Line #22 Fridge/YuGiOhGX


1	!!FridgeBrilliance
2	* In the duel against Jaden while representing North Academy Chazz refuses to use the cards his brothers gave him why? Because he has already seen the result of taking a bunch of good cards and mashing them together the first time he lost to Jaden.
3	* Why does the Winged Dragon of Ra obey Jaden even though he doesn't have an Egyptian heritage? Because Jaden's opponent, Franz, abused it and treated it like a slave, so fighting on Jaden's side would enable it a chance to get back at its owner!
4	** It's also possible the Winged Dragon of Ra could sense that Jaden is the Supreme King reborn.
5	** Alternatively, Ra noticed that Jaden possessed Winged Kuriboh, and recognized that this meant that Jaden was favored by Ra's true Master (Atem), or at least his master's long-time partner (Yugi).
6	* Most of Aster's Destiny Heroes have names that start with D. Most of the cards' names were changed for the dub; Diehard Guy was renamed "[[Music/TenaciousD Captain Tenacious]]".
7	* As noted under PunnyName, Yubel's name may trace back to several forms: "juwel" (you-vel), meaning jewel in German; "jubel" (you-bell), meaning happy or joyful in the Scandinavian languages; or "übel", meaning evil. Yubel discovers that there is no happiness for them in being evil, and that their true destiny is to help Judai to defeat the Light of Destruction, not to take him away from his new Scandinavian (or possibly German -- the spelling inconsistencies make either a possibility) friend with a jewel-based deck.
8	* Banner may be foreshadowing/making references to the Society of Light arc (somewhat) and especially the Darkness arc. His line, "Everything in this world is born through one substance, which changes variably, creating the sky and earth." This is also what Darkness' "The world was born from a single card..." speech is based on. Banner's card, ''The Philosopher's Stone - Sabathiel'' foreshadows the final opponent of the last arc, Darkness, who is the representation of humanity's despair. The hermetic angel Sabathiel is the Angel of Saturn, a planet which symbolizes Nigredo. The Nigredo phase has been interpreted by Carl Gustav Jung as the period of despair.
9	* When you think about it, a lot of things about ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'' that initially made no sense or just seemed weird suddenly make more sense. For example, the community at tv.com found a lot of the {{Freudian Excuse}}s ridiculous -- Marcel making a DealWithTheDevil just because his parents got divorced, Fujiwara being overcome by Darkness and orchestrating the AssimilationPlot just because his parents died... In retrospect, maybe they were ''supposed'' to look ridiculous and show how having some normal sadness or ParentalIssues in your past is a lame excuse for causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Even Aster thinks him risking his life to protect Echo makes no sense -- deliberately showing how absurd TheDulcineaEffect is? Then there's Fujiwara needing to use MindControl to get characters to RememberTheNewGuy and Chazz's BreakTheHaughty arc going so far that it becomes detrimental to him. Basically, the more audacious and over-the-top this show's use of a trope is, the more likely it is that it's actually a TakeThat at the trope or its genre.
10	* You may have noticed that whenever people reference Yugi in ''GX'', it's always referring to Yami Yugi. At first, it seems shallow, since it references solely his actions in the original series without taking in consideration the time gap between ''DM'' and ''GX''. Later on, you may realize that this ''was'' Yugi--in the time span between the two series, Yugi had changed dramatically from who he was in the start of the entire series. His Yami-like appearance was an artistic representation on how he matured. This to the realization why his face is obscured during the present day--he does look like Yami Yugi, but hiding it blocks non-Brilliance'd viewers from thinking Yami Yugi might be back.
11	* The entire reason that Yugi gives Jaden the "Winged Kuriboh" Card at the start of ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'' is because Yugi knew who he was, as well as the fact that he would use the Kuriboh cards because of the events of Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime. This is because in the film Jaden uses The Flute Of Summoning Kuriboh. For Jaden, he is meeting Yugi for the third time, but for Yugi, they are meeting for the first time. (The order being "GX:1", "GX:179-180", "The Movie" for Jaden, but for Yugi "The Movie", "GX:179-180", "GX:1") This explains why Yugi would give a random duelist one of his cards, as well as why in episodes 179 & 180, Yugi (the one Jaden duels, in the past) knows Jaden's name, without being told. It really is a brilliant StableTimeLoop.
12	* At first glance it seems like the dub names were chosen at random, but upon realization that all of the first-year students (Chazz, his cronies, etc.) who start off in Obelisk Blue must have gone to DA's prep school, all of the preppy names make sense.
13	* Before going to Domino City, when Sartorius is coldly confessing to Aster that their friendship is only a part of destiny, like everything else he taught him, and Aster's purpose was served by brainwashing members, Sartorius has tears running down his face. Strange for the BigBad to be crying while displaying his ManipulativeBastard plan, but later on it's revealed Sartorius was under DemonicPossession by the Light of Destruction and it was the real Sartorius crying as the Light cut off his friendship with Aster.
14	* Yubel is an exaggerated ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend during Jaden's childhood because she has been the guardian of the Supreme King's vessel for several unknown lifetimes. Who knows what experiences Yubel has encountered trying to protect him from people pretending to earn his trust, or even considering the Supreme King himself can turn out to be evil, Yubel didn't take any chances with whatever Jaden or his friends might believe his best interests are.
15	* After Zexal's reveal of the Numeron Code, Nightshroud's speech about the origins of the universe as represented by a single card becomes much less metaphorical in retrospect.
16	* Yubel has a right female side and a male left side, which is probably inspired by a saying in Asia "male on the left, female on the right".
17	* In the last two episode of of the show, Yugi says to Jaden that he will challenge the most powerful duelist to which Jaden asks if he is stronger than Yugi. One might think that Yugi is referring to Atem since he's always with him (and the fact that he has the God cards) but he actually might be referring to the combination of him and Atem.
18	* Jaden not knowing what a "fiance" is makes a lot more sense (and shades into FridgeHorror) once you know that a significant portion of his childhood memories were erased.
19	* At first one may find it odd that Jaden's designs for Kaiba Corp's contest were the ones sent to space; after all his drawings weren't precisely the best. Until you remember that Seto Kaiba said that he would handpick the winners. Why? Because Seto's little brother Mokuba once did a similar quality drawing of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon for him during their childhood so he picked those designs because of nostalgic reasons. May also count as Heartwarming.
20	* Jaden's favorite card is a mix between a man and women, part dragon, has an effect that deals damage based on the opponent's monster's attack and through a source of light becomes much more powerful and vicious, before it gets replaced by Elemental Hero Neos. Are we talking about Yubel, or Elemental Hero Flame Wingman?
21	* The names of the different dorms were chosen by Kaiba, which is why Obelisk is at the top, since it was Kaiba's god card. It also explains why Slifer is at the bottom and Ra in the middle, because it was Yugi's original god card and Kaiba doesn't like Yugi and is apathetic to Marik.
22	** When one looks at the three dorms, it actually makes sense that Kaiba would set them up not just because he wants to spite Marik and Yugi (given they're put under Obelisk, aka him), a lot of the duelists in the dorms represent people that fit their best skills, at least in important roles;
23	*** For Obelisks, the skills are refined to the point of being at the top of the batch and thus have a lot of powerful cards (like Zane and later Syrus), just like Kaiba did at first. However others like Alexis or Chazz use weaker cards with powerful effects, which is also another type of strategy Kaiba uses in conjuction with his powerful cards.
24	*** Marik is a master strategist and tends to think ahead, which is why many Ra students like Bastion or Hassleberry seem to rely more on fine-tuned stategies than anything else.
25	*** And finally Yugi himself is a bit of an underdog at first, starting out with what was basically a mishmash of weak cards that balanced each other out and climbed up the ranks from the bottom. Now, why would that sound familiar considering who the main character is? Not to mention both Jaden and Yugi are MagneticHeroes, being able to make friends with former rivals and get many people on their side.
26	** Not only that, this can be taken a step further when examining the abilities of the Egyptian Gods themselves and how they relate to the students.
27	*** Obelisk: In terms of raw power, the strongest of the three with base ATK and DEF of 4000, the same way that in terms of raw power Obelisk Blues have the best decks and the best cards at their disposal. Furthermore, Obelisk can sacrifice two monsters to destroy all monsters the opponent controls, which mirrors the way that Obelisk Blues are willing to pay any cost if it means assured victory, like Season 1 Chazz willing to throw as much money as he could into his deck. Obelisk Blues crush anything in their way, but lacking finesse can be outplayed by other, more thoughtful combinations assembled of weaker cards beneath their consideration.
28	*** Ra: Ra represents the most variance in power of the Egyptian Gods, but has the most tricks at its disposal. Its (anime) effect of gaining power equal to the combined power of the monsters used to summon it reflects the wide range of talent of their students; with the right combination of cards they can easily surpass Obelisks in power and skill, but the wrong combination and they're as mediocre as Slifers. Ra's ability to reduce its controller's lifepoints to 100/1 and give them to Ra is another facet of duelists such as Daichi who is willing to put his all into his deck; giving up all but 1 lifepoint is perfect efficiency. Similarly the ability to pay 1000 lifepoints to destroy a monster shows deliberation by weighing the value of lifepoints vs. field advantage. Ra Yellows have multiple tools at their disposal to win, carefully determine the best ones to ensure victory, and can vary wildly in terms of capability.
29	*** Silfer: Slifer represents the most raw inherent potential of the Egyptian Gods, multiplying its strength by 1000 with each draw. While many Slifers are slackers who don't try, there are also those like Syrus who work hard to improve themselves and grow more powerful over time. Having the weakest decks, Slifers will rely on one of two things: lots of weaker creatures working together like in Syrus or Jaden's decks, or very basic decks that summon big creatures and attack head on, with less strategy of the higher dorms, like Hayato. Slifer's attack reduction ability reflects both of these paths, either by using combos to reduce monsters with over 2000 power down to something manageable or steamrolling over anything with less than 2000 power. Slifer has infinite potential and when it becomes strong enough is nearly impossible to stop, or even oppose, but must be built up from scratch, just as the Slifer Reds start from the bottom and must improve themselves.
30	* Some have complained that Jaden’s FreakOut and its aftermath in Season 3 comes out of nowhere and is at odds with the fact that he had already had to play Duel Monsters to decide the fate of the world in the first two seasons... except that, before Brron sacrificed his friends, Jaden had ''never'' gotten genuinely angry or upset.
31	* During Jaden and Bastion's duel, many have pointed out that while Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell prevents the use of Polymerization, it doesn't for alternative fusion methods, mainly Fusion Gate (we're not supposed to know that Miracle Fusion is a thing yet). This seems like an oversight on Bastion's part but it makes sense, if Jaden did use Fusion Gate, Bastion could have just used a simple spell destruction card to stop it and knowing Jaden's tendencies, he only put one Fusion Gate in his deck, assuming he didn't cycle it out. In addition, Jaden has plenty of cards to recycle Polymerization if he needs to so striking that card down is still a really good play.
32	** It also further showcases the intended weakness of Bastion's method and mindset against Jaden's. Bastion hyperfocused on countering what he saw as Jaden's sole or core strength, his Fusion Monsters, and prematurely declared victory upon determining a counter-strategy against it, overconfidently pinning all his hopes on said strategy and completely ignoring that Jaden had many other side-strategies and options in his deck. As stated by the text of the show in other words, Bastion is excellent at theorycrafting specific counters against specific threats and strategies (also why he was able to defeat Chazz's reliance on raw power, as that's a fairly obvious and common strategy, so he naturally already had counters against it), but suffers in adaptability against opponents who can surprise him on the field.
33	* Jaden's third duel against Aster actually mirrors Zane's duel against Aster. As both Zane and Aster are facing familiar yet brand new Heroes. Jaden and Zane both had to recover after taking a significant amount of damage (Zane from Power Bond, Jaden from taking multiple direct attacks). Both Zane and Aster are duelists that have defeated Jaden before. The most notable similarity is in how Jaden wins the third match, and in how Aster defeats Zane. Both of them attack with a monster that they believe will overpower the opponent. However, Aster activates a card that allows him to send more Elemental Heroes to the graveyard to power up his monster, allowing him to defeat Zane. Aster falls to this in his third duel against Jaden, and as Jaden points out (in the dub version at least), Aster's downfall was thanks to himself as well. Aster destroyed Jaden's Spell Calling, which allowed him to power up his Hero monster and overpower Aster.
34	* One of the cards Yubel uses as fusion material for Super Fusion God is Lava Golem, a wonderful card to use in a Yubel deck. (A 3000 attack monster that summons itself to the opponents field in exchange for giving them burn damage.)
35	* When the Sacred Beasts return in season 3, why aren't they shown draining the power from all other cards around them as they did in season 1? Well it takes far more energy for a duel spirit to take physical form in the human world than in the spirit dimensions. It's only natural they'd be less hungry.
36	* The whole "sent to the stars" thing in season 3 might seem like silly [=4Kids=] censorship, but it does make some sense. After all, that's literally what Jaden did to Yubel when he was a kid. He asked [=KaibaCorp=] to send Yubel into space hoping Yubel would absorb the cosmic rays like the Neo Spacians did where they instead came into contact with the Light of Destruction, driving Yubel insane. In the dub, Yubel is now targeting his friends and anybody who loses a duel in the alternate dimension visibly explodes into stardust. For Yubel, it's poetic revenge. Beyond that, Yubel desires to unite the 12 dimensions, which would've destroyed everyone and everything except themselves and Jaden, similar to how stars work in real life when they explode at the end of their life cycle and a new star is born out of the remains after pressure is applied over time.
37	** Not to mention, it actually makes more sense than just saying they died. After all, at the end of the season it turns out that they were being sent to another dimension instead, so they really ''were'' sent somewhere else.
38	* There's a noticeable difference between how Zane and Syrus use the card Power Wall, namely in regards to how they treat the cards they mill using its effect. Zane disrespectfully throws the cards to the ground, while Syrus just sends them to the graveyard normally. No wonder the deck was causing Zane's heart problems, seeing as he was constantly disrespecting them by treating the cards like trash. Noticeably, after Syrus starts showing the deck itself more respect, it stops inflicting similar problems to him.
39	* How come Jaden never found out he won the Kaiba Corp Contest? It's because he got his memories all messed up from the shock therapy he received as well as the constant trauma from the Yubel nightmares.
40	* You may notice that Chazz falls back on his Ojamas just in case something bad happens. But considering how easy they are to summon when compared to his two other archetypes, the Armed Dragons and the VWXYZ series, it makes sense. They are used as utility to start his comebacks. And when all else fails, he'll just use the Ojamas themselves to finish the game since no one ever expects it.
41	* Syrus' character development sees him growing in confidence throughout his time in Duel Academy to become a strong duelist of his own. When you consider his deck archtype, the Vehicroids which are vehicles with cartoon faces on them, especially Steamroid, a sentient steam train, he could be seen as Literature/TheLittleEngineThatCould.
42	* While the colors of the dorms are based on Kaiba's arbitrary level of preference for their respective Egyptian god cards, the rank of the colors coincidentally has some basis in logic. Historically, the first colors human societies would distinguish and name were always black and white, always followed by red (as the color of blood, it was the next common color society would become familiar with). Other colors like yellow would follow, with blue always being last (if it was distinguished in antiquity at all) due to its rarity in nature (almost no plants or animals contain blue pigment) and thus difficulty to recreate in dyes. The lowest-ranking dorm is given the most common color of red, outranked by the somewhat common but rarer yellow, with the highest-ranking dorm being the most exotic, most valuable color of blue.
43	* Sartorius convinces Chazz to join him by promising to help him defeat his rival. Despite the brainwashed Chazz constantly singing his master's praises, the poor kid's incapable of noticing this was a total lie. Sartorius ''never'' gives Chazz the opportunity to duel Jaden (probably because he didn't believe Chazz could beat him and thus figured such a duel would end with him losing his [[TheDragon dragon]]), even though he has society member after society member duel Jaden practically every episode. He even specifically chooses one member because she shares Jaden's power to see monster spirits, a gift Chazz ''also'' has, yet he still picks someone else. Chazz even attempts to take over that duel, showing his desire for a rematch with Jaden is still there, but the spell he's under prevents him from questioning why he's never given the job he joined the Society for in the first place. TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget, all right! It's not until Chazz reaches the point where he starts noticing something doesn't feel right and questioning what he's been doing that he takes the initiative to challenge Jaden himself. Like all {{cult}} leaders, Sartorius has zero concern with actually helping his followers or keeping his promises to them -- he'll feed them whatever lies are necessary so he can use them for his own purposes.
44	* Sartorius convinces Bastion to throw the duel with Chazz. It's likely he did that not just because he wanted to add another follower to his army but because if Chazz lost, he might have been freed from the Light's control, and Sartorius would have lost his right-hand man and best duelist.
45	* After he defeats Chazz in the Season 1 inter-school duel -- their second, much-hyped, and publicly broadcasted rematch -- Jaden gives a speech about how even though Chazz lost the duel, he won a more important victory over his inner demons by defying his brothers and dueling on his own without their cards. This is the mirror opposite of the speech Yugi gave Kaiba after defeating him in their second, much-hyped, and publicly broadcasted rematch in Battle City -- as Yugi explained then, Kaiba lost the duel because he ''lost'' the fight against his own inner demons and the ghost of his abusive adoptive father. Half a season of CharacterDevelopment in, and Chazz is already stronger than his predecessor!
46	* The duel with Professor Stein that is the beginning of Jaden's doubts and deconstruction of his IdiotHero character. Stein repeatedly picks apart Jaden's tendency to coast through life with little care for the consequences. Now take a look at Steins ace monster Scab Scar Knight. Look familiar? It's an obvious Eva 01 reference. So the ep where Jaden is deconstructed just happens to be the one with a card with the most famous deconstructive series in anime. To make the irony more apparent, GX also has an Asuka and Rei in the Japanese version.
47	* Why did Chazz give Jaden Ojama Black to try to get Alexis to remember who she is for Jaden's duel with the possessed Alexis? Ojama Black is not the most prominent of Chazz's Ojamas, that would be Ojama Yellow. However, remember what Chazz's jacket color is. Chazz was trying to get to get Alexis to remember his iconic black jacket.
48	* In "Nature of the Draw", Damon's Nature training ''actually works''. Both Damon and Jaden are right, in the context of their own universe. Damon's technique lets him down because he stops applying it correctly.
49	** In every other turn of the duel, Damon ''neutrally'' predicts which card will be drawn. He knows what card will be drawn when he can predict it with a clear mind, and is not trying to control it. Just like Winter ''will'' happen, the next card ''will'' come. But when it lets him down? He's already decided which card he "needs" and ''wants'' to draw, and predicts that card, rather than the card his Nature training would have told him to guess.
50	** This is shown in the episode through a different animation in Damon's mindspace. Just like every other time, the cards flow past in the waterfall, but - unlike every other time - Damon does not wait for one to reveal itself before he makes his guess. His speech is also subtly different - every other time he guesses a card, he pauses to use his technique, while when he incorrectly guesses Shield Crush, he says it in one breath, commandingly, with no pause.
51	** He's also not only wrong, he's tunnel visioning and losing his faith in his deck. As Chumley points out, all Damon needs to do at that point is guess ''any'' card draw correctly, and Jaden will take 1000 points of damage and lose immediately. Damon's deck and cards would have already given him the win, if he'd taken it. Instead, Damon hyperfixates on destroying Jaden's Wroughtweiler with Shield Crush, then defeating him in combat - and throws away the won game.
52	** Additionally, the reason the nature training works for Damon (until he unknowingly stops using it correctly and turns his back on it), and yet Jaden doesn't need similar training to achieve very similar results, is that that's the form of training and faith in himself that works for Damon's mindset and personality. As explained in other episodes (like "King of Copycats"), the Heart of the Cards comes from "believing in yourself, and your own deck". But Damon doesn't. When he says he "tried everything [he] could think of" to become better at drawing, what does he do? He doesn't train and practice by himself. He doesn't build better-balanced or more versatile decks to brick less. He doesn't even ask his friends what works for them. He shouts out to the waves for "somebody, anybody to make [him] a better card-drawer". In other words, he relies on outside influences. He has an external locus of control, and that's what Nature is. What his Nature training does, and why it works for him, is that it taught him to effectively read outside patterns, letting him use that faith in external forces to (re)gain faith in himself and his deck - and enhance his card draws.
53	** The reason he can draw Golden Eggwiches? When selecting a sandwich from a pile, you choose your sandwich - so Damon can choose the sandwich he predicts will be the Eggwich. When drawing a card from a deck normally, you must take the top card. Once again, Damon's ability is ''prediction'', not ''control''.
54	* Jim's name being Jim Cook. This would be short for James Cook, the name of a captain famous for his voyages to Australia, where Jim comes from.
55	* During Jaden's Duel against Dimitri, Bastion notes that, unlike someone like Dr. Crowler, Yugi and his Deck have no known weaknesses for an opponent facing him to exploit—and with the information the characters have available to them, he's right. However, those who have watched the original series may note that the one instance in which Yugi's Deck did outright lose with no reservations—the first Duel against Rafael during the Orichalcos arc—it was a result of Yami Yugi betraying the Heart of the Cards by selling out his Monsters in the pursuit of a quick victory. The weakness of Yugi's Deck is difficult to pinpoint both because he doesn't lose very often but also because it isn't simply a failing of tactics or card choices, but a failing of ''character''. So by recognizing that the Heart of the Cards was actually on ''his'' side during his Duel against Dimitri, Jaden is actually unknowingly exploiting the weakness of Yugi's Deck, and that's how he was able to beat it.
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57	!!FridgeHorror
58	* In Season 1, look at how Chazz reacts when his brother manhandles him after he loses the School Duel. He doesn't resist, doesn't say, "Let me go, what are you doing?", ''nothing''. He just closes his eyes, clenches his teeth, stiffens his whole body, and remains completely still -- the body language of someone expecting something much worse, believing there's nothing they can do to stop it, and bracing for it. It really makes you wonder what brought on this learned response and what his brothers do to him when there ''isn't'' a stadium full of witnesses around...
59	* In the fourth episode of the first season, Duel Academy has an entire military transport just to protect its shipment of rare cards. It's validated when the captain mentions they've had to fight off "mecha-triggers (something like that) and attack subs". People probably died. Considering the fights people get into using them, this is a world where wars may very well be fought over trading cards as weapons.
60	** Becomes worse after watching ''Arc-V'' and Academia. It's not hard to imagine that the Government was in on or endorsed the attack on Heartland.
61	** Also becomes worse when you remember the Rare Hunters from the original series. They are a dangerous group of raiders... who's to say that, even with Marik reformed, they aren't still around?
62	*** Given Chazz had them in his nightmare in Season 4, they probably aren't just still around, but infamous and major boogeymen.
63	* In season 3 Yubel is repeatedly shown to be a master a manipulating people. Making promises she has no intention to keep and preying on the darkness in their heart. Preferring to have her minions join her willingly. Yet instead of doing so to Jesse she seals his soul away. Since her whole plan hinged on hurting Jaden by turning his best friend against him. It makes you wonder how many methods she tried to force Jesse into betraying Jaden before giving up and just ripping out his soul.
64	* It was a ''really'' good thing Axel laid his life to activate the Eye of Orichaclum to free Jaden from the Supreme King's influence, because if Supreme King was never freed from Jaden, he would've killed Zane, Syrus, Bastion, Axel and Jim, leaving him all alone to face Yubel. And in the event he does, Yubel would still steal the Super Polymerization card from Supreme King, leading to a Duel, and [[ForegoneConclusion no matter the outcome]], [[MortonsFork neither Duelist will]] [[DownerEnding have a happy ending]]:
65	** If Yubel wins by dropping Supreme King's LP to 0, they would be free to [[EarthShatteringKaboom fuse all 12 Dimensions together]] with no one being able to stop them, not even the Supreme King before his memories of them from a past life return, [[VillainousBreakdown realizing that his best friend just opposed their promise]] from the Gentle Darkness, and tries to will a GetAHoldOfYourselfMan, but by then it will be too late, leaving him [[EmptyShell all alone with nothing left]] but a crazed, obsessive Duel Monster Spirit as [[ItsAllMyFault tears roll down his face because of his failure of letting Yubel finish their plan]].
66	** If Supreme King wins, he is effectively killing Yubel, as they slump down with their Duel Energy fading away, Supreme King tries to kill them before he remembers, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes that he just killed his eternal]] ChildhoodFriend, before begging them to wake up as he cradles them in his arms, as Yubel makes one final DyingDeclarationOfLove [[DiedInYourArmsTonight before fading away]], before Supreme King performs a SkywardScream as he [[SayMyName calls Yubel's name one final time]], now consumed by guilt and anguish.
67	* Take a look at the future Nightshroud shows Jaden in their final duel after watching 5Ds. Seem familiar?
68	* In season 4, Zane is twenty years old and has a severe heart condition. His eighteen-year-old brother (who has ''no medical knowledge'') appears to be his only advocate. ''Where are their parents'', and what kind of life can they possibly have going forward? Zane might ''say'' he wants to start over and duel again, but his health is obviously still a major concern.
69	* It's a ''really'' good thing that Rainbow Neos seemingly managed to get rid of all of Trueman's clones when it emerged during Jaden and Jesse's duel with Fujiki. After all, Trueman both draws his power from, and is composed of, cards tainted by the negative emotions of their users. The thought of him manifesting from the decks of characters like the [[Anime/YuGiOh5DS Dark Signers, Z-ONE's crew,]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL or even the average Number Holder]] is... frightening, to say the least.
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71	* Manga: In the final chapter, Zane is shown in his "Dark Zane" outfit from the anime. ''What happened?''

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