Editing Millennium Puzzle

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[[File:MillenniumPuzzle.png|thumb|right|300px|The Millennium Puzzle]]
The '''Millennium Puzzle''' ({{ruby|千|せん}}{{ruby|年|ねん}}パッズル ''Sennen Pazzuru'') is one of the [[Millennium Items]], appearing in the anime.

==Design==
===Appearance===
[[Image:Millennium puzzle anime.jpg|left|thumb|Yugi holding his Millennium Puzzle]]
The Millennium Puzzle resembles an upside-down pyramid with an eye on the front. It has a ring on top, allowing it to be worn around the owner's neck.

The puzzle is extremely complex and difficult to solve, having taken Yugi at least eight years to successfully assemble it.

===Powers===
Yami Yugi describes the power of the puzzle as "the power of unity", comparing a puzzle's pieces forming a whole to friends coming together. Yugi frequently credits the Millennium Puzzle with bringing him friendship with [[Joey Wheeler]]. Yugi originally used the phrase "Something that can be seen, yet cannot be seen" to describe the Millennium Puzzle before it was completed, since even though you can see the pieces, you can't see the whole puzzle since it is not complete. This riddle has been used many times in the Japanese version, with different characters providing different answers.

In addition to holding the soul/spirit of Pharaoh Atem himself, the Puzzle is said to fulfill a wish of the person who solves it.

[[File:MillenniumPuzzleTransformation.gif|thumb|Yugi turning into Yami Yugi.]]
Its main power grants the owner the powers of darkness and allowing them to use ancient magic. That magic is mainly used to start and control Shadow Games. The Millennium Puzzle is the strongest and most powerful of all the Millennium Items. When Yugi activates its magic, the Eye of Wdjat glows on his forehead. Its most well-known power is Yugi switching his body and mind with the spirit of the Pharaoh.

Atem could not summon the Egyptian Gods from the [[Shrine of Wedju (location)|Shrine of Wedju]] without the power of the Puzzle. It can cast illusions, and can manipulate the minds and souls of others, such as when Yami Bakura put Bakura's soul inside of "[[Change of Heart (anime)|Change of Heart]]" but Yami Yugi changed it to Yami Bakura's soul in the card. It can even interfere with the magic of other Millennium Items, and at its full power, it can repel the darkness of "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]".

Other lesser-known powers include protecting the user and others from harm and magical forces, and the ability to communicate with Duel Monster spirits. Also, it allows its owner to sense and feel thoughts and emotions, and to enter the minds of others. It can also sense impending danger and the great powers of other mystical artifacts and beings.

==History==
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===Ancient Egypt===
3,000 years before present day events (5,000 in the dub), the Millennium Puzzle and the other [[Millennium Items]] were forged in [[Kul Elna]] by sacrificing 99 souls of the Kul Elna villagers. The items were created in order to protect Egypt from attackers. Pharaoh [[Aknamkanon]] was given the Pendant, while six priests were given the other six items. Together, they fought off the attackers and saved Egypt.

After Aknamkanon became aware of how the Items were created, he fell ill and died shortly afterward. The Puzzle was inherited by his son [[Pharaoh Atem|Atem]].

The Puzzle was later stolen from the then teenage Atem by [[Bandit King Bakura]], who used it and the other Millennium Items to Summon [[Zorc Necrophades]].

Atem defeated Zorc at the cost of his own life. He used his name as part of a spell that sealed Zorc's soul and his own into the Millennium Puzzle, which was shattered and was laid to rest in his tomb. Atem's memory, including his name, was wiped, so that he could not recall the spell, so that the binding could never be undone.

===Excavation===
[[Solomon Muto]] retrieved the Millennium Puzzle, in the [[Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh]].

===Yugi's completion===
Solomon gave the Millennium Puzzle to his grandson, [[Yugi Muto]], who was led to believe it was found in ruins in Egypt. Yugi made a wish upon the Puzzle to receive a real friend.<ref name="ep 3">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|3|ref}}</ref>

Yugi showed the disassembled Millennium Puzzle to [[Téa Gardner]] and told her he did not know what the completed version looked like because he had not yet been able to solve it, but that it is "[[something you can show, but can't see]]".<ref name="ep 3" />

[[Joey Wheeler]] and [[Tristan Taylor]] taunted Yugi by taking the Puzzle from him, with Joey going as far as throwing a piece into a swimming pool. [[Tetsu Trudge|Trudge]] later declared himself to be Yugi's bodyguard and beat up Joey and Tristan to extort a payment from Yugi. However Yugi defended Joey and Tristan, resulting in Trudge beating him up too. Moved by Yugi's actions, Joey recovered the piece of the Puzzle he threw into the pool. Yugi solved the Puzzle shortly afterwards and came to believe that befriending Joey was the Puzzle granting his wish.<ref name="ep 3" />

After solving it, Yugi's body bore host to part of Atem's soul, known as [[Yami Yugi]]. Yami Yugi was able to take control of Yugi's body while Yugi had the Puzzle. Yugi often wore the Puzzle around his neck on a brown rope allowing him to easily get Yami's help to play ''[[Duel Monsters]]''.

===Duelist Kingdom===
Yugi used the Millennium Puzzle to switch to Yami Yugi to Duel [[Seto Kaiba]], using Solomon's Deck. As the Duel seemed hopeless, Yami Yugi imagined Solomon telling him everything has a meaning, just like the Millennium Puzzle. Solomon elaborated that just like Yugi put the pieces of the Puzzle together, he now needed to do the same with the cards. Yami Yugi then realized that the "[[Forbidden One]]" cards in his hand were the pieces used to Summon "[[Exodia]]". With that knowledge Yami Yugi was able to win and used the Millennium Puzzle to inflict the "[[Mind Crush (Penalty Game)|Mind Crush]]" [[Penalty Game]] on Kaiba.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|1|ref}}</ref>

Yugi again used the Puzzle to switch to Yami Yugi for his first Duel with [[Maximillion Pegasus]]. (In the English dub, during this Duel, Pegasus called Yami Yugi oblivious to the power of the Millennium Puzzle. He explained that 5000 years ago, a powerful Pharaoh locked the magic of the Shadow Games away and captured their magical energies in the seven Millennium Items, one of which was the Millennium Puzzle. And that the magic in the Puzzle could change Yami's life forever if he knew how to unleash it.)<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|2|ref}}</ref>

Pegasus coerced Yugi into taking part in the [[Duelist Kingdom]] tournament.<ref name="ep 3" /> (In the English dub, Pegasus did this as part of a plan to steal the Millennium Puzzle.) Yugi used the Millennium Puzzle to switch to Yami Yugi for his Duels throughout the tournament. In the Duel against the [[Impersonator of Death]], Yami again used its power to deal the "Mind Crush" Penalty Game on his opponent.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|10|ref}}</ref>

[[Yami Bakura]] used the [[Millennium Ring]] to seal the souls of Yugi, Joey, Téa, and Tristan in ''Duel Monsters'' cards after starting a [[Shadow Game]]. He then attempted to take the Millennium Puzzle from Yugi's lifeless body, but the Puzzle activated and Yami Yugi took control.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|12|ref}}</ref> Yami Yugi continued the Shadow Game of ''Duel Monsters'' to free his friends souls, risking letting Yami Bakura take the Millennium Puzzle if he lost.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|13|ref}}</ref>

[[Shadi]] entered Yami Yugi's [[soul room]], looking for the secret powers of the Millennium Puzzle. Yami Yugi challenged him to a game, where he was to find the true mind room among the countless mazes of doors that were riddled with traps. Shadi failed, and was nearly killed by a particular trap which caused the floor of the room to collapse. But [[Yugi Muto]] saved him.

===Battle City===
The Puzzle was later shattered by [[Bandit Keith]] and Yugi managed to reassemble the puzzle while the building he was in was on fire, as he could not bear losing Yami Yugi.

===Pharaoh's Memories===
After Yami Yugi collected the Egyptian Gods and presented them to the tablet, he was sucked into the [[Dark RPG]], which was a replay of his life in Ancient Egypt. Yami Yugi was the player, while Atem was one of his characters, both of whom had the Millennium Puzzle.

As the RPG replayed Atem's life, Thief Bakura managed to steal it again. He once again gathered the Items and Summoned Zorc the Dark One.

===Battle Ritual===
After the RPG, Yugi once again had the Puzzle, which was laid to rest, before the [[Battle Ritual]]. After the battle the Puzzle, along with the other items, was destroyed.

===Yu-Gi-Oh! GX===
The Millennium Puzzle's shape appeared on [[Dimitri]]'s shirt in King of Copycats.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|18|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|19|ref}}</ref>

A fake Millennium Puzzle, called the [[Millennium Pendant (Titan's item)|Millennium Pendant]] was used by [[Titan]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|5|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|6|ref}}</ref>

==History of possession==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! align=center | Holder
! align=center | Means of acquisition
|-
| [[Aknamkanon]]
| Created for
|-
| [[Pharaoh Atem|Atem]]
| Inherited
|-
| [[Bandit King Bakura]]
| Stole
|-
| Atem
| Recovered
|-
| Nobody
| Left in Atem's tomb
|-
| [[Solomon Muto]]
| Recovered from Atem's tomb
|-
| [[Yugi Muto]]
| Given to
|-
| [[Bandit Keith]]
| Stole
|-
| [[Yugi Muto]]
| Retrieved
|-
| [[Joey Wheeler]]
| Lent to
|-
| [[Yugi Muto]]
| Returned to
|-
| Nobody
| Buried in the Shrine of the Millennium Stone
|}

==In other languages==
{{In other languages
| ko_name = 천년 퍼즐
| pl_name = Milenijny Pasjans
}}

==In other media==
<gallery widths="240" heights="160">
Millennium Puzzle - Duel 1.png   | [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle (manga and ''Dark Side of Dimensions'')]]
Millennium Puzzle - Toei.png     | [[Millennium Puzzle (Toei)]]
MillenniumPuzzleAndCards-FMR.png | [[Millennium Puzzle (Forbidden Memories)|Millennium Puzzle (''Forbidden Memories'')]]
Millennium Items - ROD.png       | [[Millennium Puzzle (The Sacred Cards and Reshef of Destruction)|Millennium Puzzle (''The Sacred Cards'' and ''Reshef of Destruction'')]]
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Millennium Items}}

[[Category:Millennium Items|Puzzle]]
[[Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime) items]]
[[Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! GX items]]
[[Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light items]]