Heather

Heather (Marilou in French) was a camper, and the main antagonist of Total Drama Island. She is labeled The Queen Bee and was on the Screaming Gophers team. She is also a cast member on Total Drama Action on the Screaming Gaffers team.

Total Drama Island
Heather joined Total Drama Island because she strives to become a world-famous celebrity. She intended to win the competition with dirty tricks, cheating, and sabotaging the other campers. These methods got Heather very far into the competition, but her proficiency with the competition quickly gave Heather a bigger ego than she had upon arriving, which lead to her eventual downfall.

At first, when Heather learned where she was really spending her summer (which was a different location than what was advertised on the application form), she did everything in her power to get out of the competition immediately, but quickly found that under the fine print of the contract, she had no choice but to compete. She was extremely uncooperative in the first challenge, and almost instantly  made enemies of LeShawna and  Gwen, but just as quickly had Lindsay's unconditional support. She vowed to get revenge on LeShawna after she forced her to take part in the challenge, but insincerely apologized to her later on so she could get back at her later. Heather assured Lindsay that the two of them were friends ("for now").

Her first bold move was to make an alliance with Beth and Lindsay in The Big Sleep, promising the two that with her help, she would get them all into the final three. Heather chose these two in particular due to Lindsay's lack of intelligence and sheep-like mentality and Beth's desperation to become popular and accepted by the masses. With Heather giving off an air of a popular kind of girl, the girls quickly agreed to be part of the alliance. However, complications arise when Lindsay falls for Tyler - a member of the opposing team. Seeing that as a threat, Heather disallowed inter-team dating from the alliance. She continued to add on a list of rules that Beth and Lindsay strictly had to adhere to, or otherwise face getting kicked out of the alliance. Many of these rules, however, were unfair and basically allowed Heather to mold Beth and Lindsay in any way she wanted without having to give anything in return. In the same episode, Heather stole Eva's MP3 player, knowing full well how temperamental she was, and as she predicted, eventually caused Eva's entire team to turn against her and vote her off. Heather considered this a major victory for herself, as she single-handedly removed one of the biggest threats to her team early on in the competition. Later on, in addition to becoming captain of her own alliance, Heather took every opportunity to lead the Screaming Gophers team in general during challenges in spite of other campers questioning her integrity. She quickly notices Gwen developing feelings for Trent. Since Heather hated Gwen and felt threatened by this budding "alliance", she found Gwen's secret diary in Not Quite Famous and read it aloud to the entire camp and national television. Despite several campers finding that act uncalled for, Heather used her alliance's votes and bribed a few of her other teammates to vote off Justin instead, simply because of his lack of a personality at that time. Heather would use these tactics to keep her safe from elimination from every challenge; even if she did something especially heinous. However, Heather's dictatorship in the alliance eventually made Beth snap and turn against her after essentially making her alliance members her personal slaves in daily activities, such as warming up the shower for her and washing her back. After a massive paintball fight and a second consecutive loss for her team in Paintball Deer Hunter, it was Cody being severely mauled by a bear that narrowly saved Heather from elimination that night. Beth was more-or-less considered out of the alliance. Heather called to be head chef for the next challenge in If You Can't Take The Heat..., allowing her to boss the entire team around to cook a three-course meal for Chris Mclean. Her bossy attitude made LeShawna snap, and after an incident where Heather lost her eyebrows after trying to light an upside-down cake flambé, the majority of the team (including Lindsay and Beth) took away her make-up bag and threw it in the freezer, causing Heather to run in and be locked inside. She ended up missing out on seeing the results, but was eventually let out by Lindsay after the team lost a third time in a row. Heather and the others realized Beth accidentally took back a tiki doll from their trip to Boney Island in Up The Creek, which allegedly cursed the team, and served as an explanation for why the Screaming Gophers were on a losing streak. Heather nearly kicked Lindsay out of the alliance, but gave her one last chance if she voted with her that night. She agreed to the terms, and once again Heather was almost eliminated. Luckily for Heather, the other campers, despite their hatred of Heather, found it more important to vote off Beth because of the curse she brought upon the team. Heather was safe again, but by this point, the remaining campers kept a vigilant eye on her, waiting for the next opportunity to eliminate her. Heather's only true ally was Lindsay for a while.

In X-Treme Torture, she became embarrassed after driving a wave runner and while attempting to cut the rope Harold was holding onto for a challenge, a tree branch snagged her top and rendered Heather topless, which Harold saw the entirety of and was entranced by it. Though it managed to cause him (and his team) to lose, Harold continued to harp on about getting to see breasts, regardless of whose it was. LeShawna chased after Heather after she found out whose breasts Harold saw, as Harold had just proclaimed his love for LeShawna before being eliminated in that episode. After this point, the teams are dissolved, resulting in Bridgette having to move into the Screaming Gophers' girls cabin, being the only female Killer Bass left on the island. Heather immediately tried to lure her into the alliance, but Bridgette ultimately sided with Gwen and LeShawna. Eva and Izzy return to the island afterward in No Pain, No Game, with Izzy apparently taking Heather and Lindsay's side (temporarily), but Eva's intimidating presence straightened all of the girls - even Heather - out. She and LeShawna went into a territorial battle in the previous episode, with Heather laying down tape to establish boundaries due to how poorly the girls were getting along. With Eva inquiring about the tape, Heather instantly wadded up the tape and threw it out. Although it was Heather who caused Eva to get eliminated in the first place, Eva focused mainly on Bridgette for revenge (though she did vote for Heather to be eliminated in this episode) due to her being a former Killer Bass teammate. Duncan also tried to vote Heather off, thinking she was behind Courtney, his girlfriend's, elimination (although in reality Heather had nothing to do with that; it was Harold's doing). Eva had shaken everyone up enough for everyone else to forget about Heather for once, and the overwhelming majority of the votes took Eva out of the competition again.

In Search And Do Not Destroy, Heather pulls off one of her most devious schemes when she spots Gwen and Trent kissing. Considering this a rival alliance and not wanting that sort of competition, she enlisted Lindsay's help to organize a situation where Gwen would find Heather kissing Trent on the Dock of Shame after telling numerous lies to Trent about how much Gwen actually hated him and was using him to get herself further in the competition. It broke both of their hearts, and when LeShawna found out about Gwen's side of the story, she made a temporary alliance of her own, telling almost everyone about the incident and trying to get either Heather or Trent eliminated - preferably Heather. Unfortunately for Trent, Heather won Invincibility in the challenge, making her untouchable. All went according to plan, and Trent was sent away next. The truth was revealed before Trent left, so LeShawna got revenge on Heather by rearranging the pipelines while she took a shower, resulting in Heather getting covered in sewage. All of her clothes were shredded by LeShawna as well.

Heather became aware of the boys forming their gender-only alliance in Hide and Be Sneaky, trying to pick off the girls one by one due to the fact that the girls currently outnumbered them and figured they would do the same to them. Heather won invincibility again during the challenge, being especially greedy about it in not allowing Lindsay to share in it despite Heather finding two people with Lindsay with her at the same time. The boys ultimately decided to vote Bridgette off because of this. Heather attempted to get a unanimous vote from the other girls to combat this, but Gwen, LeShawna, Bridgette, and Izzy could not see eye-to-eye on Heather and Lindsay's choice. The guys' alliance prevailed, and Bridgette was voted off. Before the episode ended, Heather was being particularly mean to Lindsay, which led to some foreshadowing in the next episode.

Heather tricked Lindsay into protecting her bike and invincibility while disregarding Lindsay's own safety in That's Off The Chain!. She forced Lindsay to build a bike for her, and in the final course of the race (where the winner wins invincibility and the loser is automatically eliminated from the island), instructed Lindsay to clear a path through the obstacle courses and basically throw the race so that Heather herself could get by easily and take first place, as well as invincibility. At the time, they also had Owen and Duncan as competitors, so Lindsay followed along with this plan to keep Heather safe, assuming one of the guys would be eliminated. What neither of them did not count on was Owen and Duncan failing to complete the race, meaning Heather and Lindsay were the only two who did. Since Heather passed by Lindsay, that led to her winning invincibility once more, and Lindsay being the loser. When Lindsay realized Heather was just using her all along, not even liking her as a friend or a person, Lindsay snapped and yelled out a string of obscenities towards her former alliance-mate, as she finally came to understand about the other campers being right about Heather not being a nice person in the least. While Heather was stunned, she reminded everyone of her invincibility and walked away. Before Lindsay left the island, she hoped Heather would get everything her karma owed her, which would come to be true in the future.

Heather continued to dodge elimination throughout the series in various ways, not necessarily by her own doing. She did, however, get on the bad side on nearly every camper left over; even Owen, perhaps one of the nicest campers on the island, snapped after Heather insulted his girlfriend, Izzy, to his face and refused to stop. Like Lindsay, he shouted obscenities to Heather to her face. However, as the competition narrowed down, Heather and a few choice others found it more important to vote off the easy-going, popular people like Geoff while they still had the chance. The losers in Haut Camp-ture even had the opportunity to vote Heather off themselves, as none of them had anything nice to say about her, but were tricked into voting LeShawna off instead. Heather reluctantly teamed up with Gwen in Are We There Yeti? to win invincibility for both of them against Owen and Duncan. Using deceptive tactics, such as pretending to be weak, helpless girls (which the boys fell for), Heather and Gwen won invincibility, Duncan was voted off, and Heather made it to the final three as she had planned so early on in the series, even if it was without Beth and Lindsay.

Gwen and Owen cooked up a plan to get rid of Heather once and for all in I Triple Dog Dare You!; a sudden-death elimination round based on dares from other campers. After Owen earns twenty Get-Out-Of-Dare Freebies, Gwen makes a deal with him which leaves her with half of Owen's freebies. Despite Heather's protests, Chris allows Gwen and Owen to pummel Heather with sick and disgusting dares. Heather endures them all, until she is faced with a challenge given by Lindsay. Underestimating her, Heather was horrified to learn that the dare was based off a threat Heather herself dared to do to her in a past episode: get her head shaved off by Chef Hatchet. She is torn between what to decide on as Chef inches closer with the razor blade, and kicks it out of Chef's hands before making a decision. The razor blade ends up landing on top of Heather and shaves most of her hair off anyway, leaving Heather's head a disfigured mess. Since she did not actually accept the dare, Heather was then eliminated. Karma had finally caught up with her. She left the island, kicking and screaming the entire way. Heather is not gone for long, as she returns in the season finale with the other losers to cheer for either Owen or Gwen to win. Heather considers Owen the lesser of two evils, and the majority of the losers pick Owen as well after he promises to throw a party on a yacht for everyone with his prize money. She makes a final attempt to bring down Gwen by fixing some obstacles in Owen's favor. Though Owen wins, Heather's pride is lost when LeShawna takes matters into her own hands and locks Heather in the Confessional stall (where Owen just had explosive diarrhea after he ate her cupcake which was meant for Gwen). Not only does Heather not get to see the winner, but she is trapped in a small area that reeks of Owen's stink (which stays on her for the rest of the episode). Heather pouts over it until Chris is dumped into the lake by the other campers as a means of getting revenge for the torture he put them all through. Gwen tells Heather that she must be happy to see him tossed in. Heather slowly smiles (happily) and says "Yeah...a bit." It seems she had briefly made peace with Gwen and the others then, but it is shown to only be temporary. In the one hour special (which links TDI with TDA), she actually admits to Harold that she does not want to be mean and even seems to come to understand him after he helps her open up. However, she makes an awkward facial gesture afterward and shakes her head, meaning she may have lied and just said this to gain an advantage (as she has been known to do in the past). She may have also really meant it and just thought the speech was lame, although this is probably not the case.

Total Drama Action
Due to her actions from the past season, Heather is finding herself extremely unpopular (Lindsay even comes close to breaking the fourth wall when she tells the robot to chase after her since everyone hates her in Monster Cash). Based on the actions that occur during the new theme song and the first episode, it is shown that Heather is still bitter enemies with Gwen and LeShawna; Lindsay and Beth continue to stay away from her as well. She is hated to the point where all of the girls are determined not to bunk with her. Due to some math complications, Heather ends up having a bunk bed all to herself; the top and bottom. However, by Riot On Set she has begun sharing a bunk with LeShawna for unexplained reasons.

In Alien Resurr-eggtion, the contestants had to avoid an alien costumed, paint/slime gun-wielding Chef Hatchet and retrieve alien eggs and return them to the trailers. Heather suggests teaming up for the challenge to Owen, Izzy, and Harold. Owen asks if that implies an alliance and Izzy reminds Heather that they don't like her. She says it meant no commitment of any kind, so they agree, though the group is quickly eliminated by the Chef. Heather's attempt at being nice to gain allies seems to have returned at least in this scene; this may be a sign that she is trying to change her ways in order to adapt and survive in this competition. When Heather is confronted by Chef, she tries to flee. Chef seems to have a grudge against Heather, as he says that he wanted revenge for her putting laxative in his brownies, saying that his undercooked meat was enough to make people run to the bathroom. When he shoots Heather with the paint/slime gun, her wig falls off and falls through the grating of the alien spaceship set, making her unable to retrieve it. Heather then explains that she has tried everything to make her hair grow back normally, but nothing works, and her hair only grows in patches.

In Riot On Set, Gwen chooses her for her team (but only because LeShawna advises it to help gain an advantage over the opposing team and to keep an eye on Heather herself). It is revealed that she actually did lie to Harold in the special and really does not think highly of him at all. She does form an alliance with him, though it is only meant to get her further in the game. It is uncertain whether or not Harold will be careful unlike Lindsay, as Harold does seem to be much smarter and more aware around Heather, and already knows how to one-up her in sticky situations.

Audition tape
In her audition tape, Heather walks out of the shower with a towel and starts talking about how she will not be nervous if she was on the show. She also talks about how pretty she looks, and she adds that if they pick her, she promises high ratings. She then throws off her towel, off-screen.

View Heather's audition tape

Video log
On Cartoon Network, Heather's parents send her a video log. It starts with her parents dancing with party hats until they realize the camera is rolling. They then tell their daughter how much they miss her. All the while a group of movers carry her belongings past them.

Camp TV
Despite her role in the current show, Heather was one of the four characters (the others being Izzy, Noah and Courtney) to not appear in Camp TV. However, her current design bears some resemblance to Eva's old design. This could mean that Eva originally was meant to fill in Heather's role as the main antagonist.

Trivia

 * Heather returns to Total Drama Action as a competitor.
 * She is the only voted off camper never to be seen at Playa Des Losers (excluding the special, when all twenty-two contestants appear there).
 * She appears in a towel more than any other character.
 * She has lines in nearly every episode of season one. In Phobia Factor she has no lines, but only gasps.
 * She is one of (if not "the") the most hated characters on the show.
 * Heather ties with Harold in having the most instances of receiving the Final Marshmallow; three times.
 * She has suffered several mishaps and near-death experiences.
 * Falling into a pond of jellyfish courtesy of Lindsay in Who Can You Trust?.
 * Owen falling on her in Basic Straining.
 * Being shot by her own team members (and some from the other team) with paintballs in Paintball Deer Hunter.
 * Being locked in a freezer in If You Can't Take The Heat..., leaving her with a cold.
 * Having her hair shaved off in I Triple Dog Dare You!, rendering her bald for the rest of the series.
 * Being trapped in an outhouse after Owen used it due to suffering from a laxative chocolate muffin.
 * Falling off the cliff in special.
 * In Alien Resurr-eggtion, Heather is hit by a slime ball shot by Chef Hatchet, causing her wig to fall off and fall through the gratings of the alien spaceship set, lost indefinitely.
 * When Trent throws salt or pepper over his shoulder at breakfast, in Beach Blanket Bogus, Heather is hit in the face causing her to scream in pain or sneeze uncontrollably.
 * When pushed off of the diving board, in 3:10 to Crazytown, Heather gets caught by the back of her shorts on a weather vane.
 * She is one of the main antagonists of the show, the others being Chris Mclean and Justin (for TDA).
 * Heather is not only the last female camper to be voted off, but also the last camper to be eliminated.
 * She is most likely named after the 1989 movie, Heathers.
 * She is similar in personality to Rachel McAdams' character, Regina George, from the movie Mean Girls. Both characters are referred to as "The Queen Bee".
 * Heather actually has seen reality shows before (as she said in the second episode), picking up on some strategies for Total Drama Island.
 * Heather is one of the four characters to be featured in all episodes of the show; the others being Gwen, Owen, and Duncan.
 * Heather's fingers seem to be long and seemingly sharp, resembling claws, and they probably are since she is usually seen with a nail filer.
 * Interestingly, when she has her head shaved (both when having a few locks and completely bald), she somewhat resembles Britney Spears when she shaved her head (this is probably the joke the producers were going for).
 * Heather has a strange scream, it starts off as a high pitched scream and then repeats itself in lower pitched sound (it also sounds like she's saying "NO" within the scream).
 * In the final episode, she is completely bald, but when she gets her head shaved, there were several patches of hair left, meaning she shaved the rest (or it was loose and fell out). In the Total Drama Action trailer, she is shown to still be bald. There are, however, some scenes (such as the film reel and the part when she is getting off the trolley) when she is seen with her regular hair, though those are obviously goofs. Heather has mentioned in Alien Resur-eggtion that her hair has not been growing back evenly; only in "patches".
 * Heather's bald head is shown to be flat at first. However, in the special and onwards, her head is shown to be round. The cause for this is unknown, though it it likely only a modification in design due to the time gap between the final TDI episode and the special; it has been shown that other characters and their expressions are being updated for TDA. Heather may have simply been given a more realistic rounded head as an upgrade.
 * It is unknown if she will return as the antagonist or a friend (or anti-hero) in Total Drama Action. Looking at her position, she might become an anti-hero since at this point everyone knows about her and her backstabbing ways and therefore it would be very difficult for her to set up an alliance with anyone. So far, however, Heather is still shown to be her same, antagonistic self. The only difference at this point is that she is lacking in power and influence; logically, she would have to realize her disadvantage eventually and change if she wants to last in the new competition.
 * Justin appears to be replacing Heather as the main antagonist of Total Drama Action. Justin has his powers of good looks and mystique on his side, making him more of a viable enemy. How this relates to Heather is unknown at this point, but she could be rendered a secondary antagonist because of this. Justin has also shown to be every bit as cruel as Heather, as Justin is willing to act like he is romantically in love with a girl (in the case of Beth) and use that love to string her along. In comparison, Heather only acted as a friend to the others and only messed up romantic relationships (in the case of Gwen and Trent) rather than play the role of the false lover.
 * Like Heather, he has used Gwen and Trent's relationship as a means of getting Trent eliminated from the competition (though in a different way from Heather's tactics).
 * Despite Heather's dislike of Gwen, she does not wish her dead, as she reacted with extreme fear (like everyone else) when Gwen was cornered by the psycho killer. She also seems perfectly capable of working with Gwen when forced to do so (as seen in Are We There Yeti?). It goes the same way with Gwen, who was concerned when she thought the psycho killer had cornered Heather when she heard a scream (which was actually DJ's).
 * Heather does seem to show some signs of improved compassion throughout Total Drama Island as she started to apologize to Lindsay and Beth when she was stuck alone in Camp Castaways. This was probably her way to win votes and supporters in the final two, however.
 * She is one of the few characters to show some form of nudity.
 * Her top was ripped off in X-Treme Torture, exposing her bare breasts to Harold.
 * Having small, slanted eyes not only aids her in looking more sinister and intimidating (suitable for her role as an antagonist), but also likely means that she has Asian roots in her family (this is also backed up at the fact that she has black hair). Her fear of sumo wrestlers may be a link to her heritage.
 * Heather's voice actress is the same as that of Melinda Wilson from 6teen, another show created by the Total Drama series producers.
 * In the special, Heather opens up to Harold after he offers her consolation even after she betrayed him. Despite telling Harold that they would become friends after the experience, her facial expressions seem to indicate otherwise. However, there is a chance that this friendship/alliance can carry on throughout Total Drama Action in order to create more drama for LeShawna and her relationship with Harold.
 * It is implied that Heather was overweight and ridden with acne in her youth. As she was likely unpopular because of this (or at least feared being so), it is believed this is what made Heather the nasty person she is today.
 * Heather is the only camper (besides Owen) in the show who was featured in every "Last time on Total Drama Island" flashback during the opening scene of each episode, excluding the one after the Playa Des Losers where they only show the people who have been voted off.
 * Heather lost her wig in Alien Resur-eggtion, presumably "forever", as the episode guide described.
 * Heather implied in the special that she took calculus. Since Heather is 16 (assuming her birthday is not in the summer) it is normally impossible to take calculus since she is only in the 10th grade (barring some exceptions).
 * Heather is responsible (directly and indirectly) for several campers being eliminated from Total Drama Island. She has intentionally gotten Eva (her first time), Justin, Trent, and Izzy (her second time) eliminated.
 * She indirectly caused Beth to be voted off when she unknowingly revealed that Beth had accidentally cursed her team.
 * Her refusal to vote unanimously with the other girls allowed the guys to succeed in unanimously voting Bridgette off.
 * She did not seek to eliminate Lindsay specifically, but made her throw a competition for her own sake which led to Lindsay's elimination.
 * The ghastly sight of her in a towel and face mask scared DJ into being automatically eliminated.
 * Her wig looks like the wigs Lindsay and Sadie wore in Phobia Factor to face their fear of bad haircuts, only black instead of brown.