Masquerain

Surskit/Masquerain - The "All I Need is Love" Girl

Masquerain is a sweet, little Pokemon who is best friends with Wailmer. Overall, she is generally loved by everyone. She is on the Vicious Vigoroths' team.

General Information
Team: Vicious Vigoroths

First Line: "Hi, guys. Wish me luck."

Last Line: "Bye!"

Ranks: 42nd and 22nd

Episodes Eliminated: Dodgeb... You Know How it Ends and Paint-Balling, Shame-Walking, Fame-Mauling

Eliminated Because:
 * She got Shellder and herself taken from the game. (Dodgeb... You Know How it End)
 * She manipulated Politoed and destroyed Politoed's King's Rock... (Paint-Balling, Shame-Walking, Fame-Mauling)

Gender: Female

Challenges Won: Pokéfight and Capture the Swag

Not So Happy-Go-Poké
Surskit arrives on the island, being the 18th contestant to arrive. She made a quick, down-to-earth statement, and jumped off of her soon-to-be good friend, Wailmer. At the campfire, she was placed on the Vicious Vigoroths’ team, along with her good friend Wailmer. In the cafeteria, prepared for the challenge, she is the first to run out. She is then called a “Wimpy Grass-type” by Houndour. Though she is not a Grass-type, it is later revealed that Houndour is not intelligent and this may have just been "classic Houndour." Despite her early fail in the challenge, her team wins, thanks to Lickitung, propelling her to episode 2.

Awakethon
Surskit was rarely mentioned and never spoke in this episode. At the Vigoroths’ headquarters and at the campfire, Surskit is on Wailmer’s head, just as she was when they arrived to the island. Gastly didn’t put her to sleep, however, she did fall asleep rather early through Cryogonal’s childhood break-down. Despite failing at the challenge, her team won again with help from Spiritomb and Lotad, leading her to episode 3.

Dodgeb... You Know how it Ends
The episode starts at the waterfall (The Vigoroths’ headquarters.) Surskit, as usual, is on Wailmer’s head. Deino dismisses the team meeting and they ride off together. At the campfire, Pikachu announces that they will be playing dodge ball. Wailmer then has a sad flashback of him at a school gym with big glasses being pelted with dodge balls from all directions. He starts screaming, and Surskit jumps from her bench to his head and comforts him and makes sure he’s okay, even calling him "buddy." This is the first sign of "direct" friendship between the two. While at the dodge ball court, she runs to grab the Ultra Ball near the beginning of the match. Her feelers get stuck to the ball and Litwick doesn’t know she can’t get off. Litwick then innocently throws the Ultra Ball across the line. Surskit is immediately removed from the round, along with Shellder, because she crossed the boundary majorly. Their team lost because Torkoal came out of nowhere and threw a ball at Wailmer, the Vigoroths’ last remaining teammate. At the elimination ceremony, Wailmer and she are in the bottom two; Wailmer for getting hit by the worst player ever, and Surskit for causing her and her teammate’s eliminations. The final berry was then given to Wailmer. Wailmer and Surskit were both incredibly disappointed at the outcome. Wailmer says he’ll miss her and that she was the only Pokémon on here that was nice to him. At the dock leaving, she said that everyone here has been her friend. Pikachu interrupts her before she could finish her good-bye. Pikachu then says that this might be the first elimination he is sad about… He quickly breaks the sweet moment by saying "Just kidding!"

Bowling Fall
After Bonsly, Hoppip, and Torkoal return, Wailmer mention how much he wants Surskit back. When Masquerain comes in, Wailmer is sad and says that it’s not Surskit. Then he calls her an "Ugly eyeball, mask, watermelon, fruit fly thing." Masquerain explains to the confused Wailmer that she evolved back home and that it’s the same old her. Wailmer says that’s great, but asked where her yellow hat thing, blueness, and legs went. Masquerain explains again, and points out that her name is changed too now. At the bowling alley, Masquerain says "Alright, pins. Prepare to die!" Wailmer is frightened and asks what happened to her. She replies by saying, "Hah. Just messing with you." She gets a solid 9 pins and her team wins, moving her on to another episode.

1, 2, 3... Can't Find Me!
Masquerain is on Wailmer, just as they were at the beginning of the season at the campfire. While hiding for the challenge, she’s not with Wailmer surprisingly. She’s in a rough, small field of deep green grass. She turns green and tries to blend in. Muk finds her about halfway through the challenge and says that it’s either her or a weird weed. Her team lost because Porygon hid in cyber space. Masquerain, however, was safe from elimination.

Pokéfight
At the campfire and the Vigoroths’ headquarters, Masquerain is on Wailmer, as usual. Wailmer volunteers to fight, and Masquerain decides to, too. He then thanks her for her support. Masquerain had to fight Houndour, and she was even the tie-breaking challenge. Pikachu announced very heavily that it was going to be a "long, grueling, painful" battle. Masquerain simply used rain dance and knocked Houndour out with one drop. Pikachu described the battle as "anticlimactic." Masquerain’s win actually got her team the win also. Therefore, she moved on just a little bit farther.

Do Those Microchips Have Salt?
Masquerain joins an alliance in this episode with Joltik, Deino, Quilava, Wailmer, and Lickitung. The secret for Masquerain is "I am in love with a toaster back at home." Masquerain correctly chooses Porygon on her first try. Wailmer’s secret was that he thought she was lying about being her. Masquerain’s secret was that she only liked Wailmer as a friend; nothing more, nothing less. Joltik wins the challenge for the Vigoroths, moving Masquerain farther.

It’s Raining Baby Pokémon
Masquerain agrees with Zweilous that they are voting for Snorlax at the beginning of the episode. Masquerain and Wailmer sit together while Pikachu is talking about the challenge. While Zweilous is ordering who has the egg, Masquerain turns the offer because she doesn’t have any hands. Masquerain’s team didn’t make it first; the Terrakions did. However, both teams forgot a member, so the decision still wasn’t made. Masquerain and her team were looking for Joltik, only to find out that Shelgon cheated and led him down a cave. However, Masquerain couldn’t back up Zweilous because she didn’t see it, therefore the Vigoroths lost. Despite losing, Masquerain was safe and Snorlax took the Lapras of Losers instead of her.

Fear! Appear!
This episode opens with every current contestant at the campfire at night. Lampent mentions that she experienced her biggest fear last challenge; losing Chingling. That gets the ball rolling of everyone’s fears. Joltik then reveals that his biggest fear is of spiders. Masquerain points out that he’s probably happy she evolved, since she was a spider until she evolved. Joltik even says that she’s the reason for his fear. Confused, Masquerain goes deeper by asking why and telling him she’s sorry. He said that, as they found out a few episodes ago, he didn’t have a family. That’s because his family abandoned him. Because of that, he had abandonment issues. Masquerain, becoming even more confused, asks what that has to do with her. He was the reason she was eliminated the first time, also. Joltik says that, the only thing that made him stand out on the team was that he was the only but-type Pokémon, until he realized that she was bug. He then states that it was okay because she’s not a bug anymore. Masquerain, absentmindedly points out that she is bug/flying-type. Joltik gets surprised and mad, but Masquerain assures him that, after that “scene” he’s the center of attention now. Joltik, eager to make her mad, asks what her fear is. Trying to avoid the subject, she claims that it’s not important. Joltik, still angry, tells her to "Can it" and tell us you fear. Masquerain hesitantly admits that she is afraid of lamps. Lampent, confused and offended, clarifies that she’s scared of her. Masquerain says they are “cuckoo.” Masquerain calls this "stupid" and quickly moves on to the next person. A little later, Wailmer says that his fear is liars, ending the sentence with “hint, hint.” Masquerain, confused at the remark, questions him, but Wailmer avoids answering. Pikachu later reveals that he knew all of their fears. During the brief montage of campers facing their fears, Masquerain is shown in front of a cabin facing a Lampent and a Chandelure. Masquerain simply jumps on top of them both, which is considered a win, helping her team win. Her team does win, moving her a little farther.

Trivia Trial
Masquerain wasn’t mentioned, and didn’t speak in this episode. Masquerain was at the alliance, and they all agreed on voting for Lampent. Masquerain, along with the other contestants, was at the dock with Pikachu, receiving the scoreboard. Shockingly, Masquerain was not riding Wailmer. This could possibly symbolize that Masquerain was being replaced by Joltik because he got mad at her last episode. However, this was never directly referenced. Masquerain, again, was not riding Wailmer while Zweilous was seeing who was participating for the challenge. It ended up being a tie, resulting in Salamence and Zweilous competing in a tie-breaking challenge. Despite her team losing, there was no actual elimination ceremony. However, Druddigon was still eliminated.

Sing a Son! Run Along!
Masquerain is in the alliance at the beginning of the episode again. Though she never talks in this scene, she is there for both the alliance scenes. At the campgrounds, Masquerain is on top of Wailmer again. During the race, Masquerain addresses Wailmer’s remark about liars. They share a song together, the longest in the episode. "Wailmer, what did you mean about that comment about liars? I just hate them because they start lies of wild fires. Okay, who’s the liar? Is it someone in the game? Well, yes. It’s a girl, but I don’t want name names. Come on! A hint? Like a brain teaser. I’m pretty sure if I did that, it wouldn’t really please her. Are they fire type? No. Are they flying type? Yes. Come on; just tell me! Take another guess. Are they on our team? Yes. Do they start with a B? No. Have they evolved? Well, I kind of do not know. Oh my gosh. Is it me? You cracked the code. What’d I do? Oh, don’t act like you don’t. I know you’re not a Surskit. You’re a Masquerain. Good for you. You um… Established my name. You’re a masquerader. Back to my name. What have you done with Surskit and why are you here? Pikachu let me back on; remember the quote, "I’m here"? So, you’re really Surskit. So you’re really stupid. What have I done? Where has she gone? I really messed it up and now she’s gone." A fuming Masquerain storms out, leaving Wailmer alone. Despite this confrontation, her team still wins. At the end of the episode, Pikachu asks the audience if Masquerain will every forgive Wailmer.

Pokéthlon
In the Z alliance, Lickilicky asks where Masquerain is. Wailmer responds by saying that she got mad at him and won’t be near him anymore. Zweilous calls that behavior “harsh,” and then the meeting continues. After the Z alliance meeting and after Quilava uses the confessional, you see all of the Vigororth’s members except for the people in the Z alliance, along with Masquerain. Masquerain says to vote for someone on Waimer’s alliance. She then says, “That’s right; I was in it, but now I’m not.” Though obvious, this line adds layer to the dialogue. She then says to vote for anyone in his alliance so that his tower will come crumbling down. It’s interesting that she never specified Wailmer; even more surprising, she seemed to avoid it. This could be because she actually wanted him to stay, but still wanted to sound otherwise. Lampent calls this statement “rogue.” Masquerain quickly says that that was what she was going for with the whole “tyrant-speech thing.” Lampent says that she pulled it off, and Masquerain, reverting back to being nice temporarily, claims that that means so much to her. While Pikachu is announcing their challenge, Masquerain is not as far away from Wailmer as possible, while still being in the screen and on her team’s side. Masquerain is Zweilous’ second choice to fly, but she says no because she was only there to be supportive. Confused at what she said, she states that she doesn’t know why because she doesn’t support them. She then quickly flies away. Though being rude, uncooperative, and cenacle, Masquerain was safe, not even being in the bottom-two. At the episode outro, Pikachu asks the audience if Masquerain will be as devious as Gastly and Mareep combined.

Capture the Swag
In Zweilous's alliance, Masquerain is still not seen. At the campfire, Masquerain is in the same place she was last episode, far away from Wailmer. While Zweilous is giving out the capture the flag positions, he assigns Masquerain, along with Duosion, to be in the sky. Masquerain, in the sky with Duosion, asks him if he wants to be in an alliance with her. He responds by saying he’s already in an alliance, followed by gasping realizing he shouldn’t have said that. A shocked Masquerain said Zweilous told here that they kicked all of the new people out and that only the original people were there. Duosion then absentmindedly mentions Probopass, but says proboscis monkey instead. Masquerain then calls them mythical creatures just like humans. Duosion quickly acts surprised by a tree and runs out. Despite not participating in the last episode, Masquerain is incredibly helpful this time. She flies in near the moon stone where Gulpin, Swablu, Torkoal, and Seedot attack here. She signals Probopass and he runs in and takes the moon stone. The four guarders quickly run away from Masquerain to chase Probopass. What they don’t know is that, as Probopass ran away, he handed the moon stone off to Lickilicky. Because of Masquerain, Probopass, and Lickilicky, the Vigoroths won, moving Masquerain to another episode. At the end, Pikachu asks the audience if Masquerain will continue to sabotage her own team. This is a strange reference considering she won the challenge, but this could simply be an example of foreshadowing.

Berries, and Brownies, and Barbie. Oh My!
With Quilava being leader for the first time, she gives a terrible pep-talk. Afterwards, Masquerain flies away, just like almost all of the other current Vigoroths. At the campfire, she continues to sit a great distance from Wailmer. Quilava doesn’t give her a job in the cooking challenge and she doesn’t participate or speak. However, her team does still win.

Stuffed Goat Head For Sale
Masquerain and her anti-Wailmer alliance met again. Lampent is clearly a spy and Masquerain asks Lampent what she found out. Lampent reports that Poliwhirl and Cloyster have joined the Z alliance and that they’re really bad at lying about boring books. Masquerain responds snidely, but not negatively. Masquerain, as always, sits far away from Wailmer at the campfire. Masquerain and Wailmer run into each other in the woods looking for the star-piece. Wailmer then apologizes to Masquerain and asks her to forgive him. Shockingly, without any hesitation, she says “absolutely!” Wailmer then says that he is relieved because he thought she might be forming an anti-Wailmer alliance or something. Nervously, Masquerain says “ummmm…” for about ten seconds, but Wailmer soon interrupts to say that was dramatic and that they should just go find the star-piece. Despite losing, Masquerain was safe from the bottom-two and elimination.

Eat, Eat, Eat, Deceit
In the confessional, Masquerain says that she thinks it’s time to end her anti-Wailmer alliance and join his again. In the Z alliance, Wailmer says that he’s so happy she’s back. Slightly nervously, she responds simply by saying “Me, too.” In the anti-Wailmer alliance, Masquerain tells them to vote off Lickilicky. Attempting to say that the alliance is over, she gets nervous and panics, ending up in Lickilicky being on the chopping block. In the confessional, she realizes what she did, but she made no valiant effort to fix this problem. Masquerain performs fairly well, eating many disgusting things. She fails on the sardines challenge. This, however, is surprising because she ate three other fish products with no complaints or hesitation. Her team loses, but she avoids being eliminated, moving her on to compete in episode 21.

Disguise Arise
In this episode, Masquerain finally puts an end to her anti-Wailmer alliance. With a sad attitude and voice, she breaks the news. Everyone seems to take it fairly well except Lampent, asking why Masquerain would end it. Masquerain, not wanting to tell the truth says that the Easter Bunny is after them. Believing that they bought it, she clarified that they believed her. Lampent quickly rained on her parade, so Masquerain decides to tell them the truth. However, she tells them that Torkoal is actually after them, and everyone seems to buy it. Masquerain then states in the confessional that she thinks she “…played that off… pretty well.” Surprisingly, Lampent knows that Masquerain was lying. She quickly decides to send Chingling to spy on her. Masquerain flies in late to her Z alliance meeting and Zweilous asks where she was. She instinctively responds by saying that she was setting up for Hanukkah. Zweilous then points out that it’s February and that she’s not Jewish. Her comeback was to say that she just likes to get things done early. She also explains that her great grandparents’ great uncle’s third cousin’s 15th cousin’s great aunt was Jewish, implying that she was too. However, she made many mistakes in explaining her family history, possibly meaning that she was lying. Despite her ample lies, Quilava still knows that Masquerain is hiding something. She also treats Chingling as a spy to figure out what she’s been up to. Again, Masquerain is mentioned in the end to the audience when Pikachu asks if she’ll get away with two alliances. Politoed, however, soon butts in saying that she already broke up her other alliance and that now she’s only in one. However, this must imply that, for some reason, Politoed must’ve known about Masquerain’s alliance, rather before or after. This could also be as simple as her knowing from being in both alliances at some point in the series. The episode is then ended with Politoed interrupting Pikachu before he can finish his trademark outro, and he calls her a “turd.” The episode is then ended, somewhat surprisingly, moving Masquerain more.

Rulebook: No Thermometer Breaking
In the confessional, Masquerain decides that she needs an ally because she’s on the chopping block. She chooses Politoed, but sees one flaw in her plan: Politoed has been down in the dumps since Cloyster’s elimination. She thinks that, if she’s nice to her, however, that people will think she’s nice. Masquerain comes in to the Vigoroths’ base, only to find Politoed lying face-down on a rock. Masquerain asks what she’s doing and she said that she’s rethinking her entire life. Masquerain, with a skewed and selfish mind, says that that sounds fun, then not-so-subtly asks her to “Become best friends and make it to the final two with an alliance when we reach the merge.” Politoed says no because she’s too sad. Trying to raise her spirits, Masquerain says that’s not true and that you’re never too sad for a friend. Politoed then admits that Masquerain’s right, and that the real reason is that she seems manipulative and vengeful. It is then revealed that Masquerain did tell Politoed she was in two alliances and she used this to sway her decision. In the confessional, Masquerain states that she’s offended and that she actually does care about other people. For example, she loves Wailmer like a brother, she thinks Quilava is a great leader, and she always liked Jumpluff. This is surprising because Skiploom and Masquerain never interact. Masquerain is also happy to announce to Wailmer that Politoed and her and BFFs. Wailmer quickly corrects her and says that it is BFFLs. Politoed doesn’t understand the difference and asks him about it. Masquerain then fusses at Politoed for saying that to “…someone like Wailmer.” Politoed then asks if he’s overly sensitive, and, to her surprise, the answer is an absolutely. Masquerain then gets angry that Politoed made her best friend mad, and the “vengeful” in her shows strongly. When getting her Pokémon to ride, she throws a Rapidash. Politoed apologizes to Wailmer, but this just makes him cry. As a small portion of revenge, Masquerain sarcastically asks Politoed how Cloyster is, making Politoed cry. This leads to Wailmer and Politoed crying back and forth. This is due to both characters being played by Cameron. Masquerain comes in a fairly solid rank in the race. In the confessional, after the race, she claims that she “…Hates that Politoed!” Her team ended up losing, and she was in the bottom nine for making Politoed feel uncomfortable. She, however, received a berry, moving her onto the next episode.

Paint-Balling, Shame-Walking, Fame-Mauling
The episode opens in a cabin with Masquerain and Politoed playing cards. Politoed, eager to go to sleep, complains that it’s three a.m. and that they’ve been playing for 6 hours. Masquerain responds by using incorrect grammar, knowing that Politoed is scared of it, especially saying it. Politoed reminds her about this pet peeve of hers. Masquerain apologizes, but uses incorrect while doing so. Politoed corrects her for the last time, and Masquerain responds ignorantly. Clearly at night also, Masquerain sneaks into Politoed’s room. Politoed has displayed her King’s Rock fragment from Cloyster on a shelf. While Politoed is sleeping, Masquerain breaks Politoed’s beloved memento, to Politoed’s distress in the morning. Politoed screams when she notices the next morning, and then Masquerain asks her what’s wrong, but from a different room. Still in bed, Politoed tells her that her King’s Rock piece is broken. Masquerain falsely and innocently suggests gluing the two pieces back together. Politoed responds hopefully. In the confessional, Masquerain says, “And the blocks fell where they may… With a little directing by me.” In the next scene, in the confessional, Politoed realizes that Masquerain suggested gluing the TWO pieces back together, when Politoed had never stated how many pieces it was broken in to. At the campfire, Bastiodon is blamed for singing along with Swalot. ( Pikachu accidentally calls him Gulpin.) Bastiodon quickly rejects this accusation saying he doesn’t sing. Masquerain then states that Bastiodon does sing. The two argue for a little while, but Masquerain plays a clip of him singing a Christmas song from his play “The Love-Capped Mountain.” Everyone laughs, especially Pikachu, calling it embarrassing. Bastiodon then sarcastically thanks Masquerain. Altaria feels sorry for Bastiodon, but laughs, but still thinks that was mean of Masquerain. Masquerain, Altaria, and Duosion are together during the beginning of the paintball challenge. Altaria asks Masquerain if she would tell anyone her and Duosion’s secret. Masquerain reassured her. Laying it on a little thick, Duosion asks a question about it. Masquerain, getting a little aggravated, said she wouldn’t tell. Altaria then says that’s good because if Glaceon were to find out… Masquerain interrupts by screaming that she “…won’t tell Glaceon…” they’re “…still dating!” Glaceon then flies in after clearly eavesdropping and Duosion then blames her. In the confessional directly afterward, she claims that it was an accident. Politoed and Wailmer were underwater and Politoed hesitantly tells Wailmer that she thinks Masquerain broke her King’s Rock. Wailmer instantly responds by saying he agrees. Politoed is surprised and Wailmer admits that Masquerain’s been acting really weird lately. Politoed responds by saying, “I know right!” At the campfire with the shot contestants, Pikachu asks Altaria and Duosion why Masquerain wasn’t shot. Duosion claims that she used him and Altaria as shields. Shiftry calls this behavior cold. Masquerain is waiting for Politoed and Wailmer as they come out of the water. As they float out, Masquerain asks what they were talking about. Politoed quickly comes up with a lie, but Wailmer soon ruins it. Forretress then flies in and shoots all three of them. Masquerain is then in the bottom two with Chandelure. Masquerain is there for “Using Duosion and Altaria as shields after crushing their dreams, and for breaking Politoed’s piece of the King’s Rock.” In her close-up, Masquerain apologizes to Wailmer and Politoed. The final berry was then given to Chandelure. On the dock about to leave, she asks Walmer and Politoed if they can all be friends. Politoed and Wailmer agree. Masquerain then states that she fixed Politoed’s King’s Rock. Politoed thanks her and Wailmer and she have their final goodbye.

Trivia

 * Masquerain is one of only four contestants to return to the show after being eliminated.
 * She also stayed in the game after returning longer than any other contestant who returned.
 * She was the last to return to the island.
 * Masquerain is the only contestant to return after evolving.
 * Masquerain is one of few to lead an alliance pre-merge, the others being Chikorita, Gastly, and Zweilous.
 * Masquerain is the highest-ranking pre-merge female contestant.
 * Masquerain is also the highest-ranking pre-merge Vigoroth.
 * Masquerain was the first contestant to run out on her team in episode 1.
 * Masquerain is the first member of the Vigoroths team to be eliminated.
 * Masquerain was also the first contestant to have a major connection to the contestant that was in the bottom two with them.
 * Masquerain has never been in the bottom two without being eliminated.