TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND DAY 1
The intro instantly begins as the episode starts.
The first shot depicts the resort in full, leading up to a giant forested cliff and zooming past Chris as he sips a coffee before diving into the water below the cliff.
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine,
You guys are on my mind.
We see Ezekiel and Owen snorkeling together. Owen farts. Geoff and Bridgette are seen talking on different surfboards, and bubbles of Owen's fart get to the surface. A fish rises to the surface, and an eagle carries Geoff. Bridgette just laughs, mildly concerned.
You asked me what I wanted to be
and now I think the answer is plain to see,
I wanna be famous.
The eagle drops Geoff down as it soars past the sun. He falls down a few tree branches. DJ is relaxing around animals but as Geoff lands on his lap, the animals panic and scramble all around the two. DJ holds Geoff closer because of this, and Geoff has an uncomfortable face because he's holding him too tight. Duncan is seen laughing at them but stops as he sees Courtney disapproving.
I wanna live close to the sun,
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
Heather is in a canoe with LeShawna going down the stream, bickering with each other. The canoe comes careening off the stream and down a waterfall, making both girls fall into the water below as they scream, passing by Harold as he practices a few fighting poses on a log bridging over two cliffs. Izzy swings on a vine and knocks him, then knocks on the outhouse, where Cody falls with his pants down.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
I'll get there one day.
Cause, I wanna be famous!
Inside the resort's kitchen, we see Chef preparing some interesting green soup, and another cook is present as well. He looks behind him at Noah, who just reads. In the dining room itself, Eva's arm wrestles Tyler, easily beating him and dislocating his arm.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
Next to the pool, we see Lindsay in a red bikini outfit. Then, we move shots to Justin, who fails to impress Katie and Sadie, who keep talking with each other. Then they start chasing each other on the beach, with Justin frowning at them.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
Beth uses her fire batons, swinging one into the air. As it lands, it turns into night, and Gwen and Trent are seen together, Trent using his guitar. Everyone then whistles in tune.
"Okay! The first challenge is threefold!"
"The first part of it is jumping this ridiculously tall cliff into the water lake!" Chris raises both of his arms as he presents the challenge.
"Piece of cake." Bridgette looks down the cliff.
"As you can see, there are two target areas. The wider area represents the area of the lake fueled by psychotic man-eating sharks!"
"The smaller area is a safe zone, the target you have to point to for your jump to count, which we're pretty sure is shark-free with a repelling net!" Chris continues his explanation.
"Excuse me?" Leshawna looks at him since she's wondering if he's serious.
"For each person who manages to survive, there are crates down below that need to be moved back to the resort! You'll find out what the supplies are for in the third part of the challenge!"
"The losers will need to send one person back home!"
"Uhm… who wants to go first?" Bridgette looks down at the jump again. The silence is deafening.
"Don't sweat it guys! These kinds of shows always make the interns test the challenge first! It should be survivable. " Owen tries to reassure everyone. Chris looks at Maverick angrily.
…
As soon as he says that a brief flashback begins.
"Ugh! Why do I have to test the stunt myself?" Chris is wearing his swimsuit.
"Because you had the great idea to pick interns who were not qualified enough to survive this. And now they're all in the hospital." Maverick tells him as he's around his servants.
"Can't we choose like that big chef guy you have?" Chris asks him.
"You're not taking Chef Hatchet for this." Maverick denied it instantly.
"Do I look like an intern? Why won't your servants do it?" Chris points at one of them.
"Their contract doesn't include being a stuntman."
"Of course, we could change the challenge if you don't jump, chicken!" One of Maverick's servants gives him a chicken toy, and he laughs as he squishes it against the host.
"Ugh. Fine." Chris jumps down and screams. He lands, albeit outside the safe zone.
"Great. I've made it."
"Wait, what's that? Something just- SHARK!" Chris quickly jumps away from the waters as a shark tries to eat him. Maverick writes something on a sheet of paper as his servants clap.
…
"Killer Bass!" Maverick appears in front of the team as we return from the flashback. The team gets startled because of him.
"Jump first." He claps twice to them.
"Yes, lord." Duncan rolls his eyes as he crosses his arms. The proprietor gets his hand on his patch of beard on his chin as he ignores him.
[Confessional-Geoff
"Man, that guy is sure so weird.
He teleported… how many times so far? He looks kinda chill though."]
[Confessional- Courtney
"I read the fine print when they sent us the documents to enter the show.
I'll be risking my own life over dangerous challenges? Yes. But I can't do nothing against it, nor my lawyers can as well."
"BUT, I'm here for the money, I'll be risking my life for such riches in this case.]
"So, who's up?" Eva turns to her team.
"Ladies first," Duncan says seductively. Sadie and Katie look at each other, super excited.
"SADIE!" Katie tells her.
"KATIE!" Sadie responds her back.
"Here we go!" They both jump down and land in the safe zone.
"That was so cool!" Katie hugs Sadie as they climb up a little boat, leading them to the beach below.
"Huh, that was quick." Duncan looks at them, curiously.
[Confessional- Sadie and Katie
"Oh my gosh, that was so exciting and all!"
"Yeah! We're fans of this kind of show."
"Nobody's gonna stop up if we do things together!" They say it together.]
"They did it, yeah, yeah!" Tyler looks down at them.
"Can I go next?" Bridgette asks him.
"Sure! I don't have a problem with it." Tyler scratches his head.
"It's no big deal, it's just an insane cliff dive into a circle of angry sharks." Bridgette jumps down as well, with a very clean dive. She waves back at her team.
"YEAH! Cowabanga!" Tyler jumps down next…
"OW!" Just to land on top of the buoy.
"Oh!" Bridgette looks at him worried. Soon follows other people down the cliff.
"Look out below!" Eva falls as Tyler is still in the buoy. Soon, she's with the other girls on the beach.
"Woohoo!" Geoff lands safely in the water. But something went wrong.
"Crap! Where are my trunks?"
"What?" Eva looks at him disgusted.
"Uhm…" Bridgette doesn't know what to say.
Duncan falls silently. Geoff moves aside so he has space to land.
"Dude, where did your swimming trunks go?" Tyler recovers and asks Geoff.
"Uh… Maybe it was a little too large for me?" Geoff just shrugs. The boat moves strategically so the least people would see him naked. As the three climb up, he covers his parts with his cowboy hat. One of Maverick's servants comes out the inside of the boat and gives him a towel bathrobe. For a brief moment, the sunrise arrives for the other two guys. Tyler coughs as he turns around flustered, while Duncan just tsked.
[Confessional- Duncan
"Not even a day and I see some boy's dick.
Great. I have competition for the girls at this point already."]
"Yeehaw!" Ezekiel runs into the jump but then hits part of the cliff. Luckily, he lands inside the safe spot. The others, except Duncan who just smiles, cheer at him, with Geoff carefully swinging his hat around.
"Yes! Woah!" Harold decides to hop down as well. He has the smart idea to do a split alongside it. And of course…
"AAAAAHHHHHHH!" He lands on his balls first. Everyone cringes, even the sharks do. He groans for the pain as he sinks like an anchor.
"Ouch." Courtney stares at him unimpressed.
"Well, it's me and you, DJ."
"… Nuh-uh. No way man, I'm not jumping." DJ turns around.
"What? Why?" Courtney questions him annoyed.
"Scared of heights. Since I was a little kid." DJ answers and Chris quickly arrives at them.
"Well, DJ! If you jump, you can guarantee your team a win. If you don't…"
"I don't want to, okay?" DJ walks further away. Chris then gives him a chicken hat and a chicken tail.
"Then I have to give you a chicken costume!"
"Sorry big guy, but the rules are the rules." Chris laughs and imitates a chicken.
"Aw…" DJ just walks down a set of stairs.
"I guess I can deal with one chicken. I'm not risking a loss."
"Maverick, you do have anything at your resort if I get hurt?" Courtney turns to him.
"We have a clinic. But you sure you need that?" He appears beside her with the chicken toy.
"No." She gracefully makes the jump down. All the other people cheer for her, including Duncan, who howls for her. Everyone looks at him weirdly.
"What?" Duncan holds a fist threateningly.
Back on the cliff, Chris counts 10 jumpers and one chicken.
"Okay! Screaming Gophers, you're up next!"
"You can either win this part or tie at this point!" Chris sends them towards the cliff.
"Hey guys, who's up first?" Trent asks everyone.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not jumping. There's no way I'm doing this. Nuh, huh" Heather shakes her head.
"Why not? All the other girls on the other team… did it." Beth fixes her glasses, uncertain to jump herself.
"Hello? National TV? I'll get my hair wet." Heather touches her long ponytail.
"You're kidding, right?" Gwen raises an eyebrow at her response.
"If she's not doing it I'm not doing it," Lindsay adds, supporting Heather.
"Oh, you're doing it." Leshawna steps up to confront Heather.
"Says who?"
"Says me who doesn't want to lose this challenge 'cause you got your hair done, you spoiled little daddy hoe!" Leshawna quickly responds, making Lindsay step back and make Heather angry.
"Get off! Ghetto glamour, too tight pants wearing rap star wannabe!"
"Mall shopping bimbo ponytail-wearing teen girl reading, peaking in high school prom queen slut!"
"… Well, at least I am popular." Heather is at her limit. She's not attacking anywhere near as heavily as Leshawna does. Everyone looks very concerned, except Noah who's having fun, and Justin who's admiring himself.
"You're jumping." Leshawna gets her face extremely close to Heather.
"Make me." Heather threatens her, but Leshawna lifts her and rushes to the cliff.
"PUT ME DOWN- AH!" She lands in the safe zone.
"Leshawna! You're so a dead bitch!"
"Hey! At least I got you in the safe zone! Didn't I? Now, I hope I do so as well…" Leshawna skips down, and lands close to Heather.
"I guess this talent contest includes courage in it…" Lindsay doubts for a second.
"Haha, yeah, no. What talent contest?" Chris deadpans.
A lot of people begin to jump. Lindsay, Gwen, Izzy in a maniacal manner, and Cody. Justin does as well, but he lands right near two sharks.
"Oh no!"
"Paddle!"
"Come here!" Cody, Gwen, and Leshawna warn him.
The sharks attack him, but instantly get attracted by his looks, and they send Justin to land themselves. Beth steps down, as she panics.
"Uhm, I- I, I can't!"
"Just, give me the chicken costume."
"Sorry guys!" The people on her team complain as she leaves the cliff. Leshawna and Cody imitate a chicken.
"That is so lame, right?" Lindsay shifts her swimsuit for a second. Tyler on the other team looks at her, he wants to talk to her.
"Fully." Heather is already feeling something is not in their favor.
"Let's do this. Yeah!" Trent high-fives Owen as he dives into the water. Chris pulls a megaphone.
"There's only one person left! You guys need this jump!"
"No pressure, dude."
"Okay, there's pressure!" Chris scares Owen for a second. The whole team is supporting Owen
"Jump! Jump, just do it, Owen, do it!" Heather orders him. Maverick appears for no reason holding an umbrella.
"What are you doing with that?" Heather looks at him suspiciously.
"What would happen if he jumps?" Maverick makes everyone think.
"Okay, then, we should back off when he lands, right." Noah tries to see Owen, who's wearing floatation devices.
[Confessional-Owen
"Oh, I was pretty darn nervous. See, the thing is I'm not a very good swimmer."]
[Confessional-Geoff
"I'm looking at this guy, and say, is he actually going to make it?"]
[Confessional-Gwen
"I actually thought, if he jumps this, he's gonna die. Horribly."]
"Take a good run before you dive. You can do this!" Chris suddenly encourages him.
"I'm going to die now. I'm totally going to…" Owen interrupts himself for a second.
"Come on, big guy!" Leshawna shouts at him.
"No. I have to. Yeah!" Owen runs, he falls like a cannonball. The boat quickly travels as far as it can to not end up stranded on the beach. The Screaming Gophers run back as Owen is about to touch water. The wave he produces is so tall, that one shark ends in one tree. Maverick manages to protect himself with just an umbrella, while the Killer Bass are all soaked wet.
"Yes! I did it!" Owen cheers, as well as his team, as he climbs the returning boat.
"Screaming Gophers! You have one only chicken this means…" Chris screams through his megaphone.
"We at least tied! Nice." Cody gives a thumbs up.
"That's if you counted the chickens." Maverick closes the umbrella and somehow looks way too charming as he's doing that. Gwen raises her eyebrows as she backs off.
"THE KILLER BASS WIN!" As Chris indicates the winner the Killer Bass celebrate with joy.
"You'll be able to carry the supplies in a cart!"
Heather gasps.
"It's Justin!" Everyone, except Beth who looks defeated, looks at him disappointed.
"What?"
"I did make the jump." Justin just shrugs it off.
"I just wanted to look handsome."
"Yeah, sure." Leshawna rolls her eyes.
The Killer Bass ends with having four wooden carts each containing a big wooden box. DJ, Duncan, Eva, and Katie together with Sadie each pull one wooden cart.
" Forty-nine bottles of pop on the wall!
Forty-nine bottles of pop!
If one of the bottles should happen to fall,
Forty-eight bottles of pop on the wall! " Everyone sang this song on the team. Even Eva, even if she does a just few words.
"Come on, Duncan, join us!" Courtney moves closer towards him.
"To sing this child song?"
"Hell to the heck no."
The other team has some issues pushing the crates on the sand.
"Ugh! I don't want to push! It gives me splinters on my beautiful skin!" Justin complains as he gets one tiny splinter.
"Shut up and pick the crate." Heather groans as she pushes together with Beth.
"Hey! I'm the only beauty on this team, you need me!" Justin points to himself as he flexes. Lindsay gasps as she feels offended by that comment.
"That's rude, you know!" Lindsay helps to push the crate with Cody.
"And besides, I'm not the only reason we lost. Beth didn't even jump." Justin continues complaining.
"Yeah, but at least Beth is not bitching about it unlike you." Leshawna promptly defends her.
…
" Twenty-one bottles of pop on the wall!
Twenty-one bottles of pop!
If one of the bottles should happen to fall…
Twenty bottles of pop on the wall! "
A strong gust of wind strikes them, and Geoff tries to keep his bathrobe well-tied.
"How much until we arrive? I want to change back, man."
"I dunno, we did do a long walk to arrive at the cliff." Katie thinks as she snatches a seashell while pulling.
"Huh, it did suddenly get a bit windy here." Harold tries to measure the wind speed.
[Confessional-Geoff
"Man, they gave me such a short robe…
Is that them mocking me for getting the wrong swimming trunks size?"
"It's not fun trying not to get a boner while you have the hottest people around you, you know?"
"Not gonna lie though…"]
"Ugh. I need to wizz now." In the other team, Cody stops pushing and walks away.
"Hurry up! We're so far behind!" Leshawna shouts at him as he's already far away.
"Justin! Help me push!"
"I'm not doing-" Justin slaps his face as a bee arrives near it."
"AHH! My eye!"
Leshawna sighs as she's got tired of him already.
…
" …should happen to fall…
Three bottles of pop on the wall! "
"Well done guys! We've finished the walk quite quickly!" Courtney cheers with her team. Duncan just smirks at her, but she just ignores him. Geoff quickly goes towards the resort.
"Wait, isn't something missing in the middle of that pool? Why there is just a circle around it?" Sadie points out this fact.
"Huh, we're building a tiki bar, then?" Bridgette thinks what it could be.
"Then let's make plans already! Seems Chris is not here, nor Maverick. We don't know what to do with those boxes." Courtney moves a whiteboard nearby towards the Killer Bass. They hear someone screaming. It's Justin.
"I'm SO UGLY! WAH!" Justin wails inside the resort as Geoff enters it as well.
"Man! What the heck?" Geoff scoffs for a second. Chris appears right from the campfire.
"It looks like you're here!"
"You might have guessed what you need to build already. You can only open the crates with your teeth! I came up with that one"
"Very funny, Chris. You know what's funny?" Eva tries to rush against Chris but she's quickly stopped by everyone else.
A short montage comes around, as Geoff returns to his Bass and the Gophers are still behind with the crates. Harold manages to find a plan by tugging the ropes attached to the crates. Still, the Gophers are not as strong as the Bass are. And arrive at the destination with Justin still inside the resort. Maverick appears and places a clock near the pool to tell how much time is left.
"Oh, you arrive just now?" Duncan teases the other team.
"Where's your not-so-hotty guy now?"
"Ugh! Why would we care, creep." Heather grumbles as her team tries to catch up with the other.
Yet another montage rolls by. Even though the Gophers are more coordinated, they have much less time to place and mount everything in place, and Cody is seen getting electrocuted. Courtney can manage her team at least decently, which leads to a cleaner-looking hut. Bridgette tests the blender with some fruit, and Geoff finds it great. DJ, Ezekiel, and Eva built most of the structure on their own, and it looks pretty nice despite three people working on it. Harold keeps getting pranked by Duncan. Suddenly, Justin arrives, with his face clean.
"Here I am." Justin shows his his bare torso to everyone.
"Justin…" Owen daydreams for a minute.
"JUSTIN! Help me with hammering the nails!" As soon as he raises his voice everyone gets a little shocked. Owen looks stressed enough.
"Why would I do that? I just went to the spa for a while." Justin poses to try to attract people.
"It would ruin the treatment."
"What are you doing inside the resort while the competition is on?" Maverick appears right behind Justin, startling the Gophers.
"Oh, you. You're not even my host. Chris is, and I'm going to follow him."
"He said nothing about using the resort while doing… handiwork." Justin pokes at the half walls of the Gopher's tiki bar. They fall like domino tiles on the platform they were placed on.
"JUSTIN! ARGH!" Owen shakes exaggeratedly like a tree.
"I jumped for the hecking nothing because of you!"
"Wait, no, Owen, calm down!" Trent tries to calm him down.
"Seriously." Noah pats Owen's shoulder.
"Great." Gwen stands up and sits on a nearby chair, while Heather waits for the drama to finish.
Maverick makes two extremely loud claps, and everything halts.
"Times up."
"I just want to be clear. Even while I am not the main host, the structure of the show and the producers let me be a co-host with the same amount of Chris McLean. So if you want to complain about competing in the show, what are you doing here? Just quit."
"And here we are!" Chris sees Owen trying to strangle Justin and Maverick is quite angry.
"Where's your hut, Screaming Gophers?" Nobody answers. It's all crickets.
"Let's check the Killer Bass."
"We tried to follow the steps in the floor plan and the construction of the electronics. I hope everything works." Courtney tells Chris as a pseudo-leader of the team.
"Try the slushie!" Katie and Sadie say together. Chris gives a thumbs-up as he drinks it.
"The Killer Bass win," Maverick announces. The team cheers yet another time, with Courtney hugging Duncan. She frowns and turns around disgusted.
"Your reward is your hut being placed in our new restructured pool. It will be shortly be moved by the construction workers. And also, want to have a bowling party underground? Change first and then we can talk about it." The Killer Gophers quickly follow Maverick.
"Screaming Gophers sucks to be you. I'll be seeing you at the bonfire ceremony. But first, clean this mess up. Maverick surely doesn't want his servants to clean whatever mess you did here. And also, don't use the resort while there's competition, okay?" Chris explains the situation to them.
The scene changes to night and the Screaming Gophers are sitting by the bonfire.
"Screaming Gophers."
"At this resort, golden marshmallows represent a tasty treat that you enjoy roasting by the fire."
"With this, golden marshmallows represent life," Chris explains.
"You've all cast your vote and made your decision. There are only 10 marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow tonight must immediately return to the Dock of Hope, to catch the Boat of Loss. That means you're out of the contest, and you can't come back. Ever." Chris further explains.
"The first ever marshmallow goes to…"
"Owen!"
"Yeah!" Owen quickly ate it.
…
"Gwen."
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"Leshawna."
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"Trent!"
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"Cody!"
"And I have another day here!" Cody quickly put the marshmallow on his stick.
…
"Noah,"
…
"Lindsay!"
"Finally!"
"You can get another one." Lindsay rushed to get the marshmallow. Looking at it, she gives half to Owen.
"Thanks." Owen quickly eats it.
…
"Heather."
Heather just smiles as she stares at someone.
…
"Izzy!"
…
"Dear Guests: This is the final marshmallow of the evening." He holds it up as if it was the holy grail. Beth is trembling from the fear, while Justin is just calm.
"The final marshmallow goes to…"
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"Beth!"
"Thank you!" She gets the marshmallow on her stick.
"This is so… outrageous! Your show just got 99% uglier." Justin turns around spiteful.
"Man. WHO CARES!" Owen interrupts him.
"Owen!" Beth looks at him worried. Justin walks down the stone dock to see that a run-down boat sees him. Servants reach him and throw his luggage inside it. The boat leaves quickly.
[Confessional-Heather
"That was far too easy."
"Justin dug his own grave for his beauty."
"But still. I'll have my win."]
[Confessional- Gwen
"Well, that sucked. But might as well try more to not get out this early."]
Down in the resort's basement, the Killer Bass are playing bowling on two bowling lanes, with Harold against Ezekiel and the other lane DJ against Eva. There are several snacks on the table. Katie and Sadie arrive and not long after Geoff does as well. Courtney drew the current scores on a whiteboard, as the alley was just newly constructed, and the electronics were only partially implemented as the show began.
"And Harold fails to make any point again," Courtney tells Harold.
"Aw! And I thought the strategy would work! OW!" Harold accidentally drops the bowling ball on his foot.
"Dude, you're wearing that sissy bathrobe again?" Duncan mocks him while leaning on the wall.
"What, I'm wearing something underneath this time!" Geoff gave him a knuckle on his shoulder.
"Besides, it feels comfortable to wear, man." He quickly sits on the seats near Bridgette and Tyler.
"Uh, hi!" Bridgette greets him.
"Sup, Bridgette!" Geoff greets her back. The silence feels awkward. They don't have anything to talk about.
"I'd really want to talk with someone now," Tyler chills out on the seat.
"Oh? Who?" Bridgette asks.
"It's Lindsay from the other team."
"I hope to have a nice conversation with her… She's quite cute."
"I didn't have the time to see her much though." Tyler gets a fry.
...
Meanwhile, Justin sits on the boat, but instead of returning home, he arrives at a strange summer camp…
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