with powders of various colors slid into view from the right, "as well as scorchingly hot deserts," the image of a mass of cacti and the bright sun slid into view from the top."
"Flight number one has just landed," Don narrated as the footage of a plane landing at a airport runway in the desert slid into view from the bottom. "Now the teams need to find the Don Box," he continued, the shot cutting to him next to the tip box just outside the airport's entrance, "and collect their next travel tip.
He walked away, and the camera panned to the right to show the Ice Dancers, Police Cadets, Jocks, Best Friends, Father and Son, Daters, Sweethearts, and Reality TV Pros running out of the building. 'Hur-ry!~' 'Run' 'Extreme!' Dwayne, Carrie, and Tyler could all be heard saying.
Jacques mashed the button on the Don Box, and grabbed the first tip of the day. "The Spice is Right," he read as the camera cut to all the teams from the first plane reading their tips. He gasped. "It's an 'All-in'!"
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A mystical middle-eastern tune began to play. "An 'All-in'," Don explained as the scene flashed to him walking toward a vendor's cart that was surrounded by the same bags and powder seen earlier in the episode, "requires that both team members take part in the challenge. In this case, teams must make their way to Yussef's Spice Kiosk," the camera cut to a square jawed Moroccan man wearing a fez, "and chose five spices from the blistering array," the shot panned across the spices surrounding the cart.
"Some are," the host reached out to touch one of the spices, but had his hand slapped away by Yussef, "OW!" the shot pulled back to show Don rubbing his hand while Yussef shook a disapproving finger, "some are sweet, but some are so blistering hot that they'll turn you tummy into a volcano of pain."
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"It says," the music turned intense as the camera cut to Devin reading a travel tip while Carrie gazed at him nearby, "pick five spices from the kiosk. Ideally, cumin, cinnamon-"
"-paprika," the scene cut to Dwayne and Junior mid sentence, "saffron and ginger-"
"- to receive your next travel tip," Malcolm finished as the shot cut to him and Noah. Both TV pros looked up in shock, just in time to see the other seven teams from the first flight trample them in search of a taxi.
The scene split into thirds: the left side showed a white cab with an arrow pointing to the right, the middle showed the lights on a yellow cab turning on with a ding, and the left side showed a the rear tires of a blue cab as it sped away.
The shot returned to normal as seven taxis drove of with squealing tires, and Malcolm's scratched hand rose up from where he and his partner were trampled. "Taxi!" he called out woozily.
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"Yeah!" Dwayne cheered as the shot cut to him and Junior inside their taxi, "right into a taxi and headed for Spice Town!" he added while raising his arms in the air. Junior hung his head in embarrassment.
"We're doin' great! Huh pal?" he asked while grabbing his son into a hug.
Junior just groaned.
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JUNIOR AND DWAYNE; FATHER AND SON
"I'm Dwayne, this is Dwayne Junior," Dwayne introduced in their interview.
"They already know Dad," Junior told him.
"We're a father and son team," Dwayne continued.
"They know that too Dad," Junior said with a roll of his eyes.
"Well," the father chuckled. "We're gonna win this thing! Bet you they didn't know that!" Junior sent an unamused look toward the camera. "This just in Father and Son team win the million!" He made an applause sound with his mouth and Junior gave the camera a worried glance.
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The scene cut to a blue taxi speeding along before cutting inside to show the Daters. "I know a lot about spices," Stephanie said proudly. "I eat them in restaurants."
"She does," Ryan chimed in pridefully before looking toward his girlfriend as they're leitmotif began to play. "You do, and I love that you know about them."
Stephanie gasped. "I love that you love it!"
The two began making out.
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The shot cut to a white taxi before moving inside to show the Sweethearts. "I'm so excited for this challenge!" Angel cheered, earning a loving smile from Bridgette.
"I'm just glad these challenges seem less dangerous than the ones on Total Drama," Bridgette said.
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The scene flashed to the inside of the Reality TV Pros' cab, where Malcolm was applying a bandage to his arm. "Haven't been trampled in a while," he mused to the camera. "So that was interesting."
"Agree to disagree," Noah said dryly.
"Ah don't be such a spoilsport," the pain magnet said brightly. "I've got a good feeling about this race."
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"Man, I'm sure glad to be back on solid ground," Tyler said as the scene flashed to him and Steven in their cab. "I'm not scared of flying, but Total Drama World Tour made me reeeeaallly aware of how something could go wrong in the air."
"There's a big difference there Dude," Steven laughed. "These aren't the private planes of a cheap egomaniac."
Tyler laughed. "Good point bro."
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"Meanwhile," Don narrated as the scene cut to a passenger plan in flight, "the teams on flight two prepare for cold-hearted battle.
"Oh I'd look so good in that," Jen said as the shot cut to her reading a magazine. She furrowed her brow at the sound of snoring, and looked over to see Tom wearing a neck pillow and sleep mask with the image of a pair of glasses. She pursed her lips, and stood up, the camera lingering in position so the audience couldn't see what she was doing.
She sat down with a satisfied smirk, and the camera cut to Tom, now wearing an oxygen mask that muffled his snoring.
A giggle caught her attention, and she looked across the isle to see Caitlin reading a a magazine next to an oxygen masked Wyatt. "Great minds think alike huh?" Caitlin said, causing Jen to bark out a laugh.
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The scene cut to Rock and Spud eating sandwiches in their seats, the former looking nervous. "Spud and I have never been on a plane before," he explained as their leitmotif played. "Not scared though," he added, "I've seen lots of planes on TV."
"Uh," Spud said dully, gaining the camera's attention. "Oh yeah! I love that cartoon," he smiled.
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"Some of the teams from flight one have reached the spice kiosk," Don narrated in a low voice as the scene cut to a trio of taxis speeding away from Yussef's cart. The Ice Dancers, Police Cadets, Sweethearts, Daters, and Best Friends ran to Yussef.
"Hey," MacArthur said in confusion. "These aren't labeled. Why aren't they labeled?" she asked as the camera panned across the spices.
A white hand pointed at one of them. "It's this one!" Carrie exclaimed, the shot cutting to Devin giving her an amused smile. "This is cinnamon! This is cinnamon! This is cinnamon!"
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DEVIN AND CARRIE; BEST FRIENDS
"Cinnamon," Devin said while looking rather panicked. "Cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon!" Carrie pushed against his chest with a blush and they both laughed.
"You totally would've missed that homie," she told him.
Devin laughed, "We call each other 'homie'," he explained before turning his attention to his partner. "And as if I would've missed it."
"I'm the one who lives for cinnamon lattes," Carrie bragged.
"Yeah," he laughed. "And you constantly spill them on me."
"Fair enough," Carrie chuckled. "I'll never doubt your ability to detect cinnamon again."
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The music turned deep and tense as the scene cut to Stephanie sniffing one of the spices. "Wait," she said, "that's cumin. Yes!" she said as Yussef went to scoop the spice. "Uh, no," she second guessed herself. "Wait! Yes! No!"
Yussef gave the camera a dry look before Stephanie suddenly yelled "Scoop it!" into his face, startling him.
A quick montage was shown; MacArthur, Devin, Josee, and Bridgette were shown picking spices, then three shots of Yuseff scooping spices into small sacks, and finally Jacques choosing a spice and receiving a sack with a travel tip attached to it. "That's five," he said confidently to a triumphant tune.
"After selecting five spices," Don narrated as the shot cut to the Daters and Best Friends with their tips, "the teams get their next travel tip from Yussef," he finished as the Police Cadets were shown collecting their tip.
Jacques gasped. "We have to ride to a restaurant in the desert. On a camel!"
The scene quick panned to twenty-four camels loitering near some palm trees. All were swarmed with flies, and one of them spat onto the road.
"Is there a restaurant around here?" Sanders asked as the Best Friends, Sweethearts, and Daters rand to their camels in the foreground. She received no answer.
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The footage skipped ahead to the five teams on their camels making their way through the desert. The Police Cadets were in front, followed by the Best Friends, Sweethearts, Daters, and the Ice Dancers brought up the rear. The first four teams all looked to be having a hard time with the heat, but the Jacques was standing on one leg while holding Josee up by the flat of her belly with on hand.
"Gross," Carrie complained as the scene cut to her and Devin in a close-up. "Man do these camels stink."
The camera panned to the right to show MacArthur sniffing her armpit. She widened her eyes, and nervously looked around. "She's right!" she called out forcefully. "It's the camels."
"As the first teams head off into the desert," Don narrated over a shot of the five teams once again, "Flight number two arrives in Morocco," he finished as the scene cut to the Sisters, Vegans, Mallrats, Fashion Bloggers, Slackers, Mom and Daughter, Rockers, and Geniuses dashing out of the airport.
A close up of Tom's hand mashing the button for the Don Box was shown, followed by Rasta and Marley climbing into a taxi. The camera pulled back to show six other taxis speed off along side it, and Taylor running after them. "Taxi!" she yelled, the camera lingering after she left the screen and Kelly running into it, "Hurry up Mom!"
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"Meanwhile," Don narrated over a shot of a plane in flight, "flight number three is finally in the air and teams discuss some strategy," the scene cut to Reef and Broseph in their seats.
"So, how about that Elliot chick?" Reef asked.
"She's got nice hair dude," Broseph said. "And she really knows her music."
"So who gets to get her?" Reef asked. The two boys narrowed their eyes, then started playing rock paper scissors.
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"Uhh..." Malcolm trailed off as the scene flashed to him and Noah at Yussef's Spice Kiosk. The camera pulled back to show the Jocks and Father and Son were with them.
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NOAH AND MALCOLM; REALITY TV PROS
"Two seasons of McLean have taught me to be reeallllly careful when it comes to challenges," Malcolm said. "And my gut was telling me that it was important to chose the right spices."
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"Dude, I don't know," Malcolm finally told his partner with a shrug. the other two teams sharing a look.
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JUNIOR AND DWAYNE; FATHER AND SON
"It's not a man's job to know spices," Dwayne said as his son gave him an odd look. "In ancient times women were the spice collectors and men," he mimed holding a bow, "were the hunters!" He chuckled a bit as Junior gave the camera an apologetic glance.
"Those were the days," Dwayne continued. "Men had all the power and-"
"You know Mom's gonna see this in TV?" Junior interrupted. "Right?"
"-and times have changed," Dwayne finished without missing a beat. "For the better obviously."
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"Oh no," Junior called out over a shot of the taxis from flight two arriving, "the other teams are coming! We're gonna lose our lead!"
The scene cut back to the spice cart. "Let's just pick out any five," Dwayne said with a hand on his son's shoulder.
"Same here," Tyler said as the shot cut to the Jocks and Reality TV Pros.
"Good plan," Noah agreed. "Just give us the five closest to you," he told Yussef.
Yussef glanced down nervously.
"Come on man, snap to it!" Noah commanded."We're in a race!"
"I really don't think this is a good idea," Malcolm worried.
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ELLODY AND MARY; GENIUSES
"We predict there is an eating element to the next challenge," Ellody told the camera as her team's leitmotif played, their interview in the Morrocan desert rather than the world map room.
"Therefore, picking the right spices is of the utmost importance," Mary finished.
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"Cumin, cinnamon, saffron, paprika, ginger," Ellody, Laurie, and Rasta were heard saying as the camera cut to a close up of a spice with each word said.
"That was surprisingly elementary," Ellody bragged.
"I know right," Laurie agreed.
"Easy-peasy man," Rasta chimed in.
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"As more teams reach the spice kiosk," Don narrated over the Slackers, Vegans, and Geniuses all leaving and the rest of the flight two teams arriving, "Flight number three has finally arrived in Morocco," he finished over shots of a plane touching the tarmac in a landing, and one of its engines shutting down.
The scene skipped ahead to the Band Geeks, Goths, Surfer Dudes, Bromance Bros, Adversity Twins, Outcasts, Stepbrothers, and Tennis Rivals all leaving the airport. "They'll need to hurry if they wanna catch any of the teams in search of," the shot cut to a close-up of Sanders and MacArthur," the culinary," he finished as the camera pulled back to show the five teams in the lead.
The camera panned up to the sun, it's bight light momentarily taking over the camera and serving as the flash to the next scene.
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The shot cut to the Reality TV Pros, Noah sweating and looking quite exhausted in the crane of the mount's neck and Malcolm not looking any better on the camel's hump, and Father and Son handling the heat much better than their mount. "Yah yah!" Dwayne said as he kept slapping the animal's flank. "Faster boy!"
"Dad?" Junior said warily as the camera focused on them. "I think the camel's going to pass out!"
"Not to worry son!" Dwayne told him. "Camel's are the ships of the desert. They're tireless!" he slapped its flank a couple more times and it let out a sickly groan, then collapsed.
Junior looked from the exhausted camel to his father. "Oh great," Dwayne complained. "We got a broken one."
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"Last one," Emma pondered as the shot cut to her and Kitty alone at the spice kiosk. "Cumin... cumin..."
"I think it's this one," Kitty said, pointing at the closest bag to her. The scene briefly cut to a pair of taxis dropping off the Outcasts and Adversity Twins and back to the Sisters.
"Now's not the time for guessing games Kit!" Emma snipped at her. "Uh? I don't know. This one?" she said, pointing to a random orange spice and watching Yussef scoop it.
"So you can guess but I can't?" Kitty asked in mild offense.
"Mine is an educated guess," Emma told her with a superior air. "Can you not throw a temper tantrum right now?" She ran off, and the camera cut to Kitty's wide eyed look of shock. "Hurry up!" Emma yelled from off screen, prompting Kitty to follow after her sister.
The camera lingered to catch Jay leaning toward one of the spices and sniffing it. "Is this one cinnamon?" He sneezed, and the dust cloud took over the whole screen.
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The episode resumed to the same dust cloud from before, which dissipated as Jay and Mickey were heard coughing and wheezing.
"Apparently, we can't sniff spices," Jay said dryly.
"The last teams gather spices," Don narrated as the Band Geeks arrived and the Adversity Twins launched into another coughing and wheezing fit.
"'Sup?" Andrew said. "Got some spices for us?"
"But they've still got a long journey ahead of them," Don finished as the camera cut to Laurie and Miles slowly riding their camel through the desert.
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MILES AND LAURIE; VEGANS
"Vegans get a lot of bad press in the media," Laurie explained, "We signed up for the race to change that. Take our camel Banafrit for instance. You'd probably think we wouldn't ride him because deserts are hot. But camels are meant for this type of climate."
"We're still going slowly though," Miles chimed in. "Just because they're considered tireless doesn't mean we can overwork them."
"I mean, the last thing you want in the desert is for you camel to pass out," Miles laughed.
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ANDREW AND ELLIOT; BAND GEEKS
"So," Andrew started slowly in the desert, "we're in last place right now. But that's no reason to panic."
"Our taxi got a flat tire," Elliot explained offhandedly.
"And our taxi driver wasn't the best at fixing it," Andrew added. "But it's still anyone's game!"
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The scene cut to someone lighting a fire on a stove under a rather ornate pot. "Things are heating up," Don narrated, "as the Cadets are the first to reach the desert restaurant," as he spoke, the camera pulled back to reveal Sanders and MacArthur arriving.
"There's the Don Box!" Sanders called out as she hopped off the camel and ran off screen. MacArthur groaned and fell off their mount.
She groaned again as the camera cut to a close-up, a harsh trilling tune in the background. "I can't take this heat," the shot cut to the sun. "Someone turn off the sun..."
Sanders mashed the button on the Don Box and got their tip. "It's a botch or watch," she read as MacArthur finally joined her, still not looking well. "Just Stew It."
"That's the challenge only one of us does right?" MacArthur asked.
"Okay," Sanders read as the shot cut to a close up of her handing the spices of to a Middle Eastern man wearing a gourmet chef's outfit. "Hand your spices over to the chef so he can add them," the spices were tossed into the pot, "to a bowl of Moroccan stew that one of you must eat," the chef happily stirred the pot.
MacArthur groaned as the shot cut to them. "I hope we picked right spices or this could get ugly fast."
"When you finish your stew," Sanders read, "Race on foot as fast as you can to the Chill Zone," the camera quick-panned to another stretch of desert and panned across its nothingness, "because-"
"- The last team to meet me here," Don finished Sanders's sentence as the shot cut to him at the Chill Zone seen in the previous episode, "will be cut from the race."
The scene went back to the Police Cadets as the chef handed them their stew. "I can't do it," MacArthur groaned. "I'm sweatin' like a perp bein' questioned inside a hot dog cart."
"Okay gross," Sanders complained, taking the stew nonetheless. The music turned mysterious as they left and the Best Friends and Sweethearts arrived, then turned triumphant as the camera panned right to show the Ice Dancers.
"Okay Bun-Bun," Josee told the rabbit's foot she was holding. "Don't let us down."
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JOSEE AND JACQUES; ICE DANCERS
"I'm not superstitious at all," Josee told the camera while still holding her rabbit's foot. "I just believe that this rabbit's foot is responsible for everything good in my life."
"Can I rub it?" Jacques asked.
She laughed playfully. "Of course you can't," she said much less playfully.
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The scene moved to Junior sulking next to his team's camel as Dwayne tried to get the exhausted animal to get up. "Andrew look!" Elliot called out as she and Andrew rode their camel past the Father and Son. "We're not in last anymore!"
"Thanks for breaking your camel dudes!" Andrew called back after they left the frame.
"You're welcome!" Dwayne yelled back sarcastically.
The Band Geeks returned to focus as they came upon the Vegans. "Hey ladies," Andrew told them. "Good luck about those other guys amiright?"
Laurie and Miles shared a look, then shook their heads.
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MILES AND LAURIE; VEGANS
"Miles and I became friends when we met at a Vegan Club meeting back in high school," Laurie told the camera.
"When Laurie kicked out a girl who suggested we just call them 'ings' instead of 'meet-ings' I knew we were gonna get along," Miles added.
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"While the Band Geeks dig themselves out of last place," Don narrated as the camera panned left across the desert to show the Bromance Bros, Surfer Dudes, Geniuses, Jocks, Rockers, Sisters, Outcasts, Mom and Daughter, Fashion Bloggers, Adversity Twins and Daters in a pack, "the race for first heats up as more teams dive into the restaurant challenge."
Another four-way split screen was shown: Someone handing over their spices in the top left, the spices being added to the stew in the top right, the stew being stirred in the bottom left, and the the stew being handed back in the bottom right.
Carrie sighed wistfully as the shot cut to her watching her partner eat their stew. "Oh Devin..." She tensed up, and turned around with a blush on her face. "Uh," she said. "That. That was. I was just," she laughed nervously before sighing. "Okay I love him!" she said excitedly. "I've loved him since we were five and he pushed my bully off the monkey bars. But after all this time," she grew nervous again, "how do I tell him? And what if he doesn't feel the same way? He already has a girlfriend, Shelley," she rolled her eyes at the name then realized "... who will see this on TV..."
Her rant was interrupted by Devin cheering as he held up his empty bowl. "Yeah! Done!"
Carrie ran up and hugged his neck. He blushed, but she didn't seem to notice. "Come on!" he said, removing her hands after a more than necessary amount of time. "We're in first!"
The scene cut to the Daters getting their stew, then the camera panned to the right to show the Rockers, Goths, Stepbrothers, Slackers, and Mallrats arriving. Gerry and Pete's yells could be heard from off screen, and their camel ran on screen and bucked them off. They landed on in the sand in a painful heap.
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A classical tune played as the scene flashed to Sanders taking a small sip of her stew and wiping her mouth between each sip. The camera cut to a close up of MacArthur looking irritated as a tense string played underneath the classical piece. Another offscreen slurp and the camera cut in closer as she grit her teeth, the string getting tenser; and yet another slurp had her eye twitching, the string getting even more tense.
"Stop wiping. Your face!" she yelled as the camera pulled back to show both women. "And chug!"
Sanders took another sip and leveled an unamused look at her partner. "This, is how civilized people eat."
"This ain't a tea party," MacArthur told her. "It's a race for a million dollars. Now chug!" she tipped the bowl up, forcing her partner to chug the stew as their leitmotif played.
"Freeze!" MacArthur yelled as she held the bowl up. "I mean, done!"
"Done!" Bridgette called out, gaining the attention of the Cadets and the camera. She was holding the bowl in the air as Angel hugged her neck and kissed her on the cheek. "Let's go!"
Before they moved, a squeal gained their attention, and the camera cut to Josee striking a pose while she chugged her stew with Jacques watching nearby. "A wonderful performance of grace and efficiency! Bravo!"
The camera quick panned back to the Police Cadets. "Uh-oh," MacArthur said. "Move it!" She and her partner ran off.
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The camera flashed to Carrie and Devin running alone through the desert. She tripped on a rock and fell down and when she looked up the camera switched to her perspective to show Devin smiling down at her. "Need a hand homie?" he asked. She was to busy gazing at him lovingly to respond.
The footage skipped ahead to him carrying her with only one arm as a their leitmotif played. "Whoa," Carrie said shyly before adopting a more playful tone. "Easy, Romeo."
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CARRIE AND DEVIN; BEST FRIENDS
"You'd think it'd be awkward being so close to each other," Devin told the camera, "but not for us. It's like were perfect. I can't imagine us any other way."
Carrie laughed. "Yeah," she said unconvincingly, me either. Just... perfect..."
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The scene cut to Crimson eating her team's stew while Ennui wordlessly watched, then panned to the right to show Ryan eating his stew while flexing one arm and hugging Stephanie with the other. "Do it baby!" she cheered. "Show that stew you're the man!"
The camera panned right again to show Brody and Mary eating their stew with their partners watching nearby. "When I first met Brody he was eating a cat's hairball on a dare," Geoff told Ellody before chuckling. "It was pure awesome!"
"I met Mary at an engineering students' potluck dinner," Ellody said. "We both brought pie chart pie," she added with a snorting laugh, "We're quite whimsical."
Geoff chuckled and smiled. "Pies..."
Yet another pan to the right showed Malcolm, his face completely red, eating his stew while Noah watched with apathy. "I," he wheezed, "I think you picked the wrong spices."
"You honestly expect me to believe this is the most painful thing you've been through?" Noah asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Like done man!" Rasta called out, the camera cutting to him dropping his bowl in the ground as he and Marley ran to the Chill Zone.
"Hurrying up," Malcolm said as the shot cut back to him and Noah.
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The scene flashed to MacArthur running through the desert, Sanders slowly walking on screen and holding her stomach a moment later. "Oh," Sanders groaned, causing her partner to stop and send an irritated look back. "I gotta stew cramp. It huuuuuurts..."
"Never leave a man behind," was all MacArthur said in response.
The footage skipped ahead to MacArthur carrying her partner over her shoulder. "Ow!" Sanders complained. "This hurts!"
"Not my fault you got no meat on your bones," MacArthur said with an audible shrug after they left the screen.
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The scene cut to a pan across the eating challenge, showing the Cheat eating for the Stepbrothers, Crimson for the Goths, Spud for the Rockers, Ryan for the Daters, Kelly for the Mom and Daughter,Brody for the Bromance Bros, Mary for the Geniuses, Jay for the Adversity Twins, Beardo for the Outcasts, Wyatt for the Mallrats, Malcolm Reality TV Pros, and Emma for the Sisters.
Emma and Kitty became the camera's focus as the former groaned after taking a slurp. "Come on Emma!" Kitty cheered. "You can do it!"
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KITTY AND EMMA; SISTERS
"We chose some of the wrong spices," Emma told the camera.
"Uh," Kitty spoke up, "you chose all the spices."
Emma glared at her and leaned forward.
"Which is good!" Kitty hastily added. "Because I would've just guessed. Phew," she mimed wiping the sweat from her brow.
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The Fashion Bloggers and the Jocks were the focus of the next scene change, Tom and Steven eating the stew while their partners watched.
"Whoa slow down Tom," Jen said suddenly. "You don't wanna get any stew on that shirt," she explained at seeing his raised eyebrow.
"Eh," Steven shrugged. "I think the guy wearing the shirt is way cuter," he said offhandedly before slurping some more soup, the camera panning to the right to get the Tennis Rivals in the shot with Pete eating the stew.
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A flash took the scene to the Best Friends running through the desert, Devin still carrying Carrie as she leaned forward and squinted. "Can you see the Chill Zone homie?" he asked.
"No!" Carrie cried, "I think we might be," the camera pulled back to show a vulture watching them from a nearby rock and a flock of them circling above, "lost!"
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(Commercial Break)
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The episode resumed with a shot of the sun as a harsh trilling tune played, then cut to Devin's feet as he continued to run through the desert before panning up to show him still carrying his partner.
Carrie gasped excitedly and pointed ahead of her. "Homie! Look!"
Devin barked out a laugh as the camera cut to two palm trees surrounded by cacti. Both friends cheered as they ran in between the trees and the shot cut to Don on the Carpet of Completion with a smile on his face as Devin ran up to him.
"Welcome to the Chill Zone," the host said with raised arms as the music turned triumphant. "You're the first team to arrive. Congrats!"
Devin cheered again and gently set Carrie down. "Yeah! We did it!" he cheered once more, both teens gazing into each other's eyes. He blinked and back away with a blush, then said "I wish I could call Shelley." before dashing away.
Carrie laughed halfheartedly. "Yeah... Shelley..."
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CARRIE AND DEVIN; BEST FRIENDS
"It's not that much of a shock we're in first," Devin told the camera. "We're a great team."
"But still," Carrie chimed in. "First place? That's just. Wow."
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"Done!" Malcolm wheezed as the footage cut to him holding his bowl in the air.
"Not a moment too soon either," Noah commented while pointing off to the side, the camera quick panned to the right to show the Band Geeks and Vegans arriving at the restaurant and back to Noah and Malcolm. The two boys nodded, then ran off.
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A flash took the scene to a close up of Sanders, still over her partner's shoulder. "Oh..." she groaned, "it hurts so bad..."
A high-pitched squealing laugh caught her attention, and the shot pulled back to show MacArthur looking back with a confused grunt.
The camera cut to Jacques, holding Josee in the air the same way he had while they were riding their camel, both with large and somewhat devious smiles as a grand and triumphant tune played.
"Well that's just creepy," MacArthur commented, both women following the Ice Dancer with their eyes as they passed them and wincing at the sound on impact.
The music slowed to a halt as the shot cut to Jacques having slammed into a palm tree and Josee buried in a nearby bush.
"Hah!" MacArthur laughed as she passed them ."Later skaters!"
Angel and Bridgette arrived not long after Sanders and MacArthur left. "Are you guys okay?" Angel asked as she stopped and leaned over the Ice Dancers, her girlfriend having passed them.
"Angelfish!" Bridgette said from off-screen. "Race!"
Angel perked up. "Right," she said, taking off after her girlfriend.
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Tense challenge music played as the shot cut to Brody taking a huge slurp of his stew, then calling out 'Done!'.
Ryan was next, smirking as he called out 'Done!'.
The camera cut to Beardo and Wyatt, the latter calling out 'Finished' while the former made the sound of a dinging bell.
Jen and Tom and Steven and Tyler were the focus of the next camera cut, both still eating their stew as the Tennis Rivals, Bromance Bros, Daters, Outcasts, and Mallrats ran off in the background.
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"Put... Me... Down...!" Sanders said as the scene flashed to the Police Cadets in the desert, the challenge music ramping up in intensity.
"No time," MacArthur responded, the camera panned to the right to show the Sweethearts and Ice Dancers neck-and-neck behind them.
The music continued to ramp up as the camera cut to a close up of MacArthur glaring back at the two teams, then the Ice Dancers narrowing their eyes, then the Sweethearts narrowing their eyes, then a head on shot of the Police Cadets that panned to the left to show the Ice Dancers and back to the right to show the Sweethearts.
The camera cut to the three teams running through the trees that flanked the entrance to the Chill Zone, then cut to Don, then panned to the right to show the Police Cadets in the lead, with the Sweethearts not far behind the Ice Dancers.
The music somehow got even more dramatic as MacArthur jumped in the air. The footage slowed down with appropriate sound effects to show her landing on the carpet.
"Hey who called the cops?" Don joked as the music ended. "What fun," he laughed. "You're team number two, well done," he told the Police Cadets, prompting MacArthur to cheer and raise her hands in the air. She dropped her partner in doing so and the camera panned to the right to show Jacques and Josee and Angel and Bridgette walking up to the host as the Police Cadets walked away.
The Ice Dancers waved to the camera as their leitmotif played. "So as a Canadian ice dancing team you probably hear this a lot," Don joked. "Third place! Sweethearts, you're in fourth!" Angel and Bridgette cheered and hugged each other whiln Josee's eye twitched to a spike in the music.
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JOSEE AND JACQUES; ICE DANCERS
Josee wasn't in the interview room, but Jacques was covering his ears with a dull expression as a very long string of censor bleeps played.
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The music turned reverent as more teams checked into the Chill Zone; "Fifth!" Don announced, the image of Rasta and Marley slapping five appearing in the top left of the screen. "Sixth!" the grinning Tennis Rivals appeared in the top middle. "Seventh!" Geoff and Brody had an arm around each other in the top right, "Eighth!" Stephanie hugged a cheering Ryan in the bottom left, "Ninth!" The Outcasts cheered in the bottom middle, "Tenth!" The grinning Geniuses in the bottom right.
The screen went to black as more teams appeared. "Eleventh!" Don announced as Malcolm and Noah grinning appeared in the top left. "Twelfth!" The grinning Rockers appeared in the top right. "Thirteenth!" The Fashion Bloggers in the bottom left. "Fourteenth!" The Mallrats in the bottom right.
"Fifteenth!" Tyler and Steven raised their arms in victory in the top left as the previous images disappeared. "Sixteenth!" Reef and Broseph appeared in the top right. "Seventeenth!" Emma's feet appeared in the bottom.
"Seventeenth?!" Emma protested in a close-up. "You have to start doing more!" she scolded her sister as the shot cut out to show both of them and Don on the Carpet.
"I would love to do more!" Kitty said. "Please."
"I'll tell you when to do more!" Emma told her as the music turned tense. "I will tell you!" She huffed and walked away, leaving Kitty to sigh and sag slightly.
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A flash took the scene to Junior at the restaurant. "Get up!" he said to his off-screen father. "You gotta eat the stew!"
The camera panned to the right to show Dwayne lying on top of they're still exhausted mount and panting heavily. "Just..." he panted, "just give me a minute kiddo..."
The camera quick-panned to the right to show Taylor holding up a bowl. "My mom's done!" she called out, running off while her mother trudged after her holding her stomach.
"Not so fast honey," Kelly groaned.
"We're done!" Lorenzo called out, the camera cutting to his close up.
"I don't feel so good," Chet complained as the shot puuled back to show him holding his stomach as well.
"I don't care," his stepbrother told him. "We gotta go!"
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JUNIOR
"I didn't sign up for this show and I don't really wanna be here," he told the camera while his father was still collapsed from exhaustion in the background, "But now that I'm here, I don't wanna be the first team kicked out."
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"Come on Dad!" Junior told his father as he walked over to him. "Like you always tell me, 'Never say 'Quit'.'!"
"Actually pal it's," Dwayne panted a correction, "'it's Never say 'never'."
"I don't really listen to you," Junior admitted with a shrug. "Just get up an eat!"
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"Eighteenth!" Don said as the camera cut to the Adversity Twins' feet before panning up to the cheering brothers.
"Nineteenth!" the host continued as the image of Taylor glaring at her cringing mother took the top of the screen. "Twentieth!" the Goths took the bottom left. "Twenty-first!" An image of Chet and Lorenzo mid-fight took the bottom right.
"That leaves the Vegans, Band Geeks," Don continued as the shot cut to Andrew and Miles eating their stew as their partners watched, "and Father and Son," Junior and Dwayne watched their stew get made.
"One of these teams will be heading home," he told the camera as it cut to him at the Chill Zone with a finger raised.
"I hope we got the right spices," Dwayne told his son as the chef handed them their stew. In response a fly landed on it and a jet of fire burst from the bowl.
"Dad," Junior said seriously as the scene cut to the two running over to the Band Geeks and Vegans. "We're in last place. You gotta hurry and down this stew."
The camera cut to a close up of the bubbling and steaming stew and Dwayne and Junior's attention was momentarily stolen by Andrew calling out 'Done!' and Elliot yelling 'Let's go!'
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DWAYNE AND JUNIOR; FATHER AND SON
"So what's a little spice?" Dwayne shrugged. "Let's do this thang!" he cheered before laughing. "Thang. I sound like a kid when I say that."
"You really don't," Junior said dryly.
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With appropriately tense music, Dwayne took a deep breath... and poured the stew down his throat, causing his son to stare in amazement. Junior's hero worship was broken by hearing Miles yell out 'We're done!' and running off to the Chill Zone.
Dwayne finished the stew, and Junior called out "Done!" but before they could go anywhere, the father blinked and his eyes lost focus.
"Oh no!" he cried. "I can't see! Temporary blindness!"
"Come on!" Junior yelled, grabbing his father's wrist and running off.
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The scene cut to Andrew and Elliot running through the desert, stopping in panic when they heard Miles shout 'Yes!'. They looked back, and the camer followed their gaze to the Vegans running a few yards behind them. "We're catching up!" Laurie cried.
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LAURIE AND MILES; VEGANS
"It's so early in the race," Miles said, "It'd be a shame to be sent home so soon."
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ELLIOT AND ANDREW; BAND GEEKS
"They were catching up pretty fast," Elliot told the camera. "But we're in marching band," she bragged.
"If anyone knows how to get somewhere fast on your feet," Andrew added, "it's us."
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The Band Geeks shook themselves out of their panic and marched in step with each other. True to their word, they were going faster than they were before. But with a sharp spike in the music, Andrew let out a shout of pain and collapsed onto the sand.
"My foot!" he cried in pain, holding the aching body part. "It's cramping!"
"No time for that!" Elliot said, picking her partner up and carrying him over her shoulder as the Vegans and Father and Son passed them.
The music ramped up in intensity as the camera cut to the running Vegans, then Dwayne and Junior, then Elliot's feet, then her face with her eyes narrowed in determination, then the Vegans' feet, then Junior's, then a head on shot rapidly approaching Don at the Carpet of Completion.
"Congrats Vegans," he told Laurie and Miles as the camera returned to a sideview of them on the Carpet. "You're twenty-second!"
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MILES AND LAURIE; VEGANS
"That could've gone better," Miles admitted. "But we're still in the race."
"Besides," Laurie added. "There's only one leg were first matters."
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"And here comes twenty-third!" Don announced as Junior led Dwayne to the Carpet and let him go, the father continuing to run.
"Are there any trees?!" Dwayne asked in a panic as he ran off screen. "Warn me if you see a tree!"
"We're almost there Dad!" Junior called out.
Don leaned down. "How long are you gonna let him run?"
Junior shrugged. "I just needed a break.
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JUNIOR AND DWAYNE; FATHER AND SON
"Twenty-third place?" Dwayne asked, his eyes still unfocused. "We gotta do better pal. I know! We're gonna stay up all night and talk strategy!" he gave his sone two thumbs-up.
"Greeeeaaaat!" Junior deadpanned.
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"The Ridonculous Race is about skill," Don told Elliot as she carried her partner to the carpet. "It's about determination. However," he added while raising a finger in the air. "It's also about luck, which is something you guys didn't have today. I'm sorry," he told them sincerely, "but you're out."
"Aw man..." Andrew groaned.
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"Well we definitely could've done better," Elliot said over a clip of Andrew holding his cramped foot, a reverent version of the main theme playing in the background.
"But even the short amount of time we had was a blast," Andrew added over a clips of them marching across the desert, and them stepping off the train platform.
"I'm glad we did this together," Elliot said over clips of them getting their spices, trying to make an alliance with the Goths, and explaining about their taxi's flat tire. "These memories are gonna last forever."
"They could've at least sprung for a ride home though," Andrew said, the montage ending and the scene cutting to them in the background walking across the desert at dusk while the silhouette of a camel stood in the foreground. The music ended, and the camel farted then groaned.
(Roll the Credits)
Author's Note Post Script: And that's the first elimination. Not much to say about the Band Geeks. I knew going in it was either them or the Slackers but since I have a plot idea for Rasta and Marley, Andrew and Elliot were the first boot.
Now you may notice I'm changing some things up with two of the teams. First is the Vegans. I really hate how they're the stereotypical annoying types, mainly because I knew some in high school who weren't at all like that. So in this version, they're aware of the 'Straw Vegan' type and are trying to prove that they're not all like that.
Second are the Best Friends. I'm just gonna confirm. Devin's in love with Carrie too. Yes, I am aware of the whole Shelley thing. Let's just say that's a much different story than canon.
And I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
I hope you all enjoyed the episode, or some part of it.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDP: TRR ELIMINATION TABLE:
24th Place: Band Geeks - Andrew and Elliot