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* CheerfulFuneral: Choon-Hwa's funeral is celebrated by her reunited high school friends dancing to "Sunny" by Music/BoneyM. at her wake.

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* CheerfulFuneral: Choon-Hwa's Chun-Hwa's funeral is celebrated by her reunited high school friends dancing to "Sunny" by Music/BoneyM. at her wake. wake.
** FriendshipSong: The group is named after this song and they create a choreographed dance to it as kids. As adults, they use this same song and dance as a loving tribute to [[TheLeader Chun-Hwa]] for her role as the leader of Sunny.
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* GrowingUpSucks: The initial situation of Sunny prior to reuniting, as most of the members failed to achieve their dreams and/or have had their spirits crushed by adulthood. Once they manage to reunite, their lives improve and Chun-hwa tops it off [[spoiler:by assisting several of them with their deferred dreams]].


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* MyFutureSelfAndMe: After Na-mi finds closure from her first love, she enters a sequence where she meets her younger self, who is distraught from seeing [[spoiler:Joon-ho kiss Su-ji]], and comforts her as she cries.
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* CheerfulFuneral: Choon-Hwa's funeral is celebrated by her reunited high school friends dancing to "Sunny" by Boney M. at her wake.

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* CheerfulFuneral: Choon-Hwa's funeral is celebrated by her reunited high school friends dancing to "Sunny" by Boney M.Music/BoneyM. at her wake.
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* ClusterFBomb: When the girls fight the rival gang in a flashback, Na-mi pretends to be possessed and [[delivers one to them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rB_SairfUI]].

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* ClusterFBomb: When the girls fight the rival gang in a flashback, Na-mi pretends to be possessed and [[delivers one to them https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rB_SairfUI]].com/watch?v=1rB_SairfUI delivers one to them]].
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* ClusterFBomb: When the girls fight the rival gang in a flashback, Na-mi pretends to be possessed and [[delivers one to them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rB_SairfUI]].

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* IllGirl: Chun-hwa.
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* YourCheatingHeart: At the end, [[spoiler:Jin-hee gets back at her cheating husband by having an affair as well.]]
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* CheerfulFuneral: Choon-Hwa's funeral is celebrated by her reunited high school friends dancing to "Sunny" by Boney M. at her wake.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Chun-hwa. In the 80s, Su-ji accuses her of being in love with Na-mi due to her special treatment. Chun-hwa never actually denies it, she just gets mad at her.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Chun-hwa. In the 80s, Su-ji accuses her of being in love with Na-mi due to her special treatment. Chun-hwa never actually denies it, she just gets mad at her. And in the present day, she's unmarried.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The credits. Jang-mi [[spoiler:becomes a successful life insurance agent]], Geum-ok [[spoiler:became executive director of Chun-hwa's publishing company]], Bok-hee [[spoiler:opened her own hair salon with her daughter and designed it exactly like her mother's]], Su-ji [[spoiler:is revealed to have opened up her own bookstore]], and Na-mi [[spoiler:married off her daughter and remained the leader of Sunny to the very end.]]
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* GeniusBruiser: Geum-ok was a smart student and also very quick to hit someone if they were messing with her friends.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Jin-hee married rich, but her husband often cheats on her and she's forced to suppress her dirty mouth in order to fit in with the other rich socialites.



* HateAtFirstSight: Su-ji is initially cold to Na-mi when they first meet. It's then revealed [[spoiler:Su-ji's stepmother is from the same place as Na-mi and even has the same accent.]] Once the two get drunk together, they become friends.

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* HateAtFirstSight: Su-ji is initially cold to Na-mi when they first meet. It's then eventually revealed [[spoiler:Su-ji's that [[spoiler: Su-ji's stepmother is from the same place as Na-mi and even has the same accent.]] Once the two get drunk together, they become friends.


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* StarvingArtist: In the present, Geum-ok is forced to live with her sister's family due to her writing career not taking off.


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* YourCheatingHeart: At the end, [[spoiler:Jin-hee gets back at her cheating husband by having an affair as well.]]
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* SmokingIsGlamorous: Su-ji.

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* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Present day Su-ji finally shows up at the end of the movie after the rest of the gang fail to find her for the reunion.]]



* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Sunny splits apart when the girls are expelled from their school.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: Both time periods. The past ends with [[spoiler:the girls being forced apart after being expelled from their high school, but swearing that they'll always remain Sunny and that they'll meet again.]] The present and movie end [[spoiler:at Chun-hwa's funeral. But Chun-hwa's will reveals that she left something for each member of the group to improve their life in some way. The girls are finally able to perform their dance and Su-ji arrives to complete the group again.]]
* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Sunny splits is forced apart when the girls are expelled from their school.]]


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* RousingSpeech: Chun-hwa gives one to the girls [[spoiler:after Su-ji is put in the hospital and the gang is expelled from their high school.]]
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* DescentIntoAddiction: [[spoiler:Sang-mi. She shows up the festival extremely high and frazzled

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* DescentIntoAddiction: [[spoiler:Sang-mi. She [[spoiler:Sang-mi shows up to the festival extremely high and frazzledfrazzled, no longer hiding her glue sniffing addiction.]]

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Su-ji. She [[spoiler:kicks down Sang-mi and almost burns her face when the latter threatens to kill the members of Sunny and begins hurting Na-mi. Na-mi stops her, but the damage to Sang-mi's mental state is done.]]



* BringingTheBandBackTogether: The main plot of the present day.



* CorporalPunishment: Done at the girls' high school.



* DescentIntoAddiction: [[spoiler:Sang-mi. She shows up the festival extremely high and frazzled
* DirtyCoward: The leader of the rival gang, "Girls' Generation".



* HateAtFirstSight: Su-ji is initially cold to Na-mi when they first meet. It's then revealed [[spoiler:Su-ji's stepmother is from the same place as Na-mi and even has the same accent.]] Once the two get drunk together, they become friends.



* ProudBeauty: Su-ji in the 80s, even making a career out of it. [[spoiler:Having her face slashed by the school drug addict causes her to attempt suicide.]]

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* ProudBeauty: Su-ji and Bok-hee in the 80s, even the former making a career out of it. [[spoiler:Having it and the latter dreaming of becoming Miss Korea. [[spoiler:Su-ji actually attempts suicide when her face is slashed by Sang-mi.]]
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Chun-hwa and Sang-mi. It ended [[spoiler:because Chun-hwa hated Sang-mi's addiction to sniffing glue.]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Chun-hwa. In the 80s, Su-ji accuses her of being in love with Na-mi due to her special treatment. Chun-hwa never actually denies it, she just gets mad at her.
* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Sunny splits apart when the girls are expelled from their school.]]
* BringingTheBandBackTogether: The main plot of the present day.
* BullyHunter: In the present, Na-mi goes with three other members of Sunny to beat down the girls that are bullying her daughter.
* CountryMouse: Na-Mi when she first moves to Seoul.


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* IllGirl: Chun-hwa.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Bok-hee, who became a prostitute due to her mother losing the salon and then needing to support her daughter at the orphanage.]]
* LoveHurts: Na-mi experiences this with her first love, Joon-ho. It turns out [[spoiler:he was in love with Su-ji, who reciprocated]].
* ProudBeauty: Su-ji in the 80s, even making a career out of it. [[spoiler:Having her face slashed by the school drug addict causes her to attempt suicide.]]


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* NiceGuy: Joon-ho, which is why Na-mi falls in love with him.
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* CrossCultureReference: There's a lot of references to American 1980s pop culture and fashion. This is because in the '80s there was such a fad about America in Korea.

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* CrossCultureReference: CulturalCrossReference: There's a lot of references to American 1980s pop culture and fashion. This is because in the '80s there was such a fad about America in Korea.
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''Sunny'' was well-acclaimed and was one of the Top 5 highest grossing films in South Korea of 2011. The film was so popular that several {{Foreign Remake}}s were made. More specifically an official Vietnamese and Japanese remake has been released, an unofficial Hong Kong TV show was inspired by the film, and an American Hollywood remake is in the works.


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* CrossCultureReference: There's a lot of references to American 1980s pop culture and fashion. This is because in the '80s there was such a fad about America in Korea.


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* TheEighties: A good chunk of the film takes place in the form of flashbacks mainly set in 1980.
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''Sunny'' is a 2011 film about a group of old high school friends reuniting as per one's dying wish.

Im Na-mi is a woman nearing middle-aged. Despite her wealth and family, she does not feel happy. She can't help but notice her age and this upsets her. After visiting her mother in the hospital, Na-mi starts having memories of high school in TheEighties. In the current day, it turns out that one of Na-mi's childhood friends, Ha Chun-hwa, is in the same hospital as her mother and is dying from terminal cancer. Chun-hwa's wish is to see their high school group of friends, which they had dubbed "Sunny", again. This causes Na-mi to hire a private detective in order to find the other members of Sunny.

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!!''Sunny'' provides examples of:

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Everyone has dark hair, but Jung Su-ji as a high schooler fits the trope. She was aloof and mysterious.
* NewTransferStudent: Na-mi was one in high school. She was initially bullied for her rural-esque accent and fashion sense.
* SirSwearsALot: Hwang Jin-hee's defining feature is that she curses ''a lot''.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Chun-hwa only has around two months left.

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