# Splash Splash Love

Splash Splash Love (Korean: 퐁당퐁당 LOVE; RR: Pongdang Pongdang LOVE) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Seul-gi and Yoon Doo-joon. It initially aired on web platform Naver TV Cast in a 10-episode format. It was then broadcast by MBC on December 13 and 20, 2015 in two 60-minute episodes.
The series aired two years after the popular novel Moonlight Drawn by Clouds was serialized on Naver in 2013. Like Splash, Moonlight is about the love story between a cross-dressing eunuch and a monarch. The novel is the original work from which the drama Love in the Moonlight (2016) was adapted from.

## Plot

Danbi is a senior high school student taking the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). However, she is not good at mathematics and is reluctant to take the exam. On exam day, she decides to run away and stops by a playground, where she hears a drum from a puddle of water. As she has the ability to travel through spacetime, she takes a leap of faith and jumps into the puddle of water and into the Joseon era.
In Joseon, she is mistaken for a eunuch and becomes a confidante of King Lee Do. Danbi finds that in the Joseon Dynasty, her high school level of math and science makes her the greatest scientist in the entire Kingdom. She falls in love with the King and inspires him in his goal to reform the country.
However, fearing for their own privileges, Danbi becomes the target of traditionalist courtiers who seek her death. Having a hand in saving both the King and the Queen, Danbi becomes friends with the Queen who, in order to allow the King and Danbi to be together, endorses Danbi becoming a royal consort. Presented to the Queen Dowager, who is a doppelganger of her own mother, Danbi becomes very home sick and therefore decides to return to her era. Lee accepts her decision, and they leave, heading for the beach, where they share a passionate good bye with each other before Danbi disappears into the portal in the water. When she has disappeared, Lee swears that he will find her again, no matter how long it will take.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Kim Seul-gi as Jang Dan-bi / Jang Yeong-sil
* Yoon Doo-joon as Yi Do / King Sejong

### Supporting cast

* Jin Ki-joo as So-heon (Dan-bi's friend) / Queen Soheon of the Cheongsong Shim clan
* Ahn Hyo-seop as Park Yeon / Che Ah-jin
* Ko Kyu-pil as Dan-bi's math teacher / Head Eunuch
* Lee Kwang-se
* Kim Soo-hyun
* Uhm Hye-jung
* Lee Jae-joon
* Kang Hyun
* Yoon Seok-ho as Seok (Park Yeon's younger brother)

### Cameo

* Kim Kap-soo as Prime Minister Hwang Hui
* Jung Kyu-soo as Shim On
* Im Ye-jin as Dan-bi's mother / Dowager Queen Hudeok of the Yeoheung Min clan
* Lee Dae-yeon as Choe Man-ri

## Subtitle for each episode

| Episode | Date | Subtitle | Running time |
| Episode 1 | 2015 December 10 | The sweet rain falling on Joseon | 13:35 |
| Episode 2 | 2015 December 11 | Useful Gosam | 14:10 |
| Episode 3 | 2015 December 12 | I hate Gosam | 18:37 |
| Episode 4 | 2015 December 13 | Gosam is in my heart | 11:02 |
| Episode 5 | 2015 December 14 | Don't go, Gosam | 18:59 |
| Episode 6 | 2015 December 17 | Gosam embracing the Sun | 11:49 |
| Episode 7 | 2015 December 18 | Don't cry Gosam | 16:55 |
| Episode 8 | 2015 December 19 | Gosam is a woman | 14:53 |
| Episode 9 | 2015 December 20 | You are my dream | 8:52 |
| Episode 10 | 2015 December 21 | Good luck, Danbi | 24:03 |

## Ratings

| Episode | Date | TNmS (%) | AGB Nielsen (%) |
| Episode | Date | Nationwide | Nationwide |
| 1 | December 13, 2015 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2 | December 20, 2015 | 3.0 | 2.5 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2016 | 11th Seoul International Drama Awards | Best Actress | Kim Seul-gi | Nominated |
| 2016 | 11th Seoul International Drama Awards | Best Screenwriter | Kim Ji-hyun | Nominated |
| 2016 | 11th Seoul International Drama Awards | Best TV Movie | Splash Splash Love | Nominated |
| 2016 | 44th International Emmy Awards | Best TV Movie / Mini-series | Splash Splash Love | Nominated |