Guiding Light: Difference between revisions

* [[The Cameo]]: Rudy Giuliani appeared as himself, while he was still mayor. (The show was filmed in [[Big Applesauce|New York.]])

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Claire Ramsey, Vicky Spaulding are both examples.

* [[Chronic Villainy]]: Reva had her moments.

* [[Deadly Distant Finale]]. The last few scenes of the show take place exactly a year after the rest of the episode: showing everyone's [[Happily Ever After]]. Except Edmund and Jeffrey, who are locked in a [[Stern Chase]] with [[No Ending]].

* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Cassie's youngest son, Will. He was deliberately cast with [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2089090/ Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick], the child actor who played Damien in [[The Omen]] remake for this purpose.

* [[Family Relationship Switcheroo]]: Philip is led to believe his biological parents are Alan and Elizabeth Spaulding. In actuality, they are Justin and Jackie Marler, his former step-parents. He finds out via Bradley, [[Star-Crossed Lovers|his girlfriend Beth's]] [[Abusive Parents|abusive stepfather.]]

* [[Happily Ever After]]: The Finale does this with some [[Last-Minute Hookup|last second romantic entanglements.]]

* [[Large Ham]]: Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, and never more so than in one of the show's most [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=366qDdlKZsE#t=127s famous scenes].

* [[Long Runner]]: Nearly '''Seventy-three''' years! As we keep mentioning, it's the ''longest running narrative in human history''.

* [[Love Dodecahedron]]

* [[May-December Romance]]: Alan and Hope, HB and Reva, Roger and Dinah, Ross and Blake, Matt and Vanessa

* [[Older Than Television]]: ''[[Guiding Light]] itself.''

* [[Rape and Revenge]]: Holly shot Roger in the chest three times after he raped her.

* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Inevitable. The series ran for four full ''human generations'' of writers; no one man could ever keep decades of ''literally'' ceaseless continuity straight (the show existed before ''archiving'' was easy) and there were mistakes at times.

** To ridiculous extents. One character was SORASed so she was twelve years older than her ''older brother''.

** Phillip Spaulding is an infamous example, he went from six months old to about seventeen years in a matter of months.

* [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]]

* [[The Three Certainties in Life]]:

* [[Toilet Seat Divorce]]: Many have taken place in Springfield, but Josh and Reva are notable for doing this ''a lot''.

* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: The show is actually set in a town named Springfield. It was originally of this trope, but then decided it was Springfield, Illinois.

 

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