Previously on Total Drama Fandom Island: Sherb returned and the thirteen campers competed in the horror movie challenge. Neville turned out an amazing actor as the killer while Reagan Ridley fell flat with her performance and was sent home!
This week, our campers are going to get a little sweet with our challenge for today. Featuring two VERY special guests, this is Episode Eight of TOTAL! DRAMA! FANDOM! ISLAND!
The Victors were rudely awakened from their sleep by the blare of a horn. Alphys and Neville shot up awake, while Leslie groggily opened up their petals to the light.
Sherb was already awake and raring to go. He excitedly told them that he was planning for the four of them to go for some laps. "It's gonna be great! We gotta win EVERY CHALLENGE!"
Neville: Is it just me, or did Sherb get into the coffee again?
Leslie: I am one for steamrolling the competition, but GURL, the sun ain't even up yet!
Alphys cleaned her glasses. "Where'd you even get that alarm?!"
"I borrowed it from America…"
Alfred Jones panicked as his favorite military alarm had gone missing. Luckily, Almond was an early riser and had already put on coffee for them, the aroma of which woke up even Jessie, who was in the throes of a diva nap.
"I miss Reagan already," said Raze. "Now I have no one to tinker these bots with,"
"We can always do that," said Jessie. "Maybe the next challenge involves giant robots!"
"WHERE'S MY FREAKING ALARM CLOCK, DUDES?!"
Ty Lee was leading the Whales in a yoga session. "Feel the energy flow through you. Release the tension"
"UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Silence.
"Sorry. Didn't get much sleep last night," said Mermista.
"Sometimes, you need to just let it all out. Like me every day after clocking off of work," said Squidward.
"Campers! Please assemble at the grounds!"
They were all gathered at the grounds where Chris was hauling a set of contraptions with him.
"Campers! I hope you have a collective sweet tooth, because today's challenge is all about the sweets!"
"I do love me a good box of bon bons…" said Squidward.
"Specifically, you're gonna be cooking up some delicious candy! So delicious, it's contraband!"
"Contraband, you say?" said Raze.
"Before we get to that, let's have a little Mini-Challenge! To help us out, please welcome back to the stage Season One Winner, Mabel Pines!"
Mabel Pines emerged from the Lame-O-Sine. The campers waved and cheered a bit.
"And our OG Season One Winner, OWEN!"
Even more cheers as the lovable dope squeezed himself out of the Lame-O, joining Mabel and the others.
Squidward: I don't know why, but something about those two makes me feel very uncomfortable…
Owen: Hello, my pretties! For those of you reading who don't know me, I am THE first winner of Total Drama Island. It's been really fun doing the "Island Winners' Tour with her. She is SO fun to be with. She's even best friends with Izzy!
Mabel: It's great to be back! I can't wait to get this challenge underway. It involves, like, one of my most favorite things in the WORLD!
"We have a really fun mini-challenge today! Ever heard of a little something called 'Chubby Bunny'?"
"No, but that sounds fun!" said Ty Lee.
"It is!" said Alphys with glee. "They played that game in that one episode of Mew Mew Kissy Cutie season 2, and it was the best thing ever!"
It was not the 'best thing ever' for some of the contestants. Squidward took the challenge and promptly choked on a marshmallow. The other campers watched in horror as the marshmallow dangled up and down his throat like some weird Adam's Apple. Owen had to perform the Heimlich Maneuver. In the end, Sherb won the mini-challenge ("Weak!" he called the others).
"With you winning the mini challenge, the Victors will receive a special advantage later in our main challenge!" said Chris, "Now, let's unveil our challenge!"
The 'challenge' was going to be carried out in the Warehouse, where the props had disappeared, replaced by strange laboratory tables with curious metal instruments and tools. To the slides were sacks of sugar and other ingredients. "I see Chef finished shopping last night"
Leslie: Chef was 'shopping' late at night? Girl, what kind of sleep-paralysis demon shops for lab equipment, crap tons of sugar and what am I gonna do with all those weird metal tools, some Bill-Nye-The-Science-Guy shit, bitch I FAILED science!
"You challenge this week is… well, I think Mabel can explain it best…"
"Alright, guys! As you may all know, I LOVE SMILE DIP!"
"The German candy dip that's banned in North America?" asked Alfred.
"The one and only! But lately, I've gotten the case of the munchies, and I'm not alone… For today's challenge, we need you to replicate the candy and whip us up a batch of Smile Dip!"
Alfred perked up in joy. Leslie pondered the challenge while Mermista was drawing blanks. "What in the Willy Wonka Part 2: Breaking Bad and Boujee is gonna go down?" asked Leslie.
"Well, I do have internship experience at Honeydukes," offered Neville. "They makes delicious Chocolate Frogs"
The teams set forth on their respective stations. The Killer Whales were off to a hopeful start as Momo and Ty Lee fetched ingredients. Squidward was perusing an old Smile Dip wrapper trying to decode the recipe.
Owen asked Mabel something. "Hey, Mabel, I thought you swore off Smile Dip?"
"Oh, I thought I did, but the Flavor Pups kept showing up at my bedroom at night"
"The WHAT"
"Eating that damned candy's the only thing keeping the voices at bay-"
"I think you need professional hel-'' Mabel tackled Owen to the ground. "LISTEN HERE, YOU DINKUS, I NEED THAT SMILE DIP AND I NEED IT NOW!"
"okAY," said Owen, tearing up in terror.
The Rockets were off to start as well. "Jessie," said Alfred, taking her aside. "We need to cook"
"You've been waiting to say that all morning, weren't ya?" asked Raze.
The Victors were lost in how to get started on the candy-making process. "Leslie, you're a sugar-making machine, don't you have any idea how to whip this stuff up?" asked Alphys.
"Mawma, I synthesize fructose for my own personal consumption. I know my sugars, henny, and whatever was in this wrapper, WAS NOT SUGAR. It's some fracked–up concoction full of nasty, I Nutella you what!"
Neville nonetheless began making the basic sugar paste with Alphys' help.
The Whales had begun kneading the sugar dough, but they stopped after hearing a scream from the kneading machine. Squidward had gotten entangled after Ty Lee accidentally bumped into him.
"Too bad that didn't kill me…"
Almond Cookie was privy to the knowledge of making candy, as well as Alfred. Together, the two had begun to concoct a promising confection while Raze and Jessie assisted them.
"A little bit more vanilla extract, and crush these frozen fruits in a food processor, please! I'll add some of my own oil for flavor…"
Alfred had donned a zany-looking Chocolate Factory suit while supervising the candy making process.
Leslie: Call me Yara Sofia coz I feel like I'm in WILLY WONKA'S CHOCOLATE FACTORY!
Owen had managed to sneak in and eat some of the Rockets' candy, to which Alfred responded with a tap of his cane, causing a giant tube to vacuum Owen up into God-knows-where.
"NO! WAIT! HALLELOO! HALLELOO! DAMMIT, LESLIE TOLD ME THAT WAS THE SAFE WORD!"
Leslie: Haha, bye Eureka!
Without Owen's interference, the teams could now work in peace, with only a few interruptions, like Mermista and Squidward arguing about the recipe.
"It's obviously a powdered fruit candy," said Mermista.
"Wrong, it's cotton candy-flavored popping rocks!" retorted Squidward.
Momo and Ty Lee were forced to pick sides, though they ultimately got the two to compromise by making powdered fruit cotton candy flavored pop rocks.
Alfred was now feeling the fantasy, prancing around and putting an Oompa Loompa wig on Sherb.
Almond was worried. The candy did NOT look like Smile Dip at all. He wondered what was missing and asked Alfred.
"Oh, that's easy! You need a touch of THIS!" Without a word, Alfred pulled out a bottle of vinegar and splashed some on the mix. "Muriel Bagge's trusted and true secret ingredient for mouth-watering candy!"
"Time's up, campers! Ready or not, it's time to present your concoctions to our judges!"
The Victors were up first. Neville decided to put a spin on the Smile Dip by making it a Pop Rocks version with lollipop dippers. Some were shaped like toads (for Neville's pet, Trevor), Mew Mew Kissy Cutie's face, Leslie's face and some were simply 'Sparkly Stones', as Sherb called them.
"Ooh, these look great!" Mabel took a dip out of a toad-shaped lollipop. Owen and Chris tried some, too. They were delighted, and gave the Victors an 8.5.
The Whales were up next. Squidward and Mermista were still heated at each other, but Momo did her best presenting the foul monstrosity that they had made. The judges tried some of their Smile Dip, chewing, and chewing… and chewing.
"How many kinds of fruit did you put in this?!" asked Chris
"74" said Mermista.
"UGH!" groaned Owen, farting up a storm that knocked Chris out clean.
"A 7.4, Whales" said Mabel.
The Rockets were last. Alfred presented the candy with a full-on musical production involving Raze juggling, Jessie vogueing and Almond doing a drunk uncle dance as the candy was served. Mabel took a bite and was immediately floored. It was THE Smile Dip flavor she had been looking for.
"TENS, TENS, TENS ACROSS THE BOARD!" she whooped, throwing the dipper away. The dipper hit a basketball ring on the other side of the field.
"TENS ACROSS THE BACKBOARDS!" added Owen
Leslie: Backboards? (bombastic side eye)
"Alright guys, since Chris is still out and cold, I'll announce the results!" Mabel paced up and down the stage. "Team Victory! I loved, loved, LOVED, your cute lollipops, even if they didn't get the taste of Smile Dip right, you're SAFE!"
"Team Whales, that fruity candy is still going through my guts like a lead bullet. I'm sorry, but you guys will be sending someone home!"
"Team Rockets, your Smile Dip was out of this world! But what really cinched the deal for me was having that delicious SmileDip served to me by a dashingly hot Willy Wonka! Alfred, congratulations, you're the winner of today's challenge!"
"WHOOOOOOOO! I AM OVER THE MOON, BABY! HOUSTON, WE HAVE LANDED!"
"The Rockets will receive premium bags of delicious Honeydukes candy as a prize, but since even the worst team did well enough today, EVERYBODY'S GETTING SOME CANDY AND A ROUND OF BUTTER BEER!"
Neville:(tearing up) I haven't had a sip of that stuff for three whole months…
The Victors snickered as they passed the Whales, who were couched in their divans outside, Butter Beers in hand.
"On today's episode of Untucked…" quipped Leslie.
"What a… fun challenge…" offered Squidward. Mermista ignored him. Ty Lee fidgeted nervously, sensing the tension. Momo took a sip of Butterbeer. Squidward shrugged. "Okay, then," he said.
Mermista: Squidward was doing well in the earlier challenges but he became a COMPLETE liability today. I'm sorry, but this guy has to go
Squidward. This is the Game of Thrones of reality TV. House Jesslieward is conquering the Seven Kingdoms. Mermista may have been an ally in the past, but now, she's looking like Cersei Lannister. And I have just the dragon to take her out of the game…
Mermista walked out of the group, giving Squidward the chance to pull off his plan. Ty Lee told him straightforwardly that they were going to vote him off, which gave Squidward the opening he needed.
"I understand. But I don't think you're thinking this through. Mermista is a THREAT. We're what, two, three episodes away from the Merge? I may be a schemer, but I'm a wolf fish, you see me coming. Mermista has been cooperating with you, but I know what she's really planning… It was her idea to eliminate Percy the first chance we got. Now, by her own logic, she should go home next so the three of us don't get thrown under the bus,"
Momo and Ty Lee stared at each other nervously. Squidward had made a very good point.
Squidward: Game of Thrones, people. Game of Thrones. And I'm gonna be sitting on that throne, with my girls Jessie and Leslie sitting on my left and right
Chris met the Whales on the stage. "Whales, you have placed in your votes as to who among you should go home… Momo and Ty Lee, you're safe,"
"Yes!"
"Thank you, Chris!"
"Squidward, this is your second time in the Bottom, which hasn't been a good position since… ever… And Mermista, the other campers feel threatened by your overall vibe and maybe they've decided to cut their losses…"
Squidward and Mermista looked at each other nervously
"Squidward. You're Safe,"
Mermista snapped. "WHAT?!"
"Mermista, I'm sorry but your Total Drama journey ends here."
Squidward: Is it me? Is MOI the lipsync assassin of the season? Well, it fits my fantasy…
Mermista hauled her bags to the Lame-O-Sine and waved goodbye with an eye-roll.
Well, THAT was an experience… I should've known Squidward was scheming behind my back. That's TOTALLY on me. But I have just one last thing to say before I go. When the ocean retreats, it comes back crashing down on the shores. This is gonna bite him in the butt later on… I must go… My Kingdom needs me… Sea-Ra!