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Banana Soda is a Total Drama fanfic written by courtney-deserved-better (persephones_garden).

After utterly failing the "Would You Rather?" challenge, Emma expects to be voted off the island. But Priya gets the boot instead. Suddenly, Emma is left with a second chance to prove herself, make up with Bowie, and find a new friend in Zee... or perhaps something more.

The fic is still ongoing.


Tropes from Banana Soda include:

  • Accidental Hero: Seeing how Skunk Butt’s bobsled was about to crash into her team, Emma, being given the reminder of the brakes incident, immediately slams on the gas, which managed to save the team and give them their third win.
  • Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
    • Unlike in canon, Bowie and Emma manage to make up with one another during the story.
    • Axel and Ripper become poetry buddies instead of a couple because the former is a lesbian here.
    • Julia and MK were each other’s Only Friend during Season 2. After Julia’s elimination here, MK admits to Bowie, Emma and Zee in Episode 8 that she doesn’t care about Julia and was only allied with her to guarantee being safe from her wrath once the merge hit. This ends up getting subverted during the following episode’s elimination where MK flipped on them to eliminate Bowie, who did this action to avenge Julia.
  • Adaptational Context Change:
    • Team Rat Face win the 5th challenge here thanks to Emma driving their sled out of the opposing team’s way.
    • As Priya and Raj got eliminated early, some partners have changed for the first merge challenge (though MK is still by herself). The same can be said for the following episode’s challenge.
    • Instead of the real Owen competing in the baking challenge, it’s someone acting as him.
    • Zee does still put stuff in his mouth when he’s barely able to keep a secret. In canon, it was when he thought Caleb was flirting with Priya for strategy. Since Priya is eliminated early here, He only does so upon realising his own feelings for Emma.
  • Adaptational Sexuality: Axel is a lesbian here in contrast to being in a relationship with Ripper in canon.
  • Adapted Out: Priya’s early elimination means that her and Caleb’s Ship Tease doesn’t happen much here.
  • Ascended Extra:
    • After surviving her team’s second elimination, Emma starts to have her own identity and development during the competition.
    • Zee becomes one of Emma’s close companions throughout the story.
    • Bowie survives the first merge elimination thanks to Emma finding the immunity idol during the challenge and using it to save him. However, he gets eliminated three episodes later thanks to MK being a Wild Card and flipping on his alliance.
    • MK takes centre stage as the main antagonist after Julia’s early merge elimination.
    • Axel doesn’t get eliminated in Episode 7 like in canon, nor is she apart of a double elimination. She is instead eliminated at the Final 5 in "Working K to 9".
    • Because her team doesn’t lose a third time, Nichelle makes it far into the merge here, eventually making it to the Final 6.
  • Cannot Keep a Secret: Apart from the tall tales he’s told about how he’s lost his leg, Zee can’t keep a secret. This becomes more prominent when he starts drinking soda (or putting anything else in his mouth) upon realising his own crush on Emma.
  • Cannot Spit It Out: When it comes to him almost confessing his feelings to Emma, Zee always puts anything in his mouth in order to keep the secret. This habit even comes up when he was ready to confess to Emma after Bowie was eliminated.
  • Cerebus Retcon: Emma’s toxic relationship with Chase is painted in a much more serious light here. As opposed to the awful things Chase did that were Played for Laughs in canon, it’s revealed to have made Emma not realise who she could be without him, with the brakes incident mentioning how Emma checked them every few minutes to make sure they were still working whenever she’s in her car. And when the idea of falling in love again is brought up, Emma decided that it would be impossible to find someone since it’s not only made clear that she’s a Horrible Judge of Character, but she’s scared that she’ll act just like Chase if she dated Zee.
  • Character Development: Emma goes from how she was canonically to becoming an asset to the team and easily talking to others without bringing Chase into these conversations. When Bowie attempts to distract Emma with the latter during the Canoe Challenge, she doesn’t fall for it, much to Bowie’s surprise. Emma herself even mentions that she doesn’t think about Chase much nowadays.
  • Composite Character:
    • While Ripper does get eliminated in Episode 7 like in canon, he takes Axel’s place in being the one voted out.
    • Caleb and Wayne take Ripper and Axel’s places in a double elimination. Only here, it’s moved to the following episode.
    • MK takes Julia’s place as the main antagonist.
  • Demoted to Extra:
    • Priya and Raj are eliminated before the merge here; the former in Emma’s place and the latter in the following episode.
    • During the merge, Julia is the first one out thanks to Emma finding the idol and using it to save Bowie, meaning she comes in second with the most votes.
    • Canon finalists Wayne and Caleb are both eliminated in Episode 8.
  • Everyone Can See It: During the merge, some of the contests started to see the potential signs between Emma and Zee, which mostly gets brought up by Bowie, and by other characters such as Nichelle.
  • Fix Fic: This story serves to give Emma her own development and storyline that she wasn’t given in canon.
  • Heartfelt Apology: After saving Bowie from elimination, Emma apologises to him, which Bowie quickly accepts.
  • Irony: When Emma walks into the Mess Hall in Episode 5, Julia and MK mock Team Rat Face for voting Priya out over her, with Julia claiming that they’re so winning the next challenge. Ironically, Emma actually causes her team to win the challenge, though by accident.
  • Oh, Crap!: Zee has this reaction during "Fun Fright at the O’Cake Corral" when he realises that he’s in love with Emma.
  • Pungeon Master: One of the main things that Zee and Emma have in common are their love for puns.
  • Rapid-Fire Nail Biting: Both times where Emma nervously bites her nails rapidly is when she has to fight Bowie in the second round of the Canoe Challenge, and during the first merge elimination.
  • A Rare Sentence: Caleb makes one, which he then quickly lampshades.
    Caleb: Am I the only one watching the water skiing horse jousting? Welp, that’s officially the weirdest thing I’ve ever said.
  • Shipper on Deck: Bowie, seeing the signs between Emma and Zee, is supportive to the idea of them as a couple and encourages them both to follow their heart and confess their feelings at the right moment.
  • Ship Tease: Emma and Zee slowly develop feelings for each other over the course of the story.
  • Time Skip: Emma admits to Bowie that she and Chase broke up three months before Season 2.
  • Took a Level in Badass: After Priya’s elimination, Emma becomes this:
    • When driving the bobsled for Team Rat Face, Emma immediately yanks the wheel and slams on the gas without thinking when Team Skunk Butt were about to crash into them, giving her team the win in the process.
    • She manages to find the immunity idol in the following episode, which she not only used to save Bowie from elimination, but she also caused Julia to be out instead.
  • Trauma Button: It’s mentioned that Emma avoids driving anything (mostly cars) out of fear of her brakes not working without her knowledge. This hits its peak when Team Skunk Butt’s bobsled was about to crash into hers.
  • Wild Card: MK becomes this in the final 7, with the two alliances needing her to ensure neither of their members will be taken out one by one. She ends up betraying the Bowie-Emma-Zee alliance as revenge for Julia.
  • You're Just Jealous: Nichelle’s response to Julia’s insulting Emma’s hair.
    Nichelle: She’s just jealous you’re a natural blonde.

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