Is This Really The End?

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## Is This Really The End?

### Challenge

* Have more popularity votes
* Climb a huge cliff
* Find the hidden button

### Episode

Season 1, Episode 20

"**Is This Really The End?**" is the 20th and final episode of Algicosathlon Mania. The two finalists have to battle against each other in 3 rounds, and whoever wins more rounds is the winner of AM.

## Plot

### Cold Open

Lavender wakes up, then Red immediately runs to her and says that it's time for the finale. Red tells her they have to go and Lavender says she'll be there. Meanwhile, the Athletes are behind a gate and are excited for the finale. Pink says the finale is going to be awesome, with Green agreeing with her. Magenta is busy rambling about how Lavender is going to win the show against Red. Olive tells her to shut up but she refuses and keeps rambling, causing Olive to yell at her and then getting knocked out by Magenta. She ends up getting kicked out of the audience. Invisible tells the athletes if they're ready and excited for the finale, which they are, then the intro plays.

### Round 1

Invisible explains the round to the contestants, and Turquoise realizes it's similar to last episode's voting. Olive votes for Red since he thinks that Lavender didn't care to help him in The Apocalypse!. Lavender tells Olive that she didn't know he was there and would've helped him, but Olive doesn't change his vote. Brown agrees with Olive that Red saved their lives, so he also votes Red. Turquoise thinks that Olive and Brown are too harsh on Lavender and votes her because she's a nice athlete. Gray votes Lavender because she isn't cruel and heartless like Red. Blue objects to this but Green makes him stop. Cyan and Purple vote for Lavender and Tan votes for Red. Yellow tells Invisible where Magenta is because she's next to vote. Invisible counts her vote for Lavender since she wouldn't shut up about her. Yellow votes Lavender but Red tells her to vote for him. Yellow is annoyed about what Red said since he did cruel things to her throughout the season. Black is on Red's side however, and votes for him. Pink and Orange cheer for Lavender and vote for her. Green, Blue, and Lime vote for Red, with Green giving a speech. White tells the 3 he votes for Lavender instead, much to the alliance's dismay. White says he thinks Lavender deserves more, therefore she should win. Red is infuriated by this and states that he has trust issues because of this. The round ends and Lavender wins with 9 votes, while Red gets 7.

### Round 2

Invisible announces the challenge being a throwback to the first episode's. Red and Lavender are teleported to the cliff face, and Red starts climbing. Lavender is sad because she never did the challenge from the first episode. However, Turquoise encourages her to climb the cliff and beat Red. Lavender is then determined to climb it, but Red already makes it to the top, who isn't surprised. Lavender is annoyed that she lost.

### Round 3

Invisible says whoever wins the final round will win season 1. Orange believes there is going to be a season 2 but Invisible shushes her. Invisible tells Red and Lavender that whoever wins will get the prize, with Lavender asking what the prize is. Invisible states the prize is a gift of the winner's desire. Tan is mad that Invisible never announced the prize at the start of the episode, and Invisible says he did that for interpretation. Invisible announces the third round, where the athletes have to get back in their teams. Magenta is annoyed that she has to work with Olive since they're on the same team. Olive is confused why Magenta's back since she got kicked out, but she tells him that she didn't get kicked out permanently. Magenta then tells her team they're going to the Scream Box.

Red tells his team they're going to outer space because he believes they will find the button there, but the team needs a rocket. Violet says she can help, White remembers her but forgot her name. Red and Blue agree that she's hot. White asks Violet for her rocket and she accepts, and says it's on the cliff from "Climb or Die!". TPL then gets walking. Meanwhile, Olive tells Gray and Turquoise that he's going to sabotage his own team so that Red has a higher chance of winning. Gray snitches on him by telling Magenta, who is infuriated by the news. She tells Gray to beat him up and Olive decides to leave. Cyan tells Magenta and Olive to stop fighting if they want Lavender to win, but Magenta and Cyan start arguing due to Cyan telling Magenta what to do. Gray is questioning how their team is going to win since their team is being dysfunctional.

Red, Blue, Green, and Lime make it to the top of the cliff, with Red saying that they can find the rocket. Black says where the rocket is, and Lime annoyedly points to it and says how the rocket literally has a sign that says it's a rocket. The TLP members then get inside the rocket. Lime asks White how the rocket was unharmed after the events of "The Sun Is a Deadly Laser", and Lime says cartoon logic is annoying. White realizes Purple is gone and tells the team. Meanwhile, Purple goes to Team AAAAAA!!! to sabotage TLP, and tells Magenta about her plan. Magenta and Orange are amused by Purple's plan for sabotage, and Magenta calls Purple her "partner in crime". Yellow tells the team that they're at the Scream Box, with Cyan saying they should go in the Scream Box to see if the button is in there. Yellow agrees but questions how they're going to get in the box. Cyan threatens Magenta to throw away her fashion designer if she doesn't let her and Yellow in the Scream Box. Magenta, out of anger, throws Cyan and Yellow in the box. The two realize that the button isn't there, and Cyan calls for help since they can't get out of the box. Nobody responds however, and the two are stuck there. Lavender tells Magenta to focus on finding the button because this is a big day for her. Magenta reluctantly accepts, making Lavender happy.

Meanwhile, TLP is in the rocket, which is going extremely fast. Blue tells Red that he's going too fast, but Red tells him that speed is important if he wants to win. The rocket speeds up even more, with Red getting more fierce, and then the rocket crashes into the moon and shatters into many pieces. All of the TLP athletes (except Purple) are now floating in space, all terrified by what happened. Blue yells at Red about making the rocket crash, and Brown screams that they're all going to die. Green is confused why there is no gravity, since there was gravity last time they were in space. White informs him that different parts of space have different gravity, which worries Green. Black wants to know what will happen if he goes on the moon, and gets pulled toward the moon and successfully stands on it. Black tells his team to come to the moon due to his idea working, and the rest of the team does so. Red starts rambling about how they will find the button and he will win, and he will rule the game and everyone in it. Brown tells Red that he thinks he doesn't deserve to win, listing reasons why. This causes Red to get infuriated and forcefully kick Brown very far away. Tan tells Red that Brown was right, with Red getting sad. Brown is flying through space, then falls back to earth. Meanwhile, Cyan and Yellow hear Brown screaming from above, then he falls into the Scream Box. The two question how he ended up here, with Brown telling them it's because of Red. Cyan tells him that he's stuck with them now.

Pink tells magenta if someone's missing, who says "no". Pink tells her that Cyan and Yellow have been gone for a while but Magenta says they're fine. Pink tells her that they should go get them and Magenta aggravatedly agrees. Lavender objects due to wanting to do the challenge but Pink tells her they have to get Cyan and Yellow. Magenta says she doesn't care but Pink forces her to find them. Turquoise asks where they might be and Gray says that the last time he saw them was at the Scream Box, and Orange says for them to go there. Cyan and Yellow discuss about the show ending, Yellow being sad but Cyan not caring. They get interrupted by Pink who tells them to climb the rope she put down there for them to escape. Brown tells the two that he has a fun game they can play, but realizes they're gone.

Meanwhile, Blue asks Red if they're going to find the button, but he doesn't respond. Blue asks him again only for Red to yell at him. Red immediately apologizes and says that he doesn't know what came over him. Red starts to tear up and talks about how he doesn't want to be mean because it hinders his friends, and apologizes to his team. White says he can always change and repent and get right with the Lord, and Red agrees. Red apologizes to Black for forcefully shoving him away in "Love Is on The Menu!", but Black accepts his apology and says he doesn't care. Red tells his team he knows a way off the moon, and later they end up on land. Pink spots them and tells Magenta, but she denies the fact that the other team is there. Pink gets frustrated with Magenta and has her see for herself, much to her dismay. Magenta goes to fight them and White goes to fight her. Lavender reminds them of the challenge but Pink says that Magenta has to fight so they have to as well. Lavender gets fed up and tells her that the challenge is more important and Magenta doesn't care about helping her. Pink says she cares, and agrees that what Magenta is doing is wrong. The rest of the team agrees with her, and they help Lavender in the challenge. Orange then realizes Olive is gone and asks where he could be.

Olive is walking when he then encounters the button needed to win the challenge. Upon seeing it, Olive realizes he needs to press it to win, but White jumps at him in attempt to not have him press the button. Green and Black spot the button but Cyan and Purple prevent them from pressing it. Green realizes Purple betrayed his team and attempts to fight them, but gets punched by Cyan. Orange and Yellow also find the others and are happy about it, and go to press the button. However, Blue, Lime, and Tan approach them to fight. Turquoise and Gray are worried due to everyone fighting and the battles being intense. Lavender sees everyone fighting, then spots the button and is determined to get it. Red sees that Lavender wants to get the button, and runs to it, with Lavender running right behind him. Red is about to press the button but is grabbed by the legs and thrown to the ground by Lavender. Lavender attempts to press it but is hit to the ground by Red. Yellow realizes that Red and Lavender are fighting to win the show and all the athletes stop fighting. Invisible, with great excitement, shows up to see the final battle between the two. Red and Lavender argue about why the other is preventing them from winning. Lime tells Red to press the button since it's right next to him, but Cyan shushes him. Red goes to get the button but is grabbed by the legs by Lavender and thrown away. Lavender runs to the button but is punched to the ground by Red. Both of them start running to the button, looking very beat up. All of the athletes cheer and look in suspense as Red and Lavender run to the button. Lavender is delighted to realize that Red isn't running behind her anymore and assumes he gave up. Just as Lavender is about to press the button, Red leaps at her, forcefully punching her in the face. A dead Lavender ends up on the ground, with blood over her. Red then presses the button and wins Algicosathlon Mania. Invisible announces and declares Red as the winner and cheers, angering Magenta, Pink, Cyan, and Yellow, as they all wanted Lavender to win. Invisible apologizes when he sees their angry facial-expressions.

### Aftermath

Blue and Green walk to Red, with Blue cheering about Red's victory. Red then spots Lavender, who is sitting down with a sad look. Red is saddened by this and approaches her, apologizing for killing her. Lavender yells back at Red that what he did showed Lavender who he truly is. Lavender says they were on good terms and he changed when both of them were in the finale, and blames Red for making her the runner-up. Lavender tells Red to leave her alone, but Red apologizes to her for all that he's done, saying that he's trying to improve and be a better person, and tells Lavender that he'll make up for what he's done to her over the episodes. Lavender says that Red is cruel, but forgives him, and the two hug. White and Black are shocked by this and Magenta is annoyed at them. Invisible approaches Red and tells him he can choose anything of his desire due to winning the show. Red says that everyone is his friend, making Lavender happy. However, Red asks for a hotel, much to Lavender's dismay. Invisible announces season 1 has finished, with the athletes in shock as they think there will be another season. Orange is happy that she was right but Invisible tells her to shut up as it is not finalized. Invisible signs off and thanks the viewers for watching, hoping they have a blessed day, telling them to repent, and says goodbye.

### Stinger

Brown, who is still in the Scream Box, assumes Cyan and Yellow left him there. Brown is saddened by this, then spots a note flying down and grabs it. The note says, "the insanity has just begun." Brown is interested by it, then puts up two fingers (or the peace symbol), indicating there is a season 2.

## Trivia

* This is the only episode with everyone on the thumbnail.
* This is the only storyboard episode of AM finished in 2023.
* Brown is the only athlete who isn't at the end of the episode, as he is still trapped in the Scream Box.
* This episode was in development for the longest time, being finished 1 year and 15 days after the previous one.\*This is the longest episode of AM, having 8 parts in the storyboard.