History Series / AliceInBorderland

* AllForNothing: The game, Four Of Clubs; ''Distance'' that Arisu and Usagi along with three men participate in episode 4 seems to be this in a tragic sense as it turns out that [[spoiler: the bus was actually the goal all along instead of the end of the tunnel all of them has to run faster over there except Takuma as he had a sprained foot as the bus has the graffiti word 'GOAL!' already painted over its side. The two men, Arisu and Usagi were with had already died; the first man from being mauled to death by a panther and the second man trip down and drown as Usagi notices the tunnel is about to flood immediately by the submerging levels of water from the other side of the metal wall. Fortunately, she survived as Arisu and Takuma manage to get the bus working and she's saved at the last minute ending the game with Takuma the only man surviving.]]

* CliffHanger: Season 1 ends right after the end of the Ten of Hearts game and the existence of the Citizens is revealed.

* LeParkour: Used to great effect by Yuzuha to win the Five of Spades game.

''Alice in Borderland'' (今際の国のアリス; ''Imawa no Kuni no Arisu'') is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original science fiction/horror/thriller Japanese television series, based on the ''Magazine/ShonenSunday'' [[Manga/AliceInBorderland manga]] of the same name. Its core premise is that Tokyo has been almost entirely depopulated and those few who remain must play sadistic and violent "games" in order to survive. It stars Kento Yamazaki as Ryōhei Arisu and Tao Tsuchiya as Yuzuha Usagi. The first season was released worldwide on 10 December 2020, and a second season has been ordered.

''Alice in Borderland'' (今際の国のアリス; ''Imawa no Kuni no Arisu'') is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original science fiction/horror/thriller Japanese television series, based on the manga of the same name. Its core premise is that Tokyo has been almost entirely depopulated and those few who remain must play sadistic and violent "games" in order to survive. It stars Kento Yamazaki as Ryōhei Arisu and Tao Tsuchiya as Yuzuha Usagi. The first season was released worldwide on 10 December 2020, and a second season has been ordered.

* GasolineDousing: In episode 7 the guy with the sword douses a utility room with gasoline and lights it with a lighter to force people into the courtyard to get shot up by the militants.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Though the Arisu in the manga was hardly unintelligent, we get more immediate examples of the show's Arisu being BrilliantButLazy with the variety of math books in his room and how he casually solves a digital 5X5 rubix cube on his phone while walking down the street.

* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Happens briefly during the Seven of Hearts game, before Karube and Chōta [[HeroicSacrifice let Arisu win]].]]

* SequelHook: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:the mysterious game leader (possibly a representative) announcing the introduction of new games. The next day, blimps carrying huge banners of face cards, suggesting that the new games will be even harder than the hardest encountered up until now]].

* FailedASpotCheck: The solution to the Four of Clubs game in the tunnel [[spoiler:is written on the side of the bus they start the game in.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: The solution to the Four of Clubs game in the tunnel [[spiler:is written on the side of the bus.]]

** 3♣ ''Dead or Alive'', the doors marked either "Live" or "Die" don't really tell the players which one to go through. The true key to the game is Arisu figuring out where they are in the building and how the rooms are arranged.

** That said, the solution to the games can overlap with qualities typically attributed to other genres. For example, in the Tag game, a spade game, teamwork between the players and Arisu and Chishiya's intelligence were both factors that helped the players win. Also, [[spoiler:the Ten of Hearts game, "Witch Hunt", is won by stopping and thinking things through]].

** In the Three of Clubs game, "Live or Die," the doors marked either "Live" or "Die" don't really tell the players which one to go through. The true key to the game is Arisu figuring out where they are in the building and how the rooms are arranged.
** The goal of 4♠ ''Distance'' [[spoiler:is not to achieve the highest value. The bus they started at was literally tagged "GOAL" the whole time, and it's the only refuge from an incoming flash flood on the other side]].
* FatalFamilyPhoto: During 4♠ ''Distance'', one of the participants has a picture of his wife, whom he talks about as his reason for surviving. [[spoiler:He fails to outrun the flash flood before the game ends]].

** The goal of the "Distance" game [[spoiler:is not to achieve the highest value. The bus they started at was literally tagged "GOAL" the whole time, and it's the only refuge from an incoming flash flood on the other side]].

''Alice in Borderland'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original science fiction/horror/thriller Japanese television series, based on the manga of the same name. Its core premise is that Tokyo has been almost entirely depopulated and those few who remain must play sadistic and violent "games" in order to survive. It stars Kento Yamazaki as Ryōhei Arisu and Tao Tsuchiya Yuzuha Usagi. The first season was released worldwide on 10 December 2020, and a second season has been ordered.

* SequelHook: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:the mysterious game leader (possibly a representative) announcing the introduction of new games. The next day, blimps carrying huge banners of face cards, suggesting that the new games will be even harder than the hardest encountered up until now]].

* DeadlyGame: The main premise of the series.
* SequelHook: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:the mysterious game leader announcing the introduction of new games. The next day, blimps carrying huge banners of face cards, suggesting that the new games will be even harder than the hardest encountered up until now]].

* DeadlyGame: The main premise of the series.