Chumley Huffington

Chumley Huffington

Names
English	Chumley Huffington
Japanese translated	Hayato Maeda
Japanese Japanese 前田隼人 Rōmaji Maeda Hayato
Other languages
Arabic	تشاملي هَفينغتون
Filipino	Japoy Madaea
Personal
Gender	Male
Relatives
Mr. Huffington (father)
Career Education
Occupation	Card designer
Organization	Industrial Illusions
School	Duel Academy
Dormitory	Slifer Red
Duelist
Anime Deck	Koala
Other Decks
Tag Force	Wrath of Nature Animal Mayhem Beast Tamer New Journey Satsuma Dimension Style Stir of Nature
Spirit Caller	Australian Deck Big OZ Super OZ Forest Dweller
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 0011: "The Next King of Games"
Video game debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Game Boy Advance Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy Nintendo DS Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller PlayStation 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force Evolution PSP Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 Xbox Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels
Voice actors
English	Ted Lewis
Japanese	Yuki Masuda
Other languages
Italian	Matteo Zanotti
Huffington, Chumley

Chumley Huffington, known in Japan as Hayato Maeda 「前田隼人, Maeda Hayato」, was initially a Slifer Red Duelist with an extremely pessimistic outlook but gradually grows to become a respected card designer for Industrial Illusions.

Design

Appearance

Chumley's design incorporates multiple layers of clothing and a wide range of expressions. Depicted here is the Duelist in full Slifer Red regalia from front, side, and rear alongside views of his head from different angles.

Chumley's character design was overseen by Kenichi Hara. His usual outfit consists of the standard Slifer Red uniform, though its colors are inverted to include a larger section of white than red. His face, build, and hairstyle were made to resemble a koala. As conceived, the character was very muscular, but his muscle tone is removed from the dub to make him appear obese. He carries an Duel Academy-issued Duel Disk on his left hand.

Voice/Mannerisms

In the English dub, Chumley is obsessed with grilled cheese sandwiches. It is said at one point he creates a Grilled Cheese Spell Card. His obsession with the food leads him to use phrases such as "lischus" and "not lischus" as positive and negative assurance respectively, the words being derived from "delicious."

Full-body shot of Chumley.

In one episode, it is implied that he speaks French.

In the original version of the series, Chumley has the same power to hear and see Duel Spirits that Chazz Princeton and Jaden have, although he is not totally aware of it. While "Des Koala" is pictured with him several times in as his spirit partner, this information is omitted entirely in the dub.

Biography

Chumley was forced to retake his freshman year after he failed his first time around. His best friends, Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale, come to Duel Academy, and encourage Chumley to gain more confidence in himself.

Throughout the series, Chumley participates in only two Duels: the first against his father, Mr. Huffington, and the second against Dr. Crowler. His father believed that his son's efforts at Duel Academy were wasted and that he would be better off leaving. To put an end to the conflict, Chumley struggled valiantly against his father's special tactics, but ultimately lost. Despite this, he allowed his son to continue his studies, as he saw that Chumley had actually learned something, and that his friends would always support him.

Chumley leaving Duel Academy

Maximillion Pegasus offers Chumley a job at Industrial Illusions as a card designer nearing the end of the first year after he wins a card-design contest by creating "Ayers Rock Sunrise". In order to determine whether or not he will be permitted to leave the school, Crowler Duels with him in one final test. Although Chumley manages to hold his own, even getting the chance to play the first card of his own creation, "Ayers Rock Sunrise", he is again defeated. Crowler, however, lets him move on regardless, impressed by how far in his studies he has come.

Chumley and Pegasus

Chumley returns with Pegasus during the Genex Tournament to give Jaden a new card, "Skyscraper 2 - Hero City", to aid him in his Duel with Franz, a fellow card designer who stole the only remaining copy of "The Winged Dragon of Ra" from Industrial Illusions.

Chumley, along with Belowski, is shown during Honest's flashback of Professor Banner's class in episode 176.

Deck

Chumley uses an Australian Deck, sporting cards such as "Des Koala", "Des Kangaroo", and "Eucalyptus Mole", all of which reflect his affinity toward such animals, including his favorite card, "Big Koala". His strongest monster, "Master of Oz", and one of its fusion components, the aforementioned "Des Kangaroo", were given to him by his best friends Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale respectively.

Anime Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Big Koala x3 Effect Monsters Des Kangaroo Des Koala x2 Eucalyptus Mole Union monsters Second Goblin Spell Cards Ayers Rock Sunrise De-Fusion Dian Keto the Cure Master Koala March Polymerization Pot of Greed Scapegoat Silent Doom The Big March of Animals Wild Nature's Release Trap Cards Animal Trail Beast Soul Swap Destruction Punch Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Master of Oz

Duels

Opponent(s)	Episode(s)	Outcome
Mr. Huffington	9	Lose
Syrus Truesdale	11	Not shown (flashback)
Vellian Crowler	50	Lose