Degrassi/Characters/Graduating Class of Season 9: Difference between revisions

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'''Danny Van Zandt (Season 4-9)'''

 

 

Liberty's younger brother introduced in season 4. He was very much an annoying little brat until season 8 after Liberty graduated. He's undergone a pretty noticeable growth spurt and has matured greatly and has become pretty popular in his own right. He was on the football team and was part of the band Studz with Peter, Sav, and Spinner. He graduated in season 9 and is accepted into Cornell University.

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* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: seasons 4-7.

* [[Black Best Friend]]

* [[Character Development]]: Took place off screen between Season 7 and 8.

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'''Derek Haig (Seasons 5-8)'''

 

 

Derek is Danny's best friend. He and Danny have always been inseparable until Danny started getting popular and left him behind on the social ladder of high school. He joined the football team along with Danny in season 8 and has become much more of a immature bully. Eventually though, although he likes Leia he sees that she and Danny really like each other and willingly steps aside and tells Danny to get together with Leia. [[Heterosexual Life Partners|This results in Derek and Danny reuniting and rekindling their friendship.]]

* [[The Bully]]

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: disappeared in season 9.

* Part of [[Gang of Bullies]]

* [[Happily Adopted]]

* [[Jerk Jock]]

* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Danny.

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: seasons 5-7.

 

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'''Darcy Edwards (Seasons 4-8)'''

 

 

A girl introduced in season 4 [[Breakout Character|who quickly became one of the more prominent Degrassi students.]] She starts a relationship with Spinner in season 5, and pulled him out of his rough spot when he repeated his junior year. She is a devout Christian and she has taken a vow of abstinence until marriage. However, she still feels pressure to feel attractive and sexual in order to maintain a relationship. She is very judgmental of others, particularly of Mia and Manny due to their sexual histories. In season 7, she is raped at a party which completely changes her demeanor and outlook on life and it is not until later in the season she came to terms with it. In season 8, she goes to Kenya in order to help the people there and rediscover her faith.

* [[Holier Than Thou]]

* [[Hormone-Addled Teenager]]: Much to her dismay, as she reconciles her burgeoning sexuality with her religion.

* [[Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl]]

* [[Stepford Smiler]]

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Girly Girl to Jane in season 7.

 

== Peter Stone ==

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'''Peter Stone (Seasons 5-10)'''

 

 

Peter is a smug teenage boy with a lot of money and a lot of problems. First introduced in Season 5, he makes a huge impression by filming a drunken Manny showing off her breasts and then "accidentally" sending the video of incident to the whole school. Later on, he puts Darcy in a very dangerous situation by inadvertently setting her up with a Internet predator. Underneath the fancy clothes and toys, he's a boy who is still wounded by his parents' divorce with no real friends at all. Darcy turns out to be a very good influence on him, and he starts to really change as a person. But with her and Mia gone, he goes on a meth binge, and spent the rest of the season regaining the trust he lost. He was the lead singer of Studz, and played alongside Janie and the Studs. He attends Toronto University.

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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Probably the evilest and blondest of them all, and this from a show that ''loves'' its evil blond men.

* [[The Dandy]]

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'''Jane Vaughan (Seasons 7-9)'''

 

 

Jane originally attended Lakehurst High school before the school burned down. She has a unique style of dress and and cool demeanor, which immediately catches Spinner Mason's eye. They both hit it off and become a couple. Despite her jovial atttitude, she is a lot more motivated than Spinner and she has her eyes on the future and on becoming a lawyer. She is a tomboy (she even plays on the football team) and can't really relate to other girls very well. She also has a dark past - she was sexually abused by her father. In season 9, as her and Spinner's plans for the future conflict, she cheats on him with new student Declan Coyne. Spinner breaks up with her but later forgives her before he marries Emma [[Running Gag|(no, really)]]. She is a great singer and was the lead singer of Janie and the Studs. She later attends Stanford University on a scholarship.

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her Dad to be precise.

* [[Garage Band]]: Leader of Janie and the Studs.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]

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'''John George "Johnny" DiMarco (Seasons 6-9)'''

 

 

Originally from Lakehurst High, he is an aloof bad boy who likes to cause trouble. He was at the scene of the crime when J.T. was killed, and the incident did traumatize him though he'll never admit it. He is highly sought after by Alli, and eventually she begins to date him. However, he put up strict ground rules in regards to public displays of affection to keep his reputation. Despite his demeanor, he is a pretty smart guy and has plans to go to college after high school. He even graduated Degrassi with Honors.

* [[Gang of Bullies]]

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: with Bruce.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: He is smarter than he lets on and actually graduated with honors.

* [[Older and Wiser]]

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'''Bruce the Moose (Seasons 7-9)'''

 

 

An oafish bully from Lakehurst who is friends with Johnny, Lucas and Derek. He is part of the football team, possibly to put a lot of people through pain. He intimidates most of the student body, but he isn't impossible to get along with.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: with Johnny.