History Characters / TheNumbershots

* OfficialCouple: With Ryoga Kamishiro/Shark.

* BadBadActing: In Deckshibition Chapter 16, where they try to see if they can induce a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening with Ariel. Rio can clearly see that she's phoning it in, but it's enough to convince Ariel that she had been corrupted by her Number. Despite her self-admitted terrible performance, they were successful in causing Ariel to be stressed but unsuccessful in having Ariel's powers to emerge like before.

* AnIcePerson: His deck consists of WATER Attribute monsters that are themed around hail, snow and ice.

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* SpaceMaster: Ourano can control Space, opening wormholes and portals.
* LesserOfTwoEvils: Is this to [[spoiler:Vector and Their Boss]]
* EvilIsPetty: Chrono gets extremely petty when Zaman waltz in, upstages Chrono's time powers, summons never-seen before monsters and just leaves.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Their plan involves them trying to kill a teenage boy because of his destiny in becoming the Alphaomega.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Chrono gets extremely petty when Zaman waltz in, upstages Chrono's time powers, summons never-seen before monsters and just leaves.

Two of the major of villains of Numbershot 64, and upcoming antagonists in Yu-Gi-Oh! GSTART. A pair of criminals that have access to tech able to warp time and space with ease. They travel back to the era of Yuma Tsukumo to use one of The Numbers Distributor's Numbers to destroy Kohaku Yudin [[before he reaches his true potential.]]

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!!Zaman/Zeke Driscoll

The villain of the crossover story, 4D: Love Surpassing Time. A time traveler who kidnaps Tea Gardner, Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Kotori Mizuki, prompting their boyfriends to go after him and rescue them.

His signature card is Temporal Future King.

* BigBad: Of the 4D story.
* BlessedWithSuck: He got time manipulation powers, but it also made him immortal.
* {{Expy}}: Of Clockman.exe from ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork1 Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star]]'', where both characters are {{The Collector}}s of women from several different time periods.
* HeelRealization: Once he got defeated, he realized that his quest for love had gone too far
* IJustWantToBeLoved: He kidnaps women so he can find someone that can cure his lonely heart
* MasterOfAll: Can utilize all of the summoning methods introduced when 4D: Love Surpassing Time was released and was close to beating the four protagonists.
* MeaningfulName: His name is Arabic for “Time”, which is fitting for a time traveler
* ThatManIsDead: His opinion on his true identity.
* TimeMaster: His deck and powers are themed around this.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He realized that his powers mean he’ll outlive the people he loves.

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!Crossover

!!Zaman
The main antagonist of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 4D Love Surpassing Time'' and one of the main protagonists of Numbershot 64. [[spoiler:A time-traveller who kidnapped each of the main love interests of each ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Series, barring ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS'']], now teams-up with Kohaku Yudin to stop the Sykonetyks from destroying the timeline, [[spoiler:by making it so Yuma and Astral never ended up collecting all the numbers, forming a bad future where Vector wins]].

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Was a villain because he couldn't find love due to him existing outside of time and space, was able to see the errors of his ways and become a hero in the long run.]]
* HumansAreSpecial: [[spoiler:A human with time travel powers ended up creating an entirely new Attribute for Duel Monsters, the TIME Attribute, along with an entirely new Timewarp Summoning Method.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Is the blue oni to Kohaku's Red Oni.
* TimeMaster: He exists outside of time and space, protecting the timestream and uses a [[spoiler:TIME]] deck.

The Main Protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! GSTART and one of the main protagonists of Numbershot 64. A kid who ends up with a special card that ends up unlocking his potential and changing his life forever.

* AllLovingHero: He is the Main Protagonist of his home series.

* GodlikeGamer: Kohaku is an expert gamer, with his deck, The Pixel HEROes, being based on Super Smash Bros. [[spoiler:a character from his home series uses a deck called Pixel Soldiers based on Playstation All-Stars.]]

* PlayingwithFire: His SignatureMon is FIRE Attribute, is based on Fire Mario and is overall fire-based. Need I say more?

The main antagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! 4D Love Surpassing Time and one of the main protagonists of Numbershot 64. [[spoiler:A time-traveller who kidnapped each of the main love interests of each Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, barring Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V and Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS]], now teams-up with Kohaku Yudin to stop the Sykonetyks from destroying the timeline, [[spoiler:by making it so Yuma and Astral never ended up collecting all the numbers, forming a bad future where Vector wins.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Was a villain because he couldn't find love due to him existing outside of time and space, was able to see the errors of his ways and become a hero in the long run.]]

* HumansareSpecial: [[spoiler: he created the TIME Attribute and the Timewarp Summoning Method as a whole, impressive, am I right?]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Is the blue oni to Kohaku's Red Oni.

* All-Loving Hero: He is the Main Protagonist of his home series.
* Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the red oni to Zaman, the other protagonist [[spoiler:also the former villian of Yu-Gi-Oh! 4D Love Surpassing Time following his FaceHeelTurn at the end of the fic]]
* Godlike Gamer: Kohaku is an expert gamer, with his deck, The Pixel HEROes, being based on Super Smash Bros. [[spoiler:a character from his home series uses a deck called Pixel Soldiers based on Playstation All-Stars.]]
* SignatureMon: Pixel HERO - Red Burner/[[spoiler:Alpha HERO - Wonderful Red]]
* Playing with Fire: His SignatureMon is FIRE Attribute, is based on Fire Mario and is overall fire-based. Need I say more?

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Was a villain because he couldn't find love due to him existing outside of time and space, was able to see the errors of his ways and become a hero in the long run.]]
* Time Master: He exists outside of time and space, protecting the timestream and uses a [[spoiler:TIME]] deck.
* Humans are Special: [[spoiler: he created the TIME Attribute and the Timewarp Summoning Method as a whole, impressive, am I right?]]
* Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the blue oni to Kohaku.

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Ryoga's girlfriend, who he met after Yuma told him to get a grip on himself. Part of a dueling gang. Her dad was also the one who created the card "Ritua Erial", which was based off her.

* PsychicPowers: Starting in Numbershot C32, she can seemingly cause monster cards to become real a la [[Characters/YuGiOh5DsTeam5Ds Aki Izayoi]], with Rio pointing this out in a Deckshibition chapter. This mysterious power of hers has saved her friends more than once: [[spoiler:the first time was when Shark was possessed by Vector, using a corrupted Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss. However, instead of obeying Vector, it lashed out against him, freeing Shark from his control. The second time was during Double Numbershot 70 & 92, where in a moment of desperation after being beaten by Mitsume, Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth somehow manifests into reality, which stopped Mitsume from taking the two Numbers she was after]].

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The revelation of him being the child of Gauche and Droite was a big reveal and shocking moment to the cast, including Kaito. Later fics don't even bother hiding the fact that he's their child.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: He’s in Heartland to find his parents, who are Droite and Gauche.
* MeaningfulName: His alias, Yamato, is taken from "Yami", the Japanese word for darkness. He uses a deck that contains DARK Attribute monsters, and his ace monster is Number 95: Dark Matter Dragon.

* DiscardAndDraw: Throughout the duels he has participated in, he has always played with a different deck, using no less than three different ones. They all however either have the same consistent "Chaos" theme or are utilized to quickly summon Photon Number Destroyer.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He is the second variant of this trope, where he takes sadistic glee in tormenting the heroes and torturing others. When paired with Vector, they both revel in being unrepentantly evil, [[spoiler:especially when they reveal the fact that the Number Distributor is in fact a corrupted version of Yuma's father, Kazuma Tsukumo]].
* HeroKiller: Twice. [[spoiler:He once killed Yuma during Numbershot C13, where [[HeroicSacrifice he took an attack that was meant for Kotori]], though Kotori awakened her own ZEXAL transformation and revived him. The Number Distributor manages to successfully kill Dr. Faker however, who had pulled a HeelFaceTurn in Numbershot 99]].

* PsychicPowers: Starting in Numbershot C32, she can seemingly cause monster cards to become real a la [[Characters/YuGiOh5DsTeam5Ds Aki Izayoi]], with Rio pointing this out in a Deckshibition chapter. This mysterious power of hers has saved her friends more than once: [[spoiler:the first time was when Shark was possessed by Vector, using a corrupted Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss. However, instead of obeying Vector, it lashed out against him, freeing Shark from his control. The second time was during Numbershot 70 & 92, where in a moment of desperation after being beaten by Mitsume, Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth somehow manifests into reality, which stopped Mitsume from taking the two Numbers she was after]].

The villain of Deckshibition Chapter 4, who uses a Gagaga deck, much like Yuma himself. He's a callous duelist, treating his cards like tools in comparison to Yuma, and has a major disdain of the Gagaga Girl card.

* BigBadDuumvirate: With Vector, to the point where they can engage in a tag team duel against Haruto and Jenaveve. Vector however acts more of a GreaterScopeVillain at times.
* DiscardAndDraw: Has played with several different decks in each duel he participates in, though they all have the same consistent "Chaos" theme or are used to help summon Photon Number Destroyer.

* TheReveal: Numbershot 99 gives some startling revelations that flips the entire plot on its head.

** The power source of his SignatureMon is [[spoiler:actually Kazuma's wife, Mirai Tsukumo, which the latter unveils]] after also debuting the first Rank-Up-Magic Spell card in the continuity.
* SignatureMon: Photon Numbers Destroyer/Photon Numeral Destroyer.
* YinYangBomb: His deck sometimes will utilize this, consisting of LIGHT and DARK Attribute monsters. His Photon deck uses all LIGHT monsters, with Vector providing the DARK monsters with his Umbral deck.

* BigBad: Of the 4D story
* BlessedWithSuck: He got time manipulation powers, but it also made him immortal

* TimeMaster: His deck and powers are themed around this

* PsychicPowers: Starting in Numbershot C32, she can seemingly cause monster cards to become real a la [[Characters/YuGiOh5DsTeam5Ds Aki Izayoi]]. This mysterious power of hers saves her friends more than once: [[spoiler:the first time was when Shark was possessed by Vector, using a corrupted Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss. However, instead of obeying Vector, it lashed out against him, freeing Shark from his control. The second time was during Numbershot 70 & 92, where in a moment of desperation after being beaten by Mitsume, Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth somehow manifests into reality, which stopped Mitsume from taking the two Numbers she was after]].

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The revelation of him being the child of Gauche and Droite was a big reveal and shocking moment to the cast, including Kaito. Later fanfics don't even bother hiding the fact that he's their child.

* MeaningfulName: His alias, Yamato is taken from "Yami", the Japanese word for darkness. He uses a deck that contains DARK Attribute monsters, and his ace monster is Number 95: Dark Matter Dragon.

* OrwellianRetcon: Her EarlyBirdCameo above replaces a completely different flashback scene in the prologue fanfic, 39 & 13 Equals Love, after Astral absorbs the memories of Numbers 13 and 90.

Ryoga's girlfriend, who he met after Yuma told him to get a grip on himself. Part of a dueling gang. Her dad was also the one who created the card "Ritual Erial", which was based off her.

* CuddleBug: Shark refers to it as her “Octopus Grip”
* MakingASplash: Her deck is themed this
* RedBaron: Raging Gishki Torrent is her dueling name.
* RescueRomance: She met Shark when he saved her from being hit by a truck

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She used to play with Kaito and Haruto when they were little

* ShipTease: With Akari.

* DarkIsNotEvil: His deck is themed this
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Inverted. He actually defeats Yuma in a duel, but when he learns of Yuma's true intentions, he lets him keeps his numbers.

* MeaningfulName: Yamato is taken from "Yami", the japanese word for darkness.
** His real name is french for "middle", like how his parents' names are french for "Left" and "Right". "Kazamuki" means "the direction of the wind", serving as a reference to his and his parents' direction-based names.

A female astral spirit and Astral's lover in the Astral World. She had tried to go with Astral in his journey, but her body was damaged in a lightning storm and was forced to merge with Astral. She was set free during the events of Nubmershot C13, and became Kotori's personal astral spirit.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: She’s hinted at in 13’s debut story, then fully revealed in the debut story of 13’s Chaos form.
* LaserBlade: Is able to summon one from her arm, as an extension of her D-Pad, much like in the My Maiden series.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He realized that his powers mean he’ll outlive the people he loves

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His signature monster and number, Dark Matter Dragon

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: His name is spelled and pronounced as "Yah-moh-toh" instead of the more common, "Yamato".

* EarlyBirdCameo: She appears in the memories Astral gets in 39 and 13 equals love
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She’s hinted at in 13’s debut story, then fully revealed in the debut story of 13’s Chaos form

The villain of the crosover story, 4D: Love Surpassing Time. A time traveler who kidnaps Tea Gardner, Alexis Rhodes, Akiza Izinski, and Kotori Mizuki, prompting their boyfriends to go after him and rescue them.

Originally, Moyen was someone that the Number Distributor tried to corrupt into a Number Hunter. However, since Moyen’s desire was to find his parents, the Number instead guided him to become a noble Number Hunter to save the corrupted Number Holders. To hide his identity, he took on the name Yamato.

During his first appearances in the Numbershots, Yuma initially saw Yamato as an enemy due to his actions. However, once Yamato learned of Yuma’s true intentions, he became a friend.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: He kidnaps women so he can find someone that can cure his lonely heart=
* MeaningfulName: His name is Arabic for “Time”, which is fitting for a time traveler=