History Music / CNBlue

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: English was one of Yonghwa's best subjects at school, and so he mostly acts as their English spokesman and thinks he's this. GratuitousEnglish shows that he really isn't.
* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: All can speak fluent Japanese due to spending their indie days there. Jonghyun is more fluent because he briefly lived there in his childhood as well.

* ShesGotLegs: Gender-inverted.
** Jungshin, one of the tallest male idols in kpop at 187cm and envied for his model legs.
** As the group is known for being one of the most tallest boy groups in Korea, this applies to all members except Yonghwa who many agree is ''not'' 180cm like his profile claims. Although [[http://kpopkfans.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/jung-yonghwas-pretty-legs.html a post comprising photos of "Yonghwa" throwing the first baseball match pitch in short shorts]] had '''many''' people doing a double take.

* TheCutie: Minhyuk, who is represented as "Lovely" in the band's name. UpToEleven for some characters he plays such as the drummer Joonhee in Heartstrings and more pure-hearted than everyone else.

** Besides guitar Yonghwa also knows the [[UpToEleven piano, clarinet, recorder, violin...]] (though most of them not as well as guitar, obviously). That's on top of his singing, rapping and composing.

* UnfortunateNames: Japanese album ''What Turns You On?''... really FNC?

* {{Mondegreen}}: Members have noted themselves that some people frequently misheard the Korean way of saying "I'm A Loner" as the Korean phrase for "I'm an ashtray". [[invoked]]

* TheCutie: Minhyuk, who is represented as "Lovely" in the band's name. UpToEleven for some characters he plays such as the drummer Joonhee in Heartstrings who is ridiculously {{adorkable}} and more pure-hearted than everyone else.

* MasterOfDisguise: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lAIYWvpNHJw/U_EqqSm0ZkI/AAAAAAAAw3c/iUlFvPtFIKk/s1600/201408172116777406_53f09d9da8948_99_20140817212006.jpg Yes,]] the old man in the first episode of the Korean historical drama version of TheThreeMusketeers is also Yonghwa.

* TrueCompanions: The four of them state that they are very close and protective of each other like brothers. They even admitted once they prefer to stick to each other instead of getting too close to fellow idols and only have few good other friends besides each other (and their labelmates, notably FT Island).[[ItGotBetter They have been more open to other idols since then]], making numerous friendships with groups like 2AM and Music/SHINee members such as Kim Jonghyun.

* Kwon Kangjin: Bassist. He was an original member who was there for their indie debut but left in September 2009 to train again. He later became a member of another FNC band N.Flying, who made their indie debut in Japan 2013.

A South Korean idol rock band who made their indie debut in Japan before making their official Korean debut in 2010. Short for Code Name Blue (with Blue itself short for Burning Lovely Untouchable Emotional), they are under FNC Entertainment (FNC Music when they debuted in Korea). The band comprises:
* Jung Yonghwa: leader, main vocalist, rapper, rhythmic guitarist, keyboardist. Also the oldest. His image is "Emotional".

* Lee Jungshin: Bassist, rapper. Also the maknae. His image is "Untouchable". He replaced former bassist Kwon Kwangjin, who went back to training and has debuted under FNC's new band N.Flying, yet to make their Korean debut.

Their debut was very successful in Korea, scoring a win with their debut song "I'm A Loner" after 15 days thus currently making them the boy band with the quickest music show win after their debut. Similar to their labelmate Music/FTIsland who debuted before them, they won everyone with their personalities (charming and dorky), good looks and their unique appeal as a band, something rare in kpop. They also made their official Japan debut in 2011 and, in contrast to their lacking indie sales, they have also proven to be great success there.

The are still pretty popular and one of the most well-known kpop bands along with FT Island, as well as amongst kpop artists. Despite their idol status, they also write and compose many of their songs, especially Yonghwa who is one of the most respected idols for writing countless good tunes. They are continuing to work towards their goal as true artists and show idol-wary people just how capable they are as a band.

* ''[[NewSoundAlbum Wave]]'' (2014)

Jung Yonghwa solo discography:

* AscendedExtra: Jonghyun and Yonghwa were well-known ulzzangs predebut.
* AffectionateParody: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHIjfoJKHeo A phone CF]] features heavy metal CN Black, country musicians CN Green and girl group/effeminate boy group CN Pink.

* DarkerAndEdgier: "Intuition" - the song had more edge compared to previous songs and the MV had the boys being much more rebellious than usual.

** Jonghyun has his own OST for "A Gentleman's Dignity".
** Minhyuk also has his own OST for "Heartstrings".
* DelayedReaction: Yonghwa was with Music/{{Infinite}}'s L on Running Man once and spent the whole day with him. Yet:

** To newer labelmate Music/{{AOA}}'s band half AOA Black.
** Jonghyun as the male Music/{{Juniel}}; he covered "Illa Illa" in his drama, got to sing it with her in a special performance at an awards show and even had a subunit with her called "Romantic J".

** Yonghwa for famous Korean skater Kim Yuna, constantly naming her his ideal type.
** Yonghwa's also one for Music/BrunoMars. He even called him "Mars-hyung" once and was very excited going to his concert.

** Did this with Music/FTIsland members and Juniel to their CEO during his speech at a Golden Disc Awards show when they[[note]]Yes "they" = FNC as a whole[[/note]] won Best Composer.

** Infamous for their first two indie minis being 100% Engrish. Many prefer the Korean versions because of this.
** Fans who were excited for "Where You Are" being put on "Re:Blue" and a possibility of a Korean version... unfortunately had to deal with the new version going from 40% Engrish to 100% Engrish.
** Yonghwa runs on this. Really runs on this. Examples range from "Are you understand?" to what should had been "Is it my turn already?" but instead came out as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsvQZTI_XC0 "Is my turtle ready?"]]
** The mini-album name itself "Ear Fun" is... awkward, no matter how one looks at it.

* IdolSinger: Are an idol group like everyone else in kpop, though they're trying to break away from this image.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: As seen in their discography, their Korean releases started off like this by including the word "blue" but stopped doing with First Step. They did however briefly do it again by naming their mini-album "Re:Blue".

** Minhyuk can play not only drums but the flute too, apparently also quite well. Then there's also his singing skills.

** Yonghwa's the official one, and a pretty impressive one at that.
** Jonghyun's unofficially the "second leader" as he's reliable with keeping the band together. He also briefly took over as the official leader during their indie days while Yonghwa was busy filming for Series/YouAreBeautiful - it hilariously worked so well fans were over Yonghwa by the time he came back. When brought up on a show, some [=MCs=] joked that each member should be a leader in a different country.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Members have noted that some people frequently misheard "I'm A Loner" as the Korean phrase for "I'm an ashtray".
* MotorMouth: Some of their raps, notably Yonghwa's mouth of a rap in "I'm A Loner". Have fun trying to cover it.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Minhyuk, often mistaken as the maknae (he's only months older than maknae Jungshin though).

** Rapping-wise; Jungshin initially rapped too but stopped in 2010 after he got braces. He surprised a few people unaware of this when he went back to rapping some time after their Korean debut.

* RealMenWearPink: Jonghyun had a Franchise/HelloKitty phase and even had guitar picks of her.
* RecordProducer: Yonghwa and Jonghyun; they even have their own rooms to produce their songs.

** Jonghyun produced female soloist Nam Youngjoo's debut song "Because I'm Weak and Kind", and also produced a song for one of AOA's safety campaign videos.

* ShipTease:
** Jonghyun and Juniel, who had the same guitar teacher (with Music/FTIsland's Seunghyun too) and have their own subunit Romantic J. The single promoted is a typical love song and in the MV they are high school lovers.
** Minhyuk and Music/{{Fx}}'s Krystal, who were the {{Adorkable}} couple on the KoreanDrama "The Heirs". Outside of it, Minhyuk also fondly talks of her. [[ShipperOnDeck CEO Han seems to ship it.]]

* {{Supergroup}}: Jonghyun and Juniel, both previously already well-known for their own music.

* TitleTrack: "Can't Stop". Also Yonghwa's "One Fine Day".

* TruckDriversGearChange: Common in their songs, such as "I'm A Loner".
* TrueCompanions: The four of them are very close and protective of each other. They even admitted once they prefer to stick to each other instead of getting too close to fellow idols and only have few good other friends besides each other (and their labelmates, notably FT Island).
** [[ItGotBetter They have been more open to other idols since then]], making numerous friendships such as with 2AM.
* UnfortunateNames: ''What Turns You On?''... really FNC?

* Lee Jonghyun: Lead guitarist, subvocalist. His image is "Burning".

The are now still pretty popular and one of the most well-known kpop bands along with FT Island, as well as amongst kpop artists. Despite their idol status, they have begun writing and composing many of their songs, especially Yonghwa who is one of the most respected idols for writing countless good tunes. They are currently continuing to work towards their goal as true artists and show idol-wary people just how capable they are as a band.

** ''Truth'' (2014), ''Go Your Way'' (2014)[[/folder]]

* TheCutie: Minhyuk, who is represented as "Lovely" in the band's name.
** UpToEleven for some characters he plays such as the drummer in Heartstrings.

** For Jonghyun and Minhyuk in their segment in the ''Acoustic'' movie where they played two broke brothers. They also have their own OST for it called "Fly High".

-->'''Yonghwa''': ... Your name is Myungsoo?!

* ElegantClassicalMusician: All the members are attractive but look quite charismatic and the best when performing as a band.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Their full name. To fans, CN Blue sounds cool and Code Name Blue sounds okay. They draw the line there and would rather disregard the "Burning Lovely Untouchable Emotional" part.

** Yonghwa for famous Korean skater Kim Yuna.
** yonghwa's also one for Music/BrunoMars. [[{{Adorkable}} He even called him "Mars-hyung" once]] and was very excited going to his concert.

--> ''What Jungshin once wrote as English writing practice:'' "Do you like mango? I like mango. Thank you. Hello, my name is Jungshin."

-->'''Yonghwa:''' Very good, very nice place. ''(faces camera to Jungshin)'' What're you thinking about?
-->'''Yonghwa:''' Ummmm... Yonghwa's face? And... very handsome.
-->'''Yonghwa:''' Thank you.

** Yonghwa runs on this. Really runs on this. Examples include "Are you understand?" to what should had been "Is it my turn already?" but instead came out as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsvQZTI_XC0 "Is my turtle ready?"]]

* JackOfAllTrades: Besides guitar Yonghwa also knows the [[UpToEleven piano, clarinet, recorder, violin...]] (though most of them not as well as guitar, obviously).
* KoreanDrama: All have participated in at least one. Most well-known one is Series/YouAreBeautiful where Yonghwa was Shinwoo.
* TheLeader: Yonghwa, and a pretty impressive one at that.
** Jonghyun briefly took over during their indie days while Yonghwa was busy filming for Series/YouAreBeautiful, and hilariously worked so well fans were over Yonghwa by the time he came back. Jonghyun still shows some leadership skills now and then. When brought up on a show, some [=MCs=] joked that each member should be a leader in a different country.

** Rapping-wise; Jungshin also rapped in their indie days but stopped briefly after he got braces. He surprised a few people unaware of this when he went back to rapping sometime after their Korean debut.

* RecordProducer: Yonghwa and Jonghyun; they even have their own rooms to produce their songs now.

** Jonghyun produced female soloist Nam Youngjoo's debut song "Because I'm Weak and Kind", and also produed a song for one of AOA's safety campaign videos.

** Jungshin, one of the tallest male idols in kpop at 187cm.

* SingerNamedrop: ''Lots'' of their songs have something along the lines of "C N to the Blue".
* SingingSimlish: A lot of their songs. Notably, there's the ''"Dara diri dara du"'' lines in "I'm A Loner" and ''"Duruduru durudu Blah blah Duruduru durudu"'' in "Hey You".

* SongStyleShift: "Can't Stop" goes from ballad-like to quite poppy when going form the verse to the chorus.

** SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Yonghwa mostly acts as their English spokesman and thinks he's this. GratuitousEnglish shows that he really isn't.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: All the boys have their fair share of close friendships and spending a lot of time with other guys. Examples include:
** Yonghwa and Simon D.
** Jonghyun and Music/SHINee's Jonghyun.

** Minhyuk and Music/{{Fx}}'s Krystal, who were the {{Adorkable}} couple on "The Heirs". Outside of it Minhyuk also fondly talks of her. [[ShipperOnDeck CEO Han seems to ship it.]]

* SpellingSong / SingerNamedrop: ''Lots'' of their songs have something along the lines of "C N to the Blue".

* TrueCompanions: The four of them. They even admitted once they prefer to stick to each other instead of getting too close to fellow idols and only have few good other friends besides each other (and their labelmates, notably FT Island).

* DarkerAndEdgier: "Intuition", both song and MV.

* DeadpanSnarker: Jonghyun. UpToEleven as Colin in "A Gentleman's Dignity".

** To newer labelmate [[Music/{{AOA}} AOA Black.]]
** Jonghyun as the male Music/{{Juniel}}; he covered "Illa Illa" in his drama, got to sing it with her in a special performance at an awards show and even had a subunit with her.

** Besides guitar Yonghwa also knows the [[UpToEleven piano, clarinet, recorder, violin...]]

* FanCommunityNickNames: Boice, the Japanese pronunciation of their Japanese indie album "Voice".

** Yonghwa runs on this. Really runs on this.
-->'''Yonghwa:''' Are you understand?
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** Any members with each other.

** Jonghyun briefly took over during their indie days while Yonghwa was busy filming for Series/YouAreBeautiful, and hilariously worked so well fans were over Yonghwa by the time he came back. Jonghyun still shows some leadership skills now and then.
*** When brought up on a show some [=MCs=] joked that each member should be a leader in a different country.

* MisplacedRetribution: There's some notable differences in how FNC treats Music/FTIsland and CN Blue, however some Primadonnas would rather bash and rain on the the latter's success especially Yonghwa instead of properly blaming FNC 100% like they should. Others are more sensible though and do completely take it out on FNC with little resentment to CNB.
* {{Mondegreen}}: According to the members, some people frequently misheard "I'm A Loner" as the Korean phrase for "I'm an ashtray".
* MotorMouth: Some of their raps, notably Yonghwa's rap in "I'm A Loner". Have fun trying to cover it.
* OfficialCouple: Not for real but Yonghwa was made the onscreen husband of Music/GirlsGeneration's Seohyun for We Got Married for a while. They were a popular but arguably awkward couple.

* RealMenWearPink: Jonghyun had a HelloKitty phase and even had guitar picks of her.

** All members except Yonghwa, who many agree is ''not'' 180cm like his profile claims. Although [[http://kpopkfans.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/jung-yonghwas-pretty-legs.html a post comprising photos of "Yonghwa" throwing the first baseball match pitch in short shorts]] had '''many''' people doing a double take.

* SingerSongwriter: Yonghwa and Jonghyun.

** SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Yonghwa mostly acts as their English spokesman and thinks he's this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsvQZTI_XC0 He really isn't.]]
-->'''Wooyoung:''' Is it my turn already?
-->'''Yonghwa:''' ''(attempts to imitate)'' ...Is my turtle ready?

Their debut was very successful in Korea, scoring a win with their debut song "I'm A Loner" after 15 days thus currently making them the boy band with the quickest music show win after their debut. Similar to their labelmate FTIsland who debuted before them, they won everyone with their personalities (charming and dorky), good looks and their unique appeal as a band, something rare in kpop. They also made their official Japan debut in 2011 and, in contrast to their lacking indie sales, they have also proven to be great success there.

* DelayedReaction: Yonghwa was with {{Infinite}}'s L on Running Man once and spent the whole day with him. Yet:

* ElegantClassicalMusician: All the members arr attractive but look quite charismatic and the best when performing as a band.

** yonghwa's alsoone for Music/BrunoMars. [[{{Adorkable}} He even called him "Mars-hyung" once]] and was very excited going to his concert.

** Did this with FTIsland members and Juniel to their CEO during his speech at a Golden Disc Awards show when they[[note]]Yes "they"=FNC as a whole[[/note]] won Best Composer.

** Jonghyun briefly took over during their indie days while Yonghwa was busy filming for Series/YouAreBeautiful. Jonghyun still shows some leadership skills now and then.

* MisplacedRetribution: There's some notable differences in how FNC treats Music/FTIsland and CN Blue, however some Primadonnas would rather [[HateDumb bash and rain on the the latter's success especially Yonghwa instead of properly blaming FNC 100% like they should.]] Others are more sensible though and do completely take it out on FNC with little resentment to CNB.

** Jonghyun produced female soloist Nam Youngjoo's debut song "Because I'm Weak and Kind".

** All members except Yonghwa, who many agree is ''not'' 180cm like his profile claims.
*** Although [[http://kpopkfans.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/jung-yonghwas-pretty-legs.html a post comprising photos of "Yonghwa" throwing the first baseball match pitch in short shorts]] had '''many''' people doing a double take.

** Minhyuk and {{Fx}}'s Krystal, who were the {{Adorkable}} couple on The Heirs. Outside of it Minhyuk also fondly talks of her. [[ShipperOnDeck CEO Han seems to ship it.]]

* SiblingRivalry: With FTIsland. It's an awkward but friendly rivalry; both bands are TrueCompanions and a lot of fans acknowledge both groups as unique and equally awesome (others are... [[FanDumb not as respectful about it though.]])
* SimilarSquad: With FTIsland. Both are idol-rock bands and inspiring-songwriters from FNC, and member counterparts follow as Hongki/Yonghwa, Jonghun/Jonghyun/sometimes Seunghyun, Minhwan/Minhyuk and Jaejin/Jungshin. Amusingly, fans have even pointed out the similarity in some of their names. FNC has toyed with this a few times, and each pair seem to be particularly good friends too, especially 2GtJH and the bassists.

* SongStyleShift: "Can't Stop" goes from ballad-like to quite poppy in the chorus.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Japan, where they always produce original music unlike fellow Korean idols who remake a lot of their Korean songs. An exception is Yonghwa's duet with Juniel, as their "Babo" duet was translated to Japanese for her debut Japanese album.

** [[ItGotBetter They have been more open to other idols since then]]; they have made numerous friendships such as with 2AM,

* VocalTagTeam: Yonghwa and Jonghyun.

* HeterosexualPartners:

** To newer labelmate [[{{AOA}} AOA Black.]]

* [[EmbarrassingFirstName Embarrassing Full Name]]: To fans, CN Blue sounds cool and Code Name Blue sounds okay. They draw the line there and would rather disregard the "Burning Lovely Untouchable Emotional" part.

** Yonghwa for famous Korean skater Kim Yuna, and also for BrunoMars. [[{{Adorkable}} He even called him "Mars-hyung" once]] and was very excited going to his concert.
* FanCommunityNickNames: Boice.

* [[ShesGotLegs He's Got Legs]]:
** Jungshin, one of the tallest male idols in kpop at 187cm.
** All members except Yonghwa, who many agree is ''not'' 180cm like his profile claims.
*** Although [[http://kpopkfans.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/jung-yonghwas-pretty-legs.html a post comprising photos of "Yonghwa" throwing the first baseball match pitch in short shorts]] had '''many''' people doing a double take.

* KoreanDrama: All have participated in at least one. Most well-known one is YouAreBeautiful where Yonghwa was Shinwoo.

** Jonghyun was their former leader in their indie days, apparently because he was most popular in Japan (and because he lived there before; but they switched to Yonghwa in time for their Korean debut, presumably due to his popularity from YouAreBeautiful. Jonghyun still shows some leadership skills now and then.

* MisplacedRetribution: There's some notable differences in how FNC treats FTIsland and CN Blue, however some Primadonnas would rather [[HateDumb bash and rain on the the latter's success especially Yonghwa instead of properly blaming FNC 100% like they should.]] Others are more sensible though and do completely take it out on FNC with little resentment to CNB.

* OfficialCouple: Not for real but Yonghwa was made the onscreen husband of [[GirlsGeneration Seohyun]] for We Got Married for a while. Were a popular but arguably awkward couple.

** This happened to Yonghwa when he had to film for YouAreBeautiful and the others performed without him in their indie days.

** Yonghwa also helped produce B-sides for younger labelmates Music/{{Juniel}} and {{AOA}} - "Babo" and "Love Is Only You".

** Jonghyun and Juniel, who had the same guitar teacher (with [[FTIsland Seunghyun]] too) and have their own subunit Romantic J. The single promoted is a typical love song and in the MV they are high school lovers.

* SimilarSquad: With FTIsland. Bboth are idol-rock bands and inspiring-songwriters from FNC, and member counterparts follow as Hongki/Yonghwa, Jonghun/Jonghyun/sometimes Seunghyun, Minhwan/Minhyuk and Jaejin/Jungshin. Amusingly, fans have even pointed out the similarity in some of their names. FNC has toyed with this a few times, and each pair seem to be particularly good friends too, especially 2GtJH and the bassists.

** [[ItGotBetter They have been more open since then]]; they have made numerous friendships such as with 2AM, and Jonghyun is particularly close to SHINee's Jonghyun.

*** Although [[http://kpopkfans.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/jung-yonghwas-pretty-legs.html this]] had '''many''' people doing a double take.

The are now still pretty popular and one of the most well-known kpop bands along with FT Island, as well as amongst kpop artists. Despite their idol name they have begun writing and composing many of their songs, especially Yonghwa who is one of the most respected idols for writing countless good tunes. They are currently continuing to work towards their goal as true artists and show idol-wary people just how capable they are as a band.

* ''Wave'' (2014)

* BigLittleBrother: Jungshin, who is the maknae but the tallest at 187cm.

** Jonghyun as the male Music/{{Juniel}}; he covered "Illa Illa" in his drama and got to sing it with her in a special performance ar an awards show.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: All the members.

* IdolSinger: Are trying to break away from this though.

* MasterOfDisguise: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lAIYWvpNHJw/U_EqqSm0ZkI/AAAAAAAAw3c/iUlFvPtFIKk/s1600/201408172116777406_53f09d9da8948_99_20140817212006.jpg Yes,]] the old man is also Yonghwa. [[note]]From the Korean historical drama version of TheThreeMusketeers [[/note]]

* {{Mondegreen}}: According to the members, some people have frequently misheard "I'm A Loner" as the Korean phrase for "I'm an ashtray".

* SingingSimlish: A lot of their songs. There's the ''"Dara diri dara du"'' lines in "I'm A Loner" and ''"Duruduru durudu Blah blah Duruduru durudu"'' in "Hey You".

* SimilarSquad: With FTIsland. Bboth are idol-rock bands and inspiring-songwriters from FNC, and member counterparts follow as Hongki/Yonghwa, Jonghun/Jonghyun/sometimes Seunghyun, Minhwan/Minhyuk and Jaejin/Jungshin. Amusingly, fans have even pointed out the similarity in some of their names. FNC has toyed with this a few times, and [[CrowningMomentofHeartWarming each pair seem to be particularly good friends too, especially 2GtJH and the bassists.]]
* SingerSongwriter: Everyone, mostly Yonghwa and Jonghyun.

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: All can speak fluent Japanese due to their indie days there. Jonghyun is more fluent because he briefly lived there.
** SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Yonghwa thinks he's this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsvQZTI_XC0 He really isn't.]]
*** "Are you understand?"

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Japan, where they always produce original music unlike fellow Korean idols who remake a lot of their Korean songs.

** [[ItGotBetter They have been more open since then]] and have made numerous friendships such as with 2AM and Jonghyun in particular being close to SHINee's Jonghyun.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Jonghyun and Jungshin aka the "Tom and Jerry".