Romantic comedy films, also known as " rom-coms " or " romedies ", are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles.

** Romantic comedy – light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles.

The video games Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles contain plotlines centered around the " Death Egg ", a space station resembling the Death Star, though altered to feature the face of series villain Doctor Robotnik.

* Romantic comedies are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles.

In all of the show's incarnations, the comedic plotlines centered around Riley himself, a gullible and occasionally clumsy ( but big-hearted ) lug, and the doings and undoings of his family.

In plotlines mirroring the negative reaction of non-commercial artists to the commercialization of the art form by companies like IBM ( and, later, Sony itself ) the Rakugaki Ōkoku series ( 2003 – 2005 ) for Sony's PlayStation 2 revolves around an anonymous hero and his magically imbued-with-life graffiti creations as they struggle against an evil king who only allows art to be produced which can benefit him.

Numerous plotlines and side-quests in the Ultima games revolve around one of Lord British's adventures or public works projects.

Many plotlines revolve around the jobs Kaff Tagon and his mercenary crew have accepted, preferably involving as much brawn as necessary and as little brain as possible ( although resident mad scientist Kevyn Andreyasn can pick up the slack if need be ).

The other comedic plotlines centred around the characters below and their peculiarities, although other PCs and staff were usually visible in the background and at meetings.

Sazae was a very " liberated " woman, and many of the early plotlines revolved around Sazae bossing around her husband, to the consternation of her neighbors, who believed that a man should be the head of his household.

Ma owned and operated a lumber yard in the small Southern town of Rushville Center ( population 4000 ), where the plotlines pivoted around her interactions with the local townsfolk and the ongoing dilemmas of her three children, Evey, Fay and John.

Many of the show's plotlines revolve around technologies like AI, nanotechnology and neuroimaging.

The plotlines that evolved over time ( version 3. x and beyond ) revolved around six gods and numerous other background characters.

Despite being one of the main characters, Donna's role in Season 8 got a bit smaller due to some of the plotlines centering around Jackie ( Mila Kunis ), Hyde ( Danny Masterson ), and Fez ( Wilmer Valderrama ).

Several of this book's plotlines revolve around major characters seeking an unaltered copy of the Camaas Document, in an attempt to settle the issue.

Excerpts from the sitcom are featured in the second series, and many of the Extras plotlines have revolved around Millman's experiences with the show.

The story features three plotlines that overlap around a character from Jack Bauer's past named Peter Madsen.

The development of these plotlines would occur in alternation with the segments between Dr. Katz and his guests.

In other cases, little-known or forgotten films from the past are revived as cult films, largely because they may be considered goofy and senseless by modern standards, with laughable special effects and corny plotlines.

Chapterhouse Dune ends with a cliffhanger, and Herbert's subsequent death in 1986 left some overarching plotlines of the series unresolved.

" Toba explained that each planet in Cowboy Bebop had unique features, and in the plotlines the producers had to take into account the characteristics of each planet.

While the cover of the magazine itself contends it was a catalog, most historians note that it contained articles, features, and plotlines, qualifying it as a magazine.

As explained by Pocket Books editor Margaret Clark, it was decided to scale back the number of books published not due to low sales or lack of interest in the prequel series, but due to the fact that the televised series often conflicted with planned literary plotlines, or beat the book series to the punch entirely.

Thomas Magnum of Magnum, P. I., Stringfellow Hawke of Airwolf, and the characters of The A-Team were characters whose experiences in Vietnam were more frequently worked into plotlines.

Parkes and Lasker came up with several different military-themed plotlines prior to the final story.

Some of the plotlines in the cases took as their starting point real events such as the Hillsborough disaster, while others were purely fictional with only tangential ties to actual events.

Arcadias only true deviation from this definition is the inclusion of two separate, though interrelated, plotlines: both follow a linear structure along parallel lines.

Frink's bizarre inventions and understanding of advanced physics usually fit well into these supernatural plotlines.

Second, Astaire was adamant that all song and dance routines be seamlessly integrated into the plotlines of the film.

The reason for the change was purportedly to make the show more episodic and open to casual viewing since Wolfe's version — although episodic — had many continuing plotlines and story arcs.

Beck left after the tenth issue due to " creative differences " regarding plotlines.

McFarlane eventually would hand off scripting duties ( while still overseeing plotlines ) to other writers, and the book continued to retain a respectable following.

Unpredictable turns of fortune drive the complicated plotlines of Hellenistic romances, such as Leucippe and Clitophon or Daphnis and Chloe.

In the third season DVD commentary, the writers revealed they had been planning to have Jimmy adopt Beth as his daughter, but never felt the time was right to begin the story in the midst of the show's normal plotlines.

Each season had several recurring characters with each episode focused on two or three specific characters with plotlines presented as interleaved vignettes.

In 1930 Arnold Bennett said, “ Dreiser simply does not know how to write, never did know, never wanted to know .” Other critics called his style “ vulgar ,” “ uneven ,” “ clumsy ,” “ awkward ,” and “ careless .” His plotlines were also decried as unimaginative, critics citing his lack of education and claiming that he lacked intellectualism.

They stole freely from the contemporary French and Spanish stage, from English Jacobean and Caroline plays, and even from Greek and Roman classical comedies, and combined the looted plotlines in adventurous ways.

In later years, several TV series featured episodes with similar plotlines to " A World of Difference "— a character in the series finds himself in the " real world " and trying to convince people he's actually the character.

Some typical conflicts and long running plotlines included Miller's frustration with red tape and paperwork, his constant efforts to maintain peace, order, and discipline, and his numerous failed attempts to get a promotion ; Harris's preoccupation with outside interests, such as his living arrangements but mainly his novel ( Blood On The Badge ), and his inability to remain focused on his police work ; Fish's age-related health issues, marital problems, and reluctance to retire ; Wojciehowicz's impulsive behavior and love life ; Luger's nostalgia for the old days with partners Foster, Kleiner and " Brownie " Brown ; Levitt's quest to become a detective ( which was eventually successful ); the rivalry between the precinct's resident intellectuals, Harris and Dietrich and continually — but reliably — bad coffee ( usually made by Yemana ).

The shortest of the three plotlines is that of Richard Francis Burton and his friends.

Some other plotlines involved Ernie wanting to play a game with Bert who wants to do something else ; he continues playing until he gets Bert in but when Bert finally wants to continue playing the game Ernie is tired of playing and wants to do something else.

Much of the film is slapstick comedy involving Chaplin manhandling large props, but other plotlines include a strike by the stagehands, and Purviance, who is unable to become an actress, dressing as a man and becoming a stagehand.

Nebulous both parodies and pays homage to several well known science fiction programmes and films in both its setting and plotlines, often incorporating several different elements within a single story: Professor Nebulous himself is similar to Bernard Quatermass, a British scientist who led a research group and fought aliens in the classic science fiction serial The Quatermass Experiment and its sequels.

One of the most memorable running plotlines from Designing Women was Suzanne's never-seen, psychotic, immigrant maid Consuela, who caused plenty of trouble for everyone at the Sugarbaker Design Firm.

One of Morrison's more controversial plotlines involved the married Cyclops having a telepathic affair with Emma Frost behind Jean's back, as well as introducing Xavier's sister, Cassandra Nova, who was responsible for the Genoshan genocide.