Bad Buddy
| Bad Buddy | |
|---|---|
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| Thai | แค่เพื่อนครับเพื่อน |
| Genre | |
| Based on | หลังม่าน (Behind The Scenes) by Afterday, -West- |
| Directed by | Noppharnach Chaiwimol |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | • "เพลงที่เพิ่งเขียนจบ (Our Song) (Instrumental) by Korapat Kirdpan |
| Ending theme | • "แค่เพื่อนมั้ง (Just Friend?)" by Korapat Kirdpan (since Episode 1) • "จะไม่บอกใครละกันว่าเธอชอบฉันก่อน (Secret: Won't Tell Anyone That You Like Me First)" by Kacha Nontanun (since Episode 6) • "เพลงที่เพิ่งเขียนจบ (Our Song) by Korapat Kirdpan (since Episode 11) |
| Country of origin | Thailand |
| Original language | Thai |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Production company | |
| Distributor | iWantTFC (Philippines) |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Original release | 29 October 2021[1] – 21 January 2022 |
| External links | |
| GMM 25 Show Details | |
| Bad Buddy Series on WeTV | |
Bad Buddy (Thai: แค่เพื่อนครับเพื่อน; RTGS: Khae Phuean Khrap Phuean, lit. 'Just a Friend, Friend') is a 2021 Thai romantic comedy-drama television series starring Korapat Kirdpan (Nanon) and Pawat Chittsawangdee (Ohm). Based from the novel Behind The Scenes by Afterday and -West-, it tells the story of two boys who came from warring, neighboring families who found themselves competing for almost everything.
Directed by Noppharnach Chaiwimol (Aof) and produced by GMMTV, this series is one of sixteen television series of GMMTV for 2021 during their "GMMTV 2021: The New Decade Begins" event on 3 December 2020.[2][3][4] It currently airs every Friday at 20:30 (8:30 pm) on GMM25, while its full uncut version will air at 22:30 (10:30 pm) on WeTV. It replaced the Friday slot of the Fish upon the Sky rerun on GMM25.[5]
Synopsis[]
The rivalry of Pat (Pawat Chittsawangdee), a cheeky and impulsive guy, and Pran (Korapat Kirdpan), a neat and tidy perfectionist has been passed down from a previous generation. They are destined to be enemies to each other even before they were born. Their family runs a hardware business side by side, and their parents hate one another to the core. For this reason, both of them have become rivals in any kind of competition.
When an incident happens at the age of 12, their hatred begins to dissolve: Pat's little sister, Pa (Pattranite Limpatiyakorn), accidentally rides her bicycle into a pond. While Pat is still in a state of shock and fear, Pran immediately rushes into the water and saves Pa from drowning. Their relationship has changed since then. On the surface, they still appear to be enemies, but they no longer truly detest each other. In the ninth grade, they are assigned to be in the same music band and become closer. Even so, they get separated right before high school.
Four years later, a cruel twist of fate brings them together once again. Pat is chosen to be the freshman class president of the Faculty of Engineering while Pran is also the class president of the Faculty of Architecture, which these two faculties happen to be all-time rivals as well. Pat and Pran are compelled to compete with each other once more. Their battle is about to happen yet again, but Pa quickly finds out. She asks Pat not to do Pran any harm because he was the one who saved her life. Pat decides to meet Pran to offer him an agreement in exchange for information about their group of friends so as to avoid both of them from fighting. Pran prefers not to fight and agrees to the deal--thus their secret relationship begins to bloom. They are neither friends nor enemies, but they will surely capture the heart of the audience. It is time for you to find out how two people who can't ever be 'friends' will further become two people who cannot be 'just friends' and how this relationship will develop in the face of resistance from their family and friends.
Cast and characters[]
Main[]
- Korapat Kirdpan (Nanon) as Pran
- Pawat Chittsawangdee (Ohm) as Pat
Supporting[]
- Pattranite Limpatiyakorn (Love) as Pa
- Pansa Vosbein (Milk) as Ink
- Jitaraphol Potiwihok (Jimmy) as Wai
- Sattabut Laedeke (Drake) as Korn
- Pahun Jiyacharoen (Marc) as Louis
- Theepakon Kwanboon (Prom) as Mo
- Thakorn Promsatitkul (Lotte) as Safe
- Pakin Kuna-anuvit (Mark) as Chang
- Puttipong Sriwat (Leo Putt) as Ming (Pat's father)
- Pattamawan Kaomulkadee (Yui) as Pat's mother
- Passin Ruangvuth (A) as Pran's father
- Paradee Vongsawad (Ple) as Dissaya (Pran's mother)
- Thanavate Siriwattanakul (Gap) as Chai
- Kongkiat Khomsiri (Kome) as Tong
Guest[]
- Natachai Boonprasert (Dunk) Pat & Pran's school bandmate
- Passatorn Koolkang (Captain) Pat & Pran's school classmate
- Kittipop Sereevichayasawat (Satang) as Pat & Pran's school bandmate
- Napat Patcharachavalit (Aun) as Pat & Pran's school classmate
- Norawit Titicharoenrak (Gemini) as Pat & Pran's school junior
- Arun Asawasuebsakul (Ford) as Pat & Pran's school junior
- Nattawat Jirochtikul (Fourth) as Pat & Pran's school junior
- Achita Panyamang (Kim) as Young Pat
- Tanapatch Chanthasorn (Zen) as Young Pran
- Nichamon Ladapornpipat (Nene) as Young Pa
- Chertsak Pratumsrisakhon (Chert) as Professor Pichai
- Suphasawatt Purnaveja (Watt) as Professor of Architecture
- Yaowalak Mekkulwiroj as Professor/Lecturer
- Kusuma Teppharak (Pong) as Ms. Payao
- Chayanee Chaladthanyakij (Meen) as Ms. Sunee
- Thitisan Goodburn (Kim) as Ham
- Passakorn Chaithep (Cnine) as Junior
- Amata Piyavanich (Jum) as Junior's mother
- Pradit Prasartthong (Tou) as Yod
- Thanadon Meewongtham (Au)
- Kornprom Niyomsil (Au) as Toto
- Wisit Chantaraparb (Plug) as Chart
- Poom Kaewfacharoen as Architecture stageplay actor (as Kwan)
Reception[]
Thailand television ratings[]
- In the table below, the blue number represents the lowest ratings and the red number represents the highest ratings.
| Episode No. |
Timeslot (UTC+07:00) |
Air date | Average audience share |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday 8:30 pm | 29 October 2021 | 0.131% | [6] |
| 2 | 5 November 2021 | 0.112% | [7] | |
| 3 | 12 November 2021 | 0.131% | [8] | |
| 4 | 19 November 2021 | 0.058% | [9] | |
| 5 | 26 November 2021 | 0.150% | [10] | |
| 6 | 3 December 2021 | 0.072% | [11] | |
| 7 | 10 December 2021 | 0.062% | [12] | |
| 8 | 17 December 2021 | 0.088% | [13] | |
| 9 | 24 December 2021 | 0.158% | [14] | |
| 10 | 7 January 2022 | 0.1% | [15] | |
| 11 | 14 January 2022 | 0.2% | [16] | |
| 12 | 21 January 2022 | 0.165% | [17] | |
| Average | 0.121% 1 | |||
- ^1 Based on the average audience share per episode.
Online ratings[]
As of 15 November 2021, the series has become the No. 1 position on WeTV Thailand's most popular BL series rankings.[18] It further become the most-streamed Thai television series and drama on 23 November 2021[19][20] and the most-watched title on the platform on 13 December 2021 after the release of Episode 7.[21] Likewise, the series also made it to the Weekly Top 10 Most Watched Series of iWantTFC despite its exclusive availability in the Philippines. On the first rank release on 3 November 2021, the series' English-subtitled version reached Top 9.[22] It consistently remained in the Top 10 throughout the weeks and as of 14 December 2021, few days after the release of Episode 7, the English-subtitled version reached Top 8 and the Filipino-dubbed version achieved Top 9.[23]
Soundtracks[]
| Song Title (Official Spelling) |
Romanized Title (RTGS) |
English Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| แค่เพื่อนมั้ง (Kae Peuan Mang) |
Khae Phuean Mang | Just Friend? | Korapat Kirdpan (Nanon) | [24] |
| จะไม่บอกใครละกันว่าเธอชอบฉันก่อน (Ja Mai Bork Krai La Gun Wah Tur Chob Chan Korn) |
Cha Mai Bok Khrai La Kan Wa Thoe Chop Chan Kon | Secret (Won't Tell Anyone That You Like Me First) | Kacha Nontanun | [25] |
| เพลงที่เพิ่งเขียนจบ (Pleng Tee Peung Khean Jhob) |
Phleng Thi Phoeng Khian Chop | Our Song | Korapat Kirdpan (Nanon) | [26] |
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | WeTV Awards | Best of Thai Series | Bad Buddy Series | Won | [27][28] |
| Best of Y-Series | Won |
International broadcast[]
- Philippines – The series is one of the newest five GMMTV television series alongside "Baker Boys", "Not Me", "Enchanté", and "F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers" (a Thai adaptation of Meteor Garden, which had a different versions in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China, which was aired before on ABS-CBN) was acquired by ABS-CBN Corporation, after its successful acquisition of eight previous series under GMMTV. It was announced by Dreamscape Entertainment on 28 June 2021.[29] All episodes with English subtitles was made available for streaming via iWantTFC starting on 29 October 2021, simulcast with its Thailand broadcast.[30] The platform likewise released the series as dubbed in Filipino starting with the first episode on 4 November 2021.[31]
- Japan – The series is acquired by TV Asahi and au to be released in Japan for the first time on the streaming platform Telasa.[32] The first episode premiered with Japanese subtitles on 11 November 2021 and the succeeding episodes has been available sequentially every Thursday.[33]
References[]
- ^ GMMTV [@GMMTV] (15 October 2021). "จากคนที่ไม่มีวันเป็น "เพื่อน" กันได้... สู่คนที่ไม่มีวันเป็นได้ "แค่เพื่อน"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "[LIVE] งานแถลงข่าว #GMMTV2021 : The New Decade Begins". youtube.com. GMMTV. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ ""GMMTV" จัดงานใหญ่ "GMMTV 2021 The New Decade Begins" เปิดโผ 16 ซีรีส์เรื่องเยี่ยม พร้อมเผยโปรเจกต์ใหม่สุดปัง ทัพนักแสดงชื่อดังร่วมงานกว่า 100 ชีวิต". www.gmm-tv.com/news/. GMMTV. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "We're calling it—BrightWin's 'F4,' BL 'Bad Buddy' are the Thai shows to watch out for in 2021". philstarlife.com. The Philippine Star Life. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "[Official Trailer] แค่เพื่อนครับเพื่อน BAD BUDDY SERIES". youtube.com. GMMTV. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 29-31 ตุลาคม 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 4-6 พฤศจิกายน 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 12-14 พฤศจิกายน 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 19-21 พฤศจิกายน 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 26-28 พฤศจิกายน 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 3-5 ธันวาคม 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 10-12 ธันวาคม 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 17-19 ธันวาคม 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "เรตติ้งวันที่ 24-26 ธันวาคม 2564". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (10 January 2022). "7-9.1.65 #หนูมายารายงาน" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ หนูมายาดราม่า [@noomayadrama] (17 January 2022). "14-16.1.65 #หนูมายารายงาน" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ ""เพชฌฆาตจันทร์เจ้า" เปิดเรตติ้งด้วยตัวเลขหลับไหล เรตติ้งวันที่ 21-23 มกราคม 2565". facebook.com (in Thai). เขวี้ยงรีโมท. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ WeTV Thailand [@WeTVThailand] (15 November 2021). "มาแรงแบบฉุดไม่อยู่ขึ้นแท่นซีรีส์วายอันดับ 1 บน WeTV