Penalty Game

For the card, see: Penalty Game!

A Penalty Game is a punishment given to the loser of a Shadow Game. Millennium Item holders are capable of inflicting supernatural punishments.

Penalty Games played an important part in early Yu-Gi-Oh! storylines, but are used much less frequently when the plot shifted to a Duel Monsters universe. The first series anime toned down the fatality of a number of Penalty Games, making some merely illusions.

Dark Yugi

Dark Yugi's (Yami Yugi's) Penalty Games often act as poetic justice to a person, who trespassed on the souls of his friends. While some of these penalties are fatal, he has used them to help the person on times; The Mind Crush Penalty Game was used to dispel Kaiba's evil side. In the second series anime, Mind Crush is the only Penalty Game shown to be used. Aside from sealing away Kaiba's evil side, it has also been used to banish Ghost Kaiba (the living form of Kaiba's evil side, returned from the Shadow Realm by Pegasus), Panik, and a mugger to the Shadow Realm (the game in which the mugger lost was to draw a card, and whichever card is the strongest wins). The Mind Crush has not been used since Panik, or seen since the flashback with the mugger. In the Japanese version, these three victims are either killed or sent into a coma.

Name	Information	Image
Greed, Illusion of Avarice	In the manga, Dark Yugi used this to make Ushio believe trash and leaves were money.	150px
-	In the first series anime, Dark Yugi used this to make Ushio believe he was being eaten by monsters
Mosaic Illusion	Director Lucius had his vision pixalized.	150px
Beat Festival	Sozoji was made to hear his heart beat incredibly loud.	150px
Experience of Death	Seto Kaiba imagined that he was trapped in the Duel Monsters Spirit World, where he was repeatedly killed by Duel Monsters.	150px
-	Mokuba Kaiba imagined that he was trapped inside a giant Capsule Monster Chess capsule.	150px
Mind Crush	Yugi used it to destroy the evil part of Seto Kaiba.	150px
Mind on Air	Yugi used it to reveal the producer's true personality.	150px

Shadi

Shadi uses Penalty Games to punish people who disturb the territory of the gods. Professor Kanekura was one of Shadi's victims after he defiled an Egyptian tomb. In the anime, Kankura had tried to sell the Millennium Puzzle. Ammit was let into Kankura's soul room to pass judgment. In the manga this causes Kankura to die. In the anime, he is driven insane. Professor Yoshimori is spared of a Shadow and Penalty Game, as Shadi uses him for a Shadow Game against Yugi.

Name	Information	Image
Demon Ammit	Professor Kanekura imagined his chair transformed into Ammit, during his Shadow Game. After losing Shadi told him that Ammit was inside his soul room devouring his soul. In reality, Kanekura died of a heart attack.	150px

Kaiba

Seto Kaiba creates artificial Penalty Games for the loser of Games in Death-T. Some include leaving the victim be attacked by a series of monster holograms, such as Doppel-ganger.

Name	Information	Image
Experience of Death	Seto Kaiba recreated the "Experience of Death" Penalty Game, that Dark subject him to, using virtual reality. Using a Battle Box, he created holographic images of monsters to attack the victim. He claims to have tested this on human subjects and found that the average person went insane after being subjected to this for ten minutes. He inflicted this penalty on Sugoroku after beating him in Duel Monsters. He forced Yugi to participate in Death-T, before releasing Sugroku.	150px

Dark Bakura

Dark Bakura's (Yami Bakura's) Penalty Games at the beginning of the manga turn the victims into figurines to use in Monster World. During Battle City, he kills "Ghost" Kotsuzuka (Bonz) after beating him in Duel Monsters. In the English second series anime, he instead sends Bonz to the Shadow Realm (In the japanese version, he sent him to Hell).

Name	Information	Image
Mind Doll	Dark Bakura transfers the soul of the victim into their corresponding figurine in the Monster World game, whenever they roll a fumble (99), whenever he rolls a super-critical (00), or whenever they break a rule. This can also be used before the game, as he did with Mr. Karita.
Going to Hell	Bakura in Duel Monsters anime he use this after he defeat "Ghost" Kotsuzuka (Bonz), he summon deads to pull "Ghost" Kotsuzuka with them.

Pegasus

Pegasus uses Penalty Games for personal gain. Often trapping the souls of the victims in the "Soul Prison" card. He trapped Yugi's grandfather's soul after beating Yugi, to force Yugi into entering Duelist Kingdom. He also trapped Mokuba Kaiba's in a card and later Seto Kaiba's after beating him in a Duel. In the manga, after Jonouchi beat Bandit Keith in a duel, Pegasus forced Bandit Keith to shoot himself in the head.

Marik

Dark Marik (Yami Marik) traps Mai's soul in an hourglass after defeating her. Here she is consumed by insects and given 24 hours to live, in which when time passes, her brain tissues would be completely devoured. In the anime, the insects are replaced with sand and the time to live is extended. In the English anime, the hourglass exists in the Shadow Realm.