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Howard Hartenbaum, a partner at San Francisco venture-capital firm Draper Richards LP, was recently taken aback when an entrepreneur anonymously called him "rude and arrogant" on a Web site. The entrepreneur said Mr. Hartenbaum's constant and boastful references in a meeting to a previous investment, Internet-phone company Skype, "made me want to vomit."
Mr. Hartenbaum was so upset with the characterizations on TheFunded.com, a new Web site that rates venture capitalists, that he asked more than 30 entrepreneurs he knew to post comments in response.
Visitors to TheFunded now see gushing messages about Mr. Hartenbaum's intellect and generosity, including write-ups titled "Howard's the man!" and "Howard gets startups!" Mr. Hartenbaum -- who stresses he only asked entrepreneurs for honest feedback, and not necessarily positive comments -- says the site also has prompted him to change the way he gives critical feedback at meetings. He has begun asking fledgling chief executives if they want "direct" comments about the flaws in a business instead of giving a harsh assessment whether they like it or not.
"I thought I was a nice guy," says Mr. Hartenbaum, 41 years old. "Nobody likes to be thought of as an a--."
For years, entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley have been at the mercy of venture capitalists, the high-powered financiers who hold the purse strings when it comes to investing in start-ups. They can put entrepreneurs through grueling paces before giving them money -- then make more demands once they've funded a company and are sitting on its board.
But these days, with billions of dollars flowing into venture funds and tech advances making it cheaper to start companies, the tables are turning. Many company founders, of course, accept the first venture-fund offer they are tendered, and feel lucky to get it. But some entrepreneurs say they don't need venture capitalists at all. Others, particularly well-known entrepreneurs and those with companies in hot investment sectors, are using their newfound clout to play financiers off each other, picking and choosing the ones who give them the best terms for hot deals.
With TheFunded, "entrepreneurs finally get to strike back," says Pete Sinclair, a partner at Leapfrog Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif., firm now ranked as the second-best venture firm on the site, ahead of venerable outfits like Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. TheFunded lets entrepreneurs rate venture firms according to five different criteria (track record, operating competence, pitching efficiency, favorable deal terms and execution assistance) and also write reviews of firms and their individual partners. Posters can choose to be anonymous.
Only current and former founders and CEOs of companies, and a handful of senior managers, can join the site, and membership is screened. The site, which is free for current founders and CEOs but costs others $250 a year, currently has more than 1,500 members.
TheFunded has become the talk of Silicon Valley. On Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, where many venture capitalists have offices, some investors at their traditional Monday partner meetings gossip about their online ratings on the site and those of others. Firms like Sequoia have submitted "certified profiles" with basic, official information on their companies for TheFunded to put on the site. Emily Mendell, the head of strategic affairs for the National Venture Capital Association, the industry's main trade group, says she has fielded calls from anxious firms asking how to respond to comments.
"I assume that every entrepreneur I meet has read TheFunded," says David Stern, a venture partner at Clearstone Venture Partners in Menlo Park. Though Mr. Stern is described on the site as a "good guy" who understands Internet advertising, Clearstone ranked just 3.5 out of a possible five points on TheFunded's ratings system. Mr. Stern says he's irked that disgruntled entrepreneurs often post their comments anonymously. "There's no accountability," he complains.
TheFunded was launched in March by an entrepreneur who says he operates a venture-backed start-up. The entrepreneur, who declined to be named, said in an interview that his company, which isn't connected to the site, is in the process of being acquired by another firm and that he doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize the deal.
Still, venture capitalists can't ignore the site, as it carries weight with entrepreneurs. Jason Calacanis, one entrepreneur who just launched an Internet-search company called Mahalo.com Inc., says he checked out potential investors on TheFunded before looking for funding. The reviews of investors were "disturbingly on target," he says.
One venture firm where Mr. Calacanis had scheduled a meeting to discuss Mahalo canceled two hours before the appointment, he says. Later, "when I looked at their profile [on TheFunded], other folks had commented on their flaky behavior," he says. That firm, which he declined to name, didn't get a chance to invest in his start-up.
Airing all this dirty laundry seems positively déclassé for an industry used to trafficking in big ideas, managing money for Ivy League universities and cutting deals on the golf course. Other industries are finding similar sites popping up. A Web site that ranks lawyers called Avvo.com -- and backed by venture capitalists -- launched in June. A lawyer who claimed the comments on the site were misleading and inaccurate promptly sued.
In this age of blogs and constant Internet communication, "you'll have [online ratings] for the VCs, for lawyers, every profession," says Nicolas El Baze, a partner with venture firm Partech International in San Francisco. He calls TheFunded "amateurish," saying most comments on the site are either scathing or glowingly positive. (Partech drew a middling rating of 2.7 on the site, with one poster praising Mr. El Baze but another lamenting some partners at the firm who "can waste a lot of your time." Partech says the firm strives for "phenomenal" service to entrepreneurs.) Other venture investors note that negative comments are bound to crop up on the site because their industry rejects the vast majority of business plans sent their way.
Despite the grousing, some venture capitalists are now trying to spruce up their images on the site. "Public" comments on TheFunded are visible to anyone, but more-candid comments labeled "private" can be seen only by registered members. Last month, the site started allowing venture investors to write responses to the public comments on the site, though they still can't see the private ones.
Venture capital "is a services business, and our customer is the entrepreneur," says Mark Dempster, Sequoia Capital's marketing partner. "It's easy for us to forget that." Mr. Dempster, who gets a daily email feed from TheFunded, says Sequoia hasn't asked its entrepreneurs to rate the firm on the site. "But I think that's a great idea," he says.
For some entrepreneurs, any information on the secretive venture world is helpful. Venture capitalists "all have their real clubby network . . . but start-ups go into these meetings blind," says Stephen Bell, founder of Austin, Texas, online video-shopping site Shangby Inc. "TheFunded is the first step in kind of leveling that playing field."
Mr. Bell raised money from Draper Richards earlier this year and got an email from Mr. Hartenbaum after their meeting asking him to visit TheFunded and rate the firm. Mr. Bell complied. His lengthy review, written after Draper Richards had invested in his start-up, praised Mr. Hartenbaum and partner Bill Draper for asking "great on-point questions," and said Shangby was "super-excited to have them involved."
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Many supermarkets urge you to save for up to 4% bonuses in their (not Government-protected) savings-stamps schemes.
Yet the bonuses are often paid solely based on what you've got saved up on a set date - so it's possible to bag a year's interest in a day. This is a rundown of schemes from Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and more.
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How supermarket savings stamp schemes work
Supermarket savings stamp schemes encourage year-long saving for Christmas, yet a loophole allows you to get the year's bonus in just one day. Most supermarkets pay out the bonus based on how much you�ve saved by a specific day or month, so dunk the cash in just before and they�ll add up to 4% on top.
The savings themselves come in the form of booklets or electronic cards. Some supermarkets only allow stamps to be redeemed at set points in the year, while others will let you spend at any time.
Don't think of this as a gift
It isn't the supermarkets being generous, it's good business acumen. You save for a year, they earn interest on your money, and eventually give you a little back. And more importantly:
You must spend the cash at that specific retailer, so they effectively lock in your custom.
You won't be surprised to hear there are some exclusions on what you can buy with the stamps - you can't usually spend them on lottery tickets, petrol or goods from third party concessions (when a retailer has a space in a larger department store). Some supermarkets also don't allow you to redeem them online.
How safe are supermarket savings schemes?
It's important to understand these DO NOT have the same protection as savings in a bank (supermarket bank savings do though, eg, Tesco Bank - see the Safe Savings guide for more). In fact, this is exactly what happened with the Farepak debacle back in 2006. It's the reason we've always cautioned against savings clubs.
If saving for Christmas over the year - a fantastic aim - save in the bank (see Top Savings Accounts and Top Cash ISAs). Then withdraw it and buy savings stamps the day before the bonus date to bag double interest.
As this technique's about keeping a small sum of cash on the cards for just a couple of days, the risk's reduced. The chance of a big supermarket going bust in that time is pretty slim, though nothing's impossible.
The loophole
Supermarkets tend to pay the bonus on a specific day or month, normally during November or December. The bonus earned only depends on how much is in there, not how long it's been there. Therefore, you can simply...
Buy all the stamps/credit required just before the bonus date, get the full bonus, then use the funds to shop.
The cash must be spent at that specific store, so only do it if you would've spent there anyway. Keep your card safe, as many don't keep a record of your savings, unless it's an online scheme. So lose it, and your money's gone.
Top Christmas 2015 schemes
No two schemes are alike, and some of the following are more Scrooge than Santa. Ensure you make a careful note of the timings.
Up to 4% - pays out once a year
Asda's Christmas Savings Card scheme pays the bonus, depending on how much you've saved, on Mon 16 Nov. And while each card has a limit - per �144 of credit on the card, you'll get a �6 bonus - you can have multiple cards.
- Max payout: 4%
- Payout limit: Unlimited (use multiple cards)
- Bonus date: 16 Nov '15
- Type: Electronic
How to do it. Pick up an Asda card in-store and pay into the account at any till. Those with between �49 and �96 get a �1 bonus, those with �97 to �143 gain �3, and those with �144 get �6. There's a limit of �144 per card but you can have more than one card.
You've got until 5:00pm on Sun 15 Nov to add the maximum credit to get the bonus. The bonus will be paid out on Mon 16 Nov.
To check your balance and top up online, register your card. Plus if it's registered, Asda lets you transfer the balance to a new card if you lose it.
There's no limit on how many cards you can get, and you have two years from your last transaction to spend the balance. So, providing you use the card at least once every two years, you won't lose the credit. You don't have to spend all the credit on the card in one go either.
Anything to watch out for? Remember, as with most other supermarket savings schemes, any credit must be spent at its stores - it's not valid online. You can't use the card balance to pay for petrol or lottery tickets but see its terms and conditions for more.
Up to 4% - pays any day in Dec
For every �48 you collect, Co-op's saving scheme adds �2 when you spend in December. You can collect as many cards as you like.
- Max payout: 4%
- Payout limit: Unlimited (use multiple cards)
- Bonus date: Any day in December
- Type: Stick on by hand
How to do it. Pick up a booklet at any Co-operative Food store and buy the stamps at the till. The card has no expiry date, though you must spend in December (no specific bonus date applies) to bag the bonus. You can get as many cards as you like.
Anything to watch out for? Cards can't be used in Co-op concessions (such as Peacocks or Greggs) or on petrol, anything from the coffee shop or lottery tickets. You can only use the card in-store, not online. Look after your booklet, as you can't register it online.
If it gets lost, you lose the cash but in the event the Co-op gets into trouble, your money is fully protected (it's held separately by an independent trustee).
Up to 4% - cash in at any time
Iceland's electronic Bonus Card savings scheme runs year-round. For every �25 you save, you get �1 free.
- Max payout: 4%
- Payout limit: Unlimited (use multiple cards)
- Bonus date: Any time
- Type: Paper/electronic
How to do it. You can apply in-store and top-up at the till. The �1 bonus arrives in your account within 48 hours of hitting the �25 savings trigger.
Iceland also has a paper card scheme but the payout isn't as good - you get a �1 bonus at the �29 and �49 levels. Pick up cards and �1 stamps from its saving machines in stores.
What to watch out for? The electronic card (and the cash on it) will expire if you don't use it for 24 months and can take up to four weeks to arrive.
Up to 3% - pays out in Nov/Dec
Morrisons Saver Stamps is another old-school paper scheme. Load �49 and you get �1, or �97 and you get �3. To get the bonus, just buy the stamps and spend them any time in November or December.
- Max payout: 3%
- Payout limit: Five cards max
- Bonus date: Any day in Nov/Dec
- Type: Paper
How to do it. Pick up the card and stamps from the till at your nearest Morrisons. The card has no expiry date, though you must spend in November or December to bag the bonus. You need to spend the card in one go but you can get change.
Anything to watch out for? There's a maximum of five Saver cards per household, though you can use as many as you like in one transaction.
Up to 2% - pays out in Dec
Tesco runs an old-fashioned savings card scheme where you buy stamps from a dispenser which takes �1 coins. Put �49 of stamps on your card and you'll get an extra �1 when you redeem the card any time in December.
- Max payout: 2%
- Payout limit: Unlimited (use multiple cards)
- Bonus date: Any day in December
- Type: Stick on by hand
How to do it. Simply pick up a card from the stamp machine at your nearest Tesco store. There's no limit on the number of cards you can pick up, and you can use as many as you like in one transaction, but you don't have to spend all the credit in one go.
Anything to watch out for? The card has no expiry date, though you must spend in December to bag the bonus. Plus, as it's just a piece of card, if you lose it, the cash has gone for good.
Up to 6.25% - cash in at any time
Pick up an electronic Wilko* Saver Card in-store and you get a �1 bonus at the �24 level, an additional �1 at �49 and again when you reach �74, plus an extra �3 at �99. Bonuses are credited overnight, so you can use the total the next day.
- Max payout: Up to �6
- Payout limit: Unlimited (buy multiple cards)
- Bonus date: Any time
- Type: Electronic
How to get it. Cards are electronic - you can pick them up in store and add your top-up at the till. Once you've a total of �99 (�96 of your savings, plus three bonus payments - one for each savings level), you'll get an additional �3 bonus. So that's a total �102 on your card for a �96 load.
You can get as many cards as you like and Wilko pays bonuses all year round. You don't have to spend all the credit in one transaction. You can only get information about the scheme at your local Wilko store � there are no details online. See its store locator.
Anything to watch out for? You can't protect your card by registering it and it can't be redeemed online, so be careful. The bonuses can't be used for lottery tickets, gift cards or postage stamps. Your card is valid for 12 months after first activation.
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Heather was Total Drama's first villain. Famously manipulative, Heather knows what she wants and exactly how to get it. Her strategic smarts have proven effective, eliminating a record amount of contestants. She competes with her sights solely on the prize money and not on making friends, using others at her advantage and only being kind when she may ultimately be benefited. This makes it difficult to differentiate her classic mean girl ways from genuine heartfelt moments. 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." 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. Her troubled childhood past has led up to Heather being the way she is. However, even romance is not enough to tame Heather's desire for victory as shown with her relationship with Alejandro.
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Heather comes from a rich family and is the most popular student in White Pines High School, being the head of numerous clubs as well as being the School President. Due to these factors, Heather is extremely arrogant and believes everything in the world belongs to her. Unlike a majority of the campers, Heather joins Total Drama in order to raise her popularity. 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 couldn't due to the fine print of her contract. Heather is placed on the Screaming Gophers and immediately gets in a conflict with most of her team mates, mainly Leshawna and Gwen. Heather refuses to jump off the cliff in Not So Happy Campers - Part 2, not wanting to ruin her hair. This leads to an argument between her and Leshawna which culminates in the latter throwing her off the cliff. Heather vows to get revenge on Leshawna but during the final moments of the challenge, she insincerely apologies to her. When Lindsay questions her motives, Heather simply reveals that her intentions were to keep Leshawna's guard down, emphasizing the importance "keeping your friends close, and your enemies closer".
In order to secure her victory, Heather pulls Lindsay and Beth into an alliance with her in The Big Sleep, under the promise that she will bring them to the final three with her. In reality, she is simply using their naivety in order to further her own goals. 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. The plan works, with Eva trashing the Bass's cabins and get eliminated. With Beth and Lindsay's help, Heather easily takes up leadership over the Gophers, despite being disliked by many. In addition, the two are required to follow all her orders, including doing her chores. Heather however has problem controlling Lindsay's growing attraction to Tyler, and repeatedly scolds her whenever she sees them together. When Lindsay leaves with Tyler for a date during Dodgebrawl, Heather angrily throws a kayak onto Tyler to keep them apart.
Heather's most noted enemy on the island other than Leshawna would be the Goth loner, Gwen. The two had long, complicated rivalry that intensified throughout the series. 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. Though the two didn't have a good start on their first day, their rivalry begins in Not Quite Famous. After telling Lindsay to distract Gwen, Heather sneaks into the cabin and steals Gwen's diary. During the talent show, Heather would read out the contents of Gwen's diary to the entire world, including of her secret crush on Trent. Her actions disgusts everyone, including Chris and Courtney. After her team loss, Heather knows that she would be the primary target for elimination but is spared by convincing her alliance and bribing Owen with a cake, to vote off Justin instead. Gwen would then get back at Heather by dumping Harold's red ant farm in her bed during the night. In the next episode, Heather vows to eliminate Gwen the next time they lose until she is calm down by Trent.
As Heather continues to run her alliance like a dictator, Beth slowly comes to realize Heather's true intents and begins to rebel against her. After risking her life to steal a bag of chips for Heather in Paintball Deer Hunter, Beth finally loses her patience. She deliberately disobeys Heather's instructions and eats the chips herself. Later, Beth confronts Heather and quits the alliance, causing a massive paintball fight between them and Leshawna. Watching their fight from afar, the Killer Bass use this opportunity to shoot them, leading to the second consecutive loss for the Gophers. Heather chooses to eliminate Beth for her betrayal but she is spared. Still angry over her betrayal, Heather continues to torment Beth in If You Can't Take The Heat... As before, Heather appoints herself as team leader but her constant bossing eventually make Leshawna snap and lock her in the freezer. When her team loses again, Heather discovers about Beth's Tiki idol that she took during their previous trip to Boney Island and realizes that she is responsible for their losing streak. Because of this, Beth is eliminated much to Heather's satisfaction. With Beth leaving the alliance, Lindsay is the only ally of Heather left in the competition.
For the next few episodes, Heather's suffers from misfortune during the challenges. In Who Can You Trust?, she fails the second part of the challenge she participates in due to Lindsay, which lands her in the infirmary. In Basic Straining, she is the among the last three members of her team left during the challenge but quits in order to escape from Owen's gas, only for Owen to fall on her moments after she landed. In X-Treme Torture, Heather volunteers to drive the jet ski for the Bass. Heather tries many attempts to shake Harold off, but the latter manage to grab all the flags despite losing his skis. As they slowly approach the finish line, Heather try one final attempt to make sure the Bass didn't win. She attempts to cut the rope Harold is holding onto but a tree branch snags her top and leaves her completely topless. Despite the humiliation, Harold still fails to reach the finish line after being entranced by Heather's breasts.
When the teams are divided into boys and girls in Brunch of Disgustingness, Heather attempts to pull Bridgette, the sole female Killer Bass remaining, to join her alliance but her attempts are thwarted by Leshawna. Heather tries to act friendly towards Bridgette throughout the episode, including sharing her make-up but ultimately, Bridgette decides to side with Gwen and Leshawna. Soon, the teams are merged and Heather faced a returning foe, Eva. Fortunately for Heather, Eva has not discovered of her actions that lead to Eva's earlier elimination. Heather initially decides to vote for Leshawna but since she has immunity, she decides to vote off Eva again due to her temper.
In Search and Do Not Destroy, Heather has trouble getting her key as it is located inside Chef's freezer, guarded by Chef Hatchet himself. Nevertheless, Heather manage to retrieve her key with Lindsay's help. Later, Heather spots Gwen and Trent sharing a kiss and consider this a start of an alliance. In order to break them up, she enlists Lindsay's help to organize a situation where Gwen would find Heather kissing Trent on the Dock of Shame after telling numerous lies to Trent about Gwen. This incident breaks Gwen's heart and Leshawna would rally the others to vote off either Heather or Trent. Since Heather had invincibility, Trent is eliminated instead.
Lindsay continues to help Heather in many of the post-merge challenges and still believes that Heather is her friend. Heather however continue to use Lindsay to ensure her own safety. In Hide and Be Sneaky, although Lindsay is the one who discovers DJ and Owen's hiding place, Heather claims invincibility for herself and refuse to share with her. In That's Off the Chain!, Heather is able to trick Lindsay into building a fast bicycle for her and during the race, she instructs her to clear a path through the obstacle courses, allowing Heather to reach the finish line first with Lindsay coming in second. However, since they are the only contestants to cross the finish line, Lindsay is technically the last one to cross and is eliminated. Heather finally reveals she does not care for Lindsay, never intending to keep her promise and was using her the entire time. This revelation causes Lindsay to snap, giving Heather a hate speech including a string of expletives, along with a middle finger gesture.
With Lindsay's elimination, Heather has lost all her allies and struggles in all subsequent challenges. By ignoring Gwen's advice in Hook, Line, and Screamer, she is easily captured by Chef while she is about to take a shower. In Wawanakwa Gone Wild!, she had the hardest animal to capture, a bear, as oppose to the others who had to capture small animals. Duncan offers to help her but she initially refuses. By the end of the challenge, not only she fails to complete her challenge, she is shot by Izzy with a tranquilizer dart, putting her in a state of paralysis for the remainder of the episode. She is partnered with Owen in Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon, who is probably the only person left on the island who still treats her nicely but after insulting Izzy in front of him, Owen snaps at her. Despite these disadvantages, Heather manage to survive to the final four due to others being eliminated as a result of poor performance in challenges, being too popular and accidentally been voted off by the eliminated campers and a parrot.
Heather and Gwen continue to be on each others throat in Haute Camp-ture, with Duncan getting caught in between. The three of them struggle to survive on a deserted island together until Owen returns and convince them to get along. In Are We There Yeti?, Heather reluctantly teams up with Gwen in order to defeat Owen and Duncan. Using deceptive tactics, such as pretending to be weak, helpless girls, Heather and Gwen win invincibility and Duncan is voted off. Unfortunately for Heather, her luck runs out in I Triple Dog Dare You! as Gwen and Owen teams up in order to eliminate her by forcing her to compete in every challenges they throw at her. Heather endures them all, until she is faced with a challenge given by Lindsay. At first, Heather believes that Lindsay would not be smart enough to come up with a tough challenge, only for her to realize that she is required to get her head shaved off by Chef. Heather is torn between what to decide on as Chef inches closer with the razor blade, and kicks it out of Chef's hands before making a decision. The razor blade ends up landing on top of Heather and shaves most of her hair off anyway, leaving Heather's head a disfigured mess. Since she does not actually accept the dare, Heather is then eliminated. Frustrated over her defeat, Heather leaves the island and threatens to sue the show.
Now wearing a wig to cover her bald head, Heather chose to support Owen in finale. Heather would go through great lengths to ensure Gwen doesn't win though most of her attempts would ended up backfired including the laxative-laced muffin that she gave to Gwen before the challenge which Owen ate. Heather's pride is lost when Leshawna takes matters into her own hands and locks Heather in the confessional after Owen uses it and she remains there even after one of the finalist has reached the finish line. As the boys prepare to throw Chef into the lake after doing the same to Chris earlier, Heather and Gwen had a friendly banter with each other which ended with Gwen teasing Heather of her foul stench.
In Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, Heather's past actions throughout the season has made everyone refuse to ally with her and she resorts to forming a team with Harold. After retrieving the briefcase, Heather betrays Harold and uses the hang-glider he built to fly to the Dock of Shame but it falls apart and sends Heather head-first into a beaver dam. In the process, the case falls out of her hands and into the water. Later, a beaten-up Heather, having finally escaped the angry beavers, encounters Harold yet again, as he pulls up alongside her by the river in a canoe. She at first doesn't want to be with him, as she is angry at her misfortune throughout the episode. But Harold is determined to help her, thus having a heart-to-heart talk with her to which Harold seems to understand. Harold forgives Heather and allows her to join him again, even offering to be her friend once they are done. However, Heather stares at the camera with a mean demeanor look on her face, showing that she is lying again. In the end, the two ended up in the lake with several other contestants and are qualify for the next season.
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Heather continues to suffer from the consequences of her antagonistic behavior in the previous season. She is still hated by the majority of the cast, with virtually nobody trusting her, with the only exception being Harold. In Monster Cash, she finds that none of the girls want to share a bunk with her, though due to some math complications, Heather ends up having a bunk bed all to herself; the top and bottom. As her hair hasn't grown back after the events of I Triple Dog Dare You!, Heather continues to wear a wig throughout the season. After being shot by Chef Hatchet shot her with his paintball gun in Alien Resurr-eggtion, her wig falls off and falls through a grating, making it impossible to retrieve. As a result, Heather spends the majority of the seasons bald, persistently trying to find hair. Despite these complications, Heather is determined to work herself back to the top and win the money this time, while taking revenge on all her enemies.
Heather's conflict with Gwen and Leshawna continues, while Lindsay and Beth remain untrusting of her. During team selection, Gwen is advised by Leshawna to pick her rival for her team, being told to "keep your enemies closer." Compared to last season, Heather is more cooperative with her teammates and no longer fights over the team's leadership, allowing either Gwen or Duncan to fill the position. In The Chefshank Redemption, Heather is the first to notice that Gwen has been throwing challenges for the Killer Grips, although none of her teammates believe her. After their team loses for the first time, Heather votes for Gwen alongside Harold and Leshawna, causing her elimination that night. Heather is thrilled that her mortal enemy is finally eliminated, and pushes Chris off the podium in order to mock Gwen as she takes the Walk of Shame.
With one enemy of her major enemies eliminated, Heather shifts her focus over to Leshawna, with Duncan and Harold occasionally pulled into their conflict. In One Flu Over the Cuckoos, despite their feud, Heather is sympathetic towards Leshawna when she begins to cry over her friends suffering from an apparent fatal disease. Seeing this, Heather agrees with her team to choose Leshawna to have the reward all to herself. In The Sand Witch Project, Heather is horrified that she is required to kiss Duncan, with both of them refusing, until Chris reminds them of the million dollar prize. Upon doing so, Heather is utterly repulsed by the experience and states her "lips may never recover." In Masters of Disasters, Heather discovers Leshawna had faked her actions of crying in order to have the reward all to herself. Furious over this, Heather and Duncan holds a grudge against Leshawna for several episodes, during which they intentionally leave her inside a vault in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine as payback.
After Courtney debuts on the season, Heather becomes obsessed with stealing a piece of her hair during One Million Bucks, B.C., due to believing Courtney's hair is the most suitable out of all the girls, to cover her bald head. Throughout the episode, Heather persistently attempts to acquire Courtney's hair using a pair of scissors, and finally does so without her noticing. However, Chris orders an intern to take it back in order to prevent another lawsuit. Heather has no choice but to cover her head with a red colored caveman wig. In both One Million Bucks, B.C. and Million Dollar Babies, Heather is paired with Beth, but loses both times. In the latter episode, Heather discovers that Leshawna had been bad mouthing the castmates during her trip to the spa. Rather than getting mad like the others, surprisingly Heather is the only person who is understanding of her. After the Gaffers lost, Heather is voted off by Duncan and Harold. Before she takes the Lame-o-sine, she and Leshawna make amends with each other, with Heather giving Leshawna her red wig as something to remember her by.
In The Aftermath: III, Heather appears as a guest, now wearing a new black Afro wig. Despite their friendly moments during her elimination, Heather and Leshawna are continue to be at odds with each other throughout the episode. When Geoff recorded footage of her admiring Harold's yo-yo skills and even attempted practiced them herself, tries to cover herself by saying that footage is altered. During Truth or Electrocution, Heather is asked on what she thinks about Lindsay, Beth and Courtney. Heather claims that she didn't seem to think that the three of them are strong players, resulting in her being electrocuted for lying. Later, Heather helped Bridgette in order to strap Geoff onto he electric chair and punish him for his actions throughout the aftermaths.
In The Aftermath: IV, when it is Heather's turn to ask Duncan and Beth a question, she instead complains on how she deserves to win the million more than them and rudely blames everyone else for her misfortune. In both endings, Heather is surprised along with everyone else when Beth's boyfriend, Brady, make an appearance. Heather commented that not only she is shocked that Brady is real, she also admitted that Brady is really good looking.
By Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special, Heather's hair have grow back and is tied into a short ponytail. Celebrity Manhunt reveal that Heather and Gwen continue their feud long after Total Drama Action has ended. In response to one of Gwen's save the environment blog, Heather hosted a video blog of her own, wearing a wig resembling Gwen's hair and two sock puppets resembling Katie and Sadie, and mocks Gwen and even mention of her alleged crush on Duncan. Gwen retaliated by showing secret footage of Heather kissing her pet cat and spreading negative news about her. The two were brought to the Celebrity Manhunt studio for an interview, though after both girls insulted each other, they ended up in a fistfight. Heather reunites with the cast at the Red Carpet Show, only to discover that Chris is starting a new reality show. In an attempt to save her fame, Heather teams up with everyone to stop Chris. However, they are stopped when the bus is driven off a cliff. Heather is amongst the teens rescued by Chris, and proceeds to Total Drama World Tour.
Total Drama World TourIn Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1, it is made clear that Gwen and Heather still hate each other. Heather appears to have returned to her old cruel self. In the jet's cockpit confessional, Heather complains about Alejandro and Lindsay looking like real threats and states that she sees right through Alejandro's game. However, after Chef interrupts her confessional several times, she storms off. She then explains in the porta-potty confessional, that since she needs an alliance and nearly everyone hates her, her only option is to become friends with the "new girl." She tries to interact with Sierra a lot during the episode, she asks her opinion in which way they should go to reach the exit of the pyramid. She teams up with Cody and Sierra to get through the pyramid. At some point in the challenge, Sierra accidentally steps in a trap that shoots some spears at them, to which Heather notices and pushes Sierra down, along with herself. Sierra apologizes and Heather, trying to not lose control, accepts her apology with a fake smile. She even hugs Sierra and Cody at the end of the episode in a "group hug," although she seemed reluctant to do so. When Cody asks where Gwen is, Heather just looks at him. Heather also claims to recognize Alejandro's tactics during a confessional earlier in the episode and ends up on Team Amazon, along with Gwen, Izzy, Cody, and Courtney.
In Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 2, after Gwen talks about how shocked she is about Duncan quitting, Heather tells her that he probably can't sing, where Courtney corrects Heather saying he can do anything he sets his mind to. She gets really happy knowing this episode's challenge is a camel race and that they are the only team with a camel. Also, she's the first one to get on the camel and starts to boss her team remembering that it's a race in order to make them get ready faster. Cody is humiliated by her after he tries to impress Gwen. Heather begins to question herself about Alejandro, saying "he is just so... perfect," but quickly corrects herself. Heather and her team get lost during the challenge, but Izzy's communication with their camel got them to the third challenge. Heather sticks her tongue out at Alejandro, after Chris approved of Sierra switching sides with Izzy, and is shocked when Alejandro blows her a kiss back. After Gwen and Courtney see the benefits of having Sierra on their team, Heather tells them that they should listen to her next time around, but they just laugh at her and tell her that she has to do a lot more to win their trust. Unfortunately, she and her team weren't able to get the camel on the boat, until Alejandro, to make it fair, ordered Izzy to help the other team. Then the camel entered in their canoe and they crossed the Nile river, singing Rowin' Time. Team Amazon is the first team to cross the line and they spent the night in the first class cabin.
In Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan, Heather tries to remind Courtney that she isn't the only person in Team Amazon and says that her "friend" Sierra needs to have her opinion considered as well. But right away she almost gets sick, after seeing Sierra sniffing Cody's shoe, making her ask for a barf bag. Heather has a few solos in Before We Die. For the first challenge she suggests that Gwen does it, since, as Heather stated, "Gwen's face could use some remodeling." Gwen responds by asking Heather to turn her "witch switch" back to off. Cody and Sierra ended up doing it, but they lose. Because of this, Team Amazon is the last to choose the props, which the team is unsatisfied by. While looking for props for their commercial, they catch a brief glimpse Ezekiel's silhouette with glowing red eyes, which Heather is terrified by. Team Amazon wonders if it is really him, but he immediately disappears. Heather's idea for the challenge is for the candy fish to be swimming in the fish tank, before breaking out and playing basketball. Gwen and Courtney have different ideas and they start fighting, which ends in the three storming off. Despite this setback Team Amazon wins the challenge, thanks to Cody and Sierra finishing the commercial, containing the ideas from the three other girls. Sierra is delighted by this, and calls for a group hug, only to order everyone to "back off" so that she can just hug Cody.In Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better, Heather is sleeping (and drooling) in the winners cabin. She gets angry with Chris when they reach the Yukon, and asks for jackets, to which he answers that he ordered them and that they would be ready in a couple of weeks. During the challenge, Heather and Courtney were the first two of Team Amazon to get across the ice, but since Courtney's name comes before Heather's name, Courtney has to pull the sled. Heather uses a whip on Courtney to make her move faster, and also because she thinks it's funny, much to Courtney's dismay. Heather's team came in last place, but since Bridgette isn't with Team Victory, Team Amazon comes in second place, while Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot comes in first.
In Broadway, Baby!, Gwen and Courtney are both willing to vote off Heather when the time is right, so Heather resorts to gaining Cody and Sierra's trust. Alejandro also tries to secure Sierra's trust, but Heather blows him off. Sierra appears to go along with Heather, but secretly reveals she's aware of Heather's true intent having watched the past seasons many times. Heather also tells Sierra that she thinks that she should decide who goes up first on the ropes to climb the Statue of Liberty. Heather gets the carriage at the top to prove she is a good team member. Later, when Sierra pushes Chris too far, Heather realizes it is Alejandro's doing, and gets back at him by swapping his team's carriage for a real baby carriage. This gives Team Amazon the win, and makes Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot come in last. At the reward ceremony, Heather receives a meat grinder, but throws it off the plane believing it to be a booby prize, despite Courtney's suggestion to keep it.
In Slap Slap Revolution, Heather talks with Sierra in first class, where Sierra tells her that Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot will start having troubles in the competition. Heather begins to notice that Alejandro is charming Leshawna, and she is disgusted by it. Later, before the meat-grinding challenge, her team (mostly Courtney) are angry at Heather for throwing out the meat grinder in the previous episode, which could have given them the upper hand. Also, due to them running low on meat due to Sierra, Heather has an idea to use the little meat they had, and stomped on it to form a meat-snowboard. It worked, until they went off a ledge and fell down the hill. During the second part of the challenge, Heather tries to warn Leshawna that Alejandro is trying to manipulate her, but she is ignored. During the first round of the dancing challenge, Heather goes up against Owen, which ends up being an easy victory for her. In the second round, she goes up against Leshawna, who ends up slapping her in frustration. She ends up with a bruised eye and missing tooth after the event. After the challenge, Heather confronts Alejandro to find out what he is up to, but he does not tell her and only flirts with her, to which she storms off in anger.
In The Am-AH-Zon Race, Heather is seen in the first class section putting make up on to cover her bruises. Courtney sarcastically remarks that she looks good, while Heather scoffs and closes her mirror. During the challenge, Heather and her team have to decide which path to take, Heather suggests Gwen to pick since she felt "lucky" and they could blame her if she got them in last place, Gwen retorted saying "Your parents must love this show, it gets you out of the house!" While going through the Amazon, Heather and her team come across the Zing-Zings and are captured by them. While Gwen looks through Cody's pants to find something to cut them out of the rope, instead finding x-ray glasses, Heather mockingly asks her what color Cody's underwear is, and Gwen checks. However, Cody doesn't have any underwear on, and she ends up seeing a lot more. When trying to contact Chris through the walkie-talkie, Chris makes them sing a song and Heather has to end it with a solo. After Heather's solo, the Zing-Zings notice her missing tooth. Heather misconstrues their appall as an insult. They brush over some large leaves to reveal a tiki of a goddess with a gold tooth that resembles Heather. The two Zing-Zings give her a gold tooth in place of her recently lost one, pleasing her. Courtney tells Heather to get them to untie them, but Heather says that if she asked, they might use them as sacrifices. Chef finds Team Amazon, but is stopped by Heather who orders him to kneel down before the Zing-Zings. Chef disregards her and slices the ropes which tied Team Amazon, and reveals that the Zing-Zings were two Peruvian actors. Heather is disgusted by the fact that they put a gold tooth in her mouth, and Sierra taunts her. Chef reminds them that they lost the challenge and must vote someone off. Heather notices Gwen and addresses her, and she wakes up and asks if they had won the challenge, giving her angry glares from Sierra, Courtney, and Cody. At the Barf Bag Ceremony, Alejandro appears beside Heather. Less than thrilled to see him, he tells her to cheer up, as her departure will help him in the game. Heather lets him know that she knows of his plans which eliminated both Leshawna and Bridgette. Alejandro admits that even she couldn't resist him if he kissed her, but Heather quickly shoots down the thought. Chris begins the elimination ceremony, He then reveals the votes, which show that Gwen, Courtney, and Sierra all voted for Heather, Heather voted for Gwen, and Cody voted for Sierra. Heartbroken, Sierra sobs, in the confessional, she asks why Cody would vote her, after everything she did for him. Chris then reveals that the elimination was fake, and Heather wouldn't be taking the Drop of Shame after all. Everyone gasps at this, while in the confessional, Heather swears revenge on both her team and Alejandro.
In Can't Help Falling in Louvre, Heather is first seen teasing Alejandro for his unorganized team, to which he responds that her attempts to insult his team are cute, irritating her. Heather tells Alejandro that her team doesn't get distracted by anything, especially boys. Alejandro then points out Sierra, who is crying over a boy and Heather proceeds to drag her out of the economy class by her ponytail. During the statue challenge, she tells Cody to calm Sierra down while the rest of the team looks for the statue pieces. She is upset at Sierra's crying and Cody due to it interfering with the challenge. She talks in Paris in the Springtime and yells at Cody and tells him to take Sierra outside. She argues yet again with Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot that they mixed up their pieces on purpose. But in the end her team ended up winning the challenge, and once again gaining invincibility and being able to stay in the winner's cabin. She is one of the judges in the walk-off challenge. She dislikes Lindsay's design and likes DJ's, but dislikes Gwen as the model, calling her uninspiring and dull amongst other insults. She then picks DJ's design as the best.In Newf Kids on the Rock, Heather is first seen sneaking around in the vents attempting to sneak back into the losers section, in order to gain information, and form an alliance with DJ, before Alejandro does. Courtney and Gwen both suspect that her sneaking has something to do with Alejandro, and both girls mock her and accuse her of having a crush on him. After Courtney makes fun of her "dried up, black little heart" lighting up with love, Heather assures her that she does not have a crush on Alejandro, and explains why she is crawling in the vents. She continues on in the vent system, eventually reaching the economy section, where DJ admits that he wants to lose. Shocked, she falls out of the vent in front of everyone, nervously claiming that she just dropped her pen. When the plane crashes and the contestants are tossed out, she grips onto a cushion on one of the first class cabin's sofas, forcing Chef to pull her off the sofa and toss her in the water with the cushion. Heather then rides on the cushion outside on the water, and when she sees DJ almost drowning, she gives it to DJ and then asks for an alliance. Alejandro mocks her strategy, stating that it would have been wiser to give DJ the cushion if he agreed to an alliance in the first place.
In the confessional, she admits that Alejandro is "good" and romantically sighs. She then quickly demands for the tape which hinted that she liked him, angrily pulling on the confessional's camera and wondering how to open it. After Chris explains that the contestants must paddle to the East Coast of Canada with boats, Courtney suggests to Team Amazon that they should swim in a "V-Formation," as they'll be faster. Heather agrees, and asks if there are any objections. Gwen is shocked that Heather doesn't have an objection, but Heather states that the only objection she has is to losing. Before all the teams get in their boats, Courtney announces that she'll be at the front of the boat. Heather disagrees, stating that she should get point, though Courtney reminds her that she is a C.I.T., to which Heather angrily says that Courtney is more like a "B-I-T-C," before being cut off by Gwen. Once all the teams get in their boats, Heather abandons her team to help DJ to the surface, and leaves Courtney in charge of Team Amazon. Despite his best efforts, she winds up tricking him into singing a part in Sea Shanty Mix and winning the first challenge for him. When she finds out she has to deal with clams due to coming in last place, she is quickly disgusted and tries to worm her way out of it, as her team is not here. Chris tells her she has to do it by herself, which aggravates her. During the challenge, she manages to get DJ to drink the vinegar. This leads to DJ winning the first part of the second challenge. She also got DJ to win the second part indirectly. Finally, Heather tries to get DJ to win the third part, but DJ doesn't listen to her until Alejandro convinces him to kiss the fish. He does so, and ties with Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot. The rest of Team Amazon show up, discovering that they are in dead last place. Heather angrily questions where Courtney and the rest of Team Amazon were, and just when Courtney is about to blame it on herself, Gwen sticks up for her and states that it was her fault. Heather frustratedly says that she will vote Gwen off, though Chris announces that it was actually a reward challenge, causing Heather to get angry.
In Jamaica Me Sweat, Heather complains about economy section, since the plane is leaking during the rain storm. Heather is among those who screamed when the plane landed in Jamaica. During the cliff dive challenge, when Heather is about to dive off the cliff, when Alejandro compliments her diving form, trying to mess with her head. He catches her off guard with his comment and she accidentally falls flat into the water. When Alejandro pulls Gwen out of the water, Heather runs up to snatch the gold chains from his neck, unconcerned about her injured teammate. Later, Heather worriedly questions Courtney if her lawyers knew the show's contracts and wouldn't allow Chris to kill them. In response, Courtney jokes that her lawyers don't know what the producers put in Heather's contract, causing Heather to give a frightened look, just before their descent onto the bobsled track. Her team ends up winning the challenge, and tells DJ that he had allied with the wrong team, and that he should have aligned with her team instead.
In I See London..., Heather is annoyed that she has to sit back in the economy class with Team Chris, and is unsure why they are back there since they had won in Jamaica. Heather then becomes annoyed that Courtney and Gwen are bonding over bird poop. She wonders if she is the only sane one left, and confirms it after seeing Sierra typing on her pizza box, which she referred to as a computer. On the double-decker bus in London, she asks about Alejandro, who was kidnapped. Heather is worried about Alejandro's safety, but plays it off around the others. Heather spends most of the time being ignored or made fun of by Gwen and Courtney. She forced Gwen to strip down the guard to look for the clue, though then Gwen tricked Sierra into changing the guard. She is picked for the torture device challenge, during which she curses out Gwen for stretching her too hard. She makes Gwen and Courtney go inside the dining room in the next challenge, while she impatiently waits outside. She is alone long enough for Jack the Ripper, to capture her. Later, she states that it was silly for everyone to be so worried, which makes everyone glare at her. She later exchanges smiles with Alejandro. Heather, and the others, are shocked to see Duncan back, and were also shocked to find out that "Jack the Ripper" was really Ezekiel.
In Greece's Pieces, Heather tells Alejandro that she hopes he looks good in silver, since she looks great in gold. Heather is paired against Alejandro in a track-running challenge. Heather wins the gold medal for her team when Alejandro becomes too distracted with his bragging. When Courtney told Gwen she was going to be voted off, Heather told Courtney that she had her vote. While in first class with her team, Heather is shown comforting a crying Courtney with a hand on her shoulder, looking very sympathetic.
In The EX-Files, Heather is happy that everyone's anger is now directed towards Gwen, instead of her, stating she never felt so safe and after this she thanked Gwen, in the confessional. When trying to find a way to get in the Area 51, a lizard climbs onto Heather's leg, which she initially thinks is Cody, but after noticing it's a reptile, all of Team Amazon scream and run away from it. But this leads them to get stuck in a mine field. Heather sings "Boyfriend Kisser" with Courtney and they got out of the mine field thanks to Cody using his candy and exploding the mines before they step into them. She also goes searching for an alien artifact with Courtney. She gets her head caught in some sort of alien portal machine, and Courtney pulls her out. Heather asks Courtney suspiciously why she broke the portal Heather got her head stuck in, unaware that Courtney was trying to make them lose. Back on the plane, Heather tells Courtney that they need to concentrate on getting the guys eliminated.
As Gwen and Courtney try to get rid of each other in Picnic at Hanging Dork, Heather is left as the decisive vote between both sides (Cody and Gwen against Sierra and Courtney). First, Courtney tries to get Heather to her side, knowing her dislike for Gwen is as intense as hers. Heather only agrees if Courtney doesn't throw away the next challenge just to get Gwen eliminated. However, Heather crossed her fingers in the dark, since she didn't trust Courtney's word either. When Alejandro starts flirting with Courtney (according to the guys' plan), Heather instantly suspects about Alejandro's actions and figures out he's drawing a game plan again, so she starts flirting with Duncan as a counter attack. During the emu race, Heather noticed Courtney was going slowly on purpose. She reached the top of her tolerance when Courtney asks her if she didn't have a problem with her flirting with Alejandro. After Heather denies having interest on him, Courtney starts to respond with eager to him, which infuriates Heather and makes her decide to turn against Courtney. Heather again flirts with Duncan, causing Alejandro and Gwen to be jealous (although Alejandro denies believing it since Heather doesn't have passion for false flirting, but starts to doubt shortly after). During the second part of the challenge, Heather responds immediately that she isn't into Duncan, even before Gwen could actually ask, so then Gwen asks her about joining the alliance, to which Heather doesn't think twice and agrees. Heather is the lead singer of Shear the Sheep, with the other members of Team Amazon playing instruments. She fails to catch sheep at the last track and kept bouncing over the cliff. After Team Chris Is Really Really Really Really Hot wins, Courtney asks if she still has Heather's help, to which she nods, but her look says the opposite. Heather votes for Courtney and the result ends in tie-breaker, which Courtney wins against Gwen.
In Sweden Sour, Heather becomes jealous of Courtney and Alejandro's flirting. She decided to flirt with Duncan to get Alejandro jealous. She fights with Courtney at the beginning of the building challenge, and furiously chases Cody with a mallet when she sees that he used their materials to build a giant wooden statue of Gwen's head. In the end, she agrees with Cody and Sierra to vote against Courtney and is angry when Chris says it was a reward challenge.
In Aftermath Aftermayhem, Beth's challenge is to make a haiku out of one of Heather's qualities. After thinking a lot and struggling to find any good qualities about her, Beth finally says Heather has ten toes and is fast in water.
In Niagara Brawls, in the "arranged marriage challenge," after Sierra tries to reject Alejandro for winning him as her "husband," Heather goes up to him and helps him off the ground, pairing herself with Alejandro while they both smile at each other as they walk off. In the first part of the challenge, while Alejandro tries to give Heather directions to get to her wedding dress, Heather complains, but eventually gets there. Once she does, Alejandro calls her "Chica" and she complains that he did not give her good directions as he was not quite specific enough. After Alejandro helps Courtney get to her wedding dress, Heather complains in the confessional that Alejandro is supposed to only have one bride, meaning herself with tons of jealousy. When Chris announces that Heather and Alejandro get a head start in the next challenge, Alejandro calls her "Mrs. Alejandro," while Heather calls him "Mr. Heather" in return. As they were about to cross the tight rope, Alejandro calls Heather his "better half" and Heather goes into his arms bridal style with a satisfying smile. Halfway across the rope, Heather and Alejandro fight on who to vote off next and she causes them to fall and lose the challenge, although Alejandro did it on purpose, when he moved his leg off the rope.In Chinese Fake-Out, she decides to try and form an alliance with Cody, by getting rid of Sierra. She starts by advising him to stop being so nice to her so that she stops obsessing over him. In the race up and along the Great Wall, she tries to share the rickshaw with Cody, but Blaineley beats her out. She tries to grab the rest of the transport items, ending up with the wooden sandals. She makes it over the finish line, second-last to finish. In the food challenge, she was eliminated second, after failing to finish the live grub-worms faster than the others, throwing up on Chris's face upon him eliminating her. She spots the cheating of both Blaineley and Alejandro and confronts everyone about it, forcing both Alejandro and Blaineley to compete fairly, which makes them both vomit.
In African Lying Safari, Heather insults Alejandro for asking to work with her in the challenge. Later, she confronts a lion and realizes Alejandro stole her tranquilizer balls. She later works with Sierra to try to gain her trust. They accidentally tranquilize Alejandro and Duncan, but are tranquilized by them, also. She later works with Alejandro to lure Ezekiel with Duncan as bait. At the elimination ceremony, she is shocked that Alejandro brings Cody into first class and calls him a rat in the confessional.
In Rapa Phooey!, Heather takes this time to befriend Sierra, due to Cody being in first class with Alejandro. She tries to use "girl power" to persuade Sierra to align with her. During the challenge, Sierra offers to weave an egg basket for Heather, which she readily accepts. The two walk through an underground cave together. Part-way through the challenge, one of Sierra's condor eggs hatches in Heather's hand, revealing a baby condor that resembles Cody. The condor forms a motherly bond to Heather, which makes Sierra jealous. For most of the second half, Cody Jr. sits in Heather's hair, which she isn't happy about. Although, this turns out to be a good thing, as it allows her to win the challenge. Sadly, she does get knocked off the nest, knocking one of the giant heads over. She "strategically" chooses Alejandro to join her in first class, due to Sierra still being in the game.
In Awwwwww, Drumheller, she spends most of the episode running from Sierra, who is mad at her due to Alejandro's manipulation. She builds a "Chris-ceratops" in an attempt to suck up to the host, but the winner ends up being determined through contestant voting. Although she tried to vote for Cody's first, the electric chair forced her to truthfully pick the dinosaur she actually preferred: Sierra's dinosaur. She explains her choice, admitting that she's a secret glitter-paste fan. For coming in second, she wins a pickaxe and shifting tray to search for the hidden oil barrels. She finds a barrel due to throwing her axe and piercing it. Before she could dig it up, though, a boulder traps her in her ditch. After much debate, Alejandro decides to free her in exchange for his safety. After Sierra is eliminated due to blowing up the plane, Heather nervously high-fives Alejandro and rushes back to burn the passport votes. She doesn't prevent him from discovering that she voted for him in time, though.
In Hawaiian Style, Heather only had Blaineley as her supporter in the peanut gallery. This causes Bridgette to force Eva, Leshawna, Justin, and Owen to support her.
In Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles, Heather admits in a confessional that she has to help Sierra because no girl should be bald referencing her baldness in the first season. She comments that they are in the middle of nowhere, but at least the GPS systems they were given work. She then argues with Alejandro when he reveals that he knew she voted for him. she continues to argue through her walkie-talkie and turns it off in annoyance. Later in the song I'm Gonna Make It, she fights with Alejandro, pushing him off the train and takes the lead in the race. She arrives in Hawaii first, securing a spot in the final two.
In Hawaiian Punch, Heather is annoyed that no one in the peanut gallery supports her, and confronts them about it. She then takes this back, realizing that if there is a vote, she would want to be on everyone's good side. She is forced to enter a booth that rains golf balls in order to pick a tie-breaker challenge for Alejandro and Cody. She knocks a golf ball out of the booth that hits Tyler in the head, knocking him unconscious. She then leaves the booth and coughs up a golf ball she had accidentally swallowed. The challenge on the golf ball is revealed to be a fire dance challenge, which ends up angering Heather because she is tied to a pole. She then distracts Cody so he will lose the challenge, because she thinks that she might win a vote against Alejandro. Cody loses and she tells a shocked Alejandro that he just eliminated the crowd favorite. However, she is angered when Chris tells her that there will be no vote and that there will be a challenge instead. She then asks Chris what the peanut gallery's role in this is, to which he responds by allowing her and Alejandro to pick two people to help them out with the challenge. Cody volunteers to help her, and then Harold volunteers too because Cody did. Near the end of the episode, Alejandro was just about to win, when Heather showed up and fell to the ground, crying that she was about to lose. Alejandro stops to go over to her and reveal that he has feelings for her. They then kissed, but Heather kneed him in the groin.
In Heather's ending, after knocking Alejandro off the volcano, she accepts the million dollars from Chris. However, Ezekiel appears behind her and steals the million dollars from her, though he fell down the volcano. She is then seen running away from the island and does not laugh when Chris's boat sinks. After everyone swims away, Heather rises from the water and asks if she still gets the million dollars. She starts swimming swiftly as a large flaming boulder flies towards her.
In Alejandro's ending, after knocking Alejandro down the volcano on an ice cube, Heather proudly threw the dummy made out of driftwood and pineapples into the volcano. Heather becomes excited, thinking that she has won the million dollars. However, Chris then reveals that she threw Alejandro's dummy into the volcano rather than her own. Heather becomes angry and dismayed at this. After the volcano starts to erupt, she runs with everyone else to the water and swims away from the island after Chris's boat sinks.
Total Drama: Revenge of the IslandIn Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!, Heather appears on the yacht with the other veterans. She is at the bow of the yacht, held in the arms of Alejandro (who is still in the Drama Machine), with an annoyed look on her face. Her hair is also back to its original length, which signifies that some time has passed between the third season and the fourth season.
In Up, Up And Away In My Pitiful Balloon, Heather is first reintroduced at the beginning of the episode, disembarking from the massive blimp as Chris introduces her to the new cast. She seems dissatisfied when first meeting Zoey, labeling her as a "loser" and refusing to talk to her. She is promptly used to demonstrate the challenge for the day; flying through several flaming hoops, much to her dismay, before she crashes into the ground.
Later, as the cast puts the finishing touches on their vehicles, Heather uses one of Chris's Gemmies to knock both Chris and Chef out of the blimp that they are in, then hijacks it and steals the million-dollar case claiming that it was rightfully hers. Chris is visibly irritated, and changes the next part of the challenge to stopping Heather and saving the case. The contestants' attacks by throwing eggs at the blimp prove to be completely useless, and Heather retaliates by throwing more golden statuettes out the blimp at the contestants.
Eventually, Lightning crashes through the blimp's front windows and begins fighting Heather for the briefcase. Heather fakes a surrender at first, but quickly starts beating Lightning down with the case. The two begin to struggle for the case, but Lightning eventually lets it go, since he saw Cameron's rocket heading straight for them. However, Heather doesn't see it coming and remains aboard the zeppelin when the rocket crashes into the cockpit and explodes. She apparently remains aboard the zeppelin during the explosion and while the zeppelin crashes into the lake.
Total Drama All-StarsHeather returns in Heroes vs Villains, as she is one of the seven original contestants competing the season. She is place on the Villainous Vultures, and is proud of her villain status. Throughout the episode, she is annoyed by the Drama Machine that is also on her team whenever it tries to get close to her. What she didn't know is that the robot actually contains her former flame, Alejandro,who is still recovering from his injuries at the end of season three. Upon finding out that Alejandro is in the robot suit, Heather screams in horror. With his body finally recovered, their love to hate relationship continues where it left off at the finale of Total Drama World Tour.
Because of her overbearing and controlling personality, Heather immediately bumps heads with fellow teammate; Jo who also wanted to take charge of the team. Things between the two get more tumultuous in Evil Dread, when they incessantly argue about who should be the team leader, and how they should maneuver the challenge. It eventually gets physical between them when Heather drops one of their puzzle piece on Jo's foot, who retaliates by pushing Heather into the crab pit. After their team loss, the two spend the night arguing about their loss, and blaming one another for losing the challenge in Saving Private Leechball. Heather grows to be even more displeased with Jo because their team would have benefited from Lightning in the leech shooting challenge. Meanwhile, in order to secure her own safety, Heather decides to pull her long time rival, Gwen into forming an alliance with her before either Jo or Alejandro could, knowing that "where Gwen goes, Duncan follows." In the end, their team loss again and Heather is in the bottom two with Jo but she is ultimately declare safe while Jo is eliminated.
Things have not been any easier, and any less complicated with Alejandro during her duration in the season. Both are irritated that the other did not contact them between seasons, and she starts to feel bad when she believes that her past actions have made his legs paralysed. They would continue to fight over little things, but would unintentionally show small signs of affection and attraction for the next few episodes. He deems her the official leader of the team in Food Fright, which annoys their new teammate Courtney, and Heather takes the role without any issue. She would be shocked at Alejandro's irritation with her behavior in Moon Madness, calling her "typical", which she soon vent about in the confessional. When the Blue Harvest Moon appears, Heather becomes her polar opposite, a bubbly, kind, and happy-go-lucky person who hugs the animals and cares about everyone. Her sudden change in personality creeps her teammates. However, it turns out that she is only pretending to be under the effects of the moon in order to play with Alejandro's mind. Once the moon returns to normal, Heather stops her act and returns to her usual mean self.
Upon seeing that Gwen easily bonded with their new teammate, Cameron, Heather realizes that her and Alejandro are the odd ones out, and offers him to join a temporary alliance in No One Eggspects The Spanish Opposition, which he agrees to. This however, turns out to be it's actually just a ploy to gain his trust and to get him eliminated, since she still does not trust him. As the challenge proceeds, she convinces her team to vote him off, lying that he is trying to vote off either Scott or Cameron. At one point, Heather discovers the McLean-Brand Chris Head and hid it behind a rock until the challenge is over. After the challenge ends, Heather soon returns to get her idol, only to find out that it is gone and immediately accuse Chris for stealing it. Regardless, Heather believes with everyone's help, Alejandro's elimination is guaranteed. However, Alejandro not only reveals to her that his legs had recovered long ago, he is the one who took the Idol. Since Alejandro is immune, his sole vote against Heather is the only one that counts, devastating Heather. As Heather is placed into the Flush of Shame, Alejandro suggest that they should resume their relationship but Heather rejects him and push him off the giant toilet before she is flushed. The exclusive clip shows that Heather ended up in the Yukon and was attacked by a polar bear, after she ends up being stuck to a pole similar to Bridgette.
In the season finale, The Final Wreck-ening, Heather, along with Alejandro, is chosen by Mal to help him win the finale against Zoey. It turns out that after her and Alejandro's respective eliminations, they have finally become a couple and spend most of their time making out, much to the disgust of Chris. At one point, Mal attempts to throw Heather into the toxic waste but is stopped by Alejandro, who comes up with an alternate plan. She and Alejandro finally get across using a canoe. Near the end, Chris became frustrated with all the contestants kissing each other in some way and proclaims that anyone is capable of winning the million dollars if they pull out the sword first. Upon hearing this, Heather and Alejandro start fighting again, not wanting to lose a chance to get the prize money. After laughing at Alejandro being chased by Fang, Heather is hit in the head by Gwen. Eventually, either one of the original finalists still manages to pull the sword out first, frustrating Heather. However, pulling out the sword also leads to the destruction of the island. Heather is angry that she is cheated out of the million dollars again, and sarcastically calls the consolation prize of Alejandro "great." Her and Alejandro are last seen being chased by Fang.
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- View this video for Heather's video message from home.
On Cartoon Network, like the parents of the other campers, Heather's parents send Heather a video about how much they miss her. However, the video makes it clear that they do not.
The video starts off with her parents dancing with party hats on until they realize the camera is rolling. They then tell their daughter how much they miss her, but their cover is blown when a group of movers carry her belongings past them.
- Heather, Duncan, Gwen, Owen, Scott, and Zoey are the only contestants to reach the final four more than once.
- Heather is one of only five contestants to have competed in four seasons of Total Drama; the others are Courtney, Duncan, Gwen, and Lindsay.
- Like Courtney, Izzy, and Noah, Heather was not intended to appear in Camp TV.
- However, her name was used for Gwen's prototype and her design greatly resembles Eva's prototype.
- She is one of the seven females to have more than one boy attracted to her, with the others being Anne Maria, Bridgette, Carrie, Courtney, Gwen, and Jasmine.
- Geoff also considered her to be the hottest girl on the show in The Aftermath: I.
- Heather and Sugar are both labeled as "Queens", and each have a mostly one-sided conflict with a "Princess" whom they eventually eliminate. They also both place third in the first season they compete in.
- She is one of nine characters who has appeared bald, with the others being Chef, Chris, Ezekiel, Sierra, Alejandro, Staci, Dakota, and Dave.
- She has won six individual challenges (seven, counting her ending of Hawaiian Punch), the most out of any Total Drama contestant.
- Counting Heather's ending, she is the only competitor on Total Drama who has beaten every contestant in the first three seasons.
- Every team that Heather has been placed on is the first to win a challenge.
- Heather is responsible for more eliminations than any other contestant in Total Drama, having played a part in fourteen eliminations over the course of the series.
- She sings twenty songs in Total Drama World Tour, the most out of any contestant.
- Total Drama All-Stars is the only season in which Heather does not achieve a single-digit ranking.
- Heather has had her ethnicity confirmed. According to Todd Kauffman, she is Asian.
- Lindsay was originally intended to be the antagonist in Camp TV until Heather was created and replaced her.
- Heather is the last female to make a cameo appearance in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
- Heather is the first contestant in Total Drama to win a season in the United States but not in Canada.
- She has appeared in more Total Drama episodes than any other player, appearing in seventy-five episodes overall.
- Courtney's voice actor, Emilie-Claire Barlow, revealed in an interview that she originally auditioned to voice Heather.
- Heather has suffered several mishaps and near-death experiences, making her one of the most unfortunate contestants.
- She has had ten hairstyles, more than any other character.
- Heather's name may be a reference to the 1989 American film Heathers, which revolves around a group of popular high school girls all named Heather.
See also
|Interactions with
|Everyone | Alejandro | Beth | Chris | Cody | Courtney | DJ | Duncan | Gwen | Harold | Leshawna | Lindsay | Owen | Sierra
|Other content
|Heather's alliances | Heather's hairstyles
|Eliminated from Total Drama Island
|I Triple Dog Dare You!
|Gwen and Owen
|Eliminated from Total Drama Action
|Million Dollar Babies
|Finalist of Total Drama World Tour
|Hawaiian Punch with Alejandro
|Eliminated from Total Drama All-Stars
|No One Eggspects The Spanish Opposition
|Screaming Gophers teammates
|Beth | Cody | Gwen | Heather | Izzy | Justin | Katie | Leshawna | Lindsay | Noah | Owen | Trent
|Screaming Gaffers teammates
|DJ | Duncan | Gwen | Harold | Heather | Leshawna
|Team Amazon teammates
|Cody | Courtney | Gwen | Heather | Izzy | Sierra
|Villainous Vultures teammates
|Alejandro | Cameron | Courtney | Duncan | Gwen | Heather | Jo | Lightning | Scott


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Gold Snacks Fusion Enterprice they refused to correct and exchange food order. Rancho Dominguez, California
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JD ByRyder J.D. Byrider8413 Kingston Pike Knoxville, Tennessee U.S.A.
JD ByRyder J.D. Byrider - Dave Salesman Crappy Knoxville Tennessee
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The salesman Dave during his 'pitch' that he called a 'program' stated "these are dinged up cars, they will break down. BUT we have a 24 month 24k mile warranty... blah blah blah."
I just smile and nod because my credit isn't bad or good it's what people consider "ghost" I just don't have it established. But anyways... he says the only car I'm able to get is a 2000 Elantra with 97k miles at a price of $9,980. Now this is a super standard issue car... and yes I know you expect to pay a mark up at the typical buy here pay here lots but at this one you don't even get to pick out the car you would like.
I felt really un-easy over the fact that I had asked if I could have a day or two to think about it. (When you spend that much money I like to think about it before committing to a 400 dollar a month payment for a crappy car.) He immediately went on the defensive and said "Well, we can't do that and we had to beg the finance woman to approve this." I said "Well then if you had to beg her to do it, I obviously don't need the car so my business is done here." And luckily walked out before I signed a dang thing.
I advise people to be very careful with this place. It's only good for a last resort and read every single thing you sign. Their payment system and 'budget' is majorly flawed for failure.
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In our area JDB has a real problem keeping mechanics on staff. That should tell you something. Quality mechanics won't go near operations like this.
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To prevent rodents from nesting in your house:
- Wash your dishes and cooking items immediately after you use them, and clean up any food that spills on the floor. Also, don't leave food out on the countertops.
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- If you suspect a rodent infestation, use spring-loaded rodent traps in your home as much as possible. Put the traps near baseboards and against the wall where rodents tend to run.
- In addition to traps, use an EPA-approved poison rodent bait (rodenticide) under a plywood or plastic shelter along your baseboards. Be careful when you get rid of dead rodents in the traps, because there may be droppings in and around the traps.
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- Use steel wool or cement to cover all openings in your house that are larger than 0.25 in. (0.6 cm).
- Place metal flashing around the base of a wooden, earthen, or adobe house. This will help form a barrier that rodents cannot penetrate. Place the flashing at least 12 in. (30.5 cm) high and buried at least 6 in. (15.2 cm) deep.
- Place 3 in. (7.6 cm) of gravel under the base of your house or mobile home so rodents cannot burrow under your house.
Reducing rodent numbers outdoors
There are many ways to reduce or eliminate rodents around your house by eliminating places rodents like to nest. Try the following:
- Dispose of trash and other junk. Put your garbage in rodent-proof or thick plastic containers that have tight-fitting lids.
- Store hay, woodpiles, and garbage cans on elevated platforms, and store them at least 100 ft (30.5 m) away from your house, if possible.
- Remove grass, brush, and dense shrubbery around your house.
- Clean up seed from the ground below bird feeders, and store bird seed in rodent-proof containers.
Disposing of dead rodents
- Wear gloves when you handle dead rodents, their droppings, or nesting materials. If you are in an enclosed place, you may also want to wear goggles and a respirator with a filter to avoid breathing contaminated dust.
- Do not stir up dust by sweeping up or vacuuming up droppings, urine, or nesting materials.
- Spray dead rodents, their nests, and droppings with a household disinfectant, such as Lysol, or a freshly made dilute bleach solution. You can make a bleach solution by adding 1 part bleach to 10 parts water [for example, add 1 cup (237 mL) bleach to 10 cups (2.4 L) of water]. Place dead rodents in plastic bags. Clean up droppings or nest materials with paper towels or rags and place them in plastic bags. Seal each bag before throwing it away in the garbage.
- If you use a spring-loaded snap trap, you can clean an empty trap by pouring very hot water on it.
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