Tennis Titan and Racket Rascal: A parody of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy from SpongeBob SquarePants with Total Drama characters.
Disclaimer for the series: Some (though far from all) chapters will contain moments of nudity or underwear due to the canon SpongeBob episodes' plots and gags, though it won't be anything that wouldn't happen in TD or SpongeBob. Credits to another user on FF for letting us use their idea, and another for their cast idea who wishes to remain anonymous. Some episodes may also take massive strays from canon in order for things to work. Feel free to leave a review, follow, or favorite if you enjoy it!
Ella was happily cycling to the local retirement home, something that she'd liked to do recently. Occasionally, it was volunteer work, but most of the time, they didn't need her help, so she liked to learn about the seniors' backstories at times.
Today she was assigned to work with Gerry and Pete. Ella hadn't spoken with them all that much, but what she did know was that they were two tennis players in their youth. She didn't know when they stopped, but she could always ask them if they were willing to tell her. She also knew that Pete was one year older than Gerry.
"Good morning, Peter and Gerald." She greeted in a sing-songy way, coming into the common area, where the two were intently focused on a board game.
They didn't seem to hear her. "Ha! Yes! A six! That's the end of the game, sucker!" Gerry taunted.
"Eh, yeah, congrats. You want a cookie or a medal?" Pete joked.
"Why not both?" Gerry suggested in jest, making both chuckle.
The two finally noticed Ella when she approached further. "Good morning!" She repeated, not bothered at all by the lack of responses earlier.
"Hey, Gerry, look, Snow White's back." The two laughed again, so the songbird politely waited until they were done before replying.
"Oh, yes, thank you for noticing the outfit! I'm here to work with you two today!"
"You bring us cranberry sauce, girlie?" Pete inquired.
"Well, no, but they're serving it in the cafeteria." She answered. "Would you like to get some?"
"Eh, yeah, why not?" Gerry accepted. After all, he can't talk if he's cram-burying his face!" The former tennis players finished together, chuckling yet again.
Though Ella wasn't the biggest fan of the constant ribbing, they did seem to be okay with it, so she didn't mind as much and changed the subject. "Perfect! Perhaps I can learn more about your past while we eat!"
"What do you wanna know? Our tennis career or our faux tennis career?" Gerry interrogated.
"You had more than one tennis career?"
"Oh, right, that." Pete recalled. "Yeah, some producers came up to us and said 'you wanna be in a movie?'"
"Oh, that's what you meant by saying it was fake, okay!" Ella sat down near the two. "I didn't know you were ever in a movie!"
"Yeah, after the studio went bankrupt, our little film career went kablooey." Pete went on. "But hey, at least we're more popular than the B-listers!"
"Eh, try the C-listers." Gerry interrupted, making the two chortle.
"What was your film called?" Ella continued, trying to get them back on track.
"It was based on our tennis names that we were famous for. Singles or doubles, we were always the Tennis Titan and Racket Rascal duo. He's the little rascal 'cause he always had some little dirty trick up his sleeve." Pete explained, answering what would've been the singer's next question.
"Yeah, and he always hated me for it!" Gerry claimed.
"Past tense is a little generous." After a much shorter burst of laughter, the orange-clad player continued. "I was the Tennis Titan because I almost always beat this guy, whatshisface."
"Oh, how come I've never seen these films?" The songbird questioned.
"Not like we were advertised well. Sports and tennis, huh? Who wants to watch that?" Gerry cracked.
"Or play it!" Pete added.
"Well, I suppose I never seeked it out…" The princess mused. "I'm sure it was wonderful though! I suppose that's all I have to ask on that side of things then."
"Oh you know something funny that happened on set?" " The slightly older one brought up. Ella waited patiently, so he continued. "We were messing around in the wardrobe right?"
"Not this story."
"And Pete accidentally ran through a cart, he had a seashell bra." Gerry chortled.
"He called me Mermaid Man, so I jabbed right back at him and went "Oh yeah Barnacle Boy?" Boy those were the days."
"Well, that was rather insightful." Ella mused. She then left the home after she had finished her duties. Now all the wiser, of Pete and Gerry.
A/N: Bit of a shorter chapter, but it's better to be short and make sense than be far too long. As for canon differences, we didn't think Ella would have a favorite show, nor idolize anybody. We just replaced that with a backstory for these two old men. Hope you enjoyed the chapter either way.