Line #57 Series/FiveFingers


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2	[[caption-width-right:325: "Because ... [[IronicEcho you're my brother]]!"]]
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4	''Five Fingers'' (다섯손가락) is a 2012 [[KoreanSeries makjang]].
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6	LonelyRichKid Yoo In Ha is a ChildProdigy pianist and heir to the piano company, [=BooSung=] Instructments. He lives with his senile grandmother, his mother [[BitchInSheepsClothing Chae Young Rang]], and his father Yoo Man Se. Because he has no worries, In Ha spends most of his time, playing the piano and being a SpoiledBrat. That is, until his father brings home a [[LongLostRelative long lost son]], Ji Ho. Ji Ho is [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter older, nicer]], and to top it off, he has absolute pitch--a great advantage for anyone who wants to be a pianist. Not only that, Young Rang takes a liking to the new kid, allowing him to call her mother and treating him with deference.
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8	And then [[FromBadToWorse a fire engulfs their home]], forever changing the lives of the members of the Yoo family.
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10	Not to be confused with [[Film/FiveFingers1952 the 1952 film]] or the 2006 film, both of which have the same name.
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12	!This series contains examples of:
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14	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In Ha has been studying the piano practically since ''birth,'' but then Ji Ho comes in and is "naturally" gifted.
15	* BadAssBoast:
16	--> '''Ji Ho''': Mom, if I find out that you were that evil, then I'll really go crazy. (''... and crazy he goes.'')
17	* BigScrewedUpFamily
18	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Young Rang
19	* {{Callback}}
20	** "Stupid frog ahjusshi."
21	** "Grandma, make sausage for dinner!"
22	** In one of the early episodes, senile Grandma makes a nonsensical comment about property in Gapyeong. [[TimeSkip 14 years later]], the other characters start to make the connection.
23	* ChekhovsGunman: The maid, Dong Yi
24	* ChekhovsSkill: Ji Ho's perfect pitch is shown more prominently as a child. After the TimeSkip, it's barely mentioned until he has to find out [[{{Frameup}} who framed him]].
25	* ChildProdigy: In Ha. Ji Ho.
26	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Lawyer Choi
27	* ClearMyName: The whole Professor-Ha-versus-Ji-Ho arc
28	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In Ha sports a huge ring on his left pinkie--just in case [[ViewersAreGoldfish the audience forgets]].
29	* TheCorpseStopsHere: [[spoiler: Ji Ho is wrongly accused of killing Danny Hong, because he arrived on the scene first.]]
30	%%* DaddyIssues[=/=]FreudianExcuse: Whoa, boy!
31	* DeathWail: Ji Ho delivers one of these when he finds out that [[spoiler: Young Rang killed Man Se]].
32	* DeusAngstMachina
33	* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me "Grandma"]]: That's '''Lady''' Na to you.
34	* DragonWithAnAgenda[=/=]EnigmaticMinion: Lawyer Choi is the only one who knows all of Young Rang's secrets, and he doesn't seem keen on keeping them.
35	* DramaticShattering: All over the place, but especially done by In Ha.
36	* DramaticThunder:
37	** PlayedWith
38	---> '''Lady Na''': I'm SO jealous. (''thunder'') Omona! Why is it suddenly thundering? It's not even raining.
39	** And Straight
40	---> '''Young Rang''': Oh, right. The will. (''thunder'')
41	* DrowningMySorrows: In Ha drinks away his problems often. And a lot.
42	* EvilMatriarch: Young Rang
43	* {{Fingore}}: As the main character in ''Five Fingers'' are pianists, fingers suffer quite a bit. In Ha even loses full control of one of his.
44	* {{Frameup}}: Young Rang and In Ha are both fond of this trope.
45	* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: "Don't make In Ha sad."
46	* GenreBlindness: Da Mi's mother repeatedly does things that anyone who's seen a makjang (or [[IdiotBall anyone with half a brain]]) would reconsider. Confront the more powerful, richer person who accused your husband of murder? ''[[SarcasmMode Sure, that'll end well]].'' Hand over the only copy of the receipt that could exonerate your husband? ''Ok, let's do that.'' Tell Lawyer Choi what you're planning? ''Yes, he's not harmful at all.''
47	* HandSignals: Da Mi's father, Hong Soo Pyo, was deaf, so everyone in the family can sign. Comes in handy when Da Mi's mother stops speaking to her for being disobedient.
48	* ICanRuleAlone: "I'm not going to be Mom's puppet anymore." (Too bad he [[VillainBall messes up]] and is forced to work with her again.)
49	* [[ICanStillFight I Can Still Play the Piano]]: Ji Ho will play through the injury no matter what, and In Ha would find a way to have someone else play instead.
50	* IdiotBall: Really? Ji Ho, you're going to trust the two people in the world who's proven untrustworthy just because '''family''' is important to you?
51	* IfICantHaveYou: In Ha says this trope exactly to Da Mi.
52	* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Young Rang's step mother, "Lady" Na Kye Hwa, is obviously on nobody's side but her own; however, she almost always fails at her "evil" plots. But, come on, someone give [[DoNotCallMePaul Grandma]] a hug.
53	* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:"The person who killed your father was your mother."]]
54	* IronicEcho: "Because I'm your brother."/"Because you're my brother."
55	* ItsAllMyFault:
56	--> '''Ji Ho''': I shouldn't have given Grandma the lighter.
57	* JerkassHasAPoint: Lady Na may be a mean old lady, but honestly, she's the only one who dares to slap In Ha and doesn't stand for his fits.
58	* LadykillerInLove: Yoo Man Se's affairs are all obviously bids for Young Rang's affections.
59	* LamarckWasRight: Both Ji Ho's mother and In Ha's mother were talented pianists.
60	* LeonineContract: Between Lawyer Choi and Woo Jin
61	* LimitedSocialCircle:
62	--> '''Young Rang''': The girl that both In Ha and Ji Ho liked is Hong Soo Pyo's daughter? [[LampshadeHanging Does that make sense]]? (''Wait till she finds out who else is related to Hong Soo Pyo.'')
63	* LonelyRichKid: Little In Ha
64	* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Yoo Man Se
65	* LongLostRelative: In Ha's older brother, Ji Ho
66	* LikeFatherLikeSon: When In Ha vows to make Da Mi ''his'', Young Rang notes how much like Man Se he actually is.
67	* LukeIAmYourFather: Yoo Man Se delivers this line to Ji Ho when they first meet, immediately calling him "Yoo Ji Ho."
68	* MeetCute: The first time Ji Ho and Da Mi meet as kids, she's standing in front of a music store, hoping she would want day be able to own a piano. Years later, they meet again when they bump into each other and accidentally trade bikes.
69	* MementoMacGuffin: Young Rang's piano, which she is forced to donate to Da Mi
70	* MommasBoy:
71	** Bratty as he is, young In Ha promises to take care of his mother and make sure she never bows to anyone.
72	** Yoo Man Se
73	* MissedHimByThatMuch: Da Mi[=/=]Ji Ho, by [[EiffelTowerEffect the Han River]]
74	* MistakenForMurderer: Woo Jin's and Da Mi's father, Hong Soo Pyo
75	* NiceGuy: Ji Ho
76	* TheNineties: The first few episodes.
77	* NoHonorAmongThieves:
78	** Young Rang doesn't completely trust Lawyer Choi, nor he her. So why does she rescue him from prison? Because she knows [[TakingYouWithMe he won't go down alone]].
79	** The relationship between Lawyer Choi and Danny Hong
80	* NotGoodWithRejection: No, In Ha, Da Mi says no. ''Repeatedly.''
81	* NotSoDifferentRemark: So Yul notes that both her father Professor Ha and Ji Ho are too stubborn. "Why are they so alike?"
82	* [[NotSoStoic Not So Emotionless]]: The scene where Young Rang speaks to the photo of [[spoiler:her [[LongLostRelative long-lost son]]]].
83	--> '''Young Rang''': Are you really living under the same sky? In whose house? How did you live? Living pitifully, how much have you resented your parents?
84	* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Between Hong Woo Jin and Elvin Kim - of the EnemyMine variety
85	* TheOneThatGotAway: Kim Jung Wook (Elvin Kim) is Young Rang's old lover.
86	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lady Na is shocked when In Ha is nice to her.
87	--> '''Lady Na''': Were you acting like a brat all this time because [[spoiler:you weren't president]]?
88	* PuppyLove: Ji Ho[=/=]Da Mi
89	* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Yoo Man Se's mother didn't start the house fire at all. [[TheButlerDidIt It was the maid, Lee Dong Yi.]] By accident.]]
90	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Elvin Kim or Alvin Kim? Danny Hong or Denny Hong?
91	* SpoiledBrat: In Ha
92	* TechnicianVersusPerformer: In Ha vs. Ji Ho
93	* TimeSkip: 14 years later
94	* ToughLove: Yoo Man Se
95	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Ji Ho. Da Mi. In Ha. ([[SarcasmMode Bet you didn't see that coming]].)
96	* WellDoneSonGuy: In Ha
97	--> '''In Ha''': ([[spoiler:''to his dead father'']]) Why didn't you tell me? That you loved me?
98	* WickedStepmother: Young Rang
99	* YouCantThwartStageOne: [[spoiler:Young Rang and In Ha are successful in causing a ongoing rift between Ji Ho and Professor Ha, even causing both Ji Ho and Professor Ha to demean each other. This plan worked so well that Professor Ha was even going to name In Ha his successor--until In Ha [[TwoRightsMakeAWrong fakes his own music]]. Then Professor Ha [[NiceJobFixingItVillain jumps back]] on the Ji Ho bandwagon.]]
100	* [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather Why did you kill my father!]]]]

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