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K-Drama Bingo Score

Using the Modern K-Drama set

Running commentary

• (Dis)possession

  (2 pt)

  Notes

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

  S01

  Yoon-Joo pretends to be her twin sister for most of the series
• Vehicular tragedy

  (2 pt)

  Notes

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

  S01E12

  Yoon-Joo is hit with a car by a crazed stalker who abduts Tae-In
• Bullying

  (1 pt)

  Notes

  Be Best, Korea

  S01E05

  We discover that Woo Ga-On had been bullied in high school by a member of Bluemoon, a new idol band
• Cartoony FX

  (1 pt)

  Notes

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

  S01E08

  40:00
• Crushing Debt

  (1 pt)

  Notes

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

  S01E01

  Yoon-Joo is swindled out of her life savings, and now loan sharks are after her.
• Finger hearts

  (1 pt)

  Notes

  Any use of finger hearts by a character

  S01E01

  Hearts flashed at the Moonlights in the video preceding their big Seoul concert.
• Korean Standoff

  (1 pt)

  Notes

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

• Rumble tummy

  (1 pt)

  Notes

  Audible stomach rumbling to indicate hunger

  S01E01, S01E02

  Near the end of the chase around the playground equipment, Yoon-Joo's stomach starts to make noise. After moving in, we hear her stomach again, just as she is denying being hungry.
• Son Hyeung Min

  (1 pt)

  Notes

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

  S01E12

  The band's guardian wears a red sweatsuit with a fake but clearly Tottenham Hotspur-inspired logo, and the number 7 (Son Heung-Min's number for Tottenham)
• The Playground

  (1 pt)

  Notes

  Any scene taking place in a neighborhood playground

  S01E01

  Both main characters fall asleep in a playground and wake up confused in the morning. Followed immediately by…rumble tummy
• Thumbs up

  (1 pt)

  Notes

  Two thumbs up for "Good job!"

• Wrist grab

  (1 pt)

  Notes

  Dramatically grabbing someone by the wrist as they walk away

  S01E06

  A very drunk Tae-In grabs Yoon Joo's wrist at the picnic table
• 내 친구 ("My friend…")

  (1 pt)

  Notes

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

  S01E02

  Inverted, but we will allow it. Yoon-Joo visits a psychiatrist apparently for herself, but actually for a friend. And gets caught in the same linguistic manner as the inverse ("I'll have to ask them that. Who? Oh, me, I mean, I'll have to ask myself")

Unmatched Bingo Spaces

• Childhood friends forgotten

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

• Chicken & Beer

  치맥, anyone?

• Cramped quarters

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

• 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.

• Shamans & Talismans

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

• 강한나 (Kang Han-Na)

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

• 한국어학교 (Language lessons)

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