How much debt each character in 'Squid Game' season 2 owes, in US dollars
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- "Squid Game" on Netflix is about a group of people in debt competing in deadly games for money.
- Some of the characters' debts revealed in season two are more than a billion South Korean won.
- When converted into US currency, the highest debt represented is just under $7 million.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Squid Game" season two.
Netflix's biggest show, "Squid Game," is a South Korean thriller series about a group of people who risk their lives in a dangerous competition to pay off their debts.
The largest debts are equal to billions of South Korean won. But in the context of US dollars using the current conversion rates, the largest debt represented is just under $7 million.
The show is set in a dystopian version of the present where people compete in a series of deadly children's games to win 45.6 billion won (roughly $31.2 million). In the show, the prize fund starts at zero and can rise to 45.6 billion won, however the money only increases if a player dies. Each player's death adds 0.1 billion won to the prize pot.
In season one, there can be only one winner, but season two changes the rules. After each game, the contestants can vote to leave, splitting the prize money that's been won so far. If a majority agrees, all the surviving players leave with an equal split of the current prize fund.
By the end of season two, 36.1 billion won (roughly $24.7 million) is in the fund, and 95 players are still alive. If the contestants leave right away, each player would receive 380 million won (roughly $260,000), but this amount is lower than some of the characters' debts.
Viewers unfamiliar with the Korean won may struggle to grasp the level of debt each player is in. These are the fictional debts converted from South Korean won to US dollars based on current conversion rates.
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When the contestants first enter the games in season two, the game organizers expose some of the players' debts in an attempt to get them to shut up and play along with the competition.
Player 196, who is the first person to be killed in the first game, has the lowest debt that is revealed in the season.
The organizers say Player 196, who is killed in the first game, "Red Light, Green Light," owed 45 million won, which is roughly $31,000.
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In episode five, Player 007, whose real name is Park Yon-sik, shocks his mother by voting to stay in the games.
He later tells her that his debt is higher than she thought it was, and he is being threatened to pay it back.
He says his debt is around 100 million won, which is roughly $68,000.
He is still alive at the end of the season.
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Player 120, Cho Hyun-ju, is an ex-military trans woman who needs money to finish paying off her surgical bills and to move to Thailand, where she would be more accepted.
The game organizers say she owes 330 million won, which is roughly $226,000.
She is still alive at the end of the season.
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Player 230 is a microcelebrity internet rapper who goes by the name Thanos. He enters the games after losing 500 million won (roughly $342,000) in a crypto scam led by Player 333. Player 333 kills him during a brawl in episode seven.
The organizers say he owes 1.19 billion won, which is roughly $814,000.
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Player 198 is a minor character in season two who dies in the second game.
The organizers say he owes 1.4 billion won, which is roughly $958,000.
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Player 333, Lee Myung-gi, is a former YouTuber who is wanted for fraud and violating telecom and financial investment laws after promoting a crypto coin that turned out to be a scam.
The scammers fled after taking 15.2 billion won (roughly $10.4 million) from those who invested in the coin, including Thanos, Player 222, and Player 124, but Myung-gi seemed to also lose money in the scam and shut down his social media accounts.
In episode three, the organizers expose Lee to the group and say he owes 1.8 billion won, which is roughly $1.2 million.
He is still alive at the end of the season.
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Player 226 is one of the players who consistently pushes the group to continue playing the games.
The organizers say he owes 1.9 billion won, which is roughly $1.3 million.
He is still alive at the end of the season.
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Player 444 is a minor character who dies in the first game. A sniper shoots him in the leg, but he makes it to the finish line only to be shot and killed by another sniper.
The organizer says he owes 2.02 billion won, which is roughly $1.4 million.
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Player 343 is a minor character who dies during the Mingle game after Player 001 strangles him.
The organizers say he owes 2.89 billion won, which is roughly $2 million.
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Player 006 is a minor character who becomes part of Player 44's cult.
The organizers say she owes 3.1 billion won, which is roughly $2.1 million.
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Player 283 is a minor character who is the second character to die in the first game. A sniper kills the player after she panics over Player 196's death.
The organizers say she owes 4.02 billion won, which is roughly $2.7 million.
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Player 100 is the biggest defender of the games, often inspiring the group to continue with the contest instead of quitting.
The organizers say he owes 10 billion won, which is $6.8 million.
He is still alive at the end of the season.
