Total Drama: Ultimate Islands!
Episode 12: Basketcatchers
Part 4: Basket at the Finish (bad puns may cause head trauma and you lacking any coolness.)
Simple, clean and effective...is what I'm hoping this fourth part will be after the third and sure, it's going to be hard when you have to eliminate four different people, but for once...fortunes can change!
Anyways, now let's get on with the show and the final part of January's episode...with some review comments.
Memeking, these contestants would make Boney Island untouchable and 1602jaw, Storm Shadow's comments will prove suprisingly powerful...quite a while later.
"We are back and this time, we're really close to finishing off the challenge with three of our four teams running to get a chance to be safe!" Chris shouted, as X was back on screen crossing his arms. "Alright, dude, stay mad."
"But staying mad means that the baskets might break...so I'm not." X went off screen to be sad.
"Man, where did all of the good hosts go? Aside from me." Chris just had to brag about himself, but there was a very good reason for it.
And it wasn't because of the sudden appearance and dissappearance of Feral Zeke that got the guest host incredibly scared...
...It was time to finish the basket catching madness that took nearly two hours at point, especially since there was no watch to count the time and all of the focus on getting back to the beach.
Especially for a continuously losing team.
"Hold on, why do you need five baskets?" Samurai Jack asked, as Dawn shushed him for a second.
Dawn and Snufkin looked at each other like they knew how their fortunes could actually change with a single extra basket...and B didn't really have time to care about extras.
"Well, then." Samurai Jack kicked up the foot-powered rickshaw car.
Though it was well-constructed, it was also ridiculously rushed to an extreme, so you couldn't tell which team it came from and who was really in it without looking at the windows.
They might had have the chance to create dust to eat...if the second duo sprinting in weren't running in with a basket still intact and way less tired than they should be.
Joseph and Falco were both running to ensure that their team wasn't out of luck for anything, even if they weren't close to catching up to the foot-powered vehicle.
But they both had a GPS of sorts, found the location and got spooked by Scuba Bear.
"Why is there a mechanical bear?" Joseph asked with a smile.
"Blame normal people with hearts." Falco remarked.
These two continued on running ahead, motivated by that same mechanical bear...and of course, it had to cut to Chris.
"I can't believe that people are hatin' on Scuba Bear! He's a good boy and a good obstacle."
After Chris actually said his own words, it cut to the final pair that actually had a chance of making the challenge finish with their custom-made basket and confident that it wasn't going to break.
Gum and Nobara were clearly tempting to fate with putting it into a plastic bag, though, as the paint hadn't dried and the clock wasn't waiting for the paint.
"Dead serious, how do you even do that quickly?" Nobara asked.
"Experience, dumbass." Gum answered.
*Samurai Jack's confessional*
He had a lot of sweat and a stern look.
"It was a lot of effort, well-placed effort that put those people towards the finish. I really appreciated this challenge, which didn't have any bombs by the way."
*Confessional cut*
Either way, these three groups that reflected their teams surprisingly well collided onto one wide path that led right onto the beach...said beach being not big enough for the three of the competiting groups.
And they were not slowing down for anything...not even for obvious traps that were a bit too slow to activate and Darkness getting covered up said trap and enjoying it.
So, there was a ton of dust being kicked up, all of the right-of-way being chock full of racing action and an attempt at an race with the foot-powered vehicle speeding off.
Darkness, though, was covered in dust, leaves and loving it and Riku was still trying to understand her heart...but the vehicle was still quite a distance ahead of the two pairs of runners, even if the pedals were falling apart.
"I must win this for us!" Samurai Jack grunted, cycling the pedals through their paces.
"Keep it up and I won't vote for you." Snufkin boldly stated, chilling in the back.
"You should not say that." Dawn told off Snufkin calmly.
However, the pedals couldn't really keep up with the samurai and become too loose to move anything...and of course, they were passed by the skater gal and the sorcerer teen from the Crows.
And the first ones to arrive were on skates and being carried by them.
"Finally! Here's the final basket for you!" Gum shouted. "Hope you hate it!"
X finally got the basket that accidentally had his best friend painted on the bottom of it and he instantly gave a thumbs up...but the Deers were not very far behind.
"And we've got ours! Hope you like it." Snufkin remarked, giving the two baskets that he had.
And Snufkin gave it to X with a grin.
Though the basket challenge was based on speed...there was also something else important.
"Crows, you guys have an awesome basket...but the Deers have two baskets, so they have five baskets instead of four...and they win this one!" X answered, which got all of the Deers cheering for them. "You guys kinda arrived at the same time, though."
"What, that's a pile of bullshit, we were first and we know that it's a good basket." Gum told the algebraic being.
"Yeah, it is. But the Deers have five baskets...actually make that six, so they win!" X stated, seeing that the Lucky Deers actually brought another one...and were in tatters.
"You guys should know that numbers count as much as speed. Also, the Swordfishes have managed to get third place." Chris announced, as Joseph groaned and complained. "And the Rhinos come up in last."
"Hold on, let me see the info!" Falco complained, before seeing the obvious on a tablet.
1st: Daring Deers (Six baskets, second fastest to arrive)
2nd: Crafty Crows (Four baskets, fastest to arrive.)
3rd: Striking Swordfishes (Also has four baskets, but they were a bit too slow.)
4th: Rugged Rhinos (Only has three, :{)
"Deers, congrats on winning. The rest of you teams? Hope you've got someone to vote off." Chris announced. "Man, some of you are mad, but being losers should make you mad."
Falco and Gum both did a death stare to the main host and the guest host, who just ran out of their sight.
*Ram's confessional*
Her outfit was torn in a few places.
"We had to fight an bear for the final basket." Ram stated. "It was hard, though not as hard as trying to be in this new alliance."
*Confessional cut*
The Crows went back by their own boat, as did all of the teams, and although they were miffed about losing first place to raw numbers, some team members had a good bit of luck.
"Wow, I can't believe you pulled that off." Noah stated. "I though you were an artist first and a skater second."
"Some people don't appreciate graffiti, that's all I'm saying!" Gum exclaimed. "But we're going to kick some ass next challenge."
"That we can do." Noah said. "So-"
"-What the hell, we got snatched out of first place by Chris." Nobara shouted, angrily walking throughout the fishing boat. "And I know how to vote for."
"-Okay, it may be a bit of a long shot." Noah interrupted the raging sorcerer, who just walked past him. "But Judy."
Gum, Nobara, a nervous Haida and a smirking Shego were listening to the scheming nerd.
"So far, I can see her trying to vote you off specifically." Noah pointed to Gum. "Because of your criminal background and honestly, you not doing that much in challenges."
"Okay, okay, give me what's good." Gum stated.
"But she could be really useful in challenges and-" Noah started arguing for her good side...
...and something rocked the boat in a bad way, which came courtesy of Michiru punching the boat in frustration and her powers accidentally coming out.
The worst part, in spite of that, people had no idea who to vote for...again.
*Michiru's confessional*
Michiru was on dry land again.
"Look it either has to come down to Gum, Nobara, me or Judy and it sure as hell isn't going to be me and even now, no-one knows who to vote for."
*Confessional cut*
As the Rhinos had set their vote for someone very obvious, the Swordfishes had votes that could...be less obvious...specifically with the leaders of the team that had jumped off a boat.
The Round Council of Bros (named by Lowain) were deciding on who to choose, as Lowain, Oikawa, Tails, Sokka, Amelia and Cassie had some good choices on it.
"Damn, who do we even vote for? The only three people that come to mind are Nicole, Squigly and maybe Heavy." Lowain asked. "And all three of them fit the vibe as well."
"Come, duderino, let's come down to brass tacks. Heavy's strong and incredibly funny, Nicole's also incredibly strong and can be motherly...and I'm not sure what Squigly does aside from be here." Tails explained himself calmly and with poise. "Daphne should be here, but she is part of an investigative squad and Oikawa likes her."
"Whaat, that's crazy!" Lowain said jokingly. "You put the moves on her?"
"Now, now, that's not the reason she's off this list. She's definitely less boring compared to Squigly...and that's it." Oikawa explained, like he had something to hide.
"I don't know if I can see motherly Nicole working in here, but Squigly is a...she's a...strong player." Sokka struggled to explained, as the rest of the "council" looked at him. "Fine, Squigly it is."
"Why not Bayonetta, though? She's something else." Oikawa was a bit sweaty.
"She's very tall, very powerful, a clear threat...and more than likely, would somehow reveal our butts. She can slow down time, remember?" Tails put the pin in that suggestion.
"I thought you would be for voting threats out." Oikawa stated.
"Well, we're in the team stage and she is incredibly useful to the team when she tries...which has happen more times than Squigly has done things." Ameilia explained, which Tails nodded to. "And coincidentally, people really like here."
"But that's bias, man. You and Cassie like her because of her height!" Sokka argued, which just got a lot of dirty looks. "Sorry, sorry."
"Yes, you should be sorry. All for Squigly?"
There was six raised hands, two of which were a little more reluctant than the rest and the hands went down, finalising the vote for the six of them.
*Cassie's confessional*
The soldier didn't look too happy.
"Damn. Sorry, Sienna, you were the best of our many bad options." Cassie stated, a little confident in her vote. "A lot of our team's strong and that really does include you...but we can't stop eliminations."
*Confessional cut*
The other teammates weren't listening in, but they were sure of something important...especially since there's no consensus outside of the main leaders.
"Damn, who do we vote for? Nobody did bad this round besides someone." Daphne stated with some amount of spite, taking a look at Heavy.
"But that isn't Heavy, though." Min Min explained. "Squigly hasn't done much in this challenge."
The two of them were taking a look at each other.
"And as much as we're friends, someone's going to force her off." Min Min said. "...Besides, there's someone much more of a threat."
"If we lose Eva, we could lose a lot of things...and what about Bayonetta?" Daphne asked...as Arle came in with confidence. "She's not agreeable."
"And lame! Let's make our move." Arle declared quietly.
Though the three of them were hanging on the seat, as Bayonetta was looking at them.
16 seats were prepared, five seats from the three teams that had the most amount of votes from their teammates, friends and enemies.
"Bayonetta, Squigly, Heavy, Nicole and Daphne from the Swordfishes, come on up! Michiru, Tiny Tina, Soma, Nobara, Judy and Haida from the Crows, come on up...and finally, Coachman, Tron Bonne, Lynn, Rock and Legoshi from the Rhinos, put your butts in the elimination ceremony!"
Chris paitently announced, as there was definitely a happening in the ceremonies and the game.
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Twelve minutes later, they were all seated and some of them were sure how the votes ended up as they did and others were really out of the loop.
"What, is there a vote against love or something?" Rock asked.
"Honestly, it's just plain strategy." Bayonetta remarked. "And I think I don't have many votes!"
The two of them were silent to let Chris have his own stand, the host standing there with a smile and the six Crows
"Campers from three different teams, you guys had enough votes to be up here and though there's only twelve marshmellows, they also represent your safety. So no marshmellow, you get sling-yacht'd!" Chris announced, carrying the tray of marshmellows with intent and carefulness. "Awesome challenge, ain't it."
"Could be worse, could be much, much better." Bayonetta remarked, smirking at the slightly annoyed host.
The sixteen contestants were paying attention to the votes, the host with the most being unflappable at the snarky remarks and dropping in some tension.
"Your votes have been counted and I'm gonna go by each team, so..."
Soma was just taking a breather, as Haida tried doing the same thing to no avail.
"...Soma, consider this your lucky day, for you have one vote."
"Alright!" Soma exclaimed, grabbing the marshmellow.
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"...Nobara, you also have two votes to your name." Chris told the jujutsu sorcerer, who huffed with the votes that were given to her. "Michiru, you're still safe with two votes."
"Not a bad choice!" Michiru declared.
The three remaining contestants were sure that they were up here for a good reason, as Tiny Tina was chuckling and Judy was putting on her poker face.
Haida was trying to get his breathing technique in check.
"Though you three share the trait of having more than three votes, one of you has...seven votes and will be eliminated today!" Chris announced. "The one guy that isn't getting the marshmallow..."
Tiny Tina was just grinning, accept that she had a good time.
Judy had her brave face and Haida was sweating nervously.
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"...Judy..."
The rabbit perked up.
"...you have 4 votes and a marshmellow."
Judy got incredulously mad.
"Haida, though..."
The hyena office worker looked calm.
"...your time is up with those seven votes."
"Wait, wait, how? Was the donkey transformation that important?" Haida asked someone, who definitely could answer.
"Long story short, you're an ordinary guy in a team of extraordinary players and even then, you're not good at this. Don't hate me for this, Haida, you'd definitely make a great co-worker." Judy explained without missing a beat.
"...Oh, I'm just a co-worker to some of you guys? Man, really?" Haida asked. "I'm going to miss the guys who didn't vote for me-"
"For the record, Tiny Tina has five. Haida, you've gotta go with whoever the next two eliminated contestants are..."
"...and the Swordfishes have five potential sling yacht riders, though only one of you will be riding it out of the competition completely!" Chris announced. "They also lack a marshmellow, obviously!"
Bayonetta signalled to get on with it with a cheeky smile, as Nicole facepalmed at the cocky gesture.
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"The first one with a marshmellow is...Nicole with two vote."
"That's not a lot of votes." Nicole sounded disappointed, still getting the marshmellow.
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Bayonetta kept her eyes peeled.
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Heavy was very much mad.
"Heavy Weapons Guy...you've got two votes and a marshmellow."
"Nice." Heavy ate the whole thing. "Wise vote."
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The Umbran Witch was starting to get miffed with the votes.
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"Bayonetta, you're still safe with four spicy votes!"
"Beggars can't be choosers, people who voted for me." Bayonetta just elegantly snatched the marshmellow, as she looked at Squigly, who was very much worried about safety.
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"Squigly, Daphne, one of you is going to join Haida on the sling yacht, which has a 50% chance of you throwing up badly!" Chris announced, making the two of them panic.
"What kind of fact is that-" Daphne got interrupted by...
"The last safe Swordfish is..."
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Daphne was still wiping her forehead.
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Squigly was extremely worried about her voting patterns.
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"...Daphne with only five votes to her name. Squigly, you've got a total of ten votes out of the twenty-three we have, so you're riding that yacht!"
"I swear I did not vote for you! I can guarantee that neither did Min Min or Arle, judging by their words outside the voting booth." Daphne told her. "..Yeah."
"I believe you, it's just that I happened to be the surprising vote of this challenge and though you may have done worse this round, my fate just happened to line with the votes." Squigly said.
"Heard the words from some people." Daphne told the undead noble teen.
"That's what I figured." Squigly accepted her own vote.
"Well, it was a fun excursion and though the vote may have hurt, we met a lot of characters in this show." Leviathan piped up, having his own thoughts.
"Quite so!"
"Yeah, Sienna, do...whatever you're doing." Daphne told Squigly, mostly because she had no idea what was up.
The undead teen and her bone dragon parasite went to get packed.
Reading the room was required for the Rugged Rhinos, for one of them had the sense to do something a potentially unwise move.
"I get the feeling that you guys know what is up and the marshmellow's reason-d'entre. Any Idols that would like to be played now?"
And of course, there was one very comfortable hand that raised up and laughed...as The Coachman showed his immunity idol, which was the host's head.
"Your foolish head-"
"Dude, you got a lot of votes, so these votes will be nullified." Chris announced, throwing a marshmellow towards the odd villain. "Alrighty, here's the rest of the votes!"
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Legoshi had a scowl on his face from looking at The Coachman, who had quite the displeased look.
"Legoshi, you've got one vote, enjoy it and your marshmellow."
And they did not stop scowling, as they held their marshmellows in their hand.
"Hahaha...I'm liking this..."
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"...Tron Bonne, you've got two votes and a marshmellow."
"Yeah, uh, how did Rock get up here? He tried his hardest and isn't even in a couple yet." Tron Bonne complained, as she got the marshmellow. "Rock is safe, right?"
"Who knows? You could be voted off...so could Lynn."
The pirate lady and the rockstar wannabe were looking at each other seriously.
"What kind of crazy stuff happened?" Lynn asked. "There's some liar votes in here!"
"That's what I'm asking!" Rock shouted. "Did you vote for me."
"Yeah, because you look like a threat."
"...Man, that's dumb!"
"The person voted off..."
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Rock was just very shaken up.
Lynn was plain mad.
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"...a team player."
The two of them were looking at each other incredulously.
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"Sorry, Lynn, but you were less of a team player."
"Huh, it's because of my lack of screen time?" Lynn asked. "What is it!"
"Gonna be honest, I think a bunch of people voted for you for strange reasons." Rock told her.
"I'm guessing you know them, huh?" Lynn said.
"I'm pretty sure the reason's fake, man."
Lynn was very angry at someone at random, as Rock was nervously smiling and how no idea what to do.
"Rock also had two votes and Lynn had four against her, by the way." Chris announced, which got both of them confused. "Lynn, you've gotta go."
"I know, I'm just getting my stuff!" Lynn complained, going back to the cabins to say her goodbyes and whatnot. "Coachman or whatever your name is-"
"My name's Barker, child." The Coachman grinned. "And you just happened to be on the end of some bad rumours."
"Stop, we're running out of minutes."
Lynn, Haida and Squigly were all understandably pissed, due to the general theme of pragmatic friendship votes being a strange combo of words and the night was shining on the water.
"Any last words before you leave?"
"No?" Haida asked. "I messed up in the cooking challenge due to some magic and I really appreciate all of the people here, even if they voted for me...because they're unique-"
"-The idol is some kind of liar game...thing...I can't swear." Lynn was seething in anger.
"That was a really awesome excursion, but I can wait for me."
Despite the fact that the three of them were about to step onto the yacht with their luggage, someone had to push them and of course, Chef Hatchet smiled at his side job.
"Enjoy the ride!" Chef exclaimed, before he just stood in front of an empty...boat space. "Man, I need some of that relief!"
"Indeed we do...these 84 contestants have been through some hard challenges, hard situations and the hardest season yet! And man, there's enough drama for a whole year. But we've got to move onto the next episode of..."
Chris just motioned for Chef to get outside of the shot.
"...Total Drama: Ultimate Islands!"
To be continued in the 13th episode, though because it's actually the twelveth challenge, it's going to be a bit different and it might as well be sponspored.
Obstacle courses aren't even remotely new to Total Drama and one being adapted from a game that's chock full of obstacle courses and other game show-like challenges.
Fall Guys may be a bit old, but it's good material for an episode and goddamn, it's a good game too and also if you've heard of Takeshi's Castle, you get...one vote.
IDK, there's 84 people remaining and shit's about to get a little loose in the next episode...with the ramifications of the odd votes within some teams.
By the way, Haida and Squigly kinda don't have story potential and they weren't fan voted...unlike Lynn, who's also here to get a purposeful elimination for reason.
I.E. Lynn walked, so the Rhinos could melt down somewhat.
