Boys over Flowers and pop culture

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Boys Over Flowers has cemented itself in popular culture due to its successful adaptations, particularly in Asia. It has been referenced and parodied many times in different types of media.

Allusions/references

• In the tenth episode of the Japanese drama Otomen (2009), Boys Over Flowers is referenced several times. It particularly references the F4's arrival from episode one of the Japanese drama.
• The title of South Korean travel-reality show, Grandpas Over Flowers (2013), references Boys Over Flowers. Its popularity led to two spin-offs, Sisters Over Flowers (2013) and Youth Over Flowers (2014).
• In the web drama The Guys I Want to Catch (2021), Son Dong-woon, Niel, Wooseok, and Sejun play police trainees known as the "F4." However, in this case, the "F" stands for "Failure."

Tributes

Rainie Yang recreating her role as Xiao You

Karencici with her F4

• In Rainie Yang's 2020 music video for "Like a Star," Yang dons her costume as Xiao You in Meteor Garden (2001) again. A recreation of the bakery and a stand-in for Shan Cai are also featured.
• In 2021, Chinese-American artist Karencici created a Meteor Garden (2001) tribute song, titled "Meteor Shower" (花園裡的流星雨). Several scenes are recreated for the music video, such as Shan Cai's piano scene. Fandy Fan played Dao Ming Si, while Karencici herself played Shan Cai.

Parodies

• Boys Over Flowers (2009) has been parodied many times by South Korean boy bands, including Big Bang, B1A4, Shinee, and Monsta X.

"Boys Over Acting"

• The Korean adaptation of Boys Over Flowers inspired a parody, titled "Boys Over Acting," on the Filipino comedy show, Banana Split during 2009. The main cast were played by Niña Jose (Geum Jan-di), Zanjoe Marudo (Gu Jun-pyo), John Prats (Yoon Ji-hoo), Pooh (So Yi-jung), and Jason Gainza (Song Woo-bin). Jun-pyo's sister and mother, Gu Jun-hee (Angelica Panganiban) and Kang Hee-soo (Pokwang) were also parodied on the segment.
• Boys Over Flowers is referenced in Osomatsu-kun when the sextuplets of the series turn into idols of their school called the "F6." Author Yoko Kamio later participated in a collaboration honoring the series. She drew the sextuplets with Tsukasa Domyoji, making them the "F7."

F4 Thailand Parody

• Thai YouTuber Bie The Ska partnered with Viu to create an F4 Thailand parody. The video was partially filmed at Rangsit University, where the cafeteria scenes for F4 Thailand were filmed. Scenes from the first three episodes are parodied as well as one from the pilot trailer.

Drama comparisons

Boys Over Flowers popularity has often lead to others dramas drawing parallels or comparisons.

• The Heirs (2013) stars Lee Min-ho as another chaebol heir. The drama shares a few similarities to Boys Over Flowers, such as following a poor student attending an elite school.
• Güneşi Beklerken (2013), also known as Waiting for the Sun, is a Turkish soap opera. It follows an ordinary girl whom stands up to her rich and priveleged classmate.
• Gakko no Kaidan (2015) has drawn comparisons to Hana Yori Dango due to it having a clique, the Platinum 8, whom bully the other students.
• Moon River (2015) is a Taiwanese drama that has been favorably compared to Hana Yori Dango and Boys Over Flowers. Besides having a familiar premise, it also shares similar scenes.
• Cinderella with Four Knights (2016) shares a basic premise with Boys Over Flowers. It follows a "Cinderella"-like female lead whom meets four handsome men. Star Ahn Jae-hyun also mentioned that it shared similarities to Boys Over Flowers.
• He's Into Her (2021), a Filipino series that has been cited as "reminiscent" of Boys Over Flowers with a "Gen Z attitude." It stars Belle Mariano as a normal girl who angers her school's most popular boy played by Donny Pangilinan.

Misc.

• Japanese comedian Obata no Oniisan specializes in impersonating Shun Oguri, particularly Oguri's Rui Hanazawa character.
• Models Godfrey Gao, Sphinx Ting, Victor Chen, and Lan Chun-tien were collectively called Fashion F4 (or Fashion 4) after appearing in a photo shoot together.