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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episodeepisode | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! | season = 3 | image name = Yugioh111.jpg | image size = | image caption = png | english en_name = Merger of the Big Five, Part 1 | kanji ja_name = ビッグ5の逆襲 | romaji romaji_name = Biggu Faibu no Gyakushū | japanese translated ja_trans_name = Big 5's Counterattack | episode number = 111 | japanese air date ja_air_date = June 18 June , 2002 | english air date en_air_date = January 17 January , 2004 | japanese opening ja_opening = [[WILD DRIVE]] | japanese ending ja_ending = [[Paradise]]<br /> 楽園 | english opening en_theme = | english ending screenwriter = Atsushi Maekawa

'''"Merger of the Big Five, Part 1"''', known as '''"Big Five's Counterattack"''' in the Japanese version, is the one hundred and eleventh episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']] anime. It first aired in Japan on June 18, 2002 and in the United States on January 17, 2004. ==Major EventsSummary==* [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]] breaks away from the group so he can search for [[Noah Kaiba|Noah]] and [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]]. He is surprised to discover an exact virtual copy of [[Kaiba Land]], his new theme park, when he hasn't shared the plans with anyone yet.* Noah speaks with [[The Big Five]]. [[Nezbitt]] is ready to leave the Virtual World in [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]]'s body, but the rest are in danger of dismissal for their failures. They beg Noah for one more chance.

** If Yugi wins, they will give back Tristan's body. If the Big Five winswin, they gain win the bodies of Yugi and all his friends.

** Speaking to Yugi and Joey, Johnson accepts this arrangement on the condition that the Big Five begin the Duel with 8000 [[Life Points]], while Yugi and Joey begin with 4000 each.* While constructing his Deck, Joey adds "[[Cyber Harpie Lady(anime)|Cyber Harpie]]" in honor of [[Mai Valentine|Mai]]. Later, it turns out that he also added "[[Harpie's Feather Duster]]".* [[Seto Kaiba(anime)|KaibaHarpie's Feather Duster]] broke away from the group before the challenge so he could search for Noah and Mokuba. He is surprised to discover an exact virtual copy of Kaiba Land when he hasn't even shared the plans with anyone yet."

* '''[[Yami Yugi]]''': "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]"* '''[[Joey Wheeler]]''': "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]"* '''[[The Big Five]]''': "[[Deepsea Warrior (anime)|Deepsea Warrior]]" and "[[Nightmare Penguin (anime)|Nightmare Penguin]]"

[[Gansley]] [[Draw a card|draws ]] "[[The Legendary Fisherman(anime)|The Legendary Fisherman]]". He then Gansley [[activate]]s the [[Field Spell Card|Field Magic Card]] "[[A Legendary Ocean (anime)|A Legendary Ocean]]". Now The [[effect]] of "A Legendary Ocean" always treats it as "[[Umi]]", reduces the [[Level]]s of all [[WATER ]] monsters on the field and in both players' hands have their levels reduced by one 1, and increases the [[ATK]] and in addition [[DEF]] of all WATER monsters gain by 200 ATK and DEF. He then Gansley [[Normal Summon]]s "[[The Legendary Fisherman]]" (1850/1600; Level , [[File:CG Star.svg|16px]] 5 → 4)) in [[Attack Position]] without [[Tribute]] due to "A Legendary Ocean's" [[Card effect|effect]] decreasing its [[Level]] by 1. As the name of "A Legendary Ocean" is treated as "[[Umi]]", "The Legendary Fisherman" cannot be attacked and is unaffected by Spell Magic Cards (because of this it does not get the increase from "A Legendary Ocean").

[[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] draws "[[Alligator's Sword (anime)|Alligator's Sword]]" and subsequently . Joey Normal Summons it "Alligator's Sword" (1500/1200) in [[Defense Position]].

[[Yami Yugi]] draws "[[Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (anime)|Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts]]" and subsequently . Yugi Normal Summons it "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" (1500/1200) in Defense Position.

<u>'''Turn 4: The Big Five (GansleyCrump)'''</u><br />At this point, [[Crump ]] takes over for Gansley. Crump draws. Due to the The Deck Master Ability of "[[Nightmare Penguin (anime)|Nightmare Penguin]]", increases the ATK of "The Legendary Fisherman" rises all WATER monsters Crump controls by 200 ("The Legendary Fisherman": 1850 → 2050/1600) as it's a WATER monster. "The Legendary Fisherman" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s "Gazelle". [[Crump]] then Normal Summons "[[Catapult Turtle (later anime)|Catapult Turtle]]" (1000 → 1400/2000 → 2200; Level[[File: CG Star.svg|16px]] 5 → 4) in Defense Position.

Joey draws "[[Kunai with Chain (anime)|Kunai with Chain]]" and subsequently . Joey [[Set]]s it"Kunai with Chain". Joey's hand contains "[[Fairy Box (anime)|Fairy Box]]", "[[Burning Soul Sword]]", "[[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]", "[[Double Snare (anime)|Double Snare]]", and "Cyber Harpie". Joey Normal Summons "[[Cyber Harpie Lady(anime)|Cyber Harpie]]" (1800/1300) in Attack Position. Joey then switches changes "Alligator's Sword" to Attack Position.

Yami Yugi's hand contains "[[Buster Blader (anime)|Buster Blader]]", "[[Alpha the Magnet Warrior (anime)|Alpha the Magnet Warrior]]", "[[Black Luster Ritual (anime)|Black Luster Ritual]]", "[[Card Destruction (anime)|Card Destruction]]", and "[[Kuriboh (anime)|Kuriboh]]". Yami Yugi draws "[[Mystical Elf (anime)|Mystical Elf]]" and subsequently . Yami Yugi Normal Summons it "Mystical Elf" (800/2000) in Defense Position.

Crump draws. "The Legendary Fisherman" attacks "Mystical Elf", but as Crump's monster declared an attack, Joey activates "his Set [[Trap Card]] "Kunai with Chain]]", switching the attacking monster to Defense Position and equipping "Kunai with Chain" to a monster he controls. "The Legendary Fisherman" is switched to Defense Position and increasing Joey equips "Kunai with Chain" to "Alligator's Sword". The effect of "Kunai with Chain" increases the ATK of "Cyber Harpie" the equipped monster by 500 ("Cyber Harpie LadyAlligator's Sword": 1800 1500 → 23002000/13001200). Crump Sets a "[[Monster CardMagician of Faith (anime)|monster]]("Magician of Faith]]").

Joey draws "[[Harpie's Feather Duster (anime)|Harpie's Feather Duster]]" . Joey activates the Magic Card "Harpie's Feather Duster", destroying all Magic and subsequently activates it to destroy Trap Cards Crump controls. "A Legendary Ocean" is destroyed ("Catapult Turtle" 1400 → 1200/2200 → 2000; Level [[File:CG Star.svg|16px]] 4 → 5). "Cyber Harpie Lady" attacks and destroys "The Legendary Fisherman". "Alligator's Sword" attacks and destroys [[The Big Five]]Crump's [[face-down]] monster. It's revealed to be Set "[[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]" (300/400). The Flip Effect of "Magician of Faith" activates, letting adding a Magic Card from Crump add 's [[Graveyard]] to his hand. He adds "A Legendary Ocean" from his Graveyard to his hand. Crump's hand contains "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]", "[[Premature Burial (anime)|Premature Burial]]", "Polymerization", "[[Driving Snow (anime)|Driving Snow]]", and "A Legendary Ocean". Crump plans to activate "A Legendary Ocean" next turn as well as use "[[Monster Reborn]]" to revive "The Legendary Fisherman" which will rebuild the Big Five's previous combo.

Yami draws. He then Yugi Normal Summons "[[Kuriboh (anime)|Kuriboh]]" (300/200) in Defense Position. He then Yami Yugi activates the Magic Card "[[Card Destruction (anime)|Card Destruction]]", forcing all players to [[discard]] their hand ing all players' hands and [[Draw a card|forcing them to draw]] the same amount number of cards they discarded. Crump is thus forced to discard "A Legendary Ocean" along with his other cards. At this point, Johnson takes over for Crump.

==Differences In Adaptations==* Cut from the English version is a shot of Robot Monkey Honda, moved to tears by [[Jounouchi]]'s insistence on fighting for him.* Another sequence with Robot Monkey Honda and the gang is cut from the English version. First, Honda tearfully urges Yugi and Jounouchi on. [[Anzu]] tells him not to worry, and Otogi says he'll soon have his body back. He thanks them, and Shizuka, who encourages her brother. Honda melts rather goopily in her arms.* Brainwashed [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]] has red-eyes in the dub.

* When Joey recalls has a flashback of Mai getting sent to the [[Shadow Realm]], [[Yami Marik ]] has the original [[Marik]]'s voice by mistake. * In the original, "Alligator's Sword" got the boost from "Kunai with Chain." In the dub, it was "Cyber Harpie." Despite this change, "Alligator's Sword" is still shown holding the weapon.

* [[Alpha The Magnet Warrior (anime)|Alpha The Magnet Warrior]]<ref group=Notes name=hand>This card can be seen in Yugi's [[hand]].</ref>* [[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]<ref group=Notes name=pick>Yugi pick picks this card when he was building his Deck.</ref>* [[Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (anime)|Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts]]* [[Mystical Elf (anime)|Mystical Elf]]

* [[Buster Blader (anime)|Buster Blader]]<ref group=Notes name=hand/>* [[Kuriboh (anime)|Kuriboh]]

* [[Black Luster Ritual (anime)|Black Luster Ritual]]<ref group=Notes name=hand/>* [[Card Destruction (anime)|Card Destruction]]

* [[Alligator's Sword (anime)|Alligator's Sword]]* [[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]<ref group=Notes name=fusion>This was played as a [[Normal Monster]]. It is an a [[Fusion Monster]] in the [[TCG]]/[[OCG]].</ref>

* [[Cyber Harpie Lady(anime)|Cyber Harpie]]<ref group=Notes name=pick2>Joey pick picks this card when he was building his Deck.</ref>

* [[Double Snare (anime)|Double Snare]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>* [[Fairy Box (anime)|Fairy Box]]<ref group=Notes name=hand2/><ref group=Notes name=trapasspell>This card was played as a [[Spell Card|Magic Card]]. It was depicted as a [[Trap Card]] in the English version. It is a Trap Card in the ''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''.</ref>* [[Harpie's Feather Duster (anime)|Harpie's Feather Duster]]* [[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]] (''[[Polymerization (Fusion)|Alternate version]] in the dub'')<ref group=Notes name=hand2/>

* [[Kunai with Chain (anime)|Kunai with Chain]]

* [[Judge Man (anime)|Judge Man]]* [[Robotic Knight (anime)|Robotic Knight]]

* [[Catapult Turtle (later anime)|Catapult Turtle]]* [[Deepsea Warrior (anime)|Deepsea Warrior]]* [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]* [[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]* [[Nightmare Penguin (anime)|Nightmare Penguin]]* [[The Legendary Fisherman (anime)|The Legendary Fisherman]]

* ''[[A Legendary Ocean (anime)|A Legendary Ocean]]''* [[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]<ref group=Notes name=hand3>This card can be seen in The Big Five's [[hand]].</ref>* [[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]] (''[[Polymerization (Fusion)|Alternate version]] in the dub'')<ref group=Notes name=hand3/>* [[Premature Burial (anime)|Premature Burial]]<ref group=Notes name=hand3/>

* [[Driving Snow (anime)|Driving Snow]]<ref group=Notes name=hand3/>

* [[Baby Dragon (anime)|Baby Dragon]]* [[Celtic Guardian (anime)|Celtic Guardian]]* [[Curse of Dragon (anime)|Curse of Dragon]]* [[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]* [[Dark Rabbit (anime)|Dark Rabbit]]* [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One (anime)|Right Leg of the Forbidden One]]* [[Summoned Skull (anime)|Summoned Skull]]

* [[Buster Blader (anime)|Buster Blader]]* [[Cyber Harpie Lady(anime)|Cyber Harpie]]* [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]* [[Lava Battleguard (anime)|Lava Battleguard]]* [[Time Wizard (anime)|Time Wizard]]

* [[Elegant Egotist (anime)|Elegant Egotist]]* [[Harpie's Feather Duster (anime)|Harpie's Feather Duster]]|traps = * [[Monster ReplaceShift (anime)|Shift]]

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