History Characters / DegrassiJuniorHigh

* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: The only way she feels she can attract boys is by dressing and acting like a total slut.

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[[folder:Susie Rivera]]
->[-Played by Sarah Charlesworth-]

Caitlin's best friend in the first two seasons.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears without explanation in the third season of DJH.
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of the time she only serves as Caitlin's friend. She only gets a spotlight episode where she was being harassed by a pervert teacher.
* TokenBlackFriend: A black SatelliteCharacter to Caitlin in the first two seasons before disappearing entirely.

* {{Catchphrase}}: He always says "Trust me" when he's trying to convince his friends to do something stupid. In one episode, [[TitleDrop he says it so much that that's the title!]] This is finally [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the series finale when Joey is worried about his date with Caitlin.
-->'''Wheels''': Relax, everything will be fine. Trust me.\\

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[[caption-width-right:350:The entire cast of ''Degrassi High'', on the last day of shooting. ]]
''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/DegrassiHigh'' have a '''''lot''''' of characters. This era of ''Degrassi'' had a quite unconventional casting system, likely owing to its non-union status. The producers utilized a "repertory company" approach, in which instead of the more typical fixed star billing, characters would be drafted in or phased out regardless of their status. This meant that background extras could become full-fledged characters (e.g. Spike, Michelle), or that prominent characters would eventually take the back seat a bit.

Here is a list of them:

...but if that's not spoilerrific enough, here's [[Characters/DegrassiProminentAdultsAndDegrassiFaculty the character sheet for the adult versions of the original crew in Next Generation]].

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: She really does know more than the rest of the cast, but she's such a ControlFreak that this knowledge is rarely relevant to anything. She drives a science fair judge crazy by reciting every stack of facts she knows, never giving her partner a chance to talk, and is shocked when that doesn't earn her first prize.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The actress left the show and went on to star in the sitcom ''Learning The Ropes'' with former football star Lyle Alzado. This forced the writers to bring spotlight to other characters.

* FunetikAksent: She spells her name Kaye. K-A-Y-E. Calling her Kobalawski is just a BerserkButton.

* CoolLoser: In TheMovie, he becomes a full fledged ButtMonkey.

* TeenPregnancy: She became pregnant at 14. With Emma, future quasi-protagonist of [[Series/{{Degrassi}} Degrassi: The Next Generation]].

* ExtravertedNerd: He's seen as the school nerd and he is stereotypically dorky.

* BreakoutCharacter: Despite not being the most prominent character in the show, and despite her going from background extra to minor character to recurring character without being given much backstory and development, Spike's pregnancy shot her to immense popularity with fans. Her hairstyle became somewhat iconic, and judging by media coverage, Amanda Stepto could probably take the cake as being the most popular actor from the show during the time it aired, seemingly even more so than Joey and Caitlin's actors, who won awards for their roles. This is sort of subverted, in that the writers didn't really increase her role.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Liz, they are best friends from season 2 onwards.

* PersonaNonGrata: The PTA/school board basically label her as such in late season 2, claiming her pregnancy would set a "bad example". Spike vows that this will not destroy her academic year, and it doesn't.

''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/DegrassiHigh'' have a '''''lot''''' of characters. This era of ''Degrassi'' had a quite unconventional casting system, likely owing to its non-union status. The producers utilized a "repertory company" approach, in which instead of the more typical fixed star billing, characters would be drafted in or phased out regardless of their status. This meant that background extras could become full-fledged characters (e.g. Spike, Michelle), or prominent characters eventually taking the back seat.

''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/DegrassiHigh'' have numerous characters. Unlike many shows, the production company Playing With Time utilized a "repertory company", which consisted of fifty-sixty kids, most of who never acted before, and even major characters were not immune from being made an extra in order to [[AscendedExtra focus on a background character]]; Spike spent nearly an entire season as a dialogue-less extra. Here is a list of some of the more well-knowns:

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[[center: [- [[Characters/DegrassiGraduatingClassOfSeason5 Season 5 Graduates]] | [[Characters/DegrassiGraduatingClassOfSeason7 Season 7 Graduates]] | [[Characters/DegrassiGraduatingClassOfSeason9 Season 9 Graduates]] | [[Characters/DegrassiGraduatingClassOfSeason11 Season 11 Graduates]] | [[Characters/DegrassiGraduatingClassOfSeason12 Season 12 Graduates]] | [[Characters/DegrassiGraduatingClassOfSeason14 Season 14 Graduates]] -] ]]
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[[center: [- [[Characters/DegrassiOtherStudentsAndCollegeFriends Misc. Students]] | [[Characters/DegrassiProminentAdultsAndDegrassiFaculty Misc. Adults]] -] ]]

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[[center: [- [[Characters/{{Degrassi}} Top Index]] | '''Junior High and High'''-] ]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: It's never mentioned in-universe how she got the nickname Spike; most assume it is her hair. In real life, Neil Hope, who played Wheels, coined the nickname, and it was given by the writers to the character.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Snake. We never find out how he got the name. (they mentioned in the interview in 1998 pre next generation, that he had few choices, Snake and slim. We see which one he chose.)

* IllGirl: Is diagnosed with Leukemia in season one of ''Degrassi High''.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready You Should Know This Already.]]

* NiceHat: Is instantly recognizable because of his fedora.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Gets pregnant from her first time having sex. Gets swiftly kicked out by the school board. This is turned UpToEleven in the book centered around her character, where there is a 300-signature petition to have her removed.

* BreakTheCutie: He starts out as a fun loving and all around good guy (in the first 2 seasons of ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh''), then both his adoptive parents die and he gradually becomes more selfish and destructive. Then he is nearly molested by a traveling salesman, and his biological father rejects him and sends him back to his grandparents. His behavior only gets worse in ''Series/DegrassiHigh'', to the point that even his best friends couldn't stand him anymore and his grandparents kicked him out of the house. Taken UpToEleven in ''School's Out'' where he becomes a DrunkDriver, [[spoiler: kills a child and ends up in jail.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Snake. We never find out how he got the name. (they mentioned in the interview in 1998 pre next generation, that he had few choices, Snake and slim. We see which one he chose.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Snake. We never find out how he got the name.

''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/DegrassiHigh'' have LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. Unlike many shows, the production company Playing With Time utilized a "repertory company", which consisted of fifty-sixty kids, most of who never acted before, and even major characters were not immune from being made an extra in order to [[AscendedExtra focus on a background character]]; Spike spent nearly an entire season as a dialogue-less extra. Here is a list of some of the more well-knowns: