History Series / Dynasty

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Fallon, late in season 5 (after having been declared dead and buried earlier on in the season). It turned out that it was another woman with a strong physical resemblance to her who got killed in the {{Cliffhanger}} car crash at the end of season 4; Fallon herself was inflicted with amnesia.]]

* CliffHanger: Once a season.

* SoapOpera

* FollowTheLeader: Deconstructed: while clearly inspired by Dallas (and Alexis clearly being their attempt to create a JR-type character) the show did managed to find its niche with strong female characters and featuring a gay main character. Ironically, as Dynasty leapfrogged over Dallas in the ratings, Dallas (having lost its main show runner) tried to ape Dynasty with an Alexis-type villain and casting Donna Reed as the new Sue Ellen.

* FollowTheLeader: Deconstructed: while clearly inspired by Dallas (and Alexis clearly being their attempt to create a JR-type character) the show did managed to find it's niche with strong female characters and featuring a gay main character. Ironically, as Dynasty leapfrogged over Dallas in the ratings, Dallas (having lost it's main show runner) tried to ape Dynasty with an Alexis-type villain and casting Donna Reed as the new Sue Ellen.

* NiceHat[=/=]NiceShoes[=/=]HighClessGloves: as with PimpedOutDress, all these tropes are on display in multiple episodes.

* NiceHat[=/=]NiceShoes[=/=]OperaGloves: as with PimpedOutDress, all these tropes are on display in multiple episodes.

* TheOtherDarrin: Fallon.

** Interestingly, both Ted [=McGinley=], Rock Hudson, and Cassie Yates are represented by horses.

** Fallon being [[spoiler: abducted by a FLYING SAUCER in the desert]] in the final episode of the Colbys has to be a close second.

* TheOtherDarrin: All the Carrington children were eventually re-cast.
** Al Corley left after the second season after taking issue with the network's decree that Steven's homosexuality be downplayed, and the part was re-cast the following season with Jack Coleman (after the character was in an oil rig explosion and required plastic surgery, explaining his new face).
** Pamela Sue Martin left after the fourth season, with Emma Samms assuming the role of Fallon the following year. Samms also played Fallon on the Dynasty spinoff, The Colby's.
** Catherine Oxenberg, who joined as Amanda in the fifth season, left after the sixth season, with Karen Cellini taking over for her the next year. This re-casting was not accepted with audiences and the Amanda character was dropped after 13 episodes in season 7, never to be seen again.
** Gordon Thomson joined the cast as Adam in season 3 and remained with the show until the end. However, he was unavailable for the reunion movie two years later, and Robin Sachs replaced him. Joan Collins has said that she felt Sachs was miscast, and felt very sorry Gordon couldn't return.
** In a rare reversal, Jack Coleman was not available to do the reunion movie either, and the role was re-assumed by Al Corley (even more ironic considering Steven had been the only child to have his "new" appearance explained in-universe).
* TheOtherMarty: George Peppard played Blake Carrington but he was hard to work with and replaced by John Forsythe a few weeks into shooting the pilot.

* TheRedStapler: "Krystle" (in a myriad of invented spellings) and "Alexis" became popular girls' names in the 80's.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece

** Interestingly, both Ted [=McGinley=] and Cassie Yates are represented by horses.

* EvilBrit: Alexis - played of course by actual Brit, JoanCollins, whose cut-glass accent certainly enhances the character's EvilIsSexy vibe.

Imagine ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', but in Denver, replace Larry Hagman with JoanCollins, and throw in a few catfights and ''lots and lots'' of shoulder pads.

Once ''Dallas'' took off, Richard and Esther Shapiro created this series about oil families living in Colorado. which AaronSpelling produced. It initially focused on Krystle Grant Jennings being just married to oil magnate Blake Carrington, and her tempestuous relationship with the children from Blake's last marriage. The next season, Alexis, the wife from the first marriage, shows up and the fun really started.

* TheOtherMarty: George Peppard played Blake Carrington was but he was hard to work with and replaced by John Forsythe a few weeks into shooting the pilot.

** Blake Carrington was originally played by George Peppard but he was hard to work with and replaced by John Forsythe a few weeks into shooting the pilot.

* YouFailHistoryForever: In reality, Moldavia (the country where the terrorist attack takes place) was part of the USSR and definitely not a monarchy.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The outfits were the ''piece de resistance.'' Not to mention ridiculously expensive.

* OneBigScrewedUpFamily: Possibly a TropeCodifier.

* CatFight - What this show is best known for nowadays.

* CliffHanger - Once a season.

* FishOutOfWater - Krystle, upon arriving to the Carrington household. Not helped by how Blake is quite {{Workaholic}}
* FollowTheLeader - Deconstructed: while clearly inspired by Dallas (and Alexis clearly being their attempt to create a JR-type character) the show did managed to find it's niche with strong female characters and featuring a gay main character. Ironically, as Dynasty leapfrogged over Dallas in the ratings, Dallas (having lost it's main show runner) tried to ape Dynasty with an Alexis-type villain and casting Donna Reed as the new Sue Ellen.
* GambitPileup - Well if half the cast is trying to manipulate things, this is inevitable.
* ManipulativeBastard - More than a few.
* NiceHat / NiceShoes / OperaGloves - as with PimpedOutDress, all these tropes are on display in multiple episodes.
* NoBisexuals - Depending on what season and how it was written, Steven may or may not have had some genuine attraction to Claudia and Sammy Jo. [[spoiler: Not that it ever lasted. By the reunion mini-series he had settled down permanently with Bart Fallmont, a love interest from a previous season.]]
* TheOtherDarrin - All the Carrington children were eventually re-cast.

* PassiveAggressiveKombat - A staple of the show.
* PimpedOutDress / CostumePorn - ''Dynasty'' was '''the''' leading example of this trope during its glory days, with all its female characters being encased in glorious, often over-the-top outfits and gowns by Nolan Miller. Joan Collins' shoulder pads became iconic.
* PrettyInMink - ''Dynasty'' could well be in the top ten shows of all time in terms of furs. If combined with ''The Colbys'' it likely tops them all.
* TheRedStapler - "Krystle" (in a myriad of invented spellings) and "Alexis" became popular girls' names in the 80's.
* RichBitch - A TropeCodifier. Alexis is one of the most notorious in TV history, but actually about half the cast is like this.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney - Again, about half the cast.
* SexySecretary - Krystle was this to Blake, before marrying him.
* ShouldersOfDoom - All the shoulder pads.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTQrn7C1yI The opening credits]] are spectacular in this sense, with all the men being represented by skyscrapers, oil gushers, fountain and foaming champagne bottles.

* StraightGay - Steven. In particular demonstrated by his penchant for getting into fights with some of the other guys on the show, especially his brother Adam. He possessed no stereotypically gay attributes, which was fairly notable for a show that aired during TheEighties.
* SweaterGirl - About as common as the furs on that show.
* WhamEpisode - Several, but the most famous is Alexis' dramatic courtroom introduction at the end of Season 1.

* RichBitch - Alexis is one of the most notorious in TV history, but actually about half the cast is like this.

To date, the first five seasons so far have been released on DVD.

[[caption-width-right:310:A moment in TV history.]]

Imagine ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', but in Denver, replace LarryHagman with JoanCollins, and throw in a few catfights and ''lots and lots'' of shoulder pads.

The show had a spinoff, ''TheColbys'', but it only lasted a couple of seasons. ''Dynasty'' unfortunately didn't last much longer either.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXKay5anB80 The opening credits]] are spectacular in this sense, with all the men being represented by skyscrapers, oil gushers, fountain and foaming champagne bottles.

* TheOtherDarrin - Fallon was played by Pamela Sue Martin and then by Emma Samms.
** Steven. Interestingly, in the reunion mini-series, he is played again by the first actor.