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Investigating corruption with idealist fervor is Kim Young Joo, a prosecutor with the police department. His father is also one of The Five.
As Yoon Sung funnels the evidence of wrongdoing through Young Joo, he is given the persona nickname "City Hunter" by the police, as a shadowy vigilante, who skirts the law but also helps to destroy [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|those in power who feel above the law.]] The corruption may even go all the way to the [[The White House|Blue House]] itself.
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** {{spoiler|Lee Kyung Won and Chun Jae Min who are killed by Jin Pyo.}}
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: Played completely straight with the assembly of the commando squad in the first episode.
* [[Back
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Shik Joong enters the control booth of a conference hall in order to access one of the computers and makes orders that are immediately followed by the staff. It's only when they notice he's using a fake badge that he has to make an escape.
* [[Bait and Switch]]: Securing Jong Shik's money from Jin Pyo.
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Chun Jae-Man is this; his chemical factory uses unsafe toxins that are poisoning his workers, and the factory's waste is polluting the environment as well. He doesn't care.
* [[Corrupt Politician]]. Good Lord.
* [[Cover
* [[Cycle of Revenge]]: Yoon Sung's argument for why he wants to humiliate the Council of Five and force them to be punished by the law is that if he just kills them, he will continue a cycle of blood-for-blood revenge and one of their family members could end up just like him.
* [[Daddy Issues]]: Oh yeah.
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'''JP''': "Sunlight? I have always been standing in the sunlight." }}
* [[Death By Origin Story]]: The plot begins 28 years before the real story.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[Metal Gear Solid 2|Tranquilizer pistols showing up in the series.]] [[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater|Given that Yoon Sung wants to use non-lethal methods]], [[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots|it's not a surprise that Yoon Sung wants to not be like his adopted father and not kill anyone. The bad guys too also use it.]]
* [[Destroy the Evidence]]: Chun Jae Min burns the classified 1983 records to prevent the truth about the raid from ever coming out.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Montreal is not in the United States.
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Young Joo dies in Yoon Sung's arms after being beaten to death by Chun Jae Min's goons.}}
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Yoon Sung's stepfather was killed in the 1983 raid and Na Na's father has been in a coma for the past ten years. And then there's Yoon Sung's actual father...
* [[Ditch the Bodyguards]]: By [[The
* [[Diving Save]]: Yoon Sung for Na Na. Likewise, later, Na Na for Yoon Sung.
* [[The Dragon]]:
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* [[False Flag Operation]]: Yoon Sung went after Kim Jong Shik with a vengeance after seeing one of his personal cars run over Shik Joong. {{spoiler|Turns out that Jin Pyo had a hand in it so that he can see Yoon Sung assassinate Kim Jong Shik. This pisses Yoon Sung off.}}
* [[Faux Fluency]]: Particularly obvious when a supposedly American character has worse [[Engrish]] than the Korean Young Joo.
* [[Finger
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Yoon Sung meets a university student who was rude towards the canteen employee because of the high prices. An episode later, {{spoiler|she is a student protestor demanding lower tuition.}}
** Yoon Sung threatened Kim Jong Shik that Young Joo may be forced to stop being a prosecutor if he makes the latter arrest the former. Later on, Young Joo doesn't mind not being a prosecutor if he eventually has to investigate another corruption case after hearing the secret recording.
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* [[Government Conspiracy]]: Chun Jae Man reveals to the press that the 20 commandos killed in 1983 {{spoiler|were shot by the ROK military for [[Blatant Lies|getting away with top secret documents]].}} This pisses off Yoon Sung and Jin Pyo.
* [[Grave Marking Scene]]: {{spoiler|The 20 men and Jin Pyo are finally honored by their country for their services with a memorial in the military cemetary and their honor finally restored.}}
* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: The Council of Five, the main antagonists, are not initially portrayed as [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]]; they're just convinced that what they're doing is good since President Chun Doo-hwan would not allow a black ops operation without his approval. Even after most of them have become completely corrupt, they still show love towards their family. Likewise, Yoon Sung isn't a pure, squeaky clean hero; he uses some unlawful and invasive methods in his revenge. And Jin Pyo is pretty much an [[Anti
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Jin Pyo.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Kind of--Suk Doo-Shik turns against Chun Jae-Man after Chun casually tells Yoon Sung to go ahead and kill Suk.
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Shik Joong {{spoiler|when he revealed to Yoon Sung that he's very familiar with Na Na because he was threatened by a politician when the man learned of Shik Joong's gambling debts prior to his self-exile to Thailand, being forced to change his witness statement to the police or face trouble.}}
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Jin Pyo after Yoon Sung gets angry at him for his questionable methods.
* [[Hey
** And the protagonist Lee Yoon Sung was Gu Jun Pyo of Boys Over Flowers the Korean drama.
* [[Hey
* [[Hired to Hunt Yourself]]: Yoon Sung is charged with finding out who hacked into the Blue House computer network.
* [[Hitman With a Heart]]
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* [[Loose Lips]]: Yoon Sung is seen getting incriminating information about his targets from the women he flirts with and Shik Joong mentions that he received information about Kim Jong Shik's embezzlement when having a drink with his gardener.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Both Lee Yoon Sung and Kim Young Joo are crushing on Kim Na Na.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|The president and Yoon Sung.}}
* [[Mangst]]: Young Joo after hearing a recording that Jong Shik wanted the City Hunter to leave his son alone. This drove him to tears. Jang Pil Jae after seeing Yoon Sung in the wake of {{spoiler|Young Joo, blaming him for the events that led to his murder.}}
* [[Married to The Job]]: It's implied that Young Joo's divorce is at least partly caused by him neglecting Sae Hee because of his work.
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** Na Na also already knows Yoon Sung's mother Kyung Hee before Yoon Sung himself meets her.
** Na Na's aunt works at Young Joo's prosecutor's office.
** And now apparently {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|the president is Yoon Sung's real father!!!]]}}
* [[One
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: Partially averted. Yoon Sung and Na Na's {{spoiler|shots through the shoulder}} were both treated as serious injuries, but [[Hollywood Healing|they still healed ridiculously fast.]] Yoon Sung's stab wound in the hand is a straight example of this trope.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Young Joo tells Yoon Sung not to let anyone else arrest him.
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* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Jin Pyo and Young Joo.
* [[Pink Mist]]: When Yoon Sung gets shot.
* [[Post
* [[The
* [[Prince Charming Wannabe]]: Young Joo to Na Na, almost to [[Stalker With a Crush]] levels. He watched her for years after her parent's accident, sending her gifts and letters anonymously.
** [[Your Mileage May Vary|YMMV]]. He does come off as this at first but as the series progresses it seems like he was acting more out of {{spoiler|guilt for his father being the cause of the accident which killed Na Na's mother and put her father into a coma}} than romantic attraction.
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* [[Safecracking]]: Yoon Sung uses an electronic device to open Jin Pyo's safe.
* [[Scope Snipe]]: Almost in episode 1.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Young Joo hides the fact that {{spoiler|Kim Jong Shik}} is his father to prevent others from assuming he got his position due to this.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: How {{spoiler|Kim Jong Shik}} managed to get Bae Man Duk to give a false testimony about the car accident with Na Na's parents.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]: Members of the Council of Five tend to use this to excuse their corruption.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful]]: Happens unintentionally with Young Joo, whose good looks lightened the foul mood of a female forensics lab staff member and influenced her to quickly process Yoon Sung's blood sample.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Depends on how you view the last episode on whether SBS will do another one or not. So far, the high ratings it had throughout most of Asia, the ambiguous ending and the fan's campaigning will determine if the networks will do it since Korean TV shows don't have more than one season. With a few exceptions.
* [[Sexy Shirt Switch]]: Na Na looks fetching in one of Yoon Sung's shirts when they have to change clothes after getting caught in the rain.
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* [[Troperrific]]: Look how long this list is!
* [[UST]]: Ever increasing amounts of it between Yoon Sung and Na Na.
* [[Very Loosely Based
* [[Vigilante Execution]]: {{spoiler|Jin Pyo's murder of Lee Kyung Won.}}
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Yoon Sung wants Jin Pyo to acknowledge his way of revenge.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]?: What happened to Suk Doo-Shik?
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: {{spoiler|It's unknown when the following take place, but it's a long timeskip after Yoon Sung and Jin Pyo shoot each other: Eun Ah and Ki Joon announce that they're getting married, Lee Kyeong Hee moves out to America to begin a new life with help from Shik Joong, Na Na's father did not recover from his coma and passed away, Da Hye has her own coffee shop to run/manage and Choe Eun Chan has stepped down from the presidency (most likely impeached due to the controversy of the election funds brought forward by Yoon Sung), the public remembers the commandos killed in North Korea after a memorial is created with Jin Pyo being commemorated as a hero and not a killer alongside Mu Yeol and Yoon Sung has completely recovered from his gunshot wound before he meets Na Na. It's unknown if he moved with his mom to America or if he'll continue to stay in Seoul and be the City Hunter.}}
* [[The White House]]: Or rather, the Blue House.
* [[Would Not Hit a Girl]]: Yoon Sung in a fight against a female PSS agent.
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