Courtney's alliances

Courtney's Alliances are the alliances made throughout Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour, by Courtney. The first of these alliances was introduced in Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen and consisted of her and Beth during Total Drama Action. Courtney, at one point, thought about trying to get Owen to join, although this didn't come to fruition. This short-lived alliance was disbanded one episode later in 2008: A Space Owen after tensions between them forced Beth to quit the alliance, with Courtney declaring herself the sole member of the alliance. Later, in Total Drama World Tour, she formed another alliance with Heather and Sierra during The EX-Files. This alliance was fueled by the three girls' mutual dislike of Gwen and with the sole purpose of eliminating Gwen as an act of revenge.

Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen
Courtney realizes that the guys have the girls outnumbered three to two, and she blames Lindsay for being selfish and thoughtless. She believes in order to overcome this problem, she needs to form an alliance with Beth, with her being the only other girl left. She says that she will do anything to get Beth to be in an alliance with her. She tries to lure her in by offering Beth the chance to watch a romantic comedy on her personal digital assistant, cheese poodles, and sour grannies, but fails when Beth says that she will never form an alliance with her. At first Beth realizes what Courtney is trying to do, being all nice to her. Beth later takes advantage of it and gets to call Brady with her PDA and makes Courtney cook the deadly poisonous fish for dinner, when they were supposed be cooking it together. At the end of the episode they seem to become friends, and therefore, the alliance is officially established.

2008: A Space Owen
Beth says in a confessional that their alliance is really working out because Courtney called her a genius, but she doesn't realize that she said it sarcastically. When the spaceship is about to "crash", Beth and Courtney work together to fit Owen into the hole. When Chris tells them to choose an order for the next challenge, Beth wants to go first, but Courtney chooses to go last, so she can watch the other competitors go first, and learn from their mistakes. When they find out that they have to go in the Vomit Comet, Beth gets mad at Courtney, due to the fact they'll have to ride in the other contestants' puke. Beth ends up winning the challenge, after Courtney refuses to do it. Beth quits Courtney's Alliance after a fight in the girls' trailer. In a confessional near the end of the episode, Courtney claimed that the Courtney Alliance consists of only herself. Beth voted Courtney off, but it is unknown who Courtney voted for, as Beth had invincibility, though she may have most likely voted for Harold.

Greece's Pieces
Following Tyler's forced revelation of Duncan and Gwen's kiss in the previous episode, Courtney immediately went into a fit of rage and nearly attacked Gwen, if not for Sierra holding her back. Shortly after, Courtney, Sierra, and Heather all encouraged their teammate, Cody to throw the challenge so that Gwen could be voted off the team. At this, Gwen started to cry. However, they won the challenge anyway because Cody would did not want to betray his crush and Gwen was spared another episode. Courtney was crying miserably in the first-class section afterward. Heather was seen putting a hand on her shoulder for comfort in a rare moment of kindness, foreshadowing their teaming up.

The EX-Files
By now, Courtney has gone from mourning to pure hatred for Duncan and Gwen. She, Sierra, and Heather team up against Gwen, constantly making threats against her both in the game and even against her life. This is only emphasized by the song Boyfriend Kisser, where they sing about their hatred for Gwen and their determination to make her pay for what she's done. Sierra even joins in with her own reasons for hating Gwen. Throughout the episode, Courtney attempts to throw the challenge to make Team Amazon lose so that they'll have the chance to vote Gwen off. Heather noticeably disapproved of this method, as she considered winning to be more important than the chance to get rid of Gwen. Nonetheless, Courtney's efforts failed once again, and they won the challenge. After Courtney got her revenge on Tyler after his elimination (by knocking him out of the Total Drama Jumbo Jet), she vowed to get the same revenge on Duncan and Gwen.

Picnic at Hanging Dork
At this point, Heather is clearly on the rocks with her and Courtney's alliance, as she believes that Courtney's obsession with revenge is hurting their team. Courtney abruptly drags Heather into the Lavatory Confessional with the lights off to reassure that Heather was with her and would vote for Gwen. Heather agreed to this, only to reveal in her own separate confessional that she had her fingers crossed, saying that it's one of the advantages to making a deal in the dark. She makes good on this promise and decides to betray Courtney and agree with Cody that she'll switch her vote, and instead vote with him and Gwen against Courtney despite her conflict. When Courtney came to her after they lost the challenge to confirm that Heather was clear on the plan, Heather lied and said that she was still with Courtney against Gwen. At the elimination ceremony, Heather did indeed vote for Courtney, as did Gwen. Courtney and Sierra both voted for Gwen, and Cody, who was originally supposed to vote for Courtney, accidentally voted for Sierra due to being delirious and dizzy after being spun around multiple times while dangling off a cliff, after Duncan threw an angry dingo on him. This caused a tie in the votes, resulting in a tie-breaker challenge that Courtney and Gwen must participate in, which Courtney wins. Gwen is eliminated, much to Courtney's pleasure. After this, the alliance has no further purpose and is presumably dissolved.

Total Drama Action

 * Courtney (leader, voted off in Top Dog)
 * Beth (runner-up of Total Drama Action)

Total Drama World Tour

 * Courtney (leader; eliminated in Chinese Fake-Out)
 * Heather (winner of Total Drama World Tour)
 * Sierra (eliminated in Awwwwww, Drumheller)

Trivia

 * This is the last alliance to be formed on Total Drama Action.
 * This is the second alliance in which Beth ends up being bossed around and finally realizes the truth and breaks away.
 * The first was Heather's Alliance. But unlike her alliance with Heather, Beth was already aware that she might get bossed around, having learned from her two previous experiences, which might be why this alliance was shortly-lived.
 * The three girls in the alliance during Total Drama World Tour have rivalries with each other, which was most likely the reason for the alliance not lasting very long.
 * In both alliances, Courtney was eliminated earlier than her alliance partners.