Squid Game premiered on Netflix in 2021 and quickly became a global hit, with its opening Red Light, Green Light game becoming one of the show's most recognisable scenes. The giant doll watches the players and calls out the commands that decide who moves and who is eliminated, turning a childhood game into a tense survival test. Clips of the calls spread across TikTok, YouTube and meme edits, where the green light cue is now used as a universal go signal even by viewers who have not seen the full series.