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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Linden Cullen, [[spoiler: Penny Valentine]].

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Linden Cullen, [[spoiler: Penny [[spoiler:Penny Valentine]].



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** Played straight, however, with Oliver Valentine, [[spoiler: who looks as though he's going to get away with continuing to practise as a doctor illegally]].

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** Played straight, however, with Oliver Valentine, [[spoiler: who [[spoiler:who looks as though he's going to get away with continuing to practise as a doctor illegally]].



* ProdigalHero: Henrik Hanssen, who left Sweden after his father was disgraced for using Nazi medical research. Henrik considered this [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]] since his mother was a holocaust survivor and blamed his father for driving her to commit suicide. [[spoiler: Turns out, his mother convinced his father to use the data and she killed herself for an entirely ''different'' reason.]]

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* ProdigalHero: Henrik Hanssen, who left Sweden after his father was disgraced for using Nazi medical research. Henrik considered this [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]] since his mother was a holocaust survivor and blamed his father for driving her to commit suicide. [[spoiler: Turns [[spoiler:Turns out, his mother convinced his father to use the data and she killed herself for an entirely ''different'' reason.]]
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Elliot is shown Holby as the hospital he never worked at in a Christmas BizarroEpisode.

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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Elliot is shown Holby as the hospital he never worked at in a Christmas BizarroEpisode.[[invoked]]BizarroEpisode.
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* HeldGaze: Serena Campbell (Catherine Russell) and Bernie Wolfe (Jemma Redgrave) are ''constantly'' sharing long, meaningful looks. After the episode where [[spoiler:they finally kiss]], one of the producers noted that they "could only play sizzling glances for so long" before the inevitable happened.

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* HeldGaze: Serena Campbell (Catherine Russell) and Bernie Wolfe (Jemma Redgrave) (Creator/JemmaRedgrave) are ''constantly'' sharing long, meaningful looks. After the episode where [[spoiler:they finally kiss]], one of the producers noted that they "could only play sizzling glances for so long" before the inevitable happened.

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The show finally drew to a close in 2022, with the BBC citing [[BritainIsOnlyLondon efforts to produce more programmes based outside of the south of England]].



* PrejudiceAesop: The show has this an OmnipresentTrope in its LongRunner history (21 years), so listing all the examples would take up too much room, but this [[AnAesop aesop]] is more of an EnforcedTrope due to the BBC's public service commitments.

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* PrejudiceAesop: The show has this an OmnipresentTrope in its LongRunner history (21 (23 years), so listing all the examples would take up too much room, but this [[AnAesop aesop]] is more of an EnforcedTrope due to the BBC's public service commitments.

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* BeYourself: A 2018 episode also had a moral that "Being a GirlyGirl is okay, and it's not just about fashion and makeup, and some [[GirlyGirl girly-girls]] are badasses, and you shouldn't feel pressure to [[StatusQuoIsGod deviate from the look that suits you]] or try and be a {{Tomboy}} even if they pressure you to and make fun of you for being girly". She was a OneShotCharacter.



* {{Expy}} / CaptainErsatz: An expy of Music/MileyCyrus, and one of Music/LadyGaga have appeared in background scenes on occasion. Neither are [[TheVoiceless speaking characters]].
** In the episode ''My Hero'' a CaptainErsatz of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' Vicki appeared, as a [[FunnyBackgroundEvent background character.]]
* FanService: Rosie Marcel, aka Jac Naylor.



* HardTruthAesop: A threefer of examples:
** A 2014 episode had the moral "Older doesn't necessarily mean wiser, and if you can't reason with an elderly person, don't try to, let them suffer the consequences of their own making.", when an abusive elderly patient yelled at a nurse. This OneShotCharacter, a grouchy old man seemed to treat the hospital more like a hotel than a hospital.
** One episode in 2015 delivered the moral that "If you have to stand up for medical ethics but the board don't agree, then it's right to quit, even if your paycheck depends on it, and it's right to take another medical job".
** A 2018 episode also had another moral that was unorthodox, with it about the PatientOfTheWeek: "Being a GirlyGirl is okay, and it's not just about fashion and makeup, and some [[GirlyGirl girly-girls]] are badasses, and you shouldn't feel pressure to [[StatusQuoIsGod deviate from the look that suits you]] or try and be a {{Tomboy}} even if they pressure you to and make fun of you for being girly". OK, so the girly-girl was a OneShotCharacter, but the moral was relevant.

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* HardTruthAesop: A threefer of examples:
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A 2014 episode had the moral "Older doesn't necessarily mean wiser, and if you can't reason with an elderly person, don't try to, let them suffer the consequences of their own making.", when an abusive elderly patient yelled at a nurse. This OneShotCharacter, a grouchy old man seemed to treat the hospital more like a hotel than a hospital.
** One episode in 2015 delivered
hospital. This defied the "Respect your elders" moral that "If you have to stand up for medical ethics but the board don't agree, then it's right to quit, even if your paycheck depends on it, and it's right to take another medical job".
** A 2018 episode also had another moral that was unorthodox, with it about the PatientOfTheWeek: "Being a GirlyGirl
is okay, and it's not just about fashion and makeup, and some [[GirlyGirl girly-girls]] are badasses, and you shouldn't feel pressure to [[StatusQuoIsGod deviate from the look that suits you]] or try and be a {{Tomboy}} even if they pressure you to and make fun of you for being girly". OK, so the girly-girl was a OneShotCharacter, but the moral was relevant.often taught.
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* HardTruthAesop: A threefer of examples:
** A 2014 episode had the moral "Older doesn't necessarily mean wiser, and if you can't reason with an elderly person, don't try to, let them suffer the consequences of their own making.", when an abusive elderly patient yelled at a nurse. This OneShotCharacter, a grouchy old man seemed to treat the hospital more like a hotel than a hospital.
** One episode in 2015 delivered the moral that "If you have to stand up for medical ethics but the board don't agree, then it's right to quit, even if your paycheck depends on it, and it's right to take another medical job".
** A 2018 episode also had another moral that was unorthodox, with it about the PatientOfTheWeek: "Being a GirlyGirl is okay, and it's not just about fashion and makeup, and some [[GirlyGirl girly-girls]] are badasses, and you shouldn't feel pressure to [[StatusQuoIsGod deviate from the look that suits you]] or try and be a {{Tomboy}} even if they pressure you to and make fun of you for being girly". OK, so the girly-girl was a OneShotCharacter, but the moral was relevant.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. Although there are many permanent changes per season, characters' love lives rarely last, and the GirlOfTheWeek or BoyOfTheWeek usually is gone by the end of the story arc; also, some characters [[AesopAmnesia do not learn the aesop]].

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* StatusQuoIsGod: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. Although there are many permanent changes per season, characters' love lives rarely last, and the GirlOfTheWeek or BoyOfTheWeek usually is gone by the end of the story arc; arc or season; also, some characters [[AesopAmnesia do not learn the aesop]].moral of the story]].
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* {{Crossover}}: With its parent show ''{{Series/Casualty}}''. Done as the mini-series ''Casualty@Holby City'' in 2004 and 2005. A similarly large-scale one occurred in 2019, focused on a cyber-attack. As the two are set in the same building, however, many smaller incidents have occurred, with occasional permanent character moves.

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