Harold and Leshawna

This article focuses on the interactions between Harold and Leshawna.

Overview
The attraction between Harold and Leshawna was very brief in Total Drama Island. Since they were on different teams, the two had very few opportunities to interact, and became a couple right before Harold's departure in X-Treme Torture. Leshawna and Harold appear to be the epitome of an "opposites attract" couple similar to Duncan and Courtney, due to different personality traits.

Leshawna personally thinks that their love is not meant to be and is much more interested in Justin during Total Drama Action. Harold, however, is still madly in love with her, almost to a delusional point. Duncan has resumed picking on him relentlessly over his infatuation with Leshawna. She takes notice to this and does not approve of Duncan's actions, thinking that Harold doesn't deserve to be treated like a punching bag. She says in the confessionals that she has her eye on Duncan (and later, anyone else who picks on him) and however small and strange Harold is, she still considers him a good friend. Despite claiming not to approve of Harold being picked on, she has sometimes been seen laughing at him on one occasion. Harold was also angered at Leshawna for lying in One Flu Over the Cuckoos, and was equally frustrated when she insulted all the other contestants on her spa trip with Leshaniqua. Harold eventually forgives her, claiming that he is a "slave to love" and joins Duncan in voting off Heather instead of Leshawna at the Gaffers' final Award Ceremony as a team, only for Harold to be manipulated by Courtney into voting her off at the next opportunity.

In Total Drama World Tour, Leshawna becomes attracted to the newcomer Alejandro. The attraction, supporting and opposing it, is hinted mainly through the beginning of the season. Harold even wrote a song for Leshawna around this time. At one point, Leshawna does learn about Alejandro's twisted intentions, but only after he had eliminated her. Even before she makes landfall from the Drop of Shame, Leshawna is notably apologetic towards Harold for snubbing him in favor of Alejandro, and in following episodes Leshawna is much more tolerant of Harold's advances on her. Towards the end of the season, the attraction is still referred to, as Harold still has feelings for Leshawna, but Leshawna's reciprocation (or lack thereof) remains vague, although she appears to be returning some of his feelings.

Not So Happy Campers - Part 1
Leshawna waves to the campers who have already arrived, and Harold begins gaping at her out of sheer disbelief. Harold attempts to start a conversation with her by saying that he's never seen a girl like her in real life. When she asks him to explain himself, Harold says she is "real big" and "loud", which sets Leshawna off. She almost starts a fight with Harold, though she is held back by DJ and Bridgette. Chris stops the fight and they both assume their positions at the dock for more campers to arrive. Leshawna straightens out her shirt and looks at Harold with discomfort. Harold notices her, but he smiles, this is the earliest sign of attraction Harold showed to Leshawna.

Dodgebrawl
Harold announces that he is about to unleash his "wicked skills" during the first round of dodgeball and Leshawna dares him to prove himself. Harold takes a stance and then spikes the ball against the ground hard enough to make the arena shake. The ball itself, however, does not go very far and simply rolls to Leshawna's feet. With the ball now in her arms, Leshawna throw the ball very hard at Harold, sending him flying face first into the wall.

Not Quite Famous
Despite being on different teams, Leshawna and the rest of her team were impressed by Harold's beat-boxing skills and cheers for him.

If You Can't Take The Heat...
When Harold wakes up to find himself naked and all the girls in front of him, Leshawna and Courtney teasingly greets.

X-Treme Torture
Gwen and Bridgette find a love poem in the form of a haiku, and they try to find out who wrote it and who it was for, thinking it might be for one of them from their crushes (Trent and Geoff, respectively). Eventually, they find out that the poem was for Leshawna. Harold is the one voted off the island in this episode, but before he boards the Boat of Losers, he admits that he wrote the poem, insisting he meant every word of it. Leshawna is touched that Harold did this, as she had been getting love poems from him anonymously in the past throughout the competition. She rushes towards him on the Dock of Shame and the two embrace. They finally kiss before Chef Hatchet drags Harold onto the boat and off the island. When Leshawna realizes that Heather accidentally flashed her breasts at Harold earlier that day she attacks her, and Heather runs screaming off with Leshawna following her.

Haute Camp-ture
At Playa Des Losers, Harold expresses his feelings on the relationship, telling the viewers that at first he thought she was very loud, but now knew that they were soulmates. Later, when all the campers are sitting around the pool, Harold wishes for Leshawna to win (as she is in the Final Five at this point). When Courtney accidentally votes for Leshawna to be voted off, Harold attacks her, believing she's voting for her only to spite him (due to him getting Courtney voted off earlier on in the season).

Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island
Their relationship seems to end in this episode as Harold is seen flexing his (virtually nonexistent) muscles for Leshawna. Which she doesn't have the heart to tell him he has no muscle whatsoever, so she goes along with it and she asks if he was working out. He was flattered that she noticed, and he jumps into her arms and hands her flowers. However, Leshawna tells him that she thinks their relationship moved way too fast and the kiss on the dock was just a fleeting emotional moment due to Harold's elimination and Leshawna finding out about her secret admirer just as he was about to leave her. Harold asks if they can still be friends, and Leshawna says they are very close friends.

Unfortunately, Harold misinterprets this as her still being in love with him and promptly asks if she would like to make out with him behind the bushes. An offended Leshawna angrily asks if he was even listening to her, and then leaves to join her other friends. Harold calls out to Leshawna that he'll win her over eventually, saying he is still in love with her. In a confessional, Harold tells the viewers that he and Leshawna will likely hook up after the show and move in together in his mother's basement when they're thirty years old. Near the end of the episode, Leshawna chases Heather off the dock in a four-wheeler (Harold happened to be right with her at the time, since no one else would accept them as teammates). While a highly-frazzled Heather announces that Leshawna is crazy, Harold happens to find the situation "awesome." They both end up in the water, therefore they will both compete in Total Drama Action.

Monster Cash
When the contestants got off the bus, Gwen bumped into Harold, causing him to bump into Leshawna. He apologizes, but Leshawna says no harm was done. Later, during the race to the trailers, Leshawna comes across Harold hiding in an umbrella. She opens the umbrella and pulls him out, telling him that they have a challenge to win. The monster catches them and drops them into bouncy cage. As they bounce, Harold exclaims that he loves her, to which she replies, "Say what now?!"

Alien Resurr-eggtion
Harold and Leshawna are walking side-by-side when suddenly, something frightens Harold and he leaps into Leshawna's arms. He remains frightened for a moment, then realizes where he is and smiles at her. In the confessional, Leshawna tells the audience that he's just "having a hard time getting over the lusciousness that is Leshawna," and that it wasn't meant to be. Harold, on the other hand, does not feel at all the same and says that Leshawna is not yet over him (although she broke up with him in the first place), and claims that he's seen the way she looks at him. Harold seems to be delusional over the matter, thinking she's actually undressing him with his eyes. He then swoons over her eyes, calling them beautiful, like chocolate almonds.

Beach Blanket Bogus
Harold tried to impress Leshawna with his "ten-pack" during the surfboard challenge, which failed as Leshawna simply shook her head at him. She later complained when Harold took charge of the sandcastle challenge and didn't understand or care about Harold's source of inspiration for sandcastle-building, but was impressed with the large and detailed sandcastle Harold ended up building for their team. When Leshawna was in the dance contest against Trent, Harold was the only castmate on the Screaming Gaffers team to not make fun of the way she was dancing. He even called it "funky" and said that he loved it.

3:10 to Crazytown
Throughout this episode, Duncan is constantly picking on Harold. It first begins with him tripping Harold into a bin of water. Leshawna says in a confessional that she looks out for her friends and that Harold is one of them, saying she'll keep an eye on Duncan. Later, after the Screaming Gaffers win the challenge, Duncan ties Harold up with his rope, and Leshawna is seen glaring (although Duncan and Harold are off-screen). After Duncan pushes Harold over while he is bathing in the barrel, Leshawna angrily asks in the confessional why Duncan is picking on Harold. This episode shows that while Leshawna still may not have any romantic feelings towards Harold, but she has become protective of him and still thinks of him as a good friend.

The Chefshank Redemption
Harold cheers Leshawna on when she digs her team underground in the prison-film challenge. At one point, after Gwen hits Harold on the head with a golden shovel, Harold begins to have a crush on her, though he doesn't want anyone else to know. In the confessional after Gwen was eliminated, Leshawna said that she regretted voting Gwen off, but she was angry at Gwen for hitting Harold with a shovel, and voted her off to stick up for him.

One Flu Over the Cuckoos
Throughout the episode, Leshawna shows more of a protective, motherly side toward Harold. She sticks up for Harold when Duncan continues to harass him and tries to calm him down. She even offers to form an alliance with Duncan and Harold, but she feels unappreciated when they both utterly refuse. Harold assures her that if it were an alliance with simply Leshawna, that he would definitely accept, once and over again, but because Duncan was involved there was no possibility of it happening. At one point, most of the cast begin to feel sick, including Harold, and Leshawna tries to comfort him. Harold in the confessional booth says that he was cured of most diseases that he contracted, but nothing can cure his love for Leshawna.

The Sand Witch Project
When Leshawna states that she knew something was wrong with Chef interfering in challenges (due to Chef's Illegal Alliance), Harold claimed she was like Albert Einstein, only with better hair and "girly bits."

Masters of Disasters
Upon show the contestants looking on with worry as Owen is being driven to the hospital with a shattered jaw, Leshawna is seen tenderly standing next to Harold. Later on, during the second part of the challenge, Harold states that he knows how to pick a lock, and Leshawna admits that Harold has "mad skills," which Harold responded to by awkwardly thanking her, as if he was embarrassed. Not long after, the water begins to get frightfully high, and Leshawna begins to panic because she believes that it might really be the end. Harold comforts her, putting a hand on her shoulder, telling her that she doesn't have to cry, assuring her that he would save her. Leshawna snaps at him for assuming she cried. It is then brought to Duncan and Heather's attention that Leshawna was only pretending to cry to get the reward in the previous episode, and they try to fight with her, swearing revenge. Harold isn't mad at Leshawna at all and reminds everyone of how Leshawna is always there to listen to everyone's stories and how supportive she is. He swims in front of her to stop Duncan and Heather from hitting her. He then remembers that he has a stash of bendy straws in his pocket. Leshawna helps him make a snorkel with them, and Harold saves everyone's lives thanks to her help.

Full Metal Drama
At the beginning of the episode, Leshawna offers Harold her place to go to the bathroom, which Harold accepts, unlike the other Gaffers, who still hold a grudge against Leshawna. During the Challenge, however, she is among the people who laugh at him while Duncan makes fun of him, and tells him that the team is better off following Duncan's plan over his. Despite this, Harold attempts to comfort Leshawna when she has digestive issues. Though, he does become annoyed with her as her farts fills up their hideout with noxious gas.

The Aftermath: II
During the "That's Gonna Leave A Mark," Leshawna hit Gwen with a spoon after she hit Harold with a shovel, leaving a swollen bruise on Gwen's forehead. The sight of it caused Harold to faint.

Ocean's Eight - Or Nine
Harold said in the confessional that ever since One Flu Over the Cuckoos, he's known that Leshawna was a "Bad, selfish person" who only looks out for herself. He starts to trail off, however, talking about how "bad" she is. Duncan and Heather later convince Harold to leave Leshawna in the vault, where she stays for the entire episode.

One Million Bucks, B.C.
Leshawna was the only one to save Harold from prehistoric beavers. She constantly calls him pet names such as "baby" and "sweetie" throughout the episode. In the second challenge, she tries to calm him down when the prehistoric beavers come back. Both tried to cook the egg Chris gave them as a consolation prize together at the end of the episode. While cooking the egg, Leshawna calls Harold "sweetie.”

Million Dollar Babies
Harold was deeply hurt by what Leshawna said behind his back. Leshawna says Harold is still sweet on her, but he is not getting any play. He called her "Leraitor" and "Le-Benedict Arnold." He would have come up with more, but he was so hurt that he could not. He later forgives Leshawna after she did a cheer and says that she still has her eye on Harold. Harold admits he is still hooked on Leshawna, and as a result, spares Leshawna from being eliminated, teaming up with her and Duncan to vote out Heather.

Dial M for Merger
During the episode, Leshawna tries to convince both Harold and Duncan to form an alliance so they can make it to the final three. However, her attempts failed before Harold agrees to form an alliance with her and Duncan while in the tower.

Super Hero-ld
Harold turns his back on Leshawna's new alliance along with Duncan when they and Justin form the new guys' alliance. During the superhero challenge, Leshawna is thoroughly impressed by Harold's performance and quick timing, and mentions feeling light-headed, as she watches him competing, though it may have been his farting that got to her. Later, the boys, with help from Courtney, trick Harold into voting Leshawna off, a decision he deeply regrets when she is subsequently eliminated. Harold begs for forgiveness, and Leshawna shows no hard feelings whatsoever against him. She leaves the show telling Harold to have confidence, to stand up for himself, to kick Duncan's butt, and that she would root for him on the sidelines.

The Aftermath: III
Leshawna admits to still having feelings for Harold, saying that she finds his "little man biceps" irresistible, although when she says she has no feelings the shock chair didn't shock her. Despite saying that she likes him, Leshawna says that she had no interest in a real relationship, and only wants to be friends.

The Princess Pride
Harold creates a burrito in the shape of Leshawna. During the first challenge, he shouts that it was for her, as he was charging across the bridge. He asks Chris for one of Princess Courtney's CD's, saying that the song reminds him of Leshawna. When listening to it in the confessional, he receives a note from Leshawna saying if that song reminds him of her, she will have to kill him.

Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen
Harold's love for Leshawna seems to have hit a delusional high point in this episode. After releasing the snails that Duncan put in his bed, Harold finds one that reminds him of Leshawna. He later lists all their shared qualities, saying that both have beautiful eyes and a hard shell. He names the snail Leshawna, Jr.. and puts it in a matchbox next to his bed. During the training portion of the challenge, Duncan tries to bring out Harold's anger by saying he kissed Leshawna. Harold was so angry that he punched through the punching bag. During the retrieve the bonsai challenge, Harold splashes Duncan's water in his face, and then punches him in the face after he made fun of Leshawna. He also releases Leshawna, Jr. when he thinks that she tells him to, unlike how he was unwilling to let Leshawna go when she said that they were meant to be friends.

2008: A Space Owen
Even though Beth starts to develop feelings for Harold, Harold says that it would never work because he "couldn't do that to Leshawna and Heather," implying he believes both are attracted to him.

Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special
While waiting for Geoff to come back with help, Harold and Leshawna are seen sleeping back-to-back. Harold and Leshawna both advance over to Total Drama World Tour. As the two were in the confessional together, Harold heads over to Leshawna to hug her, but she gets uncomfortable, and she pushes him over and asks him why he did that. Harold said that he only did it to form an alliance with her, to which Leshawna angrily rejects.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1
Harold wants to know how he can win the four person hot tub because his "fair Leshawna" loves hot tubs. Both Harold and Leshawna team up for the pyramid challenge, along with DJ, and they make it cross the finish line first. They are later placed on Team Victory, along with DJ, Lindsay, Bridgette and Ezekiel.

Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2
When Harold was upset that their team color was yellow, Leshawna calmed him down by saying it was the color gold that symbolized their chances of winning challenges. Leshawna jumps into Harold's arms when he mentioned there might be deadly sand snakes hiding, which he promised to protect her from.

Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan
Leshawna begins to fall for the charms of Alejandro in this episode, similar to how easily she was swooned by Justin in Total Drama Action. When Alejandro starts flirting with Leshawna, Harold doesn't seem bothered. Harold tells DJ that he prefers to "leave the ladies wanting more," to which DJ responds "Oh, she wants more all right, more Alejandro." Leshawna scolds Harold after his yelling at Chris gets everyone launched out of the plane. When Team Victory's commercial is shown, Leshawna says that the team should have done Lindsay's idea, angering Harold. After losing the challenge prior to the elimination ceremony, Alejandro advises Harold that the best way to impress girls like Leshawna was to show them the honor that he still possessed akin to a Japanese samurai. Leshawna considers voting for Harold or DJ. When Harold quits the show, he says that he'll miss Leshawna more than anybody else, but she seems not to mind.

Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better
Leshawna is shown to miss Harold, as she is seen sentimentally holding a pair of Num-Yos he left her, however, when the plane lands in the Yukon, Leshawna hugs Alejandro for warmth. While DJ was pulling the sled, Leshawna told Lindsay of all the compliments Harold gave her.

Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water
During Harold's interview, his relationship with Leshawna is brought up, and Harold still fully believes in his love for her. He later sings Baby, along with Justin and Trent, in dedication to Leshawna.

Slap Slap Revolution
Leshawna starts to fall for Alejandro's charms during the song Eine Kleine, and she apologizes to Harold, showing that she still does have some feelings for him.

Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon
Leshawna waves to and greets Harold when she gets on stage, and he stands up to clap for her. She also sings Sisters and during her song she says that Harold is an exception when it comes to lying men. While she was singing, Harold joins her, along with Bridgette, as a back-up dancer. When Leshawna was done singing, Harold complimented her dancing and calling her "LeGoddess." Leshawna responded by calling him "Ginger Baby-cakes."

Aftermath Aftermayhem
Early in the episode, the both of them give each other high-five after Leshawna wins a bet against Trent to see whether or not Lindsay can remember Tyler or not. Leshawna dedicates her boxing match against a kangaroo to Harold, but when telling him so, she is caught off guard and knocked out. Harold tries to regain her honor, but loses quickly too.

Hawaiian Style
During the surfing challenge, Harold nominated himself in order to impress Leshawna with his surfing. Harold sings about Leshawna in the song I'm Winning This. In an exclusive clip that was cut from the episode, Leshawna and Harold, along with Tyler, Lindsay, Gwen, and Duncan (these four already in a confirmed relationship), are seen relaxing on the beach together.

Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!
When the old cast appear on a yacht, Harold and Leshawna are dancing next to each other, along with DJ.

Trivia

 * This is the first couple to break up.
 * This attraction (and later relationship) is similar to those of Cody and Gwen and later Dakota and Sam's attractions, where the respective nerd tries to gain the heart of the popular girl.
 * They have both mentioned each other in songs during Total Drama World Tour. Harold sang a song about Leshawna in Baby and mentions her in I'm Winning This, whereas Leshawna mentions Harold in Eine Kleine and Sisters.
 * Harold is the only known person on the show who likes the way Leshawna dances.
 * He's the only one who smiles during her dance in Beach Blanket Bogus, and even dances along to it until Duncan kicks him with sand in his face.
 * In Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon, Harold compliments her dancing once more, telling her that she "nailed" it.
 * Despite breaking up with him, Leshawna often relies on Harold in times of need and when she's scared.
 * This is the second couple to consist of a female member of the Screaming Gophers and a male member of the Killer Bass, with the first being Lindsay and Tyler.
 * They were both placed fifth in a season:
 * Leshawna in Total Drama Island.
 * Harold in Total Drama Action.
 * While Harold is a parody of Napoleon Dynamite, Leshawna is most likely a reference to another character from Napoleon Dynamite named LaFawnduh who has a similar personality and look.
 * This is one of the two couples from the original cast to have both members to participate Skatoony, with the other being Izzy and Owen.
 * They are the only members of the Screaming Gaffers and Team Victory to not make an additional cameo appearance in fourth season.
 * They are also two of the only three contestants from the original cast who competed in the first three seasons, yet did not have a cameo appearance, the other being Courtney.
 * They are also the only couple from the original cast to not have any of its member make a second cameo appearance.
 * This is the second relationship to be formed between contestants who were not on the same team in the season they became a couple. The others include:
 * Lindsay and Tyler become the first in Total Drama Island.
 * Alejandro and Heather become the third in Total Drama World Tour.
 * Duncan and Gwen become the fourth in Total Drama World Tour.
 * Jasmine and Shawn become the fifth in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.
 * Both of them, along with Courtney, are the only contestants to compete in the first three seasons and not make an individual cameo appearance in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
 * According to Todd Kauffman both characters were originally planned to make a cameo appearance in the season but were cut before the final release.