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* [[Characters/TotalDramaGwen Gwen]] to Owen. While both ended up as finalists of ''Island'', they have otherwise complete opposite personalities. Owen is the BigFun party guy, NiceGuy, and AllLovingHero who magnetically attracts friends to him. Gwen is a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold and falls into GoodIsNotNice and has bitter rivalry with Heather. While Owen ain’t the brightest bulb and not very fit, Gwen is one of the more intelligent contestants and a JackOfAllTrades when it comes to her physical performance. Additionally, in the first season, both have a love interest who dons green eyes and a green outfit.

* Courtney and Heather. Both girls are arrogant, domineering {{Alpha Bitch}}es who will resort to any means to win the competition, are the leaders of their teams in Season 1, both serve as the BigBad of a season, both formed multiple alliances (notably both with Beth), and both garnered a lot of hatred from their teammates. However, while Heather was a CardCarryingVillain who revels in her villainy and prefers to manipulate others into doing her bidding, Courtney sees herself as a hero, wins most of the challenges on her own merits (skill, strength), but has a bad case of MoralMyopia and believes her actions are justified while having trouble processing when she is doing wrong. Heather starts off unrepentant and ruthless in her crusade to win, before she gradually mellows out and becomes an AntiHero after her ''Island'' [[BreakTheHaughty defeat]] and has a HazyFeelTurn. Courtney starts off as a harsh but heroic well-meaning girl, before [[EvilFeelsGood turning to the dark side]], and jumps down the slippery slope into self-serving villainy. Their antagonistic approaches are also quite different; Heather playing TheChessmaster and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulating others]] to orchestrate eliminations, while Courtney exploits LoopHoleAbuse in conjunction with her [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections lawyers]] to get ahead in the game.
* Gwen to Owen. While both ended up as finalists of ''Island'', they have otherwise complete opposite personalities. Owen is the BigFun party guy, NiceGuy, and AllLovingHero who magnetically attracts friends to him. Gwen is a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold and falls into GoodIsNotNice and has bitter rivalry with Heather. While Owen ain’t the brightest bulb and not very fit, Gwen is one of the more intelligent contestants and a JackOfAllTrades when it comes to her physical performance. Additionally, in the first season, both have a love interest who dons green eyes and a green outfit.

* Alejandro is essentially a SpearCounterpart to Heather. Both being the BigBad of a season and [[TheChessmaster orchestrated numerous eliminations]], while forming several alliances to safe guard their place in the game. However unlike Heather, who was a AlphaBitch who governed her alliances through fear and earned a bad reputation for herself, Alejandro's approach involved winning over the trust of others by [[BitchInSheepsClothing feigning kindess]] and kept his true nature hidden from the public. As Noah puts it, he's like Heather only with social skills.

** Mike and Mal. While Mike is a NiceGuy who wants makes many friends and goes out of his way to help people, Mal is a cruel and cold-hearted sadist who delights in spreading terror and inflicting pain upon others. In addition, Mike is cheery, meek, and friendly, while Mal is snarky, manipulative, and rude (although he's able to [[BitchInSheepsClothing feign kindness]] while pretending to be Mike. More subtly, Mike is a BadLiar who comes up with lame excuses to justify his odd behavior, while Mal is a MasterActor able to near-perfectly mimic Mike and mostly remains undetected even to those closest to him like Zoey and Cameron.

* Gwen to Owen. While both ended up as finalists of ''Island'', they have otherwise complete opposite personalities. Owen is the BigFun party guy, NiceGuy, and AllLovingHero who magnetically attracts friends to him. Gwen is a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold and falls into GoodIsNotNice and has bitter rivalry with Heather. While Owen ain’t the brightest bulb and not very fit, Gwen is one of the more intelligent contestants and a JackOfAllTrades when it comes to her physical performance.

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* Courtney and Heather. Both girls are arrogant, domineering {{Alpha Bitch}}es who will resort to any means to win the competition, are the leaders of their teams in Season 1, both serve as the BigBad of a season, both formed multiple alliances (notably both with Beth), and both garnered a lot of hatred from their teammates. However, while Heather was a CardCarryingVillain who revels in her villainy and prefers to manipulate others into doing her bidding, Courtney sees herself as a hero, wins most of the challenges on her own merits (skill, strength), but has a bad case of MoralMyopia and believes her actions are justified while having trouble processing when she is doing wrong. Heather starts off unrepentant and ruthless in her crusade to win, before she gradually mellows out and becomes an AntiHero after her ''Island'' [[BreakTheHaughty defeat]] and has a HazyFeelTurn. Courtney starts off as a harsh but heroic well-meaning girl, before being [[TheCorrupter corrupted by Duncan]] and [[EvilFeelsGood turning to the dark side]], and jumps down the slippery slope into self-serving villainy. Their antagonistic approaches are also quite different; Heather playing TheChessmaster and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulating others]] to orchestrate eliminations, while Courtney exploits LoopHoleAbuse in conjunction with her [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections lawyers]] to get ahead in the game.

* Shawn to Sky. Both are TheLeader for Team Maskwak, possible finalists of the season and by extension TheProtagonist, both are exceptionally athletic and possess SuperSpeed, and both were involved in the two main relationships of the season. However while Sky is one of the [[OnlySaneMan sanest]] characters in the season, Shawn is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. There's also contrasts in their relationships. While both started off not wanting to get involved in love, it's for different reasons as Shawn believes LoveIsAWeakness while Sky is a CompetitionFreak. Shawn ends up messing up his relationship with Jasmine and spends a large part of the season trying to make amends, while Sky pushes Dave away herself. Both Shawn and Sky are forced to pick between their love or the money, but while Shawn eventually comes round and picks Jasmine, Sky still prioritizes the money and instead exploits Dave's feelings to help her win. Shawn ultimately gets together with Jasmine, while Sky and Dave part on bad terms.
* Shawn to Dave with Shawn's down-and-dirty survivalism contrasting Dave's NeatFreak tendencies.

* Kelly and Taylor, Mom and Daughter, to Dwayne and Junior, Father and Son. Both are {{Parent Child Team}}s whose child believes that their parent is {{amazingly embarrassing|Parent}}. However, Taylor treats her [[PushoverParent mom Kelly]] [[AllTakeAndNoGive with no respect]] and [[TheLoad fails to pull her own weight]], which ultimately causes Kelly to put her foot down. While Junior might laugh at his [[BumblingDad dad's misfortunes]] occasionally, he and Dwayne have a comparatively more healthy relationship.