Melanie Brodie is a character in the original Playing With Time series Degrassi Junior High

Degrassi Junior High

Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school...

. Melanie was a friendly girl who seemed to have a wide circle of friends at Degrassi. Her most notable friend was Kathleen Mead

Kathleen Mead

Kathleen Mead is a fictional character from the original Playing With Time television series, Degrassi Junior High. She was introduced as a secondary character who disapproved of school president Stephanie Kaye and her provocative wardrobe but eventually went on to have a much greater role in...

 (played by Rebecca Haines) to whom she seemed fairly close.

Despite their friendship, most episodes that heavily featured Melanie did not feature Kathleen much at all. The first time we see Melanie's character step out of the background is in the DJH season 1 episode "The Great Race"http://www.fu-manchu.com/degrassi/degrassiepisodes.asp.