History Awesome / YuGiOhGx

* Despite his status as the CreatorsPet, Johan still gets an undeniably awesome moment in his first duel: He uses Ruby's effect to bring out every last one of his crystal beasts to kick Jaden's ass. Granted Jaden still wins but it's an undoubtedly cool moment.

* When Honest was tricking all the students into believing he was one of them Judai/Jaden not only [[NoSell no sells]] it he dose so be reveling Yubel's eyes. This also nicely sets up the season as well as showing the result of the [[spoiler: Judai/Jaden Yubel fusion]].
** minor one for the way this was done, we see Honest in human from behind and the light coming from his eyes then he gasps as Judai/Jaden calmly says "your tricks wont work on me".

* O'Brien simply ''walking away'' after playing his last card of his duel against the Mask of Laughter. The fact that Mask of Laughter had to ''read the card's effect himself'' to realize that he had lost makes the scene even sweeter. For those who never got to see the scene (which is both a [=CMoA=] and a CrowningMomentOfFunny) in question:

* Dimitri in Episodes 18-19 actually does an excellent job using Yugi's deck, copying Yugi's playstyle very well and pulling off some very impressive moves. Ultimately Jaden won, but only because, in the grand tradition of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' heroes, he got an AssPull in the last few turns to turn the duel around. But the outcome of the duel aside, Dimitri was in control the entire time, bouncing back from everything Jaden threw at him, getting out Yugi's best monsters and whittling Jaden's Life Points down to 800. Hell, he would have won if Jaden's cards followed their real-life rulings.

* Kenzan/Hassleberry and Sho/Syrus vs Frost and Thunder. The two villains give them a hell of a beating in the first episode, and then in the second, the two boys turn it around – by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard exploiting the reflective holograms of their opponent’s monsters to see each other’s hands, and then [[ViolationOfCommonSense attacking each other’s monsters]]. Thanks to some clever combos, this [[CrazyAwesome insanity]] ‘’works’’ – within about 2 turns, they end up nuking the field, gaining back a lot of life points, summoning their most powerful monsters and almost winning the duel!

* Don't forget that he went on to defeat both his brother, who was using a bunch of high powered monsters and forcing Manjyome to use 0-ATK ones...

* He only gets one duel in the manga, but ''damn'' does he make a statement with it. [[AdaptationalBadass Manjyome]] earns the right to duel Ryo after defeating Judai in the finals of a tournament. Jun goes in cocky, gets three of his best monsters on the field in his first turn... and then gets [[CurbStompBattle obliterated]] on ''Ryo's'' [[OneHitKill first attacking turn]], without doing a single point of damage. ''No one'' messes with the Kaiser.

* The Judai vs Kaiser Ryo duel at the very end of season 1. Or more specifically,the end of that duel. First, Kaiser summons Cyber End Dragon with Power Bond to double it's attack points to 8,000. He then plays Limiter Removal to double it's attack ''again'' to 16,000. Once he attacks with it, Judai reveals his Battle Fusion quick play spell that adds his opponent's monster's attack to his own monster's, raising his Shining Flare Wingman's attack to ''20,900''. Kaiser then ''smiles''... and then activates ''his own copy of Battle Fusion'', which raises Cyber End Dragon's attack to '''''36,900'''''. Judai's response? Activate a trap that causes them both to take damage equal to all the monsters on both sides of the field. The two monsters then clash in an ''epic explosion''.
** Judai's insane gambit to activate Elemental Burst.
** Even better? This duel held the record for the highest finite number of Attack Points a Monster had for nearly ''eight years''.

** His claim that Darkness Duels cannot exist sounds like just plain ArbitrarySkepticism at first, but as he duels Camula, he reveals that he believes that dueling is something that gives young people hope and light. Darkness Duels violate the very reason the game exists, and because of that he ''cannot'' believe in them and will not let anyone attack his students as long as he's able to stand between them!

* During a duel between Syrus and Hassleberry in Season 2, Hassleberry summons his Ultimate Tyranno, his signature 'Mon, and notorious for being able to attack every monster on the opponent's field. Syrus manages to turn that against him using a combination of Decoyroid[[labelnote:*]]While this card is face-up on your side of the field, your opponent cannot select a face-up monster as an attack target except "Decoyroid".[[/labelnote]], Ambulanceroid[[labelnote:*]]When a "roid" monster is added from your Graveyard to your hand, you can Special Summon that monster.[[/labelnote]], Rescueroid[[labelnote:*]]When a "roid" monster you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can return that monster to its owner's hand.[[/labelnote]], and Cyber Summon Blaster[[labelnote:*]]Each time a Machine-Type monster(s) is Special Summoned: Inflict 300 damage to your opponent.[[/labelnote]]. In essence, Decoyroid forces Ultimate Tyranno to attack and destroy it, Decoyroid is recovered from Graveyard by Rescueroid, Decoyroid is Special Summoned by Ambulanceroid,, Cyber Summon Blaster deals damage to Hassleberry, repeat '''AD INFINITUM'''. Proof positive that Syrus is quite competent when he needs to be.

* When Chronos summons three Ancient Gear Golems in one turn, then brings out Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem.
* After Manjyome [[spoiler:defeats Judai at the end of the tournament]] in the manga, he claims his reward: [[spoiler:a duel against Kaiser Ryo, one of the two legendary duelists from the Academia. Who curb stomps him, without taking a single point of damage, after Manjyome got his three strongest cards on the field at the same time.]] Nobody messes with [[spoiler:the Kaiser.]]

** Amon's BatmanGambit also qualifies: When Cobra figures out Amon is on to him and hasn't participated in a single survival duel, Cobra threatens to expel Amon from the academy, bringing a major scandal to his family in the process. Amon then finds out the truth about the Des Band and decides to turn the scheme back on Cobra by hosting a "Duels for Jewels Tournament" and inviting all of Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue.Cobra had just turned the Des Bands UpToEleven, amplifying their exhaustion effects. Amon is banking on Cobra not risking so many people at once. The look on Cobra's face when he finds out what Amon has done is priceless.

* The final match between Crowler and Jaden was a hell of a fight, both emotionally and strategically.

* During the fourth season, names on lists begin to disappear one by one as Trueman defeats them or just outright sends them to the World of Darkness until one name on a list of KaibaCorp employees is left. The name? [[spoiler:Seto Kaiba]].

** [[spoiler: Even whether he loses or not is open to interpretation. If Jaden still had Honest in his deck and used its effect on Neos, he may have WON, which could be the reason he declared an attack on Osiris even though it would be suicide otherwise.]]

* You can't forget Sho/Syrus' duel against the Psycho-style user, after merging his deck with that of his brother, Kaiser Ryo's, he proceeds to duel against someone that would have beaten his brother, only to pull out a card designed to perfectly take advantage of Cyberdark Dragon's effect and be able to bypass the card preventing dragon monsters from being sent to the graveyard, and Sho finally steps out of his brothers shadow with 3 words, Full Darkness Burst!

* Neos Wisemen, the fusion monster created by fusing Neos and Yubel. Judai even uses Super Fusion (the card he was terrified of the previous season) without a thought to save Yubel from Darkness, and even discarded Winged Kuriboh as a cost, which means Neos Wisemen is the creation of all 3 of Judai's main spirit monsters.

* In Johan's duel against Giese Hunt, Johan is about to make the final attack when Giese threatens to tear up a Jerry Beans Man card that he stole from a kid. Judai dives from the ceiling, dropkicks the bastard, and confiscates the card, giving Johan the all clear to finish him off.

* The climax of the Jaden/Yubel duel, in which he "defeats" Yubel with an act of pure, selfless love.

** When Darkness destroys Neos Wisemen, Yubel has to leave Judai on his own for the rest of the duel. Judai believing in his deck summons God Neos, the ultimate Neos fusion monster created with a contact fusion of all the Neo Spacians. God Neos destroys a 4000 atk point monster dealing 4000 points of battle damage as well, winning the duel against Darkness.

* The whole of Hell Kaiser's final duel against Yubel (in Johan's body). Especially right at the end when he plays Cybernetic Zone, removing his own Cyber End Dragon from play and then re-summoning it with ''sixteen thousand'' attack points in the End Phase. This {{Determinator}} takes DefiantToTheEnd and DyingMomentOfAwesome to whole new levels, [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled refusing to let Yubel take him out]] and leaving that image of Cyber End as an immortal symbol of his HeroicResolve.

* The first time he duels on screen, he takes a 2400 ATK lightning bolt to the face [[NervesOfSteel without the slightest flinch]], and proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle stomp the main character in only six turns]].

* He only gets one duel in the manga, but ''damn'' does he make a statement with it. [[AdaptationalBadass Manjyome]] earns the right to duel Ryo after defeating Judai in the finals of a tournament. Jun goes in cocky, gets three of his best monsters on the field in his first turn... and then gets [[CurbStompBattle obliterated]] on ''Ryo's'' [[OneHitKill first turn]], without doing a single point of damage. ''No one'' messes with the Kaiser.

* The whole of Hell Kaiser's final duel against the Yubel-possessed Johan. Especially right at the end when he plays Cybernetic Zone, removing his own Cyber End Dragon from play and then re-summoning it with ''sixteen thousand'' attack points. This {{Determinator}} takes DefiantToTheEnd and DyingMomentOfAwesome to whole new levels, [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled refusing to let Yubel take him out]] and leaving that image of Cyber End as an immortal symbol of his HeroicResolve.

* He only gets one duel in the manga, but ''damn'' does he make a statement with it. [[AdaptationalBadass Manjyome]] earns the right to duel Ryo after defeating Judai in the finals of a tournament. Jun goes in cocky, gets three of his best monsters on the field in his first turn... and then gets [[CurbStompBattle obliterated]] on ''Ryo's'' [[OneHitKill first turn]]. ''No one'' messes with the Kaiser.

* His only duel in the manga. [[AdaptationalBadass Manjyome]] earns the right to duel Ryo after defeating Judai in the finals of a tournament. Jun goes in cocky, gets three of his best monsters on the field in his first turn... and then gets [[CurbStompBattle obliterated]] on ''Ryo's'' [[OneHitKill first turn]]. ''No one'' messes with the Kaiser.

* The whole of Hell Kaiser's final duel against the Yubel-possessed Johan. Especially right at the end when he plays Cybernetic Zone, removing his own Cyber End Dragon from play and then re-summoning it with ''sixteen thousand'' attack points. This {{Determinator}} takes DefiantToTheEnd to a whole new level, refusing to let Yubel take him out and leaving that image of Cyber End as an immortal symbol of his HeroicResolve.

* The whole of Hell Kaiser's final duel against [[spoiler:the Yubel-possessed Johan]]. Especially right at the end, when he destroys his own Cyber End Dragon, then re-summons it using Cybernetic Zone, but this time with ''sixteen thousand'' attack points. [[spoiler:Pity he lost due to the effects of Power Bond right after summoning it]].

* For those who watched the [[Anime/YuGiOh original series]], seeing Pegasus post HeelFaceTurn engage in a duel is sure to trigger some good nostalgia; he's apparently recovered his gaming skills during the gap between the two series, and gets to show it off in a Triangle Duel between Crowler, Bonaparte and himself. He still uses his Toons, but they're the nerfed versions from the official card game, and his "Toon Kingdom" card is actually ''less'' powerful than its real life equivalent. He ''annihilates'' both of the teachers regardless, even after they start ganging up on him.

** Summoning Magma Neos which defeats Vennominaga and wins Jaden the duel against Cobra. The animation sequence of the 3 monsters required for this fusion merging together was also very well done with the art making them appear as {{Badass}} as possible.

* Hayato gets his time in the sun just before he leaves Duel Academy to be a card designer for Maximillion Pegasus himself. He had to duel Professor Crowler in order to get the school's permission. Chumley, a mediocre duelist at best, got to summon his most powerful creature and power it up ''with a card he himself designed'' (Chumley being an exceptional artist), but was countered by Crowler's face-down card and defeated. But Crowler's still impressed with Chumley's performance that showed his improvement from previous years, gave his approval and allows him to pursue his dream job anyway. It was such an awesome moment that Crowler would have thrown the duel right then if he could.

** Aster's duel against Adrian. Adrian summons Exodius, a generic haxed monster without weakness, and Aster's strategy consists of several combos utilizing his Destiny Heroes to stall and inflict damage to Adrian's life points. Aster would have won had Adrian not played some random card conveniently negating Aster's last stall effect.

* Hayato gets his time in the sun just before he leaves Duel Academy to be a card designer for Maximillion Pegasus himself. He had to duel Professor Crowler in order to get the school's permission. Chumley, a mediocre duelist at best, got to summon his most powerful creature and power it up ''with a card he himself designed'' (Chumley being an exceptional artist), but was countered by Crowler's face-down card and defeated. But Crowler's still impressed with Chumley's performance that showed his improvement from previous years, gave his approval and allows him to pursue his dream job anyway.