Korean Connection: Seeing Similarities: Goong and Boys Over Flowers

I watched the first episode of Goong yesterday. It is a really popular series from 2006 that I've wanted to watch for a long time. Although it seems like a really interesting show, the only thing I could think about was how similar the first episode is to the first episode of Boys Over Flowers.

(1) The main characters from Goong and Boys Over Flowers are both high school aged girls who come from families that are struggling financially.

Boys Over Flowers

Goong

(2) They both have younger brothers, strict mothers, and silly fathers.

Boys Over Flowers

Goong

(3) In both shows, there are rich and popular boys at the school who the main character does not like due to their arrogance. In Boys Over Flowers there is the F4, rich and popular boys who come from powerful families. In Goong there is a prince who must be followed by body guards and thinks he is better than everyone else.

Boys Over Flowers

Goong

(4) In Boys Over Flowers, the main character stands up to the F4 where as in Goong the main character only daydreams about telling off the Prince. However, in both shows the girls run into the arrogant boys through embarrassing situations. They are both attracted to the boys while still hating the way they act.