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Synopsis[]
The players compete in the next mini game wherein they must use other players' tribal shields to create their own bingo board.
Plot[]
Running Man Championships progress report.
The episode opens with Charming Gold inside his mansion, laying on a couch and holding a chess piece that Liu recognizes. A hologram projection shows the progress of the Running Man players, with Liu in the lead, as one of or Charming Gold's robot servants points out. As he throws away Liu's chess piece, Charming Gold, amused, repeats what his bot says and comments on how 'interesting' it is.
The Running Men displeased at the announcement of Liu's victory.
Meanwhile, Liu confidently leaps onto his platform outside his dorm, his shield and watch automatically appearing on him. When he places it, his platform activates, and he floats alongside the rest of the running men, a smile on his face. The group rides together towards the stadium, making a dramatic entrance, dashing inside, quickly rising up, and finally landing in a neat line to listen to the opening announcements. Alt 332 appears in front of them, pulling out a mic and briefly introducing itself before going over to introduce Charming Gold, who walks gracefully on his catwalk. He stops at the edge, welcoming the audience and announcing the winner of the first game as the Running Men roll their eyes, clearly irritated at Liu's victory.
The Running Men look at their designated bingo card.
Charming Gold begins to announce the start of the mini game, at which point he summons the game's venue - the tower of memorial heroes. Alt 332 reappears to take the lead once more, informing the players of the game's rules:
According to Alt 332, the players will be playing a classic game of bingo, where each player will be given a bingo board with the competing tribes' emblems on it. When the game begins, the players are tasked with finding their opponents' emblems hidden throughout the stage. Hitting the corresponding emblem will take the player out of the game and remove the emblem from the player's bingo card. The game is won by the first player who creates two bingo lines and yells "Bingo!" on top of the R-point. Due to the limited number of competing tribes, the remaining three slots will be replaced with a R sign and thus cannot be used to create a bingo line. The R slots on each bingo card will be assigned to each player at random.
Kuga stands behind Popo menacingly.
Following the explanation, Charming Gold addresses the audience once more, asking if they are ready, to which the audience responds with cheers. He officially begins the game after he is satisfied with their reaction, and the Running Men enter the tower at his command. The scene then shifts to Popo, who is stationed in Charming Gold's meorial room, using his watch to video chat with the other members. Lonky points out that they must all focus on Kuga, to which Liu agrees. Pala, wary, wonders if they can trust Lonky after his previous deception during the previous games. Lonky, irritated, assures them that they can rely on him. When Popo repeats their plan, he notices the Running Men looking back in shock before hanging up, which confuses the penguin as he looks back and sees Kuga glaring down at him. He recoils in surprise, tapping his watch to summon the others and inform them of Kuga's location. Finally, Liu responds, assuring Popo that Kuga will not harm him unless he has his emblem, which Kuga mocks as he pulls a Peng Tribe emblem from behind him. Liu, stunned, hangs up the phone, leaving Popo to fend for himself.
The Running Men pretend to be distracted.
Popo tries to bargain with Kuga, but to no avail, as the tiger places the emblem on the ground, ready to strike it. He tries to persuade Kuga with his charm, but the tiger slams his mallet on the emblem, causing a massive hammer to crush Popo and knock him unconscious. The Running Men rush inside, frozen, as they see Kuga standing in front of the massive hammer as it rises, revealing a black hole dragging an unconscious Popo to the prison room.
Kuga walks away from the scene, the Running Men pretending to be distracted by something else as he walks between them. When Kuga exits the room, the Running Men shuffle in a circle, finally putting their plan into action when Liu orders the others to split into teams to find Kuga's emblem faster. As their brief meeting comes to an end, the Running Men part ways, leaving Pala alone and dejected.
Lonky smugly grinning while holding a Bug Tribe emblem.
In another room, Liu and Lonky walk around the tower's weaponry hall together. Lonky, smug, leans back against one of the exhibits and pompously comments on how satisfying it will be to tag Kuga out, to which Liu agrees before warning Lonky not to betray him again, which offends the giraffe, forcing him to try and convince Liu to trust him, which the grasshopper ignores, preferring to spend his time investigating the area instead. Lonky also decides to walk around the room, muttering nonsense as he notices something in front of him that makes him grin mischievously. He keeps muttering, which irritates Liu, who eventually snaps and turns to yell at the giraffe, telling him to shut up.
Lonky slowly turns around with a mallet in hand, and Liu notices the item he was looking at, which was the Bug Tribe's emblem. A Panicky Liu reaches out his hand to stop Lonky, but he is too late as Lonky slams his hammer down, crushing him under a massive hammer. As the hammer rises, Liu struggles to raise his head, glaring at Lonky, who laughs and runs away, kicking Liu's emblem out of the way.
Gai chases after an unconscious Miyo.
Meanwhile, Miyo and Gai are exploring another room in the tower when Miyo notices a Mong Tribe emblem beneath one of the exhibits. As she removes the emblem, she casts a glance at Gai, who is looking away from her. She drops the emblem on the ground and prepares to hit it when a massive hammer falls on her, causing Gai to turn around in surprise and chase after an unconscious Miyo, who is dragged into the prison room. Gai falls to his knees, mourning Miyo's death, as the Nyanya Tribe's emblem is revealed to be in another room, glitching as Kuga smirks above it. While Gai is still mourning, Lonky enters the room, asking Gai where Miyo is and noticing the Mong Tribe emblem nearby.
Gai explains the situation tearfully but is cut off by Lonky, who grabs him by the face and tells him to keep it together, which confuses Gai. Lonky begins to explain how Kuga could be the only possible suspect, persuading the monkey, who storms out of the room, determined to find Kuga's emblem and avenge Miyo. Lonky cheers him on from behind, then grins mischievously as he looks at the audience, clearly intending to tag Gai out of the game while he's distracted.
The three remaining players at a standstill.
Gai dashes into another room, summoning his clones and instructing them to split up and search for Kuga's emblem. His clones nod and follow Gai's orders, splitting up in different areas and looking around until two of his clones point up at a platform with the untouched Bars Tribe emblem. Gai follows the gaze of his clones and jumps up the wall, grabbing the emblem from its location and fleeing.
Back in the previous room, Lonky holds the Mong Tribe emblem in one hand and a mallet in the other, debating whether or not to tag Gai out when the monkey rushes in, holding the Bars Tribe emblem with a smile, stopping in confusion when he notices Lonky holding his emblem. To his chagrin, he discovers Lonky's plan and angrily calls him out, receiving a smug response from the giraffe that vanishes when he hears Kuga speak up. Lonky turns to face the tiger, who drops the Giraf Tribe emblem to the ground while holding his mallet up, emphasizing that the game can only have one winner.
Kuga struggles under the hammer's force.
Lonky, Gai, and Kuga take their positions, their emblems in front of them, and stare at each other intently. Lonky interrupts Gai as he raises his mallet, asking if he's willing to get all of them tagged out, to which the monkey responds by repeating Kuga's point with an evil smile on his face. The three have come to a halt, with Lonky counting to three for them all to hit their emblems. Before Lonky could finish his countdown, Kuga slams his emblem, causing a massive hammer to land on the giraffe, knocking him down and dragging him to the prison room. Gai, enraged by Kuga's injustice, calls him out, causing the tiger to smirk as he walks towards the Mong Tribe emblem, challenging Gai as they both raise their mallets again.
The two players stare at each other, slowly counting down until they reach the end, at which point they slam their mallets together. To Gai's surprise and delight, a massive hammer appears beneath them, crushing Kuga. When his victory is cut short by the hammer being stubbornly lifted by the tiger, he begins to cheer for himself. Gai continues to slam his mallet on the Bars Tribe emblem in desperation, his vengeance for Miyo fueling each strike. Finally, after numerous hits from Gai, the giant hammer manages to knock Kuga out of the game, where he is then taken out by the black hole.
Gai cheers in excitement at his win.
Gai pauses, then sighs in relief as his watch notifies him that his card has formed a 'bingo.' Cheerfully, he runs away from the scene and to the R-point, oblivious to Pala who is hiding from him by disguising himself as one of the statues. Pala, relieved that he hasn't been noticed yet, checks his watch and happily runs out of the room to find the last emblem before noticing the Mong Tribe emblem on the floor.
Pala wins the game after tagging Gai out.
Meanwhile, Gai approaches the R-point, relieved that he can finally win a game, when Pala summons him, pulling the Mong Tribe emblem from behind him and placing it on the ground, shocking the Monkey as he tries to run after it before it's too late. Unfortunately, Pala manages to slam his hammer into the emblem, crushing Gai and dragging him out. Pala smiles at his unconscious body and walks calmly towards the R-point, tears welling up in his eyes at his impromptu victory. Gaining confidence in himself, Pala points at the audience, telling them not to underestimate him again before being suddenly cut out.
Cast[]
- Kim Seo-young/Rachel Slotky - Liu
- Kwon Chang-wook/Daniel J. Edwards - Kuga
- Eom Sang-hyeon/Daniel J. Edwards - Lonky
- Kim Yeon-woo-I/Carrie Savage - Miyo
- Nam Doh-Hyeong/Matthew Ip Shaw - Gai
- Kang Si-hyeon/Syndi Szabo - Popo
- Jeon Tae-yeol/Mark Szabo - Pala
Trivia[]
- When Gai summons his clones, the shields on their backs are shown but are revealed to be stickers as they lay flat on their backs compared to Gai's real shield.
- Pala continues being the least favorite character among the games as he is cut off from his speech by the camera bots at the end of the episode.