"In the last episode of Total Drama," Chris recapped, "Our teams took a dive into the depths of the lake." The scene flashed back to the campers swimming in the lake, then to Luna and Dawn's fight. "Some fought," he continued. The scene changed to Lucas and Helen getting slammed against the wall. "Some fell..." The scene changed to the angler fish changing into ladybugs before it stomped on Shane. "And some were saved by fortune and love. How cheesy."
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The scene changed to the Frogs confronting Scarlett, Valerie, Jo and Samey. "There was a LOT of drama," Chris continued, "As the Villain Alliance got more exposed on the Frogs' end." The scene changed to Scarlett talking to Brick and Phoebe. "But only Keith was put into a precarious spot once his position was exposed to his allies." The scene changed to the teams entering the tunnels and to Valerie and Anne-Maria fighting off the mechanical hippo. "The teams had to go underwater to find some old caves filled with everything dangerous like robotic animals we sent..." The scene changed to Bella and Helga's fight. "And more strange people, like a love-obsessed cow lady with a cowbell..." The scene changed to Ingrozi speaking with Shane. "The slender man from the slasher challenge..." The scene changed to Uraya attacking some of the campers. "And that lady with the cat puns. I heard the others called them demons, but ohh-wee, didn't know demons were hot!" Chris cleared his throat as the scene changed to Dawn trapping Uraya. "And Dawn somehow turned the last one into a flower."
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The scene changed to Bowie and Anthony's talk. "There were also some MAJOR reveals," Chris continued, "Like Bowie having MK's phone of confessionals as a backup on his Villain Alliance..." The scene changed to Dawn revealing the truth to Scott, Ethan and Lightning. "Melody being Dawn's long-lost sister who was apparently kidnapped..." The scene changed to Keith diving for Phoebe's stuffed penguin. "And that Keith actually has a heart by supposedly sacrificing himself to save Phoebe's toy." The scene changed to Keith flipping off the Villain Alliance. "And being the first proper Villain Alliance deserter."
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The scene changed to the Rats at the elimination story and Ezekiel's elimination. "And to top it off," Chris continued, "Ezekiel sacrificed himself despite not being on the losing team in order to make Bridgette happy, believing Geoff was getting the boot..." The scene changed to Bridgette failing to warn Ezekiel before he was hurled. "Only that it was actually Julia who was gonna get the boot. Whoops." The scene changed to Ella and Ethan talking after the challenge. "Oh, and there was something about Ella and Ethan."
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The scene returned to Chris on the dock. "Yeah, there was a lot," he narrated. "And I hope there will be more today in this new episode of Total...Drama...Island!"
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It was early the next morning. "Are we seriously gonna do these villain meetings every morning?" Valerie complained. "I need beauty sleep here."
"Where's that meathead Keith?" Heather demanded. "He's late again."
"He ditched the alliance last night," Max informed her, "Which you would have known had you attended the meetings like you should!"
"Now, now," Alejandro told the duo. "No need to let this tiny setback tear us apart. We must plan our next course of action."
"Easy for you to say," Heather scoffed. "Thanks to Squirrel Scout, I must rely on invincibility while you and Sugar sit pretty."
"Don't act like you're special," Julia scolded. "I nearly got eliminated because of that surfer idiot last night! I need immunity more!"
"I suppose that makes the Frog members the middle ground," Scarlett blandly deduced. "Valerie was able to stomp some suspicions regarding the alliance out."
"But that outback giant seemed to know way more than she should," Valerie reminded her. "Plus, you basically gave away the alliance to your mini-alliance of Nerd and Fangirl."
"But she'll be taken care of soon," Samey quickly said. "Anyway, what's the plan, guys? We need a plan!"
"Easy," Scott chuckled. "We're getting there. Since the Villain Bears are the safest regarding its members, we should set up one of the good guys to fall. I'm thinking Shawn."
"Why him?"
"Cause he's easier to do. Just spook him with something zombie-like."
"Uh, what about Blainley instead? Everybody hates her, so you don't even need to do too much hard work to get rid of her."
"Point is we get the Bears to lose and send one of those losers packing," Julia cut in. "Sounds good."
"Got ourselves a plan," Scott chuckled as he stood up. "Guess we can call this meeting off now. Care to join me, Bowie?"
"You two can't walk off now!" Valerie scolded. "We still got some pressing matters to take care of first."
"We can deal with it later, and you can't tell me what to do like Mawmaw does. Let's go." Scott and Bowie walked out of the cave. "Change of plans, dude," Scott whispered once they were a good distance away. "Someone in the alliance can't be trusted."
"What are those two boys talking about?" Heather wondered.
"Change of plans!" Luna exclaimed as she dragged Heather back. "Them boys are gonna try something sneaky, but we can flip-flip-flip the tables on them!"
"What?!" Max protested. "So you want to toss away our brilliantly EVIL plan we just created?"
"Oh, no," Valerie assured him. "We're just, um, planning a failsafe for emergencies. But it shouldn't be needed since you'll be in charge and carry out our first plan. After all, only the evilest member of the alliance is capable of this feat."
"About time you started to respect my genius. To villainy!" Max started to run out of the cave. "Works every time," Valerie slyly chuckled. "So, what's this 'failsafe'?"
"We use Scottie's trick against him," Luna explained. "Get one of them loser Rats to go."
"In case you've forgotten," Scarlett reminded her, "Julia is public enemy number one on the Rats and she is infamous on the other teams, as well."
"Had Ezekiel not quit last time," Julia added, "You guys would've lost your most valuable member. The Rats can't risk losing again."
"But what about that Emma gal?" Luna recalled. "Or Gamer Guy's bratty girl? You were still baddie number one to vote off and get flung."
"But the Rats have become wiser to Julia's tricks," Alejandro pointed out.
"Not mine!" Luna let out a manic giggle. "Okay..." Julia wearily spoke up. "But if your little plan fails, it'll be your head, not mine."
"Have I ever failed you before?" Luna sweetly replied.
"Guess we can call our meeting to a close," Alejandro decided. "And we'd better head back before we attract more unwanted attention."
A few minutes later at the cabins, Ethan was straightening up some papers. "Good morning, Ethan," Ella greeted as she skipped inside. "What are those papers you have there?"
"These aren't mine," Ethan explained. "Ezekiel wrote them. He asked me to deliver them to Sir Geoffrey so he may present them to Miss Bridgette."
"Speaking of, how are you doing now? I know Ezekiel was a friend of yours."
"It's a little sad that he decided to quit. He was doing so well, too."
"I agree. I don't like seeing my friends leave."
"Well, all we can do is try our best in the challenges so that won't happen." The duo heard a slight rumble outside. "What was that?" Ethan thought.
"Will you Frogs keep the racket down?" Lucas, now with a dark-blue towel wrapped around his body, complained as he stood at the door of the spa hotel alongside Helen. "I'm trying to enjoy this place after so long!" Suddenly, an avalanche of snow swept out of the Frog cabin, engulfing Ethan, Ella, Lucas and Helen. "Oh, boy," Samey breathed out as she stuck her head outside the cabin. "Looks like I overdid the snow. Sorry, guys!"
"Whee!" Ella giggled as she Ella back into the snow. "A snow day! Thank you so much!"
"You might want to get some warmer clothes on first," Ethan advised. "Snow's cold, you know."
"T-t-tell me about it," Lucas shivered as his skin turned as blue as his mask. "I knew snow was cold, but never like this." Helen noticed a dark-blue towel flying by and quickly grabbed it. "Then you might wanna put this on," she whispered to Lucas, with his skin now becoming purple from a mix of the cold and embarrassment.
Confessional: Helen (Screaming Gophers)
"I thought I told you to give Lucas a break, universe!"
End Confessional
A short time later, a rat with a large brain was scurrying across the ground. An eagle tried to swoop down, but the rat's eyes glowed for a second and stopped the eagle. It flung the eagle back before scurrying off. "Fascinating," Scarlett gasped as she scribbled something down on a clipboard while she followed the rat. It soon scurried into the kitchen, where most of the campers were eating breakfast. Sam took one bite of his gruel but immediately spit it out. "Now I know why gruel rhymes with cruel," he moaned. He then noticed the gruel splattered on Julia and Scott's face. "Oh, sorry, guys," Sam apologized. He was then hit in the chin by Julia's bowl.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
He was whittling a stick with his shark tooth. "Ha-ha, wimp. I grew up on a dirt farm. I can always chomp on a clod if I get the munchies." He bit into a hard piece of dirt and chewed it, but noticed his teeth shattering afterwards.
End Confessional
Anne-Maria was spraying her hair while Topher was trying to eat. "Do you mind?" he coughed out. "I get maintaining good hair, but I don't want my food to taste like hairspray."
"So you wanna eat Chef's crap?" Anne-Maria whipped back.
"Um...good point. Just don't aim for anyone's lungs next time, okay?" Down at the table, Brick and Jo were quickly downing spoonfuls of gruel when Brick accidentally swallowed his spoon and started to choke. "Easy, Jarhead," Jo told him. "Don't wet your panties." She punched him in the back, making him cough out his spoon. "Things to ask Ella..." Shane quietly thought as he wrote in a little notebook. "Uh, does she like waffles..." He was knocked back by the spoon, flinging his book away. "I got it!" Zoey shouted as she dove for the book. However, she ended up landing face-first into Sky's bowl of gruel, with the pages getting coated. "I don't got it," Zoey moaned.
"Points for effort, Zoey," Shane assured her as he walked over to the table and grabbed his notebook. "No need to fret over."
"Look like you got my buddy all filthy, you nasty boy," Sugar scolded while Sky plucked some gruel out of her hair. "Go tell him off, Sky!"
"It was just an accident," Sky shrugged. "It's no big deal."
"No big deal?! Shane did it! On purpose! And you HATE him!"
"An accident, Sugar. Don't try to blow it out of proportion."
"Accident, my ass! It-" As Sugar slammed her first down onto the table, the Bears' food went flying until it went SPLAT all over Sugar's head and face. "Maybe we should...just get cleaned up," Zoey sighed.
"Good idea," Sky agreed as she stood up. "Let's go." The duo and Shane walked off, unaware of Sugar's seething expression under all the gruel. However, they were surprised to see the snow still outside the cabins. "Hey, guys," Samey greeted as she shoveled some snow away from the door. "Don't ask."
Confessional: Zoey (Frogs of Death)
"Honestly, I haven't been feeling the best recently. First, I couldn't get Mike to talk, then there was the whole mess with that stone, and now I botched my attempt to help Shane. It's like I'm starting to become a walking disaster."
End Confessional
Back in the main lodge, Brick regained his breath when he noticed Phoebe and Barry walking over. "Morning, Phoebe," he began. "What's with the clothes in your hands?"
"A new superhero outfit just for you," Phoebe announced, "So we can become heroes and defeat the bad guys." She slipped the outfit over Brick. He now wore a camo-colored one-piece suit with a forest-colored jacket unzipped, a forest-green cape and a camo-colored eye mask. Jo simply laughed at the cadet's new outfit. "Now here comes Super Whiz!" she teased.
"That's not funny, Jo," Brick scolded. "I happen to like it. Plus, it's comfy. Hmm, cotton."
"Whatever," Keith shrugged as he picked up a spoonful of gruel. "I'm just glad it didn't happen to me." He was about to take a bite... "That is gonna happen to me, isn't it?" he realized as he dropped the spoon.
"No worries, coach," Phoebe assured him as she held up a dark-gray shirt. "Barry helped me measure out an extra-large."
"At least we're in it together," Brick quietly told Keith, who was turning all shades of red as he sank in his seat.
Confessional: Keith (Frogs of Death)
He was now wearing a tight dark-blue shirt, dark pants, a dark-blue cape and a matching hood. "To the guys back home, anything smart and I'll clobber you."
End Confessional
"There's gotta be some protein in here somewhere," Lightning groaned as he picked up a spoonful of gruel. He ate the bite but started to choke. "Are you okay, Mister Lightning?" Phoebe asked.
"Don't worry," Dawn assured him as she walked over to him, "I'll save you." She performed the Heimlich on Lightning until he coughed out a cockroach. "Whoo," Lightning breathed out as Dawn picked up the bug. "That was a close one. Phew. Thanks, Creepy Girl."
"Hmm?" Dawn asked. "For what?" She stroked the cockroach with her finger. "You're safe now, little one." The cockroach purred in her hand. "Lookie, lookie," Luna giggled. "The girl who cared more for a bug than people." Dawn gave her a hard stare in response. "Huh," Scott noted, "Probably the first time she ever got mad."
"Look!" Cameron gasped as he saw the rat with the large brain. "A cute little oppotamus ovaticus."
"I wouldn't touch it," Scarlett advised as she kept writing on her clipboard.
"It's only a little mouse," Zee chuckled. "How bad can he be?" He reached towards the rat when it started to levitate. A second later, some CRASHES and screams were heard inside the main lodge. Everyone ran outside before a huge fridge hit them, though Zee was quickly tossed out afterwards. "What happened with you guys?" Samey asked with concern.
"Mutant mouse," Paul panted. "Stuff flying..."
"The Gophers should consider themselves lucky in that hotel," Nikki breathed out. "I saw my life flash before my eyes. It wasn't pretty."
"Attention, players," Chris announced over the loudspeakers, "Please head directly to the looming tragedy that is Mount Looming Tragedy. Your race begins...now!"
"Frogs, ho!" Jo rallied.
"Come on, Gophers!" Lacey told her team. "Let's not lose our hotel!" Everyone started running, some slower than others. Later, they were all gathered at the base of the mountain. "Did we win?" Sam panted. Cameron simply walked over to a bush and puked. "If we were hamsters," Jo told him, "I would've eaten you by now." A whistle caught everyone's attention. "Okay, mutant food," Chris began, "On with the challenge. Part one is an uphill battle. You have to climb all the way up to that cliff. First team to reach the top gets an advantage in part two. You can climb with your hands or use whatever you find in the pile. Don't worry, this junkyard doesn't have a dog..."
"Aw..." Phoebe pouted. "No doggie?"
"Fine by me," Helga shrugged.
"It has a giant mutant beetle!" Chris announced. A large beetle hissed at the group as its red eyes shined, frightening most of the teens. "Big guy's a bit of a hoarder," Chris explained. "His estate is full of useful crud and disgusting crud." The mutant beetle tossed away a toilet, which the teens ducked at. "That is, if you can get near it," Chris chuckled. Chef blew a loud horn from the peak. "It is on!" Chris announced.
"Let's hustle, guys," Lacey rallied.
"Double time!" Jo shouted to her teammates. Cameron was struggling to climb up. "Shirt so heavy," Cameron groaned. "Socks weigh me down..." He lost his grip, making him slide down...a foot down. "Okay, that's just sad," Mike noted as he looked down. "And why aren't you even trying to climb, Scarlett?"
"Physical challenges are not something I specialize in since my greater strength involves more mentally-tasking feats," Scarlett explained.
"Well, you can at least try," Nikki pointed out.
"I've got it!" Sierra squealed as she ran over to Scarlett and Cameron. She quickly started to weave something, and a second later, both Cameron and Scarlett were in a woven basket on Sierra's back. "How did you do that?" Cameron breathed out.
"Basket-weaving's in my blood," Sierra explained. "Now let's go!"
"Great thinking, Sierra," Zoey complimented as she hung onto a branch. "Keep up the good work." She screamed as her grip loosened. She was quickly pulled up before she fell. "Mike?" Zoey thought as she saw him on the ledge.
"Hey, Zoey," Mike replied with a bashful look.
"Um, thanks for the help."
"Anytime." The two looked each other in the eye, then shared a little smile. Back at the base of the cliff, Carly was nervously looking up at the mountain. "Come on already!" Heather complained as she climbed up. "We all have to reach the top first!"
"I know," Carly nervously replied. "I just wish I was good at climbing."
"Well, at least try," Leshawna assured her. "No harm in that." Carly nodded before starting to climb, but quickly fell down to the bottom. "I tried," she moaned. "And I blew it."
"Aw, cheer up," Helen encouraged. "It was still a good try."
"But an effort like that won't win us the challenge," Lacey sternly pointed out.
"I know," Carly sighed before perking up a little. "I bet the challenge would be much easier with an elevator on the mountain."
"Morningstar..."
"I know. No time for jokes."
"Actually, I think you gave us an idea to win! We can use the scraps to build us a pulley system. Morningstar, go get some rope. Helen, find some kind of basket. I'll handle the beetle."
Confessional: Carly (Screaming Gophers)
"Lacey liked the idea I had? Wow! Sounds like I'm finally getting on her good side!"
End Confessional
"Move it, maggots!" Jo shouted to her teammates as she climbed up the mountain. She then noticed Brick climbing behind her, followed by Keith with Phoebe piggybacking along. "Parents made me a climbing wall playpen," she boasted.
"I'm not impressed," Keith scoffed.
"Any climbing experience from you, Brick?" Phoebe asked.
"I conquered the Rock at a sergeant junior boot camp," Brick replied. "Dislocated my hip getting my obstacle course badge. Check this out." He twisted his body but winced as his arm got twisted. "Nice," Jo teased. "And when did you learn to dislocate your arm?"
"Just now," Brick squeaked out.
"Poor Brick," Phoebe moaned. "Can I help?"
"You help by staying put," Keith ordered. "Otherwise, you will fall down and crack your head like an egg."
"I-I-I don't want eggy head!"
"Then stay still. Brick can handle himself, even with a sore arm."
"Sha-zoom!" Lightning boasted as he climbed up. "Sha-boom! Sha-"
"Sha-shut your mouth for once!" Julia scolded as she climbed.
"Get ready to lose to a girl again!" Jo taunted.
"What girl?" Lightning asked. "Who's he talking about?" Meanwhile, Priya was steadily climbing up. "Whoo!" she hollered. "Let's win this, Millie! Millie?" She looked down to see Millie standing at the base of the cliff. "Millie, come on and climb!"
"I can't climb!" Millie shouted back to Priya.
"Yes, you can! I know it! And if we don't all get to the top, we'll lose the reward for the next challenge!"
"Um, Priya? Could we just not do this part of the challenge?"
"What?!" Priya soon lost her balance and fell down the mountain. "Why would you just give up on a challenge?" she protested.
"I told you I can't do it," Millie replied. "And besides, what's the point of doing this if there's another part?"
"I have to partially agree with Millie," Greg put in as he walked over. "We might want to conserve our energy for the second part of the challenge. That's where the fight for immunity is."
"You can at least try," Priya argued as she returned to her feet. "Even Ella's trying! Look." Up on the mountain, Ella, now with a purple fur cape under a blue dress, blue boots and purple earmuffs, was humming as she skipped ahead while some birds flew around her. "Okay, that's one way to do it," Greg noted with an odd look.
"And would the ladies be participating?" Chris asked Anne-Maria and Valerie as they fixed their hair.
"Have you seen my nails?" Anne-Maria told him. "This is why I drive with my feet."
"And there's no way I'm getting my outfit torn or filthy on that mountain," Valerie added.
"Well, Amy seems to be doing well," Topher noted. "Though she's hitchhiking on Jasmine."
"Mush!" Samey shouted to Jasmine as the two ascended the mountain. "Mush!"
"I'm going!" Jasmine whipped back. "No need to shout."
"Gotta throw the villains off-guard," Samey said in a hushed tone. "And you should know their next plan is to make the Rats lose. Don't know why, though. But we have to foil it somehow."
"Gonna be tricky to get them winning." Down below, Dawn was struggling to get up the mountain. "And I'm officially done," Sam decided as he slid down. "Good night, everybody."
"Come on, dudes!" Geoff rallied. "We can beat this mountain. We just need a good plan!"
"Good plan over here!" Luna shouted from the junk pile. "Ooh, Gophers got the plan, too!" Carly quickly rushed away with some rope in her hands. Back on the mountain, Julia was climbing up when she noticed some loose rocks. "Whoops!" she shouted as she kicked the rocks down. Mike quickly shielded Zoey from the rocks, but Jasmine and Samey were knocked down. "Don't touch the hair!" Anne-Maria scolded as she slapped Jasmine's hand away. Meanwhile, Lacey had put the beetle in a chokehold when she was knocked back by the beetle's fire breath. "Fire, too?" Sarah complained. "Seriously?!"
"We must distract his tortured soul," Dawn decided. She ran over to the pile just as Lacey and Sarah locked the fire breath with a refrigerator door. Dawn pulled out a recorder. "Toss it over!" Sam shouted. "I've got Folkman 3 at home and high score!"
"But this is real life, Sam," Anthony pointed. "Let me handle it. Dawn, over here!" He caught the recorder and started playing a little tune. The beetle noticed him and gave a hiss. "AH!" Anthony shouted as he dodged the fire breath. "Guess beetles don't like music!" He ran off, but not before pulling Sam away from the beetle's fire breath. "Found a tub, Lace," Sarah noted.
"Perfect," Lacey replied as she pulled it out of the junk pile. "Let's move!"
"Those guys might have the right idea," Ethan realized as he saw some more people scurrying to the junk pile. "We could use something from here." Back on the mountain, Lightning and Julia were close to reaching the top. "You know what to do," Chris ordered to Chef and Karol through a walkie-talkie. "Ice 'em."
"Chef, make way for the Lightning!" Lightning declared. "Sha-boom!" Chef tossed an ice block down, knocking Lightning, Julia and Scott off the mountain. "Oh, my," Ella gasped. "Are you alright?"
"I'm sure they will be," Alejandro assured her as he hopped up next to her. "They are strong." He quickly ducked two ice blocks down his way. "Please be careful up there," Ella advised. "You might hit somebody by mistake."
"It's not a mistake, fairy princess," Karol sternly told her.
Confessional: Karol
"While I have mainly kept my anger in check, I haven't forgotten what Alejandro did to my friend. As soon as those Bears lose again, I'll crush him and make sure he leaves this filthy camp!"
End Confessional
Jo dodged two ice blocks her way. "Gotta get up pretty early, Chef," Jo taunted. Brick gripped a pipe with his teeth as he climbed when an ice block hit his hand. "Okay, soldier," Keith decided as he picked up the cadet by the shirt. "You've suffered enough. Phoebe, keep a good hold on him."
"Aye-aye, coach," Phoebe saluted as she held Brick in a hug. Back on the ground, Carly and Sarah finished tying the rope on the corners of the tub. "Gopher Elevators," Lacey announced. "Our ticket to victory. Get in while Owen and I pull you up."
"How come I can't ride?" Owen asked.
"Because both of us are too heavy to be lifted and we might break it. Now hurry up, Gophers!" Carly stepped inside the tub, followed by Bryan, then Helen, and finally Lucas. "Going up!" Lacey warned as she and Owen tugged on the rope. The others on the mountain watched in surprise as the group of four were pulled up. "See you at the summit," Bryan told them.
Meanwhile, Anne-Maria was spraying her hair while Valerie painted her nails. "Hey," Jo called out, catching their attention. "Hey, poofhead. Too bad they don't make spray-on style. You could use some." Anne-Maria angrily crushed the hairspray in her hand. "What you say to me?" she demanded. "Oh, it is ON!" She started climbing the mountain. "Careful up there," Valerie advised, not taking her eyes off her nails. Chef tossed some ice blocks down, though Anne-Maria's hair shattered it. "Hey, quit it!" she scolded as she punched an ice block away. "I'm coming for you, pasty!" Jo simply smirked in response.
Confessional: Jo (Frogs of Death)
"Every team has a weak link. As leader, it's my job to find that link and manipulate it into doing whatever I want. Huh, leadership has its perks."
End Confessional
"Come on, guys," Priya rallied as she tossed a hooked line up. "Let's get climbing again." She started to climb up. Ethan shrugged before pulling out his sword and using it to climb. Shawn started using a pickax, Tyler used two plungers, and Sugar used a more creative measure with a blob of chewed gum. Over with the Rats, Sam and Anthony were getting punched by the mutant beetle. "Feel free to help anytime," Sam groaned. Dawn thought a moment before realizing something. "Wait!" she called out as she pulled something from her pocket. "Look." She opened her hands to reveal the small beetle from earlier. "I-is why you're so distraught?" The mutant beetle turned to see the small beetle scurry over to him. The mutant beetle patted the small beetle on the back, making it burp out a little fire. The duo soon scurried away. "That was beautiful," Dawn sighed.
"I can taste liver and spine," Anthony groaned. A whistle caught the Rats' attention. "Lookie lookie!" Luna exclaimed as she sat on a huge couch.
"Baking soda?" Bowie questioned. "A broken chair leg? Anthony and Sam were almost clobbered by a giant fire-breathing beetle so you could collect this?"
"Don't fret. It'll help us win and also be FUN."
"But 'fun' translated means 'pain'," Sam argued. "I'm not getting on that."
"I must agree with Sam," Dawn added. "I simply don't trust this."
"We busted our asses for this," Anthony sternly told the duo. "Now get on there!" He tossed them onto the couch, with most of the Rats joining their side. "You, too, Scott," Anthony ordered. Scott reluctantly grabbed onto the end of the couch. Luna smiled before lighting a fuse. A second later, a huge explosion went off as the couch rocketed up the mountain, passing everyone. At the summit, Jo reached the top first. "Yes!" she cheered as she jumped for joy. The tub was pulled up next, dropping off Carly, Helen, Lucas and Bryan. "Did we win yet?" Lucas thought. The group shared a shocked look as they saw the couch rocket up before crashing onto them. "I think that's a no," Bran groaned.
"You did it, Luna," Anthony congratulated. "You won us the challenge!" The Rats started to cheer...until Scott landed on the hard ground beside them. "OW!" he groaned.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
"Screw the Villains' plan to dump the Bears. Loony Luna has got to go!"
End Confessional
"Slow your roll, Sparrow," Chris told Anthony as he flew over with his jetpack. "I say who wins." Jo chuckled with confidence while Carly and Bryan tried to pull Lucas and Helen free. "The Rats," Chris announced, "Thanks to Luna." Most of the Rats started to cheer, though Scott had a slight scowl. "See how I do that better?" Chris told them.
"Wait a minute," Jo protested. "I got up here first. We won!"
"We won?" Brick asked as he, Keith and Phoebe walked over. "Yeah!" He then winced in pain. "Oh, no!"
"Brick, rest your arm, please," Phoebe advised. "It's hurt."
"First team to the top wins," Bryan corrected. "I assume that means the entire team and you're still missing some members."
"At least you managed to get some members up here," Alejandro noted as he jumped up to the top before helping Ella up. "Alas, it is only myself and Ella for the Bears."
"The Pink Princess?" Keith thought. "I figured out of everyone, Priya would be the most competent to reach the top." Anne-Maria growled as she reached the top. "Die, Blondie!" she shouted. She charged at Jo before throwing a punch, but it hit Brick instead and knocked him back. "Ow, ow, ow!" he cried out. "Hey, it's fixed. Thanks a-" He ended up falling off the mountain with a few THUDS. "My other arm," he moaned.
"Brick!" Phoebe cried out as she and Keith looked down.
"Who else is heading for a fall?" Chris narrated. "Literally. Find out after the break."
"I also bit my tongue!" Brick shouted.
(cue commercial)
Over on an icy plain, most of the campers were shivering. "Greetings, ice teens, Chris began as he and Chef revved over in a snowmobile. "Cold enough for you?"
"Ah, like home again," Helga sighed.
"The snow day continues!" Ella cheered. "How exciting!"
"Freezing our asses off ain't exciting!" Sugar angrily shouted. "And how come you've got warm clothes when we don't?!"
"She had it on earlier," Ethan defended. "And besides, it's not that cold, right?"
"E-easy for you to say," Julia stuttered. "You're not in shorts and a tank top!"
"Yeah," Lucas replied before letting out a cough.
"At least the outfits Phoebe made keep us a bit warm," Keith whispered to Brick.
"C-c-can we get on with the challenge?" Priya shivered.
"Part two of today's challenge is simple," Chris explained. "Capture the snow fort. To win, you either have to demo the enemy's fort or capture their flag and bring it back to your own fort." He motioned to two sloppy forts and two castle-like forts. "Rats won the first part, so they get first dibs on the forts. Gophers pick second, Frogs third and the Bears will have to settle for what's left over."
"Sha-sha-peasy," Lightning stuttered. "C-c-castle."
"Nuh-uh," Scott protested. "G-gotta be a trick. Nice on the outside means nasty on the inside. We'll take the shack over there." The Rats headed over to the mushy fort on the west. "Losers," Heather chuckled. "Let's grab a castle."
"Uh, wh-wh-which one?" Carly thought.
"Doesn't matter. They're the same." The Gophers walked over to the castle on the west side. "Other castle for us, then," Valerie decided as the Frogs headed to the castle on the east side.
"And we lucked out with the slushy fort," Priya complained. "See why we had to do our best in the first challenge, Millie?"
"But-but I told you-" Millie defended.
"It could still be nice on the inside," Ella put in. "It might even have a little fireplace to roast marshmallows or have hot cocoa inside."
"Like the positivity, Eleanor," Ethan chuckled. "Let's check it out." At the Rat fort, there were some slushy walls with a shovel and snowballs inside. "Great," Austin moaned. "The crappiness is thorough." Most of the team shot a glare at Scott, who only gave a nervous smile.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
"All part of the plan, heh-heh. Is it hot in here?"
End Confessional
"Inside the luxurious castle," Helen giggled as the Gophers walked to their castle. "Maybe it'll be all fancy with chandeliers and big tables and- Hey, where's our castle? All I can see are two walls."
"It was a trick?!" Leshawna complained.
"Wouldn't matter which castle we picked, huh?" Lacey accused as she and most of the Gophers glared at Heather. Back over by the Frogs, they were inside a full castle with plenty of snowballs, making them cheer. "What a bunch of suckers," Anne-Maria chuckled.
"Frogs rule!" Valerie boasted.
"This battle is so ours!" Brick exclaimed while Phoebe bandaged his sore arm.
"Yay..." Jasmine weakly cheered.
Confessional: Jasmine (Frogs of Death)
"With knowing that the Villains will target the Rats, I need to figure out how to foil their plan. Hmm...well, I know that most of the Frogs already dislike Jo...maybe..."
End Confessional
"Is that what I think it is?" Paul gasped as the Bears walked into their slushy fort.
"Cannon!" Shawn exclaimed as he rushed over to the two cannons. "Perfect for a home fort to blast zombie armies away."
"Is he serious?" Dave asked.
"Totally," Destiny replied. "Them Rotting Robbies hate cannons. And fire."
"Listen up, players," Chris announced as he and Chef sat by a warm fire. "Here's how it works. Use the shovel in each fort to fire your collection of mystery snowballs, which you fire at each other's forts."
"Awesome," Duncan chuckled as he flicked the shovel. "Took out a few windows this way."
"Why are they called mystery balls?" Zoey asked as Jo planted their shovel into the snow.
"Because they all inflict major damage thanks to the secret weapon hidden inside each ball," Chris told them. "But some will damage you." Helen recoiled at a snowball hissing at her. "So, choose wisely. Each team has to elect a captain to command and conquer, starting...now."
"I think Priya can be our captain to victory," Alejandro suggested.
"Oh, really?" Priya thought with a slight blush.
"Totally," Millie agreed. "I bet you've done this many times before. Everyone else agree?"
"I don't have a problem with it," Sky shrugged.
"She'll be great," Ethan added.
"Let's do this!" Tyler rallied.
"And win!" Destiny cheered.
"GO, TEAM MASKWAK!" the Bears, minus Rodney, cheered.
"Go Team Musky?" Rodney wondered. He sniffed his arm. "I took a bath."
"We'll fill you in," Sky informed him.
"As team captain, I say we-" Jo, Brick, Jasmine and Keith began at the same time. The four of them glared at each other. "Arm wrestle for captain title?" Keith challenged.
"Um, guys- Nikki spoke up.
"Back down, Testosterone," Jo told Keith. "I'm in charge."
"You're not going to be in charge," Brick argued.
"Exactly," Helga replied. "Now-"
"No way in hell am I leaving any of you in charge," Jasmine sternly told Jo, Keith and Brick. "We need-"
"HELGA'S GONNA BE TEAM CAPTAIN AND THAT IS THAT!" Samey suddenly declared. The other Frogs looked at her with a stunned expression. "Helga practically grew up in these conditions," Samey explained. "If she's not the captain, we're going to lose."
"Good thinking, Samey," Helga told her as she patted her on the head.
"It's Amy, you idiot," Valerie scolded. "Are you too stupid to tell the difference?"
"Of course not," Nikki quickly replied as she held Helga back. "It must be a mishearing or something. No hard feelings."
"Uh, sure," Samey nervously said.
Confessional: Samey (Frogs of Death)
"I'm kinda glad Helga got the names mixed up. It means I finally got a good suggestion for my name! Yes!"
End Confessional
"Here is plan," Helga told the Frogs. "Soldier, Baboon, Redhead and Spray Hair go after Rat fort. Small Host, Bun Head, Soda Boy and Gray Man go after Bear fort. Ugly, Braid, Gray Girl and Nikki go after Gopher fort. Everyone else will stay here and defend Frog fort and launch ammo."
"Be careful," Mike advised Zoey as she walked off. "I think the Rats have a few screws loose."
"And you," Zoey replied, "Uh, don't let those nightmare bats come back. I'm gonna go over there."
Confessional: Zoey (Frogs of Death)
"The guys back home are gorgeous, but they're all hockey thugs and juvie rejects with a collective IQ of ten. Mike is hot and smart." She sighed. "I was really starting to think hot smart guys were imaginary like unicorns and perfect hair."
End Confessional
"I think we should have Lacey as our captain," Carly suggested to the Gophers. "That is, if the rest of you agree."
"I agree," Sarah replied. "After all, her brute strength and coordination helped us in the last challenge."
"Fine," Lacey decided. "I'll lead. Since our fort isn't up to snuff, we'll need most of us on defense. Lindsay, you'll make a grab for the Rat flag. Gwen, the Frog flag. And Carly, the Bear flag." She noticed Max tinkering with a device. "Just what are you doing, Max?" Lucas questioned.
"Creating the most EVIL device known to the entire world!" Max declared. "My Ballgown-inator."
"Your what?" Sarah asked. "Dare I ask what it does?" Max smirked before blasting her with the device. A second later, Sarah looked down to see that a poofy baby-blue ballgown was around her. "Hey!" she complained as she struggled to get out of it. "I can hardly move with this thing!"
"That looks so pretty," Carly gushed.
"And hard to move in..." Bryan thought. "And if the other teams can't move..."
"We can snatch their flags easy!" Helen exclaimed. "Great idea! Let's do it!"
"I'm captain," Julia told the Rats. "Deal with it. Bowie and Harold take the Gopher flag, Bridgette and Geoff take the Bear flag and Sam, Lightning and Austin take the Frog flag. The rest of us will defend the fort."
"Um, maybe someone with a little more leg foot coordination should-" Sam suggested.
"And...go!" Chris announced.
"Let's book it!" Lightning rallied as he and Austin rushed ahead. Bowie and Harold dashed off in another direction, along with Bridgette and Geoff. "Great," Sam moaned, "More running."
"To victory!" Tyler rallied as he started across the ice.
"You're supposed to be running," Sky pointed out as she noticed Tyler was still in place.
"I am running!"
"No, you're miming," Dave informed him.
"Just do what I do," Destiny suggested as she skated across the ice. "See? Easy-peasy."
"Where did you get ice skates from?" Sky asked.
"Greggy always carries some. He loves skating on the lakes in the wintertime. And not to brag, but we're pretty skilled."
"Just be careful. No telling how thin that ice is." The sun rose higher in the sky. "Hurry up," Chris suggested as he sipped a coconut drink. "My ice is melting, and your forts will too if the sun gets much higher." Sam panted as he ran until he tripped and slid ahead. "Looks like the thunder's gonna arrive before the lightning," he teased as he slid past Lightning and Austin. "I'm Thunder!" He then stopped in place. The ice started to crack before he fell in, turning him into an ice block. "Forgot to tell you," Chris said, "No man's land is more like no man's water!"
"Ha!" Austin laughed as he slid up to Sam. "That's hilarious!"
"Time to EVIL!" Max declared as he ran out with his device. He ducked at two snowball blasts from the Bears. "We have to keep attacking," Priya told Shawn and Rodney as they stood behind the cannons.
"But the Gophers look like a mighty adversary," Alejandro noted. "Perhaps attacking a weaker fort will help us secure victory, such as the Rats."
"It doesn't matter which fort," Millie said as she kept her grip on her team's flag. "As long as no one gets our flag, we'll be fine."
"Millie..." Priya began. She was suddenly knocked down by a blast. "Priya!" Millie gasped.
"Priya, what are you even wearing?" Shawn asked in bewilderment. Priya stood up to reveal she now had a purple Cinderella-style dress on. "Uh...looking good?" Millie weakly said.
"Success!" Max cackled. "Nothing shall stop me from victory!"
"Out of the way!" Destiny shouted as she skated past him, spraying him with a blanket of snow.
"No, I'm not gonna listen to the snowball," Scott scolded to Dawn. "I'm gonna chuck it!" At that time, Anthony noticed a piece of ice behind the fort. "I think I can make our crap fort work after all," he muttered before picking up a little chisel.
"But it's full of negative energy!" Dawn warned Scott.
"So am I," Scott countered. He picked up the snowball, which exploded in his face. "Oh, lucky!" Luna giggled as she picked up a snowball. "I want a bomb ball, too!" Dawn and Scott took a step away from her.
Confessional: Dawn (Toxic Rats)
"Honestly, Luna is the only contestant on the island that I outright hate. Even people such as Julia have more redeeming qualities!"
End Confessional
"Just pick one already!" Courtney scolded.
"This one," Dawn happily decided as she pointed to a snowball. Scott flung the snowball with the shovel, which left a heavy dent in one of the Frogs' towers. "Lucky guess," Courtney shrugged.
"We must attack!" Helga yelled out.
"Can't," Cameron said while clutching his team's flag. "Guarding flag."
"Oh, brother," Sol complained. He noticed Anne-Maria was standing still and spraying her hair. "I thought Helga ordered you to grab a flag, Spray-Head!"
"I ain't riskin' fly-aways," Anne-Maria told him. Sol frowned before grabbing Anne-Maria's spray can and tossing it away, which rolled past Brick, Zoey and Keith. "NO!" Anne-Maria cried out. "Oh, this ain't over!" She ran out. "Lousy Sol, making me run out here."
"Much better," Helga commented. "But we need stronger ammo. Aha! Go gather stones. And we need flammable liquid."
"I think I have just the thing," Sol thought. "I confiscated this from Luna yesterday." He pulled out a bottle. "That isn't-" Mike began.
"Yes, it's rum," Sol sighed. "How Luna smuggled it in, I haven't got a damn clue, but I heard stuff over 100 proof makes a steady flame."
"Exactly," Helga replied after Jasmine set down some rocks. Helga then started pouring the drink over the rocks.
Confessional: Helga (Frogs of Death)
"I have heard of this trick during a history lesson where an army used this fire to destroy whole villages! If it worked there, it should work on snow forts."
End Confessional
Helga rubbed two stones together until the drenched rocks ignited with a blue flame. "Time to turn up the heat, Frogs," Jasmine snickered. Back at the Gopher fort, Lacey was deflecting the snowballs coming their way. "Keep building," she instructed to the Gophers. "We can't let our fort fall!"
"At least we're getting a fort," Helen said as she put snow onto a small wall. Lucas let out a sneeze, making some snow fall onto the rocker. "Sorry, Helen," he sniffled. "I just HATE the cold!"
"I definitely understand that," Bryan told him. "I'm more of a spring and summer person myself."
"Maybe things will warm up soon, buddy," Helen assured Lucas as she brushed some snow off. Just then, a fireball knocked the trio off their feet. "Que demonios?!" Lucas angrily muffled from a snow pile. "Y por que huele extranamente dulce?"
"Those bastards!" Lacey shouted with realization. "The Frogs aren't using snowballs. They're using FIREBALLS!" She ducked at a fireball, which pierced one of the Gophers' towers and started to melt it. "Stop them!" Lacey ordered. Leshawna and Owen flung some snowballs. Meanwhile, Keith was crawling ahead. "Incoming twelve o'clock!" Brick warned as he and Zoey ducked at a snowball.
"Hey, guys," Anne-Maria casually said as the snowball hit her hard hair. "Wait up."
"You thinking what I'm thinking, cadet?" Keith asked with a smirk.
"Oh, no, we shouldn't," Zoey protested.
"I'm afraid we have no choice," Brick replied before he and Keith ran over to Anne-Maria. Leshawna and Julia kept flinging snowballs, which only got deflected on Anne-Maria's hair. "Hey, quit pushing!" the Jersey girl complained while Brick pushed her ahead.
"It's only for a little bit," Keith told her. "And it'll help us win, so suck it up!" Back at the Frog fort, Helga was launching another fireball when a snowball landed at her feet, which popped out Barry. "DOG!" she cried out in fright.
"Barry!" Phoebe gasped as she cradled the chupacabra. "They made you into a snowball!" She rushed out of the Frogs' castle. "Hey, get back here!" Samey called out. "We need you here."
"Wait a second," Jasmine whispered as she pulled Samey back. "I've got an idea to foil the Villains' plan. Listen up." Meanwhile, Austin and Lightning pulled the frozen Sam out of the lake. "Don't worry, buddy," Lightning assured the gamer, "Lightning will get you out...after we win." He was then knocked out by a snowball. "Guess it's all up to me, then," Austin decided. "Hmm, them Bears look ripe for plucking." Back at the Bear fort, Shawn and Rodney were firing the cannons. "Looks like the Frogs have run out of fireballs," Shawn noted as he looked over to the inactive castle. "Or just ammo in general." However, Rodney had a more concerned look as he glanced over at the castle.
Confessional: Rodney (Confused Bears)
"After what Helga and Nikki told me yesterday, I can't imagine them throwing in the towel so quickly. Something must be wrong."
End Confessional
"Hey!" Shawn complained as Rodney picked him up. "What are you doing?!"
"Man the cannons, guys," Rodney quickly said as he ran out of the fort and towards the Frogs' castle. "We've gotta check something." He ran inside but was shocked to find Cameron, Mike, Samey and Helga all unconscious while Jasmine was chipping away at the towers. "I knew something was wrong!" Rodney angrily shouted as he dropped Shawn. "I knew it! What did you do to Helga?!"
"Will you lot calm down?" Jasmine told them. "It'll help you in the long run if I foil their evil plan."
"Don't tell me the zombies have already come!" Shawn panicked as he ran out of the castle. "We gotta stock up on food and water and fresh toilet paper!"
"Then tell me why Helga and her friends are unconscious!" Rodney demanded.
"They weren't exactly compliant with my plan to stop them," Jasmine explained.
"Compliant?" Mike scolded as he regained consciousness. "You knocked me out with a shovel!" He then noticed Rodney's angry scowl. "Something tells me I'd better go while the getting's good." He then broke some ice on the ground and quickly dove into the frigid water.
Confessional: Mike (Frogs of Death)
"If I had to choose between freezing to death or getting crushed to death, I'd pick hypothermia."
End Confessional
"I would never hit a woman," Rodney declared as he readied his fists, "But after what you've done, I'll make an exception."
"Don't pick a fight you can't win," Jasmine warned as she eyed the country boy.
"Wait, you two," Sol cut off as he stepped in between the duo. "No need for blows. Here, big guy." He passed Rodney a small vial. "That should be able to wake up your friend," he informed him.
"Thanks," Rodney replied. "Glad someone from my old team is still reliable." He knelt down to the unconscious Helga and uncorked the vial. A green mist floated out and Rodney found himself getting drowsier and drowsier until he fell fast asleep. "See, Jasmine?" Sol told her. "You gotta be a bit more subtle. Now, our little demo day can continue."
Confessional: Sol (Frogs of Death)
"Jasmine's plan to screw up the Villain Alliance was to get someone other than the Rats to lose and she chose us since we knew we could have control over it. Then, afterwards, we further weaken them by booting Jo. I'll admit it's a bit short-sighted, but we have nothing else at the moment."
End Confessional
Back at the Rats' fort, a huge snowball landed inside, which released the mutant beetle from earlier. "AH!" Julia and Courtney shrieked as they hugged each other in fear.
"Whoa, remember her?" Scott nervously asked the beetle as he pointed to Dawn. "She organized your family reunion." The small beetle hopped up while Dawn waved at them. "Don't hurt us," Scott told the beetles. "Hurt them!" He pointed outside, and the beetles scurried off towards the Bears' fort. "I didn't know you were a beetle whisperer," Dawn gushed. Scott just huffed before going back inside. Outside, Anthony placed a large round piece of ice on top of the Rat fort. "Let's hope I can aim this thing," he muttered.
"Try this way," Bowie advised as he and Harold dangled by their feet from a high icicle.
"Shiver me timbers! What happened to you two?"
"Lacey's defense was more than my abilities could surpass," Harold plainly explained.
"I think I see what you're up to," Bowie told Anthony. "Aim this way. I'll raise a hand when the angle's perfect, okay?"
"Aye-aye, Bowie," Anthony replied. He adjusted the ice to where it reflected the sunlight onto the top of the Gopher fort. "Perfect!" Bowie shouted while raising his hand up.
"Uh, guys?" Bryan gulped. "Our fort is melting!"
"Repair the damage," Lacey ordered. "If we melt completely, we'll lose!" Meanwhile, the Bears' fort was getting chipped off more and more. "Our defense is starting to weaken," Priya noted. "We need someone to grab one of the other flags."
"Paul and I shall attempt to retrieve such a flag," Alejandro declared.
"I'm not sure that's the best idea," Ethan nervously objected.
"We have no other choice," Greg told him. "Shawn bolted, Rodney's AWOL and Desi looks like she has her hands full with Max of all people." Outside on the lake, Destiny was dodging blast after blast. "Hold still!" Max scolded.
"Well..." Ethan started. He ducked at a snowball getting in. "Go, go, go!" Priya rallied to Alejandro and Paul. The two boys rushed out of the fort towards the Rat fort. Scott kept flinging snowballs, which hit Anne-Maria's hair. "Just a few...more...feet," she told Brick, Keith and Zoey. They soon reached where Anne-Maria's hairspray was. She happily picked it up when a snowball knocked her over. "Coach, coach, coach!" Phoebe called out as she slid towards the group while she lied on her belly and Barry sat on her back.
"What the hell are you doing out here?!" Keith demanded. "You're supposed to be on guard duty! And why are you on your stomach with Barry on your back?"
"I got across like a penguin would. Also, someone used Barry as a snowball! That's not right!"
"I agree. So let's make sure those nasty Gophers that threw him pay for their misdeeds."
"Uh, how much would the fine be?" Keith simply had a blank expression.
Confessional: Keith (Frogs of Death)
"Clearly she took it too literally. But she needed some motivation. And it's not like it was wrong. Using an abused animal like Barry as ammo? Disgusting."
End Confessional
"Go grab the Rat flag, Red," Keith told Zoey. "We've got a score to settle with the Gophers."
"Are you sure?" Zoey asked as the trio headed towards the Gopher fort. "Um, okay. I guess you're the boss." She heard a TAP-TAP-TAP from underneath her. She looked down to see Mike underneath the ice. "Hang on!" Zoey cried out. She started kicking the ice until it cracked, with Mike soon surfacing to catch his breath. "Mike!" Zoey gasped as she carefully went over to him. "What happened? Who did this to you?"
"I'm fine," Mike coughed out. "Just needed some air. Listen, I'm going to try to get the flag and win the challenge by diving underneath and taking them by surprise. You think you could serve as a distraction?"
"Me? H-how will you know I won't mess up like this morning?"
"You'll be fine. And really, you should have the doubts since I...flaked and... Anyway, I'd better get going." He ducked back into the water and swam off. "Okay," Zoey quietly told herself. "I can do this. I can do-"
"Out of the way, Red!" Paul shouted as he and Alejandro bolted past her, knocking her to the ground.
"I've got a bad feeling about this, Melody," Ethan whispered as the duo looked out the fort. "Do you think we should keep a closer eye on Paul?" However, Melody was already walking outside. "Wait up!" Ethan called out to her. Back on the lake, Destiny was still dodging the blasts when she noticed Ethan running after Melody. "What is that jidiot up to now?" she muttered. She was knocked back by Max's blast. "Aha!" he declared. "Success!" Destiny lifted herself up and saw that she was now wearing a green ballgown with heavy feathers on the back. "You made me look like a peacock?!" she angrily scolded. She ripped off the feathers and tore off part of the dress before charging and tackling Max. The duo started wrestling for the gun, releasing blast after blast. One blast hit Bowie and Harold, giving them ruffly white gowns. "Not exactly my style," Bowie noted. The weight of the gown made the icicle crack before the two boys fell down. Austin ducked at another blast. "Ha!" he laughed. "You missed!" The blast reflected on a piece of ice, which bounced back to hit the cowboy and give him a ballgown. "Sea foam green?" he thought. "I'm more of an autumn."
"Don't worry, Austin," Ella assured him from her fort. "You still look good." Destiny and Max kept wrestling until Destiny pulled part of the device away. "No!" Max cried out. "My device is ruined!" He got a frightened look as Destiny let out a yell while lifting him above her head. "Help!"
"Desi!" Greg shouted from the fort. "If you're gonna go all Hulk on us, at least try to help with the current task. Chuck him to one of the forts." Destiny tossed Max away, making him slam into the Gophers' fort. "Much better than any old moose head, am I right?" Carly joked.
"Just keep shoveling," Lacey sighed as she rolled her eyes. Back at the Rat fort, Julia was flinging snowballs when she noticed Lindsay peeking her head inside. "Is this the Rat fort?" Lindsay asked.
"Excuse me," Alejandro said before knocking Lindsay away. "To the flag, Paul!"
"Oh, no, you don't!" Courtney declared. She and Julia lunged at the boys but they ducked out of the way. Paul then rushed over and plucked the Rat flag out of the ground. "Yes!" Alejandro cheered. "Now back to our fort!" He was suddenly yanked down by Julia, making his shirt tear. "Not without a fight!" she declared with a scowl. Alejandro simply stood up and pushed her away just as Anne-Maria and Lindsay entered the fort. "Oh, my," Anne-Maria gushed as she saw Alejandro's chest exposed, showcasing his chiseled abs.
"Tyler?" Lindsay wondered as she eyed Alejandro.
"That's ours!" Scott protested as he tried to grab the flag from Paul. "Hand it over!" However, Paul just knocked him back with the flag pole. "Uh, I kinda need that," Lindsay told him. "Could I have it?" Paul only responded with a growl and a glare. "No could've worked, too!" Lindsay scolded. "Don't be so rude!"
"What's going on in there?" Zoey asked as she, Melody and Ethan looked inside the fort. "And what's up with Paul? Is he normally this, um, testy? Sorry if it sounds rude."
"And unfortunately accurate," Melody sighed. "Ethan, please try to defuse things before they become worse."
"Alright, buddy," Ethan began as he started to approach Paul. "You did super well with getting the flag. Now could you maybe take it back to our base in a peaceful manner? Please?"
"Over my dead body!" Julia protested as she and Scott faced the mechanic while Alejandro, Lindsay and Courtney joined their side.
"That can be arranged," Paul countered with a snarl. Ethan could only gulp with worry. "Bring it on!" Paul challenged.
"GIMME THAT FLAG!" Julia, Scott, Alejandro, Lindsay and Courtney shouted. Anne-Maria watched the hefty brawl with awe while Melody and Zoey were frozen in disbelief. Anthony peeked inside and covered his eye at the sight. "Paul, please stop!" Ethan begged. "You'll hurt someone!" He was then knocked out by the flag pole. "Sorry, Ethan!" Zoey apologized as she grabbed the flag and started to run off. "I just don't want to see my team lose!" As she ran, she started sliding on the ice until she fell into the hole from earlier. Mike noticed the indie chick struggling to swim and rushed after her and the flag. Back at the Rat fort, Julia was chucked outside. "Ugh, those butt-knuckles," she grumbled.
"Hey, Julie!" Luna called out through her earpiece. "Have you forgotten the plan?"
"Hey! Don't shout! Huh, didn't even realize I still had this thing."
"Julia! The plan was for US to lose! Take a look around you."
"Take a-? What the hell?!" Julia soon saw Jasmine smashing her castle piece by piece, then to the Gophers frantically repairing their melting fort while Lacey fended off Keith, then to the Bears fending off their intruders of Valerie and Nikki. "AHH!" Millie screamed as she carried her team flag while running from the beetles from earlier.
"Oh, crud," Julia muttered.
"I have an idea and the fall guy for it," Luna assured her through the earpiece. "See the lens your team has? The one Pirate Boy made? Just do as I say then repeat what I say after you're finished." Julia heard the instructions before smirking. She then formed a small snowball and tossed it at the lens, making it tilt a little. "Huh?" Anthony wondered as he returned outside. He gasped as he saw the lens tilt the sunlight to hit the frozen Sam, which melt him and shined the sunlight back to the Rat fort, melting it completely. "What just happened?" a dazed Lindsay asked.
"Great magnifying lens, Anthony," Julia sneered to the pirate. "That's sabotage!"
"What?!" Anthony protested. "It was you! I saw you chuck that snowball at it!"
"Says the guy blind in one eye."
"How'd you-? Uh, I-I mean you're lying!"
"Then prove it. Take off your eye patch." Anthony got a nervous look as most of his teammates stared at him.
Confessional: Anthony (Toxic Rats)
"Damn that shark! If I take it off, everyone will know Miss Mako is speaking the truth. If I don't, I'll be seen as the liar. Either way, I'm screwed!"
Confessional: Luna (Toxic Rats)
"It was obvious he was blind in an eye. A guy wouldn't wear an eye patch for that long just for kicks."
End Confessionals
"Ugh," Samey groaned as she woke up. "What's going on?"
"Screwing up the plans of the Villain Alliance," Jasmine replied while smashing another part of the wall. She then saw Mike surface with a blue-skinned Zoey in one arm and the Rat flag in the other. "We're here!" Mike shouted.
"The Frogs of Death win!" Chris announced.
"We...we won?!" Jasmine thought. "NOOOOO!" Her shout was enough to make the castle collapse, making it land on top of her. "Serves you right," Mike scolded as he walked past.
"Serves what?" Zoey shivered.
"Never mind. Let's just focus on warming you up." Mike then passed the flag to Sol. "If anyone asks," Mike told him, "Zoey won us the challenge."
"M-me?" Zoey stammered. "I didn't-"
"You do know ice is mostly see-through, right? You did get the flag before I did."
"I guess we'll see you later, then," Samey said as the duo walked off. "They seem sweet together, don't they?"
"Not now," Sol breathed out, unaware that a certain Chris fan was crawling back to the destroyed fort. "We're not exactly the winners here."
"Um, Chris said we won. Also, where's Jasmine?" A shivering Jasmine rose up from the snow. "There she is," Sol plainly said, then noticed Shawn cautiously returning. "Oh, and the Helsing. What do you want?"
"I, uh, heard that Jasmine's team won and wanted to congratulate her," Shawn admitted. "Great job, Jasmine. You'd do well in the zombie apocalypse." However, his good sportsmanship only earned him a WHACK before Jasmine stormed off with a dented shovel in her hands. "Really good," Shawn groaned.
"I'm sure she'll calm down," Samey nervously assured him. "Hopefully. Um, I'm gonna check on her." She then ran after Jasmine. "You didn't do anything wrong, dude," Sol informed Shawn. "She's just pissed that her plan to ruin the Villains' plan to screw over the Rats failed. Then again, it was a plan built on flimsy foundation, so..."
"Toxic Rats," Chris announced, "I'll be seeing you at tonight's elimination...again. As for the rest of you, you get a little treat: McLean Brand Hot Chocolate. Scaled your senses with chocolately goodness."
"Whoo!" Destiny cheered.
"Totally need that," Helen piped in. "You like chocolate, Lucas?"
"CHOCOLATE!" Lucas hollered as he rose from the snow.
"That's a yes, I think."
"That little-" Anthony grumbled as he glared at Julia, who simply had an innocent whistle.
"Huh?" Lightning wondered after waking up. "What? Hey, let's go! We gotta win this!" He ran ahead...straight into the hole and bobbing up a popsicle. "Sha-bam," Sam chuckled.
"Paul!" Ethan called out as the brawl still ensued. "Please stop! You're going to hurt someone!"
"Hurt..." Melody thought before coming up with an idea. "Ow! My arm! It's bruised!" Paul immediately tossed Courtney aside once he heard the moonflower's voice before rushing to her side. "Thanks," Ethan breathed out.
Confessional: Ethan (Confused Bears)
"I know deception is usually wrong, but it was either that or risk getting hurt pulling Paul away. I'm starting to get worried between him and what Melody has."
Confessional: Topher (Frogs of Death)
"Hmm, so the Villain Alliance does exist and Jasmine tried to ruin their plan. Oh-ho-ho! Definitely puts the drama in Total Drama! Maybe I should get in on this."
End Confessionals
"You guys need to vote for that pirate tonight," Julia told most of the Rats as they were sitting on the cabin steps. "He's the reason we lost today's challenge."
"I never took him for that kind of guy," Geoff thought. "But fact-wise, he's that kind of guy."
"Hang on," Duncan argued. "Why him over you? You're the grade-A bitch around here. And what Captain Sparrow said earlier could be true."
"Why would she lose on purpose and make herself a target?" Luna asked. "And while she's a bitch, she's an honest bitch. Pirate Man lied about his own eye. How can you trust a guy like that?"
"And why would we treat your word like the gospel?" Sam countered. "You're no better than Julia."
"Sam!" Bridgette scolded. "Don't compare those two. They're nothing alike."
"She's not exactly wrong," Dawn whispered to Sam. "But you do have my support."
"I heard Anthony hates land animals," Julia whispered to DJ, making him gasp. She then turned to Duncan. "And I heard that he thinks you're soft as butter. Just thought you should know."
Confessional: Lighting (Toxic Rats)
"Anthony and Julia might've messed with the challenge, but Sam messed with the Lightning! Time for Thunder to say sha-bye-bye. Hey, can somebody write that down?"
End Confessional
"I swear that I did not sabotage us!" Anthony told Bowie and Scott as the trio walked along the beach. "You even helped prevent me from misaiming, Bowie."
"I believe you," Bowie replied. "I just can't believe Julia would toss you under the bus. You're the only guy on the team that I fully trust. No offense, Scott."
"None taken," Scott shrugged.
"Speaking of trust," Anthony spoke up, "How exactly did Julia find out about my blind eye? The only person who was supposed to know was you, Bowie."
"I kept my lips shut about that!" Bowie defended. "Honest!"
"Well, it's definitely suspicious. I also don't get why Miss Mako would sabotage us. She knows she's the biggest target if we lose."
"Maybe someone told her how to keep herself safe. After all, she is part of the Villain Alliance. Getting outside help wouldn't be too far out of left field."
"He knows?" Scott asked.
"Julia sold me out in front of him. And great job exposing yourself as a member."
"Kinda did," Anthony agreed. "But who could've given her a chance to help her? No one else was around."
"Well, it sure as hell wasn't me," Scott protested. "And if I wanted us to lose, I wouldn't let Sparrow here take the fall. I was hoping Luna would." However, Bowie and Anthony simply laughed at his response. "Like Luna could convolute something like this," Anthony said. "Her mind's as twisted as a pretzel-shaped eel."
"And Julia wouldn't listen to someone like Luna," Bowie pointed out.
"B-but-" Scott stammered.
"So, Julia tonight, Anthony?"
"Agreed," Anthony replied to Bowie. Scott simply frowned as the two boys walked off.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
"The plan was to get rid of Luna, not Julia! I'm not risking my neck around that crazy girl any longer."
End Confessional
Later that evening, the Rats were sitting at the campfire ceremony. Anthony, Bowie, DJ, Harold, Bridgette, Geoff, Lightning, Austin and Sam were in the back row while Julia, Courtney, Scott, Dawn, Duncan and Luna were sitting in the front row. "After another jam-packed day of losing," Chris began as he held a plate of marshmallows, "It all comes down to this. Chef, lay out the hard truths."
"Scott," Chef began.
"Me?" Scott asked in disbelief. "Why call on me?"
"You were the one that picked the fort, which wasn't the best choice. Anthony, your lens caused the fort to melt and get you to lose the challenge."
"Which was sabotaged by that shark!" Anthony protested.
"Julia," Chef continued, "You didn't defend your flag well and are heavily disliked on the team. And finally, Sam. You were frozen in ice half the time and then taunted your own ally."
"Serves you right, smart guy," Lightning scolded as he glared at Sam.
"The following Rats are safe," Chris announced. "DJ, Bowie, Dawn, Duncan, Geoff, Bridgette, Lightning, Courtney, Austin, Harold, Scott and Sam. Which leaves Anthony, Julia and Luna. And tonight's lucky loser is..." Anthony shot a glare at Julia, who simply glared back, while Luna kept her wide smile. "..."
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"...Anthony."
"What?" Anthony gasped. "Seriously?! You believed Miss Mako's lies?"
"Hey, it's your fault for sabotaging us," Julia countered.
"He did not," Bowie defended. "You will pay for setting up my friend like that."
"Time for the Dock of Shame, buddy," Chris told Anthony. As the pirate walked off, he didn't notice Luna's grin get slightly wider. "Stupid Mako," Anthony grumbled as he walked down the Dock of Shame.
"Ahoy, buddy!" a voice called out. Anthony looked over to see Staci standing on the Boat of Losers. "Staci!" he exclaimed as he ran over and hugged her. "Ah, it's good to see an old matey again."
"I heard what happened," Staci said. "It's so sad."
"I know. Hopefully karma bites her ass soon." The Boat of Losers sailed off with the two friends. "Down goes another competitor," Chris narrated from the Dock of Shame. "Come back for more mutants, mayhem and manipulation next time on Total...Drama...Island!"
Votes:
Voted for Anthony: DJ, Duncan, Julia, Luna, Geoff, Bridgette, Courtney, Austin, Harold
Voted for Luna: Sam, Dawn, Scott
Voted for Julia: Bowie, Anthony
Voted for Sam: Lightning
Eliminated: Anthony (9-3-2-1)
100) Caleb (Toxic Rats)
99) Staci (Toxic Rats)
98) B (Toxic Rats)
97) Axel (Frogs of Death)
96) Elias (Screaming Gophers)
95) Eva (Confused Bears)
94) Olivia (Screaming Gophers)
93/92) Katie/Sadie (Confused Bears)
91) Noah (Confused Bears)
90) Justin (Screaming Gophers)
89) Nichelle (Toxic Rats)
88) Lauren (Confused Bears)
87) Dean (Confused Bears)
86) Alan (Screaming Gophers)
85) Leonard (Toxic Rats)
84) 'Dumb' Damien (Screaming Gophers)
83/82) Corey (Screaming Gophers)/Laney (Frogs of Death)
81) Jane (Frogs of Death)
80) 'Smart' Damien (Frogs of Death)
79) MK (Toxic Rats)
78/77) Wayne/Raj (Toxic Rats)
76) Dakota (Toxic Rats)
75) Lara (Confused Bears)
74) Beardo (Confused Bears)
73) Amy (Frogs of Death)
72) Ripper (Frogs of Death)
71) Chase (Screaming Gophers)
70) Emma (Toxic Rats)
69) Izzy (Screaming Gophers)
68) Cody (Screaming Gophers)
67) Beth (Screaming Gophers)
66) Rose (Screaming Gophers)
65) Ezekiel (Confused Bears)
64) Anthony (Toxic Rats)
Episode 34 is here! So, the elimination first. Yes, the short rivalry ends with Anthony getting cut by "Miss Mako" AKA Julia. However, no one knew that Luna also had a hand in it. How will Bowie progress with his ally gone?
We also had some great moments from a few, like Max's EVIL invention (which is indeed based on an episode of Phineas and Ferb), Karol keeping her grudge against Alejandro, Phoebe making hero outfits for her friends Brick and Keith and even a cameo from Staci at the end.
Also, it seems that Topher overheard some juicy info. Just what will he do with it?
We also have a lot of great interactions, such as Carly and Lacey, Rodney and Jasmine, Lucas and Helen and much more!
Next episode has our campers delve into photography with the nice, gentle wildlife. Until next time, enjoy and have a good day.