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** Part of the plot in the first episode of series 5 revolves around Nina having one of these for the first time after [[spoiler: giving birth and Patrick]]'s death.
** Part of the plot in the first episode of series 5 revolves around Nina having one of these for the first time after [[spoiler: giving birth and Patrick]]'s death.
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** Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated in the season 3 opener: after seemingly [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning her happy ending]] with [[spoiler: Patrick]] at the end of season 2, in one night her [[spoiler: apartment goes up in flames and she finds out that Darcy isn't her biological father]].
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* AdultFear: Experienced by [[spoiler: Jimmy]] and [[spoiler: Zara]] when it turns out their son's liver is failing and only a donor transplant will save his life. They spend most of the episode frantically calling around relatives and acquaintances to find a donor match. [[spoiler: Nina]] is a match but knows the risks and is hesitant. Though she eventually does decide to be the donor after being begged by [[spoiler: Jimmy]], [[spoiler: Geraldine]] steps in and volunteers her liver.
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** Darcy, while married to Geraldine.
** [[spoiler: Geraldine too, after Nina finds out that Darcy isn't her father.]]
** In season four, [[spoiler: Billie]] cheats on [[spoiler: Mick]] with an old friend after a night of heavy drinking.
** Darcy, while married to Geraldine.
** [[spoiler: Geraldine too, after Nina finds out that Darcy isn't her father.]]
** In season four, [[spoiler: Billie]] cheats on [[spoiler: Mick]] with an old friend after a night of heavy drinking.
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* TheCameo: ShaunMicallef appears one episode as a energetic Real Estate Agent rival. [[spoiler: That Billie wants to work for.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Plenty.
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* AdultFear: Experienced by [[spoiler: Jimmy]] and [[spoiler: Zara]] when it turns out their son's liver is failing and only a donor transplant will save his life. They spend most of the episode frantically calling around relatives and acquaintances to find a donor match. [[spoiler: Nina]] is a match but knows the risks and is hesitant. Though she eventually does decide to be the donor after being begged by [[spoiler: Jimmy]], [[spoiler: Geraldine]] steps in and volunteers her liver.
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* AnimalMotif: Nina has a strange obsession with [[TheOwlKnowingOne Owls]]
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* AnimalMotif: Nina has a strange obsession with [[TheOwlKnowingOne Owls]]Owls]]. [[spoiler: She carries this over to her daughter Zoe, who is shown to have an owl mobile above her crib.]]
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* WrittenInAbsence: Billie disappears off to UsefulNotes/NewZealand for a conference in series 3 and gets stuck there when a volcanic ash cloud causes her flight to be cancelled. Billie appears briefly via phonecalls or on Skype. This was done to cover up Kat Stewart's [[HideYourPregnancy pregnancy]].
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* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler: Jimmy]]'s proposal to [[spoiler: Zara]] involves a Mariachi band covering the Rockmelons' song "That Word (L-O-V-E)" and breakdancing.
* WrittenInAbsence: Billie disappears off to UsefulNotes/NewZealand for a conference in series 3 and gets stuck there when a volcanic ash cloud causes her flight to be cancelled. Billie appears briefly via phonecalls or on Skype. This was done to cover up Kat Stewart's [[HideYourPregnancypregnancy]]. pregnancy]].
** At the beginning of season 5, Mick is on tour with his musical act in the UK.
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* WrittenInAbsence: Billie disappears off to New Zealand UsefulNotes/NewZealand for a conference in series 3 and gets stuck there when a volcanic ash cloud causes her flight to be cancelled. Billie appears briefly via phonecalls or on Skype. This was done to cover up Kat Stewart's [[HideYourPregnancy pregnancy]].
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* Nina Proudman- The protagonist of the series, an obstetrician who was newly single at the beginning of the show.
* Billie Proudman- Nina's older sister, a real estate agent who works in the family business.
* Jimmy Proudman- The youngest of the Proudman children, and also the one without any sense of where he's going.
* Darcy Proudman- Father to Nina, Billie, Jimmy and Ray. A real estate agent and serial TheCasanova.
* Geraldine Proudman- Mother to Nina, Billie and Jimmy. A teacher, ostensibly separated from Darcy ([[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther but it can depend on the episode]]).
* Cherie Butterfield- A nurse Nina works with at the hospital. She gives birth to Ray in the pilot episode and [[LateArrivalSpoiler it is revealed that Darcy is the father]].
* Mick Holland- Billie's ex, a sometime musician/composer and landscape gardener. [[spoiler: He and Billie get back together and marry at the end of season 2.]]
* Billie Proudman- Nina's older sister, a real estate agent who works in the family business.
* Jimmy Proudman- The youngest of the Proudman children, and also the one without any sense of where he's going.
* Darcy Proudman- Father to Nina, Billie, Jimmy and Ray. A real estate agent and serial TheCasanova.
* Geraldine Proudman- Mother to Nina, Billie and Jimmy. A teacher, ostensibly separated from Darcy ([[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther but it can depend on the episode]]).
* Cherie Butterfield- A nurse Nina works with at the hospital. She gives birth to Ray in the pilot episode and [[LateArrivalSpoiler it is revealed that Darcy is the father]].
* Mick Holland- Billie's ex, a sometime musician/composer and landscape gardener. [[spoiler: He and Billie get back together and marry at the end of season 2.]]
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* Nina Proudman- Proudman: The protagonist of the series, an obstetrician who was newly single at the beginning of the show.
* BillieProudman- Proudman: Nina's older sister, a real estate agent who works in the family business.
* JimmyProudman- Proudman: The youngest of the Proudman children, and also the one without any sense of where he's going.
* DarcyProudman- Proudman: Father to Nina, Billie, Jimmy and Ray. A real estate agent and serial TheCasanova.
* GeraldineProudman- Proudman: Mother to Nina, Billie and Jimmy. A teacher, ostensibly separated from Darcy ([[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther but it can depend on the episode]]).
* CherieButterfield- Butterfield: A nurse Nina works with at the hospital. She gives birth to Ray in the pilot episode and [[LateArrivalSpoiler it is revealed that Darcy is the father]].
* MickHolland- Holland: Billie's ex, a sometime musician/composer and landscape gardener. [[spoiler: He and Billie get back together and marry at the end of season 2.]]]]
* Patrick Reid: [[LateArrivalSpoiler An anaesthetist initially thought to be an abusive husband.]] Comes in at the start of season 2. [[spoiler: Dies towards the end of season 4.]]
* Some characters at the hospital include Kim Akerholt, Martin Clegg, and Zara Perkich.
* Billie
* Jimmy
* Darcy
* Geraldine
* Cherie
* Mick
* Patrick Reid: [[LateArrivalSpoiler An anaesthetist initially thought to be an abusive husband.]] Comes in at the start of season 2. [[spoiler: Dies towards the end of season 4.]]
* Some characters at the hospital include Kim Akerholt, Martin Clegg, and Zara Perkich.
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** Billie in season 4. [[spoiler: After failing to conceive, she throws herself into work and convinces Darcy to let her take over their real estate business. However, after several bad business decisions, she is forced to sell the business to Darcy's old business rival. Unable to find another job and feeling increasingly isolated from Mick (whose musical career is taking off), she cheats on him in a drunken one night stand that ends their marriage.]]
* BornInAnElevator: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], ''just''. [[spoiler: Nina gives birth on the reception area floor instead.]]
* BornInAnElevator: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], ''just''. [[spoiler: Nina gives birth on the reception area floor instead.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Patrick, after a concussion from a car crash.]]
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* TokenLesbian: Kim, arguably. arguably.
** Averted as of series 4, with the introduction of Eloise.
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* EroticDream: Nina is understandably disturbed when she starts having these about the couples therapist she's been seeing with Patrick.
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** In season four, [[spoiler: Billie]] cheats on [[spoiler: Mick]] with an old friend after a night of heavy drinking.
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* InAWorld: The trailer for "A Little Touch of Nina"- starts "Meet Nina", and includes other standard trailer elements (and a dramatic SkywardScream from Patrick).
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* DomesticAbuse: A minor plot arc in series two, when a pregnant woman who Nina and the nurses have previously seen with Patrick shows up to a hospital appointment with facial bruising. Nina and the nurses suspect Patrick is her abusive partner at first, but it is soon revealed that Patrick is her older brother, and he's been looking after her since she left her abusive ex.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Patrick overhears unwanted houseguest Martin crying and goes to investigate....only to find he's also having one of these.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: Billie]] is desperately trying for a baby, while [[spoiler: Nina's]] pregnancy was unplanned and happened after one night of unprotected sex with [[spoiler: her then-ex, Patrick]].
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* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: Billie]] is desperately trying for a baby, baby without any success, while [[spoiler: Nina's]] pregnancy was unplanned and happened after one night of unprotected sex with [[spoiler: her then-ex, Patrick]].
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Cherie]] makes one for [[spoiler: Martin]] when [[spoiler: she's]] leaving for a trip around Australia.
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* AmicableExes: Geraldine and Darcy. Patrick and his ex-wife Jodie also qualify.
** Malaysian-Australian singer/entertainer Kamahl appears in a season 4 episode as an obstetrician [[spoiler: Nina and Patrick are considering for their pre and post-natal care]].
* OldFlame: [[spoiler: Philip Noonan]] for Geraldine.
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[[AC:Characters include:]]
* Nina Proudman- The protagonist of the series, an obstetrician who was newly single at the beginning of the show.
* Billie Proudman- Nina's older sister, a real estate agent who works in the family business.
* Jimmy Proudman- The youngest of the Proudman children, and also the one without any sense of where he's going.
* Darcy Proudman- Father to Nina, Billie, Jimmy and Ray. A real estate agent and serial TheCasanova.
* Geraldine Proudman- Mother to Nina, Billie and Jimmy. A teacher, ostensibly separated from Darcy ([[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther but it can depend on the episode]]).
* Cherie Butterfield- A nurse Nina works with at the hospital. She gives birth to Ray in the pilot episode and [[LateArrivalSpoiler it is revealed that Darcy is the father]].
* Mick Holland- Billie's ex, a sometime musician/composer and landscape gardener. [[spoiler: He and Billie get back together and marry at the end of season 2.]]
Originally it was planned to be a telemovie but television executives were surprised but the quality of it, leading it to be spun off into a 13 episode series. Shortly after the conclusion of series 3 in 2012, Channel Ten confirmed that it has been renewed for a fourth and fifth series.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AboveTheInfluence: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
* AllLesbiansWantKids: Made for a strange yet amusing subplot between Kim and her partner that climaxes in the final episode in Season 1.
* AnimalMotif: Nina has a strange obsession with [[TheOwlKnowingOne Owls]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Billie and Mick, as well as [[spoiler: Darcy and Geraldine]]
* TheBartender: Jimmy.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: This show normally portrays it, given Nina's job.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Hilariously subverted when Martin kisses Cherie after proposing marriage to her.
* BreakTheCutie:
** Poor Nina.
** Taken UpToEleven in the season 3 opener: after seemingly [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning her happy ending]] with [[spoiler: Patrick]] at the end of season 2, in one night her [[spoiler: apartment goes up in flames and she finds out that Darcy isn't her biological father]].
* TheCameo: ShaunMicallef appears one episode as a energetic Real Estate Agent rival. [[spoiler: That Billie wants to work for.]]
* TheCastShowOff: Eddie Perfect gets a number of scenes to show off his musical skills as composer/musician Mick.
* TheCharmer: Darcy, [[LikeFatherLikeSon Jimmy]]
* CloudCuckooLander:
** Zara.
** Martin Clegg.
* CoolBigSis: Nina to Billie and Jimmy
* DancePartyEnding: The series 3 finale, with everyone celebrating Nina's birthday.
* DaydreamSurprise: Frequently from Nina's perspective.
* DoctorJerk: Nina and Fraser regard Patrick this way at first.
* DrunkenMontage: After she breaks up with [[spoiler: Patrick]], Nina goes on a bender with the nurses. Leads to a WhatDidIDoLastNight in the next episode when she wakes up in a stranger's bed on the morning after.
* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: [[spoiler: Season 1 Finale, a BBQ to say goodbye to Nina who is leaving to go work in Baltimore and basically gathers the main cast and the supporting characters.]]
** The series 3 finale also features the main cast and recurring characters gathering together, this time to celebrate Nina's birthday.
* [[FirstGirlWins First Boy Wins]]: [[spoiler: Subverted with the Chris/Nina/Patrick storyline.]]
* GenkiGirl: Tammy, the girl Jimmy brings home with him after his [[JourneyToFindOneself journey to find himself ]].
* HeyItsThatGuy: Plenty.
* HospitalHottie: Most of the characters who work at the hospital. Series two has taken it UpToEleven by introducing two new male doctors and giving both [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]].
* TheLadette: Billie is borderline, but her pregnant friend definitely is.
* LoveTriangle:
** In season one: Nina <> Chris < Zara
** In season 2: Patrick <> Nina <> [[spoiler: [[HesBack Chris]]]]
* LukeIAmYourFather:
** At the end of the telemovie it is revealed that [[LateArrivalSpoiler Darcy is Ray's father.]]
** Another is [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope subverted]]]], at the very end of season 2, with Dr. Clegg and Cherie finding out that [[spoiler: Darcy is not Nina's father.]]
** Continued in series 3 with a LukeYouAreMyFather when [[spoiler: Nina]] meets with [[spoiler: Phillip Noonan]] to tell [[spoiler: him he's her father]].
* ManChild:
** Jimmy bounces between various jobs and money-making schemes and tests the patience of his entire family. [[spoiler: He eventually is called out on this by Mick, after he manages to botch an expensive landscaping job that was going to provide Mick's payment on the house he bought with Billie.]]
** [[spoiler: Zara also calls him this after revealing she's pregnant.]]
* MissingMom: Chris' wife [[spoiler: Chris had gotten word of her whereabouts, she was up north. She eventually came back to Melbourne to see her daughter.]]
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Subverted. [[spoiler: Nina suspects she's pregnant after realising she's late and experiencing possible symptoms, but later finds herself bleeding in the shower and thinks it's her period after all. The subversion comes when Philip later gets the test results and informs Nina that she is in fact pregnant, and the bleeding was another symptom.]]
* OperationJealousy
* PresentDay
* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex Boyfriend]] Nina's ex husband, shows his love to her by [[StuffBlowingUp blowing her favourite chair up]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Upon her return from the US, Nina discovers that Chris has moved back to Brisbane with Alice and Lucy. It remains to be seen if/when he'll return.]]
** [[spoiler: [[TheBusCameBack He comes back in Season 2]]]]
* RandomEventsPlot
* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Tammy]]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Mick and Billie, respectively.
* SelfProclaimedLiar: Jimmy.
* SexChangesEverything: Oooh boy does it ever...[[spoiler: Especially when its with your [[TheBroCode sisters ex]].]]
* SexWithTheEx: [[spoiler: Nina and Patrick]] have unprotected sex after their break-up. The consequences of this follow them for the rest of series 3.
* ShutUpKiss:
** [[spoiler: Nina and Chris]]
** Another in Season 2 between [[spoiler: Nina and Patrick]]
* StraightGay: Andrew, Mick's brother
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Both Chris and Patrick qualify.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Billie reveals to Mick how she got two abortions in those years.]]
* TokenLesbian: Kim, arguably.
* {{Tsundere}}: Billie
* WackyCravings: Kim during her pregnancy, displayed in the Webisodes.
* WrittenInAbsence: Billie disappears off to New Zealand for a conference in series 3 and gets stuck there when a volcanic ash cloud causes her flight to be cancelled. Billie appears briefly via phonecalls or on Skype. This was done to cover up Kat Stewart's [[HideYourPregnancy pregnancy]].
* WomanScorned: In season one, Billie.
* YouKnowWhatYouDid: Billie constantly berates Nina [[spoiler: when she finds out she slept with Mick.]]
* YourCheatingHeart:
** Darcy, while married to Geraldine.
** [[spoiler: Implied now with Geraldine too, after Nina finds out that Darcy isn't her father.]]
[[AC:Characters include:]]
* Nina Proudman- The protagonist of the series, an obstetrician who was newly single at the beginning of the show.
* Billie Proudman- Nina's older sister, a real estate agent who works in the family business.
* Jimmy Proudman- The youngest of the Proudman children, and also the one without any sense of where he's going.
* Darcy Proudman- Father to Nina, Billie, Jimmy and Ray. A real estate agent and serial TheCasanova.
* Geraldine Proudman- Mother to Nina, Billie and Jimmy. A teacher, ostensibly separated from Darcy ([[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther but it can depend on the episode]]).
* Cherie Butterfield- A nurse Nina works with at the hospital. She gives birth to Ray in the pilot episode and [[LateArrivalSpoiler it is revealed that Darcy is the father]].
* Mick Holland- Billie's ex, a sometime musician/composer and landscape gardener. [[spoiler: He and Billie get back together and marry at the end of season 2.]]
Originally it was planned to be a telemovie but television executives were surprised but the quality of it, leading it to be spun off into a 13 episode series. Shortly after the conclusion of series 3 in 2012, Channel Ten confirmed that it has been renewed for a fourth and fifth series.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AboveTheInfluence: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
* AllLesbiansWantKids: Made for a strange yet amusing subplot between Kim and her partner that climaxes in the final episode in Season 1.
* AnimalMotif: Nina has a strange obsession with [[TheOwlKnowingOne Owls]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Billie and Mick, as well as [[spoiler: Darcy and Geraldine]]
* TheBartender: Jimmy.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: This show normally portrays it, given Nina's job.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Hilariously subverted when Martin kisses Cherie after proposing marriage to her.
* BreakTheCutie:
** Poor Nina.
** Taken UpToEleven in the season 3 opener: after seemingly [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning her happy ending]] with [[spoiler: Patrick]] at the end of season 2, in one night her [[spoiler: apartment goes up in flames and she finds out that Darcy isn't her biological father]].
* TheCameo: ShaunMicallef appears one episode as a energetic Real Estate Agent rival. [[spoiler: That Billie wants to work for.]]
* TheCastShowOff: Eddie Perfect gets a number of scenes to show off his musical skills as composer/musician Mick.
* TheCharmer: Darcy, [[LikeFatherLikeSon Jimmy]]
* CloudCuckooLander:
** Zara.
** Martin Clegg.
* CoolBigSis: Nina to Billie and Jimmy
* DancePartyEnding: The series 3 finale, with everyone celebrating Nina's birthday.
* DaydreamSurprise: Frequently from Nina's perspective.
* DoctorJerk: Nina and Fraser regard Patrick this way at first.
* DrunkenMontage: After she breaks up with [[spoiler: Patrick]], Nina goes on a bender with the nurses. Leads to a WhatDidIDoLastNight in the next episode when she wakes up in a stranger's bed on the morning after.
* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: [[spoiler: Season 1 Finale, a BBQ to say goodbye to Nina who is leaving to go work in Baltimore and basically gathers the main cast and the supporting characters.]]
** The series 3 finale also features the main cast and recurring characters gathering together, this time to celebrate Nina's birthday.
* [[FirstGirlWins First Boy Wins]]: [[spoiler: Subverted with the Chris/Nina/Patrick storyline.]]
* GenkiGirl: Tammy, the girl Jimmy brings home with him after his [[JourneyToFindOneself journey to find himself ]].
* HeyItsThatGuy: Plenty.
* HospitalHottie: Most of the characters who work at the hospital. Series two has taken it UpToEleven by introducing two new male doctors and giving both [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]].
* TheLadette: Billie is borderline, but her pregnant friend definitely is.
* LoveTriangle:
** In season one: Nina <> Chris < Zara
** In season 2: Patrick <> Nina <> [[spoiler: [[HesBack Chris]]]]
* LukeIAmYourFather:
** At the end of the telemovie it is revealed that [[LateArrivalSpoiler Darcy is Ray's father.]]
** Another is [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope subverted]]]], at the very end of season 2, with Dr. Clegg and Cherie finding out that [[spoiler: Darcy is not Nina's father.]]
** Continued in series 3 with a LukeYouAreMyFather when [[spoiler: Nina]] meets with [[spoiler: Phillip Noonan]] to tell [[spoiler: him he's her father]].
* ManChild:
** Jimmy bounces between various jobs and money-making schemes and tests the patience of his entire family. [[spoiler: He eventually is called out on this by Mick, after he manages to botch an expensive landscaping job that was going to provide Mick's payment on the house he bought with Billie.]]
** [[spoiler: Zara also calls him this after revealing she's pregnant.]]
* MissingMom: Chris' wife [[spoiler: Chris had gotten word of her whereabouts, she was up north. She eventually came back to Melbourne to see her daughter.]]
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Subverted. [[spoiler: Nina suspects she's pregnant after realising she's late and experiencing possible symptoms, but later finds herself bleeding in the shower and thinks it's her period after all. The subversion comes when Philip later gets the test results and informs Nina that she is in fact pregnant, and the bleeding was another symptom.]]
* OperationJealousy
* PresentDay
* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex Boyfriend]] Nina's ex husband, shows his love to her by [[StuffBlowingUp blowing her favourite chair up]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Upon her return from the US, Nina discovers that Chris has moved back to Brisbane with Alice and Lucy. It remains to be seen if/when he'll return.]]
** [[spoiler: [[TheBusCameBack He comes back in Season 2]]]]
* RandomEventsPlot
* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Tammy]]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Mick and Billie, respectively.
* SelfProclaimedLiar: Jimmy.
* SexChangesEverything: Oooh boy does it ever...[[spoiler: Especially when its with your [[TheBroCode sisters ex]].]]
* SexWithTheEx: [[spoiler: Nina and Patrick]] have unprotected sex after their break-up. The consequences of this follow them for the rest of series 3.
* ShutUpKiss:
** [[spoiler: Nina and Chris]]
** Another in Season 2 between [[spoiler: Nina and Patrick]]
* StraightGay: Andrew, Mick's brother
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Both Chris and Patrick qualify.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Billie reveals to Mick how she got two abortions in those years.]]
* TokenLesbian: Kim, arguably.
* {{Tsundere}}: Billie
* WackyCravings: Kim during her pregnancy, displayed in the Webisodes.
* WrittenInAbsence: Billie disappears off to New Zealand for a conference in series 3 and gets stuck there when a volcanic ash cloud causes her flight to be cancelled. Billie appears briefly via phonecalls or on Skype. This was done to cover up Kat Stewart's [[HideYourPregnancy pregnancy]].
* WomanScorned: In season one, Billie.
* YouKnowWhatYouDid: Billie constantly berates Nina [[spoiler: when she finds out she slept with Mick.]]
* YourCheatingHeart:
** Darcy, while married to Geraldine.
** [[spoiler: Implied now with Geraldine too, after Nina finds out that Darcy isn't her father.]]
