History Characters / SquidGamePlayers

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Mi-nyeo initially serves as TheFriendNobodyLikes and comic relief, until she [[spoiler:was rejected by everyone in the fourth game. She has the last laugh, as she has never been in real danger of her life, and in the fifth game, she kills two people: an unnamed player, and Deok-su who had humiliated her earlier and was the main antagonist until that moment.]]

* PartingWordsRegret: The last thing 250 says to 324 is that he'll be winning the game. He's shocked when realizing 324 is dying from blood loss.
* PleaseWakeUp: 250 has this reaction, along with OhCrap, when he hears a gunshot and 324 falls down. As soon as he gets the green light, he runs to 324 and asks if he's just playing. He says desperately that it's okay to stop pretending.

->'''Played by:''' Heo Sung-tae[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/PaulNakauchi (English dub), Jose Arenas (Latin American Spanish dub), Masaki Aizawa (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Played by:''' Yu Seong-Ju [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Brian Kim (English dub), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Played by:''' Kim Joo-ryoung[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Stephanie Komure (English), Leyla Rangel (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/YukaKomatsu (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Played by:''' Yu Seong-Ju [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Played by:''' Hong Woo-jin

->'''Played by:''' Yun Don-sun

->'''Played by:''' Lim Ki-hong

* TheDitherer: He can't remember which panel the math teacher showed to be safe, and rather than decide for himself, he passes the choice on to Players 244 and 453. He follows Player 453's advice, which turns out to be a lethal mistake.

* AssholeVictim: Zig-zagged and deconstructed. While a few aren't nice, and some are criminals and killers, the show makes it clear that ''none'' of them deserve to die for the whims of wealthy people's bets, no matter how awful or good they were. Money and desperation motivates most of them, with one pair of players being a married couple hoping to win and rebuild their life. Those who return for round two know they might die, but some aren't prepared to commit murder or sacrifice someone for themselves. In fact, it's this realization that no one deserves this fate that motivates [[spoiler:Gi-hun to refuse to escape to America to see his daughter, turn around, and prepare to take it down once and for all]]. Doesn't mean several of them won't be mourned upon their deaths, though, such as [[spoiler: Deok-su, his gang and Player 244]].

!!In General:

* NoNameGiven: With the exception of the main characters and a few minor ones, the rest of them are all referred to by their designated numbers called "Player [Number]".

* NoNameGiven: With the exception of the main characters and a few minor characters, the rest of them are all referred to by their designated numbers called "Player [Number]".

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* OffModel: It's fairly understandable, given the sheer number of extras that the show's producers need to keep track of, but it's pretty common for the many background contestants to change actors and even genders between scenes.

* OffModel: Is [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/9/9c/Players_In_RedLightGreenLight.jpg played by a different actor in the first game]], and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/b/bc/Pink_Icon_066.png is a woman]] on the scoreboard.

* OffModel: Is [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/f/fd/Female_194.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20220728182605 also a woman]], [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/c/cd/Screenshot_2022-04-05_21.17.44.png/revision/latest?cb=20220406001810 twice]]!

* OffModel: Both [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/8/85/Player_069_error.png Player 069]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/7/79/070_fake.png Player 070]] have doppelgangers played by different actors prior to their proper introduction.

* OffModel: Has [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/5/50/Player_021_Error.png another actor]] earlier in the series.

* OffModel: He is [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/8/80/Otherplayer096.png played by a different actor]] in Red Light, Green Light.

* OffModel: Has both [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/9/9b/Different_man_of_151.png male]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thesquidgame/images/7/7d/Other_player_151.png female]] dopplegangers.

* MoreHateableMinorVillain: He's the most evil and psychotic of the Squid Game players. Already a brutal gangster known to have committed crimes that landed him in debt to underground elements, Deok-su contrasts the other players, who fear for their lives and dislike making opponents die, with his bloodthirsty enjoyment of the game's brutality. He is introduced bullying Kang Sae-byeok for [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain being a woman (and North Korean refugee)]], then spends the series being a {{Jerkass}} to the other players, killing them whenever he can get away with it, and even treats his own allies as expendable pawns. He also proves to be a DirtyCoward in the fifth game where he risks everyone's lives to force another player to endanger themselves instead of him. Despite not being a member of the Squid Game organization, he matches their cruelty and lacks the redeeming qualities of [[spoiler: Oh Il-nam and the Front Man]] while being a more personal enemy to hate.

** Even though he’s a bullying {{Jerkass}}, he's one of the few players who doesn't push anyone to their death in the fifth game. He promises not to shove the player ahead of him and even offers some words of encouragement when the man begins faltering. Deok-su frustratedly insults him once he falls to his death after getting their hopes up, but at least he never pushed the guy. [[SubvertedTrope However]], this was more likely done out of pragmatism than compassion. As Deok-su himself states, [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou he needs the player ahead of him to pass the glass safely so he could too.]] [[PragmaticVillainy Thus, pushing others off the bridge risks his own survival chances]]. All it takes to get them moving during a jam is an empty threat coming from a person like him.

** TheDarkChick: Han Mi-nyeo, TheSmurfettePrinciple of the group who is ''very outspoken'', actually comes up with clever ideas to Deok-su's advantage (i.e. giving Deok-su the lighter, cutting in line for seconds), and briefly enters a relationship with Deok-su. She ends up kicked off the gang during the game of [[spoiler:Tug-of-War]] and joins Gi-hun's team as TheSixthRanger.

** She steps in to stop Deok-su from starting a fight with Sae-byeok after the latter pulls a knife on him, flirting with him; Mi-nyeo seems to draw the line at a ten on one fight against a tiny girl. Later when Sae-byeok follows her to the bathroom and indicates she wants to go into the vents above the other woman's stall, Mi-nyeo helps with her BadBadActing and getting her down just in time for the guards' inspection. Granted, she figured for the latter that Sae-byeok must have been trying to get a hint about the next game.

* EnemyMine: She joins Gi-Hun's team briefly during the tug-of-war game.

* BeautyInversion: Naturally, the players are made to look as dowdy and "plained down" as possible, because of their situation. Even Sae-byeok, who is played by a FashionModel (Jung Ho-yeon), gets this treatment. The exception is Sang-woo, who often grooms himself well despite the circumstances and even attempts to commit suicide in Episode 2 while still dressed impeccably. WordOfGod is that Sang-woo wanted to look perfect even in death. However, in the penultimate episode, Gi-hun, Sae-byeok, and Sang-woo all look quite sharp in tuxedos.