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[[File:k2h1_2924.jpg|frame| From left to right: [[Psychopathic Manchild|Kim Bong Goo]], [[Action Girl|Kim Hang Ah]], [[Handsome Lech|Lee Jae Ha]], [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Lee Jae Shin]], [[Undying Loyalty|Eun Shi Kyung]]]]

 

''The King 2 Hearts'' (더킹 투하츠, also known as King/The King) is a 20 episode [[Korean Drama]] which aired from March 21st to May 24th on MBC. It stars Ha Ji Won as the North Korean special forces agent Kim Hang Ah and Lee Seung Gi as the South Korean Crown Prince Lee Jae Ha.

 

 

Tensions are rising between North and South Korea when the South Korean King, Lee Jae Kang, announces the joint participation of both countries in the [[Fictional Sport|World Officer Championship (WOC)]]. The team consists of six members: three from the North, including special forces agent [[Action Girl|Kim Hang Ah]], and three from the South, including royal guard (and son of the King's secretary) [[Undying Loyalty|Eun Shi Kyung]]. To gain more support for the idea, the king convinces his younger brother, Crown Prince Jae Ha, to join the team.

* [[Blackmail]]: After finding out that she joined the WOC team in order to find a husband, Jae Ha threatens to blackmail Hang Ah.

* [[Booby Trap]]: The treadmills during WOC training

** The scene where Shi Kyung trips over a traffic cone starts out mundane, then elevates as Shi Kyung unleashes his anger, finally falling to his knees in tears.

** After being kidnapped, shot, and then spending time in a Chinese prison, Hang Ah is understandably traumatized.

* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: At the beginning of the series, Jae Ha is putting more effort into getting out of working than doing actual work.

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Once Shi Kyung finds out what his father did, the confrontation scene is a [[Tear Jerker]].

** In episode 3, Hang Ah asks what type of girl guys like. Jae Ha says that a girl should call him "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EB%B9%A0 oppa]." Later, after she moves into the palace, Hang Ah uses the term to cheer him up.

** After rejecting Kim Bong Goo's "rotten cookies," Bong Goo greets Shi Kyung with a "Hello, this is Rotten Cookies."

{{quote|'''Jae Ha''': [North Koreans] are the enemy! For sixty years, "they’re the enemy, they’re the Reds, we don’t trust them"—who’s the one who taught me that?

'''Jae Kang''': (''paraphrased'') [[Shut Up, Kirk|YOU should've risen above it]]! You're royalty; you should set an example. I know you still have a lot to learn, but I expected more of you. }}

** Every time Shi Kyung sings, a girl swoons. Not surprising considering his actor Jo Jung Suk used to sing in musicals.

** Lee Seung Gi is a popular singer who also plays piano; the character Jae Ha is a natural pianist.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Every time Jae Ha tries to bully Shi Kyung with jokes, the latter takes everything seriously.

* {{spoiler|[[Convenient Miscarriage]]}}: is what prompts Jae Ha to cross the DMZ into North Korea for Hang Ah.

* [[Culture Equals Costume]]: Although the cast usually dress in present-day clothing, on several occasions the royal family have dressed traditionally and Hang Ah has worn a [[wikipedia:Hanbok|hanbok]]/choson-ot.

* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Despite her badassery, Hang Ah is first and foremost Kim Nam Il's (only) daughter.

'''Jae Ha:''' [[Insult Backfire|I ''am'' cute]]. }}

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:

* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: The WOC team

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Shi Kyung tells Jae Shin to repeat "it's not my fault a hundred times a day." She tells him promise to do likewise.

* [[Loony Fan]]: Stoic North Korean soldier, Kang Seok, first encounters for [[wikipedia:SNSD|SNSD]] when he visits South Korea for the first time, and over time develops into a [[Loony Fan]]--[[Serious Business|to hilarious results]].

* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: [[Royal Brat|Jae Shin]]

{{quote|'''Jae Shin''': The world’s most frustrating and boring leader of the royal guard …I like him.}}

* [[Love-Obstructing Parents]]: [[Subverted]]. Kim Nam Il knows his daughter is in love with Jae Ha, but finds the crown prince severely lacking. He's, however, willing to let her make her own choices.

* [[Royal Brat]]: Jae Shin is not "bratty" per se but she starts off quite arrogant, but is eventually [[Break the Haughty|brought down to size]].

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: [[Played With]]. In the beginning of the series, Jae Ha is serving in the army and Jae Kang is actively working towards a North/South reunion. Ironically, the royal family is seen as mere figureheads for all their effort.

* [[Serious Business]]: Kang Seok's SNSD addiction almost leads to a bloodbath. During WOC training, Kang Seok gets "addicted" to SNSD. (He confesses to Hang Ah that "those girls’ legs won’t leave my brain for a moment.") For his birthday, he receives a SNSD video with a note, "Don't be embarrassed. Admiring an advanced country’s culture is a given." When Jae Ha then confronts Kang Seok about the SNSD video, Kang Seok lifts Jae Ha off the floor to strangle him, which leads to a [[Mexican Standoff]] as everyone draws their guns. In the [[Stunned Silence]], Shi Kyung decides to call Jae Ha - [[Crowning Moment of Funny|whose ringtone is a SNSD song]].

{{quote|'''Jae Ha''': Are you crazy? Why should I apologize? I ask if he likes a singer and get strangled. North and South have guns drawn over SNSD. What should I say?}}

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Jae Ha towards Shi Kyung and Jae Shin

{{quote|'''Kim Bong Goo:''' When you hear fireworks, you'll jump in fear. When you hear sirens, your heart will race. Korea is like that. A country that has experienced war. You will become more anxious. You'll always be scared of what you encountered, and only amass more weapons.

'''Jae Ha:''' We stopped it. I did. We did. We have the confidence that we can stop it again. They say that the scariest thing in the world is war. But we stopped it. So what ''can’t'' we do? Thank you ... for making us more powerful. }}

* [[Tomboy]]: Hang Ah

* [[Tragic Bromance]]: {{spoiler|1=Actual brothers, Jae Kang/Jae Ha}}

** Hang Ah does this when she's first told she's not eligible to be South Korean princess, and then later when Jae Ha goes to North Korea to bring her back.

** Jae Ha also does this when {{spoiler|Jae Kang dies}}.

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[[Category:Korean Drama]]

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