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''[[Flower Boy Ramyun Shop]]'' is a [[Korean Drama]] that ran from October to December 2011, airing on South Korea's TVN cable network. A girl, some cute boys and a ramyun shop. What could possibly go awry?
Yang Eun Bi, a [[I Coulda Been a Contender|former volleyball champ]] and high school delinquent, is now trying to get a teaching position by acting as a student intern at Cha Sung High School. She dreams of finding that perfect guy, using a 1-100 point scale. Enter Cha Chi Soo, whom she rates as a perfect 100. That was, of course, before she found out he is 19 years old, one of the students in her class, the grandson of the namesake of the school, and heir to a huge conglomerate.
Choi Kang Hyuk, a mysterious and tall fellow, shows up with ownership papers for her {{spoiler|late}} father's ramyun shop, written in crayon and signed and chopped by her father. Together they reopen the shop, calling it "Flower Boy." The chosen employees include:
* Kim Ba Wool, also known as Crazy Chicken and a gang leader;
* Woo Hyun Woo, a poor high school student who has [[Loan Shark|loan sharks]] after him; and,
* Of course, [[This Is Sparta|Cha! Chi! Soo!]]
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== The series contains the following examples: ==
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** Chi Soo broods at the "Cha Coffee Shop," the same shop the actor's character frequented in ''[[49 Days]]''.
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Eun Bi gets upset when Chi Soo justifies touching her chest as "it's hardly any different from mine."
* [[Adult Child]]: Kang Hyuk
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Between Chi Soo and Eun Bi.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Chi Soo is covered with them when he's introduced on the airplane.
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* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: Eun Bi in the third episode, after {{spoiler|burying her dad}}.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Eun Bi drops her [[Sensei-chan|teacher ID badge]] and whacks Chi Soo in the head with a volleyball for making fun of her.
* [[Eastern Zodiac]]: Both Chi Soo (1993) and Kang Hyuk (1981) are roosters. Eun Bi is a rabbit, which makes her 6 years older than Chi Soo and 6 years ''younger'' than Kang Hyuk.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Chi Soo and his cronies, especially the [[Shirtless Scene|shirtless]] [[Pool Scene]]
* [[Evil Debt Collector]]: Hyun Woo is being chased by debt collectors.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Soo Yi willingly and immediately follows every edict from Chi Soo, even if it includes dating someone else.
* [[Family Business]]: The Cha Sung Group.
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Cha Chi Soo
** [[The Lancer]]: Kim Ba Wool
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* [[Genki Girl]]: Eun Bi, who looks at the positives in any situation ''not'' involving Chi Soo.
* [[Heartbeat Soundtrack]]: When Chi Soo leans in for a kiss...
* [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]]:
** Poop
*** "If you take a dump, you have to flush!"
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** Chi Soo's language when he talks about his feelings for Eun Bi is almost always [[Double-Speak]].
** Soo Yi, who's dating both Chi Soo and Ba Wool, tells Ba Wool that "Chi Soo is her left hand, Ba Wool is her right." Later, she mentions that she's right-handed.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]:
** The Ramyun Shop is originally called "Eun Bi Ramyun" or "If it's Eun Bi"
*** Ba Wool also says "If it's Eun Bi"
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* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Ba Wool is known in school as "Crazy Chicken." Also, Chi Soo frequently refers to Eun Bi as "Intern" and Kang Hyuk as "Tamanegi," which is Japanese for "onion."
* [[Karaoke Box]]: The gang goes out to cheer up Eun Bi one night.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]:
** {{spoiler|After finding out that Kang Hyuk and Chi Soo are brothers,}} Ba Wool asks, "What type of makjang is this?" <ref> Makjang, which is also a type of soybean and pepper paste, can refer to a drama that uses outrageous storylines, such as rape, birth secrets, and fatal diseases, to keep the viewers hooked.</ref>
*** Episode 14 is called "The Difference Between Makjang and Soonjung." <ref> Soonjung is a genre like the Japanese '[[wikipedia:Sh%C5%8Djo manga|shojo]],' which is more pure/innocent.</ref>
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'''Yang Chul Dong''': I couldn't die yet because I wanted to ask you why you're late! }}
* [[Likes Older Women]]: Chi Soo, who at 19 years old, is six years younger that Eun Bi.
* [[Literal Minded]]: When Eun Bi explains to Chi Soo that he can't make her heart boil because he's never cooked ramyun (she meant he had never been in her situation in life), he goes to Kang Hyuk, learns how to make it, then shows his new cooking skill to Eun Bi. Naturally, he's stumped when she doesn't just fall into his arms right away.
** When Eun Bi explains that they can't be together because "lions don't eat grass," Chi Soo searches the internet and finds out that, in [[Real Life]], lions will sometimes eat grass (to help with digestion), and hurries off to show this to Eun Bi.
* [[Long-Lost Relative]]: {{spoiler|Chi Soo and Kang Hyuk are half-brothers.}}
* [[Love At First Punch]]: Chi Soo started his obsession with Eun Bi after she spiked him with a volleyball.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/File:FBRS_Correlation.jpg The series came with an official one] (in Korean).
* [[Love Triangle]]:
** Chi Soo <-> Soo Yi <-> Ba Wool
** Chi Soo <-> Eun Bi <-> Kang Hyuk
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* [[Pool Scene]]: In which Chi Soo goes underwater to contemplate life, and ends up ruining a swim race and nearly drowns.
* [[Potty Emergency]]: The boys do a pee pee dance waiting for Eun Bi to finish in the bathroom.
* [[Punctuated!
* [[Race For Your Love]]
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: A runaway gang leader, a [[Team Mom|boy with advanced domestic skills]] hiding from loan sharks, a [[Lonely Rich Kid]], a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], and an [[Action Girl]].
* [[Ramen Slurp]]
* [[Real Men Can Cook]]: Kang Hyuk is a ''wonderful'' cook.
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** [[Pororo the Little Penguin]]: A towel, a bandage, a substitute for fatherly affection?
* [[Sibling Triangle]]: {{spoiler|Chi Soo and Kang Hyuk are half brothers}}.
* [[Source Music]]: Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" plays in the background at the coffee shop when Chi Soo tries to describe Eun Bi.
** Later, at the music shop next to the ramyun shop, there is a [[Shout-Out|Bruno Mars poster]] in the background (episode 8).
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: to ''[[The First Shop of Coffee Prince]]'' and to ''[[Best Love]]''.
* [[Spit Take]]: When Eun Bi sees Kang Hyuk behind her wearing only a towel.
* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: Chi Soo's randomizer in episode 9 - except for [[The Day the Music Lied|when it really counts]]
* [[Sustained Misunderstanding]]:
** Kang Hyuk calls Cha Chi Soo "Park Chi Soo" when they first meet. Chi Soo tells him that "Kim Chi Soo" and "Park Chi Soo" are names, "Cha Chi Soo" is a proper noun. (As in the surname Cha is a brand.) Kang Hyuk's reply? "All names are proper nouns." As a [[Running Gag]], he then proceeds to use the wrong surname for Chi Soo whenever he can.
** Chi Soo's father Chairman Cha
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