History Fanfic / TotalZeksmitSeries

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Referenced in-universe, as this has no real radar to speak of. Lindsay thinks that a bikini made of floss can get around the need for censorship. If the prose of the audition is any indication, it doesn't.

''Total Zeksmit'' is Great Pikmin Fan's second attempt at a ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' competition, and unlike his first attempt this is set in an AlternateUniverse where none of the actual seasons happened. Instead, Ezekiel "Zeksmit" Smithy had competed on a show by Chris called ''Extreme Musical Drama High School'', where he happened to win a special "Host your own miniseason" challenge held at some point. As reward, he starts up a game where the story begins at: The prairie campgrounds of Zekitunakwa, with the eleven girls from canon's first season competing as well.

Thus is the plot of the first season, ''Total Zeksmit Plains''. Which is more of a mini-season, as there will only be twelve chapters (counting a pair of Aftermath talkshows) and a special connecting it with the sequel. Following ''Plains'' will be a far larger sequel season titled ''Campsites Around the World'', adding OriginalCharacter[=s=] to compete alongside the canon cast and a few new gimicks not used in the canon series. There is also going to be a spinoff series called ''Total Zeksmit Side Stories'', which do not take place in a singular competition but is instead a collection of various stories in the ''Total Zeksmit'' verse, and a prequel fic centered around Ezekiel's time in ''Extreme Musical Drama High School'', which will be named after said competition.

The first and only season so far can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7435694/1/Total_Zeksmit_Plains here]].

!! This fan fic provides:

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:First the apparant antagonist, then one of the apparant protagonists, then Leshawna, then it subverts the usual fan season premise in having Katie getting voted off before Sadie, then ''Bridgette'' (DecoyProtagonist). After the merge, eliminations become less shocking, as it's only natural that not many contestants remain at this point]].

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:Heather]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The fan fic makes itself clear which route it's taking with Ezekiel right from the beginning, as during the first chapter he is largely characterized through his responses to the camper's comments on the environment. Also there's Chris's first and currently only appearance, where it's implied that he made the ride for the campers unpleasant by deliberately driving badly. Kathy, the first OC introduced, makes her first appearance by picking a deliberate diction that would scare Lindsay with the addition of commenting on her butt. [[spoiler:She soon reveals in "Pairing is Caring" that it was just an act]].

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The elimination on the very first ''chapter'' (not episode, chapter), which in a way seems to be the kickstart for the plot of the season.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Nodded at in-universe, as this has no real radar to speak of. Lindsay thinks that a bikini made of floss can get around the need for censorship. If the prose of the audition is any indication, it doesn't.

* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler:Subverted with Izzy and Bridgette, if "last minute" is considered their elimination. Instead of getting together, Bridgette just tells Izzy off right before the former's elimination for being too immature and letting her petty grudge on Eva get the better of her. Though the author says that the couples will stay the same from the original version of this story, so it is likely that they will get together eventually]].
* MoralityPet: Beth has been this to Courtney. While she isn't exactly a ''villain'' as of now, Izzy also seems to have her chaotic actions more limited by a recent take-up on Bridgette's advice.

** The Dance Dance Revolution matchups towards the end of "Rather Plain Sports," to the extent that Pikmin Fan compared it to events later on in the series. What that means exactly is unknown.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The days and episodes are all one chapter and the pilot contains an elimination, so [[spoiler:Heather]] is voted off on the same chapter she's introduced.

* WhamLine: In "Aftermath: The Final Five Countdown," this line implies that [[spoiler:Heather]] knows way more about the show than she lets on:
-->"[[spoiler:The point is, once episode 13 rolls in, I'll be ready and none of these losers will. ]]"

** [[spoiler:An imitation of ''Homer Simpson'' is given super strength and flying abilities, as well as the power to capture people with some strange cape thing]].

* CerebusSyndrome: The earlier chapters in ''Plains'' were a bit more lighthearted, having a warmer atmosphere with more contestants around and the snarky Gwen and Leshawna knowing how to out-fox the antagonists. [[spoiler:Heather, who had been set up near the end of the first chapter as something of a bad villain, is kicked off. The real plot with Eva as the antagonist kicks off, the more competant and/or light-hearted contestants are voted off, and the story slowly grows darker in tone]].

* ThePlotReaper: [[spoiler:WordOfGod says that Gwen and Leshawna were only eliminated ''so'' early because otherwise they would easily be able to take down [[BigBad Eva]]; Eva herself mentions this several times, calling them the most competant campers or the only ones with so much as a shot of taking her down]].

** The first three contestants kicked off are [[spoiler:Heather, Gwen, and Leshawna]]. Between the three of them, a plot similar to the canonical first season was set up and they had a "lighter" conflict compared to the main storyline of ''Plains''. Not to mention that the latter two were fairly competant, and the former was something of a lighter antagonist. The first chapter after they were gone is a bit more serious in tone, and the remaining contestants are clearly established as having trust issues at best and being wrecks at worst. Or are tied to the ''real'' BigBad in some way.

''Total Zeksmit'' is Great Pikmin Fan's second attempt at a ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' competition, and unlike his first attempt this is set in an AlternateUniverse where none of the actual seasons happened. Instead, Ezekiel "Zeksmit" Smithy had competed on a show by Chris called ''Extreme Musical Drama High School'', where he happened to win a special "Host your own miniseason" challenge held at some point. As reward, he starts up a game where the story begins at: The prarie campgrounds of Zekitunakwa, with the eleven girls from canon's first season competing as well.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Averted and lampshaded a few times. A minor RunningGag is that the campers find some additional out-of-the-box question that stumps the challenge logic that Ezekiel ''thought'' was fullproof. In one case, he gets Justin to bail him out.

Thus is the plot of the first season, ''Total Zeksmit Plains''. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Unlike plans for the following seasons,]] there will only be twelve chapters (counting a pair of Aftermath talkshows) and a special connecting it with the sequel. Following ''Plains'' will be ''Island'', ''Woods'', and ''Campsites Around the World'' in that order, each of these adding OriginalCharacter[=s=] to compete alongside the canon cast and by adding a few new gimicks not used in the canon series. There is also going to be a spinoff series called ''Total Zeksmit Side Stories'', which do not take place in a singular competition but is instead a collection of various stories in the ''Total Zeksmit'' verse.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:First the apparant antagonist, then one of the apparant protagonists, then Leshawna, then it subverts the usual fan season premise in having Katie getting voted off before Sadie, then ''Bridgette'' (DecoyProtagonist), and as of now Lindsay]].

** Kathy originally appeared in a previous fan fic by the same author, ''Total Drama World Tour Rewrite''. In it, her role was limited to two brief appearances [[spoiler:and might have had a role in the Aftermaths had the fan fic continued]], and she was an intern. Then TDWTR was rebuilt from the ground up, and she was confirmed by the author to be RetGone. In the TZ universe, she's the game's designer and at the very least warns Lindsay about something. WordOfGod says that [[spoiler:she will be a contestant in the later seasons]].
* BatmanGambit: The first two eliminations caused by the main villain so far.

** Bridgette is the only contestant that Ezekiel does ''not'' feel confterable seeing naked. The rest of them he finds funny.

* CassandraTruth: Nobody except Izzy believes Katie when she says that Eva is evil. [[spoiler:It really doesn't help that she actually tried to attack Sadie]].

* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:Ezekiel off-handedly gives one in "Pairing is Caring." While some competitions use lesser swears [[ObligatorySwearing (and even the bigger ones in some cases)]] all the time, ''Total Zeksmit'' is not one of them. So it counts.]]

* ShooOutTheClowns: [[spoiler:The first elimination in the merge is Lindsay, the contestant who was providing the most light-hearted moments of them all. (Izzy being a contender for that, although the very same chapter this happens seems to imply that she's becoming more serious thanks to what Bridgette told her before her elimination.)]]

** "Pairing is Caring". [[spoiler:Bridgette, who seemed like she would be a major character, becomes voted off. This is partly because of Eva's plans, which worked thanks to Izzy's nature in lying to Bridgette and deciding to not vote for the same person. She's kicked off thanks to the power of numbers, and this -- combined with a speech that also hints at something going on with the other contestants and even Ezekiel and Justin -- makes Izzy start to turn herself around]].
** "Bears, Bares, and a Whole Lot of Flare" seems like a [[BreatherEpisode Breather Chapter]] at first -- and it is, to the point where it's one of the few things that can be both a Breather and a Wham. The chapter itself is a breather for having a more comedic challenge idea, coming right after [[spoiler:Bridgette's elimination]], shoveling in tons of NakedPeopleAreFunny, and [[spoiler:having a rather throw-away elimination]]. However, it also contains a twist of a [[TheStinger Stinger]]. [[spoiler:"Homer" is shown for the first time, and based on the "gray boots" and circular eyes it's implied that he resembles Homer Simpson. Sierra is also revealed, showing that she was a stalker of Ezekiel who foun her way to Zektiunakwa with a threat to take down all of the protecting show staff. ''Then'' Sierra gets trapped in a strange cape that "Homer" tosses on her, and reveals that he can jump high into the air and pretty much ''fly''. Beware of him indeed]].

** "Beware of Homer." [[spoiler:Sadie's role as Eva's dragon comes to an end with the former's elimination, Homer is revealed to be Courtney's boyfriend who is revealed to be Harold, yet their relationship looks pretty troubled, Geoff is now a co-host, and Eva both mentions the elemental classes for the first time ''and'' she off-handedly hints at something from her past, saying that it's a year too late for her to avoid becoming like the enemy]].

* [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Get Voted Off]]: [[spoiler:First the apparant antagonist, then one of the apparant protagonists, then Leshawna, then it subverts the usual fan season premise in having Katie getting voted off before Sadie, then ''Bridgette'' (DecoyProtagonist), and as of now Lindsay]].

* [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything Ezekiel Smithy Thinks of Everything]]: Averted and lampshaded a few times. A minor RunningGag is that the campers find some additional out-of-the-box question that stumps the challenge logic that Ezekiel ''thought'' was fullproof. In one case, he gets Justin to bail him out.

* RunningGag: Characters getting Ezekiel's self-given nickname wrong in their audition. [[spoiler:Heather]] had gotten it right (presumably in an attempt to kiss up to him) while [[spoiler:Gwen, Leshawna, Katie, Bridgette, and Lindsay]] all mistake it, though the former at least questions if she heard his name right.

** [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that an imitation of ''Homer Simpson'' is given super strength and flying abilities, as well as the power to capture people with some strange cape thing]].

** "Aftermath: The Final Five Countdown." [[spoiler:Heather has taken a level in emotional manipulating badass (the eliminated girls manage to get along, but barely, yet she left some shaken), she also knows something about "episode(/chapter) 13," and Geoff is fired]].

* BigBad: "Cosplay Roughplay" all-but confirms that [[spoiler:Eva will be the contestant to take the role, after Heather's one-chapter long rule of attempted villainy and a flip-flop between either Eva or Courtney as being the spot. With Courtney currently tied up in trying to fix up Lindsay and Beth's friendship (and her own friendship with them), Eva is the definitive antagonist]].

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Most of Izzy's nudity is played for laughs. Same with Lindsay, who is later revealed to have an odd definition of what it is to be naked.

** "Pairing is Caring". [[spoiler:Bridgette, who seemed like she would be a major character, becomes voted off. This is partly because of Eva's plans, which worked thanks to Izzy's nature in lying to Bridgette and deciding to not vote for the same person. She's kicked off thanks to the power of numbers, and this -- combined with a speach that also hints at something going on with the other contestants and even Ezekiel and Justin -- makes Izzy start to turn herself around]].
** "Bears, Bares, and a Whole Lot of Flare" seems like a [[BreatherEpisode Breather Chapter]] at first -- and it is, to the point where it's one of the few things that can be both a Breather and a Wham. The chapter itself is a breather for having a more comedic challenge idea, coming right after [[spoiler:Bridgette's elimination]], shoveling in tons of NakedPeopleAreFunny, and [[spoiler:having a rather throw-away elimination]]. However, it also contains a twist of a [[TheStinger Stinger]]. [[spoiler:"Homer" is shown for the first time, and based on the "gray boots" and circular eyes it's implied that he resembles Homer Simpson. Sierra is also revealed, showing that she was a stalker of Ezekiel who foun her way to Zektiunakwa with a threat to take down all of the protecting show staff. ''Then'' Sierra gets trapped in a strange cape that "Homer" tosses on her, and reveals that he can jump high into the air and pretty much ''fly''. Beware of him indeed]].

** Despite having HiddenDepths in the first challenge where she selflessly gave up her Guilded Zeke to Gwen, Lindsay has spent the rest of the story so far either beig a ButtMonkey or some strange case of TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong. And she has done increasingly questionable actions. [[spoiler:This cumulates in her elimination -- while the elimination itself was fairly dignified (compared to, say, Heather's), what happens before and after isn't. Before, and she's curb-stomped by Eva, which was the effect of ''her own idea'' to betray Izzy in the preceeding part of the challenge. After is her audition, where she's implied to have spent hours working on a floss bikini, the narrative doesn't exactly sugarcoat her stupidity (the author even confessed that he was trying to write her actions in a negative way), and it ends with her injuring either her butt or her [[GroinAttack privates]] (or even both) from yanking up the bottom too fast, and then ''collapsing'' on the camera, breaking it yet seeming to keep the footage intact somehow]]. Pikmin Fan says that he doesn't really like DumbBlonde-type characters, which Lindsay has been {{Flanderized}} into more and more as canon went on.

** Despite having HiddenDepths in the first challenge where she selflessly gave up her Guilded Zeke to Gwen, Lindsay has spent the rest of the story so far either beig a ButtMonkey or some strange case of TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong. And she has done increasingly questionable actions. [[spoiler:This cumulates in her elimination -- while the elimination itself was fairly dignified (compared to, say, Heather's), what happens before and after isn't. Before, and she's curb-stomped by Eva, which was the effect of ''her own idea'' to betray Izzy in the preceeding part of the challenge. After is her audition, where she's implied to have spent hours working on a floss bikini, the narrative doesn't exactly sugarcoat her stupidity (something the author confessed to doing), and it ends with her injuring either her butt or her [[GroinAttack privates]] (or even both) from yanking up the bottom too fast, and then ''collapsing'' on the camera, breaking it yet seeming to keep the footage intact somehow]]. Pikmin Fan says that he doesn't really like DumbBlonde-type characters, which Lindsay has been {{Flanderized}} into more and more as canon went on.

* TakeThatScrappy While neither of these are Scrappies, they have been admitted or implied to be Pikmin Fan's personal least favorite characters.

* [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Get Voted Off]]: [[spoiler:First the apparant antagonist, then one of the apparant protagonists, then Leshawna, then it subverts the usual fan season premise in having Katie getting voted off before Sadie]].

* BatmanGambit: Both of the eliminations caused by the main villain so far.

* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Bridgette is the only contestant that Ezekiel does ''not'' feel confterable seeing naked. The rest of them he finds funny. Inverted with Izzy. There's clearly something working towards her and Bridgette, but she does act pretty perverted towards her and her alone.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Each of the campers are given a color-coding based on something involving their auditions (as that was all Ezekiel had seen of them at the time).

* MoralityPet: So far Beth is becoming this to Courtney.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Dance Dance Revolution matchups towards the end of "Rather Plain Sports," to the extent that Pikmin Fan compared it to events later on in the series. What that means exactly is unknown.

* OppositesAttract: It's implied (and confirmed by WordOfGod, keeping the same relationship from the old version) that Izzy has some kind of crush on Bridgette. The former is highly wild, chaotic, a near compulsive liar, and a pyromaniac while the latter is calm, prefers order, honest, and... well, prefers the water.
* PetTheDog: "Blast to and From the Past" has [[spoiler:Courtney refusing to vote for Leshawna and trying her best to keep her word in that she will give up the game if her plans flop ''after'' Leshawna follows them. She risks damaging her own alliance just so that Leshawna can go knowing that Courtney really isn't that bad]].

* RunningGag: Characters getting Ezekiel's self-given nickname wrong in their audition. [[spoiler:Heather]] had gotten it right (presumably in an attempt to kiss up to him) while [[spoiler:Gwen, Leshawna, Katie, and Bridgette]] all mistake it, though the former at least questions if she heard his name right.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The days and episodes are all one chapter and the pilot contains an elimination, so [[spoiler:Heather]] is voted off on the same chapter she's introduced.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the "Pairing is Caring," Sadie calls for other people to help her out, as she had been lost in the woods for hours waiting for company and had climbed up on a branch. [[spoiler:The last thing she calls is "Someone voted off," and almost right after that, she notices Bridgette walking below her. Bridgette would be eliminated in the same chapter]].

** This is another one of those fan fics based on such: The host and co-host are Ezekiel and Justin respectivley, and the main villain seems to Eva. All three of which were characters eliminated rather early in canon, and while Justin ''did'' get something of an arc in ''Total Drama Action'', it's dropped about halfway and [[AbortedArc completely forgotten]] while he's all-but replaced with a "better" version of him. "Blast to and From the Past" just about confirms this. As of its ending, [[spoiler:the first three contestants voted off [[DemotedToExtra were all part of the final five of the original first season.]] With Owen and Duncan only having a 1/9th shot at being important this season, that means that the entire final five of ''Total Drama Island'' may be shoved off to the sidelines for the main story]]. WordOfGod saying that both [[spoiler:Heather's elimination]] as well as the eliminations of chapters 2 and 3 being needed to advance the plot more quickly makes this even more true.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:The only thing Eva held in Katie's elimination was pressuring Sadie to vote for her. And to discard Katie. Everything after that was entirely dependant on what someone else does. Oh yes, and the Screaming Buffalo's winning streak to finally be broken]].
* BigBad: Chapter 4 all-but confirms that [[spoiler:Eva will be the contestant to take the role, after Heather's one-chapter long rule of attempted villainy and a flip-flop between either Eva or Courtney as being the spot. With Courtney currently tied up in trying to maintain her friendship with Lindsay and Beth, Eva is the definitive antagonist]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The fan fic makes itself clear which route it's taking with Ezekiel right from the beginning, as during the first chapter he is largely characterized through his responces to the camper's comments on the environment. Also there's Chris's first and currently only appearance, where it's implied that he made the ride for the campers unpleasant by deliberately driving badly. Kathy, the first OC properly introduced (re: not only shown in the old reversion), makes her first appearance by picking a deliberate diction that would scare Lindsay with the addition of commenting on her butt.

* HopeSpot: Chapter 4. [[spoiler:Katie had ''just'' made a huge catch up to about half of the campers. She's getting close to being neck-and-neck, and it seems as though Eva might lighten up to her. ''Especially'' after finding out about Sadie's slip-up. If anything there's even potential for Eva to suddenly drop Sadie, and refocus herself on Katie instead. Nope. Eva kicks Katie out of the alliance once they and Sadie meet up in person again, and she is soon voted off]].

* RunningGag: Characters getting Ezekiel's self-given nickname wrong in their audition. It's hard to tell right now with only four so far, but [[spoiler:Heather]] had gotten it right (presumably in an attempt to kiss up to him) while [[spoiler:Gwen, Leshawna, and Katie]] all mistake it, though the former at least questions if she heard his name right.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The days and episodes are all one chapter and the pilot contains an elimination, so [[spoiler:Heather]] is voted off on the same chapter she's introduced.

!! The old version provides examples of:

'''WARNING: ''Major'' spoilers for the first few chapters, that aren't "officially" out yet!'''

On a lighter note, any tropes that are also present in the ''Zeksmit'' remake belong there instead.

[[folder:Tropes]]

* AccidentalInnuendo: [[invoked]]WordOfGod says that the team names are this, out-universe. He found a double meaning in them after publishing the first few chapters and clairified on his profile that it was unintentional. This is almost certainly why the names in the newer versions are changed to Screaming Buffalo and Killer Jackrabbits, instead of Screaming Hills (which he thought could be mis-thought of as a euphenism for breasts) and Killer Grass (pubic hair).
* {{Acrofatic}}: Sadie can ''run up trees'' when needed. And is a rather good swimmer.
* AuthorAppeal: It gets increasingly obvious that Pikmin Fan does not like Lindsay, having putting her through several slapstick scenarios throughout the series. By chapter 7, her whiney-ness from the canon pilot also comes into play a lot, spending most of the chapter complaining [[spoiler:and screwing up ''very badly'' by intentionally tossing boomerangs at her own teammates, causing her to lose the challenge and marking the first elimination challenge loss for the Killer Grass]].
* AffectionateParody: The premise is this of some of the more... "edgy" ''Total Drama'' fan competitions.
* AirVentEscape: Invoked in-universe. The maze in the first chapter has four fake air vents that lead to an open space where one can climb out through one of those openings. The problem is, one of these drops straight into the prison cell.
* AlternateHistory[=/=]AlternateUniverse[=/=]TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The premise.
* AsYouKnow: The [[ElementalPowers elemental classes]] are appearanly common knowledge and the "norm" for this universe, so Izzy's explanation to Bridgette of them comes off as this. Averted with Courtney's rant that exposits on eight of the nine types.
* BigBad: The beginning hinted at Heather being this, then there were some clues that Courtney would break from being the team's expendable and become this, but as of chapter five it's clearly Eva.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:Heather]].
* DoorStopper: This was Pikmin Fan's longest written fan fic on fanfiction.net so far. (And still his second longest, topped only by ''FanFic/HousestuckHurrcainCrconikals'' and thus making it his longest serious fic) It was only seven chapters into its first season, but ''already'' around 61,000 words long. (The ''Zeksmit'' remake seems to be even longer; being at ~33K words at with the exception of the opening every chapter has been longer.)
* ButtMonkey: Justin, Heather, and Lindsay.
* CurbStompBattle: Day 2's second challenge had [[spoiler:all five Screaming Hills winning their one-on-one match against the Killer Grass]].
* DecoyProtagonist:
** [[spoiler:Bridgette had been written as though she is a main character and would be very important later throughout the season, and was even the team captain of the Screaming Hills. And then she gets voted off a fourth of the way into the fan fic]]. To add insult to injury, [[spoiler:chapter 6 has a cameo of Heather and Katie, post-elimination. The fan fic point-blank says that Bridgette is nowhere to be seen]].
** [[spoiler:Gwen, who is the ''other'' captain and seems to have an important role in antagonizing Courtney starting around chapter 6. She's voted off fourth, one chapter later]].
* DiskOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Heather]], who is set up as the antagonist for the first chapter, is voted off first.
* {{Dissimile}}: In chapter 4:
-->'''Ezekiel:''' Okay campers, how many of you do not know of the story of Adam and Eve?\\
* Everyone exchanged glances, but nobody raised their hands.*\\
'''Ezekiel:''' Well, it does not matter. Because this challenge has nothing to do with that.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Katie and Sadie are starting to undergo this. [[spoiler:Although with the ''former'' being eliminated early, and all the main development going to Sadie, a contrast to usual fandom trends.]]
* {{Ecchi}}: Not really, no. Parodied if anything.
* ElementalPowers: In this universe, there are ten "classes:" nine elemental classes, and a "neutral" type that doesn't have any powers. At first, onlt fire/heat, water, air, and plant were revealed (in chapter 4), but then Courtney explains four out of the remaining five types. The last one has been confirmed (as well as the others prior to the reveal) by WordOfGod, and as it has not been revealed in-story yet, it will be in spoilers:
** Neutral (No abilities.)
** [[BlowYouAway Air.]]
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire/Heat]] [[AnIcePerson (Can also cool down objects to the point of freezing.)]]
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth.]]
** [[ShockAndAwe Electricity.]]
** [[GreenThumb Plant.]]
** [[TheBeastMaster Animal.]]
** [[MakingASplash Water.]]
** [[PoisonousPerson Poison/Chemical.]]
** [[spoiler:[[OurVampiresAreDifferent "Death" (Unofficially reffered to as vampirism.)]]]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ezekiel gives himself several guidlines as to not be like Chris. Even so, sometimes the campers call him out as being a jerk.
* FanDisservice: Chapter 5 features a naked Izzy [[spoiler:serverly bleeding from a broken nose.]] Not as extreme as most examples of the trope, but still, ew.
* {{Fanon}}: [[invoked]]Averted. Ezekiel's personality seems to be based on his self-centered self seen in ''Total Drama'' in every episode following his elimination.
* {{Foil}}s: The teams are set up this way.[[labelnote:To Elaborate]]Bridgette to Gwen, Izzy to Leshawna, Eva to Courtney, and Katie and Sadie to Lindsay and Beth.[[/labelnote]]
* FollowTheLeader: Of ''[[FanFic/TotalDramaComebackSeries Total Drama Comeback]]'', to some extent.
* HotSpringsEpisode: Parodied. There isn't going to be an ''entire episode'' in the hot springs per-say, but a trip there is the reward for the challenge in chapter 6. Although the experience there isn't actually on-screen; the chapter ends just as the contestants and Justin arrive, and that's really so that Justin can give the sign-off.
* {{Hypocrite}}: For all his talk about how he's better than Chris, Ezekiel can be a pretty big narcisist jerk himself sometimes. The contestants are more than aware of this.
* JerkAss: Ezekiel. Not as bad as Chris (or so he says...) but still.
* LoveTriangle: Something of [[TriangRelations type 4]] involving Bridgette, Ezekiel, and Izzy. To elaborate: Ezekiel and Izzy both have feelings for Bridgette, Ezekiel attempting to be subtle (but Justin picks up on it) and Izzy being outright straitforeward. Bridgette wants to try to take the relationship slower, but still hints at being attracted to her. However, she does not like Ezekiel, and the relation between Ezekiel and Izzy seems to be a JustFriends type of deal at this point.
* LuckBasedMission: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. All of the challenges are going to be based on phyical skill (often with some hinderances), as stated in the author's profile description for this series. The closest the series has gone to this trope is, ironically, the first challenge, due to involving navigation of a maze layout that none of the contestants knew of before hand.
* ManipulativeBastard: Eva. Also, [[spoiler:it's implied Justin is going to be this]].
* MythologyGag:
** Chapter 6 has an intern ''heavily'' implied to be modled off of [[Webcomic/SweetJadeAndHellaJohn Jean]]. They even share the same name.
** The same chapter reveals that Bridgette's adoptive parents are named Carl and Walter. ''FanFic/HecksingUlumateCrconikals'' had a small joke about [[OriginalCharacter Carl]] [[ParodyStu Stevens]] sleeping with Hellsing's butler, Walter C Dornez.
* NextSundayAD: The reversion takes place on 2042, beginning specifically at the point exactly 30 years after the 2012 end-of-the-world theory.
* NonIndicativeTitle: The fan service is actually only [[OnceAnEpisode Once or Twice and Episode]] at most. Although the title is really more of a parody if anything.
* OrwellianRetcon: Sometimes the author goes back to add or change a few scenes in the earlier chapters.
* PaintballEpisode: Arguably the first chapter. Although the contestants themselves had to run away from the gun-weilding interns.
* PersonalityPowers: Averted with everyone who has a revealed element class except Izzy and maybe Heather.
* PrecisionFStrike: Up to a certain point, the fan fic never even had swears like hell or damn. The point in question? [[spoiler:The Zeksmit Clipz of chapter 4]]:
-->[[spoiler:'''Ezekiel:''' Oh fuck I didn't think we would ''really'' find something haunted in here!]]
:: And pulled off by the same character at the end of chapter 5, only with a more minor swear:
-->"Just kick [[spoiler:Eva's]] ass for me."
* ShipSinking: Chapter 3 simultainiously sunk Ezekiel/Bridgette and Ezekiel/Izzy. How? By hooking said two girls up with eachother.
* ShockingElimination: Being a scripted series, this was invoked. The first two eliminations were deliberatly set up to resemble common fanon eliminations, ([[spoiler:Courtney and Sadie]]) when the other, slightly more unexpected person gets voted off ([[spoiler:Heather and Katie]]). Although averted in context; both people voted off have had more foreshadowing and reason than the other in the bottom two. ([[spoiler:Heather was very much hated by ''everybody'' and provided a threat, and almost won immunity, while Courtney was at worst being strict with Gwen and Leshawna. Eva specifically wanted Sadie because she thought Sadie could pose a bigger threat to Eva's enemies, and with Katie and Sadie basically distracting one another one of them had to go.]]) Played much more straight with the third elimination, [[spoiler:Bridgette, especially since that very chapter has slightly hinted at Sadie being voted off]].
* ShoutOut:
** [[spoiler:Heather and Katie teaming up to "[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} mess stuff up]]" after their eliminations.]]
** After the first contestant is eliminated, Ezekiel says ([[spoiler:among giving away season 2]]), [[FanFic/TotalDramaComebackSeries "I'm sure someone will write a fan fic where you win and get the guy -- or girl -- of your dreams."]]
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Apart from the campers, there's a heafty amount of female interns who get injured as well, up to and including recoiling from ''taking a picture''.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: Early on, every chapter following [[spoiler:Heather's]] elimination mentions her in some way or another. [[spoiler:She doesn't return to the competition (WordOfGod says that there will never be any returning contestants), but she does make an appearance when the Screaming Hills -- and Lindsay and Justin -- are on their trip to the hot springs.]] WordOfGod says that this is a coincidence, and he admitted that the [[spoiler:post-elimination cameo]] scene was not thought up until he was writting that specific chapter.
* StartMyOwn: Ezekiel's adittute towards Chris's old show ''Extreme Musical Drama High School''.
* StopBeingStereotypical: Gwen points out how stereotypical Ezekiel was being when he reveals the hockey challenge in chapter 3.
* StraightGay: Bridgette. Also her (adoptive) parents.
* StylisticSuck: ''Zeksmit Clipz''.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Bridgette has one. Implied to take over when she's off her meds.]]
* TeamShot: Modeled after canon, only this one includes the hosts.
* TemptingFate: The end of the first challenge: [[spoiler:Heather, instead of leaving the maze and winning, decides to pull a prank with Lindsay to try to show the other campers that she's {{Badass}}. It backfires.]]
* ViewersAreGoldfish: Averted to the point that it's practically ''inverted'', with the fan fic basically expecting people to remember something without going forward to look at a reminder. (Except for the teams and the eliminations, which a list at the bottom of every chapter shows.) The first recap is not going to be until the first Aftermath, which is a dosen chapters into the fan fic. Season 2 will be kinder with this, since the Aftermaths will be every 6 chapters as with the original ''Total Drama'' series. Ezekiel flat-out says on chapter two that if you don't remember what has happened, chapter one is easily available.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Bridgette. Her early elimination, relationship with Izzy (which was supposed to be a surprise in chapter 3), appearant evil split personality; the end of chapter 6 implies that there will be more to her character.]]
* {{Wangst}}: Invoked with Ezekiel, who sometimes whines about Chris. He's not supposed to be treated all that sympathetically.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Because the days are all one chapter, [[spoiler:Heather]] is voted off in the very same chapter she is introduced. [[spoiler:However, she ''does'' make a quick appearance along with Katie towards the end of chapter 6]].
* WidgetSeries.
* WordSaladTitle: "Total Drama [season theme]," but with "Drama" replaced with "Fan Service."

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* [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Get Voted Off]]: [[spoiler:First the apparant antagonist, then one of the apparant protagonists]].

* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Bridgette is the only contestant that Ezekiel does ''not'' feel confterable seeing naked. The rest of them he finds funny.

* DemotedToExtra: Any male from canon first season who isn't Ezekiel, Justin, or Geoff. Out of the first season guy contestants (and Alejandro), another one of them is set to appear at some point in this season. Otherwise, their ''whereabouts'' are unknown. Chris and Chef are also demoted, though Chris has gotten a quick appearance at the beginning.
* DevelopmentGag: In "Rather Plain Sports," Ezekiel briefly refers to the Killer Jackrabbits as the Killer Grass before correcting himself, saying that he accidentally called them by the team name back when the series was in progress in-universe. However, "Killer Grass" ''was'' the name of the team back before the fan fic got an overhaul.

* RunningGag: Apparantly characters getting Ezekiel's self-given nickname wrong in their audition. It's hard to tell right now with only three so far, but [[spoiler:Heather]] had gotten it right (presumably in an attempt to kiss up to him) while [[spoiler:Gwen and Leshawna]] both mistake it, though the former at least questions if she heard his name right.

'''Be Warned!''' While this ''does'' spoil specific eliminations, the trope list does not strain itself from outright giving away the remaining contestants! Especially because some will inevidably have more tropes to their actions here than others, thanks to having more time in the game! In other words, '''this page may indirectly spoil some eliminations.'''

* ADayInTheLimelight: This is another one of those fan fics based on such: The host and co-host are Ezekiel and Justin respectivley, and the main villain seems to Eva. All three of which were characters eliminated rather early in canon, and while Justin ''did'' get something of an arc in ''Total Drama Action'', it's dropped about halfway and [[AbortedArc completely forgotten]] while he's all-but replaced with a "better" version of him.
** "Blast to and From the Past" just about confirms this. As of its ending, [[spoiler:the first three contestants voted off [[DemotedToExtra were all part of the final five of the original first season.]] With Owen and Duncan only having a 1/9th shot at being important this season, that means that the entire final five of ''Total Drama Island'' may be shoved off to the sidelines for the main story]]. WordOfGod saying that both [[spoiler:Heather's elimination]] as well as the eliminations of chapters 2 and 3 being needed to advance the plot more quickly makes this even more true.

* DemotedToExtra: Any male from canon first season who isn't Ezekiel, Justin, or Geoff. Out of the first season guy contestants (and Alejandro), another one of them is set to appear at some point in this season. Chris and Chef are also demoted, though Chris has gotten a quick appearance at the beginning.
* DevelopmentHell: According to the author's note at the end of "Blast to and From the Past," the entire story is on a long pause until he publishes something new that ''isn't'' a StylisticSuck work. Although he's at the finalizing phase for ''Carl Stevens Universe'', and implied that this will finally end the "Something New Hiatus."

* MissingEpisode: ''Seven of them'', three and a half of which have been written down already. The ideas were scrapped and [[PropRecycling planned to be moved to season 2's challenge ideas]] when the fan fic was remade from ''Total Fan Service'' to ''Total Zeksmit''.

* SinisterScythe: Ezekiel's enegmatic assistant Kathy weilds one. She currently has yet to actually use it, however.

* AccidentalInnuendo: [[invoked]]WordOfGod says that the team names are this, out-universe. He found a double meaning in them after publishing the first few chapters and clairified on his profile that it was unintentional.

* AuthorAppeal: It's been getting increasingly obvious that Pikmin Fan does not like Lindsay, having putting her through several slapstick scenarios throughout the series. By chapter 7, her whiney-ness from the canon pilot also comes into play a lot, spending most of the chapter complaining [[spoiler:and screwing up ''very badly'' by intentionally tossing boomerangs at her own teammates, causing her to lose the challenge and marking the first elimination challenge loss for the Killer Grass]].
* AscendedExtra: Kathy appeared in a previous fan fic by the same author, ''Total Drama World Tour Rewrite''. In it, her role was limited to two brief appearances [[spoiler:and might have had a role in the Aftermaths had the fan fic continued]], and she was an intern. In the TFS universe, she's the game's designer and plays something as a "mentor" to the contestants. WordOfGod says that [[spoiler:she will be a contestant in the later seasons]].
* AscendedFanon: Of ''Total Drama'', not TFS. Ezekiel's cousin [[spoiler:and one of the later season competetors]] Zelda seems to be a gender bent version of fanon Ezekiel.

* DoorStopper: This was Pikmin Fan's longest written fan fic so far. It was only seven chapters into its first season, but ''already'' around 61,000 words long.

* DemotedToExtra: The ''whereabouts'' of Alejandro, Cody, DJ, Duncan, Harold, Noah, Owen, Trent, or Tyler are currently unknown. At least one of them will be seen by the end of the first season, though.
* DevelopmentHell:
** The pilot took around ''half a year'' between when it was created to when it was published (circa April to October 3rd), and even then it's in a bit of a "beta" phase. The second chapter was actually worked on for just around two weeks before publish, the publish for the chapter in question only being apart by two days.
** The span between chapters 3 and 4 was nearly eight months. It's been updating around once a month ever since, but that led to chapter 6 being published ''one year'' after the pilot.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Apart from the campers, there's a heafty ammount of female interns who get injured as well, up to and including recoiling from ''taking a picture''.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Heather and Ezekiel.

* SpiritualSucessor: To ''Total Drama World Tour Rewrite'', in a very, ''very'' loose way.

* {{Wangst}}: Invoked with Ezekiel, who sometimes whines about Chris.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tons, including this entire reversion.

** Chapter 3 just about confirms this. As of its ending, [[spoiler:the first three contestants voted off [[DemotedToExtra were all part of the final five of the original first season.]] With Owen and Duncan only having a 1/9th shot at being important this season, that means that the entire final five of ''Total Drama Island'' may be shoved off to the sidelines for the main story]]. WordOfGod saying that both [[spoiler:Heather's elimination]] as well as the eliminations of chapters 2 and 3 being needed to advance the plot more quickly makes this even more true.

* DevelopmentHell: According to the author's note at the end of chapter 3, the entire story is on a long pause until he publishes something new that ''isn't'' a StylisticSuck work. Although he's at the finalizing phase for ''Carl Stevens Universe'', and implied that this will finally end the "Something New Hiatus."
* DevelopmentGag: In chapter 2, Ezekiel briefly refers to the Killer Jackrabbits as the Killer Grass before correcting himself, saying that he accidentally called them by the team name back when the series was in progress in-universe. However, "Killer Grass" ''was'' the name of the team back before the fan fic got an overhaul.

* IronicEcho: At the beginning of chapter 3, Courtney gives a speech out loud to herself about being in the lead and life being sweet. In the end, there's a confessional where Eva, [[spoiler:after witnessing Courtney's own alliance flop in her face, repeats a similar saying in a confessional, with use of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Punctuating for Emphasis]]]]:

* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Dance Dance Revolution matchups towards the end of chapter 2, to the extent that Pikmin Fan compared it to events later on in the series. What that means exactly is unknown.

* PetTheDog: Chapter 3 has [[spoiler:Courtney refusing to vote for Leshawna and trying her best to keep her word in that she will give up the game if her plans flop ''after'' Leshawna follows them. She risks damaging her own alliance just so that Leshawna can go knowing that Courtney really isn't that bad]].

* StepfordSmiler: Chapter 3 implies this for [[spoiler:Izzy of all people, when it comes to Bridgette. On the outside she treats her in a very "lead, follow, or get out of the way" adittude, and that since Bridgette disagrees with her about stopping Eva she's not going to bother with her anymore. Yet in the confessions, Izzy reveals that she actually regrets pulling up such a tough facade to her, because of the consequences of Bridgette's opinion on her being colored significantly]].

Thus is the plot of the first season, ''Total Zeksmit Plains''. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Unlike plans for the following seasons,]] there will only be twelve chapters (counting a pair of Aftermath talkshows) and a special connecting it with the sequel season. Following ''Plains'' will be ''Island'', ''Woods'', and ''Campsites Around the World'' in that order, each of these adding OriginalCharacter[=s=] to compete alongside the canon cast and by adding a few new gimicks not used in the canon seasons. There is also going to be a spinoff series called ''Total Zeksmit Side Stories'', which do not take place in a singular competition but is instead a collection of various stories in the ''Total Zeksmit'' verse.

* DevelopmentHell: According to the author's note at the end of chapter 3, the entire story is on a long pause until he publishes something new that ''isn't'' a StylisticSuck work. Given the large number of things he'd like to get done ''before'' said new work, this is going to take some time.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:The pilot sets up Heather as the main antagonist, complete with giving her a speach about eliminating each of the contestants. However, it turns out that one of her own plans completely backfires as she throws away an oppertunity at getting immunity and is rightfully voted off by almost half of the contestants]].

** Ezekiel relies on making his challenges cheap sometimes and lets violence pass through, but he will ''not'' downright rig the game in his favor, or do anything else like Chris does. No LoopholeAbuse[=s=] here, [[spoiler:unless another contestant tries to do the same -- even then, Justin's the one who comes up with a way out]].
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The elimination on the very first chapter, which in a way seems to be the kickstart for the plot of the season.
* InSeriesNickname: Parodied, Ezekiel wants everyone to call him Zeksmit, but so far the only people who do are either blatant kissups (ie Heather) or, for all intents and purposes, trying to troll/mock him. A few of the contestants don't even bother remembering what his actual name is.

** Ezekiel relies on making his challenges cheap sometimes and lets violence pass through, but he will ''not'' downright rig the game in his favor, or do anything else like Chris does. No LoopholeAbuses here, [[spoiler:unless another contestant tries to do the same -- even then, Justin's the one who comes up with a way out]].

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The days and episodes are all one chapter and the pilot contains an elimination, so [[spoiler:Heather]] is voted off.

* AirVentPassageway: Invoked in-universe. The maze in the first chapter has four fake air vents that lead to an open space where one can climb out through one of those openings. The problem is, one of these drops straight into the prison cell.

''Total Zeksmit'' is Great Pikmin Fan's second attempt at a ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' competition, and unlike his first attempt this is set in an AlternateUniverse where none of the actual seasons happened. Instead, Ezekiel "Zeksmit" Smithy had competed on a show by Chris called ''Extreme Musical Drama High School'', where he happened to win a special "Host your own miniseason" challenge held at some point. As reward, he starts up a game where the story begins at: The prarie campgrounds of Zekitunakwa, with the eleven girls from canon's first season competing as well.

* WordSaladTitle: "Total Drama [season theme]," but with "Drama" replaced with "Fan Service."

* ViewersAreGoldfish: Averted so hard that it's practically ''inverted'', with the fan fic basically expecting people to remember something without going foreward to look at a reminder. (Except for the teams and the eliminations, which a list at the bottom of every chapter shows.) The first recap is not going to be until the first Aftermath, which is a dosen chapters into the fan fic. Season 2 will be kinder with this, since the Aftermaths will be every 6 chapters as with the original ''Total Drama'' series. Ezekiel flat-out says on chapter two that if you don't remember what has happened, chapter one is easily available.