Chris: Last time on Total Drama Spinoff… Camp Wawanakwa was blown up, and Scarface appeared to blame. We kicked him off the island and planned out a new gimmick and a new challenge: a race to Canada with motorboats. Charles is still aiming for Susan, Regulus cheats, Finn has a fear of the ocean, and Alejandro, in a shocker, got sent away.
Four down, fourteen left. Now we're on a tour of America, with the exciting challenges that go with them, and we even changed the name of this season! Who's going out this time? Find out on TOTAL…DRAMA…UNLIMITED!
Episode 5: City That Never Ever Ever Sleeps
Wawanakwa Tours was cramped. It smelled of barf, the seats felt lumpy, and the entire bus was completely unsafe.
Naturally, Chris chose this bus.
No one really cared about the safety until they crossed the Canadian border into America and reached a city. Then there was vibration all around.
"With the money Chris is tossing around," Noah comments, "You'd think he'd get a safer bus."
"Yeah," Charles agrees. "At least it beats a trip to a massage chair."
There was silence for a bit as the bus reaches smoother ground. Then it stops.
"Okay, another painful challenge, coming up," Noah says, sarcastically. "Woo, terror."
"Wait," Charles says. "Weren't we going to the Apps?"
...
"Welcome to New York City!" Chris yells.
"I thought it was the Appalachian Mountains," Princess Bubblegum says.
"I thought that too. Then the fans and producers thought it was a stupid idea to go there first. So, New York."
"Good times," Owen remembers.
"Good times," Noah sarcastically mentioned.
"Here's our next challenge! Since this is the city that never sleeps, you guys have to last the entire night awake. Any method will work, and personally, I don't really care how you guys stay awake. Just remember: You fall asleep, you're out. First team out gets their team into the eliminations. So…" Chris made shooing motions. "Go on. I need my beauty sleep."
…
"So," Charles asks Noah and the rest of Team Braves, "Any bright ideas?"
"The movies!" Finn theorizes.
"Comedy club!" Jake suggests.
"Why not coffee?" Owen asks. "We can drink it and stay awake?"
"Um…Okay, how about this? We can all come up with our own methods."
"Seems safe," Noah agrees.
The team disbanded.
Confessional
Finn: So this is what New York's like…
Noah: This time, we've got it made.
…
"Look, it's easy," Regulus soothed the rest of the team. "Climb up."
At the moment, he was on top of a marque with neon lights, which Regulus attached spark plugs to.
"What's your plan?" Bling-Bling asked.
"If science has taught me anything, it's that electricity is our body's alarm clock."
"You want us to electrocute ourselves to stay awake?" Ice King asked.
"Pretty much."
"That is flawed in so many ways," Bling-Bling argued.
"No, it's not," Regulus retorted.
"Prove it."
"You want me to electrocute myself to prove to you guys this plan will work."
"Yep."
Confessional
Regulus: If I have to deal with those (Censored) idiots the rest of the (Censored) season, I'm going to (Censored) on their (Censored, Censored, and Censored.)!
Regulus, at this point, didn't feel like arguing. "Fine." He placed both spark plugs on his body. He was jolted with a good amount of electricity, then immediately passed out.
"Okay," Ice King finished. "Bad idea."
…
Renee and Marceline were walking down a street, believing that constant movement would keep them up. Marceline didn't have to worry too much, considering she was a creature of the night and all.
"So," Renee started. "How's it going?"
"Pretty good," Marceline responded. "Haven't been able to rock out just yet, but—"
"Oh. My. Gosh."
Marceline turned to see Renee staring at a window. She ran up to look, and saw a really nice diamond display.
"Look at them! They're beautiful!"
"And expensive," Marceline reminded. "We don't have that cash yet, remember."
"You're right," Renee seemingly agreed. Then, without warning, she smashed open the glass and grabbed as many diamonds as possible.
"What are you DOING?" Marceline yelled as the alarms blared.
"No questions, just run!" Renee dashed as fast as possible away.
Confessional
Renee: Okay, maybe it was a bad idea to steal the diamonds. But if you were in my place, you'd totally go for it. Go on. Try it. You can't resist it.
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Charles and Noah were sitting in at a movie in order to stay awake. Something called "Dangeresque 4" or something. [1]
"This sucks," Noah complained.
"Well, Strong Bad was director," Charles reasoned, slightly more subdued. "You don't expect him to be perfect."
"You sounded odd. You okay?"
"Yeah."
A pause.
"Girl trouble?"
"Girl trouble." Charles sighed. "I just don't know if Susan is into me that much. I mean, I love her, but I just can't say it to her face, you know?"
If only he knew Susan was in the next row of movie seats, listening to every word with her sister, Mary.
"Look, just ask her out. If I had a girlfriend, that's what I'd do."
"I guess…Wait. You said IF you had a girlfriend."
"Yeah."
"Didn't you ever have one?"
Noah shook his head. "No. No one in my school was on par with my intelligence. We do have a few bright bulbs in there," he sarcastically remarked.
"Dude, that bites," Charles sympathizes. "You'll find someone. Probably at the end of this chapter, maybe."
"What was that?"
"Um…nothing, nothing." Charles chuckled nervously.
"Alright. Let's get out of here. I can't take another minute of Coach Z's terrible acting."
They both stood up and left. Susan waited until they were both gone, and then turned to Mary.
"Did you hear that?" Susan asked. "Charles thinks I'm nice."
"Mmph." Mary was half out of it.
"Wake up."
"Gah!" Mary jolted up. "Um…yeah, I heard the conversation. So why are you having trouble telling him again?"
"I just don't know how he'll react." Susan sighs. "You'd think being a genius would make this easier.
…
Bling-Bling was walking down Times Square, attempting to stare at the multiple lights to keep him awake.
"If only Susan Test was here," he thinks. "That would make quite a kiss, right in the middle of New York.
Suddenly, Renee rushes by Bling-Bling and drops a large amount of diamonds into his hands. "If anyone asks, they're yours," she says, before dashing away.
"What?" Bling-Bling calls out, not realizing that there were cops running into that direction.
"YOU!" one of them calls out.
"Huh?" Bling-Bling turns, seeing the cops. "Oh, hello gentlemen. Lovely night in NY, would you say?" The policemen, meanwhile, saw the amount of diamonds in his arms and made the connection.
He was instantly tackled.
…
Chris received a phone call.
"Y'ello?" he answers. "Yeah? What? Oh, great. Just…great. (Sigh.) Okay, I'll tell them. Fine. Thank you." He hung up and turned to Chef, who was busy loading up Regulus and Finn. Regulus was electrocuted. Finn simply walked into a pole.
"Bad news, Chef," Chris starts. "Turns out Bling-Bling was caught with a ton of stolen diamonds and arrested for it. So he's out of the competition."
There was a thump as Regulus punched his seat.
"So…Are we dropping an area?" Chef asks.
"You kidding? I really wanted to go everywhere I listed. We need a replacement." He pointed to one of his interns. "You. What's your name?"
The intern realized Chris was talking to her. "Zolia Kolhart," she replied.
"Great. You got a spot. Wait in the bus; you're Team Braves."
Zolia "Zoe" smirked. "Nice."
…
"Come on, one more!" Owen pleaded, shaking pretty fast over by a coffee shop's counter.
"Sir, don't you think you had enough?" the waiter asks. Owen grabs his shirt.
"I'll tell you when I've had enough!" He then let go. "Sorry, sir. Got a little excited there."
He then walks over to a table where Jake, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline and Heather are sitting. "The guy says we can't have any more coffee for some reason."
"We did drink half the shop," Jake says. He, too, was shaking.
"Yeah. Still, we have plenty of energy. We're gonna stay up all night!"
"Woo-hoo-hoo!" Jake cheers. "We're totally going to win this challe—"
The pair immediately pass out from coffee overload. Heather and Princess Bubblegum just sigh.
"Some boys can be so immature," Bubblegum says.
"Reason why I chose to not take Alejandro," Heather said.
Confessional
Marceline: I'm starting to wonder just what the sanity level is in this show.
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About an hour later, there was a huge difference.
"Keep packing them, Chef!" Chris called as Chef was loading people onto the bus. Pretty much everyone was out like a light. Some people just couldn't hang overnight. In fact, the only people who weren't asleep were Ice King, Noah, and Marceline.
"Here's how we're going to do this little tiebreaker," Chris explained. "Chef here will try multiple tricks to get you to pass out. Last man standing gets Invincibility, first one out goes to the chopping block." He gestured to Chef. "First up is the sleepy gas."
Chef decided to just use the same stuff in the Awakeathon from the first season. He spread it around to the three, but through sheer willpower, they withstood it.
"Nice try, Chris," Noah quipped.
"Okay, let's try hypnotism."
Chef grabbed a pocket watch and knocked it back and forth, back and forth, back and forth…
Suddenly, Marceline collapsed in a snoring heap.
"Wow. Totally unexpected there. Looks like the Damsels are losing a member. Now it's just between Noah and—"
Noah, too, also collapsed, snoring.
"So…what now?" Ice King asked.
"Now?" Chris asked. "Now you celebrate. Team Sinister has finally won a challenge!"
"WOO!" Ice King was so ecstatic, he started to do a jig…showing more than people wanted to see under his robe.
"Okay, stop now. Seriously," Chris asks. "Dude, you are going to blind people."
…
The bus was moving again. Apparently, Total Drama was respectfully told never to return to New York. Ever.
"Alright, Damsels," Chris began, "I hold five peanut bags. But there are six of you. So, one of your number are going home. First bag goes to Princess Bubblegum."
She caught the bag first try.
"Heather, Susan, Mary."
All three caught their bags.
"One bag left, two people. The last bag goes to…"
Renee crosses her fingers. Marceline looks worried.
…
…
…
"…Marceline."
Marceline catches it, grateful, then sees Renee, slightly sad. "You okay?"
"Yeah," Renee says. "Well, it was fun while it lasted. Where do I go, Chris?"
"Right down the Lane of Shame out the Back Door of Failure," he gleefully says.
"But…we're driving. Won't that hurt if we fall out of a moving bu—"
"Oh, gee, we're running out of time." Chris shoves Renee out the back door. "Well, that was fun. Sleep tight, people, because tomorrow is a new location."
…
Heather was just about to sleep when Regulus came by.
"I've heard your reputation," he simply says.
"Yeah, what of it?" Heather sharply retorts.
"Just the fact that I appreciate it, and, quite frankly, I am losing my teammates. So what if I could promise you a spot to at least the merge?"
"I'm listening." And she really was.
…
"Okay, Team Braves," Chef was taking care of this business since Chris was busy with the elimination. "Looks like you're getting a new teammate. Her name's Zoe, and you damn better not kill her. Got it?" He eyes everyone until they fearfully nod. "Great. Come on in, Zoe."
Zoe walks into Team Brave's section. "Hey, everyone! Ready to make it to the Top Two?" Under her breath she adds, "I know I will."
Everyone was genuinely happy to meet another person on the team to replace Johnny's absence, but Noah felt something…different.
…
"Wow. This season's great, isn't it? So what exciting location are these kids going to suffer from? Will the guys get relationships from the girls? Stay tuned to TOTAL…DRAMA…UNLIMITED!"
[1]: A reference to Homestar Runner.