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{{quote| ''"Riding Duel, that's the duel that evolved in the world of speed. There are those who risk their lives and bear legendary birthmarks. People called them... '''5Ds'''!''|Opening Narration from episode 104 onwards}}
 
The third series under the mass-marketed, card game-oriented ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' banner features a [[Dystopia|dystopian]] setting wherein the ubiquitous card game has become a way of life in the hierarchical society of [[New Neo City|Neo Domino City]]. With advances in technology, dueling has evolved into a popular spectator sport known as "Riding Duels/Turbo Duels". Such duels are conducted astride specially-equipped motorbikes known as "D-Wheels/Duel Runners". However, traditional-style standing duels are still conducted just as often.
 
The show presents a juxtaposition between the technologically-advanced Neo Domino City and "Satellite" - the common name for the now-derelict location of the original series. Satellite is where all of Neo Domino's trash goes - both literal and human. Two years before the start of the series, protagonist and Satellite resident Yusei Fudo constructed his own ''white'' Duel Runner. In a flashback, Yusei lost a duel to his friend Jack Atlas, who took Yusei's [[Inconsistent Dub|Duel Runner]] and ace monster (Stardust Dragon) and escaped to Neo Domino City. Jack has subsequently been established as "King of Riding Duels/Master of Faster", with the help of his own ace monster (Red Demon's Dragon) as well as the backing of the mysterious Rex Go(o)dwin. After building a new ''red'' D-Wheel/Duel Runner, Yusei makes his way to Neo Domino to duel Jack and retrieve his ace monster. Meanwhile, other events bring Yusei to the enduring attention of Neo Domino Security officer, Tetsuo Ushio/Trudge.
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{{smallcaps|Social Commentary:}}<br />5Ds takes place in a stratified society based on a modified caste system determined by birth. This results in the worst on-screen treatment of a ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' protagonist to date. Because he is Satellite-born, Yusei is tagged, jailed and generally discriminated against. Jack is also Satellite-born but hasn't suffered the same discrimination and mistrust as Yusei because Godwin has kept his origins a secret from the public. Godwin uses this to his advantage and threatens Jack's reputation as a way of keeping him obedient. {{spoiler|However at the end of the Dark Signer Arc, the social divide has weakened considerably thanks to the main cast's efforts to reunite Neo Domino and Satellite.}}
 
{{smallcaps|Terminology:}}<br />In the tradition of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'', ''5Ds'' is an [[Oddly -Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]. Rumors were abound concerning what "5Ds" actually stands for, such as the odd mis-named titles "Five Duel Scoop" and "Five Dimensions". Episode 96 confirms that it is a contraction of "five dragons", in reference to the five Signers and their dragons, which are needed to summon the Crimson Dragon.
 
Depending on who you ask, there are either three to five seasons (Episodes 1-26, which include the Prison Arc and the Fortune Cup, as the first season; episodes 27-64, or the Dark Signer Arc, as the second; episodes 65 to 103 as season three, 104 to 137 as the fourth, and 138 to 154 counting as a fifth) or two seasons (consolidating the entire 1-64 stretch as the first [[Story Arc]] and 65 and beyond as a second.) There is merit to all definitions, but the most common on this page is the three/five-season model.
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Colloquial address in the fan community tends to differentiate the four series of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' franchise along this dimension: ''5Ds'', ''GX'', ''Zexal'' and ''DM'' (or Duel Monsters, in reference to the original series).
 
Yusei appears in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: TenthBonds AnniversaryBeyond Movie (Anime)Time|Yu-Gi-Oh Tenth Anniversary Movie]]'' that [[Bat Family Crossover|teams him up with Yugi and Judai/Jaden.]]
 
Watch it on Toonzaki [http://toonzaki.com/yugioh-5ds here]. Contains most to-date dubbed episodes and about half of the series subtitled.
 
In March 2011, 4Kids lost the license to the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' franchise due to TV Tokyo and NAS not being paid royalties as well as 4Kids selling the DVD rights to [[FUNimation]] [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-29/tv-tokyo-nihon-ad-terminate-yu-gi-oh-deal-sue-4kids without permission from the aforementioned parties]. However, the dispute was apparently somehow resolved, as 4Kids eventually licensed ''Zexal''. What this means for the 5D's dub and if it will finish (as the dub was nearing the final arc) remains to be seen at the moment.
 
Has a [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Franchise)/Drinking Game|Drinking Game]].
 
'''Please remember to use the [[Your Mileage May Vary|YMMV]] tab for subjective tropes.'''
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** {{spoiler|Z-ONE and his friends, type II and III}}
* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: Neo Domino Citizens display shades of this. They don't bat an eye at Yusei's Accel Synchro techniques for one. When the city is on the verge of destruction, they get distracted by Yusei's duel with [[Big Bad]] Z-ONE even though their lives are in danger. It's not until the MC starts commentating the match (endangering his life in the process) that everyone else continues evacuating the city.
** This seems to be a [[Zig -Zagging Trope]] at times, almost to the point of [[Depending Onon the Writer]]. When Jack uses Scar-Red Nova Dragon for the first time in the W.R.G.P. against Team Ragnorak, everybody is wooed by it. The MC even comments on the symbolism [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|of Scar-Red Nova Dragon (a card partially derived from a Peruvian Devil) going up against Thor (a Nordic God).]] In addition, when Aporia appears in his true form for the first time, the W.R.G.P. spectactors are quick to evacuate the stadium.
* {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse How]]: Class 6, the [[Bad Future]] shown by Aporia with the exception of a few certain humans surviving.}}
* [[Apron Matron]]: Martha in Season 2, Zola in Season 3.
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: {{spoiler|Jaeger}} breaks into the trio's garage, steals their new engine program, ''and eats Jack's ramen''. How dastardly.
* [[Artifact Title]]: In the anime, {{spoiler|the "Five Dragons" have six members, with not that much of an explanation why.}}
* [[Artificial Human]]: {{spoiler|Bruno being the most obvious example since other then his [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] form and the ability to call forth Delta Eagle from signals in his eyes he appears to be a fairly normal human. Turns out him, Placido, Luciano, Jose (actually all deriving from a single person, Aporia) and [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: TenthBonds AnniversaryBeyond Movie (Anime)Time|Paradox]] are all robots from the future created by Z-ONE after their human forms passed away.}}
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: {{spoiler|Rex and Rudger Godwin, Rex lost his arm after flying off the Daedalus Bridge (though the exact details remain unknown) and has an inhumanly-strong replacement. Rudger got a replacement after severing his own with the Head birthmark attached.}} {{spoiler|[[Rule of Cool|They're also duel disks.]]}}
** {{spoiler|Zone's been shown to have one too when he met Aporia.}}
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Ushio is the same Ushio who was Yami Yugi's very first opponent, making him around 30-40 years old in this series.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: 4Kids put up a poll on Facebook to give the show a new slogan. Guess what they chose?
** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Card games on Motorcycles]]?
** Yusei had been dubbed Crabhead by the fans ever since his character design was revealed. It finally came full circle in Tag Force 5 in which a certain shop owner asks the player how he feels about crustaceans.
*** The Tag Force 5 shop owner is full of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to the fans. Highlighting a character's pack reveals the [[Wild Mass Guessings|WMG]] and other things about them.
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* [[Black Eyes of Crazy]]: The Dark Signers.
* [[Blasphemous Boast]]: Rex who claimed to be the ultimate god, with both the Signer and Dark Signer powers within him.
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]: The Signers, who can and do summon a powerful plot device that destroys everything.
** Aki's particular brand of suck, psychic materialization, actually comes in handy when she, Yusei and Sherry are in danger of being crushed by a falling truck, again when she's about to be run over by a marauding steamroller-cum-D-Wheel (What else is there to do but dragon-smash it?) and again when she {{spoiler|saves herself, Crow, and Sherry from falling debris in the Ark Cradle.}}
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Jack, Yusei, and Crow, respectively.
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* [[Bowdlerise]]: Dear God, the English Dub...
** [[Family-Friendly Firearms]]: The sound of bullets being fired will often be changed to sound more like lasers. Sometimes bullets will be recolored as well.
*** Episode 25 recolors the [[Mook]]'s guns [[Family-Friendly Firearms|green]], which is at least better than making them [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|invisible.]]
** [[Never Say "Die"]] is in full effect, which makes watching the Dark Signer arc [[Sarcasm Mode|a real treat,]] especially since the villains are people who ''died with hate in their hearts.'' Episode 70 was an especially blatant case, as it has all the trappings of a "put long-dead spirits to rest" story, but 4Kids claims they've just gone to play with their forest spirit friends and can come back anytime they want. Episodes 94 and 95 are also pretty bad, upgrading a (non-supernatural) card's threat from reasonable in this series (the special effects are too realistic and cause actual, possibly lethal damage) to ridiculous (causes real damage and ''can send victims to the netherworld''.)
** Episode 1 rewrites the plot to have it so that Jack set Rally up in an elaborate plot to take a chip for Yusei's D-Wheel. It may seem like Jack is changed to be more malicious, but this was done all to simply ignore the fact that Rally just ''stole'' the chip in the Japanese version where Jack was not involved at all.
** In the episode where they explain how Jack got Stardust Dragon from Yusei, the scene where in the Japanese version he knocks out Rally by Vulcan Neck Pinching him is changed so that he... kind of sticks something in his neck that makes a beeping sound, I guess. It looks he he pressed a button and turned him off somehow.
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*** On a related note, Episode 44 omits a scene where the Dark Signers' [[Fog of Doom]] vaporizes everyone in Satellite {{spoiler|except Crow.}} This edit seems a little strange because it explains {{spoiler|where the Satellite citizens sacrificed to the Earthbound Gods came from.}}
** All the references to the Goodwins' severed arms in the Dark Signer arc are cut. Rudger only removed his Dragon Birthmark (the rest of the arm is digitally edited out), and Rex's mechanical arm is implied to only be a gauntlet over his real arm that helps transfer the mark. And of course, Rex never lost his own arm riding off the Daedalus Bridge.
** {{spoiler|Rudger's [[Taking You Withwith Me]] moment with Yusei}} as the former dies is changed around for the dub. {{spoiler|In the Japanese version, after his loss against Yusei, Rudger pulls a switch on his mechanchial left arm, blowing up the bridge he and Yusei are on and sending Yusei plummenting into the Old Momentum itself.}} In the English Dub, footage is awkwardly moved around so that {{spoiler|the bridge blows up when Stardust Dragon attacks Earthbound God Uru. Which seems a little strange, becuase when, Uru, a friggin' giant, attacked Yusei directly earlier, the bridge didn't break or anything. And of course, it's unlikely that Stardut Dragon's attack would blow up the entire bridge.}}
** Episode 59 removes {{spoiler|Jack and Carly}}'s mutual [[Love Confession]] to leave their relationship on a more platonic level. Then again, this may be because later episodes have a [[Running Gag]] of an estrogen brigade fighting over him, which wouldn't work so well if one of the girls was his official love interest.
** The scene where {{spoiler|Jack's robot double is destroyed (in Episode 84) is cut, so instead of watching the robot's "skin" graphically melt off, Yusei and crew figure out that the culprit was a robot because...it made a "robotic"-sounding scream when defeated.}}
** The Crash Town arc, full-stop. Kiryu's [[Death Seeker]] attitude is replaced with a [[Because Destiny Says So]] one (somewhat, as he's still obsessed with punishing himself), the shock collars that electrocute the miners have their shocks removed ([[Fridge Horror|so it looks like the collars are ''strangling'' them]]), and the gun-themed monsters are of course edited to look different, and in Gatling Ogre's case, removed entirely (the footage of it attacking Ramon is obviously removed to the point of paining the viewer). And, in true [[Never Say "Die"]] fashion, the "graveyard" where the dead miners have their Duel Disks thrown is revised as memorials to their lost freedom, and {{spoiler|the shot of Nicko and West's father falling to his death is cut entirely, replaced with him yelling for them to escape with the end of the arc stating he survived}}. Particularly bad is the climax of the duel with Lotten--in the original Japanese Kiryu turned Lotten's effect damage back at him and tricked him into destroying himself, while in the English version, due to the gun monsters present in said climax, the ''entire'' sequence is removed, and Kalin just hands Lotten over to security deciding he's too much of a coward to be defeated in a fair duel. The ''only'' thing that isn't edited in this arc, surprisingly, are the gun-shaped Duel Disks.
** Episode 108 cuts out a few instances of falling glass, which considering no one is actually shown getting hurt, is somewhat silly, and 109 cuts out {{spoiler|Placido making a tornado with Wisel, and Aki trying to save a little girl from the winds}}. Consequently, {{spoiler|Shooting Star Dragon could not disperse the tornado, so the footage had to be cut}}. And ''what the hell happened to the song [[Theme Music Power-Up|the Clear Mind!?!]]''
** Episode 110 cuts out Jose ripping Sherry's shirt slightly as she charges at him.
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* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Aki and Ruka are the only Signers not to receive an upgrade of sorts during the series run. Yusei and Jack acquire THREE different upgrades of their respective dragons. <ref>(However, if Sin Stardust Dragon and Shooting Quasar Dragon are counted, as well as Cosmic Blazar Dragon from the alternate timeline, then Yusei rockets up to six, officially taking him [[Beyond the Impossible]].)</ref>
** {{spoiler|Crow and Rua}} also get their own dragons once they become Signers, but considering Aki and Ruka already had their dragons at this point, the "upgrade" status is arguably not on the same tier.
* [[Card Games]]: [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|On Motorcycles!]] Of course, there are also a few games ''not'' played on motorcycles.
* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]: You were already thinking this.
* [[Catch Phrase]]
* [[Catch a Falling Star]]: In Episode 64, {{spoiler|Jack and Crow, who have fallen from their bikes, begin to fall toward the sea when the magic road on which they were dueling disappears. Yusei, whose Saviour Star Dragon apparently also doubles as some kind of Signer aircraft, directs the SSD beneath his falling friends so that they fall into it (apparently it's part real and part hologram, too), and takes them to safety.}}
* [[Cat Fight]]: A [[Incredibly Lame Pun|three-way]] between Mikage, Carly, and Stephanie.
* [[Character Development]]: Among the main cast, Jack and Aki are the most prominent, the former eventually seeing the error of his ways and going from a haughty jerk to a haughty [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]], while the latter managed to make peace with her two major sources of angst and mellowed out, though there is some debate over how well that was handled.
** Special mention goes to Ushio. When he first appeared in the original manga he was a loser who was sure to get nowhere in life, and started out in 5Ds as a one-note, one-shot baddie. But after hanging around with the good guys and seeing life from the other side, he did a [[Heel Face Turn]], pledged to protect the reunited cities of Satellite and Neo Domino, and is now a permanent member of the supporting cast. The trope reaches it's natural conclusion when Ushio and Yusei end up having a very friendly heart to heart talk about what Yusei will do at the end of the series, a very stark contrast to the first episode where Ushio calls him trash and seeks to bring him down for riding a D-Wheel.
** And Rua. He starts off an [[Wide -Eyed Idealist|naive kid]] who admires Jack and cried whenever he lost a duel. Across the second season, he deluded himself with a want to be the final Signer, only for that to get smashed by Divine. He begins to grow up and realises the seriousness of the situation, going with the Signers although it pains him that he can't do anything to help his sister, then throws himself into a duel against Demak so she won't have to fight (despite numerous claims from Demak that a non-Signer can't win). Partway into the third season, he gets a chance to prove himself again, {{spoiler|using himself as a shield to protect Ruka and almost dying. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Then comes 142]] when he literally sacrifices himself to get Ancient Fairy on Ruka's field and dies. All that leads to getting a new Birthmark and being revived. He even mourns the death of the guy who killed him.}} Did I mention he used to cry when he'd lose a duel?
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The unnamed fifth dragon was referenced and seen a few times early in the Dark Signer arc, disappearing into obscurity. And that seemed to be cemented when {{spoiler|Black Feather Dragon}} made its appearance and was thought to be the fifth dragon by other Signers. However, now scenes in the opening and ending sequences show ''six'' dragons, implying the original fifth dragon isn't forgotten yet. {{spoiler|As of Episode 142, it turns out there are ''six'' signers, and Rua receives the original fifth dragon as Life Stream Dragon}}.
** Additionally, 'Road of the King', the documentary made about Jack first seen back in episode 29 reappears in episode 124.
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* [[Disguised in Drag]]: Preteen fraternal twin Rua dresses as his sister in order to take her place in the Fortune Cup.
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Yusei falling into Old Momentum, as well as every single one of the Dark Signers.}}
* [[Divide Byby Zero]]: "Zero Reverse", where an Ener-D/Momentum reactor begins to spin the wrong way, causing an [[Apocalypse How]].
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Jack's Scar-Red Nova Dragon (a card derived from a [[Eldritch Abomination|Peruvian Devil)]] battling against Thor (a Nordic God). The M.C. even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades this.]]
** Unintentional given the target audience but episode 145 brings us {{spoiler|Bruno/Antinomy pushing Yusei out of the black 'hole' by ramming the long front thin tip of his D-Wheel behind Yusei.}}
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** Because 4kids skipped the episodes after Placido and Yusei's all the way to Team Ragnarok's exposition episode, dub fans are left to wonder how {{spoiler|did Jack acquire Red Nove Dragon and where did Sherry disappear off to.}} At least the Hulu subs are currently doing the missing episodes.
** Skipping over the Ark Cradle, means that {{spoiler|fans won't learn of Bruno's identity, history and everything that happens in the real [[Final Battle]].}} Zone will just remain a mystery as well.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Almost everyone and everything. But like Yugi and Kaiba's in [[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|DM]], Yusei and Jack's names were unchanged. (With the exception of one 'u' in Yusei being left out, much like Yugi.)
** Aki Izayoi -> Akiza Izinski
** Brave -> Brodor
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** [[Light'Em Up]]: Ruka's Ancient Fairy Dragon
** [[Making a Splash]]: The only attribute ''not'' represented by a Signer Dragon.
** [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Aki's Black Rose Dragon
* [[Emergency Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Z-One takes this to the absolute maximum level, since Yusei had been dead for a good two centuries or so by his time period, he chose to impersonate Yusei by not only doing complete reconstructive surgery on himself to look like Yusei, but implanted a mental control device on himself that gave him Yusei's skills and personality.}}
* [[Empathic Weapon]]: The duel spirits in Ruka's deck qualifies {{spoiler|and possibly D-Wheels themselves as they are powered by Momentum, which responds to people's hearts.}}
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** Jaeger might not be evil, but he's certainly not good, unless his family is concerned. He'll work for the villain, break into your home, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|steal your cup ramen, and cackle like an evil maniac,]] but he loves his wife and son more then anything.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Jack and Yusei.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys]]: Demak's deck, the yellow monkey Earthbound God, and the monkeys running around in skirts in the Duel Monsters Spirit World.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Rainbows]]: Momentum in general, some special effects during the duels. The Dark Signers are [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]] in the seven colours of the rainbow.
** After summoning the three polar gods in a non-duel Team Ragnorok activated the spell card "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/The_Rainbow_Bridge_Bifrost The Rainbow Bridge Bifrost"] (not to be confused with with the card [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_Bifrost "Rainbow Bridge Bifrost"], without the "The") to get Yusei and co up to the Arc Cradle. Unlike Z-ONE, this card actually has no other practical use.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Samurai]]: The archetype of Mizoguchi's Bushido deck, complete with seppukku-themed trap card.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Sparkles]]: Stardust Dragon, The Saviour Dragons, along with some special effects.
* [[Cute Kitten]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|The first time around, Bruno/Antinomy/Dark Glass swerved out of his way to avoid a kitten, causing him to crash into the ocean and his lose his memeory. Later, said kitten become a [[Mind Rape]] triggers, as we see Bruno re-gaining his memory of and identity as Dark Glass.}}
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: In episode 133, Jose cannot understand why Crow would lose prematurely in their duel in order to give Yusei a greater chance at victory by summoning Blackfeather Dragon.
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** Aki's hair has also grown longer, as has Mikage's.
** Aki's change to a plain hairband in the final episodes' [[Time Skip]], as she no longer needs the metal thing to control her powers.
* [[Expy]]: Sly is a mini version of Manjoume from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]''.
** Bommer is a good guy version of Bandit Keith. He tries to the kill the [[Big Bad]], has a Machine deck and is later resurrected in a twisted way.
** Heitmann is a throwback to Chronos De Medici, in both attitude and the deck he plays (Ancient/Antique Gears, which were used by Chronos against Juudai during his entrance exam duel). They're even played by the same voice actor in the dubs.
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** Sherry could be a [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] version of Edo Phoenix, being a [[Badass]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] out to [[You Killed My Father|avenge her parents' murder]].
** Brave could be an expy of Crow from the same series, having many character traits in common.
*** To the point where it seems like they're actually twins [[Separated Atat Birth]].
** So is it just me that thinks that Aki looks like a certain [[Code Geass|terrorist mecha pilot]] with longer bangs.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Kiryu, who lives up to the trope by {{spoiler|turning up his crazyness to [[Beyond the Impossible]]}}.
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** Jose stated once in an early season 3 episode that Luciano reminded him of his younger self {{spoiler|and that's because they are indeed the same person, as Aporia.}}
** While it was stated that Paradox, the villain of the 10th anniversary film, would have his origins revealed in the series, nothing else was known about him. Then again, when you compare his outfit and motorcycle to the outfits of the Three Emperors and Primo's motorcycle, it was obvious that there was at least some connection between them. Lo and behold, [[The Reveal]] after the WRGP...
* [[Freeze -Frame Bonus]]: Z-One's computer screen in 149 shows how Yusei's future would have turned out without Yliaster's interference. Among the things it mentioned is a card called Cosmic Blazar Dragon, the Delta Accel Synchro evolution of Stardust Dragon never shown in the actual story.
** Other stuff mentioned is tournaments he won, and how he was actually the one who invented Accel and Delta Accel Synchro summoning. {{spoiler|Much to Z-One's surprise though, when he skips Delta Accel Synchroing with what was suppose to be his ace monster and going even further then his alternate self by doing a Limit Over Accel Synchro to summon Shooting Quasar Dragon.}}
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Yusei had to make this one. Dueling Jack/stopping Jack from leaving on his D-Wheel or saving Rally's life. Guess what he choses?
* [[Friendship Moment]]: Since friendship is one of its main themes, its no surprise this happens a lot.
** The king of this trope is pretty much the entire last episode, where it's so heartwarming that you might burn up from the friendly love.
* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: {{spoiler|Life Stream Dragon loves to be shorted to LSD for that reason}}
* [[Futuristic Superhighway]]: Duel Monsters has become so ingrained into society that there are entire separate lanes built onto highways for people who want to play [[Memetic Mutation|card games on motorcycles]].
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: {{spoiler|Godwin's plan involves sending out the Signers to duel the Dark Signers and reseal the towers, and hoping that they will succeed at the former and fail at the latter, otherwise everything falls to pot. Textbook instance of planning for events that you can't control or anticipate, with an incredibly narrow margin of success.}}
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* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Rex Godwin.}} Z-One to a degree as well, as he feels {{spoiler|being the last survivor of humanity and his suffering has pushed him to this,}} as well as his Temporal Machine God deck based on the [[wikipedia:Sephirot|Sephirot]] of Judaism.
* [[Godwin's Law]]: Played for a joke in the fandom, then {{spoiler|actually executed with Rex Godwin when he becomes a Dark Signer.}}
* [[Going for Thethe Big Scoop]]: Has Carly written all over it.
* [[Gorgeous Gorgon]]: {{spoiler|Dark Signer Misty}}, even one of her monsters has the word "gorgon" in its name
* [[Gonna Fly Now Montage]]: Jack has one in episode 152 before his duel against Yusei, where he takes down {{spoiler|Sherry, Kiryu '''and''' Bommer one after the other.}}
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* [[I Kiss Your Hand]]: Jack does this to his adopted mother, Martha.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Jack and {{spoiler|Dark Signer Carly}}
* [[I'm Going for Aa Closer Look]]: Said by many people throughout the series.
** More notably, Crow.
* [[Immortal Hero]]: Yusei, Jack and Crow are regulars. Kiryu also has his moments in Crashtown.
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** Possibly [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the PSP Game Tag Force 4, if you give Yusei Hair Gel, he actually states that he will use it sometime.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: ''Almost everyone''. Particularly Divine in episode 36. Someone has to tell that guy he's not [[Code Geass|Brittanian]].
** Then there's Jack's hilariously ornate outfit in episode 73. Makes him look like something out of a modern day [[The Three Musketeers (Literaturenovel)|Dumas]].
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: When Jack uses his 'Burning Soul' powers for the first time, not only does his hand catch fire but when he Synchro Summons, the Tuning Rings [[Ring of Fire|catch fire as well]].
* [[In the Name of Thethe Moon]]: Almost all duelists invoke this as a little introductory speech for their synchro monsters.
* [[Instant Runes]]: Whenever a true Dark Signer duels, the Nazca Line geoglyph corresponding to their birthmark appears. When a possessed person ("Shadow Drone" in the English dub) duels, a generic circle of fire appears.
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Z-One's sacrifice was effectively to stop Yusei suiciding to stop the Arc Cradle, which he called his [[Wham! Line|"last duty"]].}}
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*** {{spoiler|Twice.}}
** {{spoiler|Rudger does Rex the dubious favour of failing to fill his younger brother in on any of the Signer vs. Dark Signer stuff until Rudger has forcibly taken over the Momentum project and presented Rex with his severed left arm and an edict to gather the Signers to come back and kill Rudger. This act is the basis for a lot of Rex's issues throughout the story.}}
** [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|Even the fourth wall]] isn't immune to a dog-kick: The ''ending credits'' (5th version) do this to Aki. Sure, she may not have been as prominent in the team as the others, but did they ''have'' to be so blunt as to slap "Benchwarmer" on her!?
* [[Kill the Ones You Love]]: {{spoiler|Jack was forced to do this with Carly.}}
** {{spoiler|Yusei would've had to do this with Rally, if he didn't kill himself first.}}
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** Rua's English dub name (Leo) suddenly makes a lot more sense when he and the lion spirit Regulus simultaneously attack the Ape King in different planes. (Regulus is the brightest star of the constellation Leo the Lion.)
** {{spoiler|Bruno's real name Antinomy, means logical paradox, showing how he has to turn against his friends.}}
* [[Mecha -Mooks]]: {{spoiler|The Riding Roid army known as the Diablo}}
* [[Meddling Parents]]: Martha is a Meddling Adoptive Parent, pulling on ears for emphasis.
** Aki's dad, Izayoi Hideo, by pretty much telling her to attach herself to Yusei as her new daddy figure while she's in Satellite.
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** Dub only, their preview for 123 makes the episode appear action packed, when in fact its a exposition episode to explain the backstories of Team Ragnarok.
* [[New Neo City]]: Literally subverted as both the "new" and the "old" city are inhabited locations in the show.
* [[New Powers Asas the Plot Demands]]: {{spoiler|In episode 55 it was revealed that the Signers have the ability to [[All Your Powers Combined|temporarily steal the marks of other Signers to create a mark of the Crimson Dragon on their backs]], which allows them to summon a Saviour version of their Signer dragon and have an otherwise impossible victory in a duel.}}
** {{spoiler|Episode 64: If Crow weren't already powerful enough, he's definitely powerful now that he has gained status as a Signer.}}
** {{spoiler|In episode 78 Rua is saved from falling by all the Signers using their marks to summon the Crimson Dragon and produce a bubble to allow Rua to escape uninjured.}}
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* [[Norse Mythology]]: Ep 117 introduces 3 new synchro God monsters that are based on the 3 strongest gods of Norse mythology, Thor, Loki, and Odin, repectively. In ep 118 {{spoiler|when Dragan of Team Ragnarok's Thor and Jacks Red Demons Dragon are summoned at the same time, the God's and Crimson Dragon's power resonate with each other, and is so strong, A massive storm appears outside the duel arena they were at, and an earthquake is caused just by Thor and The Red Demons Dragon clashing with each other, forcing the duel to be stopped before said earthquake destroys the arena and everyone in it.}}
* [[Not a Date]]: Rua and Ruka discuss whether Yusei and Aki's trip to the rollerblading rink counts as one or not, but by the end both decide that it is indeed a date.
* [[Not Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: When Breo's girlfriend dumped him and hit on Jean, he tells her to get lost, being [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know that she'll just dump him when ''he'' loses a duel.
** [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah...]] [[Ho Yay|THAT'S why]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Played straight many times over.
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** Another one in episode 107 when {{spoiler|Placido merges with his D-Wheel}}.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Signers versus their respective Dark Signer emotional counterparts.
* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]: Whenever a Riding Duel is going to happen/sudden gets [[Let's Get Dangerous|serious]], the main character involved (Usually Yusei) shouts "Riding Duel, Acceleration!"
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Jack's Australian accent in the dub.
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: Practically everyone from Satellite. But especially Yusei.
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* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: In the English dub of episode 23, Jack and Godwin watch Yusei get pounded by Aki when Jeager/Lazar makes the comment "I'll get the popcorn" during the Fortune Cup. Doubles as [[Lull Destruction]] because he didn't speak during that scene in the Japanese version
* [[Plot Armor]]: Yusei and Kiryu must have been wearing a heavy set of them when dynamite exploded near them and they fell about three stories into a steep canyon... only to get up and stand within minutes.
* [[Plot- Based Photograph Obfuscation|Plot-Based Face Obfuscation]]: Occurs when Crow tells the legend of the Daedalus Bridge, and during a flashback to {{spoiler|Rex's}} past.
** Also near the end of season two. Who IS that guy Jaeger keeps talking to, anyway?
** In the third-season opening, there are three monsters shown in silhouette. Two of those monsters have been used to date in the show, and after each is used, it becomes full-colour.
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* [[Psychic Powers]]: Possessed by psychic duelists, the Signers (particularly Aki and Ruka), and the Dark Signers.
* [[Purple Eyes]]: Jack Atlas and Sly.
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: {{spoiler|Seems to have happened to most of the Dark Signers following their resurrection, barring Carly. Kiyru came back for his own arc, before being put back on the bus.}}
** Bommer and his younger siblings return for a few episodes.
** Many of the reoccuring characters from the past two seasons have yet to make an appearance in season three.
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* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]: Yusei vs. ZONE. {{spoiler|The last move consists of two monsters with over '''twenty-thousand attack points'''. Even when Stardust's given up the power [[All Your Powers Combined|of the other Signer Dragons]], it's still got [[Over Nine Thousand]].}}
* [[Recap Episode]]: There are three so far sprinkled throughout the series, though each of them do introduce or foreshadow new plot threads.
* [[Reconstruction]]: Returns to playing tropes straight that were [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]''.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Actually [[Inverted Trope|inverted]]; the first time Yusei and Jack duel in Episode 5; when the Crimson Dragon appears, both Yusei's and Jack's eyes turn red and [[Glowing Eyes|glowy]]. Of course, nothing of the sort ever happens again.
* [[Redemption Demotion]]: {{spoiler|Aporia goes from being able to almost beat three of the best duelist in the series at once to being completely smashed around by ZONE the second he changes sides.}}
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* [[Reincarnation]]: Not only is Jack Atlas a badass on his own, {{spoiler|he's the reincarnation of the warrior with a 'Burning Soul' power that defeated the Scar-Red Nova 10,000 years prior}}. No wonder he's always so [[Hot-Blooded]].
** {{spoiler|Jose, Placido and Luciano are reincarnations of the same human, Aphoria}}
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Crow and Kiyru started as this. Kiryu got a lot of development and, until recently, Crow had little to none until the third season.
* [[The Remnant]]: Mukuro Enjo.
* [[Reset Button]]: {{spoiler|All of the Dark Signers in the season two finale, excluding Rex and Rudger, as they were resurrected and brought back with no memories of their time as Dark Signers.}}
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* [[Screw Destiny]]: Jack doesn't believe in destiny, and this is lampshaded by his card Change Destiny.
** In Episode 58, Crow's statement to Yusei that he doesn't believe destiny is responsible for all that's happened, and that "if I had any destiny, it was in meeting you!" (an alternate translation of this line is "my only destiny was meeting you.")
* [[Screwed Byby the Network|Screwed By Network Collapse]]: While the original Japanese airings avoid this, getting the same timeslot and never going on hiatus currently in its run, the dubbed American airings aren't so lucky. First appearing on the CW Saturday morning block, it's timeslots constantly changed around, airing as early as 7am or as late as almost noon. It also went on hiatuses often, and refusing to air certain episodes due to content. Finally CW stopped airing it since DM proved to get better ratings. 5D's did a [[Channel Hop]] to Cartoon Network, but its problems haven't ended yet. Now episodes air at 8am on weekdays, a time when most of target audience is attending school. New episodes update randomly and one must check the 4kids website to find the latest episodes. Oh and streaming episodes are only available for Americans.
** Now that 8AM timeslot is reserved for reruns for [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]. Back to the CW.
** Due to a major lawsuit filed by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems for a debt exceeding '''''$4.5 million''''', 4Kids ''had'' to stop the dubbing process in its tracks and file bankruptcy. It's a rare, wild case where a network didn't exactly screw the program- they lost the rights and resources to air it.
* [[Serious Business]]: As per the course, though there are a good number of characters who don't play the game to somewhat offset this.
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** Episode 154, full stop. {{spoiler|The night before everyone leaves, Aki attempts to [[Love Confession|confess her feelings]] to Yusei, but stops herself. Yusei walks up to her and holds her hand and they stare into each other's eyes, hinting that Yusei feels the same way.}}
*** {{spoiler|The producers love being ambiguous. With that whole "stare in each others' eyes" thing, and the fact right after Aki closes her eyes, the scene transitions, one has to wonder if this was a [[Kissing Discretion Shot]].}} Prepare for an onslaught of [[Die for Our Ship]] enthusiasts to make heads or tails of this.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Numerous. Other than the nods to previous series, there are apparent nods to, among many, ''many'' other things, [[DC Universe|The DC Universe]], [[Sailor Moon]], [[Street Fighter]], [[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Final Fantasy]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], [[Trigun]], Eyeshield 21 and even (hold your breath) [[Real Life]].
** Rua's Deformer cards are pretty blatant shout-outs to ''[[Transformers]]''.
*** Rua uses alot of cards with references to popular childrens anime as a base. Deformer Chakkan is pretty obviously a reference to "Golden Warrior Gold Lightan".
** In an interesting example, there have been several one-shot characters whose designs are clearly taken from the Toei ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, the 1998, 27-episode "Yu-Gi-Oh: Shadow Games" (commonly known in fandom as "Season Zero").
** Of all things, [[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]] seems to be getting its fair share of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]].
** In the dub episode with FAKE!JACK, before REAL!JACK(ok I'll stop now) used his last attack, he says [[Eminem|"It's time for the real Jack Atlas to stand up"]]
*** [[Older Than They Think]]. The origin is an old game show To Tell The Truth, which Eminem was referencing.
** Heck, there's even a reference to Mobile Suit Gundam 00. The design of Seven Swords Warrior is very similar to the 00 Raiser's design, except without the main-section of the 0 Raiser (the part where Saji usually sits with the Red Haro). Its name alone is a reference to both Exia and 00 Raiser's upgrades (though the latter only appeared in the manga sidestories): the Seven Swords System. Seven Swords Warrior seems, however, to be using a mix between Exia's swords and 00 Raiser's swords, most notably Exia's two extra physical swords and the 00 Raiser's GN Buster Sword II.
*** Speaking of Gundam, Katsumi Ono (the director of 5D's) has said that {{spoiler|Yusei turning gold during the Delta Accel Synchro summon}} came from [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|G-Gundam]]'s hyper mode.
* [[Showdown At High Noon]]: A variation of version B for this trope is present in episode 86. Instead of high noon, it's held at sunset and this being a [[Card Games]] show, they play Duel Monsters instead.
* [[Shonen Hair]]: Crabhead, I mean Yusei being the most obvious example.
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** Zola and Leo in Episode 85.
** {{spoiler|It's heartbreaking when Yusei does this at end of episode 145 and screaming Bruno's name after he sacrificed his life to save him}}
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: The vast majority of the cast is subjected to this, though the twins (Rua and Ruka, Lua and Luka, Leo and Luna, etc.) get it by far the worst. In-show spellings don't help, seeing as some of them are inconsistent (Bommer/Bomber) and others take real names and make gibberish of them (Luciano's name, in-show, is incorrectly spelled as "Lucciano").
** It doesn't help at all with the twins case that 4kids was going to rename Rua with his sister's name for the English dub.
** An interesting example: in-show, Crow's name is pronounced and spelled as "Crow," and the katakana used romanize as "kurou." However, on the [[Word of God|TvTokyo website]], his name is shown in URLs as "Claw" (which, oddly enough, has a nearly identical katakana representation to "Crow" despite being pronounced totally differently in English)
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{{quote| '''Leo''': If I go with you I'll just end up standing on the sideline like a dork going "Hurray! Go Luna! Show those Dark Signers how to duel!"<br />
'''Luna''': You're right that is pretty lame. }}
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]]: {{spoiler|Rudger detonates his [[Artificial Limb|left arm]] to send Yusei falling into the depths of Old Momentum. Sore loser.}}
* [[Talking to Thethe Dead]]: Crow does this apparently often, as he visits the grave of his mentor, Pearson, who was the original owner of his D-Wheel, the Black Bird, and his Black Feather deck {{spoiler|as well the previous owner of Black Feather Dragon}}.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Misty Lola.
* [[Taste the Rainbow]]: Dark Signers. Seriously. They're even [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]!
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** [[Our Time Travel Is Different]]: The wormhole variety.
* [[Title Drop]]: Team 5D's
* [[To Hell and Back]]: {{spoiler|Yusei unwillingly goes through this after Rudger's [[Taking You Withwith Me]].}}
* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|When he is forced to defeat a possessed Carly, Jack intends to use a Trap (Shockwave) to end the Dark Duel in a tie, so they will both go down together. However before he can use it, Carly uses her own Trap (Earthbound Release) to ensure only she dies.}}
** {{spoiler|In episode 64 Rex meets up with his brother Rudger after his death so they can go to the afterlife together.}}
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* [[Wasted Song]]: Many great tracks, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TIwhGI9ysk Lamentation], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_CM77WRAK4 Hopeless Battle], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzOpr-1cM1w Sad End], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nNB9otXz-I Yusei's first synchro summon theme], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghmqu8OHXGI Jack's second battle theme] were never released on the Sound Duels. Even more insulting, Lamentation only plays thrice in the series run.
** And for Melody of Promises, a vocal song made specificaly for 5D's... is played only once in the entire run.
* [[Watching the Sunset]]: This happens in Episode 44 with Yusei and Aki on a balcony of Godwin's home, Ruka and Rua watching from inside and Jack on his own combining it with [[Sitting Onon the Roof]].
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Ruka.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Rex Godwin}}
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* [[The Western]]: The Crashtown Arc.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?|What Have I Done]]/WhatHaveIBecome: In quick succession. {{spoiler|Poor Carly felt bad about giving Divine a quick case of death.}}
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: All of Yusei's non-Signer/main character friends from the beginning disappear before Season 3. Himuro and Yanagi were last seen waving the gang off as they made their way to Satellite, while Rally, Nerve, Taka and Blitz woke up after being released from Uru. Since then... they've appeared briefly in a flashback to Yusei's rematch with Rudger.
** Then there's Sly, who had possible plotline going of stealing Stardust Dragon... only to be dropped after one episode.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: The original [http://i.imgur.com/mDSK0.jpg fifth signer & his dragon].
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** It could be applied to Yusei's drive to defeat Rudger {{spoiler|responsible for not only the death of Yusei's parents, but Jack's, Crow's, countless hundreds/thousands, Rally and Martha}} which pushes him over the edge and has him chasing Rudger blindly after their first duel, desperate to duel him again in a very un-Yusei fashion.
* [[Yuppie Couple]]: The hippie couple that pops up from time to time.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: [[Mecha -Mooks|The Ghosts/Diablos]] both in dueling strategy and in the sheer number of duelists they sick on Yusei.
 
 
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** The entire final chapter of 2011 is built on this.
* [[Ship Tease]]: The ending of pretty much every single female character's storyline in the Tag Force games.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]: In Tag Force 5, Sherry mentions that she was living in your own apartment for quite some time, and that she can't sleep well at night because "She has no one to hold her".
* [[Stealth Based Mission]]: At certain point in WC 2009, both your deck and D-Wheel are taken by Securities, so you have to sneak in the Securities Impound to get them back. Possibly doubles as [[That One Level]]. Carried over to 2010, but this time, it's only your deck.
* [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]]: Chapter 2 of WC 11 is all about this. No, you can't refuse to help Lilie, and {{spoiler|duel Crow because he mistakes you for a kidnapper}}. And no, You can't avoid {{spoiler|being lured into a fake D-Wheel shop, buying fake D-Wheel parts and getting said parts stolen by the same person who took you there in the first place}}.
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