Degrassi Black Hole Characters
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- The Degrassi Black hole is a term used to describe characters that have disappeared without an explanation. Let's look through the most noteable characters this happened to.
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Kendra will always be the most bizarre one to me because she was Spinner's sister. Spinner was in the show in 9 seasons and she was not mentioned once for 6 whole seasons
which is crazy because if they can mention the faceless heather sinclair consistently they can surly throw out a sentence or two about kendra
@urgavecommunist I know right lol
Kendra's actress couldn't return in season 4 because her parents pulled her out of the show due that there was gonna be a s*x scene.
@@crescentartdesignsthats crazy. So the show would rather thanos snap a very noticeable character out of existence instead of cutting away during a scene?
@@crescentartdesignswhat scene? There was no intimate scene in the show
The real question was, why was Bruce the Moose a main character?
Honestly. Like, 😴.
He was just an obnoxious side character who did nothing but felt like a meat headed follower of Johnny. Well outside of him messing with Dave by pouring soda on him, and throwing a pissed filled ballon on him.
Maybe for the writers nostalgia. He reminds me of the guy who contracted HIV, Dwayne from Degrassi High
@@samirascarlett???
He didn’t even have a last name lmao. That’s the funniest part.
They kept Peter for absolutely no reading but got rid of all the Black characters after 2 scenes
@@Rewindwithrekenya can't stand Peter, worst Degrassi main character ever
@@Rewindwithrekenya right
@@houstonfob2FOREVER same
Peter sucked 😂
9:57 why is every creepy teacher pedo called Mr/s O??? Wasn’t that Paige’s teacher relationship too?? Mr O?
- Heather Sinclair had more relevance than a lot of these characters which is kinda sad
- The way I would've loved more Derek and Danny instead of Peter.
- Justice for Dave : His blackhole, was always so odd to me especially as he was being built to be in the forefront in seasons 11 +12 then completely disappears with no explanation.
- Forever grateful for Wesley and that flute, certified banger
Very specifically Danny for me! I love him so much
the dave part!! they were really making him into a leading man just to throw him into the void with no send off. justice for dave!!
R.I.P Jamil French
At some point the show stopped being about the characters, and resonating with a younger audience to teach them lessons, and started being more about the storylines and keeping up with their contemporaries as far as shock value and outlandishness goes. I can imagine the less soapy characters fading out for that reason alone.
I think this phenomenon coincides with this following question: "at what point did Degrassi stop teaching you something about growing up?"
When they went to the soap opera format having 40 episode seasons
i think seasons 10-12 did a pretty good job with having the characters growing into themselves. i think season 13 is when the show started caring less about growing up and more for the shock factor (though i do think mayas class was pretty good in season 13)
While there are a lot of things I liked on the show afterwards, Emma and Spinner getting married was just wrongheaded in every way possible. I know part of it was because Daniel Clark did not want to return, but having two characters who have barely interacted over a decade suddenly fall in love like that felt like a pointless way to send them off.
Also, Jane deserved a second chance.
@@DeadpoolNegative how did Jane deserve a second chance. She cheated on spinner and lied about it he only found out through hushed conversations. So she cheated and lied
@@pleaseshutup7053 because Paula Brancati killed it in her final scenes with Spinner?
The degrassi writers confirmed that Dave left Degrassi for a more prominent role on West Drive..how ironic..He was one of my favourite characters and they could have done a whole lot more with him, especially in season 13 when it became the Drew Torres Show.
I’m confused, West Drive?? Like the fictional show that Zoe came from??? Lol dude plays the lead in one school musical and now he’s a big time actor😂 that’s so wack lmao when did they say that? U know where I can find it?
@@DaGuyTy1 Not 100% certain, but I think there's an episode where Dave wins a contest at the mall to be a guest star in the show. After this episode, they started showing him less and less. :(
@@okashlee ohhhh yeaaa. You right, I forgot about that. Lol yeah that’s probably where he went. Still a poor way to conclude the character.
dave being blackholed pissed me off ngl 😭 last seen looking emotional at adam’s funeral, and that’s it.
There is some speculation that Dave was meant die in the car crash before it shifted to Adam. Dave had a history of texting while driving during season 12, while it was out of the blue for Adam.
Lol degrassi writers couldn’t even give a side b plot of Derek getting expelled saying goodbye to Danny
Dave was one of the better actors on the show as well they def could’ve still used him
@@jczbas agree till this day I hate how they got rid of him
@@elijah7215 he acted his ahh off when old girl got hit by that car lol
@@jczbas he did lol I felt bad for him tho. I love how Ali comfort him
@@elijah7215 yea especially when her getting hit by the car was borderline comic cal and an outlandish goofy plot like she just being dramatic running thru that TINY AHH 1-2 car street. Like girl lol 😂 so the fact he still took it so serious and did that major props. The could’ve at least had her in a big intersection like Meth Goblin Peter lol
@@jczbas right 😂
In season 1, in Ms Kwan’s 8th grade English class, there was a guy named Oscar who had speaking roles in maybe 3 or 4 episodes. He was seen in PE class, the Basketball and Soccer teams in seasons 2 and 3, but was never mentioned after season 1. The next black hole character is Sully, who had a few no-name appearances in season 2, but was most prominent as a side character in seasons 3 and 4. He was the one dating Manny just for shits and giggles, and bought Jimmy’s stolen mp3 player from Spinner. Sully would have graduated in season 5, but then again his grade was never mentioned. Sulky was a total stranger.
I always wondered why Kendra disappeared. She left the show right when Spinner really had the most impactful story arcs on the show. We could've seen how she dealt with Spinner changing dramatically and how that affected her school or home life.
she wasn't there for Spinner's cancer treatment, Spinner getting shot at The Dot, Spinner getting married, and that's so weird
Honestly another good example of a black hole character is Terry, because after the situation with Rick, it’s like we’ve never seen her again, just Paige speaking bits and pieces on her, here and there.
At least they mentioned that she switched schools unlike these characters that just vanish without a word
Rip jahmil french
@@sirlucas123 I can't remember his name but I also liked the white guy who was Conners friend with the glasses
Facts
@@jamaalpete9238 Wesley didn't have to be a main character or anything but just use him in side b and c storylines with Connor
Can’t believe it’s been 3 years since then. Still so sad, dude was so talented and everyone loved him🙏🏾
I don't know what he died of, but he was only 29 😢
This was always funny Dave couldnt hit a note and had to be autotuned. Then in the play all of a sudden he have vocals 😂😂
that was so weird! did the writers forget he was supposed to be a terrible singer?
Okay maybe I might sound a bit dramatic, but I hated the way majority of the poc/black actors- actresses characters were portrayed in this show. It upset me how once we began to get introduced to them, they never hold any interest storylines unless it’s degrading of either the following: pregnancy, sex, scandal, or racial discrimination/profile. For instance, look what happened to Hazel. She was listed as a primary main character, & they had great potential to make her storyline draw to the audiences. Same as for Dallas, Connor, Danny the list goes on.
Disappointing the only main focus they actually gave grace to as character development was jimmy brooks (drake) but that’s bc he’s half-black😒 idc I said what I said.
I 100% agree and I always hated how Chantay never really got anything either. She was always just off to the side gossiping or being nosey. I mean it was nice that she was the head cheerleader tho, that was different but I definitely preferred something more prominent than that for her.
I kept waiting for Hazels moment, the racist storyline was not it, she had a lot of depth and deserved more storylines. Same with Shantay, I wanted to see her character growth and we never got that 🙃🙃
This show is literally the woke wet dream of many people these days lmao, you’re way off. Danny got lots of character development and actually became a lovable character in comparison to Derek. Dallas is great too, even the only dad that wanted to be a dad and willing to step up. Unlike Jennas baby daddy. Liberty had been around for ages, lots of character development and loved as hell. Connor got some storylines, then disappeared a bit into the background but with his relationship got more screentime and became peoples fav couple. Pregnancy, sex, scandal, was literally the most common theme throughout the show for almost every character. Not just the black ones. The show went downhill, it stopped being about mostly lessons to teens and more about those things. Manny, Liberty, Jenna, Mia, Clare, Lola all got pregnant. Spike and the twin in the old one ofc. Scandals were all round with the amount of cheating, relationships with teachers, betraying friends etc. You’re just focussed on the black characters, so you’re ignoring the rest. But it’s all the same. For the POC characters and the white ones. The show isn’t racist, it just sucks 😂
Spencer Van Wyck quit acting about a decade ago but his last movie was Picture Day with Tatiana Maslany, and he’s quite good in it. Thing is, he’s also just playing a variation on Wesley. I have a feeling that was all he was being offered and that’s why he left acting behind, despite his talent.
Jahmil French was a very charismatic, entertaining performer and I’m still mad he died before he could really break out.
@@DeadpoolNegative same Jamil would be on top right now 💯
@@elijah7215like, he would have KILLED IT as a live action Miles Morales.
@@DeadpoolNegative oh I can definitely see that and would had loved that
Some of them quietly disappeared because they weren't popular with the audience when they were introduced and Degrassi was testing the waters with them. Other characters like Kendra WERE INTENDED to become part of the main cast, but the actress who played her, her parents decided that it was a bad idea for her to be a part of Degrassi and pulled her out.
Booooo!! The writers, at least, SHOULD'VE mentioned about Kendra switched schools.
@@COSun25 And characters like Leia were not only unpopular, but her actor got into harvard so she left.
Love this! Was hoping I would see Chris on this list -- you know, the rapping DJ that was one of Emma's earlier love interests!
it took me a minute to remember that Chris was the guy who beat-boxed and wore headphones. I don't remember him having a personality though
From everything that I've read and heard, the girl who played Kendra left the show so abruptly because her parents weren't happy at all about their daughter being asked to be a part of a sexual storyline in the series, which I'm guessing is the Manny pregnancy storyline that was supposed to go to Kendra's character instead, with Toby taking Craig's place as the would-be father. Of course, that's all speculation on my part and it could also have been Paige's rape storyline that was meant for Kendra (since those were the only sexual storylines in season 2 and 3), but I can't really imagine them putting someone who's so much younger and far more innocent than Paige was through that kind of hell, when the storyline was more than hardcore enough as it was.
For many of those young actors, however, I can imagine that it was simply too hard to make their personal lives work, when they also had to be in the series and at the end of the day and especially with such young actors as we're talking about here, it's infinitely more important that their lives off-screen works for them than how their character was written off. At least, that's how I see it.
Sad fact the actress how was Kendra's friend died in 2019
If any of you watched the Jane Mulcahy video, she mentioned how there’s basically no one from the Class of 2016. There’s several characters that COULDVE been had there not been outside circumstances (Tori being held back in grade 4, Jonah being held back, Cam’s death). I think they dropped Jack because she was actually the only one in that class. It would’ve been weird to have her graduate by herself and/or make another set of characters that only get a 20 episode arc for one year of high school (Next Class 1&2).
According to the Degrassi wiki, the class of 2016 were Tiny, Grace, Zig, Tristan, Miles, Winston, Maya, Jonah, Zoe, Goldi, Esme, and they graduated in Season 4 of Next Class. I guess Jack, Tori and Cam would have been there if circumstances were different.
I agree with you about how they introduced characters just to date the main cast and when the relationship was over, they disappeared. I really didn’t like that. I also agree that Blue was pointless and boring. He was just like Damien 😒 he dated the main friend group, got no storylines by himself, and disappeared
I was DMing Wesley’s actor for a bit trying to find out the truth and not even he seemed to know why he left
It was said in X formerly twitter that Dave switched to homeschooling after getting a full time role in the show West Drive.
For real? Meaning the actor left for another show and the character went into homeschooling… RIP Jamil French
@@mikeg8768 something like that.
5:37-5:38 Arleen probably got removed, because Devyn Nekoda (the actress that played her) got typecast onto this disney channel show called "backstage" around 2016
Before Leia’s actress decided to leave, the writers were intending to make her character a recurring/guest character from the second part of Season 10- the first part of 11. After she left for college they did want to get her back for the graduation episode but she declined as she was busy with school to guest star
Jack being written off upsets me to this day. Her character is pretty much one of the only decently written depictions of a polyamorous person I’ve seen in any media, and she had way more of a story to tell beyond Imogen. The downfall of TeenNick/The N and the Netflix transition really hurt Degrassi, but what likely did in a lot of these character is the episode count. 10 episodes works for narrow-focus serials, not for large-cast dramas that want to give everyone time in the sun.
Degrassi was a show that had 22-44 episodes per season at various times over the years, so Netflix cutting it down to 10 was criminal. Jack was a terrible girlfriend to Imogen, and I wasn't sad that she vanished
I think the Charlie arc was realistic because since she was dealing with a high schooler, she got over it and disappeared. It makes sense to not to have the closure because it was immature to begin with.
I was thinking Kendra wasn’t around for so many important incidents in Spinner’s life, at least they had the excuse of Darcy traveling abroad for why she never showed up for all the stuff that happened to Clare.
Darcy could’ve been on this list to. I know the actress went on to 90210 but how can Claire go thru sexual harassment, cancer, get pregnant and then have a miscarriage all without her sister Darcy or ANY mention of her. So weird😂
She is not a black hole character. They wrote her off that she moved to Africa to volunteer since the actor moved on to 90210. They even made it a plot point because Peter and Clare were receiving gifts from her
Darcy moved to Africa, but she never came home to support her sister through cancer treatment, which you would expect a sibling to do
Kendra would’ve been a senior in seasons 8 & 9, so it would’ve been nice if she came back during those seasons. That way season 8 could’ve incorporated the older characters with the new characters. I heard that the actress’ parents pulled her out of the show because Kendra & Toby were going to have a more mature storyline with their relationship and the parents didn’t like that
I don’t understand why Corey Lee was being pushed on so much 😂. From Instant Star to Degrassi, they really wanted her to be an IT girl. I didn’t hate her I just felt she was being forced on us from Canadian teen dramas.
It’s life. Sometimes people fade out of your life with no explanation or even a bye. Sometimes, you don’t need to know everything.
I think Kendra was removed because the actress parents weren’t comfortable with a story line they had for her and Toby
Honestly what’s interesting with Derek’s character is there’s like very, very subtle unstated negative development with him. Did anyone else ever notice how he really started going downhill as a person after he framed Danny for shoplifting and the two stopped really hanging out? There’s implications there that he really just threw out the rest of his morals and started hanging with the worst people after that.
The rule of Degrassi: only one Black male and female main character each. Seriously the Dave thing hurt. You're telling me they couldn't find Dave stuff to do with the sophomores?
They're all in The Void with the 2000s Fantastic Four Human Torch and Channing Tatum's Gambit.
Peter was never redeemable no matter how hard the writers tried. From what he did to Manny, Sean, and Darcy. Then he randomly gets hooked on coke smh. He got way too much screen time.
It was meth
no bc why was ms oh credited but not the teacher that LITERALLY paired up eclare? she was in way more plots with them and that larp thing w anya???
IKR!
I don’t think this counts but I was so upset Terry never came back she was very relatable 😢
Great video! But you for got that when they Black Hole'd Charlie, we also lost Mr. Tuxedo Pants with her too! 🐈⬛
I always believed that blue never actually existed for some reason idk it may have been a theory or something
This was great! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Terri was also forgotten too even though we got an explosion of her leaving Degrassi but we never hear from her or never made a return to the show at all
“Arlene” devyn went on to star as vanessa in backstage another Canadian show
Remember Chester?
I member Chester
R.I.P Dave ❤
Cool video but just some feedback, you can really benefit from doing a bit more research and add some more context to some of these.
The actor who portrayed Julian, Stephen James, left the show to move to LA prior to season 12 being filmed. He ended up later having the lead role in Race, the Jesse Owens biopic as well as Selma which won an Oscar.
The actress who played Keisha, Latoya Webb, did a story time RUclips video about her time on the show and said she was simply cut and never called back with no explanation.
Most of these other characters you listed were minor characters in seasons 13/14 that would've only made sense in Next Class if you'd seen all the previous seasons, they were kind of in between trying to make it a stand alone show and a continuation which is why it failed and so many characters/plot lines were dropped.
Whatever happened to Terri? Rick put her in a coma but I don’t remember ever seeing her wake up
She was seen awake in one episode from season 4 and then it was later briefly mentioned she had transferred to a different school. 😉
Glad you did Dave last he was and still is my favorite character on Degrassi I wish we could of saw more of him and I would love to had seen him back with Ali, I was always been team bhandari Turner then team Dallas Bhandari and I could of even Dave with Tori and I thought he killed it at 16:46 lol till this day I'm trying to find the name of that song he did lol. Rip Jamil french 🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊️❤️
@@elijah7215 Dallas was better for Alli than Dave. Dallas & Alli had a healthy relationship and he was supportive of her following her dreams. Dave liked Alli for so long and when he finally got her, he slept with another girl when it was unclear if they were broken up or just on a time out. Plus he wasn’t supportive of her planning her future and following her dreams
Dave was annoying and immature imo but most of the younger characters are, I would have liked to see his character grow and mature and start getting deeper story lines. Dave and Adam could have been the male leads of the upper grades if they weren't written off (and if Drew ever stopped getting all the main stories lol.) I think Jahmil (RIP) was one of the better actors in the show even if I didn't like his characters personality. Would have liked to see him grow into more serious storylines as his character grew up. His talent was really underutilized.
I remember when the first cast graduated we followed them in college for a little while, and then they just kind of stopped. Like, I get that Degrassi is about highschool kids and them being in college is against the idea, and the only reason we followed them to college was because the writers didn't really plan on the series continuing so they didn't start establishing younger characters (or that's the impression I get), but it's still kind if "black hole" since they weren't exactly written out of the series.
On that note a lot of the returning Degrassi High characters (Archie "Snake" Simpson's generation) were kind of black holed. I know Joey was mostly "Craig's father figure, when Craig leaves he has no purpose," but Joey was pretty "strong secondary, part of the community with his used car lot," and as far as I remember he just kind of "stopped appearing."
Craig came back for a couple episodes in season 6 and when Ellie interviewed him he mentioned that very briefly Joey moved to Calgary. 😉
"Winnie Oh, what a stupid name."
Like Sandra Oh didn't play a teacher in the first couple seasons. (Mrs. Kwon.)
Not sure if this was mentioned or not, but I have a feeling Derek got expelled from Degrassi. After his last appearance, he was called into Simpson's office (while he was interm principle due to The Shep's falling out) and you can hear his name called over the intercom. My guess is that he got expelled from the whole Holly J hate page.
Most of these people are just side characters to progress the plot of the main characters
The girl Arlene probably left the show to go do this other Canadian show called Backstage. It was on Disney and it was actually very good. I loved her character
This can be easily answered by the fact actors left the series for various reasons.
Nothing more or less complicated
I think it’s one thing if the characters contract was up or they didn’t return but regardless of reason it’s really sloppy and bad writing to just have SO many characters just vanish into thin air with no explanation. You mean to tell me a team full of writers can’t find anything to do with these characters? And the actors that leave, can we have a send off? An explaination?????? Like for example Kendra I get the actors parents removed her because they weren’t okay with scenes she would have been in, but you can’t just never mention a little sister ever again like it never happened?! They could have recasted her at LEAST the actor was only there for one season with MINIMAL lines and one small story line it’s just so unsatisfying
I thought jack was in the same grade as Imogen and Becky the whole time and where is Terri
Keisha's actress made a youtube video on her departure
What’s the name of the video?
@@BillyBob-ti2fz IDK
My favorite Dave Turner
Thank goodness I stopped watching at season 7. It seems like someone in production doesnt care too much for minority and heavy set characters
I'm going to be doing a video on Degrassi and Racism and diversity in general so I'm glad you said that
@@briannawilliams97 👍Coolness, I'll be looking out for that one.
I dont know much about this Degrassi thing but It reminds me of one of our Brazilian soap operas, Malhação.
Thank you for this. Idk why but Degrassi content relaxes my stressed millennial brain 😂
it relaxes my stressed GenX brain lol
I thought Derek got expelled
It’s a rumor, unfortunately never confirmed
RIP Jamal 😢❤
*Jahmil
9:04 I would say that Sav is a student but out of all the adult and high school students relationship, this is the one I can somewhat tolerate cuz Sav was possibly 18 at this time and already graduated when he and miss oh had a moment at the prom.
Also, Raymond Ablack has looked 35 years old his entire career.
@@DeadpoolNegativelmfaooo nah facts
it's still mad skeevy, because she was a teacher in her 20's fooling around with a teenage student. It's totally unethical and she should have known better than to lead him on. She was a whole ass adult and Sav still only had the life experiences of a child.
The persona 3 music in the background caught me off guard 😂
i’m pretty sure derrick got expelled in that episode later u hear him get called to the office
If you guys are bothered by this then the original Degrassi would have annoyed you guys more. Not only did they do the same things on there, but some characters would always show up but never have a plot line and also some plot lines would start and then never be picked up again or have a satisfying conclusion. I think it’s because they hire actual child actors and a lot of them decide to leave because of school usually. If they get into anything shady then I’m sure they also get dropped for that 😅
i sure tf was thinking who's kiesha lmaoo
Derek
Jesse
Dave
Lucas
Nadia
Chris Sharpe
Bruce
Towerz
Amy
Sully
Jess
Harry
Talia
Rachel
Blue
Chester
Leia
Damon
Oh
Julian
Liam
Hannah
Sadie
Kendra
Jack
Arlene
Keisha
Wesley
Whoooo 😂😂😂 I forgot 70 percent of this list
@@EricaAsjaee I forgot 90% of this list lol
Music teacher was sooo fine 😂 , too fine they had to black hole her
Lol she was bad as fuck
Like couldn't They recast Kendra for her brothers wedding.
My question is some of these boy characters’ names, Blue, Zig, Tiny, I think there’s one named Sod, who came up with these?!
Lmao yea I remember Next Class had some weird names. And I always wondered where the nickname Spinner came from. Idk if the show ever explained that.
@@DaGuyTy1 if I remember correctly it’s because he had ADHD and would be extra hyper in class when he was little.
@@LaurenElizabethxxxxyou are right about that. 😉
I don't know about Blue, but Zig and Tiny are nicknames. Weird nicknames were a tradition of the Degrassi franchise: Snake, Spike, Wheels, BLT, LD, Spinner. And the last boy you mentioned: his name was spelled S-a-a-d and that is an Arabic name
Who are you to judge what color their holes are?!
(No but seriously this channel randomly got suggested to me and ive never watched this show)
Off topic, but I’ve always liked Connor lol 💕
Thank you for this because I was thinking of these people for a while and I'm like where they go what happened?
What about Angela and Joey?? Craig’s sister and step dad - they just disappear after a while never to been seen or heard from again 😪
I wonder why they used the same actor who played Angela for the character Tori
What happened to Emma’s lil brother?
her lil brother could have been in Next Class
Wow it’s like I knew Kendra was gonna come up 😂(I didn’t)
*Asocial is the word you want, Antisocial refers to traits associated with sociopaths lol.
sociopaths like Hunter Hollingsworth?
14 seasons wtf have anything from season 1-Drake left
Drake was briefly mentioned twice by a couple of students long after he left the show
That happens in schools tho. Its organic
Only ones I didn’t miss were Leia and Derrick
Only ones I didn't miss were Blue and Jack
Yeah and we never even saw Heather Sinclair whole face Hahhaha looo an we never saw jt alledged sister
Why is Winnie Oh a stupid name?
who’s Kesha
she was a friend of Frankie and Zoe in season 14, but barely had any lines, and was only on the show in a few episodes
13:54 lmfao
Excuse me you forgot someone jay
I don't remember seeing or hearing about him after the Degrassi Takes Manhattan movie in 2009
@ok
Awwww I adored both Jack and Arlene!!!
Kendra Mason is cute!! 🥰
Lets be honest here. No one cares about blue. Haha jkjkjk... well. I dont but.. 😅
Blue was a boring block of cheese
Jack was a terrible character.
she was a bad girlfriend
@SkyeID Yeah, she was.
These characters were either boring or sucked. 😂 nobody misses them
Wesley and Dave are good. I liked seeing Conner have other friends besides Claire and that group
They dropped dave cause they claim he said something about gay folks. Or said f word on live
14:54 R.I .P Jahmil French
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