User blog comment:SilverthehedgehogMan/Zoey was not Godplaying throughout Total Drama All-Stars/@comment-5221692-20140423033229/@comment-24152851-20140423040523

She wasn't weak in ROTI, she was just shy. She always came off as an action girl to me from her style of dress, it's just she needed some motivation to unleash the skills she had suppressed there.

And as for randomly doing anything herself, she did save Mike and Staci in the first episode of the season. I felt Scott absolutely broke her and she unleashed some hidden badass (even before reaching Commando phase).

But I do agree it sort of came out of nowhere, it would have been better if they put in a bit of backstory like the other characters you mentioned.