Duelist Kingdom (arc)
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Duelist Kingdom is the first arc of the TV Tokyo anime.
In this arc, Yugi Muto is forced to take part in Maximillion Pegasus' Duelist Kingdom tournament in order to free the soul of his grandfather, after Pegasus' strips it from his body. His friend Joey Wheeler takes part too as he needs the prize money to pay for his sister's eye operation.
Story
Prior to the tournament
The anime begins with Seto Kaiba kidnapping Yugi's grandfather and defeating him in a Duel order to acquire his rare four-of-a-kind card, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". On doing so he tears up the card so it can't be used against him. Yugi then duels Kaiba to get revenge. Not entirely conscious of the transformation, he switches to Yami Yugi for the Duel. Yugi learns that Kaiba possess the other three "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" cards as he Summons them. Yami starts to doubt he can win, but thinking of how his friends are supporting him in spirit, he manages to Summon the "Exodia", an instant win card combination. Yami then inflicts the Mind Crush Penalty Game on Kaiba, dispelling his evil side.[1]
Joey takes up learning Duel Monsters, but proves a weak player after losing to Téa at school. (In the anime, he also loses to Yugi.) Yugi agrees to help him improve and they start by watching the Japanese regional Duel Monsters tournament final at Yugi's house. The tournament ended with Weevil Underwood defeating Rex Raptor. As Weevil was congratulated by the creator of Duel Monsters, Maximillion Pegasus, he received an invitation to an upcoming tournament.[2]
After watching the finals, Yugi opened a package he received, containing a gauntlet, 2 Star Chips and a videotape. The tape contained a recording of Pegasus, who invited Yugi to Duel on the spot. Yugi switched to Yami Yugi, upon realizing that this was a Shadow Game. Pegasus won the Duel due to an imposed time limit and took the soul of Yugi's grandpa as Yugi's penalty.[2] In order to get the soul of his grandpa back he accepts Pegasus' invitation to Duelist Kingdom and his friend(s) join him.
Trivia
With the exception of Pegasaus beating Kaiba, as well as Panik beating Mai, every time that there was a victor in a seen duel, whoever was on the BLUE side of the arena was the victor.
Episodes
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Episode 1 | 18 April 2000 | 29 September 2001 | ||
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Episode 2 | 25 April 2000 | 6 October 2001 | ||
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Episode 3 | 5 May 2000 | 13 October 2001 | ||
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Episode 4 | 9 May 2000 | 20 October 2001 | ||
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Episode 5 | 16 May 2000 | 20 October 2001 | ||
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Episode 6 | 23 May 2000 | 3 November 2001 | ||
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Episode 7 | 30 May 2000 | 10 November 2001 | ||
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Episode 8 | 6 June 2000 | 17 November 2001 | ||
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Episode 9 | 13 June 2000 | 24 November 2001 | ||
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Episode 10 | 20 June 2000 | 1 December 2001 | ||
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Episode 11 | 27 June 2000 | 15 December 2001 | ||
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Episode 12 | 4 July 2000 | 19 January 2002 | ||
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Episode 13 | 11 July 2000 | 26 January 2002 | ||
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Episode 14 | 25 July 2000 | 2 February 2002 | ||
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Episode 15 | 1 August 2000 | 2 February 2002 | ||
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Episode 16 | 8 August 2000 | 9 February 2002 | ||
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Episode 17 | 15 August 2000 | 16 February 2002 | ||
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Episode 18 | 22 August 2000 | 23 February 2002 | ||
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Episode 19 | 29 August 2000 | 16 March 2002 | ||
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Episode 20 | 5 September 2000 | 23 March 2002 | ||
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Episode 21 | 12 September 2000 | 30 March 2002 | ||
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Episode 22 | 19 September 2000 | 6 April 2002 | ||
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Episode 23 | 26 September 2000 | 13 April 2002 | ||
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Episode 24 | 3 October 2000 | 20 April 2002 | ||
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Episode 25 | 10 October 2000 | 27 April 2002 | ||
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Episode 26 | 17 October 2000 | 18 May 2002 | ||
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Episode 27 | 24 October 2000 | 25 May 2002 | ||
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Episode 28 | 31 October 2000 | 17 August 2002 | ||
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Episode 29 | 7 November 2000 | 24 August 2002 | ||
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Episode 30 | 14 November 2000 | 31 August 2002 | ||
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Episode 31 | 21 November 2000 | 7 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 32 | 28 November 2000 | 7 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 33 | 5 December 2000 | 14 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 34 | 12 December 2000 | 14 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 35 | 19 December 2000 | 21 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 36 | 26 December 2000 | 21 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 37 | 9 January 2001 | 28 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 38 | 16 January 2001 | 28 September 2002 | ||
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Episode 39 | 23 January 2001 | 5 October 2002 | ||
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Episode 40 | 30 January 2001 | 5 October 2002 | ||
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Episode 41 | 6 February 2001 | 12 October 2002 | ||
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Episode 42 | 13 February 2001 | 12 October 2002 | ||
References
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 1: "The Heart of the Cards"
- ↑ a b Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 2: "The Gauntlet Is Thrown"
