* AnchoredShip: For many fans, the conclusion to Gabi/Antonio came off as kind of a shock. All through the show, even 'til the last few episodes, they were hinting towards the fact that they are each others' destiny, future, etc. (Carmen's "DESTINY" poster falling on them at the Career fair!)
** In an interview with Nick Kiriazis who played Antonio, he explained that when he initially came on the show, the producers told him he wasn't going to be a priest for very long. But they kept prolonging the sexual tension every few months. Best guess: before the cancellation they were definitely planning on having Antonio leave the priesthood and eventually get with Gabi.
* AwesomeEgo: Gregory is an elitist. Del recognized him as some kind of prodigy and took Gregory under his wing. He made a fortune as a defense lawyer, formed his own land development company, and currently owns the biggest house in Sunset Beach (1 Ocean Drive), along with most of the town. Anyone would develop an ego.
* ClicheStorm: Every horror movie convention in the book:
** A romantic picnic in a cold, dark, damp, foggy swamp. Lovely. (''Terror Island'')
** On his first trip to [[spoiler:Derek]]'s deserted lair, Ben literally takes a minute to '''ponder about which soap plot he's in'''. (Zombie? Ghost? Split personality?)
* HamAndCheese: There were some notable people in the cast list, namely Lesley-Anne Down and John Reilly, who got clued in on the show's direction very early.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: LAD goes full-on Creator/WilliamShatner here. She ''can'' bring it down a notch and convey more with a raised eyebrow than most actors can with pages of dialog. It's just too bad that, like Buxton and Behrens, these guys really didn't have the best careers.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Sam Behrens was born to play Gregory. Seriously, is there a more hardcore character in daytime than this dude?
* NarmCharm: Yep--this was part of its charm and what made it strangely addictive.
** Mark Wolper's absurd death scene. ''People cried''. [[spoiler:What made it rather tragic is that Mark deserved to die least of all, and certainty not at the hands of his surrogate father (or so he appeared at the time), thus depriving Sunset Beach of one of its few heroes]]. If Casey, say, had died then nobody would have given a toss.
** Bette mourning the apparent passing of Annie. As scripted, it is a moving scene and well-played by Kathleen Noone--but then it starts to run on long, with the [[DeathIsDramatic dramatic drop to the knees]], [[MilkingTheGiantCow clenched fists]] and [[SkywardScream tribal yell]] conveying, ''quite'' loudly, the depth of despair Aunt Bette is feeling. "DIDJA KNOW ANNIE? DIDJA KNOOOOOOOOOOOW??" You didn't know whether to laugh or cry, which is the show in a nutshell.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Some may recognise Laura Harring (''Film/MulhollandDrive'') as Paula Foster or Kelly Hu (''Series/MartialLaw'') as Rae from early episodes.
** Even getting sent to Hell doesn't slow [[{{Series/Passions}} Alistair Crane]] down any.
** You know Cole #1 better as the exploding man who leveled Grauman's Chinese Theater in ''Film/IronMan3.''
** Tim is played by ''[[{{Series/Firefly}} Serenity]]''[='s=] original mechanic, who seemed more interested in getting inside Kaylee's working parts.
** Mark is dodging another killer's knife in ''Film/BrideOfChucky''.
** Michael can be seen on ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' as Bailey's love interest. His poisonous "friend", Jamal, played another gangster in ''{{Series/Angel}}''[='=]s "The Thin Dead Line." Virginia was the [[WhammyBid whammy bidder]] in ''Angel''[='s=] "Parting Gifts".
** Where did they dig up Kam Heskin? Working tables at Olive Garden? And what a joke that she replaced Sheridan on ''Passions''.
** Lisa Guerrero began her career as a cheerleader and shifted to sportscasting. She can also be seen acting alongside Danny Devito as "Campaign Bimbo" in ''Film/BatmanReturns''. Today she is a TV personality and news correspondent.
** Phideaux, Prog Rock musician, is the director of this show.
* TheScrappy: No shortage of these, but Tiff and Sean top the list.
** A tie between Meg and Maria. This was helped by the shipping rivalry over Ben in their respective fandoms.
** Actually the title belongs to Damien--er, Benjy. The kid was so hated that there are websites out there dedicated to proving how [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Benjy was orchestrating every evil plot that ever occurred on the show]]... despite being only five years old or so when the show ended.
** TakeThatScrappy: Benjy is included in the cast reunion of Meg's Kansas dream... except it's [[WeNamedTheDogIndiana the name of the dog]] in this reality.
* ShippingBedDeath: Couples on this show had an alarming tendency to break up if there weren't any more barriers to cross. Vanessa miscarried thanks to Virginia's attack and (temporarily) broke off her engagement to Michael. Meg was more or less kicked out of Ben's home by his irritating pimple of a son. A.J. broke ties with Olivia when she crawled back into the bottle. Perhaps worst of all, Ricardo couldn't forgive Paula for not having his back during the rape trial.
* SerialNumbersFiledOff: "Shockwave" is ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' done on a budget. "Terror Island" speaks for itself.
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