History YMMV / Neighbours

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: To the point where viewing figures for ''Neighbours'' in the UK often surpassed the ''population'' of Australia. In fact, this is the only Australian series (and the last imported one to date) to have topped the ratings in Britain. Indeed, this trope is the reason why the show has survived so long despite dwindling interest in its home country -- for many years most of the show's costs have been covered by the UK broadcaster, Channel 5.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Brits Love Australian Soaps]]: To the point where viewing figures for ''Neighbours'' in the UK often surpassed the ''population'' of Australia. In fact, this is the only Australian series (and the last imported one to date) to have topped the ratings in Britain.

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir]] called [[Series/Bel-Air]].

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir]] called ''Bel-Air''.

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir]] called ''Bel-Air''.

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of [TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir] called ''Bel-Air''.

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir]] called ''Bel-Air''.

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir called ''Bel-Air''.

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of [[series:TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir]] called ''Bel-Air''.

** An actress called Cassandra Freeman - the same name as Donna's troublesome mother in 2009 - plays Vivian Banks in a new version of [[series:FreshPrinceOfBelAir]] called ''Bel-Air''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Like ''Series/HomeAndAway'', many future stars started their careers on this series such as Creator/MargotRobbie, Music/KylieMinogue, Music/JasonDonovan, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/DichenLachman, Eliza Taylor, Alan Dale, Bella Heathcote, Caitlin Stasey, Creator/Ben Mendelsohn, Creator/AdelaideKane, Creator/LiamHemsworth, and Creator/JesseSpencer.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Like ''Series/HomeAndAway'', many future stars started their careers on this series such as Creator/MargotRobbie, Music/KylieMinogue, Music/JasonDovovan, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/DichenLachman, Eliza Taylor, Alan Dale, Bella Heathcote, Caitlin Stasey, Creator/Ben Mendelsohn, Creator/AdelaideKane, Creator/LiamHemsworth, and Creator/JesseSpencer.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Like ''Series/HomeAndAway'', many future stars started their careers on this series such as Creator/MargotRobbie, Music/KylieMinogue, Creator/JasonDovovan, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/DichenLachman, Eliza Taylor, Alan Dale, Bella Heathcote, Caitlin Stasey, Creator/Ben Mendelsohn, Creator/AdelaideKane, Creator/LiamHemsworth, and Creator/JesseSpencer.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Like ''Series/HomeAndAway'', many future stars started their careers on this series such as Creator/MargotRobbie, Music/KylieMinogue, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/DichenLachman, Eliza Taylor, Alan Dale, Bella Heathcote, Caitlin Stasey, Creator/Ben Mendelsohn, Creator/AdelaideKane, Creator/LiamHemsworth, and Creator/JesseSpencer.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Like ''Series/HomeAndAway'', many future stars started their careers on this series such as Creator/MargotRobbie, Music/KylieMinogue, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/DichenLachman, Eliza Taylor, Alan Dale, Bella Heathcote, Caitlin Stasey, Creator/Ben Mendelsohn, Creator/AdelaideKane and Creator/LiamHemsworth.

** Paul conspiring with Holden Price to ensure Brent is sent to prison and out of Harlow's life is described by Terese as [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]], though funnily enough it's [[RecycledScript only a slight variation]] on the aforementioned stunt with Tim Collins to get rid of Mason.

* RonTheDeathEater: Nicolette Stone gets a lot of this kind of vitriol on the ''Neighbours'' Facebook page, to the point of people cheering on Paul's BreakingSpeech to her while ignoring that his crimes and manipulations have long since outstripped hers by a long way, and he's rarely been punished or atoned for any of them the way she has, nor has he ever acknowledged the fact that Nicolette saved Harlow's life earlier in the year. Not to mention that the speech itself was triggered by the fallout of something that she was unmistakably the wronged party in (as far as she knew, Chloe had cheated on her with Leo while David and Aaron had covered for them to avoid complications with Nicolette's pregnancy). And while Nicolette's actions following this, with her accepting a bribe from Paul before handing over another baby to the boys (albeit with the consent of that baby's mother, who actually ended up with the money) may have been beyond the pale, her detractors are generally convinced that she was planning to do something like this from the beginning, which ignores that she would have to know Chloe would never forgive her for betraying Aaron like that, thus Nicolette would likely never have done so without being betrayed first.

** 2002 is similarly unpopular, mostly due a prolonged storyline about Susan losing thirty years of memory after slipping on spilt milk.

* RonTheDeathEater: Nicolette Stone gets a lot of this kind of vitriol on the ''Neighbours'' Facebook page, to the point of people cheering on Paul's BreakingSpeech to her while ignoring that his crimes and manipulations have long since outstripped hers by a long way, and he's rarely been punished or atoned for any of them the way she has, nor has he ever acknowledged the fact that Nicolette saved Harlow's life earlier in the year. Not to mention that the speech itself was triggered by the fallout of something that she was unmistakably the wronged party in (as far as she knew, Chloe had cheated on her with Leo while David and Aaron had covered for them to avoid complications with Nicolette's pregnancy). [[spoiler:Admittedly, Nicolette's actions following this speech may have vindicated this criticism in and out of universe, but it almost comes off as ThenLetMeBeEvil by this point]].

* RonTheDeathEater: Nicolette Stone gets a lot of this kind of vitriol on the ''Neighbours'' Facebook page, to the point of people cheering on Paul's BreakingSpeech to her while ignoring that his crimes and manipulations have long since outstripped hers and he's rarely been punished or atoned for any of them the way she has. Not to mention that the speech itself was triggered by the fallout of something that she was unmistakably the wronged party in (as far as she knew, Chloe had cheated on her with Leo while David and Aaron had covered for them to avoid complications with Nicolette's pregnancy).

* LaserGuidedKarma: When Jim Robinson died of a heart attack, his scheming girlfriend Fiona Hartman left him for dead and ran off with all his money. A few months later, off-screen she found a new young boyfriend who conned [i]her[/i] out of her (partly ill-gotten) money and eventually she died in a car crash with him.

* LaserGuidedKarma: When Jim Robinson died of a heart attack, his scheming girlfriend Fiona Hartman left him for dead and ran off with all his money. A few months later, off-screen she found a new young boyfriend who conned HER out of her (partly ill-gotten) money and eventually she died in a car crash with him.