The scene opens on Chris, standing on the pier. "Last time on Total Drama All Stars." Flashbacks of the previous episode start playing. "The contestants were dragged straight from bed to the challenge, in which they were hurled from a plane holding a safe containing their parachute. Fun. The contestants all managed to hack their way into their safes and float safely back to earth, but the suspense of watching them almost die was as enthralling as always. The winner of the challenge was Bart, so Light figured that Ash and Katniss would try and vote him out, which he was right about. However, what he wasn't right about was Bart voting for Katniss with him. That's right people, Light has finally been eliminated. We were shocked too." The camera cuts back to Chris on the dock. "Who will pull out all the stops to win? Who will push their luck? And who will be dragged along the ground by a bulldozer? I'm especially looking forward to that last one, right here, on Total Drama All Stars."
Intro song plays.
Ash and Katniss are talking to each other in the mess hall over breakfast. "A toast, to our victory," said Katniss, holding up a glass of what was meant to be orange juice.
"Cheers," said Ash, raising his own glass. "But we shouldn't be celebrating just yet. We still have to beat Bart in today's challenge."
"What are you worried about?" asked Katniss. "Between us, we have the skills required to win pretty much any challenge Chris can throw at us. If we work together, nothing can stop us."
"I just get this horrible feeling that Chris is going to do something to ruin that," said Bart.
"Ash, I swear to you, we can do this," said Katniss. "We just have to win this challenge, and we'll be in the finale together. I think I can handle losing to you. Not that I will."
"Well, you better bring your A-game to the finale, because I won't be taking it easy on you," said Ash.
"Campers, the challenge to determine the final two awaits you," said Chris over the loudspeakers. "Please proceed to the large wall near the amphitheatre."
A couple of minutes later . . .
"Well campers, good work on making it this far," said Chris. "But now, we need to remove one more of you before we can go to the finale. Any volunteers?" No-one spoke. "Didn't think that would work. So, that's why we have this challenge set up." Chris indicated towards a large wall behind him. Three ropes extended from the wall, though their other ends could not be seen. "There are three of you left, and three ropes here. Your challenge is . . ."
"To pick a rope and play tug-o-war with whatever nasty surprise you have waiting on the other side?" said Katniss.
"Yeah. That," said Chris. "All three of you will go at the same time. One of the ropes has an easy opponent, one has a tough opponent, and one has an impossible opponent."
"I think I can hear a motor running," said Bart.
"That may or may not be related to this," said Chris. "Now, each of you will pick a rope and pull. If only one of you wins, that person will get to pick who they go against in the finale. If two of you win, we go to a tie-breaker challenge."
"What if all three of us win?" asked Ash.
"Not gonna happen," said Chris. "Now, pick a rope and let's get going."
The three contestants moved over to the ropes and tried to decide which to pull. "Wait, what am I doing?" asked Ash. "I could just bring out . . ."
"No you can't," said Chris. "You're gonna do this, not your Pokémon."
"You haven't objected to me using them before," said Ash.
"I didn't care before," said Chris.
Bart, closer to the wall, seemed to be listening carefully to something. He then went to the leftmost rope on the wall. "This one's mine," he declared, grabbing it.
Ash and Katniss exchanged a glance. "Well," said Katniss, picking up the middle one. "I'll take this one, I guess."
"Hey, I can hear that motor too," said Ash. "And it's coming from the other side of the wall. In fact, I think it's coming from the other end of this rope." This last part he said while picking up the rope.
"Oh good, you've all picked a rope," said Chris. "Challenge begin."
"Wait, what?" said Ash, still holding the rope. He was suddenly jerked forward as a motor flared up, and crashed through the wall. He looked up to see the other end of the rope tied to a bulldozer. He then looked back in horror, to see his leg entangled by the rope. The bulldozer kept driving, and began dragging Ash along behind it.
Bart, on the other hand, gave one swift pull of his rope, and his opponent flew through the wall. His opponent was . . .
"A kitten?" asked Bart, holding the tiny creature in his arms.
"Yep, a kitten," said Chris. "In all its cuteness . . . wait, who tied the rope around its neck?" Chris checked it for some sign of life. "PETA are gonna be all over our asses about this."
Finally, Katniss began pulling her rope. She was met with some resistance, but she was able to hold her ground. Slowly, she felt herself slip forward, but with some effort, she pulled back, and soon she was moving back more rapidly. When she heard something smack against the wall, she knew she'd won.
"Congratulations Katniss," said Chris. "Come on back her to see who you beat."
Katniss followed Chris behind the wall to where her opponent was. "Yep, that'd be right," said Katniss, looking down at Chef.
"Damn girl, you're stronger than you look," said Chef.
"When you lead an uprising against an oppressive capital, you need to be," said Katniss.
"Okay, we have two winners," said Chris. "So, now we need to go to a tiebreaker."
"Why not just make those two the final two?" asked Chef.
"Because we already have a tiebreaker set up," said Chris.
"Just saying, you could save a lot of time . . ." started Chef.
"Shut up, you're ruining it," said Chris.
"What?" asked the contestants.
"Nothing," said Chris. "Let's go to the tiebreaker shall we?"
About three minutes later, Bart and Katniss were tied together by a rope around their wrists, standing at a start line. "Okay guys," said Chris. "The tiebreaker is as follows: you two are to run through the forest, tied together, and reach the finish line on the other side. However, you must play tug-o-war the whole time. You can use whatever dirty tricks you want to, but the winner is whichever one drags the loser across the finish line. Any questions?" No-one spoke. "Okay, go."
Katniss took off quickly, dragging Bart behind her. However, Bart managed to pull himself up and keep pace with her. "You're going down Everdeen," said Bart. "Once I get past you . . ."
"You might wanna turn then," said Katniss.
""What?" said Bart, right before Katniss guided him into a tree. She kept running and pulling him along, who was now only semi-conscious.
"Heh heh, this is gonna be easy," said Katniss, turning sharply so Bart crashed into another tree.
Bart shook his head to focus himself, then pulled hard on the rope. Katniss lost her footing and tumbled over him while he got up and started running. "Yeah, easy. For me," said Bart, taking the lead.
Katniss got back up quickly, and held herself at the furthest point from Bart she could. She then ran straight at a skinny tree, aiming so the two of them ran either side of it. The two of them ran past the tree, but the rope between them did not. The two of them were swung into each other, with Katniss bowling Bart over because she was much bigger than him.
Katniss got up and started dragging Bart behind her, searching for an exit to the woods, when she felt something hit the back of her head. She turned around to see Bart had loaded his slingshot, and fired a rock straight into her eye. Katniss, blinded, fell over backwards, with Bart rolling over her and then started running.
He didn't get far before Katniss yanked hard at the rope, pulling him to the ground. She got back up, and took off again, stepping on Bart's stomach as she went. Katniss ran on, with Bart tugging at the rope. He managed to pull himself to his feet, before throwing himself at Katniss's back. He scrambled up and covered her eyes. "GUESS WHO?!" he yelled as loud he as he could her ear.
"Get off, I can't see," said Katniss, trying to grab him off her.
"That's the point," said Bart, guiding her straight into a tree. Before impact, he jumped off, then started running again.
Once again though, Katniss got back up, and she was not happy. Using all her strength, she swung Bart around, straight into another tree. Mid-swing, she noticed something. She turned her attention to it, and saw it was the finish line. "Okay, now stay down," she growled, before setting off straight for the line.
Katniss sprinted hard, not stopping for anything. Bart dangled behind her, barely conscious. "We have a winner," said Chris as Katniss reached the line. Just then though, Bart pulled one last trick. He pulled as hard as he could on the rope, tripping Katniss over. She was on one side of the line, he was on the other. Pulling hard, Bart dragged Katniss back across the line to his side. "Whoa, and in a surprise twist ending, Bart has won the challenge."
"WHAT?!" demanded Katniss. "He didn't drag me across the line. In fact, I pretty much did it to him."
"Number one, 'pretty much' just means 'didn't do it'," said Chris. "Number two, I said you needed to drag your opponent across the line. I never said which way across the line you needed to drag them."
Katniss opened her mouth to object, but she couldn't. It was over. Bart had won the challenge, even if it wasn't fair and square to her.
"Wait, so Bart will be in the finale," said Ash.
"That's right," said Chris. "And so will one of you. Whichever one of you Bart wants to face off against in the finale gets a chance at the one million dollars. The other will be eliminated, and blasted out of the cannon, and won't be coming back. So Bart, who's it gonna be?"
"Are you kidding?" asked Bart. "Girls are easy to beat. I choose Katniss."
"What do you mean, easy to beat?" asked Katniss. "I just beat the living crap out of you."
"And you still didn't win the challenge," said Bart. "Chris, you may as well give me the money now."
"Sorry, you still have to compete," said Chris. "But now we know this: the finale for Total Drama All Stars will be between Bart Simpson and Katniss Everdeen."
"So does that mean . . ." started Ash.
"Yeah, you're getting fired out of a cannon," said Chris as Chef dragged him to the cannon.
"Katniss, I believe in you," said Ash. "You can beat Bart. If anyone can do it, it's you." Chef fired the cannon, and Ash went flying. He crashed back down into the water, but soon resurfaced, on the back of a big blue monster. "Oh, hey Lapras," said Ash. "Long time no see. Would you mind giving me a lift back to land?" Lapras made a noise of agreement, and the two sailed off into the sunset.
"Aww, isn't that sweet?" said Chris. "But sweet has nothing to do with what's coming. We have our final two: Bart and Katniss. Who will take the million dollars? Who will fall at the last moment? And what will we do once the season is over? Find out the answers to all these questions, right here, on Total Drama All Stars."