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Old 03-08-2013, 19:46
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List the biggest (in your opinion) soap character flops;

(As in producers thought they would be good to the show and they flopped)

EE -

Glenda Mitchell
Danny Mitchell
Ava Hartman
Dexter Hartman
Sam James


Corrie -
Tim Metcalfe
Mandy Kamara
Jenna Kamara

That's all I have. Feel free to expand my list and include Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Doctors, Neighbours, Home and Away ect..
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Old 03-08-2013, 19:52
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Eastenders

Danny and Jake Moon
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Old 03-08-2013, 19:54
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EE Clare Bates. They could've done a lot more with her but didn't.
Same with-
Glenda Mitchell & Suzy Branning.
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Old 03-08-2013, 19:56
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Eddie, Tyler and Anthony Moon - EE
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Old 03-08-2013, 20:04
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EE
All the Moons (except Alfie and Michael, Jake did improve as well though but still didn't have the impact as expected)
Suzy Branning
Derek Branning
Andy Hunter
Ray Dixon
Archie Mitchell (completely underused and sort of wasted should've arrived late 2007)
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Old 03-08-2013, 20:06
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I disagree on Archie Mitchell.

If he wasn't killed in Who Killed Archie? I think his character would've been ruined and hung around like a bad smell. It would have ruined The Vic also, considering just Archie would have been pretty stupid.

I think he was used as much as he could be.
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Old 03-08-2013, 20:08
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I disagree on Archie Mitchell.

If he wasn't killed in Who Killed Archie? I think his character would've been ruined and hung around like a bad smell. It would have ruined The Vic also, considering just Archie would have been pretty stupid.

I think he was used as much as he could be.
Larry Lamb himself said they wasted him and more or less forced him into the who killed Archie plot.
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Old 03-08-2013, 20:11
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I always assumed Larry Lamb wanted to leave, I mean to have a character like Archie be killed off without the actor requesting it is a bit harsh.

I suppose the storyline is really iconic now though, and caused the exits of Archie, Stacey and Bradley.
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Old 03-08-2013, 20:15
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Callum Monks - Eastenders
Becca Swanson - Eastenders

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Old 03-08-2013, 20:27
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I'll just stick to recent ones...

EE:
The Moon bros. (not including Michael) and Eddie.
Derek Branning
Joey and Alice
AJ Masood

Corrie:
Mandy and Jenna
Rob Donovan

Emmerdale:
The Spencers
The Barton children
Dom and Gemma
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Old 03-08-2013, 20:27
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Hollyoaks:
Ally Gorman - his story on paper was good but unfortunately Dan O'Connor just wasn't able to make the character likeable in any way. Perhaps his story being muddled up mid-way didn't help either.
Pete Hamill - came in all exciting with a bit of mystery surrounding what he knew. Had one terrible storyline and the actor cut his contract short suddenly, with any story he was supposed to have been given probably given to other characters.
Emily Alexander - I know she was only a guest character but as the sister of Jacqui, Mercedes AND Theresa, I feel more could have been done with her. At least a mention now and again would be nice.

Neighbours:
Mason Turner - Huge flop. Can't take his villainous storylines seriously without seeing a bit more vulnerability to the character and can't take his relationships with other characters seriously without seeing a bit of emotion from the actor. Riley Parker 2.0/Declan Napier 2.0 2.0.
Michael Williams - Had so much potential in the beginning; I thought his story could make him a very convincing adult gay character but unfortunately we got nothing but ~2 emotionless short romances, then a storyline that was good but just didn't hit the right notes. I think the problem here was they didn't really know what to do with him.
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:14
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EastEnders

Eddie, Tyler and Anthony Moon - their arrivals were much heralded, they had their own "New Moons" special, they were aligned with some of the more established characters on the show and then they ended up doing sweet FA in terms of memorable storylines.

The Ferreira family - the victims of unfortunate circumstances around the deportation of the actor who played their father, they went from the promise of a ratings grabbing "murder your father" plot and ended up with the woeful kidney transplant saga. Linking Shirley Benson and her cat to the family didn't help matters either.
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:16
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undoubtedly Rob Donavon in Corrie, being Carla's brother they had the potential to bring, and be, so much
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:16
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Ray in Eastenders ...
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:17
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EE

Sam James
Ava Hartman
Kirsty Branning
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:20
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Emmerdale -
Grayson Sinclair and Perdy Sinclair - Worst. Actors. Ever
Adam the doctor
Adam the vet (Tim Vincent)

Eastenders -
Nathan Evans (Roy's bastard son)
Glenda Mitchell
The Ferrerras
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:21
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Dexter has to be one of the most annoying, tedious, pointless characters ever created.
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:26
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The Mortons in Coronation Street.
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:38
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Mandy and Tim in Corrie
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:49
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:49
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Jim Fenner as Harry Mason the bookie in Corrie plus his son.
Dr Matt Ramsden and his wife Charlie in Corrie.
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:58
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Callum Monks - Eastenders
Becca Swanson - Eastenders

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Callum's dad Vinnie (played by Bobby Davro) was a flop as well. Because he was being played by a comedian/entertainer they thought his character would be Alfie Moon Part 2 but his character never took off.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:18
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Ava Hartman for sure. She started off so well too until she moved to Walford permanently and become like the other screeching fishwives.

Derek Branning. He was hyped to be the next great EE villain but he was a bit of a joke and complete let down really.

The Turner family in Neighbours. With the exception of Lauren they've all turned out to be pretty poor characters with Mason being the worst.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:25
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:28
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EE :
Glenda
The Moons
Sharon and Denny
New Lucy
AJ
Derek Branning (Considering Jamie Foreman comes from a gangster family he didn't play a convincing big villain. He was more of a petty criminal and a bit of a joke).
Syed and Christian

Corrie:
Mary
Mandy
Genna
Sean (He really is terrible)

Emmerdale :
Dom and Gemma
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