Courtney (Total Drama)

Courtney is a contestant on Total Drama. She is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. As of September 2023, she is the third most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah and Duncan. Other places where fandom lives place her on the same level of prominence.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
* Lawyer!Courtney
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Courtney with one or all of these attributes. Bisexual!Courtney is also common, though unwrangled.
Courtney's Fanon Personal Name is often Satella. This comes from Total Drama Comeback, though Fannish Drift means much of Total Drama fandom do not know this is where the name came from. In Total Roblox Drama, she is called Courtlyn. Fans may call her this outside of the Roblox fangame.
Her appreciation days are January 10th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and November 9th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
===Courtney's Ethnicity===
Courtney's ethnicity is ambiguous. Word of God has stated that she is Hispanic, not specifying her ethnicity, and East Asian, though on two separate occasions by two different members of Total Drama's staff. Fan headcanon about her ethnicity are varied, even outside of Fannish circles, and some believe she is White posted on Instagram June 27, 2021.
==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Courtney is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast in some capacity.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Duncan 	Courtney/Duncan 	Het 	Duncney 	(Seen on its page.)
Duncan 	Courtney & Duncan 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Gwen 	Courtney/Gwen 	Femslash	Gwourtney; Courn; Gwentney	(Seen on its page.)
Gwen 	Courtney & Gwen 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Duncan; Gwen 	Courtney/Duncan/Gwen 	Poly 	Gwuncney 	"Solves" the canonical love triangle.
Scott 	Courtney/Scott 	Het 	Scourtney; Scottney 	(Seen on its page.)
Scott 	Courtney & Scott 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Heather 	Courtney & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	They are enemies on the show.
Bridgette 	Bridgette & Courtney 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Trent 	Courtney & Trent 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Alejandro 	Alejandro & Courtney 	Gen 	n/a 	Featured in Slippery Slopes.
Alejandro 	Alejandro/Courtney 	Het 	AleCourt 	An uncommon pairing despite both characters being popular.
Chris McLean 	Chris McLean/Courtney 	Het 	Chrisney 	Noticeable age difference ship.
Cody 	Cody/Courtney 	Het 	Courdy 	Somewhat popular for rewrites of World Tour.
Cody 	Cody & Courtney 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Noah 	Courtney/Noah 	Het 	Nourtney 	An uncommon pairing despite both characters being popular.
Noah 	Courtney & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Trent 	Courtney/Trent 	Het 	Trentney; Musicalshipping 	Pairing Courtney with Gwen's ex, turning the love triangle into a love square.
Bridgette 	Bridgette/Courtney 	Femslash	Bridgney 	n/a
Emma 	Courtney/Emma 	Femslash	Courtemma 	TD BNF courtney-deserved-better likes this pairing.
Heather 	Courtney/Heather 	Femslash	Heathney 	(Seen on its page.)
Justin 	Courtney/Justin 	Het 	Justney 	Had some ship tease during Total Drama: Action.
Geoff 	Courtney/Geoff 	Het 	Geoffney 	Rarepair that was somewhat common in early Total Drama fandom.
Bridgette; DJ; Duncan; Geoff	Killer Bass 5, aka KB5	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Izzy 	Courtney/Izzy 	Femslash	Izzney, Courtzzy 	n/a
Izzy 	Courtney & Izzy 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Leshawna 	Courtney & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	They are enemies in canon.
Sierra 	Courtney & Sierra 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Tyler 	Courtney/Tyler 	Het 	Tyney; Courtler 	the-type-a writes works for this pairing.
José 	Courtney/José 	Het 	Courtsé, Courtné 	(Seen on its page.)
Heather, Gwen 	Courtney/Gwen/Heather 	Poly 	Gweathney 	(Seen on its page.)
==Example/Notable Fanac==
=== Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, a community for Courtney on DeviantART.
*, a community for Courtney on DeviantART. This is one of the largest Total Drama DeviantART clubs as a whole.
*, a community for Courtney on Fanpop.
*, a community for Courtney on Fanpop.
*, a community for Courtney/Noah on Fanpop.
*, The Bossy CIT X The Surfer Chick, a community for Bridgette/Courtney.
*, a club on DeviantArt for Courtney/Trent.
===Collections===
*, a fanfiction collection for Chris McLean/Courtney on Fanfiction.net.
*, a fanfiction collection for Cody/Courtney on Fanfiction.net.
*, a fanfiction collection for Cody/Courtney on Fanfiction.net.
*, a fanfiction collection for Courtney/Trent on Fanfiction.net.
===Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
* by Total Drama BNF eavee-ry. Courtney/Heather.
*. Courtney/José.
*, Mermaid!Courtney.
*, Cody/Courtney crossover with Star Wars, likely the prequel trilogy.
*, fusion AU where Trent is Spiderman.
===Fan Fic===
*Slippery Slopes.
===Gerneral Fanworks===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
===Fan Mixes===
*Hard Out Here by notevenmaybe (2013)
*the type a by tdandme (2013)
*Courtney Torres by aloeverified (2022)
*Courtney has a playlist in Straight up geek's Total Drama Playlists (2023)
*Lance x courtney by carla-c-115564 (2020), a crossover fanmix which pairs Courtney with Lance from Voltron: Legendary Defender.
===Meta===
*, a discussion on Reddit.
*, an essay/discussion on Reddit
==Notes==
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Total Drama Characters