History Characters / YuGiOh5DsYliaster

* AMillionIsAStatistic: His attack on Domino City killed a bunch of people, but what's their sacrifice compared to the entire human race?

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Like Aporia and Z-One, he crossed the DespairEventHorizon and is trying to prevent a worse fate for humanity.

[[folder:Placido]]
!!!Placido

[[folder:Lucciano]]
!!!Lucciano

[[folder:Jose]]
!!!Jose

* UnskilledButStrong: His Sin deck is extremely powerful, capable of instantly calling forth powerful high-level Monsters without any real cost. This is counteracted by the fact that Paradox tends to make rather novice mistakes in his duel against Yugi, Judai, and Yusei. He wastes his Sin Force Trap Card when attempting to protect Paradox Dragon from Yugi's monster-stealing spell, without waiting for Yugi to mention that he was instead targeting his stolen Stardust Dragon. During his last turn, he has his dragons attack the Dark Magician Girl and Elemental HERO Neos that the protagonists have in Defense Position, which leaves them alive with enough Life Points to give them enough room to make a counterattack and defeat them. Had he instead attacked the Dark Magician or Stardust Dragon in Attack Position, he would have dealt enough damage to them to have taken the protagonists all out in one fell swoop.

* IHaveTheHighGround: How he encounters Judai, and how Yugi sees him for the first time.

* IAmNotLeftHanded: The reason he so thoroughly trounced Aporia in their duel is because the latter believed that Metaion was his ace monster and had no idea that there were even other Timelords in existence. Z-One simply decided to play along with this and did nothing to dissaude that notion. As such, Aporia tailored his deck to getting around Metaion and was thoroughly blindsided when Z-One decided to Summon Lazion and use its effect to completely disrupt his strategy.

[[folder:Placido (Primo)]]
!!!Placido ''(Primo)''

[[folder:Lucciano (Lester)]]
!!!Lucciano ''(Lester)''

[[folder:Jose (Jakob)]]
!!!Jose ''(Jakob)''

[[folder:Placido]]
!!!Placido

[[folder:Lucciano]]
!!!Lucciano

[[folder:Jose]]
!!!Jose

He uses a Timelord deck.

* AchillesHeel: Z-One's Timelord Deck may be a SuperpowerLottery, but ironically [[ClippedWingAngel his ultimate Timelord, Sephylon, is less indestructible than the lesser Timelords]][[labelnote: note]] All other Timelords have inherent protection, but Sephylon needs to banish other Timelords to protect itself, meaning it cannot protect itself when there are no other Timelords.[[/labelnote]], enabling Yusei to beat him when he managed to rise Stardust Dragon's ATK higher than it and continuously attack it until he had no other Timelords to sacrifice.

* AllYourPowersCombined: His deck is composed of Malefic monsters which, except for his three own cards, are evil, corrupted versions of the ace cards of friends and allies of Yugi, Judai and Yusei. They include Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Kaiser and Sho's Cyber End Dragon, Johan's Rainbow Dragon, and Yusei's own Stardust Dragon.

* CoolMask: He wears a white and black mask resembling his Malefic theme. It actually doesn't conceal his identity, since nobody knows him to begin with.

* FusionDance: When he summons Malefic Truth Dragon, he combines with it in a manner similar to that of Yami Marik and Ra.

* MalevolentMaskedMan: His mask has the Malefic theme. Is this ObviouslyEvil enough?

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: All his Malefic monsters are dragons, except for Parallel Gear. (Also Cyber-End Dragon technically, as it's a Machine-Type).

* UnskilledButStrong: His Malefic deck is extremely powerful, capable of instantly calling forth powerful high-level Monsters without any real cost. This is counteracted by the fact that Paradox tends to make rather novice mistakes in his duel against Yugi, Judai, and Yusei. He wastes his Malefic Force Trap Card when attempting to protect Paradox Dragon from Yugi's monster-stealing spell, without waiting for Yugi to mention that he was instead targeting his stolen Stardust Dragon. During his last turn, he has his dragons attack the Dark Magician Girl and Elemental HERO Neos that the protagonists have in Defense Position, which leaves them alive with enough Life Points to give them enough room to make a counterattack and defeat them. Had he instead attacked the Dark Magician or Stardust Dragon in Attack Position, he would have dealt enough damage to them to have taken the protagonists all out in one fell swoop.

* WouldHitAGirl: While any duel is guaranteed to have this, Paradox's first attempt in defeating Yugi, Judai, and Yusei after summoning Malefic Truth Dragon is having Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon attack Dark Magician Girl. While it does benefit Truth Dragon's effect, the protagonists had 2600 life points, and the former's effect deals 800 damage based on how many monsters are destroyed by its effect. Dark Magician Girl was in defense mode and they had 3 other monsters on their field otherwise, dropping them down to 200; had he attacked Dark Magician, Stardust Dragon, or Neos Knight instead with Blue-Eyes or Truth Dragon, he would've won in a single move.

!!"Dark Glass" (''Vizor'')/Antinomy/Johnny/Bruno

He uses a combined Meklord anti-Synchro deck with extensive burn and field control effects. His trump cards are Meklord Astro Mekanikle and Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk.

[[folder:Placido (Primo)]]
!!!Placido ''(Primo)''

Placido represents Aporia's despair of the time he lost his lover. He uses an anti-Synchro deck built around Meklord Emperor Wisel.

[[folder:Lucciano (Lester)]]
!!!Lucciano ''(Lester)''

Lucciano represents Aporia's despair of the time when he lost his parents. He uses an anti-Synchro deck built around Meklord Emperor Skiel.

[[folder:Jose (Jakob)]]
!!!Jose ''(Jakob)''

Jose represents Aporia's despair of the time when he was the only living (four) human(s) of the lonely world. He uses an anti-Synchro deck built around Meklord Emperor Granel.

A robot created by the three emperors who is disguised as Jack. His personality is based of the time when Jack was the King, but Fake Jack is much more ruthless. Fake Jack has his own Wheel of Fortune and has the same deck as Jack, with the only difference being that Fake Jack has three Red Dragon Archfiends. He commits several crimes on the highway and injures other D-Wheelers to hurt Jack's reputation, and to lure him out. Jack loses to him in their first match, but later he returns and destroys the imposter with Majestic Red Dragon.

He uses the same deck as the real Jack, but with three copies of Red Dragon Archfiend and no Majestic Dragon or Majestic Red Dragon

* ImposterForgotOneDetail: Despite his darker color scheme, he's indistinguishable from the real Jack Atlas so long as he keeps his helmet on. His deck, on the other hand, contains ''multiple'' copies of the Red Dragon Archfiend, which is impossible in-universe. This is what ultimately clears Jack.

* NumerologicalMotif: Infinity.

* BigBad: Of ''Bonds Beyond Time'' as his attempts to stop Duel Monsters from ever spreading in popularity make him clash with the four heroes of ''Duel Monsters'', ''GX'' and ''5D's''.

It is later shown that he was part of a group of survivors including himself, Aporia, Antinomy, and Z-One, who sought to change the future. However, he, Aporia, and Antinomy eventually succumbed to old age and died, leaving only Z-One left.

* AntiVillain: His goal to erase Neo Domino City will kill everyone. But the sheer hell he went through in the war between the Machine Emperors and Humans, and the despair he felt through it all, can't help but give him immense sympathy points. Surprisingly, none of these qualities appeared in the emperors of Yliaster.

->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Tamura (Japanese), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English)

* BackFromTheDead Let's see. Z-One initially revived him as an android. Then, he is reconstructed and returns good as new after losing to Yusei and ''exploding.'' Then, he loses to Jack, Lua, and Luca, and appears to die then. ''But'', he returns again to challenge Z-One, although after losing that duel he dies for real. This is not even counting Placido, one of his three embodiments who returns good-as-new after being torn ''in half'' by Shooting Star Dragon.

* LargeAndInCharge: He is the true form of the three Emperors, and he's so big that his cards look tiny in comparison. Even his D-Wheel resembles a giant car more than a motorcycle. Though in his human life, his height and build was average.

* AscendedFanboy: Z-One is a Yusei fanboy, to the point that he decided to ''become'' Yusei in order the save the world. [[{{Irony}} Then he becomes Yusei's archenemy.]]
* BigBad: He is the main antagonist of the final arc, and of ''5D’s'' as a whole via CosmicRetcon.

* WalkingSpoiler: His ultimate motives, the fact that he is the BigBad, and the RedHerring plot twist surrounding his identity makes it very hard to talk about him.

* BigBad: Of the movie.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Appeared to be the BigBad, but he is later revealed to be this when the Ark Cradle descends.

* HeelFaceTurn: Makes one in Episode 146, and promptly challenges the BigBad Z-One, his own friend, to a duel for the sake of Team 5D's. He's aiming to show Z-One the hope he has discovered.

* BigBadTriumvirate: Later deposed in favor of a single BigBad, their true form Aporia.

* MultiColoredHair: He is mainly blond, but his bangs are purple. Also, his right eyebrow is red.

* MultiColoredHair: His hair is a combination of his three embodiments' hairs.

!!The Four Last Humans on Earth

[[As a whole]]

!!The Three Emperors of Yliaster
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[[caption-width-right:350:[-From left to right: Lucciano, Jose and Placido.-] ]]

A mysterious trio from Yliaster who succeed Godwin as the Head of the Bureau, and the main antagonists of the third arc. Initially not much is known about them, but they apparently intend to use the power of the duelists competing in the WRGP to complete a "circuit" with which they can discover the 'location of god' and attain an even greater power. Their main goal, however, is to change the future by destroying Neo Domino City.

During Team 5D's confrontation with them in the W.R.G.P, it is revealed that they are, in fact, the same being divided into three, each of them representing a period of despair in the life of a man called Aporia.
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[[folder:As a whole]]
* BigBadTriumvirate: Later deposed in favor of a single BigBad, their true form Aporia.
* BigThinShortTrio: Jose is big, Placido is thin, and Lucciano is short.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: They have "erased" so many people throughout the years that they can't recall any specifics, such as Sherry's parents.
* DespairEventHorizon: Each of them represent the three different times Aporia crossed it.
** Lucciano represents the time when he lost his parents.
** Placido represents the time when he lost the one he loved.
** Jose represents the time when he was the only person left alive (actually one of the last four people alive), slowly driven mad by the loneliness.
** Subverted when Aporia loses to Yusei. He believes this to be his "fourth despair", but after losing to Jack, Lua, and Luca he realizes that what he's feeling isn't despair, but [[HopeSpringsEternal hope]].
* DubNameChange: They are called Primo (Placido), Lester (Lucciano), and Jakob (Jose) in the dub, disrupting the ThemeNaming the Japanese version employed ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Tenors the Three Tenors]]).
* {{Expy}}: The trio are wearing white clothing with hoods, which makes them appear to be the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' version of the [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Gorgom High Priests]]. However, the Three Emperors later reveal themselves to be a single person during the final story arc.
* EyepatchOfPower: Sorta. Lucciano and Placido have metal plates with the Infinity symbol on them covering one of their eyes. Placido's covers his right eye while Lucciano's covers his left eye.
* FreudianTrio: Lucciano is the Id, being immature and overtly emotional. Placido is the Ego, prone to going rogue and doing his own thing simply because he wants to. Jose is the Superego, far more restrained and focusing on their objective rather than acting on his impulses.
* FusionDance: Jose and Placido can merge with their D-Wheels. It's also how Aporia was created. Even their D-Wheels and D-Board combine to a single D-Wheel when Aporia appears, following with him fusing with it.
* InTheHood: They wear white hoods most of the time.
* KnightTemplar: They're trying to prevent a worse catastrophe.
* [[KnightofCerebus Knights of Cerebus]]: The WRGP arc is a lot darker when they're around.
* MasterOfDisguise: Both Lucciano and Placido do this to trick Lua and Luca.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: After losing to Shooting Star Dragon for the first time, Placido is HalfTheManHeUsedToBe. Jose and Lucciano don't see this as a big deal. Justified, since all of them are androids.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: What's one city compared to the entire world?
* NumerologicalMotif: Infinity.
* PowerCrystal: They each have one of these on their forehead.
* RoboticReveal: Turns out Placido is an android with the compatibility to merge with his D-Wheel. Lucciano and Jose are later revealed to be the same.
* ThemeNaming:
** The three of them are named after the Three Tenors: Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and the late Luciano Pavarotti.
** Aporia breaks the theme but is part of another one with his peers, referring to a logical fallacy.
* TimeTravel: They can rewrite history to a certain extent due to this, such as erasing Momentum Express and Lucciano's time at Duel Academy, and inserting themselves into the W.R.G.P.
* YouCantFightFate:
** They fiercely believe in this, and Placido even compares the humans' struggle to survive to the dance of worker bees. They don't dance because they ''want'' to, but because it is their role written by fate itself. Just to punch in some extra symbolism, the bee's dance describes the Infinity symbol.
** Jose also reveals that it's their task to make sure history stays on a predetermined course. As such they have a bone to pick with Yusei, because the discovery of Momentum by his father jacked up everything.
* YouHaveFailedMe: They erase Clark from history after his failed attempt to dispose of Yusei.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: They leave Jeager and Team Catastrophe to die without blinking an eye once they stop being useful.

[[folder:Placido (Primo)]]
!!!Placido ''(Primo)''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Masakazu Nemoto (Japanese), Creator/JasonGriffith (English)

The emperor who received the first Machine Emperor, Wisel. He gives his deck to the original Ghost to let him assault D-Wheelers, until Yusei defeats Ghost. Since then, Placido develops a grudge towards Yusei and he starts to develop his own plan to complete the circuit. He sends an army of Ghosts, the Diablo, to attack the participants of the WRGP, but his plan is foiled when Yusei discovered the power of Accel Synchro, defeating Placido during their duel. After he erased Clark Smith, Placido and his fellow emperors enter the WRGP as Team New World.

Placido represents Aporia's despair of the time he lost his lover. He uses an anti-Synchro deck built around Meklord Emperor Wisel.
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* ArchEnemy: Placido feels Yusei is his, for defeating the first Ghost. [[UnknownRival Yusei doesn't even know he exists until Placido confronts him directly.]]
* BerserkButton: He gets annoyed when his fellow Emperors suggest that he might not be able to defeat Yusei.
* CoolSword: It also doubles as his Duel Disk. He can plug it into his D-Wheel in order to fuse with it.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Appear to have this reaction to Yusei even just showing concern over his having been ripped in half.
* FacialMarkings: After being repaired, he has red markings on the left side of his face.
* GratuitousItalian: Placido's upgraded form is called Placido Ripresa, with Ripresa being Italian for "recovery".
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: He certainly came off worse for wear after his duel with Yusei. He's an android, so fortunately for him he gets better.
* HesGotLegs: Wears high-heeled boots that go nearly up to his crotch.
* IHatePastMe: Well, more like "I Have No Respect for Past Me", seeing as he'll even steal from Lucciano.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: This is later carried over by Aporia.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Placido is so obsessed with killing Yusei that Jose and Lucciano are worried that he'll screw up their plans.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Had Placido not messed with Antinomy, the latter would have not become Bruno and would have remained as an Z-One's ally and Team 5D's enemy and Bruno would have never taught Yusei Delta Accel Synchro or would have inspired him to surpass it.
* SpikyHair: Pretty common in this series.
* {{Technopath}}: To a certain extent. Justified in that he's an android.
* TheWorfEffect: In contrast to his fellow emperors, Placido never defeats a Signer; though he does lose his last duel on purpose. His losing streak seems to be carried over by Aporia.

[[folder:Lucciano (Lester)]]
!!!Lucciano ''(Lester)''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Hitomi Yoshida (Japanese), Tom Wayland (English)

The second emperor to receive his Machine Emperor, Skiel. Lucciano infiltrates the Duel Academia to test Luca's strength. Soon he challenges Luca to a Riding Duel, with Lua joining in to help his sister. Despite Lucciano defeating both of them, he fails to kill them due to the Crimson Dragon and Luca's Duel Monsters spirits saving them. Along with his fellow emperors, he participates in the WRGP as a member of Team New World.

Lucciano represents Aporia's despair of the time when he lost his parents. He uses an anti-Synchro deck built around Meklord Emperor Skiel.

* TheBadGuyWins: He defeats Luca and Lua in their Riding Duel.
* ChickMagnet: As a transfer student he's pretty popular with the girls, especially Luca.
* EvilLaugh: Lucciano has a laugh very similar to Jeager's, only much crazier... and [[ChewingTheScenery hungrier]].
* EvilRedhead: Since he's modeled after Aporia's childhood, he has red hair. He also happens to be the craziest of the three.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. While it's justified that he hasn't got a deep voice due to being a kid, his evil voice is higher and shrill in comparison to his nice-guy voice.
* ForeHeadOfDoom: His forehead is rather big.
* GigglingVillain: ''Holy crap.''
* GratuitousEnglish: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Zmmw7TIJ0 "Bye, bye!"]]
* TheHyena: There are very few scenes where he ''isn't'' letting out some shrill laughter.
* LargeHam: Even '''Creator/BrianBlessed''' would tell the kid to tone down.
* LaughingMad: Does this when Jose reveals a vision of the future, which causes him to relive the moment of his parent's death. It makes his constant giggling a lot more [[SadClown tragic in hindsight]].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: What the female elementary school students think about him.
* NearVillainVictory: A weird example. Despite the fact that he ''does'' defeat Lua and Luca, both of them are protected by PlotArmour when they are supposed to die.
* NewTransferStudent: Disguises himself as a transfer student in Episode 77.
* PrincelyYoungMan: As his transfer student disguise. He even has Placido as his butler.
* PyrrhicVictory: Despite winning aganist Lua and Luca, he leaves pissed as his goal was to capture Ancient Fairy Dragon.
* RollerbladeGood: Lucciano wears rollerblades for no reason. He uses a D-Board which is invented by himself. For some reason he's allowed to participate in the WRGP with it instead of using a D-Wheel.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: He's certainly got the [[LargeHam passionate]] part of it down, and the Duel Academia girls think he's very attractive.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is spelled with two [=Cs=] in the anime. Some fans spell his name with only one C.

[[folder:Jose (Jakob)]]
!!!Jose ''(Jakob)''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayukiSugo (Japanese), Matt Hoverman (English)

The final emperor to receive his Machine Emperor, Granel. As the leader of three, he keeps the other two to stick with their main plan. Together with his fellow emperors, they participate in the WRGP as Team New World.

Jose represents Aporia's despair of the time when he was the only living (four) human(s) of the lonely world. He uses an anti-Synchro deck built around Meklord Emperor Granel.

* BaldOfEvil: He doesn't have a hair on his head, but it grows long everywhere else. His bald head could also reflect his wise character in comparison to the other evil emperors.
* BeardOfEvil: He's evil. He's got a long beard.
* BigOlEyebrows: That piece of hair sticking out from under Jose's hood? That's his eyebrow.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As the oldest of the three he has a deep and raspy voice, which sounds even more evil because of his mask.
* GeniusBruiser: He's the strongest and smartest of all three of Yliaster's agents. Episode 110 cements him as this when he easily defeats Sherry in a "fist" fight. Just in case anyone doubted his dueling prowess, in Episodes 132 and 133 he {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}s Jack and takes out Crow without much trouble at all.
* LargeAndInCharge: Jose is the largest and most senior member of the group, and has referred to himself as the leader of the Three Emperors. In parallel to that, his Machine Emperor Granel also easily towers over both Wisel and Skiel.
* MindOverMatter: Used to retrieve Placido's remains and to stop a meteor (the tablet containing his Machine Emperor) midfall.
* PeekABangs: His right eye is covered by his ''eyebrow''.
* PragmaticVillainy: He chastises Placido for trying to complete the circuit by forcing the city into a battle royale, stating that this plan wouldn't complete it properly. Instead, Jose would rather take the slower but guaranteed approach of completing the WRGP tournament.
* RefugeInAudacity: Started his Riding Duel by running on the track. Too bad he fused with his D-Wheel shortly later.
* SuperStrength: Displayed this when he and Lucciano were attacked by Sherry and Mizoguchi; he's able to effortlessly lift Sherry's D-Wheel with one hand. With her on it.
* ShoutOut: Combined with the above, Jose is one to ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' of all things, having a similar style of SuperSpeed and strength to said character.
* WouldHitAGirl: When Sherry attacked him physically, he punched her, chokes her and then threw her down from a tower. The last one would might not happen if Sherry wasn't trying to break his arm.

[[folder:Aporia]]
!!Aporia
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->'''Voiced by:''' Masakazu Nemoto (Japanese), Jamal Najum Khan (English)

->''I am Aporia, guardian of despair.''

The true combined form of the Emperors (who are based on three different stages in his life), revealed in the WRGP final. Aporia is one of the few survivors in the destroyed future.

As a child, he lost his parents during the Machine Emperors' invasion, and later fought in the war against them where he lost his lover as well. After civilization was destroyed by Momentum going out of control, he wandered the world in despair, desperately looking for any other survivors.

Eventually he found Z-One, Bruno/Antinomy, and Paradox, and together they searched for a way to undo the destruction. However, Bruno/Antinomy and Paradox died of old age, and Aporia soon followed. Before dying he spoke to Z-One of the three despairs he had felt when alive, and entrusted the task of putting the future right to him.

He uses a combined Meklord anti-Synchro deck with extensive burn and field control effects. His trump cards are Meklord Astro Mekanikle and Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Since he's the combined form of the Emperors, he naturally has all of their cards, not that it helps him against Z-One.
* AntiVillain: His goal to erase Neo Domino City will kill everyone. But the sheer hell he went through in the war between the Machine Emperors and Humans, and the despair he felt through it all, can't help but give him immense sympathy points. Surprisingly, none of these qualities appeared in the emperors of Yliaster.
* BackFromTheDead Let's see. Z-One initially revived him as an android. Then, he is reconstructed and returns good as new after losing to Yusei and ''exploding.'' Then, he loses to Jack, Lua, and Luca, and appears to die then. ''But'', he returns again to challenge Z-One, although after losing that duel he dies for real. This is not even counting Placido, one of his three embodiments who returns good-as-new after being torn ''in half'' by Shooting Star Dragon.
* CatchPhrase: Uses the word "despair" about as much as Kiryu uses "satisfaction".
* ClimaxBoss: Of the 4Kids dub.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Appeared to be the BigBad, but he is later revealed to be this when the Ark Cradle descends.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossed it ''three times''.
* FinalBoss: Of the 4Kids dub of ''5D's'', due to that dub skipping the last seventeen episodes.
* FusionDance: He's the result of one.
* HeelFaceTurn: Makes one in Episode 146, and promptly challenges the BigBad Z-One, his own friend, to a duel for the sake of Team 5D's. He's aiming to show Z-One the hope he has discovered.
* HopeSpringsEternal: Comes to believe this after losing to Jack, Lua, and Luca, which triggers his aforementioned HeelFaceTurn.
* {{Irony}}:
** He duels Jack, Lua, and Luca at the same time, and loses to them. Those three were once defeated by Jose and Lucciano respectively.
** In his Duel with Z-One, the last card he draws, the one directly responsible for making him lose, is Machine Emperor Granel Infinity.
** Also, just this line from the dub. The trick is that the 'ending' of the dub is actually seventeen episodes before the actual conclusion of 5D's.
--> '''Aporia''': "I can assure you that the ending is worth the wait."
* KickTheDog: One very memorable one to Lua after laying waste to Luca and Jack in one turn, nearly defeating them.
--> '''Aporia''': "Young boy, ''this'' is despair." ''(shot of Lua in tears)'' "Turn end."
* LargeAndInCharge: He is the true form of the three Emperors, and he's so big that his cards look tiny in comparison. Even his D-Wheel resembles a giant car more than a motorcycle. Though in his human life, his height and build was average.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After all of his HopeCrusher actions against Yusei and Lua, Z-One crushes ''his'' hopes during their final duel.
* LightIsNotGood: His appearance is somewhat angelical, wearing all white, and with boosters on his back that sort of look like wings.
* MadeOfExplodium: Explodes ''magnificently'' after his defeat at the hands of Yusei.
* MeaningfulName: Aporia, referring to the confusion caused by multiple pieces of evidence supporting different answers, reflecting his nature as three different takes on the same person.
* MultiColoredHair: His hair is a combination of his three embodiments' hairs.
* OneHitKill: Averted. He employs a self-milling strategy in his Duel against Z-one with intention to guarantee that he draws Afterglow during the Draw Phase and deplete all of Z-one's LP in one go, but it backfires on Aporia hard after his Graveyard is shuffled back into his Deck and doesn't draw the card he needs.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Just merely being fused together causes him to give off [[RedSkyTakeWarning Red Storm Clouds]], and causes lightning to strike everywhere in the whole city.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: From Placido.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After being defeated by Jack, Lua, and Luca, he has a HeelFaceTurn and duels Z-One to stop him. He loses and dies, but before his death, he gives his last power to Yusei's D-Wheel so that Yusei can duel Z-One.
* RuleOfThree: ''Everywhere''. Three embodiments, three despairs, three Machine Emperors, three Machine Imperial Soldiers. He duels three times (and also loses three times). Granel screws him over three times; first by killing his parents, second by killing 'the one he loved', and the third time when he draws it at the end of his Duel with Z-One, costing him the game and his life.
* ThemeNaming: Like Paradox and Antinomy, Aporia's name refers to a logical fallacy.
* UnusualEyebrows: ''Absolutely''.
* VillainousBreakdown: Has one when he finally realizes Yusei is about to defeat him. Has a bigger one after Lua becomes a Signer, and things go downhill very quickly for him.
* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that the Emperors of Yliaster are one person is a pretty big reveal.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He intends to destroy a city and its millions of inhabitants, yes, but in doing so he will avoid TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* WhamLine: "The three of us are one. My name is Aporia."
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Thanks to him repeatedly crossed the DespairEventHorizon.
* TheWorfEffect: He loses all three of his duels, despite being a very threatening duelist. Just like Placido. Let's face it, his duel with Z-One consists of him being curb-stomped by his boss' cards just to hype Z-One up for the Duel with Yusei.

!!Underlings

[[folder:Ghost[=/=]The Diablos]]
!!Ghost
->'''First Ghost Voiced by:''' Masahito Kawanago (Japanese), Creator/JasonGriffith (English)
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A mysterious duelist who has been infecting and destroying D-Wheels. It's actually a prototype 'Riding Roid' which was developed by Security to assist in tackling D-Wheel related crimes. Unfortunately it was purloined by Placido, who wanted to give his new cards a test drive, and programmed to hunt down any D-Wheelers holding Synchro monsters. Placido later uses Yusei's engine program to upgrade an army of Riding Roids similar to Ghost, the Diablos, which he later unleashes upon the D-Wheelers at the [=WRGP=] in attempt to complete the Circuit sooner.

The first Ghost uses Placido's deck. The Diablos use Ally of Justice decks.

* BaldOfEvil: As seen in ''Tag Force 5'', Ghost is bald underneath his helmet.
* DarkIsEvil: Ghost wears black, rides a black D-Wheel, and has a grey "skin".
* EvilLaugh: A rather creepy one thanks to its robotic voice.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted. The first Ghost has a creepy high-pitched voice.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Justified, since the Ghosts are robots.
* GratuitousSpanish: "Diablo" is Spanish for 'Devil'.
* {{Irony}}: Ghost's programmed personality was designed to express a hate for Synchro monsters. Its successor, the Diablos, use Ally of Justice cards, an archetype whose strongest monsters are Synchros.
* MechaMooks: The Diablos are mass-produced Ghosts with the same evil personality.
* RoboticReveal: After Yusei makes it crash and the lads come to help, Crow touches its shoulder and its arm falls off.
* ZergRush: The Diablos force people into Free For All Duels and then swarm them with monsters.

[[folder:Fake Jack Atlas]]
!!Fake Jack Atlas
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakanoriHoshino (Japanese), Creator/TedLewis (English)
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A robot created by the three emperors who is disguised as Jack. His personality is based of the time when Jack was the King, but Fake Jack is much more ruthless. Fake Jack has his own Wheel of Fortune and has the same deck as Jack, with the only difference being that Fake Jack has three Red Dragon Archfiends. He commits several crimes on the highway and injures other D-Wheelers to hurt Jack's reputation, and to lure him out. Jack loses to him in their first match, but later he returns and destroys the imposter with Majestic Red Dragon.

He uses the same deck as the real Jack, but with three copies of Red Dragon Archfiend and no Majestic Dragon or Majestic Red Dragon

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[[folder:Paradox]]
!!Paradox
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->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Tamura (Japanese), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English)

->''If I let history be, the world will be destroyed. I've come here to change that hopeless future.''

The main antagonist of the movie Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime who comes from a destroyed future. Believing Duel Monsters to be the cause, he traveled back in time to kill Pegasus before he could create the game, requiring the main protagonists of the three series to team up to stop him.

It is later shown that he was part of a group of survivors including himself, Aporia, Antinomy, and Z-One, who sought to change the future. However, he, Aporia, and Antinomy eventually succumbed to old age and died, leaving only Z-One left.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: His deck is composed of Malefic monsters which, except for his three own cards, are evil, corrupted versions of the ace cards of friends and allies of Yugi, Judai and Yusei. They include Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Kaiser and Sho's Cyber End Dragon, Johan's Rainbow Dragon, and Yusei's own Stardust Dragon.
* AntiVillain: Like Aporia and Z-One, he's trying to prevent a BadFuture. Although he acts much more maliciously than them.
* AxCrazy: In contrast to his three stoic friends.
* BadassBiker: A D-Wheeler who travels through time with his D-Wheel, and steals dragons while riding it in the middle of a duel.
* BigBad: Of the movie.
* CoolBike: It can transform into a flying machine and also travels through time. It has a similar design to Dark Glass' D-Wheel, which foreshadows their connection.
* CoolMask: He wears a white and black mask resembling his Malefic theme. It actually doesn't conceal his identity, since nobody knows him to begin with.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: He has yellow eyes to his blond hair.
* EvilLaugh: Does this sometimes, despite his claims to have a noble goal.
* FillerVillain: Averted. Despite being a movie villain, he is also a canon character of the series.
* FusionDance: When he summons Malefic Truth Dragon, he combines with it in a manner similar to that of Yami Marik and Ra.
* HighClassGlass: His older self, as shown in Episode 135, wears a monocle.
* IHaveTheHighGround: How he encounters Judai, and how Yugi sees him for the first time.
* {{Irony}}: Meta-example. Despite being a movie villain named Paradox, he is canon.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He is a handsome man with really long hair.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: How the protagonists view his goal.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: His mask has the Malefic theme. Is this ObviouslyEvil enough?
* MeaningfulName: Paradox, referring to a self contradictory proposition, reflecting his goal to destroy the game of Duel Monsters using the very same game.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: His attack on Domino City killed a bunch of people, but what's their sacrifice compared to the entire human race?
* MultiColoredHair: He is mainly blond, but his bangs are purple. Also, his right eyebrow is red.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: It is never shown how he stole Cyber End Dragon, Rainbow Dragon, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: All his Malefic monsters are dragons, except for Parallel Gear. (Also Cyber-End Dragon technically, as it's a Machine-Type).
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: How he views his goal.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Part of his outfit.
* ASinisterClue: He is left-handed, which foreshadows his connection with Yliaster.
* SpikesOfVillainy: On his arm wrists.
* ThemeNaming: Like Aporia and Antinomy, Paradox's name refers to a logical fallacy.
* TimeTravel: He travels back in time to kill Pegasus before he could create Duel Monsters.
* UnskilledButStrong: His Malefic deck is extremely powerful, capable of instantly calling forth powerful high-level Monsters without any real cost. This is counteracted by the fact that Paradox tends to make rather novice mistakes in his duel against Yugi, Judai, and Yusei. He wastes his Malefic Force Trap Card when attempting to protect Paradox Dragon from Yugi's monster-stealing spell, without waiting for Yugi to mention that he was instead targeting his stolen Stardust Dragon. During his last turn, he has his dragons attack the Dark Magician Girl and Elemental HERO Neos that the protagonists have in Defense Position, which leaves them alive with enough Life Points to give them enough room to make a counterattack and defeat them. Had he instead attacked the Dark Magician or Stardust Dragon in Attack Position, he would have dealt enough damage to them to have taken the protagonists all out in one fell swoop.
* UnusualEyebrows: His red right eyebrow has an impossible design.
* WatchingTheSunset: One of his flashbacks shows him watching the sunset of the destroyed Earth.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His goal is to save the world.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Like Aporia and Z-One, he crossed the DespairEventHorizon and is trying to prevent a worse fate for humanity.
* WouldHitAGirl: While any duel is guaranteed to have this, Paradox's first attempt in defeating Yugi, Judai, and Yusei after summoning Malefic Truth Dragon is having Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon attack Dark Magician Girl. While it does benefit Truth Dragon's effect, the protagonists had 2600 life points, and the former's effect deals 800 damage based on how many monsters are destroyed by its effect. Dark Magician Girl was in defense mode and they had 3 other monsters on their field otherwise, dropping them down to 200; had he attacked Dark Magician, Stardust Dragon, or Neos Knight instead with Blue-Eyes or Truth Dragon, he would've won in a single move.
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[[folder:Antinomy]]
!!"Dark Glass" (''Vizor'')/Antinomy/Johnny/Bruno
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->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroki Tanaka (Japanese), Justin Badger (English)

Antinomy was one of the last four humans from Z-One's time. At the time he met Z-One he was a glorious D-Wheeler named Johnny, and they became friends after Z-One saved his life from the Machine Emperors. After the original Antinomy died of old age, Z-One sent an android clone of him to the past to overlook Yusei and make him stronger.
For his tropes see [[Characters/YuGiOh5DsTeam5Ds the Team 5Ds page.]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Masakazu Nemoto (Japanese), Creator/JasonGriffith (English)

* EvilKnockoff: To Jack. His personality is based off of Jack from Season 1. (Jack even gives him a lengthy TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on that to boot.)

* ImposterForgotOneDetail: His deck contains ''multiple'' copies of Red Dragon Archfiend, which is impossible in-universe. This is what ultimately clears Jack.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's based off the old Jack after all.

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