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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Obama can only dream of being this majestic.]]
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4	->''"Those who find it odd will be fed to the poor... of other nations, since there is no poverty in True Korea. Or cannibalism."''
5	-->-- '''Metal Minister'''
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7	''The Adventures of Kim Jong Un'' is a series of [[Creator/{{Dropout}} [=CollegeHumor=]]] web animations chronicling the fictional [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin adventures of]] UsefulNotes/NorthKorea's dictator and his RobotBuddy. The series claims to be written and directed by Kim Jong-un himself and resembles a combination of pro-North Korean PropagandaPiece and personal WishFulfillment, with Kim portrayed as a MartyStu ruling over a shining {{Utopia}} and foiling [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]] [[HarmlessVillain Obama]]'s evil capitalist plans with ease.
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9	The first episode, simply titled "The Adventures of Kim Jong Un," was posted on May 9, 2012, and the series officially came to a close with the second part of "Kim Jong Un vs. Kim Jong Il" on April 3, 2014.
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11	See UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea for information on the real-life North Korean government.
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13	!!This series provides examples of:
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15	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Metal Minister's synthesized voice has some pronunciation-related quirks.
16	* ActorRoleConfusion: Nearly all the {{Celebrity Cameo}}s appear as famous characters they have played:
17	** Creator/BruceWillis is dressed like [[Franchise/DieHard John McClane]]
18	** Creator/KristenBell introduces herself as Series/VeronicaMars.
19	** Creator/RobertDowneyJr appears as Film/IronMan, albeit looking more like [[ComicBook/IronMan the comic version]] than the movie version.
20	** Creator/JenniferLawrence appears as both [[Film/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]] and [[Film/XMenFirstClass Mystique]]
21	** Creator/RyanGosling and Creator/RyanReynolds are combined into [[CompositeCharacter a single person]] wearing Gosling's dragon jacket from ''Film/Drive2011'' and a Film/{{Green Lantern\|2011}} shirt.
22	* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:Kim Jong-il]] in "Kim Jong Un vs. Kim Jong Il," although unlike the original Doombots, it isn't being controlled by the real deal.
23	* AmbiguousSituation: The end of "Kim Jong-un vs. Kim Jong-il Part 2". [[spoiler:Kim Jong-un willingly gives the orb of leadership to his brother, who is immediately crushed by the responsibilities and killed. The RobotBuddy immediately assumes that this was Kim Jong-un's plan all along, but Kim Jong-un doesn't confirm this, and his hesitation to take the orb back at the end suggests that he may genuinely have hoped that his brother would be able to bear it, releasing him from it himself.]]
24	* {{Animesque}}: Several styles of it. Women are drawn in a generic anime style, being tall and attractive, while Americans and other antagonistic men are portrayed as [[{{Gonk}} short, chibi-esque dwarves]]. Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin and Assad are drawn as more recognizably-human, but are still heavily stylized and cartoonish.
25	* ArtShift: When Kim [[DeusExMachina suddenly remembers]] that he's the superpowered descendant of a lost alien race, there's a sudden cutaway to scenes taken directly from ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber1'' with a real photo of Kim Jong-un's face superimposed over ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s.
26	* BadSanta: Satan Claus, who is considered evil for trying to ''bring'' Christmas to True Korea.
27	* BigBad: Barack Obama, in most episodes. [[spoiler:[[TheUnfavorite Kim Jong-nam]]]] in the two-parter "Kim Jong Un vs. Kim Jong Il".
28	* BlackComedy: The brutal and inhumane methods of North Korea, rather than being denied by the propaganda, are humorously presented as a ''positive'' thing. Executions are mentioned regularly and treated with the same weight as somebody merely going to jail.
29	* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Kim Jong-nam]] tries this on Kim Jong-un during their battle, [[spoiler: and it ''works'']].
30	-->'''[[spoiler:Kim Jong-nam]]:''' "Look at you... Deep down, you don't even ''want'' to win! You ''want'' to live in a world that has melted cheese, internet deviants and allows women to speak after dark! Give me control of True Korea, and you may live here, sipping water-beers and watching fairy-toons!"
31	* CainAndAbel: Kim Jong-un and [[spoiler: Kim Jong-nam]].
32	* CelebCrush: Inverted. Both Creator/KristenBell and Creator/JenniferLawrence both want to be with Kim Jong Un. Kim is also {{Best Friend}}s with Creator/RobertDowneyJr, who gives him an Film/IronMan suit and his goatee.
33	* TheChainsOfCommanding: Interestingly enforced. [[spoiler: Kim Jong-nam]] is literally destroyed [[spoiler: by the awesome responsibility of trying to run North Korea]].
34	* ChickMagnet: So much so that he must build a wall around his wedding to keep out all the women protesting.
35	* ChristmasEpisode: Or more accurately, “Kim Jong Un Is Great At Handstands Day,” when Kim broke the world record by doing a handstand for five seconds. Yet, Western media has tried to corrupt this day by sending [[BadSanta Satan Claus]] to teach the children of True Korea about Western decadence. Kim of course foils this plot.
36	* CompositeCharacter: In this universe, Creator/RyanGosling and Creator/RyanReynolds are apparently a single person named "Ryan Gosling Reynolds", which is potentially an InUniverseFactoidFailure by Kim himself.
37	* {{Crossover}}: The episode "Kim Jong-un vs. Vladimir Putin" presents itself as if it were crossing over with Vladimir Putin's own equally-fictitious children's propaganda show. InUniverse, Obama causes Putin's show to suddenly preempt Kim's so he can go steal chemical weapons from Syria, leading to a LetsYouAndHimFight between the two dicta- we mean noble and true leaders of free and prosperous nations.
38	* DanceOff: Kim Jong Un has one with Psy that causes [[YourHeadASplode heads to explode]] and almost destroys the fabric of the universe.
39	* DeathByMocking: A minister criticizes Kim Jong Un for spending all his time playing Pokemon. He is then killed when a Charizard comes to life and burns him to death. The minister lampshades the deservedness of his death.
40	* DefaceOfTheMoon: Kim Jong Un personally launches a rocket to the moon, which upon impact reshapes the moon into Kim’s face.
41	* EitherOrTitle: Many of the episodes have titles like this. For example, the episode revolving around Kim Jong-un fighting Music/{{Psy}} is called "A Great Deceit Revealed and Many Wrongs Righted, or [[{{PunBasedTitle}} Psy-onara Suckers]]".
42	* EvilCounterpart: Kim Jong-un gets one in the form of [[spoiler: his exiled elder brother, Kim Jong-nam. Jong-nam proudly boasts that his powers come from "absorbing all of western culture", and proves to be the only enemy Jong-un doesn't easily defeat.]]
43	* {{Faceship}}: Kim Jong-un's "Handsomecopter", [[ParodyProductPlacement the perfect gift for any child of True Korea!]] '''[[NowBuyTheMerchandise PURCHASE IS MANDATORY]]'''
44	* FireForgedFriends: Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin after they team up to take down Obama in "Kim Jong Un vs. Vladimir Putin."
45	* GainaxEnding: Several episodes end with a random attack by Kim Jong Il, most of which are nuclear explosions but in one case was a sniper shot. None of these are connected to the plot of the episode, [[spoiler: but these are explained at the end of the series as a long-running assassination plot by Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong Un's older brother.]]
46	* HappinessIsMandatory: All viewers of the show are required to enjoy and not question the accuracy of its information. The punishment is death by scorpions/castration by donkey.
47	* HarmlessVillain: Almost every villain's plans are mainly LaughablyEvil in nature, and they're usually defeated with little effort on Kim's part. [[spoiler:Averted with Kim Jong-nam, who wanted to take over True Korea and actually proved to be a match for Un.]]
48	* HeroicMime: Kim Jong-un at first. Subverted and lampshaded in "Kim Jong Un vs. Kim Jong Il" part 1:
49	-->'''Kim Jong-un:''' IMPOSTOR!\
50	''(Kim Jong-un punches [[spoiler:the cyborg Kim Jong-il]]'s head off)''\
51	''({{beat}})''\
52	'''Metal Minister:''' [[SuddenlySpeaking You can speak.]] [[LampshadeHanging Weird.]]
53	* HighSchool: The regular show is interrupted and replaced with "Typical American High School", where [=KJ1=] is the NewTransferStudent.
54	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Kim Jong-nam]]'s lust for power is what destroys him in the end as [[spoiler:he is literally crushed into nothingness by the responsibilities of leading North Korea]].
55	* HollywoodHacking: In "Kim Jong Un vs. Kim Jong Il," Metal Minister hacks into [[spoiler:the cyborg Kim Jong-il]] to figure out where it was being controlled from. He accomplishes this by punching through its exterior and doing something inside it that makes sparks fly out.
56	* IAmTheBand: Kim Jong Un is credited as the writer, director, producer, and occassionally the artist for all the episodes.
57	* InTheOriginalKlingon: Basketball is actually "Korea-ball," invented in Korea but stolen by craven, uncreative Westerners.
58	* InsistentTerminology: The country's name is not "North Korea". It is TRUE Korea.
59	* KavorkaMan: Kim Jong-Un is short, stout, and silent. And yet, he attracts a ton of female attention.
60	* LetsYouAndHimFight: Barack Obama tries to get Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin to fight each other by pre-empting Kim’s PropagandaPiece with Putin’s. When they discover Obama’s plot, Kim and Putin team up and destroy him.
61	* MoonwalkDance: Kim performs this in the first episode, along with another of Music/MichaelJackson's signature poses, before killing the American internet troll who was spreading false rumors about Kim's weight.
62	* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Vladimir Putin, who actually was strong enough to put up a decent fight with Kim Jong-Un.
63	* MrExposition: Metal Minister, making up for the fact that Kim Jong-un is [[TheVoiceless not very talkative]].
64	* MysticalPregnancy: Women get pregnant just by watching Kim Jong Un juggle!
65	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Every episode gives Kim Jong-un at least one new gadget or superpower, often with only limp excuses at best:
66	** In "The Adventures of Kim Jong-un", he can shapeshift into a jetplane (riding a unicorn riding a rocket-powered magic carpet), is allegedly bulletproof, possesses a sword that extends into a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]], and is extremely talented at [[MoonwalkDance moonwalking]].
67	** In "The Adventures of Kim Jong-un Part 2", Kim is strong enough to toss a rocket at the moon, can perform a 'Future Punch' that allows him to ride a hoverboard (riding a dragon riding its own hoverboard while playing an electric guitar), receives a suit of [[ComicBook/IronMan Iron Man armor]] from Creator/RobertDowneyJr - who happens to be Kim's best friend -, gets a further power upgrade from having a goatee, and is capable of juggling energy spheres.
68	** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "The Adventures of Kim Jong-un Part 3", where Kim 'suddenly remembers' that he happens to be [[SupermanSubstitute the last descendant of a dying alien race, and thus has the ability to fly under his own power]]. He also possesses a machine that can transfer someone's soul into a robot that resembles Creator/AnneHathaway as [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman]].
69	** In "Kim Jong-un vs. Psy", Kim arrives in a [[{{Faceship}} 'Handsomecopter']], and is revealed to have trained Music/{{Psy}} in the art of dancing. Kim also possesses the power to duplicate himself into a squad of five clones, referred to as the [[SummonBackupDancers 'Five-Member Explosive Pop Sensation Technique']].
70	** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in "Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman Recreate Space Jam", where he [[CallBack reuses]] the Five-Member Explosive Pop Sensation Technique to fill out the empty slots on his basketball team.
71	** Subverted again in "Kim Jong-un's Hunger Games". While it is revealed that Kim was the champion of the True Korea Battle Royale seventeen times when he was still just a boy, it's also stated that he had a submachine gun, and that all of his opponents were harmlessly tied to trees.
72	** Played straight in "Kim Jong-un vs. Kim Jong-il Part 2", where we learn that the source of Kim's rightful rulership of True Korea lies with the Orb of Leadership. However, only Jong-un is strong enough to wield it, because when [[spoiler: Jong-nam attempts to absorb it, the sheer responsibility of ruling True Korea physically destroys him]].
73	* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: When it's revealed that Kim Jong-un has an older brother, Kim Jong-nam, who was disinherited after he got arrested trying to sneak into Disneyland, there's a text popup declaring "THIS IS TRUE", followed by an account of Jong-nam taking over Disneyland and building an army of robots to take over the world, which is accompanied by a similar popup reading "NOT THIS PART".
74	* OneWingedAngel:
75	** In "Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman Recreate Space Jam", Yao Ming fuses with his team of aliens to transform into a gigantic BlobMonster.
76	** In "Kim Jong-un vs. Kim Jong-il Part 2", [[spoiler:Kim Jong-nam]] transforms into [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] with a gigantic beerhat-wearing hamburger for a head, with the ability to shoot American cable TV signals from his chest-windows]], complete with BossSubtitles.
77	* PowerLimiter: In the HighSchool episode, Kim must wear a dampening belt to keep his charisma level below 500, or all the girls will fall in love with him.
78	* PropagandaMachine: Western media is portrayed as this, spreading lies about Kim Jong Un and [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny the supposed poverty and oppression in North Korea]].
79	* PropagandaPiece: The series is a parody of these.
80	* PublicSecretMessage: The theme song for Episode 4 includes a cry for help from the songwriters.
81	* RealityIsUnrealistic: [[spoiler: The description of Kim Jong-nam’s arrest at Tokyo Disneyland includes a TitleCard explaining that this actually did happen.]]
82	* RefugeeFromTVLand: The real-world Franchise/{{Pokemon}} in "Kim Jong Un is a Pokémon Master," although there's no AppliedPhlebotinum to justify it. Same with Series/VeronicaMars and her 'lady squirrel friend' in "The Adventures of Kim Jong-un", due to emerging straight from the Internet.
83	* RobotBuddy: Metal Minister.
84	* RuleOfCool: A lot of Kim's adventures and superpowers run on this. In the first episode alone, he transforms into a jetplane, which then hops onto a giant pegasus riding a rocket-powered magic carpet, in order to travel to the United States.
85	* SavingChristmas: Inverted. "Kim Jong Un vs. Christmas" has Kim Jong-un fighting the demonic [[BadSanta Satan Claus]] in order to free North Korea from the evils of Western commercialism.
86	* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: [[Creator/BradPitt Bradley Pitt]], Creator/GeorgeClooney, and Creator/RyanGosling [[Creator/RyanReynolds Reynolds]] (who has Film/{{Green Lantern\|2011}} powers) all interrupt Kim’s wedding to real-life wife Ri Sol-Ju, so they can [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her to marry them]] and a [[BestialityIsDepraved a gay baby goat]].
87	* StylisticSuck: In "Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman Recreate Space Jam", Kim Jong-Un finds the animators' depiction of his basketball (sorry, [[InsistentTerminology Korea-ball]]) skills to not be good enough, so he decides to animate the scenes of him playing Korea-ball himself. Said scenes consist of stick figures moving choppily on a blank lined-paper background. Kim Jong-un's stick figure has a disproportionately large GagPenis.
88	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: At least once in every single episode, ranging from that hunger does not exist in True Korea to the animators voluntarily left their families to work on the series.
89	* {{Utopia}}: North Korea is portrayed as this, and any mention of unhappiness and starvation is firmly denied. References to executions and other such things are still common, but with no implication that they're bad.
90	* WellDoneSonGuy: Several episodes include either a heartwarming message from Kim Jong Il or a quick mention of Kim Jong Un's [[WhenYouComingHomeDad childhood yearning to have spent more time with his father]].
91	* WingdingEyes: Nearly every woman who sees Kim Jong Un gets heart-shaped eyes. Lampshaded by two high school girls, whose eyes become permanently heart-shaped after experiencing Kim’s full charisma.
92	* WishFulfillment: For [=CollegeHumor=]'s fictionalized version of Kim Jong-un.
93	* {{Yiff}}: Kim Jong Un falls for WesternAnimation/LolaBunny and before this a squirrel girl.

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