Hey welcome back! Was really happy with how the last episode turned out. Gave me a boost to work hard on this one too. The original episode is actually one of my favorites, not just because of the end results but also because of how many plotlines and gags it sets up moving forward. And this and the next episode have a lot of pre-challenge segments which are my personal favorite parts of the episodes.
blee7442 - Season 2 is definitely in the cards. Might take a while like this season did and I've gotten as far as writing up the elimination and general summary but that's as far as it's gotten. Glad you enjoy the OC's so far, I was worried about how they'd come out. And I can promise that later on, the changes in the season will be more apparent.
SenpaiTempest - I was gonna do this but forgot lol, thanks for the reminder. Harvey's just a white teashirt and wears one of those small chain necklaces that goes around him multiple times, like 3 layers of chain on his chest. The necklace itself being a symbol of a scorpio. He also wears a white bandana with long, brown hair down to the shoulders, black joggers and red sandals (Didn't get to see anyone rock the sandal look sadly). He's kinda scrawny looking, a bit like Bowie but shows it more in his challenges so far. Mainly black and white to show the early work teen stereotype who kinda bounces between jobs. Cassidy's got the more fun design I'd say with a light green t-shirt, dark green zip up hoodie with streaks of blue on it that's zipped open all the way with a giant music note on the back, ripped jeans, light blue and white shoes and light blue hair in a ponytail. Was gonna go a light blonde but Emma and Julia already have that look so wanted to go for a more gaming streamer/DJ type for her. And of course her MP3 player to finish the look.
Also for those of you who keep messaging me about doing art collaberations, I'm not interested. I'm strictly doing this as a hobby and have no interest in paying anyone anything. So if you say you enjoy and read my stories as you claim, you should get this message loud and clear. So please, no one message me about this in the future.
Now on to the episode!
REMAINING PLAYERS.
Frogs of Death.
Bowie
Emma
Harvey
Julia
MK
Nichelle
Raj
Wayne
Ferocious Trout.
Cassidy
Chase
Damien
Lauren
Millie
Ripper
Priya
Zee
EPISODE 3: FALLING STARS
"Last time on Total Drama Island! Our teams faced off in a cabbage battle at sea. Emma spent her time aiming at Chase instead of the ship, and ended up hitting lots of people she wasn't even aiming for. which unintentionally gave the Frogs their new strategy courtesy of ship captain Wayne where taking out the opposing players before the ship, which lead them to victory after Zee lead the Trout's ship to rocky waters. After his prosthetic leg was ripped off by a shark, it looked like Zee was heading for the drone trip early, but Axel and Ripper's rivalry resurfaced as Axel became the second person voted off after kicking her team member overboard before the challenge even started and trying to force feed her team a bunch of dead, roasted squirrels."
"Who's getting roasted today?" Chris asked the camera. "Don't know, but it's time to find out on Total Drama Island!"
FROGS CABIN DAY #5.
The morning after Axel got the boot, many people were attending their usual breakfast. Some however chose to stay behind. Nichelle, Emma, Wayne and Raj were all hanging out outside the Frogs cabin sharing stories.
"The scene in fight or flight attendant where you kicked the guy off mid flight was sick!" Wayne said to Nichelle, talking about her new action film.
Nichelle remembered the scene fresh in her mind as she was in her flight attendant uniform facing off against a ninja who was trying to take over the plane.
"I said trays in the upright position!" She yelled at the ninja before dodging its attacks, delivering a roundhouse kick.
This sent it flying out the emergency exit, trying to hold on for dear life but was cut off by another kick, causing it to plummet.
"No parachute for you! Learn to fly!" She called out to the screaming ninja.
She laughed at the scene in retrospective. "That one was so fun to shoot! They actually let me fly that plane" She bragged.
"No way!" Wayne exclaimed with his hands over his mouth.
"Your best move was in werewolf band camp when you slayed that monster with your silver flute!" Emma chimed in, talking about one of her favorite action films.
Another scene that Nichelle remembered with ease. She was in her marching band uniform in a forest with a werewolf crawling towards her. She was playing it effortlessly as she flung it up in the air and kicked it straight in to the wolf's chest.
"Guess it's time for you to change your tune!" She said before removing it from the chest, playing it and kicking it away like a soccer ball.
"You sure play a mean flute" Raj complimented. "I remember trying out for band until I accidentally broke the piano during a solo."
MK then walked past them as they continued their chatter.
"Yeah, people say I'm great at everything!" Nichelle laughed. MK merely rolled her eyes in response.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"Yeah, only 5 days in and I'm not sure how much longer I can stand being on this team." MK admits with an annoyed expression. "You have Emma and her soap opera drama with Chase, Bowie who constantly acts like he's writing for his next gossip magazine, Harvey who blows it at every challenge and the hockey bros who probably share a braincell."
She then looks around before continuing. "Good thing I'm downloading these so no one will get to look at them. Anyway there's Julia who I already don't trust with her whole namaste garbage, that's probably fake. And then Nichelle who's everything I hate about famous people. I doubt she even does her own stunts! And her hair? Probably a wig. I wish I was with the Trout, their team sounds a lot more fun."
MESS HALL DAY #5.
In the mess hall, Priya was busy doing pushups while Damien and Millie were queuing to get their food.
"Had I known this show woulda been all about these crazy wipeout challenges, I woulda stayed at home!" Damien said, not over the shark incident from yesterday.
"They've gotta put the drama in Total Drama somehow." Millie reasoned with a shrug. "You should check out the other team, they've got influencers, athletes and a stunt actress. No wonder they beat us yesterday."
"You mean Nichelle?" Damien asked her. "I remember hearing about her and Wayne talking about some plane flying movie."
"Ugh, I honestly don't get all the hype" Millie complained. "It's like all these people are in to now are action films with cool looking stunts. I mean what happened to good writing?"
"Wow, you sound a lot like my dad. He loved 80s films." Damien replied. The two got their food and reached a halt as they watched Priya simultaneously eating and working out.
"Umm..." Priya turned around and looked embarrassed at the two watching her.
"Oh hey! Don't mind me!" She panicked, feeling slightly awkward about having to explain. "Just training, always training. You guys can sit down."
The two then took a seat next to her as she went back to doing push ups.
"Wow, you're really in to this, huh?" Millie asked her.
"Try not to overwork yourself." Damien advised.
"I've gotta keep myself active for anything! I've gotta win this show." Priya explained to the both of them.
"So is that like your ultimate dream or something?" Millie wondered.
"Not mine, no. It's my parents dream." Priya explained. "They couldn't get on the first couple seasons and got too old, so their next best bet was to have me try out."
"I see..." Millie found herself pulling out her notebook which had Damien looking skeptical.
"Do you just carry that thing everywhere?" He asked her.
"My last one got drenched so I've had a lot to catch up on" Millie explained. "Anyway, you're trying to win for them then?"
"Pretty much. But if I win, they might let me go to med school!" Priya told them.
"Med school?" Millie looked at Damien who seemed just as confused. "Who's parents wouldn't want them to go to med school?"
"Mine" Priya responded, sighing and taking a seat next to them both. "They want me to win here so I can do the whole reality tv circuit."
"That's their dream for you?" Damien asked with a shocked look. "Seriously?"
"Yup. They feel med school would just get in the way." Priya stated before going back to working out, this time doing star jumps.
Millie was writing down more notes in her book which gained Priya's and Damien's attention.
"What're you writing?" Priya asked, turning around to glance at it.
"Oh... it's... uh..." Millie stammered, trying to find the right words.
"Oh! Is it a book about your experience of being on Total Drama Island?" Priya guessed.
"Uh... yeah, you could say that!" Millie lied.
"I thought it was a diary." Damien asked her.
"It's both!" Millie blurted out, confusing the other two.
CONFESSIONAL: MILLIE
"So Priya wants to go to med school, so she has some direction in life. But her parents sound a little..." Millie trailed off, trying to find the right words before just going back to writing. "Yeah, I'm putting them in my book."
CONFESSIONAL: PRIYA
"It's nice to have people to talk to while working out." Priya said happily. "Everyone at high school seemed kinda creeped out by the whole working out routine I had during lunch break, so I didn't really get the chance to make any friends." She sighed to herself.
"But hey! With a million dollars, I can make time for friends, med school and reality shows!" She said, trying to find the more positive side of her situation.
On the opposite table, Zee was explaining to Cassie and Chase how he lost his leg, both of which had their jaws open and lost for words.
"And that's how I lost my leg" He held it up to them both so they could get a good look at it, like a trophy. "So, uh, never bungee jump from a helicopter in to a piranha pit. Lesson learned, yo."
"I have so many questions and I don't even know what they are." Cassie admitted, amused at Zee's story but feeling like it's missing a lot of context.
"That story is epic!" Chase said with his hands in the air. "We were planning something similar for Brody's dare but apparently there are certain guidelines that our platform has when it comes to that stuff. And we couldn't find a piranha pit to rent out." He told them both, annoyed that another of his video ideas were red lit.
"Hold up!" Damien interrupted them both as he was walking by with an empty tray. "Why on earth would you do that? Even if you ignored the piranhas, which is a sentence I never thought I'd say, bungee jumping is never safe!"
"How come? People do it all the time" Cassie objected.
"How many times have you put an elastic around a half eaten bag of chips and it just snaps?" Damien asked, comparing the two.
"Never, who eats half a bag of chips, dude?" Zee told him before sipping his soda.
Damien slaps his forehead in annoyance and disbelief. "I'm outta here."
CONFESSIONAL: ZEE
"I've never even been in a helicopter! I was actually born like this" Zee whispered to the camera. "But when someone asks, I know they'd rather hear a cool story."
MESS HALL NIGHT #5.
Cassidy was busy minding her own business, focusing on getting her own food down before challenge day tomorrow until Lauren passed by and noticed something off about her.
"Hmm, you don't have that little music thingy! Why?" She turned to her to which Cassie felt slightly uncomfortable to say the least.
"Uh, I left it at the cabin, yeah! Just wanted to enjoy the sounds of nature for a change." Cassie explained, hoping for it to be enough, but it only further drew Lauren's attention.
"Are you sure you aren't hiding something?" Lauren sat down next to her and held her gaze.
"What? No! Why would I do that?" Cassidy let out a nervous laugh.
"Oh silly me, maybe it's the infliction in your voice, the way you can't hold eye contact, the fidgeting of your fingers, chewing your food abnormally fast and your reputation as a music addicted DJ." Lauren leans closer with each word, her smile and her head turning to the side more and more. "But maybe I'm just imagining things. Sweet dreams, team mate!"
Lauren skips off, leaving the livestreamer pale.
CONFESSIONAL: CASSIDY
"Yeah... I think I know who my vote is for at the next elimination." Cassidy gulped and continued fidgeting her fingers, not wanting to give away that MK was currently using her MP3 player so far.
MESS HALL DAY #6.
Raj was sitting by himself, waiting for Wayne to get his breakfast before Bowie stormed over with his breakfast sludge.
"Ugh, if Chris thinks his challenges are torture, he should try this breakfast!" He yells, slamming the tray on the table.
"Meh, I've eaten worse" Raj shrugged. "I once swallowed three teeth during a game. Two of them weren't even mine."
Bowie couldn't help but laugh as he sat down. "Okay, now I'm curious. What's the story?"
"Regionals. Total gonk show. Me and some goon crossed each other fighting for the puck and blam!" He screamed while accidentally flinging his food on to Bowie's shirt.
"Yikes, nice aim." Bowie commented as Raj felt embarrassed.
"Oh sorry, that was an accident. Let me um..." He stammered as he tried wiping the gunk off the shirt only for it to spread. "What is this stuff made out of?"
"Probably sewage leftovers" Bowie said. Raj stuck his finger in his mouth hoping that would help which was when Bowie stopped him by grabbing his arm. "It's fine, I'm fine, thank you!"
"Oh, you're... uh... you're welcome!" Raj replied, scratching his forehead.
CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE
"Raj is such a sweetheart" Bowie commented. "Next to Emma and Harvey, he's someone who I haven't gotten tired of being around. That and his hockey stories help distract me from having to eat all of that cruel gruel."
He then stares at his shirt which still had muck stains all over this. "I hope and pray this is dry clean."
CONFESSIONAL: RAJ
"I don't talk much with people outside my hockey bros and my family. But Bowie's a great listener." Raj explained. "Usually when I'm on a date, it gets pretty awkward trying to talk about stuff and I end up making a mess."
He then took a second or two to think to himself. "Wait, since when did I start comparing Bowie to dating?" he asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Wayne then walked past with six bowls of sludge stacked on top of each other.
"Alright boys, let's dump these carb loads in to our faces before challenge time." Wayne announced as he placed the tray down in front of the two.
Bowie took one look at the load before getting up. "Nope, I'm tapping out."
"For serious? Can I have yours too?" Wayne asked, eyeing Bowie's leftover bowl of food.
"Your funeral." Bowie replied with a shrug.
"See you later, Bowie!" Raj called out as Bowie waved back to him.
"Score!" Wayne cheered as he added Bowie's bowl to his own. "Bet I can finish two bowls before you finish yours, Raji". Wayne then wrapped a bib over his hockey jersey while pulling out two spoons.
"Oh, you're on!" Raj said to his friend before placing his spoon down and pouring the load in to his mouth.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Wayne complained in-between spoonful's. "You're cheating!"
"Hey, you never called no dumping." Raj smirked.
"Dumping's illegal and you know it!" Wayne pointed out.
"Pfft, outside the toilet maybe." Raj shot back. "Then show me how it's done captain!"
The duo then engaged in their eating challenge as Millie watched from afar, turning over to a new page in her book.
CONFESSIONAL: MILLIE
"What can I say? The human race is in serious jeopardy" Millie cringed. "But my research is going great! I already have half my book written out."
Millie took some more time writing before sighing to herself. "Okay I'll admit, their friendship is admirable and people have bonded over weirder stuff" She admits. "Ugh, stay focused!"
Everyone had now grown accustomed to the loudspeaker announcements and it wasn't long until Chris came on with his next one. "Campers! It's challenge time! Prepare to eat pain!"
CAMP YARD DAY #6.
"Welcome to Total Drama Island's most grueling challenge ever!" Chris began, trying to scare everyone else. "Not gonna lie, there will be casualties."
This got everyone else to get nervous but Lauren just burst out laughing, giving her certain glances like the last challenge.
"Luckily for some of you, 2 people from each team will be selected to sit out and watch while the others take on this sure to be lethal challenge." The host announced which prompted everyone from the Trout apart from Lauren and Priya to raise their hands.
"Hehe, nice try. We're gonna draw four names at random." Chris laughed while the interns who were driving the boats and wheeled in the vending machine turned up with a helmet each full of names.
He turned to draw out the first helmet for the Frogs. "For the Frogs of Death... Julia and Harvey!"
Harvey let out a sigh of relief, trying not to show his emotions too much.
CONFESSIONAL: HARVEY
"Phew, dodged a bullet with that one. Last thing I need is another challenge I know I'm completely gonna bomb for my team." Harvey said with a relieved expression on his face.
"I am with you in spirit, team!" Julia reassured the group. "#CheeringForYou"
"You guys are lucky. I think this one might get messy" Emma commented.
"Don't worry Emma, you guys are gonna kill it." Harvey said, trying to reassure her.
"Oh totally" Julia agreed. "You are so brave in the way you don't care about your looks."
"Thank... you?" Was all Emma could respond with before Chris continued.
"And sitting out for the Ferocious Trout will be... Cassidy and Damien!" He read from the cards.
"Yeah! Woohoo! Yeah baby!" Damien cheered while others shot him angry looks. "I mean, uh... good luck, team. Heh, go team!"
"Can I switch with someone else?" Cassidy asked the host.
"First of all, not sure why you'd want to, second of all, you wanting to switch only makes the decision more final." Chris replied sternly. "Okay, let's get started!"
He then proceeded to pull out a button and pressed it, revealing four vertical, glass canisters each with a number key pad and 3 lock symbols. Two had the Frogs logo and the other two had the Trout logo. "Alright sit outs, in you go."
All the doors on the canisters opened with the lock symbols turning green.
"Uh... what're those supposed to be?" Cassidy asked again with a raised hand.
"*Gasp* Is this a hyperbaric oxygen chamber?" Julia wondered with her hand on it. "I remember trying one of these for my meditation classes."
"Nah, it's gotta be one of those money booths where the wind blows up with dollar bills and you gotta grab as many as you can, right?" Damien said.
"That would be a good tiebreaker..." Chris thought to himself. "Uh, sure. It's whatever makes you both stop talking and get inside."
"Why is there locks?" Harvey asked nervously as he got inside.
All 4 of them got in as the doors slammed shut behind them and the lock symbols turn red again.
"Hey man! What gives?" Damien asks the host.
Chris ignores them and continues. "And for those of you not in a glass booth, this challenge will require helmets, so no one gets too hurt."
He threw the one he was holding at Ripper which hit him square in the nose. "Ow! Hey!"
Chef made his rounds and dealed out the helmets one at a time. He then pulled out his clipboard to explain the challenge.
"Today's game is called the obstacle course of death." He read out. This caused many to gasp with Lauren showing a thumbs up and a creepy smile.
"First, you begin with a classic army style rope wall climb, then you'll crawl under the barbed wire." Chef explains to the group.
"Ripper, do not rip your pants open." Chris warns the criminal record holder. "We got a lot of letters last time."
"Probably love letters" he whispers to the girls with a grin.
"Incorrect! Most of them were just envelopes filled with vomit." Chris specifies, unamused. This prompted the Trout to all laugh at him while his face turned red.
"What about the tubes?" Damien interrupts. "You gonna explain why we're locked in here?"
"After the wire crawl, you'll traverse a long, greased platform until you reach the end where you will use a rope to swing to a branch that holds your team's key code number." Chef continued from the clipboard.
A branch was then shown with 12 coloured red and green sticky notes, each with a number etched on it.
"Each teammate must retrieve one number and it's up to you to figure out which booth that number applies to. You'll need 3 numbers for each booth and all 6 to release both teammates from the booths that will begin filling up with water... now!" Chris whipped out an identical button switch and instantly the holes on the floors of the booths began filling up the booths themselves with water.
Damien freaked out, leaping upwards and trying to hold on to the glass walls. "Woah! What?"
"Um, excuse me? Chris? No! This top is dry clean only!" Julia points to her top as Harvey began panicking.
"Oh come on! Not more water! I'm claustrophobic!" Harvey yells out.
"How high is this gonna get?" Cassidy asks, concerned.
"Are we gonna have to drink it?" Damien asks, his feet still gripping on the walls.
"Oh I wouldn't..." Chris advised.
"Why...?" Damien wondered, looking the host dead in the eyes, then looking back down. "Is this toilet water?"
"Someone, and I will remain nameless, went ahead and clogged one of the toilets in the communal washrooms this morning. So this is what you get!" Chris shot back the group. Instantly Wayne and Raj looked at each other awkwardly.
CONFESSIONAL: WAYNE
"Okay, fine. Those carb bowls went right through me. And I do not have a good pooping face!" Wayne told the camera.
"First team to unlock both their teammates from their water tanks win, and get another 5 drama dollars. And as always, the losing team will be voting off one of their own tonight." Chef wraps up.
"And don't get all sneaky and try to eliminate the drowned ones." Chris told them.
"What?" Damien yells, slipping back in to the small pool of toilet water as he began banging the door. "LET ME OUTTA HERE!"
"Can we get immunity if our team loses?" Harvey asks him in a desperate attempt.
"No can do, you want immunity? Find the statue. Speaking of which, you guys really suck at looking for those. 6 days in and neither of them have been found." Chris taunted the campers.
"Aw man, I don't wanna drown!" Harvey panics.
"Harvey! Use pranayama breathing to maintain your inner calm!" Julia tries reassuring him.
"Pranayama what now?" Harvey asks cluelessly before going back to screaming.
"Wow, have these guys never gone swimming before" Cassidy wonders to herself, staring at Harvey and Damien in disbelief.
"Pick the running order, the challenge begins when I blow the airhorn!" Chris announces, pulling out the airhorn.
"Did the producers finally get tired of the guns?" Millie asks him to which he ignores her.
"Okay, huddle up. Everyone grab a knee!" Wayne instructed, resuming the previous challenge's role as team captain. Him and Raj both got down on one knee.
"Yeah... we're not doing that." MK objected almost instantly.
"Hey! There's no 'we' in team!" Wayne tells her.
"Yeah! That'd just make it tweam!" Raj says, trying to make a point.
"And no one says that." Wayne points out.
"Ugh! Fine, I'll pick the order!" Emma buts in, deciding to take charge. "Raj, MK, me, Bowie, Wayne and then Nichelle! Sound good?"
"Alright!" Nichelle chants. "Let's do this, Frogs!" The team all put their hands together in a circle and cheered.
The Trout meanwhile were also deliberating with Chase taking the lead.
"Okay, starting off super strong is super important!" He tries explaining. "If we get a big lead, the Frogs will panic and never catch us!"
"Pretty boy's right" Ripper points out. "Our order should go strongest to weakest. So me, pretty boy, then Zee. That'll give us a monster lead! Then it'll be up to nerd 1, nerd 2 and Scary Girl not to blow it for us." He pointed at Millie, Priya and Lauren respectively who attempted to bite his finger just as he pulled away.
CONFESSIONAL: PRIYA
"He's putting himself, Zee and Chase before me? Do you have any idea how long I've been practicing for this challenge? 4 years of mountain climbing and rope swinging class, that's how long!" Priya exclaims with annoyance.
"Ugh! I want Ripper gone! I'm sure Millie feels the same way. Who knows what Lauren is thinking?" She says with a shrug.
CONFESSIONAL: LAUREN
"If you're gonna hide a body, clap your hands!" *Clap* Clap*
"If you're gonna hide a body, clap your hands!" *Clap* Clap*
Everyone stood in line from their determined order.
"I'm already ankle deep! Blow the airhorn! BLOW IT!" Damien shrieked.
"Relax, Damien. This isn't life or death... for me." Chris said, not giving the chemistry nerd much faith. "Begin!"
With a blow of the airhorn, Raj and Ripper ran out to the rope climb with Raj taking an early lead.
"Nice one, Raji!" Wayne cheered on his hockey bro.
Ripper meanwhile tried to keep the pace until a bear hand burst through the wall and attacked him, causing everyone to gasp.
"What the heck was that?" Ripper asks in a freaked out tone.
"Forgot to mention but there are bears living in the climbing wall!" Chris yelled out to everyone.
"Hmph, last time you forgot the sharks, this time it's bears." Chef grumbled.
"I don't think I like what you're implying" Chris tells the cook. "I'm doing it on purpose."
"Woohoo!" Raj cheered as he slid down the ladder and ran off while Ripper fell down on his face.
Raj extended his lead by crawling through the wires whilst Ripper got himself tangled in them.
"Oh yeah, this might come as a 'shock' to you guys but the wire is electrified!" Chris said as he pushed a third button which activated the electric wires, literally shocking Ripper.
Next was the greased platform which Raj immediately slipped on upon reaching it, landing on his butt.
"KEEP GOING BUD!" Wayne tried motivating him which seemingly worked as he began walking slowly across, gradually making progress.
"A snow owl never quits" Raj said to himself as he managed so far to keep his balance.
"Come on Ripper, you got this!" Chase called out as Ripper managed to finally get himself untangled and reach the platform.
"Eyes on me, ladies. It's time for the Ripper show!" He charged forward and lost his balance midway through, falling off the other side of the platform as Raj grabbed on to the rope.
"Ooh..." Chase cringed at his teammate as this meant he had to go back and try again.
Raj managed to swing across and grab on to the branch which had the numbers on them, grabbing one with the number 7 on it. He then crashed on one of the placed mattresses.
"The Frogs of Death have their first number!" Chris announced as Raj held up the number proudly.
"Hoot!" Wayne cried as he was proud of his buddy.
"Steady... steady..." Ripper tried taking a slower approach to the grease bridge as he slipped again.
"Wow, those are some tough shorts" Chef said to Chris.
"Got a tighter pair for him" The host responded. They didn't want to take any chances with the network and got Ripper some tougher pants.
Raj ran back to his team, thankfully not having to go through the entire course again and tagged out with MK. "Raj is back and MK is off!"
"Uh... how do I know which one the number is for?" Raj wondered out loud. He then tried Julia's booth first before that displayed an X and more water started to flood through.
"Oh yeah, and if you guess wrong, more water will fill the booths!" Chris added, bursting out laughing as Julia looked annoyed.
"Oh, sorry, eh?" Raj said to the influencer.
"It's fine. Nothing some deep breaths can't handle" Julia says as Raj hit the number in to Harvey's booth which was a match, showing the first green lock.
MK meanwhile was making her way up the rope, managing to avoid the bear's claws as it shot glares at the rest of the cast. "Okay... close one." She commented as she reached the top.
"Where's Ripper at?" Damien said from his booth as he resumed banging on the door. "Ripper!"
Ripper finally made it across the grease and was swinging to reach the numbers. "Must... catch... up!" He let out as he let go of the rope, snatched a number and crashed in to the mountain.
"Ouch... those mountains are rough!" Chase said as many members watched on horrified except for Millie.
CONFESSIONAL: MILLIE
"It's what many generations call a win-win." Millie stated. "Either we win immunity or we lose and get to vote off Ripper because of the challenge."
"Is it weird that I hope we lose?" She wondered to herself, trying to weigh out the pros and cons in her mind.
"MK's taking her time, but getting it done. Her team has a massive lead." Chris narrated as MK was slowly inching across the grease.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"With Raj netting us a big lead, I don't need any reason to stick out." She shrugged at the cameras. "My strategy is simple. Don't be the best, don't be the worst. No one gets voted out by flying under the radar!" MK points out.
"Ripper's finally made it back! But Chase has some serious catching up to do for Team Trout." The host comments as Ripper ran back, looking fairly beaten up and tired as he tagged out with Chase who began running towards the ropes.
Ripper put his number in to Damien's lock which was a hit as his first lock lit up green.
Chase was making quick work of the rope climb as he turned back to face his ex. "Emma, look! One hand!" He bragged before getting the rope pulled up by the bear as he came face to face with the hole it made earlier. Chase then got punched across the course, landing back to where his team was.
"Owie..." He said between groans.
CONFESSIONAL: EMMA
Emma was seen laughing for what seemed like minutes on end. "Okay, bears are my new favorite animal. Who knows? Maybe there's an animal hospital for them around."
During the Trout's mess ups which pushed them further and further behind, MK swung across with the rope, grabbed one of the numbers and made it back as it was now Emma's turn. "MK is back and Emma is on the course!"
MK paused as she looked at both booths, trying Julia's which once again came up red as both booths started filling up with more water.
"Oh come on!" Harvey cried out as the water was reaching the halfway point with him and Julia.
"Sorry! My odds were better." MK explained as she typed the number 8 in, unlocking Harvey's second lock.
"Thank you MK, we appreciate-" Julia tried thanking.
"Yup." MK rolled her eyes as she walked off.
"Come on, Chase. Come on!" Damien cried out as Chase managed to make up some time, swinging across and doing some tricks on the branch which caused him to fly upwards.
"Woah! Sick!" Zee commended as he and the rest of the group watched Chase's stunts as he crashed head first in to the tip of the mountain sticking out.
"Okay, now I'm impressed." Lauren said as she giggled at Chase's pain. He crash landed on the mattress on the floor with Emma soon landing on top of him.
"Ugh, Emma, you're on my..."
"Ew! I think I sat in something" Emma smiled as she got off and walked back to her team.
CONFESSIONAL: EMMA
"If I have enough of the million left over, I'm gonna buy the biggest tv ever and watch myself accidentally, on purpose, crush Chase over and over and over again!" She chanted as she punched her palm repeatedly.
"The Frogs of Death are back with their third number." The host announced as Bowie was the next to race out.
Emma, like the other two, paused when she reached the booths, not sure which one to try.
"Ugh, the last two times it was wrong on yours!" Emma told Julia. Despite her having more locks and therefore better odds, she didn't want the pattern continuing.
"Don't mean to rush but I seriously don't feel like drowning here!" Harvey cried as Emma sighed to herself.
"Okay, here goes nothing..." She says as she pushes the number 4 in to Harvey's booth which lit up green and opened Harvey's door and emptying the water out.
Harvey then leaped out and hugged Emma, happy to be released. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Emma meanwhile was caught off guard and blushed a bit before getting a smell of his scent. "Ew, you reek!" She yelled as Harvey released her.
"Oh sorry." Harvey said, feeling awkward about the hug.
"The Frogs have released Harvey! Now they only need 3 locks to release Julia!"
"Wow... She is creepy calm!" Emma pointed out as she watched Julia take a meditative stance over the rapidly raising water.
CONFESSIONAL: JULIA
"It's okay to be scared but unlike Harvey and Damien, I never show it!" Julia advised with her hands up. "After all, nothing's more important than what other people think of you. The daily llama said that."
"And Chase is finally back!" Chase was limping back after taking a couple hard falls as he tagged off with Zee. "Wow, that was an atrocious display for someone who does this for a living."
Chase then put the number in to Cassidy's booth before collapsing.
CONFESSIONAL: CASSIDY
"Wow, the guys are all taking a massive beating in this challenge, I'm worried about our odds." Cassidy observed how the challenge was going so far. "I wanted to try the challenge so I can get even with the Frogs but I'd probably get torn to shreds out there!"
"The most exercise I've done was with a Fitbit tracking my footsteps. Kinda cheated that one by strapping it to our ceiling fan so my Mom would get me free pizza." She confessed as she laughed to herself about the fond memory.
Bowie tried skating across the grease and so far it was working as he got closer to the rope.
"Woah, Bowie's got some moves." Wayne admired as he turned to Raj.
"Yeah, he looks great." Raj let out. "Uh, I mean, he's doing great. That's what I said."
"Ugh, come on, come on!" Damien said as Zee was making his way across the course. "Chris, if I survive this, I'm done with this show! Keep your million dollars! I am leaving!" He declared as his team let out a gasp.
"The contract you signed states if you leave of your own volition, you owe us a million dollars" Chris points out, pulling out Damien's signed contract.
"You'd be surprised how many people have tried to quit the show before." Cassidy adds, making Damien more panicked.
CONFESSIONAL: DAMIEN
"I owe them a million dollars? I don't have a million dollars! If I did, I wouldn't be here." Damien complained before gaining an idea. "I guess my only way out is to get myself eliminated! My team's behind anyway."
"Hey! Hey! It's my fault we're losing, just saying!" Damien calls out to Ripper and Chase who put the team behind. "You guys can vote me off, I deserve it!"
CONFESSIONAL: CHASE
"Wow, Damien's trying to take the blame for our crummy performance?" Chase asked, feeling guilty about how he did. "Mad respect, what a team player. I'd never vote off a guy like that!"
"Think like a worm, move like a worm" Zee says as he does the worm across the wires, moving slowly but making progress.
"Nice hustle, Bowie!" Raj said as Bowie high fived the hockey bros, running past with his number.
"Thank you!" Bowie responded as he put the first number in Julia's booth.
"Wayne, you're up! Get moving!" Emma pointed out as Wayne hadn't left the mat yet.
"What time is it boys?" Wayne turned to Raj as they both stared at each other.
"It's go time!" Raj answered.
"So what are we gonna do?"
"Go! Go! Go! Go!" The two chanted as Raj shot some water from his bottle in to Wayne's mouth as he dashed off, the rest of the team looking at them questionably.
"Is that all you got?" Wayne taunted the bear as it kept punching him as he kept climbing.
"Yes! When he gets back, it's just Nichelle left to go!" Emma cheered as her team managed to keep their giant lead so far.
"We've got this!" Harvey agreed as the two high fived.
"Bro, sweet stand up bath tubs!" Zee pointed out as he got back with the third number. "You oughta get some bubble bath and some-"
"JUST PUNCH IN THE NUMBER!" Damien yelled at him as he took a quick sip of his soda and put in the number in Damien's booth as it came up with an X.
"Oh, let me try that again." Zee said as he pushed the same number and more water kept coming in. "Come on..."
He started button mashing as more water entered Damien's booth.
"NOT MINE! HERS!" Damien yelled as Zee walked over to Cassidy's booth which unlocked her second lock.
"You got this, Millie! Go! Go! Go!" Priya cheered on as Millie was slowly climbing the rope.
"I am going!" Millie corrected, slightly annoyed at the cheering.
"Okay... welll... go more!" Priya stammered as she tried motivating her.
Like the other couple people, Wayne had little to no trouble with the course as he jogged back with his number, tagging out with Nichelle. "And Wayne is back with the second to last number for the Frogs of Death!"
"Okay, I don't wanna take all the credit but we're totally winning because I am consciously projecting my inner energy in to you guys!" Julia says as Wayne puts in the second number for her booth.
"Woah... thanks, Julia!" Wayne says as he touches his body in disbelief.
Nichelle then gets in to her running stance before taking off as Millie manages to swing across and collect another number. "Yes! I got it!"
"Millie has collected another number for the Ferocious Trout, but her team is still two locks behind as Nichelle readies to go for the final number the Frogs need to win." Chris updates as Nichelle remains in her stance as her team waits for her to leave.
CONFESSIONAL: NICHELLE
"Okay, I admit, this is a lot scarier when there are cameras and no props around." Nichelle confesses. "I thought this show was more staged than it was, like people faked their injuries to get paid or something, that's why I agreed to come here. I thought my acting would come in handy."
"What is she waiting for?" Emma whispers to Bowie and MK as they stood there awkwardly.
"I have no idea." was all Bowie could say as MK seemed to get more and more annoyed.
"Uh... action?" MK tried which surprisingly worked as Nichelle started running.
"Okay, let's take it from the top." Nichelle tells herself as she tries grabbing on to the rope but slipping off whenever she tries to get a grip. "Ugh, going again. Keep rolling. Gah!"
Even the bear paused its rampage as it watched Nichelle awkwardly as did the rest of the team. "Ugh, take 5! Take 6!"
"Slow start, no biggie! She'll crush the rest of the course!" Wayne said confidently.
"For sure, this is nothing for her. She's basically an action hero!" Raj agrees as he doesn't seem as worried.
"Is she, though?" MK asked the group, unsure if their confidence is valid.
"She has to have been able to do some of the stunts... right?" Harvey asked, starting to get nervous as the Trout were slowly catching up.
"Millie is back but Priya and Lauren will have to finish faster than Nichelle for the Trout to win! And Nichelle just has to finish for the Frogs third immunity!" Millie tags Priya as she takes off in a sprint. Nichelle meanwhile falls off the other end of the climbing course.
"Yeah... not sure I like the odds of that." Chris comments as Nichelle slowly proceeds through the wire, getting caught up in them as she got electrocuted.
Priya on the other hand rushes through the course, army crawling through the wires and passes Nichelle as she slips up on the start of the grease.
"Woohoo! Go Priya!" Millie cheered as she found herself impressed that Priya's training was actually coming in handy.
"Nerd 2 is doing pretty good..." Ripper admits as he and Chase watched her in shock.
"If by pretty good, you actually mean pretty well, and if by pretty well, you mean much better than you, I agree." Millie said in a snarky tone.
The water was now approaching Damien's neck as he tried to motivate Priya to hurry. "Yeah! Go Priya go! Save my life!"
"Okay, now I'm getting nervous." Harvey tells the group as Priya started racing back to her group.
"It's fine, we still have a big lead." Emma tries reassuring him. "Even if Priya makes it back, Lauren has to do the entire course. We got this!"
"It's in the bag." Bowie states as he and the rest of the team cheered Nichelle on.
"Nichelle! I'm manifesting my warrior goddess energy in to you!" Julia yells, starting to show panic in her face.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"I don't trust Julia as far as that water can drown her." MK states unamused. "I mean is fake help better than no help at all? Stay tuned to find out!" She points at the camera.
Nichelle scrambles towards the rope and tries to swing across to reach the last number. She manages to reach it and lands on the mattress, only for the wind to snatch it out of her grasp.
"Oh no! It's blowing away!" She screams as the number gets lost in the wind.
"Just like our lead..." MK mutters.
"Get it! Hurry! Lauren's about to start!" Emma cries out as Nichelle gets up, now determined.
"Wait, she can't beat me! I'm the star here!" She yells as she chases after the number.
"Ugh, this is so cringe." Bowie says to himself, starting to doubt his team's odds.
"Shh, we need to win this challenge. Stay positive!" Emma ordered the team.
"Doing great, Nichelle! You got this!" Bowie shouted out as MK slapped her forehead.
"I'm positive we might be done for..." She says as Priya gets back to the start and tags out with Lauren.
The number itself got stuck in a tree with Nichelle trying, and failing to reach it. "Ugh, I'm so sorry, guys." Was all she could say.
"Go Lauren!" Priya yelled as Lauren reached the start of the ropes.
"Team Trout is off and running. Priya managed to make up some time but will it be enough?"
Lauren leaped to the top of the climbing wall as she reached down, tears through the wall with her hand and swings the bear up and down. "That's what you get for growling at me!" She tells it as it lands on the floor and starts running off, scared. Priya and Millie looked on, dumbfounded.
"Wait... why did she go last again?" Zee asked as none of the group could respond.
"Priya! Let me out!" Damien yells, reminding Priya she still had to put her number in.
"Uh... what if I get it wrong?" She asks, feeling her nerves creep up.
"Just do it! One push and it's over!" Damien tried reasoning with her. She took a deep breath and pressed the number on Damien's booth as it opens and he falls in to the ground. "Yes! I'm alive!"
"I'd hug you if you didn't reek of toilet water." Priya points out, holding her nose as he nods and sighs.
"Nichelle! You need to hurry up!" Emma panics as she hasn't gotten any closer to getting the number out.
"Come on! Why'd I have to skip out on stunt training?" Nichelle stammers as she was having a hard time with the tree.
"Get the number already!" MK yells as she didn't like where this was going.
"We need to pump her up, not make her feel worse!" Emma tries reasoning with the pick pocket. "Work with me here."
"Oh, I'm sorry. She's just..." MK trails off before yelling out "She's really bad at this!"
Cassidy couldn't help but cringe at the whole scene from her tank.
CONFESSIONAL: CASSIDY
"I should be excited that we're catching up but I feel awful for Nichelle." Cassidy comments about the situation. "Does MK have anything nice to say, ever? Maybe I made the wrong call making an alliance with her. But, it's the game, right? One level at a time."
Lauren meanwhile was happily skipping along the grease bridge, closing the gap between her and Nichelle. "Wow, Lauren is killing it on the course." Chris comments as he was surprised at how much time she was making up.
"Holy cow, she's incredible!" Chase says in disbelief.
"Guess I'm not a great actress after all." Nichelle yells, starting to get emotional about letting her team down.
"Gee, ya think?" MK rolled her eyes.
The Trout cheered Lauren on as she swung towards the their last number.
"Go Lauren! You're killing it!" Cassidy cheered on as she grabbed the last number, passing Nichelle and started her sprint back to her team.
"I guess you could say Scary Girl is Scary Good at this. Hehe." Chris laughed as Chef just watched on with wide eyes.
"I guess this is over for me." Nichelle whimpers before hearing roars come from the distance. "What the-"
The bear that Lauren scared off earlier came charging through the woods, still running away as it crashed towards the tree, knocking itself out but also knocking the number out of the tree in the process, landing in Nichelle's hand.
"Alright! I got it!" Nichelle celebrated before looking at the lead she cost her group. "Aw man, there's no way I can catch up!"
"Don't say that!" Emma responded. "You're Nichelle Ladonna! There's nothing you can't do!"
"Yeah... I am!" Nichelle wiped her tears and looked forward. She then let out a scream and sprinted back.
"Yes! Go Nichelle!" Emma let out, proud of her teammate. Everyone tried motivating Nichelle as she slowly caught up to and passed Lauren.
"Lauren! Hurry!" Priya cried out to her.
"Go faster!" Ripper yelled out, starting to panic.
"Yeah! That's right!" Nichelle looked back at Lauren, laughing. "Nichelle is gonna win the-" her speech was then cut off by running in to the bottom of the rope climbing wall.
"You're funny!" Lauren called out as she reached Cassidy's booth and hit the number, releasing her as she came tumbling out, coughing out water while laying on the ground.
"The last lock has been released! The Ferocious Trout win immunity!" Chris announced with a blow of the airhorn. Everyone on the Trout celebrated their win while Nichelle looked defeated.
"In your face!" Ripper laughs and points at them with the Trout leaving the area to enjoy the night off.
"No... I lost..." Was all she could say as she looked down.
"Frogs of Death, I'll see you at tonight's elimination ceremony." Chris said as he walked past the group.
"Aw man, it's like the Puffin Creek Peewee Puck classic all over again!" Wayne held his head in disappointment.
Julia was mumbling within the water with it covering her mouth and rising to her eyes.
"Awkward... is anyone gonna... you know?" Chris tried pointing out as Emma took action.
"I'm coming, Julia!" She called out, running to grab Nichelle's number as she was busy crying as she punched in the number, letting Julia pour out along with the full tank of water.
"*Cough* *Cough, ugh, thank you!" Julia let out in relief. "Be honest, do I look all pruny and bloated?"
"Not at all!" Emma reassured the influencer. "You do stink though."
"Oh good! And since we're being honest with each other..." Julia then turned to whisper to Emma. "You could use a shower too..."
Julia then left her as Emma went to sniff her arm, looking thrown off by the smell.
MESS HALL DAY #6.
The Frogs were all trying to enjoy their last meal before their next elimination. Nichelle was the last to turn up for dinner as she faced the cold shoulder from a few of her team members. "Look, there's something I gotta tell you guys." she spoke up, gaining their attention.
"Alright, let's hear it." MK sighed, not worried about her bluntness when her team had already lost.
"I lied to you all, I don't really do any of my own stunts!" She revealed as she hid her face in embarrassment.
Wayne and Raj gasped, feeling shocked by this turn of events.
"I tried my best, but they don't trust me. They don't even let me cross the street!" She ranted to herself, frustrated. "My body double has to do it."
"Ugh, why didn't you tell any of us this before?" MK asked, now standing up from where she was sitting.
"Because I love that people think I'm so awesome. The truth is *sniff* all the cool stuff I do on screen is actually being done by a 46 year old stunt man in a braided wig named Jerry!" She cried out.
"Why would you name a wig Jerry?" Wayne whispered to his friend.
"I think that's the stunt man's name." Raj let him know, not seeming entirely sure himself.
"Oh yeah, haha, that makes way more sense." Wayne laughs to himself, feeling relieved about the clarity.
"They yell cut and Jerry does all the cool stuff. People think it's me and it's not!" Nichelle continued, feeling guilty about everything. "It's just an old dude in a wig."
"I wish I could say I was shocked but that would break my honesty streak." MK said out loud.
"I mean what have I ever accomplished? I mean besides being rich, famous and a great actress I-" She listed before breaking down crying again.
"Not so sure about that last one!" MK retorted with another eye roll.
"Okay, that's enough." Emma cut them both off. "Just because you don't do your own stunts, doesn't mean you gave up while you were out there. You're a rockstar. You should be proud of yourself." She puts her hand on Nichelle's shoulder as she starts to feel better.
"I doubt I woulda been any better at that challenge." Harvey admits to himself.
"But... *sigh* I have to stay strong with the group here. I'm sorry." Emma comes clean to Nichelle who sobs and nods her head.
"I understand. Just... please think it through." Nichelle pleads to the group before walking off.
CAMPFIRE CEREMONY 3: NIGHT #6
The Frogs all walked through the forest for their second elimination as a team with Nichelle following at a distant pace. Everyone looked anxious as they approached the campfire. The bear from earlier looked on and growled. They then proceeded to sit in two rows of 8 in front of the flame.
"Frogs of Death. Once again, you had quite the lead in the challenge but you're here tonight because you lost and one of you is going home." Chris let the players know as they were now familiar with how the elimination worked.
Chef then took the reigns to address the group. "Nichelle, the team chose you to go last because they believed you were an action hero. Safe to say you are not an action hero." Nichelle sighed to herself, not being able to bring herself to make eye contact with the rest of the team.
CONFESSIONAL: NICHELLE
"Okay, maybe I fooled myself in to believing it too. That's the tough part about acting." She admits. "If I go home tonight, I'll at least know that I tried my best."
CONFESSIONAL: WAYNE AND RAJ
"She can't do any of those things?" Wayne asked in shock. "Are all movies and TV shows lies?"
"I guess so, bro" Raj said, scratching the back of his head. "But at least we can still trust wrestling!"
"Oh for sure dude!" Wayne agreed. "You can't fake that!"
"Julia..." Chef started as this caught Julia off guard.
"Yes...?" She asked, seemingly bored at the process.
"You were manifesting your 'warrior goddess energy' in to Nichelle. No one knows what that means, but it's pretty clear that you were no help during the challenge." Chef said to which she was caught off guard by this.
CONFESSIONAL: JULIA
"I... well... it.." Was all she could say before her camera cut out.
"And MK..." Was all Chef had to say before all eyes fell on to her.
"Okay, what you got, big guy?" She shrugged, looking forward to what Chef had to say about her.
"Emma was working hard to give Nichelle the confidence to finish, but you just shouted a bunch of sarcastic stuff that made the situation worse." Chef explained, unamused.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"Sarcasm, my gift and my curse." Was all she could say in response. "So much for flying under the radar."
"Well this sucks, I can't go home now! Not back to my bo- I mean, my apartment." She stammered around with her words before submitting her vote.
CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE
"Sure, Nichelle messed up." Bowie said, deep in thought about who to vote for. "But MK? She is not a team player."
"There are 7 marshmallows on this plate. Get one and you're safe." Chris announced as he took the plate and grabbed the first marshmallow off of it. "If you don't, you'll head to the dock of shame and be taken away by the drone of despair. Let's begin."
Silence fell amongst the group as Chris started calling out the names of the people who were safe.
"Emma."
"Harvey."
"Bowie."
"Raj."
"Wayne."
"And... Julia."
The 6 of them were shown to be happy as they held up their marshmallows while MK and Nichelle remained on thin ice. "The bottom two. Only one marshmallow left and with 2 votes against, the last person safe is..."
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"MK!" Chris called out as MK sighed in relief when she caught her marshmallow. "Nichelle, it's time to go."
"Hold up, how did I get 2 votes?" MK asked, wondering who else voted for her.
"Silly MK, that's confidential" Chris shook his head as Nichelle got up to face the group.
"Thanks for everything, guys. Go win it!" Nichelle spoke as she left the Frogs with a wave.
Nichelle walked down the dock of shame, annoyed with getting eliminated so soon.
"Okay, you fell down, you hurt your pride, so what? I won't let this define me. This is a new start for me. Mom did not raise a quitter, no she did not!" Nichelle announced as she reached the end of the dock.
CONFESSIONAL: NICHELLE
"If there's anyone to blame, it's my stunt double, Jerry!" Nichelle pointed out. "If it weren't for him taking all my action scenes, I actually woulda been able to help my team out and win the million! Just wait until I get home, old man!"
The drone arrived and grabbed her by the foot as she left, screaming "I hate you, Jerry!"
"Guess we should change her name to Nichelle Lagoner. Probably for the best anyway. There's only room for one TV star on this island! What'll happen on the next episode? Will MK find out who else voted for her? Will Ripper find more ways to get under his team's skin? And what's going on with Raj and Bowie? Find out all this and more next time on Total Drama Island!" Chris closed out.
VOTES.
Emma - Nichelle
Harvey - Nichelle
Julia - Nichelle
MK - Nichelle
Raj - Nichelle
Wayne - Nichelle
Bowie - MK
Nichelle - MK
18TH - CALEB
17TH - AXEL
16TH - NICHELLE
I was always kinda let down with how they handled Nichelle's exit (In both seasons) with her just being this flailing mess. I figured her coming clean after the challenge instead of during it made more sense since I wanted her to at least try her best even if she was doing horribly. I did have plans for her to make it a bit further in the game and have more dynamics but I also struggled with who to swap her out with since I was happy with how everyone else went out. So I figured the least I could do was try to make her seem more likable on her way out, which I like to think I did a good job at.
Hope you all enjoyed either way. Like I said before, this and the next episode are definitely my favorite content wise. So I should have the next one up soon. Until next time, see you whenever!