Card Appearances:The Legendary Fisherman

"The Legendary Fisherman":

Yu-Gi-Oh!

This card is a Level 4 monster in the manga while it is a Level 5 monster in the anime.

This card was anonymously mailed to Mako Tsunami when he was younger. Believing it came from his missing father, Mako treasured this card a lot and it eventually became his favorite as the fisherman does look a lot like his own father.

In episode 69, Mako uses this card during his Duel against Joey Wheeler. He summons this card by Tributing an unknown monster. This card then attacks Joey's "Alligator's Sword Dragon", but Joey activates "Energy Drain" to reduce this card's ATK to 0 and draw one card, however this card was unaffected by "Energy Drain" due to "Umi" being on the Field. The attack continues, destroying "Alligator's Sword Dragon". On Mako's next turn, this card attacks and destroys Joey's "Little-Winguard". On Mako's next turn, this card attacks and destroys Joey's "Rocket Warrior". Mako's "Fortress Whale" then attacks Joey directly. Later Mako's "Fortress Whale" attacks Joey's "Panther Warrior", but Joey activates "Magical Arm Shield" to redirect the attack to this card, destroying it. Later, Mako activates "Return of the Doomed" to revive this card. After Joey activates "Giant Trunade" to return all Spell and Trap Cards to their owners' hands, this card is revealed. Joey then activates "Scapegoat" to summon four Sheep Tokens. Joey then Tributes a Token so that "Panther Warrior" could attack. "Panther Warrior" then attacks and destroys this card, winning Joey the duel. After Joey wins the duel, he wins this card and "Fortress Whale" from Mako as per the Battle City Rules.

In episode 74, this card appears within a series of flashbacks that show all of Joey's Duels in Battle City.

In episode 78, this card appears in a series of flashbacks Joey has when he starts to remember that he is a Duelist(as Marik brainwashed him into Dueling Yugi and defeating him).

In episode 87, Joey uses this card during his Duel against Odion. He summons this card by Tributing "Battle Warrior". In the next episode, Odion's "Mystical Beast of Serket" attacks and destroys this card. "Mystical Beast of Serket" then gained ATK equal to half of this card's ATK.
- In the first above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a series of flashbacks that Joey has when he notes to Odion that he has met many people on his way to the Battle City Finals and he kept fighting all the way no matter how grim the situation was.
- In the second above-mentioned episode, this card appears in a flashback Joey has when he mentally apologizes to Mako for letting this card be destroyed while being unable to save it from being destroyed.

In episode 89, this card appears in a series of flashbacks Odion has when he explains that this card counts as three Tributes due to it absorbing three of Joey's monsters which was why he could Tribute this card to summon "The Winged Dragon of Ra".

In episode 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 episode 109, this card appears in a flashback Leichter has when he explains to Seto that his treachery began when Gozaburo gave him a large amount of dollars to test Seto's business skills.

When The Big Five (using Tristan Taylor's body) Duel Joey Wheeler and Yugi Muto, Gansley summons this card on the first turn thanks to "A Legendary Ocean". On the next turn, Crump has his Deck Master's Special Ability increase this card's Attack points by 200. Crump then has this card destroy Yugi's "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts". When this card tries to attack Yugi's "Mystical Elf", this card gets caught when Joey uses "Kunai with Chain" and is forced into Defense Position. This card then gets destroyed by Joey's "Cyber Harpie Lady" (equipped thanks to second effect of "Kunai with Chain"). When Crump plans to revive this card with "Monster Reborn", Yugi activates "Card Destruction" to foil Crump's plan.

During the Duel between Joey Wheeler, Yami Yugi, Seto Kaiba, and Yami Marik, this card is seen in Joey's hand.

Krue uses this card in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator. He can summon it without tribute via "A Legendary Ocean".