~We open up to the Tribal Council area. IT'S SUPER INTENSE TONIGHT. It's time for the Final two. Chris is dressed as usual – casually. He sits back, excited. Is he eager to see who wins OR is he ready to head home? WHO KNOWS? The final two emerge…Frieza leads the way with the immuniFty necklace and his torch. DeFranco is close behind. It's tough to gauge Frieza's level of intensity…but his muscles look tense. DeFranco, on the other hand, can sense a tough hour or so on the horizon. They place their torches down and take a seat~

Chris McLean (to Frieza): Welcome to the final tribal council. Congratulations on being the final 2…I don't have to tell you guys what a long, tiring journey this has been. So, to make it to the end…that's quite an achievement. HOWEVER…only one of you can walk away winner…and we're about to find out who that person will be. Frieza…you wanna give me that necklace or do you want to keep it?

Frieza (to Chris): I'll keep it.

Chris McLean (to Frieza): It's your call…you pretty much owned it for the back half of the game. Alright…well I'll go ahead and bring in the members of our jury.

~The jury enters…Katz, Tennyson, Daniel Keem, Aladdin, Sam, Whis, and Samurai Jack – whose hands are full with beer. He's got four tallboys…two in each hand, stacked. They take a seat. Samurai Jack cracks a can open and takes a sip. We notice Sam receiving a tray of fruit. She slowly enjoys the fruit while keeping a fastidious glare on DeFranco and Frieza~

Chris McLean: Samurai Jack, voted out at the last tribal council. So…here's how this will go…a jury of your peers…seated across from you will be given an opportunity to make a statement or ask a question. Once they are finished, they will sit back down. After every jury member has had their turn…you two will have an opportunity to issue a closing statement. Once that is finished it will be time to vote. And, just to make things clear jury…you will be voting for a WINNER. So who's ever name you write down is the person you think should win Cartoon Crossover Survivor.

~The jury nods. Samurai Jack takes a sip. Chris feels comfortable that he got the point across~

Chris McLean: Alright…everybody ready? Great! First person up will be Sam Manson! Sam…come on down!

~Sam stands with the tray of food. She grabs a few pieces of pineapple and enjoys them, slowly, making sure Frieza and DeFranco can TASTE the flavor. She finishes them off and speaks~

Sam Manson: Would you guys like a taste?

~Neither Frieza nor DeFranco seem eager to budge~

Sam Manson: I'm kind of full as it is. So, here, I'll just give you the tray for being such great pals to me in the Amazon.

~Sam walks forward with the tray…before she reaches Frieza and DeFranco, she drops the tray, spilling the fruit everywhere. She tugs at her bottom lip, looking at the mess~

Sam Manson: Whoops…must have had too much wine. Anyway! I don't have a question – I didn't even know I was supposed to speak tonight because they threw me in because they couldn't find Tigre (that's Manny for you Frieza) in time. So, I guess I'll just say that Samurai Jack should be in the final two. Phillip, you should have gone home long ago…but you apparently jacked off the right people to get to where you are. Oh well, whatever.

~Sam turns and takes a seat. Phillip shakes his head, not pleased with her judgment. Frieza remains stoic~

Chris McLean: Man…there was some honey dew melon on that tray. Bummer. Anyway! Let's move on…next up, Daniel Keem!

~Daniel stands…he's taking this far more seriously than Sam~

Daniel Keem: Two part question, Chris…addressed to both competitors. Why should I vote for you? You have both used your friends as bait so you could advance your own game more. Pick two members of the jury who you think deserve to be in the final two and be careful who you pick because the other jury members are paying close attention.

~DeFranco and Frieza look at one another. Frieza nods, deciding to go first~

Frieza: There are three points to Survivor: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. I believe that I've performed well in all of these categories. I was on the edge of elimination numerous times, and managed to find a way to survive every time. I made some big moves that changed the game for me, and by winning the last three Immunity Challenges, I played my way into the finals. I think everyone knows that Whis would have been in my spot had I not managed the victory that week. From the jury, I think any of you could easily have been there, but if I had to pick two... I'd probably go with Aladdin and Ben. It easily could have been Phillip going home that week instead of Aladdin, who was willing to take risks to move forward. Unfortunately, the final risks didn't work out. Ben was a great player in the game, and a couple of changes in his final week might have sent him all the way. I could see him having rallied the rest of Savage together.

Daniel Keem: Okay, and Phillip…same question.

Phillip DeFranco: First... why should you vote for me? Because from day one I played this game to its highest possibilities. I formed an alliance. Then added more members to that core alliance with the goal of making sure we could take you, Katz, and Tennyson out. Because you guys were the biggest threats in the game. From day one there was this line in the sand that it was the new guys vs the top guys. Maybe I imagined that but that's what I saw as the obvious story line and that was the story I ran with as I built my team, which included Frieza, Ali and surprisingly Sam. I honestly didn't expect her to side with us from my conversations with Frieza.

I do take a bit of issue with "using Whis as bait". Hindsight is 20/20 and if I could've known then what I know now I would've saved Whis and the both of us would be sitting up here. But I had a LOT of votes cast against me... mostly from you Keemstar. I honestly felt like I was going to need that idol the next week, and playing it for Whis would put it back in the game and available for anyone to win it. There was also the thought that the challenge could be the one specific type of challenge that Whis has been sub-par at and that he wouldn't be able to win it and then use the idol to save me in return. How dumb would I have looked if all that happened eh? So it is really easy to point a finger and say I should've saved Whis, but you have to be holding the cards that I was holding and feeling the pressure I was feeling to be able to judge that move.

The final reason you should vote for me. I'll use the money. Frieza here, while being a dear friend of mine, has no intentions of using the reward for winning this game. I do. It is the ONLY reason I played this game.

And finally you want me to name two guys I would place up here instead of myself and Frieza? Well, the Alliance of Spencer, Samurai Jack, Whis, Frieza and myself knew we only needed one more body to flip the script and get Kings of Controversy out. Enter Aladdin & Sam. But the Alliance was always operating on "first we defeat The Kings of Controversy and then whatever happens will happen". You'll have to allow me to play this out aloud or else I'll jumble it all up. So from the merge we didn't know if you or Tennyson had the idol... so that's why Katz went first. Secondly Tennyson normally would've played the idol on himself to save himself and then you would've went home. At that point Sam would've likely been next. Then Prince. Then there would've likely been a big push to remove Frieza even if I wouldn't have wanted it to happen. Then Spencer. Then I likely would've gone home at 4. Leaving Tennyson, Whis & Samurai Jack. I'd be willing to bet Whis would've taken Tennyson over Samurai Jack. So I'd Whis & Tennyson would've likely been the outcome. Sorry for the long winded response.

~Chris turns and looks at DJ Killer Keemsar~

Chris McLean: Satisfied?

Daniel Keem: Yes

Chris McLean: Alright…next up, Prince Ali!

~Daniel Keem takes a seat. Aladdin stands~

Prince Ali: It is no surprise that Phillip made it this far, he played a good game. What does surprise me is that Frieza got here without me holding his hand the whole way. I thought as soon as I was out you would shortly follow, but I guess that is why you two are one of the best. Well so am I. I really don't give two shits who walks away from this the winner. I have no doubts in my mind that whoever the winner is will be one of the best Cartoon Crossover Rumble winners, so I am putting you boys on notice. When you win the Cartoon Crossover Rumble I will be the one to take your spot from you next time I get a chance.

~Aladdin turns and takes a seat. Chris nods and calls out the next jury member~

Chris McLean: Alright, let's hear from Ben Tennyson!

~Ben Tennyson stands and takes center stage, confidently~

Ben Tennyson: Hey guys, congratulations on making it this far! How you didn't starve to death without me, I'll never know. Frieza, you made a somewhat shocking decision to take Phillip with you to the finals. You had a pretty free win staring you in the face there, what made you decide on that? And do you think you would have been shown the same respect by Phillip?

Frieza: Well, first off, I don't think it would have been a free win, as Samurai Jack had a lot of same alliances that Phillip had, and he is a great player. But the reason I took Phillip is pretty simple: I gave my word that I would, if it came down to that, and it did. I think Phillip's played a pretty strong game, and I have no problems with him being up here with me. Would he have done the same if he had won final immunity? Maybe, maybe not. Fortunately, I was the one who got to make the choice.

Ben Tennyson: Fair enough. Phillip... If you had won final immunity, who would be sitting next to you right now and why?

Phillip DeFranco: Tough question. Great question though. Honestly I didn't need to win. I knew if Frieza won he was going to take me and I knew that if Samurai Jack won he was going to take me. I still wanted the win though... I wanted to win one damn immunity challenge while out here instead of doing really poor or finishing in the top 3 but just missing out. But alas as much as I tried it didn't happen. With that being said though you want to know who I hypothetically would've taken to the finals. It's not an easy answer. Frieza had given me permission to take Samurai Jack in the final two. Samurai Jack would've been the choice for the final two but there was some bitterness over the Whis vote when I didn't want to write Whis' name down. But at the end of the day I probably was taking Samurai Jack since Frieza had given me permission to do so as it would likely be in my best interest.

Chris McLean: Satisfied?

Ben Tennyson: Not until I've caught every last fish in the Amazon.

~There's a deadly serious vibe in Tennyson's tone~

Chris McLean: No, with the answers.

Ben Tennyson: Oh, yea, sure!

Chris McLean: Great! Moving on…let's hear from Samurai Jack!

~Samurai Jack places three of his beers down and stands up, freshly shaved with a cold Budweiser in his hand~

Samurai Jack: Man it sure is nice to be drinking the good ole diesel of beers again instead of that shit I had been brewing for 38 days or so...So I obviously do not need to ask a question but I will go ahead and make a statement... a lot of people sitting behind me really believe that I didn't play this game but the fact of the matter is that every big move that was made in this game I was behind. Bravo's big blindside (try saying that three times fast) to start this game off was all me... Getting rid of the Savage tribe members one by one I was behind...Cutting the head off Aladdin once the core alliance was left I was behind...Hell I even convinced a guy to vote his best friend of 30 years out of this game...There were times during this game where I had control of two alliances that included 6 votes so I don't wanna hear about "Samurai Jack didn't play the game" bullshit.

~Samurai Jack turns around and looks at Whis~

Samurai Jack: You think that was your buddy's doing... no sir that was all me...so Frieza you were smart to vote me out last week cause I outplayed both of you from start to finish...For these people behind me who also think that Frieza played a good game they are completely negligent with their thought process...Frieza was a pure and simple "yes" man...he would ask who to vote for every week never really had a thought process and just did what he was told riding the coattails of others to the final 2 while never thinking for himself until he wrote my name down which had to be his decision...So I don't wanna hear this bullshit that Frieza was a master strategic player or a mastermind...I would like to give Frieza mad props for keeping that damn mask on all season with the heat... that was probably Frieza's biggest accomplishment this game...Never the less I do have to write one of your names down as part of the jury...I will stick with who I trusted all along and who my alliance was with...

~Samurai Jack sits back down with DeFranco looking towards him... Frieza doesn't seem very encouraged with Samurai Jack's comments~

Chris McLean: Thanks for the contribution, Samurai Jack!

~Samurai Jack nods and reclaims his other three beers. He wedges a pouch of tobacco into his bottom lip~

Chris McLean: Up next…The Incredible veteran of the series with what? nine seasons under his belt...Katz!

~Katz stands and takes center stage~

Katz: Congratulations to both of you, Frieza & DeFranco, you outlasted a field of incredible talents and both of you deserve to be sitting there in the final two. Frieza, during our time on Savage, you constantly talked about being a strong group, and sticking it to the Paradigm tribe, wanting to pick them off one by one once we made the merge. Why then did you contradict yourself and pair with them and take your Savage tribemates out of the game?

Frieza: I'd say that was my toughest decision of the whole game. I had a lot of respect for the Savage Six, since we'd won so much together. But it was a matter of trust. Keemstar made it pretty obvious he wanted me to go home next. He talked a lot about me having no shot of winning Survivor, and he just seemed like the guy everyone was going to follow. When we had a private conversation and he subsequently revealed it to the rest of The Kings of Controversy, while changing around what I had said to suit himself, that was the last straw for me. I knew I had no chance sticking with Savage. Apparently Aladdin and Sam felt the same. I know people thought I'd betrayed them after the merge, but I was following what I had said, in that it was a team game until the merge, and then it became an individual contest. In the end, it was a game decision that I had to make, and I chose to go farther in the game.

Katz: Okay, okay. Now, Phillip, I don't think many people know this, but before this game even began, you expressed to me that you wanted to work with me, and no one would see it coming, because of how everything went down with me being defeated by Mordecai... your words. The first chance you got to work with me, you blindsided me. Why?

Phillip DeFranco: Yup I said that. So this was a move on my part to hopefully stop myself from being an early eviction had tribes came out differently than what they did or a potential tribe swap. I originally wanted to vote you out as soon as I could... referencing our off the record conversation. And when I offered to work with you because nobody would see it coming... that was still the plan. However as the game progressed a little bit it seemed like that could be something that really did work out and would be useful. Until Spencer started telling me things that he got from Keemstar, which came from you, which originally came from my mouth. So when that happened I was done with thinking about working with you because I couldn't trust you not to tell Keemstar, because Keemstar was setting himself up as the Alpha from Savage that was running the game and needed to be dealt with. So it was a lie that I later considered only to go against it because you passed the word on... and you know from my and Whis how I am with trust.

And while I'm on the subject of lies real quick... I just want to point out that everyone can sit there and say I lied about whatever... but I only lied to the following people: Katz... about working with him. I'll throw Keemstar in there but I don't think I actually made him any promises. Whis because we had a final 3 deal, although I did tell him he was the vote ahead of time just like I did with virtually all of you... because that is what you asked me to do. I'm only calling it a lie because I said I wouldn't write his name down and I did because I bought into the idea I had to save my own hide, because everyone said if I saved him they would vote me next. That's it. Anyone else claiming I lied to them is either lying or after all this time it slipped my mind. But I'd own up to it if you brought it up because I did try to play a very honest game. Sam may very well try calling my bluff... but she is full of shit. I told her when her time was up and she tried to blackmail me to keep her in the game by not voting for me when she was on the jury... for doing the EXACT same thing that Frieza & Samurai Jack were both doing. She claimed I had a final three with her and Spencer because Spencer told her as much. I never said that, I never knew of that in any way shape or form. And when Sam attempted to blackmail me to keep her she actually sealed her fate even more than it already was. I would be damned if I didn't use the idol to save Whis and then turn around and give it to her after she tried to blackmail me. I don't care if she holds up to what she said and doesn't vote for me. I never lied to her.

Katz: Okay... thank you both for your answers.

~Katz takes a seat before dipping his head into "Hail, Sleet, Tornadoes, Snow, Jellybeans, California Sunshine, Purple Heart, Blaze, Speedballs, and Spaceballs" ~

Chris McLean: And that leaves one jury member remaining… Whis

~DeFranco squirms a little bit, showing a bit of physical angst. Frieza remains stoic. "The Zen Master" and "The Perfect One" calmly rises and walks slowly over next to Chris to face the final two. Whis peers deeply at each of them, as if staring directly at their souls.~

Chris McLean: You okay, ?

Whis: Yes. I was just staring directly at their souls.

Chris McLean: I thought so!

~Whis clears his throat and takes a deep breath before talking in his feminine voice, trying to retain a level of tranquility before finally addressing the pair in front of him.~

Whis: Frieza… Phillip… I have very little left to offer you out here in our rainforest home. I've already provided you food, shelter, adventure, leadership, friendship, competition, and, despite the situation… peace.

~DeFranco and Frieza both nod at that assessment.~

Whis: Tonight, however, you're asking the Perfect One to provide you with one last thing… my vote. A vote for a winner, not a loser. A vote that says I, Whis, support your claim to win this game… that you were the best this game had to offer. …If I'm being honest, brothers, I can't provide that to you. I'm sorry.

~The final two competitors appear confounded by Whis' statement, as does Chris, who reaches out to put a hand on 's shoulder.~

Chris McLean: Whis, sorry to say, buddy, but you have to vote for someone tonight.

~Whis shoots Chris a death glare, causing the host to slink back to his seat.~

Whis: Don't worry, Chris. I respect this game too much to break the rules on a whim.

~Chris lowers his head in shame as Whis turns back to Phillip and Frieza.~

Whis: When I think of the sole Survivor, I believe the winner should be the person who fought for his or her tribe through good times and bad. I believe it should be the Survivor who best epitomized the "outwit, outplay, and outlast" mantra created all those years ago. I believe it should be simply the best competitor in the game. …Unfortunately, that person is standing here talking to you right now and isn't eligible to receive votes.

~No one really denies the obvious, but everyone looks on uneasily.~

Whis: So, I'm left with two choices that each present their own reasons why they do not deserve to win. Phillip, everyone with even the remotest brain cell activity knows that you and I have been best friends for almost the start of the game. And I'll say this much—you played the best social game out here for the longest time. You created alliances, you and I got the Paradigm tribe to blindside Bravo, you worked with me to keep Lola in the game, and you buttered Katz up to the point that he never once expected he was a target. Those were all great social plays.

Of course, then we fast-forward to the final five… and your social game evaporated as a wisp of dust that was once a flood. Instead of controlling the game, you let the game control you. You let your fear of people turning on you lead to you turning on the one person that would always have your back. You even had an opportunity to use your immunity idol on me, which would have all but guaranteed us the Final Two. The challenge beast and the alliance beast. The two kids ruling the Amazon. Phillip and Whis. Instead… well, you buckled under pressure. You gave up on the plan we had since the very beginning when it was in our grasp, and you handed it to undeserving ignoramuses. And now, here you are, in the Final Two with Frieza… oh don't worry, brother, we'll get to you… and despite my own code of honor and loyalty, it's going to be extremely difficult for me to write your name down… because you didn't earn it.

~Phillip opens his mouth to say something, but Whis turns to Frieza and continues before he can get a word out.~

Whis: As for you, Frieza, you played a strong game when you were surrounded by strength. You had nearly this entire jury on your tribe, and you dominated the Paradigm Tribe for most of the early game. Of course, the moment we merged, you and Ali practically leapt over to our side. Why? You can say it was because you wanted Keemstar and his boys out, but we both really know it was because you saw strength. You saw power. You saw a former winner in Katz and a leader figure in Daniel Keem, and you wanted to be a part of that. Truly, I can respect that.

What I do not respect is how your only accomplishments in this game came with the help of someone else or because those stronger than you weren't around to do anything about it. I won four individual immunities in my time on the island while competing against you every time. Not once did I consider voting you off because unlike you, I thrive on competition, as a sole survivor should. That led to your single greatest act of cowardice… when I approached you and asked you, as a competitor, to vote out someone who was coasting through and disrespecting this game and to fight it out with me until the end. Instead, you voted out your only competition because you KNEW you couldn't beat me and told me as much to my face. What kind of sole survivor admits he can't beat someone else? You lost my respect in that moment, Frieza. Like Phillip, it is going to be nearly impossible for me to write your name down tonight… because you didn't earn it.

~Frieza silently takes in Whis' words, still stoic, turns to the rest of the jury.~

Whis: Truly a conundrum, fellow jury brothers and sister. Two men who don't deserve it, yet one must be called a winner. You can either vote for the guy who could only win when all the real competitors were gone or the guy who held all the strings but dropped them when the going got too tough. If I can offer any last semblance of advice to you all, it is to cast your former tribal alliances aside to see the bigger picture. Did Phillip truly make all the big moves? Then vote for him. Did Frieza truly win anything at all? Then vote for him. At the end of the day, both of them are fully aware of who should be getting each and every one of the votes tonight. That's all I have, Chris.

Chris McLean: Thank you. Great game, by the way.

~Whis closes his eyes and simply nods without looking at Chris before returning to his seat.~

Chris McLean: And there we have it…now, it's time to vote…

TO BE CONTINUED….