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* [[Actor Shipping]]:

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]:

** Nathan trying to kill himself - Is he a selfish jackass doing it because he can't play basketball, or is he doing it out of fear that he's going to become a [[Generation Xerox]] of Dan?

** Is Dan Scott genuinely trying to atone for his mistakes, or just doing it for a quick buck?

* [[Complete Monster]]: The show has a number of surprisingly disturbing, twisted villains for a teen soap, including {{spoiler|Ian "Psycho Derek" Banks}}, loan shark Daunte Jones, deranged stalker "Nanny Carrie", and psychotic ex Katie, all of whom skirt this trope. However, only {{spoiler|Xavier "Ex" Daniels crosses enough lines to indisputably enter this trope, being responsible for assaults, murders, kidnappings, and other crimes, in addition to displaying a disturbingly sadistic personality throughout.}}

** His return in Season 9 confirms this full-stop.

** A portion of the fanbase think Quinn is this.

** Alex Dupre, who actually hijacked another character's plot in Season 8 after Jana Kramer decided to launch a music career, and the producers decided that Alex was now ''also'' a singer, in addition to being an actress & model.

** Nathan for [[Platonic Life Partners|Haley/Lucas]] shippers.

** [[Invoked Trope|Intentionally invoked]] with Chris Keller - Fans initially liked him, thinking he was there to be Peyton's new love interest, until they realised he was there to cause problems for Nathan & Haley, at which point this happened. The show would later invert this situation with Julian, by introducing him in a way that made it appear he was there to cause problems for Lucas & Peyton, before revealing he was there as Brooke's new love interest.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]

** Brooke was initially introduced to be a female friend for Peyton and wasn't even in the show's pilot. Regardless, she grew to be a major character and by the end of the series, was the only character to appear in every episode (Well, not counting the pilot).

** This was also the case with Millie - Initially, she was only supposed to be in one episode, but the producers liked her so much they brought her on full-time.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Brooke and Peyton, Brooke and Rachel.

* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: The jokes about Chuck's mom being an alcoholic became this when Season 9 revealed that Chuck's father abuses the two of them. No wonder she turned to alcohol.

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Lydia, Haley's mom, assuming that Haley is pregnant when Haley comes to talk to her and her dad about getting married to Nathan. She wasn't pregnant ''then'', but in Season 4...

** Lucas giving Julian relationship advice about Brooke in "Searching For A Former Clarity" is either this or [[Harsher in Hindsight]] when you realise Chad Michael Murray (Lucas) divorced Sophia Bush (Brooke) & she had since begun a relationship with Austin Nichols (Julian) in real life.

* [[Ho Yay]]:

** Watch any post-Season 4 episode featuring Dan Scott, and you'll be spoiled on that [[Moral Event Horizon|he did something so horrible his sons disowned him]]. Depending on the episode, you'll also be spoiled on the "something" that Dan did being {{spoiler|the murder of his own brother}}.

* [[Les Yay]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Rachel Gatina in-show, for Brooke and Peyton.

'''Rachel''': I'm outta here, over-possessive-best-friends-with-weird-lesbian-energy... [[And Zoidberg|and Haley.]] }}

** There's a ton over the course of the series. When they're not fighting, Brooke and Rachel experience this.

* [[Mary Sue]]: Alex Dupre. She's an actress/model/singer who combines elements of [[Relationship Sue]], [[Jerk Sue]] & [[Sympathetic Sue]].

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: One of the clearest cases in any media. Dan Scott - all around [[Jerkass]], bad father, and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], but nothing too bad. {{spoiler|Until he kills Keith - his own brother - in cold blood, pins the murder on Jimmy Edwards, and uses Keith's death to worm his way back into Lucas & Karen's lives}}.

* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Karen talking Brooke's parents into letting Brooke stay in Tree Hill after they move to California for work became one retroactively, after Brooke's mother Victoria made her first appearance in Season 5 & was revealed to be a complete bitch.

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: Dear God, so many. The first was arguably Naley, for Nathan/Haley, which has actually been [[Lampshade Hanging|referenced]] in the show. Others include: Leyton (Lucas/Peyton), Brucas (Brooke/Lucas), Jeyton (Jake/Peyton), Brulian (Brooke/Julian), etc. Brulian has also been name-dropped on the show by the (female) Alex.

*** Meanwhile the Naley fans can get along perfectly with ''any'' of the above shipper groups. Or they can [[Pass the Popcorn]] while the other shipper groups fight.

* [[Shipping Goggles]]: Brucas fans have a habit of vilifying Peyton and arguing that it's all her (And to a lesser extent, Lucas's) fault that Brooke & Lucas split up at the start of season 4, with Brooke being completely blameless. Never mind that Peyton was willing to hide her feelings for Lucas if Brooke were to admit that she was in love with Lucas, and that it was ''Brooke'' who wasn't willing to fight for the relationship.

* [[Shipping Wars]]: Leyton vs. Brucas, Leyton vs. Jeyton, Brulian vs. Brucas, Naley vs. [[Die for Our Ship|anyone who dares to come between them]], etc, etc, etc...

* [[The Woobie]]: Clay Evans - {{spoiler|Met the love of his life, married her & had a little boy together... And then she suddenly dropped dead in the kitchen, and Clay was so traumatised by this, that he blocked out all memories of his son & took several years to even accept his wife's death}}.

* [[Win Back the Crowd]]: Season 9, following the [[Seasonal Rot]] of Seasons Seven and Eight, with the [[Darker and Edgier]] storyline of {{spoiler|Nathan being kidnapped by Eastern European assassins.}}