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===Appearance===
[[File:FullGoOnizuka.png|thumb|left|Full body view of Gore.]]
[[File:Younggo.png|thumb|250px|Young George.]]
Gore is a tan-skinned young man with a built and bulky body. He has two-toned hair, fashioned in a flattop/hi-top fade: brown from his forehead down, including a neatly trimmed brown chin beard, and blonde on top of his head, fashioned in the flattop style and featuring red-striped highlights. As a kid, Gore's two-toned hair had a small spiky crown on the blonde upper portion, sans the highlights, and the brown parts were that of a mullet, and this hairstyle was even messier before he was placed in the orphanage. As a young adult, he wears a greenish-grey jacket with a separate collar that is lined with yellow (which glows when he uses his Skill) and a gold, animal-head-shaped necklace. Gore is shirtless, with only dark pants and a golden belt with a red stone in the center. His boots are buckled with gold plates. On his arms and abdomen, he also wears gold plates and dark, finger-less gloves. The Gore's Avatar in [[LINK VRAINS]] remains the same as his appearance in reality.
When he takes on the appearance of Grim Gore (Dark Onizuka in the Japanese version) Gore wears the same outfit, but with added black shoulder pads with yellow outlines, purple spikes on his knees and a black and white wrestler's mask that covers his eyes, ornamented with a purple spike, small yellow details, and a mop of long teal hair.
[[File:GoBountyHunter.png|thumb|250px|Gore after becoming a Bounty Hunter.]]
During the second season, Gore dons a different outfit as a Bounty Hunter for [[SOL Technologies]]. As with his first outfit, he wears this outfit both in and out of LINK VRAINS. His blonde hair loses its highlights and becomes messy, and he wears a green visor with a thin black lens. He wears a form-fitting forest green leotard with grey shoulderpads that is belted at the cuffs under olive green torso armor fastened with straps over the shoulders and the SOL Technologies logo over his heart, which is decorated at the torso with a grey plate in a similar manner to the "muscular" plate he wore on his abdomen. He also wears sand green leggings, and olive green boots and gloves with grey soles and hands that are lined by red. He uses a more standardized [[Duel Disk]]. After his loss to [[Takeru Homura|Soulburner]], his appearance becomes more ragged and unkempt. He becomes thinner with sunken cheeks, and his hair lengthens slightly, and he discards his visor, outer shoulder pads, gloves and gauntlets; instead he wraps bandages around his forearms. He initially conceals himself in a charcoal hooded cape with a gold lining before revealing himself. When using Brain Hack, the veins around his eyes bulge and his eyes glow orange. Following his Duel with [[Earth (character)|Earth]], his condition deteriorates even further; his eyelids droop and the skin around his lips, eyes, and hands tightens, and he becomes even thinner. His eyes develop the ability to swell into balls resembling Earth. He begins to recover after losing to Playmaker again, gaining more weight and returning to his normal state.
===Hanoi===
[[File:Go's Data.png|thumb|250px|The Gore's Duelist Data as per info extracted by Ai.]]
The Gore was set to Duel in [[LINK VRAINS]] when [[Number 10 (character)|a Knight of Hanoi]] attacked.<ref name="ep1" /> He watched [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker's]] Duel against the Knight, and was angered that Playmaker was stealing his spotlight.<ref name="ep2">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|2|ref}}</ref> The Gore and [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Angel]] approached Playmaker and challenged him to Duel after he defeated the Knight, but Playmaker expressed disinterest in them and logged off. Playmaker's rising popularity infuriated Gore, and he raged in [[Gore's warehouse|his warehouse]] about it. [[Akira Zaizen]], the head of security of [[SOL Technologies]], showed up, offering Gore a [[Duel Board]] for his help in defeating Playmaker and explaining that Playmaker had stolen an [[Ignis]] from them. Gore angrily rejected the offer, claiming that he didn't take orders from anybody.<ref name="ep3">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|3|ref}}</ref>
[[File:GO up-close and Playmaker VR.png|thumb|250px|left|The Gore is confident in his Duel against Playmaker.]]
Later, Gore visited [[Den City's orphanage|his old orphanage]] with gifts for the children, only to find that the children were engrossed in videos of Playmaker, despite Gore having informed them that he was visiting. Shocked by this, Gore accepted Zaizen's offer, and he drew Playmaker out by using the Avatar of a Knight of Hanoi that Zaizen gave him. The Gore revealed his identity and he challenged Playmaker to a Duel, declaring that the true hero of LINK VRAINS would unmask Playmaker. [[SOL Technologies]] used a program to trap them and prevent Playmaker from logging out, and Gore announced that Playmaker could only leave by defeating him. Playmaker asked who hired him, and Gore replied that he wasn't telling a hacker that and that he just wanted to defeat Playmaker. The two began their Speed Duel, with Gore swiftly Summoning [[Gouki Suprex (anime)|two]] "[[Gouki]]" [[Gouki Twistcobra (anime)|monsters]]. Playmaker brought out [[Linkslayer (anime)|two]] [[Cyberse Wizard (anime)|monsters]] of his own, amusing Gore, who compared the situation to a pro-wrestling tag match, declaring that he would win by the count of 3. Playmaker took out half of The Gore's LP, bringing him to his knees, but Gore got up before the count of three, staying true to his [[Dueltainer|entertainment style]] of deliberately putting himself in danger to heighten his audience's emotions. He used the effect of his destroyed "Suprex" and his [[Skill]], "Pain and Gain" to bring back "Suprex", replenishing his resources. On the next turn, he [[Link Summon]]ed "[[Gouki The Great Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Great Ogre]]" and increased its [[ATK]], confident that it was enough to finish off Playmaker.<ref name="ep4"/>
[[File:GO Onizuka Champion.png|thumb|250px|Gore raises the childrens' gift belt in the air.]]
As The Gore moved in for the finisher, Playmaker activated [[Cyberse Shatter|a Trap]] that allowed him to survive with 100 LP. An escape route opened before them, but despite the opportunity to leave, Playmaker stayed in LINK VRAINS, much to The Gore's satisfaction. Playmaker Link Summoned [[Link Spider (anime)|Link Spider]], and Gore called it a weakling due to its low ATK, but he was annoyed when he realized that Playmaker took his attacks deliberately to satisfy the condition for his Skill, claiming that Playmaker was copying his entertainment style. To his shock, Playmaker performed multiple Link Summons to bring out a formation of three [[Link Monster]]s, including "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]", whose ATK he [[Cyberse Annihilation|made equal]] to that of "The Great Ogre". "Decode Talker" and "The Great Ogre" clashed in the ring, but neither was destroyed due to the effects of Playmaker's "[[Honeybot (anime)|Honeybot]]" and "The Great Ogre" itself, who protected itself by sacrificing Gore's other "Goukis". Playmaker's newly acquired "[[Link Bumper (anime)|Link Bumper]]" allowed him to attack multiple times, starving "The Great Ogre" of "Goukis" to protect itself and destroying it, costing Gore the Duel. He laughed as he got up, having enjoyed his Duel with Playmaker. When he logged out, he stumbled, feeling the fatigue from the Speed Duel. He was surprised and moved to see the children from his orphanage waiting and clapping for him despite his loss, and the reassured him that he was still their number one. He held up his champion belt that they'd made for him and roared happily with a big grin on his face.<ref name="ep5">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|5|ref}}</ref>
Gore saved [[McKendrick Kellenbocker|McKendrick]], who had been knocked unconscious and fallen off a cliff in [[LINK VRAINS]]. Gore emerged from the data sea and attempted to wake him up, but the person that attacked McKendrick, a Knight of Hanoi called [[Dr. Genome]] explained that he had placed a [[Deleted|virus]] into him, and if Gore wished to cure him, he'd have to join the [[Knights of Hanoi]] to hunt [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] down. Gore snapped that he wouldn't be their lackey, disgusted that Genome would let McKendrick stay infected. Genome ordered him to tell Playmaker that if he wished to stop people from being infected, he should surrender himself to Dr. Genome, before teleporting away, infuriating Gore.<ref name="ep22" />
[[File:Go Yusaku.png|thumb|left|250px|Gore meets Yusaku Fujiki.]]
Gore visited McKendrick at the hospital, explaining to his manager that someone called the paramedics for McKendrick. Gore blamed himself for McKendrick's condition, and his manager recalled their history together. Gore believed he should have stopped McKendrick from becoming a Duelist, but Gore's manager assured him McKendrick would not give up, and that it wasn't Gore's fault for his condition. As the doctors were unable to wake McKendrick up, Gore swore to save him by defeating Dr. Genome. Before leaving the hospital, Gore met Yusaku Fujiki, McKendrick's classmate who had called the paramedics for him. Yusaku told Gore his name before leaving.<ref name="ep22" />
To lure out Dr. Genome, Gore logged into LINK VRAINS posing as Playmaker and confronted the Knights of Hanoi, tossing them from their [[Duel Board]]s and intercepting their programs. Dr. Genome arrived, seeing through The Gore's disguise and believing Gore would join their hunt after Playmaker. Gore replied that he only came for McKendrick, but that he knew Playmaker's identity. Genome doubted Gore knew Playmaker's identity, but agreed to Duel him, betting the virus-removal program in return. Before the [[Speed Duel]] began, Dr. Genome activated the [[Data Gale]], conjuring black tornadoes that nearly threw Gore off his Duel Board.<ref name="ep22" />
[[File:Dark Onizuka.png|thumb|250px|Grim Gore's intro.]]
Dr. Genome knew Gore's tactic was to let the weak gain the upper hand, then make a counterattack, like an entertainment style, which Gore confirmed. Genome summoned the powerful "[[Helixx Marmotroll]]", a turn that disappointed Gore, who swiftly [[Link Summon]]ed "[[Gouki Thunder Ogre (anime)|Gouki Thunder Ogre]]". He used the monsters he used as materials to search his Deck for more "Gouki" cards, which Genome claimed to have anticipated anticipated. Much to his fans' surprise, Gore equipped "Gouki Thunder Ogre" with "[[Gouki Dark Mask]]", and donned a mask himself, declaring that he would fight as a heel, dubbing himself "Grim Gore" and his monster "Dark Thunder Ogre". In addition, using "[[Gouki Poison Mist]]", Grim Gore spat out a purple liquid into Genome's face to damage him. He then summoned "[[Gouki Riscorpio (anime)|Gouki Riscorpio]]", destroying it to power-up "Dark Thunder Ogre" and damage Genome via the effect of "Dark Mask", then using his "Pain and Gain" [[Skill]] to revive "Gouki Riscorpio" and repeat his tactic, destroying "Riscorpio", inflicting effect damage to Genome, and boosting "Dark Thunder Ogre's" ATK to 3000, allowing it to destroy Genome's "Helixx Marmotroll", though the latter's effect protected Genome's LP. Grim Gore claimed he had evolved after his defeat against Playmaker and changed his battling style to a dark, heel one, that would do anything to win. Genome ignored this story, believing that Grim Gore's destiny was preordained by his DNA as it could not be changed. Resurrecting two of his "Helixx Mamortroll" with "[[Graveyard Incubation]]", Genome Link Summoned "[[Helixx Gothiclone]]", and had it attack "Dark Thunder Ogre". Both monsters could not be destroyed, and fell to the ground in a double knockout. Genome recalled this happened in The Gore's Duel against Playmaker, when "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]" and "[[Gouki The Great Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Great Ogre]]" clashed. Using the effect of "Gothiclone", Genome Tributed "[[Helixx Dreadrat]]" to inflict its ATK to Grim Gore.<ref name="ep23" />
Grim Gore athletically clambered back on his Duel Board, but Genome revived "Necro Darwin" to active his "Minus Mitosis" Skill, cutting Grim Gore's LP and the ATK of "Dark Thunder Ogre" ATK in half and blasting Grim Gore through a wall with 100 LP left, barely able to stand on his Duel Board. As Grim Gore's AI reminded him of Genome's tactics and explained that his odds of winning were low, Playmaker logged into LINK VRAINS. He denied having come to help Grim Gore, claiming that he had come to mock him when he lost. Grim Gore's mask dissolved as The Gore used "[[Gouki Face Turn (anime)|Gouki Face Turn]]" to destroy "Gouki Dark Mask" and revive "Gouki Suprex", using it and "Thunder Ogre" to Link Summon "[[Gouki The Master Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Master Ogre]]".<ref name="ep24">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|24|ref}}</ref>
[[File:Genome disappears.png|thumb|left|250px|Gore obtains the virus-removal program before Genome disappears.]]
Gore [[Gouki Re-Match (anime)|revived]] "Twistcobra" and "Riscorpio", then returned them to his [[hand]] with the effect of "Master Gore" to negate the effects of Genome's "Hellix" monsters, allowing "Master Ogre" to freely attack them and win The Gore the Duel. Gore cheered for his victory, claiming the removal program from Genome. Genome was unamused by Gore's evolution, but Gore stated that it was only to amuse the crowd, as he was the number one entertainer. Genome swore Gore would regret defeating him before disappearing. Gore talked with Playmaker, noting that he knew wanted to encourage him to win rather than mock him. Though Gore still swore to defeat him one day, he proposed an alliance to combat the Knights of Hanoi, and Playmaker agreed, as Blue Angel watched them. Later, Gore defeated a Knight of Hanoi with "Gouki The Master Ogre", and met up with Playmaker after he had defeated a Knight himself. He asked where Blue Angel was, but Playmaker did not know. Gore was at the [[Den City's orphanage|orphanage]] when [[Kitamura]]'s AI army confronted the Knights of Hanoi, and he watched as they were swiftly defeated when [[Baira|two]] [[Faust|more]] Knights joined the battle.<ref name="ep24"/>
The Gore quickly met up with Playmaker and Blue Angel. Blue Angel stated that she was fighting for everyone, as they looked up to her. Gore exclaimed that he was doing the same, since he was the hero that needed to protect LINK VRAINS. Playmaker's Ignis noted how full of energy Gore was, and Gore in turn noted that he was the [[Ignis]], who yelled out he had a name, Ai. Playmaker explained that he had come to stop the Tower of Hanoi, rescue [[Emma Bessho|Ghost Gal]] and confront the mastermind behind it, [[Varis]]. Gore asked about the data Ghost Gal gave to Playmaker, who explained that Varis intended to destroy LINK VRAINS with the Tower of Hanoi. Blue Angel realized if the network would be destroyed, then all the people absorbed would be destroyed, too. Gore asked how to stop the Tower, and Playmaker informed them that Varis had to be defeated. Ai warned them that the time limit was six hours before the Tower was completed. Gore and Blue Angel promised to go there, but Playmaker replied it was better if they stayed home in safety. His warning actually motivated Gore and Blue Angel to protect the children and the absorbed people, including Ghost Gal. Playmaker did not care, but asked them to be careful. He reminded them that one of them had to defeat Varis, who according to Ghost Gal wielded a powerful new card. The trio promised to meet up against and went in different directions.<ref name="ep32"/> Gore continued his way towards the Tower of Hanoi.<ref name="ep33">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|33|ref}}</ref>
[[File:Go_and_4_Gouki_Links.png|thumb|250px|Gore assembles four "Gouki" Link Monsters during his Duel with Varis.]]Gore reached the Tower of Hanoi unopposed, encountering Varis himself at its base. Realizing who the other was, Gore asked Varis why he intended to use the Tower to destroy LINK VRAINS; Varis did not reply, believing that telling Gore would be pointless. He warned Gore that if he lost, he would be absorbed by the Tower like Blue Angel had been, much to Gore's shock. Varis revealed that Specter had defeated Blue Angel, but that he had been defeated in turn by Playmaker, who he claimed his real opponent was. Angered by being dismissed in favor of his rival, Gore declared that he was Varis's opponent, and Varis resignedly accepted his challenge, recalling his victory over Dr. Genome. Recalling Playmaker's warning of Varis's powerful new card, The Gore began his Master Duel with Varis. He started off strong, bringing out "Gouki Thunder Ogre" and swarming the field with his other "Goukis" as Playmaker, Ai, and the reporters [[Frog (character)|Frog]] and [[Pigeon]] arrived. Gore told Playmaker that he'd defeat Varis for him, but Varis took advantage of the effect of "Thunder Ogre" to Normal Summon an extra time and bring out "[[Topologic Bomber Dragon (anime)|Topolgic Bomber Dragon]]", triggering its effect to destroy Gore's other "Goukis". Gore used the effect of "Twistcobra" to power up "Thunder Ogre" before it was destroyed, but Varis countered this easily as well with "[[Link Protection]]", forcing Gore to use "Gouki Octostretch" to halve the damage inflicted to him by "Topologic Bomber Dragon". On his next turn, Gore brought out "[[Gouki Heel Ogre (anime)|Gouki Heel Ogre]]", taking advantage of the mandatory activation of the effect of "Topologic Bomber Dragon" to allow "Heel Ogre" to negate the effect and destroy it while reviving "Thunder Ogre". Varis set up a defense with the other effect of "Link Protection", requiring Gore to bring out four Link Monsters to attack. The Gore did so, but to his utter shock, Varis countered his attack with the card Ghost Gal had warned them about, "[[Mirror Force (later anime)|Mirror Force]]", destroying all of Gore's Link Monsters.<ref name="ep39"/> Refusing to give up, Gore was able to regain some field presence, but Varis easily destroyed his monsters again and attacked directly, reducing Gore to 1000 LP. The Gore rallied his monsters on his next turn, Link Summoning his strongest monster yet, "[[Gouki The Giant Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Giant Ogre]]", and boosting its ATK to 5000, reducing Varis to 900 LP with one blow and adding another "Octostretch" to his hand as backup. Varis counterattacked with his "[[Booster Dragon (anime)|Booster Dragon]]" again on his next turn, but this time the protective effects of "Giant Ogre" stopped his efforts. Gore declared that despite his past of Dueling to entertain the children of his orphanage, he had come to realize that everyone was alone in Dueling. Declaring that he would be the strongest and would fulfill his thirst for victory, he told Varis to come at him. Varis did so, Link Summoning "[[Borrelsword Dragon (anime)|Borrelsword Dragon]]" and it clashed with "Giant Ogre". They initially appeared equal, but the effect of "Borrelsword" allowed it to gain half the ATK of "Giant Ogre" and then weaken it by the same amount. Varis attempted to destroy "Giant Ogre" with the effect of "[[Metalrokket Dragon (anime)|Metalrokket Dragon]]", but the reduction of the ATK of "Giant Ogre" had activated its effect to gain enough ATK to withstand the effect. But to his shock, the effect of "Borrelsword" allowed it to attack again, with just enough ATK to defeat Gore even if he discarded his "Octostretch".<ref name="ep40">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|40|ref}}</ref>
Defeated, Gore told Playmaker that this was all he could do as his Avatar began to be absorbed. Playmaker replied that thanks to Gore, he knew Varis's strategies now. Gore smiling, leaving the rest to Playmaker before being absorbed.<ref name="ep40"/> After Playmaker defeated Varis, Gore was released from the Tower of Hanoi.<ref name="ep46">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|46|ref}}</ref>
==Decks==
===Gouki===
[[File:Go Onizuka Deck Picture.png|thumb|250px|Gore and "[[Gouki The Great Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Great Ogre]]".]]
Gore uses a '''"[[Gouki]]" [[Beatdown]] Deck'''<ref name="ep1" /> His strategy is similar to his attitude towards loyalty; he focuses on gathering his monsters together, both assembling them from his Deck and combining their respective might. His signature tactic in Duels is to start off passively, allowing his opponents to gain a huge lead before turning things around for a single powerful finish, all for the sake of amazing the spectators. In [[Speed Duel]]s, his [[Skill]], "Pain and Gain", assists with this, Special Summoning all "Goukis" that were destroyed by battle that turn from his GY. He runs few [[Trap Card]]s, largely using [[Spell Card]]s to support his "Goukis".
