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* BoyishShortHair: Both Frankie and Sam, the two {{butch lesbian}}s, sport this (in the latter's case it's actually bob, though she frequently pulls it back). Fin is also an example.

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* BoyishShortHair: Both Frankie and Sam, the two {{butch lesbian}}s, sport this (in the latter's case it's actually a bob, though she frequently pulls it back). Fin is also an example.



%%* CastFullOfGay: It's a lesbian show, what do you expect?

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%%* * CastFullOfGay: It's All of the main and most supporting characters are lesbians (plus bisexuals in a lesbian show, what do you expect?couple cases).



%%* FairCop: Sam.

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%%* * FairCop: Sam.Sam is a good-looking woman who's a Glasgow police constable.



%%* HospitalHottie: Lexy.

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%%* * HospitalHottie: Lexy.Lexy and Bea are two attractive nurses who have a FriendsWithBenefits relationship.



** Frankie says she wants Cat to be happy in episode 3, but it's undoubtedly an inversion- since as Cat points out all Frankie cares about is herself.

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** Frankie says she wants Cat to be happy in episode 3, but it's undoubtedly an inversion- since inversion-since as Cat points out all Frankie cares about is herself.
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** LipstickLesbian seems to prefer soft butch women, dating Sam and Frankie (who both qualify).

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** LipstickLesbian Cat, a LipstickLesbian, seems to prefer soft butch women, dating Sam and Frankie (who both qualify).

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* LipstickLesbian: Tess and Cat, though Tess is a bit more "chapstick".

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* LipstickLesbian: Tess and Cat, Cat have long hair with feminine styles of dress, though Tess is a bit more "chapstick".


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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple:
** LipstickLesbian seems to prefer soft butch women, dating Sam and Frankie (who both qualify).
** Tess, also a LipstickLesbian, dates Fin (a proud LesbianJock).
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* CastFullOfGay: It's a lesbian show, what do you expect?
* CuteClumsyGirl: Both Cat and Tess.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ed.

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* %%* CastFullOfGay: It's a lesbian show, what do you expect?
* %%* CuteClumsyGirl: Both Cat and Tess.
* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Ed.



* FairCop: Sam.

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* %%* FairCop: Sam.



* HospitalHottie: Lexy.

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* %%* HospitalHottie: Lexy.



* TheLadette: Frankie.

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* %%* TheLadette: Frankie.



* LezBro: Jay.

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* %%* LezBro: Jay.



* NeatFreak: Cat.
* NiceGuy: Ed.

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* %%* NeatFreak: Cat.
* %%* NiceGuy: Ed.



* OddCouple: Cat and Tess.

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* %%* OddCouple: Cat and Tess.



* ShrinkingViolet: Cat.

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* %%* ShrinkingViolet: Cat.



* TomboyishName: Frankie, which is short for Francesca, Sam (which may or may not be short for Samantha) and Fin.

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* TomboyishName: Frankie, which is short for Francesca, Sam (which may or may not be short for Samantha) and Fin. All are lesbians, but only Frankie is really a tomboy.
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Your Cheating Heart is an index, not a trope.


* YourCheatingHeart: Jay cheats on his girlfriend by sleeping with Frankie. Then Cat cheats on Sam with her too. [[spoiler: Bea]] cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Lexy]]. Lauren cheats on Jo with Sadie.
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* QueerRomance: The series is all about the lives and relationships of queer women in Glasgow.
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Het Is Ew is a Shipping trope.


* HetIsEw: Tess[[spoiler:'s reaction to Frankie's having sex with Jay.]]

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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Bea]] is revealed to be either bisexual or ''very'' deeply closeted.



* NoBisexuals: Frankie doesn't mind sleeping with guys but she doesn't consider herself [[BiTheWay bi]], as she says "men are only when women are not around".

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* NoBisexuals: Frankie doesn't mind sleeping with guys but she doesn't consider herself [[BiTheWay bi]], bi, as she says "men are only when women are not around".
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** Sam and Frankie, are both prone to wearing pretty masculine attire, along with short hair [[spoiler: although the latter swings both ways]].

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** Sam and Frankie, Frankie are both prone to wearing pretty masculine attire, along with short hair [[spoiler: although the latter swings both ways]].
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** Sam and Frankie, [[spoiler: though the latter swings both ways]].
** Fin and her football team.

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** Sam and Frankie, are both prone to wearing pretty masculine attire, along with short hair [[spoiler: though although the latter swings both ways]].
** Fin and also has this style, along with her football team.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Most of the actors are English, even those playing supposed Glasgow natives. They don't even attempt a Glaswegian or any other kind of Scottish accent.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Cat.]]

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Cat.]]Cat]] is abruptly killed off with a random car accident.


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* PutOnABus: Frankie returns to the US early in Season Two and isn't seen again.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Bea]] is revealed to be either bisexual or ''very'' deeply closeted.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Jay cheats on his girlfriend by sleeping with Frankie. Then Cat cheats on Sam with her too. [[spoiler: Bea]] cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Lexy]].

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* YourCheatingHeart: Jay cheats on his girlfriend by sleeping with Frankie. Then Cat cheats on Sam with her too. [[spoiler: Bea]] cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Lexy]]. Lauren cheats on Jo with Sadie.
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* {{Polyamory}}: Bea is in an open relationship, so when her girlfriend leaves town she sees Lexy.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Bea is in an open relationship, so when her girlfriend leaves town she sees Lexy. [[spoiler: This turns out to be a lie. She's actually married-to a man. He is ''not'' okay about it.]]



* YourCheatingHeart: Jay cheats on his girlfriend by sleeping with Frankie. Then Cat cheats on Sam with her too.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Jay cheats on his girlfriend by sleeping with Frankie. Then Cat cheats on Sam with her too. [[spoiler: Bea]] cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Lexy]].
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* TheCasanova: Frankie, definitely -- she gets through three different women in the first two episodes. Jay appears to have been one of these, but is now trying to go monogamous.

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* TheCasanova: Frankie, definitely -- she gets through three different women in the first two episodes. Jay appears to have been one of these, but is now trying to go monogamous.

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* TheImmodestOrgasm: Sadie brings home an Italian tourist named Gabriella who's ''very'' loud when they're having sex, much to Tess's annoyance while being kept awake by it near there.
* InterruptedIntimacy: In the fourth episode when the interruptor turns out to be [[spoiler: the husband of one of the women who is hoping to watch [[GirlOnGirlIsHot his wife and Tess have sex]]]].



* InterruptedIntimacy: In the fourth episode when the interruptor turns out to be [[spoiler: the husband of one of the women who is hoping to watch [[GirlOnGirlIsHot his wife and Tess have sex]]]].



* LipstickLesbian: Tess and Cat, though Tess is a bit of a tomboy.

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* LipstickLesbian: Tess and Cat, though Tess is a bit of a tomboy.more "chapstick".


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* RightThroughTheWall: Tess can't sleep when Sadie is having sex with an Italian tourist named Gabriella (who is quite loud). Lexy, meanwhile, is also getting it on with a woman at the same time (not so loudly, but still to a degree she can hear). The next morning, she lets them all have it.
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* FriendsWithBenefits: Lexy has this relationship with Bea, a fellow nurse at the hospital.


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* {{Polyamory}}: Bea is in an open relationship, so when her girlfriend leaves town she sees Lexy.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The driver who struck [[spoiler: Cat]] accidentally had this reaction, becoming so distraught the hospital staff had to sedate him.
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* LookBothWays: [[spoiler: Cat]] is texting Frankie when she steps into the street without looking. She's immediately struck by a car.
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* BoyishShortHair: Both Frankie and Sam, the two {{butch lesbian}}s, sport this (in the latter's case it's actually bob, though she frequently pulls it back). Fis is also an example.

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* BoyishShortHair: Both Frankie and Sam, the two {{butch lesbian}}s, sport this (in the latter's case it's actually bob, though she frequently pulls it back). Fis Fin is also an example.
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* TomboyishName: Frankie, which is short for Francesca, and Sam (whose full name may or may not be Samantha).

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* TomboyishName: Frankie, which is short for Francesca, and Sam (whose full name (which may or may not be Samantha).short for Samantha) and Fin.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: This seems to be Cat's preferred relationship model.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: This seems to be Cat's preferred relationship model.model, as she was with tomboys Frankie and Sam in succession. Fin and Tess are an example as well.

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* BoyishShortHair: Both Frankie and Sam, the two {{butch lesbian}}s, sport this (in the latter's case it's actually bob, though she frequently pulls it back).

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* BoyishShortHair: Both Frankie and Sam, the two {{butch lesbian}}s, sport this (in the latter's case it's actually bob, though she frequently pulls it back). Fis is also an example.



* GenderBlenderName: Sam, Frankie, Jay. Frankie tried to make use of this to pass herself off as Jay, which would have worked better if it weren't for his EmbarrassingMiddleName.

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* GenderBlenderName: Sam, Frankie, Jay.Jay, Fin. Frankie tried to make use of this to pass herself off as Jay, which would have worked better if it weren't for his EmbarrassingMiddleName.


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* LesbianJock: Fin, who's on a whole football team with many more examples.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Frankie, who's the most sexually active of all the characters. She has casual sex frequently.


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* YourCheatingHeart: Jay cheats on his girlfriend by sleeping with Frankie. Then Cat cheats on Sam with her too.
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* EveryoneHasLotsOfSex: There's at least one sex scene each episode (often multiple ones). As you'd except, they're nearly all lesbian ones.

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* EveryoneHasLotsOfSex: EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: There's at least one sex scene each episode (often multiple ones). As you'd except, they're nearly all lesbian ones.
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* EveryoneHasLotsOfSex: There's at least one sex scene each episode (often multiple ones). As you'd except, they're nearly all lesbian ones.

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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: [[spoiler: Frankie's "uncle" is really her father. He blackmailed her into giving up Frankie because he'd got evidence she was involved with a murder (her friend really did it, but that couldn't easily be shown). Then after the deaths of his brother, sister-in law and their child, he passed Frankie off as his niece]].



** In the funeral parlour, close to the corpse? It's an unusual location, to say the least.

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** In the funeral parlour, parlor, close to the corpse? It's an unusual location, to say the least.

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