History Series / Emmerdale

* {{Asexuality}}: Liv Flaherty is confirmed to be asexual.

* SorryImGay: Finn says this to [[{{Asexuality}} Liv]] when he thinks she's trying to flirt with him. Subverted, as she wasn't,

* NotSoDifferent: Robert to Paddy (implicitly) when Paddy won't give Robert his blessing to propose to Aaron. Paddy says it's because Robert will just break Aaron's heart (given his serial cheating on previous partners); Robert points out that Paddy was basically absent when Aaron was dealing with Gordon's trial because he was busy having an affair with Tess and [[MeaningfulEcho breaking Rhona's heart]].

From its creation in 1972 until 1989, it was known as ''Emmerdale Farm'', the series was generally based around the farm and rural life in the village, often centering around the village pub, The Woolpack.

Seen as something of a television version of ''Radio/TheArchers'', albeit set among bluff northern types rather than well-heeled country folk, the series received a dramatic ReTool during the early 1990s. Starting with the name change, more and more classic "soap opera" elements were introduced, but the series was still in the shadow of its more illustrious rivals ''Series/CoronationStreet'' and ''Series/EastEnders'' - until 1993, when writers had a plane crash onto the Woolpack, drawing in 18 million viewers.

The plane crash storyline proved so popular that Emmerdale in the last 15 years has become a rather dangerous place to live. In the 20 years before the crash, 21 characters had been killed off. Since the crash, the body count currently stands at 46 - seven of them in 2006 alone.

** Played weirdly straight in a scene where Charity, herself a bisexual woman, insists [[FridgeLogic that Vanessa must be gay because she slept with her.]]

* ParrotExposition: When Val is revealed to have cataracts, every character who witnesses this repeats the word "cataracts" [[{{Narm}} over and over again]]. [[Series/HarryHillsTVBurp Harry Hill]] had a lot of fun with this scene.

From its creation in 1972 until 1989, it was known as ''Emmerdale Farm'', the series was generally based around the farm and rural life in the village, often centring around the village pub, The Woolpack.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Almost played horribly true with unknowing half-siblings Ryan Lamb and Maisie Wylde, and even though the bullet was dodged on the incest [[spoiler:the revelation they almost had sex led Maisie to have a break down and to the murder of their father at the hands of Maisie's mother]].

* HelloNurse: Fairly frequently in hospital scenes, in fact ''the extras are considered more attractive than the main actors''.

* BookEnds: Jack Sugden returned to the village for his father's funeral in the first episode, which aired in 1972, taking a walk around the farm to see the farm. His biological son Robert returned for Jack's funeral in 2009, taking the same walk around the farm that Jack does and even gets interrupted by someone in the same manner that Jack was.

* SorryImGay: Finn says this to [[{{Asexuality Liv}}]] when he thinks she's trying to flirt with him. Subverted, as she wasn't,

* SorryImGay: Finn says this to {{Asexuality Liv}} when he thinks she's trying to flirt with him. Subverted, as she wasn't,

* SorryImGay: Finn says this to [[Asexuality Liv]] when he thinks she's trying to flirt with him. Subverted, as she wasn't,

* HelloNurse: Fairly frequently in hospital scenes, in fact ''the extras are considered more attractive than the main actors'' (well, at least in the medical situations) but then again, this soap '''does not''' have any regular medico characters, so to speak, not as far as we know. Digital Spy, the [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Internet soaps directory]] does not mention this.

* Asexuality: Liv Flaherty

** Liv Flaherty kicked Robert Sugden in the crotch after he tried to get back Aaron Livesy's wallet, which Liv had stolen.

** Liv Flaherty remembers Lachlan White being there before she and Robert Sugden awoke from gas leak poisioning in their house. No-one believes her when she insists Lachlan had something to do with it, though Robert at least hears her out.

** Katie Sugden is convinced Robert is cheating on Chrissie, but no-one believes her till Aaron personally confirms it after her death.
** Liv Flatherly remembers Lachlan White being there before she and Robert Sugden awoke from gas leak poisioning in their house. No-one believes her when she insists Lachlan had something to do with it, though Robert at least hears her out.
** Some weeks laters, Priya Kotecha gets a bad feeling about Lachlan, especially when she finds the place where Rebecca White was kept captive and scratched "Lachlan is a ki[ller]" in the wall, but no-one is interested in her suspicions.

** Liv Flatherly remembers Lachlan White being there before she and Robert awoke from gas leak poisioning in their house. No-one believes her when she insists Lachlan had something to do with it, though Robert at least hears her out.

** Liv Flatherly remembers Lachlan being there before she and Robert awoke from gas leak poisioning in their house. No-one believes her when she insists Lachlan had something to do with it, though Robert at least hears her out.
** Some weeks laters, Priya Kotecha gets a bad feeling about Lachlan, especially when she finds the place where Rebecca was kept captive and scratched "Lachlan is a ki[ller]" in the wall, but no-one is interested in her suspicions.

* IllGirl: Sarah Sugden, Debbie's and Andy's daughter who was first diagnosed with a rare disease called Fanconi anemia when she was six, but got better with a sibling transplant (who was conceived for this very purpose). When she was 12 she became sick again, with aggressive throat cancer.

** Played wierdly straight in a scene where Charity, herself a bisexual woman, insists [[FridgeLogic that Vanessa must be gay because she slept with her.]]

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Subverted]]. After driving off of a cliff and crashing into a lake, Aaron and Robert escape but Aaron is brought into hospital. After accepting a marriage proposal from Robert he passes out and drops his oxygen mask as his heart monitor begins to flatline. Robert is then shown at a funeral staring [[Main/ThousandYardStare into space in shock]], [[spoiler:implying Aaron's death]]. [[spoiler: However the scene soon cuts to Aaron taking his hand, showing he is [[Main/DisneyDeath still alive]]]].

** 2010: Chastity Dingle has a wedding on Christmas Day at which she jilts and humilates fiancee Carl due to knowing about his affair with Eve. She also lies about being pregnant.