User:The Flaming Sword of Fury/RR Chapter 1

The camera opens on a warm, sunny day in Toronto, Ontario; as the camera zooms into the city, a male voice starts to narrate, “This is Toronto, the capital of North America, birthplace of funk, where the albino panther roams free. Beneath where I am currently standing, 18 teams are arriving at this historic train station ready to embark on a race around the world. I’m your host, Don, and this is: The Ridonculous Race!”

(theme song plays)

After the theme song finishes playing, Don once more starts talking, “Welcome back to The Ridonculous Race, right now 18 teams from across the country are readying themselves to embark on a race to the death!” Immediately, his phone starts buzzing and he picks it up. After a few seconds, he hangs up the phone and corrects himself, “My mistake, let’s meet the teams who AREN’T racing to the death; first off, Carrie and Devin, lifelong best friends!”

(Team Interview: Carrie and Devin)

“I met Devin in the sandbox and we haven’t spent a day apart since. We’re so close, that winning this race should be a piece of cake!” Carrie said.

“Yeah, I know Carrie so well it’s like we’re…” Devin starts before noticing the weird look Carrie is giving him, he looks at her quizzically and she pauses awkwardly before saying, “Oh…uh, I was just doing a lint check, y’know, for the camera! Wohoo, race!” Carrie says. She looks down awkwardly and unbeknownst to her, Devin shoots her an uneasy look.

(Team Interview Over)

“Kelly and Taylor, mom and daughter” Don says as the camera switches over to a rich looking older woman and her daughter.

(Team Interview: Kelly and Taylor)

“So, A. I’m reaaaally hot obviously, “Taylor begins, “and B. I’m pretty much the best at everything I do, so unless my mom screws everything up as usual, we should totally be able to win this race.”

Her mother giggles, seemingly oblivious to her daughter’s rude remark, and explains, “I’m always known as the “Cool Mom” whenever Taylor’s friends come over to our house. We’re so close, that there are times where people actually mistake us for sisters!”

“Wait…say WHAT NOW?” Taylor said.

(Team Interview Over)

“Emma and Kitty, actual sisters!”. The camera again, switches over to a pair of Asian sisters. The younger one is preoccupied with taking selfies on her phone before her sister glances at her annoyed and rips it out of her hands.

(Team Interview: Emma and Kitty)

“I’m studying international law so that’s going to give us a real edge. Which is good, because we’re here to win!” Emma said.

“Don’t forget we’re also here to see the world and meet some hot guys!” Kitty added.

“Yeah, sure, “Emma rolled her eyes before stating, “IF there’s time for that, which there won’t be, so, let’s just focus on the race, ok?” “Fine…” Kitty sighed in disappointment before their confessional ends.

(Team Interview Over)

“Crimson and Ennui, two exceptionally pale and creepy teens!” Don explains as the camera focuses in on a pair of young goths. The two say nothing and are motionless, aside from a bolt of lightning seeming to flash behind them.

“Owen and Noah, seasoned reality TV participants.” Owen laughs in excitement before offering Noah a high five to which he refuses.

(Team Interview: Owen and Noah)

“Noah and I met on Total Drama and we both have been on tons of reality TV shows since then like Meltdown Kitchen, and Scare Tractor, and Fashionista Flip Flop.” Owen counted off.

“I still don’t know how you managed to get on that last one.” Noah said.

“Awww, I’m just really psyched to be reunited with my little buddy!” Owen says before pulling Noah in for a hug.

(Team Interview Over) “Mickey and Jay, identical twins who are used to overcoming adversity.” Don narrates as a pile of suitcases falls on the twins.

(Team Interview: Jay and Mickey) “We’ve both been through a lot, but we’re not cursed! Whatever comes right before cursed or maybe even right after cursed, that’s us!” Mickey said with a confident smile on his face.

“When I was 6, I fell into an owl’s nest and one of the baby owls flew into my ear, “Jay explains and points to one of his ears, “To this day, everything on this side sounds like ‘Hoo hoo hoo’”.

“We’re constantly facing adversity, and overcoming it.” Mickey said.

“I’m sorry, we gotta switch sides, it’s just that everything you’re saying right now sounds like ‘Hoo hoo hoo’”. Jay said. (Team Interview Over) “Stephanie and Ryan, totally in love daters.” Don said.

(Team Interview: Stephanie and Ryan)

“Stephanie and I met at the gym two months and 6 days ago, and we’ve been going steady ever since!” Ryan said.

“We’re both so excited! Neither of us have ever gone traveling before, so there’s a lot to discover; such as: What do chocolate protein bars taste like in China?” Stephanie said.

“No way!” Ryan exclaimed, “I was just thinking about that!” Stephanie grinned at Ryan before the two started passionately making out.

(Team Interview Over)

“Josee and Jacques, professional ice dancers!” Don said, as a pair of elegantly dressed ice dancers leaped out the train doors gracefully. Once they land on the ground, they immediately begin smiling and waving to the cameras enthusiastically.

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee) “We know how to win, we’ve won gold everywhere!” Jacques said enthusiastically.

“Except for the Olympics, Jacques dropped me on my head, so we only got silver.” Josee remarked. As soon as she says it, Jacques replies, “I don’t want to talk about it,” and runs off. Josee calls out for him, before explaining, “Silver’s his least favorite color.”

(Team Interview Over)

“Geoff and Brody, longtime bros and surfer dudes.” Don said as a blonde haired, blue eyed young man with a cowboy hat stepped out the train with another young man with tanned skin and darker hair.

“Ha ha ha, goin’ around the world on someone’s dime! Sounds like a pretty good deal, also here’s a shout out to my girl Bridgette, I love you babe and I miss you!” Geoff exclaimed.

(Team Interview: Geoff and Brody)

“My girl and I did Total Drama together, but she’s out surfin’ around Australia right now. I also wanted to ask my Total Drama buds, but almost all of them are sick of reality tv. So, boom, entré my bud, Brody!” Geoff said.

“Yeah man!” Brody cheered, “Bros forever! B and G for the W-I-N!”

(Team Interview Over)

The first 9 teams eventually reach the starting line, in which Don calls them over. He then continues, “Also competing: Dwayne and Dwayne Junior, father and son.”

(Team Interview: Dwayne and Junior)

“Yeah, I’m almost always out working in the old office. So, my wife suggested that Junior and I squeeze in a little father and son bonding time by doing the race. We’re gonna have a good time, right buddo?” Dwayne said.

“Uhh, yeah…just a question, dad. Is there anyone my age?” Junior questioned.

(Team Interview Over)

“Sanders and MacArthur, ambitious police cadets.” Don said.

(Team Interview: MacArthur and Sanders)

“We’re tough as nails and will not hesitate to go to the extreme to win this thing.” MacArthur said.

“Definitely, so long as we don’t break any international laws.” Sanders added.

“Eh, I’m ok with breaking a law or two, occasionally.” MacArthur said as Sanders gazed at her cautiously.

(Team Interview Over)

“Lorenzo and Chet, two newly introduced stepbrothers who absolutely detest one another.” Don said.

(Team Interview: Chet and Lorenzo)

“My mom married his dad last year, but despite all that, we absolutely hate eachother!” Chet said.

“Yeah and after they found out about this show, they signed the both of us up thinking that it would ‘make us get along’ or something like that. Newsflash jerks, it won’t!” Lorenzo added.

“Hey! Don’t call my mom a jerk! She’s not as bad as your dad!” Chet exclaimed before shoving Lorenzo.

“Don’t you dare call my dad a jerk, jerk!” He pounced on Chet and the two started fighting again.

(Team Interview Over)

“Also racing, Tom and Jen, two highly attractive fashion bloggers with impeccable taste…I told you not to let the teams write their own cards.” Don said.

(Team Interview: Jen and Tom)

“Hey hey hey to all our blog followers out there! Wish us luck!” Jen exclaimed.

“When we found out about this, I told Jen that if she could get us on the race that our strategy would be to win with style! It was a joke, I didn’t think she’d actually take me up on it.” Tom chuckled at the memory.

“What can I say? I put my mind to something, and it happens!” Jen said.

(Team Interview Over)

“Rock and Spud, two highly energetic rockers from a small-town band. And no, I’ve never heard of their band either.” Don said.

(Team Interview: Rock and Spud)

“My bro Spud’s not good at much of anything, so he wasn’t really sure about doing this race. But when I told him about our strategy for him to party on as I carried him, he immediately agreed to it! And now, we’re ready to ROCK and ROLL, am I right Spud?” Rock nudged a nonchalant Spud who was wearing his headphones.

A few seconds pass before Spud takes off his headphones and says, “I’m sorry…what were you saying, man?”

(Team Interview Over)

“Laurie and Miles, a pair of hippie dippy, granola loving friends.” Don said.

(Team Interview: Laurie and Miles)

“We want to win so we can donate to our favorite charities.” Laurie said.

“There’s so many great causes out there: Save the Hunchback Walrus, People for the Ethical Treatment of Ants, Goat Milk Eco Warriors. So many great causes, I could go on all day!” Miles exclaimed as Laurie nodded in agreement with her.

(Team Interview Over)

“Ellody and Mary, scientific geniuses who say they will use their winnings to benefit the science community.” Don said.

(Team Interview: Ellody and Mary)

“Astrophysics is underfunded; reality shows offer monetary prizes. Conundrum solved!” Ellody said.

“Yeah, pretty much.” Mary agreed. (Team Interview Over)

“Leonard and Tammy, dedicated live action role-players. Whatever that means…” Don continued.

(Team Interview: Leonard and Tammy)

“Pahkitew Island was tough, but with Tammy’s new spells, huzzah! We shall claim the dragon’s eye! Which is dwarfish for million!” Leonard said.

“Yeah, with my new force-field spell, there’s no way anyone can beat us!” Tammy exclaimed.

(Team Interview Over)

“And last, but not least, Gerry and Pete; old tennis rivals from the ‘70s!” Don finished.

(Team Interview: Gerry and Pete)

“We’re both very competitive, but for half a mill each? Game on!” The two men chuckled at Gerry’s comment.

“Maybe we’ll get some new sponsorships, anyone need a pitchman for senior’s laxatives? Call his agent!” Pete pointed to Gerry and the two men laughed together again.

(Team Interview Over)

After the confessional ends, the scene cuts back to Don standing at the starting line, now with all 18 teams gathered around him. He greeted the teams and started to explain the rules of the race, “This line that I’m standing on right now, is the starting point for your 26-part race around the world. At the end of each part there is a chill zone; the last person to check into each chill zone, may be cut from the race, the first person to reach our last chill zone will win one million dollars!” The teams immediately begin to cheer at the thought of winning the money as Don walked over to a smaller, and more deformed version of himself with a button on the top of its head.

“This is our Ridonculous Tip Box, or as I like to call it, the Don Box, press the button and you will be given a Travel Tip that will lead you through the Ridonculous Race! Now that I’ve finished explaining the basics, it’s time to start our race! Are you ready teams? On your marks, get set, go!” Immediately after Don said go, the teams started rushing towards him and trampling him, leading him to complain about his hair getting messed up.

The surfers pressed the Don Box to receive their Travel Tip, which said to go over to the CN Tower. As the other teams were running towards the tower, Dwayne and Junior had tripped over a trash can by accident which landed on the Ice Dancers.

“Whoa, are you guys ok?” Geoff asked as he and Brody were passing by the two. They gracefully popped the trash cans off their heads and ran off once more. The trash can then managed to land itself on the Surfers’ heads, in which they decided to simply run with it.

The Father and Son team were the first to reach the second Don Box, Junior pulled it out and panted as he read it, “It’s an Either/Or, what’s an Either/Or?”

“An Either/Or gives teams the opportunity to pick a particular challenge out of two. In this case, the teams can either climb 144 flights of stairs to reach the world’s tallest observation deck or they can take the elevator and get the scare of a lifetime by doing a sky-walk all the way around the outside of the tower. Not to worry though, they’ll be wearing helmets and we installed safety railings!” As soon as Don finished his explanation, the railing broke off and he cringed at the noise slightly.

“After the teams finish whichever task they chose to complete, they must find this local guide to receive their next travel tip.” Don pointed to a redhead young man who happened to be sleeping.

“144 flights of stairs? Yeah, no, we’re taking scares.” Sanders remarked as she read the travel tip.

“Scares!” Tom exclaimed, “I am NOT ruining this outfit with the amount of sweat that will be exuding once we manage to reach the top of those stairs!”

As the twins got their travel tip, Jay stated “We’re doing stairs!”

(Team Interview: Mickey and Jay)

“Mickey has this condition where if he goes too high too fast, he starts to get nosebleeds. It’s why we don’t take flights very often or go up really tall towers.” Jay explained. As he yanked the tip out of Mickey’s hand, he released a yelp of pain.

(Team Interview Over)

Dwayne and Junior had managed to get ahead of the other teams and get to the elevator first, as Dwayne tried to give Junior a high five, Junior dodged and his hand landed on all the buttons on the elevator making them all light up. Dwayne sheepishly tugged at his collar and laughed nervously, before dragging Junior over to where the stairs were and started climbing.

As the other teams got to the elevators, they noticed that all the buttons had been lit up somehow. They expressed annoyance at this, and almost all of the teams but the Fashion Bloggers had decided to take the stairs instead.

“Even with all the buttons being lit up, this’ll still be faster, I think.” Jen remarked and Tom nodded his head in agreement with her.

The elevator doors closed, and the bloggers turned their heads to the camera and started talking as if there was an audience, “Hey fashion blog followers,” Jen started, “Today we’ll be talking about a fashion faux pas. The topic: overalls!”

“Ugh, they’re so goofy looking and completely old fashioned. They’re like something a farmer in the ‘30s would wear!” Tom complained.

“I know right? Like get with today!” Jen said. Unbeknownst to the two, the elevator doors were opened the entire time they were talking about overalls, and a janitor wearing overalls happened to be washing the floor the entire time. He threw a bucket and mop at them, the elevators closed yet again and a little later they both walked out the elevator afterwards: Jen with a bucket on her head, and Tom with a literal mop-head. The two took notice of their new surroundings and realized that they were the only team to be at the top floor currently.

“We’re in first place! Eeeeee!” Jen squealed.

“I have an idea! Let’s hit the sky-walk and strut all the way to the winner’s circle!” Tom said.

“Good idea Tom! We are soooo going to be the team to beat!” Jen said.

However, once the two reached the outer area where the sky-walk was, their faces both fell and they looked at each other terrified and said simultaneously, “We have to walk….OUT HERE?!”

Meanwhile, the other teams who had abandoned the elevator and chose to climb the stairs instead were managing to climb the seemingly endless steps rather well.

“We’re definitely not in last, for now, that is…” Mickey commented before returning to climbing the staircase.

“As for the teams who had chosen to stick it out for the elevator,” Don narrated, “Well, let’s just say they’re in for a very long wait hehehe!” As he was saying this, the Mom and Daughter immediately rushed to the elevator in which Taylor gasped in shock at the number of teams gathered around it.

“Mom, when we get home, we are sooo hiring a personal trainer! Because of you, we’re stuck in a race for last!” Taylor snapped to which Kelly stammered-good idea honey!”

Back at the stairs, Sanders was struggling to climb them and had stopped to catch her breath. MacArthur immediately took notice of this and remarked, “So…you’re one of those skinny fat people who can’t climb 10 flights of stairs without having to take a nap first? What do you do in your spare time, yoga?” She picked her up, and started carrying her over her shoulder.

“As the teams who chose the stairs ascend, the Fashion Bloggers have already made their way to the top of the observation tower. Little do they know, they’re in for quite the scare!” Don narrated as the fashion bloggers were shown looking absolutely terrified of the sight in front of them, Jen in particular was clinging to Tom in absolute terror.

“You can’t make us CLIMB THIS! I’m fashionably svelte, if I go out there, the wind will blow me away!” Tom shrieked. The guide simply rolled his eyes at them in response.

Finally, much to the relief of the teams who had chosen the elevator, the doors had opened. Almost all of them, besides the LARPers, Reality TV Pros, Mom and Daughter, and the Rockers had managed to get inside the elevator. Unfortunately for the remaining teams, it would be a long wait.

“Wow…nice wizard costume! Are you like, a real wizard or something?” Owen said to Leonard with an excited look on his face.

“Of course! Watch this! Disappearacus Convincicus! Can’t see me now, can’t you?” A clearly visible Leonard said with confidence in his voice.

“Leonard is a natural at magic! Isn’t he so cool!” Tammy nudged Owen, to which he awkwardly stared at Leonard and said, “Ummm…right.”

Back at the entrance to the sky-walk, Tom scoffed at the helmets that they had to wear, “We have to wear those? Are you crazy, do you know what happens to your hair when you put a helmet on? It completely messes it up, and MY hair is not going to be ruined by THAT!”

“Yeah, and besides, aubergine is not my color!” Jen said.

“It’s not, trust.” Tom agreed.

Over at the stairs, Geoff and Brody were managing to ascend the flights rather quickly, while the Ice Dancers had decided to take a moment to wave to their fans and tell them they love them. MacArthur, however, was still carrying Sanders despite her numerous pleas to put her down.

(Team Interview: MacArthur and Sanders)

“It’s all in the glutes! I only use the stair machine at the gym, I’m basically 80% glutes at this point. You wanna take a look at this?” MacArthur pointed to her arm and looked at Sanders, “This is all glutes!”

(Team Interview Over)

An hour later, some of the teams had looked wiped out. The Stepbrothers especially were barely managing to climb each step of the stairwell.

“I-If we lose,” Chet panted, “It’s all your fault!”

“H-hey, don’t point your finger at me! Y-you’re the one who suggested we do this!” Lorenzo defended.

“Stay with me Mickey, try to keep your eyes wide!” Jay said to Mickey, who seemed to be in a daze.

“It’s ok Mommy, I don’t really need a new baby elephant.” Mickey said, to which Jay replied, “And this…is why we don’t climb too many skyscrapers.”

The elevator containing some of the other teams finally opened up to the observation deck, where Jen and Tom were refusing to climb the sky-walk profusely. Carrie and Devin had managed to rush towards the sky-walk and grab their helmets along the way, but when the rest ran to grab their helmets, Tom stopped them.

“First we need to check that my helmet is properly disinfected!” Tom said much to the annoyance of everyone else.

“Oh boy!” Devin remarked as he and Carrie had stepped out into the sky-walk.

“Ok, so this is scary I know that, but you’ve always wanted to conquer your fear of heights, right? This is a TV competition so I’m sure they tested it first!” Carrie said.

“Um, I’m scared of falling from heights Carrie, not heights! There’s a big difference” Devin corrected.

As the two were talking, a bird had landed on a part of the tower and it had fallen off. The bird quickly flew off terrified and Devin cringed slightly. Meanwhile, the Tennis Rivals had been able to pass them.

“Oh, come on,” Carrie assured, “I know you can do this! I believe in you!” She grabbed Devin and clasped her hands with his making direct eye contact with him.

Devin shifted uncomfortably before replying, “Well, that makes one of us I guess.” The two of them slowly navigated the sky-walk, Carrie holding Devin’s hand the entire time. They saw a raccoon holding an umbrella and paused in shock.

Back at the elevators, they had opened once again, much to the relief of the other teams. Most of them had gone in besides the RTV Pros.

“Make room for two more!” Owen said. Taylor tried to press the button to close on Owen, but he had managed to somehow fit his way in just as they were starting to shut. As soon as they closed, Taylor commented on the smell of the elevator in itself.

Owen sweated as he began to release a huge fart which began to stink up the entire elevator. Everyone besides Owen and Noah coughed and looked at Owen in disgust, while Noah only looked on with a stoic, deadpan expression.

Meanwhile, some other teams were climbing the sky-walk. Gerry and Pete were trying to resist the wind but were blown back by a strong gust of wind.

“Just keep putting one foot in front of the other! I’m so proud of you, Devin!” Carrie said. “I couldn’t do it without you pal!” Devin replied, to which Carrie blushed.

Kitty was busy taking selfies of herself on the sky-walk, much to Emma’s annoyance.

“Just what do you think you’re doing? This is life or death, you need to focus!” Emma snapped.

“Come on! Look at what we’re doing, it’s incredible! I feel so alive right now!”

“Yeah, we’ll make sure to put that on your gravestone once you fall!” Emma replied harshly to which Kitty said nothing, but twitched slightly in annoyance.

(Contestant Interview: Kitty)

“So, Emma’s my sister and I really want her to be able to enjoy this! She’s going off to law school soon, you see, and we might not get an opportunity to do this again.” Kitty said.

“I just wish she would take the stick up her butt out her butt and live a little! She’s just so uptight especially after what happened 3 years ago.” She sighed and the confession cam went back to static.

(Contestant Interview Over)

“Promise me you’ll never let go!” Jen said to Tom, clinging to him in fear as they were walking along the sky-walk.

“Jen, I would NEVER let you go! Can you believe that there are people who pay to do this?!” Tom said.

The vegans were following close behind them putting their hands forward to try and resist against the wind.

“We’re doing this for you mother Earth, don’t kill us!” Laurie said.

Back at the stairwells, the Cadets and the Ice Dancers were fighting to be the first team out the stairwell into the observation deck.

“Coming through!” MacArthur commanded, “The Cadets for the win!”

“Haha, not for long!” Jacques chuckled amused.

The elevator had finally arrived on the observation deck, and the teams quickly ran out to get away from the horrid stench Owen had released. Jacques and Josee had also reached the observation deck, beating the Cadets.

“First place!” Jacques said with weary eyes, he took the tip and said, “Catch a flight with a zip, ride the line to your tip. Eh, qu’est-ce qui?”

“Teams must take a flimsy zip line over Lake Ontario to this Island Airport and snag their next tip along the way. This part of the challenge was tested by our intern Andrew this morning. Condolences again to his family.” Don explained, at the last sentence of his explanation, a shot of a lone hat floating on the lake was shown.

Jacques and Josee ran towards the zip lines and grabbed on to a pulley. They gracefully zipped down the line and Josee snagged the tip for them.

“Go Team Canada!” Jacques shouted joyfully to which Josee cheered in agreement.

The Best Friends and Tennis Rivals ran back to the observation deck, when the latter arrived, Pete had immediately yelped in pain.

“Gaaah! Ow, my artificial knee!” He moaned.

(Team Interview: Gerry and Pete)

“Gotta say, when we agreed to do this show it seemed like a great idea! We’ve been through way tougher battles than any of these guys! Sure, they have more zing, more ambition, more blind optimism...” Pete’s face started to fall.

“This show was a terrible idea.” Gerry said.

“This might be the first time and last time I openly admit to agreeing with you.” Pete said.

(Team Interview Over) The cadets finally managed to arrive to the observation deck, MacArthur harshly dropped Sanders on the ground and said, “Now it’s your turn to carry us!”

“Wait, what, are you serious?” Sanders said.

“Nah, you couldn’t carry me even if you wanted to, now come on! We got a challenge to win!” MacArthur said.

“Zipline? I’ve always wanted to do that!” Carrie said with a huge grin.

“Zipline? I’ve never wanted to do that!” Gerry said with a horrified look on his face.

The Ice Dancers were the first to reach the Island Airport and waved to the cameras yet again smiling. Don quirked his eyebrows and said, “Uh, who are you waving to?” “Our fans!” Josee said with a huge grin.

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee)

“Our fans give us the love and energy we need to perform under extreme pressure. Without them my partner, Jacques would never be able to overcome his ma-any flaws.” Josee said.

“Uhhh, why do you say many like that?” Jacques asked.

“You know why!” Josee answered with a smirk.

(Team Interview Over)

Josee handed the tip over to Jacques as he read it out loud, “Book seats on ze next flight to Morocco!”

“There are three flights heading for Morocco departing 30 minutes apart. Teams who make it on to the first flight have the distinct advantage over the other teams. Teams on the last flight should probably question why they even entered the race to begin with because, seriously?” Don narrated.

Carrie and Devin had also managed to ride the zip line and snag a tip. “You did it! You’re the best Carrie!” Devin said to which Carrie just smiled.

(Team Interview: Carrie and Devin)

“I had to do the race with Carrie, she’s smart, fast, determined...” Devin started.

“Aww shucks, Dev.” Carrie said shyly.

“And my girlfriend Shelly was busy practicing for an upcoming tennis tournament, so I really had no other choice!” He finished.

(Team Interview Over)

Gerry and Pete followed closely behind them, however Pete was barely clinging to the pulley.

“Need a hand buddy?” Gerry said unsympathetically to which Pete nodded profusely. He smirked evilly and shoved Pete into the water.

“And that, was for Wimbledon ’77!” He chuckled. He managed to snag a tip, but realized he too had his hands off the pulley and fell into the water.

Back on the sky-walk, Noah was struggling to which Owen remarked, “You need to put on a few pounds little buddy!” Noah then was blown forward and was barely kept from falling by Owen much to the horror of the teams who were watching.

“Whatever you do, do NOT let go!” Noah said.

Meanwhile, Rock and Spud had finally started to climb the sky-walk.

“Dude, look at this!” Rock exclaimed, he spat into the wind and it blew back into Spud’s face.

“Whooooa…” Spud said, “That was like, extreme, man!”

Over at the zip lines MacArthur and Sanders were talking, “Whoever grabs the tip first gets the top bunk back at our dorms!” MacArthur stated.

“I already have the top bunk though.” Sanders said with a confident smile on her face.

“Maybe now, but you won’t have it for long, sister!” MacArthur declared.

While the two were busy zipping to the island, back at the tower, Geoff and Brody had finally managed to make their way up to the observation deck, and immediately Brody started experiencing cramps. He yelped in pain and squealed, “Ughhh my calves, I need potassium!”

“Would anyone here happen to have a banana? My bro’s calves are cramping up something fierce!” Geoff called out. While he was looking for help, the Father and Son and Daters had managed to also reach the observation deck and passed them.

“We did it baby!” Stephanie cheered. Ryan took notice of the surfers’ predicament and picked Stephanie up and placed her on his shoulder.

“I love it when you get all gentlemen like!” Stephanie squealed.

Noah and Owen were both blown back into the sky deck, while Mary and Ellody simply walked back with green gunk over their face.

“Well, that was a disaster.” Ellody said. Mary spit up and a fly flew out her mouth.

(Team Interview: Ellody and Mary)

“Based on the splatter, the wind velocity was 45 knots. 20 more, and we’d certainly be splattered!” Ellody remarked.

(Team Interview Over)

The Best Friends read their tip, and their eyes widened in delight. They immediately run off, with the tennis rivals following close behind them all wet.

“What happened to you two?” Don asked.

“You, don’t want to know!” Pete yelled. The two ran off as soon as they read their tip. The Cadets followed right after them.

Over at the observation deck, Geoff had finally decided to simply drag Brody out of the tower himself, “We can’t lose this one bro!” He shouted as he was dragging him. Chet and Lorenzo had also made their way to the observation deck and sluggishly moved over to the sky-walk. Much in the same vein as Geoff, Jay had also begun dragging Mickey out to the observation deck.

A montage began with the sisters, geniuses, vegans, father and son, fashion bloggers, mom and daughter, and the daters zipping down the line over to the mattress. As each team got their tip, they immediately rushed towards the airport to book a flight to Morocco. After nearly every team was gone, Owen and Noah had also landed on the mattress, with Owen crushing Noah as he landed.

Meanwhile, Chet and Lorenzo had also snagged their tip, and the two were bickering over it, “I found the tip first!” Chet argued.

“No, it was me! Stop lying, dooface!” Lorenzo said.

The two landed on the mat, with the Surfers landing right on top of them. The surfers read the tip in the Stepbrother’s hand, “Morocco? Sweet!” Geoff said.

The Stepbrothers briefly lifted their heads, before the twins landed on them. “Oh wow, I can’t believe we did it!” Mickey remarked, he realized what the twins were sitting on and apologized to the stepbrothers.

“We’re fine…just watch where you’re going, turkey!” Chet groaned.

The two immediately ran off. The Stepbrothers finally managed to get off the mattress as the Rockers, Goths, and LARPers zipped down the line. After every team had reached the airport, the scene switched to an electronic map of the world.

“Now that all of the teams have arrived and the flights have been booked, it’s time to look at where each team stands!” Don started. As he was doing this, one plane was outlined in yellow.

“Flight Number 1 contains: The Ice Dancers, Best Friends, Tennis Rivals, Cadets, Father and Son, and the RTV Pros!” The portraits of the teams popped up as he named them. After this, the previously yellow plane returns back to its formerly green color and another plane turns yellow.

“Flight Number 2 contains: The Daters, Sisters, Vegans, Fashion Bloggers, Mom and Daughter, and the Rockers!” Like before, the portraits of the teams popped up as he named them. The last plane turned yellow.

“And finally, the last flight contains: The Geniuses, Goths, Adversity Twins, LARPers, Surfer Dudes, and the Stepbrothers!” Don announced as the final set of portraits appeared.

“Which of these 18 teams will win the first jaunt in our 26-part race and who will crack under the pressure right off the bat. All I can say is, that to find out, you’ll just have to watch the next part of: The Ridonculous Race!” Don closed off.