History Characters / YuGiOhMinorAntagonists

* PhonyPsychic: Has plenty of fortunes prepared in his cape to make it seem as if he made a prophecy beforehand, and makes sure the bad prophecies come true himself, such as burning down a person's house after predicting his house would catch on fire. He especially has no problems doing the latter if the person pisses him off.

* JerkAss: He's completely obnoxious and full of himself.

* HighCollarOfDoom: The trench coat he wears in the manga when he meets Dark Yugi at night has a really high collar.

* JerkAss: He's completely obnoxious and full of himself.

[[folder:Insector Haga (Weevil Underwood)]]
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--> Voiced by: Creator/UraraTakano (JP), Creator/JimmyZoppi (EN)

Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament, who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. He pretends to befriend Yugi and then throws his grandfather's powerful Exodia cards into the ocean, inciting Dark Yugi's rage and making him the first of Dark Yugi's targets on the island. Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses his first match. He later turns up in the Battle City arc, as well as the anime's Doma filler arc; he loses to Jonouchi and gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after toying with Yugi too much. His last major appearance (anime-only) is in the last {{TournamentArc filler arc}} and stealing the God Cards before Dark Bakura stopped them.

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).

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

* AssholeVictim: Steals the cards of a supposedly dead man and then makes a mockery of him using a puppet... no one particularly cares when Dark Yugi {{MindRape}}s him

* DubNameChange: In the English versions of VideoGame/ReshefOfDestruction and the Dungeon Dice Monsters video games, he's called the Puppeteer of Doom and The Puppeteer respectively.

* MindRape: Thanks to Dark Yugi, he's bow forever trapped in an illusion where he's being attacked by a creepy puppet of himself.

* DirtyCop: Well, more like "dirty hall monitor". Funnily enough, the 5D's version of Ushio 'is'' a cop, but is a much better human being.

** Actually, if the overall gameplay is taken into account, [[FridgeLogic Gansley would have lost anyway]]: [[spoiler: had he summoned Rainbow Snake Eingana and attacked Obnoxious Celtic Guardian with it, Kuriboh's Deck Master ability would have kicked in, shielding Yami Yugi from the damage. Yami Yugi would have then drawn Rainbow Blessing and used it to wipe out Gansley's remaining Life Points with Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast.]]

[[folder:"Ghost" Kozuka (Bonz)]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Much like plenty of the manga's early villains, 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.]]

* {{Hidden Badass}}: In the anime. Apparently brave (or [[SanitySlippage crazy]]) enough to [[TheDeterminator bike off the edge of a cliff and grab onto a helicopter rope ladder for a chance at victory]], despite his many flaws. And then, without skipping a beat, he convinces Raphael to give him and Ryuzaki a chance at joining the Orichalcos. While hanging from a rope ladder that Raphael was about to cut. The guy's got guts and he doesn't hesitate, that's for certain.

* DubNameChange: In the English versions of VideoGame/ReshefofDestruction and the Dungeon Dice Monsters video games, he's called the Puppeteer of Doom and The Puppeteer respectively.

* BigCreepyCrawlies

* FourEyesZeroSoul

* FromNobodyToNightmare

* JerkAss: BIG TIME.

* NerdGlasses

* ScaryShinyGlasses

* AdaptationalVillainy: He may have been a jerk in the manga, but at least he was helpful and doesn't team up with Haga unlike in the anime.

This Player Killer uses a card deck stolen from Seto Kaiba. He does not appear in the anime, and is instead replaced by a fat shape-shifting clown thing.

* AdaptedOut: Is replaced in the anime by a shape-shifting fat clown.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

* DarkIsEvil

* EvilSoundsDeep

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

* SlasherSmile

* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2.

* JerkAss: Other characters may be more ''evil'' than Keith, but no one--except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba--is a bigger asshole.

* SmugSnake: Lord yes. Keith thinks the world owes him something.

* AnimeHair

* BaldOfEvil

* FinishingEachOthersSentences

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their tag duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces.

* GigglingVillain
* LoveMakesYouCrazy
* LoveMakesYouEvil
* MaskPower

* SlasherSmile

* BashBrothers: Before Kaiba starts screwing with them.

* BadassCape

* BigBrotherInstinct

* TheDragon: To Marik
* HypercompetentSidekick: Odion won enough locator cards for he and Marik to enter the Battle City finals, and would have defeated Joey in a fair duel had Marik not forced him to use the Winged Dragon of Ra. Conversely, Marik loses (or is in the process of losing when they are called off) all three of his duels with Yami & Yugi, despite cheating (while controlling Bandit Keith), having an Egyptian God Card on his side (while controlling Strings), and using Yugi's best friend as a shield (while controlling Joey). It's pretty clear who the better duelist is here.

* NobleDemon

* ScaryBlackMan
* TattooedCrook

* TrapMaster

* 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 yet. Which leads into problems since he's supposed to be impersonating Marik, who has shown no problems cheating and setting up unfair games.

* TheChessmaster

* DarkAndTroubledPast

* GeniusBruiser
* HeelFaceTurn
** HeelFaceDoorSlam - Dartz does this to him once he proves useless.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans

* 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''.

* EvilGenius

* TrickBoss

* BoisterousBruiser

* CheerfulChild

* TheCutie

* NiceGuy
** BewareTheNiceOnes: Capable of taking on Yugi & Yami.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His opponents and spectators have a tendency of assuming he's weak because he's a kid and his fairy-tale cards are cutesy... until he starts winning.

Well, that's how it goes in the manga. In the first series anime adaptation, he insteads plays a game that involves reaching the top of a tower with playing cards, and Dark Yugi inflicts a Penalty Game in which Ushio [[MindRape is trapped in an illusion of water mosnters eating him]]. He appears in the second series adaptation, but only in a flashback; his ultimate fate is never shown and it's unknown if he even played a Shadow Game with Yugi at all in the Duel Monsters continuity.

[[folder:"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 Satake and Takaido. 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 Takaido and Satake during the Battle City arc, where he makes the fatal mistake of [[AbsurdlyhighStakesGame challenging Dark Bakura in a Shadow Game]].

A creepy midget who plays a Zombie deck, "Ghost" Kotsuzuka is first introduced as one of Bandit Keith's henchmen, alongside his friends Satake and takaido. 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 Takaido and Satake during the Battle City arc, where he makes the fatal mistake of [[AbsurdlyhighStakesGame challenging Dark Bakura in a Shadow Game]].

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; he loses to Joey and gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after toying with Yugi too much. His last major appearance is in the last TournamentArc and stealing the God Cards before Bakura stopped them.

* BerserkButton: Being laughed at angers him quite a bit, as shown in his first duel with Yugi/Atem. He'd been mostly calm and shown little more than irritation up until the Pharaoh started laughing at him. At first, he was confused, then ''enraged'' into shouting. Indeed, most of his [[{{Jerkass}} jerkish]] behavior then on seemed to be motivated by the mocking he received from former fans after the events of Duelist Kingdom.
* BigBadWannabe: After Doma went and reminded everyone that both he and Ryuzaki could be legitimate opponents, the remaining arcs in the anime then had them repeatedly try to upstage things only to be immediately taken out of action by whoever the current arc's antagonist was (Siegfried in the KC Grand Prix, Yami Bakura in the Millennium World)

* 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.]]
* BreakingSpeech: Gives one to Yami; it actually almost works.
* CheatersNeverProsper
* CurbstompBattle: The result of him (and Rex) attempting to duel Siegfried.
* DealWithTheDevil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Yugi.

* {{Hidden Badass}}: Apparently brave (or [[SanitySlippage crazy]]) enough to [[TheDeterminator bike off the edge of a cliff and grab onto a helicopter rope ladder for a chance at victory]], despite his many flaws. And then, without skipping a beat, he convinces Raphael to give him and Ryuzaki a chance at joining the Orichalcos. While hanging from a rope ladder that Raphael was about to cut. The guy's got guts and he doesn't hesitate, that's for certain.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Part of his first season [[http://www.kokorononaka.net/Image/Haga/Others-ep04-Haga-17-Permanentlear.jpg outfit]]. Less [[DownplayedTrope pronounced]] than most examples though.

** JerkAssHasAPoint: When Yami calls him horrible, Weevil points out that Yami had used the Seal of Orichalcos in order to win despite knowing that he'd be putting his friend in danger, and that Yugi paid the price, saying that while he was indeed an asshole at least he didn't use the seal despite knowing that he could endanger his friends. Even though he tries not to show it, Yami is visibly affected.

* KickTheDog: In his second duel with Yami, he pretended to tear up the card Yugi's soul was trapped in (the card he actually tore up was some random insect card) just to screw with Yami. [[UnstoppableRage It doesn't end so well for him]].
* LetsGetDangerous: His second battle with Yami.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: You shouldn't have used Yugi to pull a cruel joke on Yami.
* 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. Overlaps with...
** JerkassHasAPoint: Even Yami can't deny it.

** 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 quite a few good draws in his final play.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Rex.

* TookALevelInBadass: A FromNobodyToNightmare play with this trope, after getting the Orichalcos Seal, Weevil in particular went from [[SmugSnake smug]] to [[EvilGenius being control of his duel with Yugi through clever strategy]] and almost won; a ''huge'' step up from his first duel with Yugi, in which his performance was stymied by [[SmugSnake over-confidence]].

* WarmUpBoss: For the Duelist Kingdom Arc. He demonstrates to Yugi in their duel just what the new rules for the tournament are and how they work, such as the Field power bonuses.
* 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'').

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 arc, and in the anime, the filler arcs (most notably Doma).

* JerkJock: Not to the same degree as Weevil, but he's still very smug about his abilities and treats weaker players like garbage.
* NeverMyFault: He's pissed off at Jonouchi/Joey for using his Red Eyes Black Dragon against him during their second duel and claims that Joey took it from him when in reality, Ryuzaki wagered the REBD out of his own free will during their duel in Duelist Kingdom.
** He still wants revenge on Jonouchi/Joey after causing him to lose his soul to the Seal of Orichalcos the second time. Even though it was Ryuzaki/Raptor [[HoistByHisOwnPetard who chose to play and activate the card in first the place]] then makes it pretty clear that he ''knew'' of the consequences for activating it being fully aware to what would happen if either duelist lost. Jonouchi/Joey even tries to talk sense into him about playing the card, only Rex continuously responding "knowing" the deal.

* EarlyBirdCameo: While YDark ugi and Kaiba just dealt with a bunch of miscellaneous Ghouls in the manga before going up against the duo, the anime set things up by having them briefly duel the unmasked Mask of Light and Darkness before quickly meeting up in a deadly rematch (or, at least, their voices implied that they were the same characters).

Two of Marik's Ghouls, whom he orders to take on Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba in a double deathmatch on top of building, where upon losing, a bomb will destroy the glass beneath them, sending them to their deaths (in the dub, [[NeverSayDiethe Shadow Realm]]).

The Ventriloquist of the Dead is one of Pegasus's hired Player Killer, who fights in a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters Dark Yugi using a puppet of Seto Kaiba and his stolen cards. Yugi originally challenged Saruwatari to a game on Duelist Kingdom, in order to retrieve the two Star Chips Mokuba stole and confiscated by Saruwatari, but since Saruwatari doesn't like playing games, he arranged for the Ventriloquist of the Dead to face Yugi instead.

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 Anime/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.

* BashBrothers: They always duel as a tag team
* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh Gx]]

* DualBoss: The twins have only played Tag duels in their appearances.
* EvilLaugh: Typical of early villains of the series

* PlayerKilling: Same deal as Panik.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their Tag duel with Yugi and Joey, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces.

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 focuses on assembling Exodia and using it to defeat his opponents.

* CurbstompBattle: Against Yami Yugi, who handed his ass to him after Yugi activates a trap that destroys the same cards, rendering him unable to 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).

* WakeUpCallBoss: For the Battle City Tournament. He demonstrates how dogged and dangerous the Rare Hunters actually are in their pursuit of rare cards by beating the tar out of Joey after he defeats him in a duel.

A former stage magician who either had his mother mother die at one point in his life and his lover dying in a magic trick gone wrong and joining the Rare Hunters in his despair (in the manga), or lost his good looks to a fire and his girlfriend to the BSOD that followed and serves as one of Marik's Rare Hunters in the hopes of winning her back (in the anime). 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: He sets up a death trap for his duel with Yugi.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Trims his cards and uses trick shuffling to bring his Dark Magician into his opening hand.

* EvilCounterpart: Not Pandora himself, but his Dark Magician, with its {{white hair|BlackHeart}} and evil smile is very much the evil counterpart to Yugi's Dark Magician.

* TheUnreveal: Shows Yugi his face. Yugi is repulsed, we don't get to see it.

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.

* DarkIsEvil: Most of Umbra's monsters are Dark.
* EarlyBirdCameo: While Yugi and Kaiba just dealt with a bunch of miscellaneous Rare Hunters in the manga before going up against the duo, the anime set things up by having them briefly duel the unmasked Lumis and Umbra before quickly meeting up in a deadly rematch.
* LightIsNotGood: Most of Lumis' monsters are Light.

* MaskPower: Far more competent with their masks on.
* MeaningfulName: Lumis and Umbra mean light and dark.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: 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.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Marik pulls it on Lumis (Umbra had already fallen off the building).

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.

* WouldHitAgirl: Not only does he take Anzu hostage, he physically assaults her.

* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses and is one of the lowest scum in the show, constantly cheating to win and showing no empathy for anyone.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the anime, he goes from a washed-up joke to a member of the Doma organization that wields the Seal of Orichalcos.

* NerdGlasses: He's a very intelligent and strategic duelist, cheating aside.

* ScaryShinyGlasses: Frequently gets these when he needs to look sinister.

* AdaptationalVillainy: He may have been a jerk in the manga, but at least he was helpful. In the anime, he becomes ThoseTwoBadGuys with Haga and is a minor antagonist with him in Season 4.

[[folder:Player Killer of Darkness/Panik]]
-> Voiced by: Hari Kaneko (JP), David Moo (EN)

An enormous man with the soul of a thug, he serves as one of Pegasus' Player Killers/Eliminators during the Duelist Kingdom arc in order to take out all of the gamers of the competition. He's particularly dirty, [[DirtyCoward in that he kidnaps duelists in the thick of night and forces them into a loss of their Star Chips using scare tactics]]. He defeats Mai and is in turn taken down by Dark 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.

He's also one of the last victims of Dark Yugi's Shadow Games.

* AxeCrazy: Panik's violently insane, and gets worse as the duel progresses.
* TheBrute: Of the Eliminators. He's probably the least talented of the four we meet, uses thuggish tactics to intimidate his opponents, is none too bright, and very violent.
* TheBully: How Yugi sees him.
* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, his use of pyrotechnics has little effect on Dark Yugi, who disposes of him with a Mind Crush after his victory.
* DarkIsEvil: Used Dark-attribute monsters and is definitely a villain.
* DeathByIrony: In the manga, after Dark Yugi offers to bet his life in return to make up for the number discrepancy between his and Mai's star chips, the Player Killer of Darkness ties a noose around his neck to make sure Dark Yugi dies after he loses. At the end of the game, in typical Dark Yugi fashion, he experiences a Penalty Game in which is is hanged by a noose.
* DeflectorShield: He combos Chaos Shield with Castle of Dark Illusions to make his side of the field impossible to attack.
* DirtyCoward: He scares and ambushes unknowing gamers in the shadows in order make himself seem braver than them. Dark Yugi isn't buying it. Carries into his duelist tactics -- as Dark Yugi notes, hiding his monsters in shadows so opponents can't attack because they don't know how strong they are is a cowardly way to duel. When Dark Yugi dispels the shadows, the Player Killer switches his monsters to defense and sets up barriers to protect them while he waits for the shadows return, because without their protection he's afraid to keep dueling properly.
* DumbMuscle: One of Yugi's stupider opponents, the Player Killer of Darkness relies more on scare tactics and, in the anime, pyrotechnics than actual talent.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the Japanese version, he's only known by his title, "The Player Killer of Darkness."
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a booming voice.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Dark Yugi Mind Crushes him in the anime and hangs him in the manga. Nobody cares.

* PlayerKilling: One of several meant to weed out weaker duelists still left on the island. When introduced, he's basically player killing Mai.
* PsychoForHire: Joined up with Pegasus because he likes breaking people.
* PyroManiac: In the anime, at least. Uses flamethrowers to fry the opponent's seat during duels and throw them off their game. He later tries to kill Yugi with them.
* SanitySlippage: When the duel turns against him.
* SlasherSmile: He often strikes them when threatening Yugi.
* SoreLoser: In the anime, he tries to burn Yugi/Dark Yugi to death after they beat him.
* StoneWall: His Castle of Dark Illusions, which not only has incredible defense, but shrouds the field in darkness, making it impossible for his monsters to be attacked. The addition of his Chaos Shield further defends his monsters and his Life Points, at the cost of locking his cards in place, and preventing them from attacking.
* VillainousBreakdown: Completely loses it when he's defeated. It's not helped when Dark Yugi pretty much hangs him with a Penalty Game.

[[folder:Keith Howard (Bandit Keith)]]

In Duel Mosnters, 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 in the anime, Machine King and rare Fiend monster Zera The Mant are added to his arsenal.

* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2. Violent, brutish, selfish, smug, and an all-around jerk.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', he becomes the leader of the Rare Hunters/Ghouls after Marik reforms, and partway through the game they invade Domino while he abducts Isis/Ishizu and holds her hostage to force the protagonists to unseal the final Egyptian God Card for him to use. Yes -- Bandit Keith of all people wields ''The Winged Dragon of Ra''. [[spoiler:[[EpicFail It's stuck in Sphere Mode with 0/0 stats because he doesn't know the ritual to unseal it]], but the point remains.]]

* HairTriggerTemper: It does not take much to send Keith into a rage.

* {{Jerkass}}: Other characters may be more ''evil'' than Keith, but no one--except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba--is a bigger asshole.

* SmugSnake: Lord yes. Keith thinks the world owes him something and is confident it will be paid.

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.

* AdaptationalVillainy: His EvenEvilHasStandards characterization is only in the manga, and in the anime version of Battle City he attempts to make it to the finals by cheating rather than dueling proper.
* AnimeHair: Being he was apparently an early design for Dark Yugi, it's quite amusing and appropriate.
* AssholeVictim: In the anime, instead of dueling to get six locator cards, he hides out in the Graveyard and basically mugs passing duelists for their cards. A pity for him the victim holding the sixth card he needed was [[BigBad Dark Bakura]]. His fate when he lost was deserved.

* 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 Dark Bakura and making an abrupt exit from the show.
* DevelopmentGag: As revealed by Kazuki Takahashi in the opening of one of the later volumes, back during his darker AntiHero days Yami Yugi was originally going to have the skull-faced appearance Bonz ultimately received.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the manga he felt Keith trapping Yugi and his friends in the cave was extreme.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: His Zombie-deck.
* KilledOffForReal: By Dark Bakura.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: His henchmen, Sid and Zygor. Zygor's the DumbMuscle, Sid's the talker.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Receives a nasty NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Bandit Keith after he's defeated by Joey.

* BaldOfEvil: Both brothers are fully bald.

* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh GX]]/

* FinishingEachOthersSentences: They pull this in both versions.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their Tag duel with Yugi and Joey, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces. They also alert their opponents to new rules as needed without fair warning, to the point Joey lampshades in the dub they seem to be making up the rules as they duel.

* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's always addressed as "Rare Hunter" in the anime; the name "Seeker" is only used in some of the video games.

* GigglingVillain: He laughs a lot.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: He's clearly unhinged after losing the woman he loved.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: So he turned to Marik to get her back.
* MaskPower: Wears a masked to cover his scarred face

* SlasherSmile: Is constantly grinning and smirking.

* TheUnreveal: Shows Yugi his face, which is supposedly horrifically scarred. Yugi is repulsed, but we don't get to see it.

* BashBrothers: Before Kaiba starts screwing with them, they are a very effective tag team.

* BadassLongcoat: Wears the typical Rare Hunter robes. Being he duels on an airship, it's often blowing and billowing dramatically.

* BigBrotherInstinct: He will do ''anything'' to protect Marik from anything, including himself.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Rishid won enough locator cards for he and Marik to enter the Battle City finals, and would have defeated Joey in a fair duel had Marik not forced him to use the Winged Dragon of Ra. Conversely, Marik loses (or is in the process of losing when they are called off) all three of his duels with Yami & Yugi, despite cheating (while controlling Bandit Keith), having an Egyptian God Card on his side (while controlling Strings), and using Yugi's best friend as a shield (while controlling Joey). It's pretty clear who the better duelist is here.

* NobleDemon: He's a villain, but with a proper sense of honor and morals.
** NobleTopEnforcer: Unlike Marik (and every other Rare Hunter), Rishid forgoes cheating in favor of kicking ass fairly.

* ScaryBlackMan: More AmbiguouslyBrown, being from Egypt, but his cold and stoic demeanor give off the impression of the trope.
* TattooedCrook: His face is tattooed with Egyptian hieroglyphs.

* TrapMaster: His deck is full of trap cards made to protect him from almost anything.

* 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, Rishid has played a fair duel and it's been one of the toughest yet. Which leads into problems since he's supposed to be impersonating Marik, who has shown no problems cheating and setting up unfair games. In the dub when he's defeated, he apologizes to Joey and says it was an honor to duel him.

* {{Badass}}: He beats Yami Yugi totally fairly, with no cheating or trickery involved. He ''does'' force Yami Yugi to play the Seal of Orichalcos, but does so by dueling him into a corner so that he has no choice but to play it, and the Orichalcos gives Yami Yugi huge advantages that he overcomes anywyay.

* TheChessmaster: He completely sets Yami Yugi up and backs him into a corner to force him to make the move he wants him to make. And then is ready to endure it and eventually win.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The biggest of Dartz's minions.

* GeniusBruiser: He's not only physically intimidating, but is a talented duelist.
* HeelFaceTurn: He ultimately sees the error of his ways and tries to help the group defeat Dartz.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Like all of Dartz's men, he thinks they will usher in a new utopia, and he will do anything to make it happen.

* EvilGenius: Relies on disguises and manipulation to help conceal his true dueling tactics.

* TrickBoss: He relies on very gimmicky cards that need unusual tactics to beat.

* BoisterousBruiser: Talks tough and duels tougher.

* CheerfulChild: He's very well-adjusted and friendly.

* TheCutie: Just look at him: he's adorbale.

* NiceGuy: He's one of the most pleasant and friendly characters in the original series. Leon really duels because he enjoys the game, and not in a BloodKnight way like some do.
** BewareTheNiceOnes: Capable of taking on Yugi & Yami and shows no mercy in it, at first.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His opponents and spectators have a tendency of assuming he's weak because he's a kid and his fairy-tale cards are ridiculous cutesy. Then he starts ''winning''.

* WouldHitAGirl: Not only does he take Anzu hostage, he physically assaults her.

* FourEyesZeroSoul

* FromNobodyToNightmare

* NerdGlasses

* ScaryShinyGlasses

* AdaptationalVillainy: He may have been a jerk in the manga, but at least he was helpful and doesn't team up with Haga unlike in the anime.

* DarkIsEvil

* DirtyCoward: He scares and ambushes unknowing gamers in the shadows in order make himself seem braver than them. Dark Yugi isn't buying it. Carries into his duelist tactics -- as Dark Yugi notes, hiding his monsters in shadows so opponents can't attack because they don't know how strong they are is a cowardly way to duel, and when they're revealed, he switches them to defense and sets them up behind barriers to protect them until the shadows return.

* EvilSoundsDeep

* SlasherSmile

[[folder:"Bandit" Keith Howard (Bandit Keith)]]

* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2.

* HairTriggerTemper

* JerkAss: Other characters may be more ''evil'' than Keith, but no one--except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba--is a bigger asshole.

* SmugSnake: Lord yes. Keith thinks the world owes him something.

* AdaptationalVillainy: His EvenEvilHasStandards characterization is only in the manga, and in the anime version of Battle City, he attempts to make it to the finals by cheating rather than dueling proper - which made him more of an AssholeVictim of Dark Bakura than an unfortunate one.
* AnimeHair

* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, rather than dueling, he, Takaido, and Satake spend all their time at Battle City scaring people into giving them their Locator Cards. This ultimately leads to them encounter [[AxeCrazy Dark Bakura]] and literally getting dragged into hell via Penalty Game.
* DevelopmentGag: As revealed by Kazuki Takahashi in the opening of one of the later volumes, back during the development stages, Dark Yugi was originally going to have the skull-faced appearance Kozuka ultimately received.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the manga, he felt Keith trapping Yugi and his friends in the cave was extreme. In the anime, he laughs about it instead.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* KilledOffForReal: By Dark Bakura's Shadow Games.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: His henchmen, Takaido and Satake. Satake's the DumbMuscle, Takaido's the talker.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Receives a nasty NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Bandit Keith after he's defeated by Jonouchi.

* BaldOfEvil

* BreakoutCharacter: They managed to be popular enough to appear on [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Yugioh Gx]]

* FinishingEachOthersSentences

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In their Tag duel with Yugi and Joey, the twins use various monsters and card effects that allow then to bypass several of their own Labyrinth Wall's rules for attacking and moving spaces.

* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: He's always addressed as "Rare Hunter" in the anime; the name "Seeker" is only used in one of the video games.

* GigglingVillain
* LoveMakesYouCrazy
* LoveMakesYouEvil
* MaskPower

* SlasherSmile

* TheUnreveal: Shows Yugi his face. Yugi is repulsed, we don't get to see it.

* BashBrothers: Before Kaiba starts screwing with them.

* BadassCape

* BigBrotherInstinct

* HypercompetentSidekick: Odion won enough locator cards for he and Marik to enter the Battle City finals, and would have defeated Joey in a fair duel had Marik not forced him to use the Winged Dragon of Ra. Conversely, Marik loses (or is in the process of losing when they are called off) all three of his duels with Yami & Yugi, despite cheating (while controlling Bandit Keith), having an Egyptian God Card on his side (while controlling Strings), and using Yugi's best friend as a shield (while controlling Joey). It's pretty clear who the better duelist is here.

* NobleDemon
** NobleTopEnforcer: Unlike Marik (and every other Rare Hunter), Odion forgoes cheating in favor of kicking ass fairly.

* ScaryBlackMan
* TattooedCrook

* TrapMaster

* 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 yet. Which leads into problems since he's supposed to be impersonating Marik, who has shown no problems cheating and setting up unfair games.

* TheChessmaster

* DarkAndTroubledPast

* GeniusBruiser
* HeelFaceTurn

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans

* EvilGenius

* TrickBoss

* BoisterousBruiser

* CheerfulChild

* TheCutie

* NiceGuy
** BewareTheNiceOnes: Capable of taking on Yugi & Yami.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His opponents and spectators have a tendency of assuming he's weak because he's a kid and his fairy-tale cards are cutesy... until he starts winning.

* AdaptationalVillainy: His EvenEvilHasStandards characterization is only in the manga, and in the anime version of Battle City he attempts to make it to the finals by cheating rather than dueling proper.

* 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 Dark Bakura and making an abrupt exit from the show.
* DevelopmentGag: As revealed by Kazuki Takahashi in the opening of one of the later volumes, back during his darker AntiHero days Yami Yugi was originally going to have the skull-faced appearance Bonz ultimately received.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the manga he felt Keith trapping Yugi and his friends in the cave was extreme.

* KilledOffForReal: By Dark Bakura.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: His henchmen, Sid and Zygor. Zygor's the DumbMuscle, Sid's the talker.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Receives a nasty NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Bandit Keith after he's defeated by Joey.

[[folder:Keith Howard (Bandit Keith)]]

* WouldHitAgirl: Not only does he take Anzu hostage, he physically assaults her.

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 monster Zera The Mant are added to his arsenal.

* 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.

* BigBadWannabe: He's played up as a major antagonist, but is clearly much less of a threat than Pegasus. Continues into ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', where he leads the Neo Ghouls trying to take the Millennium Items, but is just a distraction from trying to stop Pegasus from reviving Reshef.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blond and the biggest douche in the entire show. There might be more evil people out there, but nobody quite as punchable as Keith.
* 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 is unceremoniously expelled from the island by Pegasus when he tries to take the prize money by force.

** Also serves an EvilCounterpart for Jounouchi/Joey for being both duelist relying on gambling and offensive strategies.

* KickTheDog: Stealing Joey's prize entry card and before that, trapping him and Yugi in a cave.
* KilledOffForReal: Pegasus' Shadow Game in the manga has Keith shoot himself in the head to kill him. Averted in the anime, where he survives his fall from the castle and is captured by Marik.
** BackFromTheDead: Revived by Yako in the R for his EvilPlan
** DeadAllAlong: Revived by the Evil Gods and the only explanation to how he survived his Shadow Game with Pegasus.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: His ejection from the tournament in the dub. When he hits the water, he simply says "ouch."

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Zera the Mant, which becomes his trump card while under Marik's control is a 2800/2300 eight starred Fiend summoned by the Zera Ritual. During his duel with Joey he uses Zoa, a 2600/1900 seven starred Fiend that can become KillerRobot Metalzoa under the influence of Metalmorph.
* RussianRoulette: Played it in his depression over his loss to Pegasus.
* SchrodingersCast: In the manga he's killed in his Shadow Game with Pegasus, but in ''R'' is revived by the Evil Gods. In the anime he's dropped into the sea instead of the Shadow Game and is found and brainwashed by Marik. Then in the video games ''VideoGame/YuGiOhTheSacredCards'' and ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', he becomes the new leader of the Rare Hunters/Ghouls after Marik reforms and christens them the Neo Ghouls.

* SoreLoser: Does not take defeat well. "No one beats Bandit Keith!"
* SparedByTheAdaptation
* SummonMagic: His Zera the Mant requires the Zera Ritual before it can appear on the field.
* TookALevelInBadass: Assorted adaptations are quite kind to him in this regard. In Duelist Kingdom he was a washed-up has-been who lost to a rookie in spite of cheating. In ''R'' he wields an Evil God, and in ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'' he leads the Neo Ghouls in taking over Domino, kidnapping Ishizu, and seizing the Winged Dragon of Ra, which he then duels the player with.

* {{Yandere}}: For Joey in R.

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