5 K-Drama Tropes That Need To Retire In 2022

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If you've been a K-Drama fan for any amount of time now, you must have noticed some tropes that keep showing up in almost all K-Dramas. In some cases, they have become so overused that it renders the storyline all too predictable for long-time viewers. As we move onto a new year, we cannot help but wish that some of these would just retire in 2022.

Here are 5 overused K-Drama tropes that we desperately need to leave behind this year.

 

1. The Truck Of Doom

Found In: "Goblin", "True Beauty", "Cheese In The Trap", "Shut Up: Flower Boy Band".

K-Drama fans all over the world will collectively agree when we say that we've had enough of the truck of doom sending our beloved characters straight to the hospital or worse, to a coma. It is nothing if not a plot device in most cases, and despite all its creative variations, it's simply insufferable. Usually, it brings about a revelation in a romantic relationship or causes a separation - either way, there must be better ways to do so without putting someone's life at stake.

 

2. Amnesia

Found In: "Master's Sun", "I Can Hear Your Voice", "Her Private Life", "Bring It On, Ghost".

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