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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]]]]▼
▲[[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.
In an [[Alternate History|alternate present]], South Korea is a constitutional monarchy.
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.
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However, a mysterious and powerful organization called Club M is not as approving. Their mad leader Kim Bong Goo holds a grudge against the South Korean royal family and is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy the fragile relations between the two Koreas.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Want to get your ass kicked? Just try threatening or harming anyone Hang Ah cares about!
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** One of Hang Ah's girlfriends says, "To her father, (Hang Ah) is [
** In South Korea, Hang Ah goes fangirl-y over two of Ha Ji-won's co-stars, Jo In-sung from [
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Hang Ah turns down Jae Ha's proposal via Kang Seok.
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* [[Alternate History]]: South Korea still maintains its monarchy, even after the split from North Korea.
* [[The Beatles (
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Secretary Eun, when he first becomes Jae Ha's secretary
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Benevolent Ruler]]: Jae Kang
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'''Hang Ah''': (''tearing up'') Is it ok that it's me?
'''Jae Kang''': It's ok ''because'' it's you. }}
* [[BFG]]: Hells yeah, Kang Seok brings a rocket launcher to a fire-fight.
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* [[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
* [[Break the Badass]]:
** 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.
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* [[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]].
* [[Call Back]]:
** In episode 3, Hang Ah asks what type of girl guys like. Jae Ha says that a girl should call him "
** After rejecting Kim Bong Goo's "rotten cookies," Bong Goo greets Shi Kyung with a "Hello, this is Rotten Cookies."
** "You happy?" (Jae Ha is talking to Jae Kang's picture when he "accidentally" records a password for his video diary. Comes in handy much later.)
** Jae Shin visits the wall where she and Shi Kyung sang together to ask him an important question in the finale.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out|Calling Big Brother Out]]: [[Subverted]]. After Jae Kang expresses his disappointment in Jae Ha's behavior during WOC training, Jae Ha lashes out.
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'''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. }}
* [[The Cast Showoff]]:
** 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.
* [[Celeb Crush]]: Why can't Hang Ah marry [[Brad Pitt]] or [[Barack Obama]] or [
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* [[Censor Suds]]: When Jae Kang interrupts Jae Ha in the middle of the latter's bubble bath, objects around the bathroom provide censorship.
* [[Character Name Alias]]: Bong Goo's [[Named After Somebody Famous|English name]] is [
* [[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.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Jae Ha "promotes" Shi Kyung to royal guard so that he can make Shi Kyung's life hellish. His reasoning? "Do you like Kim Hang Ah that much? Did you have to play in the snow? In front of me? Laughing?"
* [[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 [
* [[
* [[Divided We Fall]]: The combined Korean WOC team can't get it together during training.
* [[Dragon
* [[Double Reverse Quadruple Agent]]: Which one is Shi Kyung again?
* [[The Eighties]]: In his first appearance, set in 1989, young Jae Ha is complaining about his [[Game Boy]].
* [[Engagement Challenge]]: Jae Ha promises that the WOC team would pass the first round of the games before he and Hang Ah get engaged.
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]
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'''Jae Ha''': Don't you call me that too.
'''Jae Ha''': (''to Secretary Eun'') My father ... picked you. My brother ... trusted you. I ... leaned on you more than anyone! }}
* [[Fake Real Turn]]: Jae Ha's initial plan is to fake falling in love with Hang Ah, but well ... that doesn't quite work out.
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* [[Fictional Sport]]: World Officer Championship is basically [[War Gaming]]--but with real people.
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Hang Ah's disconnection with South Korea serves as an allegory for how many discrepancies there are between the two once-united countries.
* [[Fire
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Lee Jae Ha
** [[The Lancer]]: Eun Shi Kyung
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** [[Sixth Ranger]]: When Shi Kyung has to be replaced
* [[Friendly Sniper]]: Yong Bae
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: When Jae Ha keeps obstructing Shi Kyung from going after Bong Goo himself, Shi Kyung confronts Jae Ha, screaming "[[You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious|Lee Jae Ha]]!" in
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]
* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: But, according to Bong Goo, similarities with Hitler are actually a good thing.
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Jae Ha
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'''Jae Kang:''' (''rolls his eyes'')
'''Jae Ha:''' I'm also cute.
'''Jae Kang:''' A man your age, calling himself cute?
'''Jae Ha:''' [[Insult Backfire|I ''am'' cute]]. }}
* [[Hey,
** [[My Girlfriend Is a Nine
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: The WOC team
* [[
* [[Jerk
* [[Killed Off for Real]]
* [[Kissing Under the Influence]]: [[Subverted]]. Jae Ha and Hang Ah were drunk enough to kiss, but tipsy enough not to blame it on the alcohol.
* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: Hang Ah and Jae start out their relationship bickering during WOC training.
* [[Loony Fan]]: Stoic North Korean soldier, Kang Seok, first encounters for [
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: [[Royal Brat|Jae Shin]]
* [[Love Confession]]:
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* [[Love
* [[Make a Wish]]: Jae Shin urges Shi Kyung to make a wish on a star, but he insists that stars have nothing to do with wishes. She makes him wish anyway.
* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: {{spoiler|Jae Kang's assassination.}}
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* [[Meaningful Funeral]]: {{spoiler|Jae Kang and his wife Hyun-joo}}
* [[Multitasked Conversation]]: When Hang Ah is video-chatting with Jae Ha while she has guns pointed as her head (off-screen)
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: The first time he makes Hang Ah cry by just being a [[Jerkass]], Jae Ha is understandably taken aback.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: This universe's Daniel Craig is a rich business man who favors bribing information out of secretaries.
* [[Never Be Hurt Again]]: Once young Jae Ha discovered the most people only got close to him because he was prince, he never got close to anyone.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: The assassins decide to stage a car accident for Jae Shin's death after they kidnap her. She instead jumps off a cliff and they decide that she's dead enough.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Jae Ha tries to explain to Kim Nam Il, Hang Ah's father, when he and Hang Ah gets caught kissing. Kim Nam Il replies exactly what it looked like, "South Korean prince got drunk, succumbed to his animal instincts, and messed around with peace."
* [[Obnoxious
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* [[Open
* [[Personal Effects Reveal]]
* [[Phoney Call]]: Hang Ah calls her father to wail because she's fed up with life in South Korea, ranting that all the South Koreans care about is "money, money, money." When she's done ranting, we hear a standard operator recording on the other end. Just then, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Jae Kang calls to check up on her]].
* [[Politically
* [[Practical Voice Over]]: The conversation where her father tells her that she's ineligible for South Korean princess bride-hood is delivered via voiceover in episode 5 while Hang Ah plays minesweeper. As soon as she hits a bomb, her father's voice gives the bad news and Hang Ah dissolves into tears.
* [[Product Placement]]: Jae Ha's snack food of choice comes from Dunkin' Donuts.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: As a teenager, Kim Bong Goo wasn't above stabbing princes with pen. As an adult, he moved on to [[It Got Worse|much worse]].
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]
** During WOC training, Hang Ah calls Jae Ha out--that he's also afraid he won't ever find someone to love him, that he's always trying to find a way out, and that he has no pride.
** Jae Ha delivers one to Bong Goo via a puzzle: What is one thing that Jae Ha has that Bong Goo doesn't? Answer: People (that he can trust).
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* [[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.
* [[Separated
* [[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]].
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* [[Shipper
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]:
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'''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. }}
* [[Significant Reference Date]]: Jae Ha asks Hang Ah what she's doing on May 24. For the audience, the answer would be "watching this episode."
* [[Spoiler Title]]: Naturally, the lead character of a show called ''The King 2 Hearts'' (previously titled ''The King'') wouldn't stay a ''prince'' forever.
* [[Star
* [[Storming the Castle]]: When Jae Ha is kidnapped in North Korea, the North Korean half of the WOC team springs into action.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: When Jae Kang first proposes that Jae Ha marries Hang Ah, Jae Ha launches into a sarcastic diatribe, ending with, "No matter how much I love her ..."
* [[Take Up My Sword]]: {{spoiler|Jae Kang dies and Jae Ha assumes kinghood.}}
* [[Talking to
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Young Jae Ha says to his brother, "If I end up being king, you're dead!" As in, ''I will kill you.'' (Note that the only way for Jae Ha to become king is if Jae Kang is incapacitated or dead.)
* [[To Absent Friends]]: Numerous times {{spoiler|for Jae Kang, but especially when the royal family sits down to dinner together for the first time since the king's death.}}
* [[Tomboy]]: Hang Ah
* [[Tragic Bromance]]: {{spoiler|1=Actual brothers, Jae Kang/Jae Ha}}
* [[Trying Not to Cry]]:
** 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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* [[Upper Class Wit]]: Jae Ha. [[Character Development|He grows up.]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Jae Ha and Shi Kyung
* [[Wham! Line]]
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* [[What's Up, King Dude?]]: The amount of access Bong Goo has to the king is just baffling.
* [[You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious]]: Straight-laced Shi Kyung actually calls out his king [[Full Name Ultimatum|by full name]].
* [[You Say Tomato]]: Naturally, all the North Koreans have North Korean accents, but Hang Ah especially suffers for this when she moves to South Korea.
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