Jersey man

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During Téa Gardner's flashback of how Yami Yugi rescued her, Téa was trying to earn money so she could study dance in New York. A mugger left her a note from Yugi Muto telling her of a dance studio in the warehouse on Spring Street, and when she got there he cornered her and told her to hand over her money. As he was about to beat her up, Yugi came in and attacked him, but he threw Yugi against some equipment, knocking him out cold. Téa responded by biting the mugger's arm, and he threw her against the wall in retaliation, knocking her out. Yami took over Yugi's body at that moment and challenged the mugger to a game where they each draw a single card and the weakest card loses. He told him that if he lost, he'd decide his fate. The mugger thought Yami was crazy, but accepted the challenge anyway after Yami asked if he was afraid. The mugger drew "Curse of Dragon" (2000) but Yami drew "Dark Magician" (2500). Not caring about the outcome, the mugger attempted to beat Yami up, but before he could lay a hand on the Pharaoh, his soul was banished to the Shadow Realm with a Mind Crush.

When Téa regained consciousness, Yami told her she wouldn't have to worry about him anymore. When the flashback ends, Téa asks Yugi what it was he did to the mugger. Yugi responded "I don't know. When I came to, that mugger was already on the ground." A split-second image of the mugger's Mind Crush is shown at the Season 1 intro, along with several other images.

In the original Japanese anime, this scene happened a bit differently. Instead of Yugi sending a note about a dance studio, it was someone who took a picture of Téa working at Burger World and told her to come to the gym equipment room unless she wanted the photo sent to the school (it is against the rules for students to work at Domino High School without a special condition). She arrives, expecting to find Joey and Yugi (the only two people from school who know her secret) but finds the mugger (presumably the gym teacher) with a video camera. He tells her to do what he says if she doesn't want the picture to come out. The rest happens as it does in the dub.