"Last time, on Total Drama Revenge of the Film Lot..." Chris began the recap, standing in front of the trailers while it was still snowing. "It was a Christmas special and merry cheer was to be had! Our teams were tasked with being the best at Secret Santa, and they were driven down to the mall to pick out the best gifts possible! Klaas tried to put some distance between himself and Nanashi for their own safety, but the two ultimately kissed and moved to couplesville! Trixie advanced on Athena, Trina confessed her love to Toby and they became an item, and big surprise, no one went home! Instead, we brought the player the fans voted as not only the one they wanted to return the most, but tied for hottest too! Good call! But how will Flaky perform on the Critics? Will the Award Winners even reach the merge? And just how long can the Munchers stay safe? 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, Elroy, Oliver, 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, the episode began on a shot of both trailers, with it still snowing outside. "Hey everyone! It's still snowing!" Kahlin exclaimed, poking his head out the window.
Toby looked outside as well, smiling as he held out a hand to catch some of the snow. "This is lovely, I'm a little surprised we're doing two winter challenges in a row, but I like the snow, so I won't complain." Toby commented.
"Nyeah! A lil' snow makes things a lil' more merry!" Luis agreed, before he and Toby walked over to his luggage while the others went to exit the trailer.
Jack was already outside the guys' trailer, wearing a tattered handmade yellow shawl and shivering as he looked up. "S-So cold..." he muttered, looking a little pale.
"What seems to be the problem Jack?" Thomas asked Jack, completely unphased by the cold.
Jack gestured behind himself with his thumb, still hugging himself with his other arm. "My s-spot... it got covered in snow last night. Woke up with a blanket of snow. I feel like my spit got frozen over. This feels like the end of The Shining!" Jack complained, going back to completely hugging himself.
Beck was shivering as well, very bothered by the snow. "It never snows in Hollywood. I was fine with the snow since we were in the mall last challenge, but this? This sucks man." Beck also complained.
"Ah lighten up Beck! Can't buy your way out of the weather, so just suck it up!" Kahlin remarked, playfully elbowing Beck just a little too hard and knocking him over.
Beck wiped the snow off himself and got back up, giving Kahlin a weird look. "Easy on the elbowing dude, I think you forget you're an athlete and most of us aren't." Beck reminded Kahlin.
Kahlin laughed, then shrugged, tipping his new Blue Jays hat to Beck. "Oops! Guess spending my time working on myself instead of lounging in luxury has that effect!" Kahlin joked.
Jim chuckled at this, although his chuckle was a little stuttery since he was shivering. "So you guys think we have another snow challenge?" Jim asked the others.
"Sure looks like it matey! I've dealt with frigid temperatures out on the high seas, so I ain't too razzled!" Flynn replied, similarly unaffected like Thomas was.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Flynn-
Flynn had his arms crossed, having a more serious look. "It ain't the cold I'm worried 'bout today. It's lil' miss Flaky joinin' the team. I need to get to her before Trixie can, but with the lassies in their own trailer, I ain't got a way to get close just yet. If I can't get 'er on me side, might have to just talk the others into knockin' her right back outta the game!"
-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Kahlin-
Kahlin had his Blue Jays hat in his hand, swiveling it around. "I'm not the kind of guy who makes decisions on the fly. Just not how I roll, in the now moves can sometimes be stupid. No harm in setting up stuff, and I'm just gonna make sure Beck leaves here after having the most agonizing time. I don't think he'll even care if he gets booted, after seeing how he was yesterday and thinking over all the times I talked to him, he really just doesn't care. But I've figured out what makes him tick. Plus, I gave Jim the idea to target him, so by helping him there, he's gonna completely forget to target me. I mean, I'm not wrong with what I told Jim. Funny I used to view Beck like my buddy Vincent, but yeah, not anymore!"
-End Confessional-
Klaas was waiting by the girls' trailer when the door opened, and Nanashi was delighted to see him as soon as she stepped out. "Oh hi Klaas! Or should I say love now?" Nanashi greeted him, hugging him right away.
Klaas let her hug him for just a bit, before stepping away. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about actually." Klaas replied, not looking forward to this.
He didn't sound cheery, which confused Nanashi a little. "Huh? What's up?" Nanashi asked him.
"It's us. I love you, and you love me, but we need to keep this on the down low. Funny to say it, but people are gonna see us as a threat." Klaas explained to her, keeping a semi-serious tone.
Nanashi sighed, rubbing one arm. "I guess so. So does that mean we can't date?" she asked him disappointingly.
Klaas shook his head right away, before giving a quick kiss on the forehead. "Of course not. We just need to hang out with the others during challenges. Just for our own safety, I'll start hanging out with Melissa, and you hang out with Kahlin okay?" Klaas went over his plan.
Nanashi gave a thumbs up, agreeing with it right away. "Sounds good! As long as we don't start throwing or rigging challenges, I'm fine with it! Guess I'll go talk to Kahlin then!" Nanashi told Klaas, before happily skipping away.
Klaas watched Nanashi skip away with a relieved sigh, then looked towards the trailer door again as Melissa stepped out. "Hey Melissa. Notice it's pretty cold again huh?" Klaas greeted his captain as she stepped out.
Melissa had one arm over her head to block some of the snow, groaning. "Yeah. Not a fan, I'll keep it real. Snow always got my practices cancelled, so snow and I aren't on the best terms." Melissa replied in a bothered tone.
Athena walked outside next, having a small smile as she saw it was still smiling, while Trixie was right behind her. "I remember you saying you liked the snow, guess today is your lucky day huh?" Trixie asked Athena with a friendly tone.
Athena didn't realize she was being talked to, before turning around and seeing Trixie looking at her. "Oh that was for me. Yes, I suppose so." Athena replied.
"SNOW IS THE JUST THE FUNNEST!" a voice similar to Athena's chimed in excitedly.
Trixie nearly jumped back from the sudden change in tone from her, before fixing her posture. "What was THAT?" Trixie asked sharply.
Athena held up her purple raccoon puppet, which she then used her other hand to make it wave. She didn't have the technique to make it move on its own. "Hiii! I'm Rhonda Raccoon! Snow is just always a joy! My papa and I used to play in the snow allllll the time!" Rhonda exclaimed, while Athena just maintained her emotionless stare, although it was clearly her still talking.
"A puppet... oh that's the thing Toby gave you. Just give a heads up next time you're gonna talk with that thing, startled me there." Trixie didn't acknowledge Rhonda, just talking to Athena.
Athena frowned now, lowering Rhonda. "Alright." Athena replied, then walked away.
Flaky walked out of the trailer after that, shivering relentlessly in the cold. "W-When did this place g-get s-snowed over...?" Flaky asked. stuttering even worse than usual.
Bonnie was right behind Flaky, wrapping Flaky up into a hug with a smirk. "Just yesterday, but don't worry I'll keep you warm..." Bonnie told her, having her creepy grin as she stared down at Flaky.
Flaky squirmed as she was hugged, before breaking out of it. "N-No! Not t-this a-again!" Flaky cried out, before pulling herself out of Bonnie's hug.
Bonnie sighed, still grinning at her. "You're so cute when you squirm. You sure you want to just be cold? I can keep you warm, even at night, we can just share a bunk~" Bonnie proposed cheekily.
Flaky blushed, before shaking her head. "Still n-no! W-We're on different t-teams! And y-you're not r-respecting me at all!" Flaky shot her down, before storming off.
Bonnie scratched her head as Flaky left, a little confused. "Huh... I thought she'd be into that..." Bonnie muttered in disappointment.
Delanie poked her head outside the door of the trailer, and as soon as she saw it was still snowing, she walked out with a big smile. "Oh what merry joy! It's almost like it's still Christmas!" Delanie exclaimed.
Trina walked out right after her, jotting in her new notebook, which she had already drawn on the cover to personalize it a bit. "It would seem so sir Nicholas. Does the cold not bother you?" Trina asked Delanie, shivering a little.
Delanie shook her head, having her hands on her hips. "Why ask that of the merry Nicholas? The cold never bothered me anyway! I relish in it!" Delanie answered joyfully.
Trina nodded, her handwriting a little sloppy thanks to her hand trembling in the cold. "I'm glad you do sir..." Trina replied, chuckling uncomfortably afterward.
-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Trina-
Trina looked both worried and relieved at the same time, not shivering as much in the confessional as outdoors. "I'm happy that Delanie is able to thrive in cold temperatures with her Nicholas persona. It should prove to be helpful in the challenge like it was last time. We need to win as much as possible if I want to keep Toby safe. I... umm... didn't think I'd actually fall for someone in the game until yesterday. I liked him before, but not enough to betray miss Delanie. But now? I have to keep him safe! I should have saved Esteban, now I have to find a way to save Toby! After yesterday, I might be able to get Beck out instead of him."
-End Confessional-
With everyone out shivering in the cold, Chris finally arrived in his winter clothing again while Elroy and Oliver weren't given anything extra to deal with the cold. The two interns were carrying large boxes with snowflakes on them. "Hello castmates! Wonderful weather we're having huh?" Chris greeted the players jokingly.
"It sure is Chris!" Rhonda exclaimed.
"Mhmm! What the merry puppet said!" Delanie agreed.
Chris was weirded out by both of them, but just moved on. "Okay, so those two oddballs like this, but I can see the rest of you shivering. So for today's challenge and any future cold ones, we have some winter gear for you all!" Chris announced, sparking some excitement.
"Really? You weren't just gonna let us freeze? Seems pretty out of line for you." Trixie remarked, pleasantly surprised by the winter gear offering.
Chris shrugged, while the interns took the lids off the boxes. "If I didn't, you guys would just be shivering and complaining the whooole time! Easier I let you stay warm so you can get yourselves hurt properly!" Chris replied deviously.
"Aaaand there it is." Trixie finished her remark, now not all that surprised.
Chris patted the two boxes, completely uncaring about the freezing interns. "Mr. McLean? Can we head inside now? It's freezing out here!" Oliver requested.
Chris shook his head, then pointed at Oliver. "You can head inside and get me some hot chocolate, since you're now on beverage duty today! Now hurry up!" Chris ordered.
"M-Make sure to get e-exactly 12 marshmallows, and use t-three packets of the p-powder!" Flaky called to Oliver as she heard Chris give the order.
Oliver nodded, then hurried away with a pained frown. "Knew I liked you for more than the bod!" Chris exclaimed, giving Flaky a thumbs up.
"What?" Flaky responded, getting uncomfortable.
"What?" Chris responded back, pretending that didn't happen.
There was an awkward silence after that, so Chris broke it by pointing to the opened boxes of winter gear. "Okay! Grab the gear that matches your team's color and get changing, we've gotta get this challenge rolling!" Chris ordered everyone else.
And everyone of course did so because of the cold, with Elroy handing out the corresponding colors to everyone. "Is it fine if we wear our own? I brought some winter gear with me actually." Toby asked as he grabbed a thermal suit but skipped the gloves and hat.
Chris shrugged, then took a yellow hat and pair of gloves and tossed them to Elroy. "Your funeral, don't whine about the cold if your stuff isn't as warm as ours." Chris gave the go-ahead.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Jack-
Jack was now wearing a gray snow hat with ear flaps, a white thermal suit under his clothes, and gray gloves, along with keeping his shawl on. "I would have expected Chris to just make the challenge MORE painful by letting us do it cold. But risking hypothermia and losing half the cast to frostbite probably wasn't on his agenda. Those two things would spell out doom for SOOOO many horror protags if the cold served as anything more than aesthetic."
-End Confessional-
A few minutes later, everyone stepped back out of the trailers, now wearing snow hats, thermal suits, and gloves that matches their team colors. Flynn and Kahlin opted to keep their normal hats, and Toby was wearing pink handknit gloves with red hearts patched on to the backs of the hands, as well as a pink handknit beanie with a red heart sewn in on there as well. Luis also had a blue winter coat and teal gloves. "Pink? Really dude?" Beck remarked as Toby walked out, wearing a gold hat and gloves himself.
Toby wasn't bothered at all though, and he wasn't cold either, just smiling earnestly. "My mom made these for me, she told me to wear them in case it got cold. I couldn't not wear them with how much love she put into them! Plus they're really cute. I knit Luis's outfit myself, his fur doesn't keep him entirely warm in the winter." Toby explained, with Luis turning around to show off his coat.
"Pff. Mama's boy." Beck insulted Toby, then walked over to Delanie to stand with her.
Athena walked over to Toby, holding up Rhonda with her usual frown, while Rhonda just had a resting big smile. "Hello Toby. I named my puppet. Her name is Rhonda." Athena informed Toby, gesturing to Rhonda.
Luis waved to Rhonda right away, tipping his hat to her. "Howdy do miss Rhonda! Do you like the snow just as much as I do?" Luis asked Rhonda.
"Even more! I could play in snow like this forever!" Rhonda exclaimed in response, with some of that excitement slipping into Athena's expression.
"That's great! By golly gee, I didn't think you had this playfulness in nya! I look forward to hangin' out on the cat tower sometime with nya Rhonda!" Luis praised Rhonda, with Toby having a bigger smile than he ever had before.
"Can you take the puppet show somewhere else?" Jim commented, annoyed by the puppet chatter.
Both Luis and Rhonda stopped, with Athena lowering her puppet. "Fine... I'll head back to my team." Athena replied, giving Toby a quick wave before jogging back over to the Critics.
Over with the Critics, Jack was currently talking to Flaky when Trixie walked up to them. "You've both warmed up too? Heh, guess Chris's lust for pain actually helped us out for once!" Trixie joked to them.
Flaky gave Trixie a sour look right away, confusing both Jack and Trixie. "Yeah, I warmed up, but what's up with you Flaky? We were just talking about Dead by Nightlight, was it something I said?" Jack asked Flaky, scratching his head.
"Not y-you. I k-know what you d-did. Don't try t-to be my f-friend..." Flaky warned Trixie, before stepping away from her and leaving her conversation with Jack.
"What did you do to her? Did you try and grope her like Bonnie did?" Jack asked Trixie, still confused.
Trixie shrugged her shoulders, putting on a poker face. "Not sure. I might've taken her out in one of the challenges before she left the first time. She's probably just salty." Trixie told Jack nonchalantly.
The loudspeakers near the trailers then turned on, with Chris's voice blasting through. "Now that you're all suited up, meet me at the forest set! The outdoor lots are behind row D, so you can't miss them!" Chris directed everyone, before cutting out.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Flaky-
Flaky had a determined look on her face, although her resting nervous look was betraying it. "I s-saw everything Trixie did d-during the Aftermath. She b-booted Freddy, Lilac, K-Kylie too! She w-won't get away with it!"
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Trixie-
Trixie groaned, then pinched the bridge of her nose with one glove. "There goes any chance of using Flaky as a pawn against Flynn. I need her gone, now. Flynn is suspicious of me and knows I'm up to something, Flaky knows what that something is. Any attempt at gaining power she tries, I'll have to stomp it out."
-End Confessionals-
Now in the forest lot, the three teams had gathered in the frozen over forest. Chris was waiting there for them with Oliver, now drinking a cup of hot chocolate. Chef was carrying a crossbow, seemingly to demo something. "Alright teams, so, today's movie genre is the classic hunter movie! A rugged lone ranger against the harsh elements, fighting for survival, then you pretend like you actually know how to survive in the wilderness after watching one." Chris introduced the movie genre, chuckling for a moment.
"We're not going to be killing animals are we?" Nanashi asked worriedly, seeing Chef holding the crossbow.
Chris shook his head, then pulled out the contract. "We legally can't let you guys wield deadly weapons unless it's realllllly funny and the fine is worth it." Chris replied, making Nanashi and Toby sigh with relief.
Delanie smirked, tipping her winter hat up a little bit. "Eh, won't need deadly weapons! MacPrimer here is a seasoned hunter!" Delanie introduced her new persona, getting a cautiously optimistic look from Trina.
Chris was used to this, so he just moved right along. "Well MacPrimer, demoing today's challenge is a seasoned hunter and seasonal competitor! Say hello to Howard!" Chris introduced the guest, with Howard stepping out from behind a tree, wearing similar gear to the players, just with a fur lined coat and tan hat in addition to his normal clothes.
Howard greeted the players with a friendly wave, before slinging his rifle off his back. "Hey everyone. I'm here to show you proper technique for aiming and what you'll be doing in this challenge. You guys will be making your own contraptions to hunt with, but I highly recommend some kind of firearm. Animals out here are extremely skittish, so slower methods and missed shots won't be ideal here." Howard explained what he'd be doing, gesturing for everyone to follow him.
Chris hung back a little bit while the teams followed Howard into the forest, trudging through the snow. "Just behind us, the interns are setting up cages for you guys to drop off what you catch. Throughout the woods, Chris had released a bunch of animals here during the production break, so he needs you guys to round them up." Howard went over the challenge premise, briefly looking back to see Ted, Elroy, and Irene setting up three cages color coded to the teams.
After a little bit, Howard held up a hand, gesturing for them all to stop. "Spotted a deer. So here's how this goes. You want to make as little sound as possible, then just lay down so you can get as much balance and have as little movement from your arms as possible. Steadiness is key." Howard instructed, laying down on the snow and taking aim with his rifle.
The deer he was taking aim at was red for some reason, but Howard just took his aim, while everyone else looked at the deer about 40 feet away from them on the other side of some bushes. "I'll definitely find a less harmful way to do this." Klaas told Melissa, although this mostly appeased Nanashi.
Howard fired at the deer, and was able to shoot it dead on in the side. "Boom! See? Just kept my aim steady, and that shot was pretty much free!" Howard exclaimed as the deer tipped over and fell onto the snow.
"Easy for the guy with a gun to say..." Jim muttered, watching Howard take his rifle with him.
Howard rushed over to the fallen deer to pick it up and take it back to the cages, but as soon as he knelt down in front of it, the deer jolted right back up. It's antlers now turned the same red as its skin, and spikes shot up out of its back. "Mutant deer!? Seriously!?" Howard let out, hopping to his feet and running away immediately.
The deer then shot out red lasers from its eyes, singing Howard's hat for a moment as he ran away. "Aaaaand that's where your tutorial ends!" Chris stated as he watched Howard and the deer disappear into the woods.
"Are you serious!? You saw how dangerous a deer is! Can't imagine how something already threatening looks!" Jack let out in exasperation.
Chris rolled his eyes, then looked to Chef. "Guess the producers were right on this one. Give them some self defense, two each." Chris ordered Chef.
Chef reached into his winter coat, then pulled out two gray dart guns. He tossed them to the Critics, then repeated the process for the Award Winners and the Munchers but with yellow and red dart guns. "Each team gets two tranquilizer dart guns with three darts each to defend themselves or hunt, your choice! The rest of you will have to make something out of our junk pile!" Chris announced, pointing to a junk pile not far from where the cages had been set up.
Flaky got one of the gray dart guns right off the bat. "I've g-got great aim from s-shooters, and I d-did great last challenge there was s-shooting..." Flaky stated as she took a gun.
Trixie took the other, not even offering it to the rest of the team. "Thomas I know doesn't need a gun, and the rest of you are creative enough to make something useful. Besides, played with dad's pistol a few times back home, this can't be much different!." Trixie ordered the team.
"Hey wait, that's my job! Maybe I should take the second gun." Jack chimed in, holding a hands out.
"With your skills? No way, I need this dart gun way more than you do." Trixie rebutted.
Jack of course took this as a compliment, chuckling. "Guess you're right there. I'll for sure make something gnarly then!" Jack agreed with Trixie.
Delanie caught both dart guns, although she handed one to Trina right away. "A lil' shrimp like you could definitely use this. You men will do just fine without one!" Delanie told Trina, then addressed Beck and Toby.
Toby nodded, giving a thumbs up. "Fine by me! I don't want to hurt the animals anyway, so I'll make something harmless." Toby agreed to the idea. Beck didn't care.
Melissa caught both of the Muncher pistols, and she right away gave one to Kahlin. "I know some of you may need these more than us. But it's better if we just score as fast as we can with these. So Kahlin and I would be the best there." Melissa told the team.
"Good call. That should definitely get us second place just from you guys alone." Jim praised Melissa's choice.
Kahlin leered at Beck, gripping his dart gun. "Heh, didn't get a gun Beck? Better hope I don't confuse you for an animal then, because you won't be able to defend yourself!" Kahlin joked to Beck aggressively.
Beck again was confused, if not weirded out this time. "Ohhhhhkay. Weird way of saying good luck." Beck commented, giving Kahlin an awkward thumbs up, although he was clearly bothered.
-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Beck-
Beck rolled his eyes, having his arms crossed. "Yeesh, what got into Kahlin recently? Dude was chill as an ice box but now he's being a complete spazz. With him acting like this and Esteban gone, it's starting to seriously suck around here."
-End Confessional-
With the guns dished out and the cages set up, Chris then pulled out a stopwatch and his air horn. "You all have two hours to hunt and bring back as much game as possible into your cages! Whichever team has the least in their cage is sending someone packing! So move out!" Chris then began the challenge and gave the air horn an extra loud press.
"Just to stir up the animals! Wouldn't be fun if you guys just caught a bunch of sleepers!" Chris added, laughing afterward.
Delanie raised up her dart gun, then triumphantly charged into the woods. "Come on Beck, need a hearty man for back up!" Delanie called to him.
Beck of course followed, jogging along right behind her. "I don't have a gun, so be ready to do the heavy lifting." Beck told her as he followed.
Melissa was about to jog out on her own when both Jim and Klaas began to follow her. "Uhh, you guys are both coming along? I don't think you'll be much help empty handed." Melissa asked them.
"Just coming as backup." both of them responded in unison, before casting looks at each other.
Melissa shook her head, then pointed to the junk pile. "Better idea, why don't you two just work together and head to the junk pile? I can handle myself just fine. You're the ones who need to cover each other without a dart gun." Melissa suggested.
"But then what if things get hectic out there? Never hurts to have someone watching your back." Klaas argued, pointing at himself.
Jim stepped forward, pointing at himself as well. "And that someone should be me. Melissa knows how strong I am. We already work great together." Jim argued fiercely.
Melissa looked between them, then facepalmed. "This is silly. I'm more athletic than either of you. Just cover each other okay? I'll be fine, promise." Melissa shot down both of them.
"But-" both of them interjected.
"I said I'll be fine! Don't make me say it again!" Melissa cut them off, before sprinting into the woods.
Nanashi walked over to Kahlin as he was getting ready to head out, waving to him with a smile. "Hi Kahlin! Mind if I tag along?" Nanashi asked him.
"Yeah sure! Let's go!" Kahlin agreed, and the two of them jogged off into the woods together.
Bonnie was already walking over to the junk pile by the cages, then looked back and waved to Klaas and Jim. "Are you two gonna make out or are you gonna help?" Bonnie called to them with a smirk.
Klaas and Jim didn't say anything to each other, just exchanging cautious looks as they walked to the junk piles. "Yeah, I'll get something made pronto brav." Jim responded, going to join Bonnie while Klaas went off to his own part of the pile.
-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Jim-
Jim pounded a fist on the vanity, his other hand pinching the bridge of his nose angrily. "Crap! Klaas is making a move on Melissa too! Here I thought I'd be able to just neuter his power and boot Nanashi while they were in smooch city! Ugh... I am NOT having my work undone by him! He doesn't get to just start a relationship, then come back and get me booted! I only have Bonnie, but Klaas will have Nanashi and Kahlin on his side since Kahlin has wanted me gone since the start. I can't afford to lose Melissa to Klaas!"
-End Confessional-
Flaky was about to head off on her own, Trixie was right with her. "I think it'd be best if the dart gunners doubled up. That way the other isn't screwed when one runs out of ammo." Trixie suggested.
Jack nodded in agreement right away. "Totally! I've seen so many horror flicks where the protagonist's best friend ends up dying 'cuz they're out of ammo and they split up. Ammo is such a cheap plot device since you can basically have it run out whenever you want as long as you never specify how much you started with." Jack agreed, going into a brief rant.
Flaky was clearly uncomfortable with partnering with Trixie, while the thief snickered as Jack agreed with her idea. "Yeah, right on. Let's move out before the other teams find the easy ones." Trixie told Flaky, then began to jog into the woods. Flaky did the same, keeping her complaints to herself.
The rest of the Critics walked over to the junk pile, although Jack clapped his hands to get their attention. "Okay everyone, I'm pretty well experienced when it comes to making traps! Built plenty around my house to capture any kind of night terror! It mostly gets raccoons and coyotes, but that should be good for the challenge! So just follow my lead and we'll gather up materials to recreate my at home megazoid trap!" Jack began to lead.
"What do we need for it." Thomas asked stoically, having his hands behind his back.
Jack rubbed his chin as he looked over the junk pile, thinking of a feasible way to recreate his trap. "Hmm... Thomas, you focus on gathering as much wood as possible. Flynn, try and find us a motor out of any of the parts here. Athena, I'll need you to find us a net or big enough sack or bag. I'll handle the rest! Let's get this done quickly!" Jack directed everyone, before clapping his hands and beginning his search.
Thomas was about to begin searching the pile for wood, but instead just walked into the woods towards the taller trees. "Looks like matey is trying to be a lumberjack without any tools!" Flynn remarked as he watched Thomas walk away.
Athena looked around the junk pile, right away picking up a baseball bat. "Hmm. Well there's a weapon here." Athena commented, looking over the metal bat.
Jack walked over and took the bat from her, shaking his head. "Nope! Melee weapons are a baaaaad choice when dealing with mutant creatures and eldritch horrors! You're basically asking to get disarmed and be bludgeoned to death!" Jack scolded her, keeping the bat for himself as he left.
Athena sighed, then just got down on her knees and stuck Rhonda into her pocket before beginning to dig through the pile with both hands. "Guess I'll just find a net..." she muttered to herself.
Toby was the only Award Winner digging through the junk pile, with Trina having ventured off into the woods on her own. "Must suck to have so few teammates huh?" Chris remarked, walking up to Toby while drinking his hot chocolate.
Toby nodded his head, briefly looking at Chris. He focused his attention on digging through the pile with one hand though, while Luis faced Chris. "Could be betta, but we're doin' alright! Once Toby finds what he's lookin' for, we should be fine in the challenge! How nya doin' yourself?" Luis replied, flipping the question back to Chris.
"How am I doing?" Chris repeated, before taking a sip to think. "Well I'm the host, couldn't be doing better! Man, when you all head into the woods and get mauled, the footage is gonna be awesome to watch!" Chris answered, grinning at the thought of it.
Luis raised an eyebrow, a little confused. "I'm a little purious, how come nya like seein' people hurt themselves? Pain isn't very fun to stomach." Luis questioned Chris.
"Because it's fun, duh! Have you not watched the show? It's great for ratings which is great for me! So hurry up with whatever this is so you can get maimed!" Chris replied, then walked away to leave Toby to his work.
Once Chris left, Luis looked back to Toby, who had pulled a discarded grocery bag out of the pile and was now using it to hold things. "Find anything nyice yet?" Luis asked him.
Toby shook his head, continuing to dig through the pile, tossing away wrappers and other pieces of trash. He pulled out a worn tennis ball and was about to throw it away, but after looking at it for a second, an idea popped into his head. "I think I just did! Keep an eye out for any kind of sphere okay?" Toby exclaimed, to which Luis began to look around as well while Toby continued to dig through the pile after putting the tennis ball in his grocery bag.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Athena-
Athena held Rhonda with both hands, looking bummed out. "I saw Toby searching by himself... I didn't realize their team was so much smaller than the rest. I think I said it before. But I wish he was on the same team as me. He's the only one who gets me. If we just put someone on their team and Toby on ours, I could have a good time. He makes me feel... fuzzy inside."
-End Confessional-
In the woods, Trina was walking by herself, holding her dart gun close to herself. "Ohhhhh... why did miss Delanie make me do this on my own..." Trina mumbled to herself as she walked.
That was until she saw Melissa kneeling down in the snow in the distance. "Oh hi ma'am!" Trina called to her, jogging over.
Melissa heard Trina and looked back, holding a finger to her lips. "Shush! I'm trying to aim here!" Melissa snapped at her.
Trina flinched, before slowing her approach and keeping quiet. "Sorry ma'am What were you aiming for?" Trina asked, kneeling down beside her.
Melissa shook her head, closing one eye as she aimed. "Nothing that concerns you, you're not on our team." Melissa responded, avoiding the question.
Melissa then fired one of her darts, which zoomed and pricked a moose in the distance. It had three eyes and as soon as it was shot, it's antlers retracted and its legs turned to liquid, that subsequently splashed on the snow. "Woah! Great shot ma'am!" Trina complimented Melissa, seeing the moose fall.
Melissa stood up and pumped a fist after successfully landing her shot. She looked down at Trina, then sighed. "Oh you're harmless. If you were Trixie, I thought you'd try and steal my catch." Melissa commented as she began to walk over to the felled moose.
"I would never do such a thing ma'am. I'm just terrible at hunting. My dad always dragged me along his hunting trips, but he never let me do any of the shooting." Trina admitted, rubbing one arm as she followed Melissa.
Melissa walked up to her moose, then crouched down and lifted underneath, before holding it over her head, shocking Trina. "Sucks for you. You know we're in a challenge right? I think you should actually try to win instead of following me. So get lost." Melissa told Trina, then began to jog with the moose over her head.
"Yeah, I'll try. Good luck ma'am!" Trina waved to Melissa as she jogged away, then sighed as she went back to searching on her own.
-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Trina-
Trina was writing in her notebook again, with her gun on the vanity. "I can't say I'm a fan of Melissa's attitude. Politically speaking, she's the kind of candidate who is only kind to those in her own party and only plays by the rules for their own benefit. If I lose, I really hope that she doesn't win. Jocks, perfectionists, cheerleaders, punks... all those kinds of imposing figures always trample over us little guys! When I was in school, those were the kind of people that took my homework and stuffed me into lockers. Seeing those types here, I just can't help but root against them. Melissa is like all the other jocks back home, if you aren't on their team, then you don't matter to them."
-End Confessional-
Delanie and Beck were walking up a hill together, with Delanie holding her dart gun close to her chest and keeping her fingers off the trigger. "Listen closely, these critters are good hiders, but they can't hide their sound!" Delanie whispered to Beck.
Beck had his hands in his pockets, walking without a care. "Yeah, sure." Beck replied, although he really wasn't focused on the challenge.
The two kept quiet as they walked further up the snowy hill, the only sound between them being the crunch of their shoes on the snow. After a while, Beck spoke up. "Hey. Been meaning to ask, if you can drop the act for a bit, why did you join the game?" Beck asked Delanie.
Delanie paused, before just shaking her head. "Not sure what you mean bucko! MacPrimer here is only here to hunt the biggest game possible!" Delanie responded in character.
Her voice alerted something in one of the nearby trees though, and Delanie heard the rustling immediately. "Aha! Gotcha!" Delanie exclaimed, turning and closing one eye as she stared at the leaves of the tree.
Another rustle came, and Delanie fired a dart, hitting whatever was inside on her first shot. The rustling stopped, and an oversized owl with bull horns and webbed claws fell out. "Heh, I don't think we even wanna know what that thing could do while it was awake!" Delanie remarked, picking up the tranquilized owl and passing it to Beck.
The owl was the size of a basketball, so Beck was easily able to hold it. "Wow, I thought it was just an act, didn't think you were an actual good shot. Usually my stunt double hands stuff like that." Beck complimented Delanie.
Delanie smirked, spinning her dart gun in her hand. "MacPrimer doesn't miss his mark, I'll say that much! No sir, no stunt double for this hunter!" Delanie bragged proudly.
The two then continued to walk further up the hill, and Beck's intrigue only grew. "So, MacPrimer aside, why did you join the game? I just came here for PR and to get away from school between projects. Come on, you can drop your act around me, I'm your boyfriend." Beck asked again, a little more enthusiastic.
Delanie hesitated, before lowering her gun and putting on a neutral look. "Actor to actor, you won't say what I tell you to any of the others right? I need to keep myself unpredictable to them." Delanie asked him.
Beck nodded, raising an eyebrow. "Oh, so you were intentionally being annoying? I hated some of your acts, but I guess that was the point huh? But yeah, I'm not gonna say anything. No reason to anyway." Beck commented, accepting the terms.
Delanie took a deep breath, looking at the snow on the ground for a moment. "Okay. Unlike you, I don't have my star studded career launched. I mean, I get roles in LA, but my dad is a director. I need to prove I don't need him to be a great actor. I've landed roles on my own identity, but I'm always second fiddle to this girl named Kat Larson. I have to pretend to be friends with her for PR, it's the worst." Delanie began to explain her situation.
Beck recognized the name, chuckling. "Kat Larson? She went to the same acting school I did, that's your rival? Seen her movies too, she does have a lot of talent. I think you already know I act in LA, but I didn't think you did too, small world. So you're trying to turn Total Drama into your star vehicle?" Beck asked her, already familiar with this Kat Larson.
"Exactly. I'm so much more talented than Kat, but I never get the same accolades. I'm Delanie Freakin' Rios, I deserve everything she gets and more!" Delanie complained, clenching her fist that wasn't holding her dart gun.
"So what about the prize money then? Gonna use it to get yourself even further ahead in acting?" Beck followed up curiously.
Delanie shook her head, waving it off. "As if I care about the money. If I win, I'll just donate it all to the LA county school district. I don't want to just buy my way to the top. I need to earn it. Not relying on money, my dad, or my other connections. Just my own talent! This is my breakout role, the ever iconic and ever unpredictable Delanie!" Delanie responded, placing her fist on her chest.
Beck looked almost impressed, smiling at this. "I can respect that sorta. I'd take the easy road myself, but good for you. You can go back to MacPrimer now, but going forward, just stop having your characters be jerks to me yeah?" Beck proposed.
Delanie took a deep breath, before spinning her dart gun again. "Ya got it partner! Now let's hunt some more game!" Delanie replied with a smirk.
-Confessional: Victorious Award Winners: Beck-
Beck had his head resting on his palm, although he didn't look upset any more. "Guess Delanie isn't as crazy as I thought she was. She's just really determined to prove herself as an actor. Wonder if there's anyone else like that here. I might just be the only one who already got their career on track. If I get the money, I guess I'd use it for travelling."
-End Confessional-
Kahlin and Nanashi were walking together through a thicker part of the woods, with Nanashi just staying right behind Kahlin. "Do you see anything yet?" Kahlin asked Nanashi, crouch walking to keep a low profile.
Nanashi shook her head, looking around. "Not yet. Let's just hope we get lucky! It's more fun that way." Nanashi replied excitedly.
"What's with you and luck? You know you're driving Melissa crazy with all that luck talk right?" Kahlin asked her, laughing a little.
Nanashi giggled, then pointed at herself. "I just like letting luck guide me. Ever since I visited my dad's casino when I was 11, luck has just always enthralled me. Whether Melissa likes it or not, I shouldn't change what I believe for someone else's account." Nanashi answered.
"At least you're headstrong. But good luck not getting voted off if you keep talking like that around her. I'm a little superstitious myself, but I wouldn't keep voicing it to Melissa. She's pretty by the books, so that kind of stuff isn't her vibe." Kahlin advised.
"I guess... I thought we were getting closer as friends, but lately it feels like she's been avoiding me and shooing me off. Wonder what I- oh hey! I see something!" Nanashi had her train of thought caught off, pointing ahead.
Kahlin looked ahead, and quickly spotted what she was talking about. A large crab was just roaming between the trees, perplexing both of them. "A crab? How is that alive in the snow and the forest? Is that just how crabs are outside the swamps?" Kahlin asked in confusion as he took aim.
The crab was about 8 feet tall, and as soon as Kahlin took aim, it spotted them. Its eyes turned into reticles, which locked onto Kahlin. "Nanashi! Take cover!" Kahlin shouted, pushing Nanashi behind a bush while he dove behind a tree.
The mutant crab then shot out a large stream of water, which missed Kahlin and Nanashi thanks to their cover. Some water splashed on them, but they were unscathed. "Phew, that was close! Lucky break!" Nanashi remarked, poking her head out from behind the bush to glance at the crab.
Kahlin took aim at the crab, then fired a dart, hitting the big target right in the face. It flinched and paused after being struck, but then it slowly began to shuffle towards them while its reticle eyes searched for a target. "Ugh, it's like an elephant, they're too big to go down in one shot!" Kahlin complained, then shot his dart gun again.
When he went for the second shot, the crab spotted Kahlin and locked onto him with both eyes. Before it could fire though, the dart hit its face, and this time was enough to fully put it to sleep. The crab fell forward with a loud thud, and Kahlin pumped a fist in celebration. "Sweet! That's a great big one we've got here! Mind helping me push this thing back to the cages?" Kahlin cheered, before walking around the crab.
Nanashi nodded, stepping out from behind her cover and hurrying behind the crab, pushing the mutant monster with him. "Of course! You stayed so calm during that, I don't think I would have handled it well myself." Nanashi praised Kahlin, giggling afterward.
-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Kahlin-
Kahlin chuckled, having a hand on his chest. "Not to brag, but when you play enough sports, you sort of just learn how to handle your adrenaline. Plus with what Travis, Vincent, and I get up to back home, a giant crab isn't even the scariest thing!"
-End Confessional-
Trixie and Flaky were still hunting together, although Flaky was taking the challenge much more seriously than Trixie. "So Flaky, how does it feel to be back?" Trixie asked her, casually walking while Flaky was holding her dart gun close.
"G-Good. Stop t-trying to be my f-friend! You're a mean-head! A m-manipulator!" Flaky right away accused Trixie.
Trixie raised an eyebrow in confusion, shaking her head. "Hey, my challenge methods are a little shady, but I don't see how that makes me a manipulator. Just doing what I can for the good of the team." Trixie defended herself, acting unaware.
"No y-you aren't! You're w-why Kylie is gone! And Freddy t-too!" Flaky rebutted, pointing at her angrily.
Trixie scoffed, shaking her head. "Like I had to manipulate people into voting them off. Freddy was bothering everyone, and Kylie literally made an alliance with Delanie, y'know from another team. You play too much video games, it's not that deep." Trixie deflected.
Flaky thought over for a second, then shook her head. "W-Well, I won't believe it until I s-see it myself! Y-You're shady!" Flaky stated her position, staying firm.
"Suit yourself. Everyone else on the team already knows I just get the job done for the team, even if it's a little shady. Speaking of which..." Trixie then lowered her voice, spotting something in the distance.
Melissa was walking down a hill, carrying her moose catch and now a mutant double headed raccoon on top of it. "Bingo." Trixie quipped, aiming her dart gun at Melissa.
Flaky gasped, not believing what she was seeing. "T-Trixie! Y-You're not j-just gonna shoot M-Melissa like that are y-you!?" Flaky cried out.
"Aiming for the head, why?" Trixie responded, closing one eye.
"Because that's w-wrong!" Flaky blurted out the obvious.
Trixie just shrugged, not caring. "For the good of the team, about time the Munchers lost anyway. We can steal her catches for the price of 1 dart." Trixie justified it, then took her shot.
The shot missed due to Melissa being too far away, with the dart whizzing by in front of her. "Woah! Are you- TRIXIE! Seriously!?" Melissa yelled, looking over and seeing Trixie holding the gun.
"You're not gonna burn a dart on me, you've already got two things caught!" Trixie replied, laughing as she now jogged toward Melissa.
Melissa began to run as fast as she could with the weight she was carrying, while Trixie ran after her to get closer for a shot. Flaky followed, although Trixie was faster than her. "W-Wait up! Leave M-Melissa alone!" Flaky pleaded.
Trixie stopped for a moment, while Melissa just kept running. "You know you're not on her team right? Do you want us to lose?" Trixie reminded Flaky.
Flaky shook her head, pointing at Trixie's dart gun. "I d-don't want you shooting p-people! I don't c-care if it's g-good for the t-team, it's wrong!" Flaky replied angrily, albeit relieved to see Melissa get away.
"So you see what I do is good for the team then? You may not like it, but it's just to help us win. And that includes booting Freddy and Kylie." Trixie brought up with a smirk.
"I g-guess... I'll g-give you another c-chance. But if you t-try and shoot anyone a-again, I'm gonna be m-mad for other r-reasons!" Flaky threatened Trixie, although the thief just had to hold back laughter as she stuttered out this threat.
"Fine fine, I won't shoot anyone else. Just glad you see it my way. I'll go hunt on my own now, just to cover more ground." Trixie told Flaky, before jogging up the hill that Melissa had come from.
"G-Good idea. See y-you." Flaky waved to Trixie as she left, then went her own way.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Trixie-
Trixie laughed, tapping her dart gun to her head. "Flaky got a little more confidence, but she's still stupid. Do you really think I'm insane enough to try and take Melissa out like that? Gave both of them a scare for sure. I wasted a dart to build some trust... in a warped way. But I just needed to make Flaky think my plays are good for the team. Pacifying her as a threat is just the way to go. I still have to tread lightly now, but at least her mind is open to not hating me."
-End Confessional-
Back at the junk pile, Jim and Bonnie had put together a bow and arrow set, although the arrows were just made out of zip ties from all the trash. "Think this'll hold 'em down?" Jim asked Bonnie.
Bonnie nodded, slinging the bow onto her back. "Trust me, back home, if you needed any kind of tech to trap an animal, you didn't stand a chance in town. Gonna guess you're the better shot though?" Bonnie explained, taking the bow off and holding it out to Jim.
Jim took the bow, while Bonnie held the plastic bag full of makeshift arrows. "Yeah, nice you have some actual skills. But I'll do the shooting. Let's get moving." Jim complimented Bonnie, before the pair set out into the woods.
Trina arrived at the junkyard around the same time, they were leaving, while Melissa was stuffing her catches into the red cage. "Hopefully this helps!" Trina exclaimed as she set down a mutant porcupine with soggy quills in the golden cage.
"You actually caught something? Didn't expect that, good on ye lassie!" Flynn remarked, tipping his hat as he walked by carrying a speedboat motor.
Trina giggled, closing the cage before tossing her dart gun into the junk pile. "I had to use all three shots to get it, not that great at this..." Trina mumbled to herself.
Toby was still at the junk pile when Trina dropped off her porcupine, so he walked over to her with a smile. "Hi Trina! So you ran out of ammo, do you want to come along with me?" Toby offered.
Klaas finished making a net out of a lead pipe and plastic bag as he offered this, also heading out into the forest. "Not gonna catch more than me Jim!" Klaas called out to Jim as he left.
Trina got a bit worried that all the Munchers were now out on the prowl, but she still nodded her head. "Of course sir! Are you sure I'll be much help? I don't have a way to defend myself since I haven't made anything." Trina asked to be safe.
Toby nodded, then reached into the plastic bag he was holding and had Luis pull out a baseball. "I've got a plan that'll keep us both safe. Don't worry. I've got some toys, sports gear, plus some old cheese and berries that some of the critters might like. I think we might win with this!" Toby explained excitedly.
"Are you sure sir? What if something attacks?" Trina brought up worriedly.
"Then I'll make sure nothing happens to you, I promise. Let's get going while we still have time!" Toby swore, gesturing for her to follow him.
Trina followed, warmed by Toby's promise to her. "Alright sir! Let's hope this works!" Trina took the promise, about to follow Toby into the woods as she pulled out her notebook and wrote down what he grabbed.
It was then she noticed what exactly Flynn was carrying the motor for. The Critics had built a massive wooden contraption on wheels with a hand crank, then a bunch of nets and bags hung on one side. It looked like a crane almost, with a hook at the end of the wheeled contraption to hold stuff. It was about 6 feet tall and 7 feet long, with all kinds of things hidden going inside the wooden shell. "What did your guys' junk project spiral into?" Trina asked them curiously.
Jack froze up right away as she asked this, while Athena shrugged. "It's a replica of Jack's trapping device back home. Might help..." Athena answered, not caring about the contraption.
"Umm... yeah. It'll catch just about anything up to 4 times our size! I think it's ready now too!" Jack added, with him and Flynn setting the motor inside.
Thomas just watched with apathy, and Flynn looked plenty proud of their contraption. "Sure looks like it laddie, let's get her out into the woods! We've only got an hour left, so we'll use it best we can matey!" Flynn agreed with Jack.
Jack was about to start pushing his contraption when he looked over at Trina writing and gasped. "W-Why is there a spiral on your notebook?" Jack asked in fear, pointing to the front cover of Trina's notebook, which was facing his way now.
"Oh! You mean the swirl? It's just a fun symbol sir! Kinda like the cool S!" Trina answered, giggling briefly.
Jack was still on edge even after the answer, and just being to push his contraption. "Yeah, we'll make it quick..." he told Flynn as they both pushed.
"Come on Trina! We don't have much time!" Toby called to Trina, a bit ahead of her.
Trina snapped out of her talk with the Critics, then jogged to catch up with Toby. "Sorry! Just caught curious about their machine! Looks pretty cool huh sir?" Trina apologized.
Toby saw the crane contraption they had made, nodding his head. "Holy flamin' paws! It really is something! Guess we gotta act fast so we don't lose to them!" Luis remarked, before jogging as well now that Trina had caught up.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Jack-
Jack was scratching himself nervously, looking around the trailer with wide eyes. "W-Why are spirals being mentioned like that? Then she had it on her notebook too! Well, she said it was a swirl... but there's no doubt, it was a spiral! Is... is the film lot being reclaimed by those above? Reverting back to a time when it was just spirals? No... no it can't be!"
-End Confessional-
Kahlin and Nanashi arrived back at the cages with their catch, still pushing the giant crab. "Woah! You guys felled the titan?" Chris asked, shocked to see them pushing it.
"You gave us tranquilizers, I don't think any animal was going to stand a chance with that! But it did take two shots!" Kahlin told Chris as they pushed the crab into the cage.
Nanashi nodded, taking a few moments to rest after pushing the crab for so long. "Yeah! We're lucky it didn't take more! Kahlin was pretty impressive there too, I was just kinda the crab pusher helper here." Nanashi praised Kahlin, giving him the credit.
Kahlin shrugged, playfully elbowing Nanashi. "Hey, you helped too. If you weren't there to push, I don't think we'd have time to hunt something else. I still have one more dart y'know!" Kahlin uplifted Nanashi, waggling his dart gun.
"You guys only have 45 minutes left, so best get moving!" Chris informed them, checking his stopwatch.
Kahlin gave Chris a thumbs up, then began to run at a pace Nanashi could keep up with. "Let's get going then! Maybe we'll get lucky like you hope!" Kahlin exclaimed, making Nanashi giggle as she followed him.
"Yeah! Glad you get it!" Nanashi responded excitedly, running faster than before.
As the two of them left, Delanie and Beck showed up as well, with Beck carrying their mutant owl and a ferret that had turned itself inside out. "You guys actually worked together? Surprising." Chris joked as Beck dropped their catches in the cage.
Delanie scoffed, pointing at herself. "Ol' shooter MacPrimer will work with anyone if it means he gets his win. Plus my man here ain't half bad!" Delanie replied, pointing her gun at Beck.
Beck held both hands up, backing away from the gun. "Hey maybe don't point that at people." Delanie warned her immediately.
Delanie lowered her dart gun, nodding. "Right, sorry pardner! Let's go find somethin' for my last dart to sink into!" Delanie apologized, before running back into the woods, with Beck following.
The Critics had finally finished assembling their crane by the time Beck and Delanie left, with three of them proud of their work and then Jack just shivering nervously. "L-Looks great guys..." Jack stammered, giving a thumbs up when he saw the completed crane on wheels.
"So we just push it out use it over a big area?" Athena asked him to clarify.
Jack nodded, then pointed at the crank. "Yeah, get it over a big open area, so we probably use it at the top of a hill, even a small one. We'll all start pushing so we can get this done quickly..." Jack explained, before starting to push the back of the wooden shell.
The snow on the ground made it tougher to get it going, but with the four of them, it wasn't too difficult to push the crane. "Trixie and Flaky ain't back yet, hope those lasses found some mighty good catches!" Flynn pointed out, somewhat concerned.
Jack nodded in agreement as they pushed, before gasping yet again. "S-S-Spiral!" Jack cried out, pointing at the snow.
Just a little bit into the forest, a small spiral about two circles large was etched into the snow, although the other three were just confused. "It's just some circles... I don't see the problem." Athena commented.
"Don't you understand? The more these pop up, the closer we get to reality collapsing on itself and forming one great spiral! The moment those start linking up, we're doomed!" Jack proclaimed, using the baseball ball he took from Athena to safely wipe out the spiral in the snow.
Athena just stared at Jack for a moment, dumbfounded. "I think you've got a few screws loose buddy!" Rhonda chimed in, making Jack sigh in disappointment.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Thomas-
Thomas shook his head, having one hand on his forehead. "Jack's paranoia is definitely something. Of all things he's actually scared of, it's harmless shapes? I guess the crazy have crazy fears. Verrückt aber passend as the German would say."
Klaas was off on his own in the woods, swinging his net around as he was trying catch a mutant woodpecker. It wasn't flying away like one would expect, rather it was trying to fight with him it seemed, wielding its beak like a sword. "What kind of luck is this!? Just get in the net!" Klaas yelled, although his flimsy plastic bag on a pipe wasn't doing any favors as an actual net.
The woodpecker got in after he missed again and jabbed his check multiple times, making Klaas yelp in pain as he swatted it away with his other hand. "Why are these things so violent!?" Klaas let out as he hit it.
This swat knocked the woodpecker to the ground though, and Klaas was finally able to catch it with his plastic bag, slamming it on the snow and not letting it escape. "Gotcha!" Klaas declared, then sat down in the snow for a moment to catch his breath.
Trixie soon came by though, grinning as she saw Klaas with his net. "What did you find?" Trixie asked him, holding her dart gun behind her back.
Klaas eyed Trixie suspiciously, standing back up and tying his plastic bag so the woodpecker thrashing inside couldn't get out. "You don't wanna know, this woodpecker was a monster to catch." Klaas told her.
Trixie snickered, then pulled out her dart gun. "Great, I'll be taking that then." Trixie stated, aiming her dart gun at Klaas.
Klaas right away began to back up, holding his other hand up. "You're seriously gonna shoot me!?" Klaas questioned her, astonished she would try this.
"Not if you hand over the bag." Trixie replied with a smirk.
Klaas shook his head, holding his thrashing bag close. "I know you're not gonna shoot, you know why?" Klaas asked her back, also gaining a smirk.
"Why is that?" Trixie humored the question, still keeping her dart gun aimed at him.
"Because you'd have to explain yourself or where I am. Plus I can just let them know you shot me. You should have done a sneak attack. Later!" Klaas explained to Trixie, then sprinted off.
Trixie scowled and decided to take a shot anyway, although Klaas just held his bag behind him and let the dart hit it. "And you wasted a dart too!" Klaas taunted Trixie as he continued to run.
Trixie ran after him, now fired up. "Nope, you're going down!" Trixie yelled, shooting her last dart at him.
It went between Klaas's legs though unfortunately for her, leaving her without any ammo. "Think again, unlucky shot!" Klaas further taunted Trixie, now leaving her behind since she had nothing to chase him with.
-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Klaas-
Klaas had his hands behind his head, although his face was still covered with peck marks. "My bad luck with the bird paid off with the good luck dodging those shots. Trixie really is a piece of work isn't she. Honestly, if I didn't have a reputation to worry about, I might've been doing the same. But I know Nanashi would have hated seeing me play dirty. I don't think it's rigging though, it's just using your resources wisely. Using one dart to take someone out and steal their catch is really scoring two points so to speak. If it worked, props to Trixie."
-End Confessional-
Jim and Bonnie were searching together, with Jim having the bow and one arrow at the ready, while Bonnie just carried the grocery bag full of their remaining zip tie arrows. "There's gotta be something this way, easier to just go right to their homes than wait to find one just moseyin' about." Jim stated to Bonnie.
"Sounds about right." Bonnie just agreed with him.
"I'm just glad Melissa is out on her own. But we need to make sure we get something if we're going to keep Melissa from siding with Klaas. If he gets something and we don't, we'll just look bad." Jim added, a determined look on his face.
"If we get something, Flaky might see me as cool too~" Bonnie envisioned.
Jim chuckled for a second, before going right back to his resting face. "Flaky? You actually like that anxiety bundle? I thought you were just being weird funny again. What's the deal with that?" Jim questioned Bonnie.
"Ever heard of a NEET?" Bonnie asked Jim right off the bat.
"A neat? Uh, so you think she's neat. Got it. Not even a galaxy close to my type but our standards are also probably not even close either. She barely knows how to take care of herself from the looks of it." Jim guessed, a little more confused by Bonnie's tastes.
"That's what makes her so hot! Don't you get it?" Bonnie exclaimed, although her creepy dull stare persisted despite the excitement.
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"No. No I do not. If I didn't need you around, I'd have some choice words for you." Jim responded sarcastically.
"Ouch Jim, you wound me. There's a wolf up ahead by the way." Bonnie said dejectedly, then pointed forward.
Jim looked ahead and saw the wolf she talking about, although it had a purplish aura around it. It was just leaving a cave, where it seemed to live. "Great, a wolf is a solid catch." Jim commented as he knocked the arrow and pulled it back.
Jim fired the arrow, which did pierce the wolf. It let out a howl, before falling over and the purple aura around it dissipated. "Not sure what that purple crap was, but we got one!" Jim exclaimed triumphantly, before hurrying over to grab the wolf.
As soon as he picked it up though, Bonnie noticed more purple lights flicker from in the darkness of the cave. "Jim we need to get out of here. Not sticking around to find out what that purple is." Bonnie told Jim, before turning around and sprinting off.
Jim looked into the darkness of the cave and as the purple lights grew in numbers, he noticed purple eyes glowing in the dark not long after, getting closer and closer. "Crap crap crap... it's a pack!" Jim yelled as he now ran as well.
-Confessional: Mutant Movie Munchers: Jim-
Jim groaned, resting the side of his head in his palm. "I know carrying that wolf was a bad idea if I wanted to get away from the others. But let's face it. If I came back empty handed, I may as well have darn asked for Melissa to just vote for me. It's as they say, no pain, no gain."
-End Confessional-
Jim and Bonnie were running away from a pack of 5 wolves now, although Jim was quickly losing distance between himself and the wolves. "You've gotta ditch the catch! You're gonna get mauled!" Bonnie shouted to Jim.
Jim refused to drop it though, holding it over his shoulder as he ran for his life now. "Can't! They'll just keep chasing us anyway!" Jim yelled back as he ran as fast he could.
Toby and Trina were walking in an open patch of snow together when Bonnie and Jim came running out from the thicker part of the woods, the wolves right behind them. "Get out of here, there's wolves!" Jim yelled to the couple as he and Bonnie passed by.
Trina saw the wolves and yelped in fear right away, although Toby moved to stand in front of her. "Run Trina. I'll be fine... or not. I just need you to be safe." Toby sort of assured her as he reached into the plastic bag hung on the arm that was holding Luis.
Trina looked conflicted, but did as told and hurried away. Toby then pulled a tennis ball with a tree branch stuck through it. "Hey friends! Who wants to play fetch!?" Luis called to the wolves.
The wolves dropped their attention from Bonnie and Jim, now focusing on the puppeteer. They snarled at him, making Toby tremble in fear, but he tried to keep up a brave face. "Yeah, look at the ball! Feast your fangs on it if ya can! Fetch!" Luis exclaimed, with Toby then throwing the tree branch in the direction they had come from.
The purple aura around the wolves dropped as soon as he did that, switching to a bright green as all 5 of them now darted after the tennis ball on a stick. Toby let out a huge sigh of relief as they chased after the toy.
One of the wolves brought the ball to Toby, having pulled it off the stick. The other 4 were all happily yapping, waiting for him to throw it again. "Oh you want to keep playing? Alright friends, fetch again! Who's gonna get it this time!?" Luis exclaimed as Toby took the ball and threw it again.
The wolves once again continued to play as they all ran. Toby was only able to throw it about 20 feet away, but the wolves just kept going the distance and bringing it back to him. "You pups are purrty good at this!" Luis praised the wolves as Toby now began to lead them back the junk pile, walking with them.
Toby just walked with a smile while Luis did all the talking, until he heard a squeaking come from inside his plastic bag. After throwing the ball, Toby reached in and felt around, until he felt something soft. He gently pulled out a gray mouse that had been eating the cheese and berries he had brought for bait. "Aww, were you hungry friend?" Toby asked the mouse.
The mouse of course couldn't respond, just petrified in fear after being picked up. Toby reached into his bag and pulled out a small chunk of the old cheese out of it, then handed it to the mouse. "There, no need to be scared. You must have been pretty hungry with the snow like this." Toby assured the mouse, giving it a finger pat on the head.
The mouse hesitated, then took the small chunk and began to nibble on it. Toby took the ball back from the wolves, then threw it again, before looking at the mouse on his shoulder. "I don't know how you snuck into my bag, you must be pretty smart! Is that what you got from the mutation? I think I'll call you Socrates then, he was a smart guy!" Toby named the mouse, although Socrates seemed much more concerned with the cheese he was eating.
The 4 Critics had now pushed their mobile crane to the top of a small hill, overlooking a decent open area with only a few trees. "Yarr, release the trap!" Flynn ordered, and Thomas pulled a lever, dropping a series of nets and bags down, carpet bombing the area.
Right away, the crane began to teeter a little, so Flynn and Athena began to hold it in place. "Looks like we already caught somethin'! Nice work designin' this doohickey Jack!" Flynn praised their captain.
"I'll get the crank." Thomas stated, walking over to the crank of the crane and turning it clockwise to pull their catches back up.
Jack peered over the hill to see what they were getting, readying his bat if something was violet. "1... 2... 3... 4... we've got a whole family of beavers, a couple squirrels, a few birds, I think we've got this!" Jack announced to the others.
Athena looked at their catch, giving Jack a singular clap. "Congrat." she gave him a single congratulation as well.
"Doubt the other teams had a scheme to get as much as this! Yer a crafty one!" Flynn further praised Jack.
Jack looked at the other 3 with a smile, thankful for the praise. Then he looked over at Thomas. He was still just moving the crank clockwise, slowly pulling their trapped catch up the hill now. "Wait... that's..." Jack began, his pupils shrinking.
Clockwise?
Wait no, it's just a circular motion.
But it's a continuous circle!
And it's pulling everything up in an arc.
But I designed this!
It's seeping into my thoughts already!? No!
It's exactly what it is! Those animals might already be infected!
It's happening! I keep seeing them! NOO!
"S-S-SPIRAL!" Jack screamed, before pushing Thomas aside and smashing the crank with his baseball bat.
Jack continued to scream as he now proceeded to smash up the rest of the crane contraption, breaking the shell and smashing up the motor. This of course caused the entrapment of animals to tumble down the hill, the nets and bags breaking open and allowing them all to escape. "What is wrong with you matey!? You just lost our big catch!" Flynn yelled angrily as he watched the animals all run away.
"There was a spiral on the machine, I just had to smash it! It's too dangerous! We're seeing them everywhere now! On the notebook, in the snow, now on the crane! We need to get to safety now! Flee the city! These things are city wide pandemics!" Jack yelled, going over the next course of action.
Thomas facepalmed, and Athena just looked disappointment. "I don't think a spiral can do that..." Athena commented boredly.
Flynn looked like he had more to say, but just looked to Athena and Thomas instead. "Alright crew, we need to hurry back to the junk pile to whip together some quick stuff to catch with! Hurry! Double time it!" Flynn took command, before the three of them ran off.
"Wait up! We can't go back to the junk pile! That's where the spirals started!" Jack warned them urgently, following them.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Athena-
Athena had a bored look on her face, slowly raising Rhonda up into view. "Jack is a little cuckoo! But maybe he just had something happen to him to make him like this!" Rhonda guessed.
"Not sure what's up with Jack." Athena commented plainly.
-End Confessional-
Back at the junk pile, Jim and Bonnie had already tossed their wolf into the cage, and Klaas now arrived with his woodpecker and emptied the plastic bag holding it into the cage as well. "That makes 5 catches. The Award Winners only have 3, and the Critics got nothing, looks pretty good for us!" Klaas pointed out as he dropped his bird in.
Delanie and Beck soon showed up though, with Beck carrying a mutant beaver by the tail, as the rest of its body seemed to have needles sprouting out of it. "Make that 4! MacPrimer is an ace hunter!" Delanie declared as Beck tossed the beaver into their cage.
Trixie arrived not long after, empty handed and tired. "The others didn't get anything? Seriously!?" Trixie let out in frustration, throwing her dart gun at the junk pile.
The four Critics returned empty handed as well, baffling Trixie. "Come on! You guys got nothing!? What did you waste all the time doing!?" Trixie scolded them.
"We did have a big crane and caught a good haul. But Jack smashed it up. Something about spirals." Thomas informed Trixie.
Trixie kicked some snow in frustration, taking off her winter hat and throwing it on the ground. Trina and Melissa now returned, with Trina still scared and Melissa carrying a bear cub. "Oh sweet, you guys also got stuff! Go team!" Melissa complimented the others as she tossed the sleeping bear cub into the cage.
"Did you outrun a mother bear?" Trina asked, skeptical seeing the cub.
Melissa nodded, gesturing to her legs. "I wasn't captain of the track team for nothing!" Melissa boasted.
Kahlin and Nanashi returned not long after that, although confusion immediately kicked in as they saw Kahlin carrying an unconscious Flaky in his arms while Nanashi had an oversized frog in her hands. "What happened to Flaky?" Bonnie asked right away.
Kahlin shrugged, while Nanashi put the frog in their cage. "Not sure. We just found her asleep in the snow, she got hit by a dart from the looks of it, since one was in her back." Kahlin answered, pulling the dart out of his pocket.
Melissa and Klaas both shot looks at Trixie right away. "You're the only one who was going around shooting people. You seriously shot your own teammate?" Melissa accused Trixie immediately.
"Why would you do that?" Athena asked, more puzzled.
"What!? I didn't shoot her! I burned a dart on you, then two on Klaas! I wouldn't have had a third to shoot Flaky at even if I was stupid enough to shoot my own teammate!" Trixie defended herself immediately.
"So you were still shooting people? Ain't that just as bad lassie?" Flynn jumped on that detail immediately.
Trixie glared at Flynn, shaking her head. "I was just trying to take their catches for the challenge! And like I said, I had no darts to use on Flaky, and I'd be stupid to try and take out my own teammate. I bet Delanie was the one who went for her!" Trixie now shifted the blame.
Delanie looked offended by this, and Beck shook his head. "Nope. MacPrimer here used all his darts on catching what we have in the cage. He plays a fair game." Beck defended Delanie, with Melissa believing it right away.
Chris now walked in between everyone, looking over the cages. "Hate to interrupt this, but there is only one minute left! Unless the Critics or Award Winners bring something else, it seems the Munchers will be taking 1st place!" Chris announced, pointing at his stopwatch.
Right as he said this though, a tennis ball zoomed by him, landing in the Award Winners cage. 5 wolves then ran by everyone, rushing into the cage. "That makes 9! Yes! We did it!" Toby cheered as he arrived, with Socrates still on his shoulder.
"You... you got all those wolves to follow you? That's... that's incredible." Jim asked Toby, flabbergasted to see him alright.
Toby nodded, rubbing the back of his head with his spare head. "I guess? I think I just got lucky, it's nothing really. I'm just glad they were friendly!" Toby replied, dismissing the compliment.
Trina hugged Toby right away, nearly tearing up. "I'm glad you're okay sir... but don't do that again! I'll protect you next time okay?" Trina told him, tightening her hug.
Toby was confused, but just hugged her back. "Alright, if it makes you happy." Toby agreed, relieving Trina.
Chris's stopwatch then went off, and he blew his airhorn. "Looks like that's game! The Award Winners end with 10 animals caught, counting the mouse, the Munchers ended with 7, and the Critics failed to catch a single animal!" Chris announced the results of the challenge.
Beck and Delanie high fived, while Trina excitedly and turned her hug into a joyous one, then let Toby go so she could high five Luis. "What do we get for winning?" Delanie asked Chris.
Chris snapped his fingers, and Oliver brought out a tray with 6 cups of hot chocolate on it. "You get hot chocolate for winning! It'll take some time for the snow to melt, so you can warm up with that." Chris told them their reward.
Chef walked up and grabbed one cup, with Chris taking the other, leaving the Awards to take one mug each. "So! Munchers, no hot chocolate for you, but no ceremony for you either!" Chris informed the Munchers.
"We'll win next time." Melissa replied confidently, crossing her arms.
Chris then turned to the Critics, who were currently trying to wake Flaky up. "The new teammate isn't working out so well huh? Well you guys will have to vote someone off tonight, so let Flaky know and I'll see you all then!" Chris told the Critics, before walking away.
There was an awkward silence between the team for a moment, although Jack was the one to break it. "Who are we voting off tonight? Do we just take the easy vote? Because she really didn't help much." Jack asked the others.
"How rich!" Rhonda remarked.
Trixie nodded, looking at Jack. "Yeah you kinda smashed our only chance of winning. If anyone wasn't helpful, it's you." Trixie now blamed Jack.
"Wait what!? Trixie? No one caught anything, we're all at fault here!" Jack defended himself, confused as to why Trixie was blaming him.
Flynn nodded, looking at Trixie. "Yeah, he's a wee bit crazy, but he's got us wins in the past. You were out here shootin' people and might've shot Flaky too. Do ya think I was gonna let that slide?" Flynn brought the topic up again.
"I do it for the good of team, I was trying to earn us points. And I didn't shoot Flaky. Jack completely threw the win because he's crazy. Everything I've been doing is for the good of team." Trixie stated firmly.
"Really?" Athena asked, unsure if she was telling the truth.
"No way! You're just gonna throw me under the bus here!? But we're friends!" Jack let out, shocked by this turnaround.
Trixie nodded her head. "See? Jack and I are friends, keeping him around would only help me. But he cost us the challenge. I'm not even going to try and defend that. It's for the good of the team. I'm not gonna be like Freddy and feed into his craziness. Jack is my vote, and you all should do the same." Trixie explained, before walking away.
Jack crossed his arms, glaring at Trixie. "I was looking out for us too! Those spirals could have warped you all, or contorted your bodies! Especially with the radiation! Better we lose than us die! We can't trust Trixie here, she really might've shot Flaky!" Jack now hopped on the bandwagon, defending himself.
"I'm not voting Trixie." Thomas said bluntly, then walked away as well.
Athena looked conflicted, staying quiet as she just left. "Matey, I hear ya. I'll think it over, then I'll have a lil' chat with Flaky about it when she wakes up. I don't trust Trixie either. Yer gonna have to control that spiral thing of yers though." Flynn told Jack, before walking away as well.
-Confessional: Toxic Film Critics: Flynn-
Flynn had his arms crossed, furrowing his brows. "Jack really ticked me off back there. But the kid means well. He ain't tryin' to hurt us, he's just lost some marbles. Trixie? Yeah she's a problem. Don't care if it's for the good of the team. You hurt my crew, you're OUT of my crew!"
-End Confessional-
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 six members of the Toxic Film Critics were seated in the stands back in their normal clothes, with Flaky now awake and wobbling a little. Athena, Flynn, and Jack sat in the front, while Trixie, Thomas, and Flaky were in the back. "What a great way to show Flaky what you're all about. Fail to score a single point, and you go and let her get tranquilized? Amazes me you guys earned such a snack. But oh well, you're paying for the loss now!" Chris mocked the Critics.
No one was happy with this of course, although Flaky let out a drunken laugh. "I'll take it. Everyone cast your votes now, and we'll see which one of you got hunted in the ballot!" Chris ordered the team.
Everyone picked up their voting devices, with only Jack and Trixie voting instantly. Thomas cast his vote quickly, Flynn almost second guessed himself, then placed his vote, Athena took a bit longer, but ultimately settled on her choice. Flaky let out another laugh, then cast her vote, which dawned on everyone what that meant.
"Aaaand the votes have been cast! If you receive a Gilded Chris Award, that means you're perfectly safe! Otherwise, it's the Lame-O-Sine for you! And Flaky already burned our return of the season, so there's no coming back!" Chris announced, while Chef walked onto the stage with a tray of 5 awards, along with an envelope containing the votes.
Chris took the envelope and opened it, although hid his reaction to the results with his envelope. "So the Gilded Chrises go to..."
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Thomas solemnly nodded and accepted his award, setting it on his lap after catching it.
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Athena gracefully caught her award, also not surprised.
That left the obvious bottom two, with them casting glares at each other. "Jack and Trixie! You two were best buds just a few hours ago, what happened?" Chris mockingly asked.
"Just doing what's for the good of the team, since Flynn and Flaky think I'm only acting for myself." Trixie answered, giving Flynn a glance.
"Good for the team, terrible for your friend." Jack remarked, crossing his arms.
Chris laughed, then looked over the votes once more. "Friend or not, team or not, one of you is leaving! So the last Gilded Chris award goes to..."
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"Trixie."
Trixie grinned and snatched her award out of the air, leaving Jack shocked. "No way! I save you guys from the dangers of the spiral and you boot me for it!? You all deserve complete corruption! I'm out of the game, but at least I'm out of these cursed grounds!" Jack scolded the others, storming out of the stands right away.
"I hope you get the help you need." Thomas told Jack, not responding to any of the others parts.
"I don't need help! You do! You're all in danger! But noooo, you want 'shoot your teammate' Trixie!" Jack remarked, glaring at Trixie.
Trixie laughed, flipping her award in her hand. "Uh huh, sure bud. We'll see how much those spirals mess us up once you're gone. Later!" Trixie waved to Jack sarcastically, winking at him.
Jack was hit with the sting of betrayal again, letting out a huff as he turned around and walked down the red carpet and soon got into the Lame-O-Sine. "The rest of you are free to go, but watch out for spirals! They're deadly, or something." Chris warned the rest of the Critics, letting them get up and leave.
Once they left, Chris turned to face the camera, laughing to himself for a moment. "And so goes our resident nutcase! Honestly lasted longer than I expected! But how will the Critics manage now that they'll be operating under logic? Will Flaky actually be awake long enough to integrate into the team? Will Delanie and Beck actually become a healthy couple? Find out these and more, next time on Total, Drama, Reeeeeeeevenge of the Film Lot!" Chris concluded the episode, with it fading to black afterward.
Teams Remaining:
Mutant Movie Munchers: Melissa, Nanashi, Kahlin, Bonnie, Klaas, Jim
Victorious Award Winners: Delanie, Beck, Trina, Toby
Toxic Film Critics: Trixie, Thomas, Athena, Flynn, Flaky
Placements:
16th: Jack
17th: Esteban
18th: Kylie
19th: King
20th: Freddy
21st: Lilac
22nd: Vergil
23rd: Diamond
24th: Maxine
25th: Donna
Author's Note:
Our first captain falls! I think most people expected Jack or Delanie to be the first of them to go if any were to leave in the pre merge, but yeah, finally had to cut one. Thank you UltraGeniusTD for allowing me to use him of course, his antics and personality led to some of my favorite bits I've written so far! He was one of those I pegged to go far early on, but as everyone else began to get more serious storylines that needed more time, and with Freddy already being gone, funny horror man wasn't going to last much longer if I wanted to do everyone else justice. Thank you all for reading as always, be sure to join the Discord for extra content (code on profile), and I'll see you all next time!