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Degrassi (Franchise)
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Degrassi is a long-running Canadian television franchise, created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood, that focuses on the lives of teenagers attending the eponymous secondary school. Named after (and originally set in) the real De Grassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, it is one of the most iconic TV franchises in Canadian history. Most if not all the installments have been run in a Dramatic Half-Hour format.Degrassi can be separated into two distinct phases: the "classic" series, produced from 1979-1992 by Playing With Time, and the revival era, produced from 2001-2017 by Epitome Pictures. Co-creator Linda Schuyler has been the sole mainstay of the franchise since its inception; her original creative partner was co-creator Kit Hood from 1979 to 1992, and then executive producer Stephen Stohn from 2001 to 2017.Franchise history: | |
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Genre Shift | |
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Genre Shift: From children's series (The Kids Of Degrassi Street) to Teen Drama (Degrassi Junior High). There are also varying opinions as to whether the differences between the original series and the post-2001 series constitute this as well. | |
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Teen Pregnancy | |
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Teen Pregnancy: As noted above in Fleeting Demographic Rule, this is a frequently revisited storyline in each generation. Most notably, Spike gives birth to future protagonist Emma in Degrassi Junior High. After this was Erica in Degrassi High who had an abortion, Manny in Degrassi: The Next Generation who had an abortion, Mia from The Next Generation whose daughter was already a few years old when she was introduced, Clare in 2010s Degrassi who had a miscarriage, and Lola in Degrassi: Next Class who had an abortion. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: The Kids Of Degrassi Street differs extremely from the format Degrassi came to be known for by centering on children living in and around the real life De Grassi Street rather than teenagers attending the titular middle/high school. In addition, Degrassi Street did not even start as a series but as a bunch of short films with the same continuity. | |
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Most Writers Are Adults | |
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Most Writers Are Adults: The producers were aware of this and made great efforts to avoid it; in Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High, the writers let the cast scrutinize and critique the scripts and suggest changes. | |
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Vox Pops | |
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Vox Pops: A major part of Degrassi Talks, the real-life documentary miniseries that followed Degrassi High, where they would ask teens in the street about social issues. | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot: A lot of storylines, specifically those in the "classic" era, were influenced by real events in the actors' lives, whether for better or worse. Other episodes, particularly the "Next Generation" era, were influenced by real life events and tragedies. | |
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Soundtrack Dissonance | |
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Soundtrack Dissonance: Bar Degrassi Street, each series has an upbeat theme with motivational and inspirational lyrics, which leads to Mood Whiplash if it follows, precedes, or accompanies an extremely dramatic scene. | |
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Fleeting Demographic Rule | |
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Fleeting Demographic Rule: Being a long-running show aimed at teenagers it has consistently recycled plotlines every generation as certain issues have pervaded throughout the last half century. Teen pregnancy was dealt with a total of seven times from Junior High to Next Class (three carrying to term, three having abortions, one having a miscarriage). Suicide was visited twice, once in 1991 and again in 2012. Other less serious plotlines have also been recycled; the second episodes of both Junior High and Next Generation revolve around a character getting drunk before going to the school dance, and both of their second seasons feature an episode where a kid and his friends joyrides a parent's vehicle. | |
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Canada Does Not Exist | |
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Canada Does Not Exist: As historically Degrassi has had a degree of American involvement, this trope is present in almost every iteration, although hindsight shows it didn't really work. For example, Junior High was said to be set in an "unnamed North American city". The post-Next Generation seasons in the early 2010s start moving into Eagleland Osmosis territory with the frequent mentioning of American universities and the like. | |
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Canada, Eh? | |
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Canada Eh: As stated above, the previous trope has not stopped anybody from commenting on the show's Canadian-ness, whether it'd be with the accents (e.g. Wheels) or the obvious fact it is set in Toronto regardless of what any press release tells you. | |
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Unbuilt Trope: Despite being regarded as the Trope Maker of Teen Drama, Degrassi Junior High predates a lot of the archetypical hallmarks of the genre. But instead of feeling like a Ur-Example, it feels more like a Deconstruction. | |
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