Trials and Triva-lations

## Summary

### Challenge(s)

Run to cliff and then jump off to determine teams. Teams must compete in a trivia challenge.

### Eliminated

Dave (7-1)

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**Sixteen contestants have been brought back to Camp Wawanakwa by popular audience demand. Two teams are formed and determined from jumping off a 1000 foot cliff into shark infested waters. The teams are then forced by an angry host who was left by his so-called friend, to compete in a series of trivia questions based on previous seasons. One team dominates while the other struggles to find their unity. One contestant quickly annoys the cast and is the first voted off the island.**

## Plot

The episode begins with Chris introducing himself as the host for Total Drama Returns to the Island and welcoming back the audience to Camp Wawanakwa. He explains that after the events of Total Drama Pahkitew Island, he and the producers realized that the old island was better for the ratings, and so they had rebuild the island perfectly from what it was in Total Drama Island. He goes on further to announce that sixteen contestants are returning to compete for another one million dollars. Chris reveals that the sixteen that are returning were voted back in by audience demand and begins to introduce the contestants as they arrive via a boat.

At the Dock of Shame, the first contestant to arrive is Lindsay. She runs off the boat squealing with excitement to be back for another season. She hugs Chris and asks if he has done anything to his hair as it looks 'hella fresh'. Chris mentions he did do something to his hair, and that it's nice to that someone noticed, glaring back at Chef who is standing behind him. The next boat arrived with Courtney onboard who Chris introduces next. Lindsay welcomes her only for Courtney to comment how she isn't surprised the audience voted Lindsay back in. Cameron is the next to arrive and doesn't waste time in complaining about being back at Camp Wawanakwa. He asks how they got the island back, in which Chris answers that Chef and the interns spent months building the island again while he was relaxing in the Bahamas. Chef is angered and brings up how he said he was doing hard work with the producers to plan for this season. Before Chris can respond, Scarlett arrives and informs Chef that he should stop trying to be friends with Chris as their personalities clearly do not match, confusing both Chris and Chef. Chris introduces Samey as the next contestant. As she arrives, in a robotic voice she greets the other contestants, weirding them out - everyone except Lindsay who smiles and waves back. Right behind Samey, Dawn appears freaking out the everyone on the dock. Chris hesitantly introduces her as well. Chef whispers to Chris to ask how she was an audience favorite, only for Chris to shrug from his own confusion.

Cody is the next contestant to be introduced and greets everyone enthusiastically. Cody is then pushed from behind as Duncan arrives and jumps off his boat. He walks by and apologizes calling him "pip-squeak" while holding a smirk on his face. Chris announces that Duncan is the next contestant to compete in the season. Noah arrives and helps Cody up from the ground, commenting how Duncan hasn't grown up from his bad boy persona. Scarlett immediately reminds everyone that Cody and Noah have kissed multiple times, angering Noah as everyone begins to laugh. Noah furiously says that it was only one time. Chris then introduces last seasons winner, Sky mentioning her gold medal wins in gymnastics at the Olympics. Sky tells Chris that he really doesn't need to mention that. She walks and stands next to Cameron, who is seen amazed that she's a gold medalist at the Olympics.

Chris introduces Gwen as the next competitor, who greets everyone as she walks by. All except Courtney who she glares at and just says 'Courtney,' annoying her. Before Courtney could say anything Chris announces that Heather is also back. Courtney is quick to question how Heather is a fan favorite, only for Heather to insult her back. Heather also mentions that it is obvious the audience wants her back because she is a great competitor. Scott is the next contestant to be introduced. He greets Chris and then smiles at Courtney who blushes and looks away quickly. Dave follows Scott and is introduced. He nervously smiles and waves at Sky who waves back. Before Chris can introduce her, Leshawna ecstatically shows her excitement to be back competing with her peeps running to hug Gwen and Lindsay. Chris then introduces Tyler who appears to be water-skiing behind his boat again. Lindsay squeals in excitement, while the rest of the cast collectively say 'oh no'. Tyler loses control of his ski's and is flung into dock where he hits into Dave. Both of them fall into the water together. Duncan and Scott look over the side and begin laughing, praising Tyler for his 'skill'. Dave and Tyler both raise from the water where Tyler joins in their excitement, while Dave glares at Tyler. In a confessional, Dave talks about how he hates Tyler for his 'stupid enthusiasm' and for always being liked by everyone for 'no good reason'. Duncan and Scott help Dave and Tyler up onto the dock.

Chris informs the cast that this is everyone and now he is going to leave them in the hands of Chef, as he has an appointment with his girlfriend in France. He gives some cards to Chef (who seems confused) and starts to run to a helicopter that he climbs into. Chef yells at Chris that he can't do this and that he must come back down. Chris replies but the sound is muffled as the helicopter moves out of earshot. Gwen asks Chef what are they going to do. Chef looks back confused and starts to read the cards Chris gave him. Heather quickly shows her disinterest in playing a season hosted by the 'maniac cook' and begins to walk away. Chef yells at her to get back. He informs the cast that the cards demand the contestants to run up the cliff and jump off into the water below. Cody mentions how that was already a challenge multiple times before. Chef yells 'NOW!' resulting in all the contestants running from Chef to the cliff.

The scene switches to the forest where Dave is seen running with a few others. Eventually, Sky catches up. Dave tries to get her attention and attempt at making up for his actions from the previous season. But before Dave can finish what he wants to say Sky interrupts him and says they'll talk later. She then speeds in front of everyone and eventually takes first place. Dave stops in disappointment, only to be insulted by a passing Scott who names Dave a 'try-hard'. Dave responds by insulting Scott over his awful smell. In a confessional, Sky reveals that she almost lost her last season because of Dave and him distracting her. She goes on to further state that she has lost all feelings for him as well, and her main goal is to focus on this season.

Sky is the first to reach the top of the cliff. She looks down the cliff and is frightened at how far above the water she is. She calms down and says that this is nothing compared to the Olympics. She then dives off the cliff into the water. She lands safely in the water and yells in excitement at how fun it was. Chef laughs from the beach and points to a section in the water near Sky. Sky notices that he was pointing at some sharks that are swimming towards her. She screams and starts swimming to shore barely avoiding the sharks. Back at the top of the cliff, Cody, Gwen, Courtney and Duncan arrive. As the contestants gather their breath, Dawn appears from behind Cody creeping him and Gwen out. Cody questions Dawn over how she is able to just appear out of nowhere. Dawn replies with she has no clue, and mentions that the other contestants were also surprised when she was introduced. Dawn then says she will see them at the bottom and then jumps off the cliff. Cody and Gwen looks down as she falls, making Cody nervous to jump. Duncan calls him a 'woose', only to be insulted by Gwen bringing up his match-up with a bird in Total Drama All Stars. Courtney laughs and mentions how pathetic he was. Duncan angrily says that non-one should hurt a harmless bird. Before he continues, Tyler is seen running in to shot, tripping over a rock, landing into Duncan, shoving him off the cliff. As both he and Tyler fell, Duncan can be heard screaming like a girl making the three of them laugh. In this moment, Courtney and Gwen high five. Courtney is happy by this, but as soon as Gwen realizes what she had done, she and Cody jumps down. Courtney is saddened and then jumps as soon as she hears Heather come up.

At the bottom of the cliff, Duncan and Tyler both raise out of the water. Duncan looks back at Tyler and mentions how he hasn't changed one bit. Tyler is seen confused as to what he is talking about. Both hear the screams of Cody, Gwen and Courtney as they fall on top of both Duncan and Tyler. As they all raise out of the water, Courtney insults Duncan and tells him to move his stupid head out of her way, in the process of pushing him. A yell can be heard from the shore, where both Dawn and Sky warn the contestants in the water of the sharks. They turn around and see the sharks. Paranoid, they all scream and start to swim back to shore. However, Tyler is dragged underwater by one of the sharks. In a confessional, Tyler mentions how he really didn't want to start the season this way. The other contestants are seen worried for him and demand Chef to go help him, only to be ignored. The shark raises out of the water with Tyler in his mouth yelling for help. Heather then lands in the water next to Tyler. She slaps one of the sharks and then kicks causing the shark to flee. She looks back at the shark with Tyler and asks angrily what it's looking at and whether he wants some. The shark is scared and also flees releasing Tyler in the process. As Heather and Tyler reach the shore, Tyler thanks Heather. Heather replies with a sarcastic comment about how she didn't do anything for him.

Back at the top of the shore, Samey and Scott had arrived. Scott looks to Samey and offers her to go first, pretending to be a gentleman. Samey only looks at him without saying a word. He is confused by this and asks whether she talks much, only for her to reply in a robotic voice with a no. Being creep-ed out by this, Scott eventually jumps off the cliff. Once he reached the water, from the distance another shark fin can be seen. However, it is revealed that this belongs to Fang, which Scott recognizes. In blood hurdling scream, Scott jumps out the water and lands on shore next to Chef who calls him a baby. Scott looks at him in anger and demands him to get rid of Fang. Chef smirks and says he is here only for comedic purposes. Scott realizes that by that he means himself and thus glares at him in frustration. Back at the water, Samey can be seen landing in the water.

The scene switches back to the top of the cliff where Leshawna and Lindsay have arrived. Leshawna and Lindsay can be seen out of breath, gossiping about a sale that had noticed at a particular store. Lindsay brings up a fancy pair of blue stylish boots that Leshawna recognized and informs Lindsay she would look "totally amazing" in them. Leshawna then asks Lindsay if she's ready to jump, which is answered by a nod from Lindsay. The two of them jump off together. Dave then runs into shot, followed by Noah. Noah mentions how he hates running, this show, the stupid campground, and much other things related to Total Drama. Dave looks at him while out of breath and asks if he ever stops complaining about things. Noah smiles and sarcastically says he is so excited to jump down the "death cliff", as he looks down. Dave also looks down and notices the amount of people who have already finished. He then jumps off the cliff, with Noah soon following. At the water, both Dave and Noah run out afraid from Fang. Back at the top of the cliff, Cameron and Scarlett are the last to arrive. Cameron falls to ground in exhaustion and mentions how he is not cut out for this amount of physical challenges. In the confessional, Scarlett argues that her strongest strength comes from her education, brain and smarts, not her muscles and endurance. She further goes on to say that Cameron is very similar to her, but much inferior in smarts. Despite this she mentions how he is probably her biggest threat. The scene cuts back to the cliff where Scarlett grabs Cameron and throws him off the cliff, claiming she is helping him. Cameron lands in the water and raises out the water. He is scared when Fang emerges from the water next to him. Before Fang can attack Scarlett lands on top of him, scaring him off.

Cameron arrives on shore and falls to the ground once again in exhaustion. Sky runs to help him up and asks if he is fine. Cameron responds by bringing to question his overall fitness. The comment makes the two laugh. Dave notices this and runs over, bumping into Cameron in a desperate attempt to get Sky's attention. Sky angrily asks Dave why he did that, only to be asked again by Dave about them being a couple once again. Sky is quick to dismiss the chances of this, bringing up how she fell out of love with him after the show and in this stage of her life she is more focused on competition and her achievements. Sky walks to Cameron again and helps him up. Dave can be seen stunned by response he received from Sky. Chef waves his hands in front of Dave to get his attention, but to no avail. Heather mentions how pathetic he must be frozen in disbelief. In the confessional, Dave is mad that Sky doesn't want him anymore. He starts to go through some ideas that might make Sky jealous and finally comes up with the idea to make her jealous by getting close to Heather. He suddenly wakes from his trance and walks by to Heather, who is visually disgusted by him. In another confessional, Heather questions what Dave is doing and if he is trying to make attempts at her, she will literally barf on him.

Back at the beach, Cameron asks Chef whether Sky had won the challenge. Chef ignores the question and begins to name some of the contestants. He tells Sky, Duncan, Cody, Courtney, Scott, Leshawna, Dave and Cameron to move to one side, with Dawn, Tyler, Gwen, Heather, Samey, Lindsay, Noah and Scarlett to move to the other side. Chef announces that the team on the left are now called the Killer Beavers, and the team on the left are now named the Screaming Ducks. Leshawna is quick to mention how the names of the teams sound way to similar to the first two seasons team names, emphasizing the shows lack of creativity. Chef yells back at her to shut up, and continues to read his cards. Leshawna then starts to mumble under her breath. Chef reveals that the challenge to determine who wins invincibility is a series of trivia questions based on previous seasons. In frustration, Heather asks why they were made to jump off the cliff if they were just going to do another challenge. Chef responds with revealing that the cliff jump was to determine the teams.

The scene cuts to the teams strapped in some seats above the water. Scott complains about the straps and questions why they needed them. Chef smirks and shows what they are used for. He presses a button and both the teams are submerged in the water. Underwater, the teams look around and start to freak out when they notice Fang in the water. Chef then brings them up again. Chef then asks the cast if there are any further questions, while holding an evil smirk on his face. The cast is quick to deny this. Chef begins the challenge by asking who came 5th in Total Drama Action. Duncan quickly answers by saying Owen, mentioning how he could never forget that butter donkey. Chef reveals the answer is wrong and and submerges their seats. Once they submerge Scott freaks out from seeing Fang again. Courtney turns to Duncan and begins an argument telling him to stop answering the questions and let the other members answer the questions, bringing to Duncan's attention that he lacks a brain. In a confessional, Duncan complains about the chances of him being put on the same team as Courtney. He goes on to further say he would rather want to be on a team zombie Ezekiel over her. Noah then reveals that Harold was the contestant that came 5th in that season, scoring the first point for his team.

The next question asked by Chef is what was the name given to the food object Owen possessed in Total Drama Island. Scarlett answers the question with "Mr. Coconut", providing some facts over the fruit. The Screaming Ducks thus scored their second point. The next question asked was what Jasmine wanted to do with the million dollars if she had won Total Drama Pahkitew Island. Dave quickly answers and says she wanted to build a zombie-proof bunker with Shawn. Chef reveals the answer was wrong and submerged them again. Upon emerging, Sky tries to answer the question before being interrupted by Dave who corrects himself and says she wanted to buy a puppy, resulting in another submerging from Chef. As they arrive out of the water, Leshawna, Scott and Sky yell at Dave to shut up. Noah reveals Jasmine's true plans with the money, scoring another point for the Screaming Ducks.

A montage of questions are shown, with Noah and Scarlett answering a majority of questions right and Dave answering them wrong resulting in their submersion. After the montage, Cameron answers one question right finally for his team, scoring their first point. Sky praises Cameron for this, angering Dave who starts another argument with Sky. Chef angrily tells Dave that he is the sole reason his team lost the challenge for his team, announcing that the Screaming Ducks won the first challenge. Leshawna stands up and yells at Dave, but before she can jump off the platform, Chef submerges them once more. In the process Scott is attacked by Fang who flees again for his life back to shore.

The scene cuts to the Screaming Ducks cabin on the boy's side. Noah and Tyler are seen entering and mentioning how it's crazy they are the only guys on their team. Tyler informs Noah how impressed he was that both he and Scarlett knew so much about the show. Noah reveals that he shamelessly watches Total Drama at home, as he has nothing better to do. On the girls side, Heather enters bumping into Gwen. Gwen angrily asks whether there is going to be a repeat of the first season where they were limited to one side of the cabin each. Heather smiles and sarcastically says no, ensuring Gwen understands she can't touch her stuff. Lindsay enters and is amused about how much she missed the three of the girls together like this. Gwen rolls her eyes in response.

At the Killer Beavers cabin on the girls side, Leshawna is seen comforting Sky who is still angered over Dave and his role in losing the challenge. Courtney suggests to the girls that he should be the first voted off, and that their team cannot afford having a member like Dave on the team. Sky agrees to the plan. Over on the boys side of the cabin, Duncan and Scott are seen arguing with Dave about his performance in the challenge. Cody is seen intervening and telling the other two to calm down and leave Dave alone. Dave apologizes for the challenge, and begs for them to consider voting off Cameron instead of him. He argues that he is a loyal alliance member, and the potential alliance between Cameron and Sky could become too strong later in the game. Cameron can be seen entering the cabin after this ordeal, where Cody, Duncan and Scott all reluctantly agree to Dave's alliance. All three in separate confessionals reveal that they are voting off Dave.

At the elimination ceremony, before everyone is seated, Dave pulls Sky aside to apologize. Sky reminds him that it is a little late for that. Dave is saddened by this and then reveals his plan to Sky about voting off Cameron, and that they other guys have agreed to join in his alliance. Dave then offers a position in his alliance to Sky, who angrily turns down the offer and walks off into the ceremony. Chef throws marshmallows at Sky, Cody, Leshawna, Courtney, Duncan and Scott. Cameron and Dave are shocked when they both end up in the bottom two. After an intense dramatic moment, Cameron is deemed safe and the Dave is eliminated. Dave stands up in confusion and asks about his alliances. His team is seen glaring at him. Dave admits his loss and starts to walk to the Dock of Shame. From the peanut gallery, Tyler can be seen wishing him well and saying bye to him. Dave responds in frustration over Tyler's personality, eventually being grabbed by Chef and dragged to the Boat of Losers.

Seats:

Ducks- top row = Noah, Tyler, Lindsay, Samey. Bottom row = Dawn, Scarlett, Gwen, Heather

Beavers- top row = Scott, Courtney, Duncan, Cody. Bottom row = Cameron, Sky, Dave, Leshawna

## Trivia

### General

* It is revealed that Sky is multi-gold medalist at the Olympics in gymnastics.