"Last time on Total Drama Pahkitew Island! With chaos afoot in our most recent challenge thanks to some disgusting balloon fillers, several players felt the heat… or the itch during the challenge! With several players taking themselves out or each other out, it was a ball of laughs. Thanks to some clutch performances by the likes of Amy, Sam, and Ezekiel the Salmon avoided the ceremony. The Bears camp was a mess with the discovery of Sugar's immunity idol by Bridgette in the second episode finally coming into play. Ultimately it was Topher who developed a split vote plan to send one of Leonard or Sugar packing. Despite some wavering by Eva and Laine that could have sent Topher home, everyone held firm, eliminating Leonard and Sugar's idol in the process. Sixteen are left who will go home on this episode of TOTAL DRAMA PAHKITEW ISLAND!
Theme Song
The camera cut to Geoff and Cody walking through the forest looking for food and an idol. "Thanks for coming with me Cody!" Geoff exclaimed.
"Yeah of course Geoff. I still don't get why you didn't have Alejandro or Ezekiel come with you though. They seem more knowledgeable on scavenging," Cody replied as she shifted through a series of bushes.
"I just wanted to get to know you better dude. You seem like a chill guy, and at the end of the day aside from winning the million you gotta come away with some new friends out here," Geoff said, taking off his hat and wiping away some of the sweat.
"I guess that's fair. I never really thought about that." Cody paused for a moment, looking at Geoff quizzically. "I mean applied to the show to maybe hopefully meet someone and break out of my shell for a bit you know."
"Well… have you met someone," Geoff said, giving Cody a big smile.
"I mean… I think Alexis is pretty cute," Cody replied, glancing away while scratching the back of his head.
"Nice dude," Geoff said, wrapping his arm around Cody. "I know you think there is some sort of 'cool factor' you need to have, but dude just be yourself. Worse that can ever happen is she says no if you ever do decide to shoot your shot."
"I'm scared of getting rejected though, like what if she humiliates me."
"She seems too nice to do that, unlike Amy or Sugar. Besides I've got your back in case things go south don't worry," Geoff replied giving Cody a thumbs up.
"I really appreciate that Geoff," Cody smiled. The pair shifted through more bushes, eventually Cody found a handful of Chris shaped rocks, thinking they were idols he grabbed them, but upon further examination by him and Geoff they realized they were fake and threw them in a bunch of bushes.
"I feel like Charlie Brown on Halloween with the amount of rocks we just got," Cody said, earning a laugh from Geoff.
Confessional, Cody
I never thought I'd ever get along with a guy like Geoff, but I'm glad he's giving me some pointers on how to act more… natural.
Confessional, Geoff
Cody is a cool little guy, he wants to have better luck with the ladies, and I can understand that heh.
Alejandro, Alexis and Harold were gathering some firewood to place in the cave, they managed to find a section behind the cave where there was a massive area of broken off branches and small branches for fire starters.
"This is convenient," Alexis chuckled. "Saves us a lot of effort."
"Agreed amiga. Let's try and get this back before the next challenge so we don't have to do it later," Alejandro said, grabbing a massive bundle of branches.
Harold tried to do the same but was clearly struggling to pick up, Alexis walked over to try and help him, "No no I got it," Harold said brushing her off.
"It's okay amigo. I admire your pridefulness but it's okay to show weakness once in a while," Alejandro said, peering through his bundle of branches.
"It's not pride, I know I can do this," Harold said, taking in a deep breath and heaving up the bundle of branches, however some were clearly slipping through his skinny arms, which Alexis picked up after him.
"UGH, yeah you're right Alejandro," Harold said, dropping the branches. "Gotta set my pride aside." Harold helped Alexis pick up some branches, handing her about half of what he had.
"I get what you're feeling Harold, but sometimes setting pride aside is better than trying to remain in the right or doing something past your limit," Alexis stated, earning a nod from Alejandro.
"Sometimes when I am at the gimnasio, there are people who ego lifts too much weight and hurt themselves," Alejandro added.
"I appreciate the encouragement guys. I just want to prove that I have mad skills you know," Harold replied, causing Alejandro and Alexis to shoot each other a concerned glance.
"We all want to prove ourselves one way or another," Alexis mused.
Confessional, Harold
I can respect Alejandro and Alexis for being able to put their pride aside in some situations. Despite my mad skills I should learn to do that, and make myself an even better person.
Confessional, Alexis
Harold… for all of his quirks… is a decent dude with a decent brain. More than I can say for some people here.
"WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? GOING FOR LEONARD LIKE THAT!?" Sugar yelled out. Her and Todd were out looking for an idol as Sugar ranted about last night.
"Like Leonard did nothing wrong, and Topher and Roman turn around and decide that he should be targeted, and Eva lied to my face and didn't go through with our plan! She is such a snake."
"Mhmm," Todd nodded, as he looked in a tree.
"Like I get Roman is this strong guy, and Topher never shuts up, but like why are we listening to them? We need to rise up and take one of them out!" Sugar exclaimed.
"Mhmm."
"AND I WASTED MY IDOL! UGH! Sorry for going off Todd, you're just such a good listener! Your girl just needed to vent a bit!"
"Of course," Todd replied, hitting his head into the tree.
Confessional, Sugar
Todd would make a good partner. He's a good listener!
Confessional, Todd
Sugar… I…. Don't…. Care….
"I have to ask Eva, what is your workout routine, it doesn't feel possible for a teenager to already be this strong," Bridgette marveled. Eva and Bridgette were at a set of boulders, Eva was using them to lift as weights and throw them around, demonstrating her strength.
"The athletic department lets me use their gym before and after hours a lot," Eva heaved as she lifted a massive boulder up for a set of squats. "I even filmed my audition tape there."
"My school could never. It's always gotta be one of the football or boys basketball teams there," Bridgette replied, stuffing her hands into her jacket pockets and taking a seat on one of the boulders.
"Our teams stink, they let me use it because I actually do well in my competitions." Eva said, dropping the boulder and taking a seat.
"At least your school is more open about gym use, at least it seems like," Bridgette replied. "Oh god here he comes." Roman was strolling over to the two girls, a confident smirk on his face and chest pumped out, he bumped directly into Eva knocking her off her boulder and onto her head.
Eva stood up immediately, "HEY WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Roman shrugged, continuing his walk.
"WHY YOU LITTLE…" Eva started, rolling up her sleeves like a Looney Toons cartoon, but Bridgette stood in front of her and grabbed her.
"Eva it's not worth it, he just wants the reaction. He'll get what he deserves I'm sure."
"He is such a piece of work, I don't even know what I did to the guy."
Confessional, Eva
I'm glad Bridgette was there to keep my temper in check, I'll humiliate Roman one way or another.
Confessional, Roman
She cheated in that arm wrestling match. What can I say? She had Harold on the payroll probably. (He shrugs)
"Good morning campers!" Chris stepped out in a snazzy blue and glittery suit that almost hurt the eyes. He made a wide flourish as Dakota and Chef stepped out from behind two poles holding up a giant monitor. Dakota was clad in a nice and simple yellow dress while Chef had on a pink ball gown.
"Chris, rocking that blue!" Topher smiled "Chef and Dakota… wearing their dresses…"
"Topher, being annoying," Roman replied in the same voice Topher used to patronize Chef and Dakota.
"Roman, fuckass," Eva retorted.
"Gosh can we just get going?" Harold sniped.
"Estoy de acuerdo," Alejandro added.
"Yo también," Alexis agreed.
"...weak banter this time everyone," Chris said. "You may notice that you're all tied up and set onto these logs."
"Yep, what about it?" Sugar asked, clearly annoyed.
"That's part of the challenge. Now that it's been about two days since you were in your new teams and you've all gotten the chance to know each other, we thought we'd put trust to the test! This challenge is a camp classic. A game of TRUTH OR SCARE!"
"Where's the bottle?" Geoff asked. "Like, the best games usually start with a bottle that you spin in a circle and dirt isn't the best for that."
"Well that's why we have this monitor, this remote, and a special guest to help out this episode. On the screen there'll be two reels spinning and spinning for either a truth-" Chris said as the screen showed a halo right next to Alejandro's face. "Or a scare." Alejandro's face was suddenly tinted in red as a fire showed up in place of the halo. "Do either of these things, and you'll get a point for your team."
Chef tapped the top of the monitor and out jumped a brown chicken. "This here is Clucky," Chef said as several of the girls noted how cute she was. "This particular poultry had a six month contract under the CIA, is the judge of The Drama Networks own Judge Clucky, and runs her own firm Buck, Bawl, and Buh-Cawk. She's going to judge your responses to these devastating, horrendous, and revealing questions. If you fail, then Clucky would very much give you a shock. It's up to her discretion so you better make sure you give a good response."
"Shock?" Todd worriedly asked.
"Yep, that's the metal around you," Dakota said as she pulled out two remotes. She put them on the ground for Clucky to step on and with both of her feet, delivered a powerful shock that knocked most of the campers off of the logs they were using as benches. "I don't envy you at all."
"Why…would you?" Sam gasped as he sat back up.
"You can also get shocked when you Fail a scare. And that goes for everyone," Chef clarified.
Confessional, Laine
…why did I sign up for this again? This might have been more tolerable if we were in that fancy cabin from last time but NOOOO. me asumme puumajassa ja luolissa à la recherche de qui sait quoi.
"So first up we have… GEOFF! And he's been sentenced…to a TRUTH!" Chris said. "The question you have to answer honestly is… Have you ever gotten into a car accident?"
Clucky flew into Geoff's lap and stared at him with big, intimidating, piercing eyes. "I like, can't get arrested for this, can't I?" Geoff asked.
Dakota shook her head. "Well…. Yeah, I was driving home on the way to a party a brother of mine set up and there was this, like, most adorable turtle in the road. It was moving so slow and I had to like, swerve out of the way, and well, I ran into old Mr. Hankston's mailbox. He was totally mad, said something about his daughter picking it out for him, so I had to work it off."
Clucky stared at Geoff and the remote before she clucked in confirmation. Geoff clapped his hands as Clucky flew away.
"Next up… we have Drew…. Facing a SCARE!" Chris said just as An intern walked forward with a white glove. "Drew, your scare is that you have to get slapped by Chef!"
Drew paled as the burly man walked up to her. "You wouldn't hit a girl… would you?" Drew hesitantly asked.
"It's the 21st century," Chef said. "And you signed a contract. I don't like it either but it's my paycheck girl."
Chef grabbed the white glove and whipped it in the air for a moment. Drew looked to Roman and Laine for support but when she felt the wind of the glove whizzing by she dove back, falling off of the bench and making Roman get slapped. "I consider that a failure," Chef mentioned.
"Me too," Chris said as he pressed the green remote. The bears screamed as the electricity coarse through their body. "But we've gotta move on."
Confessional, Drew
Normally, I'm all for equal rights, and good on Chef for holding modern principles, but… why me?
"Alejandro has been selected… for a truth!" Chris declared. "Well this is a pretty simple question. What is your favorite meal?"
Clucky sat on Alejandro's lap as the Spaniard cleared his throat. Out of fear or preparation it was hard to tell. "I do enjoy a nice sizzling bistec over greatly grilled lettuce. Serve it with a nice cup of sparkling cider and I consider that to be a very good, my favorite even, dinner," Alejandro replied neutrally but elegantly to the chicken.
Snapping herself out of her momentary trance, Clucky turned to Chris with a sad shake before she flew from her position. The current of electricity coarse through the salmon as Harold gave an accusing glance to Alejandro. "That was the easiest question out there! How'd you mess that up?"
"Ah… well… I must admit that my favorite meal is Pollo al ajillo covered in a white wine marinade and served with a virgin margarita. I hope you understand my hesitance."
"Poyo?" Sam asked.
"Pollo is chicken," Alexis winced as Clucky sighed disappointed. "Do you tell a pig that your favorite food is pork?"
"I guess that's a good point," Harold shrugged.
"Next up we have… Sugar! Doing a… SCARE!" Chris announced as an intern walked up with a covered platter. "In front of you is a-"
No sooner had the giant, hairy spider been revealed from the platter that Sugar popped it directly into her mouth. "That's it?" she asked, oblivious to the retching of her fellow campers nearby. "I've eaten much worse."
Mouth agape, Chris shut his jaw quietly. Dakota, Chef, Clucky, and Chris all shared a look as Chris hit a button on a tablet. "We'll take it…" Chris clarified. "But the scare was just to hold the spider…which you did…"
Confessional, Topher
If I wasn't convinced that Sugar was losing it before, I'm fully convinced now.
"Let's move right along, this time, Ezekiel, the Zeke-man, Zeke-inator!" Chris said as the wheels stopped turning on the monitor. "You have been chosen to do a SCARE!"
Nervous, Ezekiel was led to stand up on an X Dakota taped out while Chef stood on another X some ten feet away. "We had a fair chunk of balloons go unused last challenge, so, to save on costs, we're having you get hit by one of them."
Chef held up a particularly loud buzzing balloon as Ezekiel paled. "If I get hit, can I run away after eh?"
"Sure," Chef said, noticing Ezekiel's face get slightly more relaxed.
That look of relaxation soon went away as he was pelted in the stomach with the green balloon. It blew up into dozens of bees. The other campers looked aghast as Ezekiel stood, paralyzed, before turning to Chris. "Am… am I done?" he winced.
"Yeah, that's a point," Chris smiled. "Would have appreciated more screaming. Dakota, smoke him out."
"Up next! We have Roman! You're going to be Scared!"
"Doubt it," Roman said as Dakota had him stand on the same taped X.
"Your scare… is another fun balloon," Chris said as he let Chef pick out a blue balloon this time. "Same deal as before."
"Bring it," Roman glared at Chef.
The two stood, ten feet apart, and Roman was hit on the face with almost enough force to knock him off balance. When he adjusted his stance, His face was suddenly red and blotchy. His small blue pupils poked out from his puffy eyes. "And it looks like Roman survives the poison oak fun balloon!" Chris announced. "That's a point for the Bears."
"Now, it looks like the wheel has taken us back to the Salmon, and going up for them is AMY! WITH ANOTHER SCARE!"
Amy stood up and made her way to the X. "What are you hitting me with?"
"Who said we were hitting you with anything?" Dakota said as she wheeled a tray over to Amy. "Your goal is to eat these two foot long chocolate filled churros within two minutes."
"That is so gross," Amy mentioned.
"That sounds so good right now," Sam chimed in.
"No one asked you," Amy said as she looked at the timer hopping onto the screen. The time started ticking down just as she grabbed one churro in each hand. Frantically, she tried to have both in her mouth, but failed when she couldn't close her mouth. She tried to adjust her eating strategy but only succeeded in coughing out the cinnamon covered delicacy onto the ground.
"That's a fail," Chris said as he stopped the timer. "Disappointing…"
Amy stomped back to her seat as the monitor changed to show Bridgette still with a scare. "Bridgette! Your goal is to drink this pint of goat's blood."
"A-A what?!" Bridgette paled. "But I'm vegetarian!"
"Come on kitty," Sugar said. "It ain't meat, and isn't that what matters?"
"That's still an animal product," Bridgette clarified as Dakota handed her the cup full of the warm liquid. "Please tell me this doesn't have any diseases."
Bridgette took a sniff of the small cup and hesitated, almost throwing up. Chef, Dakota, and Chris didn't provide an answer to her small request. Several of the campers looked at her sympathetically as she held the pint closer to her nose. "I can't… it's principles and it's… it's gross."
"And you still signed up for Total Drama," Chris said as he hit the button.
"Can I drink it?" Sugar asked.
"No…." Dakota shook her head. "No…"
Confessional, Bridgette
Alright, there's now a target on my back… But goat's blood is not something I'm comfortable with! You look at warm, thick, soupy, goat's blood, and that's not my palette.
Confessional, Roman
These teammates better pick up the pace. It may be 'hard' or 'against morals' but we're here to win.
"Cody, you've been selected for a truth question!" Chris said once Cody's face appeared on the monitor. "Who would you take on your ideal date and why?'
Cody blanched as the cameras seemed to zoom in on him. "So my ideal date is… well, it's just a typical restaurant. Like a steakhouse and all that, some chips, pop, and then we go to an arcade… I umm, teach her how to dance on the Boogie Boogie Battle Bus, and then we umm, go to a park and cuddle… So honestly… umm… I don't think any of the girls here would particularly like it so my bro Harold would enjoy it."
"I'm flattered Cody," Harold smiled. "I didn't think you swung that way, but I am honored to be one of your paramours."
"Yeah don't be," Chris said as he slammed the button. "Clucky says that was a lie."
"All of it?" Harold asked.
"Not all of it," Cody sighed, glancing at Alexis, who didn't particularly seem to be paying attention after the shock.
Confessional, Cody
Well… that happened… How could I have told the truth without creeping her out?!
"Alexis, hopefully that awkwardness doesn't distract you from this scare. Stick your finger into a whirring plastic fan."
Alexis' tanned face suddenly lost a fair bit of color as Dakota turned on a fan. Nervously, she looked at Cody, Alejandro, Harold, and Sam before she put her finger rather close to the small spinning blade. She gulped audibly before she pulled back her finger. "I can't! I don't want to lose it!"
"Depressing," Chef pressed the button.
"Alright, next up, we have a truth… for Drew! Now, the question is, have you ever used your art to get revenge on your worst enemy?"
Clucky hopped onto the artist's lap and started staring into Drew's eyes. Trying to avert Clucky's gaze, Drew turned to her teammates for support. When she received reassuring nods, she let out a sigh. "Okay well I'll be blunt I didn't get along with my dad's girlfriend at the time, so I considered her my worst enemy. Well, I grabbed some of her white t-shirts, painted it with this special concoction with a recipe that I had a fan send me online, and the next time she was sweating on one of her runs the word 'fat hot slutlicking mamacita' was on it."
Next to her on the log, Roman could only burst out in laughter as Sugar, Amy, and Geoff did the same. "I don't care if that's a lie, that's hilarious," Chris bursted out laughing. "And it looks like Clucky says it's the truth."
"Eva, coming on up with the scare," Chris said as Eva stood up. Dakota handed her a silver platter of what looked like makeup. "Let Dakota apply horrendous makeup on you."
Eva glowered at Dakota. The intern flinched for a moment before she held up the first makeup brush. "Just do it," Eva graveled. "And don't you dare laugh at me, got it?!"
"I won't," Dakota said as she started applying the makeup. Once the three minutes were up, Eva was truly a ghastly mess. Her beauty mark was clumsily covered up with incorrect blush colors, the eyeshadow only seemed to accentuate the bags around her eyes, her eyeliner was almost dripping purple, and Dakota put lipstick on Eva with her non-dominant hand, causing it to scratch all the way up her face. "Just keep this mess on for the next four and you're good."
"Moving right along…" Chris said as the image on the monitor turned into a small montage.
Laine failed to catch an unpotted cactus as it fell from a ten foot height, earning his team a shock. Harold's mad skills didn't earn him a point when he couldn't listen to a family history provided by a female contestant of the past. Topher refused to cut his hair into a mohawk even after the tool was changed from a razor to a pair of scissors. Alejandro, however, was able to crack an egg with his bare hands and only his bare hands.
"How'd you do that?" Harold asked.
"It's basic weight distribution," Alejandro shrugged once the montage came to a close.
"Eva, you've also earned your point. Feel free to take it off if you want," Chris mentioned. The powerlifter spat in her hands and rubbed the makeup off. "Yeesh…that's why we use sponges."
"Geoff, it's time for your scare!" Chris said as Chef pushed the tray into sight. "Last season we had a meal that… well, quite bluntly, it was horrible. We recreated it straight from Wawanakwa, balut and all. Your goal is to finish this within five minutes."
Geoff stood up at the rolling tray with his utensils primed to dig in. When he cut into the balut egg, the decapitated head fell onto the plate. Bridgette let out a horrified scream as Geoff stabbed the head. Gulping nervously, he looked at Bridgette, who was being held up by an adjacent Drew. Geoff hesitated as he finally put the head in his mouth. It took a long time for him to swallow and he still had a significant portion of the meal to go.
"Wow, like, I'm just not gonna eat the rest," Geoff said. "That was greasy and a horrible mishmash of flavors, totally harshes the chill mellow yeah."
"I don't necessarily blame you," Alejandro said as he and the others received the shock. Geoff scrambled to his station as he mouthed an apology to Bridgette.
"Next up we have Todd, selected for a scare! Hold onto these two sparklers until they go down to the red level."
Todd gulped as he was given two lit sparklers. The stick was divided into four layers, green at the top, yellow at the middle, orange below that, and red at the very bottom where his hands were mostly obscuring it. His breathing increased as Dakota lit both sparklers. Transfixed on the moving chemical reactions, Todd could only try to hold himself steady as the fire slowly slid down the sparklers. One passed the green after the other. When it hit the yellow zone Todd started to tremble. When the first sparkler, the one he left, hit the orange, Todd let out a panicked scream and threw it onto Roman's crotch.
Taking the other sparkler, he slammed it onto the ground, covering it in dirt as he kicked it over. Once that fire was out, he looked at Roman, who was currently being extinguished by Dakota and Chef. "Sorry…" Todd sighed as he got the shock. "Sorry again…"
Confessional, Roman
TODD! YOU BETTER COUNT YOUR DAYS ON THAT LITTLE MAP, AND YOU BETTER HOPE X DOESN'T MARK THE SPOT WHERE I PULVERIZE YOU!
The monitor rolled onto a truth for Harold. "Do you really believe that all of your times at Steve's camps gave you the skills you need to survive?"
Harold scoffed. "No, I had some skills already, and attending accounting Steve's numbering camp was just to help me learn how to balance a checkbook. I did also attend a screwdriver identification course as part of Hardware Steve's classification class and a trope class by Acting Steve's thespian class. But you know the real asset that I do think will help me out is-"
"SHUT UP ALREADY! I can see why Chef was hoping for a pretentious response," Chris said as Clucky nodded. "But that's the truth so you get a point."
The Salmon cheered as the reels again stopped on Laine rolling another truth. "Laine, who here would you like to have attended your school the most for help?"
"Aww man, that's such an easy question. I mean Geoff is like, my homie. He's such a cool and chillaxed guy, and he doesn't seem like the one to make fun of my accent," Laine gushed.
"Thanks brah," Geoff thumped his chest and held his thumbs up. "Mad sucks that they made fun of you for your accent."
"Eh, it's something every immigrant goes through, sucks but times are changing," Laine said hopefully as Eva patted him on his shoulder.
"And now we roll a truth for Sam!" Chris started as Clucky went over to Sam.
"Huh, I thought it was random," Sam mentioned. "Obviously someone is controlling the algorithm."
"Yeah we've got a fair bit to run through so we're gonna knock out a couple of truths right now and hopefully the editors do some kind of montage for this."
Confessional, Drew
Was that a fourth wall break? When you're painting you don't need to deal with stuff like this…
"Sam, if you could replace one member on the other team with a member from your team, which pair would you swap?"
"Well, Amy is a pill, so I'd send her over. It's harder to say who I want from the other side, but Bridgette is a nice person and I remember that she was gentle with our time together so I want to take her back to the salmon."
"Clucky says that's correct. Alexis, what's something that you've been hiding from your teammates?"
"Something that I've been hiding.. A ver…. Ah! I lost my glasses during the plane ride over and I've actually been working at that low level handicap for a while."
"Clucky says that's true… lame but true…" Chris started. "Bridgette, what circumstance would you betray your main principle?"
"Hmm… Assuming I'm trapped on a deserted island and help is on the way but won't show up until two weeks from then… I'd… I hate to say it but I think I'd go hunting and actually try to kill some fish," Bridgette sighed.
"That's the truth! Eva, why did you get into weightlifting?"
"Ugh, Umm, I saw my older sister doing it and I wanted to be tough just like her."
"Short, sweet, but a total fib." The bears got a shock as Chris again redirected the monitor to the wheels. "Amy, what do you regret about your relationship with your family?"
"Man, cutting deep. I really hate how I steered Samey wrong, she could have had such a happier life but for some reason she just didn't get it," Amy sighed.
"That's the truth?!" Chris said as Clucky gave them a point. "Okay I think this not quite montage would be over so back to the normal scheduled drama.
Confessional, Amy
What? If Samey just listened to me she'd be a lot happier a lot sooner, but she just had to be a crying little scumbag.
"We have a scare for.. Cody! Balance two ping pong balls on top of each other using nothing but sugar within three minutes."
Dakota took two canisters from Chef and put them on a tray with two ping pong balls. Cody stood in front of the tray and shook the canister, causing the white powder to stabilize the base of one ball. Using the powder still, he made something of a more stable base for the second ball, and put it on top. Surprised at himself, he turned to Chris. "I'm done."
"Hmmm…." Chris snipped the ping pong balls. He put his finger onto the white substance and licked it. "No you failed. That's salt, not sugar."
"I'm sugar," Sugar mentioned.
"That's not important," Chris said as he shocked Cody and the Salmon.
"Sam has now rolled a scare. We have one fun balloon left. I'm not entirely sure what's inside it…" Chris said as Chef brought out the last of the balloons.
The nerd suddenly paled as he realized that Chef was holding what looked to be lead lined gloves. The green balloon seemed to have an aura that warped the air around it. "NO!" Sam panicked, ducking out of the way as Chef threw the balloon. It soared between the posts and landed in some dirt, kicking up a storm as the soil turned an ungodly green.
"Yeah… good decision, but we still have to shock you," Chef sympathized.
Confessional, Sam
Aww man, I could have gotten superpowers or become a mutant.
"Now Topher has rolled a truth. The question is, who is your hero?"
"Obviously," Topher smugly grinned. "It's you Chris. No one hosts like you and no one contains command like you."
Dakota smiled to herself as Chris' face fell when Clucky revealed it was a lie. Sadly, Chris hit the button, shocking the Bears.
"The show must sadly go on. Ezekiel has rolled a…. TRUTH this time around! Now, of the members of your team, who would you rather be trapped on an island with and why?"
Taken aback by the relative simplicity of the question, Zeke seemed to relax as he took a deep breath. "Obviously I gotta go Geoff, eh. He's a cool dude and since he's a guy he and I can definitely find a way to remain on that island until we get rescued."
"Okay…." Chris said as Clucky stared into Zeke's eyes.
"Wait, what in tarnation do you mean by 'since he's a guy?" Sugar glared at Zeke.
"I mean, for the most part guys are stronger and smarter than girls eh? Geoff's got brain and brawn and we're like, brahs as he'd say," Ezekiel held a smiling thumbs up to Geoff. The party dude winced as the girls started to glare. "Since he's a guy he's not going to be as emotional. I'm surprised that a lot of the girls are still holding strong especially since we don't have makeup or dresses or shopping for them."
"Zeke, you answered the question, right?" Geoff tried to hold up a placating hand.
"Clucky still seems confused so I might as well answer, right?" Zeke said, still not aware of the girls glaring and staring at him. "I mean when it comes to girls I'm not sure if they'd be concerned with staying alive, they'd be more concerned with looking pretty. Maybe that's why we sucked during the first team swap challenge."
"Well…." Chris winced. The tally on the screen went up by one. "Clucky says you're telling the truth but…"
In a flurry of furious feathers, Clucky flew into a fuming frenzy and grabbed the remote out of Chris' hands. Glaring at Zeke, Clucky repeatedly slammed the button, scratching it and biting it with her beak, as the Salmon were shocked six ways to sunday. "I don't blame her," Dakota glowered.
Zeke finally had the notion to at least look ashamed as the remaining girls all seemed to wish death upon him through their eyes. "Oh no eh…"
Confessional, Sugar
What? A little pageant queen, princess, healing mage, and wizard's own witch can't ask a question?
"Now we hopefully move onto Sugar with a more PC truth! Sugar, what's something that you wish you had from someone else?"
"Truthfully," Sugar said, drawling out the last syllable. "I think Bridgette's blue sweater looks great on her. I think it'd look better on me so I'd love to find something just like that to rock for my next pageant on the red carpet!"
"Not the answer that I was expecting, but a verified truth from Clucky! Now, we move onto Roman's truth. "Roman, what petty grudge do you hold with a fellow teammate?"
"Petty? No, all the grudges I have are totally justified. I don't have petty grudges."
"Clucky says that's a clear and present lie," Chef said, pressing the button for once. "Should have done this more often."
"And last up, we have Todd. Who is your biggest opponent?"
"Umm," Todd hesitated. "I thought Total Drama would be cool so I told my friends we should all make audition tapes but I was slacking and I wound up doing mine last and my friends did a lot for me. Well, umm, in that regard, my biggest opponent is myself because at the end of the day reality tv is just a battle between you and yourself."
"An eloquent and very profound answer Todd, that puts your team at a tie with the Salmon," Chris shouted. "Now, we have to go into the tiebreaker!"
"The Salmon must use Sam as their tiebreaking agent, and Drew has been drawn for the bears!" Chef said.
Dakota led Drew and Sam to the center of the challenge site. Two interns dropped off two sacks, identical except for color, all tied up in knots. "The goal of this game is to untie these sacks, free the remote, and press the button so that the other team will be shocked. If you by some chance drop the remote, Clucky will shock you instead and your team will lose."
Sam and Drew felt the nervous and anxious stares of their teammates and opponents as they stood in front of each sack. "GO!" Chef shouted, blaring an airhorn.
Drew was the first to reach the sack and she found it tied up with sixteen identical and continuous knots. As her hands traced the main spine of the knots she looked over to see Sam already going through four of the knots before suddenly dropping the sack. The campers winced but Clucky made no movement. "That was the sack, not the remote, keep going!" Dakota clarified.
Quickly, Drew got to untying more and more of the knots, but she was only untying knot four of sixteen when Sam was already on knot six of sixteen. Sam twitched involuntarily but continued holding his sack as tight as possible. Drew's fingers cramped as she reached knot 10. Noticing Sam's movement going further and further and approaching knot 10, Drew picked up the pace, staring on knot eleven just as Sam continued forward.
Sam had to stop. He groaned as his wrist started cramping and his fingers started twitching. "Why now?!" He groaned, stuck at knot fourteen. Just when he reached knot 15 the campers saw a red burlap sack fall to the ground.
The salmons yelled fruitlessly as dozens, if not hundreds, if not a thousand, volts
"Salmon, you've gotta eliminate someone again! And just when you were immune, sucks to suck I guess," Chris started to close off the challenge. "Good Job Bears! Now you win food from today's sponsor, a Clucky approved, ethically sourced, vegan chicken and sushi parlor! If it's fishy, no it ain't!"
The victorious Bears cheered as Drew ran back to her team. Left at the challenge site, Dakota rushed over to the still locked up Salmon and started unshackling them. When she got to Sam, who still had ropes wrapped around his wrists, she gave him a smile. "That was a good effort over there. I don't think anyone else would have done better."
"Thank you Dakota," Sam smiled.
After challenge
Alexis and Alejandro were inside the main Salmon cave, sitting on a couple of rocks that were positioned perfectly next to each other.
"I assume, we're all just voting Zeke? I don't think any of the girls want him to stay, on our team or their team," Alexis mused.
"Agreed. I have a feeling Geoff will try and defend him. Maybe they will target Amy… which isn't a big deal to us," Alejandro replied, folding his arms.
"It seems Amy will just keep soaking up votes for the time being. I don't think anyone likes her… heck we just tolerate her."
"Yeah, Amy is… certainly a character," Alejandro said, as he looked up to see Cody and Harold enter the cave.
"Mind if we barge in?" Cody asked, as he and Harold took a seat next to Alejandro and Alexis.
"Not at all amigos," Alejandro said, with a smile.
"I assume you guys were talking about voting for Zeke?" Harold asked.
"Yeah… he's not exactly a favorite," Alexis said. There was a brief pause in the cave as the foursome stared at each other for a bit.
"You know amigos, I think we should form an alliance, we all seem to get along and we need to solidify some numbers." Alejandro said.
"I'm down for sure." Alexis gave a smile to the boys.
"I'm in," Cody said immediately.
"Should we maybe pull in a fifth? In case we merge or some other twist happens in the next handful of days," Harold suggested.
"What about Geoff?" Cody suggested.
"Sure, he's cool. But like maybe after we vote off Zeke. I don't think he'll want to leave him behind here," Alexis stated.
"I can talk to Geoff tomorrow after the vote and we can solidify a five," Alejandro said.
Confessional, Alejandro
Amy… is volatile and at some point she's going to piss the wrong person off. Alexis and I have bonded decently with Harold, and Cody is relatively sociable. Him pulling Geoff in is a bonus since I have a great relationship with Geoff, and I didn't even have to suggest it!
Confessional, Alexis
I feel much better about this four and maybe soon to be five than I ever did with that alliance with Amy.
Confessional, Cody
An alliance and it's with Alexis? I must be dreaming!
"Sam," Geoff rushed up to The gamer as he turned into their shelter. "I think that you should vote with me and Zeke. Amy's just been a pill ya know?"
Sam's eyes widened as the request sunk in. "Can we really allow that?"
"What do you mean?" Geoff asked. "Like, Amy's been mad at you for a while now right? For some reason she just really hates the name Sam and during the pig challenge I heard she was arguing with, like, Anne Maria all about it."
"Yeah but when you're like me you kind of get used to it. Besides, what Zeke said rubs me way worse than what Amy has done on me," Sam clarified.
"I don't follow."
"Geoff, I can stand the bullying, but Zeke needs a wakeup call with the attitude. He had a week to get that in check."
"So why can't we teach him?"
"I know you're close to him, but that's not our responsibility," Sam sighed. "I won't vote for you and I hope you won't vote for me, but my vote is clear."
Confessional, Geoff
Zeke deserves a second chance to redeem himself, but I just can't seem to get anyone to bite.
Confessional, Sam
I don't hold anything against Geoff for trying, but this isn't really a game move but just a personal human one you know?
"YOU COME TO ME EXPECTING MY VOTE? AFTER TODAY?" Amy shouted at Ezekiel, as the pair were far off from the main area, Ezekiel had followed Amy's idol hunting in an attempt to earn her vote.
"Uhhh…"
"YOU ARE PATHETIC. YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME!?" Amy heaved in a huge breath before continuing. "YOU ARE NOTHING! YOU ARE JUST AS WEAK IF NOT WEAKER THAN SAMEY!"
"Who is Samey eh?"
"UGH! YOU ARE SUCH A LOSER!" Amy shouted, stomping off screaming her head off. Out of sight of Ezekiel she eventually slowed to a walk, unfortunately for her she tripped on a massive tree root and face planted into a row of bushes. Her hands slowly got a grip around something as she tried to pick herself up. "Hey what's this?" Amy wondered aloud.
Confessional, Ezekiel
I may have messed up eh, but I don't think I deserved that eh.
Confessional, Amy
Stupid sexist pig. He's worse than Samey! But hey I got a nice little trinket from it.
Sam was walking out of the cave as Alejandro entered, Alejandro saw Geoff, shoulders slumped down,
"What is wrong mi amigo?" Alejandro asked, taking a seat next to Geoff.
"I just feel bad dude. No one wants to help Zeke out, and I get why, but at the same time I feel like he deserves another chance."
"I understand amigo. But perhaps it's best for him to go."
"I just seriously don't think it's fair dude."
"I'm here if you need anything amigo, but it's already too late for him."
"I think I should at least vote with him."
"That's fine. I'll have your back, and I know some of the others would too. I assume you are voting for Amy?"
"Yeah. I know she'll be mad, but if you got my back dude then I'll be okay."
Confessional, Alejandro
I do owe Geoff a lot for voting off Anne Maria last time, however now is not the time for me to repay my debt, especially to save Ezekiel of all people.
Confessional, Geoff
Ugh…I think I just gotta tell Zeke… I hate this dude.
Cody, Harold, and Ezekiel were on their way to the voting booth, Ezekiel was pleading for his life.
"Please eh, I'll do anything to stay!" Ezekiel exclaimed, wiping tears away from his eyes.
"I'm sorry Zeke," Cody said, keeping his vision away from the farm boy. "We can't help you."
"Please eh, vote with me, give me a chance to save myself!"
"No can do Zeke. Your fate is sadly sealed," Harold said, as the two nerds walked off leaving Zeke on his knees. As the two nerds looked back, their eyes drooped in sadness looking at the farmer boy.
Confessional, Ezekiel
I don't want to go home yet eh, I don't wanna be premerge eh.
Confessional, Harold
Ezekiel fell into the trap known as bad parenting, sadly it won't save him from the cannon this evening.
Confessional, Cody
I really feel bad for the guy, I'd give him a pity vote, but I feel like that's just rubbing more salt in the wound at that point.
"Zeke dude what's wrong?" Geoff asked, walking up to the poor farmer who was crying on the ground.
"I-I tried asking H-Harold and Cody for their v-votes and they told me no!" Ezekiel sobbed.
"Dude, I'm sorry. You've got my vote though!"
"Really?" Zeke asked, peering up at the party animal.
"Yeah dude, I know it won't mean much, but you're a homie at the end of the day, and when it's all done I can help you adapt to the real world," Geoff said.
"Thanks man that means a lot."
"Now let's head to the ceremony head held high dude!" Geoff exclaimed, grabbing Ezekiel's arm and pulling him to his feet, and the bros walked off
Confessional, Ezekiel
(He is sobbing uncontrollably to the point his touque was sliding off his head)
Elimination Ceremony
"Welcome back in Salmon. Another one of you will be voted off tonight. Now that everyone has gone to at least one ceremony, I don't have to explain the rules again, but once you are voted out you will have to get into the cannon immediately and Dakota will pick you up from the water. With that said I'll get the votes… Since SOME people can't do their job," Chris said, shooting a glare at Chef and Dakota who rolled their eyes. Chris left to grab the vote box and returned shortly later.
"Alright if anyone has a Chris idol and would like to play it now would be the time to do so…." Chris paused for a moment. "Alright I'll read the votes."
.
.
.
.
"FIRST VOTE… Ezekiel."
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"SECOND VOTE… Ezekiel."
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"THIRD VOTE… Amy." Geoff closed his eyes.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"FOURTH VOTE… Amy." Amy looked absolutely flabbergasted and stared daggers towards Geoff and Ezekiel.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"FIFTH VOTE… Ezekiel."
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"SIXTH VOTE… Ezekiel." Ezekiel grasped his hands together as he tilted his head downward.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
"SEVENTH VOTE… and the fifth person voted out of Total Drama Pahkitew Island, Ezekiel."
"Shoot eh. I knew it was coming but it still hurts eh," Ezekiel said standing up from his tree stump.
Alejandro walked over to him "Mi amigo I know you meant no harm, but please learn and grow from this moment. Words can really hurt people."
Geoff walked next to Alejandro, "What he said dude." Geoff extended his hand out for a handshake which Ezekiel took and extended to a hug.
"You've been the realest friend I've ever had eh, never change!" Ezekiel exclaimed.
"Of course bro."
"Ezekiel get in the cannon, as Chris would say we're on a schedule," Chef exclaimed, grabbing the boy and moving him towards the cannon.
"Bye eh," Ezekiel said as he got into the cannon, without so much a second thought Chef lit the fuse and launched the farmer boy into the sky.
"Whatever," Amy retorted, shooting daggers at Geoff.
"We're now a quarter of the way through the season and things are heating up, a neat unanimous vote and some personal secrets exposed. Maybe that will have a major effect on how people are seen, or maybe these teens just don't care about what crazy stuff they've done. Whichever way you slice it, the next episode is bound to be just as good as the last, tune next time for TOTAL DRAMA PAHKITEW ISLAND!"
Final Confessional, Ezekiel
Well this is it I guess eh. I gave it my all, I made it five rounds in which is further than that host Chris thought I'd make it eh. I guess that's something. I'm rooting for Geoff to win, he was my only real friend out here eh. So I hope he gives it his all and wins that million. I'm going to have to go home and reevaluate my values cause no one here seemed to agree with me, so maybe I did win something eh.
Votes
Alejandro: No hard feelings, Ezekiel
Alexis: Bye bye (waves). Ezekiel
Amy:. GOOD RIDDANCE YOU SEXIST PIG! Ezekiel
Cody: You dug your own grave man. Should've kept your mouth shut. Ezekiel
Ezekiel: You're mean eh, no reason to yell into my face eh. Amy
Geoff: I know Zeke is going, but I can't vote for the dude. I don;t care if this bites me but you were mean today for no reason. Amy
Harold: You need some more mad skills! Ezekiel
Sam: Game over bro. Ezekiel
SCENES FROM THE NEXT EPISODE
Bridgette bent over a rock to breathe just as Drew managed to catch up to them. Drew, hands on her knees, pointed to something high above Bridgette, but the surfer girl didn't dodge in time for the pinecone. Sugar looked at the lying blond girl and gave a sympathetic sigh before she spat on her hands, chucked the pinecone away, and threw it into the forest. Bridgette moved to thank Sugar before sugar spat on her hands again and wiped her forehead, much to Bridgette's displeasure.
"The challenge today is simple, all you need to do is catch the monkey," Dakota said.
Harold snorted. "What did Dakota say?" Cody asked.
"Catch the monkey," Harold tittered.
"A fire extinguisher?" Todd said as he put his hand under a rock. "Holy crap this is so powerful!"
Just as he screamed in delight, he accidentally pulled the trigger, sending him flying high into the air. A nearby sugar noticed Todd flying and clasped her hands in a wishing pose. "I wish I wish with all my might that Leonard and I can become the DJ of the dawn treader in a land of farts.
Confessional, Eva
THIS STUPID ISLAND! THIS STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID AHO AHO AHO AHO AHO AHO AHO!
Confessional, Bridgette
…You had to be vaxxed to get on this show right?
"Is it so hard to get a partner to dance with?" Roman shouted as he stood on top of a giant cliff.
"Do we think he's in his Zac Efron or Troy Bolton phase?" Eva asked a nearby Bridgette.
Bridgette opened her mouth to respond as Fang leaped into the air and swept Fang off of his feet. Roman screamed as Fang's dolphin partner started to dance with her.
Reviews:
SuperSonic: (Trygve) Yeah last ceremony was really important but I am glad that you are enjoying the small interactions between the campers. Leonard and Sugar were a pairing we wanted to explore a bit more but not force it at the start.
(Rj): I will say that in the episodes where the cast gets split up (there is another one coming up) the interactions during the challenges are a bit harder to translate into writing. Time will tell about how this elimination ceremony affects the future now.
LordGemini: (Trygve) We really have tried to step it up a bit more with the content this time around and to show off how much we as a pairing have improved and I'm glad you've noticed that. And yeah the plan last time was meant to have aa lot of holes in it, it was mostly to show that Topher mainly can be competent strategically but he is still cocky. Ultimately the plan held but still, and yeah Zeke's time is now done, we learned our lesson with Chloe in Island and felt we needed to build to Zeke's moment rather than make it just happen, we also wanted to kind of develop him a bit and we felt like around here was a good point for him to go.
(Rj): Ultimately what it comes down to is control, and time will tell if Alejandro really does have enough control this time around. And the moment you predicted for Zeke has now come to pass for better or worse. It has been awhile since I took AP Spanish and I haven't really been using a lot of spanish lately, so your corrections are appreciated.
Eliminated
20th: Rodney: 5-3-2
19th: Sadie 8-1
18th: Anne Maria 5-4
17th: Leonard 4-3-2
16th: Ezekiel 6-2
Pimâpotew Kinosewak [Floating Salmon]: Alejandro, Alexis, Amy, Cody, Geoff, Harold, Sam
Wâneyihtam Maskwak [Confused Bears]: Bridgette, Drew, Eva, Laine, Roman, Sugar, Todd, Topher