Starting here, I pretty much like all the characters.
55. Peter Stone (5-10, 16)
Peter is pretty cool. I never liked him with Emma, but his exposing Manny when she showed him her breasts was both terrible and iconic. However, I LOVED him with Darcy. He was okay with Mia, and I loved them by the end of their relationship. Honestly, he was so shitty to end things with Darcy the way he did. He grew on me from being someone that was just annoyingly douchey to being complex and fun. His stint with the Studz was cool. Being addicted to coke made him kind of a trainwreck for a hot sec (or maybe longer, he was always kind of a mess IMO). At the end of the day, however, he was significantly overshadowed by the people he dated or his other friends. It's neat that he returns later in the series, but I think they should've had someone better return lol but he's fine...
54. Becky Baker (12-14)
Originally, Becky was kind of like a Darcy on steroids, and her super-conservative, sweet-as-pie persona was needed and welcome on the show. I never was a huge fan of her, but I have the unpopular opinion of liking her in her earlier seasons. She definitely became less one-dimensional over time, but she lost her defining characteristics that made her interesting-- she became less bubbly, faithful, and naive, and instead became a pretty Basic Becky. I liked her friendship with Jenna and her relationship with Adam. HATED her with Drew and Jonah. Basically, she just had relationship plots after Adam died and became less memorable than she was initially. Props to her for defending Zoe, though, and turning in her brother-- that was a highlight for me.
53. Riley Stavros (8-11)
Riley had super complex, interesting, intricate scenes that were awesome and realistic in regards to being a gay, closeted, hyper-masculine athlete. His whole character plot surrounded his homosexuality, so it got a little stale sometimes, but I love his growth and development. He was an asshole and cringeworthy at times, but he ended up being a great, lovable guy by the end of his run. He and Zane are the best gay couple in Degrassi of all time in my opinion, and he's only this low because I was always a little "meh" about him personally, but I appreciate him as a character for sure, and I'm so happy that his mother accepted him and he accepted himself!
52. Hazel Aden (1-5)
Hazel was very underrated and underutilized as a character, but she is still one that I love. Her ONE storyline that was given to her over the course of 5 seasons was realistic and it made me cry (the one about her Muslim heritage). Other than that, she seemed to be written in as "Paige's sidekick" and while she was great in a group setting, she was never focused on again as a character in her own rite. Her relationship with Jimmy was nice, but it was a typical high school one. I LOVE her friendship with Terri, too. While she seemed catty on the surface, she really cared for her friends, and shame on the writers for brushing her off!
51. Terri MacGregor (1-3)
I LOVED TERRI! So fucking real and all of her storylines were the perfect kind of deep and it makes me upset that she left on such a sad note. She was a great friend to Ashley, Paige and Hazel; lowkey the only one that wasn't a fake friend to Ashley. She was a member of the iconic PMS band with Paige and Ashley. Her random love for tarot card reading was great. I LOVED her plus-sized model storyline, and her placement on the show in general, as she is one of the only plus-sized characters on Degrassi ever, and on TV in general. Of course, her abuse storyline is what people remember her for-- and rightfully so, as it was one of the best ones in Degrassi history. In my opinion, the other abuse storylines have been unrealistic or a tad over-the-top, but Terri's was so believable and heartbreaking. Whenever she came back to Rick, my heart beat raced and I was on the edge of my seat. Her end on the show came from hitting her head on a cinderblock and going into a coma, never to be seen or heard from again. I think she maybe woke up for a hot sec, but she transferred to a private school and was never on screen after the fact. I wish we got more of her, and she's only low because of her lack of screentime in general, and the fact that she didn't make *as much* of an impact as other characters, but she's super authentic, and a great standalone character.
Hazel was very underrated and underutilized as a character, but she is still one that I love. Her ONE storyline that was given to her over the course of 5 seasons was realistic and it made me cry (the one about her Muslim heritage)
Starting here, I pretty much like all the characters.