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* This is one of the few but growing number of cards whose Japanese name consists of only English alphabetical characters and punctuation. Some of the others being "[[The Big Saturn|The big SATURN]]", "[[Splendid Venus|The splendid VENUS]]", "[[Destiny End Dragoon|Dragoon D-END]]", [[Rai-Mei|RAI-MEI]], [[Five-Headed Dragon|F.G.D.]] and "[[Rai-Jin|RAI-JIN]]".
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* This is one of the [[cover card]]s of ''[[Collectible Tins 2007 Wave 1]]'', ''[[Prismatic Art Collection]]'', and ''[[Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box]]''.
  
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* This card's Japanese name is "'''D-Hero Bloo-D'''". This makes it one of the few [[Destiny Heroes]] whose name does not contain "Guy" and whose name after '''D-HERO''' does not start with a "D" sound.
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* This monster appears in the artworks of "[[Break the Destiny]]", "[[Fusion Destiny]]", "[[Plasma Counter]]", and "[[Plasma Roar]]".
  
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* The card's name spells out Blood, though the name is pronounced "Blue D" according to the katakana.
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* This monster is based on [[wikipedia:Count Dracula|Count Dracula]], the infamous king of the vampires in the novel written by [[wikipedia:Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker]].
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** This card's ''[[OCG]]'' name, "Destiny HERO - Bloo-D", is a reference to the blood Dracula sucks from his victims.
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*** It is also a reference to [[The D]], who originally owned this card in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime.
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*** It is also a pun on "blue ''bloo''d", which is a term used for an aristocrat; in the original Japanese version of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' anime, this card's name was written in blue ink.
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** This card's ''[[TCG]]'' name, "Plasma", is a reference to [[wikipedia:Blood plasma|blood plasma]].
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** This monster is also likely based on Dracula's appearance in the ''[[wikipedia:Castlevania|Castlevania]]'' game series by [[wikipedia:Konami|Konami]].
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*** This card's [[Attack and effect names in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|attack name]] in the Japanese version of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime, "Bloody Fears", is a reference to "Bloody Tears", a recurring soundtrack in the ''Castlevania'' series.
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*** This card's effect to [[equip]] a monster the opponent controls to itself and gaining [[ATK]] equal to half the original ATK of the equipped monster equipped is based on how Dracula could absorb the souls of his enemies and gain all their powers (a power more commonly demonstrated by his incarnation, Soma Cruz).
  
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* This again ties in with the British-theme surrounding D-Heroes, as "Blue Blood" means to belong to nobility.
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* This card is one of the three only "[[Destiny HERO]]" monsters to not have the suffix "-guy" in their ''OCG'' names, the others being "[[Destiny HERO - Dark Angel]]" and "[[Destiny HERO - Dread Servant]]".
  
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* The English name is derived from blood plasma.
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* This card's original ''[[TCG]]'' text contained several grammatical errors, forgetting some plurals and capitalization and omitting the word "ATK" at one point; this card's text was later fixed with an [[Card Errata:Destiny HERO - Plasma|errata]] in ''Legendary Collection 2''.
  
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* This card is featured on the artwork of "[[Plasma Counter]]" and "[[Plasma Roar]]".
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* This monster's dragon-like right arm cannon is similar to that of "[[Elemental HERO Flame Wingman]]".
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*Summoning this card while you have "[[Jinzo]]" and "[[Spell Canceller]]" will force your opponent to completely rely on attack and defense strength.
 
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* The wording of this card's English incarnation is mysteriously disjointed, especially towards the end. It comes across as quite vague, it forgets the word "ATK" at one point ("This card gains equal to...") and some words that are normally capitalised are not.
 
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* This card is the only Collectors Tin promo that has not been released in any other set in the [[TCG]].
 
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* [[Destiny Hero - Plasma|Destiny Hero - Plasma's]] additional effect in the anime was to gain a monster's effect as well when it equips a monster.
 
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* [[Destiny Hero - Plasma|This card's]] effect is similar to [[Machine Emperor Wisel Infinity]], [[Machine Emperor Skiel Infinity]], and [[Machine Emperor Grannel Infinity]] except that the [[Infinity (archetype)|Machine Emperors]] absorb only [[Synchro Monsters]]. [[Destiny Hero - Plasma]] can pretty much absorb any kind of monster.
 

Latest revision as of 21:17, 8 April 2023

"Destiny HERO - Plasma":
  • This monster is based on Count Dracula, the infamous king of the vampires in the novel written by Bram Stoker.
    • This card's OCG name, "Destiny HERO - Bloo-D", is a reference to the blood Dracula sucks from his victims.
      • It is also a reference to The D, who originally owned this card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime.
      • It is also a pun on "blue blood", which is a term used for an aristocrat; in the original Japanese version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, this card's name was written in blue ink.
    • This card's TCG name, "Plasma", is a reference to blood plasma.
    • This monster is also likely based on Dracula's appearance in the Castlevania game series by Konami.
      • This card's attack name in the Japanese version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, "Bloody Fears", is a reference to "Bloody Tears", a recurring soundtrack in the Castlevania series.
      • This card's effect to equip a monster the opponent controls to itself and gaining ATK equal to half the original ATK of the equipped monster equipped is based on how Dracula could absorb the souls of his enemies and gain all their powers (a power more commonly demonstrated by his incarnation, Soma Cruz).
  • This card's original TCG text contained several grammatical errors, forgetting some plurals and capitalization and omitting the word "ATK" at one point; this card's text was later fixed with an errata in Legendary Collection 2.
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