History Series / BoysBeforeFlowers

* TheDogBitesBack: {{Reconstructed}}. Lee Jae Ha wasn't [[KickTheDog the dog that Jun Pyo kicked]], his older brother was. However, he did feel the effects of F4's bullying as [[ItsPersonal his brother is his only family member]]. His {{Revenge}} scheme is pretty much this trope: quiet previous victim tries to take vengeance on unsuspecting villain.

* {{Adorkable}}: Jun Pyo. He is still childish and naïve compared with the rest of the F4.
--> '''Yi Jung''' (listening to him flirt with Jan Di): "Seriously, I'm embarrassed to be around this guy."

* Fiction500: The F4. Their parents are so incredibly wealthy that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney they can do (almost) whatever they want]] and almost everybody fear of them, including the school principal. Such as: Jun Pyo's mother can make Jan Di's family business shut down not long after her attempt to bribe them ([[spoiler: so Jan Di would stop seeing her son, Jun Pyo]]), failed.

* Fiction500: The F4. Their parents are so incredibly wealthy that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney:they can do (almost) whatever they want]] and almost everybody fear of them, including the school principal. Such as: Jun Pyo's mother can make Jan Di's family business shut down not long after her attempt to bribe them ([[spoiler: so Jan Di would stop seeing her son, Jun Pyo]]), failed.

* Fiction500: The F4. Their parents are so incredibly wealthy that they can do (almost) whatever they want and almost everybody fear of them. Such as: Jun Pyo's mother can make Jan Di's family business shut down not long after her attempt to bribe them ([[spoiler: so Jan Di would stop seeing her son, Jun Pyo]]), failed.

* FoodPorn: Many episodes contain scenes of food display; from simple food to fancy food.

* PrettyInMink: Jun Pyo's family, Ji Hoo and Jan Di when Min Seo-hyun helps her finding a proper outfit for the balls.

* BigEater: Jan Di, Jun Pyo and Jae Kyung are often seen eating big portions of food.

* FoodPorn: Many episodes contain scenes food display; from simple food to fancy food.

* OverworkInducedIllness: Geum Jan Di gets sick and passes out from stress combined with working too much.

** Jan Di accidently gets drunk, but still uses the situation to mumble her sorrow over Ji Hoo to Jun Pyo. This starts the transfer of her feelings to Jun Pyo.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Jun Pyo and Jun Hee do this several times to Madam King, when she is already crossing a line in threatening the life of Jan Di AND Jun Pyo. Especially when it is found out that [[spoiler: Madam King lied to her children about their ''own'' father's death, when actually he was in a comma]].

''Boys Before Flowers'' is a KoreanSeries created in 2009, based on the Japanese manga ''Manga/HanaYoriDango''. The live AdaptationDistillation uses similar characters but with different names and outcomes over the course of a 25-episode arc. It is the fifth adaptation of the original source, and it is the only [[KoreanDrama Korean-produced adaptation]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yi Jung is most confrontational (compared to his ''Manga/HanaYoriDango''[='=]s counterpart) after Jun Pyo. He's normally softspoken and willing to go along with Jun Pyo's antics, but he doesn't hold himself back when he thinks Jun Pyo and Ji Hoo need some sense knocked into them.

* MythologyGag: Ji Hoo's horse, given to him by Soo Jin, is named "Rui" after Rui Hanazawa, Ji Hoo's counterpart in ''Manga/HanaYoriDango''.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Jan-di is arrogant only when it comes to Jun-pyo. She also cheats on him with his best friend but Jun-pyo goes ahead and forgives both (with the force of his elder sister, though). Also the series ends with Jun-pyo's proposal to Jan-di.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Jan-di is arrogant only when it comes to Jun-pyo. She also cheats on him with his best friend but Jun-pyo goes ahead and forgives both (with the force of her elder sister, though). Also the series ends with Jun-pyo's proposal to Jan-di.

** Jun Pyo's engagement to Jae Kyung, which was the result of his mother giving more importance to the family's business than her own children's lives. [[spoiler:Jae Kyung eventually call it off.]]
** Jun Hee, Jun Pyo's older sister, went through the same thing with her actual husband (and she was against the marriage) due to similar circumstances.

* TimeSkip: A six-month skip in the middle of the series, and a four-year skip at the end.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jun Pyo is flat-out terrified of bugs, snakes, and swimming. Ji Hoo has a driving phobia.

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[[caption-width-right:250: Left to right: Song Woo Bin, So Yi Jung, Goo Jun Pyo, Geum Jan Di, Yoon Ji Hoo]]

''Boys Before Flowers'' is a KoreanSeries created in 2009 and based on the Japanese manga, ''Manga/HanaYoriDango''. The live AdaptationDistillation used similar characters but with different names and outcomes over the course of a 25-episode arc. It is actually the fifth, most recent, and only [[KoreanDrama Korean-produced adaptation]].

After saving a rich kid from suicide, Geum Jan Di is invited to go to Shin Hwa Academy, [[ElaborateUniversityHigh a kindergarten through University campus set up strictly for the rich and beautiful]]. There she gets bullied by F4, a foursome of bored rich upperclassmen who rule the school. After standing up to their leader, Goo Jun Pyo, her life becomes a LoveDodecahedron as several of the members become attracted to her.

* {{Adorkable}}: Jun Pyo.

* AdultsAreUseless: We don't see any of them, but it's presumed that all the teachers at Shin Hwa Academy are clueless, if not too afraid, to go against F4 to do anything about the bullying that occurs at the school.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jan Di gets bullied quite a lot by the other schoolmates.
* AmnesiacLover: In the last episode, thanks to Easy Amnesia

* ArrangedMarriage: Jun Pyo's engagement to Jae Kyung.

* BatmanGambit: Lee Jae Ha's revenge plan, involving Madam Kang (Jun Pyo's mother)

* TheBeautifulElite: Most of the students and specifically, F-4. Justified in that most of it is due to plastic surgery.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Jun Pyo and Jan Di.
* BerserkButton: Jun Pyo is not pleased when Jan Di is threatened.
** Of course a lot of her bullying was instigated by him anyway in the beginning of the series. But once he starts to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold warm up to her]], it's better not to mess with Jan Di for [[UnstoppableRage your own safety]].
* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Yi Jung and Ga Eul]]. They could also fit under EnsembleDarkhorse, considering the fact that there is probably more fanfiction written about them than about the two main leads.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yi Jung is most confrontational in this adaptation after Jun Pyo. He's normally softspoken and willing to go along with Jun Pyo's antics, but he doesn't hold himself back when he thinks Jun Pyo and Ji Hoo need some sense knocked into them.
* BigDamnHeroes: Jan Di gets saved [[DamselInDistress a lot]]. While in Macau, Jan Di gets her wallet stolen. Jae Kyung calls attention to it, and saves her from the mugger. The members of F4 (minus Jun Pyo) save Jan Di when a kid steals her luggage, and leads her to a gang of guys who are thinking about selling her.
* BigDamnKiss: Jan Di and Jun Pyo get several, all in slow motion.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Oh Min Ji, Jan Di's best friend at the High School. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Hinted at]] in that she gives Jan Di a stuffed sheep toy wearing the school uniform.
* BlandNameProduct: Jun Pyo on the cover of "Porbes" magazine.
* BreakTheHaughty: Jun Pyo
* BridalCarry: When Jan Di gets bullied into unconsciousness, Jun Pyo saves the day.

* BumblingDad: Jan Di's dad
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Both of her children do this to Madam Kang.
* TheCasanova: Yi Jung
* CatchPhrase:
--> Jun Pyo: "If sorry was enough, then why would the law and police exist?"
--> Jae Kyung: "Let's go together!"
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Jan Di gets a chair smashed on her shoulder during the kidnap episode. The long-term damage means the end of her swimming career.
* ChekhovsGunman: Jae Kyung shows up many times in Macau before and after meeting Jan Di, and even runs into Jun Pyo a few times, before she becomes Jun Pyo's fiancee.

* CoolBigSis: Jun Hee, Jun Pyo's older sister who drives a white Ferrari and is known at school as "The Charisma Queen". She becomes like an older sister to Jan Di, as does Jae Kyung.
* CoolOldGuy: Butler Lee and Manager Jung (Madam Kang's secretary) - both of whom seem to be fully aware of the assholery their respective bosses (Jun Pyo & Madam Kang) are capable of, and do their best to protect people (read: Jan Di) from being unnecessarily targeted by the aforementioned two if they can avoid it. Manager Jung even goes out of his way to schedule time for Jun Pyo to see the rest of F4 in the midst of all the crap he has to do as the ShinHwa group's heir.

* DistantFinale: The final scenes of the series show us what has happened to various characters four years after the main events. For some characters, it's a case of [[spoiler: FastForwardToReunion]].

* DrowningMySorrows: Jan Di accidently gets drunk, but still uses the situation to mumble her sorrow over Ji Hoo to Jun Pyo. This starts the transfer of her feelings to Jun Pyo.
** Yi Jung in the later episodes.
* EasyAmnesia: In the very last episode.

* ElaborateUniversityHigh: Shin Hwa Academy

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone who sees Jan Di and Jun Pyo together ships them.
* EvilIsPetty: Madam Kang makes sure Jan Di's family goes out of business when Jan Di's mother pours salt on her and doesn't accept the money Madam Kang attempts to give to Jan Di to keep her from seeing Jun Pyo.
* EvilMatriarch: Jun Pyo's mother. Emotionally neglectful of both her children and vindictive toward Jan Di.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: F4 vs. Jae Ha
* FiveManBand: A perfect example of the traditional version
** TheHero: Goo Jun Pyo
** TheLancer: Yoon Ji Hoo
** TheSmartGuy: So Yi Jung
** TheBigGuy: Song Woo Bin
** TheChick: Geum Jan Di
* FriendVersusLover: Jae Kyung, after finding out that Jan Di and Jun Pyo had a relationship and still like each other. She asks Jun Pyo whether he would [[SadisticChoice choose love or friendship]] and he says [[TakeAThirdOption he wouldn't give up on either]]. She eventually calls off the wedding, giving up on Jun Pyo.

* GoodHairEvilHair: Possibly invoked by Jan Di when she criticizes Jun Pyo's curly hair.

* HeartbrokenBadass: Jun Pyo

* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Invoked by Ji Hoo to get a LoveEpiphany out of Jun Pyo.
* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Mother]]: Jun Pyo to his mother.
* InSeriesNickname: Jun Pyo calls Jae Kyung "Monkey"; she doesn't mind as she sees it as an AffectionateNickname. She calls him Jun sometimes.

* IntertwinedFingers: Ji Hoo and Jan Di share an intimate moment on the steps. (Episode 18)

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jun Pyo

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Ga-Eul comes off as this in the Bodyguard CF with Yi-Jung.

* MrFanservice: F4, and how! He's a SharpDressedMan who gets {{Shirtless Scene}}s and {{Shower Scene}}s.

* MyGreatestFailure: Jun Hee considers the moment when she was unable to go against her mother's wish to marry her off to a wealthy businessman this. Her current unhappiness with her life drives her actions in supporting Jan Di and Jun Pyo, and also uses the story as a cautionary tale to Jun Pyo to drive him to make a decision regarding marrying Jae Kyung or being with Jan Di.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Used in this series to indicate overwork and a general shutdown of the body. It mostly occurs with Jan Di when she is working more than two jobs.

* OldRetainer: Butler Lee.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Jan Di, until her life is turned upside down by the ShinHwa group and F4.

* ParentalMarriageVeto
* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: And how.
* PerpetualPoverty: Jan Di's family.
* PetTheDog: F4's treatment of Jan Di at first.
* PiggybackCute: Jan Di and both of her love interests multiple times: getting bullied, trapped in a blizzard, collapsing from overwork, breaking a heel on her shoe, etc.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Ji Hoo and his grandfather - they each blame themselves for the accident that killed Ji Hoo's parents, and Ji Hoo's grandfather left the family and the company because he couldn't deal with the guilt. Ji Hoo takes this to mean that his grandfather blamed Ji Hoo for the accident, leaving Ji Hoo to deal with the mental trauma that comes with the entirety of his family dead or absent.

* RamenSlurp: Jan Di frequently slurps her instant noodles, to the annoyance of her boyfriend and to the amusement of the rest of F-4.

* ShipperOnDeck: Jan Di's family really wants her to marry Jun Pyo. At first, it's because he's rich, but they like him a lot when they meet him. In fact, everyone in the series seems to ship Jan Di and Jun Pyo at some point.

* ShirtlessScene: F4, being MrFanservice. Jun Pyo got more shirtless scenes than the other members.
* ShowerScene: Jun Pyo, being MrFanservice.
* ShoutOut: Ji Hoo's horse, given to him by Soo Jin, is named Rui after Hanazawa Rui who is Ji Hoo's counterpart in ''Manga/HanaYoriDango''

* SlutShaming: Jan Di gets this a few times, such as when a man drugged her and took a picture of them in a hotel room together and after she cheated on Jun Pyo with Ji Hoo. The other students write bad things about on her desk and the board, attack her physically and verbally, and and set her bike on fire. Jun Pyo's mother also does it, accusing Jan Di of trying to seduce Jun Pyo.

* TriangRelations: Type 1, Type 3, Type 12, actually just about all of them at one time or another throughout the series.

* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: Played with. JanDi shows up in her school uniform for the after-graduation party -- but her friends think it's the perfect outfit for her.

* WhatTheHellHero: Jun Pyo usually, especially as a response to his treatment of Jan Di in the second half of the series. He also got this when he cheated in the horse race against Ji Hoo, injuring the horse in the process, who had to be put down as a result.

* HandsomeDevil: Goo Jun Pyo, big time.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Geum Jan Di has Grade B in her school girl outfit in some of her shots.

%%* SiblingTriangle

* RomanticRunnerUp: Oddly enough, Jan Di and Ji Hoo... to each other. Jan Di crushed hard on Ji Hoo as he continued to save her from bullies that came after her because of Jun Pyo, but he ends up leaving Jan Di to follow Seo Hyun out of the country. By the time Ji Hoo returns and realizes he also has feelings for Jan Di, Jan Di has already started to fall for Jun Pyo, and Ji Hoo realizes that it's too late for him to pursue a romantic relationship with her. He then opted to push Jun Pyo and Jan Di together, though there are occasional moments that indicate he regrets his choice.

* ShipperOnDeck: Jan Di's family really wants her to marry Jun Pyo. At first, it's because he's rich, but they like him a lot when they meet him.

* CoolOldGuy: Butler Lee and Manager Kim (Madam Kang's secretary) - both of whom seem to be fully aware of the assholery their respective bosses are capable of, and do their best to protect people (read: Jan Di) from being unnecessarily targeted by the aforementioned two if they can avoid it. Manager Kim even goes out of his way to schedule time for Jun Pyo to see the rest of F4 in the midst of all the crap he has to do as the ShinHwa group's heir.

* CoolOldGuy: Butler Lee and Manager Kim (Madam Kang's secretary) - both of whom seem to be fully aware of the assholery their respective bosses are capable of, and do their best to protect people (read: Jan Di) from being unnecessarily targeted by the aforementioned two if they can avoid it. Manager Kang even goes out of his way to schedule time for Jun Pyo to see the rest of F4 in the midst of all the crap he has to do as the ShinHwa group's heir.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yi Jung is most confrontational in this adaptation after Jun Pyo. Though he's normally softspoken and willing to go along with Jun Pyo's antics, when Ji Hoo and Jun Pyo piss him off, he gets REALLY pissed.