History Awesome / YuGiOh5Ds

* Rejecting the LotusEaterMachine fantasy in Turn 58 with a card called "[[ScrewDestiny Change Destiny]]." So no, it's ''not'' [[ParadiseLost better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven]].

** Episode 76 just might have cemented his status as a MemeticBadass. He [[SaveTheVillain saved a guy's life]] to punch him and proceeded to beat about 20 or 30 people up. The fact that he beat them without any sign of effort means that he previously let them beat him up so he could place a tracking device on one of them JUST SO HE COULD FOLLOW THEM TO THEIR BASE AND FIGHT THE ENTIRE GANG. Not only that, but he dueled against their leader to the death even though he demonstrated he didn't have to beat him in a duel. He did it all for fun. This leads us to a little bit of WildMassGuessing, as to whether JACK ATLAS is actually Batman. Batman is awesome. Therefore, JACK ATLAS is Batman on [[CrazyAwesome CRAZY]]! OF COURSE, it's all clear now!

* In episode 138, Ruka jumping from Aki's motercycle to Yusei's ''while they were moving at high speed''.

* In the first episode, not only does Yusei show that the "card games on motorbikes" idea mocked by TheAbridgedSeries is workable , but when he performs the anime's first Synchro Summon, Junk Warrior's entrance just ''commands'' you to cheer.

* Whoever hammered out the concept of Riding Duels got a [=CMoA=] for making "card games on motorbikes" not only work, but be absolutely ''sweet''.

* The final Duel between Yusei and Jack for the show's finale. The WHOLE THING was one non-stop [=CMoA=] given the sheer nostalgia fuel of seeing some of their oldest cards revived, coupled with the reappearance of many characters, including Yusei's four friends from the first season who got {{Put On A Bus}}, and even a trip back into the factory where the very first Duel of 5D's took place. And it even had Yusei avoiding his usual 'Stardust/Savior Star/Shooting Star/Shooting Quasar spam' victory to beat Jack via ''Junk Warrior'', the Synchro he won the very first Duel of 5D's with. It also serves as a {{Call Back}} to the very first opening, where Junk Warrior and Red Demon went head-on. This time, though, Junk Warrior got to pwn Red Demon via {{The Power of Friendship}} in its effect.

* This troper wants to know how the very first episode escapes mention. Not only does Yusei show that the "card games on motorbikes" idea mocked by TheAbridgedSeries is workable (and, in fact, quite awesome!), but when he performs the anime's first Synchro Summon... Junk Warrior's entrance just ''commands'' you to cheer.

** [[@/ReplisMonathin This Troper]] couldn't have been the only one who re-watched the scene right after they saw it just so they could shout ''"[[StreetFighter SHORYUKEN!]]"''

* Using Rose [[CombatTentacles Tentacles]] on [[OhCrap Yusei]]. This troper immediately fell in love with Aki after that.

* This troper is SERIOUSLY surprised that no one has listed the scene from the 5D's OVA episode, "Evolving Duel! Stardust Vs Red Demons". Both Jack and Yusei have powered up their dragons to their /Buster Modes (/Assault Mode). Several attacks have been made, and both Jack and Yusei have used cards to power up their monsters, leaving the two dragons with equal attack points. What follows this is quite possibly one of the most EPIC clashes in the entire series, as Stardust and Red Demons attack each other, violently clashing as the battle leads them INTO SPACE. And when it's all said and done, the two monsters fall back into the stadium with an earth-shaking explosion to top it all off. But don't just take my word for it, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUIUPT-4vJk watch it yourself!]]

* Episode 91. Yusei and Kiryu beating Lotten's OneHitKill again and again. Do not forget that Kiryu's doing this [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow without any Lifepoints at all]].
** This troper was pretty much stunned when Lotten delivered said OneHitKill, even though I anticipated it from Lotten getting a ten-card starting hand. And then I pretty much cheered when Kiryu got back up and delivered a line which to this day just says 'AWESOME' to me, to the point I forgot that Crashtown was a filler arc, I honestly didn't care it wasn't part of the overarching plot. Said line:
--> '''Kiryu''': I told you, I'm a God of Death. ''Gods of Death don't die''.
** Okay. Yusei and Kiryu are thrown into a tight spot during their duel with Lotten. Guess who shows up? Crow. And how's he known? By throwing one of his cards down, blocking the attack. Before the duo can even celebrate, JACK ATLAS shows up, bringing the police force with him. Finally, the Enforcers all stand together as one. Tell me that's not awesome.

* This troper would like to give the crew who hammered out the concept of Riding Duels a [=CMoA=] for making "card games on motorbikes" not only work, but be absolutely ''sweet''.
* This troper has to give a [=CmoA=] to ''4Kids'' of all people for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95WWlWKI2yA#t=05m20s keeping the guns used by Rex's bodyguards]], changing only [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHFGedRdzIM#t=02m35s the sound effects]] a bit. Shows they've come a long way from the original series and their "invisible guns".

* How has the final Duel between Yusei and Jack for the show's finale gone unmentioned? The WHOLE THING was one non-stop [=CMoA=] given the sheer nostalgia fuel of seeing some of their oldest cards revived, coupled with the reappearance of many characters, including Yusei's four friends from the first season who got {{Put On A Bus}}, and even a trip back into the ''factory where the very first Duel of 5D's took place''. And it even had Yusei avoiding his usual 'Stardust/Savior Star/Shooting Star/Shooting Quasar spam' victory to beat Jack via ''Junk Warrior''. Y'know, the Synchro he won the very first Duel of 5D's with?! It also serves as a {{Call Back}} to the very first opening, where Junk Warrior and Red Demon's went head-on. This time, though, Junk Warrior got to pwn Red Demon's via {{The Power of Friendship}} in its effect.

* How has the final Duel between Yusei and Jack for the show's finale gone unmentioned? The WHOLE THING was one non-stop [=CMoA=] given the sheer nostalgia fuel of seeing some of their oldest cards revived, coupled with the reappearance of many characters, including Yusei's four friends from the first season who got {{Put On A Bus}}, and even a trip back into the ''factory where the very first Duel of 5D's took place''. And it even had Yusei avoiding his usual 'Stardust/Savior Star/Shooting Star/Shooting Quasar spam' victory to beat Jack via ''Junk Warrior''. Y'know, the Synchro he won the very first Duel of 5D's with?! It also serves as a {{Call Back}} to the very first opening, where Junk Warrior and Red Demon's went head-on. This time, though, Junk Warrior got to pwn Red Demon's via {{The Power of Friendship}} in its effect,.
* This entire page, and not one single mention of the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds has not one, but '''''FOUR''''' theme songs by MASAKI FREAKING ANDOH(of [[JamProject JAM Project]]), who is the most hot-blooded J-Pop/Rock singer to have ever lived: The 4th and 5th OP Themes (Believe in Nexus, Road to Tomorrow ~Going My Way!!~), and two insert songs: The uncharacteristically mellow "Melody of Promises", and the already-mentioned "Clear Mind".
* ''Hyper Drive'', the dub opening theme, is actually surprisingly awesome in its own way. The fact it was the chosen opening out of about eight 4Kids put up for a vote is an awesome moment for the opening, and then you actually hear it. We still to this day don't know who wrote and performed it, but whoever did it, I salute you for such a piece of awesome. Especially the last three lyrics, which are poetically neat:
--> [[CueTheSun See the sun arisin']], fire in the sky, [[CallToAdventure greatness thrusts itself into our lives.]]

* The first time Yusei performs a ''Fusion'' Summon, fusing his two most famous monsters (Stardust Dragon and Junk Warrior) to form Surging Dragon Knight Dragonquites. Not only is it a complete mindblow to everyone in the series and a lot of fans, since nobody ever expected him to do that, but the use of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome both versions of Yusei Battle]] (the first when bringing Junk Warrior out, and the 2nd when performing the fusion) is just the cherry on top.
* This troper wants to know how the very first episode escapes mention. Not only does Yusei show that the "card games on motorbikes" idea mocked by TheAbridgedSeries is workable (and, in fact, quite awesome!), but when he performs the anime's first Synchro Summon...Junk Warrior's entrance just ''commands'' you to cheer.

* Episode 1&154: Yusei ending the first and last duels of the series with the same monster:[[spoiler:Junk Warrior]].

* Episode 148: Having received his friends Signer Dragons, Yusei begins the duel against Zone [[spoiler: by summoning Black Feather and Red Demons in one turn; with Crow and Jack delivering the Synchro Speech with him. Aki does the same when he pulls out Black Rose. Then he damages Zone and the resulting mood leads to pretty much everyone left in the area chanting his name with the first glimmer of hope that the Ark Cradle may not obliterate them and their city.]]
* Episode 150. Just the whole damn thing. Having summoned all of his friends dragons one after another as the above begins and [[spoiler: almost falling to his death. Then his father comes back from the dead briefly just to bitchslap Yusei back to his senses. Then Yusei pulls out his biggest CMOA by using Life Stream to summon the other four Signer Dragons that aren't Stardust and ride through the atmosphere, whilst everyone watching calls his name and pours their hearts into what they're watching. He passes through and into freaking space, combines the powers of his friends Birthmarks and turns GOLD. With the five dragons on his field, he quintuple Synchro Summons Shooting Quaser Dragon and heads back to face down ZONE.]]

* Episode 122 is an even bigger one, where Yusei uses Shooting Star Dragon to beat Sleeping Giant Thud, a monster said to rival the 3 Egyptian god cards. All with Clear Mind playing in the background a second time.

* Team Taiyou managing to ''summon'' [[spoiler: Thud, a feat which (thanks to Thud's horrible summoning condition) had never been done before, ''ever'', despite every man and his mother owning one (Rua notes that he has several)]].

* The way he defeats Harald of Team Ragnarok.
** You mean stuffing an IdiotBall down his throat with [[PlotArmor Plot-ekinesis?]]
*** Not really. He successfully used Harald's own tricks against him. Given that Yusei [[spoiler:prevented him from seeing his set card, he really left Harald to question what that set card was that was so worth protecting. He decided he had to win there and then, in case said set card would stop Gjallarhorn from working]].
**** So at what point does "Yusei using his own tricks against him" somehow explain "Tyr's effect suddenly not working for no reason at all?"
***** Harald activated the Eye of Odin, negating the effects of his three Polar Gods to see Yuusei's set card (Zero Force). He then chains Tyr's effect to Eye of Odin, tributing Tyr to stop their effects from being negated. That means at this point, he would've been able to see the set card, Thor's effect would've made Shooting Star Dragon's effect useless and Odin's effect would've made the Polar Gods unable to be affected by Zero Force anyway. Then, at the end of the turn, Yuusei would've taken 10,000+ damage. Basically, Yuusei would've been inescapably screwed. But he [[SpannerInTheWorks gums up the works]] by chaining Trick Mirror to Tyr's effect. He used The Eye of Odin's effect as his own, negating the effects of all three Polar Gods. Tyr had already been tributed at a lower link in the chain, so it couldn't protect the Gods from another effect higher up on the chain, and Eye of Odin couldn't see Yuusei's set card, because the God's effects were negated by Trick Mirror, so Harald had no way to pay the cost for Eye of Odin. Harald was reasonably flustered that Yuusei had broken his move so easily, no doubt thought that the set card was something to reflect Gallahorn's damage and went to go beat Shooting Star Dragon's face in before Yuusei could activate it (reasonable enough logic since about two rounds earlier, Yuusei very nearly beat Jean with a card named 'Reflect Barrier' that reflects any effect damage to the opposing player). It was an uncharacteristically complicated chain of events for 5D's, but that's about as close as I can come to figuring it out. Basically, Yuusei used a combination of extremely good timing and his opponent's own overconfidence to escape an unwinniable situation.
****** Actually, with a little thought about alternate possibilities, it becomes clear that Yusei did drop Harald the {{Idiot Ball}}. You see, Harald could simply have activated Odin's effect, rendering the Polar Gods immune to Yusei's Traps (and his Magic Cards, but that's irrelevant). Then he could've used Thor's effect to negate Shooting Star Dragon's and absorb them (for some reason Shooting Star Dragon reverts to its real life effect here and can't chain its jump-out-attack-negate effect to anything but an attack, which is strange since next Duel it jumps back to its anime effect). All Harald had to do then was attack Shooting Star Dragon with Thor or Odin for the win, since Yusei has 200 Life Points. The Gods are immune to Traps due to Odin, if one of Yusei's Traps would deal enough damage to win the Duel Loki's effect can negate that, and if Gjallarhorn is still needed and would happen to be destroyed, thanks to its absorbed effects, Thor can negate any card effect which destroys something once a turn. So had Harald done this, which was perfectly reasonable, Yusei could never have pulled his Trick Mirror-Shooting Star Dragon-Zero Force thing. Idiot Ball, Harald. Made worse since he used to be in the military, you'd think he'd know well how he could win with the least risk.
******* Which is probably why he decided to make sure what Yuusei's facedown was; it's pretty much a given that he'd at least glanced at some of Yuusei's duels before the match, which would tell quite a bit of how often Yuusei [[AssPull pulls out completely out-of-the-fricking-blue turnarounds]] against opponents who are too sure of their own win to bother noticing what Yuusei's doing over on the other side of the track (like, say, the duel against Team Taiyo immediately before). Harald had no way of knowing that Trick Mirror wasn't actually a miracle "negate-the-effects-of-all-DIVINE-type-monsters-and-destroy-them" card ex machina, so sacrificing some safety for assurance was actually the most logical course of action for someone like Harald, who wins by anticipating the moves of other players, but doesn't have a magical psychological card-sense like Andore. Which, of course, was [[AllAccordingToPlan exactly what Yuusei was waiting for]].

* How has the final Duel between Yusei and Jack for the show's finale gone unmentioned? The WHOLE THING was one non-stop [=CMoA=] given the sheer nostalgia fuel of seeing some of their oldest cards revived, coupled with the reappearance of many characters, including Yusei's four friends from the first season who got {{Put On A Bus}}, and even a trip back into the ''factory where the very first Duel of 5D's took place''. And it even had Yusei avoiding his usual 'Stardust/Savior Star/Shooting Star/Shooting Quasar spam' victory to beat Jack via ''Junk Warrior''. Y'know, the Synchro he won the very first Duel of 5D's with?! It also serves as a {{Call Back}} to the very first opening, where Junk Warrior and Red Demon's went head-on. This time, though, Junk Warrior got to pwn Red Demon's via {{The Power of Friendship}} in its effect resulting in a {{Megaton Punch}}. It made this troper shed a tear for the sheer awesome of the whole thing.

* This entire page, and not one single mention of the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds has not one, but '''''FOUR''''' theme songs by MASAKI FREAKING ANDOH(of JAM Project), who is the most hot-blooded J-Pop/Rock singer to have ever lived: The 4th and 5th OP Themes (Believe in Nexus, Road to Tomorrow ~Going My Way!!~), and two insert songs: The uncharacteristically mellow "Melody of Promises", and the already-mentioned "Clear Mind".

[[AC:Jack Atlas]]

* Jack beating both Lucciano and Placido in the WRGP. The machine emperors kept trying to absorb Scar Red Nova Dragon but it just keeps using its remove from play effect to evade the synchro stealing effect.

* Using [[FetishFuel Rose]] [[CombatTentacles Tentacles]] on [[OhCrap Yusei]]. This troper immediately fell in love with Aki after that.

[[AC:Aki Izayoi/ Akiza Izinski]]

[[AC:Leo & Luna]]
* Leo, of all people, gets one in the Dark Signer arc as he goes up against one of the Dark Signers with full knowledge of what could happen -- Crow was mostly ignorant of the dangers -- despite not being a Signer himself while its Ruka who deals the finishing blow it was Leo's setup and deck that pulled it off.
** He also gets another moment in ep. 78 against Luciano and his Machine Emperor Skiel Infinity. After Luna had unknowingly walked right into his plan and practically given him Ancient Fairy Dragon, Leo makes what effectively amounts to the card game equivalent of a HeroicSacrifice just to get it back for her. [[spoiler: Sure, they lose and he just about makes an ''actual'' Heroic Sacrifice, but ''boy'' does he royally piss Luciano off in the process!]]
---> '''Leo''': I'll never let you have Ancient Fairy Dragon! I'm not a Signer, but Luna, who has a Signer birthmark, is my pride and joy! And I'll protect Ancient Fairy Dragon, who is a symbol of that!
* Episode 142 sees Leo [[TookALevelInBadass taking quite a level in badass]], refusing to give up against Aporia. His resolve leads to the Crimson Dragon [[TheSixthRanger recognising him as a Signer]]. Then, shortly afterwards, he uses the newly created Birthmark to ''finally'' summon the original 5th Dragon, Life Stream Dragon.
* In episode 138, Luna jumping from Akiza's motercycle to Yusei's ''while they were moving at high speed''.

** Okay. Yusei and Kalin are thrown into a tight spot during their duel with Lotten. Guess who shows up? Crow. And how's he known? By throwing one of his cards down, blocking the attack. Before the duo can even celebrate, JACK ATLAS shows up, bringing the police force with him. Finally, the Enforcers all stand together as one. Tell me that's not awesome.

* Episode 110, Yusei successfully pulls off Accel Synchro and summons, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfyh44Mo2DE Summoning Shooting Star Dragon]]. He then reveals its effect: he reveals the top five cards of his deck, and Shooting Star Dragon can attack once for each Tuner monster he reveals. Cue the other four members of the main FiveManBand around the city looking at their glowing Signer marks and cheering Yusei on. Yusei draws, revealing Tuner monsters one by one as the five Signer marks light up in sequence on his back with overlaid shots of his friends. As he draws the fifth Tuner, the lines of the mark's body draw out a circle, and the camera pulls back to reveal the full mark of the Crimson Dragon lit up. Placido has just enough time to go "OhCrap! ThisCannotBe!" before Yusei orders Shooting Star Dragon to attack five times, destroying the Machine Emperor piece by piece and giving Placido a serious case of CriticalExistenceFailure as his motorcycle blows up underneath him. And while all this is going on, the background music starts out low and quiet and grows faster and louder with every draw.
* Ep 122 is an even bigger one, where Yusei uses Shooting Star dragon to beat Sleeping Giant Thud, a monster said to rival the 3 Egyptian god cards. All with Clear Mind playing in the background a second time.

* In that same episode, when Kiryu chased down Lotten after he made his escape then beat him in a duel, the dub actually changed this, so instead of Kallen dueling Lotten after catching up to him, he simply turned him into the authorities telling him that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he (Lotten) has already forfeited his pride as a duelist by running away and that he doesn't deserve to finish his duel.]] [[YourMileageMayVary It was actually awesome in its own way]]

* YourMilageMayVary, but ''Hyper Drive'', the dub opening theme, is actually surprisingly awesome in its own way. The fact it was the chosen opening out of about eight 4Kids put up for a vote is an awesome moment for the opening, and then you actually hear it. We still to this day don't know who wrote and performed it, but whoever did it, I salute you for such a piece of awesome. Especially the last three lyrics, which are poetically neat:

* In episode 70, Ruka is being held hostage inside a house by a ghost who has been making people disappear, and Rua goes to duel this ghost to save his sister. Yusei barely appears at all in the episode, but after hearing about Ruka disappearing, he goes to find her. When he arrives in front of the house where Rua and the ghost are dueling, Rua says he will hold the ghost off while Yusei saves his sister. How does Yusei accomplish this? He drives right through the middle of the duel and ''breaks down the front door with his duel runner.''

[[AC:Rua & Ruka]]
* Rua, of all people, gets one in the Dark Signer arc as he goes up against one of the Dark Signers with full knowledge of what could happen -- Crow was mostly ignorant of the dangers -- despite not being a Signer himself while its Ruka who deals the finishing blow it was Rua's setup and deck that pulled it off.
** He also gets another moment in ep. 78 against Luciano and his Machine Emperor Skiel Infinity. After Ruka had unknowingly walked right into his plan and practically given him Ancient Fairy Dragon, Rua makes what effectively amounts to the card game equivalent of a HeroicSacrifice just to get it back for her. [[spoiler: Sure, they lose and he just about makes an ''actual'' Heroic Sacrifice, but ''boy'' does he royally piss Luciano off in the process!]]
---> '''Rua''': I'll never let you have Ancient Fairy Dragon! I'm not a Signer, but Ruka, who has a Signer birthmark, is my pride and joy! And I'll protect Ancient Fairy Dragon, who is a symbol of that!
* Episode 142 sees Rua [[TookALevelInBadass taking quite a level in badass]], refusing to give up against Aporia. His resolve leads to the Crimson Dragon [[TheSixthRanger recognising him as a Signer]]. Then, shortly afterwards, he uses the newly created Birthmark to ''finally'' summon the original 5th Dragon, Life Stream Dragon.
* In episode 138, Ruka jumping from Aki's motercycle to Yusei's ''while they were moving at high speed''.

* This entire page, and not one single mention of the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds has not one, but THREE theme songs by MASAKI FREAKING ANDOH(of JAM Project), who is the most hot-blooded J-Pop/Rock singer to have ever lived: The 4th and 5th OP Themes (Believe in Nexus, Road to Tomorrow ~Going My Way!!~), and two insert songs: The uncharacteristically mellow "Melody of Promises", and the already-mentioned "Clear Mind".