A = All My Children

Barnabas Collins (central character on Dark Shadows)

C = Chloe Mitchell-Fisher (Y&R)

D = Drucilla Barber Winters (Y&R)

E = Eric Brady (Days of our Lives)

Felicia Gallant (character from Another World played by actress Linda Dano)

G = Gabi Hernandez (Days of our Lives)

H = Hawkins Falls, Population 6200

I=Isabella Braña Willams ( Y& R)

J = Justin Barber (The Bold & the Beautiful)

K= Katherine Chancellor ( Y& R)

L = Liam Spencer (The Bold & the Beautiful)

M= Macy Alexander ( B& B)

Nicholas Newman (Y&R)

Our Private World (a short-lived prime time soap spin-off of As the World Turns that featured the indefatigable character of Lisa played by Eileen Fulton).

Passions

Q=Quinn Forrester( B& B)

R = Robin Strasser

S= Sunset Beach

T = The Young and the Restless

U = Ugly personality most times: Bill Spencer (Bold & the Beautiful)

V = Victor Newman

W = Wyatt Spencer (The Bold & the Beautiful)

X = Sex, Love & Secrets

Z = The Clear Horizon

A = Adam Newman (The Young & the Restless)

B = Bright Promise

Capitol (1982-1987)

Dark Shadows

Edge of Night (1956-1984)

From These Roots

G= Guiding Light

H = Hawkins Falls

I= Irna Phillips

J = Judi Evans

K = Kevin Fisher (The Young & the Restless)

L = Laura Wright

M= Michael Baldwin ( Y& R)

N = Nicole Walker (Days of our Lives)

O=Oliver Jones ( B& B)

O = One Life To Live

P = Phyllis Summers (Y&R)

Q= Quartermaine family ( GH)

Q = Quinn Hudson - Days Of Our Lives

Rachel Cory Hutchins (Another World, played by Robin Strasser & Victoria Wyndham)

Susan Lucci

T= Taylor Hayes ( B & B)

U = Una Vida, Un Destino, a Bolivian soap opera

V = Victor Newman (The Young & the Restless)

W = Waterloo Station, an Australian soap opera

Xavier Austin (character on Aussie soap Home & Away)

Yaaradi Nee Mohini - an Indian soap opera

Zander Avant (The Bold & the Beatuiful)

A= Ashley Abbott ( Y & R)

B = Brookside

C = Constance MacKenzie = Peyton Place

D= Dallas

Emmerdale

F = Frank Runyeon

G = George Anderson = Peyton Place

H = Hope Williams Brady

I = I Platia, a soap opera from Cyprus

J= JR Ewing= Dallas

K = Kristian Alfonso

Llanview, Pennsylvania (setting for One Life to Live)

Maurice Benard

Nancy Hughes (longtime character from As the World Turns, played by the late Helen Wagner)

One Life To Live

P= Paul Williams ( Y & R)

Q = Q Bouwhuis

R= Ryan's Hope

S = Sarah Joy Brown

T= Theo Vanderway ( Y & R)

U = Usher

V= Victoria Newman ( Y & R)

W = Waggoners' Walk

Xica da Silva (Brazilian soap)

Y= Young & The Restless

Zsa Zsa Gabor (appeared as the character of Lydia Marlowe on As the World Turns)

A= As The World Turns

Bill Bell (Creator of The Young & The Restless, The Bold & The Beautiful)

Constance MacKenzie = Peyton Place

D=Donna Logan ( B & B)

Eileen Fulton (Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn on As the World Turns)

Simon Fraser = As The World Turns

Gina Tognoni (actress, One Life to Live, Guiding Light, The Young & The Restless)

H= Hayley Vaughan Santos ( AMC)

Iris Cory Wheeler (Another World and its spin-off Texas, played by Beverlee McKinsey and Carmen Duncan)

Jill Abbott - The Young & The Restless

Kiriakis (central family from Days of Our Lives)

L= Lulu Spencer ( GH)

Melaswen Island, where all the victims of the Salem Stalker were magically brought back to life on Days of Our Lives. Melaswen is New Salem spelled backwards!

N=Neil Winters ( Y& R)

Oakdale, Illinois (fictional setting for As the World Turns)

P = Peyton Place

Quentin Collins (David Selby's character from Dark Shadows)

Rodney Harrington = Peyton Place

S= Sharon Newman ( Y & R)

Television City Studios in Los Angeles (where both The Young & The Restless & The Bold & The Beautiful are taped)

Ursula Andress (Madame Talec on Falcon Crest)

Victoria Winters from Dark Shadows

W - Waa! Lots of crying on soaps!

X = eXtortion plots on just about every soap opera.

Yuri (actress/singer from tons of Spanish language telenovelas/soaps, my favorite being Volver a Empezar!)

Z = Zoe Buckingham (The Bold & the Beautiful)

A= Another World

Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman on General Hospital)

C = Carter Walton (The Bold & the Beautiful)

D= Days of Our Lives

E = Elizabeth Taylor played Helena Cassadine on a few episods of General Hospital

F = Forrester Creations Fashion House (Bold & the Beautiful)

Genoa City, Wisconsin (setting for The Young & The Restless)

H= Hope Logan ( B & B)

Ivy Winthrop Crane (from Passions, played by Kim Johnston Ulrich)

J= Jack Abbott ( Y & R)

Kimberlin Brown (Sheila Carter, The Young & The Restless, The Bold & The Beautiful)

L=Lauren Fenmore Baldwin ( Y & R)

Mona Kane Tyler (the put-upon mother of Erica Kane on All My Children and played by the late Frances Heflin)

N = Cynthia Nash = The Young and The Restless

Orlena Grimaldi (Mother to Damian Grimaldi [later revealed she had kidnapped Damian as an infant] on As the World Turns and played by revered actress Claire Bloom)

P= Phoebe Forrester ( B & B)

Quinn Forrester (Bold & the Beautiful)

R - Robert Scorpio (General Hospital)

Secret Storm (1954-1974)

T= Thorne Forrester ( B & B)

Unbelievable storylines, something all soaps have used...

V= Victor Newman ( Y & R)

W = Will Horton (Days of our Lives)

Xuxa Meneghel (Brazilian soap actress and singer, host of children's show)

Yolanda Hamilton on The Young and the Restless

Zaslow, Michael (Roger Thorpe on Guiding Light)

A= Alexis Carrington Colby= Dynasty

Beverlee McKinsey (Iris from Another World, Alexandra from Guiding Light)

C = Chloe Lane (Days of our Lives)

D= Dallas

E = Elena ? (Young & the Restless)

E = Elena ? (Young & the Restless)

?= I think it's Dawson

F= Fallon Carrington= Dynasty

Gina Capwell (Robin Mattson, Santa Barbara)

H= Hilary Curtis Hamilton ( Y & R0

I = Ivan ? (Vivian Alimain's hench-man from back in the day): Days of our Lives

Jabot (the cosmetics company started by John Abbott on The Young & The Restless)

K= Knots Landing

Love of Life (1951-1980)

Marnie Schulenburg as As the World Turns’ Alison

N= Nikki Newman ( Y & R)

Oliver Jones - The Bold & the Beautiful

Patsy Pease (Kim, Day of our Lives)

Quinn Redeker (Alex Marshall/Days of Our Lives, Rex Sterling/The Young & The Restless)

Reva Shayne Lewis ( GL)

Somerset (1970-1976)

Texas (TV series)

Underhanded acts

V=Venice: The Series

Wallingford (the late Brent Collins, Another World)

X = Xavier Austin - a character from the Australian soap opera Home And Away

Y = Yvonne Cotton, EastEnders character

Zimmer, Kim (Reva Shayne on Guiding Light)

A= As the World Turns

Bianca Montgomery (Daughter of Erica Kane, All My Children)

C - Crying - a staple of soaps

C - Crying - a staple of soaps

D = Dying: another staple of soaps

E= Erica Kane ( AMC)

Frannie Hughes (As the World Turns)

Guiding Light

Harmony, Maine (setting for Passions)

I = If Loving You Is Wrong

J - Jack Wagner (Frisco on GH)

K - Knots Landing

L = Lucy Romalotti (Y & R)

M = Market in Honey Lane

N= Nate Hastings ( Y& R)

O = One Life To Live

Princess Gina Von Amberg (Days of Our Lives)

Q = Quinn Fuller

R = Rodney Harrington (Peyton Place)

S = Steffy Forrester (Bold & the Beautiful)

Thom Bierdz (actor, original Phillip Chancellor III on The Young & The Restless)

Until Tomorrow, an Australian soap opera

Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel, Days of Our Lives)

W=Wyatt Spencer( B& B)

X-Rays (lots of doctors, nurses and hospital settings on the soaps)

Y = Yo soy Bea, a Spanish soap opera

Zany plot lines and characters

Another World

B = Bella Mitchell Fisher (Young & the Restless)

Cruz Castillo (A. Martinez, Santa Barbara)

David Canary

Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda Walsh Dixon/As the World Turns, Althea Davis/The Doctors)

Finola Hughes

Generations (1989-1991)

Huw Higginson

Ian Ward ( Y & R)

Java Underground (coffee shop co-owned by Lisa Grimaldi on As the World Turns)

Kumkum Bhagya‎, an Indian soap opera

Lipstick (TV series)

Mona Lisa (fashionable restaurant owned by Lisa on As the World Turns)

Norma Connolly

Olivia Falconeri ( GH)

Paulina Cory Carlino (Judi Evans, Another World)

Queens of Drama

R- Robert Scorpio (GH)

S - Shortland Street

T = Tom Cudahy on All My Children

U= Underground The = A Club owned by Nick Newman ( Y & R)

V = Valiant Lady

Wally Kurth (Ned Ashton/General Hospital, Justin Kiriakis, Days of Our Lives)

You Me Now, a soap opera from New Zealand

Zara Highway (Faye Daveney, UK soap EastEnders)

A Flame in the Wind

B - Bold and the Beautiful

C - Capitol

D = Deidre Hall

E= Elizabeth Webber ( GH)

F = Fizz Charlson (El Dorado)

Greenlee Smythe (Rebecca Budig, All My Children)

Hannah Gilmore

India von Halkein (Mary Kay Adams, Guiding Light)

Justin Hartley

Kaite Logan ( B & B)

Leanna Love (Barbara Crampton, The Young & The Restless)

Malibu Shores

Nurse's Ball (annual charity event on General Hospital)

Office, an Indian soap opera

Pacific Palisades

Quayside

Ryan's Hope (1978-1987)

Search for Tomorrow

Traci Abbott ( Y & R)

Uggams, Leslie (Rose Keefer, All My Children)

Violet Finn - General Hospital

W - Wealthy - Typically each soap had a wealthy family

X - The Box, an Australian soap opera

Y - Young and the Restless

Z - The Clear Horizon

A= Abby Newman ( Y & R)

B = Berrenger's

C= Chelsea Newman ( Y & R)

D = Dante's Cove

E= Esther Valentine ( Y & R)

F = From These Roots

G = Guiding Light

H= Holden Snyder( ATWT)

Innocent (many soap characters have been wrongly accused of crimes)

Jupiter Moon, a British soap opera

Kentucky Bluebird (Colonel) (Will Patton, Search for Tomorrow)

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

Marcy Walker (actress, Liza Colby/All My Children, Eden Capwell/Santa Barbara, Tangie Hill/Guiding Light)

Nashville

Olivia Winters (Tonya Williams, The Young & The Restless)

Pam Douglas ( B & B)