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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Weol-Ju is responsible for the happy endings of some well-known [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heungbu_and_Nolbu Korean]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunhyangjeon folktales]], as well as for helping General [=MacArthur=] come up with the idea of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon landing at Inchon]].

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Weol-Ju Weol-ju is responsible for the happy endings of some well-known [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heungbu_and_Nolbu Korean]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunhyangjeon folktales]], as well as for helping General [=MacArthur=] come up with the idea of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon landing at Inchon]].



* FreudianExcuse: Won-hyung blames his father not giving him enough attention while he was growing up for how he'd turned out. Giving the extent of his crimes and his general maliciousness, this excuse seems a tad flimsy.

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* FreudianExcuse: Won-hyung blames his father not giving him enough attention while he was growing up for how he'd turned out. Giving Given the extent of his crimes and his general maliciousness, this excuse seems a tad flimsy.



* IJustWantToBeNormal: Kang-bae agrees to work part time at the pop-up bar at the condition that once she fills her quota, Wol-ju will take away his spiritual vision and let him live a normal life.

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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Kang-bae agrees to work part time at the pop-up bar at the condition that once she fills her quota, Wol-ju Weol-ju will take away his spiritual vision and let him live a normal life.
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* PowerNullifier: Yeo-rin, unwittingly. Death's powers don't work near her, she is immune to Kang-bae's touch and can go toe-to-toe with powerful evil spirits even though she is supposedly a normal human. [[spoiler: This is due to her status as the reincarnated Cinnabar.]]

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* DemonicPossession: Won-hyung does this a few times.

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* DemonicPossession: Won-hyung does this a few times.times, [[spoiler: most notably to his father, Yeom]].
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Wasn’t Gwi supposed to go to hell? And wasn't Weol-ju lost forever in the darkness under the spiral stairs? Well, everybody in Heaven likes them, so never mind that!]]


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* FreudianExcuse: Won-hyung blames his father not giving him enough attention while he was growing up for how he'd turned out. Giving the extent of his crimes and his general maliciousness, this excuse seems a tad flimsy.


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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Gwi/Yi Hon has every intention of assisting Weol-ju fulfill her mission and reincarnate into a new life without ever revealing his true identity to her. He doesn't mind not getting her back as long as she gets her second chance.]]
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* BerserkButton: Weol-ju is pretty hot-tempered in general, but she really, ''really'' hates people spreading lies and gossip to harm others - since her own downfall began with ungrateful villagers spreading rumors about her relationship with Yi Hon.

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* ActionGirl: Yeo-rin. Weol-ju is also a decent fighter, with some SuperStrength for good measure.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Weol-ju and Gwi eventually choose to go back to Earth and continue helping people as spirits instead of reincarnating. The final scene of the series shows Kang-bae reuniting with them at the pop-up bar.]]



* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Weol-ju and Chief Gwi are often bickering and fighting with each other, but they are also often the first ones to jump in and protect each other. Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoiler: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Kang-bae's involutary TruthSerum like powers cause him far more trouble that he would like. Yeo-rin also got hit with this: anytime she developed feelings for a guy, her touch would cause him to fear her and drive them apart, causing her to become sullen and lonely. It's only when she meets Kang-bae (and they each realize their abilities don't work on the other) that she begins to come out of her shell.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Weol-ju and Chief Gwi are often bickering and fighting with each other, but they are also often the first ones to jump in and protect each other. Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoiler: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, Yi Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Kang-bae's involutary TruthSerum like powers cause him far more BeenThereShapedHistory: Weol-Ju is responsible for the happy endings of some well-known [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heungbu_and_Nolbu Korean]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunhyangjeon folktales]], as well as for helping General [=MacArthur=] come up with the idea of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon landing at Inchon]].
* BigBad: Kim Won-hyung, who was responsible for Weol-ju being DrivenToSuicide in the first place and is still around causing
trouble that he would like. Yeo-rin also got hit with this: anytime as an evil spirit.
* BreakTheCutie:
** Young Weol-ju was a rather sweet and innocent girl who loved helping others, before a series of disasters turned her into the bitter, jaded woman
she developed feelings is at present.
** Literally in the case of the Cinnabar, the spirit of a sacred rock who fell
for a guy, her touch would cause him to fear her the wrong guy and drive them apart, causing ended up being shattered as a result.
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Kang-bae, eventually - like he wanted in the first place.]]
* CelestialBureaucracy: What we see of the afterlife is very much like that. They even moved from handwritten to digitalized records a few years ago (courtesy of Steve Jobs).
* CosmicDeadline: If Weol-Ju’s doesn’t help 100,000 souls to solve their grudges within 500 years, she’ll go to hell. At the beginning of the series, she has a month left.
* DemonicPossession: Won-hyung does this a few times.
* DoesNotLikeMen: [[spoiler:The Cinnabar, following Won-hyung’s betrayal, is generally suspicious of men. Weol-ju helps
her to become sullen and lonely. It's only when she meets Kang-bae (and they each realize their abilities don't work on get over it.]]
* DontFearTheReaper: Grim Reaper Yeom is a rather friendly figure, who is obviously just doing his job to
the other) that she begins to come out best of his ability.
* DreamWalker: Weol-ju’s main power, carrying over from
her shell.days as a shaman.



* LivingLieDetector: A variation with Kang-bae. When people touch his skin they immediately start to divulge all their secrets, meaning that pretending to be fine around him is often a useless endeavor

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* FriendlessBackground: Kang-bae, due to his powers making normal human connection pretty much impossible. He does seem to be on reasonably friendly terms with some of his coworkers.
* GirlsNightOutEpisode: A late episode revolves around Weol-ju and Samsin taking [[spoiler:the Cinnabar]] on a girl’s night out to get over a literal bad breakup.
* GodOfTheDead: Yeomra, Queen of the Underworld, unusually depicted here as a woman instead of a man.
* HatesBeingTouched: Both Kang-bae and Yeo-rin, for different reasons.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Kang-bae agrees to work part time at the pop-up bar at the condition that once she fills her quota, Wol-ju will take away his spiritual vision and let him live a normal life.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Weol-ju and Gwi, who are spiritual beings themselves, can see ghosts. Kang-bae is warned that his dealings with them may cause him to develop this extra unwanted ability. [[spoiler:It eventually does.]]
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: The pop-up bar works like this sometimes. Being a pop-up tent, it's less conspicuous than usual.
* LivingLieDetector: A variation with Kang-bae. When people touch his skin they immediately start to divulge all their secrets, meaning that pretending to be fine around him is often a useless endeavorendeavor.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Kang-bae is the reincarnated soul of Weol-ju’s and Yi Hon/Gwi’s unborn child.]]
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Yeo-rin is a tough bodyguard with extensive martial arts skills, while Kang-bae is a sensitive, empathetic NonActionGuy. [[spoiler:This also works on a spiritual level, since she turns out to have an excess of masculine Yang energy (stemming from the Cinnabar) while he has feminine Yin.]]
* MistakenForSpies: A variation. The pop-up bar team somehow manage to convince Yeo-rin they work for the CIA.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Yeo-rin thinks this is what caused her bad experiences with men, although the real reason turns out to be [[spoiler:The Cinnabar’s power actively repelling potential suitors due to her past life trauma.]] Kang-bae certainly doesn’t mind.
* NoSell: Yeo-rin being completely immune to Kang-bae’s power is the first hint there is something unusual about her.
* ParentalAbandonment: Kang-bae is an orphan.
* PowerIncontinence: Kang-bae suffers from this for his entire life, but it gets worse near the end of the series – instead of being triggered by touch, even looking at people makes them spill all their secrets to him.
* RedIsHeroic: The Cinnabar. The pop-up bar tent is also red.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:Prince Yi Hon, AKA Gwi.]]
* SuicideIsShameful: Weol-ju hanging herself from the Sacred Tree defiled it and brought ruin upon the kingdom, an act she is still trying to atone for.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Gwi can briefly turn into other people.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: What Weol-ju and co. do, with problems ranging from workplace sexual harassment to institutional nepotism to various personal issues.
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* AssholeVictim: Frequently the problem of the week s being caused by someone being awful, ad this gets resolved by Weol-ju gleefully doling out punishment.

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* AssholeVictim: Frequently the problem of the week s is being caused by someone being awful, ad this gets resolved by Weol-ju gleefully doling out punishment.
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Mystic Pop-Up Bar (쌍갑포차) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young, based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around [[TheAtoner Weol-ju]], a spirit who must help 100,000 people before her term of 500 years runs out. She runs a pop-up bar, using magic to enter the dreams of troubled customers. When [[CelestialBureaucracy Weol-ju's bosses]] become impatient with how slowly she's progressing, they tell her that she has a month to help the final ten people, or she'll perish in hell for eternity. At the same time, she comes across an unassuming employee at the local supermarket, with an unusual ability. Together, they may be able to solve each other's problems.

If Weol'ju's temper doesn't scare him away first.

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Mystic Pop-Up Bar (쌍갑포차) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young, based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around [[TheAtoner Weol-ju]], a spirit who must help 100,000 people before her term of 500 years runs out. She runs does this by running a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin magical pop-up bar, bar]], using magic to enter the dreams of troubled customers. When [[CelestialBureaucracy Weol-ju's bosses]] become impatient with how slowly she's progressing, they tell her that she has a month to help the final ten people, or she'll perish in hell for eternity. At the same time, she comes across an unassuming employee at the local supermarket, with an unusual ability. Together, they may be able to solve each other's problems.

If Weol'ju's Weol-ju's temper doesn't scare him away first.
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Mystic Pop-Up Bar (쌍갑포차) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young, based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around Weol-ju, a spirit who must help 100,000 people before her term of 500 years runs out. She runs a pop-up bar, using magic to enter the dreams of troubled customers. When [[CelestialBureaucracy Weol-ju's bosses]] become impatient with how slowly she's progressing, they tell her that she has a month to help the final ten people, or she'll perish in hell for eternity. At the same time, she comes across an unassuming employee at the local supermarket, with an unusual ability. Together, they may be able to solve each other's problems.

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Mystic Pop-Up Bar (쌍갑포차) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young, based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around Weol-ju, [[TheAtoner Weol-ju]], a spirit who must help 100,000 people before her term of 500 years runs out. She runs a pop-up bar, using magic to enter the dreams of troubled customers. When [[CelestialBureaucracy Weol-ju's bosses]] become impatient with how slowly she's progressing, they tell her that she has a month to help the final ten people, or she'll perish in hell for eternity. At the same time, she comes across an unassuming employee at the local supermarket, with an unusual ability. Together, they may be able to solve each other's problems.

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Mystic Pop-Up Bar is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around Weol-ju, A spirit trapped running a magic pojangmacha and her coworkers, who use dream walking magic to help resolve the problems of their customers. Their goal is to help out 100,000 souls and thus free Weol-ju from her contract and allow her to move on to the afterlife. Unfortunately Weol-ju's own temper often gets in the way of their efforts

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Mystic Pop-Up Bar (쌍갑포차) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young Won-young, based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around Weol-ju, A a spirit trapped running a magic pojangmacha and who must help 100,000 people before her coworkers, who use dream walking term of 500 years runs out. She runs a pop-up bar, using magic to help resolve enter the problems dreams of their troubled customers. Their goal is to help out 100,000 souls and thus free Weol-ju from her contract and allow her to move on to the afterlife. Unfortunately When [[CelestialBureaucracy Weol-ju's own bosses]] become impatient with how slowly she's progressing, they tell her that she has a month to help the final ten people, or she'll perish in hell for eternity. At the same time, she comes across an unassuming employee at the local supermarket, with an unusual ability. Together, they may be able to solve each other's problems.

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temper often gets in the way of their efforts

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Weol-ju and Chief Gwi are often bickering and fighting with each other, but they are also often the first ones to jump in and protect each other.
** Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoiler: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Kang-bae's involutary TruthSerum like powers cause him far more trouble that he would like.
* LivingLieDetector: A variation with Kang-bae. When people touch his skin they immediately start to divulge all their secrets, meaning that pretending to be fine around him is often a useless endeavor

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Weol-ju and Chief Gwi are often bickering and fighting with each other, but they are also often the first ones to jump in and protect each other.
**
other. Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoiler: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Kang-bae's involutary TruthSerum like powers cause him far more trouble that he would like.
like. Yeo-rin also got hit with this: anytime she developed feelings for a guy, her touch would cause him to fear her and drive them apart, causing her to become sullen and lonely. It's only when she meets Kang-bae (and they each realize their abilities don't work on the other) that she begins to come out of her shell.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Yeo-rin wears her ponytail differently depending on what she's doing. When she's working, she ties it high at the back of her head. When she's out in every day, she ties it lower, and when she's at home she ties it at the base of her skull.
* LivingLieDetector: A variation with Kang-bae. When people touch his skin they immediately start to divulge all their secrets, meaning that pretending to be fine around him is often a useless endeavorendeavor
* WhenSheSmiles: Yeo-rin's usual expression is flat and serious, to go along with her dour personality. But when she does feel genuinely happy and smiles, it's clear that she's very beautiful.
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** Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoiler: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]

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** Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoiler: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Kang-bae's involutary TruthSerum like powers cause him far more trouble that he would like.
* LivingLieDetector: A variation with Kang-bae. When people touch his skin they immediately start to divulge all their secrets, meaning that pretending to be fine around him is often a useless endeavor
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* AssholeVictim: Frequently the problem of the week s being caused by someone being awful, ad this gets resolved by Weol-ju gleefully doling out punishment.
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** Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoilers: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]

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** Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoilers: [[spoiler: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]
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Mystic Pop-Up Bar is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around Weol-ju, A spirit trapped running a magic pojangmacha and her coworkers, who use dream walking magic to help resolve the problems of their customers. Their goal is to help out 100,000 souls and thus free Weol-ju from her contract and allow her to move on to the afterlife. Unfortunately Weol-ju's own temper often gets in the way of their efforts

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Mystic Pop-Up Bar is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around Weol-ju, A spirit trapped running a magic pojangmacha and her coworkers, who use dream walking magic to help resolve the problems of their customers. Their goal is to help out 100,000 souls and thus free Weol-ju from her contract and allow her to move on to the afterlife. Unfortunately Weol-ju's own temper often gets in the way of their effortsefforts

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Weol-ju and Chief Gwi are often bickering and fighting with each other, but they are also often the first ones to jump in and protect each other.
** Taken up to eleven of course when it is revealed that Chief Gwi is actually [[spoilers: the afterlife spirit of Prince Yi-Hon, who has given up his own security in the afterlife to reunite with Weol-ju and help her find peace.]]
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Mystic Pop-Up Bar is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-eum, Yook Sung-jae and Choi Won-young based on the Daum webtoon Twin Tops Bar by Bae Hye-soo. The show revolves around Weol-ju, A spirit trapped running a magic pojangmacha and her coworkers, who use dream walking magic to help resolve the problems of their customers. Their goal is to help out 100,000 souls and thus free Weol-ju from her contract and allow her to move on to the afterlife. Unfortunately Weol-ju's own temper often gets in the way of their efforts

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