The Prince Who Turns into a Frog

2007-01-25T01:23:45Z

Mavendark:

[[File:Frog.jpg|thumb|220px|Jun-Hao and Tian-Yu]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 王子變青蛙 / Wang Zi Bian Qing Wa
*'''Also known as:''' Prince turn into Frog / Prince who turned into a Frog
*'''Genre:''' Romance / Comedy
*'''Episodes:''' 20
*'''Broadcast network:''' TTV / SETTV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005 Jun 05
*'''Air time:''' 21:30-23:00
*'''Opening theme song:''' [[Prince turns to Frog OST|迷魂計]] ''Enchanting Trick'' by [[Wikipedia:183 Club|183 Club]]
*'''Ending theme song:''' [[Prince turns to Frog OST|真愛]] ''Pure Love'' by [[Wikipedia:183 Club|183 Club]]

==Synopsis==
The fairy tale goes... ''After the princess kissed the frog, it turned into a handsome prince and they lived happily ever after...''

Yeah...right.

When you visit a little town called Guan Mei, you may meet Ye Tian-Yu ([[Chen Qiao En]]). At first glance, she may seem like a shameless, money-grubbing, deceiving little schemer. And when you meet her family at their little grocery store called "Qian Lai Ye" (Money c'mon in), you will find the shameless, money-grubbing, deceiving little schemer trait runs in the family. But, please don't prejudge them. They are actually very kind-hearted townsfolk, as Shan Jun-Hao ([[Ming Dao]]) finds out when he gets involved in a mysterious car accident and loses his memory.

Okay, fine. So the 'accident' is not so accidental.

Shan Jun-Hao is the general manger of Senwell Hotels, in which his family owns 60% of the shares. His cold-hearted, cut-throat management style pisses quite a lot of people inside and outside of the hotel. So on the day of his engagement to his childhood friend, Fan Yun-Xi ([[Zhao Hong Qiao]]), he gets kidnapped. Not someone who takes it lying down, he fights for the control of the kidnapping car. The car crashes into a side railing and falls down a cliff. Luckily, he survives the crash and manages to climb back up onto the highway. Unfortunely, he is immediately hit by an oncoming car and knocked unconscious. And, who hit him? A little hint... her family owns a grocery store.

Shan Jun-Hao wakes up with no memory of who he is. Ye Tian-Yu and her family don't know who he is, either. Only Ye Tian-Yu's stepfather knows, but he is not telling. Not knowing where to return him to, Ye Tian-Yu recruits him to work for her family's grocery store and nicknames him "Dang Oh." And, they end up falling for each other.

Couldn't it have just ended like that?

Oh course not. Shan Jun-Hao has a fiancé who misses him terribly. And her grief is breaking Xu Zhi-Qian's ([[Sam Wang]]) heart. Xu Zi-Qian knows and loves Fan Yun-Xi more than anyone. He tries to be her support, her comfort, her Shan Jun-Hao replacement. Yet, he knows he can't never replace Shan Jun-Hao. So he goes out searching for his love rival and discovers "Dang Oh" in Guan Mei. He tries to bring Dang Oh back to Fan Yun-Xi, but Dang Oh refuses to go because he doesn't believe he is Shan Jun-Hao. However, an attempted kidnapping takes places and Dang Oh is knocked out cold. When he wakes he has forgetten everything that has happened after the previous car accident and remembers everything before it. So in other words, bye bye Dang Oh and hello Shan Jun-Hao.

Ye Tian-Yu still loves Dang Oh. Xu Zi-Qian still loves Fan Yun-Xi. So, the two of them decide to fight for their love one last time. They make an agreement that if they couldn't get their love back, then they would go out with each other. Things happen, and eventually Shan Jun-Hao falls back in love with Ye Tian-Yu. But, Xu Zi-Qian is already on the move to get Ye Tian-Yu to forget 'Dang-Oh' and go out with him.

So who will end up with who? Will Shan Jun-Hao be able to win back Ye Tian-Yu? Or, will he resume his original plan and marry Fan Yun-Xi?

Will this fairytale end with happily ever after..? Only time will tell..

==Cast==
*[[Ming Dao]] as Shan Jun-Hao 單均昊
*[[Sam Wang]] as Xu Zi-Qian 徐子騫
*[[Chen Qiao En]] as Ye Tian-Yu 葉天瑜
*[[Zhao Hong Qiao]] as Fan Yun-Xi 范芸熙
*[[Gino]] as Zhang Ming-Han 張明寒
*[[Huang Yu Rong]] as Li Da-Wei 李大偉
*[[Yan Xing Shu]] as Xie Quan
*[[Jacky Zhu]] as Huang Mai-Ke 黃麥克
*[[Anthony]] as Ye Zheng Zhe 葉正哲
*[[Wang Juan]] (王琄) as Chen Jin Zhi 陳金枝
*[[Lu Man Yin]] (呂曼茵) as hotel maid
*[[Na Wei Xun]] (那維勲) as hotel chef
*[[Sun Xing]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Scriptwriter:'''
*'''Producer:'''
*'''Director:'''
*'''Music:'''

==External Links==
*[http://www.ttv.com.tw/drama/2005/wawawa/index.htm TTV Official Homepage]
*[http://www.settv.com.tw/metro/m095/ SETTV Homepage]
*[http://mingdao.myfastforum.org/ Ming Dao/Frog Prince English Forum]

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It Started with a Kiss (2005 & 2007)

2006-11-10T22:34:38Z

Mavendark:

[[File:Kiss01.jpg|thumb|Zhishu and Xiangqin]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 惡作劇之吻 / 恶作剧之吻 / E Zuo Ju Zhi Wen
*'''English Title:''' It Started With A Kiss
*'''Genre:''' Romance / Comedy
*'''Episodes:''' 20
*'''Broadcast network:''' CTV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005 Sep 25 - 2006 Feb 12
*'''Air time:''' Sunday 22:00 to 23:30
*'''Opening theme song:''' [[It Started with a Kiss OST|Say U Love Me]] by [[Jason]] and [[Lara]]
*'''Ending theme song:''' [[It Started with a Kiss OST|惡作劇]] (E Zuo Ju) ''Prank'' by Wang Lan Yin
*'''Other theme songs:''' ''See [[It Started with a Kiss OST]]''

==Synopsis==
*Spoilers*
Yuan Xiang Qin ([[Ariel Lin]]) is a naive but optimistic high school girl. Ever since she met Jiang Zhi Shu ([[Joe Cheng]]) at the freshman orientation, she's fallen in love with the genius with an IQ of 200. After two years of having a crush on him, she finally musters the courage to confess to him at school. Zhi Shu is not impressed, and his cold-hearted rejection immediately turns her into the biggest joke of the school.

Misfortune comes in a pair: that evening, the new house she has just moved into with her father collapses in a minor earthquake. She and her father are instantly left homeless. Fortunately, her father's old high school friend extends a helping hand and invites both of them to live at his house. Little did Xiang Qin know that the kind Uncle Li is actually the father of Jiang Zhi Shu! Because of the unexpected turn of events, the two of them begin living their lives under the same roof. From then on, both families hoped that Zhi Shu will eventually marry Xiang Qin because they seemed like a good couple. Thus, Zhi Shu's mother always try to set both of them up together, though causing more trouble in the process.

Nothing has ever seemed too hard for Zhi Shu; he's overcome every obstacle in his life with a practiced ease. However, Xiang Qin's appearance is like a tornado, turning his perfectly organized life into a whirlwind of unpredictable events. Despite his initial coldness and annoyance, Xiang Qin's blind courage and determination causes him to re-evaluate and think about his own life and future.
Xiang Qin always followed him as a shadow to try to win his heart.
He kissed her twice without telling her that he loved her and he behaved more and more badly to her. A girl named Zi Yu became acquianted with him through college and soon after Xiang Qin moved out to another house. After Zhi Shu's family learned that he kissed Xiang Qin, they immediately invited her family back to live with Zhi Shu in hopes that they will one day marry.

==Cast==
*[[Ariel Lin]] as Yuan Xiang Qin 袁湘琴
*[[Joe Cheng]] as Jiang Zhi Shu 江直樹
*[[Jiro Wang]] as Jin Yuan Feng 金元豐
*[[Tiffany Xu]] as Pei Zi Yu 裴子瑜
*[[Jason]] as Wang Hao Qian 王皓謙
*[[Chang Yung Cheng]] as Jiang Ah Li
*[[Cyndi Chao]] as Ah Li's wife
*[[Tang Tsung Sheng]] as Yuan Ah Cai
*[[Yang Pei Ting]] as Lin Chun Mei
*[[Liu Jung Chia]] as Liu Ya Nun
*[[Lee Shiau Shiang]] as

==Production Credits==
*'''Director:''' [[Ju Yu Ning]], 瞿友寧

==Trivia==
*The series was based on the Japanese [[Wikipedia:Sh%C5%8Djo|shoujo manga]] "Itazura na kiss" (Mischievous kiss) by Tada Kaoru.
*The are 23 volumes of the manga.
*There is no ending for the manga; the series was still running in Margaret when the author passed away at the age of 38 from a brain aneurysm.
*[[Itazura na kiss]] (1996) is the Japanese adaptation.
*The filming of ''It Started with a Kiss'' lasted one entire year. Some scenes were filmed in different seasons, which resulted in many goofs.
* The director, Ju Yu Ning, made two cameos in the drama: One as the fat, middle age woman on a bus who accuses Ah Jin was taking advantage of her and another as Zhi Shu's boyfriend in Xiang Qin's imagination (birthday gift giving scene).
*The sequel is set to air in September 2007 due to the show's high ratings in Taiwan.

==External Links==
*[http://www.ctv.com.tw/event/2005/kiss/ CTV Homepage]
*[http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/S051420051001U/index.htm GTV Homepage]

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