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Exodia's backstory and pharaoh-like appearance seemed to be a reference to likely references the famous Egyptian legend of [[wikipedia:Osiris|Osiris]], god of death, rebirth, and judgment. In the legend, Osiris was the god Egyptians believed brought them civilization, such as the knowledge of architecture, farming, and establishing the line of pharaohs. However, Osiris was betrayed by his jealous brother [[wikipedia:Set (mythology)|Set]] and was cut into several pieces, which were then scattered across Egypt. Osiris' wife [[wikipedia:Isis|Isis]] recovered the pieces and brought Osiris back to life long enough for them to bear a son, [[wikipedia:Horus|Horus]], before Osiris departed to the Land of the Dead where he became its ruler.

While the primary purpose of "Exodia" is to declare an automatic win through having all five pieces"Forbidden One" monsters, there have been other methods to using itthose pieces. The first of these was "[[Exodia Necross]]", which had to must be summoned via the effect of "[[Contract with Exodia]]" and , which possesses the near-invulnerability of the anime version of "Exodia" as long as the actual "Forbidden One" pieces remain in the [[Graveyard]]. It gains 500 ATK during each of the player's [[Standby Phase]]s and cannot be destroyed in by battle or by [[Spell CardsCard|Spell]] and [[Trap Cards|TrapCard]] effects. It is automatically destroyed if If any of the five "Forbidden One" pieces do monsters are not exist in the Graveyard, it is automatically destroyed. Due to its near-invincibility and increasing strength, it serves as either a trump card that cannot be defeated , or as a backup plan if too many "Forbidden One" pieces monsters end up in the Graveyard. The next such incarnation was "[[Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord]]", which provided an alternate method of winning victory condition with "Exodia". "Exodius" can only be Summoned by returning all monsters in the Graveyard to the Deck. When "Exodius" it attacks, a monster must be [[Sendsend|sent]] from either the hand or Deck to the Graveyard. "Exodius" and it gains 1000 ATK for each [[Normal Monster]] in the Graveyard. Should all five pieces of "ExodiaForbidden One" exist in monsters be sent to the Graveyard as a result of being sent there via the effect of "Exodius", the player automatically wins the duelDuel. Since the "Forbidden One" limbs are Normal Monsters, they power up "Exodius" when sent to the Graveyard by its effect, allowing field presence to be maintained, while also contributing to the possibility of an automatic winvictory. Since its Summoning condition puts monsters from the Graveyard back into the Deck, it allows the possibility of an automatic win even if "Forbidden One" pieces monsters are sent to the Graveyard, and in fact makes it ''beneficial'' to send them there again. 

In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|second anime series]], the "Forbidden One" cards were notable for never successfully being played until [[Yugi Muto]] was able to assemble all five pieces during his duel against [[Seto Kaiba]] during [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 001|episode 1]]. "[[Exodia the Forbidden One (character)|Exodia]]" appeared in that duel when Yugi gathered all five pieces in his hand, after which it launched an attack, that was prompted by the line "Exodia, Obliterate" ("Hellfire's Rage, Exodo Flame!" in the original) from Yugi. The attack wiped out all three of Kaiba's "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]s" and Yugi won the Duel.However, Yugi never used the "Exodia" cards again in the series because [[Weevil Underwood]] threw them overboard during the boat trip to [[====Duelist Kingdom]] to ensure that Yugi couldn't use them for the tournament; despite the best efforts of [[Joey Wheeler]], only two pieces were recovered.arc====

In the [[Battle CityYu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|second anime series]], the "Exodia" cards were notable for never successfully being played until Yami Yugi was able to assemble all five pieces during his Duel against [[Seto Kaiba]] in {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|001|ref}}. Afterwards, "[[Exodia the Forbidden One (character)|Exodia]]" appeared on the field and launched an attack powerful enough to simultaneously wipe out all of Kaiba's "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragons]]", allowing Yugi to win the Duel. However, in {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|003|ref}}, during Yugi Muto's boat trip to [[Duelist Kingdom]] Arc, [[SeekerWeevil Underwood]] threw them overboard to ensure that Yugi couldn't use them for the tournament; despite the best efforts of [[Joey Wheeler]], only two pieces were recovered, but Yugi has never used the "Exodia" cards again. ====Battle City arc====Before the beginning of Kaiba's [[Battle City]] tournament, Seeker of the [[Rare Hunters]] used "Exodia" to defeat Joey in a duel Wheeler and also took take his "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]". In the duel Duel against Yami Yugi that followedthe beginning of the tournament, Seeker was about to draw the "[[Left Arm of the Forbidden One (anime)|Left Arm of the Rare Hunter almost wonForbidden One]]" when Yugi prevented his draw by using "[[Time Seal (anime)|Time Seal]]" Later, but Seeker was defeated when Yugi was able to wipe out destroyed every single copy of "[[Exodia the Forbidden One (anime)|Exodia the Forbidden One]]" in his Deck using "[[Chain Destruction (anime)|Chain Destruction]]." Following that, Yugi ripped up the "Forbidden One" cards as they were [[counterfeit]]s. However (in the English dub, he did that since the "Forbidden One" cards were marked with invisible ink so the Rare Hunter knew when he would draw one).In the [[====Virtual World (arc)|Virtual World]] Arc, [[====Gozaburo Kaiba]] used an Exodia Deck against [[Seto Kaiba]], and believed that since Yugi had defeated Kaiba with "Exodia", Kaiba would fear it. Instead of collecting the various "Forbidden One" monsters in his hand, Gozaburo sent them to his Graveyard so he could Summon "[[Exodia Necross]]". However; however, Kaiba was able to overcome his fears and saw the weakness in "Exodia Necross", and so removed he [[banish]]ed the "Forbidden One" monsters in the Graveyard [[Banish|from play]] using "[[Soul Demolition (anime)|Soul Demolition]]", and thus rendered "Exodia Necross" powerless. "Exodia Necross'" effect was marginally different in the anime. It gained a different effect for each "Exodia" piece in the Graveyard. It was became immune to [[Spell Cards|Spell]]s if and Trap Card effects when the "Left Leg was in the Graveyard, immune to [[Trap Cards|Trap]]s if the " and "Right Leg was " were each in the Graveyard, ; it became immune to [[Effect Monsters|Monster effectsCard]] effects if the "Left Arm " was in the Graveyard and ; it gained 1000 [[ATK each time ]] during [[Damage Calculation|damage that involved it was calculatedcalculation]] if the "Right Arm " was in the Graveyard. Having ; and it couldn't be destroyed by battle if "[[Exodia the Forbidden One|the head]]" in was in the Graveyard granted it the effect of not being destroyed in battle. ====Exodia vs Zorc NecrophadesDawn of the Duel arc====Exodia made makes one final appearance during the [[Dawn of the Duel]] Arc, in [[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode |216|episode 216]], ref}} as the [[Egyptian Spirit Monster|Ka]] spirit of [[Shimon Muran]]. Shimon had sealed "Exodia" a long time ago away due to its godly strength , but released him to engage in battle with [[Zorc Necrophades]]. Despite a strong effort, "Exodia" was defeated by Zorc, because "Exodia" drew his power from Shimon, while Zorc used the power of the darkness. Initially, though, both of them seemed imperishable, but as The Forbidden One"Exodia's " life force was drawn from a single humanShimon, any damage caused to "Exodia" was also caused to Shimon himself, and Shimon, a sole mortal, wasn't able to stand up to the power of Zorc, which thus . This allowed the Dark Demon demon to easily cleave "Exodia" in half, and killed killing Shimon in the process.

In During the third season of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''anime, "Exodia" was used by two separate duelistsDuelists.  The first was Marcel Bonaparte, who was possessed by the spirit of Yubel, which he used during his Duel against Adrian Gecko. Using the effect of "[[Yubel Mad Reloader (characteranime)|YubelMad Reloader]]-possessed [[Marcel Bonaparte]] used an Exodia Deck", which he discarded after he obtained drew the "Forbidden One" Normal Monsters. He intended to the three effect of two "[[Sacred BeastsBreak the Seal]]. He gave " to send them to the five Graveyard and add "Exodia the Forbidden One" cards to his hand, but at that time, the [[Adrian GeckoSacred Beast]] as part of a deals awakened, forcing them to end the Duel. Later in the season, Adrian discovered the seal of "Exodia" in the third alternate dimension and realized that he must sacrifice the Duel Energy of someone close to him in order to free "Exodia". Adrian decided to sacrifice [[Echo]], whom he loved, but was opposed by [[Aster Phoenix]]. The two Dueled and Aster was able to block Adrian from achieving the [[victory condition]] of "Exodia" using "[[Force of Four]]." HoweverAdrian, however, Adrian was able to make made a comeback with using "[[Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord (anime)|Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord]]". Echo willingly sacrificed herself to release "Exodia", and despite Aster coming close to victory, Adrian was able to Summon "Exodia" by using the victory condition of "Exodius". Adrian later used his Exodia Deck against the Yubel-possessed [[Jesse Anderson]] (possessed by Yubel) in order to become King the king of the third alternate dimension. Adrian was defeated when his opponent Summoned "[[Yubel (anime)|Yubel]]", whose effect defeated him as she attacked "[[Grinder Torch Golem (anime)|Torch Golem]]". Had that not happened, Adrian would have wonduring his next turn, as he had four different "Forbidden One" monsters in his hand and was about to draw the fifth, which was placed on top of his Deck by using "[[A Feather of the Phoenix (anime)|A Feather of the Phoenix]]". In the anime, the effect of "Exodius" effect was marginally different. It needed be Summoned via "[[Ritual of the Ultimate Forbidden Lord]]" and was immune to [[Effect Monster|Monster]], [[Spell Cards|Spell]] and [[Trap Cards|Trap]] card effects controlled by the player's opponent. Rather than gaining ATK for Normal Monsters in the Graveyard, it gained ATK only for "Forbidden One" monsters in the Graveyard, and it could only send "Forbidden One" monsters from the Deck or hand to the Graveyard when it attacked.  

In the dub English dubbed version of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''anime, [[Yusei Fudo]] compared the "[[Earthbound Immortals]]" to "Exodia", though he was likely using the size and similar body shapes of "Exodia" and "[[Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu (anime)|Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu]]" as his main comparison. 

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* In the ''[[TCG]]'' artwork, the pentagram seal behind the "Forbidden One" pieces of "Exodia" is monsters are replaced by "[[Spellbinding Circle]]".