The episode begins with an astronaut in outer space hammering on a satellite with the letters TDI, TDA, and TDWT all crossed out and now with a TDRI on them.
"We've been to the movies. We've been around the world! And this season, we're going right back where it all began at Camp Wawanakwa!" Chris' voiceover was heard before the camera panned down to Camp Wawanakwa to show that Chris was on the docks.
"I'm Chris McLean, and as you can see, things have changed since we've been away." Chris said as he walked over to an intern holding a drink which he then took before a tentacle rose up to smash the dock and crush the intern but thankfully the intern ran off at the last second.
"And by changed, I mean really really dangerous. It's all good stuff but the rules of the game remain the same." Chris told the camera, "A bunch of unsuspecting teens will bunk with one of their own, air their dirty laundry in our outhouse confessional, compete in life-threatening challenges all over the island, and risk being voted off. Last one standing wins one million dollars. Speaking of our cast, here they come now!"
A two-story yacht began passing by, in the bottom deck Harold, Leshawna, and DJ were all dancing as Gwen and Duncan made out. In the back of the yacht, Noah and Eva stared stoically as Owen began dancing, Izzy was leaning upside down on the railing, and Sierra was embracing Cody who was more accepting of the hug than usual.
Above them, Lindsay and Tyler were making out while Beth was ogling a shirtless Justin and finally at the front, Katie and Sadie were both embracing Trent, Courtney was glaring furiously, a chained Feral Ezekiel was looking excitedly, and Heather looked weirded out to be held by some robot.
Suddenly the boat passed them much to Owen's despair as he cried out, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"No, not them." Chris explained to the audience, "They definitely need a break and are pretty much old news. This season, we have all new players fighting for the million! And here they come now for real this time." he said as another yacht began approaching but with only one contestant so far, a pudgy girl with tan skin, and curly hair.
"First up, Millie."
The next speedboat approached with an angry camouflaged girl with her hair tied into a ponytail.
"Hmm, this place is more dysfunctional in person." Millie stepped on the dock and Chris began introducing the next contestant, "Next up is Jo."
Millie offered a handshake to Jo but she waved it off, "No need for the pleasantries. I am here to win this show and I'm sure you're here for the same reason." The Jockette exclaimed harshly.
"Next up, we have Axel." Chris introduces.
"I'm here to take down anyone who gets in my way." Axel glares furiously at Chris which is soon directed at Millie who gulps at seeing how tough Axel looked while Jo just rolled her eyes.
The next boat had entered the premises and it had a pale boy in a white tank top with a red haired buzz cut, "Scott."
Scott didn't say a word as he walked onto the dock and wore a grimace on his face which Jo took offense to.
"Stay outta my way if you value your kiwis." Jo threatened but Scott just narrowed his eyes.
"Right back at you." Scott replied lowly but none of the contestants heard him.
The next boat to appear had a tall and spiky haired boy named Mike, "Next up, we have Mike."
Mike then awkwardly smiles and waved to the other contestants, "Hey guys. Great to be here, right?"
Axel and Jo didn't answer him, Scott smirked a bit which slightly unnerved Mike but it was at least somewhat positive, but Millie gave Mike a friendly wave much to his relief, at least one person was nice so far.
Another boat began heading over and a tan girl wearing a blue blouse and jeans was next to arrive, "Priya!"
Confessional: Priya
"My parents are huge reality show fans and have been training me for this type of show my entire life so when challenges come up, I won't be scared. I'll be prepared for anything." Priya said happily.
Confessional Ends
The next boat had a red haired girl with pigtails and a flower on her head, "Zoey."
Zoey smiled as she got off the boat and smiled nervously at the contestants standing in front of her, "Hey. You must be the other contestants. Nice to meet you guys."
"Thanks… it's nice to meet you too." Mike smiled as he began blushing at how nice this girl was.
"I share the same sentiments. My name's Priya." Priya shook Zoey's hand excitedly which Zoey was happy to oblige to despite the fast pace.
Another boat honked and after that, a black muscular man with a blue jersey made a front flip off of the boat and onto the fock.
"Sha-Lightning!" Lightning smirked as Chris nodded impressed.
"Welcome Lightning. Your competition is just this way." Chris said happily as Lightning took in the fresh new faces with a scoff.
"Ha! Too easy!" Lightning smirked arrogantly as he made his way down the dock which made Axel, Jo, and Scott glare angrily at him.
Next up on the dock was a man dressed in a camouflage cadet's uniform.
"Atten-hut Brick." Chris said sternly.
"Brick McArthur, reporting for duty." Brick saluted.
After that, the next boat arrived and a large black boy with a brown cap and coat stepped onto the dock much to Chris' delight, "B. Nice to meet you."
B gave a finger gun in response and silently walked to the dock.
The next boat to show up had a pale girl with a green sweater and light blond hair.
"Dawn." Chris nodded as the girl known as Dawn walked to the end of the dock and stood next to B to which she then spoke to.
"Your aura has a purplish green to it, oh but it suits you though." Dawn told the silent genius who smiled at this.
Soon, another boat showed up and out came a blond haired girl in a pink tube top and dark pink jeans as a paparazzi began flashing pictures of her in a hot air balloon, much to everyone's discomfort.
Chris was also irritated so he snapped his fingers and after that, Chef walked over with a spitball shooter but instead he shot out a dart which poked a hole in the hot air balloon sent the paparazzi flying off much to the blonde's anger.
"Um, rude." She called out angrily.
"Dakota, head to the dock." The host said curtly to which Dakota did reluctantly.
"Our next camper is Ripper." Chris said happily as a boat showed up carrying a pudgy boy with scruffy brown hair in a green and yellow shirt, he was seen nooging the boat driver before finally stepping onto the dock.
"Time for beast mode!" Ripper said ecstatically before ripping off his shirt and flaunting his belly to everyone much to all their disgust.
"Oh my." Zoey spoke in fright.
"Take a long dreamy gander, ladies, because once I win the million bucks, I'll be out of your league." Ripper said with a "chivalrous" grin.
"Oh someone's out of their league alright." Scott snickered mockingly.
"Anne Maria." The next boat to show up was a girl with lots of tan and a pouffe who walked down to the dock with a strut in her step.
"Ah yeah, three more coats oughta do it." Anne Maria sighed contentedly as she walked onto the dock which earned a scoff from Dakota.
"My great great great Uncle Louis invented sun tans, before him, people smeared themselves with clay." A pudgy girl in a pink sweater babbled on and on as she exited her boat.
"Staci, everyone." Chris grumbled before smiling as he saw the next boat park with the next camper getting off.
"Next up we have Cameron." Chris said happily as a small black boy with a red sweater vest was beaming excitedly as he walked onto the dock.
"Wow. Fresh air, a lake. Birds." Cameron cried out happily.
"Uh yeah. Thanks for pointing out the obvious, nerd." Ripper scoffed indignantly before laughing mockingly causing Cameron to gulp.
We then see a boat with a chubby guy with a yellow striped shirt similar to Cody and brown curly hair walk onto the dock.
"Meet Sam everyone." Chris smiled at the gamer.
"Whoa. This island looks just like the one from Green Hill Zone. Super cool." Sam smiled.
"Uh… what?" Lightning raised an eyebrow.
"Let's look at our next contestant. Bowie." Chris said happily.
The next boat had a tall black boy with blonde hair on it he then got off the boat with a smirk.
"Hey there. I'm Bowie, and I would like to say it's a pleasure to be here." Bowie said happily as he stood next to his fellow campers.
"Kiss up." Ripper scoffed.
"Oh you wish I'd kiss you." Bowie rolled his eyes in amusement much to Ripper's befuddlement as Bowie smirked while Millie, Priya, Zoey, Scott, Jo, and Lightning laughed at the remark.
Soon a tan boy with a red sweater vest and slicked hair jumped onto the dock, "What's up my dudes! It is I, Chase! You may have heard about me from my ever growing YouTube channel Three Guys and a Girl in a Beach house or to be more specific, Three Guys in a Beach house." The boy known as Chase introduced himself.
"Wait… why the name change?" Cameron asked curiously.
"Because my girlfriend Emma, out of nowhere, dumped me." Chase scoffed in annoyance.
"Speaking of Emmas, our next contestant is named Emma." Chris said happily as a boat with a happy blonde girl in a yellow sweater vest was heading towards the dock but her smile immediately turned into a frown once she laid eyes on Chase.
"What is he DOING HERE?!" Emma asked angrily.
"Babe?" Chase smiled sheepishly before Emma jumped to attack Chase but was oddly held back by Chris.
"Whoa. That's messy." Sam whispered to Scott.
"Ooh, I like her already." Bowie smirked.
Chris then led Emma away from Chase and smirked, "Whoa. That's a lot of baggage back there. Almost like we picked you both on purpose." He winked at the camera before turning to a boat with a white girl with dirty blonde hair wearing a white crop top and jean shorts, "Next up we Julia."
"Welcome Julia-" Chris begins before Julia pulled him in for a selfie.
"Could you… thanks." Julia smiled before snapping a picture, "Hashtag, my journey begins."
"Um, remember the blah blah blah contract that you signed? There was that bit about no phones on the island." Chris said as he held up a stack of paper.
"But how am I supposed to grow as a person if I'm not telling my followers that I'm growing as a person?" Julia asked incredulously.
"That is a question for someone who cares about that question. Give Chef all your phones please." Chris told the influencer as Julia grunted before taking out every phone from her pockets and putting them in the box.
"Our next two contestants come from Northern Alberta. Hockey Bros, Wayne and Raj." Chris announced as two boys wearing hockey uniforms had been dropped off on the dock.
"Sup man, we're here eh." Raj said happily.
"Thank you boys." Chris smirked before Wayne and Raj walked to where the rest of the contestants were.
Now that all of you are here, we're gonna split you all into two teams." Chris said happily, "Anne Maria, B, Bowie, Dakota, Dawn, Emma, Julia, Lightning, Raj, Sam, Staci, and Wayne you are now the Toxic Rats."
"Yes!" Raj and Wayne high-fived each other when they realized they'd be on the same team.
"As for Axel, Brick, Cameron, Chase, Jo, Millie, Mike, Priya, Ripper, Scott, and Zoey, you are all now the Mutant Maggots." Chris told the players on the right which seemed to confuse them more than anything.
"Uh… what's all the references to chemical waste?" Mike decided to ask.
"You'll see." Chris briefly answered before instructing, "Okay campers. Head to the finish line in the heart of the forest where I'll be meeting you for the next challenge and do NOT disturb the wildlife. That would be bad."
"Yeah." Ripper scoffed, "We wouldn't dare want to upset the widdle birdies!"
Chase and Ripper began laughing in unison before a primal roar was heard causing all the contestants to run away from the dock and to the campgrounds.
We then cut to all the campers making it to the heart of the forest like Chris said where they all stopped to catch their breath when Chris rode by on his jeep, "Man, you guys are fast runners."
"What the heck was that thing back in the forest?!" Scott asked incredulously.
"I'm pretty sure that cry does not belong to any known members of the animal kingdom." Bowie shuddered.
Soon a roar shook everyone to their core which caused Cameron to cry out, "It's the monster!"
Soon several trees were getting knocked down until a furless squirrel appeared.
"Hey it's just a stupid squirrel." Jo said angrily.
"Aww." Emma cooed.
Soon everyone screamed in shock after it's eyes blinked vertically.
"Oh my goodness what's wrong with it?" Dawn asked.
"While we were gone I rented the island to a biohazardous company. Sweet people." Chris smirked.
"Weird, I want one." Dakota said before the squirrel shot lasers out of it's eyes making her jump into Sam's arms.
"Most danger ever!" Chris said happily before Millie took down a notebook and began writing in it when no one was looking.
Confessional: Millie
"In my parents' generation. To be successful, you had to either write a novel, win a gemmy, or cure a disease, but my generation can get famous by vomiting hot peppers live and crying as they do it. So I figured Total Drama would be the perfect research study on the failure of my generation and it's already a gold mine!" Millie smiled as she held out a notebook.
Confessional Ends
"Now let's hand out the rewards. Jo, since you got here before anyone else, you win a trampoline while the Rats get a hacksaw." Chris said as Chef demonstrated by jumping on a trampoline holding a hacksaw but he then tripped and fell.
"Hahahahahahahahaha!" Lightning began laughing before the the blunt end of the hacksaw hit him in the face, "Ow!"
"Ahahahahahaha!" Ripper began laughing before the entire trampoline was thrown at him and trampled his body.
"What do these items have to do with this bomb?" Chris asked the camera, holding up a cube-shaped device with a detonator attached, "Find out after the break."
(After commercial break)
We the see two totem poles hanging from a pair of thick, wide trees. The Rats' totem was on the left, and the Maggots' was on the right; the Maggots' totem also had an axe stuck in the bottom whereas the Rats' totem appeared to have nothing of the sort stuck in the same place.
"Those are your team totems. You need to cut them down, and get them in the river, and ride them back to the campground. First team there gets their pick of the cabins, but hurry, the totems are rigged with bombs that will explode if you don't plant them in front of your cabin in seven minutes or less. Starting now." Chris said happily.
"Alright, let's do this!" Ripper cried out happily as he began jumping on the trampoline but his footing was off and he fell into the lake.
"Time for Lightning to strike!" Lightning smiled before opting to climb on the tree but he began sliding off, he tried again, and slid off again, "Don't sweat it! Lightning's got this!"
We then see B pondering in thought before he began grabbing a bunch of logs which confuses some of his teammates, "What is he doing?" Emma whispered to Bowie who shrugged.
"Okay if Ripper hits the center of the trampoline with fifty pounds of pressure per square inch-" Cameron began before Anne Maria pushed him aside.
"Back off. I want a crack at this." Scott said rudely before getting on top of the rock.
"But I only calculated for Ripper's weight." Cameron said in distress but Scott did not listen and jumped anyway, hitting the totem over and over again as he bounced until Jo had enough and kicked the trampoline away, sending him to the ground.
"And my great great great grandfather Johnson invented totems and my great great great…" Staci began before B grabbed her by the arm and led her to a makeshift see-saw which made almost everyone on the team relieved.
"Oh, you want me to stand here?" Staci asked which B smiled at before taking Sam and lining him up in front of the tree.
"You want me here?" Sam asked curiously before standing next to the tree and after that, B used all his strength to jump on the makeshift see-saw, launching Staci on Sam's shoulders much to everyone's awe.
Lightning then fell down from the tree much to the surprise of everyone since they forgot he was still climbing.
Confessional: Lightning
"Tree climbing is not a recognized sport." Lightning scoffed.
Confessional Ends
We then see Brick preparing to jump on the trampoline next, "Time to win this!"
Brick then jumped on the trampoline and once he made it to the totem, he latched onto the axe that was lodged into the bottom of the totem. Once he realizes that he was stuck hanging in midair he began crying for help.
"Good grief." Jo grunted.
"What a beta male." Chase shook his head in disapproval.
"Aw man this isn't working." Mike cried out in distress before gasping and hunching over, "Gah. Cut the damn rope already."
"That's what we're trying to do Mike." Scott reminded the boy angrily.
"Mike. The name's Chester missy." Mike or Chester… said angrily.
"Uh… what?" Zoey and Millie both shared a look of confusion.
Confessional: Zoey
"Mike is so sweet." Zoey said happily, "Y'know, I really don't get his old man comedy routine but I'm sure it's funny if you're from France or something…"
Confessional: Millie
"Mike is an interesting case to study. I'll have to observe him more for my book." Millie admits.
Confessionals End
Meanwhile, the Toxic Rats were all being launched to each others' shoulders. Currently Bowie was launched on top of Wayne, Raj, Lightning, Staci, and Sam.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bowie screamed in horror before he landed on Lightning's shoulders.
Back with Brick, he was trying to pull out the axe from the bottom of the totem when Mike was seen carrying a rock.
"Back in my day, we didn't need any axes or saws or knives to cut rope. We did just fine with stones." Chester spoke before throwing a stone at a nearby squirrel which narrowed its eyes at the teen before blasting lasers at the Mutant Maggots.
Meanwhile, the Toxic Rats were making excellent progress with currently getting Emma, Anne Maria, and Julia on the human ladder with Dawn being launched on top of Emma's shoulders.
"One more person will do it." Sam said worriedly, "Where's Dakota?"
Dakota herself was having pictures of her taken by her paparazzi once again when B suddenly grabbed her and carried her to the makeshift seesaw and put the hacksaw in her hands and as such, he quickly launched her on top of the human ladder.
Back with the Mutant Maggots, they were still running in terror from the laser squirrels blasts, even Chase and Ripper the so-called alphas were running in horror.
It soon took aim for Brick's face but Brick was able to hide behind the axe as minimal as it was until the squirrel had hit the axe with it's beams and cut the rope to the ground much to the glee of the Mutant Maggots.
Mike suddenly gasped and turned back to normal in which Chase laughed heartily and patted Mike's back, "Nice job Mike. How'd you know that would work?" Chase complimented.
"Uh…" Mike saw the whole team was staring at him so he smiled nervously, "Just had a gut feeling."
Scott just raised an eyebrow in suspicion at this comment.
"Well whatever it was, it worked but come on, we gotta get to the lake." Priya ushered her team.
"The Maggots are ahead!" Nichelle cried out in fear.
"What is taking so long up there?!" Lightning asked incredulously.
"Ugh. It won't cut." Dakota whined as it revealed that she was using the back of the saw to try and cut the totem.
"Teeth down on the rope. Down!" Sam tried explaining to the blonde.
"No girl. You cannot be this dumb!" Lightning scoffed.
"Pretend it's a steak knife Dudette!" Wayne recommended.
"Oh." Dakota brightened up before flipping the saw over and using it to cut the totem down.
"B. Change your name to A Plus." Sam complimented the silent genius.
We then see the Mutant Maggots flowing through the water on the totem with the Toxic Rats just behind them.
"They're gaining on us!" Axel cried out in annoyance but Brick looked ahead to see something more worrisome.
"It's my duty to inform you ma'am that we have bigger problems." Brick told the Jockette before they made it to a waterfall which they immediately began to fall over.
"My first waterfall!" Cameron cheered.
"Yeah! And probably our last!" Scott cried out in fear.
Soon the Maggots tumbled onto a grassy hill and began sliding forward but Zoey began to slip from the totem.
"Zoey! Hold on tight!" Mike noticed the girl's plight and immediately grabbed her arm to which Zoey held onto Mike's torso as soon as she was steadied.
"Okay. Thanks Mike." Zoey smiled.
"No problem." Mike blushed.
"Hey, where are the Maggots? They were just ahead of us." Raj asked obliviously before he and the Rats went down the waterfall as well, screaming the whole way down.
Meanwhile at the campgrounds, Chris and Chef were relaxing in lawn chairs. Behind them was one of the cabins from the first season on the right, while a newer, bigger, and fancier cabin was on the left. Chef was reading a book while Chris reclined on his lawn chair.
"Ah, feels good to be back." Chris said in content.
Suddenly Owen was running up to the two hosts panting.
"Hey, Chris! Get this, the boat wouldn't stop!" Owen said.
"Oh look, it's former player Owen, who's not competing this year." Chris told the audience.
"Yeah, so I swam back to tell you," Owen continued to explain until he figured out what Chris said, "What?! Not competing?!"
"I'm afraid you and the other classic players have outlived your usefulness for now. Chef!" Chris nodded before snapping his fingers.
Chef then puts one of the explosive devices on Owen's face causing Owen to run away until Chris presses a button on his remote, causing Owen to go flying.
Chris and Chef shared a laugh at Owen's expense until they heard screaming in which the Mutant Maggots came out of the slope and onto the campgrounds.
"Haha! First place! Go Team Ripper!" Ripper cheered.
"Tick tock." Chris reminded the group.
"Quick. Grab the good cabin." Scott instructed his teammates.
The Mutant Maggots lifted their totem and placed it on a stump in which the countdown stopped, causing all of the Maggots to cheer until they heard screaming.
Soon the Toxic Rats came down the same slope, but they flew off their totem which crashed into the Spa Hotel and then it ticked down to zero seconds and exploded.
The Mutant Maggots stared at the wreckage of the Spa Hotel in disbelief.
"Too bad, it had an eight-person hot tub and air conditioning." Chris told the Mutant Maggots.
The Maggots groaned at this but Chris began speaking again, "But don't worry, given you all got here first, the Mutant Maggots won the challenge."
The Mutant Maggots gave weak cheers as they were still upset.
"Hey. It's not so bad guys. My great great great uncle James invented log cabins. Before him people had to sleep in the trees, and my great great great aunt Phillis invented roofs, before her, houses were just walls of furniture and every time it rained you had to get a new sofa." Staci said happily, causing everyone to glare at her.
"So where are we gonna sleep?" Scott asked incredulously.
"No worries, we have a backup cabin for you. It's as nice as the one you lost." Chris said.
A helicopter flew near the Spa Hotel wreckage and placed a log cabin that looked similar to the one at the right making the Mutant Maggots groan.
"Better than nothing I guess." Zoey sighed.
"Team Rat, I'll see you at the first campfire ceremony of the season." Chris informed the losing team.
Soon we cut to the night time at the campfire ceremony where all the Toxic Rats were sitting together.
"The votes are cast. Those who receive a regular marshmallow can stay, but this season, one person will receive a very special marshmallow- a marshmallow you do not want to eat." Chris told everyone as Chef walked over in a hazmat suit, holding a metal box.
Chef then opened the box revealing a glowing green marshmallow, "Whoever receives the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom is out of the game, which means they cannot come back. Ever!"
"The following players are safe. Bowie, B, Lightning, Dawn, Anne Maria, Wayne, Raj, Emma, Julia, and Sam. And the marshmallow of toxic loserdom goes to…" Chris began with a smirk as Dakota just scrolled through her phone while Staci was staring worriedly at the toxic marshmallow.
"Staci."
"Aw, but I was doing so good." Staci sighed before dodging the toxic marshmallow, "I guess it's the Dock Of Shame for me."
"Nope. We're bringing an all new elimination device. You'll love it." Chris smirked.
Soon we see Staci in the cup of a giant catapult while her teammates were seeing her off.
"Say hello to the Hurl of Shame, patent pending." Chris introduced.
"Yah, catapults were invented by my great great great-" Staci began before Chris interrupted.
"Enough interruptions." Chris said angrily before pulling on the lever to fling Staci away from the island, "One down and twenty to go. Who will be the next one to go? Find out next time on Total! Drama! Revenge Of The Island!"
Toxic Rats: Anne Maria, B, Bowie, Dakota, Dawn, Emma, Julia, Lightning, Raj, Sam, Wayne
Mutant Maggots: Axel, Brick, Cameron, Chase, Jo, Millie, Mike, Priya, Ripper, Scott, Zoey
Author's Note: So yeah, the basic premise of this fic series is that ten reboot characters join Revenge and the remaining six join Pahkitew Island and then it all culminates into All Stars. Simple and straightforward.
So I chose to boot off Staci first like the show originally did because she is so insufferable. I'm sorry, but I couldn't deal with her for more than one episode and she does nothing worthwhile anyway.
I felt like swapping Anne Maria and Scott from their canon teams for the sake of causing a divergence from canon and because they'd be the most interesting characters to switch.
23rd Staci