History Series / ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo

* InsistentTerminology: When Young-woo works part-time as a server at her father's restaurant, she insists on calling crab gimbap "crab ''stick'' gimbap" because its name is [[NonIndicativeName non-indicative.]]

* BilingualBonus: Whenever Young-woo gives her famous FunWithPalindomes introduction, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9SdYFYflVbw the English subtitles]] give examples of words that are palindromes in English (Kayak, deed, rotator, noon, racecar.) but the actual examples she gives in Korean are 기러기 (Geese) 토마토 (Tomato) 스위스 (Swiss) 인도인 (Delivery) and 별똥별 (Shooting star).

At Hanbada, Young-woo comes under the tutelage of Jun Myung-seok, a senior attorney who patiently molds her into a litigator who can benefit the firm. She also comes into close contact with Lee Jun-ho, a member of the firm's support staff and all-around nice guy, who stirs strong emotions within her.

* DisabilitySuperpower: Deconstructed in the third episode where the defendant is a less mentally fit autistic person to stress that Young-Woo’s talents for memorization and problem solving don’t come packaged with all variations of the neurodevelopmental condition. This stirs some resentment in the defendant’s father who, along with his wife, hoped Kim Jeong-hun would have some sort of similar talent to compensate for how hard it is for him to function in society.

* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler: Soo-yeon and Min-woo]] early on in the Jeju trip. This changes to UnresolvedSexualTension when both mutually decide that their [[ThatDidntHappen confessions never happened]] and when the latter completely drops their {{Jerkass}} tendencies.

** Soo-yeon starts dating a man she met in the previous episode. He appears to be charming and caring but is unmasked as a conman who targets young women in high-paying jobs and bilks them out of large sums of cash.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Soo-yeon does what she can to help Young-woo observe social norms while working, such as by trying to guide Young-woo away from infodumping about whales and getting her to eat foods other than gimbap.

* FailedASpotCheck: In Episode 6, Young-woo and Soo-yeon were so focused on trying to find a way to reduce their client's sentence to probation, [[spoiler: they forgot that the client had already confessed to the crime, which is already enough reason for the sentencing to be reduced. They lampshade this.]]

** TheLeader / TeamDad: Myun-seok

* HatesBeingTouched: Young-woo dislikes physical contact, which makes it difficult for her as Geu-ra-mi and Soo-yeon are prone to cuddling. It's {{justified}} in her case because she's autistic, and affective touch isn't processed the same way in autistics as it is in neurotypical people. For autistic people, touch gets processed by the discriminatory touch system, which alerts us to when something is impinging on our skin ([[https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/social-touch-shapes-autism-traits/ reference here]]).

* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Soo-yeon fakes a sort-of emergency call to get out of her blind date with Min-shik and his HurricaneOfPuns.

* LiteralMinded: In Episode 2, Soo-yeon tells Young-woo that the former's "expecting", but Young-woo asks if she meant that she was "waiting for something to happen". Soo-yeon explains that she slept with Jun-ho before their wedding, which was why she was "expecting", as in "expecting a baby".

* MeanBoss: [[spoiler: Seung-jun]] has a HairTriggerTemper when it comes to Young-woo, and it leads to her getting kicked out of the online retailer Raon's case against the Korea Communications Commission. They're also far from competent, [[spoiler: being at a loss for words during his final arguments as Raon's counsel and had to be bailed out by Soo-yeon and Min-woo.]]

*** Subverted in the first hearing, where the judge, Soo-yeon, and the prosecutor all discuss their connections with the first. That discussion ends up having no relevance to the plot, at least until Episode 12.
*** Played straight much later on where [[spoiler: Soo-yeon uses her connections as the daughter of a judge]] to enter the judge's chambers and try to plead their case. [[spoiler: It works.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Because [[spoiler: Soo-yeon]] CantSpitItOut, [[spoiler: Min-woo]] deduces that the former likes the latter as they keep pointing out how [[spoiler: Min-woo]] hasn't been abrasive throughout the entire Jeju trip.

* PottyEmergency: On the way to investigate a client's case, Soo-yeon experiences a case of indigestion so severe that Young-woo has to bring her a change of clothes.

** Downplayed with Min-woo, who says yes to what [[spoiler: Seung-jun asks them to do]] but explains to Soo-yeon that they have to do it because any attempt of theirs to freewheel in the case would be viewed more harshly than when Young-woo does it.
* PungeonMaster: Min-shik loves to drop food-related puns. Cue a blind date with Soo-yeon, and it's made clear soon enough that she wasn't having any of it.

At Hanbada, Young-woo comes under the tutelage of Jun Myung-seok, a senior attorney who patiently molds her into a litigator who can benefit the firm. She also comes into close contact with Lee Joon-ho, a member of the firm's support staff and all-around nice guy, who stirs strong emotions within her.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Joon-ho discovers Young-woo about to hang herself in her office and stops her just as she's about to slip the noose around her neck]]. It's left open-ended as to whether this was a sincere attempt or misguided experiment regarding the case of the week.

* EndearinglyDorky: Young-woo, for all her intellectual genius as a person (and not just as an attorney), can be rather socially awkward, has a special interest in whales and dolphins (often hyperfixating on them), and has other quirks that are befitting of her nature, but all of these qualities serve to compliment her incredibly sweet and adorable nature all the same, especially when those around her, such as Joon-ho, take the time to know her better.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Joon-ho's first scene has him patiently helping Young-woo through revolving doors (which scare her) and then politely escorting her up to Hanbada's offices. He just gets nicer from there.

* EurekaMoment: Young-woo's flashes of insight are signaled by the scene shifting to soft lighting and a wind machine blowing her hair before fading to shots of whales or dolphins. Episode 13 is the sole exception (the whale belatedly arrives and without the usual effects) as she comes up with her insights [[spoiler: right in the middle of a fight with Joon-ho.]]

** TheLeader/TeamDad: Myun-seok

** In Episode 5, Min-woo deliberately refuses to convey Young-woo any information to decrease her chances of making it through another year in the firm, forcing her and Joon-ho to explore alternate avenues.

* ShipperOnDeck: Geu-ra-mi immediately sees that Joon-ho has feelings for Young-woo and tells him of a detour they can take to see a beautiful sunset. She also works to help Young-woo understand that she might have romantic feelings.

** In Episode 12, a female lawyer weaponizes this against a male judge (the same one from Episode 6) when they learn they're from the same [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon-gwan clan]]. The judge patronizingly asks for the lawyer's father's generation name, thinking it'll give him the opportunity to talk down to her. However, the lawyer reveals that while she's younger than the judge, she's technically a generation ''above'' him, making her a distantly related aunt and forcing him to show her due deference so as not to be seen as a hypocrite by everyone else in the room.

* BookEnds: At the start of the first episode, Young-woo imagines a whale swimming on lineher way to work and is baffled by the revolving doors at the entrance to the offices. When she goes to work at the end of episode 16, the whale is no longer swimming alone and she gets through the doors by herself, symbolizing her new friends and growth she gaied this season.

* CharacterTics: Young-woo tends to hold her arms out to her sides and waddle like a penguin when she walks.

* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Towards the end of Episode 11, Gwang-ho returns from getting groceries just in time to see Young-woo kissing [[spoiler:Jun-ho]] outside the store.

* InsistentTerminology: When Young-woo works part-time as a server at her father's restaurant, she insists on calling crab gimbap "crab ''stick'' gimbap" because its name was [[NonIndicativeName non-indicative.]]

* PinocchioNose: Young-woo can tell if people are lying by observing their body language. She even brings up the scientific basis for Pinocchio's nose -- that a person's nose gets swollen with blood rushing to it when the ylie.

* TakingTheVeil: [[spoiler: A male monk example, on Jeju Island the owner of Haengbok Noodles has been hiding in plain sight all along. He became the cook for the Buddhist temple that was the defendant in the team's lawsuit. This came about due to legal trickery by the owner of a local diner.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Young-woo loves reading about whales and can't stop sharing her trivia about them with others. She also imagines whales swimming in the air wherever she goes.

* NonconformistDyedHair: The rebellious Geu-ra-mi has several [[FieryRedhead red]] or teal streaks in her hair, which she started dyeing since high school.

* NonconformistDyedHair: The rebellious Geu-ra-mi has several teal streaks in her hair. She used to [[FieryRedhead dye part of her hair red in high school.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Young-woo was hurt so badly from all of the negative comments towards autism from an internet video and from the words of an evil rival attorney who looked down on autism in general that, by the end of Episode 3, it was enough to make her resign from being an attorney. Fortunately, she bounces back in Episode 4.

* FaintInShock: [[spoiler: Jeong-Gu after his daughter admits she's a Buddhist and in love with her female friend.]]