Trunk of Mind-Blowing Secrets

The Trunk of Mind-Blowing Secrets is a prop used in Total Drama Action, exclusively throughout the episode Full Metal Drama, in which cast-mates competed in challenges to receive or protect this treasured reward.

Overview
During the first military themed challenge, Duncan uses his punk rock skills to create a fantastic explosion from a paint bomb and win for the Screaming Gaffers. Chris then gives them the reward of having the Trunk of Mind-Blowing Secrets, and tells them they need to protect it from the Killer Grips, who must take the trunk from them in a crazy game of Capture the Flag.

Harold and Duncan carry the trunk to Chris, where he explains that the caved-in hut next to him was to be their "fort" that the interns were supposed to put together, but instead went out to see a movie. It was meant to help protect the trunk (Due to lack of support, the fort completely caves in and collapses soon after). As Leshawna questions where they would hide this fort, Harold thinks of a plan to bury it underground in a foxhole. Later, Beth, Lindsay and the Killer Grips get ready to attack the defenseless Screaming Gaffers. Leshawna had an upset stomach from drinking Chef's smoothie, which was making her very gassy, eventually blowing their cover. Duncan and Harold are seen carrying the trunk (with a bloated Leshawna on top) to the future battle site. They couldn't decide on what to do until Harold believed that they could use the "Nun-yo" (a small combination of a nunchaku and yo-yo) as a last resort. Duncan then hears Leshawna's stomach grumbling and turns her rear end towards the Grips, having her fart a huge puff of gas, making it hard to see Harold's Nun-yo, which lands multiple hits on the Grips.

As time runs out on the game Capture the Flag, Chris declares the winners were the Gaffers. He then tells them that they win invincibility and a sneak peek inside the trunk. As Harold and Duncan, only, look in the trunk, they find that its empty and that the challenge was only through the cold pursuit of war. The empty trunk brings Harold and Duncan to tears since they did all that work for nothing.

In the Best. Game. Ever., the trunk was originally called the "Trunk of Prizes." The contents of the trunk were turned into ash by the intern's paint bomb testing. The trunk was held in an impressive fortress that got destroyed in the testing. Chris then tells the intern not to let the contestants know that there was something originally in the trunk.

Trivia

 * The trunk of mind-blowing secrets is based on the biblical container, Ark of the Covenant.