Leshawna

LeShawna, labeled The Sister With 'Tude, was a camper from Total Drama Island on the Screaming Gophers team. She is currently a cast member on Total Drama Action on the Screaming Gaffers.

Total Drama Island
Leshawna joined to show anyone can win if they give it their all and to be a role model for kids on the street. She has said that has lived her entire life in "the Projects", and shows a strong sense of street smarts. Her best friends are Gwen and Bridgette, but she generally gets along with everyone on the island with a few notable exceptions. Leshawna dislikes anyone who gives her attitude or insults her weight and/or body structure. She is known for being outspoken (Harold has described her as "real big and loud" upon first meeting her). She has a great fear of spiders. Leshawna may be loud, overconfident, and sometimes obnoxious; however, she puts herself in the "Big Sister" position and is always ready to help out a fellow camper in need. Leshawna is also bad-tempered. However, Leshawna is nowhere near as bad-tempered as Eva, despite having to be restrained at times just like her.

In spite of her somewhat intimidating personality, Leshawna is a good-hearted person and a very good friend. She is always there to defend the other campers (namely Beth, Gwen, and Bridgette) when they are being picked on and is willing to listen to their problems. She was even willing to stand up to the raging Eva, while the others remained terrified of her. Leshawna also is willing to pull "revenge" pranks on people who bully others, such as Heather. Leshawna extremely hates Heather because of the way she picks on and deceives the other campers, her superiority complex, and above all for her snobbery that often threatens the safety of the team. She also dislikes Noah for his unwillingness to help anyone, even calling him a disrespectful turkey when he was voted off, although she and Noah showed no signs of hating each other after Noah was voted off (and Noah has admired her cunning when she locked Heather in a freezer in If You Can't Take The Heat... despite Noah's hatred towards Leshawna).

She has tried to get Heather voted off the island numerous times, particularly when she sabotaged Gwen's relationship with Trent (leaving Gwen in tears). Leshawna proves throughout the competition that she is more then just a big talker; she is a winner and one of the fiercest competitors on the show. Leshawna was able to win the first solo-Invincibility in the Wheel of Misfortune challenge by defeating a log rolling bear, (successfully defeating a returning Eva and getting her eliminated again). Leshawna won her own trailer, which Chris destroyed with his pirate cannon in the next episode, Search And Do Not Destroy.

Leshawna was eventually eliminated (by accident due to Chris tricking the losers into voting for her to join them, and he also counted a parrot who could say her name twice) in Haut Camp-ture. Leshawna was then sent to join the losers with a shocked look on her face. She returned to the island with the rest of the losers in the final episode, where she finally got enough of Heather's bossy attitude. In response to Heather's actions, she locked her in the Confessional stall (where Owen had just had a violent reaction to Heather's choco-lax muffin).

Leshawna formed a passionate relationship with Harold. Harold had expressed some hints of a crush on her in the first episode, but Leshawna simply brushed him off as a fellow camper. Harold later sent her many secret letters of Haikus. It wasn't until Harold was eliminated that Leshawna learned the truth, and the two of them kissed under the moon (until Harold was dragged away by Chef). However, when the two reunited in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!, Leshawna felt awkward about the relationship, feeling that the two moved too quickly into a relationship and only reacted the way she did at first because of the heat of the moment. To Harold's relief, Leshawna still considered the two of them close friends, though he is still determined to win her over again. Whether or not he will succeed is unclear, but the two are eligible as competitors on Total Drama Action, and they have been seen together in several scenes in the preview. What may jeopardize this is Harold's sudden friendship with Heather, Leshawna's worst enemy.

Total Drama Action
Leshawna is shown to still be on good terms with Harold while simultaneously being on bad terms with Heather. Although she initially shared a bunk with Izzy, as of Riot On Set, she has begun sharing a bunk with Heather, despite being revolted by the idea in Monster Cash. Leshawna is currently unaware of Harold's distorted views on their relationship, as she thinks it simply was not meant to be. Judging from her reactions as of Alien Resurr-eggtion, she is still highly attracted to Justin. In Riot On Set, she is chosen by Gwen to be on the Screaming Gaffers. Leshawna encouraged Gwen to select Heather telling her to keep her enemies closer, and Gwen reluctantly chose Heather over Izzy.

The third part of the challenge in Beach Blanket Bogus required the teams to select a castmate to compete in a dance off. Leshawna insisted that she be the one to compete for her team as her nickname back home is "Le-Shakin' It". Trent is selected to compete for the Killer Grips. The two began dancing, and Trent was quickly distracted by Leshawna's bizarre dance moves. Most of the castmates giggle at her, with DJ remarking in the confessional that her nickname should be "LeBomba", while Heather said that her nickname should be "Prima Ballerino". Harold said he liked Leshawna's dancing, and danced along with her from the sidelines. Despite Leshawna's over-the-top dancing style, she won the challenge after Trent faked an injury in order to allow Gwen to win the challenge.

In 3:10 to Crazytown, because of the humidity, Leshawna's hair has been changed into an afro. With her hair looking the way it does, Heather is eager to make fun of her for it. This leads to another bout of the two feuding during the horse-mounting challenge and somewhat reenact a scenario that occurred in the second episode of Total Drama Island, where Leshawna again finds herself forcefully pushing Heather off from a high altitude to complete the challenge. This time, however, she is dragged down by Heather simultaneously, leaving them both stuck on a weather vane. Leshawna's weight allows her to get down on her own (using her hair as a cushion) while Heather is left hanging there. Leshawna starts to feel defensive toward Harold as he continues to get harassed by Duncan and claims she has her eye on him.

It is shown in The Chefshank Redemption that Leshawna's protectiveness of Harold is not only limited to having her eye on Duncan, as she even voted her own close friend Gwen off the competition after seeing her smash Harold over the head with a shovel suddenly. There were other factors involved, such as Gwen subtly trying to throw the challenge in order to let the Killer Grips when (to repay the debt of letting Trent do the same for her for two episodes), which Heather caught onto very quickly and tried to convince the rest of the Gaffers that Gwen was up to something, but up until the end, Leshawna dismissed her like many others did. After seeing the incident with Harold, it is assumed that Leshawna began to have her own doubts about Gwen as she joined with Harold and Heather to vote off Gwen.

In One Flu Over the Cuckoos, Leshawna tries to create an alliance with Duncan and Harold in order to keep Heather off her back (apparently unaware that Harold is informally allied with Heather already). However, as Duncan and Harold continue to be bitter enemies towards each other, neither have shown any interest at all in forming a full alliance, though neither seem to mind forming an alliance with only Leshawna herself. This frustrates Leshawna, who seems determined to get this alliance to work in some capacity by mediating between Harold and Duncan's feuds, especially since her main support in Gwen is now gone from the competition.

Leshawna and Duncan end up working together to find a cure for the other castmates who have allegedly contracted a deadly disease during the medical challenge. In spite of all the frenzy, the two are able to calmly and maturely put aside their differences and work together to find out that it was a hoax and that no one was dying. In spite of Leshawna's efforts, Duncan and Harold still refuse to build an alliance with her if it means putting up with each other, and Leshawna simply dismisses them as fools for being immature. The Gaffers win this episode's competition mainly due to her help, and as such, she is the one castmate chosen to receive the reward: a small vacation away from the film block to spend with a relative of hers. She makes this especially decisive by putting on a convincing act where she cries out of frustration when she thought she was going to lose her teammates.

Through this, her best cousin LeShaniqua (who takes on Leshawna's Camp TV original prototype design, only with a different color scheme) makes an appearance at the end of the episode as Leshawna rides off in the Lame-o-sine with her, ending the false crying act and now relieved that she's earned a break from the troubles of the Total Drama series.

During the dangerous submarine challenge In Master Of Disaster, LeShawana accidentally tells the Screaming Gaffers that she never cries. After Duncan says that she was crying pretty hard for the award, the Gaffers discover that she had her crying two episodes prior. Angered for the trick, Heather lashes out at LeShawna until Duncan breaks them up and Harold tells them to calm down.

In Full Metal Drama, Leshawna tries to win her team's trust by letting them use the only working bathroom stall, but only Harold accepts the bribe. When Chef makes a fruit and bran smoothie for Owen's backed up colon, Leshawna takes it instead claiming she's been starving since DJ's elimination. Later when Owen refuses Chef's second smoothie, Leshawna takes it again, but this time she starts to experience stomach cramps. Then when she, Heather, and Harold are hiding from the Killer Grips (minus Lindsay), Leshawna starts bloating with gas, on the verge of farting. When Heather and Harold try soothing her so she doesn't fart and give away their location, Leshawna apologizes to Harold for lying, and then releases a massive fart, giving away their location. It is rumored that the episode after Oceans Eight-Or Nine, that Harold gets voted off but Leshawna takes his place.

Video log
Leshawna's friend Jasmine sends her a video log unlike like the other campers in the Final Five. Leshawna was the only camper who and a Video log where their family weren't in.

Jasmine begins with her rendition of Romeo and Juliet and then talks about why she should be in season 2 of Total Drama Island, as though she is auditioning. When someone whispers that she's there to do something nice for Leshawna, Jasmine then offers a signed photograph of her.

Audition tape
In her audition, Leshawna lists some of her good qualities and tells the viewers to call her if they want her on the show. Then she holds her cell phone and waits for the call, losing her patience when she gets no immediate response.

View Leshawna's audition tape

Camp TV


Leshawna appeared In Camp TV, Total Drama Island's prototype phase with the majority of the cast. She also was one of the main characters. Her character was virtually the same as it is today, with her famous quote: "Leshawna's in the house." In the first phase, Leshawna had an entirely different color scheme, outfit, hairstyle, and a hat.

There was a another design with the same head as the first design, but has a shirt that looks very similar to the one in the final design, a mini skirt, and heels. By the time the original promo aired, she looks nearly the same as her current design; her clothes only look a little loose-fitting and she has one armband that matches the color of her shirt. Leshawna appeared alongside Lindsay often during the promo; it is uncertain if they were to be best friends or enemies, as Leshawna appears to offend Lindsay in one scene by saying no white girl will win the competition. In another scene, Lindsay is seen painting Leshawna's toenails.

Since Heather did not exist in Camp TV, it's hard to say who Leshawna's rival was supposed to be. The original Leshawna with the hat and the high heels is seen on the "cheesy tabloid fame" magazine that Chris is holding up. The design appears again in the form of Leshaniqua, Leshawna's cousin, who appears at the end of One Flu Over the Cuckoos.

Trivia

 * Leshawna returns to Total Drama Action as a competitor.
 * After the final ten in Total Drama Island, she spends most of her time with Gwen; both of them were very willing to let Bridgette into their group when the teams merged.
 * Leshawna is occasionally referred to by Lindsay as 'Lafawnduh'. This is most definitely a reference to the character with the same name (and similar in personality to Leshawna) from the movie, Napoleon Dynamite. Leshawna's original prototype design (the one with the green jumpsuit) looks rather similar to Lafawnduh. Harold is also a very similar to the main character of the movie.
 * Leshawna is one of the characters to show nudity at some point during the series:
 * In 3:10 to Crazytown, she falls off the diving board and her pants get caught on a weather vane, which eventually rips the back part off and exposes Leshawna's bare butt to the audience.
 * Leshawna seemed to be the character most liked by the others, especially by Gwen, Bridgette, and both Katie and Sadie.
 * Heather, Noah, and Eva (and possibly Ezekiel) are the only characters who dislike her.
 * Leshawna was wrongly eliminated in Total Drama Island.
 * She was voted off because the losers accidentally voted her off, implying that she is popular (something Heather insinuated she lacked in the first episode).
 * Leshawna walks in a peculiar fashion: her arms are bent at 90 degree angles in front of her and not parallel to her sides.
 * She, along with Justin, and Mr. Coconut were eliminated in an episode were they have no dialog in Total Drama Island.
 * Along with Gwen and Harold, Leshawna is the only character responsible for winning two or more challenges for herself or her team (in No Pain, No Game, Hide and Be Sneaky, Beach Blanket Bogus, and One Flu Over the Cuckoos).
 * Leshawna is allergic to pineapples, as they give her rashes all over her skin. In spite of this, she claims she is able to make pineapple-based foods such as chutney.
 * She is the only character (besides Gwen) who broke up with someone and has yet to find someone else or get back together with her original significant other.
 * Leshawna is one of the five people on the island Gwen considers to have sanity.
 * Her hair seems to be sensitive to humidity, as it puffs up into a giant afro when the weather conditions outside are as such.
 * In One Flu Over the Cuckoos, it is revealed that Leshawna is lactose intolerant.
 * She is one of four contestants to have farted on the show. The others being Owen, Duncan, and Sadie.