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* SpitTake: Mon's reaction to Sam bluntly suggesting that they have a bath together, almost immediately after they become a couple.


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* SpitTake: Mon's reaction to Sam bluntly suggesting that they have a bath together, almost immediately after they become a couple.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: While he does have romantic feelings for Sam, Kirk eventually breaks off their engagement when he realizes she can never be truly happy with him.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: While he does have romantic feelings for Sam, Kirk eventually breaks off their engagement when he realizes she can never be truly happy with him.]]
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* SexIsGood: Sex is portrayed as beautiful and loving with no difficulties accompanying it, once Mon and Sam start doing it.
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* SpitTake: Mon's reaction to Sam bluntly suggesting that they have a bath together, almost immediately after they become a couple.
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* PlatonicKissing: Sam and Mon kiss (or in Sam's words "bite lips" or "suck mouth") before they admit their feelings for one another. Sam goes as far as ''buying strawberry lip balm'' just so she can taste it on Mon's lips.

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* PlatonicKissing: Sam and Mon kiss (or in Sam's words "bite lips" or "suck mouth") before they admit their feelings for one another. Sam goes as far as ''buying strawberry lip balm'' just so she can taste it on Mon's lips. She insists this is normal friend stuff but everyone else calls bullshit.
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* DoYouWantToCopulate: Sam and Mon are viewing a nature documentary showing footage of two lions mating. Sam points at the copulating cats and bluntly suggests they should "do that." It unsurprisingly doesn't go over well with Mon.

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* DoYouWantToCopulate: Sam and Mon are viewing a nature documentary showing footage of two lions mating. mating when Sam points at the copulating cats and bluntly suggests they should "do that." It unsurprisingly doesn't go over well with Mon.
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* TokenMinority: Auntie Mhee is the only ''kathoey'' character and is mostly there to provide comic relief. She is nevertheless a beloved employee at the company.
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* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Sam compliments Mon on her "Caucasian" features.
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* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Mon was born in England to a Thai mother and a white father (who are now divorced) and is noted to be very white-passing. Her new co-workers initially speak English to her, assuming she is a foreigner who doesn't speak Thai. [[spoiler: She almost returns to England when she and Sam break up.]]

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* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Mon was mostly raised in Thailand but born in England to a Thai mother and a white father (who are now divorced) and is noted to be very white-passing. Her new co-workers initially speak English to her, assuming she is a foreigner who doesn't speak Thai. [[spoiler: She almost returns to England when she and Sam break up.]]
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* ConvenientlyCommonKink: Sam is very lucky that Mon is as into biting as she is.
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* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Mon was born in England to a Thai mother and a white father (who are now divorced) and is noted to be very white-passing. Her new co-workers initially speak English to her, assuming she is a foreigner who doesn't speak Thai. [[spoiler: She almost returns to England when she and Sam break up.]]
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* AlmostKiss: Happens an almost absurd number of times before Sam and Mon finally lock lips.
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Mon's response when Top asks her point blank if she and Sam are lovers.
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* SecretRelationship: Necessitated by Sam's homophobic traditionalist grandmother, her arranged relationship with Kirk and her rule about no workplace relationships.
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* PlatonicKissing: Sam and Mon kiss (or in Sam's words "bite lips" or "suck mouth") before they admit their feelings for one another. Sam goes as far as ''buying strawberry lip balm'' just so she can taste it on Mon's lips.
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* JustFriends: Sam and Mon initially insist their relationship is platonic. Their friends don't buy it. Mon really does feel that way about her neighbor Top, though, much to his disappointment.

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* BathingBeauty: Sam enjoys a hot bath after work every day. The audience also enjoys it. The image of Sam and Mon having a bath ''together'' appears in the opening credits and in promotional material for the show.

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* BathingBeauty: Sam enjoys a hot bath after work every day. The audience also enjoys it.
* BathtubBonding:
The image of Sam and Mon having a bath ''together'' together appears in the opening credits and in promotional material for the show.show. In-story, it's one of the first things they do upon becoming an OfficialCouple.
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* SleepingWithTheBoss: Obviously a central them once Mon and Sam's relationship turns physical.

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* SleepingWithTheBoss: Obviously a central them theme once Mon and Sam's relationship turns physical.
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* HairyGirl: Implied in a rather infamous deleted scene from the trailer pilot where Mon appears to pick a hair out of her mouth after performing oral sex on Sam. Shaving pubic hair is far less common in Asian countries than it is in the west, though every woman in the show clearly shaves their legs.

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* HairyGirl: Implied in a rather infamous deleted scene from the trailer pilot where Mon appears to pick a hair out of her mouth after performing oral sex on Sam. Shaving pubic hair is far less common in Asian countries than it is in the west, though every woman in the show clearly shaves their has shaved legs.
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* GratuitousEnglish: The characters liberally pepper their Thai dialogue with English phrases.\

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* GratuitousEnglish: The characters liberally pepper their Thai dialogue with English phrases.\
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* GratuitousEnglish: The characters liberally pepper their Thai dialogue with English phrases.

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* GratuitousEnglish: The characters liberally pepper their Thai dialogue with English phrases.\
* HairyGirl: Implied in a rather infamous deleted scene from the trailer pilot where Mon appears to pick a hair out of her mouth after performing oral sex on Sam. Shaving pubic hair is far less common in Asian countries than it is in the west, though every woman in the show clearly shaves their legs.
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* EvilMatriarch: Sam's grandmother initially has no redeeming qualities that we can see. [[spoiler: This changes, though (see: HeelFaceTurn).]]


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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Sam's grandmother, having been the main antagonist for most of the show, pulls one in the final episode when she realizes she is losing Sam like she lost her other two granddaughters.]]
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* {{Nosebleed}}: Sam suffers from one the first time she makes out with Mon.
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* UptownGirl: A love story between a commoner (Mon) and a descendant of royalty (Sam).
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* BetaCouple: Cher and Risa, a married lesbian couple, become this for Sam and Mon when they stay at a resort run by them.


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* HappilyMarried: Cher and Risa show Sam and Mon that they can have a happy married life like any other couple. [[spoiler: The series ends with them also happily married.]]
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[[caption-width-right:260:They're either about to kiss or bite each other. Hard to tell with these two.]]

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[[caption-width-right:260:They're [[caption-width-right:350:They're either about to kiss or bite each other. Hard to tell with these two.]]
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The story follows the developing relationship between young businesswoman Kornkamon (Mon for short) and her lifelong idol Samanan Anantrukul (Sam for short), a wealthy heiress and CEO.

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The story follows the developing relationship between young businesswoman Kornkamon (Mon for short) short, played by Becky Armstrong) and her lifelong idol Samanan Anantrukul (Sam for short), short, played by Sarocha "Freen" Chankimha), a wealthy heiress and CEO.
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''Gap'' is notable for being Thailand's first gay love series, and its immense popularity may well pave the way for more similar stories in the future.

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''Gap'' is notable for being Thailand's first gay lesbian love series, and its immense popularity may well pave the way for more similar stories in the future.



* GayAesop: As the first gay love series from Thailand, it bears that responsibility. Can seem heavy-handed at times to some international audiences.

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* GayAesop: As the first gay lesbian love series from Thailand, it bears that responsibility. Can seem heavy-handed at times to some international audiences.



* MistakenForCheating: Mon's coworkers think she's having an affair with Kirk, Sam's fiamce. This creates a temporary rift in Sam and Mon's relationship when she overhears the office gossip.

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* MistakenForCheating: Mon's coworkers think she's having an affair with Kirk, Sam's fiamce.fiance. This creates a temporary rift in Sam and Mon's relationship when she overhears the office gossip.

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