"Last season on Total Drama Island," Chris began, "Dave and Gwen battled it out for one million dollars. In the end, Dave the Germaphobe won the super-sizd check. And thanks to a technicality pointed out by Greg, he was able to keep his loot and get a chance to win five...million...big ones! With the money stuffed inside a briefcase, our fifty-seven campers set off on the race for the case! Until the case was eaten by an alligator, then a shark. Bet you they didn't see that one coming. Now the sixteen who were the closest to winning have been given the chance to win another five million dollars! Actually, it's the same money. They've been instructed to report to an old film lot for a whole new set of challenges. Forty-two days, sixteen cast mates, one heck of a lot of cash. Welcome to Total...Drama...Action!"
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A bus rolled up to the gates of an abandoned movie lot. Duncan was first to step out of the doors. "Man, I miss the smell of the city," he commented. Leshawna and Harold followed him out. Heather and Dave tried to get out at the same time. "Step off!" Heather scolded.
"You step off!" Dave retaliated. The two glared at each other until they were knocked over. Dave bumped into Harold, making Harold drop his Rubik's cube and crash into Leshawna, who was unfazed. "Sorry, Leshawna," Harold apologized.
"No harm done," Leshawna casually replied as everyone else got off the bus. The bus revved off. "Where is everybody?" Leshawna wondered.
"Maybe we got off at the wrong stop?" Rodney suggested.
"That broken-down bus only had one stop," Justin replied.
"I'm not hanging around here," Heather decided.
"You're going to give up the chance at five million big ones?" Leshawna asked her. "That's a lot of hair weaves." Heather was about to argue when she noticed her bald scalp and quickly put on her wig. "Guess I could stay for a bit," she said.
"Face it," Beth pointed out, "The money is the reason why we put up with Chris."
"Beth, you got your braces off," Sky noticed. "Nice." Beth smiled at this. "Hot as ever," Justin told her, though he was only looking at his reflection in her smile. Destiny shoved him aside. "Braces or not," she told her, "You look like a star! The sun's burning with jenvy at you."
"You look good, Beth," Sky commented.
"You really do," Dave agreed.
"You are totally on your way to looking the part of my new BFF!" Lindsay squealed. "That's my new 'Best French Friend'. I am so moving to France when I win!"
"My mom said my world would totally open up when I got my braces off!" Beth gasped. "She was right! I'm going to France!" She and Lindsay squealed with joy until a honking horn cut them short. Chris drove up on a tram. "Dude, it's about time!" Duncan told him.
"Hop on, everyone!" Chris ordered as the contestants started to board the tram with their luggage. "Come on, people! Sheesh, we haven't got all day! This cart's rented by the hour." He drove off. Owen noticed Izzy was absent. "Izzy, run!" he told her. Izzy just stood there, whistling. "I mean, Kaleidoscope," Owen corrected.
"No one leaves E-Scope behind!" Izzy shouted. She gave a Tarzan yell as she ran and hopped onto the tram. "Welcome to the set of Total Drama Action!" Chris announced. "This season's hottest reality show will be shot here, on an abandoned film lot."
"Does this mean we're gonna be in the movies?" Lindsay asked.
"No, it means you're gonna be on TV, and don't interrupt me! Ever!" Chris flicked Lindsay's nose. "Oops," Lindsay apologized, "Sorry."
"You'll be spending the next six weeks here," Chris continued as he drove through an Old West set, "Competing against each other in challenges and for rewards. All for the chance to win some monster cash!"
"Yeah, baby!" Owen exclaimed as he rubbed his hands. "I'm gonna win me some moolah!"
"SHUSH!" Owen zipped his lips. "Like last season," Chris continued, "One team will win and the other team will watch one of their own make their way down the dreaded Walk of Shame to the Lame-o-sine." He pressed a button, and the windows came up. He drove past a rusty limousine that emitted a lot of exhaust, making everybody else cough at the smoke. "Couldn't you get a better set of wheels?" Destiny coughed out. Chris rolled down his windows. "No," he answered. "Now, since we don't have the outhouse to dump your deepest, darkest secrets in, you'll dish the dirt in our new makeup confessional."
Confessional: Lindsay
"Oh, my gosh! A whole trailer full of makeup!" A hand passed her some lipstick. "Oh, sorry. I don't use that brand."
End Confessional
"To the left is the craft services tent," Chris continued, "Catered by Chef." Chef chased a raccoon outside. Lindsay tried to take a picture but Chris revved the tram, making her fall over. "If you survive Chef," he told the teens, "You'll have to make it through our dramatic award ceremony, where all but one loser will receive a gilded Chris award!"
Confessional: Sky
"'The gilded Chris'? What a narcissist. Don't get me wrong; I still want one."
End Confessional
"You done now, dude?" Geoff asked.
"I have an eject button and I'll use it," Chris countered.
"Please. Continue." Chris drove past an outer space set. "Whoa!" Harold gasped in amazement. "Cool! Is this a dream?"
"No, Harold," Chris replied, "It is not, but you may soon wish it was. A few months ago, this lot was home to a high-budget monster movie, until the star began experiencing some, umm, difficulties."
"Oh, no," Lindsay gasped. "Did she have, like, a mental breakdown?"
"Actually, the star wasn't a her. It was an animatronic monster!" Everyone noticed the huge bite marks in the buildings. "What happened to it?" Dave gulped.
Confessional: Dave
He sighed. "In retrospect, I shouldn't have asked that question."
End Confessional
Everyone heard a loud roar, making them cover their ears. "Come on, dudes," Duncan told them, "He's yanking our chains." There were some big footsteps, and a giant lizard tail swatted a radio tower, making it fall. Chris firmly pressed the brake petal. "WHOA!" Rodney yelled.
"DUDE!" Geoff cried out. DJ just screamed and closed his eyes. The tower crashed right in front of the tram, and everyone stared with worry. "Since we're on a film lot," Chris explained, "This season's challenges will be based on movie genres. Today's genre..." Another roar was heard. "The monster movie! Duh!" An animatronic monster that was thirty feet tall walked past the tram, making everyone gasp. DJ stammered before fainting. Chris poked at his chest with a stick. "Down for the count," he noticed. "For your first challenge, everyone must get from here to the cast trailers while our state-of-the-art monster prevents your every move. Ha-ha-ha! Chef has kindly offered to control the beast." In a studio room, Chef, in a special suit, was stomping on the ground, making the monster repeat the action. "And...Action!" Chris announced, to everyone's confusion. "That means go." Everyone fought to get out of the tram, with Harold being tossed out. "This is going to be a long season," Chris thought.
On a beach set, everyone was running from the monster. It stomped on a little sand castle. "Oh, baby!" Owen exclaimed. "Did you see that? That thing is so cool!"
"I can almost hear your sweet lullabies, Mama," DJ squeaked out as he sucked his thumb. Chris simply pat him on the head.
Owen looked around and saw a large hand reaching for Izzy. "Izzy, duck!" he warned her. "DUCK!"
"Goose!" Izzy giggled. The large hand slammed down, making her fly off and land in a lift. "Do it again!" she giggled, making Owen shake his head in disbelief. The monster grabbed Izzy and put her in a bouncy castle, and she laughed as she bounced up and down.
Confessional: Owen
"Maybe the monster won't look for me in here. I love Izzy. Not like love love, but I think she's amazing. I just wish she notice me and not that dumb monster. How can I compete with it?! Sure, we're both big and we both eat a lot, but it's really tall."
End Confessional
Geoff and Bridgette were making out underneath an umbrella as Dave and Sky ran past them. "How are we suppose to find the actors' trailers, anyway?" Sky thought as the duo skid to a stop.
"I would recommend looking in the sky with your wings," Dave suggested, "But the monster might catch you there. Don't you have knowledge of monster lizards?"
"The only one I know is a species of salamandar that's able to walk through fire, but it's only the size of my hand, not the size of a building! What now?"
"Follow the good-looking people!" Justin suggested as he jogged past them.
"Yeah," Beth agreed as she followed behind, "Follow Justin!"
"Better than nothing," Sky sighed as she and Dave jogged after them.
"Yeah," Dave replied, "I doubt Destiny would agree, though. She has some ax to grind with Justin, for some odd reason."
"Where is she, anyway?"
"Off the top of my head, she's probably dressing herself and some sucker up to try to scare the monster away." Duncan jogged by the beach and noticed Bridgette and Geoff making out. "Um, I don't think this is the kind of 'action' Chris had in mind," he commented.
Confessional: Bridgette
"What was I thinking? Duncan is so right. I like Geoff, but hello! I also like five million dollars!"
Confessional: Geoff
"Duncan's right. It's time to get our head in the game. Booyah!"
Confessional: Bridgette and Geoff
The two were making out.
End Confessionals
"Ow!" Rodney cried out as Destiny zipped up a gorilla costume on him. "Destiny, be gentle!"
"Just hold still, big guy," Destiny told him.
"Remind me again why I'm in a monkey suit."
"It's not a monkey! It's a King Kong costume. And I'm in a Mothra costume." Destiny twirled around to show her white dress and orange-and-yellow costume wings on her back. "We'll take down that Godzilla beast by channeling his rivals." The duo heard the monster roar. "Make me fly, Farm Boy," Destiny ordered as she held her arms up. Rodney just had a weird look.
Confessional: Rodney
"I know Destiny's a nice person and all, but I sometimes question what runs in her head. Dressing up as movie monsters and charging right at one? Oh, yeah. That certainly can't go wrong."
Confessional: Destiny
"I know I can come up with some frazy plans at times, like the zomie dress-up last season, but that's the beauty of plans that are frazy. People don't see them coming. Huh. Does that mean Izzy and Luna are geniuses?"
End Confessionals
The monster came around the corner when Destiny was suddenly sent flying into the creature's face. "Gotcha, Godzilla!" she exclaimed as she covered its eyes. "Can't catch us if you can't see us!"
"That girl is something else," Chef muttered from the studio room.
"Uh, Destiny?" Rodney spoke up. "You know the monster isn't real, right? It's controlled by Chef."
"Oh," Destiny realized too little too late. The monster pried her off of its face and scooped up Rodney. It carried them over to the bouncy castle. "Not a bad prison set-up," Destiny commented as she bounced. "I could get used to this. Whee!"
"You please too easily, I think," Rodney noted.
"This challenge isn't so bad," Dave boasted as he, Sky and Duncan kept running. "What, no explosions? No burning buildings? No bear?"
"Maybe it's not in the budget," Sky shrugged. The trio saw a building explode and another one burning to ashes. A bear inside roared and chased after them. "I thought the bear was tranquilized and returned to his handler," Chris said to Chef.
"Had one day left on its contract," Chef replied.
"Nice!" Bridgette and Geoff were making out in the confessional when the monster crashed through the roof and grabbed them. "This is it!" Bridgette gasped. "The end!"
"As long as we're together, baby," Geoff assured her. The monster dropped them. "I love you!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"I love you, too!" Geoff shouted back. They bounced in the bouncy castle and even shared a kiss. Meanwhile, Leshawna was running ahead when she saw Harold hiding in a closed umbrella. "Come on, String Bean," she told him, "I hope you can run. We've got a challenge to win." She pulled him out and pushed him ahead. "If I wanted to," Harold boasted, "I could run as fast as a pronghorn antelope. It's the fastest land animal after the cheetah." The monster's roar knocked the duo off their feet before scooping them up. "Easy now!" Leshawna shouted. "This booty is breakable!" It dropped them over the bouncy house. "I love you!" Harold suddenly declared.
"Say what now?" Leshawna responded. Sky and Dave skid to a stop and turned around when they saw the monster. Justin failed to see it until it grabbed him and was face-to-face with it. "Yo," Justin casually said, making the monster freeze.
"What can I say?" Chef told a confused Chris. "Kid's hot."
Confessional: Justin
"I'm not just another gorgeous face and abs and butt and shoulders, okay. I'm also a master strategist. This year, I'm in it to win it."
End Confessional
The monster gently set Justin down in the boucy castle. He noticed everyone but Destiny was staring at him. "What are you all staring at?" he asked.
"You!" everyone but Destiny replied.
"Oh. Right." Destiny stomped on the bouncy castle, sending her and Justin airborn. "I hate you!" she spat out between bounces. "You're going down, pretty boy!"
Confessional: Destiny
"I remember what happened last time. The guy that claimed to have the handsome face and the silky voice and the chisled chest ended up getting my pals kicked off! And besides, I prefer the geekier ones than the models."
End Confessional
Heather was running from the monster when she heard it roar. "You tell her!" Lindsay declared as she popped out of a bush. "We don't like her!" The monster scooped her and Heather up. "I'll miss you, Lindsay!" Beth cried out. Lindsay waved back as the monster carried her and Heather to the bouncy castle and dropped them off. "Excuse me!" Heather spat out. "I think you forgot something!" The monster dropped her wig. "That's better."
Sky, Dave, Beth and DJ were running from the monster. "Follow me!" Sky ordered.
Confessional: Dave
"That's what makes Sky a great girlfriend. She's always considerate of others. It's one of the things I love about her."
End Confessional
"Come on, DJ," Sky told him as he dragged him by his arm. Everyone ran into a building, which happened to be just a prop. "Everything's fake?" Sky wondered.
"Of course it would be," Dave reasoned. "We're on a movie set."
Confessional: Sky
"Dave's a pretty smart guy. That's one of the things I love about him. Plus, the guy is super loyal."
End Confessional
The monster scooped the four of them up. "I'm coming, Lindsay!" Beth shouted. The monster dropped them. "I'm here for you, Sky!" Dave shouted as they fell.
"I know, Dave!" Sky shouted back. They landed in the bouncy castle. Duncan and Owen popped up from behind a prop car. "Losers!" Duncan laughed.
"Boy, am I ever glad I'm not them," Owen noted. The monster tapped Duncan's shoulder, to the boys' horror. It let out a roar. "I'm gonna die!" Owen sobbed as he hid underneath the prop car and the monster's hand reached out for them.
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Owen continued to scream, but soon noticed he was the only one left. "I'm okay?" he wondered as he stood up. "Ha-ha-ha! I'm okay! Yeah, baby! Time to find those cast trailers!" He ran out and closed the door behind him. "I can't...run...any...more!" he breathed out. He fell over as the monster's shadow loomed over him. "Take...me!" he panted. "I surrend...der."
"Kid really needs to lay off those cheese puffs," Chef commented. The monster tried to pick him up, but Owen's weight put a strain on the mechanical creature. "Huh?" Owen wondered.
Confessional: Owen
"Boy, am I ever glad I didn't go on that diet! Being big can really have its advantages. You know, like, uh, when you're trying not to, uh, be captured by an animatronic monster. For example. That's just off the top of my head."
End Confessional
"Come on," Chef muttered as he tried to make the monster lift Owen, "Come on!" The suit shorted out, and the monster dropped Owen. "Yes!" he cheered. "I'm too heavy!" He laughed. "I win! I WIN!"
"Not yet," Chris corrected. "Owen, my man, you still have to find the trailers."
"Aw, man." Owen walked off, looking tired. It soon became nighttime back at the bouncy castle. Chef walked by and had an electric spasm from the suit. Night turned into dawn, and the sleeping teens were awoken by a trumpet blast on a loudspeaker. Owen wheezed as he collapsed outside the bouncy castle. "It took you ten and a half hours to walk three city blocks?" Sky wondered in surprise.
"That's just sad, man," DJ commented. Owen took out a pin and popped the bouncy castle. "How come no one thought of doing that last night?" Duncan pointed out.
"Wait," Leshawna noticed, "Where is Izzy?" The monster walked over and stomped on one of the trailers before setting Izzy down. "Thanks for the date, baby!" she told it. "Don't ever leave me, 'cause I find you!" Owen just crossed his arms as he watched the scene. "How did you manage to escape?" Duncan asked her.
"Monster and I had a romantic date," Izzy explained. "He doesn't take no for an answer. Mmm-hmm. Pretty crazy. I can't even tell you guys."
"Whoa," Chris noted as he stepped out of the other trailer and saw the smashed trailer. "Am I ever glad I chose to wait in that trailer. It looks like you all made it. Guess I lose the bet. That was just a warm-up. Good news is your next challenge is a reward." Everyone cheered at this. "It will be the boys against the girls," Chris explained, "With the winner getting first pick of the trailers, where you'll be living for the next forty-two days. You will have your choice of trailer A or trailer...yeesh. Off to the craft services tent!"
"Yeah, baby!" Owen exclaimed. "I'm starving!"
Confessional: Owen
"My mom says I eat when I'm upset. And happy. And tired. Not to mention bored, gassy, morose, joyous, comatose, semi-conscious, avuncular." He had a burly mustache. He giggled. "Avuncular."
End Confessional
Owen cheered as he saw a buffet of food laid out in the craft services tent. "This is AWESOME!" he exclaimed.
"Dude, this chow looks like something out of a commercial," Geoff gasped in amazement.
"Oh, can I star?" Lindsay asked.
"Let's get this speed-eating contest started!" Owen announced. "On your marks, get set, come to papa!"
"No, wait!" Chris warned. However, Owen started to scarf down everything at the buffet table, save for one salad. "Is this veal?" he wondered as he continued to eat, to everyone's shock. "It must be veal. I've never tasted anything like this." Soon he was laying on the table after all the food was gone. Sky noticed an apple rolled by her feet. "Nice," she said before biting into it.
"Owen, the man of many appetites," Chris told him, "How was it?"
"The turkey was a bit...dry," Owen replied with a belch
"Not surprising since the food was fake."
"Fake?"
"Fake?" Sky muffled between a bite of her apple.
"Yep," Chris answered. "Just props made from foam core, silicone, sawdust and wax." Sky widened her eyes as she looked at her apple before quickly hiding it behind her back. "It wasn't a speed-eating contest," Chris explained, "It was a contest to find the key."
"What key?" Owen wondered. He belched out a key. "Oh. You mean this key?"
"That'd be the one," Chris replied.
"Does this mean I won?"
"Yes. Yes, it does."
"All right!"
"You are something else, Owen," Dave said as he shook his head.
"Mmm-hmm," Sky muffled as her cheeks started turning green.
"You okay, Sky?" Destiny asked her. "You're as green as a Granny Smith apple."
"I'm fine," Sky fibbed as her cheeks bulged. Dave noticed the bitten apple in her hands. "You didn't eat anything from that buffet, did you?" he asked. Sky puked on his face, to his horror. "Does that answer your question?" Destiny told him.
"More...elegantly...than...words," Dave squeaked out before fainting.
Confessional: Duncan
He laughed. "Did you see that? The dude ate foam core and wax! Full props for that man."
Confessional: Geoff
"Way to find the key, dude! I used to think Owen was just some party dude, but he's really a stand-up guy. Party on!"
Confessional: Harold
"I could've done that, you know. I just wasn't hungry."
Confessional: Owen
"No, wait, wait, wait, wait, there's still one more." He belched again.
Confessional: Leshawna
"You know what that boy has? Guts. Guts full of foam core and rubber, but guts just the same."
Confessional: Sky
She puked into a bucket.
End Confessionals
Chef prepared an antacid drink for Owen. "Don't worry," Owen assured, "I'm cool. My mom says I've got a gut like a goat." His stomach gurgled. "Nope. Call 911."
"You're gonna need it," Chris chuckled. "Since you're the winner, you get first pick of the trailers." The guys cheered at this. Later, everyone was standing in front of the trailers. "I choose...the squashed trailer!" Owen decided. The guys complained and protested at this. "What?" Owen asked. "It has more character." The girls cheered until the mechanical monster stomped on the other trailer, to their disappointment. Chris and Chef watched the scene with amusement from the studio room.
Confessional: Izzy
"Ha-ha, I am so over that monster!"
End Confessional
That evening, Chef had finished repairing the trailers. "Okay, everyone!" Chris announced as he drove by in the tram. "Get a good night's sleep because you've got a seriously early wake-up call! Call time is 6:00 AM! Sleep quickly!"
"I'll take the top," Harold told the boys in their trailer.
"I call the bottom," Geoff replied.
"Mine," Dave and Owen said at the same time.
"That's the stuff," Duncan sighed as everyone relaxed in their beds.
"I need to sleep on the east side so my head will be closer to the ocean!" Heather told the girls in their trailer.
"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" Leshawna countered. "We're in Toronto. We're nowhere near the ocean!"
"Then maybe I don't want to lay my pretty head near this big-butted, loudmouth, mall-shopping-"
"And maybe I don't want to sleep near a two-faced, bossy little string bean of a prom queen!" Bridgette whistled to catch their attention. "Girls!" she told them. "You heard Chris. We need to be on-set by 6:00 AM."
"Worried we might cut into your early morning make-out session?" Leshawna teased.
"Yes. Kind of. Sky?"
"No," Sky replied as she shook her head.
"Nuh-uh," Destiny agreed.
"Heather's meanness might leech down while I'm sleeping," Lindsay pointed out.
"Is meanness contagious?" Beth gasped.
"Totally. Besides, I'm bunking with my new BFF: my Beth Friend Forever!"
"Aw..."
"Fine," Bridgette decided, "We'll draw straws."
"Who's got straws?" Leshawna wondered.
"We could use makeup brushes instead!" Lindsay thought.
"That's a swiller idea, Linds!" Destiny exclaimed. Lindsay passed a handful of makeup brushes to Beth. "Longest ones get the top bunk," Beth explained, "Shortest ones get the bottom. Shortest of all gets to sleep with Heather." Heather growled in response. Everyone else pulled out a brush. "Yes!" Lindsay exclaimed. "Top bunk!"
"I got bottom!" Beth announced. "I call Lindsay!"
"I call Beth right back!" The two dashed to their bunks. "I've got bottom," Bridgette said. "Sky?"
"I got top," Sky replied. "Sure."
"I've got bottom," Leshawna announced.
"Imma top!" Izzy exclaimed.
"My makeup brush is so tiny," Destiny noticed. She widened her eyes in realization once she saw her bunk mate. "Oh, mutant maggots!" she cursed.
"Tough break, Destiny," Sky told her. Heather was going to get on the top bunk but Destiny pushed her aside and hopped up. "Dibs!" Destiny called out.
Later, everyone was sleeping in their bunks when Chris sneaked over. "Shh," he whispered, "They're sleeping!" He pulled out a megaphone. "THIS IS YOUR 5:00 AM WAKE-UP CALL!" The girls groaned and yelled, with Destiny running outside before tripping down the steps, exposing her white undies with teal flowers. "I'm only kidding," Chris chuckled, "You can sleep...for now."
"Now you tell us," Destiny moaned. She gave a shriek as she noticed her exposed undies before covering it up with her nightgown, with a heavy blush on her face. Chris noticed it was silent in the boys' trailer, so he blew an air horn, making Owen let out a huge fart. "Owen!" Dave complained.
"That's a wrap on day one," Chris narrated. "How will Owen fare with a stomach full of foam core and sawdust? What will tomorrow hold for Sky and Dave? Who knows what drama is in store for our cast? Well, I do, but I ain't telling. See you next time for another thrilling episode of Total...Drama...Action! McLean out." Another growl was heard. "Can someone please put a wrap on that monster?!"
Here ends chapter one. So, the majority of this cast will stay the same because I thought it was a good selection for season two. Really, the only change is the addition of Rodney and Destiny along with switching Gwen and Trent for Sky and Dave.
Since we're on the theme of movie genres, I'll try to get into the spirit by including a movie quote to each episode's genre here in the author's note. Here's one for the monster movie genre:
"The Audrey II is not a healthy girl." Seymour Krelborn
"Strictly between us...neither is the Audrey I." Musknik
-From Little Shop of Horrors
The next episode will take the casr egg-hunting for an out-of-this-world species. Until next time, this is Dunsparce519 saying enjoy and have a good day.