Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 189

Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 189

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh!
Number	189
Season	5
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 5)
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"Child's Play", known as "Fierce Fighting! Rebecca vs. Vivian" in the Japanese version, is the one-hundred eighty-ninth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime. It first aired in Japan on January 28, 2004 and in the United States on September 10, 2005.

Rebecca Hawkins and Vivian Wong engage in their KC Grand Prix Duel. Meanwhile, Seto Kaiba continues to search for the hacker, whom he begins to suspect may be one of the competitors in the tournament. Zigfried is ambushed by Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor, and decides to face them both at the same time in a Duel.

Summary

The group come out of the Jungle Zone and Mokuba spots Rebecca Hawkins and Vivian Wong getting ready for their B Block Duel in the "Blue-Eyes Train Station". Solomon is thrilled and suggests going to cheer. Tristan jokingly asks who he's gonna cheer for, so he quickly announces he'll cheer Rebecca to please Professor Hawkins. Suddenly, his spine creaks and he collapses: he's thrown out his back. Mokuba quickly calls for a medic while Solomon tells Yugi and his friends to go on ahead.

Meanwhile, Fortune Salim is heading towards the restrooms and Weevil Underwood along with Rex Raptor decide to intercept him: they rush inside, knock him out, take off his tunic, and lock him in the closet after tying up and gagging him.

Rebecca and Vivian begin their Duel after some initial tension. Yugi and his friends come to cheer and Vivian goes crazy upon spotting him. Téa encourages Rebecca to beat Vivian.

From the control center inside of "Blue-Eyes Dome", Kaiba monitors all Duels; all's too quiet for his taste. He was expecting the hacker to make some more noise or signal its presence in a more open manner. He suddenly realizes that he could be among the Duelists, so he orders a checking of all of the Duelists' backgrounds: he's sure to catch the "mouse" like this.

The two girls' Duel continues: the lead switches in a quick manner, but Rebecca's combo of Life Points recovery and burn damage manages to wear her down. Duke Devlin comments upon Vivian being called the "Duel Queen" for her all-out victory in the Asia Tournament. Obviously, Kaiba wouldn't choose just anyone to participate in the KC Grand Prix. However, Rebecca manages to win in the end thanks to her combo skills.

In the meanwhile, Paul McGregor defeats another of the contestants, Shane Jordan, in the A Block Round 1 Duel. Another Duel in the A Block is about to start: Zigfried Lloyd VS Fortune Salim. On the way to the Duel spot, Weevil and Rex (who have assumed his identity) trip down a flight of stairs and are exposed. Mokuba demands to know what happened to the real Salim and Weevil improvises that he's not feeling well and asked of them to replace him. Mokuba obviously doesn't buy it and announces that, since they're not registered, this Duel will be invalidated and Zigfried will automatically win. At that moment, Zigfried announces that he doesn't mind having a Duel with them: they'll be just an entertainment but far more worth than winning in an automatic manner. This made the two mad, and they agree to a tag team against him. Zigfrieg glances at a nearby CCTV camera and thinks that he'll show Kaiba a bit of my "true power".

Both Rex and Weevil managed to Summon high-Level Effect Monsters in just 1 turn. Zigfried draws and activates a Spell Card: "Ride of the Valkyries". Due to its effect, he Summons 4 "Valkyrie" monsters and, in just 1 turn, defeats both enemy monsters and wipes out Weevil and Rex's Life Points. Even Kaiba is taken aback by it. Yugi suspects that he'll be a very difficult opponent indeed.

Featured Duels

Featured Duel #1: Rebecca Hawkins vs. Vivian Wong

Turn 1: Vivian
Vivian draws "Kung Fu Nyan Nyan" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1700/1000) in Attack Position.

Turn 2: Rebecca
Rebecca draws "Graceful Charity" and subsequently activates it, drawing 3 Cards and Discarding 2 ("Cure Mermaid" and "Marie the Fallen One"). The remaining cards in Rebecca's hand are "Gravity Bind", "Scapegoat", "Injection Fairy Lily", "Silent Doom", "Fire Princess", and "Imperial Order". Rebecca then Normal Summons "Fire Princess" (1300/1500) in Attack Position and Sets two Cards.

Turn 3: Vivian
Vivian draws. On Vivian's Standby Phase the effect of "Kung Fu Nyan Nyan" activates, increasing its ATK by 300 ("Kung-Fu Nyan Nyan": 1700 → 2000/1000). Vivian then Normal Summons "Master Kyonshee" (1750/1000) in Attack Position. "Kung Fu Nyan Nyan" attacks Rebecca's "Fire Princess", but Rebecca activates "Gravity Bind". Now all Level 4 or higher monsters cannot Attack; "Kung Fu Nyan Nyan's" attack is negated.

Turn 4: Rebecca
Rebecca draws. On Rebecca's Standby Phase, the effect of "Marie the Fallen One" effect activates, increasing Rebecca's Life Points by 200 (Rebecca 4000 → 4200). Since Rebecca gained Life Points, "Fire Princess's" Effect Activates, inflicting 500 damage to Vivian (Vivian 4000 → 3500). Rebecca Sets a Card.

Turn 5: Vivian
Vivian draws "Mystical Space Typhoon" and subsequently activates it to destroy Rebecca's "Gravity Bind", but Rebecca activates "Imperial Order". Now the Effects of all Spell Cards are negated. Rebecca must also pay 700 Life Points during each of her Standby Phases or "Imperial Order" will be destroyed. Rebecca activates "Scapegoat" and chains it to the activation of "Imperial Order", Special Summoning 4 "Sheep Tokens" (0/0 for all) in Defense Position. Vivian Normal Summons "Gyaku-Gire Panda" (800/1600) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Gyaku-Gire Panda", it gains 500 ATK for every Monster on Rebecca's side of the Field. Since Rebecca has 5 Monsters, "Gyaku-Gire Panda" gains 2500 ATK ("Gyaku-Gire Panda": 800 → 3300/1600). "Gyaku-Gire Panda" Attacks & Destroys one of Rebecca's "Sheep Tokens". "Gyaku-Gire Panda" then inflicts piercing damage to Rebecca (Rebecca 4200 → 900) ("Gyaku-Gire Panda": 3300 → 2800/1600).

Turn 6: Rebecca
Rebecca draws. On Rebecca's Standby Phase, she chooses not to pay the Maintenance Cost for "Imperial Order", which destroys "Imperial Order". The effect of "Marie the Fallen One" effect then activates (Rebecca 900 → 1100). "Fire Princess's" effect then Activates (Vivian 3500 → 3000). Rebecca then Activates "Token Thanksgiving" to destroy all Tokens on the field (in this case, Rebecca's 3 "Sheep Tokens" are Destroyed) and increase her Life Points by 800 for each Token destroyed. With three destroyed, Rebecca gains 2400 Life Points (Rebecca 1100 → 3500) ("Gyaku-Gire Panda": 2800 → 1300/1600). "Fire Princess's" Effect Activates (Vivian 3000 → 2500). Rebecca then Normal Summons "Injection Fairy Lily" (400/1500) in Attack Position ("Gyaku-Gire Panda": 1300 → 1800/1600). "Injection Fairy Lily" Attacks "Gyaku-Gire Panda". During Damage Calculation, Rebecca activates the effect of "Injection Fairy Lily", paying 2000 Life Points (Rebecca 3500 → 1500) in order for "Injection Fairy Lily" to gain 3000 ATK ("Injection Fairy Lily": 400 → 3400/1500) until after Damage Calculation. "Injection Fairy Lily" Destroys Vivian's "Gyaku-Gire Panda" (Vivian 2500 → 900). After damage calculation, "Injection Fairy Lily's" ATK goes back to normal ("Injection Fairy Lily": 3400 → 400/1500).

Turn 7: Vivian
Vivian draws "Luminous Clouds" and subsequently activates it, Tributing her "Kung Fu Nyan Nyan" and "Master Kyonshee" on the Field to Special Summon "Dragon Lady" (2500/2100) in Attack Position. Vivian then activates "Dragon Lady's" effect to destroy Rebecca's "Gravity Bind", however "Dragon Lady" can't Attack this Turn. Vivian then Activates "Mystic Eruption" to inflict 1000 damage to Rebecca since one of her cards was destroyed this turn (Rebecca 1500 → 500).

Turn 8: Rebecca
Rebecca draws "Guardian Angel Joan". On Rebecca's Standby Phase, the effect of "Marie the Fallen One" activates (Rebecca 500 → 700). "Fire Princess's" Effect then Activates (Vivian 900 → 400). Rebecca then Tributes "Fire Princess" and "Injection Fairy Lily" to Summon "Guardian Angel Joan" (2800/2000) in Attack Position. Rebecca then Activates "Silent Doom" to Special Summon "Fire Princess" (1300/1500) from her Graveyard in Defense Position. Vivian's hand is shown to contain "Soul Tiger", "Inpachi", and "Thunder Nyan Nyan". "Guardian Angel Joan" Attacks & Destroys Vivian's "Dragon Lady" (Vivian 400 → 100). Since "Guardian Angel Joan" destroyed a monster in battle and sent it to the Graveyard, its effect activates, increasing Rebecca's Life Points by the ATK of "Dragon Lady" (Rebecca 700 → 3200). The effect of "Fire Princess" then Activates (Vivian 100 → 0). Rebecca wins.

Featured Duel #2: Weevil Underwood & Rex Raptor vs. Zigfried Lloyd

Turn 1: Weevil
Weevil draws "Pinch Hopper" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1000/1200) in Attack Position. He then Activates "Insecticide" to Destroy "Pinch Hopper". Since "Pinch Hopper" was sent from the field to the Graveyard, its effect activates, allowing Weevil to Special Summon "Insect Queen" (2200/2400) from his Hand in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Insect Queen", it gains 200 ATK for each Insect-type monster on the field. Since Insect Queen is an Insect-type monster, its ATK increases by 200 ("Insect Queen": 2200 → 2400/2400)

Turn 2: Rex
Rex draws. He then Normal Summons "Balloon Lizard" (500/1900) in Attack Position. Rex then Activates "Ultra Evolution Pill" to Tribute "Balloon Lizard" and Special Summon "Black Tyranno (2600/1800) from his Hand in Attack Position.

Turn 3: Zigfried
Zigfried draws "Ride of The Valkyries" and subsequently activates it to Special Summon as many Valkyries Monsters as he can from his Hand. He Specials Summon two "Valkyrie Zweite" (1600/1600) and two "Valkyrie Erste" (1600/1800) in Attack Position. The first "Valkyrie Zweite's" effect then activates, allowing Zigfried to destroy Rex's "Black Tyranno". The second "Valkyrie Zweite's" effect then activates, allowing Zigfried to destroy Weevil's "Insect Queen". Zigfried then activates The first "Valkyrie Erste's" effect, removing the "Black Tyranno" in Rex's Graveyard from play in order to increase the ATK of "Valkyrie Erste" by the ATK of "Black Tyranno" until the End Phase ("Valkyrie Erste": 1600 → 2600/1800). Zigfried then activates the second "Valkyrie Erste's" effect, removing the "Insect Queen" in Weevil's Graveyard from play in order to increase the ATK of "Valkyrie Erste" by the ATK of "Insect Queen" until the End Phase ("Valkyrie Erste": 1600 → 2200/1800). The two "Valkyrie Zweites" and the two "Valkyrie Erstes" attack Weevil and Rex directly (Weevil Underwood 4000 → 1600 → 0; Rex Raptor 4000 → 1400 → 0). Zigfried wins. (NOTE #1: Since Weevil and Rex had separate LP counts, the only way Zigfried could have Attacked is 1600 + 2600 = 4200 and 1600 + 2400 = 4000. In either case in the anime, Zigfried is shown to execute all his movements at once, surrounding both Opponents' Monsters in one big cloud of dust and dropping their LP to zero when the dust clears, for great dramatic, brevity, and surprise effect). (NOTE #2: for even greater dramatic effect, in the Japanese version of the anime "Ride of The Valkyries's" activation is musically accompanied by Richard Wagner's very own Walkürenritt). (NOTE #3: According to the established rules regarding Duels with more than two participants, none of them are able to attack on their first turn, so Zigfried should not have been able to win like this. However, because his original opponent, Fortune Salim, was intercepted and gagged, this was supposed to be a 1-on-1 and the rules unofficially changed, so Zigfried could've attacked on his first turn.)

Differences In Adaptations

• The hypodermic needle belonging to "Injection Fairy Lily" is changed to a rocket in the US version.
• Cut from the US version is a shot of Rebecca making rude gestures at Vivian after she wins.
• The kanji is removed from the veil of "Master Kyonshee" in the US version. It means "spell" or "curse".
• Vivian is given shorts to wear under her slit skirt in the US version.
• Cut from the US version is where Grandpa Muto blows steam from his nose and his eyes turning into pink hearts over how beautiful Vivian Wong is.
• Cut from the US version are shots of Vivian saying she wishes her rival were Yugi or Kaiba. She could use her beautiful skills to make them her captives of love, and together they'd be the strongest dueling couple in the world.
• "Ultra Evolution Pill" has been altered to remove the pill.

Errors

• When Rebecca hands over Vivian's shuffled deck, the latter takes it with her right hand in a swift motion. Vivian then holds out Rebecca's shuffled deck in the same hand immediately afterward. However, Rebecca's deck was in her left hand just before she took back her own deck. Unless she quickly swapped the decks between her hands within that one motion, that would mean Vivian was handing over her own deck to Rebecca, and not Rebecca's deck.

Featured cards

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