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Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses his first match. He later turns up in Battle City, as well as the Doma arc.
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Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses his first match. He later turns up in Battle City, as well as the Doma arc.arc; [[spoiler: he loses to Joey and gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after toying Yugi too much]]. His last major appearance is in the last TournamentArc.
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* BreakingSpeech: Gives one to Yami; it actually almost works.
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* HannibalLecture: Gives one to Yami; it actually almost works.
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* BatmanGambit: He goads Yami Yugi into playing the Seal of Orichalcos, and beating him while he is under the influence.
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* GambitRoulette[=/=]XanatosGambit: He goads Yami Yugi into playing the Seal of Orichalcos, and beating him while he is under the influence.
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The first Rare Hunter encountered in the show (unless one counts a brainwashed Keith) he's never given a name. He beats Joey and takes his Red-Eyes and is in turn beaten by Yugi. He runs an Exodia deck that focusses on assembling Exodia and using it to defeat his opponents.
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The first Rare Hunter encountered in the show (unless one counts a brainwashed Keith) he's never given a name. He beats Joey and takes his Red-Eyes and is in turn beaten by Yugi. He runs an Exodia deck that focusses focuses on assembling Exodia and using it to defeat his opponents.
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* CurbstompBattle: Against Yami Yugi, who handed his ass to him after Yugi activates a trap that destroys the same cards, rendering him unable receive an insta-win with Exodia. To know how it's a curb-stomp battle, Yami Yugi ''never'' lost a single life point (upgraded to 4000 rather than the usual 2000).
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* SocialDarwinistSocialDarwinist: In the manga, this even applies to himself.
-->''"Seto! I lost my game with you! Burn this into your brain! '''[[DrivenToSuicide This]]''' is what a loser deserves! '''[[LaughingMad Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!]]'''
-->''"Seto! I lost my game with you! Burn this into your brain! '''[[DrivenToSuicide This]]''' is what a loser deserves! '''[[LaughingMad Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!]]'''
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* CheatersNeverProsper: Rather than dueling, he, Sid, and Zygor spend all their time at Battle City scaring people into giving them their Locator Cards. This ultimately leads to them encounter Bakura and making an abrupt exit from the show.
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* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Yami Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, PaniK ties a noose around his neck to MAKE SURE Yami dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Yami Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
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* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Yami Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, PaniK Panik ties a noose around his neck to MAKE SURE Yami dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Yami Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
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An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Eliminators. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Yugi. His deck is based around using Castle of Dark Illusions to shroud the field. Most of his monsters gain field power bonus when played at night.
An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Eliminators. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Yugi. His deck is based around using Castle of Dark Illusions to shroud the field. Most of his monsters gain field power bonus when played at night.
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* CheatersNeverProsper: His In the anime, his use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Yami, who disposes of Panik after his victory.
* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Yami Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, PaniK ties a noose around his neck to MAKE SURE Yami dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Yami Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
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* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, Panik relies more on scare tactics and pyrotechnics than actual talent.
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* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, Panik relies more on scare tactics and and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.
**Pft. Mind Crush? Try being hanged by a noose over a dark abyss. Which is what happened to him in the manga.
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* TheLoad: Ota/Nesbit, who is arguably the weakest duelist in the group (having been defeated by Serenity of all people) and in the duel against Yugi and Joey totally blows the substantial lead that Ganzley, Crump, and Johnson had established, requiring [[TheDragon Lector]] to step in in order to stave off defeat. Crump, perhaps surprisingly, isn't this; despite his humiliating loss to Tea he firmly establishes himself as NotSoHarmless during the group duel.
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* TheLoad: Ota/Nesbit, who is arguably the weakest duelist in the group (having been defeated by Serenity of all people) and in the duel against Yugi and Joey totally blows the substantial lead that Ganzley, Crump, and Johnson had established, requiring [[TheDragon Lector]] to step in in order to stave off defeat. Crump, perhaps surprisingly, isn't this; despite his humiliating loss to Tea he firmly establishes himself as NotSoHarmless a NotSoHarmlessVillain during the group duel.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the Japanese version--Mask of Light and Mask of Darkness respectively.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the Japanese version, he's only known by his title, "The Player Killer of Darkness."
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* WorthyOpponent: Plays totally fairly and respects Jounouchi's skills as a duelist. The sentiment is returned by Jounouchi, who notes unlike a lost of his past opponents, Odion has played a fair duel and it's been one of the toughest yes. Which leads into problems since he's supposed to be impersonating Marik, who has shown no problems cheating and setting up unfair games.
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* WorthyOpponent: Plays totally fairly and respects Jounouchi's skills as a duelist. The sentiment is returned by Jounouchi, who notes unlike a lost of his past opponents, Odion has played a fair duel and it's been one of the toughest yes.yet. Which leads into problems since he's supposed to be impersonating Marik, who has shown no problems cheating and setting up unfair games.
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* DeathByIrony: All of them lose in ironic fashions -- Ganzley spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to its ability; Crump declares Dark Magician Girl is useless without the Dark Magician so Tea summons Yugi's; Johnson loses because he can't tell if Joey's telling the truth about his cards or not; Nesbitt picks Serenity as an opponent because she's inexperienced and it's her monster that finishes him off; Lector considers himself superior to Kaiba and loses when Kaiba pulls out a monster with a higher level than Lector's; and finally, in their duel with Yugi and Joey, they allowed Joey to duel with Yugi because they thought he would be the weak link, but it was Joey's card that won them the duel.
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* DeathByIrony: All of them lose in ironic fashions -- fashions:
** Ganzley spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to itsability; ability
** Crump declares Dark Magician Girl is useless without the DarkMagician Magician, so Tea summons Yugi's; Yugi's
** Johnson loses because he can't tell if Joey's telling the truth about his cards ornot; not'
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** In their combined duel with Yugi and Joey, they allowed Joey to duel with Yugi because they thought he would be the weak link, but it was Joey'scard cards that won them the duel.
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** In their combined duel with Yugi and Joey, they allowed Joey to duel with Yugi because they thought he would be the weak link, but it was Joey's
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* NotSoHarmless: Crump. He uses a deck filled with penguins, which he's been obsessed with since childhood, and comes off as so pathetic in his duel with Tea that you almost feel sorry for him. Then in the duel between the Big Five and Yugi & Joey (in which most of the cards on the field belong to other Big Five members) he and his Deck Master, Nightmare Penguin, really come into their own, boosting the power of the WATER monsters Ganzley had played and establishing an enormous lead for the Big Five.
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* NotSoHarmless: NotSoHarmlessVillain: Crump. He uses a deck filled with penguins, which he's been obsessed with since childhood, and comes off as so pathetic in his duel with Tea that you almost feel sorry for him. Then in the duel between the Big Five and Yugi & Joey (in which most of the cards on the field belong to other Big Five members) he and his Deck Master, Nightmare Penguin, really come into their own, boosting the power of the WATER monsters Ganzley had played and establishing an enormous lead for the Big Five.
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* RapeIsLove: Seems to think so, given that his goal is to get Marik to brainwash Catherine into loving him again.
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Oshita uses a Reptile deck that concentrates on locking down his opponent's options; Deep Sea Fisherman is his Deck Master. Otaki uses a water/ice deck filled with penguins; his Deck Master is Nightmare Penguin. Ooka uses a Fusion deck along with cards that emulate a courtroom setting; his Deck Master is Judgeman. Ota uses a Machine deck that has Perfect Machine King as its trump card; his Deck Master is Robotic Knight. Daimon uses a Lockdown strategy that focuses on Injection Fairy Lily and Satellite Cannon; his Deck Master is Jinzo.
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Oshita uses a Reptile deck that concentrates on locking down his opponent's options; Deep Sea Fisherman Warrior is his Deck Master. Otaki uses a water/ice deck filled with penguins; his Deck Master is Nightmare Penguin. Ooka uses a Fusion deck along with cards that emulate a courtroom setting; his Deck Master is Judgeman. Ota uses a Machine deck that has Perfect Machine King as its trump card; his Deck Master is Robotic Knight. Daimon uses a Lockdown strategy that focuses on Injection Fairy Lily and Satellite Cannon; his Deck Master is Jinzo.
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* DeathByIrony: All of them lose in ironic fashions -- Ganzley spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to its ability; Crump declares Dark Magician Girl is useless without the Dark Magician so Tea summons Yugi's; Johnson loses because he can't tell if Joey's telling the truth about his cards or not; Nesbitt picks Serenity as an opponent because she's inexperienced and it's her monster that finishes him off; Lector considers himself superior to Kaiba and loses when Kaiba pulls out a monster with a higher level than Lector's.
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* DeathByIrony: All of them lose in ironic fashions -- Ganzley spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to its ability; Crump declares Dark Magician Girl is useless without the Dark Magician so Tea summons Yugi's; Johnson loses because he can't tell if Joey's telling the truth about his cards or not; Nesbitt picks Serenity as an opponent because she's inexperienced and it's her monster that finishes him off; Lector considers himself superior to Kaiba and loses when Kaiba pulls out a monster with a higher level than Lector's.Lector's; and finally, in their duel with Yugi and Joey, they allowed Joey to duel with Yugi because they thought he would be the weak link, but it was Joey's card that won them the duel.
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* AffablyEvil: Is very polite in his duel with Jounouchi, in the dub referring to him as "Mr. Wheeler," and clearly respects Jounouchi's dueling skills even when Jounouchi is about to lose. It's what gives his Marik disguise away.
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* AffablyEvil: Is very polite in his duel with Jounouchi, in the dub referring to him as "Mr. Wheeler," and clearly respects Jounouchi's dueling skills even when Jounouchi is about to lose. It's what gives his Marik disguise away. In addition, he himself isn't so much evil as he is completely devoted to protecting Marik.
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* AffablyEvil: Is very polite in his duel with Jounouchi, in the dub referring to him as "Mr. Wheeler".
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* AffablyEvil: Is very polite in his duel with Jounouchi, in the dub referring to him as "Mr. Wheeler".Wheeler," and clearly respects Jounouchi's dueling skills even when Jounouchi is about to lose. It's what gives his Marik disguise away.
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Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses his first match. He later turns up in Battle City, as well as the Doma arc.
As his name suggests, he uses an Insect deck. His trump cards are Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth and Insect Queen (which he lost to Jounouchi via the ante rules of Battle City, but he quickly gains another one).
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* AnimalMotifs: Bugs.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Yugi first met Haga, he seemed like a ''very'' nice guy, nicer than Ryuzaki ironically enough. He was very polite overall, gave some advice to both Yugi and Jounouchi, and seemed pretty tame to the GenreBlind. Yugi liked and admired him right after meeting him, which was why he [[WhatAnIdiot trusted the complete stranger with handling his grandfather's cards despite their not being water-proof and a large body of water being nearby.]] It was more noticeable in the Japanese version than in the English dub, in which he sounded unbelievably sarcastic the entire time. Now, of course, fans know [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[SmugSnake he's]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing really like.]]
* CheatersNeverProsper
* DealWithTheDevil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Yugi.
* {{Determinator}}: Along with Ryuzaki, in the anime. Never gave up no matter how many times he got his ass kicked. [[CrazyAwesome Biked off of a cliff to catch the rope ladder from Raphael's helicopter.]] [[{{Determinator}} Just because he wanted a better chance at defeating the Pharaoh.]] Then, in the next tournament, [[HolyShitQuotient they both beat up a duelist, tied him up, stole his clothes,]] [[TotemPoleTrench and stood on top of each other]] [[HolyShitQuotient just for another chance at fame.]] Yeah. They both qualify.
* DirtyCoward: Resorts to cheating every time, and always [[VillainousBreakdown loses it when he loses]].
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* FreakyIsCool: ''Adores'' insects, spiders, and all things creepy-crawly.
* HannibalLecture: Gives one to Yami; it actually almost works.
* JerkAss: BIG TIME.
* JerkJock: For a guy who plays a card game, he is so clearly channeling this attitude.
* LetsGetDangerous: His second battle with Yami.
* MeaningfulName: Aside from his obvious dub name, his Japanese given name roughly means, "Moth Wings." Particularly fitting given what one of his trump cards is.
* NerdGlasses
* NotSoDifferent: Points out that Yami was as selfish and callous as he was when he unleashed the Seal and points out that technically Yami's worse since he knew he'd put his friend in danger, which even he didn't do.
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SmugSnake: His main attribute and, arguably, his [[FatalFlaw principal weakness]]. He really ''is'' a great duelist and strategist but he is very over-confident and tends to underestimate his opponents, leading to his inevitable [[VillainousBreakdown downfall]].
** The only time he seemed to ''stop'' being so smug (at least at first) was against the Pharaoh during the Doma arc. He genuinely expected a big duel when he initiated it and spent about three-fourths of the duel utterly ''[[CurbStompBattle stomping]]'' the Pharaoh. He didn't really start doing badly until his [[FatalFlaw smugness]] crept in again. Oh, and especially when the Pharaoh [[UnstoppableRage absolutely flipped out in response to his cruel joke]], and got help from [[AssPull quite a few good draws]] in his final play.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Rex.
* VillainousBreakdown: Every time he loses.
* VillainousCrush: Shows a few signs of having one on Anzu in the original Japanese version only. He attempts to flirt with her at the Battle City tournament, calling her "a cute lady." Her [[{{Squick}} reaction]] was less than interested. He apparently had some hard feelings about that because later, in the Doma arc, he tells her that she looks terrible despite saying that she shouldn't feel proud "just because she's cute" an episode later. He apparently doesn't take well to rejection.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In Battle City, he hired a kid to sabotage Joey's deck. When the kid demands his payment of a rare card, Weevil gives him a lame card. When the kid protests, Weevil sprays him with silly string and runs away (in the manga, it was ''a can of insecticide'').
!!'''Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Rex Raptor)'''
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He lost to Haga in the finale of the Japanese National Tournament. Just like Haga, he was also invited to Duelist Kingdom. He loses to Jonouchi. He later appears in the Battle City and Doma arcs.
As his name suggests, he uses a Dinosaur deck, though his trump cards are all Dragons: Serpent Night Dragon (which he lost to Espa Roba via the ante rules of Battle City), Red-Eyes Black Dragon (which he lost in a wager to Jonouchi), and Tyrant Dragon, which he gains in the Doma arc.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Jounouchi.
* {{Determinator}}: See Weevil/Haga's description for the trope.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Actually, it's reversed--Dragons Are Dinosaurs. He's a dinosaur duelist, but his strongest monsters are Serpent Night Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Tyrant Dragon, as when the original anime was being made there were no high-powered Dinosaur cards and the type as a whole was very unsupported. This would be fixed several years later during the timeframe of ''GX's'' production, hence Tyranno Kenzan.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* JerkJock: Not to the same degree as Weevil, but he's still very smug about his abilities and treats weaker players like garbage.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Haga/Weevil.
!!Panik
An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Eliminators. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Yugi. His deck is based around using Castle of Dark Illusions to shroud the field. Most of his monsters gain field power bonus when played at night.
* AxeCrazy
* TheBrute: Of the Eliminators. He's probably the least talented of the four, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents,is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: His use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Yami, who disposes of Panik after his victory.
* DarkIsEvil
* DeflectorShield: He combos Chaos Shield with Castle of Dark Illusions to make his side of the field impossible to attack.
* DirtyCoward: Pushes other people down in order to make himself feel braver. Yami isn't buying it.
* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, Panik relies more on scare tactics and pyrotechnics than actual talent.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Yami Mind Crushes him. No one really cares.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* PsychoForHire: Joined up with Pegasus because he likes breaking people.
* PyroManiac: Uses flamethrowers to fry the opponent's seat during duels and throw them off their game. He later tries to kill Yugi with them.
* SlasherSmile
* SoreLoser: Tries to burn Yugi/Yami 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.
!!'''Keith Howard (Bandit Keith)'''
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The American Champ, called "Bandit" Keith due to him winning all the big prizes. He issues a challenge to Pegasus, but he's defeated. He turns to the darker side of dueling afterwards, until he winds up in Duelist Kingdom to get revenge on Pegasus. After his defeat by Jonouchi he is expelled from the tournament, and in the anime, ends up as one of Marik's first Mind Slaves.
He uses a Machine deck, which is later augmented with many rare cards by Marik. His trump cards are Metalzoa, Barrel Dragon, and Slot Machine; while under Marik's control Machine King and rare fiend Zera The Mant are added to his arsenal.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga Joey kicks his ass in a fistfight. In the anime, Keith hands Joey his rear end, and beats up Bonz, Zygor, and Sid all at once.
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim: In the manga, Pegaus' penalty game kills him. In the anime, Marik turns him into a mindslave. Either way, not very easy to pity.]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blond and the biggest douche in the entire show.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the anime Marik does this to him at one point.
* TheBrute: And lord, how. He even beats up Yugi, of all people! Contrast to Pegasus, who takes up the role of the SquishyWizard.
* CheatersNeverProsper: He walks Bonz through his duel with Joey, so that he can see every card Joey has. He beats up Bonz, Sid, and Zygor and steals their Star Chips after Bonz's defeat, and traps Yugi, Joey, and co. in an underground labyrinth. He steals Joey's entry card to try and avoid their duel. He hides his set of "7 Completed" cards inside his wristbands during their match. And yet he still gets his ass kicked by Joey and unceremoniously expelled from the island by Pegasus when he tries to take the prize money by force.
* CoolShades[=/=]SunglassesAtNight[=/=]SinisterShades: Keith always wears his shades, and they do a lot to enhance both the sense of menace and assholery that he gives off.
* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2.
* EvilLaugh[=/=]UnEvilLaugh: YourMileageMayVary. Keith's high, girly laugh isn't especially ''menacing'', but it ''does'' sound quite unhinged.
* EvilerThanThou: He never really gets the chance to act on it, but his objective is to payback Pegasus for humiliating him.
* {{Foil}}: Keith's short-temper, {{Smug Snake}}ry, and use of physical force makes for a pretty strong contrast with ManipulativeBastard and GentlemanSnarker Pegasus.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: They're typically hidden by SinisterShades, but when we do see Keith's eyes they're small, narrow and veiny.
* HairTriggerTemper
* JerkAss: Other characters may be more ''evil'' than Keith, but no one--except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba--is a bigger asshole.
* JerkJock: Keith's what happens when the captain of the football team from every teen movie ever made turns twenty-six and decides to play Duel Monsters.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Or at least to distrust.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Pegasus.
* RussianRoulette: Played it in his depression over his loss to Pegasus.
* [[spoiler:SchrodingersCast]]
* SmugSnake: Lord yes. Keith thinks the world owes him something.
* SoreLoser: Does not take defeat well. "No one beats Bandit Keith!"
* [[spoiler: SparedByTheAdaptation]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Does it to Joey and Pegasus.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead
!!"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Bonz
A creepy midget who plays a Zombie deck, "Ghost" Kotsuzuka is first introduced as one of Bandit Keith's henchmen, alongside his friends Zygor and Sid. Seeking to scope out the competition, Keith sets Kotsuzuka and Jonouchi/Joey against one another; when Kotsuzuka is defeated, Keith beats him up and steals his Star Chips. Kotsuzuka resurfaces alongside Sid and Zygor at Battle City where he makes the fatal mistake of challenging The Spirit of the Millennium Ring.
His trump cards are Call of the Haunted (which is a ''lot'' more powerful than its real-life counterpart), Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Great Mammoth of Goldfine.
* AnimeHair
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: A skull-faced midget who runs a Zombie deck?
* CheatersNeverProsper: Rather than dueling, he, Sid, and Zygor spend all their time at Battle City scaring people into giving them their Locator Cards. This ultimately leads to them encounter Bakura and making an abrupt exit from the show.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: His henchmen, Sid and Zygor. Zygor's the DumbMuscle, Sid's the talker.
!!'''The Meikyu Brothers (The Paradox Brothers)'''
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Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as eliminators. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in the series' first Tag Team Duel, threatening to leave the good guys trapped underground if they lost. They reappear in YuGiOhGX, facing Judai and Shou in a Tag Team Duel, but are defeated once again.
The brothers both use decks that turn the game into a labyrinth board game. Their trump card is Gate Guardian.
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* BaldOfEvil
* BashBrothers
* CreepyTwins
* EvilLaugh
* FinishingEachOthersSentences
* KnightsAndKnaves: Pull this when questioned on the way out of their dungeon.
* RhymesOnADime: Only in the dub.
* TattooedCrook
* ThemeTwinNaming/ MeaningfulName: In the Japanese version, their names are Mei and Kyu (Meikyu is Labyrinth). In the English version, their names are Para and Dox (Paradox).
!!The Rare Hunter/Seeker
The first Rare Hunter encountered in the show (unless one counts a brainwashed Keith) he's never given a name. He beats Joey and takes his Red-Eyes and is in turn beaten by Yugi. He runs an Exodia deck that focusses on assembling Exodia and using it to defeat his opponents.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In addition to loading his deck with three copies of Exodia, he also marks his cards in the dub (in the original, his cards are counterfeit). He still loses, and it's largely because his deck is so filled with Exodia pieces that he can't draw anything else.
* EgomaniacHunter: Displays this attitude towards card hunting.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's always addressed as "Rare Hunter" in the anime; the name "Seeker" is only used in one of the video games.
* SmugSnake: Seems to think that simply having Exodia makes him invincible.
* StoneWall: Stone Statue of the Aztecs and Gear Golem, which he uses to defend his Life Points while he searches for Exodia.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik.
!!Pandora/Arkana
A former stage magician who lost his good looks to a fire and his girlfriend to the BSOD that followed, he serves as one of Marik's Rare Hunters in the hopes of winning her back. He runs a Spellcaster deck designed specifically to counter many of Yugi's best cards, and many of the cards emulate a magician's act. His trump card is the Dark Magician.
* AxeCrazy
* CheatersNeverProsper: Trims his cards and uses trick shuffling to bring his Dark Magician into his opening hand.
* DirtyCoward: Panics every time the duel is turning against him.
* EvilCounterpart: Not Arkana himself, but his Dark Magician, with its [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy white hair]] and evil smile is very much the evil counterpart to Yugi's Dark Magician.
* GigglingVillain
* LoveMakesYouCrazy
* LoveMakesYouEvil
* MaskPower
* NiceHat: Still wears his magician's hat.
* RapeIsLove: Seems to think so, given that his goal is to get Marik to brainwash Catherine into loving him again.
* SlasherSmile
* StageMagician
* TheUnreveal: Shows Yugi his face. Yugi is repulsed, we don't get to see it.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Has no problem with sacrificing his monsters wily-nily, and has the gall to insult them.
!!Lumis and Umbra
Two of Marik's Rare Hunters, whom he orders to take on Yugi and Kaiba in a double duel. They run a Mask Deck that focusses on locking down the opponents' options and draining their Life Points. Their trump cards are The Masked Beast (3200/1800) and Masked Beast-Des Gardius (3300/2500).
* {{Acrofatic}}: Lumis is surprisingly agile.
* BashBrothers: Before Kaiba starts screwing with them.
* DarkIsEvil: Most of Umbra's monsters are Dark.
* LightIsNotGood: Most of Lumis' monsters are Light.
* MaskOfPower: Most of their cards are masks that make their monsters stronger or their opponents' monsters weaker.
* MaskPower: Far more competent with their masks on.
* MeaningfulName: Lumis and Umbra mean light and dark.
* NotSoHarmless: In their first apperance, they don't wear their masks and are easily defeated. In their second they keep Yugi and Kaiba busy for four episodes.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: They play dumb the first time they run into Yugi and Kaiba. The second time, not so much.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Marik pulls it on Lumis (Umbra had already fallen off the building).
!!'''Rishid Ishtar (Odion Ishtar)'''
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Marik's older brother by adoption and [[TheDragon dragon]]. He poses as Marik while Marik tries to infiltrate Yugi's gang.
His uses a deck themed on Egyptian mythology, which consists almost entirely of Trap cards. His trump card is Mystical Beast of Serket.
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* AffablyEvil: Is very polite in his duel with Jounouchi, in the dub referring to him as "Mr. Wheeler".
* AntiVillain: He only follows Marik to protect him and keep his dark personality in check.
* BadassCape
* BaldOfEvil: On first appearance.
* BigBrotherInstinct
* CannibalismSuperpower: His Mystical Beast Serket gains half the ATK of every creature it devours. This is a bad thing.
* TheDragon
* JerkassFacade: Acts like a bastard in his duel with Joey, but then again, he's impersonating Marik.
* LargeAndInCharge
* MoralityChain: He keeps Marik's dark personality in check.
* NobleDemon
** NobleTopEnforcer: Unlike Marik (and every other Rare Hunter), Odion forgoes cheating in favor of kicking ass fairly.
* ObviousTrap: His deck is based around setting those, which the opponent is then forced to activate.
* RedRightHand: The scarring/tattoos on his face.
* ScaryBlackMan
* TattooedCrook
* TrapMaster
* ScaryScorpions: His Mystical Beast Serket. 2500 ATK. 2000 DEF. Can add half the ATK of every creature it devours to its score. That's pretty darn scary.
* TheStoic: Contends with Raphael and Shadi for the title.
* TheUnfavourite: His adoptive father never saw him as more than a servant, and it only got worse once Ishizu and Marik were born.
* VillainBall: He had Joey beat. Then Marik forces him to grab this by summoning Ra.
* WorthyOpponent: Plays totally fairly. Considering who is he supposed to be impersonating, this causes a few problems.
!!'''The Big Five'''
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The Kaiba Corp board of directors, consisting of Oshita (Gansley), Otaki (Crump), Ooka (Johnson), Ota (Nesbitt) and Daimon (Lector). Played a part in Kaiba's takeover of the company when Gozaburo ran things, but once Kaiba took over he stripped them of their power and left them as figureheads. They've since tried various schemes to take the company for themselves, that ultimately result in them being locked in a virtual world; they must each defeat a member of the main cast in a duel in order to escape.
Oshita uses a Reptile deck that concentrates on locking down his opponent's options; Deep Sea Fisherman is his Deck Master. Otaki uses a water/ice deck filled with penguins; his Deck Master is Nightmare Penguin. Ooka uses a Fusion deck along with cards that emulate a courtroom setting; his Deck Master is Judgeman. Ota uses a Machine deck that has Perfect Machine King as its trump card; his Deck Master is Robotic Knight. Daimon uses a Lockdown strategy that focuses on Injection Fairy Lily and Satellite Cannon; his Deck Master is Jinzo.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Twice. The first time is when they all possess Tristan's body, the second is when they sacrifice all of their Deck Masters to summon Five-Headed Dragon.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Lector. He's got dark skin, dark hair, and a six foot thick Southern accent in the dub.
* AmericanAccents: Lector's a pretty straight up Dixie accent in the dub.
* AmoralAttorney: Ooka/Johnson. In the Japanese version he says outright he has no problem twisting the facts, and claims "the truth" is whatever tale he can spin for the court.
* AnimeHair: Lector.
* BaldOfEvil: Ganzley in his real body, Lector as Jinzo.
* BeardOfEvil: Lector.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They betrayed Gozaburo to Kaiba, and Kaiba to Pegasus, before trapping him in a virtual world. After they themselves were trapped there, they join up with Noah, but have no problems flaunting his rules and going behind his back in their desperation to get out of there. Finally, they violate the terms of their duel with Yugi and Joey, refusing to return Tristan's body despite having promised to.
* CoolMask: Ganzley as Deep Sea Fisherman. Lector wears one along with some SinisterShades when he first appears; one could argue that the mask he wears as Jinzo counts too.
* {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s
* {{Cyborg}}: Lector as Jinzo; Nesbitt would desperately like to be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Somewhat surprisingly, Ganzley, who keeps up a pretty constant barrage of understated sarcasm in the initial part of his duel with Yugi.
* DealWithTheDevil: They cut deals with Pegasus and then Noah in hopes of gaining control of [=KaibaCorp=]. Lector's "A Deal With Dark Ruler" card simulates this, summoning Berserk Dragon in exchange for half his lifepoints.
* DeathByIrony: All of them lose in ironic fashions -- Ganzley spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to its ability; Crump declares Dark Magician Girl is useless without the Dark Magician so Tea summons Yugi's; Johnson loses because he can't tell if Joey's telling the truth about his cards or not; Nesbitt picks Serenity as an opponent because she's inexperienced and it's her monster that finishes him off; Lector considers himself superior to Kaiba and loses when Kaiba pulls out a monster with a higher level than Lector's.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Their Five-Headed Dragon is supposed to be unbeatable, having the highest attack of any monster in the game at that time, and an immunity to Trap Cards, Spell Cards, and attacks by any monster that doesn't have the Light attribute. Yugi and Kaiba take it down with Master of Dragon Soldier in their first confrontation with it, while Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey use a Dark Flare Knight/Mirage Knight combination the second time.
* DirtyOldMan: Otaki/Crump.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Initially they're an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, with the collective goal of taking over [=KaibaCorp=] for unspecified, but undoubtedly sinister intentions. In the "Virtual Nightmare" arc, they're all given separate personalities, and objectives, and while they all share the goal of defeating Kaiba and escaping into the real world, their reasons for hating him are fleshed out, with them being gaining separate backstories and motivations. Ganzley and Johnson are just greedy, Crump resents Kaiba mocking his penguin obsession, Nesbitt's angry about his work being disposed of, and Lector's TheResenter par excellence.
* {{Dracolich}}: Berserk Dragon.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Crump certainly thinks so, and his Nightmare Penguin Deck Master reflects that belief.
* EvilOldFolks: Ganzley, who actually needs a cane to support himself.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In the dub, they all have fairly low voices, with Ganzley and Nesbitt hitting the lowest notes.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Johnson and especially Lector, who in the English dub at least, is incapable of addressing anyone informally, despite being the biggest bastard of the entire group.
* FatBastard: Ganzley and Crump are noticeably portly.
* FiveBadBand: If the name wasn't a tip off.
** BigBad: Oshita/Ganzley (among the group at least)
** TheDragon: Daimon/Lector, who seems to be second-in-command, and is definitely their best duelist. One could argue that Five-Headed Dragon is this to the group as a whole, with Berserk Dragon being Lector's.
** TheBrute: Ooka/Johnson, his dueling "strategy" is to abuse his Deck Master's KillEmAll ability to keep the opponent's field cleared.
** EvilGenius: Ota/Nesbitt, robot engineer and weapons expert.
** DarkChick: Otaki/Crump, the most sympathetic and absurd, being a penguin fanatic and all.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Lector's Injection Fairy Lilly. She's a small cute fairy with only 400/1500. However, by paying 2000 Life Points he can raise her attack to 3400 until the end of his turn, making her very hard to get rid of.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Johnson's real body, Lecter's Deck Master body.
* GeniusBruiser: Subverted. Nesbitt thinks he's become one after fusing to create Perfect Machine King but he's probably the weakest duelist of the group.
* GoodWithNumbers: Otaki/Crump.
* GrandTheftMe: What they try to do.
* HumongousMecha: Nesbitt becomes one when he fuses with Machine King to become Perfect Machine King.
* ILied: Lector's response when Yugi reminds him that he promised to return Tristan's body if the Big 5 were defeated.
* LastNameBasis: Only Crump's first name has been revealed, and they are all addressed by their last names.
* TheLoad: Ota/Nesbit, who is arguably the weakest duelist in the group (having been defeated by Serenity of all people) and in the duel against Yugi and Joey totally blows the substantial lead that Ganzley, Crump, and Johnson had established, requiring [[TheDragon Lector]] to step in in order to stave off defeat. Crump, perhaps surprisingly, isn't this; despite his humiliating loss to Tea he firmly establishes himself as NotSoHarmless during the group duel.
* TheManBehindTheMan: They think they're this to Pegasus; in reality he's just using them.
* NotSoHarmless: Crump. He uses a deck filled with penguins, which he's been obsessed with since childhood, and comes off as so pathetic in his duel with Tea that you almost feel sorry for him. Then in the duel between the Big Five and Yugi & Joey (in which most of the cards on the field belong to other Big Five members) he and his Deck Master, Nightmare Penguin, really come into their own, boosting the power of the WATER monsters Ganzley had played and establishing an enormous lead for the Big Five.
* OddNameOut: Daimon in the Japanese, as the only one who's name doesn't begin with an "o". He arguably counts in the English as well, given that his name is a ShoutOut to Hannibal Lector, while the others are just made up names.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: In their initial appearances.
* OneWingedAngel: Nesbitt fuses with Machine King to create Perfect Machine King. The entire Big Five do this in their final match, when they summon Five-Headed Dragon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their Five-Headed Dragon is a GameBreaker with 5000/5000, that destroys all cards on the field through the act of being summoned and can only be harmed by a monster with the Light Attribute. After it's destruction in their duel with Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey, Lector summons the Berserk Dragon, a freaky [[TheUndead undead]] monster with 3500/0 that can attack the entire field at once (but fortunately loses 500 ATK points every turn).
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lector delivers a lengthy one to Kaiba in which he calls him out on his ruthless attitude and treatment of Mokuba.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Ganzley's deck.
* TheResenter: They all resent Kaiba for his control of the company, but Daimon/Lector is the most classic example, feeling control of the company should have come to him due to his status as Gozaburo's right-hand man.
* ShoutOut: In the English dub, "Lector" is named for Hannibal Lector, and in [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081213044448/yugioh/images/c/c1/JinzoYAP1-EN-UR-LE.png the Jinzo body]] looks the part a bit.
* SinisterSilhouettes: In their initial appearances.
* SmugSnake: All of them. They range from very low-functioning (Crump and Nesbitt) to the far more high-functioning Ganzley and Lector. Johnson may be the most classic of them, with his condescending attitude, arrogance, and smarmy personality.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Their deck masters have this to varying degrees, most prominently [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/23/DeepseaWarriorPSV-EN-C.jpg Deepsea Warrior]] and [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/2a/JinzoPSV-EN-ScR.jpg Jinzo]].
* VillainBall: Oshita actually had Yugi beat, but decided to drag their duel out because he wanted to watch him squirm.
* VirtualGhost
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: In the group duel, Yugi and Joey manage to do the [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable near impossible]] and take down the Five-Headed Dragon, which served as the group's collective Deck Master and is all but undefeatable. They celebrate, they cheer--and then Lector activates [[DealWithTheDevil A Deal With Dark Ruler]] to summon [[TheUndead Berserk Dragon]] as their new Deck Master, even as Yugi and Joey's all powerful Mirage Knight splits back into the Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman that were used to summon it. [[OhCrap Uh-oh]].
!!'''Gozaburo Kaiba'''
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The former head of Kaiba Corporation and Seto Kaiba's adopted father. When Kaiba took over the company, Gozaburo either fled in shame, commited suicide or was killed by Kaiba himself, depending on the adaptation. In the anime, he is the mastermind of the Virtual World arc and Noah's father.
He uses an Exodia deck, focusing on Exodia Necros.
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* AbusiveDad: To his ''three'' sons.
* ArchnemesisDad: Has reached this status with regards to Kaiba by the time of the Virtual World Arc.
* BadassMoustache: A little bit badass, mixed in with loads of ruthlessness, but the 'stash is undeniably badass.
* BigBad: Of the Virtual World Filler arc.
* BigOlEyebrows
* TheChessmaster: He's a superb chessplayer. He also has traits of this as a villain, setting his plans in motion far in advance.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* DeathByIrony: He tries to pull this on Kaiba, intending to defeat him in duel monsters the same way Kaiba defeated him in chess. It didn't work out.
* EvilMentor: His grooming of Kaiba to be his heir was intended to make him a vessel for Noah's mind. In the dub he comes to decide why bother, when Seto is just as smart and capable as Noah, while in the Japanese he decided to take Seto's body for himself when he died.
* FillerVillain: Although he at least has a legitimate reason for showing up.
* GlassCannon: Exodia Necros seems invincible, but when Kaiba figures out its weakness, he tears both it and Gozaburo to shreds.
* GrandTheftMe: Tries it on Kaiba.
* HotbloodedSideburns: His chops complete the trifecta that include his 'stash and his 'brows.
* ItsPersonal: With Kaiba.
* JerkAss: BIG. FUCKING. TIME.
* KnightTemplarParent: About the nicest way to interpret his personality is that he's so harsh and strict to temper Noah and Seto into strong, capable businessmen worthy of taking over Kaiba Corp. This is pre-death though; by the time of the Virtual World he tells Noah YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness, and doesn't care much about Kaiba anymore either.
* LackOfEmpathy: He's an AbusiveDad who considers his biological son expendable, and later returns to try and trap Kaiba and his allies in the Virtual World. He tells Kaiba that you can trust no one, including him, neglects Mokuba, abandoned Noah before using him for his own ends, and generally doesn't care about anyone beyond himself and his own legacy. He's not as over the top about it as the Spirit of the Millennium Ring and Dark Marik, but yeah--there's no empathy there.
* TheManBehindTheMan[=/=]GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The dub included foreshadowing of his appearance, most notably that Noah acts all along as if he knows Gozaburo is watching. In the original though his arrival is completely unexpected and Noah is shocked to see him, thinking he was dead like everyone else.
* NotQuiteDead
* OffingTheOffspring: His objective by the time of the Virtual World arc.
* OmnicidalManiac: Turns into this by the end of the Virtual World arc.
* OneWingedAngel: Transforms into a corrupted virus after his defeat, and tries to first possess Kaiba, and then take the group with him.
* ParentalAbandonment: Of Noah
* SelfMadeMan: According to Kaiba.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: A totally evil one.
* SmugSnake
* SocialDarwinist
* TakingYouWithMe: Tries it on the cast at the end, when he attacks their blimp.
* VillainBall: When he learns that the virtual world is set to be destroyed, he decides to take Kaiba's body by force and escape, but Kaiba convinces him to back off and finish the duel, since he was so intent on proving himself superior.
* VirtualGhost
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pulls it on Noah.
!!'''Grimo''' (Grerimo)
A duelist working for Dartz, he duels Yugi to test out the powers of the Seal of Orichalcos as when combined when the Egyptian God Cards. He plays a Warrior deck designed to swarm the field. In his duel against Yugi, he added the stolen Obelisk the Tormentor. When he loses, he manages to pass Obelisk to Rafael before his soul is taken.
* BeardOfEvil
* BilingualBonus: He speaks in Latin in the dub before he challenges Rex and Weevil.
* BlackCloak
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For the entire Doma organization, unveiling their dangerous-looking Duel Disk knock-off, the Seal of Orichalcos, and he can control the God Cards.
* FlatCharacter: Who is this guy? Why does he work for Dartz? What type of person is he? Questions we never get answers to.
* HighClassGlass
* YourSoulIsMine: It's practically his first line.
!!'''Rafael'''
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One of Dartz's henchmen, he lived a life of luxury until a shipwreck killed his family and left him stranded on a desert island with only his deck for company. As a result, he's very attached to his cards and refuses to let them be destroyed.
He uses a Guardian deck, along with many cards that protect his monsters from going to the graveyard, and is so far the only one of Dartz's henchmen whose cards are mostly real. His trump cards are Guardian Eatos and Guardian Dreadscythe.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Rebecca, who mentions that after she became the US champion, there were rumors that she only won because Rafael doesn't compete in championships. Arguably to Yami himself, given that Rafael beat him in their first duel, and only loses the HeroicRematch because he essentially surrendered after [[HeelRealization realizing the error of his ways]] despite still having the advantage in duel terms, though Yugi could still conceivably win.
* BerserkButton: Calling his dead family meaningless. [[spoiler: Dartz pushes it intentionally.]]
** Do NOT send any of his monsters to the graveyard, ESPECIALLY Eatos (which he considers his mother).
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* TheDragon: To Dartz
* EvilCounterpart: Is sometimes seen as Yami's.
* ExcaliburInTheRust: Variation. His cards are so old that the ink is fading and the edges are frayed. That doesn't change the fact that he has one of the most powerful decks in the series.
* GambitRoulette[=/=]XanatosGambit: He goads Yami Yugi into playing the Seal of Orichalcos, and beating him while he is under the influence.
* HeelFaceTurn
** [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam - Dartz does this to him once he proves useless]].
* HotbloodedSideburns: They point ''out''.
* KnightTemplar: A perfect counterpart to Yami Yugi, only more ruthless.
* TheMagicPokerEquation: The series as a whole is an example of this trope, but Rafael's drawing abilty still stands out, seeing as how he discards his entire hand on his first turn in both his duels to draw two extra cards each turn, manages to pull out his Guardian monsters with ease, a feat that requires the respective equip card to be present on the field, and is still able to duel competently.
* MeaningfulName: It's quite possible he's named after Archangel Raphael; he has a guardian motif, and angelic wings appear before he duels.
* NobleDemon: The only one of Dartz's minions that isn't AxCrazy.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: After his loss against Yami Yugi.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Rafael or Raphael?
* StartOfDarkness: Heartbreakingly highlighted in his past flashbacks.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The only one who's not having a SlasherSmile or SmugSuper, having a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vendetta against a certain organization]] and [[BloodKnight fight anyone just because they're there]]. Also the only one that honestly believes that Dartz will inspire world peace.
* WorthyOpponent: To Yugi. In their first duel he introduced himself as a true duelist, which Yugi finds ridiculous. In the HeroicRematch, Yugi calls him a true duelist himself.
* [[spoiler: TheWorfEffect: As soon as he goes for the Heel, he gets defeated by Dartz himself.]]
* YouCantFightFate: Or so he believes, anyway. Ironically, according to Dark Yugi, his bonds with his family and monsters hold the power to [[ScrewDestiny change destiny]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Hates duelists who treat monsters this way, but resorts to this himself after Eatos is destroyed and Deathscythe hits the field. [[spoiler: Dartz does this to him once he's no longer useful.]]
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Yami assumes he has gained a great advantage when he finally manages to destroy Guardian Eatos in their rematch, sending Rafael into a near breakdown. But while Eatos is Rafael's favorite card and extremely powerful, destroying her summons Guardian Dreadscythe, which is even ''worse''.
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!!'''Amelda''' (Alister)
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One of Dartz's henchmen, he and his little brother were caught in a warzone in a city caught between two countries supplied with Kaiba Corp weapons. When his brother was killed in battle, Amelda developed a deep hatred of Kaiba Corp [[spoiler: though it turns out to be Dartz who did it.]]
The first time he's shown dueling, he uses Pegasus' stolen deck along with fire cards focusing on Balrog. His true deck has a military theme, with soldiers, tanks, etc. His trump cards are Soldier Revolt and Air Fortress Ziggurat.
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* BareYourMidriff: Makes you think Dartz has [[spoiler: two]] or at least one DarkChick working for him.
* BerserkButton: Seeing the Kaiba Corp helicopters.
* [[spoiler:[[DeadLittleSister Dead Little Brother]]]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: And HOW.
* EvilCounterpart: Kaiba's second one in the anime.
* EvilGenius
* PlayingWithFire: His deck motif the first time around.
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Wants revenge on Seto simply because his adopted father's weapons were the result of his brother's death.]]
* StartOfDarkness: Survived a terrible war [[spoiler: but lost his beloved brother.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Carries his brother's favorite Dyna Dude action figure to always remember him.
* [[spoiler:TrickBoss]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He once was a proud big brother to his younger sibling until Gozaburo, [[spoiler: actually Dartz]], destroyed his home town. And he used to actually look like a normal boy.
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!!'''Varon[[hottip:*:Probably supposed to be Balon]]''' (Valon)
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One of Dartz's henchmen, he was a street kid who befriended a nun in a church owned by a gang. When the church was set on fire, Varon beat up the gang and blamed them, and was sent to prison. He drifted through the system getting into fights constantly until Dartz recruited him [[spoiler: who had that church burnt for the purpose of having him join in the first place.]]
He uses an Armor deck, in which the monsters are parts of cybernetic armor (like helmet, boots, gauntlet, shield, etc) that actually attach to him. Since the Seal of Orichalcos makes the duel real, he can attack the opponent personally and beat them senseless. His trump cards include Big Bang Blow and Buster Pyle.
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* AccentAdaptation: Has an Australian accent in the dub.
* AttackAttackAttack: At one point, he even declares that he doesn't care if his opponent has an obvious trap card set, he would still attack.
* AxCrazy: He doesn't look very stable when he defeats Rebecca and Duke.
** SlasherSmile: Not at all.
* TheBerserker: Rushes into any situation where there's a battle without thinking of the consequences, and is willing to duel anyone, even if it means not taking their souls away.
* BloodKnight: The ONLY duelist in the series who isn't a WellIntentionedExtremist, a certified NiceGuy or a psychopath obsessed with winning and killing everything that can duel. This love of a fight is what translates somewhat to Jaden Yuki in GX.
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute: Literally has a deck that allows him to win with just punching rather than solving with complex plans that actually pay off.
* EvilCounterpart: Is arguably this to Joey. He's who Joey could have turned into if things at home at gotten just that little bit worse.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He tries to do this to Joey, who he sees as an obstacle to Mai.
* NotSoDifferent[=/=]WorthyOpponent: He and Joey gain a lot of respect for each other over the course of their duel.
* PoweredArmor: His deck motif.
* ShoutOut: His back story is a reference to ''{{Cyborg 009}}''.
** ''SaintSeiya'' anyone?
* SmugSuper: What the dub makes him out to be.
* StartOfDarkness: See StreetUrchin
* StreetUrchin: [[spoiler: After his home at the church was burnt down by Dartz]] he pretty much lived on the streets until he joined Dartz.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: His Psychic Armor Head has an [=AI=] that analyzes his opponent's cards and gives him advice.
* {{Yandere}}: For Mai, claiming that she's the only one who can understand him. He gets better, though.
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Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses his first match. He later turns up in Battle City, as well as the Doma arc.
As his name suggests, he uses an Insect deck. His trump cards are Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth and Insect Queen (which he lost to Jounouchi via the ante rules of Battle City, but he quickly gains another one).
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* AnimalMotifs: Bugs.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Yugi first met Haga, he seemed like a ''very'' nice guy, nicer than Ryuzaki ironically enough. He was very polite overall, gave some advice to both Yugi and Jounouchi, and seemed pretty tame to the GenreBlind. Yugi liked and admired him right after meeting him, which was why he [[WhatAnIdiot trusted the complete stranger with handling his grandfather's cards despite their not being water-proof and a large body of water being nearby.]] It was more noticeable in the Japanese version than in the English dub, in which he sounded unbelievably sarcastic the entire time. Now, of course, fans know [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[SmugSnake he's]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing really like.]]
* CheatersNeverProsper
* DealWithTheDevil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Yugi.
* {{Determinator}}: Along with Ryuzaki, in the anime. Never gave up no matter how many times he got his ass kicked. [[CrazyAwesome Biked off of a cliff to catch the rope ladder from Raphael's helicopter.]] [[{{Determinator}} Just because he wanted a better chance at defeating the Pharaoh.]] Then, in the next tournament, [[HolyShitQuotient they both beat up a duelist, tied him up, stole his clothes,]] [[TotemPoleTrench and stood on top of each other]] [[HolyShitQuotient just for another chance at fame.]] Yeah. They both qualify.
* DirtyCoward: Resorts to cheating every time, and always [[VillainousBreakdown loses it when he loses]].
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* FreakyIsCool: ''Adores'' insects, spiders, and all things creepy-crawly.
* HannibalLecture: Gives one to Yami; it actually almost works.
* JerkAss: BIG TIME.
* JerkJock: For a guy who plays a card game, he is so clearly channeling this attitude.
* LetsGetDangerous: His second battle with Yami.
* MeaningfulName: Aside from his obvious dub name, his Japanese given name roughly means, "Moth Wings." Particularly fitting given what one of his trump cards is.
* NerdGlasses
* NotSoDifferent: Points out that Yami was as selfish and callous as he was when he unleashed the Seal and points out that technically Yami's worse since he knew he'd put his friend in danger, which even he didn't do.
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SmugSnake: His main attribute and, arguably, his [[FatalFlaw principal weakness]]. He really ''is'' a great duelist and strategist but he is very over-confident and tends to underestimate his opponents, leading to his inevitable [[VillainousBreakdown downfall]].
** The only time he seemed to ''stop'' being so smug (at least at first) was against the Pharaoh during the Doma arc. He genuinely expected a big duel when he initiated it and spent about three-fourths of the duel utterly ''[[CurbStompBattle stomping]]'' the Pharaoh. He didn't really start doing badly until his [[FatalFlaw smugness]] crept in again. Oh, and especially when the Pharaoh [[UnstoppableRage absolutely flipped out in response to his cruel joke]], and got help from [[AssPull quite a few good draws]] in his final play.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Rex.
* VillainousBreakdown: Every time he loses.
* VillainousCrush: Shows a few signs of having one on Anzu in the original Japanese version only. He attempts to flirt with her at the Battle City tournament, calling her "a cute lady." Her [[{{Squick}} reaction]] was less than interested. He apparently had some hard feelings about that because later, in the Doma arc, he tells her that she looks terrible despite saying that she shouldn't feel proud "just because she's cute" an episode later. He apparently doesn't take well to rejection.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In Battle City, he hired a kid to sabotage Joey's deck. When the kid demands his payment of a rare card, Weevil gives him a lame card. When the kid protests, Weevil sprays him with silly string and runs away (in the manga, it was ''a can of insecticide'').
!!'''Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Rex Raptor)'''
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He lost to Haga in the finale of the Japanese National Tournament. Just like Haga, he was also invited to Duelist Kingdom. He loses to Jonouchi. He later appears in the Battle City and Doma arcs.
As his name suggests, he uses a Dinosaur deck, though his trump cards are all Dragons: Serpent Night Dragon (which he lost to Espa Roba via the ante rules of Battle City), Red-Eyes Black Dragon (which he lost in a wager to Jonouchi), and Tyrant Dragon, which he gains in the Doma arc.
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* AnimalMotifs: Dinosaurs
* DealWithTheDevil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Jounouchi.
* {{Determinator}}: See Weevil/Haga's description for the trope.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Actually, it's reversed--Dragons Are Dinosaurs. He's a dinosaur duelist, but his strongest monsters are Serpent Night Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Tyrant Dragon, as when the original anime was being made there were no high-powered Dinosaur cards and the type as a whole was very unsupported. This would be fixed several years later during the timeframe of ''GX's'' production, hence Tyranno Kenzan.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* JerkJock: Not to the same degree as Weevil, but he's still very smug about his abilities and treats weaker players like garbage.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Haga/Weevil.
!!Panik
An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Eliminators. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Yugi. His deck is based around using Castle of Dark Illusions to shroud the field. Most of his monsters gain field power bonus when played at night.
* AxeCrazy
* TheBrute: Of the Eliminators. He's probably the least talented of the four, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents,is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: His use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Yami, who disposes of Panik after his victory.
* DarkIsEvil
* DeflectorShield: He combos Chaos Shield with Castle of Dark Illusions to make his side of the field impossible to attack.
* DirtyCoward: Pushes other people down in order to make himself feel braver. Yami isn't buying it.
* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, Panik relies more on scare tactics and pyrotechnics than actual talent.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Yami Mind Crushes him. No one really cares.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* PsychoForHire: Joined up with Pegasus because he likes breaking people.
* PyroManiac: Uses flamethrowers to fry the opponent's seat during duels and throw them off their game. He later tries to kill Yugi with them.
* SlasherSmile
* SoreLoser: Tries to burn Yugi/Yami 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.
!!'''Keith Howard (Bandit Keith)'''
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The American Champ, called "Bandit" Keith due to him winning all the big prizes. He issues a challenge to Pegasus, but he's defeated. He turns to the darker side of dueling afterwards, until he winds up in Duelist Kingdom to get revenge on Pegasus. After his defeat by Jonouchi he is expelled from the tournament, and in the anime, ends up as one of Marik's first Mind Slaves.
He uses a Machine deck, which is later augmented with many rare cards by Marik. His trump cards are Metalzoa, Barrel Dragon, and Slot Machine; while under Marik's control Machine King and rare fiend Zera The Mant are added to his arsenal.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga Joey kicks his ass in a fistfight. In the anime, Keith hands Joey his rear end, and beats up Bonz, Zygor, and Sid all at once.
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim: In the manga, Pegaus' penalty game kills him. In the anime, Marik turns him into a mindslave. Either way, not very easy to pity.]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blond and the biggest douche in the entire show.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the anime Marik does this to him at one point.
* TheBrute: And lord, how. He even beats up Yugi, of all people! Contrast to Pegasus, who takes up the role of the SquishyWizard.
* CheatersNeverProsper: He walks Bonz through his duel with Joey, so that he can see every card Joey has. He beats up Bonz, Sid, and Zygor and steals their Star Chips after Bonz's defeat, and traps Yugi, Joey, and co. in an underground labyrinth. He steals Joey's entry card to try and avoid their duel. He hides his set of "7 Completed" cards inside his wristbands during their match. And yet he still gets his ass kicked by Joey and unceremoniously expelled from the island by Pegasus when he tries to take the prize money by force.
* CoolShades[=/=]SunglassesAtNight[=/=]SinisterShades: Keith always wears his shades, and they do a lot to enhance both the sense of menace and assholery that he gives off.
* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2.
* EvilLaugh[=/=]UnEvilLaugh: YourMileageMayVary. Keith's high, girly laugh isn't especially ''menacing'', but it ''does'' sound quite unhinged.
* EvilerThanThou: He never really gets the chance to act on it, but his objective is to payback Pegasus for humiliating him.
* {{Foil}}: Keith's short-temper, {{Smug Snake}}ry, and use of physical force makes for a pretty strong contrast with ManipulativeBastard and GentlemanSnarker Pegasus.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: They're typically hidden by SinisterShades, but when we do see Keith's eyes they're small, narrow and veiny.
* HairTriggerTemper
* JerkAss: Other characters may be more ''evil'' than Keith, but no one--except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba--is a bigger asshole.
* JerkJock: Keith's what happens when the captain of the football team from every teen movie ever made turns twenty-six and decides to play Duel Monsters.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Or at least to distrust.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Pegasus.
* RussianRoulette: Played it in his depression over his loss to Pegasus.
* [[spoiler:SchrodingersCast]]
* SmugSnake: Lord yes. Keith thinks the world owes him something.
* SoreLoser: Does not take defeat well. "No one beats Bandit Keith!"
* [[spoiler: SparedByTheAdaptation]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Does it to Joey and Pegasus.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead
!!"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Bonz
A creepy midget who plays a Zombie deck, "Ghost" Kotsuzuka is first introduced as one of Bandit Keith's henchmen, alongside his friends Zygor and Sid. Seeking to scope out the competition, Keith sets Kotsuzuka and Jonouchi/Joey against one another; when Kotsuzuka is defeated, Keith beats him up and steals his Star Chips. Kotsuzuka resurfaces alongside Sid and Zygor at Battle City where he makes the fatal mistake of challenging The Spirit of the Millennium Ring.
His trump cards are Call of the Haunted (which is a ''lot'' more powerful than its real-life counterpart), Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Great Mammoth of Goldfine.
* AnimeHair
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: A skull-faced midget who runs a Zombie deck?
* CheatersNeverProsper: Rather than dueling, he, Sid, and Zygor spend all their time at Battle City scaring people into giving them their Locator Cards. This ultimately leads to them encounter Bakura and making an abrupt exit from the show.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: His henchmen, Sid and Zygor. Zygor's the DumbMuscle, Sid's the talker.
!!'''The Meikyu Brothers (The Paradox Brothers)'''
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Two eccentric brothers of implied Chinese descent hired by Pegasus as eliminators. They take on both Yugi and Jounouchi in the series' first Tag Team Duel, threatening to leave the good guys trapped underground if they lost. They reappear in YuGiOhGX, facing Judai and Shou in a Tag Team Duel, but are defeated once again.
The brothers both use decks that turn the game into a labyrinth board game. Their trump card is Gate Guardian.
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* BaldOfEvil
* BashBrothers
* CreepyTwins
* EvilLaugh
* FinishingEachOthersSentences
* KnightsAndKnaves: Pull this when questioned on the way out of their dungeon.
* RhymesOnADime: Only in the dub.
* TattooedCrook
* ThemeTwinNaming/ MeaningfulName: In the Japanese version, their names are Mei and Kyu (Meikyu is Labyrinth). In the English version, their names are Para and Dox (Paradox).
!!The Rare Hunter/Seeker
The first Rare Hunter encountered in the show (unless one counts a brainwashed Keith) he's never given a name. He beats Joey and takes his Red-Eyes and is in turn beaten by Yugi. He runs an Exodia deck that focusses on assembling Exodia and using it to defeat his opponents.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In addition to loading his deck with three copies of Exodia, he also marks his cards in the dub (in the original, his cards are counterfeit). He still loses, and it's largely because his deck is so filled with Exodia pieces that he can't draw anything else.
* EgomaniacHunter: Displays this attitude towards card hunting.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's always addressed as "Rare Hunter" in the anime; the name "Seeker" is only used in one of the video games.
* SmugSnake: Seems to think that simply having Exodia makes him invincible.
* StoneWall: Stone Statue of the Aztecs and Gear Golem, which he uses to defend his Life Points while he searches for Exodia.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik.
!!Pandora/Arkana
A former stage magician who lost his good looks to a fire and his girlfriend to the BSOD that followed, he serves as one of Marik's Rare Hunters in the hopes of winning her back. He runs a Spellcaster deck designed specifically to counter many of Yugi's best cards, and many of the cards emulate a magician's act. His trump card is the Dark Magician.
* AxeCrazy
* CheatersNeverProsper: Trims his cards and uses trick shuffling to bring his Dark Magician into his opening hand.
* DirtyCoward: Panics every time the duel is turning against him.
* EvilCounterpart: Not Arkana himself, but his Dark Magician, with its [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy white hair]] and evil smile is very much the evil counterpart to Yugi's Dark Magician.
* GigglingVillain
* LoveMakesYouCrazy
* LoveMakesYouEvil
* MaskPower
* NiceHat: Still wears his magician's hat.
* RapeIsLove: Seems to think so, given that his goal is to get Marik to brainwash Catherine into loving him again.
* SlasherSmile
* StageMagician
* TheUnreveal: Shows Yugi his face. Yugi is repulsed, we don't get to see it.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Courtesy of Marik.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Has no problem with sacrificing his monsters wily-nily, and has the gall to insult them.
!!Lumis and Umbra
Two of Marik's Rare Hunters, whom he orders to take on Yugi and Kaiba in a double duel. They run a Mask Deck that focusses on locking down the opponents' options and draining their Life Points. Their trump cards are The Masked Beast (3200/1800) and Masked Beast-Des Gardius (3300/2500).
* {{Acrofatic}}: Lumis is surprisingly agile.
* BashBrothers: Before Kaiba starts screwing with them.
* DarkIsEvil: Most of Umbra's monsters are Dark.
* LightIsNotGood: Most of Lumis' monsters are Light.
* MaskOfPower: Most of their cards are masks that make their monsters stronger or their opponents' monsters weaker.
* MaskPower: Far more competent with their masks on.
* MeaningfulName: Lumis and Umbra mean light and dark.
* NotSoHarmless: In their first apperance, they don't wear their masks and are easily defeated. In their second they keep Yugi and Kaiba busy for four episodes.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: They play dumb the first time they run into Yugi and Kaiba. The second time, not so much.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Marik pulls it on Lumis (Umbra had already fallen off the building).
!!'''Rishid Ishtar (Odion Ishtar)'''
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Marik's older brother by adoption and [[TheDragon dragon]]. He poses as Marik while Marik tries to infiltrate Yugi's gang.
His uses a deck themed on Egyptian mythology, which consists almost entirely of Trap cards. His trump card is Mystical Beast of Serket.
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* AffablyEvil: Is very polite in his duel with Jounouchi, in the dub referring to him as "Mr. Wheeler".
* AntiVillain: He only follows Marik to protect him and keep his dark personality in check.
* BadassCape
* BaldOfEvil: On first appearance.
* BigBrotherInstinct
* CannibalismSuperpower: His Mystical Beast Serket gains half the ATK of every creature it devours. This is a bad thing.
* TheDragon
* JerkassFacade: Acts like a bastard in his duel with Joey, but then again, he's impersonating Marik.
* LargeAndInCharge
* MoralityChain: He keeps Marik's dark personality in check.
* NobleDemon
** NobleTopEnforcer: Unlike Marik (and every other Rare Hunter), Odion forgoes cheating in favor of kicking ass fairly.
* ObviousTrap: His deck is based around setting those, which the opponent is then forced to activate.
* RedRightHand: The scarring/tattoos on his face.
* ScaryBlackMan
* TattooedCrook
* TrapMaster
* ScaryScorpions: His Mystical Beast Serket. 2500 ATK. 2000 DEF. Can add half the ATK of every creature it devours to its score. That's pretty darn scary.
* TheStoic: Contends with Raphael and Shadi for the title.
* TheUnfavourite: His adoptive father never saw him as more than a servant, and it only got worse once Ishizu and Marik were born.
* VillainBall: He had Joey beat. Then Marik forces him to grab this by summoning Ra.
* WorthyOpponent: Plays totally fairly. Considering who is he supposed to be impersonating, this causes a few problems.
!!'''The Big Five'''
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The Kaiba Corp board of directors, consisting of Oshita (Gansley), Otaki (Crump), Ooka (Johnson), Ota (Nesbitt) and Daimon (Lector). Played a part in Kaiba's takeover of the company when Gozaburo ran things, but once Kaiba took over he stripped them of their power and left them as figureheads. They've since tried various schemes to take the company for themselves, that ultimately result in them being locked in a virtual world; they must each defeat a member of the main cast in a duel in order to escape.
Oshita uses a Reptile deck that concentrates on locking down his opponent's options; Deep Sea Fisherman is his Deck Master. Otaki uses a water/ice deck filled with penguins; his Deck Master is Nightmare Penguin. Ooka uses a Fusion deck along with cards that emulate a courtroom setting; his Deck Master is Judgeman. Ota uses a Machine deck that has Perfect Machine King as its trump card; his Deck Master is Robotic Knight. Daimon uses a Lockdown strategy that focuses on Injection Fairy Lily and Satellite Cannon; his Deck Master is Jinzo.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Twice. The first time is when they all possess Tristan's body, the second is when they sacrifice all of their Deck Masters to summon Five-Headed Dragon.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Lector. He's got dark skin, dark hair, and a six foot thick Southern accent in the dub.
* AmericanAccents: Lector's a pretty straight up Dixie accent in the dub.
* AmoralAttorney: Ooka/Johnson. In the Japanese version he says outright he has no problem twisting the facts, and claims "the truth" is whatever tale he can spin for the court.
* AnimeHair: Lector.
* BaldOfEvil: Ganzley in his real body, Lector as Jinzo.
* BeardOfEvil: Lector.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They betrayed Gozaburo to Kaiba, and Kaiba to Pegasus, before trapping him in a virtual world. After they themselves were trapped there, they join up with Noah, but have no problems flaunting his rules and going behind his back in their desperation to get out of there. Finally, they violate the terms of their duel with Yugi and Joey, refusing to return Tristan's body despite having promised to.
* CoolMask: Ganzley as Deep Sea Fisherman. Lector wears one along with some SinisterShades when he first appears; one could argue that the mask he wears as Jinzo counts too.
* {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s
* {{Cyborg}}: Lector as Jinzo; Nesbitt would desperately like to be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Somewhat surprisingly, Ganzley, who keeps up a pretty constant barrage of understated sarcasm in the initial part of his duel with Yugi.
* DealWithTheDevil: They cut deals with Pegasus and then Noah in hopes of gaining control of [=KaibaCorp=]. Lector's "A Deal With Dark Ruler" card simulates this, summoning Berserk Dragon in exchange for half his lifepoints.
* DeathByIrony: All of them lose in ironic fashions -- Ganzley spends the duel insulting Kuriboh and loses due to its ability; Crump declares Dark Magician Girl is useless without the Dark Magician so Tea summons Yugi's; Johnson loses because he can't tell if Joey's telling the truth about his cards or not; Nesbitt picks Serenity as an opponent because she's inexperienced and it's her monster that finishes him off; Lector considers himself superior to Kaiba and loses when Kaiba pulls out a monster with a higher level than Lector's.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Their Five-Headed Dragon is supposed to be unbeatable, having the highest attack of any monster in the game at that time, and an immunity to Trap Cards, Spell Cards, and attacks by any monster that doesn't have the Light attribute. Yugi and Kaiba take it down with Master of Dragon Soldier in their first confrontation with it, while Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey use a Dark Flare Knight/Mirage Knight combination the second time.
* DirtyOldMan: Otaki/Crump.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Initially they're an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, with the collective goal of taking over [=KaibaCorp=] for unspecified, but undoubtedly sinister intentions. In the "Virtual Nightmare" arc, they're all given separate personalities, and objectives, and while they all share the goal of defeating Kaiba and escaping into the real world, their reasons for hating him are fleshed out, with them being gaining separate backstories and motivations. Ganzley and Johnson are just greedy, Crump resents Kaiba mocking his penguin obsession, Nesbitt's angry about his work being disposed of, and Lector's TheResenter par excellence.
* {{Dracolich}}: Berserk Dragon.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Crump certainly thinks so, and his Nightmare Penguin Deck Master reflects that belief.
* EvilOldFolks: Ganzley, who actually needs a cane to support himself.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In the dub, they all have fairly low voices, with Ganzley and Nesbitt hitting the lowest notes.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Johnson and especially Lector, who in the English dub at least, is incapable of addressing anyone informally, despite being the biggest bastard of the entire group.
* FatBastard: Ganzley and Crump are noticeably portly.
* FiveBadBand: If the name wasn't a tip off.
** BigBad: Oshita/Ganzley (among the group at least)
** TheDragon: Daimon/Lector, who seems to be second-in-command, and is definitely their best duelist. One could argue that Five-Headed Dragon is this to the group as a whole, with Berserk Dragon being Lector's.
** TheBrute: Ooka/Johnson, his dueling "strategy" is to abuse his Deck Master's KillEmAll ability to keep the opponent's field cleared.
** EvilGenius: Ota/Nesbitt, robot engineer and weapons expert.
** DarkChick: Otaki/Crump, the most sympathetic and absurd, being a penguin fanatic and all.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Lector's Injection Fairy Lilly. She's a small cute fairy with only 400/1500. However, by paying 2000 Life Points he can raise her attack to 3400 until the end of his turn, making her very hard to get rid of.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Johnson's real body, Lecter's Deck Master body.
* GeniusBruiser: Subverted. Nesbitt thinks he's become one after fusing to create Perfect Machine King but he's probably the weakest duelist of the group.
* GoodWithNumbers: Otaki/Crump.
* GrandTheftMe: What they try to do.
* HumongousMecha: Nesbitt becomes one when he fuses with Machine King to become Perfect Machine King.
* ILied: Lector's response when Yugi reminds him that he promised to return Tristan's body if the Big 5 were defeated.
* LastNameBasis: Only Crump's first name has been revealed, and they are all addressed by their last names.
* TheLoad: Ota/Nesbit, who is arguably the weakest duelist in the group (having been defeated by Serenity of all people) and in the duel against Yugi and Joey totally blows the substantial lead that Ganzley, Crump, and Johnson had established, requiring [[TheDragon Lector]] to step in in order to stave off defeat. Crump, perhaps surprisingly, isn't this; despite his humiliating loss to Tea he firmly establishes himself as NotSoHarmless during the group duel.
* TheManBehindTheMan: They think they're this to Pegasus; in reality he's just using them.
* NotSoHarmless: Crump. He uses a deck filled with penguins, which he's been obsessed with since childhood, and comes off as so pathetic in his duel with Tea that you almost feel sorry for him. Then in the duel between the Big Five and Yugi & Joey (in which most of the cards on the field belong to other Big Five members) he and his Deck Master, Nightmare Penguin, really come into their own, boosting the power of the WATER monsters Ganzley had played and establishing an enormous lead for the Big Five.
* OddNameOut: Daimon in the Japanese, as the only one who's name doesn't begin with an "o". He arguably counts in the English as well, given that his name is a ShoutOut to Hannibal Lector, while the others are just made up names.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: In their initial appearances.
* OneWingedAngel: Nesbitt fuses with Machine King to create Perfect Machine King. The entire Big Five do this in their final match, when they summon Five-Headed Dragon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their Five-Headed Dragon is a GameBreaker with 5000/5000, that destroys all cards on the field through the act of being summoned and can only be harmed by a monster with the Light Attribute. After it's destruction in their duel with Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey, Lector summons the Berserk Dragon, a freaky [[TheUndead undead]] monster with 3500/0 that can attack the entire field at once (but fortunately loses 500 ATK points every turn).
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lector delivers a lengthy one to Kaiba in which he calls him out on his ruthless attitude and treatment of Mokuba.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Ganzley's deck.
* TheResenter: They all resent Kaiba for his control of the company, but Daimon/Lector is the most classic example, feeling control of the company should have come to him due to his status as Gozaburo's right-hand man.
* ShoutOut: In the English dub, "Lector" is named for Hannibal Lector, and in [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081213044448/yugioh/images/c/c1/JinzoYAP1-EN-UR-LE.png the Jinzo body]] looks the part a bit.
* SinisterSilhouettes: In their initial appearances.
* SmugSnake: All of them. They range from very low-functioning (Crump and Nesbitt) to the far more high-functioning Ganzley and Lector. Johnson may be the most classic of them, with his condescending attitude, arrogance, and smarmy personality.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Their deck masters have this to varying degrees, most prominently [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/23/DeepseaWarriorPSV-EN-C.jpg Deepsea Warrior]] and [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/2/2a/JinzoPSV-EN-ScR.jpg Jinzo]].
* VillainBall: Oshita actually had Yugi beat, but decided to drag their duel out because he wanted to watch him squirm.
* VirtualGhost
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: In the group duel, Yugi and Joey manage to do the [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable near impossible]] and take down the Five-Headed Dragon, which served as the group's collective Deck Master and is all but undefeatable. They celebrate, they cheer--and then Lector activates [[DealWithTheDevil A Deal With Dark Ruler]] to summon [[TheUndead Berserk Dragon]] as their new Deck Master, even as Yugi and Joey's all powerful Mirage Knight splits back into the Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman that were used to summon it. [[OhCrap Uh-oh]].
!!'''Gozaburo Kaiba'''
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The former head of Kaiba Corporation and Seto Kaiba's adopted father. When Kaiba took over the company, Gozaburo either fled in shame, commited suicide or was killed by Kaiba himself, depending on the adaptation. In the anime, he is the mastermind of the Virtual World arc and Noah's father.
He uses an Exodia deck, focusing on Exodia Necros.
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* AbusiveDad: To his ''three'' sons.
* ArchnemesisDad: Has reached this status with regards to Kaiba by the time of the Virtual World Arc.
* BadassMoustache: A little bit badass, mixed in with loads of ruthlessness, but the 'stash is undeniably badass.
* BigBad: Of the Virtual World Filler arc.
* BigOlEyebrows
* TheChessmaster: He's a superb chessplayer. He also has traits of this as a villain, setting his plans in motion far in advance.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* DeathByIrony: He tries to pull this on Kaiba, intending to defeat him in duel monsters the same way Kaiba defeated him in chess. It didn't work out.
* EvilMentor: His grooming of Kaiba to be his heir was intended to make him a vessel for Noah's mind. In the dub he comes to decide why bother, when Seto is just as smart and capable as Noah, while in the Japanese he decided to take Seto's body for himself when he died.
* FillerVillain: Although he at least has a legitimate reason for showing up.
* GlassCannon: Exodia Necros seems invincible, but when Kaiba figures out its weakness, he tears both it and Gozaburo to shreds.
* GrandTheftMe: Tries it on Kaiba.
* HotbloodedSideburns: His chops complete the trifecta that include his 'stash and his 'brows.
* ItsPersonal: With Kaiba.
* JerkAss: BIG. FUCKING. TIME.
* KnightTemplarParent: About the nicest way to interpret his personality is that he's so harsh and strict to temper Noah and Seto into strong, capable businessmen worthy of taking over Kaiba Corp. This is pre-death though; by the time of the Virtual World he tells Noah YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness, and doesn't care much about Kaiba anymore either.
* LackOfEmpathy: He's an AbusiveDad who considers his biological son expendable, and later returns to try and trap Kaiba and his allies in the Virtual World. He tells Kaiba that you can trust no one, including him, neglects Mokuba, abandoned Noah before using him for his own ends, and generally doesn't care about anyone beyond himself and his own legacy. He's not as over the top about it as the Spirit of the Millennium Ring and Dark Marik, but yeah--there's no empathy there.
* TheManBehindTheMan[=/=]GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The dub included foreshadowing of his appearance, most notably that Noah acts all along as if he knows Gozaburo is watching. In the original though his arrival is completely unexpected and Noah is shocked to see him, thinking he was dead like everyone else.
* NotQuiteDead
* OffingTheOffspring: His objective by the time of the Virtual World arc.
* OmnicidalManiac: Turns into this by the end of the Virtual World arc.
* OneWingedAngel: Transforms into a corrupted virus after his defeat, and tries to first possess Kaiba, and then take the group with him.
* ParentalAbandonment: Of Noah
* SelfMadeMan: According to Kaiba.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: A totally evil one.
* SmugSnake
* SocialDarwinist
* TakingYouWithMe: Tries it on the cast at the end, when he attacks their blimp.
* VillainBall: When he learns that the virtual world is set to be destroyed, he decides to take Kaiba's body by force and escape, but Kaiba convinces him to back off and finish the duel, since he was so intent on proving himself superior.
* VirtualGhost
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pulls it on Noah.
!!'''Grimo''' (Grerimo)
A duelist working for Dartz, he duels Yugi to test out the powers of the Seal of Orichalcos as when combined when the Egyptian God Cards. He plays a Warrior deck designed to swarm the field. In his duel against Yugi, he added the stolen Obelisk the Tormentor. When he loses, he manages to pass Obelisk to Rafael before his soul is taken.
* BeardOfEvil
* BilingualBonus: He speaks in Latin in the dub before he challenges Rex and Weevil.
* BlackCloak
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For the entire Doma organization, unveiling their dangerous-looking Duel Disk knock-off, the Seal of Orichalcos, and he can control the God Cards.
* FlatCharacter: Who is this guy? Why does he work for Dartz? What type of person is he? Questions we never get answers to.
* HighClassGlass
* YourSoulIsMine: It's practically his first line.
!!'''Rafael'''
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One of Dartz's henchmen, he lived a life of luxury until a shipwreck killed his family and left him stranded on a desert island with only his deck for company. As a result, he's very attached to his cards and refuses to let them be destroyed.
He uses a Guardian deck, along with many cards that protect his monsters from going to the graveyard, and is so far the only one of Dartz's henchmen whose cards are mostly real. His trump cards are Guardian Eatos and Guardian Dreadscythe.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Rebecca, who mentions that after she became the US champion, there were rumors that she only won because Rafael doesn't compete in championships. Arguably to Yami himself, given that Rafael beat him in their first duel, and only loses the HeroicRematch because he essentially surrendered after [[HeelRealization realizing the error of his ways]] despite still having the advantage in duel terms, though Yugi could still conceivably win.
* BerserkButton: Calling his dead family meaningless. [[spoiler: Dartz pushes it intentionally.]]
** Do NOT send any of his monsters to the graveyard, ESPECIALLY Eatos (which he considers his mother).
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* TheDragon: To Dartz
* EvilCounterpart: Is sometimes seen as Yami's.
* ExcaliburInTheRust: Variation. His cards are so old that the ink is fading and the edges are frayed. That doesn't change the fact that he has one of the most powerful decks in the series.
* GambitRoulette[=/=]XanatosGambit: He goads Yami Yugi into playing the Seal of Orichalcos, and beating him while he is under the influence.
* HeelFaceTurn
** [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam - Dartz does this to him once he proves useless]].
* HotbloodedSideburns: They point ''out''.
* KnightTemplar: A perfect counterpart to Yami Yugi, only more ruthless.
* TheMagicPokerEquation: The series as a whole is an example of this trope, but Rafael's drawing abilty still stands out, seeing as how he discards his entire hand on his first turn in both his duels to draw two extra cards each turn, manages to pull out his Guardian monsters with ease, a feat that requires the respective equip card to be present on the field, and is still able to duel competently.
* MeaningfulName: It's quite possible he's named after Archangel Raphael; he has a guardian motif, and angelic wings appear before he duels.
* NobleDemon: The only one of Dartz's minions that isn't AxCrazy.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: After his loss against Yami Yugi.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Rafael or Raphael?
* StartOfDarkness: Heartbreakingly highlighted in his past flashbacks.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The only one who's not having a SlasherSmile or SmugSuper, having a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vendetta against a certain organization]] and [[BloodKnight fight anyone just because they're there]]. Also the only one that honestly believes that Dartz will inspire world peace.
* WorthyOpponent: To Yugi. In their first duel he introduced himself as a true duelist, which Yugi finds ridiculous. In the HeroicRematch, Yugi calls him a true duelist himself.
* [[spoiler: TheWorfEffect: As soon as he goes for the Heel, he gets defeated by Dartz himself.]]
* YouCantFightFate: Or so he believes, anyway. Ironically, according to Dark Yugi, his bonds with his family and monsters hold the power to [[ScrewDestiny change destiny]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Hates duelists who treat monsters this way, but resorts to this himself after Eatos is destroyed and Deathscythe hits the field. [[spoiler: Dartz does this to him once he's no longer useful.]]
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Yami assumes he has gained a great advantage when he finally manages to destroy Guardian Eatos in their rematch, sending Rafael into a near breakdown. But while Eatos is Rafael's favorite card and extremely powerful, destroying her summons Guardian Dreadscythe, which is even ''worse''.
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!!'''Amelda''' (Alister)
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One of Dartz's henchmen, he and his little brother were caught in a warzone in a city caught between two countries supplied with Kaiba Corp weapons. When his brother was killed in battle, Amelda developed a deep hatred of Kaiba Corp [[spoiler: though it turns out to be Dartz who did it.]]
The first time he's shown dueling, he uses Pegasus' stolen deck along with fire cards focusing on Balrog. His true deck has a military theme, with soldiers, tanks, etc. His trump cards are Soldier Revolt and Air Fortress Ziggurat.
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* BareYourMidriff: Makes you think Dartz has [[spoiler: two]] or at least one DarkChick working for him.
* BerserkButton: Seeing the Kaiba Corp helicopters.
* [[spoiler:[[DeadLittleSister Dead Little Brother]]]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: And HOW.
* EvilCounterpart: Kaiba's second one in the anime.
* EvilGenius
* PlayingWithFire: His deck motif the first time around.
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Wants revenge on Seto simply because his adopted father's weapons were the result of his brother's death.]]
* StartOfDarkness: Survived a terrible war [[spoiler: but lost his beloved brother.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Carries his brother's favorite Dyna Dude action figure to always remember him.
* [[spoiler:TrickBoss]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He once was a proud big brother to his younger sibling until Gozaburo, [[spoiler: actually Dartz]], destroyed his home town. And he used to actually look like a normal boy.
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!!'''Varon[[hottip:*:Probably supposed to be Balon]]''' (Valon)
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One of Dartz's henchmen, he was a street kid who befriended a nun in a church owned by a gang. When the church was set on fire, Varon beat up the gang and blamed them, and was sent to prison. He drifted through the system getting into fights constantly until Dartz recruited him [[spoiler: who had that church burnt for the purpose of having him join in the first place.]]
He uses an Armor deck, in which the monsters are parts of cybernetic armor (like helmet, boots, gauntlet, shield, etc) that actually attach to him. Since the Seal of Orichalcos makes the duel real, he can attack the opponent personally and beat them senseless. His trump cards include Big Bang Blow and Buster Pyle.
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* AccentAdaptation: Has an Australian accent in the dub.
* AttackAttackAttack: At one point, he even declares that he doesn't care if his opponent has an obvious trap card set, he would still attack.
* AxCrazy: He doesn't look very stable when he defeats Rebecca and Duke.
** SlasherSmile: Not at all.
* TheBerserker: Rushes into any situation where there's a battle without thinking of the consequences, and is willing to duel anyone, even if it means not taking their souls away.
* BloodKnight: The ONLY duelist in the series who isn't a WellIntentionedExtremist, a certified NiceGuy or a psychopath obsessed with winning and killing everything that can duel. This love of a fight is what translates somewhat to Jaden Yuki in GX.
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute: Literally has a deck that allows him to win with just punching rather than solving with complex plans that actually pay off.
* EvilCounterpart: Is arguably this to Joey. He's who Joey could have turned into if things at home at gotten just that little bit worse.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He tries to do this to Joey, who he sees as an obstacle to Mai.
* NotSoDifferent[=/=]WorthyOpponent: He and Joey gain a lot of respect for each other over the course of their duel.
* PoweredArmor: His deck motif.
* ShoutOut: His back story is a reference to ''{{Cyborg 009}}''.
** ''SaintSeiya'' anyone?
* SmugSuper: What the dub makes him out to be.
* StartOfDarkness: See StreetUrchin
* StreetUrchin: [[spoiler: After his home at the church was burnt down by Dartz]] he pretty much lived on the streets until he joined Dartz.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: His Psychic Armor Head has an [=AI=] that analyzes his opponent's cards and gives him advice.
* {{Yandere}}: For Mai, claiming that she's the only one who can understand him. He gets better, though.
