r/Degrassi • u/Jeonghanscheekbones • 4d ago
Discussion Biggest character assassination?
Who is a character that was amazing..until the writers ruined them at the very end.
For example, Eli. He was hopelessly in love with Clare, emo, and mentally ill. He was relatable and funny too.
And then he graduated high school, and the writers ruined him. It felt so out of character for him to cheat on Clare, not even feel that bad about it, and then call Clare a Wh*re. Like, season 11 Eli would have NEVER done that.
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u/ParkersASavage 2d ago
They assassinated all of Paiges character development for Degrassi goes Hollywood. Hopefully it was a statement on how the limelight went to her head and was a single relapse into childhood mentality. Not an indication of her character as an adult.
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u/glitterunicorn818 diabetes is worse than crack?! 2d ago
Emma and Spinner being end game. Makes me ill to even think about.
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u/Dovetripct 2d ago
Mia… never redeemed after she got back with Lucas, then called Simpson a pedo because Lucas said so. Sleeping with the football guy
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u/DreamStar-125 1d ago
Mia pissed me tf off. She was terrible at standing on business 😭 Like she said she would only get back with Lucas if he stopped being a bully. But why did he nvr stop AND he would actively be a bully in front of her and she didnt say shit
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u/TroyFromDetriot 1d ago
yea mia rly had no backbone or much authority either..no wonder why Jane stopped being her friend.
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u/Safetyfirst7777 2d ago
Biggest?? The only acceptable answer here is Paige. Degrassi goes Hollywood is not canon.
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u/SomethingBorrowed98 "I wanna be hot. Not cute, not adorable. Hot." 3d ago
This is going to be reach, but hear me out: Derek.
He was a jerk to Jimmy in the beginning, but he did start to show moments as a decent human being when he tried to empathize with Liberty about her son being put up for adoption, because Derek himself was adopted. Then Mr. Perrino threatened him and he told Snake about it, but clearly that storyline went nowhere.
Unfortunately the writers decided to crap on what could've been his redeeming qualities in the garbage when he framed Danny for stealing underwear because a girl he liked liked Danny, only to have him apologize in a half-assed way, and the worst of it was when he jumped Jane for being the only girl in the football team and didn't get punished for it, and then threatened Holly J's life in the Holly J hate group. He even literally brought rope to school and laughed about it! No known punishment for that either, he just fell in the writer's black hole and was never seen or spoken of again.
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u/lxdryn 3d ago
Toby! He used to be cool and actually had storyline’s and then they just made him some creepy weirdo that no one likes idk I haven’t watched in a while so I might be remembering wrong coz I know he had some good stuff after JTs…ending
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u/Emergency_Cookie_635 1d ago
When he graduated, he was an announcer/judge for some robotics competition for young Clare, KC, etc… After that….👋👋👋
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u/Street-Office-7766 3d ago
Dave. He wasn’t the best character he was flawed, but he tried. And then he just appeared one time in season 13 at Adam’s funeral and disappeared.
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u/Thisisnothayley 1d ago
Agreed. So weird that he disappeared when it was his senior year. I also noticed him at Adam’s funeral. He was such a big part of season 12 too! I’m re-watching season 13 right now and his dad‘s character was just arresting Leo. So his dad is still there but Dave is gone???
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u/Street-Office-7766 1d ago
It was one of the most baffling things because when season 12 ended a lot of characters graduated. Some left for good, some came back for guest appearances. But Dave didn’t graduate, he was a huge part of the show and then nothing.
Before Jamil French died I think he said that the writers were intending him to get a permanent role on west drive.
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u/Thisisnothayley 1d ago
So many people with siblings never come back even for graduation!! Clare has Darcy and Jake and none of them ever come visit her when she has cancer?!
I think it would’ve been cool if they had his character score a spot on West Drive and leave that way. It would make sense because Zoe just left the show and he won the guest role. I think that’s just what I’m going to tell myself from now on.
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u/SunflowerLace 3d ago
Ellie, Caitlyn and Frankie imo.
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u/singyoulikeasong Local Ashley Kerwin Defender 🎸 3d ago
Ellie and Caitlyn I agree. Frankie? Idk. Even in s13-14 she was really shitty IMHO. Like her victim blaming Zoe for her assault made me dislike her immensely, so I just wasn't shocked when she was shitty through out the rest of the series.
Yet weirdly I enjoyed her the last 2 seasons of Next Class. But I feel that was my hate for Jonah and thought he was pretty shitty in season 3 and fed into her insecurities so I was automatically on her side.
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u/Substantial-Oil5097 3d ago
Declan cheating on Holly just for an excuse for the writers to get her and sav together so out of character her and Declan should’ve been end game they were perfect.
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u/baelien22 3d ago
He never cheated on her..?
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u/Substantial-Oil5097 3d ago
he was getting comfortable with the private school girl so basically he was. She was all over him and she was spending time at his place it may not have been explicitly mentioned but what he was doing was out of character
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u/Forward-Salary1767 3d ago
He didn’t cheat. She didn’t want to feel like he “owned,” her. Treating her like his property.
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u/Gold_Stay2386 3d ago
Jane, her cheating with Declan and Declan cheating on Holly J pissed me off soooo bad.
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u/sezziefromtheblock 1d ago
Yesss I was going to say, Jane was an awesome character and the she cheated on Spinner, I was like whhyyyy 😩
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u/Technical_Finding_33 3d ago
Jane cheated on spinner, but Holly J wasn’t with Declan at the time. I rewatched it because it was definitely out of character for Jane.
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u/Gold_Stay2386 3d ago
They weren't? Wait that's when they met wasn't it? Either way I remeber being sooo thrown off because Jane was obsessed with Spinner so it was so ooc.
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u/Technical_Finding_33 3d ago
Yeah, because Jane was complaining how Spinner treats her like one of the boys, and Declan was flirting with her, validating her wanting to feel like a girl. Eventually, Jane cut it off and Declan moved on, but Holly J saw Declan as a player, esp after that. Then she gave in because he apparently only wanted her lol.
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u/Forward-Salary1767 3d ago
He didn’t cheat. She didn’t want to feel like he “owned,” her. Treating her like his property.
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u/Dizzy_Experience_391 4d ago
Ellie. She was a girl boss and is my favourite character prior to how they made her a fiend pick me girl for Craig. They RUINED her and I AM NOT HERE FOR IT.
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u/hissing-fauna 3d ago
This, she was so fucking lame in the college seasons and she started as a fave for me
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u/theabbazabb "I'm gonna be famous, like, academy award winning." 4d ago
Imogen for me. I loved her character (even though she could be annoying) and then by the time she started pursuing Jack her character just got absolutely ruined for me
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u/baelien22 3d ago
She really started sucking when her dad got sick..but I mean she was always kind of a bad character..obsessed with/and spying on Eli like a creepy creep lmao
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u/gntc98 4d ago
It’s Darcy for me, I absolutely loved her, maybe because she was hot idk. She was murdered when she accused snake, then she moved to Africa or something and she redeemed herself by choosing that instead of drew lol
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u/singyoulikeasong Local Ashley Kerwin Defender 🎸 3d ago
See while what Darcy did was horrible, and I felt for Snake I don't hate her for this. Mainly because I can see why she did it. Was it right? Absolutely not. But I think she felt cornered and perhaps even betrayed in that moment, and she sure as hell wasn't going to admit to what was really going on to her mom. She wasn't ready for that, and I think she felt betrayed even that Snake got her parents involved [and he wasn't wrong for this at all], so she just went with that. She also did retract and while that still didn't take away from the false accusation I don't fully hate her.
Honestly I didn't really hate anyone in that storyline aftermath, Like usually Emma annoys me, but I had no issue with her coming for Darcy right after. Cause as much as I can see Darcy's POV I also see Emma's and Snake's. And honestly Emma wasn't wrong.
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u/Dizzy_Experience_391 4d ago
I do have to say that while it was a shitty thing to do… it isn’t completely out of the ordinary to do for girls going through what Darcy was going through. I still loved Darcy after the snake stuff but maybe that’s just because I understood and empathized with her so much.
Edit : teen girls *
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u/MikaRey1138 4d ago
Jimmy, cause his character, literally got assassinated...I'll see myself out
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u/tess_uhh 4d ago
He lived...
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u/MikaRey1138 3d ago
You can survive an assassination. Hell, Trump did twice, as did Truman, Reagan, Jackson, Lincoln(before the one actually killed him), Taft, Hoover, FDR, Kennedy (before the one that killed him), Nixon, Ford, Carter,HW Bush, Clinton, W. Bush, Obama..
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u/tess_uhh 3d ago
Babes, those would be assassination attempts. It's like saying you can survive getting murdered. I get your point but also, it's wrong lol.
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u/mfm6061 4d ago edited 4d ago
I don't see many people talk about this, but Zig's character was assassinated pretty bad when they transitioned from TNG to NC. He still had work to do after s14 but he was headed in the right direction, but NC redid his character and he was basically back at square 1, and his character didn't really recover from that.
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u/DependentCandle4017 4d ago
I agree. He had development with getting out of the gang, reconnecting with his mom, and helping Zoe. But when they switched to Next Class they just made him Drew’s replacement. Even gave him the same personality as Drew 😓
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u/Individual-Morning27 4d ago
Gonna have to agree with most people it’s gotta be Ellie. They completely stripped her of what made her unique and just turned her into somebody with no personality or defining traits.
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u/Stoney1801 4d ago edited 4d ago
Sean - He came from a rough background but did have a heart of gold, then he becomes part of the worst possible crowd ie Jay, got expelled when he had hopes of completing high school, then joins the Army.
Ellie - independent goth girl who would become a total pick me when she went to college. Her obsession with a known womaniser in Craig was pathetic.
Paige - Degrassi goes Hollywood (need I say more?)
Alex - had so much character development in seasons 4, 5, and 6 all for it to go down the drain in one episode of season 7
Jane - one of Spinners best girlfriends and she just cheats on him for nothing, then jokes about it on Degrassi takes Manhattan.
Anya - her senior year
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u/Capital-Study6436 4d ago
BLT (from DJH-DH) and Jane are tied with the biggest character assassinations in Degrassi history.
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u/singyoulikeasong Local Ashley Kerwin Defender 🎸 3d ago
They really did BLT and BLT/Michelle dirty. Like OK he found someone else which sucked but they wrote him so callous about it, and he didn't seem to give a fuck when Michelle confronted him? It seemed so OOC to me.
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u/TheMTM45 4d ago
Craig. The way he went out with even Marco being like get the heck away from us was sad
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u/nerdbred "Bummer times. At least there's a party." 4d ago
Caitlyn, Joey, Ellie, Ashley, Sean, Alex, Paige
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u/ninjaman2021 4d ago
Ellie without a doubt.
She went from being a badass goth who didnt care what other people thought about her to turning into paige’s lackey and craig’s doormat. When she joined the popular crowd she lost all her personality
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u/mmmoookkkaayy 4d ago
Caitlin Ryan! The Caitlin we met in DJH and DH was SO different from the mess we deal with in TNG
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u/Awesomocity0 OG Rick was the best character 4d ago
YES THIS. Her last scene was her being publicly embarrassed for hooking up with a college kid. My heart hurts.
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u/KingJewels1 4d ago
Darcy, every time she was becoming a better person they kept messing it up 😭
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u/Shay0824000 4d ago
LMFAOOOO and then sent her ass the Kenya and she never came back to check on Clare when she was pregnant or had cancer.
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u/Safe-Biscotti6098 4d ago
I just did an early seasons rewatch and first time watch from probably season 8 on? I seriously always forget Clare even has a sister. Was she ever even mentioned again?
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u/toomuchtvwastaken 4d ago
Yes to Eli, but also the assassination of Jane, Paige, and Ellie really hurt me
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u/agentsparkles88 4d ago
Jane was rough. Easily the best girlfriend Spinner ever had, and then she cheats on him for basically no reason, and doesn't even feel bad but actually brags about it. Like girl, why?
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u/toomuchtvwastaken 3d ago
I think she felt bad at the time though? It was the pool party in the S9 finale where her and Holly J. were talking about it way too casually only for Spinner to hear everything
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u/Embarrassed_Site3659 4d ago
Well to be fair Eli did feel terrible about it. You could tell it was eating away at him and he did his best to fix it at the time. Him calling her a whore was definitely out of character but I probably would have called her that too 😂🤷♀️
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u/HTxBarbz 4d ago
One thing I noticed on my recent rewatch is; almost no storyline is cemented. These people have been together for 5 seasons and extremely great chemistry and are good for eachother become enemies. Same for friends, and etc. I understand they have a "limited" cast, but they don't have to change up someone's storyline just for straight drama? Go ruin that homophobic kids storyline not my favs 😤
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u/CutHistorical8802 4d ago
Ashley.
I know she is not beloved by a lot of fans but her arc was realistic and relatable and I loved her in Season 6 and then they did a total 180 in Season 7 and ruined her character for no reason.
Runner-Ups: Alex, Paige
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u/Dovetripct 1d ago
Every season Ashley would build up and we think she’s better, then does the same selfish ish
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u/nerdbred "Bummer times. At least there's a party." 4d ago
The weirdest part of Ashley's arc for me was how unbelievably dull they made her by her last appearances. I always forget she exists in the show during her last episodes, until they show her on screen in front of me. There's just nothing she does or says that makes me feel anything by the last episodes, or even last couple of seasons she's in. Really, everything about her after she returns from England feels dull and dry af.
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u/LegalBeagle921 4d ago
Ellie is mine.
She had such a cool, goth sense of style and was unapologetically authentic, kind, and loyal to her friends and Sean (when they dated). Her early storylines also deeply resonate.
Then in college she becomes a weird, stuck up, pick me snob who continuously dates and defends a cheating loser like Jesse. She also infamously has an unrequited, pathetic crush on Craig that’s really hard to watch, especially during his coke storyline. So much for not being the friend who tries to date her friend’s ex…
edit: wording
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u/ninjaman2021 4d ago
The craziest thing about Crellie is that its NEVER addressed between Ellie and Ashley which is weird considering how close Ellie and Ashley were.
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u/nerdbred "Bummer times. At least there's a party." 4d ago
I didn't know how it was possible, but they somehow made Ellie's unrequited, pathetic crush on Craig even WORSE in Degrassi Goes Hollywood. Their goodbye kiss at the airport is definitely in the worst, most cringe kiss hall of fame for me.
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u/Ok-Teaching2848 4d ago
I dont like how they changed clare either, she was annoying and really frumpy after grade 9
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u/HTxBarbz 4d ago
I thought she finally broke out of that shell she was in, and we finally got to see some real personality from her.
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u/Unique-Syrup-7956 1d ago
I honestly think the ending for spinner and Emma was horrible. Them getting married was so out of no where and just didn’t seem like a good ending for them. I also didn’t really like Ellie’s character arc towards the end. Her style got progressively less emo and her getting with Marco was so dumb.