History Series / TheKidsOfDegrassiStreet

* OddballInTheSeries: Despite being the first series in the franchise, it bears almost no resemblance to the other four ''Degrassi''. series. It is, among other things:
** The only one that ISN'T a TeenDrama. Instead focusing on the lives of children who live on the actual De Grassi Street in Toronto.

* TerminallyExclusiveClub: Some of the kids are part of a club that includes such requirements to join as living between certain house numbers on the block.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: After the ''Degrassi'' franchise plunged into adolescence at the [[TeenPregnancy deep end]], it left these episodes seeming very quaint and innocent. at least the first 6 episodes of the series. which episode 7 about property war and custody of a bunny rabbit. and episode 19 about running for school office including [[spoiler: One of the candidates to hire a gang in the middle of the night to gaslight her by putting all her posters ripped on her lawn.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: The second half of the series is this. as they going to the backgrounds of the kids when you realise A lot of there parents have criminal records, dead, absentee, or are getting mental health. and in ep 23 about lying [[spoiler: One of them goes to jail for trespassing after getting stuck in the pit.]]
* TerminallyExclusiveClub: some of the kids are part of a club like this. one of the requirements to join includes being between address house numbers on the block (with the number range of apartment number less then 10). (even when the new girl fit all the requirements, the leader did not let her in original). goes under The Club Is A Bunch Of Old Friends.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: After the ''Degrassi'' franchise plunged into adolescence at the [[TeenPregnancy deep end]], it left these episodes seeming very quaint and innocent. at least the first 6 episodes of the series.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: After the ''Degrassi'' franchise plunged into adolescence at the [[TeenPregnancy deep end]], it left these episodes seeming very quaint and innocent.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Isn't that Caitlin, Wheels, Lucy and Suzie?

* Hilarious in Hindsight - in the episode 'Lisa makes a headline', 8 minutes when trying to find a "good scope" for their newspaper in they said "this is the Degrassi street, nothing big ever happens around here" this is hilarious in hindsight this is hilarious in hindsight given the show and its sequels reputation.

* Harsher in Hindsight - The same quote as above from the episode 'Lisa makes a headline' about nothing happening there can also be taken as this given the shows darker moments.

* Terminally Exclusive Club https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TerminallyExclusiveClub - some of the kids are part of a club like this. one of the requirements to join includes being between address house numbers on the block (with the number range of apartment number less then 10). (even when the new girl fit all the requirements, the leader did not let her in original). goes under The Club Is A Bunch Of Old Friends.

[[caption-width-right:189:Degrassi: Before there were LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.]]

* PragmaticAdaptation: The book ''Ida Makes A Movie'' was based on depicted the main characters as [[PettingZooPeople anthromorphized cats]]. Working in LiveActionTV, Schuyler made it a story about regular humans.

* GondorCallsForAid: Both subverted and played straight in the episode "Martin Meets the Pirates". Pete attempts to get neighborhood kids to help out against a street gang called the Pirates, but many are too scared or won't help Pete as he had messed their bicycles up as part of a failed moneymaking scheme. Played straight later on when Martin rallies for help against the Pirates and succeeds, mainly because [[KickTheDog his little sister was targeted by the gang]].

* GondorCallsForAid: Both subverted and played straight in the episode "Martin Meets the Pirates". Pete attempts to get neighborhood kids to help out against a street gang called the Pirates, but many are too scared or won't help Pete as he had [[NoodleIncident messed their bicycles up as part of a failed moneymaking scheme]]. Played straight later on when Martin rallies for help against the Pirates and succeeds, mainly because [[KickTheDog his little sister was targeted by the gang]].

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* PragmaticAdaptation: The book ''IdaMakesAMovie'' was based on depicted the main characters as [[PettingZooPeople anthromorphized cats]]. Working in LiveActionTV, Schuyler made it a story about regular humans.

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[[caption-width-right:189:A few of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many characters.]]]]

''The Kids of Degrassi Street'' is a Canadian children's TV show which aired from 1979 to 1986, and is the first in the Franchise/{{Degrassi}} series, about the lives of a group of children living on Degrassi Street in Toronto, Canada. It grew out of four short films: ''Ida Makes a Movie'', ''Cookie Goes to the Hospital'', ''Irene Moves In'' and ''Noel Buys a Suit'', which originally aired as after-school specials on the CBC in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively. The show was acclaimed for its realistic depiction of every day children's lives and tribulations, and remains memorable to many Canadians because of this.

''The Kids of Degrassi Street'' is a Canadian children's TV show which aired from 1979 to 1986, and is the first in the Degrassi series, about the lives of a group of children living on Degrassi Street in Toronto, Canada. It grew out of four short films: ''Ida Makes a Movie'', ''Cookie Goes to the Hospital'', ''Irene Moves In'' and ''Noel Buys a Suit'', which originally aired as after-school specials on the CBC in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively. The show was acclaimed for its realistic depiction of every day children's lives and tribulations, and remains memorable to many Canadians because of this.

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