The End of the Beginning

Season 1, Episode 41This is the forty-first episode of Total Pokémon Island, the finale of the season. The final 2 battle it out for the win with the help of some of the peanut gallery. They will go through six different challenges and once that's done, race to Arceus. First to do so wins the season and the money.
Jellicent announces that it’s time for the final challenge of the season, but before that, all of the eliminated campers are back to pick who they’re rooting for. Delcatty, Luvdisc, Luxray, Purugly, and Smeargle all choose Team Arcanine. Azumarill and Crawdaunt choose Team Mawile. Drifblim, Parasect, and Toxicroak choose Team Arcanine. Cinccino, Gliscor, Liepard, Mightyena, Starmie, and Vespiquen choose Team Mawile. Ambipom, Dewgong, Jynx, and Pachirisu choose Team Arcanine. Espeon, Mismagius, Scrafty, and Umbreon choose Team Mawile. Floatzel, Masquerain, and Porygon2 choose Team Arcanine. Blissey, Hitmonchan, Ninetales, Reuniclus, and Staraptor choose Team Mawile. Cherrim, Dodrio, Houndoom, Rapidash, and Vanillish choose Team Arcanine. Claydol and Marowak choose Team Mawile. Banette, Bellossom, Flaaffy, and Snorlax choose Team Arcanine. Arbok, Furret, Swoobat, and Zebstrika choose Team Mawile. In the end, it’s a total 23 for Team Mawile and 24 for Team Arcanine. Arcanine wonders if that means he wins, and Jellicent exclaims that’s not the case at all. Jellicent explains that they need to pick three girls and three boys from their teams to help them with their final challenge which is a race in the Hall of Origins and the first to reach Arceus wins. Mawile goes first and picks Arbok, Crawdaunt, Hitmonchan, Ninetales, Vespiquen, and Zebstrika. Arcanine goes second and picks Ambipom, Flaaffy, Floatzel, Jynx, Porygon2, and Rapidash. Both teams gather, discuss the game plan, and head for the stairway of light. Arcanine’s team finds themselves in a mysterious room and Lopunny speaks over some sort of intercom to explain how the challenge will work. They are at the smarts challenge. There are six challenges based off of skill, smarts, strength, speed, stamina, and support. They must complete the challenges, dropping off one of the helpers along the way, until only the finalist remains to race to Arceus. Floatzel runs into a wall and Porygon2 realizes that it’s a translucent maze. With his guidance, they make it through the maze and Porygon2 is left behind. Mawile’s team is at the strength challenge where they all they see is a boulder they have to push through a hallway. Crawdaunt and Hitmonchan help push the rock until it falls down a hole and they find the door. Hitmonchan is left behind. Hitmonchan and Porygon2 are sent to join the peanut gallery who apparently had been watching them live. Arcanine’s team makes it to the stamina challenge where they have to carefully cross a bridge. Jynx steps up and decides an order for the team to go. They successfully cross the bridge and Jynx is left behind. Mawile’s team reaches the skill challenge next which is a mysterious puzzle. Ninetales figures out that the tiles underneath them are really puzzle pieces and it has to line up with the mural on the ceiling. They complete the puzzle and leave Ninetales behind. Arcanine’s team takes a crack at the strength challenge and Ambipom pushes the boulder into the hole with Floatzel’s help. Ambipom is left behind. Vespiquen guides Mawile’s team through the stamina challenge and is left behind. Ambipom, Jynx, Ninetales, and Vespiquen rejoin the peanut gallery. At the speed challenge, Rapidash figures out that they need to press the only four red buttons in the room and there will be a limited time to get through the door. The remaining members of Arcanine’s team leave Rapidash behind. Arbok helps Mawile’s team make their way through the smarts challenge and stays behind. Flaaffy solves the skill challenge for Arcanine’s team and is left behind. Similar to Rapidash, Zebstrika solves the speed challenge and stays behind. Arbok, Flaaffy, Rapidash, and Zebstrika rejoin the peanut gallery. Both groups make it to the support challenge at the same time. The last helper standing has to untie the finalist so that they may start heading for Arceus. Eventually, Crawdaunt and Floatzel get them untied and the race is on. Arcanine and Mawile run, tossing the lead back and forth, and discuss their experience. They turn one last corner, passing by the cheering peanut gallery, and one of them takes the lead one last time. Mawile hesitates and Arcanine pushes through, reaching Arceus first. He is deemed the winner of Total Pokémon Island. Smeargle runs to congratulate his boyfriend with a hug and kiss. Crawdaunt and Mawile also catch up and talk about how Arcanine deserves it. In one final bonfire ceremony, in front of all 49 campers, Arcanine is handed the very last berry and announced the winner of “season one”. Everyone is left confused.