The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog

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The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog is a Taiwanese idol drama which was first aired in 2005. From its pilot episode, the show attracted a large number of viewers due to the popularity of its cast and their affliates. Ratings for the show grew steadily with each episode and the show has since seen its ratings hit an all-time high, beating even that of Meteor Garden- the now legendary drama which launched the careers of F4 and started the idol drama craze in Asia. The series stars all the members of 183 Club and 2 members of 7 Flowers; both musical groups are signed under Jungiery Star. The series has also spawned the creation of a much-loved frog character named after the iconic central character, Dang Ou.

Contents 1 Name 2 Cast 3 Story 4 Characters introduction

[edit] Name

Chinese title (traditional): 王子變青蛙

Chinese title (simplified):王子变青蛙

PinYin title: Wang Zi Bian Qing Wa

English title: Prince turns into a frog

Indonesian title: Pangeran Kodok

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Ming Dao/Matthew Lin Chao Zhang (183 club) as Shan JunHao aka DangOu

Joe Chen Qiao En (7 flowers) as Ye TianYu

Sam Wang Shao Wei (183 club/5566) as Xu ZiQian

Joyce Zhao Hong Qiao (7 flowers) as Fan YunXi

Ehlo Huang Yu Rong (183 club) as David aka Da Wei

Gino (K ONE) as Zhang Ming Han

Johnny Yan Xin Shu (183 club) as Xie Quan

Jacky Zhu Fan Gang (183 club) as Micheal

Anthony (LaLa) as Ye Zheng Zhe (TianYu's brother)

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Shan JunHao, who is disliked by many people for his personality, gets hit by a car in a planned accident on the day of his wedding with Fan Yun Xi, a woman who loves JunHao. Ye Tian Yu, who thought that it was her fault for crashing into the unconscious Jun Hao, brings him home (because she doesn't want to get arrested). He wakes up but doesn't remember anything of his past, so Ye Zheng Zhe, Tianyu's Brother, told him that his name was Dang Ou and he was their illegal cousin. TianYu and Dang Ou slowly develop feelings for each other. During this time, Xu ZiQian, a close friend of Shan JunHao, and Fa Yunxi also begin to develop feelings for each other after they had given up looking for JunHao. Love and Romance fills these two couples up. However, good times never last. Xu ZiQian finds Dang Ou, and together with Yun Xi, forces TianYu to return Dang Ou. TianYu is granted one last day. After their last date, TianYu brings Dang Ou back to his real home. But Dang Ou doesn't give up and searches for TianYu. When he finally finds her, he gets hit on the head by gangsters and forgets the times he was Dang-Ou and the sweet moments with TianYu. He was the cold-blooded Shan Jun Hao again. Xu Ziqian is in pain as well, because he loves Fan YunXi, but she has a blind loyalty to Shan JunHao, and almost immediately dumps Xu ZiQian. Everything was back to "normal." But love will not disappear easily... Ye TianYu meets Shan Jun Hao again. But JunHao does not recall anything about TianYu, only loving memories of Fan Yunxi. Being crushed, Xu Ziqian and Ye Tianyu start dating inorder to forget about JunHao and Yunxi. Zhang Min Han, the deputy-GM of senwell, digs up information about The Shan's history between them and Xu. When this is revealed to Xu Ziqian and her ill-ridden mother, the mother dies of a heart-attack. Xu Ziqian develops a mental and emotional breakdown, and needs TianYu. But when he needed her the most, she was embracing JunHao during his Wedding reception with JunHao. The constant/radom encounters causes JunHao to slowly remember his life with TianYu and the Dang Ou side awakens. At this point, Junhao then tells TianYu everything he feels for her at their wedding reception, infront of everybody, including Xu Ziqian and Fan Yunxi. Knowing it was a forbidden love, TianYu runs away in tears. Since she did, Xu Ziqian's emotions become more violent, to the point where his natually kind and gentle-hearted personality becomes harsh and unkind. He becomes the rightful owner of Senwell. Zhang Min Han, in hopes for a higher position, did this on purpose to Ziqian, but it had gotten too far. At this point, Ziqian believed all the problems of his life was Senwell's fault, and begins to sell it. Fan Yunxi later that day decided to divource JunHao for his happiness, but because of her obsessive dreams of having a family, she too has a mental/emotional breakdown. JunHao/Dang Ou returns to TianYu and they begin to pick up where they left off. Coincidentally, Xiqian recieves a call to pick up Fan Yunxi because she fell into a river. Both are currently mentally and emotionally unstable, but Ziqian, seeing Yunxi in her state, gets more angry and Senwll and blames them for this. Zhang Min Han, in desperation, needs help for the person he brought down, Shan JunHao. Together, they stopped Xu Ziqian from doing a mistake. Yunxi, probably because of the moment, remembers that it was not JunHao that was there for her first, but Ziqian, and she falls for him again. Ziqian, after this incident, snaps out of it, and realizes that he loves Yunxi too. So in the End, TianYu and Junhao get Married, and Xu Ziqian and Fan YunXi become travellers.

[edit] Characters introduction

Shan JunHao(played by Matthew Lin Chao Zhang)

He is the GM of Senwell Hotels, and he takes his work very seriously. Many people dislike him for his tyrannical way of working, and all of them are waiting for his downfall. Fan YunXi is his fiancée, but actually he doesn't really love each her, it's just habit for him because his parent brought him up with the ideaology that he and Yunxi were to marry each other. He actually has a nice side of him, in his heart, though it is not seen in his work, where he has to be fierce in the competitive world. He became Dang Ou after a car accident caused by Tong HuaShun (Xu ZiQian's friend).

Dang Ou(also played by Matthew Lin Chao Zhang)

Though he and Shan Junhao are one, he seems to appear as the other side of Junhao's Heart. After the accident which causes him to lose his memory, he was brought into TianYu's truck to her house where he wakes. When he awakes, a panic arrives, because he doesn't remember his identity and they must make one up. Ye TianYu's whimsical little brother, Ye Zheng Zhe, created the name "Dang Ou". From there, the family said he was TianYu's Distant cousin who was brought there illegally and now is hiding. He's almost completely oppostite of his mental counterpart. He's quite the gentleman and does his best to please others. At this state, he no longer remembers Fan Yunxi or Xu Ziqian. He falls in love with TianYu when he is Dang Ou.

Ye TianYu (played by Joe Chen Qiao En)

Because her family had financial problems, Ye TianYu knows money is very important. She can lie about anything for money. Many people see her as a cheat, but she's actually a very caring, innocent, simple girl. She wishes to marry a wealthy man, till Dang Ou (Shan Junhao) appeared. Though Money is very much part of her life, and has gotten in trouble for her effort with Dang Ou, she becomes infatuated with Dang Ou. She cannot hold her liquor well...

Xu ZiQian (played by Sam Wang Shao Wei)

Xu ZiQian was adopted by the Shan family after his parents got killed in a gas explosion caused by Shan JunHao's father Shan YaoRong (although he doesn't know about that in the front episodes). He is the Head Director of Senwell, and he has a more caring personality than Shan JunHao. He is truly in love with Fan Yunxi and cares for her deeply; whenever YunXi is in pain, he softens her with a piece of candy. However, he loses his dream girl Fan YunXi to Shan JunHao, because of Fan Yunxi's delusions of having a family. This makes him at bitter to Shan JunHao at first. He pledges with TianYu, that they will try to win back their lovers, but if they fail, they will date.

Fan YunXi (played by Joyce Zhao Hong Qiao)

She was left by her parents at Senwell, and she has since been living with the Shans. Although Xu ZiQian is always there for her, she only loves Shan JunHao because she always thought that Shan JunHao was the 1st person to care for her after being left behind by her mother at Senwell. She's smart and beautiful, and she always tries to please Shan JunHao. She has never gotten over her childhood memories of getting left behind by her mother. She was groomed by Shan JunHao's parents to become Shan JunHao's perfect bride, and so it has always been a childhood dream of hers to be a pretty bride and marry Shan JunHao.

Ye Zheng Zhe {Anthony -LaLa-}

Ye TianYu's whimsical little brother, whom at times has billiant moments and not so brilliant ones. He creates the name of Dang Ou.