Dylan Michalchuk

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Dylan Michalchuk

John Bregar as Dylan Michalchuk
First appearance Pride, Part 1 (304)
Statistics
Nickname(s) "Homochuk" (from Jay Hogart)
Occupation College Student
Family Paige Michalchuk (sister)
Episode Count 14
Portrayed by John Bregar

Dylan Michalchuk is a fictional character on the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He is portrayed by John Bregar.

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[edit] Season 1 and 2

[edit] Paige's gay brother

In season one and two, Dylan was mentioned several times as the older, gay brother of Paige Michalchuk. He was first mentioned in the season 1 episode Secret and Lies.

[edit] Season 3

[edit] Meeting Marco at the beach

When Paige takes her friends to the beach for a day out, Dylan is recruited as their chauffeur. He meets Marco Del Rossi (who is still struggling with his homosexuality) for the first time, and a spark seems to fly between them. Dylan suspects Marco is gay, but Paige tries to assure him that Marco is straight and in a serious relationship with Ellie. While the gang is on the beach, Ellie, who pretended to be Marco's girlfriend, announces their break-up (because she was tired of pretending), and a devastated Marco runs away. A concerned Dylan, sensing Marco's personal struggle, goes after him and tries to comfort him.

[edit] Friendship and the first date

After Marco's coming out, Marco and Dylan grow closer and become friends, but despite their mutual attraction, both are afraid to date. Marco is insecure and afraid to ask Dylan out and Dylan is hesitant, since his first date with another guy was a bad experience. However, due to some involvement from Spinner, Dylan finally asks Marco out. Their date turns out to be one mishap after another, but Dylan comes to like Marco, and they share their first kiss.

[edit] Season 4

[edit] Making Marco come out

Dylan and Marco are dating steadily, went to the prom together before summer, and when Dylan goes to university, Marco helps him move in. But Dylan grows more and more frustrated because Marco's parents don't know about their relationship, and can't keep pretending that they are "just friends" forever, and urges Marco to come out. This gives Marco the final push to come out to his mother. When he hears from Paige that Marco came out, Dylan was proud, and agreed that Marco should wait before telling his (more homophobic) father.

[edit] Cheating on Marco

University life puts a strain on Dylan and Marco's relationship, since they can't spend a lot of time together anymore. When Marco pays a surprise visit to Dylan's dorm, he walks in on Dylan making out with another guy. Dylan tries to explain that he loves Marco, but he simply wants an open relationship while they are apart. Marco is heartbroken, and tries to make Dylan jealous at a party by flirting with other guys and kissing Craig. However, Dylan isn't moved by it at all and Marco decides to break up with Dylan.

[edit] Season 5

[edit] Winning Marco back

Dylan (John Bregar) and Marco (Adamo Ruggiero).
Dylan (John Bregar) and Marco (Adamo Ruggiero).

A year goes by, and Dylan returns to town to visit his family, and more importantly, to try winning back Marco, who is "sort of dating" new guy Tim. Marco is still angry at Dylan for hurting him so much and makes it clear that he is with Tim now, but knows that he only does it to make Dylan jealous. Dylan doesn't give up and keeps haunting and taunting him to the point of Marco's great frustation, claiming that he and Marco are made for each other. He eventually challenges Marco to a game of poker, which blows up into a big fight, with Dylan claiming that how many guys Marco would ever date, it would always come back to him and Marco. Marco feels frustrated and leaves the poker game. Tim realizes he was being used, and breaks up with Marco, telling him to "go back to his lying and cheating boyfriend", because that is where he belongs.

The next day at school, Dylan drives up to meet Marco, and apologizes for how much he hurt him in the past. He explains that he needs Marco to make him complete and that he doesn't want to make the same mistake and lose Marco for the second time. Marco tells him that he's a jerk, but as Dylan tries to protest, Marco finally decides to forgive him and they make up, sharing a passionate kiss.

[edit] Season 6

[edit] Living together

Dylan and Marco are back together and steady again. When Marco graduates and goes to University, they decide to move in together, after convincing Marco's dad that they are "just friends". When Dylan is looking for roommates so that he can pay the rent, Marco's best friend Ellie gets kicked out of her dorm. Marco and Dylan let Ellie move in, and the three now live together in their new apartment.

[edit] Relationships

Marco Del Rossi

  • First relationship:
  • Start Up: It's Raining Men (319)
  • Broke Up: Moonlight Desires (419)
  • Reason: Dylan cheated on Marco.
  • Second Relationship
  • Start Up: Total Eclipse of the Heart (517)

[edit] Trivia

  • While Dylan is gay, and John Bregar has auditioned for other gay roles before Degrassi, John Bregar identifies as straight in real life.
  • Dylan and Marco's first kiss on Degrassi was the first gay kiss between teenagers on US daytime television.
  • In "Tell It To My Heart" (the episode where Dylan and Marco get together again), in the scene where Dylan and Marco kiss, Dylan wears the same yellow jacket as in "Pride, part 1", the episode where he met Marco.
  • Marco and Dylan's relationship caused a little disturbance among fans (and sometimes on the show itself), because some people felt Dylan was far too old for Marco. However, in real life, John Bregar is only two years older then Adamo Ruggiero, exactly the same like Marco and Dylan in the show (assuming that Dylan is two years older because he graduates two years before Marco), and the so-called "large age difference" can more likely be contributed to the difference in height and build between Adamo Ruggiero and John Bregar.
  • In "Pride, part 1", Jay Hogart is also introduced. Mike Lobel, the actor who portrays Jay, originally auditioned for the role of Dylan, but the producers decided to offer him the role of Jay instead, thinking the role of a "bad boy" would be better suited for him.
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