User:Stryzzar/Everyone and Mal

This article is about the interactions between Everyone and Mal.

Overview
Mal is a secret personality sealed within Mike's mind. However after lying dormant for an extensive period of time he reawakens after Scott accidentally hits Mike on the head with a shovel in Evil Dread. Upon his release, Mal spends his time stirring up trouble for the rest of the contestants, all the while pretending to be Mike, and hence served as the main antagonist of Total Drama All-Stars. As the main antagonist Mal's approach differs from his predecessors. Rather than focusing his efforts on causing eliminations, he instead prefers to directly inflict injury or terrorize the other competitors. However he does share other antagonists' tendency to manipulate others. Alejandro, who is a master manipulator in his own right, noted that Mal's abilities of persuasion were "impressive". By the end of the season most become aware of Mal. However many of his victims have yet to discover his existence, let alone the fact that he caused their downfall.

Alejandro
Alejandro and Mike/Mal did not interact early in the season, due to being on different teams. However the two develop a major conflict after Alejandro becomes aware of Mal's true nature. Their conflict escalates in The Obsta-Kill Kourse, where both of them race to turn the other contestants against one another. In the end Mal emerges victorious and succeeds in eliminating Alejandro, but not before he leaves behind a DVD containing footage of all of Mal’s crimes which Zoey would later find.

In You Regatta Be Kidding Me, Mal (posing as Mike) approaches Alejandro for the first time, just after the latter won immunity, and offers to form an alliance with him. Alejandro is surprised by this, but accepts as he liked unexpected events.

In Zeek And Ye Shall Find, while navigating through the Spa Hotel, Alejandro stumbles upon Chris's surveillance room. He spots a disk titled "Mal's Greatest Hits" and plays it. He watches all of the surveillance footage of Mal committing evil deeds such as breaking his teammates' possessions, sabotaging challenges, and attempting rig the votes against Cameron. He also sees Mal's planting evidence under Alejandro's bed in an attempt to frame him. However Alejandro gets one step ahead of Mal and rushes to remove the evidence and instead plants it under Mike's bed. He then returns to the monitor room, and watches as Cameron finds the evidence and the blame gets pinned on Mal. Alejandro mockingly says to Mal "Anything you can do I can do better, and look better doing," before taking the disc as an "insurance policy". Meanwhile Mal is furious over the incident, and vows that Alejandro would pay for "sabotaging [his] sabotage". Afterwards Mal manages to restore Cameron's trust in him, and manipulates him into believing Alejandro and the other contestants were out to get him. This would become significant later on, when Alejandro comes across Cameron hanging from a hole, the latter turns down the help he offers. Once Alejandro is brought to others, Mal accuses Alejandro of intentionally "leaving him hanging" in reference to Cameron. However Alejandro takes note that he never mentioned anything about "hanging", and comes to the realization Cameron's predicament was Mal's doing.

In The Obsta-Kill Kourse, the conflict between the two reaches a peak, where Alejandro's revelation of his knowledge about Mal causes the two villains to clash in an attempt to eliminate one another.

Near the start of the episode, Mal approaches Alejandro and cautions him to watch his back, while mockingly calling him "Al". However Alejandro informs him that he is aware of Mal's identity. While Mal is at first unphased, confident that no one would believe "the most manipulative player in Total Drama history", however he immediately becomes attentive when Alejandro reveals the existence of the DVD. Alejandro grabs Mal by then grabs Mal by the shirt in an attempt to intimidate him, however to his surprise Mal grabs his wrist and crushes it using his immense strength, before twisting it and forcing him to kneel. Out of desperation Alejandro promises not to reveal Mal's secret. He is saved when Zoey approaches and asks what was going on. Mal quickly releases Alejandro and states he was helping him up, when the latter had fallen. Alejandro then appears in the confessional clutching his swollen wrist, and bitterly swears vengeance against Mal for ruining his symmetry.

In The Obsta-Kill Kourse,

Courtney
Courtney becomes one of the many contestants that Mal targets for elimination. After he finds out about Courtney's budding relationship with Scott, he immediately makes plans to break the two apart. He first succeeds in straining the relationship by having Cameron kiss Courtney in front of Scott, but the two later reconcile. He makes a second attempt by exposing a chart Courtney made that showed her elimination order. Mal succeeds in not only turning Scott against her, but all of the remaining contestants.

In Saving Private Leechball, Mike comments in the confessional that Courtney was scary, before Mal takes over and adds that he "loves it when things get scary ". In Food Fright, after Mike falls out of the Salad Spinner, Mal assumes control and pulls a lever on the Salad Spinner setting it to overdrive. When Courtney enters the Spinner, she gets thrown out by the immense speed and crashes into a tree's hollow.

In Zeek and Ye Shall Find, Mal begins manipulating Cameron into believing all the other contestants were out to get him. He then explains his plan to ally with Scott by driving a wedge between his relationship with Courtney, by having Cameron kiss her in front of Scott. When the four come across each other in the mines, Mal pushes Cameron into Courtney. As planned, Scott becomes infuriated and the couple breaks apart.

In The Obsta-Kill Kourse, in an attempt to dispatch of Alejandro, Mal persuaded all the other contestants to vote him off. He comes across Courtney and Scott, and easily secures their votes.

In Sundae Muddy Sundae, Mal begins to target Courtney for elimination. Early on Courtney had made a chart showing the order she desired to eliminate the remaining contestants, with Mike placed as a wild-card. However Mal somehow manages to obtain the chart. When he and Zoey are approached by Scott, Mal takes the opportunity to present Courtney's chart to everyone. Mal's plan succeeds and he turns all of Courtney's remaining allies against her. However despite having lost her allies, Courtney becomes even more determined in winning. Mal then decides to sabotage the competition to secure Courtney's elimination. He wedges a rock into the fire-breathing flower that was guarding the pool of chocolate sauce, causing it to explode and thereby wrecking the chocolate. Courtney and Scott arrive in time to see the burnt chocolate with Mal passing it off as an accident. Courtney is then forced to put chocolate coals on her sundae, but the smell causes a bird to vomit on it, making it completely unpalatable.

At the end of the challenge, Chris announces everyone had to eat their own sundae, however Courtney is unable to do so. She protests that "Mike" ruined the chocolate sauce on purpose to no avail, however it does earn Mal suspicious glances from the others. That night Mal and the others all vote for Courtney (with the exception of Gwen and herself), resulting in her elimination.

In The Bold and the Booty-ful, in a conversation with Scott, Mal convinces him that Gwen was responsible for breaking him and Courtney apart, as part of his plan to manipulate him.

Mike
As the host of the evil personality, Mike is Mal's biggest threat and greatest adversary. Ever since his returning, Mal made it his main goal to take over Mike's body and dispose of Mike forever. Before he gained full control of Mike, Mal would frequently surface for brief periods, either to cause some mischief or to make fun of Mike’s predicament. He would often emerge to finish off a sentence Mike was in the middle of speaking. Mal also appears to have closely studied Mike’s mannerisms, being capable of perfectly mimicking Mike when he assumes control. After Mal gains full control of Mike's body and traps him in his own mind, Mike spends the remainder of the season thwarting Mal's plans from the inside by freeing all of his other personalities that Mal had enslaved.

In Saving Private Leechball, as Mike comments on how Courtney was "scary", Mal briefly surfaces and states how he loves it when things got scary. Later on Mike discovers he is no longer able to summon his personalities, later revealed to be Mal's doing.

In Moon Madness, the strange effects of the blue harvest cause Mal to be released. In the confessional he demonstrates how he is able to imitate Mike. While practicing Mike's voice he calls him a "bug-eyed weirdo".

In No One Eggspects the Spanish Opposition, after considering Cameron's analysis that he couldn't summon his personalities due to taking a blow to the head during Evil Dread, Mike resorts to hitting himself on the head with a boulder. Unfortunately this causes Mike to be thrown into his own subconscious, while Mal surfaces and becomes the predominant personality. He laughs evilly when he surfaces and applauds Mike's efforts for releasing him. Meanwhile Mike awakens in his own subconscious and to his horror discovers he has been chained to a boulder.

In Suckers Punched, Mike and Mal have their first direct interaction. In his subconscious, a mirror materializes in front of Mike which displays Mal within in it. Mike immediately recognizes Mal and finally comes to realization that he was responsible for everything. Mal proceeds to taunt Mike, while revealing part of his plans he has for the rest of the cast. He ends their conversation by pulling the mirror away. During the challenge, Mal is faced with Izzy who immediately notices something wrong with her opponent. Mike watches this from the inside from a mirror that Mal provided. He calls out to Izzy and tells her that Mal trapped in him in his own mind, which Izzy is able to hear. Mal is surprised by this, but realizes Izzy used his eyes as a window to see into his mind. Mal then shuts the window and the mirror sinks into the ground, to Mike's dismay. Shortly after Mike sees a few question marks fly passed him, where he grabs one and uses it to unlock the chains that bind him. Having been freed he goes to explore his subconscious and find a way to take Mal down.

In You Regatta Be Kidding Me, Mike encounters Chester, and convinces the old man to join him in taking Mal down. Meanwhile in the real world, Zoey endangers her life to check whether Mike was in control. She calls out to him for help, which Mike is able to hear in his mind. The trigger is strong enough to push Mike out of his mind and regain control of his body, while Mal is pulled back and takes Mike's place. At first Mal is shocked at what happens, but he clenches his fists and strains, as to put himself back in control. Mal succeeds and disappears while Mike is pulled back into his mind, and becomes despaired at being unable to save Zoey.

In The Obsta-Kill Kourse, Mike and Chester encounter Svetlana and ask her to join them as well. However Svetlana tells them to quieten down, as Mal had left ears in his mind to monitor what they were doing. Mike spots many large ears floating above them and states it "could be a problem". Back outside in the real world, Mal gets into a struggle with Alejandro while the two of them are hanging on the snapping bars. He channels Svetlana's athleticism to overpower Alejandro, which causes Svetlana to partially fade away inside his mind. Mike tells to Svetlana to fight Mal, but she is unable to overcome him. Svetlana alerts Mike to the chain binding her, so he breaks it and frees her from Mal's grasp. With Svetlana breaking loose from Mal he loses his coordination and slams into the bars, followed by falling into the pool of snapping turtles. In the confessional Mal is perplexed at how Svetlana could escape from his grasp, but then realizes it was Mike's doing. He becomes angered and punches the confessional camera, causing it to shatter.

In Sundae Muddy Sundae, Mal is in the confessional and contemplates that Zoey's growing suspicion, and Mike running around in his head could be a problem. However he promises to Mike that he would take care of him. The scene switches back to Mike's mind, where Mike's team encounters Vito holding a ventriloquist puppet that resembles Mal. However the puppet starts talking on its own, and reveals itself to be possessed by Mal. The Mal puppet intimidates all of the personalities, before it hovers in front of Mike to give him a warning. Having had enough of Mal, Mike grabs the puppet and repetitively smashes it on the boulder Vito is sitting on.

Mike's alternate personalities
All of Mike's other personalities are terrified of Mal (especially Svetlana and Chester), and refer to him as "The Malevolent One". For most of Total Drama All-Stars, Mal had chained all of them down when he took over Mike’s mind.

In Evil Dread, while Mike is asleep, all of his personalities discuss Mal's return. Chester describes Mal as "a storm approaching", while Svetlana states she's scared. Vito then asks how they can stop Mal, and calls him a "Goomba", however Manitoba ends the discussion by alerting the others that Mike was waking up. Later during the challenge, Manitoba Smith accidentally gets hit on the back by Scott, which sends him back into Mike's mind. Once back inside Manitoba approaches the other personalities and warns them that "The Malevolent One" was returning. All of them look up at the portrait of Mike and watch in horror as it turns into Mal, all of them then flee in terror.

In You Regatta Be Kidding Me, while Mike explores his mind he encounters Chester, who has been forced by Mal to stand at a stall selling skateboards. Mike is able to quickly convince Chester to join him in taking Mal down. When Mike temporarily regains control of his body (due to hearing Zoey’s cry for help), he and Mal switch places in his mind. Once Chester sees Mal appear he becomes terrified and cowers in fear.

In The Obsta-Kill Kourse, Mike and Chester discover Svetlana who has been forced by him to carve fish statues out of butter. As Mike offers Svetlana to join them, she fearfully tells them to quiet down and points out many ears floating above them, which were listening in to everything that happened. Later on Mal gets into a struggle with Alejandro on the snapping bars. To dispose of the Spaniard, Mal calls upon Svetlana’s abilities by channelling her, resulting in Svetlana fading away in Mike’s mind. Whilst using Svetlana, Mal takes on her appearance but retains his own personality, and uses it to pummel Alejandro. Mike tells her to fight Mal, but she is unable to resist him. Mike then intervenes by breaking Svetlana’s chain, freeing her from Mal’s grasp. In the outside world, after Svetlana slips from Mal’s grasp, he loses her agility and slams into the bars before falling into the pool of snapping turtles. Mal then appears in the confessional and is shocked how Svetlana is able to break away from him, before realising it is Mike’s doing and angrily punches and breaks the camera.

In Sundae Muddy Sundae, Mike, Chester and Svetlana encounter Vito, who has been forced to perform a ventriloquist show using a dummy that resembles Mal. As Mike asks Vito to join them in defeating Mal, all of a sudden the dummy comes to life, as Mal had possessed it in order to scare the personalities into not rebelling. Both Chester and Svetlana cringe in terror as the Mal dummy levitates in the air, before Mike puts an end to this by grabbing the dummy and smashing it against Vito’s chain.

In The Bold and the Booty-ful, Mike and his team come across Manitoba Smith

Sierra
In Food Fright, a distraught Sierra discovers her Smartphone has been broken. In a flashback it’s revealed Mal is the culprit. Having snuck over the girls' side of the Spa Hotel, Mal grabs Sierra’s phone and crushes it with his hand.

In Moon Madness, Mal is released from Mike's subconscious by the Blue Harvest Moon. He convinces Cameron, who had recently been disturbed by Sierra’s affection towards him, to abandon Sierra and come away with him. Later all of the Heroic Hamsters meet up, with Sierra gladly greeting Mike/Mal and Zoey when she sees them. She also comes up with the idea to swing across the chasm using a vine. However it doesn’t turn out as planned as Mike/Mal and Zoey end up dangling over the cliff face, with Sierra being forced to hold both of them up by clasping the vine in her clenched teeth.

Scott
Mike and Scott already possessed a long drawn out history of being enemies. However their conflict had mostly cooled off by the time of Total Drama All-Stars. Once Mal emerged he immediately saw Scott as an asset, and began to manipulate him over the course of several episodes. He began by drive a wedge between Scott's budding relationship with Courtney. After succeeding in breaking up the couple twice, he easily manipulates Scott into securing his votes against Alejandro and Courtney. He finally approaches Scott for an alliance in The Bold and the Booty-ful to which Scott accepts, but in actual fact both are revealed to be using each other in order to have an easy win in the finales. However it doesn’t take long for Mal to betray Scott, and he sabotages Scott’s chances of winning the challenge, resulting in the latter getting severely injured. Scott finally becomes aware of Mal’s true nature and attempts to warn Zoey, but he still ends up getting eliminated for his trouble.

Zoey
Almost immediately after Mal first emerges, he notices Zoey's close bond with Mike and seeks to exploit her over trusting nature to help him advance in the game. For the majority of the season Zoey remains unaware of Mal’s presence, as he poses as Mike, and still believes Mike is in control. Mal would frequently sabotage challenges to secure a win for Zoey, allowing him to boot off his competition while steering suspicion away from himself. However over time several other characters try to warn her about Mal, and she slowly becomes wary of the malevolent entity that has taken over her boyfriend. She finally becomes fully aware of Mal in The Bold and the Booty-ful, thanks to Alejandro leaving behind a DVD full of incriminating footage showing Mal’s true self, however by this stage Mal had dispatched of almost all remaining contestants. She finally confronts Mal in The Final Wreck-ening where the two battle it out with each other, for both the prize money and for control over Mike’s body.