Nemona: So, yeah—Team Star is basically a group of students that like to kick up trouble. Even the teachers don't know what to do with 'em, from what I hear...
Commentator: They don't think to defeat them in Pokemon battles? That's how all interpersonal conflict is resolved in this universe!
Commentator: They don't think to defeat them in Pokemon battles? That's how all interpersonal conflict is resolved in this universe!
— From a commentary playthrough
of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
of Pokémon Scarlet and VioletJohn: High Table duels are a myth.
Winston: Wrong! They're a cold hard fact, and part of the foundation of The Table to stop its more combustible members from outright war.
Winston: Wrong! They're a cold hard fact, and part of the foundation of The Table to stop its more combustible members from outright war.
Kaiba: Yugi, you gotta focus on your education. I mean, what are you gonna do after this?
Yami: What do you mean, "after"? This is it.
Kaiba: What? Yugi, you can't live off of card games!
Yami: Uh, yuh-huh. If I just keep winning tournaments, I'll be fine.
Kaiba: Yugi, winning a tournament gets you, like, what? $300 and a booster pack?
Yami: And I'll never have to pay for cards again. I'm set.
Kaiba: Okay, but what are you gonna do about food, rent—
Yami: That's where you're wrong, Kaiba! I have Yugi's Grandpa for that.
Kaiba: Okay, ignoring the fact that you suspiciously referred to yourself in the third person, you gotta think of the long term, Yugi. I mean, I'm sorry to say, but... Grandpa's gettin' old. Where are you gonna live when he's dead?
Yami: I simply won't leave.
Kaiba: Oh yeah? Well, what if the banks get involved?
Yami: I'll challenge them to a duel!
Kaiba: And if they bring the police?
Yami: I'll challenge the police to a duel too!
Kaiba: Yugi, you idiot! The police run meta!
Yami: No way!
Kaiba: I'm afraid it's true, Yugi. Link Monsters, handtraps, all kinds of goofy shit.
Yami: No... It cannot be...
Yami: What do you mean, "after"? This is it.
Kaiba: What? Yugi, you can't live off of card games!
Yami: Uh, yuh-huh. If I just keep winning tournaments, I'll be fine.
Kaiba: Yugi, winning a tournament gets you, like, what? $300 and a booster pack?
Yami: And I'll never have to pay for cards again. I'm set.
Kaiba: Okay, but what are you gonna do about food, rent—
Yami: That's where you're wrong, Kaiba! I have Yugi's Grandpa for that.
Kaiba: Okay, ignoring the fact that you suspiciously referred to yourself in the third person, you gotta think of the long term, Yugi. I mean, I'm sorry to say, but... Grandpa's gettin' old. Where are you gonna live when he's dead?
Yami: I simply won't leave.
Kaiba: Oh yeah? Well, what if the banks get involved?
Yami: I'll challenge them to a duel!
Kaiba: And if they bring the police?
Yami: I'll challenge the police to a duel too!
Kaiba: Yugi, you idiot! The police run meta!
Yami: No way!
Kaiba: I'm afraid it's true, Yugi. Link Monsters, handtraps, all kinds of goofy shit.
Yami: No... It cannot be...
— Solid jj, "Yu-Gi-Oh Woes"
"A duelist settles his issues with a duel, not his fists."
— Declan Acaba, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
