History Quotes / Degrassi

-->-'''Stefan Brogren'''

-->-'''Stefan Brogren'''

-->-'''Creator/CoryMonteith''' at the 2010 Gemini Awards.

'''Tristan''': Are we Maya? Are we?\\
- A rare GenreSavvy moment, from ''"Close to Me"''

'''Grace''': And then it's off to juvie for all of us.\\
- ''"Close to Me"'', again.

''Degrassi you make drama look so good!''\\

->''"This is supposed to be the best years of our lives but it's just been one disaster after another. This school is cursed."''
-->—'''Ashley Kerwin'''

->'''Raditch''' (knocking on the MI Lab door): ''Archie?''
->'''Snake''': (exasperated sigh) "No, I am BUSY here if you haven't noticed..."
->'''Raditch''': "I'm sorry. They want to know if you can get into Rick's email to look for signs. Warning signs?"
->'''Snake''': (laughs sarcastically) ''Of course...'' '''NOW''' ''the groundbreaking 20/20 hindsight policy kicks into gear!''
->'''Raditch''': (getting annoyed and angry, approaches him) ''Look... I have seven hundred students and a teaching staff that I am responsible for EVERY DAY. Don't get on my case because one kid overreacted to some... Spilled paint!''
->'''Snake''': (angrier) ''Yeah, ONE KID who you've personally spoken to TWICE in the last two days, but did you listen?!''
->'''Raditch''': "Of course I did!"
->'''Snake''': (furious) "I bet you can't remember a word he said! This tragedy, Dan, it could've been prevented if you hadn't-!
->'''Spike''': (holding a sobbing Emma and snaps): ''Archie! Can you two do this later?!''

->''"25 years of Degrassi memories. Like what, the fire in TheEighties or the time all the school's computers got stolen in TheNineties?" ''
-->- '''J.T. Yorke'''

->'''Ashley''': ''"I'd never get tired of London, y'know, but I got tired of missing home. Tried some schools there, but I couldn't find anything quite like this." ''
->'''Jimmy''': ''"Yeah, I guess it's kinda hard to find a school with such a unique combo of[[{{Beat}} ...]]shootings and gonorrhea outbreaks."''
->'''Ashley''':(laughs)''" OK, yeah, some bad stuff happened here, but some good people are here too..."''

->'''Griffin''': ''Y'know, all these rappers glamorizing gang culture? You're the antidote.''
->'''Jimmy''': ''I was shot in the back by a trivia nerd covered in yellow paint and feathers..''

->''"Everything in this school happens to this band, their friends and their stupid coloured jeans."''
-->—'''Bruce the Moose'''

->''"It's only a matter of time until the next school scandal comes to a boil. Hang in there."''
-->- '''Clare'''

->'''Principal Simpson''': "''It's called Degrassi Community School. Emphasis on 'school'"''.
->'''Chantay''': ''"Well, for some of us the emphasis is on 'community'."''

->''"HighSchool sucks. Spend time here with people who don't."''
-->-'''Bianca'''

->'' Of course, nowadays it’s a very different show (from Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh), same heart but a lot flashier!''

->''I don’t think we realized it at the time (of ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh''), but there was nothing else like it. There was no ''[[BeverlyHills90210 90210]]'' or ''DawsonsCreek''. It was one of these things where it was the only show where there wasn’t a [[ParentExMachina parent coming in]] and solving the problem for the kid—like ''DifferentStrokes'' or ''TheBradyBunch''. The genius behind what Linda did was to go, “No, these kids have to make these terrible mistakes and they’re going to have to live with it.''

->"'Snake'": (exasperated sigh) "No, I am BUSY here if you haven't noticed..."
->"'Raditch'": "I'm sorry. They want to know if you can get into Rick's email to look for signs. Warning signs?"

->"'Raditch'": "Of course I did!"
->"'Snake'": (furious) "I bet you can't remember a word he said! This tragedy, Dan, it could've been prevented if you hadn't-!

->'''Raditch''' (knocking on the MI Lab door): ''Excuse me, they were wondering...if you could go into (Rick's) e-mail, look for warning signs.''
->'''Snake''': ''Of course.'' '''NOW''' ''the groundbreaking 20/20 hindsight policy kicks into gear!''
->'''Raditch''': ''Look, I have a whole school to run. Seven hundred students-''
->'''Snake''': ''-And you talked to this one three times in the past two days! Do you remember a word he said?!''
->'''Spike''': (holding a sobbing Emma): ''Could you guys do this some other time!?''

->'' Of course, nowadays it’s a very different show (from DegrassiJuniorHigh), same heart but a lot flashier!''

->''I don’t think we realized it at the time (of ''DegrassiJuniorHigh''), but there was nothing else like it. There was no ''[[BeverlyHills90210 90210]]'' or ''DawsonsCreek''. It was one of these things where it was the only show where there wasn’t a [[ParentExMachina parent coming in]] and solving the problem for the kid—like ''DifferentStrokes'' or ''TheBradyBunch''. The genius behind what Linda did was to go, “No, these kids have to make these terrible mistakes and they’re going to have to live with it.''

-->- '''Various actors''', regarding [[spoiler: Dylan Everett's departure after his character's suicide]].

->''"HighSchool sucks. Hang out with people who don't."''

->'' Of course, nowadays it’s a very different show, same heart but a lot flashier!''

->[[strike:'''Principal Simpson''': ''That's only because TeenNick thought "[[CanadaEh Degrassi Collegiate Institute]]" would be [[ViewersAreMorons confusing to their viewers]]."'']]

->[[strike:'''Principal Simpson''': That's only because TeenNick thought "Degrassi Collegiate Institute" would be confusing to their viewers."]]

[[strike: ->'''Principal Simpson''': That's only because TeenNick thought "Degrassi Collegiate Institute" would be confusing to their viewers."]]

->''"25 years of Degrassi memories. Like what, the fire in TheEighties or the time all the school's computers got stolen in TheNineties?" [[strike:Or the kid who got stabbed to death in the street in the oughts?]]''

->'''Griffin''': ''Y'know, all these rappers glamorizing gang culture? You're the antidote."''
->'''Jimmy''': ''"I was shot in the back by a trivia nerd covered in yellow paint and feathers.."''

->'''Chantay''': ''Well, for some of us the emphasis is on 'community'"''

->'''Raditch''' (knocking on the MI Lab door): ''Excuse me, they were wondering...if you could go into his e-mail, look for warning signs.''

->''"Everything in this school happens to this band, their friends and their stupid coloured jeans."''
-->—'''Bruce the Moose'''

->''"It's only a matter of time until the next school scandal comes to a boil. Hang in there."''
-->- '''Clare'''

->'''Principal Simpson''': "''It's called Degrassi Community School. Emphasis on 'school'"''.
->'''Chantay''': ''Well, for some of us the emphasis is on 'community'"''

->'''Ashley''': "I'd never get tired of London, y'know, but I got tired of missing home. Tried some schools there, but I couldn't find anything quite like this."
->'''Jimmy''': "Yeah, I guess it's kinda hard to find a school with such a unique combo of[[{{Beat}} ...]]shootings and gonorrhea outbreaks."
->'''Ashley''':(laughs)" OK, yeah, some bad stuff happeded here, but some good people are here too..."

-->- '''J.T. Yorke'''

-->- J.T. Yorke

-->-- '''Clare'''

-->—'''Ashley Kerwin'''

->'''Chantay''': ''Well, for some of us the emphasis is on 'community'"''