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5 hours ago, jeijei said:

@Lmangla that pullover was also worn by the Goblin (red) and Lee Jongsuk (powder blue, in Weightlifting Fairy cameo), making it the It(chy) Shirt of 2016.

 

#40 Everyone eats at Subway

 

#41 Kim Nam Gil is the Korean Sean Bean

He dies in 16 out of 26 credited works. I'm sorry, oppa, we can't protect you from this cruel world.

 

 

kekekek.... @jeijei - powder blue or red doesn't look bad but that lime green sweater really makes it look it is part of some children's party costume. :sweat_smile:where is @kokodus? how is she not coming after me for using oppa's bad sweater pic? ahahahha.... and I miss the old dramas when everyone ordered black bean noodles and dumplings. don't folks eat that anymore? guess, they are busy eating subway? and lol, kim nam gil died lots of time in live up to your name that hopefully, he got his tragic streak out of his system. maybe? :lol:

 

#46 - han river is the place to be.

are you sad and want to cry bucket of tears without smearing your makeup? han river. are you feeling depressed and want to have a beer or cold coffee and have your soul chilled by the wind that blows so you feel better? han river. you want to meet your lover who your parents hate but you just have to meet with him secretly? han river. you have to meet someone in your revenge plot scheme who may or may not be useful? han river....

everyone meets at han river whatever the occasion and mood.

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@Lmangla I was going to say that Oppa looks great regardless of what he wears, but yeah it's a known fact. LOLOL. And I've registered this fact like a million times here. Haha

 

#49 Cancer

 

The only disease known to doctors in kdramaland is cancer. The other one is Appendicitis. LOL. 

 

 

 

 

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alrighty! here's our 50+ tropes so far.. come on folks, there are lots of idiosyncrasies about dramas that we just love and laugh about. hahahah...list them!

 

#1 - rescued from truck of doom

#2 - The childhood friends turn into lovers
#3 Cliche pull and push realtionship
#4 Noble idiocy separation
#5 Rich boy poor girl
#6 Angry Encounters  
#7 The shopping/makeover scene  
#8 the rooftop room
#9 Piggyback ride
#10 Half-way through the drama amnesia trope
#11 - gangster clothes
#12 The mean love interest trope
#13 Clinging ex
#14 - bad boys in saeguks always get the cool outfits including really nice earrings!
#15 Love triangle FTW... NOT.
#16 Time Jump
#18 Sweet Second Male Lead turn into Evil OOC Parody trope
#19 - doors are never locked
#20 Broken and troubled main lead being healed by love
#21 - everyone relaxes in sauna
#22 Birth secrets
#23 The Wrist Grab
#24 fan service shower scenes !!!
#25 Kdramas seem to only have 2 endings
#26 Dramas - 2nd female lead evil usually
#27 - poor but still brand stylish
#28 - everything fits into one suitcase when they leave
#29 - girl is strong in beginning and total mush later
#30 - girl, the forgiving saint
#31 - pair of glasses that don't work
#32 - Babe Falls .. Oppa catcha
#33 Cross Dressing!!!
#34 - opposing kdrama parents
#35 all male leads are genius
#36 okie Pretended SICKNESS!!!
#37 In kdramas, people have sex with clothes on.
#34 - when oppa is hot but his style is confusing.
#39 Let's kiss like a stone hits a tree trope
#40 Everyone eats at Subway
#41 kim nam gil dies in most of his dramas
#42 Cutting your own hair will give you a cool haircut
#43 Love contract
#44 co-habitation

#45 - noona - dongseng

#46 - han river is the place to be.
#47 - fauxcest
#48 start from enemies to lovers
#49 Cancer
#50 Funny BFF

#51 - bromance

#52  - first female lead destined to get less fashionable 

#53 - yellow umbrella

#54 - cute stuffed dolls given as gifts

#55 - ajumma perm

#56 - gang of 4 romances in weekend dramas

#57 - faulty CPR

#58 - water slap

#59 - Wind Blowing when Hottie/Babe ... 'Descends'

 

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@stargazer187 ~ no worries. have added noona donseng as #45 and your new one as #52. @triplem - have noted yellow umbrella as 53.

@kokodus -- LOL... got some romantic bone okay! :tongue: hahahaha.... scratch that, have no romantic bone. if some guy gave me a stuffed toy, I would start giggling - no cute sighs. hahahahah. find many of these dolls kind of creepy - am traumatized by those horror doll movies. so will not sleep with any in my room! :lol:

 

#56 - the gang of 4

it is like 4 musketeers. if it is a weekend drama, there will almost be always 4 romances. somehow they are all related. maybe siblings. maybe high school friends. maybe live in the same building. somehow they all fall in love at the same time. pull of the moon or some alignment of the stars? hahahaha....

 

for audience, it is like buy 1, get 3 free deal. best part is even if you can't stand the main leads couple, there are still 3 other romances to watch which can be enough to get you through 50 episodes...

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I had a good laugh reading all those tropes :lol: Let me add another one.

 

#60 Drunk kiss or almost kiss

 

So we all know this trope. One of main leads gets totally drunk and either kiss another lead and then doesn’t remember it or passes out before the actual kiss  :lol:

 

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2 hours ago, kokodus said:

 

#54 cute little stuffed dolls

 

Mostly given by the male lead to his girl as a token of love. Hahahaha. So cute though.

 

 

Wow... me want ..... to be that soft toy...heee

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@triplem the yellow umbrella is also prominently featured in Love Rain. In fact, the story started and developed around a yellow umbrella-bearing woman. 

 

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But mere mortals are the only ones who need rain and a lover as prerequisites for a yellow umbrella scene. 

 

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On 29/1/2018 at 10:53 PM, angelangie said:

hahaha 

 

#26 Dramas - 2nd female lead evil usually

 

i hate the most is the evil female / male lead that always act like they should be entitled to their wishes and they should get it .... 

 

what i almost hate is how when one thought that by leaving they are saving the other party? for goodness sake it doesnt help you know lols

 

i prefer to see that the evil heart get some of their retributions....they need to really go thru the hardships....i'm not being a devil but still some times seeing them having the easy way out kinda like seeing ppl taking a shortcut :x

 

This is why i love the drama "protect the boss" the baddies are hilarious and "more real"(?) if that makes sense

 

 

Anyway:

 

#65 

U-TURNS   Anytime, Anywhere, EVERYWHERE! 

 

#66

SOJU, must be the cheapest booze on earth, or everyone gets paid like a king

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kekeke... @onlysb1 ~ when I figure out how to pin this post, I will. hahahaha... really am such a tech spazz. :sweat_smile: 

 

here's the updated list... did you know there were so many tropes? kekeke.... wonder if we can go beyond 100!

 

#1 - rescued from truck of doom

#2 - The childhood friends turn into lovers
#3 Cliche pull and push realtionship
#4 Noble idiocy separation
#5 Rich boy poor girl
#6 Angry Encounters  
#7 The shopping/makeover scene  
#8 the rooftop room
#9 Piggyback ride
#10 Half-way through the drama amnesia trope
#11 - gangster clothes
#12 The mean love interest trope
#13 Clinging ex
#14 - bad boys in saeguks always get the cool outfits including really nice earrings!
#15 Love triangle FTW... NOT.
#16 Time Jump
#18 Sweet Second Male Lead turn into Evil OOC Parody trope
#19 - doors are never locked
#20 Broken and troubled main lead being healed by love
#21 - everyone relaxes in sauna
#22 Birth secrets
#23 The Wrist Grab
#24 fan service shower scenes !!!
#25 Kdramas seem to only have 2 endings
#26 Dramas - 2nd female lead evil usually
#27 poor but still brand stylish
#28 - everything fits into one suitcase when they leave
#29 - girl is strong in beginning and total mush later
#30 - girl, the forgiving saint
#31 - pair of glasses that don't work
#32 - Babe Falls .. Oppa catcha
#33 Cross Dressing!!!
#34 - opposing kdrama parents
#35 all male leads are genius
#36 okie Pretended SICKNESS!!!
#37 In kdramas, people have sex with clothes on.
#34 - when oppa is hot but his style is confusing.
#39 Let's kiss like a stone hits a tree trope
#40 Everyone eats at Subway
#41 kim nam gil dies in most of his dramas
#42 Cutting your own hair will give you a cool haircut
#43 Love contract
#44 co-habitation

#45 - noona - dongseng

#46 - han river is the place to be.
#47 - fauxcest
#48 start from enemies to lovers
#49 Cancer
#50 Funny BFF

#51 - bromance

#52  - first female lead destined to get less fashionable 

#53 - yellow umbrella

#54 - cute stuffed dolls given as gifts

#55 - ajumma perm

#56 - gang of 4 romances in weekend dramas

#57 - faulty CPR

#58 - water slap, also document slap!

#59 - Wind Blowing when Hottie/Babe ... 'Descends'

#60 - the drunk kiss or almost kiss

#61 - Slow motion and multiple angle shots to epic scene

#62 - Heroes or heroins with superpower ability

#63 Violent bosses

#64 Good girl falls in love with bad boy trope

#65 U-TURNS   Anytime, Anywhere! 

#66 SOJU, must be the cheapest booze on earth, or everyone gets paid like a king

#67 The Wet Washcloth is the Cure to (Nearly) All Illnesses!

#68 The hospital to treat minor ailments.

#69 The most memorable Epinephrine of medical drama

#70 Drama main lead is bulletproof and immortal

#71 accidental kisses

 

contributors: @Jillia @stargazer187 @kokodus @kaitochi @yamiyugi @adriana902 @stroppyse @angelangie @supergal99 @onlysb1 @jeijei @SpiritGambler @triplem  @Lmangla @phikyl @aisling @oneandthree @Night Star

 

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@stroppyse @stargazer187 ~ just tweak your numbers to 2 notches; so, this wet cloth fever wipe -- does it work in real life? does anyone know? .... wonder how docs watch medical dramas. do they laugh at the inaccuracies? or is it quite accurate? do they think "doctors don't behave like this at all?" :lol:

 

 @Night Star ~ there are like no traffic jams ever in dramaland. so makes it easy for dramatic uturns with full music blast. hahahaha...

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omo, we found 70! another 30 tropes to go!!!!

 

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#71 Accidental kisses

Usually our clumsy female lead lost her balanced and our male lead catches her or if they have a love-hate relationship they could be fighting when they collide and their lips have a tendency to connect smoothly , you'll never see they will hurt each other with their teeth colliding at high speeds. This drama trope is usually used as the first kiss of our OTP, love can beat anything even physics laws

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@triplem Whith the one above I thought only in a Kdrama they are alive, how is that kiss even be possible?  hahaha

 

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