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

!!This fanfic provides examples of:
* AbortedArc: Pluto's group of followers were originally planned to be a bigger threat but the author dummied this out when he decided to get into the deeper plot sooner.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Yuu Akimoto seems a bit ''obsessed'' with Haseo.
* AnimalMotif: Kirimaru is a shark themed duelist.
** Four of the antiheros have this as well. Dove, Boa, Raven, and Bat who have Harpies, Venom, Blackwings, and Vampires respectively.
* AffectionateParody: Not the story itself, but there are definitely a few parts that qualify as this. Namely the Power Rangers shout out.
* BigDamnHeroes: Chapter 43 features Dove, Boa, Raven, and Bat acting completely heroically for once.
* BlackKnight: Haruka's deck has this for a theme.
%%* CloudCuckooLander: Sandra.
* ChivalrousPervert: Tanner. He loves the ladies, but he's really still a likable guy and will stand up for his female friends.
%%* ChristmasSpecial
* CurbStompBattle: During the ChristmasSpecial [[spoiler: Santa Claus shows up to curbstomp the villain]]
* DarkIsNotEvil:
** The entire theme behind Voltaire's character and deck.
** Haseo's as well, kind of. And Cassie's for that matter. This comes up a lot actually.
%%* DiabolusExNihilo: Who the hell was that clown and what the hell did he do!?
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: The main character ends up on the same team as his enemy during the Trinity Tournament]]
* {{Expy}}: Griever is based on [[Franchise/StarWars General Grievous]].
* GroinAttack: Used occasionally in earlier chapters.
* GoodIsNotNice: The mentioned animal trio obviously think they're doing the right thing and for a while they were friends with the main group but things got pretty bad after they met Tanner...
* IncrediblyLamePun: Haseo's acting terms and jokes can get a little annoying after a while. For the record, even his Hot Shounen Mom is getting tired of it.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Tanner. They never found the body.]]
* LivingShadow:
** The Shadow Templar archetype all have living shadows.
** Haseo's Heartless, one of which is the basic Heartless type Shadow.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Shimakaru]] the lazy ninja is said to be one of Tanner's favorite fictional characters.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Celena is this because of Wise, Haseo's evil ex-manager.
* LoveTriangle: Type 5. Melinda loves Tanner, who loves Sandra, who is oblivious.
* MasterOfIllusion: Akashini's deck revolves around manipulating the opponent with his illusions.
* MindScrew: Pretty much the whole point of Akashini's deck, and Akashini's favorite hobby.
* MonsterClown: One shows up in Chapter 42.
* {{NINJA}}: The main character, Shawn, has training as a ninja, with a deck full of them too!
%%* OneHitKill: Chapter 43 is a series of these.
* OrphanedSeries: The author has confirmed on their profile that the story is cancelled.
%%* PerkyGoth: Cassie.
%%* PublicDomainCharacter: [[spoiler: Santa Claus.]]
* RescueArc: Two at once. [[spoiler: Haseo and Voltaire both leave the main cast to go rescue their love interests]]
* RuleOfThree: The Trinity Tournament is a series of duels between three schools. Each team has three members.
* {{Sentai}}: The villains in Chapter 43 have this theme.
* ShoutOut: [[Franchise/DotHack Haseo]] uses a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' themed deck. Another character uses a ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' themed card.
%%* StuffBlowingUp: Taihou's deck.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: As of chapter 49 it seems the main character ''may'' have this]]
* ThemeNaming: Boa, Dove, Raven, and Bat are all from the same village.
* TournamentArc: In a bit of a subversion, the Trinity Tournament doesn't play by the normal rules. It's double elimination with teams.
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