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Who Was The Best (And Worst) Of The High School TV Boyfriends?

They were dreamy AF, there is no doubt. But some of them were also kind of trash people?

Cute dudes in teen-oriented television are a powerful thing.

Teen heartthrobs can influence our tastes in some big ways — but we don't often take the time to really think about how these guys were as boyfriends.

They were beautiful and very fun to invest in, but we've gotta admit that some of them were actually garbage.

Who's actually the best of the bunch?

And just as importantly — who's actually the worst?

The parameters: We'll only be considering young men who appeared on our TVs during the turn of the century (1990-2009).

The characters also have to have been teens — specifically teens involved in romance on a show that aired sometime between 1998 and 2008.

So, for example, Angel and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer don't make the list because they may have dated a teen, but they were not in fact teens themselves.

So let's get cracking.

And let's pour one out for the sad state of affairs of representation in '90s/2000s teen TV.