User blog:KrispyBaconator/What if... Duncan never returned in World Tour?

Hey guys! This is a blog series where I detail what would happen if something in Total Drama changed (EX: Courtney never returned in Action, Lindsay didn't vote herself off, Ella wasn't caught singing, etc.). Please suggest other What Ifs in the comments! First up: What if Duncan never returned in I See London...?

I See London...
After a terrifying challenge where the contestants were hunted down by Jack the Ripper, Noah and Owen managed to catch and detain the murderer. Courtney and Gwen had tried to look for him somewhere else, but were sidetracked when they found Duncan, who proved to be too elusive for the girls to catch. However, things weren't great on Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot, as Alejandro now knew that Noah considered him an "eel dipped in grease".

Thanks to Noah and Owen, Team Chris had immunity, so Team Amazon had to vote someone off. Gwen and Courtney finally saw their chance to eliminate Heather, and with Gwen easily convincing Cody and Sierra, Heather's fate was sealed in a 4-1 vote.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather

Team Chris: Alejandro, Noah, Owen, Tyler

Team Amazon: Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Sierra

Greece's Pieces
It was down to Greece, where the two teams were pitted against each other in an old-fashioned Greek Olympic competition. It was Tyler and Owen Vs Courtney and Sierra in wrestling, Noah Vs Gwen in taming a "boar-bear", and Cody Vs Alejandro in a hurdles race. While Gwen won her challenge for Team Amazon, and Cody made a surprise win after Alejandro tripped,  Team Chris won two medals as well to Owen, and Tyler. That led to a tie breaker challenge, where Cody and Tyler had to use wax wings to reach a medal suspended by a crane. It was a close race, but Cody just edged out a bit, winning the challenge for Team Amazon. However, no one went home, as this was a reward challenge.

Team Chris: Alejandro, Noah, Owen, Tyler

Team Amazon: Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Sierra

Close Encounters of the Dramatic Kind
The plane next went to the high-security Area 51, where the teams were tasked with breaking in and stealing an intact alien artifact. After a mishap involving live aliens, Tyler was badly injured as Gwen ad Courtney, their friendship growing closer than ever, managed to bring an alien gadget to Chris, who declared them the victors.

Team Chris had to vote someone off, and Noah and Owen made a temporary truce with Alejandro to eliminate the bandaged-up Tyler out of pity. In a 3-1 vote, the Wannabe Jock was flung out of the plane.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather, Tyler

Team Chris: Alejandro, Noah, Owen

Team Amazon: Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Sierra

Picnic at Hanging Dork
It was down under to Australia, where the teams had to ride emus all the way to Hanging Rock, where they had to bungee jump into a herd of sheep, grab one, and shave it in hopes that it would have their team logo under its wool. Team Chris managed to find theirs first, despite Team Amazon having a huge lead. However, Chris announced that it was another reward challenge.

Team Chris: Alejandro, Noah, Owen

Team Amazon: Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Sierra

Sweden Sour
The next challenge was "cool", as the final seven were thrown into Sweden, where they had to construct a boat and sail it to find a flag. Thanks to their better-crafted boat, and Owen's surprisingly good leadership, Team Chris managed to win the final reward: authentic Swedish massages.

Team Chris: Alejandro, Noah, Owen

Team Amazon: Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Sierra

Niagara Brawls
It was finally merge day, and the final seven became the final eight as Blaineley, the vain Aftermath host, joined the competition. The challenge was to "get married", walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls, then answer questions about Canada to pass customs. The newlyweds were Alejandro and Courtney, Noah and Gwen, Cody and Sierra, and Owen and Blaineley. After Alejandro and Sierra were caught in an argument and sent plummeting down the Falls, Noah and Gwen managed to make it to the end of the rope and score immunity, much to Alejandro's chagrin.

However, he had a better plan: eliminate Noah's best friend. After convincing Gwen, Courtney, and Blaineley to vote with him, Owen was sent falling out of a plane, and Noah and Alejandro's rivalry had reached an all-time high. Blaineley sobbed many fake tears at her "husband's" departure.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather, Tyler, Owen

Competitors: Alejandro, Blaineley, Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Noah, Sierra

Chinese Fake-Out
Noah knew he was in trouble, as Alejandro was gunning for him. He needed to act fast, seeing as half of the remaining contestants had allied with Alejandro. However, the strategy had to wait, as the Chinese challenge entailed riding across the Great Wall to an authentic Chinese restaurant. Noah, Cody, Alejandro, Blaineley, Sierra, and Gwen managed to make it to the restaurant in time, leaving Courtney without a chance of immunity.

The eating challenge managed to eliminate Cody, Noah, and Alejandro, who had tried to use Courtney, but to no avail. Gwen, Sierra, and Blaineley were about to begin the final eating challenge, but Courtney pointed out that Blaineley's food looked better than everybody else's. It was then revealed that Blaineley had made a secret alliance with Chef, which made Chris force her to switch plates with Sierra. Sierra easily won immunity, leaving Blaineley with a huge target on her back.

Noah saw this as a perfect opporitunity to save his hide, and convinced Gwen, Cody, Courtney, and Sierra to vote with him to eliminate Blaineley. Even Alejandro agreed to vote with them, as voting for Noah would be moot at that point.

Sierra brought Cody into first class with her, where she force fed him "Love-Me Tea".

Blaineley was eliminated by 6 votes, but before getting thrown out of the plane, revealed that Gwen always had a crush on Duncan, Cody had voted for Sierra multiple times, and the Chris wasn't the first choice to host Total Drama.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather, Tyler, Owen, Blaineley

Competitors: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Noah, Sierra

African Lying Safari
Noah and Alejandro wanted each other gone, Cody wanted Sierra out of his hair, and now Gwen and Courtney had their friendship strained. This left a divide in the final 6, which came to a head in the African Safari challenge. After a challenge involving soccer balls, pellets, and cricket bats, Alejandro won an advantage: ten tranq balls and a slingshot. Courtney and Sierra (who had a sedated Cody strapped to her back after all the tea) each won five tranq balls, Gwen won three, and Noah only had one.

The next challenge was to find and capture a feral Ezekiel, who had been hiding in the cargo bay of the plane. Following many mishaps, including Noah stealing Alejandro's tranq balls, it was, surprisingly, Courtney who won immunity.

With all of the tension within the cast, it was anyone's game as to who could go home. Alejandro wanted Noah out, Noah wanted Alejandro out, Sierra wanted Gwen out, Cody wanted Sierra out, and Gwen and Courtney were the swing votes. Cody managed to get Gwen to vote off Sierra with him.

Despite the frost between them, Cody and Gwen managed to get Courtney to help them. Sierra cried as she realize that Cody had voted her off, which of course, made Cody feel terrible.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather, Tyler, Owen, Blaineley, Sierra

Competitors: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Gwen, Noah

Rapa-Phooey!
While Gwen had managed to somewhat patch things up with Courtney by swearing off of Duncan, and their friendship, as well as their alliance, grew stronger. Alejandro managed to ally himself with Cody, leaving Noah as the odd man out. He needed a plan.

In the Rapa-Nui challenge, the final five had to collect eggs from the giant busts of the past competitors, and bring them up the cavern where Chris and Chef were aiting. Alejandro managed to mess with Gwen, Courtney, and Noah and scored himself the win. However, one of Cody's eggs hatched, claiming Gwen as its mother.

After they had collected their eggs, the second challenge was to return them to the Condor nest, located on a tall pillar. As the winner of the first challenge, Alejandro won a helmet to protect himself from the Condor, but it didn't help him much, as the Condor sent him to the ground and cracked all of his eggs. Cody went next and also fell, but his eggs were preserved. Noah and Courtney also failed, but it was Gwen who managed to return the baby Condor and win the challenge.

At the vote, Gwen and Courtney knew that they had two choices: eliminate Alejandro, or eliminate Noah. Both were crafty and ruthless, but after some convincing from Alejandro, they finally made their choice. Despite Noah's best efforts, he couldn't stop the inevitable, and was voted off in a 4-1 vote.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather, Tyler, Owen, Blaineley, Sierra, Noah

Competitors: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Gwen

Awwwwww, Drumheller
Alejandro knew he had to break apart Gwen and Courtney, and knew exactly how. With a few choice words to Courtney about Duncan, she began having second thoughts about Gwen. And thus, the final four was split: Alejandro and Courtney vs Gwen and Cody. In the Drumheller challenge, the four remaining teens had to use bones to build their own model dinosaurs. Alejandro made a replica Allosaurus, Cody made a small dog-like sculpture called the Codiodon (which was actually made from fossilized dino poop), Courtney made a replica of Duncan called the Duncadactyl, while Gwen made a strange wyvern-esque monster. Gwen's dinosaur managed to win first place, giving her a giant drill. Alejandro's Allosaurus won second, giving him a pickaxe.

In the second challenge, which was to locate the plane's spare oil drums buried underground, Gwen managed to bring hers back first, which granted her immunity. However, when she drilled into the ground, her oil drum was punctured, leaking oil all around the plane's base.

Alejandro and Courtney realized that one of them would likely be eliminated, and tried to vote each other out. However, Cody had mentioned earlier that it was his birthday, and Gwen, out of pity, had decided to make him a cake while she was in first class. Courtney, wanting to get the elimination over as soon as possible, knocked the cake out of Gwen's hands, sending the lit candles onto the oil, causing a huge explosion that destroyed the plane. Chris, angry and shocked, eliminated Courtney on the spot.

Alejandro, shocked, later found out that Gwen had hoped to make things better with Courtney later, so she and Cody had voted for him.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather, Tyler, Owen, Blaineley, Sierra, Noah, Courtney

Competitors: Alejandro, Cody, Gwen

Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles
Chris, still mourning the loss of his plane, told the final 3 that their next challenge was to find a way to Mexico, where they would then travel by speedboat to Hawaii, by any means neccessary. Gwen quickly attempted to explain to Courtney what had happened, and after some talking, Courtney realized that Alejandro had manipulated her. She and Gwen banded together to try and get to Mexico before Alejandro. Cody was left on his own, although he quickly got to work building a hot air balloon.

It was an epic race, involving Courtney and Gwen chasing Alejandro down on top of a train, Cody using a box of fireworks to launch himself into the lead, and an epic swordfish battle between Alejandro and Cody. In the end, however, Cody just barely managed to land on the Hawaiian shore before Alejandro and Gwen, who tied for second.

Competitors: Alejandro, Cody, Gwen

Hawaiian Punch
Cody had locked himself into the finale. Now it was down to who would join him: Alejandro, or Gwen?

The tiebreaker was to rescue Cody on a burning platform, armed with nothing but a dueling stick and a coconut bra. Gwen put up a good fight, but Alejandro got the better of her and knocked her into the water.

Cody and Alejandro became the final two.

Chris announced that two helpers would be assigned to each of the finalists. Harold and Sierra signed on to help Cody, while Heather and Lindsay volunteered to help Alejandro.

The final challenge was to build a driftwood and pineapple idol of your opponent, race to the top of the volcano, and dump it in. Alejandro took the lead, but Cody's determination helped him catch up. It was a gruelling race, but the winner was...

Well, I guess that part doesn't matter.

ELIMINATIONS: Duncan, Ezekiel, Harold, Bridgette, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, DJ, Heather, Tyler, Owen, Blaineley, Sierra, Noah, Courtney, Gwen

FINAL 2: Alejandro and Cody