History Characters / SquidGameGameStaff

* GracefulLoser: When he ends up losing all of his cash in the briefcase that amounts to millions of won, his only reaction is to smile and happily clap for the players when they win. Subverted, because it's likely his tactic to keep them interested in playing and lure them to the games.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: VIP No. 4 isn't seen again with the other [=VIPs=] after a guard goes to check his unconscious body [[spoiler:from Jun-ho knocking him out]]. However, if the DeathlyUnmasking rule applies to them in the same way as the guards, it can be assumed that he was executed due to him being unmasked at the time.

** While [[spoiler:the revelation that Gi-hun is still being watched more than a year after his victory is unnerving, the advice the Front Man gives seems sincere - while Gi-hun's determination to destroy the games is undeniably just, it is nigh-certain to end with his death and complete disappearance from his daughter's life.]]

* ArchEnemy: He cemented himself as this [[spoiler:to Gi-hun after he subtly threaten the life of his daughter to him on the phone in Episode 12 to prevent Gi-hun from going any deep]].

* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: In the final episode, [[spoiler: he threatens Gi-hun to "just board the plane" when the former calls them via the same card they give towards unknowing players, while also threatening to take his daughter as a possible competitor if he boards the plane to LA. Gi-hun isn't fazed by this (in fact, the Front Man threatening Ga-yeong's life causes Gi-hun to change his mind) and actually [[SequelHook leaves the plane boarding station]], no doubt sparing Gi-hun's daughter for now.]]

* EvilCounterpart: From what the final episode shows, he can be seen as this to Gi-hun. [[spoiler:Both were winners in the games and had haunting experiences in them; Il-nam subsequently mentored both of them. The main difference was that Il-nam molded In-ho to be the next Host once he dies, while he tried to push Gi-hun down a better path, both in and outside the games. As a result, In-ho ended up barely having a life outside the games, while Gi-hun turned around his life with that push. Also, Gi-hun ended the season vowing to protect his daughter Ga-yeong by taking down the games so that she can't become a possible competitor herself, while In-ho shot his own brother for trying to expose the conspiracy and avenge him, ironically enough.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: He has no qualms about possibly putting kids in the deadly games, though he has yet to implement it, [[spoiler: he outright threatens to do this to Gi-hun's little daughter Ga-yeong, if he dares boards the flight to Los Angeles to see her, due to his reach being ''global'']], no doubt he'll be expanding his reach to likely include ''children'' in the games in the near future.

** When [[spoiler:Gi-hun wins, the Front Man attempts to comfort him while escorting him back to his hometown in a limo, rather than dumping him out from a truck while knocked out. The Front Man tells him to view the Games as a bad dream, enjoy the money because he earned it]].

* PsychopathicManchild: Though he's undoubtedly more intelligent and mature than the [=VIPs=], he still takes an inordinate amount of joy in playing children's games, and admits that his biggest motivation for making himself a contestant was to recapture the happiness he felt playing those games as a child.

* {{Psychopathic Manchild}}ren: Despite being grown men of great wealth and power, they act like entitled teenagers; one of them can be heard petulantly snapping at another after being corrected over a Shakespeare quote, while the others [=VIPs=] cheer VIP 4 like fratboys as he takes a waiter away to be raped. VIP 4 himself bets on Player 069 because [[LOL69 he finds the number amusing]], and throws a temper tantrum when the odds go against both 069 and 096. One would have to feel bad for the Front Man as he has to deal with their antics.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: He speaks English as fluently as he speaks Korean, which comes in handy when dealing with the [=VIPs=].

* BadassBaritone: Has this in the Japanese dub, courtesy of being voiced by Creator/JunichiSuwabe.

* PsychopathicManchild: Though he's undoubtedly more intelligent and mature than the [=VIPs=], the Host still takes an inordinate amount of joy in playing children's games, and admits that his biggest motivation for making himself a contestant was to recapture the happiness he felt playing those games as a child.

* TwoFacedAside: After admitting to Gi-hun that he lied, he followed it up with the fact that his brain tumor ''is real'', which explains why he's bedridden and hooked up to life support machines a year after the games.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/LeeByunghun, Tom Choi (English dub), Creator/CarloVazquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/HiroshiTsuchida (Japanese dub)

--> '''Played by:''' Creator/GongYoo, Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese dub)

* FacelessGoons: They conceal their faces behind black masks and carry out the orders of the Front Man without question.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The specific method he uses to recruit people gauges how much a potential contestant is willing to degrade themselves for money.

* WouldHurtAChild: He has no qualms about possibly putting kids in the deadly games, though he has yet to implement it, [[spoiler: he outright threatens to do this to Gi-hun's little daughter Ga-yeong, if he dares boards the flight to Los Angeles to see her, due to his reach being ''global'']], no doubt he'll be expanding his reach to likely include ''children'' in the games.

* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: In the final episode, [[spoiler: he threatens Gi-hun to "just board the plane" when the former calls them via the same card they give towards unknowing players. Gi-hun isn't fazed by this and actually [[SequelHook leaves the plane boarding station]].]]

* EvilCounterpart: From what the final episode shows, he can be seen as this to Gi-hun. [[spoiler:Both were winners in the games and had haunting experiences in them; Il-nam subsequently mentored both of them. The main difference was that Il-nam molded In-ho to be the next Host once he dies, while he tried to push Gi-hun down a better path, both in and outside the games. As a result, In-ho ended up barely having a life outside the games, while Gi-hun turned around his life with that push. Also, Gi-hun ended the season vowing to protect his daughter by taking down the games, while In-ho shot his own brother for trying to expose the conspiracy and avenge him, ironically enough.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: He has no qualms about possibly putting kids in the deadly games, though he has yet to do so, [[spoiler: he outright threatens to do this to Gi-hun's little daughter, if he dares boards the flight to Los Angeles to see her, due to his reach being ''global'']].