Review Responses
Phenomenal Excelsior- Glad you are enjoying the story so far. The cast is quite interesting, but I guess that is the magic of the RNG. The Killer Bass are, as you said, quite dysfunctional. We'll have to see what it takes for them to cooperate better before they lose another challenge. As for the elimination of Lightning I'm sorry, but I just think I can do more with her than I can with Lightning. Not to mention I think that even though Courtney has been quite bossy, Lightning's ego would ultimately be more difficult for them to work with. Sammy and Trent had some great moments last chapter. We'll have to see how that relationship develops. Let me say now thought that nothing like what happened to Gwent is going to happen here. As for Cody being attracted to Amy it was a bit of a tough choice picking which girl he would like. At first I went with Zoey, but I didn't think that could work because she was too nice. Then I thought about Courtney, but I couldn't come up with any good ideas on what to do with it. Finally I thought about Amy and I came up with a pretty good plot to go along with the attraction. Don't expect Cody's crush on Amy to be like his crush on Gwen in canon. It'll play out quite differently, and I think it'll work out for the best.
N8han11- Nice to see the love square is being well received. I think in general love triangles are really cliche and played out. A love square however is far more interesting to see fully develop. Cody, Amy, Sammy, and Trent have quite a way to go before the four have their love tale told. As I just said, Cody's crush here will play out far differently from his crush in canon and the love square is one reason for this. The other is because Amy genuinely hates him while Gwen just got a bit annoyed. Glad you are liking the interactions I set up. Regarding Ezekiel/Ella, I still don't have plans for that ship, but that could always change in the future. I agree that crack ships are fun and these types of stories are perfect for them. Heather's alliance is going be slightly different from canon due to Sugar's involvement, but we'll see more on that later. Lastly sorry about Lightning, but you do have a point about two more seasons. This wasn't his time but he's always a force to be reckoned with.
GlitchWarrior- I wouldn't necessarily say that Zeke is crushing on Ella. While he did call her cute that's not really enough to fully call it a crush. Glad to see you are liking the couples I chose. It was a bit hard since there aren't many canon couples here, but I think the ones I've chosen are not only plausible, but also interesting enough to see developed. As for Amy and Sammy, don't worry about that. I will confirm right now that Sammy will not pretend to be Amy when she gets eliminated. I'll also confirm that Amy will not pretend to be Sammy when she gets eliminated. I think the idea of having the twins impersonate the other could work if done the right way, but it's not the direction I want to take their relationship or development.
Amazing Brayden- I want everyone to get some good character moments. before they get eliminated. I wasn't able to do much with Leonard since he was the first out, and Lightning also fell a bit flat, but from here on out everyone will have good moments before they are gone. I also plan on having better cast distribution compared to canon. I don't have the contestants for RNG Action or RNG World Tour finalized yet, but when I do everyone will have a fair amount of characterization rather than a few overshadowing the others. In retrospect, Lightning was a bit obvious, but I think there was a good enough possibility it could have been Courtney instead. Glad to see you are enjoying the story so far.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- Thanks for pointing out those mistakes. No matter how much you double check a few still slip in every now and then. I'm sorry about Lightning. He was a fan favorite and I can see why. The guy can be funny, and he's also just a strong contestant. Still I wanted the Killer Bass to lose someone strong this time around. I'm going to say this now, Ezekiel, Beardo, and Cody's friendship was a last minute addition. There won't be much of it this time around, but future seasons will have quite a lot of it. Just got to be a bit patient.
Fear The Darkness Inside- My decision to keep Heather as the main antagonist mostly comes from the fact that she's my favorite antagonist and I think she deserves the spotlight this season. I think you'll be pleased with how Alejandro and Sugar mess with her plans though. She's going to have a much harder time here compared to canon, but I think the queen of mean can handle it.
Yolotsin Xochitl- You'll have to wait and see what comes out of Katie and Zoey's friendship. I have more planned for the two beyond just their friendship just so you know. It seems a lot of people wanted me to keep Lightning over Courtney. They both are tough contestants, and they both got on their team's nerves. No matter who went out the result would have been the same. The Killer Bass would have suffered regardless. I guess Lightning is just more likable than Courtney to readers.
Last time on Total Drama Island. The Screaming Gophers kicked butt in The Awake-a-Thon when Jasmine ended up tricked by Beardo's wicked sound effects. The Killer Bass took their second loss in a row. Harsh! Heather orchestrated the first Total Drama Island alliance by convincing Ella and Sugar to join forces with her. Afterwards, she played major mind games with the Killer Bass pointing out their losing streak and lack of a leader. As the Killer Bass began to tear each other apart, she sat back to watch the fireworks. Nicely played Heather, nicely played. Even though Lightning was the toughest member of his team physically, in the end it was his ego that got him kicked off. He became the second loser to rock the boat of losers. Who will break the rules of their new alliance? Will Beardo and Jasmine be able to stay awake until the end of the episode? And who will take the next humiliating walk down the dock of shame? Stay tuned for the most dramatic campfire ceremony yet, on Total... Drama... Island.
The theme song begins with several cameras popping out of various locations. A cue card signals the start of transitioning through the island and past Chris
(Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine)
The camera goes past several trees and up the island's large cliff
(You guys are on my mind)
The camera goes under the water where Owen is shown. He farts underwater accidentally killing a fish.
(You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see)
The dead fish pops up along with the fart bubbles. An eagle flies by and picks up the bird. On the beach shore nearby Geoff is shown tanning while Lightning is working out.
(I wanna be Famous)
Ella is singing with her animal friends in the forest. The eagle drops the fish over her scaring away her animal friends. Sugar is shown laughing at Ella's misery while Jasmine glares at Sugar.
(I wanna live close to the sun)
In a raft Heather and Leshawna are having a slap fight. They aren't paying attention to their surroundings and the raft goes over a waterfall with the two girls screaming.
(Well pack your bags cause I've already won)
On a log near the waterfall Leonard is practicing his wizard spells. He is so focused on his spells that he didn't notice Izzy swinging by on a vine. She crashed into him and the two went flying off screen.
(Everything to prove nothing in my way)
Izzy and Leonard go past the camp and crash into Harold right as he was about to enter the confessional. All three of them landed on the floor in pain.
(I'll get there one day)
Inside the Mess Hall Chef is mixing something into his mess of a pot. Cody and Ezekiel are shown tied up and look concerned about what Chef is going to feed them.
(Cause I wanna be famous)
Next to Cody and Ezekiel, Beardo is making several noises. Chef annoyed with his sound effects shoves a spoonful of food into his mouth as well.
(Na nananana nananana nananana)
Outside of the Mess Hall Katie is holding onto Zoey and staring at a nearby Alejandro who is smiling back at the girls, his teeth sparkling in the process. Dave is shown nearby looking towards Zoey before turning and glaring at Alejandro.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
At the end of the dock Courtney is shown waving at the camera elegantly. She missteps though and falls into the water with the view panning straight up into the daylight sky.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
It quickly turns to night at the campfire ceremony. Sammy and Trent are sitting next to each other. They lean closer to each other, but Amy pulls Sammy's hair, knocks her down, and takes her seat. The rest of the campers are shown sitting around in a circle whistling along to the music.
Both teams were gathered together and eating breakfast. They each were missing a few of their teammates. While the Screaming Gophers seemed to be having a good time together, the Killer Bass were noticeably all tired and falling asleep.
"Jasmine!" Chris said walking inside. "You look like death girl." He told Jasmine seeing her falling asleep.
Jasmine barely lifted her head up from the table. "I can't deal with this today." She said before putting her head back down.
"Harold snored all night." Courtney said.
"Wow." Chris said shocked. "Four nights with no sleep. Just how bad are you hurting?" He asked Jasmine.
"I just need some rest and I'll be fine." Jasmine mumbled. Chris laughed at her response.
The doors opened, and Harold walked in. While the Screaming Gophers were indifferent to his arrival, the Killer Bass were all glaring at him. He took his seat and saw that almost everyone on his team was still glaring at him fiercely.
"Okay what?" Harold asked unsure what the glares were about.
"Oh I don't know. Maybe the fact that your snoring isn't letting us sleep!" Dave yelled.
"It's not like that's something I do on purpose. Gosh." Harold said.
"Hey everyone, it's Beardo." Chris announced as Beardo walked in. He sleepily made his way over with the rest of the Screaming Gophers and put his head down on the table.
(Confessional Camera)
"We are not in a good place right now. Sure Lightning might have been an egomaniac, but at least he was an athletic egomaniac. Not to mention my team keeps trying to vote me off and our newly appointed leader can barely stay awake." Courtney complained.
(Confessional End)
While the Screaming Gophers continued to have breakfast, Heather decided to go over the rules for her alliance with Ella and Sugar.
"Okay girls, let's go over the rules one more time to be sure you get them. Number one, I am the captain of this alliance, so I get to make all the rules." Heather said. "Number two?" She asked the girls.
"Break the rules and yer out of the alliance." Sugar said.
"Good." Heather said. "Number three. I can borrow any of your stuff without asking, but my stuff is strictly off limits."
"I still ain't in favor of that last rule." Sugar told Heather.
"That's fine. I can change it." Heather said. "I can also find someone else to take to the final three with me." She threatened.
"It's okay Sugar I am sure that Heather will be a great leader for us." Ella said.
Sugar crossed her arms and frowned. "Oh alright then." She said.
"Good. Now let's have some fun." Heather said. She turned around to face the Killer Bass. "Hey fish heads. Way to kick out your strongest player. Why don't you just give up now." Heather taunted. Courtney grabbed a spoonful of their breakfast and threw it at Heather. She easily moved out of the way though and Amy ended up getting hit instead. "Missed me." Heather mocked.
"Eww. Samey clean this gunk off of me!" Amy yelled.
Chris made his way between the two team tables. "Okay campers listen up. Your next challenge begins in ten minutes. And be prepared to bring it." He said clenching his fist.
A few minutes later everyone was at the beach inside of what appeared to be a glass box. Inside the glass box there were two sets of bleachers and a dodgeball court set up. Almost everyone was already inside. Jasmine walked in slowly and lied down on the Killer Bass bleachers.
"Just wake me up when the challenge starts. Doesn't seem to be anything too hard." Jasmine said.
Courtney rolled her eyes and then glared at Harold. "This is all your fault you know. You and your stupid snoring." She yelled at him.
"I already told you I have a medical condition. Gosh!" Harold said.
Their argument was interrupted by Chef, who was wearing a referee outfit, blowing a whistle loudly and walking over to the end where Chris was waiting. "Today's challenge is the classic game of dodgeball." Chris announced. "The first rule of dodgeball is."
"Do not talk about dodgeball." Dave interrupted.
Chris ignored his comment and kept explaining. "If you get hit with the ball." He said before suddenly throwing the ball at Courtney and hitting her. "You're out." He said.
"Ouch. Hey, you can't do that." Courtney said throwing the ball back at him.
""If you catch the ball, the thrower gets sent out and the catcher gets bring in another team member out on the court." Chris said having caught the ball Courtney threw back at him.
"It appears we are just playing a children's playground sport. This should be fairly easy." Alejandro said.
"You're right Alejandro we can win this if we work together." Zoey said.
"Okay, now Geoff, try to hit me," Chris said throwing him a ball. "If you're holding a ball, you can use it to deflect a ball. But if it knocks the ball out of your hands..." Chris dropped the ball he was holding, "you're out." He finished explaining.
"How hard is it to dodge a rubber ball?" Dave asked. Geoff threw the ball that Chris had handed him prior and Chris deflected it with a ball he was holding. The deflected ball ended up hitting Dave and knocking him down to the floor.
"Not so easy now is it? You have one minute til gametime. Since the Gophers have more players left they'll have to sit some out each game." Chris said.
The Screaming Gophers were huddled around trying to figure out who to sit out each round.
"Ok," Heather said to the other Gophers. "We can't get lazy. The Killer Bass are going to be trying extra hard to catch up. So, who wants to sit the first one out with the sleeping noise maker?" She asked pointing over at Beardo.
"Clearly I am." Amy said sitting down on the bleacher. "Samey make sure you don't screw this up for us." She said.
The Killer Bass were likewise having their own meeting on how to approach the challenge.
"Shouldn't we wake Jasmine up?" Geoff asked pointing over at Jasmine.
"No!" Courtney yelled at him. Seeing the stares she was getting she nervously laughed. "I mean no let's give her some time to sleep. It's like Alejandro said, this is a children's playground game. We can win without her." She said.
Each team was ready to start and sent five players into the first round. The Screaming Gophers had Heather, Cody, Leshawna, Owen, and Ella. The Killer Bass on the other hand had Courtney, Katie, Harold, Geoff, and Alejandro.
"Bring it on fishes, otherwise winning three in a row just won't be as satisfying." Heather taunted.
"A shame that such a pretty face is about to be ruined." Alejandro told Heather winking. She rolled her eyes at him in response.
"Both teams ready. Best of five games wins. Now, let's dodge some balls." Chris announced. Chef blew his whistle and the players grabbed their dodgeballs.
As everyone held their dodgeballs waiting for the right moment, Cody made the first move and tried to hit Alejandro. The charmer was easily able to dodge and quickly threw the ball he was holding at Ella getting her out of the game.
"Great throw Alejandro." Courtney complimented.
"Try and dodge this one Al." Owen said. Alejandro froze up slightly at the mention of the nickname and was unable to dodge the ball Owen had thrown right into his chest. He sat down at the bleachers feeling humiliated.
"Time to unleash my wicked skills." Harold said holding a dodgeball.
"Oh yeah. Then bring it string bean." Leshawna said walking up to him. "Let's see what you got."
Harold struck a pose as he approached Leshawna. He threw the ball forcefully into the ground. It bounced slightly but soon stopped bouncing and rolled over slowly to Leshawna. She picked up the ball smiling. Harold attempted to run away from it, but he was inevitably hit in the back. She high fived the rest of her teammates. As everyone was distracted with Leshawna and Harold, Heather picked up a dodgeball and threw it towards Alejandro. He was just barely able to dodge it in time.
"What the heck was that? Reff he's not even on the court anymore." Courtney complained. Chef looked over at Heather.
"Oopsies. Slipped." She innocently said.
Courtney angrily picked up a dodgeball to throw at Heather, but Owen managed to catch it at the last moment getting Courtney out. Sammy walked onto the court as Owen had caught a ball. Almost immediately as soon as she walked onto the court though she was hit in the back of the head by Geoff.
"Sorry about that brah." Geoff said.
"Thanks for nothing Samey." Amy told her sister as she sat back down.
Cody picked up a ball and curved his throw towards Geoff. While Goeff was able to dodge the ball he didn't expect it to come back and hit him from behind.
"Wow that is one tough ball to dodge." Chris said impressed.
Cody grabbed another ball and started rubbing it on his shirt. The static electricity gained by the rubber made it move much faster than it normally would have and Katie was left unable to dodge it at this speed. The Screaming Gophers cheered their first win in dodgeball.
"Look at that Samey, even the dweeb was able to do better than you." Amy said. Cody smiled hearing this.
(Confessional Camera)
"Sure she called me a dweeb, but she was impressed. That's one step closer to winning her over." Cody said.
(Confessional End)
The Killer Bass, not as happy with the results of the first round were once against huddled together.
"We can do this. We just have to believe in ourselves." Harold said.
"Yeah I believe." Courtney told Harold. "I believe you stink!" She yelled.
"I must agree with her. Your throw was quite unimpressive." Alejandro said.
"Like you're one to talk. You get one good throw in, and then you just freeze up. What the heck was that about?" Courtney asked Alejandro.
"It was a minor error. I promise that it will not happen again should you send me in next time." Alejandro said.
"Fine. Just try and not mess up this time okay." Courtney said.
With the Screaming Gophers they were looking at who to send in next.
"Okay Beardo it's your turn." Heather said. She turned to see that Beardo was still completely asleep.
"Let the guy sleep. We're ahead a game anyway." Trent said.
"Fine." Heather agreed. "Let's go guys." She said.
The line-up for game two was set. The Killer Bass had sent in Zoey, Dave, Alejandro, Izzy, and Geoff while the Screaming Gophers sent in Owen, Trent, Ella, Ezekiel, and Sugar. Alejandro was holding all of the balls from his team as the best hitter. He threw his first one at Ezekiel, and his second one at Ella. His third ball managed to get Trent out, but when he threw the fourth one at Sugar she managed to catch it. Alejandro went to sit down while Sugar called Cody in to play.
"Zeke dude, now's your chance. Ask Ella how she's feeling. She just got hit twice." Cody told Ezekiel as they traded places from the court to bleachers.
Ezekiel nervously sat down next to Ella. "Hey Ella, how are you doin eh?" He asked her.
"Oh I've been better. This game is a bit too violent for my taste. Perhaps next time we can do something a little more peaceful." She said.
"If you want we can go sit outside for a bit." He offered.
"Oh that sounds like a great idea. Let me just tell Heather first." Ella said.
"I think Heather is a bit busy with other things. I'm sure we'll be back before the next match." Ezekiel said. The two headed outside with nobody from their team noticing that they had left.
Back at the second game things were heating up. "Great Gatsby that is it. Game On!" Owen yelled. He grabbed a dodgeball out of Cody's hand and threw it managing to hit both Dave and Geoff at the same time. He took another one from Sugar and threw it at Izzy. Only Zoey remained for her team. Owen threw a ball at her, but she was quickly able to dodge it. Sugar threw another one at her but it missed as well.
"Quit squirming around." Sugar yelled over at Zoey. While Zoey did a good job at avoiding the balls coming from Owen and Sugar, once Cody started throwing towards her as well, it was too much for her to handle.
"Ooh he dropped it like it was hot." Leshawna said.
The Screaming Gophers cheered for their second victory in the challenge while the Killer Bass went back to their bleachers in defeat.
"I don't know what got into me." Owen said laughing.
"Well it looks like we won't need Beardo after all." Heather said. She turned over to the Killer Bass. "Hey. It's two-zero. How does it feel to suck so much?" She asked tauntingly.
"Not very good." Harold said.
"Hey it's not over yet." Courtney said. "It's so over." She muttered to herself.
There was a small break after the end of the second match. The Killer Bass were all sitting together feeling down from their losing streak.
"So is it time to discuss who we're voting off yet?" Dave asked.
"Dave we haven't lost yet." Zoey pointed out.
"Zoey is right. Now things are really bad. One more game and we lose the whole challenge again." Courtney said standing up. "I don't get it. Why are they doing so much better." Courtney asked.
"Perhaps what Heather said last time was true. We need our leader." Alejandro said pointing over at Jasmine who was still asleep.
"What difference will she make?" Courtney asked.
"It's better than doing nothing." Dave said. "Alejandro is good enough to get people out, and Zoey is great at dodging. What we need now is a little coordination." He pointed out.
"Alright fine. Harold go wake Jasmine up." Courtney said.
"No." Alejandro said. "Let Courtney do it." He said. Courtney glared at Alejandro, but he just smiled at her. She swallowed her pride and went to wake Jasmine up.
"Oh hey there Courtney. Is the challenge starting?" Jasmine asked.
Courtney looked at Jasmine nervously and took a deep breath. "About that Jasmine. We're actually down two-zero and the next match could be the last one before we lose again." She said.
"Well why didn't you wake me earlier?" Jasmine asked jolting up. "I'll see if I can quickly come up with a strategy that could work, but I'll need to know everyone's strengths and weaknesses in dodgeball first. I'll also need to know who the threats on the other side are." Jasmine said.
The team huddled around to strategise with the little time they had remaining. As the third game was about to begin the Killer Bass stepped forward, confident in Jasmine's strategy. The Killer Bass sent in Zoey, Alejandro, Jasmine, Courtney, and Katie. The Screaming Gophers sent in Owen, Leshawna, Amy, Sammy, and Trent. The Screaming Gophers started off first by throwing multiple balls at Zoey trying to take her out quickly. She dodged three balls and as the fourth one was about to hit her, Katie threw a ball in order to deflect the incoming one and save her. Courtney picked up the remaining balls and quickly threw Alejandro and Jasmine two each. Alejandro threw his two balls to hit Owen while Jasmine threw hers close to him as a distraction so he would be unable to dodge or catch Alejandro's thrown dodgeballs. Owen fell down harshly from the impact.
"That actually worked!" Courtney yelled cheering.
"Like I told you. We use everyone's strengths together and we'll be sure to win." Jasmine said.
The Killer Bass repeated the same basic process as the match continued. Zoey would use her mobility to dodge all the incoming balls while Katie would run interference and intercept balls coming close to hitting anyone on the team. Courtney would gather the balls close enough to the team and pass them onto Alejandro and Jasmine. Alejandro was strong enough, and skilled enough to make contact each time. With Jasmine providing two extra balls as backup and a distraction so the other team could not catch them, they were proving to be unstoppable. They targeted Leshawna next, and then moved on to Trent. Both went down easily. Only Amy and Sammy remained. When Alejandro and Jasmine threw their dodgeballs at Amy she pulled Sammy in the way. Because of this reckless action though both of them got hit at that point giving the victory of the round to the Killer Bass. They cheered for their first victory.
"I think we should do the same thing all over again." Courtney said. "Harold you sit this one out too." She told him.
"But I sat the last one out." He complained.
"It's for the good of the team." Courtney argued.
"Let him play. We all have strengths that make us valuable." jasmine said.
"Look Jasmine I respect your strategy, but we are still a game behind. We can't risk it right now." Courtney said.
"It's fine Jasmine." Harold said looking down.
The Screaming Gophers were having a meeting of their own, on how to win this next game.
"Okay, we are not losing another game." Heather said. "How did they get so good?" She asked.
"Jasmine came up with their strategy. It's a good thing she was asleep or we'd have had a lot more trouble getting the lead." Trent said.
"You think waking up Beardo would help us?" Cody asked.
"Somehow I doubt the noise machine would be of any use." Heather said looking over at him. "Wait a minute where are Ella and Ezekiel?" Heather asked. Everyone looked around, but nobody had an answer so she stormed off outside. She found the two of them sitting down on the beach. Ella was singing with her birds while Ezekiel was just sitting down.
"Ella what are you doing?" Heather asked her angrily. "This is so against the rules." She yelled.
"Oh Heather. I'm so sorry. Ezekiel offered to take me outside since the sport was getting quite brutal. I was going to go tell you, but you were busy leading the team." Ella told her.
"It wasn't her fault eh." Ezekiel said standing up for Ella.
"You stay out of this." Heather yelled at Ezekiel. "Ella what did I tell you about fraternizing with the enemy?" Heather asked Ella.
"You didn't mention anything about that in our alliance rules." Ella said.
"Wait how am I the enemy if we're on the same team?" Ezekiel asked Heather confused.
"I thought I told you to stay out of this." Heather yelled. "Ella from now on I don't want you spending time with anyone not in the alliance unsupervised." Heather told her.
"If that's what you ask of me Heather. I'm sorry Ezekiel, but I did enjoy our time together." Ella said. Heather stormed back to the game with Ella following her closely by. Ezekiel followed them still a bit confused as to why Heather was so mad at Ella. They arrived back at the game just in time to see Sugar get hit by the dodgeballs and the Killer Bass getting their second win. "This is so unacceptable. Heather complained.
"Get ready, because this is it. We're about to have our final tie breaking game." Chris announced.
The Screaming Gophers huddled to decide how they would get past Jasmine's strategy and win the challenge.
"There's got to be a way to beat Jasmine's strategy." Trent said.
"Well their main goal is to hit us with so many balls that we can't dodge or catch. If we try sticking together then..." Sammy started to say before Amy interrupted her.
"We can catch all their balls and get them out." Amy said. "My idea, mine." She said.
"That seems like a plan that could work." Heather said.
"Good idea girls." Trent said smiling at the sisters.
The Killer Bass were likewise gathered together trying to figure out what their final gameplan would be.
"So who should we send in?" Dave asked.
"I think it's my turn." Harold said.
"No way. We actually have a chance to win this." Courtney said.
"Teamwork is what got us out of our setback. I trust in him." Jasmine said.
"Fine, but he's staying near the back where he won't be in the way." Courtney said.
"Gophers, Bass. Time to send this sample to the lab, and see what you're made of." Chris eagerly announced. The final players for the Killer Bass were Courtney, Geoff, Alejandro, Harold, and Izzy. The Screaming Gophers sent in Amy, Sammy, Cody, Heather, and Owen. Chef blew his whistle and the final game began. The Killer Bass waited for the Screaming Gophers to make the first move since Jasmine's strategy worked best as a counterattack. The Screaming Gophers passed around the dodgeballs making it difficult for the Bass to see where they were throwing from.
"Come on people, quick feet. fast hands." Heather ordered. The Screaming Gophers continued to pass the ball around before eventually throwing it at Geoff. He was able to dodge it just in time and threw a ball at Heather. She also dodged the incoming ball. They continued to throw balls back and forth with nobody from either team getting hit. Finally, Courtney managed to hit Sammy.
"Nice going Samey. Have you done anything useful this challenge?" Amy sarcastically asked her sister.
The game continued going as Owen managed to throw a ball getting Izzy out. From here the teams changed up the way they were playing the game. In an effort to get as many people on the playing field as possible everyone kept trying to catch balls rather than dodge them. Players kept switching from the bleachers to the field at a rapid pace. At some point during the game a dodgeball got deflected and landed near Beardo waking him up.
"Has the challenge started?" He asked yawning.
"Oh now he decides to wake up." Heather said.
The game continued to go at a fast pace with neither team getting an advantage for too long. Seeing as how catching the balls was dragging the game out far too long those remaining started playing far more aggressively. Amy saw an opportunity and threw a ball at Courtney.
"That was for filling my face with Chef's gross oatmeal" Amy said.
"Ooh you messed with the wrong white girl." Leshawna said laughing.
The game started to draw to a close with more people getting out. Seeing as how Alejandro was the largest remaining threat for the Killer Bass all the efforts were focused on him and he was surrounded by too many balls to dodge. Geoff threw a ball at Amy and just when it seemed that she would be unable to dodge it Cody jumped in the way taking the hit for her. He fell to the ground in pain.
"Look at that Samey he can even take a hit better than you. Thanks for that loser." Amy said. Cody smiled at her and walked over towards the bleachers. Things continued to play out until not too much later only Owen and Harold remained. The Screaming Gophers cheered at this outcome while most of the Killer Bass looked down ready to accept their defeat.
"Sorry dude, but you've got to go down." Owen told Harold.
"So much for winning." Dave said.
Owen and Harold stared each other down for a moment. Owen held four dodgeballs while Harold had none. Owen started running towards Harold and threw two of the dodgeballs. As the went flying he quickly threw a third one much lower. As the balls approached Harold he was able to sidestep the first two that had been thrown, and then jumped over the third one with ease. When Owen forcefully threw the last ball Harold ducked under it avoiding it by the tip of his hair. Everyone on both teams was left in shock and awe over what happened.
"Time out." Courtney called. Chef blew his whistle and Harold went over with his team.
"That was even better dodging than Zoey." Dave said impressed.
"Where did you learn to do that dude?" Geoff asked him.
"Figure skating." Harold said.
"You see I told you that you needed to trust in the strength of your team. Nobody else could have dodged all those balls at the speed that Owen was throwing them." Jasmine said.
"As impressive as Harold's ability to dodge is, I must point out that dodging is not enough to win this game." Alejandro said.
"He's right. To win this you either have to throw him out, which we all know you can't do, or catch the ball." Courtney said. "Can you do it?"She asked him.
"Definitely." Harold said.
The game restarted with Owen and Harold taking their places. The Killer Bass cheered on Harold while the Screaming Gophers looked in suspense as to what was going to happen. Owen grabbed a dodgeball and started twirling it in his hand fiercely. He threw it at Harold with as much speed and force as he could muster. Harold prepped himself to catch the ball and was shown getting thrown to the edge of the court by the force of the throw. It was unclear what had happened to Harold and the ball. Just as it seemed that all hope was lost, Harold weakly lifted up the ball revealing that he had managed to catch it.
"The Killer Bass Win!" Chris announced. The Killer Bass cheered for their first official challenge victory while Owen fell to the floor.
"It's impossible. WHYY!" Owen cried out.
(Confessional Camera)
"I guess I'm kind of a role model now that I've won the dodgeball competition. People will probably all want my autograph and stuff once the show is done." Harold said.
(Confessional End)
The Killer Bass carried out Harold in victory while Chris approached the Screaming Gophers. "Gophers, what happened?" Chris asked them.
"I had a feeling we were going to lose eh. You know since our team has six girls." Ezekiel said. The Screaming Gophers gasped at his comments.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sugar angrily asked Ezekiel.
"Well this was a sports challenge and guys are just stronger than girls." Ezekiel said.
"Zeke you should really stop talking before you make this worse." Trent told him.
"Well it's just that my dad told me to look out for the girls here, y'know, protect 'em and help 'em out." Ezekiel explained. "Not to mention Cody told me that you girls were delicate. He was right since the challenge was too rough for Ella." He said.
"Cody said what?" Amy asked angrily.
"I didn't say that." Cody yelled defending himself. "He probably just misunderstood what I meant." He added.
"Let's all just calm down. Ezekiel just had a bit of a sheltered upbringing. It's not like he thinks guys are smarter than girls and better at everything." Trent said.
"But they are." Ezekiel said.
Sugar grabbed Ezekiel and lifted him up. "Still think we need yer help?" She asked him. He shook his head since he was unable to speak. Sugar dropped him and the girls of the Screaming Gophers walked off angrily. Ella turned around to face Ezekiel before she left with Heather.
"It seems Heather was right. I shouldn't have left her side." She said feeling down.
"Ezekiel dude what was that?" Cody asked him.
"I was just saying the truth." Ezekiel said
"No you weren't. What you did was ruin things for me with Amy. I worked so hard to get her to notice me this challenge and it actually worked. Now thanks to you though I'm back to getting nowhere with her." Cody yelled at him.
"Let's just go. I'm sure the girls already know who they are voting for." Trent said. The remaining Screaming Gophers walked off with Ezekiel still unsure as to what he had said wrong.
(Confessional Camera)
"Okay maybe I was a bit too hard on Zeke. It's not his fault he's never interacted with anyone that isn't somehow related to him." Cody said.
(Switch)
"Ezekiel has lived a pretty sheltered life. Hopefully getting eliminated teaches him just how wrong his gender stereotype beliefs are. I'd try to help the guy out, but I don't want to be on any of the girl's bad sides." Trent said.
(Confessional End)
The Screaming Gophers were gathered around at their first campfire ceremony. "Campers!" Chris said holding the marshmallow tray. "You've already placed your votes and made your decision." The Screaming Gophers were shown and the girls were all still glaring at Ezekiel who was picking his nose. "One of you will be going home. And you can't come back... ever." Chris said. "When you hear me call out your name, come pick up a marshmallow." He explained. The Screaming Gophers sat in anticipation. "Owen."
Owen cheered at getting his marshmallow. He went to pick it up as Chris continued. "Amy, Samey, Cody, Trent, Heather, Ella, Sugar, Leshawna." As Chris called each name they went to get their marshmallow happily. Only Beardo and Ezekiel were left. "Beardo you were asleep basically the entire challenge. Ezekiel, you really need to learn more about the real world. The final marshmallow goes to...
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Beardo." Beardo grabbed his marshmallow making a victory sound effect.
"I still don't get it eh. What did I do wrong?" Ezekiel asked. The Screaming Gopher girls grabbed their marshmallows and threw them all at Ezekiel.
"You'd better think twice before you start badmouthing us girls again homeschool." Leshawna said.
"Okay." Ezekiel glumly said before going down to the dock of shame. The Screaming Gophers all headed back into their cabins.
"Alright, so it wasn't the most dramatic campfire ceremony ever." Chris admitted. "But I still get paid." He laughed. "BONUS!" He cheered ending the episode.
Elimination Order
22. Leonard
21. Lightning
20. Ezekiel
Remaining Contestants
Screaming Gophers: Heather, Ella, Beardo, Amy, Cody, Samey, Owen, Trent, Sugar, and Leshawna
Killer Bass: Geoff, Courtney, Alejandro, Izzy, Zoey, Dave, Harold, Katie, and Jasmine
Elimination Explanation: Okay I am probably going to get quite a lot of hate for this one but let me get the explanation out of the way before you sharpen your pitchforks. I know that you were all expecting Ezekiel to last longer because of his friendship with Cody, and potential relationship with Ella. Here's the thing though, when I said I added those in last minute, I meant last minute. I knew Zeke was going home this chapter and I wanted him to have some kind of memorable interaction before he was eliminated. I didn't expect that to be so well loved, and while I'd like for him to stay longer I just couldn't find anyone to take his place here. His sexist comments were inevitable this chapter seeing as how this is the first real sports challenge. There was just no way he wasn't going home today if his team lost. I'll also go ahead and confirm that Ezekiel is going to play a larger role in a future season whether it be RNG Action or RNG World Tour. Usually I keep those details to myself and only vaguely hint at it, but here I feel I need to make that clear just because I know people will be distraught over his elimination. I won't say what that larger role will be since it all depends on how things play out this season, but I do think it will make up for him being the first Screaming Gopher to get eliminated. Is that a good enough explanation to make everyone drop their pitchforks? I hope so. I guess i'll wait and see what the reviews say.
A/N: So this was a relatively short chapter. I find it kind of funny that this chapter is the exact opposite of the previous one. The Awake-a-Thon had a lot of dialogue and interactions with minimal action scenes. Dodgebrawl on the other hand is almost all action and just has a little bit of dialogue along the way. The Awake-a-Thon was really different from canon while Dodgebrawl is almost entirely like canon. I think I enjoy writing dialogue more than action, but that's mostly because my skill at writing descriptive scenes is still lacking. It helps to have the canon episodes as a guide for writing action, but dialogue is still easier for me. There are a lot of jokes in this episode that are visual, and thus they don't translate that well being written out here. I hope the chapter was still enjoyable despite all of this.
Harold was still the MVP of this challenge, just like in canon although things worked out a bit differently here. Since Jasmine has a lot more trust in her team she was willing to give him a chance unlike Duncan. I did cut out the joke at the beginning with his drawn on "stache" because while it is humorous, the implication was Duncan did it, and he's not around. I could've had Geoff do it, but that doesn't seem like something Geoff would do unless someone else egged him on to do it. The Killer Bass in general were a bit more fun to write compared to the Screaming Gophers. Courtney once again failed as leader, but luckily she swallowed her pride and asked Jasmine for help before they lost. I think Courtney might seem a bit unlikable right now, but this is the first step to her becoming more of a team player and less of a bossy leader.
The Screaming Gophers didn't have too much going on this chapter. Heather took up most of the screentime for her team this episode similar to canon. There just wasn't much I felt I could do with them, so I let things play out basically the way they did in the episode itself. Ella leaving with Ezekiel was basically done to fill in the time that Lindsay went off with Tyler. The big difference here is that Ella was much less bothered by Heather's reprimand. It will quickly be apparent that Ella is going to be much more obedient compared to canon Lindsay and Beth. Without Noah around refusing to play I also lost a few jokes. I tried making up for those with sleeping Beardo, but I'm sure Noah was far more entertaining in canon.
There's not much else to mention about this chapter. Next week we'll have a Talent Show and I think that is going to be great. Will Heather still steal someone's diary? If she does, then who will she pick and why will she go after them? You'll have to wait and see. This chapter is looking to be quite different from canon and I think I prefer those to something like this chapter that is very similar to canon. We'lll have to wait and see just how everything turns out.