Courtney and Lindsay

This article focuses on the interactions between Courtney and Lindsay.

Overview
Courtney and Lindsay do not have much interaction in Total Drama Island due to the fact that they are on different teams, and Courtney, unlike Lindsay, does not make it to the merge. However, Lindsay seems to have been at least somewhat aware of Courtney's bossy personality, and is shown to have a distaste for her in Playa des Losers.

The conflict between Courtney and Lindsay dramatically escalates in the second season. After Courtney returns to the competition in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine as the result of a lawsuit, she is placed on the Killer Grips, where she immediately clashes with her teammates, including Lindsay. Lindsay is especially unhappy with Courtney's return, since she knows that Courtney will 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, becomes frustrated and perplexed that someone as dim-witted as Lindsay is still around in the competition, and still popular amongst her teammates. Their conflict continues when the teams merge, with Courtney constantly being annoyed by Lindsay's dim-witted personality, and getting by on her looks. Lindsay eventually grows tired of Courtney always taking advantage of her, and plays mind games on her in Get a Clue, where she takes Duncan to the movies with her in order to make Courtney jealous. In addition to this, Lindsay attempts to make Courtney mad by teaming up with other contestants to vote off Duncan. Courtney ends up victorious as she defeats Lindsay in the challenge during Rock N' Rule, and votes her out that night.

The girls' interactions die down in Total Drama World Tour and Total Drama All-Stars, due to their separate team placements in the former season and Lindsay's early eliminations in both seasons. Regardless, there is still clear tension between them.

Dodgebrawl
After Tyler comes back from walking 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 Lindsay sees Courtney beating up Harold with a lamppost, she remarks how she's glad Courtney isn't her CIT. After Courtney hits Ezekiel with the same lamppost in retaliation to his comment that she needed to stop complaining of her unfair elimination, Lindsay states that even if Harold hadn't tampered with the votes, Courtney probably would've been voted off eventually since none of the other campers really like her that much. This genuinely shocks Courtney, as she assumed that everyone liked her. Lindsay, along with most of the other former contestants, tease Courtney about her obvious crush on Duncan.

Ocean's Eight - Or Nine
Courtney is frustrated by her team's absence throughout the kart-racing challenge, unknowing of their team's problems connected due to Owen's mental state. She calls 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 is technically 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 calls Courtney "Bossy McSmartypants" and a "know-it-all," and is 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 reveals the unfair advantages Courtney would receive due to her lawsuit, Lindsay is 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 a 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
Courtney tones down her hostility towards Lindsay, being more cooperative with her team throughout the episode. They cheer for each other during their individual challenges. Towards the end, Courtney states that the contestants, including Lindsay, have the right to know the terrible things Leshawna said about them behind their backs.

Dial M for Merger
At the beginning of the episode, Courtney tells 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 contestants for the opportunity to escape the soon-to-explode building. Lindsay offers Courtney her face brightener, which she claims to perks up an "ashy complexion," implying that Courtney's face looks ashy to her; Courtney takes offense 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 at all. In the exclusive clip of the episode, while Lindsay appears to be enjoying their trip to the cheese factory, Courtney doesn't and glares at Lindsay when she hugs her by the neck. When Lindsay suggests they play a game of "Think Of All the Cheeses They Can,"  Courtney finally snaps at Lindsay and jumps out of the Lame-o-sine while its still moving.

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 hugs Courtney in her excitement, clearly angering Courtney much. At the beginning of the episode, the two are shown 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 contestants 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 dresses 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. Lindsay becomes upset at Courtney for stepping on her invisible jet, and all of the men side with her, angering Courtney. Later, as Lindsay was failing the obstacle course challenge, Courtney bitterly teases her by saying that she is "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. Thus, she agrees with Beth's idea of voting off Duncan, hoping it will make Courtney mad.

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 fairytale 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 point 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 contestants 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 contestants 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. The two of them go at a different approach to the challenge, with Lindsay trying to figure out who the killer is while Courtney was instead trying to find a way to get out of the train and she also insisted the challenge was all a set up. It was later revealed in a confessional, after Lindsay says that she could be "just as right about the challenge as [Courtney] is," that even though Courtney wasn't completely sure if the challenge was fake or not, she didn't want Lindsay to know that as she wanted to be the leader. In the end, 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, and proven in a confessional by Courtney. Lindsay is then shown in a confessional to have thoroughly enjoyed her revenge, even though she didn't have a good time with Duncan.

Rock n' Rule
Courtney becomes completely annoyed by Lindsay's off-key singing, and singing the incorrect lyrics 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 the 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. Lindsay tries to convince Beth, Owen, and Harold to eliminated Duncan because "she'd go ballistic if he got kicked off!" 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 form an alliance with Beth, despite the fact she voted for her.

The EX-Files
In order to get back at Duncan for cheating on her, Courtney begin to flirt with Lindsay's boyfriend, Tyler, despite knowing that he is already in a relationship with Lindsay.

Hawaiian Punch
They were both chosen by Alejandro to be his helpers in the final challenge, and they seemed to work very well with each other and even cheered together when they completed Alejandro's sacrificial dummy of Heather. They are also both seen together trying to set off the booby-traps to slow down Heather and allow Alejandro to gain the lead. After Cody tricks Lindsay into thinking there is a sale on mascara, Courtney becomes annoyed when Lindsay thinks Cody is telling the truth, particularly considering they are in the middle of the jungle on an active volcano where there is no mall.

Heroes vs. Villains
As they are walking to the first challenge, Lindsay gives Courtney advice in regards to Duncan. When Courtney states she isn't going to make that mistake again. However Lindsay misinterprets this as Courtney discovering how to never make mistakes at all, and requests Courtney to teach her how to do so. When the Heroic Hamsters have trouble deciding who should push the stroller, Courtney immediately choose Lindsay. However, Lindsay forgotten how and where to push the stroller to, much to Courtney's frustration. In the end, Courtney voted off Lindsay for her poor performance while Lindsay presumably attempted to vote Courtney off but draws an X on her own face instead.

Trivia

 * This conflict is closely related to the conflict between Beth and Courtney.
 * Both have been the first contestants to use the confessional booth:
 * Lindsay in Total Drama Action.
 * Courtney in Total Drama All-Stars.
 * Both have/had a relationship with a former member of the Killer Bass.
 * Both are the only contestants to compete in four seasons to not reach the final two at any point in the series.
 * This conflict is similar to Lindsay's conflict with Heather, as both involve Lindsay and the main antagonist of a season.
 * Both have placed fourteenth, with Courtney doing so in Total Drama Island and Lindsay doing so in two seasons.