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* BigFishInABiggerOcean: Zane Truesdale suffers from this when he enters the pro leagues in Season 2. In Season 1, Zane was considered TheAce by his peers, being ThePerfectionist who [[HonorBeforeReason duels with respect]], was the top graduate of Duel Academy, and had never lost a duel cleanly. He had a solid start in the professional leagues, racking up ten wins before he faces off against Aster Phoenix, another professional duelist. Aster has more skill than an average Duel Academy student though, and Zane's usual OneHitKO strategies [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer revolving around Cyber End Dragon]] are countered easily by Aster employing various defensive measures against them, [[TheWorfEffect showing that Aster is a new rival for Jaden to not take lightly]]. This one loss ends up kickstarting a horrendous losing streak for Zane that has him losing sponsors and being defeated by even little-league duelists. Desperate to get any victory, he participates in an underground duel ring that breaks him mentally, making him adopt a far more brutal style of dueling without his previous adherence to respecting his opponents.
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* PerfectionIsStatic: Zane Truesdale is ThePerfectionist, being the top student of Duel Academy who duels his opponents with respect and has never lost a duel cleanly in the first season. In the Japanese script of Episode 52 - "VS Kaiser (Second Part) - Final Fusion", Jaden calls Zane's strategy perfect, complimenting him as he's about to be defeated. Zane rebuffs Jaden's compliment, acknowledging that his perfection also means that he has reached his limits as a duelist, contrasting himself with Jaden, saying his potential is limitless. Jaden thanks Zane for the compliment, and then uses a trap card that inflicts damage equal to both monsters on their field to both duelists, ending the duel in a tie. [[spoiler:While Zane has a solid start in his pro dueling career after graduation in Season 2, Zane's [[CantCatchUp inability to grow]] is PlayedForDrama after [[TheWorfEffect his loss to Aster Phoenix]]. He ends up in a rut, going on a huge losing streak that affects his morale as his reputation and his mindset of being perfect make him unable to properly handle losing. Once Zane changes his dueling style, he starts gathering victories at the cost of throwing both his restraints and morals out the window.]]
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* InactionSequence: Happens often with card effects being explained (even if the same card was played by other player five minutes ago and its effect is "Draw two cards") and [[JustBetweenYouAndMe villains telling their life story and evil plans to the heroes during duels]]. Ultimately Lampshaded by Aster in the dub. "Is he gonna duel or stand there and ponder his purpose in life?"
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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Much like it predecessor and sequel series, ''GX'' is no stranger to the action being halted as the characters ponder on their strategy internally, explain a card they are using (even if the same card was played by other player five minutes ago and its effect is "Draw two cards"), or slow down their opponent's play. Sometimes the [[JustBetweenYouAndMe villains will take the opportunity to tell their life story and evil plans to the heroes during duels]]. Lampshaded by Aster Phoenix in the dub: "Is he gonna duel or stand there and ponder his purpose in life?"
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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin apparently hails from Jupiter's moon Io, which in real life is a volcanic world.
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** In Syrus and Hassleberry's double duel against Frost and Thunder, Syrus and Hassleberry have to work as a team to defeat the brothers, who get into a fight about strategy (with Frost focused on victory Thunder focused on teamwork). [[AnAesop The intended moral is that sometimes, people should put aside their difference to overcome obstacles.]] However, the problem isn't that Hassleberry and Syrus are in conflict with each other, aside from a few remarks about their own field. In fact, the problem is that they want to work together, but need to figure out how (they couldn't see each other's hands at first, as they could only attack the opponent in front of them). Ultimately, they're able to see each other's hands through the reflections of the owner's cards, [[YankTheDogsChain but by then it was already too late and they ended up getting defeated anyway.]] Even worse, Frost manages to win by BETRAYING Thunder so that everyone lost the duel except himself.
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** In Syrus and Hassleberry's double duel against Frost and Thunder, Syrus and Hassleberry have to work as a team to defeat the brothers, who get into a fight about strategy (with Frost focused on victory Thunder focused on teamwork). [[AnAesop The intended moral is that sometimes, people should put aside their difference to overcome obstacles.]] obstacles. However, the problem isn't that Hassleberry and Syrus are in conflict with each other, aside from a few remarks about their own field. In fact, the problem is that they want to work together, but need to figure out how (they couldn't see each other's hands at first, as they could only attack the opponent in front of them). Ultimately, they're able to see each other's hands through the reflections of the owner's cards, [[YankTheDogsChain but by then it was already too late and they ended up getting defeated anyway.]] Even worse, Frost manages to win by BETRAYING Thunder so that everyone lost the duel except himself.
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* BlamingTheTools: Alice is a duel spirit whose original owner blamed his losing streak on his deck rather than his own skill. The English dub lampshades this by having one of his friends sarcastically remark "yeah, blame it on the card, real mature."
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* BattleAgainstTheSunset: The anime exclusive card [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/One-on-One_Fight One-on-One Fight]] (played by Dox in the first season) has its artwork depict a sword duel that takes place during a sunset, their bodies covered in shadow against an orange background.
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* AmoralAttorney: X, a one-shot Duelist who faced Jaden, is recharacterized from a simple pro Duelist to Sartorius's attorney in the dub. He retains his ObviouslyEvil looks and mannerisms, Aster mentions he landed his last opponent seven years for "[[SeriousBusiness disorderly Dueling]]," and his duel with Jaden is framed as a KangarooCourt with him penalizing Jaden for doing anything.
