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%% * {{Adorkable}}: '''Ji-yi'''. Her sweet and bubbly nature allows her to have good relations with the other three leads despite the drama between them.



%% * MoodSwinger: Jin-yi, and that only add to her {{adorkable}} factor.
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* EmpaticEnvironment: Ji-yi and Chang-soo try to break up and the scene gets very sad as both are crying. Then all of a sudden, it starts raining...

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* EmpaticEnvironment: EmpathicEnvironment: Ji-yi and Chang-soo try to break up and the scene gets very sad as both are crying. Then all of a sudden, it starts raining...
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* EmphaticEnvironment: Ji-yi and Chang-soo try to break up and the scene gets very sad as both are crying. Then all of a sudden, it starts raining...

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* EmphaticEnvironment: EmpaticEnvironment: Ji-yi and Chang-soo try to break up and the scene gets very sad as both are crying. Then all of a sudden, it starts raining...

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* AbusiveParents: Won-shik and Madam Jang. Madam Jang is especially abusive towards Yoon-ha.
* {{Adorkable}}: '''Ji-yi'''. Her sweet and bubbly nature allows her to have good relations with the other three leads despite the drama between them.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Yoon-ha is either despised or unacknowledged by her family.
--> '''Yoon-ha''': They say 90 percent of life’s problems can be solved with money. I carry with me the other 10 percent of those problems.
* AlphaCouple: Yoon-ha and Joon-ki.
* AmbitionIsEvil: A running theme of the shows, best demonstrate with Yoon-ha's sister Ye-won.
* AmicablyDivorced: Gyung-joon and Ye-won and their spouses.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove
* ArrangedMarriage: Yoon-ha wants to get out of one to search for true love while Chang-soo embraces it to gain the upper-hand against his brother for succession. [[spoiler: Their views later switch as Yoon-ha loses sight of marrying for love and Chang-soo doesn't want to marry anyone but Ji-yi.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Joon-ki, after realizing just how screw-up his attitude toward Chang-soo and especially Yoon-ha was.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Chang-soo and Ji-yi.]]
* TheBeautifulElite: Yoon-ha, Chang-soo, and their family and acquaintances.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Chang-soo and Ji-yi at first.
* BerserkButton: Chang-soo hates people who use him. Yoon-ha hates people who lie to her. [[spoiler: Joon-ki manages to piss both of them off.]]
* BetaCouple: Chang-soo and Ji-yi.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yoon-ha
-->'''Ji-yi''': Bad things happen to those who mess with Yoon-ha.
* BigDamnKiss: Several between the two couples.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Ye-won.
* BookDumb: Ji-yi is only a high school graduate. PlayedForDrama because she really has nothing to her name and it's the reason she can't gain the favor of Chang-soo's mother.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Chang-soo]]
* BridalCarry: Joon-ki to Yoon-ha into the ocean.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Gender inverted with Yoon-ha and Joon-ki.

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%% * AbusiveParents: Won-shik and Madam Jang. Madam Jang is especially abusive towards Yoon-ha.
%% * {{Adorkable}}: '''Ji-yi'''. Her sweet and bubbly nature allows her to have good relations with the other three leads despite the drama between them.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Yoon-ha %%
%% sweet and bubbly
is either despised or unacknowledged by her family.
--> '''Yoon-ha''': They say 90 percent of life’s problems can be solved with money. I carry with me the other 10 percent of those problems.
not geeky and nerdy-cuty
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* AlphaCouple: Yoon-ha and Joon-ki.
%% * AmbitionIsEvil: A running theme of the shows, best demonstrate with Yoon-ha's sister Ye-won.
%% * AmicablyDivorced: Gyung-joon and Ye-won and their spouses.
%% * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove
%% * ArrangedMarriage: Yoon-ha wants to get out of one to search for true love while Chang-soo embraces it to gain the upper-hand against his brother for succession. [[spoiler: Their views later switch as Yoon-ha loses sight of marrying for love and Chang-soo doesn't want to marry anyone but Ji-yi.]]
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Joon-ki, after realizing just how screw-up his attitude toward Chang-soo and especially Yoon-ha was.]]
%% How does she atone?
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Chang-soo and Ji-yi.]]
%% * TheBeautifulElite: Yoon-ha, Chang-soo, and their family and acquaintances.
%% * BelligerentSexualTension: Chang-soo and Ji-yi at first.
* BerserkButton: Chang-soo hates people who use him. Yoon-ha hates people who lie to her. [[spoiler: Joon-ki manages to piss both of them off.]]
%% * BetaCouple: Chang-soo and Ji-yi.
%% * BewareTheNiceOnes: Yoon-ha
%% -->'''Ji-yi''': Bad things happen to those who mess with Yoon-ha.
%% * BigDamnKiss: Several between the two couples.
%% * BitchInSheepsClothing: Ye-won.
%% * BookDumb: Ji-yi is only a high school graduate. PlayedForDrama because she really has nothing to her name and it's the reason she can't gain the favor of Chang-soo's mother.
%% * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Chang-soo]]
%% * BridalCarry: Joon-ki to Yoon-ha into the ocean.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Gender inverted with Yoon-ha and Joon-ki.
ocean.



* TheCasanova: Chang-soo, [[UrbanLegendLoveLife although it has yet to be shown on-screen]].

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%% * TheCasanova: Chang-soo, [[UrbanLegendLoveLife although it has yet to be shown on-screen]].



* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Gyeong-Joon.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Yoon-ha, who has been emotionally and even physically abused by most of her family her whole life.
* GenkiGirl: Ji-yi.

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* EmphaticEnvironment: Ji-yi and Chang-soo try to break up and the scene gets very sad as both are crying. Then all of a sudden, it starts raining...
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Gyeong-Joon.]]
%% * FreudianExcuse: Yoon-ha, who has been emotionally and even physically abused by most of her family her whole life.
%% Why does she need an excuse? this is a half-context example.
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* GenkiGirl: Ji-yi.



* GoodParents: Joon-ki's parents.
* GrayRainOfDepression: This happens to Yoon-ha once she finds out Joon-ki knew all along that she is an heiress.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: Yoon-ha and Jiyi. Chang-soo and Joon-ki.

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%% * GoodParents: Joon-ki's parents.
%% * GrayRainOfDepression: This happens to Yoon-ha once she finds out Joon-ki knew all along that she is an heiress.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartner: Yoon-ha and Jiyi. Chang-soo and Joon-ki.



* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler: Chang-soo when he breaks down about not being able to marry Ji-yi and that he doesn't want an arranged marriage anymore.]]

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* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler: Chang-soo when he breaks down and cries about not being able to marry Ji-yi and that he doesn't want an arranged marriage anymore.]]



* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Interestingly, it's between Ji-yi and Yoon-ha. Ji-yi notices that Joon-ki and Yoon-ha are interested in each other so she gives up Joon-ki to allow Yoon-ha to date him.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Interestingly, it's between Between Ji-yi and Yoon-ha. Ji-yi notices that Joon-ki and Yoon-ha are interested in each other so she gives up Joon-ki to allow Yoon-ha to date him.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chang-soo and Joon-ki.
* LadykillerInLove: Chang-soo.
* LampshadeHanging: Usually done by Ji-yi when she refers to dramas and how their lives look like one.

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%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chang-soo and Joon-ki.
%% * LadykillerInLove: Chang-soo.
%% * LampshadeHanging: Usually done by Ji-yi when she refers to dramas and how their lives look like one.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Everyone except for Joon-ki. This shows to be the main source of conflict between everyone.
* LonelyRichKid: Yoon-ha.
* LongingLook
* LoveHurts

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%% * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Everyone except for Joon-ki. This shows to be the main source of conflict between everyone.
%% * LonelyRichKid: Yoon-ha.
%% * LongingLook
%% * LoveHurts



* MoodSwinger: Jin-yi, and that only add to her {{adorkable}} factor.
* MoodWhiplash:
** Episode 4 starts all happy-go-lucky and lovey-dovey, almost to the point of being cheesy, then suddenly, [[spoiler: Gyeong-Joon dies]]. Needless to say, the mood instantly darken.
** [[spoiler: Ji-yi and Chang-soo try to break up and the scene gets very sad as both are crying. Then all of a sudden, it starts raining...]]
* MrFanservice: Chang-soo gets quite a lot of WorkoutFanservice and {{Shower Scene}}s. Joon-ki also gets a ShowerScene.
* NumberTwo: Joon-ki to Chang-soo. He despises this position due to Chang-soo's elitism.
* OldRetainer: Madam Jang's butler.
* ParentalFavoritism: Chang-soo and Gyung-joon are the favorites of their respective families.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: The main obstacle between Chang-soo and Ji-yi is Chang-soo's mother.

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%% * MoodSwinger: Jin-yi, and that only add to her {{adorkable}} factor.
* MoodWhiplash:
**
MoodWhiplash: Episode 4 starts all happy-go-lucky and lovey-dovey, almost to the point of being cheesy, then suddenly, [[spoiler: Gyeong-Joon dies]]. Needless to say, the The mood instantly darken.
darkens
* MrFanservice:
** [[spoiler: Ji-yi and Chang-soo try to break up and the scene gets very sad as both are crying. Then all of a sudden, it starts raining...]]
* MrFanservice:
Chang-soo gets quite a lot of WorkoutFanservice and {{Shower Scene}}s. Scene}}s.
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Joon-ki also gets a ShowerScene.
%% * NumberTwo: Joon-ki to Chang-soo. He despises this position due to Chang-soo's elitism.
%% * OldRetainer: Madam Jang's butler.
%% * ParentalFavoritism: Chang-soo and Gyung-joon are the favorites of their respective families.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: The main obstacle between Chang-soo and Ji-yi is Chang-soo's mother.mother who says no to their match.



* PiggybackCute: Invoked by Ji-yi during a romantic hillside date.
* RagsToRiches: What Joon-ki hopes will happen to him. [[spoiler: Subverted when Joon-ki resigns from his job in order to live a simpler lifestyle like his parents.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: PlayedStraight between Won-shik and Yoon-ha. Averted with everyone else.
* SanitySlippage: Madam Jang, following [[spoiler: her son's apparent death]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Chang-soo and Joon-ki respectively.
* SingleTear: Chang-soo usually maintains a straight face during [[spoiler: his break up with Ji-yi and his horrified realization of Ji-yi's broken down state.]]
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Applies to both of the female leads.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
* SpoiledSweet: Yoon-ha.
* TimeSkip: Happens in the finale.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Chang-soo decides that he ''will'' marry Ji-yi and he pulls a XanatosGambit to win her back.]]
* TheUnFavorite: Yoon-ha.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: PlayedWith then averted.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Joon-ki and Chang-soo in the end.
* YoungestChildWins: [[spoiler: Yoon-ha succeeds as the next head of Taejin Group.]]

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%% * PiggybackCute: Invoked by Ji-yi during a romantic hillside date.
%% * RagsToRiches: What Joon-ki hopes will happen to him. [[spoiler: Subverted when Joon-ki resigns from his job in order to live a simpler lifestyle like his parents.]]
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: PlayedStraight between Won-shik and Yoon-ha. Averted with everyone else.
Yoon-ha.
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* SanitySlippage: Madam Jang, following [[spoiler: her son's apparent death]].
%% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Chang-soo and Joon-ki respectively.
%% * SingleTear: Chang-soo usually maintains a straight face during SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Applies to both of the female leads.
%% * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
%% * TimeSkip: Happens in the finale.
%% * TookALevelInBadass:
[[spoiler: his break up with Chang-soo decides that he ''will'' marry Ji-yi and his horrified realization of Ji-yi's broken down state.he pulls a XanatosGambit to win her back.]]
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Applies to both TheUnfavourite: Yoon-ha is either despised or unacknowledged by her family.
--> '''Yoon-ha''': They say 90 percent
of life’s problems can be solved with money. I carry with me the female leads.
other 10 percent of those problems.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
* SpoiledSweet: Yoon-ha.
* TimeSkip: Happens
VitriolicBestBuds: Joon-ki and Chang-soo in the finale.
end.
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* TookALevelInBadass: YoungestChildWins: [[spoiler: Chang-soo decides that he ''will'' marry Ji-yi and he pulls a XanatosGambit to win her back.Yoon-ha succeeds as the next head of Taejin Group.]]
* TheUnFavorite: Yoon-ha.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: PlayedWith then averted.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Joon-ki and Chang-soo in the end.
* YoungestChildWins: [[spoiler: Yoon-ha succeeds as the next head of Taejin Group.]]
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Joon-ki]]

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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Joon-ki]]Joon-ki, after realizing just how screw-up his attitude toward Chang-soo and especially Yoon-ha was.]]

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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Gyeong-Joon.]]



* SanitySlippage: Madam Jang, following [[spoiler: her son's death]].

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* SanitySlippage: Madam Jang, following [[spoiler: her son's apparent death]].

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