User blog comment:Mister.. E./Total Drama - Rankings *World Tour!*/@comment-1874924-20130611053029

Frankly, I'm not sure where you got the idea that Leshawna was a sidekick to Gwen in the earlier seasons. In Season 1, Leshawna and Gwen were basically tag-team foils to Heather. Only once all season did both have major roles in the same episode. Yes, Leshawna got shoved to the background in the early TDA episodes, but so did pretty much everyone else who wasn't Gwen or Trent. In Season 3, Gwen and Leshawna were both secondary characters until shortly before Duncan's return, by which time Leshawna was gone.