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My Lovely Sam-soon, also known as My Name is Kim Sam-soon, is a Bridget Jones-esqe Korean Drama about the struggles of a single woman in her late twenties with an Embarrassing First Name (the name "Samsoon" is considered old fashioned and embarrassing).
Tropes used in Kim Sam-soon include:
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: this is true for both Sam-soon and Jinheon's mothers
- The Beard: Samsoon is originally this for Jinheon
- Belligerent Sexual Tension:
- Blind Date: Samsoon and Jinheon both go on these frequently, for different reasons
- Break His Heart to Save Him: Heejin to Jinheon when she left him to get cancer treatments in America
- Break the Cutie: backstory of Jinheon, who caused the car accident that killed his brother and sister-in-law and badly injured him, right before his girlfriend suddenly left him for the States
- Children Are Innocent: Mijoo
- Clingy MacGuffin: the pig plushie for Jinheon
- Christmas Cake: Samsoon
- Completely Different Title: The actual Korean title, 내 이름은 김삼순, translates into English as My Name Is Kim Sam Soon, but the show was marketed in its American video release as My Lovely Samsoon. Given that one of the main story threads is Samsoon's determination to change her name, the Korean title is arguably more appropriate.
- Derailing Love Interests
- Drowning My Sorrows
- Embarrassing First Name: major part of the series
- Fan Service (uh, Daniel Henney? hello?)
- Food Porn: Samsoon is a patissiere who works in Jinheon's restaurant
- First Girl Wins: subversion
- Hollywood Pudgy: Samsoon is apparently this
- Ill Girl: Heejin, possibly also Mijoo
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Henry about Heejin
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jinheon
- Just Friends: Heejin introduces Henry as this
- Love Triangle: Jinheon with Samsoon and Heejin
- One Steve Limit: subverted Samsoon insists on being called Heejin, which bothers Jinheon more than it should, until we find out it is the name of his ex girlfriend
- Kick the Dog: when Jinheon's mom rejects Heejin
- May-December Romance
- Meddling Parents: both mothers of Jinheon and Samsoon
- New Old Flame: Heejin
- Second Love
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: overall plot of series
- Supreme Chef: well, Samsoon's job is being a professional pastry chef
- This Loser Is You
- Through His Stomach: subverted, Jinheon gets a cake smashed in his face when he meets Samsoon and decides to hire her based on how it tastes, but doesn't fall in love with her because of her cooking
- Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
- Unfortunate Name: "Heejin", for Jinheon
- Unlucky Childhood Friend
- Wrong Guy First