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{{Infobox episode
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| series             = Yu-Gi-Oh!
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| series             = Yu-Gi-Oh!
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| season             = 3
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| season             = 3
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| image name          = Yugioh121.jpg
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| en_name            = Burying the Past - Part 2
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| ja_name            = 脱出！！
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| english            = Burying the Past - Part 2
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| romaji_name        = Dasshutsu!!
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| kanji              = 脱出！！
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| ja_trans_name      = Escape!!
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| romaji              = Dasshu!!
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| number             = 121
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| japanese translated = Escape!!
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| ja_air_date        = August 27, 2002
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| episode number     = 121
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| en_air_date        = April 17, 2004
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| japanese air date  = August 27, 2002
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| ja_opening        = WILD DRIVE
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| english air date    = April 17, 2004
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| ja_ending          = Paradise
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| japanese opening    = [[WILD DRIVE]]
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| en_theme          = Yu-Gi-Oh Theme Song
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| japanese ending    = [[Paradise]]<br /> 楽園
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| screenwriter      = Atsushi Maekawa
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| english opening    = Yu-Gi-Oh Theme Song
 
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| english ending      = Yu-Gi-Oh Theme Song
 
 
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'''Burying the Past - Part 2''', entitled '''Escape!!''' in the Japanese version, is the 121st episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]] television series.
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"'''Burying the Past - Part 2''','''"''' entitled "'''Escape!!"''' in the Japanese version, is the 121st episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]] television series. It first aired in Japan on August 27, 2002 and in the United States on April 17, 2004.
  
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{{Episode summary|[[Seto Kaiba]] wins his Duel against [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]] by defeating "[[Exodia Necross]]"—but now, he, [[Yugi Muto]], and the rest of the group must escape the Virtual World before the missiles descending toward the undersea fortress destroys the main servers.}}
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{{Episode summary|[[Seto Kaiba]] wins his Duel against [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]] by defeating "[[Exodia Necross (anime)|Exodia Necross]]," but now, he, [[Yugi Muto]], and the rest of the group must escape the Virtual World before the missiles descending toward the undersea fortress destroy the main servers and all the minds within.}}
  
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=Summary=
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==Summary==
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With [[Yami Marik]] having destroyed the central computer that powers the [[Virtual World]], [[Noah Kaiba|Noah]], still in possession of [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]]'s body, attempts to help the gang escape, one by one, but asks [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] to find [[Seto Kaiba|Seto]] for him before the missiles fire from the [[KaibaCorp]] satellite. As [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] heads through a shortcut portal to the virtual [[KaibaCorp]] stadium, [[Seto Kaiba|Seto]] continues his [[Duel]] with [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]], who tries to possess his stepson when he discovers that his virtual universe is about to be deleted, but [[Seto Kaiba|Seto]] convinces him to continue the [[Duel]], and the winner will escape, in possession of his body.<br />
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[[Noah Kaiba|Noah]] directs everyone to the real exits in the virtual [[Domino City]] arcade. With the [[Noah's Virtual World|virtual world]] about to be destroyed, [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]] turns into a red monster and tries to escape in [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba's]] body. However, Kaiba persuades him to continue Dueling, promising his body if Gozaburo wins.
  
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[[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]] ultimately discovers the weak link in [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]]'s strategy: he is depending on the power of a single monster, like he himself was in his first [[Duel]] with [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]], so he manages to make a comeback by negating [[Exodia Necross]]'s abilities with "[[Soul Demolition]]", and then destroying [[Exodia Necross]] with his signature [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]], winning the Duel.
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[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]], [[Duke Devlin|Duke]], [[Tristan]], [[Téa Gardner|Téa]], and [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]] escape to the real world. Tristan wakes up in his real body. At Noah's request, [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] stays behind to find Kaiba. Noah gives him a shortcut to Kaiba and Gozaburo's [[Duel]].
  
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But then, the satellite's missiles fire and descend toward the Virtual Fortress island. Can [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] and [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]] escape the [[Virtual World]] before it's too late?
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Kaiba wins the Duel, but Gozaburo tries to take his body anyway in his red monster form. Yugi helps Kaiba escape the building and Noah gives them a new exit. As Kaiba and Yugi wake up in their pods in the real world, Noah, in Mokuba's body, climbs back inside a pod and reenters the virtual world. Noah gives Mokuba's body back and the two say goodbye as Noah sends Mokuba back to the real world. Kaiba wakes Mokuba and they, with Yugi, rush to board the blimp. In the virtual world, Gozaburo plans to upload his mind to another network, but Noah traps him as the place destructs.
  
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=Featured Duel: Seto Kaiba vs. Gozaburo Kaiba - Part 2=
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All of the gang escape the fortress in the blimp, although Yugi, Kaiba, and Mokuba barely make it.
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Noah and Gozaburo are destroyed with the virtual world when the missile hits the fortress; however, Gozaburo makes one last bid to escape in the form of a large flame. He fails to consume the blimp when Kaiba transforms the blimp into a jet so it can escape and disappears with the explosion. Watching the explosion from above, the gang say their farewells to Noah. Kaiba expresses his wish to put the past behind him and continue to [[KaibaCorp Island]] to let the [[Battle City]] finals commence.
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==Featured Duel: Seto Kaiba vs. Gozaburo Kaiba - Part 2==
  
 
''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 120|Duel continues from previous episode.]]''
 
''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 120|Duel continues from previous episode.]]''
  
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==Gozaburo Kaiba's Turn==
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Gozaburo has 1900 [[LP]] and controls "[[Exodia Necross (anime)|Exodia Necross]]" (2800/0) in [[Attack Position]]. Kaiba has 4000 LP and controls "[[Vorse Raider (anime)|Vorse Raider]]" (1900/1200) in [[Defense Position]], as well as 1 [[Set]] card in his [[Spell & Trap Zone]].
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*Attacks Seto's "[[Vorse Raider]]" with "[[Exodia Necross]]".
 
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*Seto activates [[Trap Card]] "[[Negate Attack]]", which stops the attack and ends Gozaburo's [[Battle Phase]].
 
  
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==Seto Kaiba's Turn==
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<u>'''Turn 5: Gozaburo'''</u><br />
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*Activates "[[Shrink]]", halving "[[Exodia Necross]]'s" [[ATK]] until the [[End Phase]] ("[[Exodia Necross]]": 2800 → 1400 [[ATK]] / 0 [[DEF]]).
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Gozaburo draws. "[[Exodia Necross (anime)|Exodia Necross]]" attacks "[[Vorse Raider (anime)|Vorse Raider]]", but Seto activates his face-down "[[Negate Attack (later DM anime)|Negate Attack]]" to negate the attack and end Gozaburo's [[Battle Phase]].
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*Tributes "[[Vorse Raider]]" to summon "[[Luster Dragon 2|Luster Dragon <sup>#</sup>2]]" (2400 [[ATK]] / 1400 [[DEF]]) in Attack Position.
 
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*Uses "Luster Dragon #2" to attack Gozaburo's "[[Exodia Necross]]". ([[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]]: 1900 → 900 [[Life Points]]). "[[Exodia Necross]]" is not destroyed thanks to its special ability.
 
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*Thanks to its other special ability, "[[Exodia Necross]]" gains another +1000 [[ATK]] for battling with a monster ("[[Exodia Necross]]": 1400 → 2400 ATK / 0 DEF).
 
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*The effect of "Shrink" wears off on the End Phase, so "Exodia Necross" regains the ATK it lost from "Shrink" ("Exodia Necross": 2400 → 3800 [[ATK]] / 0 [[DEF]]).
 
  
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==Gozaburo Kaiba's Turn==
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<u>'''Turn 6: Kaiba'''</u><br />
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*Attacks & destroys "[[Luster Dragon 2|Luster Dragon #2]]" with "[[Exodia Necross]]" ([[Seto Kaiba|Seto]]: 4000 → 2600 [[Life Points]]). Thanks to its special ability, "[[Exodia Necross]]" gains another +1000 [[ATK]] for battling with a monster ("[[Exodia Necross]]": 3800 → 4800 [[ATK]] / 0 [[DEF]]).
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Kaiba draws. He then activates "[[Shrink (anime)|Shrink]]" to halve the ATK of "Exodia Necross" ("Exodia Necross": 2800 → 1400/0). Kaiba then Tributes "Vorse Raider" in order to Tribute Summon "[[Luster Dragon 2 (anime)|Luster Dragon #2]]" (2400/1400) in Attack Position. "Luster Dragon #2" attacks "Exodia Necross". Due to the latter's effect, it is not destroyed ([[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]] 1900 → 900). The fifth effect of "Exodia Necross" activates at the end of the Damage Step ("Exodia Necross": 1400 → 2400/0). On Kaiba's End Phase, the effect of "Shrink" expires ("Exodia Necross": 2400 → 3800/0).
  
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==Seto Kaiba's Turn==
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<u>'''Turn 7: Gozaburo'''</u><br />
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*Draws and Activates "[[Pot of Greed]]", drawing two cards.
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Gozaburo draws. "Exodia Necross" attacks & destroys "Luster Dragon #2" ([[Seto Kaiba|Seto]] 4000 → 2600). The fifth effect of "Exodia Necross" activates ("Exodia Necross": 3800 → 4800/0).
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*Sets a monster("Ancient Lamp").
 
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*Sets a card.
 
  
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==Gozaburo Kaiba's Turn==
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<u>'''Turn 8: Kaiba'''</u><br />
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*Attacks Seto's face-down monster with "[[Exodia Necross]]". It is revealed to be "[[Ancient Lamp]]", which is destroyed and sent to Seto's [[Graveyard]]. Thanks to its special ability, "[[Exodia Necross]]" gains another +1000 [[ATK]] for battling with a monster ("[[Exodia Necross]]": 4800 → 5800 [[ATK]] / 0 [[DEF]]).
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Kaiba draws "[[Pot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]]" and subsequently activates it, drawing two cards. He then sets a monster ("Ancient Lamp") and sets a card.
  
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==Seto Kaiba's Turn==
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<u>'''Turn 9: Gozaburo'''</u><br />
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*Draws "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
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Gozaburo draws. "Exodia Necross" attacks and destroys Seto's set monster, "[[Ancient Lamp (later anime)|Ancient Lamp]]" (900/1400). The fifth effect of "Exodia Necross" activates ("Exodia Necross": 4800 → 5800/0).
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*Activates [[Spell Card]] "[[Monster Reborn]]", [[Special Summon]]ing "[[Ancient Lamp]]" (900 [[ATK]] / 1400 [[DEF]]) from his [[Graveyard]] to the field in [[Attack Position]].
 
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*Activates "[[Ancient Lamp]]'s" effect, [[Special Summon]]ing "[[La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp]]" (1800 [[ATK]] / 1000 [[DEF]]) in [[Attack Position]].
 
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*Activates [[Trap Card]] "[[Soul Demolition]]". Now both players, during their respective turns, can pay 500 Life Points to remove from play one monster from their opponent's Graveyard, but they can only activate the effect if they have a Fiend-type monster on their field. Seto pays 2500 LP ([[Seto Kaiba|Seto]]: 2600 → 2100 → 1600 → 1100 → 600 → 100 [[Life Points]]) to remove all five Exodia pieces in Gozaburo's [[Graveyard]] from play, thereby negating "[[Exodia Necross]]'s" special effects and most importantly, its boosted [[ATK]] ("[[Exodia Necross]]": 5800 → 1800 [[ATK]] / 0 [[DEF]]) (NOTE: In the real game, removing any of the Exodia pieces from its controller's graveyard results in "[[Exodia Necross]]'s" immediate destruction).
 
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*Tributes "[[Ancient Lamp]]" and "[[La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp]]" to summon "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" (3000 [[ATK]] / 2500 [[DEF]]) in Attack Position.
 
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*Uses "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to attack and destroy Gozaburo's "[[Exodia Necross]]" ([[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]]: 900 → 0 [[Life Points]]). Seto wins. (Seto did not need to summon [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]] to win as attacking [[Exodia Necross]] with [[La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp]] and then attacking directly with [[Ancient Lamp]] would also let him win)
 
  
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==Epilogue==
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<u>'''Turn 10: Kaiba'''</u><br />
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*Despite losing the duel, [[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]] in his monster form, attempts to steal [[Seto Kaiba|Seto]]'s body. Fortunately [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] arrives in time to save him.
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Kaiba draws "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". He then activates "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]" to revive "Ancient Lamp" (900/1400) in [[Attack Position]]. Kaiba then activates the effect of "Ancient Lamp" to [[Special Summon]] "[[La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (anime)|La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp]]" (1800/1000) from his hand in [[Attack Position]].  
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*With the help of Noah, Yugi and Seto return to the real world. Noah frees [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]]'s body, but returns to the Virtual World to prevent Gozaburo from escaping.
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*Kaiba Corp's satellite missiles attack and destroy Noah's naval base &  central computer network. Yugi & his friends escape on Seto's blimp.
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Kaiba then activates his face-down "[[Soul Demolition (anime)|Soul Demolition]]". Now both players, during their respective turns, can pay 500 Life Points to remove from play one monster from their opponent's Graveyard, but they can only activate the effect if they have a Fiend-type monster on their side of the field. Seto pays 2500 Life Points ([[Seto Kaiba|Seto]] 2600 → 2100 → 1600 → 1100 → 600 → 100) in order activate the effect of "Soul Demolition" five times and remove all five Exodia pieces in Gozaburo's [[Graveyard]] from play, thereby negating all of the effects of "Exodia Necross" ("Exodia Necross": 5800 → 1800/0).  
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*The [[Battle City]] tournament can resume.
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Kaiba then Tributes "Ancient Lamp" and "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" in order to Tribute Summon "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" attacks and destroys Gozaburo's "Exodia Necross" ([[Gozaburo Kaiba|Gozaburo]] 900 → 0).
  
 
==Differences In Adaptations==
 
==Differences In Adaptations==
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*[[Noah]] clinging on to [[Gozaburo]]'s neck is removed when [[Gozaburo]] is breaking up.
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*Noah clinging on to Gozaburo's neck is removed from the dub when Gozaburo is breaking up.
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*The sign saying Alert is changed to a column of red lines in the dub.
 
*The sign saying Alert is changed to a column of red lines in the dub.
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*At the end of the episode, cut is a shot of a lily floating on a river and [[Mokuba]] hearing [[Noah]] saying 'I am a human, not a machine.'
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*In the english dub, Mokuba believes that Noah has uploaded his mind to a back-up file, and believes he will see Noah again. However in the japanese dub, Mokuba merely throws the lily into the river, signifying that Noah is dead.
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*In the original, after Noah clings on Gozaburo's neck, he tells Gozaburo they died long ago. In the dub he says he was going to free Gozaburo's mind and make sure he never hurts anyone again.
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*Cut from the dub is a very quick scene where buildings are being deleted by the virtual world shutting down.
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*In the original as Gozaburo was being deleted, he yells that he doesn't want to die yet, while in the dub he boasts in panic that Noah can't keep him there.
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*In the dub, the Big Five's deaths occur (offscreen) in this episode, as they are imprisoned in the virtual world when it is destroyed. In the Japanese version, their deaths occurred [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 113|eight episodes earlier]] because Noah deleted them instead of imprisoning them.
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*Cut from the end of the episode is a shot of a lily floating on a river and Mokuba hearing Noah say, 'I am a human, not a machine.'
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*In the dub, Noah promised to see Mokuba again when the two were saying goodbye. Yugi believes that Noah has uploaded his mind to a back-up file, and Mokuba agrees with Yugi that Noah will be back. In the original, however, Mokuba throws a lily into a river, signifying that Noah is truly dead. However after Noah's mind was deleted and the base is being blown up, he is heard saying goodbye to Mokuba (this scene with Mokuba is removed in the dub).
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*This Duel is the only one in the [[Virtual World]] involving no [[Deck Master]]s.
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*This Duel is the only one in the [[Noah's Virtual World|Virtual World]] involving no [[Deck Master]]s.
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*Aside from flashbacks to [[Cecelia Pegasus|Cecelia]], this is the first episode to feature death that is neither resurrected nor censored/replaced with the Shadow Realm (possible exception of [[Yami Bakura]] setting the [[Reaper of the Cards]] on Pegasus's goons). Though Noah's death is censored with speculation that he found a way to survive, Gozaburo's death is left intact. Also of note, [[the Big Five]] are imprisoned in the virtual world at this time and were therefore destroyed along with it (though in the Japanese version, their deaths occurred eight episodes earlier when Noah deleted them instead of imprisoning them).
  
 
==Featured cards==
 
==Featured cards==
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{{Decklist|Gozaburo Kaiba
 
{{Decklist|Gozaburo Kaiba
 
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* [[Left Arm of the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Left Arm of the Forbidden One (anime)|Left Arm of the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Left Leg of the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Left Leg of the Forbidden One (anime)|Left Leg of the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Right Arm of the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Right Arm of the Forbidden One (anime)|Right Arm of the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One (anime)|Right Leg of the Forbidden One]]
 
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* [[Exodia Necross]]
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* [[Exodia Necross (anime)|Exodia Necross]]
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* [[Exodia the Forbidden One]]
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* [[Exodia the Forbidden One (anime)|Exodia the Forbidden One]]
 
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{{Decklist|Seto Kaiba
 
{{Decklist|Seto Kaiba
 
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* [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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* [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
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* [[La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp]]
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* [[La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (anime)|La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp]]
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* ''[[Luster Dragon 2|Luster Dragon #2]]''
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* ''[[Luster Dragon 2 (anime)|Luster Dragon #2]]''
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* [[Vorse Raider]]
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* [[Vorse Raider (anime)|Vorse Raider]]
 
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* [[Ancient Lamp]]
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* [[Ancient Lamp (later anime)|Ancient Lamp]]
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* [[Spirit Ryu]]
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* [[Spirit Ryu (anime)|Spirit Ryu]]<ref group=Notes name=graveshown>This card is shown in Kaiba's Graveyard when he flips the monsters in his Graveyard face-up.</ref>
 
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* [[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]
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* [[Negate Attack]]
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* [[Negate Attack (later DM anime)|Negate Attack]]<ref group=Notes name=trapasspell>This card was played as a [[Spell Card|Magic Card]]. It was depicted as a [[Trap Card]] in the English version. It is a Trap Card in the ''TCG''/''OCG''.</ref>
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* [[Pot of Greed]]
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* [[Pot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]]
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* [[Shrink]]
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* [[Shrink (anime)|Shrink]]
 
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* ''[[Soul Demolition]]''
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* ''[[Soul Demolition (anime)|Soul Demolition]]''
 
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{{Decklist|Duel Monsters army
 
{{Decklist|Duel Monsters army
 
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* [[Lizard Soldier (anime)|Lizard Soldier]]
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* [[Rock Ogre Grotto 1|Rock Ogre Grotto #1]]
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* [[Rock Ogre Grotto 1 (anime)|Rock Ogre Grotto #1]]
 
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* [[Command Knight]]
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* [[Command Knight (anime)|Command Knight]]
 
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* [[Skull Knight]]
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* [[Skull Knight (anime)|Skull Knight]]
 
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{{Decklist|Yugi Muto
 
{{Decklist|Yugi Muto
 
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* [[Dark Magician]]
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* [[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]
 
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{{Decklist|Joey Wheeler
 
{{Decklist|Joey Wheeler
 
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* [[Flame Swordsman]]
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* [[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]
 
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==Notes==
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<references group="Notes" />
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{{Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes/season 3}}
 
{{Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes/season 3}}

Latest revision as of 21:07, 2 March 2024

"Burying the Past - Part 2"
Screenshot
Names
EnglishBurying the Past - Part 2
Japanese name
Japanese脱出！！
RōmajiDasshutsu!!
TranslatedEscape!!
Series
SeriesYu-Gi-Oh!
Number121
Season3
Music
Japanese OP"WILD DRIVE"
Japanese ED"Paradise"
English OP & ED"Yu-Gi-Oh Theme Song"
Staff
Screenplay
Air dates
JapaneseAugust 27, 2002
EnglishApril 17, 2004
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 3)
Previous"Burying The Past - Part 1"
Next"Back to Battle City - Part 1"

"Burying the Past - Part 2," entitled "Escape!!" in the Japanese version, is the 121st episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! television series. It first aired in Japan on August 27, 2002 and in the United States on April 17, 2004.

Seto Kaiba wins his Duel against Gozaburo by defeating "Exodia Necross," but now, he, Yugi Muto, and the rest of the group must escape the Virtual World before the missiles descending toward the undersea fortress destroy the main servers and all the minds within.

Summary[edit]

Noah directs everyone to the real exits in the virtual Domino City arcade. With the virtual world about to be destroyed, Gozaburo turns into a red monster and tries to escape in Kaiba's body. However, Kaiba persuades him to continue Dueling, promising his body if Gozaburo wins.

Joey, Duke, Tristan, Téa, and Serenity escape to the real world. Tristan wakes up in his real body. At Noah's request, Yugi stays behind to find Kaiba. Noah gives him a shortcut to Kaiba and Gozaburo's Duel.

Kaiba wins the Duel, but Gozaburo tries to take his body anyway in his red monster form. Yugi helps Kaiba escape the building and Noah gives them a new exit. As Kaiba and Yugi wake up in their pods in the real world, Noah, in Mokuba's body, climbs back inside a pod and reenters the virtual world. Noah gives Mokuba's body back and the two say goodbye as Noah sends Mokuba back to the real world. Kaiba wakes Mokuba and they, with Yugi, rush to board the blimp. In the virtual world, Gozaburo plans to upload his mind to another network, but Noah traps him as the place destructs.

All of the gang escape the fortress in the blimp, although Yugi, Kaiba, and Mokuba barely make it.

Noah and Gozaburo are destroyed with the virtual world when the missile hits the fortress; however, Gozaburo makes one last bid to escape in the form of a large flame. He fails to consume the blimp when Kaiba transforms the blimp into a jet so it can escape and disappears with the explosion. Watching the explosion from above, the gang say their farewells to Noah. Kaiba expresses his wish to put the past behind him and continue to KaibaCorp Island to let the Battle City finals commence.

Featured Duel: Seto Kaiba vs. Gozaburo Kaiba - Part 2[edit]

Duel continues from previous episode.

Gozaburo has 1900 LP and controls "Exodia Necross" (2800/0) in Attack Position. Kaiba has 4000 LP and controls "Vorse Raider" (1900/1200) in Defense Position, as well as 1 Set card in his Spell & Trap Zone.

Turn 5: Gozaburo
Gozaburo draws. "Exodia Necross" attacks "Vorse Raider", but Seto activates his face-down "Negate Attack" to negate the attack and end Gozaburo's Battle Phase.

Turn 6: Kaiba
Kaiba draws. He then activates "Shrink" to halve the ATK of "Exodia Necross" ("Exodia Necross": 2800 → 1400/0). Kaiba then Tributes "Vorse Raider" in order to Tribute Summon "Luster Dragon #2" (2400/1400) in Attack Position. "Luster Dragon #2" attacks "Exodia Necross". Due to the latter's effect, it is not destroyed (Gozaburo 1900 → 900). The fifth effect of "Exodia Necross" activates at the end of the Damage Step ("Exodia Necross": 1400 → 2400/0). On Kaiba's End Phase, the effect of "Shrink" expires ("Exodia Necross": 2400 → 3800/0).

Turn 7: Gozaburo
Gozaburo draws. "Exodia Necross" attacks & destroys "Luster Dragon #2" (Seto 4000 → 2600). The fifth effect of "Exodia Necross" activates ("Exodia Necross": 3800 → 4800/0).

Turn 8: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Pot of Greed" and subsequently activates it, drawing two cards. He then sets a monster ("Ancient Lamp") and sets a card.

Turn 9: Gozaburo
Gozaburo draws. "Exodia Necross" attacks and destroys Seto's set monster, "Ancient Lamp" (900/1400). The fifth effect of "Exodia Necross" activates ("Exodia Necross": 4800 → 5800/0).

Turn 10: Kaiba
Kaiba draws "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". He then activates "Monster Reborn" to revive "Ancient Lamp" (900/1400) in Attack Position. Kaiba then activates the effect of "Ancient Lamp" to Special Summon "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" (1800/1000) from his hand in Attack Position.

Kaiba then activates his face-down "Soul Demolition". Now both players, during their respective turns, can pay 500 Life Points to remove from play one monster from their opponent's Graveyard, but they can only activate the effect if they have a Fiend-type monster on their side of the field. Seto pays 2500 Life Points (Seto 2600 → 2100 → 1600 → 1100 → 600 → 100) in order activate the effect of "Soul Demolition" five times and remove all five Exodia pieces in Gozaburo's Graveyard from play, thereby negating all of the effects of "Exodia Necross" ("Exodia Necross": 5800 → 1800/0).

Kaiba then Tributes "Ancient Lamp" and "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" in order to Tribute Summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" attacks and destroys Gozaburo's "Exodia Necross" (Gozaburo 900 → 0).

Differences In Adaptations[edit]

  • Noah clinging on to Gozaburo's neck is removed from the dub when Gozaburo is breaking up.
  • The sign saying Alert is changed to a column of red lines in the dub.
  • In the original, after Noah clings on Gozaburo's neck, he tells Gozaburo they died long ago. In the dub he says he was going to free Gozaburo's mind and make sure he never hurts anyone again.
  • Cut from the dub is a very quick scene where buildings are being deleted by the virtual world shutting down.
  • In the original as Gozaburo was being deleted, he yells that he doesn't want to die yet, while in the dub he boasts in panic that Noah can't keep him there.
  • In the dub, the Big Five's deaths occur (offscreen) in this episode, as they are imprisoned in the virtual world when it is destroyed. In the Japanese version, their deaths occurred eight episodes earlier because Noah deleted them instead of imprisoning them.
  • Cut from the end of the episode is a shot of a lily floating on a river and Mokuba hearing Noah say, 'I am a human, not a machine.'
  • In the dub, Noah promised to see Mokuba again when the two were saying goodbye. Yugi believes that Noah has uploaded his mind to a back-up file, and Mokuba agrees with Yugi that Noah will be back. In the original, however, Mokuba throws a lily into a river, signifying that Noah is truly dead. However after Noah's mind was deleted and the base is being blown up, he is heard saying goodbye to Mokuba (this scene with Mokuba is removed in the dub).

Trivia[edit]

  • This Duel is the only one in the Virtual World involving no Deck Masters.
  • Aside from flashbacks to Cecelia, this is the first episode to feature death that is neither resurrected nor censored/replaced with the Shadow Realm (possible exception of Yami Bakura setting the Reaper of the Cards on Pegasus's goons). Though Noah's death is censored with speculation that he found a way to survive, Gozaburo's death is left intact. Also of note, the Big Five are imprisoned in the virtual world at this time and were therefore destroyed along with it (though in the Japanese version, their deaths occurred eight episodes earlier when Noah deleted them instead of imprisoning them).

Featured cards[edit]

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ This card is shown in Kaiba's Graveyard when he flips the monsters in his Graveyard face-up.
  2. ↑ This card was played as a Magic Card. It was depicted as a Trap Card in the English version. It is a Trap Card in the TCG/OCG.
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