Ella and Sugar

This article focuses on the interactions between Ella and Sugar.

Overview
The conflict between Ella and Sugar is evidenced to only be one-sided on that of the latter. Ella desperately wants to be Sugar's friend, and has made frequent attempts to lessen the tension between them. Sugar, on the other hand, has intense animosity towards Ella for her singing and her kind personality, which she believes she is faking. Sugar even says she hates her in I Love You, I Love You Knots. The same episode suggests another reason why she despises Ella: she sees her as competition in a non-existent pageant. Sugar's hatred ultimately leads to her ensuring Ella's elimination in Mo Monkey Mo Problems.

Opening sequence
Ella, Sugar, and Sky are seen on top of a cliff together. Sugar eventually becomes so annoyed by Ella's singing she pushes her off. The animals attack her for this while the latter remains unharmed after being saved by the birds.

So, Uh This Is My Team?
Sugar is jealous of Ella when she finds glitter in the pile of supplies, saying it should be hers. When Ella goes to sprinkle the glitter onto their team's wizard tower, Sugar snatches it from her and does it instead.

I Love You, Grease Pig
Ella is holding a mirror so Sugar can admire herself. Ella interrupts Sugar as she tries speaking to Leonard, and she snaps at her for this. Ella is noticeably saddened. Sugar rants about how she can see through her "nice girl performance" in the confessional. She also says Ella should watch her back as she vows to win "this here pageant." During the challenge, Sugar refuses to give up the grease pig, having become attached to it. Ella initially asks politely, but eventually has to resort to singing to it. The pig leaves Sugar, who then voices her hatred for Ella in the confessional again. At the elimination ceremony, Ella and Leonard are in the bottom two. Sugar suggests that she voted for Ella by stating she didn't vote for "the wizard."

Twinning Isn't Everything
Sugar shoves a pear in Ella's mouth to cease her singing, and comments on her weight in the process. During the challenge, Sugar is about to release her balloon when she notices Ella would be her target. She immediately calms down before she can do any damage to her team mate. While Sugar is irritated to see her, Ella happily acknowledges the smile on her balloon. They walk off together as she states she's looking forward to being friends with her. Sugar fakes hearing something in the woods to get the opportunity to push Ella into a bush. Through the usage of one of her Southern metaphors, Sugar says that she "bugs" her. She later yells at Ella for trying to sing again, lest they be hit with balloons by Pimâpotew Kinosewak. Her attempt fails as Jasmine swings by them on a vine and hits them both. Sugar tells Chris that Ella was singing. However, it doesn't matter to him since her enthusiasm ended up causing them pain.

I Love You, I Love You Knots
As Chris gathers the contestants for the challenge, Ella invites Sugar to sit next to her. Citing the issue of "camera time," the latter pushes her off onto the ground and takes her spot. It is during this moment that Sugar appears in the confessional stating angrily, "I hate her." When Clucky the chicken shocks Rodney for agreeing with Sugar that she is the most attractive (indicating a lie), she becomes livid. Ella says in the confessional that part of being a "good friend" is knowing how to cheer them up. She tries to assure her that Rodney thinks she's the "second prettiest," but the Southern girl continues to be angry at her.

Come Ella's turn, she gets truth. Chris asks her what she would change about herself, to which she responds that she would change whatever is keeping her and Sugar from getting along. Clucky signals that she is being authentic (although Chris shocks Waneyihtam Maskwak anyway). Sugar notes her use of "pageant talk" and lunges at her. Dave and Shawn immediately jump up to hold her back. While Ella participates in the sudden death challenge, Sugar roots for Rodney to shock her, saying suffering the effects herself would be worth it.

A Blast from the Past
Ella writes a poem about Sugar and tries to read it to her on their way to the challenge. Sugar interrupts yelling at her to get out of her face as she walks away. With some motivation from Sky, Ella reasons she needs to support Sugar. When Sugar wishes she hadn't lost her beloved pageant swimsuit in the zeppelin accident, Ella gushes that she would have loved to see her in it. The latter pushes her head underneath the water. When Sugar and Samey go against each other in the challenge, the former mutters toherself to imagine Samey as Ella to make the fight easier. She also calls her a "Pixie Wannabe." Sugar is ecstatic both times her enemy gets caught in a tough situation: first electrocuted by Max, then threatened by Scuba Bear. At the elimination ceremony, Chris threatens Ella that if she sings once more, she will automatically be eliminated. Sugar suggests she sing a song to change his mind, trying to eliminate her. Ella loves the idea and opens her mouth, but Sky claps her hand over it to save her.

Mo Monkey Mo Problems
Sugar laughs when Ella confesses to the group that Dave broke her heart, leading to glares from the other contestants. During the challenge, Sugar encourages Ella to sing to the bear so it will release Dave. She says she won't tell Chris, and to that, the latter agrees. Contrary to her words, Sugar sends Chris an anonymous note exposing what Ella has done. Chris keeps his promise and sends her home, which makes Sugar very happy. Ella holds Sugar's hand and tells her not to be sad. She happily assures her she isn't while Ella remains as oblivious as always.

Trivia

 * This is one of the first major conflicts of Total Drama: Pahkitew Island along with Amy and Samey.
 * Both girls are parodies of someone.
 * Ella parodies Snow White.
 * Sugar parodies reality TV star Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson.
 * This is the second conflict in the show that consists of a "Queen" (Sugar) and a "Princess" (Ella) in their respective labels, with the first being Heather and Lindsay.
 * Interestingly, Ella and Lindsay both placed ninth in their debut seasons while Heather and Sugar both placed third.
 * Both girls are the only females in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island to not be part of Pimâpotew Kinosewak at some point, since Sky switched to that team in This Is The Pits!.
 * Both Ella and Sugar are automatically eliminated by Chris in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island, due to disliking their singing.
 * Ironically Sugar is directly responsible for Ella's elimination by exploiting Chris's dislike of Ella's singing, but ended up suffering the same fate herself.