Marco Del Rossi
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| Marco Del Rossi | |
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| Image:Deg marco season6 220x130.jpg Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi. |
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| First appearance | Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (203) |
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| Occupation | College Student (freshman) |
| Family | Pa and Ma Del Rossi (parents), Louie Del Rossi (uncle) |
| Episode Count | 35 |
| Portrayed by | Adamo Ruggiero |
Marco Del Rossi is a fictional character on the TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation. He is portrayed by Adamo Ruggiero.
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[edit] Season 2
[edit] Dance and Joyride
Marco was first seen in the halls of Degrassi Community School as a competitor for Jimmy and Spinner at a dance competition. Marco won the event and eventually became friends with them. When Craig held a party, he joined Craig, Sean and Spinner for a joyride with one of Joey's cars from the dealership.
[edit] Confusion and Dating Ellie
Marco also met Ellie, and they quickly became close friends. Ellie wanted to take the relationship further, because she liked Marco more than just a friend. Although Marco was realizing that he could be gay, he agreed, because it was the "right" thing to do. He tried dating Ellie, but it didn't work out, and he admitted his sexuality to himself and came out to Ellie. Ellie accepted his sexuality, and agreed to pretend to be his girlfriend to hide his sexuality, until he would be ready come out to the rest of his friends.
[edit] Season 3
[edit] Coming out To Friends
While on a trip to the beach, Marco meets Dylan, Paige's older brother, who is also gay. The same day, Ellie tells Marco she is tired of pretending to be his girlfriend and she announces to everyone that they broke up. When Ellie announces this, Marco becomes upset, and runs away. Dylan, who suspects Marco is gay, follows and tries to comfort him. The next day, a suspecting Spinner tries to set Marco up with Hazel and they go on a double date with Spinner and Paige. When Ellie meets them, Marco feels guilty and leaves. Spinner follows him and asks why Marco left. Marco starts to cry and admits to Spinner that he is gay. Hearing this, Spinner reacts shocked and disgusted and leaves Marco alone. Spinner starts to bully Marco, and writes "Marco is a fag" in the school's restrooms wall (although, for a time in America, this was seen as "Marco is Gay"). Jimmy sees Spinner writing it and becomes mad at him, telling Spinner that hating Marco for his sexuality is just as bad and stupid as hating Jimmy for his skin color. Later Marco is gaybashed on his way to Dylan's hockey game, because he was in the "gay part" of town. The next day, Marco finds what Spinner wrote on the wall and tells him he is just as bad as his attackers, leaving Spinner to ponder his homophobia.
[edit] First Boyfriend
Sometime later Spinner got over his homophobia and helped Marco get a date with Dylan. The two had a good time until they ran into Marco's parents. They all went to eat and the two felt uncomfortable as Mr. Del Rossi made some snide remarks about gays when he could tell their waiter was gay. Dylan left quietly and Marco thought the date was ruined; however, this was not the case as they shared a kiss, which was the first time a gay kiss was shown on daytime TV.
[edit] Season 4
[edit] Class President and Coming out to Mrs. Del Rossi
Marco decided to run for Class President but he has some competition from Alex Nuñez, a girl known for getting into trouble. She threatened to reveal that he was gay to everyone but during the event she decided to keep his secret. Marco won and made Alex his vice-president. They become friends with each other. During the presidential campaign, Marco also had some more problems with Dylan who temporarily broke up with him seeing as he still hadn't come out to his family. Marco then came out to his mother when he told her that he had a breakup and she figured it was Dylan. His mother remained supportive for her son and agreed to hide Marco's sexuality from his father.
[edit] Breakup with Dylan
Now that Dylan was in college, Marco didn't see him as much as before and discovered that Dylan was fooling around with other people when Marco wasn't around. Dylan told him that he loved Marco but only wants an open relationship with other men. Marco didn't want this and tried to make Dylan jealous (by kissing Craig), but this failed as Dylan was merely amused. Marco broke up with Dylan soon after, deciding that he wasn't interested in an open relationship.
[edit] Season 5
[edit] Indecision
Tim is a new kid at Degrassi. He needs help with his sexuality and soon meets Marco. Marco becomes a mentor to Tim, convincing and encouraging him to come out to his father, lying about his own father knowing. Tim comes out to his father, and learns that Marco never came out to his father. Marco feels guilty when Tim calls him a liar and brings up the subject of Tim's homosexuality with his father. His father reacts angrily and Marco reveals he's gay. His father ignores Marco's homosexuality, and takes his seat for Hamlet in which Marco is the title character. When Marco begins to recite the famed "To be or not to be" speech, he realizes he has something to do too. He announces to the whole audience that he's gay. When he arrives home that night, his father still acts like he never said a word. Marco insists on talking about it, but his father tells him that he loves him but he doesn't want to know this part about him. Marco concludes, "Then you don't want to know me."
[edit] The Friendship Club Isn't So Friendly
Marco begins to form a renewed friendship with Spinner who has been sworn off by everyone else after he is revealed to have provoked Rick's shooting. However, their new friendship is challenged when The Friendship Club, a Christian group at Degrassi and Spinner's new friends, decide to protest the Safe Sex Assembly that Marco helped organize. They argue that "abstinence is the only way." Linus, the leader behind the protest, personally attacks Marco for his open homosexuality and "sexually immoral" ways. A fight quickly breaks out between the two. Spinner helps break up the fight. When he recognizes Linus as the true bigot that he is, he decides to side with Marco.
[edit] Marco and Dylan's Relationship Rekindled
As Marco and Tim just begin to date steadily, Dylan returns for summer break. Paige tells Marco, who still refuses to believe that Dylan wants to be his boyfriend. Marco keeps trying to tell Dylan off, but when he goes to Dylan in person to tell him to stop calling and texting him, Dylan tells Marco he has feelings for him. After a poker game gone sour, Marco realizes he still reciprocates Dylan's feelings. Tim realizes Marco is just using him to get back at Dylan and breaks up with him. Dylan explains that he needs Marco in his life to prevent him from becoming reckless and careless the way he had been. Marco realizes Dylan desires monogamy this time, and the two get back together.
[edit] Graduating
Marco graduates as the valedictorian of the Degrassi class of 2006.
[edit] Season 6
[edit] Moving In With Dylan
After telling his father several times that Dylan is just a friend and nothing more, he allows Marco to move in with Dylan. Marco throws Paige a going-away-party which is eventually ruined by his father, who could only get a moving truck on the day of the party, and when Ellie gets kicked out of her dorm, Marco and Dylan let her move in. Marco confesses that he's confused and stressed about what's ahead, and how hard it will all be compared to high school which was a "cakewalk" compared to university life.
[edit] Dylan's Hockey Career
Dylan's busy hockey schedule makes Marco feel lonely. Dylan also seems grumpy, and Marco suspects that Dylan is cheating. He plans a romantic evening for them, but Dylan leaves abruptly. Marco then reads Dylan's e-mail, and discovers Dylan is meeting someone in a bar. When Marco confronts Dylan in the bar, he finds out that Dylan is actually meeting a hockey-scout, who wants to scout Dylan for a Swiss hockey-team. When Dylan is packing his bags, Marco apologizes and says he doesn't want Dylan to move away. Dylan explains that to Marco, hockey is just his boyfriends' hobby, but to him, it is his dream, and that he wants to follow that dream. Marco understands, and says they just have to make the best of the time they still have left together.
[edit] Relationships
- Ellie Nash
- Start Up: (Careless Whisper) (214)
- Broke Up: (Pride, Part 1) (304)
- Reason: Ellie is tired of pretending to be his girlfriend.
- Tim
- Start Up: (Total Eclipse of the Heart) (517)
- Broke Up: (Total Eclipse of the Heart) (517)
- Reason: Marco is still in love with Dylan.
- Dylan Michalchuk
- First Relationship
- Start Up: (It's Raining Men) (319)
- Broke Up: (Moonlight Desires) (419)
- Reason: Dylan cheats on Marco.
- Second Relationship
- Start Up: (Total Eclipse of the Heart) (517)
- First Relationship
