Author's Note: Slowly but surely getting back on track. As you may have noticed the name of the episode has been changed for obvious reasons. I've had a better week, got the new Southeast Asian DLC for Civ 6. By the way, Khmer is insanely OP; it;s not as bad as say Australia but still up there. Today we deal with westerns, not my favorite genre; I don't much like the episode either. Let's hope I do better.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
Tyler Not The C: Yikes I hope that sorts itself out for you. The salt joke was in the canon episode, so I can't take credit for it. Thanks for that, it really helped me feel better.
That British Guy: Definitely not something that most people would think of. Thanks for spotting that mistake, it should be fixed by now.
RebelToasters12: Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the bonus clip. That wasn't the episode they break up. The interactions between Heather, Sugar, and Shawn, hopefully my plan for them will be revealed by the end of the episode. I wouldn't worry about Noah's ankle, this challenge won't be too much for him.
Currernt Castmates:
Screaming Gaffers: DJ, Duncan, Harold, Leshawna, Sammy, Sky
Killer Grips: Heather, Kitsune, Noah, Shawn, Sugar, Victor
Of course one of these players will be run outta town before the day is done...
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Episode 05: 3:10 to Loserville
"People have always been drawn to the beauty of the sea," Chris's voice said over a slide show of an unknown body of water, a picturesque beach, and a bouy with a seagull on it. A shark fin swam past, scaring the gull away and it surfaced, revealing itself to be a hat worn by Chris. "But that's not where we were last time!"
"Kitsune's surf adventure turned trailer park when a twister ruined her fun," The goofball was shown bragging before the large fan knocked her into the backdrop, "and DJ was stripped bare," the brickhouse's trunks were shown being eaten by the shark. Chris laughed, "Nice pecs, Dude," he said over DJ running out of the studio. "Thanks to Duncan's gnarly moves," the punk was shown dodging the seagulls, "the Gaffers won the first challenge. Also thanks to Duncan," he was shown saluting Sky, "Sky was pushed closer to the edge of a meltdown," a clip of the athlete seething in rage was shown.
"Though St. Harold's Cathedral was cool," the Gaffers were shown trying to shoo the seagulls away from their creation, "the next challenge went to the Grips and their Kitsune Samurai Castle," the Grips' finished castle was shown.
"Tied at one apiece," the face-off between Leshawna and Noah were shown, "the Gaffers were crowned the Watoosie winners," the Gaffers were shown cheering, "after Noah twisted an ankle. Or should I say Sugar twisted Noah's ankle," the pageant queen was shown kicking a rock into the bookworm's path. "An Leshawna got down," she was shown dancing and the recap ended and the camera flashed to Chris on the beach set from the first episode, "scoring them a Hawaiian style luau."
The camera flashed again. "With only twelve left," anither flash, "one of our teams will come out on top this week. Find out next on Total," the camera flashed to him in front of the trailers, "Drama Action!"
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[A stage light pops up in front of some fake buildings and turns on; a camera with a rat on top of it comes out of a manhole; another camera comes out of the hollow of a tree, along with some garbage and a very confused raccoon. A pair of hands claps a film slate in front of the camera, and the camera flies through the film lot; Chris drives a golf cart with Chef in the passenger side in the camera's path. The host grins and waves and the cook crosses his arms and scowls as the lyrics start]
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doing fine
[The camera passes through a tree and files down a road between the studio warehouses, dodging a farm backdrop and a sunset backdrop before flying through a costume rack]
You guys are on my mind
[The camera flies up the fake mountain and peeks over the edge to see a pool of water, then jumps in]
You asked me what I wanted to be
[As the camera lands in the pool, bubbles fill the screen and then disapate to show Sugar in her bikini with a large shark behind her. The pageant queen farts as the shark opens its mouth, then it chokes]
And I think the answer is plain to see
[The camera pans up to show Harold on a surfboard hooked up to some rigging. He tries to dodge seagulls that are shooting past him like bullets, only to take one to the face and be knocked in the water.]
I wanna be... famous
[The camera quick pans to the left, showing Duncan manning what can only be described as a seagull cannon with a sadistic grin on his face. The camera pans back to show Sky looking at the punk with contempt as he fires the rest of the gulls. The camera flies between them, then pauses in front of a large door as Sasquatchanawkwa runs across it in a pink dress and boa The door opens and the camera flies into a bright light.]
I wanna live close to the sun
[The light fades into a shot of the beach set where Leshawna sits on a pool chair. She is flanked with sharks in their own chairs The camera zooms in on Leshawna as she gives a huge smile.]
Well pack your bags 'cause I've already won
[The camera pans to the right and ending up on Noah in the confessional reading a book with a smug expression pn his face and his legs propped up on the table. He leans back and goes too far as he falls backwards.]
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
I'll get there one day
[The camera quick pans to the right again to show Heather and a bald and camo cap wearing Alejandro on rock pillars against a dark backdrop. The two have dueling sticks, Heather's is blue and Alejandro's is orange. Alejandro hits Heather a few times and she responds with a jab to his face, his cap falls off and the camera quick pans down to show the hat falling perfectly on DJ's head.]
'Cause I wanna be... famous
[The camera zooms out a bit to show DJ stirring a metal pot with a smile on his face. He pulls out a small orange bottle and sprinkles something in the pot, takes out a spoon and offers it to someone off-screen; the camera zooms out more to show he was offering it to Sammy, who giggles and kisses him on the cheek. The camera pans out to show Amy watching the scene on one of two monitors in another room with a look of disgust on her face. She angrily presses a button and is surprised when an explosion rocks the other screen.]
(Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
[The camera cuts to the explosion as it fades away revealing a slightly singed Shawn nervously looking around... only to scream and run away to the right past a zombie in familliar clothing. The zombie reveals itself to be Kitsune, who giggles to herself as he runs past. The camera follows him as he runs past the Lame-o-sine then stops at the vehicle.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous (Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous (Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
[The camera zooms in on the limousine's window, which rolls down to show a smiling Mike and Zoey. The window behind them rolls down to show Victor smiling at the couple. He opens the door with an formal bow. The camera flies past a series of flashes as if it were going down the red carpet and stops at Chris in a blue tux on the amphitheatre. The host grins and opens an evelope, then looks over at a scowling dress-wearing Chef as he holds a tray of Guilded Chris's. Chris purses his lips and gives a look to the camera. The camera zooms out to show the scene was being watched on a monitor, then pans down to Gwen and Trent, the latter strumming the last few notes of the theme on his guitar.
The camera zooms out to show the non competitors on the center couch of what looked to be the set of a talk show, flanked by two double tiered couches. On the top left: Noah, Sammy, DJ, and Tyler. On the bottom left: Zoey, Mike, Leshawna, Harold, Duncan, and Kitsune. On the top right: Staci, Malcolm, Victor, Sky, and Alejandro. And on the bottom right: Scarlett, Sugar, Shawn, Amy and Heather. The feed on the monitor fizzles out and changes to the Total Drama Action logo]
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The episode begins with a shot of the sun before panning down to the area in front of the trailers. DJ and Sammy are under an umbrella trying to get some sort of shade. The camera panned to the right to show Kitsune and Noah, with a bandage around his ankle, under the awning if the girls' trailer, the bookworm barely able to concentrate on the book in his hands. The camera then panned to the right again to the window at the boys' trailer. Harold climbed into it from inside and groaned, "Too...hot... to do... any...ugh..."
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"My mad skills are leeching out of me," the dweeb complained as he climbed into view of the confessional camera. "I can feel it!" He grabbed the top of his head. "My mojo isn't sweat-proof!" He fell over.
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Sugar calmly walked past the dweeb gave a small chuckle at his discomfort. She walked into Heather, who was trying to fan herself, and Shawn, who just looked miserable. "How are you not dying right now?" The queen bee asked.
"I'm from the American South," Sugar answered. "This isn't hot, it's Tuesday."
The camera panned more to the right to show Duncan on a bench looking unconfortable and DJ in a kiddie pool and panting. It panned right again to show Victor and Sky under a large tree. Sky sniffled then sneezed. "How am I getting sick in this heat?" She asked in bewilderment.
"Would you care for some of my water," her boyfriend asked, handing her a bottle.
"Aren't you worried I'll get you sick too?" Sky asked him.
He shrugged, "I am sure you are only suffering from allergies."
"And if I'm not?"
He shrugged again, "Then it would be worth the trouble." She blushed and took a sip, then belched.
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"That was... odd," Victor told the confessional. "I was certain that Sky had moved past the stage where a couple is nervous around one another. I am curious as to what prompted its return."
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"Everytime he does something nice I feel more conflicted," Sky explained. I still can't decide on doing what I want to do or what I need to do. Why is this so hard?"
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The stactic cut to a close-up shot of Chris's face. He had a piece of straw in his mouth, a cowboy hat on his head, and was squinting at something off screen. He cocked a revolver and shot it, both actions shown in their own close-up. The camera cut around the area to show some of the cast's reaction. DJ shot up and looked around, Harold shot up and smacked his head on the window, and Kitsune just asked, "What the heck is wrong with you?!"
"My crainum," Harold complained as he rubbed his head.
"Take it easy," Chris told them, "guns are loaded with blanks." He blew the smoke into Harold's face. "Least I'm pretty sure one of'em is." He laughed, then said with a twang, "Since there's no beatin' the heat, we're goin' west this week! There's a town meetin' at noon. Be there, or I'll drive you deadbeats outta town!"
"Are we ever gonna do a movie that wasn't popular when you were a kid?" Noah asked with a smirk.
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Leshawna was in the confessional and was about to say something, before her hair poofed into a large afro. "Darn humidity," she swore.
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The static cut to a stopwatch quickly ticking towards noon. The watch was lowered and the camera showed the sun over the wild west set seen in the second episode before panning down. A tumbleweed blew through and stopped, then was instantaneously burned to a crisp. The camera flashed to show the Gaffers all hunched over, only to perk up in confusion as Leshawna walked by. "What happened to your hair?" Sammy asked.
"Do you see anything wrong with my hair?" Leshawna asked in a warning tone.
"I don't see anything except your hair," Duncan answered from behind her.
The camera cut to Chris. "Listen up pardners." He started walking past the cast, showing that they were infront of a ladder leading up a tower. "In any good western there are heroes, outlaws, horses, and pretty dames. The hero defeats the outlaw, then rides off into the sunset on the horse."
"With the pretty dame right?" Kitsune asked.
"Assuming nothing happens to them during the bar brawl maybe," Chris said nonchalantly.
"You wouldn't let anything happen to me would you?" Sammy asked DJ.
"I ran into the woods that a killer was runnin' around in," he told her. "I can protect you during a fight." She smiled and the girls, aside from Sugar and Heather, awwed at the statement.
"Enough with the romance!" Chris declared. "All eyes on me," he shot his guns a couple of times and spun them around his finger. "Time for your first challenge. No cowboy worth spittin' at would go one day without saddle practice. Time to saddle up!"
The camera cut to a noticibly old horse eating something out of a bucket. It let loose a fart that lasted for several seconds before a much shorter and higher pitched one. The Camera cut back to Chris. "That's the best steed we could afford?" He asked.
The shot cut to Chef inside a barn, wearing a visor and punching buttons on an adding machine. "You want a five-star hotel and champagne and caviar for breakfast?! I gotta cut somewhere."
"It's perfect!" The host said, giving finger pistols to the cook. "Don't change a thing."
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"There's always some girl that's obsessed with horses," Kitsune told the confessional. "Ten bucks says it's Sammy."
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"I spent three summers at Medieval Steve's Medieval camp," Harold told the confessional. "We learned how to joust, ride horses, and look manly in tights," he explained while miming the actions, "it's harder than it looks."
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"Oh em gee, I love horses!" Sammy gushed. "My parents used to take me out to the stables so I could ride every weekend. At first I did it because Amy hated it, but it was just so much fun!"
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The static cut to Duncan next to the horse. "Pfft," he scoffed, "you call this a challenge?" He started to mount the horse.
"Not so fast," Chris said, causing Duncan to stop. The camera pulled back to show the ladder and he explained, "You cowboys and cowbabes are gonna have to mount the steed from up there." The camera pulled back to show the whole water tower. "Not there," he clarified. "Waaaaay up there," the camera pulled back some more to show a second ladder leading to a diving board quite a ways up from the tower. "Since the Gaffers won last week they go first." Harold and Sammy gave each other scared looks. "Don't worry," the host assured them, "our unpaid interns have assured us it's safe."
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Chef stomped at a pair of hands gripping the board as a male voice said, "No no!" the hands let go and the voice screamed until a thud was heard.
"Looks safe to me," Chef said with a dark chuckle.
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"And how is plummeting a hundred feet first a reward?" Duncan asked.
"It is because I said so," Chris answered. "And I'm your host, Chris Mclean."
Sky sneezed. "I don't think these are allergies."
"Don't worry," Duncan told her, "we'll help you up the ladder." Sky glared at her teammate.
Victor huffed, "I for one would never force someone to do a challenge in that condition."
"Thanks," Sky said with a small blush, "but I'm team captain. I have to do this." She sniffed, then walked toward the ladder.
"We're gonna need a new team captain," Duncan said as soon as she was out of frame. Sky's growling could be heard from off screen.
The camera cut to Sky at the diving board. She peered over the edge and looked as if she were about to chicken out before stopping. "You can do it!" She heard Victor cheer.
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A ripple effect began a flashback to the Phobia Factor challenge. Sky looked at the kiddie pool full of cockroaches and was about to back out, until Victor place a hand on her shoulder. She smiled at him and stepped into the pool.
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Another ripple ended the flashback and took the scene back to the present. Sky smiled and jumped the camera followed her as she fell and screamed then cut to the rest of the Gaffers watching with wide eyes, except for DJ whose eyes were closed, before cutting to the horse who lifted its head and whinnied at the sound of the impact. The shot showed sky on the horse with a dazed look and the rest of her team looking at her with concern. "You ok girl?" Leshawna asked. Sky groaned and fell over.
"Sky!" Victor called in concern as he rushed to her and helped her up.
"Thanks," she said with a smile. "But what about the challenge?" He shrugged and helped her over to her team.
"That was awesome Sky!" Chris announced. "One point for the Gaffers. Grips, you're up next."
"This challenge doesn't seem so bad," Victor mused.
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The gentleman screamed as he fell down to the horse. The camera cut to Shawn and Noah, who winced at the sound of impact. The camera cut back to Victor, not on the horse, but having landed on one of the poles in the fence on his crotch. "Of course," he corrected in a high-pitched voice, "I could be wrong."
Chris winced. "Glad it wasn't me," he said to the camera. "Gaffers one. Grips zzzip! Harold, you're up bro."
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The scene flashed to a close up of the dweeb's screaming face as he fell to the ground. It zoomed out a little to show he was flailing his arms as he fell and then cut to the horse, showing that he landed on it. "Wicked!" He cheered. Duncan fell on him not a second later and his cheers quickly turned into groans of pain.
"Way to pad the saddle Duncan," Chris congratulated.
"I think you broke my coccyx," Harold groaned.
"Chris told them the score, "Gaffers three. Grips zilch."
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"YAAAHHOOOO!" Sugar cheered as she fell from the platform. The camera cut down to the horse looking up and eyes going wide just before the sound of impact was heard. "Shoot I missed," she swore and the camera cut to her somehow on the water tower. She timed her jump again and jumped to the horse, this time landing.
"Way to go Sugar," Chris said to her, "point for the Grips. The Gaffers complained that the second jump was cheating but the show went on.
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The scene skipped ahead to show DJ wailing in fear. The camera zoomed out to show that he was holding an old nightgown as a parachute to slow his decent. The wind picked up and he was blown off screen and his screams were heard as the camera focused on Chris and the Grips watching.
"Not the electrical wires!" DJ shouted just before the sound of something being zapped was heard and some flickering lights were seen from off camera. The Grips winced.
"So are you gonna get the brickhouse down?" Noah asked the host.
Chris began to laugh, and the footage was paused. The shot cut to Chris in the monitor room with a piece of paper in his hands and a serious look on his face. "We here at Total Drama Action," he said as if he were obviously reading from the sheet for the first time, "care about the health and welfare of our..." he picked up the paper and gave it a weird glance, "competitors. Furthermore," he perked up, "no animals were hurt in the making of this show."
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"AAAHHHH!" Shawn screamed in terror as he fell. The camera followed him for a bit then stopped and let him fall out of frame. The usual impact sound was heard and the camera cut to the survivalist on the horse with a please look on his face. "Yes!"
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Leshawna was next. She jumped and realizing that she wouldn't land on the horse, flipped over to where her afro hit the ground first. She bounced off of it and landed on her feet. "Bet you're not laughing at my hair now!" She cheered.
"Yes we are," Chris told her. Her face fell.
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"Here we go!" Kitsune yelled just before she jumped. The camera cut to the Gaffers who winced in pain at the impact sound. Kitsune returned to focus, folded over the fence and she groaned, "Ow."
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The camera flashed to Sammy at the diving board. She peered over the edge and gulped.
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"I was about to chicken out," the cheerleader admitted, "but then I remembered all the stuff I did last season. I jumped off a thousand foot high cliff, I walked a plank over a shark infested gorge, I had to steal from Chef! This was nothing."
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The static cut to Sammy on the ground right next to the horse. It looked over at her, nudged it with its nose and gave a snort of satisfaction when she groaned, then went back to drinking.
"All right!" Chris announced, "Grips and Gaffers are tied at three each! It's up to you two," he walked over to Noah and Heather, "to break the tie. Who wants to take one for the Grips?"
"Ladies first," Noah said with a smirk.
"No no no," Heather replied, "I insist." The two glared at each other and then walked toward the ladder.
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"It makes sense you were chosen so early," Heather told Noah as the climbed opposite sides of the ladder. "Traitors need to stick together."
"Maybe if you hadn't read Gwen's diary to the whole world," Noah countered, "we would've actually voted with you and not against you."
"It's called strategy," Heather replied as they both reached the platform.
"Given that you were the fourth one gone and I won," Noah bragged, "I'd say you need a new one." Heather frowned and shoved the bookworm off the platform. He grabbed the first thing he could, which was Heather's wrist, causing him to take her with him.
The two were shown falling and screaming, then they fell out of frame and the camera cut to the rest of the Grips as the screaming suddenly stopped. "Where'd they go?" Shawn asked.
"Not there," Chris said looking at the horse. "Waaay up there!" The camera pulled back to show that they had been caught by the barn's weather vein by there pants.
Noah's shorts began to tear and he said, "Oh life, why do you hate me so?" before he fell face first into the dirt.
Chris laughed. "And with that hilarious failure, the teams are still tied at three apiece." Kitsune helped Noah get up as the host announced, "Time for the next challenge cowpokes!" The teens all walked off screen and the camera panned back up to show Heather still hanging.
"Somebody better get me down now," she said. "Hello? Anyone?"
(Commercial Break)
The episode resumed with a front shot of the twelve cast separated into their teams. A tumbleweed blew past them and Chris's boots stepped into view. The perspective switched to show Chris as he explained the challenge. "The hallmark of western is the final gunfight between the outlaws and the lawmen." The camera returned to the normal side view as he continued, "You guys will recreate one and will likely," he grabbed the team captains, "FIGHT TO THE DEATH!" His phone rang and he answered it, "Yello." The voice on the other end chattered away. "Really? I see. Fine" He hung up and announced, "Our lawyers have informed me that the one shot will be all it takes to eliminate someone and a fight to the death is strictly prohibited. Time to discuss your strategy."
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"Perfect," Sky said with a smile. "My team is faster and more athletic so we're garunteed a win." Her smile fell. "Why do I feel so bad about that?"
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"Grips will be the lawmen and the Gaffers will be the outlaws," the host, now wearing a silver star and fake mustache, explained.
"And how will we know the difference?" Duncan asked.
"Assuming you can't tell your own team mates by now," Chris said, "both sides will get these wicked cowboy hats," he answered while holding up one. "The lawmen get these silver stars," he pointed to the one on his chest, "and the outlaws get fake mustaches."
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"I hope Mama's not too upset over me being a bad guy," DJ confessed while wearing the hat and stache.
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"Playing the thief," Duncan mused in the outlaw get-up. "I think I might be typecast."
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"Of course we're the lawmen," Kitsune said as she removed her headband and put on the hat. "Can you imagine Victor as an outlaw?" She giggled to herself.
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"Chef will now judge the challenge," Chris explained. Chef arrived wearing an antebellum era dress and bonnet. "Love the dress Chef-ete." The cook growled.
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The scene skipped ahead to Chef having tied Chris to a post. "Maybe after I change," he told the host, "I'll come back and untie you."
"I can't feel my arms," Chris whined as he struggled against his bonds. The camera zoomed out to show the teams ready with their weapons. Shawn, Sugar, Duncan, and Harold had paint rifles while the rest had paint revolvers. "Let the shootout begin."
The Gaffers shrugged and ran away, the Grips chasing after them. As he was running, Shawn aimed his gun at Leshawna and fired, but missed. She smirked back at him and he frowned. Sugar arrived not long after and fired, hitting her in the back. In the top right of the screen a counter for the Gaffers went from six to five and a ding was heard. The two Grips shared a high-five and the ran off.
The camera cut to DJ, who was nervously looking around before getting hit in the chest. Shawn yelled, "Sorry," as he ran past. The counter dinged again showing the score to be 6-4 in favor of the Grips.
Elsewhere, Victor and Sky were backing up from opposite sides... only to bump into each other. The footage cut to letterbox format and the camera focused on their faces as they squinted at each other. They each reached for their weapon and the camera show a shot of the sun as the sound of a paintball was heard. The two captains returned to focus as Sky was seen looking at the paint on her hand and her gun on the ground.
The footage returned to the normal format and she said, "I'll get you next time."
He smiled, "I look forward to it." He was promptly hit with paint directly in the chest. The camera cut to Harold who smiled and pumped his fist in victory. Two more dings were heard and the counter showed the new score at 5-3.
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The scene skipped ahead to the Grips chasing after the Gaffers and firing their guns, though not actually hitting anything. The Gaffers suddenly stopped and returned fire, catching the Grips off guard. Sugar was quickly hit and the remaining Grips turned around and ran. The counter updated the score to show it as 4-3.
Duncan and Harold each aimed their rifles and fired, hitting Noah and Kitsune. The counter updated to 2-3. Shawn and Heather made one final stand and attempted to fire, but were quickly shot by the opposing team. The counter dinged two more times and the counter showed 0-3 and dinged a few more times.
"That was awesome!" Chris announced, having somehow gotten free from his bonds. "A shootout worthy of the big screen. Looks like the Screaming Gaffers win." The Gaffers cheered at their second victory, except for Sky who could only focus on the disappointment on Victor's face.
"You Grips are losers," Chris continued next to a small fire. "And you know what happens to losers." He pulled something out of the fire, which turned out to be a branding iron with an L. "Which Grip wants to take the heat?"
"It should be me," Victor said. "I was the one who failed our team."
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"This is the second time I won," Sky told the confessional. "And both times I feel horrible because Victor lost. I can't keep going like this, it's not me."
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The static cut to Chris putting the iron in some water. "Legal says branding's out. Looks like I have to settle for booting one of you in the most exciting Guilded Chris ceremony evah!" He said while doing some strange dance moves. "Now, go get a shower. You all stink worse than that horse."
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The camera cut to the beach set from the first episode and Heather impatiently tapping her foot. Sugar arrived a little while later. "It's about time you got here," the queen bee snapped.
"Don't you get snappy with me," Sugar warned. "That line for the barrel was longer than it looked. now what did you want to see me for?"
"I've been thinking," she started. "We could try and fight each other for the rest of the season, or... we could team up and take control of the game."
"What makes you so sure I want to control the game?" Sugar asked.
"Puh-lease," Heather scoffed. "Why else would you try and spend time with Shawn? But the three of us should control the team. Are you in?" Sugar shrugged, then shook Heather's hand. "Good."
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"The first part of my plan is done," Heather told the confessional. "Now I just need to talk to Victor. Sugar will eventually be a problem, but she's so stupid anything she'll try I'll see coming."
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"This is perfect," Sugar exclaimed. "Now anything I do, she'll get blamed for. I can get ridda her anytime I want! But I need to be careful. Everyone here thinks I'm dumb, and I need to keep that act up for a little bit longer.
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The static cut to Victor exiting the washrooms. "You got tired of waiting on Harold too?" Sky asked as she walked up to him.
"He does spend an unusual amount of time on his hair," he responded.
"Victor," she said seriously, "I need to talk to you."
"That sounds... ominous."
"I don't think I can be both the Gaffer captain and with you. I think we need to take a break."
"You wish to end our courtship?" Victor asked in confusion.
"No!" Sky said suddenly. "Just postpone it, until after the game. I like you Victor. I really do, but I can't put all of myself in the game as long as we're together. I have to put something first."
"I understand," he told her. "May I ask that we still be friends?" She nodded yes. "Then I shall see you tomorrow." He walked off. Sky waited until he was out of earshot with tears in her eyes, then ran away crying.
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The camera flashed to the trailers. Victor was about to enter the boys' trailer when he heard his name being called. He turned around to see Heather standing there. "What may I do for you Heather?"
"I want to talk to you about the vote," she said simply.
"I truly am not in the mood for this," he told her.
"I know I'm the one Noah's voting for."
"You have proven yourself to be untrustworthy in the past," he told her.
"So have you," she pointed out. "I mean, you were supposed to vote with me last time."
"And I have repeatedly apologized for that," he said.
"But that doesn't make it right," she retorted. "If you want to do that, and you should if you care as much about honor as you say you do, then don't vote for me."
"Pardon?" He asked.
"I'm not asking you to vote with me. I just don't want you to vote for me. Do that, and we're even." She walked off leaving a pensive Victor.
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[A grand theme played as the camera zoomed in on the amphitheatre. Several film strips of the host highlights from the previous season flew past the screen, then the camera panned out from a solid gold screen to show a Guilded Chris.]
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The camera flashed to show the six Grips on the bleachers having cast their votes. "The votes have been cast," Chris said in his blue tuxedo. "If you get a Guilded Chris, it means you're safe. For now." Chef, wearing a dress jacket and bow tie, walked on stage with five statues in his hands. "What happened to you dress?" Chris asked in genuine curiosity, earning a 'I'm watching you' gesture from the cook. "And the Guilded Chris goes to Kitsune and Shawn." The goofball gave a triumphant laugh and the survivalist wiped his brow in relief.
"Victor," the gentleman gave a short nod. "And Sugar." The pageant queen smiled as she caught her prize.
"And last but not least," Heather and Noah glared at each other. "Heather." She caught her statue with a smirk and waved at the Noah mockingly.
"What are you kidding me?!" He asked. Victor looked at the smug grin on Heather's face and hung his head in shame.
"Noah, it's time to go!" Chris said jovially.
"See if I care," Noah spat at his former team. "I already won this crappy show once."
"Noah bro," Chris warned, "if you don't leave soon we'll make you leave."
"Whatever, I'm out of here," he said as he headed for the Walk of Shame.
"3:10 to Loserville," Chris said as Noah got on the Lame-osine, "Noah is now aboard."
XXX
"I believed her," Victor told the confessional. "She spun her story and I believed her. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." He looked directly into the camera and darkly said, "She will not fool me thrice."
XXX
The static cut to Chris in the control room watching the footage. "Wow, Victor's mad! Tune in to see how that plays out on Total Drama Action!"
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(Bonus Clip)
"I knew I wasn't gonna win," The Bookworm said in the limo. "Like they're gonna let someone like me win twice. I did think that I'd at least make the merge or at least make it farther than Heather." He sighed and pulled a book out, "At least I'm done with this show." He raised an eyebrow at the camera. "What do you mean 'post-elimination interview?"
Author's Note Post Script: And that's the end of the first quarter. Fair warning about next week, a lot of the Aftermath will deal with plans I had for those four that either were rejected or didn't pan out as I am at a loss how to deal with their interviews. If there's anything you want to know about them let me know and I'll try to work it into the episode.
I imagine quite a few people aren't happy with what happened here but I'll explain as best I can. First, Noah's elimination was planned to give Heather some villain cred going into the second quarter and he was the only one it'd make sense for her to target. I apologize to his fans, but it was his time.
Sky breaking things off with Victor serves a number of purposes in her overlying plot. I can't go into too much detail, but I can give a glimpse into her mind. She struck me as someone who's very goal oriented and having met someone who she cares about more than competing, doesn't know how to handle it. But she still does care, that's why she emphasized that the relationship isn't over just postponed. It made sense in my head.
Heather and Sugar have teamed up, which is how she was able to boot Noah, and both plan on turning on the other. Time will tell what goes on there.
I hope you like the new tiebreaker. I didn't want to do the cattle roping thing or the one on one shootout. One, because I didn't have anyone who would ruin the shootout and two, because there was no way I'd be able to make it interesting. It's not in my ability.
From an author's perspective, I really like this episode.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDA ELIMINATION TABLE:
15th Place: Mike/Zoey
14th Place: Zoey/Mike
13th Place: Amy
12th Place: Noah