Card Trivia:Goyo Guardian

"Goyo Guardian":

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• This monster appears in the artworks of "Deep Dark Trap Hole", "Extra Net" and "Summon Gate".

• This monster is based on a kabuki actor, as well as a Yoriki and/or Doshin, which are both types of Edo period policemen.

• This monster's Japanese kanji (御用, Goyou) can be read literally as "imperial use" or "patronage"; it also has a secondary meaning of "arrest", "apprehension" or "capture".
  • This monster's effect to Special Summon an opponent's monster(s) that it destroys by battle effectively "arrests" or "captures" them by Summoning them to the other player's field.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime, this monster is used by Tetsu Trudge, a Sector Security officer.
    • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links further emphasizes this connection through Skills exclusive to Trudge that are designed to work well with this monster, such as "You're Under Arrest!" and "Parole!".

• This card's artwork depicts the monster wielding a tassled jutte (十手、commonly read as "Jitte"), a hybrid weapon that combines a baton and sword-breaker and was commonly used by the Edo period police forces.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime, Trudge first Synchro Summons this monster by Tuning one of his "Gate Blockers" with the aptly-named "Jutte Fighter".

• This monster is tied with "Goyo King" for the highest original ATK (2800) of any EARTH Warrior Synchro Monster.
  • This monster is tied with "Infernal Incinerator" and "Koalo-Koala" for the highest original ATK 2800 of all Level 6 monsters.

• This monster is the first card to have its Synchro Materials changed by a major errata.