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Choi Su-Bong, also known as Thanos and Player 230, is a major antagonist of Season 2 of the Netflix's South Korean survival thriller series Squid Game. He is a professional rapper who joined the 36th Squid Game to pay off his debts. He is the leader of Thanos Team and archenemy of Myung-gi.

He is portrayed by rapper/actor Choi Seung-hyun (also known as, T.O.P).

His Evil Ranking[]

His Villainous Deeds[]

  • Threatens Lee Myung-gi before the first game and almost attacks him before being held back by Nam-gyu.
  • He pushes three players who are in front of him while the doll's head was turned, resulting in their deaths.
  • Beats up Lee Myung-gi along with Nam-gyu and attempt to do the same against Hwang In-ho when he stepped in to interfere.
  • He often used drugs during games and even gives some to Nam-gyu which would cause himself to become addicted.
  • He consistently votes for the games to continue so that more players die so that he would receive more money.
  • When he encounters Myung-gi again, he tries to beat him up yet again before In-ho entered the bathroom.
  • During the "mingle" game, he pushed Gyeong-su, which led to his death, although he was genuinely upset about it afterwards.
  • He pushed Min-su and Se-mi into playing a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors in order to choose who they will take, which would create a gap between them.
  • He frequently pressured Min-su into voting for the games to continue. When Min-su finally disobeyed Thanos, the latter angrily confronted him.
  • He attempts to kill Myung-gi by strangling him to death, even taunting him by saying that he will offer his fingers to Kim Jun-hee, before he is killed by him.
    • His death, although sort of brutal being that he bleeds out from getting stabbed in the neck is not played for sympathy at all. Furthermore, it had very severe consequences as it caused a much larger riot which caused more deaths.
  • Although he is insane from using drugs, he has no moral agency issues since his mental instability is caused by his use of drugs that he chooses to take himself. He also feels sadism in his actions.
  • Although he found himself in debt after poor money investment advice from Lee Myung-gi and nearly committed suicide, this does not make him tragic given that he chose to commit heinous acts in the games on his own and his actions are not even affected by his debt, along with the fact that he is not portrayed sympathetically by the narrative. It is also implied by Myung-gi that his career failed because he forgot the lyrics to a song, showing that his Freudian excuse is even more invalid.

Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]

  • While killing 6 people allows him to pass the baseline, especially with his low resources, he fails the heinous standards compared to more heinous villains like Jang Deok-su, or his friend Nam-gyu whom have a higher body count and are viler with similar resources.
    • Furthermore, he had no idea that his death would cause a riot to occur (he didn't even start the fight as Myung-gi swung first), unlike Deok-su, who knowingly started a riot to kill as many players as possible, meaning his death relies on Fridge Horror.
    • Also him killing Kang-Mina in the first game was a complete accident as he only told her that a bee was on her neck in order to help her, he did not tried to kill her and felt remorse for killing her unlike with the others.
  • He's sometimes played for laughs like when he suddenly speaks in English or Spanish, flirting with the several female players or when he is compared to Marvel's version of Thanos (specifically his MCU counterpart). He tends to come across as a more mischievous and comical villain as a result.
  • He cares for a couple of people:
    • He mentioned he wanted to make his mother proud by participating in the Squid Game.
    • He was genuinely horrified by Mi-na's murder.
    • He seems to have a sincere friendship with Nam-gyu, as he shared his drugs with him, told Myung-gi to pay both of them back & whenever he mispronounced his name, he would repeat the name properly after Nam-gyu corrected him. Furthermore, he stuck with him until the end in Mingle, even choosing him over Min-su.
    • In spite of kicking Gyeong-su out of his group during Mingle, he is genuinely saddened by seeing him die.
  • He has two small "pet the dog" moments:
    • When the game staff refuse to allow him and his fans to take a photo, he sincerely promises to take an individual photo with each of them after the games.
    • When Yong-sik completes his part in the 2nd game, he loudly cheers, "Way to go!" and when Hyun-ju's team completes the race, he's seen among those celebrating for them.

External Links[]

           Squid Game logo render Villainous Benchmarks

Players
33rd Squid Game: Byeong-gi | Cho Sang-woo | Player 040 | Player 278 | Player 303
36th Squid Game: Thanos | Im Jeong-dae | Nam-gyu

Masked Men
Number 28 | Kang No-eul | Panther Mask VIP

See also
Netflix Villainous Benchmarks

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