History Awesome / YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions

-->'''Kaiba''': I activate Obelisk's effect! I will destroy my own monsters to inflict damage to you equal to Obelisk's attack power!
-->'''Aigami''': [[ThisCannotBe Impossible!]] [[{{Depower}} Monster effects are sealed!]]
-->'''Kaiba''': [[NoSell It's no monster!]] [[PhysicalGod IT'S A GOD!]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[CallingYourAttacks GOD HAND IMPACT!]] (''MegatonPunch ensues'')

* Atem has two BigDamnHeroes moments where he uses his powers from the afterlife to help Joey get out of the dissolving dimension.
** The second time he appears, he enters like the Winged Dragon of Ra's Phoenix mode and effortlessly summons his loyal servant Mahad to vanquish Diva's corruption.
*** Complete with his badass theme in the English version! Ramping the epicness to a Millennium!
*** Even better (on a Meta level) is that for all the common anime-only card effects or ruling-bending that regularly occurs, this was a completely legitimate move. Palladium Oracle Mahad can be special summoned immediately after drawing it and doubles its attack when battling a Dark attribute monster.
*** On a meta level, theater-goers not only cheering Atem's return but yelling out "YU-GI-OH!!!" Seen [[http://kouichikimura.tumblr.com/post/156694441517/i-went-to-see-dsod-twice-and-the-second-time-i here.]]

* When Kaiba travels to the afterlife to settle their score, Atem is shown sitting on the throne of the Pharaohs. Keep in mind it's ''the'' afterlife. All of his predecessors ''and'' successors should be there, including (former) High Priest Seto, but he's the one sitting on the throne. In other words, he's the King of all Kings.

!!Meta
* The fact that Eric Stuart and Amy Birnbaum decided to come back for the dub, despite the two of them having retired years ago.
* If you're fond of the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGxYef6pmN0 "God's Anger" ]] from the original Japanese soundtrack, and wished it was used in the English dub when Kaiba summoned [[DestroyerDeity Obelisk]]; [[FixFic a fan took out the English track and replaced it with the remixed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekN9gbgRSig "God's Anger"]] in all its [[RealityWarper REALITY-]][[BadVibrations BREAKING]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdXZKEliAbQ GLORY!!]]

* When dueling Aigami, Kaiba seems to be on the ropes until he summons [[spoiler: Obelisk the Tormentor by pulling the card out of the ground. He sacrifices two monsters to activate Obelisk's effect and ends up dealing 7000 damage to Aigami in one turn.]] Unfortunately the duel is interrupted before he can win.
-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: I activate Obelisk's effect! I will destroy my own monsters to inflict damage to you equal to Obelisk's attack power!]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: [[NoSell It's no monster!]] [[PhysicalGod IT'S A GOD!]]]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: [[CallingYourAttacks GOD HAND IMPACT!]] (''MegatonPunch ensues'')]]
* After Kaiba just got finished hyping up his new Duel Disk, Duel Links system, and himself to a stadium full of people, he announces that he'll challenge Aigami, only for Yugi to proclaim that he'll be dueling Aigami first in order to save Bakura. Yugi then proceeds to talk down Kaiba and when Kaiba asks if he's threatening him, Yugi says "Sure, why not. Now, what's it gonna be, Kaiba?" [[spoiler:Then Kaiba agrees and allows Yugi and Aigami to duel first instead.]]
* Yugi holds his own against Aigami's constantly-evolving Cubic Monsters [[spoiler: and turns the tables with a triple trap card combination that traps his opponent in a perpetual damage loop, essentially causing it to self destruct and take Aigami with it. Bonus points for it being similar to Atem's strategy to defeat Strings and Slifer the Sky Dragon. Yugi was clearly paying attention.]]
* The following confrontation [[spoiler: with Kaiba is equally amazing, with both duelists giving it their all as Yugi's magician troupe clashes against Kaiba's increasingly powerful dragons. Yugi brings it to a close by countering Kaiba's attempted comeback with ''the very Monster Reborn card he gave him earlier'' to bring back his Dark Magician]] and is in the position to win the duel before they are interrupted.
** It's even better if you look into the move more closely. [[spoiler:The last time Yugi was shown using Monster Reborn was when he ''didn't'', using it as a symbol that the dead should stay dead when he negated it during his winning move against Atem. Not only did he prevent Kaiba from gaining a foothold over him, he sent him another message regarding Atem staying dead.]]
* Aigami and Mani are powerful enough to [[spoiler:wield the Millennium Ring]] without dying, and Mani briefly resists its control, [[spoiler:stopping himself from killing Bakura]].
* Yugi before [[spoiler: Atem shows up]] because he was in the midst of his ''third consecutive duel'' which used either magic or technology to literally wear away at him physically. He still held out until the last possible moment, which was longer than anyone else could.

* [[spoiler: Atem]] has two BigDamnHeroes moments where he [[spoiler: uses his powers from the afterlife to help Joey get out of the dissolving dimension]].
** [[spoiler: The second time he appears, he enters like the Winged Dragon of Ra's Phoenix mode and effortlessly summons his loyal servant Mahad to vanquish Diva's corruption.]]
*** [[spoiler: Complete with his badass theme in the English version! Ramping the epicness to a Millennium!]]
*** [[spoiler: Even better (on a Meta level) is that for all the common anime-only card effects or ruling-bending that regularly occurs, this was a completely legitimate move. Palladium Oracle Mahad can be special summoned immediately after drawing it and doubles its attack when battling a Dark attribute monster.]]
*** [[spoiler: On a meta level, theater-goers not only cheering Atem's return but yelling out "YU-GI-OH!!!" Seen [[http://kouichikimura.tumblr.com/post/156694441517/i-went-to-see-dsod-twice-and-the-second-time-i here.]]]]

* Kaiba just in general. Guy is so salty and petty about never getting his rematch, first he tries to drag the soul of a dead man, that just found rest after 5000 years, back to life, putting the entire world at risk, and when that fails, he just builds a machine that ''allows him to travel to the afterlife'' instead. Just to play a children's card game with his dead rival. EvilIsPetty has never been this CrazyAwesome.

*** Even better (on a Meta level) is that for all the common anime-only card effects or ruling-bending that regularly occurs, this was a completely legitimate move. Palladium Oracle Mahad can be special summoned immediately after drawing it and doubles its attack when battling a Dark attribute monster.

--> ''[[ThisCannotBe This can't be...]]''[[spoiler: ''THE PHARAOH HAS RETURNED!'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Screw the rules! Instead of drawing from my deck, I DRAW A GOD CARD FROM THE GROUND![[note]]Kaiba gets to draw a card from Counter Gate.[[/note]]]]

*** [[spoiler: On a meta level, theater-goers not only cheering Atem's return but yelling out "YU-GI-OH!!!" Seen here: http://kouichikimura.tumblr.com/post/156694441517/i-went-to-see-dsod-twice-and-the-second-time-i]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: I activate Obelisk's effect! I will destroy my own monsters to inflict damage equal to Obelisk's attack power and inflict it straight to you!]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: I activate Obelisk's effect! I destroy my monster so that you take damage equal to Obelisk's attack!]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: I activate Obelisk's ability! By destroying two of my monsters, you take damage equal to Obelisk's attack points!]]
-->'''Aigami''': [[ThisCannotBe But]] [[{{Depower}} your monsters can't use their special abilities!]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: [[CallingYourAttacks Attack, with FIST OF FURY!]] (''MegatonPunch ensues'')]]

* Aigami tries to disintegrate Kaiba almost immediately, but is repelled by his augmented willpower (via Duel Disk) and forced to duel him instead.

* Kaiba just in general. Guy is so salty and petty about never getting his rematch, first he tries to drag the soul of a dead man, that just found rest after 5000 years, back to life, putting the entire world at risk, and when that fails, he just builds a machine that ''allows him to travel to the afterlife'' instead. Just to play a childrens cardgame with his dead rival. EvilIsPetty has never been this CrazyAwesome.
* When Kaiba travels to the afterlife to settle their score, Atem is shown sitting on the throne of the Pharaohs. Keep in mind it's ''the'' afterlife. All of his predecessors ''and'' succesors should be there, including (former) High Priest Seto, but he's the one sitting on the throne. In other words he's the King of all Kings.

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-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: I activate Obelisk's effect! I destroy my monster so that you take Obelisk's attack damage!]]
-->'''Aigami''': [[ThisCannotBe Impossible!]] [[{{Depower}} Monster effects are sealed!]]
-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: [[NoSell It's not a monster!]] [[PhysicalGod IT'S A GOD!]]]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: [[CallingYourAttacks GOD HAND IMPACT!]] (''MegatonPunch ensues'')]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: It's no monster! [[PhysicalGod It's a God!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Screw the rules! I HAVE A GOD!]]

-->'''Kaiba''': [[spoiler: This is no monster! [[PhysicalGod It's a God!]]]]

* After Kaiba just got finished hyping up his new Duel Disk, Duel Links system, and himself to a stadium full of people, he announces that he'll challenge Aigami, only for Yugi to proclaim that he'll be dueling Aigami first in order to save Bakura. Yugi then proceeds to talk down Kaiba and when Kaiba asks if he's threatening him, Yugi says "Sure, let's call it that." [[spoiler:Then Kaiba agrees and allows Yugi and Aigami to duel first instead.]]

** It's even better if you look into the move more closely. [[spoiler:The last time Yugi gave a card to Kaiba during a duel, it screwed him over badly[[note]]Life Shaver weakening Slifer during Battle City[[/note]]. In addition, the last time Yugi was shown using Monster Reborn was when he ''didn't'', using it as a symbol that the dead should stay dead when he negated it during his winning move against Atem. Not only did he prevent Kaiba from gaining a foothold over him, he sent him another message regarding Atem staying dead.]]