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4	''The Guest'' (Korean: 손 the guest, Revised Romanization: ''Son the guest'') is a 2018 South Korean supernatural horror/crime series directed by Kim Hong-seon. Written by Kwon So-ra and Seo Jae-won, it aired on OCN from September 12 to November 1, 2018.
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6	Yoon Hwa-Pyung, a young boy born into a shaman family, is able to see ghosts. During a possession by a powerful spirit, his mother and grandmother are killed. Twenty years later, Hwa-Pyung is a taxi driver. He experiences psychic visions which brings him into contact with a police detective, Kang Kil-Young and a Catholic priest, Choi Yoon (aka Father Matthew) who performs exorcisms. The three start working together to stop crimes committed by demons who possess people.
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8	The series can be watched on Netflix with English subtitles.
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12	!!''The Guest'' contains examples of:
13	* AbusiveParents: Hwa-Pyung's father blames Hwa-Pyung for the deaths of his wife and mother and even [[spoiler: tried to kill him.]]
14	* ActionGirl: Kil-Young
15	* TheAntichrist: What Park Il-Do's goals for [[spoiler: Park Hong-Joo]] are as she is aiming to become the president of Korea.
16	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Father Yang who willingly served Park Il-Do]]
17	* BigBad: "Park Il-Do", but the ending implies that his true identity is [[spoiler: Satan]].
18	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Park Hong-ju, and how.
19	** Also her partner in crime, [[spoiler: Father Yang]].
20	* BodySurf: Park Il-Do's method of getting around.
21	* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: A platonic example, Hwa-Pyung, fearing the others' safety, suggest they no longer contact one another.
22	* CassandraTruth: Hwa-Pyung's father is correct about who Park Il-Do is inhabiting.
23	* ChristianityIsCatholic
24	* CosmicPlaything: Hwa-Pyung, thanks to Park Il-Do.
25	* CorruptChurch: Not the church itself but a Catholic organization, "Hands of Sharing", is much more insidious than it initially seems.
26	* CrucialCross: The cross on Yoon's rosary functions as this during his exorcisms.
27	* CreepyChild: Hwa-Pyung when the Guest first arrives and Jung Seo-Yoon when she's possessed by Park Il-Do.
28	* DemonicPossession: The crux of the series.
29	* TheDeterminator: Hwa-Pyung, Kil-Young and Yoon/Father Matthew.
30	* DisappearedDad: Hwa-Pyung has been looking for his father for a long time.
31	** Nothing is ever mentioned regarding Kil-Young's father.
32	* DistressedDude: Hwa-Pyung and Yoon have to be saved by Kil-Young a few times.
33	* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Father Yang]] for Park Il-Do.
34	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Hwa-Pyung, Kil-Young and Yoon all survive their horrific encounter with the Guest.
35	* EyeScream: those possessed by the demons commanded by the guest stab themselves in the eye before committing suicide.
36	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Choi Yoon to [[spoiler: Father Yang]].
37	* FairCop: Kil-Young
38	* FireForgedFriendship: Hwa-Pyung, Kil-Young, Choi Yoon do not like each other at first.
39	* FriendOnTheForce: though initially skeptical, Kil-Young begins to trust Hwa-Pyung
40	* HeroicBSOD: Hwa-Pyung [[spoiler: after learning Park Il-Do was possessing his grandfather for 20 years]].
41	* HeroicSacrifice:
42	** [[spoiler: Hwa-Pyung]]. Subverted as he gets better.
43	** A non-fatal example: [[spoiler: Hwa-Pyung's grandfather begs Park Il-Do to possess him instead as Hwa-Pyung was just a child.]] He does also get better in the end.
44	* IHaveNoSon: Hwa-Pyung's father, who blames Hwa-Pyung for the deaths of his wife and mother
45	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Kil-Young and Yoon with Hwa-Pyung [[spoiler:while he is possessed by Park Il-Do and trying to kill Yoon. He manages to regain control long enough to attempt suicide to take Park Il-Do with him. He survives however thanks to Yoon exorcising Park Il-Do.]]
46	** Also Kil-Yong with [[spoiler: Detective Koh]] when he's possessed.
47	* IKnowYourTrueName: Yoon using Park Il-Do's name during his attempt to exorcise him [[spoiler: initially fails because Park Il-Do is just one of the many names the Guest has had.]]
48	* LovableCoward: Despite being a shaman, Yook Gwang is quite fearful of spirits.
49	* ManySpiritsInsideofOne: people are usually possessed by multiple demons commanded by Park Il-Do
50	* MistakenForMurderer: Hwa-Pyung.
51	* MyGreatestFailure: Hwa-Pyung blames himself for the deaths of his mother and grandmother. [[spoiler:He eventually learns from Park Il-Do that he was never possessed and so did not hurt either his mother or grandmother, it was all Park Il-Do.]]
52	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hwa-Pyung's attempts in searching for Park Il-Do's true identity results in [[spoiler: him finding his father, who later becomes possessed after revealing who Park Il-Do is inhabiting]].
53	* NonActionGuy: Yoon.
54	* NotSoStoic: Choi Yoon initially presents himself as the most composed out of the main three characters but becomes more emotive as the series progresses.
55	* OnlySaneMan: Kil-Young seems to be the most level-headed of the three
56	* ParentalAbandonment: Hwa-Pyung's father abandoned him.
57	* PolicePsychic: Hwa-Pyung helps Kil-Young solve cases through his visions
58	* ProtectiveCharm: Hwa-Pyung tries to give a shamanic charm to Yoon, but he refuses, being a catholic priest.
59	* PsychicChild: Jung Seo-Yoon and Hwa-Pyung as a child.
60	* PsychicLink: Haw-Pyung and Park Il-Do. Overlapping with SeeingThroughAnothersEyes whenever a possessed person is attempting to kill.
61	* PsychopathicManchild: Park Ho-Jung throws incredible, violent tantrums whenever she doesn't get her way.
62	* RedOniBlueOni: Hwa-Pyung and Yoon.
63	* TheReveal:
64	** When she was still a school student, Park Hong-Ju [[spoiler: murdered a classmate that she had been bullying. In addition, she has been blackmailing a janitor who witnessed her murder into staying quiet]].
65	** Park Hong-Ju is [[spoiler: Park Il-Do’s great niece]].
66	** [[spoiler: Father Han]] is in league with Park Il-do.
67	** It turns out that[[spoiler: Park Il-Do was possessing Hwa-Pyung's grandfather all along]].
68	* SerialKiller: Park Il-Do and [[spoiler: Father Yang]].
69	* SexyPriest: Yoon
70	* SinInvitesPossession: "Whenever the world is depraved and humanity corrupt, the guest will return."
71	* SinisterMinister: Priest Choi Sang-hyun when possessed. [[spoiler: Father Yang]] is this normally however.
72	* ShooOutTheClowns: The death of [[spoiler: Yook Gwang]] marks this, as he had been the show's primary source of comic relief.
73	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Hwa-Pyung, Kil-Young and Yoon do not get along at first.
74	* Telepathy: For Hwa-Pyung. It also verges into AMindIsATerribleThingToRead when reading the minds of the possessed.
75	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: the demons do this to the priests trying to exorcise them, Hwa-Pyung also gets one from Park Il-Do who is trying to break him
76	* TraumaCongaLine: For Hwa-Pyung as orchestrated by Park Il-Do in order to break him and make him easier to possess.
77	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Assemblywoman Park Hong-Joo.
78	* WasOnceAMan: Subverted, [[spoiler: though Park Il-Do is presumed to be a man who killed himself and his family to become a great spirit, the Guest reveals it was 'here before man ever set foot on this land and in the sea' and has been watching humans ever since they still lived in caves.]]
79	* WouldHurtAChild: Park Il-Do, any of the lesser demons, and [[spoiler: Park Hong-Joo]] as well.

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