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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2021
- The Guards of Squid Game (2021) Explained. A quick comprehensive guide and analysis of the guards/staff in Squid Game. In this video I will also be pointing out things like the meaning behind the shapes and hidden details. As well as debunking theories like whether or not choosing a red square meant that you were going to be a guard and choosing a blue square meant that you were going to be a player. So who are the guards? Find out in this video!
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I like how everyone just agreed that Playstation owns the three most basic geometric shapes
and xbox owns a b x and y lol
lel
I mean, alone no
But together, it's hard not to think that 🤷♂️ lol
PC owns the alphabet and invented numbers lol.
PlayStation without x guard
The director has already debunked the red/blue envelope issue and said it’s not symbolic of anything - it’s based on a Korean ghost story where a ghost asks you to pick between the colors but you die regardless of your choice.
Aka Manto.
Thats some shitty move 😭
oh the ghost who haunts girls’ bathrooms?
@abertual everyone?
@abertual from my remembrance he only appears in girls’ bathrooms
I had doubts that the red/blue card was the recruitment for both the players and the guards because it doesn't make sense. I have a feeling that there's a separate recruitment method for the guards and I hope season two explores it.
I haven’t confirmed this, but someone on another video commented that you can see a soon-to-be player choose red in the videos that the guards show on the screen.
By the end of Game 1, 255 of the 456 participants (about 56%) had been "eliminated". That is, 201 (less than 4 in 9) survived. By Game 2, 187 (over 93%) returned. It's odd that the 14 who didn't return were considered "eliminated" by the game because their total "value" of ₩1.4B was added to the jackpot.
That's because they were killed.
where does it say that@@unusualusername8847
@@unusualusername8847 no they weren't. The front man orders people to watch them
@@leonpaelinck .... It's literally easier to kill them.
* joins a death games staff to be a cook *
*puts on resume for chef job*
Imagine a Gordon Ramsey cross over
It's like those jihadi idiots from India who joined ISIS to be terrorists, but they were giving low level janitorial jobs and went and complained 😂
Lowkey sounds fun
So why did you join
This person: cooking
Everybody asks “Who are the guards in Squid Game?” but nobody asks “How are the guards in Squid Game?”
Probably very bored and want to be paid
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"Why are the guards in Squid Game?"
Straight up not having a good time, bro.
ya no one asks how are the guards in squid games
Jun Ho was my favourite character cuz he survived for ages undercover in there and I just think it is pretty cool that he somehow did that.
He’s alive for s2
When S2 will be released @@poppydelaney6086
I just subbed. I really like how analytical you are about some of your theories and don’t just repeat the same things everyone else is saying, like choosing the red and blue pieces during the recruitment game and the symbolism behind it. Your analyses are great. Keep up the amazing work. I’m totally enthralled.
The Red/Blue card theory is hilarious when you think about it.
Imagine the salesman asks them, and the persons chosen red, but instead the salesman breaks down and begs them to pick blue because theyve already hired too many people who picked red
Lol
😹😹😹😹😹
Blue is the world's most commonly liked color far above red, so it'd be essentially impossible for that to happen
@@Floofyland also the colour red in South Korea is associated with bad luck (although it can also be associated with more positive things), however, talking probability here, to say it is impossible is literally impossible to know. You can never certify that there is a 0% chance that more people would always pick red over blue.
It would just be funny in the alternate world where the card theory was true and many people picked red that a situation like this would happen.
@@nathanh5448 LMAO - they would probably just reach a point where no one would be getting any employment offers no matter what color they ended up choosing, and that would be that 😂🤣😂
"you can either have more fun as a circle or get paid better as a square"
Poor triangle. :(
Triangles can kill their enemy's without getting arrested bc- *Gets shot*
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Wonderful analysis! I like how you piece complex series apart. Keep up the amazing work. 😁
idk if anyone remembers this but when the police starts working as a guard,every night he hears some other guard coughing.He ignores it on the first night but on the second night he tries to understand it and types something on his phone in the morse code.I feel like that will be explored more in the next season.
no I don't think so. the guard who was coughing was number 28, giving the cop signal to join him in that organ sale thing. that's why the cop went with him the next night, because now he knew what those coughing meant.
@@shadi6484 Yeah, that's why he looked at him that one morning it was like "dude, stop slacking off"
I watched this with my dad who was a military officer and experienced life or death situations and basically knew the morse code right away
Wtf is there to be explored?!
The show’s director/creator shot down those red/blue square theories, including the “Matrix” influence.
In an interview with the South Korean newspaper ‘The Chosun Ilbo’ director Hwang Dong Hyuk said the inspiration came from a Japanese/Korean urban folktale about a ghost in a public bathroom who asks you to choose between a red square or blue square of toilet paper. It’s meant to be a trick question because it’s a friggin’ ghost - either choice equals death.
For those out of the loop, choosing ‘red paper’ means a bloody death. ‘Blue paper’ means getting drowned in the toilet.
Aka Manto i think? Feel free to correct me if im wrong.
What about his red hair then
And the matrix was also mentioned in the series
@@NahthaNyurr The director’s response was only to the meaning behind that initial game, not the significance of colors. So all color theories are still possible.
that folktale was dumb as shit
My theory is that the guards are largely made up of North Korean military defectors who were promised safe passage and homes in South Korea in exchange for staffing the games. The guards are all military age men, well trained, completely desensitized to violence and they seem to be too disciplined to be common criminals.
good thinking
How do we know they’re all men though?
It’s actually a great theory
@@OrganicDolphin I mean unless you can prove there are women, then it’s safe to assume most, if not all are men.
Good theory!
Like stripes for rank in the military, the number of sides to your shape equals the number of stripes.
Circle - 1 side = 1 stripe
Triangle - 3 sides = 3 stripes
Square - 4 sides = 4 stripes
That's how I thought of it. Don't know if it's right or not, but it made sense to me.
i was actually wondering what the shapes on them were for that was gonna be my question but im glad you cleared it up keep making amazing content cant wait to watch what you make next :)
i love how that before the first game started the guards didn’t have any guns or weapons on them to make it look like the contestants weren’t gonna die, i find that really smart of them
I mean they probably have to be a pretty intellegent organization considering they have been running this racket for over 20 years with hundreds of players going missing each time and were never caught by any authorities
@@matthewbest5421 lol, this story is 100% impossible to happen in real life the way it went down in the show... They have a guy literally going out and assaulting 456 people and giving them a card to call to win money... I don't care how much in debt you are.. Some people are going to go to the cops... Don't get me started on how they let them free after the first game and you only see the main character go to the cops.. The show also is unrealistic in the fact that these people would be declaring bankruptcy, and not owing millions of dollars like the show says they do. Without the Korean police being 100% involved over the years which the show makes no note of, the plot falls apart very quickly in terms of being even a remote chance of happening
@@michaelangst6078 there is a possibility that the government is supportive or aware of the squid game though....
@@elamrani1449 especially considering the wealthy VIPs
@@michaelangst6078 It's all quite possible imo. The super elites are rich and powerful enough to operate above the law, they have connections that make them invisible and immune to societal norms. The contestants could go to the police after being released but what evidence do they have and what action could the police take?
They need a prequel series for this. It would be interesting how the old man organized everything.
That would be pretty cool actually...
they'll probably have some exposition in season 2
There shouldn't b a season two. It should have only been a long movie.
@@uuncoolguy6 the director did all the scripts n stuff by himself, for EVERY episode, so they are gonna make a season 2 if they have more help
no
Circle: worker
Triangle: soldier
Square: manager
X: F R O N T M A N
You were spot on with the red and blue theory.. the red hair at the end is indeed symbolic.. in fact there are a lot of subliminal and symbology in this show.. but I think the red and blue colour symbology goes way further than that author you mentioned or anyone else for that matter.. it is deeply rooted to the occult.. this show is trending for a reason..
I first interpreted the shapes as a hierarchy based on the number of corners on the mask. Circles 0... squares 4, the front man has the most corners on his mask and the VIPS have even more corners from the jewels.
That's what I assumed
Or circles are infinite. Doesnt work in that perspective
@@derekellis4170 nah man circle has no corner
I think that this does coincidentally work as well, though!
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Can't wait for Octopus Game.
hi dood big fan :)
Same
Taky kamo
Squirt game is my favourite movie.
Then cuttlefish game
The Circles: They do custodial work and heavy lifting. Cleaning up messes, cooking, carrying coffins around.
The Triangle: Higher level than circles. They're the paramilitary that carries guns and enforces
The Square: Higher than triangles. They're lieutenants that commands.
Front Man: Highest position. Oversees all operations and games to work.
VIPs: The people that probably sponsors and spectates the Squid Games.
I never thought the squid game was a Netflix's biggest show
A plot hole that kinda bothers me: after 400+ people are all missing does no one get suspicious? Because it happens all at once too. On a side note. I’m sure it sucks to be a loan Shark when squid game kills all your clients
To me the frustrating part was in the beginning when they were allowed to ask questions… I spent the whole time like “ so no one is gonna ask what being eliminated means? Really?”
@@inesmartins3631 well naturally you’d think that just means you’re out and you get kicked out of the game
Maybe I’m too paranoid 😅 but there is always a catch… I honestly believe that if I was in their position (like it would ever happen 🥴😂) that it would be the first thing I would ask
the people that went missing are the lowest of the low in society, hundreds of homeless people die and go missing everyday and nobody hears about it
because people who can afford this kind of games are actual owners of the goverment, there is no other way
square: supervisor
triangle: thug life
circle: cooking
X: cleaning
circle is the maid
@@EsraaAMadoh ikr 😂😂😂
sounds like the worst job ever
play station guards lol
I'd honestly love to be the triangle. Not only would I be my favorite guard in terms of looks, but i'd also get an SMG and go on field trips!
Great vid, thanks for explaining the red and blue squares.
I like to think that the guards are in a similar situation to the players only instead of debt it's blackmail. This allows them to force them to follow strick rules and come back for multiple games while keeping everything secret.
So the blackmailed people are blackmailed by blackmailers who have been blackmailed themselves. And who are the blackmailers of the blackmailers, according to you?
@@timoteubert7068 themselves 😩🤣🤣
@@kymberlycourage haha
thats a very plausible theory tbh like fr if they were 'employed' properly on the facility why did they feel the need to smuggle and traffic organs?
This was a serious question. Who are the blackmailers of the blackmailers?
The masks aren’t about the shape. It’s about the amount of sides. The more sides the more powerful. Circles have no sides. Triangles have 3. Squares 4. Front man has a bunch. VIPs have insane amount
That is crazy if you think about it, good point man
Ahnnn 👍
Tbh, I didn't think of it like that. Makes sense honestly.
i always thought of it like that
Don't circles have an infinite number of angles... maybe they've actually been in charge this whole time! :O
just found your channel! Look like i have a lot of binge watching to do
This is my first time to watch such a bloody film😂 like your detailed and evidence-based explanation ~
The triangles go on “field trips” 😂
:triangle weee we’re going to shoot you if your and intruder
Same
@@kavinsingh4686 hold up
Frontman: Get in the clown car, boys
@@kavinsingh4686 wait what-
“The first game in squid game is pretty unethical.”
OK, only that first game right?
The other games, people knew they would die should they lose. Not the first one
Idk why but i just laughed at when he said "theh have Playstation buttons in it" lmao
@@dl5498 Honestly, they should have guessed it. If it was just some fun game, the organizers wouldn't have to work in such secrecy, and hide their faces.
@@dl5498 lol but like murdering people is kind of considered unethical if you didn’t notice
@@cuteforstars9308 they knew they were to die should they return, and they did. Its like volunteers going to war
I’m not sure if it’s only me but I always thought the shapes relate heavily to there duties, in term of shape language and character design, correct me if I’m wrong but
The Circle soldiers mostly take care of the contestants by making/providing food = Circle mostly are used for kind gentle caretaker like characters
The Triangle soldiers mostly eliminate/kill the contestants = Triangles invoke harshness’s and/or can be associated with villains or antagonistic characters
The Square soldiers mostly facilitate and explain the games to the contestants and is positioned the leader the of the other soldiers =
squares are mostly used for characters who strong leaders
This is just my opinion, plus I’m not character designer so I might be wrong😅
Me when my mom finds out i accidentally spilled grape juice on the couch: 1:51
My theory is that the guards are convicts/prisoners. That’s why the front man isn’t too concerned about police and why the police haven’t busted the operation yet. It would explain why some don’t hesitate to shoot other people, they come from dark and maybe violent backgrounds. If they were chosen from the ddakji game, as some theorize, then they would also be in severe debt and want to win money, which they wouldn’t if they weren’t participating. I think the police supply the guards for the game. I mean top officials in the police force have been paid off and made a deal with the host/front man. Obviously the regular cop or detective doesn’t know about it. Families of the guards don’t come looking for them because their families think they’re in jail. If anything it’s an outlet for guards to do something fun and different than normal prison life. It would also explain how some had connections with the organ harvesters too. After the games they probably just go back to prison. They seemed to be okay with living in their solitary confinement rooms, being fed through slots on the door and doing a roll call daily, things that are done in prison too.
But couldn't guards just rebel at any time if this were true? I believe that, as the video says, they are just recruited and paid, and they don't say anything about the game outside of the facilities because they know they are being watched and will be killed if they do.
@@leonpv983 why would they rebel? They know they’re on an island. They would just be going back to prison anyway. Why would free citizens willingly go into this job knowing they’ll be killed if they ever speak about it? How would they propose this job offer to free citizens? From the moment they explain the job the person would be committed to secrecy before they even agree to it.
@@PeteDaveRob I like your theory, makes sense to me. my theory was that they are the contestants that, throughout the years, have voted to go home and chosen not to come back. Front man said to keep an eye on them. They're still in need of money, and would know what they were getting themselves in to if they were offered the job. But I really like your idea too.
This makes more sense
I just wonder why, in that case, there were no women being a guard and why were they all so good with guns? I haven't seen 1 guard miss a bullet. Especially shooting people that fast through the head, you have to be trained to be able to do that. And the first guard we saw the face of was so young and emotionless. Almost like he was imprisoned, and certainly not a paid employee who values his life and his salary.
Wanted to add to the cruelty of the first game where it's revealed losing the games means death.
Red light, Green light have a false impression of chances of survival. There was no limit on the number of people who could win the game, and despite the chaos when people learned that elimination meant death, 200 people survived.
That meant that when people had the option to rejoin the games they could believe "as long as I'm skilled I can make it through all the games."
Only at tug of war is it revealed that there are games where, no matter how skilled / careful the players are, half will die, or glass bridge where, barring 30 years work experience at a glass factory, there's no skill involved and the odds are that nearly everyone will die
I just wanted to say that I worked at a glass tempering facility and I kind of freaked out when that glass bridge game was revealed because I knew I would be able to tell the difference, and I was screaming at my TV when they were just blindly guessing.
Then when dude man pointed out the lights looked different I knew this show did it's homework, 100% true. You could also tell by looking at the edge of the glass, they looked the same in the show but you have to sand the edges of the glass before you bake it or else it'll shatter.
@@scoutsteiner4467 glass: the forbidden baked good
Tug of war involved plenty of skill. There were oh il nams and sang woos strategies of course, but it also involved skills like coordinating, teamwork, etc. Of course it wasn't entirely skill based, it was largely physique based too but saying it had no skill whatsoever is foolish.
@@mappingshaman5280 The only game that was designed to have no skill at all was glass bridge (the designers didn't expect a guy with decades of glass experience to be a player). It was just supposed to be a 50/50 chance if death every time you moved to the next panel of glass.
As for tug of war, it's not that there isn't skill involved (or most of the other games), but that by the nature of tug of war half the players will die, regardless of how skilled every player is. Even if every person in the games was super skilled, gold medal winner from that years world's tug of championships, half would die.
This is in contrast to red light greenlight where in theory, so long as the person has the ability to walk, all 456 players could have survived.
I think if the first game had been tug of war or marbles and they held the vote to quit the games, a lot fewer people would have come back. Under those circumstances they're expectations would have been "half of us are guaranteed to die every game" vs "as long as I keep my cool, I can survive every game."
@@scoutsteiner4467 the same
I agree with the matrix theory of yours because there was also a matrix scene in the drama where the crazy lady says what movie it was and while saying it doing the slow motion matrix dodge pose and then Ali says it was the matrix
Yes, I thought the same thing at first - they have to be pretty well paid for doing such less than glamorous jobs in less than glamorous conditions even though some of them had to resort to side hustles like the organ harvesting business. It makes me wonder that maybe they are there against their will and kept in check through fear of their lives. That if they try to escape, they will be tracked down, so they can't really escape. I guess it's a combination of both. It kind of reminds me of how Jeffrey Epstein and his associates first recruited girls and used them through paying them and through coercion and fear to make them recruit other girls.
Another possibility is that the guards are from North Korea. They would have to be obedient because their families would suffer if they ran. The precision in how they move feels like they have military training. Volunteering for this duty might be a way to climb the ranks of the party. The VIPs and North Korea could trade of guards for military equipment.
That's a very believable theory because we hear all kinds of crazy stuff about north Korea and how they have spies and people working outside the country.
@@AmyAgee their own country is starving I doubt they have highly skilled death machine spies operating outside of their own country especially since even their own soldiers are starving and living in misery
@@icrywhenisleep2130 I'm inclined to believe the stories that defectors tell. Plus, they have teams of hackers that they train from young ages. They have some weird stuff.
@@AmyAgee idk man I mean I don't doubt the fact that they could defend themselves but invade and destroy? Their armory is cold war level they're old
I think this is a very plausible theory. You'd need to be pretty cold blooded to just pull a revolver and execute people if they messed up a honey comb cookie, but if You're from North Korea you've probably done (or at least _seen_ ) worse.
Not saying that all North Koreans are naturally cold blooded, but you'd train yourself to be that way to survive in a country like that (or the military would train you to be like that).
Edit:
Plus being from NK would also make them even More "anonymous", since it's likely no one in south Korea would know who they were even if they managed to get their masks off and take a picture; the people behind the masks"don't exist".
I found the exchange of jumpers between 456 and 1 to be very symbolic.
456 gave his in kindness to the older man, to spare him embarrassment and pain as well as possibly making it easier for him to survive
1 giving him his top in return I mentally read it as him being under his protection.
Also 1 is the very lowest number in the games and 456 is the very highest
It seemed almost like a "passing on" of roles, possibly alluding to the ending and potential next season.
If I was a player the number I will be is 003
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I also thought about matrix of red and blue pill when I saw those envelopes. And red hair at the end makes so much sense
Since you asked what king of guard we would rather be (circle, triangle or square), do you think there are actual requirements that the employees must meet, in order to fall into either category ?
An other thing that I think adds more to the theory that guards are criminals is when the Front man says he doesn't care about the squad selling organs, or even eating them. He only cared about the integrity of the game, wich they ruined giving clues to the doctor. I think he doesn't care because he already knows they are criminals.
I think he’s lying when he says the organ selling doesn’t matter, it would simply be too risky to not, what if the buyers got caught with tens of organs in perfect condition out of nowhere? They could probably trace it back at some point.
Of course though, there always is that theory that the government might be in on the whole thing and actually supporting it.
@@michaelzhang9806 why would the buyers be suspicious. theyre getting what they want no need to question it
Wait you're right about that buyers getting cut...
@@michaeldreon3395 "if the buyers got caught"
@@amarc1088 vc n
What I find interesting is that the shapes on the helmets and the roles they represent correlate to what is said about them in shape psychology.
Squares are often seen as stable and strong, yet also stubborn. Therefore they make good leaders.
Triangles are seen as dangerous, due to their sharp points. They also indicate danger, as seen on road signs. Triangles may also be seen as evil as they don't appear as friendly compared to the other shapes. So they are ideal for bad guys, hence the soldiers who are tasked with eliminating players.
Finally circle's are seen as friendly and inviting, since they don't have any corners. They also lack authority because they are so easily moved, and have no stability
What's said about other shapes?
You would get an A+ in English
@@dumbpengy3386 lmao very true
My thoughts while watch the show were "Oh, ok...the more angles you have, the more responsibility. Circles have no angles, thus no real power. The Triangles have 3 angles, and guns, so more power. The squares have 4 angles and the most authority. The Frontman has the 'low polygon' mask with tons of angles, and is in charge.
The host has that crazy rabbit or cat mask that's covered in crystalline points and has ALL the angles, and runs the whole operation.
It's all about your angle count.
I'm a Taurus so that is me to a Tee.
Keep up the Great Work I Love the Square Guard
Thanks! Will do!
The office reference at the end was awome!
Circle : Worker bees. Triangle : Soldiers. Squares : Managers.
Front man: Boss
No no no i think
Circle: working bees
Triangle: soldier
Squares: step manager
Front man: owner
@@ivapir004 Well technically the old man is the owner.
@@someguy7629 Yeah but
(spoiler alert)
The oldman is just a host, the owner is the man that wear black mask.
So, the oldman fund the game and the worker, manager, soldier, etc.
The black mask just make profit by VIP service and can change the game whoever he like but can't kill the oldman and the main character because he is the host. and the main character has plot armor that is 001 vest.
Polygon : director
The “You’d have more fun being a circle, but make more money by being a square” is straight out from the office when Creed talks about being in a cult “You have more fun being a follower, but make more money by being a leader” 🤣.
I was wondering why he said that, especially since being a circle sounds terrible 😂 now it makes sense
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Hey
Well that definitely how it works
That what he said
This helped much because I used to think they are just people killing other people for losing and I did not know so much about them tysm
I have been rewatching your entire Squid Game series for a couple days literally! This video is one of the best!! I’m like wow. Could I request Alice in Borderland videos? Season 2 comes out in December!
I’m in med school, and judging by where Sae-Byeok was impaled by the glass shard, she wouldn’t have lived to see the next game. I think Sangwoo killing her was more of a mercy kill than anything.
Spleen right? Maybe liver?
@@sorrenblitz805 It was to low, it was more than likely in her large intestine and that would of been a death sentence regardless.
@@sorrenblitz805 Nah, it was right on the inferior epigastric artery.
It's a pretty superficial vessel and it bleeds a LOT.
@@rufussweeneymd She also wouldn't of lasted that long if it was an artery. She lasted more then several hours and not only that ate dinner and moved around alot.
Square:manager
Triangle: military
Circle: working class
Square game
Karen: I want to talk with the square
@@bangi69xd36 ok
I want to talk with the square
@@bangi69xd36 There's literally a scene like this on the show
In order of power and influence
Circle
Triangle
Square
Star
Umbrella (Front Man’s mask resembles umbrella if you look closely) and Gi Hun picked umbrella in the sugar carving game…. Seems to foreshadow a possibility that Gi Hun may become the next Front Man
I love it how he says aka the ones with the guns
Would everyone be angry if the second season was just a retelling of the events of the 1st season but through the journey of a newly recruited guard?
I suspect anyone who would agree to do and witness what the guards do (especially the triangles) must be desperate and will to do whatever, just like the players in the games.
And what about the recruiters? How do they get their jobs?
That would be more interesting if they hadn't revealed the organ selling, but there is probably some other interesting things they can think of.
I kind of feel like season 2 would be a how did the front man get to where he is kind of thing could even have some extra stuff for characters from the first season again etc then have season 3 be the continuation of the story.
@@mushieslushie tbh it makes it 100x more realistic
@@toddhoward7649 No I totally get it, but let's say they knew there was a 2nd season from that perspective and they left all that out, all you would know was the doctor disappeared and they didn't know why he was gone so long and then you see them hanging like that. You wouldn't know any more than the other contests at that point what actually happened. Then it wasn't until the 2nd season where the background behind that got revealed.
Imo the guards are just random mercenaries
Just to help everyone, in the show the square mask guys are called "Managers", those with a triangle are called "Soldiers" and the circles are called "Workers"
I know.
This whole video is absurd. Despite the series being written and directed by a South Korean, about S. Korea. placed in S. Korea, about S. Koreans, filled with S. Korean culture and filled with S. Korean actors, there is no mention of this.
These are called PRIMARY SHAPES. Not some video game symbols. They appear in the drawings of early man.
Circle, Triangle, Square have always been used in this specific order as a grading system in KOREAN elementary schools.
Circle: one sided below average
Triangle : two sided average
Square : four sided above average
The entire concept of the series is based on a Korean childhood era from a particular period in our history.
@@user-jy3yb3vf4j the playstation part was a joke lol
Notice how the more points/ contures u have on ur mask the further up the ranks and more power you have.
Example: v.i.p.s can tell the front man what to do,or make requests. But the host mask, when he does show up has more details in it than the v.i.p.s themselves.
Perfect vid learned a lot after I watch it
My thoughts on the symbolism of the guards is that they represent us, the average person. They do what they are told, they eat/sleep/speak when they are told, and they do whatever job they are told to do, or they get killed. They don't question what they are doing, some are even entrepreneurial enough to have a side hustle (selling organs). Most importantly, they are the ones enforcing the rules of the game that they themselves are constricted by. In this way it represents real life, the elites at the top making the rules, the middle mass that bring those rules to life, and the unfortunate few that fall through the cracks. It can be asked; how do they live with themselves? Simple. The same way most people in the real world deal with injustice, they ignore, are apathetic, or are just too scared to do otherwise, after all, "I'm just doing my job..."
So we are all just guards in the squid game of life.
except the game was fair for all the players
@@mourvikakadam this almost cut more than the op
It’s not going
If that is the case then actually the organ harvesters symbolises rebellion in the sense that even in a setting where everyone follows the rule because of the fear of death, there are still those who still dare to rebel against the rule for the sake of their own interest.
The organ harvester party are actually a cool little piece of the story because whatever F'ed up reason people sign up to be a guard in the squid games, there are those who gives zero f*cks about the whole thing and tries to use it for their own personal gain.
I’m glad you actually mentioned how the first game is unethical. All the games after that point are a moral grey area, a pretty dark grey, I would argue black, but the first isn’t even an argument. They didn’t have any knowledge of what they were getting into or what the risks were. The 250ish people who were killed in the first game were brutal murders, regardless of what arguments can be made. How much responsibility lies on the guards, the players, and the VIPs for the rest of the games is debatable, but the first was a bloodbath that was entirely the fault of those who set up and carried out the game.
If the game you signed up for involves you being slapped in your initial meeting, then you’re gassed inside of a car, then you wake up with your outfit completely changed and you’re numbered. You should think that you might die.
I would say since they encouraged people to kill each other outside of the games, there is no argument that they are entirely evil. The argument that people agreed doesn't hold water, because they agreed to play games, not have their throat slit while they are sleeping.
All of them are unethical, it’s just an illusion of free will
@@Lilitha11 I would actually argue that encouraging and rewarding players for murdering each other is actually very much a black moral area. Also that’s why I said the first game was immoral, but the rest weren’t. The first was shock and slaughter. The other five they came back to play.
@@theradiantdehd3997 Yeah they came back to play the games, but murdering each other in the living quarters isn't a game. They said six games, there was no mention of bonus games or side games, or murdering each other in their sleep.
Love the creed reference at the end 😂
Thanks for explaining dude
Circle - worker
Triangle - soldier
Squiare - Manager
:Karen I want your square
@@fishysoldier1418 LMAO
@@fishysoldier1418 big brain u got-
@@jannahmiraballes1550 thx
rectangle: god
Guards go on "field trips" and everyone communicates with "walkie-talkies" you're killing me man XD
it's called a walkie talkie though? what would you call it?
@@amelyalilyorme1247 radio.
You listen to music on a 'radio' in your car. You communicate with walkie talkies.
@@amelyalilyorme1247 It's not called a walkie talkie, it's a radio. Specifically, a ham radio. Walkie talkie's are toy radios.
@@chabbab6698 No, a walkie talkie is a kid's toy radio. A radio is a radio. A handheld radio being called a walkie talkie is like calling a full car a Tike.
However i recently watched squid game, and I think the host is not the old guy but an unknown person, also the host had to leave early before the vips arrived, well that's what the frontman explained to the vips. I think the old man was a vip who wanted to play, well that's what became clear to me after watching the flashback about him in the final episode. Well this is one of the best series ive ever seen and I love how this show here reveals even more details
How did the "organ snatcher" guards come to be?! The 2 circle (scuba) guys knew what each other looked like.
There were 2 circles (yes, 1 was a cop). 2 triangles. 1 square.
They weren't allowed to communicate w/each other, yet they were well organized.
i also thought that the more edges and lines you’re helmet has the higher up you are. so circles is the lowest, then triangle, then square. additionally, the front mans helmet is made up of many edges and lines and the VIPs helmets have many cut jewels and edges! just interesting to think about
Yeah I thought of that too ☺️
Oooh, interesting thought. Maybe in the next season there'll be even more kinds of guards. Like hexagons, octagons, etc.
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A circle has infinite tho
@@kellynaz9256 this varies based on context, but generally it's better to say circles don't have any edges, or else they'd be non-differentiable at every point
There are female guards too btw. In the honey comb cookie episode, one of the scenes start off looking at a Triangle who seems to have female proportions, and you can see other guards with who may also be female.
I was watching that episode yesterday and my gf noticed that too.
Really cool Triangle Guards🤩
I know the some of the jobs and my job
1. square guard(manger)
2. Triangle guard (me) (solider)
3. circle guard (classwork)
4. Front man (make the rules)
5. Old man(owner)
When the main character is given the 001 sweater. I think that's a small sign of him placing his bet on him to win.
This is a theory and you didn’t hear it from me... What if 001 was the actual owner of the games? Just a thought
@@maryfletcher5834 ...have you watched the end of squid game? Cause he technically is being a V.I.P
At the end he kinda says something like he got to feel something he did when he was a kid. Like getting a friend. Or that was also just a lie and ur right x3
@@maryfletcher5834 he did create the games
@@dumbledoratheexplorer1252 ya idk
lets just until season 2 or maybe not bc idk when season 2 will be came out?
“The first game in squid game is pretty unethical.”
*You don’t say*
LMAO
I don’t know what you mean, it’s only mass slaughter of innocent unknowing civilians.
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@@BlueSoulGamer Sounds familiar
I originally thought 001 was a recurring participant who survived previous games but never won. Felt like he knew more about the game than the others
When season 2 comes out I wanna see more Squid game employees like personal guards for the host
It was mentioned in the shows the staff consisted of “Managers (squares), Soldiers (triangles) and Workers (circles)”
Yeah I didn’t think he got it right. They used the word staff in the English dub but I think it’s the same idea. The “rank” of circle and triangle are the same, just the duties are different
If your physical education teacher in your primary or secondary school was overly harsh and pedantic when organising children's games for students, chances are that he/she had served as a Lethal Tournament Guard Captain (square) at some point of his/her career.
Well, it's happening to me now but she's a Physics teacher
maybe the winners of the games are chosen to be guards or if the overseer (front man) see's a player doing so well or having better stats then most guards they have a choice to either continue playing or become a worker or a guard for half the actual prize but also would be paid when being staff.
Would love a part 2, I would like to be a triangle guard 🙌
Part 2, is on the way! But will only be delivered to you guys when it's ready!
I don't think the main the main colors of the series are supposed to be red, green and blue, but simply red and blue. Korean, like Japanese, usually use the same word for blue and green. So, the colors in the subway game are likely the same general dichotomy of red and blue as in the main game. Even if blue is actually a blue/green spectrum and red is a red/magenta spectrum. My guess is that red stands generally for power/empowerment and blue stands generally for powerlessness/submission, though the exact meaning can vary depending on context.
Its so long and boring
@@emanueldragota4475 Do appreciate the time he spent on writing this!
The director has comment this and it's just based on the Korean flag. The guards was ment to wear red suits and players blue but it didn't pop out on the screen. If the players had wear blue they would melt into the blue screen. Then he gave the guards hot pink suits so the colours would give a strong impression.
Same with Vietnamese! Blue and green are the same word for us!
And red and blue are traditionally used in games
The theory in which the color of the envelope chosen by a person determines their roles in the game is highly unlikely since this would imply that every year there is a new staff which leaves us with some questions: where do people of the previous staff go? Is it safe to the host and front man to make them go free after finishing their duties for the year and have a completely new staff? Do they simply kill them after the game? how? One can say safely that this is an impossible explanation especially with the fact that we saw how much experience and discipline the staff showed which are pretty much needed to make the games run smoothly and fairly, and the amount of very sensitive information they had like the location of the facility.
Na I pick color=role
@@schhur they shiwed someone that actually picked the red square in a scene and they were still a player
Oh ok
The director had already denied that theory
You obviously have never tried discord and their staff lmao people will do anything for power
The more angles on the mask, the higher position. Look how many angles are on lider's mask, then VIP's and finally host's mask made of diamonds - thousands of angles
My debunk for the card theory is that the salesmen pick red to force the players to pick blue, Symbolising the salesmen's association with Squid Game, and showing that any player turned guard was always a player at one point.
Okay, my theory behind who becomes the guards: it's those that chose to go home. We already saw the color card theory debunked so it not that's. And it couldn't be past winners because there's too large a staff and besides that, it's not likely that many of them would want to come back. But those who go home make sense...they still would need money and additionally, they were smart enough to get through the first game. Also, the fact they went home but were smart enough to keep this enterprise a secret shows that they have the capability to make good guards in the game.
That is a very interesting theory i like that
thats a really good theory, but that leaves the question why all the guards are men
Yeah and in one part the front man told a square to keep him updated on those who decided not to come back. Idk if this helps your theory but yeah
@@uni1782 They arent rember the scene where all the guards are eating in their rooms? There was at least one if not several women
@@katelynpratt197 yeah exactly thru the whole show I've seen multiple, you can even see one in the marble episode.
TLDR
Circle - Grunt workers and body clean up, often seen at the end of the games
Triangle - Security, Manage circles and act in a security-type role
Square - Overseers, managers of the game(s) and all other Guards, one is deployed to each game to act as referee, answers directly to the Front Man
Standard Deployment: For every square, 5 triangles, and 4 circles.
Triangle are also the executioner.
dang thats a big squad for one square
Yea i love triangle
@@dazo556 they are pretty important, they run the security cameras and are clued in on the games before everyone else
I took the red and blue as another eluding to the fire and ice saturnian dynamic.
It’s really surreal seeing the guards without their masks
I’ve seen other UA-cam theorists talk about how the higher ups in government and police know about the games and either ignore it or can’t/won’t stop it. The games “take care” of the dregs of society so it benefits the existing power structure. If that is true, I could see the guards being recruited from prisons. It would fit the theme of exploiting the societal outcasts.
Nah, the front man said to the his bro cop that the police just don't care in general instead of, just saying "The very org you work for is in on it". There would be no reason for the front man to lie about that.
killing people in debt would just make that debt go unpaid, pretty bad fix to the problem
@@comicbookguy2326 They most likely would’ve gone unpaid anyway. These weren’t minor debts. These were bankruptcy debts or sell your own organ debts.
@@rdpaik the chance of paying them if you're dead is 0, if you're alive it's at least a bit higher
Why are the triangles so skilled?
That's easy - every young male in South Korea, between 18 and 28, MUST do military service (for females, it's optional), so that they can defend the population against North Korea at a moment's notice
It's a population that knows how to handle a gun, surely
There are very few male "civilians" in South Korea - they live on the doorstep of a regime that often threatens them with nuclear missiles (from which our female hero defected) - handling a military-class gun is just a fact of life for most South Korean males, a necessary part of their education
So - nearly any South Korean male could potentially be a triangle, a VERY large pool to choose from
I would love to ask all of the male actors in this show about their experience of doing military service, and whether I'm right in that they all know how to handle an assault rifle ...
The only issue I have with the criminal idea is the discipline they seem to possess. Maybe it's a korean thing, but the sheer... uniformity, how the guards work in sync, march in time, stand still, and resist gloating, showing off or going on a power trip, doesn't feel like a criminal deal. Or at the very least, they are trained to a surprisingly high standard.
There is no absolute personality or character of a criminal.Therr are many criminals who are very disciplined and they are experts in hiding clues.While some are messy and are not very good at hiding their crimes.Discipline means doing necessary things.
All men in Korea are supposed to be in the military for a bit. That’s probably why they were able to do all that
They do express human traits which was what the whole thing about the organ harvesting was about, it was to show us how the staff acts when the players don't see them. The only reason they have uniformity is because they are under as much if not more constraint than the players. Players can make their own decisions and plot among themselves, but the staff are not even allowed to speak, or do anything unless the front man lets them. Anyone who disobeys in the open is shot. Also the staff have specialized roles so it's very simple orders they have to follow.
They aren't completely disciplined...remember organ business? Plus if they don't follow the rules, they die.
You’re right. Criminals all over the world (well, prisoners who can be studied) tend to be undisciplined and careless about the consequences of their actions. Taking far greater risks than the average person, they wouldn’t be ideal for such a role.
The organ traders were a small group of “criminal” types. They took the risk of getting killed for some extra money, but endangered the secrecy of the organization.
I theorize that most of the guards are recruited from criminals with them promised a high salary as long as they swear not to expose the game (as seen from a group of rogue guards who are organ dealers as well why they have no problem in killing the players and don't dare to expose the game to the authority so they can't be from the military or police background) while the rest are orphaned children who were kidnapped then raised or brainwashed to be loyal (which may explain why the unmasked manager in the episode 3 is a young man and he doesn't even flinch or show other reaction when the player suddenly shoots himself) because it seems more sense than the red-blue card theory. Moreover, I think that the guards also continue to work in the game including in preparing for the next-year game since only a few guards die under special circumstances during the series.
Beside that, the season 2 will also most likely reveal more about the guards like how they're selected according to their ranks, how to ensure that they don't expose the game, and what they do after the game ends.
i can't wait for next seson of squid game on netflix also my pictrue on netflix shows the front man/known as in-ho
When Sae-Byeok said that she wanted to visit a tropical "Juju" island, the first thing I thought is that the island they were on right now was that island idk why...
I thought it was implied as well
@@RedPhoenix550 idk
Jeju Island is a big Island in the south of Korea, relativly Close to japan
No its not lol. Jeju island is a big island famous as holiday destination (thats why saebyeok wanted to visit Jeju island) meanwhile the island where squid game were held is obviously a private island
@@yerakwon7431 I said it was the first thing that came to my mind as a possibility, not that I am certain that it's true.... LOL
Just finished watching squid game. LOVED IT! As a writer, I appreciate the way the story unfolds.
Same! Love the simplicity of it too
@@BryceEdwardBrown Yeah
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Great Video!
10:50 : my man accidentely said you would have more fun as a circle im pretty sure he meant triangle
There was a scene where the 'front man' asks one of the employees to track the people who didn't come back after the first episode. My theory was that they bring those people back in asking them to become guards for the next game, in return may have their debt wiped. Just a theory though, nothing concrete behind it!
There is also a point where the Front Man makes a comment about everyone on the island being equal. While obviously not true since there are VIP's I thought it might be hinting that the guards have a similar troubled passed as the contestants.
Wait how come if 17 people left the prize pool stays the same 😲
@@EonicX_21 They didn't die, so their money was never added in the first place.
There is no theory, it’s just a fuckin show 😂
@@LGvids23 are you frickin dense?
OOO I had a friend tell me about this cool thing where the soldiers follow shape theory!!
So like when it comes to character design, there are different shapes that can impact the characteristics! This is cool caz the guards follow this too. Circle is often associated with more friendly characters, and the circle soldiers are friendlier(ish) to the players; handing them food or driving around, etc. Triangle is associated with sharper, a bit angrier characters, and the triangle soldiers are the gunmen and do the threatening. Lastly, squares are usually stern and in charge, and the square soldiers are the top soldiers and have the most authority of the other ones.
I just found this cool and thought I might share, hehe!
:plot twist there teenagers obsessed with ps4 controller
Thank you for the love
Definitely! As a character designer myself, we always keep shape design in mind and the creators of the show clearly did too.
What about the edge theory tho?
A circle has no edges / no authority
A triangel has 3 / a bit of authority
A square has 4 / has authority
Front mans mask has alot of edges = higher authority
The vips vary in how many edges their masks have and the most annoying and discusting one is getting away with everything because his mask has the most edges / most authority among VIP. Except for Ill Nam his mask has more edges and detail than any other showing his ultimate authority even over the vips.
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I assumed that the guards, since under jailed conditions makes me think they are a different set of games and rules.
their discipline is everything