11 Of The Worst Peter Stone Moments On "Degrassi"

He can truly be considered the original f-boy.

Degrassi has featured many awful characters during its run, but none have matched the utter loathsomeness that is Peter Stone. Peter is a character who perfectly epitomizes the overly privileged white male. He commits some of the worst atrocities on the show, yet rarely is made to face any real repercussions for his actions, mostly thanks to his privileged background.

11. He Uses His Family Problems to Garner Sympathy

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Peter’s parents are divorced, and based on what we see on the show, they don’t have an amicable relationship. Anytime the two are shown on-screen together, they’re openly hostile towards each other. Darcy is ready to write Peter off because Peter has multiple black marks against him at this point. But the moment she spies Peter’s parents fighting and Peter’s oh-so forlorn face, Darcy feels she just has to forgive him — again. The thing is, Peter actively benefits from his parents’ positions — his mother is the principal of Degrassi, and his father is a wealthy car dealership owner. Both have helped prevent him from facing more severe consequences for his actions. Unlike poor, troubled Sean, who goes to jail, Peter’s mommy and daddy prevent their little boy from ever experiencing any true accountability. And he can use his parents’ dysfunctional relationship to play them off each other while milking the situation for sympathy from others...like Darcy.

Verdict: Peter isn’t quite so blatant here in his plea for sympathy. At best, he is being emotionally manipulative, which is still pretty scummy when you weigh the seriousness of his past actions.

10. He Jerks Mia Around

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Peter is bummed because Darcy has moved away to build houses in Kenya, leaving him without a girlfriend. His girlfriendless state doesn’t last too long, though: Darcy has only been gone for about a week before Peter sets his sights on Mia. Mia is not only a gorgeous teen model, but she miraculously is also into Peter. Instead of being grateful that another human being is willing to be seen with him, Peter burns hot and cold with Mia. One minute he’s into her; the next minute, he’s pining after Darcy and thinking about moving to Kenya to be with her. He even invites Mia to hang out with him and Riley and then ignores her to play pool. They don’t even invite Mia to play pool with them, she just sits off to the side. Poor Mia is just confused and doesn’t know what to think.

Verdict: This is pretty classic scummy teenage boy behavior. Peter exemplifies that asshole boyfriend we’ve all had who gives us enough attention to keep us around but pulls back from any real commitment. And in this case, Mia has had so much rotten luck with guys in the past that Peter seems almost practically normal.

9. His Relationship with Mia Was Founded on Homophobia

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For weeks, Peter continues to jerk Mia around, enjoying her presence but never fully ready to commit to her. But when Peter’s friend, Riley — who is struggling with his sexuality — kisses Peter, Peter is ready to dive headfirst into a relationship with Mia. Seriously, right after his gay friend kisses him, the very next day, Peter insists to Mia that he’s ready to make their relationship official. Although Peter claims to accept Riley as gay, it’s obvious that he also feels the need to reassert his own heterosexuality by hooking up with the nearest available human female.

Verdict: This is a crappy reason for Peter to initiate a relationship with Mia, and Mia deserves better than this. This should have been a red flag because right now, he’s just using Mia and her beauty to emphasize his straightness. Unfortunately, Mia is also insecure when it comes to men, making her the perfect target for Peter.

8. He Uses Darcy and Lies to Her

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Peter decides to try and get back into Darcy’s good graces after multiple offenses. For some reason, Darcy decides to give him another chance, so she invites him to do community service with her church at a homeless shelter. Peter does a good job, and Darcy is impressed. Afterward, Peter offers to give Darcy a ride home. The two of them are laughing, having a good time, and Darcy is ready to forgive Peter’s horrific transgressions — until they get pulled over by the police. Turns out Peter was lying about being able to drive because his license is still suspended from his drag racing incident. Peter is taken in, and Darcy is forced to walk home. Worse still, Peter pulls Darcy aside at school — not to apologize, but to ask Darcy if she could get her pastor to sign off on Peter’s time volunteering at the homeless shelter to go towards his court-mandated community service. What an opportunistic pissant.

Verdict: Now we’re getting into law-breaking territory. Peter was caught driving with a suspended license, which is bad enough, but he had to drag Darcy into this mess by blatantly lying to her. Luckily, Darcy isn’t taken in by the police, but Peter really puts her at risk of getting arrested or having a black mark on her record. This entire situation just shows that Peter is a piece of shit who doesn’t care about anyone else, so long as he gets what he wants.

7. He Frames Sean for Drug Possession

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Emma’s ex-boyfriend, Sean, is back in town, so Peter’s insecure fuckboy-ness once again rears its ugly head. Peter freaks out about Emma possibly dumping him in favor of Sean, so he breaks into Sean’s locker (because he can access his principal mom’s files that contain all student locker combinations) and plants marijuana — just in time for locker checks. Sean gets expelled. Emma asks Peter if he was responsible for the drugs in Sean’s locker, and he flat out denies it. The truth comes out after Peter breaks into Emma’s locker to give her a gift. Emma doesn’t even put the pieces together until Manny points out the shadiness of the situation since Emma never gave Peter her combination. Emma finally wakes up and dumps him.

Verdict: I have no doubt that Peter is a sociopath. He was a whiny little bitch about possibly losing Emma to Sean, so he frames Sean for a literal crime — fully knowing about Sean’s troubled background. Emma was absolutely right to dump him, but she should have taken it a step further and informed his mother that her despicable monster of a son has a penchant for breaking into her files and student lockers.

6. He Contributes To Sean Getting Arrested

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Getting Sean expelled just isn’t enough for Peter. Nope, he also has to goad Sean into a drag race, where they almost kill an innocent jogger. Technically, Sean is the one who hits the jogger and is later arrested for a hit-and-run. Peter, once again, is only given house arrest, community service, and has his license suspended. While Sean was certainly at fault for the accident, it’s safe to say that Peter also holds significant responsibility — but because he has a rich daddy and a principal mommy, he gets off a lot easier than the troubled Sean.

Verdict: Again, this just shows that there is something extremely wrong with Peter psychologically. He had already ruined Sean’s life earlier that day and still felt the need to kick the guy when he was down. Yes, Sean was the one who struck the jogger, but Peter should be serving jail time as well.

5. He Takes Crystal Meth and Humiliates His Girlfriend

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Peter goes to a high society party with Mia, who is networking for her modeling career. And Peter can’t seem to get it together. So, what does he do? He finds a rich teenage girl with drugs who’s willing to share! Seriously, Peter meets another girl at the party who offers him free crystal meth — and Peter is more than happy to accompany her to the bathroom to inhale powdery foreign substances. Peter comes back high and acts like an idiot, much to Mia’s embarrassment. Peter’s defense? He didn’t know he was taking crystal meth! He thought he was just snorting up your average, run-of-the-mill cocaine!

Verdict: Here is yet another example of Peter being a little bitch. He can’t pull himself together and act like a normal human being because there are rich people here! Richer than he is! Peter knows how important this event is for Mia because it could mean more modeling work, ensuring a better future for her struggling family. But no, Peter has to go snort dangerous, illegal drugs and act the fool — while humiliating Mia and putting her career at risk. This guy is scum.

4. He Continues To Take Crystal Meth, Ruining His Relationship

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Life actually wasn’t going too badly for Peter before his stint with crystal meth. He had his own apartment, had a band, was dating a teen model and had faced very few repercussions for his egregious past actions. But Mia is offered a modeling contract that will take her to Paris, much to Peter’s dismay. He can’t stand the idea of his girlfriend getting photographed with male models who are better looking than him — so he offers to come to Paris with her...but not before his insecurities prompt him to obtain and consume more crystal meth, leading him to aggressively disrupt Mia’s photo shoot. Later, Peter ruins his band’s performance due to being high. Because of his drug use, Mia dumps Peter and moves to Paris without him, while his band gives him the boot. Those are about the only consequences Peter faces. He doesn’t go to rehab or get professional help, though — just a stern warning from his mother about “no more meth.”

Verdict: You would think that one night of crystal meth would’ve been enough, but no. Peter is far too insecure about his girlfriend’s beauty and budding career, so he has to take even more meth to cope. Mia was totally right to dump him, because Peter put her job at risk yet again. He would almost definitely have ruined her career if he accompanied her to Paris. Mia has a family to support, she doesn’t have time for Peter’s shit. If Peter wasn’t going to be arrested for possession of illegal substances, he should have been sent to drug counseling and rehab. But none of that happens. Heck, his friends eventually let him back into the band — what was the lesson he was supposed to learn?

3. He Exploits Darcy Online and Endangers Her Life

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After royally screwing up with both Emma and Manny, Peter turns his attention to his next victim: Darcy. Darcy is already dating Spinner, but that doesn’t put off this budding sociopath. Peter knows just how to play Darcy: with flattery, flirtation, and appealing to her curiosity about her sexuality. First, he connects Darcy online to a “private school friend” who immediately becomes flirty. While Darcy enjoys the attention from someone she believes to be another teenage boy, Peter convinces her to pose for sexy photos to post on her social media page — password-protected photos, of course. He tells her his rich private school friend would pay good money for the racy photos, and she could get the Spirit Squad new uniforms! Win-win! Yeah, not so much. Darcy finds out that the sexy photos aren’t as well-protected as she thought: Peter sends them out to the entire school, correctly assuming that Spinner will break up with her. To make matters worse, Peter’s “private school friend” turns out to be a middle-aged predator Peter met in a chat room, who stalks Darcy to school and turns up at her house. Darcy is only saved by her sister calling the police.

Verdict: Peter should be in jail right alongside his online pedophile buddy. Seriously, between sending Darcy’s pictures all over the school and trying to pimp her out to an online predator, Peter should have been expelled (but Principal Mommy won’t let that happen!) and had charges pressed against him by Darcy and her family. At the very least, they should be filing a restraining order against him.

2. He Takes Advantage of Manny

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Peter is introduced as the new guy who Emma is crushing hard on, but Peter only has eyes for Manny. And he thinks his best shot with Manny is to catch her in the very moment she’s drunk, sad (because she’s just been ripped to pieces by a casting agent), and losing her self-confidence — so he can film the inebriated Manny taking her top off.

Verdict: This is beyond revolting. Anyone would have been able to tell that Manny wasn’t in the right frame of mind and couldn’t possibly give consent. But Peter is a horny, demented little rat bastard and thinks this is his ticket to getting Manny to sleep with him.

1. He Blackmails and Revenge Porns Manny

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As if filming Manny in a vulnerable position wasn’t bad enough, Peter uses the topless footage to try to coerce Manny into going out with him. When that fails, he blackmails her for money, and when she can’t pay him, Peter deliberately sends the video to the entire school. Although this is considered child porn distribution, Peter only gets a month of detention — a mere slap on the wrist from his Principal Mommy. And even though Peter humiliated and degraded her best friend, Emma is still totally cool with dating him just a few episodes later.

Verdict: This is absolutely the worst thing Peter has ever done on the show...and it was only his second episode on the show. He exploited a vulnerable girl because she refused his advances — and Manny is the one blamed and mocked by her schoolmates. And there’s an extra layer of grossness to this given that Peter is a white, privileged teenage boy while Manny is the non-white daughter of Filipino immigrants. The guy sent out child porn to the entire school and is barely punished. Today something like this would surely result in community outrage on Manny’s behalf. There would be protests calling for criminal charges against Peter and demands for his mother’s resignation as principal. Peter did not deserve the redemption he received from the show. Peter Stone is a demented sociopath and should be in jail.