Eli Goldsworthy

&nbsp Elijah 'Eli' Goldsworthy is a new student at Degrassi School in Season 10. He is protrayed by Munro Chambers. Eli is 16 years old and will be attending Degrassi as a junior for the 2010-2011 school year.

Eli is voluntarily "different". He usually wears black, listens to punk rock and drives a vintage hearse. He is sarcastic, quick-witted, charming and always ready with a well-crafted remark. Eli doesn't seem to care what other people think of him. Some of his interests include reading poetry, pulling pranks, fixing up his hearse which he named "Morty", and getting under Clare Edwards' skin. He is also very much against bullying, and will not stand for it, which is made known in Try Honesty when he stands up to the school bully, Fitz. Rather than stand down, Eli chooses to build his reputation as a threat. His trademarks seem to be his hearse, his [seemingly] guitar pick necklace, and his sarcastic lopsided smirk. He is known to be friends with Clare Edwards, Adam Torres, and Sav Bhandari. Eli usally wears headphones around his neck, but he lends them to Clare in Better Off Alone (2).

Season 10
In Breakaway (2), Eli makes his first appearance after Clare drops her glasses and he runs over them with his car. He says, "I think they're dead," and then Clare explains she doesn't need them anymore since she had laser eye surgery. Eli stares at her for a moment and compliments her, saying, "You have pretty eyes." Clare looks at the sidewalk shyly and back to him asking if they would see each other around. He replies, "Guess you will," and gets back in his hearse and drives away.

In Better Off Alone (1), Eli becomes Clare Edwards' English partner for the semester. His writing is said to be "a little wordy," and he is to help Clare with her writer's block. Ms. Dawes thinks it will benefit them both. Things start to heat up when Eli purposely bumps into Clare when walking out of the door. The next day before English starts, Clare hands her paper to Eli and lets him review it. Since Clare isn't ready to hand in the paper, Eli persuades her to skip class. The bell rings, and Clare starts to walk toward the door as Eli sits in his seat and watches her. She asks, "Well, are you coming?" He gets up, and walks off with her. Later on, when they are outside sitting on a bench, she confides in him about her parents' marital problems. When he tells her to write about it, she says she can't because it's too personal. He then becomes the second boy to tell her that she cares too much what people think. He makes her scream in public to make her prove to him that she Adam and Eli at the concertdoesn't care what anyone thinks of her. When she tells him that it's his turn, he declines, saying that it's not "his style". Then, one thing leads to another, and as they are laughing and smiling, they end up leaning into each other against a telephone pole. Eli then frees Clare from his grip and proceeds to awkwardly lean against the pole while Clare quickly sits back down. Later that night, Eli IM's Clare asking saying, "more public embarrassment tonight?" Clare responds saying, "is that an invitation?" and he responds, "do you want it to be?" Clare says, "I'd love to hang -- but i can't" after her mother asks if she would like to take her dad's place and go to the church fundraiser.

In Better Off Alone (2), Eli talks to Clare and says he missed her, and jokingly asks if the reason she did not hang out with him was because Twilight was on TV. She then says, "She says by not telling me she's protecting me, but she's not, she's only making it wor-" Eli is confused so he grabs her arms gently, and tells her to "Stop. Rewind. Play." Clare tells him what's going on with her parents. He asks if she's mentioned her feeling towards her parents fighting to them and she said she did, but they don't want to talk. While they are sitting in English they get detention for skipping class to do work. Ms. Dawes tells her to read the assignment she worked on when she skipped class. During the report, she slowly breaks down because it is very emotional and personal. Ms. Dawes says she's heard enough and it's a great start. Eli suggests that she read it at the school showcase after being asked of his opinion by the teacher. Clare says it is private, but Ms. Dawes insists on signing her up. Clare informs Eli that her mom with be at the showcase. Eli says it's a good thing because Clare's mom will be forced to listen to it. On the day of the showcase, she gets cold feet and leaves, ignoring Eli's constant protest. Clare walks outside while her parents are talking only to see Eli on her steps. She asks him what he's doing here and Eli teases her by saying sarcastically, "Hi Eli. How are you? Fine, Clare, thanks for asking," hinting about her cold greeting and she greets him properly. Eli says that he respects her for not telling her mom how she feels. Clare tells him that she told her mom after all. He then acts smug about it and gives her his headphones for a noise cancellation option in case things between her parents gets worse or if she ever wants to ignore him. Eli then apologizes about interfering and promises not to do it again. Clare stops him as he gets into his car and says that he can interfere sometimes, but she's still going to do whatever she wants. Eli replies, "I wouldn't expect anything less," then he gets in his car,looks at clare,and drives away.

In I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1), Eli first appears in the episode as one of the many contestants that are trying to win backstage passes to the Dead Hand concert, by keeping their hand on the truck, which is owned by Sav's extremely strict father. As Holly J. and Sav are talking, Sav says that it was worth giving up the tickets to get the $600. Adam then responds by saying that Sav was crazy for giving up the passes. Later, after Bianca takes her hand off the truck (after getting a whiff of Eli's undeotorized arm pit), Eli, Wesley, and Adam are the only three Contestants left. Eli quickly gets rid of Wesley, due to him having to pee, by pouring a bottle of water out slowly

Adam and Eli then decide to split the tickets each, getting two instead of four. After they get the tickets, Sav asks them to both help unload the truck. Sav hands Adam the amp, which Adam quickly drops, smashing the truck's taillight. Later on at the Dot, Eli gives Sav the two extra tickets to the Dead Hand concert, to sell to get money for the taillight. Bionca then enters the Dot, and Sav sells her a ticket for $200, and he keeps the other. Afterwards, Eli quickly gets the taillight into the truck, Sav gratefully thanks Eli and says that he, Eli and Adam should hang out sometime. Eli agrees and then asks Sav how he's getting to the concert, with Eli's Hearse MortySav saying "I first have to figure out how to tell my dad I'm going." Adam then says that he can drive the truck to the concert, and Sav tells them he'll ask his dad. Later at the Dot, Sav tells Adam and Eli that his dad said no, but that he will take the car to the concert without telling his dad.

In I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (2) Sav, Eli, and Adam gather near the J.T. Yorke Memorial to find ideas on how to keep Sav's parents busy while they are at the concert. Sav seems uneasy to go, yet he is determined at the same time. They finally find an ad in the newspaper for a Bollywood show. When Sav gets home, he proposes the idea that his parents go to the Bollywood show. His father suspects something is up, but Sav's mother says that Sav is just being a good son, and they gratefully take the tickets to the Bollywood show. When his parents arrive at the show, Sav had snagged his mother's extra set of keys for his father's car, and he sneaks the car off to drive him, Adam, and Eli to the Dead Hand concert. Both Adam and Eli admit that they'd never take a chance to steal their parents car to go to a concert. Adam and EliEli, Adam and Sav arrive at the Dead Hand concert, backstage with passes. Bianca greets them, drunk. She throws her arms around Sav. The four are seen rocking out to the concert. After it ends, the band is seen leaving the stage, passing the four. The drummer throws Sav his drumsticks. Sav then checks his phone and says that they have to leave now, but Eli and Adam say that the band is coming back for an encore. They then stay for the encore. After the encore, Bianca's too drunk to find her friend, and asks if Sav can drive her home, too. Sav says okay, but they have to hurry. Sav picks up Bianca, and Adam and Eli and him rush to the car. When inside the car, Adam mentions that they'll never make it home in time to park Sav's father's car back in the parking lot. Bianca suggests to Sav that he speed, at first Sav is against it, but he goes through with it. Soon, the cops pull over Sav. The four wait in the car. Sav yells "why's it taking so long?! Just give me the speeding ticket so I can go!" The cop knocks on Sav's window and tells them that the car has been reported stolen. The next scene shows Sav at home, being scolded by his parents for stealing the car without permission, Sav is grounded for two months. At school the next day, Sav meets up with Adam and Eli in the hallway. Adam tells Sav he just learned a new bass line for a song, and maybe they could jam sometime. Sav says that'd be awesome, but he's only allowed out for school and student council duties. Adam asks if he could just lie to his father, and say he has a student council duty so they could jam with their music, but Sav says maybe he should stick to the truth for awhile. Eli agrees. As Sav begins to walk away, Adam admits that Sav's their hero. Sav smiles and tells Adam to "shut up" in humbleness, as the episode ends.

In Try Honesty (1) Eli arrives to school looking for a parking spot and sees Fitz and his friends in a empty one. He asks what's wrong with him and Fitz rips off a piece of Eli's car. Eli gets out and tells him to give it back to him. Fitz then throws it behind him and Eli tells him to go pick it up. Fitz refuses and asks Adam what he's looking at and he says he's trying to figure that out. Fitz and his friends go, leaving Eli mad. Later Fitz slams Adam into the locker and asks him if he's figured out what he's looking at yet. Adam says he still can't identify the smell and Fitz prepares to punch him, but Eli intervenes taunting him about the way he looks and smells. The fight is broken up and Eli tells both Adam and Clare that he refuses to be the victim to Fitz's bullying, but Clare thinks he should just ignore him. The next day Eli meets up with Clare and he says that ignoring Fitz would be unsatisfying, but Clare says there's no pointing getting violent. He says that's a matter of opinion and Clare says that he can do what he wants, and that he doesn't need to impress her. Eli asks her what makes her think he's trying to impress her and she just smiles at him. He then says that he'll try to smooth thing over and Clare, pleased, says that she know that he's smart. Fitz then interrupts them and Eli makes a snarky remark. Fitz then says that he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut and Eli offers a truce if Fitz will only apologize for damaging his car. Fitz begins to apologize but then knees Eli in his personal area. Eli falls to the ground and Clare tries to help him. Fitz says he "apologized" and leaves. Eli asks Clare if it's still a good idea to not to punch him but Clare says it will only make things worse. Later at The Dot, Eli tells Adam what happens and that he wants revenge. Eli then walks over to Fitz and offers up a deal-if Fitz and his friends leave Eli and his friends alone, he'll make him a fake ID-and Fitz accepts. Adam says that he thought that taking Fitz down would be more awesome, but Eli tells him that he has a plan. The next day, in the Media Immersions room Adam helps Eli look at pictures of wanted criminals to see who looks mostly like Fitz. Adam is at first reluctant, but Eli tells him it's time he learned his lesson

In the episode Try Honesty (2) Adam and Eli walk up to Fitz, and Eli hands him the fake ID. Eli asks if they won't have any more hassles and Fitz says that as long as the ID works, they'll be okay and Eli says that he has his word. Later that day, everything seems to be okay when Fitz gives Eli a light punch on the arm in the hallway, while he's talking to Clare. Clare seems pleased that Eli has made peace with Fitz, but he says that he's going to finish what Fitz started and walks away, leaving Clare confused. Clare turns around to Adam and says that someone needs to stop Eli if he's going to do something bad. Adam just states that she should stay out of it, because he has a big surprise in store for Fitz, and Clare walks away. The next day, Eli waits for Fitz to finish buying cigarettes and calls the police, reporting a fight and hangs up. He then goes up to Fitz and he tells him that cigarettes will kill him, calling him a moron. Fitz asks him what he wants and Eli pushes him back angrily. Fitz grabs him by the collar and throws him into an ally, the two beginning to fight. Fitz punches Eli several times and Eli, trying to prolong the fight, throws several trash cans between the two of them. They both hear sirens and Fitz tries to run, but Eli grabs his leg to stop him. The police arrive and make them stand against the wall while they search them. The female police officers takes their wallets to check their IDs, and Fitz says that since he has a fake ID, they won't even know who he is -- Eli just smiles at him. A little while later, the police officer tells Eli he is free go and arrests Fitz, who is confused about what is happening. Fitz is handcuffed and put in the police car. As they begin to pull out of the ally, Eli gives Fitz a dark smirk. Eli arrives back at school, with a victorious look on his face, and runs into a worried Clare. She asks what happened and says he and Fitz had a minor scrimmage, but no one got hurt. Clare touches Eli's chin, noticing his split lip, and asks him what happened. He tells her that the police had to break up a fight, since Fitz had the name of a convicted arsonist on his fake ID, he was arrested. Clare, shocked by the fact Eli had Fitz arrested, begins to walk away. Eli reassures her that when they clear out the mistaken identity, he'll be released. Still uncertain, Eli says that the worst that will happen to him is that he'll get busted for fake ID possession and that he might have to go to court. She says that he is going to be really mad, and Fitz walks up behind them. Clare walks behind Eli, and Fitz calmly says that Eli pulled a nice trick. Eli says that the ID was for novelty purposes only and that he hoped he had learned his lesson. Fitz says unfortunately for Eli, he's a slow learner and bumps Eli while walking away. Clare asks if the two are now at war, and Eli states he's right where he wants to be, in Fitz's head.

In My Body Is A Cage (1), Eli is talking to Adam at his locker. Eli keeps referring to Clare coming down the hall, but Adam doesn't understand and he rants about cute girls in his ballroom dancing class. Clare finally comes up to them and criticizes Eli's work for English class (Eli had written about a prostitute named Clara Edwin). When she leaves, Adam says he is disgusted by the way they talk to each other but Eli says (with a smirk) that he finds it entertaining. Eli brings up ballroom class again, and asks Adam which girls he finds cute. When Adam says Bianca, Eli is quick to disagree, offering several negatives about her. He then walks away. Later, after an accident (Adam got his period, but when he went to get out tampons from his locker, he knocked into Clare and they spilled on the floor. Fitz and Owen begin to tease him, but then he hands them to Clare and pretends to think it's gross. She plays along but is clearly confused.), Adam walks up to Eli and Clare who are talking on a bench about the tampon incident. When Adam begins to explain, Eli says he doesn't have to, but Adam decides to tell them that he is a FTM transgender. They are clearly a little awkward about it (shown by Eli's comment after a long awkward silence, "Cooool.") but they accept him for it and Eli even makes a joke about it, saying "Hold the phone, does that mean I can't let one rip in front of you?" to which Adam replied "I would br insulted if you didn't."

In My Body Is A Cage (2), Adam is being walked down the hall by a teacher and being gawked at. The teacher allows him to sit down with Clare and Eli, who seem to not have a problem with Adam being transgendered. Adam informs Clare and Eli that his family has never really accepted him and that he's going to have to change back to "Gracie" during his grandmother's visit. Later, Eli is seen with Clare and Adam, whom is lighting a bonfire. Drew comes along with Mrs. and Mr. Torres. Drew is carrying "Gracie" clothes, which they burn. Mrs. Torres hands Adam a picture of a young Gracie but Adam is reluctant to burn it, saying that it's still him.

Trivia

 * Eli is the first character to be named after a former character, Ellie.
 * He is rumored to have a dark past.

Memorable Quotes

 * Eli-"You have pretty eyes." Clare-"Thanks....I'll, uh, see you around?" Eli-" Guess you will."
 * Eli-"Something that...pisses you off." Clare-"Besides my English partner?" Eli-"Ouch!"
 * Eli-(to Clare) "You care too much about what people think."
 * Eli-"So what you're saying is my plan worked?" Clare-"Could you be more smug?" Eli-"Absolutely!"
 * Clare-"You can interfere every once in a while, but I'm still gonna do whatever I want." Eli-"Wouldn't expect anything less."
 * Clare-"What are you doing here?" Eli-"Hi, Eli, how are you? Fine Clare, thanks for asking."
 * Eli-(To Clare) "Missed you last night; was Twilight on TV?"
 * Eli-(To Sav) "You think I'd touch my dad's MGB? Why do you think I have my own car?"
 * Clare-"You don't have to impress me." Eli-"Who says I'm trying to impress you?"
 * Eli- (To Fitz)-" You punch like my Grandma!"
 * Clare-"What can I do?" Eli-(in pain) "Don't touch...anything."
 * Fitz-"E-li..." Eli-"Mm. Two syllables...good, good for you."
 * Adam-(To Eli) "What do we do until then?" Eli- "Ah grasshopper, there are ways to expedite the process."
 * Clare-(Complaining and talking fast) Eli-"Stop…rewind, and play."
 * Eli-(To Clare) "I'm in his head, right where I want to be."
 * Eli-(To Adam) "Hold the phone, does this mean I can't rip one in front of you?"
 * Eli-"I have the bladder of a camel"
 * Eli- "The title's centered"
 * Eli (to Bianca)- "Today, instead of Ocean Breeze, I used Day Old Trout."