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* Accidentalkiss: When Ha-Ri shoves Tae-Moo a little too hard out of the way at her house, resulting in her falling on top of him and accidentally kissing. Hilariously, the same thing happens in the show within a show, "Be Strong, Guem-Hui," with the characters commenting on the absurdity of the trope.
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* Accidentalkiss: AccidentalKiss: When Ha-Ri shoves Tae-Moo a little too hard out of the way at her house, resulting in her falling on top of him and accidentally kissing. Hilariously, the same thing happens in the show within a show, "Be Strong, Guem-Hui," with the characters commenting on the absurdity of the trope.
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* accidentalkiss: When Ha-Ri shoves Tae-Moo a little too hard out of the way at her house, resulting in her falling on top of him and accidentally kissing. Hilariously, the same thing happens in the show within a show, "Be Strong, Guem-Hui," with the characters commenting on the absurdity of the trope.
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* accidentalkiss: Accidentalkiss: When Ha-Ri shoves Tae-Moo a little too hard out of the way at her house, resulting in her falling on top of him and accidentally kissing. Hilariously, the same thing happens in the show within a show, "Be Strong, Guem-Hui," with the characters commenting on the absurdity of the trope.
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*accidentalkiss: When Ha-Ri shoves Tae-Moo a little too hard out of the way at her house, resulting in her falling on top of him and accidentally kissing. Hilariously, the same thing happens in the show within a show, "Be Strong, Guem-Hui," with the characters commenting on the absurdity of the trope.
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*ArrangedMarriage: Yeong-Seo's parents were subject to one, her parents as well as Chairman Kang are adamant on finding these for their heirs.
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**Ha-Ri runs into the first car she sees to avoid Min-Woo seeing her in her Geum-Hui makeup, resulting in her running coincidentally into Tae-Moo's car and arguably causing the entire plot to happen.
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*Runninggag: Several throughout the hsow
**As their relationship progresses, Tae-Moo's name in Ha-Ri's phone goes from "DO NO ANSWER" to "Archaeopteryx" to finally "President Kang"
** The Archaeopteryx sound effect is played constantly whenever Tang-Moo gives a serious look
** The Show within a Show and its outlandish nature and mirroring of the plot
** The fact that Ha-Ri drinks a lot
**As their relationship progresses, Tae-Moo's name in Ha-Ri's phone goes from "DO NO ANSWER" to "Archaeopteryx" to finally "President Kang"
** The Archaeopteryx sound effect is played constantly whenever Tang-Moo gives a serious look
** The Show within a Show and its outlandish nature and mirroring of the plot
** The fact that Ha-Ri drinks a lot
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* FriendtoAllChildren: Yeong-Seo's reaction to a child marking her expensive clothes causes Sung-Hoon to develop a crush on her.
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* FriendtoAllChildren: Yeong-Seo's reaction to a child marking her expensive clothes causes Sung-Hoon to develop a crush on her. Later at the orphanage, the whole main cast shows off how good they are with children.
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*FriendtoAllChildren: Yeong-Seo's reaction to a child marking her expensive clothes causes Sung-Hoon to develop a crush on her.
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** every single phone is a Samsung, with all characters using a Galaxy Flip, with the exception of Tae-Moo, who has a Galaxy Fold.
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Despite the initial concerns of adapting a webtoon into a drama, Business Proposal received positive feedback for its way of embracing the clichés of the romcom genre and turning them into "slapstick comedy".[89] Quincy LeGardye of Vulture individuated at least ten typical tropes of the romance genre used for either of the two main couples presented in the series and commented that the drama makes "smart decisions" about which to subvert and which to embrace.[90] The familiarity of the story, derived from using common clichés, alongside its "unique and lovely" characters were named the strengths of the series.
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Despite the initial concerns of adapting a webtoon into a drama, Business Proposal received positive feedback for its way of embracing the clichés of the romcom genre and turning them into "slapstick comedy".[89] Quincy LeGardye of Vulture individuated at least ten typical tropes of the romance genre used for either of the two main couples presented in the series and commented that the drama makes "smart decisions" about which to subvert and which to embrace.[90] embrace. The familiarity of the story, derived from using common clichés, alongside its "unique and lovely" characters were named the strengths of the series.
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Shin Ha-ri (Kim Se-jeong) goes on a blind date after she agrees to replace her friend, Jin Young-seo (Seol In-ah), whose father had arranged it. The plan is to have Ha-ri 'getting rejected' by her prospective partner. However, it goes awry when her date turns out to be Kang Tae-moo (Ahn Hyo-seop), CEO of Go Food, the company where Ha-ri works. Tae-moo, who is being pressured by his grandfather Kang Da-goo (Lee Deok-hwa), the chairman of Go Food's parent company, to go on blind dates with suitable marriage partners, decides to marry his blind date partner to avoid going on the rest of the dates, without knowing she is the fake Jin Young-seo or that she is his employee, which she assiduously tries to hide. However, Ha-ri's fake identity, but thankfully not her employment status, is soon exposed after the real Jin Young-seo gets into a parking accident with Cha Sung-hoon (Kim Min-kyu), Tae-moo's secretary, who was acting as Tae-moo's driver at that moment.
Despite the initial concerns of adapting a webtoon into a drama, Business Proposal received positive feedback for its way of embracing the clichés of the romcom genre and turning them into "slapstick comedy".[89] Quincy LeGardye of Vulture individuated at least ten typical tropes of the romance genre used for either of the two main couples presented in the series and commented that the drama makes "smart decisions" about which to subvert and which to embrace.[90] The familiarity of the story, derived from using common clichés, alongside its "unique and lovely" characters were named the strengths of the series.
Despite the initial concerns of adapting a webtoon into a drama, Business Proposal received positive feedback for its way of embracing the clichés of the romcom genre and turning them into "slapstick comedy".[89] Quincy LeGardye of Vulture individuated at least ten typical tropes of the romance genre used for either of the two main couples presented in the series and commented that the drama makes "smart decisions" about which to subvert and which to embrace.[90] The familiarity of the story, derived from using common clichés, alongside its "unique and lovely" characters were named the strengths of the series.
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*Coolrcar: Tae-Moo's blue Ford Mustang with the Ford nameplate removed. Ha-Ri's brother's admiration of the car on the street is how the couples gets caught.
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*ScrewThisImOuttaHere : On the first date with Tae-Moo, while he is paying for the hotel room, Ha-Ri attempts to book it out of there only to be stopped by a woman who mistakes her for another woman.
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*TheCastShowoff: Ha-Ri gets to show off her voice several times throughout the show, most notably while doing Karaoke in Episode 1.
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* UnusualEuphemism: In the first episode, Ha-Ri refers to her breasts as "Samantha" and "Rachel."
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* AlmightyMom : Ha-Ri's mom is a force to be reckoned with, firing sparklers out of her back as she rushes to attack Tae-Moo with a banana.
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* GratuitousEnglish: **Whenever Tae-Moo is talking to any foreigners he speaks English. It makes sense in-universe as his character spent a lot of time in the United States and went to Harvard. **In the fake meeting story between him and Ha-Ri, they speak English to each other initially before realizing they are both Korean.
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* GratuitousEnglish: Several characters
**Whenever Tae-Moo is talking to any foreigners he speaks English. It makes sense in-universe as his character spent a lot of time in the United States and went to Harvard. **In the fake meeting story between him and Ha-Ri, they speak English to each other initially before realizing they are both Korean.
**Whenever Tae-Moo is talking to any foreigners he speaks English. It makes sense in-universe as his character spent a lot of time in the United States and went to Harvard. **In the fake meeting story between him and Ha-Ri, they speak English to each other initially before realizing they are both Korean.
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* AboveTheInfluence: **Sung-Hoon tries this with Yeong-Seo when he comes onto him while she is drunk, but ultimately gives her what she wants.
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* AboveTheInfluence: **Sung-Hoon Sung-Hoon tries this with Yeong-Seo when he comes onto him while she is drunk, but ultimately gives her what she wants.
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* BirthdayEpisode: The beginning of Episode 12 is set on Young-Seo's birthday, with her spending the beginning of her day starting with Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri revealing their relationship to Ha-Ri's parents and ending with Young-Seo finally cutting off ties with her father for good.
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* BirthdayEpisode: Twice in the series
** The first episode takes place on Ha-Ri's birthday. She thinks that Min-Woo is going to confess to her, only to have her spirits crushed.
**The beginning of Episode 12 is set on Young-Seo's birthday, with her spending the beginning of her day starting with Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri revealing their relationship to Ha-Ri's parents and ending with Young-Seo finally cutting off ties with her father for good.
** The first episode takes place on Ha-Ri's birthday. She thinks that Min-Woo is going to confess to her, only to have her spirits crushed.
**The beginning of Episode 12 is set on Young-Seo's birthday, with her spending the beginning of her day starting with Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri revealing their relationship to Ha-Ri's parents and ending with Young-Seo finally cutting off ties with her father for good.
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* PrecisionF-Strike: A hilarious one when Yung-Joo realizes that Yeong-Seo is dating Sung-Hoon, complete with a screen graphic and beep censor.
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* PrecisionF-Strike: PrecisionFStrike: A hilarious one when Yung-Joo realizes that Yeong-Seo is dating Sung-Hoon, complete with a screen graphic and beep censor.
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* MatchmakerFailure: Chairman Kang and Director Jin with their respective heirs.
* MeaningfulGift: although it's debatable how much Ha-Ri meant at the time she gave the gift for it to be a romantic gesture, it becomes a recurring symbol for Tae-Moo to remind himself of Ha-Ri.
* MeaningfulGift: although it's debatable how much Ha-Ri meant at the time she gave the gift for it to be a romantic gesture, it becomes a recurring symbol for Tae-Moo to remind himself of Ha-Ri.
* SadisticChoice: Chairman Kang in the final episode gives Ha-Ri the choice to be reassigned to a factory outside of Seoul where she would have nothing to do or to resign.
* SecretRelationship: Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri go through various stages of this, first they are fake publicly dating albeit as a different person, then they are secretly really dating, before finally coming out as publicly really dating.
* ShipperOnDeck: Yeong-Seo to Ha-Ri with both Min-Woo and Tae-Moo. She just wants her friend to find love.
* ShoutOut: Two shout-outs to BTS; Hye-Ji when eavesdropping on gossip refers to a Mr. Cho who apparently looks like Jung-Kook, and Associate Director Bin references "Blood Sweat and Tears," and "Dynamite" when mixing bomb shots, complete with snippets of the choreography.
* ShowWithinAShow: "Be Strong Geum-Hui" is a romantic kdrama that has plot developments mirroring the developments of the show proper, with various characters complaining about how unrealistic it is while it happens around them.
* SecretRelationship: Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri go through various stages of this, first they are fake publicly dating albeit as a different person, then they are secretly really dating, before finally coming out as publicly really dating.
* ShipperOnDeck: Yeong-Seo to Ha-Ri with both Min-Woo and Tae-Moo. She just wants her friend to find love.
* ShoutOut: Two shout-outs to BTS; Hye-Ji when eavesdropping on gossip refers to a Mr. Cho who apparently looks like Jung-Kook, and Associate Director Bin references "Blood Sweat and Tears," and "Dynamite" when mixing bomb shots, complete with snippets of the choreography.
* ShowWithinAShow: "Be Strong Geum-Hui" is a romantic kdrama that has plot developments mirroring the developments of the show proper, with various characters complaining about how unrealistic it is while it happens around them.
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* TheSquad: the four members of Food Development Team 1 are incredibly close, supporting each other without question and constantly going out together to celebrate.
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* SoBadItsGood: the main reason most of the characters enjoy watching "Be Strong Geum-Hui" despite their nonstop complaints about the plot.
* StandardOfficeSetting: Played with, while the office dynamics within Food Development team 1 are quite typical, a scientist for an instant food company is novel.
* StraightMan: Sung-Hoon is this for Tae-Moo and Yeong So's antics.
* StylisticSuck: the show within a show, "Be Strong Geum-Hui" is deliberately overlit, featuring cheap sets, overdramatic acting, blatant product placement, and even overrides the show's cinematic aspect ratio in favor of a 16:9 TV aspect ratio when it occupies the full screen.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Chairman Kang discovers Ha-Ri's tickets for MeloMance, his K-drama obsessed mind comes up with a reason for why Tae-Moo was not aware of the tickets and Ha-Ri goes along with it.
* TakeThat: to romantic KDramas in general, while also being filled with those exact tropes.
* TemptingFate: Yeong-Seo says to Ha-Ri, "What are the chances of an employee running into the president?"
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: For the final kiss of the show, the main romantic theme of "It must be Love" is sung instead by Kim Se-Jeong.
* TheSquad: the four members of Food Development Team 1 are incredibly close, supporting each other without question and constantly going out together tocelebrate.celebrate.
* ThisIsReality: characters constantly react to plot developments by saying "this isn't a drama."
* TimeSkip: A one-year timeskip is present in the finale.
* TookALevelInJerkass: when Tae-Moo discovers that Ha-Ri has been lying to him, he makes her work life a living hell just to be petty. He feels bad about it when his antics cause her to burn herself and that makes him realize that he cares for her.
* TrueCompanions: Ha-Ri and Yeong-Seo are like this. Sung-Hoon and Tae-Moo as well.
* WackyMarriageProposal: the show manages to avert this, both marriage proposals are low-key with few antics.
* WorthIt: When explaining her relationship with Min-Woo to Tae-Moo, Ha-Ri smiles and says that she was very happy during those seven years, even if she never ended up with Min-Woo.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Ha-Ri's off the cuff comment that they do not use artificial coloring increased sales by 20% according to the characters of the show, which seems like a crazy amount considering the company apparently makes sales in the trillions.
* YouMustBeCold: Tae-Moo asks Ha-Ri to let him know if she feels cold during the last part of their fake anniversary date.
* StandardOfficeSetting: Played with, while the office dynamics within Food Development team 1 are quite typical, a scientist for an instant food company is novel.
* StraightMan: Sung-Hoon is this for Tae-Moo and Yeong So's antics.
* StylisticSuck: the show within a show, "Be Strong Geum-Hui" is deliberately overlit, featuring cheap sets, overdramatic acting, blatant product placement, and even overrides the show's cinematic aspect ratio in favor of a 16:9 TV aspect ratio when it occupies the full screen.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Chairman Kang discovers Ha-Ri's tickets for MeloMance, his K-drama obsessed mind comes up with a reason for why Tae-Moo was not aware of the tickets and Ha-Ri goes along with it.
* TakeThat: to romantic KDramas in general, while also being filled with those exact tropes.
* TemptingFate: Yeong-Seo says to Ha-Ri, "What are the chances of an employee running into the president?"
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: For the final kiss of the show, the main romantic theme of "It must be Love" is sung instead by Kim Se-Jeong.
* TheSquad: the four members of Food Development Team 1 are incredibly close, supporting each other without question and constantly going out together to
* ThisIsReality: characters constantly react to plot developments by saying "this isn't a drama."
* TimeSkip: A one-year timeskip is present in the finale.
* TookALevelInJerkass: when Tae-Moo discovers that Ha-Ri has been lying to him, he makes her work life a living hell just to be petty. He feels bad about it when his antics cause her to burn herself and that makes him realize that he cares for her.
* TrueCompanions: Ha-Ri and Yeong-Seo are like this. Sung-Hoon and Tae-Moo as well.
* WackyMarriageProposal: the show manages to avert this, both marriage proposals are low-key with few antics.
* WorthIt: When explaining her relationship with Min-Woo to Tae-Moo, Ha-Ri smiles and says that she was very happy during those seven years, even if she never ended up with Min-Woo.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Ha-Ri's off the cuff comment that they do not use artificial coloring increased sales by 20% according to the characters of the show, which seems like a crazy amount considering the company apparently makes sales in the trillions.
* YouMustBeCold: Tae-Moo asks Ha-Ri to let him know if she feels cold during the last part of their fake anniversary date.
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* Ashimself: MeloMance appears as themselves in Episode 3 for a concert. Fitting, considering that their music is used throughout the show.
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* Abhorrent Admirer: Yung-Joo's obsession with Sung-Hoon is treated as harmless and hilarity.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Ha-Ri lies to Tae-Moo about her work being far away; however when meeting up with her later now she has to go all the way away from Seoul to meet Tae-Moo for lunch.
* DisgustingPublicToilet: a variant of this; Yeong-Seo is unable to use any toilet other than the one at her house, but not because of cleanliness but because of her trauma from being secretly recorded.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri kiss each other in the Ikea-showroom but when Ha-Ri rejects him afterwards Tae-Moo has many demands to be compensate for the kiss.
* DisgustingPublicToilet: a variant of this; Yeong-Seo is unable to use any toilet other than the one at her house, but not because of cleanliness but because of her trauma from being secretly recorded.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri kiss each other in the Ikea-showroom but when Ha-Ri rejects him afterwards Tae-Moo has many demands to be compensate for the kiss.
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: in the final episode, Chairman Kang has one of the directors call Tae-Moo to fake an emergency, but the director is technology illiterate and fails to hang up the phone, revealing the entire plot to Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri who have a look of disbelief on their face.
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* TheGlassesGottaGo: in the steamy kiss scene between Yeong-Seo and Sung-Hoon, he tosses his glasses to the side.
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* HappilyMarried: Ha-Ri's parents are happy with each other, Tae-Moo's parents before their death seemed this way as well. Averted with Yeong-Seo; her dad explicitly kicked out his wife for "not meeting his standards."
* HappyEnding: Chairman Kang approves of Ha-Ri and Tae-Moo and they get engaged, Yeong-Seo has started her new company with Sung-Hoon's help and Director Yeo and (just promoted) Director Bin are still going strong.
* HateSink: Min-Woo and Yoo-Ra have basically no scenes making them sympathic.
* HopelessSuitor: Yung-Joo to Sung-Hoon.
* IdiotBall: An entire episode's worth of drama could have been avoided if Sung-Hoon simply kept his girlfriend in the loop about Tae-Moo asking him to go on a blind date for him.
* HappyEnding: Chairman Kang approves of Ha-Ri and Tae-Moo and they get engaged, Yeong-Seo has started her new company with Sung-Hoon's help and Director Yeo and (just promoted) Director Bin are still going strong.
* HateSink: Min-Woo and Yoo-Ra have basically no scenes making them sympathic.
* HopelessSuitor: Yung-Joo to Sung-Hoon.
* IdiotBall: An entire episode's worth of drama could have been avoided if Sung-Hoon simply kept his girlfriend in the loop about Tae-Moo asking him to go on a blind date for him.
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* InsistentTerminology: at the end, now-promoted Director Bin takes issue with Director Yeo still calling him "Assistant Director Bin"
* InsistentTerminology: at the end, now-promoted Director Bin takes issue with Director Yeo still calling him "Assistant Director Bin"
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* AssholeVictim: Min-Woo leaving Yoo-Ra is entirely her own fault.
* BadassBoast: constantly and without a hint of irony by Tae-Moo, which initially Ha-Ri says is "weird" but warms up to it by the end.
* BeachEpisode: Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri's second business trip, although amusingly it is cold at that time so they are wearing their coats and no one else is on the beach. They somehow still manage to make it romantic.
* BenevolentBoss: Tae-Moo is portrayed as such, he knows the ins and outs of his company, acknowledges when lower-level employees make contributions, and does not tolerate directors simply taking credit for their underlings work.
* BerserkButton: comparing Tae-Moo to the Archaeopteryx really gets under his skin.
* BettyAndVeronica: Min-Woo, Ha-Ri, and Yoo-Ra.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ha-Ri at work is docile and obedient to her superiors, but whenever they mention asking her to resign, she is quick to defend herself and her accomplishments.
* BigApplesauce: Tae-Moo lived in New York for a spell, goes to New York in the ending for his grandfather's treatment, and has a business trip there where he hallucinates Ha-Ri over and over.
* BigEater: Tae-moo and Ha-Ri are shown to both have a refined palette and appreciation for rare foods.
* BadassBoast: constantly and without a hint of irony by Tae-Moo, which initially Ha-Ri says is "weird" but warms up to it by the end.
* BeachEpisode: Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri's second business trip, although amusingly it is cold at that time so they are wearing their coats and no one else is on the beach. They somehow still manage to make it romantic.
* BenevolentBoss: Tae-Moo is portrayed as such, he knows the ins and outs of his company, acknowledges when lower-level employees make contributions, and does not tolerate directors simply taking credit for their underlings work.
* BerserkButton: comparing Tae-Moo to the Archaeopteryx really gets under his skin.
* BettyAndVeronica: Min-Woo, Ha-Ri, and Yoo-Ra.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ha-Ri at work is docile and obedient to her superiors, but whenever they mention asking her to resign, she is quick to defend herself and her accomplishments.
* BigApplesauce: Tae-Moo lived in New York for a spell, goes to New York in the ending for his grandfather's treatment, and has a business trip there where he hallucinates Ha-Ri over and over.
* BigEater: Tae-moo and Ha-Ri are shown to both have a refined palette and appreciation for rare foods.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Yoo-Ra accuses Ha-Ri of being this
* BlandNameProduct: Early on, when talking about the behind-the-scenes footage to the commercial shoot, the assistant indicates they were going to upload it to their "Youtube channel." However, later, when the plot revolves around Ha-Ri and Min-Woo's chemistry for the second commercial, the platform is suddenly referred to as "Nerd-Tube"; likely because the plot was starting to revolve around online-bullying, although the interface is clearly Youtube.
**Averted for everything else. Every single product shown is real.
* BlatantLies: As expected for a romantic comedy K-drama, there are plenty of examples
**Yeong-Seo is asked by Ha-Ri if she wants her to go on another blind-date, she says no, then Ha-Ri ends up being trapped with Tae-Moo.
**Tae-Moo constantly lies to his grandfather about his dating status.
**Ha-Ri in the first half is constantly lying to Tae-Moo, most notably in the cafe scene after Tae-Moo has discovered Ha-Ri's true identity and Ha-Ri has to lie on the spot.
* ComfortingComforter: offered by Tae-Moo during the fake anniversary date when they are sitting outside the convenience store. Her taxi arrives before he lets her borrow his zebra lapel tuxedo.
* CannotSpitItOut: Half of the plot of Yeong-Seo and Sung-Hoon's relationship wouldn't have happened if they just discussed how they felt.
* BlandNameProduct: Early on, when talking about the behind-the-scenes footage to the commercial shoot, the assistant indicates they were going to upload it to their "Youtube channel." However, later, when the plot revolves around Ha-Ri and Min-Woo's chemistry for the second commercial, the platform is suddenly referred to as "Nerd-Tube"; likely because the plot was starting to revolve around online-bullying, although the interface is clearly Youtube.
**Averted for everything else. Every single product shown is real.
* BlatantLies: As expected for a romantic comedy K-drama, there are plenty of examples
**Yeong-Seo is asked by Ha-Ri if she wants her to go on another blind-date, she says no, then Ha-Ri ends up being trapped with Tae-Moo.
**Tae-Moo constantly lies to his grandfather about his dating status.
**Ha-Ri in the first half is constantly lying to Tae-Moo, most notably in the cafe scene after Tae-Moo has discovered Ha-Ri's true identity and Ha-Ri has to lie on the spot.
* ComfortingComforter: offered by Tae-Moo during the fake anniversary date when they are sitting outside the convenience store. Her taxi arrives before he lets her borrow his zebra lapel tuxedo.
* CannotSpitItOut: Half of the plot of Yeong-Seo and Sung-Hoon's relationship wouldn't have happened if they just discussed how they felt.
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* ComfortingComforter: offered by Tae-Moo CaptainOblivious: Ha-Ri during the "business" dates with Tae-Moo. She really thought they were going to see a movie for research purposes and doesn't understand why Tae-moo was pretending to be her boyfriend until he spells it out for her.
* CelebrityParadox: On the date of the fakeanniversary date when they are sitting outside anniversary, Yung-Joo wanders into the convenience store. Her taxi arrives before he lets shop and asks for "Kim Se-Jeong's outfit that she wore at the press conference for her borrow latest TV show." She then looks and sees Ha-Ri leaving with said dress; surely she should have noticed the uncanny resemblance between the two.
* CharacterDevelopment: many characters, including some supporting characters
**Tae-Moo learns that there is more to life than business and that love is not a waste of time
**Ha-Ri gets over her first-crush of Min-Woo and learns to move on with another lover.
**Yeong-Seo finds her own identity and carves her own path independent of her father
**Associate Director Bin has the courage to speak up about hiszebra lapel tuxedo. desire for Director Yeo, resulting in them starting a relationship
**Yung-Joo gets on better terms with Yeong-Seo
* ClingyJealousGirl: What Yoo-Ra accuses Ha-Ri of being, upon reflection, Ha-Ri acknowledges that this is probably true and does not harbor ill-will against Yoo-Ra for what she did.
* CelebrityParadox: On the date of the fake
* CharacterDevelopment: many characters, including some supporting characters
**Tae-Moo learns that there is more to life than business and that love is not a waste of time
**Ha-Ri gets over her first-crush of Min-Woo and learns to move on with another lover.
**Yeong-Seo finds her own identity and carves her own path independent of her father
**Associate Director Bin has the courage to speak up about his
**Yung-Joo gets on better terms with Yeong-Seo
* ClingyJealousGirl: What Yoo-Ra accuses Ha-Ri of being, upon reflection, Ha-Ri acknowledges that this is probably true and does not harbor ill-will against Yoo-Ra for what she did.
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**Ha-Ri's beautiful singing voice is brought up multiple times, when Kim Se-Jeong was in the idol group IOI she was a lead vocalist
* AdaptationalJerkass: Yoo-Ra and Min-Woo are more antagonistic in the series compared to the original webtoon.
* AdaptationExpansion: additional scenes were added compared to the webtoon to help explain why Tae-Moo doesn't recognize Ha-Ri on sight, such as the slipper chase scene.
* TheAllegedBoss: Yung-Joo to Yeong-Seo, Yung-Joo has a higher position in the company but doesn't seem to ever be at work, gets talked back to by Yeong-Seo, and is shown to be stuck in the position solely because her mother doesn't want Yeong-Seo to be promoted.
* AlphaBitch: Yoo-Ra in spades, her jealousy in posting false rumors about Ha-Ri and Tae-Moo cause Chairman Kang to initially disapprove of their relationship.
* AmusingInjuries : Ha-Ri's bruise on her eye, despite it logically being quite painful due to how it looks and the fact that it was caused by a baseball to the face, is played for laughs.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Every character has their moment of this
**Tae-Moo declares his love for Ha-Ri in the Ikea-showroom when he has her pinned against the wall and begs her to ignore all the logistical issues.
**Ha-Ri in the taxi driving over to the hotel where Tae-Moo is supposed to have his blind date
**Yeong-Seo to Sung-Hoon after there is a misunderstanding over their drunken one-night stand.
**Played with for hilarity when Yung-Joo crashing Sung-Hoon's apartment while she is drunk and declaring her love for him.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It doesn't seem likely that a bruise of that size and intensity would heal fully within a week
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: the contract that Ha-Ri signed was clearly under duress and the penalty for 100x damages is likely unenforceable; but the Ha-Ri does explain that even though the contract might not be enforceable, litigation could cause her real name to be revealed.
* BigFancyHouse: Although we never see all of ChairmanDa-Goo's Kang's house, glimpses of it during the first meeting with Ha-Ri (pretending to be Geum-Hui) show that the estate is probably quite large.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Yoo-Ra and Min-Woo are more antagonistic in the series compared to the original webtoon.
* AdaptationExpansion: additional scenes were added compared to the webtoon to help explain why Tae-Moo doesn't recognize Ha-Ri on sight, such as the slipper chase scene.
* TheAllegedBoss: Yung-Joo to Yeong-Seo, Yung-Joo has a higher position in the company but doesn't seem to ever be at work, gets talked back to by Yeong-Seo, and is shown to be stuck in the position solely because her mother doesn't want Yeong-Seo to be promoted.
* AlphaBitch: Yoo-Ra in spades, her jealousy in posting false rumors about Ha-Ri and Tae-Moo cause Chairman Kang to initially disapprove of their relationship.
* AmusingInjuries : Ha-Ri's bruise on her eye, despite it logically being quite painful due to how it looks and the fact that it was caused by a baseball to the face, is played for laughs.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Every character has their moment of this
**Tae-Moo declares his love for Ha-Ri in the Ikea-showroom when he has her pinned against the wall and begs her to ignore all the logistical issues.
**Ha-Ri in the taxi driving over to the hotel where Tae-Moo is supposed to have his blind date
**Yeong-Seo to Sung-Hoon after there is a misunderstanding over their drunken one-night stand.
**Played with for hilarity when Yung-Joo crashing Sung-Hoon's apartment while she is drunk and declaring her love for him.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It doesn't seem likely that a bruise of that size and intensity would heal fully within a week
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: the contract that Ha-Ri signed was clearly under duress and the penalty for 100x damages is likely unenforceable; but the Ha-Ri does explain that even though the contract might not be enforceable, litigation could cause her real name to be revealed.
* BigFancyHouse: Although we never see all of Chairman
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*Abhorrent Admirer: Yung-Joo's obsession with Sung-Hoon is treated as harmless and hilarity.
**Jung-Woo's admiration of Yeong-Seo is more sinister and creepy.
* AbortedArc: or perhaps a red herring; in an early episode Yeong-Seo suggests that she heard Tae-Moo's family was killed in the car accident as part of a conspiracy; hence why Chairman Kang does not employ other family members in his company. This set-up never goes anywhere.
* AboveTheInfluence: **Sung-Hoon tries this with Yeong-Seo when he comes onto him while she is drunk, but ultimately gives her what she wants.
**Director Yeo gives Associate-Director Bin this benefit when he confesses to her, only for him to grab her hand and tell her that he's sober
* ActorAllusion: when Ha-Ri berates her brother for wanting to be an idol by saying it's not easy; the actress Kim Se-Jeong is an idol in addition to being an actress
**Jung-Woo's admiration of Yeong-Seo is more sinister and creepy.
* AbortedArc: or perhaps a red herring; in an early episode Yeong-Seo suggests that she heard Tae-Moo's family was killed in the car accident as part of a conspiracy; hence why Chairman Kang does not employ other family members in his company. This set-up never goes anywhere.
* AboveTheInfluence: **Sung-Hoon tries this with Yeong-Seo when he comes onto him while she is drunk, but ultimately gives her what she wants.
**Director Yeo gives Associate-Director Bin this benefit when he confesses to her, only for him to grab her hand and tell her that he's sober
* ActorAllusion: when Ha-Ri berates her brother for wanting to be an idol by saying it's not easy; the actress Kim Se-Jeong is an idol in addition to being an actress
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* GratuitousEnglish: Whenever Tae-Moo is talking to any foreigners he speaks English. It makes sense in-universe as his character spent a lot of time in the United States and went to Harvard. In the fake meeting story between him and Ha-Ri, they speak English to each other initially before realizing they are both Korean.
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*GrandRomanticGesture: Plenty of examples of this but also some subversions
**Subverted in that both marriage proposals by the two main couples take place without much fanfare, with Yeong-Seo and Sung-Hoon getting engaged on the side of an overpass.
**Tae-Moo pays a day's worth of profit to the gourmet hamburger stand owner to get him to show up to the beach, but subverted in the sense that Tae-Moo never ends up revealing that he did this
**Hilariously played with when Tae-Moo planned to first ask Ha-Ri to marry him, he had the staff ready to serenade her, present her with an engagement cake and engagement flowers, but she misinterpreted the situation entirely and instead has a presentation regarding why she should keep her job.
**While not as flashy, Sung-Hoon invests his entire life savings into Yeong-Seo's dream business
**The entire first anniversary is filled with these, Tae-Moo explains that his grandfather loves K-Dramas and thus expects him to go all out on their date
* GratuitousEnglish:Whenever **Whenever Tae-Moo is talking to any foreigners he speaks English. It makes sense in-universe as his character spent a lot of time in the United States and went to Harvard. In **In the fake meeting story between him and Ha-Ri, they speak English to each other initially before realizing they are both Korean.Korean.
**Yeong-Seo's cousin Yoo-Jung and her mother speak excessive English to really emphasize their annoying tendencies.
**Subverted in that both marriage proposals by the two main couples take place without much fanfare, with Yeong-Seo and Sung-Hoon getting engaged on the side of an overpass.
**Tae-Moo pays a day's worth of profit to the gourmet hamburger stand owner to get him to show up to the beach, but subverted in the sense that Tae-Moo never ends up revealing that he did this
**Hilariously played with when Tae-Moo planned to first ask Ha-Ri to marry him, he had the staff ready to serenade her, present her with an engagement cake and engagement flowers, but she misinterpreted the situation entirely and instead has a presentation regarding why she should keep her job.
**While not as flashy, Sung-Hoon invests his entire life savings into Yeong-Seo's dream business
**The entire first anniversary is filled with these, Tae-Moo explains that his grandfather loves K-Dramas and thus expects him to go all out on their date
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**Yeong-Seo's cousin Yoo-Jung and her mother speak excessive English to really emphasize their annoying tendencies.
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Business Proposal (Korean: 사내맞선) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the webtoon of the same title written by HaeHwa and illustrated by Narak. Directed by Park Seon-ho and written by Han Seol-hee and Hong Bo-hee, it stars Ahn Hyo-seop, Kim Se-jeong, Kim Min-kyu, and Seol In-ah. It tells the story of Shin Ha-ri, an employee who accepts to go on a blind date in place of her friend, but finds out that her date is actually her boss. The series aired for 12 episodes on SBS TV every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) from February 28 to April 5, 2022. It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
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Business Proposal (Korean: 사내맞선) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the webtoon of the same title written by HaeHwa and illustrated by Narak. Directed by Park Seon-ho and written by Han Seol-hee and Hong Bo-hee, it stars Ahn Hyo-seop, Kim Se-jeong, Kim Min-kyu, and Seol In-ah. It tells the story of Shin Ha-ri, an employee who accepts to go on a blind date in place of her friend, but finds out that her date is actually her boss. The series aired for 12 episodes on SBS TV every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) from February 28 to April 5, 2022. It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.regions.
!!Tropes:
* BigFancyHouse: Although we never see all of Chairman Da-Goo's house, glimpses of it during the first meeting with Ha-Ri (pretending to be Geum-Hui) show that the estate is probably quite large.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: A rare-aversion for the most part in a K-Drama, only Yeong-Seo has a less than amicable relationship with her father. Sung-Hoon, Tae-Moo, and Ha-Ri have parents/parental figures who may not agree with everything they do, but ultimately do want what's best for them.
*BirthdayEpisode: The beginning of Episode 12 is set on Young-Seo's birthday, with her spending the beginning of her day starting with Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri revealing their relationship to Ha-Ri's parents and ending with Young-Seo finally cutting off ties with her father for good.
* CastFullOfRichPeople: This trope is played with; three of the characters grew up in very wealthy households but Sung-Hoon, while well-off, is not ludicrously wealthy, and Yeong-Seo has her credit card taken away in the second episode.
* ComfortingComforter: offered by Tae-Moo during the fake anniversary date when they are sitting outside the convenience store. Her taxi arrives before he lets her borrow his zebra lapel tuxedo.
* ContrivedCoincidence: As is typical with a comedy Kdrama, the series has this in spades
**Min-Woo happens to stop by the fried chicken shop at the same time that Yoo-Ra wants to berate Ha-Ri and he also happens to catch the tail end of their conversation where Yoo-Ra reveals that she cheated on Min-Woo
**Min-Woo cuts his hand and the bandage wrapper happens to fall into the cabinet where Ha-Ri's fake relationship contract is in.
**Yeong-Seo and Sung-Hoon keep running into each other at the noodle shop, its even lampshaded by the characters
**Yeong-Seo happens to pick an apartment that is right next to her crush.
**For that matter, the fact that Yeong-Seo develops a crush on the Secretary of the guy she was supposed to have a blind-date with
**Ha-Ri running into Yoo-Ra and her other two unnamed friends in the hotel lobby during her business trip counts; even if the script tries to come up with a reason for why it happens.
* DistantFinale: There is a one-year time skip in the final episode.
* DramaticDrop: A weirdly crucial plot point; Ha-Ri's reaction to seeing Tae-Moo and dropping her parent's business cards pigeonholes her into cooperating with Tae-Moo's plan.
* DramaticIrony: Yeong-Seo comforts Ha-Ri after the first date by assuring her that there's no chance that she will run into the company president, the next day she runs into him in the elevator.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Between Ha-Ri and Min-Woo. Yoo-Ra and Young-Seo know that Ha-Ri has a crush because she told them, but all the netizens on NERDTUBE also see the chemistry that the two have.
* FishOutOfWater: subverted; with these chae-bol romantic dramas, typically the rich character has to experience "normal things." that they've never done. In this case, the only time Tae-Moo experiences something "normal" that a chae-bol like himself would have never experienced is when he rides the subway in Seoul. Throughout the show, he shows that he has experience working in a service industry job, (he and Sung-Hoon were part time waiters in NYC) has eaten tteokbokki, and enjoys an unremarkable corn-dog at the amusement park.
* GossipyHens: Ha-Ri's workplace sure is full of these, that's how she learns about Tae-Moo's reason for hating the rain, her co-workers in Food Development Team 1 are constantly gossiping, culminating in her co-workers standing up for her when other co-workers are gossiping about Ha-Ri and Tae-Moo.
* GratuitousEnglish: Whenever Tae-Moo is talking to any foreigners he speaks English. It makes sense in-universe as his character spent a lot of time in the United States and went to Harvard. In the fake meeting story between him and Ha-Ri, they speak English to each other initially before realizing they are both Korean.
* GrayRainOfDepression: In-Universe, Tae-Moo lost his parents due to an accident in the rain.
* InnerMonologue: every so often with Ha-Ri, but especially notable in the cute scene where Tae-Moo brings ointment for her bruise to her.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: all over the place
**the crowning fourth wall leaning moment has to be when Ha-Min (Ha-Ri's brother) complains that the K-dramas will shoot anywhere that will pay them, while the sign for GOOBNE chicken is right next to him.
* MeetCute: Sung-Hoon and Yeong-Seo literally crashing into each other is this. Yoo-Jung, Yeong-Seo's cousin, believes that her meeting with Sung-Hoon is this, much to the latter's annoyance.
* MeetTheInLaws: every possible permutation is explored, Ha-Ri meets Chairman Kang both as Geum-Hee and herself, Tae-Moo meets Hari's parents as both himself and as Mr. Bin, Yeong-Seo meets Sung-Hoon's adoptive mother, Sung-Hoon has a tense dinner with Yeong-Seo's father.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: averted; Ha-Ri expected this with Tae-Moo in regard to Korean street food, but he proudly proclaims that not only has he had it, he has sampled and tasted many different version to perfect his company's version.
* NoNameGiven: Ha-ri and Yoo-Ra's friends who they meet at the hotel.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: used extensively during the date in the rain, revealing that Tae-Moo figured out how Ha-Ri tried to protect him from the rain while not making it obvious that she knew what happened.
* ProductPlacement: played with hilariously; the characters comment on the product placement in the in-universe K-drama that everyone is watching while doing exactly the same thing.
**averted with the Ford cars, for whatever reason the FORD badges are removed from Tae-Moo's mustang and Sung-Hoon's Expedition.
* RaceForYourLove: In episode 8, after finding out that Tae-Moo is scheduled for another blind date, she races over to the hotel where he is having the date. He races over to her house and they both get stuck in traffic, resulting in them meeting in a picturesque place for their big-damn kiss.
* RomanticFakeRealTurn: as expected in a K-drama, the fake anniversary leaves both of them with real feelings.
* SinisterSurveillance: Jung-Woo, hides a peeping camera in a lamp to Yeong-Seo and has done this to many other women as well for perverted purposes.
* SleepCute: After Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri consummate their relationship at the hotel they refer to as the "Christmas Tree," Tae-Moo is enamored by Ha-Ri being asleep in the bed; which makes her feel shy.
* SnootySports: In the first episode, Director Park skipped Tae-Moo's inauguration ceremony to play some golf; unfortunately for him Tae-Moo also skipped his inauguration ceremony to mess with him.
* SnowMeansDeath: a variation with rain.
* TheSquad: the four members of Food Development Team 1 are incredibly close, supporting each other without question and constantly going out together to celebrate.
!!Tropes:
* BigFancyHouse: Although we never see all of Chairman Da-Goo's house, glimpses of it during the first meeting with Ha-Ri (pretending to be Geum-Hui) show that the estate is probably quite large.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: A rare-aversion for the most part in a K-Drama, only Yeong-Seo has a less than amicable relationship with her father. Sung-Hoon, Tae-Moo, and Ha-Ri have parents/parental figures who may not agree with everything they do, but ultimately do want what's best for them.
*BirthdayEpisode: The beginning of Episode 12 is set on Young-Seo's birthday, with her spending the beginning of her day starting with Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri revealing their relationship to Ha-Ri's parents and ending with Young-Seo finally cutting off ties with her father for good.
* CastFullOfRichPeople: This trope is played with; three of the characters grew up in very wealthy households but Sung-Hoon, while well-off, is not ludicrously wealthy, and Yeong-Seo has her credit card taken away in the second episode.
* ComfortingComforter: offered by Tae-Moo during the fake anniversary date when they are sitting outside the convenience store. Her taxi arrives before he lets her borrow his zebra lapel tuxedo.
* ContrivedCoincidence: As is typical with a comedy Kdrama, the series has this in spades
**Min-Woo happens to stop by the fried chicken shop at the same time that Yoo-Ra wants to berate Ha-Ri and he also happens to catch the tail end of their conversation where Yoo-Ra reveals that she cheated on Min-Woo
**Min-Woo cuts his hand and the bandage wrapper happens to fall into the cabinet where Ha-Ri's fake relationship contract is in.
**Yeong-Seo and Sung-Hoon keep running into each other at the noodle shop, its even lampshaded by the characters
**Yeong-Seo happens to pick an apartment that is right next to her crush.
**For that matter, the fact that Yeong-Seo develops a crush on the Secretary of the guy she was supposed to have a blind-date with
**Ha-Ri running into Yoo-Ra and her other two unnamed friends in the hotel lobby during her business trip counts; even if the script tries to come up with a reason for why it happens.
* DistantFinale: There is a one-year time skip in the final episode.
* DramaticDrop: A weirdly crucial plot point; Ha-Ri's reaction to seeing Tae-Moo and dropping her parent's business cards pigeonholes her into cooperating with Tae-Moo's plan.
* DramaticIrony: Yeong-Seo comforts Ha-Ri after the first date by assuring her that there's no chance that she will run into the company president, the next day she runs into him in the elevator.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Between Ha-Ri and Min-Woo. Yoo-Ra and Young-Seo know that Ha-Ri has a crush because she told them, but all the netizens on NERDTUBE also see the chemistry that the two have.
* FishOutOfWater: subverted; with these chae-bol romantic dramas, typically the rich character has to experience "normal things." that they've never done. In this case, the only time Tae-Moo experiences something "normal" that a chae-bol like himself would have never experienced is when he rides the subway in Seoul. Throughout the show, he shows that he has experience working in a service industry job, (he and Sung-Hoon were part time waiters in NYC) has eaten tteokbokki, and enjoys an unremarkable corn-dog at the amusement park.
* GossipyHens: Ha-Ri's workplace sure is full of these, that's how she learns about Tae-Moo's reason for hating the rain, her co-workers in Food Development Team 1 are constantly gossiping, culminating in her co-workers standing up for her when other co-workers are gossiping about Ha-Ri and Tae-Moo.
* GratuitousEnglish: Whenever Tae-Moo is talking to any foreigners he speaks English. It makes sense in-universe as his character spent a lot of time in the United States and went to Harvard. In the fake meeting story between him and Ha-Ri, they speak English to each other initially before realizing they are both Korean.
* GrayRainOfDepression: In-Universe, Tae-Moo lost his parents due to an accident in the rain.
* InnerMonologue: every so often with Ha-Ri, but especially notable in the cute scene where Tae-Moo brings ointment for her bruise to her.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: all over the place
**the crowning fourth wall leaning moment has to be when Ha-Min (Ha-Ri's brother) complains that the K-dramas will shoot anywhere that will pay them, while the sign for GOOBNE chicken is right next to him.
* MeetCute: Sung-Hoon and Yeong-Seo literally crashing into each other is this. Yoo-Jung, Yeong-Seo's cousin, believes that her meeting with Sung-Hoon is this, much to the latter's annoyance.
* MeetTheInLaws: every possible permutation is explored, Ha-Ri meets Chairman Kang both as Geum-Hee and herself, Tae-Moo meets Hari's parents as both himself and as Mr. Bin, Yeong-Seo meets Sung-Hoon's adoptive mother, Sung-Hoon has a tense dinner with Yeong-Seo's father.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: averted; Ha-Ri expected this with Tae-Moo in regard to Korean street food, but he proudly proclaims that not only has he had it, he has sampled and tasted many different version to perfect his company's version.
* NoNameGiven: Ha-ri and Yoo-Ra's friends who they meet at the hotel.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: used extensively during the date in the rain, revealing that Tae-Moo figured out how Ha-Ri tried to protect him from the rain while not making it obvious that she knew what happened.
* ProductPlacement: played with hilariously; the characters comment on the product placement in the in-universe K-drama that everyone is watching while doing exactly the same thing.
**averted with the Ford cars, for whatever reason the FORD badges are removed from Tae-Moo's mustang and Sung-Hoon's Expedition.
* RaceForYourLove: In episode 8, after finding out that Tae-Moo is scheduled for another blind date, she races over to the hotel where he is having the date. He races over to her house and they both get stuck in traffic, resulting in them meeting in a picturesque place for their big-damn kiss.
* RomanticFakeRealTurn: as expected in a K-drama, the fake anniversary leaves both of them with real feelings.
* SinisterSurveillance: Jung-Woo, hides a peeping camera in a lamp to Yeong-Seo and has done this to many other women as well for perverted purposes.
* SleepCute: After Tae-Moo and Ha-Ri consummate their relationship at the hotel they refer to as the "Christmas Tree," Tae-Moo is enamored by Ha-Ri being asleep in the bed; which makes her feel shy.
* SnootySports: In the first episode, Director Park skipped Tae-Moo's inauguration ceremony to play some golf; unfortunately for him Tae-Moo also skipped his inauguration ceremony to mess with him.
* SnowMeansDeath: a variation with rain.
* TheSquad: the four members of Food Development Team 1 are incredibly close, supporting each other without question and constantly going out together to celebrate.
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->''"“Instead of a fake relationship, why don’t you try one? You might think it’s a waste of time to be in a relationship right now, but if you think long-term, it might be more efficient.” – Shin Hari"''
-->-- ''Shin Hari'''
Business Proposal (Korean: 사내맞선) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the webtoon of the same title written by HaeHwa and illustrated by Narak. Directed by Park Seon-ho and written by Han Seol-hee and Hong Bo-hee, it stars Ahn Hyo-seop, Kim Se-jeong, Kim Min-kyu, and Seol In-ah. It tells the story of Shin Ha-ri, an employee who accepts to go on a blind date in place of her friend, but finds out that her date is actually her boss. The series aired for 12 episodes on SBS TV every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) from February 28 to April 5, 2022. It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
->''"“Instead of a fake relationship, why don’t you try one? You might think it’s a waste of time to be in a relationship right now, but if you think long-term, it might be more efficient.” – Shin Hari"''
-->-- ''Shin Hari'''
Business Proposal (Korean: 사내맞선) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the webtoon of the same title written by HaeHwa and illustrated by Narak. Directed by Park Seon-ho and written by Han Seol-hee and Hong Bo-hee, it stars Ahn Hyo-seop, Kim Se-jeong, Kim Min-kyu, and Seol In-ah. It tells the story of Shin Ha-ri, an employee who accepts to go on a blind date in place of her friend, but finds out that her date is actually her boss. The series aired for 12 episodes on SBS TV every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) from February 28 to April 5, 2022. It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
