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**Most of the players after round one get on their knees after Mi-nyeo does so, begging to go home. They say they'll pay their debts and do anything, just please don't kill them. The Square Guard tells them to knock it off and stop groveling. This isn't a means to scare them into paying their debts, but to allow them a "fair chance" to change their circumstances for the better.
**The old man panics during the riot. He stands on his bed at the top, out of the line of fire but terrified. The old man begs for the guards to stop the rioting, that everyone will kill each other. It ends up doing the trick, somehow. {{spoiler|When you learn who Il-nam really is, the answers become much clearer}}.
**Gi-hun tries begging the guards for help when Deok-su callously kills a man in the barracks. He says they can't stand by and let that happen, it's not fair. This comes back to an even more tragic note when {{spoiler|Gi-hun uncovers Sae-byeok's mortal wound in "Front Man" and she starts to lose consciousness from blood loss, while deliriously asking if she can go home. Gi-hun tries to keep her awake, begging her to stay with him, but runs to the locked doors. He starts banging on the bloodied areas, shouting that Sae-byeok needs a doctor, please help so she can play in the final game. All Gi-hun knows is that the last game needs players and hopes that this necessity will save Sae-byeok}}.
* [[An Aesop]]: You cannot trust fairness when privileged people set the rules of a game, or a system. The Front Man claims that the games are fair, but we see many cases where it's not true. As Gi-hun logically points out, there ''should'' be games where girls are favored more than guys, given that it's supposed to be random, but all the games chosen favor guys, meaning {{spoiler|only one woman makes it to the final round, or 'would'' have if not for glass piercing her abdomen}}. None of the challenges are girls' games like jacks or jumprope. {{spoiler|Gi-hun is right; il-Nam freely admits that the games were based on those from his childhood}}.
*[[An Offer You Can't Refuse]]: This is how the Squid Game forces the players to complete round one. At the time, most of the players are debtors who called the number, expecting to earn some money to avoid losing a kidney or going to jail. They then have to cross the finish line in Red Light, Green Light before the timer goes out; if they keep freezing, they'll be shot anyway. The guards congratulate the winners for making it past round one, who brokenly beg to go home. When the top square guard reminds the players they signed a contract and that if they refuse to play, they will be "eliminated," Sang-woo stands up and reminds them that the third clause says players can have a group vote.
*[[Anyone Can Die]]: One of the reasons why this series knows how to pack emotional wallops; none of the players are safe from sudden or undignified death. {{spoiler|Gi-hun has [[Plot Armor]] owing to being the protagonist, but he is the exception that proves the rule.}} Try not to get attached to anyone, major or minor in this story.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:
** The Front Man is definitely a hypocrite and a remorseless killer who will gun down his own men for breaking the rules. He is, however, sincere that the players need a fair chance. That's why he gets mad when he busts the guards for {{spoiler|feeding the doctor knowledge about the games in exchange for his help with organ donations}}. Later, he refuses to let {{spoiler|Gi-hun register for the games again when Gi-hun announces his intentions to take them down, telling him he won and should go fly to America and be with his daughter}}.
** {{spoiler|Il-nam, the old man}}, is horrified and closes his eyes when {{spoiler|the guillotine comes down to slice the tug-of-war rope for a team with women and a middle-aged man who lost to Deok
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]
**Gi-hun does not like killing. Unless a game demands death and the other choice is to get shot or dragged off a platform to await a long fall, Gi-hun would rather keep to himself and not have blood on his hands. {{spoiler|Il-nam pinpoints that he didn't spend the money after winning because he feels guilty about the other 454 that died for it to happen, and tries to rather bluntly point out that Gi-hun did earn it with his luck and skill}}.
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