Courtney

**Courtney** is a contestant participating in the shows of Total Drama series. On *Total Drama Island*, she's placed on Evil Wolves.

## Personality

Courtney has a polarizing personality, but at her core, she thinks of herself as a born leader, which often leads to her not letting others have a chance to take control. Although she is extremely bossy, competitive, critical and even manipulative at times, she can be civil and polite to her fellow competitors under specific circumstances. As an overachiever, she has a tendency to overreact when things go wrong, and drives herself crazy in order to get what she wants. She has become notorious among the contestants for constantly reminding them of her counselor-in-training experience, resulting in their constant annoyance.

However, the severity of Courtney's behavior becomes extremely antagonistic. When she wants something, she will fight to the death to get it, with no regard for the safety of others, going as far to leave people in danger, hence losing her former friendly and civil nature. However, sometimes her determination ultimately leads to her own destruction. Courtney has exceptional athletic abilities and is also capable of lifting amounts of weight much greater than her own. She has displayed that she values the prize money over even her closest relationships and even capable of risking people’s lives to get on her goal. Her unscrupulous priorities coupled with her harsh tendencies have resulted in her becoming a very disliked contestant among her fellow competitors as well as someone that is not truly friendly with anyone.

## Trivia

### Comparisons

* Courtney is one of the few contestants who are known to be able to play an instrument. In her case, it is the violin and guitar. The others are Alejandro, Cody, Duncan, Gwen, Harold, and Trent.
* It has been revealed that, Courtney worked part-time at an ice-cream shop for three weeks, but got fired for assaulting a bothersome customer while she was on her break. This makes her one of the few contestants known to have had an occupation prior to Total Drama. The others are Bridgette, Gwen, Katie, Noah, and Shawn.
* Courtney is one of the characters in the series to have written a book, titled "Total Triumph for Teens".
	+ The others are Chef (with his unpublished manifesto), Chris (with his autobiography), and Harold (under his "H-Bomb" persona).

### Miscellaneous

* Courtney has an invested interest in politics and law.
* Courtney had been in a band called *The A-Type Psychotic Crazies*. However, they disbanded before their first gig since all five of them wanted to be the lead singer. The band's name is a play on Courtney's stereotype, "The Type-A."
* As confirmed by Todd Kauffman, Courtney is one of three contestants to be Hispanic; the others being Alejandro and Zee.
* Courtney gets sick on log flume rides.
* Courtney is allergic to flower pollen.
* Courtney's favorite color is green, the "color of success".
	+ Ironically, she has a fear for green color jelly.
	+ It is also stated that her favorite food is sushi and her favorite movies include "Rules of Arrangement" or any other movie with the word 'rules'.

### References

* According to an interview with Jennifer Pertsch, one of the co-creators of Total Drama, Courtney is partially based on Reese Witherspoon's character, Tracy Flick, in the 1999 movie *Election*.