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{{Infobox/Character/Start | image name = TristanTaylor.jpg | image size = 250px | image caption = }}{{Infobox/Character/ExtendedName | kanji = '''Tristan Taylor''', known as '''Hiroto Honda''' (本田 ヒロト | romanji = ''Honda Hiroto | english manga = Hiroto Honda | english anime = Tristan Taylor}}{{Infobox/Character/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Names | arabic = تريستن تَيلر}}{{Infobox/Character/Appears | manga debut = '') in the Japanese version, is a character in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 001]] (anime)| anime debut = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 001]] | appears in ='''Manga'''*anime. He is a student at Domino High School and a friend of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! manga|Yu-Gi-Oh!Yugi Muto]]*, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! DuelistJoey Wheeler]]*, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium WorldTéa Gardner]]*and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! RBakura Ryou]].
'''Anime'''*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! first series anime|Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)]]*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie]]*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime|Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series)]]*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters]]}}{{Infobox/Character/Personal | birthdate = April 19 | age = | height Design= 180 cm | weight = 65 kg | gender = male | blood type = A}}{{Infobox/Character/Deck | deck = Military}}{{Infobox/Character/Other | title Appearance= Relatives | hidden = true |*Elder sister (unseen and unnamed)*[[Johji]] (nephew)*Mother (unseen, but has dialogue)*[[Blankey]] (pet dog)}}{{Infobox/Character/Other | title = Food interests | hidden = true |* Favorite: Okonomiyaki* Least favorite: Natto}}{{Infobox/Character/Voice | japanese = {{Voice actors|ja|[[wikipedia:Ryotaro Okiayu|Ryotaro Okiayu]]|[[wikipediaFile:Takayuki KondoHonda Linework.jpg|Takayuki Kondo]]150px|[[wikipedia:Hidehiro Kikuchithumb|Hidehiro Kikuchi]]left|e1=(1st series)|e2=(2nd seriesTristan's design incorporates multiple layers of clothing and a wide range of expressions. Depicted here is the character in the full regalia from front, side, epiosdes 1 to 51)|e3=(2nd series episode 53 onwards)}} | english = {{voice actors|en|[[wikipedia:Sam Regal|Sam Regaland rear views and alongside views of his head from different angles.]]|[[Wikipedia:Frank Frankson|Frank Frankson]]|[[wikipedia:Brian Zimmerman|Brian Zimmerman]]|e1=(1 to 10)|e2=(11 onwards)|e3=(Singapore)}}}}{{Infobox/Character/End}}
'''Tristan Taylor''', known as '''Hiroto Honda''' in the manga and Japanese version, is in class 1-B at Domino High School and a friend of s character design was overseen by [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]], [[Joey Wheeler|JoeyKazuki Takahashi]]. His usual outfit from the second series anime consists of a long brown coat with a raised collar, a white buttoned shirt underneath and [[Téa Gardner|Téa]]black jeans. His brown hair is arranged such that a large portion spikes out from the front of his head.
Tristan Honda plays a few of the games that Yugi plays, and does not play [[Duel Monsters ]] that often. He along with [[Téa Gardner|Anzu]] are often supportive of their friends. In middle-school, Tristan began a strong friendship with Jounouchi.
==Biography=====Shadow Game storylines=======Manga one-shots====Honda together with Jonouchi bully Yugi at school. Togther they take the unsolved [[Millennium Puzzle]] from Yugi Tristan confesses to Serenity that he lied about teaching Joey how to play and start teasing himthat he isn't a great Duelist himself, before he is dropped through a trap door. [[Téa Gardner|Anzu Mazaki]] arrives and tells them offHis mind gets digitized, causing the two boys to fleewhile his body is placed in a holding area.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 001]]<name="ep 106" /ref>
Honda develops a crush on Duke talks Serenity into continuing the Duel. Serenity manages to Summon "[[Miho NosakaSt. Joan (anime)|St. Joan]]. As his infatuation gets to him", he lets Jonouchi know. Despite Hondawhich is powered by Tristan's wishesremaining monster, Jonouchi tells Yugi and asks him for help"[[Command Angel (anime)|Command Angel]]". Yugi suggests that they browse Duke uses his "[[Kame GameStrike Ninja (anime)|familyStrike Ninja]]'s store" Deck Master effect to activate Tristan's [[face-down]] for a present. card, "[[Solomon Muto|Yugi's grandfatherRare Metal Soul]] suggests a love letter jigsaw puzzle. Honda could write a love letter to Miho on it", for her to assemble when she receives itwhich raises "St. Jonouchi laughs at the idea of Honda doing something like that. However Honda thinks itJoan's perfect and buys it. Having never sent a love letter before, he gets Yugi " ATK high enough to write one and threatens himdefeat Nezbitt's Deck Master, should Miho not like itwinning them the Duel.<ref name="duel 7ep 107">[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 007]]|107|ref}}</ref>
The next day at school, the teacher [[MsFile:Monkey Tristan.png|thumb|right|Tristan as a robot monkey. Chono]] finds the puzzle on MihoDespite losing, Nezbitt still takes Tristan's desk and confiscates it. As she finds out it's a love letterbody, she offers the sender a chance to confess or face expulsion. Although owning while Tristan wakes up would still result in expulsion. Jonouchi claims to have sent it, so Honda can still have a chance with Miho. Yugi and Honda also claim they sent it. Chono continues warehouse in the puzzle body of a 2-foot-tall robotic monkey (bearing some resemblance to find out who really sent it and plans to punish the others for lying. "[[Yami Yugi|Dark YugiAcrobat Monkey]] emerges and turns the puzzle into a [[Shadow Game]]; as Chono continues to complete the puzzle, she feels the pain she is inflicting on others. The makeup on her face begins to crack up, revealing her true ugly self. Chono flees the room, sparing the boys any trouble").<ref name="duel 7ep 107"/>
After Tristan is horrified after seeing his robot monkey body in a mirror. He leaves the incidentwarehouse and spots Nezbitt, Honda plucks up the courage to ask Miho out directlywho is using his real body and attacking Kaiba with a [[wikipedia:Shinai|shinai]]. Tristan leaps on Nezbitt's face, but she rejects himsaving Kaiba. Yugi The imposter kidnaps Mokuba and Jonouchi then treat him to takes off on a hamburger motorbike, followed by Kaiba. Tristan is unable to cheer him upspeak in his new body so he cannot tell his friends who he is. Since then Honda becomes good friends with YugiSerenity however, convinces the group that the monkey can be trusted, since it saved Kaiba.<ref name="duel 7">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|108|ref}}</ref>
Honda accompanies Jonouchi when he buys new top of the range shoes at the [[Junky Scorpion]]File:DMx108 Monkey Tristan vs the imposter. Honda doesn't see how such a fuss can be made out of shoes and tries to talk Jonouchi out of taking the [[Junky Scorpion store ownerjpg|thumb|left|store ownerMonkey Tristan attacks Nezbitt (in Tristan'sbody).]] test of putting his foot into a shoeTristan, believed much to have a scorpion in it. After leaving the shop, Honda, Jonouchi and Yugi are attacked from behindhis pleasure, spends most of his time being carried by a gang who steal Jonouchi's shoesSerenity. They track down the gang afterwards. Jonouchi and Honda beat up the gangWhile speaking fondly of her, who tell them they were paid by the store owner. Dark Yugi plays Tristan accidentally hits a game with the store ownerswitch on his body, resulting in Yugi returning allowing him to Jonouchi speak properly and Honda with let everyone hear what he was saying. Although he behaves like Tristan, the shoesgroup is still unsure it really is him, unaware of how suspecting he got them backmay have been sent by Noah.<ref>[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 008]]|109|ref}}</ref>
====Death-T====As Tristan, Joey, Serenity and Duke are encountered by the four remaining members of the Big Five, who attempt to steal more bodies. The gang try make their escape in a favor to his sistertruck, Honda takes his nephew [[Johji]] to driven by Joey. However the [[KaibaLand]]. Here he meets truck overturns and Yugi and Jonouchi and assists the four close in on them in [[Death.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-T]]Oh!|110|ref}}</ref> While they argue over who gets which body, Noah appears and tells the four off for acting so dishonorably behind his back.
They meet Anzu at the start of Death-T 1, who had been hired at KaibaLand. Honda gets her to mind Johji, while he takes part in the first game, the Stardust Shootout. Using his sharpshooting skills, Honda takes charge. Since Kaiba rigged the gameNezbitt didn't rightfully win Tristan's body, Yugi and his friends laser guns were duds. But Noah tells the staff were unaware Anzu was their friend, so she had been given a functional gun. Using her gun Big Five to share Tristan's body and hiding Johji on his back, Honda is able if they defeat Yugi they will be allowed to escape to take out the remaining opposition. In exchange for Johji's help, Honda had promised him a bath with Anzu, which she blatantly refusesreal world. <ref name="ep 111">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|111|ref}}</ref>
Honda gets trapped in Tristan watches Yugi and Joey Duel the Death-T 3 stage, after Big Five together to win his coat gets caught under body back.<ref name="ep 111" /> During the Duel Téa wonders why Tristan is starting to actually behave like a falling blockmonkey, leading Tristan to think he is going insane. After Dark Although Yugi rescues [[Mokuba Kaiba]]and Joey win the Duel, from [[Seto Kaiba|Seto Kaibathe Big Five make another attempt to forcefully steal the gang's bodies. Noah appears once more to stop them and sends them away with Tristan's]] artifical [[Penalty Game]], Mokuba repays him, by saving Hondabody. The real Tristan is devastated as he now believes he will never get his body back.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|113|ref}}</ref>
Honda arrives Since Noah designed Tristan's monkey body, Duke suggest they search it for clues. After pushing buttons and activating a few unwanted functions, one of them opens a virtual door to [[KaibaLand]]. As the group enter the park, Tristan involuntarily turns on them and a set of guns emerge from his hands. He warns them not to cheer enter, but Yugi on in Deathand Joey knock him aside, returning him to normal.<ref name="ep 114">{{episode|Yu-Gi-T 5.Oh!|114|ref}}</ref>
====Monster World====Honda, along with Yugi, Anzu and Jonouchi (The gang enter a subway. Tristan finds a handcar on the track and Miho in the first series anime) visit [[Ryo Bakura]], to play [[Monster World]]gang ride on it. HoweverAfter the car spins out of control, Bakura gets possessed by [[Yami Bakura|Dark Bakura]], who turns the game into group end up in a [[Shadow Game]]lava arena, where Kaiba is Dueling Noah.<ref name="ep 114" />
Honda gets trapped Noah defeats Kaiba by manipulating him with Mokuba. Yugi continues to Duel Noah in [[Hiroto (MW)place of Kaiba and Noah introduces a rule where each turn, he turns one of Yugi's friends to statues.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|117|his piece]]ref}}</ref> Eventually, monkey Tristan becomes such a magic gunmanvictim. His After all his friends also get trapped inside pieceshave been turned to stone, while Dark Yugi leads imagines they are at his side and each of them as the player. On their first encounter with the gives him a card drawn from "[[Dark Master ZorcCard of Sanctity]], Honda manages to shoot off one of his arms off's" effect. On a later encounter, Honda attacks Zorc, who has been weakened by the <ref>[[Bakura (MW)|White Wizard BakuraYu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 118]]</ref> After Yugi wins, causing Zorc to turn into his final formthe group are unpetrified.<ref name="ep 119">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|119|ref}}</ref>
====First series anime====HondaTristan believes they shouldn's crush on [[Miho Nosaka|Miho]] spans the seriest have trusted Noah. Here he is not Jonouchi's cronyThe gang tries to come up with a plan, but a rejected candidate for class president and junior custodian. He is not entirely in favor of how Jonouchi treats Yugi and even tells him off at timesGozaburo sets monsters on them.<ref name="ep 120">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|120|ref}}</ref>
When Miho is supected of "dating for pay"Noah steals Mokuba's body to escape to the real world, along with Anzu, Honda follows them both after school where he organizes a missile attack to find out what is going on. He discovers both girls are working at [[Burger World]]destroy the fortress, even though part time jobs are against school rules. Although Honda is strict on enforcing school rules, his crush on Miho gets including the better of him. He keeps quite about servers for the girls and also gets a job there himself, so he support Mihovirtual world to foil his father's shopping desiresplans. After hearing that having a convict is in the restaurant, Honda assists in searching for him. Afer Anzu is taken hostage, by [[Jackpot|Jiro]], Honda is forced to lie on the floorchange of heart, missing Anzu getting saved. Afterwards he and contacts the girls quit their jobs at Burger Word, but Honda group and Miho explains that they must get new jobs at a noodle shopout out quickly before the virtual world is destroyed.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 002]]<name="ep 120" /ref>
Honda is invited with Noah tells them to go the arcade where the real exits are located. Téa, Serenity and Tristan get to the rest arcade first, while Yugi, Duke and Joey fight off more of YugiGozaburo's friends monsters. Noah directs them to [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba's]] mansion. He mocks Jonouchi for being jealous of Kaibathe stage, but also becomes envious of how Kaiba's wealth easily earns Miho's affectionwhich transports their consciousnesses back to the real world. Honda then takes They wake up Duel Monsters in their pods back in the hopes of beating Kaiba. The next day at schoolreal world, he defeats Jonouchi in Duel Monsters. Kaiba then enters the room and asks Yugi if he can see where Tristan finally returns to his Grandfather's "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" card again. Honda and Jonouchi both notice Kaiba switches te card for a fake, before returning it real body (much to Yugihis relief). They both confront Kaiba on the roof Shortly afterwards over this. However both of them get beaten-up , they're followed by Kaiba's goonsJoey and Duke.<refname="ep 121">[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 003]]|121|ref}}</ref>
Honda gets up early The five of them go to wait in line to but a [[D-Shock]] watch for Miho. When he needs a break to use the toiletNoah, Yugi holds his place in the queue. As Yugi purchases the last copy, [[Shotaro Akaboshi]] attempts to steal it from him, but Honda arrives in time to stop him. Akaboshi manages to steal the watch from Honda later, while Honda isnwho is still using Mokuba't paying attention. At the arcade when Miho arives s body to collect the watchhelp Yugi, Honda discovers it's missing Kaiba and strips down to his underwear while searching his clothes for itMokuba escape. Miho then slaps him and runs off crying. Honda stays at the arcade, searching for the watch until he is asked to They leave. [[Yami Yugi|Dark Yugi]] suspects Akaboshi things in his hands and wins return the watch back in a [[Shadow GameBattle City]]. Honda is glad to see the watch returned to Miho and two days later, he offers to wait in line to buy her perfumeblimp.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 004]]<name="ep 121" /ref>
Unlike in the manga, Honda is present when [[Shadi]] tests Yugi. He replaces [[Professor Yoshimori]]'s role. Using the [[Millennium Key]], Shadi redecorates Honda's [[soul room]]Kaiba and Mokuba and Duke, brainwashing him to attack his friends. He chases Miho Joey and Jonouchi around Tristan help them get onto the schooldeparting blimp, until Jonouchi touches the Millennium Key off himas they leave Noah's fortress, returning him to normalbefore it gets destroyed.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 006]]<name="ep 121" /ref>
Honda trains a ===Battle City finals===The [[Digital PetBattle City]] in order to win blimp lands on the prize holiday in an upcoming tournament for Miho. He takes a couple of days off school to train the pet, describing his absence as maternal leave. He returns to school, right after "[[KujiradaAlcatraz]]'s pet [[Devil Master]] eats Anzu and Jonouchi's pets" island. Honda then links his petTristan, along with Téa and [[Super StrawberryDuke Devlin|Duke]] watch the battle royal to Devil Master determine who faces who in the finals, where they offer support to battle. Super Strawberry sweeps away Devil Master, defeating itYugi and Joey.<ref name="fs ep7">[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 007]]|122|ref}}</ref>
Afterwards Honda finds a letter from Kujiara[[File:DMx128 Tristan demands Joey to wake.jpg|thumb|right|Tristan demands Joey to wake-up.]]After it's decided that Joey will be Dueling [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] next, Tristan quickly volunteers to tell Serenity, saying Miho has been kidnappedbut Mokuba phones the blimp instead. Honda locates KujiradaTristan joins Yugi, but finds him badly beaten Téa and learns Kujirada had been manipulated by Duke to support Joey in his Duel.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|125|ref}}</ref> After Joey is rendered unconscious due to the pain he took from blast of "[[HaiyamaThe Winged Dragon of Ra (anime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]", he is declared the loser. Honda gets whipped The group then rush to his assistance. Tristan seizes Joey by Haiyamathe shoulders and starts shaking him, ordering him to wake up. When Joey is taken by KaibaCorp's doctors, Tristan drops to his knees and cries, as he attempts begging the doctor to rescue Mihosave Joey. While heHe freaks out and grabs the doctor by the shirt, after the doctor says there's unconconsciousnothing he can do. After calming down, Dark Yugi defeats Haiyama in a Digital Pet duelTristan says he knows Joey is doing whatever it takes to wake up.<ref name="fs ep7">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|128|ref}}</ref>
===Duel Monsters===Tristan stays on the blimp with Joey, while Yugi faces Kaiba in the semi-finals. He tries to help Mokuba arrange an emergency helicopter for Joey.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|129|ref}}</ref> He returns to Joey's bedside to inform Téa, Serenity and Téa Duke about the helicopter.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 130]]</ref> The group are more or less cheerleaders for able to see Yugi and Kaiba's [[Egyptian God|God cards]] battle through the window of the blimp. Tristan lifts up Joey and takes him over to the window, telling Joey that Yugi 's in trouble and needs his help.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|133|ref}}</ref> Joeymanages to wake up.Tristan weeps and tells him off for making them worry.<ref name="ep 134">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|134|ref}}</ref>
====Duelist Kingdom====Tristan and Téa sneak onto the boat others go up the tower to watch the [[Duelist Kingdom]]. In the manga, [[Ryo Bakura|Bakura]] accompanies them. They save rest of Yugi and Kaiba's Duel.<ref name="ep 134" /> After that he supports Joey, by throwing them during a rope ladderthird place play off, after between him and Kaiba. Following Joey attempted 's defeat they proceed to recover watch Yugi's "[[Exodia]]" cards, that [[Weevil Underwood]] had thrown overboardface Marik in the final.<ref>[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 003]]|135|ref}}</ref>
During After Yugi wins, Kaiba announces that he's going to blow-up the tower in 1 hour. Tristan accuses him of being a sore loser for "trashing the place" after losing. The group proceeds to the blimp, to leave the preliminariesisland, he cheers Yugi where they find [[Mai Valentine|Mai]] and Joey on from [[Bakura Ryou|Bakura]] have woken up. After realizing the Kaiba brothers aren't there, Tristan joins the sidlines of their Duelsparty to search for them.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|142|ref}}</ref>
Tristan attacks [[Kemo]]Unable to find the Kaibas they return to the blimp, after seeing him grab a young boywhose engines are failing. Kemo avoids being injured and recaptures Instead they take the boy, explaining emergency helicopter that he was to be evited had came for losing his [[Star Chips]]Joey. They escape the island, as it explodes and see the Kaibas escaping in the Blue-Eyes jet.<refname="ep 143">[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 008]]|143|ref}}</ref>
In the anime, during an argument between him and Joey, Tristan accidentally reveals that he has been making several attempts to construct a Deck of his own, with one of his cards being "Back at [[Lava BattleguardDomino City]]". In the English dub, Joey reveals that Tristan's monster and his "[[Swamp Battleguard]]" could be related. Tristan lends , Joey the card, before [[Mai Valentine]] forces Joey into a Duel Yugi, Téa, Serenity and Bakura say goodbye as they part ways with [[Rex Raptor]] for revenge. The greatly helps Joey in the Duel. Joey compares how the Battleguards work togetherIshtars, to himself Mai and Duke. Tristangets mad after Duke gives Serenity his phone number and later slips Serenity his too.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 011]]<name="ep 143" /ref>
In ===Waking the anime, after the gang meet-up with Bakura. [[Yami Bakura]] traps Dragons===Yugi, Téa, Joey and Tristan and Bakura's souls go the museum in Duel Monster cards and duels [[order to recover Yami Yugi]]'s memories. Tristan is Summoned after Yami As Yugi plays "holds the [[Cyber CommanderEgyptian God]]"cards, something holds him back. He is destroyed by BakuraThe group hear a scream and dash outside, finding a large number of living ''s "[[White Magical HatDuel Monsters]]" in the first attack, but is returned to the field when Yami Yugi plays "[[Monster Reborn]]". When Yugi is Summoned as the "[[Dark Magician]]", for the first time '' in the second anime series, Tristan learns there are two Yugis. After Yami Yugi end the Shadow Game, everyone apart from Yugi and Bakura, believed the game was just a dreamcity.<refname="ep 145">[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 013]]|145|ref}}</ref>
As After Yugi and Joey are about to enter the 's God cards get stolen by [[Duelist KingdomDartz]] finalshenchmen, Kemo refuses Tristanwatches Yugi Duel and defeat [[Gurimo]], Téa and Bakura are refuses entry as they aren't finalists. In who is using the manga Jonouchi soul sealing card "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (Joeyanime) knocks out Saruwatari (Kemo) to let the otehrs in. In the anime, Mai distracts Kemo|The Seal of Orichalcos]]".<ref name="ep 145" /><ref>[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 026]]|146|ref}}</ref>
In the manga the day before the finalsAfterwards they meet [[Rebecca Hawkins]], Tristan asks Yugi who takes them to try and save the Kaiba brothers, remembering how Mokuba saved him during her grandfather [[#Death-TArthur Hawkins|Death-TArthur]].Tristan is initially skeptical of Arthur's talk of a separate dimension, where real ''Duel Monsters'' exist (despite remembering all the adventures and experiences they had previously), and calls Arthur a "nutty Professor". This earns him a kick in the shins by Rebecca.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|147|ref}}</ref>
Tristan suspected [[Maximillion Pegasus|Pegasus]] of cheating against Kaiba. The night before the finals, heWhile at Yugi's house, with Téa and Bakura inspected the areaJoey, where the Pegasus and Kaiba dueled. They noticed Yugi receives a beam of light was entering the room through a hole in the walltape from [[Industrial Illusions]]. After peering through the holeTristan suggests they chuck it out, they found there was a tower that could have been used to spy on Kaiba's hand with the aid of a telescope. The group infiltrated the tower and found the portrait of as this is how [[Cecelia Maximillion Pegasus|Pegasus]] stole Yugi's Grandpa's soul. Since Pegasus confronted no longer has the intruders and, using his [[Millennium Eye]], transported them they agree to another chamber, where some occult activity took placewatch it. As In the tape Pegasus attempted invites Yugi to come to use his Millennium Eye on themCalifornia, Yami Bakura countered with where he will explain the [[Millennium Ring]]''Duel Monsters'' phenomenon. Yami Bakura then transported Téa, Tristan, Téa and Bakura back to their roomsJoey insist on coming with Yugi. The next morning, causing them to forget they take a plane sent by Pegasus.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|148|ref}}</ref> After arriving in America they take Pegasus' limousine through the events of this nightcity.<ref>[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 028]]|149|ref}}</ref>
When Yugi dueled By the time they reach [[Industrial Illusions]], Pegasushas been defeated by Mai, Tristan took time to search Pegasus castle to find Mokuba's bodywho along with Dartz other henchmen have taken over the building. He hides The group get trapped inside a suit of armor, while sneaking around the dungeons. He accidentally opened a secret passageway after tripping and grabbing a gargoyle Joey is forced to prevent himself falling over completely. Tristan takes out the man guarding Mokuba's cellDuel Mai, by shoving a helmet from another suit who is using "The Seal of armor on his head. He takes the guard's key and unlocks Mokuba's cell, which sets off a security alarm. Tristan removed the armor and carried Mokuba on his backOrichalcos".<ref name="ep 151" /><ref>[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 035]]|152|ref}}</ref>
On his way outWith the Duel prematurely ended, Tristan is confronted by two of Pegasus' goons. the gang meet up with [[Yami BakuraSeto Kaiba|Kaiba]] appears and uses "[[Chain EnergyDuke Devlin|Duke]]" to create real chains of energy, which tie-up the goons. Tristan and Bakura make their escape before the chains dissipate. Tristan is unaware of Yami BakuraDartz's existance henchmen leave and think this is the regular Bakura and asks how he did that, but Bakura insists group go upstairs where they focus on escaping right now<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 036]]</ref> The two boys get cornered are greeted by guardsa hologram of Pegasus, but Tristan fends who tells them off by Summoning [[Duel Monsters]] from his cardsabout Dartz' motives.<ref>[[{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 037]]|154|ref}}</ref>
====Battle City====Tristan develops Duke gives the group a crush on Joey's sister, lift in his car to [[Serenity WheelerArthur Hawkins]], and fights with [[Duke Devlin]] over her' house. <ref name="ep 155">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|155|ref}}</ref>
====Virtual World====[[File:Monkey After learning Yugi went off on his own during the night, Tristan, Joey and Duke go after him.jpg|thumb|right|Tristan as a robot monkey.]]Tristan duels against the fourth member of <ref name="ep 155" /> They find him Dueling [[the Big Five]], [[NesbittRafael]]. He duels alongside Serenity and DukeYugi loses, but when Nesbitt targets Serenity, who has never dueled before, Tristan sacrifices his deck master causing the three guys to protect her, and loses the duel and is digitized into a robot monkey. Though Serenity and Duke defeat Nesbitt, think he keeps Tristan's bodylost his soul. The Big Five then duel They try to wake him up and find that Yugi and Joey in Tristan's bodysoul has been taken, and when they lose, it disappears. However, Tristan returns to normal once he exits the virtual worldwhile Yami Yugi's remains.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|158|ref}}</ref>
===Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DJoey ignores Tristan's===advice and the two get split up when Joey takes a motorbike to chase after [[Image:Valon]]. Shortly afterwards, Tristan is confronted by Mai, demanding to know where Joey is. Tristan tells her that he went after Valon and blames her. With Mai now after Joey, Tristan-5Dadmits defeat and is attacked by an Orichalcos Soldier.png|thumb|left|Tristan's apparent appearance prepares to fight him, but is saved by Yami Yugi in [[the nick of time.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D|169|ref}}</ref> Rebecca hacks into KaibaCorp'ssatellite, allowing her to find Joey's exact location using the signal from his [[Duel Disk]].]]In [[<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]|171|ref}}</ref> By the time Tristan, Téa and Yami Yugi find Joey, a business man who looks like Tristan makes a small appearance during when [[Jack Atlas]] leaves [[Carly Nagisa]]he has already lost to Mai and find his soulless body lying with Valon's house.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|173|ref}}</ref>
==Naming==In all of Tristan and Téa fall behind Yami Yugi on the Japanese versions and in way to [[Paradius]]' building, as they carry Joey, but meet with up with the English-language versions of Kaiba brothers. Once inside the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga by Kazuki Takahashibuilding, Tristan is known as Hiroto Hondathey find Mai has lost her soul and Yami has started another Duel with [[Rafael]].
In ===Dawn of the English-language second series anime, Duel===Tristan goes with his friends to the English-language video games, the English-language Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid [[World of LightMemories]]. During their battle with [[Thief King Bakura]], and the English-language "ani-manga" of that movieTristan's mind was taken over by [[Yami Bakura]], he is known as Tristan Taylorbut returned after Yugi defeats Bakura. In the English Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses video game, he is THe later watches Yugi and Atem's Duel along with his friends cheering them both on. Tristan GreyHe expressed sadness at Atem showing up to change everybody's lives and then just leave.
In translated versions of the manga in Spanish, Indonesian, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian manga, he is known as Hiroto Honda. In the Brazilian Portuguese version of the manga he ===Yu-Gi-Oh! GX===Tristan is known as Tristan Taylor. In the Spanish dubbed anime he seen when [[Jaden Yuki|Jaden]] is known as Tristán Taylor. In taken to the dubbed anime of all of past to Duel against the other Indo-European languages younger Yugi, he is known as Tristan Taylor. In the dubbed anime picks up a flyer that has a picture of the Arabic language[[Yugi Muto|Yugi]], [[Téa Gardner|Téa]], he is also known as Tristan Taylor (تريستن تَيلر), [[Joey Wheeler|Joey]] and [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|179|ref}}</ref>
<u>Normal Monsters</u>* [[Cyber Commander]]* [[Launcher SpiderThunder Kid]]* [[SengenjinThunder Dragon]]
* }} ==Duels=={| class="wikitable card-list"|-! scope="col" | Opponent(s)! scope="col" | Episode(s)! scope="col" | Outcome|-| [[Thunder KidNezbitt]]|| [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 106|106]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 107|107]] || Win (with [[Duke Devlin|Duke]] and [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]]); Eliminated |-| [[Yugi Muto]]/[[Yami Yugi]] and [[Joey Wheeler]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 111|111]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 113|113]] || Lose (possessed by [[The Big Five]])|-| [[Yugi Muto]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 215|215]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 218|218]] || Lose (posessed by [[Yami Bakura]]) |}
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{{Characters/R}}[[Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! characters|Taylor, Tristan]]
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===Personality===In the Japanese version, Honda tends to omit honorifics just like his friend [[Joey Wheeler|Jonouchi ]] does.
In the manga, Honda is a sharpshooter. He said that when he was a kid, he could shoot a 100-yen piece with a BB gun from 50 feet.
===Naming===In all of the Japanese versions and in the English-language versions of the first original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga by Kazuki Takahashi, Tristan is known as Hiroto Honda. In the English-language second series anime, the English-language video games, the English-language ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]'', and the English-language "ani-manga" of that movie, he is known as Tristan Taylor. In translated versions of the manga in Spanish, Indonesian, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian manga, he is known as Hiroto Honda . In the Brazilian Portuguese version of the manga he is known as Tristan Taylor. In the Spanish dubbed anime he is known as Tristán Taylor. In the dubbed anime of all of the other Indo-European languages he is known as Tristan Taylor. In the dubbed anime of the Arabic language, he is also known as Tristan Taylor (تريستن تَيلر). In the dubbed anime of the Greek Language, he is known as Tristan Taylor (Τρίσταν Τάυλορ).{{-|left}}==Biography=====History===At some point in the past, Tristan heard Joey was getting into a fight with some gang members while standing up for a kid and rushed to his aid. Though, they defeated them, Joey thought Tristan did it because he saw Joey as a child who can't stand up for himself. Years later, Joey realized Tristan only did what he did because he was a true friend who would never abandon Joey.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|11|ref}}</ref> ===Duelist Kingdom===Tristan and Téa sneak onto the boat to the [[Duelist Kingdom]]. They save Yugi and Joey from drowning, by throwing them a rope ladder, after Joey attempted to recover Yugi's "[[Exodia the Forbidden One (anime)|Exodia]]" cards that [[Weevil Underwood]] had thrown overboard.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|3|ref}}</ref> During the preliminaries, he cheers Yugi and Joey on from the sidelines of their Duels. Tristan attacks [[Kemo]], after seeing him grab a young boy. Kemo avoids being injured and recaptures the boy, explaining that he was to be evicted for losing his [[Star Chips]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|8|ref}}</ref> During an argument between him and Joey, Tristan accidentally reveals that he has been making several attempts to construct a Deck of his own, with one of his cards being "[[Lava Battleguard (anime)|Lava Battleguard]]". In the dub, Joey reveals that Tristan's monster and his "[[Swamp Battleguard (anime)|Swamp Battleguard]]" could be related. Tristan lends Joey the card, before [[Mai Valentine]] forces Joey into a Duel with [[Rex Raptor]] for revenge. The greatly helps Joey in the Duel. Joey compares how the Battleguards work together, to himself and Tristan.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|11|ref}}</ref><div style="float:right;">[[File:Cyber Commander Tristan.png|thumb|right|Tristan as [[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]]]</div>After the gang meet-up with Bakura. [[Yami Bakura]] traps Yugi, Téa, Tristan, Joey, and Bakura's souls in Duel Monster cards and Duels [[Yami Yugi]]. Tristan is Summoned after Yami Yugi plays "[[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]". He is destroyed by Bakura's "[[White Magical Hat (anime)|White Magical Hat]]" in the first attack and sent to the [[Graveyard]]. He is returned to the field when Yami Yugi plays "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]". When Yugi is Summoned as the "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]", Tristan learns there are two Yugis. After Yami Yugi ends the Shadow Game, everyone apart from Yugi and Bakura, believed the game was just a dream.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|13|ref}}</ref> As Yugi and Joey are about to enter the [[Duelist Kingdom]] finals, Kemo refuses Tristan, Téa and Bakura entry as they aren't finalists. Mai flirts with Kemo, distracting him long enough for the others to run inside.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|26|ref}}</ref> Tristan suspected [[Maximillion Pegasus|Pegasus]] of cheating against Kaiba. The night before the finals, he, Téa and Bakura inspected the area, where the Pegasus and Kaiba Dueled. They noticed a beam of light was entering the room through a hole in the wall. After peering through the hole, they found there was a tower that could have been used to spy on Kaiba's hand with the aid of a telescope. The group infiltrated the tower and found the portrait of [[Cecelia Pegasus]]. Pegasus confronted the intruders and, using his [[Millennium Eye]], transported them to another chamber, where some occult activity took place. As Pegasus attempted to use his Millennium Eye on them, Yami Bakura countered with the [[Millennium Ring]]. Yami Bakura then transported Tristan, Téa and Bakura back to their rooms, causing them to forget the events of this night.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|28|ref}}</ref> Tristan cheered for Yugi and Joey from the sidelines during the final rounds. When Yugi Dueled Pegasus, Tristan took time to search Pegasus castle to find Mokuba's body. He hides inside a suit of armor, while sneaking around the dungeons. He accidentally opened a secret passageway after tripping and grabbing a gargoyle to prevent himself falling over completely. Tristan takes out the man guarding Mokuba's cell, by shoving a helmet from another suit of armor on his head . He takes the guard's key and unlocks Mokuba's cell, which sets off a security alarm. Tristan removed the armor and carried Mokuba on his back.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|35|ref}}</ref> On his way out, Tristan is confronted by two of Pegasus' goons. [[Yami Bakura]] appears and uses "[[Chain Energy (anime)|Chain Energy]]" to create real chains of energy, which tie up the goons. Tristan and Bakura make their escape before the chains dissipate. Tristan is unaware of Yami Bakura's existence and thinks this is the [[Bakura Ryou|regular Bakura]]. He asks Bakura how he did that, but Bakura insists they focus on escaping right now.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|36|ref}}</ref> The two boys get cornered by guards, but Bakura fends them off by Summoning ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' from his cards. Tristan realizes this isn't the same Bakura he knows, and recognizes him as the evil spirit that trapped them in a [[Shadow Game]].<ref name="ep 37">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|37|ref}}</ref> [[File:Tristan and Bakura save Mokuba.png|thumb|left|Tristan questions Bakura, as they save Mokuba.]]Yami Bakura reveals that he's searching for a new host, since regular Bakura has betrayed him in the past. He demands Tristan to hand over Mokuba's soulless body, threatening to set more monsters on Tristan if he doesn't.<ref name="ep 37" /> Yami Bakura advises Tristan to do as he says, as he will get what he wants either way. Tristan pretends to go along with this, but chucks Mokuba's body at Bakura and then attacks him, knocking him out. Tristan takes back Mokuba and looks at the [[Millennium Ring]]. Understanding this to be the source of Bakura's evil half, he picks it up and tosses it out of the castle, far into the forest below them.<ref name="ep 38">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|38|ref}}</ref> Tristan returns to Yugi and Pegasus' Duel with Mokuba and Bakura's bodies. He sees that Yugi and Pegasus are now playing a Shadow Game and explains what happened with Yami Bakura to Joey and Téa.<ref name="ep 38" /> Joey, Téa and Tristan are unable to see the Duel, as its surrounded by a strange dark matter, but they have a feeling something bad has happened to Yugi. Tristan tries running into the darkness, but immediately comes out the other side.<ref name="ep 38" /> After Bakura wakes up, Tristan explains how the Ring was making him act weird, so he threw it away.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|39|ref}}</ref> After the tournament, Tristan and his friends are taken home by [[Seto Kaiba]], as all the boats had left.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|41|ref}}</ref> ===Legendary Heroes===Tristan and his friends agree to help [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]] rescue [[Seto Kaiba|Kaiba]], after Kaiba got trapped into a virtual world, by [[the Big Five]]. There are 3 remaining pods into the virtual world. Mokuba and Yugi take two, while Joey and Tristan argue over who gets the other one. Tristan eventually stays behind with Téa to work the controls.<ref name="ep 43">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|43|ref}}</ref> To pass the time, he tries talking about his first crush and his essay about his dream of being a pilot. In the dub, he tries showing Téa his facial hair. Téa shows no interest in any of those. After hearing people outside, they barricade the door.<ref name="ep 43" /> They manage to hold off the guards, until Mokuba, Yugi and Joey return with Kaiba.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|45|ref}}</ref> ===Battle City===After Yugi's Duel with [[Bandit Keith]], who was possessed by [[Marik Ishtar]], Joey and Tristan break down the door into the burning building. Keith rushes out and Joey and Tristan go inside to rescue Yugi. Yugi refuses to leave without his [[Millennium Puzzle]], which is stuck to a wall, by a needle-like beam jammed into its chain. Tristan grabs Yugi's Deck from the Duel arena. He then returns to help Joey free the Puzzle. He and Joey push a pipe through the hole on the beam and use it as a lever to remove the beam.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|51|ref}}</ref>[[File:TristanTaylor.jpg|thumb|left|Tristan wearing his motorcycle gear]][[File:DMx055 Honda talks sense in Jonouchi.jpg|thumb|right|Tristan reminding [[Joey Wheeler]] that [[Serenity]] needs him (cut from the dub)]]In a scene cut from the dub, after Joey goes missing, shortly before Joey's sister [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]]'s eye operation, Tristan scanned the streets on his motorbike searching for him. Tristan found Joey on the beach. Joey was moping about losing his "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" card to [[Seeker|a Rare Hunter]] and feels unworthy to face Serenity. Tristan punches Joey and reminds him how Serenity needs him. After talking sense into Joey, he takes him to the hospital to see Serenity.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|55|ref}}</ref> Tristan developed a crush on Serenity. Shortly before the [[Battle City]] tournament, he visited her in the hospital and impressed her by lying that he is the one who taught Joey what he knows about Dueling. Joey made a phone call to the hospital and was enraged to hear that Tristan is with Serenity and the lies he told her.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|56|ref}}</ref> Tristan visited Serenity again after the tournament starts. He brought a laptop, so he could keep her updated on how Joey's doing in the tournament. He forgets how to turn on the laptop and has a nurse set it up. Although Joey was losing, Tristan couldn't break it to Serenity and lied about Joey's performance.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|58|ref}}</ref> When the nurse returned to take Serenity's temperature, Tristan stepped out of the room and made a call to Téa. He got her to pass a message on to Joey; that Serenity believes in him and he's not to give-up.<ref name="ep 59">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|59|ref}}</ref> When Tristan returned to Serenity's room, she reveals that the nurse told her that Joey is losing and makes Tristan promise to keep her truthfully informed on Joey's Duel, so she can support him when needed. The two of them celebrate after Joey wins.<ref name="ep 59" /> Before Tristan left, Serenity asked him to take her to the tournament the day her bandages are removed from her eyes, so the cleanfirst thing she can see is her brother Dueling. Tristan agrees.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|60|ref}}</ref> Tristan met-up committee with Téa, [[Solomon Muto|Grandpa]] and [[Mokuba Kaiba|Mokuba]]. They explained that Yugi has been missing and they've managed to track his location. They manage to catch Yugi, just after he defeats [[Arkana]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|62|ref}}</ref> Téa and Tristan agreed to meet-up with Yugi the next day. However, Tristan takes time to flirt with Serenity on the phone, causing them to be late and miss Yugi. Grandpa decides to help them find Yugi.<ref name="ep 63">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|63|ref}}</ref> While searching for Yugi, they spotted Joey chasing [[Weevil's helper|a kid]] who stole his [[Duel Disk]]. Tristan leapt in front of the boy and grabbed him, ensuring Joey got the Duel Disk back. The boy lied that he had stolen it because [[Weevil Underwood]] stole his own Deck, but had actually taken it to sneak "[[Parasite Paracide (anime)|Parasite Paracide]]" into Joey's Deck.<ref name="ep 63" /> The boy takes them to where he saw Weevil. Shortly afterwards Weevil shows up and Tristan prepares to beat him up for taking the boy's cards. However, Joey insists that he Duel Weevil. Tristan advises Joey to be cautious and cheers for Joey from the sideline of the Duel.<ref name="ep 63" /> Hasty to have Joey qualify for the finals, Tristan tried talking Joey into Dueling a participant he could easily beat, but Joey's pride was too strong to get into the finals the easy way.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|66|ref}}</ref> Tristan, Téa and Grandpa accompany Joey to the aquarium, where Joey faces [[Mako Tsunami]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|67|ref}}</ref> After Joey defeats Mako and qualifies for the finals, he needs someone to collect Serenity. Much to Joey's distress, Tristan eagerly volunteers and takes off before Joey can stop him.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|68|ref}}</ref> Tristan takes Serenity to the tournament by train. On the way they talk about Joey, and Tristan tells her some of the rules of ''[[Duel Monsters]]''. At the same time he is also trying to flirt with her. But when Serenity said that she thinks Tristan was an awesome ''friend'', he gets frustrated at school this because he thought that she should have thought more highly of him. He also buys her lunch.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|72|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|73|ref}}</ref> After they arrive in [[Domino City]], Tristan calls Téa to find out where Joey is, but gets no answer, as she has been captured by the [[Rare Hunters]].<ref name="ep 75">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|75|ref}}</ref> [[File:DMx075 Tristan takes Serenity on his back.jpg|thumb|left|Tristan takes Serenity on his back to escape the Rare Hunters.]]As they walked down the street, a group of Rare Hunters surrounded them. Tristan gets Serenity to climb on his back and often overdramatically cites runs from the hunters.<ref name="ep 75" /> The Rare Hunters manage to surround them again, so Tristan lets Serenity down so he can fight them. He manages to take care of two of the Hunters, but the third grabs Serenity. As Tristan goes to save her, one of the two he just attacks, punches him onto the ground. The two of them are saved by [[Duke Devlin]], who fires dice at the Rare Hunters.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|76|ref}}</ref> The three of them continue to look for Joey. Thinking he might be in the finals, they decide to ask Duelists, who may have qualified for the finals, where the finals are on. Unsuccessful, Tristan returns to Duke and Serenity, disgusted to find Duke used the time to flirt with Serenity.<ref name="ep 77">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|77|ref}}</ref> The Rare Hunters reappear, so the group split into two; Duke takes Serenity to safety, while Tristan takes care of the Hunters. Tristan beats-up the three of them and demands to know the location of his duty fiends. he learns they're at [[Domino Pier]], before [[Mai Valentine|Mai's]] car pulls-up, with herself, Duke and Serenity inside. Tristan gets inside and has Mai take them to the pier.<ref name="ep 77" /> The group arrive at the pier, where they find Joey, possessed by [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] is Dueling Yugi.<ref name="ep 77" /> Tristan pulls Yugi out of the water after the Duel.<ref name="ep 78">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|78|ref}}</ref> After the Duel, while doing thingsJoey is feeling ashamed of himself, Tristan reminds him how he has fought hard for Serenity.<ref name="ep 78" /> Mai takes the group by car to the location of the finals.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|79|ref}}</ref> Tristan and the other non-finalists are initially refused entry on the blimp, where the quarter-finals are to take place, but Mokuba allows them on.<ref name="ep 81">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|81|ref}}</ref> Much to Joey's annoyance, Tristan, Téa and Duke crash in Joey's room on the blimp. Tristan planned to impress Serenity with the romantic view from the window, but was beaten to it, by Duke. Tristan apologizes to Joey for ruining his chance for quality time with his sister, but said he had to take this room, as he didn't want to disturb Yugi, who would be preparing for the finals. Joey reminds Tristan that he's a finalist too, but thanks him for taking Serenity to the tournament.<ref name="ep 81" /> Tristan watches Yugi’s Duel with [[Yami Bakura]], and he was suprised when he saw that [[Bakura Ryou|Bakura]] had somehow gotten the [[Millennium Ring]] back, after he had thrown it away during [[#Duelist Kingdom|Duelist Kingdom]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|82|ref}}</ref> Tristan tells Duke off for doubting Yugi during the Duel.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|83|ref}}</ref> When Yugi is forced to either attack [[Bakura Ryou]], who is in weak form or be disqualified, Tristan and Joey try entering the field to help. However, Joey gets threatened with disqualification, which causes so Tristan and Duke end up having to restrain Joey.<ref name="ep 84">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|84|ref}}</ref> Yami Bakura took control of Bakura once again and let Yugi attack him . Bakura still ended up injured, so Tristan carried his body back to annoy his friendsroom and tried to talk Kaiba into landing the blimp later. Afterwards, he notices Bakura's Ring is gone again.<ref name="ep 84" /> [[File:DMx085 Hang tight.jpg|thumb|right|Tristan and Duke hang over the edge of the blimp.]]
Tristan was disguisted by Duke flattering Serenity about her speech to Kaiba to make an emergency stop for Bakura. He dragged Duke away from her in order to search for the Millennium Ring. They searched the top of the blimp where the Duel was held, but started fighting over Serenity. As a result they end up hanging over the edge of the blimp. Tristan held Duke with one hand, the blimp with the other and called for help. [[Shadi]] appears and helps them both up. After taking a moment of relief, Tristan looked up to thank their rescuer, only to find he had disappeared.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|85|ref}}</ref> Tristan cheers for Joey during his Duel with [[Odion Ishtar]], who they initially believe to be [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|86|ref}}</ref> After both Duelists are rendered unconcious after being struck by lightning, Tristan tries to run to Joey's assistance, but [[Roland]] doesn't allow it. Tristan runs to congratulate Joey, after he is declared the winner (as he stood up first)0.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|89|ref}}</ref> Joey later tells Tristan and his other friends that he had a dream, involving them that helped him stand-up during the Duel.<ref name="ep 90">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|90|ref}}</ref> Tristan cheers for [[Mai Valentine|Mai]] during her Duel with Marik.<ref name="ep 90" /> He witnesses her lose and suffer a [[Penalty Game]].<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|92|ref}}</ref> {{clear}} ===DesignVirtual World===The Battle City blimp gets rerouted into a mechanical fortress in the sea by [[ImageNoah Kaiba]]. Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Téa, Serenity, Duke, Kaiba, Mokuba and two of Kaiba's guards emerge from the blimp. Noah instructs them to go straight ahead, but points his weapons at Kaiba's guards ordering them to stay back as they aren't Duelists. Duke points out that Tristan doesn't Duel either, but Tristan hushes him. Joey advises Serenity to turn back, but Tristan supports Serenity's argument to come with them, reminding Joey that Marik is still on the blimp.<ref name="ep 98">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|98|ref}}</ref> They are greeted by a projection of [[the Big Five]], who explain that they were trapped in cyberspace after they failed to trap Kaiba there during the [[#Legendary Heroes|Legendary Heroes]] game. For that they sought revenge on Kaiba and Yugi for helping him. Having Kaiba as a common enemy, Noah had uploaded their minds into his [[Noah's Virtual World|computer system]]. Using an altered form of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'', they plan to face the gang in order to claim possession of their bodies, so that they may exist in the real world.<ref name="ep 98" /> The group are then transported to a virtual jungle, where they are given a demonstration of the [[Deck Master]] rules.<ref name="ep 98" /> The Big Five then separate the gang, by making holes appear under them. After Serenity falls through a hole, Duke and Tristan run to help her, but fall through a hole together.<ref name="ep 99">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|99|ref}}</ref> [[File:Honda LineworkDMx100 Duke and Tristan teamwork.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Duke and Tristan break through the wall.]]Duke and Tristanend up in a long hallway. After spending a while running down it, looking for Serenity, they conclude that the hall must loop infinitely. Since there's design incorporates multiple layers no exit, Tristan grabs an axe from a suit of clothing armor and belts the wall hoping to create an exit.<ref name="ep 99" /> Duke gets another axe and assists him. Together they cut through the wall and end up on a wide range balcony, high above the ground.<ref name="ep 100">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|100|ref}}</ref> Tristan hears Serenity scream below and leaps down to tackle the [[Mad Sword Beast (anime)|Mad Sword Beast]] that's chasing her. He covers the dinosaur's eyes and causes it to charge into a lake.<ref name="ep 100" /> Tristan catches a cold from the lake and gets in a fight with Duke, who accuses him of expressionsspreading germs. Depicted here is <ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|104|ref}}</ref> The trio take a while to analyze the situation. Serenity says she's not afraid, since they've got Tristan, who she believes taught Joey everything he knows about ''Duel Monsters''. Tristan covers Duke's mouth to stop him telling her otherwise.<ref name="ep 106">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|106|ref}}</ref> The group reach a door standing alone in the character meadow. After opening it, they wind up in a hanger, similar to the place where the blimp landed. They are confronted by [[Nezbitt]], who has taken the full regalia from frontform of "[[Robotic Knight (anime)|Robotic Knight]]". Nezbitt plans to Duel them one by one, sidestarting with Serenity, but after much debate ends up facing the three of them at once.<ref name="ep 106" /> Each of them construct a Deck and rear views and alongside views of his head from different anglespick a [[Deck Master]].Tristan selects "[[Super Roboyarou (anime)|Super Roboyarou]]" as his Deck Master.<ref name="ep 106" />
Duke and Tristanspend the first two turns, trying to correct Serenity's character design was overseen by mistakes. Tristan Summons weak monsters in [[Kazuki TakahashiAttack Position|Attack Mode]]to draw Nezbitt's attacks to him rather than Serenity. His usual outfit from the second series After pumping his new Deck Master, "[[Perfect Machine King (anime consists )|Perfect Machine King]]" to high [[ATK]], Nezbitt attacks one of a long brown coat with a raised collarSerenity's monsters, a white buttoned shirt underneath but Tristan uses his Deck Master, "[[Super Roboyarou (anime)|Super Roboyarou]]", to take the attack and black jeansprevent her from losing. He also uses its Deck Master effect to [[Set]] 1 card, raising its ATK to 2200. His brown hair is arranged such that a large portion spikes out from the front of his head"Perfect Machine King" destroys "Super Roboyarou", defeating Tristan.<ref name="ep 106" />
After Noah finds out that [[Gozaburo Kaiba]] had been using him and now wants to digitize the gameentire world, he tricks everyone into thinking they are entering an exit into the real world. In reality he is trapping them within their own memories. Duke, Honda Serenity and his friends Tristan return to the moment where they are returned being chased by the [[Rare Hunters]]. After a flash, they return to normalpresent day with the others and realise they were tricked by Noah. <ref name="ep 119" />
The limo stops at an abandoned gas station, where the driver deserts them.<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 150]]</ref> A group of bikers approach the limo. Although Tristan cheered for Yugi tries telling them they don't want trouble and advises them to move on, the bikers don't leave. They are saved by [[Mai Valentine]], who arrives on her own motorbike and Joey assaults the bikers, before taking off herself. Tristan drives the limousine from there, escaping before the gas station explodes. The limousine overheats, stranding the group in the sidelies during desert. They manage to thumb a lift in the final roundsback of a truck from there.<ref name="ep 151">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|151|ref}}</ref>
After Kaiba refused them a lift,<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|159|ref}}</ref> Yami, Joey, Tristan and Téa take a train to Florida to face Dartz henchmen. After a while, Tristan notices all the other passengers have disappeared. While they investigate, the train splits in two, separating Tristan and Joey from Yami and Téa.<ref name="ep 160">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|160|ref}}</ref>
After, Tristan and Joey's fraction of the train slows down and stops, they leave it and find Rex Raptor.<ref name===Millennium World==="ep 160" /> Tristanwatches Joey Duel and defeat Rex, who was using "The Seal of Orichalcos".<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|162|ref}}</ref> After carrying Rex's body through the desert, they see Kaiba's mind was taken over plane crash land, aided by the [[Yami BakuraLegendary Dragons]], but returned after Yugi defeats Bakuraand meet-up with their friends at the scene.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|167|ref}}</ref>
Kaiba gives everyone a lift to Florida, where the group split up. Tristan and Téa go to alert the police. The police turn out to be possessed by the [[Orichalcos]] and set an [[Orichalcos Soldier]] on them. While running from the soldier, Joey passes them. Tristan advises Téa to go warn the others, while he stops Joey from running into the possessed folk.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|168|ref}}</ref>
==Deck==
===Duelist Kingdom===Early in [[Duelist Kingdom]], Tristan's was shown to have taken a prepared Deck with him to the island. The only revealed cards from his Deck were "[[Lava Battleguard (anime)|Lava Battleguard]]" and "[[DeckCyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]] is comprised mostly of militaristic cards", which he lends to Joey and Yugi respectively. ===Virtual World===He Duels once during the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! first series (anime)|first series NAS anime]], in a three-on-one Duel against [[Nezbitt]]. Although Tristan loses, his teammates [[Serenity Wheeler|Serenity]] and once [[Duke Devlin|Duke]] go on to win. {{Decklist|Virtual World Deck|normal monsters =* [[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]* [[Launcher Spider (anime)|Launcher Spider]]<ref group=Notes name="hand106">This card can be seen in his [[hand]] before he Summons "[[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 106|episode 106]].</ref>* [[Sengenjin (anime)|Sengenjin]]<ref group=Notes name="hand106"/>|effect monsters = * [[Command Angel (anime)|Command Angel]]|fusion monsters = * [[Super Roboyarou (anime)|Super Roboyarou]]|magic =* [[Block Attack (anime)|Block Attack]]* [[Double Snare (anime)|Double Snare]]<ref group=Notes name="hand106"/>* [[Garma Sword Oath (anime)|Garma Sword Oath]]<ref group=Notes name="hand106"/>* [[Rare Metal Soul]]* [[The A. Forces (anime)|The A. Forces]]<ref group=Notes name="hand106"/>}} {{Decklist|The Big Five|normal monsters =* [[Judge Man (anime)|Judge Man]]* [[Robotic Knight (anime)|Robotic Knight]]|effect monsters =* [[Berserk Dragon (anime)|Berserk Dragon]]* [[Catapult Turtle (later anime)|Catapult Turtle]]* [[Deepsea Warrior (anime)|Deepsea Warrior]]* [[Hysteric Angel (anime)|Hysteric Fairy]]* [[Injection Fairy Lily (anime)|Injection Fairy Lily]]* [[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]* [[Machine King (anime)|Machine King]]* [[Magician of Faith (anime)|Magician of Faith]]* [[Nightmare Penguin (anime)|Nightmare Penguin]]<ref group=Notes>This [[Monster Card|monster]] is [[WIND]] in the anime. It is a [[WATER]] monster in the ''[[TCG]]''/''[[OCG]]''.</ref>* [[The Legendary Fisherman (anime)|The Legendary Fisherman]]|ritual monsters =* [[Mythic Dragon (anime)|Mythic Dragon]]<ref group=Notes name=asritual>This card was played as a [[Ritual Monster]]. It is a [[Fusion Monster]] in the ''TCG''/''OCG''.</ref>|magic =* [[A Legendary Ocean (anime)|A Legendary Ocean]] * [[Altar of Mist]]* [[Dragon Revival Ritual]]* [[Heavy Storm (anime)|Heavy Storm]]* [[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]<ref group=Notes name="hand111">This card can be seen in their [[hand]] during the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! second series - Episode 111|episode 111]].</ref>* [[Pot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]]* [[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]<ref group=Notes name="hand111"/>* [[Premature Burial (anime)|Premature Burial]]<ref group=Notes name="hand111"/>* [[Revenge Sacrifice]]* [[Sebek's Blessing (anime)|Sebek's Blessing]]* [[Spring of Rebirth (anime)|Spring of Rebirth]]<ref group=Notes name=draw>This card is [[draw a card|second series drawn]] but not played during [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 113|episode 113]].</ref>|traps =* [[A Deal with Dark Ruler (anime)|A Deal with Dark Ruler]]<ref group=Notes name=spellastrap>This card was played as a [[Trap Card]]. He doesnIt is a [[Spell Card|Magic Card]] in the ''TCG''/''OCG''t .</ref>* [[Driving Snow (anime)|Driving Snow]]<ref group=Notes name="hand111"/>* [[Gravity Bind (anime)|Gravity Bind]]}} ===Dawn of the Duel=======Possessed by Yami Bakura====His body is used by Yami Bakura to Duel [[Yugi Muto]] when he was separated from [[Yami Yugi]]. {{Decklist|Yami Bakura|normal monsters =* [[Doomcaliber Knight (anime)|Doomcaliber Knight]]<ref group=Notes name=norm>This card was played as a [[Normal Monster]]. It is an [[Effect Monster]] in the manga''TCG/''OCG''.</ref>* [[Necro Mannequin]] x3|effect monsters = * [[Disgraced Mage]]* [[Necro Jar]]* [[Necro Soldier]] x3* [[Necro Wall]]|magic =* [[Counterbalance]]* [[Cursed Twin Dolls]]* [[Negate Defense]]* [[Pot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]]* [[Spirit Sword of Sealing]]|traps =* [[Call of the Earthbound (anime)|Call of the Earthbound]]* [[Narrow Corridor]]* [[Necro Cycle]]* [[Zoma the Spirit (anime)|Zoma the Spirit]]}}
====Own Deck====In the ''[[Dawn of the Duel]]'' arc he uses a few monster cards to fight off Zorc's minions ([[Swamp Battleguard (anime)|Swamp Battleguard]] was possibly given to him by Joey). {{Decklist|Dawn of the Duel |effect monsters =* [[Lava Battleguard (anime)|Lava Battleguard]]* [[Swamp Battleguard (anime)|Swamp Battleguard]]|fusion monsters = * [[Super Roboyarou (anime)|Super Roboyarou]]}} ===Capsule Monsters==={{Decklist|Capsule Monsters
|monsters =
* [[Shovel Crusher]]
==Other versions==<ugallery captionalign="center">Effect Honda manga portal.png | [[Hiroto Honda (manga)]]Honda fsa.jpg | [[Hiroto Honda (Toei)]]Tristan Taylor-CMC.png | [[Tristan Taylor (Capsule Monster Coliseum)|Tristan Taylor (''Capsule Monster Coliseum'')]]Tristan Taylor-DOD.png | [[Tristan Taylor (The Dawn of Destiny)|Tristan Taylor (''The Dawn of Destiny'')]]TristanTaylor-DULI.png | [[Tristan Taylor (Duel Links)|Tristan Taylor (''Duel Links'')]]TristanTaylor-DSOD-DULI.png | [[Tristan Taylor (DSOD) (Duel Links)|Tristan Taylor (DSOD) (''Duel Links'')]]TristanTaylorDT.png | [[Tristan Taylor (Duel Terminal)|Tristan Taylor (''Duel Terminal'')]]T.TristanGrey-DOR.png | [[T. Tristan Grey]] (''The Duelists of the Roses'')Tristan Taylor-DDM.png | [[Tristan Taylor (DDM)|Tristan Taylor (''Dungeon Dice Monsters</u>'')]]Tristan Taylor-TFK.png | [[Tristan Taylor (The Falsebound Kingdom)|Tristan Taylor (''The Falsebound Kingdom'')]]TristanTaylor-LOD.png | [[Tristan Taylor (Legacy of the Duelist)|Tristan Taylor (''Legacy of the Duelist'')]]* TristanTaylorMD.png | [[Command AngelTristan Taylor (Millennium Duels)|Tristan Taylor (''Millennium Duels'')]]* Tristan Taylor-NTR.png | [[Lava BattleguardTristan Taylor (Nightmare Troubadour)|Tristan Taylor (''Nightmare Troubadour'')]]* Tristan-TFSP.png | [[Swamp BattleguardTristan Taylor (Tag Force)|Tristan Taylor (''Tag Force'')]]* Tristan Taylor-WC4.png | [[Thunder DragonTristan Taylor (World Championship 2004)|Tristan Taylor (''World Championship 2004'')]]</gallery>
==Notes==<u>Fusion Monsters<references group="Notes"/u>* [[Super Roboyarou]]|spells =* [[Block Attack]]* [[Double Snare]]* [[Garma Sword Oath]]* [[Rare Metal Soul]]* [[The A. Forces]]}}
==References==
{{Characters/manga}}{{Characters/fsaTristan Taylor pages}}
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