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The Only Way Is Essex

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The Only Way Is Essex	comment	If you ever wanted to know what could make the title for being the British version of Jersey Shore note Although, Geordie Shore and The Valleys would be a more appropriate comparison or The Hills, it might just be ITV's The Only Way Is Essex, set in the titular Essex. It follows the lives of young, attractive twenty-somethings living in Essex and their relationships with their friends and neighbours. Their families also make frequent cameos, making the show have a large cast of contestants.It's a popular show in the UK among the younger generation, being a Fountain of Memes with questionable slang, fake tan, and characters splashing the cash a lot. Despite being a Reality TV show, it claims to have set up some of the events for entertainment purposes, but how far this happens is debatable.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
The Only Way Is Essex / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: In recent times, it's taken on this tone, and although not quite Without a Trace or Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, it will get there eventually. Lucy and Mario started taking the show onto this path, and Jasmine Wallia continues it.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Only Way Is Essex / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: In The Only Way Is Essexmas, Arg says to Amy at the reveal of girl band LOLA's fourth member that he's tense because he has to keep looking over his shoulder in case Lydia shows up. Just as he says this, she does. Owed greatly to the 'set up' situations of the show where cast attend the same parties etc.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_20860a0e	type	Punch-Clock Villain
The Only Way Is Essex / int_20860a0e	comment	Punch-Clock Villain: It's a bit of a stretch to call them full-on villains, but Manipulative Editing makes out that they're this way, due to the scripted nature of Reality TV.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_25a6c734	type	Not in This for Your Revolution
The Only Way Is Essex / int_25a6c734	comment	Not in This for Your Revolution: Lydia Bright and Gemma Collins do this.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
The Only Way Is Essex / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Jasmine Walia has a fair few of them, but they are slowly coming into play on the show. Verges on Chekhov's Skill.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
The Only Way Is Essex / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Lucy Mecklenburgh and Jasmine Walia have lampshaded this trope on occasion.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_32da91b8	type	Out of Focus
The Only Way Is Essex / int_32da91b8	comment	Out of Focus: Anyone who works for the city council, etc. Jasmine Walia has had the least publicity out of any of them from the beginning, so an Invoked Trope (sort of).
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Only Way Is Essex / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Used by Arg, and Joey, plus Amy Childs, Maria and Lydia at various points in the show.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_3e490be	type	Internet Counterattack
The Only Way Is Essex / int_3e490be	comment	Internet Counterattack: Discussed in British media. But it screws up calling them trolls, as the proper term is cyber-abusers.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
The Only Way Is Essex / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious: Joey Essex tells Sam he knew she wouldn't like him taking her to the tip on their first date. Also when asked who the prime minister is, Joey replies it's "that geezer..." "Did you know England and Ireland are different countries?" asks Amy.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_47bf7e16	type	Local Hangout
The Only Way Is Essex / int_47bf7e16	comment	Local Hangout: The Sugar Hut, in Brentwood; a sort of Cafe Nervosa in Essex with cocktails.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_4f0ac7b6	type	First-Name Ultimatum
The Only Way Is Essex / int_4f0ac7b6	comment	"JAAAAMMEEESSSS!!" by both Lydia and her mum, Debbie, when annoyed with Arg.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_535156bc	type	Christmas Special
The Only Way Is Essex / int_535156bc	comment	Christmas Special: The Only Way Is Essex-Mas.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_5e2e55e4	type	The Casanova
The Only Way Is Essex / int_5e2e55e4	comment	The Casanova: Mario was the original, but after his departure, several newcomers have taken up the handle.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_6861146e	type	Epiphany Therapy
The Only Way Is Essex / int_6861146e	comment	Epiphany Therapy: Far from falling into Discredited Trope territory on this show, sometimes Once an Episode.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_6a47a1e2	type	Knight of Cerebus
The Only Way Is Essex / int_6a47a1e2	comment	Knight of Cerebus: Not one, but two, unusual for Reality TV — Lucy Mecklenburgh and more recently, Jasmine Walia. Can make the show very uncomfortable viewing at times. Both of them have made the show Darker and Edgier.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_72e0023f	type	Invoked Trope
The Only Way Is Essex / int_72e0023f	comment	Jasmine Walia has had the least publicity out of any of them from the beginning, so an Invoked Trope (sort of).
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_7e86ca0c	type	Mr. Fanservice
The Only Way Is Essex / int_7e86ca0c	comment	Mr Fan Service: particularly the likes of Lockie, Pete, the Clark brothers... all proving popular with the female cast.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_884e513b	type	Medium Awareness
The Only Way Is Essex / int_884e513b	comment	Medium Awareness: Jasmine Walia is quite aware that it is Reality TV and possibly scripted, and Word of God confirms this.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_987be393	type	Gambit Roulette
The Only Way Is Essex / int_987be393	comment	Gambit Roulette: Amy Childs and Maria Fowler play this up to eleven on occasion.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_a7e424c	type	Doctor Whomage
The Only Way Is Essex / int_a7e424c	comment	Doctor Whomage: In a What Could Have Been moment, the series wanted to have Peter Capaldi in-character as the Twelfth Doctor in 2015 (making it a Non-Serial Movie to ''Doctor Who but canon to this series), but it never got anywhere due to budget and planning reasons. It was meant to air in 2016, but didn't even get to negotiation with Peter Capaldi. As of 2019, they're trying again with Jodie Whitaker.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Only Way Is Essex / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Denise Van Outen's disclaimer is full of this. Each episode manages to top itself on how much snarky insults it can include in a minute-long title card. Often parodied.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
The Only Way Is Essex / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: TOWIE has spawned many... Gemma's saying "Shut up" when she cannot believe what people have told her. Mark's constant use of "plum" or "plank." "JAAAAMMEEESSSS!!" by both Lydia and her mum, Debbie, when annoyed with Arg. Joey Essex in season 2 spawned "reem", before going on to call a pair of trainers "rarmus" in the next episode, before topping it off with "rarmus, reemus, reem, rarm" in the same scene. "REEM TEAM!" at Gemma's pub quiz. Even narrator Denise Van Outen gets in on it when the disclaimer at the start of an episode says the show contains "people looking reem".
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_cfdb9e17	type	Cerebus Syndrome
The Only Way Is Essex / int_cfdb9e17	comment	Cerebus Syndrome: When Lucy Mecklenburgh appeared, the show instantly took on this tone.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_d6042336	type	Lower-Deck Episode
The Only Way Is Essex / int_d6042336	comment	Lower-Deck Episode: One episode mainly starred Jessica Wright, with the main cast Demoted to Extra.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
The Only Way Is Essex / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: Chloe Sims does this up to eleven to get what they want or need.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_da0eeab5	type	Breakout Character
The Only Way Is Essex / int_da0eeab5	comment	Breakout Character: Arg in series 1, so much so that he's upgraded to main cast in series 2. One of the most popular stars of the series' ten years, arguably the male face of TOWIE. Definitely Joey Essex in series 2. He gets a whole episode revolving around his date with Sam. Gemma Collins has become a legend in her own right since turning up in series 2. Chloe Sims has the highest episode count and become an instantly recognisable face of the series. Now, it's Jasmine Wallia.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_e1f59bf0	type	Musical Episode
The Only Way Is Essex / int_e1f59bf0	comment	Musical Episode: Arg is a successful Sinatra impersonator and has provided many musical moments. Jess' girl band and solo numbers. Gatsby has also filmed a music video during an episode.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
The Only Way Is Essex / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: A lot of the men in the later seasons insisted that they were "gentlemen", despite spending most of their time cheating on their girlfriends and Slut-Shaming.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_e7cd994c	type	Anti-Role Model
The Only Way Is Essex / int_e7cd994c	comment	Anti-Role Model: Lucy considered her ex Mark to be this to Joey. So much so that when Joey chats Lucy up, she walks off as soon as she hears he wants to be just like Mark.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_e899b102	type	Sidekick
The Only Way Is Essex / int_e899b102	comment	Sidekick: Arg to Mark; Harry and Amy; Kirk and his dad, Mickey. Lockie and Pete, big time.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Only Way Is Essex / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Diags and Arg's names are James. There's a lot of Toms and a Tommy too.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_f23c26ab	type	Food Slap
The Only Way Is Essex / int_f23c26ab	comment	Food Slap: Common, with the men on the receiving ends.
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The Only Way Is Essex / int_fdc1e848	type	Will They or Won't They?
The Only Way Is Essex / int_fdc1e848	comment	Will They or Won't They?: Mark and Lauren were the original, then a variety of couples went through this, such as Sam and Joey, Mario and Lucy, and Arg and Gemma. The latter couple still continues, whereas the rest ended as "they don't".
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