just a silly TDA idea i got
it's like this; everything's the same, except there were a lot of complaints to the show that Chef dressing in a dress wasn't "child-friendly" or "appropiate"
so Chris, being Chris, decided that they need a non-competing cast member to the show. basically like an NPC, but cute so no one complains
he picked Courtney.
not that she ever agreed on it. she was just "persuaded" aka the interns kidnapped her (orders, can't go against it) to the movie set and Chris just said "just dress up to the challenge, sit there and be pretty. gives them some motivation to win"
this is a total trainwreck and he knows it.
Courtney's first appearence as the "NPC" is in the beach challenge episode.
Duncan gets the shock of his life when he sees "The Mermaid Princess". ya know. HIS GIRLFRIEND
suddenly his motivation is dialed up to eleven and he locks in.
Gwen, as the team leader, suffers second-hand embarrassment because suddenly her cool, tough best friend is making a goddamn fool out of himself to impress "his princess"...and beat the shit of Justin who flirted with her and decided to be the one to rescue the mermaid princess (honestly, he had lot of potential to be the season villain, as it was originally planned)
Trent has no idea what to so with this situation, but he finds it hilarious and it distracts him from his current relationship troubles with Gwen, so he's the normal one here.
bonus:
Gwen: alright, let's focus on actually winning this challen-...where's Duncan? Heather, files her nails: the criminal is hitting on the fish girl. *the Gaffers looks to the side, seeing Duncan flirting with the NPC mermaid princess aka Courtney* Leshawna: oh hell no! Juvie CAN'T be serious! Gwen: *groans* Great...exactly what we needed. A distracted Duncan. Harold: was it really such a great idea to bring Courtney to play the mermaid princess? DJ: i don't think she even agreed on it, given how much she yelled at Chris for kidnapping. Heather: *scoffs* whatever, she's just a glorified fish with a human head, that's all.
-meanwhile-
Courtney: Duncan, go away and focus on the challenge! Duncan: No can do, babe. What if you swim away? A slimeball might catch you in their filthy net. ;) Courtney: As if I can move at all with this thing on my lower half! It's heavy! What did Chris do, fill it with rocks?! Duncan, smirks: Speaking of rocks, you know what's hard- Courtney, flustered and shrieks: GWEN, COME AND DRAG YOUR ANNOYING TEAMMATE AWAY FROM ME! *Gwen comes and drags Duncan away to the team* Gwen: come on, Romeo. you can flirt later.
the entire thing was a disaster, but the Gaffers still won as in canon. Chris decided to keep Courtney around as the NPC for challenges, for funsies. he also said that if she behaves, she might earn the right to compete.
