Degrassi High: Difference between revisions

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The series was followed up with ''Degrassi Talks,'' a documentary special where ''Degrassi'' actors interviewed people for real stories of drug addiction, domestic abuse, etc. interspersed with relevant clips from ''[[Degrassi High]].''

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=== This show provides examples of: ===

* [[A Day in The Limelight]]

* [[The Alleged Car]]: Clutch's Mustang II, Joey's older (but cooler if no less junky) Mustang Sportsroof, Snake's parents' huge, rusty '76 Oldsmobile, Spike's mom's Lada, Wheels' heavily beat-up Chevy Malibu wagon. It gives the impression that the production could only afford Alleged Cars for the characters to drive.

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* [[All for Nothing]]: Constantly.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Averted when Stephanie Kaye left ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' -- this may be the only teen [[Soap Opera]] without one.

* [[Anti Hero]]: Wheels.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Wheels.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Maya, Michelle, Diana, Alex, Dwayne and Tessa. All of them were minor or background characters in ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]''.

* [[Badass Beard]]: Scott the abusive boyfriend

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* [[Beta Couple]]: Simon and Alexa.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]

* [[Big Ego Hidden Depths]]

* [[Big Ego, Hidden Depths]]

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Almost half the episodes.

* [[Blackmail]]

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Dwayne. Poor, poor Dwayne.

* [[Brother Chuck]]

* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin]]

* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin']]

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''School's Out''.

* [[Dark Fic]]: ''School's Out'' according to those who find it overdone.

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* [[Plucky Girl]]: Spike and Michelle.

* [[Positive Discrimination]]: Averted -- even with three [[Magical Negro]] characters, some of the most unpleasant characters on the show are minorities.

* [[Precision F Strike]]: The F-word is used ''twice'' in near-succession during the climax of "[[The Movie|School's Out]]". Extremely jarring in that the show hardly ever used even ''mild'' swearing.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: The F-word is used ''twice'' in near-succession during the climax of "[[The Movie|School's Out]]". Extremely jarring in that the show hardly ever used even ''mild'' swearing.

* [[Product Placement]]: Lots of appearances by Pepsi and Quaker Oats: including a character who almost always seemed to have a box of Dipps granola bars..

* [[Put On a Bus]]

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* [[Spear Carrier]]

* [[Spoiler Opening]]: The credits spoil a few things; far worse is the decision to put the ''Degrassi Talks'' episodes on the ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' DVDs, making it impossible to watch them in the order you see the discs without spoiling the biggest surprises.

* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: Joey and Caitlin -- arguably one of the best examples to ever come out of a [[Teen Drama]] series.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Joey and Caitlin -- arguably one of the best examples to ever come out of a [[Teen Drama]] series.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]

* [[Ted Baxter]]: Joey.

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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Amy and Allison.

* [[Valley Girl]]: Amy and Allison.

* [[Where Da White Women At]]: BLT and Michelle

* [[Where Da White Women At?]]: BLT and Michelle

* [[Wild Teen Party]]

* [[Zany Scheme]]