Author's Note: This has been an interesting couple of weeks for me, not much to say on that front. Today is the first Aftermath, I don't know how this is gonna go so bear with me. It's late and kinda rough, but I got it done
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
StarHeart Specials: I think it's safe to say no one like what happened there in canon. And Gwen and Trent are the Aftermath hosts, I take credit for any confusion there.
That British Guy: Don't worry, I'd do the same if I was a reader. He's my favorite too. You're not the only one surprised by how fast he went, which is interesting because I thought I made it too obvious.
Yeexynight14: Yay you fixed it :) Every cloud has a silver lining.
RebelToasters12: He's not insane, just no longer willing to listen to her. I'm glad you like the alliance. I briefly considered her doing that, but it wouldn't work with her not being affected by the heat. I'm also glad you liked the shoot out. It was a gamble.
Charlie Williams: At the moment, I have no idea. With the extra seasons I'd have to plan when it 'aired' and set up the teams from this series... I don't know yet.
Piecesxoxo: Again, surprised by your surprise, I really thought Noah's elimination was too obvious... Anyway, it's difficult to explain what's going on with Sky and Victor at the moment. The two wound up being more complex than I had in mind at first, all I can say is their arc isn't over yet. Glad you liked those moments.
Currernt Castmates:
Screaming Gaffers: DJ, Duncan, Harold, Leshawna, Sammy, Sky
Killer Grips: Heather, Kitsune, Shawn, Sugar, Victor
But today is all about the ones not on this list and how they've been doing since getting the boot.
Episode 06: Aftermath I: Getting to Noah You
A cheesy guitar riff opened the episode to a group of purple circles flying to the top right of the screen with smaller blue ones flying in the same direction at a faster speed. A large and blocky red 'T' flashed onto the screen and descended through the circles. A 'D' and 'A' followed moments later, then the three letters slid from the left to spell 'TDA' and the word 'AFTERMATH' flew from the bottom of the screen and slammed into the acronym, bumping it up briefly and slamming back down.
The words gleamed and the 'D' quickly came forward and turned slightly to the left before returning to its original position.
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Svetlana effortlessly flipped out of the way as the monster crashed. She inhaled and the lipstick and eyelashes were removed, showing that Mike had returned. "Whoa," he said when he looked at the monster.
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The 'D' came forward again and more recap footage was shown.
"Are you here to give up?" Chef asked. The camera zoomed out to show Zoey standing in his way and glaring at him.
"No," she replied in her commando voice. "I'm here for revenge." She charged at the cook.
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The 'D' came forward again.
"Amy!" Her portion of the screen grew to the rest of the screen and she looked shocked. "It's time to go!"
The cheerleader scowled all the way down the red carpet and into the Lame-o-sine. As it drove off, a loud scream of frustration was heard from within.
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The 'D' came forward one last time.
Heather 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.
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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 same intro played again and a live studio audience could be heard cheering as the camera faded to the stage of a talk show, decorated in oranges and reds and littered with lamps and stage lights. Two two-tiered, and empty at the moment, couched flanked a smaller couch in the center of the stage. In front of it was a table with two monitors.
On the couch, were two familiar teens. On the left, a tall white boy with black hair that had been purposefully messed up and wore a olive shirt with a black hand print over a camo undershirt. And on the right, a shorter pale girl with black hair and blue highlights, and wore a black and dark green corset, skirt, and leggings.
The camera zoomed in on the two, showing the boy's calm half-smile and the girl's forced, yet still friendly smile. "Hey, how's it going?" The boy asked. "Welcome to the brand new, totally sweet, Total Drama Aftermath show!"
He paused as the audience cheered and when they died down, the girl added, "We're coming at you live to talk all about Total Drama Action!" in a subdued, yet cheerful tone.
"This is where the real action is," the boy finished. "I'm Trent,' he said gesturing to himself, "and this is my lovely co-host Gwen," he gestured to the girl next to him who blushed.
"You might remember us from Total Drama Island," Gwen said.
"Too bad we missed out on it's more thrilling sequel, Total Drama Action," Trent added.
"Yeah, but we have this show," Gwen said. "And we get paid for it, which beats out having to suffer another season of Chris."
"True," Trent said with a nod, "but the film lot does look pretty cool."
"And you are our expert on cool," Gwen teased.
"Are we going to be forced to suffer your flirting the entire time?" A slightly irritated feminine voice was heard saying off-screen. The camera zoomed out to show the right couches had been occupied by five other teens. On the top row, a thin yet athletic looking white boy in a red track suit and a red sweatband around his mop of brown hair; another white boy, this one tall and lanky with brown hair, a yellow t-shirt with a caution sign on it, and a cast on his arm; and a bored looking tall white girl with red hair in a tight bun, round glasses on her face, and dressed like a stereotypical librarian.
Below her and the boy with a cast was another white girl, a little heavier than most, with straight brown hair tied into a ponytail by a pink ribbon, and a dark pink turtleneck jacket that had been zipped up all the way. Sitting next to her was a tall and handsome Latino teen, with a goatee and a bald head, wearing an open red shirt and a bull head necklace.
"It's called banter," Trent answered, "and all the great talk shows have it. But thanks for segueing into introducing everyone. Scarlett everyone!" The camera cut to the bespectacled girl, who rolled her eyes at the camera as the audience cheered for her.
"We've brought along all the others who didn't make the first season," Gwen explained.
"Hey," Trent said with a shrug," not everyone can be in the water at the same time a shark eats a million bucks." The camera cut to the other non-competitors, who just gave him a blank look. "Anyway," he said nervously at his joke falling flat, "let's hear it for Tyler!" The red-clad jock smirked as the camera cut to him. The audience cheered as the screen was split and a clip of one of his wild throws in the dodge ball game was shown.
"And Malcolm!" Gwen added, the camera cutting to the boy with the yellow shirt smiled and waved with his uninjured arm as the audience cheered for him. The screen split again and showed a clip of him sneaking into a bear cave.
"Scarlett!" Trent said as the camera cut to the redheaded girl rolling her eyes as the split screen showed her jumping out of her unconscious embrace with Duncan.
"Staci," Gwen said in a forced tone as the camera cut to the girl in the pink jacket.
"And then," the girl said as if she were talking to someone, "my Great Great Great aunt Nina invented couches. Yah, she did it because there wasn't a place to sit when you were watching TV."
"And that guy we love to hate," Trent announced as the camera cut to the bald teen, "Alejandro!" The cheers got louder and were almost drown out with boos. The arch villain scowled as the split screen showed one of his confessionals from the first season.
"Looks like someone has some fans," Gwen teased.
"Mock all you want," Alejandro told her. "I will get my revenge for my humiliation." The camera quickly cut to Trent, who was making a cutting motion.
"Anyway," Gwen said awkwardly, "we've got tons of text and e-mails from you guys."
"And some people will be joining us via webcam," Trent added. "And it's gonna be wicked."
"Mike and Zoey will stop by," Gwen said and the crowd went wild.
"And Amy," Trent added. The cheers abruptly stopped.
"And let's not forget our favorite sarcastic know-it-all. Noah!" Gwen announced and the cheers resumed.
"Anyone else shocked to see Noah gone so soon?" Trent asked.
"Definitely," Gwen answered. "I was surprised about Mike and Zoey too. I mean, they took down Chef!"
"Noah would have made it if Heather wasn't up to her old tricks again," Malcolm said as the camera cut to the peanut gallery.
"And Mike and Zoey's eliminations were most likely caused by the ease in which they defeated c=Chef," Alejandro added.
"I'll agree with Al," Tyler said ignoring the boy's shudder. "But Victor should have known better than to trust Heather."
"He wasn't thinking clearly," Malcolm defended. "Sky just broke up with him."
"If we can have our show back?" Trent asked as the camera cut back to the hosts. "Let's take a look at this," he said while gesturing to the TV screen hanging above the center couch.
The static on the TV cut to clips of Mike and Zoey hiding behind a surfboard. "Mike and Zoey's time on Total Drama Action might have been short," Gwen started.
"But they were clearly showing themselves to be a major power couple," Trent added as clips of the pair's fights with Chef were shown.
"With an early alliance to Shawn," Gwen said the survivalist was shown talking to them. "They dominated the first challenge."
"Too bad they caught the attention of some questionable people," Trent said as a clip of Heather scowling was shown. Devil horns, a goatee, and a mustache were drawn on her face in red by an unseen marker.
"And the two were sent home," Gwen finished over a clip of them talking in the Lame-osine.
"One of our guests won multiple fights with Chef Hatchet," Gwen said, "and the other jumped through a ring of fire. Our first two guests, Mike and Zoey!"
The crowd roared as the comedian and indie chick walked onto the stage, some 'aws' were heard as they were holding hands. The two walked over to the left couch and sat down. "Hey guys," Mike said with a wave.
"How's it going?" Trent asked them.
"Can't complain," Mike answered, "aside from losing out on the million," the audience chuckled.
"I hear that," Trent agreed. "Listen, I wanna apologize for the way I acted last season. It was totally wrong."
"Water under the bridge," Zoey said. "I wasn't all that great either."
"So, how did it feel to be the first ones gone?" Gwen asked.
"Honestly Gwen," Mike started, "not that great. I mean, Amy and Heather got to stay and we didn't?"
"Mike's been feeling a little down ever since we were eliminated," Zoey explained. "The only thing that really cheered him up was hearing that Amy left too."
"It made my day," Gwen admitted.
"Well how about we play a little game?" Trent suggested. "Truth or Hammer!" The audience cheered and Gwen rolled her eyes.
A shot of a golden statue of Lady Justice was shown against a black background... then was promptly smashed by a large wooden mallet.
"It's simple," Trent explained. "We ask you a question and you either tell the truth or get knock out of you chair by a giant hammer.
"What?" Mike asked with wide eyes.
"Let's give it a test," Trent said, ignoring the protest. A large wooden hammer swung down and the two quickly ducked under it. "Hey, it works!" Trent said cheerfully. "What's the first question babe?"
"Oh," Gwen said in surprise. "Zoey, you made the Final Four last season. Where do you think it went wrong now?"
"I think it has to do with making the Final Four," the indie chick answered. "I mean, you all saw how I got there, how I acted. I'd have voted for me too." The lack of hammer proved she was telling the truth.
"Don't beat yourself up," Gwen told her. "We all make mistakes. Mike, the fans wanna know who the better kisser is: Zoey or Sammy?"
"Zoey," he said simply, then quickly ducked to avoid the hammer. The audience gasped and Zoey glared at him. "It's not what you think! I don't really know. When I kissed Sammy she wasn't expecting it so I don't know if she's a good kisser or not. But I don't wanna find out." This time the hammer didn't come down.
"One last question," Trent promised. "YoungEasy0705 wants to know: Now that you're out of the running, who do you want to win the million?"
"Sammy," Mike said quickly. "After all she's been through, she deserves it the most."
"I hope DJ wins," Zoey answered.
"But what about his alliance with Chef?" Gwen asked.
"Actually," Trent interrupted we have someone with a little insight on that. And we'll hear from the person who was eliminated the very same challenge DJ made that alliance, and also our surprise loser from the western movie challenge. But first..." He gestured up and the the TV screen cut to static before showing a roll of footage.
"Based on how she got onto this season," Trent explained over a clip of her driving an ATV into the lake was shown, "no one really expected Amy to make it far."
"Especially after she returned to her strategy from before," Gwen said as Amy was shown insulting Kitsune during the monster movie challenge.
"Being a horrible person and expecting everyone to give her what she wants because of a superiority complex," Trent finished as Amy was shown complaining in the confessional.
"Too bad that plan fell apart when she was the last one chosen for a team," Gwen mocked over Amy complaining about not being picked earlier.
"And when she did try to do something," Amy's acting was shown as Trent explained, "it just gave her team more reason to vote her off."
Static returned to the scene back to the hosts. "Our next guest," Gwen said, 'now has the highest number of total losses on this show. Please welcome... Amy!"
The mean twin walked onstage with a smile as the Aftermath theme began to play. It quickly turned into a scowl as the audience began to boo her. She huffed and walked over to the guest couch and sat on the bottom row. Mike and Zoey had already moved to the top row.
"It's bad enough my team was too stupid to keep me on," Amy complained, "Now I have to deal with these Samey lovers too?"
"Welcome to the show," Trent said, ignoring her complaints.
"And how did you two get to host. Him I get," she pointed to Trent, "but you," she said in disgust while pointing at Gwen.
"You have bigger problems than that right now," Trent teased. "Like the giant hammer that'll come down for every lie you tell."
"Oh, I have a lot of things to say," Amy said deviously.
"Good, because we have a lot of questions," Gwen said. "First, how did it feel to be the first Screaming Gaffer to be voted off?"
"Are you stupid and blind?" Amy asked. "It feels bad. It should be DJ here!" The hosts looked up and the camera cut to Mike and Zoey ducking from the inevitable hammer... that didn't swing.
"What, not Sammy?" Trent asked in surprise.
"She's so useless it's almost not even worth showing her. But DJ's the one that wouldn't take the trailer, so he screws up the team but I go home?"
"When you put it that way," Gwen said, "it does seem unfair."
"And our set was perfect," Amy ranted, "even Samey didn't mess it up. So Chef obviously like rigged the challenge so we lost. And because my team was full of Samey lovers, I got sent home before I should've."
"That's definitely worth thinking about," Trent told her. "And talking about," we said to the camera with a wink, "when we come back." He flashed a smile to the camera
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The Aftermath logo was shown again and the 'D' came forward and flashed to a close-up of a plate full of brown mush with flies buzzing around it in front of a familiar apron.
"This episode of the TDA Aftershow," Chef said as the camera pulled back, "is brought to you by Chef's Roadkill Cafe, where Sundays are Bring Your Own Meat!" The camera showed Chef was in what looked to be a nicer version of the main lodge from the first season and was holding a large chunk of reddish meat on a skewer.
"You hit it, we spit it," Chef said as he gestured to the food around him.
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The 'D' in the Aftermath logo transitioned back to the studio and the two hosts on the center couch, the guests on the left, and the losers on the right. "Welcome back," Trent said. "Now here's where we'd normally take questions from the viewers at home."
"But we can't read those on TV and keep our rating," Gwen finished.
"So I'm just gonna ask the question that your cast mates wanna know: Why do you hate Sammy so much?"
Amy rolled her eyes. "Do you people even listen to me?!"
"Not really," Trent muttered under his breath.
"She's useless, like She can't do anything right unless I tell her. And she's lazy, did you know Mommy and me had to wait 10 minutes before she was born? I swear we should've just left her there."
"Not how that works," Gwen said.
Amy ignored her and kept ranting. "And have you seen her hair? Why would she keep looking like that on purpose. I swear she spends her whole life embarrassing me."
The camera cut back to Mike and Zoey, both amazed that the hammer hadn't fallen yet. Mike looked at his girlfriend and whispered, "Delusional," causing her to giggle and nod her head yes."
"Hey!" Gwen called out suddenly, causing the two to jump in surprise. "I found a question we can ask. DorthyfromPerth wants to know: What guy, or girl, on the show are you crushing on?"
Amy made a sound of disgust. "I'm not crushing on anyone on this show!" Her eyes widened, and she quickly ducked to avoid the hammer that swung down soon after her outburst. The audience gasped and she was actually blushing with embarrassment.
"Sounds like someone doesn't want us to know," Trent teased, "but it's too late to go back now. Now you gotta tell us."
Amy groaned. "Fine! i like Noah!" The audience gasped again, as did everyone on stage, and the camera even cut to Noah in a green room with shock on his face and his hands positioned as if he were just reading a book.
"That's..." Trent started, "not what I expected."
"He's funny, and I guess if you look at him in a certain light, at a certain angle, he's not completely hideous," the mean twin admitted.
"Well, this is gonna get awkward," Gwen said to the camera, "considering he's out next guest." The TV screen was lowered again and began to roll footage.
"From his win last season," Trent said as footage of Noah's slide across the finish line last season was shown,
"To his early loss this season," Gwen said over footage from the bookworm's Lame-osine ride."
"Noah continues to surprise us," Trent finished. "Mainly by almost winning the alien challenge," he, Victor, and Sky were shown making it to the wild west street with the alien eggs, "and wicked dance moves," Noah was shown at the dance-off. "And was one of the first people picked for the Killer Grips," a clip played of Victor choosing Noah for his team.
"With two close friends on the team," Gwen said over clips of Noah talking with Victor and Kitsune, "It seemed that not even Heather could stop him from making the merge"
"You know," Trent said over footage of Heather talking to Shawn, Sugar, and Victor at different times, "until she did. Heather paired up with the other two members of the Grips and then talked Victor into avoiding a tie, sending last year's winner home."
The recap ended and the camera cut back to Gwen smiling at the camera. "Our next guest has an IQ of 180, is the youngest of nine, and the proud owner of a hundred grand. Please welcome... Noah!"
The Aftermath theme played as Noah walked onstage to a roaring applause. He smirked at the audience before sitting down on the first row of the guest couch on the opposite end of Amy. She sent him a smile, but he ignored her and she scowled at him; though the scowl wasn't at harsh as the ones she normally gave.
"We're live on the TDA Aftermath," Gwen announced.
"Welcome to the show Dude," Trent said with a smile.
"Elvis, Morticia," Noah greeted. "Looks like you two have moved up."
"Yeah, soon we'll all be in the same bracket," Gwen joked. "Seriously, what happened on that film lot?"
Noah shrugged. "Heather's had it out for me ever since she got herself booted last season. I guess she finally got her 'revenge'" he said with air quotes.
"So who do you think is the bigger threat?" Trent asked. "Heather, or Sugar?"
"I haven't seen enough to say for sure, but right now I'd say Sugar. Wadsworth isn't happy about me going home and the last thing you wanna do is tick off the guy in charge. So I don't think her, or Duncan are gonna make it too much longer."
"You sound like you've thought of this a lot," Trent commented.
Noah shrugged again, "What else is there to do?"
"Here's what I want to know," Gwen said, "What's with the nicknames? Take a look," she gestured above her and the TV screen showed a montage of his nicknames.
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"Come on Wadsworth."
"I'm a little upset over Wile E. going home.'
"Think again G.I. Jane."
"Don't mention it Elvis."
"Morticia."
"I hope Cheer Squad made it through this.
"Foxtrot and Elvis are on ribs."
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"Huh," Noah said when the clips were over. "I don't know, I've got eight brothers and sisters all over the age of twenty. Everything's always so serious, I just started it one day to have a little fun without being called childish. But I'm not here to talk about my home life."
"Noted," Trent replied. "Let's look at some emails. "IceChick asks: What type of girl are you into? Looks like you gotta fan club," he commented with a chuckle.
Noah made a pensive noise. "I kinda pictured myself with a lawyer. Travel the world, maybe embarrass myself a few times." Trent and the audience chuckled.
"I hope it works out for you," the guitarist said. "Now it's time to check in on our webcams. First up is Ginger from Sudbury!" The TV screen cut to a young and geeky looking white girl with large glasses and red pigtails. "Ginger! How's it going?"
"Noah! I was so stoked when you won last season!" The girl said.
He smirked. "I was too," he said with a short laugh. The girl giggled and snorted before the feed cut to static.
Gwen giggled at the exchange and looked at her monitor. "Next up is Steve," her face scrunched up in confusion, "the... yeti?" She quickly recovered, "from Vancouver!"
The static on the screen cut to, of all things, Sasquatchanakwa. "Welcome to the show," Trent said in a stilted manner.
"Chris McLean," the yeti growled before its voice began to sound familiar, "is the best host ever! How'd you two get your own show?!" It leaned forward and yelled, "You stink!"
"Yo Chris," Chef's voice said from the yeti's end, "the producers called. They green lit those special challenges you had cooked up." The yeti smiled sheepishly. "Oh crap! You're doing the webcam thing now?"
"Chris?" The two hosts asked in bewilderment as the audience roared in laughter.
"I'd stay and chat," 'Steve' said quickly and nervously, "but I need a new photographer. The old one's shots are too blurry." He abandoned the deep voice and ran off camera yelling, "Gotta go!"
A phone rang and Trent picked it up. "Looks like we have a caller," he said. He answered the phone and the voice on the other end chattered away unintelligibly. "Thanks for calling," said the guitarist before hanging up.
"What'd they say?" Gwen asked.
"Wrong number," he replied. "They thought we were a pizza place."
"Why didn't you correct them?" Gwen asked.
"Because anyone who thinks anchovies and black olives is a good idea needs to rethink some things." A mixture of laughs and sounds of disgust were heard from the audience. "And with that," Trent said to the camera, "it's time for our next segment: That's Gonna Leave a Mark!"
The audience cheered as an intro to the segment played, several clips of various injuries from the first season scrolled across the screen similarly to the Guilded Chris intro.
"Because everyone loves some pain and humiliation," Gwen deadpanned.
"Especially if it's never been seen before," Trent commented, "like all these clips."
The camera cut to the TV screen as static showed on it, then started playing clips. The first clip was of Duncan and Kitsune making out behind the sets during the acting challenge. The fox lover smiled and walked away, leaving the punk standing there with a dopey grin... until a stage light fell from above and landed on his head. "Looks like it wasn't a bright idea for Duncan to stand there was it?" Gwen was heard asking.
Static transitioned to the second clip, Heather running through the beach set during the monster movie challenge. "This is a good one," Trent said. "Noah, I get being mad at Heather for getting you kicked off but-" the monster walked across the screen, leaving a Heather shaped hole in the ground.
The third clip was of Kitsune searching through a cabin during the sand castle contest. A dog sized rat crawled out from under the bed and she screamed and ran out of the door. Or she would have if the door hadn't been closed. "Ouch," Gwen commented.
The fourth clip was of Victor near the horse during the western. He was examining his paint pistol, which exploded. The sound startled the horse, which bucked its hind legs... hitting Victor in the crotch. "Poor Victor," Trent said.
The fifth and last clip was short, simply Chef as Mama Alien walking along a hallway and slipping and falling on a pile of slime. "Now That's Gonna Leave a Mark," Trent announced.
"I don't know about you guys," Malcolm said as the camera cut to the loser gallery, "but I'm pretty glad I didn't make the new season now."
"Of course you'd say that," Noah replied with a smirk. "You've got a permanent room at your local hospital." The audience laughed again as Malcolm playfully rolled his eyes.
"Well that's it for now," Gwen said as the camera focused on the hosts.
"We've got an awesome season coming up," Trent announced.
"And we'll keep coming at you live to dish the latest deets!" Gwen said, then muttered, "Really?" under her breath.
"So stay tuned and watch your favorite cast members," Trent said, "on Total Drama Action!"
The logo appeared and gleamed one final time before fading to a stage that had been deserted, save for the two hosts. "Admit it," Trent goaded, "you had fun."
"Yeah," Gwen admitted with a smile, "I guess I did."
"You're a natural babe," the musician said.
Gwen blushed and kissed him as the lights to the stage were turned off.
(Roll the credits)
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(Bonus Clip)
Noah was reading in the green room when Amy walked up to him. "Sooo..." she asked slowly and almost nervously.
"Look," he told her without looking at her, "I'm flattered, but this won't work. You go find yourself a nice dumb jock and leave me to my books, ok?"
Amy's face fell, but she quickly covered it with a scowl. "Whatever nerd," she spat at him before huffing and storming off.
The soft sounds of someone repeating the word "Idiot" was heard a short time later.
Author's Note Post Script: This is a short one. Like I said; it's rough, but I got it done. The interviews were as they were because these were some very minor characters this season and outside of Noah and Zoey were minor last season as well. That and no one but Noah really were any part of the main plots. So if it's boring, or seems useless, that's on me. Well, more on me than usual. Me being the writer and all.
I will say that i have nothing planned with Amy's crush on Noah. It just seemed like a shocking revalation and I really needed something for this episode.
No where near the best, but hopefully not bad...
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDA ELIMINATION TABLE:
15th Place: Mike/Zoey
14th Place: Zoey/Mike
13th Place: Amy
12th Place: Noah