History Characters / YuGiOhOtherCharacters

* FatalFlaw: His obsession with protecting the Pharaoh's tomb at the expense of everything else, including his family, leads him to horrifically abuse his family in order to force them to fulfill the clan's duties, which causes the creation of Dark Marik when he forces Marik through the initiation ritual. His pride also prevents him from accepting help from another family or acknowledging the pain he's putting his own family through by forcing them to follow tradition, leading to his death when Dark Marik awakens and kills him.

** In the first anime, while he puts Curator Kanekura through the same Shadow Game as he does in the manga, it doesn't end up killing him, nor does he then pursue the comparatively less guilty Yoshimori to do the same to him. This is somewhat backtracked upon as he ends up brainwashing the much more innocent Honda in Yoshimori's place.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: All of them:

* LackOfEmpathy: All he cared about AT ALL was his duties, the only reason he was protective of his son was because he needed a male heir. Everyone else he either neglected or treated like a slave.

* SkewedPriorities: Protecting the Pharaoh's tomb was the most important thing to him, even more so than his own family. This has disastrous results.

* TheFundamentalist: His FatalFlaw. He believes in protecting the Pharaoh’s tomb over everything else, including his family, and he insists that it should be done according to tradition, regardless of whether those traditions are outdated or not, and not caring in the slightest if his family doesn’t want it. He forces his biological son to go through the tomb keeper initiation ritual despite his protests (resulting in the creation of Dark Marik) and he refuses to let Odion take Marik’s place and is utterly offended that Odion would mark his face. He refuses to let his children go to the surface because he doesn’t want the outside world to distract them from their duties, and when he finds out they did, he plans to punish them after either killing or banishing Odion depending on the dub. This leads to his KarmicDeath when Dark Marik awakens after Odion falls unconscious and kills Marik’s father.

* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: He never actually saw Rishid as his adoptive child, but his wife insisted as such. As soon as she died, he forbade Rishid from calling him father anymore, harshly and firmly telling him that he is nothing but a servant and treating him with cruelty afterwards. Going as far as to physically abuse him and threaten him with death, and would have possibly even whipped Rishid to death had Dark Marik not killed him.

* NotBloodNotFamily: He never considered Rishid a son, and actually forbade the latter from referring him as such.

* KarmaHoudini: In the 1998 anime, he (with some reluctance) brainwashes Yoshimori to go berserk and makes Anzu stand on a plank over the school roof (and she almost falls when the effect gets canceled), as bargaining chips against Yugi in a Shadow Game, because he couldn't yet determine if he's worthy the Millennium Puzzle. As the initiator, Shadi is not penalized for losing and leaves.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her death was not only the motivating factor of the entire Duelist Kingdom arc, but also resulted in Duel Monsters' creation, indirectly contributing to the remaining arcs of the series ''and'' bringing about [[Anime/YuGiOhGX every]] [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds single]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL spinoff]] [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV series]].

* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: For all the horrendous abuse he inflicted upon his son, Marik is horrified by his father's death and, being told the Pharoah was responsible, sought to avenge him in the Battle City arc. Upon learning it was he who killed his father and not the Pharoah, Marik mourns

* FatalFlaw: His obsession with protecting the Pharaohs tomb at the expense of everything else, including his family, leads him to horrifically abuse his family in order to force them to fulfill the clan's duties, which causes the creation of Dark Marik when he forces Marik through the initiation ritual. His pride also prevents him from accepting help from another family or acknowledging the pain he's putting his own family through by forcing them to follow tradition, leading to his death when Dark Marik awakens and kills him.

* TheFundamentalist: His FatalFlaw. He believes in protecting the Pharaoh’s tomb over everything else, including his family, and he insists that it should be done according to tradition, regardless of whether those traditions are outdated or not, and not caring in the slightest if his family doesn’t want it. He forces his biological son to go through the tomb keeper initiation ritual despite his protests and he refuses to let Odion take Marik’s place and is utterly offended that Odion would mark his face. He refuses to let his children go to the surface because he doesn’t want the outside world to distract them from their duties, and when he finds out they did, he plans to punish them after either killing or banishing Odion depending on the dub. This leads to his KarmicDeath when Dark Marik awakens after Odion falls unconscious and kills Marik’s father.

* KarmicDeath: Mr. Ishtar is killed by Dark Marik, the AxCrazy split-personality created as a result of forcing Marik to go through the tomb keeper initiation ritual. And the only reason is because he seemingly kills Odion, the one person who was keeping from taking control.

* FatalFlaw: His obsession with protecting the Pharoah's tomb at the expense of everything else, including his family, leads him to horrifically abuse his family in order to force them to fulfill the clan's duties, which causes the creation of Dark Marik when he forces Marik through the initiation ritual. His pride also prevents him from accepting help from another family or acknowledging the pain he's putting his own family through by forcing them to follow tradition, leading to his death when Dark Marik awakens and kills him.

* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: He never actually saw Rishid as his adoptive child, but his wife insisted as such. As soon as she died, he forbade Rishid from calling him father anymore, harshly and firmly telling him that he is nothing but a servant and treating him with cruelty afterwards. Going as far as to physically abuse him and threaten him with death, and would have possibly even whipped Rishid to death had Marik not banished him.

* {{Retcon}}: ''The Dark Side of Dimensions'' changes his appearance slightly, has him raise Aigami, Sera, Mani, and the planners, and gives him powers he's never shown to have before, such as wielding the Quantum Cube, which can directly erase people from existence and send them to other dimensions. He can also transfer his powers to others, but they will lose them if the Pharaoh is reborn into the world a second time.

** In the video game Nightmare Troubadour, she's even more-so. Several moments with Serenity invoke this and Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: when a player meets her for the first time she will tell him/her that she started dueling like her brother. She also helps the player get ready to the final play off and is enthusiastic about getting better as a duelist like her brother. In her typical meek fashion she will ask the player to trade for certain cards and if the player accepts, she cheerfully says that Joey will be jealous of her trade. When the player gets a draw against her might just take the cake, though. She smiles and tells you "Yay! It's a draw! I'll keep practicing so our next duel will be even more fun." Her enthusiasm also comes through in her letter to the player, with her expressing her joy over learning how to duel and how she can't wait to duel the player again. Overall this game offers a great, understated look into her as a duelist, making her even more of an AdaptationalBadass and more adorable than even the anime canon, and can make watchers of the anime wonder WhatCouldHaveBeen.

* CutenessProximity: In the Virtual World arc, she gets at least four instances of this! The first is when she is isolated by a pond, admiring swans (in the 4Kids Dub she says the exact words "Aww, how cute") with a cheerful smile. The next instance is when she's picking cards for the duel against Nezbitt, as she is drawn to cards she find cute. Later in a flashback of Tristan teaching her the rules, she innocently misunderstands him and thinks that the monster cards have stars all over them, and she compares it to a cute ladybug. Then, when she meets the Acrobat Monkey Tristan, she calls him adorable.

* GrewASpine: She wasn't a coward at first, but she spends most of her duel with Soichiro/Nezbitt scared and confused, not helped by the fact that she's not certain how to use her cards right. Towards the end, she finally develops a backbone and comes back strong, taking Soichiro/Nezbitt down.

* JeanneDArchetype: Her trump card, St. Joan, who is obviously modeled on Joan herself, and with which she takes down Big 5 member Nezbitt.

** In the second-series anime sub, he's ''possibly'' the combined reincarnation of Shada and Karim who was killed by Yami Bakura five years ago.
** In the second-series anime English dub, he's a millennia-old spirit whose body was destroyed by Thief King Bakura.

* WhipItGood: In the anime he whips Rishid as punishment for letting Marik go out.

* FatalFlaw: His obsession with protecting the Pharoah's tomb at the expense of everything else, including his family, leads him to horrifically abuse his family in order to force them to fulfill the clan's duties, which causes the creation of Dark Marik due to his abuse of his son. His pride also prevents him from accepting help from another family or acknowledging the pain he's putting his own family through by forcing them to follow tradition, leading to his death when Dark Marik awakens and kills him.

* FatalFlaw: His obsession with protecting the Pharoah's tomb at the expense of everything else, including his family, leads him to horrifically abuse his family in order to force them to fulfill the clan's duties, leading to the creation of Dark Marik due to his abuse of his son. His pride also prevents him from accepting help from another family or acknowledging the pain he's putting his own family through by forcing them to follow tradition, leading to his death when Dark Marik awakens and kills him