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* RobotBuddy: Dr. Artemis has a robot assistant named Twinky.
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* MeaningfulName: A family tradition of Malvolio's family names all male members after Shakespearian characters. ("Malvolio" is a character in ''Twelfth Night''.)
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* ObfuscatingInsanity: Malvolio Lark is one of the most eccentric students in the school... and hasn't failed a single assignment. In truth, he's the descendent of one of the greatest duelists in American history, but after ''constantly'' being challenged to duels over his family reputation, he started acting crazy just to keep everyone away.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Penelope, the Lady of the Night. Although she is a Zombie, she is a Light attribute monster, and a Card of Virtue.
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* TheUnexpected: While many of the Cameo characters might have come as little surprise, the Puppeteer of Death (who was actually an important villain in the fic) might have been much more unexpected. This obscure Yu-Gi-Oh character only appeared in the manga (he was replaced by Ghost Kaiba in the anime) and even to fans of the manga, wasn't the most memorable villain.
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* TheUnexpected: UnexpectedCharacter: While many of the Cameo characters might have come as little surprise, the Puppeteer of Death (who was actually an important villain in the fic) might have been much more unexpected. This obscure Yu-Gi-Oh character only appeared in the manga (he was replaced by Ghost Kaiba in the anime) and even to fans of the manga, wasn't the most memorable villain.
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* MasqueradeBall: The Academy holds one, on Halloween naturally. [[spoiler: Dark Magician Girl - as in the Duel Spirit - shows up, and after a frivilous exchange, gives some important information to the protagonists.]]
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* TheAtoner: Dr. Artemis acts as an adviser for the main characters, but won't help them directly, [[spoiler:because she feels she's too corrupted - her entire career is built on a paper she stole from her ex-fiancee. Worse yet, she [[{{Hypocrite}} had ruined his career by exposing his plagiarism on a different paper]] just before.]]
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* TheAlchoholic: The Sage of Duelists is a recovering one. Like most people who had this sickness, it cost him almost everything until he was helped by the former Sage. [[spoiler: In the fic, his deck uses mostly anime-only liquor-related cards, both to remind him of the addiction he used to have and to prove that he controls it, not the other way around.]]
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* TheAlchoholic: TheAlcoholic: The Sage of Duelists is a recovering one. Like most people who had this sickness, it cost him almost everything until he was helped by the former Sage. [[spoiler: In the fic, his deck uses mostly anime-only liquor-related cards, both to remind him of the addiction he used to have and to prove that he controls it, not the other way around.]]
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* TheAlchoholic: The Sage of Duelists is a recovering one. Like most people who had this sickness, it cost him almost everything until he was helped by the former Sage. [[spoiler: In the fic, his deck uses mostly anime-only liquor-related cards, both to remind him of the addiction he used to have and to prove that he controls it, not the other way around.]]
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* ThrowTheDogABone: When Rex shows up, he mentions that Weevil has subscribed to the rules for redemption laid out before him and has escaped the purgatory Rex is stuck in. Brian added this section after being told he'd treated Weevil far too harshly in previous stories.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: When Rex shows up, he mentions that Weevil has subscribed to the rules for redemption laid out before him and has escaped the purgatory Rex is stuck in. Brian Cyber Commander added this section after being told he'd treated Weevil far too harshly in previous stories.
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** The 110 AD Reckoning is an extended reference to ''GauntletLegacy''.
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** The 110 AD Reckoning is an extended reference to ''GauntletLegacy''.''GauntletLegends''.
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** The 110 AD Reckoning is an extended reference to ''GauntletLegacy''.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: When Rex shows up, he mentions that Weevil has subscribed to the rules for redemption laid out before him and has escaped the purgatory Rex is stuck in. Brian added this section after being told he'd treated Weevil far too harshly in previous stories.
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* StoneWall: Dr. Artemis's deck, which she describes as a Jujutsu Deck.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday:
-->"Feh," said Loki, drawing five cards. "Feel free to make the first move. It really doesn't matter. I haven't been outwitted in a game of skill since the founding of Asgard."
-->"And when was that?" asked Ben, drawing a sixth card.
-->"I think it was on a Tuesday," answered Loki. "Very few people know that!"
-->"Feh," said Loki, drawing five cards. "Feel free to make the first move. It really doesn't matter. I haven't been outwitted in a game of skill since the founding of Asgard."
-->"And when was that?" asked Ben, drawing a sixth card.
-->"I think it was on a Tuesday," answered Loki. "Very few people know that!"
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* CallBack: During the final battle, [[spoiler: Jason uses the Dark Messiah's effect to banish Marauding Captain, Nanobreaker, and Vorse Raider to power himself up. Those three each lead Russel, Trisha, and himself to Hermos, Critias, and Timaus respectivly.]]
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* Fanboy: Jason is one of Seto Kaiba and as a result, based his deck of Kaiba's, minus the Blue-Eyes White Dragons. He sometimes fantasizes about owning the 3 Blue-Eyes cards. [[spoiler: And at the end of the fic, he does.]]
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* Fanboy: {{Fanboy}}: Jason is one of Seto Kaiba and as a result, based his deck of Kaiba's, minus the Blue-Eyes White Dragons. He sometimes fantasizes about owning the 3 Blue-Eyes cards. [[spoiler: And at the end of the fic, he does.]]
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* Fanboy: Jason is one of Seto Kaiba and as a result, based his deck of Kaiba's, minus the Blue-Eyes White Dragons. He sometimes fantasizes about owning the 3 Blue-Eyes cards. [[spoiler: And at the end of the fic, he does.]]
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** Another example was that Melissa Etheridge's "I Run For Life" was used as an introduction to the first chapter (although the word "duel" was used to replace "run", so it may have technically been a SongParody.)
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* BlindfoldedVision: [[spoiler: Jason. Once he recieves the power of the Dark Messiah, his eyes turn golden. Since as the Dark Messiah Jason has inward sight, he puts on the blindfold to keep people from freaking out.]]
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* BlindfoldedVision: [[spoiler: Jason. Once he recieves receives the power of the Dark Messiah, his eyes turn golden. Since as the Dark Messiah Jason has inward sight, he puts on the blindfold to keep people from freaking out.]]
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* {{Homage}}: The setting is a Duel Academy, similar to the one in ''anime/Yu-Gi-Oh!GX''. Like the school in that series, the students have three rankings, Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue. Unlike the old one, you cannot start at a high rank. Everyone (girls included) start at Slifer and are promoted based on merit. Students know rumors of a fourth, higher rank called Exodia Gold, but it is not confirmed. [[spoiler: Exodia Gold is an exclusive club for duelists who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, and membership is by invitation-only. One of the requirements for entry is to survive a Shadow Duel.]]
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* {{Homage}}: The setting is a Duel Academy, similar to the one in ''anime/Yu-Gi-Oh!GX''.''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. Like the school in that series, the students have three rankings, Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue. Unlike the old one, you cannot start at a high rank. Everyone (girls included) start at Slifer and are promoted based on merit. Students know rumors of a fourth, higher rank called Exodia Gold, but it is not confirmed. [[spoiler: Exodia Gold is an exclusive club for duelists who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, and membership is by invitation-only. One of the requirements for entry is to survive a Shadow Duel.]]
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* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitudes: Inspired by the Sage of Duelist's word that [Good has] many allegiances and allies, but Evil always stands alone." The protagonists decide to launch a premptive strike on Fortunado's stronghold rather than wait for him to bring the fight to them. This means raising a sizable force, and they get many volunteers from the students at the school.
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* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitudes: RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Inspired by the Sage of Duelist's word that [Good has] many allegiances and allies, but Evil always stands alone." The protagonists decide to launch a premptive preemptive strike on Fortunado's stronghold rather than wait for him to bring the fight to them. This means raising a sizable force, and they get many volunteers from the students at the school.
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Taking place in New York in the year 2110, and the future is pretty nice and shiny. However, for Jason, Russell, and Trista, they find themselves stuck in a battle that will decide the fate of the world. [[SeriousBusiness And they will play a]] [[YuGiOhAbridged children's card game]] [[SeriousBusiness to do that]].
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Taking place in New York in the year 2110, and the future is pretty nice and shiny. However, for Jason, Russell, and Trista, Trisha, they find themselves stuck in a battle that will decide the fate of the world. [[SeriousBusiness And they will play a]] [[YuGiOhAbridged children's card game]] [[SeriousBusiness to do that]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Sin]] offers Cassius, Sebation, and Cleo a second chance to duel Russell and Trista in a tag team duel. She makes Cassius choose which member of the trio [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets to stay in her stomach]]. Cassius chooses himself.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Sin]] offers Cassius, Sebation, and Cleo a second chance to duel Russell and Trista Trisha in a tag team duel. She makes Cassius choose which member of the trio [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets to stay in her stomach]]. Cassius chooses himself.
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* OldMaster: The Sage of Duelists, a mysterious sensei who runs a monastery in the bowels of the city where he trains duelists to communicate with Duel Spirits [[spoiler: including Chazz Princeton, Alexis Rhodes, Tyranno Hassleberry, and Aster Phoenix, who remain eternally young due to a wish they made to be duelists forever.]] He has strange powers, and has been waiting a long time for the Reckoning. [[spoiler: He is the one who bestows the power of the Dark Messiah upon Jason.]]
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* SecretWeapon: [[spoiler: Raviel, Lord of Phantasms, used by the Puppeteer of Death. The card is actually a counterfeit, and there are plans to create counterfeits of the other Sacred Beasts, but Russel destroys the card, ruining those plans.]]
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* PrisonerExchange: After a member of Fortunado's gang is captured by the school's headmaster(which would be bad for him, as he might talk) a very grim version of this occurs. Sersei is challenged to an Orichalcos Duel and loses, and the villains demand the prisoner's release in exchange for her soul. The headmaster agrees, and while the villains do keep their word, it leads to another Orichalcos Duel involving Jason (which, incidentally, is where Jason is chosen by Timaeus, the first Legendary Knight to appear.)
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* [[Homage]]: The setting is a Duel Academy, similar to the one in ''anime/Yu-Gi-Oh!GX''. Like the school in that series, the students have three rankings, Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue. Unlike the old one, you cannot start at a high rank. Everyone (girls included) start at Slifer and are promoted based on merit. Students know rumors of a fourth, higher rank called Exodia Gold, but it is not confirmed. [[spoiler: Exodia Gold is an exclusive club for duelists who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, and membership is by invitation-only. One of the requirements for entry is to survive a Shadow Duel.]]
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* [[Homage]]: {{Homage}}: The setting is a Duel Academy, similar to the one in ''anime/Yu-Gi-Oh!GX''. Like the school in that series, the students have three rankings, Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue. Unlike the old one, you cannot start at a high rank. Everyone (girls included) start at Slifer and are promoted based on merit. Students know rumors of a fourth, higher rank called Exodia Gold, but it is not confirmed. [[spoiler: Exodia Gold is an exclusive club for duelists who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, and membership is by invitation-only. One of the requirements for entry is to survive a Shadow Duel.]]
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* Homage: The setting is a Duel Academy, similar to the one in ''anime/Yu-Gi-Oh!GX''. Like the school in that series, the students have three rankings, Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue. Unlike the old one, you cannot start at a high rank. Everyone (girls included) start at Slifer and are promoted based on merit. Students know rumors of a fourth, higher rank called Exodia Gold, but it is not confirmed. [[spoiler: Exodia Gold is an exclusive club for duelists who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, and membership is by invitation-only. One of the requirements for entry is to survive a Shadow Duel.]]
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* Homage: [[Homage]]: The setting is a Duel Academy, similar to the one in ''anime/Yu-Gi-Oh!GX''. Like the school in that series, the students have three rankings, Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue. Unlike the old one, you cannot start at a high rank. Everyone (girls included) start at Slifer and are promoted based on merit. Students know rumors of a fourth, higher rank called Exodia Gold, but it is not confirmed. [[spoiler: Exodia Gold is an exclusive club for duelists who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, and membership is by invitation-only. One of the requirements for entry is to survive a Shadow Duel.]]
