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** An unusual case of Ghoul Meets Ghoul in the subplot about a romance between Yoo-na (actually the ghost of Soo-jung, inhabiting the body of Yoo-na, the girl that killed her) and Hyun-joong (just a ghost).
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* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Normally, mortals only see the fairly humble front building to the hotel and cannot see the high-rise "Guest Hotel of the Moon" right behind it. Episode 11 reveals that mortals can see both the whole hotel and the ghosts inside it during lunar eclipses. Naturally, a lunar eclipse is happening in that episode and a mortal, in fact an old manager of the hotel, wants to use it.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There's a comment in Episode 11 about Seoul having its first lunar eclipse in 39 years. Due to the wide areas in which they can be seen any one location will see solar eclipses more than that; Seoul saw seven total lunar eclipses just in the 1980s.
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%%Zero Context Example%%* ABirthdayNotABreak: Let's just say a ''lot'' of misfortunes happen on Chan-sung's birthdays and leave it at that.
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** For starters, Chan-sung's dad dies on his birthday. He [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets better,]] but only because Man-wol makes him promise that his son would work for her in the future.
** Exactly twenty birthdays later, Chan-sung is swept back into Man-wol's world, much to his initial horror.
** For starters, Chan-sung's dad dies on his birthday. He [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets better,]] but only because Man-wol makes him promise that his son would work for her in the future.
** Exactly twenty birthdays later, Chan-sung is swept back into Man-wol's world, much to his initial horror.
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* PhoneCallFromTheDead: Quite literally and offered as a service by the Hotel del Luna. For a price, the hotel sells the ability for the ghosts there to be able to talk to the living while the living are asleep and dreaming. They even have an actual phone that they use to do it.
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* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: A flashback in episode 10 is set in what's supposed to be an American bar. The makers of the show obviously didn't want to pay beer companies, so there's a sign for Stella Artois that actually says "TELLA ARTOIS" and the sign for Guinness says UINNESS.
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* GrandTheftMe: A sympathetic example. After an AlphaBitch bully named Kim Yoo-na straight-up murders the girl she's bullying, Soo-jung, Soo-Jung's ghost seizes control of Yoo-na's body. After Man-wol manipulates the real Yoo-na's parents into unwittingly destroying their daughter's actual soul, Soo-jung keeps the body, living on under the identity of Yoo-na. (This also gives the new "Yoo-na" the ability to see ghosts, since she herself actually still is one.)
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* SerialKiller: Ji-won, one of Chan-sung's old classmates, turns out to be a serial killer. Yoo-na brings the ghosts of his victims to the hotel.
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* AfterlifeAntechamber: What the Hotel is. Souls of the dead that have no UnfinishedBusiness simply cross the Samdo River into the afterlife. But those that, for whatever reason, are sticking around for a while, spend time in the Hotel del Luna. When they've resolved their issue, they are taken in a limo through a tunnel to the afterlife.
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* BlandNameProduct: In episode 6 a television series is being made for the "[=TvM=]" network. ''Hotel del Luna'' was made by Creator/TVN.
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* BlandNameProduct: In episode 6 a television series is being made for the "[=TvM=]" network. ''Hotel del Luna'' was made by Creator/TVN.[[Creator/TVNSouthKorea TvN]].
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* BlandNameProduct: In episode 6 a television series is being made for the "[=TvM=]" network. ''Hotel del Luna'' was made by Creator/TVN.
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* ProductPlacement: A very very obvious instance when Chan-sung takes a Nescafé coffee pod, the brand shown in closeup for the camera, puts it in a Nescafé coffee machine with the brand shown in closeup for the camera, and brews a cup of coffee.
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* ProductPlacement: ProductPlacement:
** A very very obvious instance when Chan-sung takes a Nescafé coffee pod, the brand shown in closeup for the camera, puts it in a Nescafé coffee machine with the brand shown in closeup for the camera, and brews a cup ofcoffee.coffee.
** Another episode has Chan-sung's roommate Sanchez brewing a cup of Tara brant tea.
** A very very obvious instance when Chan-sung takes a Nescafé coffee pod, the brand shown in closeup for the camera, puts it in a Nescafé coffee machine with the brand shown in closeup for the camera, and brews a cup of
** Another episode has Chan-sung's roommate Sanchez brewing a cup of Tara brant tea.
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* ProductPlacement: A very very obvious instance when Chan-sung takes a Nescafé coffee pod, the brand shown in closeup for the camera, puts it in a Nescafé coffee machine with the brand shown in closeup for the camera, and brews a cup of coffee.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Let's just say a ''lot'' of misfortunes happen on Chan-sung's birthdays and leave it at that.
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* FromRoommatesToRomance: Subverted. Mi-ra ends up living with ex-boyfriend Chan-sung and friend Sanchez. Mi-ra had initially hoped to rekindle her romance with Chan-sung, thoguh she soon realizes than Chan-sung has feelings for Man-wol. Nothing happens between her and Sanchez either.
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* InnocentCohabitation: Mi-ra ends up living with ex-boyfriend Chan-sung and friend Sanchez. Nothing happens between them, though Mi-ra had initially hoped to rekindle her romance with Chan-sung. Sanchez is dating another girl and she soon realizes that Chan-sung has feelings for Man-wol.
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**The rules and loopholes of the [[CelestialBureaucracy Celestial Bureaucracy]] are expanded in detail with each successive episode.
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** Seol Ji-won [[spoiler: is a serial killer]].
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** The [[spoiler: past Joseon-period incarnations]] of [[spoiler: Yeon-woo / Officer Park Young-soo, and Lee Mi-ra]] and how they resulted in [[spoiler: Jang Man-wol’s]] current circumstances are gradually unveiled as the series continues.
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** Mago [[spoiler: a single deity, but is a conglomerate deity comprised of twelve individual personas]].
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** Mago [[spoiler: isn’t a single deity, but is a conglomerate deity comprised of twelve individual personas]].personas each with their own purpose in the [[CelestialBureaucracy Celestial Bureaucracy]]]].
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*TheReveal: The series contains a handful of them in regards to the subplots. On the other hand, in regards to the main plot, these are the most notable examples:
**Mago [[spoiler: a single deity, but is a conglomerate deity comprised of twelve individual personas]].
**The former lives of Choi Seo-hee, Kim Seon-bi, and Ji Hyun-joong are gradually elaborated on as the series progresses.
**Mago [[spoiler: a single deity, but is a conglomerate deity comprised of twelve individual personas]].
**The former lives of Choi Seo-hee, Kim Seon-bi, and Ji Hyun-joong are gradually elaborated on as the series progresses.
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** Let's expand on that, shall we? Once upon a time, Man-wol was the leader of a pack of fearsome bandits. One day, they manage to take Chung-myung, the captain of the royal guard, hostage, and although their friendship begins on rather rocky ground, Man-wol and Chung-myung eventually fall in love. However, they are forced apart by the spiteful Princess Song-hwa, who then gives [[spoiler: Chung-myung the SadisticChoice of deciding between letting Man-wol die or letting Man-wol go ... in exchange for her people's lives. Man-wol is then ForcedToWatch as her best friend, [[LikeBrotherAndSister Yeon-woo,]] and their people are tortured before being hanged. This pushes Man-wol to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, which ends with her murdering the princess, Chung-myung, and various soldiers on her way out.]] For this, the deities punish her by forcing her to man Hotel del Luna until she sorts out her unfinished business, thus [[BlessedWithSuck giving her immortality, but rendering her unable to cross over to the afterlife.]]
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** Let's expand on that, shall we? Once upon a time, Man-wol was the leader of a pack of fearsome bandits. One day, they manage to take Chung-myung, the captain of the royal guard, hostage, and although their friendship begins on rather rocky ground, Man-wol and Chung-myung eventually fall in love. However, they are forced apart by the spiteful Princess Song-hwa, who then gives [[spoiler: Chung-myung the SadisticChoice of deciding between letting Man-wol die or letting Man-wol go ... in exchange for her people's lives. Man-wol is then ForcedToWatch as her best friend, [[LikeBrotherAndSister Yeon-woo,]] and their people are tortured before being hanged. This pushes Man-wol to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, which ends with her murdering the princess, Chung-myung, and various soldiers on her way out.]] For this, the deities punish her by forcing her to man Hotel del Luna until she sorts out her unfinished business, thus [[BlessedWithSuck giving her immortality, but rendering her unable to cross over to the afterlife.]]
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* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: The serial killer/Ji-won]] chooses to jump off a building to their death, just so [[spoiler: they could become a ghost and haunt Chan-sung.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Chan-sung hadn't revealed the existence of ghosts to [[spoiler: Ji-won]], the latter would not have [[spoiler: committed suicide to become a vengeful ghost.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Chan-sung hadn't revealed the existence of ghosts to [[spoiler: Ji-won]], the latter would not have [[spoiler: committed suicide to become a vengeful ghost.]]
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* AngerBornOfWorry:
** Many times Man-wol lashes out at Chan-sung is more due to the fact he put himself in danger. One notable instance is when Chan-sung goes to meet with a local water deity alone and Man-wol couldn't be in the same room to protect him if need be.
** Seon-bi and Seo-hee both hit Chan-sung while crying in relief when they thought he had died after [[spoiler: confronting the serial killer]].
** Many times Man-wol lashes out at Chan-sung is more due to the fact he put himself in danger. One notable instance is when Chan-sung goes to meet with a local water deity alone and Man-wol couldn't be in the same room to protect him if need be.
** Seon-bi and Seo-hee both hit Chan-sung while crying in relief when they thought he had died after [[spoiler: confronting the serial killer]].
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* {{Irony}}:
** Yeong-su, in his past life, was a thief and a bandit. In the present time, he is a cop.
** Yeon-woo was killed on the orders of Princess Song-hwa. Their reincarnated selves, Yeong-su and Mi-ra, started dating.
** Yeong-su, in his past life, was a thief and a bandit. In the present time, he is a cop.
** Yeon-woo was killed on the orders of Princess Song-hwa. Their reincarnated selves, Yeong-su and Mi-ra, started dating.
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* InnocentCohabitation: Mi-ra ends up living with ex-boyfriend Chan-sung and friend Sanchez. Nothing happens between them, though Mi-ra had initially hoped to rekindle her romance with Chan-sung. Sanchez is dating another girl and she soon realizes that Chan-sung has feelings for Man-wol.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: Chan-sung follows a lead from Yu-na to who they believe is the serial killer. He soon finds out that the killer is actually one of his old classmates. And he is alone in a building with him.
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* DramaticIrony: The audience is well aware that the serial killer in episode 9 happens to be one of Chan-sung's old university classmates before the other characters do.
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* InterclassFriendship: Chan-sung and Sanchez met while in university at the United States and became good friends, with Chan-sung staying at Sanchez's place while in Korea. Chan-sung is from a lower class background while Sanchez comes from a wealthy background.
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Part of Man-wol's attraction to Chan-sung is because he is a normal human and yet, he is the only person who is not terrified of her and isn't afraid to speak his mind towards her.
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** When meeting with Chan-sung twenty years later, Man-sol approaches him very intimately to give him a "birthday gift", leaving the viewer to assume she is about to kiss him. In reality, she only needed to get close enough to give him the ability to see ghosts.
** When Chan-sung reveals that he started having dreams of Man-wol's past, she throws him onto her bed and says "let's sleep". Flustered and horrified, Chan-sung refuses, seeing how she is his boss. What Man-wol actually meant is that she wanted him to go to sleep so she could clarify if he was actually seeing her past.
** When meeting with Chan-sung twenty years later, Man-sol approaches him very intimately to give him a "birthday gift", leaving the viewer to assume she is about to kiss him. In reality, she only needed to get close enough to give him the ability to see ghosts.
** When Chan-sung reveals that he started having dreams of Man-wol's past, she throws him onto her bed and says "let's sleep". Flustered and horrified, Chan-sung refuses, seeing how she is his boss. What Man-wol actually meant is that she wanted him to go to sleep so she could clarify if he was actually seeing her past.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Mess with Chan-sung and Man-wol will bring on a world of pain for said person.
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* BoyMeetsGhoul: Chan-sung, a normal human, meets Man-wol, a woman who is neither living or dead.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One point, Chan-sung sprinkles salt on himself to prevent any evil ghost/influence from harming him, only for his friend to later realize that he had accidentally used sugar instead of salt. Later on, Chan-sung [[spoiler: deliberately takes a curse to protect his ex-girlfriend from Man-wol and collapses in agony from it]].
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* ExactWords: Mago urges Man-wol to leave Mi-ra alone, as the current reincarnation of Princess Song-hwa has no involvement with what happened in the past. Man-wol reassures her that she would not leave the hotel. She made no promise that she wouldn't invite Mi-ra ''into'' the hotel instead.
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** In the past, there is Princess Song-hwa who is in love with the captain of her guard Chung-myung but he only has eyes for Man-wol.
** In the present time, Man-wol is falling for Chan-sung and becomes jealous of his ex-girlfriend Mi-ra when she becomes involved in his life again. It also doesn't help that Mi-ra is the reincarnation of Princess Song-hwa.
** In the past, there is Princess Song-hwa who is in love with the captain of her guard Chung-myung but he only has eyes for Man-wol.
** In the present time, Man-wol is falling for Chan-sung and becomes jealous of his ex-girlfriend Mi-ra when she becomes involved in his life again. It also doesn't help that Mi-ra is the reincarnation of Princess Song-hwa.
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* TheResenter: Man-wol is not pleased to find out that not only Chan-sung's ex-girlfriend was none other than the reincarnation of Princess Song-hwa who had ruined Man-wol's life in the past but also lived a happy, successful life whereas Man-wol is stuck at the hotel for over a thousand years. She creates a curse to twist Mi-ra's memories that she was never loved by her family, purely to spite an innocent girl who has no memory of her past life.
