Chapter Three: I See London, I See FantomCat
[scene shows Chris inside the cockpit]
Chris: New York; the city that eats other cities for breakfast! Here, our competitors went to new heights to discover New York's finest. From the bosom of Lady Liberty to the Big Apple's rotten stanky sewer core. In the end, Team Ultimate claimed victory and Team Mink sent Sadie to the Drop of Shame, much to the disappointment of Katie who is still crying! Seriously, what is it with these girls and missing each other? Isn't a simple goodbye enough? Anyways, we have lucky number, thirteen competitors, still in the running. Where will we be heading today; find out here on Total...Drama...Encore!
[cue theme song, the episode continues]
[scene shows the interior of the economy class section where Teams Mink and Fantasy are seen brooding, the most prominent noise being Katie still sobbing as evident by a puddle on the ground having formed from her tears]
Katie: [sobbing] Sadie...why'd you have to go...so soon…
[static buzzing]
Katie: [struggling to make a smile] Well...at least I'm still here...but what fun is that...when your gal pal who you just got back onto the show with...isn't even here...SAAAAAAAAAAADIEEEEEEE! [goes back to sobbing]
[static buzzing]
Colleen: [to Minerva] Ooooooh, my lord, how much longer are we going to have to put up this bollocks?! This girl won't stop bloody crying!
Minerva: [sighs] I know what you mean, but there's nothing I can say that'll get her to shut up. Loopy, please be a dear and see if you can calm down that little girl.
Loopy: Oh...well...I shall see what I can do, madame…[goes over to where Katie is and pats her on the back]...hey...please, do not cry, my dear…
Katie: Why, why shouldn't I cry?! My best friend just got booted, you'd cry if someone you cared about was suddenly taken away in the blink of an eye! [goes back to crying]
Loopy: Well, yes, but...oh, dear...um…
Eva: [while holding her ears in aggravation] Ugh, I'm reminded as to why I hate those…
Ella: Now, Eva, don't be like that. Katie has lost someone truly dear to her and now she's mourning her loss.
Eva: She has been crying for the past several hours over her friend who is mostly still alive and if I have to listen to her endless sobbing for another hour straight, I'm gonna seriously damage-
Ella: Eva! Not everything needs to be solved with brute force. What if you were in Katie's position, would you like it if someone wanted to beat the tears out of you?
Eva: Well, I wouldn't be crying like a baby for starters if I was in Katie's position.
Ella: Eva…
Eva: [sighs] Fine, I see your point, we'll do it your way. Just please find a way for her to stop crying so that we can at least sleep peacefully tonight.
Ella: Very well…[goes over to Katie and starts to sing] Please, my dear, don't weep, don't cry
Just believe in yourself that you can try...
Katie: [sniffles] But...how can I…
Ella: I'm sure Sadie wouldn't want you crying and being unhappy. She'd want you to succeed and win it for her. I'm sure she's cheering for you right now, I firmly believe that.
Katie: Well...I-I guess…[sighs sadly and looks at the ground]
Ella: Well, if you ever need someone to talk to, my door is always open. [goes back to her team to sit next to Eva]
Eva: Whoa...how'd you do that?
Ella: It's a little something called patience, my dear.
Huckleberry: Well, on one hand, at least that little gal's not cryin' her eyes out anymore.
Snagglepuss: Indeed, now she's just starin' at the ground, lookin' forlorn, depressed, sad even.
Ella: Well, I don't expect her to get over this instantly. The healing process takes time after all.
Eva: Still, thanks for that...I guess…
Ella: No problem.
[static buzzing]
Ella: I never like to use anger or violent language against someone who is in distress. I've always believed in a peaceful resolution. It is sad that I couldn't break Katie completely out of her miserable state, but seeing the bond she shares with her friend Sadie, I can't put it past her. A bond between two people is truly amongst the strongest of them all.
[static buzzing]
Eva: Man, that girl just seems to have the solution for everything. Even if her methods don't match up with mine, I can at least see where she's coming from. Maybe I do rely too much on brute force to win a debate...ugh, there I go again! Am I turning soft or something?! No, that's not it, I'm just...compensating is all...what? I'm just saying it how it is, nothing more.
[static buzzing]
[scene cuts to the first-class section where Team Ultimate is seen relaxing]
Bridgette: [sighs contentedly] This is the life. I never got to really experience this side of the plane the last time we did this.
Sierra: Oh, your team was so unlucky the last time we did this. I think it either might have had something to do with DJ's animal curse or that Chris simply liked to pick on your team in particular, seeing as any time you guys lost, it was always an elimination round.
Bridgette: Yeah, that was something that always bugged me during my last run on this show, plus the fact that I was...kinda once again the first girl eliminated…
Sierra: You know another thing, you were the only one who participated in the first three seasons never to get a single-digit placement.
Bridgette: Oh yeah...that as well...you know, I sometimes feel like this show it out for me. First I get skunked, then I get eliminated first along with Geoff because of us kissing and then I get eliminated for kissing a pole. Sierra...you don't think I'm...you know, weak?
Sierra: Well, you weren't the first girl eliminated this time, maybe that's a sight that things are gonna start looking up for you. Hehe, who knows, you might even get a placement higher than 10th!
Bridgette: Well, I suppose that's something...you know, I never expected you to be so insightful, Sierra.
Sierra: Well, let's just say that I have a loooooot of time to think, given my...ahem, track record...oh, boy, that was a wild ride, wasn't it?
[static buzzing]
Sierra: Some of you have probably noticed that I haven't mentioned you-know-how. As much as I would love to be his, I've come to realize that...we were just never meant to be. It's like the old saying goes "if you love something, you set it free" and that's just what I did, I set him free...but on the other hand, at least I can now keep up to date on the other contestants on this show. Don't tell anyone, but I think I saw something shiny peeking out of Tramp's pocket. I know exactly what it is, but I'll just keep the surprise hidden...for now, hehehe.
[static buzzing]
[scene cuts to the males of Team Ultimate sitting by the bar]
Buster: Lemme tell you somethin', I don't ever wanna leave this sanctuary. It's got all I could ever need to last through this hellhouse of a show.
FantomCat: Given what I've heard from the others, they really know how to make those who have lost feel like dirt. Tis a shame they have to be subjected to such awful conditions.
Tramp: Well, I suppose that's just the life of participating on this show, you either make it big or you just fall flat on your face.
Intercom: Attention, helpless competitors! We've been denied permission to land so you're gonna have to jump!
[the contestants of all three teams give out calls of outburst]
Intercom: And Chef may have miscounted parachutes.
Chef: I'm a cook, not a mathematician!
Chris: So ya' might wanna put the pedal to the metal and grab before they're gone!
[scene cuts to the thirteen contestants grabbing hold of a parachute each and about to jump]
[Buster and Tramp notice that there's one parachute left]
Tramp: [groans] Why me? Why me of all people?
Buster: [puts the parachute on his back] You're gonna have to let me hold you all the way to the bottom, no ifs or buts about it.
Tramp: [sighs] Fine…
[scene cuts to Buster and Tramp falling down as the Dobie-Rottie clings onto the Schnauzer tries hard not to squirm. It then cuts to the contestants standing on the London Bridge]
FantomCat: Ah, the glorious city of London, it feels so nice to be back from which I came from.
Colleen: [inhales and then exhales] Ah, yeah, this place hasn't lost its touch.
[scene shows Tramp and Buster finally landing on the bridge. Upon landing, a metallic ching is heard from below Tramp, causing him to quietly gasp and pick up whatever fell out of his pocket and place it back in]
Buster: Hey, you alright there, hotshot?
Tramp: Yes! [clears throat] I mean...yes, I'm fine...thank you...I suppose…
Buster: Hmm…
[scene cuts to the interior of a double-decker bus]
Chris: London, home to loads of wicked stuff. Big Ben, the London Eye, the sandwich stuffed with french fries known as the chip buddy. London's also home to Scotland Yard; the world's biggest crime-busting outlet, but there was one case even Scotland Yard couldn't crack; Jack the Ripper!
[the females, apart from Eva, gasp at this while the males, barring Buster, look at each other apprehensively]
Chris: The wacko serial killer who terrorized Victorian London. Today, you'll be tracking that bad boy down. But be careful...Jack's also hunting you! Next stop, Tower of London!
[scene cuts to the contestants and Chris standing outside the Tower of London]
Chris: Your challenge is to follow a series of clues through the tower complex all the way to the Ripper's secret lair. Bag the criminal mastermind before he gets you and you win. Your first clue will be found during the "changing of the guard" and when I say "change", I mean change the guards. Your clue is hidden in his uniform, so one of you has to strip 'im down to his birthday suit till you find it.
[the contestants gasp at this]
Bridgette: Wait, we have to actually strip them down?
Eva: Ooooooh, no, I am not stripping down a guy like some prostitute!
Chris: Up to you, bra. Million bucks, all I'm sayin'. And while you're at it…
[Ding, Ding!]
[the contestants, apart from Ella, give a collective groan as the music begins to play]
Eva: Seriously? I mean, seriously?!
Minerva: It's creepy how they stand there,
and don't even blink!
I don't wanna see his bum, all naked and pink!
Colleen: Hey buddy,
Can we bribe you,
to strip yourself down?
Minerva: A little reward with these here?
Chris: Nope, that's not allowed.
Bridgette: No way, I can't strip him,
Geoff will freak!
Tramp: And I'm allergic to uniforms.
Buster: Okay, that's just weak.
Sierra: I've currently got my hands tied with this silly string!
Tramp: Okay, so then I have to do it? Uh, hello!? Married?
Buster: If we're gonna find that clue...
Tramp: There's only one thing to do!
Sierra: Force someone to strip him down!
Bridgette, Buster, Sierra, and Tramp: And, sorry, Fantom, that's you!
FantomCat: Ah, I see here!
Colleen: If we're gonna find that clue...
Katie: There's only one thing to do!
Minerva: Force someone to strip him down!
Colleen, Katie, and Minerva: And Loopy de Loop, that's you!
Loopy: Hey, regarde ça!
Huckleberry: Snag! Look! It's me!
And I think I want to strip!
Snagglepuss: Poor dear! Quick, get out of those things.
And that will help, I bet.
Huckleberry: Yeah, we're gonna find that clue.
Ella: We're doing what Chris proposed!
Snagglepuss: Force someone to strip him down!
Eva: Cause if we don't, we're hosed! Totally ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-osed!
[scene shows Snagglepuss taking off one of the guard's shoes when the clue flies out of it, causing Ella to snatch]
Ella: "Pull a tout atop a southern spire." [gasps] Quick, follow me!
[the members of Team Fantasy rush off into the tower. The scene cuts to them arriving in a dungeon filled with all sorts of sharp objects and ancient forms of torture]
Snagglepuss: Heavens to Murgatroyd, this is the very room that Anne Boleyn lived in before Henry VIII beheaded her!
Eva: What's with the creepy desk?
Chef: [wearing a medieval outfit with an ax] It's a medieval torture rack. Clue's inside, tie someone on and stretch. [chuckles darkly]
[Huckleberry and Snagglepuss look uncomfortably at each other while Ella taps her fingers nervously]
Eva: I'll do it! I can handle a little stretching.
Ella: Are you sure about that? It looks rather...painful.
Eva: I eat pain.
Huckleberry: Well, if you're sure about that then…
Snagglepuss: At least neither of us has to get stretched out.
[scene cuts to Team Ultimate in another part of the tower]
Bridgette: Which way do we go now? I'm not exactly familiar with this place.
Sierra: Maybe we should have taken a left back there. Or maybe it was a right…
FantomCat: Not to worry, my dears, I shall have us on the path to victory just as soon as...why are you looking at me like that?
Bridgette: [nervously while pointing her finger] F-F-F-F-FantomCat...b-b-behind you…
FantomCat: Huh? [looks behind to see no one is there] Now what was all that abo-[is snatched upwards by a set of hands]
Bridgette and Sierra: AAAAAAAAAHHH!
Bridgette: The R-R-Ripper got F-FantomCat!
Sierra: [gasps] And where are Tramp and Buster?!
Bridgette: WHAT?! Guys?! GUYS?! Where are you?!
[static buzzing]
Bridgette: I generally don't like horror films, so I do not wanna be living in one!
[static buzzing]
[the Ripper is seen exiting the tower with a bag]
Chris: And then there were twelve. Will anybody survive the Ripper? And this show? Come back after the break when we'll try and answer at least a couple of these questions.
[scene cuts to black, the episode continues]
[scene shows the dungeon where Eva is seen howling out in pain]
Eva: AAAAAAAARGH! C'mon, is that the best you've got?!
Huckleberry: You're enjoyin' this?
Eva: No, but we need to get the next clue so PULL HARDER!
Snagglepuss: [makes a cuckoo expression with his fingers to Huckleberry] This girl's off her nut. [sees Ella having covered her face with her hands] Why are you covering your face?
Ella: I just can't bear to watch this kind of cruelty. It paints a bad image in my head…
[static buzzing]
Ella: At least none of us has been captured by that awful killer, but all this torture is reminding me of...the dark side of royalty. Guillotines, torture racks, coffins with nails in them…[shudders]
[static buzzing]
[scene cuts to Team Mink on another torture rack as Katie is seen screaming in agony]
Katie: OOOOOOOOOOOWWW! Why did I get chosen for this?!
Colleen: Maybe because it would serve as a lesson to you not to cry for bloody hours on end.
Minerva: [nudges Colleen] What she means is that it was a 2-1 vote and thus you got the role, hun.
Katie: Hey, what about Loopy?! That's a 2-2 vote!
Colleen: Speakin' of which, where is the bloke?
Minerva: Huh? [notices the absence of the French Canadian wolf] Oh, for…[turns the crank furiously]
Katie: YOOOWCH!
[scene cuts back to Team Fantasy as they finally get the top part of the rack open to reveal the clue]
Huckleberry: There it is!
Snagglepuss: [picks up the letter] "If your teammate can still use their feet, bring them down for something to eat."
Ella: The banquet hall! Back downstairs off the courtyard! Eva?
Eva: [groans] Please, I'm fine…[crack]...ow.
Ella: Oh my, do you need some help there?
Eva: No! I mean, I can manage just…[crack]...just fine...no biggie…
[scene cuts to Team Fantasy standing just outside the banquet hall]
Snagglepuss: There's some kind of jewelry case on the table; filled with gold, gems, golden eggs even!
Huckleberry: I guess we go in and get it, can it be that easy?
Ella: Me and Eva will stand guard here.
Eva: What, I told you I'm fine!
Ella: Eva, you were limping all the way over here, you need a little rest.
Eva: But I-
Ella: Please?
Eva: [pauses for a moment...before letting out a sigh] Fine…
[scene cuts back to Team Mink finally getting their clue out of the rack]
Colleen: Got it!
Katie: Owwwww...can somebody please give a hand here…?
Minerva: [sighs reluctantly and Katie up from the rack] There, now let's go!
[scene cuts to Tramp and Buster walking about another section of the tower]
Tramp: Well, isn't that just great, now we're completely lost! Why did I let you lead the way?!
Buster: Hey, your sense of direction isn't any better considering you dragged me into at least three deadends!
Tramp: Ugh, I need to sit down! [sits down on the floor a lot harder than he intended and the metallic ching is heard again as something falls from his pocket] Eep! [hastily picks it up and stuffs it back in his pocket]
Buster: Okay, I saw that! Now, what are you hiding from me?!
Tramp: I'm not hiding anything, just something that fell out of my pocket!
Buster: Alright then, show me.
Tramp: What? No, it's nothing, really.
Buster: If you're being this secretive about it, then you're definitely hiding something.
Tramp: Buster, I told you, it's noth-
[THUMP!]
Tramp: Did you hear that?
Buster: Yeah...what was-
[the two canines find themselves stuffed into a sack, both of them struggling and thrusting]
Tramp: Oh, come on!
[scene cuts to Huckleberry and Snagglepuss digging through the chest]
Snagglepuss: C'mon, c'mon, where's the clue? Gold toothpick, emerald stetted toothbrush?
Huckleberry: Hmmm, this is a mighty fine egg here. I wonder what'll happen if I-[turn the egg to reveal a note]
Snagglepuss: Clue, the clue!
Huckleberry: Got it! Now, let's get back to the-
[from outside, Ella and Eva are heard screaming]
Huckleberry and Snagglepuss: The girls!
[the hound and the mountain lion race out of the banquet hall and outside the tower to find their female teammates absent]
Huckleberry: They're gone!
Snagglepuss: Heavens to Murgatroyd, that's two down for the count!
Huckleberry: [sighs] Read the clue.
Snagglepuss: "The Ripper's most natural place has two levels inside its space. Go use your sack to bring the guy back. At the red starting line to the race."
Huckleberry: Hmmm...two levels...red starting line...could be a double-decker bus.
Snagglepuss: Well, I suppose we might as well find one and try there.
[Huckleberry and Snagglepuss race off from the tower and into the city]
[scene cuts to Team Mink inside the banquet hall as Katie picks up an egg which contains a note]
Katie: Ooh, I found the cl-
Colleen: [snatches the note from the human girl] "The Ripper's most natural place has two levels inside its space." Ya' know, I've the feelin' that this Ripper bloke is somewhere located in White Chapel.
Minerva: Well, it's as good a place as any. Come on, we'd better-[notices that Katie is now absent from the group]-you have got to be kidding me.
[scene cuts to Huckleberry and Snagglepuss quietly approaching a double-decker bus. They enter it and the interior appears to be empty. As silently as they can muster, they tip-toe across the bus...before a set of hands reaches down and grabs the blue hound, pulling him upward]
Snagglepuss: Huh? Huck? [looks ahead and gasps as the Ripper shoves Huckleberry into the enclosed driver's seat and shuts the door]
Huckleberry: HELP!
Snagglepuss: Hold on, Huck, I'm coming to save you! ROAR!
[Snagglepuss rushes toward the Ripper who then jumps up and kicks the pink mountain lion in the back, sending him to the ground. The feline recovers from this and then charges back at the Ripper, teasing him with what appears to be a jump before he stops halfway and pounces on the Ripper, stuffing him into the sack]
Snagglepuss: Haha! Got 'im! [rushes toward the driver's seat and opens the door, allowing Huckleberry to come out]
Huckleberry: Why I do declare, that was some mighty fine fightin' you put up there. I'm forever grateful for your honor.
Snagglepuss: [blushes and waves a paw] Awww...c'mon, now...
Huckleberry: [pulls the mountain lion into a sly kiss] I mean it~
Snagglepuss: Ooooh, hubba, hubba~
[scene cuts to back on the plane with the captured contestants waiting in the corridor as the uncaptured contestants arrive]
Colleen: Nothing...absolutely...bloody...nothing…
Tramp: Question, what even happened to you two? Why do you have branches and leaves all over you?
Sierra: Weeeee...kinda hid in the courtyard…
Bridgette: In a bush...yeah…
Chris: Alright then, time to determine the winner of the London challenge; Team Mink, you lost two members of your team and you came up empty-handed.
[Colleen and Minerva glare at Katie and Loopy who sheepishly smile back]
Katie: [chuckles nervously] Sorry for getting captured?
Loopy: Oh mec…
Chris: Team Ultimate, you also came up empty-handed and you lost three members of your team.
Buster: [rolls his eyes] Hmph.
Chris: And as for Team Fantasy, despite losing two members of their team, they managed to catch the Ripper meaning they are the winners of today's challenge!
[Huckleberry and Snagglepuss embrace each other as Ella claps and cheers in delight while Eva gives a satisfied fistpump]
Chris: Now, time to reveal who the mysterious Ripper really is…
[Chris pulls off the mask to reveal…]
Huckleberry: Well, by golly, if it ain't the legendary thief himself.
Snagglepuss: Hark, tis the man himself, Sly Cooper, in our midst.
Sly: Heh, they don't call me the master of disguise for nothing. I got contacted saying they needed someone swift and coordinated for this show and so I took up the offer and nabbed quite a few of your like jewels. Now, if you don't mind, I gotta jet, after all, my work's never done. [jumps out the door of the plane and brings a button, giving him a gilder to hover off into the moonlight]
Chris: Alright, Team Ultimate, you're today's big sorry losers, so it's time for one of you to say "tally-ho!" [chuckles as the members of Team Ultimate look down dejectedly]
[scene cuts to black, at the Elimination Ceremony]
Chris: Welcome Team Not So Ultimate, what a way to finish after your previous victory. But now, it's time to cast the votes. Stamp one of the five passports to choose who you'd like to take the Drop of Shame.
[static buzzing]
Bridgette: [looks carefully at the passports as she tries to decide who to pick]
[static buzzing]
Sierra: [stamps down on FantomCat's passport]
[static buzzing]
Buster: [stamps down on one of the passports]
[static buzzing]
FantomCat: [looks curiously at Sierra's passport]
[static buzzing]
Tramp: [looks between Buster and Sierra's passports]
[static buzzing]
Chris: Alright, time to see who's receiving in-flight snacks and who's taking the Drop of Shame. [chuckles] The following members are safe for another day: Bridgette [catches the bag]...Tramp [catches the bag]...and Buster [catches the bag]. Which means the final bag goes to…
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Sierra: Yay! [catches the bag]
FantomCat: [sighs sadly and stands up] I suppose victory wasn't meant to be thrust upon me. [catches the parachute]
Chris: Any final words before you know…
FantomCat: Yes, say safe, my friends, for Team Ultimate shall rise again! [jumps out of the plane] FOR VICTORRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY!
Tramp: [sighs as he stands up from his seat and walks away, but not before a curious eye from Buster]
[static buzzing]
Tramp: [holds something in his hand not visible to the viewer due to the angle at which he's holding] How am I gonna keep this secret for much longer? Ooooooh, what do I say...if I can say…[sighes sadly]
[static buzzing]
Chris: Hmmm, looks like Tramp's got a few skeletons in the closet. How will this impact him in the long run? Will I enjoy watching his inner turmoil? Yes, yes I will. Find out what happens next time on Total...Drama...Encore!
[scene cuts to black as the episode ends]