Baby the way Hazel threw her hat up at graduation in the most nonchalant way i knew she was over that character and show 🤣💀🎓👩🏾‍🎓

I wish we had gotten some closure for Terri too. She was so close with Ashley and Paige, and had that whole plus size modeling plot, but we never heard anything about her after she was hospitalized from Rick. Yet he got to go back to Degrassi and finish his arc?

The fact that spinner got expelled, cancer, shot, and married and Kendra wasn’t there for any of it never sat right with me. It would’ve been nice to see her be there for spinner through all that. They could’ve had a cute sibling relationship like Alli and Sav

Fun fact Leia chang left the show because she was accepted to Harvard

Jahmil French was such a compelling actor, and the way he just disappeared mid season was so disrespectful. At least with Hazel, the other main character who got missing, we had the graduation to at least offer some sort of explanation. Poor Dave. RiP Jahmil.

Nobody misses Derek. (I don't mean the actor. He's good. I meant the CHARACTER).

I tend to rewatch Degrassi a lot and I agree with Andrea. They had Hazel as the supportive best friend/sidekick for YEARS she deserved better. As a kid I would’ve loved to see more from Hazel and Jimmys relationship and Dave deserved to at least graduate especially after losing Adam

I was saddened to hear of Jahmil French's passing in 2021.

It's worth mentioning that a majority of the characters that ended up in the black hole were characters of color, which goes to show you these white writers didn't know what they were doing and just wanted diversity without actually doing something about it. Oh and also RIP Jahmil French 🙏😔

I always wish we had gotten to see Terri’s reaction to the shooting. Maybe popping up to visit Jimmy in the hospital. And also, Jimmy’s reaction to Sean being the one to take down Rick.

I really would've loved to see Dave and Wes graduate in their class; and it's crazy how a main character like Dave was black holed!! You were spot on about Leia...poor girl, I always pitied her for some reason every time she came on the screen lol.

Dave getting written off was criminal.

Derek was such an insufferable prick. Correct me if I’m wrong but i don’t think he ever got punished for beating up Jane. It honestly took me a while to realize Wesley wasn’t in the show anymore. We should’ve gotten to see Dave graduate that wasn’t fair at all. Also Hazel deserved better. Most of the black female characters on this show deserved better.

Spinner actor actually talked about Kendra exit. He said that some higher up on the show simply didn't like her character which is why we never saw more of her.

yesss you're so right for referring to hazel as black-holed. i absolutely agree. the fact that four of her high school friends all live together and go to college and never really mention her (neither do jimmy, spinner, or anyone who knew her) is just so gross like so many characters got brought back for one-episode appearances in the season after they left the show. it happened with leia & holly j. why not give her at least one episode of visiting her friends and family over a holiday or something? the disrespect is unreal

I never thought of Hazel as a black hole character before until I realized you brought up some excellent points in this video. It would be strange that Paige would never mention her best friend again. I know some people lose touch after high school but Paige was still friends with Spinner and Alex and later roommates with Marco and Ellie. She should have at least got a mention. Andrea Lewis clearly had acting range as seen in the heritage episode but unfortunately they didn't give her much to work with. She was Paige's minion for years until she became Jimmy's girlfriend. I agree that Dave's exit made no sense. He had storylines outside of dating. He showed a lot of character growth and maturity over the many years he was on the show. The scene where he breaks down about that girl he had the affair with getting hit by the car is so well acted. Dave Turner deserved better, at least a graduation. Personally I hope he ended up getting a main role on West Drive and pursued an acting career after he won that contest. It would have been a cool throw back if somehow he was mentioned when Zoe came around. RIP Jamil French Derek was the worst by season 8. His abuse to Jane was taken too far. Most characters are redeemed or become better or at least sympathetic but Derek was the opposite. I guess it's realistic in a way but I do agree it's weird how he disappeared after being on the show with so many storylines. Kendra was mentioned once by Toby that they broke up over the summer. It still doesn't really explain her disappearance though since she was one of the main characters sister. Spinner would mention Kendra in some episodes she wasn't in before her disappearance. After that they acted like she never existed. That interesting that the actress real life brother was in an episode in the later seasons.

Something that always bugged me after rewatching seasons 1 through 13 was that Claire was Darcy's little sister while Darcy was on the show but after she left, they made it seem like Claire was an only child. Not to mention that so much happened to Claire in the later seasons (Cancer, pregnancy, etc.) but Darcy who you think would show up for isn't around.

You forgot Nadiya, Kendra’s best friend in season 2; Chester in season 6; and Jack Simpson, Emma’s younger half brother who was basically black holed as a toddler by the middle of season 7, and the writers didn’t even bother to enroll Jack into Degrassi for Next Class.

Hear me out...what if Wesley had gotten Drew's storyline in season 11. Imagine if sweet, goofy Wes is the one who saves his girlfriend from being assaulted and accidentally killed someone. I don't think that his character had reached his full potential, I think that the writers didn't know how to properly divvy up storylines. It's Degrassi, no one should be exempt from a storyline that "goes there".

I always think it's a little.... weird... whenever writers say they have taken a character as far as they can go or whatever. Like, that is basically just an admission that they aren't creative enough or not good enough writers to come up with something exciting for a character.

I just thought Wesley could have been the nerdy guy that learned about himself and high school. He could of grown as a person on Degrassi IMO

I hate the way they did hazel fr like she could have been so much

i haven't made it to adam's tribute episode but I did look up dave on the degrassi wiki only to find out his actor passed away in 2021 :(

Hazels character definitely deserved more than what the writers gave her

It was incredibly disrespectful to Jahmil French. The writers were planning to kill off Dave and Jahmil repeatedly tried to refuse the storyline saying it was disrespectful to character. The actress that played Adam decided to leave the show so they switched the storyline. I guess the writers were still upset so Dave was still written out after.

After Derek helped beat up Jane, I was done caring about him.

Spinner and Kendra only talked like twice. And they had so much potential especially with her being adopted.

One of Emma’s or Paige’s storylines could’ve went to Hazel tbh

Eggbert the egg from DJH was more relevant than Blue Chessex and Leia Chang.

I think Arlene, Hunter's crush, is a good fit for this list. Her character was just dropped for new class and it felt like they were setting her character up to be further explored. I also feel like they could've done more with Wesley. He had just gotten. His first girlfriend so maybe they could've given him more storylines with that.

Dave was my favorite. They literally had a huge show storyline featuring Dave with the Romeo and Jewels storyline

Honestly Dave getting black-holed and Connor being the one who gets a finished storyline was not something I saw coming when their trio (Dave, Connor, & Wesley) was first introduced. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with Connors growth as a character throughout the seasons, but Dave had SO much potential. I always wondered if maybe it was a budget issue, and they had to just kick characters out when they had too many cast members, but honestly I’d rather see them complete the storylines of the characters they have before the bring in new ones 😅

I think Wesley was way too pure and wholesome for Degrassi, and I don't mean that in a bad way. He was definitely one of the most likable characters in the entire franchise even if you did find him boring, he was basically written out before the drama of Degrassi got to him, and I'm glad that happened.

I tend to forget Kendra existed because she disappeared pretty early on and after that she never is mentioned by anyone who would be close with her at all. *Rolls neck crack knuckles and proceeds to type* They did Hazel so wrong. She was in six seasons and it took until season 2 for her to get her own episode and it was her being a bigot towards a Muslim when she was Muslim herself. They had Andrea Lewis is of Jamaican decent playa Somali who was embarrassed she covered it up by pretending to be Jamaican and the end Hazel revealed she was Somali and Muslim and that's the story line she got centered around her. She was written to be a terrible singer even though the actress can sing, then the other thing they wrote to be homophobic. She dealt with her boyfriend being shot and the only storyline that included her was her getting caught surfing porn. All of her white friends got multiple storylines. I also thought there was going to be a friendship between Hazel and Manny especially after she lit into Paige whole feud that Manny and Paige were having. I feel so bad for Andrea Lewis. Derek Haig oh boy you know they kind of planted the seed he was going to be a bully in the episode that he slips underwear in Danny's bag and Danny gets framed and accused of stealing and the episode where he basically is looking down on Jimmy for being a coach in a wheelchair, so the seeds were planted but we missed them somehow. I am not sure if they were intentional or not. Then he beats up on by slamming into lockers and kicking in the stomach on school grounds and there didn't seem to be any consequences for Derek doing that to Jane. Okay this may be a far stretch but something about him looks evil and gives white supremacy vibes. I know shouldn't be using those terms but that's how I feel. Also I pray that bastard got expelled. Bleu Chessex is another character I tend to forget about because I guess he didn't have that big of impact except maybe helping Holly J be a nicer person. I thought Leia and Derek were going to go out but whew lord she was boring and a pathological liar. I just remember her lying and doing ballet and being tricked by Chantal into breaking up with Danny but honestly it worked out for the best. Welsely Bettencamp was wasted potential, I mean he had that tall red head as his love interest, he was super smart, and he had so much potential but like a fire sparkle he fizzled out. I don't hate or like him I am just thinking he is a what if character Rest In Peace Jahmil French, Dave was a mixed race character that was phased out for another light skinned character named Dallas. Their names start with D, they both were best friends with Drew, they're athletic and they were Ali love interests. Dave was transphobic and learned to be more accepting and Dallas was homophobic. The only different is that Dallas was a teen father

What was also funny is they had these characters in the opening credits and they had little to no screen time.

Hazel move to America to attend a HBCU (Howard) that's the story I made up for her lol!

id also say that tori santamaria was kind of black holed. She played Angela craigs little sister in the early seasons and she was cassie steeles sister in real life. She had alot of storylines in s12 but then they just booted her in s13 to make room for stupid characters like zoe, miles and winston. They did mention her moving away but like? dumb.

It’s kind of weird that Spinners adopted sister Kendra, just miraculously mysteriously disappeared without an explanation. Like after she disappeared, it’s like she never exist at all. As nobody seem to mention her again, not even her adopted big brother ever mention her at all. After she just gone on the show all of a sudden.

thank god derek was blackholed he was nothing but stress

I'm rewatching Degrassi TNG and I wish Kendra had more screen time like she could've been an entrigal part of the cast and Spinner's life. I enjoyed the time that she was on for. And don't even get me started on how they made Angela become Tori like having Craig's little sister be at Degrassi would've been a great way to keep it all connected but Next Class felt so distant

Did my boy Dave dirty really hate the writers for that. I mean if there is no stories to give characters like Dave and the others mentioned then at least bother to send them off instead of pretending they never existed it just shows production’s incompetence. I can only imagine how these actors felt about just basically being told that their story is over and there is nothing left for them.

Derek went on to become Jack Harlow.

I'd argue that Toby was the biggest example of the black hole. He got downgraded to guest star out of nowhere only to stop appearing the moment he graduated (aside from a cameo that barely gave an indication of his future, even though we got to see other characters experience college and work life). While he did participate in important subplots during his last period on the show, one of them was the one with Holly J., which went nowhere and felt like a waste of time. Not what you'd expected from one of the few people that appeared in the very first episode (something that implied that they were supposed to be the truly main characters).

Not only these black hole characters but also.... why was Chantay at Degrassi for sooo long?

yes in the episodes about the I Hate Holly J Club there’s a point where it shows some of the comments being made towards her with one being from him like that it’s a death threat or some crazy thing so him being expelled with that being his last episode has a lot of credence to me

Hazel wasnt black holed she just graduated and she probably went to a far away college where she wasn’t lingering around and that seems to set the precedent for characters later in the series. If you graduate and you’re never mentioned again, that’s basically getting closure for your character. I do agree she should’ve gotten more stories.

Angela..Craig's sister could have literally taken Alli's role...since she too was born in 1996😒 even with joey s absence she could have stayed with simpson since he was like her uncle💁🏽‍♂️

Man the Dave one still stings

I love your videos! You don't push any agendas. Your videos are informative, fun, and a breath of fresh air!

Dave was a significant character.

It's worth noting that Dave before being black-holed was missing from a several episodes where you'd expect him to be with his classmates. He wasn't present to help Clare with the paper and most notably, he wasn't present at K.C.'s farewell.

Blue Chessex sounds like a name for a horse.

RIP jahmil 🙏❤️😭🙏

Stopped watching back in the day when Eli and Claire broke up… I had no idea Dave didn’t make it to graduation 🤦🏾‍♂️

My Theory about Kendra could've been about that she transferred schools. But she transferred to a Prep School in the United States. She did have talents in show, so she got recruited for Hockey by the Coach at the Prep School. Recruited on a Full Ride Scholarship. I mean, that would explain why she wasn't there for Spinner due to the fact she was in Prep School focusing on her Studies, New Friends, and her Hockey Career. Probably even stayed in the United States just to stick with her life there. I don't know if there was ever any mention of relatives in the states, so I decided to say that the Masons had relatives nearby for Kendra to stay at over the summer or breaks. Kendra was a scholar athlete at the Prep School and succeeded there.

I wish leia had plot lines about ballet and dealing with dancing as a teen.

Rip Jahmil French, I watched the whole show and I liked a lot of the characters but Dave was my favorite

Wesley was like Toby, only funnier. I think they could have done something with him. Nerd characters can be explored and given dimension. His interest in skateboarding isn't really a " nerd" thing. He even got a girl through that sport, and yes it is a sport, even if it is not a school team. He played the flute and was briefly in a band, a good band in fact. This kid was well rounded, not just a nerd. He was socially awkward for sure, and maybe we could have gotten into the reasons why.

Love this how they wrote off a lot of characters part 2

I thought Derek graduated with the rest of his class, he even took a picture with danny

Blue was just a guy for us to say "who?" whenever we would see him in the intro.

I do have an issue when it comes to writers saying they use characters to their full extend. When there are certain characters who get storyline after storyline. They could have done bullying storyline with Wes. I 100% agree with you on everything esp on Jahmil French. I do believe Jahmil left the show in not very good terms, I do rmr Jahmil French posting on twitter that he should have taken ass kissing lesson instead of acting lesson, that comment was like when season 13 was in the works.I am sure that was aimed at Degrassi creators. Since when a fan ask him if he was still in Degrassi, he said he was off to bigger and better things.

leia was a completely pointless character but she was in more episodes. she became anyas best friend while larping for several episodes and then she was dannys girlfriend for a while as well. she had a storyline where she was lying to impress dannys friends as well.

Derek is briefly seen talking to Danny at graduation with the class of 2009 and one of them says something like "Man why am I talking to you"

Leia's actress left to go to Harvard lmao.

I mean, wasn't that like real school? People started school and then just dissappeared one day, and no one knew why.

Yayyy. So good to see you!

They should’ve pulled the trigger on Wesley & Anya.

This is exactly how I felt... especially with how they did Dave. Grear video!

You forgot abt Darcy! Like her parents got divorced, and her sister got cancer, but she still didn't come home from africa! 😅

RIP Dave😢😢💔

Marc Donato is underrated.. look up his credits he done some good work

Anya BORED ME TO DEATH!!

dave got less and less storylines and they really messed his character up just to push more story for dallas. There was no reason for Dave and Alli to stay apart after she decided not to go to MIT but all of a sudden has more time for everything. Also a main story point for Dave early on was that he couldnt sing a note and they used autotune and he hated it. But then all of a sudden hes an amazing singer and has a staring role in Romeo and Jules? I thought that was so dumb.

I never knew that guy was Kendra’s brother in real life!

Still upset about Dave RIP Jahmil French. Me and my friends were always had running joke when we broke up with an ex saying they got black holed in season (whatever age we were at the time)

You forgot about Chris 😭

The reason Kendra left was because the show pretty much gave up on Tobey’s character. Despite being a OG character the show kind of just gave up on the character the last few season he was in. He basically acted as a side character. I feel the only reason they didn’t write him off was because he was OG next gen and the writer were reluctant to write of two main characters having already killed of JT by that point. So they basically made him a side character only around to help other characters storylines . He really had no real storylines in his later season, The storyline he did have were one off storylines that last a episode at most and were usually more about someone else them him.

I agree with hazel & Kendra Everybody else was either boring annoying

I love how Sully’s ridiculous ass wasn’t even mentioned. I understand that he was a bit of a glorified side character but he SUCKED.

Kendra deserved better

wesley was a good character and he was one of the only friends that connor had and accepted him for who he was. I could see the reason them letting him go because connor was absent for that long period. they could have kept him around longer. Around season 12 and 13 they really lost their way with stories and too many characters being introduced. The whole france era was super stupid and boring.

To be fair rule one to be successful on Degrassi is to not be black or Asian.

Lea only got one storyline . We're shes a compulsive lying bad girl . Id leave too .

I'm sure Dereks last scene was actually at the end of that episode where he teases Holly J about hanging her with a rope, not the cafeteria scene.

What about Miss Kwan? Was she blackholed?

Season 2 episode 5 (#ThrowbackThursday) of Next Class I spotted Derrick in the back when Frankie was performing he looked the same just had a goatee

i dont know if its a theory or if the writers did confirm it but i read somewhere that dave disappeared in s13-14 bcs he got a bigger part on west drive (the show he won a guest role for in a talent show in an episode)

Where is so and so? We don't talk about that..... hitting your head on a rock takes a lifetime to recover from? Yes.......

Blue wasn't boring, he wasn't given good stories. And Spinner wasn't pyscottic.

degrassi doesn’t know what to do with nerds

I'm still so pressed about Wesley cause why tf they get rid of him cause I liked him a lot. I truly think that was a waste of a character when they had other characters nobody liked. I disliked Dave and Wesley could've taken his place in these storylines and yes I hate that Dave gets removed but he was a terrible character no matter how much I loved his actor.

I wish spinner sister would of had more screen time. I love a good brother sister duo. Especially with adoption. It was the only adoption representative family ive seen.

Ashley did mention Hazel when she got back together when Jimmy when she got mad that Jimmy drew a picture of Hazel and not her

I know you don't like her but Jack Jones (girl who dated Imogen) was also balck holed. She was Class of 2015 but was never seen again after Class of 2014 graduated.

Tell ‘em why I never even realized all these like almost main characters literally disappeared I genuinely never noticed

Mia daughter was adorable. I would of loved seeing more screen time. Maybe the real family could of made a camio appearance or something.

6:29 he reminds me of Winston lol

The sad thing about the actor of Dave Turner he actually passed away in a lot of people think it was his choice

Still mad Derek was in I’m upset and SEAN wasnt