History Series / MoneyHeistKoreaJointEconomicArea

* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Whereas the original Helsinki and Oslo were cousins, the two are stated to be brothers in this series. They're not biologically related though; they grew up in the same orphanage and consider each other brothers.

* KnightTemplar: The North Korean unit, led by Cha Moo-Hyuk, is seen as this, since even though they have the same good intentions as the South Korean unit, they are more likely to consider an armed response to the heist. Woo-Jin even tells him to observe how a country that respects human rights deals with a crisis.

* KnightTemplar: The North Korean unit, led by Cha Moo-Hyuk, is seen as this since they are more likely to consider an armed response to the heist. Woo-Jin even tells him to observe how a country that respects human rights deals with a crisis.

* TrojanHorse: In Episode 4 of Season 1, much like the one from the original series, Young-min needs medical attention after being shot in the previous episode, and the police try to sneak Moo-hyuk as part of the team that will treat him while a group of agents get in through a tunnel disguised as hostages. The Professor, aware of the plan, has the heist team sneak a microphone on Moo-hyuk's glasses and change the masks of everyone else to make the agents stand out. This is even name-dropped in the flashback to the Professor explaining the tactic to the team, with Denver saying that he knew it from "[[Film/{{Troy}} the Brad Pitt movie]]."

** Si-Woo "Anne" Kim, the student with the important ambassador parents, is not the shrinking wallflower easily bullied by her classmates. Instead of needing a rescue and pep-talk from her captors, she actively plots against them and tries to work with the infiltrating cops.

* AdaptationalRomanceDowngrade: Tokyo and Rio don't fall for each other unlike their original counterparts, instead having a close platonic relationship. That said, it's clear that Rio still has a crush on Tokyo.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted with Tokyo and Rio, who don't fall for each other unlike their original counterparts, instead having a close platonic relationship. That said, it's clear that Rio still has a crush on Tokyo.

* CompositeCharacter: Downplayed. While Tokyo and Nairobi are still separate characters, Tokyo inherits some traits of the original Nairobi, such as [[spoiler:becoming the leader in the Mint after the group disagrees with Berlin's methods]]. Meanwhile, Nairobi takes the original Tokyo's status as TheTease.

* MaleGaze: To establish her status as TheTease, Nairobi invokes this trope [[EstablishingCharacterMoment in her introduction scene]]; as she chooses her alias from the globe at hers own pace, she has her behind pointed towards the others, to the awkwardness/annoyance of the Professor and Tokyo.

* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Whereas the original Helsinki and Oslo were cousins, the two are stated to be brothers in this series.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original series, the Task Force is often at odds with each other. Here, Moo-Hyuk is a North Korean captain who is immediately at odds with his South Korean counterparts and starts off questioning Woo-Jin's tactics, but does care for his team and treats the people around him a lot more respectfully. He also expresses regret and is willing to accept punishment for his mistakes.

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:When Young-min has to move away from his family, he spots one of the house movers caring a box he knows he didn't pack and dumps it in front of the house. After he leaves with the moving truck, the box is revealed to contain his share of the money he was promised for helping the gang finish their job in the mint.]]
* KangarooCourt: Discussed when Young-Min accuses Hyun-ho and the North Koreans involved in the digging of the fake tunnel of setting this up against him after the latter speak against how he's only exeucting his plans for his own good, calling them "commies" in the process.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original series, the Task Force is often at odds with each other. Here, Moo-Hyuk is a North Korean captain who is immediately at odds with his South Korean counterparts and starts off questioning Woo-Jin’s tactics, but does care for his team and treats the people around him a lot more respectfully. He also expresses regret and is willing to accept punishment for his mistakes.

* KarmicThief: Combined with Mint money not ‘belonging’ to a specific individual but the institutions that caused so much economic unrest, the Professor claims they are this.

** Moo-Hyuk is the first to suspect Woo-Jin’s new boyfriend because he was the only outsider to step inside the Task Force tent.
** Tokyo stops Anne from returning Woo-Jin’s hug, preventing her from passing information to the police.

** Berlin isn’t just a thief, he survived growing up in a forced labour gulag in North Korea, and learned at a much younger age how to organize people to follow him.
** Si-Woo “Anne” Kim, the student with the important ambassador parents, is not the shrinking wallflower easily bullied by her classmates. Instead of needing a rescue and pep-talk from her captors, she actively plots against them and tries to work with the infiltrating cops.

** As the setting is Korea, Tokyo’s name choice generates much more reaction. To this day the Korean population remembers their Japanese occupation, Tokyo even says her name choice is because they will be doing something bad.