Player 456 is Actually BROKE in Squid Game? (Season 2)

Film Theory

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4.8 • 894 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We see Player 456 win the Squid Games back in season 1. However, did he actually hold on to that cash prize? Did he truly return to the games to stop them or is there a chance that he needed to return for other reasons?

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0:00.0	Is Player 456 from Squid Game actually broke?
0:03.4	Yeah, okay, I hear you saying.
0:04.9	We see just how wealthy he is in the show, spending the prize money he won in the games.
0:09.8	How could he possibly be broke?
0:11.6	But that's just it, friends.
0:13.0	Gehan spends a lot of money.
0:15.0	Like a lot of money very, very quickly.
0:18.1	Enough that I have to again ask, would Gihun actually be broke?
0:22.4	Well, the answer is going to tell us a lot about this character and the dark path that he's
0:26.3	walking down.
0:28.7	Hello, internet.
0:29.9	Welcome to Film Theory, the show that's played these games before.
0:33.5	I played these games before!
0:39.3	I said I played these games before! This show's also feeling a bit under the weather at the moment.
0:42.3	I only get sick about once a year, but it's always rough, so sorry about the voice.
0:46.3	Anyway, so Squid Game!
0:48.3	Yeah, the latest season of this enormous Netflix hit is finally out, and everyone's talking about it.
0:53.3	You, me, Duo Lingo, the guy in front of you in line of the gas station, everyone.
0:58.8	And that makes a lot of sense when you realize that in just the few weeks it's been out,
1:02.6	Squid Game Season 2 is already Netflix's third most viewed season of TV ever,
1:07.1	behind only Wednesday and Squid Game Season 1.
1:10.5	People love this series, and I bet that Season 3 is also going to be on this chart.
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