(Author's note #1: Let me just get this off of my chest before we get things started: I was pretty disappointed with the turn out for the first "TDBF" Q & A. However, I won't let that stop me from doing another one, the only difference will be that instead of every 5 episodes like I originally planned, the next one will take place after episode 13 is uploaded. With that out of the way, we can move on to trivia, which I don't really think I'm gonna do anymore because I think it was one of the factors that lead to the Q & A being a bust.
Fact #1: This episode features the speaking introductions of Max, Laney Penn (Grojband) and Minato Sakai (Gundam Build Fighters Try)
Fact #2: This episode featured the various GunPla debuts of Estwynn (one of many), Minato (one of many, again), Laney (basically one of two, the other was mentioned in this episode as well), Max, Duncan and Scott
Fact #3:The main reason that this episode is somewhat shorter than the others have been is that there is only a single fight which was meant to introduce the 3-on-3 team battle mechanic which will play a bigger part in future episodes
That's enough trivia for now, so let's get things started. GunPla fight all set, ready...GO!)
Total Drama Build Fighters
Episode 6: Brains VS Brawn
(Opening Theme: "Win Tough Fight" by You Yamakazi)
We open the episode inside the headquarters of the Wawanakwa High School GunPla battle club where all of the members were gathered around the battle stadium, waiting for coach Estwynn Paratus to signal the start of the training tournament's second round.
Brody: Dudes, where do you think he is?
Harold: No idea, maybe he got stuck somewhere.
Devin: Well we can't start the next round without him here, he's the only one who knows who's supposed to fight who.
Devon Joseph "DJ" Paul: I'm sure he's gonna show up soon. He owns the place, so he kinda has to.
Ella: On an off note, the building looks really nice today.
While some of the other fighters murmured in agreement to Ella's remarks, Estwynn had entered the building with clipboard in hand.
Estwynn: I know, I know, I'm late, but bare with me. I had to go downtown earlier today to pick up something importaint, but when I had managed to get it and try to get back here, traffic started to be a real pain in the ass.
Harold: Called it.
Estwynn: Moving on, we should really get started with the second round. Katie, Sadie, if you two would come up here and provide some assistance?
The two "BFFFLs" made their way to where Estwynn was standing.
Estwynn: Thank you. Now then, Katie will read the matches out loud while Sadie will work the tournament ladder as the matches go along. Round 2 will consist of four matches daily over the course of the next two days with the quarter finals happening the day after where the elite 8 will become the final 4. Katie will now read off today's four matches.
Katie:The first four matches of round two will consist of Brody Jennings VS Ellody Bialli, Trent Jameson VS Sky Farris, Dakota Milton VS Jasmine Tompson and finally. we have Jay Coulson VS Samantha Saunders. Let's have Brody and Ellody approach the stadium, and we can get started.
We then shift to Geoff trying to give his bro a pep talk before going into the fight.
Geoff: Dude, you're up against that Ellody chick this round, so expect this fight to be a tough one.
Brody: I know, man. I just got to keep up close and personal with her Strike Gundam and I should be walking out of this round smelling like clean laundry from the dryer into round 3.
While Geoff and Brody were trying to hype themselves up, Mary Corvino is seen having a discussion with an Indian Canadian female with neck length black hair with matching eyes covered by a pair of black frame glasses wearing a light brown sweater over a beige button up shirt with a black knee length skirt and black loafers over white argyle socks.
Mary: Brody's fighting style is based off of being able to close enough proximity to utilize his blades for a series of powerful strikes. How do you intend to intercept his attempts and counteract them with your own lethal strikes?
Ellody Bialli: What I need to do is to implement the proper mixture of not only speed, but ranged combat capabilities. The Aile Striker pack should provide what I require utilizing not only the increased speed that it gives, but the mixture of close and long range weaponry that becomes available upon use.
Mary: Excellent choice.
Both fighters then approached the stadium, ready to fight.
System Voice: GunPla battle, combat mode start up. Model damage level set to "C". Please set your GP Base.
Builder/ Fighter: Brody Jennings
Unit: Gundam Age 1 Sparrow
Builder/ Fighter: Ellody Bialli
Unit: Aile Strike Gundam
System Voice: Beginning Plavisky particle dispersal.
The particles had created a mountain landscape in the middle of winter.
System Voice: Field 4: mountain. Please set your GunPla.
Both fighters had set their machines down on their designated areas.
System Voice: Battle start.
Both mobile suits launched into the battlefield at break neck speeds. We then shift attention to Geoff, Bridgette and Brick watching the match as it was taking place.
Bridgette: Here we go, the second round has officially kicked off.
Geoff: Oh, boy. Brod-ster definitely got dealt a not so good hand this round having to face Ellody. That chick is like, a total genius with GunPla and like, can totally make some kind of battle plan to break my bro to bits.
Brick: I wouldn't count him out quite yet. Remember, both Mary and Ellody have the tendency to overthink what their opponents will do during the fight, and wind up losing for it. The best way for Brody to win would be for him to be as unpredictable as possible with his battle style.
Geoff: So basically taking the "Deadpool" approach?
Brick: More or less.
Brody's Age 1 Sparrow was flying around the battlefield at high speeds, all the while searching the mountains for his opponent.
Brody: Alright, Brod-ster, all you gotta do is find the Strike Gundam, get in close, hope she didn't choose a pack that can Shrek you in no time, and go in for the kill. Easy peasey.
It was then that Ellody's Aile Strike Gundam flew in from behind and delivered a dropkick that sent Brody's GunPla crashing into the mountainside.
Brody: Crap, spoke too soon.
Ellody: Yes, it appears that you did.
The Strike Gundam had its beam rifle pointed towards the chest of the Age 1 who was readying itself into defensive stance using not only its standard dagger, but the custom sword that Brody had given it. Ellody decided to make the first move and fire a few shots from her beam rifle, only to have Brody dodge them in an effort to get in closer to deal a cripling blow. Before the Age 1 could land the hit, the Strike Gundam used its Aile Striker pack to zoom out of the way, all the while returning fire on her opponent. This would continue for about a minute before Brody finally got close enough to stab the rifle with his dagger, causing Ellody to drop it before it exploded.
Geoff: well, at least he wou't have to deal with that beam rifle anymore.
Brick: Yes, but keep in mind that Ellody still has her shield, Armor Schneider knives, and the beam sabers mounted on the Aile Striker pack.
Geoff: At least now my bro is going to be on some kind of equal ground, right?
Brick: Keep in mind that the Aile Striker pack gives the mobile suit equipped to it a fairly impressive speed boost, Brody will have to match Ellody's level of skill if he wants to win.
Geoff: Can't anything in this game be simple?
Brick: Probably not, there are a lot of strategy elements implied.
Ellody had decided to retaliate against her opponent by crossing blades with the Age 1 with an Armor Schneider knife in her Gundam's left hand and a beam saber armed with a glowing pink blade in its right. Both units were clashing blades at lightning fast speeds with orange Plavisky sparks cascading down to the ground with every strike. Ellody was not only trying to defend herself from the assault of her opponent, but also trying to locate a weak point on Brody's unit that she could use to end the match.
Ellody: Let's see, each slash from his Gundam takes about 1.73 seconds to take action, leaving the chest area vulnerable to an attack for about .53 seconds before the next strike after charging and recoil, so if I'm going to win this battle, I'll have to make my move right about...
Just as Brody was getting ready to unleash another slashing attack, Ellody saw her opening and struck back.
Ellody: ...Now!
Her Gundam's beam saber dug deep into the upper torso of the Sparrow, causing Brody to drop his weapons.
Brody: This is bad!
True to his prediction, the Aile Strike slashed its beam saber out of the Age 1's body, leaving a gaping slash wound in the center of where the cockpit should be. The match ended with the back of Ellody's unit facing the exploding body of the Sparrow after it fell to the ground in defeat.
System Voice: Battle ended. Winner: Ellody Bialli.
The particles dissipated as both fighter grabbed their machines before returning to their groups.
Ellody: I am a bit surprised by your efforts, you managed to survive 2 minutes, 17.347 seconds longer than expected, and even managed to dispose of my beam rifle.
Brody: Uh, thanks?
Ellody: I look forward to a rematch with you sometime.
Brody: Count on it, and next time, I'm gonna win.
Estwynn: And with that, we have our first fighter to move on to round 3. The next fight will be Trent VS Sky. Both fighters please approach the arena.
(Author's Note #2: Since this happens to be Jay and Mickey's arc for the time being, the next two matches will be dealt with like I did during round 1: a quick summary of who's fighting who. Here we go.)
Moving on to the fight between Sky's Wing Zero Heaven's Sword and Trent's Extreme Gundam Leonis Phase inside of an empty city, we see that Trent's machine had managed to get rid of both of Sky's twin buster gunblades, leaving her with only her units two green bladed beam sabers to defend against all nine of Trent's bladed weapons at once. She had managed to do away with the unit's beam sword tail and scratched up the left beam claw wrist emitter enough to make it cease function, but had one of her wing pods sliced in two by the right hand wielded beam saber of Trent. As hard as she tried to stay in the fight, the battle ended with the still functioning beam claws of the Extreme Gundam stabbing into the cockpit of the Wing Zero, sending it falling down to the ground in defeat. Next came the battle between Dakota and Jasmine inside of a canyon facing the sunset where the two units were engaged in a furious boxing match. Dakota's Gundam Altron was doing a fairly decent job at using its Dragon Fang flamethrower heads as a pair of boxing gloves to counter the strikes delivered by the beam cestus used by Jasmine's Crossbone Gundam. Though trying to stay on edge as long as she could, Dakota unfortunately lost the battle when the Crossbone Gundam delivered a massive uppercut to the Altron's head unit, not only knocking it clear off of the Gundam's shoulders, but sending the body crashing into the walls of the canyon. The scene then shifts to inside of the club building where both fighters claimed their GunPla as the particles dissipated.
Estwynn: Now that was a pretty entertaining match. Now then, time to move on to the final match of the day, we have Jay Coulson VS Samantha Saunders. I now ask both fighters to approach the arena.
Sammy: Finally, time to see if all of the training from this weekend paid off.
while the former cheerleader was ready to fight, Jay was quivering in his shoes next to his brother and "Beardo".
Jay: Out of all the other fighters in this round, why did I have to get the one that can do all sorts of things with her swords as my opponent?
Mickey: Maybe Mr. Paratus set this up to test you like with the hobby shop.
Before Jay could believe his brother's words, Estwynn appeared behind them to shoot the rumor down.
Estwynn: You might think that, but in reality it's not. I actually put all of your names on pieces of paper and put then into a hat where I drew each name at random, and after I drew two names, whoever got drawn would be paired up to fight. Your's and Ms. Saunder's names were drawn 7th and 8th respectively, meaning that you two were paired to fight simply by sheer blind and dumb luck.
Jay: You mean "bad luck". If I go out there and fight her, I'm screwed.
Estwynn: You're being too negative. Nobody knows the true outcome of things until they actually happen, meaning if you don't go and battle her, you'll never know how well things could truly turn out.
Jay: Well, I'm bound to lose anyway, might as well make it now.
System Voice: GunPla battle, combat mode start up. Model damage level set to "C". Please set your GP Base.
Fighter: Jay Coulson
Unit: Gundam Mk. 3
Builder/ Fighter: Samantha Saunders
Unit: Unicorn Gundam Jeager
System Voice: Beginning Plavisky particle dispersal.
The particles had then created a small island surrounded my a massive body of water.
System Voice: Field 12: island. Please set your GunPla.
Both fighters set down their machines as the particles worked their magic.
System Voice: Battle start.
Both GunPlas launched into the war zone as Jay was sweating up a storm while worrying about where his opponent was going to strike.
Jay: Wait a minute, is that...
Much to Jay's surprise, Sammy had landed her Unicorn Gundam on the island's center while staying motionless, like a statue.
Jay: What is she doing? Wait a minute, maybe this could be my chance to win. If I just...
The Gundam Mk. 3 then began to circle around the Unicorn Gundam while firing its beam rifle to shoot at it, all the while creating a massive cloud of Plavisky dust with each attack. When the dust cleared, the Unicorn was surprisingly still standing with sword in hand without a single scratch.
Jay: but how?!
The scene then shifts to inside of Sammy's control station as we segway into a flashback sequence set during the weekend episode 5 took place inside of a martial arts dojo. We then see Sammy in the center of a circle of empty paint cans tied to the roof by strings above her while blindfolded and with a wooden practice sword iher right hand. We also see two male figures and one female figure that look like the "Total Drama" versions of Erin, Mikasa, and Levi from "Attack on Titan" talking to her.
Erin Flynn: You sure you want to do this?
Sammy: If I wasn't, I wouldn't be in the circle while blindfolded, would I?
Mikasa Flynn: Hard to believe, but my brother might be right. You don't really need the blindfold to do this. You already have great agility, and you can dodge pretty much any attack that comes your way already, so I don't really see why you would want to keep pushing yourself so far.
Erin: Plus those paint cans are made of metal, sure they may be empty but if you aren't careful, they can still hurt you.
Sammy: I appreciate your concern, but if I'm going to be a better fighter, be it with GunPla battle or an actual fight, I need to be able to fight without relying on my eyes should things ever come to that point.
Levi Jenkins: She does have a point. In the middle of a fight, one can't rely on their sight alone. If she wants to master the ability to not only evade or block the strike of an enemy, but also be able to strike back without being able to see, then let her.
Erin: Alright. You ready?
Sammy: Let 'em fly.
The cans then started to swoop around Sammy as she began to strike at each can while blindfolded. What follows is a montage of her not only hitting cans, but getting hit by them, causing her to flinch for a quick moment, only to get back up to try again. The montage ends with her finally being able to strike all of them in one successful sequence after multiple trys as the cans formed a perfect motionless circle around her. We then return to the fight where pretty much everyone was in awe of what just happened.
Geoff: Dude, she just shook off those rifle shots like they were nothing!
"Beardo": Don't let her get to you, man!
Mickey: You can still win this!
Sky: So that's what she's been working on all weekend.
The time had come for Sammy to go on the offensive as she had her Gundam charge towards Jay's unit who was just barely able to defend himself from the sword strike by blocking it with his own beam saber. This didn't phase Jay's opponent however as she began a furious series of slashes using her Gundam's twin swords, all of which the helmet-les adversity twin was having a fairly hard time trying to keep up with. Jay had somehow managed to get in a lucky move as his Gundam was able to slice off the hands of the Unicorn Gundam with his beam saber, much to everyone's surprise.
Sammy: What the Hell?!
Shawn: No way!
Harold: Totally didn't see that coming.
Jasmine: Don't count her out just yet, boys.
Jay: Did I just do what I think I...
Sammy: Yes, you did. And now I'm going to return the favor by taking you down, right here, right now.
Jay: How? You don't have any hands left, you can't hold any weapons.
Sammy: That's what you think.
It was then that the wrist mounted beam sabers of the Unicorn Gundam erupted to life with the burning glow of pink beams.
Jay: Me and my big mouth.
Shawn: Oh, man. I totally forgot about the beam sabers that the Unicorn has on its wrists.
"Beardo": Look's like little dude isn't gonna win so easily after all.
True to the human soundboard's words, Sammy's Gundam delivered a swift kick to the chin of the Gundam Mk. 3, sending it into the air before making Swiss cheese out of the mobile suit's body by furiously punching hole after hole into the body of the 1/100 scale mobile suit. Once Jay's mobile suit landed onto the ground, it was clear that the match was over, and that the former cheerleader was the victor.
System Voice: Battle ended. Winner: Samantha Saunders.
The particles dispersed as both fighters claimed their machines and faced each other once more.
Sammy: I'm pretty impressed. No one in this club was ever able to deal that much damage to my Gundam that early into the match like you did.
Jay: Seriously?
Sammy: Yep. Normally when damage like that happens to my mobile suit, the fight would have been going on for a bout at least several minutes.
Estwynn: That was an impressive display of skill, but I still have to declare Miss Saunders the winner thanks to her quick reaction time. For those of you who wish to practice for not just the next round, but just honing your skills, I suggest that you use the time we have left today to take advantage of the situation.
Shawn: Wait a minute. Shouldn't we know who we're supposed to be fighting for tomorrow?
Estwynn: I'm glad you asked that question, Shawn. Katie?
Katie: Oh, right. Tomorrow's matches will consist of Shawn VS Cameron, LeShawna VS Bridgette, Dawn VS Carrie, and Ella VS "B".
While most of the other remaining fighters were relatively un-phased by the announcement, Carrie on the other hand was another story.
Carrie: Oooooooh. Having to go up against Dawn, probably the most skilled fighter in the whole club, I am in for some trouble.
Dawn then approached Carrie with some words of encouragement.
Dawn: I look forward to our match tomorrow, though I wouldn't worry so much about being able to win or lose so much, as it will only lead to certain defeat.
Carrie: How did you...oh, right. "Aura" stuff.
Dawn: Yes, "aura" stuff.
Dawn then walked towards her girlfriend as Carrie was met by her lover, Devin.
Devin: She's kinda right, homie. Just focus on her gunPla during the fight, not on winning or losing. Do that, and I'm pretty sure that you could be able to beat her.
Carrie: Thanks, homie.
We then shift attention to Bridgette and LeShawna talking to one another about their upcoming battle.
LeShawna DeVry: Girl, you better bring your "A" game tomorrow, cause I'm most certainly bringing mine.
Bridgette: You know I will.
the episode concludes with a shot of all of the battle club abuzz with activity from discussing various topics to working hard to be come better GunPla builders/ fighters.
(Ending Theme: US ending from "Gundam Wing")
Carrie: Hard to believe that the second round has come and gone so fast, hasn't it?
Shawn: Not as fast as you would expect the zombie apocalypse to happen, but still.
LeShawna: You and your whole "zombie" biz.
Estwynn: Save your complaints that you have against one another for the battlefield. There you can settle things with your fists.
Dawn: Next time: "Burning Hands".
Ella: I hope we have some extra aloe vera handy.
(Author's Note #3: Well, after 2 months away, I'm finally back in action with episode 6 of "Total Drama Build Fighters" and it feels amazing. Let me just say that in the two months that I haven't been able to write this story or had to hold back any side projects that I had in mind, a lot has happened to me: becoming an uncle, pollen spikes making me feel like utter crap, the list goes on. Now that I got a new keyboard to work with, I intend to upload at least 2 episodes a month to make up for lost time, and to those who have waited patiently with me over the course of when I started and up until now and to those who just recently jumped on the "TDBF" bandwagon (you guys know who you are), I thank you. Hopefully expect episode 7 within the foreseeable future, but until next time, DSX62415, out. Oh, and one more thing: I do have a poll on my profile that you can vote on to help me figure out which side project will be the first one to run alongside "TDBF", so don't be afraid to vote. So until then, for real this time, DSX62415, out.)