History Main / SoapWithinAShow

* There's a Wicked oneshot "Blackout" in which Elphaba and Fiyero mock a (radio) soap opera that Galinda (and Boq) are obsessed with, when the power goes off during a pivotal moment of the show. They try and predict the ending, with many of the ridiculous tropes mentioned above.
* The House MD fanfiction "Woman" has House and Cameron having a bet by trying to predict the storyline of one of House's soaps that he watches.

* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' has one that shows up when Edward and Nathaniel are channel-surfing. For bonus points it features a cameo of Paige O'Hara, who voiced Belle in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

-->'''[[AmbiguouslyGay Car]][[TokenEvilTeammate uso]]''': ''[[Series/AsTheWorldTurns As Our Days Turn.]]'' [[DefensiveWhat What?]] It's got good characters!

* The popular Quebecer TV Show ''Le Coeur à ses raisons'' (which means "The heart has its reasons") was all about that. It featured two twin sisters with HUGE breasts and no brain, [[http://bizhonours.free.fr/pics/cultes/lcasr/criquette.jpg Criquette]] and [[http://img174.imageshack.us/i/ashleypb3.jpg/ Ashley]] (played by the same actress, so when they were in the same room they used over the top gags to hide the face of one of the two characters). It also included [[http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/11/18/18/97/brettb10.jpg triplets all played by the same actor]], a doctor (Brett), his evil twin brother (Brad) and his evil sister (Brenda) who appears in the second season. Oh, and that's [[http://bizhonours.free.fr/pics/cultes/lcasr/crystale.jpg their mom]]. The show was mainly an accumulation of clichés that you usually see in soap operas. They even had a dog, Flatsy, who they all understood. And it's all played for laughs. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJY8pFVJvJo This is was it looked like most of the time]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode, "Star Crossed Circuits", Darkwing's new super computer is convinced that "she's" a character from a Soap Opera called, "The Young and the Brainless" and that she's in love with Darkwing.

* ''Series/{{Telenovela}}'' takes place behind the scenes of the telenovela ''Las Leyes de Pasion''.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Hilariously, in "The French Mistake" Sam and Dean are transported into [[RealWorldEpisode a reality where their life is a TV show]]. Dean is [[FauxHorrific absolutely horrified]] to discover that his actor starred in the soap drama ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' (which is an actual show that Creator/JensenAckles starred in).

# Australian accents are common if the show itself is British (or [[CaptainObvious Australian]]).

* Possibly the UrExample: "As the Stomach Turns", a regular series of comedy sketches on ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' that skewered practically everything about the genre.

-->'''Announcer''': The previous segment of ''The Disenchanted'' found Phil and Mary leaving for Montego Bay on what they hope to be a rescue mission for their splintered marriage. Shaun, meanwhile, remains in Lakefield, desparately attempting to persuade Rebecca to consider an abortion, little aware she is carrying the child of…

* On ''Series/SchittsCreek'' Moira starred in the fictional soap ''Sunrise Bay'', which had Moira's character possessed, impregnating her own mother and thus being her own father, delivering slaps and being thrown upwards through a skylight. Moira is aware of how absurd it was, but she nevertheless worked hard at her job and takes pride in the fact that Sunrise Bay was number one in the ratings.

* On Series/SchittsCreek Moira starred in the fictional soap Sunrise Bay, which had Moira's character possessed, impregnating her own mother and thus being her own father, delivering slaps and being thrown upwards through a skylight. Moira is aware of how absurd it was, but she nevertheless worked hard at her job and takes pride in the fact that Sunrise Bay was number one in the ratings.

* On Series/SchittsCreek Moira starred in the fictional soap Sunrise Bay, which was number one in the ratings and had Moira's character possessed, impregnating her own mother and thus being her own father, delivering slaps and being thrown upwards through a skylight. Moira is aware of how absurd it was, but she nevertheless worked hard at her job and takes pride in the fact that Sunrise Bay was number one in the ratings.

* On Series/SchittsCreek Moira starred in the fictional soap Sunrise Bay, which was number one in the ratings and had Moira's character possessed, impregnating her own mother and thus being her own father, delivering slaps and being thrown upwards through a skylight. Moira is aware of how absurd it was, but she takes pride that Sunrise Bay was number one in the ratings.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' has ''The Young and the Featherless''.

* In the sixth season of the popular Israeli satire show ''Eretz Nehederet'', every episode ended with a GagDub of some Arabic soap opera. The series was titled ''En Gvul laAhava'' (‘Love Is Boundless’), written with a font [[ForeignLookingFont resembling Arabic script]]. A rather casual CrowningMomentOfFunny was when one of the character’s daughter called her father ‘[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall pathet]]’ (a word coined by ''Eretz Nehederet'' in a series of sketches joking about Israeli teens), and her father complained it’s ‘[[GenreSavvy all because of television]]’.

--> '''Ridge Forrester:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Brooke... I'm your]] ''[[MindScrew grandpa."]]''

-->'''Male Nurse:''' How did his legs... ''get into his brain?!''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from the episode "Bart's Dog Gets an F":

** The series 11 episode "Pygmoelian" revolves around a soap called ''It Never Ends''.
** During the teachers' strike in season six, Jimbo watches a soap with his mom: