History Characters / Yugioh5Ds

** {{Adaptation Decay}}: The three Emperors go from [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist Well Intentioned Extremists]] trying to prevent an apocalyptic future]] in the Japanese version to [[spoiler:[[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Villains]] (pun unintended) trying to ''TakeOverTheWorld'']] in the English dub.

* XanatosRoulette

* TokenLoli

** YourMileageMayVary about the Emperors, since [[spoiler: for one thing all that Hell they represent isn't really something one would be outspoken about (and in fact, Placido and Lucciano ''protest'' when Jose reveals the truth), not to mention that Lucciano's insanity was clearly originated from Aporia's trauma of losing his parents]].

** YourMileageMayVary: He is either a LargeHam or CrazyAwesome ''[[http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/002/f/3/aporia_by_riechstag-d36axi4.jpg]]''

* {{Expy}}: Of the original series' Seto Kaiba.

* Irony: [[spoiler: In his Duel with Z-One, the last card he draws, the one directly responsible for making him lose is Machine Emperor Grannel Infinity.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Apparently, in Z-One's original timeline, Enjo was not ''only'' a good friend of Aki and Yusei, but the three of them ''also'' won the '''Pegasus J. Crawford Cup Trinidad Riding Duel Grand Prix'''. Considering the nature of Aki and Yusei's bond, one could also speculate that Enjo was also a Signer in that timeline!

* DishingOutDirt/ExtraOreDinary: (Uses a Scrap Deck)

* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: Really likes them.

* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: Swerving to avoid a kitten caused him to crash.

* [=~She's A Man In Japan~=]: The Latin American dub switched his gender.

* [=~Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?~=]: Seems to be more interested in beating the crap out of people than dueling them.

* [=~You Can't Fight Fate~=]: 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. And just to punch in some extra symbolism, the bee's dance describes the Infinity symbol. Jose also revealed that is their task to make sure history stays on a predetermined course, and as such [[spoiler: they have a bone to pick with Yusei, because the discovery of Momentum by his father jacked up everything.]]

* TheJorEl

* {{Gratuitous Italian}}: [[spoiler:Placido's [[{{I got better}} upgraded]] form is called Placido Ripresa with Ripresa being Italian for recovery]].

* IGotBetter: Seeing as he appears after being beaten in a shadow duel and NoOneCouldSurviveThat, it certainly qualifies, especially since it was never explained.

* UndeathAlwaysEnds: The eventual fate of every Dark Signer is to crumble to dust. [[spoiler: However most of them [[IGotBetter got better]].]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: He did [[IGotBetter get better]] though.]]

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:He certainly came off worse for wear after his duel with Yusei. Fortunately for him, since he is an android, [[IGotBetter he gets better]].]]

In the W.R.G.P. arc, Aki re-enrolls in the local Duel Academia, quickly rising to become the best student in her year. She uses her Psychic powers several times over to save herself and others from harm. She learns how to ride a D-Wheel, becoming part of Team 5D's pit crew and also serving as a benchwarmer, or substitute, for the team. Staying true to this role, Aki briefly substitutes for Crow when the latter crashes and is injury-stricken. She crashes herself on her D-Wheel and temporarily goes into a coma courtesy of Team Catastrophe. [[spoiler:[[IGotBetter She gets better,]] although she appears to have lost her Psychic powers. She later comes to peace with this, saying she no longer needs them, although her powers re-manifest to save herself, Crow, and Sherry from harm, and discovers she can use them to heal.]][[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue At the end of the series,]] Aki [[spoiler:leaves Japan to study and become a doctor, in Germany.]]

* {{Nakama}}: He is very fond of this, which leads to.
** PowerTrio: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090414011902/yugioh/images/a/ae/Yusei%2C_Crow_and_Jack.jpg His first group of friends]] -> FourIsDeath: [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100113101131/yugioh/images/7/7f/YGO5D092.jpg His second group of friends]] -> FiveManBand: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100505092207/yugioh/images/9/97/Signers.png His third and current group of friends]]

* EtTuBrute: Betrayed his {{Nakama}} to get out of Satellite.

* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Yusei from being overrun by the army of Ghost. [[spoiler:Then again in Episode 138, where he uses his suped-up D-Wheel to provide a slipstream for Yusei and Aki to accelerate enough to make it over the Bifrost Bridge before it collapses.]]

* RuleOfCool

* [[spoiler: ManBehindTheMan: Behind the [[UnwittingPawn Godwin brothers]], Aporia, and Paradox. Most bad things that happened in the series can be traced back to him]].

* Badass: He's the only person in the entire series to have ever beaten Yusei. In the manga, he's even more so, seeing as he has [[spoiler: RED DEMONS DRAGON]].

* WhiteandGreyMorality: The majority of the villains are {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, and while some of them KickTheDog, they still ultimately have understandable motivations for what they're doing. The only ones who aren't are the Dark Signers, who suffer from WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity, and some still held onto their humanity in the end.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Yliaster, the Arcadia Movement and the Dark Signers.

* WhiteandGreyMorality: The Signers/Team Ragnarok and Yliaster.

* XanatosRoulette: