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[[folder: Lee Kwang-Soo ]]
* BigNo: [[MemeticMutation "ANDWAEEEE!!"]]
* BornUnlucky: A whole lot until it cements the nicknamed 'Icon of Misfortune'. See ButtMonkey.
* ButtMonkey: Nearly every episode something comically bad happens to him. Some of the notable mentions:
** Episode 143, the raw egg incident. Each player takes turns choosing an egg and smashing it against their forehead; choose the one raw egg out of the batch (the rest are hard-boiled) and your team loses. Out of thirty total eggs in the first round, Lee Gwang Soo gets that one raw egg; the staff brings out a new batch of 20 eggs and Gwang Soo goes first... and immediately picks the raw egg again. Everyone cracks up in laughter or goes into shock from disbelief.
** He lost in the final match during the Unluckiest Festival to Suk Jin, where being the unluckiest was the goal, rendering him unlucky in a meta sense.
** In all three World Trip series, he's had to take all three penalty trips.
** It even extends beyond the show's challenges - in Episode 352 as part of the group that went to Vladivostok he was the one most excited to meet the Russian captain's daughter and had been looking forward to a day out on the town, only to end up the ThirdWheel to her and Kim Jong Kook because he couldn't converse in a foreign language (both she and KJK used English). The only time she paid attention to him on camera was right after he crashed his Segway.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: To the point that Kim Jong Kook thinks it's an actual disease. Jong Kook mentions that he has the 'Eliminate Jong Kook Syndrome' since it pleases him whenever Jong Kook's eliminated.
* EasilyForgiven: Gwangsoo's betrayals. Lampshade himself in a recent episode, where he teaches another guest how to properly betray other people. Gwangsoo mentions that it's even fine to hit or kick Jong-Kook, as long as he makes sure to apologise later.
* InUniverseNickname: Betrayer Kwang-soo or Icon of Betrayal, Icon of Misfortune, Prince of Asia, Giraffe, Kwang-vatar, Framer Kwang-soo
* {{Leitmotif}}: Most famously "St. Agnes and the Burning Train" by Sting for Lee Gwang Soo. He may also have "Theme of False Emperor" from the Sangokushi Taisen OST.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Others who benefit from Kwang-Soo's backstabbing habit generally don't feel inhibited from turning it on him.
* TookALevelInBadass: One of that moment was in Episode 132.
* UselessSuperpowers: Gwang Soo's 'Death Note'. Voted by the fans to be the least useful superpowers.
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** One of the moments is during the Death Cage episode in Australia where she 'supports' the crocodile or even ask Kwang Soo for his pin number before he enters the Death Cage alone.

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* BattleAura / BurningWithAnger: Shown every time he gets angry (usually Kwang Soo's antics) and gets serious.

* BlankStare: Occurs so commonly she even has a nickname for it: 'Blank~Ji Hyo'.

* {{Leitmotif}}: The VideoGame/AngryBirds theme song.

* {{Gonk}}: His looks are a frequently subject of (good-natured, of course) mocking. When the staff made a montage of faces that digitally combined the guys and girls, all of those involving Se Chan were pointed out right away (mainly due to his teeth).

* [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto Embarrassing Old Videos]]: From Episode 8, "I Swear..."

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: To the point that Kim Jong Kook thinks it's an actual disease. Jong Kook mentions that he has the 'Eliminate Jong Kook Syndrome' since it pleases him whenever Jong Kook's elimated.

** He manage to withstand the pain and agony after eating a vegetable porridge which was mixed with spicy chilies in Episode 124.

The list of all Running Man cast members through the nearly 400 episodes of the series. Visit [[Characters/RunningManAnimatedSeries this Trope page]] for the Western Animation of the show.

The list of all Running Man cast members through the nearly 400 episodes of the series

* TheChewToy: He's also nicknamed 'Race Starter' since in most of the Elimination Tag Races he's always the first person to be eliminated.

* ScatterbrainedSenior: Makes a nod to this in one episode where he thinks he forgot his backpack while his team was boarding a van until Ji Hyo pointed out he was wearing it. He later relayed a story where he and his wife forgot their infant son at a friend's party.

* OlderThanTheyLook

* CloudCuckoolander: She has a tendency to say bizarre nonsense which leaves the others baffled.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Revealed in episode 50 where the cast go to Thailand, Kwang Soo is for some reason, really popular with Thai fans. He even lampshades this in the next few episodes.

* CloudCuckoolander: She has a tendency to say bizzare nonsense which leaves the others baffled.

* {{Troll}}: One of the moments is during the Death Cage episode in Australia where she 'supports' the crocodile or even ask Kwang Soo for his pin number before he enters the Death Cage alone.

* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:In episode the detective episode he had 2 of last survivors pinned by his bodyguards. One of the survivor offers a ceasefire while [[spoiler:Suk Jin]] still holding to another survivor, agree. After making it clear that the bodyguards cannot elimiate them, one of them disable both bodyguards and the other one overpower and eliminate him]]

The list of all Running Man members throughout nearly 400 episodes.

The list of all Running Man members throughout nearly 400 episode. More details needed.

* BattleAura / BurningWithAnger: Shown every time he gets angry (Namely Kwang Soo's actions) and gets serious.

* InUniverseNickname: Sparta-kook (or just [[MemeticMutation '''SPARTA''']], Commander, Kookie, Mr. Capable.

* FeelNoPain

** Episode 143, the raw egg incident. Each player takes turns choosing an egg and smashing it against their forehead; choose the one raw egg out of the batch (the rest are hard-boiled) and your team loses. Out of thirty total eggs in the first round, Lee Gwang Soo gets that one raw egg; the staff brings out a new batch of 20 eggs and Gwang Soo goes first... and immediately picks the raw egg again. Everyone cracks up in laughs or goes into shock from disbelief.

[[folder: Yang Se-Chan ]

* CasanovaWannabe: Before episode 123 (as after this episode is when he's officially married), he was this.

* ActingUnnatural
* TheChewToy: He's also nicknamed 'Race Starter' since most of the Elimination Tag Race he's always the first person to be eliminated.

* GenreSavvy: Due to being the 'Race Starter', he uses this as his advantage in Episode 79 when he's the spy. It worked out so well since everyone was not surprised with him being 'eliminated' even when there's no announcement to his elimination until Spart-Ace figure it out....

* EmbarrassingNickname: Averted. "Kookie"

* BornUnlucky: A whole lot until it cements the nicknamed ' Icon of Misfortune'. See ButtMonkey.
* ButtMonkey: Every Single Time. Some of the notable mentions are:
** Episode 143, the raw egg incident. Each player take turns choosing an egg and smashing it against their forehead; choose the one raw egg out of the batch (the rest are hard-boiled) and your team loses. Out of thirty total eggs in the first round, Lee Gwang Soo gets that one raw egg; the staff brings out a new batch of 20 eggs and Gwang Soo goes first... and immediately picks the raw egg again. Everyone cracks up or shocked in disbelieved.
** He lost during the Unluckiest Festival to Suk Jin.
** In all three World Trip series, he takes all three penalty trips.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves

* TheAce:

* BerserkButton: [[WeightWoe Ji Hyo's weight]]. Ask Myuk PD after he suffers her wrath.

[[folder: Jeon So-Min ]]
* {{Troll}}: One of the moments is during the Death Cage episode in Australia where she 'supports' the crocodile or even ask Kwang Soo for his pin number before he enters the Death Cage alone.

[[folder: Yang Se-Chan ]]

* BerserkButton: Calling him ugly or a squid. Usually Haha joke him.

** He manages to count all the bills correctly even with the distractions in Episode 33

* ButtMonkey: Every Single Time.

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