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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he doesn't like it when someone offends baby Jesus. He also seems annoyed with Kaiba's potentially racist comments about the skin-colors of their Ancient Egyptian counterparts in Episode 59. [[FridgeBrilliance Though that may have something to do with originally being Egyptian himself.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Even he doesn't like it when someone offends babyJesus. Jesus.
** He also seems annoyed with Kaiba's potentially racist comments about the skin-colors of their Ancient Egyptian counterparts in Episode 59. [[FridgeBrilliance Though that may have something to do with originally being Egyptian himself.]]]]
** Despite making several jokes about [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Mai falling into a coma]] as a result of Melvin's penalty game, even he was among those who felt her pulling a fast one on Joey and pretending to die from it went way over the line.
** Even he doesn't like it when someone offends baby
** He also seems annoyed with Kaiba's potentially racist comments about the skin-colors of their Ancient Egyptian counterparts in Episode 59. [[FridgeBrilliance Though that may have something to do with originally being Egyptian himself.
** Despite making several jokes about [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Mai falling into a coma]] as a result of Melvin's penalty game, even he was among those who felt her pulling a fast one on Joey and pretending to die from it went way over the line.
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** Not necessarily. It should be noted that the pyramids weren't built by slaves[[note]]Currently, it is believed they were built by a large amount of skilled workers who were either paid a salary or did the work as a way to pay their taxes[[/note]], and not only was Ancient Egypt the site of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Medina#Strikes first recorded worker's strike]][[note]]due to them not receiving the food they were owed as wages[[/note]], said strike was actually successful[[note]]The authorities, after hearing about their complaints, actually addressed them and the workers went back to work[[/note]]. Also, their legal system was based less on specific laws, and more on dealing with various conflicts and agreements on a case by case basis, and it was usually councils of elders that dealt with most of the minor stuff, and all people(except slaves) where considered equal under the law, regardless of class or gender, and had the right to petition the vizier for redress.[[note]]Though on the other hand, the state could torture confessions out of people when it was acting as the prosecution for major cases, and beatings and mutilation were considered legal punishments for minor crimes, though it still depended on the severity of the crime[[/note]]. They were also remarkably advanced when it came to the rights of women, who were nearly equal to men under the law, and were far better off than Greek or Roman women. Even slaves had the right to work their way to freedom[[note]]It's still debated how common slavery was, anyway, and in many cases they seemed to be closer to indentured servants[[/note]]. Basically, by Ancient Egyptian standards, Yami would have been considered a terrible ruler, and probably would have been overthrown and had his name erased from history.
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** Also, in episode 67:
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** Also, in episode 67:74:
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-->'''Téa''': (in regard to Yugi and Yami' fight) God, I hope they make out.
-->'''Ironheart''': What?!
-->'''Téa''': I mean, I hope they make ''up''!! *whispers* With their mouths.
-->'''Téa''': (in regard to Yugi and Yami' fight) God, I hope they make out.
-->'''Ironheart''': What?!
-->'''Téa''': I mean, I hope they make ''up''!! *whispers* With their mouths.
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* SimpletonVoice: It gives him super strength!
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* SimpletonVoice: It gives him super strength!strength! It's also a reference to how he had this kind of voice in the first ten episodes of the 4Kids dub, before [[TheOtherDarrin he got a different voice actor]].
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-->''"Nothing can destroy friendship, it's the most powerful force in the universe!"''
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-->''"Nothing can destroy friendship, it's the most powerful force in the universe!"''
universe! It's even stronger than Chuck Norris!"''
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Joey is extremely protective of Serenity, and is vocally opposed to Tristan's lust towards her...[[ZigzaggedTrope when he remembers that she even exists, that is.]]
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* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: Each of them have depicted quite a lot of homosexual behavior throughout the course of the series. Case in point, Yami is ([[HeManWomanHater usually]]) shown to be interested in women, yet his relationships with his friends (sans Téa) practically ''drip'' with HomoeroticSubtext.
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* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: AmbiguouslyBi: Each of them have depicted quite a lot of homosexual behavior throughout the course of the series. Case in point, Yami is ([[HeManWomanHater usually]]) shown to be interested in women, yet his relationships with his friends (sans Téa) practically ''drip'' with HomoeroticSubtext.
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Yugi, the main character of the series (despite his insistence that it's Yami).
** TheLancer: Yami, who is more selfish than Yugi and has to be managed by everyone in the group at least once to keep him in line, in spite of being their best duelist.
** TheBigGuy: Joey and Tristan, whose personalities and characters fit perfectly into the DumbMuscle category, especially [[TheDitz Tristan]].
** TheSmartGuy: Kaiba, who is the most knowledgeable in technology and is relatively more sane than of the others (except for Yugi, but that's a given).
** TheChick: Téa, the only girl of the main characters and lusts after Yugi and[=/=]or Yami.
* KickTheDog[=/=]NoSympathy: When Mai calls them out on leaving her comatose body alone in the same blimp as Melvin, an unrepentant psychopath, they all just assume she's being irrational for no good reason. Especially Yami.
** TheHero: Yugi, the main character of the series (despite his insistence that it's Yami).
** TheLancer: Yami, who is more selfish than Yugi and has to be managed by everyone in the group at least once to keep him in line, in spite of being their best duelist.
** TheBigGuy: Joey and Tristan, whose personalities and characters fit perfectly into the DumbMuscle category, especially [[TheDitz Tristan]].
** TheSmartGuy: Kaiba, who is the most knowledgeable in technology and is relatively more sane than of the others (except for Yugi, but that's a given).
** TheChick: Téa, the only girl of the main characters and lusts after Yugi and[=/=]or Yami.
* KickTheDog[=/=]NoSympathy: When Mai calls them out on leaving her comatose body alone in the same blimp as Melvin, an unrepentant psychopath, they all just assume she's being irrational for no good reason. Especially Yami.
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Yugi, the main character of the series (despite his insistence that it's Yami).
** TheLancer: Yami, who is more selfish than Yugi and has to be managed by everyone in the group at least once to keep him in line, in spite of being their best duelist.
** TheBigGuy: Joey and Tristan, whose personalities and characters fit perfectly into the DumbMuscle category, especially [[TheDitz Tristan]].
** TheSmartGuy: Kaiba, who is the most knowledgeable in technology and is relatively more sane than of the others (except for Yugi, but that's a given).
** TheChick: Téa, the only girl of the main characters and lusts after Yugi and[=/=]or Yami.
* KickTheDog[=/=]NoSympathy:KickTheDog: When Mai calls them out on leaving her comatose body alone in the same blimp as Melvin, an unrepentant psychopath, they all just assume she's being irrational for no good reason. Especially Yami.
** TheHero: Yugi, the main character of the series (despite his insistence that it's Yami).
** TheLancer: Yami, who is more selfish than Yugi and has to be managed by everyone in the group at least once to keep him in line, in spite of being their best duelist.
** TheBigGuy: Joey and Tristan, whose personalities and characters fit perfectly into the DumbMuscle category, especially [[TheDitz Tristan]].
** TheSmartGuy: Kaiba, who is the most knowledgeable in technology and is relatively more sane than of the others (except for Yugi, but that's a given).
** TheChick: Téa, the only girl of the main characters and lusts after Yugi and[=/=]or Yami.
* KickTheDog[=/=]NoSympathy:
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Oooooh yes. [[spoiler: After finding out that Yugi lost to Raphael in Episode 73, Kaiba has a FreakOut, [[{{Yandere}} acting wildly hurt and betrayed]] [[SeriousBusiness that he lost to someone else]]. Oh, and all those times he [[WeWillMeetAgain swore vengeance for his latest defeat]]? '''''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything He was faking]]!!!''''' [[BlatantLies Riiiiiiiiiight]].[[note]]Idontbelieveyou![[/note]]]]
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Oooooh yes. [[spoiler: After finding out that Yugi lost to Raphael in Episode 73, Kaiba has a FreakOut, [[{{Yandere}} acting wildly hurt and betrayed]] [[SeriousBusiness that he lost to someone else]]. Oh, else]], and claims that all those times he [[WeWillMeetAgain swore vengeance for his latest defeat]]? '''''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything He was faking]]!!!''''' [[BlatantLies Riiiiiiiiiight]].[[note]]Idontbelieveyou![[/note]]]]faking]]!!!'''''
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* SpeakFluentAnimal: Episode 77 reveals that he can talk to snakes
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* SpeakFluentAnimal: SpeaksFluentAnimal: Episode 77 reveals that he can talk to snakes
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* AdaptationalBadass: Despite being a bigger idiot, this Tristan is far more badass than he ever was in the original series. Anime Tristan was mostly a cheerleader on the sidelines, a fact even Duke Devlin mocks him for. Abridged!Tristan, however, is supposedly a combatant in the Vietnam War, is friends with the A-Team (and gave Mr. T his name), and can kill or knock people out with little effort involved.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Despite being a bigger idiot, this Tristan is far more badass than he ever was in the original series. Anime Tristan was mostly a cheerleader on the sidelines, a fact even Duke Devlin mocks him for. Abridged!Tristan, however, is supposedly a combatant in the Vietnam War, is friends with the A-Team (and gave Mr. T his name), and can kill or knock people out with little effort involved. He can also talk to snakes.
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** "Just f*** already!"
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* AdaptationalVillainy: They're much more mean and selfish than how they are in the original anime. Yes, including Kaiba.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalJerkass: They're much more mean and selfish than how they are in the original anime. Yes, including Kaiba.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Whereas canon Yugi was a NiceGuy and an AllLovingHero, Abridged Yugi is more sarcastic and self-centered, abuses Bakura as much as everybody else does, has no problems with robbing people who he thinks are dead, and calls Kaiba a loser for never defeating him in Duel Monsters.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalJerkass: Whereas canon Yugi was a NiceGuy and an AllLovingHero, Abridged Yugi is more sarcastic and self-centered, abuses Bakura as much as everybody else does, has no problems with robbing people who he thinks are dead, and calls Kaiba a loser for never defeating him in Duel Monsters.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: ZigZagged. He's a total jerk and shown to be bit of a tyrant unlike his counterpart from the second anime but it wouldn't be entirely far off with his counterpart from the first anime and early parts of the manga. On the other hand, the original source implied he was always a [[TheGoodKing benevolent ruler]] to his people, whereas Abridged turned Yami into an [[EvilOverlord evil tyrant]] who enslaved all of his kingdom.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy:
** ZigZagged. He's a total jerk and shown to be bit of a tyrant unlike his counterpart from the second anime but it wouldn't be entirely far off with his counterpart from the first anime and early parts of the manga. On the other hand, the original source implied he was always a [[TheGoodKing benevolent ruler]] to his people, whereas Abridged turned Yami into an [[EvilOverlord evil tyrant]] who enslaved all of his kingdom.
** ZigZagged. He's a total jerk and shown to be bit of a tyrant unlike his counterpart from the second anime but it wouldn't be entirely far off with his counterpart from the first anime and early parts of the manga. On the other hand, the original source implied he was always a [[TheGoodKing benevolent ruler]] to his people, whereas Abridged turned Yami into an [[EvilOverlord evil tyrant]] who enslaved all of his kingdom.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: It's less "villainy", however, and more just flat-out "jerkassness". Joey often claims he hates Tristan and Duke, though it's mostly due to how they lust for his sister. And speaking of his sister, Joey is quite mean to Serenity; he blew all his winnings from Duelist Kingdom on Duel Monster cards, forcing his parents to pay for her operation to fix her eyesight, and when it was a failure he points out that on the upside, she won't need her cards anymore. He's also just generally insulting towards her most of the time and often acts as if she doesn't even exist.
-->'''Yugi:''' "Wow, you're kind of a selfish bastard, Joey. ''*{{beat}}*'' [[HypocriticalHumor So what cards does she have, anyway]]?"
-->'''Yugi:''' "Wow, you're kind of a selfish bastard, Joey. ''*{{beat}}*'' [[HypocriticalHumor So what cards does she have, anyway]]?"
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* AdaptationalVillainy: It's less "villainy", however, and more just flat-out "jerkassness". AdaptationalJerkass: In the abridged series Joey often claims he hates Tristan and Duke, though it's mostly due to how they lust for his sister. And speaking of his sister, Joey is quite mean to Serenity; he blew all his winnings from Duelist Kingdom on Duel Monster cards, forcing his parents to pay for her operation to fix her eyesight, and when it was a failure he points out that on the upside, she won't need her cards anymore. He's also just generally insulting towards her most of the time and often acts as if she doesn't even exist.
-->'''Yugi:''' "Wow, you're kind of a selfish bastard, Joey.''*{{beat}}*'' ''[{{beat}}]'' [[HypocriticalHumor So what cards does she have, anyway]]?"
-->'''Yugi:''' "Wow, you're kind of a selfish bastard, Joey.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original, Kaiba was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold; here he's a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Aside from viciously hating the heroes and making it clear he doesn't secretly like them, he tends to be very insulting and disrespectful to Noah and Alister, while in the original anime he had at least a bit of sympathy for them.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalJerkass: In the original, Kaiba was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold; here he's a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Aside from viciously hating the heroes and making it clear he doesn't secretly like them, he tends to be very insulting and disrespectful to Noah and Alister, while in the original anime he had at least a bit of sympathy for them.
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* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: Each of them have depicted quite a lot of homosexual behavior throughout the course of the series. Case in point, Yami is ([[HeManWomanHater usually]]) shown to be interested in women, yet his relationships with his friends (sans Téa) practically ''drip'' with HoYay.
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* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: Each of them have depicted quite a lot of homosexual behavior throughout the course of the series. Case in point, Yami is ([[HeManWomanHater usually]]) shown to be interested in women, yet his relationships with his friends (sans Téa) practically ''drip'' with HoYay.HomoeroticSubtext.
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* BerserkButton: As much as they annoy him, don't harm any of his friends. Anubis learned this the hard way.
** He also seems to dislike it when people talk smack about his "pointy hair."
** He also seems to dislike it when people talk smack about his "pointy hair."
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* BerserkButton: As much as they annoy him, don't harm any of his friends. Anubis learned this the hard way.
**He also seems to dislike dislikes it when people talk smack about his "pointy hair."
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''he'' was horrified by Gozaburo's decision to spend money on "weapons of mass destruction that'll threaten the stability of world peace". Moreover, he ''still'' stopped [=KaibaCorp=]'s production of said weapons in this incarnation, suggesting he has disdain for weapon production.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''he'' was horrified by Gozaburo's decision to spend money on "weapons of mass destruction that'll threaten the stability of world peace". Moreover, he ''still'' stopped [=KaibaCorp=]'s production of said weapons in this incarnation, suggesting he has disdain for weapon production.this business.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''he'' was horrified by Gozaburo's decision to spend money on "weapons of mass destruction that'll threaten the stability of world peace".
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''he'' was horrified by Gozaburo's decision to spend money on "weapons of mass destruction that'll threaten the stability of world peace". Moreover, he ''still'' stopped [=KaibaCorp=]'s production of said weapons in this incarnation, suggesting he has disdain for weapon production.
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** This would also apply to his Season 0 Abridged counterpart who, compared to the rest of the series, is more of an AxCrazy psychopath.
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** This would also apply to Played straight with his Season 0 Abridged counterpart who, compared counterpart; while Season 0 Yami was a ruthless SociopathicHero who did inflict horrible game penalties to his opponents, he would typically give his opponents a chance to play by the rest of rule, and only go with the series, game penalties when they started cheating or assaulting him when they realized they were losing. His Abridged Series counterpart, on the other hand, is more of an AxCrazy psychopath.AxeCrazy psychopath who actively tries to kill his opponents through blatantly deadly games while [[EvilLaugh laughting like a maniac]] and is so evil [[HorrifyingTheHorror even the Devil apparently sees him as too creepy]].
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: His season zero counterpart once [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu went on a blind date with]] [[{{Satan}} the Devil]]; the Devil said he was too creepy.
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: His season zero counterpart once [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu went on a blind date with]] [[{{Satan}} the Devil]]; the Devil said he was too creepy.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: ZigZagged. He's a total jerk and shown to be bit of a tyrant unlike his counterpart from the second anime but it wouldn't be entirely far off with his counterpart from the first anime and early parts of the manga. On the other hand, the original source implied he was always a benevolent ruler to his people, whereas Abridged turned Yami into an evil tyrant who enslaved all of his kingdom.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: ZigZagged. He's a total jerk and shown to be bit of a tyrant unlike his counterpart from the second anime but it wouldn't be entirely far off with his counterpart from the first anime and early parts of the manga. On the other hand, the original source implied he was always a [[TheGoodKing benevolent ruler ruler]] to his people, whereas Abridged turned Yami into an [[EvilOverlord evil tyrant tyrant]] who enslaved all of his kingdom.
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** Delivered a second one that completely dispensed with all comedy on November 9th, 2016, involving him leaning heavily on the fourth wall and speaking to fans who were scared and wanted to give up following the previous days tragedy. Many fans said it brought them to tears,
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** Delivered a second one that completely dispensed with all comedy on November 9th, 2016, involving 2016 with regards to the infamous presidential election of that time. The video involved him leaning heavily on the fourth wall and speaking to fans who were scared and wanted to give up following the previous days tragedy. Many fans said it brought them to tears,
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* BoldlyComing: When Dark Magician Girl tells him to "Become one with Critias", Kaiba... [[UnusualEuphemism Becomes one with Critias.]]
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* BoldlyComing: When Dark Magician Girl tells him to "Become one with Critias", Kaiba... [[UnusualEuphemism Becomes becomes one with Critias.]]
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* SkewedPriorities: He has a hard time choosing between defeating Yugi or saving the world after he gets Critas.
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* SkewedPriorities: He has a hard time choosing between defeating Yugi or saving the world after he gets Critas.Critias.
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** He also spends a lot of money to prepare an extravagant birthday party for Little Kuriboh. Mokuba even lampshades how surprisingly out-of-character this is for him.
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* OnlySaneMan: In episode 75, due to everyone else being completely nuts.
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* DumbMuscle: Stupid though he may be, he's definitely the most physically dangerous of the cast.
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* IdiotHero: He's probably the most heroic member of the main six, being he frequently fights to protect Serenity. He's still as dumb as a doornail.
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* IdiotHero: He's probably the most heroic member of the main six, being he frequently fights to protect Serenity.Serenity and lacks most of the {{Jerkass}} behaviors towards the other five that they tend to show each other. He's still as dumb as a doornail.
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* {{Narcissist}}: The biggest one in the entire series.
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* {{Sadist}}: How he acts in Season 0, where he's portrayed as someone who loves seeing his enemies suffer in the most painful ways imaginable. This is brought up in the main series when [[spoiler:he falls under the effects of the Orichalcos]] in Season 4 and he begins acting like his Season 0 counterpart.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: They're much more mean and selfish than how they are in the original anime. Yes, including Kaiba.
* AdaptationalWimp: They're a lot less competent than their original counterparts.
* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: Each of them have depicted quite a lot of homosexual behavior throughout the course of the series. Case in point, Yami is ([[HeManWomanHater usually]]) shown to be interested in women, yet his relationships with his friends (sans Téa) practically ''drip'' with HoYay.
* CharacterExaggeration: Traits that were prominent to their original counterparts tend to go UpToEleven (i.e. Téa's firm belief in ThePowerOfFriendship and Kaiba's jerkass behavior).
* TheDitz: Most of them are pretty dense ('''especially''' Tristan and Joey).
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Yugi, the main character of the series (despite his insistence that it's Yami).
** TheLancer: Yami, who is more selfish than Yugi and has to be managed by everyone in the group at least once to keep him in line, in spite of being their best duelist.
** TheBigGuy: Joey and Tristan, whose personalities and characters fit perfectly into the DumbMuscle category, especially [[TheDitz Tristan]].
** TheSmartGuy: Kaiba, who is the most knowledgeable in technology and is relatively more sane than of the others (except for Yugi, but that's a given).
** TheChick: Téa, the only girl of the main characters and lusts after Yugi and[=/=]or Yami.
* KickTheDog[=/=]NoSympathy: When Mai calls them out on leaving her comatose body alone in the same blimp as Melvin, an unrepentant psychopath, they all just assume she's being irrational for no good reason. Especially Yami.
* VagueAge: Their ages, mainly Yugi's, are often the source for various jokes due to the YoungerThanTheyLook[=/=]OlderThanTheyLook tropes being in effect quite a lot.
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!!Yugi Muto
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-->''"You lose automatically unless you're me."''
Our protagonist. In the Abridged Series, Yugi shares the most amount of ever-so coveted screen time with Yami. His story plays out pretty much the same as it normally does, except with more card games and snarkiness.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Whereas canon Yugi was a NiceGuy and an AllLovingHero, Abridged Yugi is more sarcastic and self-centered, abuses Bakura as much as everybody else does, has no problems with robbing people who he thinks are dead, and calls Kaiba a loser for never defeating him in Duel Monsters.
* {{Adorkable}}: At least two people have mistaken him for [[PandaingToTheAudience a baby panda]], including the spirit that possesses him regularly.
* AnimeHair: His hair is noted to be so crazy, he has enough to cover Joey's lack of it when AnimeHair is needed to enter Duelist Kingdom.
* AntiHero: Much less than Yami. He's quite often a jerk, even to his friends, and can be very bitter and cynical at times, but he's really a good guy deep down.
* BerserkButton: Don't call Yugi whack.
** Don't say that card games are a waste of time.
* CatchPhrase: "Super Special Awesome" and "LetMeGetThisStraight..."
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Often fills this role for most of the characters in the series (especially Yami, Tea, and Tristan).
* DeadpanSnarker: Not quite as much as other characters, though, but as most characters in this series are intensely snarky, that doesn't say much.
* DisappearedDad: When Grandpa delivers the package from Pegasus about Season Four's FillerArc, he initially claims that Yugi's father asked him to deliver it.
-->'''Yugi''': My father was here?!
-->'''Grandpa''': Oh no, my mistake. It was the mailman. You know, someone [[LampshadeHanging you actually see on a regular basis]]. [[TheDitz I get those two mixed up sometimes.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: He abhors slavery of humans, and refuses to let Joey and Tristan keep people as pets until they repeatedly demand it.
* TheHero: Although he believes the Pharaoh to be the hero, it's really Yugi.
* {{Hipster}}: Briefly parodied.
-->I'm Yugi Moto, and I was playing card games before it was cool.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Acknowledges his role as main character, but sometimes lets it get out of hand; i.e, not allowing anyone more screen time than him.
* KidWithTheLeash: Currently the page quote (for a very good reason).
-->'''Yami Yugi:''' Couldn't I just [[MindRape mind-crush]] him?\\
'''Yugi:''' You can't [[TheAllSolvingHammer fix all your problems]] by mind-crushing people!\\
'''Yami Yugi:''' Oh, come on! Just one little mind-crush, it'll barely hurt him.\\
'''Yugi:''' No! Bad pharaoh! No mind-crush!
* LimitedWardrobe: He is rarely ever seen wearing anything other than his school uniform. This gets lampshaded a bit in episode 22 when he wonders if anybody's going to notice that he's not wearing his uniform.
* MetaGuy: Starting from halfway through Season 2, he's often the first to complain about plot holes or nonsensical plans. A striking example is when he acknowledges the undertones of the speech delivered by Joey about [[WriterOnBoard how the abridged series has introduced many to the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise and he has the fanbase by his side]]:
--> [[LampshadeHanging This is so meta.]]
* MundaneUtility: Uses the Millennium Puzzle as a fashion accessory and visits the Pharaoh's soul room when he gets bored.
* ObliviousToLove: Depending on RuleOfFunny, he doesn't notice whenever Téa tries to hit on him, despite being equally attracted to her. This is especially apparent when she's [[spoiler:possessed by Crump]] and constantly making sexual advances on him.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's ([[VagueAge supposedly]]) 16, but he looks like a 10-year-old. This has been {{lampshaded}} a few times.
* OnlySaneMan: The closest this show can get to one, at least. He's the only one of the main cast not to have an overly negative personality trait (Tristan and Joey's idiocy, Yami's jerkassery, Teá's lust and obsession with sex or love-related things, Kaiba's enormous ego, etc).
* ParentalAbandonment: When Rebecca [[TheBusCameBack returns]] in Season Four, he doesn't recognize her. When he's informed that she's someone from his past that he hasn't seen in a long time, his first guess is a bit off.
-->'''Yugi''': [[FailedASpotCheck Are you]] my parents?!
** See also DisappearedDad above.
* PerverseSexualLust: Occasionally shown to have this for the Dark Magician Girl.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:His soul is taken by the Seal of Orichalcos]] in Episode 71.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Yes, ''Yugi'' of all people gave this out to Rebecca in episode 70, in response to her saying Professor Hawkins [[BerserkButton doesn't have time to waste with children's card games]]. It took Rebecca changing the subject quickly for him to calm down. Even more scary is that nobody else is ever shown having this kind of ability.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Yami's Red Oni.
* RobbingTheDead: He insists that this is technically what he did by taking the Orichalcos stone that "Bro" was wearing after the latter seemingly died.
* SharingABody: Again, with Yami.
* SingleTargetSexuality: [[PerverseSexualLust Dark]] [[MsFanservice Magician Girl]] aside, Yugi never seems to express romantic interest in anyone except Téa, despite Mai Valentine outright propositioning him in one scene and Rebecca Hawkins having an obvious crush on him.
-->'''Yami Yugi:''' Hey Yugi, you gonna hit that?\\
'''Yugi:''' Mmmm, no. \\
'''Yami Yugi:''' Shame. Damn shame.
* SmokingIsCool: Averted. [[RealityEnsues He mentions he should quit smoking after running for a relatively short time makes him exhausted]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In credits and other such material, his surname tends to be written as "Moto", which is consistent with how it's [[ItsPronouncedTropay pronounced]] in the English dub, but in both the English and the original Japanese versions, it's spelled "Muto".
* TranquilFury:
** Shows rather clear hints of anger when Joey asks Yugi if he forgave him for stealing the eye piece from his Millennium Puzzle in episode 4.
** As noted above, Yugi's eyes briefly [[RedEyesTakeWarning turn red]] when Rebecca claims that her grandfather doesn't have time for children's card games.
--> '''Yugi:''' ''(calmly)'' The f**k you say?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yami]]
!!Yami Victor Yugi, aka "The Pharaoh" aka "[[Creator/DanGreen DAN GREEN]]" aka Atem
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-->''"Listen man, you can threaten me all you like, but let's get one thing straight: Nobody, but ''nobody'' f**ks with the hair."''
The incredibly FABULOUS alter-ego of our protagonist. Yami is not as heroic as he was in the source material, but at the same time he's just as hammy (if not more so.) He's a bastard who Mind Crushes people for arbitrary reasons, but he's not all bad, considering he's one of the heroes.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: ZigZagged. He's a total jerk and shown to be bit of a tyrant unlike his counterpart from the second anime but it wouldn't be entirely far off with his counterpart from the first anime and early parts of the manga. On the other hand, the original source implied he was always a benevolent ruler to his people, whereas Abridged turned Yami into an evil tyrant who enslaved all of his kingdom.
** This would also apply to his Season 0 Abridged counterpart who, compared to the rest of the series, is more of an AxCrazy psychopath.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Bakura's gaydar has reacted to him, he has an obsession with leather clothing, in ''Bonds Beyond Time Abridged'' he is openly attracted to Yusei, and in "Everybody Hates Mako" he cracked "if you're a ghost then I'm straight" at Kaiba's ghost. [[spoiler:The "ghost" was actually a gay clown.]] However, he occasionally shows interest in both genders, including Téa, Mai, Rebecca, even the Dark Magician Girl; but then in "They Saved Tristan's Brain," it's revealed that he isn't sure if Téa is a girl. He's also mentioned enjoying parties that involve [[DudeShesLikeInAComa unconscious women]]. Then there's this:
-->'''Yugi:''' Ow, not so tight, Pharoah! \\
'''Yami:''' ThatsWhatSheSaid. Or he. I could go either way, really. And that is ''also'' what she said!
* AmbiguouslyEvil: His acts of heroism are usually motivated by selfishness and he treats everyone around him like dirt. They're okay with this since there's always at least two major antagonists even worse than Yami in each season. Taken even further in Season 0 where Yami is a straight-up SuperpoweredEvilSide who paraphrases famous villains and enjoys murder.
* AmIRight: "Hey, Joey. Watapon! Am I right?" - About one of the cards in Kaiba's lame-ass deck when he takes over the duel with Noah.
** Also:
--> '''Yami:''' Huh, five men in one body, eh? Sounds like a typical day for Mai Valentine. Am I right?
--> '''Joey:''' [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Yug, she's in a coma!]]
--> '''Yami:''' Am I right?
--> '''Joey:''' It's just very inappropriate is all.
--> '''Yami:''' Yes, but am I right?
--> '''Joey:''' ''YUGI!''
--> '''Yami:''' ''JOEY!'' ...Am. I. Right?
* AnimeHair: In the second clip show, he attributes it to being struck by lightning.
* AntiHero: He loves to [[MindRape Mind Crush]] people, when Yugi's friends are in danger his reactions range from indifference to joy, and in Season 0 he's completely AxCrazy. As with everything else in the series though this is subject to RuleOfFunny -- when Noah turns his friends to stone he doesn't care until he petrifies Tristan, which horrifies him. And on several other occasions he shows he does truly care for Yugi, Joey and Téa (Tristan is usually still the ButtMonkey).
* ArbitrarySkepticism: He doesn't believe in souls. Despite being one himself.
** SkepticNoLonger: Possibly as of Season 4, given that his opponents very obviously have the means to take peoples' souls away and he is absolutely devasted when [[spoiler:Yugi loses his.]]
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Melvin's "Shiny Obelisk" caught his attention so much that he was willing to [[spoiler: trade the original and Fiend's Sanctuary (both Kaiba's cards) for it.]]
* AxCrazy: In Season 0, he ''loves'' hurting people and revels in violence and chaos.
* BadassBaritone: He has what he would call a "deep and sexy voice".
* BerserkButton: As much as they annoy him, don't harm any of his friends. Anubis learned this the hard way.
** He also seems to dislike it when people talk smack about his "pointy hair."
* {{Bishonen}}: Self-declared, and noted by others too.
--> '''Yami:''' That plan is as stupid as I am pretty. And I don't know if you've noticed this, but I am a damn handsome man.
* BrokenAesop: He frequently gives out the moral that bullying isn't nice, despite being somewhat of a bully himself. PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* BrutalHonesty: During the duel between him and Joey in episode 17, Yami flat out tells Joey that he's a terrible duelist, and that he only wins because Yami tells him what to do.
* TheCaligula: His rule as Pharaoh. "Slavemas" is the only word you need.
* CloudCuckoolander: He can lapse into this at times. In episode 61, his kookiness was enough to drive ''[[AxCrazy Melvin]]'' crazy.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: [[invoked]] As fans of the actual series know, his "name" is Yami Yugi, but then that just means "Dark Yugi," as in Yugi's alter-ego. His name is ''not'' Yami in the main continuity, but he was identified as such in the 4Kids dub, creating a ContinuitySnarl when the mystery of his name became a major plot point later in the series. This series just goes with "Yami" and lampshades 4Kids accidentally naming him as such.
-->'''Yami:''' You can call me Yami. \\
'''Yugi:''' I thought your name was Ate-- \\
'''Yami:''' Sh! Don't spoil it now!
* DeadpanSnarker: Rivals Bakura and Kaiba as the main source of sarcasm.
* DepravedBisexual: Comes off as this, at least in the "What would Yugi do?" video.
--> '''Yami:''' Silence, slave, or do you ''want'' me to yank on your leash again? \\
'''Yugi:''' Ow, not so tight, Pharoah! \\
'''Yami:''' ThatsWhatSheSaid. Or he. I could go either way, really. And that is ''also'' what she said! \\
'''Yugi:''' You're so depraved. \\
'''Yami:''' At least I'm not deprived. Of sex. Like ''you'' will be if you don't pipe down, little man!
* DisproportionateRetribution: He delivers this to Kaiba in Season Zero.
-->'''Yami:''' You took my grandfather's card, so I took your bodyguard's kidneys! I believe that's a fair trade.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he doesn't like it when someone offends baby Jesus. He also seems annoyed with Kaiba's potentially racist comments about the skin-colors of their Ancient Egyptian counterparts in Episode 59. [[FridgeBrilliance Though that may have something to do with originally being Egyptian himself.]]
* HeManWomanHater: He despises women and constantly makes jokes at the expense of Mai and Tea. However, in "They Saved Tristan's Brain," he justifies this by explaining women hate him and want to kill him, revealing he thought Marik and Bakura were women all this time.
* HesGotLegs: A cross he has to bear, apparently.
--> '''Yami:''' Can I help it [sitting with his legs crossed] if I have such long, womanly legs? It's the cross I have to bear, Yugi. You wouldn't know, being so... short and all. Oooohhhh! These long, beautiful legs of mine! Ahhhh!
* HellBentForLeather: He ''loves'' his leather pants.
--> '''Marik''': I'm talking about the power to ''look good in leather!'' \\
'''Yami''': That power belongs to me and me alone! And maybe Music/{{NSYNC}}, but mostly to me!
* TheHero: Yugi's perception is that he's this, since he's the one who does all the dueling and gets more attention and screentime. Actually more like TheLancer.
* HeroicComedicSociopath:
** On Christmas, he sent Marik and his evil Council of Doom a present. [[spoiler: A bomb.]]
** His season zero counterpart is a full blown psycho who just seems to like killing the people who hurt Yugi, making him heroic in the [[NominalHero loosest possible definition.]]
---> '''Yami''': Hey, Kaiba! You took my Grandfather's card, so I took your bodyguards' kidneys. I believe that's a fair trade.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After Battle City, he dueled Joey so Joey could earn back his Red-Eyes Black Dragon. He refused to go easy on Joey and expected it to be a CurbStompBattle. He actually lost the duel, and Joey won because he believed in the heart of the cards just like Yugi told him to, even though Yami admitted afterwards that he was bullshitting when he said to believe in the heart of the cards.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: His season zero counterpart once [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu went on a blind date with]] [[{{Satan}} the Devil]]; the Devil said he was too creepy.
** Said counterpart was subjected to this himself when encountering the sheer wrongness that is Seto Kaiba being a NiceGuy.
* HypocriticalHumor: Yami is prone to this. For one, he makes a jab to the fact Yami Bakura had the same name as Ryou Bakura, despite the fact Yami Yugi himself never objects to people calling him the same name as his host.
* InelegantBlubbering: After losing Yugi's soul.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When being called out by Tea for not believing in Joey enough during his duel with Melvin, Yami does a ''precise'' phrase in Tea's voice in what she would say in a mocking fashion and said that's what she sounds like. Very harsh, but also kinda true.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As evidenced all over this page, the Pharaoh is a dick. But in the end, he's still a good guy who helps protect Yugi and his friends.
* KickTheDog:
** In Episode 40, Marik tries to dissuade Yami from attacking Bakura and ending the duel by having Ryou appear in front of him. Instead of hesitating like he did in the original, he willingly ''attacks'' him which shocks Odion and Joey.
** Episode 58 where he doesn't care about Joey being knocked unconscious by Melvin's Egyptian god card. At the same time, ranting how people in his time didn't bother caring about his death. Subverted in the next episode, where he suddenly sympathizes with Joey's condition and swears to defeat Melvin to avenge him. Maybe he does care after all.
* LargeHam: Obviously, since in the dub, he's '''voiced by [[Creator/DanGreen DAN GREEN]]'''.
* LaughingMad: His ''Season Zero'' persona as he's being released by Yugi. He does one hell of an EvilLaugh.
* MenDontCry: He demands Yugi not to cry after Joey's defeat by Melvin because it'll be distractive in his duel against Kaiba.
** Averted like ''hard'' when [[spoiler: Raphael takes Yugi's soul]]. TheAce who's [[ComedicSociopathy laughed off every horrible thing like it was a joke]] doesn't even ''try'' to conceal his sheer misery at Yugi's loss.
* MetaGuy: Unlike his counterpart, he's been this since day one.
* MindRape: His "Mind Crush" power is this, weaponized. It's his go-to answer (aside from playing card games) to any problem he faces.
* MundaneUtility: Yami uses his Millennium Puzzle as a reading light and mood ring.
* {{Narcissist}}: He slightly has an inflated opinion of himself. Take this clip from Episode 55, for instance:
-->'''Noah:''' In case you haven't noticed, I just won the duel! Kaiba’s body is mine! I’m free! \\
'''Yami:''' Hah! You call that a body? On a scale of one to me, he rates a measly six and a half! And that’s being generous. \\
'''Noah:''' And what? You think you’re a better candidate? \\
'''Yami:''' Are you kidding? Noah, look at this body! I’m sexy and I know it! I work out! Plus I’m the King of Games. Would you rather be Kaiba and live the rest of your life knowing you’re only second best? Or stand tall at the top of the mountain? My body, Noah: Take it or leave it.
* NeverMyFault: When he uses Slifer to attack and seriously injure Bakura (after Odion provided him a chance not to), he tries to blame it on Marik instead of taking responsibility for it himself. And he directs his hate towards Melvin when it was the Pharaoh's own fault for Joey losing because he didn't give him enough faith.
* NobodyTouchesTheHair: He didn't take well with Gansley saying that he will trim Yugi's hair should he take over his body.
* NominalHero: At least initially, where he doesn't care about Yugi's friends at all and is more violent and arrogant. Much like his canon counterpart, he's mellowed out over time but is still a jerk to them more than occasionally.
* OhCrap: When Kaiba summons Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in 14.
--> '''Yami:''' Oh, poopie!
* OhMyGods: As he was an Egyptian pharaoh, Yami sometimes swears at various Egyptian gods/goddesses (i.e. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra Ra]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris Osiris]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis Isis]], etc.) {{Lampshaded}}.
-->'''Yami:''' Oh my various gods.
* OlderAlterEgo: To Yugi, though as in the canon his age is hazy.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hand in hand with CowboyBebopAtHisComputer above; he also goes by simply "The Pharaoh." Or Yami. It goes back and forth. The one time someone mentions his real name, he interrupts and tells them "not to spoil it".
* OnlySaneMan: Tended to lampshade the show's silliness in Season 1. After he TookALevelInJerkass in Season 2 and 3, this role got delegated more and more to Yugi.
* PetTheDog: After being unsympathetic about him being defeated by Melvin at first, Yami swore to avenge Joey by beating him in a duel and save the world.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Aims a string of misogynistic insults at the offscreen, comatose Mai in episode 54, much to Joey's discomfort.
---> "It's funny because she's a woman."
** During the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City Final arcs, he makes several jabs at the fact Kaiba is an adopted child.
* RealityEnsues: In episode 54, he tells the Big Five how dumb it would be that if they did won the duel, no one at the Kaiba Corporation would take them seriously as they are in the bodies of teenagers.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Yugi's Blue Oni.
* SealedEvilInACan: Season Zero mostly, but he has his moments in the main series too.
--> You said it, Yugi! Now burn everything. Burn it to the ground!
* SexierAlterEgo: The TropeNamer, though it was Tea who actually said it. As adorable as Yugi is, Yami is ''sexy''.
* SignatureMove: Mind Crush, of course. Unlike the canon Yami, he has no problems with abusing it. He even extends it to video games he plays, as seen in his playthrough of Fallout 3.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: In Season 0, he's this to Yugi. When he's let out, someone is gonna get Mind Crushed. Possibly several someones.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Originally the OnlySaneMan of the main cast with a mean streak, now he's easily the most sociopathic of the bunch, except for maybe Kaiba (who was willing to detonate an island with people still on it, something Yami actually objects to).
* TruthInTelevision: To be perfectly honest, the way Yami treated his subjects in the past is no different than with how people in power during his time took advantage of those below them. Especially kings and monarchs.
* UnscrupulousHero: After his CharacterDevelopment.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Joey]]
!! Steve Joey Wheeler
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-->''"BROOKLYN RAGE!"''
Joey serves the same role as he does originally as TheLancer to Yugi and Yami. He's a closet [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] and might also have an attraction to Kaiba. On the other hand, he's recently admitted his love for Mai Valentine's breasts. He aspires to be a professional duelist, but as Yami and Kaiba constantly remind him, most of his opponents are frauds and/or pathetic, and Joey may be too dumb to be a serious duelist.
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* AbusiveParents: He said that his father [[AlcoholicParent constantly drank]] and that it taught him a valuable lesson. Said lesson being solving problems using force.
* AdaptationalVillainy: It's less "villainy", however, and more just flat-out "jerkassness". Joey often claims he hates Tristan and Duke, though it's mostly due to how they lust for his sister. And speaking of his sister, Joey is quite mean to Serenity; he blew all his winnings from Duelist Kingdom on Duel Monster cards, forcing his parents to pay for her operation to fix her eyesight, and when it was a failure he points out that on the upside, she won't need her cards anymore. He's also just generally insulting towards her most of the time and often acts as if she doesn't even exist.
-->'''Yugi:''' "Wow, you're kind of a selfish bastard, Joey. ''*{{beat}}*'' [[HypocriticalHumor So what cards does she have, anyway]]?"
* AdaptationalWimp: A lot more idiotic and nowhere near as competent as his original counterpart.
* AloofBigBrother: More of a JerkAss Big Brother. He's not a good brother to Serenity in any sense of the word; he spent the prize money meant to pay for her surgery on Duel Monster cards, and then took hers since she's blind anyway.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Its implied his habit of saying "nyeh!" is subconscious at best, since he can't remember saying it to Bakura.
* BigBrotherBully: He's very uncaring towards his younger sister Serenity most of the time, to the point where he acts as if she doesn't exist.
* BiTheWay: He's attracted to both Kaiba and Mai Valentine, and is attracted to Johnson both when he's disguised as Mai and when he turns back to his actual body.
* BloodKnight: He loves inflicting physical violence on others and expresses relief whenever he's allowed to beat people up onscreen (or offscreen, if 4Kids allowed it).
* BrooklynRage: TropeNamer, but not an example himself, being from Japan ([[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield in spite of his Brooklyn accent]]). In one video, Yami even calls him "Joey, Guardian of Brooklyn".
* BrutalHonesty: When Tristan claims to be having problems with his grade, Joey tells him straight up that it's because he's an idiot.
* CatchPhrase:
** "Brooklyn Rage!!", which didn't catch on ([[AscendedMeme in-universe, anyway.]])
** Must... risk... life... for X!
* {{Crossdresser}}: Implied.
-->'''Joey:''' ''(dressed up as the Flame Swordsman)'' Have I been crossdressing in my sleep again?
* CurbstompBattle: Was on the receiving end of this from Kaiba in their "third place duel" where he loses in the first turn. But he manages to deal one out to [[spoiler: ''Yami'']] after the tournament concluded. He finished him with a joke monster to boot.
* TheDitz: He definitely has frequent lapses of intelligence. Compared to Tristan, though...
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even he was offended by Yami's sexist quotes about Mai. Considering how young Serenity really is, it's no wonder Joey dislikes Tristan and Duke flirting with her.
* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: A member. He prefers to keep it hidden from Serenity, but has fully admitted it to his friends.
* HomoeroticDream: He dreamed he was forced to dress up as a dog and obey Kaiba. This isn't the only time.
* HotBlooded: As in the canon, he's boisterous and loud.
* IdiotHero: He's not the most intelligent cast member.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mostly to Serenity and sometimes Tristan.
* TheLancer: Yugi's best friend and fellow duelist.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Delivers one in episode 50 where Joey defends the institution of TheAbridgedSeries.
** Delivered a second one that completely dispensed with all comedy on November 9th, 2016, involving him leaning heavily on the fourth wall and speaking to fans who were scared and wanted to give up following the previous days tragedy. Many fans said it brought them to tears,
* SuperStrength: Apparently, having an abusive alcoholic father means you have enough strength to kick down walls.
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:After a direct attack from Mega Ultra Chicken that almost kill him]], he recovered at the very end of the next episode, offscreen. He also suffered a Mind Crush from Yugi, only for him to still be alive and well.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: He often enjoys it when problems are solved with physical violence instead of children's card games.
* VerbalTic: "Nyeh!" Joey seems to be oblivious to hearing himself saying it, however.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Téa]]
!! Steve Téa Gardner
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-->''"Nothing can destroy friendship, it's the most powerful force in the universe!"''
Téa is incredibly fixated on friendship, and honestly believes it's the ultimate source of power and can right any wrong, God bless her. She can and will make speeches about friendship when provoked, and if she focuses on a single target, well...[[FateWorseThanDeath the less said, the better]]. She is fiercely in love (and lust) with Yami. And/or Yugi. It varies depending on RuleOfFunny.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: She adores Yami and makes no secret of it. He wants nothing to do with her.
* AdaptationalWimp: ZigZagged. [[spoiler:She lost her duel to Crump in this version]], but still won against Joey and Mai.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: UpToEleven in Season 0. She considers Yami a KnightInShiningArmor... after he [[KillItWithFire burns the criminal]] [[DistressedDamsel holding her hostage]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath to death right in front of her]]. [[StealthPun She insists it was really hot]].
* AllWomenAreLustful: Perhaps the most perverted of the main characters (and that's saying something), frequently drools over attractive men, and makes no secret that she ships people a lot, including her own friends.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a nice girl, but her friendship speeches can brainwash people as potent as any Mind Crush.
* ButtMonkey: While not on the level of Joey and Tristan, she still qualifies, mainly thanks to Yami's mistreatment of her.
* TheChick: The lone female of the group who preaches friendship.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Doesn't tend to notice Yugi "that way" until another girl (or Bakura) shows interest in him, then she becomes this.
* CrossdressingVoices[=/=]LarynxDissonance: Is voiced by Little Kuriboh doing falsetto, and it's pretty obvious it isn't a woman behind the microphone. It's lampshaded by Yugi when Marik speaks through her in his normal voice that "her voice gets less convincing by the minute."
* TheDreaded: Yami really, REALLY does not approve of Téa's flirting, and he isn't afraid to let her know at all.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Lampshaded in episode 49, where the "Jiggle-ometer" (rates the breasts present in the scene) swings between settings depending on the scene shown of her.
* DependingOnTheWriter: It's never really clear whether or not she likes Yugi or is using him as a means to get to Yami it can go back and forth sometimes within the same episode.
* GoodIsNotSoft: She uses ThePowerOfFriendship to MindRape somebody.
* LovableSexManiac: "The only one who will be taking my body is Yugi and/or Yami". This despite the fact that she has offered herself to Duke Devlin, lusted over Marik and wanted to make him her sex slave, and even tried to seduce Yugi's Grandpa when she was feeling extra-horny.
* LoveFreak: Her obsession with friendship is very reminiscent of this trope.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Though she also wants to hook up with Yugi at times, it's Yami she ''really'' wants.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Taken UpToEleven in Season Zero.
-->'''Yugi:''' Thanks for standing up for me, Téa.\\
'''Téa:''' That's okay, Yugi. You know I think you're ''really'' cute.\\
'''Yugi:''' Hey, you wanna go out some time?\\
'''Téa:''' I meant as a ''friend'', Yugi.\\
'''Yugi:''' ...Oh, um, okay... sorry.\\
'''Téa:''' But I do love you.\\
'''Yugi:''' ''Really?!''\\
'''Téa:''' ''As a friend,'' Yugi!\\
'''Yugi:''' Oh... Alright.\\
'''Téa:''' Let's have sex later, okay?\\
'''Yugi:''' ...Huh?\\
'''Téa:''' ''AS FRIENDS, Yugi!'' Geez, such a pervert.
* MostFanFicWritersAreGirls: She's noted to be a writer of fanfics, the only cast member to be such. She ships [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry/Hedwig]].
* ObliviousToLove: Depending on RuleOfFunny, whenever Yugi's not oblivious to her obvious advances on him, she's the one who's oblivious to his obvious feelings for her.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: A firm believer in it. It's also the Pharaoh's least favorite aspect about her.
--> '''Yami''': *''Mocking Téa''* Oh, Yugi, let's go on a date, and talk about how we're friends, and friendship, and all that stuff! *''Normal voice''* That's what you sound like!
* SkewedPriorities: In episode 14, Téa stops Yami from killing Kaiba... only because she feared he would survive.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS[=/=]ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Marik mispronounces her name as "Tee Gardner" (as in, a cup of tea) instead of "TAY-ya Gardner".
* StraightMan: She ''tries'', but often ends up acting as goofy as the rest of her friends.
* TheTease: Towards Yugi in Season 0.
* UnusualEuphemism: Mutters a string of them while passed out.
-->"Oh my God, that's right, Pharaoh... Friend me! Friend me! Friend all over my face! Oh, that's so friendly of you. Oh, you're such a good friend. Make friends with my vagina!"
* YaoiFangirl:
** [[{{Shipping}} Ships]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'' characters.
** Hinted at earlier in episode nine:
---> '''Joey''': Man, I had the most unbelievable dream. There were two Yugis, and Bakura was a main character!\\
'''Téa''': I usually enjoy dreams that involve two Yugis, but that one was very disappointing.
** And when Yami tells Noah [[ItMakesSenseInContext "It's my body, Noah! Take it or leave it!"]]...
-->'''Téa''': I have the weirdest boner right now!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tristan]]
!!Tristan 'timothy' Taylor
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-->''"My voice gives me super strength!"''
Tristan is... dumb. ''[[TheDitz Really dumb]]''. It's his entire schtick. However, when he isn't [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} stuck in his own bizarre little world]], he can be surprisingly badass: his voice gives him super strength, after all. His physical body was destroyed/possessed during The Cancelled Series, and he spent most of it as a robotic monkey. His friends thought he died, but in the end he got better. He is desperately in love with Serenity, but is mostly helpless compared to the raw sex appeal of Duke.
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* AbsurdPhobia: He has a fear of ''packing''. Yup, packing before travelling. No wonder he didn't bring anything during Season 1 in Duel Kingdom...
* AdaptationalBadass: Despite being a bigger idiot, this Tristan is far more badass than he ever was in the original series. Anime Tristan was mostly a cheerleader on the sidelines, a fact even Duke Devlin mocks him for. Abridged!Tristan, however, is supposedly a combatant in the Vietnam War, is friends with the A-Team (and gave Mr. T his name), and can kill or knock people out with little effort involved.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He has a crush on Serenity like his source material, but it's also implied he has a thing with Joey and Duke.
* AnimeHair: A single large point going forward.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: According to the trailer of episode 51, he fought in the Vietnam War, gave Mr.T his name (the "T" stands for "Tristan"), and went back in time with [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] and wiped out the dinosaurs.
* ButtMonkey: He's the subject of numerous insults and jabs from every cast member, including his friends.
* CatchPhrase:
** "Holy [[SoundEffectBleep ***]] on a [[SoundEffectBleep ***]] sandwich", later added on by saying "with [[SoundEffectBleep ***]] on top", then [[RuleOfThree a third time]] by finishing it with "And a side helping of [[SoundEffectBleep ***]]". He also said the original line uncensored in episode 48:
--> "Holy [[spoiler: bleep]] on a [[spoiler: bleep]] sandwich!"
** "My voice gives me super strength", he also mentions his voice knowing kung-fu.
** "Burn the Witch!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: ''Big time''. He has two shoulder angels taking the form of disembodied heads named Zack and Cody, he thinks the Axe bodyspray commercials were for actual weapons, and is convinced Duke is a witch because of his dice tricks. Tristan is also prone to just saying completely random and bizarre things without any context or reason.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He can break necks with his mind, and wrestled a dinosaur in Season 3.
* DamnedByAFoolsPraise: He's rife with this being a fan of ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''.
* TheDitz: '''YES'''. Tristan may be one of the dumbest creatures to walk the planet, and he's a {{CloudCuckoolander}} too.
* IdiotHero: He's probably the most heroic member of the main six, being he frequently fights to protect Serenity. He's still as dumb as a doornail.
* JiveTurkey: Temporarily, after being [[OffModel rendered black by an animation error.]]
--> '''Tristan:''' Don't be hatin' on my {{blackface}}, playa!
* MadeOfIron: Joey slams Nesbitt, who was in Tristan's body at the time, through a building with a full body tackle. Nesbitt gets out riding a motorcycle like nothing happens.
* MemeticBadass: Parodied InUniverse. As mentioned, he breaks necks with his mind, and he might be the one who wiped out the dinosaurs.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: In Season 0, Yugi says that not anyone can become his friend...except for Tristan. He's a special case.
* MyParentsAreDead: His Season 0 counterpart claims that his parents are dead. Averted with the main series, however, where Tristan says "Hi" to his parents in episode 41 while he and Duke are dangling on the edge of the [=KaibaCorp=] blimp.
* SimpletonVoice: It gives him super strength!
* StoryBreakerPower: His voice grants him superhuman strength and kung-fu knowledge, as well as break people's neck with his ''mind''. If Yugioh didn't revolve around card games, Tristan could be the most powerful non-magical human on the planet. If "A Brief History with Tristan" is anything to go by, he not only fought in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar but ''he killed the dinosaurs''. This in turn makes him one of the few characters besides Melvin and Yusei to have notable physical combat experience.
* TheOtherDarrin: [[invoked]] Invoked and mocked. In the canon, his voice actor was changed after Episode 10, and the change was very noticeable. This is parodied with Tristan's voice changing in Episode 8 (the abridged version of Episode 11), but everyone freaks out over it and finds it unfitting. The next episode he changes back to the original voice because it's funnier, and it sticks. Jokes are still occasionally made about the voice change.
* TooDumbToLive: As revealed in episode 61, he ''still has no idea that Yugi actually becomes a different person while he's dueling!''
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[[folder:Kaiba]]
!!Seto Kaiba
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-->''"Screw the money, I have rules! ...Wait let me try that again."''
Current president of Kaiba Corporation. Seto is notably pretty much identical to his canon counterpart -- a rich {{Jerkass}} elite duelist. However, his money and arrogance are ''really'' played up. An unashamed selfish egomanic, Kaiba yearns to crush Yugi in a duel, and in the meantime flaunts his money because he can. The mystery of his real father and his true identity is an occasional RunningGag; he may be a robot built in Ancient Egypt. Or was fathered by a robot. It's hard to say.
His most notable contribution to the series is coining the phrase ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
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* AbusiveParents: Inverted: he fired his own parents and moved into an orphanage. Though this is played straight with his adoptive father, Gozaburo.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original, Kaiba was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold; here he's a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Aside from viciously hating the heroes and making it clear he doesn't secretly like them, he tends to be very insulting and disrespectful to Noah and Alister, while in the original anime he had at least a bit of sympathy for them.
* AdaptationalWimp: Kaiba is not nearly as good a duelist as his canon counterpart, and in contrast to the canon Yami Yugi seeing him as a WorthyOpponent, the Abridged Yami mocks him for how many times he's lost their duels together. Funnily enough this only applies to card games, everything else he does he is nearly unstoppable. See MemeticBadass below.
* AllJewsAreCheapskates: He says "Happy Hanukkah" in both ''A Very Merry Yugioh Christmas Carol!'' and ''An Ishtar Family Christmas''. Given his obsession with his own wealth, he might very well be this.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Confirmed to have loved Kisara in his past life as Priest Seto and is creeped out by Pegasus' advances, but his interactions with Yugi and Joey are '''''dripping''''' in HoYay-licious subtext. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKB6hqe41dw This video]] takes the case with the former ''way'' too far with the subtext.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Heavily implied to have PTSD[[labelnote:note]]Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder[[/labelnote]] after Yugi defeats him with Exodia the Forbidden One. When Gozaburo summoned Exodia Necross in their duel in Episode 56, this is Kaiba's first reaction.
--> "Aahh! Exodia, it's not possible. No one has been able to summon him! [[CallBack ...Except for that one time]]!"
** And later when he sees Gozaburo's flame form.
--> "AAAHHH! EXPLODIA, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE! No one has been able to escape him!"
* AmbiguouslyHuman: One special stated that [[spoiler:he may or not be a robot built by Freeza and then left on earth.]] The one telling the story was full of crap, however, and it's still left entirely uncertain who's Kaiba's father in order to prove this theory.
* AmusingInjuries: Has had his finger chopped off by a helicopter blade and hopelessly twisted his hand during an especially elaborate gesture. He got better both times.
* AntiHero: Referred to as one by Marik, which is why he's not on the Evil Council of Villains. At best, he could classified as a Type lll to V.
* AttentionWhore:
** His goal in Season 1 is to become the main character by defeating Yugi at a card game.
** In TheMovie, he goes way off script to rant about how he's the best character and deserves all the attention.
** After the Battle City Finals come to an end, he [[SoreLoser decides]] to blow up the island in order to put the spotlight back on him.
* AtomicFBomb: During his duel with Ishizu, he lets out a loud, drawn-out scream of the word.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Having unlimited cards in your deck sounds awesome, but not if it means you'd have more difficulty drawing the card you would need to win.
* BadassBookworm: Even in the abridged universe he's a rich super genius who comes up with, plans, and makes most of his gadgets. As he puts it, "Being a rich nerd has finally paid off!"
* BadassLongcoat: It even talks too! [[spoiler: It's just Mokuba.]]
* BadBoss:
** He is livid when Noah announces his intentions for the Kaiba Corporation, including making a generous donation to a children's hospital and giving all employees a raise.
** Aside from his abusive treatment of Mokuba carrying over to Mokuba doing things as an employee, he also fires employees frivolously simply because firing people makes him feel powerful. This comes back to bite him when he fires all of the other shareholders of Kaiba Corporation and it leads to [[spoiler:Alister disguised as]] Pegasus being able to buy the rest of the shares.
-->'''Kaiba''': Also, fire our PR guy.
-->'''PR guy''': Eh... I'm the PR guy, sir.
-->'''Kaiba''': Well, good, because you're going to have lots of public relations when you're out there on the street WITH THE PUBLIC! Because ''fired''!
* BerserkButton: Making fun of his lack of parents. Yami, being Yami, stomps on it during Duelist Kingdom and Battle City.
--> "Say that I'm adopted '''one more time'''. See what happens."
* BigBrotherBully: Oh yes. He shows little to no care towards Mokuba whatsoever.
* BigNo: When Yami tries to [[spoiler: trade both his cards for Melvin's (comparatively worthless) "Shiny Obelisk."]]
* BizarroUniverse: Kaiba's green-haired incarnation in Season Zero is... different: a NiceGuy ShelteredAristocrat LoveFreak who [[LonelyRichKid just wants to be friends with Yugi et. co]]. He only acts aggressive when provoked, and [[ThePollyanna thinks Yami's threats of]] MindRape and a FateWorseThanDeath are "neat". He also firmly believes in the PowerOfFriendship, is [[WellDoneSonGuy Mokuba's bitch]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he only plays Duel Monsters for fun.]] Yami is ''[[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels horrified]]''.
* BoldlyComing: When Dark Magician Girl tells him to "Become one with Critias", Kaiba... [[UnusualEuphemism Becomes one with Critias.]]
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Subverted, the gang believes that underneath Kaiba's rough exterior, he secretly considers them to be his friends. Kaiba then turns around and admits he never liked them to begin with, and in fact ''hated'' every second he has to be with them. It's very likely the only reason he even remotely tolerates Yugi and his friends to begin with is because it's his role as the classic {{Shonen}} rival to work with them from time to time.
* CardCarryingVillain: Downplayed. He has off-handedly described himself as "the biggest dick in this entire show" and a "cliché emotionally void antagonist."
* CargoCult: He worships his money.
-->'''Kaiba:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Oh...my...money.]] \\
'''Yami:''' Don't you mean "God"? \\
'''Kaiba:''' You worship your thing, I'll worship mine.
* CargoShip: [[invoked]]
** He has a fetish for dragons, especially the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
-->'''Kaiba:''' ''A Blue-Eyes White Dragon train?'' I have the weirdest boner right now.\\\
'''Yami:''' Why don't you just marry the Blue-Eyes if you love it so much? \\
'''Kaiba:''' Believe me, I've looked into it.
** He's also aroused by technological devices.
* CatchPhrase: Played with. "Screw the rules, I have money" is considered his catchphrase, but not counting remakes of the first episode, he only says it twice, and the second time is in a trailer for TheMovie and isn't in the final cut. This is even lampshaded when Ishizu says its his catchphrase, and Kaiba mutters "Haven't said that in years". However, he likes dropping variations of the phrase such as "screw the yules" or "ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules", so he manages to both play the trope straight ''and'' avert it.
--> '''Kaiba:''' Looks like the Rules ... ([[ShoutOut puts on]] [[Series/CSIMiami sunglasses]]) ... Just got Screwed.
* CharacterDevelopment: Parodied in episode 48, when Kaiba and Mokuba were shown memories from their pasts, Chibi Kaiba (Kaiba's younger self) claimed to have experienced character development, and that it "tingled".
-->'''Chibi Kaiba:''' From this day forth, I'm going to become a total jerk with a stick up my ass the size of East Texas!
* CharacterExaggeration: A notable instance; compared to the rest of the cast, Kaiba is relatively in-character for his anime counterpart. His sarcasm and arrogance, especially in the dub, gave [=LittleKuriboh=] plenty to work with already. He just plays it up to be a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk rather than the canon's JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
-->"I hope you like heights, Wheeler. Oh, what am I even saying? You were already extremely high when you thought you could win this tournament!"
* CompositeCharacter: Of himself, or at least his original versions. His obnoxiously huge ego and {{Badbutt}} persona is carried over from the Dub version of Seto Kaiba, but this version of him is willing to believe in the mystic and supernatural but likes to pretend they're no concern to him, much like the original Kaiba in the original Japanese Dub.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He takes over Domino City to host a card game and when someone says that his explaining of the tournament rules is boring he tells them to "[[GetOut Get the hell out of my city!]]"
* CostumeEvolution: He provides the quote when he talks about how much sexier his second season outfit is. He even justifies his LimitedWardrobe because the outfit is too awesome to wear anything else.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's the main source of sarcasm in the series, though Bakura and Yami are contenders too.
* DontYouDarePityMe: "Are you ''sympathizing'' with me? Well, stop doing that! I hate it."
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''he'' was horrified by Gozaburo's decision to spend money on "weapons of mass destruction that'll threaten the stability of world peace".
* {{Fetish}}: ''Dragons''. He has a Dragon shaped Jet, A dragon-themed Self-Insert Monster called "Kaibaman", and his reaction to being told to "become one" with a massive all powerful Dragon was to, mercifully off-screen, ''have sex with it.'' Also to a lesser extent, Money.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Parodied to a great extent; even calling himself "the most skeptical person on this show". He's incapable of believing in anyone with more money and power than him, which is why he's skeptical about Yami being a Pharaoh.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Except for Mokuba, none of the other cast members think highly of him nor do they care if he dies. Considering how he often treated them, it's probably a form of karmic retribution.
--> '''Joey:''' What kind of self-respecting dragon lets itself be owned by a freakin Harpie?!
--> '''Mai:''' I don't know, what kind of self-respecting dragon lets itself be owned by a loser like Kaiba?
--> '''Joey:''' Ha, got a point there!
** And way earlier when Kaiba threatens to commit suicide:
---> '''Joey:''' This is awesome, Yugi's gonna kill Kaiba!
---> '''Tristan:''' I've always dreamed that this moment would come!
---> '''Yami:''' Kaiba must die!
---> '''Yugi:''' But what would Grandpa say?
---> '''Grandpa:''' Yuuuggiiii... Kill that son of a bitch!
* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation: Does this once while on his own to fill in Mokuba's half of the conversation. He laments that telling Mokuba to shut up isn't the same when he's not there.
* HypocriticalHumor: He's also prone to this, though not as much as Yami.
* InformedAttribute: His ego is said to be so large, that no structure can hold it without collapsing (hence, the Battle City Finals all take place in open air space). While Kaiba is pretty much {{Pride}} incarnate in the series, several others like Yami Yugi, Bakura, and Marik have shown to be just as, if not more proud of themselves without ever having the same issue. There's also the fact Kaiba is implied to have an InferioritySuperiorityComplex, further bringing this trait into question.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Keeps on saying that Yugi lost to him on Battle City, when everyone including Mokuba, Kaiba's own brother, knew that Kaiba lost that duel.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Granted, he knows the show ''isn't'' all about him, but he still thinks it ''should'' be. In fact, he makes TheMovie come to a grinding halt just to point out that he's a better character than Yugi/Yami.
-->'''Robot:''' It's all about you, isn't it, Kaiba?\\
'''Seto:''' Well, yeah.
* {{Jerkass}}: Big time, just like the canon.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The way he points out Joey, Duke, and Tristan's flaws in Episode 60 was uncalled for, but he did in a way ''nobody'' can deny is true.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In Episode 60, he viciously denies that he secretly considers the gang his friends, and delivers them each a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to make it clear that when he says he hates them, he ''means'' it.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone except his family calls him Kaiba.
* KickTheDog: Admitting that he genuinely hates Yugi and his friends, and that he has no love or compassion for them.
* MadeOfIron: Emerges from the flaming wreckage of a motorcycle crash completely unharmed.
-->"It's a good thing I'm Seto Kaiba, or that might've actually hurt me."
** Subverted when he accidentally broke his wrist while dueling Gozaburo, and then used the same hand to smash through a glass casing. [[RealityEnsues Kaiba may be tough, but it doesn't change the fact]] ''[[RealityEnsues it still hurts]]''.
* MadeOfWin: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_eUHs_HXow Yes indeed]].
* MadScientist: The duel disks he creates produce shockwaves whenever a monster dies. Why would he design it that way? [[{{Jerkass}} Because]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive he's]] [[{{Troll}} Seto Kaiba]].
* MemeticBadass: Invoked, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and all-around parodied. "Being Seto Kaiba" is the only justification supplied for how he's able to do some of the things he does.
-->'''Kaiba:''' "Now do you understand why so many people love me even though I'm the biggest dick in this entire show? It's because I'm Seto freaking Kaiba. Accept no substitutes!"
-->'''Kaiba:''' "It's a good thing I'm Seto Kaiba, or that [motorcycle crash] might've actually hurt me."
-->'''Gozaburo:''' "Seto! Where do you get off kicking down my door like that?" \\
'''Kaiba:''' "Actually I didn't kick it, I just looked at it and it opened for me. I'm Seto Kaiba, I can do that sort of thing."
* MoneyFetish: To the point where he practically ''worships'' money, as noted in "Cargo Cult" above.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: "That's odd, my Kaiba senses are tingling."
** Also, he apparently has a "douche sense", which allows him to know any time Joey insults him.
* NominalHero: As in the dub, he occasionally helps the heroes beat the bad guys. However, he still hates them and wants nothing to do with them.
* NotSoDifferent:
** From Yami. Neither care particularly much about about their brothers, are prone to HypocriticalHumor, and neither watch or read crap, such as that one Star Wars movie or Twilight. Yugi notes this in Episode 54.
** Yugi starts thinking this when Kaiba expresses his hatred of his adoptive father. Kaiba hates it and tells him to quit trying to sympathise with him.
* OfCourseISmoke: "I ''am'' on a drug. It's called '''SETO FREAKIN' KAIBA.'''"
* OneLiner: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTN2Zzm1SPI Delivers one to Ishizu after he wins their duel.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Based on his own memetastic one liner]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Oooooh yes. [[spoiler: After finding out that Yugi lost to Raphael in Episode 73, Kaiba has a FreakOut, [[{{Yandere}} acting wildly hurt and betrayed]] [[SeriousBusiness that he lost to someone else]]. Oh, and all those times he [[WeWillMeetAgain swore vengeance for his latest defeat]]? '''''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything He was faking]]!!!''''' [[BlatantLies Riiiiiiiiiight]].[[note]]Idontbelieveyou![[/note]]]]
* PetTheDog: In Episode 62, Joey mentions that the food Bakura ate in Kaiba jet's kitchen room was meant to go to some starving orphans back home.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: PlayedForLaughs in Episode 59 where Kaiba interrupts Yami's monologue to point out the improbable skin colors of Priest Seto and the Pharaoh (both are white-skinned instead of dark-skinned). Yami promptly tells him to drop the race-card.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Just after beating Joey in a duel in Battle City, before hearing the friendship speech from them he tells Joey, Duke and Tristan how worthless they are. He mocks Duke for being a pervert with a failed game store, Joey for being stuck in Yami's shadow with no future outside Duel Monsters, and then Tristan for being "the single most worthless being [he's] ever met."
--> '''Kaiba:''' (''chuckes'') Okay, let me make this ''very'' simple for all of you: you're ''losers!'' I don't mean that in an endearing way, it fucking hurts me that I have to interact with all of you so much! Duke, you're a lecherous pervert with a failed game store. [[SarcasmMode Congrats.]]
--> '''Duke:''' Aaawwwwwwww....
--> '''Kaiba:''' Wheeler...the only reason anyone even acknowledges you is because your best friend is the King of Games. You'll probably end up in jail in about 5 years with bills coming out of your ass because you have absolutely no real life skills, and you're a giant parasite on society and everyone around you.
--> '''Joey:''' You don't have to be so rude, Koiba.
--> '''Kaiba:''' ''And my name! Is '''NOT!''' "Koiba"!!''
--> '''Joey:''' Nnnyeh.
--> '''Kaiba:''' And Tristan...'''''Tristan...''''' You are the single most worthless human being I've ever met. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Deuces.]] (''walks away'')
* TheResenter: Towards Yugi, as per series tradition. He hates him so much, in fact, that when Yugi beats him for the hundredth time in Battle City, Kaiba goes into complete denial of the fact he lost and instead insists that Yugi's the actual loser of that duel.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: If the "Kaiba's Real Father" side story would have been canonical with the main series, he's a robot. However, the person who claims so is an UnreliableNarrator who claims otherwise in another vid.
* SanitySlippage: He appears to have lost his mind after the Battle City arc. He fires his employees as a matter of habit, expects every phone call to be Yugi wanting to admit ''he'' won the tournament, demands an elevator that goes up to outer space, [[spoiler: and completely flips out when he finds out Yami lost a card game.]]
* ScrewDestiny: "F*ck destiny! I'm Seto Kaiba! I make my own fate!"
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: TropeNamer.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[RuleOfFunny Fired his own parents]]. He also forced Gozaburo Kaiba to adopt him by beating him at chess and then ousted him from power causing him to commit suicide, making him the trope twice.
* SeriousBusiness: TropeNamer. He claims card games are this.
* SkewedPriorities: He has a hard time choosing between defeating Yugi or saving the world after he gets Critas.
* SoreLoser: It's Seto Kaiba; what do you expect? Best shown when his reaction to the phone ringing is to hope that it's Yugi calling to admit that [[SelfServingMemory Kaiba won]] [[BlatantLies Battle City]] and he owes Kaiba '''all''' of his trading cards. According to Mokuba, he's been saying that every time the phone rings ever since Battle City.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: "Even though there's absolutely no chance of success, I'm gonna defy logic and attack you anyway!"
* TheUnfettered: Nothing will stop him or deter him, no matter what.
* TheUnSmile: When he tries to smile, puppies die. The worse the smile, the more deaths he causes.
* VocalEvolution: Inverted. Rather than become filled with more emotion like as the English dub went on, his voice has become even ''raspier'' with time. In Season 4 though it's begun to get toned back down.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's terrified of Exodia (Necross) when Gozaburo summons him, "Explodia" when trying to escape him, and even when he himself removes from play three pieces of Exodia in the graveyard.
--> ''"It's not possible! No one's ever been able to destroy him!"''
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Many people think so. According to the [[UnreliableNarrator Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past From The Future]], he did back in Ancient Egypt, with "his totally hot dragon girlfriend" (read: Kisara). [[spoiler:But it wasn't any good.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: With his style of clothes and mature design, you would easily mistake him for a grown-up if not for the fact he still attends Yugi's High School (even though he was only ever seen attending school in the first episode).
!! Season Zero Kaiba
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-->''"You can’t defeat the power of friendship, Yugi! Hahahahahahahaha!"''
A BizarroUniverse version of Seto Kaiba that appears in Season Zero. Unlike the regular Kaiba, he's genuinely friendly and nice, though still a villain and more than a little creepy.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Season 0[=/=]early manga Kaiba is easily the most psychotic version of the character seen in any media, but this version of him is extremely polite, calm, and disturbingly friendly. Deconstructed in-universe by Yami, who is creeped out entirely by Kaiba's sudden change of character.
* AffablyEvil: He's villainous and violent, but completely cheerful and personable. Yami Yugi lampshades that it's ''weird'' seeing Kaiba act this way, to which Kaiba expresses confusion that Yami Yugi is unhappy that he's being friendly, suggesting it's not FauxAffablyEvil, he's sincerely a nice guy.
-->"Yugi, your friends are simply wonderful! It's a shame they have to die."
* AntiVillain: It turns out that [[spoiler: this Kaiba never stole Grandpa's Blue Eyes White Dragon]] and he only agreed to duel Yugi for fun.
* CloudCuckoolander: He seems a little spaced-out.
* CreepyChild: ''[[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries Yu-Gi-Oh!: Season 0]]'' episode two portrays him as this, to the point that the theme song for ''Mister Roger's Neighborhood' can sound unsettling. Though he isn't even trying to be creepy; it's just that seeing [[{{Jerkass}} Kaiba]] be nice comes off that way.
-->'''Kaiba''' (creepy monotone): I'm Seto Kaiba! The nicest guy on the face of the planet!
* DissonantSerenity: Acts totally tranquil even when he's being threatened.
* TheDragon: To Mokuba, who in this version is a GreaterScopeVillain.
* EccentricMillionaire: ''Very'' eccentric.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: His primary motivation, as seen from his quote.
* KickTheDog: He ordered his bodyguards to beat up Joey and Tristan. [[spoiler: Granted; they'd falsely accused Kaiba of theft and were planning to beat him up for it.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: The ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]]'' theme.
* LonelyRichKid: He's new in school and hasn't had time to interact with anyone outside of Yugi's gang. In fact, during TheStinger, he wishes for the ''rain'' to be his friend.
* ManInWhite
* NeverLendToAFriend: Makes it clear that even though he likes Yugi, he won't be sharing any of his wealth with him.
* NoSocialSkills: Yugi comments on how Kaiba's polite tone creeps him out. Kaiba agrees with him for some reason.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's ''very'' friendly, which a stark contrast to his original and abridged counterparts. It's so horrifying that Yami Yugi is creeped out and threatens him when Kaiba offers him a ''hug''.
* SpoiledSweet: Having money hasn't turned him into a bastard. Granted, the canon Kaiba had a FreudianExcuse for his attitude, so maybe this version had a happy childhood.
* UncannyValleyGirl: Seeing Kaiba act so pleasant and friendly is ''weird''.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* YoungEntrepreneur: His shadow duel with Yugi inspires him to start applying holographic projectors to Duel Monsters, and the rest is history.
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[[folder:General Trope]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: They're much more mean and selfish than how they are in the original anime. Yes, including Kaiba.
* AdaptationalWimp: They're a lot less competent than their original counterparts.
* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: Each of them have depicted quite a lot of homosexual behavior throughout the course of the series. Case in point, Yami is ([[HeManWomanHater usually]]) shown to be interested in women, yet his relationships with his friends (sans Téa) practically ''drip'' with HoYay.
* CharacterExaggeration: Traits that were prominent to their original counterparts tend to go UpToEleven (i.e. Téa's firm belief in ThePowerOfFriendship and Kaiba's jerkass behavior).
* TheDitz: Most of them are pretty dense ('''especially''' Tristan and Joey).
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Yugi, the main character of the series (despite his insistence that it's Yami).
** TheLancer: Yami, who is more selfish than Yugi and has to be managed by everyone in the group at least once to keep him in line, in spite of being their best duelist.
** TheBigGuy: Joey and Tristan, whose personalities and characters fit perfectly into the DumbMuscle category, especially [[TheDitz Tristan]].
** TheSmartGuy: Kaiba, who is the most knowledgeable in technology and is relatively more sane than of the others (except for Yugi, but that's a given).
** TheChick: Téa, the only girl of the main characters and lusts after Yugi and[=/=]or Yami.
* KickTheDog[=/=]NoSympathy: When Mai calls them out on leaving her comatose body alone in the same blimp as Melvin, an unrepentant psychopath, they all just assume she's being irrational for no good reason. Especially Yami.
* VagueAge: Their ages, mainly Yugi's, are often the source for various jokes due to the YoungerThanTheyLook[=/=]OlderThanTheyLook tropes being in effect quite a lot.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yugi]]
!!Yugi Muto
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-->''"You lose automatically unless you're me."''
Our protagonist. In the Abridged Series, Yugi shares the most amount of ever-so coveted screen time with Yami. His story plays out pretty much the same as it normally does, except with more card games and snarkiness.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Whereas canon Yugi was a NiceGuy and an AllLovingHero, Abridged Yugi is more sarcastic and self-centered, abuses Bakura as much as everybody else does, has no problems with robbing people who he thinks are dead, and calls Kaiba a loser for never defeating him in Duel Monsters.
* {{Adorkable}}: At least two people have mistaken him for [[PandaingToTheAudience a baby panda]], including the spirit that possesses him regularly.
* AnimeHair: His hair is noted to be so crazy, he has enough to cover Joey's lack of it when AnimeHair is needed to enter Duelist Kingdom.
* AntiHero: Much less than Yami. He's quite often a jerk, even to his friends, and can be very bitter and cynical at times, but he's really a good guy deep down.
* BerserkButton: Don't call Yugi whack.
** Don't say that card games are a waste of time.
* CatchPhrase: "Super Special Awesome" and "LetMeGetThisStraight..."
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Often fills this role for most of the characters in the series (especially Yami, Tea, and Tristan).
* DeadpanSnarker: Not quite as much as other characters, though, but as most characters in this series are intensely snarky, that doesn't say much.
* DisappearedDad: When Grandpa delivers the package from Pegasus about Season Four's FillerArc, he initially claims that Yugi's father asked him to deliver it.
-->'''Yugi''': My father was here?!
-->'''Grandpa''': Oh no, my mistake. It was the mailman. You know, someone [[LampshadeHanging you actually see on a regular basis]]. [[TheDitz I get those two mixed up sometimes.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: He abhors slavery of humans, and refuses to let Joey and Tristan keep people as pets until they repeatedly demand it.
* TheHero: Although he believes the Pharaoh to be the hero, it's really Yugi.
* {{Hipster}}: Briefly parodied.
-->I'm Yugi Moto, and I was playing card games before it was cool.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Acknowledges his role as main character, but sometimes lets it get out of hand; i.e, not allowing anyone more screen time than him.
* KidWithTheLeash: Currently the page quote (for a very good reason).
-->'''Yami Yugi:''' Couldn't I just [[MindRape mind-crush]] him?\\
'''Yugi:''' You can't [[TheAllSolvingHammer fix all your problems]] by mind-crushing people!\\
'''Yami Yugi:''' Oh, come on! Just one little mind-crush, it'll barely hurt him.\\
'''Yugi:''' No! Bad pharaoh! No mind-crush!
* LimitedWardrobe: He is rarely ever seen wearing anything other than his school uniform. This gets lampshaded a bit in episode 22 when he wonders if anybody's going to notice that he's not wearing his uniform.
* MetaGuy: Starting from halfway through Season 2, he's often the first to complain about plot holes or nonsensical plans. A striking example is when he acknowledges the undertones of the speech delivered by Joey about [[WriterOnBoard how the abridged series has introduced many to the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise and he has the fanbase by his side]]:
--> [[LampshadeHanging This is so meta.]]
* MundaneUtility: Uses the Millennium Puzzle as a fashion accessory and visits the Pharaoh's soul room when he gets bored.
* ObliviousToLove: Depending on RuleOfFunny, he doesn't notice whenever Téa tries to hit on him, despite being equally attracted to her. This is especially apparent when she's [[spoiler:possessed by Crump]] and constantly making sexual advances on him.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's ([[VagueAge supposedly]]) 16, but he looks like a 10-year-old. This has been {{lampshaded}} a few times.
* OnlySaneMan: The closest this show can get to one, at least. He's the only one of the main cast not to have an overly negative personality trait (Tristan and Joey's idiocy, Yami's jerkassery, Teá's lust and obsession with sex or love-related things, Kaiba's enormous ego, etc).
* ParentalAbandonment: When Rebecca [[TheBusCameBack returns]] in Season Four, he doesn't recognize her. When he's informed that she's someone from his past that he hasn't seen in a long time, his first guess is a bit off.
-->'''Yugi''': [[FailedASpotCheck Are you]] my parents?!
** See also DisappearedDad above.
* PerverseSexualLust: Occasionally shown to have this for the Dark Magician Girl.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:His soul is taken by the Seal of Orichalcos]] in Episode 71.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Yes, ''Yugi'' of all people gave this out to Rebecca in episode 70, in response to her saying Professor Hawkins [[BerserkButton doesn't have time to waste with children's card games]]. It took Rebecca changing the subject quickly for him to calm down. Even more scary is that nobody else is ever shown having this kind of ability.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Yami's Red Oni.
* RobbingTheDead: He insists that this is technically what he did by taking the Orichalcos stone that "Bro" was wearing after the latter seemingly died.
* SharingABody: Again, with Yami.
* SingleTargetSexuality: [[PerverseSexualLust Dark]] [[MsFanservice Magician Girl]] aside, Yugi never seems to express romantic interest in anyone except Téa, despite Mai Valentine outright propositioning him in one scene and Rebecca Hawkins having an obvious crush on him.
-->'''Yami Yugi:''' Hey Yugi, you gonna hit that?\\
'''Yugi:''' Mmmm, no. \\
'''Yami Yugi:''' Shame. Damn shame.
* SmokingIsCool: Averted. [[RealityEnsues He mentions he should quit smoking after running for a relatively short time makes him exhausted]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In credits and other such material, his surname tends to be written as "Moto", which is consistent with how it's [[ItsPronouncedTropay pronounced]] in the English dub, but in both the English and the original Japanese versions, it's spelled "Muto".
* TranquilFury:
** Shows rather clear hints of anger when Joey asks Yugi if he forgave him for stealing the eye piece from his Millennium Puzzle in episode 4.
** As noted above, Yugi's eyes briefly [[RedEyesTakeWarning turn red]] when Rebecca claims that her grandfather doesn't have time for children's card games.
--> '''Yugi:''' ''(calmly)'' The f**k you say?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yami]]
!!Yami Victor Yugi, aka "The Pharaoh" aka "[[Creator/DanGreen DAN GREEN]]" aka Atem
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-->''"Listen man, you can threaten me all you like, but let's get one thing straight: Nobody, but ''nobody'' f**ks with the hair."''
The incredibly FABULOUS alter-ego of our protagonist. Yami is not as heroic as he was in the source material, but at the same time he's just as hammy (if not more so.) He's a bastard who Mind Crushes people for arbitrary reasons, but he's not all bad, considering he's one of the heroes.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: ZigZagged. He's a total jerk and shown to be bit of a tyrant unlike his counterpart from the second anime but it wouldn't be entirely far off with his counterpart from the first anime and early parts of the manga. On the other hand, the original source implied he was always a benevolent ruler to his people, whereas Abridged turned Yami into an evil tyrant who enslaved all of his kingdom.
** This would also apply to his Season 0 Abridged counterpart who, compared to the rest of the series, is more of an AxCrazy psychopath.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Bakura's gaydar has reacted to him, he has an obsession with leather clothing, in ''Bonds Beyond Time Abridged'' he is openly attracted to Yusei, and in "Everybody Hates Mako" he cracked "if you're a ghost then I'm straight" at Kaiba's ghost. [[spoiler:The "ghost" was actually a gay clown.]] However, he occasionally shows interest in both genders, including Téa, Mai, Rebecca, even the Dark Magician Girl; but then in "They Saved Tristan's Brain," it's revealed that he isn't sure if Téa is a girl. He's also mentioned enjoying parties that involve [[DudeShesLikeInAComa unconscious women]]. Then there's this:
-->'''Yugi:''' Ow, not so tight, Pharoah! \\
'''Yami:''' ThatsWhatSheSaid. Or he. I could go either way, really. And that is ''also'' what she said!
* AmbiguouslyEvil: His acts of heroism are usually motivated by selfishness and he treats everyone around him like dirt. They're okay with this since there's always at least two major antagonists even worse than Yami in each season. Taken even further in Season 0 where Yami is a straight-up SuperpoweredEvilSide who paraphrases famous villains and enjoys murder.
* AmIRight: "Hey, Joey. Watapon! Am I right?" - About one of the cards in Kaiba's lame-ass deck when he takes over the duel with Noah.
** Also:
--> '''Yami:''' Huh, five men in one body, eh? Sounds like a typical day for Mai Valentine. Am I right?
--> '''Joey:''' [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Yug, she's in a coma!]]
--> '''Yami:''' Am I right?
--> '''Joey:''' It's just very inappropriate is all.
--> '''Yami:''' Yes, but am I right?
--> '''Joey:''' ''YUGI!''
--> '''Yami:''' ''JOEY!'' ...Am. I. Right?
* AnimeHair: In the second clip show, he attributes it to being struck by lightning.
* AntiHero: He loves to [[MindRape Mind Crush]] people, when Yugi's friends are in danger his reactions range from indifference to joy, and in Season 0 he's completely AxCrazy. As with everything else in the series though this is subject to RuleOfFunny -- when Noah turns his friends to stone he doesn't care until he petrifies Tristan, which horrifies him. And on several other occasions he shows he does truly care for Yugi, Joey and Téa (Tristan is usually still the ButtMonkey).
* ArbitrarySkepticism: He doesn't believe in souls. Despite being one himself.
** SkepticNoLonger: Possibly as of Season 4, given that his opponents very obviously have the means to take peoples' souls away and he is absolutely devasted when [[spoiler:Yugi loses his.]]
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Melvin's "Shiny Obelisk" caught his attention so much that he was willing to [[spoiler: trade the original and Fiend's Sanctuary (both Kaiba's cards) for it.]]
* AxCrazy: In Season 0, he ''loves'' hurting people and revels in violence and chaos.
* BadassBaritone: He has what he would call a "deep and sexy voice".
* BerserkButton: As much as they annoy him, don't harm any of his friends. Anubis learned this the hard way.
** He also seems to dislike it when people talk smack about his "pointy hair."
* {{Bishonen}}: Self-declared, and noted by others too.
--> '''Yami:''' That plan is as stupid as I am pretty. And I don't know if you've noticed this, but I am a damn handsome man.
* BrokenAesop: He frequently gives out the moral that bullying isn't nice, despite being somewhat of a bully himself. PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* BrutalHonesty: During the duel between him and Joey in episode 17, Yami flat out tells Joey that he's a terrible duelist, and that he only wins because Yami tells him what to do.
* TheCaligula: His rule as Pharaoh. "Slavemas" is the only word you need.
* CloudCuckoolander: He can lapse into this at times. In episode 61, his kookiness was enough to drive ''[[AxCrazy Melvin]]'' crazy.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: [[invoked]] As fans of the actual series know, his "name" is Yami Yugi, but then that just means "Dark Yugi," as in Yugi's alter-ego. His name is ''not'' Yami in the main continuity, but he was identified as such in the 4Kids dub, creating a ContinuitySnarl when the mystery of his name became a major plot point later in the series. This series just goes with "Yami" and lampshades 4Kids accidentally naming him as such.
-->'''Yami:''' You can call me Yami. \\
'''Yugi:''' I thought your name was Ate-- \\
'''Yami:''' Sh! Don't spoil it now!
* DeadpanSnarker: Rivals Bakura and Kaiba as the main source of sarcasm.
* DepravedBisexual: Comes off as this, at least in the "What would Yugi do?" video.
--> '''Yami:''' Silence, slave, or do you ''want'' me to yank on your leash again? \\
'''Yugi:''' Ow, not so tight, Pharoah! \\
'''Yami:''' ThatsWhatSheSaid. Or he. I could go either way, really. And that is ''also'' what she said! \\
'''Yugi:''' You're so depraved. \\
'''Yami:''' At least I'm not deprived. Of sex. Like ''you'' will be if you don't pipe down, little man!
* DisproportionateRetribution: He delivers this to Kaiba in Season Zero.
-->'''Yami:''' You took my grandfather's card, so I took your bodyguard's kidneys! I believe that's a fair trade.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he doesn't like it when someone offends baby Jesus. He also seems annoyed with Kaiba's potentially racist comments about the skin-colors of their Ancient Egyptian counterparts in Episode 59. [[FridgeBrilliance Though that may have something to do with originally being Egyptian himself.]]
* HeManWomanHater: He despises women and constantly makes jokes at the expense of Mai and Tea. However, in "They Saved Tristan's Brain," he justifies this by explaining women hate him and want to kill him, revealing he thought Marik and Bakura were women all this time.
* HesGotLegs: A cross he has to bear, apparently.
--> '''Yami:''' Can I help it [sitting with his legs crossed] if I have such long, womanly legs? It's the cross I have to bear, Yugi. You wouldn't know, being so... short and all. Oooohhhh! These long, beautiful legs of mine! Ahhhh!
* HellBentForLeather: He ''loves'' his leather pants.
--> '''Marik''': I'm talking about the power to ''look good in leather!'' \\
'''Yami''': That power belongs to me and me alone! And maybe Music/{{NSYNC}}, but mostly to me!
* TheHero: Yugi's perception is that he's this, since he's the one who does all the dueling and gets more attention and screentime. Actually more like TheLancer.
* HeroicComedicSociopath:
** On Christmas, he sent Marik and his evil Council of Doom a present. [[spoiler: A bomb.]]
** His season zero counterpart is a full blown psycho who just seems to like killing the people who hurt Yugi, making him heroic in the [[NominalHero loosest possible definition.]]
---> '''Yami''': Hey, Kaiba! You took my Grandfather's card, so I took your bodyguards' kidneys. I believe that's a fair trade.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After Battle City, he dueled Joey so Joey could earn back his Red-Eyes Black Dragon. He refused to go easy on Joey and expected it to be a CurbStompBattle. He actually lost the duel, and Joey won because he believed in the heart of the cards just like Yugi told him to, even though Yami admitted afterwards that he was bullshitting when he said to believe in the heart of the cards.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: His season zero counterpart once [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu went on a blind date with]] [[{{Satan}} the Devil]]; the Devil said he was too creepy.
** Said counterpart was subjected to this himself when encountering the sheer wrongness that is Seto Kaiba being a NiceGuy.
* HypocriticalHumor: Yami is prone to this. For one, he makes a jab to the fact Yami Bakura had the same name as Ryou Bakura, despite the fact Yami Yugi himself never objects to people calling him the same name as his host.
* InelegantBlubbering: After losing Yugi's soul.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When being called out by Tea for not believing in Joey enough during his duel with Melvin, Yami does a ''precise'' phrase in Tea's voice in what she would say in a mocking fashion and said that's what she sounds like. Very harsh, but also kinda true.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As evidenced all over this page, the Pharaoh is a dick. But in the end, he's still a good guy who helps protect Yugi and his friends.
* KickTheDog:
** In Episode 40, Marik tries to dissuade Yami from attacking Bakura and ending the duel by having Ryou appear in front of him. Instead of hesitating like he did in the original, he willingly ''attacks'' him which shocks Odion and Joey.
** Episode 58 where he doesn't care about Joey being knocked unconscious by Melvin's Egyptian god card. At the same time, ranting how people in his time didn't bother caring about his death. Subverted in the next episode, where he suddenly sympathizes with Joey's condition and swears to defeat Melvin to avenge him. Maybe he does care after all.
* LargeHam: Obviously, since in the dub, he's '''voiced by [[Creator/DanGreen DAN GREEN]]'''.
* LaughingMad: His ''Season Zero'' persona as he's being released by Yugi. He does one hell of an EvilLaugh.
* MenDontCry: He demands Yugi not to cry after Joey's defeat by Melvin because it'll be distractive in his duel against Kaiba.
** Averted like ''hard'' when [[spoiler: Raphael takes Yugi's soul]]. TheAce who's [[ComedicSociopathy laughed off every horrible thing like it was a joke]] doesn't even ''try'' to conceal his sheer misery at Yugi's loss.
* MetaGuy: Unlike his counterpart, he's been this since day one.
* MindRape: His "Mind Crush" power is this, weaponized. It's his go-to answer (aside from playing card games) to any problem he faces.
* MundaneUtility: Yami uses his Millennium Puzzle as a reading light and mood ring.
* {{Narcissist}}: He slightly has an inflated opinion of himself. Take this clip from Episode 55, for instance:
-->'''Noah:''' In case you haven't noticed, I just won the duel! Kaiba’s body is mine! I’m free! \\
'''Yami:''' Hah! You call that a body? On a scale of one to me, he rates a measly six and a half! And that’s being generous. \\
'''Noah:''' And what? You think you’re a better candidate? \\
'''Yami:''' Are you kidding? Noah, look at this body! I’m sexy and I know it! I work out! Plus I’m the King of Games. Would you rather be Kaiba and live the rest of your life knowing you’re only second best? Or stand tall at the top of the mountain? My body, Noah: Take it or leave it.
* NeverMyFault: When he uses Slifer to attack and seriously injure Bakura (after Odion provided him a chance not to), he tries to blame it on Marik instead of taking responsibility for it himself. And he directs his hate towards Melvin when it was the Pharaoh's own fault for Joey losing because he didn't give him enough faith.
* NobodyTouchesTheHair: He didn't take well with Gansley saying that he will trim Yugi's hair should he take over his body.
* NominalHero: At least initially, where he doesn't care about Yugi's friends at all and is more violent and arrogant. Much like his canon counterpart, he's mellowed out over time but is still a jerk to them more than occasionally.
* OhCrap: When Kaiba summons Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in 14.
--> '''Yami:''' Oh, poopie!
* OhMyGods: As he was an Egyptian pharaoh, Yami sometimes swears at various Egyptian gods/goddesses (i.e. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra Ra]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris Osiris]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis Isis]], etc.) {{Lampshaded}}.
-->'''Yami:''' Oh my various gods.
* OlderAlterEgo: To Yugi, though as in the canon his age is hazy.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hand in hand with CowboyBebopAtHisComputer above; he also goes by simply "The Pharaoh." Or Yami. It goes back and forth. The one time someone mentions his real name, he interrupts and tells them "not to spoil it".
* OnlySaneMan: Tended to lampshade the show's silliness in Season 1. After he TookALevelInJerkass in Season 2 and 3, this role got delegated more and more to Yugi.
* PetTheDog: After being unsympathetic about him being defeated by Melvin at first, Yami swore to avenge Joey by beating him in a duel and save the world.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Aims a string of misogynistic insults at the offscreen, comatose Mai in episode 54, much to Joey's discomfort.
---> "It's funny because she's a woman."
** During the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City Final arcs, he makes several jabs at the fact Kaiba is an adopted child.
* RealityEnsues: In episode 54, he tells the Big Five how dumb it would be that if they did won the duel, no one at the Kaiba Corporation would take them seriously as they are in the bodies of teenagers.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Yugi's Blue Oni.
* SealedEvilInACan: Season Zero mostly, but he has his moments in the main series too.
--> You said it, Yugi! Now burn everything. Burn it to the ground!
* SexierAlterEgo: The TropeNamer, though it was Tea who actually said it. As adorable as Yugi is, Yami is ''sexy''.
* SignatureMove: Mind Crush, of course. Unlike the canon Yami, he has no problems with abusing it. He even extends it to video games he plays, as seen in his playthrough of Fallout 3.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: In Season 0, he's this to Yugi. When he's let out, someone is gonna get Mind Crushed. Possibly several someones.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Originally the OnlySaneMan of the main cast with a mean streak, now he's easily the most sociopathic of the bunch, except for maybe Kaiba (who was willing to detonate an island with people still on it, something Yami actually objects to).
* TruthInTelevision: To be perfectly honest, the way Yami treated his subjects in the past is no different than with how people in power during his time took advantage of those below them. Especially kings and monarchs.
* UnscrupulousHero: After his CharacterDevelopment.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Joey]]
!! Steve Joey Wheeler
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-->''"BROOKLYN RAGE!"''
Joey serves the same role as he does originally as TheLancer to Yugi and Yami. He's a closet [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] and might also have an attraction to Kaiba. On the other hand, he's recently admitted his love for Mai Valentine's breasts. He aspires to be a professional duelist, but as Yami and Kaiba constantly remind him, most of his opponents are frauds and/or pathetic, and Joey may be too dumb to be a serious duelist.
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* AbusiveParents: He said that his father [[AlcoholicParent constantly drank]] and that it taught him a valuable lesson. Said lesson being solving problems using force.
* AdaptationalVillainy: It's less "villainy", however, and more just flat-out "jerkassness". Joey often claims he hates Tristan and Duke, though it's mostly due to how they lust for his sister. And speaking of his sister, Joey is quite mean to Serenity; he blew all his winnings from Duelist Kingdom on Duel Monster cards, forcing his parents to pay for her operation to fix her eyesight, and when it was a failure he points out that on the upside, she won't need her cards anymore. He's also just generally insulting towards her most of the time and often acts as if she doesn't even exist.
-->'''Yugi:''' "Wow, you're kind of a selfish bastard, Joey. ''*{{beat}}*'' [[HypocriticalHumor So what cards does she have, anyway]]?"
* AdaptationalWimp: A lot more idiotic and nowhere near as competent as his original counterpart.
* AloofBigBrother: More of a JerkAss Big Brother. He's not a good brother to Serenity in any sense of the word; he spent the prize money meant to pay for her surgery on Duel Monster cards, and then took hers since she's blind anyway.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Its implied his habit of saying "nyeh!" is subconscious at best, since he can't remember saying it to Bakura.
* BigBrotherBully: He's very uncaring towards his younger sister Serenity most of the time, to the point where he acts as if she doesn't exist.
* BiTheWay: He's attracted to both Kaiba and Mai Valentine, and is attracted to Johnson both when he's disguised as Mai and when he turns back to his actual body.
* BloodKnight: He loves inflicting physical violence on others and expresses relief whenever he's allowed to beat people up onscreen (or offscreen, if 4Kids allowed it).
* BrooklynRage: TropeNamer, but not an example himself, being from Japan ([[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield in spite of his Brooklyn accent]]). In one video, Yami even calls him "Joey, Guardian of Brooklyn".
* BrutalHonesty: When Tristan claims to be having problems with his grade, Joey tells him straight up that it's because he's an idiot.
* CatchPhrase:
** "Brooklyn Rage!!", which didn't catch on ([[AscendedMeme in-universe, anyway.]])
** Must... risk... life... for X!
* {{Crossdresser}}: Implied.
-->'''Joey:''' ''(dressed up as the Flame Swordsman)'' Have I been crossdressing in my sleep again?
* CurbstompBattle: Was on the receiving end of this from Kaiba in their "third place duel" where he loses in the first turn. But he manages to deal one out to [[spoiler: ''Yami'']] after the tournament concluded. He finished him with a joke monster to boot.
* TheDitz: He definitely has frequent lapses of intelligence. Compared to Tristan, though...
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even he was offended by Yami's sexist quotes about Mai. Considering how young Serenity really is, it's no wonder Joey dislikes Tristan and Duke flirting with her.
* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: A member. He prefers to keep it hidden from Serenity, but has fully admitted it to his friends.
* HomoeroticDream: He dreamed he was forced to dress up as a dog and obey Kaiba. This isn't the only time.
* HotBlooded: As in the canon, he's boisterous and loud.
* IdiotHero: He's not the most intelligent cast member.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mostly to Serenity and sometimes Tristan.
* TheLancer: Yugi's best friend and fellow duelist.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Delivers one in episode 50 where Joey defends the institution of TheAbridgedSeries.
** Delivered a second one that completely dispensed with all comedy on November 9th, 2016, involving him leaning heavily on the fourth wall and speaking to fans who were scared and wanted to give up following the previous days tragedy. Many fans said it brought them to tears,
* SuperStrength: Apparently, having an abusive alcoholic father means you have enough strength to kick down walls.
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:After a direct attack from Mega Ultra Chicken that almost kill him]], he recovered at the very end of the next episode, offscreen. He also suffered a Mind Crush from Yugi, only for him to still be alive and well.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: He often enjoys it when problems are solved with physical violence instead of children's card games.
* VerbalTic: "Nyeh!" Joey seems to be oblivious to hearing himself saying it, however.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Téa]]
!! Steve Téa Gardner
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-->''"Nothing can destroy friendship, it's the most powerful force in the universe!"''
Téa is incredibly fixated on friendship, and honestly believes it's the ultimate source of power and can right any wrong, God bless her. She can and will make speeches about friendship when provoked, and if she focuses on a single target, well...[[FateWorseThanDeath the less said, the better]]. She is fiercely in love (and lust) with Yami. And/or Yugi. It varies depending on RuleOfFunny.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: She adores Yami and makes no secret of it. He wants nothing to do with her.
* AdaptationalWimp: ZigZagged. [[spoiler:She lost her duel to Crump in this version]], but still won against Joey and Mai.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: UpToEleven in Season 0. She considers Yami a KnightInShiningArmor... after he [[KillItWithFire burns the criminal]] [[DistressedDamsel holding her hostage]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath to death right in front of her]]. [[StealthPun She insists it was really hot]].
* AllWomenAreLustful: Perhaps the most perverted of the main characters (and that's saying something), frequently drools over attractive men, and makes no secret that she ships people a lot, including her own friends.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a nice girl, but her friendship speeches can brainwash people as potent as any Mind Crush.
* ButtMonkey: While not on the level of Joey and Tristan, she still qualifies, mainly thanks to Yami's mistreatment of her.
* TheChick: The lone female of the group who preaches friendship.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Doesn't tend to notice Yugi "that way" until another girl (or Bakura) shows interest in him, then she becomes this.
* CrossdressingVoices[=/=]LarynxDissonance: Is voiced by Little Kuriboh doing falsetto, and it's pretty obvious it isn't a woman behind the microphone. It's lampshaded by Yugi when Marik speaks through her in his normal voice that "her voice gets less convincing by the minute."
* TheDreaded: Yami really, REALLY does not approve of Téa's flirting, and he isn't afraid to let her know at all.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Lampshaded in episode 49, where the "Jiggle-ometer" (rates the breasts present in the scene) swings between settings depending on the scene shown of her.
* DependingOnTheWriter: It's never really clear whether or not she likes Yugi or is using him as a means to get to Yami it can go back and forth sometimes within the same episode.
* GoodIsNotSoft: She uses ThePowerOfFriendship to MindRape somebody.
* LovableSexManiac: "The only one who will be taking my body is Yugi and/or Yami". This despite the fact that she has offered herself to Duke Devlin, lusted over Marik and wanted to make him her sex slave, and even tried to seduce Yugi's Grandpa when she was feeling extra-horny.
* LoveFreak: Her obsession with friendship is very reminiscent of this trope.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Though she also wants to hook up with Yugi at times, it's Yami she ''really'' wants.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Taken UpToEleven in Season Zero.
-->'''Yugi:''' Thanks for standing up for me, Téa.\\
'''Téa:''' That's okay, Yugi. You know I think you're ''really'' cute.\\
'''Yugi:''' Hey, you wanna go out some time?\\
'''Téa:''' I meant as a ''friend'', Yugi.\\
'''Yugi:''' ...Oh, um, okay... sorry.\\
'''Téa:''' But I do love you.\\
'''Yugi:''' ''Really?!''\\
'''Téa:''' ''As a friend,'' Yugi!\\
'''Yugi:''' Oh... Alright.\\
'''Téa:''' Let's have sex later, okay?\\
'''Yugi:''' ...Huh?\\
'''Téa:''' ''AS FRIENDS, Yugi!'' Geez, such a pervert.
* MostFanFicWritersAreGirls: She's noted to be a writer of fanfics, the only cast member to be such. She ships [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry/Hedwig]].
* ObliviousToLove: Depending on RuleOfFunny, whenever Yugi's not oblivious to her obvious advances on him, she's the one who's oblivious to his obvious feelings for her.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: A firm believer in it. It's also the Pharaoh's least favorite aspect about her.
--> '''Yami''': *''Mocking Téa''* Oh, Yugi, let's go on a date, and talk about how we're friends, and friendship, and all that stuff! *''Normal voice''* That's what you sound like!
* SkewedPriorities: In episode 14, Téa stops Yami from killing Kaiba... only because she feared he would survive.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS[=/=]ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Marik mispronounces her name as "Tee Gardner" (as in, a cup of tea) instead of "TAY-ya Gardner".
* StraightMan: She ''tries'', but often ends up acting as goofy as the rest of her friends.
* TheTease: Towards Yugi in Season 0.
* UnusualEuphemism: Mutters a string of them while passed out.
-->"Oh my God, that's right, Pharaoh... Friend me! Friend me! Friend all over my face! Oh, that's so friendly of you. Oh, you're such a good friend. Make friends with my vagina!"
* YaoiFangirl:
** [[{{Shipping}} Ships]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'' characters.
** Hinted at earlier in episode nine:
---> '''Joey''': Man, I had the most unbelievable dream. There were two Yugis, and Bakura was a main character!\\
'''Téa''': I usually enjoy dreams that involve two Yugis, but that one was very disappointing.
** And when Yami tells Noah [[ItMakesSenseInContext "It's my body, Noah! Take it or leave it!"]]...
-->'''Téa''': I have the weirdest boner right now!
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[[folder:Tristan]]
!!Tristan 'timothy' Taylor
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-->''"My voice gives me super strength!"''
Tristan is... dumb. ''[[TheDitz Really dumb]]''. It's his entire schtick. However, when he isn't [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} stuck in his own bizarre little world]], he can be surprisingly badass: his voice gives him super strength, after all. His physical body was destroyed/possessed during The Cancelled Series, and he spent most of it as a robotic monkey. His friends thought he died, but in the end he got better. He is desperately in love with Serenity, but is mostly helpless compared to the raw sex appeal of Duke.
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* AbsurdPhobia: He has a fear of ''packing''. Yup, packing before travelling. No wonder he didn't bring anything during Season 1 in Duel Kingdom...
* AdaptationalBadass: Despite being a bigger idiot, this Tristan is far more badass than he ever was in the original series. Anime Tristan was mostly a cheerleader on the sidelines, a fact even Duke Devlin mocks him for. Abridged!Tristan, however, is supposedly a combatant in the Vietnam War, is friends with the A-Team (and gave Mr. T his name), and can kill or knock people out with little effort involved.
* AmbiguouslyBi: He has a crush on Serenity like his source material, but it's also implied he has a thing with Joey and Duke.
* AnimeHair: A single large point going forward.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: According to the trailer of episode 51, he fought in the Vietnam War, gave Mr.T his name (the "T" stands for "Tristan"), and went back in time with [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] and wiped out the dinosaurs.
* ButtMonkey: He's the subject of numerous insults and jabs from every cast member, including his friends.
* CatchPhrase:
** "Holy [[SoundEffectBleep ***]] on a [[SoundEffectBleep ***]] sandwich", later added on by saying "with [[SoundEffectBleep ***]] on top", then [[RuleOfThree a third time]] by finishing it with "And a side helping of [[SoundEffectBleep ***]]". He also said the original line uncensored in episode 48:
--> "Holy [[spoiler: bleep]] on a [[spoiler: bleep]] sandwich!"
** "My voice gives me super strength", he also mentions his voice knowing kung-fu.
** "Burn the Witch!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: ''Big time''. He has two shoulder angels taking the form of disembodied heads named Zack and Cody, he thinks the Axe bodyspray commercials were for actual weapons, and is convinced Duke is a witch because of his dice tricks. Tristan is also prone to just saying completely random and bizarre things without any context or reason.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He can break necks with his mind, and wrestled a dinosaur in Season 3.
* DamnedByAFoolsPraise: He's rife with this being a fan of ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''.
* TheDitz: '''YES'''. Tristan may be one of the dumbest creatures to walk the planet, and he's a {{CloudCuckoolander}} too.
* IdiotHero: He's probably the most heroic member of the main six, being he frequently fights to protect Serenity. He's still as dumb as a doornail.
* JiveTurkey: Temporarily, after being [[OffModel rendered black by an animation error.]]
--> '''Tristan:''' Don't be hatin' on my {{blackface}}, playa!
* MadeOfIron: Joey slams Nesbitt, who was in Tristan's body at the time, through a building with a full body tackle. Nesbitt gets out riding a motorcycle like nothing happens.
* MemeticBadass: Parodied InUniverse. As mentioned, he breaks necks with his mind, and he might be the one who wiped out the dinosaurs.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: In Season 0, Yugi says that not anyone can become his friend...except for Tristan. He's a special case.
* MyParentsAreDead: His Season 0 counterpart claims that his parents are dead. Averted with the main series, however, where Tristan says "Hi" to his parents in episode 41 while he and Duke are dangling on the edge of the [=KaibaCorp=] blimp.
* SimpletonVoice: It gives him super strength!
* StoryBreakerPower: His voice grants him superhuman strength and kung-fu knowledge, as well as break people's neck with his ''mind''. If Yugioh didn't revolve around card games, Tristan could be the most powerful non-magical human on the planet. If "A Brief History with Tristan" is anything to go by, he not only fought in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar but ''he killed the dinosaurs''. This in turn makes him one of the few characters besides Melvin and Yusei to have notable physical combat experience.
* TheOtherDarrin: [[invoked]] Invoked and mocked. In the canon, his voice actor was changed after Episode 10, and the change was very noticeable. This is parodied with Tristan's voice changing in Episode 8 (the abridged version of Episode 11), but everyone freaks out over it and finds it unfitting. The next episode he changes back to the original voice because it's funnier, and it sticks. Jokes are still occasionally made about the voice change.
* TooDumbToLive: As revealed in episode 61, he ''still has no idea that Yugi actually becomes a different person while he's dueling!''
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[[folder:Kaiba]]
!!Seto Kaiba
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-->''"Screw the money, I have rules! ...Wait let me try that again."''
Current president of Kaiba Corporation. Seto is notably pretty much identical to his canon counterpart -- a rich {{Jerkass}} elite duelist. However, his money and arrogance are ''really'' played up. An unashamed selfish egomanic, Kaiba yearns to crush Yugi in a duel, and in the meantime flaunts his money because he can. The mystery of his real father and his true identity is an occasional RunningGag; he may be a robot built in Ancient Egypt. Or was fathered by a robot. It's hard to say.
His most notable contribution to the series is coining the phrase ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
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* AbusiveParents: Inverted: he fired his own parents and moved into an orphanage. Though this is played straight with his adoptive father, Gozaburo.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original, Kaiba was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold; here he's a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Aside from viciously hating the heroes and making it clear he doesn't secretly like them, he tends to be very insulting and disrespectful to Noah and Alister, while in the original anime he had at least a bit of sympathy for them.
* AdaptationalWimp: Kaiba is not nearly as good a duelist as his canon counterpart, and in contrast to the canon Yami Yugi seeing him as a WorthyOpponent, the Abridged Yami mocks him for how many times he's lost their duels together. Funnily enough this only applies to card games, everything else he does he is nearly unstoppable. See MemeticBadass below.
* AllJewsAreCheapskates: He says "Happy Hanukkah" in both ''A Very Merry Yugioh Christmas Carol!'' and ''An Ishtar Family Christmas''. Given his obsession with his own wealth, he might very well be this.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Confirmed to have loved Kisara in his past life as Priest Seto and is creeped out by Pegasus' advances, but his interactions with Yugi and Joey are '''''dripping''''' in HoYay-licious subtext. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKB6hqe41dw This video]] takes the case with the former ''way'' too far with the subtext.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Heavily implied to have PTSD[[labelnote:note]]Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder[[/labelnote]] after Yugi defeats him with Exodia the Forbidden One. When Gozaburo summoned Exodia Necross in their duel in Episode 56, this is Kaiba's first reaction.
--> "Aahh! Exodia, it's not possible. No one has been able to summon him! [[CallBack ...Except for that one time]]!"
** And later when he sees Gozaburo's flame form.
--> "AAAHHH! EXPLODIA, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE! No one has been able to escape him!"
* AmbiguouslyHuman: One special stated that [[spoiler:he may or not be a robot built by Freeza and then left on earth.]] The one telling the story was full of crap, however, and it's still left entirely uncertain who's Kaiba's father in order to prove this theory.
* AmusingInjuries: Has had his finger chopped off by a helicopter blade and hopelessly twisted his hand during an especially elaborate gesture. He got better both times.
* AntiHero: Referred to as one by Marik, which is why he's not on the Evil Council of Villains. At best, he could classified as a Type lll to V.
* AttentionWhore:
** His goal in Season 1 is to become the main character by defeating Yugi at a card game.
** In TheMovie, he goes way off script to rant about how he's the best character and deserves all the attention.
** After the Battle City Finals come to an end, he [[SoreLoser decides]] to blow up the island in order to put the spotlight back on him.
* AtomicFBomb: During his duel with Ishizu, he lets out a loud, drawn-out scream of the word.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Having unlimited cards in your deck sounds awesome, but not if it means you'd have more difficulty drawing the card you would need to win.
* BadassBookworm: Even in the abridged universe he's a rich super genius who comes up with, plans, and makes most of his gadgets. As he puts it, "Being a rich nerd has finally paid off!"
* BadassLongcoat: It even talks too! [[spoiler: It's just Mokuba.]]
* BadBoss:
** He is livid when Noah announces his intentions for the Kaiba Corporation, including making a generous donation to a children's hospital and giving all employees a raise.
** Aside from his abusive treatment of Mokuba carrying over to Mokuba doing things as an employee, he also fires employees frivolously simply because firing people makes him feel powerful. This comes back to bite him when he fires all of the other shareholders of Kaiba Corporation and it leads to [[spoiler:Alister disguised as]] Pegasus being able to buy the rest of the shares.
-->'''Kaiba''': Also, fire our PR guy.
-->'''PR guy''': Eh... I'm the PR guy, sir.
-->'''Kaiba''': Well, good, because you're going to have lots of public relations when you're out there on the street WITH THE PUBLIC! Because ''fired''!
* BerserkButton: Making fun of his lack of parents. Yami, being Yami, stomps on it during Duelist Kingdom and Battle City.
--> "Say that I'm adopted '''one more time'''. See what happens."
* BigBrotherBully: Oh yes. He shows little to no care towards Mokuba whatsoever.
* BigNo: When Yami tries to [[spoiler: trade both his cards for Melvin's (comparatively worthless) "Shiny Obelisk."]]
* BizarroUniverse: Kaiba's green-haired incarnation in Season Zero is... different: a NiceGuy ShelteredAristocrat LoveFreak who [[LonelyRichKid just wants to be friends with Yugi et. co]]. He only acts aggressive when provoked, and [[ThePollyanna thinks Yami's threats of]] MindRape and a FateWorseThanDeath are "neat". He also firmly believes in the PowerOfFriendship, is [[WellDoneSonGuy Mokuba's bitch]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he only plays Duel Monsters for fun.]] Yami is ''[[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels horrified]]''.
* BoldlyComing: When Dark Magician Girl tells him to "Become one with Critias", Kaiba... [[UnusualEuphemism Becomes one with Critias.]]
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Subverted, the gang believes that underneath Kaiba's rough exterior, he secretly considers them to be his friends. Kaiba then turns around and admits he never liked them to begin with, and in fact ''hated'' every second he has to be with them. It's very likely the only reason he even remotely tolerates Yugi and his friends to begin with is because it's his role as the classic {{Shonen}} rival to work with them from time to time.
* CardCarryingVillain: Downplayed. He has off-handedly described himself as "the biggest dick in this entire show" and a "cliché emotionally void antagonist."
* CargoCult: He worships his money.
-->'''Kaiba:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Oh...my...money.]] \\
'''Yami:''' Don't you mean "God"? \\
'''Kaiba:''' You worship your thing, I'll worship mine.
* CargoShip: [[invoked]]
** He has a fetish for dragons, especially the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
-->'''Kaiba:''' ''A Blue-Eyes White Dragon train?'' I have the weirdest boner right now.\\\
'''Yami:''' Why don't you just marry the Blue-Eyes if you love it so much? \\
'''Kaiba:''' Believe me, I've looked into it.
** He's also aroused by technological devices.
* CatchPhrase: Played with. "Screw the rules, I have money" is considered his catchphrase, but not counting remakes of the first episode, he only says it twice, and the second time is in a trailer for TheMovie and isn't in the final cut. This is even lampshaded when Ishizu says its his catchphrase, and Kaiba mutters "Haven't said that in years". However, he likes dropping variations of the phrase such as "screw the yules" or "ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules", so he manages to both play the trope straight ''and'' avert it.
--> '''Kaiba:''' Looks like the Rules ... ([[ShoutOut puts on]] [[Series/CSIMiami sunglasses]]) ... Just got Screwed.
* CharacterDevelopment: Parodied in episode 48, when Kaiba and Mokuba were shown memories from their pasts, Chibi Kaiba (Kaiba's younger self) claimed to have experienced character development, and that it "tingled".
-->'''Chibi Kaiba:''' From this day forth, I'm going to become a total jerk with a stick up my ass the size of East Texas!
* CharacterExaggeration: A notable instance; compared to the rest of the cast, Kaiba is relatively in-character for his anime counterpart. His sarcasm and arrogance, especially in the dub, gave [=LittleKuriboh=] plenty to work with already. He just plays it up to be a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk rather than the canon's JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
-->"I hope you like heights, Wheeler. Oh, what am I even saying? You were already extremely high when you thought you could win this tournament!"
* CompositeCharacter: Of himself, or at least his original versions. His obnoxiously huge ego and {{Badbutt}} persona is carried over from the Dub version of Seto Kaiba, but this version of him is willing to believe in the mystic and supernatural but likes to pretend they're no concern to him, much like the original Kaiba in the original Japanese Dub.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He takes over Domino City to host a card game and when someone says that his explaining of the tournament rules is boring he tells them to "[[GetOut Get the hell out of my city!]]"
* CostumeEvolution: He provides the quote when he talks about how much sexier his second season outfit is. He even justifies his LimitedWardrobe because the outfit is too awesome to wear anything else.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's the main source of sarcasm in the series, though Bakura and Yami are contenders too.
* DontYouDarePityMe: "Are you ''sympathizing'' with me? Well, stop doing that! I hate it."
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''he'' was horrified by Gozaburo's decision to spend money on "weapons of mass destruction that'll threaten the stability of world peace".
* {{Fetish}}: ''Dragons''. He has a Dragon shaped Jet, A dragon-themed Self-Insert Monster called "Kaibaman", and his reaction to being told to "become one" with a massive all powerful Dragon was to, mercifully off-screen, ''have sex with it.'' Also to a lesser extent, Money.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Parodied to a great extent; even calling himself "the most skeptical person on this show". He's incapable of believing in anyone with more money and power than him, which is why he's skeptical about Yami being a Pharaoh.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Except for Mokuba, none of the other cast members think highly of him nor do they care if he dies. Considering how he often treated them, it's probably a form of karmic retribution.
--> '''Joey:''' What kind of self-respecting dragon lets itself be owned by a freakin Harpie?!
--> '''Mai:''' I don't know, what kind of self-respecting dragon lets itself be owned by a loser like Kaiba?
--> '''Joey:''' Ha, got a point there!
** And way earlier when Kaiba threatens to commit suicide:
---> '''Joey:''' This is awesome, Yugi's gonna kill Kaiba!
---> '''Tristan:''' I've always dreamed that this moment would come!
---> '''Yami:''' Kaiba must die!
---> '''Yugi:''' But what would Grandpa say?
---> '''Grandpa:''' Yuuuggiiii... Kill that son of a bitch!
* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation: Does this once while on his own to fill in Mokuba's half of the conversation. He laments that telling Mokuba to shut up isn't the same when he's not there.
* HypocriticalHumor: He's also prone to this, though not as much as Yami.
* InformedAttribute: His ego is said to be so large, that no structure can hold it without collapsing (hence, the Battle City Finals all take place in open air space). While Kaiba is pretty much {{Pride}} incarnate in the series, several others like Yami Yugi, Bakura, and Marik have shown to be just as, if not more proud of themselves without ever having the same issue. There's also the fact Kaiba is implied to have an InferioritySuperiorityComplex, further bringing this trait into question.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Keeps on saying that Yugi lost to him on Battle City, when everyone including Mokuba, Kaiba's own brother, knew that Kaiba lost that duel.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Granted, he knows the show ''isn't'' all about him, but he still thinks it ''should'' be. In fact, he makes TheMovie come to a grinding halt just to point out that he's a better character than Yugi/Yami.
-->'''Robot:''' It's all about you, isn't it, Kaiba?\\
'''Seto:''' Well, yeah.
* {{Jerkass}}: Big time, just like the canon.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The way he points out Joey, Duke, and Tristan's flaws in Episode 60 was uncalled for, but he did in a way ''nobody'' can deny is true.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In Episode 60, he viciously denies that he secretly considers the gang his friends, and delivers them each a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to make it clear that when he says he hates them, he ''means'' it.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone except his family calls him Kaiba.
* KickTheDog: Admitting that he genuinely hates Yugi and his friends, and that he has no love or compassion for them.
* MadeOfIron: Emerges from the flaming wreckage of a motorcycle crash completely unharmed.
-->"It's a good thing I'm Seto Kaiba, or that might've actually hurt me."
** Subverted when he accidentally broke his wrist while dueling Gozaburo, and then used the same hand to smash through a glass casing. [[RealityEnsues Kaiba may be tough, but it doesn't change the fact]] ''[[RealityEnsues it still hurts]]''.
* MadeOfWin: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_eUHs_HXow Yes indeed]].
* MadScientist: The duel disks he creates produce shockwaves whenever a monster dies. Why would he design it that way? [[{{Jerkass}} Because]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive he's]] [[{{Troll}} Seto Kaiba]].
* MemeticBadass: Invoked, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and all-around parodied. "Being Seto Kaiba" is the only justification supplied for how he's able to do some of the things he does.
-->'''Kaiba:''' "Now do you understand why so many people love me even though I'm the biggest dick in this entire show? It's because I'm Seto freaking Kaiba. Accept no substitutes!"
-->'''Kaiba:''' "It's a good thing I'm Seto Kaiba, or that [motorcycle crash] might've actually hurt me."
-->'''Gozaburo:''' "Seto! Where do you get off kicking down my door like that?" \\
'''Kaiba:''' "Actually I didn't kick it, I just looked at it and it opened for me. I'm Seto Kaiba, I can do that sort of thing."
* MoneyFetish: To the point where he practically ''worships'' money, as noted in "Cargo Cult" above.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: "That's odd, my Kaiba senses are tingling."
** Also, he apparently has a "douche sense", which allows him to know any time Joey insults him.
* NominalHero: As in the dub, he occasionally helps the heroes beat the bad guys. However, he still hates them and wants nothing to do with them.
* NotSoDifferent:
** From Yami. Neither care particularly much about about their brothers, are prone to HypocriticalHumor, and neither watch or read crap, such as that one Star Wars movie or Twilight. Yugi notes this in Episode 54.
** Yugi starts thinking this when Kaiba expresses his hatred of his adoptive father. Kaiba hates it and tells him to quit trying to sympathise with him.
* OfCourseISmoke: "I ''am'' on a drug. It's called '''SETO FREAKIN' KAIBA.'''"
* OneLiner: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTN2Zzm1SPI Delivers one to Ishizu after he wins their duel.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Based on his own memetastic one liner]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Oooooh yes. [[spoiler: After finding out that Yugi lost to Raphael in Episode 73, Kaiba has a FreakOut, [[{{Yandere}} acting wildly hurt and betrayed]] [[SeriousBusiness that he lost to someone else]]. Oh, and all those times he [[WeWillMeetAgain swore vengeance for his latest defeat]]? '''''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything He was faking]]!!!''''' [[BlatantLies Riiiiiiiiiight]].[[note]]Idontbelieveyou![[/note]]]]
* PetTheDog: In Episode 62, Joey mentions that the food Bakura ate in Kaiba jet's kitchen room was meant to go to some starving orphans back home.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: PlayedForLaughs in Episode 59 where Kaiba interrupts Yami's monologue to point out the improbable skin colors of Priest Seto and the Pharaoh (both are white-skinned instead of dark-skinned). Yami promptly tells him to drop the race-card.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Just after beating Joey in a duel in Battle City, before hearing the friendship speech from them he tells Joey, Duke and Tristan how worthless they are. He mocks Duke for being a pervert with a failed game store, Joey for being stuck in Yami's shadow with no future outside Duel Monsters, and then Tristan for being "the single most worthless being [he's] ever met."
--> '''Kaiba:''' (''chuckes'') Okay, let me make this ''very'' simple for all of you: you're ''losers!'' I don't mean that in an endearing way, it fucking hurts me that I have to interact with all of you so much! Duke, you're a lecherous pervert with a failed game store. [[SarcasmMode Congrats.]]
--> '''Duke:''' Aaawwwwwwww....
--> '''Kaiba:''' Wheeler...the only reason anyone even acknowledges you is because your best friend is the King of Games. You'll probably end up in jail in about 5 years with bills coming out of your ass because you have absolutely no real life skills, and you're a giant parasite on society and everyone around you.
--> '''Joey:''' You don't have to be so rude, Koiba.
--> '''Kaiba:''' ''And my name! Is '''NOT!''' "Koiba"!!''
--> '''Joey:''' Nnnyeh.
--> '''Kaiba:''' And Tristan...'''''Tristan...''''' You are the single most worthless human being I've ever met. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Deuces.]] (''walks away'')
* TheResenter: Towards Yugi, as per series tradition. He hates him so much, in fact, that when Yugi beats him for the hundredth time in Battle City, Kaiba goes into complete denial of the fact he lost and instead insists that Yugi's the actual loser of that duel.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: If the "Kaiba's Real Father" side story would have been canonical with the main series, he's a robot. However, the person who claims so is an UnreliableNarrator who claims otherwise in another vid.
* SanitySlippage: He appears to have lost his mind after the Battle City arc. He fires his employees as a matter of habit, expects every phone call to be Yugi wanting to admit ''he'' won the tournament, demands an elevator that goes up to outer space, [[spoiler: and completely flips out when he finds out Yami lost a card game.]]
* ScrewDestiny: "F*ck destiny! I'm Seto Kaiba! I make my own fate!"
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: TropeNamer.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[RuleOfFunny Fired his own parents]]. He also forced Gozaburo Kaiba to adopt him by beating him at chess and then ousted him from power causing him to commit suicide, making him the trope twice.
* SeriousBusiness: TropeNamer. He claims card games are this.
* SkewedPriorities: He has a hard time choosing between defeating Yugi or saving the world after he gets Critas.
* SoreLoser: It's Seto Kaiba; what do you expect? Best shown when his reaction to the phone ringing is to hope that it's Yugi calling to admit that [[SelfServingMemory Kaiba won]] [[BlatantLies Battle City]] and he owes Kaiba '''all''' of his trading cards. According to Mokuba, he's been saying that every time the phone rings ever since Battle City.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: "Even though there's absolutely no chance of success, I'm gonna defy logic and attack you anyway!"
* TheUnfettered: Nothing will stop him or deter him, no matter what.
* TheUnSmile: When he tries to smile, puppies die. The worse the smile, the more deaths he causes.
* VocalEvolution: Inverted. Rather than become filled with more emotion like as the English dub went on, his voice has become even ''raspier'' with time. In Season 4 though it's begun to get toned back down.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's terrified of Exodia (Necross) when Gozaburo summons him, "Explodia" when trying to escape him, and even when he himself removes from play three pieces of Exodia in the graveyard.
--> ''"It's not possible! No one's ever been able to destroy him!"''
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Many people think so. According to the [[UnreliableNarrator Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past From The Future]], he did back in Ancient Egypt, with "his totally hot dragon girlfriend" (read: Kisara). [[spoiler:But it wasn't any good.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: With his style of clothes and mature design, you would easily mistake him for a grown-up if not for the fact he still attends Yugi's High School (even though he was only ever seen attending school in the first episode).
!! Season Zero Kaiba
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-->''"You can’t defeat the power of friendship, Yugi! Hahahahahahahaha!"''
A BizarroUniverse version of Seto Kaiba that appears in Season Zero. Unlike the regular Kaiba, he's genuinely friendly and nice, though still a villain and more than a little creepy.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Season 0[=/=]early manga Kaiba is easily the most psychotic version of the character seen in any media, but this version of him is extremely polite, calm, and disturbingly friendly. Deconstructed in-universe by Yami, who is creeped out entirely by Kaiba's sudden change of character.
* AffablyEvil: He's villainous and violent, but completely cheerful and personable. Yami Yugi lampshades that it's ''weird'' seeing Kaiba act this way, to which Kaiba expresses confusion that Yami Yugi is unhappy that he's being friendly, suggesting it's not FauxAffablyEvil, he's sincerely a nice guy.
-->"Yugi, your friends are simply wonderful! It's a shame they have to die."
* AntiVillain: It turns out that [[spoiler: this Kaiba never stole Grandpa's Blue Eyes White Dragon]] and he only agreed to duel Yugi for fun.
* CloudCuckoolander: He seems a little spaced-out.
* CreepyChild: ''[[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries Yu-Gi-Oh!: Season 0]]'' episode two portrays him as this, to the point that the theme song for ''Mister Roger's Neighborhood' can sound unsettling. Though he isn't even trying to be creepy; it's just that seeing [[{{Jerkass}} Kaiba]] be nice comes off that way.
-->'''Kaiba''' (creepy monotone): I'm Seto Kaiba! The nicest guy on the face of the planet!
* DissonantSerenity: Acts totally tranquil even when he's being threatened.
* TheDragon: To Mokuba, who in this version is a GreaterScopeVillain.
* EccentricMillionaire: ''Very'' eccentric.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: His primary motivation, as seen from his quote.
* KickTheDog: He ordered his bodyguards to beat up Joey and Tristan. [[spoiler: Granted; they'd falsely accused Kaiba of theft and were planning to beat him up for it.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: The ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]]'' theme.
* LonelyRichKid: He's new in school and hasn't had time to interact with anyone outside of Yugi's gang. In fact, during TheStinger, he wishes for the ''rain'' to be his friend.
* ManInWhite
* NeverLendToAFriend: Makes it clear that even though he likes Yugi, he won't be sharing any of his wealth with him.
* NoSocialSkills: Yugi comments on how Kaiba's polite tone creeps him out. Kaiba agrees with him for some reason.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's ''very'' friendly, which a stark contrast to his original and abridged counterparts. It's so horrifying that Yami Yugi is creeped out and threatens him when Kaiba offers him a ''hug''.
* SpoiledSweet: Having money hasn't turned him into a bastard. Granted, the canon Kaiba had a FreudianExcuse for his attitude, so maybe this version had a happy childhood.
* UncannyValleyGirl: Seeing Kaiba act so pleasant and friendly is ''weird''.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* YoungEntrepreneur: His shadow duel with Yugi inspires him to start applying holographic projectors to Duel Monsters, and the rest is history.
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