Scoop Pitman

Scoop Pitman

Names
English	Scoop Pitman
Japanese translated	Bakuro Shinjitsu
Japanese Japanese 真（しん）実（じつ） バクロー Base 真実 バクロー Furigana しんじつ バクロー Rōmaji Shinjitsu Bakurō
Personal
Gender	Male
Career Education
Organization	Newspaper Club
School	Goha #7 Elementary Goha #8 Middle School (finale timeskip)
Duelist
Tournament Position Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal Did not place (With Masa and Cub)
Deck	Newspaper
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS episode 0055: "Breaking News!"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS
Voice actors
English	Matthew Hooper
Japanese	Tomoya Yamamoto
Pitman, Scoop

Scoop Pitman, known as Bakuro Shinjitsu (真（しん）実（じつ） バクロー Shinjitsu Bakurō) in the Japanese version, is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS anime. He is a student at Goha #7 Elementary, and the chief of the Newspaper Club.

Design

Appearance

Full-body view of Scoop

Scoop is a short boy with green hair that usually hangs over his hazel eyes when he is being unassuming. He wears a long-sleeved white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to just below the elbow, burgundy pants with a salmon interior rolled up at the ankles, red suspenders, a lilac tie with dark diagonal lines, the Newspaper Club's yellow and black armband around his left bicep, and charcoal shoes with white soles.

Personality

Scoop generally remains in the shadows in comparison to his more exhuberant fellow Newspaper Club members, but when pushed is no less dramatic than them. He claims to report the truth, but in reality his version of the truth is heavily influenced by his own experiences; he publishes a piece criticizing Rush Dueling after studying the rules, yet apparently not Dueling himself, and later re-evaluates the truth after Rush Dueling Luke. He initially believes Rush Dueling to be childish and simple, and as such is convinced of his own superiority when he Duels using the rules. When threatened with the notion of the Newspaper Club being shut down, Scoop has a meltdown, screaming "Ceasing publication!" in shock. He claims to have difficulty remembering things. Following his Duel with Luke, Scoop proves to be more helpful and agreeable when his efforts are required in seeking news. He also becomes significantly more honest as a reporter, refusing to let Tracker use the Duel Card Manufacturer for selfish purposes, and throughout their duel together displayed a far more moral and determined persona than in his duel with Luke.

Etymology

Pitman's full name in Japanese order, "Shinjitsu Bakuro", literally translates to "reveal the truth".

Biography

Birth of Rush Duels

Scoop, while hiding most of his face

Scoop, Masa and Cub interviewed Yuga Ohdo and Lucidien "Luke" Kallister about Rush Dueling. Although Luke claimed Rush Dueling turned common sense on its head and put one onto a new path, Scoop found Rush Dueling to be simplistic and shallow, and he published an article decrying it. Yuga, Luke, Gavin Sogetsu, and Romin Kassidy came to Scoop's office to order him to change the story, and Masa and Cub fended them off despite Gavin using the authority of the Student Council against them until Yuga threatened to publish their paper online, where it would likely be censored by Goha Enterprises who had been doing the same to any digital content discussing Rush Duels. Scoop freaked out and revealed that he was the Chief to his visitors, and he suggested they Duel to determine the content of the article.

Luke accepted Scoop's challenge, and Scoop stated that he didn't mind using Rush Dueling rules. Scoop fended off Luke's initial attacks and restricted his moves, sending one of his "Printing Pressers" to his Graveyard. On his next turn, he was able to bring out all three "Toughroids", place Luke's ace monster "Multistrike Dragon Dragias" on the bottom of his Deck, and destroy all of Luke's monsters. Luke was able to endure the turn by reducing the ATK of one "Printing Presser", surviving with 100 LP, and Scoop believed he had won the Duel. However, Luke's use of "Dragon's Fortitude" had allowed him to shuffle his Deck, and he destroyed all of Scoop's "Toughroids" with "Dragonic Pressure" on his next turn, then brought out "Dragias". Scoop was able to revive one of his "Toughroids", but Luke used the effect of "Dragias" to attack multiple times, destroying "Printing Presser" and defeating Scoop. After his loss, Romin "interviewed" him, asking Scoop how he felt about Rush Dueling now, and Scoop admitted that he'd come to like the depth and fun of Rush Duels, begging Yuga not to shut down their paper. Yuga agreed not to, and Scoop published a revised article that legitimately praised Rush Dueling, though he included an illlustration of Luke with Yuga, Romin and Gavin as his servants at Luke's request.

Gavin called Scoop to ask if he had any information on Yuga's "Sevens Road Magician", whose legality was being disputed as it was said to have been the reason for a Duelist being disqualified during the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament. Scoop initially didn't have any information for Gavin, but he, Masa and Cub instead searched for information on the tournament itself, discovering a videotape with footage of the Duelist in question, Otes, being disqualified for being a Goha employee. Yosh Imimi was sent to bring Scoop, Masa and Cub to the Big Seven Arena, where Yuga was Rush Dueling Roa Kassidy, and they arrived just as Kaizo was about to disqualify Yuga. Scoop showed everyone the footage of Otes's disqualification, which also showed Roa present in the crowd during the event, resulting in Roa revealing his animosity over not being chosen to become the King of Duels. With the legality of "Sevens Road Magician" cleared up, Yuga and Roa continued their Duel with the right to the King of Duels title on the line. Yuga was pushed into a corner, and Scoop worried that one careless move would result in his loss, but he was able to win.

Maximum

Some time after Yuga and Roa's Duel, Scoop received a penalty on his Duel Disk while he was working in his clubroom. Scoop, Masa and Cub went to the Road Laboratory, where Yuga explained that they and all his other friends had been penalized due to his challenge by Goha Duel Overseer Nail Saionji to retrieve the data of Yuga's Drone Kaizo, and if anyone in Yuga's group of friends lost a Duel, they would all be penalized and their accounts deleted if they received six penalties. The penalty had occurred when Yosh had defeated his mother Mimi, as Mimi had inadvertently become considered one of Yuga's friends. Despite the circumstances, everyone present agreed to help Yuga, given that all of their accounts were on the line, but then Yuga, Luke and Gavin were dropped into a pit leading to the Garden of Curiosity, with Romin and Saburamen also falling in.

A few days later, Scoop received another penalty on his Duel Disk. The next day, Gavin came to Scoop, Masa and Cub to ask them about Maximum Summoning, showing them a drawing of the Maximum Monster "Yggdrago the Sky Emperor", though Scoop had never heard of it. Afterwards, Scoop was penalized three more times. Scoop was with Masa and Cub in Goha City when they watched Yuga and Nail's Maximum Monsters, "Supreme Machine Magnum Overlord" and "Yggdrago the Sky Emperor" battling from the streets below. Yuga was forced to return his Maximum to his hand and was pushed into a corner, reminding Scoop of his five penalties and the prospect of having his account banned. To Scoop's shock, Ricky and Katz declared their support for Yuga and were also penalized five times, as were many elementary students around Goha City. Fortunately Yuga was able to re-Maximum Summon "Magnum Overlord" again, and after Yuga defeated Nail, he erased the penalties on Scoop's Duel Disk.

Goha #6 Elementary

Scoop was with Masa and Cub at the Newspaper Club after school one day when Luke came to them and asked them to join his new Luke Club, dubbing them members four, five, and six without their consent. Once Luke had left, Scoop and his friends quickly agreed that they wouldn't be joining the club.

Yuga, Luke, Gavin, Romin, Rayne and Rino were all forced to transfer to Goha #6 Elementary. Cub came to Scoop and Masa with a warning that a caterpillar track was headed for the Road Laboratory, so they enlisted the help of the Post-Apocalyptic Club to defend it, but they were all easily disarmed by the caterpillar track's driver, Caterpillio Elephantis, scaring Yosh and his friends away. Scoop and his friends refused to flee even as Caterpillio's track bore down on them, but fortunately they were saved by Luke's sister Tiadosia "Tiger" Kallister, who challenged Caterpillio to a Rush Duel. Scoop remained on the sidelines throughout the Duel, scribbling notes on a leaf, and was worried when Tiger was initially pushed into a corner despite being the strongest Duelist at Goha #7 Elementary, but relieved when she was able to defeat Caterpillio. Despite his loss, Caterpillio tried to dismantle the lab anyway until he was stopped by Galian Townsend, another member of Goha 6th's Heavy Cavalry Duel Club. After they left, Scoop interviewed Tiger over her victory, and she noted that this wasn't the full strength of the Heavy Cavalry Duel Club.

Scoop later witnessed Yuga's second Rush Duel with Asana Mutsuba, the leader of the Heavy Cavalry Duel Club, from afar at Goha #7 Elementary.

Team Battle Royal

Luke began to have Goha #7 Elementary painted blue, so Scoop, Masa and Cub interviewed him as to why. Luke and Kaizo confirmed they were painting the school the color of "Multistrike Dragon Dragias" for a two-day celebration of his ascendance on the Student Council and they both began laughing as they reveled in their power, something Scoop called a scoop.

Scoop, Masa and Cub learned about the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal from Prioria Sweetalina's announcement. They decided to enter as a team, attending the registration at Goha Stadium and interviewing Janko Entant from Goha #6 Elementary's Student Council.

Scoop, Masa and Cub made it through the first day of the tournament as Team Newspaper Extra. On the second day, Rino contacted them and explained that Luke, Romin and Gavin required aid in their efforts to uncover the truth behind an organization calling themselves "Goha 66", so Scoop, Masa and Cub went with the Post-Apocalyptic Club and the Gourmet Comrades Team to rescue them from a mob of defeated Duelists. At Scoop's suggestion, Saburamen, Briscoe and Sushiko accompanied Luke, Romin and Gavin, while Scoop, Masa and Cub remained behind with the Post-Apocalyptic Club to hold off the Duelists, though they weren't thrilled by Luke's statement that he would only remember them for three days.

Despite their efforts, Scoop, Masa and Cub failed to place in the tournament, so they attended the finals of the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal on the third day, watching Romin's victory against Roa and Gavin's Duel against Nail and witnessing Gavin's new "DJ G" persona. Faced with "Yggdrago the Sky Emperor", Gavin eventually returned to his normal persona after a power outage in the stadium and forced a DRAW, leaving Yuga and Luke to have a final Duel.

Scoop watched Yuga and Luke's Rush Duel, where the power in the stadium began to fail again, revealed to be due to the Goha Duel Server being hacked, and Scoop witnessed the revelation of the Goha Duel Server on the moon and the Rush Duel Program contained within, under attack by Goha Enterprises Drones that were uninstalling it and had been all tournament. Despite knowing their Duel would complete the uninstallation, Yuga and Luke continued to Duel. Scoop applauded when Luke eventually won, resulting in the uninstallation of Rush Dueling, but Yuga and Nail were able to reinstall the program and install it in the Super Rush Robot to protect it from another attack. Scoop then watched Luke's coronation as King of Duels.

Goha 6 Siblings

After becoming King of Duels, the power went to Luke's head again and he began bossing the other Duelists at the school around. Tiger leaked her brother's childhood manga "The Lukeman" to the Newspaper Club and had them publish it to give Luke's ego a much-needed check.

The true Goha Presidents, the Goha Six, returned to Earth, evicted the current president, Mimi Imimi, and challenged Yuga and his friends to Rush Duels with the Super Rush Robot held hostage by Forcersizers that would shake it apart unless Yuga defeated the six siblings. Scoop was in Goha City one night with Masa, Cub and the Post-Apocalyptic Club when he watched the Rush Duel between Yuga and The Lukeman, including Yuo Goha's rage after he believed Yuga and The Lukeman weren't taking the Duel seriously. To Scoop's shock a meteor entered the atmosphere and plunged towards Yuga, having been dragged in by the Goha Meteor Shower, and Yuga blocked the meteor with his Duel Disk, acquiring the "Fusion" card contained within it and using it to defeat The Lukeman, saving the Super Rush Robot.

Goha Employee

At some point Scoop found a "Fusion" Spell Card and he added it to his Deck. Yuga, Luke, Romin, Gavin, Swirls, Rayne and Rino were hired by Goha Enterprises, and after Luke hired Yosh, Mason and Hicks to work in his Luke Division, Scoop, Masa and Cub went to the Goha Enterprises Main Office to interview Luke, hoping to interview all the Goha #7 Elementary students who had become Goha employees, though they were discouraged by Luke's apparent lack of a plan for the day's work. Luke claimed they would plan around what their colleagues were doing, but after observing Gavin stamping documents, Romin arguing with the Chef Drones, Yosh's mother Mimi working in the Gohanium Section and Yuga trying to present a new vending machine, all that had been accomplished was Mason and Hicks being kicked out of the building after Graves urinated on Yuga's vending machine. Tracker then arrived, admitting he'd fallen on hard times after not being able to find a "Fusion" and he led them to an underground stairway he claimed smelled of money. Tracker's nose led them to an abandoned Goha factory containing a Duel Card Manufacturer, which Scoop quickly learned to operate given its similarity to a newspress. He demonstrated it by creating "The★Luke Division Manager" for Luke and Tracker eagerly asked if Scoop could make normal Duel Monsters cards with it, hoping to partner with Luke by making more Maximum Monsters and "Fusions". Scoop vehemently protested against the idea, finding it immoral, and Tracker suggested they settle the matter in a Rush Duel. Scoop gained an early lead by revealing five Dinosaur monsters from Tracker's Deck and placing them on the bottom with the effect of "Printing Presser", while also Summoning another. Tracker used his "Ritzy King Rex" and "Upstart Goblin" combo to give Scoop extra cards and LP, Scoop noting Tracker's generosity but refusing to be bribed. To his shock Tracker Maximum Summoned "Dynamic Dino Dynamix" and easily destroyed all of Scoop's cards and depleted most of his LP, but Scoop vowed that he would reveal the truth and he Fusion Summoned "Newsflash the Journalistic Juggernaut", using his prior knowledge of Tracker's monsters in combination with "Hot Off the Press" and the effect of "Newsflash" to damage his LP and weaken "Dynamix", defeating Tracker. Luke offered Tracker a job so he could have a real dream after the Duel, and the ceiling caved in and destroyed the Duel Card Manufacturer, an outcome Luke suggested was for the best. They then found a Duel ID card in the rubble with the name "Yuga Goha".

Deck

Scoop uses a "Newspaper" Deck, composed of EARTH Attribute Machine Type monsters themed around journalism. His Deck focuses on Summoning multiple copies of his ace monster, "Printing Presser", through cards like "Reprinter", then using its ATK-increasing effect to overpower his opponents and burn their LP to finish them faster. He also uses a variety of Trap Cards to punish his opponent's aggression.

Scoop later adds cards to take advantage of "Printing Presser" forcing the opponent to excavate the top 5 cards of their Deck, such as "Hot Off the Press" or his new Fusion Monster, "Newsflash the Journalistic Juggernaut". He also uses "Reporter Raccoon" to more easily gather the materials for "Newsflash".

Deck
Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters ExPress Train x2 Scoop Scooter x3 Effect Monsters Clean Machine Newsweeper Printing Presser x3 Reporter Raccoon Spell Cards Normal Spells Fusion Hot Off the Press Reprinter x2 Trap Cards Normal Traps Breaking News! Reporting from the Scene! Soul of a Reporter Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Newsflash the Journalistic Juggernaut

Duels

Opponent	Episode(s)	Outcome
Lucidien "Luke" Kallister	5	Lose
14 unknown Duelists	45	Win (off-screen; with Cub and Masa)
Tracker	72	Win
Yuga Goha and Battle Bug Club	78	Lose (off-screen; with Saburamen, Sushiko Maki, Briscoe and Yosh Imimi)
Lucidien "Luke" Kallister	86	Lose