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Famous [[Long Runner|long-running]] [[Soap Opera]] on TV which first began airing in 1956 and finally ended in 2010. It takes place in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois. It mainly focuses on the Snyder and the Hughes families. Groundbreaking in that it featured the first American daytime male same-sex kiss and gay supercouple.
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=== It features example of the following tropes: ===
* [[Abusive Parents]]:
** It has never been confirmed that Reid is from Texas, only that he lived and worked there. Fandom seems to have decided that Reid is from Boston.
* [[And Starring]]: Eileen Fulton as Lisa
* [[Armoured Closet Gay]]: Noah, initially.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Katie, Vienna and Henry for starters.
** Jennifer Landon's Gwen was supposed to be a one episode character. She impressed producers so much that she was signed to a long-term contract, and went on to win three consecutive Daytime Emmys.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: James Stenback does this '''a lot.'''.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Often used to explain how somebody came back from the dead.
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]
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* [[Elevator Failure]]: It is a Soap Opera, after all.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Katie was in on Vienna's plan to trap Henry into marrying her (Vienna). She drew the line at faking a miscarriage.
* [[Fan Sequel]]: [http://www.youtube.com/user/bunchoflemons#grid/user/0598661CE1F4637E The Reid Oliver Cartoon Saga].
** Which the actor playing Reid is aware of and has said he enjoys.
* [[Gay Aesop]]: Subverted in that the person who learned the aesop was the on who left the show as opposed to the gay person.
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* [[Hide Your Gays]]
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Reid.
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]▼
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Reid fits this one to a T.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Reid.
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* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Offing the Offspring]]
* [[One True Pairing]]: Luke/Noah, Carly/Jack, Holden/Lily, and other Super-Couples.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: It seems generally agreed upon that Reid is an example of what would happen if a real person were ever to enter a soap opera.
* [[Pair the Spares]]: Done when the show ended.
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Nancy was supposed to play a much larger role in Chris's transplant storyline but her actress (Helen Wagner) died.
* [[Retcon]]: Tends to happen when [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]] is involved.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Many characters have become this at one point; Janet may be the best example.
* [[Screaming Birth]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Reid and Luke.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Craig, Lucinda.
* [[Soap Opera]]
* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Craig toward Carly,.▼
▲* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]
▲* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Craig toward Carly,
* [[Tangled Family Tree]]: Even by soap opera standards, the Snyder family is something to behold. One example: [[Super Couple]] Holden and Lily also uncle and niece because Lily is the daughter of Holden's adopted sister Iva, who was raped by an adopted Snyder cousin who later married Holden's bio sister Meg. Keep in mind there are six Snyder siblings.
* [[TV Genius]]: Reid.
* [[Undercover As Lovers]]: Luke and Casey, Ameera and Noah.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]

Latest revision as of 02:07, 30 March 2015

Famous long-running Soap Opera on TV which first began airing in 1956 and finally ended in 2010. It takes place in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois. It mainly focuses on the Snyder and the Hughes families. Groundbreaking in that it featured the first American daytime male same-sex kiss and gay supercouple.

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