Muscle Memory

## Synopsis

The remaining eighteen contestants must compete in a trivia challenge that honors Total Drama's legacy in more ways than one.

## Script

### Intro - Recap

**Setting: Pahkitew Island, the Docks, nighttime**

**Blaineley**:

Previously on Total Drama: Resurrection…

**Chris**:

Amy and Samey’s new close relationship made Sadie extremely jealous, but they quickly made up later. Yawn. I was assaulted physically and verbally-

**Blaineley**:

I said that you’re heavy and Eva threw a rock at you. Grow up. Anyways, we tasked pairs of contestants to compete against each other in a series of Olympian events. Jasmine has no trouble racing against the clumsy oaf Tyler. Eva made quick work of the annoying Courtney, taking her down without breaking a sweat and knocking out a tooth in the process.

**Chris**:

With the help of our special guest, Dakota, Amy and Shawn did impressive, yet divisive gymnastic routines that Shawn rightfully won, but the old red hag over here decided to give the win to Amy even though Shawn did miles better.

**Blaineley**:

It was a mess, get over it!

**Chris**:

It was a masterpiece. A visionary experience.

**Blaineley**:

Samey and Zoey managed to make a boring sport like archery even more tedious and exhausting, and Lightning and Sadie managed to own the tennis court against Anne Maria and Topher, although that was pretty much to be expected. Like Chris set them up, or something.

**Chris**:

Despite being sure that Topher would be eliminated, in the end, Heather manages to orchestrate the shocking elimination of Jasmine.

**Blaineley**:

How will Shawn and Dave get along without their ally?

Will Scott do something noteworthy?

Will Sadie get over her paranoia?

**Chris**:

Find out the answers to these questions and more today on TOTAL!

DRAMA!

RESURRECTION!

***The theme song plays***

### Act One - The Cabins

**Setting: Pahkitew Island, the Dock, nighttime**

*Picking up right where the previous episode has left off, Jasmine can still be seen being driven away on the boat of losers by Chef off in the distance, while Dave and Shawn wave goodbye from the dock, and then turn to each other, both confused and questioning what must be done now that their ally has fallen.*

**Dave**:

What do we do now, Shawn?

**Shawn**:

I honestly don’t know.

**Dave**:

Are we boned?

**Shawn** (*solemnly*):

It’s looking like it, dude.

**Dave**:

Shawn? You’re going to be okay.

**Shawn**:

I’ve never found myself in a situation like this. I hate this feeling.

**Dave**:

You’ll be okay. I promise. She’ll still be your friend.

**Shawn**:

I’m not talking about Jasmine, I’m talking about you and I.

**Dave** (*blushing a bit*):

What do you mean?

**Shawn**:

We’re outnumbered for sure, now. You just saw it. This might be it for us.

**Dave**:

Would that really be so bad? It’s not like it’s the end of the world.

**Shawn**:

But for two million dollars? Dave, there’s a lot I could do with that.

**Dave**:

But it’s not like it was yours to start with. Plus, you’ve already won once.

**Shawn**:

Do you not want to win?

**Dave**:

I do, but there are more important things in life than just money.

**Shawn**:

I do agree with you, but while we’re here, surviving should be essential. They don’t like us, Dave. We’re their targets. It’s them against us, we’re going to lose.

**Dave**:

What do you think we should do? Do you think we should turn on each other?

**Shawn**:

I don’t think we’ll ever come to that. Trust me, that won’t ever be necessary.

**Dave**:

Okay, good. I don’t want to be against you. Ever.

**Shawn**:

We’re a team. We won’t be split up, Dave. We just need to think of something fast to save us. Have any ideas?

**Dave**:

You’re a lot more perceptive than I am with people. You’d be better off making a plan here, you’re better at it.

**Shawn**:

Come on now, Dave. Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’re more perceptive than you give yourself credit for. Like this morning when you sensed the tension at breakfast and made the idea to split up. That was smart.

**Dave**:

Well, only because it was yet another fight. Nothing revolutionary.

**Shawn**:

Still, your mind is great, you just lack the confidence to speak out on it. However, that’s not the issue at hand. One step at a time.

**Dave**:

What do you suggest we do?

**Shawn**:

Well, in the long run, this is a numbers game. We need to make allies to get by.

**Dave**:

Do you have anyone in mind?

**Shawn**:

Not Topher, that’s for sure.

**Dave**:

Absolutely not. God no.

**Shawn**:

Anne Maria is too tied to Topher to work with us, and Zoey tied herself down to Heather to follow some childhood fantasy.

**Dave**:

It’s not looking too good for us, then.

**Shawn**:

It’s not, unless we can convince Courtney and Scott to team with us. The problem with that is that Courtney is very headstrong and can turn on a dime to act on whatever impulse she feels.

**Dave**:

Funny you should mention that, because I did have an alliance early on with Courtney and Scott to eliminate Anne Maria.

**Shawn**:

And then what happened?

**Dave**:

She became obsessed with getting Topher eliminated and it kind of dissolved and Scott teamed with Heather, I think. Although I’m absolutely sure that he would drop her to rejoin Courtney.

**Shawn**:

Dave! You’re a genius! Appealing to Courtney’s intense hatred of Topher, we could get in with her and Scott to increase our voting numbers and flip the vote to finally getting rid of Topher. That’s a win-win situation. Now come on, let’s get to bed and get to work on our plan after breakfast tomorrow.

*Shawn stretches out his arm, extending his hand to Dave, who just stares at it, and then at Shawn, confused.*

**Dave**:

What are you doing?

**Shawn**:

Trying to hold your hand?

**Dave**:

Did…did you wash it? Use hand sanitizer?

**Shawn**:

Sorry, don’t have any on me. Plus I haven't had time to wash them since the ceremony. There was literally no time.

*Dave pulls a small bottle of hand sanitizer out of his pocket and squirts it onto Shawn’s hand, and Shawn rubs it in. Shawn playfully rolls his eyes as he takes Dave’s hand in his.*

**Dave**:

Much better.

**Shawn** (*playfully sarcastic*):

Really?

**Dave**:

Who knows where your hands have been?

*Dave and Shawn walk hand in hand back to the cabin and Shawn opens the door for Dave.*

**Shawn**:

After you, sir.

**Dave**:

No, I insist, after you.

**Topher** (*annoyed*):

People are trying to sleep, shut the damn door!

*The camera pans out to a view of the both cabins at night and it fast forwards to morning. Amy, Dawn, Samey, and Shawn are seen leaving their cabins with baskets, fast forwarding past, they come back with two big baskets full of berries, the two teams sitting down to enjoy breakfast.*

**Setting: Pahkitew Island, the Cabins, morning**

**Samey**:

It feels so strange to have breakfast without Jasmine.

**Amy**:

She won’t be missed, but I’m curious to know, why did you decide to eliminate someone who was successful in the challenge in favor of Captain Liability?

**Zoey**:

I felt like Jasmine was a little tough to get along with whereas Topher is very charismatic and outgoing.

**Courtney**:

Annoyingly.

**Heather**:

That was certainly a factor, but also, think about who you’d rather face in the finale? Someone that could easily beat you? Or Topher?

**Topher**:

Hey! I am, like, the people’s winner! I’m the fan favorite!

**Courtney**:

That means nothing.

**Eva**:

Yeah, Courtney’s a fan favorite for some reason, and she’ll never win.

**Courtney**:

Strong words for somebody nobody would ever support, beast.

**Dave**:

Anyways, seeing Jasmine go was really rough.

**Courtney**:

I know, especially since somebody else should’ve gone instead.

**Shawn**:

I completely agree.

**Topher** (*clueless*):

Who?

**Courtney**:

You, you incompetent sow!

**Topher**:

If that’s some kind of dig at me, I won’t hear it, and I won’t respond to it.

**Shawn**:

But of course, ignoring any valid criticism as usual.

**Scott** (*romantically awkward*):

So, uh, Amy, it would be your honor to go on a date with me! Ah! No! I mean… it would be MY honor to date me go you with! No, wrong! Will me go out with you?

**Amy** (*disgusted*):

Spit it out, nauseating pig!

**Scott** (*flustered, sounding it out slowly*):

How about we go on a date in the forest?

**Amy** (*vengeful*):

You have got to be kidding? After what you did to me the day we lost DJ, you have the audacity to think that I would go out with you? “How about we go on a date? I promise I won’t set you up in the challenge again!” How about you drop dead and leave me alone! You are a sneaky, vile pest! Metaphorical vermin! You are swine! You make me physically sick!

**Scott** (*confused*):

I-is that a no?

**Amy** (*rising to her feet, pointing a finger in his face*):

It’s more than a no! It’s a never!

*Amy gets up and stomps off. Samey quickly gets up and goes after her as a confused Scott turns to look at Courtney, who just rolls her eyes.*

**Samey**:

Amy! Wait!

**Sadie**:

Wow, I don’t know what you did to her to make her so angry to get up and leave, but thank you. Why didn’t you do that sooner?

**Eva**:

You could at least pretend to civil.

**Sadie**:

I don’t see a point in pretending to like people you don’t. We aren’t kids.

**Courtney**:

There’s a little something called respect.

**Shawn**:

Personally, I see no issue with not being civil to someone you don’t respect.

**Heather**:

Clearly Sadie doesn’t respect Amy. Who could blame her?

**Sadie**:

Right. What’s to be respected about someone who bullies her way ahead? About someone who’s lackey aids in her enforcement?

**Eva** (*accusingly*):

And just what is that supposed to mean?

**Heather**:

I think it’s pretty obvious what she meant. You’re nothing other than some second rate clown to Amy at the circus.

**Lindsay**:

Ooh! The circus? I wanna go! I just love the pretty girls with brown hair on those high up swinging things!

**Tyler**:

Those are called bicycles, babe.

**Lindsay**:

No, honey, that’s you. I’m talking about those things people swing on upside down and jump from. What are they called?

**Zoey**:

Do you mean the trapeze?

**Lindsay**:

No, that’s what the guy with the funny mask jumps into the water in.

**Dave**:

Do you mean a pool?

**Lindsay**:

No, silly! Pools aren’t small and plastic!

**Heather**:

It’s good to see that lobotomies are still fully viable.

**Lindsay**:

What’s a loboboto?

**Shawn**:

Anyways, what do we think today’s challenge will be?

**Courtney**:

Hopefully something that we can use our genuine intelligence for. The dunces have had an easy time with these challenges. Dancing, sports, scavenger hunts? Come on, where are the intellectual challenges?

**Heather**:

Well, Courtney, if you were as smart as you claim, you’d know that every challenge is intellectually stimulating, but I guess not everybody can make those kinds of connections.

**Anne Maria**:

Burn, baby!

**Topher**:

Ooh, you read her the house down!

**Courtney**:

That doesn’t even make sense!

**Dave**:

Do we really have to fight every morning?

**Zoey**:

I agree, don’t you guys get tired of fighting all the time?

**Eva** (*matter-of-factly*):

No.

**Anne Maria**:

Nope. It would be very un-Jersey to not fight for dominance.

**Courtney**:

Oh, please. The only thing you’ve ever dominated was a buffet.

**Anne Maria** (*angry*):

Oh, so it’s like that, huh?

*Anne Maria’s hair parts at the front like a hidden compartment and she pulls out a silver can of hairspray and sprays Courtney directly in the face and the two begin a slap fight. Dave and Shawn look at each other and the camera then cuts to a confessional block.*

**Shawn**:

Perhaps with Courtney’s intense dislike for Topher and Anne Maria, Dave and I could convince her to ally with us for an alliance.

**Courtney**:

That’s another name for my hit list. First Eva for knocking out a tooth, then Anne Maria for not knowing her place, and Topher for… well, his existence. Heather’s also been up there for years, but I must show grace and compassion for the moment. It almost physically hurts.

**Heather**:

It’s almost as if I’m watching Courtney single-handedly craft her own undoing. She’s making this too easy, and that’s simply not fair.

**Amy**:

How dare Scott have the audacity to ask me on a date when he set me up to be shot! Is he crazy? Is he off his rocker?

**Lindsay**:

I think that, like, Alecia is, um, into Scooter and she’s feeling, like, betrayed right now! She was, like, SO mad!

**Lightning**:

Sha-all these gorgeous, crazy women fighting and ain’t nobody fighting over the Lightning? Talk about sha-bad taste.

**Tyler**:

What does the bossy stick figure want to fight with the sweaty red pig for? Especially when the bigger sweaty pig has, like, a huge thing for her, dude?

*The camera cut to static and then to the cabins. The two teams had broken and gone their separate ways to prepare for whatever torture that the next challenge would bring them. Shawn and Dave walk side by side, trying to locate wherever Courtney had disappeared to. They walk through the forest, a panicked Dave is trying to keep his composure from being frightened by all the bugs, which gives Shawn a small little bit of uncontained laughter.*

**Shawn**:

They’re just bugs, dude. Most of them are relatively harmless.

**Dave** (*inquisitive*):

What is “most of them?”

**Shawn**:

Oh, roughly about ninety-five percent are harmless.

**Dave** (*almost accusingly*):

Aha! So you admit that there’s a five percent chance for these blasted bugs to assault me! This is a set up!

**Shawn**:

Trust me, if this was a set up, I’d have already tossed you to wasps or fire ants. Stuff like that.

**Dave**:

Hey! You know I’m allergic to bee stings!

**Shawn**:

My point exactly.

**Dave** (*awkwardly scratching his neck*):

Uh, yeah. Haha.

**Shawn**:

Could you relax for five minutes?

**Dave**:

That’s an outcome that’s highly unlikely.

*Shawn rolled his eyes as the two continued walking. After a while, they came across Courtney deep in the forest. She was conversing with Heather and Scott, well, she was making demands at them, and they were somewhat listening.*

**Courtney**:

No, you’re going to listen to me! Those two must go now!

**Heather**:

Yes, yes. They are next on the list to go.

**Courtney**:

I mean it. They go next, and no backing out like you did to eliminate Duncan.

**Dave** (*whispering*):

Do you think that they’re talking about us?

**Shawn** (*whispering*):

Doubtful, but in the event that they are, we will simply have to change their minds then, won’t we?

**Scott**:

You two are really bad at hiding.

**Heather**:

Oh, how fun. The two toy soldiers come marching in.

**Courtney**:

Taking a break from exploring each other’s bodies to come snoop around?

**Shawn**:

We were looking for, well, two of you.

**Dave** (*quietly*):

Yeah, and we haven’t “explored each other’s bodies.”

**Shawn**:

Dave! For the love of god, stop oversharing!

**Courtney**:

Anyways, if you wish to address two of the three of us, you can say whatever drivel you must in front of all of us. State your piece. Now!

**Shawn**:

Well, I suppose that Heather being here doesn’t change much. Courtney; Dave and I crave a boon.

**Courtney**:

What boon?

**Shawn**:

We propose an alliance with you and Scott.

**Heather**:

What? I don’t get an engraved invitation?

**Courtney**:

And exactly what do I get out of this?

**Dave**:

Our alliegence and votes against Anne Maria and Topher.

**Heather**:

That’s it? That’s all you can o-

**Courtney** (*bluntly*):

I’m in.

**Shawn**:

Really? That’s all it took?

**Courtney**:

Yeah, yeah, whatever. I want those two wastes of space gone and, at this point, I’ll do whatever it takes.

**Dave**:

Wow, Shawn.

**Shawn**:

What?

**Dave**:

I never thought that I’d see someone who hates Topher more than you do. I fully believed that it wasn’t possible.

**Courtney**:

He’s going to get what’s coming to him.

**Scott**:

He’s not that bad, just annoying. Anne Maria is terrifying.

**Courtney**:

She’s like Eva with orange spray-on steroids.

**Heather**:

Doesn’t anyone care if I’m in to vote with you?

**Courtney**:

No.

**Heather** (*feigning offense*):

And why is that?

**Courtney**:

You’ll get your annoying red underling to vote however way you’re feeling at the moment. You cannot be trusted.

**Heather**:

What a wonderful way to ask for help in exchange for getting your enemies crushed, Courtney. I’ll be sure to remember this.

**Courtney** (*raising an eyebrow*):

Exchange? What do you mean?

**Heather**:

Surely with your ivy league degrees, you know what exchange means. You get something, I get something.

**Courtney**:

I absolutely abhor the sound of that.

**Heather**:

Well, then I see that your decision has already been made. I’ll just save my breath for somebody who deserves it.

**Dave**:

Clearly, you have something to say, Heather, spit it out.

**Heather**:

Ah, so insightful, little one. I see why Shawn insists on keeping you around despite your overall mediocrity. I simply wanted to say that I’d be willing to toss a vote out in Anne Maria’s direction, but I just need something in return.

**Scott**:

What do you want?

**Heather**:

Ah-ah-ah! Patience, Scott! Patience! Ally with me and all will be revealed in due time! Anyways, gotta motor! Ta!

*With a sly smile, Heather waves goodbye and walks off into the distance. The remaining four turn to look at each other. Dave shyly scratches his right arm.*

**Shawn**:

Should we take her up on her offer? There’s four of us against the other five. In order to be effective, we have to flip that vote, but how?

**Courtney**:

You can’t trust her.

**Dave**:

Her word is no good?

**Courtney**:

If you like your lies deep fried in arsenic, laced with venom, and cooked with strychnine, then her word is good.

**Shawn**:

But you were just talking about eliminating two people with her.

**Courtney**:

I was demanding that she vote for Anne Maria and Topher. They cannot be put off anymore. They must go now!

**Dave**:

So what’s your plan here? Throw the challenges until they’re gone?

**Courtney**:

If I must.

**Shawn**:

But that’s stupid. Why risk losing and possibly getting voted off just to maybe eliminate one of two people? We could just dominate the challenges and let them fail on their own devices. They’d eventually get eliminated anyway.

*The camera cuts to Zoey and Alejandro back at the cabins. The two engage in small talk until Heather arrives from her conversation with Courtney, Scott, Dave, and Shawn. Zoey looks happy to see her.*

**Heather**:

So, what were you two talking about?

**Alejandro**:

It’s nothing important, mi amour. What did you find out?

**Heather**:

Courtney insists that she be aided in the eliminations of Anne Maria and Topher, which I promised would be delivered if she’d make a deal with me, however, she refused, so she will not be getting our help.

**Alejandro**:

All these years, you’d think she’d learn to take your aid.

**Heather**:

Some people need to be made examples of, it seems.

**Alejandro**:

It seems to never be too late, my love. Look here.

**Heather**:

Duty calls.

*Spotted by Alejandro, Courtney has walked to the cabins, looking for Heather. Heather steps down to greet her and the two walk off camera, Heather placing an arm behind Courtney’s neck as the camera remained on Alejandro and Zoey.*

**Zoey** (*shyly*):

Uh, hey Alejandro?

**Alejandro**:

Yes, pequeño rojo?

**Zoey**:

Do you think Jasmine is right?

**Alejandro** (*playing clueless*):

Whatever do you mean?

**Zoey**:

Y-you know, about Heather just using me for a vote?

**Alejandro**:

I'm sure I have no idea what you’re talking about. Just the musings of some nut that was upset she was eliminated.

**Zoey**:

Surely that isn’t just some random thing Jasmine made up on the spot. She was just so detailed. Unless she rehearsed it ahead of time.

**Alejandro** (*slyly looking left, then right, then back at Zoey*):

Okay, it’s true. It’s a shame what Heather is doing to you just for a number.

**Zoey** (*holding back tears*):

After everything I did for her? I even shared my chips with her!

**Alejandro** (*caringly*):

It’s okay, little one, cry if you must. She is taking advantage of you and that incredibly sharp mind of yours. You need to find a way to get back at her.

**Zoey**:

How do I do that?

**Alejandro**:

I propose an alliance. Stick with me and we’ll show Heather a taste of her karma to come. We’ll team up and get her back together.

**Zoey**:

Well, you haven’t lied to me yet…Okay, I’m in. What do we do?

**Alejandro**:

I suggest we play the long game.

**Zoey**:

The long game? What’s that?

**Alejandro**:

We play to the endgame and work against her at every turn. We pretend to be loyal to her to her face. Once her back is turned, then we slowly start working to undermine her and have her thrown out of the game faster than she could ever figure out that we are the two that took her out.

**Zoey**:

So pretend to be loyal now and work against her at the same time?

**Alejandro**:

You’ve got it right.

**Zoey**:

Smart. Promise me one thing?

**Alejandro**:

Of course, chiquitita.

**Zoey**:

Promise me that you’ll never vote for me.

**Alejandro**:

You have my word. I shall make that one promise to you.

*They smile at each other and embrace in a hug before it cuts to another confessional block.*

**Zoey** (*giddy*):

Alejandro and I made an alliance to take Heather down! We’ll show her for trying to play me like a fool!

**Alejandro** (*a devious smirk on his face*):

With Zoey to play the part of the air-headed pawn, I now can finally set my plan into motion. Step one, steal away Heather’s allies. Step two, flip them against her. Step three, take her out in an embarrassing landslide vote. What’s step four, you may ask? Why, it’s simple. Step four is to collect my two million dollars.

**Heather**:

Courtney is easy to play. She’s like a clarinet to a nine year old.

**Courtney**:

I feel absolutely gross for it, but Shawn is right. We had to ally with Heather to secure her vote for the majority in exchange for a favor. In true Heather fashion, she won’t tell me what the favor is until it’s time to be called in. I’m not liking the sound of this, but it’s what must be done.

*The camera cuts to Chris, Blaineley, and Chef in the deep forest clearing. A large screen behind them, two podiums and sets of bleachers face the three as Chris stands behind a larger, green podium. He presses a button to sound a horn then make an announcement over the loudspeaker.*

**Chris**:

Attention campers, report to the forest clearing for your next challenge immediately! Now!

*Grunts and groans arise as the remaining contestants walked to the forest.*

### Act Two - The Challenge

**Setting: Pahkitew Island, Deep Forest Clearing, midday**

*The final eighteen contestants filled in the clearing, sitting in the sections marked for their team colors with their logos on the color coordinated podiums.*

**Amy**:

What is this?

**Chris**:

For today's challenge, you will be competing in a battle of old fashioned smarts!

**Shawn**:

I feel a twist coming on.

**Blaineley**:

Oh, no. There’s no twist!

**Chris**:

Except for these shock collars!

**Blaineley**:

What shock collars?

**Heather**:

Excuse me?

**Sadie**:

Is this some sort of cruel sick joke?

**Courtney**:

Okay, this can not be legal!

**Samey**:

He’s done it to us before…

**Chris**:

That’s right! Shock collars! Let me tel you why! For this challenge I-

**Blaineley**:

Wait a damn minute, I did not approve of any shock collars!

**Eva**:

Neither did we!

**Chris**:

I make the decisions around here! It’s my show!

**Blaineley** (*ticked*):

That’s right, it is your show that got cancelled and you had to beg me to buy it back in order to get renewed after so many years!

**Chris** (*smug*):

Don’t forget who’s glorious hot bod is the main host.

**Topher**:

That’s sweet, Chris, but I don’t want to host your show anymore.

**Blaineley** (*matter-of-factory, enunciating heavily*):

Don’t forget who owns fifty-two percent!

**Chris** (*maliciously*):

Oh, Chef!

**Chef**:

Sorry about this, but he signs my paychecks.

*Chef ties Blaineley down to a chair, rope covering her mouth so she could not voice her protest. Chef then puts shock collars on the remaining eighteen contestants, to all of them giving disgusted reactions.*

**Chris** (**suddenly overly gleeful**):

Now, here’s today’s challenge! In a battle of wits to answer trivia questions about Total Drama history! You will be competing against one member of the opposing team as you are asked a question. Whoever gets the right answer first scores a point for their team and the loser gets their whole team shocked! Fun, right?

**Dawn**:

This is sick and inhumane!

**Chris**:

I don’t need further convincing, we’re doing it!

**Lightning**:

Sha-bring it on! The Lightning is never wrong!

**Amy**:

Is that a hill you’re willing to die on?

**Lightning**:

The Lightning sha-never dyes his hair!

**Lindsay**:

You don’t? Where’s the fun in that?

**Lightning**:

A man never sha-dyes what god gave him!

**Topher**:

Um, that is, like, blatantly untrue.

**Heather**:

Okay, moving on. What’s this battle of wits we must compete in?

**Chris**:

Nine contestants left on the Raccoons, nine left on the Vipers. Nine rounds of questioning. After all nine rounds, the team with the most points wins.

**Zoey**:

I guess that seems simple enough.

**Heather**:

Don’t encourage him.

**Zoey**:

Sorry, Heather.

**Chris**:

Let’s get right into it. To the podium, give me Eva! Give me Heather!

**Eva**:

I guess I’m up.

**Heather**:

This will be easy.

*The two walk to their team color coded podiums and stood at their buzzers.*

**Chris**:

We’ll start this off with an easy question. Prior to this season, who was the last contestant to be voted out?

**Eva** (*buzzing*):

Uh, Sugar?

**Chris**:

No, I’m almost sorry, Eva. That is incorrect!

**Heather** (*buzzing, with a sly smirk*):

We’ll, Chris, that question has two different answers, and in, what is a lucky coincidence, they’re both sitting over there!

*She points to Dave and Topher. The two are sitting next to each other, Topher looking at his reflection in Dave’s shock collar.*

**Chris**:

‘Splain it.

**Heather**:

Topher was the last contestant voted out normally, as his team hated him. Dave was voted out in a campaign against his own self because he was screaming and crying, throwing tantrums over a girl that wasn’t interested. There were hardly any normal eliminations that season.

**Dave**:

Did you really have to add that last part about… her?

**Chris**:

Point, Vipers! Oh Chef!

*Chef grumbles and presses a button on a control and the entire Raccoons team get electrocuted from their shock collars.*

Up next, give me Samey! Give me Zoey! To the podium!

*Eva and Heather trade places with Samey and Zoey at the podium. The two give each other a friendly smile and a handshake.*

**Zoey**:

Good luck!

**Samey**:

You too. No offense, but I don’t want to get electrocuted again, so I hope you take it this time.

**Zoey**:

Oh I absolutely see why. That looked absolutely painful. With all due respect, I’m going to try and avoid getting shocked.

**Samey**:

Well, I hope it turns out well for you!

**Zoey**:

Oh, same here!

**Chris**:

Enough with that buddy-buddy garbage! Let’s get to your question so we can fry some suckers! Name every first eliminated contestant in Total Drama history!

**Zoey** (*buzzing*):

Ooh! Ezekiel, Geoff and Bridgette together, Duncan, Staci, Lindsay, Beardo, and Trent!

**Chris**:

Oh, Zoey. So close, yet so far away. You are wrong!

**Samey** (*buzzing, visibly thinking*):

Oh, uh… Ezekiel, Geoff, Bridgette, Ezekiel again, Staci, Lindsay, Beardo, and Trent? Is that right?

**Chris**:

Tying it up for the Raccoons, it’s one to one!

*Chef presses the button again and the Vipers get electrocuted.*

**Samey**:

I’m sorry…

**Zoey**:

Don’t be! You did a good job and the cards fell where they did.

**Chris**:

Boring! Give me Tyler! Give me Shawn! To your podiums!

*Samey and Zoey switch with Tyler and Shawn, the two give friendly nods. Tyler trips and falls, knocking down Shawn and landing on top of him.*

**Tyler**:

I meant to do that! Oh, sorry dude.

**Shawn** (*deadpan*):

Yeah, think nothing of it.

**Tyler** (*helping Shawn up*):

Well, dude, if I think nothing wouldn’t that still be thinking something?

**Shawn**:

Oh, this is going to be easy.

**Chris**:

Your question is… In their audition tape, who admitted to being banned from their mall for singing the entirety of the World Tour soundtrack?

**Shawn**:

How would we know? We don’t see the audition tapes.

**Tyler**:

We don’t?

*The two thought for a bit before Shawn reached for the buzzer.*

**Shawn** (*buzzing*):

Is it Ella?

**Chris**:

That is correct! The score is two to one! Chef?

**Tyler** (*confused*):

No, no! Don’t tell me! I’ll get it!

*Another press of Chef’s button and the Raccoons get shocked again.*

**Chris**:

Up next, give me Sadie! Give me Courtney!

*Tyler and Shawn switch with Sadie and Courtney. The two just glare at each other, in stark contrast to the sportsmanship displayed before.*

**Courtney**:

I’m going to enjoy watching you get shocked again.

**Sadie**:

Then stick around. You’ll be disappointed.

**Courtney**:

As if you could outsmart me.

**Chris**:

Your question is… Who was the first contestant to ever receive individual immunity?

*Sadie quickly slams down on her buzzer.*

**Sadie** (*buzzing*):

Gwen! It was Gwen!

**Chris**:

Oh Sadie, I’m almost sorry. That is incorrect!

**Sadie**:

What? No it’s not!

**Courtney** (*buzzing, smirking at Sadie*):

Well, Chris. The correct answer is Leshawna. She won it against She-Hulk in the first merge challenge that I should have been in!

**Lindsay**:

I think you should, like, let it go. It’s been, like, SO many years.

**Eva**:

But it’s not like anyone liked you. You’d have just been eliminated the next episode, anyway.

**Courtney**:

That is simply not true!

**Chris**:

But what is true was that answer! That’s three to one!

*Chef electrocutes the Raccoons again. Amy stands up and faces her team.*

**Amy**:

Come on people, we’re losing! We can’t afford to lose another member!

**Lightning**:

Sha-why don’t you just calm down? The Lightning never loses!

**Dawn**:

You lost twice.

**Lightning**:

You must be sha-confused little girl. The Lightning. Never. Loses!

**Dawn**:

Your desire for dominance stems from your father’s neglect.

**Chris**:

Give me Lindsay! Give me Topher!

*Lindsay and Topher trade places with Sadie and Courtney at the podium.*

**Topher**:

Wait, what are we doing again? I wasn’t paying attention.

**Lindsay**:

I know! This is, like, so hard to follow!

**Amy and Courtney**:

You’re answering trivia questions!

**Lindsay**:

What’s a trivia question?

**Topher** (*repeatedly pressing his buzzer*):

Ooh! Am I the answer? Me!

**Shawn** (*angry*):

He didn’t even ask a question yet!

**Chris**:

This round will certainly be interesting. Name the contestant to compete on All-Stars without ever once making the merge?

**Lindsay**:

What’s a merge?

**Topher**:

How should I know? I wasn’t on it, therefore I didn’t watch it.

**Alejandro** (*annoyed*):

You’ve got to be kidding me.

**Topher**:

Sorry, daddy. A matter of protest and solidarity. If I’m not in it, I don’t watch it.

**Amy**:

Lindsay, come on! You were there!

**Lindsay**:

Was I?

**Eva**:

Yes! Answer the question!

**Lightning**:

Who care sha-when the Lightning was there!

**Amy**:

Can you sha-ut up for five minutes? Give us a break! Quit running your mouth!

**Lightning**:

If you sha-wanna get away to be with the Lightning so bad, you could just ask.

**Amy**:

If I’m going to be alone with you, there’s better be a rope involved.

**Lightning** (*clueless*):

Sha-freaky, huh? I like that.

*Amy delivers a swift punch to Lightning’s cheek. Not strong enough to do any damage, but just enough to indicate that she meant business. Lightning quickly went silent and she focused her attention back to Lindsay.*

**Amy**:

Lindsay! Come on, please think!

**Lindsay** (*tapping her finger against her mouth*):

Let’s see. Feather, Corn, and Greta were there. Dudley was, too, I think. Is it one of them?

**Chris**:

No, Lindsay. They’ve merged quite a few times. Topher?

**Topher** (*staring into space*):

Huh? Oh! How about Sky?

**Dave**:

We weren’t even cast yet!

**Shawn**:

And she was a finalist!

**Topher**:

Well, then I’m out of guesses.

**Chris**:

Oh god. Maybe we should’ve paired up better.

**Lindsay** (*buzzing, as if her mental fog cleared… temporarily*):

It’s Sam! The really creepy one with purple hair obsessed with Corey.

**Chris**:

While you got the wrong person, you got the right name. That’s somehow a point for the Raccoons. Let’s move on quickly. Give me Lightning! Give me Dave! Now!

*Lindsay and Topher trade places with Lightning and Dave.*

**Dave**:

Well, this should be easy.

**Lightning**:

The Lightning sha-never loses, stick figure!

**Dave**:

Well, we’ll see about that.

**Amy**:

Oh god, we’re boned.

**Rodney**:

It’s not over yet, Amy!

**Chris**:

Your question is… name the third contestant eliminated on Total Drama Island.

**Dave** (*quickly buzzing, dripping in sarcasm*):

That would be my oh, so amusing cousin, Noah.

**Samey**:

Now we’re boned.

**Chris**:

That is correct! Four points for the Vipers, two for the Raccoons!

**Heather**:

Victory is close at hand.

**Zoey**:

It tastes sweet.

**Chris**:

Give me Dawn! Give me Alejandro!

*Lightning and Dave swap with Dawn and Alejandro after another Raccoon electrocution.*

**Sadie**:

We need to sweep these last three!

**Dawn**:

I can certainly try!

**Alejandro**:

Try as you like, niña luna. You will see no victory.

**Dawn** (*giving him an oddly intense stare*):

Your ego blocks your heart from speaking her truth.

**Alejandro**:

But she never stops.

**Chris**:

Your question is… name the spin-off show hosted by Topher’s father, Don.

**Topher** (*surprised*):

How did you know? I mean, he’s not my father!

*Alejandro presses his buzzer, but curiously, it does not go off. A blue bird lands on Dawn’s finger and presses her buzzer for her using its beak, then flies off.*

**Dawn** (*buzzing*):

The Ridonculous Race?

**Chris**:

That is correct!

**Alejandro**:

This is a setup! My buzzer is obviously broken! Roll the tape back!

**Amy**:

Pack it up, loser!

**Samey**:

Yeah, you lost, user!

**Chris**:

Three points for the Raccoons against the Vipers’ four! Give me Rodney! Give me Anne Maria!

*An electric shock for the Vipers before Dawn and Alejandro trade places with Rodney and Anne Maria.*

**Anne Maria:**

Game over, piggy. I’m as smart as I am classy.

**Courtney**:

Oh, we lost this one.

**Anne Maria:**

Calm down, Princess Uptight. Don’t get your control top support panties in a twist!

**Rodney**:

An honor to compete with you, ma’am.

**Anne Maria**:

Damn right, it is.

**Chris**:

Your question is…. name the only female Killer Bass member to qualify for Total Drama Action without the use of outside forces.

**Anne Maria** (*confused*):

How should I know? I only watched that annoying singing one and knew that I could do better, so I auditioned.

**Rodney** (*thinking, then buzzing*):

The blonde surfer girl? Gidget?

**Chris**:

You’re so close, Rodney. Can we take that answer?

**Chef**:

I say it’s almost lunch time, let’s get this over with.

**Chris**:

A point for the Raccoons! It’s now tied four to four! Our last pairing! Give me Amy! Give me Scott!

*After another Viper electrocution, Rodney and Anne Maria trade places with Amy and Scott. Scott tried to make conversation with her following her explosion a few hours prior, but she’s just not interested.*

**Scott**:

You look so cute when you’re mad.

**Amy**:

Then I must look adorable right now. Next question Chris!

**Scott**:

I don’t know what I did, but I’ll throw this for you if you want me to… If it’ll make it up to you.

**Amy**:

You think throwing a lousy challenge will make up for the fact that you set me up to be shot? It’s a start, but you have a lifetime to make it up to me.

**Scott** (*hopeful*):

Okay!

**Courtney** (*whispering to Shawn and Dave*):

What do you think they’re talking about?

**Dave**:

The vacant space between their ears, no doubt.

**Chris**:

Our final question! Who was the shortest contestant on Revenge of the Island?

*Amy’s confident expression quickly melts and her face reconstructs to one of fright as she fails to remember. She freezes up.*

**Scott** (*whispering*):

Amy? What’s wrong?

**Amy** (*frozen*):

I- I don’t know. It’s like my mind just went blank.

**Tyler**:

Oh, I know what that’s like!

**Scott**:

Do you not know the answer?

**Amy**:

I- I don’t know… I can’t think.

**Lindsay**:

Amy, breathe. Relax. Breathe in. Breathe out.

**Lightning**:

Man, I sha-knew she was a failure!

**Chris**:

Either one of you, I need an answer. Now.

**Amy**:

What… what do I do?

*Scott accidentally presses his buzzer as he turned to look at Amy. He tried to place a hand in her shoulder, but she pulled away.*

**Scott** (*buzzing*):

Amy, the answer is Cameron. Take the point.

**Chris**:

That is correct! The Vipers win the challenge again!

**Courtney**:

Alright, Scott! You did it!

**Amy** (*shocked*):

I- I… failed.

**Samey**:

Amy, it’s okay.

**Lightning**:

Oh, sha-no it’s not! You talk a big game about you being the leader. You’re our coach and you keep making us lose! The greatest of sha-football players, the star quarterbacks like me get sacked from bad coaching like yours!

**Eva**:

You are so far out of line here, meathead.

**Lightning**:

Oh come on, you know she’s a sha-loser and needs to go!

**Rodney**:

Lightning, that isn’t fair.

**Eva**:

Amy has led us to victory many times against the odds. Including dead weight like you.

**Lightning** (*flexing*):

My weight is far from dead! Sha-bam!

### Act Three - The Cabins

**Setting: Pahkitew Island, the Cabins, evening**

*Amy, Eva, Lindsay, Rodney, and Tyler sit outside of the Raccoon’s cabin. Amy sitting on the stairs, her head in her hands in her knees, Lindsay sits beside her, her arm around Amy’s back, trying to console her.*

**Amy**:

I can’t believe that I failed like that. It’s so embarrassing.

**Lindsay**:

It’s not the worst thing you could do. One time, I went on a double date with my friend Lafauwnda and her boyfriend Harry and his friend Corey. It was one of those, um, restaurants that spin and I had, like, SO much wine and ended up throwing up on Corey.

**Amy**:

Thanks for… that, Lindsay, but it’s no use. They’re going to vote me off and that’s it. It’s over.

**Eva**:

Don’t get too ahead of yourself. Lightning made a huge ass of himself after the challenge, and that definitely made an impression on everyone.

*Scott came walking up to the stairs, holding something behind his back.*

**Scott**:

Uh, Amy…

**Amy**:

What? Come to gloat that you tricked me again into giving you another victory?

**Scott**:

Uh, no, I uh-

**Amy**:

Just save it. I’m in no mood for you to try and charm me just to end up manipulating me. I’ve had enough. Go away.

**Scott** (*brightly*):

You think I’m charming?

**Amy** (*doubling down*):

Just go away.

**Scott** (*disheartened*):

Oh… well… I’ll go then. I picked these for you as an apology for whatever I did, but just forget it. I can’t win you over.

He just sat a bouquet of red roses on the step right in front of Amy and awkwardly shuffled off. Amy looked up at the roses, and then further up to see Scott walking off. She grabbed the bouquet in her hands.

**Amy**:

Did I just make a mistake?

### Act Four - The Campfire Ceremony

**Setting: Pahkitew Island, the Campsite, nighttime**

*The nine remaining Raccoons sat on the tree stumps following another vote to eliminate a member as the Vipers excitedly watch. Chef drops a plate of marshmallows on the podium and leaves to get the boat of losers.*

**Chris**:

Well this was an awfully fun challenge. Almost all of you have a reason to have been voted off tonight.

**Blaineley**:

When your name is called, collect your marshmallow.

Lindsay!

Samey!

Rodney!

Tyler!

Eva!

Dawn!

Chris:

That leaves Amy, Lightning, and Sadie.

**Blaineley**:

This vote was very close. Two of you tied for the second highest number of votes, and the other will be eliminated.

**Chris**:

Amy, you have had a wild, rocky run as you attempt to lead your team, and you just froze up and handed the win to the other team.

**Blaineley**:

Lightning, despite constantly talking a big game of being a competitive threat, you have not excelled in a single challenge and let your mouth get ahead of you following your teams loss today.

**Chris**:

Sadie, you have been actively fighting against Amy since the moment the teams were made and your brilliance in the challenge are too few and far in between. This was yet another hard fall for you and you’ve become a liability.

**Blaineley**:

The last two marshmallows of the night go to…

Amy and Sadie.

**Amy** (*relieved, a sharp exhale*):

Oh my god.

**Lightning** (*standing up, angry*):

What? You sha-losers voted ME off? You all must sha-like losing! Your last chance for success is leaving! F(censor noise) y’all!

**Chris**:

Now. let us see how everyone voted!

*With a press of a button from the podium, the screen behind Chris and Blaineley flickers to life and reveals how everyone voted. Amy votes for Lightning. Lindsay votes for Lightning. Sadie votes for Amy. Tyler votes for Sadie. Samey votes for Tyler, but has Amy, Lightning, and Sadie’s names written down, but crossed out. Eva votes for Lightning. Dawn votes for Lightning. Rodney votes for Sadie. Lightning votes for Amy. Four votes Lightning, two votes Amy, two votes Sadie, one vote Tyler.*

**Lightning**:

This is sha-bogus!

**Eva**:

No, this is finally the sha-end of a long, annoying ride.

*Lightning storms down the dock of shame and gets on the boat of losers without even packing his bags, flipping the cameras off the entire way.*

**Chris**:

Well, there you have it!

**Blaineley**:

Not so fast, Chris! Now!

**Chris**:

What are you- HEY!

*The remaining seventeen contestants all grab Chris and then Blaineley sticks a shock collar on his neck. She presses the same button on the controller Chef had to electrocute him, and then passes the controller around to let the remaining cast electrocute him once until his skin turns to comic ashy grey and falls over.*

**Blaineley**:

NOW there you have it! Another loss for the Raccoons resulted in the elimination of yet another player!

Will they ever recover?

Will Amy get her groove back?

Will Dave sneak out from under the radar?

Find out the answers to these questions and more next time on TOTAL!

DRAMA!

RESURRECTION!

**Topher**:

Did he leave all his stuff behind?

**Blaineley**:

Looks like it.

**Topher**:

I call dibs looking through it!

**Samey**:

Why would you want it? He’s really muscular, you’re just toned. His clothes would never fit you and you don’t work out like he does.

**Topher**:

I am more than just ‘toned!’ Each of my abs have dedicated fan pages on Twerter! Besides, with as huge as he was, his shirts would be really comfortable to wear and sleep in. Turn it into a crop top and it becomes everyday wear. I could make cute jackets out of his shorts and jeans! He clearly doesn’t want them. Put them to good use!

**Blaineley**:

Maybe you are a psycho…

***The screen fades to black.***

## Trivia

* This episode was largely rewritten starting with Act Two, including the basis of the challenge changing from a quiz show to a trivia show.
	+ Amy was originally to lose to Scott with a farming question.
	+ Heather originally beat Lindsay with a question about meteor showers.
* Blaineley and Chris fight multiple times this episode and Blaineley reveals that the show was picked up by Chris begging her to buy it out.
* Jasmine makes a non-speaking cameo at the beginning of Act One following her elimination in the episode prior.
* Shawn is visibly warming up more to the idea of a relationship with Dave, as evidenced by his attempt to hold his hand.
* Scott tries to ask Amy on a date multiple times through the episode.
* Amy reveals that she is angry at Scott due to believing that he set her up for failure in A New Dawning.
* It is officially revealed in this episode that Heather has been using Zoey for her vote.
* The running gag of Dave being socially awkward and taking sarcasm literally continues in this episode.
* Topher hints to dying his hair in this episode.
* In this episode, it is revealed that Dave's cousin is Total Drama alum Noah and that Topher's father is host of The Ridiculous Race, Don.
* Despite giving the right name of Sam in the challenge and getting a point, Lindsay was referring to Sierra. She also mentions going on a double date with Leshawna for support with Harold, and she was paired with Cody on the date.
* Zoey's answer in the challenge is incorrect due to Duncan quitting World Tour, and Chris asked for the first voted out, which was Ezekiel.
* Heather mentions Dave's past actions with Sky, upsetting him.
* This episode canonizes that the contestants do not see their audition tapes, and Shawn correctly guesses Ella for his question.