A/N: I love this episode. It's so fun.
With respect to the reviewers:
Numbah24Insane: Noah's my favorite too. Interesting predictions.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Yeah, but getting to rub her relationship in Topher's face softened the blow.
Crosshot: Things are certainly tense between Topher and Alejandro, and that plays a big part in today's chapter.
The recap begins the with usual distance shot of the film lot. "Once upon a time on Total Drama Action." The focus moves up to the water tower decorated to look like a princess tower. Then Amber blowing a kiss to Alejandro. The remaining contestants in their 'disguises' are shown arguing about having to be blindfolded. The Sammy is shown slipping on rotten apples, and Gwen is shown having golden eggs shot at her. "There was a princess trapped in a tower. Well okay, Amber got stashed in some tower set for a couple of hours. But still A bunch of knight went to rescue her and along the way some were lost.
Jo and Alejandro are shown sword fighting then jumping out of the way as the animatronics foot crushed where they just were. Alejandro and Amber are shown about to kiss, then Alejandro is shown offering up the sword, and Amber is shown pretending to stab herself. "Dreams were crushed, and a prince prevailed but it was no fairy tale ending for Amber and Alejandro after Amber sacrificed herself to give Alejandro immunity.
Amber is shown being eliminated and talking to Sammy. Then the remaining six contestants are shown waving on the bleachers. "And so it was princess Amber who was eliminated while the rest of the contestants lived happily ever after."
This is revealed to be a picture in Chris' hands as he tore it right in half and threw it to the ground "Not! Come on, this is Total Drama Action forget happily we've got fights, danger, maiming, and this time their might even be murder! So keep your eyeballs glued, right here, on another homicidal episodes of Total. Drama. Action!"
(intro)
{A standing light pops up on a set with skyscrapers in the background. A hanging light swoops in front of a set with houses in the background, then a camera pops out of a sewer with a rat on it, and another camera pops out of a hole in a tree scaring the raccoon inside. A masculine hand raises up a clapboard and sets it off.}
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doin' fine;
{The camera's point of view shows a film lot with the two trailers, city background, water tower, and fake hill. Chris drives by in a golf cart, and the camera flies through to the warehouses as crew members push a couple backdrops through, follows by the costume rack. )
You guys are on my mind!
{The camera goes up the fake hill and down into a small pool where Jo is swimming, a shark is behind her. Jo notices it and turns around to punch it in the nose.)
Ya asked me what I wanted to be,
And now I think the answer is plain to see!
(The camera moves out of the water to show Scott on a surfboard held up by machinery. He desperately tries to dodge several seagulls being shot at him. One finally hits him and he falls over.)
I wanna be...famous!
(The camera moves left to show Duncan as the one shooting the gulls from a gull cannon with Gwen right beside, laughing along with him. Duncan turns and Gwen looks at her feet, rubbing her left arm nervously. The camera moves on to show the sastchwawanakwa in a pink dress, matching boa, and straw hat. The door slides open and the camera goes through)
I wanna live close to the sun!
(A beach set is shown with Alejandro and Amber lounging on a beach chair together, a shark sits in a beach chair to either side of them wearing sunglasses.)
Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won!
(Topher is shown in the make-up confessional having it applied. A hand sprays something in his eye accidentally)
Everythin' to prove, nothin' in my way;
(Trent and Amy are standing on rock pillars with padded poles. Amy hits Trent several times before he hits her back sending some of her hair down.)
I'll get there one day.
(The hair lands in a pot of sludge Chef is cooking. He shrugs and turns to Sammy who looks nervous but determinedly back at him.)
'Cause I wanna be...famous!
(Harold and Ellody are shown standing in front of a set of screens in the security room. Harold presses a random button and causes an explosion. )
(Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(We focus in on one screen where a grizzly bear is growling towards Ella. The princess wannabe smiles at him sweetly, the bear smiles back and the two dance. )
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (N a-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(They dance their way past the lame-o-sine and the back window lowers to show Noah and Crimson inside. The camera continues through the window as camera flashes go off. Chris is shown standing at a podium in a powder blue tux. He opens an envelope.)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(The scene moves out to show Chef is in a sparkly hot pink dress and matching Chef's hat, along with sliver earrings and necklace. Chris looks a little weirded out. The camera moves back through a large screen then pans down to Geoff and Kitty sitting on a couch about to make out.)
*The sound of the theme being whistled goes through the air *
(They notice the camera and decide not to kiss, the scene moves back to show a small studio with two couches to either side of the one the couple is sitting at. The rest of the cast in sitting on them as the large screen above flashes to the Total Drama action logo. )
(end of intro)
The mess hall is shown before cutting inside to find all of the remaining contestants are sitting at the same table eating what appears to be scrambled eggs in a taco shell."Breakfast tacos? Right, because eggs in a taco shell totally isn't an insult to Mexican based breakfast food" Gwen complained, taking a bite. It crunched loudly.
"I don't think eggs are supposed to sound like that." Noah remarked.
"Must have left some egg shells in." Gwen sighed, taking another bite. She paused and spat out a black usb. "What the?"
"Chef's really hit rock bottom, he's not even using actual food now." Jo smirked.
"Guys this is totally a clue to like the challenge or something." Topher said. "Right Alejandro?"
The Spaniard merely glared at him. "I suppose."
"There's only one way to find out!" Sammy said.
"Right, give me the usb." Jo said.
"Why can't you just give her the PDA?" Noah asked.
"Because it's my legal right so keep your hands off." The jockette glared.
Noah raised an eyebrow. Gwen rolled her eyes and handed the USB to Jo, who placed it inside the PDA's USB port. A video played on the screen, showing Chris in the security room. "I hope you had a filling breakfast, it was so delish. I was on cloud nine. I could have had a dozen of them, but enough about breakfast, it's time to 86 this combination, er conversation."
"Well, it looks like McLame has lost it." Jo deadpanned.
"I'm going to relax in a nice safe and secure place and get ready for today's challenge." Chris continued. "You're probably wondering what the challenge is," Sammy and Gwen nodded. "It will remain a mystery until you find me. Hopefully you'll clue in and track me down, but in the meantime I'm gonna crack open a soda and relax. See ya."
The video stopped. "Well unless the reward is super good I'm not bothering to track down Chris." Gwen said.
"I agree with her, let McLame wait for us." Jo said.
"But what if finding Chris gives you some kind of advantage in the challenge?" Topher said. "He was clearly trying to give us clues to his location. I bet Alejandro could figure it out."
"He's not talking to you, in case you hadn't noticed." Sammy said.
"Whatever, I can figure it out on my own. Let's see, he said he was on cloud nine. Has anyone seen a sky background somewhere on the lot?" Topher asked.
"Oh a sky background, that really narrows it down considering there are several of those for different times of the day. Is Space considered a sky background, because that makes it even more vague." Gwen pointed out.
"Yeah, I think if McLame is giving us clues he'd be more specific." Jo nodded.
(Confessional)
Topher: Alejandro's so mad at me. I'm kinda happy about it actually. Maybe Amber's elimination will unlock his villainous potential.
Static
"Come on, it's obvious what he meant. He said he'd be somewhere safe and secure." Noah said.
"Indeed, the solution is elementary." . Alejandro smirked, clearly happy to focus on something besides Topher.
"Are you two planning to elaborate?" Gwen asked.
"Do we need to? Fine, he mentioned cracking open a soda, you crack a safe." the cynic added
"So we need to find a safe." Gwen frowned, her eyes widened. "Wait! I have to go back there?!"
"Back where exactly?" Sammy asked.
"The safe from the heist challenge. Obviously." Noah deadpanned.
"Nice one Scrawny." Jo decided, everyone stood up to leave.
(confessional)
Topher: Okay I'm the expert on Total Drama though. Don't forget that.
Static
Everyone is gathered near the safe. "So what now?" Jo asked.
"Chris gave us the combination." Alejandro said.
"He's right." Noah remarked as he walked to the safe and put his hand on the dial. "He said he was on cloud nine, that he could eat a dozen breakfast tacos, then said we were gonna eighty-six the conversation, but he slipped up and said combination instead." The cynic finished putting in the combination and moved to open the safe. He groaned as the wheel slowly turned.
Impatient, Jo pushed him out of the way. "Scrawny, if we wait for you to get it open we'll be here all day." She complained, turning the wheel the rest of the way. As she opened the safe bright light spread over the contestants clearing to reveal the host in question wearing a deerstalker hat, a pipe and black bag. "So where's my prize?" Jo asked.
"Hey I put in the combination," Noah complained.
"But I actually let him out." Jo smirked.
"I hardly recall having mentioned some sort of prize." Chris said in a bad English accent as he took a puff on the pipe. He began to cough. "but thanks for releasing me it was getting stuffy in there."
"Are you actually smoking?!" Sammy asked.
"What? Oh no of course not." The host threw the pipe into his mouth and began to chew.
"That's weird even for you, McLame." Jo said.
"What? It's chewing tobacco." Chris claimed.
"So you want your mouth to taste like the inside of an ashtray?" Noah asked.
"Nah just kidding it's black licorice." The host said.
"I think that might be worse." Gwen gagged.
"Yeah you're right." Chris agreed, spitting out the remaining licorice. "That stuff's disgusting! Now it's time for mystery movie day! I've got a challenge for each of you. Tonight you're to meet me at the train station set."
"Ooh, like in that romance movie you starred in,? Fame-?" Topher said.
"Uh, who can say what the name was?" Chris cut him off. "I was in a lot of romance movies." he chuckled nervously. "But first I'll require full fingerprint and DNA samples from each competitor."
(confessional)
Noah: DNA samples? What, so he can clone us after we die to one of his stupid challenges?
Static
"Each competitor has to gather evidence from one of the other competitors. Which means its in your interest to prevent the other guy from getting your deets. Now go pack an overnight bag and get me my clues." Chris said.
/
The communal bathrooms are shown before the focus shifted inside to show Topher and Alejandro at the sinks. Topher looked apologetic. "I'm sorry I voted Amber out. I'll do my best to make it up to you."
"And how exactly do you intend to do that?" Alejandro said tensely.
"I'll do whatever I can to help you win the game." Topher promised.
"You really think that will be enough?" The Spaniard said, looming over the blonde.
"Um, maybe?" the blonde frowned.
Alejandro smirked. "Perhaps there is something you can do for me."
(confessional)
Topher: I'm not actually sorry at all, I just want an excuse to help Alejandro.
Static
We see that Topher has just finished applying a mud mask to Alejandro's face. "Is that good?" Topher asked.
"Perfect," Alejandro said. He took a paper from nearby and pressed one of Topher's now cream covered hands to it. Then he plucked a hair from Topher's head. "That will start to make up for it." with a smirk the Spaniard left the bathroom.
/
Jo was exiting the girl's trailer. Once she reached the bottom of the steps she tripped over a wire just outside of the girl's trailer and landed right next to a mud puddle. With a smirk, Gwen jumped out of the nearby bushes, then ran over, quickly dipped her hand in the mud puddle and pressed it to a piece of paper, then plucked a hair off of her head.
/
Sammy stepped out of the mess hall and gasped as she was hit with a water balloon filled with paint. She was now covered in blue paint including her hands. Jo jumped down from the tree she'd been in and ran over to Sammy taking her handprint on a piece of paper and plucking a hair from her head. Sammy groaned.
/
Noah is in the boy's trailer. He walked to Alejandro's bunk and pulled out a container of light green face cream. He nodded, went over to the small garbage can near the mirror and looked inside. He smirked and pulled out a paper towel with a light green handprint on it. He looked from the green mask to the handprint, his smirk widening. Then he picked up a brush with dark brown hair in it and took some out.
/
(Confessional)
Noah: And I didn't even need to get my hands dirty. (Suddenly Jo rushes in and paints his hand before taking the print. She plucked one of his hairs and exited. Noah gives the camera a flat look.)
Static
/
In the hall Topher is taking a plate of spaghetti from Chef. He turns around and trips on Sammy's foot, who is standing in line behind him. He fell to the floor and the sauce splashed on his hands, face and hair. Sammy bit her lip but pulled out a piece of paper and pressed Topher's sauce covered hand to it. Then plucked one of his hairs and gave him an apologetic grin.
/
The six contestants are now standing outside of what would appear to be an actual small train station were it not for the fact that the mountain range and surrounding desert behind them was clearly a backdrop. A bell rang as Chris exited the station still in the deerstalker hat holding a box. Gwen, Sammy, Alejandro, and Noah all dropped their evidence in, with the Spainard's eyes widening in shock at Noah's find before leveling a glare at him. Chris looked at Topher who looked at his feet in shame, before moving to Jo who put two bags in.
"So since I collected the most evidence, I get a prize right?" Jo said.
"I never said you'd get a prize for that." Chris said.
"Oh come on! Really?" Jo complained.
"Yes really, besides Gwen's the one who never got her DNA and fingerprints collected. If I was giving a prize to anyone it'd be her. Not that I'm giving any prizes yet." Chris said as he walked to the train.
"Have you forgotten what my job is?" Jo whispered.
"Have you forgotten I'm the one who gave you the job?" Chris whispered back, placing the box next to the bag he'd had earlier. "Now shut up and get on the train." Huffily Jo moved to get on. "Hey I haven't said all aboard yet!" Jo glared at Chris. "All Aboard!"
A train whistle was shown blowing and with a puff of steam the wheels were shown to begin to move. the steam covered the scene as a way of transitioning to the next.
/
When the steam cleared Gwen is sitting at one of the booth when Chris dropped his bag on the table and pulled out a paint roller. "What the?!" The Goth exclaimed as the host painted her hand with the black paint.
"Regulation to ride the train ma'am." The host said as he took her handprint, then he plucked a hair from her head.
Chef rolled in a trolley with sweets on it. Caramel apples, ice cream, train shaped sandwiches, and a small fountain of cupcakes. "Welcome the seven thirty-two to Funville. Let the party begin!"
"A party?" Sammy gasped.
"What's the catch?" Gwen asked.
"Gwen, you are so cynical." Chris tutted.
'I agree with her." Noah said.
"More for me, besides even if it is a trap are you sure you want to miss out on what could be the best food you get the rest of the season?" Jo said. She picked up one of the sandwiches. Sammy picked up an ice cream, and Noah took a carmel apple. Gwen gave him an odd look.
"What? She's right, this is too good to pass up." Noah said, taking a bite of the apple.
The train went dark. "Who turned the lights off?!" Topher asked.
"Umm, you can't kill the host!" Chris exclaimed, as the sounds of a scuffle were heard. The lights finally turned on.
"What was that about?" Sammy asked.
"Chris is dead!" Topher exclaimed, pointing at the corpse of the host.
Alejandro placed a hand on the host's wrist. "Well I'm not feeling a pulse."
"There's no way he's dead! I haven't won the million dollars yet!" Jo complained.
"Glad to see you have your priorities straight." Gwen deadpanned.
"He can't die?! Does anyone know CPR?!" Topher asked.
Noah sighed. "I regret taking those classes." He walked over and began to do chest compressions. There was no response. He placed his fingers on the host's wrist. "Still no pulse."
"What about mouth to mouth?!" Topher protested.
"If you think I'm putting my lips on Chris' you're delusional." Noah deadpanned.
"So, um, what do we do now?" Sammy asked.
/
Sammy was hyperventilating. "How did this happen?!"
"Calm yourself Sammy, panic solves nothing." Alejandro reassured her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Topher was lying next to Chris' body crying. "He was too young to die! He had his whole career ahead of him!"
A loud stomp echoed through the train and everyone turned to Gwen. "Alright enough! We have to calm down or we'll never figure this out!"
"Exactly." Noah said.
(confessional)
Noah: It was pretty obvious the corpse is a fake, especially after I did those chest compressions. Alejandro checked his pulse so he probably knows too.
Static
Alejandro: The corpse is made of rubber, but of course if this is a challenge it benefits me to keep such information to myself. I'm sure Noah has figured it out as well.
Static.
"Okay, does anyone have any idea on how to deal with this?" Gwen asked.
"If this is a train there should be an engineer. In an emergency he would be one to contact." Alejandro turned to Sammy. "Would you try the phone to the engine?"
Sammy ran over to the phone. "Hello? Is anyone there?" The twin began to shake. "I'm not getting a signal!"
"The murderer cut the phone connection!" Topher panicked.
"Oh come on! This is just McLame messing with us!" Jo said, walking over to the corpse. "There's no way he's actually dead, and I can prove it." Having declared this the jockette kicked the corpse in the balls, all male members of the cast are briefly shown wincing in sympathy, The corpse remained unmoved. "Huh, that usually works."
"Trust me if he's not screaming in agony, he's beyond pain." Noah noted.
"Wait, what if this is like the plane in the war movie episode. It is a set, maybe we can just climb out and find help?" Sammy asked.
"That's a possibility. We can't rule it out." Gwen noted.
(confessional)
Gwen: Okay is Chris actually dead? I don't know, probably not. Still if there's any chance he might be we need to take this seriously. And hey if it's a challenge we probably should take it seriously anyway. Getting help could be the way you win.
Static
"Okay but how do we get out?" Topher asked.
"That ceiling hatch would be apt." Alejandro noted, pointing at a hatch in the ceiling.
"I guess I could get up there." Sammy decided.
"No, I will go. Should there be an ambush I believe I am best equipped to deal with it." The Spaniard said.
"Hey if Al wants to risk his neck its no skin off my nose." Jo smirked.
"In the meantime I'll get Chris' outline drawn." Gwen reached into her pocket and pulled out a tube of teal lipstick, which she began to use to outline the corpse.
/
A trail of steam is shown before the focus moved out, revealing Alejandro was on top of a moving train his hair flying back from the force of the movement. The focus moved in on Alejandro's shocked face as he gasped, then the low ceiling of a tunnel ahead is shown. He began to pound on the hatch. "The train is real! Let me back in!" He screamed.
The focus shifted inside where everyone is looking up at the hatch as it is pounded on. The light's went out for a second time. "This isn't good!" Topher's voice said.
"Who keeps messing with the lights?!" Jo complained.
"Sammy I know you're scared but can you let go of my wrist?" Gwen asked.
"I'm not holding your wrist." Sammy replied.
The lights turned back on to reveal it was actually Noah holding Gwen's wrist. He was on the floor. He stood up quickly. "Sorry I was trying to pull myself back up."
A rumbling from above caught everyone's attention and moments later Alejandro fell through landing between them all. "I believe we can rule out it being a fake train." He noted, beginning to straighten his hair.
"Well if this is real a grave injustice has occurred!" Topher declared walking to the black bag Chris had been holding earlier. "Don't worry Chris, I will solve your murder!" He said taking out a magnifying glass. "And since we're stranded on this train everyone here is a suspect!"
"Are you serious right now?" Jo asked.
"Dead serious. What is more serious than the life of a cherished actor being snuffed out in their prime?" Topher asked.
Noah opened his mouth but was unable to say anything sarcastic before Gwen gasped. "How about the fact that the body has gone missing?!" The focus moved left to where the corpse had been, only the teal lipstick outline indicating where it had been.
"Corpse robbers!" Sammy gasped.
"This is obviously just one of McLame's setups!" Jo protested. "Are you really gonna let him get to you?!"
"While you waste time, I'm going to figure out who did this! After all this is a murder mystery any one of us could be the next one murdered." Topher said.
"Yeah, we should probably figure this all out." Noah agreed.
"Very well, I will search the other cars for clues." Alejandro decided, exiting the room.
"Whatever you can all waste time trying to solve a murder that didn't happen." Jo scoffed.
"I'll help, maybe we can find some fingerprints. Chris did have us collect them all." Gwen said. "Sammy, do you have any blush?"
"Yes." The twin tossed a brush and powder to the goth.
Topher began to pick up various things from the crime scene. An ice cream cone, a carmel apple, one of the sandwiches. All were placed into plastic bags.
"I found the evidence!" The focus shifted to Noah , who was right next to the lipstick outline. He picked up several strands of dark brown hair. "Some of Alejandro's hairs."
"No way, you have brown hair too!" Topher accused. "It could just as easily be yours!"
"My hair's a slightly different shade, and the texture is really different.." Noah said "Feel it for yourself."
Gwen rubbed her fingers across Noah's hair. "Wow, it's so smooth." Then she felt the hair Noah had picked up. "That's a lot coarser."
"I rest my case." Noah smirked.
Alejandro walked back in. "All the other cars are completely empty." His eyes widened. "What?"
"They think you did it." Topher said.
"Not only did Noah find your hair, but you've proved you can't be trusted." Gwen said. "And on top of that you were the only one unaccounted for when the body disappeared."
"Because I was on the roof!" Alejandro said. "You saw me fall through yourself!"
"You're smart, I'm sure you could have figured out a way back in." Jo smirked.
"I thought you didn't care about this?" Alejandro asked.
"I didn't, but if it means you lose I am now interested in seeing you caught." The jockette said, taking a pair of handcuffs out of the black bag from before and tossing them to Noah. He and Gwen began to approach.
"Amigos be reasonable!" Alejandro protested as he backed away. "What motive do I have to kill Chris?"
"You're a contestant on this show where Chris torments us?" Noah pointed out.
Alejandro frowned. "I cannot dismiss that, however-"
"Trying to struggle will only make you look more guilty." Sammy pointed out.
"Alejandro sighed.
/
The Spaniard's left hand is handcuffed to the coatrack in the wall.
(confessional)
Gwen: I'm not saying it's conclusive evidence, but Alejandro is still the prime suspect. So making it so he can't mess with anything is good. Besides, being handcuffed won't hurt him.
Static
Topher is crouched in front of Alejandro. "Listen I told you I'd make up for voting out Amber and I will. I'll get your name cleared. I know you wouldn't kill Chris, at least not in public."
The focus shifted to Jo, Gwen, and Noah. "So we've caught the 'murderer' now what?" Jo asked.
"If we want Alejandro to get taken in, we have to get back to the film lot. From there we can contact the authorities." Noah explained.
"True, in this kind of thing catching the murderer isn't enough. You have to make sure he goes down." Gwen nodded.
"Fine, let's see what we can do." Jo decided.
(confessional)
Sammy: Everyone but Topher was convinced Alejandro was guilty. And Topher's not the best judge of character. Still, something felt off.
Static
Noah's head is shown poking through a hatch in the bottom of the train car. He came back in. "Okay, if we can jam the wheels, we should be able to stop the train."
"But Jam them with what? Is there anything even in here that can stop a train?" Gwen asked.
"If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's that quantity can be better than quality. Let's just throw everything we can find down there." Jo decided.
"Well I don't have a better idea." Noah shrugged.
The focus shifted over Topher and Sammy, who were both looking over the scene of any kind of evidence. "There's a lot of fingerprints, but everyone's been touching all sorts of things. Determining what fingerprints are relevant is impossible!"
"Look, Chris was killed by something. There had to be a method of murder. Somewhere on this train must be the key to solving this missing piece." Topher said.
"Right, we just have to keep looking." The twin nodded.
(confessional)
Topher: Honestly I never would have thought I'd end up teaming up with Sammy of all people. But since we're the only ones trying to clear Alejandro, it only makes sense.
Static
Sammy: I'm still upset Topher betrayed our alliance but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Static
/
Back at the hatch in the floor the three have gathered various items. "Okay what we got?" Jo asked.
"All I was able to find was this bottle of soda." Noah said.
"Give me that!" Jo threw the soda down, it did nothing to slow the train, and instead splashed Noah with the beverage. "What else?"
"I found this table lamp?" Gwen said.
Jo threw it down and the sound of glass breaking could be heard. "No dice." She walked off screen and both Noah and Gwen's eyes widened as she returned with the entire trolley that had previously held sweets. She threw it down the hatch and the shrieking sound of twisting metal was heard. The train did not slow. "Just how hard is it to stop a train?!"
"Watching you all struggle is quite cathartic given my current situation." Alejandro smirked as the focus shifted to him.
"I've cracked the case!" Topher declared.
/
The train is shown from the outside before cutting back in. Topher stood before the group directly in front of Chris' teal outline. "Look here." The blonde said pointing at a spot next to the outline. "A streak of caramel right near where the body was."
"So?" Gwen asked.
"So, I decided to check the trash can and look what I found." Topher pulled out a napkin with caramel fingerprints on either side of it. "This napkin has fingerprints on either side like it was used to strangle a person."
"What does that prove?" Jo huffed.
"Simple, who was the only one to begin eating a caramel apple before the murder occurred? Who had the perfect opportunity to find the napkin and throw it out? Who led the crusade against Alejandro, and has been surprisingly careless in his investigation considering this is an intellectual challenge?!" Topher accused.
Everyone turned to Noah. "What? You think I did this?"
"Topher made several good points." Gwen nodded.
"Cuff him!" Topher ordered.
Chris walked in through the car door dragging the corpse version of himself. He laughed. "I really had you guys." He held up the 'corpse' "I look good in rubber don't you think? Crackerjack special effects team."
"Please, I knew it was fake the whole time, as I assume Noah did?" Alejandro asked. Noah nodded.
"Nevertheless, the winner of today's reward challenge is the person who solved the crime. Which was Topher, although Noah clearly figured it out considering his behavior. If he'd have just told you it was him he'd have won." Chris smirked.
"What?! I thought as the murderer my job was to get away with the crime? You know, like in every murder mystery game ever!" Noah snapped. .
"Nope! Which means Topher wins the reward. A night at the movies with a friend of his choice." Chris smirked.
"Well the answer is obvious." Topher walked over to Alejandro and got him out of the handcuffs. "I know you're still mad, but I'm really trying to make it up to you."
"Very well I accept your request." Alejandro agreed.
/
At the amphitheater Topher and Alejandro were sitting on the wooden benches normally used for elimination. A projector shone a zombie on the screen. The focus cut close to show Chris wearing Badminton attire. "It's not badminton, its goodminton," The host swung his racquet and took the first zombie down. "Heck it's greatminton!" He hit a second zombie and knocked its head off.
Topher reached into the bag of popcorn next to him, he gasped in surprise as he realized Alejandro had done the same. "Alejandro?"
"Topher you really showed me your loyalty today. So I've decided to give you a second chance." Alejandro said.
"Really? Thanks, you won't regret it!" Topher said.
Alejandro cupped Topher's face and tilted his head up so their eyes met. "I know I won't."
(confessional)
Alejandro: I haven't forgiven Topher, but right now I need his vote. Besides if I lead him on and then betray him it'll make my revenge all the sweeter. (He pulled out a princess Amber doll and stroked her hair.) Isn't that right chica?
Static
Topher: Yes! He's totally using me! I'll have Alejandro back to his villainous self in no time!
Static
Noah: This is the second time I've been gypped out of a reward. I defused my bomb, and I solved the crime. How was I supposed to know confessing to the crime would get me the reward!? I'm overdue.
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Chris is sitting on the wooden bleachers with a bag of popcorn in his hand. "I gotta tell you, it's great to be able to share some quality time with someone who really gets me." The host ate a handful of popcorn. "Popcorn? No? Really though, it's a relief to be with someone I actually like," The focus moved out to show he was talking to his rubber double. "And you've got the most adorable nose. " The host tapped the dummy and it's neck bent backwards. The dummy fell off the bleachers.
"Oh hey," Chris chuckled nervously as he turned to face the camera, rubbing his head sheepishly. "You're here. Well, tune in next time for more movie madness on Total Drama Action!"
A/N: For Topher and Alejandro to 'make amends' Topher had to win the challenge and clear Alejandro's name. Of course Noah being the smart person he is, I had to find some way for him to not solve the murder. So I threw in the twist of Noah being the murderer, figuring that out, and trying to get away with it. Since he thinks the rules are like werewolf when they're actually like clue.
Did you like the ways the contestants got the DNA and handprints? Noah especially since I have no idea why no one tried that in cannon. This episode was really fun to write, especially since Topher is such a huge Chris fan, and would totally over react to Chris' apparent death. Gwen takes the whole situation seriously, but considering she thought they'd caught the murderer, I felt it would be in character for her to try and help Jo and Noah get back to the film lot so they could take Alejandro in.