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1* AmericansHateTingle: CBC programming chief Ivan Fecan [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051024204911/http://news.degrassi.ca/article.php?a_id=403 invoked this]] when the premiere episode of ''Degrassi High'', in which Erica gets an abortion, was edited by PBS, leading to accusations of censorship and typical American ExecutiveMeddling.
2* AscendedFanboy:
3** Kirsten Bourne, who played Tessa Campanelli in ''Junior High'' and ''High'', was already a fan of the show when she was discovered during a cast meet-and-greet.
4** Mike Lobel, who played Jay Hogart on ''The Next Generation'', was a huge fan of ''Junior High'' and ''High''.
5** Christina Schmidt, who played Terri [=MacGregor=] on ''The Next Generation'', revealed on a podcast that she was also a fan of ''Junior High'' and ''High'', and named Melanie as her favourite character.
6* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: ''Degrassi'', no matter which generation, has recurring characters who just suddenly disappear. It became so egregious in the ''Next Generation'' era that fans of that iteration gave the phenomenon a name: the "Degrassi Black Hole". If a character became a victim of this trope, they were "blackholed". Although it only got its name in the ''TNG'' years, it was already a thing starting from ''Degrassi Junior High'', with examples such as Rick Munro, Voula Grivogiannis, and Suzie Rivera.
7* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Two significant examples.
8** The original generation had a significant fanbase in Australia, where it aired on the [=ABC=]'s ''The Afternoon Show'' hosted by James Valentine and later Michael Tunn. Wheels wearing a Footscray Bulldogs geurnsey in "It's Late", which was later revealed to be a deliberate ShoutOut to the Australian fanbase, is regarded as having fueled this. Australia got ''School's Out'' on VHS nearly a decade before anybody else.
9** While ''Degrassi'' always had a cult following south of the border, America didn't truly take notice of it until ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' took off in the US on Creator/TheN, where it was arguably more popular there than it was back home. It continued to thrive in the US even as its Canadian ratings declined to a point where [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723173833/http://tvfeedsmyfamily.blogspot.com/2008/10/degrassi-lost-generation.html local critics were questioning why it was still even going]]. The Canadian decline led to CTV cancelling the show, for a brief period, until Stephen Stohn repurposed a teen soap deal he had with [=TeenNick=] into a rejuvenated ''TNG'', therefore giving the show a new lease on life thanks to this trope at play.
10* TallPoppySyndrome: Many of the ''Junior High'' and ''High'' cast's peers and teachers treated their TV fame with indifference.
11* ShoutOut: Creator/KevinSmith references ''Degrassi'' in several of his 90s films, such as ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' (where Shannen Doherty's character wears a ''Degrassi'' jacket).

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