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Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell are fictional character
Fictional character

A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a The arts. The process of conveying information about characters in fiction is called characterisation....
s and a supercouple
Supercouple

A supercouple is a popular or financially wealthy pairing that 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....
 from the Australian daytime drama Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
. Scott
Scott Robinson (Neighbours)

Scott James Robinson was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. He was played first by Darius Perkins in 1985 and later Jason Donovan when Network 10 picked up the show in 1986....
 was portrayed by Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK he has sold in excess of 3 million records, and his d?but album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies....
, and Charlene Mitchell
Charlene Robinson

Charlene Edna Robinson was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by Kylie Minogue from 1986 until 1988. Charlene is considered to be the most popular character Neighbours has ever had....
 was portrayed Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
.
t meets Charlene in 1986 when he mistakes her for an intruder at his neighbour Madge Ramsay's house. It turns out that Charlene is Madge's daughter, who has just arrived from Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
. After an initial rocky start, the two fall in love, and even though they face the respective oppositon of their two families (The Ramsays and the Robinsons had been feuding for years), the two are married in 1987.

The wedding (episode 523) is first broadcast in Australia on July 1 1987, and in the UK on November 8 1988.






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Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell are fictional character
Fictional character

A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a The arts. The process of conveying information about characters in fiction is called characterisation....
s and a supercouple
Supercouple

A supercouple is a popular or financially wealthy pairing that 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....
 from the Australian daytime drama Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
. Scott
Scott Robinson (Neighbours)

Scott James Robinson was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. He was played first by Darius Perkins in 1985 and later Jason Donovan when Network 10 picked up the show in 1986....
 was portrayed by Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK he has sold in excess of 3 million records, and his d?but album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies....
, and Charlene Mitchell
Charlene Robinson

Charlene Edna Robinson was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours played by Kylie Minogue from 1986 until 1988. Charlene is considered to be the most popular character Neighbours has ever had....
 was portrayed Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
.

Storyline

Scott meets Charlene in 1986 when he mistakes her for an intruder at his neighbour Madge Ramsay's house. It turns out that Charlene is Madge's daughter, who has just arrived from Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
. After an initial rocky start, the two fall in love, and even though they face the respective oppositon of their two families (The Ramsays and the Robinsons had been feuding for years), the two are married in 1987.

The wedding (episode 523) is first broadcast in Australia on July 1 1987, and in the UK on November 8 1988. The ballad "Suddenly" by Angry Anderson
Angry Anderson

Gary "Angry" Anderson Order of Australia is an Australian rock music, television presenter/reporter and actor. He is best known as the vocalist with the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976 but he is also recognised for his acting roles and his Charity work....
, which is played over the ceremony, was actually chosen by Minogue as the song to be played at 'her' own wedding.

Impact

The couple were hugely popular with Neighbours fans in both the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, helping the show to gain high ratings after an initial rocky start. Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
 later went on to have a hugely successful singing career after leaving the show in 1988. Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK he has sold in excess of 3 million records, and his d?but album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies....
 followed suit the following year in 1989.

In the storyline, twenty years after their wedding, Scott and Charlene are still together. They have two children, Daniel and Madison, and live in Brisbane.

In 1989, British musicians The KLF
The KLF

The KLF, also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , The Timelords and other names, were one of the seminal bands from the Music of the United Kingdom acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
 released their humorous dance single "Kylie Said to Jason
Kylie Said to Jason

"Kylie Said to Jason" was a 1989 in music single by The KLF, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours....
", which also refers to Angry Anderson
Angry Anderson

Gary "Angry" Anderson Order of Australia is an Australian rock music, television presenter/reporter and actor. He is best known as the vocalist with the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976 but he is also recognised for his acting roles and his Charity work....
 singing "Suddenly".

In 2007, Charlene and Scott were both parodied as puppets in The Spencer Show promoting Uk Pop artist Spencer. "Charlene Boomerang" and "Scott Waterman" both appeared in two of Spencer's music videos, "Sun Shines Brighter" and the Stock Aitken Waterman track "She's In Love With You". In December 2007, Charlene and Scott recorded their own track "Two Hearts".

See also

  • List of fictional supercouples
    List of fictional supercouples

    This is a list consisting of couples from the fictional realm who have been titled as supercouples . Couples that merit this title include:#Mania #Labeled a supercouple by valid sources...


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