History Series / DegrassiTheNextGeneration

* ComicUnderwearExposure: In "Never Gonna Give You Up," during Spinner and J.T.'s war of pranks, J.T. rips Spinner's off in front of an entire hallway full of students, who laugh at Spinner's heart-printed boxer shorts.

* ComicalUnderwearExposure: In "Never Gonna Give You Up," during Spinner and J.T.'s war of pranks, J.T. rips Spinner's off in front of an entire hallway full of students, who laugh at Spinner's heart-printed boxer shorts.

* Uncool Undies: When J.T. rips Spinner's pants off in "Never Gonna Give You Up," it is revealed that Spinner wears white boxers with red hearts on them. Everyone else in the hallway laughs at Spinner, likely due to the fact that the flamboyant underwear choice is counter to Spinner's image as tough guy.

** Another one often referenced is from the Season 7 episode "Talking in Your Sleep". Paige ends up sleeping with Griffin. Later she finds out he has HIV. She gets tested and is told by doctors that she won't know the results for 6 months. Griffin unceremoniously disappears from the show shortly after this revelation when Paige reveals she is moving out, and there is never any follow-up on Paige's results. Actress Lauren Collins who played Paige has referenced this plothole jokingly a few times on her Twitter.[[note]]Griffin was on several HIV drugs as said on the show, all meant to decrease HIV infection (though they don't stop HIV transmission, and this was several years before the breakthrough of pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP which greatly reduces the risk of transmission). He also used a condom, which is greatly preventive in stopping the risk of HIV and other STDS so most likely, Paige does not have HIV.[[/note]]

* [[DubInducedPlothole Distributor-Induced Plothole]]: When The N didn't show Accidents Will Happen, they only showed the subplots of these episodes ''once'' in slapped-together "mini" episode-- meaning that if you missed these mini episodes and didn't have the internet to watch Accidents Will Happen, then the future plots of just how Toby and Jimmy ended up in detention in ''Take On Me'' along with Liberty dating Towerz later on that season would not make sense. Also, Emma makes a reference to Manny's pregnancy the following season, which wouldn't make sense at all. This was rectified when The N finally showed Accidents Will Happen three years later.

** Tori off-handledly mentions that she was held back one year, which is why she was more "developed" than the other girls in her grade.

Creator/PlutoTV and Creator/{{Tubi}} are streaming seasons 1-14 (season 14 available demand on [=PlutoTV=]). ''Degrassi: Next Class'' is exclusively on Netflix. In 2022, all 14 seasons of ''The Next Generation'' started streaming on Creator/HBOMax, with an announced [[https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882237/degrassi-hbo-max-the-next-generation new Degrassi series that was planned for 2023]]. Unfortunately, admist corporate restructuring at Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery, [[https://tvline.com/2022/11/03/degrassi-reboot-cancelled-hbo-max/ this reboot was cancelled]].

Creator/PlutoTV is streaming seasons 1-13 and Creator/{{Tubi}} is streaming seasons 1-14. ''Degrassi: Next Class'' is exclusively on Netflix. In 2022, all 14 seasons of ''The Next Generation'' started streaming on Creator/HBOMax, with an announced [[https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882237/degrassi-hbo-max-the-next-generation new Degrassi series that was planned for 2023]]. Unfortunately, admist corporate restructuring at Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery, [[https://tvline.com/2022/11/03/degrassi-reboot-cancelled-hbo-max/ this reboot was cancelled]].

* AmbiguousDisorder: Several characters:
** Miles has been shown to be rash, impulsive, and with huge abandonment issues. He's also been shown to have panic attacks at the thought of his abusive dad and overall self-destructive behaviour. [[spoiler: In season 1 of ''Next Class'' he dealt with it by developing a pill addiction.]]
** [[spoiler: Esme, Miles' enabler, also showed signs of a mental illness. She is hugely dependent on Miles and fakes a suicide attempt when she thinks he's slipping away. Plus, the prescription pills were hers so she's clearly been diagnosed with something. Later we discover that at least part of it is PTSD and abandonment issues from being the one to find her mother's body after she committed suicide. She gets triggered again very badly when she and Zig find Maya's body after her attempted suicide and spins out of control all through the next season, exhibiting extra jealous behaviour over Maya and Zig's relationship and going out of her way to keep Zig by trying to incorporate Frankie in a threesome in order to keep him happy and also keep Frankie for herself as well, by helping distance her from her own friends. She ultimately enters a psychotic state in the last few episodes of season 4 and accidentally hurts Zig in a fit, and brings a motorcycle to school and begs him to run away with her. The fact that no adults have shown any concern for her up to that point and Zig's not-quite-delicate handling make this an egregious case of WhatTheHellHero and AdultsAreUseless]]

Creator/PlutoTV is streaming seasons 1-13 and Creator/{{Tubi}} is streaming seasons 1-14. In 2022, all 14 seasons of ''The Next Generation'' started streaming on Creator/HBOMax, with an announced [[https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882237/degrassi-hbo-max-the-next-generation new Degrassi series that will premiere in 2023]]. ''Degrassi: Next Class'' is exclusively on Netflix.

** [[GenderFlip Gender flipped]] with Clare as Archie, Connor as Betty (smart, {{Nerd}}), and KC as Veronica (Bad boy)

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Grace, who has cystic fibrosis.]]

* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Dallas, Craig, and Darcy (the second time)]].
* IsThisThingStillOn: The Shep in season 8, Jenna in season 9

* JewishAndNerdy: Toby.

* JoggersFindDeath

* TwoLinesNoWaiting
** ThreeLinesSomeWaiting as of the [[ChannelHop move to Much]].

** And recently, this seems to have extended to Ms. Oh, Mr. Perino, and Ms. Dawes.
* UnableToCry: Liberty, initially, after JT's death.
** Emma when Manny outs her Anorexia to her family.
** Maya is this when [[spoiler: Cam commits suicide]], due to being somewhere between anger and denial over it. She eventually breaks down at the end of the season though.

* XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack

** Season 7 had a Transfer ''[[UpToEleven School]]'', bringing us Lakehurst characters (Anya, Damien, Holly J, Jane, Jonny, Lucas, and Sav)

** Fiona misses so much class during her senior year due to rehab and going to trial and has to repeat senior year.
** Drew dropped out during his senior year but decided to come back towards to end, but had to repeat. Imogen flunked her classes, and had to repeat her senior year. Mike Dallas said himself was in no rush to graduate, possibly had to miss some school due to being captain of the Ice Hounds and being a teen father, and repeats Grade 12.

** Frankie off-handley mentions Jonah didn't pass his junior year in season 14 and he ends up having to take it again.
** Esme misses a whole month of school during her VillainousBreakdown and doesn't make the cut for graduation.

A [[LongRunner Long Running]] [[CanadianSeries Canadian]] TeenDrama about a group of kids in a Toronto high school and the problems they face.

''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' (known as simply ''[[OfficiallyShortenedTitle Degrassi]]'' from seasons 10-14), premiered in 2001 as the fifth iteration of the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise, with various actors from the 1980s ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' reprising their roles as adults. The show is produced by Epitome Pictures and aired in Canada by Creator/{{CTV}} (2001-09), [[UsefulNotes/CanadianMultichannelNetworks MuchMusic]] (2010-2013), and [[Creator/{{MTV}} MTV Canada]] (2013-2015). In the U.S, it was broadcast on Creator/{{Noggin}}'s nighttime teen block, The N, beginning in 2002. It was carried over to the successor channel Creator/TeenNick in 2009.

This show is very much like a SoapOpera, with constantly shifting relationships and angst, but can be as serious as a regular television drama. On the negative side, the show is as melodramatic as adult soaps. There are times when it feels like one giant VerySpecialEpisode stretched out into a StoryArc (except that the very special problem isn't resolved in twenty minutes). In the ''[[EstablishingSeriesMoment very first episode]]'', Emma Nelson, the quasi-protagonist (and [[Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh Spike's daughter]]) narrowly avoids getting raped by a pedophile she met online. However, on the plus side, the SoapOpera format lets it go much deeper and more long-term than the average show about teens (no solving problems in twenty minutes, and most of the kids have gone through real CharacterDevelopment).

This show is notable for a few reasons. The show, like in it's 1980s iteration, is one of the few exceptions to DawsonCasting; the teenage characters are almost all played by actual teenagers, and they're very good actors, lately coming to the series with [[OnlySoManyCanadianActors years of experience in other TV productions, often alongside each other]]. And despite the famed {{Anvilicious}}-ness of the show, some of the lessons taught by the show are ''really'' important for the teenage audience. The show is usually cited as one of the few "earnest" {{Teen Drama}}s and the show has won a Peabody in 2011 for the portrayal of Adam, the first regular UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} character in the history of teen television. It's also one of the few teen dramas to be nominated for an Emmy two years in a row (in 2011 and 2012). It also has a very teenage morality; a HardTruthAesop is a common as a straight one.

''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' (known as simply [[OfficiallyShortenedTitle ''Degrassi'']] from seasons 10-14), premiered in 2001 as the fifth iteration of the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise, with various actors from the 1980s ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' reprising their roles as adults. The show is produced by Epitome Pictures and aired in Canada by Creator/{{CTV}} (2001-09), [[UsefulNotes/CanadianMultichannelNetworks MuchMusic]] (2010-2013), and [[Creator/{{MTV}} MTV Canada]] (2013-2015). In the U.S, it was broadcast on Creator/{{Noggin}}'s nighttime teen block, The N, beginning in 2002. It was carried over to the successor channel Creator/TeenNick in 2009.

* TheCheerleader: Paige, Manny, Jenna, Mia, Zoe, Chantay, Darcy.

** TheCheerleader (Paige, Manny, Jenna, Mia, Zoe)

** [[GenderFlip Gender flipped]] with Clare as Archie, Connor as Betty (smart, HollywoodNerd), and KC as Veronica (Bad boy)

** HollywoodNerd (Liberty, Clare, Alli, K.C., Adam, Winston)

* CastHerd: Since we have LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters in this show, most characters usually fit into some group, whether it be by grade or clique. Examples includes the Minor Niners, the [[GangOfBullies Gangs of Bullies]], the GarageBands, etc.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: All the time. The show has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters but only a handful that the powers that be bank on for big storylines. So when minor character becomes an EnsembleDarkHorse or they shove a FlatCharacter into the spotlight to see if they can handle a big storyline, the characters can go through a change of personality.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters (Season nine has ''24'' actors in the main cast and that's not counting actors [[PutOnABus returning from their bus trips]] to show up for one episode or two and the faculty and other adults. Previous seasons have had about the same amount of characters. Season 10 drops the credits cast to 22, but adds several recurring characters.)
** Season 11 has 25 main cast members, and maybe 8-10 recurring.

** Any younger sibling like Danny, Tristan, and Tiny who were not mentioned before their debut episode, despite having older siblings who attended Degrassi for a long time.

Creator/PlutoTV is streaming seasons 1-13 and Creator/{{Tubi}} is streaming seasons 1-14. In 2022, all 14 seasons of the ''The Next Generation'' started streaming on Creator/HBOMax, with an announced [[https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882237/degrassi-hbo-max-the-next-generation new Degrassi series that will premiere in 2023]]. ''Degrassi: Next Class'' is exclusively on Netflix.

* HollywoodDressCode: The Ice Hounds always wear their varsity jackets.

** This also doubles as a FunnyAneurysmMoment when you consider that she says this before the shooting, gonorrhea outbreak and J.T.'s murder, Vegas Night incident, and [[spoiler: Cam's suicide]]