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* IllGirl: Hee Joo, suffering from liver cancer, who becomes [[spoiler:dead]] in Episode 14.
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* RantInducingSlight: Every time the least little thing doesn't go according to Se Kyung's plan, along with a face slap...
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* MoralDissonance: Yeon Jae's best friend Hye Won, who flies into a rage and declares their 20-year friendship is over, when she thinks Yeon Jae slept with the almost-engaged Ji Wook, but [[spoiler: ends up marrying when she discovers she's pregnant]].
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This series provides examples of:
* ArrangedMarriage: Ji Wook and Se Jyung
* BadBoss: Yeon Jae's supervisor No Sung Sik

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This !!This series provides examples of:
%% * ArrangedMarriage: Ji Wook and Se Jyung
%% * BadBoss: Yeon Jae's supervisor No Sung Sik



* CoolCar: Ji Wook's red cabriolet. (An Oullim motors Spirra EX Tempesta.)

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%% * CoolCar: Ji Wook's red cabriolet. (An Oullim motors Spirra EX Tempesta.)



* DrowningMySorrows: In a rather upscale bar.
* DullSurprise: Ji Wook.

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%% * DrowningMySorrows: In a rather upscale bar.
%% * DullSurprise: Ji Wook.



* FiveStagesOfGrief: Yeon Jae goes through all of them during the story arc.

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%% * FiveStagesOfGrief: Yeon Jae goes through all of them during the story arc.



* HeroicBSOD: Dr Choi Eun Suk, [[spoiler: after one of his cancer patients dies]].
* HypercompetentSidekick: Ji Wook's assistant, Park Sang Woo.

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* HeroicBSOD: Dr Choi Eun Suk, Suk shuts down [[spoiler: after one of his cancer patients dies]].
%% * HypercompetentSidekick: Ji Wook's assistant, Park Sang Woo.



* JerkassFacade: Yeon Jae does this when Ji Wook accuses her of keeping the money. Never mind that what she ''actually'' did with it was repay her friend, and hand out a huge donation to the hospital.

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%% * JerkassFacade: {{Jerkass}}: Yeon Jae does this when Ji Wook accuses her of keeping the money. Never mind that what she ''actually'' did with it was repay her friend, and hand out a huge donation to the hospital.



* KeepingSecretsSucks: Yeon Jae
* KPop: MBLAQ and Junsu both sing the series' main theme songs.

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%% * KeepingSecretsSucks: Yeon Jae
%% * KPop: MBLAQ and Junsu both sing the series' main theme songs.



* LoveTriangle: Ji Wook → Yeon Jae ← Eun Suk
** Also: Yeon Jae → Ji Wook ← Se Jyung

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Ji Wook → Yeon Jae ← Eun Suk
%% ** Also: Yeon Jae → Ji Wook ← Se Jyung



* ThePianoPlayer: Mr. Wilson and his (un)lucky ring.

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%% * ThePianoPlayer: Mr. Wilson and his (un)lucky ring.



* RichBitch: Lim Se Kyung.

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%% * RichBitch: Lim Se Kyung.



* ShowerScene: Ji Wook, with and without clothes.

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%% * ShowerScene: Ji Wook, with and without clothes.



* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Ji Wook and Yeon Jae in Okinawa after escaping the Yakuza.
* [[BilingualDialogue Trilingual Dialogue]]: Korean, English and Japanese.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Eun Suk
* VacationEpisode

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%% * ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Ji Wook and Yeon Jae in Okinawa after escaping the Yakuza.
%% * [[BilingualDialogue Trilingual Dialogue]]: Korean, English and Japanese.
%% * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Eun Suk
%% * VacationEpisode
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* TheCameo: Junsu, from the [=KPop=] group JYJ/[[DongBangShinKi DBSK]], makes an appearance at a fan meeting.

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* TheCameo: Junsu, from the [=KPop=] group JYJ/[[DongBangShinKi JYJ/[[Music/DongBangShinKi DBSK]], makes an appearance at a fan meeting.
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Were you looking for the 1992 Creator/AlPacino movie? Go [[Film/ScentOfAWoman here.]]
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** ''CastAway'': Yeon Jae has a dream of being stuck on an island with a red-faced volleyball that morphs into a man.
** ''ScentOfAWoman'': The AlPacino version is broadcast on Ji Wook's TV, leading him to mimic the tango scene.
** Ji Wook watches ''PrettyWoman'' for inspiration to taking Yeon Jae out on a date.

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** ''CastAway'': ''Film/CastAway'': Yeon Jae has a dream of being stuck on an island with a red-faced volleyball that morphs into a man.
** ''ScentOfAWoman'': ''Film/ScentOfAWoman'': The AlPacino Creator/AlPacino version is broadcast on Ji Wook's TV, leading him to mimic the tango scene.
** Ji Wook watches ''PrettyWoman'' ''Film/PrettyWoman'' for inspiration to taking Yeon Jae out on a date.
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** Also: Yeon Jae → Ji Wook ← Se Jyung

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* BreakTheHaughty: Pretty much spoiled brat Se Jyung's entire storyline after realizing that [[spoiler: 'a nobody' like Yeon Jae has so thoroughly beaten her for Ji Wook's affections]].



* EatTheDog: The original fate of Yeon Gae's neighbor's dog, before she rescues it

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* EatTheDog: The original fate of Yeon Gae's Jae's neighbor's dog, before she rescues it
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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Wilson, the pianist doesn't want to admit that his ring was stuck in his butt, so he claims it's a replica made by the same ringmaker. This forces Yeon Jae to pay a huge settlement for something she didn't do. Unfortunately for him, when Ji Wook investigates, this establishes him as a BadLiar [[spoiler: since the ringmaker suppsedly died recently]].

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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Wilson, the pianist doesn't want to admit that his ring was stuck in his butt, so he claims it's a replica made by the same ringmaker. This forces Yeon Jae to pay a huge settlement for something she didn't do. Unfortunately for him, when Ji Wook investigates, this establishes him as a BadLiar [[spoiler: since the ringmaker suppsedly supposedly died recently]].
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* CoolCar: Ji Wook's red cabriolet.

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* CoolCar: Ji Wook's red cabriolet. (An Oullim motors Spirra EX Tempesta.)
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* IllGirl: Hee Joo, suffering from liver cancer, who becomes the [[spoiler: DeadLittleSister]] in Episode 14.

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* IllGirl: Hee Joo, suffering from liver cancer, who becomes the [[spoiler: DeadLittleSister]] [[spoiler:dead]] in Episode 14.

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* {{Engrish}}: A conversation in English between South Korean and Japanese characters.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Ji Wook. Especially a certain shower scene. And the first scene where he pops out of the water. And pretty much anything where he's shirtless.

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* {{Engrish}}: A conversation in English between South Korean and Japanese characters. \n* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Ji Wook. Especially a certain shower scene. And the first scene where he pops out of the water. And pretty much anything where he's shirtless.



* MrFanservice: Ji Wook. Especially a certain shower scene. And the first scene where he pops out of the water. And pretty much anything where he's shirtless.



* RichBitch: Lim Se Kyung

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* RichBitch: Lim Se KyungKyung.
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When Yeon Jae finds out about the terminal cancer, she decides to create a bucket list of twenty things she wanted to accomplish before she dies. She quits her job, determine to fulfill as many as possible. Some are easy ("Make my mom smile every day."); some are a little less so ("Go on a date with Jun Su (a Korean pop idol)"). In the course of this, she meets up with Ji Wook in Okinawa. He is first attracted to her free spirit as a stark contrast to his own shuttered heart, but eventually they learn to take care of each other.

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When Yeon Jae finds out about the terminal cancer, she decides to create a bucket list of twenty things she wanted to accomplish before she dies. She quits her job, determine to fulfill as many as possible. Some are easy ("Make my mom smile every day."); some are a little less so ("Go on a date with Jun Su (a Korean pop idol)").[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junsu JunSu]]"). In the course of this, she meets up with Ji Wook in Okinawa. He is first attracted to her free spirit as a stark contrast to his own shuttered heart, but eventually they learn to take care of each other.
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* DullSurprise: Ji Wook.
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* EatTheDog: The original fate of Yeon Gae's neighbor's dog, before she rescues it
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* RightBehindMe: Evolved into a recurring plot device. People find out about secrets by walking in on third-person conversations throughout the show, because the characters otherwise CannotSpitItOut.
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* JerkassFacade: Yeon Jae does this when Ji Wook accuses her of keeping the money. Never mind that what she ''actually'' did with it was repay her friend, and hand out a huge donation to the hospital.
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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Wilson, the pianist doesn't want to admit that his ring was stuck in his butt, so he claims it's a replica made by the same ringmaker. This forces Yeon Jae to pay a huge settlement for something she didn't do. Unfortunately for him, when Ji Wook investigates, this establishes him as a BadLiar [[spoiler: since the ringmaker died recently]].

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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Wilson, the pianist doesn't want to admit that his ring was stuck in his butt, so he claims it's a replica made by the same ringmaker. This forces Yeon Jae to pay a huge settlement for something she didn't do. Unfortunately for him, when Ji Wook investigates, this establishes him as a BadLiar [[spoiler: since the ringmaker suppsedly died recently]].
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Ji Wook. Especially a certain shower scene. And the first scene where he pops out of the water. And pretty much anything where he's shirtless.
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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Wilson, the pianist doesn't want to admit that his ring was stuck in his butt, so he claims it's a replica made by the same ringmaker. This forces Yeon Jae to pay a huge settlement for something she didn't do. Unfortunately for him, when Ji Wook investigates, this establishes him as a BadLiar [spoiler: since the ringmaker died recently]].

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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Wilson, the pianist doesn't want to admit that his ring was stuck in his butt, so he claims it's a replica made by the same ringmaker. This forces Yeon Jae to pay a huge settlement for something she didn't do. Unfortunately for him, when Ji Wook investigates, this establishes him as a BadLiar [spoiler: [[spoiler: since the ringmaker died recently]].
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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Wilson, the pianist doesn't want to admit that his ring was stuck in his butt, so he claims it's a replica made by the same ringmaker. This forces Yeon Jae to pay a huge settlement for something she didn't do. Unfortunately for him, when Ji Wook investigates, this establishes him as a BadLiar [spoiler: since the ringmaker died recently]].
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* TheLongList: When Yeon Jae quits, she tells off her boss.

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* TheLongList: ListOfTransgressions: When Yeon Jae quits, she tells off her boss.
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* HypocriticalHumor: The other Lee when Ji Wook mistakenly takes Yeon Jae on as a tour guide comments that she's "weird." This is from a lady with bizarre taste in clothing, and ''way' too much eyeshadow and mascara.
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* TheKlutz Yeon Jae is constantly tripping over people or running into them with coffee or wine nearby spilling drinks on others or herself.

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* TheKlutz TheKlutz: Yeon Jae is constantly tripping over people or running into them with coffee or wine nearby spilling drinks on others or herself.
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* TheKlutzL Yeon Jae is constantly tripping over people or running into them with coffee or wine nearby spilling drinks on others or herself.

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* DrowningMySorrows:

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* DrowningMySorrows:DrowningMySorrows: In a rather upscale bar.


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* TheGlassesComeOff: Yeon Jae when meeting Ji Wook in a nice bar. It [[TheKlutz doesn't help much]].


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[[caption-width-right:190:It's not bad falling in love to a tango!]]

''Scent of a Woman'' is a KoreanSeries centered on Lee Yeon Jae, a low-level employee at a travel agency who is told she has six months to live. Her love interests include Dr Chae Eun Suk, an oncologist who was her first love 20 years before, and Kang Ji Wook, a bored corporate son who is put in charge of her division. Add to the mix Lim Se Jyung, the spoiled, rich daughter who is engaged to Ji Wook as a corporate merger between their fathers' companies.

When Yeon Jae finds out about the terminal cancer, she decides to create a bucket list of twenty things she wanted to accomplish before she dies. She quits her job, determine to fulfill as many as possible. Some are easy ("Make my mom smile every day."); some are a little less so ("Go on a date with Jun Su (a Korean pop idol)"). In the course of this, she meets up with Ji Wook in Okinawa. He is first attracted to her free spirit as a stark contrast to his own shuttered heart, but eventually they learn to take care of each other.

The 16-episode series premiered in July 2011 on South Korea's SBS Network.
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This series provides examples of:
* ArrangedMarriage: Ji Wook and Se Jyung
* BadBoss: Yeon Jae's supervisor No Sung Sik
* BeleagueredAssistant: Yeon Jae, almost to ButtMonkey status, doing menial jobs for her co-workers and being harrassed by the boss.
* TheCameo: Junsu, from the [=KPop=] group JYJ/[[DongBangShinKi DBSK]], makes an appearance at a fan meeting.
* CarFu: Ji Wook uses his red sportscar as a shield for Yeon Jae.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Se Jyung, who can't stand Ji Wook with anyone else, even though she's not in love with him.
* CoolCar: Ji Wook's red cabriolet.
* DanceOfRomance: The tango! Yeon Jae dances with both of her suitors.
* DrowningMySorrows:
* EiffelTowerEffect: Namsam Tower shows up in Episode 14.
* {{Engrish}}: A conversation in English between South Korean and Japanese characters.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Yeon Jae calms and shortens her unruly tresses after quitting Line Tours.
* FinalLoveDuet: "Us Again" by Lee Sora is sung by the official couple at a ''noraebang''.
* FiveStagesOfGrief: Yeon Jae goes through all of them during the story arc.
* FrivolousLawsuit: Se Jyung sues Yeon Jae for $100,000, even though there was no proof of wrong-doing, just to make Yeon Jae squirm.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack:
** When Yeon Jae touches Ji Wook's chest during a tango lesson.
** When Yeon Jae enters the arbitration room during the lawsuit.
** When Dr Suk sees Yeon Jae for the first time at the double date in Episode 8.
* HeroicBSOD: Dr Choi Eun Suk, [[spoiler: after one of his cancer patients dies]].
* HypercompetentSidekick: Ji Wook's assistant, Park Sang Woo.
* KaraokeBox: Yeon Jae's boss Sun Sik takes the team out to a ''noraebang''.
* IllGirl: Hee Joo, suffering from liver cancer, who becomes the [[spoiler: DeadLittleSister]] in Episode 14.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Yeon Jae
* KPop: MBLAQ and Junsu both sing the series' main theme songs.
* LikeYouWereDying: Yeon Jae creates her bucket list and begins doing all the things she's wanted to do.
* TheLongList: When Yeon Jae quits, she tells off her boss.
* LoveTriangle: Ji Wook → Yeon Jae ← Eun Suk
* MatingDance: The tango for Ji Wook.
* MoralDissonance: Yeon Jae's best friend Hye Won, who flies into a rage and declares their 20-year friendship is over, when she thinks Yeon Jae slept with the almost-engaged Ji Wook, but [[spoiler: ends up marrying when she discovers she's pregnant]].
* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad: Played with, in that Yeon Jae always wanted to tour the coast, but on a bicycle. Ji Wook obliges.
* ThePianoPlayer: Mr. Wilson and his (un)lucky ring.
* RantInducingSlight: Every time the least little thing doesn't go according to Se Kyung's plan, along with a face slap...
* RichBitch: Lim Se Kyung
* ShoutOut:
** ''CastAway'': Yeon Jae has a dream of being stuck on an island with a red-faced volleyball that morphs into a man.
** ''ScentOfAWoman'': The AlPacino version is broadcast on Ji Wook's TV, leading him to mimic the tango scene.
** Ji Wook watches ''PrettyWoman'' for inspiration to taking Yeon Jae out on a date.
* ShowerScene: Ji Wook, with and without clothes.
* SourceMusic: "Tango por Una Cabeza" is used for any tango scene, real or imagined.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Yeon Jae calls her boss an S.O.B. and throws her resignation literally into his face. [[spoiler:And when offered her job back, she declines.]]
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Ji Wook and Yeon Jae in Okinawa after escaping the Yakuza.
* [[BilingualDialogue Trilingual Dialogue]]: Korean, English and Japanese.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Eun Suk
* VacationEpisode
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