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* Don't forget that he went on to defeat his brother Slade, who was using a bunch of rare powerful monsters and forcing Chazz to use 0-ATK ones...which was in itself a self-imposed handicap. The condition was for Chazz to only use monsters with less than 500 ATK; he decided to go with zero purely because he could. This victory's got the whoel school cheering for him in spite of the humiliation of being demoted to Slifer Red when he returned to Duel Academy.

[[AC:Judai Yuki/ Jaden Yuki]]

* Judai's duel with the Shadow Duelist/Titan (the series's 1st Shadow Game). In his last turn of that duel, he went from having 100LP to his opponent's 1400, 1 card in his hand and no cards on the field, and facing a monster with 2500 ATK points, not to mention a Continuous Trap Card that would wipe out his remaining LP as soon as his opponent's next turn began, to winning the duel.
* Judai's first use of Miracle Fusion on Professor Banner summons Elemental Hero Electrum to win the duel, and it's notable for originally being one of ''the'' strongest Elemental Heroes in base attack points alone at the time, topping at ''2900 ATK Points''.

* Beating X, the deck destruction expert, by ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame decking him out]]''. Also, when he did this, Judai had ''zero'' cards left in his deck, which meant once he hit his next draw phase, the duel was over. Even better, it worked ''because'' Judai had 0 cards left in his deck. HoistByHisOwnPetard indeed.
* Episode 85 has Judai go up against a rogue employee from Industrial Illusions with a functional replica of the Winged Dragon of Ra, complete with every ability it's showcased so far in the anime. Not only does Judai triumph, he Summons Ra for himself and uses it to finish the Duel.

* 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. Jaden dives from the ceiling, dropkicks the bastard, and confiscates the card, giving Johan the all-clear to finish him off.
* When Honest was tricking all the students into believing he was one of them, Judai instantly called him out.
* The rematch with Sartorius in Season 4. Judai couldn't summon monsters on his turn due to a continuous combo. As soon as Judai destroys it, Sartorius preps his field with an indestructible monster with 4000 ATK, predicting that Judai will fusion summon his next turn. Judai beats it with Elemental HERO Magma Neos and wins the duel playing the same card he beat Sartorius the first time with.
* Neos Wiseman, the fusion monster created by fusing Neos and Yubel. Judai even uses Super Polymerization (the card he was terrified of.

* The climax of the Judai/Yubel duel, in which he "defeats" Yubel with an act of pure, selfless love (friendship in the dub).
* When Honest was tricking all the students into believing he was one of them, Judai not only [[NoSell no sells]] it, he does so by channeling Yubel, getting her eyes in the process. This also nicely sets up the season, as well as showing the result of the Judai/Jaden Yubel fusion.

* Neos Wiseman, the fusion monster created by fusing Neos and Yubel. Judai even uses Super Polymerization (the card he was terrified of in the previous season) without a thought to save Yubel from Nightshroud and even discarded Winged Kuriboh as a cost, which means Neos Wiseman is the creation of all 3 of Judai's main spirit monsters. It also symbolizes Jaden fusing his spirit with Yubel from the 3rd season.
** When Darkness destroys Neos Wiseman, Yubel has to leave Judai on his own for the rest of the duel. Judai believing in his deck summons Divine Neos, the ultimate Neos fusion monster created with a contact fusion of all the Neo Spacians. Divine Neos destroys a 4000 ATK point monster dealing over 4000 points of battle damage as well, winning the duel against Darkness.

* During his last duel with Yubel, staring down the monster's Duel Monsters equivalent, Judai finally finds a way to take it down. It seems like he's won, and all that's left to do is mop up Yubel's remaining life points and get the hell out of Dodge. Then comes the three most terrifying words to ever be uttered in the show: [[GratuitousGerman "Das...Abschelich...Ritter"]]. Commence pants-filling as Judai realizes Yubel has just gotten started with him.
** Really, the entire duel between Judai and Yubel is awesome. It gets about as intense as an InvincibleHero and an InvincibleVillain fighting with a card game can get, with both of them employing every trick in their arsenals, Yubel not holding back on the physical or mental assaults ''at all'' and Jaden using all of his CharacterDevelopment to overcome them and fight on, eventually even managing to redeem Yubel after everything that happened. It was a great way to end the season (or the series in the dub's case, even if the ending was decidedly rushed).

* Jun being the first duelist besides Judai to defeat a Shadow Rider.
** Arguably more impressive than Chazz's defeat of Don Zalog is how he places the Ojama cards in the hiding places of the keys so that they'll be able to identify any thieves. This lets him instantly undermine the efforts of the DetectiveMole to obstruct the investigation.
* Don't forget that he went on to defeat both of his brothers, one of them was using a bunch of high-powered monsters and forcing Jun to use 0-ATK ones...which was in itself a self-imposed handicap. The condition was for Chazz to only use monsters with less than 500 ATK; he decided to go with zero purely because he could.
* Chazz leading the charge against the Society of Light to make amends for his time with them in Episode 102.

* Let's not even get started on the manga, where he beats Judai.
** Manga!Manjoume's [[TheStoic character]] ''[[AdaptationalBadass alone]]'' is a CMOA. ButtMonkey? Yeah, [[{{Deuteragonist}} NO.]]

* Asuka had a really impressive debut duel against Judai as she manages to counteract many of his moves and give him a real challenge. What really caught his attention is when she used the card Doble Passe to redirect his attack to her so she can attack him directly which he sees as a really gutsy move.

* In episode 41 when Titan overwhelms her in a shadow duel Asuka loses the strength to continue and collapses, but after gaining support from her brother she picked herself back up and pulled an awesome OTK that resulted in Titan's defeat.
** This makes Asuka the second duelist besides Judai and Majoume to defeat a shadow rider. She's not the queen of Obelisk blue for nothing.

* 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. In addition, his speech in season 3 for the dub is also Zane overcoming his Hell Kaiser persona, stating that he'd rather lose and have fun than be a monster who wins all the time.
* Everything he does in Season 3. This is a nineteen-year-old who is dying of a crippling heart condition, and he decides that the only acceptable response to that is to find the toughest duel he possibly can and [[DoNotGoGentle go out fighting]]. He [[SecretlyDying hides his condition]], [[{{Determinator}} powers through the pain and weakness]], [[DontYouDarePityMe refuses to accept help or pity even when he can barely stand]], and snaps TheHero out of a ''bad'' HeroicBSOD with his awe-inspiring final duel (see above).

* During a duel between Sho and Kenzan in Season 2, Kenzan summons his Ultimate Tyranno, his signature 'Mon, and notorious for being able to attack every monster on the opponent's field. Sho 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 Kenzan, repeat '''ad infinitum'''. Proof positive that Sho is quite competent when he needs to be. Even then, Kenzan still likely could have won or drawn the duel, but chose not to after realizing that Sho was so tired due to being out searching for Judai all night.

* Hell Kaiser vs Sho/Zane vs Syrus. Totally epic duel. Dramatic, emotional, tactical and both players playing brilliantly well. No tedious "one dude is winning the entire duel, then the other guy {{Ass Pull}}s victory in the final turn", it was a constant, intense exchange of blows, with Sho/Syrus constantly struggling against Ryo/Zane, but making some good strikes against him and even pulling off 3 or 4 moves that nearly ended the game.

* 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! He truly surpasses Ryo in this duel.

** 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.

** 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.

* 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. Jaden dives from the ceiling, dropkicks the bastard, and confiscates the card, giving Johan the all clear to finish him off.

* When Honest was tricking all the students into believing he was one of them, Judai not only [[NoSell no sells]] it, he does so by channeling Yubel, getting her eyes in the process.. This also nicely sets up the season, as well as showing the result of the Judai/Jaden Yubel fusion.

* Neos Wiseman, the fusion monster created by fusing Neos and Yubel. Judai even uses Super Polymerization (the card he was terrified of in the previous season) without a thought to save Yubel from Nighshroud, and even discarded Winged Kuriboh as a cost, which means Neos Wiseman is the creation of all 3 of Judai's main spirit monsters. It also symbolizes Jaden fusing his spirit with Yubel from the 3rd season.
** When Darkness destroys Neos Wiseman, Yubel has to leave Judai on his own for the rest of the duel. Judai believing in his deck summons Divine Neos, the ultimate Neos fusion monster created with a contact fusion of all the Neo Spacians. Divine Neos destroys a 4000 atk point monster dealing over 4000 points of battle damage as well, winning the duel against Darkness.
* Judai vs. Yugi in the final two episodes of GX. They match each other move for move throughout the entire duel, and in the end, Judai loses, but he loses with ''style,'' choosing to attack Osiris with Neos even though he knows he'll lose because of it. He got back his joy of dueling with that and he ''earned '' it. He even managed to summon both Magma Neos and Shining Flare Wingman in the last turn, both his ace monsters that symbolize the Elemental Hero and Neo-Spacian Counterparts of his deck, even Yugi was in complete amazement. It’s also a testament to the respect he’s earned from his opponent that an Egyptian God was pulled on him in a friendly Duel with no stakes. Yugi is confident enough in Judai’s strength that he knows he can survive against a card that can put people in comas if not met with comparable force.

** Part of the initiation ritual involves Dueling through fifty of North Academia's Duelists using the 40-card Deck he's assembled from random cards he's found outside the gates. Though most of it is put into a montage, he challenges those ranked 2nd to 5th all at once, and wipes the floor with all four opponents with Ring of Destruction.

* 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...which was in itself a self-imposed handicap. The condition was for Chazz to only use monsters with less than 500 ATK; he decided to go with zero purely because he could.

* Asuka had a really impressive debut duel against Judai as she manages to counteract many of his moves and give him a real challenge. What really caught his attention is when she used the card Doble Passe to redirect his attack to her so she can attack him directly which he sees it as a really gutsy move.

* His Graduation Duel against Judai in the finale of Season 1. In particular, the end of that duel is an awesome moment for both of them. First, Kaiser summons Cyber End Dragon with Power Bond and Cybernetic Fusion Support, doubling its attack points to 8,000. He then plays Limiter Removal to double its 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 ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness 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''. Even better? Cyber End held the record for highest finite number of attack points for nearly ''eight years'' after this finale.

-->'''Aster:''' ...turn you into star dust.

* 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.

* Hayato/Chumley gets an epic way of heading out. First off, it's revealed that his card, Ayers Rock Sunrise, won a design contest for Industrial Illusions and Maximillion Pegasus was so impressed he not only made it into a card, he ''invites'' Chumley to become a ''card designer'' for him. However, one person stands in his way: Professor Crowler (due to Chumley's usually mediocre grades and having flunk twice already). Chumley needs to beat Crowler to be able to head out, or he loses the chance. When the duel comes, he gives it his all, fully utilizing the effect of his monsters and even managing to summon his most powerful creature (Master of Oz, a fusion of Des Kangroo and Giant Koala) and use Ayers Rock Sunrise to not only pull it off, but to ''nerf'' Ancient Gear Golem. At the end though, he was countered by Crowler's face-down card and defeated, but it was no doubt his best showing. Fortunately, Crowler's still impressed with Chumley's performance that showed his improvement from previous years, he gives 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.

* 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! He truly surpasses Ryo in this duel.

* For a very, very, VERY long time Asuka Tenjouin has had to suffer under the title of FauxActionGirl and InformedAbility. But during a tag duel alongside Misawa against Amon Garam and Johan Anderson in the manga, she has plainly demonstrated that she EARNED her place in Obelisk Blue. Step one, activate a trap card to reduce your opponent's monster's attack to zero. Step two, summon a high level monster that prevents your opponent from activating any spells or traps for the rest of the turn, such as MIRROR FORCE! Step three, play a spell card that lets you summon an extra copy of your monster, just to rub it in. Attack, and enjoy. Yeah, Asuka had some help from Misawa, but this victory was hers, no two ways about it.
* Professor Midori Hibiki from the manga is reputed to be a better duelist then her younger, world champion brother. When we do get to see her duel, it is awe-inspiring; [[MundaneMadeAwesome she freaking snaps her fingers to activate her traps!]] Unfortunately, her opponent springs the SadisticChoice on her, but that does not diminish the awesome of her duel at all.
* We can't forget about Jim's last turn during his duel with The Supreme King. The entire two parter, he's been on the back burner, at best being able to cling onto his life points while Jaden's new Evil Heroes pummel him into the ground until he only has 50 life points left compared to his opponents 1650. What does he do? Summons a monster that halves its attack target's attack points, doing enough damage to bring Haou to his level. The best part? The attack literally causes a huge column of rock to shoot up underneath, and for the first time The Supreme King seems terrified. He loses the next turn, but only because Jaden pulled out Super Polymerization.

* 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!

* Professor Midori Hibiki from the manga is reputed to be a better duelist then her younger, world champion brother. When we do get to see her duel, it is awe-inspiring; [[MundaneMadeAwesome she freaking snaps her fingers to activate her traps!]] Unfortunately, her opponent springs the SadisticChoice on her, but that does not diminish the awesome of her duel at all.

** In fact Judai declares that it is this move that gave an impression of her as a strong duelist in his eyes.

** In fact Judai delares that it is this movie that gave an impression of her as a strong duelist in his eyes.

* In episode 41 when Titan overwhelms her in a shadow duel Asuka lost the strength to continue and collapses, but after gaining support from her brother she picked herself back up and pulled an awesome OTK that resulted in Titan's defeat.

* In episode 41 when Titan pushes her to the edge in a shadow duel Asuka lost the strength to continue and collapses, but after gaining support from her brother she picked herself back up and pulled an awesome OTK that resulted in Titan's defeat.

** This makes Asuka the second duelist besides Judai and Majoume to defeat a shadow rider. She's not the queen of Obilisk blue for nothing.

* Asuka had a really impressive debut duel against Judai as she manages to counteract many of his moves and give him a real challenge. What really caught his attention is when she used the card Doble Passe to redirect his attack to her so she can attack him directly which he declares a really gutsy move.

* In episode 41 when Titan pushed her to the edge in a shadow duel Asuka lost the strength to go on with the duel and collapses, but after gaining support from her brother she picked herself back up and pulled an awesome OTK that resulted in Titan's defeat. She's not the queen of Obelsik blue for nothing.

* Hayato/Chumley gets an epic way of heading out. First off, it's revealed that his card, Ayers Rock Sunrise, won a design contest for Industrial Illusions and Maximillion Pegasus was so impressed he not only made it into a card, he ''invites'' Chumley to become a ''card designer'' for him. However, one person stands in his way: Professor Crowler (due to Chumley's usually mediocre grades and having flunk twice already). Chumley needs to beat Crowler to be able to head out, or he loses the chance. When the duel comes, he gives it his all, fully utilizing the effect of his monsters and even manging to summon his most powerful creature (Master of Oz, a fusion of Des Kangroo and Giant Koala) and use Ayers Rock Sunrise to not only pull it off, but to ''nerf'' Ancient Gear Golem. At the end though, he was countered by Crowler's face-down card and defeated, but it was no doubt his best showing. Fortunately, Crowler's still impressed with Chumley's performance that showed his improvement from previous years, he gives 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.

* The final match between Crowler and Jaden was a hell of a fight, both emotionally and strategically. Chronos summons three Ancient Gear Golems in one turn, then brings out Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem.

* For a very, very, VERY long time Asuka Tenjouin has had to suffer under the title of FauxActionGirl and InformedAbility. But as of her latest duel in the manga, a tag duel alongside Misawa against Amon Garam and Johan Anderson, she has plainly demonstrated that she EARNED her place in Obelisk Blue. Step one, activate a trap card to reduce your opponent's monster's attack to zero. Step two, summon a high level monster that prevents your opponent from activating any spells or traps for the rest of the turn, such as MIRROR FORCE! Step three, play a spell card that lets you summon an extra copy of your monster, just to rub it in. Attack, and enjoy. Yeah, Asuka had some help from Misawa, but this victory was hers, no two ways about it.

* During a duel between Sho and Kenzan in Season 2, Kenzan summons his Ultimate Tyranno, his signature 'Mon, and notorious for being able to attack every monster on the opponent's field. Sho 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 Kenzan, repeat '''AD INFINITUM'''. Proof positive that Sho is quite competent when he needs to be. Even then, Kenzan still likely could have won or drawn the duel, but chose not to after realizing that Sho was so tired due to being out searching for Judai all night.

* Judai's first use of Miracle Fusion on [[spoiler: Professor Banner]] summons Elemental Hero Electrum to win the duel, and it's notable for originally being one of ''the'' strongest Elemental Heroes in base attack points alone at the time, topping at ''2900 ATK Points''.

* When Honest was tricking all the students into believing he was one of them, Judai not only [[NoSell no sells]] it, he does so by channeling Yubel, getting her eyes in the process.. This also nicely sets up the season, as well as showing the result of the [[spoiler: Judai/Jaden Yubel fusion]].

* Judai vs. Yugi in the final two episodes of GX. They match each other move for move throughout the entire duel, and in the end, [[spoiler: Judai loses, but he loses with ''style,'' choosing to attack Osiris with Neos even though he knows he'll lose because of it. He got back his joy of dueling with that and he ''earned '' it. He even managed to summon both Magma Neos and Shining Flare Wingman in the last turn, both his ace monsters that symbolize the Elemental Hero and Neo-Spacian Counterparts of his deck, even Yugi was in complete amazement.]]

* Let's not even get started on the manga, where he beats [[spoiler: Judai]].

* Chronos/Crowler, annoying antagonist (sort of) of the first half of Season 1, even gets one when he duels a Shadow Rider/Seven Stars Assassin, keeps the duel going for quite a while, [[spoiler: and loses in an exceptionally glorious way as he accepts his defeat like a man while taunting his attacker, even managing to hide in a speech on how Judai/Jaden should always enjoy dueling.]]

* During a duel between Sho and Kenzan in Season 2, Kenzan summons his Ultimate Tyranno, his signature 'Mon, and notorious for being able to attack every monster on the opponent's field. Sho 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 Kenzan, repeat '''AD INFINITUM'''. Proof positive that Sho is quite competent when he needs to be. [[spoiler:Even then, Kenzan still likely could have won or drawn the duel, but chose not to after realizing that Sho was so tired due to being out searching for Judai all night]].

* During his last duel with [[spoiler:Yubel, staring down the monster's Duel Monsters equivalent, Judai finally finds a way to take it down. It seems like he's won, and all that's left to do is mop up Yubel's remaining life points and get the hell out of Dodge.]] Then comes the three most terrifying words to ever be uttered in the show: [[spoiler:[[GratuitousGerman "Das...Abschelich...Ritter"]]. Commence pants-filling as Judai realizes Yubel has just gotten started with him]].
** Really, the entire duel between Judai and [[spoiler:Yubel]] is awesome. It gets about as intense as an InvincibleHero and an InvincibleVillain fighting with a card game can get, with both of them employing every trick in their arsenals, [[spoiler:Yubel]] not holding back on the physical or mental assaults ''at all'' and Jaden using all of his CharacterDevelopment to overcome them and fight on, eventually even managing to [[spoiler:redeem Yubel]] after everything that happened. It was a great way to end the season (or the series in the dub's case, even if the ending was decidedly rushed).

* 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]].
* For a very, very, VERY long time Asuka Tenjouin has had to suffer under the title of FauxActionGirl and InformedAbility. But as of her latest duel in the manga, a tag duel alongside Misawa against Amon Garam and Johan Anderson, she has plainly demonstrated that she EARNED her place in Obelisk Blue. [[spoiler:step one, activate a trap card to reduce your opponent's monster's attack to zero. Step two, summon a high level monster that prevents your opponent from activating any spells or traps for the rest of the turn, such as MIRROR FORCE! Step three, play a spell card that lets you summon an extra copy of your monster, just to rub it in. Attack, and enjoy.]] Yeah, Asuka had some help from Misawa, but this victory was hers, no two ways about it.

* Neos Wiseman, the fusion monster created by fusing Neos and Yubel. Judai even uses Super Polymerization (the card he was terrified of in the previous season) without a thought to save Yubel from Nighshroud, and even discarded Winged Kuriboh as a cost, which means Neos Wisemen is the creation of all 3 of Judai's main spirit monsters. It also symbolizes Jaden fusing his spirit with Yubel from the 3rd season.
** 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 Divine Neos, the ultimate Neos fusion monster created with a contact fusion of all the Neo Spacians. Divine Neos destroys a 4000 atk point monster dealing over 4000 points of battle damage as well, winning the duel against Darkness.
* Judai vs. Yugi in the final two episodes of GX. They match each other move for move throughout the entire duel, and in the end [[spoiler: Judai loses, but he loses with ''style,'' choosing to attack Osiris with Neos even though he knows he'll lose because of it. He got back his joy of dueling with that and he ''earned '' it. He even managed to summon both Magma Neos and Shining Flare Wingman in the last turn, both his ace monsters that symbolize the Elemental Hero and Neo Spacian Counterparts of his deck, even Yugi was in complete amazement.]]

* Professor Midori Hibiki from the manga is reputed to be a better duelist then her younger, world champion brother. When we do get to see her duel, it is awe-inspiring; she freaking snaps her fingers to activate her traps! Unfortunately, her opponent springs the SadisticChoice on her, but that does not diminish the awesome of her duel at all.

* Another Season 1 moment, but the scene where he first pulls out Miracle Fusion on [[spoiler: Professor Banner]] to win the duel, summoning Elemental Hero Electrum for the first time, and it's notable for originally being one of ''the'' strongest Elemental Heroes in base attack points alone at the time, topping at ''2900 ATK Points''.
* Beating X, the deck destruction expert, by ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame decking him out]]''. Also, when he did this, Judai had ''zero'' cards left in his deck, which meant once he hit his next draw phase, the duel was over.
** Even better, it worked ''because'' Judai had 0 cards left in his deck. HoistByHisOwnPetard indeed.
* Judai vs. Yugi in the final two episodes of GX. They match each other move for move throughout the entire duel, and in the end [[spoiler: Judai loses, but he loses with ''style,'' choosing to attack Osiris with Neos even though he knows he'll lose because of it. He got back his joy of dueling with that and he ''earned '' it. He even managed to summon both Magma Neos and Shining Flare Wingman in the last turn, both his ace monsters that symbolize the Elemental Hero and Neo Spacian Counterparts of his deck, even Yugi was in complete amazement.]]
* His duel against Pegasus' rogue employee and a copy of The Winged Dragon of Ra.
* The end of the duel in Episode 1, Judai pulling Flame Wingman and Skyscraper to own a monster with the same ATK points as Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Plus you can't say Flame Wingman didn't look sweet atop Skyscraper.
** And let's not forget the callback to it when he and Chronos rematched near the series' end.

* Jaden's duel with the Shadow Duellist/Titan (the series's 1st Shadow Game). In his last turn of that duel, he went from having 100LP to his opponent's 1400, 1 card in his hand and no cards on the field, and facing a monster with 2500 ATK points, not to mention a Continuous Trap Card that would wipe out his remaining LP as soon as his opponent's next turn began, to winning the duel. That was pretty awesome in my opinion.
* The climax of the Jaden/Yubel duel, in which he "defeats" Yubel with an act of pure, selfless love (friendship in the dub).
* When Honest was tricking all the students into believing he was one of them, Judai/Jaden not only [[NoSell no sells]] it, he does so by revealing Yubel's eyes. This also nicely sets up the season, as well as showing the result of the [[spoiler: Judai/Jaden Yubel fusion]].
* The rematch with Sartorius in Season 4. Jaden couldn't summon monsters on his turn due to a continuous combo. As soon as Jaden destroys it (which earns itself a CMOA by itself), Sartorius preps his field with an indestructible monster with 4000ATK being savy that Jaden will fusion summon his next turn. Jaden beats it with Elemental HERO Magma Neos and wins the duel playing the same card he beat Sartorius the first time with.
* Whenever Jaden uses a triple contact fusion.
** 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.
** Summoning Chaos Neos which negates the Sacred Beast Combo, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu and destroys one of the Sacred Beasts Uria.]]
** Summoning Storm Neos that can destroy all spells and traps, which ended up freeing the Crystal Beasts from Yubel.
*** Not to mention Jaden / Judai's solemn expression as he does it, his hair blowing around like that as he frees the Crystal Beasts...awesome, heartwarming, and tearjerking all at once.
* Neos Wiseman, the fusion monster created by fusing Neos and Yubel. Judai even uses Super Polymerization (the card he was terrified of in the previous season) without a thought to save Yubel from Nighshroud, and even discarded Winged Kuriboh as a cost, which means Neos Wisemen is the creation of all 3 of Judai's main spirit monsters. It also symbolizes Jaden fusing his spirit with Yubel from the 3rd season

* Zane's graduation match with Jaden, the two are evenly matched pretty much the entire match and it is truly a spectacle to behold.

* Chazz being the first duelist besides Jaden to defeat a Shadow Rider (not counting Zane vs. Camula, where he would have won had he not be forced to throw the match).

* ...And Edo Phoenix, who as a pro duelist shouldn't even be on the same level.

** Manja!Manjoume's [[TheStoic character]] ''[[AdaptationalBadass alone]]'' is a CMOA. ButtMonkey? Yeah, [[{{Deuteragonist}} NO.]]
* Chazz somehow conjuring up lightning whenever he yells his CatchPhrase, and it becomes more awesome after his HeelFaceTurn.

* His Graduation Duel against Judai in the finale of Season 1. In particular, the end of that duel is a crowning moment of awesome for both of them. First, Kaiser summons Cyber End Dragon with Power Bond and Cybernetic Fusion Support, doubling its attack points to 8,000. He then plays Limiter Removal to double its 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 ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness 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''. Even better? Cyber End held the record for highest finite number of attack points for nearly ''eight years'' after this finale.

--->'''Both goblins:''' I told you all I know... have mercy just let me go!
--->'''Zane:''' Of course... but first, I need to finish what I started and...
--->(cut screen)
--->'''Aster:''' ...turn you into star dust.

* 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 SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}) in question:
-->'''[=MoL=]:''' Hahahaha...my turn! DRAW! ''(sees O'Brien walking away)'' Eh? ''(sees the activated Trap, reads it)'' Draw Bomb... When your opponent draws a card, this deals 1000 damage to them... ''([[OhCrap immediately realizes that he just lost]])'' [[BlatantLies THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!]] '''''[[StuffBlowingUp (KABOOM!)]]''''' ''(LP counter rolls to 0 and razzes)''
* During his last duel with [[spoiler:Yubel, staring down the monster's Duel Monsters equivalent, Judai finally finds a way to take it down. It seems like he's won, and all that's left to do is mop up Yubel's remaining life points and get the hell out of Dodge.]] Then comes the three most terrifying words to ever be uttered in the show: [[spoiler:[[GratuitousGerman "Das...Abschelich...Ritter"]]. Commence pants-filling as Judai realizes Yubel has just gotten started with him]].
** Really, the entire duel between Jaden and [[spoiler:Yubel]] is awesome. It gets about as intense as an InvincibleHero and an InvincibleVillain fighting with a card game can get, with both of them employing every trick in their arsenals, [[spoiler:Yubel]] not holding back on the physical or mental assaults ''at all'' and Jaden using all of his CharacterDevelopment to overcome them and fight on, eventually even managing to [[spoiler:redeem Yubel]] after everything that happened. It was a great way to end the season (or the series in the dub's case, even if the ending was decidedly rushed).

* The fact that, despite losing to Sartorius, Hassleberry was able to avoid being swayed to join the Society of Light thanks to his dinosaur DNA.
* Hell Kaiser vs Sho/Zane vs Syrus. Totally epic duel. Dramatic, emotional, tactical and both players playing brilliantly well. No tedious "one dude is winning the entire duel, then the other guy {{Ass Pull}}s victory in the final turn", it was a constant, intense exchange of blows, with Sho/Syrus constantly struggling against Ryo/Zane, but making some good strikes against him and even pulling off 3 or 4 moves that nearly ended the game
* Chronos/Crowler, annoying antagonist (sort of) of the first half of Season 1, even gets one when he duels a Shadow Rider/Seven Stars Assassin, keeps the duel going for quite a while, [[spoiler: and loses in an exceptionally glorious way as he accepts his defeat like a man while taunting his attacker, even managing to hide in a speech on how Judai/Jaden should always enjoy dueling.]]
** His claim that Shadow Games 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. Shadow Games 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!
** He's later proven right, as Camula would suck the life points out of Zane in the next episode and leave Jaden as the only capable guardian left to duel her.
* 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. [[spoiler:Even then, Hassleberry still likely could have won or drawn the duel, but chose not to after realizing that Syrus was so tired due to being out searching for Jaden all night]].

---> '''Thunder:''' This is nuts! They’re attacking each other!
---> '''Frost:''' Yeah, but [[OhCrap somehow it’s making them stronger]]!
* For a very, very, VERY long time Asuka Tenjouin has had to suffer under the title of FauxActionGirl and InformedAbility. But as of her latest duel in the manga, a tag duel alongside Misawa against Amon Garam and Johan Anderson, she has plainly demonstrated that she EARNED her place in Obelisk Blue. [[spoiler:step one, activate a trap card to reduce your opponent's monster's attack to zero. Step two, summon a high level monster that prevents your opponent from activating any spells or traps for the rest of the turn, such as MIRROR FORCE! Step three, play a spell card that lets you summon an extra copy of your monster, just to rub it in. Attack, and enjoy.]] Yeah, Asuka had some help from Misawa, but this victory was hers, no two ways about it.
* Professor Midori Hibiki from the manga is reputed to be a better duelist then her younger, world champion brother. When we do get to see her duel, it is awe-inspiring; she freaking snaps her fingers to activate her traps! Unfortunately, her opponent springs the SadisticChoice on her, but that does not diminish the awesome of her duel at all.
* Johan 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.

* 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! He truly surpasses Zane in this duel.

* In season 3 when Zane and Aster play a MookHorrorShow on two of the Supreme King's goblin henchmen.
--->'''Both goblins:''' I told you all I know... have mercy just let me go!
--->'''Zane:''' Of course but first I need to finish what I started and...
--->(cut screen)
--->'''Aster:''' ...turn you into star dust.
* Speaking of Aster Phoenix... his duels involving his Destiny Hero cards involve some really awesome moments.
** The first time he duels with the Destiny Heroes against Jaden, he effectively was able to [[ClockKing control time]] and counter every strategy Jaden attempted.
** When Aster first summons Plasma, the Ultimate D card stolen from his father, he pushes Sartorius into a corner by [[VampiricDraining stealing the World]] and stating with D-Force [[AntiMagic all effects don't work against Plasma.]]
** 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.
* 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.

* Alexis defeating Titan.

* The series's first ED theme is a [=CMoA=] on its own: "Genkai Battle" is performed by JAM PROJECT, the most HOT-BLOODEDLY AWESOME J-Pop/Rock band ever, known for providing the assorted theme songs of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.

* 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]].