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** Especially popular when it comes to the anime, where he was added to a story arc he didn't originally take part in.
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* completeMonster: Starts out as this during the Death-T saga. He obtained all of his Blue Eyes White Dragon cards through blackmail (possibly involving their owners committing suicide). Along with his all-me personality, he was willing to kill his Yuugi and his friends (and a baby) with his amusement park of death, all because Yugi beat him in a card game and gave him a karmic Game Penalty, and was willing to give a Penalty Game to Mokuba for losing to Yugi. He gets better after his Mind Crush, though, to the point where he was disgusted by Marik's methods of having Yugi and Jonouchi duel to the death and threatening to make Anzu injest a cyanide pill during Battle City, even though he used to be just as bad.

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* completeMonster: CompleteMonster: Starts out as this during the Death-T saga. He obtained all of his Blue Eyes White Dragon cards through blackmail (possibly involving their owners committing suicide). Along with his all-me personality, he was willing to kill his Yuugi and his friends (and a baby) with his amusement park of death, all because Yugi beat him in a card game and gave him a karmic Game Penalty, and was willing to give a Penalty Game to Mokuba for losing to Yugi. He gets better after his Mind Crush, though, to the point where he was disgusted by Marik's methods of having Yugi and Jonouchi duel to the death and threatening to make Anzu injest a cyanide pill during Battle City, even though he used to be just as bad.
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* completeMonster: Starts out as this during the Death-T saga. He obtained all of his Blue Eyes White Dragon cards through blackmail (possibly involving their owners committing suicide). Along with his all-me personality, he was willing to kill his Yuugi and his friends (and a baby) with his amusement park of death, all because Yugi beat him in a card game and gave him a karmic Game Penalty, and was willing to give a Penalty Game to Mokuba for losing to Yugi. He gets better after his Mind Crush, though, to the point where he was disgusted by Marik's methods of having Yugi and Jonouchi duel to the death and threatening to make Anzu injest a cyanide pill during Battle City, even though he used to be just as bad.
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**In the manga, he smacks one of Pegasus's henchman WITH A BRIEFCASE, and then proceeds to threaten to smash his head within it so he could talk to Pegasus. He also hijacked a helicopter that planned to hijack HIM.
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** He was at least interested enough to build a virtual simulation system based on Yugi's Shadow Game with him and virtual simulations of the Millennium Items, if only for revenge purposes.

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** He was at least interested enough to build a virtual simulation system based on Yugi's Shadow Game with him and virtual simulations of the Millennium Items, Items' hardcore Penalty games, if only for revenge purposes.purposes. Um, yeah... totally anime/dub-only on this one.
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**He was at least interested enough to build a virtual simulation system based on Yugi's Shadow Game with him and virtual simulations of the Millennium Items, if only for revenge purposes.
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* GameMaster: Although never shown on-screen in the position, he love building game boards and figures due to his love for Tabletops ([[spoiler:even making a giant diorama of Ancient Egypt that serves as the battleground for the final arc]]), and would play with his friends more often if it wasn't for his KillerGameMaster SuperPoweredEvilSide.
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**Only in the anime, of course. In the manga, Bakura is treated as part of the main group after his initial introduction and appears with them for most of the stories. Except in the Memory World saga, where he wasn't allowed to enter the Pharaoh's mind due to the darkness in his heart... and we all know who that's referring to.
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** The manga's equivalent of that scene plays this trope straight, until Bakura is revive by a dice roll and his character's special ability. During Volume 7 chapter 56 of the manga, while playing the Monster World RPG, Yugi and his friends are on the verge of losing against Dark Bakura thanks to his brainwashed dice ("[[GratuitousEnglish Mind Dice]]"). After a fatal hit from Zorc, the party is assumed dead by Dark Bakura. His confidence is quickly shattered when he discovers that they all have [[HPToOne one hit point]] left on his computer. Right after this, some strange force takes control of his left hand and types the following message on Dark Bakura's computer: "''I'' am Ryou Bakura. I won't let you kill my friends. I'll fight too." revealing that the real Bakura had been fumbling his dice rolls [[TookALevelInBadass all along]]. '''That's just plain awesome'''. Especially after you take into account that Ryou has been tormented by his alterego for the longest time, having his previous handful of friends being put into a coma and having their souls trapped in miniature figures. He certainly gave Dark Bakura a sweet taste of [[{{Karma}} Karma]].

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** The manga's equivalent of that scene plays this trope straight, straight during the Monster World RPG arc, until Bakura is revive by a dice roll and his character's special ability. During Volume 7 chapter 56 of the manga, while playing the Monster World RPG, Yugi and his friends are on the verge of losing against Dark Bakura thanks to his brainwashed dice ("[[GratuitousEnglish Mind Dice]]"). After a fatal hit from Zorc, the party is assumed dead by Dark Bakura. His confidence is quickly shattered when he discovers that they all have [[HPToOne one hit point]] left on his computer. Right after this, some strange force takes control of his left hand and types the following message on Dark Bakura's computer: "''I'' am Ryou Bakura. I won't let you kill my friends. I'll fight too." revealing that the real Bakura had been fumbling his dice rolls [[TookALevelInBadass all along]]. '''That's just plain awesome'''. Especially after you take into account that Ryou has been tormented by his alterego for the longest time, having his previous handful of friends being put into a coma and having their souls trapped in miniature figures. He certainly gave Dark Bakura a sweet taste of [[{{Karma}} Karma]].

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* HeroicSacrifice: Tries to make on in Duelist Kingdom, when, having been transformed into the card Change of Heart, he possesses on the Ring's monsters and orders Yami to attack him; this would have won Yami the duel at the cost of sending Bakura to the Card Graveyard.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Tries to make on one in Duelist Kingdom, when, having been transformed into the card Change of Heart, he possesses on the Ring's monsters and orders Yami to attack him; this would have won Yami the duel at the cost of sending Bakura to the Card Graveyard.Graveyard.
** The manga's equivalent of that scene plays this trope straight, until Bakura is revive by a dice roll and his character's special ability. During Volume 7 chapter 56 of the manga, while playing the Monster World RPG, Yugi and his friends are on the verge of losing against Dark Bakura thanks to his brainwashed dice ("[[GratuitousEnglish Mind Dice]]"). After a fatal hit from Zorc, the party is assumed dead by Dark Bakura. His confidence is quickly shattered when he discovers that they all have [[HPToOne one hit point]] left on his computer. Right after this, some strange force takes control of his left hand and types the following message on Dark Bakura's computer: "''I'' am Ryou Bakura. I won't let you kill my friends. I'll fight too." revealing that the real Bakura had been fumbling his dice rolls [[TookALevelInBadass all along]]. '''That's just plain awesome'''. Especially after you take into account that Ryou has been tormented by his alterego for the longest time, having his previous handful of friends being put into a coma and having their souls trapped in miniature figures. He certainly gave Dark Bakura a sweet taste of [[{{Karma}} Karma]].
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* ForeignCussWord: She swears a ''lot'', in the Japanese anime.
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** It happens again in Season 4: when she duels Raphael, Mai attempts to use Jonouchi's Helmos card despite not being one of the three chosen duelists. [[CurbStopBattle It doesn't go well for her.]]

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** It happens again in Season 4: when she duels Raphael, Mai attempts to use Jonouchi's Helmos card despite not being one of the three chosen duelists. [[CurbStopBattle [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't go well for her.]]
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** It happens again in Season 4: when she duels Raphael, Mai attempts to use Jonouchi's Helmos card despite not being one of the three chosen duelists. [[CurbStopBattle It doesn't go well for her.]]
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Very much so in the American dub version, but not nearly as bad in the manga and the Japanese anime.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After she [[spoiler: beats Jounouchi in the Doma arc, causing him to lose his soul.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After she [[spoiler: beats Jounouchi in the Doma arc, causing him to lose his soul.]]soul]].
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* TheOtherDarrin: Megan Hollingshead was replaced with Bella Hudson after Season 3.
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* PunnyName: "Seto Kaiba" is awfully similar to a Japanese word for student council: [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil "seitokai"]]. Appropriate, as he can resemble some of the more negative examples of a haughty StudentCouncilPresident.
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** YinYangBomb: But he still uses lots of [[CastingAShadow Dark]] monsters like Giant Germ, La Jinn, and even uses Chaos Emperor Dragon. However, his LightEmUp LightIsNotGood aspects are stronger to contrast Yami Yugi's CastingaShadow DarkIsNotEvil.

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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Anzu and Shizuka's light.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Anzu and Shizuka's Girly Girl.



* LetsGetDangerous: The duel between Yugi and Jounouchi during Battle City (rather, its consequences), in which [[spoiler: she fearlessly jumps into the sea to rescue Joey after he sacrifices himself for Yugi]].

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* NotSoHarmless: His opponents and spectators have a tendency of assuming he's weak because he's a kid and his fairy-tale cards are cutesy... until he starts winning.

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** The fact that Kaiba is willing to endanger Mokuba in the Death-T story arc early in the series indicates how dangerously broken Kaiba had become from his time with his [[AbusiveParents Abusive Stepfather]] Gozaburo. [[IGotBetter He gets better.]]

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** The fact that Kaiba is willing to endanger Mokuba in the Death-T story arc early in the series indicates how dangerously broken Kaiba had become from his time with his [[AbusiveParents Abusive Stepfather]] Gozaburo. [[IGotBetter He gets better.]]
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** The fact that Kaiba is willing to endanger Mokuba in the Death-T story arc early in the series indicates how dangerously broken Kaiba had become from his time with his [[AbusiveParents Abusive Stepfather]] Gozaburo. [[IGotBetter He gets better.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: During his time as a villain, he has this on both of the occasions that Yugi beats him.
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!!'''Seto Kaiba'''
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Yugi's archrival who was undefeated at Duel Monsters until Yugi summoned Exodia to defeat him in a world-first. Since then he's been attempting to reclaim his title and challenge Yugi again. Barring that he frequently contends with people who have a grudge against Kaiba Corporation, usually due to the fact it was a weapons company under his father's ownership and thus he inherited a lot of blame when he took over.

He uses a dragon deck which focuses on summoning Blue-Eyes White Dragon, of which he has the only three intact copies in existence. He's also fond of Deck Destruction and removing cards from play.

In the Japanese version, he is initially voiced by HikaruMidorikawa, [[TheOtherDarrin and later]] KenjiroTsuda. In the English version, he is voiced by EricStuart.

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* AbusiveParents: KnightTemplarParent is about the nicest thing that could be said about Gozaburo.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the Toei anime, he had ''[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]]'' hair. This was corrected in the second anime and the Toei movie, however.
* AgentScully: More prevalent in the dub, where his insisting that everything supernatural around them is some sort of trickery comes across as him trying to convince himself. In the original Kaiba didn't disbelieve in magic as much as he simply didn't have any interest in it.
* AloofBigBrother
* AntiHero: Type IV
* AntiVillain: Type I
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: A genius CEO who's trained in Krav Maga.
** BadassLongcoat: Have you ''seen'' his trenchcoat?
* BerserkButton: Don't threaten Mokuba, don't destroy or take control of his Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and ''don't'' [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou defeat Yugi before he can]].
* BigBad: Of the Death-T arc in the manga and Toei anime.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He will do ''anything'' to save his little brother.
* BiggerStick: His deck is chock full of them, giving him a pretty one-sided advantage. See also: PowerEqualsRarity.
* BlueEyes: [[StealthPun He has three of them.]] Also, his actual eye color is blue.
** MidnightBlueEyes: One of the nastier examples.
* BreakoutCharacter: Originally only meant to be a one-shot antagonist. My how far we've come.
* BrokenAce: Type II. Rich, famous, successful, and none of it is good enough for him because he's overshadowed by Yugi, is still haunted by the memory of Gozaburo, and is full of hatred for the both of them.
* TheChessmaster: Mostly during his time as a BigBad, but it's still there.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Noah's Cain.
* CatchPhrase: "Kudaran!" ("Nonsense!")
* DeadpanSnarker: He has quite a few moments, including some in the dub that border on LampshadeHanging.
-->"Alright, [[FillerArc that little detour was a complete waste of my time and effort]]. [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain So let's move on and pretend that nonsense never happened]]."
* DeathByAdaptation: In ''The Sacred Cards'' video game, he duels Marik in the semi-finals of Battle City while Yugi duels the player. Marik is the BigBad so it goes as well as you'd expect.
* {{Determinator}}: Because trading card games are serious business.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the anime.
* DramaticWind: His white trenchcoat is ''always'' flaring out behind him, even when he's just walking down the hall. His other coats flare too, but not nearly as much so it's more believable.
* EasilyForgiven
* EnfanteTerrible: In the backstory. He's not as bad as Noah, but is still one creepy little prick.
* [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Even Jerkasses Have Loved Ones]]: Even in his moments of biggest [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkassery]], Kaiba still cares deeply for his brother Mokuba and would never do anything to hurt him.
* EvilLaugh: All the time.
* {{Fiction 500}}
* FlatEarthAtheist: Very much so in the American dub version, but not nearly as bad in the manga and the Japanese anime.
* FreudianExcuse: Adopted by an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Sort of. He stops being evil and regularly helps the heroes. However, he ''never'' stops being a gigantic jackass.
* HiddenHeartOfGold
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Despite jokes thanks to the Abridged Series, and in contrast to his adoptive father.
* IneffectualLoner: Because who needs friends when you're Seto Kaiba?
* InsufferableGenius
* IShallTauntYou
* ItsAllAboutMe: Because it's all about Seto Kaiba.
* JerkAss
** JerkJock: Basically has this attitude towards dueling.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Really flips back and forth between the two. He has his PetTheDog moments, but is generally a complete asshole.
* KickTheDog: Does this a few times.
* LargeAndInCharge: He was actually made taller beyond his initial manga appearance to reflect the rest of his character.
* [[PlayfulHacker Leet Haxor Skillz]]: As shown when he broke into Pegasus' database.
* LightEmUp: His main cards, namely the Blue-Eyes and [=XYZ=] cards, are Light attribute
** YinYangBomb: But he still uses lots of [[CastingAShadow Dark]] monsters like Giant Germ, La Jinn, and even uses Chaos Emperor Dragon. However, his LightEmUp LightIsNotGood aspects are stronger to contrast Yami Yugi's CastingaShadow DarkIsNotEvil.
* MagicVersusScience: The Science to Yugi's Magic.
* ManipulativeBastard: On occasion. Really shows it off against Lumis and Umbra.
* {{Munchkin}}
* NiceToTheWaiter: Although he's an asshole to everyone else, Kaiba treats his employees with cold, polite professionalism. For him, that's being downright civil.
* NobleDemon
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: His rivalry with Yugi counts as this. He even says this nearly word-for-word in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh R}}''.
* PapaWolf
* PowerEqualsRarity: The epitome of this trope. Prides himself on his collection in both respects, and cannot accept the thought of a duelist he deems mediocre owning any rare and powerful cards, and [[CircularReasoning rather circularly]], that anyone who plays weak monsters isn't a serious duelist.
* {{Pride}}: Kaiba's ego is his worst enemy some days.
* PromotionToParent
* RageQuit: After losing to Yugi in Battle City and failing to resolve [[AbusiveParents his daddy issues]], he decides the best way to get rid of the problem is to sink the Duel Tower to the bottom of the ocean before Yugi and Marik even have their duel. Luckily, Mokuba talks him out of it and he decides to help Yugi win the match (and ''then'' he blows it up).
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives them constantly; his one to Noah lasts for half an episode and is awesome.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Jounouchi (one of two) and Yami's red.
* {{Reincarnation}}
* ReincarnationRomance: According to WordOfGod:
-->"''Reluctantly, I cut short the episode with Priest Seto and Kisara [due to editorial deadlines], which is something I still regret, because, as all of you guessed, it is the defining episode for the relationship between present-day Kaiba and his Blue-Eyes White Dragon.''" [[hottip:*:The rest of the liner notes are too long to post, but basically he describes how Kisara's death at the hands of Aknadin would have led to a subplot where Seto betrays the pharaoh and goes off on his own with the intent to avenge her demise. But apparently the series was starting to get less popular and the editors wanted Kazuki Takahashi to rush to finish the story, so his grand plans for the above were cut short.]]
* TheResenter
* TheRival: Yugi's main rival.
* ScrewDestiny: Notably in his duel against Ishizu.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Trope coined by his character in ''[[YugiohTheAbridgedSeries Abridged]]'', and used by him throughout the original.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed his adoptive father in the manga. In the anime Gozaburo manages to escape and makes a comback as a FillerVillain...and is killed when Kaiba and the others leave him trapped in his self-destructing virtual world.
* SelfMadeMan: Believes he is one.
* TheSmartGuy: Whenever he sides with the gang.
* SmugSmiler: So very much.
* SmugSnake: A colossal example during his time as TheBigBad. Following his {{Heel Face Turn}}, CharacterDevelopment makes him a better person, though he retains his arrogance.
* TheSpock: Not only is he intensely logical, he has the emotional range of a brick.
* TheStoic: Particularly in the anime.
* StopHavingFunGuys: Invoked to the max. Jounouchi even lampshades this near the conclusion of their rematch.
** In fact, he was inspired by a real life StopHavingFunGuy Kazuki Takahashi's friend met. Said friend asked him if he could teach him how to play a card game, to which he replied, "Hmph! Come back when you've collected 10,000 cards."
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TeenGenius
* TooCleverByHalf
* TrashTalk
* TroubledButCute: Especially as a kid.
* TsurimeEyes
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* UngratefulBastard: No matter how many times they save his ass, he'll never be part of the TrueCompanions.
* VillainBall: happens in his duel with Yugi at the Duelist Kingdom. When Seto finds himself open to Yugi duel-winning attack before he can counter and win, Seto threatens to fall to his death if Yugi attacks in that turn. But reading the manga you see his hand included a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Negate Attack]] card that would have earned him the needed turn without playing villain.
* WorthyOpponent: To Yugi.

!!'''Mokuba Kaiba'''
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Seto's little brother and his main fan. Can usually be seen either carrying his brother's briefcase or monitoring his brother's tournaments. While Kaiba is openly disdainful of Yugi and his friends, Mokuba gets along with them just fine, though he's still mostly on his brother's side when it comes to the rivalry he has with Yugi.

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* {{Brainwashed}}: By Noah in Season 3 of the anime.
* CreepyChild: When first introduced - the first thing he does in the series is challenge Yugi to a game, with the condition being that if Yugi lost, Mokuba would ''cut his fingers off.'' Second time you see him, he tries to poison Yugi - and succeeds in poisoning Jonouchi. It's only when his brother gets more evil and unhinged that this wears off and he actually starts being good.
* DesignatedVictim / DistressedDude: He gets kidnapped or is otherwise endangered at ''least'' once a season, usually more.
* DisguisedInDrag: In the Virtual Heroes arc, he switches outfits with his virtual counterpart Princess Adina [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy to get himself kidnapped in her place and be taken to where Seto was.]]
* EasilyForgiven
* HeelFaceTurn: Early in the series he hated Yugi just as much as Seto did, and in the manga tried to kill him. He eventually loosened up.
* JamesBondage
* MoralityPet: To Kaiba
* SmugSnake: During his time as villain, he was an even bigger example of this then Kaiba--he had all of his arrogance, but none of his skills.

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A friend of Yugi's from school, Bakura is a shy, quiet boy who lost his sister in a car crash some time before the series started. With his archaeologist father usually away from home, Bakura spends a lot of time by himself, or playing [=RPG=]s with select groups of friends. Unfortunately for him--and everyone else in the series--he's also the holder of the Millennium Ring, and is under the on-and-off control of the evil spirit living inside it (see below for more on that). Perhaps because of this, his favourite card is Change of Heart.

* AccentAdaptation: He became British in the dub.
* {{Adorkable}}
* AnimeHair
** LongHairedPrettyBoy
** WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bakura's a genuinely nice, if shy kid. The Ring...[[AxeCrazy not]] [[TheSociopath so]] [[LackOfEmpathy much]].
* {{Bishonen}}: Applies to all adaptations, but in the original toei anime, this is actually his nickname. In fact its rare that any female character in that season ever refers to him by his name instead of bishonen.
* ClingyMacGuffin: Bakura's repeatedly tried to free himself from the Ring and the Spirit inside of it. No matter which one he attacks, it always comes back.
* DeadLittleSister: His dead older sister, Amane.
* DemonicPossession: By the Spirit of the Millennium Ring.
* DemotedToExtra: In the anime {{Filler Arc}}s. In fact, he rarely appears in the anime when he's not under the control of the Ring.
* EvilCounterpart: Bakura's Millennium Ring is the Evil Counterpart to Yugi's Millennium Puzzle.
* FakeBrit
* {{Foil}}: A shy kid with no friends who loves to play [=RPG=]s finds a Millennium Item. Am I talking about Yugi, or Bakura? In a sharp contrast of course, Yugi willingly partners with Yami, while Bakura is always the Ring's first victim.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: His round eyes nicely contrast with the Spirit of the Ring's narrow ones.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tries to make on in Duelist Kingdom, when, having been transformed into the card Change of Heart, he possesses on the Ring's monsters and orders Yami to attack him; this would have won Yami the duel at the cost of sending Bakura to the Card Graveyard.
* HydePlaysJekyll: Good luck telling whether it's him or the Spirit of the Millennium Ring impersonating him at any given time.
* NiceGuy: He really is, which makes his victimisation by the Ring all the sadder.

!!'''Mai Kujaku (Mai Valentine)'''
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One of the best duelists around. She's a love interest for Jounouchi, the specifics varying from anime to manga and from original to dub. Though she isn't around in every episode, she's mostly a good guy and helps the heroes out frequently.

She uses a Harpie deck in season 1, and mixes it up with some Amazons in season 2.

Voiced by HaruhiTerada (Japanese), MeganHollingshead (English Season 1-3) / Bella Hudson (English Season 4-5)

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* ActionGirl: She is a genuinely good duelist, even though she ends up [[DesignatedVictim getting put up and losing against the most important and/or powerful duelists in almost any given arc]], but never without a fight.
* AmazonBrigade: Her deck, which includes her Harpies and some actual Amazons.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn.
* BikerBabe: Season 4
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Blonde.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: The Harpie theme would receive support like Harpie Queen and Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon, to make them a semi-viable deck theme. By the time this happened though the original anime was long over.
* BreakTheCutie: During the Battle City arc.
* [[BrokenBird Broken Harpie]]: Again, during Battle City.
* ChristmasCake: Actually, [[CelibateHero by her own choice]]. She ''did'' have a HopelessSuitor and blew him off, defeating him in a duel when he wouldn't give up.
* CompressedHair: She can somehow keep all of her hair into a normal-sized motorcycle helmet.
* CoolBigSis
* DarkActionGirl: Season 4.
* DarkChick: In Doma's FiveBadBand.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Throughout Duelist Kingdom.
* DesignatedVictim
* DeusAngstMachina[=/=]TraumaCongaLine: From Dark Marik's Penalty Game to Doma.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Developed a taste for black leather after joining the Doma {{cult}}.
* {{Fanservice}}
** BareYourMidriff: Several of her outfits.
** MsFanservice: She wears a ''corset''.
** OfCorsetsSexy
* HotAmazon
* IdiotBall: Has a run-in with it at the end of her duel with Marik. Despite having the means to win the duel[[hottip:*:Marik only had one monster in Attack position with 500 ATK and 1050 Life Points, Mai had Cyber Harpie with 1800 ATK]] by just declaring an attack, she chooses to try and beat Marik with the Winged Dragon of Ra, despite the fact she has no idea how it works and a first-hand demonstration in the previous duel that using the card is highly dangerous.
* LonelyRichKid: In her backstory, at least in the anime. We see her as a little girl, all alone in a BigFancyHouse...
* MindRape: By Marik during Battle City. In the anime, this lead to a HeroicBSOD and a FaceHeelTurn in the Doma filler arc.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After she [[spoiler: beats Jounouchi in the Doma arc, causing him to lose his soul.]]
* OvershadowedByAwesome: She's a very good duelist and strategist, but has the misfortune to be on the same team as Yugi and Kaiba (who have connections to Ancient Egypt and some of the most powerful cards around) and ends up going up against [[BigBad Dark]] [[TheSociopath Marik]] in the Battle City semifinals.
* PunnyName: In English.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Jounouchi's red. (One of two)
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Sacred Cards'', a video game adaptation of Season 2-3, she duels Kaiba in the Battle City finals instead of Marik.
* TheOtherDarrin: Megan Hollingshead was replaced with Bella Hudson after Season 3.
** FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin
* ThighHighBoots: Wore these while she was Brainwashed by Dartz during the Doma arc.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Anzu and Shizuka's Girly Girl.
* {{Tsundere}}: Shifts from a Type A to a Type B over the course of Duelist Kingdom.
* {{UST}}: With Jounouchi

!!'''Shizuka Kawai (Serenity Wheeler)'''

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Jounouchi's sister who lost her eyesight, Jounouchi entered duelist kingdom to win the money to pay for her operation to heal her. She accompanies the gang for most of Season 2 and all of Season 3.

The one time she duels, her deck doesn't have a theme other than the monsters are all female. Her trump card is St. Joan.

In the Japanese version, she is initially voices by MichikoNeya, and later Mika Sakenobe. In the English version she is voiced by LisaOrtiz.

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* AmazonBrigade: Her deck is all female monsters, though they range from the exceptionally girly Forgiving Maiden to FallenAngel Marie the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fallen One]] to LadyOfWar St. Joan.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair was pink in the Toei anime.
* BadassAdorable
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Beauty.
* BeginnersLuck: Against Nesbitt. Sure she has lots of help from Honda and Ryuji, but the fact remains that she managed to take him down with cards she herself had picked out, despite not having a ''clue'' what most of them did.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Redhead.
* ChekhovsGun: At the start of the duel with Nesbitt we see her specifically selecting St. Joan (which ain't a bad pick). Guess which card takes out Nesbitt's Perfect Machine King?
* HeroicBSOD: After Tristan is defeated by Nesbitt.
* IllGirl: During the first season, where she's going blind and Jounouchi wants to win the prize money for her operation.
* TheIngenue
* LadyOfWar: Not Serenity herself (though she certainly tries) but her trump card, St. Joan who with 2800/2000 is one of the better female cards in the game, and at the time the show was made, was one of the strongest Fairy monsters around. She's specifically modeled on Joan of Arc and has the looks to prove it.
** And then, in the ''one'' time she duels with some bits of help, she takes down one of the Big 5.
* LetsGetDangerous: The duel between Yugi and Jounouchi during Battle City (rather, its consequences), in which [[spoiler: she fearlessly jumps into the sea to rescue Joey after he sacrifices himself for Yugi]].
* TheLoad: She starts out as this in her duel with Nesbitt, repeatedly requiring Tristan and Duke to bail her out (in her defence it was her first ever duel and she had to pick out her cards herself). She manages to [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]] and transition to ActionGirl before the end of it.
* MoralityPet: For Katsuya, her older brother.
* PluckyGirl: She has her ups and downs, but still tries to do what she can.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Anzu and Mai's Tomboy.
* TookALevelInBadass: You can spot the exact moment in the duel with Nesbitt where she decides to say "screw you" and starts channeling her brother for all she's worth.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Younger and a bit more insecure, though.

!!'''Ryuji Otogi (Duke Devlin)'''
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The creator of Dungeon Dice Monsters and one of Pegasus' business partners. Has a real grudge against Yugi over Pegasus' loss causing their business deals to stagnate, but he gets over it and returns in the anime to join the protagonists for a while.

The first time he duels, he used a deck of cards randomly drawn from several booster packs. His true deck uses many dice effects, and many of the monsters emulate the ones from Dungeon Dice Monsters. His trump card is Orgoth the Relentless.

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* AbusiveParents
* AlliterativeName: In the dub.
* {{Badass}}: Much like Honda, he's a far from brilliant duelist (although he's certainly capable), but get him in a fight and you will regret it.
** BadassBoast: Quite often when he challenges Yugi to Dungeon Dice Monsters, though it gets exaggerated in the dub.
* DefeatMeansFriendship
* TheGambler: Uses dice as weapons, runs a gamble deck focused on powering up his Orgoth the Relentless, and created the luck-based game of Dungeon Dice Monsters.
* GreenEyes
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Dice, which he regularly tosses at people who try to catch them.
* {{Jerkass}}: Initially. He gets over it.
* LoveTriangle: With Honda over Shizuka.
* OhCrap: Repeatedly in his DDM game with Yugi.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Honda/Tristan

!!'''Leonhart von Schroider/Leon Wilson'''
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Siegfried's little brother who dueled for fun using an alias until Siegfried found out about his hobby and recruited him to help him take down Kaiba Corp. Loves his brother but isn't entirely on-board with his schemes.

He uses a fairy-tale themed deck designed specifically for him by Pegasus. His trump cards include Hex Trude, Globerman, and Princess of Thorns. Siegfried later gives him Golden Castle of Stromberg.

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* TheCutie
* EvilCounterpart: To Mokuba.
* TheDragon: To his older brother. He isn't necessarily aware of this.
* HeroicBSOD / MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he learns of Siegfried's true plan and when he learns that Golden Castle of Stromberg is an illegal GameBreaker card, as he didn't want the card game disgraced. Yugi cheers him up.
* MoralityPet: To his older brother Siegfried.
* NotSoHarmless: His opponents and spectators have a tendency of assuming he's weak because he's a kid and his fairy-tale cards are cutesy... until he starts winning.
* UnwittingPawn: In Siegfried's plan.

!!'''Rebecca Hopkins (Rebecca Hawkins)'''
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The granddaughter of the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Arthur Hopkins/Hawkins. She first appears seeking vengeance on the behalf of her grandfather by beating his old friend, Solomon Mutou, and taking his Blue Eyes White Dragon card and returning it to her grandfather. After her grandfather finds her and teaches her a valuable lesson about friendship, she quickly befriends Yugi and Solomon. During Season 4, she returns and becomes a member of Yugi's TrueCompanions and accompanies him on his travels.

Her first deck concentrates on supporting Shadow Ghoul. Afterwards, she uses a dragon deck mixed with a Fire Princess Gain/Drain strategy. This deck's trump card is Diamond Head Dragon.

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* BetweenMyLegs: The shot used for her introduction.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Her "Shadow Ghoul Deck".
* DeliberatelyCuteChild
* GirlishPigtails
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: How she views her monsters in her Shadow Ghoul deck. [[WhatTheHellHero Yugi calls her out on it.]]

Season 4
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* [[ChildProdigy Child Genius]]: She's a twelve year old college student.
* DubInducedPlotHole: 4Kids lowered her age from twelve to eight, which became a bit of a problem when she returned in season 4. Amusingly, they would later make the same mistake with her {{Expy}}, [[YuGiOhGX Rei/Blair]].
* HairOfGold
* LittleMissBadass: Is quite the ActionGirl.
* {{Meganekko}}
* OddFriendship: With Anzu, who is also her (sort of) rival in love.
* PlayfulHacker
* PrecociousCrush: She has one on Yugi, [[ShipTease which is a constant source of irritation for Anzu.]]
* ShipTease: As noted above, she has a crush on Yugi. She is also the only character in the entire series to kiss anyone, giving Yugi a goodbye kiss before leaving the second time.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!'''Sugoroku Muto(Solomon Muto)'''
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Yugi's grandfather and former game master, Sugroku currently runs the Kame Game Shop where Yugi and his mother live, and Yugi and his friends hang out.

Since he gave his original deck to Yugi, he uses an Ancient deck, with cards that emulate an explorer (the opponent) entering cursed and booby-trapped ruins, and gamble cards. His trump card is Ancient Dragon.

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* BadassGrandpa: When it comes to dueling anyway.
* CoolOldGuy
* DirtyOldMan: Early in the Manga.
* DistressedDude: He's kidnapped in the Death-T arc of the Manga and first animie, kidnapped in the first episode of the second anime, and finally trapped in a video tape(Manga)/Duel Monsters Card(Anime). Let's just say the old man's been though a lot.
** He also get's held hostage by Vivian Wong (granted she threw his back out of place, but same principal) and even get's kidnapped during his guest appearance on YuGiOhGX.
* TheMentor: To Joey, who he taught to duel.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Though given how short Yugi is, it may well be genetic.
* OldMaster: Was a big gamer like his grandson in his youth and even particaptes in the Kaiba Grand Prix.
* TheOtherDarrin: In 2008, Sugroku's english dub voice actor, MaddieBlaustein, passed away, so when Bonds Beyond Time aired, WayneGrayson took over.
* PaperThinDisguise: As Mask The Rock. He doesn't even change out of his normal outfit.

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