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Old 24-06-2015, 00:40
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When we watch soaps we wait for a great storyline But also we have storylines that were so out of this world and so weird it is untrue My selections are

Jai not recognising his own Son in Emmerdale
The storyline where a Cult called the Believers were brainwashing everyone in Home and Away
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Old 24-06-2015, 00:45
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Kevin the student who believed he was an alien (Hollyoaks)

Elliot the brainbox seriously believing his dad had been abducted by aliens years earlier (Hollyoaks)

The time a tropical disease resulted in the whole of Brookside Close being put into quarantine and cordoned off.
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Old 24-06-2015, 00:49
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Debbie Dingle being a damn Gangster and scaring off grown ass men.
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Old 24-06-2015, 00:59
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HO
India shitting in the car (not really a storyline)
Bombhead hiding his dead mum. Probably the worst soap story ever.
Jesus in the potato
Dodger going on the run for no reason at all since he hadn't done anything wrong, and neither had his daughter whom he was protecting.
Elliot and the alien-abducted father
Sienna abducting everyone/trying to marry her brother
Texas/Dodger/Will. Weirdest love triangle ever.
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Old 24-06-2015, 01:16
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Hollyoaks takes the title in the UK for this the US has had tons of off the wall stories in their soaps.
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Old 24-06-2015, 03:58
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I'm only 47, so I don't know about all time, but the Ryan baby switch on Corrie wasn't very well executed
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Old 24-06-2015, 04:54
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Harold returning to Neighbours must deserve a mention

Also, although not exactly a storyline, Bouncers dream
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Old 24-06-2015, 05:21
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"Who shagged Kat?"

I mean....really?!! This is EE's take on "Who shot JR?"
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Old 24-06-2015, 07:36
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Exploding wheelchair....Sons and Daughters
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Old 24-06-2015, 07:52
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I'm only 47, so I don't know about all time, but the Ryan baby switch on Corrie wasn't very well executed
the werid thing is, that SL has been completly retconned :S now michelle doesnt even mention it and makes out like it never even existed :S im not even sure if she keeps in contact with Alex :/ Talk about continuity errors
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Old 24-06-2015, 08:20
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Bobbys snake scaring the s**t out of poppy meadow xD
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Old 24-06-2015, 08:49
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Back in those dark days of 2004, EastEnders ran a storyline about the death of a WW2 veteran called Jack, who had apparently lived in Walford all his life but we'd never seen him. Sonia went around preaching to the whole Square about how important it was to remember him. We even had a whole episode devoted to Jack's funeral. Bizarre.
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Old 24-06-2015, 11:36
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I'm just going to drop this clip in here and leave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dtay3HWjuk
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Old 24-06-2015, 11:44
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So many in HO.

Lisa becoming a prostitute out of nowhere.
Stephs quest for fame and inheriting a donkey.
The Potato.
Myras tribute after her fake death.
The fake death of Jacqui with real dead body.
Mercedes held captive by rabid dogs.
The fact that 3 McQueens faked their deaths.
Everything involving The Savages from the day of that stupid festival until the day of Wills death.
Mercedes in a dungeon.
Nancy/Ravi/Kris 3 way relationship.
The lawnmower race.
Carmel becomes a cheerleading instructor.
Fake priest cons Carmel.
Texas and Mandy sell Cindy fake art, lose a snake (otherwise known as Sarah Dunn is contracted for x episodes and wants to leave so lets burn off her contract with anything).
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Old 24-06-2015, 11:45
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When we watch soaps we wait for a great storyline But also we have storylines that were so out of this world and so weird it is untrue My selections are

Jai not recognising his own Son in Emmerdale
The storyline where a Cult called the Believers were brainwashing everyone in Home and Away
Everyone? Um.. Wasn't it just Tasha?
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Old 24-06-2015, 11:47
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Some pretty weird things happened on Brookside towards the end.
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Old 24-06-2015, 12:00
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Some pretty weird things happened on Brookside towards the end.
Pretty weird? even the messy HO of today wouldn't go that far with some of them.


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Old 24-06-2015, 12:10
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I remember a couple of years ago a random French preist turned up in EE, I can't remember what plot device he was used for (something with Dot I think) but lets say it was very Allo Allo given the actor wasn't French and had a poor accent. I think Abi even had to give him a "tour" of Walford or something ridiculous.

I just remember being worried he was new addition to the cast given his prominence in a couple of episodes.
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Old 24-06-2015, 13:55
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Harold returning to Neighbours must deserve a mention

Also, although not exactly a storyline, Bouncers dream
This gets mentioned a lot but as I remember it Madge and Harold went to the beach, Harold was stood by some rocks, Madge was looking in a different direction and then turned back and Harold was gone. There was never a body recovered he was just classed as a missing person (I think). 5 years later he turns up again but has forgotten his previous life and was going under a different name and working for the Salvation Army. It was Helen who first clocked him. The fact he was never declared dead originally meant he could come back at any time.

The weirdest story for me was when Victoria in Emmerdale (the previous red-headed one) lost her voice/went dumb through a trauma (I can't remember why) and she only communicated through a ventriloquist dummy.
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Old 24-06-2015, 13:59
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95% of the current Hollyoaks storylines qualify as weird. Not that Bryan Kirkwood is smart enough to do that intentionally, rather due to his mindless and scatterbrained ideas.

On Neighbours I found Ruby Dwyer's gambling story really odd.
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Old 24-06-2015, 15:49
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Most of Brookside once Lindsey Corkhill became a gangster.
Clive the Gorilla-gram is revealed to actually be a doctor in Neighbours
Alfie's Quest for a Condom in EE
Lauren running over Max
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Old 24-06-2015, 16:02
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I can't believe this threads lasted 20 posts without a mention of Pam Uwin dreaming an entire year of Dallas and waking up to find Bobby Uwin in the shower
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Old 24-06-2015, 16:37
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Emmerdale - Ginger Sugden and that bloody doll...
Not abnormal but it was weird to me and definitely freaked me out
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Old 24-06-2015, 17:29
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Emmerdale - Ginger Sugden and that bloody doll...
Not abnormal but it was weird to me and definitely freaked me out
True Keviness! And then she suddenly seemed to turn into what we see now as brunette Vic with boyfriends and cooking in the pub!
UK soaps don't do 'weird' as much as the US or Aussie soaps though.
The only UK one from years back has to be dear ATV's Crossroads - with witchcraft, ghost stories, Amy Turtle being accused of being a Russian spy, and dopey Benny becoming psychic!
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Old 24-06-2015, 17:29
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Dere's disappearing bloody garden gnomes in Corrie, who kept sending him postcards from various locations!!
I think it was meant to be funny......it wasn't!!!
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