History FanFic / DuelingUnlimited

* AmbiguouslyGay: Haseo starts off a little...questionable but it's quickly revealed that he is straight and has obvious feelings for his childhood friend Celena.
** Word of God states that he is bi though.
** Yuu Akimoto seems a bit ''obsessed'' with Haseo.

* CloudCuckooLander: Sandra.

* ChristmasSpecial

* DarkIsNotEvil: The entire theme behind Voltaire's character and deck.

* DiabolusExNihilo: Who the hell was that clown and what the hell did he do!?

* {{Expy}}: Griever is based on [[Franchise/StarWars General Grievous]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Tanner. They never found the body]]

** Haseo's Heartless, one of which is the basic Heartless type Shadow

* OneHitKill: Chapter 43 is a series of these.
* PerkyGoth: Cassie
* PublicDomainCharacter: [[spoiler: Santa Claus]]

* StuffBlowingUp: Taihou's deck.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4550669/1/Dueling_Unlimited Dueling Unlimited]]'' is an OriginalCharacter Anime/YuGiOhGX AU fanfic. At the very least it's So Good it's Okay and can definitely be so Good it's Awesome at times. The setting is a GX AU meant to bridge the gap between the original series and 5D's. The main character is Shawn, an intelligent and well meaning teen who after a slight misunderstanding ends up going to the University of Dueling. While there he meets plenty of friends, and gains plenty of rivals and enemies as well. Jewels is the main reason he ends up going and seems to be his main love interest. Tanner, a blatant but amusing pervert who is often getting punished by Melinda for his actions. Sandra is a powerful duelist but a little off, and Dean who is very dedicated to his grandmother. And finally we have Sandra's PerkyGoth roommate Cassie. Eventually joining the group is Haseo a famous actor and Voltaire, a mysterious member of the Relinquished Dorm.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4550669/1/Dueling_Unlimited Dueling Unlimited]]'' is an OriginalCharacter Anime/YuGiOhGX AU fanfic. At the very least its So Good its Okay and can definitely be so Good its Awesome at times. The setting is a GX AU meant to bridge the gap between the original series and 5D's. The main character is Shawn, an intelligent and well meaning teen who after a slight misunderstanding ends up going to the University of Dueling. While there he meets plenty of friends, and gains plenty of rivals and enemies as well. Jewels is the main reason he ends up going and seems to be his main love interest. Tanner, a blatant but amusing pervert who is often getting punished by Melinda for his actions. Sandra is a powerful duelist but a little off, and Dean who is very dedicated to his grandmother. And finally we have Sandra's PerkyGoth roommate Cassie. Eventually joining the group is Haseo a famous actor and Voltaire, a mysterious member of the Relinquished Dorm.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: The main character ends up on the same team as his enemy during the Trinity Tournamanet]]
* {{Expy}}: Griever is based on [[StarWars General Grievous]]

* RuleOfThree: The Trinity Tournamanet is a series of duels between three schools. Each team has three members.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Who the hell was that clown and what the hell did he do!?

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4550669/1/Dueling_Unlimited Dueling Unlimited]] is an OriginalCharacter Anime/YuGiOhGX AU fanfic. At the very least its So Good its Okay and can definitely be so Good its Awesome at times. The setting is a GX AU meant to bridge the gap between the original series and 5D's. The main character is Shawn, an intelligent and well meaning teen who after a slight misunderstanding ends up going to the University of Dueling. While there he meets plenty of friends, and gains plenty of rivals and enemies as well. Jewels is the main reason he ends up going and seems to be his main love interest. Tanner, a blatant but amusing pervert who is often getting punished by Melinda for his actions. Sandra is a powerful duelist but a little off, and Dean who is very dedicated to his grandmother. And finally we have Sandra's PerkyGoth roommate Cassie. Eventually joining the group is Haseo a famous actor and Voltaire, a mysterious member of the Relinquished Dorm.

* BigDamnHeroes: Chapter 43 features Dove, Boa, Raven, and Bat acting compltely heroicly for once.

* GameBreaker: Mostly averted. Some of the original cards seem a bit broken but have their drawbacks.

* TheScrappy: About one person out of the fandom likes Louis. Luckily the author hates him as well.

* TournamentArc: In a bit of a subversion, the Trinity Tournamanet doesn't play by the normal rules. It's double elimination with teams.

* BiTheWay: Haseo.

[[AC: Tropes In ''DuelingUnlimited'']]

* AbortedArc- Pluto's group of followers were originally planned to be a bigger threat but the author dummied this out when he decided to get into the deeper plot sooner.
* AmbiguouslyGay- Haseo starts off a little...questionable but it's quickly revealed that he is straight and has obvious feelings for his childhood friend Celena.

* AnimalMotif- Kirimaru is a shark themed duelist.

* AffectionateParody- Not the story itself, but there are definitely a few parts that qualify as this. Namely the Power Rangers shout out.
* BigDamnHeroes- Chapter 43 features Dove, Boa, Raven, and Bat acting compltely heroicly for once.
* BiTheWay- Haseo.
* BlackKnight- Haruka's deck has this for a theme.
* CloudCuckooLander- Sandra.
* ChivalrousPervert- Tanner. He loves the ladies, but he's really still a likable guy and will stand up for his female friends.

* CurbStompBattle- During the ChristmasSpecial [[spoiler: Santa Claus shows up to curbstomp the villain]]
* DarkIsNotEvil- The entire theme behind Voltaire's character and deck.

* EnemyMine- [[spoiler: The main character ends up on the same team as his enemy during the Trinity Tournamanet]]
* {{Expy}}- Griever is based on [[StarWars General Grievous]]
* GameBreaker- Mostly averted. Some of the original cards seem a bit broken but have their drawbacks.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere- Who the hell was that clown and what the hell did he do!?
* GroinAttack- Used occasionally in earlier chapters.
* GoodIsNotNice- The mentioned animal trio obviously think they're doing the right thing and for a while they were friends with the main group but things got pretty bad after they met Tanner...
* IncrediblyLamePun- Haseo's acting terms and jokes can get a little annoying after a while. For the record, even his Hot Shounen Mom is getting tired of it.
* KilledOffForReal- [[spoiler: Tanner]]
** [[spoiler: They never found the body]]
* LivingShadow- The Shadow Templar archetype all have living shadows.
** Haseo's Heartless too, one of which is the basic Heartless type Shadow
* LawyerFriendlyCameo- [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Shimakaru]] the lazy ninja is said to be one of Tanner's favorite fictional characters.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop- Celena is this because of Wise, Haseo's evil ex-manager.
* LoveTriangle- Type 5. Melinda loves Tanner, who loves Sandra, who is oblivious.
* MasterOfIllusion- Akashini's deck revolves around manipulating the opponent with his illusions.
* MindScrew- Pretty much the whole point of Akashini's deck, and Akashini's favorite hobby.
* MonsterClown- One shows up in Chapter 42.
* {{NINJA}}- The main character, Shawn, has training as a ninja.
** With a deck full of them too!
* OneHitKill- Chapter 43 is a series of these.
* PerkyGoth- Cassie
* PublicDomainCharacter- [[spoiler: Santa Claus]]
* RescueArc- Two at once. [[spoiler: Haseo and Voltaire both leave the main cast to go rescue their love interests]]
* RuleOfThree- The Trinity Tournamanet is a series of duels between three schools. Each team has three members.
* TheScrappy- About one person out of the fandom likes Louis. Luckily the author hates him as well.
* {{Sentai}}- The villains in Chapter 43 have this theme.
* ShoutOut- [[Franchise/DotHack Haseo]] uses a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' themed deck. Another character uses a ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' themed card.
* StuffBlowingUp- Taihou's deck.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide- [[spoiler: As of chapter 49 it seems the main character ''may'' have this]]
* ThemeNaming- Boa, Dove, Raven, and Bat are all from the same village.
* TournamentArc- In a bit of a subversion, the Trinity Tournamanet doesn't play by the normal rules. It's double elmination with teams.

* SoBadItsHorrible- Haseo will do a lot of things. Acting in a Captain Planet movie is not one of them. Doubles as an obvious Take That.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo- [[{{Naruto}} Shimakaru]] the lazy ninja is said to be one of Tanner's favorite fictional characters.

* ShoutOut- [[Franchise/DotHack Haseo]] uses a KingdomHearts themed deck. Another character uses a {{Disgaea}} themed card.

* ShoutOut- [[DotHack Haseo]] uses a KingdomHearts themed deck. Another character uses a {{Disgaea}} themed card.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4550669/1/Dueling_Unlimited Dueling Unlimited]] is an OriginalCharacter [[{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}} Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]] AU fanfic. At the very least its So Good its Okay and can definitely be so Good its Awesome at times. The setting is a GX AU meant to bridge the gap between the original series and 5D's. The main character is Shawn, an intelligent and well meaning teen who after a slight misunderstanding ends up going to the University of Dueling. While there he meets plenty of friends, and gains plenty of rivals and enemies as well. Jewels is the main reason he ends up going and seems to be his main love interest. Tanner, a blatant but amusing pervert who is often getting punished by Melinda for his actions. Sandra is a powerful duelist but a little off, and Dean who is very dedicated to his grandmother. And finally we have Sandra's PerkyGoth roommate Cassie. Eventually joining the group is Haseo a famous actor and Voltaire, a mysterious member of the Relinquished Dorm.