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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The battle between Zane and Mad Dog in the English Dub, as it is one of the most dark matches in the show due to marking the beginning of Zane's FaceHeelTurn as well as having him being repeatedly tortured with electricity until he loses it and becomes the complete opposite of the person he used to be. This is made EXTREMELY hilarious due to [=4Kids=] giving Mad Dog an incredibly high-pitched and squeaky voice and the [[{{Manchild}} mind of a 4-year old]], complete with him using extremely [[BigStupidDooDooHead juvenile insults]]. It's made even more funny by the fact that [=4Kids=], notorious for their censorship, doesn't have the duel censored at all, making it clear that Zane is in extreme pain and danger.

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The battle between Zane and Mad Dog in the English Dub, as it is one of the most dark matches darkest moments in the show due to marking the beginning of Zane's FaceHeelTurn as well as having him the combination of his previous failures, the severe pain he's in from literally being repeatedly tortured with electricity until electrocuted whenever he loses it and becomes takes damage, as well as a combination of desperation to win just so that he can survive resulting in him turning into the complete exact opposite of the person he used to be.his former, kind-hearted, and honorable self. This is made EXTREMELY hilarious due to [=4Kids=] giving Mad Dog an incredibly high-pitched and squeaky voice and the [[{{Manchild}} mind of a 4-year old]], complete with him using extremely [[BigStupidDooDooHead juvenile insults]]. It's made even more funny by the fact that [=4Kids=], notorious for their censorship, doesn't have the duel censored at all, making it clear that Zane is in extreme pain and danger.
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--> [[NotHyperbole (Literally the first line that Mad Dog says)]] ''"DAT'S WITE POOPYHEAD! MY MOMMY SAYS I'M WEAWWY STWONG!"''

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--> [[NotHyperbole (Literally the first line that Mad Dog says)]] ''"DAT'S WITE POOPYHEAD! MY MOMMY SAYS I'M WEAWWY STWONG!"''STWONG! YOU HEAW ME?!? I TAKE GUYS WIKE YOU, AND EAT 'EM FOW BWEAKFEAST!!!"''
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Aside from the surprisingly dark plot in the later series, such as Jaden undergoing a mental breakdown and undergoing a FaceHeelTurn, the English dub has some surprisingly innapropriate comedy, such as the Little Belowski (Mokeo Motegi), who was changed from merely being an incredibly sleepy and lazy individual to being all but outright stated to be a stoner, as well as the duel between Zane and Mad Dog being surprisingly darkly comedic, given that they didn't censor or remove any reference to the fact that Zane is in severe pain and literally being tortured while Mad Dog is given an incredibly high-pitched and squeaky voice as well as the mind of a toddler.

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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Season 3 gave most of Jaden's friends fairly unflattering treatment, with most either becoming a Duel Zombie in the first alternate dimension or "dying" in the second, while giving far more attention to the transfer students (with [[SpotlightStealingSquad Jesse]] in particular receiving so much attention even when he wasn't around). Season 4 gave many of them more development and established their goals in life, while the transfer students were shipped back to their own schools for most of the season.



* SalvagedStory: Season 3 gave most of Jaden's friends fairly unflattering treatment, with most either becoming a Duel Zombie in the first alternate dimension or "dying" in the second, while giving far more attention to the transfer students (with [[SpotlightStealingSquad Jesse]] in particular receiving so much attention even when he wasn't around). Season 4 gave many of them more development and established their goals in life, while the transfer students were shipped back to their own schools for most of the season.



** Camula's three-part episode is one of the bright spots of the first season (and the show as a whole for people who don't like the third and fourth seasons). This is due to its [[EvilIsSexy attractive villain]], frightening atmosphere, and some very impressive duels that don't involve Jaeden.

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** Camula's three-part episode is one of the bright spots of the first season (and the show as a whole for people who don't like the third and fourth seasons). This is due to its [[EvilIsSexy attractive villain]], frightening atmosphere, and some very impressive duels that don't involve Jaeden.Jaden.
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* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: Upon their introduction, Yubel was widely loathed ([[AmericansHateTingle especially in America]]); between the highly inconsistent 4kids dub, mixed reviews of the third season in general, and some fans claiming that Yubel "got in the way" of more popular ships, there were ''a lot'' of complaints. But the years have been kind to them, and today, Yubel's usually considered one of the best villains in the entire franchise, with their competence, well-developed personality, creepiness, and interesting relationship with Judai/Jaden often being cited. [[FanficFuel The potential inherent]] in their HeelFaceTurn and their canon intersex gender don't hurt either, especially due to gender conventions being a hot topic in TheNewTens.

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* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: Upon their introduction, Yubel was widely loathed a major BaseBreakingCharacter at best ([[AmericansHateTingle especially in America]]); between the highly inconsistent 4kids dub, mixed reviews of the third season in general, and some fans claiming that Yubel "got in the way" of more popular ships, there were ''a lot'' of complaints. But the years have been kind to them, and today, Yubel's usually considered one of the best villains in the entire franchise, with their competence, well-developed personality, creepiness, and interesting relationship with Judai/Jaden often being cited. [[FanficFuel The potential inherent]] in their HeelFaceTurn and their canon intersex gender don't hurt either, especially due to gender conventions being a hot topic in TheNewTens.

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* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: Upon their introduction, Yubel was widely loathed ([[AmericansHateTingle especially in America]]); between the highly inconsistent 4kids dub, mixed reviews of the third season in general, and some fans claiming that Yubel "got in the way" of more popular ships, there were ''a lot'' of complaints. But the years have been kind to them, and today, Yubel's usually considered one of the best villains in the entire franchise, with their competence, well-developed personality, creepiness, and interesting relationship with Judai/Jaden often being cited. [[FanficFuel The potential inherent]] in their HeelFaceTurn and their canon intersex gender don't hurt either, especially due to gender conventions being a hot topic in TheNewTens.



** Yubel was widely loathed ([[AmericansHateTingle especially in America]]); between the highly inconsistent 4kids dub, mixed reviews of the third season in general, and some fans claiming that Yubel "got in the way" of more popular ships, there were ''a lot'' of complaints. But the years have been kind to them, and today, Yubel's usually considered one of the best villains in the entire franchise, with their competence, well-developed personality, creepiness, and interesting relationship with Judai/Jaden often being cited. [[FanficFuel The potential inherent]] in their HeelFaceTurn and their canon intersex gender don't hurt either, especially due to gender conventions being a hot topic in TheNewTens.
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* ToughActToFollow: Most fans will widely agree that the ''GX'' manga was easily the best after the original, and subsequent manga haven't lived up to the bar that it set. The Arc V manga came close to toppling it, unfortunately its ending broke the fanbase even more then the anime ending.

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* ToughActToFollow: Most fans will widely agree that the ''GX'' manga was easily the best after the original, and subsequent manga haven't lived up to the bar that it set. The Arc V ''Arc-V'' manga came close to toppling it, unfortunately its ending broke the fanbase even more then the anime ending.

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* AudienceAlienatingEra: Gets hit with this on both sides of the franchise's fanbase.
** For fans of the show, ''GX'' is LighterAndSofter than ''Duel Monsters'', and (for its first two seasons, anyway) is more of a SliceOfLife show with major overarcing plotlines de-emphasized in favor of MonsterOfTheWeek-type plots (and when overarcing storylines ''do'' occur, the antagonists associated with them are often still MonsterOfTheWeek-types that are defeated in one episode). Its cast is also polarizing, as several of them seem to be interesting and have potential for storylines, but are sidelined most of the time. Then there's Jaden, who is ''extremely'' divisive (among Western audiences anyway) for being as big a contrast to Yami Yugi as could be imagined.
** For fans of the card game, the ''GX'' era had boosters packed with support for Jaden's Elemental Heroes and Neo-Spacians, which didn't even approach being close to a competitive archetype (at the time; later support saw them bounce back a bit). Most of the other anime archetypes that got pushed (Vehicroids, Cyber Girls, Cyberdarks, Arcana Force, Venom) weren't that good either, and the non-anime archetypes coming out also weren't very good, or were more cards "themed" around an idea than something resembling a cohesive archetype. While there were some things of note (Cyber Dragons, Six Samurai, Dark World, Lightsworns, Gladiator Beasts), most of them couldn't compete with the Chaos and Monarch decks that had dominated the end of the ''Duel Monsters'' era. This overall meant that the metagame stagnated and cookie cutter decks became prolific, and new boosters tended to have lots of junk in them that would never see play.



* DorkAge: Gets hit with this on both sides of the franchise's fanbase.
** For fans of the show, ''GX'' is LighterAndSofter than ''Duel Monsters'', and (for its first two seasons, anyway) is more of a SliceOfLife show with major overarcing plotlines de-emphasized in favor of MonsterOfTheWeek-type plots (and when overarcing storylines ''do'' occur, the antagonists associated with them are often still MonsterOfTheWeek-types that are defeated in one episode). Its cast is also polarizing, as several of them seem to be interesting and have potential for storylines, but are sidelined most of the time. Then there's Jaden, who is ''extremely'' divisive (among Western audiences anyway) for being as big a contrast to Yami Yugi as could be imagined.
** For fans of the card game, the ''GX'' era had boosters packed with support for Jaden's Elemental Heroes and Neo-Spacians, which didn't even approach being close to a competitive archetype (at the time; later support saw them bounce back a bit). Most of the other anime archetypes that got pushed (Vehicroids, Cyber Girls, Cyberdarks, Arcana Force, Venom) weren't that good either, and the non-anime archetypes coming out also weren't very good, or were more cards "themed" around an idea than something resembling a cohesive archetype. While there were some things of note (Cyber Dragons, Six Samurai, Dark World, Lightsworns, Gladiator Beasts), most of them couldn't compete with the Chaos and Monarch decks that had dominated the end of the ''Duel Monsters'' era. This overall meant that the metagame stagnated and cookie cutter decks became prolific, and new boosters tended to have lots of junk in them that would never see play.

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* LowTierLetdown:
** Jaden's Elemental HERO cards are terrible -- their Main Deck monsters have subpar stats and subpar effects, if they have any at all. They have many situational support cards that only work on a single HERO card (and usually aren't that good anyway), and they are reliant on Fusion to get out their best cards, forcing the player to invest multiple cards of their own into one monster and demanding the player have the proper Fusion materials to get out the one they need. The OCG/TCG boosters were dominated by Elemental [=HEROes=] while ''GX'' aired, and no one took them seriously. It took the later releases of the manga [=HEROes=], who ''are'' actually viable and effective, to redeem the archetype among the fanbase.
** The Neo-Spacians took all the problems of the Elemental [=HEROes=] and made them worse while retaining none of their strengths; weak monsters with terrible stats and effects, the archetypes centers on a single core main deck monster being in play to summon their Fusions, and said Fusions only stick around for one turn before returning to the Extra Deck unless you have a specific Field Spell in play. No one has ''ever'' played a Neo-Spacian deck in any serious capacity (the closest thing to a viable Neos deck that existed was built around Rainbow Neos and avoided most of their support cards like the plague). Grand Mole and much later, Aqua Dolphin are the only cards of the series people remembered or cared about for being the only monsters they had that were worth using. It took well over a decade after the show's end for Konami to introduce Neos cards that made the archetype not completely terrible.
** The Cyberdarks. The series had only three main deck monsters that had terrible stats and bad effects, and their ability to power themselves up demanded players run a Dragon/Machine hybrid deck with a few specific Dragon-types. They also relied on a sub-par Fusion Monster that needed all three main deck monsters to summon, and just wasn't worth the investment. This made for a deck with very few monsters that were very weak and easily run over, and had nowhere near the power that the game-defining Cyber Dragons had. Like the Neo-Spacians, it took well over a decade for some cards like Cyberdark Cannon and Cyberdark Claw to help improve the power and consistency of the deck.



* TierInducedScrappy:
** Jaden's Elemental HERO cards are terrible -- their Main Deck monsters have subpar stats and subpar effects, if they have any at all. They have many situational support cards that only work on a single HERO card (and usually aren't that good anyway), and they are reliant on Fusion to get out their best cards, forcing the player to invest multiple cards of their own into one monster and demanding the player have the proper Fusion materials to get out the one they need. The OCG/TCG boosters were dominated by Elemental [=HEROes=] while ''GX'' aired, and no one took them seriously. It took the later releases of the manga [=HEROes=], who ''are'' actually viable and effective, to redeem the archetype among the fanbase.
** The Neo-Spacians took all the problems of the Elemental [=HEROes=] and made them worse while retaining none of their strengths; weak monsters with terrible stats and effects, the archetypes centers on a single core main deck monster being in play to summon their Fusions, and said Fusions only stick around for one turn before returning to the Extra Deck unless you have a specific Field Spell in play. No one has ''ever'' played a Neo-Spacian deck in any serious capacity (the closest thing to a viable Neos deck that existed was built around Rainbow Neos and avoided most of their support cards like the plague). Grand Mole and much later, Aqua Dolphin are the only cards of the series people remembered or cared about for being the only monsters they had that were worth using. It took well over a decade after the show's end for Konami to introduce Neos cards that made the archetype not completely terrible.
** The Cyberdarks. The series had only three main deck monsters that had terrible stats and bad effects, and their ability to power themselves up demanded players run a Dragon/Machine hybrid deck with a few specific Dragon-types. They also relied on a sub-par Fusion Monster that needed all three main deck monsters to summon, and just wasn't worth the investment. This made for a deck with very few monsters that were very weak and easily run over, and had nowhere near the power that the game-defining Cyber Dragons had. Like the Neo-Spacians, it took well over a decade for some cards like Cyberdark Cannon and Cyberdark Claw to help improve the power and consistency of the deck.

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** The Chazz has just as much of a dedicated fan club in real life as he does in the anime, who buy his self-declared hype and speak of him as the most unstoppable Duelist around. A lot of this is due to Ruggington's dub clips, and having an AwesomeMcCoolName that sounds like "[[JerkJock The Chad]]" from the Virgin vs Chad meme.

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** The Chazz has just as much of a dedicated fan club in real life as he does in the anime, who buy his self-declared hype and speak of him as the most unstoppable Duelist around. A lot of this is due to Ruggington's dub clips, and having an AwesomeMcCoolName a name that sounds like "[[JerkJock The Chad]]" from the Virgin vs Chad meme.
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** In the dub Chumley's dad uses cards based on hot sauce rather than alcohol and drunkenness. Things like Dizzy Angel and Dizzy Tiger. Now? We have Swamp Dragon hot sauce; which uses alcohol instead of vinegar!
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** Zane/Hell Kaiser. He's vicious and sadistic in Season 2, and his actions (especially the duel against Syrus) absolutely cannot be excused. On the other hand, he's ''eighteen'' and is [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil into insanity]] in the Underground, having been lured into that environment during a [[DespairEventHorizon serious mental breakdown]] that results from a bad losing streak and no support system. He isn't even told [[ElectricTorture what the collars do]] until ''after'' the first time they zap him. By Season 3, he's dying of a heart condition. He becomes a regular [[TheWoobie Woobie]] in Season 4, because by then he's dropped the {{Jerkass}} behavior and is an IllBoy who spends the majority of his screen time in a hospital bed or {{wheelchair|Woobie}}.

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** Zane/Hell Kaiser. He's vicious and sadistic in Season 2, and his actions (especially the duel against Syrus) absolutely cannot be excused. On the other hand, he's ''eighteen'' and is [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil into insanity]] in the Underground, having been lured into that environment during a [[DespairEventHorizon serious mental breakdown]] that results from a bad losing streak and no support system. He isn't even told [[ElectricTorture what the collars do]] until ''after'' the first time they zap him. By Season 3, he's dying of a heart condition. He becomes a regular [[TheWoobie Woobie]] in Season 4, because by then he's dropped the {{Jerkass}} behavior and is an IllBoy ill boy who spends the majority of his screen time in a hospital bed or {{wheelchair|Woobie}}.
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* SweetnessAversion: Episode 20 with Blair's Maiden in Love deck is absolutely sickening.

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* %%* SweetnessAversion: Episode 20 with Blair's Maiden in Love deck is absolutely sickening.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: The battle between Zane and Mad Dog in the English Dub, as it is one of the most dark matches in the show due to marking the beginning of Zane's FaceHeelTurn as well as having him being repeatedly tortured with electricity until he loses it and becomes the complete opposite of the person he used to be. This is made EXTREMELY hilarious due to [=4Kids=] giving Mad Dog an incredibly high-pitched and squeaky voice and the [[{{Manchild}} mind of a 4-year old]], complete with him using extremely [[BigStupidDooDooHead juvenile insults]]. It's made even more funny by the fact that [=4Kids=], notorious for their censorship, doesn't have the duel censored at all, making it clear that Zane is in extreme pain and danger.
--> [[NotHyperbole (Literally the first line that Mad Dog says)]] ''"DAT'S WITE POOPYHEAD! MY MOMMY SAYS I'M WEAWWY STWONG!"''
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** Jim "Crocodile" Cook, for being an AwesomeAussie {{Expy}} of Steve Irwin who uses the very creative Fossil deck. The deck is an EnsembleDarkhorse in its own right, as is Shirley, the enormous crocodile who rides around on Jim's back. Naturally when a poll came for which anime/manga-exclusive archetype should get printed in real life, Jim's fossil deck managed to win.
** Austin O'Brien/Axel Brodie, who was his companion for most of the third season, is similarly well-liked for his cool attitude, actual CharacterDevelopment, and decent Deck, as well as being one of the few non-Egyptian black characters in the franchise (and a consistently positively-portrayed one, at that).
** Chronos[=/=]Crowler is well-loved in the fandom for having a cool deck, consistently great Duels, and going through some of the most significant CharacterDevelopment in the series, gradually from a petty SadistTeacher to a genuine hero. True to form, his Ancient Gears have proved one of the most well-supported and popular archetypes of the entire ''GX'' era.
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** A one-shot character in the dub tells Chazz "You're a second-rate Duelist with a third-rate deck!" long before [[VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks Seto Kaiba]] started using a similar line.
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*** Cranked UpToEleven when Koyasu reprise his role in ''VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks'', where in contrast to his previous performance in ''GX'', Koyasu is clearly channeling [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio]] in his [[https://youtu.be/RVClqPiUmSc voice work for Saiou/Sartorius]] this time around.
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** Viewers outright question Kaiba's sanity upon hearing his plan to launch a rocket with a deck of cards into space, so that if there truly is intelligent life out there, they can find them and learn how to play Duel Monsters. In ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGORUSH GO RUSH!!]], the protagonist Yudias is an alien, who after somehow getting booster packs, goes to Earth in order to learn how to play.

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** Viewers outright question Kaiba's sanity upon hearing his plan to launch a rocket with a deck of cards into space, so that if there truly is intelligent life out there, they can find them and learn how to play Duel Monsters. In ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGORUSH GO RUSH!!]], RUSH!!]]'', the protagonist Yudias is an alien, who after somehow getting booster packs, goes to Earth in order to learn how to play.
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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8. His approach to teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to wanting Syrus to actually succeed, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards him, to the point where even though he's clearly the cause of Syrus's self-confidence problems due to the [[AloofBigBrother lack of social support]], he openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy and that he should just drop out, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when [[WhatTheHellHero Jaden calls him out on it]] by saying "Because I know Syrus." Zane instead comes off as a BigBrotherBully who is embarrassed by his brother's shortcomings as a duelist and tries to keep his distance from him.

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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8. His approach to teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to wanting Syrus to actually succeed, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards him, to the point where even though he's clearly the cause of Syrus's self-confidence problems due to the [[AloofBigBrother lack of social support]], he openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy and that he should just drop out, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when [[WhatTheHellHero Jaden calls him out on it]] by saying "Because I know Syrus." Zane instead comes off as a an abusive BigBrotherBully who is embarrassed by his brother's shortcomings as a duelist and tries to keep his distance from him.
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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8 when it comes to the way he tries to help Syrus. His approach with teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to wanting Syrus to actually succeed, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards him, to the point where even though he's clearly the cause of Syrus's self-confidence problems due to the [[AloofBigBrother lack of social support]], he openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy and that he should just drop out, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when [[WhatTheHellHero Jaden calls him out on it]] by saying "Because I know Syrus." Zane instead comes off as a BigBrotherBully who is embarrassed by his brother's shortcomings as a duelist and tries to keep his distance from him.

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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8 when it comes to the way he tries to help Syrus. 8. His approach with to teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to wanting Syrus to actually succeed, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards him, to the point where even though he's clearly the cause of Syrus's self-confidence problems due to the [[AloofBigBrother lack of social support]], he openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy and that he should just drop out, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when [[WhatTheHellHero Jaden calls him out on it]] by saying "Because I know Syrus." Zane instead comes off as a BigBrotherBully who is embarrassed by his brother's shortcomings as a duelist and tries to keep his distance from him.
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** Near the end of season two, before Jaden duels a BrainwashedAndCrazy Alexis, Chazz gets yelled at by Syrus, Hasselberry, and Atticus for being the one who brainwashed her in the first place, and it's treated as his fault Alexis is like this. They ignore the fact that Chazz was brainwashed at the time because he lost to this season's BigBad. This also ignores how throughout the anime, it's pretty common for people to be brainwashed or cursed, yet this seems to be the only time anyone is ever called out for what they did while brainwashed.

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** Near the end of season two, before Jaden duels a BrainwashedAndCrazy Alexis, Chazz gets yelled at by Syrus, Hasselberry, and Atticus for being the one who brainwashed her in the first place, and it's treated as his fault Alexis is like this. They ignore the fact that Chazz was brainwashed at the time because he lost to this season's BigBad. This also ignores how throughout the anime, it's pretty common for people to be brainwashed or cursed, yet this seems to be the only time anyone is ever called out for what they did while brainwashed. Atticus himself is one such example, as he was brainwashed by Nightshroud in season one, something no one ever gets mad at him for. However, while under Nightshroud's influence, he threatened to melt Syrus and Chumley in a volcano to force Jaden to duel. This makes Atticus look like a massive hypocrite since unlike him, Chazz's actions while brainwashed never ran the risk of anyone dying.
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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8 when it comes to the way he tries to help Syrus. His approach with teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to wanting Syrus to succeed, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards him, to the point where he even openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy and that he should just drop out, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when [[WhatTheHellHero Jaden calls him out on it]] by saying "Because I know Syrus." Zane instead comes off as a BigBrotherBully who is one of the reasons why Syrus has self-confidence problems.

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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8 when it comes to the way he tries to help Syrus. His approach with teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to wanting Syrus to actually succeed, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards him, to the point where he even though he's clearly the cause of Syrus's self-confidence problems due to the [[AloofBigBrother lack of social support]], he openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy and that he should just drop out, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when [[WhatTheHellHero Jaden calls him out on it]] by saying "Because I know Syrus." " Zane instead comes off as a BigBrotherBully who is one of the reasons why Syrus has self-confidence problems.embarrassed by his brother's shortcomings as a duelist and tries to keep his distance from him.
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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8 when it comes to the way he tries to help Syrus. His approach with teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to actually wanting Syrus to succeed and making sure that he always has self-confidence in himself, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards Syrus and does very little when it comes to giving Syrus encouragement, to the point where he even openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when Jaden calls him out on it by saying "Because I know Syrus." Zane instead comes off as a BigBrotherBully when it comes to the way he talks to Syrus.

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* DesignatedHero: Zane is this in Episode 8 when it comes to the way he tries to help Syrus. His approach with teaching Syrus about knowing when to use cards, particularly the Power Bond spell card, in the right way is on paper usually a good lesson that duelists should learn, and he's meant to come off as using ToughLove as his way of helping his brother. However, when it comes to actually wanting Syrus to succeed and making sure that he always has self-confidence in himself, succeed, Zane is rather apathetic and condescending towards Syrus and does very little when it comes to giving Syrus encouragement, him, to the point where he even openly states that Syrus doesn't belong at Duel Academy, Academy and that he should just drop out, and he brushes the cruelty of his comment off when [[WhatTheHellHero Jaden calls him out on it it]] by saying "Because I know Syrus." Zane instead comes off as a BigBrotherBully when it comes to who is one of the way he talks to Syrus. reasons why Syrus has self-confidence problems.



* WTHCastingAgency: This was mainly back when the show first aired, but Matthew Labyorteaux caught quite a lot of flak for his performance as Jaden Yuki in the English dub. While he wasn't considered a miscast by any means necessary, his [[TotallyRadical radical]] mannerisms were what he got criticized for due to them killing the mood of very serious moments. For example, in Season 3 when Jaden duels Brron, Mad King of Dark World, Jaden becomes consumed by anger and rage which allows the Supreme King to awaken inside of him, and yet even though Jaden is meant to sound like he's angry and full of rage from watching his friends vanish, he stills speaks in his radical mannerisms which makes it kind of difficult to believe that he's really as angry as he should be.

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* WTHCastingAgency: This was mainly back when the show first aired, but Matthew Labyorteaux caught quite a lot of flak for his performance as Jaden Yuki in the English dub. While he wasn't considered a miscast by any means necessary, his [[TotallyRadical radical]] mannerisms were what he got criticized for due to them killing the mood of very serious moments. For example, in Season 3 when Jaden duels Brron, Mad King of Dark World, Jaden becomes consumed by anger and rage which allows the Supreme King to awaken inside of him, and yet even though Jaden is meant to sound like he's angry and full of rage from watching his friends vanish, he stills speaks in his radical mannerisms which makes it kind of difficult ends up making the duel hard to believe that he's really as angry as he should be.take seriously.

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* MemeticMutation:
** From the manga, Jesse's '[[DissonantSerenity It]] [[BlatantLies was]] [[NightmareFuel a happy Duel]]'.
** Taking innocuous or cute scenes and pictures of Jaden, then adding how he [[MoodWhiplash "killed millions"]] and other unspeakably bad deeds. Sometimes he's depicted as being ObliviouslyEvil with these.
** Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Chazz it up!
** His catchphrase in the Japanese version - "1! 10! 100! 1000! Manjoume Thunder!" is also well-liked for the wordplay, and became an AscendedMeme in the effect of Armed Dragon Thunder LV10.
** From various [[GoodBadTranslation poorly worded subtitles]] we have Bastion's "[[AccidentalInnuendo I've found the way to counter attack your balls!]]" and "This place has been reserved for the Whites."
** Twitch's marathon of the 3 post-original series spinoffs spawned several more.
*** Referring to Sartorius[=/=]Saiou as "Budget Dartz" or "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio]]" due to being a charismatic cult leader and having the same [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu Japanese voice]] as Dio in addition to having ''Arcana Force XXI - The World'' as a major trump card. ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' references are also common due to him being a fortuneteller with a Tarot-themed deck.
*** Dark Zane[=/=]Hell Kaiser Ryo is referred to as "Edgelord Zane" or "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]]".
*** "Everyone is Goku", on account of Goku's English VA Creator/SeanSchemmel voicing a vast majority of the characters in the English dub. For example, Crowler is referred to as "[[CampGay KappaPride]] Goku", and Viper is referred to as "Goku [[JustForPun Black]]".
*** Referring to ''Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise'' as "Turtle Joey", due to sharing the same VA.
*** In Season 3, any mentions of being "sent to the stars" are recognized as "sent to the Shadow Realm".
*** [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner HE'S FAT!]][[labelnote:explanation]]A sound clip Creator/LittleKuriboh applies in his reviews whenever Chumley mentions food or his weight.[[/labelnote]]
** Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth for being voiced by Creator/SeanSchemmel doing an Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger impression (specifically of ''Franchise/TheTerminator'' quotes or just shouting random gibberish while attacking another card, [[NarmCharm and yes, you read all of that correctly]]). Namely the scene where Jesse summons him in his duel against Trapper (who is also voiced by Sean Schemmel and has subsequently been nicknamed "Texan Goku" by the fandom) only to be [[CurbStompBattle immediately negated by Trapper's Catcher Snare]].

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* MemeticMutation:
** From the manga, Jesse's '[[DissonantSerenity It]] [[BlatantLies was]] [[NightmareFuel a happy Duel]]'.
** Taking innocuous or cute scenes and pictures of Jaden, then adding how he [[MoodWhiplash "killed millions"]] and other unspeakably bad deeds. Sometimes he's depicted as being ObliviouslyEvil with these.
** Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Chazz it up!
** His catchphrase in the Japanese version - "1! 10! 100! 1000! Manjoume Thunder!" is also well-liked for the wordplay, and became an AscendedMeme in the effect of Armed Dragon Thunder LV10.
** From various [[GoodBadTranslation poorly worded subtitles]] we have Bastion's "[[AccidentalInnuendo I've found the way to counter attack your balls!]]" and "This place has been reserved for the Whites."
** Twitch's marathon of the 3 post-original series spinoffs spawned several more.
*** Referring to Sartorius[=/=]Saiou as "Budget Dartz" or "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio]]" due to being a charismatic cult leader and having the same [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu Japanese voice]] as Dio in addition to having ''Arcana Force XXI - The World'' as a major trump card. ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' references are also common due to him being a fortuneteller with a Tarot-themed deck.
*** Dark Zane[=/=]Hell Kaiser Ryo is referred to as "Edgelord Zane" or "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]]".
*** "Everyone is Goku", on account of Goku's English VA Creator/SeanSchemmel voicing a vast majority of the characters in the English dub. For example, Crowler is referred to as "[[CampGay KappaPride]] Goku", and Viper is referred to as "Goku [[JustForPun Black]]".
*** Referring to ''Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise'' as "Turtle Joey", due to sharing the same VA.
*** In Season 3, any mentions of being "sent to the stars" are recognized as "sent to the Shadow Realm".
*** [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner HE'S FAT!]][[labelnote:explanation]]A sound clip Creator/LittleKuriboh applies in his reviews whenever Chumley mentions food or his weight.[[/labelnote]]
** Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth for being voiced by Creator/SeanSchemmel doing an Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger impression (specifically of ''Franchise/TheTerminator'' quotes or just shouting random gibberish while attacking another card, [[NarmCharm and yes, you read all of that correctly]]). Namely the scene where Jesse summons him in his duel against Trapper (who is also voiced by Sean Schemmel and has subsequently been nicknamed "Texan Goku" by the fandom) only to be [[CurbStompBattle immediately negated by Trapper's Catcher Snare]].
MemeticMutation: [[Memes/YuGiOhGX Here]].
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MEH requires character be irredeemable, yet with the exception of Amon, they redeemed themselves in canon. Even Amon is debatable since his death is portrayed tragically, and Judai seems to invoke Forgiveness Requires Death upon finding out what happened to him.


* MoralEventHorizon:
** Zane Truesdale in the second season crosses the line after donning his Hell Kaiser persona when he electrocutes and almost kills his little brother Syrus in a Duel, never giving a damn about doing this, only about winning.
** Adrian when he sacrifices Echo and apparently kills Aster to obtain Exodia.
** Yubel at every attempt to prove their love for Jaden by hurting him in the third season.
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* TastesLikeDiabetes: Episode 20 with Blair's Maiden in Love deck is absolutely sickening.

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* TastesLikeDiabetes: SweetnessAversion: Episode 20 with Blair's Maiden in Love deck is absolutely sickening.
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* FanPreferredCouple: Many fans either prefer Judai/Asuka (aka "Fiancéshipping") on the het side, or Judai/Manjoume (aka "GX Rivalshipping") and Judai/Johan (aka "Spiritshipping") on the slash side. Judai and Yubel also have shipping moments as well. It also helps that despite just becoming an item with Judai, Yubel was PutOnABus for most of season 4 and when they appear again such as the [[Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime BBT movie]], they don't really act particularly lovey-dovey with him, but more like a spirit advisor as the Gem Beasts do for Johan, so it's easier for fans to overlook their canon status and focus on other couples. For the occasional [[OneTrueThreesome threesome]] pairing, Judai/Asuka/Yubel[[note]]The originally planned romantic endgame before the head writer decided that Asuka did not fit very well, due to the lack of scenes shared with Judai in season 3, eventually opting to focus on the more esoteric/protective Judai/Yubel pairing.[[/note]] seems to have gained traction in the recent years.

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* FanPreferredCouple: Many fans either prefer Judai/Asuka (aka "Fiancéshipping") on the het side, or Judai/Manjoume (aka "GX Rivalshipping") and Judai/Johan (aka "Spiritshipping") on the slash side. Judai and Yubel also have shipping moments as well. It also helps that despite just becoming an item with Judai, Yubel was PutOnABus for most of season 4 and when they appear again such as the [[Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime BBT movie]], they don't really act particularly lovey-dovey with him, but more like a spirit advisor as the Gem Beasts do for Johan, so it's easier for fans to overlook their canon status and focus on other couples. For the occasional [[OneTrueThreesome threesome]] pairing, Judai/Asuka/Yubel[[note]]The originally planned romantic endgame before the head writer decided that Asuka did not fit very well, due to the lack of scenes shared with Judai in season 3, eventually opting to focus on the more esoteric/protective Judai/Yubel pairing.[[/note]] seems to have gained traction in the recent years.
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Judai/Asuka/Yubel isn't popular enough to beat out just Judai/Yubel on its own. And I've seen 0 sources on the supposed claim that Judai was planned to end up with Asuka in any way. Especially suspicious in that there was a head writer change between seasons 3 and 4.
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* FanNickname:
** Misawa's earned the nickname of "Floating Duel Disk" in some circles, as apparently [[OutOfFocus his underuse]] has made him completely invisible.
** Courtesy of Creator/LittleKuriboh, Titan is “The Undertaker”.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: GX became quite popular in Latin America. Not only it was a sequel to the incredibly popular ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' series, but many people saw it as the only saving grace during a period when Nickeloden Latin America was going on full network decay thanks to the removal of various favorite shows in favour of live action sitcoms that never caught on in the region and over-reliance on Spongebob re-runs, which by this point was on full SeasonalRot for most fan. Needless to say, fans were really angry when it was removed from the channel in 2009.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: GX became quite popular in Latin America. Not only it was a sequel to the incredibly popular ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' series, but many people saw it as the only saving grace during a period when Nickeloden Nickelodeon Latin America (the channel that had the broadcast rights of the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise in the region) was going on full network decay NetworkDecay thanks to the removal of various favorite shows cartoons in favour of live action sitcoms that never caught on in the region and over-reliance on Spongebob re-runs, which by this point was on full SeasonalRot for most fan. Needless to say, fans were really angry when it was removed from the channel in 2009.

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