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* EyeScream: When he receives the Millennium Eye, he is heard screaming while having shown a ShadowDiscretionShot of him. Happens again when Bakura steals the Eye and kills him at the same time in the manga only.
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* EyeScream: When In the manga, when he receives the Millennium Eye, he is heard screaming while having we're shown a ShadowDiscretionShot of him. Happens ShadowDiscretionShot, and it happens again when Bakura steals the Eye and kills him at him. In the same time in anime we actually see Shadi push the manga only.Eye into his socket, though Bakura tearing it out is offscreen.
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* FriendToAllChildren: During the National Tournament, before dueling against Keith, he explains how to play the card game to the kids there (though Kaiba points out in the manga that it was a move to create positive advertisement for the card game). In ''Yu-Gi-Oh R'' of debate canonicity, it was revealed that he adopted orphans from all around the world to tutor them as card designers and such.
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* FriendToAllChildren: During the National Tournament, before dueling against Keith, he explains how to play the card game to the kids there (though Kaiba points out in the manga that it was a move to create positive advertisement for the card game). In ''Yu-Gi-Oh R'' of debate canonicity, it was revealed that R'', he adopted orphans from all around the world to tutor them as card designers and such.designers.
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* LaughablyEvil: During Duelist Kingdom. He may be amoral, but he's just so funny while he's doing it. Given that Dark Yugi and Kaiba are [[TheStoic Stoic]] {{Straight M|an}}en in reponse, perhaps he just can't resist.
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** Conveniently used with very good camera angles in the Awakening The Dragon season of the anime to hide that ''one of his eyes is missing''.
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* 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''.
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'''Maximillion J. Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford) (ペガサス・ジェイ・クロフォード; ''Pegasasu Jei Kurofōdo'') ([[DubNameChange Maximillion J. Pegasus]])'''
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'''Maximillion J. Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford) (ペガサス・ジェイ・クロフォード; ''Pegasasu Jei Kurofōdo'') ([[DubNameChange Maximillion J. Pegasus]])'''Kurofōdo'')'''
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* KickTheDog: Although a majority of the things he did as a villain were in service of a sympathetic goal, the man has way too much fun playing the bad guy along with way and isn't above messing with people for completely unrelated reasons.
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* TooAwesomeToUse: Outside of the cards based on those used in the Egyptian Shadow Games, the expansions Pegasus and his development teams made to Duel Monsters occasionally fell into this. Some of these he keeps to himself (the Toons). Others that were either too powerful or simply unfinished were offered as tournament prizes to be won and owned, but never played.
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'''Maximillion J. Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford)(ペガサス・ジェイ・クロフォード; ''Pegasasu Jei Kurofōdo'') ([[DubNameChange Maximillion J. Pegasus]])'''
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'''Maximillion J. Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford)(ペガサス・ジェイ・クロフォード; Crawford) (ペガサス・ジェイ・クロフォード; ''Pegasasu Jei Kurofōdo'') ([[DubNameChange Maximillion J. Pegasus]])'''
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* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when Dark Yugi starts revealing his thinly-veiled cowardice..
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* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when Dark Yugi starts revealing his thinly-veiled cowardice.. cowardice.
* WouldHitAGirl:He roughs up and shoves Mai after defeating her.
* WouldHitAGirl:He roughs up and shoves Mai after defeating her.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A majority of Pegasus' cards involve exploiting the power of his opponent's monsters, spells, and traps for his own benefit. Shadow Toon deserves special mention as it inflicts life point damage equal to the targeted monster's attack points.
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* BoringButPractical: In terms of abilities and outright power, his Millenium Eye ranks rather low among its peers, but it's a ridiculously advantageous tool in a game where knowing your opponent's next move all but guarantees victory.
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* EasyComeEasyGo: His anime self isn't too concerned with losing his Millennium Eye, possibly realizing that the ability to see (but not touch) his lost love was more trouble than it was worth.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though it happens way before his actual HeelFaceTurn, the carnage caused by his recreation of the Egyptian God Cards completely horrified him.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's essentially the franchise's StarterVillain, but setting up Duel Monsters arguably makes everything past his arc possible. Including several near (and actual) end of the world scenarios.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Bringing Duel Monsters into the modern era makes him responsible for the original series, its successors, and all the wondrous and cataclysmic events therein.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Though this stops (one way or another) after Yugi defeats him.
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* MeaningfulNamr: Para and Dox's named when combined form "Paradox." Their Japanese names when combined form the kanji for "Labyrinth."
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Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as Player Killers. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in a tag battle, threatening to leave the group trapped underground if they lost. However, the brothers still have another game that Yugi and Jonouchi must pass, [[RiddleMeThis which is a riddle]]. They inform them that one of the doors that leads out of the room will lead them to the surface, while the other simply leads to an endless maze. [[Manga/YuGiOh With the help of Dark Bakura]], Dark Yugi outs their UnwinnableByDesign riffle with his own "Labyrinth Coin Game" (involving the use of a TwoHeadedCoin).
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Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as Player Killers. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in a tag battle, threatening to leave the group trapped underground if they lost. However, the brothers still have another game that Yugi and Jonouchi must pass, [[RiddleMeThis which is a riddle]]. They inform them that one of the doors that leads out of the room will lead them to the surface, while the other simply leads to an endless maze. [[Manga/YuGiOh With the help of Dark Bakura]], Dark Yugi outs their UnwinnableByDesign riffle riddle with his own "Labyrinth Coin Game" (involving the use of a TwoHeadedCoin).
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In the anime, they reappear in Anime/YuGiOhGX, facing Judai and Shou in a Tag Team Duel, but are defeated once again.
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* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on NAS anime spin-off, [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh GX]]
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* MeaningfulNamr: Para and Dox's named when combined form "Paradox." Their Japanese names when combined form the kanji for "Labyrinth."
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* UnwinnableByDesign: Their labyrinth riddle game. They're just a couple of liars. They can change the right answer at will... because in reality, both doors lead out to the exit as seen in the manga.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Their labyrinth riddle game. They're just a couple of liars. They can change the right answer at will... because in reality, both doors lead out to the exit as seen in the manga.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their tag duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then them to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces. They also pull out rules the pair doesn't know about to block their moves, to the point in the dub Joey accuses them of making up the rules as they go along.
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* WhiteGloves: Yako wears them, and they're quite noticeable when his coat falls open and he looks more casual...aside from those gloves..
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Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as Player Killers. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in a tag battle, threatening to leave the group trapped underground if they lost. However, the brothers still have another game that Yugi and Jonouchi must pass, [[RiddleMeThis which is a riddle]]. They inform them that one of the doors that leads out of the room will lead them to the surface, while the other simply leads to an endless maze. [[Manga/YuGiOh With the help of Dark Bakura]], Dark Yugi outs their UnwinnableByDesign riffle with his own "Labyrinth Coin Game" (involving the use of a two-headed coin).
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** By the time of [=5DS=] he has passed away, likely from old age. [[note]] The "Pegasus J. Crawford Memorial Foundation" is shown as one of the sponsors for the [=WRGP=]. [[/note]]
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** Yugi figures the answer because in the standard riddle, the person making a decision finds a sign with the rules on them or are otherwise informed of the rules, but since the brothers instead told him the rules themselves and even in the rules there's at least one liar between them, nothing stops a liar from lying about the rules.
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* YoungerThanHeLooks: Many people assume he's in his thirties or is much older. He's only 24 years old during Duelist Kingdom.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime he's a lot more worthy of being Pegasus' bodyguard, as he's incredibly agile, easily recovers from being thrown by Honda, and even gets out of being held hostage by Kaiba. Compare this to the manga where Jonouchi knocks him out with one punch.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime he's a lot more worthy of being Pegasus' bodyguard, as he's incredibly agile, easily recovers from being thrown by Honda, and even gets out of being held hostage by Kaiba. Compare this to the manga where he gets his ass kicked by Jonouchi and Honda during Death-T and Jonouchi knocks him out with one punch.punch during Duelist Kingdom.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime he's a lot more worthy of being Pegasus' bodyguard, as he's incredibly agile, easily recovers from being thrown by Honda, and even gets out of being held hostage by Kaiba. Compare this to the manga where Jonouchi knocks him out with one punch.
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-->"What, no 'hello', no 'how are you'? I thought we were friends, Kaiba-boy. Don't tell me that my kidnapping Mokuba and seizing control of your company has put a rift between us. It was nothing ''personal''." ---English dub Pegasus
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* {{Necromantic}}: The means of his EvilPlan; revive Cyndia. At Cyndia, at least in the dub.dub, by using the Millennium Puzzle to bring a hologram of her to life...or something. In the manga, he tragically just wants to feel and see her visage again using Kaiba Corp's Solid Vision.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He traps Yugi's grandfather's soul in a video tape in order to force Yugi to come to Duelist Kingdom.
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* EvilPlan: Use the tournament and soul hostages to acquire Kaiba Corp by beating the King of Games in Duel Monsters (Kaiba Corps exec need their CEO to be a top-level gamer), and see & feel his beloved fiancee/wife again using Kaiba Corporation's Solid Vision technology.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Despite being dead in the original manga, in the anime he was so popular that they kept him alive. He returns in several cameo appearances in ''GX'', even getting to duel again, he's the BigBad of the ''Reshef of Destruction'' video game, and he features in both mainstream movies. By contrast, Bakura and Marik get ''very'' rare cameos in the occasional video game.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: During his first match against Yugi & Dark Yugi he puts Yugi's grandfather's soul on the line through a Shadow Game. During his duel with Seto Kaiba, both Seto and Mokuba's souls are on the line. And during his final duel with Yugi & Dark Yugi, their souls are on the line, with the release of Sugoroku and the Kaiba brothers being the prize.
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* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on NAS anime spin-off, [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh Gx]]
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'''''Repeat! ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers'''''
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'''Pegasus J. Crawford (ペガサス・ジェイ・クロフォード; ''Pegasasu Jei Kurofōdo'') ([[DubNameChange Maximillion J. Pegasus]])'''
--> Voiced by: Jirou Jay Takasugi (JP), Darren Dunstan (EN)
->''"Yugi Boy...from here on, it isn't just a battle between duelists...it's a battle between those who have been '''chosen''' by the '''Millennium Items'''. From here on... it's a '''Shadow Game'''!"''
The BigBad of the fourth arc of the manga (first arc in the anime), Pegasus is the enigmatic creator of Duel Monsters and the bearer of the Millennium Eye. He rarely appears before the public, many of whom have never seen his face. Some time after Yugi defeated Kaiba in his Death-T arena, Pegasus duels with Yugi in a Shadow Game...through a video tape, and ends up winning due to the time limit. Pegasus then inflicts a Penalty Game which seals his grandfather's soul into the video tape (in the anime, a blank Duel Monsters card) and asks Yugi to come to his tournament, Duelist Kingdom. It is later revealed that he desires to take over [=KaibaCorp=], and for that to happen, he needs to defeat Yugi in a official match in order to get the prestige title as top gamer. However, his real goal stretches beyond a mere company takeover...
Although he is killed by Dark Bakura in the manga, he survives in the anime version of canon. He gets a mention in ''Manga/YuGiOhR'', and makes reappearances in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', ''The Pyramid of Light'' Movie and the ''Anime/YuGiOhTenthAnniversaryMovie''. He also appears in the ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'' video game as the antagonist.
As the creator of Duel Monsters, he uses an exclusive and [[PurposefullyOverpowered ridiculously broken]] Toon Deck, whose monsters cannot be destroyed except by other Toon monsters. On the off-chance that his Toons are overcome, he then pulls out the ''even more broken'' "Relinquished" and "Thousand-Eyes Restrict."
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: During his first match against Yugi & Dark Yugi he puts Yugi's grandfather's soul on the line through a Shadow Game. During his duel with Seto Kaiba, both Seto and Mokuba's souls are on the line. And during his final duel with Yugi & Dark Yugi, their souls are on the line, with the release of Sugoroku and the Kaiba brothers being the prize.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has blue eyes in the manga, but they are [[BrownEyes brown]] in the anime. His white pants were also colored red in the anime.
* 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!''' manga villains.
** At the end of Duelist Kingdom, it is revealed he was trying to resurrect the lost life of his wife. All the souls he trapped were to be used as sacrifices to bring her back. If that isn't AffablyEvil, then I don't know what is.
* AgentPeacock: A fashionable gentleman, a vicious soul-stealer, and a very dangerous opponent.
* AlmostKiss: In the anime. [[MomentKiller Gets interrupted]] in a [[MindScrew rather bizarre way]].
* AmbiguouslyGay: His childish, effeminate mannerisms give off this vibe, and yet he is very clearly identified as straight. This is a source of comedy in the AbridgedSeries.
* AnimeHair: He has a [[WebVideo/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries simply ''fabulous'']] hairstyle.
* AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleofAntiVillains Type II]]. All that he wanted was to be with his love, but he doesn't care how many people get hurt in the name of his goal.
* 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.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Millenium Eye isn't evil the way that the Millenium Ring is, but its power is hard to use for anything positive.
* TheAtoner: During the anime continuity, where he tries to aid the cast during the DOMA arc and the film, and seems to have genuine regrets about his actions during Duelist Kingdom.
* BadassLongcoat: In ''GX'', when he's fitted with the technology to paint Rainbow Dragon, he is given a black longcoat to wear with all the gadgets on.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Thanks to the Millennium Eye, being an artifact capable of granting a wish, Pegasus does get to meet Cyndia again... but only for a fleeting moment, and it wasn't even the real thing -- just an illusion. It left Pegasus down an eye and in a very precarious mental state.
* BerserkButton: Don't mock Pegasus' Toon Monsters and don't try to take them down. Moreover, don't speak of his past and his plan in front of him.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He acts foppish, playful, and generally acts like his duels are a big joke. However, he's actually very clever and manipulative, and when he drops the silly act he shows you just how ruthless he can be when he starts taking things seriously.
* BigBad: Of the Duelist Kingdom arc (first arc of the anime, fourth arc of the manga) and the ''Videogame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'' video game.
* BigDamnHeroes: In the anime movie ''The Pyramid of Light'', he saves Yugi's friends from death (or at least severe injuries) ''twice''.
* BigNo: A few times, the most known one being the one when he is defeated by Yugi.
* BigOMG: When he discovers the Egyptian Gods' tablet, he shouts "JEEEESUS!" in the Japanese anime. Before that, he actually says "Oh my god!" when Shadi tells him he knows where to find the tablet with the Gods on it.
* BigShutUp: To Dark Bakura in the Japanese version of the anime adaptation.
-->'''Bakura:''' So your social status and your actions are in fact a mask concealing your true intentions. An extremely roundabout way of reaching a goal hidden in the depths of your heart. And this goal is--
-->'''Pegasus:''' SHUT UP! Shut your mouth!
* BigWhat: On a few occasions.
* {{Bishonen}}: With the hair and the suits etc.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By the Millennium Eye to create Duel Monsters, a recreation of the Ka Shadow Games of Ancient Egypt, according to Takahashi.
* BreakoutCharacter: Despite being dead in the original manga, in the anime he was so popular that they kept him alive. He returns in several cameo appearances in ''GX'', even getting to duel again, he's the BigBad of the ''Reshef of Destruction'' video game, and he features in both mainstream movies. By contrast, Bakura and Marik get ''very'' rare cameos in the occasional video game.
* BringMyRedJacket: His eye-related injuries were not pretty. He also wears a [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white shirt]] underneath his red suit. He is killed at the end of Duelist Kingdom (only in the manga; he's kept alive by the anime), and he is actually killed temporarily in the Tenth Anniversary Movie for the NAS Duel Monsters anime.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Tenth Anniversary Movie'' for the NAS Duel Monster anime universe, a building collapses on him thanks to Paradox's attack. It's undone by a ResetButton in the end though.
* CampStraight: As foppish and well-groomed as he is, he had a girl he loved deeply and is doing everything he does to try and see her again.
* ChekhovsHobby: We see him gleefully reading a comic book of Funny Rabbit. We later find out that Pegasus' love for the series and cartoons inspired his nigh invulnerable Toon Deck.
* ChekhovsSkill: While we don't actually see it, it was Pegasus' painting skills which may have saved him from dying horribly when he received the Millennium Eye. Namely, according to Takahashi, the Eye found Pegasus' abilities useful and used him to have "Ka battles" recreated as Duel Monsters in order to assemble the Millennium Items.
* TheChessmaster: Everything that happens on the island happens because he moved them there four turns ago.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He and Cyndia met when they were children and became attracted to each other, then they got engaged when they grew up (married in the dub). He doesn't get to cherish it for too long, however.
* ComplexityAddiction: He organizes a tournament just to have a cover for taking over Kaiba Corporation! All he needed to do is defeat Yugi in an official duel. Granted, we do not know if Pegasus could have taken over the company in a different manner.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Played with; there's nothing crooked about his game company "Industrial Illusion" (the selling of Duel Monster merchandise, etc) but his Duelist Kingdom tournament is rigged to benefit himself only.
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Shadi told him that the village is full of grave robbers and that he should just leave the place, as he will not find a cure to his heartache. Pegasus thinks he had read his mind, which makes him curious and follows him instead. Needless to say, [[EyeScream it does not]] end well.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As Anzu put it in the manga, "the death of his love was the beginning of his tragedy". Then he created the [[OlympusMons God Cards]], which he considered his greatest mistake.
* DeadManWriting: In the anime only, during the Doma arc. Pegasus has his soul taken away by Mai, but he leaves a message behind in the form of a Solid Vision projection of himself for Yugi and his friends.
* DeathIsCheap: While he dies in the manga, he escapes this a few times in the anime.
* DemonicPossession: In the ''Reshef Of Destruction'' video game, he is gradually possessed by Reshef's evil powers, then the entity ultimately worms itself into his heart.
* DespairEventHorizon: After Cynthia's death.
* TheDragon: In ''Reshef Of Destruction'', he is this to Reshef.
* EasilyForgiven: In the anime continuity, when he turns up in the film and the DOMA arc, the cast are wary, but willing to listen to him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Doubling as his PetTheDog moment, in the anime when Jounouchi beats Keith, he reveals that Keith was cheating the entire duel, and congratulates Jounouchi on winning fairly while his guards haul Keith away.
** In the manga, he gives Keith an even worse punishment - turning Keith's hand into a gun and forcing him to play Russian Roulette as a Penalty Game.
* EvilPlan: Use the tournament and soul hostages to acquire Kaiba Corp by beating the King of Games in Duel Monsters (Kaiba Corps exec need their CEO to be a top-level gamer), and see & feel his beloved finance/wife again using Kaiba Corporation's Solid Vision technology.
* EyeScream: When he receives the Millennium Eye, he is heard screaming while having shown a ShadowDiscretionShot of him. Happens again when Bakura steals the Eye and kills him at the same time in the manga only.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of American cartoons, particularly ''Funny Rabbit''. [[{{Geek}} He also knows exactly how many episodes the series has and how many bullets were fired at the main character by the police.]][[note]]583 episodes and 26000 bullets, respectively.[[/note]] And he is not happy whenever his Toon Monsters get destroyed...
* FinalBoss: Of the Duelist Kingdom arc. For Dark Yugi to secure the release of all those Pegasus has abducted with his Penalty Games, he first has to beat the billionaire in a duel.
* {{Foil}}: His flair, smooth confidence, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative ability]], and results contrast dramatically with the brutally direct failures of [[SmugSnake Bandit Keith]], the arc's other antagonist.
* FourIsDeath: His four Player Killers.
* FreudianExcuse: Cynthiia is this to him; all his evil is for her sake.
* FriendToAllChildren: During the National Tournament, before dueling against Keith, he explains how to play the card game to the kids there (though Kaiba points out in the manga that it was a move to create positive advertisement for the card game). In ''Yu-Gi-Oh R'' of debate canonicity, it was revealed that he adopted orphans from all around the world to tutor them as card designers and such.
* GentlemanSnarker: Especially towards Kaiba.
* AGlassOfChianti: He is fond of his wine. It is even listed as one of his favorite foods.
* GoneHorriblyRight: If implanted, the Millennium Eye will kill the host if he is unworthy. Unfortunately for the Mutous and the Kaibas, Pegasus was very worthy.
* GracefulLoser: After he loses his duel against Yugi, he keeps his promise and returns his victims' souls.
* GratuitousEnglish: Nice idea ''deesu''!
* HiddenAgendaVillain: In the manga. We first know he needs something from Yugi, no matter what. Later, we learn from Mokuba that Pegasus intends to take over Kaiba Corporation and must defeat Yugi in an official duel as part of his deal with the Big Five. We don't know why he needs Kaiba's company until the very end of Duelist Kingdom. The dub, and to a lesser extent the original anime, hints at Pegasus' real goal more clearly with giving more importance to Cyndia's portrait in episode 28 (in the manga, the group viewed it briefly, and that's it) and dub!Pegasus' InnerMonologue in episode 34 clearly reveals what he is fighting for.
* {{Homage}}: His Toon Monsters are this to American cartoons.
** Also, he prints cards for special events. [[MagicTheGathering Richard Garfield]] printed three special cards for his marriage and the birth of his two children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Calls out Keith for cheating, while he himself uses his Millennium Eye and position as creator of Duel Monsters to full advantage.
* ICannotSelfTerminate[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: In ''Reshef Of Destruction'', Reshef worms itself into Pegasus' heart, who then asks the main character to have him sealed away before Reshef takes him over.
* IcyBlueEyes: He's cold and distant as an antagonist.
* IGaveMyWord: Pegasus promises to release the souls of Sero, Mokuba, and his grandfather if Yugi can defeat him. After he is defeated, Yugi tells him to fulfill his promise, which he does.
* InnocentBlueEyes: In the manga - he is fairly innocent and naive as a teenager (he wants to help a stranger in Egypt who got into trouble, who is in fact a graverobber who stole a Millennium Item).
* {{Irony}}: When Pegasus also seals Kaiba's soul and looks at the two Soul Prison cards with Mokuba and Kaiba's souls in them, he mentions that the two brothers will never know the joy of restarting their relationship in this life. Then comes the end of Duelist Kingdom. where karma strikes back Pegasus - he fails to fulfill his dream of reuniting with Cyndia in his life. Upon learning about Pegasus' past, that particular quote becomes somewhat ironic, even.
* KubrickStare: In the anime, especially during his second duel with Yugi.
* LargeHam: In the original manga, anime, and dub versions he is a showman.
* LaughablyEvil: During Duelist Kingdom. He may be amoral, but he's just so funny while he's doing it. Given that Dark Yugi and Kaiba are [[TheStoic Stoic]] {{Straight M|an}}en in reponse, perhaps he just can't resist.
-->"What, no 'hello', no 'how are you'? I thought we were friends, Kaiba-boy. Don't tell me that my kidnapping Mokuba and seizing control of your company has put a rift between us. It was nothing ''personal''." ---English dub Pegasus
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Illusion" in the Japanese anime.
* LetsGetDangerous: He made the game, and has the Millennium Eye, yet it's still hard to take him seriously. His duel with Kaiba and ''especially'' his second Shadow Game with Yugi establish just how dangerous this man is.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He has shoulder length hair.
* LoveAtFirstSight: He and Cynthia became attracted to each other as soon as they met.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His desire to reunite with Cynthia leads him to do rather monstrous things.
* MagicalEye: The Millennium Eye is a golden trinket in his eyesocket that gives him the power of mind reading and, obviously, Shadow Games.
* ManipulativeBastard: Using his Millennium Eye, he often unnerves his opponents with his knowledge of their cards. Also happens when Kaiba tells him to duel him using his Duel Disk prototype, Pegasus gets a [[SoullessShell soulless Mokuba]] to duel Kaiba in his place. Kaiba, not wanting to fight against his own brother, goes on to duel Pegasus' way instead.
* {{Magitek}}: Thematically represents such as a contrast to Yugi and Kaiba's MagicVersusScience rivalry, having the Millennium Eye to combat Yugi's Puzzle while being Kaiba's business partner looking to take over his company. More apt in the dub, which states that Pegasus's plan to revive his wife was to combine the Millennium Items with Kaiba Corp's hologram technology.
* MeaningfulName: In Japan, a pegasus is often referred to as a "tenma", or "horse of heaven" (ten=heaven, ma=horse). However, there's another word "tenma". The same "ten" kanji is used for both, but the second tenma's "ma" kanji is the one that translates to "demon". Thus, we have a homonym meaning "demon of heaven"...or, to keep the actual, non-literal intent, "fallen angel".
* MindRape: One of his Penalty Games. He grotesquely morphed Bandit Keith's hand into a gun and, against his will, made him play Russian Roulette with himself (reliving his depression after he was humiliated by Pegasus in the American tournament).
* MissingMom: In the manga, his father can be briefly seen, but nothing is known about his mother.
* MoodWhiplash: Oh boy. Pegasus often changes between a cruel villain and a goofy gentleman, but his duel against Yugi is the best example. Even his deck is this Trope, shifting from the silly Toon Monsters to the bizarre and creepy Illusion Monsters. See VillainousBreakdown below.
* TheMourningAfter: He was willing to do anything to reunite with [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Cynthia]]... In the manga, he goes to the grave with this wish in his heart. In the anime, the entire subject is dropped after Duelist Kingdom. [[note]]Save for Dark Yugi remembering Pegasus' backstory during the Doma arc in the original anime, but that scene was altered in the dub.[[/note]]
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: It has never been stated what the J. stands for.
* {{Necromantic}}: The means of his EvilPlan; revive Cyndia. At least in the dub. In the manga, he tragically just wants to feel and see her visage again using Kaiba Corp's Solid Vision.
* NeverSayDie: The 4Kids dub ''averts'' this with Cyndia.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He uses this tactic against Seto Kaiba and Yugi.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He traps Yugi's grandfather's soul in a video tape in order to force Yugi to come to Duelist Kingdom.
* OhCrap: Gets this look after Yugi summons Magician of Black Chaos.
* PeekABangs: After he obtains the Millennium Eye.
* PosthumousCharacter: In the spin-off manga, ''Yu-Gi-Oh R''.
* PsychopathicManchild: He loves his favorite comic book and his Toon monsters, but there's a broken man under the childish exterior.
* SarcasticClapping: In the anime, when Kaiba finds Mokuba in the dungeon.
* ScarsAreForever: Post-Duelist Kingdom in the anime, much to the horror to those who witness his empty eye socket.
* SchrodingersCast: There's three continuities to his character--he's dead and gone in the manga following Duelist Kingdom, but in the anime he survived. The manga spin-off ''R'' introduced his protégé Yako Tenma who took over his company, the anime eventually brought him back for Season 4 and ''GX'', and the video game "Reshef of Destruction" (a sequel to the game "The Sacred Cards" which is loosely based on the Battle City of the anime) he gets possessed by Reshef after the events of Battle City and is the game's BigBad.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As the creator of Duel Monsters, Pegasus creates cards that are in-universe {{Game Breaker}}s, such as Toon World, Relinquished, and Thousand-Eyes Restrict, 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.
* SempaiKohai: Pegasus is the sempai to Tenma Yakou and Tenma Gekkou of the ''R'' manga, which is again of debated canonicity.
* ShowerScene: In the novelization of the ''Pyramid of Light'' movie. While we don't see it in the actual movie, [[{{Fanservice}} it is lovingly detailed in the novel]].
-->"Pegasus’ entire body is drenched with a cold sweat. Flinging off his silk pajamas to expose his naked white body, he took a hot shower."
* SlasherSmile: [[http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6553/pegasusslashersmile.png In the anime only]], during his duel with Yugi.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He dies to Dark Bakura in the manga after he steals his Millennium Eye; however he survives in the anime. This also creates an AdaptationInducedPlotHole as the "future" card in Bakura's tarot reading was Doma the Angel of Silence, which loses significance when he survives.
** It could be interpreted as the loss of his Millennium Item which was the only way he had of bringing his love "back from the dead".
* SquishyWizard: While he's quite smart and manipulates people rather well, he's described as physically weak in the ''Pyramid of Light'' novelization, and in the original manga, he tells Kaiba he's not good at physical sports when the Duel Disk prototype is suggested. He's also a contrast to Bandit Keith, who takes up the role of the big, strong thug.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Cyndia. He tries to reunite with her twice, failing both of the times. But in the manga, they do reunite after Pegasus is killed by Bakura and atones for his sins.
* StartOfDarkness: His backstory. The manga shows us he may have been quite naive... who then became the broken, twisted man we know from the series.
* StepfordSmiler: His silly and childish exterior hides both insanity and desperation.
* TalkingToTheDead: In the anime, he addresses his beloved's portrait before realizing he's being watched by Dark Bakura.
* TogetherInDeath: With Cyndia in the manga, according to WordOfGod.
* {{Toon}}: His Toon World magic card transforms monsters into classic toons, complete with the ability to stretch out of the way of attacks. They include Toon Mermaid, Manga Ryu-Ran, Toon Summoned Skull, and the exceptionally powerful Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon.
* TragicDream: His desire to spend the rest of his life with Cyndia makes him a TragicVillain.
* TroubledFetalPosition[=/=]DullEyesOfUnhappiness: After Cyndia's death. His dull eyes can be seen better in the manga, whereas in the anime his eyes just look sad.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: Makes heavy use of his Millennium Eye to read the mind of his opponents, granting him a huge advantage in any duel. If that weren't enough, he makes ''two'' GameBreaker sets (his Toons and Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict.) [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem He can do that; he made the game after all]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In his flashbacks we see an adorable little boy.
* VerbalTic: "Deeeesu!" "Maaaasu!" in the Japanese. In the dub, he tends to tack a person's gender onto the end of their name. "M'kay, Yugi-boy?"
* VillainousBreakdown: When Yugi and Dark Yugi manage to use their Mind Shuffle tactic to evade Pegasus' Mind Scan ability ''and'' destroy all his Toon Monsters. Pegasus immediately drops his silly persona and stops toying around, starting a high-level Shadow Game where he even manages to psychically wear out the regular Yugi, albeit temporarily.
* VillainsOutShopping: He is shown drinking wine and reading his Funny Rabbit manga during the Duelist Kingdom tournament.
* VillainSong: For the English 4Kids dub. ''Face Up, Face Down''
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's a cold and manipulative villain.
* WickedCultured: He's sophiscated, smart, drinks fine wine and dresses well.
* TheWonka: He's the creator of Duel Monsters, and is very rich. He's also fond of metaphors, cartoons and has an [[GratuitousEnglish odd]] [[VerbalTic speech pattern]]. His only close friends are Cyndia (who died), or at the most, Mr. Croquet. He also has his adopted children in ''Yu-Gi-Oh R''. Nonetheless, he has made his eccentricities, specifically his passion for toons, around which he created an entire archetype, work to his advantage as a game designer.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Many people assume he's in his thirties or is much older. He's only 24 years old during Duelist Kingdom.
* YourSoulIsMine: Most of his Penalty Games involve sealing the loser's soul in inanimate objects: Soul T.V. for Yugi's grandfather and Mind Card for the Kaiba brothers. Unfortunately for Bandit Keith, he got the only downright lethal one.
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[[folder:Mr. Crocketts (Croquet)]]
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'''Mr. Crocketts (Mr.クロケッツ; ''misutaa kurokettsu'') ([[DubNameChange Croquet]])'''
--> Voiced by: Yoshikazu Nagata (JP), Creator/TedLewis (EN)
Pegasus' right-hand servant and butler.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the anime, he has gray hair, but in the video games he's shown with brown hair.
* DemotedToExtra: He has most of his role and appearances cut in the anime, including the briefcase scene and his explanation of Pegasus' plans to the group.
* DistressedDude: In the manga, with his head held in a briefcase.
* LastNameBasis: He's only referred to as Mr. Crocketts.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He tries this with Kaiba in the manga. But because he's not Pegasus, it fails badly for him.
* OldRetainer: Pegasus' plans were very important for him, and was one of the very few who knew what was going on. In ''Manga/YuGiOhR'', he addresses Tenma Yakou, Pegasus' adopted child, as Master Tenma.
* SinisterShades
* SmugSnake: In the manga.
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[[folder:Saruwatari (Kemo)]]
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--> Voiced by: Masahiro Okazaki (JP), Creator/EricStuart (EN)
Saruwatari first appeared as one of Seto and Mokuba Kaiba's private bodyguards, back when Seto Kaiba was the BigBad of the Death-T arc of the original manga. During Death-T, he and other guards held Jonouchi and Anzu at gunpoint during Dark Yugi's final games with the Kaiba brother. However, in the Duelist Kindgom arc, he appears as one of Pegasus' suits working for Industrial Illusions, revealed to have been spying on Kaiba Corporation for Pegasus.
According to him, he doesn't play games. So he makes other people play for him, such as the Ventriloquist of Death.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Saruwatari is shown to be working for Gozaburo, who was introducing the Kaibas (still kids at the time) to a young Siegfried, in a flashback during the KC Grand Prix arc. [[note]]Pegasus barely started working on Duel Monsters during the year Gozaburo adopted Seto and Mokuba, thus Saruwatari had nothing to spy for at the time, considering that Pegasus wanted to obtain Kaiba Corporation for the Solid Vision technology in the first place. Not to mention that Saruwatari didn't gain his famous hairstyle until Duelist Kingdom.[[/note]]
* AnimeHair: It's the source of his fame!
* TheBrute: Oh, so very much. And the only person in the manga that would rather not play games period.
* ChekhovsGunman: Hey, remember one of the guards from Death-T? That's him, alright. And now he has pointy hair!
* {{Jerkass}}: Deliberately breaks promises such as getting Star Chips back for a duelist who had them wrongfully stolen by Mokuba, knocks both his chips and 2 of Yugi's out of Mokuba's hand, and refuses to release Mokuba even after Dark Yugi beats the Ventriloquist of Death (manga)/MonsterClown who disguises himself as Kaiba (anime).
* LightningBruiser: A very huge and muscly bodyguard but when Honda manages to throw him, he also showed amazing agility by recovering in midair and performing a flying kick on him.
* MeaningfulName: His name means monkey herder. Seeing how he's always running after or supervising kids...
* SinisterShades
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[[folder:Ventriloquist of the Dead]]
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'''Ventriloquist of the Dead'''
The Ventriloquist of the Dead is one of Pegasus's hired Player Killers, who fights in a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters against Dark Yugi using a puppet of Seto Kaiba and his stolen cards. Yugi originally challenged Saruwatari to a game on Duelist Kingdom, in order to retrieve the two Star Chips Mokuba stole and confiscated by Saruwatari, but since Saruwatari doesn't like playing games, he arranged for the Ventriloquist of the Dead to face Yugi instead.
Upon losing, Dark Yugi, furious that the ventriloquist stole Kaiba's cards and toyed with his soul with a puppet, inflicted a Penalty Game on the Player Killer, where he believed a puppet of himself was attacking him - making him one of Dark Yugi's final Shadow Game victims.
This Player Killer uses a card deck stolen from Seto Kaiba. He does not appear in the anime, and is instead replaced by the Mimic of Doom, who impersonates Kaiba himself.
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* AdaptedOut: Is replaced in the anime by the Mimic of Doom.
* AssholeVictim: Steals the cards of a supposedly dead man and then makes a mockery of him using a puppet... no one particularly cares when Dark Yugi {{Mind Rape}}s him
* CreepyDoll: Plays with a deranged puppet based off of Kaiba, and claims that the doll is possessed with Kaiba's dead spirit.
* 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)
* DubNameChange: In the English versions of VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction and the Dungeon Dice Monsters video games, he's called the Puppeteer of Doom and The Puppeteer respectively.
* LivingDollCollector: Well, he ''pretends'' to be this. He only collects dolls based on people thought to be dead, rather than actual people.
* MarionetteMaster: He doesn't have a playing face of his own, he fights of all his games through his dolls.
* MindRape: Thanks to Dark Yugi, he's now forever trapped in an illusion where he's being attacked by a creepy puppet of himself.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Ventriloquist of the Dead". Sure, he might be a good guy...
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp). When introduced, he's basically trying to player kill Yugi.
* SlasherSmile: His Kaiba puppet looks like it's trying to usurp [[Film/ChildsPlay Chuckie]].
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[[folder:Player Killer of Darkness (Panik)]]
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'''Player Killer of Darkness ([[DubNamechange Panik]])'''
-> Voiced by: Hari Kaneko (JP), David Moo (EN)
An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers during the Duelist Kingdom arc, kidnapping unsuspecting gamers during the thick of night and intimidating them into losing their star chips. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark Yugi in a Shadow Game - a duel where each turn was a step up the gallows, and upon losing, Dark Yugi inflicts a Penalty Game that hangs the Player Killer, becoming one of Dark Yugi's final victims.
This Player Killer uses a deck that focuses on hiding in the darkness and intimidation.
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* AxeCrazy: The Player Killer of Darkness is violently insane, and gets worse as the duel progresses.
* TheBrute: Of the Player Killers. He's probably the least talented of the four we meet, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents, is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him in the English dub of the anime.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, he tries to kill Yugi with fire upon losing. His use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Dark Yugi, who disposes of him with a Mind Crush after his victory.
* DarkIsEvil: Relies on shadow and darkness and uses Dark-attribute monsters.
* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Dark Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, the Player Killer of Darkness ties a noose around his neck to make sure Dark Yugi dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Dark Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
* DeflectorShield: He combos Chaos Shield with Castle of Dark Illusions to make his side of the field impossible to attack.
* DirtyCoward: He scares and ambushes unknowing gamers in the shadows in order make himself seem braver than them. Dark Yugi isn't buying it. Carries into his duelist tactics -- as Dark Yugi notes, hiding his monsters in shadows so opponents can't attack because they don't know how strong they are is a cowardly way to duel, and when they're revealed, he switches them to defense and sets them up behind barriers to protect them until the shadows return.
* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, the Player Killer of Darkness relies more on scare tactics and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the Japanese version, he's only known by his title, "The Player Killer of Darkness."
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a dooming voice.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dark Yugi hangs him in the manga and Mind Crushes him in the anime. Nobody cares.
* MindRape: To the extreme. Dark Yugi pretty much hangs him using a Penalty Game.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Once again, "Player Killer of Darkness". In the dub, "Panik" still fits well for someone who relies on fear and intimidation to duel.
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp).
* PsychoForHire: Joined up with Pegasus because he likes breaking people.
* PyroManiac: In the anime, at least. Uses flamethrowers to fry the opponent's seat during duels and throw them off their game. He later tries to kill Yugi with them.
* SanitySlippage: As the Shadow Game progesses and the duel turns against him. [[http://i.imgur.com/QctUa9s.png "Three turns left."]]
* SlasherSmile: Often has one.
* SoreLoser: In the anime, he tries to burn Yugi/Dark Yugi to death after they beat him.
* StoneWall: His Castle of Dark Illusions, which not only has incredible defense, but shrouds the field in darkness, making it impossible for his monsters to be attacked. The addition of his Chaos Shield further defends his monsters and his Life Points, at the cost of locking his cards in place, and preventing them from attacking.
* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when Dark Yugi starts revealing his thinly-veiled cowardice..
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[[folder:The Meikyu Brothers (The Paradox Brothers)]]
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'''The Meikyu Brothers ([[DubNameChange The Paradox Brothers]])'''
-> Mei/Para voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (JP), Creator/WayneGrayson (EN)
-> Kyu/Dox voiced by: Hitoshi Nishimura (JP), Marc Thompson (EN)
Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as Player Killers. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in a tag battle, threatening to leave the group trapped underground if they lost. However, the brothers still have another game that Yugi and Jonouchi must pass, [[RiddleMeThis which is a riddle]]. They inform them that one of the doors that leads out of the room will lead them to the surface, while the other simply leads to an endless maze. [[Manga/YuGiOh With the help of Dark Bakura]], Dark Yugi outs their UnwinnableByDesign riffle with his own "Labyrinth Coin Game" (involving the use of a two-headed coin).
The brothers both use decks that turn the game into a labyrinth board game, their FinalBoss being Gate Guardian.
In the anime, they reappear in Anime/YuGiOhGX, facing Judai and Shou in a Tag Team Duel, but are defeated once again.
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* BaldOfEvil: Both brothers are entirely bald.
* BashBrothers: Their main gimmick is tag team battling.
* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on NAS anime spin-off, [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh Gx]]
* CreepyTwins: Less creepy and far more effective.
* DualBoss: The twins have only played tag duels in every depiction.
* EvilLaugh: Typical of early villains of the series.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: They do this in the dub.
* FinalBoss: Gate Guardian of the labyrinth/Duel Monsters game.
* KnightsAndKnaves: Pull this when questioned on the way out of their dungeon.
* PlayerKilling: Same deal as the other Player Killers.
* RhymesOnADime: Only in the dub.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their tag duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces. They also pull out rules the pair doesn't know about to block their moves, to the point in the dub Joey accuses them of making up the rules as they go along.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Their labyrinth riddle game. They're just a coiple of liars. They can change the right answer at will... because in reality, both doors lead out to the exit as seen in the manga.
* TattooedCrook: They have Chinese symbols on their heads
* ThemeTwinNaming: In the Japanese version, their names are Mei and Kyu (Meikyu is Labyrinth). In the English version, their names are Para and Dox (Paradox).
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[[folder:Yako]]
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'''Tenma Yako (天馬夜行;Tenma Yakōu)'''
The main antagonist of ''Manga/YuGiOhR''. He is the protégé and adopted son (often mistaken, or mistranslated as younger brother) of Pegasus, and the biological twin brother of Gekko Tenma, who wants revenge for Pegasus' death and disappearance, although unbeknownst to him, it was actually Dark Bakura who killed him.
Yako uses a Wicked God Deck that focuses on Level modification tactics to bring out multiple monsters, which he can Tribute for the Summoning of the Wicked Gods, particularly '''The Wicked Avatar'''.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: He takes over KaibaCorp to use it's vast tecnology in his plot.
* AvengingTheVillain: Unfortunately, Yako's trying to get revenge on the wrong person; other than defeating him at the end of Duelist Kingdom, Yugi didn't have a thing to do with Pegasus' death. The ''real'' culprit [[DemotedToExtra never even makes an appearance]].
* BigBad: of ''Manga/YuGiOhR''
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Yako is possessed by the Wicked Avatar. Gekko could also qualify during the period he is controlled by Yako.
* CainAndAbel: Inverted - Yako is the younger but evil brother, while Gekko is the older but good brother.
* CanonForeigner: Due to having only appeared in a spin-off so far.
* CherryTapping: The Wicked Avatar is always exactly ONE attack point stronger then the strongest monster on the field, but as Yakou points out, that one attack point makes all the difference.
* CloningBlues: Played with, as while Yakou and Gekko are natural identical twins, flashbacks reveal that Yakou always felt like an inferior copy of his twin brother.
* {{Evil Counterpart}}s: The Wicked Gods for the God Cards, and possibly Yako himself for Gekko, depending on how you look at it.
* {{Expy}}: Yako could qualify as Pegasus' Expy. Goes crazy after losing a loved one? Check. Wants to bring said loved one back regardless of what it takes? Check. Takes someone close to Yugi as hostage? Check. Even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Gekko when he mentions Yako is just like Pegasus (hell, he probably took Pegasus's will to do what he did as inspiration).
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Non-Girlfriend]]: Yako kidnapping Anzu drives the entire plot.
* MadEye: So what was your first clue that Yako wasn't [[IncrediblyLamePun playing with a full deck?]] To elaborate, his right eye bulges very nastily when he's at his mst volatile.
* RevengeByProxy: Yako targets Yugi by turning Anzu into a HumanSacrifice so he can resurrect Pegasus.
* SempaiKohai: Yako is Pegasus' kohai. One of them.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: During the final showdown against Yako, The Wicked Avatar takes Yugi's form. Yako says it's a manifestation of Yugi's hatred for his other self for being the true Game King and preventing Yugi from earning that glory himself. Yami almost falls for it, until Yugi briefly takes over and insists that he would never have been able to [[DefeatMeansFriendship make so many new friends]] or broaden his horizons if it hadn't been for his other self.
* TookALevelInBadass: He went from being riducled as a "bad copy" of Gekko before the beginning of the series to a Duelist that defeated SETO KAIBA. And he claim damn close to beating Yugi as well, no less than three times. Even when he wasn't using the Wicked Gods, he still seems to have retained his newfound prowess.
* TwinSwitch: Sort of - Yako pulls a GrandTheftMe on his twin brother, Gekko, in order to test his new deck against Yugi.
* TheUnFavorite: Yako believed he was the worse duelist out of the two. Pegasus described Gekko as a perfect duelist, while Yako was "an unfinished rough diamond." Subverted by the end of the series, where it is revealed that Pegasus saw the potential in Yako to be a great duelist, hence the "rough diamond" metaphor, while Gekko had "perfected" himself and was incapable of growing any stronger.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Yako used to be a quiet, withdrawn young man. That all changed once he started creating the Evil Gods, which warped his grief over Pegasus' death into homicidal rage toward Yugi.
* WhiteGloves: Yako wears them, and they're quite noticeable when his coat falls open and he looks more casual...aside from those gloves..
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[[folder:Pegasus J. Crawford (Maxmillion J. Pegasus)]]
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'''Pegasus J. Crawford (ペガサス・ジェイ・クロフォード; ''Pegasasu Jei Kurofōdo'') ([[DubNameChange Maximillion J. Pegasus]])'''
--> Voiced by: Jirou Jay Takasugi (JP), Darren Dunstan (EN)
->''"Yugi Boy...from here on, it isn't just a battle between duelists...it's a battle between those who have been '''chosen''' by the '''Millennium Items'''. From here on... it's a '''Shadow Game'''!"''
The BigBad of the fourth arc of the manga (first arc in the anime), Pegasus is the enigmatic creator of Duel Monsters and the bearer of the Millennium Eye. He rarely appears before the public, many of whom have never seen his face. Some time after Yugi defeated Kaiba in his Death-T arena, Pegasus duels with Yugi in a Shadow Game...through a video tape, and ends up winning due to the time limit. Pegasus then inflicts a Penalty Game which seals his grandfather's soul into the video tape (in the anime, a blank Duel Monsters card) and asks Yugi to come to his tournament, Duelist Kingdom. It is later revealed that he desires to take over [=KaibaCorp=], and for that to happen, he needs to defeat Yugi in a official match in order to get the prestige title as top gamer. However, his real goal stretches beyond a mere company takeover...
Although he is killed by Dark Bakura in the manga, he survives in the anime version of canon. He gets a mention in ''Manga/YuGiOhR'', and makes reappearances in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', ''The Pyramid of Light'' Movie and the ''Anime/YuGiOhTenthAnniversaryMovie''. He also appears in the ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'' video game as the antagonist.
As the creator of Duel Monsters, he uses an exclusive and [[PurposefullyOverpowered ridiculously broken]] Toon Deck, whose monsters cannot be destroyed except by other Toon monsters. On the off-chance that his Toons are overcome, he then pulls out the ''even more broken'' "Relinquished" and "Thousand-Eyes Restrict."
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: During his first match against Yugi & Dark Yugi he puts Yugi's grandfather's soul on the line through a Shadow Game. During his duel with Seto Kaiba, both Seto and Mokuba's souls are on the line. And during his final duel with Yugi & Dark Yugi, their souls are on the line, with the release of Sugoroku and the Kaiba brothers being the prize.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has blue eyes in the manga, but they are [[BrownEyes brown]] in the anime. His white pants were also colored red in the anime.
* 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!''' manga villains.
** At the end of Duelist Kingdom, it is revealed he was trying to resurrect the lost life of his wife. All the souls he trapped were to be used as sacrifices to bring her back. If that isn't AffablyEvil, then I don't know what is.
* AgentPeacock: A fashionable gentleman, a vicious soul-stealer, and a very dangerous opponent.
* AlmostKiss: In the anime. [[MomentKiller Gets interrupted]] in a [[MindScrew rather bizarre way]].
* AmbiguouslyGay: His childish, effeminate mannerisms give off this vibe, and yet he is very clearly identified as straight. This is a source of comedy in the AbridgedSeries.
* AnimeHair: He has a [[WebVideo/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries simply ''fabulous'']] hairstyle.
* AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleofAntiVillains Type II]]. All that he wanted was to be with his love, but he doesn't care how many people get hurt in the name of his goal.
* 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.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Millenium Eye isn't evil the way that the Millenium Ring is, but its power is hard to use for anything positive.
* TheAtoner: During the anime continuity, where he tries to aid the cast during the DOMA arc and the film, and seems to have genuine regrets about his actions during Duelist Kingdom.
* BadassLongcoat: In ''GX'', when he's fitted with the technology to paint Rainbow Dragon, he is given a black longcoat to wear with all the gadgets on.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Thanks to the Millennium Eye, being an artifact capable of granting a wish, Pegasus does get to meet Cyndia again... but only for a fleeting moment, and it wasn't even the real thing -- just an illusion. It left Pegasus down an eye and in a very precarious mental state.
* BerserkButton: Don't mock Pegasus' Toon Monsters and don't try to take them down. Moreover, don't speak of his past and his plan in front of him.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He acts foppish, playful, and generally acts like his duels are a big joke. However, he's actually very clever and manipulative, and when he drops the silly act he shows you just how ruthless he can be when he starts taking things seriously.
* BigBad: Of the Duelist Kingdom arc (first arc of the anime, fourth arc of the manga) and the ''Videogame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'' video game.
* BigDamnHeroes: In the anime movie ''The Pyramid of Light'', he saves Yugi's friends from death (or at least severe injuries) ''twice''.
* BigNo: A few times, the most known one being the one when he is defeated by Yugi.
* BigOMG: When he discovers the Egyptian Gods' tablet, he shouts "JEEEESUS!" in the Japanese anime. Before that, he actually says "Oh my god!" when Shadi tells him he knows where to find the tablet with the Gods on it.
* BigShutUp: To Dark Bakura in the Japanese version of the anime adaptation.
-->'''Bakura:''' So your social status and your actions are in fact a mask concealing your true intentions. An extremely roundabout way of reaching a goal hidden in the depths of your heart. And this goal is--
-->'''Pegasus:''' SHUT UP! Shut your mouth!
* BigWhat: On a few occasions.
* {{Bishonen}}: With the hair and the suits etc.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By the Millennium Eye to create Duel Monsters, a recreation of the Ka Shadow Games of Ancient Egypt, according to Takahashi.
* BreakoutCharacter: Despite being dead in the original manga, in the anime he was so popular that they kept him alive. He returns in several cameo appearances in ''GX'', even getting to duel again, he's the BigBad of the ''Reshef of Destruction'' video game, and he features in both mainstream movies. By contrast, Bakura and Marik get ''very'' rare cameos in the occasional video game.
* BringMyRedJacket: His eye-related injuries were not pretty. He also wears a [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white shirt]] underneath his red suit. He is killed at the end of Duelist Kingdom (only in the manga; he's kept alive by the anime), and he is actually killed temporarily in the Tenth Anniversary Movie for the NAS Duel Monsters anime.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Tenth Anniversary Movie'' for the NAS Duel Monster anime universe, a building collapses on him thanks to Paradox's attack. It's undone by a ResetButton in the end though.
* CampStraight: As foppish and well-groomed as he is, he had a girl he loved deeply and is doing everything he does to try and see her again.
* ChekhovsHobby: We see him gleefully reading a comic book of Funny Rabbit. We later find out that Pegasus' love for the series and cartoons inspired his nigh invulnerable Toon Deck.
* ChekhovsSkill: While we don't actually see it, it was Pegasus' painting skills which may have saved him from dying horribly when he received the Millennium Eye. Namely, according to Takahashi, the Eye found Pegasus' abilities useful and used him to have "Ka battles" recreated as Duel Monsters in order to assemble the Millennium Items.
* TheChessmaster: Everything that happens on the island happens because he moved them there four turns ago.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He and Cyndia met when they were children and became attracted to each other, then they got engaged when they grew up (married in the dub). He doesn't get to cherish it for too long, however.
* ComplexityAddiction: He organizes a tournament just to have a cover for taking over Kaiba Corporation! All he needed to do is defeat Yugi in an official duel. Granted, we do not know if Pegasus could have taken over the company in a different manner.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Played with; there's nothing crooked about his game company "Industrial Illusion" (the selling of Duel Monster merchandise, etc) but his Duelist Kingdom tournament is rigged to benefit himself only.
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Shadi told him that the village is full of grave robbers and that he should just leave the place, as he will not find a cure to his heartache. Pegasus thinks he had read his mind, which makes him curious and follows him instead. Needless to say, [[EyeScream it does not]] end well.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As Anzu put it in the manga, "the death of his love was the beginning of his tragedy". Then he created the [[OlympusMons God Cards]], which he considered his greatest mistake.
* DeadManWriting: In the anime only, during the Doma arc. Pegasus has his soul taken away by Mai, but he leaves a message behind in the form of a Solid Vision projection of himself for Yugi and his friends.
* DeathIsCheap: While he dies in the manga, he escapes this a few times in the anime.
* DemonicPossession: In the ''Reshef Of Destruction'' video game, he is gradually possessed by Reshef's evil powers, then the entity ultimately worms itself into his heart.
* DespairEventHorizon: After Cynthia's death.
* TheDragon: In ''Reshef Of Destruction'', he is this to Reshef.
* EasilyForgiven: In the anime continuity, when he turns up in the film and the DOMA arc, the cast are wary, but willing to listen to him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Doubling as his PetTheDog moment, in the anime when Jounouchi beats Keith, he reveals that Keith was cheating the entire duel, and congratulates Jounouchi on winning fairly while his guards haul Keith away.
** In the manga, he gives Keith an even worse punishment - turning Keith's hand into a gun and forcing him to play Russian Roulette as a Penalty Game.
* EvilPlan: Use the tournament and soul hostages to acquire Kaiba Corp by beating the King of Games in Duel Monsters (Kaiba Corps exec need their CEO to be a top-level gamer), and see & feel his beloved finance/wife again using Kaiba Corporation's Solid Vision technology.
* EyeScream: When he receives the Millennium Eye, he is heard screaming while having shown a ShadowDiscretionShot of him. Happens again when Bakura steals the Eye and kills him at the same time in the manga only.
* {{Fanboy}}: Of American cartoons, particularly ''Funny Rabbit''. [[{{Geek}} He also knows exactly how many episodes the series has and how many bullets were fired at the main character by the police.]][[note]]583 episodes and 26000 bullets, respectively.[[/note]] And he is not happy whenever his Toon Monsters get destroyed...
* FinalBoss: Of the Duelist Kingdom arc. For Dark Yugi to secure the release of all those Pegasus has abducted with his Penalty Games, he first has to beat the billionaire in a duel.
* {{Foil}}: His flair, smooth confidence, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative ability]], and results contrast dramatically with the brutally direct failures of [[SmugSnake Bandit Keith]], the arc's other antagonist.
* FourIsDeath: His four Player Killers.
* FreudianExcuse: Cynthiia is this to him; all his evil is for her sake.
* FriendToAllChildren: During the National Tournament, before dueling against Keith, he explains how to play the card game to the kids there (though Kaiba points out in the manga that it was a move to create positive advertisement for the card game). In ''Yu-Gi-Oh R'' of debate canonicity, it was revealed that he adopted orphans from all around the world to tutor them as card designers and such.
* GentlemanSnarker: Especially towards Kaiba.
* AGlassOfChianti: He is fond of his wine. It is even listed as one of his favorite foods.
* GoneHorriblyRight: If implanted, the Millennium Eye will kill the host if he is unworthy. Unfortunately for the Mutous and the Kaibas, Pegasus was very worthy.
* GracefulLoser: After he loses his duel against Yugi, he keeps his promise and returns his victims' souls.
* GratuitousEnglish: Nice idea ''deesu''!
* HiddenAgendaVillain: In the manga. We first know he needs something from Yugi, no matter what. Later, we learn from Mokuba that Pegasus intends to take over Kaiba Corporation and must defeat Yugi in an official duel as part of his deal with the Big Five. We don't know why he needs Kaiba's company until the very end of Duelist Kingdom. The dub, and to a lesser extent the original anime, hints at Pegasus' real goal more clearly with giving more importance to Cyndia's portrait in episode 28 (in the manga, the group viewed it briefly, and that's it) and dub!Pegasus' InnerMonologue in episode 34 clearly reveals what he is fighting for.
* {{Homage}}: His Toon Monsters are this to American cartoons.
** Also, he prints cards for special events. [[MagicTheGathering Richard Garfield]] printed three special cards for his marriage and the birth of his two children.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Calls out Keith for cheating, while he himself uses his Millennium Eye and position as creator of Duel Monsters to full advantage.
* ICannotSelfTerminate[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: In ''Reshef Of Destruction'', Reshef worms itself into Pegasus' heart, who then asks the main character to have him sealed away before Reshef takes him over.
* IcyBlueEyes: He's cold and distant as an antagonist.
* IGaveMyWord: Pegasus promises to release the souls of Sero, Mokuba, and his grandfather if Yugi can defeat him. After he is defeated, Yugi tells him to fulfill his promise, which he does.
* InnocentBlueEyes: In the manga - he is fairly innocent and naive as a teenager (he wants to help a stranger in Egypt who got into trouble, who is in fact a graverobber who stole a Millennium Item).
* {{Irony}}: When Pegasus also seals Kaiba's soul and looks at the two Soul Prison cards with Mokuba and Kaiba's souls in them, he mentions that the two brothers will never know the joy of restarting their relationship in this life. Then comes the end of Duelist Kingdom. where karma strikes back Pegasus - he fails to fulfill his dream of reuniting with Cyndia in his life. Upon learning about Pegasus' past, that particular quote becomes somewhat ironic, even.
* KubrickStare: In the anime, especially during his second duel with Yugi.
* LargeHam: In the original manga, anime, and dub versions he is a showman.
* LaughablyEvil: During Duelist Kingdom. He may be amoral, but he's just so funny while he's doing it. Given that Dark Yugi and Kaiba are [[TheStoic Stoic]] {{Straight M|an}}en in reponse, perhaps he just can't resist.
-->"What, no 'hello', no 'how are you'? I thought we were friends, Kaiba-boy. Don't tell me that my kidnapping Mokuba and seizing control of your company has put a rift between us. It was nothing ''personal''." ---English dub Pegasus
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Illusion" in the Japanese anime.
* LetsGetDangerous: He made the game, and has the Millennium Eye, yet it's still hard to take him seriously. His duel with Kaiba and ''especially'' his second Shadow Game with Yugi establish just how dangerous this man is.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He has shoulder length hair.
* LoveAtFirstSight: He and Cynthia became attracted to each other as soon as they met.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His desire to reunite with Cynthia leads him to do rather monstrous things.
* MagicalEye: The Millennium Eye is a golden trinket in his eyesocket that gives him the power of mind reading and, obviously, Shadow Games.
* ManipulativeBastard: Using his Millennium Eye, he often unnerves his opponents with his knowledge of their cards. Also happens when Kaiba tells him to duel him using his Duel Disk prototype, Pegasus gets a [[SoullessShell soulless Mokuba]] to duel Kaiba in his place. Kaiba, not wanting to fight against his own brother, goes on to duel Pegasus' way instead.
* {{Magitek}}: Thematically represents such as a contrast to Yugi and Kaiba's MagicVersusScience rivalry, having the Millennium Eye to combat Yugi's Puzzle while being Kaiba's business partner looking to take over his company. More apt in the dub, which states that Pegasus's plan to revive his wife was to combine the Millennium Items with Kaiba Corp's hologram technology.
* MeaningfulName: In Japan, a pegasus is often referred to as a "tenma", or "horse of heaven" (ten=heaven, ma=horse). However, there's another word "tenma". The same "ten" kanji is used for both, but the second tenma's "ma" kanji is the one that translates to "demon". Thus, we have a homonym meaning "demon of heaven"...or, to keep the actual, non-literal intent, "fallen angel".
* MindRape: One of his Penalty Games. He grotesquely morphed Bandit Keith's hand into a gun and, against his will, made him play Russian Roulette with himself (reliving his depression after he was humiliated by Pegasus in the American tournament).
* MissingMom: In the manga, his father can be briefly seen, but nothing is known about his mother.
* MoodWhiplash: Oh boy. Pegasus often changes between a cruel villain and a goofy gentleman, but his duel against Yugi is the best example. Even his deck is this Trope, shifting from the silly Toon Monsters to the bizarre and creepy Illusion Monsters. See VillainousBreakdown below.
* TheMourningAfter: He was willing to do anything to reunite with [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Cynthia]]... In the manga, he goes to the grave with this wish in his heart. In the anime, the entire subject is dropped after Duelist Kingdom. [[note]]Save for Dark Yugi remembering Pegasus' backstory during the Doma arc in the original anime, but that scene was altered in the dub.[[/note]]
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: It has never been stated what the J. stands for.
* {{Necromantic}}: The means of his EvilPlan; revive Cyndia. At least in the dub. In the manga, he tragically just wants to feel and see her visage again using Kaiba Corp's Solid Vision.
* NeverSayDie: The 4Kids dub ''averts'' this with Cyndia.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He uses this tactic against Seto Kaiba and Yugi.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He traps Yugi's grandfather's soul in a video tape in order to force Yugi to come to Duelist Kingdom.
* OhCrap: Gets this look after Yugi summons Magician of Black Chaos.
* PeekABangs: After he obtains the Millennium Eye.
* PosthumousCharacter: In the spin-off manga, ''Yu-Gi-Oh R''.
* PsychopathicManchild: He loves his favorite comic book and his Toon monsters, but there's a broken man under the childish exterior.
* SarcasticClapping: In the anime, when Kaiba finds Mokuba in the dungeon.
* ScarsAreForever: Post-Duelist Kingdom in the anime, much to the horror to those who witness his empty eye socket.
* SchrodingersCast: There's three continuities to his character--he's dead and gone in the manga following Duelist Kingdom, but in the anime he survived. The manga spin-off ''R'' introduced his protégé Yako Tenma who took over his company, the anime eventually brought him back for Season 4 and ''GX'', and the video game "Reshef of Destruction" (a sequel to the game "The Sacred Cards" which is loosely based on the Battle City of the anime) he gets possessed by Reshef after the events of Battle City and is the game's BigBad.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As the creator of Duel Monsters, Pegasus creates cards that are in-universe {{Game Breaker}}s, such as Toon World, Relinquished, and Thousand-Eyes Restrict, 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.
* SempaiKohai: Pegasus is the sempai to Tenma Yakou and Tenma Gekkou of the ''R'' manga, which is again of debated canonicity.
* ShowerScene: In the novelization of the ''Pyramid of Light'' movie. While we don't see it in the actual movie, [[{{Fanservice}} it is lovingly detailed in the novel]].
-->"Pegasus’ entire body is drenched with a cold sweat. Flinging off his silk pajamas to expose his naked white body, he took a hot shower."
* SlasherSmile: [[http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6553/pegasusslashersmile.png In the anime only]], during his duel with Yugi.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He dies to Dark Bakura in the manga after he steals his Millennium Eye; however he survives in the anime. This also creates an AdaptationInducedPlotHole as the "future" card in Bakura's tarot reading was Doma the Angel of Silence, which loses significance when he survives.
** It could be interpreted as the loss of his Millennium Item which was the only way he had of bringing his love "back from the dead".
* SquishyWizard: While he's quite smart and manipulates people rather well, he's described as physically weak in the ''Pyramid of Light'' novelization, and in the original manga, he tells Kaiba he's not good at physical sports when the Duel Disk prototype is suggested. He's also a contrast to Bandit Keith, who takes up the role of the big, strong thug.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Cyndia. He tries to reunite with her twice, failing both of the times. But in the manga, they do reunite after Pegasus is killed by Bakura and atones for his sins.
* StartOfDarkness: His backstory. The manga shows us he may have been quite naive... who then became the broken, twisted man we know from the series.
* StepfordSmiler: His silly and childish exterior hides both insanity and desperation.
* TalkingToTheDead: In the anime, he addresses his beloved's portrait before realizing he's being watched by Dark Bakura.
* TogetherInDeath: With Cyndia in the manga, according to WordOfGod.
* {{Toon}}: His Toon World magic card transforms monsters into classic toons, complete with the ability to stretch out of the way of attacks. They include Toon Mermaid, Manga Ryu-Ran, Toon Summoned Skull, and the exceptionally powerful Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon.
* TragicDream: His desire to spend the rest of his life with Cyndia makes him a TragicVillain.
* TroubledFetalPosition[=/=]DullEyesOfUnhappiness: After Cyndia's death. His dull eyes can be seen better in the manga, whereas in the anime his eyes just look sad.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: Makes heavy use of his Millennium Eye to read the mind of his opponents, granting him a huge advantage in any duel. If that weren't enough, he makes ''two'' GameBreaker sets (his Toons and Relinquished/Thousand Eyes Restrict.) [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem He can do that; he made the game after all]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In his flashbacks we see an adorable little boy.
* VerbalTic: "Deeeesu!" "Maaaasu!" in the Japanese. In the dub, he tends to tack a person's gender onto the end of their name. "M'kay, Yugi-boy?"
* VillainousBreakdown: When Yugi and Dark Yugi manage to use their Mind Shuffle tactic to evade Pegasus' Mind Scan ability ''and'' destroy all his Toon Monsters. Pegasus immediately drops his silly persona and stops toying around, starting a high-level Shadow Game where he even manages to psychically wear out the regular Yugi, albeit temporarily.
* VillainsOutShopping: He is shown drinking wine and reading his Funny Rabbit manga during the Duelist Kingdom tournament.
* VillainSong: For the English 4Kids dub. ''Face Up, Face Down''
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's a cold and manipulative villain.
* WickedCultured: He's sophiscated, smart, drinks fine wine and dresses well.
* TheWonka: He's the creator of Duel Monsters, and is very rich. He's also fond of metaphors, cartoons and has an [[GratuitousEnglish odd]] [[VerbalTic speech pattern]]. His only close friends are Cyndia (who died), or at the most, Mr. Croquet. He also has his adopted children in ''Yu-Gi-Oh R''. Nonetheless, he has made his eccentricities, specifically his passion for toons, around which he created an entire archetype, work to his advantage as a game designer.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Many people assume he's in his thirties or is much older. He's only 24 years old during Duelist Kingdom.
* YourSoulIsMine: Most of his Penalty Games involve sealing the loser's soul in inanimate objects: Soul T.V. for Yugi's grandfather and Mind Card for the Kaiba brothers. Unfortunately for Bandit Keith, he got the only downright lethal one.
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[[folder:Mr. Crocketts (Croquet)]]
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'''Mr. Crocketts (Mr.クロケッツ; ''misutaa kurokettsu'') ([[DubNameChange Croquet]])'''
--> Voiced by: Yoshikazu Nagata (JP), Creator/TedLewis (EN)
Pegasus' right-hand servant and butler.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the anime, he has gray hair, but in the video games he's shown with brown hair.
* DemotedToExtra: He has most of his role and appearances cut in the anime, including the briefcase scene and his explanation of Pegasus' plans to the group.
* DistressedDude: In the manga, with his head held in a briefcase.
* LastNameBasis: He's only referred to as Mr. Crocketts.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He tries this with Kaiba in the manga. But because he's not Pegasus, it fails badly for him.
* OldRetainer: Pegasus' plans were very important for him, and was one of the very few who knew what was going on. In ''Manga/YuGiOhR'', he addresses Tenma Yakou, Pegasus' adopted child, as Master Tenma.
* SinisterShades
* SmugSnake: In the manga.
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[[folder:Saruwatari (Kemo)]]
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--> Voiced by: Masahiro Okazaki (JP), Creator/EricStuart (EN)
Saruwatari first appeared as one of Seto and Mokuba Kaiba's private bodyguards, back when Seto Kaiba was the BigBad of the Death-T arc of the original manga. During Death-T, he and other guards held Jonouchi and Anzu at gunpoint during Dark Yugi's final games with the Kaiba brother. However, in the Duelist Kindgom arc, he appears as one of Pegasus' suits working for Industrial Illusions, revealed to have been spying on Kaiba Corporation for Pegasus.
According to him, he doesn't play games. So he makes other people play for him, such as the Ventriloquist of Death.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Saruwatari is shown to be working for Gozaburo, who was introducing the Kaibas (still kids at the time) to a young Siegfried, in a flashback during the KC Grand Prix arc. [[note]]Pegasus barely started working on Duel Monsters during the year Gozaburo adopted Seto and Mokuba, thus Saruwatari had nothing to spy for at the time, considering that Pegasus wanted to obtain Kaiba Corporation for the Solid Vision technology in the first place. Not to mention that Saruwatari didn't gain his famous hairstyle until Duelist Kingdom.[[/note]]
* AnimeHair: It's the source of his fame!
* TheBrute: Oh, so very much. And the only person in the manga that would rather not play games period.
* ChekhovsGunman: Hey, remember one of the guards from Death-T? That's him, alright. And now he has pointy hair!
* {{Jerkass}}: Deliberately breaks promises such as getting Star Chips back for a duelist who had them wrongfully stolen by Mokuba, knocks both his chips and 2 of Yugi's out of Mokuba's hand, and refuses to release Mokuba even after Dark Yugi beats the Ventriloquist of Death (manga)/MonsterClown who disguises himself as Kaiba (anime).
* LightningBruiser: A very huge and muscly bodyguard but when Honda manages to throw him, he also showed amazing agility by recovering in midair and performing a flying kick on him.
* MeaningfulName: His name means monkey herder. Seeing how he's always running after or supervising kids...
* SinisterShades
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[[folder:Ventriloquist of the Dead]]
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'''Ventriloquist of the Dead'''
The Ventriloquist of the Dead is one of Pegasus's hired Player Killers, who fights in a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters against Dark Yugi using a puppet of Seto Kaiba and his stolen cards. Yugi originally challenged Saruwatari to a game on Duelist Kingdom, in order to retrieve the two Star Chips Mokuba stole and confiscated by Saruwatari, but since Saruwatari doesn't like playing games, he arranged for the Ventriloquist of the Dead to face Yugi instead.
Upon losing, Dark Yugi, furious that the ventriloquist stole Kaiba's cards and toyed with his soul with a puppet, inflicted a Penalty Game on the Player Killer, where he believed a puppet of himself was attacking him - making him one of Dark Yugi's final Shadow Game victims.
This Player Killer uses a card deck stolen from Seto Kaiba. He does not appear in the anime, and is instead replaced by the Mimic of Doom, who impersonates Kaiba himself.
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* AdaptedOut: Is replaced in the anime by the Mimic of Doom.
* AssholeVictim: Steals the cards of a supposedly dead man and then makes a mockery of him using a puppet... no one particularly cares when Dark Yugi {{Mind Rape}}s him
* CreepyDoll: Plays with a deranged puppet based off of Kaiba, and claims that the doll is possessed with Kaiba's dead spirit.
* 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)
* DubNameChange: In the English versions of VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction and the Dungeon Dice Monsters video games, he's called the Puppeteer of Doom and The Puppeteer respectively.
* LivingDollCollector: Well, he ''pretends'' to be this. He only collects dolls based on people thought to be dead, rather than actual people.
* MarionetteMaster: He doesn't have a playing face of his own, he fights of all his games through his dolls.
* MindRape: Thanks to Dark Yugi, he's now forever trapped in an illusion where he's being attacked by a creepy puppet of himself.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Ventriloquist of the Dead". Sure, he might be a good guy...
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp). When introduced, he's basically trying to player kill Yugi.
* SlasherSmile: His Kaiba puppet looks like it's trying to usurp [[Film/ChildsPlay Chuckie]].
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[[folder:Player Killer of Darkness (Panik)]]
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'''Player Killer of Darkness ([[DubNamechange Panik]])'''
-> Voiced by: Hari Kaneko (JP), David Moo (EN)
An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers during the Duelist Kingdom arc, kidnapping unsuspecting gamers during the thick of night and intimidating them into losing their star chips. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark Yugi in a Shadow Game - a duel where each turn was a step up the gallows, and upon losing, Dark Yugi inflicts a Penalty Game that hangs the Player Killer, becoming one of Dark Yugi's final victims.
This Player Killer uses a deck that focuses on hiding in the darkness and intimidation.
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* AxeCrazy: The Player Killer of Darkness is violently insane, and gets worse as the duel progresses.
* TheBrute: Of the Player Killers. He's probably the least talented of the four we meet, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents, is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him in the English dub of the anime.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, he tries to kill Yugi with fire upon losing. His use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Dark Yugi, who disposes of him with a Mind Crush after his victory.
* DarkIsEvil: Relies on shadow and darkness and uses Dark-attribute monsters.
* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Dark Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, the Player Killer of Darkness ties a noose around his neck to make sure Dark Yugi dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Dark Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
* DeflectorShield: He combos Chaos Shield with Castle of Dark Illusions to make his side of the field impossible to attack.
* DirtyCoward: He scares and ambushes unknowing gamers in the shadows in order make himself seem braver than them. Dark Yugi isn't buying it. Carries into his duelist tactics -- as Dark Yugi notes, hiding his monsters in shadows so opponents can't attack because they don't know how strong they are is a cowardly way to duel, and when they're revealed, he switches them to defense and sets them up behind barriers to protect them until the shadows return.
* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, the Player Killer of Darkness relies more on scare tactics and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the Japanese version, he's only known by his title, "The Player Killer of Darkness."
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a dooming voice.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dark Yugi hangs him in the manga and Mind Crushes him in the anime. Nobody cares.
* MindRape: To the extreme. Dark Yugi pretty much hangs him using a Penalty Game.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Once again, "Player Killer of Darkness". In the dub, "Panik" still fits well for someone who relies on fear and intimidation to duel.
* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to take out the gamers on Duelist Kingdom (Pegasus's goal is to be the only one left in the competition - thus becoming the best duelist and being given Kaiba Corp).
* PsychoForHire: Joined up with Pegasus because he likes breaking people.
* PyroManiac: In the anime, at least. Uses flamethrowers to fry the opponent's seat during duels and throw them off their game. He later tries to kill Yugi with them.
* SanitySlippage: As the Shadow Game progesses and the duel turns against him. [[http://i.imgur.com/QctUa9s.png "Three turns left."]]
* SlasherSmile: Often has one.
* SoreLoser: In the anime, he tries to burn Yugi/Dark Yugi to death after they beat him.
* StoneWall: His Castle of Dark Illusions, which not only has incredible defense, but shrouds the field in darkness, making it impossible for his monsters to be attacked. The addition of his Chaos Shield further defends his monsters and his Life Points, at the cost of locking his cards in place, and preventing them from attacking.
* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when Dark Yugi starts revealing his thinly-veiled cowardice..
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[[folder:The Meikyu Brothers (The Paradox Brothers)]]
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'''The Meikyu Brothers ([[DubNameChange The Paradox Brothers]])'''
-> Mei/Para voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (JP), Creator/WayneGrayson (EN)
-> Kyu/Dox voiced by: Hitoshi Nishimura (JP), Marc Thompson (EN)
Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as Player Killers. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in a tag battle, threatening to leave the group trapped underground if they lost. However, the brothers still have another game that Yugi and Jonouchi must pass, [[RiddleMeThis which is a riddle]]. They inform them that one of the doors that leads out of the room will lead them to the surface, while the other simply leads to an endless maze. [[Manga/YuGiOh With the help of Dark Bakura]], Dark Yugi outs their UnwinnableByDesign riffle with his own "Labyrinth Coin Game" (involving the use of a two-headed coin).
The brothers both use decks that turn the game into a labyrinth board game, their FinalBoss being Gate Guardian.
In the anime, they reappear in Anime/YuGiOhGX, facing Judai and Shou in a Tag Team Duel, but are defeated once again.
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* BaldOfEvil: Both brothers are entirely bald.
* BashBrothers: Their main gimmick is tag team battling.
* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on NAS anime spin-off, [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh Gx]]
* CreepyTwins: Less creepy and far more effective.
* DualBoss: The twins have only played tag duels in every depiction.
* EvilLaugh: Typical of early villains of the series.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: They do this in the dub.
* FinalBoss: Gate Guardian of the labyrinth/Duel Monsters game.
* KnightsAndKnaves: Pull this when questioned on the way out of their dungeon.
* PlayerKilling: Same deal as the other Player Killers.
* RhymesOnADime: Only in the dub.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their tag duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces. They also pull out rules the pair doesn't know about to block their moves, to the point in the dub Joey accuses them of making up the rules as they go along.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Their labyrinth riddle game. They're just a coiple of liars. They can change the right answer at will... because in reality, both doors lead out to the exit as seen in the manga.
* TattooedCrook: They have Chinese symbols on their heads
* ThemeTwinNaming: In the Japanese version, their names are Mei and Kyu (Meikyu is Labyrinth). In the English version, their names are Para and Dox (Paradox).
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[[folder:Yako]]
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'''Tenma Yako (天馬夜行;Tenma Yakōu)'''
The main antagonist of ''Manga/YuGiOhR''. He is the protégé and adopted son (often mistaken, or mistranslated as younger brother) of Pegasus, and the biological twin brother of Gekko Tenma, who wants revenge for Pegasus' death and disappearance, although unbeknownst to him, it was actually Dark Bakura who killed him.
Yako uses a Wicked God Deck that focuses on Level modification tactics to bring out multiple monsters, which he can Tribute for the Summoning of the Wicked Gods, particularly '''The Wicked Avatar'''.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: He takes over KaibaCorp to use it's vast tecnology in his plot.
* AvengingTheVillain: Unfortunately, Yako's trying to get revenge on the wrong person; other than defeating him at the end of Duelist Kingdom, Yugi didn't have a thing to do with Pegasus' death. The ''real'' culprit [[DemotedToExtra never even makes an appearance]].
* BigBad: of ''Manga/YuGiOhR''
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Yako is possessed by the Wicked Avatar. Gekko could also qualify during the period he is controlled by Yako.
* CainAndAbel: Inverted - Yako is the younger but evil brother, while Gekko is the older but good brother.
* CanonForeigner: Due to having only appeared in a spin-off so far.
* CherryTapping: The Wicked Avatar is always exactly ONE attack point stronger then the strongest monster on the field, but as Yakou points out, that one attack point makes all the difference.
* CloningBlues: Played with, as while Yakou and Gekko are natural identical twins, flashbacks reveal that Yakou always felt like an inferior copy of his twin brother.
* {{Evil Counterpart}}s: The Wicked Gods for the God Cards, and possibly Yako himself for Gekko, depending on how you look at it.
* {{Expy}}: Yako could qualify as Pegasus' Expy. Goes crazy after losing a loved one? Check. Wants to bring said loved one back regardless of what it takes? Check. Takes someone close to Yugi as hostage? Check. Even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Gekko when he mentions Yako is just like Pegasus (hell, he probably took Pegasus's will to do what he did as inspiration).
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Non-Girlfriend]]: Yako kidnapping Anzu drives the entire plot.
* MadEye: So what was your first clue that Yako wasn't [[IncrediblyLamePun playing with a full deck?]] To elaborate, his right eye bulges very nastily when he's at his mst volatile.
* RevengeByProxy: Yako targets Yugi by turning Anzu into a HumanSacrifice so he can resurrect Pegasus.
* SempaiKohai: Yako is Pegasus' kohai. One of them.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: During the final showdown against Yako, The Wicked Avatar takes Yugi's form. Yako says it's a manifestation of Yugi's hatred for his other self for being the true Game King and preventing Yugi from earning that glory himself. Yami almost falls for it, until Yugi briefly takes over and insists that he would never have been able to [[DefeatMeansFriendship make so many new friends]] or broaden his horizons if it hadn't been for his other self.
* TookALevelInBadass: He went from being riducled as a "bad copy" of Gekko before the beginning of the series to a Duelist that defeated SETO KAIBA. And he claim damn close to beating Yugi as well, no less than three times. Even when he wasn't using the Wicked Gods, he still seems to have retained his newfound prowess.
* TwinSwitch: Sort of - Yako pulls a GrandTheftMe on his twin brother, Gekko, in order to test his new deck against Yugi.
* TheUnFavorite: Yako believed he was the worse duelist out of the two. Pegasus described Gekko as a perfect duelist, while Yako was "an unfinished rough diamond." Subverted by the end of the series, where it is revealed that Pegasus saw the potential in Yako to be a great duelist, hence the "rough diamond" metaphor, while Gekko had "perfected" himself and was incapable of growing any stronger.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Yako used to be a quiet, withdrawn young man. That all changed once he started creating the Evil Gods, which warped his grief over Pegasus' death into homicidal rage toward Yugi.
* WhiteGloves: Yako wears them, and they're quite noticeable when his coat falls open and he looks more casual...aside from those gloves..
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