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* GratuitousEnglish: Ji Heon lapses into SurprisinglyGoodEnglish when Eun Seol tells him that he needs to learn foreign languages. She then chides his pronunciation.
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* GratuitousEnglish: Ji Heon lapses into SurprisinglyGoodEnglish English when Eun Seol tells him that he needs to learn foreign languages. She then chides his pronunciation.
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* MeddlingParents
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* CelebrityCrush: Myung Ran calls [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin Won Bin]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyun_Bin Hyun Bin]] her "boyfriends."
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* CelebrityCrush: Myung Ran calls [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin Won Bin]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyun_Bin Hyun Bin]] Creator/HyunBin her "boyfriends."
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* ShoutOut: In Episode 12, Na Yoon's bad attempt at karaoke is "Don't Forget Me", the love theme from ''Series/{{Iris}}'', a 2010 SBS KoreanDrama.
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* ShoutOut: In Episode 12, Na Yoon's bad attempt at karaoke is "Don't Forget Me", the love theme from ''Series/{{Iris}}'', ''Series/{{Iris|2009}}'', a 2010 2009 SBS KoreanDrama.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Na Yoon and Moo Won, while she was dating Ji Heon]]
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What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] ([[Music/DongBangShinKi Hero Jaejoong]]) falls for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues, of course!
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What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] ([[Music/DongBangShinKi Hero Jaejoong]]) falls fall for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues, of course!
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* TheChewToy[=/=]TheComicallySerious: Na Yoon, who practically gets beaten up or chewed up ''every'' time she's on screen [[RuleOfFunny to hilarious results]]. She even takes self-defense classes to break this fate. [[EpicFail It doesn't help]].
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* TheChewToy[=/=]TheComicallySerious: Na Yoon, who practically gets beaten up or chewed up ''every'' time she's on screen [[RuleOfFunny to hilarious results]]. She even takes self-defense classes to break this fate. [[EpicFail It doesn't help]].help.]]
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}}. Both Chairman Cha and Eun Seol's dad have the same first name, Bong Man.
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}}.{{Averted|Trope}}. Both Chairman Cha and Eun Seol's dad have the same first name, Bong Man.
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* PiggybackCute: {{Inverted}} {{Inverted|Trope}} with Eun Seol carrying Ji Heon while he's drunkdrunk.
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** Chairman Cha's older brother
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** Chairman Cha's older brother
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** Ji Heon's olderbrother
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* RealMenWearPink: Ji Heon'swardrobewardrobe.
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--> '''Eun Seol''': Have you tried running in high heels? After meeting you, I'm running here and there. My heels have no rest; they're limp and worn out. Do you think that it's just my feet? My head feels like it's going to shatter. ' ''Cha Ji Heon, this helpless person - what would he do if I quit? How will he survived?'' ' I feel like a worried mother with a bad child. I'm not married yet and you've made me a mother, you jerk. You say you like me? You said you want me forever by your side? What about me? Should I follow you forever? Do I have to act like a crazy bitch all my life? My heels are worn. So is my heart! You keep calling me 'superhero' and 'amazing.' I'm not!
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--> '''Eun Seol''': Have you tried running in high heels? After meeting you, I'm running here and there. My heels have no rest; they're limp and worn out. Do you think that it's just my feet? My head feels like it's going to shatter. ' ''Cha Ji Heon, this helpless person - what would he do if I quit? How will he survived?'' survive?'' ' I feel like a worried mother with a bad child. I'm not married yet and you've made me a mother, you jerk. You say you like me? You said you want me forever by your side? What about me? Should I follow you forever? Do I have to act like a crazy bitch all my life? My heels are worn. So is my heart! You keep calling me 'superhero' and 'amazing.' I'm not!
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* [[SecretStabWound Secret Psychological Problem]] : Ji Heon [[spoiler: tries to hide this from his father by pretending to be lazy instead of troubled]].
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* [[SecretStabWound Secret Psychological Problem]] : Problem]]: Ji Heon [[spoiler: tries to hide this from his father by pretending to be lazy instead of troubled]].
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* UptownGuy: UptownGirl: Ji HeonHeon is a gender-inversion.
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What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] ([[DongBangShinKi Hero Jaejoong]]) falls for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues, of course!
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What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] ([[DongBangShinKi ([[Music/DongBangShinKi Hero Jaejoong]]) falls for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues, of course!
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* KPop: Hero Jaejoong is a singer from groups JYJ and [[DongBangShinKi DBSK]].
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* KPop: Hero Jaejoong is a singer from groups JYJ and [[DongBangShinKi [[Music/DongBangShinKi DBSK]].
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** Ji Heon tries to beat up a pervert who touched Eun Seol on the bus, but [[BadAss Eun Seol]] ends up beating up the perv instead.
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** Ji Heon tries to beat up a pervert who touched Eun Seol on the bus, but [[BadAss Eun Seol]] Seol ends up beating up the perv instead.
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* BadAss:
** Eun Seol
** Myung Ran
** Also, ex-boxer Chairman Cha
** And the chairman's mother is a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninja]]!
** Eun Seol
** Myung Ran
** Also, ex-boxer Chairman Cha
** And the chairman's mother is a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninja]]!
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What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] (Hero Jaejoong) ([[DongBangShinKi Hero Jaejoong]]) falls for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues, of course!
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What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] (Hero Jaejoong) falls for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues! But [[CaptainObvious HilarityEnsues, of course]].
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* GratuitousNinja: Ji Heon's Grandma.
--> '''Chairman Cha''': Mom, are you ninja?
--> '''Chairman Cha''': Mom, are you ninja?
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--> '''Chairman Cha''': Mom, are you ninja?
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Ji Heon's grandma is also [[TheFirstShopOfCoffeePrince Han Kyul's grandma]] and [[BoysBeforeFlowers Jun Pyo's maid]].
** Oh, so Secretary Kim ''did'' get [[FortyNineDays his three tears]]! And ended up with a [[Series/TwinkleTwinkle wife and child]].
** OMG!! [[Series/MyGirlfriendIsANineTailedFox Byung Soo]]'s a pervert?
** Eun Seol's father is a [[BestLove world-famous cardiac surgeon]].
** Ji Heon's grandma is also [[TheFirstShopOfCoffeePrince Han Kyul's grandma]] and [[BoysBeforeFlowers Jun Pyo's maid]].
** Oh, so Secretary Kim ''did'' get [[FortyNineDays his three tears]]! And ended up with a [[Series/TwinkleTwinkle wife and child]].
** OMG!! [[Series/MyGirlfriendIsANineTailedFox Byung Soo]]'s a pervert?
** Eun Seol's father is a [[BestLove world-famous cardiac surgeon]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from top-left: [[ManChild Cha Ji Heon]], [[ActionGirl No Eun Seol]], [[WomanScorned Seo Na Yoon]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Cha Moo Won]] ]]
What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] (Hero Jaejoong) falls for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues! But [[CaptainObvious of course]].
''Protect the Boss'' (보스를 지켜라) is a 2011 RomanticComedy which aired in [[KoreanDrama South Korea]], [[IHaveManyNames also known as]] ''The Boss Has Changed'' and ''The Last Secretary''. After being repeatedly impeded by her {{backstory}}, No Eun Seol becomes the secretary for agoraphobic Cha Ji Heon. His father, Chairman Cha of DN Group, assigns Eun Seol with the task of grooming Ji Heon into his successor. As she attempts to cure him, Ji Heon comes to the conclusion that [[CantLiveWithoutYou he can't live without her]]. [[{{Doublespeak}} In a romantic sense]], as well.
To complicate matters, Cha Moo Won, Ji Heon's [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter more handsome and capable]] cousin, falls for Eun Seol as well. Too bad Moo Won's mother, Shin Sook Hee, has other plans for her son--to take over the company. Preferably by marrying Seo Na Yoon, whose family would give Moo Won the backing he needs to become heir.
Oh, and Na Yoon is Ji Heon's ex, who just [[WomanScorned happens to want him back]].
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Eun Seol. Her best friend Myung Ran.
* AbusiveParents: PlayedForLaughs. Chairman Cha, who's trying to dial it down
* ActingUnnatural:
** The Cha cousins, acting friendly for the press, to cover up that they're mad at each other.
** Also Chairman Cha and Shin Sook Hee, doing community service together. ''"Oh, hello, Sister-in-law." "Yes, Brother-in-law?"''
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Cha Moo Won. In fact, before the story begins, Ji Heon is mostly an UnknownRival to Moo Won. When Chairman Cha announces Ji Heon as his successor, everyone, including Ji Heon, is surprised.
* BadAss:
** Eun Seol
** Myung Ran
** Also, ex-boxer Chairman Cha
** And the chairman's mother is a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninja]]!
* BeleagueredAssistant: Ji Heon's previous secretary Kim, who constantly complains that he's Ivy League-educated
* BrokenPedestal
* BrutalHonesty:
* BullyingADragon: When Na Yoon confronts Eun Seol about her not meeting with Ji Heon, she proceeds to slap her when Eun Seol refuses to answer and Eun easily grabs her hand. However, Na Yoon states she's been taking self-defense classes and twists Eun's arm behind her back. This being [[ActionGirl Eun Seol]] here, she easily turns around and bend Na Yoon's arm backwards.
** Ji Heon rants about the fact that Eun Seol is disheveled all the time, [[spoiler: then admits he must be crazy for liking her]].
** Moo Won is brutally honest about his feelings, even when [[DoggedNiceGuy he knows he'll get hurt]].
** Eun Seol tells it like it is.
** Na Yoon too is clear about who she wants.
* ByNoIMeanYes: Ji Heon tells Eun Seol to go away, then immediately starts looking for her.
* CallBack:
** Moo Won wears makeup
** "Rock!"
* TheCameo: Ahn Nae Sang as Eun Seol's [[CasanovaWannabe lecherous boss]]
* CelebrityCrush: Myung Ran calls [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin Won Bin]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyun_Bin Hyun Bin]] her "boyfriends."
* TheChewToy[=/=]TheComicallySerious: Na Yoon, who practically gets beaten up or chewed up ''every'' time she's on screen [[RuleOfFunny to hilarious results]]. She even takes self-defense classes to break this fate. [[EpicFail It doesn't help]].
--> '''Na Yoon''': (''whining'') Why do you do this to me?
** See BullyingADragon above.
* ChewOutFakeOut: Chairman Cha scolds his nephew and son for fighting, then asks who won.
* CockFight: Between Moo Won and Ji Heon
* CompanionCube: Ji Heon occasionally talks to the full-size poster of Eun Seol.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: What is Grandma's response to the Cha cousins fighting in public? Dinner together as a family once a month. ''Grandma!'' Ok, twice a month. ''Mom!'' Ok, weekly.
* CoolOldLady: Grandma.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Ji Heon tries to beat up a pervert who touched Eun Seol on the bus, but [[BadAss Eun Seol]] ends up beating up the perv instead.
** Eun Seol and Myung Ran in Episode 15, taking out two guards in about 5 seconds, in front of Moo Won's and Na Yoon's mothers.
* DeathByOriginStory:
** Chairman Cha's older brother (Moo Won's father), whose death results in the rivalry between Chairman Cha and Shin Sook Hee
** Ji Heon's older brother, Ji Seok, whose death may have caused Ji Heon's phobia
* DoggedNiceGuy: Moo Won
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale
* DrowningMySorrows
* DysfunctionalFamily: The Chas
* EiffelTowerEffect: The ubiquitous Namsan Tower in the first episode. Also, the Tower shows up in the background of the video Ji Heon made for Eun Seol.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The series starts out with Myung Ran and Eun Seol in high school, kicking ass. Unfortunately, once she gets out of school, this backstory prevents Eun Seol from getting a decent job.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: As Ji Heon get serious, his bangs go from flipped up to pushed down. For Moo Won, it's the opposite; the covered forehead gets exposed as he becomes more sociable and less MarriedToTheJob.
* FamilyBusiness: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol DN Group]]
* FriendlessBackground: Eun Seol, when she's first hired, because the other secretaries think she's a 'parachute,' ''i.e.'' someone who uses someone else to climb the social ladder.
* FriendlyEnemy[=/=]VitriolicBestBuds: Sook Hee and Na Yeon's mom. Though they constantly plot together, Na Yeon's mom acts only in Na Yeon's favor; she doesn't care if Na Yeon marries Moo Won, just that Na Yeon marries the Cha cousin she wants. Sook Hee knows that Na Yeon's mom isn't completely on her side.
** Na Yeon's mom also spend most of her time telling Sook Hee how ''old'' she looks.
** They later realize that they're each other's best friends.
* FullNameBasis: A bit of LostInTranslation. (The Korean language tends to eliminate pronouns.) However, while others call Eun Seol 'Secretary No' or 'Miss Eun Seol', Ji Heon always calls 'No Eun Seol' by her full name.
* GenerationXerox: The Cha cousins' relationship seem to be the same love/hate as their parents'.
* GratuitousEnglish: Ji Heon lapses into SurprisinglyGoodEnglish when Eun Seol tells him that he needs to learn foreign languages. She then chides his pronunciation.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Ji Heon's grandma is also [[TheFirstShopOfCoffeePrince Han Kyul's grandma]] and [[BoysBeforeFlowers Jun Pyo's maid]].
** Oh, so Secretary Kim ''did'' get [[FortyNineDays his three tears]]! And ended up with a [[Series/TwinkleTwinkle wife and child]].
** OMG!! [[Series/MyGirlfriendIsANineTailedFox Byung Soo]]'s a pervert?
** Eun Seol's father is a [[BestLove world-famous cardiac surgeon]].
* {{Hobos}}: Eun Seol's father is a slight aversion. He ran away to avoid debts, but he now lives in the mountains, teaching martial arts.
* IAmNotMyFather: Moo Won
* IHaveNoSon: Sook Hee says "I can't remember having a son like you" to Moo Won.
** It backfires when Moo Won continues "Is that so, President Shin?" without breaking a sweat. "Can you tell my mother I'm disappointed in her, [[InsistentTerminology President Shin]]?"
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Na Yoon, who realizes too late that getting into a LoveTriangle with one's two best friends can end up badly
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Ji Heon's Grandma
--> '''Chairman Cha''': Mom, are you ninja?
* InsultBackfire:
** Moo Won calls Ji Heon "childish" for kicking him in the back. Ji Heon agrees--"Yes, I, who's childish, can't let this go."--and kicks Moo Won again.
** As Sook Hee is playing whack-a-mole, she refers to Chairman Cha as 'a sly fox' and implies that she will treat him just as she's doing the moles. [[TheMole Her mole]], as in the person [[EntendreFailure who's her spy]], is quick to note that she's whacking moles, not foxes.
* KaraokeBox: A ''noraebang'' scene in Episode 12.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Eun Seol hiding the fact that she's "dog-poop girl"
** [[spoiler: Eun Seol is also working with a corporate advocate secretly to get Chairman Cha to come clean about his secret slush funds.]]
* KickedUpstairs: Ji Heon
* KPop: Hero Jaejoong is a singer from groups JYJ and [[DongBangShinKi DBSK]].
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: When Eun Seol asks Ji Heon how he's going to live without her, he tells her to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe just stay with him forever]].
* LoveTriangle
** Ji Heon --> Eun Seol <-- Moo Won
** Ji Heon <-- Na Yoon <-- Moo Won
* TheMakeover[=/=]MakeoverMontage: Chairman Cha does one for Eun Seol.
* MamaBear: Sook Hee
* ManChild: Ji Heon
** As Ji Heon is the only one who brings out immaturity in Moo Won, Moo Won becomes more childish around Ji Heon.
* ManlyTears: Moo Won [[spoiler: when Na Yoon rejects him]]
** Chairman Cha [[spoiler: when he finds out about Ji Heon's psychological condition]]
* MeddlingParents
* MeetCute: Eun Seol/Ji Heon. Well, getting beat up on the first meeting is not so much 'cute' as unforgettable.
* MissingMom
* TheMole: Director Park
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As part of therapy, Ji Heon's psychiatrist has Ji Heon picturing himself on stage with other phobics, discussing their phobias. Afterwards, Ji Heon berates the psychiatrist, because he's developed ''more'' phobias because of the ''treatment''.
* TheNicknamer: Eun Seol calls Moo Won "Moo Won God" and Na Yoon "Ice Cream Girl."
* ObliviousToHints: Chairman Cha. Leading every character to tell him how oblivious he is.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}}. Both Chairman Cha and Eun Seol's dad have the same first name, Bong Man.
* OpenSecret: Though the audience is not clear on the circumstances surrounding the death of Chairman Cha's brother and Ji Heon's brother, all the characters (but Eun Seol) know. Yet the characters go out of their way to avoid talking about the deaths.
* PapaWolf: Chairman Cha is a former boxer, who constantly beats up his son, but goes out of his way to beat up the gangsters who mess with Ji Heon by ''himself''.
* PiggybackCute: {{Inverted}} with Eun Seol carrying Ji Heon while he's drunk
* PosthumousCharacter:
** Chairman Cha's older brother
** Ji Heon's older brother
* RealMenWearPink: Ji Heon's wardrobe
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Eun Seol to Ji Heon
--> '''Eun Seol''': Have you tried running in high heels? After meeting you, I'm running here and there. My heels have no rest; they're limp and worn out. Do you think that it's just my feet? My head feels like it's going to shatter. ' ''Cha Ji Heon, this helpless person - what would he do if I quit? How will he survived?'' ' I feel like a worried mother with a bad child. I'm not married yet and you've made me a mother, you jerk. You say you like me? You said you want me forever by your side? What about me? Should I follow you forever? Do I have to act like a crazy bitch all my life? My heels are worn. So is my heart! You keep calling me 'superhero' and 'amazing.' I'm not!
* TheRival: Moo Won to Ji Heon
** Chairman Cha to his sister-in-law, Sook Hee (Moo Won's mother)
* [[SecretStabWound Secret Psychological Problem]] : Ji Heon [[spoiler: tries to hide this from his father by pretending to be lazy instead of troubled]].
* ShoutOut: In Episode 12, Na Yoon's bad attempt at karaoke is "Don't Forget Me", the love theme from ''Series/{{Iris}}'', a 2010 SBS KoreanDrama.
* ShutUpKiss
* SingleIssuePsychology: {{Double subverted}}. Even though at the death of Ji Heon's brother appears to be the cause of Ji Heon's phobias, he also has other issues, [[spoiler: like being second-best to [[TheRival Moo Won]], constantly being beaten by his father, and [[ParentalAbandonment being fearful of abandonment]]]].
* SleepCute:
** When Eun Seol watches Na Yoon, Ji Heon, and Moo Woon all pass out drunk.
** Bromance flares when Moo Won falls asleep on Ji Heon's shoulder, and Ji Heon rests his head on Moo Won as a gesture of affection.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The scene where Ji Heon confronts Moo Won about their (separate) feelings for Eun Seol is overshadowed by the cutesy soundtrack. The fact is, to the ''characters'', this is a really serious moment where they're barring their hearts out. Ji Heon even tells Moo Won that this isn't funny. Of course, the scene then turns [[MoodDissonance into a fight]], and neither of the Cha cousins know [[WimpFight how to throw a punch]].
* SquashMatch: Every time Chairman Cha beats up Ji Heon.
* ToiletHumor
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Used to be Ji Heon, Moo Won, and Na Yoon, before their [[LoveTriangle complicated relationship dynamics]]
* UnkemptBeauty: Eun Seol
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo
* UptownGuy: Ji Heon
* WimpFight: The Cha cousins.
** The battle starts with Ji Heon kicking Moo Won in the back of the leg as Moo Won is walking away. What does Moo Won do? Walk up to Ji Heon and slap him across the face in slow-mo, while Ji Heon is [[TemptingFate daring him to retaliate]]! It later dissolves into hair-pulling and biting.
* WomanScorned: Na Yoon
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Na Yoon and Moo Won, while she was dating Ji Heon]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from top-left: [[ManChild Cha Ji Heon]], [[ActionGirl No Eun Seol]], [[WomanScorned Seo Na Yoon]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Cha Moo Won]] ]]
What happens when a [[{{Backstory}} former juvenile delinquent]] (played by Choi Kang Hee) lands a secretarial position for an [[ManChild immature chaebol heir]] (Ji Sung)? What if both he and [[TheRival his cousin]] (Hero Jaejoong) falls for her? Add a former girlfriend (Wang Ji Hye) into [[LoveTriangle the mix]], and what's next? HilarityEnsues! But [[CaptainObvious of course]].
''Protect the Boss'' (보스를 지켜라) is a 2011 RomanticComedy which aired in [[KoreanDrama South Korea]], [[IHaveManyNames also known as]] ''The Boss Has Changed'' and ''The Last Secretary''. After being repeatedly impeded by her {{backstory}}, No Eun Seol becomes the secretary for agoraphobic Cha Ji Heon. His father, Chairman Cha of DN Group, assigns Eun Seol with the task of grooming Ji Heon into his successor. As she attempts to cure him, Ji Heon comes to the conclusion that [[CantLiveWithoutYou he can't live without her]]. [[{{Doublespeak}} In a romantic sense]], as well.
To complicate matters, Cha Moo Won, Ji Heon's [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter more handsome and capable]] cousin, falls for Eun Seol as well. Too bad Moo Won's mother, Shin Sook Hee, has other plans for her son--to take over the company. Preferably by marrying Seo Na Yoon, whose family would give Moo Won the backing he needs to become heir.
Oh, and Na Yoon is Ji Heon's ex, who just [[WomanScorned happens to want him back]].
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Eun Seol. Her best friend Myung Ran.
* AbusiveParents: PlayedForLaughs. Chairman Cha, who's trying to dial it down
* ActingUnnatural:
** The Cha cousins, acting friendly for the press, to cover up that they're mad at each other.
** Also Chairman Cha and Shin Sook Hee, doing community service together. ''"Oh, hello, Sister-in-law." "Yes, Brother-in-law?"''
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Cha Moo Won. In fact, before the story begins, Ji Heon is mostly an UnknownRival to Moo Won. When Chairman Cha announces Ji Heon as his successor, everyone, including Ji Heon, is surprised.
* BadAss:
** Eun Seol
** Myung Ran
** Also, ex-boxer Chairman Cha
** And the chairman's mother is a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninja]]!
* BeleagueredAssistant: Ji Heon's previous secretary Kim, who constantly complains that he's Ivy League-educated
* BrokenPedestal
* BrutalHonesty:
* BullyingADragon: When Na Yoon confronts Eun Seol about her not meeting with Ji Heon, she proceeds to slap her when Eun Seol refuses to answer and Eun easily grabs her hand. However, Na Yoon states she's been taking self-defense classes and twists Eun's arm behind her back. This being [[ActionGirl Eun Seol]] here, she easily turns around and bend Na Yoon's arm backwards.
** Ji Heon rants about the fact that Eun Seol is disheveled all the time, [[spoiler: then admits he must be crazy for liking her]].
** Moo Won is brutally honest about his feelings, even when [[DoggedNiceGuy he knows he'll get hurt]].
** Eun Seol tells it like it is.
** Na Yoon too is clear about who she wants.
* ByNoIMeanYes: Ji Heon tells Eun Seol to go away, then immediately starts looking for her.
* CallBack:
** Moo Won wears makeup
** "Rock!"
* TheCameo: Ahn Nae Sang as Eun Seol's [[CasanovaWannabe lecherous boss]]
* CelebrityCrush: Myung Ran calls [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Bin Won Bin]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyun_Bin Hyun Bin]] her "boyfriends."
* TheChewToy[=/=]TheComicallySerious: Na Yoon, who practically gets beaten up or chewed up ''every'' time she's on screen [[RuleOfFunny to hilarious results]]. She even takes self-defense classes to break this fate. [[EpicFail It doesn't help]].
--> '''Na Yoon''': (''whining'') Why do you do this to me?
** See BullyingADragon above.
* ChewOutFakeOut: Chairman Cha scolds his nephew and son for fighting, then asks who won.
* CockFight: Between Moo Won and Ji Heon
* CompanionCube: Ji Heon occasionally talks to the full-size poster of Eun Seol.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: What is Grandma's response to the Cha cousins fighting in public? Dinner together as a family once a month. ''Grandma!'' Ok, twice a month. ''Mom!'' Ok, weekly.
* CoolOldLady: Grandma.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Ji Heon tries to beat up a pervert who touched Eun Seol on the bus, but [[BadAss Eun Seol]] ends up beating up the perv instead.
** Eun Seol and Myung Ran in Episode 15, taking out two guards in about 5 seconds, in front of Moo Won's and Na Yoon's mothers.
* DeathByOriginStory:
** Chairman Cha's older brother (Moo Won's father), whose death results in the rivalry between Chairman Cha and Shin Sook Hee
** Ji Heon's older brother, Ji Seok, whose death may have caused Ji Heon's phobia
* DoggedNiceGuy: Moo Won
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale
* DrowningMySorrows
* DysfunctionalFamily: The Chas
* EiffelTowerEffect: The ubiquitous Namsan Tower in the first episode. Also, the Tower shows up in the background of the video Ji Heon made for Eun Seol.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The series starts out with Myung Ran and Eun Seol in high school, kicking ass. Unfortunately, once she gets out of school, this backstory prevents Eun Seol from getting a decent job.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: As Ji Heon get serious, his bangs go from flipped up to pushed down. For Moo Won, it's the opposite; the covered forehead gets exposed as he becomes more sociable and less MarriedToTheJob.
* FamilyBusiness: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol DN Group]]
* FriendlessBackground: Eun Seol, when she's first hired, because the other secretaries think she's a 'parachute,' ''i.e.'' someone who uses someone else to climb the social ladder.
* FriendlyEnemy[=/=]VitriolicBestBuds: Sook Hee and Na Yeon's mom. Though they constantly plot together, Na Yeon's mom acts only in Na Yeon's favor; she doesn't care if Na Yeon marries Moo Won, just that Na Yeon marries the Cha cousin she wants. Sook Hee knows that Na Yeon's mom isn't completely on her side.
** Na Yeon's mom also spend most of her time telling Sook Hee how ''old'' she looks.
** They later realize that they're each other's best friends.
* FullNameBasis: A bit of LostInTranslation. (The Korean language tends to eliminate pronouns.) However, while others call Eun Seol 'Secretary No' or 'Miss Eun Seol', Ji Heon always calls 'No Eun Seol' by her full name.
* GenerationXerox: The Cha cousins' relationship seem to be the same love/hate as their parents'.
* GratuitousEnglish: Ji Heon lapses into SurprisinglyGoodEnglish when Eun Seol tells him that he needs to learn foreign languages. She then chides his pronunciation.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Ji Heon's grandma is also [[TheFirstShopOfCoffeePrince Han Kyul's grandma]] and [[BoysBeforeFlowers Jun Pyo's maid]].
** Oh, so Secretary Kim ''did'' get [[FortyNineDays his three tears]]! And ended up with a [[Series/TwinkleTwinkle wife and child]].
** OMG!! [[Series/MyGirlfriendIsANineTailedFox Byung Soo]]'s a pervert?
** Eun Seol's father is a [[BestLove world-famous cardiac surgeon]].
* {{Hobos}}: Eun Seol's father is a slight aversion. He ran away to avoid debts, but he now lives in the mountains, teaching martial arts.
* IAmNotMyFather: Moo Won
* IHaveNoSon: Sook Hee says "I can't remember having a son like you" to Moo Won.
** It backfires when Moo Won continues "Is that so, President Shin?" without breaking a sweat. "Can you tell my mother I'm disappointed in her, [[InsistentTerminology President Shin]]?"
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Na Yoon, who realizes too late that getting into a LoveTriangle with one's two best friends can end up badly
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Ji Heon's Grandma
--> '''Chairman Cha''': Mom, are you ninja?
* InsultBackfire:
** Moo Won calls Ji Heon "childish" for kicking him in the back. Ji Heon agrees--"Yes, I, who's childish, can't let this go."--and kicks Moo Won again.
** As Sook Hee is playing whack-a-mole, she refers to Chairman Cha as 'a sly fox' and implies that she will treat him just as she's doing the moles. [[TheMole Her mole]], as in the person [[EntendreFailure who's her spy]], is quick to note that she's whacking moles, not foxes.
* KaraokeBox: A ''noraebang'' scene in Episode 12.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Eun Seol hiding the fact that she's "dog-poop girl"
** [[spoiler: Eun Seol is also working with a corporate advocate secretly to get Chairman Cha to come clean about his secret slush funds.]]
* KickedUpstairs: Ji Heon
* KPop: Hero Jaejoong is a singer from groups JYJ and [[DongBangShinKi DBSK]].
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: When Eun Seol asks Ji Heon how he's going to live without her, he tells her to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe just stay with him forever]].
* LoveTriangle
** Ji Heon --> Eun Seol <-- Moo Won
** Ji Heon <-- Na Yoon <-- Moo Won
* TheMakeover[=/=]MakeoverMontage: Chairman Cha does one for Eun Seol.
* MamaBear: Sook Hee
* ManChild: Ji Heon
** As Ji Heon is the only one who brings out immaturity in Moo Won, Moo Won becomes more childish around Ji Heon.
* ManlyTears: Moo Won [[spoiler: when Na Yoon rejects him]]
** Chairman Cha [[spoiler: when he finds out about Ji Heon's psychological condition]]
* MeddlingParents
* MeetCute: Eun Seol/Ji Heon. Well, getting beat up on the first meeting is not so much 'cute' as unforgettable.
* MissingMom
* TheMole: Director Park
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As part of therapy, Ji Heon's psychiatrist has Ji Heon picturing himself on stage with other phobics, discussing their phobias. Afterwards, Ji Heon berates the psychiatrist, because he's developed ''more'' phobias because of the ''treatment''.
* TheNicknamer: Eun Seol calls Moo Won "Moo Won God" and Na Yoon "Ice Cream Girl."
* ObliviousToHints: Chairman Cha. Leading every character to tell him how oblivious he is.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}}. Both Chairman Cha and Eun Seol's dad have the same first name, Bong Man.
* OpenSecret: Though the audience is not clear on the circumstances surrounding the death of Chairman Cha's brother and Ji Heon's brother, all the characters (but Eun Seol) know. Yet the characters go out of their way to avoid talking about the deaths.
* PapaWolf: Chairman Cha is a former boxer, who constantly beats up his son, but goes out of his way to beat up the gangsters who mess with Ji Heon by ''himself''.
* PiggybackCute: {{Inverted}} with Eun Seol carrying Ji Heon while he's drunk
* PosthumousCharacter:
** Chairman Cha's older brother
** Ji Heon's older brother
* RealMenWearPink: Ji Heon's wardrobe
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Eun Seol to Ji Heon
--> '''Eun Seol''': Have you tried running in high heels? After meeting you, I'm running here and there. My heels have no rest; they're limp and worn out. Do you think that it's just my feet? My head feels like it's going to shatter. ' ''Cha Ji Heon, this helpless person - what would he do if I quit? How will he survived?'' ' I feel like a worried mother with a bad child. I'm not married yet and you've made me a mother, you jerk. You say you like me? You said you want me forever by your side? What about me? Should I follow you forever? Do I have to act like a crazy bitch all my life? My heels are worn. So is my heart! You keep calling me 'superhero' and 'amazing.' I'm not!
* TheRival: Moo Won to Ji Heon
** Chairman Cha to his sister-in-law, Sook Hee (Moo Won's mother)
* [[SecretStabWound Secret Psychological Problem]] : Ji Heon [[spoiler: tries to hide this from his father by pretending to be lazy instead of troubled]].
* ShoutOut: In Episode 12, Na Yoon's bad attempt at karaoke is "Don't Forget Me", the love theme from ''Series/{{Iris}}'', a 2010 SBS KoreanDrama.
* ShutUpKiss
* SingleIssuePsychology: {{Double subverted}}. Even though at the death of Ji Heon's brother appears to be the cause of Ji Heon's phobias, he also has other issues, [[spoiler: like being second-best to [[TheRival Moo Won]], constantly being beaten by his father, and [[ParentalAbandonment being fearful of abandonment]]]].
* SleepCute:
** When Eun Seol watches Na Yoon, Ji Heon, and Moo Woon all pass out drunk.
** Bromance flares when Moo Won falls asleep on Ji Heon's shoulder, and Ji Heon rests his head on Moo Won as a gesture of affection.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The scene where Ji Heon confronts Moo Won about their (separate) feelings for Eun Seol is overshadowed by the cutesy soundtrack. The fact is, to the ''characters'', this is a really serious moment where they're barring their hearts out. Ji Heon even tells Moo Won that this isn't funny. Of course, the scene then turns [[MoodDissonance into a fight]], and neither of the Cha cousins know [[WimpFight how to throw a punch]].
* SquashMatch: Every time Chairman Cha beats up Ji Heon.
* ToiletHumor
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Used to be Ji Heon, Moo Won, and Na Yoon, before their [[LoveTriangle complicated relationship dynamics]]
* UnkemptBeauty: Eun Seol
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo
* UptownGuy: Ji Heon
* WimpFight: The Cha cousins.
** The battle starts with Ji Heon kicking Moo Won in the back of the leg as Moo Won is walking away. What does Moo Won do? Walk up to Ji Heon and slap him across the face in slow-mo, while Ji Heon is [[TemptingFate daring him to retaliate]]! It later dissolves into hair-pulling and biting.
* WomanScorned: Na Yoon
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Na Yoon and Moo Won, while she was dating Ji Heon]]
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