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** This has actually been confirmed. Where it was only really implied in the show, dialogue between Z-one and Antinomy in [[VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks has all but confirmed that while Z-one fully believed destroying Neo Domino with the Ark Cradle would ultimately prove necessary, he sent Antinomy to Team 5Ds as Bruno in the hopes of giving them some small chance of being able to stop him from destroying the city and prove they could possibly save the future themselves instead.

[[WMG: Accel Synchro is the Teleport ability from ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'', therefore Accel Synchro, or to an extent, Duel Monsters, is Psionics.]]

In ''MOTHER'' and ''Earthbound'', the Teleport ability requires the party to accelerate in an area with lots of running space. Achieving Accel Synchro requires the Duelist to speed up to high speeds. A card capable of Accel Synchro is also the requirement for "Clear Mind". PSI abilities are also tied to the mind.

* The part about ZONE being Yusei is true, if Wiki/TheOtherWiki (YGO ver.) is anything to go by, but the summary says that ZONE begins explaining about what he means by that.

Since Crow was supposed to be a Dark Signer and only took Leo's spot as the Fifth due to the popularity of his Blackwing deck, then Leo obviously wasn't the original Sixth. It makes a lot of sense that it would've been Carly, since Crow being a Dark Signer would mean that Carly wouldn't have become one, as she was only turned into one to fill the hole left by Crow's role being changed. She likely would've still been killed by Divine and resurrected to duel Jack, just not as a Dark Signer specifically. She wouldn't have died again after Jack defeated her, since she wasn't a Dark Signer (meaning she also wouldn't have had a Earthbound God-centric Dark Signer deck and thus would likely have had a more character-specific deck that was made more powerful by Divine), and instead would've joined Team 5D's after that duel. The big clue here is Life-Stream Dragon. Unlike Crow and Luna, who didn't have their dragon cards at all when they were first revealed as Signers, Leo did. He had Power-Tool Dragon, which was more fitting to his deck. None of the other Signers who already had their dragon card had it turn into a different one upon their Signer power unlocking, much less one that fit less with their deck than the original. Yes, Yusei and Jack's [[{{ProtagonistPowerupPrivileges}} Protagonist Power-Up Privileges]] meant they got several variations of their dragons, but not an entirely different form that was clearly of a completely different archetype. Blackwing Dragon was never supposed to even exist, so if Leo was supposed to get Life Stream Dragon, there'd be no sixth dragon. Hence, Life Stream Dragon wasn't originally supposed to be Leo's dragon (I know Life Stream Dragon looks similar to Power Tool Dragon, but that's only because it would've been redesigned to be that way once it was decided that Crow would be the Fifth Signer instead). Life Stream Dragon would've been Carly's dragon, fitting for someone who died and came back. Jack was, after all, involved in the duel where Leo awakened as a Signer and received Life Stream Dragon. I think that instead of Leo awakening the Heart of the Crimson Dragon by sacrificing himself for Luna, Carly would've done so by sacrificing herself for Jack, dying on her own terms for the man she loves instead of being murdered by someone with the intent of screwing with Jack.

*** {{Jossed}} somewhat. He was revealed to be the mysterious Dark Glass in episode 107. Also, he himself stated that he was created to STOP Placido and the infinities, but the evidence of him being a robot is [[UpToEleven ramped up to the ridiculous]]: He crashed off a cliff and got away without a scratch except losing his memory, called out his ridiculously designed D-wheel Delta Eagle ''from the OCEAN'' using some sort of signal ''transmitted from his eye'', and '''transformed''' into Dark Glass while riding Delta Eagle on his way to save Yusei, all in the midst of highly suspicious green circuitry.

Since Crow was supposed to be a Dark Signer and only took Leo's spot as the Fifth due to the popularity of his Blackwing deck, then Leo obviously wasn't the Sixth. It makes a lot of sense that it would've been Carly, since Crow being a Dark Signer would mean that Carly wouldn't have become one, as she was only turned into one to fill the hole left by Crow's role being changed. She likely would've still been killed by Divine and resurrected to duel Jack, just not as a Dark Signer specifically. She wouldn't have died again after Jack defeated her, since she wasn't a Dark Signer (meaning she also wouldn't have had a Earthbound God-centric Dark Signer deck and thus would likely have had a more character-specific deck that was made more powerful by Divine), and instead would've joined Team 5D's after that duel. The big clue here is Life-Stream Dragon. Unlike Crow and Luna, who didn't have their dragon cards at all when they were first revealed as Signers, Leo did. He had Power-Tool Dragon, which was more fitting to his deck. None of the other Signers who already had their dragon card had it turn into a different one upon their Signer power unlocking, much less one that fit less with their deck than the original. Yes, Yusei and Jack's [[{{ProtagonistPowerupPrivileges}} Protagonist Power-Up Privileges]] meant they got several variations of their dragons, but not an entirely different form that was clearly of a completely different archetype. Blackwing Dragon was never supposed to even exist, so if Leo was supposed to get Life Stream Dragon, there'd be no sixth dragon. Hence, Life Stream Dragon wasn't originally supposed to be Leo's dragon (I know Life Stream Dragon looks similar to Power Tool Dragon, but that's only because it would've been redesigned to be that way once it was decided that Crow would be the Fifth Signer instead). Life Stream Dragon would've been Carly's dragon, fitting for someone who died and came back. Jack was, after all, involved in the duel where Leo awakened as a Signer and received Life Stream Dragon. I think that instead of Leo awakening the Heart of the Crimson Dragon by sacrificing himself for Luna, Carly would've done so by sacrificing herself for Jack, dying on her own terms for the man she loves instead of being murdered by someone with the intent of screwing with Jack.

Since Crow was supposed to be a Dark Signer and only took Leo's spot as the Fifth due to the popularity of his Blackwing deck, then Leo obviously wasn't the Sixth. It makes a lot of sense that it would've been Carly, since Crow being a Dark Signer would mean that Carly wouldn't have become one, as she was only turned into one to fill the hole left by Crow's role being changed. She likely would've still been killed by Divine and resurrected to duel Jack, just not as a Dark Signer specifically. The big clue here is Life-Stream Dragon. Unlike Crow and Luna, who didn't have their dragon cards at all when they were first revealed as Signers, Leo did. He had Power-Tool Dragon, which was more fitting to his deck. None of the other Signers who already had their dragon card had it turn into a different one upon their Signer power unlocking, much less one that fit less with their deck than the original. Yes, Yusei and Jack's [[{{ProtagonistPowerupPrivileges}} Protagonist Power-Up Privileges]] meant they got several variations of their dragons, but not an entirely different form that was clearly of a completely different archetype. Blackwing Dragon was never supposed to even exist, so if Leo was supposed to get Life Stream Dragon, there'd be no sixth dragon. Hence, Life Stream Dragon wasn't originally supposed to be Leo's dragon (I know Life Stream Dragon looks similar to Power Tool Dragon, but that's only because it would've been redesigned to be that way once it was decided that Crow would be the Fifth Signer instead). Life Stream Dragon would've been Carly's dragon, fitting for someone who died and came back. Jack was, after all, involved in the duel where Leo awakened as a Signer and received Life Stream Dragon. I think that instead of Leo awakening the Heart of the Crimson Dragon by sacrificing himself for Luna, Carly would've done so by sacrificing herself for Jack, dying on her own terms for the man she loves instead of being murdered by someone with the intent of screwing with Jack.

* Possibly {{Jossed}}, [[spoiler: as they are actually the robots that caused the extinction of mankind in the future after an incident with momentum.]]
** According to Z-one, [[spoiler:the Momentum explosions were caused by humanity turning greedy and corrupt. Perhaps God is using Momentum to make His angels into physical beings - the Machine Emperors - in order to teach humanity a lesson.]]

* {{Jossed}} kind of. [[spoiler: You could say his anger comes from losing his lover as a human.]]

* [[spoiler:In episode 93 his eyes start glowing when he's getting his ass kicked by Sherry, whereupon he suddenly demonstrates an advanced combat ability... And if you look very carefully, there's a hint of circuitry right before his eyes go completely glowy.]]
** [[spoiler:It also has the same side-effect as the Infinity monsters.]]
*** {{Jossed}} somewhat. [[spoiler:He was revealed to be the mysterious Dark Glass in episode 107. Also, he himself stated that he was created to STOP Placido and the infinities, but the evidence of him being a robot is [[UpToEleven ramped up to the ridiculous]]: He crashed off a cliff and got away without a scratch except losing his memory, called out his ridiculously designed D-wheel Delta Eagle ''from the OCEAN'' using some sort of signal ''transmitted from his eye'', and '''transformed''' into Dark Glass while riding Delta Eagle on his way to save Yusei, all in the midst of highly suspicious green circuitry.]]
*** [[spoiler:So it's confirmed he's a robot built by ZONE, he's just not evil.]]
*** [[spoiler:Scratch that, yeah he is. Or maybe not. Duel's not over yet.]]
*** [[spoiler:To be fair, NONE of the robots built by ZONE (including Placido) are evil, per say, as they really are more of well-intentioned extremists made to prevent the extinction of mankind.]]

* This theory gains strength now that Crow [[spoiler: has been made a Signer at the end of Season Two. That makes three Signers and a Dark Signer on Team Satisfaction.]]

* Confirmed by episode 46. Rudger was placed in charge of Momentum when [[spoiler: Professor Fudo]] realized it was dangerous. Afterwards, Zero Reverse occurred. While Rudger did not admit to intentionally causing it, or say if he was a Dark Signer then, he appears to be responsible.
* Episode 57 shows that Rudger was the one who triggered the Zero Reverse after looking into Momentum's light and being driven mad. However, that ''might'' not be all there was to it, considering that [[spoiler: the one who suggested he look into Momentum claimed to be from Yliaster]].

** This theory is [[spoiler:actually confirmed. Sort of. With ''Jack'' of all people getting the Earthbound God summon which is a FIRE-type]]. At the very least it's confirmed that [[spoiler:a Signer can purify an Earthbound God]].

* As of the end of the Dark Signer Arc [[spoiler:Crow]] was revealed as the 5th Signer. This tropes has a friend who keeps tabs on the latest sets, and the cover card of the latest one? [[spoiler:Black Feather Dragon.]] This would fit the unknown Earth slot, though bets are up as to if there'll be a 6th.
** Actually, with the events of episode 143 [[spoiler:with the mysterious former-Fifth Dragon finally being named and out of hiding,]] things may be thrown into greater turmoil... [[spoiler:Plus Black Feather Dragon is a DARK-Type.]]
* Confirmed [[spoiler: its Rua who becomes the Sixth Signer and his Power Tool Dragon becomes Life Stream Dragon, the fifth dragon.]]

* Subverted in episode 153 when the twins ''finally'' get a letter from their parents. Too bad it's to [[spoiler: move out of Neo Domino City and join them.]]

If everyone who got sacrificed to or eaten by the Earthbound Gods ended up [[spoiler: coming back]], then that must mean Divine's [[spoiler: back]], too. He might be laying low for a while until he feels he's ready to strike. Maybe revenge on Aki for ditching him? The idea of a {{Yandere}} Divine sounds rather appealing.
** [=AAAAAAAaaand=] now [[spoiler: he's dead.]]
*** [[spoiler: They NeverFoundTheBody that time either, and everyone else absorbed by the Earthbound Gods came back.]]
*** [[spoiler: The 10th Anniversary guide states he DID come back with the others, but is currently in jail.]]

* [[spoiler: Confirmed. The 10th Anniversary booklet states that he came back after he was eaten, but got arrested and is now in jail. And on THAT note...]]

[[WMG: Divine will find a way to [[spoiler:break out of jail]].]]

The Circuit's completion is powered by the Momentum, which can read the hearts of people and its form depends on whether the people using it are good or evil. According to Jose, the Duelists' true power powers the Circuit the best, and the duel with the Ghosts would not bring out the true potential of the Circuit. The Circuit's completion would also result in Neo Domino City getting destroyed, pointing to God's location. In ''Mother 3'', [[spoiler: pulling the Needles results in the Dark Dragon's awakening, which then ends in destroying the entire island the game takes place on. Whether the Dark Dragon is good or bad depends on who pulls the Needles, thus it would either lead to the world being reborn or getting destroyed for eternity.]] Except in 5D's case, the Needles are pretty much being "pulled out" automatically, and there's apparently nothing to stop the Circuit's completion. Ouch.

** [[spoiler: Heart: Emergency defibrillator for when the other Signers start dying. In spite of hints and some terribly tough fights, Rua got the Heart very, VERY late in relation to the other Signers. The Crimson Dragon placed the Heart because the other Signers were in trouble, and needed another Sign to give them strength. Given the Crimson Dragon is now clutching its presumably still-beating Heart in its Front/Left Claws, Rua might lose the Mark when the danger is over.]]
*** Jossed. [[spoiler: He keeps his mark and even shows it off. However, the next time Yusei had the Crimson Dragon on his back, Leo's mark didn't show up.]]
*** [[spoiler:Un-jossed. His, and all the other signers' birthmarks, return to the Crimson Dragon during the credits of the last episode.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed that Lucciano, Placido, and Jose are the same person, but that person is Aporia. Who was Paradox's friend/comrade/accomplice.]]
** [[spoiler:If you look at the other people during Aporia's flashback, they're older versions of Bruno and, that's right, Paradox himself.]]

Watch episode 5, around the time Jack and Yusei have their respective Dragons on their side and weird magicky stuff happens. Right around the climax, when the Crimson Dragon appears, both Jack and Yusei are looking up at it, and ''both their eyes glow red'' until it disappears. So far, there hasn't been mention of that again, but afterwards, we've seen both of them go through a whole mess of accidents/situations where normal people would've died (ElectricTorture, D-wheel crashes, shrapnel through the gut, [[spoiler:falling down a frickin' huge chasm after a ''dynamite'' explosion]], and yet they're fine. Why? Back during that duel, the Crimson Dragon made sure its two best fighters would be at their peak condition no matter what, and thus granted them immortality, or at least a Wolverine-style healing power without them even knowing it.

It's the only way to explain why Jack and Jeager are so obsessed with it. If they tried to cross Godwin, he could ensure they'd never eat ramen again. The only reason he didn't use that to his advantage [[spoiler: during the final battle with Yusei, Jack, and Crow]] was because he had such a tight grip on the VillainBall he didn't think he'd need it.

Basically at some point at the end of the series, in this alternate universe Yuusei [[PainfulTransformation melds with Momentum and its related energies and powers, including the Crimson Dragon and all of the Signers]] and becomes a perpetual-motion-energy-fueled entity. The result of this kills nearly everyone off and he ends up reshaping the what remains of the human race to be his subjects in order to preserve humanity, and he guides the future with his newly-reborn Yilaster sect from [[spoiler:Spiral Dimension]] so that there's no war or poverty or any other ills. Except [[{{dystopia}} everything stagnates and gets messed up]] and people start doing things to better their lives like fusing themselves with robotic parts and tearing up the Earth until its nothing but a wasteland. At some point Zone/Yuusei decides his presence is destroying any hope the human race has and decides to find a way to [[GoodbyeCruelWorld destroy himself]]. The Emperors, being his staunchest followers, won't allow this and end up time traveling to the past so they can revive Zone and change the past enough so that their god live on forever. As a result they manipulated the Dark Signer war so that Momentum's creator wouldn't be able to stop what was happening. [[spoiler:Who was their god's dad.]] The technology that allowed them to go back in time also [[spoiler:is not only what helped Neo-Domino become so advanced so quickly, it's what Clark is using for his own time travel experiments, having been personally allowed to reverse engineer the tech the Emperors used in exchange for his silence]]. However, Zone counteracts this by creating [[spoiler:Glass/Bruno]] to stop the Emperors from wrecking the past (which would wreck the future even more), and naturally he bonds with Yuusei as Yuusei is his future 'father'. Zone also sealed a part of his power into 'Z-One' so that it would be much more difficult for the Emperors to go through with their plan. Hence, [[spoiler:why they ended up going the route of making the Infinity Circuit and starting the WGRP to gather enough Momentum energy to revive Zone]]. The Emperors are also unaware of who Yuusei really is in their future.
* The part about ZONE being Yusei is [[spoiler:true, if Wiki/TheOtherWiki (YGO ver.) is anything to go by, but the summary says that ZONE begins explaining about what he means by that.]]
** [[spoiler:Jossed. He only made himself appear to be Yuusei to battle the Machine Emperors.]]

As for Paradox, he was a denzien of this future who tried to get rid of duel cards because without duel cards there would be no need for Momentum and without Momentum there would be no Zone, which meant he was unwittingly working in Yuusei's interests [[spoiler: - and he failed]].
* [[spoiler:Paradox being from the same future is confirmed, via Aporia's flashbacks.]]
** [[spoiler:The other part has been pretty much Jossed, though, as he seems to have been working for ZONE as well, and considering the amount of "experimenting" Yliaster tends to do with the time stream, it's not unlikely that he was given a separate mission from the others, so that in the case that one plan failed, they would have another to fall back on.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed. His name is Aporia, and he's the [[strike:result of a FusionDance]] true form of Placido, Lucciano, and Jose.]]
* [[spoiler: Also, the mastermind behind Yliaster is definitely not Aporia. It's ZONE.]]

*** Well, given episodes 144-145 [[spoiler:It's very possible that the aforementioned dragon will be Yusei's Delta Accel Synchro, which will probably appear in the duel against ZONE.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Jossed}}. It's will show up in episode 143, and it's name is "Life Stream Dragon".]]

* Mostly {{Jossed}}. However, [[spoiler: Yusei had Junk Synchron revive Speed Warrior, then reviving Quillbolt Hedgehog, then went for Junk Warrior using Junk Synchron and one of his other monsters, allowing Junk Warrior to be stronger than Red Dragon Archfiend against Jack in the final episode]].

Consider that [[spoiler: He is a future version of Yuusei]], or at least that right now, [[DramaticUnmask there's more than enough evidence for it.]] Now being who he is, he should know Yuusei better than anyone. Including how he would react to Z-One's plan. Why would he say and do all these things knowing Yuusei would oppose him? Because it's been so long since he's been that way, he doesn't remember how to be like that anymore. All the shit that happened to him Destroyed his faith in Humanity, and left him as the WellIntentionedExtremist he is now. But deep down he remembers who he used to be, and how he would have found another way. So He goes back in time and creates all these situations (Paradox, The interference in the Dark-signer battle, and everything with Bruno/Antinomy and Aporia), all for the sake of giving his past self a chance to avert the disaster ahead of time. If [[spoiler: Present]] Yuusei fails, Z-one will still [[IDidWhatIHadToDo save the world by wrecking Neo-Domino City.]] But if Yuusei succeeds in defeating him, without such an extreme sacrifice, then he still wins, because the world will be saved. Either way, he gets what he wants. He was hoping his past self could show him new options that his current self no longer knew how to find.

* Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier represents Mizuki, being a (initially) [[IncrediblyLamePun cold]], yet very helpful ally due to its Remove From Play effect, similar to how Mizuki helps evolve you Synchro Summons to combat the Machine Emperors, [[spoiler: both as herself and in her Bruno-like android form]].

** I agree on the Toru point, but I feel like Ally of Justice Decisive Armor is more symbolic to Misaki than Trishula, as [[spoiler:she's like Antinomy/Bruno and the Ghosts, a droid. Even more so, as the Ghosts use Ally of Justice in the anime.]] But I do see your point. Besides, Trishula is a useful monster in almost any deck that has tuner monsters.

The typical shorthand for a Westerner in anime is a blond-haired, tall, pale-skinned person who uses lots of English words in their dialogue. Jack Atlas is blond-haired, tall, pale-skinned, and calls himself "THE KEENGU" whose duels must be "ENTARTAYNMENT." He also has a Western first name and last name, and he certainly fits the {{Eagle Land}}er stereotype.

[{WMG: The events of the original Signer/Dark Signer war and the events in Ancient Egypt are connected]]

If everyone who got sacrificed to or eaten by the Earthbound Gods ended up [[supersecretspoiler: coming back]], then that must mean Divine's [[supersecretspoiler: back]], too. He might be laying low for a while until he feels he's ready to strike. Maybe revenge on Aki for ditching him? The idea of a {{Yandere}} Divine sounds rather appealing.

It's the only explanation! It started off tiny, but grew into strength as fandoms multiplied, anime gained widespread popularity, and people with horrible grammar started writing self-insert fanfics. It gained divine status after [[MyImmortal My Immortal]] was written, but the power was too much, and its body was permenantly disfigured into the shape of the comma, which no one ever uses correctly. [[Twilight]] and its sequels are slowly powering it, and are what's actually completing the Circuit - everything that Placido's trio says is just stuff to distract the Signers.

* The part about ZONE being Yusei is [[spoiler:true, if TheOtherWiki (YGO ver.) is anything to go by, but the summary says that ZONE begins explaining about what he means by that.]]

[[WMG: The next series will take place in either [[{{Chaotic}} Perim]] or [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Azeroth]]... {{Expy}}.]]

Because there ''must'' be an explanation for why the conflict (pre-JumpingTheShark, anyway) is centered around class differences, the BadAss protagonist becomes [[Literature/LesMiserables a marked prisoner and outcast from society]] always being pursued by [[InspectorJavert an implacable cop with a grudge]], and a girl dies in her beloved's arms after suddenly thwarting a narrow TogetherInDeath scene.

Not the first to point this out, but the similarities between Code Geass' class descrimination of the 11s and the descrimination of the satelites creates alot of parallels. Plus how hard would it be to imagine that the real source of Aki's powers is a one night stand between Kallen Kozuki and a certain Geass user. How shocking would it really be to find out the Black Knights were somehow involved/responsible for "ZERO" Reverse?

[[WMG: Lucciano, Placido, and Jose are all past-and-future-versions of one person... and that person is [[Anime/YuGiOhTenthAnniversaryMovie Paradox]].]]

Yusei bears a resemblance to Zone, and Yusei's TARDIS is the Crimson Dragon. He also helps others travel in time (as well as travel in time himself) as shown in the [[Anime/YuGiOhTenthAnniversaryMovie Tenth Anniversary Movie]].


[[WMG: [[AGodAmI Zone is Yuusei]] and [[LukeIAmYourFather a certain someone is his 'son']]. Both they, the Emperors and [[Anime/YuGiOhTenthAnniversaryMovie Paradox]] are from the same [[CrapsackWorld alternate future]].]]

** I agree on the Toru point, but I feel like AoJ Decisive Armor is more symbolic to Misaki than Trishula, as [[spoiler:she's like Antinomy/Bruno and the Ghosts, a droid. Even more so, as the Ghosts use Ally of Justice in the anime.]] But I do see your point. Besides, Trishula is a useful monster in almost any deck that has tuner monsters.