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''Emmerdale'' is a long-running British [[Soap Opera]], set in the titular Yorkshire village.
From its creation in 1972 until 1989, it was known as ''Emmerdale Farm'', the series was generally based around the farm and rural life in the village, often centring around the village pub, The Woolpack.
Notably, almost every person who moves to the village (even the illegitimate ones) either joins or is joined by their family, and so joins in the near-constant feuding among the famillies in the village.
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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Averted with Adopted siblings Scot and Kelly Windsor and Foster siblings Daz Eden and Victoria Sugden, it was almost played horribly true with {{spoiler|unknowing half-siblings Ryan Lamb and Maisie Wylde}}, and even though the bullet was dodged on the incest {{spoiler|the revelation they almost had sex led Maisie to have a break down and to the murder of their father at the hands of Maisie's mother}}.
* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: Chris Tate who upon discovering his wife had been cheating on him with his enemy - and her cousin - Cain Dingle went after Cain with a gun then decided Charity was the one he truly hated so he committed suicide and framed her for murder (having recently discovered he had months to live). Cain Dingle himself definitely fits this trope: after being rejected by Angie he stalked her and frightened off any man she got involved with until she was so desperate that she tried to framed him for a crime. He also attacks and/or threatens any man who shows interest in Charity
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Jackson}} via assisted suicide
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Dropped A Plane On Them]]: One of the most famous storylines.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: Its a realistic soap, so this is to be expected.
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: played VERY, VERY straight with the Dingles, to the point that there's at least one definite (though slightly averted in that they were Second cousins) case of progeny, Debbie, who is surprisingly a lot more stable than either of her parents, except for her own propensity for incest for nearly 2 years. this has been lampshaded by other characters repeatedly. the main offenders being: Charity/Cain, Charity/Marlon, Eli/Debbie, Eli/Chas, a brief one-sided Eli/Gennie, the list goes on.
* [[Geographic Flexibility]]: Applies a little bit to the village itself, but more pertinently to the nearby town of Hotton, which is as big or small and contains as many or as few bars/shops/attractions as are currently necessary for the plot.
** Not quite, given that Hotton is a supposed [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|copy of Haughton, South Yorkshire]].
** Location scenes based in Hotton are usually filmed in the town of Otley, close to the TV studios in Leeds where the show is filmed. Until the late 1990s, an actual village, Esholt, was used for exterior scenes of the village, until a purpose-built set was built on the grounds of a stately home close to Leeds.
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* [[My Local]]: The Woolpack.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: A few times with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwL6rcR_7yQ Roxanne Pallett].
** Maisie Wylde, no less.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Are you seriously going to threaten ''Cain'' Dingle? Yes, it's a recurring theme to use Biblical names in Emmerdale.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Marlon is this to the rest of the Dingles.
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* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Jack Sugden was hastily written out after actor Clive Hornby became ill, and the character was later killed off following Hornby's death.
* [[Retool]]: From 2003 onwards.
* [[Soapland Christmas]]: The murder of Tom King on his wedding day (on Christmas Day) in 2006 is probably the most famous one.
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* [[The Unintelligible]]: Moira Barton (well, her accent is).
* [[Too Soon]]: The plane crash drew criticism and a reprimand from the [[Media Watchdogs]] for its parallels with the Lockerbie disaster.
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