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"High Kick without Hesitation", "Unstoppable High Kick", or "Smooth High Kick" was a popular South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the [[Badass Family|Lee family]], taking place in Seoul. The main characters are Lee Yoon Ho, a [[Delinquent]] [[Badass Biker]] known for his [[Title Drop|high kick]] and Lee Min Ho, who [[The Smart Guy|enjoys spending time on scale models and blogs]], are brothers born a year apart but attending the same class at school. These two portray [[Different As Night and Day|completely opposite]] Korean teenage characters in a comical way.

 

* Their mother, [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask|Park Hae Mi]], a doctor specializing in Oriental medicine and [[Smug Super|always overly confident]];

* Their grandfather [[The Neidermeyer|Lee Soon Jae]], who loves money more than anything else in the world,

* Their uncle, [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Lee Min Yong]], is a 27-year-old single dad. After going through a premature marriage and early divorce, he enjoys his life back in the dating scene with his half-single and half-married status, while continuing to encounter emotionally-involved moments with his ex-wife, Shin Ji, at times.

 

The English title of the show, "High Kick!", has several implications, one of which is the aforementioned oft-depicted high kicks of Yoon-ho.

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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Kim Bum and Min Ho are either this or Ambiguously Bi.

* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Min Young and Shin Ji.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Everyone fills the role in different parts of the story.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The last five episodes are less comedic and more dramatic.

* [[The Danza]]: Most characters use their actor's/actress' real name (sans surnames) with three exceptions: Lee Min Ho (played by Kim Hye-sung), Lee Yoon Ho (played by Jung Il Woo) and Kang Yoo Mi (played by Park Min-young).

* [[Dawson Casting]]: Slightly subverted that the teens are being portrayed by actors/actreses who are in their late teens excpet for the 16 year old Hae Mi. Played straight by Yoo Mi though. {{spoiler|In universe speaking.}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Min Young, oh so much.

* [[Deconstruction]]: Done in a humorous way though.

* [[Dub Name Change]]

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Yoon Ho and Kim Bum notably.

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Kim Bum (6)

* [[Foe Yay]]: Min Yong and ''his'' sister-in-law Hye Mi.

** Kim Bum and his mother both have [[No Sense of Personal Space]].

* [[Gentle Giant]]: Joon Na.

* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]] : Gender-flipped with Yoon Ho and Min Ho.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: A [[Running Gag]] in the series.

* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Too many instances to list.

* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Yoon Ho and Seung Hyun to their [[Hot Teacher]] Min Jong.

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Every major female cast.

* [[Running Gag]]: Min Jong being [[The Klutz]], Joon Na being jobless, Kim Bum for having [[No Sense of Personal Space]] and his [[Ho Yay|Ho Yayish]] interactions with Min Ho, Soon Jae for his being [[The Neidermeyer]], etc.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The brothers most notably.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: {{spoiler|Min Joung and Min Yong via the former's [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] reason. And according to Kim Bum, Min Yong and Shin Ji never really got back together.}}

** {{spoiler|Yoo Mi and Min Ho are forced to break up because Yoo Mi was forced into hiding after her [[Parental Abandonment]].}}

** {{spoiler|Yoon Ho rejected [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|Hye Mi]], while the whole school listens.}}

* [[Stern Teacher]]: Min Yong, thus earning the [[Red Baron|monicker]] "Mad Dog".

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Hye Mi and Nurse Yoo (both 170 cm). Also Yoo Mi, despite Hye Mi calling her "short" (FYI, Yoo Mi is 164 cm).

** Seung Hyun and Hwang Chan Sung, before the latter's [[Heel Face Turn]] and the former being [[Demoted to Extra]].

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Shin Ji and Min Jong are an adult version of this trope.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Yoon Ho to Chan Sung and Kim Bum, Yoo Mi and Hye Mi.

* [[Wacky Homeroom]]: Min Jong's class.

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