User blog:SpiritAnimal/Spirit's Total Drama Island - Episode 5: Not Quite Famous

Chris: Previously on Total Drama Island, the Screaming Gophers finally broke their pathetic losing streak and won against the Killer Bass in an intense game of dodgeball. Scott was hopeful to eliminate Jo with his hostage-I mean ally Mike, but Sam's poor performance and lie during the challenge cost him. This week, another contestant will be voted out and will take a cruise to loserville. Who will that be? What shenanigans will occur this week? Find out now on Total Drama Island!

The camera shows the Killer Bass females cabin. They're awake and getting ready.

Dakota: OH NO! NOOOO!

The animals around Dawn become frightened by the screams and run out of the cabin.

Dawn: Oh my goodness! You've scared the animals!

Dakota: My tanning lotion is gone. It's depleted. I can't survive without it.

Zoey: Aw, Dakota. I'm sure you'll be okay. You could just naturally tan on the island.

Dakota sighs.

Anne Maria: That's why you gotta be smart, like me. I planned for the entire stay.

She opens her suitcase and shows an entire collection of hairspray and fake tanner.

Jo: Jeez, where are your clothes?

Anne Maria: Oh I just stuffed them into my bra when I came.

Jo: That's...pretty smart, actually. I'm impressed.

The camera pans to the males side of the cabin. Cameron is writing formulas in his notebook.

Scott: Guys, have you noticed a pattern?

Lightning: On the wall? No, man. It's just wood. They didn't paint it.

Scott: Not an artistic pattern you idiot. I mean the pattern of people who have left the game. They're all guys.

Brick: So?

Scott: So I think the girls from both teams have teamed up to take the guys out.

Mike: That's crazy. They can't even get along, let alone create an alliance together.

Scott: Fine. Believe what you want to, but I know they're up to something.

(Conf) Scott: Of course the girls aren't working together. But I wanna create some suspicion to keep some tension going between everyone else while I sit back and watch everyone combust.

The camera then shows the female Gophers cabin. Everyone is asleep and Amy puts Samey's hand in warm water, causing her to pee. She then pulls the bowl away and hides it. Samey begins to wake up.

Samey: What the...oh my gosh!

Amy: Samey, ew! Did you just pee? That's disgusting!

Everyone wakes up.

Sugar: Hey, how'd you do that? I've always wanted to pee in my sleep but I never could.

Sky: Samey, it happens to everyone. Don't worry about it.

(Conf) Samey: UGH! I know Amy did the bowl thing. She's done it at every sleepover we've been to! I'm starting to get sick of Amy...for real.

Jasmine: Well, we all can be mature about it, RIGHT Amy?

Amy: Of course. I feel terrible about it. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Ella: I shall go collect berries for you, Samey. As a way to make your day better.

Samey: Aw, thank you Ella.

Ella walks out.

Sugar: I swear, that is one evil woman.

Jasmine: You mean Ella?

Sugar: Why, yeah. Who else? She pretends to be so nice and cute but I know deep down she's a murderer or somethin'.

Jasmine: You might be overthinking it.

Sugar: I ain't. Trust me, y'all will see.

The Gophers males side of the cabin is shown.

Dave: To be honest, I actually like our team a lot more with the annoyances gone.

B nods with Dave.

Shawn: I agree. The rest of us are strong. I mean look, we just won a challenge without them.

Dave: Yeah. Maybe things are looking up for us.

Shawn: Hopefully so.

Over the intercom, Chris announces to everyone to meet at the amphitheater.

Everyone is entering the amphitheater and waiting for Chris. The stage is made of rickety wood and the curtains are different pieces of cloth sewn together.

Sugar: Oh! I hope I get to perform! I'm gonna look so good up on that stage.

Lightning: Same, country girl! I can show off my chiseled rock hard body.

Jo rolls her eyes.

Brick: Think you could perform, Jo? Because I know I can.

Jo: Please, the only thing you could perform is some pathetic army salute dance or something.

Brick: Wait...how'd you know?

Mike: Zoey! I saved you a seat.

Zoey: Thanks, Mike!

She sits next to him.

Cameron joins them.

Cameron: Hi guys. I've never seen a stage in real life before. This is pretty cool.

Zoey: I performed once in 4th grade. It was a cover of Avril Lavigne. Yeah, I'm kinda edgy like that.

Mike and Cameron look at each other confusedly.

Chris walks on stage.

Chris: Today, you guys will be doing...a talent contest!

Dakota: OH EM GEE. I'm so totally gonna rock this challenge!

Chris: Each team will have 8 hours to choose their three most talented campers. These three will represent them in the show tonight. Sing, dance, juggle! Anything goes...as long as it's legal. Chef will judge via the Chef-o-Meter. The team that loses will vote someone out tonight. Good luck!

The Screaming Gophers are standing together.

Amy: Okay! Everyone, since I'm team captain-

Sky: Woah, who said you were team captain?

Amy: I'm obviously the most talented. I'm a hot cheerleader. Duh.

Jasmine: You know what? Fine.

(Conf) Jasmine: Personally, I'd love to have Amy be the leader for once. That way, when we lose, we'll have a reason to vote her off.

Dakota: I can do modeling poses! Look!

She falls to the ground and stretches out, showing different picture worthy poses.

Dawn: I don't quite know if this will work out for us.

Anne Maria: I agree. I can do that but betta'.

Lightning: Hey! Where's Brick and Jo?

The camera quickly pans to them running up a hill.

Jo: I'm gonna beat you!

Brick: No, I am!

Zoey: I guess they're just...practicing for their talent...which is running?

Cameron shrugs.

Sky and Dave are sitting on the stairs of the cabin, watching Sugar eat a bucketful of berries as her talent.

Sky: Are you gonna audition?

Dave: Me? Nah, I don't really have a talent. You should, though.

Sky: Really?

Dave: Yeah, aren't you an olympian? I'm sure you could do some flips or something.

Sky: Hmm…

Sugar: DONE!

Amy: That was absolutely disgusting. As if I can let you represent our team with that. Find something else to do.

Sugar: YOU LITTLE-

B walks in front of Sugar and calms her down.

(Conf) Sugar: That B boy sure is a nice guy! He's smart too.

Shawn: Hey, isn't Ella like...a really great singer?

Ella: Why, me? That's so thoughtful of you to say Shawn!

Amy: I do recall her being pretty good. Show me what you got.

Zoey shows the team her playing the guitar. She's completely out of tune but doesn't seem to notice or care.

Mike: Uh, maybe we should skip that one…

Zoey: Too good at the guitar, eh? Yeah, I guess you're right.

Anne Maria: Ay, Mikey! How do I look?

They turn around to see Anne Maria with a makeover.

Mike: Wow, Anne Maria. You look good!

Anne Maria: Just good?

Dakota rolls her eyes.

Dakota: You do realize he's not into you, right?

Anne Maria: A girl can dream.

Zoey: Did you do that, Dakota?

Dakota: Yeah! The posing talent wasn't that great, so I went with the makeup talent.

Zoey: You should definitely do that in the show.

Dakota: You think?!

Zoey: Definitely.

Jo and Brick walk over.

Jo: Sorry, Brick and I got a little consumed in our own little personal competition.

Zoey: You're fine. We found our first talent. It's Dakota and her makeup skills.

Jo: How is she gonna perform that?

Zoey and Dakota look at each other and then back at Jo.

Jo: Wait...you wanna give me a makeover? Absolutely not.

Dakota: Aw, come on Jo. It'll be fun! Plus, you could really use it.

Jo sighs.

Jo: Fine. But you better be amazing at it, blondie. Got it?

Dakota: Absolutely.

Ella finishes singing.

Amy: Well, I have to admit...that was pretty good.

Sugar laughs, but then stops when she realizes that nobody else is.

Sugar: Wait...y'all liked it? I thought it was awful!

Amy: Shut up, Sugar. Your obsession with Ella is getting in the way of the challenge.

Jasmine scoffs at Amy's hypocritical comment.

Sugar: Oh, y'all are gonna regret choosing her. I swear by it!

Amy rolls her eyes and looks at her clipboard.

Amy: Anyways, It seems we have our 3 performers. Me with my cheerleader dance, Ella with her singing, and Sky with her olympian workout or whatever.

Jasmine: Not bad, Amy. I hope we win, but for your sake.

Amy: I haven't even done anything wrong, Jasmine. Keep your head on.

Everyone on the Bass watches Dawn speaking to her animal friends.

Dawn: Come, beautiful birds.

The birds fly towards her.

Jo: If you could actually get them to do something interesting then maybe we could have a shot.

Dawn: What do you want them to do?

Zoey: Teach them tricks.

Dawn: Shall I use a deer? Or maybe a bear?

A bear walks over to the team and growls at the group.

Dawn gasps.

Dawn: Falco! Don't you disrespect my team like that!

Lightning: Falco?

Dawn: His name!

Jo: ...Okay, so Dawn is teaching her bear tricks, Dakota is doing makeup on me...we still need one more.

Scott: Maybe Brick's little army salute isn't such a bad idea.

Jo: It is. Trust me.

Cameron: I could always do some fast reading.

Mike: Fast reading?

Cameron: I think it explains itself.

Zoey: I mean, we don't really have a choice.

Everyone looks at each other.

Jo: As team leader, I say that we'll allow it. Any objections?

Brick: ...W-

Jo: Great.

The contestants are now at the amphitheater warming up and preparing for their performances.

Ella is humming.

Sugar is watching from a distance, whispering to herself.

Sugar: I ain't lettin' no pretty princess in pink get away with stealin' my spotlight.

Sugar looks and sees Falco in his cage. She smirks.

Chris: Welcome to the TDI Talent Extravaganza! Where six campers will showcase their awesome skills and desperately try not to humiliate themselves. First up is Dawn.

The Killer Bass cheer for Dawn as she walks onstage.

She wheels in Falco and unlocks his cage.

Dawn: Come one, come all! To the first humane animal act in history! This is my friend Falco! He's a grizzly bear who roams the forest searching for his prey...as a part of nature, of course. But I've trained Falco some wondrous tricks.

Everyone looks intrigued.

Dawn: Falco, can you wave to the audience?

Falco waves to everyone.

Dawn: Can you roar for me, Falco?

Falco roars loudly, scaring some of the contestants.

Dawn: Falco, can you draw Chef for me?

She hands Falco a marker and he draws Chef.

Dave: Aw, now that's cheating.

Dawn bows with Falco and hugs him.

Dawn: By the way, Falco consented to everything today. I treat animals like humans, and he was okay with being a part of the act. Give it up for Falco!

Everyone claps.

Chris: Let's see what score Chef has in mind.

Chef gives Dawn a 7/10.

Dawn: Oh! That's a wonderful score!

Chris: The Bass are off to a great start. And starting for the Gophers is Amy and her...cheerleader ensemble.

Amy walks on stage and picks up her pom poms.

Amy: Screaming Gophers, we're truly neat! Every single one's unique! Shawn is strong, Sky can fly, Dave's a sorta neat freak guy! Samey's pretty, Sugar's wild, B is just a silent child! Ella can sing and Jasmine's tall, I'm the prettiest of them all. Sure we've lost a few along the way, but hey, who says we can't still win today?! Gooooo Gophers!

She finishes, and everyone stares for a moment before they all clap.

Samey: She even complimented me!

Jasmine: I hate to say it but that was pretty good.

Chris: Chef gave you...8/10! He loves team spirit.

(Conf) Amy: I did what I had to do to stay in the game. I worked my butt off to not diss Samey, and hopefully I remain safe if we lose tonight.

Chris: Next we have Dakota, who says she's performing a miracle by making Jo pretty.

Dakota wheels Jo out on a chair. She sits down and pulls out her makeup kit.

Dave: That makeup kit is larger than my suitcase…

Dakota begins putting things on Jo's face. Her face is hidden, of course, so nobody can see until the final product. A montage of time occurs, where we see Zoey and Mike falling asleep and Chris checking his watch.

Dakota: AAAAAAAND DONE!

She flips Jo around to face the cast. Everyone gasps.

Jo: So...how do I look?

Sugar: Why…that is a miracle from the lord Dolly Parton herself.

Chris: You look good Jo, but Chef has given you guys a 4/10 for being slow and boring. The only good part of the performance was the reveal. Next!

Jo: Aw, come on!

Dakota: UGH! I hate you Chef!

She stomps off the stage.

(Conf) Dakota: You know, I'm sick of these hosts. They're seriously getting on my freaking nerves. Chris confiscated my 9th cell phone this morning. I only have 5 left!

Chris: Next, we have Ella performing a song for us!

Ella runs up to the stage.

Sugar: I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick! Be right back!

Sugar runs behind the stage and sees Falco's cage.

Sugar: Hey! I'll let you out early if you run on stage and mess up her performance!

The bear shakes his head, indicating he doesn't want to.

Sugar: Look, I have a crapload of berries stored in the cabin from my tryouts today. You can have them all!

Falco looks at Sugar in awe. He nods and licks his lips at the thought of sweet berries.

Sugar: That's what I'm talkin' about!

Ella: I just want to say that this song was written out of love and-

A loud roaring sound is heard.

Dawn: Falco?!

The bear runs out on stage and pummels Ella, causing her to fly off the stage and onto the ground.

Ella: Ow!

Dawn: Falco, stop!

Falco rips the curtains on the stage and then finally runs off towards the cabins.

Jo: Hey, that was a pretty cool strategy Dawn.

Dawn: I would never do that!

Scott: Sure, hehe.

Ella: My arm is injured. I can no longer perform!

Chris: Medics! Take Ella to the infirmary.

Ella is carried out and taken away. Sugar walks back.

Sugar: What'd I miss?!

Chris: Well, now that we've cleaned up a bit, let's continue. Chef has given Ella a 1/10 due to effort and her injury.

Jasmine: Wait...we don't get to choose a replacement?

Chris: Nope! Sorry, rules are rules. Anyways, Sky is up next with her olympian performance.

Sky walks on stage and begins to do tricks for everyone.

Amy: (Whispering to Jasmine and Shawn) You guys don't think that Falco escaped on his own, do you?

Jasmine: What do you mean?

Amy: I mean, what if Sugar had something to do with it? She walked off when it happened.

Jasmine: Oh, shut up Amy. Sugar wants to win. She'd never sabotage the team. Another peep out of you and we're gonna have a real problem.

Amy: But-

Jasmine: SHHHH!

Sky finishes her performance. Everyone claps.

Sky: Thank you! Thank you very much!

Chris: Chef has given you a 7/10. Nice job.

Sky: Awesome!

Chris: And so the Gophers' total score is 16/30!

Samey: Barely past the halfway point...this is bad.

Sky: Relax, Samey. We'll be fine.

Chris: The Bass currently have 11/30. Cameron, the final performer, needs to score a 6 or more out of 10 to win for his team. Cameron, you're up!

He looks out from behind the curtain and sighs. He then walks out and looks at everyone.

Cameron: Hi there. I'm gonna be reading very quickly today.

He pulls out a large book and begins, but is almost inaudible because of how fast he is. Everyone is speechless. He finishes and chuckles nervously.

Zoey: WOOHOO! NICE JOB CAM!

Mike: Way to go, buddy!

Chris: Your team seems to like it. But did Chef? He gave you a score of…

Cameron bites his lip.

Chris: 6/10! The Bass win!

Everyone on the Killer Bass jump up and down, celebrating their win.

Amy: Hmph. Of course we lose again.

Sugar: This is unbelievable!

B looks down in disappointment.

Chris: Gophers, I'll see you tonight.

Jasmine, Sky, Dave, Ella, and Shawn are sitting on the dock.

Jasmine: Amy really needs to go. Like, tonight.

Ella: Well, I quite like that idea. She's always mean.

Shawn: How's your arm doing, Ella?

Ella: It's broken. But I'm fine! Really! I'm gonna go get some food.

She gets up and walks to the cabins.

Sky: Guys, I hate to say it. But we can't let emotions get the best of us.

Jasmine: What do you mean?

Sky: I mean, how are we gonna pull off challenges with a girl with a broken arm on our team?

Jasmine: You wanna vote Ella off?

Dave: She's kind of right.

Sky: Amy may be annoying but she showed us dedication today. Plus, she's an easy vote later on because of how unlikable she is.

Jasmine: The thought of her staying any longer gives me a headache.

Sky: Well we have to decide quickly.

The Gophers walk into the Campfire Ceremony and sit down.

Chris: You guys are absolutely bombing. Another member gone tonight.

Samey: Well, you don't have to rub it in.

Chris: Oh, Same-y. Shut up.

Amy chuckles.

Chris: It's time to hand out the marshmallows. If you don't get one, you're gone. Jasmine, Sky, Dave, B, and Shawn are safe.

They all catch their marshmallows.

Chris: Samey, you're safe too.

Samey catches hers and looks at the others.

Chris: Amy...Ella...Sugar...in a vote of...7-1-1…

Ella, Sugar, and Amy all smile, thinking they are safe.

Chris: Amy and Sugar are safe!

He throws their marshmallows to them.

Ella: What? I don't understand!

Jasmine: I'm sorry, Ella. But your injury is a liability in future challenges.

Ella, now disappointed, tears up.

Ella: Well, I wish this were a more positive experience for me.

She wipes her tears.

Ella: But I made some new friends, and I'm very happy about that.

Everyone minus Sugar and Amy walks to give Ella a hug.

Amy turns to Sugar on her log.

Amy: Listen here, pageant queen. I thought we had an unspoken understanding about keeping each other safe in the game. But your shenanigans at the challenge today caused us to lose, which put me at risk of leaving. Oh, you'll pay for that.

Sugar crosses her arms and turns the other way.

Ella: Goodbye everyone!

Ella gets on the boat and leaves, waving with her good arm.

Chris: The Gophers are down to 8 members. Can they recover at this point? Find out next time on Total Drama Island!

Holy crap that episode was a doozy to write. Started feeling a little weird with the interactions but in the end I'm actually really happy with how things turned out.

And with that, Ella has departed. I love Ella but I decided that she should be eliminated similarly to TDPI - sabotaged by Sugar. There are a LOT of villains so far: Amy, Scott, Jo, and now Sugar in this episode. I like that, because it gives me versatility with the rivalries and eliminations. Anyways, hopefully I can finish the next episode sooner. Next week I'm on Christmas break, so I should be able to crank out 1 or 2 episodes then. Let me know what you think!