Joey Wheeler
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| Team | Yu-Jyo (WC 2008) |
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Joey Wheeler, known as Katsuya Jounouchi in the manga and Japanese version, is a Yu-Gi-Oh! character and is best friends with Yugi Muto.
He is known as Joseph "Joey" Wheeler in the 4Kids English anime and video games as well as the Brazilian and Portuguese version of the manga, and called Joseph "Joey" Katsuya in the Funimation Uncut English Anime. In the Swedish anime his name is Katsuya Jonouchi but they call him Jono. His name is sometimes spelled Katsuya Jyonouchi in the Japanese anime. His dub name could be based on the character of Wheeler from Captain Planet who also has a Brooklyn accent (and a voice actor named Joey). It may also be a homage to Joseph Wheeler, a commander during the American Civil War. In the manga when Ryo Bakura invited the protagonists to play the Monster World RPG, Jonouchi's character was named "Joey".
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Personality
Joey started out as a bully, but becoming friends with Yugi Muto changes this. Though occasionally portrayed as comic relief, he is essential to the plot and the series' overall theme. He is an enthusiastic duelist, who claims dueling is about fighting to help people you love.
Kazuki Takahashi considers Seto Kaiba and Yami Yugi weak in comparison to Joey.[3]
The first syllables of Yugi and Jonouchi's names form Yūjō, which is Japanese for friendship, symbolizing the bond between the two characters.[4] The card "Yu-Jo Friendship" is based on this connection.
Design
Appearance
Joey's character design was overseen by Kazuki Takahashi.
In the first seven volumes of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, Joey's hairstyle changes drastically. Originally featuring two large fringes in front of his ears, the hairstyle changes to a sporadically arranged taper-like and unrealistic hairstyle. Joey's first color appearance depicts him with medium brown hair and black eyes. Subsequent appearances lighten the hair color to dirty blond and blond. His eyes are portrayed as brown or hazel.
In the first series anime, Joey's hairstyle does not change, and the sporadic hairstyle colored in a bright blond style is used. His eyes are brown.
In the second series anime he has dirty blond hair in the sporadic hairstyle and dark brown eyes. His usual outfit from the second series anime consists of a long green open jacket with a raised collar, a white T-shirt underneath and blue jeans. Later in the series, his green jacket is replaced with a blue denim one. He often carries a KaibaCorp Duel Disk on his left arm.
Voice
In the Japanese version, Joey does not use honorifics, which means he has a "rude" speech pattern. When talking to people he doesn't like, Joey uses the word "teme" (a rude form of "you" in Japanese, often translated as "you bastard") instead of his normal "omae" (a form of "you" that in context is used between friends, but can imply that the person being spoken to has a lower status than the speaker does if used incorrectly), especially to Seto Kaiba, who does not think highly of Joey. The speech pattern translates into the American English anime, in which it is represented by Joey (voiced by Wayne Grayson) speaking with a Brooklyn accent. He refers to himself as "The Godfather of Games" in the movie. In the Southeast Asian English dub, Joey (voiced by Dwayne Tan in this dub) noticeably lacks the Brooklyn accent he has in the American dub.
Manga biography
First series anime biography
Second series anime biography
History
Joey and his sister, Serenity Wheeler, were separated when their parents divorced when he was 10. Serenity was brought up by her mother while Joey lived with his father.
Joey and Tristan Taylor used to bully Yugi Muto at school. At one point Joey took a piece of Yugi's Millennium Puzzle and threw it into a swimming pool from a window outside of their classroom. However when Ushio started beating up Joey and Tristan, Yugi stood up for them, saying they were his friends. Joey was inspired by how Yugi had tried to help him and came to care for Yugi. He retrieved the piece of the puzzle in the pool and gave it to Yugi. Yami Yugi then punished Ushio with a Penalty Game.
Joey became friends with Téa Gardner through Yugi.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Joey is mentioned by name, by Pegasus. Pegasus includes Joey in his top five Duelists as number three. Two being Kaiba and one being Yugi.[5]
His name is made referenced in an episode in the English version when Jaden Yuki Duels a lab chimpanzee, the scientist says the ape's name is Wheeler.[6] The monkey, itself, is also a reference to Joey, since Kaiba dubbed Joey as "the Dueling Monkey".[citation needed]
When Jaden is taken to the past to Duel against the younger Yugi, he picks up a flyer that has a picture of Yugi, Téa, Tristan, Joey and Kaiba.[7]
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
In the English version of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, someone asks if a person dueling is Joey Wheeler. Someone else replies that it is his cousin Jesse Wheeler. In the Japanese version, this person was merely an unnamed background character.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time
The exclusive comic book that comes with "Malefic Red Eyes B. Dragon" says that Paradox stole Joey's "Red Eyes B. Dragon" to summon out "Malefic Red Eyes B.Dragon."
Non-canon appearances
Deck
Originally, Joey's Deck is comprised of mostly Warrior and Beast-Warrior-Type monsters. He also uses luck based cards like "Question", "Graceful Dice", "Skull Dice", "Roulette Spider" and "Star Blaster" in the series, mostly in the Battle City arc later on using monsters with powerful special effects such as "Gilford the Lightning" and "Blue Flame Swordsman". His dependency on luck (which works surprisingly well for him) started after he defeated Mai Valentine with "Time Wizard". At the start of Season Four, more of his cards focus on strategies involving his "Red-Eyes Black Dragon", such as "Knight of Dark Dragons" and "Lord of the Red".
References
- ↑ a b c d e Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth: Katsuysa Jounouchi's profile
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 42: "Get the Million!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth: The Super Long Interview with Kazuki Takahashi
- ↑ timeforkids.com Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! creator
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 107: "A Jewel of A Duel: Part 2"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 13: "Monkey See, Monkey Duel"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 179: "Farewell, Judai! A Tearful Graduation Ceremony"
