Crazy Soap Opera Storylines

Days Of Our LivesJames E. Reilly's penchant for supernatural shenanigans made the show zany in the '90s. In 1995,heroineDr. Marlena Evans became possessed by the Devil. She set fire to a church, spoke in tongues, and the exorcist transformed her into a jaguar. Her eyes turned green.symbolizeher possession.

Dr. Marlena Evans suddenly decided to kill many Salem citizens for no reason in the early '00s. Thistowndo-gooder started killing her close friends. An octogenarian choked on a doughnut and put a body in a turkey-shaped pinata.

Marlena was beingframed: the entire town was alive on the island of Melaswen ("New Salem" backwards). Therealfaux-killer was a local baddie who wanted to break up all the couples in town.

Passionshad zaniest TV storylines, including the one about Zombie Charity Standish.CharityCharity and her cousin Kay fought over Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald. Kay once sold her soul to the Devil to condemn Charity. Another time, she used a book of spells to freeze Charity and replace her with a zombie version of her rival.

Zombie Charity was meant to ruin Charity's relationship with Miguel. Then, the monster became sentient and tried to destroy Miguel. Charity survived before her zombie self could kill her, but she needed a heart transplant, which she got from the local witch's living doll companion.

In 1973, soap vixen Erica Kane made headlines for having an on-screen legal abortion onAll My Children. This storyline was a milestone for daytime television, especially afterRoe v. Wade, but theAMC writers reversed this important moment in the mid-2000s. The writers rewrote the story so the doctor who performed the procedure implanted the aborted fetus in his wife's uterus. That child grew up to be the forgettable character Greg Madden, whoterrorizedAMCWriters reversed this important moment in the mid-2000s. They rewrote the storyline so the doctor implanted the aborted fetus in his wife's uterus. That child grew up as Greg Madden, whoGretabecame his biological mother on-screen until he died and gave his heart to his half-sister, Erica's daughter Kendall.

caveand was dubbed "Swamp Girl" until she got a makeover. To claim her lost princess heritage, she went through a magical Garden of Eden with Austin Reed. This bizarre virtual reality included evil versions of Salem residents (and Satan appeared).von Amberg, daughter of con artist/royal Princess Gina, lookalike of Salem's Hope Brady, lived in a, the gusty heroine ofplace and earned the "Swamp Girl" nickname until she got a makeover. To claim her lost princess heritage, she went through a magical Garden of Eden with Austin Reed. This virtual reality featured evil Salem residents and Satan.

Reva ShaynevoiceGuiding Light, experienced many journeys. Reva survived cancer, became a princess, joined the Amish, and got a clone. Reva washed up on a deserted island, found a phone, and heard her ownvoiceJosh, Reva's true love, let someone make a Reva clone that aged fast. This clone Reva took Josh's love and worked to stop Real Reva from getting back to the man she loved. Reva eventually got her life back; the clone became Reva's long-lost cousin, Dolly.

A meteor shower hit Salem. It left more than stones; a spaceship dropped two...Alien story from 'Days of Our Lives' called 'Twins Emerged From A Spaceship'.kids, called the "Gemini Twins story from 'Days of Our Lives'.." These strange teens hardly spoke at first, but they looked good. They turned out to be the kids of town cop Roman Brady and vixen Kate Roberts. Named Rex and Cassie, they got into trouble—Cassie almost slept with her half-brother before learning they were related.

Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald embodied the show's titles better than any character, as the earnest heroine ofTheresa raped Ethan and stole his wife's embryos on 'Passions'.. The daughter of the wealthy Crane family's maid, she became obsessed with Crane heir Ethan early. She spent years trying to ruin Ethan's relationship with Gwen, but she crossed a line.

Theresa raped Ethan and stole his wife's embryos on 'Passions'.Theresa pretended to be Gwen, drugged Ethan, and raped him. She got pregnant but did not know it. Determined to get Ethan, she drugged the woman who would be his and Gwen's surrogate and put the couple's fertilized embryos into herself. Theresa later lost Gwen and Ethan's baby through surgery but had her own child with Ethan, a daughter she named Jane.

General HospitalLike its title suggests, the show focuses on a hospital and its staff in upstate New York. Viewers got confused when an alien arrived in 1990.Casey the alien visited New York on 'General Hospital'.Casey Rogers visited from the planet Lumina. He needed teenager Robin Scorpio's help to get a magic crystal that would let him go home. Casey and his group got the crystal back before the bad guy Cesar Faison did much more...Casey the alien visited New York on 'General Hospital'.Casey the alien caused a blackout.

One of the storylines involved a prince nearly freezing the world on 'General Hospital'.GH storyline about a prince nearly freezing the world.'s most famous storylines include the prince nearly freezing the world on 'General Hospital'.Involved a prince nearly freezing the world on 'General Hospital'.infamous villainess Helena Cassadine and her husband, Mikkos. They stole the world's biggest uncut diamond, the Ice Princess, because the gem let themTake place on 'General Hospital'.over the world. But Luke Spencer and his love, Laura, stopped the evil plan, stopping the weather machine and seemingly killing Mikkos. This made Helena curse them on their wedding day.

In 2008, two pals time traveled back to 1968 on 'One Life to Live'.One Life to LiveRex Balsom, the show's resident bad boy, and cop Bo Buchanan wereStruck on 'One Life to Live'.by lightning... and they jumped forty years back to 1968. This created a problem because there were currentOLTL storyline about two pals time traveling to 1968.stars playing older versions. The mix-up even changed one character's father; Rex-as-1968-Bo slept with that character'sMom of the two pals time traveling to 1968 on 'One Life to Live'..

Story from 'The Bold and the Beautiful'.Los Angeles's Forrester fashion dynasty focused on licentious style. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, it centered on fashion designer Ridge Forrester's love affairs, flipping between an upright psychiatrist and a preachy one.Taylor Hayesand sex kitten Brooke Logan.

Ladies fought over Ridge for decades. Taylor moved on one time, but she still could not escape her arch-rival.Taylor married Ridge's half-brother, Nick. She got implanted with their surrogate's embryo, inseminated with Nick's sperm. However, the doctor used the wrong embryos. The child Taylor gave birth to belonged to her new husband and Brooke's ex, and her arch-enemy.She still couldn't escape her arch-rival. Taylor married Ridge's half-brother, Nick. She got implanted with their surrogate's embryo, inseminated with Nick's sperm. However, the doctor used the wrong embryos. The child Taylor gave birth to belonged to her new husband and Brooke's ex, and her arch-enemy.

Skye Lockhartfaked her death twice onThe Young and the RestlessSkye made it look like Adam offed her. Actually, Adam's father, ruthless mogul Victor Newman, helped Skye fake her death and get her away.

Victor gave Skye a new identity and dropped her in Hawaii. Adam reunited with Sharon, his brother's ex-wife, who stopped suspicion from hanging over him. Sharon found clues and located Skye in Hawaii. Sharon confronted Skye on a volcano. Skye fell in. Sharon faced investigation for her murder.

Soaps have many switched-at-birth storylines. Arch-rivals Sami Brady and Nicole Walker were both pregnant by E.J. DiMera, a suave criminal, at the same time. Nicole told E.J., who still loved Sami, the truth, and Sami hid her pregnancy. When Nicole miscarried, she planned to steal Sami's child and raise it as her own. Sami gave birth in a convent, and Nicole swapped Sami's child, named Sydney, with that of a teenage girl.

NicoleraisedSami's daughter, and Sami raised the child she thought was hers. Sadly, Sami's "daughter" died, and the truth about Sydney eventually came out. Sami reclaimed her daughter.reclaimedher daughter, though Nicole later kidnapped her. E.J. later got Sydney back from Nicole but pretended the child died to get sympathy from Sami. E.J.'s evil deed came out eventually, and an angry Sami shot him in the head.

The grand dame ofThe Young and the Restless, Katherine Chancellor had a doppelganger: a waitress named Marge Cotrooke. A criminal named Clint Radison arranged for Marge to take Katherine's place so they could all live it up on billionaire Katherine's dime.couldall live it up on billionaire Katherine's dime.

EventuallyThe ruse ended. Marge returned to Kay's life twenty years later. Katherine helped Marge (who struggled with alcoholism). A mistake in identity caused Marge's death and Katherine's funeral. La Chancellor eventually became the queen of Genoa City again.