Courtney and Lindsay

This article is about the conflict between Courtney and Lindsay.

Total Drama Island
Courtney and Lindsay did not have much interaction in Total Drama Island due to the fact that they were on different teams - Courtney was on the Killer Bass and Lindsay was on the Screaming Gophers. However, Lindsay seems to have been at least somewhat aware of Courtney's bossy personality.



Dodgebrawl
After Tyler came back from making out with Lindsay, Courtney accuses him of potentially spilling team secrets to "that blonde Gopher girl", indicating a sense of distrust for Lindsay early on.

Haute Camp-ture
When Courtney finds Harold and beats him up with her lamppost, Lindsay is shown remarking that she's glad that Courtney "wasn't her CIT". After Courtney complained about how she was booted off unfairly, Lindsay comes up and tells Courtney that she simply would have been booted off in another episode eventually, since "nobody liked her that much". Courtney gasps after Lindsay says this, taken aback at Lindsay's allegation; Courtney states that it's untrue.

Total Drama Action
The conflict between Courtney and Lindsay dramatically escalated in the second season. After Courtney returned to active competition in Total Drama Action, she was placed on the Killer Grips, where she immediately clashed with her fellow teammates, including Lindsay. Lindsay was especially unhappy with Courtney's return, since she knew that Courtney would immediately assert herself as the de facto leader of the Grips, meaning that Lindsay herself would never be taken seriously as a potential leader again. Courtney, on the other hand, became frustrated and perplexed that someone as dim-witted as Lindsay was still around in the competition and still popular amongst her teammates.

Ocean's Eight - or Nine
Courtney was frustrated by her team's absence throughout the kart-racing challenge. She called Lindsay (along with the rest of the Killer Grips) a "complete dud" and a "slacker" because of this. At the Gilded Chris Awards Ceremony, Courtney was voted for elimination by Lindsay and the other Grips, but this was to no avail as Courtney had immunity for this episode due to the settlement of her lawsuit. Lindsay was shown to be upset at Courtney's decision to vote off Owen afterward.



One Million Bucks B.C.
Lindsay called Courtney "Bossy McSmartypants" and a "know-it-all", and was shown to be very disappointed with her return. She, along with Beth, gives Courtney a glare when she walks into the girls' trailer. After Chris revealed the unfair advantages Courtney would receive due to her lawsuit, Lindsay was shown to be angry about it, especially after Chris revealed that Courtney would have her own private bathroom. Later, Lindsay is shown to be clueless about how to start fire with the flint rocks she was given. Courtney grows annoyed at this and forcefully grabs the rocks from Lindsay; Lindsay is shown in the confessional immediately afterward, frowning and complaining about how bossy Courtney is. Shortly after, when Courtney fails miserably to start a fire, Lindsay obliviously picks up the two rocks once again, and by clacking them together briefly and lightly, she inexplicably causes a massive fire to burst into their fire pit, even though the rocks weren't even in it.

Million Dollar Babies
The two didn't have much interaction with each other in this episode. However, Courtney became annoyed during Lindsay's boxing match against Harold after Lindsay took a bite out of Harold's marshmallow boxing gloves, yelling that Lindsay has to block them, not eat them.



Dial M for Merger
At the beginning of the episode, Courtney told Lindsay to try using the doorknob to get into the trailer instead of talking to it, clearly annoyed with Lindsay's absent-mindedness. When Courtney won the grappling hook and the wire cutters following the first part of the challenge, she blackmailed the other competitors for the opportunity to escape the soon-to-explode building. Lindsay offered Courtney her face brightener, which she claims perks up an "ashy complexion," implying that Courtney's face looks ashy to her; Courtney takes exception to this, glaring at Lindsay afterward. Later, after Chris rewards Courtney and Lindsay with a trip to a cheese factory for solving the challenges in the episode, Courtney is dismayed at having to go with Lindsay. She outright tells Lindsay that she does not like her at all, though Lindsay didn't seem to mind it.



Super Hero-ld
In the recap for the previous episode, it shows that Courtney and Lindsay ended up having to take the trip to the cheese factory together after all. Lindsay hugged Courtney in her excitement, clearly angering Courtney. At the beginning of the episode, the two of them are showing criticizing the other one for their bad stench. After Chris explains the challenge for the day, Courtney smirks and derisively remarks that Lindsay could call herself "Gorgonzola Girl" and use her stench as her superpower, prompting LeShawna to stand up for Lindsay and retort that Courtney could be "Aged Cheddar Chick," which Courtney frowns at. As the competitors gather materials for their superhero costumes, Courtney and Lindsay fight for a piece of fabric, which Courtney ends up taking after shoving Lindsay to the ground; Lindsay is shown in a confessional complaining about Courtney's "super power trip" because of this. When Lindsay dressed up as Wonder Woman as her superhero, Courtney criticizes Lindsay for her lack of originality and reminds her that she already exists, though Lindsay ends up winning due to Chris being a fan of the original Wonder Woman. Later, as Lindsay was failing the obstacle course challenge, Courtney bitterly teases her by saying that she was "not such a Wonder Woman now," prompting Chris to remark that Courtney has "issues." After Courtney wins invincibility, Lindsay is shown in the communal bathroom to be disappointed that they can't vote off Courtney.



The Princess Pride
Chris announces that because Courtney and Lindsay won the challenges in the previous episode, they would be the candidates to be the princess for this episode's fairy tale movie challenge. After Lindsay is reluctant to try on the glass boot in public due to embarrassment over her supposedly large feet, Courtney grows impatient, telling Lindsay to "get on with it". Towards the end of the episode during the Gilded Chris Award Ceremony, Lindsay and Beth discover that they could apparently hurt the real Courtney by sticking pins into the Princess Courtney doll they were holding, prompting Lindsay to encourage Beth to stick a pin into the doll's elbow.



Get a Clue
The conflict between the two is arguably at its most heated in this episode. At this point, Lindsay is completely fed up with Courtney's attitude, and resolves to prove throughout the episode that she can outsmart Courtney, although it's initially to little avail. As for Courtney, she becomes angry that the others even listen to the ideas of the "dingbat" (referring to Lindsay) in the first place. At the beginning of the episode, when the competitors try to figure where Chris is, Lindsay suggests that he is buried alive under the Craft Services tent, and encourages the others to start digging (to no avail); Courtney is later shown belittling this after they find Chris, prompting Lindsay to reply that Courtney is "not nice". After Beth intervenes, Courtney seemingly does an about-face, apologizing to Lindsay and stating that she was only acting antagonistic to Lindsay out of "jealousy" over Lindsay's intelligence. She then treats Lindsay to a manicure, which Lindsay happily complies to. However, this turns out to be a trick to get Lindsay's fingerprints and DNA, which were needed for the next part of the challenge. A short time later, Lindsay tries to get Courtney's prints in retaliation by laying down paint and a piece of paper on the ground of the communal bathroom so she can get Courtney's footprint once she steps out of the shower. However, this fails due to the water smearing the footprint; Courtney is then shown condescendingly patting Lindsay on the back in a mock show of sympathy.



When the competitors are charged with solving who was behind Chris' "murder" on the train, Lindsay initially suggests that they give Chris' "corpse" fruit juice to revive him, which Courtney categorically dismisses as a lousy idea. However, as the episode progresses, Lindsay is able to determine through a clever analysis of Courtney's fingerprints (and an unflattering sketch of Courtney devouring her cheese puffs earlier in the episode) that Courtney is the killer, as she had been set up by Chris to look like the culprit. She orders the others to handcuff Courtney, but before that can happen, the real Chris suddenly enters and announces Lindsay as the winner of the challenge. Courtney is incredulous and indignant after hearing that Lindsay won, believing herself to deserve the win more than her. When Lindsay wins the prize (which was a night at the movies with a friend of her choice), she takes Duncan instead of Beth just to get Courtney jealous, which succeeds. Lindsay is then shown in a confessional to have thoroughly enjoyed her revenge.



Rock n' Rule
Courtney becomes completely annoyed by Lindsay's off-key singing at the beginning of the episode, and she accuses Lindsay of taking Duncan to the movies as "retaliation" against her. Later on, Courtney also becomes upset that Lindsay won the red carpet challenge instead of her because she posed and greeted rather than trying to avoid them. In a confessional afterward, she even calls Lindsay by the derogatory name Heather coined for her ("Lindsiot"). In the final part of the challenge (which was to trash a mock hotel room), Courtney is shown to go berserk in her rage and completely destroy the room; as she does so, she almost throws a bed with a terrified Lindsay on it before Chris intervenes. At the Gilded Chris ceremony that night, Courtney gladly votes Lindsay off the show, moments before it was revealed that Lindsay accidentally eliminated herself by voting for herself while she was distracted by Beth.

Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen
Courtney calls Lindsay "selfish" and "thoughtless" in the confessional for leaving the girls outnumbered and forcing her to be in an alliance with Beth, despite voting for her.

One Million Bucks, B.C.
Lindsay was shown cheering for Courtney as she tried to make a fire before Duncan did.

Million Dollar Babies
In this episode, Courtney tried to tone down her hostility, cheering for Lindsay and the other Killer Grips during their respective sports challenges. She was also a lot more cooperative with her teammates, especially during the final tie-breaking cheering challenge. Lindsay seemed to comply with this, having no problem working with (and cheering for) Courtney. Courtney also willingly shows Lindsay (as well as the other castmates) the clip of LeShawna insulting her fellow competitors.

Dial M for Merger
When Lindsay falls into a pit at the beginning of the episode, Courtney is shown to be genuinely concerned for her safety afterward.

Super Hero-ld
When they are shown going to the cheese factory in the recap for the previous episode, Lindsay seems happy to be with Courtney (although the sentiment isn't reciprocated).

Trivia

 * The conflict between Courtney and Lindsay seems to parallel the conflict between Duncan and Harold, as Courtney takes it upon herself to be Lindsay's personal antagonist, just as Duncan does to Harold. And like Harold, Lindsay is initially unwilling to stand up for herself until she's finally had enough and begins to fight back.
 * Both Courtney and Lindsay are involved in a relationship with another competitor in the series.
 * Courtney and Lindsay have opposite personalities; Courtney is serious, smart, mean, assertive, and hated by just about everyone, while Lindsay is cheerful, dumb, nice, tends to be a follower, and is well-liked by many of the other competitors.