Gwen

> *"Why did I get a Liberal Arts degree?!"*
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*- Gwen*

Gwen is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## **BIOGRAPHY**

**Gwendolyn** or **"Gwen"** as she prefers to be called, is a counselor alongside David at Camp Campbell. Gwen can be described as cynical and is always in a somewhat bad mood. She is also quite the fangirl as she obsesses over *Doctor Who*, and watches numerous other shows such as *Maury*, *Doctor Phil*, *The Kardashians*, and even watches a parody of *Bob Ross* called *Rob Boss* with David. She has been rejected by every other job she's tried applying to, which adds to her unpleasant mood.

Outside of Camp Campbell, she is also a member of The New Action Squad.

## **APPEARANCE**

Gwen is roughly the same height as David and has a light brown complexion, along with purple eyes and eye bags. She wears a dark green Camp Campbell shirt, brown shorts, pink socks and brown boots. She has bangs and a short ponytail that are the same shade of dark maroon, but the rest of her hair is a lighter shade of red with a hanging section on either side of her head, which many viewers have incorrectly believed to be a hat. David even mentions an incident in "Time Crapsules" wherein he witnessed a waiter mistaking her odd hairstyle for a hat.

## **PERSONALITY**

Unlike David, Gwen isn't upbeat and happy; rather, she is jaded and sullen. The strange antics of the campers irritate her as much as they irritate Max, who says that their similar attitudes is one of the only things making the camp bearable for him ("Something Fishy"). She can be described as perhaps one of the few sane residents of Camp Campbell - in the 2nd episode of the series "Mascot", she groans with disdain as to how a simple task like finding a mascot was twisted by her co-counselor and campers into something weird and complicated. Also unlike David, she is capable of swearing in front of the campers, as seen in the episode "Escape from Camp Campbell" when she said "Motherfucker" in front of the other campers when Nurf was spinning Space Kid around with the fan. She frequently calls the campers "little shits" and various other unpleasant nicknames. The campers seem to admire her in a twisted kind of way; in "Gwen Gets a Job", Preston finds her to be an authority figure to whom he can make edgy art to rebel against, and Ered then wonders who will bully them into submission.

Despite her outwardly apathetic attitude, Gwen actually cares a great deal about the camp, and takes her job seriously despite it being "not even her last choice" for employment ("Gwen Gets a Job"). In "Party Pooper", she explains to her father Louis that she has generalized anxiety because the world has changed since she was young, and that she's always worried because everything's more difficult nowadays, finally concluding that this is the reason she has to work twice as hard at her job because without her diligence the camp would fall apart. She does display genuine care on some occasions, such as when she stated how awful it was when she assumed that Neil was dead in "Reigny Day", or how she told David to blow off some steam in "Into Town" and even offered to pick up nasal spray for him in "After Hours". She also knew what would cheer him up from his break-up in "Bonjour Bonquisha", and even drove Max to the nearest restaurant to grab some pizza in "Parents' Day" after it was revealed that his parents are neglectful (and possibly abusive) as they never showed up to the event. David frequently acknowledges her hard work and refers to them as Counselor Best Friends for Life, and Space Kid is the only camper who mention this as well by gifting her a snowglobe he made with his helmet in "A Camp Camp Christmas, or Whatever".

## **TRIVIA**

* Although it has not been directly said by any character in the show, on page 4 of the Official Camp Camp Press Kit, Gwen is stated as being 25 years old.
	+ Based on the fact that the username she uses in "After Hours" includes the number 91, it is possible she was born in 1991. Since the series began airing in 2016, in that year she would indeed be 25 years old.
* Gwen has "crippling anxiety" over getting a Liberal Arts degree ("Escape from Camp Campbell"). In "David Gets Hard" she reveals that she dual majored in Psychology, to which Max replies that she has "two useless degrees." Gwen also mentions having an associate degree in "Quest to Sleepy Peak Peak" after revealing she has a lot of knowledge on volcanic activity, which Max calls "so tragic", and making her the not-so-proud owner of three useless degrees. She is still working on her Masters in meteorology as revealed in "A Camp Camp Christmas, or Whatever".
	+ One of the other running gags in the show is whenever only she knows about a certain topic and thus reveals that she has yet another "useless degree."
	+ According to Campbell, she has a crippling fear of unfulfilled potential (mentioned in "Cameron Campbell Can't Handle the Truth Serum"), which could explain why she keeps gathering post-secondary degrees.
* Due to her established tastes in literature, the copy of "Ninjas of Love" in the Counselors' Cabin which can be seen at the end of "Camporee" most likely belongs to her.
	+ Said book was first seen in *RWBY*, another Rooster Teeth Animated series.
	+ In addition to that, she was seen reading a parody of the book *"50 Shades of Gray"* in the episode "Space Camp Was a Hoax", called *"50 Shades of #808080"* with *#808080* being the hex code for the color gray.
* She also seems to watch Dr. Phil, Maury, and *"Rob Boss"* in her spare time, as revealed in the episode "Quartermaster Appreciation Day", when she made the tests for the Quartersiblings with the knowledge she got from watching Maury and Dr. Phil, and how she finds watching *"Rob Boss"* with David to be relaxing in the episode "Mind Freakers".