Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime): Difference between revisions

This show in particular is also responsible for the creation of ''[[The Abridged Series]]'' genre of internet videos, with ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series]]''.

 

 

For the card game based on the manga and anime, see [[Yu-Gi-Oh (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh]].

* [[Broken Bridge]]: The only thing that keeps Marik from interfering the events of [[Stealth Pun|Noah's Arc]] is... a locked door.

** Although, he did manage to blow up Noah's control system.

* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|Atem.}}

** The Sacred Cards does this when you finally collect all three god cards, making it impossible to ever use the third card.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Jou at times, usually at the hands of Kaiba. Bakura is even more so the Butt Monkey. That might be hard to realize considering that when most people think of Bakura they think of the Dark Spirit that possesses him starting in the first season, but the very fact that he spends little time in control of his own body shows just what a Butt Monkey he really is. When he rarely does come to his senses, he has no idea what's going on, and sometimes must cope with the consequences of the spirit's actions.

* [[Deus Exit Machina]]: The three Egyptian God Cards, which Yugi worked hard to acquire in Seasons 2 and 3, are stolen in the very first episode of Season 4 by the local [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] and are drained of their power. Yugi manages to regain them in time for the final battle, but up until then only one God is used, just once right after the theft, and then by a friggin' [[Mook]], who should have been unworthy of/too weak to use it, but gets to anyway because he has a power that allows him to have limited control over it.

* [[Did Do the Research]]: Though occasionally the exact details are fuddled, the mythological concepts explored throughout the franchise show that someone obviously did their homework.

* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: Kaiba uses this to announce the Battle City Tournament.

* [[Dub Induced Plot Hole]]: In Season 2 Isis/Ishizu arrives in Domino City via plane. A Domino museum official welcomes her "to America." This is contradicted in Season 4 when the protagonists actually travel overseas to America to investigate the local [[Filler Villain|Filler Villains]].

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Joey says this almost word for word upon hearing that Kaiba refused to invite him into the Battle City tournament even though he was the runner up in Duelist Kingdom.

** [[Lampshaded]] in Duel Academy's school pledge.

* [[Hostage for McGuffin]]: So much so (especially with Kaiba's little brother Mokuba) that [http://www.dailymotion.com/littlekuriboh/ LittleKuriboh]'s [[Gag Dub]] of the show has an entire running gag built around it.

* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Subject to interpretation, but Mana in the anime is ''very'' devoted to Mahad. Her goal through season five is to become a better magician, both because it's his will for her and because she wants to be able to summon and see his spirit. "Prince can summon him from the tablet, right? Please! Bring me and Master together!" She talks or thinks about him in every scene, and her other goal is to always be with and protect him... which she succeeded in, if the existence of the Black Magician Girl in modern times is any indication. One must note that the subtext is only present in the Japanese version -- 4Kids rewrote her dialogue and character entirely until she and Mahad have nothing but a classroom relationship.

** Bakura, especially as Thief King Bakura in season five. He makes the most arrogant pronoun ever (Ore-sama) sound good in constant use, and... 'ORE-SAMA NO TURN!'

*** Sort of lampshaded in the Japanese anime. In a duel between Yami Bakura and Yami Malik, Bakura shouts "Ore-sama no turn!" to which Malik replies "You're no ore-sama."

** A prime example is Atem's fight with Weevil, after the latter [[Berserk Button|pretended to destroy Yugi's soul]] just to [[For the Evulz|get a rise out of the Pharoah]]. Atem used a card that let his monster attack directly every time he drew a monster card, and proceeded to pound Weevil again and again, long after his Life Points ran out. He would've kept going too, if [[What the Hell, Hero?|Tea hadn't stopped him]].

* [[Noble Demon]]: Seto Kaiba.

** Another example are Bonz's monsters brought back from the grave.

* [[Not a Date]]: Anzu/Tea goes on one of these with the Pharaoh.

** [[Word of God]] says that it was the intended main theme the whole way through. The card game [[Plot Tumor]] just created alot of [[Misaimed Fandom]], that's all.

* [[Power Trio]]

** [[Freudian Trio]]: The Doma arc.

*** [[The Kirk]]: Yugi/Yami

* [[Rage Quit]]: Several times, low rank villains will screw the rules and attempt to get their job done directly. This has had varying levels of success.

** This is especially fatal in a Shadow Game, which enforces the rules very strictly and very harshly.

** Parodied in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'':

{{quote| '''Computer''': It looks like you're just pressing the same buttons over and over.<br />

* [[Recap Episode]]

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Noah Kaiba.}}

* [[Reincarnation]]: Gets rather complicated. {{spoiler|It is ''heavily'' implied that Yugi is the other half of Atem that ''didn't'' get sealed into the puzzle and just sort of floated around until it was born again. Common [[Epileptic Trees]] is that [[Nice Guy|Ryou]] is something similar in regards to the ancient [[Big Bad]] Thief King Bakura (who more complicatedly never did a bad deed until being controlled by Zorc, a completely separate being). Seto (with Set) and Ishizu (with Isis) are straighter examples.}}

** It's ''slightly'' less complicated if you look at the Ancient Egyptian concept of soul. One of the key pieces being the "ren" or name implies Kazuki may have done this on ''purpose''.

** Which makes sense with some of the Warrior type monsters like Gilford the Lightning and Gearfriend the Swordmaster, but this seems to apply to most any other species. Hell, a few of the game's Dragon types like Timaeus are hugely muscled beasts!

** Marik sans shirt works, too.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: [[Shrinking Violet|Yugi]] and [[The Stoic|Yami]], respectively.

* [[Serious Business]]: Duel Monsters. The universe runs on it. Didn't you know that?

* [[Sharing a Body]]: Yami and Yugi. Dark Bakura and Ryou. Dark Marik and Malik.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Rebecca kisses Yugi early on in Season 4. Cue [[Luminescent Blush]] (and he had an awkward expression on his face before she kissed him).

** First episode, take a look at the shelf that Yugi covers up just as he answers the phone call from Kaiba. Even ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' can find its way into a show about a children's card game.

** ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' has referenced ''[[Dragonball]]'' on three occasions: the first chapter of the manga references ''Dragonball'' by name, when Yugi figures having the Millennium Puzzle grant his wish would be similar to collecting the Dragon Balls. Another instance is that a Dragon Ball poster can be seen in Yugi's room during the Battle City arc. Finally, during the KC Grand Championship, Weevil's and Rex's ambush of Fortune Salim and following masquerade a la [[Totem Pole Trench]] replicates a similar scene in ''Dragonball'', where Goten and Trunks use a similar tactic to get into a tournament. There is also Big Bang Shot, which has a picture of Vegeta [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|doing a Big Bang Shot.]]

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Noah makes this offer to Yugi in the Japanese version of episode 118, after Yugi managed a formidable counterattack and after Noah turned some of Yugi's Nakama to [[Taken for Granite|stone:]]

{{quote| '''Noah''': Seriously though, that was ''splendid'', Yugi! You possess both the skill and judgement necessary to catch your enemies off guard the second they lose focus. When you think about it, you and I have no reason to be enemies. If you swear your loyalty to me, I'll save all your friends from hell this very instant!}}

{{quote| '''Ishizu Ishtar''': And the young man who stands behind the pharaoh... Above his head is {{spoiler|the Blue Eyes White Dragon.}}}}

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Gurimo from the first two episodes of the Waking the Dragons arc. Once he's finished being [[Mr. Exposition]]: everybody forgets about him, including his cohorts, even when all of the souls are being restored and only the battle is referenced briefly during Raphael's last fight, prior to his [[Heel Face Turn]]:

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