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* AscendedFanboy:
** 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.
** Mike Lobel, who played Jay Hogart on ''The Next Generation'', was a huge fan of ''Junior High'' and ''High''.
** 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.
** 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.
** Mike Lobel, who played Jay Hogart on ''The Next Generation'', was a huge fan of ''Junior High'' and ''High''.
** 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.
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* PromotedFanboy:
** 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.
** Mike Lobel, who played Jay Hogart on ''The Next Generation'', was a huge fan of ''Junior High'' and ''High''.
** 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.
** 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.
** Mike Lobel, who played Jay Hogart on ''The Next Generation'', was a huge fan of ''Junior High'' and ''High''.
** 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.
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** The series premiere of ''Degrassi High'', "[[Recap/DegrassiHighS1Eps1And2ANewStart A New Start]]", in which Erica Farrell has an abortion, aired without any censorship or alteration on the CBC, but for its American debut, was edited by Creator/{{PBS}} to remove a scene at the end of the episode where Erica and twin sister Heather push past a group of anti-abortion picketers to make it to the clinic. While PBS claimed this was done to make the ending more "powerful and poignant", Kit Hood lashed out at the network for giving the episode a "happy, safe but incomplete" ending typical of American television and ordered his name removed from the credits.
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** The series premiere of ''Degrassi High'', "[[Recap/DegrassiHighS1Eps1And2ANewStart "[[Recap/DegrassiHighSeason1Ep01And02ANewStart A New Start]]", in which Erica Farrell has an abortion, aired without any censorship or alteration on the CBC, but for its American debut, was edited by Creator/{{PBS}} to remove a scene at the end of the episode where Erica and twin sister Heather push past a group of anti-abortion picketers to make it to the clinic. While PBS claimed this was done to make the ending more "powerful and poignant", Kit Hood lashed out at the network for giving the episode a "happy, safe but incomplete" ending typical of American television and ordered his name removed from the credits.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Has faced this on several occasions.
** The series premiere of ''Degrassi High'', "[[Recap/DegrassiHighS1Eps1And2ANewStart A New Start]]", in which Erica Farrell has an abortion, aired without any censorship or alteration on the CBC, but for its American debut, was edited by Creator/{{PBS}} to remove a scene at the end of the episode where Erica and twin sister Heather push past a group of anti-abortion picketers to make it to the clinic. While PBS claimed this was done to make the ending more "powerful and poignant", Kit Hood lashed out at the network for giving the episode a "happy, safe but incomplete" ending typical of American television and ordered his name removed from the credits.
** ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' episode "Accidents Will Happen", in which Manny Santos has an abortion, was not merely edited, but withheld from broadcast for three years, while it aired without censorship on CTV. Many American fans obtained the episode online via off-air recordings of the CTV broadcast, until it was finally aired during a late-night ''TNG'' special in 2006.
** The series premiere of ''Degrassi High'', "[[Recap/DegrassiHighS1Eps1And2ANewStart A New Start]]", in which Erica Farrell has an abortion, aired without any censorship or alteration on the CBC, but for its American debut, was edited by Creator/{{PBS}} to remove a scene at the end of the episode where Erica and twin sister Heather push past a group of anti-abortion picketers to make it to the clinic. While PBS claimed this was done to make the ending more "powerful and poignant", Kit Hood lashed out at the network for giving the episode a "happy, safe but incomplete" ending typical of American television and ordered his name removed from the credits.
** ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' episode "Accidents Will Happen", in which Manny Santos has an abortion, was not merely edited, but withheld from broadcast for three years, while it aired without censorship on CTV. Many American fans obtained the episode online via off-air recordings of the CTV broadcast, until it was finally aired during a late-night ''TNG'' special in 2006.
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* DawsonCasting: A big part of the praise for ''Degrassi'' is its avoidance of this trope ever since the beginning. There have been some borderline examples of this however: Creator/AmandaStepto was 16 when she was cast as the 14 year-old Spike, and the age gap would increase by a year as the second season of ''Degrassi Junior High'' was set in the second semester of the same year as the first season. Mike Lobel was 19 when he debuted as Jay Hogart in ''The Next Generation'', and Munro Chambers was 20 when he debuted as Eli Goldsworthy later on.
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* ThrowItIn: In the "classic" era, the writers often took inspiration from events in the actors' real lives. When Creator/PatMastroianni attempted to joyride a company vehicle, a future episode of ''Junior High'' was built around Joey stealing Snake's parents' car. When Creator/AmandaStepto experienced harassment in public over her punk hairstyle, Spike would get laughed out of a job interview.
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* ThrowItIn: In the "classic" era, the writers often took inspiration from events in the actors' real lives. When Creator/PatMastroianni attempted to joyride a company vehicle, a future episode of ''Junior High'' was built around Joey stealing Snake's parents' car. When Creator/AmandaStepto Amanda Stepto experienced harassment in public over her punk hairstyle, Spike would get laughed out of a job interview.
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* 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.
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* 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.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Two significant examples.
** 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.
** 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.
* TallPoppySyndrome: Many of the ''Junior High'' and ''High'' cast's peers and teachers treated their TV fame with indifference.
* ShoutOut: Creator/KevinSmith references ''Degrassi'' in several of his 90s films, such as ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' (where Shannen Doherty's character wears a ''Degrassi'' jacket).
* ThrowItIn: In the "classic" era, the writers often took inspiration from events in the actors' real lives. When Creator/PatMastroianni attempted to joyride a company vehicle, a future episode of ''Junior High'' was built around Joey stealing Snake's parents' car. When Creator/AmandaStepto experienced harassment in public over her punk hairstyle, Spike would get laughed out of a job interview.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Two significant examples.
** 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.
** 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.
* TallPoppySyndrome: Many of the ''Junior High'' and ''High'' cast's peers and teachers treated their TV fame with indifference.
* ShoutOut: Creator/KevinSmith references ''Degrassi'' in several of his 90s films, such as ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' (where Shannen Doherty's character wears a ''Degrassi'' jacket).
* ThrowItIn: In the "classic" era, the writers often took inspiration from events in the actors' real lives. When Creator/PatMastroianni attempted to joyride a company vehicle, a future episode of ''Junior High'' was built around Joey stealing Snake's parents' car. When Creator/AmandaStepto experienced harassment in public over her punk hairstyle, Spike would get laughed out of a job interview.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: ''Degrassi'', no matter which generation, has recurring characters who just suddenly disappear. It became so egregious in the FranchiseKiller: ''Next Class'' is largely regarded as one by ''Next Generation'' era that fans fans, who felt ''Next Class'' to be a failed attempt at appealing to the zeitgeist of that 2016 with its gratuitous social media references (e.g. episode titles named after hashtags) and more heavy-handed approach to its topics, a far cry from the perceived authenticity of ''Next Generation''. While every 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.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Two significant examples.
** 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.
** 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.
* TallPoppySyndrome: Many of thesince ''Junior High'' has faced some form of TheyChangedItNowItSucks, ''Next Class'' stands out because that sentiment is more or less popular consensus, and ''High'' cast's peers is generally regarded as an AudienceAlienatingEra. Its cancellation in 2017 happened without fanfare and teachers treated their TV fame with indifference.
was only confirmed two years later, when Stefan Brogren casually tweeted about it.
*ShoutOut: ReferencedBy: Creator/KevinSmith references ''Degrassi'' in several of his 90s films, such as ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' (where Shannen Doherty's character wears a ''Degrassi'' jacket).
* ThrowItIn: In the "classic" era, the writers often took inspiration from events in the actors' real lives. When Creator/PatMastroianni attempted to joyride a company vehicle, a future episode of ''Junior High'' was built around Joey stealing Snake's parents' car. When Creator/AmandaStepto experienced harassment in public over her punk hairstyle, Spike would get laughed out of a jobinterview.interview.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Two significant examples.
** 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.
** 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.
* TallPoppySyndrome: Many of the
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* ThrowItIn: In the "classic" era, the writers often took inspiration from events in the actors' real lives. When Creator/PatMastroianni attempted to joyride a company vehicle, a future episode of ''Junior High'' was built around Joey stealing Snake's parents' car. When Creator/AmandaStepto experienced harassment in public over her punk hairstyle, Spike would get laughed out of a job
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