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Season 1: Knights of Hanoi Arc

This is how Naoki and probably some of us see Playmaker.

• Episode 1: "My Name's Playmaker": From the English dub, as the Ignis is escaping from the security drones:
  Ignis: Feet, don't fail me now! Oh wait, I don't have feet...^note as they'd been destroyed - five years ago
• Episode 3: "First Contact":
  • Pigeon referring to Frog by his real name while both were in LINK VRAINS. It ends up becoming a running gag for them in the series.
  • And right after they meet, they see Playmaker!... clones. Despite looking exactly like the real deal, one acts too ecstatic, another being overly buff, and the last is having connection problems. The English dub actually added more to the clones or as Pigeon calls them, Playfakers. The buff one speaks Spanish and the one that has connection problems sounds rather feminine.
  • Ai attempting to escape by corrupting Roboppy, Yusaku's cleaning robot, but finds they aren't smart enough to listen to him.
• Episode 4: "The Charisma Duelist: Go Onizuka": It turns out Ai convinced Roboppy to do... something that sounds suspiciously like the robot is getting Ai off. What makes it funnier is that the robot tells Ai to quiet down or else their hand placement will be off. This becomes a minor Running Gag throughout season 1.
• Episode 6: "Idol! Blue Angel":
  • Kusanagi and Ai poking fun at Yusaku for being unable to talk to women.
  • The Dub interprets this scene differently, from Yusaku not being able to talk to women to not being able to make friends.
    Kusanagi: Can you imagine? *Falsetto Voice* Hello Skye, I'm Yusaku. Do you like bowling? I like bowling!
  • In the dub, Ai's defending his decision for calling Blue Angel out and claiming there was a Knight of Hanoi in LINK VRAINS...except he gets a little sidetracked.
    Ai: Besides, I caught a faint whiff of Hanoi permeating from her deck! P.U.!
    Playmaker: Why would Blue Angel work with the Knights of Hanoi?
    Ai: (totally seriously) And what does "P.U." stand for? It doesn't matter!
  • Kusanagi freaking out about Yusaku dueling Blue Angel after insisting that he wouldn't. Which in the dub, also seems to birth a Berserk Button Running Gag about people who think hot dogs are sandwiches.
  • Another one for the Dub. While Yusaku was standing in front of the Duel Club, Naoki sees him and tries to impress him again as he is part of the club. Yusaku says it must be a duel club of one.
• Episode 9: "Enemy I Was Seeking": Revolver calling Ai too conceited for an AI. What makes this funnier is that Revolver used the exact skill Ai developed and despite Ai's protest, Revolver is right about Ai, he really is conceited. Doubles as Foreshadowing.
• Episode 10: "Impact! Cyberse Vanishes":
  • This exchange in the dub, lampshading Ai's Motor Mouth.
    Playmaker: "We're in the eye of the Storm. It's quiet here."
    Ai: Yeah, too quiet, as I believe the expression goes according to my dictionary of colloquialisms - that's a mouthful - and the definition says that something bad's gonna happen because something bad always happens!
• Episode 11: "Roar of the Magazine Varreload": After Ai is restored from being nearly deleted, he tries to get up-to-date with the duel.
  Ai: Whoa! You have an incredible monster!
  Ai: Whoa! He has an incredible monster too!
  Ai: Gulp! His incredible dragon took our incredible dragon!
• Episode 12: "Impregnable Defending Dragon Firewall":
  • Ai displays a new power in the real world, causing Yusaku's Duel Disk to crackle; its glass surface to melt and golden light to shine out, leaving Yusaku and Kusanagi horrified as his body starts to form...only to reveal his body is tiny and the two humans in the room could not care less and are more interested in learning about Hanoi. Upon being completely ignored the episode ends with the newly revived Ai screaming "Dude, Where's My Respect?!"
  • Ai has this to say over Varis being a little confounded over one of their moves in the dub.
    Ai: Varis is confuuuused! Varis is confuuuuused!
• Episode 13: "Battle Record":
  • After being left with Roboppy for annoying Yusaku too much, Ai decides to show off his body by flexing for them, even making himself look like a bodybuilder as spotlights shine from behind him.
  • In the dub, Emma and Kolter have a gentle discussion over whether a hotdog is a sandwich. After Emma leaves with her two hotdogs, Kolter comments that she'd be his type if only she knew what a sandwich was.
• Episode 14: "Ghost Girl's Invitation":
  • The dub's meta-humor continues to shine, with Ghost Gal commenting, "I ship it" when commenting on Playmaker's drive to save Blue Angel.
  • Roboppy and Ai are continuing what they did in episode 4, but this time the former says that the latter is too loud and that someone will hear it. Which almost happened when they hear Yusaku's footsteps, they both panic with the former yelling for Roboppy to get him back into the case; they do so by throwing him in, then rush back to their spot just in time for Yusaku to enter, as if nothing happened.
  • One that's dub only. In the original version, Playmaker nonchalantly dodges a billboard as Ai is musing over Ghost Girl's strategy. In the dub, Ai takes notice.
    Ai: Oh I get it. That ability's a lot more powerful than most Traps and - BILLBOARD! - it's strategically more effective to keep us guessing where she'll play her next card from.
• Episode 15: "Altergeist that Hides in the Darkness":
  • Ai continues to be the Plucky Comic Relief, where he rather unconvincingly feigns fear at losing, at one point even replicating the Caramelldansen Vid! Ghost Girl isn't falling for it though, and even calls him an idiot.
  • After catching Playmaker beat Ghost Girl, Pigeon and Frog are overjoyed that they have data for their Playmaker expose, only to find Ghost Girl deleted their file, leaving behind a clip of herself in a seductive pose while apologizing.
• Episode 16: "Infiltrate SOL's Cyber Fortress":
  • Aoi's Oh, Crap! reaction and shock when Ghost Girl casually addressed her after she had been eavesdropping on the meeting with Akira.
  • Playmaker never emoting while the opponent destroys his hand and backs him a corner, while Ai overreacts, culminating in Ai asking if Yusaku is actually an AI.
• Episode 17: "Flawless AI Duelist": One of Kitamura's subordinates complains and asks another one how many times they are going to get fired. (in the dub, she actually gets her answer: nine).
• Episode 20: "A Piece of the Puzzle" (dub): As Playmaker Summons Secure Gardna into a Zone that Tindangle Acute Cerberus points to, Ai chides him for putting him in the worst possible point, explaining the consequences using Stock Sound Effects.
  Ai: ...That means his Trap's gonna go [sproing] and the damage will be [whir] and our Life Points are going to go [whistle, plonk]!
• Episode 21: "Embers of a New Battle":
  • Ai can't remember Ghost Girl's user name, and calls her Gokie Girl^note Gokie means cockroach. The Image Spot of Ghost Girl doing a sexy pose, but her expression changes to mad along with getting insect antenna on her head.
  • Ai's predicament of being in the hands of the scary Playmaker◊, as seen from Ai's totally objective perspective.
  • Yusaku's cold personality, depicted◊ in the most adorable way possible.
  • In the dub, Kusanagi (Kolter) 'educating' Yusaku on how mustard is applied on either sandwiches or hotdogs.
    Kolter: So I said, you spread mustard on a sandwich, you squeeze mustard on a hotdog. Education, we gotta look out for each other.
  • Another one in the dub. While the sub is pretty straightforward with the flashbacks, the dub takes a page out of the abridged series as Ai narrates what happened in Ghost Girl and Playmaker's duel in episode 14 horribly.
    *After Ai is finished with his bad acting*
    Ghost Girl: I did not think that attacking was my best option, but I'm now fully convinced that it is...
    Playmaker: Thank you Ai, I... I mean your greatness! Straight up you're double deus aces. I can never win without your glorious guidance.
  • Naturally, Roboppi doesn't really buy it:
    Roboppi: Is that what really happened?
    Ai: Eh, close enough...
• Episode 24: "Dark Mask's Burden of Fate":
  • Kitamura's epic Jaw Drop moment when Baira and Faust swiftly wreck the majority of his AI Duelists.
  • When Doctor Genome remarks that Ai has been effectively domesticated by Playmaker, Ai doesn't really fair well in trying to debunk it.
    Ai: Not true! Woof!
• Episode 26:
  • As he and Yusaku are investigated Baira's place, Ai takes a swipe at Kolter's truck in the dub:
    Ai: The doc has swanky digs! I bet her monthly rent can buy 10 food trucks! 20, if it's like Kolter's!
    Kolter: You know I can hear you?
    Ai: Oh, I know - that's why I said it.
• Episode 27: "Naoki Shima the Fighter":
  • This episode gives Naoki a Day in the Limelight. It couldn't end up as anything but funny:
    • The fantasies Naoki has through the episode about Playmaker need to be seen to be believed.
    • While dueling with a Knight of Hanoi both of them start with dead hands◊, and they both simultaneously try to play off their bricks. What makes it better is that the Knight of Hanoi tries to salvage the situation with a simultaneous Card Cycling effect but it barely improves for the both of them.
      Knight of Hanoi (internally): What's this? Three level 5's and a level 10? This hand's a disaster!
      Brave Max (internally): Oh no! Five level 7's? This hand's a disaster!
      Both players (aloud): I've got the perfect hand!
    • Made funnier in the dub, with the Knight angrily thinking “This idiot has the advantage over me!”
    • Meta wise, this has affectionately been called the most realistic duel in the series.^note Duels in the series always has either a major key card in the starting hand or a functioning hand that is able to perform everything they need. However, that is both unlikely and unrealistic as you will have hands that can only do the bare minimum if even. And then we get to these two who have pulled a starting hand that many players will, exaggerate, they will always have.
  • Naoki struggles to understand◊ what his new card does. Eventually his Duel Disk's AI has to explain it for him.
  • Naoki dabs before and after his duel. The dub even lampshades it:
    Knight of Hanoi: The only thing brave about you is that you're still willing to dab in public.
  • Apparently, Roboppy has, on Ai's orders, modified Yusaku's duel disk so that it can function as a drone.
• Episode 28: "Final Commander of the Three Knights": "Our field is nothing but bugs!"
• Episode 30: "Doorway to the Abyss":
  • Ai has a funny interaction with Ghost Girl while they are in LINK VRAINS' underground sewer area, complete with a cameo from the old "Fake Trap" card.
    • And in the dub, he screams "HEART OF THE CARDS! GUIDE ME!"
  • After this, Playmaker informs him that he was scammed by Ghost Girl since she used a deck full of ugly cards. It crosses into this when you realize Playmaker knew the entire time and still allowed it to happen.
  • In addition, Varis buys something from Kolter's truck while Yusaku sits at one of the tables, with Yusaku and Kolter completely unaware of who he actually is.
    • He also takes the time to troll Kolter in the dub after Kolter tells him that his hotdogs have everything on them. Varis asks if they have marshmallows on them, and after receiving the predictable answer (no) he comments that the obviously don't have everything on them. Kolter finds this Actually Pretty Funny.
• Episode 32: A lot of examples from the dub.
  • Kolter guilt-tripping Ai into revealing he defeated the former’s cat pictures.
  • Frog tells Pigeon that he sold the latter’s comics to buy film. As Pigeon points out, digital cameras don’t use film.
  • Ai states that Gore can refer to him as Emperor Ai, or Professor Ai, or Ai the Brainiac. Blue Angel dubs him “Ai the Egomaniac”.
  • After Frog and Pigeon see Playmaker teaming up with the two Celebrity Duelists, Pigeon reveals he wasn’t recording it.
• Episode 33: "Angel with Blue Tears": A boy masquerading as Playmaker confronts Frog and Pigeon, mistaking the pair for Knights of Hanoi, and attempts to engage them in a Duel. Flabbergasted, Frog arbitrarily speculates that the child is actually an old man in the real world, but at the same time, he and Pigeon are moved by the child's dedication to protect LINK VRAINS.
• Episode 35: "The Other Lost Incident": Spectre is indeed Nightmare Fuel for loving the same project that broke Yusaku; but there's still something humorous about a man who was essentially raised by a tree. Albeit Harsher in Hindsight due to the implication (especially when Playmaker destroyed it later on), there's something funny in Ai going along with Spectre's absurd backstory and keeps calling Spectre's ace monster as his "mother".
• Episode 39: "Bullet Buried in the Darkness": The terrifying trap that Ghost Girl warned Yusaku about? It's MIRROR FORCE.^note Mirror Force at this point in time is a well known card, even to casual fans. The fact that all of this build up was for a simple card that is usually expected to see play seems silly. Even funnier with how much Revolver hams up the card, outright telling Go to sink into despair upon its activation.
• Episode 40: "The Thirst for Victory":
  • Ai's sound effect jokes continue in the dub at the start of the episode, commenting that Gore looks like a deflated balloon (except he somehow makes a noise like the air's been let out).
  • After Shellrokket Dragon's effect devastates Go's field, Ai quips (dub):
    Ai: The last time I saw a field this empty was the last time you let this happen!^note That's three episodes ago, in his duel against Spectre
  • At the climax of Go vs Revolver Go summons Gouki the Giant Ogre. And when it power ups with effects, the animation is shown as pulling out a giant sword from the ground. Ai is so impressed by this that he imitates it by pulling out a knife from somewhere and cheering.
  • Giant Ogre ignores Effects from Monsters with ATK less than or equal to itself, represented by it casually flicking its sword and sending away Booster Dragon's attack into the distance.
  • In the dub, when Ai is comparing Gore and Varis's fields, after Playmaker reminds him that Varis still has four monsters out, rather than discuss the likelihood of Varis summoning Borreload Dragon, we get this exchange:
    Playmaker: How did you fail to notice that Ai?
    Ai: Hmph! I'm not listening to you.
  • Meta example; Daniel J. Edwards, who voices Revolver (Varis) and Go (Gore) in the dub, commented that he "can't wait to kick his own ass".
• Episode 42: "Stardust Road's Guidance":
  • Ai went all out to protect Playmaker so he can do Storm Access. There's just something funny about Ai saying good-bye afterwards, only to reappear shrunk later on.
  • In the dub, Playmaker comments on Varis's newly summoned Chobham Armor Dragon having zero ATK. Varis's response echoes what pretty much every fan was thinking; he just sounds unbelievably offended.
    Playmaker: So what? Your monster has a total of zero attack points!
    Varis: I can't believe you said that! Has the loss of your Ignis affected your mind?! Because you of all people should know that attack points aren't everything!"
• Episode 44:
  • Frog and Pigeon have to fly through the debris field of the last ring of the Tower of Hanoi to get to a proper filming spot to capture Playmaker and Revolver's duel. Pigeon gets amped up, managing to dodge as much debris as he can...only for Frog to reveal that it all hit him instead and he's basically a pincushion. And later, he's still plucking the shards out while the duel continues.
  • Ai has this to say in the dub after Varis activates Link Turret.
    Ai: Yeesh! That thing's almost as big as his ego!
• Episode 45: "Duel in the Extreme Domain":
  • This episode gives us a flashback to the peaceful Cyberse World is shown. It's divided into 6 areas each created by the 6 Ignis representing each attribute. An ocean (WATER), mountains (EARTH), a gold city (LIGHT), a volcano (FIRE) and a forest (WIND). As for DARK... it's also mentioned that Ai was the only lazy one. There's just a giant dark hole.
  • Frog and Pigeon made a Japanese pun joke regarding the word "hato"^note can be translated as either "pigeon" or "heart" and "kaeru"^note can be translated as either "frog", or "to come home".
  • The effect name of Topologic Gumblar Dragon actually being Deus ex Machina.
• Episode 46: "The Circuit that Draws the Future"
  • Despite the situation, Playmaker has been genuinely enjoying the Duel with Revolver to the point that he's smiling. Ai finds this to be a severe case of O.O.C. Is Serious Business and begs him not to smile, to the point that in the dub he claims that it was less horrifying that his homeworld being attacked.

Season 2: Ignis Arc

• Episode 47: "Playmaker's Return":
  • While Ai seeing the state of the Cyberse World and seeing that Linkuriboh is the Sole Survivor is mostly Tear Jerker, it's still funny that Ai says that he can't understand Linkuriboh, because all Linkuriboh can say is "Kurikurilink".
  • Before that he tries to call for other Survivors and says that it's him Ai, but he then realizes that they don't know his name, because Yusaku gave it to him.
  • While it's a serious and emotional talk between Shoichi and his brother Jin, it's still funny to know that Shoichi lives inside the hotdog truck he and Yusaku use as a base and that he tries to convince Jin to live with him inside of it. The dub takes it up to eleven.
  • Blood Shepherd hunts Playmaker to claim his bounty. Playmaker tells him that he doesn't have the Ignis anymore and that he doesn't need to hunt him, but...
    Blood Shepherd: Then what's that?
    Playmaker: Huh? [Looks at his duel disk]
    Ai: [Coming out of Playmaker's Duel Disk while riding Linkuriboh] Sorry, Playmaker. I came back.
  • After that Playmaker asks Ai why he is here. Ai tries to give a brief explanation, but Playmaker then tells him to save it for later. Instead of feeling down as usual whenever he does that, Ai feels happy knowing that Playmaker hasn't changed a bit and that it feels like the good old times again also doubles as Heartwarming.
  • It's even funnier that later in their duel Ai mentions that the Cyberse World got destroyed. This causes Playmaker to repeat what he said in a question only for Ai to tell HIM to save it all for later.
• Episode 48: "Judgement Arrow":
  • In the dub, Pigeon's having trouble keeping up with the upgraded Duel Boards. In the Japanese, he begs for his Avatar to be upgraded. In the dub, he quietly muses that he could just drop Frog, and when asked what he said cries "Nothing~!"
  • As Playmaker sets up the tools he needs to Ritual Summon, Ai wears a wizard hat while stirring a pot of potions chanting Due-Due-Duel, sounding very similar to the English opening of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! season. Sadly, the dub didn't pick up on this one.
• Episode 49: "Duelist Clad in Flames":
  • When Soulburner complains he's heard Flame's boast about his name and purpose 10,000 times, Flame responds he's only said it 37 times.
  • After Soulburner defeats BitBoot, Flame says that he knew that they were no match for them. Only for Soulburner to tell him that earlier he said that it was all over for him.
  • Prior to that in the dub, Soulburner asks Flame why he's making such a big deal. Cue Flame revealing that he was just being dramatic in a tone that's kind of exasperated with his partner for breaking it.
    Flame: "It's over, we gave it our best but it was just not good enough. It was your pleasure to be my partner Soulburner."
    Soulburner: "Hold up Flame, why are you pretending like we're only going to lose?"
    Flame: "For drama"
  • After the fight Soulburner asks Flame to be a little more sympathetic, only for Flame to become dramatic with his sympathy.
  • Bit and Boot's final words to each other are "You are fired!". Cue Haru dismissing the pair by setting them alight on fire. Sadly, the dub changes this to "You should be fired!" (to match the lip flaps) and some of the comedy is lost as a result.
• Episode 50: "Transfer Student Homura Takeru":
  • Ai was locked up again in Yusaku's Duel Disk. Yusaku gives him three reasons why he did it.
    #1: Kusanagi is emotionally hurt because his brother's consciousness was stolen. It's good to have someone he can talk to who knows our situation.
    #2: The attack on your homeworld and on Kusanagi's brother troubles me. And their Teammates wanted an Ignis. You may be linked to this incident.
    #3: And this is the Most Important. Being a hostage suits you.
  • According to Flame, Brave Max is also known as Playmaker's best friend.
  • Apparently Flame named himself Flame, because in kanji it means "indomitable soul dream" and says that it's a cool name unlike someone's cutesy name. In the dub, it's an acronym of various flattering terms, prompting Ai to try out his own and fail miserably.
  • When reuniting with each other, Ai and Flame refer to each other with a series of electronic beeps, which are supposedly their real names.
  • Yusaku wants to go somewhere where there's information about their enemy, but it's probably a trap laid out for him. As usual Ai doesn't want to go. With more people added to their crew (Takeru Homura and Flame) he decides to hold a majority vote to make it fair. As expected only Ai himself votes not to go.
• Episode 51: "Man Who Gave Up Charisma": Soulburner asks Flame what GO's strategies are. Flame jokes and says that "he'll "go-go" and attack.", because his name is Go Onizuka. Soulburner's reaction to this is priceless.◊
• Episode 52: After losing to Soulburner, Gore gives him his two cents and leaves. Flame’s reaction. “That was more like a dollar than two cents.”
• Episode 53: "Bounty Hunter Blood Shepherd":
  • In the original version, Shepherd's modified A.I. was played pretty straight. In the dub, it's straight-up sassy.
    Ai: Heh-heh! Nice! He totally bricked his turn! We can summon any old monster to take that Drone down.
    Shepherd's A.I.: That analysis is incorrect. When there are no other monsters on The Shepherd's field, Drone Pawn cannot be destroyed in battle. The opponent's A.I. must be extremely outdated, or full of bugs. I recommend you upgrade your Duel Disk.
    Ai: And you should download an app called "NOBODY ASKED"! You can't upgrade perfection!
    Playmaker: But your analysis was incorrect.
    Ai: I know...
• Episode 54: Terrifying Battledrone is named Game of Drones in the English version.
  • The Shepherd drops a searing Take That! to the notion of solitaire play in card games on Ai:
    Shepherd: Imagine that. I'm trying to counter you. That's why this is called Duel Monsters and not Solitaire Monsters.
  • Ai's response to this is a flippant "Whatever, Dad."
  • When Blood Shepherd restores Playmaker's LP to avert Storm Access, Ai begs him to keep the LP the way one might react to an unwanted gift.
• Episode 55: "To the Unknown World":
  • As they head through the various portals to get to the unknown world, Ai makes this observation in the dub:
    Ai: The good thing about corridors is that you can't get lost! Well, except for that one time.
    Playmaker: And how did you manage that?
    Ai: Like a boss~!
  • Ai suggests the use of Data Storm to help Playmaker, Soulburner, and Flame go through the strong wind. As he does a cool pose while doing so, this exchange happens:
    Ai: I'm bracing myself so hard it feels like I'm about to fart!
    Flame: .....We don't have that function.
  • In the dub, Ai reckons he can keep it up longer than Flame. Flame agrees, seeing as Ai's always been full of hot air.
  • By the end of the storm, the Ignis are having quite a bit of trouble:
    Ai: I'm...so...drained. Flame...how about you?
    Flame: I'm...perfectly fine!
    Ai: Liar!
  • Everything about Windy in the dub. He's an utter Motor Mouth who barely ever stops talking or to take a breath. Goodness only knows how his VA Bryan Tyler didn't pass out.
  • Flame describing Bohman in the dub:
    Windy: "What's Bohman look like? I assume he's a man carrying a bow."
    Flame: "No, no bow, but he does have an impressive number of abs."
    Windy: "I'd totally remember someone like that, even without a bow."
• Episode 56: "Blue Girl's First Battle": While Soulburner was at a disadvantage during his duel with Blue Girl, Flame encourages him by saying that he still has one huge advantage: himself as an excellent AI partner that will help bloom his dormant abilities. Soulburner asks in detail what he can do for him. With a grin Flame says he'll be a compassionate observer from up close. Naturally, Soulburner rejects it.
• Episode 58: "Soul Replica":
  • This may be unintentional, but when Playmaker refutes Bohman's claim that he is the real Yusaku Fujiki, their argument kinda devolves into a No, You accusation between kids.
  • Meanwhile Ai is trying to guess who is the real Yusaku. He thinks that Yusaku has the traits of an AI and is great at dueling. He asks if he's a fake, then Yusaku answers the real one is the one who will win the duel making him panic that he didn't deny it.
• Episode 60: "Brave Max the Loser":
  • If you're looking for an action-packed duel between Ghost Girl and Brave Max...well...the title of the episode is "Brave Max, the Loser" after all. Brave Max makes several amateur mistakes during his duel, most notably sacrificing his two 2600 ATK Green Baboons for a single 2600 ATK Metal Baboon, all because he didn't bother to check and see if Link Monsters were immune to bounce (return to the hand) effects, and simply assumed they were based on mechanics, unaware that in such case, Extra Deck monsters will return to the Extra Deck instead.
  • During the first half of the duel, Ghost Girl and Blue Girl were under the assumption that Brave Max was a duelist that Playmaker personally chose as an ally. So Ghost Girl tests his skills with a basic field and even explains to watch out for Altergeist Silquitous's Effect to see how he will counter it. Then for most of Brave Max's turn, they try to take his amateur moves super seriously and assume it was part of some strategy beyond their understanding.
  • After Ghost Girl wins, she and Blue Girl agree the duel was a waste of time. And Blue Girl still has to go to her own event she set up to lure Brave Max. Brave Max on the other hand cries about his loss and vows to become stronger for Playmaker's sake and promptly forgets about it all after he remembers the Blue Angel event.
  • While it may not be as funny as the "duel", the sheer amount of Dramatic Irony in the conversation about Playmaker's identity between Akira, Emma, and Aoi make it unintentionally funny despite it being a serious conversation between them.
    • Such as Akira saying that Playmaker's personality and speech may be different in real life than in LINK VRAINS^note Playmaker doesn't really change his personality or speech that much at all as shown when he did his three reasons thing against Naoki, the only thing he actually changes is his deck and the other reason why his identity is kept well hidden is that he never interacts with anyone besides Shouichi in real life.
    • Aoi then replies that a person's true nature doesn't change and that they'll know if he's nearby^note Aoi and Akira already met Playmaker in real life, such as when Akira met Yusaku at the hospital and Aoi visited him at Shoichi's hotdog stand in order to thank him. He also goes to the same school as Aoi and on top of that she even meets and greets him at school the next day.
• Episode 61: "Despair From Darkness":
  • When Takeru first heard of "LINK VRAINS" and "Playmaker", he thought they were "Link Brains" and "Playmater".
  • Takeru had to ask his friend Kiku how to scroll down on her tablet, highlighting his Hopeless with Tech side.
  • While it was part of a trauma, there is something unintentionally funny about how Takeru's trauma involves a 2800 ATK monster whose sole effect is a ridiculously specific self Special Summon effect that is almost unlikely to ever happen, meaning it is vulnerable to every single form of removal in the game. In fact, the self Special Summon effect is so specific that Takeru's opponent prefer to Special Summon it using another card's effect instead. Not to mention, while he might not has it as a child, he now has, and currently control, Phoenix Gearfried, an equally strong 2800 ATK monster, along with Valkyrian Knight, which would redirect attack to her, saving Phoenix Gearfried.
• Episode 64: "Turning Point":
  • While Yusaku is in school, Ai is flying in the Duel Disk enjoying the view. Then he’s called by Kusanagi for something nice. Next scene he's unhappy that a menu got tied to the disk and was told to do 10 laps around the city.
    • Then he's distracted by Takeru coming here alone and hits a pole then falls on to Takeru’s head.
    • Flame is curious that free Duel Disks can fall out of the sky in Den City until Ai explains that he can fly, with a pun (Ai-chan fly!). Flame suggests that his own Duel Disk could be given wheels, which actually is an entire car in his imagination.
  • A meta funny, in his flashback duel, Yusaku is beating the Knights of Hanoi with a starter deck.
• Episode 65: "Playmaker's Breath":
  • From what we heard from the previous episode, Naoki made it seem like he knew Yusaku's secret, to the point Yusaku complied with Naoki's demands to go to a secret place to talk. However Naoki revealed what the secret was...only that it was not the one Yusaku was concerned with—or even knew was supposed to be a secret.
    Naoki: I know your secret.
    [Yusaku frowns]
    Naoki: [Smirks] Hey, Playmaker...is my soulmate, right? And since you're my best friend, you should feel proud too!
    Yusaku: [Still frowning] What do you want to talk about?
    Naoki: [Smirks again] I know you have a part-time job.
    [Yusaku looks confused and tilts his head to the side]
    Naoki: I saw you working at the hot dog stand. The school forbids working part-time jobs, but I'm not so petty to snitch on you. However... [Postcards suddenly materialize] Help me fill out postcards to enter Blue Angel's handshake event—
    [Yusaku walks away, disinterested]
    Naoki: Hey! Fujiki! [Crashes through the door] I'll snitch you out to Playmaker!
  • Naoki threatening to snitch Yusaku out to Playmaker, aka himself.
• Episode 66: "Earth Ignis "Earth""
  • Normally, SOL Technologies would have been right on Playmaker's heels in a situation like this. However, they found Earth's forum post contacting Ai when Zaizen was meeting with Queen and Hayami was in charge, who promptly dismisses it.
  • Ai talks about the other three Ignis after Playmaker asks about them. He talks about the Water Ignis and says that she relied on him a lot and was in love with him, while the flashback shows him hitting on her, causing her to hit him and Linkuriboh into the ground.
  • Ai talks about the Earth Ignis. He tries to remember what he was like, and suddenly, a record scratch in the background is heard as he drags an AI that looks just like the Earth Ignis, massive and orange, only to find out that the AI is the Earth Ignis.
  • Earth has No Social Skills up to eleven, emphasized by his Catchphrase.
    Earth: I am socially awkward.
  • A meta example; the idea that Earth, The Spock that's heavily socially awkward, is implied to be Spectre's Ignis. And Earth is heavily implied to be in love with Aqua, the Water Ignis, whose appearance, for some reason, resembles Blue Angel, the very same character that Spectre hates.
  • Ai's memory of the Earth Ignis isn't so great. Playmaker calls him out on it and Ai just replies that he's....socially awkward.
• Episode 67: AI's Longing
  • In the dub, Earth notes that Playmaker and Ai aren't working well together and he wonders why they are even partnered in the first place:
    Earth: But...it is clear...that Playmaker is doing...all the Dueling, and Ai...is just...being Ai.
    Ai: HEY! WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!
    Earth: You know...what that means.
    Ai: (:D and thumbs up) I do know what that means!
    Playmaker: Is that something to actually be proud about?
    Ai: No...maybe yes?
• Earth misunderstands AI telling him to say any witty remarks he may have for literally saying "It now." Ai later does the same after Playmaker says "Say what?!"
• Episode 68: "Secret Meeting":
  • The characters try to figure out what happened to Ai when he mysteriously disappeared from the Duel Disk. They investigate the last website Ai was looking at: a crossword puzzle that had a hidden Ignis code. Turns out Ai was lured to an Obvious Trap that claimed he will be given a pin shaped like himself as a reward for solving the puzzle.
  • Guess how Yusaku tried to lure Ai out of the duel disk after Roboppy said he wasn't there? All delivered with Yusaku's classic deadpan tone!
    Yusaku: Ai...a new soap opera is starting. [No response] He's not here.
    • And in the dub, he doesn't even try, since it's too quiet for Ai to be around in the first place.
  • The dub has Roboppi saying a familiar meme:
    Roboppi: "Is that a tree? It is a tree! Is that a bird? It is a bird!"
    (holds hand out to reach for a butterfly)
  • Windy managed to rebuild the Cyberse World...except that it was shoddily-made and more resembled a stage set than actual land. The walls even looked like they were made of cardboard!
    Ai: Dun, dun, dun...Hey! It's a painted background!
  • "Linkuriboh" not only sounded strange, but he also had a perpetual frown on his face. In contrast to the actual Linkuriboh always beaming around Ai.
• Episode 69: "Mission That Must Be Accomplished":
  • When Revolver No Sells Windy's attempts to trap him, he responds that he wouldn't just walk into the enemy base without a plan like some people. Ai asks if he means Playmaker and him, to which a chagrined Playmaker admits yes.
  • In hindsight, Yusaku did anticipate that he might be walking into a trap and benched Takeru from this excursion to prevent a repeat of the Blood Shepherd incident. He was right, and as a result Takeru can follow Playmaker and potentially bail him out on his predicament. If he hadn’t, Soulburner and Flame would’ve been captured along with him.
  • Revolver uses another classic trap card known to Yu-Gi-Oh! fans, Magic Cylinder and just like with Mirror Force, the characters are very surprised to see him have and use it, but what is even more hilarious is what they say about it.
    Ai: Seriously? He already has Mirror Force! He uses incredible cards!
    Playmaker: Revolver always surpasses our expectations.
  • Let that sink in for a moment, the thing that surpasses their expectations, is using an old classic trap card instead of something else like using a new card no one knows about or the use of an unexpected Summoning Method.
  • In the Dub:
    Ai: "There doesn’t have to be a war because we don’t have to fight! Since when did I have to become the adult in the room?! I’M NOT CUT OUT TO BE THE ADULT! "
    Playmaker: "Ai is right."
    Ai: "Uhh, the "no fighting" part, or the "adult" part?"
• Episode 71: "Declaration of War":
  • This unintentionally funny exchange happened between Flame and Lightning after Windy's defeat at the hands of Revolver.
    Flame: Well, Lightning? Was it you?^note Flame was asking if Lightning was the one who destroyed Cyberse World. He did.
    Lightning: Flame, during the time we haven't seen each other, you've begun having boring discussions. [Looks at Yusaku] But Playmaker, I enjoy talking to you. You don't mince words. You get straight to the point.
  • And after Flame explained his reason for wanting to co-exist with humans:
    Lightning: I understand, Flame. That you're a unique error code.
    Ai: [Snickering and pointing] You're lame! He called you an error code!
    Lightning: [Narrows eyes] Ai, you too.
    Ai: [Stops] What? Me too?
    Flame: [Arms crossed] Ai, everyone knew that already.
  • After the Bounty Hunters came into the scene—the Knights of Hanoi having called them over—Lightning summoned a massive swarm of Bits and Boots to act as a distraction.
    A Bit: Our first appearance in a while!
    A Boot: [Shoving that Bit out of the way] Can't wait to fight!
    All Bits and Boots: Let's go! Combination sequence!
    Lightning: [Arms crossed] Stop. Don't lessen your numbers.
    A Bit: [Glaring] Boot's the one who said it.
    A Boot: [Gets into that Bit's face[ No, it was Bit.
    Lightning: ]Narrows his eyes] I don't care who. Hurry up and defeat them.
    That Bit and Boot: [Wobbling] Right! Here we go!
  • And after Bohman appeared before Playmaker and Ai:
    Bohman: We meet again, Playmaker. That makes me happy.
    Ai: [Sweat-drops] Eh? You again? You remember who you are today?
    Bohman: Of course, Ai.
    Ai: [Pleasantly surprised] Oh! You do remember! [Grinning and giving two thumbs up] Yay!
  • Apparently, Ai wants people to want to take him:
    Bohman: Let's duel. Winner gets me and Ai.
    Ai: [Beaming] You were after me all along?
• Episode 73:
  • In the dub, Bohman revealing why Ai is important:
    Ai: I'm the key to everything?
    Bohman: Yes Ai. Your very existence is proof of our unlimited potential. The infinite greatness that A.I.s can achieve.
    Ai: You hear that Playmaker? Aren't you lucky you're my minion? Come on Bohman, keep the compliments coming!
    Bohman: Ai, you are special.
    Ai: Uh-huh!
    Bohman: Unique in every possible way.
    Ai: Uh-huh! :D
    Bohman: Because unlike all the other Ignis, you are the most laziest, negligent A.I. to ever exist!
    Ai: ...uh, what?
  • Further elaborated in the dub, where Bohman claims that Ai "spent half [his] time playing silly games, and the other half playing even sillier games". Ai's response:
    Ai: There is nothing silly about Boffo Bonkers!
• Episode 75: "The Demon Possessing His Heart": Ai was horrified after finding out GO had fused himself with an AI by having a chip implanted into his brain, but not for the reason most would think.
  Ai: clasps head in hands, eyes squeezed shut “If I'm placed inside Go Onizuka's head, I'll become Ai Onizuka!" double eyelid pull
• Episode 76: "Memories Brought Back":
  • Aqua tries to challenge Blood Shepherd to a duel, but Blood Shepherd rejects the offer for his priority is terminating the Ignis and not capturing. For an anime that relies on card games to solve conflict, it is funny to see how a conflict is trying to be solved by not following that formula.
  • Aoi wakes up from her dream about Miyu, and Emma asks if the dream was about being on a date with a handsome guy, and if so she should go back to sleep in hope it resumes. Aoi is annoyed by that and tells her it wasn't. And in the dub, Emma not-so-subtly asks if she was dreaming about Playmaker.
• Episode 77: "Siblings in Conflict":
  • When Aoi transforms into Blue Maiden, Soulburner has the look of an excited fanboy.
  • During the reunion of the three Ignis Ai cuts Flame off before he tells Aqua the meaning of his name.
• Episode 78: "Rebellious Bounty Hunter":
  • Because they are being careful of Lightning, Ryoken and Spectre track down Kengo by being two friends hanging out and having coffee just outside of his apartment. They're basically stalking him by being normal civilians.
  • Yet again, Revolver uses another classic trap card: Imperial Order. Just where does he find these cards?
• Episode 81: "Arrived at the Summit": When Playmaker and Soulburner go to the location where they sensed Earth's signal, Ai noticed something coming for them above. Believing it's Earth, he shouts for him to come to his arms, and then immediately retracts his statement after seeing it's GO.
  • In the dub, Flame notes that Lightning will only continue to get stronger, “Unlike some other AI I know”.
  Ai: Come on Flame, don’t insult yourself like that.
  Flame: I wasn’t talking about me.
  Ai: In that case, don’t insult Aqua like that.
• Episode 83: "Irregular Meeting":
  • Frog and Pigeon making fun of Brave Max for not being entertaining. They also spent their upcoming bonuses on a rocket...that made them crash land on a random island.
  • Blue Maiden wonders what that explosion was and Ghost Girl guesses it was idiots with illegal modifications to their D-Boards.
  • While trying to find Playmaker they trusted Brave Max who once again claimed to be his ally. And was making a show about him exploring LINK VRAINS in the meantime. Which includes getting angry responses to interviews, losing duels to pre-schoolers, rummaging in trash cans etc. The only views they get now are from the trio themselves.
• Episode 84: "Past That Cannot Be Quieted":
  • The first thing that Soulburner says when Revolver throws the duel is unintentionally hilarious, because instead of saying how unsatisfying it was, he says that such a victory would look uncool.
  • Windy's new look hides his scars with bandages, an eyepatch and for some reason a cape. This clothing looks just as ridiculous as it sounds, especially since Windy looks like a kid with Chuunibyou, an edgelord or both. Not helping the matter is the fact there is an "W" on his eyepatch.
  • Frog and Pigeon get caught by Revolver and he traps them inside a sphere. Later on he even takes them with him to their final battle against Lightning.
  • In the dub, we have a exchange that hits nearly every fanfic writers out there:
    Kolter: You know, If you told me a week or even a day ago that we'd be working with the Hanoi, I'd say you need to write more realistic fanfics.
    Yusaku: I agree.
  • Another one for the dub. When Soulburner challenges Varis to a duel:
    Soulburner: And when I win, I'm going to send you right where you belong, straight to jail. Cause you deserve to be in an orange jumpsuit, not a white sweatsuit.
    Varis: Sorry, but orange isn't my color.
• Episode 86: "Wisdom of the Deprived":
  • Due to LINK VRAINS and Mirror LINK VRAINS merging, The Alliance of the Ignis Holders and Knights of Hanoi get separated and sent to different locations in VRAINS, some of which are rather hilarious.
    • Playmaker: A desolate street.
    • Blue Maiden: Outside of a city due to her flying there.
    • Spectre: A desert or wasteland. And unlike his fellows, he doesn't land on his feet, but crashes into the ground and goes rolling down the hill.
    • Soulburner: An airport that looks normal compared to the above locations.
    • Revolver: A field of flowers in a meadow. Revolver's dub voice actor couldn't help poking fun at it.
  • In a random shot of LINK VRAINS there are two people whose avatars are people in vegetable suits.
  • Hanoi seems to have a thing for meta-humor. In a complete inversion of the series 'but you still take damage' Running Gag, Lightning manages to defend his life points after an attack, while Spectre gleefully points out his monster still gets destroyed.
• Episode 87: "Chain Destruction": This may be unintentional, but when Spectre talks about why he created an Extra Link, he states that he got inspired by Revolver's Extra Link in the final battle of season 1, but what makes this funny is that he states that he watched the duel many times over again, or in other words he watched Revolver lose to Playmaker many times.
• Episode 88: "Windy the Revenger":
  • In both versions, Windy reiterates that they're taking out the weakest duelists first. Soulburner isn't happy to hear that, but it's all right, Windy doesn't think he's weak...he's super weak.
  • In the dub, Soulburner is grousing over how Windy never intended to let them use the Salamangreat Roar Trap card he was moving back and forth across their field to gain advantage, to which Windy replies:
    Windy: I hate to say it, but duuuuuuuuuuuuh...it's your turn Mr. Obvious.
  • Also in the dub, as Flame states emphatically that humans and Ignis make good partners, it cuts away to Ai.
  Ai: Don’t correct him, Playmaker.
• Episode 89: "Two Flames Unite":
  • In the dub, Soulburner has Windy on the ropes and Flame begins to lecture him about teamwork. Windy has a...unique response.
    Windy: Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it!
    Soulburner: Flame Possession! (Windy's monster's ATK is reduced)
    Windy: Noooooo! Aw, you did it, you did it, you did it, you did it, you did it!
    Flame: Windy, you saw teamwork as a negative instead of a positive, but only by working together could Soulburner and I steer the Duel in our favor, and -
    Windy: Just attack me so I don't have to listen to Flame anymore!
• Episode 92: "Big Test": Seeing Playmaker's area, which is a recreation of Den City, Pigeon is glad that they finally managed to log out. Frog frustratingly points out that they are still in their avatars.
• Episode 93: "Promise with each other": In the dub, after Yusaku and Kolter talk about Lightning's plan to force them to fight each other, Kolter asks Yusaku if he really thinks a hotdog is a sandwich. Yusaku says with a smile that a hotdog is a taco instead, making Kolter break out a lecture on how hotdogs aren't tacos, either.
• Episode 96: "Lightning's Crime":
  • When they are teleported to the flower area, Frog and Pigeon note how beautiful the area is. Frog wonders if it is the afterlife, while Pigeon wonders if Lightning and Revolver are Buddha and God before he recognizes them.
  • While Revolver explains the free will of the Ignis and Lightning's motivations, Ai's lazy past is brought up and embarrasses him. Lightning angrily tries to make Revolver stop talking, but Bohman wants to keep hearing the story. Ai thought Bohman was interested in his past.
  • In the dub, Varis begins to explain how Lightning ran simulations to predict the future of the Ignis, prompting Ai to wonder how much better his best could get. Varis's response is to snark that Ai definitely couldn't get any worse.
• Episode 99: "Door to a New World": Frog and Pigeon talk about how they need to keep filming so long they have the necklace on, they then get scared about what's going to happen to them if Bohman defeats Playmaker. Bohman then unlocks their collars and tells them they're free. With his new freedom Frog decides to... continue filming and put the lock back on while saying that he doesn't need his freedom anymore.
• Episode 102: "Entrusted Wishes":
  • Playmaker, with a serious face and tone, declares to Bohman that he will avenge Ai. Cue Ai reappearing on the Duel Disk saying I'm home in a casual tone like nothing bad has happened. Even better, Playmaker's reply, also in a casual tone: Oh, you came back early this time.
  • An uncommon example of something being both funny and awesome at the same time: The fact that this episode mirrors the final turn of 5Ds final boss duel so much, not only with the similar episode title ("Entrusted Wishes" vs 5Ds' "Clustering Wishes"), but also how both Playmaker and Yusei won via repeatedly attacking an enemy monster to force the enemy to expend his resource to protect the monster and his LP, which results in the drop of the enemy monster's ATK at the cost of Playmaker/Yusei's own monster's ATK, up to a point where the enemy monster exhausted its resource and can't activate its effect anymore, leading to the enemy's loss.
• Episode 103: "Journey to the End": When Ryoken shows up Takeru says this is Revolver's real appearance. But in the English version he has a different response:

  Theodore: "I can't believe he rolls up the sleeves of his sports coat. That's just the worst!"

Season 3: Ai Arc

• The fact that all of Ai's Spell & Trap cards in all of his duels, features Ai himself, often in comical manner. The names also features wordplays involving Ai's name.
• Episode 104: "Declaration of a Crime":
  • The episode starts with a talk between Akira and Hayami. When Hayami revealed that she watched record of Akira's efforts hundreds of times, Akira points out that it means she's also watching him passing out hundreds of times.
  • The next scene involves Frog and Pigeon, who as it turns out, has always been watched over by their boss. Frog and Pigeon are getting too cocky, so the boss decided that they get no bonus this time. What follows is Pigeon's response, instead of commenting about the lack of bonus, he......points out the boss' error in calling his real name.
  • After Ai explains the concept of gambling to Roboppy, Roboppy commented that humans are dumb.
    Ai: I thought "dumb" was a forbidden word.
    Roboppy: A good kid is allowed to say "dumb".
  • After Roboppy hacked a slot machine, instead of getting angry, Ai one-ups Roboppy by hacking ALL of the slot machines only to be uninterested as gushers of silver coins poured out.
  • When Ai Link Summons "Dark Templar @Ignister", he has a long summoning chant to go with it... which Roboppy interrupts by telling Ai it's taking too long. To top it off, the music quickly stops and Ai stands in a dramatic pose for a few seconds, in complete silence, before cutting to the chase.
  • Queen justifies her use of a Skill during a Master Duel by saying she makes the rules, so she can do whatever she wants. Ai isn't surprised, mainly because Bohman already made him have to deal with Skills in Master Duel multiple times.
  • Whenever Roboppy starts talking too much, Ai tells them to be quiet. Looks like he finally gets to tell someone that after all the times Yusaku told him to be quiet. But the most humorous part is that even Queen got in on it. And Roboppy complies, much to Ai's chagrin.
  • In the dub, when Ai points out that Queen has the advantage, Roboppi starts cheering for her to win.
  Ai:(clearly unimpressed) You’re cheering for the wrong side now.
  • When Ai calls out Wind Pegasus, Roboppi says that he’s never seen it before. Ai remarks “Because I’ve never played it.”
• Episode 105:
  • Shima has been asked to find Playmaker by Skye. He goes to ask Yusaku how to find him.
• Episode 106: "Good Luck, Roboppi!": When Ai shows his totally non-biased Duelist Ranking to Roboppy, he claims that Playmaker has a lower rating than everyone else (which is illustrated by not being in the pyramid) since he only looked strong because of Ai, while Ai is above everyone else because he's on a whole different level than them and that Roboppi is even below Playmaker because Roboppi never dueled.
• Episode 108: "Indomitable Spirit"
  • The fact that all of Ai's spell and trap cards have pictures of him doing various activities as their artwork.
  • When confronted by Pandor, Ai suggests they duel in the real world.
    Ai: Let's take this outside punk!
    [Jump Cut to Ai and Pandor standing on top of the plane]
    Ai: I Always Wanted to Say That line.
• Episode 109: "The Ignis Hunter"
  • After Pandor summons Topologina Babee and Topologina Maybee, Ai guesses that she's going to summon... a monster named Topologina Nabee. Pandor is rather nonplussed.
  • When Pandor summons Topologina Sassabee and Topologina Gatsbee instead, Ai throws a tantrum for guessing incorrectly. In the dub, he asks if the former is even a word.
  • The Running Gag in the dub about how most of Pandor’s monster have rhyming names. When Pandon summons one that doesn’t, Ai declares her disqualified.
  Pandor: That is not how duels work.
  • Ai continues to ask Pandor about Topologina Nabee when she summons Topologina Bambee. In the dub she pointedly tells him Nabee doesn't exist, prompting him to ask what they're even Dueling for. She reminds him it's the fate of the human race.
  • When Pandor summons Topologic Trisbaena, Ai seems confused and a tiny bit outraged that Pandor is using a Topologic Deck... despite her deck having "Topologi-" in its name. Pandor is actually rendered speechless for a moment.
  • After defeating Pandor, Ai says she might have won had she summoned Topologina Nabee... before admitting that he doesn't know if that card exists.
• Episode 111: "Wanting To Fight Each Other"
  • In the dub, after Ai activates the effect of Fire Phoenix to destroy Tindangle Hound, Roboppi bids it "Sayonara" and helpfully points out that's Japanese for "Sayonara". Zaizen can only admit that Roboppi is technically correct and needs a prompt from his sister to keep Dueling.
  • Seeing Ai in a very bad spot in the duel, Roboppi promises that they will get revenge for him. Ai quickly points out he didn't lose yet.
• Episode 112: "SOL's Decline"
  • Roboppy wakes up from a dream and tells Ai about it. Ai tells them that it was a dream about Roboppy conquering the universe... while dressed in a purple robe with a large beard and talking like an old man.
  • When Roboppy asks Ai if they'll be stronger than Ai, the former Ignis says they will... probably. Roboppy cheers anyway.
  • This conversation between Ai and Roboppy.
    Roboppy: Bro, you're like a fortune teller or a sage or a saint!
    Ai: Because I'm dressed like one.
    Roboppy: I thought you were just a dirty old man.
    Ai: W-What?
    Roboppy: Nothing.
    Ai: I see.
    Roboppy: Yes.
  • Roboppy tries to leave the Linguriboh ship through the front... only to run into the wall and land on his back. A hole opens beneath Roboppy and they fall out of the ship onto his D-Board.
• Episode 117: "Parallel Paths"
  • When Yusaku left Kolter in the dub, he trolled him by asking Kolter to save him a taco.
  • As Yusaku heads off to confront Ai with dramatic music playing...it's suddenly cut short by Ryoken chucking a card at him.
  • Despite the seriousness of the situation, Ai still can't resist greeting Yusaku with a brightly lit sign and a friendly and casual greeting.
  • In the dub, when Ai announces his plan to sell the SoltA.I.s, Yusaku asks “Don’t you think you’re overestimating your appeal?”. Ai responds that if anything, he’s underestimating it.
    • And at the end of the speech detailing his evil plan, Ai asks Yusaku if he can count on him placing an order.
• Episode 118: "Reckless Proposal"
  • While Playmaker Synchro Summons using a level 6 and level 1 monster, Ai counts it on his fingers and shouts that it will be level 8! Then as the level 7 Synchro is summoned Ai is disappointed that he didn't confuse Playmaker's math.
  • Ai using the trap card FA.I.thing Spirit to summon "The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister"
    Ai: "Ai's special move is... Fighting Spirit!
    (Silence)
    Ai: Seriously
  • As Ai does the lengthy summon chant for "The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister" he says the six Ignis are "Superior! Splendid! Stunning! Elegant! Super!" then can't think of the 6th one... Ultra Super!
  • It's a serious moment, as The Arrival is preparing to counterattack and wipe Playmaker out, but it does so by T-posing with energy spheres in its hands and before releasing them in a Kamehame Hadoken.
• Episode 120: Connected World
  • In the dub, KOLTER’S OWN BROTHER refers to hot dogs as “sandwiches”. Kolter comments “it’s like he wants to be fired.”
  • The final line in the dub from Ai, who has just awoken and realized he somehow survived his attempted sacrifice.
    Ai: Huh?...Aw, GLITCH!

Meta

• The voice actors for the dub enjoy being part of the series immensely.
  • Sam Black, Kolter's voice actor, joyfully embraced his role as the "hotdog guy". He was also rather casual about the revelation that he was voicing Bohman.
  • Daniel Edwards, who voices both Varis and Gore, immediately noted that "he couldn't wait to kick his own ass", knowing that his characters would end up dueling.
  • Alyson Leigh Rosenfield revealed that she was voicing a character in Season 2, prompting fans to go wild with speculation as to who it was. She responded several times in the comments of her tweet by trolling the bajebaz out of the fans. (It wound up being Queen).
  • Eddy K Lee, the voice of Soulburner, made it clear from the get-go that there would be a lot of fire puns.

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