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Crash Course in Romance

Name: Crash Course in Romance
Genre: K-drama
Rating: 11

(일타 스캔들) 2023 tvN

From AsianWiki: Nam Haeng-Seon (Jeon Do-Yeon) used to be on the national Handball team, but now runs a side dish store. She has a super positive personality and unlimited like stamina. She takes take of her niece Hae-E like a daughter after her mother abandoned Hae-E. Unexpectedly, Nam Haeng-Seon gets involved with Choi Chi-Yeol (Jung Kyoung-Ho), the star teacher in Maths at the local academy.

K-Drama Bingo Score

Using the Modern K-Drama set

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Childhood friends forgotten
(2 pt)
Notes
Characters knew, or at least encountered, each other in childhood, but somehow forgot
S01E08
Nam Haeng-Seon's mother fed Choi Chi-Yeol as a student
Vehicular tragedy
(2 pt)
Notes
Someone is/was hit by a car, truck, bus, or motorcycle
S01E02
Nam Haeng-Seon's mother dies after chasing after a customer
Cartoony FX
(1 pt)
Notes
Animal or cartoon visual and sound effects to reinforce behavior or mood
Chicken & Beer
(1 pt)
Notes
치맥, anyone?
S01E01
Nam Haeng-Seon and her bestie Kim Yeong-Joo go out after work
Finger hearts
(1 pt)
Notes
Any use of finger hearts by a character
S01E01
Choi Chi-Yeol's student posts a selfie with finger hearts
Memorial service
(1 pt)
Notes
Funerals and memorial services
S01E02
Choi Chi-Yeol visits a memorial tied to his past
The Playground
(1 pt)
Notes
Any scene taking place in a neighborhood playground
S01E01
Nam Haeng-Seon and Hae-E have a talk on the seesaw
Thumbs up
(1 pt)
Notes
Two thumbs up for "Good job!"
한국어학교 (Language lessons)
(1 pt)
Notes
Specifically linguistic wordplay, discussions about spelling, pronunciation, or Chinese root words
S01
Nam Haeng-Seon repeatedly gets idiomatic phrases wrong

Unmatched Bingo Spaces

(Dis)possession
Ghosts, spirits inhabiting bodies, or body- or identity-swapping
Bullying
Be Best, Korea
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
Korean Standoff
Two principal characters have a serious, sometimes emotionally confrontational, conversation while standing at least 1m apart
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
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