Review Responses
WeirdAlfan101- I get what you mean about Owen. The guy is a great character, but since he already had so much time focused on him in canon, there's no real reason to use him so much here. Glad to see that you are willing to accept CodAmy if I end up going in that direction, but Cody's love story is done for this season. You'll have to wait for more to continue that plot line.
ShadowJcreed- Yeah, I don't really want to have canon winners win here. I'm not 100 percent against it, but I'll try not to have repeat winners if I can avoid it. It's funny you mention the cooking challenge because that was where I planned to eliminate Owen too. I moved him up an episode though to elongate the Gopher Drama. Trent and Ella are going to have quite the difficult time this challenge. Hopefully they can get some sort of cooperation going on.
Guest- I was going to eliminate Owen later, but I eliminated there because I wanted the Gopher Drama to last longer. I'm glad his elimination still made sense overall though.
QueenAzulaThinksYourWorthless- Haha the Gophers here are the largest mess that any team has ever been on Total Drama before. I don't think there's anyone who doesn't have some sort of problems with someone else other than Ella. Poor girl is going to be stuck with this mess. Trent too, since he doesn't want to take a side with either sister despite his feelings for Sammy. Alejandro is going to have plans with the info Trent gave the guys, but we'll have to wait and see exactly what those plans are.
Phenomenal Ultra Instinct- I feel like Total Drama Mayhem was the name of a fan made season, but I could be wrong. That's still a great way to describe what went on last time. Mayhem was my plan, and Mayhem I succeeded in. There will be plenty of teases to AleHeather, but they won't be getting together this season. Those two are just too stubborn to get together in the first season they're together in.
Derick Lindsey- I agree with you that the Gopher tension in canon never really affected the entire team, just a small part of it. Here everyone is involved somehow and has something at stake. Makes it much more satisfying to see how things are resolved and who comes out on top. The Bass will play a smaller part in this chapter, but I'll try my best to make sure that they get completely overshadowed by the Gopher and their mess.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- Glad you liked Owen. I wanted to capitalize on his humor before he left, and it seems as though I've done a good enough job with that.
Last time on Total Drama. Our competitors became hunters... and the hunted. Owen's game was way off, and when he finally caught wind of his prey, he totally blew it. Courtney and Alejandro got really close to each other. The closest that two contestants have gotten on this show so far. In a weird and strangely watchable twist, Amy, Samey, Heather, Sugar, and Leshawna all opened fire on each other. It was a massive fight for dominance among the females of the gopher squad. The Gophers were once again sent to the bonfire. In the end however it was Owen who reeked of failure. The Gophers are still the underdogs. Can they bounce back, or is their goose finally cooked? Find out tonight 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.
Inside the Bass guys cabin, the three Bass guys, along with their Gopher guest were sleeping comfortably. Trent was the first one to wake up. As he stretched to get up from the bed he noticed a dirty old underwear on the ground, and it startled him. His shout of surprise woke up the other guys in the cabin, causing them to laugh slightly.
"I didn't know you guys weren't the cleanest group to crash with." Trent said sitting down on the bed he had borrowed.
"That would be Harold's." Alejandro said. "The rest of us actually take pride in trying to keep our area clean." He added.
Harold sat up looking irritated. "Those aren't mine." He said.
Alejandro looked at him in disbelief. "You're the only who who doesn't pick up after himself." He said.
"What are you talking about. I clean up. Gosh!" Harold said crossing his arms.
Geoff walked over to Alejandro and Harold joining their conversation. "Come on dude, just admit that you're the one who's always leaving his drawers lying around." He said.
"You have absolutely no proof of anything." Harold said standing up.
"Dude nobody else wears that kind." Geoff said.
"Not to mention your name is sowed onto it, presumably by your mother." Alejandro added.
Harold stood up and grabbed a towel. "Whatever." He said starting to walk out of the cabin. "I'm going for a shower." He said.
Trent joined Alejandro and Geoff surprised by what just happened. "Is he always that difficult?" Trent asked.
"Dude can be hard to room with. My crib back home isn't the cleanest, but since we're sharing the place I know I've got to keep it nice." Geoff said.
"I believe we should teach Harold a lesson about why it is important to do his share and clean up his unmentionables." Alejandro said smirking.
Trent looked at the two and shook his head. "I appreciate you guys letting me crash here, but I don't really want to get involved. That seems more like something you guys should handle as a team." He said.
"Of course, after all you already have a full plate trying to deal with the drama your team is going through." Alejandro told Trent.
"Hey you promised that would stay between us." Trent told Alejandro annoyed.
"We are the only ones present are we not. Do not worry about your team dilemma. You can trust that we won't tell anyone." Alejandro told Trent smiling. Trent was unsure for a moment, but relented and smiled back at Alejandro. The three guys went out of the cabin ready for the day ahead of them.
Some time later all of the contestants were gathered at the beach ready for Chris to present them with their next challenge.
"Today's challenge will test your minds, your teamwork, and your skills in the kitchen. You'll be cooking a three-course meal and serving it to me for tasting. The winners get a reward, and the losers will send somebody home. Each team will appoint a head chef to create the theme of the meal and to oversee the cooking. To cook, you need ingredients." Chris said. He pointed over to a truck that was somehow coming onto the island from the ocean. "Every morning a truck brings us food. Today's task starts there." A dolphin wearing a delivery person uniform stuck it's head out of the window and waved at the camera.
Once the truck was parked, the Killer Bass stepped up first and opened the doors. Geoff looked inside, and got an idea for what to do. "We could do a killer Italian theme." He said excitedly.
"That sounds like a good idea." Jasmine told him. "Since you came up with it, it's only fair that you get to be Head Chef." She added.
Geoff looked at Jasmine in surprise and smiled. "You really mean that?" He asked.
"Of course." Alejandro said. "Unless somebody else thinks they would have more experience, and would be able to better lead us in this challenge." He said looking directly at Courtney.
Courtney glared at Alejandro and shook her head nervously. "Geoff's idea is great. Come on let's get what we need and go." She said. Geoff and Alejandro climbed into the truck grabbing what they could use for their Italian cuisine.
(Confessional Camera)
"I don't know what game Alejandro is playing, but I won't fall for it. Geoff can be Head Chef, and I won't have any problem with it." Courtney said. She tried her best to keep a serious expression, but her eye started twitching slightly causing her to smack herself.
(Confessional End)
While the Bass were getting the food that they needed, the Gophers were picking their head Chef.
"Head Chef! Called it!" Heather yelled out. Her decision to be Head Chef was met with glares from Sugar, Amy, and Leshawna.
"An' who exactly said you get to be Head Chef?" Sugar asked Heather.
"Well I believe Heather did, just now." Ella said smiling.
Sugar frowned, but kept on walking. "Try not to mess anything up today." Heather yelled over at Sugar.
"This is going to be a fun challenge." Trent said sarcastically.
"You can say that again." Leshawna told him.
(Confessional Camera)
"I had to take the leadership role." Heather said looking at her nails. "Hello we're on a losing streak, and honestly pretty much everyone else on the team is useless." She said.
(Confessional End)
The Bass gathered their ingredients and headed towards the Mess Hall to get started. Heather gathered the Gophers to organize what they would need to take.
"Leshawna; mangoes. Sugar; pineapples. Ella; macadamias. Trent; molasses. Amy; tomatoes."
Inside the kitchen the Killer Bass began to organize how they would take on the challenge. Everyone carried a bag or box of food except for Geoff who had a single can and was looking at his teammates.
"Okay we've got three courses, and six people. So everybody partner up." Geoff told them throwing the can he was holding onto the table.
"I can make the pasta sauce." Alejandro told them.
"I know how to boil pasta." Katie said.
"Me and Jasmine can rock the antipasto." Harold said. "I'm like a black belt when it comes to cutting the cheese." He said. The others laughed at his statement causing him to look at them confused. "What?" He yelled confused.
"That leaves Zoey and me to to handle dessert." Courtney said.
"Can't wait." Zoey said eagerly.
The Killer Bass went off to begin their respective tasks. As they started preparing their food, Geoff made his way into the cabin and began to pick up all of Harold's underwear and pants. Once he was finished he made his way back to the kitchen and gave Alejandro a subtle sign that he was ready for the next part of the plan. Alejandro filled a bucket of water and carried it towards the table.
"Where shall I put the water Katie?" Alejandro asked before bumping into Harold and spilling the bucket of all over him.
"Ugh! Smooth moves dork-ahontas." Harold told him.
"Sorry about that amigo. I did not see you coming." Alejandro said. Katie eyed him suspiciously, but remained silent.
"You'd better go get changed dude." Geoff told Harold. Harold walked off annoyed, and when he was gone Alejandro and Geoff exchanged a subtle smile. Katie looked at the two of them.
(Confessional Camera)
"Alejandro is usually a lot more careful, and what was that look he gave Geoff? Are the two of them planning something against Harold?' She asked herself. After a moment of thinking she gasped in thought. "What if Geoff and Alejandro are the ones behind Dave being eliminated?" She asked herself. "The only question left is why." She said thinking.
(Confessional End)
The Screaming Gophers arrived ready to begin their own dishes. "Ella, Samey, you're on the citrus macadamia upside-down cake flambe." Heather instructed them.
Ella and Sammy put their ingredients on the table and sat together. "Do you know how to make a citrus macadamia upside-down cake flambe, because I don't." Sammy told Ella.
"I'm sure that it shouldn't be too difficult." Ella said.
Sugar walked into the kitchen holding a bag of oranges. As Heather was standing in the doorway Sugar bumped into her and dropped the bag ruining most of the oranges inside.
"Nice going Sugar. Go get more oranges, and this time make sure you don't mess it up." Heather told her.
"Maybe if you weren't standing around doing nothin' I wouldn't have dropped them." Sugar yelled back at Heather as she walked back to the truck.
Heather ignored Sugar's remark and went back to focusing on her clipboard. "When Sugar gets back she can help Leshawna with pineapple skewers and mango dip." She said.
"Girl let me handle the appetizers." Leshawna said. "I know how to make a pineapple chutney that would melt the socks off the devil!" She bragged.
"Oh really, well that's so great." Heather said with fake kindness. "But, since I'm Head Chef we're going to stick to my plan." She said. "And my plan is pineapples with sticks through them." She yelled. "Amy and Trent you two take care of the ribs." She said.
In the Bass Guys Cabin, Harold searched through a dresser looking to find a clean underwear and pants. "Shirt, shirt, shirt." He said as he looked with no luck. He pulled out a disturbingly small red speedo and smiled at it. "Looks like it's your time to shine." He said eyeing the undergarment.
As Sugar made her way back to the kitchen carrying the new box of Oranges she grumbled to herself about Heather. "She ain't going to be the boss of me any longer. Once I get rid of her Ella is next." She yelled out to nobody.
Amy and Trent worked on the ribs together in awkward silence. After a long time, Trent decided to break that silence and talk to his former friend. "Don't you think that you should apologize to Sammy?" He asked Amy.
Amy turned to glare at him, but then quickly went back to ignoring him. "Don't you mean Samey should apologize to me?" She asked putting extra emphasis on Sammy's nickname.
"She doesn't like to be called Samey and you should respect that as her older sister." Trent told her.
"I don't need somebody else to tell me what I should or shouldn't do. If you knew Samey the way I did, then you'd see why taking her side is a terrible mistake." Amy told him.
"I'm not taking anybody's side Amy." Trent told her. "You know I have feelings for Sammy, but you and I were friends, or we were at least friendly with each other. The two of you need to work out whatever sister issues you have, and I'm not going to pick a side." He said.
As Amy was going to rebuttal, the door opened and Sugar came in carrying a large crate of oranges. "Here are your dang oranges." She yelled throwing the crate. The crate hit Trent as he was the closest to her, knocking him unconscious. Sammy rushed over to check if Trent was fine while Amy just rolled her eyes causing Sammy to glare at her intensely.
"Do you even care if he's okay?" Sammy asked Amy.
"Please maybe that head injury will help him come to his senses about just how much of a loser you are."Amy said walking away.
(Confessional Camera)
"Things are going perfectly." Heather said smiling. "Except for Amy and Samey's arguing, Sugar's incompetence, and Trent's concussion which means he's out of today's challenge. But still this challenge is totally ours." She said. After a moment Heather sighed and shook her head holding her forehead in frustration.
(Confessional End)
Back with the Bass, Courtney and Zoey were working on getting the dessert ready.
"Not too hard Zoey. You could ruin the pastry if you mash it too hard." Courtney told her.
"Oh sorry about that Courtney. I'll try my best to do better." Zoey said lightening up a bit on how hard she was pressing the pastry.
Courtney shook slightly and squeezed her fist frustrated with herself. "Forget I said anything. You were doing a good job." She said nervously trying to hold back her control freak nature.
"Are you okay?" Zoey asked Courtney.
"I'm fine Zo...ah." Courtney started to say before she got surprised by Harold wearing his small red speedo. Alejandro and Geoff held back a laugh at Harold's expense while the girls looked at him in disbelief.
"Okay who took all my shorts?" Harold asked.
Chris came to give the teams an update, but shuddered at the sight of Harold's current state. "Three hours and counting guys." He said walking away.
Sugar and Leshawna worked on the pineapple skewers. Sugar cut the pineapple not putting much care into it. Heather walked over to inspect how they were doing, and was unsatisfied. "Sugar how blind are you? Those slices are terribly uneven. Switch places with Leshawna." She ordered.
Sugar stabbed the knife onto the table angrily. "If you don't quit telling me what to do." Sugar threatened Heather.
"Heather's just trippin as usual. They look fine to me." Leshawna told Sugar.
"Excuse me, but I didn't get to be Head Chef because of poor presentation." Heather said.
Leshawna went up to Heather and pointed at her, annoyed with how she was acting. "You got to be Head Chef because you called it, not because you earned it. Who do you think you're fooling with this crispy white apron power trip you're on." She yelled.
"Are you going to be a team player or not?" Heather asked Leshawna.
Their argument continued getting the attention of the rest of their team, as well as the Killer Bass. "Oh I'm a team player alright, but I'm also allergic to pineapples." Leshawna yelled.
"Just get to slicing. Now. And make sure you do a better job than Sugar did." Heather told them. "Thanks guys." She said before walking away.
Leshawna took the knife from where Sugar had left it and began to cut the pineapples. "Oh you two faced bossy little..." Leshawna complained as she stabbed the pineapple slices. As she started to cut the pineapples, her arms got covered in hives and red spots from her allergies. "Yo!" She yelled walking up to Heather. "What do you recommend I do about this?" She asked showing Heather her arms.
"Yo." Heather sarcastically said. "I recommend you scratch after we win. Get back to work." She said before walking away. Leshawna went to follow Heather, but was barely held back by Sammy and Ella.
At the Killer Bass work station, Harold was cutting some cheese, still wearing his small red speedo. Geoff and Alejandro watched him and laughed at his plight.
"Dude you've gotta put some clothes on man." Geoff told Harold. "It's unsanitary to cook in something that small." He said holding back more laughter.
"So give me back my pants then." Harold yelled at him.
"Of course amigo. We are reasonable gentlemen. If you go back to the cabin, then you shall find a clean pair awaiting you." Alejandro told him.
Harold went over to the cabin, and just as Alejandro had said there was a clean underwear and pants awaiting him. Harold put it on relived to no longer be in such an embarrassing state, but in his relief did not notice the underwear and pants had been layered with chocolate to make it look as though he had soiled himself. He walked back to making the antipasto unaware of the situation that he had gotten himself into.
"You do know that you can take a bathroom break whenever you need to." Jasmine told Harold. Harold looked at Jasmine confused, but quickly ran over to the nearest mirror. There he saw what Geoff and Alejandro had done to his pants.
"Idiots." Harold yelled leaving to change once more.
Heather's latest problem was about to start as Ella had called her over to help with the citrus macadamia upside-down cake flambe.
"What's wrong?" Heather asked Ella as she walked over to their dessert.
"We're having difficulty getting the flambe to well... flambe." Ella told Heather.
"Nothing happened when you lit it?" Heather asked.
"We probably should've tried that before calling you." Sammy said rubbing her arm nervously.
(Confessional Camera)
"I'm surrounded by incompetent losers." Heather yelled.
(Confessional End)
"Pay attention girls, this is how you flambe." Heather told Sammy and Ella. "Step one, pour the flambe liquid, which you did manage. Step two of two, light it." She said. She turned her lighter on and gently lowered it onto the dessert. As soon as the lighter made contact, there was a large puff of smoke and fire. Once the smoke cleared Heather was covered in ash. Sammy held back a laugh, while Ella gasped looking at her friend in concern.
"We may have used too much flambe liquid." Sammy told Heather.
"You think. My eyebrows are gone. Ella go to the cabin and get my makeup bag." Heather yelled at them.
"But Heather, if I go who is going to fix the citrus macadamia upside-down cake flambe?" Ella asked her.
"Who cares about that, just go now." Heather yelled. Ella ran off to the cabin as fast as she could hoping to make up for the mistake she made.
As Heather looked into the frying pan to see her reflection, Leshawna approached her. "Excuse me, I need a bathroom break." Leshawna said.
Heather turned to look at Leshawna fed up with everything. "Well evidently, I need new eyebrow, but we don't always get what we want, now do we." She yelled. Heather put her face on the table and covered her head with her arms in frustration. "Ugh, it's like i'm on a team of losers.
(Confessional Camera)
"Oh that is it. Someone has to teach this girl a little respect." Leshawna said.
(Confessional End)
Harold returned to the Bass work station, now wearing his pajamas. "This is all I've got left, so if you sickos want to see me buck naked, hit me with your best shot." Harold said sighing.
"Dude just admit your mistake, promise to clean up your drawers, and we'll stop." Geoff told him.
"I already told you those weren't mine." Harold yelled at them.
The Bass girls came over to them having overheard their conversation. "Is that what this mess is about? Harold isn't cleaning up his part of the cabin?" Jasmine asked them.
"The guy leaves his underwear everywhere, and he refuses to admit his own guilt." Geoff said.
"I'm not going to admit something I didn't do." Harold yelled.
"Clearly pranking him isn't working, and frankly it's making the rest of us uncomfortable as well." Courtney told them.
Alejandro looked over at Courtney and smiled. "Of course you always know what's best don't you Courtney?" He asked her.
Courtney scowled and shoved Alejandro. "Will you quite doing that. You keep trying to get in my head." He yelled at her. "What game are you playing?" She asked him.
Alejandro smiled innocently at her. "I have no idea what you are referring to. Perhaps you are projecting your own insecurities and wishing to blame me for your own problem." He said.
"Hey, let's all just take a moment to settle down. We don't want to end up like them do we?" Zoey asked pointing over to the Screaming Gophers were in the middle of yet another argument.
"Zoey has a point. We'll settle whatever issues we have outside of challenges, but during challenges we work as a team." Jasmine said. "That means no more pranks on Harold." She told Geoff and Alejandro.
"I guess the team is more important. We should put it first" Geoff said.
"Of course, and Courtney I hope you'll accept my apology for any unintentional issues I may have caused you. You should know I value you highly as a teammate, and would not wish any harm onto you." Alejandro told Courtney.
Alejandro extended his hand out for Courtney to shake. She hesitated for a moment, but accepted it nonetheless. "Come on dudes I made sandwiches. Originally I was going to put Harold's underwear in them, but I guess this is better." He said. Everyone took a sandwich, and then got back to working on their dish.
(Confessional Camera)
"Well I guess Alejandro and Geoff weren't planning to eliminate Harold. That just makes it more confusing what could have happened to Dave. We're a close team so who would blindside him like that?" Katie asked herself.
(Confessional End)
"Heather, I have your makeup bag." Ella said as she walked back into the kitchen.
"It's about time." Heather complained.
As Ella walked over to hand Heather the bag, Sugar pushed her out of the way and took the bag for herself. Heather ran over to take the bag, but when she got close Sugar tossed it over to Leshawna. Leshawna caught it and held it to where Heather couldn't reach. Just as Heather got close to getting the bag back, Leshawna saw an opening and threw it at Amy. Amy smirked and threw the bag into the freezer where Heather chased after it. Once Heather was inside with her makeup bag, Leshawna closed the door and locked Heather inside.
"Hey! You can't do this! I'm Head Chef!" Heather yelled at them from inside the freezer.
Sammy and Ella approached the other three girls. "Do you think it's a good idea to keep her in there?" Sammy asked.
"I will destroy all of you." Heather yelled pounding on the door.
"She'll get over it. The girl needs to learn how to chill." Leshawna said.
The girls started to walk back to their work stations leaving Heather alone in the freezer. "Well, now that Heather has been dethroned I think it's only fair that I be the new Head Chef." Amy said. "I am after all the smartest, prettiest, and best leader we have left." She said. Sammy and Leshawna exchanged a brief glance and quickly threw Amy into the freezer along with Heather.
"This is all your fault." Heather told Amy as the two were locked in together.
"Shut up." Amy yelled back at Heather.
As Courtney and Zoey finished up the dessert, Courtney fought back the urge to tell Zoey that she wasn't evenly spreading the amount of custard each one was getting. Zoey looked over at Courtney and noticed something was off about her teammate.
"Are you alright Courtney?" Zoey asked her.
"I am perfectly fine." Courtney snapped yelling at Zoey. She covered her mouth immediately after embarrassed. "I'm sorry Zoey, it's just that you aren't putting the same amount of custard on each of them and it's looking really sloppy. I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to be a control freak, but I can't stand it anymore." Courtney told her.
Zoey put down the custard filling and put her hand on Courtney's shoulder reassuringly. "Courtney, you know that your input is important. Don't feel like you have to hold back." Zoey told her.
"I just feel that everyone thinks I'm some kind of control freak, especially after how I acted the first few days. Jasmine says I'm being ridiculous, but I can tell the rest of the team thinks I'm way too overbearing." Courtney told her.
"I can't speak for Geoff or Alejandro, but I know I don't think that way, and I doubt Katie does either. You weren't the nicest person when we first got to the Island, and if I'm being honest this is the only time we've ever really spoken. Still though you're a hard worker and you shouldn't be ashamed of wanting to make sure everyone is at their best." Zoey told Courtney.
"Thanks for the pep talk Zoey. Now if you'll excuse me I'll be taking care of filling the rest of these because you clearly aren't able to measure them properly... no offense." Courtney said.
(Confessional Camera)
"Zoey is right, I shouldn't fight the fact that I want to make everything better. As long as I don't go overboard like I did the first few days then my team should be able to stay undefeated until there aren't anymore teams." Courtney said confidently.
(Confessional End)
Soon enough the remaining time was up, and Chris was ready to eat the meals that were prepared for him. Sugar placed her idol "Sue-bin-Ear" as a centerpiece while Geoff lit candles to set up his side.
"Your meal will be here soon." Sugar told Chris.
"I'll be back in a sec with your meal dude, er I mean sir." Geoff said.
The Gophers looked over the meals that they had made. Though they had several difficulties, and were down three players due to Trent's injury along with Amy and Heather being locked in the freezer, they managed to make good looking meals.
"We might just win this thing yet y'all." Leshawna said proudly. "Sugar you stay here to watch the food. Let's do this." She said.
Inside the freezer Heather was shaking trying to fix her eyebrows.
"D-d-d-don't bother. You'll still be less pretty than I am." Amy told Heather shivering through the cold.
"Sh-shut up loser." Heather responded.
Sugar eyed the food carefully as she waited for it to be taken out. As she looked at the ribs they looked more and more appetizing by the moment.
"Those ribs sure do look tasty." Sugar said to herself. "I've earned a taste after helping to get rid of Heather, even if it was just for the day." She said. She took a piece from the ribs and took a bite out of it. "Oh boy that's so good. If I had known Amy could make such good ribs I might have tried to be her friend." She said. She eyed the ribs and took another piece into her mouth.
Chris began first with the Bass plates. He ate the antipasto and smiled. "You're antipasto passed the test-o," he said. "Pass the pasta please." He told them. He took shoved his fork in and ate the pasta. "On a scale of one to ten... Fifteen!" He said tastefully. "How will the Gophers respond?"
Leshawna, Sammy, and Ella waited for Sugar to come out with the main course, but she didn't seem to be coming. Leshawna went into the kitchen to see what was taking Sugar so long and saw nothing but an empty platter and sauce covered Sugar. "Tell me you did not just eat an entire plate of ribs!" She yelled at Sugar. Her screams could be heard from outside the kitchen.
Sugar took the plate out and handed it to Chris. He looked at it confused. "Yeah, this looks like it's... been eaten." He said.
"I didn't eat the whole thing." Sugar argued. "I left a small piece for you to taste so you could see how good it is." She said. Chris looked at the plate of bones and spotted a tiny piece of meat attached. "There you go." Sugar said.
Chris took a bite and thought for a moment about what he had just eaten. "You know what, I've had worse. Two points." Chris said. "It's not terrible, but the Bass still hold a heavy lead. Time for dessert." He said. Chris ate the custard and pastry dessert the Bass made chewing it slowly to really think about just how good it was. "Eh six." He said. Courtney and Zoey sighed in relief that they managed to do a decent job. "The Bass have Gophers need all ten points, and even then it'd only get us to a tied score. I have to say though, this dessert looks like a winner." He said. He slowly lowered his fork onto the dessert, but as soon as he touched it with the fork it imploded.
"That is not good." Leshawna said nervously.
Chris took a small piece that was remaining and started to chew it. He started choking on it.
"I was a CIT, I know CPR." Courtney said. She rushed over to help Chris and preformed the Heimlich maneuver on him to prevent him from choking further. After a brief moment he coughed up the mess of what was once called food.
"What the heck is this?" He asked staring at it.
"It's supposed to be citrus macadamia upside-down cake flambe." Ella said. "We followed Heather's recipe, but Sammy and I weren't able to do it as good as she hoped." She said. Upon mentioning Heather, Ella realized her friend was still in the freezer. "Oh no, we forgot to let her out of the freezer." Ella said running over to help Heather.
Chris looked over at the Screaming Gophers confused. "What?" Leshawna asked him. "Girl was making everyone trip." She added.
"Oh I hear that." Chris agreed.
Everyone gasped as Ella returned with Heather and Amy. The two girls who had been locked in the freezer had blue skin from the cold, and Heather had badly painted on eyebrows as she couldn't properly apply her make-up with her hands shaking.
"You're all so dead." Heather yelled at her teammates. "Is it over?" She asked Chris.
"That it is. The Killer Bass win by a large margin. It's not even because I almost died and Courtney saved my life, your ribs and upside down whatever cake were just that bad." Chris said.
"Great! That's just Great!" Heather yelled. Why do we keep losing people?" She asked. Noticing the odd idol on the table she walked over to it. "What is this dumb thing? This was not in my design plans." She yelled.
"Let go of my Sue-bin-ear." Sugar yelled at Heather pushing her down and taking the idol back.
"Where'd you get a souvenir from?" Leshawna asked Sugar.
"I picked it up from the other island, so what." Sugar said.
"You mean Boney Island?" Chris asked. "The deadliest island in Muskoka? The island I specifically said not to take anything from or you'll be cursed?" He asked panicking.
"Maybe we wouldn't have to worry about curses if the other team hadn't gotten rid of their wizard." Sugar said.
"Okay," Chris said moving on from the cursed idol. "The Bass lead with seven members to the Gophers soon to be six. And as promised, the winners will be enjoying a reward tonight. I five-star dinner under the stars." The Killer Bass cheered for their victory and high-fived each other.
Sometime later before elimination Leshawna, Sammy, and Trent were discussing who to eliminate. Trent was holding an ice pack for his concussion.
"I don't know about y'all, but Heather has got to go." Leshawna said.
"Trust me when I say that Amy is way worse than Heather. We need to get rid of her now." Sammy said.
"I think you're both forgetting that Sugar cursed our team by bringing back a creepy idol from a cursed island." Trent said.
"I didn't think you were the superstitious type Trent." Sammy said.
"Not too much, but you can never be too careful. Besides, curse or no curse Sugar is the reason that we lost today, and the reason I'm still holding this thing." Trent said pointing to his ice pack.
"Well all I know is that if there is a curse I hope that it hits Heather next. If possible let it hit her upside the head." Leshawna said.
Inside the girls Gopher cabin Heather and Ella were also going over who to eliminate. Heather's skin had healed up from the cold, and she was currently fixing her eyebrows while Ella held the mirror.
"It's a good thing Sugar is going home today, otherwise it's likely you could have gone home." Heather told Ella.
"Why me?" Ella asked Heather.
"If you hadn't let Sugar take my makeup bag, I wouldn't have gotten locked in the freezer, and we wouldn't have lost. Not to mention you ruined my perfect citrus macadamia upside-down cake flambe recipe and my eyebrows." Heather yelled at her. She then paused and smiled. "Still you were the one who let me out, and you have been loyal to me unlike Sugar so I can't be too mad. Heather said.
"Thank you Heather. I'm sorry that I couldn't repair your friendship with Sugar, but at least I haven't lost you as a friend as well." Ella told her.
"Of course Ella." Heather said walking off. She then came back and looked at Ella threateningly. "Just know if you ever did betray me then I'd have to give you a real princess makeover, complete with a Rapunzel haircut." Heather threatened. Ella held her hair nervously for a moment, but soon enough moved on and followed Heather out the door.
(Confessional Camera)
"Picking who to send home was so hard, but only because there's so many annoying people to chose from. Leshawna is a completely royal pain in the but. Amy is only worth keeping around to keep Samey on my side, and Sugar messed everything up along with being a traitor. Still this will show what happens when you betray me, so Sugar has got to go." Heather said.
(Switch)
"Ain't no way Heather isn't go home. She's as good as gone." Sugar said confidently.
(Confessional End)
At the campfire ceremony the Gophers looked at each other tensely. Heather glared at Sugar, while Leshawna glared at Heather. Amy and Sammy both stuck their tongue out at each other while Trent held his ice pack against his head.
"I've got seven Gophers sitting in front of me," Chris said. "But only six bits of sweet fluffy safety in my hands. So, good luck. When I call your name come up and get your marshmallow.
"Leshawna." Her scowl was replaced with a smile as she went up to get her marshmallow.
"Ella" She happily skipped over to it, but her joy was gone when she saw Heather and Sugar still glaring at each other.
"Samey, Trent" The pair got their marshmallows together and smiled at each other both safe.
"Amy" She got her marshmallow then proceeded to scowl at Trent and Sammy.
"Heather, Sugar it's down to you whoever doesn't get this last marshmallow must immediately walk the Dock of Shame and leave on the Boat of Losers... Forever. The final marshmallow goes to...
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"Heather." Chris revealed.
"You heard him. That's what you get traitor. Not to mention how dumb can you be to take something from a cursed island." Heather told Sugar mockingly.
Ella ran up to Sugar and hugged her. "Though you and Heather couldn't fix your friendship, I'm going to miss you so much Sugar." Ella told her tearfully.
Sugar shoved Ella off and walked away. "I'm too good for this pageant anyway." She said uncaring.
"That's it for tonight, though you might want to burn some sage to get rid of any lingering curse vibes." Chris told them.
"Cool, will Chef give us some sage?" Leshawna asked him.
"Nope." Chris chuckled. "So good luck with that." He said walking away.
As Trent walked back into the Bass cabin he noticed Geoff and Alejandro were messing with Harold's bed.
"Just in time, could you help us out with this dude?" Geoff asked Trent.
"Like I said before guys, I don't want to get involved in your team issues." Trent told him.
"But this is no longer a team matter. Since we decided to leave Harold be during the challenges, now it is merely a roommate matter." Alejandro told him.
Trent thought for a moment and relented helping the two of them move Harold's bed.
The next morning Harold woke up outside to giggling. He got up and saw nearly all the female campers swimming and laughing at him. He had unfortunately chosen to sleep naked that night. "Good morning Harold," Leshawna and Katie greeted. He screamed and covered himself up with a pillow feeling embarrassed.
"What happened to putting the team first?" Harold asked the other Bass guys and Trent as they showed up
"We're not in a challenge right now are we?" Alejandro asked him, "Have you learned your lesson yet?"
"Yes!" Harold said panicking. "Okay. Yes!"
"We're gonna need more than that man," Trent said.
"I'll never leave my crusty underwear out again. I swear!" He pleaded.
"I believe him." Geoff said He tossed him a change of clothes. "A pleasure doing business with you!" He said as the three laughed. Harold grabbed the clothes and ran to get dressed covering himself along the way.
Elimination Order
22. Leonard
21. Lightning
20. Ezekiel
19. Beardo
18. Izzy
17. Dave
16. Cody
15. Owen
14. Sugar
Remaining Contestants
Screaming Gophers: Heather, Ella, Amy, Sammy, Trent, and Leshawna
Killer Bass: Geoff, Courtney, Alejandro, Zoey, Harold, Katie, and Jasmine
Elimination Explanation: With Sugar gone we now have one less antagonist. Of all the Screaming Gophers Sugar was probably the easiest to cut here. Amy was considered at one point, but she still has a lot more conflict to go with Heather, Sammy, and Trent. I do kind of regret not doing more with Sugar since I did set her up as a minor antagonist and she just ended up not doing much. I won't lie, I don't like Sugar that much. While I don't hate her, and do think she has potential, I just didn't like writing her. Perhaps in one of the next two seasons I can have Sugar be a bit more antagonistic, since she does seem to have some fans among my readers. Between trying to usurp Heather's alliance, losing the challenge by eating the ribs, and cursing the team with her "Sue-Bin-Ear" Sugar's fate was just sealed.
A/N: Sorry about the couple of weeks this took. I got a new schedule at work, and as a result had to completely rearrange my writing schedule. Took a while to figure out how to manage things. I will still be doing Monday's (hopefully weekly again) I just posted today since I didn't want to wait any longer.
This chapter was so Gopher heavy I almost feel bad for the Bass. I worked so hard to come up with something for them to do. As much as I would love to focus solely on the main drama the Gophers have going on, I feel ignoring the Bass completely would be a bad idea. I kept in the plot involving Harold's underwear, but I decided to tone it down a bit without Duncan around. The pranks are still there to teach him a lesson, but they're slightly changed to be not as cruel in my opinion. The other thing I had going on with the Bass was the continuation of Katie's quest to find out who eliminated Dave. While Zoey may have moved on, she clearly hasn't. She'd better be careful though. Alejandro eliminated Noah in canon after he found out his true nature, so if she gets too close to the truth he'll have to save himself. Some more development for Courtney and her control freak tendencies, and another AleHeather tease. Good enough for the Bass despite their limited focus.
Our real stars this chapter belonged to the Gophers. Originally I had Amy be Head Chef, but I ended up not liking that idea. It seemed to be Amy bashing, and I don't want to bash any characters, even the ones I personally hate. Thus, Heather took the role of Head Chef just like she did in canon. Things went almost as terribly for them here compared to canon, but at least Heather didn't get betrayed by both of her alliance members this time. Sugar may be gone, but Ella is as naive and as loyal as ever. Too bad for Heather even without Ella's betrayal she still ended up locked in the freezer. At least this time she wasn't alone with Amy stuck there as well. I've got to say it was so much fun writing all the conflict between the team. With everyone involved there's a lot more to work with. As for Trent, I know a lot of people want him to pick a side already. The reason I've dragged this out is because I don't want Amy to be so blatantly hated by the cast as tends to happen in stories I've read. Amy is heavily hated in the Total Drama community, and as a result in most fics she ends up getting hated by basically all the characters too. While this makes sense, Amy is good at playing the victim and fooling people. She's a lot more manipulative than I think people give her credit for. In canon she got her entire team sans Jasmine to think Sammy was the mean sister. I don't like her myself, but I think she has potential as a character and deserves to be given a chance rather than just hated on by everyone. Trent will pick a side between the two sisters before the merge, and by the merge Amy will have her true colors revealed to everyone. You'll just have to wait a little more for that to play out.
Next chapter we test how the teams trust each other. Sugar may be gone, but the Gophers are nowhere near ready to work together as a team again. I know I've been following the canon elimination order for teams so far, but that could change at any moment. Will the Gophers be able to pull off a win, or will the Bass who are much stronger as a team crush them once again? Just wait and see.