Lack of Originality in Taiwan Dramas

Okay, I watched 桃花小妹 on dramacrazy.net and I've been watching 美樂。加油 on the same site. I've also seen 微笑 Pasta and 桃花小妹 on DVD and I watched (but didn't understand) 美樂加油 when it originally aired on TV. There are some similarities between the three dramas.

In 微笑 Pasta, 成曉詩 is initially in love with 何瑞哲 but later falls in love with 何群, his older brother. In 美樂加油, 查美樂 is initially in love with 韓以風 but later falls in love with 韓以烈, his younger brother.

In all three dramas, there is a scene in which the lovers accidentally fall down and their lips touch each other and Cyndi Wang's character considers it a kiss.

In 微笑 Pasta, 何群 likes the pasta that 成曉詩 cooks and this is supposedly part of the reason why he attracted to her. In 美樂加油, 韓以烈 likes the bread that 查美樂 bakes and this is definitely part of the reason why he is attracted to her.

In 微笑 Pasta, 成曉詩 doesn't like 何群 at first because he keeps calling her "stupid" but she becomes touched when he (a singer-songwriter) writes the song 小烏龜 for her. In 美樂加油, 查美樂 doesn't like 韓以烈 at first because he keeps calling her "stupid" but she becomes touched when he (a song writer who can also sing) writes the song 心中的花園 for her.

In 微笑 Pasta, 成曉詩 and 何群 decide to have a fake relationship because it is good publicity for him if he has a steady girlfriend. In 美樂加油, 查美樂 and 韓以烈 decide to have a fake relationship so that 韓以風 will think she has moved on and people won't look at her with pity.

In 微笑 Pasta, 何群 is jealous because he thinks 成曉詩 is still in love with his younger brother. In 桃花小妹, 史朗 is jealous because so many people are trying to get 陳桃花 to hook up with 薛志強 and she allows him at one point to believe that is what she wants. In 美樂加油, 韓以烈 is jealous because he thinks 查美樂 is still in love with his older brother.

In 微笑 Pasta, 成曉詩 is jealous because 何群 is still friends with his ex-girlfriend, Rita. In 桃花小妹, 陳桃花 is jealous because 史朗's childhood friend 龔蕙琪 has returned to Taiwan and she is determined to make 史朗 love her and not 桃花. In 美樂加油, 查美樂 is jealous because 楚茵, 韓以烈's assistant, has confessed her love to 韓以烈 and 韓以烈 allows her at one point to believe that he is no longer interested in her and is instead going to hook up with 楚茵.

In 微笑 Pasta, there is a big scandal when pictures of 何群 and 成曉詩 together are published in the newspaper. Later there is another scandal when 何群 is seen with Rita and the media speculates that 何群's 成曉詩 is fake and he is actually still seeing Rita. In 美樂加油, there is a big scandal when pictures of 韓以烈 and 查美樂 together are published in the newspaper. The pictures are published along with the accusation that 韓以烈 stole 查美樂 away from 韓以風 and that it is because of him that 查美樂 and 韓以風 are not going to get married.

In 微笑 Pasta, 何群 grabs 成曉詩 and takes her to his home so the media won't follow her around and bother her. In 美樂加油, 韓以烈 grabs 查美樂 and takes her to his home in 杭州 so the media won't follow her around and bother her.

In 微笑 Pasta, 何群's brother 何瑞哲 falls in love with 何群's ex-girlfriend, Rita. In 桃花小妹, 陳桃花's brother 陳餘一 falls in love and eventually marries 史朗's childhood friend 龔蕙琪 while her brother 陳承 falls in love and eventually marries 史朗's cousin 史雪. In 美樂加油, 查美樂's brother 查宇誠 falls in love with 韓以霏, the younger sister of both 韓以風 and 韓以烈.

In 微笑 Pasta, 何群 and 何瑞哲 don't get along as a result of something that happened a long time ago involving 何瑞哲's girlfriend. In 美樂加油, 韓以烈 doesn't get along with his mother as a result of something that happened a long time ago involving 韓以烈's girlfriend.