Squid Game Logic: Marbles/Transcript

Marbles
(Everyone is gathered in the Marbles room.)

Announcer: Our fourth game is Marbles. Obtain all 10 of your opponent's marbles within the time limit to win.

(The Front Man sets a 10-minute timer.)

Veteran: OK, if we're gonna win this round, we gotta beat our partners quickly. Don't think of them as people with feelings and families. They're just bags of marbles. Got it?

Player and Noob: Got it!

Veteran: Break!

(Veteran and Player 101 are in a room with a Triangle Soldier. There is a small pit in the center of the floor.)

Veteran: Closest to the pit wins. You may look friendly, but I ain't holding back.

Player 101: Neither will I, partner. You'd better check into a mental asylum, because you're about to lose your marbles! Get it!

(There is brief silence.)

Player 101: I got a newborn at home, so I've been practising my dad jokes.

Veteran: Oh yeah? Are you a calendar?

Player 101: No.

Veteran: 'Cause your days are numbered!

(We cut to Noob and Samantha by a wall.)

Noob: OK, here's the rules: We each throw one marble. Closest to the wall wins.

Samantha: Wouldn't you rather talk about our feelings a little?

(A gunshot is heard in the distance.)

Announcer: Player 073 eliminated.

Noob: You want to get shot in the face, be my guest. But I'm playing to win.

(Meanwhile, Player and Player 100 are already playing.)

Player: Odds? Or evens?

Player 100: Hm... My darling husband's birthday is even...

Player: No, don't mention your family!

Player 100: But my sister's birthday is odd... Oh, my grandmother's is even...

Player: Just guess already!

Player 100: OK! Evens!

(Player opens his fist. He has two marbles.)

Player 100: Yay! I win!

Player: How much did you wager?

Player 100: Well, our sweet golden retriever Max has a birthday in September, so... I wagered 9!

Player: Did you just say 9 marbles?!

Player 100: Uh-huh! Yup! Hand them over!

(Player gives Player 100 9 marbles.)

Player: Now I only have 1 left!

Player 100: Ah, very good subtraction, sweetie!

(We are now back with Noob and Samantha.)

Samantha: ...And that's the story of how my entire family perished in an ice cream truck explosion.

Noob: Did they... all scream?

(Noob throws her marble.)

Samantha: Hm... Only for a moment. What's your favourite flavour of ice cream?

Noob: Chocolate. Can you throw your marble already?

Samantha: Where were you born?

Noob: Stop with the random personal questions! We don't have to turn Marbles into an intimidate social event!

Samantha: Jeez, just trying to make a friend...

Noob: In a series of murder games where the goal is to kill each other?

(Samantha gives an innocent look, implying her answer is "Yes".)

Noob: We're enemies. Got it?

Samantha: If you say so...

(Back with Player and Player 100, Player is nervous.)

Player 100: Make your guess!

Player: Um, OK. Uh, hold on...

(A Triangle Soldier points a revolver at Player.)

Player: Evens! Wait wait wait! Uh... Odds!

(Player 100 opens her fist, revealing 3 marbles.)

Player: Phew!

Player 100: Nice one! And how much did you wager - Oh, I already know! Here you go!

(Player 100 gives Player 1 marble.)

Player: Just gotta keep winning.

A While Later...
Announcer: 1 minute remaining.

Player: We're tied. Odds or evens?

Player 100: Evens!

(Player opens his fist, revealing 5 marbles.)

Player: Ha! Hand them over!

Player 100: B-But I only have 5 left!

(The Triangle Soldier points a revolver at Player 100.)

Player 100: Wait! WAIT! Please! I have a family!

(We cut to Veteran and Player 101. We hear Player 100 scream and a gunshot.)

Veteran: Hey, Player 101. No surprise, his opponent kind of looked like a wimp.

Player 101: That was my wife!

Veteran: Ooh, bummer. My condolences, and, uh...

(Veteran throws his marble. He wins.)

Veteran: YEAH! In your face, man!

Player 101: No! My child! My dog!

(A Triangle Soldier shoots Player 101 in the arm, and he starts to disintegrate.)

Player 101: Help me! I'm disintegrating!

Veteran: Hi, Disintegrating. I'm Dead!

Player 101: (Chuckles) Nice...

(Player 101 completely shatters.)

Announcer: 30 seconds remaining.

Noob: TAKE YOUR TURN!

Samantha: OK! If you answer one last question.

Noob: Fine!

Samantha: Why are you here? You got anybody waiting for you at home?

Noob: That's 2 questions.

Announcer: 15 seconds remaining.

(Noob is panicking.)

Noob: I'm here because my mom is sick, OK? Really bad, and she just got worse. When I get out, I'm using all the money to make her better! Now THROW!

Announcer: 5... 4... 3...

(Samantha drops her marble on the ground, so Noob wins.)

Noob: What are you doing?!

Samantha: My name is Samantha.

Announcer: 2... 1... Attention, contestants! Time is now up.

Samantha: You've got a reason to win. A real reason. Don't disappoint me, OK?

(A Triangle Soldier points a revolver at Samantha.)

Noob: My name's Noob.

Samantha: I'm glad I got to know you.

(Noob turns away and quietly sobs as the Triangle Soldier shoots Samantha.)

Noob: (Sniffs) Weirdo...

Glass Bridge
(Everyone is gathered in the Glass Stepping Stones room, with pink tags numbered from 1 to 8. Player has 8, Veteran has 7 and Noob has 5.)

Announcer: Welcome, contestants, to the fifth game: Glass Stepping Stones!

Player: OK, so we aren't doing childhood games anymore?

Veteran: Did you not walk across a chain of thin glass plates suspended above a fatal drop as a child? Huh. Must be a regional difference.

Announcer: The stepping stones before you are made of either regular or tempered glass. Tempered glass can support the weight of up to 2 people. Regular glass will break if even 1 person steps on it. You must walk all the way across before the time expires to win. Those with lower numbers on their vests will walk across first.

Player: Phew! I'm last.

(The Player with the 01 tag jumps onto the first row and chooses the left pane. She is correct.)

Player 01: Ha-ha-ha! I knew it! I'm a glass maker, I can tell the difference between tempered and regular glass.

Player: Really? Awesome! How lucky are we?

Player 01: It's in the colour. There's a tiny difference. All you gotta do is...

(Player 01 jumps onto the second row and chooses the right pane. She is wrong. The pane shatters, and she screams as she falls. We hear a crunch far below.)

Player: Well, she's dead, so does anybody have an actual plan to win this thing?

Veteran: Easy - get lucky.

Noob: I so enjoy your kernels of wisdom.

Player: Guess we better get started!

(The player with the 02 tag jumps onto the second row's left panel. She is sweating, She chooses the right pane, which is correct, and then hops onto the left pane, which shatters and causes her to fall. Everyone then continues, and the players with the 03 and 04 tags fall, leaving Noob in front. She is only 2 rows away from the finish.)

Noob: OK! If you wanna survive this thing, you gotta walk past me!

Player: What?!

Noob: Otherwise I'm freezing this whole line right here!

Veteran: Ooh, cold.

(The timer shows 3:10 minutes left.)

Player: You can't do this! Think about the team! I thought we were friends!

Announcer: 2 minutes remaining.

Noob: Why? Because we helped each other a few times? Samantha was my friend. She's the only one who cared enough to ask about my life. Now she's gone and all I have left of her are... Bad feelings.

Player: Yeah, but we're talking about me here!

Noob: You don't even know my name! None of you are worth more than me, so it's go around or die! Your choice.

(The player with the 06 tag leaps onto Noob's panel.)

Player 06: Okey-dokey, then. If I gotta...

(Player 06 leaps to the next row and chooses the left pane. It shatters, and he screams as he falls. Veteran leaps onto Noob's panel.)

Noob: Did you hear me? Go around!

(Veteran butt bounces Noob.)

Veteran: Oops.

(Noob screams as she loses her balance and falls.)

Player: NO!

Veteran: Now here goes nothing.

(Veteran leaps onto the right pane and then the left one, making it to the finish.)

Veteran: Oh yeah! Two for two, baby! Come on Player, move it or lose it!

Announcer: 1 minute remaining.

Player: Fine! Just can't look down!

(Player follows Veteran and makes it to the finish with him.)

Veteran: Congrats, dude!

(The timer is still going.)

Player: Wait... Why is the clock still ticking? What do we still have to do?

Announcer: Not all players have left the arena.

Player: Veteran, look!

(Noob is still hanging onto the red framework where Veteran pushed her off.)

Veteran: Oof. That's just sad.

(20 seconds remain. Player walks back towards the bridge.)

Veteran: Hey! What are you doing?

(Player leaps onto the left pane.)

Player: Which one's the right one again? Veteran, please! It's our one chance to save her!

Veteran: She's competition, bro! So are you!

Player: Come on, man! She's gonna fall!

Announcer: 15 seconds remaining.

(Veteran hesitates, but then sighs.)

Veteran: It's the left one.

(Player leaps onto the pane Noob is hanging onto and reaches his hand out.)

Noob: Why did you bother?

Player: Why did you?

Noob: (Chuckles) Idiot.

(Noob grabs Player's hand and he pulls her up. Veteran's jaw drops as Player and Noob make it across.)

Announcer: 5... 4... 3... 2... 1! Congratulations, winners!

Squid Game: The Finale
(Player, Veteran and Noob are in the Squid Game room, with the Square Soldier.)

Square Soldier: Welcome to the final round. No tricks or puns this time. Just a nice, simple game of Squid Game.

Player: Wait, there's an actual game called Squid Game? I thought this whole thing was a Squid Game.

Square Soldier: It's basically tag, with a few bonus rules to make it more interesting.

Noob: How complicated can you make tag?

Square Soldier: You'll split into two groups: attackers and defenders. The defender's goal is to push the attacker outside the boundaries of the field, but the attackers can only hop on one foot.

(Player is seen struggling to understand the rules.)

Square Soldier: ...Until they cross the neck of the squid, that's a little narrow bridge part there. Then they have to reach the squid's head and tap it with their foot to win. Obviously. If a player dies, they are eliminated.

Noob: But it's tag, right? How do we kill each other in tag?

Square Soldier: Use your imaginations.

(The Square Soldier gestures towards a table. There are 3 knifes on it, labelled 001, 002 and 456 respectively.)

Player: Uh...

(We cut to Player and Noob, holding knives and standing at a corner of the field.)

Noob: Stay calm. 2v1 is good odds.

Player: You think they call him "Veteran" for nothing?

(Veteran swings at Player. He blocks, but Veteran punches Player in the stomach. He then thrusts, but Player holds out his beanie to block it. Veteran pulls the knife up, ripping Player's beanie in half, then kicks Player to the ground and prepares to deliver a fatal blow. Noob stabs Veteran in the back. He kicks her away and prepares a fatal blow again, but he suddenly collapses, dead.)

Player: Did... Did we win?

Announcer: Defenders are victorious!

Noob: I think we did!

(Noob gets up and pulls Player up. They hug as the episode ends.)