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Information on Gwen from the Total Drama Series.

* Gwen wins in the Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Danish ending versions of Total Drama Island. See the alternate ending in English.
* Gwen has an interest in art (shown several times throughout the show, and says she wishes to study art history at university in the future) and astronomy (shown in The Big Sleep).
* She is one of five characters to be seen bloated. Others include Harold, LeShawna, Lindsay, and Heather.
* Gwen is one of the four characters to appear in all episodes of Total Drama Island, the others being Owen, Heather, and Duncan.
o If one counts flashbacks, LeShawna also qualifies for this.
* Gwen, along with Owen, are the only two 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 was the only camper to never leave the island in Total Drama Island (Owen went to a five-star hotel for a weekend with the guys' team at the end of Brunch of Disgustingness).
o Ironically, Gwen seemed to hate being on the island the most.
* Gwen is the first contestant to vote for herself in Total Drama history.
* Gwen was the only member of Team Amazon to be eliminated in Total Drama World Tour before the merge.
* Gwen has only made it to the merge once.
* A small running gag has been seen with her concerning her privacy on the island and film set. During many times, Gwen has shoved a camera out of her face in order to gain a little amount of privacy.
o Camp TV
+ Promo - During the promo for the Camp TV version of Total Drama Island, Gwen shoves a camera out of her face when the narrator begins to describe her.
o Total Drama Island
+ Search and Do Not Destroy - Trent asks Gwen during the beginning of this episode what she's sketching. She replies with nothing, though a hidden camera proves her otherwise, seeing that she has sketched a picture of Trent. Gwen gets annoyed and pushes the camera out of her way.
+ The Very Last Episode, Really! - After telling viewers what she thought of the campers and her experience on the island, she says that she's done and shoves the camera down.
* Gwen is one of the two karma believers. She seems to be a strong believer in karma as she mentions it throughout the series.
o The other karma believer is Lindsay.
* As revealed by Beth in Mutiny on the Soundstage, Gwen owns two lizards, Angus and Vampyra.
* Gwen is the only known character so far to be claustrophobic.
o Though this may be a one-time gag, Owen also admits to having claustrophobia during the quarantine period of One Flu Over the Cuckoos.
* Revealed by Duncan in Mutiny on the Soundstage, Gwen's favorite band is the Gothic Mind Explosion and she wants a Ford 1967 Mustang as her car.
* Gwen, along with Heather and Sierra, are the only characters shown to have created a blog.
* Gwen's appearance may be based on Tibby Rollings, a fictional character from the series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
* Gwen is the only runner-up of a season to compete in all three seasons.
* Gwen is the first contestant to use the Confession Cam.
* Confirmed on the Cartoon Network website, Gwen's favorite movie genre is horror.
* It is revealed in Riot On Set that Gwen once had a job at a petting zoo.
* Gwen has been on a team with Heather for all three seasons.
o Interestingly, the conflict between those two is arguably the biggest in the series.
* Gwen has won more challenges than anyone for her team or for herself and her partner. (With thirteen/fourteen)
o She won the challenge in The Big Sleep for the Screaming Gophers for being the last person awake.
o She was one of the people who faced her fear in Phobia Factor, helping her team win.
o Gwen and LeShawna beat Geoff and DJ in the tie breaker challenge in Who Can You Trust?.
o Gwen outlasted the rest of the campers in Basic Straining, winning the challenge for her team.
o Gwen won the challenge when she faced a real psycho killer in Hook, Line, and Screamer.
o Gwen was the first person to catch her animal in Wawanakwa Gone Wild!, winning the challenge for herself.
o Gwen and Heather won the challenge for themselves when they beat Duncan and Owen back to camp in Are We There Yeti?.
o Gwen and Owen won the challenge when they teamed up to beat Heather in I Triple Dog Dare You!.
o Gwen beat Owen in the alternate ending in The Very Last Episode, Really! (Although, since it was an alternate ending, it may not count.)
o Gwen and Trent were the first contestants back with their eggs in Alien Resurr-eggtion, winning the challenge.
o Gwen was one of the cows that roped the cowboys in 3:10 to Crazytown.
o Gwen and Courtney caught Duncan in I See London..., causing her team to win.
o Gwen won a golden medal in Greece's Pieces.
o Gwen found an alien artefact in The Ex-Files, causing her team to win.
* Eight of the challenges Gwen won were in the first season of Total Drama. This is the record for any season.
* Gwen is an environmentalist.
o In The Aftermath: IV, she asked the finalists "what would they do with the money to help the environment when they're not thinking of themselves." While she liked Beth's answer, she was impressed with Duncan's idea of giving the money for Green Peace, since he met some of them at juvie.
o It's revealed in Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special that after Total Drama Action, Gwen began a web show to talk about her time with the cast and to help the environment.
* Every single team that Gwen is on is the first to win a challenge.
* Gwen is the only contestant on Total Drama Action to receive just one Gilded Chris Award (as Izzy received one Gilded Chris award before and after her first elimination).
* Gwen was one of the three people to be on the "Screaming" team for two seasons. The others being Heather and LeShawna.
* Gwen and Noah are the only former Screaming Gophers that haven't shown a form of nudity at any point in the series.
o However, both of them have been caught in their underwear.
* Gwen is one of out three characters to have rapped during the series; The other two being Harold and Ezekiel.
o She is the only female to do so.
* Gwen is the third contestant to ever attend another team's elimination ceremony. The first two were Duncan and Alejandro.
* Gwen has had more guys attracted to her than any other girl on the show, at six; the guys being, Trent, Cody, Owen, Tyler, Harold, and Duncan.
o Trent and Gwen were in a relationship for a majority of season one, and the beginning of season two.
o Cody constantly tries to hit on Gwen, but fails.
o Owen constantly calls Gwen a hot chick, but never actually says so to her face.
o Tyler agrees with Owen about Gwen being hot, in The Ex-Files.
o Harold confesses that he finds Gwen attractive in The Chefshank Redemption, after she smashes a shovel over his head.
o Duncan and Gwen are currently in a romantic relationship since I See London..., and he also called her a hot chick as well..
* Gwen is the second person to kiss another contestant's boyfriend. The first one was Heather.
o She was even nicknamed the 'New Heather' because of this.
* Gwen is allergic to eucalyptus, as shown in Picnic at Hanging Dork.
* Gwen can play the drums, as shown in Picnic at Hanging Dork during Shear the Sheep.
o This makes her one of six contestants that can play an instrument. The others are Alejandro, Courtney, Cody, Trent, and Harold.
* Gwen and Courtney are the third duo to result and battle it out in a tie, the first duo being Duncan and Beth and the second being DJ and Lindsay.
* Gwen is the only contestant out of Total Drama Island's final four to have not won a season, not counting the alternate ending of Total Drama Island.
* Gwen is the only contestant of Total Drama Island's final five to only make it to the merge once.
* Gwen, along with Ezekiel and Izzy, are the only contestants to be the lowest ranking member of their team twice.
* Gwen's favorite movie is "Blood Bath 2: Summer Camp Reign of Terror".
* Gwen was one of the few characters elimination not to be orchestrated by Alejandro; the others were Ezekiel, Lindsay, Izzy, Blaineley, and Sierra.
* Gwen, along with Alejandro, Lindsay, Duncan, Courtney, Heather, Justin, Cody and Sierra have all gotten swollen eyes at some point in the series.