However this Telenovela is better remembered for its extensive use of Arabic cultural trappings. El Clon is about a rich man who pays to have a clone 'son' of himself made.

Vampi, as the name clearly indicates, revolved around vampires, more precisely a model/singer turned vampire who goes to live in a small town as part of her attempts to free herself of her sire and his own attempts to claim her.

La Mujer En El Espejo (The Woman In The Mirror) is about a homely woman who uses a magical mirror to become beautiful- the problem being, normal mirrors still show her true appearance.

La Otra Mitad Del Sol (The Other Half of the Sun) was about two murdered lovers meeting again years later after reincarnating.

Surprisingly, there have been some Latin Soap Operas (known as Telenovelas) in this genre, like ' La otra mitad del sol', ' La mujer en el espejo', ' Vampi' and ' El voyagem', among others.

V (1983) - and even didn't disguise the fact, with veteran soap actors playing the villains, Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome, and so on.

Round the Twist is this for kids, although the soap elements are either low key or pervasive depending on the season and episode.

While the supernatural elements - ghosts, monsters, vampirism, angels, demonic possession - aren't vital drivers of the ongoing plot, and could often be considered as existing within characters' imaginations and/or symbolic rather than literal, the ambiguous presentation means they can't easily be dismissed as such.

Night and Day plays constantly at the edges of this.

Le Portrait de Petite Cossette (Granted, it may be a 3 episode OVA, but.).

Kindred: The Embraced, a short-lived soap based on the Vampire: The Masquerade RPG.

Harry Potter would occasionally stray in this direction, particularly in the sixth book - where there was a lot of emphasis on Harry's teen life.

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