Line #1 Series/ShutUpFlowerBoyBand


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:From left: [[TheBigGuy Do Il]], [[TheRival Seung Hoon]], [[TheCasanova Ha Jin]], [[BrokenAce Su Ah]], [[TheHero Ji Hyuk]], [[TheLancer Hyun Soo]], [[TheSmartGuy Kyung Jong]]. Oh, and [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer Byung Hee]]!]]
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4	Meet ''Eye Candy'', a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits six-member rock band]], led by Joo Byung Hee. They're the BigManOnCampus of {{delinquent\|s}} Dongnae HighSchool. Due to Seoul rezoning, they've been moved over to the better, cleaner Jeongsang High. Jeongsang has its own BigManOnCampus rock band ''Strawberry Fields'' led by rich and popular Yoo Seung Hoon. Naturally, ''Strawberry Fields'' become [[TheRival rivals]] to ''Eye Candy.'' The rivalry is heightened by the fact that both Byung Hee and Seung Hoon have fallen in love with [[BrokenAce Su Ah]].
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6	Part of tvN's "Oh! Boy Project," ''Shut Up Flower Boy Band'' ([[CompletelyDifferentTitle known internationally as]] ''Shut Up and Let's Go'') is a 2012 KoreanDrama is a ComingOfAgeStory that deals serious themes of [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship]], death of a loved one, and music. And [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it has a cool]] [[ThePowerOfRock soundtrack]]!
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9	! The series contains the following examples:
10	* AlcoholicParent: Byung Hee has one.
11	* AbusiveParents: Do Il's dad, who is a gangster boss, is abusive, which is why Do Il spends most of his days at the pool hall.
12	* ActingUnnatural: Ji Hyuk and Pyo Joo are fighting in gym class but when a teacher comes over, the two quickly hug.
13	* AdultsAreUseless: Sometimes subverted. Sometimes played straight.
14	* AgeAppropriateAngst: ''Eye Candy'' teenagers deal with [[spoiler:Byung Hee's death]].
15	* AllergicToRoutine:
16	--> '''Byung Hee''': (''[[RunningGag repeatedly]]'') Friends, let's just quit school.
17	* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Seung Hoon's noona, Hye Ri. Later shown to be a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold facade]].
18	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ji Hyuk is a better guitar player than Hyun Soo, and everyone comments on it.
19	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Hyun Soo's parents appear to be decent people: they actually ''like'' Hyun Soo and promote his music. However, when they try to have the boys play at their restaurant, their boss is a UpperClassTwit who doesn't care much for rock music. Hyun Soo [[ExactEavesdropping overhears]] and slinks away.
20	* AudienceSurrogate: Su Ah's best friend Deo Mi who's only purpose in the show seems to be commentary.
21	* BadGuysPlayPool: Do Il's mother owns a pool hall where the ''Eye Candy'' members are always found playing pool.
22	* BewareTheQuietOnes:
23	--> '''Do Il''': Stop making Woo Kyung cry!
24	* BigDamnHeroes: Anytime one of the ''Eye Candy'' boys is threatened, expect TheCavalry.
25	** [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Ji Hyuk and the others fail to reach Byung Hee before his death.]]
26	* TheBigDamnKiss
27	* BigEntrance: The first day ''Eye Candy'' goes to Jeongsang
28	* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Both ''Eye Candy'' and ''Strawberry Fields'' are disbanded at the end, but the boys are young and there are lots of options for them in the future. Also, their friendships are reinforced.]]
29	* BoyBand: ''Eye Candy''. ''Strawberry Fields''.
30	* BrokenAce: Su Ah is the rich, popular, pretty girl--but then her father's business goes under.
31	* {{Callback}}
32	** To scare the ''Strawberry Fields'' boys, Ji Hyuk throws a guitar pick at their dart board--[[ImprobableWeaponUser and it sticks]]. The next time we see Maro, he's taken up using picks instead of darts.
33	** Ji Hyuk records one of the songs that Seung Hoon wrote, and find out that Su Ah has it on her [=MP3=] player. When she is looking for her [=MP3=] player, he asks, "[''Are you looking''] because of Seung Hoon's song?" She replies, "[''I'm looking''] because of your voice!"
34	* TheCasanova: Ha Jin, who [[PingPongNaivete "understands"]] girls because of his older sisters
35	* CatFight: Woo Kyung gets into one with 3 ''Eye Candy'' fangirls, leading the boys to jump in and pull them apart.
36	--> '''[[TheCasanova Ha Jin]]''': Nothing is fun when there are 4 girls. Girls are best enjoyed separately.
37	* {{Catchphrase}}: Someone in ''Eye Candy'' usually says, "Shut up and ...['let's go'/'let's win']!" [[PreAssKickingOneLiner before they perform]]. Their poster reads, "Shut up and feel honored!" (The international name of the series is ''[[TitleDrop Shut Up and Let's Go]]''.)
38	* {{Celebrity Paradox}}: In episode 2, ''Eye Candy'' members are shown at a [[KaraokeBox karaoke bar]] with two of them singing Infinite's "Be Mine." Hyun Soo's actor (Kim Myungsoo/L) is a member of [[BoyBand Infinite]]; he doesn't sing the song but he's watching them with a smile.
39	* ChattyHairdresser: Woo Kyung
40	* ClingyJealousGirl: Woo Kyung to Ji Hyuk, going so far as to warn girls off of him on Valentine's Day at his new school and picking fights with ''Eye Candy'''s {{fangirl}}s
41	* ClosetShuffle: Ji Hyuk shoves Su Ah behind a curtain when the boys arrive at his house with food.
42	* CloudCuckooLander: Byung Hee
43	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Ji Hyuk
44	* ComingOfAgeStory
45	* CookingDuel: Of the musical kind
46	* CoolDownHug: Ji Hyuk gives one to Hyun Soo in the middle of their performance to stop him from playing his guitar and damaging his bleeding hand any longer.
47	* CutTheJuice
48	* [[spoiler: DeadStarWalking: Lee Min Ki, who plays Byung Hee, is by far the most famous actor on the show. Byung Hee is killed in the second episode.]]
49	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Byung Hee can't even attend his dead mother's memorial because of his [[AlcoholicParent deadbeat dad]].
50	* [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist]]
51	* {{Delinquents}}
52	* DisguisedInDrag: Byung Hee runs to school in a dress because he had woken up in Mr. Kim's daughter's room--and was now being chased by Mr. Kim. When we next see Byung Hee, he's in his school uniform. [[BrickJoke Much later]], one of the other male students is seen wearing the dress.
53	* DontYouDarePityMe:
54	--> '''Ji Hyuk:''' So it was ''just'' pity? (''Leaves'')
55	* DragonInChief: Pyo Joo is a really interesting version of a DragonInChief[=/=]DragonWithAnAgenda. He exacerbates the rivalry between ''Eye Candy'' and ''Strawberry Fields'' because of his tendency to make [[LeeroyJenkins rash decisions]]. In fact, [[TheRival Seung Hoon]] spends most of his time taking the blame for Pyo Joo's actions because ''Eye Candy'' naturally believes that Seung Hoon is behind all of Pyo Joo's actions.
56	* DueToTheDead
57	* TheDulcineaEffect: Byung Hee [[LoveAtFirstSight falls for Su Ah at first sight]], calling her his "muse."
58	* {{Evil Debt Collector}}s: The thugs come after Su Ah when they can't find her father and beat up Ji Hyuk when they can't find her.
59	* DysfunctionJunction: The boys of ''Eye Candy''
60	* {{Fangirl}}s
61	* FeeFiFauxPas: When the schoolmates accuse Su Ah of cheating on Seung Hoon, she [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend clears up their assumption]]--while Seung Hoon (who had previously announced their relationship) is standing [[RightBehindMe right behind her]].
62	* FeigningIntelligence:
63	--> '''Byung Hee''': That's a totally famous Picasso.\
64	'''[[TheSmartGuy Kyung Jong]]''': It's a Van Gogh.\
65	'''Byung Hee''': It's a Van Gogh, painted by [[SustainedMisunderstanding Picasso]].\
66	'''Kyung Jong''': Ah, [[ObfuscatingStupidity it is]].
67	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
68	** Ji Hyuk calls Su Ah "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla Layla]]," which is about a man in love with a woman he can't get. The song was written by Eric Clapton about his friend's wife.
69	** Also, "I don't like complications."
70	* ForgottenBirthday
71	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Just as Deo Mi says "I hope [''Eye Candy''] don't end up in our class," 3 of the ''Eye Candy'' boys are shown in the background through the glass windows passing by the room, pausing, and then coming back.
72	* {{Garfunkel}}: According to Seung Hoon's sister, everyone in ''Eye Candy'' but Ji Hyuk and Hyun Soo can be replaced.
73	* GentleGiant: Do Il, who is also TheQuietOne, commands respect from gangsters and other delinquents as soon as he comes into view.
74	* GreenEyedEpiphany: Hyun Soo, once Ye Rim starts showing interest in someone else
75	* {{Guyliner}}: Byung Hee wears too much. {{Lampshaded}}.
76	* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Hyun Soo knows he's struggling to even keep up with what Ji Hyuk and Byung Hee could do easily in terms of playing guitar.
77	* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He's Not My Boyfriend!]]: Might as well be Su Ah's CatchPhrase.
78	* HealthcareMotivation: Hyun Soo's sister is sick, which is why he's putting in so much effort.
79	* HighSchool
80	* HomoeroticSubtext:
81	** Byung Hee[=/=]Ji Hyuk
82	--> '''Byung Hee''': (''to Ji Hyuk'') I'm in the band so I can be with you. Are you saying that my love is one-sided?
83	** Kyung Jong[=/=]Ha Jin--to the point where Kyung Jong tries to ruin Ha Jin's date when the latter had [[ForgottenBirthday forgotten about the former's birthday]].
84	*** And this exchange,
85	---> '''Mr. Kim''': What did you do last night?\
86	'''Ha Jin''': Kyung Jong and I went to bed early.\
87	'''Mr. Kim''': Are you two married!
88	* HotBlooded:
89	** All of ''Eye Candy''
90	** Pyo Joo
91	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Do Il's face darkens whenever Woo Kyung chases after Ji Hyuk, but he doesn't protest. When Woo Kyung misses her chance to give Ji Hyuk a Valentine's present, Do Il mentions that she missed her chance "this year too."
92	* ImplausibleDeniability:
93	--> '''Ji Hyuk:''' She's Byung Hee's muse!
94	* IncrediblyLamePun: When Su Ah asks for an apology, Ji Hyuk says that "yes, [''the lollipop''] is apple-flavored." 'Apple' and 'apology' is the same word in Korean (사과 or "sagwa").
95	* InSeriesNickname:
96	** Su Ah calls Seung Hoon "[our] Prince."
97	** Hyun Soo's nickname is [[IceQueen Ice Prince]].
98	* InsufferableGenius: Jung Maro
99	* InsultBackfire: When Seung Hoon orders the ''Eye Candy'' "thugs" to leave, Byung Hee replies, "if we leave because you tell us to, then we won't be thugs, now would we?"
100	* IntertwinedFingers: [[spoiler: Ji Hyuk and Su Ah]] before their first kiss
101	* KickTheDog:
102	--> '''Seung Hoon''': How long are you going to keep being my {{mooks}}?
103	* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Byung Hee]]
104	* TheLeader: Byung Hee's a mix of Type III and Type IV, while Ji Hyuk is a mix of Type II and Type III.
105	* LeeroyJenkins: Does Pyo Joo ever think things through?
106	* LifeIsntFair
107	-->'''Hyun Soo''': Has the world ever made sense?
108	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Kyung Jong delivers one TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Ha Jin about [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything not playing with people's feelings]]. For the next few days, the two of them act weird around each other, [[OutOfCharacterMoment even sitting apart]], causing other people to ask [[HomoeroticSubtext if they've had a lover's tiff]].
109	* LikesOlderWomen: Ha Jin doesn't really have a preference. He likes all women.
110	* LookBothWays:
111	** [[spoiler: Byung Hee gets run over by a truck ''while his friends are watching!'']]
112	** Hyun Soo almost gets hit by a van while rushing to a rock competition.
113	* LosingTheTeamSpirit
114	* LoveConfession:
115	--> [[spoiler: '''Ji Hyuk''']]: Why would you climb up here when you're afraid?\
116	[[spoiler: '''Su Ah''']]: Because you won't come down.\
117	[[spoiler: '''Ji Hyuk''']]: Why do you care?\
118	[[spoiler: '''Su Ah''']]: Because I want to be with you.\
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121	[[spoiler: '''Seung Hoon''']]: I like you. I didn't want to confine us with the titles of "girlfriend/boyfriend," but I want to be your boyfriend. Officially.\
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124	[[spoiler: '''Ji Hyuk''']]: I'm going crazy. Because I like you.
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126	** A bromance one
127	--> '''Ji Hyuk''': Listen up; I won't say it twice. I love you, Dog Hyun Soo.
128	* LoveTriangle:
129	** Do Il[=/=]Woo Kyung[=/=]Ji Hyuk
130	** Seung Hoon[=/=]Su Ah[=/=][[spoiler:Byung Hee (later Ji Hyuk)]]
131	** Ha Jin[=/=]Yerim[=/=]Hyun Soo
132	* MilhollandRelationshipMoment: After his SecretStabWound causes the band to lose, Hyun Soo spends a couple of school days just lying in bed, blaming himself. When his friends come to visit, they all just clamor on top of him, tickle him, and laugh the incident off.
133	* MrFanservice: The band is called ''Eye Candy'' for a reason.
134	* TheMuse: Byung Hee claims that Su Ah is his muse.
135	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The first ''Eye Candy''[=/=]''Strawberry Fields'' fight ends like this--mostly because ''Strawberry Fields'' could outsource the fight to better fighters.
136	* [[KaraokeBox Noraebang]]
137	* ObliviousToLove: Woo Kyung, can't you see the way Do Il looks at you?
138	* ParentalAbandonment: Where did Su Ah's dad go?
139	* ParentalIssues: Byung Hee has an {{alcoholic parent}} and a [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest dead parent]], Hyun Soo has {{amazingly embarrassing parents}}, Do Il has an {{abusive parent}}, Ji Hyuk has [[InadequateInheritor inheritance issues]] with his family, Su Ah's father [[ParentalAbandonment disappeared]] after going bankrupt, Kyung Jong's parents are [[ParentalObliviousness oblivious]], Ha Jin's older sisters assume his [[PromotionToParent legal guardians]] role, and Mr. Kim is overprotective. Yes, ''Shut Up Flower Boy Band'' is the [[DysfunctionJunction Bad Parent Convention]].
140	* PetTheDog: The Dongnae gang, ''Eye Candy'''s main rivals back at Dongnae High, are seen cheering for the band later.
141	* PingPongNaivete: Does Ha Jin understand girls or not?
142	* PlotPoint: In order to find Seung Hoon a birthday gift, Deo Mi suggests that Su Ah go to "Paradise." The audience doesn't find out what Paradise is until ''Eye Candy'' walks into the store a bit later, and Byung Hee bumps into Su Ah there. (Paradise is a music store.)
143	* PrecociousCrush: Hyun Soo's little sister has one on Ji Hyuk.
144	* PromotionToParent: Ha Jin's older sisters as his legal guardians
145	* ThePowerOfFriendship
146	* ThePowerOfRock: Almost as strong as ThePowerOfFriendship
147	* PunctuatedForEmphasis
148	--> '''Byung Hee''': I met up! With a girl! Last night!
149	* PunnyName: ''Eye Candy'' moves from Dongnae (동네) High to Jeongsang (정상) High. 동네 means "neighborhood;" 정상 means "normal." At one point, Byung Hee says, "there's no hope in this neighborhood" when he's talking about their old school.
150	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: (Most of) the ''Eye Candy'' boys don't really have much going for them besides the band.
151	* RamenSlurp
152	* RealMenHateAffection: {{Averted}} to HoYay proportions, but PlayedStraight with Hyun Soo[=/=]Ji Hyuk.
153	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
154	--> '''Hyun Soo''': Stop just doing what you "feel." If you're a leader, act like one. Think!\
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156	'''Su Ah''': You want me to be clear [about my feelings]? What about you? Your friends? That girl? Is there anyone who knows about me? YOU, be clear.
157	* ReversePsychologyBackfire:
158	--> '''Mr. Kim''': So, this is all you guys amount to?\
159	'''Ji Hyuk:''' Yeah, it is. What did you expect?
160	* TheRival: Seung Hoon and his band ''Strawberry Fields''
161	* RunningGag:
162	** Ji Hyuk never apologies.
163	** Byung Hee always react to serious threats with [[CasualDangerDialogue a simple "Yep"]] and a smile.
164	--> '''Dongnae gang leader''': Do you want to die?\
165	'''Byung Hee:''' (''nods'') [[CasualDangerDialogue Yep]]. (''smile'')\
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167	'''Pyo Joo''': You want me to replace your drumkit and and apologize?\
168	'''Byung Hee:''' (''nods'') Yep. (''smile'')\
169	'''Pyo Joo''': [[MyGodYouAreSerious Are you serious]]?
170	* SadistTeacher: Though his hatred stems from the fact that Byung Hee slept with his daughter, Mr. Kim who follows ''Eye Candy'' to Jungsang High is downright antagonistic. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better]] when this role is annexed by the Jeongsang High principal.
171	* SecretStabWound: Hyun Soo delivers a guitar performance with a bleeding hand at the HR Rock Festival Byung Hee had signed the band up for--until Ji Hyuk figures it out and forces him to stop by [[CooldownHug hugging him]].
172	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: Byung-hee's death is compensated by blood money -- not an uncommon concept in South Korea, but still infuriating to the members of Eye Candy.]]
173	* ShoutOut:
174	** "She's like a princess in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': complete fantasy."
175	** Ha Jin compares Byung Hee to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz Lenny Kravitz]].
176	** Su Ah is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla Layla]].
177	** Deo Mi wonders if the ''Eye Candy'' boys think they're [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin Won Bin]] (in ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Nowhere_%28film%29 Ajusshi]]''). "Does taking revenge make them cool?"
178	** Ha Jin auditions for the role of "[[Series/FlowerBoyRamyunShop Cha! Chi! Soo!]]"
179	* ShroudedInMyth: ''Eye Candy'', of course
180	* ShrugTake
181	* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Byung Hee (played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Min_Ki Lee Min Ki]]) is absent from the show's posters.
182	* SlobsVersusSnobs: ''Eye Candy'' vs. ''Strawberry Fields''
183	* [[spoiler: SpeakIllOfTheDead: Eye Candy's rival gang from Dongnae and a majority of the Jungsang students waste no time in insulting and disregarding Byung Hee's death.]]
184	* SpecialGuest: When [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_C Kim C]] asks for booze and offers to buy the ''Eye Candy'' boys' instruments, they think they're hallucinating.
185	* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Shut Up Flower Boy Band'' picks up ''Series/FlowerBoyRamyunShop'''s timeslot on the same network, tvN. The two shows are marketed as part of the ''Oh! Boy'' Project "series," even though there's nothing similar about them, except for the fact that the main cast involve high school students.
186	* SourSupporter: Hyun Soo grumbles about everything.
187	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Hyun Soo somehow manages to be both a distant [[IceQueen Ice Prince]] while being as physically affectionate as the other members of Eye Candy.
188	* TeamPowerWalk: Used in episode 2, as Deo Mi introduces the ''Eye Candy'' boys.
189	* TemptingFate:
190	** "I want to die in my happiest moment."
191	** "Everything will be fine, as long as we have [[spoiler: Byung Hee]]."
192	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Su Ah leaves a yogurt drink for Ji Hyuk every morning. Also, Ji Hyuk is frequently seen with lollipops--[[RunningGag which he won't share]].
193	* TragicBromance
194	* {{Tsundere}}: Ji Hyuk
195	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Seung Hoon has known Su Ah longer than the ''Eye Candy'' members, but is repeatedly upstaged by one of them.
196	* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Ye Rim likes Hyun Soo, but he turns her down because Ha Jin likes her. But once Ye Rim starts showing interest in Seung Hoon, Hyun Soo protests.
197	* VitriolicBestBuds: Ha Jin and Kyung Jong's friendship is equal parts [[HoYay affection]] and assault.
198	* WellExcuseMePrincess: [[spoiler: Ji Hyuk[=/=]Su Ah]]
199	* WimpFight: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every! Single! Fight!]] has at least one wimp, and includes a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
200	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Maro constantly insults Pyo Joo's intelligence. Also, Seung Hoon doesn't seem too fond of [[LeeroyJenkins Pyo Joo]] either, because Seung Hoon has to keep fixing Pyo Joo's mistakes.
201	* YouSayTomato: Kyung Jong is from Busan, so he speaks in a different accent than the Seoul natives.

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