r/KDRAMA 2023 Challenge

#1: A drama that has one or more tropes that are used in The Heirs

- King the Land: Interclass romance, missing mom, nice girl, succession crisis

- Other possibilities: 

- Stairway to Heaven: Abusive Mom/Stepmom, Beserk Button (ML & SML is FL), Brother-Sister Incest

-  Moment at Eighteen: Interclass Romance between leads, Class Rep is FL&SML?

- Crash Course in Romance: Follow the car, interclass romance

- Call it Love (Abusive stepmom)

- Can We Be Strangers?: Will they are won't they (ML&FL)

- Age of Youth: Driven to Sui..

-  The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: Anger Born of worry (San and Dan Oh), Beserk Button (ML and SML for FL), Bittersweet ending, everyone can see it (SML), if you do anything to hurt her (ML & SML), Possessive Wrist Grab, succession crisis? (ML & SML)

- Bo Ra! Deborah: Drowning my sorrows, Everyone can see it with ML 

- Goong/Princess Hours: Arranged Marriage, Clingy Jealous SFL, Ordinary high school student (FL), Possessive Wrist Grab, succession crisis, tsundere (ML))

- Doctor Cha: Everyone can see it with Doctor Roy,  follow that motorcycle? (when she followed the car to the hospital)

- See You In My 19th Life: Abusive Parents? 

- My Perfect Stranger: Hot teacher (ML), new transfer student (FL & Her Dad)

#2: A drama which subverts a trope

-  See You In My 19th Life: FL reaches for something on the high shelf instead of ML (Ep 1)

- Other Possibilities 

- Crash Course in Romance: Accidental 1st kiss with cardboard cut out (FL & ML cutout), carrying ML

- Secret Romantic Guesthouse: Ep 1, lets FL fall to the ground

- Love to Hate You: FL isn't a damsel in distress and rather saves people; takes the lead in her relationship, way more subverts probably

#3: A drama that was referenced in another drama

-  Referenced in Crash Landing on You 

Other Possibilities 

- Goong: Perhaps Love (main ost) played in episode 9 of Love to Hate You

#4: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Food, Kimchi

- Ep 3, FL's Mom gives it to her 

- Other possibilities:

- Crash Course in Romance: FL owns a restaurant 

- See You In My 19th Life: Ep 3, Kimchi at Ae-Gyeong's restaurant 

- Love to Hate You: I believe I saw kimchi in one of the episodes

#5: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Tropes, Childhood Connection

- ML & FL

- Other possibilities:

- Empress Ki?: Met while FL escaping bad guy, doesn't mean anything currently though

- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: ML & FL

- Stairway to Heaven: ML & FL

#6: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: PPL, Sportswear

- Love to Hate You: Under Armour

- Other Possibilities

- King the Land: Thom Browne Sweatsuits

#7: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Locations, Bridge

- My Perfect Stranger: Yanghwa Bridge 

- Other Possibilities

- Bo Ra! Deborah: Wonhyo Bridge 

- My Perfect Stranger: Yanghwa Bridge 

- Moment at Eighteen: Jun Woo rides his bike on it, episode 1, Yangjaecheon

- Strangers Again: Dongjak Bridge & Kintex OneCity

- Doctor Cha: Seogang Bridge 

#8: A drama with a main lead that started off as a child actor

- Park Eun Bin: Debuted in 1998 at age 5-6

- Other possibilities 

- Kim Hyang Gi in Moment at Eighteen: Debuted in 2007 at age 6-7

#9: A drama starring a well known supporting actor

My Dearest- Ahn Eun Jin: Hospital Playlist
- Possibilities:
- Crash Course in Romance: Lee Bong Ryun, Oh Eui Shik, Shin Jae Ha, Jang Young Nam, Kim Sun Young, Hwang Bo Ra, Heo Jung Do
- Moment at Eighteen: Kang Ki Young
- The Heavenly Idol: Kim Min Gyu & Go Bo Gyeol, main leads
- Strangers Again: Kil Hae Yeon
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Park So Jin?
- Doctor Cha: Kim Byung Chul, Main role as Husband of FL
- See You In My 19th Life: Ahn Dong Goo (OBS, the law café, snowdrop, sweet home, etc.)
- Heartbeat: Go Gyul Pil & Yoon Byung Hee; main roles as vampires

#11: A drama starring an actor who has previously won the Baeksang best new actor or actress award

- Island: Kim Nam Gil (Queen Seondeok, 2012)

- Other Possibilities 

- Empress Ki: Ha Ji Won (Secret, 2001)
- Bo Ra! Deborah: Im Yoo Na (Secret Garden, 2011)

#12: A drama starring an actor who is a member of a Kpop group

- Not Others- Sooyoung (Girl's Generation)

Other Possibilities

- Island: Cha Eun Woo (Astro <3)

- Oh! Youngsim: Lee Dong Hae (Super Junior)

- King the Land: Junho (2PM) & Yoona (Girl's Generation)

- Heartbeat: Taecyeon (2PM)

#13: Drama where two of the main or support cast have been co-stars on multiple occasions

- The Uncanny Counter: Counter Punch: Season 2 of the show; Yoo In Soo and Yoo Joon Sang in Alchemy of Souls (uncle and nephew)

Other Possibilities:

- Moment at Eighteen: Pil Sang and Hwi Young in Alchemy of Souls

- Crash Course in Romance: Jung Kyung Ho & Oh Eui Shik- When the Devil Calls Your Name, Oh Eui Shik & Shin Jae Ha- My Unfamiliar Family

- See You In My 19th Life: Shin Hye Sun & Cha Chung Hua; Mr Queen

#14: A drama with an OST by an artist who has been nominated for or won a MAMA Award for best OST

- Call it love: Wonstein, The Secret Garden; Your Existence 25 21, Choi Yu Ree Love Without Pain; Wish on Hometown Cha, Roy Kim, Flower, No Longer Mine on Familiar Wife

Other Possibilities

- Crash Course in Romance: Lee Juck, The Opposite Side; Don't Worry on Reply 1988

#15: A drama with a multigenerational main cast

- Doctor Cha; children, parents, grandparents 

#16: A drama where one of the main cast shares your zodiac sign

- D.P. S2: Jung Hae In (Aries)

- Other Possibilities

- Island Part 1: Cha Eun Woo (Aries)

- Bo Ra! Deborah: Yoon Hyun Min (Aries)

- Doctor Cha: Myung Se Bin (Aries)

- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse- Kang Hoon (Goat)

- Love to Hate You: Yeo Teo (Aries)

#17: A drama where the college alma mater of a character was a plot point

- Moment at Eighteen- FL's mom went to a "no name" college and it causes issues for her socially. She wants her daughter to go to Seoul National University

#18: A drama with a dream interpretation

- Gil Chae has a reoccurring dream of her future husband

- Other Possibilities 

- Bo Ra! Deborah: Bo Ra has a dream in ep 1? that she will be proposed to but it has to do with her boyfriend's  business instead 

- My Perfect Stranger: Grandad's dream

#19: A drama with minimal or no romance

Other possibilities:

- Island

- My Perfect Stranger 

#21: A drama featuring disguises or false identities

- The Heavenly Idol: ML pretends to be Woo Yeon Woo and vice versa

Other Possibilities 

- Empress Ki: FL pretending to be a man

- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: All the MLs

#22: A drama which features a character seeking revenge

- Seeking revenge for family, etc.

Other Possibilities:

- Empress Ki: Seeking revenge for parents 

- Oh! Youngshim?: ML to FL

#23: A drama with at least one animal pet

- Heartbeat: A cat/human

Other Possibilities:

- The Secret Romantic Guesthouse- a dog  

#25: A drama whose poster you liked at first sight

- My Lovely Liar

Possibilities:

- Strangers Again

- The Heavenly Idol

- Call It Love

- Bo Ra! Deborah

# 26: A drama from a screenwriter or director whose works you have previously enjoyed

- Crash Course in Romance (Screenwriter Yang Hee Seung, Familiar Wife and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo)

Other possibilities:

- Call it love (screenwriter of The Secret Life of My Secretary)

#27: A drama found by searching existing recommendations

Possibilities

- Love to Hate You?

#30: A drama whose title is a direct translation of the Korean title

Other Possibilities 

- Empress Ki

- Island 

#31: A drama with an episode which received less than 2% overall viewership rate from Nielson

Other possibilities 

- Bo Ra! Deborah 

- Strangers Again 

- Oh! Youngshim

#32: A single episode drama 

#33: A long form drama

- 51 episodes, 60 mins

#34: A drama with less than 500 watchers on MDL

- Completed Watcher #488 

#35: A drama that is at least 10 years old

Possibilities 

- Princess Hours/Goong

- Stairway to Heaven

#36: A drama which fits a challenge from previous KDC years

- 2021 #26 Bonus Challenge:  A drama that is not Korean