Gwen

Gwen, also known as the The Loner was a camper on Total Drama Island on the Screaming Gophers team. She is now a cast member on Total Drama Action on the Screaming Gaffers.

Total Drama Island
Gwen joined Total Drama Island because her younger brother dared her to; she thought that it would humor him so she signed up. Gwen is aggressively defensive. People think that she is a pessimist, which she isn't, but steadfastly refuses to be cheerful. However the truth in reality is that Gwen is not a bitter person, but rather guarded and cautious about whom she lets in. When she was tethered to Geoff, she wound up revealing that she was never invited to a party and sometimes wishes that she could be a party girl (something that Geoff sensed and wished to help with). Gwen seems to give off the impression that she wants to join the crowd, but she is too cautious about who to let in and she could never fit right in, so she became a lone wolf who spends most of her time alone. Gwen is extremely smart, independent, level headed, and is able to soar through challenges without much hesitation. This ability allows her to be in the final two (with Owen).

However, her experience on Total Drama Island seems to change her personality and becomes a more outgoing person, in fact, for a so-called goth, she has befriended the majority of the campers on the show, moreso than most others have. She learns that there are people on the island who care about her such as Trent, (a fellow camper who seems to share the same interests as Gwen and even wrote her a song). It is noted that he also has a crush on her. She has also received unwanted attention from Cody, but after he helped hook her up with Trent she started to consider him a close friend. Geoff (who actually invited her to her first party) showed her friendliness by talking with her and listening to her problems. She also develops solid friendships with Bridgette and LeShawna. While Gwen treats her harshly at first, she grows to respect Lindsay, especially in I Triple Dog Dare You! where her dare ultimately resulted in her enemy, Heather, finally getting eliminated from the contest. Off-screen, it seems she has befriended Eva despite thinking she was a freak previously, as she is seen conversing with Eva casually during promos for the TDI special (not to mention Eva is one of the few who sided with Gwen in The Very Last Episode, Really!, even after Owen promised everyone a party if he were to win). She seems to be friendly with Harold (In Not Quite Famous he helps her play a prank on Heather by loaning his red ant farm. When he is voted off in X-treme Torture she, LeShawna, Bridgette, and other campers wave goodbye to him), despite the fact that in The Big Sleep she tells him not to walk beside her (though this was very early on in the series). Gwen also considers DJ, Bridgette, Trent, LeShawna, Owen, and Cody, to be the few sane people on the island. She developed a friendly rivalry with Owen in the finals, admitting she would be happy to lose to him if she had to lose to anyone. And though they have had their differences, Gwen and Duncan share many common interests and have similar personalities. When Duncan was eliminated from the competition, they parted on good terms, admitting Duncan played the game well.

She is sometimes mistaken for being snobbish. She shuns the camera and rolls her eyes to the antics of other guys, usually resolving her irritation issues by simply walking away from the situation. Gwen has a strong rivalry with Heather, another fellow camper who read her diary out loud during a talent contest, and they both try to get under each other's skin numerous times. Unlike the rest of the campers, Gwen doesn't really care about winning the money. She actually wants nothing more than to get off the island (though she decides to at least try to win since she is here). She does, however, eventually decide to keep going because she refuses to let Heather win the money after all she's done, and promised Trent that she would remain strong and fight hard until the end. Her endurance and resolve to prevail has won her several challenges (and sometimes invincibility), even early on in The Big Sleep. In the Confessional stall, when pushed to her limit, she has often challenged the producers (or Chris/Chef) to hit her with their best shot. She is one of the most mature and level-headed campers; in Hook, Line, and Screamer, she even shows leadership aspects (though no one listens to her). Gwen’s greatest fear is being buried alive, but was willing to endure it for the sake of her team. Gwen is ambidextrous; being seen drawing with both hands. In Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island she teams up with Trent and LeShawna to win 1 million dollars, but fails to win and is forced to compete for the money again in Total Drama Action, due to failing to read the fine print on the contract: something Gwen expresses her absolute hatred for.

Total Drama Action
Gwen returns to compete for one million dollars. Gwen is not sharing a bunk bed with anyone at the moment, due to Bridgette being voted off. She starts out being as close as ever to Trent, her now-official boyfriend, but things quickly get tense in Alien Resur-eggtion when Trent becomes jealous of Gwen and Duncan's friendship. Gwen notices Trent going out of his way to fit into their conversations and failing miserably, which makes her feel awkward. Despite the tension, Trent proves his worth when he saves Gwen's lucky necklace from falling in the sewers, sacrificing his potential win for the challenge. Gwen is so awed by his devotion that she gives Trent her necklace as a gift, saying it looks good on him. She and Trent win the challenge, but in a shocking twist, the two winners are now forced to become founders of the two new teams for the season, meaning Trent and Gwen have to compete against each other, much to their displeasure.

In Riot On Set, Gwen becomes the founder of the Screaming Gaffers team. She picks Duncan, LeShawna, Harold, DJ, and Heather to form her team. Because Duncan was her first pick, Trent is once again jealous of Gwen, who retaliates by picking Lindsay for his team first. Ultimately, Gwen's team wins the first challenge.

Video log
On Cartoon Network, Gwen's brother and mother send her a video log. Her mother says that they are alright without her there, even though she is paying a neighborhood girl to pretend to be her. The video shows them (including the Gwen look-alike) having dinner. Her mother then asks "Gwen" if she wants meatloaf. "Gwen" responds by saying that she is a vegetarian and asks if she still gets her twenty dollars if she doesn't eat the dinner. At the end of the video, Gwen's brother signals to the camera that Gwen's mom is going crazy.

Trivia

 * Gwen returns as a competitor in Total Drama Action.
 * Her favorite color is midnight blue.
 * Gwen has an interest in art (shown several times throughout the show, and says she wishes to study art at university in the future) and astronomy (shown in The Big Sleep).
 * Because Gwen failed to read the fine print on her contract and was unable to destroy all copies of it, she was forced to compete in both Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action against her will.
 * Ironically, while she has a huge crush on Trent in the show, in Camp TV, the prototype series, she and Trent were the worst of enemies (as shown in a promotional picture where they are in a canoe trying to strangle each other). There is also a rumor that Gwen was actually supposed to be the love interest of Geoff (instead of Bridgette) in the prototype series.
 * Gwen is one of the four characters to appear in all episodes of Total Drama Island (the others being Owen, Heather, and Duncan).
 * Heather and Gwen are complete opposites of each other, thus making their rivalry more epic.
 * Heather is the antagonist while Gwen is the protagonist.
 * Heather is "popular" while Gwen is a loner.
 * Heather dresses like a top model while Gwen dresses like a goth.
 * Heather has solid black (and natural) hair, long and flowing, while Gwen wears her hair short and choppy with streaks of artificial dye.
 * Heather wears mainly skimpy and revealing clothes while Gwen has long and less revealing clothes (though they both have their bellies exposed).
 * Heather (despite being the prettier one) knows a lot about socializing and manipulating but ends up with virtually no friends, while Gwen (despite being the grim-looking one) doesn't socialize much and chooses to be honest with others, and ends up with many genuine friends.
 * Gwen is the only character (other than Sadie) who selflessly argued that she should be kicked off instead of someone (in this case, Geoff).
 * Gwen's appearance is similar to Nikki Wong from 6teen (another show created by the creators of Total Drama Island).
 * They both have short hair which is dyed a dark and unnatural color in streaks, usually have their eyes relaxed, they have similar personalities, and have a similar taste in underwear.
 * Despite being more similar to Nikki, Gwen is voiced by Megan Fahlenblock, who is not Nikki's voice actress, but instead Jen Masterson's; another 6teen character. Gwen and Jen's voices are nearly identical due to this.
 * Gwen, along with Owen, are the only two campers that do not seem to have an audition tape. This is because the audition tapes were only shown after their respective campers were voted off; Owen won the contest and Gwen, being a finalist, was never formally eliminated from the tournament that would allow time for her audition tape to be shown.
 * Gwen is one of the few characters to have cried in the Total Drama series.
 * She cries three times in Search And Do Not Destroy; once when she runs to the Dock of Shame after seeing Heather kiss Trent, a second time when she retires to her cabin and cries into her pillow, and a third time as she waves goodbye to Trent as he sails away on the Boat of Losers.
 * She, along with Harold, is the only camper to win her team two challenges (The Big Sleep, and Basic Straining).
 * Although Gwen often mentions that she hates everyone on the show, she befriends several people on the island and easily has more friends than enemies.
 * Gwen and Owen, the two finalists of Total Drama Island, have names that are the same length, both end in "wen", with only a one-letter difference. This is noted by Chris, in the TDI Rundown, who said this may not have been a coincidence.
 * She is one of three characters that Chef Hatchet respects, the others being LeShawna and Izzy.
 * Although she has a relationship with Trent, she calls him a two-timer in The Very Last Episode Really despite understanding that the mishap in Search And Do Not Destroy was completely a result of Heather's manipulative scheming. The relationship is fully mended by the end of the season finale. Gwen says in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island! that he and LeShawna are her best friends in the show.
 * In the special, Gwen shows Trent and LeShawna pictures of her friends from her hometown. They are (most likely) nicknamed "Pixie Corpse", "Marilyn", and "Reaper". Ironically, Gwen has said before that she did not want friends because she didn't need anyone telling her she was a good person. She possibly meant she didn't need any new friends; in other words, she initially thought it was a waste of time to befriend anyone on the show, especially since when it came right down to it, they were all competitors in the end. On the other hand, she simply may not have been interested in interacting with the others at the beginning, but eventually went along it.
 * Gwen and Duncan are the only two characters who have dyed their hair an unnatural color. Lindsay has implied that she too dyes her hair, but she is merely dyed blond while Gwen has bluish-green streaks through her black hair, and Duncan has green and black hair.