Since the 1980s, soaps have tried to have "supercouples" - high-profile, popular couples audiences can attach to and follow. These couples don't have it easy: multiple marriages (sometimes to each other), illegitimate children, murder, faked death, disappearance, institutionalization, return from the dead. Let's not forget drug addiction, amnesia, rare illness, even blindness. And what female half of a supercouple hasn't been kidnapped? Here are a few supercouples General Hospital has given us over the years. They've had many. And why not? General Hospital invented the supercouple.
What is a supercouple? Wikipedia says: "A supercouple...intrigues and fascinates the public in an intense or even obsessive fashion. The term was coined in the early 1980s when intense public interest in the fictional soap opera couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber from General Hospital made the pair a popular culture phenomenon." What is a supercouple? Luke and Laura!
The definition of "sex" was definitely Sonny and Brenda. Their dark, sultry good looks, amazing chemistry and super passion ignited the fans. The screen crackled whenever they appeared. There has been tenderness on
General Hospital, sexiness, passion - but never anything quite like the fire created by Sonny and Brenda.
"Liason," as they're known by their many fans, never a couple long enough, despite the fans clammoring for them to get - and stay - together.
The young and tragic love of Robin and Stone is one of the best-remembered stories on
General Hospital.
In dreams, a ghostly presence brought on by a brain tumor, prison, amnesia, cancer - this couple has loved through it all.
Anna Devane and Duke Lavery - nothing could keep them apart, including a new face and voice for one of them.
This couple has been down the aisle more times than a grocery store shopping cart. One of the most exhausting couples on
General Hospital.
Lovers, daring adventurers, and in and out of each other's lives, Frisco and Felicia have left a powerful legacy in Port Charles.
Elizabeth Webber and Lucky Spencer, played originally by Rebecca Herbst and Jonathan Jackson, subsequently by Jakob Young as Lucky and finally, Greg Vaughn, a supercouple on the soap opera General Hospital
Blond and beautiful, hunky Jax and sexy Carly are one of the most volatile couples on General Hospital and have suffered from third party interference.
Spies in love - WSB operatives Anna Devane and Robert Scorpioa were a couple before they appeared in Port Charles, broke up, and found one another again on
General Hospital.
Rich boy meets working girl and marries her. Just one problem. He's already married.
Sean and Tiffany, played by John Reilly and Sharon Wyatt, were a fun and fresh couple. Tiffany was a film actress, and when we first meet Sean, he's having an illicit affair with Monica Quartermaine!
General Hospital's original love team was Steve and Audrey Hardy, when the show - and they - were young.
Beneath the insults, there was an undercurrent of mutual attraction. Who knows what would have happened if the condom hadn't broken?
Can a computer nerd and a fashionista in the making find true love?
