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K-Drama Bingo Score

Using the Modern K-Drama set

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Unmatched Bingo Spaces

• (Dis)possession

  Ghosts, spirits inhabiting bodies, or body- or identity-swapping
  

• Childhood friends forgotten

  Characters knew, or at least encountered, each other in childhood, but somehow forgot

• Vehicular tragedy

  Someone is/was hit by a car, truck, bus, or motorcycle

• Bullying

  Be Best, Korea

• Cartoony FX

  Animal or cartoon visual and sound effects to reinforce behavior or mood

• Chicken & Beer

  치맥, anyone?

• Cramped quarters

  Sleeping in a repurposed closet, or on a balcony, or in insane tiny student housing
  

• Crushing Debt

  Characters are motivated by their debt (or a family member's), including the threat of foreclosure
  

• Finger hearts

  Any use of finger hearts by a character

• Korean Standoff

  Two principal characters have a serious, sometimes emotionally confrontational, conversation while standing at least 1m apart
  

• Memorial service

  Funerals and memorial services

• Middle-of-the-Road Soliliquy

  Verbal musings on deep existential questions and/or tragicomic situations while in the middle of the street

• Piggyback

  Someone gives someone else a piggyback ride

• Pinky swear

  Two characters doing a pinky swear

  Touching thumbs at the end is not a thing in America (based on my terrible polling), so that gets an easy bonus point for any wannabe K-drama.

• Rumble tummy

  Audible stomach rumbling to indicate hunger

• Shamans & Talismans

  Yellow paper talismans, written in calligraphic red ink; visits to a shaman for fortune-telling or body transfers
  

• Son Hyeung Min

  Mentions of Son Hyeung Min, or staying up to watch Tottenham Hotspur play

• The Playground

  Any scene taking place in a neighborhood playground

• Thumbs up

  Two thumbs up for "Good job!"

• Wrist grab

  Dramatically grabbing someone by the wrist as they walk away

• 강한나 (Kang Han-Na)

  The presence of Kang Han-Na makes everything at least 1 point better
  

• 내 친구 ("My friend…")

  A character tells a story about "My friend" that is actually about themselves

• 한국어학교 (Language lessons)

  Specifically linguistic wordplay, discussions about spelling, pronunciation, or Chinese root words