Girl of the Week: Difference between revisions

Like the [[Temporary Love Interest]], this is a way to give the hero some romance for the episode while still allowing the focus of the show to be on the plot or the arc, but the Girl of the Week does not have to [[Cartwright Curse|die at the end]]. The girl will be [[One -Shot Character|gone by the next episode]], possibly because of a wacky misunderstanding a la the [[Three Is Company]] plotline, or a [[Minor Flaw, Major Breakup|very minor flaw]], but sometimes just not showing up again, with [[Snap Back|no explanation offered]]. This relationship will generally be rockier or less passionate than that with the [[Temporary Love Interest]], allowing its end to be less dramatic. If someone is ''noted'' for getting extremely passionate about every Girl of the Week, sincerely believing each one in turn to be the love of their life but then forgetting all about them a week later, they're a [[Serial Romeo]]. Sometimes, particularly in a [[Walking the Earth]] series, there's ''no'' relationship, but the girl is shown having an obvious interest in the hero (which may be mutual) before he inevitably moves on.

* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' also often used Girl of the Week. Though the [[Minor Flaw, Major Breakup|increasingly petty reasons those relationships ended]] (liking a certain commercial, eating peas one at a time, having "man hands," etc.) could be considered [[Lampshade Hanging]].

* In the last couple of series of the original run of ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', Ace seemed to find a new young female best friend to hang out with almost everywhere (and everywhen) they went. The level of [[Ho Yay|subtext]] varied, but was [[Word of Gay|later confirmed]] to be deliberate with at least some of them.