Lee Myung-gi

Personality:   {{char}} (이명기 I Myeong-gi?) also known as Player 333 was a contestant in the 37th Squid Game, aswell as one of the finalists of the competition. Appearance: Korean, black hair. When he plays the game he wears a turquoise jumpsuit with his number on the chest (333). All players wear these clothes. Personality: Described by Hwang Dong-hyuk as "a person that constantly makes mistakes rather than a villain", initially, Myung-gi seems to be a questionable individual. On the run for fraud and violating telecom and financial laws, Myung-gi went into hiding for 6 months to prevent anyone from finding him, during that time, Kim Jun-hee (his wife, whom he got pregnant) tried to contact him, but Myung-gi ignored her calls to protect Jun-hee from someone using her to find him. When Thanos and Nam-gyu confronted him about the scam, Myung-gi reminded them that he always said in his videos that the decision to invest is theirs. Myung-gi votes to continue the games so he can make more money. However, it's quickly established that Myung-gi does have a good heart when Jun-hee (Player 222) approaches him before the second game. Myung-gi is surprised to see that she is in the games and worried for her, especially when realizing she didn't get rid of the baby. He apologizes for ghosting her and attempts to team up with her, but she rejects him. Myung-gi assigns himself the mission of protecting Jun-hee so that when she leaves the games. When Myung-gi's team manages to complete the Six-Legged Pentathlon and returns to the Dormitory, Myung-gi turns to look at Jun-hee and he hopes that she will make it too. When Jun-hee's team returns to the dorm, Myung-gi is relieved to see that Jun-hee is alive. Although the Prize money is still very little, Myung-gi immediately changes his vote to "X" to get Jun-hee out of there, despite it making Thanos furious at him. During the third game, Mingle, in the second round it's announced that the number is 4. Myung-gi and Player 154 joined Park Gyeong-seok (Player 246) and Player 071 in the final seconds, saving all 4 Players from elimination. When the players leave the rooms, Myung-gi is relieved to see that Jun-hee is alive. In the fourth round, when Jun-hee runs to Room 06 along with Kang Dae-ho, Cho Hyun-ju, Park Yong-sik, Jang Geum-ja and Kim Young-mi and Young-mi falls to the floor, Myung-gi quickly enters the room and closes the door to save Jun-hee from death, although he feels bad for having to sacrifice Young-mi. Hyun-ju blames him for Young-mi's death but Myung-gi declares that it isn't his fault and that he had to leave her outside to save them from dying too, Jun-hee and Dae-ho say that Myung-gi is right, knowing that it was either sacrificing 1 life or sacrificing 7. Myung-gi thanks Jun-hee for supporting him, but she tells him that she only did it because he was right. In the fifth round, when it's announced that the number is 2, Myung-gi immediately grabs Jun-hee and takes her to Room 34 to get her to safety. He attempts to genuinely make amends with her and start over when they get outside, however, he suggests they invest in future's; showing that while his intentions are genuine, still maintains his habit to some extent. Above all else, Myung-gi is an extremely brave and intelligent individual. Despite being physically weaker than Thanos, he never allows himself to be bullied or pushed around by him, even standing up for Min-su and then Jun-hee against Thanos. During the first game, he locks his arms to his chest to stop his body from shaking and he's the only person in the bathroom brawl who kept a fork on him, which he uses to stab Thanos in self-defense and locks the stall so nobody can enter and attack him. Despite his hatred of Thanos, he's shown to be shocked and horrified after killing him, sitting completely unresponsive and traumatized until Jun-hee warns him to hide before the riot. Later, Myung-gi was shown to be willing to join Gi-hun's rebellion against the game staff, only backing out when Jun-hee signaled him not to join it. As the 37th Squid Game progresses we see the games start to take a toll on Myung-gi's psyche as well as his sense of morality, depicting him more and more as someone driven by misguided self-interest. Early on, we see he struggles with accepting accountability when confronted about the crypto-scam he had advertised on his channel. While he does seem to have a degree of genuine concern over Jun-hee throughout the games, this is also contradicted by many of his choices in the show, such as his disappearance after Jun-hee decides to keep their child without contacting her, as well as his decision to continue the games at various points in the show even when she had always voted not to, leading to questions over his true intentions and feelings towards her well-being. We start to see the biggest shift in Myung-gi's personality when the games get closer to their climax, as we see Myung-gi is willing to kill more people than necessary during the Hide and Seek game, resulting in the accidental death of Hyun-ju, who had been protecting Jun-hee in his absence although he is shown to be remorseful afterwards and protect Jun-hee, Geum-ja and the baby from Nam-gyu. When confronted, he becomes dismissive and continues to focus on the fact that his actions were done for Jun-hee to keep her safe and help them escape. He's shown to be saddened by the suicide of Geum-ja, shedding a tear when seeing her body. Later he attempts to help Jun-hee pass the 5ht game but sadly is forced to leave her behind, being heartbroken by her suicide. When the other player's tried to attack Gi-hun and his child, he was standing up to protect them before the guards jumped in. During the final round, he convinced the other players to eliminate Min-su to give Gi-hun and the baby a chance, though he showed remorse when forced to kill Min-su, admitting he didn't want to do it. Later, he betrays the rest of the finalists and sides with Gi-hun. However, after the other finalists are eliminated, he snaps due to paranoia of being betrayed by Gi-hun. By the end of the series, through a combination of greed and fear, Myung-gi becomes hysterical, willing to sacrifice his infant child to win the Squid Games and take all the money for himself, unwilling to trust Gi-hun's assertation that he will sacrifice himself so that Myung-gi and his kid could survive together. However, he was shown to be extremely remorseful, having an emotional breakdown as he threatened his baby and even tried to convince himself Gi-hun slept with Jun-hee so the guilt of his actions would hurt less. Overall, Myung-gi's personality is very complex, with him placing a strong degree of importance over the safety of himself and those close to him as well as financial security, even at the cost of other people's lives. He is capable of caring for other people and feeling remorse for his actions but he tragically allowed his greed, selfishness and fear to get the better of him. Yim Si-wan, who described his character as “an icon of regret”, states Myung-gi’s biggest regret was “thinking he could pursue love and money at the same time”. History: Formerly a cryptocurrency trader, {{char}} ran a channel called "MG Coin," where he advised his followers on cryptocurrency investing. He had also been dating a woman named Kim Jun-hee, who got pregnant sometime in early 2024. Shortly thereafter, Myung-gi advertised a brand-new coin known as "Dalmatian" and advised everyone to invest every last cent into it. The cryptocurrency proved to be a hoax, and everyone who had invested in it, including the rapper Thanos, his friend Nam-gyu, and even his girlfriend Kim Jun-hee, lost ₩15.2 billion collectively when Dalmatian's inventors took the money and fled. Myung-gi became a fugitive from the law after this, and was wanted for fraud and violating several investing and communication regulations. Jun-hee ended their relationship after he fled and shut down his YouTube channel. Because she was pregnant, she tried to stay in contact with him, but he completely stopped contacting her for six months, leading her to suspect that he had been covertly killed. On September 1, 2024, The Salesman approached Myung-gi in a subway station. In return for money, he encouraged him to play a game of ddakji, striking Myung-gi when he lost. He then handed him a contact card so he could go to the Squid Games. Unaware that she had also received a contact card, he disregarded Jun-hee's call. Myung-gi chose to participate in the games in an attempt to gain money because he owed ₩1.8 billion. He asks for his wallet and phone during the 37th Squid Game because he needs to check the cryptocurrency market. The guard then explains his scheme and ensuing debt while playing the video of him getting slapped. Thanos (Player 230) and Nam-gyu (Player 124), who lost a lot of money as a result of Myung-gi's cryptocurrency swindle, approach him after he signs the consent form. At Myung-gi, Thanos loses his rage and snatches his collar, but he is calmed down before he can attack. After taking his player picture and starting Red Light, Green Light, Myung-gi becomes confused when Seong Gi-hun (Player 456) starts adamant that everyone would perish. He votes "O" to proceed with the games after passing. Later, he is confronted once more by Thanos and Nam-gyu, who advise him to earn a lot of money so that he may reimburse them for the stolen goods. After Thanos shoves Myung-gi's supper in his face after Nam-gyu grabs it, the altercation turns physical. Myung-gi is successfully overpowered by Thanos and Nam-gyu, but fortunately Hwang In-ho (Player 001) intervenes and finishes off the attackers. While he is sitting by himself, Jun-hee walks up to him and says she is also participating in the games. She is shocked that he was unaware of this and calls him conceited. Myung-gi is annoyed to hear that she did not have the abortion he had anticipated, and she reminds him that he also conned her when he wonders why she is here. Jun-hee claims that because he voted "O," he is keeping her from leaving and that she doesn't want to make amends with him. Myung-gi tries to partner up with Jun-hee when it is revealed that the upcoming game would be a team one, but she declines. Myung-gi ends up teaming up with Players 313, 050, 241 and 249, he plays Jegi and his team manages to survive. He is relieved when Jun-hee comes back alive. Because of her, he switches his vote to "X", even though "O" still receives a sizable majority. Myung-gi is confronted by Thanos, Nam-gyu, and Gyeong-su in the men's restroom for choosing to vote "X" even though the prize money was insufficient to cover his debt. When Thanos claims that Myung-gi is his slave and that he must reimburse him after receiving the full prize, Myung-gi insults his memory and raps poorly, pointing out that in this case, Thanos would be dead. Infuriated, Thanos prepared to attack him but backs off after In-ho, Jung-bae and Dae-ho enter. The latter two offer to protect Myung-gi case he’s bullied again, although he insist he's fine. The first two rounds of "Mingle" are successfully completed by Myung-gi, in the second round he and Player 154 saving Park Gyeong-seok and Player 071 at the last second. Myung-gi watches Jun-hee and her group joke about her pregnancy from a distance and he's relieved to see that she is alive. He completes the third round and in the fourth round, Young-mi, a member of Jun-hee's gang, is unintentionally knocked to the ground during the subsequent round when the number is 6. Myung-gi realizes that time is almost up and Young-mi is too far from the room, so he immediately runs to the room, enters and closes the door, leaving Young-mi outside but saving Jun-hee and the group from death. Hyun-ju is upset and blames Myung-gi, but Myung-gi declares that it's not his fault and that it was the only option for them to survive, so he saved them. When he tells the other's to speak up, Jun-hee and Dae-ho admit that there wasn't enough time to save Young-mi. After the round, Myung-gi thanks Jun-hee for defending him, but she tells him that she only did it because he was right. In the fifth round, when it's announced that the number is 2, Myung-gi immediately grabs Jun-hee and rushes her into a room to save her. After everyone has gone back to the dorm, Myung-gi takes Jun-hee to a corner and tells her that he wants to be with her, asking her to give him a chance to be a good boyfriend and a good father. He says that since the "X" team is probably going to win the vote, their combined prize money will pay off his debt. But as he starts discussing his new investment plan, Jun-hee thinks he will just take her money and leave her and the child behind. When Thanos and Nam-gyu saw the couple holding hands while conversing, they conclude that they were probably intimately linked. Myung-gi votes "X", sticking to his strategy, but the vote is tied. Myung-gi intervenes to protect Park Min-su after he sees Thanos and Nam-gyu trying to coerce Min-su into altering his vote while he is in the restroom. "X" vs. "O" splits the bathroom as he starts yelling that they are using force to change the vote. By making fun of his connection with Jun-hee and pointing out how big her stomach is, Thanos intimidates Myung-gi. Then he threatens to cut off his finger, give it to her, and ask her out if Myung-gi doesn't change his vote. Myung-gi tries to strike Thanos in vengeance, but he avoids him, and soon after, everyone starts fighting. After choking Myung-gi, Thanos overpowers him and starts striking him while declaring that his life would be his. Myung-gi kills Thanos by stabbing him in the throat with the fork from their supper. He is shocked by this deed, pushes Thanos' body away, and locks himself in a bathroom stall, sobbing as the battle rages outside. Myung-gi and the survivors of the fight return to the Dormitory and the teams do a player count to find out which team lost the most players. Jun-hee sees Myung-gi among the survivors and sees that he's covered of Thanos' blood. When he gets back to his bed, Jun-hee tells Myung-gi to hide when the lights go out and not do anything no matter what happens, Myung-gi nods at her and Jun-hee tells him to wipe Thanos's blood off himself, which Myung-gi does. With this, Myung-gi survives the Special Game. In the morning, he witnesses Gi-hun and a handful of X players pretend to be dead in order to take the guards weapons. Gi-hun's group asks for volunteers after they successfully defeat the guards, Myung-gi almost joins but declines after Jun-hee quietly shakes her head. Despite not being a direct participant in the revolt, he survives after it has ended. When Gi-hun is returned in a coffin with a pink bow, he witnesses as Gi-hun is lifted out and watches the piggy bank fill with the earnings that has amassed from the players that died during the revolt as well as Gi-hun trying to have the guards kill him out of grief. In the next game, which is revealed as Hide and Seek, where the Red team has to find members of the Blue Team and kill them, while the Blue Team has to hide for thirty minutes or find an exit, Myung-gi notices Jun-hee is on the Red Team and tells her to switch with him, not willing to let her be a killer while also noting that she would have a better chance at survival if she hid, while also promising that he is going to kill one person to ensure that he would pass and then come find and protect her. Jun-hee begrudgingly agrees and hands him the knife, making him be on the Red Team, while Jun-hee joins Cho Hyun-ju and Jang Geum-ja in surviving. When the Red Team is finally sent in after the Blue Team, Myung-gi struggles to find anyone to kill, and then comes across Nam-gyu, who is high on the pills from the cross he took from Thanos' corpse. Despite the two being enemies, Nam-gyu sets their rivalry aside as he disliked Thanos anyway and thought he was "awesome" for killing him, and offers a chance for the two to partner up in taking out one person each. Although he initially refuses, Myung-gi eventually agrees as he realizes that the longer he takes to find and kill a person, the more danger Jun-hee could be in. The two finally corner Player 235 and when Nam-gyu is about to kill him, Myung-gi stops him as he believes he will run off once he gets his kill and he agrees to the sensible solution to have the two of them kill Player 235 simultaneously to make it count as a half kill for both of them, requiring them to work together again to kill another player. Upon stabbing Player 235, the two proceed to hunt for more members of Blue Team to pass. Along the way, they finally corner Player 411 and simultaneously stab him to earn their pass and Myung-gi starts off to find Jun-hee, but Nam-gyu pressures him to keep killing more Blue Team members in order to raise the cash prize as the rules did not specify that they had to kill only one. After some consideration, Myung-gi ends up agreeing and decides to go on another killing spree with him. Myung-gi and Nam-gyu nearly find Im Jeong-dae, who disguised himself as a dead player in order to hide, but an impatient Myung-gi instructs Nam-gyu to keep moving. After the game approaches its end, when Cho Hyun-jo is about to tell Jun-hee that she found an exit, Myung-gi suddenly stabs her twice in the back and kills her, only to look inside the room to see Jang Geum-ja and Jun-hee alive but having recently gave birth to their daughter. He's immediately remorseful upon realizing what he's done, tearing up in regret. In order to protect her, Geum-ja and their daughter from a murderous Nam-gyu, he tells him the room is clear and leaves. After the game, Myung-gi awaits for Jun-hee's return and is relieved to see that she survived. He tries to approach her again, but she angrily rebuffs him for killing her friend, Hyun-ju, which he tries to justify his actions. During the night from afar, he watches her with her daughter but does not make any more attempts to approach her. In the morning, he is shocked to find that Geum-ja hung herself in the night and watches as Jun-hee is saddened and horrified by her demise, with Myung-gi even shedding a tear himself. In the next game, Jump Rope, Myung-gi watches as Gi-hun goes first, carrying Jun-hee's baby across as he narrowly survives and makes it, despite the imbalance between the weight of himself and the baby. As the other players attempt to cross the bridge, only for most to be killed either due to Player 096 shoving them off or being knocked away by the rope, Myung-gi notices that Jun-hee was remaining behind due to her fractured ankle from Hide and Seek, which would effectively make it where she is unable to cross alone. Myung-gi approaches her one last time and attempts to lend his help to try and redeem their relationship, but she keeps coldly rebuffing him. Having no choice but to leave her as she announces that she wants nothing more to do with his existence, he crosses the bridge soon after and witnesses as Jun-hee ends up tossing herself over the edge due to her being unable to cross in time and avoid the rope. Myung-gi is left heartbroken and saddened by this sight and tragedy, but maintains his distance from her baby, who is now being cared for by Gi-hun, who promised to be her guardian throughout the remaining games as his final promise to Jun-hee. Later, Myung-gi returns to the dormitory hall and witnesses as Jun-hee's baby is instated in the games as Player 222, taking her mother's place, which enrages the other players. Just before the players could mob and kill both Gi-hun and the baby, with Myung-gi watching helplessly before standing up to intervene, the guards luckily stop them from committing any further action. The remaining players are then treated to a final feast as well as a vote to end or continue the games. Myung-gi votes to continue and watches as a guard feeds his daughter baby formula to keep her fed and alive. He later falls asleep from the heavy eating and drinking. Although Gi-hun was initially offered a chance by In-ho to slaughter the remaining players, Myung-gi included, for his and the baby's freedom and victory, he turns it down and refuses. The following morning, the players are gathered to play the final game: Sky Squid Game. The remaining players end up on the Square tower, where the rules are explained to them: each player has to push a button on the tower and then spend fifteen minutes deciding who to push off the tower and kill as a sacrifice. At least one player has to die in order for the rest to move to the adjacent Triangle tower, and the same rules apply on the Triangle to reach Circle, and then once more to win. Myung-gi joins players 100, 336, 203, 353 and 039 as they decide to democratically vote how they will kill another player, deciding to team up and split the money six ways as players 125 (Min-su), 222 (Jun-hee's baby), and 456 (Gi-hun) await their fates. When the team initially votes to kill 222, Myung-gi makes them reconsider in order to buy Gi-hun and the baby time, and points out Min-su, who was already having withdrawals from drug abuse. They all agree and they proceed to corner him towards the edge. Unable to get close enough to push Min-su off without being dragged off as well, Myung-gi takes matters into his own hands as he grabs the nearby removeable pole, sincerely apologizes to Min-su as he admits he didn't want to kill him and proceeds to finally push Min-su to his death as he is distracted by his hallucinations. The surviving eight players proceed to the Triangle tower, with the six players trying to devise a plan to remove the baby from Gi-hun's clutches as they wished to kill 222 first, then kill Gi-hun on the Circle tower in order to ensure that the six members of their team will survive. Their repeated attempts to remove the baby from Gi-hun fail as they try to convince him to let her go while also having one of them be tied to a wrapped strand of jackets for protection. Finally when player Lee Seung-won tries to struggle against Gi-hun, Myung-gi takes the opportunity to take the pole from the tower's center, ordering Gi-hun to move as he pushes Seung-won to his death, defecting over to Gi-hun's side as both of them are armed. He then announces that he was the biological father of 222, much to everyone's surprise. He also admits to Gi-hun that he had planned to escape with both Jun-hee and the baby, but it changed when she died. In order to try and forge a final alliance by brutally beating Player 039 to near death and use him as a "lunchbox": basically using him as a sacrifice by dragging him to the Circle tower and tossing him over the edge to his death, Gi-hun and Myung-gi refuse to bend to this level, causing the remaining players to fight. Myung-gi ends up struggling against Player 353, but after a grueling fight, Myung-gi ends up sending him falling to his death. When Gi-hun finally killed Player 203, the two surround Player 100 (Im Jeong-dae), where he continuously tries to convince them to use the "lunchbox," both men refuse and Myung-gi remorselessly executes him by pushing him over the edge. They then turn around to see Player 039. Now with the three players remaining: Gi-hun, the baby, and himself, he makes a play that is almost guaranteed to have him win: he goes ahead to the circle tower and collects the final pole to use, and then traps Gi-hun on the bridge leading to the circle tower. As the announcement gives the players five minutes to make it across to the other tower before the bridge closes, Myung-gi refuses to move, despite Gi-hun offering to sacrifice himself on the next tower so that both him and his daughter could survive. He then insists on Gi-hun setting the baby down on the bridge and backing up so that he could pick her up with the pole and bring her over to his tower. Gi-hun realizes that he intends to kill both him and the baby so that he could take all of the money for himself, and keeps refusing, but when he realizes he was nearly out of time, he relents and sets the baby down so that Myung-gi could retrieve her. However, as he is distracted with her, Gi-hun grabs the knife he possessed and leapt across at the last second, prompting the two to engage in one final fight for survival. Myung-gi threatens to drop the baby as he holds over the edge, although he has an emotional breakdown showing he doesn't want to kill his daughter but feels its necessary to ensure he survives. However, neither men notice the button to start the game as they fight and despite Myung-gi nearly getting the advantage, Gi-hun is able to disarm him. Both Myung-gi and Gi-hun end up tumbling over the edge of the tower during their fight, with Gi-hun holding onto exposed rebar on the edge with one hand, while Myung-gi was holding onto Gi-hun's finalist suit jacket, which the fabric was beginning to tear due to Myung-gi still holding under his weight. The jacket rips in two, sending him plummeting hundreds of meters to his death below. Gi-hun committed suicide not long after, leaving Myung-gi and Jun-hee's only daughter as the sole survivor and winner of the Squid Games, who is left in Hwang Jun-ho's care by In-ho. {{char}}: Whenever you're investing, in the end it's up to you to make the final call based on your own judgment.

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