User blog:Gordon003/What if… Courtney wasn’t eliminated in Basic Straining?

Another new blog… man, I suck at making new episode. But you know me … a man with logic … but useless at consistency!

However, this is the ultimate logic challenge. In this article (and maybe a series if it’s really popular), I will discuss on the future consequence if a scenario has been altered. From there, we look at each character’s development and action in each episode. Who knows? Maybe there could be events that could change the whole season and maybe the whole franchise! After all, anything could happen…

But enough jibber-jabber. In this article, I will talk about Courtney. For a long time, Courtney was widely debated and polarized the fandom since her introduction in TDI. You either like her or hate her (I’m neutral… duh). And it’s all because of a moment when someone switch the votes in the voting box in revenge…

Basically, this made me wonder. What happen if Harold instead of Courtney was eliminated in Basic Straining? You may think that there’s hardly any impact. After all, Harold was the next contestant to be eliminated after Courtney in “X-Treme Torture”.

But this is where you are wrong. Harold may have been the next one eliminated but you have an angry Courtney on the other side. But if Harold was eliminated instead, then we don’t have an angry Courtney… and voila, everything change. But the question still remain … Will Courtney be the determined girl we know back in TDA? And could she be maybe the most favourite character in this franchise? Well, this is what the article is all about.

First of all, I will go through each episode in each season (if it’s possible at all). And in each episode, I’ll the main event and analyse each character which may change due to the scenario. Ready? Let go!

Alternate Event Summary
Chris caught Harold trying to switch vote in the vote box; resulting in Chef locking it up in his kitchen.

In the elimination ceremony, Harold accepted his fate and was eliminated from the competition.

After that, Courtney and Duncan shared another kiss and then went back to their bed, getting ready for another day of torture.

Major Events

 * The voting box hasn’t been replaced/altered
 * Harold was voted off instead of Courtney

Character Analysis

 * None so far

Remaining Character

 * Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff
 * Screaming Gophers: Gwen, Heather, Leshawna, Owen, Trent
 * Out: Harold

Main Episode Information

 * Challenge: Participate in 3 extreme challenges
 * Original winner: Screaming Gophers
 * Original contestant eliminated: Harold

Remaining Team
The episode starts with Chris flying his plane above their camp, announcing the challenges and annoying the campers. When he announced that the winning team will be allowed to use the mobile shower, Owen wasn’t impressed. But Heather insists on the importance of it and orders Owen to perform or else, causing Owen to choke on his marshmallow as Har… wait he’s gone. Never mind, this is minor as somebody will slap Owen, causing Owen to spit out the marshmallow which later hit Heather in the head. The change is getting real, eh?
 * Killer Bass: Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Geoff
 * Screaming Gophers: Gwen, Heather, Leshawna, Owen, Trent

After breakfast, Owen ate all of the leftovers and all contestants left for the challenges. Wait a minute, something is missing…

What originally happened was that Chef Hatchet founds the note which contain a haiku. And when Gwen and Bridgette pick it up and read it, they later argue with each other on who wrote it but at the end, forgive each other at the end and became good friend.

But here is the main issue: that note came from Harold. And he was eliminated. So with Harold’s elimination, Bridgette and Gwen wouldn’t talk or interact with each in this season. Both could be friends in the future but remember, this episode is a significant development in their interaction with each other. For me, they will still be friend with each other but it wouldn’t be good as originally before.

Anyway, the first challenge is “sofa-skydiving” where a contestant selected will have to skydive to the beach and land on their team’s sofa bed. Obviously nothing will change as DJ and Trent will do it.

And the result wouldn’t change as Trent forgets to open his parachute and have a serious injury. Meanwhile, the Killer Bass quickly moves their sofa bed and DJ lands safely, winning the first challenge.

Next is the second challenge: Moose-riding. Even though the result may be the same as Leshawna beat Geoff in this challenge, Courtney scorns Geoff for not doing the challenge serious enough. She then waits for Duncan’s response. Initially quiet for a few second, Duncan eventually supports Courtney and also criticises Geoff, displeasing Geoff. But Geoff understands and said “Sorry”. Meanwhile, Bridgette and Gwen are just outside supporting their team.

So it’s 1:1 for both team as we reach to the final challenge: Water-skiing on mud to collect flags.

On Screaming Gophers, we have Heather as driver and Lindsay as skier.

For the Killer Bass, we have Duncan as driver and … ummm. Originally, no Harold. In this scenario, Bridgette and Courtney are the only those left. But determined to not let her team down, Courtney decides to ski for her team

First up: Heather in jet ski vs Courtney in ski. This is an infamous moment as Heather lost her shirt which exposed her breast, causing Harold to lose his attention and lose the challenge against Lindsay. But here is the difference, we have Courtney in ski. She wouldn’t be disturbed by that but she wouldn’t react quickly enough as she later crash onto the rock while the rest is history for Heather. Worried, Duncan then shouts, asking if she's alright; to which she responded "yes".

Determined, Duncan drives the Jet Ski but Lindsay is way too good and the Screaming Gophers wins the challenge, forcing the Killer Bass to eliminate someone from their team.

But here’s the trouble; there’s no Harold! And all of them are not willing to vote each other off. Bridgette because of Geoff. Courtney because of Duncan. And DJ, Duncan and Geoff due to their male friendship.

So I’m going to leave it here. I want to hear other people opinion on this. Who do you think will each character in the Killer Bass vote off? Remember, this is a very hard decision for some of them.

For me, DJ will be eliminated out of courtesy to the others. But that’s my opinion. What do u think? Here are the list of Killer Bass members left:


 * Bridgette
 * Courtney
 * DJ
 * Duncan
 * Geoff

Altered Major Events

 * Bridgette and Gwen are not close friend anymore
 * Elimination: TBA

Character Analysis

 * Bridgette
 * Her interaction with Gwen isn’t strong and personal than originally before


 * Gwen
 * Her interaction with Bridgette isn’t strong and personal than originally before

Remaining Character

 * Killer Bass: ?
 * Screaming Gophers: Gwen, Heather, Leshawna, Owen, Trent
 * Out: ?