Total Drama X: Winter Warriors
Episode 17: Mud Max Fury!
MUD, MUD AND MORE MUD, THAT'S WHAT WE DEMAND!
CHRISTMAS IS OVER AND FEBURARY'S IN, SO THERE IS NOW MUD and also, Crossed Trees' first episode is more than likely up for everyone to view.
We now have 19 contestants, including Ratigan, and a whole lot of cold mud to inconvenience all of them as they struggle through the bog of cold, cold Pahkitew!
Goodguygary: First off, true when it comes to Emma and secondly, Emma, Sticks, Spider-Punk, Puss, Ken & Ashido believed ol' Santa Claus' words, MK, Joe Swanson, Undyne, Sakura and Ermes wanted a free elimination (and potentially being off some naughty list) and the old guy just wanted to leave.
Not exactly the greatest elimination, but 11 to MK's 1 and Mamizou's 8, why eight?
Mamizou kinda too strong.
Mariagrey90: to this lady, are you one of those comic artists that like to type with questionable grammar, comission for a website with no money and have a social media links that don't exist? I don't care to find an answer. (SOMEBODY GET THESE PEOPLE OFF THE SITE, GODDAMN)
"Last time on Total Drama X, it was beginning to look a lot more like Christmas, which was actually a few months ago and the game was heating up so much that it could've melted all of the snow on that day! Fortunately, a guy that looked like Santa arrived to let all of the contestants get some presents!"
"Unfortunately, it was that one villain from Ultimate Islands that definitely didn't trick me and definitely wasn't an obvious fake! So, all of the remaining players tried their hardest to take down Coachman, that stupid guy, from messing with me because he thought that I was a bad dude. Thankfully for me, Android 21 and Ken rescued me to get immunity, but so did Joe with his decent present. The game's spicy
"Apparently it was too spicy for 'Ol Nick because he basically quit the game on good terms with everybody willing to let him be an easy out! I don't know what was with insulting my mental health, because it's all mud in the water! Who's gonna get muddy today on TOTAL DRAMA: WINTER WARRIORS!"
19 contestants remain, 14 non-villains and 5 villains are doing their thing and now that Christmas is over, even if the interns could barely put down the decorations in time for the second challenge.
Which was starting to bug somebody or rather, several people who realised something interesting.
"Man, we sent Santa Claus home in a Christmas challenge. I'm not excited to figure out what the next challenge is and I also kinda realised I'm an alien." Sticks said. "It's hard times to be a Total Drama player."
"I know, right, there's so many bad people left in the competition and uh, I already know who to vote off." Emma answered.
"Really?"
"Really, really."
Sticks and Emma got close to each other and they both nodded.
"Not a bad choice, kinda seems like a shady lady." Sticks said. "But I realised we're both aliens and it's been bugging me all day now."
"There's nothing wrong with being an alien, almost all of us come from different universes and as far as I know, none of us are being used for terrible experiment."
"This show doesn't count?"
Spider-Punk plopped himself down on the chair.
"I mean, the only thing is that this experiment entertains people and probably edited to make it look way cooler than it is."
"Wait, why are you even here?" Emma questioned.
"Because we both are not big fans of the government and this show's government-funded 100%!" Sticks shouted. "Canadian government, but it's still federal."
Emma had one opportunity.
"So, do you like whispering, spider guy?" Emma got all innocent with a cheeky smile.
"Yeah, cuz."
These two got up close and personal to make sure that nobody knew what was up and it was a little bit too conspicious, but these three were in the middle of another random staircase to the underground.
Emma and Spider-Punk raised their thumbs up, Sticks got in to confirm the deal.
"Finally, we take down a fascist." Spider-Punk whispered.
"Alright, I'm just gonna go back to wherever I was because the other ladies are there." Emma answered. "Also, MK's not a fascist."
"Okay, kid, you go and have fun. See ya!"
Emma left the two of them to run across the woods, accidentally taking a peak at an villainous alliance.
Emma then ran off.
*The orphan kid's confessional*
"I don't think MK wants to rule as a nationalist dictator, but I could be wrong. Besides that, I just saw the three bad guys in an alliance, not to mention MK and Android 21 are going wild, so I'm gonna need somebody to help...besides Sticks, who's having a mental health crisis." She explained. "It's tough to be in Total Drama in general."
*MK's confessional*
She was chilling in the seat.
"I feel like someone's targetting because I cheat. Doesn't exactly mean I will stop because while Snake's sneaks around like nobody else, I'm pretty good at that kinda dealio myself!" MK remarked.
*Confessional cut*
Speaking of MK, she already had a decent look at the future challenge and thanks to knowing the location of the hut, she could reasonably be looking at an actual win.
Besides Android 21 teleporting and Mamizou sailing through the air, she didn't have that much to worry about with those cheats, but all of a sudden, a bat and a rat came out of nowhere.
Ratigan and Fidget were lying like they were about get in touch with their personal sides, MK walking with a mocking tongue out as she almost stepped on by, but one peg leg sent all of that crashing into the ground.
"Ah, my fair lady Mary-Kate, how is your special errand going?" Ratigan asked. "Knowledge that you wouldn't like to share, I assume that you're carrying."
"I mean it's in my mind now and not gonna lie, seems like I inspired ya." MK got back up, almost not taking it serious. "The goofy bat's your goon, right?"
Ratigan was playfully encroaching on MK's space, but he could only be incensed by the insult.
"Yes, Fidget will try to stop you, like he should be doing at the moment." Ratigan kept the rage in.
"Boss, wait for the challenge." Fidget hinted. "MK, enjoy your truck."
"Right, you goofy fella, I'm gonna enjoy it!"
MK could only dance away from the awkward interaction, Ratigan actually wondering something important and staring right at his slightly incompetent bat.
"Did you sabotage her challenge?" Ratigan asked.
"Yes, boss!" Fidget said. "Just like you said."
Ratigan's smile returned, Fidget sighed some relief.
"You accidental genius, Fidget. Finally, that young ruffian will get what she deserves."
These two were as happy as the young pickpocket when she skipped away, going their seperate ways but not before certain words were exchanged.
"You know what happens if you fail."
Fidget literally skittered away, Ratigan going back to his alliance like nothing happened and their jaws couldn't be more on the floor, despite the opposite attitudes of Bowser and Robotnik.
*Bowser's confessional*
He just had a little bit of a rant, not very heated, just off the cuff.
"That couldn't be me, I'm doing it by my own hand. If I ran it, everybody would be bringing their own talents, their own game, their own strategies, their own ideas, no interns, no challenge-stealing because I'm too damn strong for that. And flexible, do you know what I get up when I'm not conquering stuff? A lot, a king's gotta entertain himself!"
*Confessional cut*
Joe and Undyne were both training, punching, swinging and doing whatever kind of moves could be considering fighting moves in the cold snow of Pahkitew.
"Hey, hey, Joe, don't you think this is a little too far?" Manolo asked. "Also, this is just like the circus challenge day."
"Not really, Robotnik's a liar, quirky weirdo and one of the worst guys I know. IT'S NOT!"
Joe smashed a punching bag.
"Alright, alright, you should calm down." Manolo said. "The guy probably wants you to be angry and fight him!"
"Why can't I do that! The man's a supervillain?" Joe demanded.
"Because of what Manolo said and apparently, fighting people means you're instantly kicked off and I don't believe that! Let's beat him in the challenge!" Undyne shouted. "Manolo, I like you, you're cool, but we gotta fight him."
Manolo was seeing the two former team leader take swings at body pillows basically with how strong the hits were.
"I guess that is true, but always make sure that Robotnik isn't trying to get you to fight him." Manolo said. "Besides, there's more bad guys than him."
"AND they're gonna fall when Robotnik does!?"
Manolo just stepped away from the intense twosome, just unwilling to watch them wail on a sandbag for a little bit too long.
*Undyne's confessional*
The lesbian fish lady was looking very pissed.
"You know what, Robotnik has a damn alliance and it's kinda obvious, but whoever is in it probably won't get much farther once that guy goes down! Either that or they just get scarier, but I'll be there to pound them!" Undyne declared. "Not even in bed!"
*Confessional cut*
The rest of the contestants were doin' other stuff, especially with the most lacklustre ladies living life and not talking about the game, Emma running across the island to break up awkward conversations.
"I can't believe you have so many interesting stories like that one time some girl disguised as some other girl that was super important, so you disguised as that girl that was a total villain and pranked her-"
"Let me stop you with that hilariously vague summation, I have probably done such things, Ashido." Mamizou explained. "But I did not say that."
"Cool, because I think it was one of mine. Have you ever heard about Toga, she's kinda crazy and can shapeshift just like you!"
"Yes, mostly through reading your universe's news. Not very interested in meeting such a madwoman."
"Yes, I'm not interested, too!"
Emma literally skidded into view, prompting Mamizou to bow out in her own fashion.
"Well, this conversation was an eye-opener, I will leave this orphan to talk with you-"
Emma quickly whispered in the tanuki's ear, who perked up and they both silently nodded to agree on something that probably could be surmised if you looked up.
Mamizou basically disappeared.
"Bad conversation, huh?" Ramona asked.
"Come on, that was good, right?" Ashido looked to her former comrades.
Ramona and Emma shook their heads.
"Why did you run here anyways? Aside from this being one of the warmer places in the season, your stuff and there not being much to do with so few contestants and-"
"I'm actually surprised that you're still in the game." Ramona interrupted. "Emma, you kinda have someone that you want to vote for?"
"Yes, but I can't say because there's a lot of villains around. And they're one of them." Emma explained. "Seriously, we voted out Santa Claus and the decorations still feel like Christmas, it actually kinda does make sense that she is!"
"For the last time, he was not Santa Claus, his name was Nick and sounded like a British guy. Anyways, Emma, I get that feeling of having someone that you're already voting for some reason." Ramona explained. "Yeah, the game gets serious, I won't hesitate to vote for you."
"Uh, he was Santa and to be fair, I wouldn't vote for you before that statement." Emma clarified. "Can't believe you're a Santa denier and that you'd be willing to vote for me."
Ashido could feel the tension.
"Actually, I can't believe it either."
*Ramona's confessional*
"I'm not saying that I would vote for the kid, especially since she suddenly got a little bit smarter mostly because of the two fake Santas, but I am saying that MK would really be the only person that I would not vote for." Ramona clarified. "Scott, Julie, how the hell did you navigate through this?"
*Confessional cut*
Tengen was doing a little bit of ninja work, being real quiet in the bushes while the Asian-Canadian pickpocket and Hispanic-American robber were talking their talk.
MK did tell Ermes about the encounter.
"Ratigan literally let you go out of mercy and knowing these type of guys, mercy is the last thing on that rat's mind." Ermes stated. "You better send him home or else."
"Nah, that's what I'm about to do. Some guy with a goon that allowed me to get sussed out without doing anything means that I could be out next." MK said.
"Sweet, time to give this guy the cheesetrap." Ermes declared.
"He's a rat, they don't like cheese!" MK retorted quickly.
"MK, you know what a metaphor is and I bet that rats like cheese."
"Yeah, whatever, time to vote Ratigan out together."
Tengen then disappeared right after that, which almost went unnoticed by the duo.
"Wind's been acting pretty weird today!" Ermes looked pissed off.
*Tengen's confessional*
"Everybody's been going a little crazy since the elimination of Nick or Nicholas or whatever his name was and then I remembered that I'm a shinobi. So far I've figured that MK or Ratigan are really the only options that I got, which means I'm gonna do something kinda crazy and plus, I will always be flashy in challenges!" Tengen said. "Nice to be in the know without being discovered."
*Confessional cut*
Puss and Sakura had to deal with Android 21 and Ken having a good time with each other, despite the fact that they had a great time off-screen and who gives a crud.
"Oh yeah, remember that circus thing?" Ken asked. "It was kinda wild in a...wild way."
"Ken, you have such a way with words. Honestly, it makes it much sadder that I feel like my hunger's coming back." 21 said. "Also, the bears made it cool."
"You mean, hungry for the Ken experience!"
"Yep, definitely that. Speaking of bears and stuff, that circus-"
"-was definitely a real one, alright."
Puss and Sakura were surprisingly silent, the cat still remembering the odd madness that the still unshown circus, feeling strong about the sudden turn of the scientist.
"Listen up, after certain adjustments and moi getting his stuff together, the next challenge will be more awesome than ever!" Chris announced. "Game's about to get muddier!"
*Puss' confessional*
He was super serious.
"When she turned Pink, she both turned into sweet temptation and also, a hotter person? I don't want to admit it because Kitty Softpaws is espose perfecta, but you know the android changed into one deadly lady."
And then he dropped the seriousness.
"Ken's one lucky man!"
*Confessional cut*
People definitely noticed that the place looked different, having the vibe of the more degenerate parts of the country boys region AKA THE DIRTY SOUTH and it was extremely obvious from the dirt arena that was hosting this thing from the figure-8 course to the two giant ramps to the inner course that had so many bumps you could mistake for a road with no maintenance.
Android 21 and Ken were getting a lot of weird looks.
"What's the big deal?" 21 scoffed. "Chris eventually got rescued by the two of them and to be fair, he needed that."
"I'm going to be completely honest, most of us don't like Chris." Tengen said. "But you could've rescued him earlier, some of us had to go on crazy paths just to get up there!"
"That's still Chris' fault."
"Yep-"
"Hey, I'm right here, you know!" Chris interrupted the two throwing shade at him.
"My apologies, you could've at least checked the guy. That's pretty unflashy, host with the most!"
Tengen was smiling the whole time.
"Dude, that challenge was insane and surprisingly, the network liked it too. Sadly, there is no guest star today, only TRUCKS AND MONSTER TRUCKS!"
The contestants were both unimpressed and blown by Chris' announcer voice.
"After three days with no challenge, you guys are gonna drive in the dirt doing some nasty stunts to get either points or survive! And that determines what place you're going to start in the final race once you guys literally have to race for immunity and whatnot! By the way, last place automatically loses in that race, so you better get used to it!"
"Not gonna lie, this is the kind of challenge I like. Are those monster trucks actual monsters?" Sticks asked.
"No-what?"
"Good, because I'm keeping an eye out for 'em." Sticks said.
...
...
"Are you done wasting our time or are you a big fan of wasting our time?" Mamizou questioned. "Because a tanuki's time is worth an absurd amount."
"Don't worry, I got done explaining! The trucks are actually right there and for the record, they are tested to be safe and so are the monster trucks!"
Chris was pointing to an assortment of monster trucks that totally didn't have better days behind them, but were painted in unique colours to represent each contestant.
MK definitely looked under the hood of her monster truck.
"You sure you tested it, because it's looks pretty broken."
"Each intern was actually unharmed, kinda disappointing, so you can be assured that it's safe! Chef, you can try your announcer voice, now."
All of the contestants were making their way to the monster trucks.
"YOU CHUMPS READY TO RIDE THESE TRUCKS TO YOUR VICTORY OR WHAT! YOU BETTER STAY ON YOUR BUTTS LEST YOU DIE!"
Chris raised his thumbs up, as the contestants were not excited with riding around a machine that Boom Knuckles would love, especially with all of them the insides were grody.
"Heh, it is not very surprising that you would think this would handicap me, for you do not know what I could. Even if this far beneath my grade." Mamizou spoke up.
*Ratigan's confessional*
"I can tell you two things. One of them being that I am not willing to cheat, because my genius is already too much of an advantage in a game like this and two, MK ended up here out of her own making."
He had a very sly smile.
"Finally, the game goes in my favour!"
*Confessional cut*
FIRST ROUND: JUNK TRUCK JUMPING
The 19 contestants were all sat up in their trucks and more than likely had no idea how to drive them, but at the same time, this was Total Drama at the end.
"FIRST ROUND IS JUMPING OVER A BUNCH OF TRUCKS-" Chris tried his shot. "-AND IF YOU COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT, your monster truck has to jump over a bunch of one dollar cars and land on the other side of the ramp! Of course, the host with the most and CHEF HATCHET will be judging all of you, though."
Most of them couldn't even get it started and Sticks had a protest in her truck.
"Listen, people, the mole people wouldn't want to be messed up, so be careful!" Sticks shouted.
"I have my doubts on those mole people, though." MK remarked.
The two of them kinda eyed each other, as the rest were having troubles.
"So, how do you drive again?" Tengen asked. "Wouldn't want to look unflashy out there."
"Left pedal stops the truck, right pedal starts it up, mate, I'm tired of doing Chef's job." Spider-Punk said. "The man's underpaid, too."
"Look, I don't really have any sympathy for that guy. He does like us getting tortured and let's just say you vote for MK-"
"I don't give a scooby about that. Voting for another villain unless they've got some idol on 'em."
"Yeah, unflashy move, my man. She could be gone."
Tengen got to the wheels, as Spider-Punk got to his truck and got started, no go needed and the anarchist superhero decided to floor it on the mud and he sure as hell went flying.
Flying so fast that his truck landed on the other side landing on the dirt and missing all of the trucks quite easily and he stuck his hand out of the truck.
"I don't believe in wasting trucks, mate!"
"We're both giving Spider-Punk an 8, solid jump, got a 16!" Chris announced. "Tengen!"
"Yeah, the God of Festivals is up!" Tengen shouted, getting looks. "Sorry, just making up for lost time."
If you guessed that a Japanese dude from the 20th century couldn't drive a monster truck, you would be wrong-ish, though he really couldn't drive the right way.
Or brake properly without flying into the windshield, but he sprung off and then hit the accelrator out of Spider-Punk's unhelpful advice and he got his truck flipped over.
"Tengen gets 2 points! I liked the part when he flipped his truck over." Chris said.
"I didn't because I built these." Chef complained. "NEXT UP, SHE'S GOT A GHOST THAT WE CAN ALL SEE AND PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE A TRUCK, ERMES COSTELLO!"
*Sticks' confessional*
"Rumming through garbage is infinitely more fun than watching a bunch of people from the past trying to deal with monster trucks! Also, going to a ladylike party and dealing with Eggman is also more fun than this torture."
*Confessional cut*
Ermes actually did a solid truck jump, which wasn't too spectacular besides one thing.
"Chef's a good announcer!" Ermes screamed. "Mostly because Chris is annoying."
"Hey, I've got a reputation to keep up and you get 11 points! Next up, Manolo!"
He barely has seen a car, what do you think?
Somehow, the monster truck ended up on its side on top of some trucks.
"Hey, I don't know that this thing worked before today, give me a break!"
"You got a total of 6 points, nice wreck, dude!" Chris could only compliment Manolo.
"JOE, YOU BETTER NOT MESS UP MY TRUCK!"
"DON'T WORRY, I WILL NOT!"
Joe Swanson was up and he was looking more than ready to get creative with his damn feet, riding the truck with only his hands, the belt around his legs and as expected.
The truck did a whole side-flip despite Joe having no hands of the wheel and the guy may have been a bit shaken, but the cop was okay.
"YEAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?!"
"I thought it was okay, Chef kinda loves it. 18 points, getting first place!"
"You tell me that you don't find that outstanding, Chris?" Chef asked, as Chris was sweating. "NEXT UP, THE DYNAMIC AND EVER DUMB ASHIDO!"
"Hey, I'm not a dumb lady. I can show that I can control this thing!" Ashido proclaimed.
Ashido had four wheels, a steering wheel and a dream, putting her feet on the pedal and letting it speed up the ramp and that dream died real soon when the truck leapt over the ramp and it started slipping and sliding around right back into standing up right.
The pink-skinned hero looked nervous at her performance.
"That was a 4, so damn sloppy." Chef shook his head.
"Yeah, she's getting a 5 from me! NEXT UP IS THE WILD CHILD THAT ESCAPED SOME FARM, EMMA!"
Emma got up and realised that she could barely reach the pedals, but barely counted and if you know that she's practically a toddler compared to the cast, you know how this is gonna go.
Emma was somehow intact, while her truck was a little upside down-looking.
"Uhhh, I'm gonna give her a 3 because that was actually impressive! Chef gives her a 4."
"For the record, why is that impressive?" Emma asked.
"Because it kinda is." Bowser stated. "Didn't even know you could flip a truck without driving it!"
"ROBOTNIK HAS NO FAMILY, ONE GUY AND A WHOLE LOTTA MEAN ROBOTS!" Chef shouted.
"Thank you, Chef, for that intro."
The science guy had the pedal to the metal, looking determined to do the basics and get a little bit of a lead on his opponents and to be fair, he did do decent.
As in he might not have done anything crazy, the robots just rode on top like real men would.
"Do you like the robots?" Robotnik asked.
"They're robots, we're both giving 7 only because they're robots." Chris announced. "Still cool, but you should've gotten interns."
"I'm gonna take my 14 and whine about it when I win!" Robotnik said.
"Ratigan's up next because he is!"
Ratigan was one of several people that had never heard of a motorised vehicle and you can guess what happened next, the dashing rat looking quite displeased.
"DO YOU THINK NOTHING OF ME!"
"No, dude, you bring ratings and views, man! Also, you get 2 points."
Ratigan wasn't very happy, as Robotnik could only sympathise with the rat getting embarrassed on interdimensional TV.
*Ratigan's confessional*
"NOOOOOOOO! Do you think that Basil went through an experience like this?!" He was trying to keep his composure together and almost failing, rubbing his own head. "Oh god, this is ridiculous."
*Confessional cut*
Bowser.
"BOWSER, THE BIG KOOPA, THE LEAD TROOPER AND THE BIG SWEEPER!"
"Hey, stop giving me titles, Chris! I haven't even earned them yet!" Bowser shouted, somehow revving up the truck.
"Hey, I'm tryin' something here!"
Bowser had four wheels and a dream and like a certain guy in a very nonspecific year, he somehow managed to do enough backflips to leave the hosts' mouth open.
The big koopa looked out the window.
"Nine points each."
"Thanks." Bowser became the Big Sweeper. "Hah, beat that, Undyne!"
"Hmmm, I think I will!" Undyne jumped in. "If I'm wrong, my name isn't UNDYNE THE UNDYING!"
Undyne definitely didn't, the truck got stuck in the middle of the cars again and she nervously looked at and Bowser couldn't stop smiling.
"Not a bad for a first attempt, Dyne the...Dying!" Bowser threw it back.
"Geez, man, that was a brutal! You went too far!" Undyne screamed.
"Okay, then. You get 5 points by the way."
it wasn't even that good lmao, but uh, there's more people to do.
"RAMONA, THE GREEN-HAIRED SLEDGEHAMMER!"
"Yeah, that's a terrible nickname and I don't think I've done enough sledgehammering." Ramona started up the car, unimpressed. "I like the title."
She did okay, because this challenge is taking a little bit too long and also, her truck was not the last or the least to land in the middle of the car pile and she wasn't impressed.
Ramona Flowers got ten points.
"Oh thank god, I didn't crash. Still wouldn't ride this thing again!"
Sticks-
"STICKS, PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT SOME PLANT PEOPLE OR ROBOTS OR WHATEVER!"
"Nah, I'm just thinking about how the government doesn't like what I'm sayin' and what I'm saying is that your island's fake!" Sticks proclaimed.
Chris and Chef couldn't stop smiling.
"That's right, I'm onto ya!"
Needless to say, she flopped and so did the truck.
"4 points each!"
Mamizou wasn't even that impressed with the truck, but the tanuki lady was not impressed with the contrapation.
"MAMIZOU, UH, THE TANUKI OF SADO ISLAND AND THE YOUNGEST LOOKING OLD LADY EVER!"
"I have standards, none of which involve riding this contraption." She insulted. "Nevertheless, I will try, anyways."
She did not do well, albeit just by being boring, shrugging her shoulders in boredom.
"5 each for the lady who shoots energy balls!"
"KEN, THE MASCULINE MAN WITH THE PINK PLAN!"
Ken was rocking another one out of his outfits, which notably went under his winter jacket and it was some black cowboy-type garb that people almost saw.
"Gotta be honest, always wanted to ride one of these. Shouldn't be too hard." Ken had that smirk on his face.
"What are you talking about? I'd say that it's pretty hard to nail it first try." 21 stated. "So do it!"
"Yep, I could do that."
Ken drove the monster truck and it was surprisingly tame, all things considered, which meant that he only did one backflip and he flashed his pearly whites.
"Ken only gets 15 points, 9 from me, 6 from Chef for some reason!" Chris announced.
"It just ain't as impressive when it's the guy that does everything besides make outfits look bad." Chef argued, as Android 21 threw a death stare at him. "I'm just saying."
Ken jumped out of the truck quite easily.
"Sweet." Ken said. "Still wouldn't blame you."
"SAKURA, THE KARATE GIRL, THE RYU FANGIRL & IS HERE!"
"Yep, I sure am! Don't expect me to underperform!" Sakura shouted. "In the race!"
Sakura, true to her word, actually didn't underperform and while landing from her decent jump, tried to do the swift J-turn and absolutely spun out, but she didn't fall down.
Just spew some more of whatever Chef could conjure up today.
"Alright, she's getting two 6s! Mostly because she vomited!"
Sakura saw both of the most notable interns carry a truck like it was a little bit of a problem.
*Sakura's confessional*
She only had a smile of pure wonder.
"I still don't know how there's some random interns and camera people and then these two could carry the earth on their back! Chris probably should have them on."
*Confessional cut*
"ANDROID 21, THE COMBAT SCIENTIST GONE WILD! No seriously, what's with the outfit change?"
"Just wanted to be comfortable." She quipped. "Unlike you."
"Alright, just do the jump already."
Android 21 did the jump, giving it the speed that she needed and she managed to make it do several spins with only her own force and then she smiled at the two hosts.
"Well, that was a satisfactory performance." 21 remarked. "Bet you might not rate it so high!"
"Actually, I'm gonna give it a 7, even if Chef gives it a 10." Chris announced. "You kinda pushed the truck!"
21 just huffed.
Next up.
"PUSS IN BOOTS, THE CAT OF THE PEOPLE AND FEARLESS GUY!"
"Yep, I'm a fearless guy. I'm gonna ride this thing and be successful!" Puss declared.
He could barely take up enough space in the truck and got a little bit creative when it came to driving the thing, the intern somehow not putting in the sticks.
His jump was nice, the brakes were a little awkward to throw down a sandbag on, the truck smashing into the wall and somehow intact.
"Hey, where are the pedal sticks? Kinda surprised that they didn't show up, but I did them anyways."
"Oh, the intern got fired! Anyways, we're both giving 6 points each!" Chris announced. "Seriously, somebody put those sticks in his truck!"
Some random dark-skinned lady was on it, as Puss waved to her.
*Puss' confessional*
"I've got plans to help some interns, but you know, it's a work in progress!" He vaguely remarked. "Gotta wait after the season for it, though!"
The cat had a cheeky smile the whole time.
*Confessional cut*
"LAST AND VERY MUCH LEAST, MK, THE CHEATING LADY AND THE HAIR-RUINER!" Chris kept it short.
"Yeah, you kinda went a little bit too far. 'Cause it was nearly a year ago."
MK had a knowing smile, completely sure that she had some lacking chances, but she did ride it anyways and checked the whole dang truck, before she got back into the wheel.
"Somebody ain't a big fan of me!"
Chris tried to keep it cool, as Chef patted the host's back.
MK did her jump and while it wasn't anything crazy, it seemed like nothing was wrong.
"Alright, you got 5 points from me and 6 from Chef, not bad. Campers, be ready to gather back together because this part of the challenge kinda means something!"
The 19 remaining campers were standing tall and paying attention to the giant screen that probably would show their scores.
"Temporary truckers, each of you did the jumps for us to figure out which trucker should be the leader and also because who doesn't like seeing trucks do crazy jumps? Moi and Chef Hatchet said some scores and just in case you forgot, for some reason! Here they are!"
The leaderboard lit up.
BOWSER: 18/20
JOE SWANSON: 18/20
ANDROID 21: 17/20
SPIDER-PUNK: 16/20
JUST KEN: 15/20
ROBOTNIK: 14/20
MK: 12/20
SAKURA: 12/20
PUSS IN BOOTS: 12/20
ERMES COSTELLO: 11/20
MAMIZOU: 10/20
RAMONA FLOWERS: 10/20
MINA ASHIDO: 9/20
EMMA: 9/20
STICKS: 8/20
MANOLO SANCHEZ: 6/20
UNDYNE: 5/20
TENGEN UZUI: 2/20
RATIGAN: 2/20
"Dang, some of you really suck." Ramona said. "Sorry, just had to say that."
"Yeah, I'm not mad, I've never seen a monster truck before." Manolo explained.
"Don't worry, I could tell."
"But we will beat Robotnik together!"
"Uh, yeah, sure."
The remaining contestants were just looking at their trucks looking a little worse for wear, but also the course that just so happened to be rising out of the ground.
It was a muddy, extreme and for lack of a better word, a very McLean course with everything about it designed for views and sadistic entertainment and everyone took one good look at it.
"Truckers, welcome to the Monster McLean Jam!" Chris remarked. "You guys have tried out these things and now you're gonna tested on your driving knowledge! We've got tyres, fires and gosh darn mires on this thing and also a river that was supposed to be filled with lava, but the network said no!"
"Okay, but how the hell were gonna do that?" Android 21 was baffled.
"Details, details, but these things are definitely going to be taking some beatings! And if you don't drive well enough, you fall and can't really finish the race! First one to reach the finish line gets double the votes, top 3 get immunity and last places gets the boot!"
The surprise did come back.
"No marshmallow, no votes, no two million dollars and no cred, it's a rough deal for whoever's last! That also means someone else's joining them on their own Drone of Shame if they get enough votes!"
"Wow, what a challenge." Sticks wasn't impressive. "Why the lava?"
"Why not lava is the better question? That's kinda awesome!" Ashido declared.
"I know, right! Alright, campers, you better get in those trucks already!" Chris announced. "The people want to see some monster truck action!"
The contestants hopped into their slightly uncomfortable seats to see a course that had all assortments of dumb obstacles and the lights only lit up when Chef showed a sign.
"3, 2, 1, GET Y'ALL BUTTS MOVING!"
And the race was on with Joe and Bowser neck-and-neck and the rest following in the leaderboard's order on the simple dirt straightaway.
'
Speaking of the course, Joe and Bowser were feelin' the bumps, travelling through some wacky terrain that was slathered with mud on top of the snow, but the trucks went through anyways.
"Hold on, there's no items in this thing?" Bowser asked.
"Yeah, bozo. Gotta be honest, I feel like a douchebag." Joe remarked.
Joe immediately bumped him and Bowser responded in kind, the bumping getting a little bit serious at the front and the rest were not that much better.
At the very back, Ratigan and Tengen were desperately trying to not get roasted.
"When I said get your butt movin', I mean it!" Chef mocked the duo. "Or what-"
"Yeah, just give me a minute!" Tengen shouted. "Or else you can call me the god of festivals!"
Tengen immediately reversed his truck right into a giant rock and his truck was basically totalled.
"Please don't call me that." He jumped out the truck, it blowing up.
"The God of Festivals is out and so is the Greatest Criminal Mind with a single backflip to his truck!" Chris said. "Already?!"
Ratigan's truck wasn't really flipped over or anything, but you couldn't really drive.
"Yes, I was much more surprised by the backflip button, an absurd addition that you clearly liked." Ratigan turned it around on the host.
Yes, two were already done with their races and the rest were about to get right into the many ramps that were designed to mess up their trucks, Joe and Bowser leading the charge on the hilly ramps.
"You wanna eat my dust!" Robotnik, hanging on in third, said.
"I'm interested in eating dust, dummy!" Ken remarked.
Robotnik and Ken were going bumper-to-bumper for fourth and these mini-ramp were already causing a little bit of a problem for one person.
"NONONONONO!" Ashido panicked, trying to climb one of the later ramps.
The pink-skinned teen actually managed to do it, but at a notable cost of being 11th.
Either way, the hills were not done because there was a much bigger one coming up that the trucks handled, Robotnik literally slipping down to 9th place and Emma slowly climbed the hill.
*Robotnik's confessional*
He just put his hands on the toilet.
"Of course these trucks do not have much traction, it is in the middle of Feburary!" Robotnik shouted. "This challenge really does get on my nerves, so Chris is really doing a good job!"
*Confessional cut*
Even in rage, Robotnik was doing infinitely better than Manolo for obvious reasons.
"I'm still surprised that I kinda got the gist of-"
Manolo couldn't even finish that sentence before slipping on a leaf pile.
"Well, that could have ended worse-"
His truck definitely slipped right into the middle of a deep puddle of mud and other stuff and it somehow reached into the undercarriage.
"Why did I say those things? Did I get a curse or something?"
"And Manolo gets stuck in the deep mud!" Chris announced. "Kinda impressed that this island could do that."
"Yep, it's fixed."
Next up was a very weird and very curvy flat sections filled with corners too tight for a goddamn monster truck, which definitely didn't tip off a few people, Ashido barely holding onto the wheel.
"There is no way that this course is manageable!" Ashido was steering awkwardly. "How did the interns survive this?"
"Probably with some injuries!" Sakura said. "Like Manolo probably has!"
"Oh no, Manolo."
"Yeah-WATCH OUT!"
"What?!"
Ashido's truck flipped upside down thanks to a stray spring that sparked some confusion in the group.
"There's springs now?!" Sticks shouted.
"Of course, there's springs. Man doesn't knot anything but death traps." Spider-Punk roasted Chris.
These two were 5th and 6th, by the way.
"Nice burn, Spider-Punk."
The trucks were cornering and inevitably, another spring actually came out to slip under one of the wheels of the racers.
"Jesus [frickin'] Christ, what was that?!" Ramona looked back to see Sakura's truck basically fall on its side. "This guy can't be for real."
*Ramona's confessional*
"I can't believe that I'm getting used to this kind of madness. What is wrong with me?" She complained, aware of her lacking anger.
*Confessional cut*
"And bam, Sakura, with glasses for some reason, got thrown with one of the springs, unlucky!"
DNF: Ratigan, Tengen, Sakura (AKA Mamizou) and Ashido
Ramona could only witness the craziness up front with the dudes and Undyne going bumper-to-bumper on the next section on the mega monster truck course that was made to total trucks.
Like the next one, which was just a whirlpool-esque hole.
Joe, Undyne, Bowser and Ken were the top 4 all definitely avoiding and they all wisely stayed away from the hole in the middle, staying on the edges.
Mostly because they were all chasing each other, but Android 21 thought differently, thanks to her solid calculations.
"Predictable." She huffed, sliding on the hole slopes. "Wait, if he controls the island than it means that it could be much stronger than it really should be."
She kept on riding the slopes at the perfect angle and Emma clearly didn't, being a bit lower than her.
"What are you doing, you're smarter than this!" 21 called her out.
"I'm just trying to win, ok!" Emma responded cheekily.
And then her truck slowly slid into the hole, leaving MK to kinda look at her.
*MK's confessional*
"That was actually kinda wrong and it really shouldn't register to me, but hey, I ain't the one accepting some tweens to do challenges this dangerous! Still I'm in 5th place!"
*Confessional cut*
"I think you might wanna be careful with Emma." Chef said. "She's an orphan child."
Chris smiled anyways.
MK somehow slipped in between Undyne and Android 21.
"What's up, losers?" MK asked.
The top 6 were past the hole and the rest were trying to get lucky.
"Spider-Punk, don't be like Emma!" Sticks shouted. "Even if she's nice!"
"Trust me, I've got this on lock."
The anarchist superhero just decided to ride on the edges of the whirlpool and gained a decent amount of momentum, which was kinda enough to get him out of the bottom five.
Except it did have a bit of a cost, albeit indirect with Sticks decided to accidentally tip over the mud whirlpool to try and overtake anyone and uh, the truck did flip right into the hole.
Sticks' truck landed upside down with Emma's truck being crushed.
"Boom, Sticks and Emma are both out! What a coincidence!"
Sticks got out of the truck, as her and Emma watched both trucks explode rather inexplicably, united in their awe at the explosion.
"No, that cost so much! Those things cost like a 1,000 dollars each!"
*Emma's confessional*
"Sometimes, I think of my own mortality and then I wonder how Chris hasn't made a challenge that has killed us yet." She had a very traumatised look. "At least I'm lucky in life and this game."
*Confessional cut*
13 remained and some of them were starting to notice a little something with this track and others were still trying to ruin some paintjobs.
"No way that you're driving better than me!" Bowser shouted.
"Yes, I am, what are you gonna do about it!" Joe said.
These two were having their own slapfight, though Android 21 and Ken were taking up third and fourth place and the truck race was so close that you'd swear that MK shunted 21 from sixth place.
Fifth was Spider-Punk, by the way.
The next part was the oil slip in the winter mud, which was probably absolute hell for the interns to implement and for Joe and Bowser became another background to their slopfight.
"How are you even slapping with one hand?" Joe mocked
"The same way you are. I'm doing for this for the bad guys!" Bowser said.
These two were definitely slipping and turning, but not nearly as much as some people were thanks to not having been in a monster truck before like Sakura and Ermes, who was slippin' and slidin' around.
"Whoa, does Chris find this fun?" Ermes asked.
"He finds it fun to watch-" Sakura saw an explosion. "-I find it fun to dri-EEEEEE!"
Sakura was skidding out of control, as Ermes raised an eyebrow at the robot fan behind her.
"Goddamn, bitch." The prisoner muttered.
"I'd suggest you get out of the way first." Eggman suggested. "Or you'll be shoved out of the way."
"Yeah, yeah, you first."
Robotnik and Ermes were going robot-to-robot, Stand-to-Stand, as they got out their own specialised tools to give each other the hand-to-hand, while trying to stay on the oil slick.
Sakura already gotten out of her truck, but her truck got flipped up by the fight.
"And Sakura's out of the race, while Ermes and Robotnik get familiar with each other...again."
Spider-Punk and Puss were both doing surprisingly good all things considered.
"I don't believe in you having an accident." Spider-Punk asked faceitously.
"Calm down, I don't even know how to drive this thing! But yet..."
Puss was keeping his hands on the wheel.
"...this truck can't get the best of me."
"That's great, mate, what the hell is happening in front of us?"
"It's lava, man!"
*Puss' confessional*
"I dedicate my next jump to Kitty, you're the greatest Senorita that one cat could have." Puss said. "I don't need a license to drive, only one to be fearless!"
*Confessional cut*
Speaking of a lava jump, Joe and Bowser easily cleared the jump while trying to out-race each other and Android 21 just barely did becvause she wasn't a truck driver.
"How do you even do that, that cannot be easy." 21 complained, getting brake-checked by Bowser. "I will neutralise you, big Koopa!"
"I already got neutralised, just lemme have this one!" Bowser said. "Do you know what it's like being small?"
"No, that must suck."
"Yeah, it kinda does, duh!"
Android 21 saw her boyfriend make the jump and got bumped off by some rock, but he was alive and tearing up the heated dirt and Ermes only kept her eyes on the road.
Robotnik really didn't thanks to the robots on his wheels, him now being 6th place and definitely noticing that MK passed him.
"Yeah, you're not gonna getting away that easy!" Robotnik exclaimed.
MK stepped on the accelarator for obvious reasons, though it was too late for Robotnik since he ended up with his truck inside the mini-lava river and getting some lava-marinated wheels.
"And Robotnik's out from the first lava jump! What a way to go out!"
Robotnik tried a little something, but he couldn't really do anything due to the engine actually exploding under him, so he only did the escape button.
DNF: Ivo Robotnik, Sakura, Emma, Sticks, Tengen, Ratigan, Manolo, Ashido and Mamizou
When he finally did escape, Sakura was giving a mean look towards the shapeshifting tanuki.
"I apologise for my strategy, I was only playing the game." Mamizou calmly spoke. "Unlike you, I do not pretend that this challenge is any way fun."
"I'm just excited because I thought it was like the Fast and Furious movies! Didn't really say it was fun, though." Sakura explained herself. "Why did you shapeshift into me!"
"Because this is the merge and driving these things is not something I'm willing to have on my reputation."
"Respectable move, but that's still dirty and kinda mean."
Sakura and Mamizou had a little bit of bad blood now, as Robotnik and Ratigan started to give each other a very mean girl-esque look.
*Robotnik's confessional*
He was moritifed.
"All two of those robots and they still didn't help me in steering this 1,000 dollar monster truck, which now that I'm thinking about it, was entirely too predictable. For all of the downsides, Mamizou and MK aren't too popular around here, so they should be easy boots to further our game." He mused quietly. "But I don't do easy."
*Confessional cut*
Second lava jump, almost everyone made it across the slightly wider gap with a weird trick ramp.
"Puss don't go over that trick ramp, it's trying to mess with you!" Spider-Punk shouted.
"Well, it can't mess with me if I don't go on-"
Somehow, Puss found a boost panel and that was the end of his race.
"Oh, Puss found that special trap that I personally put right over there! You hate to see it!" Chris announced.
"I would hate it more if he didn't get STOLEN MILK!" Chef screamed.
"Calm down, Chef, there's still more to this race!"
MK, Bowser, Joe, Undyne, Spider-Punk, Ermes, Ken and Android 21 were all that remained of the monster truckers and there was another two lava jumps to weed out the weak.
The third jump wasn't really anything spectacular since it was another straight one at a kinda weird angle, but the fourth was a little odd since it led to a whole truss section that hung above an probably impossible pool of lava.
Which didn't help beat the deathtrap allegations with how Joe and Undyne were both struggling to control their trucks.
"How the hell does Chris even have a pool of lava?" Undyne asked.
"The same way that he does half of these challenges, this island is fake!" Joe was offended.
"I know, right!"
"Yeah!"
By the way, despite Bowser easily handling the heat and the fact he probably had something like this, he was only in 3rd place and even Spider-Punk and Ken were on his ass.
The big turtle on campus couldn't really shove them out of the way, since they were basically parallel and then when the lava section ended into some kind of massive drop, somebody had to drop out.
Bowser was seething at Joe and Undyne enjoying the ride.
"Oh, Bowser is mad, I bet he's gonna-OH, OH NO! CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ANDROID 21'S OUT OF THE RACE!" Chris announced. "Gonna be honest, I do not want to be on the end of her beam barrage."
"Wow and she's shooting indiscriminately, too!" Chef could only be concerned. "And she hit her boyfriend!"
"Not much of a surprise, Ken's not gonna like that!"
Bowser could only gawk in awe.
*Bowser's confessional*
"Android 21, you made an enemy of me! You can blow up my friends, my kingdom and my ships, but you do not blow up your potential romantic partner!"
He paused.
"You make them watch your blow up random people, gosh, she doesn't know how it works! You do evil stuff together, you don't drop your evil on top of 'em!" He ranted.
*Confessional cut*
Joe, Bowser, Undyne and Spider-Punk were pretty much battling for the win and MK and Ermes were literally racing to not get last on the final section of the race.
Though it was not close in last place.
"Not gonna lie, I don't like my odds." MK said. "My odds of having my alliance partner with me."
The black-haired pickpocket realised that something went wrong when her vehicle got throttled, Ermes going on through completely fine and that was a bad one.
"First place will get a special advantage that I definitely forgot to introduce and totally wasn't a surprise!" Chris shouted.
"Imagine that."
Chef's remark did not go unnoticed between all of the current monster truckers and it was a whole assortment of chaos between Ermes, Undyne and Bowser, basically ruining many paintjobs.
Joe jumped over that ramp, landed and did a "WOOOOO!" to his wonder.
"And congratulations, Joe Swanson has won the challenge and a mystery note! Also, immunity."
Spider-Punk and Undyne quickly followed him up.
"Spider-Punk and Undyne just have regular immunity, still respectable."
MK's truck was still throttled to hell and back and it just had rolled over the ramp, though by this time, she was unknowingly screwed.
"Ermes and Bowser have finished the race, but are up for elimination! And MK has also finished!"
MK's truck all of a sudden worked normally, as Ermes looked at her in a manner that was mad.
"Wait, something about this feels familiar." MK said. "Listen, I'm gonna negotiate my way outta elimination."
"Dumbass, that's not how it works! Actually, I don't know how it works, but I have a bad omen about this." Ermes complained.
"Dunno if omens count for anything, but Chris is hiding something."
"Yeah."
Chris and Chef walked up to the two of them.
"MK's eliminated, booted off the island, out of the competition 'cause she was technically last place. Everybody else didn't finish the race, don't know what to tell you!"
MK and Ermes concerns turned into full-on outrage.
"WHAT!"
Chris definitely got an earful.
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT [POOP, THAT'S [BULLPOOP]!" Ermes screamed. "I'm gonna kick your ass!"
"Yeah, there's literally nothing I could do. Not to mention, I swear my truck went slower at the end!" MK protested. "I got cheated."
"She definitely got cheated, her truck got slower for no reason!"
"First off, the interns tested the trucks and they were all fine. Secondly, she is lucky to not get eliminated now 'cause she was cheating like crazy." Chris announced. "Doesn't mean that MK can't still vote."
"You know what, I'm still mad, but it's a fair compromise." MK shrugged her shoulders.
"[Ship, this isn't going to be a good night for us." Ermes just slammed the ground. "I'm not gonna say it."
"Eh, don't worry about it. Julia's gonna be more pissed than you." MK remarked. "Doesn't mean we still can't get revenge."
"Oh yeah, those [buttholes] definitely had something to do with it." Ermes said.
While Joe, Undyne and Spider-Punk were taking the time to celebrate, one of them was thinking about things.
*Joe's confessional*
He was trying to figure stuff out.
"First off, MK kinda sucks at monster trucks, so I don't know she's blaming the three douchebag cheaters and secondly, she isn't wrong. These guys have no immunity, they're probably going to do some stupid bull like try to eliminate Manolo." Joe said.
*Confessional cut*
Emma and Sticks, aside from their one scrape, were walking together for the second time in this season and it was around the even odder Spider-Punk, who was trying to make a refigerator.
"Hey, are you trying to make a fridge?" Sticks asked.
"Yes, why are you saying fridge?" Spider-Punk said. "You don't even know what a Tesco's is."
"It's an alien, right?"
"Honestly, I'm a fan of that theory, even if it's likely not true." Emma commented. "So, Bowser?"
"Good enough." Spider-Punk said. "It's in your best political interest to vote a totalitarian off and the man's annoying."
"Good points! Though I haven't seen Bowser-oh yeah, he's not a pescatarian." Sticks stated. "Bet he's getting an idol about now."
"Yep."
Spider-Punk and Sticks were instantly running, leaving Emma to run towards the cabin.
"Good talk?" She said in confusion. "This show's really starting to scare me."
*Emma's confessional*
She only shed two tears.
"I feel like I'm going to be backstabbed because this competition's basically a social game where everyone wants to backstab people. I really, really, really don't like getting eliminated because of villains plotting my downfall for no reason."
*Confessional cut*
Two posters of Emma and Manolo were on the backboard that Robotnik had set up and it was obvious that he was having "Hedgehog Derangement Syndrome" at this current moment, considering his frantic pacing and frustrated frown.
"Should we really vote off someone that is incapable of winning a challenge, especially in her current state?" Ratigan suggested. "I'm as frustrated as you, but that's not a wise idea."
"Yeah, that is not for this episode. I don't know when it will be, but it will be coming soon." Robotnik explained. "Manolo will be our target."
"Oh yeah, the man who could absolutely lose a challenge entirely because of his home dimension's current time period." Ratigan mocked. "Why not Mamizou or Android 21, they will easily win."
"Haven't you forgotten the original purpose of this alliance. It's not about feeling, it's about strategy and voting off Manolo is the current strategy!" Robotnik ranted. "Do you know why he defies us? Why, he doesn't like cheating!"
"I wouldn't like to be the victim of cheating...or the victim of two godly women." Ratigan remarked. "Bowser should have been here by now, you're tiring when you get like this."
"I'm a man of passion, media and telenovelas. Yeah, Sonic may have-"
Bowser smacked open the door, as the rat and the bald man looked at him with a very sudden smile, thanks to one thing.
"We got this, men of villainy!" Bowser said, carrying that classic idol. "We can boot off that loser, Manolo Sanchez."
"Exactly. Unless some of them anticipates the idol and redirects their vote against me for obvious reasons." Robotnik hypothesized. "Bowser, keep on being yourself."
"Didn't know that you could strategically be a douche. Man, I love this game." Bowser said. "Seriously though, Android 21 and Mamizou will probably get eliminated next time, Ratigan, so just wait."
"Yes, but my performance this challenge was abhorrent and theirs were, at least, decent." Ratigan grumbled, only rubbing his forehead. "Not to mention, their strength basically anywhere means they'll easily win-"
"Patience, my fellow genius, patience." Robotnik said. "Also, Bowser makes a good point."
*Ratigan's confessional*
He broke a already useless light bulb.
"Well, that took care of my anger. I think if we eliminate Manolo, we will see the Joe that so delicately drove his way to victory and also, the Joe that might murder Robotnik tomorrow." He elaborately calmly. "Which I actually forgot to tell him about, but I value my life and sanity."
*Confessional cut*
MK and Ermes were having a bit of a hard time being convincing.
"Don't vote for Bowser! He probably has some idol!" MK shouted.
"Why should I listen to you?" Joe asked. "You've been to jail at least once and stole like $10,000 worth of stuff and Ermes is an armed robber."
"And you cheated, why I would believe anything you tell me?" Manolo suggested. "Though Bowser could have an idol."
"It makes sense, but you aren't honest."
MK and Ermes moved to the God of Festivals, a man who was so unimpressed with them that he could only glare at them.
"You guys are not quiet by any means, I already know that he has an idol." Tengen said. "Also, MK, please be more flashy next time and Ermes, keep up the fashion."
"Wait, it really should the other damn way around." Ermes told Tengen. "Thanks for the info, though."
"No problem, Bowser's unflashy as all hell."
Ermes and MK looked a little happier.
*Tengen's confessional*
He sighed deeply.
"Should I tell people about Bowser's idol, because as much as I'm a demon slayer, I haven't seen him eat people once and not to mention, the guy's flashy. At least I'm gonna tell Sticks, Spider-Punk, Puss and maybe...Emma? I don't even know if he still has one, but this is just shinobi intuition at this point."
*Ramona's confessional*
"Well, I guess I'm going to have to team up with criminals to take some villains. Not the first that I've had relations with [buttholes]." She sighed, clearly trying to consider her game.
*Sticks' confessional*
"Apparently, Tesco's being governed by the fine people in the UK, but since they're not from my side of reality, they are aliens of a different kind."
She looked around the confessional, returning to a less Windsor-ish accent.
"Why did I speak like for some crummy British store, scratch that, crummy alien store!"
*Confessional cut*
Surprisingly, I'm not gonna take too long for this elimination for an episode that already taken too long.
"You guys have some kinda predictable votes, but hey, not every elimination is gonna be the craziest thing ever! I'd ask for idols, but you know, no-one has them for some reason."
Bowser did a fake cough.
"Uh, yeah, I do and it's kinda crazy how I'm gonna play it. Better hope you guys didn't all just vote for me."
"Alright, it looks like the real deal...and it is the real deal! Bowser voters, you will be disappointed, not unlike today's challenge, because most of you sucked today! Even if it was awesome TV!"
Chef coughed.
"I'm not gonna call out somebody that saved themselves, Bowser or somebody that's got karma heading their way, MK!" Chef said. "Uh, Manolo, you were terrible at the truck and that means something to these people."
"Are you sure about that?" Manolo asked, looking towards a miffed Joe.
"Don't care. Robotnik, you're insufferable and smart, practically screaming you've got some kind of alliance behind you."
"Insufferable and alliance is self-contradictory, voters!" Robotnik spoke with the flair.
"Uh, Android 21? You're overpowered and didn't rescue Chris on time, which is exactly like last time."
Android 21 looked quite ashamed, as did Ken.
"Which one of you will join the ever shameful MK." Chris threw some shade on MK, though it was more like a blackout curtain at this point.
...
...
"Joe, Undyne and Spider-Punk have immunity, so obviously they get marshmallows!"
"Ken!"
"Ashido!"
"Emma!"
"Ermes!"
"Tengen!"
"Puss In Boots!"
"Ramona!"
"Sticks!"
"Mamizou!"
"Sakura!"
"And Bowser thanks to his idol, which absolutely saved him!"
...
...
"Ratigan got two votes!"
Sticks and Spider-Punk got their weird looks.
*Spider-Punk's confessional*
He was ridiculously disappointment.
"I can tell that all these guys piled their votes on the big koopa, which absolutely didn't help our case. Did the mandem really let capitalist stereotype rat through?"
*Confessional cut*
"So did Robotnik, hilariously enough!"
Tengen gave a confused side-eye at Joe and Manolo.
*Manolo's confessional*
"Robotnik's not actually that strong or that smart, but I guess I was really wrong, because Bowser's a lowkey pendejo. I am so sorry, father and mother."
He then prayed to the Lord himself for grace.
*Confessional cut*
It was down to the already eliminated pickpocket, the doomed romantic pacifist and the pink beam shooter.
...
...
...
"Android 21 has 3 votes and Manolo somehow has 4 votes, what a shame."
"Hey, it's not really fine, but Joe, Undyne and the rest of you good guys, you get my blessing to go through further in the game!" Manolo had his parting words. "Joe, please do not choke Robotnilk."
Joe and Robotnik looked absolutely incensed.
"Manolo and MK, you two better go or you'll witness-"
Joe and Robotnik leapt for each other.
Manolo and MK got carried away, yada yada.
*Manolo's elimination confessional*
"I know that Joaquin and Maria's gonna bug me when I get back without the trophy, but I'm more scared of my father, since he definitely will be disappointed that I didn't get the prize...or he could be impressed that I survived a lava challenge!"
The guy sighed.
"Either way, I'm satisfied with my position, even if it means that Joe and Robotnik's going to be fighting for the foreseeable future and that I might not see the friends that I made here."
*MK's eliminated confessional*
"Double the cast, double the fun and honestly, they're not wrong. It was fun to mess with 'em, be with 'em and heck, even cheat with a few of them, it was a good time to be had besides getting cheated off the show! Kinda poetic, huh, Julia, I know you're waiting to see me and rib me a little...and get the opportunity to hate on everybody together, kinda missed the hating!"
She awkwardly laughed.
*Confessional cut*
"For some odd reason, this episode took a little bit too long, but I know that some of you guys like that for some reason! That will change on TOTAL DRAMA X: WINTER WARRIORS!"
To be continued in Episode 18, which is just another challenge with an uninteresting side-effect and totally not something that will make the contestants wish they were actually dead.
Which wouldn't really be too far from the truth, as the depths of Pahkitew are truly remarkable and definitely will make their wishes almost possible.
Anyways, MK made it to the merge twice and she did it with gusto, effort and most importantly, ingratiating herself with the team, but with her usual tricks getting exposed and Ratigan giving her a goodbye gift, she couldn't last long in this season's merge.
Still better than half of the ladies.
It hurts me to eliminate Manolo, but that's the way the cookie crumbles and plus it does make sense, Joe's one of those guys that will cause mayhem when his friends are in danger or he's in trouble! Still don't know why I had him fighting a bear in that one episode, but he kept to his word through out almost all of these episodes!
RIP Manolo, he had a great movie.