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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episodeepisode | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! | season image = 2 | image name = Yugioh081.jpgpng | image size = | image caption = | english en_name = Let the Finals Begin! | kanji ja_name = バトルシップ発進! | romaji romaji_name = Batoru Shippu Hasshin! | japanese translated ja_trans_name = (Battle Ship Takes Off!) | episode series = Yu-Gi-Oh!| number = 81| season = 0812 | japanese air date ja_air_date = November 13, 2001 | english air date en_air_date = August 30, 2003 | japanese opening ja_opening = [[WILD DRIVE]] | japanese ending ja_ending = [[Paradise]]<br /> 楽園 | english opening en_theme = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 2 Theme (English)|Season Two theme]] | english ending screenwriter = Junki Takegami

'''"Let the Finals Begin!"''', known as '''"Battle Ship Takes Off!"''' in the Japanese version, is the eighty-first episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]]. It first aired in Japan on November 13, 2001, and in the United States on August 30, 2003. {{episode summary|After obtaining 6 [[Locator CardsCard]]s, the semi-finalists arrive at Kaiba's the [[Battle City]] finals secret tournament location.}}

==Summary==[[Seto Kaiba]] is waiting with his brother [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]] for the [[Battle City]] finalists to arrive. The first three finalists, [[Yugi Muto]], [[Joey Wheeler]] and [[Mai Valentine]] arrive with their friends, [[Tristan Taylor]], [[Serenity Wheeler]], [[Téa Gardner]] and [[Duke Devlin]]. [[Marik Ishtar]], the next finalist, arrives but is still using his disguise of Namu. Joey is suspicious about his true motives, but eventually dismisses it. [[Bakura Ryou|Bakura]] arrives even though he is still injured and announces he is also a finalist, baffling everyone. [[Odion]] comes in at this point, creating a commotion as Yugi, Kaiba and Joey recognize him as Marik, and Odion continues to identify himself as Marik, another finalist.

It is the Semi-Finals of the [[Battle City]] tournament where [[Seto Kaiba]], [[Yami Yugi]], [[Joey WheelerFile:RyoBakurawithLocatorCards.jpg|thumb|Joey]], [[Mai Valentineleft|Vai]], [[Yami Bakura]], [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]], [[Odion Ishtar|Odion]] and [[Ishizu Ishtar|Ishizu]] have all qualified to enter the Semi-Finals of the [[Battle City]] tournament. [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]] says to [[Yami Yugi]] that he never played reveals his 6 [[Slifer the Sky DragonLocator Card]] since he won it from the [[Rare Hunters|Rare Hunter]] [[Strings]], he also says that when they face each other [[Yami Yugi]] better put his [[Slifer the Sky Dragon]] in his [[Main Deck|Deck]] so that when he wins it he can win the [[Battle City]] Tournaments. The semi-finalists prepare their [[Main Deck|Deck]]s in preparation for the Tournament.

Mokuba introduces [[Kaiba Craft 3]], a huge airship where the finals will take place. The airship lands and all the contestants enter, although Yugi's friends are initially not allowed as they are not finalists but Mokuba persuades Kaiba to let them on. Kaiba orders the airship to leave, even though the remaining finalist has not arrived, but at the last minute [[Ishizu Ishtar]] enters with a mask over her face to conceal her identity. The finalists spend time alone in their designated rooms, except for Joey who is with Serenity and later Tristan, Téa and Duke, who do not have their own rooms. Yugi plans his deck while talking to Yami Yugi and they agree that Bakura is once again under the influence of the [[Millennium Ring]]. The finalists are called to the main hall to decide who will duel first.{{Stub-|left}}==Featured cards==The following cards appeared in this episode. {{Decklist|Other|effect monsters =* [[Dark Magician Girl (anime)|Dark Magician Girl]]* [[Obelisk the Tormentor (anime)|Obelisk the Tormentor]]* [[Slifer the Sky Dragon (anime)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]}} ==Cast=={| class="wikitable"|-! scope="col" | Japanese character name! scope="col" | Japanese voice actor|-| [[Yugi Muto]]u| [[Shunsuke Kazama]]|-| [[Téa Gardner|Anzu Mazaki]]| [[Maki Saito]]|-| [[Joey Wheeler|Katsuya Jonouchi]]| [[Hiroki Takahashi]]|-| [[Tristan Taylor|Hiroto Honda]]| [[Hidehiro Kikuchi]]<!-- Page break -->|-| [[Seto Kaiba]]| [[Kenjiro Tsuda]]|-| [[Mokuba Kaiba]]| [[Junko Takeuchi]]|-| [[Bakura Ryou|Ryo Bakura]]| [[Rica Matsumoto]]|-| [[Mai Valentine|Mai Kujaku]]| [[Haruhi Terada]]|-| [[Duke Devlin|Ryuji Otogi]]| [[Ryo Naito]]<!-- Page break -->|-| [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]]<!-- surname not shown in the credits -->| [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]]|-| [[Odion|Rishid]]| [[KONTA]]|-| [[Serenity Wheeler|Shizuka]]<!-- surname not shown in the credits -->| [[Mika Sakenobe]]|-| [[Roland|Isono]]| [[Masami Iwasaki]]|-| [[Fuguta]]| [[Eiji Takemoto]]|} ==Differences in adaptations==A scene of [[Yami Bakura]] aggressively eating steak and saying "Not enough blood" is removed from the dub. ==Errors==* When Yugi, Joey, and Mai are asked to show their six locator cards, all three show seven cards instead of six.* After Bakura reveals he is a finalist, the scene of Marik (still in the guise of Namu) shows him without a Duel Disk.* When [[Roland]] and [[Fuguta]] announce that the actual location is on a blimp, Marik is still seen without a Duel Disk, and Kaiba mistakenly has his on his right arm, but then it switches back to his left arm, like everyone else's shown.* Mokuba calls Fuguta "Roland".