acosta perez jose ramiro: Thanks for understanding the whole Harold situation.
leo45: Yeah; way too early to bring in Mal.
LaCuevademisgustos: Yeah, Dawn and Duncan is a unique interaction.
Hero of Gaia: Don't worry; you'll see more of these two later.
PrincessCrystalGem: We'll see.
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Jo, Ella, Cody, Noah, Brick
Killer Bass: Duncan, Harold, Mike, Shawn, Dawn, Sky, Amy
"Last time on Total Drama Island, the campers prepared a meal for moi, Shawn and Heather were the head chefs. In the end it was Jo framing Heather for stealing from Boney Island that got the queen of mean the boot. Will the weaklings be in the competition any longer? And how much trust do our competitors have? Find out tonight on Total... Drama... Island!" Chris recapped.
(After theme song)
Chef scooped breakfast onto a plate and stuck a straw in it. "Today's breakfast is Hawaiian-Italian fusion casserole." Chef told Cody, giving him the slop.
"You mean leftovers from the cooking challenge?" Cody said stoically.
"Yeah that's right! You got a problem with that?!" Chef asked angrily.
"Sir no sir!" Cody saluted, making Chef salute as well.
Beth and Ella were having a conversation.
"It's such a relief to see Heather gone," Beth said.
"I must agree with you," Ella said back, much to Beth's perplexity.
"Didn't you hang out with her for the past few days?" Beth asked.
"I did, but now I realized that she wasn't a really good friend to me or to Sadie," Ella told the truth. "I even voted her off after what she did in the last challenge."
Confessional: Ella
"Sadie, if you're watching, please tell Heather that I say hello," Ella waved. "I may not see her in the best light, but that doesn't mean I must treat her with malice like the wicked stepsisters from Cinderella."
Confessional Ends
Duncan looked around before stuffing a mug under his shirt. He began to walk away knowing that he wasn't seen.
Dawn was feeding Luna, the rabbit that she found in the camping episode. Harold was sitting next to them as well.
"How's Luna?" Harold asked curiously.
"She's doing pretty well." Dawn smiled warmly at the nerd.
"I'm guessing the food is pre-chewed." Harold guessed innocently.
"Um…" Dawn began sheepishly before admitting, "Yes. It is."
"Oh no need to be ashamed." Harold reassured the Moonchild, "I completely understand. Bunnies can't really eat huge solids all at once so it's important to do that."
"Thank you for understanding." Dawn said happily.
"No problem." Harold smiled.
"Hi," Chris said to the viewers. "Chris here. Sometimes teams, just don't get along. So the producers and I thought the best way to work through the group friction would be…" Chris began smirking "...to exploit it for laughs. This is gonna be awesome!"
"So, Last week's challenge exposed a few Bass issues." Chris explained making the Bass look at each other "And I'm sensing something a little funky floating in the Gopher den too." Jo then gave a suspicious glance to her team.
"So this week's challenge is gonna be centered around building trust because all good things begin with a little trust." Chris explained.
Confessional: Shawn
"Most of the time, I trust me and myself only." Shawn confessed "This is gonna be hard."
Confessional Ends
"There will be three major challenges that will have to be completed by two or more members of your team. Normally we like to let our campers choose their partners, but not this time. More fun for me!" Chris smirked.
Soon we see all the campers gathered near a rock wall as Chris began speaking "Ok so the first challenge will be a free-hand rock climbing adventure. Shawn and Mike will play for the Bass, Cody and Jo for the Gophers."
"Here's your belay and harness." Chris said as he passed the belay and harness to Cody and Shawn, though Jo grabbed them from Cody.
"If you wanted them, you could've just asked," Cody pointed out to Jo a little miffed.
"You won't be holding each other up exactly." Chris continued. "One camper pulls the slack through the belay as their partner climbs. If the climber falls, the belay will stop them from crashing. The catch? Both the side and the base of the mountain are rigged with a few minor distractions like rusty nails, slippery oil slicks, mild explosives and a few other surprises."
"Wicked," the voice of an impressed Harold let out.
"I've never tried this before, have you?" Mike said as Shawn was putting the harness on him.
"Oh yeah, I've learned how to climb things in case I need to escape immediately." Shawn said to Mike.
"Good for you." Mike awkwardly responded.
Jo was finished putting the harness onto Cody. "You're all set up."
"What's the second rope for?" Cody suspiciously questioned the jockette.
"It's a backup line in case your scrawny arms can't carry you up, toothpick," Jo mocked the geek, who leered at her in response.
Soon we see that both Mike and Cody have their belays on and begin climbing.
Cody had the lead but Mike was noticeably a fast climber but he was beginning to fall thanks to an explosion from the cliff. He hit one of the sharp points of the rock, causing him to lose his shirt and turn into Vito.
Shawn then pulled on the belay "It's okay, I got you."
"I promised surprises." Chris said. "Habanero pepper sauce anyone?"
Chris pulled out a squirt gun and began spraying sauce in Jo's eyes.
"What the heck Chris?!" Jo asked before going to rub her eyes, making Cody begin to fall with a thud.
"Muy calinte," Chris said with a gleaming smile.
Chris sprayed Shawn next but Shawn's eyes were covered by the beanie and he ended up drinking up the sauce.
"Is that the best you can do?" Shawn asked smirking as he uncovered his eyes.
"Is that the best we can do?" Chris whispered to the camera.
Cody was making good progress climbing up again but due to Vito's determination and boost of power he was able to make it to the top first.
"Looks like the Bass have won the first challenge," Chris announced.
"Bada bing!" Vito cheered, "Ain't nothing can stop the Vito."
We then cut to the Mess Hall, Three spotlights illuminated the two tables and a podium. Harold and Dawn rose up on one side while Noah and Brick rose from another.
A previously unseen intern somersaulted through the air and landed behind the podium. Chris popped up a few seconds later.
"And now for round two. The Extreme! Cooking! Challenge!" Chris said happily.
The intern then crawled off screen catching the eye of the campers.
"I'll be the cook," Harold said.
"Sure." Dawn shrugged.
Confessional: Harold
"I'm not exactly Gordon Ramsay, but it's just cooking," Harold said. "How bad can I screw this up?"
Confessional Ends
"I'll cook for you." Brick said happily.
"Okay." Noah smiles.
"Today, you'll be preparing Fugu Sashimi, the traditional poisonous Japanese Blowfish." Chris announces.
"The Fugu Blowfish contains enough lethal toxin to kill thirty people," Chris explained as Chef wheeled a tank with two of them in.
Chef then picked up the fishes. "Fishies, meet your makers." Chef then threw the fish onto the plates.
"They must be sliced veeeeery carefully to cut around the poisonous organs. The poison paralyzes the nerves." Chris explained.
"You have passed biology right?" Noah gripped Brick's shoulders which made him nod frantically.
Noah sighed in relief before Chris began speaking "Begin!" Chris said.
Harold then began poking the fish, it flew around the air like a balloon.
"Whoops." Harold said sheepishly.
Brick finished first and his sushi looked good.
"Done." Brick said happily.
Harold finished afterwards and his looked a bit similar to Brick's but with a blue tint to it.
"I don't blame you if you don't eat it." Harold reassured Dawn.
We then see Noah nervously put the sushi Brick made into his mouth, he swallowed it and smiled making Brick smile back.
"I can't eat it; it's obviously poisonous plus I'm a vegetarian." Dawn protested.
"Well then, it looks like the Screaming Gophers obviously win the first round." Chris announced making Brick and Noah high-five.
Dawn and Harold were then sitting by the dock together.
"Sorry I wasn't brave enough to eat that sushi." Dawn said.
"It's not biggie, you just have your principles. I don't think any less of you," Harold said comfortably, making Dawn blush.
"So how's Luna doing with you?" Dawn asked Harold.
Harold pulled Luna out of his pocket. "She can be a bit feisty, but she's doing wonderful."
Meanwhile, Beth was exiting her cabin when Jo grabbed her.
"Jo? What are you doing?" Beth asked from her.
"Remember the tiki doll from Boney Island?" Jo reminded her.
"Well, yeah." Beth said yes.
"To tell you the truth, I pinned that thing on Heather just to get her out of here," Jo told the girl.
"You did that. Why?" Beth gasped.
"One, like I said earlier, Heather's a witch, and two, because I want to propose something with you," Jo explained.
"What is it?" Beth asked.
"I know you were the one who actually took the doll, but I did you a big favor," Jo smiled.
"I didn't know that it was cursed," Beth hesitantly defended herself.
"Here's the deal. You join me in dominating the challenges, or I just let the team know the true culprit of the tiki." Jo got to the point.
"Please don't tell them. They'll vote me off for sure," Beth yelped.
"Oh I know they will if you don't agree with me," Jo evilly put out her hand. "Do we have a deal?"
Beth hesitated, but shook Jo's hand.
After a while the contestants were back together at the clearing in the Island.
"Good news. The third round involves three more challenges. It's the three blind challenges. It begins with the Blind William Tell followed by the Blind Trapeze and culminating in the treacherous Blind Toboggan." Chris announced.
Chris then put an arrow on Vito's head and put glasses on his face.
"Like legendary marksman William Tell, you'll be knocking arrows off your partner's head with crab apples."
"Um, wasn't it the other way around?" Amy got concerned.
"It's better than arrows." Cody reminded the cast.
"Also the shooter will be blindfolded." Chris put on a blindfold before speaking "The person that knocks an arrow of their partner's head while causing the least amount of facial damage wins."
Chris shot an apple which hit Vito in the kiwis.
"Aww nuts." Chris cringed before assigning the team "Beth and Ella will be one team. Amy and Duncan, you'll be the other."
"Let me shoot." Amy smiled cheerfully at Duncan. "I'm really good at this."
"Fine by me." Duncan allowed it.
Soon we see Duncan and Ella with arrows on their head with Amy and Beth blindfolded with slingshots, the other campers stood a great distance away.
Beth and Amy soon shot a bunch of apples and hit Ella and Duncan's bodies. Ella powered through the pain but Duncan was recoiling in pain.
Soon Beth was able to hit the arrow on Ella's head and knock it off.
"Ooh did I do it?" Beth asked happily.
"I've got him this time!" Amy prepared to shoot.
"Beth won already!" Chris tried to inform her.
"Hey Blondie, it's ov-- ooh!" Duncan got shot by an apple.
Soon, Amy shot at a lot of places, but still couldn't make her mark.
Chris was shaking on Amy to get her to stop. "Amy! It's over! Let it go!"
Amy took off her blindfold. "Oh. Sorry about that. I didn't know."
Duncan, dizzy from the number of hits he received, fell down unconscious.
Soon everyone else was near a tank full of jellyfish.
"And now, The Blind Trapeze! To avoid serious injury the trapeze has been set up over this pond. Which is full of jellyfish." Chris smirked.
"You two," Chris pointed to Vito and Sky, "will stand on the platform until your partner tells you to jump."
"Then what?" Vito asked, worried.
"Then hopefully they'll catch you, or that's gonna be one heck of a painful swim." Chris answered. "Okay, hut hut!"
Dawn nudged Harold. "So can I see Luna now?"
"I guess," Harold tried to take her out, but discovered that she was missing. "I thought she was in here?"
"She's gone!" Dawn freaked out.
"Aw man. I thought I was taking good care of her," Harold moaned.
Unbeknownst to them, Ella had heard their trouble. Wanting to help, she walked away from the group.
Vito swung through the trapeze on his legs while Sky was standing on the platform.
"Alright babe, when I say now you jump, okay." Vito instructed.
Sky nodded before Vito made it near her. "Now."
Sky then jumped, letting Vito catch her.
"Okay, Gophers. Your turn!" Chris said next.
Soon we see Brick on the trapeze while Jo was on the platform. "Alright Jo, when I say jump, you jump."
Brick then swung near Jo "Jump!"
Jo began to jump but she misstepped and fell into the jellyfish pond, getting herself electrocuted.
"Ooh, that's a point for the Killer Bass." Chris cringed with the others wincing as well.
Confessional: Cody
"I know Jo isn't the nicest, but I don't think she deserved that," Cody spoke with widened eyes.
Confessional Ends
Soon Jo walked into the medical tent with a jellyfish on her head and sat down on a bed.
Duncan then rubbed his head while waking up "My head, where am I?"
"You're in the infirmary." Jo growled.
Duncan sighed before lying back down.
We then cut to Ella singing "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane in order to find Luna. Luna heard it and hopped over to Ella, to which Ella picked her up. "Now let's return to our friends."
Soon we cut to Chris and the other campers near a hill.
"And now the final leg, The Blind Toboggan Race." Chris emphasized.
"The what now?" Noah quickly spoke.
"Each team will have a driver and a navigator. The driver steers while the navigator shouts directions. Oh yeah, and the driver will be blindfolded." Chris explained before speaking again "Huh there's a lot of you, well for this one Harold and Dawn, and Noah and Beth will be participating."
Soon we see Harold and Dawn together up on the mountain.
"So, I know you're upset over Luna," Harold said. "But let's focus on the challenge. So we can, you know, live."
"Luna left us," Dawn sighed. "Why should I trust you?"
"I helped you nurtur the rabbit today when you asked. We're friends." Harold comforted the girl.
"I suppose that's true." Dawn tried to smile, feeling a bit better but still upset.
They then see Chef putting grease on the bottom of the toboggan sleds.
"Just lubin 'em up," Chef explained. "Get a little more speed going."
Soon we see Beth and Dawn at the front of the sleds with blindfolds on while Noah and Harold are on the back of the sleds.
"On your marks," Chris said. "Get set." He blew an air horn to start the race so him and Chef pushed the two teams to start the race.
The Gophers seemed to be a little faster as Noah was shouting directions."Left! Right!"
Harold's directions were a little more vague. "Look out for the tree!" Dawn swerved and just missed it.
Beth had managed to hit a rock and become airborne. "We're flying! We're flying!" She cheered.
"This must be really enchanting for you!" Noah yelled. They landed in a creek that just so happened to be a waterfall. Noah saw it and yelled, "I'm not ready to die yet!" as they went over. They landed on a log and were catapulted off.
"Dawn, you need to steer!" Harold pleaded. "Luna would want you to live!"
"Dawn, look at what I found!" Ella revealed Luna.
"Dawn!" Harold yelled. "Ella found Luna!"
"Really?" Dawn unconvincingly replied. She took off the blindfold and saw her. "Luna! You came back! Alright, let's continue this race!" She then put her blindfold back on.
"Left! Right! Go Dawn Go!" Harold instructed while the Gophers landed next to them just ahead, much to Harold's confusion.
"Right! Left!" Noah yelled.
"Right! Left!" Harold yelled. They narrowly missed some explosives and he screamed.
"What was that?" Dawn asked.
"We had a few explosives left over and I just hate to waste," Chris explained from below to the audience as he held a dynamite starter.
Several more explosives went off with the navigators shouting directions. Dawn and Harold caught on and were blasted into the air, landing on the finish line before Noah and Beth got there.
Dawn got up to see her rabbit. "Thank you Ella," Dawn said with a happy voice.
"You're welcome," Ella bowed to her.
"You can keep her. Consider it as a token of gratitude," Dawn gave Luna back.
"Really? Thanks for your offer. I'll watch over her from now on," Ella promised.
Everyone was now together (even the injured Jo and Duncan) as Chris informed them who won.
"And the Bass are the winners of the toboggan race!" Chris said to the Killer Bass, who let out cheers.
"Unfortunately, I said that these were blind challenges. By taking off the blindfold for a moment, you broke the number one rule, which makes the Gophers today's big winners!" Chris corrected.
The Gophers were now the ones cheering.
"Awesome job, everyone!" Cody told his team.
Duncan however, raised an eyebrow at this new announcement in thought.
The footage cut to all seven Killer Bass and Chris at the elimination ceremony.
"Who wants a treat? A tasty treat that represents exemption, security, peace of mind-" Chris blabbed on.
"Do you have to do this every time?" Duncan asked.
Chris then ran next to Amy "And if you don't get a marshmallow you have to walk the Dock of Shame and you can never come back."
"Ever." Chris ran in front of Duncan.
Chris then walked back to his podium "Let's see: One for Dawn, one for Sky, one for Duncan."
Chris then threw the marshmallows to the aforementioned campers.
"Harold and Shawn, well done my brothas." Chris said tossing the marshmallows to Shawn and Harold.
"Looks like we only have one left, Amy and Mike, the final marshmallow." Chris teased.
Confessional: Duncan
"I'm not petty, but I told everyone to vote off this certain person after they got me put in the infirmary," Duncan revealed.
Confessional Ends
"Just get on with it," an impatient Duncan moaned.
"Don't rush me! The audience eats up this kind of dramatic conclusion!" Chris whined.
…
"Mike."
Mike sighed in relief as he caught his marshmallow while Amy looked on in shock.
"What?!" Amy asked in shock. "How did I lose?!"
"You got me put in the infirmary, and I told most of the team to vote for you." Duncan smirked. "You're welcome."
"Well played." Amy complimented before glaring, "But I will get you back one day."
Amy then walked down the Dock Of Shame and onto the Boat Of Losers.
We then cut to Ella sitting in her bed talking to her new rabbit pet.
"How would you like to sleep tonight?" Ella asked the rabbit.
Luna simply slept on one of the empty bunks.
"If that's how you want to sleep, then who am I to judge?" Ella blissfully laughed before turning in for the night.
Screaming Gophers: Beth, Jo, Ella, Cody, Noah, Brick
Killer Bass: Duncan, Harold, Mike, Shawn, Dawn, Sky
Author's Note: And with that, Amy is eliminated. I enjoyed what we did with her this season. She actually wasn't an absolute torture to write for once. However, she can only go so far and this seemed like a good spot to drop her.
22nd Courtney
21st Owen
20th Ezekiel
19th Eva
18th Rodney
17th Lindsay
16th Lightning
15th Sadie
14th Heather
13th Amy