Thread:KittyFan2004/@comment-11883116-20170927191834/@comment-11883116-20180115153731

The quality of the show for sure improved. Unfortunately, it still suffers from bad writing, typical to Total Drama and all those wacky cartoons.


 * Test Tube finally got major role. She was a minor character for so long. And Knife sort of did too thanks to being involved in Microphone's plot. On the other hand, Baseball, Fan and Suitcase were the ones who suffered from being minor characters this time (although at least they still got some screen time).
 * Why wasn't Marshmallow disqualified in the previous episode? She skipped the whole challenge there. And why Lightbulb and Test Tube were about to be disqualified in this episode if the challenge was still not over? How come Marshmallow gets the unfair advantage of getting to skip one challenge while Lightbulb and Test Tube don't? I get that MePhone was probably fed up with contestants skipping challenges, but that's not fair.
 * How exactly Salt and Pepper got to rule the world/host Inanimate Insanity just because they became team captains in the first season? That'd only give them a bit more spotlight. And I doubt they'd do well if they had to compete against each other. Remember Trent in TDA?
 * Taco is supposed to be a genius, but she got a massive Idiot Ball in this episode. She doesn't notice Knife eavesdropping on her secret conversation with Microphone, she doesn't tell Microphone to vote for Knife, she gets in Test Tube's labolatory disguised as bush (and the only reason she's not noticed is for comedy effects).
 * That is, I liked the "Could this be? Another chance?" scene where she was about to enter time portal. This could be interpreted as her wanting another chance at making friends with the others or winning the money. While the latter is more likely, I like to interpret it was the first.
 * Paintbrush is supposed to be one of the few smart contestants as well, but they decide to paint MePhone's creator, who clearly didn't give s**t about MePhone, instead of MePhone himself? WTF?! Another character got the Idiot Ball this episode and of course, per TD's tradition, it was the one who got the boot.
 * Another problem - predictable elimination. It was obvious Marsh would finally get disqualified (but why didn't it happen in previous episode, she was already pointless!). And I knew that Paintbrush would be the first one eliminated at the merge, although I believed it'd be because the wacky characters didn't like them. Although the true reason was different, once Paintbrush got 0 points and burned all the other paintings, it was obvious they'd get the boot. I appreciate the little suspense added at elimination ceremony, but it was obvious who'd be eliminated because of another problem, which is...
 * Knife doesn't attempt to warn the others about Microphone's alliance. Sure, maybe he was worried nobody would believe him, but how about recording their conversation? Anything!
 * As for my predictions now, either Baseball or Knife is going to be eliminated next. Baseball is so depressed after Nickel's elimination that he may stop trying or snap at Suitcase in a way that'd cause everyone to hate him (although Suitcase would need the votes of the former members of opposing team to eliminate him). Knife because while he's involved in Microphone's plot now, he doesn't do anything to warn the others, so Taco will most likely target him next. Heck, she already should've. Not voting for him because he could spill the beans at elimination ceremony? WTF? He can still do it while being in the competition!