This is a list of the many similarities between Degrassi, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Degrassi High, Degrassi Junior High, and The Kids of Degrassi Street.
Characters
- Caitlin Ryan, Emma Nelson, and Clare Edwards
- All three have been considered the female lead of their era.
- All three have gone after bad boys.
- All three were known as goody-two-shoes.
- All three discovered their father figure cheating on their mother.
- Caitlin spied her dad at a restaurant with another woman, Emma saw Snake kissing Ms. Hatzilakos, and Clare discovered her father's infidelity in her parents' divorce papers.
- All three were passionate about writing and wrote for their respective school paper.
- Caitlin wrote for the Degrassi Digest, Emma wrote for the Grapevine, and Clare wrote for the Degrassi Daily.
- Further more all three of them have written an article that has gotten them into trouble as they have not researched it properly. Caitlin when she wrote about Spike being allowed to stay at school, Emma when she wrote about product placement in schools, and Clare when she accused the hockey team of destroying the garden.
- Caitlin wrote for the Degrassi Digest, Emma wrote for the Grapevine, and Clare wrote for the Degrassi Daily.
- All three have also been involved with unstable boys who have attempted to use guns to solve their problems.
- All three stand up for what they believe in and have been involved in protests at school.
- Caitlin protested over the environment, Emma protested over genetically modified foods, and Clare protested over Connor's treatment at school.
- All have also been involved with the drama department during their time at school.
- Caitlin had a role in "Love's Fresh Face", Emma had a role in "Castle Dracula" and Clare was the prop master for "Space Awakening".
- All three have dealt with health problems.
- Caitlin with epilepsy, Emma with gonorrhea and then anorexia nervosa, and Clare with cancer.
- All three had conflicts with "Mean Girls".
- Caitlin with Kathleen Mead, Emma with Paige Michalchuk, and Clare with Holly J. Sinclair.
- All three had been crushed on by the outcast.
- Caitlin was crushed on by Arthur Kobalewscuy, Emma was crushed on by Toby Isaacs, and Clare was crushed on by Connor Delaurier.
- All three have brothers.
- Caitlin with her brother, Pat Ryan, Emma with her half brother, Jack Simpson, and Clare with her step-brother, Jake Martin.
- All three went through tough times.
- Caitlin with Claude Tanner's suicide, Emma with almost getting shot by Rick and Clare with being sexually harassed by her boss, Asher.
- All three had lost their virginities with their love interests.
- Caitlin with Joey, Emma with Sean, and Clare with Eli.
- All there had on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Caitlin with Joey, Emma with Sean, and Clare with Eli.
- All three had hooked up with someone without being in a relationship with them.
- Caitlin with Jesse, Emma with Jay, and Clare with Drew.
- All three had been cheated on.
- Caitlin was cheated on by Joey with Tessa, Emma was cheated on by Damian with Liberty, and Clare was cheated on by Eli with Lenore.
- All three were in relationships with a boy who was held back to their class.
- Caitlin dated Rick Munro and was engaged to Joey Jeremiah, Emma dated Sean Cameron and is married to Spinner Mason, and Clare had a one-night stand with Drew Torres.
- All three were shown going through puberty.
- Caitlin was confused about her sexuality when she kept having dreams about her female teacher Ms. Avery, Emma was receiving her first period, and Clare was having wet dreams about Declan.
- All three had gotten drunk.
- Caitlin when she got fired from her job, Emma when she was attempting to make love with Sean, and Clare when she coping with her sexual assault.
- All three had formed a friendship with a former "Mean Girl".
- All three were in multiple love triangles.
- All three broken up with their boyfriends for someone else.
- Caitlin broke up with Joey for Claude, Emma broke up with Sean for Damian, and Clare broke up with Eli for Drew.
- All three had gotten into detention or suspended a couple of times despite being "Good Girls".
- Caitlin for editing a school newspaper about keeping Spike at school without the school's permission and for accidentally punching Cluade in the face and giving him a nosebleed, Emma for accidentally starting a food fight and for violating a dress code, and Clare for having everyone in the class bringing a lamp to class for sticking up for Connor, skipping class along with Eli, for violating a dress code, and for drinking beer on campus.
- All three had kissed or been kissed by more boys than any other female character on the show.
- Caitlin with Rick, Joey, Arthur, Claude, Keith, Kevin, and Jesse, Emma with Sean, Chris, Jay, Nate, Peter, Damian, Kelly, and Spinner, and Clare with K.C., Wesley, Declan, Eli, Jake, Liam, Asher, Dallas, and Drew.
- All three have kissed someone who was already in a relationship.
- Caitlin kissed Jesse who was dating Ellie, Emma kissed Jay who was dating Alex, and Clare kissed Declan who was dating Holly J.
- All three had rumors spread about them through school.
- Caitlin being rumored that she's a lesbian, Emma being rumored of receiving gonorrhea, and Clare being rumored of getting a boob job.
- All three have been slut shammed.
- Caitlin was called a slut by Ellie for hooking up with her then boyfriend Jesse, Emma was called a hoe by Chester for receiving gonorrhea from Jay, and Clare was called a whore by Eli when he thought that Clare was pregnant with Drew's baby.
- All three have been fought over by two guys.
- Caitlin was fought over by Joey and Claude, Emma was fought over by Sean and Peter, and Clare was fought over by Eli and Fitz.
- All three had a rivalry with another girl over a guy.
- Caitlin had a rivalry with Sydney over Joey, Emma had a rivalry with Liberty over Chris, and Clare had a rivalry with Jenna over K.C.
- All three were called princess due to their goody two shoes reputations.
- All three made their final appearances on Degrassi.
- Emma Nelson and Clare Edwards
- Both have been on the show the longest out of their era.
- Both are considered the female lead of their era.
- Both have gone after "bad boys".
- Both are known as goody-two-shoes.
- Emma and Clare's best friends, Manny and Alli have many similarities as well.
- Both became less "type-A" during their sophomore years.
- Both were sexually assaulted.
- Emma was lured to a hotel by Jordan and almost raped, and Clare was sexually harassed at work by her boss.
- Both progressively became more attractive over their course on the show.
- Both had separated parents, but their mothers later remarried to men they got along with.
- Both were crushed on by the outcast.
- Emma was crushed on by both Rick Murray and Toby Isaacs, and Clare was crushed on by Connor Delaurier.
- Both had awkward experiences during puberty.
- Emma got her first period at school and had trouble hiding it, and Clare got caught with a vibrator she was curious about.
- Both are girls who voice their opinion commonly.
- Both abused substances.
- Emma used marijuana to fit in in college, and Clare drank alcohol to cope with her sexual assault.
- Both had a best friend who was once known as a slut.
- Both have revealed themselves on camera.
- Emma took off her dress at a filmed Purple Dragon meeting, and Clare took pictures of her breasts to plant in Asher's computer.
- Both had braces.
- Both went through a makeover in high school.
- Both had one of their friends steal their boyfriend.
- Both helped deal with a close one's bipolar disorder.
- Both have been in love triangles more than once.
- Both worked for the school paper.
- Both have been broken up with at a dance.
- Both ruined their good friendships, but then patched them up within the same school year.
- Both tend to overreact.
- Both were friends with "the nerds".
- Emma was friends with J.T. Yorke and Toby Isaacs, and Clare was friends with Wesley Betenkamp and Connor Delaurier.
- Both were involved with the Degrassi Drama Department.
- Both have dealt with health problems.
- Emma with gonorrhea and then anorexia nervosa and Clare with cancer.
- Both have lost a friend.
- Emma lost J.T. Yorke and Clare lost both Paula and Adam Torres.
- Both have been crushed on by "bad boys".
- Emma was crushed on by Jay and Clare was crushed on by Fitz.
- Both had conflicts with "Mean Girls"
- Emma with Paige and Clare with Holly J.
- Both had brothers.
- Emma with her half brother, Jack, and Clare with her step-brother, Jake.
- Both were seen playfully sticking their tongues out to the camera in the theme song.
- Emma in the season 3-5 opening sequence and Clare in the season 10 opening sequence.
- Both went through tough times.
- Emma with almost getting shot by Rick and Clare with being sexually harassed by her boss, Asher.
- Both lost their virginities to their love interests.
- Emma with Sean and Clare with Eli.
- They had on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Emma with Sean and Clare with Eli.
- Both had a crushes on someone that didn't return the feelings.
- Emma with Craig and Clare with Declan.
- Both were recurring characters before being promoted to the main cast.
- Both had hooked up with someone without being in a relationship with them.
- Emma with Jay and Clare with Drew.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Emma was cheated on by Damian with Liberty and Clare was cheated on by Eli with Lenore.
- Both were in relationships with a boy who was held back to their class.
- Emma dated Sean and is married Spinner and Clare had a one-night stand with Drew.
- Both were shown going through puberty.
- Emma was receiving her first period and Clare was having wet dreams about Declan.
- Both have gotten drunk.
- Emma when she attempted to make love with Sean and Clare when she was coping with her sexual assault.
- Both had formed a friendship with a former "Mean Girl".
- Both were in multiple love triangles.
- Both have been involved with unstable boys who attempt to use guns to solve their problems.
- After Emma rejected Rick, he brought a gun to school and attempted to kill her with it and Eli shot a picture of Julia after blaming her for conflict with Clare.
- Both had broken up with their boyfriends for someone else.
- Emma broke up with Sean for Damian and Clare broke up with Eli for Drew.
- Both had gotten into detention or suspended despite being "Good Girls."
- Emma for starting a food fight and violating the dress code and Clare for having everyone in the class bringing a lamp for sticking up for Connor, skipping class along with Eli, violating the dress code, and drinking beer on campus.
- Both had kissed or been kissed by more boys than any other female character on the show.
- Emma with Sean, Chris, Jay, Nate, Peter, Damian, Kelly, and Spinner and Clare with K.C., Wesley, Declan, Eli, Jake, Liam, Asher, Dallas, and Drew.
- Both have kissed someone who was already in a relationship.
- Emma kissed Jay who was dating Alex and Clare kissed Declan who was dating Holly J. Ironically, they had conflicts with the girlfriends. Emma with Alex and Clare with Holly J.
- Both had a plot with teen pregnancy though Emma's was just a scare.
- Both had rumors spread about them through school.
- Emma being rumored of receiving gonorrhea and Clare being rumored of getting a boob job.
- Both have been slut shammed.
- Emma was called a hoe by Chester for receiving gonorrhea from Jay and Clare was called a whore by Eli when he thought that Clare was pregnant with Drew's baby.
- Both had been fought over by two guys.
- Emma was fought over by Sean and Peter and Clare was fought over by Eli and Fitz.
- Both had a rivalry with another girl over a guy.
- Emma had a rivalry with Liberty over Chris and Clare had a rivalry with Jenna over K.C.
- Both have been called princess due to their goody two shoes reputation.
- Both have left the show while being a "endgame" relationship.
- Emma with Spinner and Clare with Eli.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- Emma's final appearance was Degrassi Takes Manhattan and Clare's was Finally (2).
- ===Manny Santos and Alli Bhandari===
- Both went through a "sexy" transformation in high school.
- Both lost their virginity in their freshman year.
- Both had a pregnancy plot; Manny aborted the baby and Alli just had a scare.
- Both crushed on an older guy out of their league until they got him.
- Both were known as sluts at a time.
- Both were interested in starring in Musical High, but only Manny got to audition and get casted in the film.
- Both had a heated rivalry with the queen bee.
- Both had a conflict with Holly J., but ended their conflict with her.
- Both revealed themselves on camera.
- Manny showed her breasts to Peter's camera while drunk, and Alli sexted her boyfriend who showed his friends.
- Both have a strict father.
- Both are best friends with the "goody-two-shoes".
- Both have comforted a friend after their sexual assault.
- Manny comforted Darcy Edwards after her rape, and Alli comforted Clare Edwards after her sexual harassment.
- Coincidentally, the girls who were sexually assaulted are sisters.
- Manny comforted Darcy Edwards after her rape, and Alli comforted Clare Edwards after her sexual harassment.
- Both ruined their friendships with their best friend but got their trust back later.
- Both had to have their parents approve of their boyfriends.
- Both were hungry for popularity.
- Both tried out for The Spirit/Power Squad, but only Manny made it.
- Both went through a rebellious streak.
- Both left home due to family problems.
- Both were friends with "the nerds".
- Both reconciled with their love interest at a school dance.
- Both are very smart.
- Both dated a friend they thought they never would.
- Both have been confronted by the police.
- Both have been suspended for fighting.
- Both are arguably the most developed of their class.
- Both have a brother.
- Both have dated a guy their friends didn't approve of.
- They were both friends with an Edwards sister
- They both had a contempt of a boyfriend of their friends but got on better terms with them later.
- Both were in relationships with a bad boy. Manny with Jay and Alli with Johnny.
- Both thought their friend's ex was coming on to them when they clearly weren't.
- Both had an abusive boyfriend.
- Both had more than one sexual partner.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Manny was cheated on by Craig and Alli was cheated on by Drew and Dave.
- Both had an ex-boyfriend who kissed their best friend.
- Both had gotten engaged.
- Manny with Jay and Alli with Leo though only Alli married Leo.
- Both were friends with teen mothers.
- Both had so many relationships on the show.
- Manny with Sully, Craig, J.T., Spinner, Damian, Mick, and Jay and Alli with Johnny, Drew, Dave, Leo, and Dallas.
- Both had gotten into fights with their rivals.
- Manny with Paige and Alli with Bianca.
- Both have left the show while being in a "endgame" relationship.
- Manny with Jay and Alli with Dallas.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- ===Ellie Nash and Eli Goldsworthy===
- Eli's name came from Ellie.
- Both appeared as goths during their first season and toned down their style during the later seasons.
- They both have an interest in writing.
- Both were obsessive over their love interest
- Ellie with Craig Manning, Eli with Clare Edwards.
- Both have been depressed.
- Both have self-harmed before.
- Ellie cut herself and Eli crashed into a wall.
- Both have been thought to attempt suicide.
- Ellie got drunk and felt like a useless problem so she went into the ocean knowing she can't swim; Eli crashed his hearse into a wall after breaking up with his second love.
- Both have been called crazy.
- Both have been called emo.
- Both have been called goth.
- Both are outsiders who are very kind and interesting individuals when you befriend them.
- Both characters were followed into their freshman year of college as regulars.
- Both are straight but support and have friends from the LGBT community.
- Both had a relationship ruined due to drugs.
- Both dated someone from the LGBT community.
- Ellie with Marco and Eli with Imogen.
- They had both cheated.
- Ellie cheated on Jesse with Craig and Eli cheated on Clare with Lenore.
- Both have slut shammed a "Good Girl."
- Ellie called Caitlin a slut for hooking up with her then boyfriend Jesse and Eli called Clare a whore when he thought that Clare was pregnant with Drew's baby.
- Both made their final appearances.
- ===Ashley Kerwin and Katie Matlin===
- Both had type-A personalities before their individual downfalls.
- Both were school president.
- Both became involved in drugs, which lead to their downfall.
- Ashley took ecstasy while Katie became addicted to codeine and oxycodone.
- Both have "nerdy" younger siblings.
- Ashley's stepbrother Toby and Katie's sister Maya.
- Both dated "jocks" as their first boyfriend.
- Ashley dated Jimmy and Katie dated Drew.
- Both thought they were ready for sex when they weren't.
- Both have been cheated on.
- Ashley was cheated on by Craig and Katie was cheated on by Drew.
- Both changed their look dramatically from preppy to alternative.
- Both cut their hair short and dyed it black .
- Both had publicly embarrassed the guy they dated, involving sexual situations.
- Ashley announced Craig getting Manny pregnant and Katie showed a video of Drew drunkenly admitting he and Katie had sex.
- Both are rebellious but were formerly known for being goody-two-shoes.
- Both were close friends with someone that they have known since they were very young.
- Ashley with Paige and Katie with Marisol.
- Both made their final appearances.
- ===Jimmy Brooks and Mike Dallas===
- Both are athletes who have something stopping them from going professional.
- Both are known to be good with women.
- Both have rapped on the show.
- Both have shown interest in a Muslim girl.
- Jimmy with Hazel Aden, Dallas with Alli Bhandari.
- Both have kissed girls they weren't dating.
- Both can be seen as cynical on occasions, but are truly kind-hearted people.
- Both were friends with troublemakers.
- Both are best friends with guys who were held back.
- Both repeated the 12th grade.
- Both had a conflict with a friend's abusive ex boyfriend.
- Jimmy with Terri's ex boyfriend Rick and Dallas with Alli's ex boyfriend Leo.
- Both were romantically interested with the school president.
- Jimmy with Ashley and Dallas with Katie though only Jimmy dated Ashley.
- Both played on the basketball team.
- Both went by their nicknames.
- Both have left the show while being in a "endgame" relationship.
- Jimmy with Trina and Dallas with Alli.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- ===Stephanie Kaye and Ashley Kerwin===
- Both were embarrassed by their younger siblings at their school.
- Both ran for student council president in grade eight.
- Both went through a dark period.
- Both left Degrassi before graduating.
- Both have been intoxicated while in front of their love interest.
- Stephanie was intoxicated with alcohol in front of Wheels and Ashley was intoxicated with drugs in front of Jimmy.
- Both had divorced parents.
- Both their mothers remarried.
- Both were rivals with another girl over a guy.
- Stephanie with Alexa over Simon and Ashley with Manny over Craig.
- Both made their final appearences on the show.
- ===Stephanie Kaye and Alli Bhandari===
- Both changed their clothes at school to hide their true image from their parents.
- Both wanted to appear "sexier".
- Both love male attention.
- Both craved popularity.
- Both broke their friendships with their best friends but later reunited with them.
- Stephanie with Voula and Alli with Clare.
- Both have a brother.
- Stephanie with Arthur and Alli with Sav.
- Both were rivals with another girl over a guy.
- Stephanie with Alexa over Simon and Alli with Bianca over Drew.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- ===Arthur Kobalewscuy and Toby Isaacs===
- Both started out as being the embarrassing younger siblings (Arthur to Stephanie, Toby to Ashley).
- Both are known as outcasts.
- Both have been ditched by their best friends for cooler kids.
- Both their older sisters left Degrassi before graduating, while they stayed and graduated.
- Both had a crush on "goody-two-shoes".
- Arthur had a Caitlin and Toby had a crush on Emma.
- Both were bullied.
- Both have divorced parents.
- Both had a step parent.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- ===Caitlin Ryan and Ellie Nash===
- Both are journalists.
- Caitlin was Ellie's writing mentor.
- Both have been involved in a love triangle.
- Joey/Caitlin/Claude & Ellie/Craig/Manny.
- Both have a friend who was a student body president.
- Caitlin with Lucy & Ellie with Ashley.
- Both have a rivalry with a friend.
- Caitlin with Kathleen and Ellie with Paige.
- Coincidentally, the girls who Caitlin and Ellie rivaled were also "Mean Girls".
- Caitlin with Kathleen and Ellie with Paige.
- Both broke up with their boyfriends to purse their dreams.
- Both have been cheated on.
- Caitlin was cheated on by Joey with Tessa and Ellie was cheated on by Jesse with an unknown woman and then Caitlin herself.
- Both have gotten drunk.
- Caitlin when she got fired and Ellie when she discovered that her ex boyfriend Jesse and Caitlin were hooking up while she had an interview with Caitlin.
- Both have been involved with Jesse.
- Caitlin hooked up with him and Ellie had a relationship with him.
- Both left home due to family problems but eventually moved back in.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- Both are journalists.
- ===Caitlin Ryan and Emma Nelson===
- Both are considered to be the female lead of their era.
- Both of their first boyfriends were bad boys.
- Caitlin with Rick and Emma with Sean.
- Both are environmentalists.
- Both have dealt with health problems.
- Caitlin with epilepsy and Emma with gonorrhea and then anorexia nervosa.
- Both have went through tough times.
- Caitlin felt guilty over an ex-boyfriend's suicide and Emma had PTSD after a school shooting.
- Both had a conflict with "Mean Girls".
- Caitlin with Kathleen Mead and Emma with Paige Michalchuk.
- Both have brothers.
- Caitlin with her brother Pat, and Emma with her half brother Jack.
- Both had protested to get their favorite teachers back to Degrassi.
- Both had been crushed on by a outcast.
- Caitlin was crushed on by Arthur and Emma was crushed on by Toby.
- Both lost their virginties to their love interests.
- Caitlin with Joey and Emma with Sean.
- They had on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Caitlin with Joey and Emma with Sean.
- Both had hooked up with someone that was already in a relationship.
- Caitlin with Jesse who was dating Ellie and Emma with Jay who was dating Alex.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Caitlin had been cheated on by Joey with Tessa and Emma had been cheated on by Damian with Liberty.
- Both dated someone who was held back a grade.
- Caitlin dated Rick and was engaged to Joey and Emma dated Sean and is married to Spinner.
- Both were shown going through puberty.
- Caitlin was confused about her sexuality when she kept having dreams about her female teacher Ms. Avery and Emma was receiving her first period at school.
- Both have gotten drunk.
- Caitlin when she got fired from her job and Emma when she attempted to make love with Sean.
- Both had formed a friendship with a former "Mean Girl".
- Both were in multiple love triangles.
- Both have been involved with boys who attempt to use guns to solve their problems.
- After Caitlin broke up with Claude, he killed himself and after Emma rejected Rick, he brought a gun to school and attempted to kill her with it.
- Both had broken up with their boyfriends for someone else.
- Caitlin broke up with Joey for Cluade and Emma broke up with Sean for Damian.
- Both have worked as a waitress during the summer.
- Caitlin in School's Out and Emma in Degrassi Takes Manhattan.
- Both had gotten detention or suspended despite being "Good Girls."
- Caitlin for writing a school newspaper about keeping Spike at school without the school's permission and for accidentally punching Claude in the nose and giving him a nosebleed and Emma for starting a food fight and for violating the dress code.
- Both had kissed or been kissed by more boys than any other female character on the show.
- Caitlin with Rick, Joey, Arthur, Claude, Keith, Kevin, and Jesse and Emma with Sean, Chris, Jay, Nate, Peter, Damian, Kelly, and Spinner.
- Both have been rumored.
- Caitlin being rumored that she's a lesbian and Emma being rumored of receiving gonorrhea.
- Both have been slut shammed.
- Caitlin was called a slut by Ellie when Caitlin hooked up with Ellie's then boyfriend Jesse and Emma was called a hoe by Chester when Emma received gonorrhea from Jay.
- Both had been fought over by two guys.
- Caitlin was fought over by Joey and Claude and Emma was fought over by Sean and Peter.
- Both had a rivalry with another girl over a guy.
- Caitlin had a rivalry with Sydney over Joey and Emma had a rivalry with Liberty over Chris.
- Both had been called princess due to their goody two shoes reputation.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- ===Caitlin Ryan and Maya Matlin===
- Both of their first love interest was a bad boy.
- Caitlin with Rick and Maya with Zig.
- Both are considered the female lead of their era.
- Both had an relationship with boys who committed suicide.
- Caitlin dated Claude Tanner and Maya dated Campbell Saunders.
- Both acted out after their ex-boyfriends killed themselves.
- Both were comforted by people after breaking down.
- Caitlin was comforted by her ex-boyfriend Joey and Maya was comforted by her sister, Katie.
- Both were in conflicts with "Mean Girls".
- Caitlin with Kathleen Mead and Maya with Zoë Rivas. But became friends with them.
- Both have an older sibling.
- Caitlin with her brother Pat, and Maya with her sister, Katie.
- Both had hooked up with someone without being in a relationship with them.
- Caitlin with Jesse and Maya with Harry.
- Both had been called a slut.
- Caitlin was a slut by Ellie when Caitlin hooked up with Ellie's then boyfriend Jesse and Maya was called a slut by Miles, Zoë, and some of her classmates when Maya participated in a sexy music video.
- Both had gotten drunk.
- Caitlin when she got fired from her job and Maya when she was coping with Cam's suicide.
- Both were in multiple love triangles.
- Both have been involved with unstable boys who attempt to use guns to solve their problems.
- After Caitlin broke up with Claude, he killed himself with a gun and Miles pointed a fake gun on Zig in order to scare to get him away from Maya.
- Both have gotten detention or suspended despite being "Good Girls."
- Caitlin for writing a school newspaper about keeping Spike at school without the school's permission and for accidentally punching Claude in the nose and giving him a nosebleed and Maya for getting into a fight with Tori, pouring a bucket of water on Madame Cliquet along with Tristan, for fighting with Zoë, and for writing a "death threat" song about Zoë.
- Both had kissed or been kissed by more boys than any other female character on the show.
- Caitlin with Rick, Joey, Arthur, Claude, Keith, Kevin, and Jesse and Maya with Campbell, Zig, Harry, Tristan, Oliver, and Miles.
- Both have kissed someone who was already in a relationship.
- Caitlin kissed Jesse who was dating Ellie and Maya kissed Zig who was dating Tori.
- Both had on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Caitlin with Joey and Maya with Miles.
- Both have been cheated on.
- Caitlin was cheated on by Joey with Tessa and Maya was cheated on by Miles with Zoë.
- Both had an on and off again conflict with a friend.
- Caitlin with Kathleen and Maya with Zoë.
- Both had dealt with health problems.
- Caitlin with epilepsy and Maya with panic disorder.
- Both had rumors spread about them.
- Caitlin being rumored that she's a lesbian and Maya being rumored that she's a slut.
- Both had been fought over by two guys.
- Caitlin was fought over by Joey and Claude and Maya was fought over by Miles and Zig.
- Both had a rivalry with another girl over a guy.
- Caitlin had a rivalry with Sydney over Joey and Maya had a rivalry with Zoë over Miles.
- Both have been called princess due to their goody two shoes reputation.
- Both lost their virginties to their love interest.
- Caitlin with Joey and Maya with Zig.
- Both of their first love interest was a bad boy.
- ===Paige Michalchuk and Holly J. Sinclair===
- Both were Queen Bees.
- Both were Spirit/Power Squad captains.
- Both started out quite mean but changed their ways after suffering a trauma.
- Both had feelings for Spinner Mason, however only Paige dated him.
- Both disliked Manny and Darcy.
- Both were rivals with Darcy Edwards.
- Both have been called Degrassi Royalty
- Both had plans of going into a good university.
- Paige planned on going to Banting.
- Holly J. planned on going to Yale.
- Both were the love interest of their female best friend of the LGBT community:
- Paige was the love interest of Alex Nuñez.
- Holly J. was the love interest of Fiona Coyne.
- However Paige and Alex had a relationship, and Holly J. only liked Fiona as a friend.
- Both had a conflict with the "good girl"
- Paige with Emma Nelson
- Holly J. with Clare Edwards.
- Both were already enemies with somebody before their first appearance.
- Paige with Heather Sinclair.
- Holly J. with Mia Jones.
- Both had a friend who was abused by their ex-boyfriends.
- Paige with Terri MacGreggor.
- Holly J. with Fiona Coyne.
- Both had gossiped.
- Both replied with a "character's name, please!"
- Paige said this about Manny and Holly J. said this about Liberty.
- Both had a best friend that followed their every move.
- Paige with Hazel Aden.
- Holly J. with Anya MacPherson.
- Both had health problems.
- Paige with panic disorder and Holly J. with kidney failure.
- Both had conflicts with a "bad boy."
- Paige with Jay and Holly J. with Owen.
- Both went through a traumatic event.
- Paige being raped by Dean Walton and Holly J. being held hostage at gunpoint by Chris.
- They both had secrets that they didn't want anybody to know.
- Paige with being raped and dropping out of Banting and Holly J. with her family losing their money.
- They both had a conflict with a girl, became close friends with them, and later their love interests.
- Paige with Alex and Holly J. with Fiona.
- Both had two jobs.
- Paige worked at The Dot and at the movie theater and Holly J. worked at The Dot and at Little Miss Stakes.
- Coincidentally, both have worked at The Dot.
- Paige worked at The Dot and at the movie theater and Holly J. worked at The Dot and at Little Miss Stakes.
- Both had spread rumors.
- Paige was one of the characters spreading a rumor that Liberty was sleeping with Mr. Armstrong from which she heard from Terri and Holly J. was spreading a rumor that Mia got to her modeling career by sleeping with Tom Blake and she spread a rumor that Manny was racist.
- Both made their final appearances on the show.
- ===Dylan Michalchuk and Riley Stavros===
- Both are gay.
- Both are jocks.
- Both were out by senior year.
- Both have been caught cheating on their boyfriends but saw nothing wrong - Dylan was "experimenting" with Eric while Riley was "beard dating" Athena.
- Both had a conflict with a "bad boy."
- Dylan with Jay and Riley with Owen.
- ===Darcy Edwards and Clare Edwards===
- Both were sexually assaulted during their junior year - Darcy was raped and Clare was sexually harassed.
- Both took revealing photos of themselves - Darcy took racy photos on her internet profile for Adams and Clare took racy photos to put on Asher's computer.
- They both used to criticize a friend.
- Both lost their virginity in their junior year, after the sexual assault happened.
- Both have had health problems - Darcy had chlamydia and Clare has cancer.
- Both kissed boys whom they had conflicts with while dealing with their sexual assaults - Darcy with Johnny DiMarco and Clare with Mike Dallas.
- Both had a conflict with Holly J. Sinclair.
- They had an on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Darcy with Spinner and Clare with Eli.
- Both were recurring characters before being promoted to the main cast.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Darcy had been cheated on by Spinner with Paige and Clare had been cheated on by Eli with Lenore.
- Both kissed a boy who was held back.
- Darcy kissed Rick Murray and dated Spinner and Clare shared a kiss with Dallas and Drew.
- Both had gotten detention.
- Darcy for being disruptive in Mr. Simpson's class and Clare for having everyone in the class bringing a lamp by sticking up for Connor, skipping class along with Eli, violating a dress code, and drinking beer on campus.
- Both made their final appearences on the show.
- ===Alex Nunez and Bianca DeSousa===
- Both were bullies.
- Both have a bad home life.
- Both made academic changes at Degrassi.
- Both were known as bad girls but later on became nicer.
- Both insulted a member of the LGBT club (Alex insulted Marco, Bianca insulted Adam).
- Both wore large hoop earrings.
- Both had heated conflicts with a goody-two-shoes. Alex with Emma and Bianca with Katie.
- Both had gotten into physical fights.
- Alex with Emma and Bianca with Alli.
- Both had been cheated on by their boyfriends with their rivals.
- Alex had been cheated on by Jay with Emma and Bianca had been cheated on by Drew with Katie.
- Both had been the love interest from a member of the LGBT community.
- Alex with Paige and Bianca with Adam though only Alex had a relationship with Paige while Bianca rejected Adam, became enemies, then became friends again.
- Both broken up with their love interest on their last appearance.
- Alex with Paige and Bianca with Drew.
- Both have been abused.
- Alex was physically abused by her mother's boyfriend Chad and Bianca was physically and sexually abused by Vince.
- ===Hazel Aden and Marisol Lewis===
- Both were on the Spirit/Power Squad.
- Both are "sidekicks" to their best friend.
- Hazel to Paige, Marisol to Katie.
- Both are known as popular "mean girls".
- Both gossiped.
- Both were recurring characters before being promoted to the main cast.
- Both dated jocks.
- Both had a conflict with a "Bad Girl".
- Hazel with Alex and Marisol with Bianca.
- Both had a conflict with an outsider.
- Hazel with Ellie and Marisol with Imogen.
- Both graduated from Degrassi.
- Hazel graduated in 2006 and Marisol graduated in 2013.
- ===Jay Hogart and Owen Milligan===
- Both were bullies.
- Both were homophobic, but they both seemed to have gotten over their homophobia.
- Both had a conflict with "Mean Girls."
- Jay with Paige and Owen with Holly J.
- Both had a thing with a "good girl."
- Jay had a fling with Emma, and Owen began a relationship with Anya.
- Both were recurring characters before being promoted to the main cast.
- ===Sean Cameron and Mark Fitzgerald===
- Both have been violent, but became better people.
- Both have been expelled.
- Both had a thing with a "good girl." Sean dated Emma and Mark had a crush on Clare.
- Both had gotten into fights.
- Both have brothers.
- Sean with his older brother, Tracker and Mark with his half brother, Stevie.
- ===Craig Manning and Eli Goldsworthy===
- They both have bipolar disorder.
- Both took their girlfriends' virginities in a hotel room.
- Both had witnessed a traumatic event; Craig witnessed Jimmy getting shot by Rick Murray and Eli discovered Cam's body after he committed suicide.
- Both cheated on their girlfriends.
- Craig had cheated on Ashley with Manny, Manny with Ashley, and Yvette with Ellie and Eli cheated on Clare with Lenore.
- Both attempted suicide.
- Craig stood in front of an oncoming train and Eli crashed his hearse into a wall.
- Both were involved in the Degrassi Drama Department.
- Both were close to their dads.
- Craig with Joey and Eli with Bullfrog.
- Both kissed someone from the LGBT community.
- Craig kissed Marco and Eli kissed Imogen.
- Both messed with a girl's feelings.
- Craig with Ellie and Eli with Imogen.
- Both had a conflict with a boy who was held back.
- Craig with Spinner and Eli with Drew.
- Both got a girl pregnant.
- Craig with Manny and Eli with Clare.
- Both wanted to be a part of their babies life but couldn't.
- Manny got an aboration and Clare miscarried.
- ===Hazel Aden and Alli Bhandari===
- They are both of Muslim religion.
- Both had a friend who was on the Power Squad. Hazel with Paige and Alli with Jenna.
- Both had an interest in the Spirit/Power Squad but only Hazel got in.
- Both dated jocks.
- Hazel dated Jimmy and Alli dated Drew, Dave, and Dallas.
- ===Hazel Aden and Anya MacPherson===
- Both girls were co-captains of Spirit/Power Squads but never were captain.
- Both were known as the beautiful sidekick of the queen bee.
- Both dated jocks.
- Hazel dated Jimmy and Anya dated Sav and Owen.
- Both were recurring characters before being promoted to the main cast.
- Both had stood up to their best friends.
- ===Clare Edwards and Maya Matlin===
- Both are considered to be the female lead of their era.
- Both of their first love interest was a bad boy.
- Clare with K.C. and Maya with Zig.
- Both are the little sisters of other characters.
- Both had conflicts with their best friends - Clare with Alli and Maya with Tori
- Both pulled a "Stephanie Kaye" - Clare got drunk at school and Maya changed her appearance to attract boys.
- Both lost a friend - Clare lost Adam Torres and Maya lost ex-boyfriend Campbell Saunders.
- Both had siblings who dated each other.
- Both had unstable boyfriends.
- Both had wore glasses.
- Both had stopped wearing their glasses during their sophomore year. Clare got laser eye surgery and Maya started wearing eye contacts though she started wearing her glasses again.
- Both arrived Degrassi as freshmen while their sisters were in their senior years.
- Both had a conflict with "Mean Girls".
- Clare with Holly J. Sinclair and Maya with Zoë Rivas.
- Both have sisters.
- Clare with Darcy and Maya with Katie.
- Both said their first lines to their sisters.
- Both had hooked up with someone without being in a relationship with them.
- Clare with Drew and Maya with Harry.
- Both had been sexually harassed.
- Both felt like that they were living in their sisters' shadows.
- Both had gotten drunk.
- Clare when she was coping with her sexual assault and Maya when she was coping with Cam's suicide.
- Both have been called a bitch twice.
- Both were in multiple love triangles.
- Both have been involved with unstable boys who attempt to use guns in order to solve their problems.
- Eli shot a picture of Julia after blaming her for his conflict with Clare and Miles pointed a fake gun on Zig in order to scare him to get him away from Maya.
- Both claimed that their boyfriends scare them.
- Clare with Eli and Maya with Miles.
- Both have broken up with their boyfriends over the phone.
- Clare with Eli and Maya with Campbell.
- Both had gotten into arguments with their mothers.
- Both have gotten detention or suspended despite being "Good Girls."
- Clare for having everyone in the class bringing a lamp by sticking up for Connor, skipping class along with Eli, violating a dress code, and drinking beer on campus, and Maya for getting into a fight with Tori, pouring a bucket of water on Madame Cliquet, getting into a fight with Zoë, and writing a "death threat" song to Zoë.
- Both had kissed or been kissed by more boys than any other female character in the show.
- Clare with K.C., Wesley, Declan, Eli, Jake, Liam, Asher, Dallas, and Drew and Maya with Campbell, Zig, Harry, Tristan, Oliver, and Miles.
- Both had kissed someone that was already in a relationship.
- Clare kissed Declan who was dating Holly J. and Maya kissed Zig who was dating Tori.
- Both had on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Clare with Eli and Maya with Miles.
- Both have been cheated on.
- Clare was cheated on by Eli with Lenore and Maya was cheated on by Miles with Zoë.
- Both had rumors spread about them.
- Clare was rumored that she got a boob job and Maya was rumored that she's a slut.
- Both have been slut shammed.
- Clare was called a whore by Eli when he thought that Clare was pregnant with Drew's baby and Maya was called a slut by Miles, Zoë, and some of her classmates when Maya participated in a sexy music video.
- Both had dealt with health problems.
- Clare with cancer and Maya with panic disorder.
- Both have been crushed on by a "Bad Boy."
- Clare was crushed on by Fitz and Maya was crushed on by Zig.
- Both had been fought over by two guys.
- Clare was fought over by Eli and Fitz and Maya was fought over by Miles and Zig.
- Both had a rivalry with another girl over a guy.
- Clare had a rivalry with Jenna over K.C. and Maya had a rivalry with Zoë over Miles.
- Both have been called princess due to their goody two shoes reputation.
- Both lost their virginites to their love interest.
- Clare with Eli and Maya with Zig.
- ===Emma Nelson and Maya Matlin===
- Both are considered to be the female lead of their era.
- Both of their first love interest was a bad boy.
- Emma with Sean and Maya with Zig.
- Both have body image issues.
- Emma with her weight and Maya with her breast size.
- Both acted out after a major tragedy.
- Both had a conflict with their best friends.
- Both had a conflict with "Mean Girls".
- Emma with Paige Michalchuk and Maya with Zoë Rivas.
- Both have siblings.
- Emma with her half brother Jack and Maya with her sister Katie.
- Both had hooked up with someone without being in a relationship.
- Emma with Jay and Maya with Harry.
- Both had gotten into physical fights with their rivals.
- Emma with Alex and Maya with Zoë.
- Both have been sexually assaulted.
- Emma was held captive by a pedophilia in a hotel room and almost raped and Maya was sexually harassed by random male students due to being cyberbullied and slut shamed.
- Both had gotten drunk.
- Emma when she attempted to make love with Sean and Maya when she was coping with Cam's suicide.
- Both were in multiple love triangles.
- Both allowed a friend to move in with them after their parents kicked them out.
- Emma with Manny and Maya with Zig.
- Both have broken up with a boyfriend due to framing someone having drugs in their lockers.
- Emma with Peter who framed Sean and Maya with Miles who framed Zig.
- Both have been involved with unstable boys who attempt to use guns to solve their problems.
- After Emma rejected Rick, he brought a gun to school and attempted to kill her with it and Miles pointed a fake gun on Zig in order to scare him to get him away from Maya.
- Both have gotten detention or suspended despite being "Good Girls."
- Emma for accidentally starting a food fight and violating a dress code and Maya for getting into a fight with Tori, pouring a bucket of water on Madame Cliquet, getting into a fight with Zoë, and writing a "death threat" song to Zoë.
- Both had been kissed or been kissed by more boys than any other female character in the show.
- Emma with Sean, Chris, Jay, Nate, Peter, Damian, Kelly, and Spinner and Maya with Campbell, Zig, Harry, Tristan, Oliver, and Miles.
- Both have kissed someone who was already in a relationship.
- Emma kissed Jay who was dating Alex and Maya kissed Zig who was dating Tori.
- Both had on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Emma with Sean and Maya with Miles.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Emma was cheated on by Damian with Liberty and Maya was cheated on by Miles with Zoë.
- Both had rumors spread about them.
- Emma was rumored that she had received gonorrhea and Maya was rumored that she's a slut.
- Both have been slut shammed.
- Emma was called a hoe by Chester when Emma received gonorrhea and Maya was called a slut by Miles, Zoë, and some of her classmates when Maya participated in a sexy music video.
- Both had dealt with health problems.
- Emma with gonorrhea and then anorexia nervosa and Maya with panic disorder.
- Both had gotten a panic attack.
- Emma after she was confronted by her family and friends with her eating disorder and Maya when she was worried that Miles would end up like Cam.
- Both had been fought over by two guys.
- Emma was fought over by Sean and Peter and Maya was fought over by Miles and Zig.
- Both had a rivalry with another girl over a guy.
- Emma had a rivalry with Liberty over Chris and Maya had a rivalry with Zoë over Miles.
- Both have been called princess due to their goody two shoes reputation.
- Both lost their virginties to their love interest.
- Emma with Sean and Maya with Zig.
- ===K.C. Guthrie and Zig Novak===
- Both are into skateboarding.
- They both cheated on their girlfriends and kept it a secret until they found out.
- Both of their families are poor.
- Both dated "Good Girls."
- K.C. dated Clare and Zig dated Maya.
- Both dated cheerleaders.
- K.C. dated Jenna and Zig dated Tori.
- Both had vandalized someone's car.
- K.C. keyed Coach Armstrong's car and Zig dumped garbage on Madame Jean-Aux's car.
- Both didn't live with their parents anymore.
- K.C. was in taken in by a group home after his parents went to jail and Zig got kicked out of home by his parents though K.C.'s mom regained custody of him.
- ===Manny Santos and Tori Santamaria===
- Both are desperate for popularity.
- Both were forced to be the mascot at one point.
- Both joined Spirit/Power squad.
- Both had conflict with their best friends.
- Both were portrayed by real-life sisters.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Manny was cheated on by Craig with Ashley and Tori was cheated on by Zig with Maya.
- Both were disliked by the Spirit/Power Squad captain.
- Manny with Paige and Tori with Marisol.
- Both dated a guy who was the school mascot while they were on the Spirit/Power Squad.
- Manny with J.T. and Tori with Zig.
- Both were effected by a friend's death.
- Manny with J.T. and Tori with Campbell.
- ===J.T. Yorke and K.C. Guthrie===
- Both are into skateboarding.
- They each dated intelligent girls.
- They both got their girlfriends pregnant and were against the idea of giving their babies up for adoption.
- Both went by their initials instead of their first names.
- Both didn't live with their parents at one point.
- Both dated girls with a type-A personality.
- Both weren't seen graduating. J.T. died and K.C. moved away.
- Both dated cheerleaders.
- J.T. dated Manny and Mia and K.C. dated Jenna and Marisol.
- ===J.T. Yorke and Adam Torres===
- They both were in love triangles with two girls. J.T. with Liberty and Mia and Adam with Becky and Imogen.
- Both died while trying to tell their ex girlfriends that they still loved them and wanted to get back together with them.
- J.T. was trying to find Liberty to tell her that he loved her though he got stabbed by Drake and Adam tried to sent a text message to Becky that said that he loved her though he crashed his car into a tree.
- Both had conflicts with bad boys.
- Both were killed off while they were seniors.
- Both died in the hospital.
- Both of their funerals were shown.
- Both had crushes on girls that weren't nice to them but later became friends with them.
- J.T. with Paige and Adam with Bianca.
- Both had a near-death experience.
- J.T. when he attempted suicide and Adam when he got shot.
- Both have been in the hospital twice.
- J.T. when he attempted suicide and when he got stabbed and Adam when he got shot and when he was in a car accident.
- Both were in car accidents.
- ===Toby Isaacs and Connor Delaurier===
- Both wear glasses.
- Both are technical.
- Both were deemed outsiders.
- Both had crushes on girls that didn't return the feelings; Toby crushed on Emma, and Connor crushed on Clare.
- Both have been bullied.
- Both joined a sports team to fit in.
- Toby joined the wrestling team and Connor joined the basketball team and the football team.
- Both disliked Johnny DeMarco.
- ===Liberty Van Zandt and Clare Edwards===
- Both started out with a type-A personality.
- Both wore glasses.
- Both abused alcohol to cope with problems.
- They both have streaked at one point in the series.
- They were both turned down by a perfectionist for positions.
- Both have dated boys with initials (Liberty with J.T. and Clare with K.C.)
- Both lost their virginites around their junior year.
- Both went through hard times.
- Liberty with losing J.T. and Clare with her sexual assault.
- Both lost a friend.
- Liberty with J.T. and Clare with Adam.
- Both have been in the hospital.
- Liberty when she was giving birth to her son and Clare when she had cancer.
- Both were crushed on by the "Nerds" and didn't return the feelings.
- Liberty with Toby and Clare with Connor.
- Both had gotten pregnant.
- Both wanted to keep their babies but couldn't.
- Liberty decided to give her baby up for adoption and Clare miscarried.
- ===Paige Michalchuk and Jenna Middleton===
- They were both on the Power/Spirit Squad.
- They both have a best friend that who's of Muslim religion.
- They both didn't get along with a friend's abusive boyfriend. Paige with Rick and Jenna with Leo.
- Both are blonde.
- Both were cheated on by their boyfriends with their rivals.
- Paige was cheated on by Spinner with Manny and Jenna was cheated on by K.C. with Marisol.
- ===Spinner Mason and Drew Torres===
- Both are drummers.
- Both cheated on their girlfriends with an ex.
- Spinner cheated on Darcy with Paige.
- Drew cheated on Katie with Bianca and then Bianca with Katie.
- Both used to play sports at Degrassi.
- Spinner used to play soccer and Drew used to play football and basketball
- Both have been held back.
- Both have gotten involved with the Edwards sister. Spinner dated Darcy Edwards and Drew had a one-night stand Clare Edwards.
- Both had a relationship with the "Good Girl".
- Spinner married Emma and Drew had a one night stand with Clare.
- Both had a relationship with the "Queen Bee".
- Spinner with Paige and Drew with Zoë.
- Both were best friends with a jock.
- Spinner with Jimmy and Drew with Dallas
- Both had multiple relationships.
- Spinner with Paige, Darcy, Manny, Jane, and Emma and Drew with Alli, Katie, Bianca, Zoë, and Clare.
- Both had health issues.
- Spinner with cancer and Drew with a head concussion.
- Both have a disorder.
- Spinner with ADHD and Drew with PTSD.
- Both went by their nicknames.
- Both dated a girl that is a christian.
- Spinner with Darcy and Drew with Becky.
- ===Christine Nelson and Mia Jones===
- Both had a baby before their freshman year of high school. (Although Christine had hers during the summer before her freshman year).
- Both were teen moms.
- Both their babies took their surnames.
- Both had a friend who had a abortion - Christine's friend Erica Farrell and Mia's friend Manny Santos.
- Both had their moms in the picture but not their dads.
- Both their moms helped them raise their babies.
- Both their babies were girls.
- Both were in relationships with a guy that was like a father-figure to their daughters.
- Christine with Archie and Mia with J.T.
- Both had gotten judged for getting pregnant and being teen moms.
- ===Jay Hogart and Johnny DiMarco===
- Both were disliked by many Degrassi students.
- Both were formerly well known bad boys
- Both were disliked by Darcy Edwards.
- Both had a redemption after Degrassi.
- Both caused someone to die. Jay with Rick and Johnny with J.T.
- Both were dating girl in their last appearance.
- Jay with Manny and Johnny with Kayla.
- ===Ashley Kerwin and Jenna Middleton===
- Both had been cheated on by their boyfriends.
- They're both musicians.
- Both have been involved with student council.
- Both dated an athlete.
- Ashley dated Jimmy who was a basketball player and Jenna dated K.C. who was a basketball player and a football player and Connor who was also a football player.
- ===Darcy Edwards and Katie Matlin===
- They have younger sisters that are polar opposites from them.
- Both went through a dark period.
- Both were cheated on by their boyfriends with an ex.
- Both dated boys who were held back.
- Both have been intoxicated.
- Darcy with alcohol and Katie with drugs.
- Both had a conflict with a Good Girl, but later became friends with them.
- Darcy with Emma and Katie with Clare.
- Both had dealt with health problems.
- Darcy with chlamydia and Katie with bulimia.
- Both had a conflict with their best friends.
- Darcy with Manny and Katie with Marisol.
- Both were seen as good girls though they both became rebellious.
- Both had almost became sexually involved with someone that they hooked up with in order to solve their problems.
- Darcy hooked up with Johnny in order to get over her rape though they were stopped by Manny and Peter and Katie hooked up with Darrin in order to get money for Stanford though she changed her mind and left.
- Both helped their boyfriends cope with their problems and introduced them to their daily activities.
- Darcy helped Spinner coped with his role in the school shooting and introduced him to the Friendship Club and Katie helped Drew coped with his PTSD of getting attacked by a gang and introduced him to karate.
- Both thought of having sex with their boyfriends even though they weren't ready and back out at the last minute.
- Darcy thought of having sex with Spinner though Darcy started crying and Spinner stopped before they started having sex and Katie thought of having sex with Drew though she quickly changed her mind and told Drew that she wasn't ready and it was revealed that Drew wanted to introduced her to his mom.
- Both have gotten detention.
- Darcy for being disruptive in Mr. Simpson's class and Katie for tearing down the garden wall.
- ===Toby Isaacs and Wesley Betenkamp===
- Both wore glasses.
- Both were ditched by their best friends for a cooler crowd.
- Both had crushes on girls that didn't return their feelings.
- Toby crushed on Emma and Wesley crushed on Anya.
- Both dated a girl that had the same interests as them.
- Toby with Kendra and Wesley with Hannah.
- ===Joey Jeremiah and Spinner Mason===
- Both had made a first impression as a bully, but eventually became nicer.
- Both were held back.
- Both had long-running best friends.
- Both have cheated on their girlfriends.
- Both had conflicts with "Bad Boys".
- Both have gotten involved with the goody-two shoes.
- Joey was engaged to Caitlin Ryan and Spinner married Emma Nelson.
- Both were in bands.
- Both have a disorder.
- Joey has dysgraphia and Spinner has ADHD.
- Both had gotten into fights with their rivals.
- Joey with Dwayne and Spinner with Johnny.
- Both share similarities with Drew Torres.
- Both went by their nicknames.
- ===Lucy Fernandez and Clare Edwards===
- Both have been harassed by an authority figure.
- Lucy was harassed by Mr. Colby (he also harassed Susie Rivera).
- Clare was harassed by Asher Shostak.
- Both wore braces.
- Both were hospitalized.
- Lucy when she was in a car accident and Clare when she had cancer.
- Both has a friend who discovered the bodies of students who committed suicide.
- Both had ran for Student Council President, though Lucy won.
- Both had been romantically involved with the Student Council President.
- Lucy dated Bronco and Clare had a one night stand with Drew,
- Both have been harassed by an authority figure.
- ===Liberty Van Zandt and Jenna Middleton===
- Both gave up their babies for adoption much to their baby daddy's dismays.
- Both girls' baby daddies went by their initials (J.T. ,K.C.).
- Both suffered through postpartum depression after giving their babies up for adoption.
- Both had a romantic interest in their best friend's boyfriend- Liberty with Damian who was dating Emma and Jenna with K.C. who was dating Clare.
- Both have been romantically involved with their ex boyfriend's best friend.
- Liberty had a fling with Toby and Jenna dated Connor.
- ===Craig Manning and Peter Stone===
- Both were Emma Nelson's love interests, but they preferred Manny Santos. However Peter ended up dating Emma, and Craig with Manny.
- Both were interested with photography/film work but eventually ditched the camera for the guitar.
- Both started a band, with Spinner Mason as their drummer.
- Both have done a nasal drug.
- Both have been kissed by a gay best friend.
- Both have a half sister.
- Both a negative relationship with their fathers.
- Both have divorced parents.
- Both have a step parent.
- ===Joey Jeremiah and Craig Manning===
- Both have started a band.
- Both have cheated on their girlfriends (Caitlin Ryan, Tessa Campanelli, Ashley Kerwin, Manny Santos, Sydney, Yvette).
- Both had dreams of becoming famous musicians, but Craig's dream came true.
- Both have gotten an ex-girlfriend pregnant, and both of their ex-girlfriends aborted the baby (however Tessa never told Joey about her pregnancy and/or abortion).
- Both have joyrode a car.
- Both have a disability:
- Joey has dysgraphia
- Craig has bipolar disorder
- Both asked their girlfriends to marry them and been rejected though only Caitlin accepted later on.
- Both were crushed on by "Good Girls". Joey with Caitlin and Craig with Emma, though only Joey and Caitlin became a couple.
- ===Paige Michalchuk and Alli Bhandari===
- Both were popular in their grade.
- Both got in trouble with the cops for impulsive actions.
- Both had a rivalry that they took too far.
- Both got accepted into great colleges.
- Paige got into Banting University and Alli got an early scholarship to MIT, though Paige dropped out, and Alli turned hers down.
- They both have an older brother. Paige with Dylan and Alli with Sav.
- Both were involved in a car crash, though Paige intentionally crashed it, and Alli fell asleep at the wheel.
- Both had a plot about the Power Squad.
- Both had a conflict with Holly J., though Paige's was in a mini.
- Both were involved in a cat fight (Paige with Manny and Alli with Bianca).
- Both originally disliked someone they ultimately became close to.
- Paige and Alex bickered a lot though later began a relationship. Alli had a strong dislike toward Jenna though they eventually became best friends.
- Both were known for being arrogant and ambitious
- Both are arguably two of the most developed characters to appear on the show.
- Both had a bad experience with drugs.
- Paige got high at her college interview, and Alli had hallucinations and fell asleep driving.
- Both were interested in being queen of their respective dances.
- Paige rivals Manny for semi-formal Prom Queen in West End Girls, and Alli and Drew are candidates for Vegas Night King and Queen in All Falls Down (2).
- Both kissed their friend's crush.
- Paige kissed Jimmy for a class assignment when he was dating Ashley, and Alli kissed both K.C. and Jake, love interests of Clare.
- Both started a club (Paige started Spirit Squad and Alli started the Big D Dance Crew).
- Both comforted a friend going through trauma (Paige tried to help Ellie with her cutting, and Alli comforted and persuaded Clare to tell about her sexual assault).
- Both had a friend that went through assault (Paige with Terri and her physical assault, and Alli with Clare and her sexual assault).
- Both had an STI scare; Paige with HIV, Alli with genital warts.
- Both had been abused.
- Pagie was raped by Dean and Alli was physically abused by her ex husband Leo.
- Both became good friends to a girl that they originally disliked.
- Paige with Alex and Alli with Jenna.
- ===Manny Santos and Jenna Middleton===
- Both lived with their best friends at some point.
- Both have been the "other girl" in their love triangles.
- Both are able sing very well.
- Both felt insecure about their bodies.
- Both have been pregnant.
- Both decided not to keep their baby.
- Manny had an abortion, and Jenna gave her baby up for adoption.
- Both had been involved with the film industry (Manny was in Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh and Mewesical High, Jenna was on Next Teen Star)
- Both have a best friend that is a christian. Manny with Darcy and Jenna with Becky.
- Both had a conflict with Holly J. Sinclair.
- Both have "stolen" boyfriends
- Manny "stole" Craig from Ashley and Jenna "stole" K.C. from Clare.
- Both have been on the Spirit/Power Squad
- Both have been cheated on.
- Manny was cheated on by Craig with Ashley and Jenna was cheated on by K.C. with Marisol.
- ===Emma Nelson and Alli Bhandari===
- Both had a pregnancy scare.
- Both are good at poker.
- Both had heated conflicts with bad girls and had gotten into fights with them. Emma with Alex and Alli with Bianca.
- Both got married, though Alli's had her marriage annulled.
- Both have been cheated on.
- Emma was cheated on by Damian with Liberty and Alli was cheated on by Drew with Bianca and Dave with Jacinta.
- Both had so many relationships on the show.
- Emma with Sean, Chris, Peter, Damian, Kelly, and Spinner and Alli with Johnny, Drew, Dave, Leo, and Dallas.
- ===Emma Nelson and Jake Martin===
- ===J.T. Yorke and Dave Turner===
- Both were known as the class clown.
- Both ditched their friends to hang out with the popular crowd.
- Both had a crush on a teacher:
- J.T. with Daphne Hatzilakos and Dave with Winnie Oh.
- Both had story lines of getting a girl pregnant (though in Dave's story line, Alli's pregnancy was a false alarm.)
- Both were involved in the Degrassi Drama Department.
- J.T. was the director of Castle Dracula and Dave played Romeo in Romeo and Jules.
- Both tried to act gay.
- J.T. was pretending to be gay in order to get Liberty to leave him alone and Dave was acting in an stereotypical gay guy to be in character in Romeo and Jules.
- Craig Manning and Drew Torres
- Both have proposed to their ex-girlfriend at one point.
- Both have dropped out of Degrassi, but Drew re-enrolled.
- Both have beaten up an adult.
- Both have helped a friend sneak out of the hospital for a few hours without getting caught.
- Both have a disorder.
- Craig with Bipolar and Drew with PTSD.
- Both have played an instrument.
- Craig played the guitar and Drew played the drums.
- Both had more than one sexual partner.
- Craig with Ashley, Manny, and Yvette and Drew with Bianca, Katie, Zoë, and Clare.
- Both had a storyline of getting a girl pregnant.
- Craig with Manny and Drew with Clare though it turned out that Drew wasn't the father.
- Alex Nuñez and Fiona Coyne
- Both have been physically abused.
- Both are lesbians.
- Both dated a male main character before coming out as lesbian.
- Alex dated Jay, and Fiona dated Riley and Adam.
- Both have had money problems.
- Their mothers have been seen onscreen, but not their fathers.
- Both have had problems with drugs or alcohol.
- Both kissed their girl best friend before coming out as lesbian.
- Alex kissed Paige, and Fiona kissed Holly J. Both Paige and Holly J. were both uninterested originally, but only Paige eventually showed interest.
- Both had a conflict with a girl, became close friends with them, and then developed feelings for them.
- Alex with Paige and Fiona with Holly J.
- Both had broken up with their girlfriends on their last appearance.
- Alex with Paige and Fiona with Imogen.
- Paige Michalchuk and Fiona Coyne
- Both love fashion.
- Both have gone to trial to confront their abuser.
- Both developed feelings for their female friend.
- Both have brothers.
- Both had a conflict with a girl, became close friends with them, and then developed feelings for them.
- Fiona with Holly J. and Paige with Alex.
- Both have dealt with anxiety.
- ===Marco Del Rossi and Riley Stavros===
- Both had a coming out story line.
- Both told their friends that they were gay before their parents.
- Both came out to their mothers first.
- Both have kissed their best friend, however Marco kissed Craig out of spite.
- Both didn't say anything in their first appearance.
- Both dated a female main character to cover up their true sexuality.
- Both have encountered someone blackmailing their sexuality while competing for a specific extra-curricular position at school.
- Alex competed against Marco for the Student Council President position.
- Drew competed against Riley for a spot on the football team.
- Both have encountered a person whom wrote that they are "fags" in a public location:
- Spinner wrote "Marco is a fag" on the restroom wall in permanent marker.
- Owen wrote "Riley's a fag" on a school bus in shaving cream.
- Both had crushed on a heterosexual.
- Marco crushed on Griffin and Riley crushed on Peter.
- ===Ellie Nash and Fiona Coyne===
- Both had a plot about alcoholism.
- Both have been depressed.
- Both have felt alone.
- Both have coped with alcohol.
- Fiona was an alcoholic, and Ellie coped with alcohol in Degrassi Goes Hollywood.
- Both have been in a relationship with a homosexual before they came out.
- Fiona dated Riley, and Ellie dated her best friend Marco.
- Both have had a relative with a memory disorder.
- Fiona's aunt had dementia, and Ellie's dad had a bad case of PTSD.
- Both have been in a love triangle before.
- Ellie/Craig/Manny & Drew/Fiona/Adam.
- Both have kissed two of their good friends.
- Fiona kissed Holly J. and Imogen, while Ellie kissed Marco and Paige.
- Both have lived with a male their age.
- Fiona lived with Drew and Ellie lived with Sean.
- Both have an edgy style.
- Both have kissed people they weren't dating.
- Both have had a pet out of loneliness.
- Both had friends go to the army.
- Ellie had Sean and Fiona had Anya.
- Both have a family relative who was an addict.
- Ellie's mom was an alcoholic and Fiona's cousin Victoria was a drug addict.
- Both had called another girl a slut for hooking up with their ex boyfriends.
- Ellie called Caitlin a slut for hooking up with Jesse and Fiona called Tinsley a slut for hooking up with Bobby.
- ===Marco Del Rossi and Tristan Milligan===
- Both are stereotypical flamboyant gays.
- Both have been bullied.
- Both have a preppy girl best friend.
- Both have a guy friend who made a bad decision which resulted in conflict.
- Both had crushed on a heterosexual.
- Marco had crushed on Griffin and Tristan crushed on Adam, Cam, and Miles.
- Both have kissed their male friend.
- Marco kissed Craig and Tristan kissed Miles.
- Both had their first kiss with their female best friend.
- Marco kissed Ellie and Tristan kissed Tori.
- ===Rick Munro and Craig Manning===
- Both have been abused by their father, and have been rescued by Joey Jeremiah.
- Both rarely smiled.
- Both didn't graduated from Degrassi.
- Rick moved away and Craig dropped out for his music career.
- Both have been crushed on by "Good Girls".
- Rick with Caitlin and Craig with Emma.
- ===Archie Simpson and Eli Goldsworthy===
- Both discovered the dead body of a student who committed suicide on Degrassi's grounds.
- Both are into rock music.
- Both have a hilarious sense of humor, but are the most mature ones in their group.
- Both have cussed on the show.
- Both have a long-time love interest on the show.
- Both have interest in cars.
- Both flirted with another woman while in a relationship.
- Both dated underclassmen girls; Archie dated Melanie Brodie and Eli dated Clare Edwards.
- Both have cheated.
- Archie cheated on Christine with Daphne and Eli cheated on Clare with Lenore.
- Eli graduated 20 years after Archie graduated (1992-2012).
- Both have gotten a girl pregnant.
- Archie with Christine and Eli with Clare.
- ===Manny Santos and Maya Matlin===
- Both made a sexy transformation in Grade 9
- Both have had videos posted of themselves online doing inappropriate things while drunk. Peter video taped Manny flashing her boobs at him, while Talia video taped Maya making out with Harry at Drew's campaign party.
- Both have friends that disapproved of their new look.
- Both have lost their best friend over something they had done. Manny lost Emma because she almost had sex with Craig in her house and Maya lost Tori because Tori found out that Zig was cheating on her with Maya.
- Both were self-conscious of their breast size.
- Both befriended people with shady backgrounds.
- Both began thinking about sex in grade nine.
- Both have been forced to cope with the death of a loved one.
- Both are musicians.
- Both called out double standards.
- Both can sing very well.
- Both had a conflict with a "Mean Girl."
- Manny with Paige and Maya with Zoë.
- Both had been slut shamed.
- Both had been harassed by boys.
- Both had gotten into physical fights with their rivals.
- Manny with Paige and Maya with Zoë.
- Both have kissed someone that was already in a relationship.
- Manny kissed Craig who was dating Ashley and Maya kissed Zig who was dating Tori.
- Both exposed a student-teacher relationship.
- Manny exposed Matt Oleander dating Paige and Maya exposed Grant Yates dating Tristan.
- Both had on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Manny with Craig and Maya with Miles.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Manny was cheated on by Craig with Ashley and Maya was cheated on by Miles with Zoë.
- Both lost their virginites to their first love interest.
- Manny with Craig and Maya with Zig.
- ===Rick Munro and Sean Cameron===
- Both were known for being bad boys.
- Both dated a "good girl".
- Both had a bad home life.
- Both lived with their brother.
- Both rarely smiled at school.
- Both didn't graduated from Degrassi.
- Rick moved away while Sean was expelled.
- ===Spinner Mason and Zig Novak===
- Both were known to act before thinking.
- Both were into skateboarding.
- Both have cheated on their girlfriend.
- Both have been in multiple love triangles.
- Both indirectly caused the death of another student.
- Both have unintentionally hurt the people closest to them.
- Both lost the trust of their friends but earned it back after showing remorse.
- Both have been in a physical fight.
- Both were introduced to the show with a predetermined love interest. (Paige for Spinner and Tori for Zig)
- Both were known as troublemakers.
- Both were low on money, and got a job due to that.
- Both have a relation to beauty pageants, Spinner used to compete and Zig's ex-girlfriend used to compete.
- Both have developed a conflict with a gay friend.
- Both have purposely vandalized someone else's car.
- Both have their fathers missing from the picture.
- Both have been in a band.
- Both had a conflict with someone right before their death.
- Both have argued with a love interest who was drunk.
- Both have embarrassed themselves during class.
- Both have a sarcastic yet wise best friend. (Jimmy for Spinner and Damon for Zig)
- Both have stolen something, but later returned it from guilt.
- Both have double-dated.
- Both were friends with "good girls" (Spinner with Emma, who later became his wife and Zig with Maya)
- Both have gotten into fights over a girl.
- Spinner with Craig over Manny and Zig with Miles over Maya.
- ===Ellie Nash and Clare Edwards===
- Both have dated a guy nicknamed "Emo Boy" (Ellie dated Jesse and Clare dated Eli).
- Both have a passion for writing.
- They have both had family problems (Ellie with her mom's alcoholism and Clare with her parents' divorce).
- They share similarities each other's close friends Ellie shares similarities with Clare's ex boyfriend and best friend, Eli and Clare shares similarities with Ellie's former mentor and friend, Caitlin.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Ellie had been cheated on by Jesse with an unknown woman and then Caitlin and Clare was cheated on by Eli with Lenore.
- ===Paige Michalchuk and Zoë Rivas===
- Both are known as mean girls.
- Both have a passion for fashion.
- Both have acted but have been fired (Zoë's character was killed off and Paige got fired for her nasty attitude)
- Both had a gay best friend but had a falling out with him.
- Both have had conflicts with 'good girls'.
- Paige with Emma and Zoë with Maya. Though Zoë and Maya ended their conflict.
- Both are consider divas.
- Both got jealous when their boyfriends were interested in different girls (Paige got jealous when Spinner was interested in Terri and then Manny and Zoë got jealous when Miles got interested in Maya.)
- Both got kicked off of a theater production. Paige with Jay and Silent Bob's movie and then Jay's movie. Zoë with West Drive.
- They both had secrets that they didn't want anybody to know.
- Paige with being raped and dropping out of Banting and Zoë with getting kicked out of West Drive, having a learning disability and her drug addiction.
- Both had gotten into physical fights with their rivals.
- Paige with Manny and Zoë with Maya.
- Both had crushes on older guys.
- Paige had a crush on Matt Oleander and Zoë had a crush on Drew Torres.
- Both were raped at parties.
- Both also violently attempted to get back at their rapists (Zoë beat up Luke in front of the whole school and Paige crashed Spinner's car into Dean's car).
- Both became friends with someone they originally had a conflict with (Paige became friends with Ellie and Zoë became friends with Maya).
- They are both considered strong and good at hiding their emotions.
- Both have sang in front of their rapists in a competition, but Paige sang out of spite and Zoë ran off of stage crying before the song was finished.
- They have both had best friends that they "over shadowed." (Paige had Hazel and Zoë had Keisha and Frankie.)
- Both have intentionally humiliated someone who thought that they were friends (Paige purposely got Terri drunk so Spinner would lose interest in Terri, and Zoë convinced Maya to do a music video that was risque, later making a FaceRange page about it with photo shopped pictures of Maya in her underwear).
- They have both been turned down when trying to be genuinely nice (Paige was trying to help Ashley because she thought Ashley's father was gay, but Ashley assumed she was being catty, so she squirted milk in Paige's face. Zoë offered to be friends with Miles, Tristan, and Maya, but Miles thought it was a ploy to get back together with him, so he told her to stop).
- Both have had a disability that affected their learning (Zoë with dyslexia and Paige with anxiety).
- Zoë graduates 10 years after Paige graduated (2006-2016).
- Both got worried after seeing their rapists flirting with another girl at school and tried to protect them.
- Paige tried to warn Manny that Dean wasn't sweet as he seem to be and Zoë physically attacked Luke to get him away from Frankie.
- Both brought their rapists to court.
- Both had been called a slut after getting raped.
- Spinner called Paige a slut, thinking that Paige chose Dean over him and Zoë was slut shamed by the school, saying that she was "asking for it."
- Both were told by their rapists' lawyers that they weren't raped and they had consensual sex and regretted it.
- Both were portrayed as the slut in court by their rapists' lawyers.
- Both were asked by their rapists' lawyers about their personal life, involving past relationships and sex life.
- Both had their moms supporting them during court.
- Both acted out from their court trial.
- Both have been intoxicated.
- Paige with marijuana and Zoë with drinking and pills.
- Both had health problems.
- Paige with panic disorder and Zoë with her drug addiction.
- Both had spread rumors.
- Paige was one of the characters spreading a rumor Liberty was sleeping with Mr. Armstrong from which she heard from Terri and Zoë was spreading a rumor that Maya was a slut online.
- Both had a conflict with their best friends.
- Paige with Ashley and Zoë with Frankie.
- Both have developed feelings for and kissed a female friend.
- Paige with Alex and Zoë with Grace though only Paige and Alex dated.
- ===Kathleen Mead and Paige Michalchuk===
- Both were known as mean girls.
- Both had gossiped.
- Both had been abused.
- Kathleen was physically abused by her ex boyfriend Scott and Paige was raped by Dean.
- Both had conflicts with a "good girl."
- Kathleen with Caitlin and Paige with Emma.
- Both had a best friend that followed their every move.
- Kathleen with Melanie and Paige with Hazel.
- Both had dealt with health problems.
- Kathleen with an eating disorder and Paige with panic disorder.
- Both later became nicer.
- Both had conflicts with a "bad boy."
- Kathleen with Rick and Paige with Jay.
- Both had gotten high with marijuana.
- Kathleen at a sleepover and Paige at her interview for Banting.
- Both had secrets that they didn't want anybody to know.
- Kathleen with her mother's alcoholism, her eating disorder, and being physically abused by her ex boyfriend Scott and Paige with being raped and dropping out of Banting.
- Both were romantically interested in older guys.
- Kathleen with Scott and Paige with Matt.
- Both wanted to make their mothers proud of them.
- Kathleen with winning the science fair and Paige with doing well in Banting.
- Both had spread rumors.
- Kathleen spread a rumor that Ms. Avery and Caitlin are lesbians and Paige was one of the characters spreading a rumor that Liberty was sleeping with Mr. Armstrong from which she heard from Terri.
- ===Kathleen Mead and Holly J. Sinclair ===
- Both were known as mean girls.
- Both had gossiped.
- Both were bullied later on.
- Kathleen was bullied by Tabi and Holly J. was cyber bullied by the "I Hate Holly J." group created by Alli.
- Both had conflicts with a "good girl."
- Kathleen with Caitlin and Holly J. with Clare.
- Both had conflicts with their best friends.
- Kathleen with Melanie and Holly J. with Anya.
- Both of their best friends followed their every move.
- Both had dealt with health problems.
- Kathleen with an eating disorder and Holly J. with kidney failure.
- Both later became nicer.
- Both had been involved with student council.
- Both had conflicts with a "bad boy"
- Kathleen with Rick and Holly J. with Owen.
- Both had secrets that they didn't want anybody to know.
- Kathleen with her mother's alcoholism, her eating disorder, and being physically abused by her ex boyfriend Scott and Holly J. with her family losing their money.
- Both were romantically interested in older guys.
- Kathleen with Scott and Holly J. with Spinner.
- Both have taken non prescribed drugs.
- Both had spread rumors.
- Kathleen spread rumors that Ms. Avery and Caitlin are lesbians and Holly J. spread rumors that Mia got her modeling job by sleeping with Tom Blake.
- ===Melanie Brodie and Anya MacPherson===
- Both were the "Nice" sidekicks to the Mean Girl.
- Both had a conflict with their best friends. Melanie with Kathleen and Anya with Holly J.
- Both had an on and off relationships with their ex-boyfriends. Melanie with Archie and Anya with Sav.
- Both wore braces.
- Both were crushed on by the outcast. Melanie was crushed on by Yick and Anya was crushed on by Wesley.
- Both had crushes on older men.
- Melanie with Mr. Colby and Anya with Dr. Chris.
- Both had gotten high.
- Both were friends to their best friends' rival.
- ===Caitlin Ryan and Clare Edwards===
- Both are considered to be the female lead of their era.
- Both of their first boyfriends were bad boys.
- Caitlin with Rick and Clare with K.C.
- Both had brown hair and blue eyes.
- Both have a passion for writing.
- Both wrote an article that got them into trouble.
- They have both had family problems (Caitlin with her father's infidelity and Clare with her parents' divorce).
- Both had health problems. Caitlin with epilepsy and Clare with cancer.
- Both went through the death of someone they knew. Caitlin with Claude and Clare with both Paula and Adam.
- Both were crushed on by the outcast. Caitlin was crushed on by Arthur and Clare was crushed on by Conner.
- Both dated "bad boys."
- Both have protested for a friend. Caitlin with Spike and Clare with Connor.
- Both have dresses in blazers and floral skirts.
- Both lost their virginites to their love interests.
- Caitlin with Joey and Clare with Eli.
- Both had an on and off relationships with their boyfriends.
- Caitlin with Joey and Clare with Eli.
- Both had hooked up with someone without being in a relationship with them.
- Caitlin with Jesse and Clare with Drew.
- Both had been cheated on.
- Caitlin had been cheated on by Joey with Tessa and Clare had been cheated on by Eli with Lenore.
- Both have kissed a boy who was held back to their class.
- Caitlin dated Rick and was engaged to Joey and Clare kissed Dallas and Drew.
- Both were shown going through puberty.
- Caitlin was confused about her sexuality when she kept having dreams about her female teacher Ms. Avery and Clare kept having wet dreams about Declan.
- Both had gotten drunk.
- Caitlin when she got fired and Clare when she was coping with her sexual assault.
- Both had formed a friendship with a former "Mean Girl".
- Both were in multiple love triangles.
- Both left home due to family problems but eventually came back home.
- Both have been involved with unstable boys who attempt to use guns in order to solve their problems.
- After Caitlin broke up with Claude, he kill himself with a gun and Eli shot a picture of Julia after blaming her for his conflict with Clare.
- Both had broken up with their boyfriends for someone else.
- Caitlin broke up with Joey for Claude and Clare broke up with Eli for Drew.
- Both had gotten detention or suspended despite being "Good Girls".
- Caitlin for writing a school newspaper about keeping Spike at school and accidentally punching Claude in the face and giving him a nosebleed and Clare for having everyone in the class for bring a lamp by sticking up for Connor, skipping class along with Eli, violating a dress code, and drinking beer on campus.
- Both had kissed or been kissed by more boys than any other female character on the show.
- Caitlin with Rick, Joey, Arthur, Claude, Keith, Kevin, and Jesse and Clare with K.C., Wesley, Declan, Eli, Jake, Liam, Asher, Dallas, and Drew.
- Both have kissed someone who was already in a relationship.
- Caitlin kissed Jesse who was dating Ellie and Clare kissed Declan who was dating Holly J.
- Both had rumors spread about them.
- Caitlin was rumored that she's a lesbian and Clare was rumored that she got a boob job.
- Both have been slut shammed.
- Caitlin was called a slut by Ellie for hooking up with Ellie's then boyfriend Jesse and Clare was called a whore by Eli when Eli thought that Clare was pregnant with Drew's baby.
- Both had been fought over by two guys.
- Caitlin was fought over by Joey and Claude and Clare was fought over by Eli and Fitz.
- Both had a rivalry with another girl over a guy.
- Caitlin had a rivalry with Sydney over Joey and Clare had rivalry with Jenna over K.C.
- Both have been called princess due to their goody two shoes behavior.
- ===Claude Tanner and Campbell Saunders===
- Both have dated the "good girls". Claude dated Caitlin Ryan and Campbell dated Maya Matlin.
- Both have committed suicide on school grounds. Claude in the school restroom and Campbell in the greenhouse.
- They were both discovered by fellow students (Claude was discovered by Archie and Campbell was discovered by Eli).
- Both were rivals with their ex-girlfriends' friends. Claude with Joey and Campbell with Zig.
- Both their first names begin with "C".
- Both of their girlfriends acted out in the aftermath of their suicides. Until they both were comforted by a loved one.
- Cam killed himself 22 years after Claude.
- Claude in 1991 and Cam in 2013.
- Claude was in the 12th grade at the time and Cam was in the 10th garde.
- Claude in 1991 and Cam in 2013.
- Both tried to win their girlfriends back after the break ups though only Campbell succeed.
- ===Darcy Edwards and Becky Baker===
- Both were Christians.
- Both were first seen as stuck ups.
- Both didn't want somebody to be involved with an school extracurricular activity because of their religious beliefs.
- Darcy didn't want Mia to be on the Spirit Squad because she was a teen mom and Becky didn't want Tristan to be in Romeo and Juliet because he was homosexual.
- Both were seen as bubbly.
- Both dated someone that was in a band.
- Darcy with Spinner and then Peter and Becky with Adam.
- Both of their parents didn't approve of who they were dating.
- Darcy's parents didn't approve of her dating Peter and Becky's parents didn't approve of her dating Adam.
- Both were involved in the Drama Club.
- Both got jealous when their boyfriends were close friends with another girl.
- Darcy got jealous when Spinner was close friends with Manny and Becky got jealous when Adam was close friends with Imogen and when Drew was close friends with Clare.
- Both tried to get their best friends to become Christians.
- Darcy with Manny and Becky with Jenna though only Jenna decided to become a christian for herself.
- Both went through tough times.
- Darcy with her rape and Becky with losing Adam in a car accident and Luke being arrested.
- Both were seen as a hypercritic.
- Both are mostly seen carrying a purse.
- They both have a sibling who are also Christians.
- Darcy with Clare and Becky with Luke.
- Both had a plot involving rape.
- Darcy was the victim of rape while Becky found out that her brother raped Zoë Rivas.
- Both have kissed someone from the LGBT community.
- Darcy kissed Paige who is bisexual (though it was in a mini) and Becky dated Adam who is transgender.
- Both had an interest in someone online.
- Darcy with Adams and Becky with Hunter.
- Both dated someone who was held back.
- Darcy with Spinner and Becky with Drew.
- Both have been captains of a cheer leading squad.
- Darcy was the captain of Spirit Squad and Becky was captain of Power Cheer.
- Both quit their positions as captains.
- Darcy quit due to dealing with her rape and Becky quit after she broke her leg.
- Both didn't want someone to be on the cheer leading team.
- Darcy didn't want Mia to be on Spirit Squad because Mia was a teen mom and Becky didn't want Zoë to be on Power Cheer since she claimed that Zoë carried "baggage" (referring to when her brother Luke raped Zoë.)
- Both had a conflict with a "Mean Girl."
- Darcy with Paige and Holly J. and Becky with Zoë.
- Both had parents that were hypercritics when it came to their religion.
- Both had started becoming less bubbly due to a rape.
- Darcy when she was raped and Becky after she got her brother Luke sent to jail for raping Zoë.
- Both were able to confront the rapists in order to move on with their life.
- Darcy was doing some trust exercises from Brat Camp where she pretends that to the chair she is talking to her is rapist and she confronts him for what he did to her and Becky visits Luke from jail and she confronts him over what his actions of Zoë did to her life.
- Both had told the rapists that they ruined their life.
- Darcy said to the chair pretending that it was her rapist as a trust exercise and Becky said it to Luke while visiting him in jail.
- ===Arthur Kobalewscuy and Chantay Black===
- Both were embarrassed to be seen with their younger cousins (Arthur to Dorothy, Chantay to Dave).
- ===Dorothy and Dave Turner===
- Both started out as being the embarrassing younger cousin (Dorothy to Arthur, Dave to Chantay).
- Both had a crush on their cousins' friend. Dorothy had a crush on Arthur's best friend Yick and Dave had a crush on Chantay's friend, Fiona.
- Both were written out of the series before their graduation.
- ===Kathleen Mead and Zoë Rivas===
- Both were known as "Mean Girls."
- Both had conflicts with their moms.
- Both had conflicts with "Good Girls."
- Both had dated older guys.
- Both had secrets that they didn't want anybody to know.
- Kathleen with her mother's alcoholism, her eating disorder, and being physically abused by her ex boyfriend Scott and Zoë with being fired from West Drive, having a learning disability and her drug addiction.
- Both have been abused.
- Kathleen was physically abused by her ex boyfriend Scott and Zoë Rivas was raped by Luke and Neil.
- Both had gotten into fights with their rivals.
- Kathleen with Tabi and Zoë with Maya.
- Both have been intoxicated.
- Kathleen with marijuana and Zoë with drinking and pills.
- Both dealt with health problems.
- Kathleen with her eating disorder and Zoë with her drug addiction.
- Both had spread rumors.
- Kathleen spread a rumor that Ms. Avrey and Caitlin are lesbians and Zoë spread a rumor that Maya is a slut online.
- ===Tessa Campanelli and Manny Santos===
- Both were first seen as childish and immature.
- Both later on became promiscuous.
- Both were obsessive with a love interest.
- Tessa with Joey and Manny with Craig.
- Both were obsessed with boys.
- Both dated someone that was in a band.
- Tessa with Joey and Manny with Craig and Spinner.
- Both had an affair with someone that was already in a relationship.
- Tessa had an affair with Joey who was dating Caitlin and Manny had an affair with Craig who was dating Ashley.
- Both had broken up with their boyfriends after they wouldn't break up with their girlfriends.
- Both were friends with the "Nerds."
- Both had gotten pregnant and had abortions.
- Both have been crushed on by the "Nerds."
- Tessa with Scooter and Manny by Toby.
- Both dated a class clown.
- Tessa dated Yick and Manny dated J.T.
- ===Craig Manning and Miles Hollingsworth III===
- Both were considered a ladies' man.
- Both had an abusive father.
- Both have a sister.
- They both been kissed by a gay best friend.
- Both took drugs.
- Craig with cocaine and Miles with fake steroids.
- Both defended their love interests when they were being harassed by a guy.
- Both played the guitar.
- Both can sing.
- Both sing a song as an apology to their girlfriends at a school competition.
- Craig sang to Ashley for cheating on her with Manny and Miles sang to Maya for his behavior and yelling at her at his party.
- Both had on and off relationships with their girlfriends.
- Craig with Manny and Miles with Maya.
- Both have cheated.
- Craig cheated on Ashley with Manny, Manny with Ashley, and Yvette with Ellie and Miles cheated on Maya with Zoë.
- ===Holly J. Sinclair and Zoë Rivas===
- Both were known as "Mean Girls."
- Both had conflicts with "Good Girls."
- Both disliked Alli Bhandari.
- Both had plots with cyber bullying.
- Holly J. was the victim of cyber bullying while Zoë was the cyber bully.
- Both had an interest in older guys.
- Both were responsible for ruining someone's reputation.
- Both had secrets that they didn't want anybody to know.
- Holly J. with her family's financial problems and Zoë with her dyslexia, getting kicked off of West Drive and her drug addiction.
- Both had a boyfriend that broke up with them because they were consider to be selfish.
- Both arrived to Degrassi as sophomores.
- Both went through a traumatic event.
- Holly J. was held at gunpoint by Chris and Zoë was raped by Luke and Neil.
- Both have taken non prescribed drugs.
- Holly J. for trying to get better and Zoë for due to addiction, to cope with her sexual assault, and to attempt suicide.
- Both had dealt with health problems.
- Holly J. with kidney failure and Zoë with her drug addiction.
- Both had spread rumors.
- Holly J. spread rumors that Mia got her modeling job by sleeping with Tom Blake and Zoë spread rumors that Maya is a slut online.
- Both had a conflicts with their best friends.
- Holly J. with Anya and Zoë with Frankie.
- Both had been captains of a cheer leading team.
- Holly J. with Power Squad and Zoë with Power Cheer.
- Both dated rich guys.
- Holly J. dated Declan and Zoë dated Miles.
- Both were best friends with their ex boyfriends' sisters.
- Holly J. was best friends with Declan's sister Fiona and Zoë was best friends with Miles' sister Frankie.
- Both have worked by serving food.
- Holly J. as a waitress for The Dot and Little Miss Stakes and Zoë for lunch duty.
- ===Holly J. Sinclair and Katie Matlin===
- Both are overachievers.
- Both had red hair.
- Both were Student Council President at one point.
- Both had health issues.
- Holly J. with kidney failure and Katie with bulimia.
- Both started out as "Mean Girls" but became nicer.
- Both had a conflict with Clare Edwards (though Katie became friends with her.)
- Both had a conflict with Fiona Coyne (though Holly J. became friends with her.)
- Both had conflicts with their best friends.
- Holly J. with Anya and Katie with Marisol.
- Both have sisters.
- Holly J. with Heather and Katie with Maya.
- Both went to university after graduation.
- Holly J. went to Yale and Katie went to Stanford.
- Both were the love interest of someone from the LGBT community and didn't return the feelings.
- Holly J. with Fiona and Katie with Adam.
- Both got kicked off of an school activity for embarrassing someone who was involved in a sexual situation.
- Holly J. got kicked off the Power Squad for telling a news reporter that Mia slept with Tom Blake to get her modeling career and Katie got kicked off the Student Council for releasing the video of a drunk Drew saying that he and Katie had sex at the school assembly.
- ===Declan Coyne and Miles Hollingsworth III===
- Both are rich.
- Both were consider to be a "Bad Boy".
- Both have sisters.
- Both were considered to be a ladies' man.
- Both had dated a "Mean Girl."
- Both have dated many girls before their first appearances.
- Both have been crushed on by a "Good Girl."
- Both were shown to be overprotective of their sisters when it came to boys.
- Declan didn't like the idea of Fiona dating Bobby due to his reputation and Miles wanted to find the guy who kissed Frankie who turned out to be Winston.
- ===Mia Jones and Jenna Middleton===
- Both went through teen pregnancy.
- Both are teen moms.
- Both had kept their child though Jenna later give up Tyson for adoption.
- Both have been on tv and been famous.
- Mia was a model and Jenna was on "Next Teen Star."
- Both were depressed and alone while taking care of their child.
- Both their child's biological dads didn't help much to take care of their child.
- Mia with Lucas and Jenna with K.C.
- Both were on the Spirit/Power Squad.
- Both had child services called on them.
- Both had conflict with Holly J. Sinclair and complete with her over Sav Bhandari.
- Both had an romantic interest and kissed Sav Bhandari and he wasn't interested in them.
- Both dated a boy after breaking up with an Edwards sister.
- Mia dated Peter Stone after he broke up with Darcy and Jenna dated K.C. Guthrie after he broke up with Clare.
- ===Kathleen Mead and Katie Matlin===
- Both were the 'Mean Girls, then became nicer.
- Both had a conflict with Good Girls, but became friends with them.
- Kathleen with Caitlin.
- Katie with Clare.
- Both had a conflict with their best friends.
- Kathleen with Melanie
- Katie with Marisol.
- Both had eating disorders.
- Both have the same initials.
- Both were members in the school newspapers.
- Both had a conflict with Bad Girls.
- Kathleen with Tabi.
- Katie with Bianca.
- Both had a conflict with their ex-boyfriends.
- Kathleen with Scott and Katie with Drew.
- Both have ran for Student Council President.
- Both had gotten high on marijuana.
- ===Liz O'Rourke and Emma Nelson===
- Both supported animal rights.
- Both are pro-life.
- Both disapproved of someone getting an abortion.
- Liz with Erica and Emma with Manny.
- Both have been sexually assaulted.
- Liz was molested by her mother's ex boyfriend as a young girl and Emma was held captive by a pedophile in a hotel room and almost raped.
- Both were comforted by Christine Nelson after explaining their fear from the sexual assault.
- Both have gotten into fights with their rivals.
- Liz with Erica and Emma with Alex.
- Both have said that their mom's pregnancies with them were unplanned.
- Both were raised by single moms.
- Both had absent dads.
- ===Holly J. Sinclair and Maya Matlin===
- Both had plots with cyber bullying.
- Both were the victim of cyber bullying by a girl they had a conflict with.
- Holly J. by Alli and Maya by Zoë.
- Both had dated a guy who was rich.
- Holly J. with Declan and Maya with Miles.
- Both had a conflict with their best friends.
- Holly J. with Anya and Maya with Tori.
- Holly J. shares similarities with Maya's sister, Katie.
- ===Ellie Nash and Imogen Moreno===
- Both had a unique sense of style.
- Both were considered to be an outcast.
- Both were obsessive with a love interest.
- Ellie with Craig and Imogen with Eli.
- Both have been in a band and have played drums.
- Both were rivals with a girl over a guy.
- Ellie was rivals with Manny over Craig and Imogen was rivals with Clare over Eli, though they ended their rivalry with the girls.
- Both were rivals with a girl but later became close friends with them.
- Ellie with Paige and Imogen with Becky.
- Both kissed their female friend.
- Ellie kissed Paige and Imogen kissed Fiona though it later turned into a relationship.
- Both had taken care of their parents when they couldn't take care of themselves.
- Ellie took care of her mom who was an alcoholic and Imogen took care of her dad who has dementia.
- Both are artists and creative writers.
- Both dated someone from the LGBT community.
- Ellie dated Marco and Imogen dated Fiona.
- Both support gay rights.
- Both had a pet that passed away due to an accident.
- Ellie's ferret Bueller died from chewing on electrocution and Imogen's dog Votla died from accidentally being ran over by her dad's car.
- Both have been called weird.
- Both have been called crazy.
- Both have been made fun of by the popular kids.
- Both had a conflict with a "Mean Girl".
- Ellie with Paige and Imogen with Marisol though Ellie later became friends with Paige.
- Both have dressed in gothic style though they toned it down in later seasons.
- Both would have their hair in pigtails.
- Both did tv announcements for school.
- Both were romantically interested in someone who has bipolar disorder and has tried to help them.
- Ellie with Craig and Imogen with Eli.
- Both have a close relationship with their dads and were upset that their dads were discovered to have an disorder.
- Ellie's dad has PTSD and Imogen's dad has early on onset dementia.
- Both had conflicts with their moms due to what their moms did though they both later made up with their moms.
- Ellie's mom was an alcoholic and embarrassed Ellie in front of people while drunk though Ellie's mom went to rehab and Imogen's mom left her and her dad when Imogen was eight though Imogen's mom helped Imogen cope of what her dad was going through.
- ===Tabi and Alex Nunez===
- Both were considered to be a "Bad Girl".
- Both were bullies.
- Both dated someone in their group.
- Tabi dated Nick and Alex dated Jay.
- Both have gotten into a fight with their rival.
- Tabi with Kathleen and Alex with Emma.
- ===Tabi and Bianca DeSousa===
- Both were considered to be a "Bad Girl".
- Both were bullies.
- Both have gotten into a fight with their rival.
- Tabi with Kathleen and Bianca with Alli.
- ===Paige Michalchuk and Marisol Lewis===
- Both were considered to be "Mean Girls".
- Both had gossiped.
- Both later became nicer.
- Both were Spirit/Power Squad captains.
- Both forced a member of the squad to be the mascot.
- Paige with Manny and Marisol with Tori.
- Both had gotten high.
- Both had a conflict with a close friend.
- Paige with Ashley and Marisol with Katie.
- Both had a conflict with their friend's ex boyfriend.
- Paige with Rick Murray who dated Terri and Marisol with Drew who dated Katie.
- Both were in a love triangle with their friend and their love interest.
- Paige with Terri and Spinner and Marisol with Katie and Drew.
- Both have been close friends with someone since they were very young.
- Paige with Ashley and Marisol with Katie.
- Both have dated an athlete who was also in a band.
- Paige dated Spinner and Marisol dated Mo.
- ===Alli Bhandari and Tori Santamaria===
- Both came to Degrassi as freshmen.
- Both had an interest in the Power Squad though only Tori got in.
- Both have been cheated on.
- Alli was cheated on by Drew with Bianca and Dave with Jacinta and Tori was cheated on by Zig with Maya.
- Both had a conflicts with their best friends.
- Alii with Clare and Tori with Maya.
- Both were disliked by a "Mean Girl."
- Alli with Holly J. and Tori with Marisol.
- Both felt affected by Cam's death.
- Both share similarities with Manny Santos.
- ===Jimmy Brooks and Miles Hollingsworth III===
- Both were/are star athletes at Degrassi
- Both have dated a "Good Girl Gone Bad". Jimmy with Ashley and Miles with Maya.
- Both accepted a homosexual classmate. Jimmy with Marco and Miles with Tristian
- Both have caught their fathers in an affair.
- They live in upper-class families.
- Both have best friends they've known before their appearance on Degrassi. Miles-Winston Friendship/Spinner-Jimmy Friendship
- Both have taken drugs to improve their performance in basketball (Although Miles's were just vitamins)
- Both have "slut-shamed" their girlfriends.
- Miles graduates 10 years after the year Jimmy was suppose to graduate (2006-2016)
- ===Derek Wheeler and Sean Cameron===
- Both didn't live with their biological parents.
- Derek lived with his adopted parents and Sean lived with his older brother.
- Both have been involved with the Student Council President.
- Derek dated Stephanie and Sean hooked up with Ashley.
- Both have been in car accidents.
- Derek had killed a child and injured Lucy while drinking and driving and Sean hit a pedestrian while illegally racing.
- Both had gone to jail for their actions.
- Both had moved in a friend's house after they had no where else to live.
- Derek moved into Joey's house after his adopted grandparents kicked him out and Sean moved into Emma's house after he got out of jail.
- Both had gotten into a fight with their best friends.
- Derek with Joey and Sean with Jay.
- Both didn't live with their biological parents.
- ===Campbell Saunders and Miles Hollingsworth lll===
- Both dated Maya Matlin.
- Both have crushed on by Tristan Milligan but only Miles dated him.
- Both have been the star player in their team.
- Campbell in hockey and Miles in basketball.
- Both attempt to use something unhealthy while playing on the team.
- Campbell cut himself in order to cope with his stress and Miles attempt to use steroids (though it later turned to be vitamins that he was using) in order to get better at playing.
- Both have been pushed around and were expected to do well.
- Campbell by his hockey team and Miles by his father.
- Both had a conflict with Zig Novak.
- Both have been a psycho by Zig.
- Both have been called unstable.
- Both have gotten into a fight with Zig.
- Both shared their first kiss with Maya in her house when she was playing chello.
- Cam in her room and Miles in her living room.
- Both cuddled with Maya on her couch.
- Both have yelled at Maya in front of people and have apologized for it.
- Both of their relationships with Maya ended due to Zig.
- ===Craig Manning and Zig Novak===
- Both have been in band.
- Both can sing.
- Both had cheated on their girlfriends.
- Craig cheated on Ashley with Manny, Manny with Ashley, and Yvette with Ellie and Zig cheated on Tori with Maya.
- Both became interested a girl that had a crush on them but didn't return the feelings then.
- Craig with Manny and Zig with Maya.
- Both became jealous when their love interest were with someone else.
- Craig with Manny who was with Spinner and Zig with Maya who was with Campbell and Miles.
- Both have fought with their rival over a love interest.
- Craig fought Spinner over Manny and Zig fought Campbell and Miles over Maya.
- Both didn't live with their parents anymore.
- Craig didn't live with his biological dad because he moved out due to abuse and moved in Joey's house and Zig didn't live with his parents because they kicked him and he moved in with Maya.
- Both lost their virginties to their first love interest.
- Craig with Manny and Zig with Maya.
- ===Joey Jeremiah and Drew Torres===
- Both had cheated on their girlfriends.
- Joey cheated on Caitlin with Tessa, Tessa with Caitlin and Sydney with Caitlin and Drew cheated on Alli with Bianca, Katie with Bianca, and Bianca with Katie.
- Both have played with an interestment.
- Joey played the keyboard and Drew played the drums.
- Both repeated a grade.
- Joey repeated the 8th grade and Drew repeated the 12th grade.
- Both became involved with a "Good Girl."
- Joey was engaged to Caitlin and Drew had a one night stand with Clare.
- Both were engaged twice.
- Both were formally engaged but broke it off.
- Joey with Caitlin and Drew with Bianca.
- Both had a disorder.
- Joey had Dysgraphia and Drew had PTSD.
- Both had streaked.
- Both lost a loved one.
- Joey lost his wife Julia and Drew lost his brother Adam.
- Both became sexually involved with a girl that was younger than them.
- Joey with Tessa and Drew with Zoë.
- Both had more than one sexual partner.
- Joey with Caitlin, Tessa, Julia, and Sydney and Drew with Bianca, Katie, Zoë, and Clare.
- Both had feelings for a girl who was interested in their best friend.
- Joey with Stephanie who was interested in Wheels and Drew with Fiona who was interested in Adam.
- Both had conflicts with a bully.
- Joey with Dwayne and Drew with Vince.
- Both had a story line of getting a girl pregnant.
- Joey with Tessa and Drew with Clare (though it turned to be Eli's baby.)
- Both had on and off relationships with their girlfriends.
- Joey with Caitlin and Drew with Bianca.
- Both went by their nicknames.
- Both had cheated on their girlfriends.
- ===Christine Nelson and Emma Nelson===
- Both wore braces.
- Both had gotten married to their former classmates.
- Christine married Archie and Emma married Spinner.
- Both didn't changed their last names after they got married.
- Both lost their virginities to their first boyfriends.
- Christine lost her virginity to Shane and Emma lost her virginity to Sean.
- Both had a plot dealing with teen pregnancy though Emma's was just a scare.
- Both have been cheated on.
- Christine was cheated on by Archie with Daphine and Emma was cheated on by Damian with Liberty.
- Both were raised by single teen moms and had absent dads.
- Both graduated from Degrassi.
- Christine graduated in 1992 and Emma graduated in 2007.
- ===Joey Jeremiah and Eli Goldsworthy===
- Both had a disorder.
- Joey had Dyscalculia and Eli had Bipolar Disorder.
- Both were naked at school.
- Both had gotten into fights with the school bully.
- Joey with Dwayne and Eli with Fitz.
- Both had a love interest named Julia who passed away.
- Both dated a "Good Girl."
- Joey dated Caitlin and Eli dated Clare.
- Both had cheated on their girlfriends.
- Joey cheated on Caitlin with Tessa, Tessa with Caitlin, and Sydney with Caitlin and Eli cheated on Clare with Lenore.
- Both had on and off relationships with their girlfriends.
- Joey with Caitlin and Eli with Clare.
- Both were broken up by their girlfriends for someone else.
- Joey was broken up with Caitlin for Claude and Eli was broken up with Clare for Drew.
- Both are friends with Archie Simpson.
- Both had gotten a girl pregnant.
- Joey with Tessa and Eli with Clare.
- Both had a disorder.
- ===Peter Stone and Miles Hollingsworth |||===
- Both have dated a "Good girl".
- Both have been kissed by their gay friend though Miles had dated Tristan.
- Both have been in a similar love triangle.
- Peter with Sean and Emma and Miles with Zig and Maya.
- Both dated a girl that was raped and helped them to cope with it.
- Peter and Darcy and Miles and Zoë.
- Both were considered to be a troublemaker.
- Both had a negative relationship with their fathers.
- Both have a sister.
- Peter with Angel and Miles with Frankie.
- Both can play the guitar.
- Both can sing.
- Both were rivals with a "Bad Boy."
- Peter with Sean and Miles with Zig.
- Both were in trouble with the police.
- Peter with illegally racing though he was less punished and Miles being a suspect of Zoë's rape though he was cleared.
- Both threw parties at their homes.
- Both have been intoxicated.
- Peter with meth and Miles with drinking.
- Both caught their dads having an affair.
- ===Liz O'Rourke and Jane Vaughn===
- Both came to Degrassi as outsiders.
- Liz thought the whole school was too preppy and there were rumors of her being a wild sex girl and Jane came from Lakehurst, Degrassi's rival school.
- Both only had one female friend when they first came to Degrassi until they started making more friends with the girls later on in the series.
- Liz with Christine and Jane with Darcy.
- Both had an abusive father.
- Liz's father was physically abusive to her mother and Jane was sexually abused by her father.
- Both were raised by a single mother.
- Both were molested as children.
- Liz was molested by her mother's ex boyfriend and Jane was molested by her father.
- Both were friends with a teen mother.
- Liz with Christine and Jane with Mia.
- Both had an edgy style.
- Both came to Degrassi as outsiders.
- ==Drew Torres and Luke Baker==
- Both were on the basketball team and were number 3.
- Both transferred to Degrassi from another school for different reasons.
- Drew because his brother Adam was being bullied for being trans.
- Luke so he could play hockey.
- Both have younger siblings.
- Adam is Drew's brother.
- Becky is Luke's sister.
- Luke had a dislike for Adam Drew's brother for dating his sister.
- Drew is dating Luke's little sister Becky.
- Luke raped Drew's ex girlfriend Zoë.
- Both had been players.
- ===Dean Walton and Luke Baker===
- Both were shown gaining a girl's trust and ruining that trust.
- Dean was gaining Paige's trust and ruins her trust when he rapes her and Luke was gaining Jenna's trust and ruins her trust after he was playing around with her feelings.
- Both are rapists.
- Both have raped a "Mean Girl."
- Dean raped Paige and Luke raped Zoë.
- Both had raped their victims at parties.
- Both had raped their victims in private rooms where no one else knows of what was happening.
- Dean raped Paige in a bedroom and Luke raped Zoë in the pool house.
- Both told their victims that they enjoyed the acts of getting raped.
- Both have watched their victims singing at school after the assaults happened.
- Though Paige sang out of spite which causes Dean to leave while Zoë still doesn't know that Luke assaulted her.
- Both have flirted with younger girls in front of their victims.
- Dean flirted with Manny who was in the 8th grade and Luke flirted with Frankie who was a freshman.
- Both were athletes.
- Dean was a basketball player and Luke was a basketball player and a hockey player.
- Both were confronted by their victims' ex boyfriends of what they did.
- Dean was confronted by Paige's ex boyfriend Spinner and Luke was confronted by Zoë's ex boyfriend Miles.
- Both were respected in their schools due to their positions as athletes.
- Both have been called rapist by other students.
- Other girls try to warn other girls to stay away from them based on how they treat girls.
- A girl from Dean's party tries to warn Paige to be careful around him and Paige tries to do the same with Manny and Becky tells Jenna to stay away from Luke.
- Both had gone to trial for rape.
- Dean was able to get away with it while Luke was sentenced to prison for two years.
- Both had lawyers defending them and slut shamming the victims.
- Both had admitted raping their victims.
- Dean admitted to Paige that he raped her and Luke admitted to Becky that he raped Zoë.
- Both were shown gaining a girl's trust and ruining that trust.
- ==J.T. Yorke and Eli Goldsworthy==
- Both have been involved with a knife
- J.T. got stabbed in the back by one and Eli almost got stabbed.
- Both don't go by their full names.
- Both had gotten a girl pregnant.
- J.T. with Liberty and Eli with Clare.
- Both had an Off and On relationship with a good girl.
- J.T. with Liberty and Eli with Clare.
- Both had a conflict with a "Bad Boy".
- J.T. with Jay and Eli with Fitz.
- Both have been involved with a knife
- ==Eli Goldsworthy and Miles Hollingsworth III==
- Both make impulsive decisions.
- Both dated a "Good Girl."
- Eli dated Clare and Miles dated Maya.
- They both met their girlfriends due to a clumsy mistake.
- Eli with Clare when she accidentally dropped her glasses on the ground which Eli's hearse accidentally ran over and Miles with Maya when she accidentally bump into a display billboard when she first saw Miles.
- Both carried baggage which affected their relationships with their relationships with their girlfriends.
- Eli felt guilty that his ex girlfriend Julia died and he was afraid that he would lose Clare and Miles was being abused by his father and he felt like that Maya was the only one who cared about him and didn't want to lose her.
- Both were told by their girlfriends that they scared them.
- Both have slut shammed their girlfriends.
- Eli called Clare a whore after thinking that she was pregnant with Drew's baby and Miles called Maya a slut after she participated in a sexy music video.
- Both had a rival with another guy over their girlfriends.
- Eli with Fitz and Miles with Zig.
- Both gotten into fights with their rivals.
- Both gotten involved with guns.
- Eli shot a picture of his ex girlfriend Julia after blaming her for his conflict with Clare and Miles pointed a fake gun on Zig in order to scare him to get him away from Maya.
- Both cheated on their girlfriends.
- Eli cheated on Clare with Lenore and Miles cheated on Maya with Zoë.
- Both dated a member of the LGBT community.
- Eli dated Imogen and Miles dated Tristan.
- Both lit a paper on fire at school.
- Eli lit his script during his play and Miles lit his father's campaign papers during his father's campaign at school.
- Both started acting out after their break ups which made their ex girlfriends worried about them.
- Both started getting romantically involved with someone else as comfort due to their last break up.
- Eli mess with Imogen's feelings in order to win Clare back and Miles dated Tristan after feeling like that no else loves him.
- Both crashed a car.
- Eli crashed his hearse after trying to win Clare back and Miles crashed Dallas' car with his car while being high.
- Both disliked Drew Torres.
- ==Clare Edwards and Frankie Hollingsworth
- Both are "Good Girls."
- Both have an older sibling.
- Clare has Darcy and Jake, and Frankie has Miles.
- Darcy and Miles both have been through a traumatic experience.
- Both have brown hair.
- Both had a crush on another boy while dating another.
- Clare had a crush on Drew while dating Eli, and Frankie had a crush on Logan while dating Winston.
- Both relationships were broken off because of that.
- Both share the line "Go to Hell".
- Clare used this line in Scream (2).
- Frankie used this line in Teen Age Riot.
- They share the nickname "Saint".
- Both were freshmen when they both debuted as regulars.
- Both had a conflict with a mean girl ; Clare with Holly J. and Frankie with Zoë Rivas.
- Their best friends , Lola Pacini and Alli Bhandari, have a few similarities.
- ==Alli Bhandari and Lola Pacini==
- Both have been labeled as boy crazy but smart.
- Both are best friends with a "Good Girl".
- Alli is best friends with Clare Edwards and Lola is best friends with Frankie Hollingsworth.
- Both kissed their best friend's boyfriend.
- Alli kissed Jake, and K.C., and Lola kissed Winston.
- However in Lola's case, Winston kissed her.
- Both debuted as freshmen.
- Both have strict parents.
- Both have tried out for a cheer squad.
- Lola made it while Alli did not.
- Both have send nudes of themselves.
- ==Alli Bhandari and Clare Edwards==
- Both have graduated
- Both were in the Class of 2014.
- Both have kissed Dallas, Drew, K.C., and Jake.
- Both have had a conflict with Holly J.
- Both have send nudes of themselves.
- Both ended the opening credits.
- Both have appeared in over 100 episodes.
- Clare appeared in 181, and Alli appeared in 162 episodes.
- Both are in the Class of 2016.
- Both have had feelings for Miles Hollingsworth III.
- Both have had a conflict with Tristan Milligan.
- Both are manipulative.
- Both are mentally ill.
- Both have been drug addicts.
- Both have had a conflict with Tristan Milligan.
- Both have been in a love triangle with Tristan and Miles.
- Both were slutshamed by Tristan.
==Jonah Haak and Eli Goldsworthy==
- Both have dressed similar in there first season, then toned it down a little the next season.
- Both have had conflicts with Drew Torres.
- Both have been in a love triangle with Drew Torres.
- Both can be sarcastic.
- Both can be seen always wearing a necklace.
- Both have lost their virginity before their debuts.
- Both have dated a good girl.
- Eli has dated Clare Edwards, and Jonah has dated Becky Baker and Frankie Hollingsworth.
- Becky and Clare were both in the Class of 2014.
Episodes
- In School's Out!, Joey was dating both Caitlin Ryan and Tessa Campanelli at the same time, just like Craig was dating both Ashley Kerwin and Manny Santos at the same time in Holiday. However at the end of School's Out!, Caitlin found out about Joey & Tessa but Tessa didn't know about Joey & Caitlin, and Ashley and Manny found out that Craig was dating them both at the end of Holiday.
- The following episodes take place durining summer vacation, Young Forever, Honey, Cannonball, About a Girl, My Own Worst Enemy, All I Wanna Do, Summertime, Nowhere to Run, Degrassi Takes Manhattan, Mother and Child Reunion, and School's Out!.
Seasons
Actors
- Shenae Grimes and Aubrey Graham have the same birthday, although Shenae is younger than Aubrey by 3 years, and both were mentioned by other Degrassi characters. However, Aubrey is mentioned as Drake.
Topics
- Tessa Campanelli had an abortion with Joey Jeremiah's child. Years later, Joey's stepson Craig Manning got Manny Santos pregnant and she did the same.
- Claude Tanner and Campbell Saunders both committed suicide on Degrassi's school grounds.
- Archie Simpson and Eli Goldsworthy both found the bodies of students who committed suicide on campus.
- Rick Munro and Craig Manning have been abused by their fathers, and have been rescued by Joey Jeremiah.
- Kathleen Mead, Terri MacGregor, Fiona Coyne, Bianca DeSousa, and Alli Bhandari have all been in an abusive relationship with a male.
- Scott Smith, Rick Murray, Bobby Beckonridge, Vince Bell, and Leo were all the abusive male in the relationship.
- Ellie Nash, Adam Torres, Darcy Edwards, Eli Goldsworthy, and Campbell Saunders have all inflicted self-harm physically.
- Craig Manning and Eli Goldsworthy both have bipolar disorder, which caused rifts in their relationships and friendships.
- Sean Cameron, Ellie Nash, Craig Manning, Darcy Edwards, Mike Dallas, Eli Goldsworthy, J.T. Yorke, Stephanie Kaye, and Zoë Rivas have all been suicidal/attempted suicide without succeeding.
- It should be noted however, that every suicidal character was, at some point, considered to actually go through with it by the writers and staff. The only reason they remained alive was because of the personal attachment everyone had grown to the characters themselves.
- Katie Matlin, Riley Stavros, Peter Stone, Craig Manning, Michelle Accette, Anya MacPherson, and Victoria Coyne, and Zoë Rivas have all had a drug problem.
- Craig Manning and Anya MacPherson with a cocaine addiction.
- Peter Stone and Victoria Coyne with Meth.
- Katie Matlin with painkillers.
- Riley Stavros with steroids.
- Michelle Accette with caffeine pills.
- Zoë Rivas with pill addiction.
- Emma Nelson, Jane Vaughn, Liz O'Rourke, Paige Michalchuk, Darcy Edwards, Clare Edwards, Bianca DeSousa, Lucy Fernandez, Susie Rivera, Maya Matlin, and Zoë Rivas have all been a victim of sexual assault.
- Liz O'Rourke and Jane Vaughn were both sexually molested as young girls. Jane was molested by her father, and Liz was molested by her mother's ex-boyfriend.
- Lucy Fernandez, Susie Rivera, and Clare Edwards, were sexually harassed by an authority figure. Lucy and Susie were both harassed by the same teacher at Degrassi in the late 1980's, while Clare was harassed by her boss.
- Maya Matlin was sexually harassed by male students at school due to being cyber bullied and slut shamed.
- Paige Michalchuk, Darcy Edwards, and Zoë Rivas were raped while attending parties. Paige was date-raped by an older jock, Darcy was spiked and attacked by a serial rapist, and Zoë was taken advantage of and gang raped by Luke Baker and Neil Martin.
- Emma Nelson and Bianca DeSousa were held captive and almost raped by somebody that they knew but rescued in time by their love ones (though in Bianca's case, she was fully raped).
- Spinner Mason, Archie Simpson, L.D. Delacorte, Mr. Kwan, Pam MacPherson and Clare Edwards have all had cancer.
- Caitlin Ryan and Maya Matlin have both acted out after their ex-boyfriends commited suicide. But were soon after comforted by a loved one. Caitlin by her ex-fiance Joey Jeremiah, and Maya by her sister Katie Matlin
- Christine Nelson, Erica Farrell, Tessa Campanelli, Liberty Van Zandt, Manny Santos, Mia Jones, Jenna Middleton, Vanessa, and Clare Edwards have all went through a teen pregnancy.
- Christine Nelson, Mia Jones, and Vanessa have kept their babies.
- Liberty Van Zandt and Jenna Middleton gave their babies up for adoption.
- Erica Farrell, Tessa Campanelli, and Manny Santos had abortions.
- Clare Edwards suffered a miscarriage.
- Emma Nelson, Anya MacPherson, and Alli Bhandari all went through a pregnancy scare.
- J.T. Yorke and Adam Torres were killed off while in love triangle with girls they had a conflict with. When J.T. died, he was dating Mia Jones but in love with Liberty Van Zandt. He was killed on his way to confess this to Liberty. Also, when Adam died he was in love with his on-and-off girlfriend Becky Baker but he had a summer fling with Imogen Moreno. Adam also died in a driving incident while trying to text his confession to Becky. All of the girls were left to sort out their emotions in the aftermath of their love interest's death. But, the girls who's love interests died ended up have a conflict. Liberty had a conflict with Mia and Becky had a conflict with Imogen.
- Kathleen Mead, Terri MacGregor, Toby Isaacs, Emma Nelson, Manny Santos, Jenna Middleton, Katie Matlin, and Tristan Milligan have all had an eating disorder or dealt with a negative body image.
- Kathleen Mead, Emma Nelson, and Katie Matlin had eating disorders.
- Terri MacGregor and Jenna Middleton were uncomfortable with their bodies.
- Toby Isaacs, Manny Santos, and Tristan Milligan participated in anorexia/bulimic acts though they stopped on their own.
- Melanie Brodie, Manny Santos, and Maya Matlin were all self-councious with their breast size. Coincidentally, the girls' names begin with the letter M.
- Emma Nelson, Colonel Nash,Drew Torres, Eli Goldsworthy, Joey Jeremiah, Liberty Van Zandt, Spinner Mason, Craig Manning, Anya MacPherson, Connor DeLaurier, and Zoë Rivas have all been diagnosed with a mental disability.
- Eli Goldsworthy and Craig Manning with bipolar disorder.
- Joey Jeremiah with dysgraphia.
- Liberty Van Zandt with dyscalculia.
- Spinner Mason with ADHD.
- Connor DeLaurier with Asperger's Syndrome.
- Anya MacPherson and Zoë Rivas with dyslexia.
- Emma Nelson, Colonel Nash, and Drew Torres((Maya Matlin))have all suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Derek Wheeler and Connor DeLaurier were almost molested in a car by strangers.
- Derek Wheeler, Sean Cameron, Ellie Nash, and Fiona Coyne all had a alcohol problem.
- Stephanie Kaye, Terri MacGregor, Fiona Coyne, and Clare Edwards have gotten drunk on school grounds.
- Kathleen Mead and Ellie Nash had mothers with alcohol problems.
- Emma Nelson, Darcy Edwards, and Connor DeLaurier have met an online predator in person.
- Paige Michalchuk, Manny Santos, Sav Bhandari, and Tristan Milligan had relationships with teachers while they were still students.
- Rick Munro, Liz O'Rourke, Craig Manning, Jane Vaughn, and Miles Hollingsworth III all have an abusive father.
- Emma Nelson, Jay Hogart, Alex Nuñez, Amy Peters-Hoffman, Darcy Edwards, and Johnny DiMarco all had an STD.
- Emma Nelson, Jay Hogart, Alex Nuñez, and Amy Peters-Hoffman had gonorrhea.
- Darcy Edwards had chlaymdia.
- Johnny DiMarco had genital warts.
- Paige Michalchuk and Alli Bhandari had STD scares.
- Manny Santos, Darcy Edwards, Emma Nelson, Liberty Van Zandt, Alli Bhandari, Bianca DeSousa, and Clare Edwards have all revealed themselves on camera.
- Holly J. Sinclair and Maya Matlin had both been cyber bullied.
- Claude Tanner, Jimmy Brooks, Sean Cameron, Rick Murray, Spinner Mason, and Adam Torres have all gotten shot.
- Yick Yu and Derek Haig have been picked on by a teacher.
- Joey Jeremiah, Craig Manning, and Wesley Betenkamp have joyrode a car.
- Shane McKay, Terri MacGregor and Adam Torres were in comas following their incidents.
- All of them made their last appearance because of the incident ; Shane and Terri transferred to another school, and Adam passed away during surgery.
- Derek Wheeler, Sean Cameron, and Luke Baker have gone to jail for their actions.