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2[[Characters/YuGiOhMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/YuGiOhYamiYugi Yami Yugi]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhYamiBakura Yami Bakura]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhSetoKaiba Seto Kaiba]]) | [[Characters/YuGiOhDominoHighSchool Domino High School ]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhDominoCityResidents Domino City Residents]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhKaibaCorporationAndDeathT Kaiba Corp]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhIndustrialIllusions Industrial Illusions]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhGhoulsAndRareHunters Ghouls and Rare Hunters]] | '''Other Duelists''' | [[Characters/YuGiOhAncientEgypt Ancient Egypt]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhGamingPieces Gaming Pieces]] | [[Characters/YuGiOhOriginalSeriesCards Cards]] -]]]]]
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4Prominent Duelists from the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] and [[Anime/YuGiOh anime]] series ''Yu-Gi-Oh''.
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6'''''ALL spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware major spoilers.'''''
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10[[folder:Mai Kujaku (Mai Valentine)]]
11!!'''Mai Kujaku (孔雀 舞; ''Kujaku Mai'') ([[DubNameChange Mai Valentine]])'''
12[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_2377.png]]
13--> Voiced by: Creator/HaruhiTerada (Japanese), Creator/MeganHollingshead (English, Season 1-3), Erica Schroeder (English, Season 4-5 & ''Duel Links''; credited as Bella Hudson in ''Duel Monsters''), Kathleen Delaney (English, Uncut), Yolanda Mateos (European Spanish)
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15One of the best duelists around. She once worked as a casino dealer before picking up the Duel Monsters card game, and became used to depending on only herself until she met Yugi and his friends in the Duelist Kingdom arc. Though she isn't around in every chapter/episode, she's mostly a good guy and helps the heroes out frequently.
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17She uses a Harpie deck in the Duelist Kingdom arc, and mixes it up with some Amazons in the Battle City arc. In the anime's season 4 she uses more Harpie cards, supplementing them with the Seal of Orichalcos.
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20* ActionGirl: She is a genuinely good duelist, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome even though most of it occurs offscreen]] but against the likes of Yugi and Dark Marik in the anime, she is able to put up a good fight.
21* AdaptationalBadass: The duel with Marik is a lot more one-sided in the Manga while the anime has her putting on a fight.
22%%** Also, her appearance in the Doma Arc.
23* AdaptationalModesty: The anime makes many of her outfits less skimpy and downplays how bold she gets in her flirtations. For example, in the manga she suggests she'll sleep with Ryuzaki if he manages to defeat her in a duel, while in the anime she only offers him a kiss.
24* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: The anime gives her a backstory regarding her parents but they were changed in the English dub. In the original, she was orphaned at a young age while the dub has her parents just being absent due to working abroad.
25* AdaptationExpansion: The anime gives her a backstory of her childhood and her own filler villain to beat in Battle City.
26* AmazonBrigade: Her deck, which includes her Harpies and some actual Amazons.
27* BadassDriver: She's shown to be a very skilled driver capable of pulling off dangerous maneuvers.
28* BadassNormal: No Millennium Item or connections with ancient Egypt, but she's skilled enough on her own merits to make it into the finals of Duelist Kingdom and the top eight in Battle City.
29* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Many of the outfits she wears bare her midriff, fitting with her FemmeFatale persona.
30* BathingBeauty: She values bathing so much that she picks a fight with the Duelist Kingdom staff over her room at the ship not having a shower and later somehow acquires and carries around a portable shower for her to use on the island itself.
31%%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn.
32* BestHerToBedHer: PlayedWith. Her first cons started as her faking that she was only into men who could beat her in a duel, but that was only a ploy to get people to play with her and lose their money. But it seemed to become real, as she only started to develop feelings for Jonouchi after he beat her in a duel.
33* BigBreastPride: She's fully aware of her buxom figure and wears cleavage-baring outfits to show it off, while also hoping it may distract her opponents.
34* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Blonde to Anzu's Brunette and Shizuka's Redhead.
35* BreakTheCutie: During the Battle City arc, when she fights against Dark Marik in his really, ''really'' painful Shadow Game and suffers through his Penalty Game.
36* BrokenBird: In the beginning, she's an ex-LonelyRichKid who had lived by and relied on herself since her parents had passed on (or in the [=4Kids=] version, were always too busy to spend time with her), acting cynical and disenchanted until Jounouchi calls her out on her treatment of her opponents, Yugi wins back the star chips she lost due to the Player Killer, and (in the anime) Anzu duels her for Yugi's sake. After she defrosts, she reverts because Dark Marik put her into a coma where she was trapped in an hourglass, slowly forgetting everyone who ever loved her (only in the anime - in the manga, she was being eaten by scarabs and she actually managed to come back from that experience emotionally stable) and has recurring nightmares about the experience. Then, despite all her efforts to improve her skills (even winning tournaments), she is still unable to escape Yugi's and Jonouchi's shadows. This leads to her joining Doma, because the Orichalcos' power makes her feel more powerful.
37* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has a busty figure, which is prominent due to the cleavage present in her outfits and is one of the reasons why she's such a DudeMagnet.
38* CompressedHair: She can somehow keep all of her long hair compressed into a normal-sized motorcycle helmet.
39* CoolBigSis: She acts as the older and more experienced friend to the main characters, as well as Shizuka/Serenity.
40* CruelToBeKind: She doesn't mince words about how terribly Yugi is dueling against her in their Duelist Kingdom finals match, but it's because she can tell he's holding back and she wants to duel him at his best.
41* DarkActionGirl: During the Doma Arc, after she becomes corrupted by the Orichalcos and starts working for Dartz.
42* DefeatMeansFriendship: Her defeat at Jonouchi's hands starts to defrost her although she still acted as a SoreLoser that time, and out of all the antagonists Yugi and Jonouchi face during Duelist Kingdom, Mai plays a bigger role in later chapters than anyone except Seto Kaiba.
43* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts the series as a cynical, arrogant woman who doesn't care for anyone but herself, but starts to defrost once she befriends the main cast, especially after Yug duels Panik to get her star chips back.
44* DemotedToExtra: After Doma, she's relegated to just making a couple of silent cameos for the remainder of the anime. In the manga, Battle City was her last appearance, and leaves the story a bit more happy compared to the anime, though she does seem to be back to her old self by the end of the series.
45* DeusAngstMachina: From Dark Marik's Penalty Game to the anime's Doma Arc.
46* DistractedByTheSexy:
47** An implied reason for her choice of outfits is to try to distract her opponents.
48** She also uses her looks to sneak Honda, Bakura, and Anzu past the security guard at Duelist Kingdom (in the anime, at least - the manga version just has Jonouchi beating the snot out of him), and to trick Dinosaur Ryuzaki into giving up his deluxe room on the cruise to her.
49* DudeMagnet: She often has guys fawning after her due to her beauty and flirty personality.
50* EveryoneHasStandards: She starts out as an antagonist, but even then she's visibly shocked when Jonochi punches Honda during an argument and shares her food with the group despite not being on good terms with them at the time.
51* EveryoneLovesBlondes: She's a blonde with long, wavy hair and is the most sexually charged character in the cast.
52* EvilCostumeSwitch: Developed a taste for black leather after joining the Doma {{cult}}.
53* {{Fanservice}}: She and her monsters are this.
54* FemmeFatale: She's a smart and attractive woman who uses her feminine charms to get an advantage in life, even duels. She made a fortune conning rich men out of their money when she worked as a casino dealer.
55* FriendlyRival: After her defrosting, Mai is one of the duelists who thinks well of Yugi and Jonouchi despite losing to both of them.
56* TheGadfly: She enjoys mocking and messing with people, once pretending to be dead just so she could troll Jonouchi.
57* GamerChick: She's a young woman who's a professional duelist, which is a rarity.
58* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Does this to Jonouchi during Battle City after his BrainwashedAndCrazy period.
59* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Her signature monsters are female harpies.
60* HeadTurningBeauty: She's considered incredibly attractive, to the point people often visibly react upon seeing her. Her first appearance in the manga has Yugi, Jonouchi, and Honda all DistractedByTheSexy upon seeing her.
61* IdiotBall: Mostly due to her being LockedOutOfTheLoop on important information, yet still.
62** The end of her duel with Marik. On paper, it seems that she has the means to win the duel by just declaring an attack, though in practice it's not so[[note]]Marik only has Holding Arms in Attack position with 500 ATK and 1050 Life Points, while Mai has summoned Cyber Harpie with 1800 ATK. However, Marik's monster is invincible to attack for 3 turns after being summoned, a condition which hadn't worn off by the time Mai summoned Cyber Harpie[[/note]]. However, Mai ''still'' had a few other moves she could have made that would have more or less secured her victory in just a few turns. Meanwhile, after stealing the Winged Dragon of Ra from Marik halfway through the duel and deciding then to play it, she goes to try and beat Marik with it. This is despite a first-hand demonstration in the previous duel that using the card is highly dangerous.
63** In the anime's Doma Arc: when she duels Raphael, Mai attempts to use Jonouchi's Hermos card despite not being one of the three chosen duelists. [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't go well for her.]] Granted, she didn't have any way of knowing that you have to be TheChosenOne to use Hermos.
64* ItsAllAboutMe: She starts off being defined by her selfishness, being a vain and self-absorbed woman who feels no guilt in using others to get ahead in life. [[DefrostingIceQueen She becomes more selfless once befriending the party]].
65* IWorkAlone: She enjoys being a lone wolf, due to her natural distrust of others and desire to be an independent woman. She eases off on this when she befriends the main cast.
66* JerkassHasAPoint: In her first duel with Jonouchi, she points out that even if he and Yugi are friends, there can only ever be one champion, and if either of them wants to ultimately win they'll have to go through the other. She's also right in that he has to step out from Yugi's shadow and duel on his own if he wants to get anywhere.
67* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the very beginning of the series, she's pretty aggressive, sarcastic, and a bit mean-spirited, though significantly less so than other duelists like Haga or Bandit Keith. [[CharacterDevelopment Mai softens up after hanging out with Yugi's gang a bit.]] During Duelist Kingdom, Mai lets Anzu use her portable shower unit and stands guard to rout any peeping tom's, she hands her copy of "Honor of Kings Right" [[note]] a card that qualifies a duelist to compete in the Duelist kingdom finals. [[/note]]to Jonouchi when his copy gets stolen. During Battle City, she rescues Honda, Shizuka and Otogi who were fleeing the Ghouls.
68* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Knowing that she doesn't stand a chance against Yami Yugi after he destroys her Mirror Wall trap and his Black Luster Soldier defeats her Harpie's Pet Dragon, Mai surrenders immediately after her turn begins. Played with in her duel against Anzu- she surrenders even though she had a chance to win, just to have a reason to return the Star Chips.
69* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Anzu and Shizuka's light.
70* LongHairIsFeminine: She has waist-long blonde hair and is one of the few female duelists in the series and one who likes to flaunt her femininity.
71* LonelyRichKid: In her backstory, at least in the anime. We see her as a little girl, all alone in a BigFancyHouse...
72* ManipulativeBitch: She uses her guile and beauty to manipulate people, especially men, into doing her bidding. Best seen in her interactions with Ryuzaki, where she's constantly playing him for a fool.
73* MeaningfulName: Mai Kujaku means "dancing peacock."
74* MindRape: By Marik during Battle City. She was put into an hourglass filled with scarabs that slowly devoured her body, and she would have died after a set amount of time (in the anime, it's less nightmare-ish and more emotional - the longer she was in the hourglass, the more memories of her friends she would lose). In the anime, this lead to a HeroicBSOD and a FaceHeelTurn in the Doma filler arc.
75* MoreThanMindControl: How Dartz got her to serve him.
76* MsFanservice: Midriff-baring corset, miniskirt, knee-high (and in one case, thigh-high) boots (often high-heeled as seen in a close-up after her forfeiting her Duel with Yugi), large breasts, and more.
77* MustHaveLotsOfFreeTime: As a professional duelist, she does have quite a bit of free time on her hands-- hangs out with TrueCompanions eight-to-ten years younger than her. She also falls in love with [[LikesOlderWomen one of them]]. Justified because her little friends are champion duelists too, so they all ran in the same circles. She first meets them in a tournament they are all competing in.
78* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After she beats Jounouchi in the Doma Arc, causing him to lose his soul.
79* OfCorsetsSexy: She wears a ''corset'' with prominent cleavage.
80* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: While losing most of her onscreen duels, she wins enough offscreen matches in both the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs to make the finals. In the Doma Arc, she even manages to defeat Pegasus.
81* OldMaid: Actually, [[CelibateHero by her own choice]]. She ''did'' have a HopelessSuitor in an anime filler episode and blew him off, defeating him in a duel when he wouldn't give up.
82* OnlyInItForTheMoney: She's a professional duelist who only takes part in the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City tournaments for the prize money.
83* OvershadowedByAwesome: She's a very good duelist and strategist, but has the misfortune to be on the same team as Yugi and Kaiba (who have connections to the nameless pharaoh and some of the most powerful cards around) and ends up going up against [[DarkIsEvil Dark]] [[TheSociopath Marik]] in the Battle City semifinals.
84* ParentalAbandonment: In the manga, [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent her parents are never mentioned]] but she mentions she has been by herself most of her life. In the anime, her parents explicitly died when she was little (in the [=4Kids=] version, they're changed to be alive but [[ParentalNeglect never had time for her due to their work]]) and left her alone to rely on herself.
85* PunnyName: Her English dub name is a pun, as Mai Valentine is a play on "my Valentine".
86* PhonyPsychic: She pretends she had psychic powers at the start of Duelist Kingdom with her "aroma tactics", which involves knowing what her cards are without looking at them because of having them sprayed with various perfumes. This backfires on her in her duel with Jounouchi when he figures it out, however, and she drops them later on.
87* ProudBeauty: She's a vain woman who greatly values her appearance and likes to brag about it. She even takes time to pamper herself even when out in the wild in the Duelist Kingdom.
88%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Jounouchi's red. (One of three)
89* {{Sexophone}}: In the anime, new music always played whenever she showed up in Duelist Kingdom, and occasionally in Battle City. Stopped in Doma due to her change of sides.
90* ShipTease: With Jonouchi, starting with the scene where Jonouchi gave her her Star Chips back. She later returns the favor by giving him her Entry Card, so that he can duel Keith. A lot of the ship tease happens during Mai's duel with Dark Marik, with Jonouchi being extra motivated to duel Dark Marik in order to save her from her penalty. The Doma filler arc challenges their romantic tension by making Mai on the side of the villains and adding Varon to create LoveTriangle, who specifically challenges Jonouchi to gain Mai's affection because he knows she still has feelings for Jonouchi.
91* SignatureMon: The Harpie Lady is the card she uses the most, with the Three Harpie Sisters serving as her ace monsters (Harpie's Pet Dragon is the muscle). Whether it's just the single lady or the Three Sisters, they are treated as her Signature Mon interchangeably throughout multiple mediums. Mai is drawn to the archetype because the Harpie Ladies represent strong females who dominate males, fitting her character.
92* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Sacred Cards'', a video game adaptation of Season 2-3, she duels Kaiba in the Battle City finals instead of Dark Marik. She still loses, but she doesn't end up in coma. Jonouchi ''and'' Kaiba take her place instead.
93* StatuesqueStunner: At 5'9, she's easily the tallest female character in the series, adding to her model-like appeal.
94* TheTease: She enjoys acting flirtatiously and teasing other men, both as a plot to manipulate them and for her own amusement.
95* TookALevelInKindness: While she was never really cruel, she was very arrogant and had a mindset that duelists could only rely on themselves with friendship just getting in the way. Being beaten by Joey and especially Panik causes her to reassess her opinion, and from then on she's much more an ally who happens to be a bit of a prima-donna than the RichBitch she started as.
96* {{Tsundere}}: She develops a crush on Jonouchi, but is reluctant to admit it and often ends up having arguments with him, but shows her softer side in serious moments. To a lesser extent, she has this attitude to the main characters as a whole, sometimes treating them as "dumb kids" while also going out of her way to help them.
97* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jonouchi, both in the manga and anime. The two develop a mutual attraction, which they admit to each other in the conclusion of the Battle City storyline, but never actually become a couple on-screen because of other events separating them.
98* WomanOfWealthAndTaste: She has a taste for opulent things and likes to bask in luxury. She's after the prize money in the duelist tournaments to sustain this expensive lifestyle of hers.
99* TheWorfEffect:
100** Dinosaur Ryuzaki is built up as a major threat at the start of Duelist Kingdom, yet she manages to beat and make a fool of him before they even get to the island, establishing her as one of the best duelists on the island.
101** Marik defeating her so easily and brutally at the start of the Battle City finals is meant to establish just how ruthless and terrifying he is.
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104[[folder:Ishizu Ishtar]]
105!!'''Ishizu Ishtar (イシズ・イシュタール; ''Ishizu Ishutaaru'')'''
106[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ishizu_ishtar.png]]
107--> Voiced by: Creator/SumiShimamoto (JP), Karen Neil (EN), Adelaida López (European Spanish)
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109Marik's older sister and Rishid's adoptive sister, she's the owner of the Millennium Tauk, which allows the user to see into the past and future. Ishizu works for the Egyptian government agency, the Supreme Council of Antiquities - presumably to the public, she traveled to Japan's Domino City to oversee the dynastic exhibit, The Art of Egypt, which showcased stone slabs, depicting ka battles, from which the card game ''Magic & Wizards''/''Duel Monsters'' originated. She invited Seto Kaiba to the Domino City Museum to show him the slabs that also depicted the nameless king, who resembled Yugi. She told Kaiba about the three God Cards and tasked him with retrieving them from the Ghouls, through hosting a city-wide ''Duel Monsters'' tournament. To bait the Ghouls into coming, she gave him one of the God cards - "The God of the Obelisk."
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111With the Millennium Tauk, Ishizu had already predicted Yugi would visit the museum. When Dark Yugi arrived, along with Anzu Mazaki, and saw the slabs depicting the ancient ka battles and also of the pharaoh, she approached him. She told him that a large battle would soon be taking place, and that he must gather the seven Millennium Items to regain his memories.
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113In the ''Duel Monsters'' card game, she uses a Sand Fairy (Fairy monsters with an Egyptian theme) deck, along with cards that cycle her opponent's cards into the graveyard and her cards into her deck. Her trump card is Reversal of Worlds (Exchange of the Spirit). Supplimentary material usually also gives her a "Gravekeeper" deck focusing on Graveyard control.
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116* AbusiveParents: Her father didn't treat her or her brothers particularly well, and cared more for his duty of guarding the Millennium Items than any of them.
117* AdaptationalVillainy: In [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the earliest Konami video games]], Ishizu is a sinister and often hostile actor. In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhTheDuelistsOfTheRoses'', she's on the side of the Yorkists with Seto.
118* AlliterativeName: ''I''shizu ''I''shtar.
119* BecauseDestinySaysSo: She was so obsessed with following her visions that she threw away a quicker victory against Seto just to achieve the victory she saw. Which fails when Seto manages to defy her visions and defeat her.
120* BigSisterInstinct: Joins Battle City to try to save her brother.
121%%* BreakTheHaughty: Tries it on Kaiba and to a degree, suffers it herself.
122* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Marik's Cain before his HeelFaceTurn.
123* TheChessmaster: In her duel with Kaiba, she manipulates every move he makes, even allowing herself to take damage from him, in preparation to flip his strategy back on him. Lampshaded by Dark Marik in the anime, who snickers that it's fun to watch her work Kaiba over after she did it to normal Marik so often when they were children.
124* CombatClairvoyance: Sees into the future to predict her opponent's moves.
125* DishingOutDirt: She uses Earth-attribute Fairy monsters with a distinct Egyptian design flavor.
126* DoNotAdjustYourSet: How she gets Kaiba's attention at the start of the second series anime adaptation.
127* DrivenToSuicide: Implied in the manga. While talking with her before the Battle City finals, Kaiba realizes that she intends to stay on Alcrataz once it self-destructs if it becomes apparent that Marik can't be saved, which very much reminds him of his own desire to protect Mokuba.
128* EarlyBirdCameo: Ishizu first appeared in the Konami video games, including one that was released several weeks before she made her proper debut in the manga.
129* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Several early videogame appearances by Ishizu show her with a ''very'' different personality from the one she'd be established with. In ''Duel Monsters II'', which predates her manga debut by a couple months, she's an unlockable high-level boss, has a different name (Ishizu Ishtar Naomi), and her design and dialogue is [[https://i.imgur.com/OBQglnt.png noticeably villainous]]. Her ''VideoGame/YuGiOhForbiddenMemories'' counterpart, called Naomi Ishizu in Japan, is much the same. It seems fairly likely that Takahashi hadn't quite nailed down Ishizu's concept at the time those games were being made.
130* {{Foil}}: To Kaiba. They both had abusive fathers (biological in her case, adoptive in Kaiba's), have younger siblings they are protective of, and are part of organizing the Battle City tournament. However, Ishizu looks to the past and believes in destiny through her visions from the Millennium Tauk, where Kaiba looks to the future while being more focused on modern-day technology and, in the English 4Kids dub, is a skeptic about the ancient Egyptian magic going on. This is especially highlighted during their duel in the quarter-finals.
131* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: In the Japanese she always communicates using very formal linguistics (such as using "watakushi" as a personal pronoun), to illustrate her serious and formal demeanor.
132* GracefulLoser: In spite of the fact that it means she's out of the running to confront Marik herself, she takes her defeat at the hands of Kaiba rather well. In fact, it brings her hope that the future can be changed and that either Yugi, Jonouchi, or Kaiba can save her brother.
133%%* {{Herald}}: In Battle City.
134* HiddenBuxom: In the manga version of Battle City, her dress sometimes exposes her cleavage, revealing that she is rather buxom.
135* LadyOfWar: Yeah, she plays a card game instead of leading an army, but she's definitely got this vibe. She's quiet, feminine, and came ''this'' close to kicking Seto Kaiba's arrogant ass.
136* MindRape: Subverted. Even though she has a Millennium Item, she's the only character who wields one that is never seen using Shadow Game magic. No Penalty Games, either.
137* MsFanservice: The outfit Ishizu wears to Battle City hugs her curves quite attentively, and in the manga the dress is sometimes drawn such that it shows cleavage her generous cleavage.
138* MysteriousVeil: Appears with one while on the Battle City blimp up until her first duel. She keeps the one on her head throughout the arc and it acts similarly to a BadassCape.
139* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She had the chance to win against Kaiba, but didn't take it because it wasn't the specific victory she foresaw. Trying to get the win conditions she saw in her vision was what led Kaiba to be able to defeat her.
140* {{Reincarnation}}: Of the priestess Isis.
141* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ishizu's name is ''not'' Isis, but it is meant to reference the name Isis. Kazuki Takahashi basically took the name Isis and converted the letters to Japanese characters, though he chose to use Ishizu instead of Ishisu. Further proof is the priestess Isis in the Millennium World arc is spelled more phonetically correct (アイシス; ''aishisu'') as far as the English language goes.
142* SugarAndIcePersonality: While dutiful and composed even as a girl, when Marik begged to see the world outside their underground home, she defied centuries of tradition to sneak him out for an hour.
143* TheStrategist: Has her duel with Kaiba all planned out from the start.
144* TokenGoodTeammate: In the manga. Of all of the holders of Millennium Items, Ishizu is notably the only one that never tries to harm Yugi or his friends and is immediately cordial with them. She also is supportive of Atem's attempt at regaining his memory, handing over the Millennium Necklace to him without fuss. This is still true but {{Downplayed}} in the anime, where she shares this trait with Shadi.
145* YouCantFightFate: This subject is {{discussed|trope}} at length by Ishizu and Kaiba during their duel (where it is ultimately defied by Kaiba). Ishizu anticipates Kaiba's downfall when he attempts to attack directly with Obelisk, only for it to backfire thanks to her Sacrifice's Blast Trap. Kaiba, however, instead revives Gadget Soldier and uses it and Obelisk as Tributes to Summon Blue-Eyes, and attacks Ishizu with it directly, winning Kaiba the Duel.
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148[[folder:Insector Haga (Weevil Underwood)]]
149!!'''Insector Haga (インセクター羽蛾; ''Insekutā Haga'') ([[DubNameChange Weevil Underwood]])'''
150[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insector_haga.png]]
151--> Voiced by: Creator/UraraTakano (JP), Creator/JimmyZoppi (EN, ''Duel Monsters''), Billy Bob Thompson (EN, ''Duel Links''), David Robles (European Spanish)
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153Haga was the Champion of the Japanese National Tournament for ''Magic & Wizards''/''Duel Monsters'', who then was invited to Duelist Kingdom by Pegasus. He pretends to befriend Yugi, but in actuality his goal was to throw his grandfather's powerful Exodia cards into the ocean, inciting Dark Yugi's rage and making him the first of Dark Yugi's targets on the island.
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155Despite putting Yugi at a disadvantage, he loses the game and gets thrown off the island. He later turns up in the Battle City arc, as well as the anime's Doma arc; he loses to Jonouchi and gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after toying with Yugi too much. His last major appearance in the anime is in the last [[TournamentArc filler arc]] and stealing the God Cards before Dark Bakura stopped them.
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157As his name suggests, he uses an Insect deck. His trump cards are Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth and Insect Queen (which he lost to Jounouchi via the ante rules of Battle City, but he quickly gains another one).
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160* AdaptationalVillainy: In the Japanese version, he knew about the field power bonus rule in Duelist Kingdom because Pegasus told him about it as a "special preview" for winning the Japanese championship. In the [=4Kids=] version, he brags about "stealing" the secret to said rules.
161* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction''' Haga is still a massive cocky jerk, but he's unambiguously on the good guys' side with no strings attached or tricks under his sleeve.
162* AnimalMotifs: Bugs are his favorite archetype, and go along with his name and general trickery.
163* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: He tosses out Yugi's most powerful cards, which forces Jonouchi to literally go overboard in an attempt to recover them...and causes Jonouchi to catch a cold for all the trouble.
164* BerserkButton: In the [=4Kids=] version, being laughed at angers him quite a bit, as shown in his first duel with Dark Yugi. He'd been mostly calm and shown little more than irritation up until Dark Yugi started laughing at him. At first, he was confused, then ''enraged'' into shouting. Indeed, most of his [[{{Jerkass}} jerkish]] behavior then on seemed to be motivated by the mocking he received from former fans after the events of Duelist Kingdom.
165* BigBadWannabe: After the anime's filler saga Doma went and reminded everyone that both he and Ryuzaki could be legitimate opponents, the remaining arcs in the anime then had them repeatedly try to upstage things only to be immediately taken out of action by whoever the current arc's antagonist was (Siegfried in the KC Grand Prix, Dark Bakura in the anime version of Millennium World)
166* BigCreepyCrawlies: He specializes in using huge and creepy insect monsters.
167* BitchInSheepsClothing: Much like plenty of the manga's early villains, when Yugi first met Haga, he seemed like a ''very'' nice guy, nicer than Ryuzaki ironically enough. He was very polite overall, gave some advice to both Yugi and Jounouchi, and seemed pretty tame to the GenreBlind. Yugi liked and admired him right after meeting him, which was why he trusted the complete stranger with handling his grandfather's cards despite their not being water-proof and a large body of water being nearby. It was more noticeable in the Japanese version than in the [=4Kids=] version, in which he sounded unbelievably sarcastic the entire time. Now, of course, fans know [[{{Jerkass}} what]] [[SmugSnake he's really like]].
168* BreakThemByTalking: Gives one to Dark Yugi in the anime on his reckless use of the Seal of Orichalcos; it almost works, too!
169* CheatersNeverProsper:
170** And he gets kicked off the island and has his Star Chip glove taken by Jonouchi as the result of it.
171** Then he loses to Jonouchi when the latter summons Gearfried the Iron Knight who whose effect cannot be equipped, including monster-equip cards. No points on what happens after.
172* CurbstompBattle: In the Grand Prix filler, this is the result of him (and Ryuzaki) attempting to duel Siegfried.
173* DealWithTheDevil: The anime incarnations joins with FillerVillain Dartz to attempt revenge on Yugi.
174* {{Determinator}}: Along with Ryuzaki, in the anime. Never gave up no matter how many times he got his ass kicked. [[HighDiveEscape Biked off of a cliff to catch the rope ladder from Raphael's helicopter.]] [[{{Determinator}} Just because he wanted a better chance at defeating the Pharaoh.]] Then, in the next tournament, they both beat up a duelist, tied him up, stole his clothes, [[TotemPoleTrench and stood on top of each other]] just for another chance at fame. Yeah. They both qualify.
175* DeusExitMachina: The Exodia cards would have trivialized the plot for Yugi, so ''something'' needed to separate the two. Why not make it an EstablishingCharacterMoment for the series' HateSink?
176* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Notably [[AvertedTrope averted.]] His cheating, from what we've seen, is always clearly planned out and calculated prior to a duel. It never directly hinders him because, for all [[DirtyCoward his]] [[SmugSnake flaws]], he ''is'' a lot more clever than your average cheater. In fact, he never actually cheats ''during'' the duels that are shown, but he uses underhanded methods ''outside'' of them beforehand (e.g. sneaking an insect card into an opponent's deck, throwing out a future competitor's ace cards while he had his trust) to gain an edge.
177* DubPersonalityChange: Downplayed. While he's a nasty piece of work in both the original Japanese and the English dub, he [[BitchInSheepsClothing makes more of an effort to hide it]] in the former. This contrast can be seen when he meets Yugi; he acts polite and friendly in the original Japanese, but comes off as rude and condescending in the English dub. Also, while the original Japanese has him explain that he knows about the field power bonus rule because Pegasus told him about it as a reward for winning the Japanese championship, he brags about "stealing" some secret information in the English dub, suggesting he's even more of a cheater than he was originally.
178* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The moment he throws Yugi's Exodia cards into the ocean makes it clear what kind of a [[HateSink character]] he is.
179* FauxAffablyEvil: When first introduced, he acts friendly and humble enough… then Yugi makes the mistake of handing him his Exodia cards. You know what happens next.
180* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses and is one of the most scummy characters in the series, caring nothing for anyone but himself and constantly cheating to get ahead in duels.
181* FreakyIsCool: ''Adores'' insects, spiders, and all things creepy-crawly.
182* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the Doma arc of the anime, he gets his hands on the Seal of Orichalcos and access to Doma's endless supply of rare cards, forming a much more powerful deck.
183* GigglingVillain: "Hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi hyoi!"
184* HateSink: To the point where when he's in a duel, you are actively ''cheering'' for him to lose.
185* HiddenBadass: In the anime. Apparently brave (or [[SanitySlippage crazy]]) enough to [[TheDeterminator bike off the edge of a cliff and grab onto a helicopter rope ladder for a chance at victory]], despite his many flaws. And then, without skipping a beat, he convinces Raphael to give him and Ryuzaki a chance at joining the Orichalcos. While hanging from a rope ladder that Raphael was about to cut. The guy's got guts and he doesn't hesitate, that's for certain.
186* HighCollarOfDoom: Part of his Duelist Kingdom arc [[http://www.kokorononaka.net/Image/Haga/Others-ep04-Haga-17-Permanentlear.jpg outfit]]. Less [[DownplayedTrope pronounced]] than most examples though.
187* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: He first appeared as the Japanese/National champion of Duel Monsters, then got on Dark Yugi's bad side with his cheating, ended up getting curbstomped in the first match of Duelist Kingdom, and his career and reputation never really recovered.
188* {{Hypocrite}}: He fashions himself as a WeakButSkilled strategist, with his little bugs being the countermeasure to everyone else's brute-force tactics. However, whenever he manages to bring out a strong monster himself, he invariably becomes just as reckless and overconfident as the people he lambasts, and finds his strength being used against him.
189* InformedAbility: He's introduced in the second episode of the anime as a champion at Duel Monsters (National Champion in the original Japanese, Regional Champion in the dub), which would imply he has skills on-par with someone like Kaiba. None of his duels live up to that implication; Yugi beats him in the first round of Duelist Kingdom and in the Doma filler arc in the anime, and Joey beats him at Battle City even when Weevil cheated and had his deck rigged to prevent Joey's monsters from attacking for most of the duel. His skill level in each of these duels isn't very impressive either, largely amounting to "summon a single super-powerful Insect monster and win through brute force", with a handful of Spell and Trap support to keep the opponent from attacking.
190* {{Jerkass}}: Haga is a colossal jackass who is shown to be willing to do whatever it takes to win, even if it means sabotaging, cheating and lying his way to the top. Notably, in his first appearance he makes Yugi lose the Exodia pieces by pretending to be a friendly figure that wants to check them out before tossing them into the ocean so that Yugi and friends can't ever retrieve them.
191* JerkassHasAPoint:
192** During the Doma FillerArc, when Dark Yugi calls him horrible, Haga points out that Dark Yugi had used the Seal of Orichalcos in order to win despite knowing that he'd be putting his friend in danger, and that Yugi paid the price, saying that while he was indeed an asshole at least he didn't use the Seal despite knowing that he could endanger his friends. Even though he tries not to show it, Dark Yugi is visibly affected by his words.
193** During his Duel against Jonouchi in Battle City, he reveals the kid who temporarily stole the latter's Deck had done so in order to sneak in a Parasite Paracide card and not from desperation at having his own Deck stolen. Jonouchi and his friends condemn Haga as a cheater. Haga retorts that Jonouchi could have avoided his predicament at having all his monsters turn into insects from the parasite's infection, if he'd simply checked his Deck before challenging Haga. While Haga really is a dirty cheater and SmugSnake, his retort isn't wrong, either.
194* JerkJock: For a guy who plays a card game, he is so clearly channeling this attitude.
195* KickTheDog: In the anime only. In his second duel with Dark Yugi, he pretended to tear up the card Yugi's soul was trapped in (the card he actually tore up was some random insect card) just to screw with Dark Yugi. [[UnstoppableRage It doesn't end so well for him]].
196%%* LetsGetDangerous: His second battle with Dark Yugi in the anime.
197* MeaningfulName: His Japanese given name roughly means, "Moth Wings." Particularly fitting given what one of his trump cards is. His dub given name refers to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weevil weevil beetle]], one type of which are teal like his hair.
198* MoralMyopia: Normally, his and Ryuuzaki's grief at having been called has-beens by the community would make the character sympathetic, especially with the way they tell their tale when they each confront Dark Yugi and Jounouchi in the DOMA arc. Unlike with Ryuuzaki, though, any sympathy you would have Haga would be squashed by him conveniently ignoring the fact that all we've ever seen of him is that he's a selfish, self-centered cheater, who treated everyone beneath him like dirt when he had his fame, and yet thought of the masses as unfair for crapping on them for having not having gotten very far in the last two tournaments. Haga immediately proves after the tale is told that, unlike Ryuzaki, he deserves every bit of that karmic mistreatment.
199* NerdGlasses: He's very smart and cunning and wears stereotypical, large nerd glasses.
200* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: You shouldn't have used Yugi to pull a cruel joke on Dark Yugi.
201* NotSoDifferentRemark: In the anime, he points out that Dark Yugi was as selfish and callous as he was when he unleashed the Seal and points out that technically Dark Yugi's worse since he knew he'd put his friend in danger, which even he didn't do. [[JerkassHasAPoint Even Dark Yugi can't deny that he's got a point.]]
202* RedOniBlueOni: At first, the Blue to Ryuzaki's Red. [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Color-coded]] even, with Haga's hair and Ryuzaki's hat! Haga seems more calm and composed early on, relying on strategy over brute force. However, curiously enough, they keep to their respective tactics but switch attitudes over time. Ryuzaki doesn't exactly become "calm," but Haga seems to become more HotBlooded and irritable by the time the Doma Arc rolls around.
203** This may be due to SanitySlippage resulting from having Haga's aforementioned [[BerserkButton berserk buttons]] mashed too often, by the heroes as well as by unnamed in-universe fans. Interestingly, the switch does not seem to hamper Haga's skills; if anything, [[TookALevelInBadass it might have even helped]]!
204* ScaryShinyGlasses: His glasses often take on this appearance when he needs to look sinister.
205* SignatureMon: Insect Queen is often treated as THE Signature Monster of Haga, with Perfect Ultimate Great Moth being treated as a secondary one. Multiple media still present Insect Queen as Haga's Signature Monster despite her being less powerful than Great Moth and Perfect Ultimate Great Moth.
206* SmugSnake:
207** His main attribute and, arguably, his [[FatalFlaw principal weakness]]. He really ''is'' a great duelist and strategist but he is very over-confident and tends to underestimate his opponents, leading to his inevitable [[VillainousBreakdown downfall]].
208** The only time he seemed to ''stop'' being so smug (at least at first) was against Dark Yugi during the Doma arc. He genuinely expected a big duel when he initiated it and spent about three-fourths of the duel utterly ''[[CurbStompBattle stomping]]'' Dark Yugi. He didn't really start doing badly until his [[FatalFlaw smugness]] crept in again. Oh, and especially when Dark Yugi [[UnstoppableRage absolutely flipped out in response to his cruel joke]], and got help from quite a few good draws in his final play.
209** A RunningGag during his Battle City duel with Jonouchi has him flipping out every time Jonouchi's trap cards mess up his strategy.
210* TokenEvilTeammate: Along with Ryuzaki he briefly travels with Yugi's group during the Doma arc, up until joining forces with Dartz.
211* TooDumbToLive: In the Doma arc, he tells Yami Yugi he possesses the card that Yugi's soul was trapped in tells him he would return it. Yami Yugi then goes half-way on their dueling ring and tears the card in half and tells him it was a worthless monster card. Not only was this an ''utterly stupid move'' on his part, he pissed off Yami Yugi so badly that he ends up at the receiving end of a TheresNoKillLikeOverkill despite his lifepoints already at zero. Anzu had to stop him him from going further even after his soul was taken.
212* TookALevelInBadass: A FromNobodyToNightmare play with this trope, after getting the Orichalcos Seal, Haga in particular went from [[SmugSnake smug]] to [[EvilGenius being control of his duel with Yugi through clever strategy]] and almost won; a ''huge'' step up from his first duel with Dark Yugi, in which his performance was stymied by [[SmugSnake over-confidence]].
213* VillainousBreakdown: He has a major emotional breakdown and freakout every time he loses.
214* VillainousCrush: Shows a few signs of having one on Anzu in the original Japanese version only. He attempts to flirt with her at the Battle City tournament, calling her "a cute lady." Her [[{{Squick}} reaction]] was less than interested. He apparently had some hard feelings about that because later, in the Doma arc, he tells her that she looks terrible despite saying that she shouldn't feel proud "just because she's cute" an episode later. He apparently doesn't take well to rejection.
215* WarmUpBoss: For the Duelist Kingdom Arc. He demonstrates to Yugi in their duel just what the new rules for the tournament are and how they work, such as the field power bonuses. He's also the first duelist we see to lean into archetypal play, something that becomes common as the arc continues. Ultimately though, he's only a threat to Yugi because he cheated both to learn these rules and lure Yugi to the Forest Field to begin with. Compared to Yugi and Joey's other opponents, Haga comes off as small fry.
216* WeakButSkilled: This is how he tends to fashion himself, especially in relation to his dinosaur-wielding fellow, with his monsters having relatively low stats and his plays relying more on Spells and Traps, controlling the field, and long-term strategies. Ironically, his strategies are usually oriented around bringing out a single superpowered monster and using it to smash the opponent, which is then undone when he runs right into an obvious trap--exactly the sort of thing you'd expect from an UnskilledButStrong player.
217* TheWorfEffect: In the anime, he's introduced in the second episode as a professional duelist who wins a championship. Then Dark Yugi beats him within minutes of arriving in Duelist Kingdom and sends him home on the first boat back. Then on the Grand Prix, he is easily beaten by Siegfried in one turn.
218* WorthyOpponent: Surprisingly, Jonouchi seems to regard him as this during Battle City after their duel in the anime.
219* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In Battle City, he hired a kid to sabotage Jonouchi's deck. When the kid demands his payment of a rare card, Haga gives him a lame card. When the kid protests, Haga sprays him with silly string and runs away (in the manga, it was ''a can of insecticide'').
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222[[folder:Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Rex Raptor)]]
223!!'''Dinosaur Ryuzaki (ダイナソウ竜崎; ''Dainasō Ryūzaki'') ([[DubNameChange Rex Raptor]])'''
224[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rex_0.png]]
225--> Voiced by: Kin Fuji (JP, ep. 2-59), Creator/YuuichiNakamura (ep. 131-224 & ''Duel Links''), Creator/SamRiegel (EN, ep. 1-144 & ''Duel Links''), Sebastian Arcelus (ep. 145-187), Anothony Salerno (ep. 188-224), Creator/JorgeSaudinos (European Spanish)
226
227He lost to Haga in the finale of the Japanese National Tournament. Just like Haga, he was also invited to Duelist Kingdom, but he loses to Jonouchi and forfeited his Red-Eyes Black Dragon. He later appears in the Battle City arc when Jonouchi battles Esper Roba during the tournament, and in the anime, the filler arcs (most notably Doma).
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229As his name suggests, he uses a Dinosaur deck, [[DinosaursAreDragons though his trump cards are all Dragons]]: Serpent Night Dragon (which he lost to Esper Roba via the ante rules of Battle City), Red-Eyes Black Dragon (which he lost in a wager to Jonouchi), and Tyrant Dragon, which he gains in the Doma filler arc.
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232* AdaptationalVillainy: In the anime. Manga Rex's worst crime is being a bit of a smug jerk as a result of being a runner-up to the title of Japanese champion, but otherwise he is a fairly minor opponent that gifts Joey his Red-Eyes upon his defeat and otherwise fades into the background. In contrast, Anime Rex becomes motivated by a desire for revenge against Joey during the Doma Arc, using the Seal of Orichalcos to try and steal his soul, and later partners with Weevil to steal the seven Millennium Items from Yugi after the Kaiba Corp Grand Prix, though they are thwarted by Yami Bakura.
233* AnimalMotifs: Dinosaurs
234* TheBet: Looking to take Jonouchi's Time Wizard to use against Mai later in Duelist Kingdom, he bets ''all'' the cards both players have on the field on the outcome of the duel. This includes his [=REBD=] and several power-ups that make it more deadly. He winds up regretting it.
235* BigBadWannabe: In the anime he attempts to become a major threat during several filler arcs, only to end up as a lackey or an easily humiliated loser every time.
236* ButtMonkey: He tends to be portrayed as a loser who gets humiliated often, which is always played for laughs.
237* TheCameo: Was defeated by Kaiba in [[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries the Toei movie]], but didn't have his Red-Eyes Black Dragon due to it going to Shōgo Aoyama instead.
238* DealWithTheDevil: Joins Dartz to attempt revenge on Jounouchi.
239* {{Determinator}}: See Haga's/Weevil's description for the trope. Downplayed in the manga.
240* DinosaursAreDragons: Actually, it's reversed--Dragons Are Dinosaurs. He's a dinosaur duelist, but his strongest monsters are Serpent Night Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Tyrant Dragon, as when the original anime was being made there were no high-powered Dinosaur cards and the type as a whole was very unsupported. This would be fixed several years later during the timeframe of ''GX's'' production, hence Tyranno Kenzan.
241* EveryoneHasStandards: He has shades of this in the manga and early on in the anime. He’s not necessarily evil, merely being a bit overconfident and smug. Despite this, he has his standards and is above cheating, even warning Jonouchi not to duel Esper Roba after he himself had lost to the "psychic" duelist.
242* FromNobodyToNightmare: In the Doma filler arc, alongside Haga, when they join up with Dartz and go from a pair of ButtMonkey has-beens to serious threats.
243%%* HiddenBadass: See Weevil/Haga's description.
244* JerkJock: Not to the same degree as Haga, but he's still very smug about his abilities and treats weaker players like garbage.
245* NeverMyFault:
246** In anime, he's pissed off at Jonouchi/Joey for using his Red Eyes Black Dragon against him during their second duel and claims that Jonouchi took it from him when in reality, Ryuzaki wagered the REBD out of his own free will during their duel in Duelist Kingdom, in an attempt to take Jonouchi's Time Wizard for himself.
247** In that same duel, he also blames Jonouchi for beating him and ruining his career. Jonouchi justly responds by pointing out that ''someone'' had to lose that Duel (it's a competitive game, after all), and the fact that he happened to win wasn't an attempt to ruin Ryuzaki's career; it was just the result of him being a better player and Ryuzaki could have focused on bouncing back from a single upset loss, but didn't.
248** He still wants revenge on Jonouchi/Joey after causing him to lose his soul to the Seal of Orichalcos the second time. Even though it was Ryuzaki/Raptor [[HoistByHisOwnPetard who chose to play and activate the card in the first place]] then makes it pretty clear that he ''knew'' of the consequences for activating it being fully aware to what would happen if either duelist lost. Jonouchi/Joey even tries to talk sense into him about playing the card, only Ryuzaki continuously responding "knowing" the deal.
249* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
250** Combined with HoistByHisOwnPetard. His bet against Jonouchi to take Time Wizard is what gave Jonouchi the idea to use the card against him, and win the duel.
251** This happens again during their rematch, where he tries to initiate a combo with Tyrant Dragon's primary effect to attack twice in the same Battle Phase by resurrecting Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Chain of the Underworld so he could wipe out what was left of his life points. This not only gave Jonouchi his ace monster back to use after activating a trap to protect it, but Chain of the Underworld also allowed him to draw an additional card, which wound up being crucial for his comeback.
252* OvershadowedByAwesome: Even though he never manages to make it to the same level of dueling fame that Yugi and Kaiba have reached, [[ThrowTheDogABone he and Haga still manage to remain HouseholdNames in the dueling world and never fade into obscurity]].
253* RedOniBlueOni: In the Anime he is the Red to Haga's Blue at first. They switch dynamics later on. See Haga's entry.
254* SignatureMon: Red-Eyes Black Dragon serves as one initially and is treated as such in ''Duel Links'', but the card is more associated with Jonouchi. Two-Headed King Rex is treated as his other Signature Monster.
255* StarterVillain: Ryuzaki is the first antagonist duelist Jonouchi defeats on his own. During his first duel with Mai, Jonouchi got some advice from Yugi, but when she arranged the duel between him and Ryuzaki, Mai added the condition that Yugi couldn't intervene.
256* UnskilledButStrong: Seems meant to give off this - he rarely ever plays Spells or Traps (and doesn't use a single one in the manga), while his strategies are universally just brute-force beatdown. His monsters aren't particularly strong, despite being dinosaurs, but both times, he has a power boost backing him up.
257* VillainyFreeVillain: Never does anything particularly wrong in the manga but is treated like an antagonist, mostly out of association with Haga, best exemplified by him never actually cheating. Subverted during the Doma Arc however, where he becomes a minion of the ArcVillain, Dartz.
258* TheWorfEffect: Every time he duels someone in the manga he's defeated either by cheating (Mai and Esper) or dumb luck (Jonouchi). While nothing definitively says Haga cheated to beat him, it's not unlikely that he did considering Haga's tactics (it's also worth noting that he's introduced alongside Haga as a tournament finalist, so he obviously has ''some'' number of dueling wins under his belt). Since Ryuzaki is only ever beaten in the series by people who cheated or got lucky, its possible he's a great duelist whose bad luck paints him as a worse duelist than he actually is.
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261[[folder:Ryota Kajiki (Mako Tsunami)]]
262!!'''Ryota Kajiki (梶木 漁太; ''Kajiki Ryōta'') ([[DubNameChange Mako Tsunami]])'''
263[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mako_4.png]]
264--> Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (JP), Andrew Rannells (EN, ''Duel Monsters''), Daniel J. Edwards (EN, ''Duel Links''), Iván Muelas (European Spanish)
265
266A fisherman by trade who duels in honor of his father, who was lost in a shipwreck (in the [=4Kids=] version, he thinks his father is still alive). He faces Yugi in Duelist Kingdom and Jounouchi in Battle City.
267
268He uses a Water deck filled mostly with sea monsters like sharks and krakens. His trump cards are The Legendary Fisherman, which he says is identical to his father, and the Fortress Whale (he loses both to Jounouchi via the ante rules of Battle City), which are bolstered by his usage of the Field Spell Umi.
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271* AnimeHair: It makes him look straight out of a martial arts manga.
272* AwesomeButImpractical: His "Fortress Whale", a 7-star normal monster in the manga (which requires two tributes) and a ritual monster in the anime (which cannot be summoned without the ritual card), is too slow and Kajiki needs several backup cards to properly uses this monster, even with an active "Umi" power-up spell on the field.
273* BerserkButton: He yells at Jounouchi for the latter's clowning around and seeming ineptitude during their Battle City duel.
274* BoisterousBruiser: A big friendly guy with a hammy demeanor.
275* DayInTheLimelight: Moreso than most [[MonsterOfTheWeek Duelists of the Week]], Ryota's appearance in the Battle City arc actually starts with him getting acquainted with the workers at an aquarium, before eventually getting hired as a central performer for them. Both of his primary appearances also do make the effort to explain his backstory and what his plans are for the future.
276* DefeatMeansFriendship: Kajiki doesn't accompany the protagonists during their journeys, but he becomes good friends with Yugi and Joey despite losing both his duels to them.
277* DisappearedDad: Implied to be dead in the manga and Japanese versions of the anime.
278* FishOutOfWater: The Battle City arc shows that he's a little naive about life on land. He tried to go fishing in the marine aquarium.
279* FriendlyRival: With both Yugi and Jounouchi.
280* GracefulLoser: During both of his defeats he genuinely congratulates his opponents and thanks them for a good game.
281* HeroicBSOD: When Jounouchi manages to destroy The Legendary Fisherman, since he equates him with his father, though Jounouchi cheers him up.
282* HotBlooded: Tends to lose his temper at the slightest provocation, much like Jounouchi.
283* KrakenAndLeviathan: Some of Kajiki's most powerful monsters are these.
284* MakingASplash: Several of Kajiki's trap and spell cards involve using the water to protect him and his monsters or to hinder his opponents.
285* NiceGuy: Notably, he's given a much more sympathetic backstory and characterization than most of the one-shot duelists that Yugi and Jonouchi face. He also never resorts to cheating or being a bully, even when taunting his opponents.
286* SchmuckBait: During Duelist Kingdom, he caught fish and roasted them on a campfire as a way to lure hungry duelists to face him. When the duelists "steal" his fish, he comes out of hiding to challenge them.
287* SignatureMon: The Legendary Fisherman is this to him, even though he has Fortress Whale as his strongest monster. Due to strong resemble to his father, The Legendary Fisherman serves as Kajiki's father replacement to whom he's emotionally attached to.
288* StartMyOwn: He's the only duelist aside form Jounouchi who has an actual plan for the prize money in Duelist Kingdom; he wants to buy his own boat and become a professional fisherman like his father. The series finale shows him at the helm of an impressive fishing trawler, implying that he succeeded.
289* WalkingShirtlessScene: In Duelist Kingdom, he is only wearing his swimming gear and therefore is completely shirtless. Averted in Battle City, where he wears a fisherman's outfit.
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291
292[[folder:"Bandit" Keith Howard]]
293!!''' Keith Howard (キース・ハワード; ''Kīsu Hawādo'')/\
294"Bandit" Keith (バンデット・キース; ''Bandetto Kīsu'')'''
295[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bandit_keith.png]]
296--> Voiced by: Hajime Komada (JP), Creator/TedLewis (EN), Carlos del Pino (European Spanish)
297
298The former American/Intercontinental Champion, called "Bandit" Keith and number one "Card Professor" due to him winning all the big prizes. He issues a challenge to Pegasus, but is defeated. Throughout Duelist Kingdom, his goal is to get his revenge on Pegasus. After his defeat by Jonouchi, he is killed by Pegasus, who inflicts a Russian Roulette Penalty Game on him. In the anime, he instead is expelled from the island and ends up as one of Marik's first Mind Slaves.
299
300In ''Duel Monsters'', he uses a Machine deck, which is later augmented with many rare cards by Marik. His trump cards are Metalzoa, Barrel Dragon, and Slot Machine; while under Marik's control in the anime, Machine King and rare Fiend monster Zera The Mant are added to his arsenal.
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302* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Jonouchi kicks his ass in a fistfight. In the anime, Keith catches his punches and beats up Kozuka, Takaido, and Satake all at once. Despite being shown as the first puppet of Marik later on in the anime, after Bakura interferes with the mind control powers of the Millenium Rod and in spite of still showing obvious signs of mental agony, Keith resists long enough to ruin Marik's plans by smashing the Millenium Puzzle and flee while refusing to succumb to any further attempts by the Millennium Rod's brainwashing. He's even more awesome in the video games; in ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', he takes over the Rare Hunters/Ghouls after Marik's HeelFaceTurn and leads them in invading and occupying Domino City. When you duel him as a boss, he even summons the Winged Dragon of Ra against you! [[spoiler:Okay, he summons it stuck in Sphere Mode since he doesn't know the chant to unlock it, but it's the thought that counts.]]
303* AllForNothing: Keith's quest for revenge against Pegasus never had any chance of success thanks to Pegasus Millenium Eye, which Keith wasn't even aware of since he's not one of the handful of duelists with knowledge about the Millenium Items.
304* AssholeVictim: In the manga, Pegasus' penalty game kills him. In the anime, Marik turns him into a mind slave. Either way, not very easy to pity.
305* BackFromTheDead: He's revived by Yako in the ''R'' spin-off manga for his EvilPlan. It's implied that he's still actually dead, but his hatred was so strong that he lived on as an animate corpse.
306* BigBadWannabe: He's played up as a major antagonist, but is clearly much less of a threat than Pegasus, the guy with the Millennium item. Continues into ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', where he leads the Neo Ghouls trying to take the Millennium Items, but is just a distraction from trying to stop Pegasus from reviving Reshef.
307* BondVillainStupidity: He is shown to have a knife/gun that he used to threaten Pegasus for his prize money yet it didn't occur to him that he can use said weapon earlier to threaten other duelists for their star-chips. Granted, there may be risk of eyewitnesses where he could be ejected from the island, but he could have simply threatened Jonouchi and his friends for their star-chips without the risk of being caught after Kozuka lost the duel.
308* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the anime only, Marik does this to him after finding him adrift on the ocean, and turns him into one of his Rare Hunters.
309* TheBrute: In the manga he beats up his henchmen and Yugi, while in the anime he beats up Jonouchi and accidentally sets a warehouse on fire.
310* CameBackWrong: In ''Yu-Gi-Oh! R'', Keith was revived from his deck, which was missing a card that Jonouchi took. Because of this, he's a bit underweight, ''very'' unhinged, and it's heavily implied that he's still dead and lives on as an animate corpse.
311* CardSharp: Bandit Keith tends to use this method of cheating. In his semi-finals duel with Joey, he slips his "7 Completed" cards out of his wristbands (which Pegasus notes and later explains after Joey wins the duel), and in his anime-only duel with Yugi, he keeps cards in a special gadget kept up his sleeve.
312* CharacterDrivenStrategy: Bandit Keith keeps multiple decks based around different types and strategies. While this ''might'' imply that he is a professional who knows what he's doing, he is also shown to be a cheater, routinely pulling cards out of his cuffs or his sleeves or pulling dirty moves (like pretending to drop a card to reveal what he has so that he can manipulate his opponent, as he tried to do in his duel with Joey). This reflects his shallow motivations and personality, perfectly willing to do whatever it takes to win for greed or pride. He seems to have a particular affinity towards Machine-type monsters, hinting at how he sees other people as tools to be used without remorse. In his battle against Joey Wheeler in the Duelist Kingdom finals, his signature card "Metalmorph" is used to turn the Fiend-type monster "Zoa" into a Machine-type, reflecting his dehumanizing behaviour.
313* CheatersNeverProsper:
314** He walks Ghost Kozuka through his duel with Jonouchi, so that he can see every card Jonouchi has. He beats up Kozuka, Takaido, and Satake and steals their Star Chips after Kozuka's defeat, and traps Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda, and Bakura in an underground labyrinth. Keith then steals Jonouchi's entry card to qualify for his finals match, and hides his set of "7 Completed" cards inside his wristbands during their match. And yet he still gets his ass kicked by Jonouchi. All of this caused Pegasus to either kill him in the manga or eject him from the island and into the ocean, depending on the version.
315** Jounouchi even lampshades this in the [=4Kids=] version, pointing out that Keith's cheating will only get him so far, until he runs into an opponent who's dueling for something more than winning for winning's sake.
316* DarkIsEvil: Most of his stronger cards, including Revolver Dragon, Zoa, Slot Machine, and Zera the Mant, are Dark.
317* DrowningMySorrows: In the Japanese version, he's shown as having descended into alcoholism following his humiliating defeat at Pegasus' hands, not snapping out of it until Duelist Kingdom was announced and motivating him to seek revenge.
318* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2. He is thuggish, selfish, smug, and a total jerk. Also, greedy.
319* EvilCounterpart: To Jounouchi, something that Pegasus explicitly points out in their Duel. They're both blonde, arrogant, short-tempered, lower-class, and strong-willed. They both use decks that rely on straightforward assaults. Both use gamble-based cards, time-based cards, and thief-based cards. Neither of them were official entrants into Duelist Kingdom, and had to obtain their entry passes from other people. Their Duel is essentially Keith using a strategy, and then Jounouchi copying it and doing it better, and they have monsters with the same ATK and nearly-identical LP at multiple points. The big difference between the two is that Jounouchi is completely selfless and has a sense of honor, meaning he's largely able to do what he does through the support of his friends, while Keith is completely selfish and has no scruples at all, meaning he cheats his way to the top and makes countless enemies along the way. Additionally, at the time of their duel, Keith was long past his prime and wallowing in hatred, while Jounouchi was stepping onto the world stage for the first time and more hopeful than he'd ever been. In the anime, Pegasus reads their minds during their duel to see what they're fighting for. He discovers that Jounouchi is fighting for the money to get his sister the operation she needs, while Keith is simply out for revenge on Pegasus and money he'll keep for himself. He even states, in the dub, that their duel is practically a battle of good vs. evil.
320* EvilLaugh: Keith's high, girly laugh isn't especially ''menacing'', but it ''does'' sound quite unhinged.
321* EvilerThanThou: He never really gets the chance to act on it, but his objective is to pay back Pegasus for humiliating him, unaware that Pegasus really is more than a match for him.
322* {{Foil}}: Keith's short-temper, {{Smug Snake}}ry, and use of physical force makes for a pretty strong contrast with ManipulativeBastard and GentlemanSnarker Pegasus. He also serves as an EvilCounterpart for Jounouchi/Joey for being both duelists that rely on gambling and offensive strategies. Their two ace cards are even about time travel. But Keith's card Time Machine, is about resetting the field to the turn before. Symbolizing his obsession with his past. While Jonouchi's card Time Wizard, moves time forward. Showing Jonouchi's desire towards improvement and to duel for tomorrow.
323* GoodEyesEvilEyes: They're typically hidden by SinisterShades, but when we do see Keith's eyes, they're small, narrow and veiny.
324* {{Griefer}}: He sneaks his way into Duelist Kingdom and begins playing and generally just throwing wrenches into everybody else's plans just in the hopes of making Pegasus lose in the finals.
325* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to make Keith angry.
326* HateSink: His main purpose is to be an asshole that the audience can hate.
327* HiddenDepths: Keith's one of the few players who thought to make full use of the Arena itself to his advantage. Knowing full well that the hologram will at least show a monster on the field, he drops Zoa to bait Jonouchi into a trap. Likewise, because of the size of the arenas, Keith knew his opponent wouldn't likely see Keith's 7 Completes or other hidden cards in his wristband. His degree of cheating is much more subtle and effective than Haga's.
328* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
329** In his duel against Jonouchi, he ended up losing because he played the Sword and Shield card, causing his and Jonouchi's monsters to have their attack and defense points swapped. But because Jonouchi had a trap card that allowed him to sent his Red-Eyes back one turn, it ended up with Keith losing the duel. For bonus points, that trap is Graverobber, which allows Jonouchi to play one of ''Keith's'' card in graveyard (Time Machine) which he used to sent back Red-Eyes.
330** After he loses the duel, rather than just walk away, he informs everyone that Jonouchi's entry card was not his own and that Jonouchi should be disqualified. When asked how he could possibly know this, Pegasus reveals that Keith was the one who stole Jonouchi's entry card in the first place. Depending on the version, this leads to Keith either getting killed or being shot out into the ocean.
331* {{Hypocrite}}: He regularly stresses that nobody's ever beaten him without cheating (referring, of course, to Pegasus), in spite of... well, being Bandit Keith.
332* HypocriteHasAPoint: His frequent claims that Pegasus is a cheater are as hypocritical as they are correct.
333* {{Jerkass}}: Other characters may be more ''evil'' than Keith, but no one--except maybe Gozaburo Kaiba--is a bigger asshole. In ''Manga/YuGiOhR'', he kickstarts the plot by telling Yako that Yugi killed Pegasus. He couldn't care if it was true or not as long as he could duel Jonouchi again.
334* JerkJock: Keith's what happens when the captain of the football team from every teen movie ever made turns twenty-six and decides to play Duel Monsters.
335* KarmaHoudini: In the anime, he survives Duelist Kingdom and is set free from Marik's mind control after accidentally burning the warehouse down, almost killing Yugi in the process. Keith's never seen again despite all the trouble he caused. The games have him go even further and take over Marik's Rare Hunters, all without consequence to himself.
336* KickTheDog: Stealing Jonouchi's prize entry card and before that, trapping him and Yugi in a cave.
337* KilledOffForReal: Pegasus' Shadow Game and Penalty Game in the manga has Keith shoot himself in the head to kill him via turning his hand into a gun and having him play Russian Roulette.
338* KillerRobot: Pendulum Machine, Launcher Spider, Metalzoa, Barrel Dragon, and Slot Machine would all qualify, as does the Machine King he uses under Marik's control.
339* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: His ejection from the tournament in the [=4Kids=] version. When he hits the water, he simply says "Ouch."
340* MechanicalMonster: Metalzoa, Revolver Dragon and [=TM1 Launcher Spider=] are Machines that resemble creatures.
341* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Or at least to distrust.
342* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Pegasus. He doesn't get to act on this in any continuity, but defeating Pegasus is what drives his motivation.
343* OurDemonsAreDifferent: In the anime-only warehouse battle, Zera the Mant, which becomes his trump card while under Marik's control is a 2800/2300 eight starred Fiend summoned by the Zera Ritual. During his duel with Jonouchi he uses Zoa, a 2600/1900 seven starred Fiend that can become the KillerRobot Metalzoa under the influence of Metalmorph.
344* PermaStubble: In the manga Keith has quite a bit of stubble, while in the anime he's more clean-shaven.
345* TheRival: His duel with Jounouchi is heavily foreshadowed by the way he deliberately antagonizes Jounouchi.
346* RussianRoulette: Played it in his depression over his loss to Pegasus in the manga. Because of this, his Penalty Game in the manga involved his hand morphing into a gun and being forced to play Russian Roulette, shooting himself in the head and dying.
347* SchrodingersCast: In the manga, he's killed in his Shadow Game with Pegasus, but in the ''R'' spin-off, which is debated canon, he is revived by the Evil Gods. In the anime, he's dropped into the sea instead of being killed by Pegasus's Penalty Game and is later found and brainwashed by Marik. Then in the video games ''VideoGame/YuGiOhTheSacredCards'' and ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'', he becomes the new leader of the Rare Hunters/Ghouls after Marik reforms and christens them the Neo Ghouls.
348* SignatureMon: Various media present his Revolver Dragon/[[DubNameChange Barrel Dragon]] as his Signature Monster.
349* SinisterShades: Keith always wears his shades, and they do a lot to enhance both the sense of menace and assholery that he gives off.
350* SirSwearsALot: In the Viz translation of the manga, he can barely go two lines without SymbolSwearing.
351* SmugSnake: Keith thinks the world owes him something and is confident he will be paid.
352* SoreLoser: Keith does not take defeat well. After losing, he tries to get Joey disqualified, then threatens to kill Pegasus if he doesn't give Keith the prize money. It [[MuggingTheMonster doesn't end well for Keith]].
353* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the anime, he survives Duelist Kingdom and disappears from the story just before Battle City. He also survives in some video games.
354* SummonMagic: In the anime-only warehouse duel, his Zera the Mant requires the Zera Ritual before it can appear on the field. Keith cheats to get it into his hand.
355* SunglassesAtNight: He only removes his iconic sunglasses a few times, and otherwise wears them no matter where he is, including while prowling around Pegasus' castle in the middle of the night, or the dark caves leading to the graveyard arena.
356* ThePowerOfHate: In ''Yu-Gi-Oh! R'', his grudge against Jonouchi is so strong he came back from the dead and refused to die until his hatred was sated.
357* TookALevelInBadass: Assorted adaptations are quite kind to him in this regard. In Duelist Kingdom, he was a washed-up has-been who lost to a rookie in spite of cheating. He also gets beaten up by said rookie (in the anime, it's the other way around). In ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' he wields an Evil God, and in ''VideoGame/YuGiOhReshefOfDestruction'' he leads the Neo Ghouls in taking over Domino, kidnapping Ishizu, and seizing the Winged Dragon of Ra, which he then duels the player with. In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhNightmareTroubadour'' he manages to defeat Joey in a duel and plays deadly Shadow Games with the player, banishing their soul to the Shadow Realm should they lose.
358* VillainHasAPoint: {{Inverted}} and PlayedForLaughs. Keith and his goons laugh at Joey being justifiably scared of his situation (being nabbed and forced to duel in a graveyard-themed arena in a dark cave will do that). Joey admits he is indeed scared, but none more than due to the [[NightmareFace face of his opponent, Bonz]]. Keith the rest of his lackeys laugh ''even harder'' at this and admit they totally agree with Joey on that front.
359%%* UnderestimatingBadassery: Does it to Jonouchi and Pegasus.
360* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: He gloats quite a bit during matches if he's in the lead. Should he win a duel against you in the games, he'll rub it in your face.
361* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: He always wears a bandana painted with the Stars and Stripes, and his AbridgedSeries counterpart is the TropeNamer.
362* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the anime, it's not clear what happened to him after he was freed from Marik's mind control. He simply rushes past Jounouchi and Honda to escape the warehouse, and that's the last that is ever seen of him. The closest to an explanation that is ever given is his role in ''Reshef of Destruction'', which isn't canon. Interestingly, in the Doma/Waking the Dragons arc he cameos as one of many Lost Souls, which suggest someone DroppedABridgeOnHim at some point.
363* {{Yandere}}: For Jonouchi in ''R''. Keith really, ''really'' wanted to duel him and instigated the entire plot to do so.
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365
366[[folder:Ghost Kozuka (Bonz)]]
367!!'''"Ghost" Kotsuzuka/Kozuka (ゴースト骨塚; ''Gōsuto Kotsuzuka'') ([[DubNameChange Bonz]])'''
368[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghost_kozuka.png]]
369-> Voiced by: Masami Suzuki (JP), Amy Birnbaum (EN)
370
371"Ghost" Kozuka is first introduced as one of Bandit Keith's henchmen, alongside his friends Satake and Takaido (Zygor and Sid in the [=4Kids=] version). Seeking to scope out the competition, Keith sets Kotsuzuka and Jonouchi/Joey against one another; when Kozuka is defeated, Keith beats him up and steals his Star Chips. Kozuka resurfaces alongside Takaido and Satake during the Battle City arc, where he makes the fatal mistake of [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame challenging Dark Bakura in a Shadow Game]].
372
373His trump cards are Call of the Haunted (which is a ''lot'' more powerful than its real-life counterpart), Pumpking the King of Ghosts, and Great Mammoth of Goldfine.
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375* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Gets killed by playing one with Dark Bakura, in which he and his friends get dragged into hell.. which surprisingly ''[[LighterAndSofter was in the anime]]'' of all things (he simply falls down dead in the manga).
376* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks'' (where his manga version gets SparedByTheAdaptation), his unlock event centers around him trying to start over with a clean slate [[FaceOfAThug only to accidentally scare people with his looks]]. Additionally, he states he's more for spooking people for fun rather than genuinely tormenting them like Keith and Bakura, making his demeanor in that game come off as {{Kayfabe}} rather than genuine malice.
377* AdaptationalVillainy: His EvenEvilHasStandards characterization is only in the manga, and in the anime version of Battle City, he attempts to make it to the finals by cheating rather than dueling proper - which made him more of an AssholeVictim of Dark Bakura than an unfortunate one.
378* AnimeHair: Being he was based on early Dark Yugi designs, not surprising.
379* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Skull-faced and runs a Zombie deck.
380* BackForTheDead: After a notable absence he reappears near the midway point of the Battle City arc to duel Bakura and winds up dead by the end of it.
381* CheatersNeverProsper: In the anime, rather than dueling, he, Takaido, and Satake spend all their time at Battle City scaring people into giving them their Puzzle Cards. This ultimately leads to them encounter [[AxeCrazy Dark Bakura]] and literally getting dragged into hell via Penalty Game.
382%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
383* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the manga, he felt Keith trapping Yugi and his friends in the cave was extreme. In the anime, he laughs about it instead.
384* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: They don't call him "Ghost'' for nothing.
385* EvilDuo: His henchmen, Takaido and Satake. Satake's the DumbMuscle, Takaido's the talker.
386* KilledOffForReal: By Dark Bakura's Shadow Games.
387* NightmareFace: Keith even thinks that Bonz's own face is scarier than an actual skull.
388* ReusedCharacterDesign: Dark Yugi's original character design was meant to look similar to Kozuka.
389* SignatureMon: Despite the fact that it's only seen in his duel against Jonouchi, various media present Ghost King - Pumpking as his Signature Monster.
390* TookALevelInBadass: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. In Duelist Kingdom, the help he receives from Bandit Keith implies he's a newcomer much like Jonouchi at the time. By the time of Battle City, despite acquiring most of his Puzzle Cards through intimidation rather than dueling, his duel against Dark Bakura shows that he can at least stand on his own in a fair duel, if still having no chance against one of the most skilled players in the cast.
391* VillainousCheekbones: They are so unnaturally defined for someone who probably an early teenager at the oldest.
392* YouHaveFailedMe: Receives a nasty NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Bandit Keith after he's defeated by Jonouchi.
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394
395[[folder:Esper Roba (Espa Roba)]]
396!!'''Esper Roba (エスパー絽場; ''Esupā Roba'')''' ([[DubNameChange Espa Roba]])
397[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/espa.png]]
398--> Voiced by: Maiko Itou (JP), Sebastian Arcelus (EN, ''Duel Monsters''), Bryan Tyler (EN, ''Duel Links''), Jesús Pinillos (European Spanish)
399
400A duelist who claims to have ESP, but really cheats by having his younger brothers spy on his opponent's cards and relay the info to him via an earpiece. After Jounouchi defeats him in Battle City, he decides to turn his life around and go legit.
401
402Roba uses a deck of cards that emulate psychic powers (this was before the Psychic type was invented in the game). His trump card was Jinzoningen - Psycho Shocker, which Jounouchi won via the ante rules of Battle City.
403
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405* AdaptationalJerkass: For the most part, his original and [=4Kids=] personality aren't too different, but he doesn't come off as the nicest guy when he's first introduced in the [=4Kids=] version, right after beating Dinosaur Ryuzaki and winning his Serpent Night Dragon. In the original, he says it's an okay card, but doesn't fit with his Psychic deck (which is true), while in the [=4Kids=] version, he says it's worthless and only fitting to be used as a coaster.
406* BigBrotherInstinct: The reason he resorted to cheating was so he could build a reputation of being an unbeatable duelist. The bullies would respect him and leave his brothers alone.
407* CheatersNeverProsper: His brothers spy on his opponent's cards, but Jonouchi beats him. Although Roba is competent enough that he doesn't need to cheat.
408* {{Foil}}: To Bandit Keith. While both a cheater and a {{Jerkass}}, it's all in an attempt to protect his loved ones and he eventually sees the error of his ways thanks to Jonouchi; Keith never reforms or has anyone else's interests in mind. Also, both Roba and Keith use Machines but have different strategies. Keith's decks are [[AttackAttackAttack straightforward offense]] while Roba is primarily a control deck.
409* HiddenHeartOfGold: Acts like a jerk to protect his brothers from bullies. He later drops the facade completely.
410* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may act like a jerk, but he's doing all of this for the sake of his brothers.
411* HeelFaceTurn: Not actually evil, but he decides to stop cheating after his duel with Jonouchi.
412* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He's taken down by Jounouchi's Roulette Spider and his own Reflect Bounder card, which reflects opponents attacks back at them. Thanks to the effects of Roulette Spider, and all the boosts he gave Jinzoningen - Psycho Shocker, Psycho Shocker ends up destroying both the Reflect Bounder and itself, wiping out Roba's life points. For added irony, ''Roba'' was the one who had to tell the Roulette Spider to stop moving.
413* LargeHam: Makes quite the show out of his supposed ESP, presumably to help sell himself as a psychic and/or give his brothers time to spy on his opponent and relay their information to him.
414* NotSoDifferentRemark: Mokuba compares him to Seto.
415* PhonyPsychic: Claims he's clairvoyant and can thus predict which cards his opponent has, but in reality it's due to his brothers spying on his opponents' cards from a rooftop and relaying them through a headset.
416* RealMenWearPink: He wears a pink sweatshirt, but in order to protect his little brothers, he needs the reputation of an unbeatable duelist, which would command him enough respect to keep the bullies away from them.
417* SignatureMon: Jinzoningen - Psycho Shocker is his Signature Monster, even if he loses it to Jonouchi. Psycho Shocker would later serves as one of Jonouchi's best cards. In ''Duel Links'', Psycho Shocker's summoning animation can be triggered by Roba and both versions of Jonouchi.
418* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's a minor character Jounouchi faced in Battle City, but the Psycho Shocker card he wins due to the ante rule ends up becoming a key card that he regularly uses, unlike the cards he won from Haga and Kajiki which only showed up in his fight with Rishid.[[note]]In the manga, The Legendary Fisherman appears noticeably more often, due to it being a Level 4 monster there.[[/note]]
419* VillainousBreakdown: Takes losing ''hard'', even for a Duel Monsters duelist, because his reputation as unbeatable means everything to him, for the reasons mentioned above. He snaps out of it when his brothers calm him down and he parts with Jounouchi amicably.
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