There was a big change in the premiere episode of season six of Offspring last night but you’d be forgiven for missing it.
Nina Proudman has a new ringtone.
It may seem minor but fans of the show will know that when they hear that jingle, something is about to go down.
The phone has had so much screen time since the show premiered it might as well be its own character.
Yep. I’m calling it. The ringtone is the second character to have died in the first episode.
The loss set off a chain reaction among the Twitter audience who were shocked to see the swap of such an iconic component.
One user even admitted to changing their own ringer to match the new tone,
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The hashtag #bringbackninasringtone was started but is yet to truly take off in the twitterverse.
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Offspring Producer Imogen Banks told news.com.au in 2014 the phone had become an iconic part of the show.
“I was pressured to update it with every passing season, but stubbornly held my ground. It’s now become an iconic part of the show and her character. Each time it rings there is definitely frustration from sectors of the audience, but it’s an engaged frustration. Or am I kidding myself?!” Banks said.
Banks said the tone chosen was a small reflection of her Proudman's character.
“We originally chose Nina’s ring tone as it was the standard Apple iPhone issue tone at the time and figured that Nina isn’t the sort of person who would ever think to go into her settings and change it,” she said.
The second episode of the new season will air next Wednesday on Channel 10.
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What is nina's ring tone now?
They kind of addressed it in the scene where Jimmy and Billie were on the bench and when Billie's phone rang and Jimmy commented that she still had he same old ringtone. It was jolting though, and sort of lost some continuity. But maybe it is the beginning of changing Nina into someone more rounded?