Joseon Makeover

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Joseon Makeover is a Season 3 episode

## Characters

* Chang-Ho Chouel
* Dong-Chouel
* Swoople
* Jimmy
* Drake
* Joey
* Patchy
* Pammy
* Young-Chouel
* Mr. Chouel
* Ms. Chouel
* Ki-Chouel
* Harameoni-Chouel
* Harabeoji-Chouel
* Hana-Chouel
* Nari-Chouel
* Iseul-Chouel
* Eun-Chouel
* Seok-Chouel
* Ms. Chouel's Friends
* Harrison (does not speak)
* Dae-Jung (does not speak)

## Plot

### TV Guide

During a Chugyedaeje Man ceremony, Chang thinks he's going to die at his 300th birthday. In order to stop it, Dong-Chouel takes Chang-Ho to his favorite things

### Boomerang App and Tubi TV

Chang-Ho thinks he's going to die when he turns 300 because of a "family curse"-every family member before him died at 300. He and the Chouels spend the day before his 300th birthday doing all the things Chang-Ho's wanted to do.

## Summary

The episode begins at nighttime with Chang-Ho Chouel coming for a visit where he sees Cousin Eun's house with a variety of objects strewn around the front door. Mr. Chouel opens the door wearing a bird's beak, very much looking like Sid's magpie, and is very happy to see him making it for "Chugyedaeje Man Day." At the woods, the kids greet their grandfather with a hug and Chang gives Ms. Chouel a wreath as a present, Sid-Jeon, Lee, Harrison and Joey are also there, The Chouels and Swoople proceed to do a dance and sing a song about the "Chugyedaeje Man" and burn a wooden statue that resembles Chang. After the ceremony, Richard reassures Frankie that the "Chugyedaeje Man Day" is not about him and that his mother told him it is a tradition as old as time: Just a week after the Pig War written by the British when they were all abandoned by their fathers, Feeling guilty and angry, Chang decided to stay at The Chouel's house for a week,

At night, Chang sleeps at Dong-Chouel's room while Dong-Chouel sleeps at Ki's room, The next day, Swoople wakes up to see that the house is decorated with Stuff about the Joseon Dynasty

At school, Dong-Chouel is wearing a Confucian students outfit, saying that his family would go Joseon for a week, everyone (except for his friends) laugh, Kim-Seo asks Dong-Chouel that being Joseon is part of growing up and change, Later, Dong-Chouel recites the "haneulcheonttaji" chant, again, everyone, (except his friends) laugh

The next morning, The Chouels are sitting down to breakfast. Chang is in a bad mood, spurred on by the bickering of everyone, Dong-Chouel inquiries about Chang's bad mood, and discovers that Chang will soon turn 300, and he believes that the men in his bloodline are cursed to die at 300-years-old, citing his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Dong-Chouel accompanies him on a check-up with his doctor, who claims that Chang is in remarkably good for someone his age--in fact, the doctor claims that Grandpa could, in theory at least, live to age of 300. Chang, however, refuses to accept his diagnosis. saying that he is dying soon

Chang goes about leaving his family and boarders his family. To Dong-Chouel he gives the gat, and Swoople, his house in the woods, but he will NOT however give any of his croquet mallets to Mr.Chouel, At the Bozana Canteen, Dong-Chouel explains his tough situation to Lee, who suggests inspiring his family by taking them out to do his favorite things. The Chouels go to the movies, ice skating, a baseball game and enjoy corn dogs down at Pond Porcero. After all of his efforts, Dong-Chouel still hasn't managed to convince Chang that he'll survive his birthday the next day.

At, The Chouel house, Chang, adorned in a suit and bowtie, lies in Dong-Chouel's mattress and waits for the clock to strike midnight. Swoople is making wagers as to what time Chang will "kick the bucket." However, when twelve o'clock finally arrives, Chang discovers he is still among the living. He scrolls through his family photo album, recounting the life spans of his relatives--after Dong-Chouel hears this and does some mental math, he points out to Chang-Ho that those relatives all died when they were 521, not 300. Overjoyed, Chang leaps from his bed, insisting that he's perfectly healthy, as Oh When the Saints Go Marching In plays in the radio, As the episode ends with Chang-Ho, Dong-Chouel, Lee and Swoople hitting the town yet again to celebrate by getting sweet potatoes and then Chang wonders if he can get Tteok-bokki.

## Quotes

**Chang-Ho Chouel:** The reason I asked you all here is, well, I thought long and hard about it, and I decided that I'm leaving each and every one of you... *ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!* Now scram! All of you! Shoosh! Vamoose! Skedaddle!

## Trivia

* The Chugyedaeje Man is a parody of The Maypole song from The Wicker Man movie
* This episode was shown in KBS World in 2019 on January, February and September
* This is the second episode that deals with a Chouel family tradition, the first being "Swoople's Contury Cousin"
* The organ music played during the night of Chang-Ho's funeral was the organ tune played in Smurfily Ever After
* In production order, this is Chang-Ho Chouel's first episodic appearance, his first appearance was in the 1988 special, "Dong-Chouel and the Family Secret"
* Ki-Chouel mentions Chang-Ho-Chouel's last dayout in "Ki-Chouel's Time Out." However, in that episode, he claims not to have attended it, and was instead forced to stay at home and take care of Jimmy and Kwan (who is not seen in this episode)

## Goofs

* When the Chouel family enjoy a nice sunset, Ki-Chouel's shoes are partly transparent

## Titles in other languages

* Dutch: Dong-Chouel en de familievloek

* French: la malédiction familiale
* German: Familienfluch
* Japanese: 家族の呪い
* Korean: 동철과 가문의 저주
* Mandarin: 家族的诅咒 (1992 CCTV dub), 家庭改造 (2007 YOYO TV dub)
* Spanish: Dong-Chouel y la maldición familiar