Degrassi: The Next Generation

Wannabe

Season 1, Episode 12, Aired 2/3/02

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Paige starts a Spirit Squad at school, and Manny, with gymnast training, wants to become a cheerleader. Manny starts to hang out with the "in crowd" and soon realizes who her real friends are when Emma publishes a critique of cheerleading in the school newspaper.

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Lauren Collins

Paige Michalchuk
Cassie Steele

Manny Santos
Stefan Brogren

Archie "Snake" Simpson

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Manny want's to join the cheerleading squad.

9.0

"Superb"

By Jon_MW_14, Jun 29, 2011 Report Abuse

"Wannebe" is an awesome Degrassi episode! This is a very interesting because this episode deals with two different points of view on cheerleading. Emma thinks that cheerleading is sexist and demeaning while Manny thinks it's just something fun to do and she's good at it. I can understand both points of view, but Emma wasn't a very good friend to Manny in this episode. I really liked the JT, Toby, Liberty, and Spinner subplot. It was entertaining. And you rarely get to see Spinner hang out with JT, Toby, and Liberty, so it was nice to see how his character would behave around them. Anyways, I give this episode a 9/10.moreless

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liberty's boots rule. i love liberty's boot.

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By bobuhduke, Jan 21, 2007 Report Abuse

liberty's boot's are cooler than pee wee hermans shoes, and pee wee hermans shoes and i are like THIS son! really though, this is a great episode, it shows how nuts emma really can be. even though her character has been toned down the last couple of seasons, this reminds us of where she's going to be in 30 years : living above a church with pigeons and mccully culkin. manny shows how fun she can be, and how sometimes you just have to do what you want, no matter what your friends think. this is the last we see of liberty's cool boots.moreless

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Manny wants to join the spirit squad but emma thinks that the spirit squad sexist. Manny thinks emma is jealous of her because the popular girls in school like her. There friendship was ruined by that.moreless

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By asiasi, Jul 12, 2006 Report Abuse

I thought that this episode was very good. But I wanted to see Manny and Paige fight but they didn\\\'t. I didn\\\'t like Paige and hazel in this episode because they were evil. I also didn\\\'t like emma in this episode because she should have let her friend do what she wants to do and she should support her in whatever she chooses to do. I didn\\\'t think that the spirit squad was sexist because both boys and girls could join the group. Emma is always critisizing things. Anyways overall this was one of my favorite episodes in season 1.moreless

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It was ok

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By zosia307, Jan 19, 2006 Report Abuse

It was an ok episode. The thing that bothers me is that Emma is sooo perfect. Endangered animals, no sexism, etc. Id never do cheerleading myself, but I think Emma is overexadgerating. If some people like waving pompons to cheer on others, let them. Whats the big deal? And i dont think this was much of an aggresive article. But the main thing i like is that Manny does what she wants, not what emma tells her.moreless

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The true Paige shines through yet again

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By cutiepie4569178, Dec 30, 2005 Report Abuse

Although I don't really like cheerleading, I would never take the issue as far as Emma did. She was a little ridiculous about it. If the girls want to be on the squad so be it; Paige and Hazel were not forcing anyone to be on the squad. Emma needs to learn to understand to see things from other points of view, rather than just her own. The JT, Toby, Spinner thing was just kind of filler to fill up the other half of the episode. Sure what Paige did was wrong, and I love that Manny told her off like that, but Emma was just completely unrealistic in her expectations. She needs to realize not everything is about/against her.moreless

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Trivia
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- Hazel tells Manny that they need twelve cheerleaders and they presently only have eight. Yet during their practice, they were only six people. Edit
- When Manny and Emma exit the bathroom, look closely. They jerk around in a weird way and there's a blur outside the door to the right. Edit
Notes
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- Music: "Wild Side" Written by Jim McGrath, Aubrey Winfield & Sarah Saint Performed by Sarah Saint Courtesy of Iron Music Group Edit
- The-N edited out Paige saying "FYI, your attitude sucks!" Instead, after Manny leans her face in front of Paige's, she just says "Good luck making the squad!" It's odd the network chose to edit this particular sequence, since characters have said the word "sucks" in previous, unedited episodes. Edit
- The poster The-N censors reads, 'Hate' then at the bottom it has the words 'it's taught'. Edit
Quotes
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- J.T.: The ace of spades, the ace of clubs... they're both so similar! Edit
- Emma: Um, what are those? Liberty: Aren't they the most beautiful boots ever? Emma: They are... they're something. Edit
- Emma: Oh please, Paige, Hazel? Are you like gonna, like, do like, your colors, like, together like? Edit
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- Episode Title: Wannabe This episode shares its title with the song Wannabe by the Spice Girls. Edit