Total Drama Revenge of the Film Lot Chapter 4: McLean Academy, a total drama series fanfic

"Last time, on Total Drama Revenge of the Film Lot..." Chris began the recap leaning against the ceremony podium, as it was still the middle of the night. "25 teens! 1 crummy film lot! 1 million dollars! The million dollars we have not even come close to seeing. We got to meet our cast as they arrived on the film lot, and they embarked on a quest through a temple in our adventure movie challenge to kick off the season. Vergil and King did the opposite of hit it off, Melissa completely beat out the others, and Maxine ended up being more heroic than she expected. Despite not knowing each other very well, Donna got the first boot after others deemed that she was a hazard to herself and just weirded them out. That and her monkey which she did NOT get permission to bring! How will the teams shape out? Which team will crumble immediately? And who will go home because of it? Find out right here, on Total, Drama, Reeeeeeeevenge of the Film Lot!"

Intro Sequence:

The rock tune of I Wanna Be Famous started up, with high-grade film cameras popping out of different places. First out of the chimney of a trailer, then out the window of a soundstage, a toxic waste barrel after that, and finally a sewer manhole before a movie clapper came in and closed, letting the full shot begin.

Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine, you guys are on my mind

The camera zoomed onto the film lot, passing by Chris in a dingy golf cart being pushed by Irene, Oliver, Elroy, and Ted, while Virgil was stuck to the cart itself. Going past several soundstages, the camera weaved between a few movie backdrops, before going up the large hill that led to the soap opera sets on top. The shot then dove down into a pool of water below where King was swimming inside. He saw Fang swim up behind him, so he turned around and punched him right in the face, sending the mutant shark flying up.

You asked me what I wanted to be, and I think the answer is plain to see

Flynn was above the water, now in a soundstage, commandeering a pirate ship floating on it while Delanie copied his behavior. Fang landed on their ship though, forcing both of them to dive off of it. Trixie had watched the two jump down, smirking at their misfortune.

I wanna beeeeeee famous!

The shot now panned out of this soundstage, passing up Kahlin running out of one of the dressing booths, with Sasquatchanakwa right behind him. Jack was looking over some outfits on a rack, although Lilac jumped out from behind some of the clothes, showing her teeth and scaring him.

I wanna live close to the sun

Beck was relaxing on a lounge chair on a beach set, his hands behind his head. He winked at the camera, while Flaky and Bonnie were ogling at him from behind a bush.

So pack your bags cuz I've already won

Panning to the right and into the makeup trailer confessional, Kylie was doing her makeup, applying lipstick at the moment. Trina walked inside, carrying a basket of different foundation. Kylie looked them over, then shooed Trina away.

Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day

Klaas and Vergil were in a boxing ring together, both of them glaring at each other. Vergil threw a punch, as did Klaas, with their fists colliding as they did so. Both of them fell back because of this, although Esteban was quick to run in and help them up.

Cuz I wanna beeeeeee famous!

Toby and Luis were in the kitchen with Chef, with Athena preparing some kind of soup. She seemed to be having trouble with it though, so Toby walked over to help her out. Maxine was watching this from a monitor in Chris's office, then pressed a button to try and blow up the kitchen.

Na na na nana, nananana, nananana

This blew up a different set though, where Thomas, Nanashi, and Jim were inside. A bear had taken the brunt of the explosion though, and it let out a roar at the three of them. Jim pointed at the other two and ran off with a guilty look, although Thomas ran away as well, leaving Nanashi to get chased by the bear.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!

Diamond and Melissa were sitting at the outdoor theater on the benches when Jim and Thomas ran by. They didn't pay much mind to it though, but Freddy popped up from behind them both with a puppet mask on, startling them both. Diamond laughed, while Melissa rolled her eyes.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!

A flash from the outdoor projector transitioned to the Aftermath studio, where Donna was sitting in between Geoff and Bridgette. Mittens the monkey hopped up from behind the couch, scowling at the aftermath hosts. This confused both, with the shot then zooming out to show the rest of the contestants sitting in the peanut gallery benches, whistling along with the last notes of the intro while the season logo was shown on a TV above.

After the intro ended, the episode began right where the last one left off, with everyone heading to the trailers to settle in for their first night on the film lot. "That was kinda tense back there." Kylie commented, currently unwrapping her Gilded Chris to eat the chocolate inside.

Kahlin just shrugged, flipping the Gilded Chris in his hand over and over to entertain himself on the walk back. "It wasn't that intense, besides, no one voted for ya anyway! At least I don't think anyone did, you never know..." Kahlin told her.

Kylie gave him a bit of a weird look, now remembering that she did get her statue a little later. Kahlin saw where her head was going though and just chuckled. "I'm kidding! Of course no one voted for ya! I was just yanking your chain." Kahlin assured her, getting a small chuckle out of Kylie as well.

-Confessional: Kylie-

Kylie had a small smile on her face, resting one arm on the vanity while she sat somewhat sideways. "I think my first day went pretty well. I learned some of the people I should probably avoid. King, Vergil, and maybe Trina. Didn't really get good vibes from them during the challenge. Kahlin seems cool, albeit a bit of a jokester. Wouldn't mind being on the same team as him."

-End Confessional-

The castmates soon arrived at the trailers they'd be staying at, and their set up was pretty simple. The two trailers were about 30 feet apart, with some wooden log benches, a barbeque, a campfire that was currently out, and some folding chairs. "Doesn't look too bad. Maybe we could all hang out here some other night. Just not tonight though, I'm exhausted..." Melissa suggested, walking past the outdoor furniture.

"Feel ya there bruv, I aughta hit the hay." Jim agreed, letting out a small yawn as he passed by the logs as well.

Diamond looked at the two trailers, the one on the left being entirely blue and the one on right being entirely pink. "Gonna take a wild guess and say that the right one is ours." Diamond quipped to Athena, who didn't show any reaction to her comment and just began to walk to the pink trailer.

Bonnie heard her as well, and began to stroll towards the blue trailer. "I guess this one is ours. Might as well check." Bonnie commented innocently, following the guys.

Instead of telling her off, Thomas just turned her around with both hands. "Not a good idea." Thomas told her coldly, then continued to walk to his trailer.

Bonnie snapped her fingers, then just walked to the pink trailer as she was supposed to. "Good catch matey." Flynn told Thomas, with him holding the door to the trailer open.

Inside the guys' trailer, Jack was the first person inside, quickly inspecting the interior. There were 6 bunk beds instead of 7 like Chris said there would be, but that was still enough for everyone. It was a pretty decent trailer surprisingly, the beds were good quality, the trailers had two outlets, a sink, a mirror, and a small mini fridge that was currently empty. "Hey, this kinda reminds me of my trailer back home." Beck commented as he stepped inside.

"You have a trailer?" Esteban asked as he walked in after Beck.

Beck nodded his head, just choosing one of the bottom bunks and sitting down on it. "Yup. Just live there with my dad. He has to pay the rent for his auto shop, so we just live in a trailer to cut costs." Beck answered, then put his hands behind his head and laid down.

Esteban took the bunk above Beck, also laying down. "Good choice on your dad's part then. Juggling rent for two places would be a nightmare." Esteban replied.

Toby walked up to one of the empty bunks and patted the bed, just to see how it felt. "These are nice beds, I'm glad Chris gave us good sleeping arrangements." Toby told his puppet as he sat down on his bunk.

"Nyeah! Makes it purrty easy to get a good catnap!" Luis agreed cheerfully, then soon fell asleep right after yawning.

"Hehe... you're pretty tired too aren't you? Good night Luis." Toby chuckled at how quickly his friend fell asleep, then laid down to get some rest as well.

He didn't fall asleep immediately though, as Thomas approached him. "Mind if I take the bunk above you? Chris didn't really say where we were supposed to sleep." Thomas requested.

"Go right ahead, never hurts to have company. Have a good night's sleep Thomas." Toby gave the go ahead, before closing his eyes to sleep.

Thomas then climbed up onto his bunk above Toby and closed his eyes as well. The day had been a bit exhausting so it was easy to fall asleep.

Klaas saw Vergil lay down on one of the bunks, so he just casually walked over and climbed onto the one above him. "You're really gonna take a chance bunking above me huh?" Vergil told Klaas, still laying down as he spoke.

"Yeah, I'm willing to take that chance, it's kinda my thing." was all Klaas responded with as he laid down and went to sleep.

Kahlin heard their little exchange and chuckled. "Sounds like those two are gonna be at odds. Lookin' forward to seeing THAT go down! Hey Flynn, wanna bunk?" Kahlin remarked, then called to the pirate.

"Aye laddie, what would make feller like yerself wanna bunk with me?" Flynn asked him, crossing his arms.

Kahlin just shrugged. "No real reason, just seems fun. You want top or bottom?" Kahlin responded, then pointed to an empty bunk bed.

"I like the confidence mate, I'll let ye take top." Flynn commended Kahlin, then laid down on the bottom bunk. Kahlin climbed onto the top, then took his hat off and laid it next to him as he closed his eyes.

Jim laid down on one of the open bottom bunks, not really coordinating a bunkmate. Because of that, King just climbed onto the bunk above him. "Oy! You didn't even ask to bunk bruv!" Jim shouted, not a fan of King so far.

"I don't snore. You better not. Good night." King ignored Jim's frustration and just went to sleep, making Jim scowl for a moment before just trying to shake it off and go to sleep.

Freddy took the last open bottom bunk, then waved to Jack. "Hey Jack, pretty convenient we get to bunk together huh?" Freddy pointed out, since everyone else had their bunks.

Jack shook his head, then began to walk to the exit. "Yeah, about that, I'm not sleeping in here." Jack told Freddy.

"Huh? Why not?" Freddy asked, a bit confused.

Jack opened the door, then looked back at Freddy. "You ever seen Napaway Camp? Or any multitude of teen slashers? The killer always gets people in their sleep! It's always in their sleep, or in the woods, that's where the first victims die. I ain't risking that, so I'll go find my own spot." Jack explained to Freddy, then walked outside.

Freddy scratched the back of his head, not trying to stop Jack. "Uh, good luck with that then!" Freddy waved to Jack as he left, then just went to the empty bunk and laid down.

-Confessional: Thomas-

Thomas had one arm crossed, with his other hand on his chin. "Toby is a very docile person based on his demeanor. Bunking with him will likely lead to me staying out of morning conflicts. Klaas and Vergil, King and Jim, those may go awry, and I want no part in that."

-Confessional: Jack-

Jack looked a bit paranoid, since his eyes were fairly wide. "I don't see how these guys are so comfortable sleeping together like that, it's suuuuper creepy if you ask me! 11 strangers in a trailer? When there's incentive to get right of each other in the game!? Nuh uh, I smell a killing spree coming from that! The soundstages all have ladders, so I just slept on the one closest to the trailers. Fairly safe, and gives me some time to outrun a killer on the hunt! If you aren't prepared for a killer, you might as well be a walking corpse. And you know what you are when you're a walking corpse? A ZOMBIE!"

-End Confessionals-

Over in the girls' trailer, Melissa and Lilac stepped inside, looking over their abode for the competition It was all identical to the guys' trailer, as the carpet was yellow in both of their trailers. "Which beds are ours?" Melissa asked, since she didn't see any labels.

Lilac shrugged, looking around for a list of some kind that showed where people were supposed to sleep. "Do we just pick where to bunk? If so, I hope for a bottom bunk. If someone gets injured and sleeps above me, I'll be able to see the blood soaking in the mattress above~" Lilac stated what she hoped for, earning her a worried look from Melissa.

Delanie soon ran inside the trailer, looking over the beds quickly. "Hmph! So we'll be pretty close! Since there's no assigned beds, I'll take charge of deciding who sleeps where!" Delanie declared.

"Who put you in charge of that?" Trixie asked skeptically, walking in already in an annoyed mood.

"She did..." Athena replied with the obvious, then just stood near the mini fridge and away from the others.

Delanie nodded her head. "Yup! I need to prep for any kind of camp counselor role. A strong female lead of course, since camp counselors are people with authority! So authority I shall carry! You can call me Counselor Carter!" Delanie introduced herself again, putting one fist on her heart.

"That's a guy's name." Trixie pointed out immediately.

"Not in this case! Show some respect to your counselor!" Delanie shot back, making Trixie facepalm and groan.

Trina on the other hand seemed to go along with it. "Yes ma'am, would you care for some assistance in allocating our sleeping arrangements?" Trina offered her help, pulling out her notepad.

Delanie nodded her head, beckoning for Trina to stand next to her. "Much appreciated, you can be assistant counselor. Alright, everyone else, circle up!" Delanie called to everyone else, while Trina stood next to Delanie.

The rest of the girls formed a half circle in front of the bunks, with Delanie facing them all. "Why are we letting you decide where we sleep? EVIL doesn't bow down to anyone!" Maxine protested, glaring at Delanie.

"Just go with it and get this over with, I wanna go to sleep girl..." Diamond whispered to Maxine.

"W-W-We have a super early w-wake up call b-by the way..." Flaky informed the others, hoping to speed things up as well.

Delanie perked up at this, turning to Flaky. "What time? And how do you know this?" Delanie asked forcefully.

Flaky jumped back, shuddering at how aggressive Delanie sounded. "Umm... 7am... and uhh... I w-was an intern f-for Chris before, so I k-know the schedule for s-some of the e-early challenges." Flaky answered.

"Oh hey, I think I did see you last season! You guys dumped sewage on Chris! Nice stuff." Kylie told Flaky, offering her hand for a high five.

Flaky hesitantly brought up her hand and high fived Kylie, still shuddering. "Okay, now that we know we've got an early wakeup call, we'll breeze through this. Trina! Did you make the bunking plans like I asked!?" Delanie now snapped at Trina, who was a bit caught off guard.

"But ma'am you didn't ask me to make-"

"Then make a plan!" Delanie cut off Trina, who now began sketching out a floor plan of their trailer with the beds included.

Nanashi raised her hand, a little confused. "Why don't we all just pick our own bunks then? I'm sure that's what the guys are doing. If it goes wrong, that's okay! We just swap bunks the next night." Nanashi suggested.

"Because I'm camp counselor Carter! So I decide!" Delanie shot the idea down, then snatched Trina's notepad out of her hands.

After looking it over, Delanie began to point to the 6 bunk beds as she read off who went were. "Lilac! Flaky! You're in the first bed! Lilac on top, Flaky on bottom!" Delanie ordered.

Flaky just sighed, then laid down on her bed. "I'm always the b-bottom..." she mumbled to herself while Lilac got on the top bunk, also upset.

Delanie pointed to the bed directly behind theirs next. "Melissa! Athena! Top and bottom!" Delanie demanded.

Athena got in the bottom bunk with no complaint, while Melissa climbed up the ladder and sat down on the top. "Was hoping for a more enthusiastic bunkmate, rats." Melissa commented, not really happy with this.

"Bonnie! Kylie! Bed 3!" Delanie ordered next, pointing to the one of the beds against the back wall of the trailer, going perpendicular to the others.

Bonnie snickered, looking Kylie over. "Sweeeeet. Got a hot bunkmate I can look down at." Bonnie remarked as she climbed up the ladder.

Kylie was instantly uncomfortable after hearing that, but still laid down on her bunk. "Great, the worst bunkmate possible." she complained, very unhappy to be below Bonnie.

"Trina! Maxine! You know the drill!" Delanie pointed to the bed next to Bonnie and Kylie's.

Trina was handed her notepad back from Delanie as she walked away from her, then climbed onto her bunk. "Evil shouldn't be on the bottom bunk! Evil is above all! You'll regret this!" Maxine warned Delanie as she got on her bunk.

Delanie rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah. I'm the one with authority here. Diamond, Nanashi, you two are on bed 5!" Delanie told them, pointing to the beds perpendicular to 3 and 4, on the other side of the trailer.

"Not too bad. You look like someone with a winning attitude. Better than what the others got for sure." Diamond said, looking at Nanashi with a small smile.

Nanashi shook her head. "Actually, winning is kinda lame if you think about it. Losing lets you learn a lot more! It's kinda fun honestly!" Nanashi disagreed.

"Uhh... right. Just don't say more of that kind of stuff. Really don't wanna be on your team if that's the case." Diamond replied, her initial happiness with her bunkmate gone as she climbed onto her bunk.

That left Delanie and Trixie, with the latter groaning again as she realized who she was going to bunk with. "This is just great... I get to bunk with counselor 'Carter'." Trixie made air quotes as she just walked over the last bottom bunk and laid down.

"It is great! Glad to hear you're showing respect now! Good night campers!" Delanie addressed Trixie, then everyone as she turned the lights off and climbed onto her bunk to sleep.

-Confessional: Trixie-

Trixie buried her head in her hands for a moment, looking very frustrated. "Why did Delanie pick me to bunk with her!? It's like she was trying to make the worst bunkmates possible for us! I bet in her head, putting us with the worst people is supposed to make us overcome stuff. I hate it."

-Confessional: Bonnie-

Bonnie looked very pleased, sitting on the chair with her hands behind her head. "Very happy with Delanie's bunk picks. I got the hottest girl in the trailer beneath me. Not much else to say there, it's just awesome."

-End Confessionals-

Night passed, and soon morning came. Right at 7am, school bells blared in the speakers inside of the trailers, making everyone wake up quickly. "Rise and shine students! It's time for school!" Chris announced after the school bells ended.

Klaas sat up in bed after the bell went off, rubbing his eyes. "Great, school movies. I'm willing to take a bet that it's going to be some kind of nerdy challenge to balance out the physical one from yesterday." Klaas guessed as he then got out of bed.

"Ya think so? Guess that would make sense. I'll just go ahead and guess that it's gonna be those coming of age school flicks like Neapolitan Explosive." Kahlin guessed, stretching after hopping off his bunk.

Jim got off his bunk, looking up at King for a moment who had also woken up but was already up and at it. "Whateva it is, we ain't gonna know how well we do in it till we get put in our teams." Jim told them, before just making his way to the trailer exit.

Over in the girls' side, Melissa and Maxine were the first ones awake, with the former surprised at the latter. "How come you're up that quickly?" Melissa asked the babysitter, who was quickly to put her cloak back on.

"I could ask the same to you! What are your motives!?" Maxine demanded an answer, looking up at Melissa.

Melissa just shrugged and pointed at herself with her thumb. "I have to get up pretty early for track team practices, so this isn't far off from my normal sleep schedule." Melissa answered.

Maxine perked up upon hearing this. "Really? How intriguing! I get up early for jazz band practices, to work on my evil intro music of course. Every good villain has their own theme!" Maxine gave her answer, then put her hands on her hips proudly.

"Didn't take you as a jazz band person. I'll head out now, good luck on the challenge!" Melissa told Maxine, quickly leaving the trailer. Maxine didn't have anything else to do, so she just followed Melissa right out.

-Confessional: Maxine-

Maxine was looking over the containers on the vanity, seeing if any could be of use to her before looking at the camera. "Melissa reminds me of those good for nothing athletes at my school. They would always pick on us band kids! You have no idea how it feels, being crammed into lockers by jocks, dunked in trash cans, all the wedgies, all because you're 'short' and 'weird'! You know what else I am? EVIL! I got revenge on those jocks, in my dreams that is, but after I get my prize money, they'll pay! And if Melissa even starts to act like them, I'll enact one of my schemes to eliminate her!"

-End Confessional-

Once everyone made their way outside the trailers, Chris and Chef were waiting for all of them. Oliver and Irene handed out milk cartons to everyone, while Ted passed around oranges. "Good morning everyone! Time for school!" Chris greeted the players.

"Milk? A single orange? This is supposed to be breakfast? Oy, what's Chef 'ere for if he ain't gonna make some actual food?" Jim asked, looking at the two things he was given.

Chris nodded his head, then pointed at Chef, who was dressed like a cafeteria lady with a big poofy gray wig and blue apron on top of his normal outfit. Chris was just dressed like a hipster teacher, with a fake mullet and and glasses, along with a dress shirt and blue tie. "Chef here put together this breakfast all on his own, show some respect, or it's detention for you!" Chris replied, with Chef then holding up a spatula like it was a weapon.

Kylie opened up her milk carton and drank from it, trying to stifle her laughs at their outfits. "And where would you call this a breakfast?" Kylie asked, holding up her half drank carton and orange.

"In public schools of course! It hits enough of the food groups to count... I think. Who cares? They certainly don't! Which of course brings us to today's movie genre! Teen school dramas!" Chris announced the genre, getting a chuckle from Vergil and Maxine at his joke.

After hearing the genre, Delanie strolled right over to Beck. "Hey, since we're doing school dramas, I'm totally gonna need a school sweetheart to really get into the role. Wanna go out?" Delanie asked him bluntly.

Beck just shrugged. "Sure, why not." he accepted the offer, not really caring that much.

While the players ate, Chris pulled out a textbook and adjusted his glasses before reading it. "At McLean Academy, you've all seen the scenarios we have to offer. Pointless banter during lunch, pelting your teacher with balls of paper that you probably shouldn't be throwing, and cramming nerds into lockers! These and many more you'll partake in at McLean Academy!" Chris explained, using as much of a droning voice as possible to try and bore the players.

Chris then looked at the three winners from last challenge, who all had eaten fairly quickly. "Okay! Melissa, Delanie, Jack, time to pick your teams!" Chris called them forward.

-Confessional: Trina-

Trina was scribbling something her notepad, humming to herself. "I do wonder what the teams will be! Which team will I be helping out? I mean, not that I'd be of much use. I can take notes, plan things ahead, just keep track of things in general, so yeah! Umm, whoever picks me for their team, they'll have a great secretary on their side!"

-End Confessional-

The three captains now stood by Chris, while everyone else continued to just eat their breakfast while standing. "Alright class! Since we're doing school movies today, we'll choose teams schoolyard style! Boy, girl, boy, girl! Melissa, since you came in first, you take first pick, then you'll choose after her Delanie." Chris stated the rules, looking to Melissa first.

Melissa didn't even hesitate, pointing right at Vergil. "I'll take Vergil. Need an extra set of muscle for the team before someone else gets him." Melissa made her pick.

Vergil was pleasantly surprised to be picked first, but he just gave Melissa a single nod and straight face as he walked over to stand with her.

Delanie was next, and she also made her choice immediately. "I'll obviously take my new boyfriend Beck, wouldn't want my date on another team!" Delanie exclaimed.

Beck just had his hands in his pockets as he walked over, still not really caring about Delanie just announcing them dating like that.

Jack scratched his chin for a moment, looking over everyone. "Hmm, I need someone athletic too, but it is school themed today. I'll take Kylie." Jack made his choice, pointing at the cheerleader.

Kylie smirked and walked over to stand with Jack. "Great choice, we are so going to win today!" Kylie told him confidently.

It was back to Melissa now, and she had to pick a girl. "Hmm, I'll take Nanashi." Melissa chose, getting a confused look from Diamond immediately.

"Why her?" Diamond asked, since all the girls had heard Nanashi's thoughts on losing earlier.

"Feels like she's got some skills. You can't just count someone out because of one comment." Melissa replied, holding out a hand for Nanashi to high five as she passed by.

Again, Delanie made her choice immediately. "I'll take Diamond. She seems like a good all-rounder." Delanie chose.

Diamond raised an eyebrow, walking over to Delanie and Beck. "What happened to camp counselor Carter? Or did you drop that 'cuz it's stupid?" Diamond asked her.

"What do you mean? I'm your classmate Delanie, and you're on my team!" Delanie replied, using much more of a cutesy tone now, which sounded very off-putting after last night.

Jack had to pick a guy next, and his decision was quick as well. "Definitely gonna go with Freddy, I know he's got some intel." Jack chose his friend, who was already walking over to join Jack as soon as it was his turn.

"Sweet! Glad we get to be on the same team! Always good to turn on co-op." Freddy quipped, elbowing Jack playfully.

Flaky giggled at that faintly. "T-That's a video game j-joke..." she whispered to herself.

Melissa was up once more, and she looked straight at Kahlin. "Hey, catch!" Melissa shouted, then hurled her orange straight at Kahlin.

Kahlin smirked and raised a hand up, catching it easily. "What for?" Kahlin asked, then pitched the orange right back at Melissa.

Melissa caught it as well, although she ended up squishing it a bunch in the process. "Just testing you, you're on my team." Melissa told Kahlin, prompting the baseballer to whistle and stroll over to Melissa's team.

Delanie was slightly annoyed that Melissa got Kahlin, so she had to pick another athletic person. "I'll take King, you better be strong!" Delanie pointed at the perfectionist, who nodded and walked over to join her team.

"I will be." was all he said, sounding very sure of himself.

Jack now didn't have any options jumping at him, so he scanned over the remaining players to find people to round out his team. "I'll take Trixie." Jack decided.

Trixie looked a little surprised, raising an eyebrow at Jack suspiciously as she walked toward him. "After yesterday? Why would you want me so soon?" Trixie asked him.

"Because I need some skeptics on the team. Freddy and I have our own beliefs, you have yours, so it's good to have multiple mindsets in one team. You ever seen The Steam? If you have one like mindset, you're united, but it makes you more likely to just go down and make stupid decisions because no one will oppose you." Jack explained.

Trixie blinked a couple times, now standing with Jack's other teammates. "That's... actually kinda true. Wow, did not expect that from you." Trixie commented, almost impressed with Jack's logic.

-Confessional: Team C: Trixie-

Trixie had her arms crossed, still looking a little surprised. "Back in the tunnels, I thought Jack was some movie addicted nut. He still is, but at least he's one with common sense."

-End Confessional-

Melissa looked over the remaining girls, wincing as she realized the dip in athletic ability. "Ick... I'll go with Bonnie." Melissa pointed to the perv, who really wasn't the happiest to be picked here.

"Great, on the team with none of the hot people." Bonnie complained as she walked over to Melissa's team.

Despite the limited selection, Delanie still made her pick immediately. "Trina! You're on my team." Delanie called to the secretary, who nodded and hurriedly walked over.

King looked down at Trina, smirking for just a moment. "Hello Smellwether." King greeted her, using Vergil's nickname for her.

Trina sighed, waving back at King. "Hi sir!" she still happily greeted him.

Jack looked over the remaining guys, and his option became clear quickly. "Now it's time to get some book smarts on the team. I'll take Thomas!" Jack declared, pointing at the translator.

"Wise choice. You won't regret it." Thomas told him stoically, walking with his hands behind his back as he joined the others.

Melissa liked the remaining guys more, so she made her next choice quickly. "I'll be taking Jim next." Melissa decided, waving to the Russian.

"'Bout time I got picked, figured you guys lacked some common sense up in here!" Jim remarked, giving Melissa a fist bump as he joined them.

Delanie put one hand on her hip, looking over the remaining guys and actually thinking. Beck leaned in though, pointing to Esteban. "He's pretty cool, I say we take Esteban." Beck suggested.

Delanie nodded right away. "Whatever you say babe! Esteban, you're on our team!" Delanie replied, making the choice on a whim.

Esteban high-fived Beck as he joined them. "Glad to be on the same team man." Esteban told Beck, standing next to him.

Jack still knew who to pick immediately, relieved that she wasn't taken. "I'm going with Athena next. Need someone who isn't afraid of anything." Jack took his pick.

Athena didn't really react to being picked, just walking over and joining him. "Cool..." she commented, ignoring everyone else.

The last three girls were very iffy for Melissa, although Nanashi soon stepped forward and pointed out Flaky. "You should take Flaky, she was an intern so she might be able to give us more info! To learn from of course, winning would be kinda dumb." Nanashi suggested.

"I'll agree with that first part. Flaky, you're on our team." Melissa chose Flaky, who was currently playing on her Gameguy during all this.

Hearing her name, Flaky looked up and saw Nanashi pointing at her. "M-Me? Okay..." Flaky was a bit shocked to be picked, so she just put her Gameguy Advance in her hoodie pocket and joined Melissa's team.

Delanie looked at the last two girls, and between Maxine or Lilac, the answer was very clear to her. "Maxine! You'll be with us!" Delanie declared.

Diamond groaned, looking at Delanie with confusion again. "Why would you pick that gremlin over Lilac?" Diamond asked, sounding almost frustrated.

"We need some variety! We already you have you for an all-rounder, plus she might have some good ideas!" Delanie answered while Maxine walked towards them.

"You have made an excellent decision choosing me! But know this! I bow down to no one! For I, am, EEEEEVIL!" Maxine reminded Delanie, laughing maniacally afterwards.

Diamond just deadpanned at Delanie after this, her remaining confusion turning into more frustration.

Jack looked at the last three guys, and he right away knew who to pick. "Flynn, come aboard, always great to have a pirate on your side!" Jack called to Flynn, winking at him.

"Arr, right you are laddie! These other teams are about to meet Davy Jones' locker!" Flynn laughed, tipping his hat to Jack.

All that was left was for Melissa to choose the last guy for her team before the others were put on their teams by default. She looked pretty struck between them though. "I'll go with... Klaas. Yeah, got a good feeling about you." Melissa decided.

"Going with your instinct huh? That's a gambler's best quality, I think we'll get along." Klaas told her as he joined them.

That left Toby to join Delanie's team, and Lilac to join Jack's, completing the team selection process. "And that's that! I hope you're happy with your teams everyone!" Chris announced the process was over, looking over the three newly formed teams in a quick scan.

-Confessional: Team C: Lilac-

Lilac rubbed one arm, looking a little hurt. "Did I say something that made no one want to pick me until the end? Did I come off too weird? Hopefully this doesn't mean I'm doomed if we lose a challenge."

-End Confessional-

Chris flipped to another page in his textbook and wrote the teams down, with who was on whose team for now. "Now that the annoying part is out of the way, we can jump right to the team names!" Chris announced, with Chef now pulling out three banners.

Chris looked at Melissa's team first, and Chef tossed her a red banner. "Melissa, your team will be known as... the Mutant Movie Munchers!" Chris gave them their name.

Melissa unrolled the banner, showing off a logo with a red box of popcorn with pieces of popcorn falling out. "Fitting, gonna bet the mutant part is just a joke about the state of the film lot." Klaas commented as he looked at the logo.

Chef threw a golden banner to Delanie's team next, which Esteban caught before it could hit Maxine. "Delanie, your team has been dubbed... the Victorious Award Winners!" Chris announced, causing a small hush to fall on the team.

Esteban unrolled the banner, revealing a yellow logo with a gilded Chris in the center. "Award winners, that's a good thing for movies right?" Diamond asked the others, trying to lighten the mood.

Toby saw the grim feeling the banner gave off, so he waved an arm to get everyone's attention, still smiling. "Hey, it's okay if the team name isn't what we believe is good luck. If we work together as a team, we'll be just fine." Toby tried to motivate them all.

"I like your spirit, that's just what our class needs to hear!" Delanie exclaimed, giddy with excitement.

Chef hurled the last banner to Jack, being a gray one. "Can't be much worse than a cursed name." Lilac quipped, a little optimistic.

Jack unrolled the banner after catching it, showing a logo with a gray film clapper in the middle. "Jack, your team will be known as... the Toxic Film Critics!" Chris announced their name, peeving Jack just a bit.

"Hey, I know I like to point out the tropes, but that doesn't make me toxic!" Jack shot back.

"I think it's referring to the waste..." Athena told Jack, again going with the obvious.

Jack put the dots together immediately and calmed down. "Oh yeah, toxic waste. My bad." Jack chuckled, scratching the back of his head.

With everything done now, Chris blew a typical gym teacher whistle. "Okay class, your teams have been created, so follow me to our school set so we can get on with the challenge!" Chris instructed, then walked away towards one of the soundstages with Chef right behind him.

-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Jim-

Jim rubbed one hand on his chin, smirking at the camera. "This team, aye, I can work a little somethin' with it. The ladies in particular ain't lookin' the most helpful, I betcha I can deal with 'em as fodder pretty easily. I ain't gon' be goin' anywhere anytime soon bruv."

-End Confessional-

Instead of transitioning like normal, random shots of a generic looking high school were shown, being a trash can, a food truck, and some plain red lockers before cutting to Chris and the teams walking down the hall. "Okay, part 1 of today's challenge! Every good teen drama has the teens getting up to wAcKy hijinks at school, I'm sure you've all seen a few!" Chris began to explain what the challenge was as they walked.

Kylie raised a hand, wanting to take a guess. "Ooh, I've seen like all of them! Vanessa101, GalaxyBarly, Triumphant, they really got crazy towards their later seasons." Kylie commented, with Jack nodding in agreement.

Chris soon led everyone to what looked like the center of the high school, with a path leading to it and from it, plus stairs to the right that went nowhere. The entire left wall was gone though, since it was just a set. "Yeah, but we're not going to really dive into those hijinks, those fit in our other challenges. You guys will be engaging in a food fight, a staple in every teen drama!" Chris announced their first challenge, with Ted wheeling in a cart of food.

"A food fight? Really? Seems kinda tacky." Trixie remarked, looking at the assortment of food on the cart Chef brought in.

Chris shook his head, walking over to the cart of food. "Kinda the point! Every teen drama uses them to death. This cart of food is actually just full of props, so don't go thinking you can eat right now! Once I leave, you guys can do whatever you want, and after an unspecified amount of time, I'll come back and see who got the least covered in prop food!" Chris explained the challenge, already starting to walk off set.

All of the players began to form a circle around the cart in the hall, waiting for the challenge to start. Jack leaned over to Freddy, tapping his shoulder. "Hey, Chris just said whoever got the least covered wins, not whoever covers the most. Just run as soon as it starts." Jack whispered to Freddy.

Freddy nodded, soon changing his stance on how he was going to run. Chris sat down in the director's chair, with Chef and Ted soon standing next to him. "Remember, you can't leave the set! Aaaaaaaand, action!" Chris started the challenge with one last reminder, then pulled out an umbrella from underneath the chair.

Many made a beeline for the food cart as soon as the challenge started, which was filled with a buffet's worth of food props. Jack, Freddy, Trina, Flaky, Thomas, and Athena all hung back instead of running for the cart though. "Alright class, take the attack!" Delanie ordered as she ran for the cart.

-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Diamond-

Diamond pulled a blunt out of her pocket and lit the other end, breathing in for a moment after putting it on her mouth. She moved it away afterward, letting a few puffs come out. "I'm gonna need to hit a few of these if I'm going to have her as our captain. At least this class president role isn't as annoying as her camp counselor role. She has a wide range, I'll give her that."

-End Confessional-

Melissa was the first person to reach the cart as expected, followed by King shortly after. Melissa grabbed a sandwich off the cart and threw it straight forward immediately, before just diving back. "Don't get hit team! Focus on dodging!" Melissa tried to instruct her team.

The sandwich she threw ended up hitting Beck in the face, splattering the mustard from it onto his clothes. "The props have sauces too? Dang." Beck commented as he wiped the mustard from his face.

Delanie didn't take kindly to this though, grabbing a slab of meatloaf and hurling it forward. "No one hits my boyfriend!" Delanie shouted as she threw the meatloaf.

Vergil ended up getting hit by this, steak sauce splattering all over his chest. "Boyfriend? My guy, you just got here." Vergil remarked to Beck, then threw a brownie prop at him.

Beck avoided this one though, then stood back up straight and fixed his hair up. "Not sure what you want me to say man." Beck replied, still not really caring.

Delanie's throw didn't go unpunished either, as a scoop of ice cream hit her in the face with extreme precision and knocked her down. "Woah, that was a really good throw!" Nanashi complimented Kahlin, who had thrown the ice cream scoop.

Kahlin smirked, grabbing another scoop with his hand from the desert section. "It's all in the wrist!" Kahlin told her, then hurled the ice cream scoop in his hand.

This ice cream scoop ended up being hurled toward Trixie, who was holding a chicken leg when she saw it flying toward her. She ducked down and threw the leg in the process, sighing with relief as she stood up. She ended up catching the follow up fudge from Nanashi though, which made chocolate dramatically splash over her. "This is fudge! Why does it splatter like that!?" Trixie complained, looking at her now chocolate soaked clothes.

"Probably how the props are designed, just like in the movies!" Kylie replied, dodging a wad of mac and cheese gracefully before throwing a plate of jelly.

The chicken leg Trixie threw flew back toward Kahlin, who managed to catch the bottom of the leg with one hand. He then used the leg as a bat to hit the jelly plate, making it splatter away from him instead of at him. "It's out of the park!" Kahlin shouted, laughing afterward.

Nanashi picked up a stack of pancakes and tried to throw it, but it ended up getting stuck to her hand and just hung from it. "Aww phooey! Guess I'll know to avoid the sticky stuff next time!" Nanashi sighed, trying to shake the pancakes off her hand.

"That's what she said." Bonnie quipped, before being hit in the face by a pie from King.

Maxine grabbed a bowl of mashed potatoes off the table, letting out an evil laugh as she did so. "Prepare to feel my wrath! Mwahaha!" Maxine threatened everyone as she reared an arm back to throw it.

Jim didn't let that happen though, just grabbing her arm and lifting her arm. "Oi, don't just announce yer about to attack. Works for me though, I'll take that!" Jim told her as he then took the bowl from Maxine.

Jim then dropped Maxine to the ground, letting her fall on her back before just sliding a bunch of stuff from the table onto her, then just dumped the mashed potatoes on her to add insult to injury. "That'll do it!" Jim laughed, then grabbed a can of beans before running to get out of the main crossfire, leaving Maxine covered in steak, tomato soup, mayonnaise, lettuce, corn, and a ton of mashed potatoes.

-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Jim-

Jim chuckled to himself for a moment, sitting with his arms crossed. "Eh, I do feel a little bad pickin' on the wee one. She ain't doin' herself any favors with those 'mwahahas' though."

-End Confessional-

Toby had Luis underneath his sweater at the moment, protecting him from all the food props flying around. He grabbed a bowl of oatmeal and was about to throw it when a cup of vanilla pudding was hurled at him from Klaas. "Sorry bud!" Klaas shouted to Toby, feeling a little bad going for the easy target.

Toby wasn't hit though, as Esteban blocked the cup with his arm. "Don't worry, I got you covered. Err... protected." Esteban assured Toby, wiping the pudding off his arm afterward.

"Thank you very much Esteban, I'm glad we're already able to cooperate as a team. It says a lot about you." Toby thanked Esteban sincerely, then held up the bowl of oatmeal.

Esteban nodded and took it. "No problem, just looking after my teammates! Stay safe!" Esteban replied, then throwing the bowl of oatmeal at Flynn and moving away from the puppeteer.

Flynn got hit in the stomach, making the fake oatmeal spread all over him. "Arrgh! You fired at the wrong ship laddie!" Flynn growled at Esteban, then pulled out a banana from his holster.

"What is he doing? He knows that's just a banana and not a gun right?" Thomas asked Freddy and Jack, just watching the fight from behind a trash can with them.

Jacks shook his head, grinning as he watched. "Oh you'll see, this happens in so many movies..." Jack whispered.

Flynn pressed the back end of the banana like it was a trigger after a second, and the fruit burst out of the peel. "Wait wh-" was all Esteban got to say before Flynn's banana hit him and exploded into banana-like goo.

Esteban and everyone near him ended up getting covered in goo, including Flynn a bit as well. Diamond got caught in this burst, with the blast covering her in banana goo and knocking the pumpkin out of her hands and making it break on the ground and cover her pants.

Maxine was caught in this blast as well as she stood up, but she didn't let that stop her. She grabbed a plate of jelly and carved a crescent into it, then stuck a chicken bone through it. "Mwahaha! This should make things easier!" Maxine laughed, now grabbing donut holes as ammo for her slingshot.

-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Maxine-

Maxine had her makeshift slingshot with her, pulling the jelly back a bit and revealing that it didn't just fall apart. "These are just props, not real food, so this stuff is super elastic! That's just dastardly isn't it!? After using this, my team will surely realize that I'm worth something! Worth being feared of course! Because my inventions are EVIL!"

-End Confessional-

Maxine dove underneath the food cart, using the cloth draped over it to keep herself hidden. She would then lift it up enough for her to aim and shoot, firing at people without being caught since no one was looking down. "Time to EVIL!" Maxine giggled as she started firing her cream filled donut holes.

Lilac had just thrown a small bowl of gravy at Melissa, who managed to dodge it thanks to her agility. Both of them ended being shot in the face by donut holes though, covering them in cinnamon, glaze, and cream. "Ick! It's so sticky!" Melissa let out as she tried to wipe the cream off her hoodie.

Maxine then fired at Vergil, Jim, and Kylie, managing to strike them all accurately with her donut holes. "Where did that come from!? Whoever threw that, show yerself!" Jim shouted, ready to retaliate.

"TIME'S UP!" Chris announced though, stopping Jim from actually having a chance at getting his chance to attack back.

Trina walked up to Delanie and Beck after Chris stopped the challenge, looking them over and jotting down something. "Wait, how are you completely spotless? That was chaos in there!" Delanie asked Trina.

"Well ma'am, the challenge was to avoid getting covered, not cover others. I just, didn't engage. Funny thing my dad always told me, the best way to make it up in politics is to attack no one! Kinda applies here too!" Trina explained, giggling afterwards while she put her notepad away.

Athena climbed out of the trash can that Thomas, Freddy, and Jack were hiding behind, startling the latter two boys. "Wait.. were you in there the whole time?" Freddy asked her.

Athena just shrugged. "Yup." she replied monotone as always. Since the trash can was just a prop though, she was completely clean.

Everyone was soon gathered up into their teams, with Chris walking back on set to look everyone over. The Munchers weren't looking too hot. Only Flaky and Kahlin were spotless, while everyone else had decent messes on them. "2 spotless, and 6 moderately messy, that's 14 points! You want as low as possible of a score to win here." Chris told them.

Chris walked over to the Award Winners next, wincing as he saw a couple of them. Toby, King, and Trina were completely spotless, with Esteban, Beck, Diamond, and Delanie moderately messy, with Diamond and Maxine just completely covered. "15 points! If Diamond and Maxine were a little less uhh... fooded, then you'd be tied with the Munchers." Chris gave them their score, causing some annoyed looks to be cast their way.

Lastly, Chris examined the Film Critics. Jack, Freddy, Thomas, and Athena were all spotless, while the other four were all fairly messy. "12 points! You guys were definitely cowardly, but you did stay the cleanest! Which means that you guys are safe from elimination tonight!" Chris announced.

The last part was very unexpected to the Critics, who know burst into celebration. "You see that? Hiding is a valuable strategy!" Jack stated while the other Critics high fived each other.

Chef walked up to the Critics, holding up his ruler. "Class dismissed! Y'all can go hang out or whatever!" Chef ordered, pointing to the exit door of the soundstage.

-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Thomas-

Thomas let out a small sigh of relief, but kept a serious face through it. "Jack is definitely a good leader to have. He knows all the tropes, and he's quick on his feet. I don't watch movies that much, so it's good to have a leader who does. I feel very confident being on this team."

-End Confessional-

Once the Film Critics left, Chris turned his attention to the two remaining teams. "Alright! Now it's time for part two of today's challenge! Whichever team loses this part has to send someone home!" Chris announced, then waved for everyone to follow him.

The two teams followed Chris, with the ones that had gotten dirty still trying to clean themselves up. "I do hope this second challenge is something my evil genius excels in. The first part did not favor me, but I will inflict my evil wrath of revenge in this second part! Mwahaha!" Maxine declared, laughing afterward.

Beck groaned as he heard Maxine laugh again, then looked at Esteban. "Don't you think her whole evil schtick has gone too far?" Beck asked Esteban.

Esteban just shrugged, unsure of what to say about it. "I doubt she's going to do anything actually evil, don't worry. I think Maxine is capable of doing it, but she should know by doing that is going to make herself look bad." Esteban replied almost jokingly.

Beck let out a small chuckle at Esteban's first part. "I know, but not gonna lie, I am so done with this 'evil' thing. I'm kinda shocked it doesn't look like an act because if it was then I would commend her for her acting." Beck complained, wiping the last of the mustard off his face now.

Trina overheard them, walking between the two and looking up. "Oh, I understand what you mean! We all can act when we want like Delanie, but Maxine just goes too far?" Trina tried to get involved.

Beck nodded his head. "Yeah. Watching a comically evil guy on TV? Fine. Having someone like that in real life? Annoying. Anyway, I wish she'd just shut up, those mwahahahas are getting bad either way." Beck stated.

Toby overheard them as well, then looked at Maxine, who was trying to clean off her cloak. "Hey Maxine, how are you doing today?" Toby asked her, walking by her side at the back of the team walking.

"Just miserable! My evil efforts didn't amount to a win at all! The rest of this team is holding my true evil force back!" Maxine complained.

Toby listened, nodding his head. "That doesn't feel very good does it? I'm sowwy to hear you feel your efforts aren't the cat's pajamas!" Luis tried to comfort Maxine

Maxine didn't smile though, letting out an angry huff. "No it doesn't! Why can't we just win!? Are my evil machinations not enough!?" Maxine complained more, crossing her arms and making a pouty expression.

Toby put a hand on her shoulder, kneeling down to her level for a moment. "Hey. You're enough. I know you like to overdo it to impress everyone, but you're enough as yourself Maxine." Toby let her know calmly, before standing up and walking ahead, leaving Maxine a little confused.

The Munchers were walking ahead of the Award Winners, none of them were really too happy to be in this losing scenario besides Nanashi. "Isn't this just suspenseful? Losing has it's perks! Just like this, now we get a thrilling second challenge!" Nanashi exclaimed.

"And that means we might lose and send you home." Vergil told her coldly, sick of her attitude.

Kahlin was walking with his hands behind his head, just chilling since he didn't have anything to clean up. "Hey Melissa, how're you feelin' about our chances of winning? I say we might need to pull out the mercy rule for this one." Kahlin asked her, then looked back at the Award Winners for a moment.

"Don't ever count your opponent yet. Or in your terms, they'll come back in the ninth inning if you let them." Melissa replied, looking a bit more determined now.

-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Melissa-

Melissa sprayed some water at her hoodie, then wiped the cream off of it. "We should have won that first part. Kahlin and I were great throwers, and the Critics barely even participated. The nerds in those movies didn't actually get to hide, they got destroyed! But oh well, no use crying over spilled milk. We'll just take our immunity in this part."

-End Confessional-

Chris led the teams into one of the classroom sets, which just looked like any underfunded classroom. "Teams, for your second challenge, you'll be recreating a typical bullying scene! You know those scenes in every movie, where the nerd says just the wrong thing to the bully and ends up face first into a trash can? We'll be testing your acting chops and seeing how well you can do that!" Chris announced what the challenge was, pointing to a trash can in the corner of the classroom.

Trina gulped upon hearing this, hiding behind Esteban while Flaky hid behind Klaas. "Each team will pick someone to be the bully, as well as choose someone to be the nerd! So get picking!" Chris ordered, clapping his hands twice afterward.

Delanie looked over her team, and her eyes quickly went to the largest member. "Esteban, you'll be the bully, you've got the build of one perfectly!" Delanie declared, not even leaving it up to debate.

Trina didn't want to end up the victim, so she spoke up before Esteban could protest. "And Maxine will be the nerd!" she stated, writing it down in her notepad.

Maxine grumbled, as did Esteban. "Sorry to complain, but I don't think I would be a great bully. I'm just not sure I have it in me to get mean like that." Esteban tried to argue.

Diamond shook her head, patting his arm. "Nah, you'll do fine big guy. Chris probably cares more about how dramatic it looks than the actual acting anyway." Diamond assured him.

Delanie then looked over at Maxine. "You're a perfect fit, so don't do a ton different." Delanie told her, getting Beck and Diamond to chuckle and even King to snort a little.

Melissa looked over her members, and it was quite clear just based on appearances who should be the bully. "Vergil, are you cool with being the bully?" Melissa asked him.

Vergil gave a thumbs up. "Yep. Got this role down pat." Vergil replied confidently.

Melissa then looked over at Flaky, smirking as she saw her cower behind Klaas. "Alright Flaky, sorry to do this, but you're the perfect stature for the nerd role." Melissa told her.

"B-B-But I might mess up..." Flaky whimpered nervously.

Klaas shook his head, stepping aside and pushing Flaky out from behind him. "I bet you'll be fine. Just acting jitters. We need to get this win, so it's for the good of the team." Klaas told her.

Flaky sighed, then followed Vergil as he walked over to Chris, while Esteban and Maxine walked up as well. "Alright! I see you guys picked your roles! Everyone else can stand off set for now." Chris instructed, pointing to the live studio audience benches off stage.

-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Beck-

Beck looked fairly disinterested, resting one arm on the vanity. "This whole genre kinda made me realize how tacky the performing arts school I go to back home is. Wouldn't surprise me if this whole crummy set was based off of it. They tried filming a reality show at our school actually, but some people way overreacted and destroyed the food truck worker's car just to stir up drama. The show never made it past three episodes."

-End Confessional-

The six members not acting for each team sat down on the benches, while Chris had Esteban and Maxine stand aside. "Okay! Munchers, you're up first!" Chris told the two, then pulled out his movie clapper.

"Wait, we don't get a script or anything? That's really stupid." Vergil pointed out.

"Teen dramas like these are way too cheap to have actual screenwriters! They just make stuff up as they go! Now... ACTION!" Chris started their scene, clapping the movie clapper.

Vergil and Flaky both sat down at the desks in the classroom, with Flaky trying to think of something to say to irk Vergil as he was sitting in front of her. "H-Hey..." Flaky tried to get his attention.

Vergil looked back at Flaky, already glaring at her. "What do you want, Flaky?" Vergil asked her harshly.

This made Flaky tense up, despite the fact it was just him acting. "I umm... just w-wanted to umm... k-know if... you wanted to g-go... go out with m-me to p-prom?" Flaky asked him, that being the first trope to jump to her head.

Vergil nearly burst into laughter, putting one hand on his forehead. "You really think you could go out with me? Captain of the football team? You're not even close to popular enough to go out with me!" Vergil mocked her request.

Flaky clenched both her fists, then pointed at Vergil. "Oh y-yeah? Well no matter h-how I look at it, it's you g-guys' f-fault I'm not p-popular!" Flaky shouted, sounding frustrated.

Vergil's laugh quickly faded out, and his glare looking more serious. "Really? You know what else is my fault? You ending up in that trash can for saying that kind of crap!" Vergil scolded her, grabbing Flaky by the arms and hoisting her up.

Flaky squirmed as Vergil carried her over to the trash can, then dunked her in just as Chris had said to. "And by the way, the answer is no. Try again next time loser." Vergil taunted her after dunking her in, wiping his hands off.

The Munchers all began to clap, with Flaky then climbing out of the can afterward. "Wow! You really had me sold on that one! Makes me even more convinced that Flaky is a loser! Major props to you too Vergil, definitely carried that performance." Chris praised their scene, writing a score down on his clipboard.

Vergil and Flaky sat down in the live studio audience benches now that they were done, receiving high fives from their teammates. "Nice performance Tomoko." Bonnie joked to Flaky, nudging her shoulder.

Flaky jumped in surprise when she was nudged, thinking something was going to happen, but then Bonnie's joke registered in her head. "W-Wait... you watch W-WataMote too?" Flaky asked Bonnie to confirm.

Bonnie just shrugged. "Seen parts of it. You're kinda cute by the way. Shy girls turn me on." Bonnie told Flaky bluntly.

Flaky just blushed at this, frozen for a moment. "O-O-Okay!" Flaky replied, then scooted as far away from Bonnie as she could for now, sitting on the other side of Melissa and using her as a wall between her and Bonnie.

-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Flaky-

Flaky was on her Gameguy Advanced, still blushing a little. "Wow... t-that Bonnie. She's k-kinda creepy. But... s-she made a reference that I understood. D-Does that make us friends? On the s-set, I'm surprised that went w-well. I j-just do what t-they always say and picture e-everyone naked so you d-don't get embarrassed. But... V-Vergil was s-super hot! It j-just made it h-harder to focus! M-Maybe I'll ask h-him out..."

-End Confessional-

Next up to their scene were Esteban and Maxine, who both sat down in the same manner as Vergil and Flaky. "Aaaaaaand... ACTION!" Chris started their scene, clapping the clapper.

Maxine snickered, then began to repeatedly poke Esteban's back. "Hey bully! You've had this a long time coming! I've been working a new device, and it will zap with electricity as soon as I fire it! Mwahaha!" Maxine laughed, reaching into a prop backpack on the ground.

Esteban looked back at Maxine, and opened his mouth to say something mean, but the words didn't leave his mouth. "Oh, hey Maxine. What does the device look like?" Esteban asked her, trying to build up the courage to turn mean while he talked.

"Oh you shall see! It is this zap pen right here! One click, and I'll have my revenge!" Maxine answered, pulling a plain pen out of the backpack.

Esteban looked at it, then at Maxine's wicked grin. "That sure is... something. Well, I'm gonna make you real upset if you try!" Esteban threatened her, getting up from his seat.

Maxine scoffed at his threat though, then clicked the pen out. "Oh really? What are you going to do about THIS then? Feel my EVIL!" Maxine let out, then thrust her pen forward and poked Esteban's leg.

Nothing happened of course, since it was just a pen. "Hey, you're supposed to act like you got shocked idiot!" Maxine whispered to Esteban, since he didn't really react to the pen touch.

Esteban nodded, then shuddered the best he could. "Yowchers! Okay, time to pay!" Esteban shouted, then picked up Maxine with both arms.

It didn't sound threatening at all though, and despite Maxine thrashing around in Esteban's hold to make it look like she was getting bullied, Esteban setting her down into the trash can certainly did not. "No more evil machines, got that?" Esteban closed the scene, making Delanie facepalm.

Chris looked a bit awkward as well. "Wow, you sure did not look menacing. Like at all." Chris commented, frowning at Esteban.

"I told you guys, I'm just not good at being mean or rough with others!" Esteban restated, looking to the other Award Winners.

Chris walked up to Esteban and put a hand on his shoulder. "Well big guy, you sure showed it! But unfortunately for you, that means the Mutant Movie Munchers get immunity as well tonight! So you guys gotta send someone home!" Chris informed them, prompting all the Munchers except for Nanashi to cheer.

Chris looked at the rest of the Award Winners, who looked rather glum now. "I'll be seeing you all at the award ceremony tonight, so don't miss it!" Chris told them, then began to walk towards the exit of the soundstage.

-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: King-

King looked frustrated, tapping a finger on the vanity. "Should've sent me in. That's all there is to say about that."

-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Maxine-

Maxine had her arms crossed, glaring at the camera. "This is blasphemous! I give my all in both challenges and we still lose! This challenge was rigged, I just know it! Chris is evil enough to do something like that, I'll give him that credit. I'll have to start setting up my evil alliances tomorrow if Chris is going to keep rigging challenges against us. Alliances are what Heather and Courtney used, and they were EEEEEVIL! So am I as well, so they won't know what hit them! Mwahaha!"

-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Delanie-

Delanie was very miffed at losing the first team challenge, but she was trying to not look upset. "We shouldn't have lost here, but it's definitely clear why we lost this challenge. I ain't gonna let us end up here twice in a row, so this is it!"

-End Confessionals-

Grandiose music played after the confessionals, showing a highlight reel of all of Chris's best moments and expressions from throughout the series. Fireworks could be heard, and the reel panned out to show a giant Gilded Chris in the center of it all. Fireworks went off behind the statue and the music got louder, signaling that the award ceremony was about to start.

The 8 members of the Award Winners were spread out on the bleachers, holding their voting tablets. "Welcome Award Winners! You guys ready to win some awards?" Chris asked them mockingly.

"Had a feeling he was gonna make that joke." Diamond commented, and she didn't find it funny from the look on her face.

Chris looked over the expressions of the 8 candidates for elimination, always loving the uncertainty of the early ceremonies. "Without further ado, go ahead and cast your votes!" Chris instructed.

A bunch of beeps were heard from the tablets as everyone voted, and Chef soon brought the results over to Chris once they were done, as well as a cardboard box full of Gilded Chris statues. "Remember, if you get a Gilded Chris, you get to stay! Because like real awards, the Gilded Chris represents relevancy! Relevancy in the game that is! If you don't get one, it's Lame-o-sine for you!" Chris explained briefly, pointing to the parked Lame-o-sine just by the red carpet.

"Gilded Chrises go to..."

...

"Beck."

Beck smirked and held out a hand to catch his award, not surprised at all to be safe immediately.

...

"Delanie."

Delanie caught her award with one hand, then kissed Beck on the cheek. "We're safe babe!" Delanie exclaimed.

"I thought it was just for like, one episode for one of your roles." Beck told her.

Delanie shook her head. "No sweetie! I need long term relationship practice, so I'm stayin' immersed!" Delanie replied, kissing him again and making Beck roll his eyes.

...

"King."

King caught his statue by the head perfectly, rather than just catch it by the base normally.

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"Trina."

Trina sighed with relief as she was tossed her statue, catching it with both hands.

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"Diamond."

Diamond snatched her award out of the air, then right away unpeeled it so she could munch on the chocolate inside.

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"Toby."

Toby smiled as he was tossed his award, then set it down and gave Luis a high five to celebrate their safety.

That left the bottom 2 now. Esteban and Maxine. Esteban got worried quickly seeing himself in this position, but he kept a brave face. Maxine kept the opposite of a brave face, her eyes widened with fear and her arms crossed as she awaited to hear the result. "Maxine, Esteban, both of you slipped up in the challenge today, makes sense why you're here for both of you. But only one of you is leaving, and that loser is..."

...

"Maxine."

Maxine gasped as Esteban was tossed the final Gilded Chris, although no one else really looked shocked by this result. "What!? REVENGE! You shall regret ever having met me, Chris McLean!" Maxine yelled, shaking a fist as she stood up from her seat.

Chris just smirked, leaning on his podium. "A little late for that." Chris remarked.

Maxine pointed at Chris, glaring at him. "The pain I will inflict on you will be insurmountable! You'll never be the same after I'm through with you!" Maxine continued to yell, although her voice cracked a bit.

Diamond laughed at this, shaking her head. "Oh please. You won't do a dang thing girl. You're softer than anyone else on the team!" Diamond mocked Maxine, already knowing she couldn't do anything.

"Silence! You are nothing but a pest! A pest who pretends to have worth and speaks out when they shouldn't! You voted for me didn't you!?" Maxine yelled at Diamond, now shaking a fist at her.

"Now you know how we feel about you." King shot back, using Maxine's insult against her.

Maxine lowered her hands, now looking saddened. "You're... you're right. Am I not... evil? I just wanted to impress you guys with my evil schemes!" Maxine conceded, not having an actual comeback in her mind.

"Nya did yer best! Guess yer evil was too much for us!" Luis tried to compliment Maxine and raise her spirits back up.

"Aaaaand I'm done, Chef!" Chris called to Chef, already done with this.

Chef just walked up to Maxine and grabbed her by the hood of her cloak, now carrying her away while the other Award Winners watched. "Unhand me! You'll suffer my wrath if you don't obey, minion!" Maxine demanded.

Chef just shoved a Gilded Chris into her mouth to shut her up, now just letting Maxine make muffled screams as he carried her to the Lame-o-sine. "MMMF! MMMMMMF!" Maxine yelled as she was thrown into the Lame-o-sine.

Once the Lame-o-sine left, Chris looked at the rest of the Award Winners. "Yeah, not the best dignant elimination, but you guys probably saw that coming. Feel free to head back to your trailers now. You've got another early wake up call tomorrow!" Chris told them, pointing to where the trailers were from here.

As they all left, Chris turned to face the camera. "Off goes our 'evil' mastermind! How will our season fare without an antagonist now? Just kidding! We kinda just picked her as a joke! But what real competitor will go down next time? Find out right here, on Total, Drama, Reeeeeeeevenge of the Film Lot!"

Teams Remaining:

Mutant Munchers: Melissa, Vergil, Nanashi, Kahlin, Bonnie, Klaas, Flaky, Jim

Award Winners: Delanie, Beck, Diamond, Esteban, Trina, Toby, King

Toxic Critics: Jack, Kylie, Freddy, Trixie, Thomas, Athena, Flynn, Lilac

Placements:

24th: Maxine

25th: Donna

Author's Note:

Hello again, TDFan here! There's probably a lot to unpack here, which is kinda why I made the challenger a little lighter. At first I was going to do teen dramas in general, but that's such a large blanket of genres, so I narrowed it down to high school dramas. The boot probably didn't come as a surprise to anyone, or maybe it did. Thank you to ChaoticMax for sending in the fodder, definitely super entertaining fodder to write! Not a ton for me to say here honestly, most of the episode speaks for itself. Be sure to join the Discord if you haven't, link is on profile. Make sure to let me know what you thought in the reviews, and I'll see you all next time! Have a good day!