Episode 3: The Big Sleep
RECAP
Chris: Last time on Total Drama Island... 24 campers arrived and learned that they'll be spending the next eight weeks at a crusty old summer camp. The campers were faced with their first challenge, jumping off a cliff into shark-infested waters. And while most campers took the plunge, a few were forced to wear the dreaded chicken hat. At the campfire ceremony, it all came down to two campers. Courtney has experience as a C.I.T. in summer camp but refused to jump. And Ezekiel managed to tick off every female contestant at the camp win his sexist comments about women. In the end, the first camper voted off Total Drama Island was Ezekiel, proving that homeschooling and reality TV don't really mix. Who will be voted off this week in the most dramatic campfire ceremony yet? Find out tonight on Total. Drama. Island!
*cue theme song*
With a bullhorn in hand, Chris approached the two cabins. He then pulled out an air horn and placed it in front of the bullhorn speaker and pressed the air horn.
Leshawna hit her head on the bunk underneath Andi's.
"Ow! It's 7 in the morning! Do I look like a farmer to you?!" Leshawna shouted as they all got out of bed and got ready for the day.
"Come on... why must we get up so early?" Owen whined.
"Ugh... how should I know?" Jax yawned as he got up.
The campers slowly got up and walked out of their cabins. Cody walked up to Eva and tried to touch her mp3 player but she responded by almost biting his hand off and growling at him.
"Morning!" Chris said. "Hope you slept well."
"Hi Chris," Heather said, "You look really buff in those shorts."
"Kiss-up," Simone coughed.
"I know. Okay, I hope you're all ready because your next challenge begins in exactly one minute!"
"Oh, excuse me," Owen piped up, "I don't know if that's enough time to eat breakfast."
"Oh, you'll get breakfast, Owen," Chris replied. "Right after you complete your 20-kilometer run around the lake!"
"Oh, so you're funny now!" Eva said sarcastically. "You know I think would be funny?" she tried to attack Chris, but Duncan and Geoff held her back.
"Eva!" Courtney whispered. "Try to control your temper."
"Yeah. You do not want to be like me when I nearly killed Zeke the other day," Simone warned.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Eva continued as she calmed down.
"A little. You have 30 seconds." Chris replied.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
COURTNEY
"Okay, that girl Eva, has to get a handle on her temper. She's only been here one day and she's already thrown her suitcase out the window and broken the lock on one of the bathroom doors."
END CONFESSIONAL
The campers all lined up at the starting line and stretched for our run.
"Okay, runners! On your marks... get set... go!" Chris called out as they all began to run.
Minutes passed, some campers (Andi and Simone included) were still running while the others simply stuck to a simple walk.
"Do you know how much longer?" Harold asked Gwen, who is walking with him.
Bridgette, Simone, and Justin ran past them, Katie, and Sadie.
Heather is also walking when Noah brushed past her, nearly knocking her over.
"Do you mind?" Heather asked sternly.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
HEATHER
"I don't run. And I definitely don't run in high heel wedges."
END CONFESSIONAL
As Heather approached a stream, she noticed Owen sipping the stream water and she was disgusted by what he is doing.
"Can't... catch... breath. Must... have... condition!" Owen panted before falling over.
"Yeah. It's called overeating. Look into it." Heather replied as an out-of-breath Leshawna walked past them.
"What's your excuse, you skinny... Annoying... Ooh... I'm too tired for insults." Leshawna panted as she parked her hand on a tree trunk.
Chris rode on a scooter.
"Pick it up, people! If you're not back by dinner time, you don't eat!" he said through the bull horn.
"Ugh. I hate him so much." Heather grumbled before walking over Owen.
After a while, Duncan, Lindsay, Katie, Andi, Trent, Gwen, Simone, DJ, Beth, Justin, Cody, Eva, Sadie, Geoff, and Bridgette have finally arrived at the lodge. Most of them are exhausted from all the running and are now waiting for the others. Chris, on the other hand, was filing his nails.
Owen suddenly barges in with an unconscious Noah over his shoulder.
"Clear a table, stat!" he exclaimed as he sets Noah down on a table as Owen began to pump his chest.
"Oh, we made it!" Leshawna exclaimed, tiredly, as she collapsed on her knees.
Owen then gave Noah CPR.
"What took you so long? We just lost the challenge." Courtney scolded at Harold as he was struggling to breathe.
"I think I'm having heart palpitations," he says.
"Hey, wait a minute. If they lost, that means we won the challenge," Gwen said as her teammates celebrated (with Andi high-fiving Leshawna), but it was cut short by Chris.
"Whoa, there. Hold your horses, guys. That wasn't the challenge." Chris said.
"What?!" Andi yelled in anger and confusion.
"What did he just say?" Gwen asked herself.
"Who's hungry?" Chris asked as a buffet table had appeared before their eyes.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
ANDI
"Okay, so after a week of eating slop, we get real food now? I know that he's up to something."
GWEN
"After a whole week of brown sludge, I almost cried when I saw that buffet."
SIMONE
*with eyes sparkling* "I must be in heaven!"
JAX
"You know, I haven't seen a buffet that beautiful since last Christmas! Ooh, it was like eating Aunt Yvonne's famous ham all over again!"
OWEN
"And that I saw it, the buffet table. It was beautiful. There were turkey and almond bars and baked beans in maple syrup. Can I have a minute?" *starts crying*
END CONFESSIONAL
After everyone attacked the buffet table, Andi went up to only get a turkey leg, 2 spring rolls, and some mashed potatoes.
"Hey, Annie, why did you only get that much food?" Lindsay asked me as Andi sat down.
"Lindsay, first, it's Andi. And second, I've known Chris since I was five years old. He's up to something. I just know it," Andi said.
Moments later, everybody, sans Andi, was groaning and clutching their stomachs.
"Alright campers, time for part two of your challenge," Chris says through his megaphone.
"I thought eating was the second part," Owen said.
"What more do you want from us?" Gwen asked.
"Okay, seriously, Chris? Seriously?! Are you torturing all of us just for fun?!" Andi said.
"Weird Goth Girl and Snit are right. Haven't we been through enough?" Heather asked.
"Uh, let me think about that. No. It's time for the Awake-A-Thon!" Chris exclaimed.
"The what-a-thon?" Owen asked.
"Don't worry. This is an easy one. The first team with the last camper standing wins invincibility." Chris explains.
"So, what you're saying is that the 20k run and the turkey eating frenzy were all part of your evil plan to make it harder for us to stay awake?" Gwen asked.
"That's right, Gwen," Chris replied.
"Man, he's good. No wonder why Andi barely ate," Gwen muttered and Leshawna nods in agreement.
"Move! Move! Move!" Chris exclaimed.
As everyone walked out, Trent walked over to Andi and Gwen.
"So, how long do you think it'll be before everyone's out cold?" Trent asked the two girls.
"I don't know. Probably about an hour or so," Andi shrugged as we watched Owen trudge over to the door.
"Maybe less," Gwen added.
At the same time, Jax is talking to Simone.
"Wanna bet who can stay up the longest like old times?" Jax smirked at Simone as he walked over to her.
"You know I do," Simone smirked back. "If I win, you gotta give me your box of Jos Louis."
"Okay, if I win, you have to give me your favorite T-shirt for me to wear."
"You don't mean..."
"Yep, your BoJack Horseman T-shirt."
"You wouldn't dare."
"Oh, but I would."
"You're on!"
CONFESSIONAL TIME
SIMONE
"Ever since Jax and I were kids, we would pull off some bets with each other. One time last year, we bet each other on who can stay up the longest on a school night." *starts snickering* "Jax lost and he had to wear a Teletubbies costume, shout along to the Teletubbies theme song at our school library, and risk getting detention." *laughs* "Man, those were good times!"
JAX
*from outside* "Please, that was nothing like the bet that you lost one time in the fifth grade! Remember when we bet each other that we couldn't go the longest without surviving a Peppa Pig marathon, and when you lost, you had to dress up like Peppa for the entire day!" *laughs and starts mocking* "I'm Peppa Pig!" *snorts like a pig and chortles*
SIMONE
"Oh, screw you, Jax! I'm gonna win this bet!"
JAX
*still laughing* "We'll see about that!"
END CONFESSIONAL
As 12 hours passed by, all of the campers are struggling to stay awake.
"We are now 12 hours in with all 21 campers still wide awake," Chris narrated.
Owen is dancing to try and stay awake.
"Woohoo! Stay awake for 12 hours; I can do that in my sleep! Whoo-hoo!" he stayed frozen in a pose for a second before instantly falling over.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
GWEN
"The Awake-a-thon was definitely the most brutal thing I've ever done in my life."
END CONFESSIONAL
Andi decided to plug in her headphones and listen to some favorite music on her phone to pass the time.
"This is the most boring I've ever done in my life," Gwen said.
Trent yawned. "Could be way worse."
"Oh yeah? How?"
"I could be stuck here without you to talk to." He answered.
Gwen smiled at Trent. Heather scowled.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
HEATHER
"So, my strategy is to get two other campers to form an alliance with me and take to the final three. The only question is, who can I find that is either desperate or dumb enough to do what I say?"
END CONFESSIONAL
Later on, Andi saw Lindsay doing a headstand.
"What are you doing?" Andi asked as she took off her headphones.
"Trying to...get the blood...rush to my head. I think it's working," Lindsay said.
"Can I try?" Beth asked.
"Sure," Lindsay replied.
Andi simply shrugged as she wore her headphones again.
"Perfect," Heather said. "Lindsay? Beth? Can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Sure."
"Okay," Heather said, "I have a plan to get me and two other people to the final three and I chose you guys."
"Really?" Lindsay asked.
"You should know that this is a very big deal." She continued. "I am placing my trust in you. And trust is a two-way strait." Both of them nodded. "So you'll do everything I say then?"
"Sure! Eee! We're going to the final three!" Lindsay squealed.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
BETH
"Oh my gosh! Heather is taking me to the final three! I'm going to the final three! I'm going to the final three! I wonder what would happen then."
END CONFESSIONAL
"Speaking of alliances, do you know who I think is really cute?" Lindsay asked. She was pointing at Tyler.
"Oh no, no no no, you can't date him," Heather said.
"Why not?"
"Because he's on the other team."
"Uh-huh."
"You can't inter-team date. It's against the alliance rules."
"There are rules?"
"Remember what I said about trust Lindsay? Of course, you can always leave the alliance. If you do though, I can't protect you from getting kicked off.
"N-no! I wanna be in the alliance."
"Good. Then it's settled."
Heather and Beth walked away. Tyler waved at Lindsay.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
LINDSAY
"Heather said I couldn't date him, she never said I couldn't like him."
END CONFESSIONAL
Simone had her earbuds in as she quietly sang a song by Melanie Martinez.
She then felt a slight tap on my shoulder. She took my earbuds off and looked up; it was DJ.
"How's it going?" DJ asked.
"Tired, yet pushing through," Simone sighed.
"Yeah, kinda gets boring."
"Like school."
We both chuckled.
"So, wanna get to get to know each other?" Simone asked.
"Okay. Let's see... favorite show?"
"Empire. Favorite song?"
"'Fix You' by Coldplay. Favorite color?"
"Dark moss green," Simone began to yawn.
"Come on, don't fall asleep. Okay, how about a favorite film?" DJ suggested.
"It's animated, and you're gonna think I'm so corny."
"I promise I won't."
"Okay... I actually happen to like 'Space Jam'. A lot," Simone smirked.
"Hey, no worries. I like that film, too. Not as much as 'Bob the Gallant Sheep', though," DJ admitted.
"Dude, I love that movie!"
Simone and DJ continued talking as Andi looked over to them and smiled.
Eva placed her mp3 player into her pocket. "I'm going to the bathroom."
She walked off, not knowing that her mp3 player fell out of her pocket. Heather noticed it, pretended to stretch, and grabbed Eva's mp3 player.
"Um, isn't that Eva's mp3 player?" Lindsay asked.
"Yup," Heather replied.
"Well, isn't she gonna get like, really mad when she realizes it's gone?"
"That's exactly what I'm counting on."
Night has finally fallen and most of the campers are now asleep. Andi was listening to Immortals by Fall Out Boy in her phone (which is now at 51% of its battery).
Simone looked over and saw that Jax has already fallen asleep.
"Hehe, I win," she chuckled. "Looks like bro owes me his box of Jos Louis."
Tyler slowly fell asleep and woke up to notice Katie and Sadie being swiped away by a grizzly bear. Turns out it was a nightmare and this was enough for him to scream himself awake, causing Katie and Sadie to wake up with a jolt.
"Congratulations, campers! You've made it to the 24-hour mark! Time to take things up a notch," Chris announced as he pulled back a sheet, which revealed a pile of books. "Fairy tales!"
Chef then approached us as he is now wearing a sheep costume.
"Oh, my God..." Simone muttered.
"Oh, he's not serious," Gwen groaned as Chris started reading slowly.
"He is serious, alright," Andi said.
"Once upon a time, there was, inside this boring kingdom, a boring village. And inside this boring, sleepy village filled with very boring children, who did very boring things..."
Cody began to doze off on Owen's butt, yet woke up once the big blonde boy farted.
Andi resumed listening to her phone music and didn't notice Chef in a pink tutu pass by her. He sprinkled magic sleeping dust all over the campers, which caused them to become more tired.
DJ tied himself to a tree, yet he fell asleep as it fell with him.
"Timber," Gwen muttered as Simone slowly fell asleep.
Andi looked around and saw that only four members from the Killer Bass were still awake, while seven members, including herself, from her team, stayed awake. It's been 40 hours since the Awake-A-Thon began.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
COURTNEY
"I figured that if I kept moving, I could outlast all of them. I just have to keep my eye on the ball."
END CONFESSIONAL
"We should talk about our strategy," Heather said. She nudged Lindsay.
"Huh?" she asked before falling over and falling asleep.
Heather looked over to see that Beth fell asleep as well. "Beth?"
Andi's phone just died, so she had gone to the communal bathrooms to charge it back up. Andi returned to the campsite and was now going over some stretches to help herself stay awake. Just then, she heard Gwen and Trent talking to each other.
"Favorite song?" She asked him.
"She Would Be Loved. Favorite color." He told her.
"Um, midnight blue."
"Ooh, mysterious. I like that."
Gwen yawned. "Oh, don't fall asleep. Okay, quick, favorite movie moment?"
"You're gonna think it's cheesy."
"I promise I won't."
"Okay, the kiss at the end of the road trip movie, you know, the one with the guy and the three girls?"
"I know the one. Do you like that movie?"
Suddenly, a naked Owen walked by them and Andi. They were weirded out and looked from his ditched clothes to him walking into the forest.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
ANDI
*curled up into a ball and shivering in terror* "Okay, that's an image that I can't get out of my head right now."
OWEN
"Did I mention that I ate the entire dish of baked beans and maple syrup? Funny thing about baked beans? They make me sleepwalk."
END CONFESSIONAL
Katie and Sadie were snoring together.
"Aw, cool, they even fall asleep together," Trent commented before he and Gwen continued talking.
"You still awake?" Trent asked Gwen.
"Yeah, it's weird, but I think I'm so tired, I'm not tired anymore. Does that make sense?"
"I really have no idea. Where's the Little Dipper again?"
"See the Big Dipper? Follow the hand to the right star. The pole star. And it's right there."
"Ah, cool."
Meanwhile, Owen, still naked and sleepwalking, has obliviously approached a very tall cliff. He stopped by the edge but as he turned around, he fell off the cliff and into the water.
It is now 51 hours and now Andi, Gwen, and Trent have just noticed that Justin is just standing on his spot like a statue.
"Look at him, he's like a statue," Gwen said.
Andi got over by Justin and so have Gwen and Trent.
"You're right, Gwen. He hasn't moved a single muscle in over 50 hours," Andi agreed.
"Hello? Yo!" Gwen said, trying to get his attention.
"Yip. Yip. Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip!" Trent said, waving his arms to get his attention.
"Hey, Justin!" Andi said, snapping her fingers in front of his face, but he didn't move or respond.
"Amazing. Look at the concentration." Gwen said as she just tapped his shoulder and his eyes opened. Andi, Gwen, and Trent gasped.
"His eyelids are painted! I saw it!" Eva exclaimed.
"Shut up. Oh, I've got to see this." Chris said, running over towards Justin, who just smiled at him, sheepishly.
"That is so freaking cool, but you're still out, dude," Chris said as Justin got eliminated.
As for Owen, he's still in the water but, this time, he's swimming with a school of salmon... up a waterfall.
Now, it had been just over 85 hours since the start of the Awake-A-Thon.
Duncan placed Harold's hand in a cup of water. As expected, Harold wet himself. "Aw gross, it works," Duncan exclaimed, "Dude peed his pants!"
Harold woke up and gasped. He quickly hid.
Katie and Sadie woke up while Noah kissed Cody on the ear, which causes them to wake up screaming before scrambling away.
Moments later, Andi, Heather, Gwen, and Trent are the remaining Gophers who are still awake whereas Duncan and Eva are the only ones still awake in the Bass team.
"I'd kill for a coffee right now," Gwen said.
"Me, too," Andi agreed.
"What is the matter with you people?" Chris asked, taking a sip of his coffee.
"C'mon, fall asleep already!" Chris said.
"You gotta hook me up, man. I'll even eat the grinds! Anything!" Gwen said, reaching out for the coffee, but he held it up higher.
"Okay, you six stay with me, the rest of you go and take a shower. For heaven's sake, you stink," Chris said as the campers that were eliminated from the awake-a-thon had left the campfire pit.
"I didn't want it to come to this. I said that to Chef Hatchet last night. I said, 'Chef, I don't want it to come to this, but darn it! These campers are tough!'. So I've come up with the most boring, sleep-inducing activity I could find," Chris started.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
GWEN
"Oh come on, what now? Okay, you know what? Bring it on."
END CONFESSIONAL
"The History of Canada, a pop-up book, Chapter 1: The Beaver; a national symbol in a 'dam' nice hat." Chris continued and Eva, Duncan, Heather, Trent, Gwen, and Andi all groan out.
Back to Owen, he now ended up in a beaver's dam, with a beaver tapping him on his butt.
87 hours have passed. Eva and Heather fell asleep by then.
"...which of course was the precursor for the discussions leading to the war of 1812," Chris droned.
Soon Trent fell over and fell asleep. Andi, Gwen, and Duncan were the only ones still awake.
"Don't leave me," Gwen said.
"Time for a bathroom break. Any takers?" Chris asked.
"I've held for this long, sweetheart. I can hold it all day," Duncan said to Gwen and me.
"Can you hold it for another 10 chapters?" Gwen asked with a smirk.
"You've got five minutes, as long as you don't mind enough company," Chris said.
"Fine. But stay out of the stall," Duncan growled.
Minutes after Duncan went to the bathroom, Andi decided to go, too (I even told the cameras not to peek). After she did her business, Andi heard Duncan snoring in one of the stalls but decided to leave him be.
Some more time later, the cameraman knocked on the stall Duncan was in.
"Duncan! You in there, man?" he asked before opening the stall. He then noticed that Duncan dozing off while doing his business. He then gave the news to Chris
"And we have news!" Chris said. "It looks like Duncan has taken a dive on the can! Which means, the official winners of the awake-a-thon are Gwen and Andi!" Gwen then passed out. He lifted our arms in the air. Andi did a slight smile. "The Screaming Gopher's win!"
Simone woke up in her bed when she noticed Eva barging in the room.
"Have you seen my mp3 player?" Eva asked me.
"No, I haven't," Simone shook my head. "I'm not the type of person who steals."
"Okay, then. I believe you."
Simone walked over to the bathroom and took a shower.
After she came back, she saw her team standing outside as Eva destroyed our cabin and threw every single item out the window.
"AAAAAHHHHH! Where is my mp3 player?! One of you must have stolen it. I need my music! No one is going anywhere until I get my mp3 player back!" Eva yelled.
"Okay, whoever took it better give it up now before she destroys the whole camp," Courtney said.
Then, Heather walked by.
"Hey, guys. Wow, this place is a real mess!" Heather smirked.
"Someone stole Eva's mp3 player," Simone told Heather.
"You don't mean this, do you?" Heather asked as she pulled out Eva's mp3 player. "I was wondering who it belonged to."
Eva heard the news and ran out of the cabin.
"I found it by the campfire pit. You must have dropped it."
"Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Eva exclaimed and sighed with relief.
"Sure thing."
Simone narrowed my eyes at Heather as she walked away.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
HEATHER
"Turn a team against their own members? Easiest trick in the book."
SIMONE
"Okay, I now believe that Heather did more than just 'find' Eva's mp3 player. I think she stole it just to tick Eva off."
END CONFESSIONAL
"So, sorry about that little... misunderstanding. Guess no one stole it after all," Eva smiled innocently.
Simone looked at Eva with sympathy while everyone else just glared at her.
"Okay, maybe I overreacted a little..."
The Killer Bass returned to the campfire pit for another elimination ceremony.
"You've all cast your votes and made your decision," Chris said. "There are only nine marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up, and claim your marshmallow. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return to the Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers and leave. And you can never come back, ever. The first marshmallow goes to Duncan."
"Bridgette."
"Courtney."
"Simone."
"Katie and Sadie."
Both of them cheered.
"Tyler."
"DJ."
"Geoff."
"Campers, this is the final marshmallow of the evening."
Harold and Eva both looked worried.
...
...
...
...
...
"Harold."
Harold looked relieved and claimed his marshmallow.
"Eva, the Dock of Shame awaits."
"Nice, really nice," Eva said. "Who needs this stupid TV show anyway?"
She angrily walked past Chris and kicked him in the shin.
"Ow! Have a good night's sleep tonight, you're all safe." He said to the remaining Bass.
CONFESSIONAL TIME
COURTNEY
"See I told you, you can't act like a raging psychopath and expect everyone to just forgive you, no matter how tough and strong and fast you are. She's never gonna have a career if she doesn't get her act together."
HEATHER
"So Eva was one of their strongest players. And now she's gone. I am so running this game."
END CONFESSIONAL
Simone got up and ran over to Eva.
"Yo, Eva, if it makes you feel better, I didn't vote you off," Simone said.
"Thanks, Simone. You're not too bad," Eva smiled a bit as they both fist-bumped.
"Buh-bye, Eva," Courtney called out as we watched Eva head toward the Dock.
Eva stopped, grabbed a sharp stick, and threw it over Courtney's head like a spear.
Then, Eva got on the Boat of Losers and left.
They stuck our marshmallows onto some sticks and roasted them over the fire.
"To the Killer Bass, and to not ending up here again next week," Courtney proclaimed.
"Amen to that," Simone smiled.
Meanwhile, all of the Gopher girls prepare themselves for a well-deserved rest.
"Hey, has anyone seen Owen lately?" Beth asked.
"Uh..." Gwen and Andi looked at each other in uncertainty.
Meanwhile, Owen is sleeping in a cave surrounded by four Bigfoot-esque creatures. One of them is poking Owen's back with a stick. He then let out a fart.
With no other option of waking him up and that he stinks, they all threw him out of the cave.