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[[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] Dramas (sometimes called K-dramas) are comparable in content and format to Japanese, UsefulNotes/HongKong, and other Asian dramas. They typically run for one season. Aimed at women with a focus on romance, family and, well, drama, Korean dramas (along with music and movies) have been sweeping over Asia for the last decade in a phenomenon called the "UsefulNotes/KoreanWave" or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallyu Hallyu]].
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[[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] Dramas (sometimes called K-dramas) are comparable in content and format to Japanese, UsefulNotes/HongKong, and other Asian dramas. They typically run for one season. Aimed at women with a focus on romance, family and, well, drama, Korean dramas (along with music and movies) have been sweeping over Asia for the last decade in a phenomenon called the "UsefulNotes/KoreanWave" "MediaNotes/KoreanWave" or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallyu Hallyu]].
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* KneelBeforeZod: Kneeling [[https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14567680 is a thing]] in Korean culture. In dramas, it will be seen in some big dramatic moment, as a character kneels to ask for forgiveness, or a favor, or when making a show of submission. It may also happen when an antagonistic character wants to humiliate a protagonist, in the way that the trope is usually scene in Western media.
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* KneelBeforeZod: Kneeling [[https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14567680 is a thing]] in Korean culture. In dramas, it will be seen in some big dramatic moment, as a character kneels to ask for forgiveness, or a favor, or when making a show of submission. It may also happen when an antagonistic character wants to humiliate a protagonist, in the way that the trope is usually scene seen in Western media.media scenes.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_River_(Korea) Han River]] is an obvious natural landmark and easily betrays the apparently foreign (or at least non-Seoul) setting of a series.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: EiffelTowerEffect:
** The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_River_(Korea) Han River]] is an obvious natural landmark and easily betrays the apparently foreign (or at least non-Seoul) setting of aseries.series.
** Then there's Seoul's own famous tower, the Namsan Tower, which is another landmark often seen in dramas.
** The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_River_(Korea) Han River]] is an obvious natural landmark and easily betrays the apparently foreign (or at least non-Seoul) setting of a
** Then there's Seoul's own famous tower, the Namsan Tower, which is another landmark often seen in dramas.
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* HeldGaze: Expect to see this a lot. If you're watching a Korean drama, there's a pretty good chance that either the romantic leads, or the hero and an antagonist, will end the episode staring at each other in a dramatic confrontation.
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* AbusiveParents: A necessary element in any Korean series for dramatic purposes and they come in all shapes but the most notable ones are:
** ArrangedMarriage: Money and power-obsessed parents force their offsprings to marry someone from a wealthy family to maintain their social status and gain more power regardless of their children's agreement.
** DisappearedDad: A character ([[AlwaysFemale usually female]]) searching for their missing father is another frequent trope in Korean dramas.
** EducationMama (or less frequently EducationPapa): A parent who obsessively pushes and pressures their child into succeeding academically and would resort to emotional and physical abuse if said child fails at meeting their academic expectations.
** FollowInMyFootsteps: A parent forces their child into doing what they want and living their own life according to their parent's wishes while not taking into account the child's own feelings or wishes.
** MyBelovedSmother: A mother who is very controlling of their child's every little move and does not allow them space to breathe even for a minute. Often results in StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids.
** ParentalAbandonment: If the parents in Korean dramas aren't abusive, then they are most likely missing, dead, or have abandoned their children.
** ParentalFavoritism: The parents have two (or more) children. They naturally favor the prettier and smarter child over the one who has [[BookDumb low grades]] and is [[HollywoodHomely less beautiful]]. Double points if TheUnfavourite child happens to be [[AdoptionAngst adopted]].
** ParentalMarriageVeto: Expect the parents of at least one of the romantic leads, and possibly both, to be strongly opposed to the pairing.
** ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A mother leaves her child at a specific place, usually in front of an amusement park, tells them to close their eyes a bit... and the mother is gone! [[TearJerker Prepare a tissue or two for when the child realizes that their mother has abandoned them.]]
** ParentalIssues: Other unmentioned forms of conflicts in parent-child relationships are also demonstrated in Korean shows, such as FantasyForbiddingFather and IHaveNoSon, etc.
** ArrangedMarriage: Money and power-obsessed parents force their offsprings to marry someone from a wealthy family to maintain their social status and gain more power regardless of their children's agreement.
** DisappearedDad: A character ([[AlwaysFemale usually female]]) searching for their missing father is another frequent trope in Korean dramas.
** EducationMama (or less frequently EducationPapa): A parent who obsessively pushes and pressures their child into succeeding academically and would resort to emotional and physical abuse if said child fails at meeting their academic expectations.
** FollowInMyFootsteps: A parent forces their child into doing what they want and living their own life according to their parent's wishes while not taking into account the child's own feelings or wishes.
** MyBelovedSmother: A mother who is very controlling of their child's every little move and does not allow them space to breathe even for a minute. Often results in StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids.
** ParentalAbandonment: If the parents in Korean dramas aren't abusive, then they are most likely missing, dead, or have abandoned their children.
** ParentalFavoritism: The parents have two (or more) children. They naturally favor the prettier and smarter child over the one who has [[BookDumb low grades]] and is [[HollywoodHomely less beautiful]]. Double points if TheUnfavourite child happens to be [[AdoptionAngst adopted]].
** ParentalMarriageVeto: Expect the parents of at least one of the romantic leads, and possibly both, to be strongly opposed to the pairing.
** ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A mother leaves her child at a specific place, usually in front of an amusement park, tells them to close their eyes a bit... and the mother is gone! [[TearJerker Prepare a tissue or two for when the child realizes that their mother has abandoned them.]]
** ParentalIssues: Other unmentioned forms of conflicts in parent-child relationships are also demonstrated in Korean shows, such as FantasyForbiddingFather and IHaveNoSon, etc.
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* AbusiveParents: A necessary element in any Korean series for dramatic purposes and they come in all shapes but the most notable ones are:
** ArrangedMarriage: Money and power-obsessed parents force their offsprings to marry someone from a wealthy family to maintain their social status and gain more power regardless of their children's agreement.
** DisappearedDad: A character ([[AlwaysFemale usually female]]) searching for their missing father is another frequent trope in Korean dramas.
** EducationMama (or less frequently EducationPapa): A parent who obsessively pushes and pressures their child into succeeding academically and would resort to emotional andphysical abuse if said child fails at meeting their academic expectations.
** FollowInMyFootsteps: A parent forces their child into doing what they wantor psychological.
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: The male lead often does this to the female lead (and sometimes vice versa) andliving their own life according she touches her head after he removes his hand as if she can't believe he just did such an affectionate thing to their parent's wishes while not taking into account the child's own feelings or wishes.her.
** MyBelovedSmother: A mother who * AgeGapRomance: While not ''that'' common, certain shows have this as the plot, in which the older person is very controlling almost always the heroine [[UsefulNotes/KoreanHonorifics who's called "Noona" by the younger protagonist]]. This case is known as "Noona Romance".
* ArrangedMarriage: Money and power-obsessed parents force their offsprings to marry someone from a wealthy family to maintain their social status and gain more power regardless of theirchild's every little move children's agreement.
* BandageWince: The male lead can endure the pain of all types of wounds anddoes not allow them space to breathe even for a minute. Often results in StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids.
** ParentalAbandonment: Ifinjuries, but the parents in Korean dramas aren't abusive, then they are most likely missing, dead, or have abandoned their children.
** ParentalFavoritism: The parents have two (or more) children. They naturally favor the prettiermoment his love interest tries to clean it and smarter child over the one who has [[BookDumb low grades]] bandage it up, he remembers it hurts and is [[HollywoodHomely less beautiful]]. Double points if TheUnfavourite child happens to be [[AdoptionAngst adopted]].
** ParentalMarriageVeto: Expect the parents of at least one of the romantic leads, and possibly both, to be strongly opposed to the pairing.
** ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A mother leaves her child at a specific place, usuallywinces in front of an amusement park, tells them to close their eyes a bit... and the mother is gone! [[TearJerker Prepare a tissue or two for when the child realizes that their mother has abandoned them.]]
** ParentalIssues: Other unmentioned forms of conflicts in parent-child relationships are also demonstrated in Korean shows, such as FantasyForbiddingFather and IHaveNoSon, etc.pain.
** ArrangedMarriage: Money and power-obsessed parents force their offsprings to marry someone from a wealthy family to maintain their social status and gain more power regardless of their children's agreement.
** DisappearedDad: A character ([[AlwaysFemale usually female]]) searching for their missing father is another frequent trope in Korean dramas.
** EducationMama (or less frequently EducationPapa): A parent who obsessively pushes and pressures their child into succeeding academically and would resort to emotional and
** FollowInMyFootsteps: A parent forces their child into doing what they want
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: The male lead often does this to the female lead (and sometimes vice versa) and
* ArrangedMarriage: Money and power-obsessed parents force their offsprings to marry someone from a wealthy family to maintain their social status and gain more power regardless of their
* BandageWince: The male lead can endure the pain of all types of wounds and
** ParentalAbandonment: If
** ParentalFavoritism: The parents have two (or more) children. They naturally favor the prettier
** ParentalMarriageVeto: Expect the parents of at least one of the romantic leads, and possibly both, to be strongly opposed to the pairing.
** ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A mother leaves her child at a specific place, usually
** ParentalIssues: Other unmentioned forms of conflicts in parent-child relationships are also demonstrated in Korean shows, such as FantasyForbiddingFather and IHaveNoSon, etc.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: In male-dominant casts, the male characters will be conventionally attractive and very handsome or pretty.
* CockFight: Dramas with plots concerning love triangles, even if subplots or not the main focus, have lots of fights where the female lead has two handsome men fighting for her and trying to "win" her over the other. This gets criticized often for how the female character is treated as a toy whom men are trying to obtain/possess and some dramas deconstruct it or [[DiscussedTrope acknowledge the dehumanizing aspect of it]].
* DisappearedDad: A character ([[AlwaysFemale usually female]]) searching for their missing father is another frequent trope in Korean dramas.
* DrivenToSuicide: Though in most cases the suicide doesn't really happen ([[InterruptedSuicide interrupted]] or the suicidal changes their mind somehow, etc.), when a character is bullied mercilessly at school or mistreated at work, they often attempt to kill themselves by jumping off a building.
* EducationMama: A parent (usually female but can sometimes be male) who obsessively pushes and pressures their child into succeeding academically and would resort to emotional and physical abuse if said child fails at meeting their academic expectations. This is frequent in dramas due to the way South Korean society emphasizes education and having good grades to extreme lengths.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: A parent forces their child into doing what they want and living their own life according to their parent's wishes while not taking into account the child's own feelings or wishes is common concept.
* FoodPorn: Even in non-cooking related shows, Korean cuisine gets lots of focus before and after it's prepared enough to make one drool over it. This is especially done to popular food such as Ramen, Kimchi, Tteokbokki, and stews.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The main characters have almost always met each other when they were children or had a past together in any form and it's revealed both to them and the audiences later when they're adults.
* FoodPorn: Even in non-cooking related shows, Korean cuisine gets lots of focus before and after it's prepared enough to make one drool over it. This is especially done to popular food such as Ramen, Kimchi, Tteokbokki, and stews.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The main characters have almost always met each other when they were children or had a past together in any form and it's revealed both to them and the audiences later when they're adults.
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* KneelBeforeZod: Kneeling [[https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14567680 is a thing]] in Korean culture. In dramas it will be seen in some big dramatic moment, as a character kneels to ask forgiveness, or a favor, or when making a show of submission. It may also happen when an antagonistic character wants to humiliate a protagonist, in the way that the trope is usually scene in Western media.
* LoveTriangle: Conflicts of romantic interests between several characters is ''the'' backbone of Korean dramas. Obviously leads to RomanticRunnerup, GreenEyedMonster and sometimes CockFight depending on the show.
** FireAndIceLoveTriangle are particularly common as they show a striking contrast between (mostly male) characters thus more complexity and grandeur.
** LoveDodecahedron: Very common for a core LoveTriangle to actually be expanded out to four or five characters.
* LoveTriangle: Conflicts of romantic interests between several characters is ''the'' backbone of Korean dramas. Obviously leads to RomanticRunnerup, GreenEyedMonster and sometimes CockFight depending on the show.
** FireAndIceLoveTriangle are particularly common as they show a striking contrast between (mostly male) characters thus more complexity and grandeur.
** LoveDodecahedron: Very common for a core LoveTriangle to actually be expanded out to four or five characters.
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* HopelessSuitor: This role is reserved for the second male lead in a love triangle. No matter how better or more suitable or how enamored he's by the female lead, she only has eyes for the first male lead and the 2nd male lead always "loses" to him in the end.
* InformedPoverty: In some works, characters who are supposed to be poor have the latest phones, wear designer clothes, etc.
* InVinoVeritas: Alcohol often makes the drunk character (usually female) spill out the truth about their feelings or [[InternalReveal shocking hidden information]] to someone else unconsciously and they may or may not remember it when they sober up.
* KneelBeforeZod: Kneeling [[https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14567680 is a thing]] in Korean culture. Indramas dramas, it will be seen in some big dramatic moment, as a character kneels to ask for forgiveness, or a favor, or when making a show of submission. It may also happen when an antagonistic character wants to humiliate a protagonist, in the way that the trope is usually scene in Western media.
* LoveDodecahedron: Very common for a core LoveTriangle to actually be expanded out to four or five characters.
* LoveTriangle: Conflicts of romantic interests between several characters is ''the'' backbone of Korean dramas. Obviously leads to RomanticRunnerup,GreenEyedMonster GreenEyedMonster, and sometimes CockFight depending on the show.
** FireAndIceLoveTriangleare is particularly common as they show it shows a striking contrast between (mostly male) characters thus more complexity and grandeur.
** LoveDodecahedron: Very common for a core LoveTrianglegrandeur. The main male lead would often be the distant, arrogant guy, while the second lead would be the friendly and warm one.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Need toactually be expanded out kill off the main character(s) or give them a TragicBackStory by killing off their parents without having the police investigate it too much to four or five characters.achieve a specific goal their existence is stopping you from achieving it? Then making it look like an accident is the way to go in Korean drama. Of course, if they're the main characters they'll survive somehow, but if it's someone's parents? Not so much.
* InformedPoverty: In some works, characters who are supposed to be poor have the latest phones, wear designer clothes, etc.
* InVinoVeritas: Alcohol often makes the drunk character (usually female) spill out the truth about their feelings or [[InternalReveal shocking hidden information]] to someone else unconsciously and they may or may not remember it when they sober up.
* KneelBeforeZod: Kneeling [[https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14567680 is a thing]] in Korean culture. In
* LoveDodecahedron: Very common for a core LoveTriangle to actually be expanded out to four or five characters.
* LoveTriangle: Conflicts of romantic interests between several characters is ''the'' backbone of Korean dramas. Obviously leads to RomanticRunnerup,
** FireAndIceLoveTriangle
** LoveDodecahedron: Very common for a core LoveTriangle
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Need to
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* {{Melodrama}}: Is a very popular genre in dramas as of late, and are also more likely to have high viewership ratings. Examples include [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Castle Sky Castle]], Series/TheInnocentMan, Series/MissRipley and the old classic Series/WinterSonata.
** Expect to see '''a lot''' of WorldOfHam, ChewingTheScenery, constant shouting and [[BrokenTears crying]], HeroicBSOD, FeudingFamilies, ArrangedMarriage, {{Revenge}}, [[OverlyLongGag and]] CainAndAbel [[OverlyLongGag stories and...]]
** MeetCute: Rom-Coms and lighter works have a good amount of these.
** Expect to see '''a lot''' of WorldOfHam, ChewingTheScenery, constant shouting and [[BrokenTears crying]], HeroicBSOD, FeudingFamilies, ArrangedMarriage, {{Revenge}}, [[OverlyLongGag and]] CainAndAbel [[OverlyLongGag stories and...]]
** MeetCute: Rom-Coms and lighter works have a good amount of these.
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* MeetCute: Rom-Coms and lighter works have a good amount of these.
* {{Melodrama}}: Is a very popular genre in dramas as of late, andare is also more likely to have high viewership ratings. Examples include [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Castle Sky Castle]], Series/TheInnocentMan, Series/MissRipley and the old classic Series/WinterSonata. \n** Expect to see '''a lot''' of WorldOfHam, ChewingTheScenery, constant shouting and [[BrokenTears crying]], HeroicBSOD, FeudingFamilies, ArrangedMarriage, {{Revenge}}, [[OverlyLongGag and]] and CainAndAbel [[OverlyLongGag stories and...]]
** MeetCute: Rom-Comsstories, and lighter works so on.
* MyBelovedSmother: Korean dramas havea good amount their fair share of these.mothers who are very controlling of their child's every little move and don't allow them space to breathe even for a minute.
* {{Melodrama}}: Is a very popular genre in dramas as of late, and
** MeetCute: Rom-Coms
* MyBelovedSmother: Korean dramas have
* OneTrueLove: There's only one person the heroine can love all her life and they're meant to be together despite the odds and it's always gonna be the first male lead and vice versa for him. The heroine never falls out of love with him, and if she got involved with someone else, it's against her will and due to circumstances. Her heart will still yearn for her one true love.
* OrbitalKiss: In older dramas, the camera does a full 360-degree orbit around the couple kissing. This is now a DiscreditedTrope in dramas.
* ParentalAbandonment: If the parents in Korean dramas aren't abusive, then they are most likely missing, dead, or have abandoned their children.
* ParentalFavoritism: In which the parents have two (or more) children. They naturally favor the prettier and smarter child over the one who has [[BookDumb low grades]] and is [[HollywoodHomely less beautiful]]. Double points if TheUnfavourite child happens to be [[AdoptionAngst adopted]].
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Expect the parents of at least one of the romantic leads, and possibly both, to be strongly opposed to the pairing.
* ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A mother leaves her child at a specific place, usually in front of an amusement park, tells them to close their eyes a bit... and the mother is gone! [[TearJerker Prepare a tissue or two for when the child realizes that their mother has abandoned them.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: If the parents in Korean dramas aren't abusive, then they are most likely missing, dead, or have abandoned their children.
* ParentalFavoritism: In which the parents have two (or more) children. They naturally favor the prettier and smarter child over the one who has [[BookDumb low grades]] and is [[HollywoodHomely less beautiful]]. Double points if TheUnfavourite child happens to be [[AdoptionAngst adopted]].
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Expect the parents of at least one of the romantic leads, and possibly both, to be strongly opposed to the pairing.
* ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A mother leaves her child at a specific place, usually in front of an amusement park, tells them to close their eyes a bit... and the mother is gone! [[TearJerker Prepare a tissue or two for when the child realizes that their mother has abandoned them.]]
* RaceForYourLove: If the main character is leaving to somewhere, there's an obligatory scene where their love interest races to get them back by running alongside the bus (and it's always a bus, never a train or a car) or following them to the airport.
* ShowerScene: Only reserved for male characters due to South Korea being a conservative country still. The male lead will be ripped with a six pack. Usually.
* StalkingIsLove: Since the stalker is the heroine's love interest, him following her around isn't a big deal and even prompts romance. Though sometimes in recent works, it's averted, and the heroine is normally annoyed over this.
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* UptownGirl: Mostly Inverted. ''The'' characteristic of Korean dramas, according to foreign observers, is a forbidden love story between a poor girl and a rich boy. And it is TruthInTelevision, but things are diversifying fast due to changing social conceptions.
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* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: A staple in Korean shows is to have the couple or soon-to-be couple share an umbrella when one of them forgets to bring one as ShipTease. Expect the male to bring the umbrella closer to the female lead even if a bit of his shoulder gets wet.
* UptownGirl:Mostly Inverted. ''The'' characteristic of Korean dramas, according to foreign observers, is a forbidden love story between a poor girl and a rich boy. And it is TruthInTelevision, but things are diversifying fast due to changing social conceptions.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: When Korean female characters get drunk, there's 80% chance they're gonna puke on someone. Mostly the male lead.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: When Korean female characters get drunk, there's 80% chance they're gonna puke on someone. Mostly the male lead.
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* MeddlingParents: The common obstacle to a female protagonist in a romantic drama is her boyfriend's RichBitch of a mother.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: The common obstacle to a female protagonist in a romantic drama is her boyfriend's RichBitch of a mother.
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[[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] Dramas (sometimes called K-dramas) are comparable in content and format to Japanese, UsefulNotes/HongKong, and other Asian dramas. They typically run for one season. Aimed at women with focus on romance, family and, well, drama, Korean dramas (along with music and movies) have been sweeping over Asia for the last decade in a phenomenon called the "UsefulNotes/KoreanWave" or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallyu Hallyu]].
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[[UsefulNotes/{{SouthKorea}} Korean]] Dramas (sometimes called K-dramas) are comparable in content and format to Japanese, UsefulNotes/HongKong, and other Asian dramas. They typically run for one season. Aimed at women with a focus on romance, family and, well, drama, Korean dramas (along with music and movies) have been sweeping over Asia for the last decade in a phenomenon called the "UsefulNotes/KoreanWave" or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallyu Hallyu]].
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* MedicalDrama: Many Korean shows, for instance, ''Series/HospitalPlaylist'', ''Series/EmergencyCouple'', ''Series/GoodDoctor'', and ''Series/{{Faith}}'', have themes centered on doctors and patients, hospitals, and the practice of medicine in general and they tend to be exaggerated for a dramatic effect or sometimes flat-out inaccurate.
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* MedicalDrama: Many Korean shows, for instance, ''Series/HospitalPlaylist'', ''Series/EmergencyCouple'', ''Series/GoodDoctor'', and ''Series/{{Faith}}'', ''Series/{{Faith|2012}}'', have themes centered on doctors and patients, hospitals, and the practice of medicine in general and they tend to be exaggerated for a dramatic effect or sometimes flat-out inaccurate.
