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* This card transformed In the anime, its effect allowed it to transform into a living missile during its attackto weaken the opponent's monsters. The name of this effect was called either '''Invincible Mode''' or '''Invincible Attack'''.* In the manga, Rocket Warrior's effect decreased the opposing monster's ATK by Rocket Warrior's own ATK, and lasted permanently. This required "[[Attrition]]" to be created to duplicate its original abilities.

* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 069|episode 69]], [[Joey Wheeler]] uses this card during his Duel against [[Mako Tsunami]]. He [[set]]s sets this card in [[Defense Position]]. The next turn, this card is [[destroyed by battle]] by Mako's "[[The Legendary Fisherman (anime)|The Legendary Fisherman]]"then attacks and destroys this card. * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 076|episode 76]], Joey uses this card during his Duel against [[Yugi Muto]] while the former was possessed by [[Marik Ishtar]]. He [[Normal Summon]]s then uses this card in [[Attack Position]] monster to [[attack]] Yugi's "[[Red-Eyes Black B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes B. Dragon]]". Due to this card's [[effect]]first two effects, it is not [[destroy]]ed destroyed and Joey takes no [[Battle Damage]]. After [[damage calculation]], this card's last effect reduces the ATK of "Red-Eyes Black B. Dragon's" [[ATK]] decreases by 500 until the [[End Phase]]. This also activates Joey's The effect of "[[Attrition]]" decreasing then decreases the ATK of "Red-Eyes Black B. Dragon" by 1500. In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 077|the next episode]], Joey ends his turn. "Red-Eyes Black B. Dragon" then regains the 500 ATK it lost from this card's effectduring Joey's End Phase. Later, Joey uses this card to attack Yugi's "[[Beta The Magnet Warrior (anime)|Beta The Magnet Warrior]]", but Yugi activates "[[Magical Arm Shield (anime)|Magical Arm Shield]] " to redirect the attack to Joey's "[[Panther Warrior (anime)|Panther Warrior]]". Due to this card's effectfirst two effects, it was is not destroyed and Joey took takes no Battle Damage from the attack. After damage calculation, this card's last effect reduces the ATK of "Panther Warrior's" ATK decreased by 500 until the End Phase. The effect of "Attrition" then decreases the ATK of "Panther Warrior" by 1500. On Joey's End Phase, "Panther Warrior" regained the ATK it lost from this card's effect. The next turn, Yugi's "[[Archfiend Beast of Gilfer (anime)|Beast of Gilfer]]" then attacks and destroys this card. ** This currently marks the only tme where this card's effect expired for any monsters it attacked during a duel. Usually the monster that is attacked by this card is either destroyed by either this card or another monster before the End Phase occurs.* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 086|episode 86]], Joey uses this card during his Duel against [[Odion]]. After Joey summons this monster, he uses it to attack Odion directly, but Odion activates "[[Eye of Wdjat (card)|Eye of WdjatUjat]] " to redirect the attack to Joey's "[[Alligator's Sword (anime)|Alligator's Sword]]". Joey then activates "[[Fairy Box (anime)|Fairy Box]]" to hide put his "Alligator's Sword" in a Whack-a-Mole box. The attack misses, causing the attack to missso Joey's "Alligator's Sword" is safe for now. In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 087|the next episode]], this card is later destroyed by battle by Odion's uses two "[[Embodiment of Apophis (anime)|Embodiments of Apophis]]" to attack and destroy this card and "Alligator's Sword". 

* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 104|episode 104]], Joey uses this card during his Duel against [[Johnson]]. He summons this card in Attack Position. The same turn, it is destroyed by Johnson's "[[Judge ManGearfried the Iron Knight (anime)|Gearfried the Iron Knight]]'s" (which has 2300 ATK due to the [[Deck Master Abilityability]]of "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]") then attacks "[[Mystical Elf (anime)|Mystical Elf]]", and Joey takes 500 but Johnson activates the Deck Master ability of "[[effect damageJudge Man (anime)|Judge Man]] " to destroy all monsters Joey controls and inflict 500 damage to Joey for is destructioneach monster destroyed. Since three were destroyed, Joey takes 1500 damage. * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 108|episode episodes 108]], this card appears in a flashback explained by [[Leichter]] when he reminds Seto that his birthday gift from [[Gozaburo Kaiba]] was where all the mistakes made by Seto himself began. * In and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 109|episode 109]], this card appears in a flashback [[Leichter]] has when he explains 's flashbacks to Seto that his treachery began when Gozaburo gave him a large amount of dollars to test SetoKaiba's business skillschildhood. * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 112|episode 112]], Joey uses this card during his Tag Duel with [[Yami Yugi]] against [[The the Big Five]]. After Joey summons this monster, he activates his [[the Deck Master ability of "Flame Swordsman]]'s [[Deck Master]] Ability " to decrease its ATK by 1000 and increase this card's ATK by the same amount. This card then attacks and destroys the Big Five's "[[Catapult Turtle (later anime)|Catapult Turtle]]". Johnson then activates "[[Revenge Sacrifice]]" to [[Tribute]] this monster and [[Special Summon]] "[[Machine King (anime)|Machine King]]". * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 113|episode 113]], this card appears in a flashback Yami Yugi has when he remembers Joey using the Deck Master Ability ability of "Flame Swordsman" to transfer 1000 of its ATK to this card which is why Joey was able to use "[[Silver Dollar]]" on "Flame Swordsman" when it intercepted the attack "[[Berserk Dragon (anime)|Berserk Dragon]]" made on "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]". * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 120|episode 120]], Joey is shown using this card when he and his friends get attacked by Gozaburo's chess army. This card and "[[Dark Magician]]" then attack together and destroy "[[Cosmo Queen (anime)|Cosmo Queen]]". 

* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 125|episode 125]], Joey uses this card during his Duel against [[Yami Marik]]. He summons Normal Summons this card in Attack Position. Yami Marik then activates "[[Hidden Soldiers (anime)|Hidden Soldiers]]" to Special Summon "[[Plasma Eel]]", who equips to "Panther Warrior" shortly after due to its own effect. This card then attacks Marik's "[[Helpoemer (anime)|Helpoemer]]". Due to this card's first two effects, it is not destroyed and Joey does not take any Battle Damage. After damage calculation, this card's last effect reduces the ATK of "Helpoemer" decreases by 500. "[[Panther Warrior]]" then attacks and destroys "Helpoemer". In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 126|the next episode]], this card attacks "[[Drillago (anime)|Drillago]]". Due to this card's first two effects, it is not destroyed and Joey takes no Battle Damage from the attack. After damage calculation, the ATK last effect of "Drillago" decreases by 500. "Panther Rocket Warrior" (which has 1500 reduces the ATK due to the effect of Marik's "[[Plasma Eel]]") then attacks and destroys "Drillago"by 500. Later, Yami Marik activates "[[Scratch Nightmare Wheel (season 3)|Nightmare Wheel]]" and [[target]]s targets this card for its effect, immobilizing it. This card is later freed when Joey used his the effect of "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]'s" effect to destroy destroys all of Yami Marik's Trap CardTraps. After Joey's "Jinzo" attacks and destroys Marik's "[[Legendary Fiend (anime)|Legendary Fiend]]" (which has whose ATK was 2200 ATK via due to its own effect), Joey uses this card and "[[Baby Dragon (anime)|Baby Dragon]]" to attack Marik directly, but Marik activates "[[Dark Wall of Wind]]" to prevent himself from taking damage from [[direct attack]]s attacks this turn. In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 127|the following episode]], after this card is and "[[equipLava Golem (anime)|Lava Golem]]ped " were both equipped with a "[[Plasma Eel]]" that Yami Marik summoned via "[[Machine Duplication (anime)|Machine Duplication]]", . After Joey activates "[[Graceful Dice (anime)|Graceful Dice]]" to roll a die and multiply he gets a six, "Graceful Dice" multiplies the ATK of "Plasma Eel" by the result. Joey gets a six, so the making its ATK of "Plasma Eel" increases to 3000. This causes "Machine Duplication" and the equipped "Plasma EelEels" to be destroyedsince "Plasma Eel" now had more than 500 ATK. Joey then Tributes this card, tributes "Panther Warrior", this card, and "Lava Golem" in order to [[Tribute Summon]] "[[Gilford the Lightning (anime)|Gilford the Lightning]]". ** In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! the second above- Episode 126|mentioned episode 126]], this card is shown in a flashback that Yami Marik has while he was trying to figure out what was the first monster that went to Joey's [[Graveyard]]. After his assumption with "Alligator's Sword" was wrong, he deduced that the first monster that went to Joey's Graveyard must have been a card that his "[[Helpoemer]]" randomly discarded from Joey's [[hand]]. 

 * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 144|episode 144]], this card is shown when [[Téa Gardner]] and [[Serenity Wheeler]] go through a park. They see this card under the control of a kid Dueling another kid. The former-mentioned kid then Tributes this card in order to summon Tribute Summon "[[Jinzo]]". ===Wawking Waking the Dragons===* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 152|episode 152]], Joey uses this card during his Duel against [[Mai Valentine]]. He summons this card in Defense Position. The next turn, this card is destroyed by battle by Mai's then uses one of her two "[[Harpie Lady(anime)|Harpie Ladies]]"to attack and destroy this card. * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 160|episode 160]], this card is shown in Joey's hand during his Duel against [[Rex Raptor]]. In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 161|the next episode]], Joey summons this card in Defense Position. "[[Horned Saurus (anime)|Horned Saurus]]" then attacks this card, but Joey activates "Magical Arm Shield" to redirect the attack to "[[Gilasaurus (anime)|Gilasaurus]]". Rex then activates "[[Jurassic Heart]]" to [[negate]] the effect of "Magical Arm Shield" and destroy it. The attack continues, destroying "Horned Saurus" then destroys this card. * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 170|episode 170]], Joey uses this card during his Duel against [[Valon]]. He summons this card in Attack Position. This card then attacks Valon's "[[Over Boost (anime)|Over Boost]]", but Valon uses the effect of his [[Armor]] Monsters to redirect the attack to his "[[Advanced Shield (anime)|Advanced Shield]]" (which has had 1500 ATK due to the effect of "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]"). Due to this card's effect, it is not can't be destroyedin battle, and it destroys so only "Advanced Shield" by battleis destroyed. Later "[[Buster Pyle (anime)|Buster Pyle]]" attacks this card. Due to the effect of "Buster Pyle", it is not destroyed and Valon takes no Battle Damage from the attack. Valon then activates the second effect of "Buster Pyle's" second effect, destroying this card and inflicting 500 damage to Joey. In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 171|the next episode]], Joey activates "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]" to revive this card. He then combines this monster with "[[The Claw of Hermos]]" in order to create "[[Rocket Hermos Cannon (anime)|Rocket Hermos Cannon]]". * In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 183|episode 183]], Joey uses this card in the battle against [[The Great Leviathan]]. After the three chosen Duelists each summon out three monsters, they all use their monsters to attack the Great Leviathan. Despite the chosen Duelists' monsters being joined by other Duel Spirits, the Great Leviathan suffers no visible damage from the attacks. The Great Leviathan then attacks, destroying all of the monsters the chosen Duelists summoned, including the three [[Legendary Knight]]sKnights. 

*This card appears in the GX Japanese closing song, [[Borderline Battle]]. 

* Joey is shown dropping this card after he gets attacked directly by an unknown man's "[[Injection Fairy Lily (anime)|Injection Fairy Lily]]". * Joey is shown using uses this card during his Duel against an unknown kid. Joey He tributes this card, "Baby Dragon", and "[[Tiny Guardian (later anime)|Little-Winguard]]" in order to summon Tribute Summon "Gilford the Lightning". 

* In the non-canon duel [[North American WCQ 2012 Special: Joey vs. Kaiba]], Joey [[Special Summons Summon]]s this card in Attack Mode with after his "[[Tiger Axe]]" triggers the effect of [[Flip Effect]] of Seto Kaiba]]'s "[[Cyber Jar]]". This card then attacks Kaiba's "[[Vorse Raider]]". Due to this card's effects, it is not destroyed and Joey takes no Battle Damage from the attack. After damage calculation, the ATK of "Vorse Raider" decreases by 500, allowing Joey's "[[Axe Raider]]" to destroy it by battle. The next turn, this card is destroyed by battle by Kaiba's "[[Alexandrite Dragon]]".