If you pick me for your new show I promise I'll conduct myself with integrity,
honor, and I'll get two new pop machines for the cafeteria...oh [] I just mixed up the two speeches
Courtney is the headstrong, overachieving, perfectionist of the Total Drama series
throughout the show's run we see Courtney go from being a hero with good intentions and a drive
to help her teammates win to a borderline villain that's selfish and willing to do
anything to win she got booted out fair and square sorry Heather but myself and
the law firm of Fleckman, Fleckman, Cohen, and Strauss would beg to differ we filed a wrongful
dismissal lawsuit against the producers and won ironically it's this same degree of relentless
tenacity that often leads to her failing miserably despite this dramatic shift towards antagonism
Courtney's considered a hero in season 5 at least at the beginning whether hero or villain one thing
remains constant about Courtney her inability to accept her own consequences because of that
she's easily one of the more divisive characters in the Total Drama series but how did this happen
what caused the competitive contestant Courtney to convert from a caring and compassionate camper
to a condescending and crafty cheater? Countless coddling from concerned parents or completely
covert circumstances you've all cast your votes and made your decision so allow me to analyze
there's not enough people with originality so here I am to save the day, Jayniac!
Hey I'm the only one with C.I.T. camping experience here
you need me we have a hot tub to complete and we need a project manager since I've actually
been a C.I.T. before I'm electing myself you guys need me I'm the only one- we know
over the course of four seasons Courtney displays a wide variety of skills
she excels academically and shows a great deal of intelligence and self-discipline most of which
likely comes from her environment outside of Total Drama she's part of her school's debate team,
she's running for student council president, she's studying for her law school admission test, and
she was kind of in a band I used to play in an all-girl rock band at school called the a-type
psychotic crazies unfortunately we broke up before our first gig apparently you can't
start a band with five leads and no backup but Courtney's skills aren't limited to politics, law,
and music her athletic prowess starts to shine in the show's second season where Courtney's balance,
strength, and physical stamina are put to the test only for her to pass with flying colors
it would be almost impossible for anyone to find time for all of these activities
let alone be this good at them so it comes as no surprise that Courtney is a very organized person
the key to being a leader is making decisions I've made all of my decisions for the next four years
wanna know what I'm having for breakfast next April 22nd but it's in this behavior that we find
one of Courtney's major flaws her obsession with things going exactly the way she wants them to
Courtney is an absolute perfectionist and when things don't go her way she's prone to throwing
temper tantrums on the same level of five-year-old would it's this over-indulgent need for things to
be perfect that causes a bit of a rift between Courtney and her teammates initially often
preventing her from taking the leadership role she strongly believes she deserves to
make matters worse despite being one of the most educated and versatile contestants on Total Drama
Courtney has very little social skills this is put on full display in season 1's episode Phobia
Factor where all of the contestants are forced to face their biggest fears when Courtney's
teammates crack under pressure instead of being a good leader by encouraging them and talking
them through their fears she just yells at them for not overcoming their fears made all the more
ironic when Courtney is unable to face her own fears it seems like Courtney doesn't even live
up to her own expectations a lot of Courtney's aggression is usually geared towards competition
simply put when she's losing she gets angry it's possible that Courtney has never really lost
anything in her life before hence why she's so unaccepting of failure when you pair this with
her competitiveness and her perfectionism you get a deadly combination but not for anyone's benefit
no Courtney's biggest enemy in the Total Drama series has always been herself whenever she's
approached about her negative behavior she usually makes an excuse for it or just brushes it off
in fact Courtney seems completely oblivious to why people may not like her you just would have been
kicked off in another episode no one liked you that much that is so not true everyone likes me
I used to be a C.I.T. which is probably because in her eyes Courtney's never done anything wrong in
the first season that is despite being extremely competitive and obsessive Courtney always followed
the competition rules until season 1's episode Basic Straining after bad boy Duncan convinces
Courtney to break the rules for once we get this exchange so the princess has a dark side
okay that was so gross but it was like once I did something bad it was so much fun I just
wanted more soon after we see Courtney unable to turn off her newfound lust for rebellion
ultimately she's voted off but it's this moment that we begin to see a shift in Courtney's
personality every appearance after this one Courtney seems to be a lot more comfortable
with betraying her teammates and cheating in competitions coming into full effect when with
the help of her lawyers she successfully sues her way back onto the show in its second season though
that isn't to say that signs of Courtney having villainous tendencies weren't already there in
season 1 I can't say anything bad about her and I excel at saying bad things about people if getting
back on the show wasn't enough her lawyers grant her access to things the rest of the contestants
aren't allowed to have in the game demanding special treatment thanks to Courtney's lawsuit
she'll be playing by a different set of rules the contestants hereafter referred to as Courtney
may retain a personal digital assistant aka her P.D.A. things only get worse in season 3
after starting the season pretty amicably Courtney loses all sense of self-control when she discovers
that her boyfriend Duncan had cheated on her with Gwen...who at the moment was the closest
thing Courtney had to a real friend Courtney's anger leads her to becoming so vengeful that
she forgets about the competition all of her focus that was previously geared towards winning has now
been shifted to getting back at Duncan and Gwen Duncan will lose it it's basic breakup math the
more mad Duncan gets the more jealous he looks the cruddier Gwen feels the more vindicated I am it's
perfect it's not long after that Courtney begins to lose games on purpose just to get Gwen voted
off her team Courtney even makes a deal with the series villain Heather to try and make it happen
which almost gets Courtney voted off Courtney starts the series as an ambitious yet controlling
individual with a lack of social skills but a good heart but by the end of season 5 Courtney
is a ruthless and condescending competitor who will do anything it takes to win she stops
caring about the friends she's made, she stops caring about helping her teammates to victory,
the only thing Courtney cares about by the end of the series is herself and maybe her family
I'm going last so I can watch the others try the challenge
and fail that way I can learn from their mistakes mama didn't raise no sucker
while searching for information about Courtney's parents I realized we know nothing about them
in fact Courtney's lawyers are mentioned far more frequently
so perhaps Courtney comes from a household heavily involved with the law
how else would you explain a 16 to 17 year old already having such great lawyers by the
second season in many ways her lawyers act as enablers to Courtney's bratty behavior
but even they grow tired of her constant badgering most notably in Dial M for Merge and Superhero-Id
where after trying to reach her lawyers with her P.D.A. she receives an out of office reply which
brings us to the closest thing Courtney has to a consistent friend her personal
digital assistant commonly acronymized as her P.D.A. Courtney appears with her P.D.A. in all
but one episode of Total Drama Action and when it goes missing we get this exchange
you must be freezing P.D.A. withdrawal really speaks volumes interestingly it's this very same
accessory that leads to Courtney getting voted off the season she sued her way onto despite all of
Courtney's negative character traits she was able to ignite a few flames though more specifically
her relationships with Duncan and Scott I'm not including Alejandro because he was only using
Courtney she may have caught feelings for him but he didn't reciprocate
Duncan is probably the first person to convince Courtney that being bad can be fun
because he's always challenging her perfect way of life Courtney was likely drawn to this remember
that Courtney loves a challenge she practically lives for them so once the two actually start
dating Courtney takes on a new challenge how to change Duncan throughout the relationship Courtney
makes very little effort to actually get to know Duncan as a person she only sees him for his flaws
and instead of trying to compromise or at the very least be understanding towards Duncan's troubled
past she just makes a list of things to change about him Courtney wrote me a 32-page letter
outlining all my faults and how to correct them if we're ever going to have a serious relationship
all of which she expects me to memorize so it comes as no surprise then that the relationship
doesn't end very well which is a shame because it's obvious that Courtney's feelings for Duncan
are real it's just that she doesn't know how to approach a relationship
maybe Duncan was her first and then there's Scott as you may recall in my Total Drama Heather
analysis links down below I mentioned how I felt about Total Drama's fifth season to quote myself
season five sucks and Scott and Courtney's relationship is a good example of why
just this once I'm gonna ignore the bad writing and assume that Courtney's attraction to Scott
also comes from her desire to want to challenge herself she was unsuccessful at
changing the juvenile Duncan so maybe she felt she could change the scheming farm boy Scott
and if you really think...nah, it's just bad writing
Courtney didn't really have an ending so it'd be nice to see her learn a little bit of humility
in the new seasons if she shows up in them at all I kind of like the idea of Courtney and Gwen being
friends let's see if they fix that you know maybe Total Drama Reunion would have fixed something
or maybe you're someone who believes that Courtney doesn't deserve any sort
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I never really thought much of Courtney until making this video and honestly after looking back
she is a very interesting character isn't she so which Total Drama character should
I talk about next let me know in the comments down below until then I'll leave you with this
knock knock come in no