Tabitha

Tabitha in S1

Tabitha in S2

**Tabitha Swenson**, nicknamed *The Duchess* and later *The Revolutionist*, is a character on Seasons 1 and 2 of Total Drama Murders: Escape the Night

***Season 4:*** Tabitha was invited to the Georgian Era, alongside 8 other guests. She was known for her kind heart, as well as her sassy attitude. Tabitha outlasted 6 guests and took her own life in ***Immortal (Part 1),***

***Season 5:*** After Monique's death in ***Azure & New Dawn***, the remaining 4 passengers and Jeremiah began a ritual that, for unknown reasons, revived Tabitha. While Zane was overjoyed at having his friend back, as well as all the answers he was looking for, in ***devil-may-care***, it was revealed that the ritual wiped her memory clean of everything except for who she was.

## Role

### **Season 1**

#### ***Episode 1 - A Party To Remember***

Tabitha was one of 9 guests invited to the Georgian dinner party. Tabitha and Lacie became good friends, while there was tension with Kylie. Alongside the other guests, Tabitha survives the shooting at the end of the episode.

#### ***Episode 2 - Blood on Roots***

Tabitha was dead weight to the group at first, as she was dragging her group down in the search for the special flowers. Tabitha took the death of Adam quite badly. It is unconfirmed if Tabitha and Adam were a couple of not, but it Tabitha clearly had feelings for him.

#### ***Episode 3 - Drown For Death***

Tabitha and Zack work together in the main challenge. She picks a fight with Zack, as she blames him for Adam's death. Zack tries to reason with her, but comes to the conclusion she won't be forgiving, despite calming her down. Kylie and Beth find the missing teddy bear and win an advantage; choosing one trial attendee each. While Beth is apologetic and takes her time to choose, Kylie nominates Tabitha without hesitation, putting her in the trial against Zack. Tabitha gives up, then remembers a number on the teddy bear. She tries it, and it frees her from her chamber. She watches Zack drown and is proud of herself for avenging Adam.

#### ***Episode 4 - The Wonderhell***

Tabitha returns to the group, Kylie realizing to herself that she potentially in trouble. However, Tabitha takes an assertive approach to bond with Kylie. Tabitha reads out the book about Wonderhell to the group. Later on, she almost shoots herself in the head when a ghost plays tricks on the guests, pretending to be Adam, when Kylie snaps Tabitha out of it, saving her life. Tabitha calls Daniel out, telling the group that he's a traitor, due to him ignoring Sarah's request to not read into her book any further. Nobody questions it, as it seems a bad time to worry about such an accusation.

#### ***Episode 5 - Room for 5***

Tabitha walks off from the group to take some time to herself, until Sarah threatens her to rejoin the group in the castle. When locked in a room with a wax figure, Tabitha has no idea on what to do, so she attacks the figure, turning her to wax. After Camille "sacrifices" herself for Kylie to win the trial, Kylie rushes out of the labyrinth and points fingers at Tabitha, insulting her due to Camille supposedly spreading rumors about Tabitha before Kylie left the labyrinth.

#### ***Episode 8 - The Sleeping Arachnid***

***Episode 9 - Tale of the Crimson Night***

Tabitha is shown to be chained up alongside Daniel and Kylie, after Camille finishes her story.

#### ***Episode 10 - Immortal (Part 1)***

After Camille shared the backstory on the origins of the lieutenants and revealing her evil nature, she taunted the remaining guests, revealing she had it out for Tabitha and tried to rig the trial in ***Drown For Death*** so Zack would win. After the guests are freed, the Arachnid made a deal with Tabitha, to try turn her to side with the lieutenants. Tabitha refuses, choosing to drink a sundae made of spiders, to save Kylie and Daniel. The group managed to find the first half of Elizabeth's amulet, which is in the middle of the cave, surrounded by electric eels. The group was about to vote for one last trial, in which Tabitha stepped up to swim for the amulet. After recovering the amulet, Tabitha succumbed to her injuries and made the decision to not fight her death. After Tabitha's sacrificed, Kylie, Daniel and Zoey find Tabitha's hat in the water, containing the amulet piece, followed by a sad goodbye, which completely broke everyone's spirits.

### **Season 2**

#### ***Episode 7 - Azure & New Dawn***

After the death and betrayal of Monique, the ritual began and Tabitha's body was summoned. Eventually, the body came back to life and transformed, giving Tabitha a completely new look in the process.

#### ***Episode 8 - Devil-May-Care***

After Tabitha was revived, she was exploring the ship. Once she overheard Zane and Dominic discussing Tabitha's identity, she confronted them. She had not heard that they were talking specifically about her, which resulted in confusion for her. She helped the group in the hope of finding answers, while having flashbacks to the night she died. Before Topher sacrificed himself, Tabitha had offered to do so to avoid drama, while Zane yelled at her.

## **Quotes**

* "What are you implying?"
* "This night isn't going to get any weirder, right?"
* "Care to explain how I'm a bitch?"
* "I'm here alone, so this would be the perfect time for me to die!"
* "I have a really bad feeling about this."
* "I can't carry on like this... I became the person I despise... evil and manipulative!"
* "Not what your mom said last night!"
* "I'm going to make it back, I promise."
* "Can I not breathe around here?"
* "What fish has a kink for skulls?"

## Trivia

* Tabitha is the first TDM: Escape The Night Contestant to die in a season finale, or to die outside a trial.
* Tabitha is the first ever TDM: Escape The Night Contestant to come back from the dead.
* Tabitha is the first TDM: Escape the Night Contestant to compete in more than one season, as well as the first guest to enter halfway into the series, when her revival took place in ***Azure & New Dawn***.

* Tabitha took part in two deaths in TDM: Escape The Night. In ***Drown For Death***, Tabitha won the trial against Zack, and in ***Who's In Control***, Tabitha won the power to choose one trial attendee, choosing Lacie.

* Tabitha gained no votes against her for her entire life-span in the Georgian Era, if one doesn't include Kylie's power to choose one trial attendee in  ***Drown For Death***. Even then, one vote being the record for the least amount of votes in Season 1.
* By the fans, Tabitha was voted "Most Likely Finalist to Escape The Night", before her death.
* In Season 1, every guest Tabitha voted against ended up going into the trial.