Antonia Marchette
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Antonia Marchette was a character in the popular FOX television program Beverly Hills 90210. She was portrayed by Rebecca Gayheart.
After Dylan discovered his father was murdered by a man named Anthony Marchette, he became aggressively involved in the pursuit of this man in order to kill him in vengeance for killing his father.
Dylan originally tried to enlist Kelly Taylor in his pursuit of Marchette but after she declined, Dylan solicited Brandon Walsh for his help. Brandon provided Dylan with essential information and Dylan followed Marchette to his office, just to see if he could get close enough to kill him.
When Dylan discovered that Marchette had a child "Tony" enrolled at California University, Dylan crashed one of the coed's classes with the idea of striking up a friendship to gain access to Marchette. Dylan was surprised to discover that "Tony" was actually Marchette's beautiful daughter, Toni, short for Antonia.
Dylan's motive to use Marchette's offspring in his revenge plan fell by the wayside as he and Toni fell in love with each other, much to the chagrin of her father. Only Marchette's right-hand man and chauffeur Bruno would offer support for the forbidden lovers. Toni was upset to learn that Dylan had originally pursued her because of her father, but she later confronted her father for the truth about his part in Jack McKay's murder, to which Marchette admitted. Toni moved out of her father's house and went back to Dylan.
Shortly after, Toni and Dylan got married. The day after the wedding, Marchette asked Dylan to meet him at his mansion, claiming to have a wedding gift. However, when the stray kitten, Trouble, that Dylan and Toni had adopted became lost, Dylan stayed home to search for the cat while Toni went to meet her father. Unbeknownst to them, Tony had sent his assassins to ambush Dylan in his car on his way across town. Due to the rain and darkness, the hitman could not see that it was Toni, not Dylan, who was in the car, and fired a hail of bullets through the windshield. Brandon and Dylan arrived just moments later, and Dylan opened the car door to have his new wife fall dead in his arms.
At her funeral, a guilt-ridden Marchette handed Dylan a gun, insisting he no longer had anything to live for and offering Dylan the chance to get his revenge at last, but Dylan refused and insisted they were even now--his father was gone, and Marchette's daughter was gone. After the service, Dylan packed up and rode out of town (with the cat) on his motorcycle, leaving Beverly Hills and the show altogether.
