Courtney (Total Drama)

Character
Name:	Courtney
Occupation:
Relationships:	Duncan (Total Drama) (ex) Gwen (Total Drama) (friend) Scott (Total Drama) (ex) José Burromuerto (strangers)
Fandom:	Total Drama
Other:	Courtney with dolls of Duncan, Gwen and Scott by My-Muse-My-Flame. On her book is the words Which One.
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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.

Anonymous asked:

You know I want your thoughts on td discourse. Do you think Courtney portrayed in a racist way. I think she supposed to be Latina, and here character could be viewed as a spicy Latina , she has a sexualized body, aggressive violent and compared negatively to her white counterpart. Overreaction or Good critique?

sketchy-the-changeling replied:

Courtney is racially ambiguous at best. She's more than likely a woman of color, but there are several ethnicities that have her skin color, so without confirmation, we can't really say she's Latina, but I wouldn't argue against it if she turned out to be such, and if she is Latina, then yes, her portrayal is a problem, especially when there aren't any other Latina characters in the cast.

When it comes to the point about having a sexualized body, that pretty much applies to most of the Gen 1 girls, especially Lindsay and Leshawna.

As for being compared negatively to her white counterpart, that depends heavily on which white counterpart you're referring to, because if you're referring to Gwen, Gwen was pretty much treated like shit during the fallout of the whole "cheating" debacle.

But I reiterate: if she is in fact, Latina, then yeah I can see how she'd fall into the Spicy Latina trope....

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

Happiness Under The Stars by issydragonheart-art. Bridgette/Courtney.

Fan Communities/Fan Events

• TD-Courtney-Lovers, ^{Archived version}, a community for Courtney on DeviantART.
• ProtectCourtneyClub, ^{Archived version}, a community for Courtney on DeviantART. This is one of the largest Total Drama DeviantART clubs as a whole.
• TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND'S Courtney!, ^{Archived version}, a community for Courtney on Fanpop.
• Courtney, ^{Archived version}, a community for Courtney on Fanpop.
• Nourtney <3, ^{Archived version}, a community for Courtney/Noah on Fanpop.
• Courtney-x-Bridgette, ^{Archived version}, The Bossy CIT X The Surfer Chick, a community for Bridgette/Courtney.
• TrentxCourtney-club, ^{Archived version}, a club on DeviantArt for Courtney/Trent.

Collections

• Chrisney, ^{[Unable to archive]} a fanfiction collection for Chris McLean/Courtney on Fanfiction.net.
• CodyxCourtney, ^{[Unable to archive]} a fanfiction collection for Cody/Courtney on Fanfiction.net.
• Cotten Candy and a cup of CoCo, ^{[Unable to archive]} a fanfiction collection for Cody/Courtney on Fanfiction.net.
• Musical Shipping for the Sweet Trentney Fans, ^{[Unable to archive]} a fanfiction collection for Courtney/Trent on Fanfiction.net.

Fan Art

• Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
• HeathNey, ^{Archived version} by Total Drama BNF eavee-ry. Courtney/Heather.
• ✧･ﾟ: *BEAUTFUL COURTNÉ*:･ﾟ✧ by sallychanscraps, ^{Archived version}. Courtney/José.
• But Daddy, I Love Him! by the-type-a and ragamuffin-bites, ^{Archived version}, Mermaid!Courtney.
• Total Drama Wars 6 by Arias87, ^{Archived version}, Cody/Courtney crossover with Star Wars, likely the prequel trilogy.
• Trentney Spiderman Kiss Total Drama by Pamehameha, ^{Archived version}, 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

• Is Courtney Bi?, ^{Archived version}, a discussion on Reddit.
• DISCUSSION: Courtney is the most overhated character by IrisOcean3, ^{Archived version}, an essay/discussion on Reddit

References/Further Reading

• Courtney on Total Drama Wiki
• Courtney on the Shipping Wiki