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"Welcome back to the first challenge of the new season," Chris MacClean greeted from the Dock of Shame. "Last time we met a variety of colourful campers who would be competing for the prize of…five…million…dollars! The challenges would be the same as season 1, though, so that means that today they'll be taking the dive of doom. Let's watch and see who can handle the intensity and who will chicken out!"
Theme Song:
(Cameras spout out of various places)
To Mom and Dad I'm doing fine…
(The camera zooms down the Dock of Shame, past Chris, and to the top of the cliff.)
You guys are on my mind…
(In the water Sophie is swimming and runs into a shark. She growls at it and it leaves her alone.)
You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plane to see…
(On the lake Bobby and Nicole are in a boat. Bobby is trying to build a motor for it while Nicole looks on skeptically.)
I wanna be famous…
(In the woods Parry is trying to hang himself from a tree branch. The branch breaks, though, and he just ends up hurting his head. Further in the woods Edward is trying to explain something to Ethan who just collapses like a cardboard cutout.)
I wanna live close to the sun…
(Jasmine and Ezmyralda are having a heated argument inside of a river raft that falls off a waterfall.)
Well pack your bags 'cause I've already won…
(The girls fall past Eliot who is on a log and nervously looking around.)
Everything to prove, nothing in my way…
(Eliot is knocked over by Montana swinging on a vine. Both of them crash into an outhouse and Michael rolls out unhappily.)
I'll get there one day…
(Chef serves a plate of slop to Greta and Momma DJ. Momma DJ adds some spices and Greta eagerly eats the food.)
Cause I wanna be famous…
(Brady and Tony arm-wrestle. Tony wins and Brady rubs his arm in pain.)
Na na, na-na-na-na na, na-na-na-na-na…
(Beatrice stares at Lionel who is posing on the Dock of Shame. Sooz walks by on her phone oblivious and shoves Lionel into the water.)
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous…
(Dirk prances around the Dock of Shame with a baton covered in sparkles. He tosses it into the air where the sky turns to night and full of fireworks.)
I wanna be famous!
(Annie and Matthew smile at each other around the campfire before Victoria pops up between them. The camera zooms out to reveal all of the campers around the fire, whistling the theme song.)
The 22 campers stood on top of the very high cliff in their swimming outfits. All of them were looking incredibly nervous, and the ones closest to the edge were peering over uneasily.
"Welcome to the very first challenge," Chris exclaimed. "For those of you who don't remember the rules, you need to drop down into the itsy-bitsy safe zone and grab a crate. If you miss the safe zone—"
"You'll be attacked by vicious sharks!" Victoria answered proudly.
"That's what would happen if this was season one…" Chris said with a sadistic grin. "but, like I said, we're making things a little more extreme. So, it's not just sharks, but piranhas, poisonous jellyfish, and even a Giant Squid."
All of the campers started to murmur in fear.
"Guys, there's no need to worry," Nicole exclaimed. "All those creatures would probably just kill one another. So it's perfectly safe."
"Congratulations, Nicole, you just volunteered the Killer Flounder to go first," Chris exclaimed.
Everyone on the Killer Flounder groaned and stared at Nicole.
"Don't get angry with her!" Ezmyralda cried.
"Thanks," Nicole said to Ezmyralda, but she wasn't done yet.
"Because blaming a woman is sexist!" she continued. "We should be blaming the oppressors in our society."
"So, who's going first?" Annie asked.
"I say that Miss 'It's perfectly safe' over there should take the jump," Michael scoffed.
"What?" Nicole exclaimed as she looked down. "That's…that's…"
"Banzai!" Montana cheered as she dived off the cliff.
With a splash she burst into the center of the safe ring.
"Woohoo!" she cheered as she surfaced.
"That was good, Montana," Chris said slightly annoyed, "but, 'Banzai,' isn't particularly Australia."
"Sorry, mate, I'll work on that," Montana said.
"That's more like it," Chris replied. "Who's next?"
The remaining Killer Flounder glanced at each other.
"Oh, what the hell?" Michael exclaimed as he stepped forward. "If my sister can do it, so can I."
Michael dived down with slightly less grace than Montana. He still managed to land in the safe zone, though, and grabbed a crate. His team cheered for him.
"I'll go," Parry said next. "I have no need to fear since my life will end eventually; it might as well be today."
Parry jumped unenthusiastically, however hit ended up landing on a jagged rock between his legs.
"Ow," he wheezed as he tumbled into the safe zone.
He too grabbed a crate. Edward turned to the rest of his team. Nicole, Annie, Matthew, and Greta all looked incredibly nervous. Ezmyralda just looked annoyed, Ethan was looking amused at something in the distance, and Momma DJ remained neutral.
"Come on, guys, who's next?" Edward urged.
Annie stepped forward nervously, but stopped when she was at the edge.
"Oh…I don't know if I can do this," she moaned.
"It's for the team, Annie," Edward said. "We all need to do it."
"But, I'll get my dress wet, and my hair, and my makeup," Annie sobbed. "I'm sorry, guys."
She backed up.
"How about you, Ethan?" Edward asked.
"Wha?" Ethan replied dazed.
"Jump," Edward commanded.
"Whatever you say," Ethan said as he leapt clumsily off the cliff.
He ended up missing the safe zone and splashing into the water.
"Ethan, look out for the creatures!" Annie cried.
Nicole was also looking over nervously.
"Still think it's safe?" Edward asked.
"Oh…definitely," she replied uneasily.
Ethan swam slowly and leisurely back to shore. He didn't seem to be in any danger, but his team held their breath. He was just about to reach the land when an enormous red tentacle burst out of the water.
"Aw man, that sand dollar is totally giving off an aura," Ethan exclaimed as he rushed to the sand.
The tentacle slammed down on nothing but water.
"So, now do you believe me?" Chris asked mockingly.
Nicole nodded rapidly.
"We can still do this guys," Edward continued to urge. "Just make sure you land in the safe zone."
"But what if we don't?" Greta cried. "We'll be dead."
Edward drummed on his head thoughtfully. Then he turned to Momma DJ and whispered in her ear.
Momma DJ nodded and reached into her pocket exclaiming, "A sure hope I don't drop this delicious bag of strawberries…Oops, I dropped it."
"Strawberries?" Greta exclaimed. "Here I come!"
She dived into the water with an enormous splash. She surfaced with the strawberries as well as a crate.
"I'm next," Momma DJ added as she prepared to dive. "My son may have chickened out, but that's not my style."
With that she jumped next and also managed to get a crate.
"Well, that just leaves the five of us," Edward said. "You're up, short stuff."
Matthew stepped forward shaking. He looked over the edge and cringed with fear.
"Come on, everyone else did pretty good," Edward said. "I'm sure you'll be fine."
"I'm…I'm scared," he murmured faintly.
"Aw, little guy, don't worry," Annie said as she hugged him from behind. "You don't have to jump if you don't want to."
An idea struck Edward as he watched Matthew struggle against Annie's crushing embrace. With a slight push on Annie's back he sent both of them crashing into the safe zone.
As they splashed into the water, Nicole exclaimed, "Hey, they didn't want to jump!"
"True, but I'm not going to lose my first challenge," Edward said.
Annie surfaced and exclaimed, "That was super! I can't believe I almost didn't do it."
Matthew surfaced too with his hair flopped over his face due to the water. He looked a little less amused.
"Sorry about that, Matthew," Annie apologized. "But, we're safe now and we've got some crates for our team."
Matthew nodded and both of them brought a crate to the shore.
"Ezmyralda, you're next," Edward said.
"Oh no, you can't make me jump," Ezmyralda exclaimed. "You think that just because you're a big man you can tell me what to do?"
"Look, everyone except the three of us have jumped now," Edward said.
"Well, I don't see you volunteering," Ezmyralda sneered.
"That's because somebody needs to stay up here and make sure everyone jumps," Edward said.
"I know what you're thinking," Ezmyralda said. "I can tell from your fancy clothes and the way you stand. You think that because you're a man and you've got money, you're better than me."
"No!" Edward protested. "Well, yes to the money."
"Guys, can we hurry along, please?" Chris said impatiently. "If the three of you don't jump soon, you'll all forfeit."
The three looked at each other. Nicole trembled with terror, Ezmyralda stood stubbornly, Edward just sighed. He stepped forward and jumped off the cliff. He landed in the water and grabbed a crate.
"And you two lovely ladies?" Chris asked the final two Killer Flounder.
"I'm so sorry," Nicole moaned.
"Don't be," Ezmyralda said. "There's no shame in throwing off the shackles of men and choosing to think for yourself."
"Yeah," Chris added. "Except that makes you both chickens."
He slapped a chicken hat on both of them.
"You can't make me wear this, MacClean!" Ezmyralda cried. "I have rights, you can't just choose what I wear."
"Read your contract, it's in there," Chris said. "And now it's time for the Screaming Badgers!"
The next team moved up to the end of the cliff, looking nervous.
"Well, who first?" Beatrice asked.
Everyone glanced at each other…except for Sooz who was chatting on her phone again.
"Right…right," she muttered. "Well, Mr. Jewels may think that he can give her a B but he clearly hasn't spoken to Carlos yet…"
Sophie rolled her eyes and grabbed the phone from Sooz.
"Hey, give it back!" Sooz snarled.
"Go get it," Sophie said as she tossed it into the water.
Sooz steamed with rage as she dived after it. She landed it the safe zone and surfaced with her phone.
"Got it!" she exclaimed happily.
"Uh, she didn't grab a crate," Brady pointed out.
Jasmine slapped her face in annoyance then said, "Okay, I'm next."
"No way, I'll go," Sophie declared.
The two growled at each other as they both tried to dive off the cliff. They ended up slamming into the side of the cliff. However, they did both land in the safe zone. Still growling at each other they both grabbed a crate and returned to shore.
Confessional:
Jasmine-She's going down. You can't just act like a psycho and expect everyone to treat you just fine. It's only matter of time before Sophie boards the Boat of Losers.
Sophie-Jasmine is making a big mistake. I will crush her into the dust if I have to. That's what happens to people who get in my way.
Bobby-With all the aggression going on, it should be easy to take control. But I can't make my move yet, I need to wait for just the right moment.
"I'll go next," Brady said as he performed a perfect dive.
His team clapped for him as he grabbed a crate.
"Okay, who's next?" Beatrice exclaimed.
Tony raised his hand before diving into the water.
"Hm," Chris muttered, then louder, "Well, Badgers, you're off to a good start. So, like we said last time, if you can get more than the Flounder did to jump, you'll be rewarded with some carts to carry your crates."
Dirk looked down at his clothes nervously.
"Well, I'd sure hate to get these clothes wet," he said. "They were quite expensive…but if Annie can get her dress wet, then so can I!"
He leapt forward and dived into the safe zone.
"Come on guys, just a few more of us," Victoria exclaimed.
"I'm not doing it," Lionel protested. "The Princess of Pink brought of a good point, getting wet would be horrendous for my looks."
"You're not even wearing anything," Bobby complained.
"Hey, I spend hours on my hair," Lionel protested. "And I don't want that wasted. Why don't you jump, nerd?"
"What did you call me?" Bobby growled.
"Guys, guys," Beatrice tried to break up the two boys.
"Nope, it's another lost cause," Victoria explained. "All that's left to do now is pick a side. Brains versus Brawn is a typical conflict, but knowing who will win is not always easy. I'm going to wait this one out a bit."
"Oh, okay," Beatrice said. "Then how about you jump, Eliot?"
"Oh, you'd like me to jump, wouldn't you?" he accused. "I think I've figured you out. You're one of the rare marine aliens. You'd like to get into the water where you'll be strongest."
As he spoke he continually jabbed an accusing finger at Beatrice. She was forced to back up to the edge of the cliff where she lost her balance. Before she fell she grabbed onto Eliot and the two of them fell into the water. Eliot managed to grab a crate, but immediately moved away from Beatrice. She just sighed as she grabbed her crate.
"Well, boys, it's just the three of us," Victoria exclaimed.
She saw that Bobby and Lionel were still arguing.
"Well, guess I'm up then," she shrugged and jumped into the water.
She laughed as she grabbed a crate and swam to the surface.
"Screaming Badgers, you just need one more to get those carts," Chris exclaimed.
"I'm not doing it," Lionel said stubbornly.
"Fine, I'll go," Bobby snarled as he jumped.
He also landed painful as he dived improperly and face planted on the surface of the water. He did manage to get a crate though.
"And that means that Lionel also gets the chicken hat," Chris said as he slapped it on the boy's head.
"Oh no, this might give me hat hair," Lionel moaned.
"As promised, the Screaming Badgers will be getting carts to help them carry their nine crates back to the campsite," Chris continued. "Killer Flounder, sucks to be you, you'll be forced to move your eight crates on your own."
The team moaned in annoyance, while the Screaming Badgers cheered.
(Later, Screaming Badgers)
The team carried their crates in the wooden carts that Chris had provided. Sophie and Lionel were up front both walking without speaking. Beatrice and Victoria, however, were much more talkative.
"So, what do you think is in these crates?" Beatrice asked.
"Well, if I recall correctly, it's parts for a hot tub," Victoria answered.
"Ooh, a hot tub," Beatrice exclaimed. "Say, uh Victoria, I know we just met and all, but…are we friends?"
"Of course," laughed Victoria.
"Hooray, my first friend!" Beatrice cheered.
Bringing up the rear was Jasmine and Bobby.
"I know what you're thinking," Jasmine exclaimed. "There are too many hot heads on this team. I think you and I should stick together and get rid of them."
"I don't think that's such a good idea," Bobby replied bluntly.
Confessional:
Victoria-I really am quite curious to see who will come out on top of this power struggle. Sophie has villainous tendencies so I don't think that'll work for her. But is Jasmine any better? Hm, these characters have a bit more depth than I'm used to.
Beatrice-I have a friend! I have a friend! I knew coming here was a good idea.
Bobby-Playing this game requires a lot of strategic thinking. I can't do anything too drastic at first, or else people won't trust me. Although I agree with Jasmine, working with her would be a bad idea, she's the controlling type and she wouldn't see me as any more than a tool to get what she desires.
(Killer Flounder)
"Come on, come on, keep pushing!" Ezmyralda screamed.
"We. Are. Pushing." Nicole growled.
"Faster, faster, harder," Ezmyralda ordered.
"Why don't you help out?" Edward asked. "On second thought, don't answer that, I already know the answer, 'It's sexist to imply that you have to do any work at all.'"
"Are you mocking my beliefs?" Ezmyralda cried.
However, before the argument could escalate, she noticed something else worthy of her rage.
"Why aren't you two pushing?" she screamed.
Parry was lagging behind and Ethan as lying in the sand.
"I totally could hear the ocean calling my name," Ethan explained. "I think it wants to talk to me."
"There's no point to trying," Parry mumbled. "We've already lost."
"And you two are making a very good argument as to why I should vote one of you off!" Ezmyralda screamed.
"Hey, chill out, man," Ethan said.
"'Man? Man?'" Ezmyralda looked like she was about to burst. "You did not just call me that!"
(At the campsite)
"Congratulations to the Screaming Badgers," Chris said. "You've arrived first and that'll give you the head start on building…your hot tub!"
Victoria and Beatrice high-fived while the rest of the team cheered. They began opening their crates and finding what they needed.
"Just leave the building to me," Bobby boasted. "I'm an expert at putting thinks together."
"Sorry, shrimp, building is a man's job," Lionel said.
Bobby looked ready to kick Lionel, but restrained himself.
"So, you're volunteering to do all the work?" Jasmine asked.
"Oh, God, no," Lionel said. "I don't want to get any splinters or anything. I meant a man like Tony."
Tony shrugged as he approached the material.
"Come on, we can all work together," Brady said. "We're a team after all."
"And look who it is," Chris said. "Killer Flounder, you decided to show up?"
"Zip it!" Ezmyralda barked.
"Like I told the Screaming Badgers, you'll be building a hot tub," Chris explained. "You've got less pieces and you're already behind. So you'd better get cracking."
The team sighed and moaned as they began to open their crates.
"So, who wants to do all the work?" Edward asked.
No one stepped forward at first.
"Oh, I'll do it, I had to build a few hot tubs back in my day," Momma DJ exclaimed.
"I'll help, right," Montana added.
"Whoa no," Momma DJ argued. "I won't have some out of control girl like you making a mess of everything."
Everything went downhill from there. Ezmyralda yelled at everyone for being sexist, teammates couldn't work together, and the hot tub looked like a mess by the time the sun started to set. Chris looked between the two teams. The Screaming Badgers had built a find hot tub, the Killer Flounder's look like it would collapse any second.
"No question here," Chris said. "The Screaming Badgers win! Killer Flounder, today just hasn't been your lucky day. I'll be seeing you at the elimination ceremony."
The team collapsed in exhaustion.
(Mess Hall)
"For those of you who don't know, this is Chef, he will be cooking all of your meals during your stay," Chris explained.
Chef stepped out of his kitchen and growled at the new cast.
"Now listen here, I don't want to hear any complaining about my food!" he barked.
"Oh my gosh, you're Chef?" Greta exclaimed. "It's such an honour to meet you. What's on the menu tonight? Spaghetti? Fondue?"
"Tonight you'll be eating the same thing I always serve," Chef declared. "Grey sludge."
Greta looked slightly put off by that, but shrugged and returned to her team. The two teams each sat down on a separate table. The Screaming Badgers were mostly in a good mood, while the Killer Flounder were tense. Chef slopped down his food in front of each of the campers.
Edward poked at his food uneasily and exclaimed, "Well, I guess some sacrifices have to be made on the road to stardom."
Momma DJ added some spices to her meal while Greta looked on fascinated.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Family secret," Momma DJ declared.
"Well, I must say, I am shocked at our loss," Ezmyralda declared. "Seeing as how we've got all the girls on our team. And everybody know that women can do things much better than men can."
Edward rolled his eyes at Michael. Parry and Ethan remained oblivious.
"But come to think of it, you ladies don't seem to be making the effort to break free of your prisons," Ezmyralda continued; she then gestured at Annie and said, "Like you, you demean your entire sex by dressing like a slut."
Everyone gasped at that, Annie looked like she was ready to cry.
"Um, I hope you won't think me sexist," Nicole began, "but isn't that term a little…sexist?"
"Yeah, and you haven't really been pulling your own weight," Edward added.
Ezmyralda marched off away from her team as she said, "Well, I'm off to vote and the next time I see you, you better get your act together and respect the female gender!"
(The campfire)
"Killer Flounder, welcome to your various first elimination ceremony," Chris greeted. "There was a lot of tension today, and that's good, keep it up and we'll reel in the viewers. But, nevertheless, someone must go home today. You've all cast your votes so now all that's left to do is hand out the marshmallows."
The campers all glanced at each other nervously.
"The first one goes to…Momma DJ," Chris exclaimed.
The woman got up and took her marshmallow.
"Also safe," Chris continued. "Matthew, Nicole, Greta."
The three smiled slightly and took their marshmallows.
"Michael, you're safe as well," Chris continued. "As is Montana and…Annie!"
The final four remaining campers were Parry, Ezmyralda, Edward, and Ethan. None of them looked particularly concerned.
"And this lucky marshmallow goes to," Chris continued. "Parry."
Parry didn't seem any happier to receive his marshmallow.
"Now, the final three," Chris concluded. "You all have a reason to be voted off, Ethan, you missed your crate and weren't much help in pushing, Edward, you shoved two loveable campers into the water, and Ezmyralda, I don't think I even need to say it. The second to last marshmallow goes to…Ethan!"
"Alright, man," Ethan exclaimed.
"What?" Edward said nervously. "I'm in the final two? Somebody voted for me?"
"'Fraid so, rich boy," Chris continued.
"It's all about you, isn't it?" Ezmyralda sniffed. "You never stop to think the pain you might be causing others."
"And the final marshmallow of the night," Chris finished, "goes to…"
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"Edward."
"What!" Ezmyralda shrieked. "This is absurd, this is insane. This. Is. Sexist!"
"Chef, take her off my hands, please," Chris moaned.
Chef emerged from the back of the seats and grabbed Ezmyralda.
"Put me down, you can't do this to me!" she screamed. "You are making a big mistake, MacClean. Just wait till the feminist community hears about this. You are going to be in so much trouble."
Chef tossed her on to the Boat of Losers and it took off with Ezmyralda still screaming.
"Well, she was more like Zeke than she thought," Chris commented. "As for the rest of you, get some sleep, for you never know when the next challenge might come."
Votes:
Ezmyralda-It's a tough choice since they're all so horrid, but I'm going to have to go with Edward. Who does he think he is, bossing me around?
Edward-Hm, I don't think that Ethan is going to be much help, but, God, Ezmyralda is annoying. She is going to drive us all nuts. I vote for her.
Annie-She called me a slut, I want Ezmyralda gone.
Nicole-She gives feminist a bad name, I can't wait to see Ezmyralda leave.
Ethan-Whoa, I feel like I just stepped into another dimension in here…Oh, right, I vote for Ezmyralda since she's so mean.
Parry-My elimination is inevitable, as is my eventually death, but in the meantime I think that Ezmyralda should go first.
Michael-One thing that my big sis didn't have to put up with was someone like Ezmyralda. Oh well, I'm voting for her and maybe then she'll be out of our lives.
Montana-Hm, I'd really hate to have to vote for anybody since they're all so nice…oh wait, except Ezmyralda.
Momma DJ-I am a woman who just happens to love cooking and cleaning, I'm sure that prissy little feminist won't approve some I'm voting her off before she can complain.
Greta-I heard Momma DJ say that she was going to vote off Ezmyralda so I'd better do the same.
Matthew-…Ezmyralda.
Chris stood alone at the campfire now.
"Well, that sure was quite the exciting first day," he exclaimed. "We saw some similarities and some new surprises. Up next, the campers will have to fight to stay awake. Will Bobby make his first move then? Will Michael be able to live up to his sister's victorious record in the next challenge? Find out on the next Total…Drama…Refresh!"