Northern Narwhals: Dakota, Leshawna, Max
Southern Starfish: Dawn, Staci, Scott, Brick
Eastern Eels: Eva, Noah,
Western Weakfish: Courtney, Sugar, Ezekiel, Tyler, Leonard
Eliminated: Beardo, Sam, Sadie, Rodney, Katie, Anne Maria
"Last time, on Total Drama Redemption...The campers squared off in an epic swordfighting tournament! I split up the Narwhal and Eel truce, and the Narwhals claimed victory over the Starfish, while the Weakfish failed to live up to their name by defeating the Eels. Anne Maria ended up taking a ride in the ball of shame due to her poor preformance in the challenge. Can Noah and Eva survive with just the two of them? Find out right here and now on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"
While Leshawna and Dakota enjoy a pedicure in the luxury suite, Max sits by the fire pit tinkering with a flashlight and a paintball gun.
"Perhaps I can make an evil weapon with these two common items," he mumbles to himself. He wraps a long piece of duct tape around the light and gun and, accidentally, his hand too. "Curses!" he shouts, flailing his arm around. Staci approaches Max with a friendly smile and sits beside him.
"Ya know tape was invented by my great great great great aunt and uncle. They worked together to create all kinds of tape like masking tape, scotch tape and packaging tape." She lies. "And before them people used staples on Christmas and birthday presents and you had to be really careful not to cut your fingers when you opened them, yah."
"Staples on presents?" Max gasps. "How fiendish! The joy and excitement brought by a heartfelt gift ruined by the threat of pricking your finger! I love it!" Staci looks confused for a moment, then smiles.
"Yah, but wrapping paper wasn't used until my great great great great great great great aunt Val invented it, so they had to use a bunch of leaves." Staci explains
"Oh? Did they rip them off the trees?" Max asks with glee.
"Yah, but only in Spring and Summer. Fall was easy and Winter was so tough!"
"Plant cruelty! How devious!"
Back inside the luxury suite, Leshawna makes an attempt at bonding with her teammate. She and Dakota are sitting in the massage chairs and getting their nails done by a pair of interns.
"Man, victory looks great!" Leshawna says, admiring her finger nails.
"I dunno, these guys don't do as good as the people back home." Dakota replies.
"You got people doing this at home?"
"Yeah! You don't?" Dakota looks closely at Leshawna's hand. "Ooh, you poor thing...I can tell you don't."
"You rich or something?"
"Yeah, well my daddy is."
"Then what are you doing trying to get a million bucks?" Leshawna says, surprised.
"Uff, forget that. I just want camera time so I can get my own spinoff series."
"So let's say you and I are the final two...you'd let me have the million?"
"Yeah, then you can get your own manicurist." Leshawna smiles before Dakota opens her mouth again. "And if you don't win, you're welcome to come by my place and use mine! Heaven knows you need it..."
"Uhuh, thanks." she huffs, trying not to get angry.
"Time for today's challenge!" Chris's voice echoes throughout the island. "Everybody meet up at the fire pit by the cabins!" The campers all form a half circle in front of their host. "Today's challenge is capture the flag!" he yells. "I've set up a flag for each team. The goal is to find them and bring them back here for disposal." Chris drops a match into the fire pit, quickly setting the wood ablaze. "Burn a team's flag, and they're out. And to shake things up a bit, the winning team gets to decide which team sends someone home tonight. Questions?"
"Can we still help another team, even if we're eliminated?" Leshawna asks, glancing at the two remaining members of the Eastern Eels.
"Sure, I don't care." Chris shrugs.
"Where are the flags?" asks Courtney.
"Think about your team names." is Chris's reply. Everyone hesitates for a moment before running in their respective directions. Noah and Eva arrive at their flag first. It waves from a post wedged in a small podium made of rocks and dirt. It has a green boarder over the tan base, with the silhouette of an eel in a circle at the center.
"Alright, you guard the flag. I'll go get the others." Eva commands.
"You really think I can guard this alone?" Noah remarks.
"Fine, I'll guard it and you get the others."
"You really think I can get the others?" Eva groans at Noah's responses.
"Do you have a better idea?" she growls, to which he replies with a shrug. "Then stay here and don't let anyone touch this flag! I am not losing again!" Eva marches off into the woods.
The Southern Starfish find their flag near the beach. Instead of a green eel, it has a blue starfish in the center circle.
"Here's the plan, troops." Brick starts. "Staci and I will go find the other flags. Dawn and Scott, you stay here." Dawn and Staci smile and salute Brick, but Scott just glares at him.
"Why should I guard the flag?" he complains.
"Because you're on probation. Got that?" Brick barks, leaning in close to Scott.
"Fine, whatever." Scott rolls his eyes.
The Northern Narwhals arrive at their flag. It matches the others, except with a red trim and the narwhal's shape is all red.
"Alright!" Leshawna says. "We gotta think smart about this." she looks at her teammates. Dakota is checking herself in her pocket mirror and Max is still trying to pull the paintball gun off his hand.
CONFESSIONAL: LESHAWNA
Leshawna sits in front of the camera, palm on her forehead, and her head shaking, while she lets out a deep sigh.
"Uh, either of you wanna guard the flag?" she asks. Dakota sits on the edge of the stone cylinder and starts applying lipstick. "Fair enough. Shrimpy, you're with me!" Leshawna calls out, grabbing Max by his arm and dragging him away.
The Weakfish flag has a yellow silhouette of a fish in the center. Courtney leads her team to it and orders them into a huddle.
"Alright guys, I say two of us guard, three of us search. We have a big numbers advantage here." she says.
"I say Leonard guards!" Sugar yells. "He can put a force field around the flag!"
"What?" Courtney complains. "He's NOT a real wizard!"
"Wait! Maybe he should search! He could probably teleport!" Sugar yells again, looking at Leonard.
"I volunteer to guard the sacred tapestry!" Leonard announces.
"Fine." Courtney dismisses him. "Sugar, you stay with him. Zeke and Tyler, come with me!" As Tyler and Ezekiel are lead away by Courtney, Sugar laughs and lays down against a tree.
"This is perfect! You make a force field and we ain't gotta do nothin'!" she shouts.
Brick leads Staci towards the Eastern part of the island, where they see Noah, reading a book and leaning against the cylinder holding up his flag.
"Here's the plan..." he whispers to her.
Staci steps out of the shrubbery and approaches Noah. "Hey!" she yells. He looks up from his book and sees her.
"Walk right up to me while I'm watching my flag. Real sneaky." he says sarcastically.
"I just thought you'd be interested in hearing about how my great great great great great great great..." as she rambled, Brick crept up behind Noah and quietly detached his flag from the pole. "and before that, they had to hang flags from trees." she concludes.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Look, you didn't get my flag so just go back and try again, okay?" Staci nods and trots off to catch up with Brick. The two reach the fire in the center where Chris and Chef are sitting in folding chairs. Brick quickly tosses the green flag into the flames.
"And the Eastern Eels are out!" Chris yells through his megaphone. Eva skids to a stop when she hears this.
"What?!" she cries, turning to look at the fire pit. She sees Brick and Staci share a high-five over the embers that were once her team's flag. Leshawna sees her and approaches her from behind.
"Don't worry," she starts. "Help my team win, and we won't pick you guys for elimination tonight." Eva growls, but then takes a deep breath.
"Fine...Just don't let Noah guard your flag." Eva stomps North. Near the red flag, Dakota is standing on a rock and posing for her usual followers. The paparazzi keep her distracted long enough for Tyler to grab her flag. He runs back towards the fire with Courtney and Ezekiel behind him. Eva sees him and trips him, letting the flag go into the air.
"Hey! Give that back!" Dakota shouts, rushing towards the scene. Ezekiel leaps into the air and snatches the flag in his mouth, then lands on all fours. He stands up and moves it into his hands.
"Hey! I got it eh!" he shouts.
"Don't just stand there!" Courtney barks. "Bring it to the fire!" Zeke nods and dashes towards the fire pit. Eva, Courtney and Dakota follow him, each stepping on Tyler as they run by. Ezekiel slides to a halt at the side of the fire pit and drops the Narwhal flag in. Flames instantly shoot through the fabric.
"Northern Narwhals! You're out!" Chris announces. Leshawna, who is with Max and approaching the beach, clenches her fists and growls. Scott approaches the pair of narwhals that were originally going to try and steal his flag.
"Hey, you guys. You don't wanna take us down now, right?" he asks. "I think you guys should help us take down the Weakfish. They haven't lost a single member!"
"You're right..." Leshawna says reluctantly. "I'm in. Let's go Max!" she grabs him by the back of his collar and drags him West.
"Are you up to something?" Dawn asks him from behind.
"Just trying to help the team win," Scott explains. He puts his left hand over his chest and his right hand in the air. "I swear."
CONFESSIONAL: DAWN
"It's really hard to trust Scott, but if he wants to win then there's no reason for me to complain." she explains. "Even if it is just to cover his back."
Max and Leshawna reach the yellow flag at the same time as Brick and Staci. Leshawna quickly and quietly explains the truce she made with Scott.
"Alright, so we need a plan then," Brick whispers.
"Forget plans." Max says, finally speaking up. "I have EVIL on my side!" Because of his yelling, Sugar and Leonard both ready themselves to defend their flag.
Meanwhile, Courtney, Tyler, and Ezekiel arrive near Scott and Dawn.
"C'mon, one more flag to go!" Courtney yells to her teammates. Tyler leaps forward and lands on top of Scott. Dawn steps in front of the flag, but Courtney just shoves her aside. Courtney reaches up and grabs the flag, just as Scott grabs her by the ankle, while struggling to free himself from Tyler's grasp.
At the same time, Max emerges from the bushes to confront the weakfish. Leonard bravely stands up to face him.
"Lightning bolt!" he screams, poking Max in the eye with the stick he calls a wand.
"Ow!" Max yells, covering his eye. He holds up the flashlight he has been carrying around and flicks the switch, sending the light into Leonard's face. Leonard quickly covers his eyes. Max shoves past the wannabe wizard and approaches the flag. "Yes! Another victory for evil!" he yells before a strong hand wraps around his wrist and lifts him off his feet.
"Oh no you don't!" Sugar exclaims before throwing the self-proclaimed evil genius somewhere into the woods. "Wizard! Make a force field!" she yells to her friend. Leonard responds by pointing his wand at the flag pole and twirling it in a small circle. Brick trots over to the flag pole and yanks the flag down, causing Leonard and Sugar to gasp. Now, both Brick and Courtney are running back towards camp with the rival team's flag. Max, still flying from Sugar's powerful throw, crashes into Courtney, sending them both into the dirt. This gives Brick the chance to toss the Weakfish flag into the fire. Everyone cheers, except the five members of the Western Weakfish, as they all regroup around the fire.
"And today's winners are the Southern Starfish!" Chris confirms.
"They won thanks to my evil!" Max proclaims with a diabolical laugh.
"Man what is wrong with that boy?" Leshawna says to no one in particular.
"He was bullied for his height," Dawn explains. "The only people who he felt he could relate to were villains in old movies, so he emulates them."
"Uhuh..." Leshawna says in disbelief.
"Starfish, who are you sending to elimination tonight?" Chris asks the victorious team.
"The biggest rival army here." Brick starts with a salute. "The Western Weakfish." This causes the defeated team to let out a long sigh.
The Western Weakfish sit on individual tree stumps around a roaring campfire that lights up the night. The glow of the flames make Chris and his giant hamster ball of shame look even more sinister than usual.
"Welcome to your first elimination ceremony, Weakfish." Chris starts. "Get one of these four marshmallows, and you're safe. Don't get one, and you're gone."
"We know how it works," Courtney growls. "We've all done this before."
"Maybe so, but here's a big surprise..." Chris says, lifting the first marshmallow and throwing it to the team. "Ezekiel, you're safe."
"Hey why is that surprising?" he says.
"Oh, you know why." Chris laughs. "The next marshmallow goes to Courtney." he throws Courtney her symbol of safety. "...and Tyler!" Leonard and Sugar both lean forward, eying that last marshmallow. "Sugar, you throwing Max is the very reason Courtney didn't beat Brick to the fire."
"Not to mention it hurt!" Courtney adds.
"And Leonard," Chris continues. "You still believe your spells work."
"Hey! I hurt that villain with my lightning bolt!" Leonard says in his defense.
"You poked him in the eye, dude." Chris says bluntly. "And the final marshmallow of the night goes to..."
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"Sugar."
"What?!" he yells as Chef emerges from the shadows and carries him to the ball of shame. "But my spells! They work! They must have had the anti-force field amulet! They-" before Leonard can continue defending himself, Chris flips the lever and the wooden plank rises from the ground, throwing the ball off into the ocean. Chris turns to the camera to wrap up the episode.
"Will Noah and Eva survive as a team of two? Was four teams a good idea on our part? Did I buy enough of these oversized hamster balls to last the whole season? Find out next time on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"