sdgeek: No need to feel that way about your previous review. Sometimes there isn't much to say, and that's okay. That said, I appreciate your thoughts about everything.
SideshowJazz1: I guess you could say it is a canon similarity. I can't say much about it now because reasons, but everything will be clear in due time.
Eternos137: Yes, things will be intense. As for whether the Keith thing will be problematic, we'll have to wait and see.
Nicky Haugh: Interesting assessment. I suppose Zoey and Sky are counterparts in a way. Yeah, Sky is in the game for herself, but she got distracted along the way whereas Zoey wanted some friends. It says something about people's goals and how they affect a person's gameplay.
Madness is a State of Mind: Thanks for the review! Yeah, I think given his knowledge of reality TV, Topher would be a bit genre savvy and try to apply what he knows to the situation. I guess it would be fair to say Dave and Sky are nearing Mike-Zoey waters, but of course they have a rock in the way.
VIPGuest: Considering Fangren is a fantastic writer, I'll take that as a compliment!
OmniPlanckInstant: Yes, it indeed was a close one. Max is entertaining, but there is such a thing as overstaying a welcome, and I didn't want him doing that.
SilentSinger948: Thanks for the review! We'll have to see if things go as you think.
Fangren: I'm glad that you like Topher giving Rodney advice; it's like I told Madness, I think Topher would be a bit genre savvy about TV and try to apply his knowledge of that to the situation. I'm glad that you enjoyed Shawn punching Dave. I needed a little something to keep up the challenge drama, and it seemed so obvious. I'm also glad that I managed to surprise you in regards to which team winning the challenge and who would be eliminated. You might be on the right track with the votes. I didn't really think much about it, I mostly had a vote in for Dave to prevent a tie. I've been thinking about it, and here's how I think the votes went- Shawn and Sky voted for Max because he shot them with gulls, Dave voted for him in support of Sky, Max and Sugar voted for Sky because of her comments, and Beardo couldn't pick between them so he voted for Sky's supporter, Dave. Either that, or Beardo voted for Max with Dave and Sky for making them lose the challenge, Shawn and Sugar voted for Sky for what she said, and Max voted for Dave because he tried to return the attention to him. Your scenario is probably the more likely one.
Codammy Forever: Thanks for reading! I've pretty much figured out my TDAS cast, and even if I would go with your suggestion, I can confirm that Codammy would not happen.
Now with reviews out of the way, let's move onto the episode!
Disclaimer: I do not own Total Drama, or anything within the franchise. I only own a DVD of season one.
Episode 6- Runaway Model
"Previously on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the campers got deep with an underwater scavenger hunt," Chris narrated over footage of Shawn and Scarlett descending to the bottom of the lake in the diving suits, followed by footage of Shawn being attacked by Fang.
"Rodney and Topher attempted to sort out Rodney's love life." The footage changed to Rodney attempting to talk to Jasmine while standing on Scarlett's air hose. "And they only seemed to make more of a mess of it," Chris added over a shot of Rodney falling in love with Jasmine again, to Topher's shock and confusion.
Max was then shown with his new team. "Max switched over to the Toxic Rats, and his stupidity was toxic! Hehehe!" Sky was then shown getting knocked out, and then her ranting in the confessional. "Sky got upset with her team's loss, which Sugar overheard and told the rest of the team."
The footage showed Sugar talking to the team, and them getting mad at Sky before transitioning to the elimination ceremony. "In the end, Max was voted off for making one too many 'evil' mistakes. Not going to miss that guy."
The recap footage ended, and Chris was shown on the dock. "Though Sky was safe for the day, will she still be in deep water? Find out right here on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!"
(cue theme song)
It was mid-morning when the camera opened up on camp. It panned down to show the mess hall and the communal washrooms. Rodney and Topher appeared to be outside the washrooms, and waiting.
Holding a hand over his private area, Topher rapped a fist on the door.
"Come on, hurry up! Guys have to use the bathroom too, you know!" He called through the door.
Beside him, Rodney was hunched over, both of his hands over his private area. "Maybe we should just dig a hole, and do our stuff in that. It's what I do back home when my brothers are hogging the bathroom."
"We are not doing that," Topher replied sharply, giving Rodney a disgusted expression before knocking on the door again. "Come on! Open up!"
Inside the bathroom, Sammy apologized, "Sorry! We'll be out in a minute." She turned to face the other two occupants, Scarlett and Jasmine. "Anyway, as I was about to say, you look pretty happy today, Scarlett."
Finishing some adjusting to the bun her hair was in, Scarlett faced Sammy with a pleasant smile. "What can I say? I took note of the Rats' ranks this morning, and I'm pleased to report that Max has been eliminated. That little imbecile has been a thorn in my side since day one."
"At least you have something to be happy about," Sammy replied, and held up a hairbrush. "First my make-up, and then my clothes have gone missing. This hairbrush is the only thing I have left besides my pajamas. What's going on around here?"
Jasmine shrugged. "I'm not exactly sure, myself, but perhaps we'll figure it out soon."
Over in the Rats' cabin, Shawn could be heard in the boys' side of it. The camera zoomed in on the cabin as Shawn was heard saying, "I'm telling you guys, something's not right."
In the cabin, Beardo sat on his bunk bed with Dave sitting on the top one. Shawn stood in front of them with his hands extended.
"First I see that zombie in the woods on the night of the night challenge, then we don't find any tracks, and now that cheerleader girl over on the Maggots' team is losing her stuff. Something bad is going on; I can feel it," he told them.
Dave raised an eyebrow at him. "Are you sure you're not just being more paranoid than usual? Ever since the night challenge, you've been kind of antsy. Who knows? Maybe all of that stuff you listed is just coincidence. The island's already bad with the mutated flora and fauna, and the rundown campgrounds involved. We're in danger just by being here."
Shawn shook his head. "I refuse to believe that everything happening is just a coincidence." He looked down at Beardo. "Dude, back me up here."
Beardo stroked his beard thoughtfully. "I don't know. It's possible something could be going on, but it's also possible this is just a string of coincidences. It could go either way, really."
"I think it's more likely more than just coincidence," Shawn refuted with a scowl. Rolling his eyes, he stormed out of the cabin. "I'm going to look for more evidence."
The two other male Rats watched as the cabin door slammed.
"He really needs to lay off caffeine," Dave quipped, "and get more sleep." Beardo nodded, also humming his agreement.
(Confessional- Beardo)
"Shawn's a cool guy and all, but sometimes I wonder if he's just too deep into his own head," Beardo remarked in the outhouse, tapping the side of his head for emphasis. "That girl on the Maggots' team, though. Her involvement in his crazy theory makes it sound a bit more plausible that something bad really is going down."
The loudspeakers screeched to life. "It's challenge time! Campers, meet me at the other side of the island!" Chris declared.
A flash forward brought the scene to the amphitheater used in the first season. The Maggots occupied one set of bleachers while the Rats occupied the other.
Sky approached the Rats' bleachers. "Hey guys, mind if I sit with you?" She asked Dave and Beardo, who were sitting on the upper level.
Sugar huffed, crossing her arms. "I dunno. Maybe you shouldn't so we can prove we can win a challenge without you."
"How does that even make," Sky began to say before correcting herself, "Never mind, I was talking to Dave and Beardo." She gestured to the two boys in question.
"She's still here," Beardo shrugged, "it's her choice."
Dave gave Sky a smile, and beckoned her up. "Sure, you can sit with us."
Grateful to Dave, Sky climbed up to sit next to him. As soon as she sat down, she frowned at Sugar, who glared back up at her.
(Confessional- Sky)
"So, I said something I apparently shouldn't have," Sky said, looking off to the side before directly looking at the camera. "How was I supposed to know Sugar was listening? The confessional is supposed to be private!" She threw her arms up, and then sighed. "I really have to find a way to fix this, or I'm going to be sent home next."
The amphitheater was altered to include a runway with a table and three seats behind the table. Clothing racks and suitcases were on the stage, and Chef, wearing the same pink dress he wore for the Gilded Chris ceremonies in season two, stood on the stage. The contestants heard the sound of a jetpack before they saw it.
Chris descended onto the stage, wearing his jetpack, along with a black suit and tie, sunglasses, and a white wig with hair pulled into a ponytail.
"Welcome to your challenge, the Weird and Wild Fashion Spectacular!" Chris announced, allowing Chef to take his jetpack and pulling a paper fan out of his suit to fan himself.
"Fashion?" Sugar gasped gleefully. "Well Chris ought to just hand us the win right now. I'm great at that!"
Dave leaned over to Sky, a smirk on his face. "The way she dresses and does her hair says otherwise." Sky giggled quietly.
Topher jeered, "The white hair is really showing your age, Chris!" His teammates glanced at him as he made the verbal jab, and then they all winced as Chris' blowhorn sounded.
"Zip it!" Chris snapped, lowering the horn and raising his fan to wave again. "You won't be walking the runway. No, no, no. No amount of fashion can help you people." He chuckled, "Here's how it's going to work- each team gets a wardrobe of clothes, a make-up kit, and ten minutes to dress and make-up a model which you will send down the runway to be judged by myself, Chef, and today's Total Drama classic competitor- Lindsay!"
One of the suitcases on the side of the stage popped open, revealing the blue-eyed, blond-haired former contestant. "Yay! Don't you just love my new, special fashion judgy shoes?" She asked the campers, raising a leg to show off blue boots different from her regular brown ones.
"Wait, so we get to dress an actual model?" Sammy inquired, growing excited at the prospect.
"Uh huh! Right after you catch one," Chris nodded.
Jasmine looked perplexed for a moment. "Catch a model? That shouldn't be too hard."
"Oh, it'll be hard," Chris replied, walking across the stage. "Because you won't be catching human models, no. You'll be catching models that live in there!" He pointed towards the woods, forcing Lindsay to duck her head. A roar sounded from within the forest as if on cue. "They're wild, they're mutated, and like me, hate teenagers."
The campers looked at each other in concern as they realized that their models wouldn't be the regular kind, and that they'd have to catch one of them.
"Okay, fashionistas," Chris brought out his blowhorn once more. "Go!" He pressed down on the horn, and the teams ran off into the woods in search of a model.
The teams started searching the woods. Dave searched a bush, and Beardo lifted up a rock to look underneath. By a tree, Scarlett and Sammy watched from the ground as Jasmine investigated a tree.
On a tree branch sat the same three-eyed frog from two episodes ago. Without warning, Jasmine dropped down onto the branch with her hat in her hands, slamming it down over the frog. Giving a triumphant cry, she peeked under the rim of her hat, then frowned as she lifted up the hat. There wasn't a frog underneath it. "Wha?"
The frog zapped into existence on top of her head, causing her to look up as it flashed away again, taking her with it this time.
The frog warped them into empty air, and Jasmine gave a startled cry as she fell to the ground while the frog teleported away in the same moment.
Shawn approached what looked like a giant turtle shell with a broken branch. He poked it with the branch, and a tail whipped out of it, taking hold of the branch and tugging Shawn in. A giant turtle emerged from the shell, and punched Shawn away, clearly annoyed by him touching it.
Elsewhere, a beaver sat nestled between some rocks and bushes. Rodney spied on the beaver from behind the bush for a moment before leaping out and wrangling it into his arms.
"Gotcha!" Rodney exclaimed, but quickly found himself pulled upward. The camera zoomed out, and showed that the beaver was actually a fake that was attached to a land-walking anglerfish. The country boy yelped in fright.
Scarlett's eyes went wide, and she took off in a sprint in the other direction. Rodney quickly followed her, and he was followed by the roaring anglerfish.
As the search continued, the camera zoomed in on a slice of pepperoni-topped pizza, which was surrounded by a loop of rope. The heeled shoe of Sugar entered the shot, and she asked, "Pizza? What's pizza doin' way out here?"
The scene zoomed out to show Sugar scratching her head. Her eyesight followed the rope to where it was attached to a tree that Fang was hiding behind with an axe.
She snorted, "Who leaves a fine slice of grub out here?" She bended over, and grabbed the slice. At that moment, Fang cut the rope, causing the rope to tighten around her wrist. "What the hay?!"
Fang emerged from behind the tree, licking his chops.
Sugar rolled her eyes upon seeing the shark. "You again? Shouldn't y'all be livin' in the lake?"
Instead of responding to Sugar, Fang settled for rubbing his hands together in anticipation of his awaited meal. Then, he heard a cracking sound, and his eyebrows shot up as his sight landed on the rope.
The pageant queen also looked up at the rope, which apparently couldn't hold Sugar's weight as it rapidly frayed from the strain. Soon, it snapped, and Sugar fell with a mighty 'Thud!'
Unfortunately for Fang, he ended up being Sugar's landing cushion. Sugar grunted, recovering from the fall, and saw that she was still holding the pizza from the trap. A wicked grin crossed her face, and she jumped to her feet. "Hah!" She laughed, and pointed at Fang. "You just got Sugar'd!" Taking a bite out of the pizza, she ran off.
Recovering from the impact, Fang snarled.
Somewhere else in the woods, a giant, muscular two-headed rabbit pounded on a wooly beaver while a laser squirrel shot beams out of its eyes in the background. A rather huge crab ambled over to the group of mutants, snapping its claws.
From behind a bush afar, Rodney, Jasmine, and Sammy observed them.
"This is so hard," Sammy said hesitantly, "which one do we use?"
"How about one that's small and can't shoot lasers out of its eyes," Jasmine suggested, apprehensive for once.
Behind them, Scarlett spoke up, "I may have a solution." The trio twisted their heads around to face their genius teammate.
They saw the same long-eared rabbit from two episodes ago chewing on leaves.
"It is small, inoffensive, and appears to be unable to kill us," Scarlett explained.
"Great idea, Scarlett!" Sammy smiled as the trio walked over to her. "What about the ears?"
"I'm sure we can figure something out with that. Let's get to work," Jasmine decided.
Rodney blinked as his female teammates started to approach the creature, and looked around. "Hey, has anyone seen Topher?"
Sky stood in front of her team, though she seemed a bit hesitant in doing so. "Come on, you guys, there's got to be something on the island we can use as a model."
Peering over a bush, Sugar suggested, "How about that big fella over there?"
The viewpoint shifted to what Sugar was seeing. The big, hairy, and purple form of Sasquatchinakwa sauntered into his cave.
"I don't know. He seems a bit big for this," Sky pondered as the camera pulled back to show the team watching the yeti.
"I dunno, either." Beardo agreed, "How would we even catch it?"
Shawn grinned at his teammates. "Leave that to me. I've got an idea."
A flash forward had the Rats back at the amphitheater. Shawn dug through the wardrobe on the stage, taking articles of clothing and stuffing them into a duffel bag.
"So, what exactly is your plan?" Dave asked, watching his teammate.
"I'm a trap master. I've built lots of traps for zombies back home, and I have an eye for detail from my bakery job. I think I can put together a trap, and get the yeti dressed in a decent outfit," Shawn said, examining a hat and then putting it in the bag, closing the bag with a finalized zip.
Beardo raised an eyebrow. "You're sure this is gonna work?"
The conspiracy nut nodded, "Positive. If I can catch that yeti, what can't I catch? Oh, and I'm going to need your sound skills. Can you make a yeti noise?"
"I think so."
"Good," Shawn tapped his chin. "Okay, I think that's everything. Let's head back to that cave."
"Well, what do you guys think?" Sammy inquired as the scene switched back to the Maggots, the camera's attention focused on the rabbit.
The rabbit was dressed in a Maggot-red cheerleader uniform. It held little white pom-poms, and the Mutant Maggots' team logo was stitched onto the front of the uniform. Somehow, the Maggots had managed to tie the rabbit's extra-long ears up, making the ears look like hair done up in a ponytail.
Scarlett hummed as she stood with her teammates, staring at their model. Sammy had a nervous smile on her face, Jasmine's smile was more genuine, and Rodney looked a bit confused. "Normally, I would be averse to the stereotypical appearance of a cheerleader, but we do not have the time or the resources to make other costumes so this will have to suffice."
"I think it looks great," Jasmine stated, and patted Sammy on the shoulder. "And you were saying how you weren't very good at this."
Rodney nodded, "Yeah, what she said." His face then took on a look of panic. "I mean, what Scarlett said, not that Jasmine isn't right, but I just agree with Scarlett more, and…" The country boy babbled.
Sammy blushed, interrupting Rodney's babbling. "Oh, I wouldn't say I was saying I wasn't very good at this. It's just Amy says stuff like that all the time. It's no big deal."
"Three minutes remaining!" Chris announced over the loudspeakers.
Jasmine turned to her team. "We'd better go back and get ready, and find Topher, wherever he went."
A fair distance away from where the Maggots had been preparing their model, Chris lounged in a chair under an umbrella, watching as an intern rolled barrels of toxic waste around and drinking some pink lemonade out of a coconut cup.
"Oh, intern!" Chris mockingly called. "When you're done cleaning up the environment, I need another drink. Thanks!"
The intern, a geeky, braces-wearing girl with black hair, rolled her eyes, and continued rolling the barrel to where it was supposed to go. As she left the area, the camera panned over to a tree, where Topher poked his head out from behind.
(Confessional- Topher)
"So, these past few days, I haven't had much of a chance to talk to Chris as I'd like. He's always been watching challenges from afar while I'm stuck with my team doing them," Topher elaborated, "but since we were able to split up this time around, I decided to take the opportunity."
Chris sat in his chair, tapping his finger on an armrest with his drink in his other hand. "How long does it take for an intern to move a barrel?" He asked out loud before groaning. "I might as well pour another drink myself." He reached for the pitcher of pink lemonade on a stand next to him.
"Let me get that for you, Chris." Topher walked onto the scene, picking up the pitcher before Chris could.
"Thank you, Topher. Refill!" The host thrust his cup at the boy.
"Anything for the best host on TV," Topher obliged, and poured some lemonade. "You know, that is a great outfit you're wearing today."
"I know, picked it out for myself."
"I can tell. It suits you. Say, is the white hair a wig, or no?"
"It's a wig," Chris answered, briefly taking a sip of his drink. "My real hair isn't long enough to pull off the ponytail." He raised his hand to the hairstyle in question.
"Oh, good. I was worried that your hair was going white prematurely, especially with the silver streaks I've been seeing." Topher put the pitcher down, and put his hands on his hips.
At that, Chris spat out some lemonade, sitting up straight. "Silver streaks?!"
"You haven't noticed them? I could really spot them yesterday down at the dock. The sun was shining very bright yesterday, so it made them pop out a bit."
Chris' eyes went wide underneath his sunglasses, and he jumped out of his chair, something making a clattering noise in the process. "Intern! Somebody! Get me a mirror!" He ran off quickly in a panic.
Topher smirked to himself as he watched Chris flee. "A seed has been planted." He looked back at Chris' chair, briefly entertaining the idea of lounging in it and finishing off Chris' lemonade for him, but he blinked upon noticing something. "What's this?" He picked up a gray square-shaped object off the seat, and flipped it open. "Whoa! Is this Chris' cellphone?" His eyebrows narrowed in a devious expression as his fingers pressed a few buttons. "Hm? Chris has a number listed for the paparazzi? Interesting…"
A flash forward showed Topher now backstage at the amphitheater. Leaning against a crate, he typed away on the phone. He glanced up from the phone screen, and momentarily panicked, quickly closing the phone and shoving it into his pocket.
"Hey, guys!" He greeted as his teammates approached, attempting to look casual.
"Where have you been?" Jasmine questioned, frowning at the junior Chris.
Topher shrugged. "Oh, just running an errand for Chris. I didn't know where to look for you guys after I was done, so I just came back here to wait. Are we all set?"
Rodney nodded, "Yeah! We found this rabbit, and then we dressed it up."
"See?" Sammy held up the rabbit.
Looking at the rabbit, Topher nodded. "That'll work. When we present, let me do the talking. I can give our presentation a little flair."
"You'd better, otherwise you ditching us to do something for Chris will give us reason to send you home if we lose," Scarlett frowned.
"Harsh," Topher remarked, frowning right back at Scarlett.
The team looked upward as they heard Chris over the loudspeakers, "One minute remaining!"
Beardo cautiously approached Sasquatchinakwa's cave. "Here goes nothing," the human soundboard mumbled to himself. He took a deep breath, and then accurately did a series of grunts that sounded like they could've been coming from the yeti himself.
Inside the cave, he heard a loud roar.
"That doesn't sound good," Dave commented, peeking over the edge of a large rock. "What'd you say to him?"
Beardo looked at Dave helplessly. "I have no idea." Looking back into the cave, he gasped, spinning on his heel. "Run!"
Several stage lights flickered on as grand music began to play. A bear reading a book looked up, revealing its three eyes, to see what was going on, and was soon joined by a laser squirrel.
"It's freaky forest fashion time!" Chris declared on the amphitheater's stage. At a table in front of the stage, Chef, decked out in a rapper's outfit, and Lindsay sat in chairs with the last chair, Chris' chair, unoccupied. He turned around, and addressed the Maggots, who were coming out onto the stage. "Maggot-teers, show me something fierce! Chef, drop that needle!"
At the table, Chef started up a turntable, and put the needle down on a record. Pompous fashion show music began playing the moment the needle touched the record.
Clearing his throat, Topher announced, "Every team needs a mascot, and what better mascot than a cheerleader!" He gestured to the rabbit, now hopping into the open. "Inspired by one of the team's very own members, this rabbit sports a cheerleader's top and skirt with pom-poms in its paws for extra fluffy effect. The ears are also long enough to act as hair, allowing it to be molded into different styles while also taking away the caution needed in regards to tripping over its own ears, allowing a successful performance whether it be on a runway, or a sporting event."
The rabbit hopped down the runway, and stopped when it got to the end, allowing the judges to get a close look at its apparel.
"Cute, but not to the point the cuteness is sickening, and it really fits the Maggot motif," Chris noted before holding up his scorecard. "Nine points!"
The Maggots cheered at Chris' high score, and cheered even further as Chef gave them an 8.5, and Lindsay gave them a 0.9. The team quickly started to protest Lindsay's choice until she realized her mistake, and flipped the card around so it was 9.0.
"Oops," Lindsay apologized sheepishly.
"Okay, show me what you've got, Rats!" Chris called backstage, only for no one to come forward. "Rats?"
Shawn ran out from behind the curtain with a frightened scream. He was quickly followed by Dave, Sky, and then Beardo. "The Rats present a style from decades ago!"
"Come on, get out there!" Sugar insisted behind the curtain. She soon emerged… on Sasquatchinakwa's shoulders, trying to steer him out onto the stage.
Sasquatchinakwa wore a tie-dye shirt, bell bottom pants that the legs had no extra flowing room.
"Originating from the 70's, the shirt is an explosion of color, and the pants-" Shawn tried to explain.
"Wah!" Sugar yelped as the yeti threw her off, and then started swatting at the rest of the team.
"The pants had enough leg room to perfectly fit his thick legs!" Shawn finished with a scream, diving off the stage before Sasquatchinakwa could swat at him.
Lindsay gasped, "That thing is huge!"
Pausing mid-rampage, the yeti grunted in confusion, staring at the former contestant.
"True, and honestly, the whole 70's thing does not work for him," Chris added.
When the viewpoint showed Sasquatchinakwa again, men with cameras were lined up on either side of him, rapidly taking pictures and setting off camera flashes.
"What the-? What are the paparazzi doing here?!" Chris gawked.
Hearing the question, Topher's eyes went to his pocket, and he hastily placed his hand on the pocket containing the phone.
As the paparazzi continued to take photos, the yeti became more enraged with every camera flash blinding him. Eventually, he let out a growl as he ripped off the clothes.
"Chris is right," Lindsay started to tell Chef, "but I would totally wear those pants to a theme ni-aaah!" Sasquatchinakwa had grabbed her by the head, and pulled her away from the table.
Somehow, the sasquatch had managed to grab Chris' jetpack, and flew up with Lindsay in his possession. The campers raced over as he took off, shocked by the turn of events.
"Hey, he took my jetpack!" Chris exclaimed in outrage.
Lindsay let out a cry of terror as Sasquatchinakwa flew her over to Boney Island.
Beginning to fan himself more rapidly, Chris lifted up his sunglasses as he stared directly into the camera. "Will Lindsay survive? Am I legally liable if she doesn't? Find out after the break!" That being the cue, the show faded to black.
When the show faded back in, Chris was on the Dock of Shame, still fanning himself as he talked into a cellphone different to the one Topher had picked up.
"What do you mean I'm liable if the yeti eats Lindsay?" Chris questioned whoever was on the other end of the call. "It's not my fault she's delicious!"
The camera zoomed out to show that the two teams were watching him, all of them confused and at a loss of what they were supposed to do.
"Gotta go," Chris hurriedly said, and ended the call, tucking the phone away. He then addressed the campers, "Hey, for our next challenge, the two teams will… compete to rescue Lindsay! Yep, that's it! Everyone grab a canoe, and head to Boney Island!" The teams did as instructed, and went to go get their canoes. Chris chuckled after they left, "It's all good."
After being away from the island for so long, there weren't many canoes left around, thus both teams had to fit all their members in one respective canoe. The Maggots sat in a red one, Jasmine in the front, followed by Sammy, Scarlett, Topher, and Rodney at the back. The Rats paddled in a green one with Shawn in front, Sky behind him, Dave behind Sky, Sugar behind Dave, and Beardo at the back.
"Well, so much for winning that challenge," Dave spoke up while he paddled.
Sugar huffed. "I guess since it was Shawn's plan, we were bound to lose, huh?"
Sky groaned, rolling her eyes skyward. "When are you going to let that go? The team wasn't supposed to hear that!"
Dave frowned, and began to say, "Um, Sky, I have a question."
"What is it, Dave?" The gymnast sighed, wanting to have no attention to herself at the moment.
"Yesterday when you were unconscious, you said someone's name, and I have to ask. Who is Keith?"
Immediately, Sky forgot all about the team drama, and found herself stuttering, "Oh! He's, um, he's my b- hey, look! Fog!"
As the team paddled closer to Boney Island, they began to enter a thicket of fog.
The teams approached the island, and Boney Island could be seen by the skull-shaped formation that earned the island its name.
"Lindsay!" Sammy hollered as she and her teammates ran through Boney Island's woods. "Lindsay, where are you?"
As Rodney and Topher passed through the area, the focus zoomed in on them.
(Confessional- Topher)
"So, Rodney's been needing my help with breaking up with a girl," the junior Chris recapped, "so yesterday, I tried to help him break up with Jasmine so he could date Scarlett, but when the challenge ended yesterday, it sounded like he was into Jasmine again." His brow furrowed as he tried to figure out the sense behind his words. "I don't know what's going through his head, but now would be a good time to find that out."
"Rodney, slow down for a second?" Topher requested, jogging up beside the farm boy.
Rodney blinked at the request. "Oh, sure." He slowed to a walk, and Topher followed suit so they were walking side-by-side. "What do you want to talk about?"
"I want to talk about you," Topher answered. "Dude, what was that yesterday? You told me you want to break up with her, and then you started hitting on her again at the end of the day? I thought you were into Scarlett."
"I was!" Rodney replied before correcting himself, "I mean, I am!"
Topher frowned in confusion. "Either you are into her, or you're not anymore. Which is it?"
Rodney halted to a stop, exclaiming, "I don't know!"
"Huh?!" Topher stopped as well.
"I'm sorry! The whole time we've been here- it's been Amy, Jasmine, Scarlett, Jasmine, Scarlett, and Jasmine again! I love them all, but at the same time, I don't anymore! I'm so confused!"
"What's there to be confused about? Just pick one!"
"I can't!" Rodney began to cry, and pulled Topher in for a desperate hug.
"Hey, dude, let me go! Augh, watch the hair!"
(Confessional- Topher)
"Still don't know what's going through his head," Topher quipped in a rather short confessional.
Jasmine skidded to a stop, lifting up her arms in front of everyone else. "Everybody, look! The yeti's right up there." She pointed, and the camera followed up some scaffolding to where Sasquatchinakwa was sitting on a ledge with Lindsay sitting next to him, unharmed.
"Aw, it's okay, yeti." Lindsay cooed, patting the purple sasquatch on the arm. "The world just isn't ready for beauty like yours." The sasquatch wiped a tear away from his eye. "You're like a snowflake, but like a lot bigger. Like, I mean, a lot."
Scarlett raised an eyebrow, inquiring, "What is with the scaffolding? From my knowledge, Boney Island is too dangerous for habitation by anything other than the creatures that naturally live here."
"I'm turning Boney Island into my personal resort," Chris explained, arriving with Chef. "The health department said it was unfit for human life, but I sent in workers anyway." A strange smile appeared on his face while the campers appeared disturbed by the claim. "I wonder where they went."
Horrifying background music played as somewhere else on the island, bones were scattered around and wooly beavers were gnawing on some of them. All of the beavers in the area appeared to be wearing hard hats, and one of the beavers was even pouring a cup of coffee from a thermos.
When the scene returned to the contestants, Lindsay yelled from her position in the yeti's arms, "Don't hurt him! He just has big, hairy body issues!"
"I know a thing or two about hairy…" Beardo murmured quietly, stroking his beard. He noticed his teammates giving him odd looks. "Let me see if I can talk to the guy." He stepped forward, cleared his throat, and made a string of sasquatch noises like he had done earlier but in a different sequence.
Sasquatchinakwa growled, and began to stomp around, to the horror of Beardo.
(Confessional- Beardo)
"Seriously," he pleaded to the audience watching his confessional, "what did I say?"
As the yeti stomped around, the scaffolding below him started collapsing. Fortunately for the campers, they formed a platform that they could use as a ramp to run up and retrieve Lindsay.
"Hey, the yeti might've just given us a way to reach him!" Sammy exclaimed happily.
"That makes coming up with a plan easier than previously," Scarlett remarked, smiling as her team turned in her direction. "It's simple, really- there are four poles holding up the scaffolding and five of us. Jasmine, Samey, Topher, and I will climb the poles to draw the yeti's attention. As the strongest and the most comparable to the yeti in size, Rodney can run up the platforms and confront it directly."
Jasmine nodded in Scarlett's direction. "Brilliant idea!"
Sheepishly, Rodney raised his hand. "Hey, before we do that, could we… um… maybe-?"
"Let's move!" The Outback explorer commanded, and the team went into action, Rodney rather hesitant to do so.
The Rats watched their rivals run by them, and faced each other.
"How are we supposed to get to Lindsay before they do?" Dave asked.
Sugar dismissively waved her hand. "That's easy. We follow them, of course."
"What?" Shawn, Sky, and Beardo chorused.
"Yeah, we let them do all the hard work for us by clearing the path, and when they're distracted by the big furball, we sneak in and save Lindsay ourselves."
"…That's actually a really good plan, Sugar," Sky admitted, rather surprised by her teammate's idea.
"See, you're not the only one who can come up with good plans to help the team," Sugar retorted haughtily, causing Sky to scowl in annoyance.
(Confessional- Sky)
"It's like every time Sugar opens her mouth, it's to take a shot at me," Sky vented, sitting with her arms crossed. "If I didn't want to win the money so badly, I'd just up and leave because being heckled like this is not worth a whole lot."
"Sammy, you take the first one. I'll take the second one, Scarlett will take the third one, and Topher takes the fourth one," Jasmine ordered as the Maggots went to their respective positions and began their climb on the scaffolding. Rodney's boots clunked a bit loudly as his heavy footsteps bounded up the ramps.
Sasquatchinakwa saw the team climbing up the poles, and did not like it in the least. He grabbed a barrel from a stack near him, and threw it down at one of the pole climbers.
Sammy let out a scream as the barrel hit her, and sent her down to the ground. Jasmine, Scarlett, and Topher screamed when they were hit with barrels as well.
Sky cringed, wincing at every one of the Maggots' falls. "That looked like it really hurt…" Laughter reached her ears, and she frowned, twisting her head away from the challenge to look at Sugar. "Sugar, would you stop laughing at the pain of others?"
The viewpoint shifted over to Sugar, who had a puzzled expression on her face. "Uh, that wasn't me."
The laughter continued, almost sounding familiar, as the scene zoomed out to show the whole team.
"So, if it's not one of us, then who is it?" Beardo questioned, voicing the concern they all had.
"Never mind that, we've got to move," Sugar declared, becoming serious as she pointed to the scaffolding. Rodney was shown getting halfway up, and now Sasquatchinakwa was throwing barrels down the ramps, which Rodney jumped over. "That big guy is nearly to the top."
Topher moaned as he and his female teammates got up from the ground. "There goes my back…"
"Now what do we do?" Sammy inquired, brushing dirt off her skirt.
"I say we go again," Jasmine suggested, "Rodney may still need our help."
Scarlett adjusted her glasses on her face. "I personally disagree with that plan of action. Now that I know what it's like being hit by a barrel, I am not looking forward to reliving the experience so soon."
"I think we're a bit late to do that, anyway. Look," Sammy pointed at the Rats, who were going towards the scaffolding, and enacting the same plan they had performed. Sugar ran up the platforms while Shawn, Sky, Dave, and Beardo climbed the poles.
"They're copying our plan? Talk about uncreative," Topher quipped, giving the Rats a flat look.
Sammy's face morphed into an expression of concern. "Now what?"
A scream rang out, sounding as familiar as the earlier laugh. Without warning, a blond-haired blur in red and white tackled Sammy to the ground.
The eyes of the three uninvolved Maggots went as wide as saucers.
"What the-?" Jasmine gasped.
"Huh?!" Topher cried out.
From what it looked like, two Sammys were wrestling on the ground. They grabbed at each other's wrists, pulled at each other's hair, and shoved their hands in each other's faces.
"What're you doing here?" One Sammy asked between grunts of effort.
"I should be asking the same about you!" The other Sammy retorted.
Beardo fell from his pole after being smacked by a barrel. Shawn followed soon after, and then Dave fell, and eventually Sky fell on top of Dave. Dave let out an extra shriek of pain after Sky fell onto him.
"I'm starting to think that Sugar's plan was a bad one," Dave squeaked out.
"It sounded easier said than done," Shawn agreed, getting on his hands and knees. Looking up, he tilted his head in confusion. "Hey, what's going on over there?"
"Go home!" One of the girls shouted at the other. The girls were now in a different position, with one of them having the other in a headlock while the other had their arms looped around the first one's waist. Topher, Jasmine, and Scarlett stood aside, none of them sure if they should get involved.
"No, you go home!" The other snapped back.
"I deserve a chance in this game!"
"I deserve it more than you!"
Both of them shouted at the same time, "You're the worst sister ever!"
"That's enough!" Chef hollered, stomping over without Chris by his side. He grabbed both of the girls, and pulled them apart, holding them each up by one arm. "Now, one of you is supposed to be eliminated. Which one is it?"
"She is!" Both girls pointed at each other with their free one. "No, you're Amy! Stop that!"
"How do we know who the real one is?" Topher asked in an aside to Scarlett and Jasmine, the trio being joined by the Rats sans Sugar.
"I think I've got a way," Jasmine spoke up, and walked over to Chef. "Whichever one of you gets the answer to a question I ask you wrong, you must be Amy. I'll start with an easy one- which team member began the relay race in episode two?"
"Topher!" Both answered immediately.
Jasmine tapped her finger on her lips in thought before asking, "Which team lost the challenge in episode three?"
"The Rats!"
Frowning, Jasmine thought for a moment before her face lit up with an idea in mind. "What am I afraid of?"
"I know that one!" One of them smiled widely, and folded her arms confidently.
The other one gawked for a moment before copying the first one's posture. "Uh, yeah, I totally know that one too."
Smirking, Jasmine pressed, "So what is it?"
"Tight spaces!" "Heights!"
"The answer you're looking for is… tight spaces!" Jasmine said. "Which means, you're not Sammy!" She pointed to the girl in Chef's right hand grip. The camera zoomed in on the girl's right cheek, where there was a small circle of skin tone that was darker than the rest. Jasmine stepped closer to the girl, and used her thumb to wipe away the circle, revealing a black dot. "I knew it!"
"Ugh! Samey, you ruin everything!" The newly-revealed Amy huffed indignantly as Chef let Sammy go, and the nice twin hugged Jasmine. "You too, you freak giant!"
"Of course," Scarlett remarked as she walked over with Topher, who was smiling. "Amy must have been the culprit of Samey's things going missing. She first took Samey's make-up bag to conceal her mole-"
"Beauty mark!" Amy interrupted with a scowl.
"And then, she took Samey's clothes since in order to sneak back onto the island, she couldn't bring any extra luggage so she had to steal Samey's for spare sets of clothes and to identify herself as Samey."
"That night I thought I saw something in the woods that somehow covered its tracks; that must've been her!" Shawn joined in.
"Not to mention, she must've been the one to raid my fridge," Chef added with a snarl in Amy's direction, "isn't that right?"
"Well, duh!" Amy snapped. "How else was I supposed to eat? Look for food in the woods like some kind of animal?"
Chef opened his mouth to respond, but a rough cry, followed by a heavy thud, cut the discussion short. Everyone looked away from Amy, and saw Rodney on the ground near the scaffolding, heels over his head. He moaned in pain, and then Sasquatchinakwa soon fell on top of him, prompting him to moan more.
Up on the ledge where Lindsay was, Sugar pumped her fist as Lindsay watched on in concern for her new yeti friend. "Boom! That's how Sugar does!"
Chris, having went off to find his jetpack that the yeti had stolen, flew up to the ledge to announce, "Team Rat, you've got immunity!"
Shawn, Sky, Dave, and Beardo cheered while the Maggots groaned at their loss.
"Great..." Topher sighed, looking down.
Meanwhile, Chef looked down at Amy. "You're in lots of trouble," he grumbled to her.
She huffed, crossing her arms. "Tell me something I don't already know."
"Well, Lindsay's rescued," Chris decided, "so it's time to head back to camp. Maggots, you've got some voting to do."
At that, the Maggots glanced at each other in uncertainty about their upcoming ceremony.
Night once more fell over the island, and the bonfire was once again lit. For some reason, the Toxic Rats were present at the bonfire along with the Mutant Maggots, the team that was actually voting someone off. Topher and Rodney sat in the upper right corner of the stump seats with Jasmine and Sammy sitting in front of them, and Scarlett sitting in the back next to Topher. Beardo sat on the bottom left stump, and Shawn then Sugar were seated next to him while Dave and Sky sat in the back row behind them.
"That was a complete fiasco," Chris remarked as he and Chef, dressed in his hazmat suit and holding the box containing the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom, stood before the two teams.
Sammy raised her hand. "Hey, Chris? What happened to Amy?"
Chris grinned, "Oh, she's paying her dues." He pointed at Chef with his thumb. "Chef has some beef with her, and since I don't intend on letting her back in the game, I thought it'd be good enough reason to make her a temporary intern."
Topher broke into a fit of laughter. "An intern? Being an intern on this show is the worst thing you could possibly be!"
A flash cut to the communal washrooms, where Amy was mopping the floor, dressed in the intern outfit of a red shirt, khakis, and gray shoes.
"Stupid cook…" The twin-turned-intern grumbled bitterly.
Back at the bonfire, Chris picked up three marshmallows from his plate. "The votes are in, and the following players are safe… Jasmine!"
Jasmine happily caught her marshmallow.
"Scarlett!" Scarlett smirked as she snatched her marshmallow out of the air with one hand.
"Samey!" Sammy shared a smile with Jasmine as she received her treat.
Rodney and Topher visibly tensed upon discovering they were the last two without a marshmallow.
"The Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom goes to…" Chris drawled out. Beads of sweat formed on Rodney's forehead while Topher clenched his hands into fists. "Rodney!"
The country boy sighed as he slumped over, "Aw…" Looking up, he noticed the glowing marshmallow flying over to him. "Gah!" Smacking it away with the back of his hand, he sent it soaring towards the lake.
On the lake, an antlered loon sat on the surface in slumber, it awoke at the sound of a nearby 'plop', and watched as the glowing marshmallow sunk into the water, leaving bubbles where it had sunk.
Rodney stood, staring at his teammates. "I'm sorry, you guys. I couldn't save Lindsay, and I couldn't decide matters of my fickle heart," he apologized, placing a hand over where his heart was in his chest.
"Move it, big boy," Chef appeared behind Rodney, and shoved him along.
"I'm going, I'm going…"
"Thank you, Chef," Chris nodded to his trusted friend as he guided Rodney down to the dock. "Now for something special- Toxic Rats, you're probably wondering why I asked you to sit in on this elimination ceremony. I'll need a strong volunteer from each team."
Sky momentarily glanced at her teammates before standing. "I'll do it!"
"As will I," Jasmine also stood.
"Pack your bags!" Chris declared.
"You're making 'em leave too?!" Sugar exclaimed in confusion.
Chris shook his head. "Nah, I don't give people time to pack before they get hurled. These two are switching teams!"
Both teams gasped, including the swapees, and the girls nodded to each other before walking over to their new teams.
"Hey," Jasmine greeted the Toxic Rats as she sat down where Sky had sat previously. Dave was noticeably upset that Sky was no longer sitting next to him.
Shawn grinned as he greeted his new teammate, "Hey."
"Hi," Sammy waved her hand as Sky sat down in Jasmine's previous seat. "Welcome to the team."
"Yes," Scarlett agreed, adjusting her glasses as she glanced at the new teammate, "welcome."
Down at the Dock of Shame, Rodney sat in the bucket of the catapult. Chris stood at the catapult's side, smiling.
"Any last words before your ride to Loserdom?" The host asked cheekily.
Rodney sighed, "I can't say I'm surprised to be going home. I played with a lot of hearts, and not even Topher could help me…"
A laugh escaped Chris. "Yeah, I'd say you're beyond help. Buh-bye!" He grasped the catapult's lever, and tugged it downward.
Rodney yelled as he was flung into the air, quickly fading from view.
Turning away from the catapult, Chris addressed the camera, "Who will be the next loser hurled? How much can we humiliate them first? Will Amy finish cleaning the washrooms before then?"
"Augh! I hate cleaning!" Amy screeched in the distance, causing Chris to smirk off to the side.
"Find out next time on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!" He finished his outro with a shot of the island at night.
A flash cut returned to the island, where Lindsay was wandering through the campgrounds and looking every which way.
"Hey, does anyone know where the boat is?" she asked, walking out of the camera's sight.
(cue end credits)
Rodney- 10th
Max- 11th
Ella- 12th
Amy- 13th
Leonard- 14th
I tried to juggle several things this episode- Amy's return, Topher's theft, and Rodney's downfall. Topher's thing was easy enough to slip in, but Amy and Rodney's things were harder. It was the third act, the part with Boney Island that gave me trouble when you last heard from me. I wanted to give attention to Amy's return, but also show Rodney losing and thus justifying his elimination. In the end, I couldn't focus on both things, and had to focus on one thing or the other at the climax. In the end, I decided that since Amy is a bit more important to the story than Rodney going forward, I would focus on her return and just put Rodney's loss of screen and say he lost to Sugar in saving Lindsay from Sasquatchinakwa. I don't know if it was a good move, or not so tell me what you think.
My goal with Rodney was to make him more relevant to his cast. He was canonically ignored and dismissed, and generally a mess. He's still a bit of a mess, but less so since Topher tried to point him in a direction, and he now acknowledges that he has a problem, so that's a little development at least.
Yes, Amy is back, but not as a competitor. I knew I wanted to bring her back to fight with Sammy some more, but I knew she couldn't come back into the picture immediately. The fourth challenge was a night one, and she just returned that same night. The fifth challenge took place out on the water, and on fast boats that Amy would no way be able to keep up with. With the sixth challenge, they were on land and thus it was easy for her to get to Sammy when the time was right. In the meantime leading up to her reveal, I had her do a few things to keep up the suspense, such as Sammy's stuff going 'missing' and Chef's kitchen being raided. Beyond what I have planned for her in the future, I didn't really know what to do with her until Fangren brought up Chef getting revenge for his kitchen, which led to Amy in the washrooms. So thanks for inspiring that last bit, Fangren!
Oh, and I put Lindsay's last scene back on Wawanakwa instead of Boney Island because the original version is just too dark and cruel for someone like Lindsay. If it were Izzy, maybe it'd be okay, but not Lindsay.
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