History Series / OneTreeHill

* TheBeard: Lucas acted as this for Anna in Season 2.

** Just the James family in general, at one point in season 7 -- The youngest daughter's husband lost his virgity to the eldest daughter who is now dating the ex-husband of the middle daughter, who is now dating someone else.

** The Season 7 opener, "4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad)" also begins just over a year into the future from the Season 6 finale, "Remember Me as a Time of Day", in order to more firmly establish the absence of Lucas, Peyton, and Sawyer and introduce new characters that were already friends with the cast, like Clay.

** Rewatching Season 3 with the knowledge that Peyton realizes that she's still in love with Lucas by the finale puts a lot of the moments where Peyton appeared to be pining after Jake in a different light, as a lot of the things she says don't really apply to her relationship with Jake, whereas they completely fit with her relationship with Lucas.

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke [[RealLifeWritesThePlot due to the real-life relationship between]] Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush, resulting in Lucas suddenly deciding he was truly interested in her out of nowhere. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, whom she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle. When the writers eventually pulled the trigger on restarting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton relationship in the third season, after subtly leaving several hints throughout the season that Peyton wasn't quite as over Lucas she first appeared, they brought Jake back for a three-episode stint for no other reason than to show that Peyton never really loved him by having her confess her feelings for Lucas to him when she said "I love you, Lucas" in her sleep. Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realizing that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot due to the real-life relationship between]] Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush, resulting in Lucas suddenly deciding he was truly interested in her. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, whom she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle. When the writers eventually pulled the trigger on restarting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton relationship in the third season, after subtly leaving several hints throughout the season that Peyton wasn't quite as over Lucas she first appeared, they brought Jake back for a three-episode stint for no other reason than to show that Peyton never really loved him by having her confess her feelings for Lucas to him when she said "I love you, Lucas" in her sleep. Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realizing that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and gets together with her just as to rebound Peyton after she rejected him. Then, in season 2 Lucas suddenly decides he is truly interested in her. The two get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track restarting the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before the two become a couple for real in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand that they were never meant to be and are BetterAsFriends while he realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** {{Averted}} with Lucas and Peyton, who are the OfficialCouple of the show. The two are canonically in love with each other during season 1, whose one of major arcs is precisely their developing relationship, then season 2 basically puts a ResetButton and both almost forget all that happened in season 1 and suddenly decide they’re interested in Brooke and Jake respectively. Then, in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake respectively. It could be seen also as a DoubleSubversion or a ZigZaggingTrope.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and gets together with her just as to rebound Peyton after she rejected him, then there is a DoubleSubversion: in season 2 they put a ResetButton, with Lucas suddenly deciding he is truly interested in her. Then, the two get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track restarting the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before the two get together for real in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand that they were never meant to be and are BetterAsFriends while he realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** {{Averted}} with Lucas and Peyton, who are the OfficialCouple of the show. The two are canonically in love with each other during season 1, whose one of major arcs is precisely their developing relationship, then season 2 basically puts a ResetButton and both almost forget all that happened in season 1 and suddenly decide they’re interested in Brooke and Jake respectively. Then, in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple fo real in season 4. It could be seen also as a DoubleSubversion or a ZigZaggingTrope.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and gets together with her just as to rebound Peyton after she rejected him, then there is a DoubleSubversion: in season 2 a {{Retcon}} occurs, with Lucas suddenly deciding he is truly interested in her. Then, the two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track as it has restarted the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before the two get together for real in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand that they were never meant to be and are BetterAsFriends while he finally realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot due to the real-life relationship between Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush]], resulting in Lucas suddenly deciding he was truly interested in her. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, whom she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle. When the writers eventually pulled the trigger on restarting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton relationship in the third season, after subtly leaving several hints throughout the season that Peyton wasn't quite as over Lucas she first appeared, they brought Jake back for a three-episode stint for no other reason than to show that Peyton never really loved him by having her confess her feelings for Lucas to him when she said "I love you, Lucas" in her sleep. Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realizing that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot due to the real-life relationship between Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush]], making Lucas suddenly deciding he was truly interested in her. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, whom she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle. When the writers eventually pulled the trigger on restarting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton relationship in the third season, after subtly leaving several hints throughout the season that Peyton wasn't quite as over Lucas she first appeared, they brought Jake back for a three-episode stint for no other reason than to show that Peyton never really loved him by having her confess her feelings for Lucas to him when she said "I love you, Lucas" in her sleep. Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realizing that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

** Rachel receives absolutely punishment for [[spoiler:releasing the contents of time capsule, considering it leads to the deaths of two people]].

** Lucas and Peyton were that for each other. [[spoiler: Despite having other relationships over the course of the series, they always found their way back together as they really never stopped loving one another, becoming each other’s OneTrueLove, so they’re actually a {{Subversion}}: they didn’t stay together all the time, but they eventually made it anyway.]]

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke, due to the real-life relationship between Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush, making Lucas suddenly deciding he was truly interested in her. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, whom she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle. When the writers eventually pulled the trigger on restarting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton relationship in the third season, after subtly leaving several hints throughout the season that Peyton wasn't quite as over Lucas she first appeared, they brought Jake back for a three-episode stint for no other reason than to show that Peyton never really loved him by having her confess her feelings for Lucas to him when she said "I love you, Lucas" in her sleep. Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realizing that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

** Season 6 covers about one year as in fact it takes place few days after Jamie’s fifth birthday (which is almost at the end of season 5) and then season 7 starts with his seventh birthday after another TimeSkip of just over a year since the season 6 finale.
** Season 7, which takes place just over a year after the season 6 finale, as stated above, sees Nathan not reporting for pre-season training until the following season, which means the season covers a period of few months.

** {{Averted}} with Lucas and Peyton, who are the OfficialCouple of the show. The two are canonically in love with each other during season 1, whose one of major arcs is precisely their developing relationship, then season 2 basically puts a ResetButton and both almost forget all that happened in season 1 and suddenly decide they’re interested in Brooke and Jake respectively. Then, in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple fo real in season 4. It could be seen also as a DoubleSubversion.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and gets together with her just as to rebound Peyton after she rejected him, then there is a DoubleSubversion: in season 2 a {{Retcon}} occurs, with Lucas suddenly deciding he is truly interested in her. Then, the two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track as it has restarted the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before the two get together for real in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand that they really have never been in love with each other and they are BetterAsFriends while he finally realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** {{Averted}} with Lucas and Peyton, who are the OfficialCouple of the show. The two are canonically in love with each other during season 1, whose one of major arcs is precisely their developing relationship, but season 2 basically puts a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re interested in Brooke and Jake respectively. Then, in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple fo real in season 4. So actually all could be seen as a DoubleSubversion.

** Lindsey, Lucas' new girlfriend from Season 5. Mark Schwahn states on the Season 5 DVD that the intention behind Lindsey was (whilst still working towards Lucas & Peyton getting back together) to introduce a new love interest for Lucas, who wasn't blatantly there just to serve as an obvious false lead & could very easily be the right girl for Lucas in a different way to Peyton, but in the end it really didn’t work as she turned out to be just a rebound while everyone took the Lucas/Peyton reunion as a ForegoneConclusion and in fact it was what ultimately happened.
** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and gets together with her just as to rebound Peyton after she rejected him, then there is a DoubleSubversion: in season 2 a {{Retcon}} occurs, with Lucas suddenly deciding he is truly interested in her. Then, the two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track as it has restarted the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before the two get together for real in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand that they really have never been in love with each other and they are BetterAsFriends while he finally realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

* StarCrossedLovers: Lucas and Peyton. They are described as being soul mates who are meant to be together by the series creator Mark Schwahn. They had to overcome many obstacles and issues over the course of the series before being able to have their HappyEnding.

** During the first season the OfficialCouple of Lucas & Peyton was slowly built up with the clear goal of eventually putting them together. Come the second season, this was all ignored in favor of Lucas & Brooke, due to the real-life relationship between Creator/ChadMichaelMurray & Creator/SophiaBush, making Lucas [[StrangledByTheRedString suddenly deciding he was truly interested in her out of nowhere]]. Peyton, however, was retconned into being in love with Jake Jagielski - a recurring character from the previous season, whom she only had a mild flirtation with whilst she was trying to move on from Peyton[=/=]Lucas[=/=]Brooke love triangle. When the writers eventually pulled the trigger on restarting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton relationship in the third season, after subtly leaving several hints throughout the season that Peyton wasn't quite as over Lucas she first appeared, they brought Jake back for a three-episode stint for no other reason than to show that Peyton never really loved him by having her confess her feelings for Lucas to him when she said "I love you, Lucas" in her sleep. Similarly, the episode before Lucas & Peyton finally got together in the fourth season featured Brooke & Lucas realizing that whilst they cared for each other, they really were never in love with one another.

** {{Averted}} with Lucas and Peyton, who are the OfficialCouple of the show. The two are canonically in love with each other during season 1, whose one of major arcs is precisely their developing relationship, but season 2 basically puts a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re interested in Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple fo real in season 4. So actually all could be seen as a DoubleSubversion.

** Brooke for Lucas. She completely starts this way in season 1 as he is in love with Peyton and gets together with her just as to rebound Peyton after she rejected him, then there is a DoubleSubversion: in season 2 a {{Retcon}} occurs, with Lucas suddenly deciding he is truly interested in her [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, the two get back get back together in season 3, but in the meantime the story has already got back on track as it has restarted the WillTheyOrWontThey between Lucas and Peyton: before the two get together for real in season 4, both Brooke and Lucas understand that they really have never been in love with each other and they are BetterAsFriends while he finally realizes Peyton was the one for him all along.

** {{Averted}} with Lucas and Peyton, who are the OfficialCouple of the show. The two are canonically in love with each other in season 1, whose one of major arcs is their developing relationship, but season 2 basically puts a ResetButton and both suddenly decide they’re in love with Brooke and Jake respectively [[StrangledByTheRedString out of nowhere]]. Then, immediately in season 3 the story gets back on track and restarts their relationship with both Peyton before and Lucas soon after realizing they actually never stopped loving each other and really weren’t in love with either Brooke or Jake, finally becoming a couple in season 4. In the end, it all could be seen as a DoubleVersion actually.

* BetaCouple: Mouth and Millie starting season 5.