21 Dumb — And I Mean Extremely Dumb — Choices Teens Made On TV Shows

The young and the thoughtless.

We recently asked the members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us what they consider to be the dumbest decisions teens on TV shows have made. Here are some of the best replies:

Warning: This post contains references of sexual assault.

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1. When Ben and Amy were high school freshmen but got fake IDs and eloped on The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Freeform

"And all their friends got fake IDs to act as witnesses and attend the 'wedding.'"

—hhop114

2. When Finn outed Santana in the hallway on Glee.

Fox

—rachaelp45d446ac7

3. When Finn started singing “You’re Having My Baby” to Quinn in front of her parents before they knew she was pregnant on Glee.

Fox

"TBH, the whole pregnancy was just a mess....from Finn believing she got pregnant from a jacuzzi to her actually having Puck’s baby, then trying to get it back two seasons later......Glee was a lot."

—rachaelp45d446ac7

4. When Clay from 13 Reasons Why yelled at his principal and cops, took their gun, and started waving it around to make a point about guns being bad.

Netflix

—Spencer Althouse

5. When Ani hooked up with Bryce on 13 Reasons Why despite knowing he was a sexual abuser.

Netflix

"She knew he was a sexual abuser because everyone told her, but she slept with him anyway. Jess was her best friend and it took Ani forever to see that what she did was so wrong."

—dxdavis888

6. When Eric chose to date Adam on Sex Eduaction, even though he bullied him every day at school for years.

Netflix

"Adam was his bully and though he might’ve grown up and matured a bit, a relationship that begins on toxic terms doesn’t really make sense to me. I understand that Eric didn’t have the spark with Rahim, but he could've just chosen neither of them. Eric deserves so much better!"

—booradley101

7. When Blair and Sterling chased a guy after he pointed a gun at them on Teenage Bounty Hunters.

Netflix

—Spencer Althouse

8. When Sabrina met her past self on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and decided that instead of merging into one person, one should rule Hell while the other lives on Earth.

Netflix

"It messed up the whole cosmos and it could have literally created a mess out of the time paradox."

—a402635290

9. When Scott McCall from Teen Wolf went to the woods with Stiles and decided to hide instead of going home with Stiles and his dad.

MTV

"He had a fucking inhaler and still thought it was a good idea to go back through the dark woods!"

—zarinat3

10. On Teen Wolf, when everyone treated Malia like she was a teenager after she turned back into a human after eight years.

MTV

"She dates Stiles and went to high school despite the fact that she technically had the maturity and education of like an 8-year-old."

—Tessa Fahey

11. When Emma and Spinner decided to stay married after they had gotten drunkenly married on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

CTV

"They hardly ever talked to each other before and they were drunk when they got married. The saddest part is that the writers of Degrassi actually shipped Emma and Sean, so why didn’t they make them endgame?"

—mware13

12. When Rory missed Lorelai's graduation to visit Jess on Gilmore Girls.

The WB / The CW

"It makes me so angry because Lorelai worked so hard to graduate and obviously wanted Rory to see that. But Rory was confused about her feelings, so she ditched school and visited Jess in NEW YORK. I know he changed, but in Season 2 I did not like him at all, so it makes me more frustrated that she did that. And on top of that, she forgot the fucking gift she bought for Lorelai!!!"

—viribavi

13. Everything that Andrew Van de Kamp did in the first few seasons of Desperate Housewives.

ABC

—icedchai22

14. When Monse kissed Spooky on On My Block, even though he was her boyfriend's brother.

Netflix

—xxmisfitxx

15. On 90210, when Liam didn't tell Naomi that he cheated with her sister, so Naomi kept believing that he cheated with Annie.

The CW

"He let Naomi ruin Annie’s life and made her lose all her friends. Liam was a jerk for this and Annie needed better friends. They were so quick to forgive Liam, but not Annie, even though, AGAIN, she did literally nothing wrong and Liam's the one who cheated on Naomi."

—discarlett

16. When Jughead joined the South Side Serpents gang on Riverdale just to stop them from messing with his friends at Riverdale High.

The CW

—brieannad

17. Whenever Lucas cheated on Brooke with her best friend, Peyton.

The WB / The CW

"Ugh, still pisses me off."

—just_floating

18. When Emily, Spencer, Aria, and Hanna didn't just tell their parents the truth at the beginning of Pretty Little Liars.

Freeform

"Shoplifting probably isn’t as bad as letting your mom sleep with the officer who caught you in order to let you off without charges."

—theannelis

19. When Rory slept with Dean, who was married, on Gilmore Girls.

The WB / The CW

—Kayla Yandoli

20. Whenever Archie, a teenager, got involved with Hiram and his mob affairs on Riverdale.

The CW

"That man has been nothing but trouble for Archie."

—jbmasta

21. And finally, everything Archie does on Riverdale.

The CW

—christenm

What's the dumbest decision a teenager made in a TV show? Let us know in the comments!