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''[[The Neo-Domino Purge]]'' is a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' fanfic that follows an alternate continuity from episode 8 of the anime onwards. Desperate to uncover the Signers lurking on both sides of the Neo-Domino/Satellite divide, Rex Godwin creates a conflict between the two under the pretense of their way of life being threatened. Essentially the fanfic boils down to taking the [[Trauma Conga Line]] already set up in 5D's and [[Up to Eleven|turning it up to eleven]]. The fanfic is written by Cuteyami apparently with someone else working on the story and duel planning. It can be found [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4568291/1/Neo_Domino_Purge_The/ here]

The story itself has developed its own [[Alternative Continuity]], which continues from the end of the first Season, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6696214/1/Neo_Domino_Purge_The_Path_Two taking place immediately after the Security Arc.]

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* [[Accidental Murder]]:  {{spoiler|Yusei to Judge.}}
** Happens again two chapters later when  {{spoiler|Jack accidentally kills Ushio}} in similar circumstances.
* [[Action Prologue]]: The first pre-title scene is a repeat of the Crimson Dragon's appearance at the end of Yusei and Jack's duel before settling with the point the fic splits from the anime. Whose perspective said segment comes from isn't given.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Uryu and Ushio both get a Chapter in which they get more focus. It doesn't end well for them.
** Ushio's goes [[A Death in the Limelight|one step beyond]] simply not ending well.
* [[Adjusting Your Glasses]]: Kinomiya combines the third method with [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].
* [[A Friend in Need]]: Jack and Divine in the Security arc. Jeager lures Crow to Security by telling him Yusei is also one.
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Satellite.
* [[Alternate Continuity]]
* [[An Offer You Can't Refuse]]: Yusei sees Godwin's  {{spoiler|argument for getting him on Neo-Domino's side}} as this.
* [[Art Evolution|Writing Evolution]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Lesser characters get a bit more focus than they did originally.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Goes through a [[Double Subversion]]: To begin with, Satellite duellists appear on D-Wheels, suggesting they've been winning over Security. As soon as they confront the Neo-Domino duellists, [[Curb Stomp Battle|they're easily tampled.]] But when it comes to Ushio and Jack's duel, Security status isn't important and a seemingly rogue Jack wins.
* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Juri when he reappears, intent on getting revenge for  {{spoiler|[[It's Personal|his dead]] [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones|father]].}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Backstory]]: The story [[Adaptation Expansion|goes further back than the anime and looks at Yusei, Jack and Crow meeting Kiryu.]]
** Another case of [[Adaptation Expansion]] looks at Jack and Yusei's time in Satellite after Team Satisfaction; showing what caused them to drift apart, giving a reason for the duel in the Episode 2 flashback and Jack an ulterior motive for leaving Satellite.
* [[Badass Army]]: The Neo-Domino Army. The Satellite Army would be this if they didn't get completely [[Curb Stomp Battle|jobbed by the former.]]
* [[Badass Biker]]: The D-Wheelers naturally.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Jil hits Aki's in Chapter 18. [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|He regrets it]].
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Rua puts his on display on several occasions: during his duel with Aki, during the Security Arc and especially when Jeager sneaks into the twins' home, leading Rua to believe he was aiming to kidnap Ruka.
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]:  {{spoiler|Takasu}}.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Judge and  {{spoiler|Juri}}. Jack initially.
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: Happens to Yuusei when Godwin punches him about to stop him escaping during the Detention Centre riot  {{spoiler|though he isn't the one that dies shortly afterwards, he's the ''killer''}}.
** Jack also suffers this in Chapter 32 as a result of  {{spoiler|the poison Kinomiya injected him with taking effect.}}
* [[Blood on These Hands]]: Yuusei hallucinates at the end of Chapter 7, thinking he has  {{spoiler|Takasu's blood}} all over him, and even his cards.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: For a conflict fought on high-speed motorbikes there's little actual violence  {{spoiler|but then gets subverted HARD for Takasu's death}}.
* [[Boot Camp Episode]]: Chapter 11
* [[Break the Haughty]]/[[Break the Badass|Badass]]: Jack experiences this in Chapter 32 after Kinomiya's [[Hannibal Lecture]].
* [[The Cameo]]: Aoyama shows up during the breakout to help Yanagi.
* [[Caught on Tape]]: Kinomiya has footage of Yusei being escorted to and from the roof that acts as evidence that he  {{spoiler|killed Takasu}}, but he doesn't intend to use it.
* [[Child Soldiers]]: The kids of Satellite who take part in the protection force
* [[Combination Attack]]: Yusei has a card, Battle Bonds, that does this, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|using Stardust and Red Demons]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]:  {{spoiler|Akutsu!}}
* [[Cue the Sun]]: Chapters 7, 23 and 24 centre around high-stake duels happening around sunrise, with each becoming significant during the aftermath.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Aki vs. Rua. No prizes for guessing who the stompee is.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Moreso than the source
* [[Death by Adaptation]]:  {{spoiler|Ushio}}
** Even earlier, there's  {{spoiler|Takasu.}}
* [[Destination Defenestration]]: See [[No One Could Survive That]].
** Bommer manages to combine this and [[Super Window Jump]] in his bid to kill Crow during the Security Arc... ''while riding their D-Wheels!''
* [[Doorstopper]]: At 32 chapters, it has 324,000 words, making it one of the largest in the 5D's archive on FFN, and it's still setting up the Dark Signer arc.
* [[Dramatic Wind]]
* [[Dramatic Shattering]]: Occurs in Chapter 15 when  {{spoiler|Divine pushes Rua out a window.}}
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Judge Casey
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Rudger, Kiryu and Demak appear briefly early on in the story.
* [[Electric Torture]]:  {{spoiler|Jack}} gets a taster of this in Chapter 16. Yusei keeps his canon dosage.
** Ruka also gets a load while being tested by Divine.
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Carly and Rally do this to Godwin and Yusei while discussing the Security plan.
* [[Fighting For a Homeland]]: The residents of Satellite
* [[Five-Bad Band]]: From Arc 3
** [[Big Bad]]:  {{spoiler|Juri}}
** [[The Dragon]]: Kinomiya
** [[The Brute]]: Shira and Jil
** [[The Evil Genius]]: Frank
** [[The Dark Chick]]: Akutsu
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Bommer
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The group from Arc 3 make up a rough set
** [[The Hero]] / [[The Smart Guy]]: Yusei
** [[The Lancer]]: Aki
** [[The Big Guy]]: Carly
** [[The Chick]] / [[The Heart]]: Ruka
** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Rally
** [[The Sixth Ranger]]: Rua and Crow
* [[Foreshadowing]]: There are a few instances: Carly's photograph of Jack gives the illusion he's riding downhill, a sign that his luck is about to take a turn for the worst. Yusei also hears someone yelling his name at the end of his duel with Takasu; just over 20 chapters later, he meets with Kiryu, someone else whose death Yusei is responsible for, and it was his voice.
* [[Gambit Roulette]]:  {{spoiler|Godwin's plan is to uncover the Signers quickly and force the Dark Signers to show themselves. All this involves starting a that is MOSTLY bloodless whilst pretending to the public in Neo-Domino that it is for their security and to the higher-ups that he is [[For Science!|trying to push the limits of Momentum]]. He has to pray the situation doesn't get even more out of hand all the while.}}
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: The translated titles that accompany each chapter
** As well as the [[Badass Creed|Synchro Speeches]].
** And in Chapter 24, Yusei's [[Calling Your Attacks]] uses it:
{{quote|'''Yusei''': '''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Kurimusamu Sonikku Basutou!]]'''}}
* [[Great Offscreen War]]: Over time, [[Artifact Title|the battle between Neo-Domino and Satellite forces itself has taken a back seat]] to the Signer plot.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Kinomiya delivers a brutal one to Jack about his leaving Satellite. It leaves Jack [[Break the Haughty|a little worse for wear]], but he manages to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|come back fiercely]].
{{quote|'''Jack''': So, I'm sin, am I? [[Shut UP, Hannibal|Then you'll fall to me! And I'll drive you into Hell!]]}}
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Surprisingly,  {{spoiler|Jack}} actually becomes the victim of this.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:  {{spoiler|Jack}} suffers one in Chapter 16 after he  {{spoiler|is arrested for killing Ushio and suspected of killing Takasu.}}
** Yusei shuts down early on following  {{spoiler|Takasu's death.}}
* [[Hidden Eyes]]
* [[How the Mighty Have Fallen]]: Jack.
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Yusei all but says the very words to justify his  {{spoiler|killing Judge}}
* [[I Will Protect Her]]: Rua hammers home just how far he'll go to protect Ruka in both versions during his duel with Jeager.
* [[Inspector Javert]]: Ushio to Jack
* [[It's All My Fault]]: Ruka feels this about the Spirit World's eroding state.
* [[It's Always Sunny At Funerals]]:  {{spoiler|Judge's}} funeral.
* [[Janitor Impersonation Infiltration]]: When she gets separated from Yusei and Rally during the Security raid, Carly disguises herself as a janitor named Jeff.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Kiryu was about to stamp on Yusei's neck after their duel, [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|just to kill him personally]].
* [[Killed Off for Real]]:  {{spoiler|Takasu and Judge.}}
* [[La Résistance]]: Rally, Crow and the others try this out. It doesn't go well.
* [[Laughing Mad]]:  {{spoiler|Juri}} by the end of the first Season. So much so, he's been compared to Kiryuu from the original source.
** Kiryu himself doesn't disappoint and combines it with a [[Slasher Smile]].
* [[Lonely Funeral]]: Juri, Bommer, Godwin and Yusei are the only people to show up at any point during  {{spoiler|Judge's}} funeral.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Judge and his son  {{spoiler|Juri}}. Also any of them from the original source.
* [[Military Brat]]: Juri.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Frank pulls this on Uryu
* [[Mythology Gag]]: When Jeager breaks into the twins' home, he is quick to head into their kitchen after some cup ramen.
** In the Team Satisfaction flashback, Kiryu calls Yusei 'Daddy Fudo' while he's looking after one of the younger orphans - a [[Fan Nickname]] for Yusei's father.
* [[Nakama]]: It's 5D's, need I say more?
* [[Neck Lift]]: Judge lifts Yusei single-handedly not by his neck, but by his ''hair''.
* [[Neck Snap]]: Kiryu attempts doing this to Yusei after their duel, he's stopped by Crow charging in to the rescue.
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Frank, even more than the original. Judge also has shades of it.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Divine thinks this after he  {{spoiler|shoves Rua out of a window ala Carly in the canon}}.
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: Averted with the Detention Centre break-out.
** The mindset, however, is in place during the Security arc.
* [[Nuke'Em]]: Judge's plan. Only he doesn't get to carry it out.
* [[One Sided Battle]]: Any time Neo-Domino rides on Satellite. Also, as mentioned above, Rua vs. Aki.
* [[Original Character]]: Judge Casey, Juri, Naoko, Tsukasa, Eiji and Haruto.
* [["On the Next..."|Post-Episode Preview]]: Done in the style of the anime's own.
* [[Psycho Psychologist]]: Frank.
* [[The Purge]]
* [[Race Against the Clock]]: Yusei, Carly and Rally have until sunrise to save  {{spoiler|Jack, [[Shot At Dawn|else he's executed]]}}. The same probably applies for Divine.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The Security infiltrators could count; they're made of an escaped prisoner who's jumped sides twice, an unstable psychic, a clumsy reporter, an 11-year old girl from the Tops (and then her brother who was supposed to have been kidnapped), a boy from Satellite of similar age and a thief who's just been arrested, then helped out just to tag along.
* [[Ramp Jump]]: Jack, Crow and even Ushio have pulled these off in the beginning of Arc 3 through [[Ramprovisation]].
* [[Rescue Arc]]: The third arc
* [[Rooftop Confrontation]]: Yusei and Takasu's duel takes place on the roof of the Detention Centre
* [[Schedule Slip]]: There have been instances of 3/4 months passing without an update.
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Jack's argument to Kinomiya's claims that he'll inevitably become a shadow of his former self and corrupted.
{{quote|'''Jack''': I don't give a [[Precision F-Strike|fuck]] what your version of destiny says; I'll pave the way for my own life!}}
* [[Season Finale]]: Chapter 24
* [[Seventh-Episode Twist|7th Episode Twist]]: Chapter 7 has the first duel, and it's an [[Absurdly High Stakes Game]].  {{spoiler|It ends with Takasu dying at Yusei's hands}} and pretty much sets the tone for what's ahead.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Carly makes reference to [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|telescreens]] while hiding with Jack at the beginning of the second season.
** [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|"Who the hell do you think I am?!"]]
** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|"Jack, I came… to this City…]] [[Ho Yay|for you..."]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Despite the majority of the fanbase spelling Jack's surname as "Atlas", the author goes with the in-anime spelling of "Atlus".
* [[Storming the Castle]]: Arc 3.
* [[Stranger in a Familiar Land]]: Yusei when  {{spoiler|he returns to Satellite as part of Neo-Domino's army.}}
* [[Surveillance as the Plot Demands]]: Godwin's had cameras set up around the Pipeline and as a technical employee hack Jack's D-Wheel just so he can watch Yusei and Kiryu's duel.
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]:  {{spoiler|Yusei's reaction, combined with [[Blood on These Hands]], after Takasu dies.}}
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Although it was only hinted at very subtly,  {{spoiler|Juri being Judge's son}} gets far more of an in-story reaction than it deserved.
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Said by a variety of characters, including Taka when he realises Jack's part of Neo-Domino's army, Jil while duelling Aki and Crow upon discovering Kiryu is a Dark Signer.
* [[Thwarted Escape]]: While Yanagi, Himuro and Aoyama get out the Detention Centre, Yusei gets cornered and captured by Godwin.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: And when there are, you don't want to meet them...
* [[Time for Plan B]]: Chapter 17 suggests that the attack on Satellite is Plan B and the Fortune Cup, Plan A, was too slow for Godwin to care anymore.
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: As mentioned above, Yusei in particular has a miserable time of it. The only thing he doesn't have happen to him in the Facility is get jumped in the showers...
* [[24-Hour News Networks]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Godwin's real motivation behind invading Satellite is merely to lure the Dark Signers out as well as push Yusei and awaken his Birthmark so he can fight them.
* [[What Have I Done]]?: Yusei after  {{spoiler|accidentally killing Judge}}
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Godwin more-or-less says this to Yusei when convincing him to join the Neo-Domino Army.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Juri's motivation for duelling  {{spoiler|Yusei}} in the finale of the first season.
* [[You Rebel Scum]]: Ushio and Judge voice the opinions of the Neo-Domino army while in Satellite.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Both Neo-Domino and Satellite sides pull this early on and clash for the first time in the Pipeline as part of [[The War Sequence]].

== [[The Remake|Path Two]] provides examples of ==
* [[A Friend in Need]]: Yusei in Chapter 27.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Mukuro unintentionally learns not to casually wish Jack's friends dead when Jack retaliates with some [[Unstoppable Rage]]. It doesn't really help the fact that Jack [[It's All My Fault|has been blaming himself over the Highway incident.]]
** Jeager learns Rua has one when he inadvertantly leads Rua to believe he's kidnapped Ruka.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Rua, much more than the original version of the fic.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: [[Early-Bird Cameo|Kazama]] rides out of the collapsing Highway to save Yusei, who's laying unconscious as the road breaks up around him.
** Within the same chapter, Jack manages a [[Ramp Jump]] to get from the Highway lane he's riding in to the one Crow's in. It involves jumping over Yusei.
* [[Bridal Carry]] / [[Pietà Plagiarism]]: Kazama carries a gravely injured Yusei to the hospital in this style.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Jeager does this to Rua before their duel.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Cards from Season 3, and even the Ark Cradle episodes, appear in early chapters of the Dark Signer arc.
** Minor characters from the latter half of the series, namely Kazama and Tetsuzo, make appearances just as early.
* [[For Science!]]: The senators vote to continue the purge with the sole motive of trying to increase the levels of momentum.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The end of Chapter 28 is filled with hints at Misty's secret status as a Dark Signer, including the hotel name, ''[[Gratuitous French|Grace Crépuscule]]'', which acts as an attempt of [[Bilingual Bonus]].
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: How Naoko and Divine met.
* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]: Rua was already in [[Big Brother Instinct]] mode before Jeager showed up at the Tops. As soon as he implies he and Godwin have Ruka, Rua launches straight into this.
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: On the Satellite side, Chapter 27 focuses heavily on Taka, Blitz, Nerve and Tetsuzo.
* [[The Mole]]: Julian in the Arcadia Movement. Divine is immediately suspicious.
* [[Original Character]]: A few more are thrown in than the original version.
* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: Crow in Chapter 27.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]
* [[Rooftop Confrontation]]: Rua and Jeager's duel takes place in the roofrop garden of the Tops.
* [[Schedule Slip]]: The fic was originally supposed to be posted with the first chapter of the first version's Season 2 in November 2010. The fic appeared at the end of January 2011, but the first chapter wasn't posted until March.
** The two chapters with the Rua/Jeager and Jack/Kinomiya duels were supposed to be posted simultaneously with the original's versions. Neither happened.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Blitz names a track from the ''[[Tsubasa Chronicles]]'' soundtrack - "Hear Our Prayer" - which helped to set the mood earlier on in the chapter on the Satellite front.
** During his duel with Jack, Kinomiya says "So, you could say [[Halo|I know you; your past, your future]]".
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: Carly takes Divine's hinotama for Jack.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Ruka in her duel with Aki.

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