Tropes
- Big Damn Heroes: Yugi is saved from drowning by Joey, who in turn has to be saved from drowning by Serenity.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Joey and Tea.
- Comedic Sociopathy: Kaiba's reaction to spotting Joey from his helicopter is to try to convince everyone that they should land on him.
- Cuteness Proximity: Yugi plans to snap Joey out of his trance using only his uncanny ability to look like a baby panda.
- Drinking Game: Yami encourages the audience to take a drink every time "friendship" is mentioned.
- Flashback Cut: To the day Yugi and Joey first became friends.
- "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: The basic plot of the episode is Yugi doing this with Joey.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Kaiba throws a trading card with such ridiculous accuracy that the screen is temporarily covered with a Camera Lock-On animation to lampshade it. This becomes
Hilarious in Hindsight if you also watch the "Kaiba's Real Father" shorts, which reveal that Kaiba is actually a robot. - Shout-Out: "Say 'what' again! Say 'what' again!"
- Sudden Musical Ending: A double whammy—Yugi and Joey's mutual attempts at sacrificing themselves for each other and Serenity leaping into the water to save her brother are set to "Total Eclipse of the Heart", then Yugi and Joey start Waxing Lyrical to "No Matter What", which segues to them just outright singing it.
- That Makes Me Feel Angry: "This gives me effeminate fury!"
- The Power of Friendship: This episode alone mentions it so many times that it has a counter to tally every instance of it (twenty times in under nine minutes, in case you were wondering).
- Unexplained Recovery: Tea appears to just randomly stop being possessed by Marik offscreen.
- You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry!: You Won't Like Me When I'm Sexy
