...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Soap Wheel
- 51 statements
- 8 feature instances
- 7 referencing feature instances
| Soap Wheel | type |
FeatureClass | |
| Soap Wheel | label |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel | page |
SoapWheel | |
| Soap Wheel | comment |
Most soaps fall under two categories, large casts and Long-Runners. Over this long period they have perfected the method of keeping the stories moving and the characters changing: The A B C plot wheel. Plot A — one of the teens is pregnant. Halfway through this Story Arc, Plot B will kick in - someone has amnesia. By the time Plot A is finished and the teenager has given birth, the main character in Plot B is in a hospital bed and has just remembered that his wife was the one who tried to kill him. Then in another part of the cast, someone's daughter has started taking drugs - Plot C starts. When their parents find out, Plot B's wife is in jail and he is happily settled in his new life. Meanwhile Plot A's baby is now a toddler due to Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome, and is being stalked by her real father and the mother is going slowly mad. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })By starting a new story about half way through another, there is a constant rotation of new plots. The drama keeps flowing, and these people never receive a moment's rest. This is the Soap Wheel, the time-tested way to turn a large cast into a nonstop cavalcade of drama. For a similar trope that happens in a single episode of a series, see Two Lines, No Waiting. For the "episodic" version of this trope, see Four Lines, All Waiting. Compare Nested Story and Kudzu Plot. Can easily become a Mind Screw. |
|
| Soap Wheel | fetched |
2022-05-19T07:11:58Z | |
| Soap Wheel | parsed |
2022-05-19T07:11:58Z | |
| Soap Wheel | processingComment |
Dropped link to Dynasty1981: Not an Item - UNKNOWN | |
| Soap Wheel | processingComment |
Dropped link to SoapOpera: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Soap Wheel | processingComment |
Dropped link to SuperHero: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Soap Wheel | processingUnknown |
Dynasty (1981) | |
| Soap Wheel | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Soap Wheel / int_133f0a53 | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_133f0a53 | comment |
Utilized by several anime adaptations of visual novels, notably Kanon and Air. A justified use, since it's a good way to merge several characters' nonconvergent individual stories from the games into a series that gives everyone a chance in the spotlight. | |
| Soap Wheel / int_133f0a53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_133f0a53 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Kanon (Visual Novel) | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_133f0a53 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2d1537ff | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2d1537ff | comment |
Home and Away | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2d1537ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2d1537ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Home and Away | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_2d1537ff | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2fe9c4b0 | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2fe9c4b0 | comment |
Days of Our Lives | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2fe9c4b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_2fe9c4b0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Days of Our Lives | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_2fe9c4b0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_36807c5d | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_36807c5d | comment |
Neighbours | |
| Soap Wheel / int_36807c5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_36807c5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Neighbours | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_36807c5d | |
| Soap Wheel / int_89fa77a | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_89fa77a | comment |
Coronation Street: Another long running British soap. | |
| Soap Wheel / int_89fa77a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_89fa77a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Coronation Street | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_89fa77a | |
| Soap Wheel / int_959dd815 | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_959dd815 | comment |
Professional Wrestling uses this on a regular basis, rotating feuds in the undercard — which fits, as it's often referred to as a Soap Opera for men. | |
| Soap Wheel / int_959dd815 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_959dd815 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Professional Wrestling | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_959dd815 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_d240c96f | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_d240c96f | comment |
EastEnders was an early pioneer of this format and still uses it today. | |
| Soap Wheel / int_d240c96f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_d240c96f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| EastEnders | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_d240c96f | |
| Soap Wheel / int_e44cb505 | type |
Soap Wheel | |
| Soap Wheel / int_e44cb505 | comment |
Hollyoaks | |
| Soap Wheel / int_e44cb505 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Soap Wheel / int_e44cb505 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Hollyoaks | hasFeature |
Soap Wheel / int_e44cb505 |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.