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Next three episodes for the newest Total Drama season are out. Dunno if they're actually all leaks so I won't link them, but you can find them all on YouTube, last I checked. Just gonna autism-post about the season so far.
It's interesting that we're getting a season with a completely unchanged set of contestants from the last one. As in no one new and no one left out. So far, they haven't utilized this well, as aside from a few instances, no one seems that familiar with each other except for the two pairings that already knew each other before the show started. And in a unique twist, Priya is the winner of the last season. They're entirely dropping alternate winners, and the first episode actually made reference to her winning multiple times. Makes me wonder why, now of all times, they decided to do this.
Also the teams are Skunk Butts (not kidding) which has Zee, Priya, Millie, Damien, Emma, Axel, Nichelle, and Caleb.
The other team is the Rat Faces which has Bowie, MK, Wyne, Raj, Ripper, Julia, Chase, and Scary Girl.
First episode was a rushed bit, of course, no need to introduce the contestants again. There are a few lines making reference to past friendships or grudges, but nothing substantial. They're going Squid Games with the challenges as far as I can tell, with this one being a more family friendly version of the "Red Light, Green Light" bit on the show. Just with paint-filled balloons rather than snipers. Nichelle trained hard between seasons and is actually badass now, doing great for her team. Caleb is determined to get into an alliance with Priya since she won, and Scary Girl tries to be normal to not scare her fellow contestants and get booted off. Of course, she's still spooky, and she admits to watching everyone sleep from their closets to learn how to be normal, and they vote her off. She's honestly my favorite character, despite her one-note nature, so I'm kinda bummed. She swore she'd return, but as of episode four, this hasn't happened yet.
Second episode was actually really entertaining due to a lot of slapstick. Nothing new in the show, but it felt especially brutal this time, the contestants having to go down slides increasingly dangerous slides and make it into a wooden basketball hoop. I dunno what it was, but the impacts against the backboard and rim just felt unusually brutal, could be the excessive ragdolling, I dunno. Ripper develops an out-of-nowhere interest in Axel, and he just sort of fucks up for his team. Millie tricks a blindfolded Damien (whose entire shtick this season is being a pussy) into the most dangerous slide. It wins them the challenge, but everyone on the team is mad at her. Chase was tricked by Emma into trying to make an intro for his sliding on a camera he brought himself, and never ended up attempting the challenge, being voted off. Emma hates Chase again, by the way, but Emma literally never acknowledges his elimination at all.
Third episode is a trek through the woods with the contestants covered in a super sticky sap. Julia and MK have by this point teamed up and are starting to cheat, MK utilizing an extra intern uniform to get sap-destroying spray for her team. By the way, MK was de-yellowed between seasons, which I find amusing and distracting. Ripper and Axel get stuck ass-to-ass (because of course they do) so they try farting to blow a big sap bubble to pop them apart (because of course they do) and it works. Damien is mad at Millie for how she tricked him, and Caleb has to literally carry the entire time stuck to a log on his back. They still lose, and also Wayne and Raj are super not into the cheating. Millie apologizes to Damien and they make up, but Chris leaves them all stuck and Damien's tongue is stuck to his shirt so he can't tell everyone Millie was sorry, so she gets the boot. Thank God. Aside from Ripper, she was my least favorite of the new contestants.
Fourth and latest episode is this weird situation where the contestants were asked "Would you rather?" questions. There are two bridges for each team, and they get videos of members of their opposing team being asked the questions. They have to guess A or B and if they guess right, they go further a space. If they don't, they fall through a trap door. Emma tries to help, being a "people person" but all her guesses go wrong, but the team keeps trying to rely on her anyway for some reason. Caleb's still obsessed with getting Priya into an alliance (Priya, by the way, not acknowledging her closest friend on the show being eliminated) and Julia/MK cheat in a way that Wayne and Raj don't notice. Bowie is still with Raj, and doesn't want to upset him. Totally gonna explode in his face later. In one of the questions, Axel is revealed to love poetry, so Ripper writes her one (which is about farts of course) and it somehow wins her over and she kisses him, not even kidding. She outright rejected him at the start of the episode, which makes it stranger. Emma is eliminated because she was one win away from winning the entire challenge, but flubbed. She essentially had no character with Chase gone, so no loss there.
Season feels kind of stiff so far, the show seems more focused on new arcs and character relationships than establishing older ones. At this point, the Bowie/Raj relationship is literally the only remaining holdover from last season, not counting pre-existing ones like Wayne/Raj and Emma/Chase. But we'll see how it goes...
Also the teams are Skunk Butts (not kidding) which has Zee, Priya, Millie, Damien, Emma, Axel, Nichelle, and Caleb.
The other team is the Rat Faces which has Bowie, MK, Wyne, Raj, Ripper, Julia, Chase, and Scary Girl.
First episode was a rushed bit, of course, no need to introduce the contestants again. There are a few lines making reference to past friendships or grudges, but nothing substantial. They're going Squid Games with the challenges as far as I can tell, with this one being a more family friendly version of the "Red Light, Green Light" bit on the show. Just with paint-filled balloons rather than snipers. Nichelle trained hard between seasons and is actually badass now, doing great for her team. Caleb is determined to get into an alliance with Priya since she won, and Scary Girl tries to be normal to not scare her fellow contestants and get booted off. Of course, she's still spooky, and she admits to watching everyone sleep from their closets to learn how to be normal, and they vote her off. She's honestly my favorite character, despite her one-note nature, so I'm kinda bummed. She swore she'd return, but as of episode four, this hasn't happened yet.
Second episode was actually really entertaining due to a lot of slapstick. Nothing new in the show, but it felt especially brutal this time, the contestants having to go down slides increasingly dangerous slides and make it into a wooden basketball hoop. I dunno what it was, but the impacts against the backboard and rim just felt unusually brutal, could be the excessive ragdolling, I dunno. Ripper develops an out-of-nowhere interest in Axel, and he just sort of fucks up for his team. Millie tricks a blindfolded Damien (whose entire shtick this season is being a pussy) into the most dangerous slide. It wins them the challenge, but everyone on the team is mad at her. Chase was tricked by Emma into trying to make an intro for his sliding on a camera he brought himself, and never ended up attempting the challenge, being voted off. Emma hates Chase again, by the way, but Emma literally never acknowledges his elimination at all.
Third episode is a trek through the woods with the contestants covered in a super sticky sap. Julia and MK have by this point teamed up and are starting to cheat, MK utilizing an extra intern uniform to get sap-destroying spray for her team. By the way, MK was de-yellowed between seasons, which I find amusing and distracting. Ripper and Axel get stuck ass-to-ass (because of course they do) so they try farting to blow a big sap bubble to pop them apart (because of course they do) and it works. Damien is mad at Millie for how she tricked him, and Caleb has to literally carry the entire time stuck to a log on his back. They still lose, and also Wayne and Raj are super not into the cheating. Millie apologizes to Damien and they make up, but Chris leaves them all stuck and Damien's tongue is stuck to his shirt so he can't tell everyone Millie was sorry, so she gets the boot. Thank God. Aside from Ripper, she was my least favorite of the new contestants.
Fourth and latest episode is this weird situation where the contestants were asked "Would you rather?" questions. There are two bridges for each team, and they get videos of members of their opposing team being asked the questions. They have to guess A or B and if they guess right, they go further a space. If they don't, they fall through a trap door. Emma tries to help, being a "people person" but all her guesses go wrong, but the team keeps trying to rely on her anyway for some reason. Caleb's still obsessed with getting Priya into an alliance (Priya, by the way, not acknowledging her closest friend on the show being eliminated) and Julia/MK cheat in a way that Wayne and Raj don't notice. Bowie is still with Raj, and doesn't want to upset him. Totally gonna explode in his face later. In one of the questions, Axel is revealed to love poetry, so Ripper writes her one (which is about farts of course) and it somehow wins her over and she kisses him, not even kidding. She outright rejected him at the start of the episode, which makes it stranger. Emma is eliminated because she was one win away from winning the entire challenge, but flubbed. She essentially had no character with Chase gone, so no loss there.
Season feels kind of stiff so far, the show seems more focused on new arcs and character relationships than establishing older ones. At this point, the Bowie/Raj relationship is literally the only remaining holdover from last season, not counting pre-existing ones like Wayne/Raj and Emma/Chase. But we'll see how it goes...
