39 Shocking Teen Drama Scenes That Shook My 17-Year-Old Heart To Its Core

Hi, my name's Hannah, and I'm the queen of teen dramas.

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I didn't have a life as a teenager, so I decided to live vicariously through literally every teen drama I could get my hands on. And the few I hadn't seen I've watched in the years since, with only a few exceptions.

I love teen dramas for a lot of reasons — the fashion, the nostalgia, the soapiness, and of course, the drama. In fact, as a teenager I used to bookmark my favorite dramatic moments on my 2000s pink Dell so I could munch Eelio's pizza and watch them in succession on a wild Friday night and mouth along to the words.

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*I also did this with romantic and heartbreaking teen drama scenes. The ones I watched depended on the vibe of that particular night.

While I don't still have those bookmarks, the best and most dramatic moments of teen dramas have stuck with me to this day. Here's a masterlist of 39 of the best shocking teen drama moments and plot twists!

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Note: For shows that go on super long and follow characters in their adult lives, I'm only using seasons that still qualify as "teen/high school drama" — both to keep this list from getting too long and also because I feel like some of the fun of shocking moments on teen dramas are that they're happening to teenagers, making a lot of them even more unrealistic.

1.When Nathan and Haley got MARRIED in HIGH SCHOOL on One Tree Hill:

Watch the scene here:

2.When Serena told Blair she'd killed someone on Gossip Girl:

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3.When Fez beat up Nate on Euphoria:

4.When Marissa shot Trey on The O.C.:

Watch the scene here:

5.When Marissa died on The O.C.:

Watch the scene here:

6.When Abby fell in the water and drowned on Dawson's Creek:

Watch the scene here:

7.When Dan shot and killed Keith on One Tree Hill:

What the scene here (Warning: besides obviously featuring a murder, the below clip starts with a suicide — neither are graphic, but just to let you know):

8.When "Elena" revealed herself to be Katherine on The Vampire Diaries:

Watch the scene here (it's a bit graphic):

9.When Rachel and Cooper's limo went off the bridge on One Tree Hill, then Nathan jumped in to save them and got stuck in the car:

Watch the scene here:

10.When Haley (who was pregnant) got hit by a car, Nathan seemingly killed the guy who did it and Dan took the blame, then Lucas had a heart attack on One Tree Hill:

Watch the scene here:

11.When Elena became a vampire on The Vampire Diaries:

Watch the scene here:

12.When Hanna was hit by a car on Pretty Little Liars:

Watch the scene here:

13.When Quinn got in a car crash while texting on Glee:

Watch the scene here:

14.When the bus crashed on Veronica Mars:

Watch the scene at 1:30 here:

15.And when it was revealed Beaver was responsible — and also that he was the one who'd raped Veronica:

You can watch the scene when she confronts him here:

16.When John B figured out Ward killed his father in Outer Banks:

Watch the scene here:

17.And then in Season 2, when it was revealed John B.'s father was alive:

Watch the scene here:

18.When Ruby and Olivia were shot at Olivia's quincea?era on On My Block:

Watch the scene here:

19.When JT was stabbed and died on Degrassi:

Watch the scene here:

20.When Angel lost his soul on Buffy the Vampire Slayer:

Watch the scene here:

21.And then Buffy had to send him to hell:

Watch the scene here:

22.When Allison died on Teen Wolf:

Watch the scene here:

23.When it was revealed that Peter was the alpha on Teen Wolf:

Watch the scene here:

24.And then he attacked Lydia:

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25.When Effy's psychiatrist killed Freddie on Skins:

Watch the scene here:

26.When Chris died in Skins after it seemed like he'd be okay:

Watch the scene here:

27.When Matty, Liv and Grace's car flipped in Skins (eventually leading to Grace's death):

Watch the scene here:

28.When Annie hit someone with her car then drove away on 90210:

Watch the scene here:

29.When James killed the professor on The End of the F***ing World:

Watch the scene at 1:55 here:

30.When Toby was "revealed" as A:

Watch the scene here:

31.And when Spencer found him "dead":

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32.When the girls were kidnapped from their prison van and woke up in a life-size dollhouse with perfect replicas of their rooms on Pretty Little Liars:

Watch the scene here:

33.When Cheryl's dad was revealed as Jason's killer on Riverdale:

Watch the scene here:

34.When The Farm was revealed to be an organ farm on Riverdale:

Watch the scene here:

35.When Adrian revealed she could be pregnant on The Secret Life of The American Teenager:

I can't find the scene on YouTube, but it comes at the end of episode 23 of Season 2. You can watch the show on Freeform or Hulu.

36.And then when she lost the baby a season later:

Watch the scene here:

37.When Katherine (essentially) killed Jeremy on The Vampire Diaries while disguised as Elena:

Watch the scene here:

38.And then Elena turned off her humanity because of it:

Watch the scene here:

39.And finally, a BUNCH of 13 Reasons Why moments that I'm not going to name or link because they're super triggering and felt irresponsibly done for shock value, but if you know, you know:

What teen show moments did you find shocking? Let us know in the comments below!