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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The client in Episode 10. Not-too-bright young guy who fell in love and got in way over his head? Self-involved jerk who nonetheless ''isn't'' a rapist or abuser? Outright predator? Even Young-woo isn't sure what she thinks by the end.

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** Young-woo has apparently never had a crush before Jun-ho, and only develops a romantic interest in him after they've been friends for awhile. This could potentially point to her being demisexual (or possibly demiromantic and asexual, since her feelings seem to be much more romantic than sexual).
** Are Han Seon-young's actions against Tae Soo-mi motivated purely by professional rivalry, or did something happen when they were in school together that [[ItsPersonal motivated Seon-young's dislike of her]]? [[spoiler:Is it possible that, when they were all in law school together, Seon-young was also in love with Gwang-ho, and [[GreenEyedMonster was/is jealous of Soo-mi]]?]]
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The client in Episode 10. Not-too-bright young guy who fell in love and got in way over his head? Self-involved jerk who nonetheless ''isn't'' a rapist or abuser? Outright predator? Even Young-woo isn't sure what she thinks by the end.


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* JerkassWoobie: Tae Soo-mi is clearly far from a perfect person, and sometimes makes questionable choices to advance her career, but she seems to be fairly nice on a personal level, and [[spoiler:it's made clear that giving up Young-woo was not easy for her, nor was her becoming pregnant and deciding to carry to term in the first place. She seems to have a lot of regrets, even if she had understandable reasons for a lot of what she did]].
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* FanNickname: Fans dubbed Jung Myeong-seok "Substitute Dad" for how he tries to nurture Young-woo at Hanbada.
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The show doesn't portray the kid as a bad person and makes it clear he was essentially tricked. Both the narrative and the other characters lay the blame at the feet of the adult who roped him into this mess, and Young-woo successfully argues that because the hacker refused to hand over the data, no real harm was done. Thus, I don't think this trope applies.


* DesignatedEvil: [[spoiler:Choi Sang-Hyeon's hacking of Raon. He did so at the direction of Raon's CEO and under the belief it was to test Raon's cybersecurity, got in through a legitimate hole in the security, and he kept the customer data he obtained encrypted and refused to give it to said CEO. If he told the full story of what happened, he would have come across as a victim who was manipulated or even a hero for refusing to give over the data and exposing the CEO.]]

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The client in Episode 10. Not-too-bright young guy who fell in love and got in way over his head? Self-involved jerk who nonetheless ''isn't'' a rapist or abuser? Outright predator? Even Young-woo isn't sure what she thinks by the end.



* EnsembleDarkHorse: Despite being Young-woo's client in a single episode, Bang Gu-ppong has been ''extremely'' well received. This is in large part thanks to the charming and charismatic performance of his actor, Koo Kyo-hwan, who does a fantastic job mixing the comedy and audacity of a self-admitted kidnapper who manages to delight the children he kidnaps, with his tender and dignified moments as a committed political activist and fierce defender of children's wellbeing. His warm reception is also due to his case examining a very real social issue of the harm {{Cram School}}s can cause to students' emotional and sometimes physical wellbeing, especially in Korea. [[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2023/08/137_334103.html Real life protests]] against the Korean education system's practices have even had demonstrators carrying signs bearing Gu-ppong's slogan ("Children must play immediately. Children must be healthy immediately. Children must be hapy immediately.") and saying the Education Minister could learn from him.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Despite being Young-woo's client in a single episode, Bang Gu-ppong has been ''extremely'' well received. This is in large part thanks to the charming and charismatic performance of his actor, Koo Kyo-hwan, who does a fantastic job mixing the comedy and audacity of a self-admitted kidnapper who manages to delight the children he kidnaps, with his tender and dignified moments as a committed political activist and fierce defender of children's wellbeing. His warm reception is also due to his case examining a very real social issue of the harm {{Cram School}}s can cause to students' emotional and sometimes physical wellbeing, especially in Korea. [[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2023/08/137_334103.html Real life protests]] against the Korean education system's practices have even had demonstrators carrying signs bearing Gu-ppong's slogan ("Children must play immediately. Children must be healthy immediately. Children must be hapy happy immediately.") and saying the Education Minister could learn from him.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Despite being Young-woo's client in a single episode, Bang Gu-ppong has been ''extremely'' well received. This is in large part thanks to the charming and charismatic performance of his actor, Koo Kyo-hwan, who does a fantastic job mixing the comedy and audacity of a self-admitted kidnapper who manages to delight the children he kidnaps, with his tender and dignified moments as a committed political activist and fierce defender of children's wellbeing. His warm reception is also due to his case examining a very real social issue of the harm {{Cram School}}s can cause to students' emotional and sometimes physical wellbeing, especially in Korea. [[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2023/08/137_334103.html Real life protests]] against the Korean education system's practices have even had demonstrators carrying signs bearing Gu-ppong's slogan ("Children must play immediately. Children must be healthy immediately. Children must be hapy immediately.") and saying the Education Minister could learn from him.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's expression -- surprised and holding back tears. As one fan put it, she gets reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).
** Every time Young-Woo has a moment of realization about the case and conceptualizes whales as a metaphor for the situation.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Internet commenters were greatly amused at seeing Park Eun-bin and Jeon Bae-soo play a father and daughter with a good relationship in this series, as they'd previously worked together on ''Series/TheGhostDetective'', where his character tried to kill hers.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's expression -- surprised and holding back tears. As one fan put it, she gets reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).

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When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's expression -- surprised and holding back tears. As one fan put it, she gets reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).appearance).
** Every time Young-Woo has a moment of realization about the case and conceptualizes whales as a metaphor for the situation.
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* DesignatedEvil: [[spoiler:Choi Sang-Hyeon's hacking of Raon. He did so at the direction of Raon's CEO and under the belief it was to test Raon's cybersecurity, got in through a legitimate hole in the security, and he kept the customer data he obtained encrypted and refused to give it to said CEO. If he told the full story of what happened, he would have come across as a victim who was manipulated or even a hero for refusing to give over the data and exposing the CEO.]]
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* ValuesDissonance: Certain things seen shocked western viewers when the series hit Netflix. For instance, in a flashback to Young-woo's time in high school her classmates trick her into saying something offensive to their teacher, who hits her and walks out. In much of the US and Europe, doing something like that in front of so many witnesses would be grounds for immediate firing and assault charges even if the person being hit had said something very offensive. Leaving students unattended without knowing that another adult is going to arrive soon outside of a dire emergency is also not seen as acceptable in much of the US and Europe.

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* ValuesDissonance: Certain things seen shocked western viewers when the series hit Netflix. For instance, in a flashback to Young-woo's time in high school her classmates trick her into saying something offensive to their teacher, who hits her and walks out. In much of the US and Europe, doing something like that in front of so many witnesses would be grounds for immediate firing and assault charges even if the person being hit had said something very offensive. Leaving students unattended without knowing that another adult is going to arrive soon outside of a dire emergency is also not seen as acceptable in much of the US and Europe.Europe.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/TheGoodDoctor''[[note]]Incidentally, [[ForeignRemake based on a Korean TV Series]][[/note]] as a CourtroomDrama.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/TheGoodDoctor''[[note]]Incidentally, [[ForeignRemake based on a a]] [[Series/GoodDoctor Korean TV Series]][[/note]] as a CourtroomDrama.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/TheGoodDoctor'' as a CourtroomDrama.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/TheGoodDoctor'' ''Series/TheGoodDoctor''[[note]]Incidentally, [[ForeignRemake based on a Korean TV Series]][[/note]] as a CourtroomDrama.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In-cheol, the Raon co-CEO in the two-part finale, is meant to be seen as a sympathetic figure in the face of the backlash his company receives after their customer user data is hacked, but while the hack [[spoiler:was ordered by his co-CEO behind his back]] it still only occurred because of a legitimate security failure within the company (one of his top employees failing to recognize an email containing malware), meaning that had [[spoiler:the hack actually been from North Korea as originally assumed]] the consequences could have been much greater. As such, his constant crying and whimpering makes him come off as a coward PlayingTheVictimCard and [[NeverMyFault refusing to accept any responsibility]]. His other actions like trying to bribe the judge of the case to rule in his favor don't exactly endear him either.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In-cheol, the Raon co-CEO in the two-part finale, is meant to be seen as a sympathetic figure in the face of the backlash his company receives after their customer user data is hacked, but while the hack [[spoiler:was ordered by his co-CEO behind his back]] it still only occurred because of a legitimate security failure within the company (one of his top employees failing to recognize an email containing malware), meaning that had [[spoiler:the hack actually been from North Korea as originally assumed]] the consequences could have been much greater. As such, his constant crying and whimpering makes him come off as a coward PlayingTheVictimCard and [[NeverMyFault refusing to accept any responsibility]]. His other actions like trying to bribe the judge of the case to rule in his favor don't exactly endear him either.either.
* ValuesDissonance: Certain things seen shocked western viewers when the series hit Netflix. For instance, in a flashback to Young-woo's time in high school her classmates trick her into saying something offensive to their teacher, who hits her and walks out. In much of the US and Europe, doing something like that in front of so many witnesses would be grounds for immediate firing and assault charges even if the person being hit had said something very offensive. Leaving students unattended without knowing that another adult is going to arrive soon outside of a dire emergency is also not seen as acceptable in much of the US and Europe.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In-cheol, the Raon co-CEO in the two-part finale, is meant to be seen as a sympathetic figure in the face of the backlash his company receives after their customer user data is hacked, but while the hack [[spoiler:was ordered by his co-CEO behind his back]] it still only occurred because of a legitimate security failure within the company (one of his top employees failing to recognize an email containing malware), meaning that had [[spoiler:the hack actually been from North Korea as originally assumed]] the consequences could have been much greater. As such, his constant crying and whimpering makes him come off as a coward PlayingTheVictim and [[NeverMyFault refusing to accept any responsibility]]. His other actions like trying to bribe the judge of the case to rule in his favor don't exactly endear him either.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In-cheol, the Raon co-CEO in the two-part finale, is meant to be seen as a sympathetic figure in the face of the backlash his company receives after their customer user data is hacked, but while the hack [[spoiler:was ordered by his co-CEO behind his back]] it still only occurred because of a legitimate security failure within the company (one of his top employees failing to recognize an email containing malware), meaning that had [[spoiler:the hack actually been from North Korea as originally assumed]] the consequences could have been much greater. As such, his constant crying and whimpering makes him come off as a coward PlayingTheVictim PlayingTheVictimCard and [[NeverMyFault refusing to accept any responsibility]]. His other actions like trying to bribe the judge of the case to rule in his favor don't exactly endear him either.
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* {{Moe}}: Young-woo is a really adorable autistic young woman and her quirks (such as her love for whales and the law) make her an especially endearing main protagonist in general.

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* {{Moe}}: Young-woo is a really adorable autistic young woman and her quirks (such as her love for whales and the law) make her an especially endearing main protagonist in general.general.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In-cheol, the Raon co-CEO in the two-part finale, is meant to be seen as a sympathetic figure in the face of the backlash his company receives after their customer user data is hacked, but while the hack [[spoiler:was ordered by his co-CEO behind his back]] it still only occurred because of a legitimate security failure within the company (one of his top employees failing to recognize an email containing malware), meaning that had [[spoiler:the hack actually been from North Korea as originally assumed]] the consequences could have been much greater. As such, his constant crying and whimpering makes him come off as a coward PlayingTheVictim and [[NeverMyFault refusing to accept any responsibility]]. His other actions like trying to bribe the judge of the case to rule in his favor don't exactly endear him either.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's expression -- surprised and holding back tears. As one fan put it, she gets reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).

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DesignatedHero: Han Seon-young uses some very underhanded and unsavory tactics to sabotage Tae Soo-mi, including digging up information from her personal life and [[spoiler:attempting to reveal that Woo is her illegitimate daughter right before her confirmation hearing, despite knowing full well of the attention it would bring Woo and the stress it would put on her as a person with autism, not to mention jeopardizing the rest of her legal career. She only relents from doing so when an even more incriminating piece of information comes along.]]
* DesignatedVillain: Tae Soo-mi is presented as an undue candidate for South Korea's Minister of Justice because her husband is the head of a company, but is never actually shown acting corrupt apart from this. Other things intended to paint her in an unsavory light, such as [[spoiler:her giving up Woo as an infant]] have pretty reasonable justifications [[spoiler:considering she was under a lot of pressure from her family to succeed her father in a legal career and originally was going to abort her pregnancy early on, but only relented for Gwang-ho's sake as he wanted to keep the child, not to mention she went out of her way to put her legal studies on hold to give birth Woo.]] It's also worth noting she's one of the few characters in the series to not show any prejudice to Woo and even offers her a place at Taesan based solely on her merits, whereas even Han [[spoiler:primarily recruited Woo to use her as a pawn against Soo-mi]].
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's expression -- surprised and holding back tears. As one fan put it, she gets reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).
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* MisaimedFandom: Park Eun-bin's performance drew raves but also spawned a trend of neurotypical influencers posting videos of themselves imitating Young-woo's speech patterns and mannerisms, [[InnocentlyInsensitive not realizing that]] [[CopycatMockeryit's offensive and insulting to do so]].

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* MisaimedFandom: Park Eun-bin's performance drew raves but also spawned a trend of neurotypical influencers posting videos of themselves imitating Young-woo's speech patterns and mannerisms, [[InnocentlyInsensitive not realizing that]] [[CopycatMockeryit's [[CopycatMockery it's offensive and insulting to do so]].
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* MisaimedFandom: Park Eun-bin's performance drew raves but also spawned a trend of neurotypical influencers posting videos of themselves imitating Young-woo's speech patterns and mannerisms, not realizing that it's offensive and insulting to do so.
* {{Moe}}: Young-woo is a really adorable young woman with autism and her quirks (such as her love for whales and the law) make her an especially endearing main protagonist in general.

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* MisaimedFandom: Park Eun-bin's performance drew raves but also spawned a trend of neurotypical influencers posting videos of themselves imitating Young-woo's speech patterns and mannerisms, [[InnocentlyInsensitive not realizing that it's that]] [[CopycatMockeryit's offensive and insulting to do so.
so]].
* {{Moe}}: Young-woo is a really adorable autistic young woman with autism and her quirks (such as her love for whales and the law) make her an especially endearing main protagonist in general.
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Hopefully, this is acceptable without accidental offense towards the Autistic!


* {{Moe}}: Young-woo is a really adorable girl with autism and her quirks (such as her love for Whales and the law) make her an especially endearing main protagonist in general.

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* {{Moe}}: Young-woo is a really adorable girl young woman with autism and her quirks (such as her love for Whales whales and the law) make her an especially endearing main protagonist in general.
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Let's not kid ourselves: Young-woo is just so adorable!


* MisaimedFandom: Park Eun-bin's performance drew raves but also spawned a trend of neurotypical influencers posting videos of themselves imitating Young-woo's speech patterns and mannerisms, not realizing that it's offensive and insulting to do so.

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* MisaimedFandom: Park Eun-bin's performance drew raves but also spawned a trend of neurotypical influencers posting videos of themselves imitating Young-woo's speech patterns and mannerisms, not realizing that it's offensive and insulting to do so.so.
* {{Moe}}: Young-woo is a really adorable girl with autism and her quirks (such as her love for Whales and the law) make her an especially endearing main protagonist in general.
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** When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's surprised expression -- as one fan put it, she got reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).

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** When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's surprised expression -- as surprised and holding back tears. As one fan put it, she got gets reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** When asked by Su-yeon to give her a nickname, Young-woo chooses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4IxJj4eHWM "Spring Sunshine"]] and proceeds to list all of the reasons why. How much of a bright, warm, kind, and sweet person Su-yeon is. Young-woo says it with such honesty and vulnerability that it honestly can make you break into tears. It's further cemented by Su-yeon's surprised expression -- as one fan put it, she got reminded that are better compliments than "you are beautiful" (all of the nicknames she suggests while Young-woo is thinking referenced her physical appearance).
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* HilariousInHindsight: Internet commenters were greatly amused at seeing Park Eun-bin and Jeon Bae-soo play a father and daughter with a good relationship in this series, as they'd previously worked together on ''Series/TheGhostDetective'', where his character tried to kill hers.
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* MemeticMutation: Young-woo and Geu-ra-mi's [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8NxsRGI5wdA unique greeting]] quickly won fans, with people all over Korea copying it to greet friends.
* MisaimedFandom: Park Eun-bin's performance drew raves but also spawned a trend of neurotypical influencers posting videos of themselves imitating Young-woo's speech patterns and mannerisms, not realizing that it's offensive and insulting to do so.

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