My Girl (Korean series)
My Girl (마이걸; also called "Mai Geol") is a popular 16-episode Korean Series. One of the early efforts by The Hong Sisters, it nevertheless was popular in its timeslot.
Due to the failing health of his grandfather, Seol Gong Chan hires tour guide / budding con artist Ju Yoo Rin to play his long lost cousin. Things get a bit complicated when Yoo Rin falls for him. Naturally, his friend Seo Jung Woo falls for her too.
Tropes used in My Girl (Korean series) include:
- Break the Cutie
- Brutal Honesty
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Yoo Rin always has trouble fooling Gong Chan.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Kim Sae Hyun, who schemes to keep the Canon Couple from finding happiness.
- Cock Fight: Jung Woo and Gong Chan play handball regularly. The intensity increases as their attraction grows for Yoo Rin until Jung Woo finally punches Gong Chan during a match.
- December-December Romance: Gong Chan's aunt and Jang Il Do
- Family Business: The Avenuel Hotel chain
- Genki Girl: Yoo Rin
- Gratuitous Foreign Language: Yoo Rin is fluent in at least 3 languages.
- The Hong Sisters: One of their early works.
- Hurricane of Euphemisms
- Hustler: Yoo Rin feels no shame in taking advantage of others in her short cons; she's just not very good at it.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The hypotenuse, Jung Woo.
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Jung Woo: "Hold on to her (Yoo Rin), you lucky guy. If you do give up, my love that never even had a chance becomes so pathetic. At least, if I say I lost to a great love, I don't look too bad." |
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- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Gong Chan is a lesser version of this at first.
- Karaoke Box: The tourists get to go to a noraebang (and Gong Chan gets to serenade Yoo Rin).
- Keeping Secrets Sucks: Yoo Rin falls in love with the entire family, but can't tell them she is not the real grandaughter.
- Long-Lost Relative: Gong Chan's cousin
- Love Dodecahedron:Sae Hyun --> Gong Chan <--> Yoo Rin <-- Jung Woo
- Meddling Grandfather: President Seol Woong, who lies for two years in order to keep Gong Chan in the company.
- Meet Cute: Jung Woo / Yoo Rin. They bump into one another. He thinks she's a Japanese tourist; she thinks he's a Japanese tourist. Then the people her dad owes money try to kidnap her; he fends them off and escapes with her in his car.
- Milholland Relationship Moment: Gong Chan blows off all the lies Yoo Rin told in their final confrontation.
- As does the Seol family in Episode 16.
- Missed Him by That Much: Pretty much everywhere, but mostly in elevators.
- Perpetual Poverty: Thanks to her dad's gambling debt, he and Yoo Rin are constantly forced into moving and hiding.
- Piggyback Cute
- Playing Sick: Yoo Rin is fond of this trope.
- Sleep Cute
- Snow Means Love: Gong Chan buys a present for Yoo Rin (usually a snow globe) every time it snows.
- Snowball Lie
- Time Skip: Two years pass before the Official Couple meet again.
- Two Guys and a Girl: Gong Chan and Jung Woo are best friends growing up together. Of course, they'd end up liking the same girl.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Gong Chan's aunt and Jung Woo's mom