"Last time on Total Drama Pahkitew Island. Twenty new campers were left on this new and unbeknownst to them, robotic island. The campers have already been sent out of an airplane, and have had to hike through a dense forest to find their new places of residence in the wilderness. Their first challenge is to build a successful shelter for the duration of this game, the losing team will be sent to the first Elimination Ceremony of the season. Twenty will soon become nineteen, find out who goes home on this episode of TOTAL DRAMA PAHKITEW ISLAND!"

Theme Song

"I see you all have found your caves and your luggage!" Chris yelled through the intercom. "However, it is time for your first challenge! We don't expect you guys to just live in your caves as is, so we have provided a pile of leftover junk from the last two seasons for you guys to use to spruce up the cave and surrounding area. Whatever you build will be your living area for the duration of the game, so keep that in mind as you build. You will have two hours to complete this, once you're done Chef, Dakota and I will be around to judge what you have built. Losers will be going to the first Elimination Ceremony of the season! Winners will be given a small meal to each of you from The Carrot Cake Factory! We will give out a different meal each time someone wins, not a large one, but enough to get you by."

"Meet me at the giant trash pile that's in the middle of the forest for more information!" As the teams left their caves and arrived at the scene of the challenge, there were two massive trash piles that had a range of things, including tires, metal sheets, wooden planks, among other tools and pieces. Further up on the cliffside Chef could be seen behind what looked like a turret filled with Tennis Balls and on the other side was Dakota with a similar looking weapon.

"Welcome in campers it's time for your first challenge! Here's how it'll work. You guys will have the next couple hours to take whatever equipment you want from these trash piles and take them to your cave and build a shelter around, at, or near your cave. While you try to take materials, Chef and Dakota will be using those turrets to fire tennis balls at you to make your lives more difficult. And sabotage of the other team IS allowed. So don't complain to me when it happens."


Confessional, Alejandro

Sabotage you say? I can think of a certain magical amigo that would be great at that hahaha.


"READY! SET! GO!" Chris yelled out, blowing his air horn and sprinting off to the far cliffside.

Chef and Dakota immediately started firing tennis balls at the two teams who hurried for cover, diving behind trees, rocks, and bushes in order to avoid being pelted by the bright green missiles. The camera cut over to the Salmon who were hiding behind a massive set of boulders.

"Any ideas?" Bridgette asked the group.

"I think we should build a massive wizard's tower! In honor of the Great Gandalf the Gray! We can use the stones to build up a large base and then we can use the cave as a secret dungeon," Leonard exclaimed.

"That would never work, if Chris is the one judging, why not pander to him and make his face?" Topher suggested.

"Dakota and Chef are judging too," Alexis added. "Why not just make something functional and simple?"

"I think Topher is on to something with the pandering," Alejandro started holding his hand to his chin, "Alexis is right we do still need to make it functional. Perhaps what we could do is make some sort of homage to the trio? Anne Maria and Sam I think you two could handle that," Alejandro said, shooting Anne Maria a wink, causing her to blush.

"Leonard, I think you could use your magic to sabotage the other team, make them waste time grabbing things," Alejandro added. "Grab as many materials as you can and let's build something that attaches to the cave, so that way we don't have to waste time building a whole new base.


Confessional, Leonard

I'm not used to playing a sort of villain role. But perhaps a nice change of pace could be good for me and my DND sessions.


Confessional, Sam

Did Alejandro wink at Anne Maria… or did he wink to me? I mean I'm not homophobic or anything but I don't swing that way either… uh… it was probably to Anne Maria.


Confessional, Anne Maria

He is so dreamy. Ugh we'd be such a hot couple, but I'd rather be a rich couple than a hot one.


Meanwhile the Bears were ducking behind a huge row of bushes trying to keep out of Chef and Dakota's line of sight and especially their line of fire.

"I think we gotta build some sort of aerial fortress, it'll leave them impressed and that's the most important factor," Roman exclaimed.

"Well it also has to work too," Harold said. "We don't want to fall out of a tree."

"Whatever string bean, as long as we get some strong nails and heaps of wood we're chilling," Roman replied.

"I can add some art to the fort too, maybe make a sort of mural to pander to the hosts!" Drew suggested. The cameras panned over to Rodney who seemed to be staring longingly towards Drew, Drew appeared to notice this stare and immediately shrunk away, further behind the bushes.

"Just don't make it too girly. I know I love being pandered to, I'm sure Chris would too," Roman agreed.

"So we're just building a treefort?" Laine asked. "Isn't that a bit plain for something so hard to build?"

"You got any better ideas?" Roman demanded, his face turning bright red.

"No, oh fearless leader," Laine quickly shook his head, seemingly sensing the animosity.


Confessional, Cody

What's Roman's deal man? It's nice to have someone strong like him on our team, but dude needs a serious chill pill.


Confessional, Rodney

Uh… not sure what happened there. I was kinda too busy making googly eyes at Drew. She's so pretty.


Confessional, Drew

Ok seriously what is with the guys here? Roman is being rude, and Rodney was eyeing me like I was a million dollar lottery ticket.


Confessional, Laine

Roman est un connard tellement grossier, j'espère qu'il se fera passer pour un idiot cette saison. (Translation: Roman is such a rude asshole, I hope he makes himself look like an idiot this season.)


Sam and Alexis ran around the edge of the tennis ball firing range as they pointed out key features of the trash pile. "Based on the patterns I think Chef is firing faster but his shots are more spread out," Sam pointed out.

"Actually I think his mechanism is just malfunctioning," Alexis noted, noticing Chef spiraling in a circle. "Maybe we should focus on Dakota, she's not firing as fast."

"Yeah you have a point there," Sam said. "Chef's timing is harder to point out but Dakota seems less…lethal?"

"I think that's a good way to put it. If you wanna split up I'll ask to go with Dakota and you can take Chef's pile. I can see you're eying something with his pile, hopefully you can get ahold of it," Alexis suddenly sprinted out of her space with a battle cry.

Sam smiled at Alexis running off before he suddenly leaped in front of her, taking in a flurry of balls as he groaned in pain. "Thanks Sam," Alexis smiled as she started to crawl. Samcould barely let out a small smile.


Confessional, Alexis

…you know this stuff happens all the time, but I'm just glad it's because he's my teammate, and not for something else.


Confessional, Sam

I'm really good with video games and stuff. Some would say even too good heh. But I really feel like there's more out there. So I'm going to try and throw caution to the wind and just see what's out there for me.


Running from the other side of Chef's pile, Eva and Toper quickly carried in loads and loads of bricks and masonry. "Well, classic Chris with his great tennis balls. Almost as good as Badminton, which he starred in," Topher eagerly smiled at Eva.

"We could have gotten more if you didn't look at that stupid boy band disc in the garbage. Why'd you waste time on that?" Eva snarled.

"We need to butter up to Chris, I told you we needed to find that limited edition boy-band pillow cover. I just know Mister Milton once held fametown in one of his motels. And you wasted your time on-OW!"

"I don't need to hear your yammering," Eva jabbed a finger into Topher's chest. "We hardly have anything to put these together. You better go back in there while I drop this stuff off."

"Why don't you if you're so-"

"Ugh," Eva groaned. "Just grab it, we're wasting time. Besides, I doubt anyone here wants to see you being a whiny petulant little-"

"Okay, I'm going…" Topher begrudgingly sighed. Eva grabbed both handfuls of supplies the duo obtained from the pile and put them on her shoulder, easily walking through the forest.


Confessional, Topher

Obviously I know what we need, and there's a mirror, nails, glue, and me!


Confessional, Eva

Topher annoys me… immensely.


"Hey, awful nice of the team to put us two together," Sadie smiled as she and Rodney peered through some of the thicket. "I just know with your strength and my eye for detail we can grab whatever we need to win the challenge!"

"Eyes like… charcoal…barbecue… heart… pink…" Rodney stammered. "Yeah…"

"Oh! Em! Gee! Do you see that Chef is guarding that really cute heart mattress? That's so big and it'll help us out so much if we do go for that tree because if we fall out it's going to be so painful. Like, I think my parents, like, didn't want me to go to summer camp because they were worried that I'd fall. Katie tells me that she doesn't think I'd fall but it's better to be safe than sorry."

"Safe…" Rodney said as Sadie suddenly dragged him into the heat of the fire.

The two were much louder than the other contestants trying to sneak onto the pile. To their right Sadie noticed Anne Maria running with her head down, tennis balls bouncing off of her poof while Todd and Bridgette were cowering behind her. For lack of a better term Sam and Sugar were squawking like headless chickens as they got hit with glancing blows from Dakota's tennis ball launcher. "There it is!" Sadie pointed out, directing Rodney's attention to the large mattress.

The duo rushed to the mattress just as Dakota and Chef started firing at Sadie and Rodney. Hit first, Sadie suddenly doubled over and wheezed in pain. "Help…" she gasped.

Without thinking, Rodney grabbed the girl and hoisted her to her feet. The two shared a brief smile as Dakota and Chef kept firing, bruising poor Sadie's face. As Rodney was hit with some of the glancing blows, he involuntarily held Sadie up in front of him, letting her take most of the brunt. "You-need-OW!-It's supposed- ow! To- You-SHIELD!" Sadie screamed.

"Sorry," Rodney said as he dove in front of Sadie, getting hit repeatedly as Sadie tried to recover.


Confessional, Sadie

I think Rodney can definitely be my ideal, he just needs a LOT of work.


Confessional, Rodney

Sometimes you forget things for love, but it's always worth it.


Todd wrapped his arms under Ezekiel's arm pits as he let out a big cough, dragging the knocked out homeschooler into the relative safety of the forest. "Come on Zeke… you shouldn't be rushing like that… all that for… paper?"

Zeke stirred slightly with a moan as Todd again went back into the thick of the fire. The homeschooled farmer slowly stirred to life and looked to see he was alone. "Wait… there's a challenge going on!" Ezekiel ran forward to Dakota's junk pile while her attention was on an unfortunate Leonard, whose spells were currently failing.

Ezekiel made an attempt to dislodge a giant log from the pile. As he groaned, several objects much higher on the pile suddenly fell onto him, and Dakota was free to redirect her attention.

"Huzzah!" Leonard boasted as Todd was suddenly pelted with an onslaught of tennis balls. "My spell has worked!"


Confessional, Todd

…you can control yourself but not others… you can control yourself but not others… BUT I WISH I COULD!


After a triumphant victory pose, Leonard rushed towards the relative safety of the forest, running into Alejandro as he poised himself for a run. "Oh my apologies," Alejandro extended a plank of wood.

Leonard hastily grabbed the timber as he analyzed Alejandro's stance. Seeing no apparent threat, Leonard dusted his wizard robe. "And I escape with meager level two treasure and a gain of-"

"Ah you could say that," Alejandro smiled. "Or you could go back and obtain more experience and treasure for your teammates, I'm sure they would appreciate it."

"Unfortunately my mana is low," Leonard thought aloud.

"A display… como se dice… flagrante… should be enough to reap more rewards for your party," Alejandro dutifully put the words together. "But I understand that the wizard is best at casting spells from the side or even teleporting their supplies away."

"...you raise a good point," Leonard cracked a smile. Leonard grabbed his 'level two' loot and threw them far in the forest. "I MUST DEFEND!"


Confessional, Leonard

I HAVE FOUND PURPOSE!


Confessional, Alejandro

That boy certainly has his… priorities in order… not the right order but certainly an order.


Alexis was sprinting back and forth grabbing several handfuls of items off the piles and running them back to safety and passing them along to her team members, dodging the hoards of tennis balls being fired her way. Cody, who was trying to yank out a stack of plywood, looked up and stared at Alexis, starstruck.

"Hey Cody, get it moving!" Geoff yelled out. "You're going to get pelted dude!"

This called for the attention of Chef and Dakota who unleashed hell upon Cody who got nailed with several tennis balls sending him flying off the garbage pile, Geoff sprinted over and grabbed the geek dragging him behind a rock to keep him safe from the hosts.

"Hey lil dude you good?" Geoff asked. "How many fingers am I holding up?" Geoff held up three fingers to Cody's face.

"Uh… Leprechauns are real!" Cody exclaimed before passing out.

Harold jogged over and quickly accessed the scene between Cody and Geoff, he kneeled down and slapped Cody across the face waking him up immediately.

"AHHH! What happened!?" Cody exclaimed.

"You got caught daydreaming and got knocked out, Harold here woke you up." Geoff said.

"Uh thanks Harold," Cody said, rubbing his now red cheek.

"No problem," Harold replied. He flashed an understanding glance to Geoff as he again ran into the fray, doing something of a slow motion split before he was hit on the side of his head and knocked down by a tennis ball. HHe crawled around a smaller pile of discarded options, only to be suddenly dragged away by a light skinned hand.


Confessional, Harold

It's a slap technique I learned at Slapping Steve's Slapping Camp. You learn different kinds of slaps to help in different situations.


Low on her knees, Sugar pointed to a confused Harold as they reconvened around the lower part of another trash pyramid. Harold grabbed the fixture she was making a gesture to and attached it to a basket he put on his back. Harold ran into the woods as he led the fire of the tennis balls. "Ain't that good," Sugar sighed. "Now I gotta get looking…"

Sugar pawed through the pile of other effects and rubbish without regard. Oblivious to Bridgette rapidly encroaching, Sugar continued her paw through. Bridgette ducked when a metal sheet was thrown her way and used it to deflect another bit of rubbish tossed from a nearby pile. "Hey watch out!" Bridgette shouted before she was suddenly knocked off balance by an old rotten cushion.

"This is gross…" the surfer tried to recover.

Sugar's onslaught of old trash finally stopped as her hand wrapped around a familiar visage. Confused, the pageant girl pulled her hand out and revealed a small wooden idol in the shape of Chris' head. "Is this it?!" Sugar shouted in disbelief, before she slammed her other hand over her own mouth. "Consarnit… I gotta keep this…"

Thinking quickly, Sugar stuffed the idol into her bra before she dove into the pile of trash. A confused Bridgette finally stood up and started to dash around the discarded trash for something useful.


Confessional, Sugar

I GOTS ME THE IDOL HELL YEAH! Gonna keep this nice and safe and use it for myself… or maybe I give it to the wizard and he can supercharge it.


Confessional, Bridgette

I think… I just saw Sugar stuff an idol into her bra… first of all, ew… second of all… uh what the heck do I even do. I guess I can just sit on this and see what happens. No reason to rush into a giant wave.


High above another rapidly forming trash pile, Roman was in a position that allowed him to wrest what looked to be the remains of a weight set. "If- get this- Stupid gym-" he strained as he attempted to use his mass as leverage.

"Ah, Paladin Roman!" Leonard noticed, using his own staff to leap several feet upward. "It appears as though you are in need of help for this level three treasure."

"I don't need you string bean," Roman grunted, holding up a hand to fend off the nerd.

"I cast a spell of awareness for you!" Leonard suddenly procured something slimy from his sleeves. "AWARIKUS ENLIGHTINGAL!"

Roman suddenly recoiled as the slimy substance hit his forearms. "What did you do, nerd bomber?!" Roman shouted, his hands slipping away from the weight lifting bar. The two collided and were sent tumbling down the trash hill.

Nearby, Sugar had crawled out the other side of the trash heap with her hands still wrapped around her chest. She struggled to remain balanced as several tennis balls landed on her stomach. With every groan of pain she suddenly grew more aware of the tumbling pair towards her. Leonard had fallen down the hill first and was able to raise his staff that propped up Roman as he and Sugar cowered behind him.

Sugar watched in awe as Leonard held his hands up in a placating manner, holding the staff such that Roman was actually raised some six inches off of the ground. "Wow, you're some kind of telepathist and wizard!" Sugar said in awe. "I ain't seen strength like that since my momma prevented our trailer from going off of a cliff."

"I put a quarter of my skill points in organization and hand gestures for the optimum balance build," Leonard boasted.

"You ain't make much sense but that's cool. See ya Wizard, wouldn't want to get you in trouble. I definitely wanna compete with you again," Sugar smiled as she ducked back into the trash heap.

"Farewell maiden," Leonard said as he grabbed the staff, finally dropping Roman.

The jock growled at Leonard as the LARPer trotted away obliviously. Recovering what dignity he could, Roman picked up a chest and hoisted it high above his head, hoping to use it for something.


Confessional, Roman

THAT LITTLE TWIG IS LUCKY THIS ISN'T HIGH SCHOOL OR ELSE HE'D BE FLYING HIS STUPID BEARD HALF MAST!


Confessional, Leonard

Little does Roman know that I was internally casting a spell of ineptitude. Only the best wizards can work on that, and I just so happen to have prioritized enough to get to level six.


As the campers were slowly retreating to their team caves hauling any final last minute useful items with them, Geoff and Bridgette had managed to both fall upon a set of mini heads of the hosts and interns. Both their hands reached for the bag, touching each other, as they looked towards the other blonde they blushed briefly.

"So uh hey. Do you need this?" Geoff asked, stuttering over his words.

"Yeah, my team kinda wants to get anything host related," Bridgette replied, brushing her hair away from her eyes.

"Oh well.. Uh you can have it," Geoff said, letting go of the bag and scratching the back of his head.

"Hey Geoff! Stop flirting with the girl and get a move on. We need your help!" Roman yelled out

"Coming dude!" Geoff ran off after Roman winking back at Bridgette. Roman held a weight lifting set and was covered in a liquid.

"Don't ask," Roman said, already expecting Geoff's question.

Bridgette grabbed the mini heads and ran off after her own team, blushing all the while.


Confessional, Bridgette

What? Geoff's cute. What can I say? I'm still focused on the game, but I'm still going to look at the blonde cowboy eye candy.


Confessional, Geoff

Pretty lady (He was in a trance tongue out and drooling as if his mind was empty)


Anne Maria lumbered out of the main ring of fire as she held a giant rectangle. She didn't have to look over her shoulder as tennis balls kept hitting her tough poof and bounced all around the arena. As she almost neared the outer range of the tennis ball launchers, Amy rushed up to her with another bag of stuff. "Here, sticky, you need this," Amy thrusted a pile of pillows into her hands.

"All these frilly things? We have enough back at the base, and I certainly don't gotta carry these for you!" Anne Maria fought back, kicking the pillows to the ground.

"Ugh, whatever," Amy brushed off. "I've gotta carry some useful stuff so why don't you carry these and prove that you aren't as useless as Samey."

Anne Maria opened her mouth to retort but the two of them were gently knocked to the ground by a rushing Alejandro. "Alexis tiene the other things, so we've gotta get going. She's got the last of it."

"We can go as soon as Anne Maria admits that she should carry these things because she's useless," Amy spitfire.

"Ah, ningun mujer is useless," Alejandro sweet-talked. "And both of you are lovely when you put in the work. Let's hurry off before Chef or Dakota notices."

Extending an elbow to each of the girls, Anne Maria and Amy glared at each other before they looped arms with Alejandro and made their way through the forest.


Confessional, Anne Maria

I'm not built for this, I'm a city gal through and through, I might as well work with someone who knows how to look good just like me. Ale-hotstuff is definitely gonna be that stud for me.


Confessional, Amy

Okay, we definitely HAD to have the mirror, like, Alejandro and I can't be ugly. Otherwise how else can I make Sammy suffer?


Confessional, Alejandro

These chicas can't get enough of the Alejandro Burromuerto, and much like high fructose corn syrup, it'll be their downfall.


As the tennis balls started to slow down in firing speed, the camera focused on one particular ball as it slowly flew through the air into the lens. A sudden whip around triggered the building montage that both teams were currently involved in.

The front of the Salmon cave saw Todd hunched over on his knees sketching out the schematics for the house plan. Not looking where he was crawling, he accidentally wandered in the way of Topher and Sam, both of whom were carrying big sacks of… something, that suddenly exploded over Todd.

Further back in the cave, Anne Maria and Amy were working hard to get the mirror planted. As they made it steady against a rock, they high fived each other before they both recoiled in disgust.

Meanwhile the Bear cave saw Sadie and Rodney sitting high on an elevated stalagmite, pointing in different directions. Sadie grabbed Rodney's large arm and pointed it in the right direction.

Ezekiel was able to get a frame supported up. The toque clad boy stepped away, admiring his handiwork, before he was suddenly picked up on a plank of wood carried by Laine and Geoff.

Further behind in the cave Sugar looked around as she fiddled with her bra, whipping it out and throwing it on the floor in a space designated for the bedroom. A disgusted Sam opted not to pry into further matters as he started erecting a wall, only for a piece of timber to fall on him.

Leonard found a nice spot in the Salmon cave and started to arrange several stones in a circle. A disapproving Eva noticed what was going on and used Leonard's own staff to knock down the tower, sending the wizard back to work with the others.

Bridgette's arms were overloaded with supplies when she passed in front of Alejandro. The surfer girl tripped over her own two feet and Alejandro made a move to catch her, causing her pale skin to be tinged a lovely pink. The two of them got to work carving three similar objects for decor in their house.

Back in the bear cave Roman hoisted several heavy plates up a makeshift pulley system, pushing Cody and Harold out of the way. With one pull, Roman sent the weights flying, only for them to go crashing down as Harold, Cody, and Roman ran with their hands over their heads.

Ezekiel asked Sadie for help only for Sadie to turn around, talk to Rodney, and accidentally knock Ezekiel off of the raised platform they had managed to make. He fell face first into a pile of colorful art supplies that Drew managed to obtain. Annoyed, Drew used a bit of Ezekiel's toque as something of a paintbrush, doodling something on a small ceramic lid.


Confessional, Ezekiel

That Sadie and Rodney couple are really useless eh. I don't think they've done much of anything to help the team.


"CAMPERS TIME IS UP, STOP BUILDING THIS INSTANT!" Chris exclaimed through his megaphone. Chris, Chef and Dakota made their ways to the Bears campsite. There they found the Bear's cave filled with their luggage and extra materials they didn't use. To the right there was a massive tree with a rope ladder hanging from it. The trio stared up at the treehouse, its boards haphazardly put together by nails, screws, and duct tape.

"Do any of you want to go up there?' Chris asked his compatriots.

"Not really…" Chef replied.

"Anyone want to explain what's up there?" Dakota asked the Bears who were standing off to the side.

"We have a full gym, as well as a mini fridge, and small T.V. with a handful of movies that can be played on it," Roman replied with a beaming smile.

"I also set up a minor internet connection with the T.V. to get a handful of channels, and Harold hot wired the fridge to run on solar power," Cody added.

"Well I didn't exactly…" Harold started.

"Harold not now, you can explain it again later," Drew hushed the nerd. "I also added some art of our team logo and flag. As well as a mural dedicated to you guys!"


Confessional, Drew

Having seen the show… I know Chris isn't a big fan of long drawn out explanations. Don't need Harold accidentally losing us points. I'm just glad I got to do a little bit of art at least.


"Well… we'll take your word with a grain of salt, since none of us want to go up your rickety ladder," Dakota started.

"Although it's impressive you guys built a treehouse, the clearly visible structural issues are going to lose you guys points," Chef added.

Camera Cuts to Salmon Camp

As the camera cut to the Salmon camp, there was a door that led into their cave. The door was painted a clean white with gold painted heads of Chef, Chris, and Dakota on the front. This earned some nods of approval from the trio. Opening the doors inside there was a working kitchen with a stove top and oven, as well as a working television fitted with an old gaming console.

There were also an array of sleeping bags, sheets, and mattresses spread throughout the cave, it was as if the cave was an actual real life modern day cabin.

"Well I have to say guys, you really outdid yourselves with the amenities here," Chris exclaimed.

"Yeah, however the lack of decor isn't exactly a crowd pleaser," Dakota mused, earning a nod of agreement from Chef.

"I like that you guys went more practical but there is no color or fashion that makes me want to exactly live here," Chef added.

"What about your beautiful faces out front? Surely that got us some bonus points!" Topher exclaimed, before being clobbered to the ground by Eva and Anne Maria to shut him up.

"It was a nice touch," Chris said. "We'll announce the results shortly."


Confessional, Topher

What is with these people and wanting to mess up my perfectly good looks. If you ask me, if we lose after pandering to them then I deserve to be safe because that was a million dollar idea.


Confessional, Eva

How is the wizard more useful….


"ALRIGHT CAMPERS! We the hosts have discussed, and we agree that due to the clear better safety precautions and overall a more practical build we have awarded the SALMON THE WIN!" Chris announced over the megaphone. "Bears, your build was too risky and overall appeared incredibly unsafe to the point none of us felt good enough to climb up to your treehouse. You guys will be at the elimination ceremony tonight!

After Challenge

Roman had gathered Laine, Cody, and Harold together at the back of the cave while the other campers had gone to scavenge food for the night.

"Look guys, I think we can all agree that we need to keep our team as strong as possible, we don't want to go on a losing streak," Roman explained, earning some nods of agreement from the boys.

"I think most everyone is in agreement that it should be one of Sadie or Rodney tonight, any word on who they may target?" Laine asked.

"No idea. I think they'd try and pick someone who no one is really attached to," Cody replied.

"Anyways, I think we should go for Sadie. Girl provided nothing in the challenge," Roman stated.

"Why not Rodney, dude is so weird with all the girls," Harold replied.

"He can at least lift a couple hundred pounds if it's needed," Roman stated, which earned some nods of agreement.

"I mean either way one of that duo is going which is what matters. Sadie is definitely weaker, but if she stays, it's at least an easier vote if we come back," Laine replied.

"But, if we get rid of Sadie, we may not be back here at all," Roman added.

"Yeah… and at the end of the day who wants to be at Elimination Ceremonies…" Cody pointed out.


Confessional, Roman

We gotta eliminate the weak, sooner they're gone, sooner we win more challenges.


Confessional, Laine

I know Roman is kind of our leader and what not… but like it's day one and the power has already gone to his head. I almost wanna vote for Rodney just to mess with him haha.


Geoff and Ezekiel were out picking some berries from a nearby berry bush, Geoff kept pricking himself on the bush while Ezekiel had a weird precision with his hands.

"How are you OW! Doing that dude?" Geoff asked the homeschooled, pricking himself on the bush yet again.

"Just practice. Eventually you learn you don't want to get pricked eh. So you start just naturally learning how to avoid the thorns eh."

"I guess that makes sense? Anyways, what're you thinking about tonight? I don't want to vote anyone off yet, everyone here is cool."

"I don't know eh, I think Sadie is an easy boot."

"Why's that?"

"She's a really weak girl."

"What do you mean by that?" Geoff asked, his right eyebrow raising.

"My dad told me to watch out for the girls here because they may not be able to take care of themselves, and Sadie is just too weak I think eh."

"Look dude, girls can take care of themselves so don't act like you need to be some noble dude."

"Noble? My dad just said it was a common courtesy eh."

"Girls can take care of themselves, seriously homie, don't worry about it.." Geoff mentioned. Ezekiel stared confused at Geoff for a moment but eventually nodded in understanding. Nothing much more to say, they returned to their base with berries in tow.


Confessional, Geoff

I like Zeke, but I do wonder how sheltered that kid is.


Confessional, Ezekiel

I overheard Roman talking about wanting to eliminate the weak eh. And Sadie is definitely one of the weaker ones, even for a girl eh.


Rodney and Sadie had managed to gather Sugar and Laine behind a line of bushes to talk, they were squatting down to hide themselves from the others.

"Would you guys at all consider voting Zeke out? He only really talks to like Geoff and a couple of the other guys," Sadie said.

"Yeah I've noticed that too, he's kinda an anti-social type," Laine added.

"If we get uh you two, I think we'd just need one or two more for us to pull some sort of majority," Rodney added.

"Well, if the votes split, you know. We'd just need us four!" Sugar added.

"How would that work?" Sadie asked.

"Like if the other six vote like three and three or four and two on you two. Then we as a four can tie or have a majority," Sugar answered.

"So if we just get the group to just be divided we can survive?" Rodney asked.

"Yeah, which is already happening. Some people want Rodney gone, and some want Sadie gone, it may naturally split, and we just swoop in!" Laine added.

"That would be perfect!" Sadie exclaimed.


Confessional, Sadie

I can't be the first boot, I gotta at least make it through one round. (Sadie has tears streaming down her face)


Confessional, Rodney

This sucks, I found an amazing girlfriend and now they want to separate us. It's like the group just decided they wanted nothing to do with us. Gotta hope some of these people pull through and save us.


Harold and Cody had met up near the challenge site far away from their team to talk in private.

"Do they just leave the challenges here or something? It looks like a lot of the junk from earlier is still here," Cody noted, as he and Harold came upon the site.

"It's probably best if we just leave it alone. These types of shows love giving out penalties for rule breaking," Harold replied.

"You're probably right. As far as I've heard neither of us are on the block tonight."

"That's a relief. I have so many mad skills that I want to show off." Harold replied, throwing down some karate moves earning a side eye from Cody.

"Right… but I do know it's likely between Rodney and Sadie. I think they're voting like Zeke or something."

"So we just vote Rodney? Keep the strong guys from uniting."

"Issue is I don't know where the majority will land. Roman and Sugar want Sadie gone, and Drew and I think Laine want Rodney gone."

"Yeah I remember that conversation we had with Roman earlier. I thought Laine was on board with voting Sadie?"

"Probably just changed his mind."

"That;s fair. What about Zeke or Geoff?"

"As far as I know no one knows where Geoff is voting, and I haven't talked to Zeke yet so I don't know."

"I think wherever we vote, that person will go, we just gotta make sure it doesn't tie."

"Agreed. We're not exactly strong like Roman or Geoff, so the less we stick out the better."

"Exactly."


Confessional, Harold

To not be on the chopping block first is a relief, but I do like the idea of perhaps voting Rodney, but as seen on other reality shows, if you vote in the minority, you end up on the bottom fast.


Confessional, Cody

I like Harold, we have similar interests and I think we can work together as a sort of nerd and dweeb combo


Drew and Laine were walking through a path in the forest towards the Elimination Ceremony as they discussed the vote.

"Are you voting Rodney or Sadie?" Drew asked the blonde swimmer.

"Well Roman really wants Sadie and he's annoying, Rodney and Sadie want Ezekiel, and he's chill so don't want that, so I guess that means I'm voting Rodney," Laine replied, earning a chuckle from the artist.

"Haha, yeah. Besides Roman being kind of forceful, Rodney is just kinda weird with like every girl."

"Yeah I noticed. Didn't he make a pass on like Alexis and Amy like right as we got here?" Laine said.

"Yeah he did. And honestly if he does go, it weakens Roman cause I think we both know that dude is going to try and form some manly guys alliance. Seems like the type."

"Who cares, dude will flame out within a week. By the way you gotta show me how to paint, I saw some of your designs in your little sketch book there, maybe you could add them to the cave to liven it up a bit."

"If I get the materials, I should. Especially if we have down time, we're going to be here for a few weeks, may as well make our living area more happy."


Confessional, Drew

I LOVE Laine's vibe, such a cool dude and we're both incredibly eccentric as individuals, I really think we can be a duo.


Confessional, Laine

Drew is really chill, adore her. I know I've chatted with a lot of people, and I enjoy a lot of people's energy, so I'm not going to close myself off just yet.


Roman and Sugar were making their way to the voting booth and were discussing the vote.

"We're locked in on Sadie right?" Roman asked the blonde country girl.

"I am. I know some of the others wanted to vote out Rodney, but Sadie is just a meatball as far as challenges are concerned," Sugar replied, giving a flip of her hair.

"Why would they go for Rodney? He's one of our strongest players," Roman inquired, stuffing his hands into his jacket pocket.

"Drew mentioned he came off really weird and creepy. I think Zeke is voting Sadie though, Geoff mentioned that's who the farmer kid wanted."

"Sadie and Rodney will vote together I'm sure, as dumb as they are. I don't know what those two nerds will do, or what Laine will do, but he seemed to want Sadie gone a little while ago."

"Ideally Sadie goes and the team stays strong, the last thing we need is to lose out," Sugar replied, opening the voting outhouse up.


Confessional, Sugar

I know Rodney and Sadie asked me to vote for the weird farmer boy, but he's moldable and has shown something? I don't know, all I know is it's more than whatever Sadie has done.


Confessional, Roman

I'd so much rather have Sadie go, but if it ends up being Rodney… I can't be too mad. Dude is an idiot.


Elimination Ceremony

"Welcome in Salmon to the first elimination ceremony of the season. Here's how it'll work, you guys have already casted your votes on a piece of paper into a ballot box. One by one I will read those votes until a majority of the votes are able to eliminate someone. I will also ask for any of you to play an idol before I read the votes, you cannot play any idols after the votes are read. And if you don't have anything, don't be that weirdo who interrupts me just to say they don't have anything. With that said, any questions?"

"So like if there are six votes for someone and four votes for someone else, would you just read the six or all ten?" Drew asked.

"In that instance I would read all ten. I'll read all of the 'minority' votes if you will. So no votes will be intentionally hidden," Chris explained. "If that is all then I'll go get the ballot box."

Chris walked over to the outhouse that housed the voting booth and the ballot box. "Ew it's disgusting in here, someone remind me to have Chef or Dakota get this next time." Chris walked back to the campers, wooden ballot box in hand, he set it down onto a wooden pedestal.

"Alright, I have the votes. If anyone has an idol they would like to play now would be the time to do so." Chris paused for a moment before continuing. "Alright, I ask for silence as I read the votes, and once I read the votes the person voted out will be put into the cannon, the remainder will get your marshmallows."

Pulling the first piece of parchment out of the wooden ballot box, Chris flipped it around and began to announce the votes.

"FIRST VOTE… Rodney."

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SECOND VOTE… Rodney."

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"THIRD VOTE… Sadie."

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"FOURTH VOTE…. Sadie."

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"FIFTH VOTE… Ezekiel."

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"SIXTH VOTE… Ezekiel. That's two votes Rodney, two votes Sadie, and two votes Ezekiel." Ezekiel looked incredibly nervous, Sadie was grasping onto Rodney for dear life, and Rodney looked as though he was about to vomit.

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"SEVENTH VOTE… Rodney."

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"EIGHTH VOTE… Rodney."

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Chris looked at the final slip of paper pausing for a moment… "And the first person voted out of Total Drama Pahkitew Island… Rodney. Rodney, it's time for you to go."

"NOOOOOOOO, RODNEY!" Sadie cried out, tears flowing down her face as she ran over to hug the big farmer.

"It's okay Sadie, go win it for me!" Rodney said, patting her head. "And good luck to the rest of you, wish you all the best!" Rodney exclaimed.

Geoff walked over to Ezekiel and gave him a pat on the back. "I'm glad I'm still here eh. But I still feel bad," Ezekiel mumbled to the part boy.

"I know dude. And it'll only get harder. Just gotta stay strong." Geoff replied.

Rodney loaded himself into the cannon and Chef lit the fuse. "See ya guYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" Rodney yelled as he was launched into the lake below.

"What an explosive start to the season! The Bears are now down one hopelessly romantic loser and the Salmon remain safe. Our campers served up lovely homes with new friends, enemies, lovers, and whatever else teenagers are into nowadays. Ezekiel and Sadie remain on the bottom for the Bears but Roman isn't doing so hot either. Will this tension carry into the next episode? Will the Salmon manage to keep their immunity streak going? Find out on the next episode of TOTAL! DRAMA! PAHKITEW ISLAND!"

Similar to last season, Dakota rowed to where her calculations triangulated the landing of the cannon's payload. She waited for another five seconds before Rodney splashed with a loud shout. She extended a rope out to the giant lover boy as he managed to lumber into the canoe, sitting in the back as Dakota turned the camera.


Final Confessional, Rodney

Well first out was really not at all what I had in mind. I thought that maybe I would survive on the merit of my strength, but I guess my quest for love is what did me in. No one wants to deal with a love struck idiot. I of course hope Sadie wins, she showed me so much care and attention like no other girl has before. But I hold no ill will towards my team, they did what they thought was best, so I hope one of them pulls it out.


Scenes from the Next Episode

"What island is this? I heard the cry of a platypus, which as we all know, is native to Australia," Harold spoke up.

"Yeah and I could have sworn I saw some tuna, they're saltwater fish," Laine concurred.

"Eh, that's a question for later," Chris dismissed.


"TWELVE O'CLOCK CODY, MOVE FORWARD AT APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT A SECOND FOR TEN SECONDS THEN TURN LEFT!" Harold barked at Cody.

"FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!" Laine shouted to Roman as he aimed his fruit gun in the approximate direction Sam was going.

"FIRE?!" Todd worriedly ran forward, diving straight into a pile of haystacks.


"Truth or Dare," Roman asked a waiting Laine.

"How do you say Truth in English?" Laine asked. "My english is rusty."

"Did.. did you ask how to say the truth in english in english?" Sadie asked Laine.

"In that case Dare because you aren't telling me what the word for truth is in english."

The camera suddenly cuts to Laine in a clown costume giving a massage to a hedgehog. "You didn't have to wear the clown costume!" Sadie shouted.

"Yo papa!" Laine shouted back.


"BRIDGETTE NO!" Topher yelled. "THAT'S A-"

Bridgette's hands locked onto a wooden lever that suddenly clicked into place. From high above a sprinkler system was activated and drenched her, Todd, and a nearby Cody.

"CODY, TAKE THAT PUZZLE PIECE! RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! JUMP!" Laine commanded.

"NO YOU DON'T! ANNE MARIA! AHEAD OF YOU IS NOON, AND CODY IS AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK. FIRE!" Amy shouted.


"How long did you spend waiting for me?" Alejandro asked a waiting Harold.

"Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred milliseconds," Harold explained. "Now the brownie mixed spoiled. I let Sugar have some but…"

Harold and Alejandro turned to Sugar, whose eyes were currently red and wide eyed. "Like…. If my name is sugar… then Harold's name is… hamburger… and Alejandro is a Jalapeno pepper…. Why…."


Reviews:

SuperSonicHeroes: (Rj here) Hey, glad to see you back. Also glad to see you enjoying the interactions and the other duos we seem to have forming.

(Trygve): Glad to see you're back and enjoying what we have to offer, hopefully you enjoy this season like the last!

Nobody245: (Rj here) Super excited to have Alexis on the season, hope you enjoy what we have with her this time. I do enjoy your predictions and time will tell if they're correct this time around.

(Trygve): Well your Rodney prediction fell flat on its face. Also Drew is a girl so idk if she'd be in that group. But the randomizer did kinda screw us as far as gender balance goes for Island and PI. Partially on us for not catching it in the first place but I promise this season will still be good otherwise.

LordGemini: (Trygve) A handful of the design mess ups were definitely misremembering (Such as Harold's planet being a burger… but it's a burger now so..) Obv we booted Rodney here first which you mention as a gimmick character, and the issue with some gimmick characters is it's just hard to get the forward without immunities, cause realistically they struggle to do things well. I do think with the new format hiding who goes home will be a lot easier, as we can be more forthcoming of who is getting votes, but not who is voting where between them. Take this episode for example, where we made it clear who it was between, but we could hide Cody, Harold, and Geoff's intentions without it being weird for them to vote for Rodney.

(Rj): Well, the design choices definitely weren't intentional, so chalk that up to another typo we just missed out on. The new format definitely has a lot of priorities on strategy, which was the main shift we wanted to focus on for a bit. Honestly the gimmick characters were really hard to write which is why they did have a tendency to go. Time will tell if the other gimmicks will survive.

Votes

Geoff: Dude you're just, like way too out there even for me. Rodney

Rodney: I know you're a fellow farmer, but I'd much rather you than a beautiful girl or myself. Ezekiel

Sadie: Buh bye farmer boy, sooner you than me. Ezekiel
Drew:
You're a creep. Get lost. Rodney
Sugar:
There can only be one thick girl out here and it sure as hell won't be you. Sadie
Harold:
For someone with extensive knowledge on farm animals and food I would think you would have been more helpful out there today. Rodney
Cody:
If I wanna shoot my shot with the ladies on the other team, I gotta take out the other ladies man. Game recognize game. Rodney

Laine: I know some people wanted to keep the strength around, but if I learned anything in sports, team chemistry is better than team strength. Rodney

Roman: You are easily one of the weakest players here, get lost. Sadie

Ezekiel: My dad said to watch out for the girls out here eh. But you're easily the weakest one. Sadie.

Eliminated

20th: Rodney: 5-3-2

Pimâpotew Kinosewak [Floating Salmon]: Alexis, Todd, Eva, Anne Maria, Alejandro, Amy, Bridgette. Leonard, Topher, Sam

Wâneyihtam Maskwak [Confused Bears]: Drew, Roman, Geoff, Sugar, Sadie, Ezekiel, Laine, Cody, Harold