HERO

HERO
Japanese	ＨＥＲＯ（ヒーロー）
Japanese (ruby)	ヒーロー
Japanese (base text)	ＨＥＲＯ
Japanese (romanized)	Hīrō
Japanese (translated)	Hero
English	Hero
Other names French: Heros German: Held Italian: Eroe Korean: 히어로 Portuguese: Herói Spanish: Héroe
Appears in (anime)	Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters) GX Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time
Appears in (manga)	Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters) GX
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HERO is a group of six Archetypes introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. HERO cards are denoted by 「ＨＥＲＯ（ヒーロー）」 in the card's Japanese name. In the anime, Jaden uses Elemental Heroes and Neo-Spacians (sub-archetype of Elemental HEROES), Aster uses Elemental HEROES and Destiny HEROES, and Jaden as The Supreme King uses Elemental HEROES and Evil HEROES. In the manga, Jaden uses Elemental HEROES (but he uses different ones except in a flashback) and Masked HEROES while Aster uses Vision HEROES.

At first they were divided into "Elemental HEROES", "Evil HEROES" and "Destiny HEROES" but later they shifted towards unification of the three archetypes. In Japan, there are two more; "Masked HEROES" and "Vision HEROES".

Cards whose text specifically reference this unification include "Elemental Hero Stratos", "Elemental Hero Ocean", "Elemental Hero Divine Neos", "Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy", "Elemental Hero Absolute Zero", and "Hero's Bond", where the effects are based on cards present on the field whose names contain "HERO", allowing them to be used with "Elemental HEROES", "Evil HEROES", "Destiny HEROES", "Masked HEROES", and "Vision HEROES".

The Japanese cards use 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ(エレメンタルヒーロー)」, 「Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ(イービルヒーロー)」, 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ(デステニーヒーロー)」, 「Ｍ・ＨＥＲＯ(マスクドヒーロー)」 and 「Ｖ・ＨＥＲＯ(ヴィジョンヒーロー)」 at the start of their names so only those five would work with 「ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)」. Note that "Elemental HERO" and "Evil HERO" use 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ」 and 「Ｅ－ＨＥＲＯ」, and their furigana is different: "Elemental HEROES" have 「エレメンタルヒーロー」 and "Evil HEROES" have 「イービルヒーロー」.

The Korean cards use "히어로" to indicate HEROES. Elemental HEROES and Evil HEROES are denoted by "엘리멘틀 히어로" and Destiny HEROES are denoted by "데스티니 히어로". How ever, "엘리멘틀" doesn't mean "Elemental", it is translated to "Elrimenteul". The real translation would be "엘리멘탈". And further, the only card that shows "Evil HERO" translated into Korean proper is "Evil Hero Inferno Wing" and only in the Ultra Rare-version of this card. So the proper translation of "Evil HERO" is "이블 히어로".

In English and other languages they have changed the text to allow only Destiny HEROES and Elemental HEROES to work with these related card effects. Most cards still need to be updated with the release of the "Evil HEROES" to include them. "Elemental Hero Stratos" and "Elemental Hero Ocean" have been errata'd to support each type of HERO. They were originally spelled in lower case, but were changed to have "HERO" in all capital letters to distinguish them from cards such as "Oscillo Hero", which also has "Hero" in its name and can still be included "Masked HERO Goka"'s ATK gain, but aren't not considered part of this archetype.

The "Masked HEROES" and "Vision HEROES" make their debut in the fiftieth chapter of the GX manga.

HEROES are often based off of comic or movie style heroes.