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''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 / [[Hustler|budding con artist]] Ju Yoo Rin to play his [[Long-Lost Relative|long lost cousin]]. Things get a bit complicated [[Romance Ensues|when Yoo Rin falls for him]]. Naturally, his friend Seo Jung Woo [[Rule of Drama|falls for her too]]. 

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* [[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 Con|short cons]]; she's just not very good at it.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: The hypotenuse, Jung Woo.
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''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."}}}}
* [[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 Parents|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.
*  {{spoiler|[[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

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[[Category:Korean Series]]
[[Category:The Hong Sisters]]
[[Category:Korean Drama]]
[[Category:My Girl (Korean series)]]