History Characters / YuGiOhIndustrialIllusions

** This is played straighter in the anime continuity, where Kaiba is not comatose and thereby in a position to help Pegasus if the latter made him a business deal to acquire one of his Duel Discs or even simply ''asked'.

* CaptainErsatz: Not Pegasus himself, but the "[[ShowWithinAShow Funny Rabbit]]" series he so often cites as his inspiration is clearly one for WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dark Yugi hangs him in the manga and Mind Crushes him in the anime. Nobody cares.

* DeadPersonImpersonation: He claims that his puppet is the real Seto Kaiba's soul. His fat anime counterpart, The Mimic of Doom himself pretends to be Kaiba BackFromTheDead after supposedly committing suicide using his unexplained shapeshifting powers (however, in the English dub, he actually IS the spirit of Seto Kaiba - his "evil half that was banished to the [[NeverSayDie Shadow Realm]]", that is)

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He traps Yugi's grandfather's soul in order to force Yugi to come to Duelist Kingdom.

* YourSoulIsMine: Most of his Penalty Games involve sealing the loser's soul in inanimate objects. Unfortunately for Bandit Keith in the manga, he got the only downright lethal one.

* AffablyEvil: He may seem like a carefree goof until he gets serious, but even then he's genuinely good-mannered compared to most of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' villains.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As the creator of Duel Monsters, Pegasus creates cards that are in-universe {{Game Breaker}}s, such as Toon World, Sacrifice, and Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice, all of which have very powerful effects that singlehandedly turn the tide of duels and are very difficult to counter. Then he never releases them to the public and keeps them for himself. The heroes lampshade that this is obscenely unfair. His Toon monsters also fall under NewRulesAsThePlotDemands, as their effects are tweaked every time he uses them until ''GX'' brings them in-line with their real-life counterparts. In ''Pyramid Of Light'', Kaiba confronts him over a way to beat the Egyptian God Cards, but Pegasus tries to play dumb since he created them to be invincible. But Kaiba sees right through him since it’s only logical that as the game’s creator, Pegasus would have never given away the Egyptian God cards unless he created a card that can beat them. Pegasus admits he’s right.

** Speaking of Illusion monsters, those were originally one of the four magic alignments that only he used. They make sporadic appearances video games and Bandai's version of the card game, but it wouldn't be until 2023 that the Illusionist-type is introduced, paying homage to Pegasus's monsters and Yugi's Phantom Beasts.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As the creator of Duel Monsters, Pegasus creates cards that are in-universe {{Game Breaker}}s, such as Toon World, Sacrifice, and Thousand-Eyes Sacrifice, all of which have very powerful effects that singlehandedly turn the tide of duels and are very difficult to counter. Then he never releases them to the public and keeps them for himself. The heroes lampshade that this is obscenely unfair. His Toon monsters also fall under NewRulesAsThePlotDemands, as their effects are tweaked every time he uses them until ''GX'' brings them in-line with their real-life counterparts.
** In Duelist Kingdom, Jounochi and Keith arguably entered the tournament illegally, since they don't have their own dueling gloves or entry cards. Pegasus waves this off and simply treats them as regular competitors.
** Possibly averted by the time of ''GX'', since by that time his Toon cards are somewhat {{Nerfed}} and more like their real-life versions. [[FridgeBrilliance These newer versions may have been released to the public.]]
** In ''Pyramid Of Light'', Kaiba confronts him over a way to beat the Egyptian God Cards, but Pegasus tries to play dumb since he created them to be invincible. But Kaiba sees right through him since it’s only logical that as the game’s creator, Pegasus would have never given away the Egyptian God cards unless he created a card that can beat them. Pegasus admits he’s right.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Duelist Kingdom" arc, though moreso in the manga where he's killed off afterwards. In the anime, he makes several appearances later on, post-HeelFaceTurn.

* ArcVillain: Of the Duelist Kingdom arc and the first parts of ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction''.

*** When Joey manages to overcome Keith's cheating Pegasus praises Joey, telling him he performed admirably.

--> Voiced by: Masahiro Okazaki (JP), Creator/EricStuart (EN), Martín Soto (Latin American Spanish), David García (European Spanish)

* UnskilledButStrong: He has the most powerful deck of his time by a wide margin and supernatural powers on his side. But whenever he can't rely on either of them, his strategies tend to devolve into firing blindly with his strongest cards while ignoring any defenses the opponent might have set up (which, both times against Yugi, is what does him in). It's telling that losing the powers of his Eye late into his second duel with Yugi, he still comes within 100 life points of beating him. Later, Yami Bakura even makes a point of stating that he's waited for Pegasus to be weakened from his duel with Yugi before challenging him for his Eye, further suggesting that Pegasus is an unusually strong wielder of his Millennium item, despite being so young and comparatively inexperienced.

* AchillesHeel: He's so reliant on the powers of his Millennium Eye to give him the edge in duels, that without it he's much less threatening. Yugi lectures him that a duelist needs intuition to duel, but Pegasus has relied on the foreknowledge provided by the Eye for so long that he's lost his intuition, and thus Pegasus starts second-guessing his moves and making misplays.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Millenium Eye isn't evil the way that the Millenium Ring is, but its power is hard to use for anything positive.

* {{Brainwashed}}: By the Millennium Eye [[spoiler: or rather, the piece of Zorc infecting it]] to create Duel Monsters, a recreation of the Ka Shadow Games of Ancient Egypt, according to Takahashi.

* BroughtDownToBadass: He no longer has the advantage of mind-reading his opponents, but he's still the creator of Duel Monsters and knows the ins and outs of the game. This is shown when he manages to hold his own against Kaiba in ''Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight'' and when he beats Crowler and Napoleon in ''GX''.

* CheatersNeverProsper: In Pegasus's case, [[{{Subverted}} they usually do.]] [[DoubleSubverted Take away his ability to cheat via the Millennium Eye, however, and things rapidly fall apart for him.]] Yugi points out that Pegasus is a lousy duelist, having used the item as a crutch for so long.

* UnskilledButStrong: He has the most powerful deck of his time by a wide margin and supernatural magic on his side. But whenever he can't rely on either, his strategies tend to devolve into firing blindly with his strongest cards while ignoring any defenses the opponent might have set up (which, both times against Yugi, is what does him in).

* {{Bishonen}}: With the hair and the suits etc.

* SenpaiKohai: Pegasus is the sempai to Tenma Yakou and Tenma Gekkou of the ''R'' manga, which is again of debated canonicity.

** When Kaiba confronts him over a way to beat the Egyptian God Cards, Pegasus tries to play dumb since he created them to be invincible. But Kaiba sees through it since he knows Pegasus would have never given away the Egyptian God cards unless he created a card that can beat them. Pegasus admits he’s right.

* PeekABangs: After he obtains the Millennium Eye. Conveniently used with very good camera angles in the Awakening The Dragon season of the anime and GX to hide that ''one of his eyes is missing''.

!!'''Ventriloquist of the Dead (死者(ししゃ)の腹話術師; ''Shisha no Fukuwajutsūshi'')'''

This Player Killer uses a deck that focuses on hiding in the darkness and intimidation.

* DarkIsEvil: Relies on shadow and darkness and uses Dark-attribute Fiend monsters.

* SignatureMonster: Gate Guardian, a powerful monster that is made of the two brothers' three monsters: Sanga the Thunder Demon God, Hyuuga the Wind Demon God and Suuga the Water Demon God.