History Fridge / YuGiOhArcV

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of [[FallenHero Yugi]] would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga as he never dueled Pegasus, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to [[MoralityChain Yugi]], and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget got to his head]] and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die and/or suffer horribly as he refuses to lose. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like [[YourSoulIsMine playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls]] instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival. To put it simply, this version of Yami Yugi is [[AxCrazy Yami Marik’s sadism]], [[ObviouslyEvil Yami Bakura’s malicious intent]], Kaiba’s jerkassery, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Aigami’s delusion]] and Dartz' KnightTemplar '''ON STEROIDS.'''
** Yugi Muto: Continuing from above, this Yugi would [[YoureInsane resent Atem for continuing to abuse his monsters]] this way, and lose [[YouMonster Mahad’s trust and loyalty as well]], with Yugi having very little control, if at all of his own body that Atem resides in and would wish he never completed the Millennium Puzzle. Even more likely in the event that when Atem’s soul is taken, he would be arrested for criminal charges and genocide, TakingTheHeat for something he didn’t commit. Even worse, he would never even be able to reach the King Of Games because of his criminal background and [[HannibalLecture taunt his opponents on]] [[StrawNihilist how useless everything will be in the end]].

** Judai: If this Judai enrolled in Academia, he might be the Fusion Dimension's answer to the Supreme King; an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac hellbent on the blowing up everything in his way [[ForTheEvulz out of spite]] [[ItAmusedMe and amusement]]. He might be even more rotten than either Yuri or ''GX'' Edo in terms of [[FantasticRacism racism]], [[KickTheDog cruelty]] and [[{{Sadist}} sadism]]. To make things worse, he would even consider [[KillEmAll killing and mutilating innocents]] like a SerialKiller outright instead of sealing them in cards.

* So, the 2000 LP penalty for intruding seems to be a feature displayed by Standard's Duel Disk only, since the Obelisk Force didn't seem to get the penalty when they joined into the Knights of Duel's internal duel in episode 44 and Yugo didn't suffer penalty when he jumps in to save Sakuragi's bacon in episode 47. Most likely Kurosaki is penalty immune too, since his Duel Disk is from the Xyz dimension. And if this is true, it just makes Reiji's penalty idea ''[[IdiotBall even more]]'' '''''[[WhatAnIdiot stupid]]'''''.

** Also notable is that, in the Synchro Arc, the penalty has also been applied to Sora (who never participated in the Battle Royale, although the penalty could have been installed at the beginning of the tournament) and Sergey (whose Duel Disk is built into his arm, and therefore could never have been tampered with by Reiji). Both of the Duels in question have also involved Lancers, implying that: a) Reiji also planned to use the penalty as a weapon against enemies trying to intervene in a Lancer's Duel or b) that's just how Duels work in the alternate dimensions.

* Pendulum Summoning actually take elements from previous style of special summoning and [[UpToEleven amp it up]].

** Ritual: For those who do not play the actual game: Ritual has a strange mechanism: You can not special Summon Ritual Monster from Graveyard (with other spell cards that bring back other monsters) unless you have special summon it before. Pendulum Monster stay in Extra deck after they are destroyed on the field and [[UpToEleven can be summon over and over again.]]

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of [[FallenHero Yugi]] would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga as he never dueled Pegasus, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to [[MoralityChain Yugi]], and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget got to his head]] and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die and/or suffer horribly as he refuses to lose. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like [[YourSoulIsMine playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls]] instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival. To put it simply, this version of Yami Yugi is [[AxCrazy Yami Marik’s sadism]], [[ObviouslyEvil Yami Bakura’s malicious intent]], Kaiba’s jerkassery, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Aigami’s delusion]] and Dartz' KnightTemplar '''[[UpToEleven ON STEROIDS.]]'''

** Chronos: This Chronos might be the embodiment of [[SadistTeacher Sadist Teachers]] UpToEleven. When compared to Noro, who's an incompetent LaughablyEvil NoRespectGuy, he's a '''''[[TookALevelInBadass beast!]]'''''

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of Yugi would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to [[MoralityChain Yugi]], and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power got to his head and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die horribly as he refuses losing. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like [[YourSoulIsMine playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls]] instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival. To put it simply, this version of Yami Yugi is [[AxCrazy Yami Marik’s sadism]], [[ObviouslyEvil Yami Bakura’s malicious intent]], [[Jerkass Kaiba’s jerkassery]], [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Aigami’s delusion]] and Dartz' KnightTemplar '''[[UpToEleven ON STEROIDS.]]'''

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of Yugi would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to [[MoralityChain Yugi]], and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power got to his head and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die horribly as he refuses losing. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like [[YourSoulIsMine playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls]] instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival. To put it simply, this version of Yami Yugi is [[AxCrazy Yami Marik’s sadism]], [[ObviouslyEvil Yami Bakura’s malicious intent]], [[Main/Jerkass Kaiba’s jerkassery]], [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Aigami’s delusion]] and Dartz' KnightTemplar '''[[UpToEleven ON STEROIDS.]]'''

* Why did Yuzu get her outfit swapped with Serena? Because if she is going to be riding on Yugo's D-Wheel all day in her regular outfit, she'd be giving off panty shot after panty shot (It's a small Fridge I'll admit, but a fridge none the less).

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of Yugi would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to [[MoralityChain Yugi]], and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power got to his head and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die horribly as he refuses losing. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival. To put it simply, this version of Yami Yugi is [[AxCrazy Yami Marik’s sadism]], [[ObviouslyEvil Yami Bakura’s malicious intent]], [[Jerkass Kaiba’s jerkassery]], Aigami’s delusion and Dartz' KnightTemplar '''[[UpToEleven ON STEROIDS.]]'''
** Yugi Muto: Continuing from above, this Yugi would resent Atem for continuing to abuse his monsters this way, and lose Mahad’s trust and loyalty as well, with Yugi having very little control, if at all of his own body that Atem resides in and would wish he never completed the Millennium Puzzle. Even more likely in the event that when Atem’s soul is taken, he would be arrested for criminal charges and genocide, TakingTheHeat for something he didn’t commit. Even worse, he would never even be able to reach the King Of Games because of his criminal background and [[HannibalLecture taunt his opponents on]] [[StrawNihilist how useless everything will be in the end]].

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of Yugi would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to Yugi, and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power got to his head and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die horribly as he refuses losing. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival. To put it simply, this version of Yami Yugi is Yami Marik’s sadism, Yami Bakura’s malicious intent, Kaiba’s jerkassery and Dartz' KnightTemplar '''ON STEROIDS.'''

* Why did Yuzu get her outfit swapped with Serena? Because if she is going to be riding on Yugo's D-Wheel all day in her regular outfit, she'd be giving off PantyShot after PantyShot (It's a small Fridge I'll admit, but a fridge none the less).

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of Yugi would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to Yugi, and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power got to his head and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die horribly as he refuses losing. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival. To put it simply, this version of Yami Yugi is Yami Marik’s sadism, Yami Bakura’s malicious intent, Kaiba’s jerkassery and Dartz' KnoghtTemplar ''''ON STEROIDS.''''

** Yami Yugi/Atem: This version of Yugi would have never grown out of his Shadow Game usage in the Manga, as well as being unwilling to listen or give back control to Yugi, and continue to punish evildoers with death Penalty Games, but eventually that power got to his head and now whoever challenges him to a Duel will die horribly as he refuses losing. Not just that, but remember the Doma Arc? Yeah, he'd even stoop to those lows like playing the Seal of Orichalcos in every Duel to outright steal souls instead of card them. And God help the Lancers or even Zarc, as overuse of Shadow Magic as well as the Orichalcos will result in either Zorc or the Orichalcos God's revival.

* Should the ''ARC-V'' versions of Judai, Yusei, and Yuma appear at some point, they might be the [[AdaptationalVillainy non-comedic]] KnightOfCerebus [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]] of their respective [[TheRival Rivals]]:

* About Yuya's and Yuzu's dimensional counterparts and everyone [[AllegedLookalikes mixing them up]], which many people find ridiculous but what if they don't really have different haircolors? What if those are just for the audience to tell them apart? Yeah I know that unusual [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair haircolors]] is a staple of anime, and that they aren't the only ones with crazy hair colors. But what if the actual trope at work here is HairColorDissonance? All the Yuya and Yuzu's dopplegangers have actually the same hair color with different hairstyles which makes it way more believable that they are constantly confused with each other. [[http://autumn-sacura.tumblr.com/post/120772883908/on-arc-v-colorblindness-and-why-people-cant-tell This post]] goes to explain that there's some historical background for this.

** And now, Yuya is using Fusion [[spoiler: Xyz, and Synchro]] in tandem with Pendulum. Whoever made this realization, you predicted a crucial plot point well ahead of its revelation.

*** [[spoiler:Furthermore, the way his Edge Imps deface and mutilate the Furminals to turn them into his demonic Des-Toys reflects how he sees enemy duelists as nothing but playthings, to be used for his amusement as roughly as possible until they're broken. It also reflects how as part of the Fusion Faction, he's used to a more brutal form of dueling which is like a war. And with every new Des-Toy being more grotesque-looking than the last one, they also mirror [[SanitySlippage his state of mind]] as he [[VillainousBreakdown loses his cool]].]]
*** [[spoiler: In a way, Sora is also a Des-Toy himself - something perfectly innocent under ordinary terms twisted into a dangerous weapon by an outside force: Academia.]]

*** The militaristic appearance of the Raid Raptors also reflects the form of dueling Kurosaki knows: [[spoiler:dueling not for entertainment or fun, but for survival itself to the point his world looks like a war-ravaged battlefield.]]

*** [[spoiler: Their ghostly state also reflects his status after episode 37]].

*** Unlike the other Yu boys, his deck has a direct counter to his bracelet girl's deck [[spoiler:Super Polymerization]]. This reflects how Yuri is the only one who didn't have a connection to a girl.

** Like other characters associated with Academia, [[spoiler:Roget]] employs an Ancient Gear deck. However, unlike the Obelisk Force and [[spoiler:Dennis]], he doesn't use the Ancient Gear Hound, which represents the fact that he's betrayed the Professor and is no longer one of his "dogs". Furthermore his strategy of combining Ancient Gear Devil and Ancient Gear Magic Shield to create a NighInvulnerable wall while he reduces his opponent's Life Points with Devil's effect has been defeated by taking advantage of the fact that while Devil might be nearly invincible, Magic shield isn't, reflects how he is a competent chessmaster but has a tendency of overlooking details [[spoiler:that ultimately leads to his plans being compromised and his defeat]].

*** Also, the fact that he no longer uses Photons separates him from his [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal [=ZeXal=]]] counterpart, as Photons in that continuity were created using the energy of the Barian World. It can also reflect how he [[spoiler:lost his family and friends, as his Photon cards were presumably made with the help of his father and other close allies.]]

* After the events of episode 34~37, followed by the events starting from episode 39, Yuya's mental state is basically a ''pendulum''. He gets easily a HeroicBSOD, but somebody manages to cheer him up, then he gets another HeroicBSOD again until the next person helps him out of it. Afterwards, [[spoiler:he crosses the DespairEventHorizon]].

** Xyz beats Fusion: Ironically as it was Fusion that invaded and desolated Heartland, but on-screen Xyz has beaten Fusion; Kurosaki --> Sora, Yuto --> Sora, Yuya --> Kachidoki, [[spoiler:Berserk Yuya --> Obelisk Force]] (Serena beats Dennis because he wasn't being serious at all so it doesn't count. [[spoiler:But Sora later defeats Kurosaki on-screen, for then being almost defeated by Yuya's Xyz Pendulum monster. Also played with in the duel of Serena and Kurosaki vs Obelisk Force. While they did win, it was only because people kept interfering on the duel to help them and without their interference Kurosaki would not have been able to summon his monsters without pendulums to win.]]) Several of these are also justified by the fact that Sora was a SmugSnake that was making mistakes during the duels against Yuto and Kurosaki the first time. [[spoiler: Which is why when Sora takes the duel seriously in their next match he beats Kurosaki.]]
** Synchro beats Xyz: Yugo --> Yuto, Gongenzaka --> Dennis, [[spoiler:Crow --> Kurosaki.]]

* Why is [[spoiler:Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon a Xyz Pendulum card]] while Rune-Eyes and Beast-Eyes are regular Fusion monsters? Cause Rune-Eyes and Beast-Eyes are Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon evolution, [[spoiler:but Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon is the result of mixing Dark Rebellion and Odd-Eyes together, mixing two of the dimension Dragons.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 51 basically confirms this. He starts smiling when Yuya nearly enters Berserk Mode. And gave a freaky slasher smile when he saw Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon.]]

** Actually, since Roget seems to at least be aware of the existence of other dimensions [[spoiler:and may even be in cahoots with Academia, though it's not confirmed]], it may be that he simply could recognize the dimension from where the Disks came.

* Dennis' inability to grab any action cards after summoning [[spoiler:Ancient Gear Chaos Giant]]. He bemoans that they're abandoning him after he's abandoned his Entertainer persona. What two duelists do we see who grab Action Cards the most? Yuya and Yuzu, who are both entertainment duelists. So yes, Dennis, the Action Cards have abandoned you.

* In a brilliant LampshadeHanging, Yuya outright says that a tag duel is a terrible gamemode for Gongenzaka's deck thanks to the shared Graveyard rule locking out the Superheavy Samurais with "no S/T in grave" restrictions, specially when his partner was dependent on Underworld Script cards. However, it's even worse against the Tyler sisters: Gongenzaka's deck, in general, focuses on agression through powerful Defense Position attackers and breaking the opponent's Spells and Traps. The Tyler sisters play Amazoness decks, which have powerful continuous effects that manipulate the numbers on the battlefield (ATK boosts, damage redirection...), and while they CAN play spells and traps, they aren't that reliant on them for Shutendoji to be a big threat, and even if Gongenzaka got to use Susanoo's effect, most of their spells and traps were Amazoness-specific anyways - not to mention that [[spoiler:the defensive support that they played against Yuya and Kurosaki was mostly made of continuous S/T, i.e. cards that one must destroy for them to hit the Graveyard]]. Add everything up, and you'll realize that Gongenzaka was playing an uphill battle.

* One noticeable thing about [[spoiler: Dennis]] during [[spoiler:his]] last two duels before [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide he cards himself]]]] is that [[spoiler: he]] seems to have removed all of [[spoiler: his Ancient Gear cards from his deck.]] This makes sense, considering how his [[spoiler: old ace, Ancient Gear Chaos Giant]] screwed him over during [[spoiler: his]] last action duel because its destructive presence destroyed the surrounding area making it impossible for [[spoiler: Dennis]] to get action cards, which ultimately cost [[spoiler: him]] the duel. However, because of [[spoiler: his]] patiorism towards to the Fusion Dimension, [[spoiler: he decided to get a Performage fusion monster that allow him to still use fusion.]]

** Finally Reiji's duel with Roget has Reiji summoning a Fusion Monster, representing Roget's origin from Fusion, and a Synchro Monster representing the Dimension Roget wanted to conquer. [[spoiler:Reiji then 1 turn kills Roget with the said monsters circumventing the latter's strategy. When its revealed that Roget was using holograms to infinitely replace himself, Reiji uses his own "dirty" tactics involving his newly created Pendulum monsters that were created to fight Academia, causing an infinite 1 turn kill every time.]]

** Yuri's power is fusion. This was hinted in episode 92 when the four boys were going to fuse, we see Yuri walking to Yugo while Yugo and Yuya aren't moving. Yuri's power mixes the four Dragon Boys into an entirely different being like how Fusion Monsters are different cards from their fusion material monsters. Yuri's power is the final power to revive the [[spoiler:Demonic Duelist]].

* After TheReveal that the bracelet girls and Yu boys [[spoiler: were all adopted via magic]], you notice something about them. Ruri, Yuya, and Yuzu are the only ones [[spoiler: with last names given, and they're the only ones with known relatives. It seems that Ray and Zarc's reincarnations didn't come with last names of their own, but they could assume the last names of their adopted families. Furthermore through Yusho and Shuzou's fragmented memories we know that these characters have no real beginning and not much of a history beyond childhood, so they don't actually "belong" in their worlds, whereas their adoptive families have apparently existed since the worlds were split up and belong there just as much as anybody else.]]

* Yuya's MagicPokerEquation ability to get Odd-Eyes, and later him and his counterpart's ability to easily get the materials for their dragons out, has some justification. As they are all [[spoiler:Zarc's dragons and tied to his return via triggering Awakenings from having them all out]], of course he'd want them to get on the field as quickly as possible. It's also why Odd-Eyes started to appear a bit less after Episode 37: Yuya was drawing for Dark Rebellion summonings. Heck the one duel in which Yuya never summoned a Dragon, his duel with Shinji, did have the materials for Dark Rebellion in play as his first turn (Salutiger and Silver Claw). Had he dueled 'properly', he'd have been able to summon Dark Rebellion.

* Here's abit of Fridge Brilliance for this part of the Yugioh Series. One thing that's normally a staple of the series is that the protagonist has "Yu" as the first part of their name. Here, that's played out perfectly well with the Dragon boys: Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuri. But there's also two other people who have "Yu" as a part of their names. Yuzu and Yusho. Yuzu has been noted in some MemeticMutation s to be the actual protagonist of the show, and some of the plot revolves around her and her counterparts [[spoiler: (which are eventually revealed to be Ray who is one of the huge reasons there are different dimensions in the first place)]]. As for Yusho, [[spoiler: he was Dimension hopping, opening up show schools so he could teach people the fundamentals of dueling so they could protect themselves against Academia]]. Really, all of them can qualify for a protagonist role!

* With what we learn about [[BigBad Zarc]] in the last few episodes, the series even manages to {{Deconstruct}} both FightingFromTheInside and [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins, by having Zarc win in a way that actually ''removes'' his evil. We learn that Zarc's StartOfDarkness was caused by him trying to entertain the audience, [[HumansAreBastards but being driven insane by their lust for blood]]. After the dimensions are split, Zarc places his dimensional reincarnations, the Yu-boys, in positions where they'll learn to duel, in hopes that they'll revive him... but also gives them a desire to entertain, very possibly a result of his pre-insanity personality managing to break through his OmnicidalManiac personality for a brief instant. (Yuya is the most obvious about this, as his entire personality revolves around entertaining others. However, Yuto has a thing for smiles (and constantly encourages Yuya not to lose his), and Yugo loves high-speed acrobatic stunts and risky all-or-nothing gambling plays (both of which keep the audience in suspense), while also using a deck based on toys (toys being something designed for the explicit purpose of entertaining people); Yuri was likely similar at first, but Zarc's influence corrupted it into a desire to ''be'' entertained.) When Zarc is revived, while he makes it clear that he wants to destroy the world in revenge, he also (if I remember correctly) outright ''says'' that he's going to destroy everything because senseless violence is what the audience wanted, showing that even after going crazy, he's still driven by a twisted form of his desire to entertain.]] So, in the end, when Yuya manages to [[spoiler:make Reira smile, finally purifying Zarc's evil, he shows that he can truly entertain the audience, ''without'' relying on violence or being driven insane by their desire for it.]] And thus, [[spoiler:due to the faintest influence from his pre-insanity personality leaking through, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Zarc manages to make everyone smile, entertain the audience without using violence]], ''[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments and]]'' [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments remove his own evil, and even make peace with Ray, through Yuya]].]] Who says [[spoiler:the villain winning]] is a ''bad'' thing, again? By the looks of things, he even got the girl!
** Moreover, Yuya's entertainment style directly addresses the flaws in Zarc's. Where Zarc's style made the dragons, and himself, feel that they were effectively the peoples' slaves, Yuya sets out to entertain the monsters just as much as the audience and opponent. This makes them feel like part of the audience, instead of like they're enslaved, helping to prevent them from desiring revenge and causing another Zarc to rise. [[spoiler:It's likely that when Zarc's pre-insanity personality leaked through, he saw exactly where he failed, and did everything in his power specifically to prevent it from happening again.]]

** Episode 127 reveals that [[spoiler:those summoning methods didn't exist in Standard before Leo Akaba reintroduced them, thus explaining the unfamiliarity with them]].

** This is revealed to be building up Dennis as he's [[spoiler:an enemy. He has to be a credible threat and as he's from the Fusion Dimension, he should be generally more skilled than any Standard Dimension duelist.]]

** As of Episode 127, it's revealed that the bracelets are not related to summoning methods at all. [[spoiler:Except they are; they counter various types of Extra Deck monster]].
* If Dennis lost to Serena because he left [[spoiler: Polymerization, why wouldn't he keep his non-Fusion cards out of his deck from that point?]]

** He's too proud of his [[spoiler:Fusion cards as they represent his real home]].

* So now we know that [[spoiler: all of the bracelet girls and Yu boys are reincarnations of Ray and Zarc respectively, and Yusho theorizes that Ray and Zarc had some control over where they were reborn.]] Why then did they choose to only be selective with [[spoiler: a few of their reincarnations?]] It seems that [[spoiler: Yuya was reborn as Yuya Sakaki because Yusho's philosophies support Zarc's beliefs and Yuzu was reborn to Shuzou because that would allow her to grow up next to Yuya, but then why not give Yugo, Rin, Yuto, Yuri and Serena parents as well?]]
** Perhaps [[spoiler:Yugo didn't have parents because having no one to depend on meant he'd have to learn to fend for himself, and Rin didn't because she needed to stay near him (which meant being in the same orphanage)]]?
* Related to the one above, why did [[spoiler: Ray make Ruri Shun's sister? How does that benefit her goals?]]

* For all the trouble people have in Fusion Dimension, nobody ever thought of traveling by their monsters? Kurosaki went to Security Tower using his Raid Raptors and 4 episodes before that he brought other Lancers, Tokumatsu, Sam, Amanda, Frank and Tanner using his monster so they could've used it in the similar way. [[spoiler:Yusho could've avoided encounter with Yuri by travelling using Performapal Sky Magician, something he can do as clearly shown in his duel with Yuri so why?]]
** This might be because Fusion trains people to be soldiers, while everyone else is more casual (and in particular, rebels tend to need to use whatever they can get their hands on wherever they can make it work, even if that's not its original purpose). Being trained as soldiers, they likely see their decks as weapons and nothing more... and when's the last time you saw someone drive their gun to work? [[spoiler:Yusho is an oddity since he's from Standard, and his son has been seen riding his monsters literally right from the start. Maybe he didn't want to stand out?]]

* One teased by the show itself. Not long after Masumi [[spoiler:defeats Yuzu in their duel, belittling her as she does so, a Professor from her school disappears who she seems to be quite close with. Did Yuto feel like dishing out some DisproportionateRetribution?]]

* [[spoiler:Yuto's hometown. It looks like the Satellite, but instead being the ruins of ''Heartland City'' as oppose to Domino City, and its filled with gang warfare between duelists. What in the name of the Sacred Beasts happened since Zexal?]]

* Sora being a Fusion user that taught this summoning method to Yuzu, Ruri's lookalike, got some real nasty vibes in episode 29 thanks to Kurosaki's shocked expression; but it was until episode 34 that got downright disturbing with Sora using Des-Toy/Frightfur Mad Chimaera's effect to take possession of Kurosaki's fallen monster and then gloating that he [[spoiler:and his Fusion faction]] took Kurosaki's comrades away, which included his sister. In episode 29, Yuzu was Ruri's proxy in Sora's attempt to show to Kurosaki his powers ''and'' torturing him with the implication of him [[TheCorrupter corrupting]] her with Fusion while he, Kurosaki, can't do anything about it.
* Episode 34 was full of blatant NightmareFuel, but consider this: We've seen in various episodes that the Duelists from the other dimensions can inflict actual damage with their cards (Yuto pinning Sawatari to the wall, Kurosaki's Rise Falcon leaving claw marks in an overpass, and so on). At the end of Kurosaki's duel with Sora, [[spoiler:he literally bombarded the Action Field with Revolution Falcon's effect... imagine what would have happened if one of ''those'' had hit Sora instead of that tower]].

* In Episode 47, when [[spoiler:Yuri]] met Yuzu, he didn't card Yuzu only because the Professor would be mad at him. But if you think about it, it would be a lot easier if [[spoiler:Yuri]] simply carded Yuzu, teleported back to the [[spoiler:Fusion Dimension]] and then uncarded her. But the fact that the Professor wouldn't be happy means that even the Academia can't '''uncard''' the victims. Meaning right now, there is no way to free them. AndIMustScream indeed.

* In Episode 57, Dennis duels Gongenzaka in the [[spoiler: Synchro Dimension]]. Dennis switches from hero to villain for the show because Gon didn't want to be the villain. He calls Xyz and pendulum summoning evil summoning methods as the villain, [[spoiler: because he wants to trick the children into associating them with the enemy.]]

* [[spoiler:With the revelation in Episode 103, Yusho has been travelling between Standard, Xyz, and Fusion teaching people dueling. However everyone in Maiami City and Heartland hates Yusho for mysteriously disappearing and call him a coward for disappearing. Yuya manages to become a celebrity in Synchro in almost an instant but due to forces beyond his control is sent to Xyz. Sounds familar? However time will tell if the City hates Yuya for the same reason as Yusho, if we ever see the Dimension again, but that implication is still there. After all the citizens would wonder what happened to their Duel king.]]
** [[spoiler:Yusho vanished before a big match, and during an invasion. No one in-universe knew why. Yuya has Reiji, Reira, and other witnesses to say he was sucked into a doom vortex, hell, the building he was in vanished off the face of the City]].

** [[spoiler: Yugo, Yuri, and the four bracelet girls are now in the Fusion Dimension. Think about it.]]
*** [[spoiler: Except a FreezeFrameBonus shows that Serena might be in Xyz Dimension.]]

*** He might be a SoreLoser too, [[spoiler:unlike Jack, who [[GracefulLoser has no problems losing to Yuya]] in their second Duel.]]

** [[spoiler:Except that the ''numerous'' callbacks in the series regarding Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri paint ''them'' as effectively the Judai, Yusei and Yuma of their dimensions]].

*** Or, alternatively, Saiou's antagonist status in ''GX'' might result in him becoming a WellIntentionedExtremist, given that Academia are villains that he might try and stop using drastic measures. [[spoiler:As for his HeelFaceTurn in ''GX''? Well, Academia ''does'' have the Doktor and his brain bugs...]]

** Misawa: His ''GX'' counterpart is prone to switching sides because he wants everyone to recognize and acknowledge his achievements. Since ''ARC-V'' is a sci-fi war series, this Misawa might be a MadScientist who has no problems experimenting captured [[LivingMacguffin Living Macguffins]] without any regard for their safety. His method of keeping anyone under his control is different from the Doktor's: [[spoiler:instead of turning them into BrainwashedAndCrazy PeoplePuppets by implanting Parasite Fusioners, he uses a special [[PsychoSerum drug]] that boosts the consumers' overall combat performance at the cost of becoming AxCrazy [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]]. It's effects are very fatal, [[MoreThanMindControl ensuring their loyalty to Academia]]. Think of it as something similar to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gamma Glipheptin]].]]
** Kaiser Ryo: While Yuri only works with Academia for no reason other than being a BloodKnight to cope up with his FriendlessBackground, this Kaiser Ryo might be a flat-out StrawNihilist. Being in a show where the villains are either AxCrazy and [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Maniacs]], his personality might be similar to his ''GX'' counterpart at his worst: ruthless, genocidal and [[LackOfEmpathy completely devoid of any empathy]] [[TheUnfettered or reason]]. And unlike Yuri, who is TheComicallySerious and [[WorthyOpponent shows some praise]] to the likes of Yugo and [[spoiler:Yusho]], he looks down on everyone because [[{{Narcissist}} he thinks highly of himself]]. [[spoiler:He might also be a HiddenAgendaVillain, an [[TheMole agent of Zarc]], and [[SatanicArchetype the series' equivalent of Lucifer]] who seeks to annihilate everything in existence.]]
* [[spoiler:Dennis said that the days he spent with the Lancers were fun.]] When the Lancers went to the Synchro Dimension, they were separated, and the only time Dennis had any interaction them was when he was underground dueling with Gongenzaka and Kurosaki. Afterwards, he got sent to jail and then forced to participate in a tournament and got beaten up by fellow Lancer Kurosaki. Just how bad is Academia if [[spoiler:Dennis]] considers this "fun"?
* [[spoiler:As of Episode 117 we get to see the Bracelet girls and the power of the Doktor's mind control. And yes its very powerful that the Doktor was capable of faking out a [[HopeSpot Hope Spot]] for Yugo. But remember in the Synchro Dimension where Roget was going to do the ''same thing to Yuya'' which luckily Roget ran out of time and had to improvise a electric chip in his helmet. But big question is how many of these mind control freaks does Leo Akaba know?]]
* [[spoiler:The connection between the Dragon Boys and Bracelet Girls takes a scary turn in Episode 127. The four pieces of Ray and Zarc each ended up in one of the Four Dimensions, eventually ending up as extremely close friends and possibly gaining feelings for each other with the exception being Yuri and Selena due to Leo's interference. Is it possible that Ray had a wish to quell Zarc's hate that the nature cards responded to and had their pieces encounters in each dimension as an attempt to quell the feelings caused Zarc to become evil? If that's the case, then Leo's plans have only helped restore those feelings in Zarc and lead to his possible resurrection.]]
* Episode 129: [[spoiler:How did Yusho stop Yuya from injuring both Reiji and Leo? By using a defect card whose effect persist even after duel was over because of a glitch. If such a glitch exist, imagine what will happen to a monster card ''with that very glitch''.]]
* Consider the fact that [[spoiler:Zarc created the Pendulum Summon mechanic]]. Now think back to the very first episode, when [[spoiler: Yuya somehow spontaneously created his first Pendulum Cards and, later, couldn't remember how they work?]] That was actually ''the very first instance of [[spoiler: the [[BigBad Supreme King]] awakening within Yuya!]]''
** Think about the first Duel and Yuya's Duel with Kachidoki. The same track played during both scenes [[spoiler: in moments involving Zarc reawakening within Yuya, thus making "Swing! Pendulum of Souls!" not ''Yuya's'' theme, but '''''Zarc's.''''' Such a heroic-sounding theme, and yet hearing it meant the Supreme King was coming one step closer to his revival.]]
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* There is some commentary on Crow's statement that Commons cannot afford a lot of cards, yet he himself possessing 4 monsters good enough to be called an Ace Monster (Chidori, Raikiri, Kusanagi, and Onimaru) and 10 Synchro Monsters overall. However, this isn't contradictory: in Arc-V [[RealityEnsues many duelists are shown to have multiple copies of their ace cards]]. Hokuto had two Pleiades, Yaiba had three Gottoms, Reiji had three Doom King Armageddons, and many Security members carried multiple Goyo Synchro and later Fusion monsters. Other duelists are also shown to use multiple copies of major staple cards in their deck beyond the generally accepted Polymerization or Self-Swarming cards, like Kurosaki, Masumi, Dennis and Yosen Sawatari. Crow is stating he doesn't have multiple copies of them, particularly Raikiri, not that he doesn't have any good Synchro Monsters.

* In Episode 56, a member of Sector Security summons two monsters called Zeni and Gata. Together they make Zenigata, the name of the police inspector from Lupin III '[[Franchise/LupinIII]]'. It's fitting that the policeman's deck references a police officer.

* In Episode 56, a member of Sector Security summons two monsters called Zeni and Gata. Together they make Zenigata, the name of the police inspector from [[Franchise/LupinIII]]. It's fitting that the policeman's deck references a police officer.

** Ruri uses Lyrical Luscinias, an archetype of Winged Beast Monsters with an alliterative archetype name and a primary Xyz monster which starts weak, but gains ATK (Rise Falcon vs Assembled Nightingale), just like her brother. These similarities show that she truly is Shun's (Kurosaki's) little sister. Especially when you consider that Japanese people have a habit of mixing up their L's and R's, so if a Japanese person is trying to say their archetype's possible abbreviations (RR and LL) they would sound very similar. Also, her playstyle is baed around direct attacks, possibly showing a desire to win while causing as little collateral damage as possible as opposed to her brother's style of relentless usage of attacks and destruction effects.

** Ruri uses Lyrical Luscinias, an archetype of Winged Beast Monsters with an alliterative archetype name and a primary Xyz monster which starts weak, but gains ATK (Rise Falcon vs Assembled Nightingale), just like her brother. These similarities show that she truly is Shun's (Kurosaki's) little sister. Especially when you consider that Japanese people have a habit of mixing up their L's and R's, so if a Japanese person is trying to say their archetype's possible abbreviations (RR and LL) they would sound very similar.

*** Also, the fact that he no longer uses Photons separates him from his ZeXal counterpart, as Photons in that continuity were created using the energy of the Barian World. It can also reflect how he [[spoiler:lost his family and friends, as his Photon cards were presumably made with the help of his father and other close allies.]]

** Humorously, if Yuya taking 300 tries to figure out how to Pendulum Summon again, ''while watching footage of the first time he did it'', is the rule and not the exception, this might be perfectly justified.