You Are Beautiful

Dramatic Hour Long Dramedy, Korean Drama, Romantic Comedy



You Are Beautiful, sometimes translated as He's Handsome or He's Beautiful, is a 2009 Korean Series Romantic Comedy about a girl named Go Mi Nyeo who is pulled out of a convent to impersonate her brother Go Mi Nam and take his place in a boy band called A.N.JELL while her brother gets his plastic surgery fixed. Members of this boy band include:


 * Hwang Tae Kyung, the proud, arrogant and completely anal band leader (with a heart of gold).
 * Kang Shin Woo, the painfully nice guy.
 * Kang On Yu, nicknamed Jeremy, the funny guy.

Go Mi Nam has to hide her identity while trying to succeed as a pop idol. Comedy, romance and drama abound.

In May 2011, it was announced that a Japanese remake of this drama will be released in Japan in July 2011 as Ikemen Desu ne (美男ですね).

You Are Beautiful provides examples of:

 * Alone in a Crowd: Shin Woo and Mi Nam just miss each other in a crowded street.
 * Always Someone Better: Yoo He Yi's feelings towards Go Mi Nam
 * Anyone Remember Pogs
 * Arranged Marriage: The rumors of Jeremy's past involve being a member of English aristocracy and his engagement to the princess of England. When questioned about it, he says he still keeps in touch with her.
 * Badass: Shin Woo's backstory involves taking down 17 guys in a fight by himself when he was still in high school.
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Yoo He Yi, until you pretty much want to stab her to death.
 * Bokukko: Go Mi Nyeo
 * Boy Band: A.N.JELL.
 * Call a Rabbit a Smeerp: Pig-Rabbit
 * Captain Oblivious: Due to being raised by nuns, Mi Nam is a little sheltered. Naive. Dense. To put it mildly.
 * Childhood Friend Romance: Mi Nam's best friend had a crush on Mi Nyeo and was planning to propose to her once he completed his mandatory military service, despite the facts that he hadn't seen her in a while and that she was supposed to be in a convent. He never made a move when they were younger because she was his best friend's younger sister.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience - A.N.JELL for a photo shoot.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Shin Woo as a Type B, who is the first band member to discover (and keep) Mi Nyeo's gender secret.
 * Epunymous Title / Pun-Based Title: The Korean title is read "Mi-nam-i-shi-ne-yo", which can be translated as either of the two examples at the top of the page or "You're Mi Nam", which describes Mi Nyeo's situation in a nutshell.
 * Dumb Blonde: Jeremy. He's not a natural blonde though, obviously.
 * Fan Girl: A.N.JELL have lots. Some of them camp outside A.N.JELL's residence seemingly round the clock. Tae Kyung gets very competitive about how many he has.
 * Gayngst: Jeremy.
 * Half-Identical Twins: Go Mi Nam and Go Mi Nyeo.
 * Heel Face Turn: The fans eventually warm up to Mi Nam after she 'saves' Tae Kyung's life.
 * By the end, He Yi has not exposed Mi Nam's secret and even gracefully ended her fake relationship with Tae Kyung.
 * The Hong Sisters: One of their most successful collaborations.
 * HopelessSuitors: Shin Woo and Jeremy. Also, Mi Nyeo's childhood friend.
 * Homoerotic Subtext: Shin Woo tells Mi Nyeo about the concept of Slash Fan Fiction in which the boys of A.N.Jell are involved in a torrid love triangle. Jeremy is a fan.
 * Hurricane of Euphemisms: The star euphemism is done to death.
 * Imagine Spot: Used numerous times in the drama for comedic relief.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Tae Kyung. He doesn't mean most of his bitching, and even in his jerkiest moments his intentions are usually good.
 * Just Friends: Virtually every boy Mi Nyeo meets has a crush. In the end, there can only be one.
 * Kick the Dog: Tae Kyung pretends to throws Mi Nam's Memento MacGuffin -- a ring given to her and her brother by their parents -- into a nearby stream and tells her to give up searching for her Missing Mom, prompting her to search uselessly in said stream all night. The only things that prevent people from saying he crossed the Moral Event Horizon are the facts that Tae Kyung is the love interest and has a Freudian Excuse involving Parental Abandonment.
 * Korean Honorifics: Mi Nyeo speaks in elevated honorifics.
 * K-Pop: Lee Hong Ki, who plays Jeremy, is an actual Idol Singer of the group F T Island.
 * And Shin Woo is played by Jung Yong Hwa from the idol band CNBlue.
 * Lampshade Hanging: Manager Ma says in Episode 15, "This is not a Korean Drama!"
 * Lyrical Dissonance: Jeremy sings an upbeat song about falling in love - while bawling his eyes out because he's just been rejected. The cheerful lyrics just make it so much worse.
 * Meaningful Name: Mi Nam and Mi Nyeo mean 'boy' and 'girl' in Korean, respectively. Go Mi Nam is also a pun on the Korean word for 'Bishonen'.
 * Missed Him by That Much
 * Mommy Issues
 * Oblivious to Love: It's a miracle how Go Mi Nam manages not to notice all the guys in the band want her. A miracle.
 * Orbital Kiss:
 * Orbital Shot: Used when Tae Kyung is searching for Mi Nam in a crowd.
 * Paparazzi: Reporter Kim
 * Piggyback Cute: When Go Mi Nam gets drunk, Shin Woo carries her back to the house.
 * Product Displacement: Storefront names and clothing labels are pixelated. Vehicle logos are duct taped.
 * Race For Your Love: An airport looking for a nun, a bus terminal looking for a band member, a mall looking for a girlfriend, etc. etc.
 * Real Person Fic: Jeremy reads some bandslash of himself, Shin Woo and Tae Kyung, and likes it.
 * Rich Bitch: Tae Kyung's mother and He Yi.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: Whenever Mi Nam reverts back to being Mi Nyeo.
 * Shirtless Scene: After dance practice, Mi Nam has to pass through a locker room filled with naked back-up dancers. Lucky for her, Shin Woo comes to her rescue and escorts her out.
 * Shout-Out: There are a lot of shout-outs to other dramas and movies in South Korean pop culture, especially during the imagine spots.
 * Oldboy: Mi Nam's manager imagines locking up Tae Kyung in a dungeon for 15 years. (Epi 3)
 * A snippet of Korean Idol Band Super Junior's song "Sorry Sorry".
 * James Bond movies. (Epi 8)
 * "Shut Up" Kiss: Tae Kyung and Mi Nam during an argument.
 * Sleep Cute: Tae Kyung and Mi Nam at the movie theater.
 * Spotting the Thread: Mi Nyeo's cover is almost blown because her brother's best friend noticed that the scar Mi Nam got from a motorcycle accident was missing and that their shoe sizes were no longer the same. Luckily for Mi Nyeo, he doesn't reveal her secret.
 * Stalking Is Love: Shin Woo spends a whole day following Mi Nyeo and buying her treats and presents without her realizing it. Some fans found it endearing, while others just found it creepy and pathetic.
 * Sweet on Polly Oliver: Poor Jeremy.
 * Theme Tune Cameo
 * Twin Switch: The premise of the series.
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal: Most of the cast, but best played with Jeremy.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: Wings on the Fan Girl contingent, Mi Nyeo's dream of flying why wearing white, the obvious black/white wardrobe of several band members, the band name, the runaway nun. And so forth...
 * When He Smiles: Tae Kyung
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: Go Mi Nyeo when posing as her twin brother, Go Mi Nam.
 * You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious: Tae Kyung changes mid-sentence from "Monkey" to "He Yi" during a serious personal conversation.