History Series / WeakHeroClass1

'''Preview:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caz1jOVDg0g&ab_channel=ZAPZEEOfficial Trailer]].

* AbusiveParents: Beom-Seok's adoptive father strikes him whenever he gets into trouble and his father, who's a congressman, has to clean up his mess so it doesn't tarnish his reputation. He even threatens him that he'll hire a killer and kill him when he [[spoiler:goes to study in the Philipines.]]

* TheBGrade: It's evident that Shi-Eun is a model student who cares too much about his grades and studies. Despite enduring Young-Bin's bullying at first, he finally snaps when Young-Bin makes Shi-Eun get literally one of the mock exam questions wrong and beats him up with a book. [[RageBreakingPoint This shows how his grades are a line that shouldn't be crossed]].

* {[Blackmail}}:

** Gil-Soo blackmails Soo-Ho, Shi-Eun, and Beom-Seok into giving him 15,000$ as settlement money for the physical damage they -supposedly- caused to Seok-Dae (whom Gil-Soo beat up in reality so he can blackmail them). [[spoiler:Beom-Seok provides the money, but he gets arrested anyway.]]

* BookSmart: Yoon Shi-Eun is a studious guy; he spends all of his time studying either in school or at home or in the academy after school. He's announced as the first place winner of the math competition at the beginning of the show.
* TheBully: Young-Bin is a jerkass who harasses Shi-Eun for no apparent reason. When he chokes Shi-Eun he orders him to tell the teacher that it's just a joke between friends.
* BoxingLesson: Soo-Ho gives Shi-Eun a brief one on how to fight in episode 5 but humorously concludes the lesson with "...Don't beat him but run for it. Don't even look back." This comes back later when he goes to exact {{revenge}} on [[spoiler:the guy who does [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship UFC]] who knocked Soo-Ho out.]]

* DefrostingIceKing: Shi-Eun rarely wore any expressions other than stoicism and {{death glare}}s, but after he slowly grows closer to Soo-Ho he defrosts and even brings food for Soo-Ho and Young-Yi when they were staying in a hospital. Soo-Hoo, humorously disgusted, lampshades his change in demeanor.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Oh Beok-Seok]] is nice and reserved at first but quickly betrays his friends and grows closer with their enemies and even causes them to get attacked and, [[spoiler:in Soo-ho's case, hospitalized.]]

** [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation Shi-Eun starts off as a total loner who always has his earbuds in his ears]] while studying in class. He has no interest in anything that isn't studying. He slowly finds friendship with Soo-Ho and Beom-Seok, and the three become TrueCompanions.
** Beom-Seok seems to have been one without friends as well.

* GoodIsNotNice: Shi-Eun might be on the good side, but he doesn't like interacting with people, wears a glare on his face most of the time, and uses his fists and {{improvised weapon}}s to solve his problems. He can be violent and cunning when he desires.

* GolfClubbing: Beom-Seok's father strikes him with a golf club while he's wearing nothing but his underwear after the whole getting abducted fiasco took place.

* HandsOffParenting: Shi-Eun's father admits to not having a clue about how to raise a child and that he thought they raised themselves which is why he's not involved much in taking care of Shi-Eun. The same goes for Shi-Eun's mother who believes that her son can take care of all his matters and doesn't need her help.

* HateSink: Gil-Soo is a BadBoss who mistreats his workers and solely exists to be despised with no redeeming qualities. He threatens teenagers, robs them of their money through a fake gambling website he created, abducts Beom-Seok and Soo-Ho, and has admitted to killing people before, and tries to kill Shi-Eun and Soo-Ho with a knife. He's HatedByAll InUniverse. as well.
* TheHermit: Shi-Eun prefers to be alone and doesn't interact with anyone in school at the beginning, always keeping to himself and being reserved. He slowly comes out of his shell and makes friends with Beom-Seok and Soo-Hoo.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: All of the guys Shi-Eun beats up are bullies and terrible people. Especially Young-Bin who made Shi-Eun get dizzy on his test day and tried to strangle him.

* MeaningfulName: When Shi-Eun asks Soo-Ho who he is to interfere with the beat-down he delivered to Young-Bin and his buddies, he says, "think of me as a guardian angel." Soo-Ho's name means guardian/protector.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It's heavily implied that Beom-Seok feels bad about what he has done to [[spoiler:Ahn Soo-Ho]]. [[spoiler:After knocking Soo-Ho up from how much he beat him up, he immediately feels guilty when he doesn't respond to his name being called and desperately tries to bring him back to consciousness but to no avail.]]

* NiceGuy: {{Downplayed}}. Soo-Ho is a friendly guy who doesn't like harming others unless it's necessary. He stops Shi-Eun from smashing Young-Bin's face since that would be too much.

** Tired of all the bullying he received, the protagonist delivers one to Young-Bin in the first episode.
** He gives Young-Bin another beating in the last episode after he learns he has a hand in what happened to [[spoiler:Ahn Soo-Ho.]]

* OnlyOneName: Young-Yi only goes by her given name. Same goes for Gil-Soo, whose last name isn't known.

** He ties to attack Seok-Dae with a pen in episode two.

* PunchClockVillain: Seok-Dae isn't inherently evil; he's {{just following orders}} from Gil-Soo to terrorize teenagers and rob them of money and beat them up. When he goes to put an end to Gil-Soo's evil deeds, he prioritizes Young-Yi's safety over his and doesn't want her to get involved. When he gets captured by the police with Gil-Soo and his minions, he asks Shi-Eun to eat a meal together one day, indicating he never hated or wanted to harm him.

** When Young-Bin and his friends continue to torment Shi-Eun and go as far as choking him he bears with it. Shi-Eun finally breaks and goes furious when Young-Bin sabotages his mock exam by putting a drug patch on his neck through Beom-Seok. Shi-Eun wraps a curtain around Young-Bin and smashes his face with a book and smacks another bully with a book and stabs the third through their hand with a pen.
** The one time where [[spoiler:Soo-Ho ends up bedridden at the hands of Beom-Seok and the UFC guy]] Shi-Eun goes on a revenge spree and begins taking them down one by one without mercy. He then [[spoiler:breaks the school's windows and cries for the first time over his friend then leaves.]]

* {{Sleepyhead}}: Soo-Ho is always found sleeping in class and when Shi-Eun goes to school earlier than everyone he comes to his class just to find Soo-Ho sleeping on two desks with [[IconicItem his favorite bunny pillow]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only significant female character who appears consistently is Young-Yi in a cast full of male characters. She is the girl that helps them get the location of Gil-Soo's whereabouts and put him in jail. She then becomes friends with the main trio. She's the LoveInterest of Shi-Eun.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: PlayedWith. Beom-Seok and [[spoiler:Young-Bin, Jung-Chan, and Tae-Hoon]] aren't "real" friends, but ever since the former started hanging out with them, he [[spoiler:began drinking, going to nightclubs, being violent, and paying others to attack his former friends. This is all because he chose a GangOfBullies to hang out with.]]
* TroubledTeen: Nearly all of them qualify. Beom-Seok's adoptive father is abusive and only cares about his public image. He used to be a bully victim and went to therapy because of it. Shi-Eun's parents are neglectful and aren't present in his life. Young-Bin and his group do drugs and drink illegally. And the list goes on.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Gil-Soo hits Seok-Dae so he can blackmail Shi-Eun and his friends into giving him money for the damage they -supposedly- caused to Seok-Dae or he'll sue them.

* AmbiguousSituation: It isn't exactly clear what happens to [[spoiler:Soo-ho at the end. He's definitely alive but he hasn't gained consciousness since the beatdown he got. His fate afterward is left unclear.]]

* BarbellBeating: The protagonist uses a dumbbell to hit [[spoiler:the dude whom Soo-Ho did a sparring with]] on his feet when he came to him at the gym. He crushes his feet with it.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Shi-Eun is a boy of a few words but has great wits and is capable of fighting others. Gil-Soo even admits that he underestimated him a bit too much.
* TheBGrade: It's evident that Shi-Eun is a model student who cares too much about his grades and studies. Despite enduring Young-Bin's bullying at first, he finally snaps when Young-Bin makes Shi-Eun get literally one of the mock exam questions wrong in and beats him up with a book. [[RageBreakingPoint This shows how his grades are a line that shouldn't be crossed]].

* DownerEnding: The show ends with Beom-Seok [[spoiler:going to study abroad thus no longer friends with the, Soo-Ho hospitalized and unconscious, Young-Yi leaving them behind, and the protagonist transferring to another school.]]

** Shi-Eun smashes Young-Bin's face on the desk and stabs him through the shoulder with a pen when he [[spoiler:discovers he's behind what happened to Soo-Ho.]] But then Young-Bin confesses that [[spoiler:the guy who does UFC is the one who actually did sparring with him is the one who hurt Soo-Ho.]]

''Weak Hero Class 1'' (약한영웅 Class 1; ''Yakhanyoungwoong Class 1'') is an action drama MiniSeries based on the prologue part of the webcomic ''Webcomic/WeakHero''. All eight episodes aired on November 18, 2022, on Wavve.

* LonelyRichKid: Oh Beom-Seok comes from a well-off family (although not his real one) and he feels a sense of loneliness which is what drives him to [[spoiler:turn his back on his friends and become close with Young-Bin's GangOfBullies instead who hurt his friends.]] At least according to Shi-Eun's words.

* TheBGrade: It's evident that Shi-Eun is a model student who cares too much about his grades and studies. Despite enduring Young-Bin's bullying at first, he finally snaps when Young-Bin makes Shi-Eun get most of his answers wrong in the mock exam and beats him up with a book. [[RageBreakingPoint This shows how his grades are a line that shouldn't be crossed]].