History Characters / YuGiOhArcVYuyaCounterparts

* CompositeCharacter: Acts as a combination of previous villains Zorc, Supreme King Judai, Z-one, and Don Thousand.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[spoiler:Anime/YuGiOhZexal Shark]] as a primarily purple duelist with a dour streak whose deck focuses on card destruction and swarming the field with Level 3 monsters to Xyz summon darkly armoured champions. Likewise, he turns out to have a twisted, intimate connection with the greater threat of the story.

** Odd-Eyes' original chant was about it's beautiful and wonderful eyes, Zarc's is about it's scorching eyes.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Yugo completely decimating the Obelisk Force members.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Whenever it's his SuperpoweredEvilSide, he usually decimates his opponents and they deserve it.

* ButNotTooChallenging: Z-ARC is ultimately revealed to have this attitude as the Duel drags on. Despite his BloodKnight and ChallengeSeeker tendencies, he quickly feels insulted when Shingeo and Crow accuse him of being a DirtyCoward [[SoreLoser who is so scared of losing]] that he masks these insecurities behind his "[[AGodIAm Godly persona]]" and using a "control strategy" with PurposelyOverpowered cards ''he'' created from his RealityWarper powers compared to Yuya's more daring strategies and more well-rounded cards. When Z-ARC actually does lose against the Lancers despite all efforts, he undergoes a huge VillainousBreakdown.

** His soul acts like this to Dragon Boys when they give in to anger, they grew more violent and bloodthirsty.

A member of Academia under the direct command of Professor Leo Akaba. Like Yuto and Yugo, he strongly resembles Yuya. Later revealed to be the Fusion Dimensional Counterpart to Yuya, due to them [[IdenticalStranger sharing the same face]] and originally being of one entity, "Zarc". Yuri has captured Ruri and Rin from their respective dimensions on behalf of the Professor and with Serena under their wing, his new task is to capture Yuzu, the fourth and final piece. Cold, cruel and ruthless in his tasks, Yuri is one of the most sadistic characters introduced in the series. He utilizes the Predator Plants, a legion of DARK Plant type monsters that can swarm the field, impairs and ensnares opponents with their effects and sets up ideal conditions for his ace monster, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon. Later episodes show that like his counterparts, his ace dragon can "evolve" into a stronger version of itself, ''Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon.''

* ButNotTooChallenging: Z-ARC is ultimately revealed to have this attitude as the Duel drags on. Despite his BloodKnight and ChallengeSeeker tendencies, he quickly feels insulted when Shingeo and Crow accuse him of being a DirtyCoward [[SoreLoser who is so scared of losing]] that he masks these insecurities behind his "[[AGodIAm Godly persona" and using a "control strategy" with PurposelyOverpowered cards ''he'' created from his RealityWarper powers compared to Yuya's more daring strategies and more well-rounded cards. When Z-ARC actually does lose against the Lancers despite all efforts, he undergoes a huge VillainousBreakdown.

* BloodKnight: Zarc eventually became one due to the audience. When he won the championship, he still wanted to fight more, leading him into summoning his four dragons to attack the world, and upon his revival in the Fusion Dimension, Zarc's first action is to demand an opponent to duel him. At the same time, however, it's also {{subverted|trope}} in his duels against the Lancers where Crow and Sawatari accuse him of being a DirtyCoward for his PurposelyOverpowered deck along with bringing up the ''idea'' of him '''losing''', that he immediately stops enjoying the duels and starts to have a VillainousBreakdown.

* ButNotTooChallenging: Z-ARC is revealed to be the this as the Duel drags on. Despite his BloodKnight and ChallengeSeeker tendencies, he quickly feels insulted when Shingeo and Crow accuses him as DirtyCoward whose so scared of losing for his PurposelyOverpowered cards. When he actually does lose despite all efforts, he undergoes a huge VillainousBreakdown.

** "Supreme King Servant Dragon Odd-Eyes" is an even stronger version of the original counterpart. It can Special Summon itself on either player's turn from the hand, Deck, or Extra Deck when the opponent Pendulum Summons, protects Pendulum card(s) from being destroyed by battle or card effect once per turn, doubles ANY battle damage Zarc's monsters may have inflicted on the opponent and return itself to the Extra Deck to weaken the opponent's monsters ATK down to 0, no matter what summoning type they are.

** Downplayed when Reiji confronts him, who whittles down at least half of his LP (since the start of the episode) with the combined efforts of the [[TookALevelInBadass DDD High King Executive Monsters]]. Zarc defeats him nevertheless just as Reira intervenes in the Duel.

* TheDreaded: Once the cast learns about Zarc, he easily becomes this.

* EnemyWithin: He exists inside each of the Dragon Boys and wants to absorb them to be revived.

* InformedAbility: He was an internationally-famous celebrity and entertainer before he became the BigBad. In his only onscreen match, he uses what might well be one of [[ArcFatigue the most boringly straightforward strategies]] in the franchise, relying entirely on [[StoryBreakerPower his overpowered dragon's]] protective effects to NoSell everything the protagonists throw at him. This is suggested to be the result of his fear of losing, but this was something that developed well before he turned evil.

* SoreLoser: He does not take losing very well, unlike the commanding officers of Academia. Further exploited by Crow and Sawatari in Episode 139.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Just like Kurosaki, though Yuto appears to be taking it better. However, later episodes show that the war has been taking its toll on Yuto.

** Zarc's monsters are designed to utterly control the field and make sure that he comes off as all-powerful. His Pendulum Monsters negate ''ANY'' damage to his Life Points and instead heals himself as long as he has his "Servant" monsters on the field. With "Supreme King Dragon Zarc" on the field, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz Monsters and their effects are useless against him. Even worse, they rate 0 and 13 on the Pendulum Scale, meaning he can Pendulum Summon anything. He also can destroy cards added to the opponent's hands outside of their Draw Phase, making the act of obtaining Action Cards pointless. As long as "Supreme King Dragon Zarc" exists on the field, his "Servant" monsters gain the benefit of his protection and vice versa. Finally, the Four Heavenly Dragons undergo "corrupted upgrades":