young-hee

Young-hee (Yeong-hui), also known as The Doll, is a large motion-sensing female animatronic doll that has been used in the Squid Games, including the 33rd Squid Game in 2020 and the Squid Game in 2024, during "Red Light, Green Light". Her eyes are able to scan the movement of players quickly to see if any of the players are moving after hearing "red light," all players who did so are eliminated, along with any players who don't make it to the end in time. Young-hee is based on the character of the same name who appeared on the covers of Korean textbooks Chul-soo and Young-hee in the 1970s and 1980s, and her hairstyle was inspired by Hwang Dong-hyuk's daughter's. [1] HoYeon Jung (who played Kang Sae-byeok) explained the doll's origins in a virtual appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. [2][3] The Netflix Twitter account confirmed the doll's name is Young-hee in a tweet discussing Squid Game Profile Icons.4 Her singsongs in Korean, "Mugunghwa Flower has Blossomed", refers to the hibiscus syriacus, the national flower of South Korea. The use of this familiar character was meant to juxtapose memories of childhood and unsettling fear in the players.