Dark and Desperate

**"Dark and Desperate"** is the sixth episode of Toadal Drama Island Returns.

## Synopsis

The campers are caught off guard when Toad informs them that due to their absence over the past few years, many monsters now inhabit the island's waters. The challenge becomes to defeat the mysterious underwater monster so Bobei can get contracts for the new interns.

## Plot

The episode opens up with Toad doing a recap as usual only for him to be interrupted by Jimmy much to his suprise as he blew him up two episodes ago. Toad eventually agrees to let Jimmy become an intern after finding out that he stole and signed a contract and then punches him away to start the episode.

Later on the campers are sitting in the meshall with Toadette being upset that she was out so early in the previous challenge. Starlow blames their loss on Rosalina, though Luigi defends her by saying that she had something important to say before she left.

Petey comments that their meal isn't as good as dream cake, with Toadette telling him to shut up and eat it, causing him to start crying. Carl says something, but Toadette shooshes him due to nobody understanding him.

At the Sprites' table, Mimi disquised as Mario attempts to convince Peach to vote off Yoshi along with Mimi and Boo during their next elimination ceremony. Peach however disagrees with the plan, saying that she's not teaming up with Mimi.

Birdo then tries to make a move on Yoshi by feeding him, although he is too terrified of her and jumps through the window to escape. At the campfire Peach makes an alliance with Bowser, much to Kamek's disgust as he believes that Bowser should treat him like that since he's his servant. Daisy then appears from behind a barrel and makes fun of him by yelling that he has a crush on Bowser much to his annoyance.

Outside of their cabin, the Koopas are discussing wha they should do next now that they're down a member. Toadette says that they should win while Wario believes that they need to rest. A roar is then heard and the campers come to Bobei and Toad, asking him what was that. Toad tells them that the ocean is being occupied by a monster and since Bobei must leave the island to get the contracts for the new interns, it must be killed. He then announces that the team that kills the monster will win invincibility. He provides them each with a gun, though he says that they can only use them once since he used up most of the ammunition. Wario complains that there were too many challenges that were being done for Toad and that they should have something else, like a puzzle challenge, though Kamek silences him when he says that he doesn't even know how to spell his name. Toad tells him that he can easily make a puzzle challenge by blowing him up and making the others reasemble him. Later the teams head to the docks where Peach pushes Mimi into the lake.

Mario tells the team to stop waisting time and appoints Yoshi to be the gunner, although the dinosaur says that he's afraid of water. Toad then shows up and tells them that whoever he gave the gun too must be the gunner, much to Yoshi's horror. Jimmy then arrives with Toad's coffee but slips on a water puddle and spills it all over himself. The Koopas have a hard time deciding who's gonna be the swimmer with Kamek suggesting Goombella since she's the only one with swimming experience and because he's gonna float back up due to his cloak.

Goombella prepares to jump into the water but Starlow objects that since she doesn't have hands and Daisy has the gun. Wario attempts to leave to get some rest but is criticaly injured by Toadette for this. Toad then comes to him and says that he's forcefully gonna have to sit out the challenge, which makes him immune to elimination if the team loses. Mimi attempts to be the swimmer for the Sprites but Mario tells her to shut up.

Peach and Starlow greet each other on the dock where Starlow asks her how she's doing without Toadsworth, to which she replies that it's a bit airy but that she finally feels free. Starlow tells her that she doesn't trust Mario and Bowser, and that if she needs anything she just has to ask. As Starlow leaves, Mimi arrives and confronts Peach for talking with the enemy. An angered Peach tells her that if they lost, she'll get voted off that night. In the meantime Kamek summons a submarine for the Killer Koopas. Mimi attempts to alert Toad about this but he doesn't hear her since he's sleeping in his tent. Starlow decides to stay ashore while the rest of the team heads into the submarine and goes underwater. Mario, Peach and Birdo board their boat and prepare to sail away, but Mimi jumps into the water alone. While underwater she transforms into Mario, reaches the submarine and convinces Goombella to give her their team's gun, due to the favor she owed her from a few episode ago. She beats the Koopas to the monster's entrance and shapeshifts into a giant squid. Daisy alerts her teammates that Goombella kicked the gun into the water, much to their frustration. Monster Mimi then throws the submarine out of the ocean and uses the gun to kill the monster. Toad declares the Sprites the winners again while Toadette tells Daisy that she's going home.

At the elimination ceremony, Toad hands out the mushrooms to Carl, Wario, Petey, Starlow, Luigi, Kamek and Toadette, with him saying that he should scratch Luigi off of the list as he still doesn't know who he is and also giving Kamek his wand back, leaving Daisy and Goombella in the bottom.

Toad gives out the final mushroom to Daisy, thus eliminating Goombella. While sitting in the Fling of Shame she asks him if she can share some final words. When he allows her to do so, she tells him to tell Mario that he's no good. Before she can continue her sentence, she is launched off the island by Toad who says that he was only kidding as he's the only one who can have last words. He then signs off the episode.

## Cast

Bobei, Boo, BJ, and Blooper appear but they have no lines.

## Elimination

 Status
 Bottom two