Author's Note: Hey look, I'm early. I decided to rush this one out because the Civ 6 expansion came out and I wan to devote some time to it. Don't worry, the next one will still be out on Sunday. Today we have the super hero movie, and I've seen plenty of these.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
Starheart Specials: Yep! You won't have to wait much longer.
That British Guy: That's ok, it was meant to be. Interesting prediction as always
Piecesxoxo: Yeah, I'm really loving writing Heather. Interesting predictions as always.
Current Castmates:
Boys: Alejandro, DJ, Duncan
Girls: Heather, Kitsune, Sammy, Sugar
Too bad one of these heroes can't save their chances at the million.
Episode 17: Super Zeroes
"Last time on Total Drama Action!" Chris said over a shot of the film lot. "It was every dude and dude-ette for themselves," Chris's hologram explaining the merge was shown, "as the teams were busted up."
"But that didn't stop everyone from allying with someone." Alejandro was shown joining Heather's alliance, then forming a secret one with Sugar. Kitsune and Duncan were shown allying with DJ and Sammy.
"Samey and Kitsune wowed everyone with their skills in the laser grid," the two were shown easily maneuvering the lasers. "But unfortunately, it wasn't enough to keep Heather from winning the first challenge."
"The cast made it out of a fake exploding building," their escape was shown, "but failed to defuse some serious stinkbombs," the explosion was shown. "Which forced them to de-stink in tomato juice baths," Chris said with a laugh over a shot of the seven in the tomato bath. He finished laughing and said, "I love my job."
"In the end, Heather and Duncan won the fabulous reward," the two were shown talking in the limo, "a trip to a local stinky cheese factory!"
"Who will betray who first in Heather's alliance?" Chris asked as a three-way angled split showed Heather in the middle on a red background, Alejandro on blue on the right, and Sugar on purple on the left, all smirking deviously.
"Will the former Gaffers be able to work with their new Grip ally?" The villains were replaced with a four way split; with DJ and Sammy on top left and right on red and yellow backgrounds, and Duncan and Kitsune on bottom left and right on green and blue backgrounds.
"All this on today's episode of," Chris said back at the film lot, "Total! 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 opened to the three remaining guys leaving the dining tent.
"Dinner was excellent as usual big guy," Duncan complimented.
"Thanks Duncan," the brickhouse said with a prideful smile. "I decided to take a risk and add some beef stock to the mix. I think it turned out well."
"I'll say," the punk responded while rubbing his stomach. "If I win the mill' I'll have to hire you as my personal chef." The two shared a laugh, much to Alejandro's annoyance.
"It's nice to see you both acting so carefree," Alejandro told them with a slight edge in his voice. "And ignoring the real matter at hand."
"The fact that Chef's cooking tomorrow?" Duncan asked.
"No, the ladies," the charmer replied. "They just so happen to outnumber us. And it won't be long until they notice."
DJ spoke up. "That's assumin' they haven't already. The girls are pretty smart."
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The camera cut to the girls' trailer. "I got you your cheese," Heather said as the camera flashed to the inside. "Now leave so I don't have to smell it! It's bad enough Duncan brought back all the Parmesan for Wierd Fox Girl."
"I have a name you know," Kitsune complained as she and Sammy ate cheese by the table. "And if my boyfriend wants to bring me cheese that's my business. You're just jealous because no one like you," she giggled to herself and Heather scowled.
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The camera cut to the boys as they brushed their teeth in the communal bathroom. "True enough," Alejandro said. "But back to my point. We have to eliminate them before they pick us off."
"I hear ya," Duncan said as he spat in the sink. "Chicks are cutthroat."
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The camera flashed to Chris getting a massage from what could be assumed to be Chef. "Please note," he said in a calm voice, "that the views of the contestants of Total Drama Action do not necessarily reflect the opinion of this network or parent company."
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The camera flashed back to the girls, Sammy and Kitsune had presumably finished their cheese while Sugar still had a white chunk.
"Isn't it bad enough I have to deal with your cheese breath tonight?" Heather asked her ally.
"This is in case I get hungry in the middle of the night," the pageant queen defended.
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The camera flashed" back to the boys as the lay in their beds.
"So what do you wanna do?" Duncan asked Alejandro.
"We need a plan," he replied. "We have to vote one of them off and soon."
"That sounds more like a goal than a plan," DJ commented.
"That's not the goal amigo," Alejandro replied with a chuckle. "The goal is and will always be-"
"The million dollars," all three boys said at once.
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The shot cut back outside, crickets and frogs heard in the background as the camera panned up to the full moon and faded forward into the morning sun. A high-pitched scream signaled yet another scene change as Chef Hatchet was shown in a pink floral nightgown, tied up and dangling from a rope above a street.
"Can you let go of me now?" Sammy asked sleepily as Kitsune gently dragged her to where the rest of the cast had already gathered, all seven of them still in their pajamas.
"What are we doin' out here?" Duncan asked after stifling a yawn.
"And why's Chef dressed like my great-grandma?" Kitsune asked.
The camera cut to Chris standing on top of a nearby building while wearing a Batman-esque cape and cowl. With a floodlight at his back and a rope around his waist, he dived gracefully off the roof. A 'flying' sound effect accompanied a shot of him swinging towards the camera, and he soon snatched Chef to freedom. The pair continued to swing upward on to the host's rope, but it soon reached its limit. Chris's costume flew off him and the smiles faded from their faces as the rope snapped, and they fell to the street with a scream.
"I knew that bungee wouldn't hold!" Chris yelled angrily, his hair thoroughly messed up as he stood up and got off of Chef. "That's what happens when production cheaps out! And now my hair is all mussed up!" He pointed at his head as Chef stood up beside him with a dazed expression.
"Is anyone gonna explain why I was dragged out of bed this morning?" Heather asked.
"When! I! Feel! Like! It!" the host answered angrily, getting in her face and smoothing part of his hair with each word. He paused for a moment afterward as he and Heather stared each other down. "And now," he finally said, "I feel like it! Today's challenges are inspired by the superhero flick!"
"Today's challenges?" Kitsune asked incredulously. "Now way. I just woke up and have got some killer morning breath to take care of."
"And we haven't had breakfast yet," Sugar complained.
"I'm goin' back to bed," Duncan said.
"Evil never sleeps," Chris countered matter-of-factly, "and neither will you! Besides, superheroes don't do the things of mere mortals! They have screaming ladies to rescue!" Chef was shown fanning himself as the host spoke.
"Hate to burst your bubble," Kitsune stated, "but there are more than a few superheroes that are mortal. Owl Man for example."
"And how would you like to go toe-to-toe with him?" Chris asked pointedly.
"Ya got me there," the goofball conceded.
"Yeah, that's what I thought. Now shut it!" Chris said, cutting her off as the camera focused back on him. "There are three things intrinsic to all good superhero movies," he explained. "One: superheroes have super powers. Two: superheroes save people. And my personal favorite, three: superheroes wear tights. Which means," he said as Duncan, Sammy, Sugar, and Alejandro watched, "you will all be wearing," he paused to laugh, "teensy-tiny tights!" The pageant queen and cheerleader smiled happily while the other two in the shot, and two more off camera, began to complain.
"Why are you all in your PJs?" Chris asked with a scowl. "Get dressed and meet me back on set at superhero speed. Which means, you should already be back here!" He laughed again before calling "And make sure to wear something that goes with brightly-hued spandex!"
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The camera flashed to Kitsune and Duncan walking back to the trailers while holding hands. The goofball was smiling brightly.
"Are you really this excited to wear tights?" Duncan asked.
"Duh," his girlfriend replied. "I love superheroes."
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"Seriously, I love superheroes almost as much as foxes," the fox lover, back in he normal clothes, continued in the confessional. "And that's saying something.. I hope Chris lets us design our own costumes!"
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The shot moved to the Heather and her alliance, who were also walking together.
"So," Alejandro whispered to Heather, "have you given any thought to who we vote for tonight?"
"Obviously," the queen bee replied with a scowl. "And I know just how to pull it off."
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"Three votes on my side," Heather told the confessional while holding up three fingers on her left hand. "Four on Weird Fox Girl's," she held up four fingers on her other hand. "I only need one person to betray them. And I will get that one."
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The camera cut to the now dressed castmates standing between Chris, a line of sewing machines, and a few bins of cloth.
"For your first challenge," the host announced, "each of you will create your own superhero identity."
"Yes!" Kitsune cheered.
"You'll make your own superhero costume using nothing but your fertile imagination," Chris continued, seemingly on the brink laughter, "and tons of spandex!" A close-up of the bins of spandex rolls was shown before a beeping brought the camera's focus to a dump truck backing up to the host. It dumped a load of miscellaneous stuff on the ground, and Chris added "And some other junk! You'll be judged on originality and style of costume, how rocking your superpower is, and how cool your superhero name is! Top score wins an advantage in the next round. Chef will, of course, play the supervillain," he told them with a wave behind him, "which let's face it, won't be much of a stretch."
A green-and-yellow circular logo of snake's head spun rapidly into the camera; then retreated into a tilted still of Chef Hatchet, dressed head to toe in green spandex, with the same circular snake logo on his chest and a similarly-themed fanged cowl, and tabby cat that wore a green mask, and bore his front claws set against a background of radial green stripes.
"Meet, Pythonicus!" the host announced. "And his sidekick kitty, Dander Boy! They will sabotage you at every turn." Dander Boy meowed and scratched the air.
"Any questions?" Chris asked as the footage cut back to him. All seven castmates rose their hands. "No? Perfect! Aaaannnd, action!" He waved his hand through the air, giving the teens their starting signal.
"Give me that!" Heather yelled as she dashed towards a roll of yellow spandex.
"No way, I saw it first!" Kitsune interrupted, going for the same roll.
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Heather, sporting a black eye, growled in the confessional. "She. Is going. Down."
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The two girls wrestled for the roll, then Kitsune elbowed her former teammate in the face and ran off with her prize.
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The Pythonicus logo spun up through the screen again, and a montage began of the costumed supervillain interfering with the contestants' challenge, beginning with Sammy as she measured what looked to be a small black shirt on a table in front of the sewing machines with a grin. A quick-pan to the left showed Pythonicus lurking at the end of the row of sewing machines; he dropped Dander Boy, and the shot quick-panned back to Sammy as the cat quickly tore her shirt to shreds and jumped away, much to the cheerleader's shock.
Next was DJ after a quick logo transition as he lifted a trash can lid out of the junk heap with a wide smile. Lurking just behind the tip of the heap, Pythonicus swiped the lid and DJ was shown smiling as the now concave lid landed in his hands.
Another logo transition, and the third person shown was Sugar as she gleefully fed her pink spandex through one of the sewing machines. Standing behind her, Pythonicus dropped a small scrap of orange onto the black, and it was quickly sewed on. The pageant queen didn't seem to notice.
Kitsune was fourth after yet another logo transition, and she had already compiled a pair of orange pants and a yellow shirt. After carefully laying down an orange fox face on her shirt just right, she looked away for a second and Pythonicus snatched the symbol away. Kitsune looked back with a small smile on her face that changed into a scowl when she noticed what was missing. Her smile resumed as she placed another symbol in the same spot, then winked at the camera.
Fifth came Duncan after the now-usual transition effect, but she was just standing leaning against a sewing machine and idly examining his fingernails. Pythonicus was openly watching her nearby in an awkward pose, but after the punk spent several moments ignoring the villain he turned and walked away.
The last contestant shown was Alejandro as he fed green spandex through one of the sewing machines. The camera panned down to show Pythonicus insert a wire into the outlet the machine was plugged into, then back up to show the charmer being electrocuted.
Another logo transitioned the scene back into the still shot of Pythonicus and Dander Boy, which held for a few seconds before the montage came to an end.
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The camera flashed to a modeling runway set up along one of the streets of the fake city. The camera was centered on the backstage curtain, with the catwalk set up in front of it. It stopped short just in front of the judge's table, where the trio of Chris McLean, Pythonicus, and Dander Boy sat.
"Now wearing a superhero costume of her own design," Chris dramatically announced to a calm music track as the camera and a pair of spotlights focused in on the backstage curtain, "our first super-model!"
The curtain swung open to reveal Kitsune dressed in a spandex outfit made of orange pants and a yellow long-sleeve shirt. Her chest bore an orange fox face symbol, and she even had an orange mask. And as always, she wore her normal headband and belt.
The camera cut to the judges as Dander Boy shut off the music and Chris sighed. "State your name and superpower," he droned as Kitsune walked up to the judges with a huge grin.
"You can call me, The Fantastic Fox!" The goofball announced proudly.
"You're goin' with the fox thing again?" Chris asked her dryly. "Really?"
"Yes," she replied pointedly. "And I use my super heightened senses to fight crime."
"Super senses?" Chris asked mockingly. "That's worth a whole four points," he made a mark on his clipboard.
Kitsune frowned and walked away just as Alejandro walked up to the end of the runway on his hands. The charmer's costume was a mixture of green and purple spandex made in such a way that resembled a jester. He also wore a jester's hat, complete with bells.
"Impressive entrance," the host told him. "So what's your power?"
"I am The Acrobat!" the arch-villain declared proudly, doing a handspirng and flipping on his feet in a pose against a golden background. "No bank robber nor super villain can lay a hand on me, thanks to years of acrobatics training."
He did another flip, this time landing on the judges' table with his hands on his hips and a smirk on his face.
"That's not a superpower," Chris said. "I'll give you three points for the costume and entrance, but that's it."
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DJ was the next to walk up. He wore a white spandex suit with a red face mask and a red maple leaf covering the majority of his torso. He also had a maple leaf on the trash can lid he found earlier. He struck the basic superhero pose and said "My name is Captain Canada!"
"Hmm...so far I'm interested," Chris said slowly. "So what's your super power?"
"Two words," the brickhouse answered confidently. "Super strength."
"My interest is waning," the host told him with an unimpressed look.
"And my unbreakable shield will always return to me if I throw it," DJ added while holding his lid forward. He threw the 'shield' off-screen and Chris followed it with his eyes, looking in a different direction every so often as the sound of impact could be heard. Strangely enough, the final place the shield traveled was back to DJ. He caught it with a smirk.
"Okay!," Chris said excitedly, "That was impressive! I'd give it a seven, but I'm also giving you bonus points for keeping things Canadian. Nine points!"
DJ walked away, still sporting his smirk.
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The footage skipped ahead to show Duncan standing at the end of the runway in his usual outfit, now with a fake eye glued in between his real ones.
"Where are your tights?" Chris asked immediately.
"I don't do spandex," the punk replied. "I'm The All-Seeing Eye and I've got psychic powers. I can see into the future."
"Don't wast my time dude." Chris said, clearly upset. "You get a grand total of one point."
Duncan rolled his eyes and walked away.
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Heather was next, wearing a yellow spandex outfit with a black spandex belt. "I am Queen Bee," she declared haughtily.
"That's what the promos say," Chris said. "Anyway, what's your power?"
Heather smirked, then took out a blowgun, she fired it and the camera cut to Pythonicus as his eyes widened and he fell forward. A dart was sticking out of his shoulder.
"You know bee stings don't knock people unconscious right?" The host asked. "Anyway, I'll give it a six."
Heather scowled at the idea of losing and left.
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The penultimate superhero was Sugar. She was dressed in a glittery pink spandex leotard. "I'm Glitter Gal!" She announced proudly.
"And what's your superpower?" Chris asked. He was hit in the face with a balloon full of glitter. "That's weak," the host complained. "Two points."
She walked away with a scowl and Sammy walked up to be judged. She was dressed in a black spandex crop top and black spandex pants, complete with a black mask around her eyes.
"You can call me, Lady Impossible!" The cheerleader declared.
Heather stormed on screen. "She looks more like a supervillain than a superhero! She should be disqualified."
"Not so fast," the host said. "I'm likin' the costume. What's your superpower?"
"Superhuman luck," the nice twin replied. "I use my cheerleading skills to fight villains all over the world, and because of my good luck, I always come out on top."
"You win!" Chris declared with a smile. "I love the simplicity of your character! Ten points!"
"You have got to be kidding me!" Heather complained. "Luck? That's you decide is the winner?"
"Oh I'm sorry," he said with false sweetness. "Is this your show? No it's my show which means I make the rules."
"But I knocked out Chef! That's more impressive than some dance routine." Heather complained.
"Possibly," the host joked. "But since I'm the judge of the competition, I declare Lady Impossible the winner. That means, she gets an advantage in the next challenge."
Sammy smiled at her win and Heather glared at her.
"You better hope that superpower of yours is real," she warned. "Because, luck is the only way you'll beat me."
Suddenly Chef woke up from the tranq dart and growled. Heather noticed the large man glaring at her and ran away with a scream.
"Man I love this game," Chris told the camera with a laugh.
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(Commercial Brak)
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The episode resumed with a shot of several added set pieces along the fake city street. To the far left was a fake burning building up on stilts, then a mattress laying in front of a twilit forest backdrop, then a fake skyscraper, and finally a large trampoline in front of another evening backdrop on the far right.
The camera zoom to the right, showing a ladder beyond the trampoline and the host and cast nearby. "For your second challenge, we will be testing your super prowess." The shot focused in on DJ as he raised a concerned eyebrow
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"I hope Chris doesn't think we have actual super powers," the brickhouse confessed while sipping from a coffee mug. "I mean, me with super strength?" He laughed and set the cup down.. which soon shattered as if someone had thrown it. He looked at the remains in shock.
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"You'll have to leap over a building in a single bound," Chris told the contestants, "using this trampoline from the set of the movie Trampoline Thunder 2! Awesome flick," he flashed a thumbs-up at the camera. "You'll be judged on how far and how high you jump," he continued as the camera cut to the diving board at the top of the ladder. "And please, properly time your landing as we wouldn't want you to land anywhere other than on this soft, cushy mattress." As he spoke, the camera cut to the mattress where Dander Boy was busy washing his paw. The camera zoomed in, and the villainous feline was sent flying by one of several rouge springs that popped out of the mattress.
The contestants gaped in shock, and the host continued. "Our first and foremost priority at Total Drama Action is you safety and well-being," he told them before slowly breaking out into laughter. "Next, you'll have to save a woman falling from a building," Chris said as the shot moved over to the fake burning building. "The woman will be played by a sack of potatoes in a dress," he said as Pythonicus leaned out of the building's window holding said dressed-up sack. "Which will be a real catch for you guys," he quipped, pointing at a frowning Duncan
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"Like Chris is one to talk," the punk told the confessional. "He probably had dinner with that thing last night."
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A brief clip of Chris and the potato sack in a dress was shown in what looked to be them enjoying a romantic candlelit dinner together. The smiling host poured the sack a glass of wine.
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"And finally," the host said as the static cut back to the challenge, "you'll walk across a power line during a meteor shower!" The camera panned past the burning building to a row of power lines with a few mattresses below them, and Pythonicus tossing a bowling ball in one hand. He tossed it casually, and it flew straight through a water tower causing the water inside to come gushing out of both ends.
"The person to finish the course with the best time wins invincibility!" Chris announced as the contestants turned their shocked looks back to him. "Samey, you're up first. Ten seconds will be shaved off your time for winning the first round."
As the cheerleader stepped forward with a smile, Heather was shown glaring at her.
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"Samey thinks she's so hot because she made the finale last year," Heather told the confessional. "She may have won the first challenge, but invincibillity will be mine."
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"Aaaand, action!" Chris announced with a stopwatch in his hand, the camera immediately flashed up to Lady Impossible on top of the diving board.
With a quick glance downward she did a cannonball off the board, landing in the center of the trampoline and bouncing back up like a shot. She continued to hold her legs close to his body as she spun through the air and over the top of the skyscraper, and landed on the mattress with a roll ended off the mattress in a running position.
"So far some impressive moves from Lady Impossible," Chris narrated.
She quickly ran to the 'burning building' but tripped and fell just short of where the potato sack fell.
"Looks like we're havin' real mashed potatoes tonight, eh Chef?" Chris taunted. "None o'that powdered stuff."
"Looks like the only impossible thing for you is winning!" Heather taunted.
"You," Chris told the girl, "have issues."
The shot cut back over to Sammy at the electrical pole as she started to climb up it, the camera quickly moving to the top as she hesitantly started trying to make her way across the wires. She dodged two bowling balls, but dodging the second put her in the path of a third that knocked her off the wires and onto one of the mattresses below.
"Looks like ya didn't make it," Chris taunted.
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"That was harder than the finale last season," Sammy confessed.
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"DJ, you're up!" Chris called before the camera flashed up to Captain Canada looking down blankly from the diving board. He pursed his lips and got ready to jump, but stalled for a moment.
"You can do it, Captain!" Sammy cheered from below, catching the costumed brickhouse's attention. "You'll always be my hero no matter what!"
DJ grinned. "Thanks! I really mean it!" He turned his attention back to the diving board, and took a deep breath. "Captain Canada, away!" he called in a deep voice. He bounced on the board once and jumped off it.
He hit the trampoline legs-first, and sprung back up into a basic flying pose. He flew over the skyscraper and landed on the mattress in a 'superhero landing.' "You got this Captain Canada!" Kitsune cheered from the sidelines. The camera cut to a front view of DJ's smirking face, then back to the side view as he continued on with the course.
He ran at top speed towards the next building. Pythonicus laughed evilly and dropped the potato damsel, but Captain Canada skidded to a stop and grabbed the sack in one of his arms before it hit the ground. "There you go, all safe," he said softly, giving the sack a pat as he put it down on the ground.
"Keep it movin', Captain!" Chris called from the sidelines, a stopwatch in his hands. "You're on the clock!"
"Go, Captain Canada!" Sammy and Kitsune cheered together. The camera cut back to DJ's quick and bounding climb up the light post. He gulped when he reached the top and looked down, but after the first bowling ball missed him he was startled into action. Once again he began running with a confident grin as he repeatedly blocked shots with his shield.
"C'mon, Pythonicus!" Chris told his Chef, who paused in mid-throw to glare back at him, then toss the bowling ball at the host instead. It hit Chris upside the head, earning a sympathetic wince from Duncan who had been standing beside him. Unfortunately, he didn't notice the ball coming back down and was hit on the top of his head and knocked down. The two groaned in pain.
The camera cut back to DJ as he reached the end of the power lines and jumped down into another superhero landing pose.
"Never thought I'd say this, but," Chris said as he got back to his feet with a scuffed face and messed up air, "nice work, Captain Canada." He smiled and checked his stopwatch, adding "Made good time, too. 34 seconds! Looks like the shield was a good call also."
"Looks like you're the one to beat," Kitsune said with a smirk.
DJ chuckled. "Looks like it."
"Of course that's just because I haven't gone yet," she bragged causing them both to laugh.
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I haven't been this carefree in weeks," Kitsune confessed. "But since we outnumber Al and Heather, I feel like I can be myself again."
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"Next!" Chris called happily, his hair already fixed. A montage began of the other five superheroes running the course, beginning with Duncan the All-Seeing Eye sprinting towards the ladder and climbing up it. Glitter Gal Sugar crawling to the end of the diving board in fear; Queen Bee Heather blindly jumping jumping; and Amazing Acrobat Alejandro jumping off the board with a perfectly executed swan dive.
The camera cut down to the trampoline as Glitter Gal hit it, sprung back right into the side of the skyscraper; Fantastic Fox Kitsune cleared the building with flailing arms, Amazing Acrobat clearing the building with a flip; and Queen Bee undershot the mark and wound up clinging to the building, but quickly climbed over it.
The All-Seeing Eye hit the mattress below at a roll and kept running, catching the sack of potatoes but tossing it aside just as quickly. Glitter Gal came up behind him and paused with her arms open wide, but the potato sack landed on her foot and the pageant queen let out something that was censored.
Amazing Acrobat was shown easily running across the power lines and avoiding the bowling balls. Pythonicus scowled, then sent the next ball flying. It nearly hit The All-Seeing Eye, but the punk was able to jump down to dodge it, then grab the wire and swing back up to keep going. Fantastic Fox was next, but while she managed to dodge one bowling ball, she lost her balance and landed across the power lines, causing her to be electrocuted. She fell smoldering to the mattress below, and the montage came to an end as Chris pressed the button on his stopwatch.
"While Captain Canada did a surprisingly good job," he told the castmates who had lined up in front of him once again, "there was someone who somehow did even better. The winner of the second challenge, and invincibility is," he took out his clipboard as he dramatically announced "Queen Bee! With a run of 32 seconds."
Kitsune and her allies groaned at the announcement.
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"That's what twelve years of ballet conditioning will get you," Heather confessed smugly.
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"You all may be superheroes," Chris told them, "but you smell super gross." He waved his clipboard over his face and said, "Time to hit the showers, and decide who's gonna get kicked to the curb."
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The camera cut to the trailers at night. "I can't believe Heather won again," DJ said as the camera zoomed in on the guys' trailer before flashing inside to show them removing their costumes.
"It certainly proves my point about the girls," Alejandro commented.
"But Heather's immune and Sugar's hardly a threat," Duncan said. "So are we gonna boot?"
"You forget, there are two other ladies in the game," the charmer said. "Ones that I'd say are bigger threats than Heather."
"No way," Duncan and DJ said at once.
"You're not gettin' me to vote for Sammy," DJ added.
"Ditto with me an' Foxy," Duncan said.
"A charming sentiment," Alejandro said condesendingly. "But remember that everyone in a relationship lost last season, and there's a much bigger prize this time."
"I just realized," DJ spoke up. "Why are we talkin' about keepin' you on anyway? We'd do just as well gettin' ridda you over Heather." The charmer scowled.
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The scene flashed to outside the communal bathrooms before fading inside. Sammy and Kitsune, both wearing towels around their hair and bodies, were inside. "I know it sucks that we can't talk to the guys about this," Kitsune said.
"Does it matter?" Sammy asked curiously. "We obviously voting for Alejandro."
"Yeah, but it'd be nice to be on the same page," the goofball admitted. "Anyway, it's the best choice. She won't admit it, but Heather's mad crushing on Al and booting him might be enough to break this winning streak she's on."
"So... Alejandro?" Sammy asked.
"Definitely," Kitsune agreed.
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The camera flashed to the outside of the girls' trailer. Alejandro knocked on the window and Heather, still in costume, stuck her head out. "What?" She asked icily.
"I have a problem," he told her, "which means you have a problem."
"How?"
"Duncan and DJ are voting for me," he explained. "And Samey and Kitsune are sure to vote with them."
"I don't see how this is my problem."
He sighed. "Because if I go home, then you're outnumbered two to one," he explained. "But if one of them goes home..."
"Fine," she conceded. "I'll see what I can do."
"That's all I ask," the charmer said before leaving.
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"I was always gonna get someone else to vote with us," Heather explained. "But if he thinks I'm doing him a favor, then that's better for me."
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"Psst! Hey!" Heather hissed at one of the windows in the guys' trailer from the bushes outside. "Anybody home?"
Duncan answered by sliding the window open and looking out with an annoyed look. "What do you want? He asked with a tone matching his face.
"I just wanted to talk about the vote tonight," she explained sweetly. "and if you were voting with Kitsune."
"She's my girlfriend and alliance mate," he replied. "So yeah."
"And voting for Al was her idea?"
"Yeah," he answered getting more annoyed. "So what of it?"
"You know I'm starting to think Leshawna's right," she said with a smirk. "You really are whipped."
"Hey!" He snapped. "I am not whipped!"
"That explains why you're going along with everything she says without thinking. But I guess that's par for the course for a nice guy like you," she added as she left the bushes. Duncan glared in her direction.
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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 panne dout from a solid gold screen to show a Guilded Chris.]
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Chris walked up to the amphitheater podium as the camera zoomed in on the ceremony.
"And now, we vote," he said with a dark and giddy grin. The castmates were shown voting briefly, the trio of Heather, Alejandro, and Sugar on the top row above DJ and Duncan, while Sammy and Kitsune sat in front.
"And, the Guilded Chris goes to...," the host announced before Pythonicus descended upside-down on a rope from the ceiling, handed him the results, and was pulled back up. "Heather... aaand DJ."
"Sugar!" The pageant queen smiled.
"Aaaand Duncan!" The punk's serious expression didn't change.
"And we're down to the final three," Chris announced. He paused as he held up the paper he'd been given, then said "Kitsune!"
"Phew," the goofball sighed in relief.
"And finally...," the charmer and cheerleader were shown giving nervous looks to the camera in a split-screen, "Alejandro!" The arch-villain sighed in relief as his half of the screen slid away, leaving only a very shocked Sammy.
"That can't be right," Kitsune declared standing up. "We," she gestured to her alliance members, "voted of Al."
"Well my paper here says there were four votes for Samey," the host explained.
"I'm tellin' you there had to have been a malfunction or-"
"I did it," Duncan said quietly.
"You did what?" His girlfriend asked dangerously.
"Heather got in my head about you havin' me whipped," he tried to explain. "So I voted with them to prove I wasn't."
Kitsune's fist clenched and her nostrils flared. But she sighed and in a rather calm voice said, "Duncan, you're not whipped."
"I know-"
"Let me finish," she interrupted. "You're not whipped because you have to have a girlfriend to be whipped. And as far as I'm concerned, you don't."
"But-" he tried pitifully.
"No," she cut him off again. "We're done." He stood there with a shocked and hurt expression.
"As much as I'm lovin' the drama," Chris said as he popped up in front of the camera. "It's time for Samey to take the Walk of Shamey."
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The spinning logo of Pythonicus transitioned the scene to the red carpet. DJ and Kitsune stood on the carpet to see Sammy off.
Kitsune hugged her friend and with a watery voice said, "I'm so sorry about this."
"It wasn't your fault," Sammy said in an attempt of a cheery voice, then she stood in front of DJ.
"I'm really gonna miss you," the brickhouse told his girlfriend as he held a hand to her cheek.
"I'll miss you too," she said, leaning into it. The two shared one last kiss before Pythonicus and Dander Boy arrived to escort her to the limousine of losers. Before she got in, she turned to the two and told them, "I'll be cheering you on. Both of you." She closed the door and the limo drove off, leaving a rather upset looking DJ and Kitsune.
The shot cut over to the stage where Chris was leaning against his podium with a grin on his face. "DJ and Kitsune may not have seen that coming," he told the camera, "but you should see what's coming next time," he pointed at the camera, "on Total! Drama! Action!"
(Roll the credits)
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The Nice Twin sighed deeply in the limo before speaking. "I guess a part of me knew I wasn't gonna win," she admitted. "I just thought the alliance would make the Final Four."
"Is it wrong that I feel really bad for Duncan?" She asked. "I know he's the reason I lost, but he looked so sad after Kitsune dumped him."
She gave the camera a pensive look. "I hope they can work things out. They really are a great couple."
Author's Note Post Script: As was guessed by a couple of people, Sammy was sent home. Apologies to her fans but her plot revolved around trying to keep the Gaffers from disintegrating. Once the teams were gone, so were the reasons for keeping her in the game. And I'm able to put another feather in Heather's villain cap
Speaking of Heather, I feel confident enough in my planning to go ahead and name her the season's main villain. Sugar has some great moments and a lot of potential, but let's face it. Heather's light-years ahead of her.
As for the other big news, Duncsune has split. It's going to be a major point as the season wraps up, but as always I can't say how.
I hope everyone likes the hero personas I came up with. I tried to keep everyone's true to their personalities. Except for DJ the Captain America rip off and Sammy the Kim possible rip off. I'm pretty sure Al's doesn't make sense either...
As always there's probably more that I'm forgetting right now and will answer in reviews.
I'm feeling pretty good about this chapter.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDA ELIMINATION TABLE:
16th Place: Mike/Zoey
15th Place: Zoey/Mike
14th Place: Amy
13th Place: Noah
12th Place: Sky
11th Place: Harold
10th Place: Shawn
9th Place: Victor
8th Place: Leshawna
7th Place: Sammy