History Awesome / SquidGame

* Gi-hun finally gets his act together and is on his way to see his daughter in America when he encounters the Salesman who got him to play ''ddakji'' in the first episode putting some new poor schmuck through the same humiliation. Unable to catch the Salesman in time, he snatches the recruitment card away from the new guy to save him from making an terrible mistake and calls the number himself, demanding answers. Though the Front Man warns him to stay away for his own good, Gi-hun is unfazed by the threat. The last shot of the season is him turning around, newly resolved, and walking away from the plane, determined to put an end to the cruel games once and for all and bring the organization to justice.

* Gi-hun finally gets his act together and is on his way to see his daughter in America when he encounters the same mysterious salaryman putting some new poor schmuck through the same ''ddakji'' game as him. Unable to catch the salaryman in time, he takes the card off the new guy to prevent him from potentially getting killed and calls the number, demanding answers. Though the Front Man warns him to stay away for his own good, Gi-hun is unfazed by the threat. The last shot of the season is him turning around, newly resolved, and walking away from the plane, determined to put an end to the cruel games once and for all and bring the organization to justice.

* In the first round, Ali Abdul saves Gi-hun from falling after he slipped on someone's body, just as the doll turned its head around (which would mean instant death for Gi-hun). This is even more awesome when you consider that Ali doesn't even have to do this at all. The timer is seconds away from running out and risking his life to save Gi-hun - who's just a stranger to him at this point - could've gotten both of them killed, but Ali does so anyway - simply because it's the right thing to do. Both of them leaping across the finish line just as the timer runs out in epic slow motion is just the icing on the cake.

* Seeing Gi-hun wipe the smug look off the Sales man by pulling out a gun is satisfying.

* The entire subplot involving Detective Jun-ho's personal investigation and infiltration into the games' organizers. Over the span of a few days, he almost exposes the entire conspiracy to the world all by his lonesome. It's a real shame that it was his own missing older brother who foiled his efforts shooting him dead just when success was just within reach.

* When VIP #4 takes Jun-ho into a private room, he disrobes and attempts to coerce Jun-ho into having sex with him... only for Jun-ho to [[GroinAttack grab and twist the VIP's nuts]], pull a gun on him, and interrogate him. His SurprisinglyGoodEnglish make it even cooler, as does the fact that he [[IronicEcho uses all of the VIP's own words against him]] ("If you can satisfy me in five minutes, I'll change your life").

* When VIP #4 takes Jun-ho into a private room, he disrobes and attempts to coerce Jun-ho into having sex with him... only for Jun-ho to [[GroinAttack grab and twist the VIP's nuts]], pull a gun on him, and interrogate him. His BadassBaritone and SurprisinglyGoodEnglish make it even cooler, as does the fact that he [[IronicEcho uses all of the VIP's own words against him]] ("If you can satisfy me in five minutes, I'll change your life").

* When Sae-byeok is smugly informed by a sketchy broker that the smugglers she paid to lead her family out of North Korea ran away with her money and she needs to pay another 40 million won to try again, she calmly hurls a pot of hot coffee in his face and holds him at knifepoint. When she leaves, he's ''crying.''

* While Gi-hun's team build a barricade in case of another riot, Deok-su comes over and tries to intimidate the team that the barricade won't hold them, but Gi-hun stands his ground and manages to convince Deok-su to not start another riot by pointing out that since he is the strongest player, his teammates who are also criminals like him won't hesitate to turn on him while he has his back turned causing to Deok-su to become paranoid and mistrusting of his gang.

** As an added bonus, Mi-nyeo even used the very technique she learned in Tug-of-War (thrusting up her lower abdomen) to eliminate them both. Given that she was the one during that game who was complaining and protesting the most, it’s really badass seeing that not only did she learn from that game after all, but [[TheLoad the single most useless team member]] would create a DyingMomentOfAwesome against probably the worst player on these games.

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* Even though it's also a very TearJerker moment, Ji-yeong's HeroicSacrifice by throwing the marble game and allowing Sae-byeok to win is this. She embraces her fate and does whatever she could to help someone she believes deserves a chance to live on and fight another day. That's more than can be said for many other contestants playing the same game.

* An understated moment in the fifth round comes from a player who's a mathematician. In the LuckBasedMission-nature of the game, he calculated his odds and realizes that he's doomed either way. Nevertheless, he just chuckles to himself and leap forward unhesitatingly, managing to go through ''three correct panels'' before falling to his death. That's admittedly pretty impressive.
* VIP #4 attempts to coerce Jun-ho into having sex with him... only for Jun-ho to [[GroinAttack grab and twist the VIP's nuts]], pull a gun on him, and interrogate him. His BadassBaritone makes it even cooler.
-->'''Jun-Ho:''' [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Satisfied?]] [[IronicEcho If you can satisfy me in five minutes, I might let you live.]] Now, tell me everything you know about the game.
* From the same round, [[BewareTheSillyOnes Mi-nyeo]] keeps her word of finally getting her revenge [[TakingYouWithMe by dragging Deok-su to the death with her]] for betraying her.
** As an added bonus, she even used the very technique she learned in Tug-Of-War (thrusting up her lower abdomen) to drag the large brute with her. Given that she was the one during the Tug-Of-War game who was complaining and protesting the most, it’s really badass seeing that she did learn from that game after all. To think [[TheLoad the most useless team member]] would go down in one of the most glorious ways against probably the worst player on these games who is really due for it.

** The closeups in Ali as he's holding the rear and leaning back when necessary. He saved them all with his dependability and brute strenght.

* Jun-Ho managing to infiltrate the game as a guard, fake his own death to deflect suspicion, and narrowly escape protocol violations. He keeps notes on his phone, and one can hope they're backed up on a cloud considering what happens later. For the first time, the Squid Game has been completely compromised.

* Jun-Ho managing to infiltrate the game as a guard, fake his own death to deflect suspicion, and narrowly escape protocol violations. For the first time, the Squid Game has been completely compromised.

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* An enraged Ali confronts his BadBoss about the money he's hiding from him, not buying up his excuses for not paying his earned salary for six whole months, ending up with Ali successfully stealing it away from the boss after fighting him and breaking his hand albeit accidental with the latter. Ali later uses the stolen money to make sure his wife and child can flee South Korea to their home in Pakistan safely, before deciding to join the game again to try to improve his family's financial life.

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* While Gi-hun's team build a barricade in case of another riot, Deok-su comes over and tries to intimidate the team that the barricade won't hold them, but Gi-hun stands his ground and manages to convince Deok-su to not start another riot by pointing out that since he is the strongest player, his teammates won't hesitate to turn on him while he has his back turned causing to Deok-su to become paranoid and mistrusting.

* Gi-hun finally gets his act together and is on his way to see his daughter in America when he encounters the same mysterious salaryman putting some new poor schmuck through the same ''ddakji'' game as him. Unable to catch the salaryman in time, he takes the card off the new guy and calls the number, demanding answers. Though the Front Man warns him to stay away for his own good, Gi-hun is unfazed by the threat. The last shot of the season is him turning around, newly resolved, and walking away from the plane, determined to put an end to the cruel games once and for all and bring the organization to justice.

* Gi-hun finally gets his act together and is on his way to see his daughter in America when he encounters the same mysterious salaryman putting some new poor schmuck through the same ''ddakji'' game as him. Unable to catch the salaryman in time, he takes the card off the new guy and calls the number, demanding answers. Though Front Man on the other end warns him to stay away for his own good, Gi-hun is unfazed by the threat. The last shot of the season is him turning around, newly resolved, and walking away from the plane, determined to put an end to the cruel games once and for all and bring the organization to justice.

* Gi-hun finally gets his act together and is on his way to see his daughter in America when he encounters the same mysterious salaryman putting some new poor schmuck through the same ''ddakji'' game as him. Unable to catch the salaryman in time, he takes the card off the new guy and calls the number, demanding answers. Though the man on the other end warns him to stay away for his own good, Gi-hun is unfazed by the threat. The last shot of the season is him turning around, newly resolved, and walking away from the plane, determined to put an end to the cruel games once and for all and bring the organization to justice.