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* TheWoobie: Mun fits into this trope. First he's involved in a car accident that kills his parents, puts him into a coma and permanently [[spoiler: (at least until he gets his Counter powers)]] cripples his leg. He then finds out that said accident [[spoiler:wasn't actually an accident, and the drivers that crashed into them intended to kill them]]. His grandmother also has trouble remembering anything, yet he keeps a positive attitude.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Mun is this in a nutshell.



* JerkassWoobie: Shin Hyuk-Woo. He may be a cruel bully throughout most of the first season, but after his father [[spoiler:gets possessed by Cheong-Shin and we see flashbacks of his childhood, it’s hard not to feel sorry for him. He apologises to some of the people he's bullied at the end of the season.]]
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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix and OCN. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is currently airing on the streaming platform and TvN.

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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix and OCN. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is currently airing on the streaming platform and TvN.tvN.
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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is currently airing.

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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix. Netflix and OCN. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is currently airing.airing on the streaming platform and TvN.
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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is set to release in 2023.

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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is set to release in 2023.currently airing.
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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is set to release in 2022.

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The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is set to release in 2022.2023.
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* KarmaHoudini: This applies to the antagonists for most of the first season. Shin Myeong-Hwi, Noh Hang-Gyu and Jo Tae-Shin do get exposed by the Counters for [[spoiler:at least some of their misdeeds/crimes, but they get off scot-free due to their power and wealth. Cheong Shin also usually manages to get the other hand when fighting the Counters due to his increasing power. Cheong Shin commits suicide in Episode 13, but even then, Mun can’t summon the evil spirit inside of him and see his dead parents just yet because of this. However this is eventually averted at the end of the season.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: This applies to the antagonists for most of the first season. Shin Myeong-Hwi, Noh Hang-Gyu and Jo Tae-Shin do get exposed [[spoiler:exposed]] by the Counters for [[spoiler:at least some of their misdeeds/crimes, but they get off scot-free due to their power and wealth. Cheong Shin also usually manages to get the other hand when fighting the Counters due to his increasing power. Cheong Shin commits suicide in Episode 13, but even then, Mun can’t summon the evil spirit inside of him and see his dead parents just yet because of this. However this is eventually averted at the end of the season.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Cheong-Shin is nice to a child who's currently staying at the [[spoiler:orphanage Cheong-Shin himself used to live at]], which causes the child to intervene when the Counters [[spoiler:try to summon Cheong-Shin.]]

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Cheong-Shin is nice to a child who's currently [[spoiler:currently staying at the [[spoiler:orphanage orphanage Cheong-Shin himself used to live at]], which causes the child to intervene [[spoiler:intervene when the Counters [[spoiler:try try to summon Cheong-Shin.]]



* KarmaHoudini: This applies to the antagonists for most of the first season. Shin Myeong-Hwi, Noh Hang-Gyu and Jo Tae-Shin do get exposed by the Counters for [[spoiler:at least some of their misdeeds/crimes, but they get off scot-free due to their power and wealth. Cheong Shin also usually manages to get the other hand when fighting the Counters due to his increasing power. Cheong Shin commits suicide in Episode 13, but even then, Mun can’t summon the evil spirit inside of him and see his dead parents just yet because of this.]] However this is eventually averted at the end of the season.

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* KarmaHoudini: This applies to the antagonists for most of the first season. Shin Myeong-Hwi, Noh Hang-Gyu and Jo Tae-Shin do get exposed by the Counters for [[spoiler:at least some of their misdeeds/crimes, but they get off scot-free due to their power and wealth. Cheong Shin also usually manages to get the other hand when fighting the Counters due to his increasing power. Cheong Shin commits suicide in Episode 13, but even then, Mun can’t summon the evil spirit inside of him and see his dead parents just yet because of this.]] However this is eventually averted at the end of the season.]]
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* VisualPun: The noodle shop is a traditional little hole-in-the-wall joint. Inside, to get to one of the dining rooms there's a literal _hole in the wall_, as though they just knocked it through with a sledgehammer and then called it a day.

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* VisualPun: The noodle shop is a traditional little hole-in-the-wall joint. Inside, to get to one of the dining rooms there's a literal _hole ''hole in the wall_, wall'', as though they just knocked it through with a sledgehammer and then called it a day.
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* TheWoobie: Mun fits into this trope. First he's involved in a car accident that kills his parents, puts him into a coma and permanently [[spoiler: (at least until he gets his Counter powers)]] cripples his leg. He then finds out that said accident [[spoiler:wasn't actually an accident, and the drivers that crashed into them intended to kill them]]. His grandmother also has trouble remembering anything, yet he keeps a positive attitude.

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* TheWoobie: Mun fits into this trope. First he's involved in a car accident that kills his parents, puts him into a coma and permanently [[spoiler: (at least until he gets his Counter powers)]] cripples his leg. He then finds out that said accident [[spoiler:wasn't actually an accident, and the drivers that crashed into them intended to kill them]]. His grandmother also has trouble remembering anything, yet he keeps a positive attitude.attitude.
* VisualPun: The noodle shop is a traditional little hole-in-the-wall joint. Inside, to get to one of the dining rooms there's a literal _hole in the wall_, as though they just knocked it through with a sledgehammer and then called it a day.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Noodle shop employees by day, evil spirit hunters by night.]]



* ActionPrologue: The first episode has a fight scene between Cheong Shin and the Counters. Cheong-Shin gets the upper hand and manages to [[spoiler:kill Jang Cheol-Joong (who was trying to buy the other Counters time to get there).]]

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* ActionPrologue: The first episode has a fight scene between Cheong Shin Cheong-Shin and the Counters. Cheong-Shin gets the upper hand and manages to [[spoiler:kill Jang Cheol-Joong (who was trying to buy the other Counters time to get there).]]
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* Rooftop Confrontation: Mo-Tak has one against Cheong-Shin and a few other people the around the same time that the car accident Mun and his parents were involved in happened. It ultimately ends with Mo Tak jumping off the roof and ending up in a coma.

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* Rooftop Confrontation: RooftopConfrontation: Mo-Tak has one against [[spoiler:against Cheong-Shin and a few other people the around the same time that the as Mun's car accident Mun and his parents were involved in happened. accident. It ultimately ends with Mo Tak Mo-Tak jumping off the roof and ending up in a coma.]]
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'''The Uncanny Counter''' is a South Korean Drama which is based on the webtoon Amazing Rumor by Jang Yi.

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The Uncanny Counter is a South Korean Drama which is based on the webtoon Amazing Rumor by Jang Yi.

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The '''The Uncanny Counter Counter''' is a South Korean Drama which is based on the webtoon Amazing Rumor by Jang Yi.




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* ActionPrologue: The first episode has a fight scene between Cheong Shin and the Counters. Cheong Shin gets the upper hand and manages to kill Jang Cheol Joong (who was trying to buy the other Counters time to get there).

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* ActionPrologue: The first episode has a fight scene between Cheong Shin and the Counters. Cheong Shin Cheong-Shin gets the upper hand and manages to kill [[spoiler:kill Jang Cheol Joong Cheol-Joong (who was trying to buy the other Counters time to get there).]]



* HeroicBSOD: Mun after finding out that his parents were intentionally murdered by Ji Cheong Shin and that they didn’t die from a normal car accident. He reacts to it as well as you’d expect.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Cheong-Shin is nice to a child who's currently staying at the [[spoiler:orphanage Cheong-Shin himself used to live at]], which causes the child to intervene when the Counters [[spoiler:try to summon Cheong-Shin.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Mun after finding out that his parents were [[spoiler:were intentionally murdered by Ji Cheong Shin Cheong-Shin and that they didn’t die from a normal car accident. He reacts to it as well as you’d expect.]]



* HopeSpot: In Episode 13. The Counters finally [[spoiler:get the upper hand on Ji Cheong-Shin and Baek Hyang Hee and Mun is about to summon Cheong-Shin, but a kid tries to stop Mun and Cheong-Shin manages to commit suicide before Mun can summon the spirit.]]

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* HopeSpot: In Episode 13. The Counters finally [[spoiler:get the upper hand on Ji Cheong-Shin and Baek Hyang Hee Hyang-Hee and Mun is about to summon Cheong-Shin, but a kid child tries to stop Mun and Cheong-Shin manages to commit suicide before Mun can summon the spirit.]]



* JerkassWoobie: Shin Hyuk-Woo. He may be a cruel bully throughout most of the first season, but after his father [[spoiler:gets possessed by Cheong-Shin and we see flashbacks of his childhood, it’s hard not to feel sorry for him.]]
* KarmaHoudini: This applies to the antagonists for most of the first season. Shin Myeong-Hwi, Noh Hang-Gyu and Jo Tae-Shin do get exposed by the Counters for [[spoiler:at least some of their misdeeds/crimes, but they get off scot-free due to their power and wealth. Cheong Shin also usually manages to get the other hand when fighting the Counters due to his increasing power. Cheong Shin commits suicide in Episode 13, but even then, Mun can’t summon the evil spirit inside of him and see his dead parents just yet because of this.]] However this is eventually averted at the end of the season; see LaserGuidedKarma below.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mun trying to fight Cheong Shin on his own leads to the latter finding about the territories, thus allowing him to avoid the territory and making it harder for the Counters to take him down. Crosses over with Protected by a Child.

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* JerkassWoobie: Shin Hyuk-Woo. He may be a cruel bully throughout most of the first season, but after his father [[spoiler:gets possessed by Cheong-Shin and we see flashbacks of his childhood, it’s hard not to feel sorry for him. He apologises to some of the people he's bullied at the end of the season.]]
* KarmaHoudini: This applies to the antagonists for most of the first season. Shin Myeong-Hwi, Noh Hang-Gyu and Jo Tae-Shin do get exposed by the Counters for [[spoiler:at least some of their misdeeds/crimes, but they get off scot-free due to their power and wealth. Cheong Shin also usually manages to get the other hand when fighting the Counters due to his increasing power. Cheong Shin commits suicide in Episode 13, but even then, Mun can’t summon the evil spirit inside of him and see his dead parents just yet because of this.]] However this is eventually averted at the end of the season; see LaserGuidedKarma below.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mun trying to fight Cheong Shin Cheong-Shin on his own leads to the latter finding about the territories, thus allowing him to avoid the territory and making it harder for the Counters to take him down. Crosses over with Protected by a Child.down.



* TimeBomb: The Counters only have a certain amount of time to summon Cheong Shin before the spirits of the people he’s killed disappear forever.
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* TimeBomb: The Counters only have a certain amount of time to summon Cheong Shin before Cheong-Shin [[spoiler:before the spirits of the people he’s killed disappear forever.
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* TheWoobie: Mun fits into this trope. First he's involved in a car accident that kills his parents, puts him into a coma and permanently [[spoiler: (at least until he gets his Counter powers)]] cripples his leg. He then finds out that said accident [[spoiler:wasn't actually an accident, and the drivers that crashed into them intended to kill them]]. His grandmother also has trouble remembering anything, yet he keeps a positive attitude.
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The Uncanny Counter is a South Korean Drama which is based on the webtoon Amazing Rumor by Jang Yi.

So Mun is an 18-year-old student who was in a car accident that killed his parents and injured his leg seven years ago. His life is relatively normal until he becomes a Counter, a person with special abilities that allow them to hunt down and get rid of evil spirits. While learning the ropes of his newfound powers, he is guided by his Counters Ga Mo-Tak (Joon-Sang Yoo), Chu Mae-Ok (Yeom Hye-ran) and Do Ha-Na (Se-Jeong Kim).

The first season has a total of 16 episodes and aired from 28th November 2020 to 24th January 2021 on Netflix. Netflix later revealed that the show had been renewed for a second season, which is set to release in 2022.

* ActionGirl: Ha-Na and Chu. They may work at a Noodle Shop during the day and look unassuming, but they can sure as hell kick ass.
* ActionMom: Chu is also this. Not only is she [[spoiler:Kwon Soo-Ho’s (her Yung partner) actual mother]], but she could be considered a mother figure to the other Counters (Mun in particular). Despite this, she can certainly hold her own.
* ActionPrologue: The first episode has a fight scene between Cheong Shin and the Counters. Cheong Shin gets the upper hand and manages to kill Jang Cheol Joong (who was trying to buy the other Counters time to get there).
* {{Adorkable}}: Mun is this in a nutshell.
* AmnesiacHero: Mo-Tak. At the start of the series, he can’t remember any events from before he was in a coma, but he starts to gain his memories back throughout the course of the first season.
* HeroicBSOD: Mun after finding out that his parents were intentionally murdered by Ji Cheong Shin and that they didn’t die from a normal car accident. He reacts to it as well as you’d expect.
* HollywoodHealing: Justified, as Chu has healing powers. Said power has some limitations though, [[spoiler: such as her hair turning grey and Chu becoming weaker]].
* HopeSpot: In Episode 13. The Counters finally [[spoiler:get the upper hand on Ji Cheong-Shin and Baek Hyang Hee and Mun is about to summon Cheong-Shin, but a kid tries to stop Mun and Cheong-Shin manages to commit suicide before Mun can summon the spirit.]]
* HowDoIShotWeb: Mun while trying to learn how to use his Counter powers. He eventually manages to use his powers properly and get stronger.
* JerkassWoobie: Shin Hyuk-Woo. He may be a cruel bully throughout most of the first season, but after his father [[spoiler:gets possessed by Cheong-Shin and we see flashbacks of his childhood, it’s hard not to feel sorry for him.]]
*KarmaHoudini: This applies to the antagonists for most of the first season. Shin Myeong-Hwi, Noh Hang-Gyu and Jo Tae-Shin do get exposed by the Counters for [[spoiler:at least some of their misdeeds/crimes, but they get off scot-free due to their power and wealth. Cheong Shin also usually manages to get the other hand when fighting the Counters due to his increasing power. Cheong Shin commits suicide in Episode 13, but even then, Mun can’t summon the evil spirit inside of him and see his dead parents just yet because of this.]] However this is eventually averted at the end of the season; see LaserGuidedKarma below.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mun trying to fight Cheong Shin on his own leads to the latter finding about the territories, thus allowing him to avoid the territory and making it harder for the Counters to take him down. Crosses over with Protected by a Child.
* ProtectedByAChild: Cheong-Shin in Episode 13. Crosses over with the HopeSpot mentioned above.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A few of these a dished out throughout the first season.
* Rooftop Confrontation: Mo-Tak has one against Cheong-Shin and a few other people the around the same time that the car accident Mun and his parents were involved in happened. It ultimately ends with Mo Tak jumping off the roof and ending up in a coma.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: The series focuses on this premise. The Counters have extra abilities and fight enemies.
* TimeBomb: The Counters only have a certain amount of time to summon Cheong Shin before the spirits of the people he’s killed disappear forever.
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