- Someone has an affair, then the friend finds out and threatens to tell. The person who had the affair targets friend, convincing them to think about what he/she would destroy which leads to the friend giving them another chance. Boyfriend/girlfriend eventually finds out the truth and then ends up not talking to the friend and the cheater. Tears all around!
It's also similar to
"I have something to tell you"
*other person distracts them by saying something else* then "What were you going to say?"
"Um..never mind, it can wait"
*6 months later*
"YOU DID WHAT?!"
*Enter full blown argument*
- Soap police arresting the innocent people
- Someone whispers something secret loudly and people who are close don't hear them
If someone tells a whopping lie about you then the whole community will immediately believe it and shun you, even if they have known you for years and the liar is a known villain.
yer I find that one annoying, Hollyoaks and Corrie are bad for that one.
Along with EE's Billy and his endless cycle of "getting sacked/being skint/being treated like crap by Phil yet keeps going back for more" storylines..:yawn:
Random long-lost relatives turning up purely to give (usually dull) characters some point to their continued existence in a show (this also applies to Billy).
Fights consisting of just one or two slaps or punches (with added cartoon-style sound effects) followed by the pair being separated by another character, saying: "Leave them, he or she is not worth it!"
EE is a major offender in these, in fact on the last one, Jack has said it to Max twice in as many episodes!
EE is a major offender in these, in fact on the last one, Jack has said it to Max twice in as many episodes!
Jack said it to Max twice in last episode! Carl was smiling at Max at the bar and Jack stopped Max going over to him, saying 'hes not worth it', then he dragged Max away from Carl and said the same thing about 10 minutes later.
Strangely, they let girl fights go on forever. I remember when they had Stacey have tons of cat fights with Janine and Chelsea a few years ago, and the fights used to go on for a good 5 minutes.
Along with EE's Billy and his endless cycle of "getting sacked/being skint/being treated like crap by Phil yet keeps going back for more" storylines..:yawn:
Random long-lost relatives turning up purely to give (usually dull) characters some point to their continued existence in a show (this also applies to Billy).
Fights consisting of just one or two slaps or punches (with added cartoon-style sound effects) followed by the pair being separated by another character, saying: "Leave them, he or she is not worth it!"
Jack said it to Max twice in last episode! Carl was smiling at Max at the bar and Jack stopped Max going over to him, saying 'hes not worth it', then he dragged Max away from Carl and said the same thing about 10 minutes later.
Strangely, they let girl fights go on forever. I remember when they had Stacey have tons of cat fights with Janine and Chelsea a few years ago, and the fights used to go on for a good 5 minutes.
That's cos they know they will get the male viewers in to watch the girlies wrestle, surprised they don't make them do it in mud.
"I'll stick/put the kettle on", like a cup of tea will make everything better. Glad Sinead in Corrie picked up on this tired cliche and didn't know what to do.
"That was a stupid thing to say", well use your brain then. :rolleyes:
1) Nobody can redecorate a room without throwing paint at each other.
2) No-one ever plans a holiday months in advance. They always go decide to the same day, the day or week after despite work commitments. The boss never refuses, in face they practically push them out the door.
3) I swear in Emmerdale they've been to Australia at a moments notice. And when Pauls boyfriend left for there a few years ago, someone actually said "If you ever want to see him it's only a days travel away".
4) Picking children up when they are evidently too big to be picked up.
5) Receiving a text is always something secret and usually dodgy.
6) Any newcomers never have any parents or friends from their "old" life. And at their wedding / funeral, no-one like that ever turns up!
7) All the kids hate school, and come home for lunch. If they're not skiving in the first place!
8) Making a phone call where the person picks up / a message is left within 2 seconds of dialing the number.
9) Even the newest barmaid / café worker gives someone a pint or a coffee "on the house". That would never happen!
Characters abandoning their lives and moving away in the space of one or two days. Even characters who have children, a job and presumably a mortgage to pay can be ready to leave on a one-way ticket to Spain within a few hours. If you've committed a crime you can do so within a matter of minutes. In the real world it takes at least a few weeks to get away like that. If you're emigrating it really should take a couple of months in most cases...
The whole trying to tell somebody some earth-shatteringly important news shtick that all the soaps must have used a billion times and then some - where the recipient of said news inevitably starts babbling over the news-giver with some banal diatribe (usually something that makes whatever the person is trying to tell them 1000x worse) despite the fact that that the person trying to tell them something is clearly distressed and anybody in that situation would have picked up on this and let them speak before going off on a tangent. Winds me right up. It's especially annoying when the babbler then rushes off, leaving the news-giver behind to huff anxiously into the camera.
The way the camera lingers for a few seconds at the end of an exchange on one person watching the other walk away. Either with the evil grin already mentioned or some other predictable facial expression.
Although some of these can be quite funny when you have crappy actors who can't even do that right.
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It's also similar to
"I have something to tell you"
*other person distracts them by saying something else* then "What were you going to say?"
"Um..never mind, it can wait"
*6 months later*
"YOU DID WHAT?!"
*Enter full blown argument*
- Soap police arresting the innocent people
- Someone whispers something secret loudly and people who are close don't hear them
yer I find that one annoying, Hollyoaks and Corrie are bad for that one.
It is sometimes (speaking from experience many years ago).
I was in one a year ago when they interviewed two of us together. That was as much fun as it sounds:D
EE is a major offender in these, in fact on the last one, Jack has said it to Max twice in as many episodes!
Jack said it to Max twice in last episode! Carl was smiling at Max at the bar and Jack stopped Max going over to him, saying 'hes not worth it', then he dragged Max away from Carl and said the same thing about 10 minutes later.
Strangely, they let girl fights go on forever. I remember when they had Stacey have tons of cat fights with Janine and Chelsea a few years ago, and the fights used to go on for a good 5 minutes.
That's cos they know they will get the male viewers in to watch the girlies wrestle, surprised they don't make them do it in mud.
They did in Emmerdale a few years ago. It was between Jo & Sammy, they were fighting over Andy
http://youtu.be/6mUA9VAK1Rk
"I'll stick/put the kettle on", like a cup of tea will make everything better. Glad Sinead in Corrie picked up on this tired cliche and didn't know what to do.
"That was a stupid thing to say", well use your brain then. :rolleyes:
"I'm not a charity case!" is often muttered.
1) Nobody can redecorate a room without throwing paint at each other.
2) No-one ever plans a holiday months in advance. They always go decide to the same day, the day or week after despite work commitments. The boss never refuses, in face they practically push them out the door.
3) I swear in Emmerdale they've been to Australia at a moments notice. And when Pauls boyfriend left for there a few years ago, someone actually said "If you ever want to see him it's only a days travel away".
4) Picking children up when they are evidently too big to be picked up.
5) Receiving a text is always something secret and usually dodgy.
6) Any newcomers never have any parents or friends from their "old" life. And at their wedding / funeral, no-one like that ever turns up!
7) All the kids hate school, and come home for lunch. If they're not skiving in the first place!
8) Making a phone call where the person picks up / a message is left within 2 seconds of dialing the number.
9) Even the newest barmaid / café worker gives someone a pint or a coffee "on the house". That would never happen!
Yes!
"Just a pint please, love"
Then the barmaid goes to get a pint using her psychic powers as she doesn't need to ask what they want a pint of.
This doesn't happen so much any more but when people used to get texts off withheld numbers.
That was possible, me and my friends used to do it all the time at school.
Really? How does that work? Never heard of it in my life!
Pauline Fowler used to the the Queen of this ^^^^
Although some of these can be quite funny when you have crappy actors who can't even do that right.
These are soap cliches and really overused but I do hear them in real life from time to time.
Although it's more "I'll LET myself out" when you go to walk them to the door.