During the talent show, Heather reads out the contents of Gwen's diary to the entire world, including of her secret crush on Trent. After telling Lindsay to distract Gwen, Heather sneaks into the cabin and steals Gwen's diary. Though the two didn't have a good start on their first day, their rivalry begins in Not Quite Famous. Gwen is the primary victim of Heather's tormenting, and though the conflict is usually verbal, with Heather calling Gwen "weird Goth girl", they sometimes get physical. The two had a long, complicated rivalry that intensified throughout the series. Heather's most noted enemy on the island other than Leshawna would be the Goth loner, Gwen. Heather reading Gwen's diary marks the start of their historic feud. When Lindsay leaves with Tyler for a date during Dodgebrawl, Heather angrily throws a kayak onto Tyler to keep them apart. Heather, however, has a problem controlling Lindsay's growing attraction to Tyler, and repeatedly scolds her whenever she sees them together. In addition, the two are required to follow all her orders, including doing her chores. With Beth and Lindsay's help, Heather easily takes up leadership over the Gophers, despite being disliked by many. The plan works, with Eva trashing the Bass's cabins and getting eliminated. During the challenge, Eva accidentally drops her MP3 player, which Heather steals, knowing that Eva would throw a tantrum and turn her teammates against her. In reality, she is simply using their naivety in order to further her own goals. In order to find her victory, Heather convin ces Lindsay and Beth to form an alliance with her in The Big Sleep, under the promise that she will bring them to the final three with her. When Lindsay questions her motives, Heather simply reveals that her intentions were to keep Leshawna's guard down, emphasizing the importance of "keeping your friends close and your enemies closer". Heather vows to get revenge on Leshawna, but during the final moments of the challenge, she insincerely apologies to her.
This leads to an argument between her and Leshawna which culminates in the latter throwing her off the cliff. Heather refuses to jump off the cliff in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, not wanting to ruin her hair. Heather is placed on the Screaming Gophers and immediately gets in a conflict with most of her teammates, mainly Leshawna and Gwen.
Much to her dismay, Heather learns that she will be spending her summer in a rundown camp and attempts to leave the competition only to find out she could never due to the fine print of her contract. Heather intimidates some of the campers from the moment she arrives at Camp Wawanakwa. However, even romance is not enough to tame Heather's desire for victory, as shown by her relationship with Alejandro. Hawaiian Punch, in which she becomes ecstatic at the thought of being the "good guy", confirms that there is at least some truth to her lament. Such an example is in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, when a tearful Heather tells Harold that she doesn't like "being mean all the time" and it's not fun "being the one everyone hates". This makes it difficult to differentiate her original, mean girl ways from her true heartfelt moments. She competes with her sights only on the prize money and not on making friends, using others at her advantage and only being kind when she may ultimately be benefited. Her strategic smarts have proven effective, eliminating a record amount of contestants.
Famously manipulative, Heather knows what she wants and exactly how to get it. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.Heather was Total Drama's first antagonist. This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below.