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''Can You Hear My Heart'', also known as ''Listen To My Heart'', is a KoreanDrama that aired April to July 2011. The story focuses on a [[GenkiGirl cheerful, hardworking girl]] named Bong Woo Ri, who has a sweet and gentle stepfather with the mental age of 7 and a deceased deaf mother. She is looking for her stepbrother, ambitious Bong Ma Roo, who disappeared sixteen years ago.

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''Can You Hear My Heart'', Heart?'', also known as ''Listen To My Heart'', is a KoreanDrama that aired April to July 2011. The story focuses on a [[GenkiGirl cheerful, hardworking girl]] named Bong Woo Ri, who has a sweet and gentle stepfather with the mental age of 7 and a deceased deaf mother. She is looking for her stepbrother, ambitious Bong Ma Roo, who disappeared sixteen years ago.



You can see how all of this makes things complicated, but despite complex plotlines and character relationships, ‘’Can You Hear My Heart’’ is, at the risk of sounding cheesy, a warm family drama about overcoming disabilities and learning to love.

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You can see how all of this makes things complicated, but despite complex plotlines and character relationships, ‘’Can ''Can You Hear My Heart’’ Heart?'' is, at the risk of sounding cheesy, a warm family drama about overcoming disabilities and learning to love.
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* AgeCut: Dong Joo spends 16 years, playing with his beanbag.

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* AgeCut: Dong Joo spends 16 years, years playing with his beanbag.



* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Dong Joo and Joon Ha]], later in the series

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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Dong [[spoiler:Dong Joo and Joon Ha]], later in the series



* DramaticShattering[=/=]DramaticDrop: Ah, that poor poor beanbag.

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* DramaticShattering[=/=]DramaticDrop: DramaticDrop: Ah, that poor poor beanbag.



* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Joon Ha, after Hyun Sook -- the person he thought of as a mother for sixteen years -- turns on him and abandons him in jail.]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Joon [[spoiler:Joon Ha, after Hyun Sook -- the person he thought of as a mother for sixteen years -- turns on him and abandons him in jail.]]



* HeroicBSOD: Joon Ha hits the pavement, first with his knees, then his hands, after finding out that [[spoiler: his biological father wanted him aborted, his mother didn't want him at all, and Young Gyu wasn't his father. Oh, and his grandmother knew all along.]]

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* HeroicBSOD: Joon Ha hits the pavement, first with his knees, then his hands, after finding out that [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his biological father wanted him aborted, his mother didn't want him at all, and Young Gyu wasn't his father. Oh, and his grandmother knew all along.]]



** Also everybody knows that CEO Choi has been [[spoiler: having an affair with Shin Ae]]

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** Also everybody knows that CEO Choi has been [[spoiler: having [[spoiler:having an affair with Shin Ae]]



* ParentalAbandonment:[[spoiler: Ma Roo (Joon Ha) was left in the care of his uncle by his mother and didn't know his biological dad.]]

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* ParentalAbandonment:[[spoiler: Ma ParentalAbandonment:[[spoiler:Ma Roo (Joon Ha) was left in the care of his uncle by his mother and didn't know his biological dad.]]



* PoliceAreUseless: They accused the deceased victim of a factory fire of arson, based on a phone call from the CEO. Haven't they heard of proper investigative procedure?

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* PoliceAreUseless: They accused the deceased victim of a factory fire of arson, arson based on a phone call from the CEO. Haven't they heard of proper investigative procedure?CEO.



* RelationshipReveal: Dong Joo becomes more involved in Woo Ri's life [[spoiler: after their TestKiss]].

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* RelationshipReveal: Dong Joo becomes more involved in Woo Ri's life [[spoiler: after [[spoiler:after their TestKiss]].



* StartOfDarkness: Hyun Sook. [[spoiler: When she finds out her husband killed her father and hurt her son, it started a 16-year plan for revenge. Never underestimate the power of a MamaBear!]]
* TooDumbToFool: [[spoiler: Young Gyu is the first person to realize Dong Joo is deaf, mostly by recognizing certain traits that his late wife had.]]

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* StartOfDarkness: Hyun Sook. [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When she finds out her husband killed her father and hurt her son, it started a 16-year plan for revenge. Never underestimate the power of a MamaBear!]]
* TooDumbToFool: [[spoiler: Young [[spoiler:Young Gyu is the first person to realize Dong Joo is deaf, mostly by recognizing certain traits that his late wife had.]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:From bottom left, clockwise: [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Lee Seung Chul]], [[TragicHero Jang Joon Ha]], [[TroubledButCute Cha Dong Joo]], [[CoolBigSis Kang Min Soo]], [[GenkiGirl Bong Woo Ri]]]]

->''If you close your eyes and think, you can see everything. If you cover your ears and think, you can hear everything.''

''Can You Hear My Heart'', also known as ''Listen To My Heart'', is a KoreanDrama that aired April to July 2011. The story focuses on a [[GenkiGirl cheerful, hardworking girl]] named Bong Woo Ri, who has a sweet and gentle stepfather with the mental age of 7 and a deceased deaf mother. She is looking for her stepbrother, ambitious Bong Ma Roo, who disappeared sixteen years ago.

Little does she know that he has been taken into Tae Hyun Sook’s family as [[LongLostSibling Jang Joon Ha]] to become a brother for Cha Dong Joo, the grandson of a successful company owner. Dong Joo has become deaf after an accident and must pretend he can hear so that he can [[{{Revenge}} take back the company]] from his own stepfather.

Woo Ri and Dong Joo have some history, too – they know each other from their childhood, when Woo Ri, then known as “Little Mi Sook” (because she had no name yet), begged Dong Joo to teach her the piano. They both remember, but to approach his stepfather without suspicion Dong Joo has to pretend he has lost his memory.

You can see how all of this makes things complicated, but despite complex plotlines and character relationships, ‘’Can You Hear My Heart’’ is, at the risk of sounding cheesy, a warm family drama about overcoming disabilities and learning to love.

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! The series contains examples of:
* AgeCut: Dong Joo spends 16 years, playing with his beanbag.
* BettyAndVeronica: For Woo Ri, Seung Chul is the Betty and Dong Joo is the Veronica. For Dong Joo, it's Woo Ri's Betty to Min Soo's Veronica.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Joon Ha, for both Dong Joo and Woo Ri.
* BigBrotherWorship: Both Cha Dong Joo and Bong Woo Ri for Jang Joon Ha / Bong Ma Roo, at least at first.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Dong Joo and Joon Ha]], later in the series
* CherryBlossoms: Cha Dong Joo stood beneath the falling petals and used spoken imagery to test the voice-recognition software that will enable him to begin a new adult life hiding his deafness from a hearing public.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: CEO Choi Jin Chul[[spoiler:, who allowed the previous president, his father-in-law, to die so he could take over the company. Choi Jin Chul also used his influence to force other businesses to fail.]]
* DarkSecret: Dong Joo doesn't let anyone know he's deaf.
* DramaticShattering[=/=]DramaticDrop: Ah, that poor poor beanbag.
* DrowningMySorrows: Woo Ri and Min Soo while man-bashing, Joon Ha right before he almost tells Woo Ri he's the LongLostSibling, and the whole family doing a drunken sing-a-long around the phone to get Grandma to come back.
* EiffelTowerEffect: The cable cars to Namsam Tower are mentioned several times.
* HairDecorations: Min Soo
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Joon Ha, after Hyun Sook -- the person he thought of as a mother for sixteen years -- turns on him and abandons him in jail.]]
* HandSignals: Woo Ri and her dad obviously know Korean Sign Language; she also uses it for emphasis, especially the sign for 'idiot'.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Cha Dong Joo, who learned this trick from Bong Ma Roo.
* HeroicBSOD: Joon Ha hits the pavement, first with his knees, then his hands, after finding out that [[spoiler: his biological father wanted him aborted, his mother didn't want him at all, and Young Gyu wasn't his father. Oh, and his grandmother knew all along.]]
* HospitalGurneyScene: Twice
* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler:Na Mi Sook, a sales agent, who is played by the actress who played Woo Ri's mother earlier in the drama. The two characters even have the same (first) name!]] However, there's no connection between the two yet, and their personalities are radically different. Woo Ri and her family notices the similar appearance, though.
* JawDrop: Both Dong Joo and Seung Chul, when they see Woo Ri in a little black dress with high-heel pumps.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Everyone thinks Dong Joo lost his memory of his life before his injury.
* LongLostSibling: Joon Ha to Woo Ri
* LoveTriangle: Seung Chul and Dong Joo are both attracted to Woo Ri. It evolves into a LoveDodecahedron when [[spoiler:Joon Ha confesses to Woo Ri]]. Also, Min Soo, the cosmetist, has interest in both Dong Joo and Joon Ha.
* {{MacGuffin}}: A red beanbag used by Little Mi Sook to catch her deaf mother's attention became a comfort toy for the deaf Dong Joo while he was growing up.
* MeaningfulEcho: Woo Ri and Dong Joo have this exchange once when they are kids, and once after [[spoiler:Dong Joo reveals his deafness to the world]].
-->'''Woo Ri:''' I thought you weren't going to come.
-->'''Dong Joo:''' I keep my promises.
* MissingMom: Woo Ri's mother was killed in a factory fire when she was nine, leaving her to be raised by her stepfather and grandmother.
* MistakenIdentity: Woo Ri confuses Dong Joo for her stepbrother for a while, based on his mannerisms and some of the phrases he used. The same mannerisms and phrases he got from living with said stepbrother for sixteen years.
* TheNicknamer: Dong Joo does this to Woo Ri: "The Person I Liked As A Child", "The Person Who Kissed Seung Chul", mostly to tease her.
* OpenSecret:
** All the main characters know that Dong Joo is deaf by the series' midpoint.
** Also everybody knows that CEO Choi has been [[spoiler: having an affair with Shin Ae]]
* OrbitalShot: When Dong Joo makes the decision to out his deafness.
* ParentalAbandonment:[[spoiler: Ma Roo (Joon Ha) was left in the care of his uncle by his mother and didn't know his biological dad.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Dong Joo's pale skin is [[LampshadeHanging often commented on by the characters.]]
* PlayingNiceForNow: Dong Joo. Hyun Sook. Choi.
* PiggybackCute: Joon Ha carried Woo Ri home when she had too much to drink.
* PoliceAreUseless: They accused the deceased victim of a factory fire of arson, based on a phone call from the CEO. Haven't they heard of proper investigative procedure?
* PunnyName: Woo Ri means 'our' in Korean, as characters are quick to point out.
* RamenSlurp: Woo Ri and Joon Ha with instant noodles in the park.
* RelationshipReveal: Dong Joo becomes more involved in Woo Ri's life [[spoiler: after their TestKiss]].
* SheCleansUpNicely: When Woo Ri calls up Joon Ha to repay her for the lunches she's bought him. Dong Joo is awfully surprised at how she looks in a dress, especially since [[LimitedWardrobe her wardrobe seems to consist of only a few shirts.]]
* ShirtlessScene: Seung Chul after he falls into a river.
* ShutUpKiss: Woo Ri plants one on Seung Chul just before jumping off a bridge.
* SingleTear: This happens an awful lot of the time with a lot of the characters.
* SirSwearsalot: Grandma
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: It's a wonder Woo Ri doesn't constantly have bruises on her arms.
* StartOfDarkness: Hyun Sook. [[spoiler: When she finds out her husband killed her father and hurt her son, it started a 16-year plan for revenge. Never underestimate the power of a MamaBear!]]
* TooDumbToFool: [[spoiler: Young Gyu is the first person to realize Dong Joo is deaf, mostly by recognizing certain traits that his late wife had.]]
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Seung Chul, who grew up with her, and Dong Joo, her childhood friend, are both attracted to Woo Ri.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Seung Chul, who's been by her side since childhood.
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