Gwen and Leshawna

This article focuses on the interactions between Gwen and Leshawna.

Overview
Leshawna is arguably Gwen's closest female friend on the show, to the point of being called "best friends," as the two often teamed up during the challenges and both were strongly opposed to Heather's cheating. The duo were also seen together often in their spare time. Leshawna constantly stood by Gwen, no matter the issue. In return, Gwen and Leshawna's friendship blossomed. They are usually referred to as the two closest female friends on Total Drama Island with a mutual friendship (unlike Heather and Lindsay, who were also always seen together, yet had a one-sided friendship on Lindsay's side).

The two remained close in Total Drama Action, though their friendship became strained after Gwen hit Harold in the head with a shovel. After this, though Leshawna sensed something was also happening behind the scenes, she fell back on the fact that hitting Harold was a strange act, it wasn't like Gwen, and something "was wrong." Her vote led to Gwen's elimination in The Chefshank Redemption.

Both girls returned for Total Drama World Tour, but since the two were placed on different teams and Leshawna was eliminated fairly early in the show, they almost didn't interact at all.

Dodgebrawl
When Gwen hits Courtney in the head with a dodgeball as revenge for flinging oatmeal in her face that morning, Leshawna laughs at Courtney and tells her that she messed with the wrong white girl.

Who Can You Trust?
Gwen and Leshawna worked well together in the blind toboggan race and won the challenge on a technicality. Leshawna praises Gwen when they win the challenge, and they high-five each other.

Basic Straining
When everyone's eating the stolen food, Gwen and Leshawna are seen talking to each other. Later, when Courtney runs outside to puke, Gwen and Leshawna start to laugh together at her.

Brunch of Disgustingness
In this episode, Bridgette moves into the girls cabin and she must choose between Heather and Lindsay or Leshawna and Gwen, hinting that Leshawna and Gwen are good friends. Gwen and Leshawna prank Heather by locking her out of the cabin and smiling together.

X-Treme Torture
Gwen high-fived Leshawna after she kissed Harold. She was touched that the poems were wrote from Harold to Leshawna and thought it was sweet that he kissed her goodbye before he left camp.

Search and Do Not Destroy
Leshawna comforted Gwen as she cried over seeing Heather and Trent kissing. After learning what happened, an enraged Leshawna attempted to avenge Gwen by trying her best to eliminate Heather. First, Leshawna furiously formed a temporary alliance with almost everyone to vote off either Heather or Trent, believing that Trent had willingly kissed Heather and cheated on Gwen. She was extremely pleased when Trent was eliminated, but, upon learning that it was a trick and Trent was innocent, she apologized to Gwen upon realizing that they had all been misled into voting off Trent. Everyone looked sad when Trent had to go. Gwen, especially, was crying over his premature departure. Leshawna messed with the plumbing in the communal bathrooms so that Heather had a sewage shower after the campfire ceremony for revenge.

Hide and Be Sneaky
Leshawna took another revenge against Heather by shredding her clothes. In a flashback, Leshawna defended Gwen by smacking Heather when Heather purposely turned on the sink's hot water to make Gwen's shower cold. After the challenge ends, Bridgette, Leshawna, and Gwen agreed to vote off Duncan due to them finding out about his Guys' Alliance, and agreeing that he is mean. Unfortunately, along with the other campers, Gwen and Leshawna were shocked to see Bridgette being eliminated instead of Duncan.

Hook, Line, and Screamer
Leshawna, along with everyone else, warns Gwen about the real psycho killer was with her.

Camp Castaways
Gwen is sulking, because Chris tricked the eliminated contestants into voting Leshawna off. Heather taunts her for this, and Gwen responds by rattling the loose step that she was painting her nails on.

The Very Last Episode, Really!
Gwen stated that Leshawna was one of the five people that she considered sane on the island (the others being Owen, Cody, Bridgette, and DJ). Leshawna sided with Gwen and didn't even switch teams when Owen announced his yaucht party. During this episode, Leshawna exhibits her undying support for Gwen by cheering loudly and continually cheering her on during the race. She attempts several times to keep her focused and encouraged throughout the entire race. In fact, she even tries to have Eva cheer for Gwen with her other supporters (to no avail). Leshawna follows Gwen close behind nearly the whole time. She, along with Eva and Cody, happily smiles when Gwen was almost winning, and is unconsoled when Owen wins at the final meters.

Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island
In this episode, Gwen is sitting poolside with Leshawna and Trent, when she admits that the best thing about the series for her was meeting them, to which they both agreed. The three of them did not argue once over splitting their winnings if they got the $1,000,000 and formed a team together throughout the whole challenge to retrieve the case before the other contestants could. Even though they did not succeed in retriving the case, both girls, along with Trent, made it to Total Drama Action.

Riot On Set
When Gwen is picking teams, Leshawna is the first girl she picks. Leshawna cheers and gleefully proclaims that "the girls are back in town!" meaning herself and Gwen. They then high-five with huge grins. This proves how close they truly are. Leshawna quietly suggested picking Heather over Izzy in their team and Gwen reluctantly agrees. This was to ensure that they could keep an eye on Heather so that she could not cheat her way through the competition again. Gwen truly trusts Leshawna's judgment in this case.

The Chefshank Redemption
Leshawna was completely unconvinced of Heather's suspicions that Gwen was selling out the Gaffers to the Killer Grips, and stated that she trusted anyone more that Heather, implying that she still trusted Gwen.

One Flu Over the Cuckoos
By this point, Leshawna has learned of Gwen's underhanded deal with the Killer Grips. However, despite having voted her off in the previous episode, Leshawna clearly regrets Gwen's elimination, as it makes her and her team more vulnerable to Heather, prompting her to propose a new anti-Heather alliance.

The Aftermath: II
Gwen says that Leshawna is a great friend to her during her interview.

Wawanakwa Gone Wild!
When Gwen wins the reward, Leshawna, along with Geoff, stare angrily at her. Gwen states that they are just jealous.

Riot On Set
After Gwen picks Leshawna for the Screaming Gaffers and Trent picks Justin for the Killer Grips, Gwen says to Trent, "Oh, pick all the good-looking people; that'll get you far" which visibly insults Leshawna.

The Chefshank Redemption
During many times of the episode, Leshawna and Gwen do not get along very much. Noticeably disapproved of Gwen knocking Harold out with the shovel, as well as breaking the shovel that they needed to get to the finish line. Also, when it was learned that the Killer Grips won, Leshawna glared at Gwen for her mistake. She also calls her "puke-breath." Leshawna, along with Harold, Heather, and Gwen herself, voted Gwen out of the competition.

The Aftermath: II
On the "That's Gonna Leave a Mark" segment, Leshawna hits Gwen in the head with a spoon after Gwen hit Harold over the head with a shovel.