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Just a list for when I see cross-references in dramas.  I realize that I must miss many because of my limited exposure to K-dramas

AnaPat Dec 12, 2025
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  • One Dollar Lawyer

    1. One Dollar Lawyer

    Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    9.5

    Reference to Hot Stove League and wondering why there isn't a second season in episode 4.

  • Taxi Driver Season 2

    2. Taxi Driver Season 2

    Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

    8.0

    Namkoong Min as Chun Ji-hoon from One Dollar Lawyer cameo

  • Dynamite Kiss

    3. Dynamite Kiss

    Korean Drama - 2025, 14 episodes

    9.5
  • Queen of Tears

    4. Queen of Tears

    Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes

    8.0

    Multiple references to CLOY and the leading actors.

    Song Joong Ki as Vincenzo and Jeon Yeo Been as Hong Cha Young from Vincenzo cameo.

  • Café Minamdang

    5. Café Minamdang

    Korean Drama - 2022, 18 episodes

    8.0

    Reference to Signal

  • What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    6. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    9.5

    Lee Min Ki and Jung So Min played Kim Mi So's parents when she was little.  They were the leading actors in Because This is My First Life.

  • Crash Landing on You

    7. Crash Landing on You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    8.5

    Kim Soo Hyun cameo as Bang Dong Gu from the movie Secretly Greatly.

  • Hospital Playlist

    8. Hospital Playlist

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes

    10

    Choi Moo Sung and Kim Sun Young, playing their characters from Reply 1988.

  • Pro Bono

    9. Pro Bono

    Korean Drama - 2025, 12 episodes

    9.0

    Reference to Goblin

  • Idol I

    10. Idol I

    Korean Drama - 2025, 12 episodes

    9.0

    Reference to Saja Boys from K-pop Demon Hunters.  Kang Woo-Seong says that people think Gold Boys are an animated group.

  • It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    11. It's Okay to Not Be Okay

    Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

    10

    Reference to Kim Soo Hyun's series Love From the Stars when Moon Gang Tae tells Ko Mun Young that he does not have a passport, and she asks him if he is from another planet. (ep. 9) 

  • Phantom Lawyer

    12. Phantom Lawyer

    Korean Drama - 2026, 16 episodes

    Reference to Dr. Romantic and Hospital Playlist (Ep 1)

    Lee Gang Pung [Ghost]: You should be called Attorney Romantic.  Did you graduate from med school too? What a playlist.

    FL pretending to be prosecutor Kang Ha Na which was her character in Taxi Driver 

  • May I Help You

    13. May I Help You

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

    8.5

    ML, Tae Hui, is going to teach the FL, Dong Ju, who is played by Lee Hye Ri, to swear just like her character did in Reply 1988 when Deok Sun taught Taek to swear. 

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