Card Appearances:Kuriboh
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Yu-Gi-Oh!
Duelist Kingdom Arc
- In this arc, when Yugi Muto used this card, it was able to destroy or disable any opposing monster who targeted it in battle or with its effect.
- This card made its first appearance in Yugi's duel against Weevil Underwood. Yugi used it to trigger Weevil's Parasite Worm, destroying it and losing only a tiny amount of Life Points.
- It next appeared in Yugi's second duel against Seto Kaiba, where Yugi used Multiply to transform it into an ever-multiplying wall, rendering Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon incapable of destroying it.
- Yugi also played this card during his Duelist Kingdom duel against Mai Valentine. It was sacrificed several turns later alongside Gaia the Fierce Knight to initiate the Black Luster Ritual.
- During Yugi's duel against Maximillion Pegasus, he used this card alongside Multiply to force Pegasus' Thousand-Eyes Restrict to absorb them, resulting in the Kuriboh self-destructing and blinding the Thousand-Eyes Restrict.
- When traveling through the virtual forest during the Legendary Heroes storyline, Yugi summoned this card and combined it with Multiply, then launched them all using Catapult Turtle to destroy a swarm of Great Moths.
Battle City/Virtual World Arcs
- Yugi summoned this card during his duel against Strings. It was tributed to summon Dark Magician Girl.
- During his and Kaiba's first tag-team duel against Lumis and Umbra, Yugi summoned this card, but respected Kaiba's wishes to not interact in the duel. Kuriboh remained on the field until the duel ended.
- During the second tag-team duel against Lumis and Umbra, Yugi combined this card with Multiply to protect Kaiba from Shining Abyss' direct attack. Next turn, Lumis used Mask of Dispel to turn the swarm back into one Kuriboh, and destroyed it with Grand Tiki Elder.
- Yugi summoned this card in his duel against the Marik Ishtar-controlled Joey Wheeler. Joey attempted to attack it with Alligator's Sword, but Yugi saved it with Spellbinding Circle. Yugi later sacrificed it alongside Big Shield Gardna to summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
- In Yugi's duel against Yami Bakura during the Battle City semi-finals, he summoned this card, then used Collected Power to force the Evil Ghost of the Graveyard from Bakura's Dark Sanctuary (as well as Magic Formula) onto it. He then destroyed this card with Exile of the Wicked, destroying the Evil Ghost as well.
- During his duel against Gansley in the virtual world, this card chose itself as Yugi's Deck Master. Towards the end of the duel, Yugi sacrificed it to initiate Rainbow Blessing.
- This card can be seen when Tristan Taylor is building his Virtual World deck during episode 106, though he does not select it.
- When Seto Kaiba was building his Virtual World deck before his duel with Lector, this card was seen, though he did not select it.
- Yugi also summoned this card during his and Joey's tag-team duel against the Big Five combined. It was destroyed by the Deck Master ability of Johnson's Deck Master, Judge Man.
- This card attacked Noah Kaiba directly the turn it was summoned during Yugi's duel against him. It was later destroyed by Noah's Yamata Dragon.
- In the rematch between Yugi and Seto Kaiba, Yugi discarded this card to protect his Life Points from a direct attack from Kaiba's Obelisk the Tormentor.
Grand Championship Arc
- Yugi discarded this card from his hand in a Duel against Vivian Wong, when her Dragon Lady attempted to attack him directly.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Dimitri used this card a few times against Jaden Yuki after he stole Yugi's Deck. It was ultimately removed from play along with Watapon in order to summon "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning".
- During episode 168, this card can be seen in a display case among others as part of a replica of Yugi Muto's Deck.
- This card was shown in Yugi Muto's hand during his duel with Jaden, though he did not play it. It appeared as a spirit next to him, however.
- This card appears in the second version of GX Japanese opening song of 99%.
Movies
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Super Fusion! Bonds That Transcend Time, Jaden Yuki activates The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh in order to move Yami Yugi's Kuriboh from his deck to his hand. Yami Yugi discards it to negate the damage from the attack of Paradox's Sin Stardust Dragon.
Miscellaneous
- In the anime and the manga, this card is stated to self-destruct when attacked, like a torpedo.
