History Characters / YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeriesMajorVillains

-->:'''Melvin:''' Huuuug?

-->''Marik:''' [[TooDumbToLive I still think you should hug him.]]

* OutOfClothesExperience: When he stops Gozaburo from attacking the plane/

* PlayfulHacker: As a kid, he hacked the lighting systems during Kaiba's party as a bit of fun, making them flicker. Gozaburo Kaiba doesn't think it's all that impressive, unlike Kaiba, who remembers it as "the most impressive thing he'd ever seen," and his hacker tricks continue in present day with him using his skills to mess with Kaiba's tournament.

* HypercompetentSidekick: To Marik in the ''Evil Council'' videos. He's so much more competent that everybody likes and respects him better than Marik. [[spoiler: Until he decided to defect and joined Dartz's evil council.]] And even after that, he's still liked better than Marik.

* DeepSouth: He's got what sounds like the world's thickest Cajun accent, and apparently spent a lot of time in Abalamya. Er--Alabama.[[spoiler: At least, until the finale.]]
* DissonantSerenity: A surprisingly disturbing case, given the usually comedic nature of his character, but when revealing to Rafael [[spoiler:he was responsible for all the tragic events leading his henchmen to serve him]], he describes the whole thing while gleefully laughing as if he was telling a good joke.

* ElmuhFuddSyndwome[=/=]PorkyPigPronunciation: He owften has twouble pwonun-unciati-- anan-on-ci-- anonymous... sayin' words in da way they s'posed t' be said, mayan.[[spoiler: In the season finale, this was revealed to be an effect of the Orichalcos, and he has a normal accent after being uncorrupted.]]

--> "You gotta learn to e-nun-ci-ate, mayn. Speak plain English. It's a matter of coowates--cour--courageo--it's good manners, mayn!"

* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: He describes Joey's defeat by recreating the sound of the life points counter going down as "'''blelelelelele"'' and ''"bloop!"''

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: True, even in the source material Zigfried has none of the destructive ambitions of previous villains, and here there's plenty of jokes based around his accent and similarities to Pegasus...but he's still a damn good duelist, OTKing Rex and Weevil and genuinely outplaying Joey just as he did in canon.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's an effeminate westerner with long hair who lives in a castle, has a rivalry with Kaiba and is constantly making innuendo-laden remarks at him. Kaiba repeatedly mistakes him for Pegasus, and even Zigfried admits that the similarities are there.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: His exaggerated German accent is all over the place. The announcer at Kaiba's tournament even introduces him as being "[[LampshadeHanging from somewhere in Germany because his accent makes it hard to pin down.]]"

* FunnyForeigner: He is a sterotype of EU cultural weirdness, speaking in an exaggerated high-pitched German accent and always being introduced with Europop.

* SissyVillain: He has long pink hair, speaks with a high-pitched lisp, listens to campy music and is highly eccentric.

The villain of ''Bonds Beyond Time Abridged''. Basically the same as Anubis, but [[RunningGag IN 3D!!!]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Marik's father Hank Ishtar, [[AssholeVictim who really deserved it]] after savagely whipping Odion and then trying to do the same to Marik.

* EvilIsSexy: Invoked. Marik believes himself to be a nine out of ten and with his kick-ass back tattoo he goes up to a nine and half out of ten. Marik wants to be evil so the sexiness on being evil raises him up to a Ten out of Ten.

* ClosetKey: All signs indicate that he's destined to become Marik's. [[spoiler:If you consider LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines to be canon, then it's already been confirmed]].

* RidiculousProcrastinator: He mentions in LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines that his fans incorrectly assume that his EvilPlan took five seasons because it was just ''that'' well thought out. He's actually "just very slow".

A BreakoutCharacter of the series with Bakura, Marik is featured in numerous side-videos, most notably the Evil Council videos, where he annually (or did; the videos have seemingly been discontinued by Little Kuriboh) called together other villains to scheme against Yugi. None of them ever got anything does. He even has his own LetsPlay, ''LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines'', where he plays ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''.

** ''LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines'' has even more, which are usually lampshaded by Bakura laughing while Marik is unaware of what he's said.

* CasualDangerDialogue: In the Abridged movie after being told that they're about fly into a massive storm, he calmly suggests simply turning around. When he's told that the pilot only knows how to fly forward, he just tells him to turn the radio up then.

He's a prominent BreakoutCharacter of the series with Marik, and the two star in several side projects including fanfiction and the Evil Council videos.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The real Spirit of the Millennium Ring is a vile and ruthless villain who fully intends on bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. This version of him, while still evil, is a lot less cold and more willing to get along or converse with others, even Yugi's friends and family. What's more, Florence's reason for fighting Yami Marik/Melvin was to prevent him from canceling the show, while Yami Bakura only dueled him because he doesn't want any competition to ruling the world.

* AntiVillain: He's a psychotic mass-murderer, but even he is creeped out by Marik and Melvin. He also fights Melvin to stop him from destroying the show, nudging his way to NominalHero for an episode.

* BlackComedyRape: According to Episode 16, he has a habit of taking over his host's body in the middle of the night and molest anyone nearby.

* CrazyConsumption: The one time he's shown eating on screen, he tears apart a steak like a rabid animal. Apparently this is a normal thing for him; a later episode has Marik [[TalkingInYourSleep Talking In His Sleep]] during what is apparently a dream about Bakura eating spaghetti with his mouth open and getting it all over the place.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Played for laughs in Season 5, where he ''wants'' to finally get to his final confrontation with Yugi and the Pharoah, but unfortunately he's been sidelined (with only the former narrator of the now-cancelled WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged for company) waiting for Yugi to show up because Season 5 is a ''filler arc'' and Yugi and his friends are busy with something completely unrelated. At a ''theme park'', no less. Florence is exasperated to no end by this.

* RidiculousProcrastinator: He mentions in LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines that his fans incorrectly assume that his EvilPlan took 5 seasons because it was just ''that'' well though out. He's actually "just very slow".

* ScrewYourself: ''Zorc & Pals'' show him in a relationship with Zorc, his past incarnation.

* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Marik, both in spin-off fanfics and their Let's Plays. His sexual attraction towards Marik is extremely intense, but he hates his personally as a BrainlessBeauty. The result is Bakura regularly insulting or snarking at Marik while also flirting or making sexual innuendos.

Marik is the successor to the tomb keepers of the Pharaoh and the leader of the Rare Hunters. Like Yami Bakura, he wants to take the Pharaoh's screentime, and so he sends his minions into the Battle City tournament to destroy Yugi a little (not kill, destroy). He possesses the Millennium Rod, which allows the user to brainwash anyone with "Steve" or any variation thereof in their name. When he was young, Marik yearned for a life better than one spent underground, and the trauma of living with an abusive father and undergoing ritualistic scarring created an alternate personality/imaginary friend, "Melvin." Melvin personality was sealed away for some time, but at the end of Season 2 he emerged and banished Marik from his mind. However, he reclaimed his body and reformed at the end of Season 3.

* AdaptationalWimp: He is nowhere near as competent or evil as he in the original series.
* ArchEnemy: He claims it's the Pharaoh, but in the spin-offs it's [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]].

-->'''Bakura:''' You know, it's a good thing you're pretty. Otherwise I'd have to suffocate you.

** Marik's phrases after discovering [[spoiler:Bakura is leaving for Dartz's council and that he was meeting with him for weeks]] sounds more like a break up for cheating.

* EvilIsSexy: Invoked. Marik believes him self to be a nine out of ten and with his kick ass back tattoo he goes up to a nine and half out of ten. Marik wants to be evil so the sexiness on being evil raises him up to a Ten out of Ten.

* GagPenis: If the Pharoah's reaction to it is any indiction.

* HarmlessVillain: Played straight or subverted depending on whether he's carrying the IdiotBall. Generally he's the most ineffective villain around, no matter what he does, but he did kill a man in cold blood, so it's best not to drop your guard entirely.

* MisappliedPhlebotinum: For having an all powerful ancient Egyptian artifact that can control minds and warp the fabric of reality, he really [[CutLexLuthorACheck doesn't do much with it.]] Justified in that it can only control people named "Steve," and he knows it's an annoying limitation.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Crump successfully possessed Tea's body, Marik inadvertantly saves her a couple of episodes later by kicking him out.

* PaperThinDisguise: His "Malik Blishtar" identity. In the original, Marik didn't actually need a physical disguise since the heroes had no idea what he looked like yet, and simply acted as a friendly duelist named Namu while Odion pretended to be the real Marik, but in this version, not only is his fake name painfully obvious, he constantly slips up and goes on evil rants, accidentally uses his real name, etc.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The Abridged version of the Millenium Rod can only control the minds of people named Steve (or some variation of it), forcing Marik to go the extra mile to gain control of certain characters, such as tricking Joey and Tea into legally changing their names. This limitation gets even more ridiculous once you consider that not only is Marik Egyptian, where the name Steve would be extremely rare to start with, but the Rod itself is from ''ancient'' Egypt, predating the name entirerly.

At the end of Season 2 he is revealed to be a spy for [=4Kids=], sent to get the show cancelled. Bakura duels him to try and save the show, but is defeated. Melvin thus destroys the FourthWall and the show is canceled. However, boredom slowly starts to set in during ''The Cancelled Series'' due to him becoming a sub-character, and he goes on another destruction spree that inadvertently gets the show UnCanceled. With his former employers now dead, Melvin was once again the main villain… until Marik was able to regain control of his body and finally destroyed Melvin for good.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's just this side of Pegasus for one of the silliest, hammiest, most ridiculous villains of the show, but he's arguably even more dangerous than his canon counterpart, since he helped get the show itself cancelled.
* BigBad: For the second half both of Season 2 and season 3.

* DeadlyHug: He makes it an art form, since asking for a hug for him means he wants to kill you.

* OnlySaneMan: Manages to be this during his duel with Yugi. He's baffled by Yugi's slurred pronounciations, his offer to trade his Obelisk card for Melvin's Metal Reflect Slime (despite this being in his favour) and he loses his temper when he's suddenly ignored despite his BigBad status.

* OutsideContextVillain: Despite initially working for 4Kids, he becomes this for ''The Cancelled Series'', as he stops working for them and just does his own thing, with nobody really acknowledging his existence until the end, much like the original series. And considering he is a psychopathic serial killer, the fact that Noah didn't plan to keep him out of the way was a bit of a misstep on his part. Once Melvin gets bored, he wanders around and eventually starts making a mess of everything, which causes problems for Noah later. If Noah's and/or Gozaburo's plans had actually succeeded, Melvin may have simply just murdered them and the Big Five.

* VillainousBreakdown: Over the course of his duel with the Pharaoh. He go from taunting Yami as he usually does, to being increasingly annoyed by his antics (such as constantly pointing out the Shadow Realm should be called the "Purple Realm") to [[RageBreakingPoint completely losing it out of frustration]] when Yami stops being afraid of him and starts arguing with Kaiba in the middle of their duel.
* VillainsWantMercy: Tries to keep Marik from banishing him to the Shadow Realm by saying that they can work together when he'd been nothing but cruel and abusive to Marik beforehand. Additionally, during the climactic duel, once the Pharaoh summoned Obelisk the Tormenter, Melvin immediately asked if they could play a different game, like Rock-Paper-Scissors instead. The Pharaoh obliged, and said that he picked "rock"...which he demonstrated by having Obelisk punch Melvin straight in the face.

* {{Yandere}}: For Mokuba, it seems. When his bribing of maintaining Mokuba's loyalty through love and donuts fail, Noah responds by turning both him and Seto into stone.

Former CEO of Kaiba Corporation. Considers anyone beneath him a "small person" and will occasionally poke fun at their misfortune. Do not enrage him if you value your ears. Was fired by Seto and Mokuba and committed suicide in disgrace. But, just like in the source material he faked his death and actually inserted himself into the Virtual World in order to manipulate [=KaibaCorp=] from behind the scenes. At any rate his plan backfired and he was killed by his biological son Noah.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Acts like a ditzy buffoon most of the time, but he's a self-made billionaire and a very successfull, if ruthless and corrupt, businessman.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Blames Noah for not sending him either a "thank you" or a father's day card... even though Noah thought he was ''dead''.

* TheSociopath: If the way he treated his kids wasn't enough, he tore down an orphanage to build a theme park, said the orphans "don't get a theme park", showed no concern for the children he was making homeless, and tore a man's EARS off because he "got mad".

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Though he's treated as a comedic nuisance in most of his appearances due to his odd speech pattern, when he finally duels in Episode 81, none of the jokes in the episode diminish just how much of a FauxAffablyEvil {{Jerkass}} he really is. He cruelly mocked Rafael for causing his family's death and him being stranded on a desert island (even if the reveal was a ContrivedCoincidence), and manages to [[BreakThemByTalking break Yami Yugi]] (something only Rafael had been able to do before) by pointing out he doesn't even need to reference his ancient past to show how much of an asshole he was to his friends. And that's on top of his canon counterpart's actions in the Duel, such as using Yugi's friends as faces for his monsters.

** One of the first and most famous jokes regarding Dartz was his henchmen being unable to understanding if he was asking them to "do" or "duel" Marik. When facing his OneWingedAngel form in a BeamOWar, Yami defeats him by asking him this very question, distracting him long enough to slay him.

* EarlyBirdCameo: He and his gang of motorcycle riding henchmen have had a subplot in all of the ''Marik's Evil Council'' videos to date. He and his henchmen made their proper debut in episode 64 (which makes sense, since their rival council likely got disbanded after Marik's HeelFaceTurn)

* InnocentInnuendo: ''All the time'' due to his incredibly thick accent. Stand out examples include "Dick" and "Wank", as well as ordering his henchmen to "do" various characters. [[labelnote:*]]"Deck", "Rank" and "Duel"[[/labelnote]]

* {{Jerkass}}: He loves to verbally abuse his henchmen, suck their souls should they fail him, and apparently once sucked out Creator/ChanningTatum's soul [[ForTheEvulz as a joke]]. Alister flat out calls him a douche because of this.

* VillainHasAPoint: One that he's not entirely off-based with either. In his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, he points out that not only was the Pharaoh a tyrant in his own time, but tells Yami Yugi ever since he came back to life, he spent most of his second life insulting his own friends, and taking their friendship for granted, including the boy whose body he inhabits. Rather than appreciate that they have the patience to be around him, and even considered them his friends. In this case, Dartz is ''absolutely right''. This point gives Yami Yugi much deserved CharacterDevelopment from this.

The great beast that Dartz unleashes after gaining three Egyptian God Cards. As opposed to the anime series, ''Abridged'' Leviathan is Dartz' attack-dog instead of his master.

* CaptainErsatz: Yami Yugi (and eventually Yugi) point out how his Great Eye form looks exactly like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]].
* CombatTentacles: Its body distords in goo-like tentacles to grab Yami, Kaiba and Joey.

* ScrewYourself: ''Zorc & Pals'' show him in a relationship with Yami Bakura, his future incarnation.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Could almost be seen as a bit of reverse of what happened with Dartz. When he first appeared he was voiced by [=Semisoma1=], now [=TheAzureCrow=], and spoke normally. When ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'' was properly adapted, he was instead voiced by [=LittleKuriboh=] and he spoke with a speech impediment. His motive also changed from wanting to destroy abridged series to it being more inline with canon where he wants to destroy card games.