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| series              = Yu-Gi-Oh!
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| image             = Yugioh211.png
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| season             = 5
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| en_name            = Village of Vengeance - Part 3
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| image name          = Yugioh211.jpg
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| ja_name            = 新たなるステージ
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| romaji_name        = Aratanaru Sutēji
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| image caption      =
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| ja_trans_name      = A New Stage
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| english            = Village of Vengeance - Part 3
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| series            = Yu-Gi-Oh!
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| kanji              = 新たなるステージ
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| number             = 211
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| romaji              =  
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| season            = 5
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| japanese translated = A New Stage
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| ja_air_date        = June 30, 2004
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| episode number     = 211
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| en_air_date        = January 21, 2006
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| japanese air date  = June 30, 2004
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| ja_opening        = OVERLAP
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| english air date    =  
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| ja_ending          = EYE'S
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| japanese opening    = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! theme]]
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| en_theme          = Yu-Gi-Oh! Theme
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| japanese ending    = [[EYE'S]]
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| screenwriter      = Atsushi Maekawa
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| english opening    = [[OVERLAP]]
 
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| english ending      = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! theme]]
 
 
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==Notes==
 
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* In this episode, we finally have the "''three of [[Bakura|me]] running around''" instance Yami Bakura spoke of in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series - Episode 040]]. Indeed, the '''Bakura count''' is as follows:
 
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** [[Ryo Bakura]], unconscious in the real world where the [[Tablet of Lost Memories]] is stored (though he isn't really running around and isn't really "me" as he's not part of Yami Bakura).
 
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** [[Yami Bakura]], currently playing a game vs. [[Yami Yugi]] in the 'Territory of the Gods'.
 
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** [[Thief King Bakura]], the "pawn" of [[Yami Bakura]] during his Dark Game.
 
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** [[Tristan Taylor|Honda]] possessed by a piece of Bakura after their encounter following his battle with the Pharaoh in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 207|Episode 207]].
 
  
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
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===Yuugi Mutou's Search===
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===Yugi Muto's Search===
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* [[Yugi Muto|Yuugi]] & his friends have finally made it back to the Royal Palace. The palace doors are still closed. This time however, Yuugi's mission is clear to him: he and his friends are in the World of his memories is to find the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]]'s real name. He pleads the Pharaoh's spirit to let them him.  
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* [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] & his friends have finally made it back to the Royal Palace. The palace doors are still closed. This time however, Yugi's mission is clear to him: he and his friends are in the World of his memories to help find the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]]'s real name. He pleads with the Pharaoh's spirit to let them help him.  
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** As Yuugi attempts to pass his hand through the door... it works! The Royal Palace is now open to them!
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** As Yugi attempts to pass his hand through the door... it works! The Royal Palace is now open to them!
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** [[Yugi Muto|Yuugi]], [[Joey Wheeler|Jounouchi]], [[Téa Gardner|Anzu]] and [[Bobasa]] enter the palace: they decide to separate for better searching efficiency.  
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** [[Yugi Muto|Yugi]], [[Joey]], [[Téa]] and [[Bobasa]] enter the palace: they decide to separate for better searching efficiency.  
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*** [[Tristan Taylor|Honda]] follows soon after, however something's amiss! '''Tristan appears "evil"''' and snickers as he passes through the Palace doors? Could Bakura have done something to him?
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*** [[Tristan]] follows soon after, however something's amiss! '''Tristan appears "evil"''' and snickers as he passes through the Palace doors? Could Bakura have done something to him?
 
* Later on, the friends realize that conducting a search while "immaterial" is no easy task:
 
* Later on, the friends realize that conducting a search while "immaterial" is no easy task:
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** [[Téa Gardner|Anzu]] has found the palace library, but she is having trouble making "contact" with the [[Wikipedia:Papyrus|papyrus]] parchments.  
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** [[Téa]] has found the palace library, but she is having trouble making "contact" with the [[Wikipedia:Papyrus|papyrus]] parchments.  
 
** [[Bobasa]] however, has no problems and is stuffing himself full of food in the royal kitchens.
 
** [[Bobasa]] however, has no problems and is stuffing himself full of food in the royal kitchens.
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** "Evil" [[Tristan Taylor|Honda]] is also actively conducting his search.
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** "Evil" [[Tristan]] is also actively conducting his search.
  
 
===The Defeat of Thief King Bakura: Aknadin's Treachery Revealed===
 
===The Defeat of Thief King Bakura: Aknadin's Treachery Revealed===
 
* Back at [[Kul Elna]], the final attack of "[[Dark Magician]]"/[[Mahad]] struck down "[[Diabound]]". [[Thief King Bakura]] collapses down the stairs leading up to the Tablet of the Realm of the Dead.  
 
* Back at [[Kul Elna]], the final attack of "[[Dark Magician]]"/[[Mahad]] struck down "[[Diabound]]". [[Thief King Bakura]] collapses down the stairs leading up to the Tablet of the Realm of the Dead.  
 
** Bakura drags himself to the Tablet, and inserts the [[Millennium Items]] he's accumulated so far: the [[Millennium Puzzle]], the [[Millennium Scale]], and the [[Millennium Ring]].
 
** Bakura drags himself to the Tablet, and inserts the [[Millennium Items]] he's accumulated so far: the [[Millennium Puzzle]], the [[Millennium Scale]], and the [[Millennium Ring]].
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*** The [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] tells him that it's on vain. Without the remaining [[Millennium Items]], he won't be able to free [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]]. He tells him to give up: he's been dfeated. However, another voice echoes through the room and says: "''Are you sure of it?''". It's [[Aknadin]]! And he's holding the [[Millennium Key]]!
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*** The [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] tells him that it's on vain. Without the remaining [[Millennium Items]], he won't be able to free [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]]. He tells him to give up: he's been defeated. However, another voice echoes through the room and says: "''Are you sure of it?''". It's [[Aknadin]]! And he's holding the [[Millennium Key]]!
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* At this point, Bakura starts glowing in a sinister pink light, which then separates from his body. He seems confused and does not understand where he is? Was as an evil spirit possessing him?
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* At this point, Bakura starts glowing in a sinister pink light, which then separates from his body. He seems confused and does not understand where he is?
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** Soon after, Bakura's body starts to disintegrate. A voice echoes: "''Good work! But ye're no longer useful. Pawns which have outlived their usefulness vanish! That's the rule in work in 'ere! Yuugi!''". Bakura's body become sands and he vanished. [[Shada]] appears at the doorstep and yells "''Aknadin - sama...!''".
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** Soon after, Bakura's body starts to disintegrate. A voice echoes: "''Good work! But ye're no longer useful. Pawns which have outlived their usefulness vanish! That's the rule in work in 'ere! Yugi!''". Bakura's body becomes sand and he vanishes (in the dub, a glow is added around Bakura's hands and his entire person when they start to turn to sand). [[Shada]] appears at the doorstep and yells "''Aknadin - sama...!''".
 
* '''[[Aknadin]]'s treachery is revealed''' in front of everyone! [[Shada]] tries to stop him, but Aknadin pushes him away and then casts an immobility spell on the group, freezing everyone in time!
 
* '''[[Aknadin]]'s treachery is revealed''' in front of everyone! [[Shada]] tries to stop him, but Aknadin pushes him away and then casts an immobility spell on the group, freezing everyone in time!
 
** This allows Aknadin to retrieve every single one of the [[Millennium Items]], which he then proceeds to insert inside the Millennium Stone, including his [[Millennium Eye]] (which he removes from his eye socket right then and there)!
 
** This allows Aknadin to retrieve every single one of the [[Millennium Items]], which he then proceeds to insert inside the Millennium Stone, including his [[Millennium Eye]] (which he removes from his eye socket right then and there)!
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* The [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] is asking himself how can this be? [[Thief King Bakura]] was defeated, he saw it with his own eyes?The [[Shadow Game|Dark Game]] should be over! How can he still be hearing Bakura's voice? However, the word 'Game' persists on his mind. He suddenly realizes the implications of it: everything is happening inside of '''A GAME'''!!!
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* The [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] is asking himself how can this be? [[Thief King Bakura]] was defeated, he saw it with his own eyes? The [[Shadow Game]] should be over! How can he still be hearing Bakura's voice? However, the word 'Game' persists on his mind. He suddenly realizes the implications of it: everything is happening inside of '''A GAME'''!!!
 
* At this point, [[Yami Yugi]] "wakes up" and sees [[Yami Bakura]] sitting across him in front of a large table. On the table, there seems to be a ''playing field'': it's the ancient land of Egypt from the Pharaoh's past!! This is a '''[[Dark RPG]]''', ''Dungeons and Dragons''-style, and Yugi and Bakura are the Game Masters!!!!
 
* At this point, [[Yami Yugi]] "wakes up" and sees [[Yami Bakura]] sitting across him in front of a large table. On the table, there seems to be a ''playing field'': it's the ancient land of Egypt from the Pharaoh's past!! This is a '''[[Dark RPG]]''', ''Dungeons and Dragons''-style, and Yugi and Bakura are the Game Masters!!!!
  
 
===Dark RPG: Yami Bakura's "Ultimate Dark Game"===
 
===Dark RPG: Yami Bakura's "Ultimate Dark Game"===
 
* Bakura then explains everything:
 
* Bakura then explains everything:
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: '''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''It'd seem ye've just awakaned your self as a ''Game Master'', Yuugi!"
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: '''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''It'd seem ye've just awakaned your self as a ''Game Master'', Yugi!''"
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: '''[[Yami Yugi|Yami Yuugi]]''': "''Bakura! Where is this at...?''"
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: '''[[Yami Yugi|Yami Yugi]]''': "''Bakura! Where is this at...?''"
 
: '''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''This place...? Well... Let's name it ''Territory of the Gods'', shall we? This place itself is the real game field of the Ultimate Dark Game: the Dark RPG!''"
 
: '''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''This place...? Well... Let's name it ''Territory of the Gods'', shall we? This place itself is the real game field of the Ultimate Dark Game: the Dark RPG!''"
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: '''[[Yami Yugi|Yami Yuugi]]''': "''The Dark RPG, you said?''""
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: '''[[Yami Yugi]]''': "''The Dark RPG, you said?''""
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: '''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''Indeed! The game's terrain is ancient Egypt. The world in which you, Yuugi, lived as a Pharaoh 3,000 years ago is being recreated in this field. We ''Game Madters'' control some characters. By managing to clear the conditions for victory, ye can win.''"
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: '''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''Indeed! The game's terrain is ancient Egypt. The world in which you, Yugi, lived as a Pharaoh 3,000 years ago is being recreated in this field. We ''Game Masters'' control some characters. By managing to clear the conditions for victory, you can win.''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi|Yami Yuugi]]''': "''Then, my character is the Pharaoh and yours is the Thief King Bakura. However! Since ''that'' Bakura has been defeated, I should have cleared the conditions for my victory! But, why?''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi]]''': "''Then, my character is the Pharaoh and yours is the Thief King Bakura. However! Since ''that'' Bakura has been defeated, I should have cleared the conditions for my victory! But, why?''"
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:'''[[Yami Bakura]]''':"'' Unfortunately enough, Yuugi... When the [[Millennium Items]] were placed in the Table of the Realm of the Dead, the game switched to a new stage! And, obviously enough... The conditions to win have changed as well! My soul has been fixated in the Table of the Realm of the Dead! And the [[Zorc Necrophades|Great Evil God Zorc]] is gonna be revived!''"
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:'''[[Yami Bakura]]''':"'' Unfortunately enough, Yugi... When the [[Millennium Items]] were placed in the Table of the Realm of the Dead, the game switched to a new stage! And, obviously enough... The conditions to win have changed as well! My soul has been fixated in the Table of the Realm of the Dead! And the [[Zorc Necrophades|Great Evil God Zorc]] is going be revived!''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi|Yami Yuugi]]''': "''In short! As long as Zorc ain't defeated, it'll bring about my defeat, you meant to say?''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi]]''': "''In short! As long as Zorc isn't defeated, it'll bring about my defeat, you meant to say?''"
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:'''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''Ye won't only ''lose''!''"
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:'''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''You won't only ''lose''!''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi|Yami Yuugi]]''': "''What?''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi]]''': "''What?''"
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:'''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''To find ya, your beloved companions have entered the maze of the [[Millennium Puzzle]] and trascended into the world of the game. So, they'll die while in there. They're so gonna die.''"
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:'''[[Yami Bakura]]''': "''To find you, your beloved companions have entered the maze of the [[Millennium Puzzle]] and transcended into the world of the game. So, they'll die while in there. They're so gonna die.''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi|Yami Yuugi]]''': "''Bakura! You lowlife...!''"
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:'''[[Yami Yugi]]''': "''Bakura! You lowlife...!''"
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* Then, [[Yami Bakura]] reveals that Yuugi's "pawns" in the game are frozen in time thanks to Bakura's '''''Time-Controlling Hourglass'''''. As the Game Master, Bakura has '''three''' of them and this particular one freezes time for every character in the game except for Bakura's.
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* Then, [[Yami Bakura]] reveals that Yugi's "pawns" in the game are frozen in time thanks to Bakura's '''''Time-Controlling Hourglass'''''. As the Game Master, Bakura has '''three''' of them and this particular one freezes time for every character in the game except for Bakura's.
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** Bakura then shows [[Yami Yugi]] the other ''Time-Reversing Hourglass'' he used in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 207|Ep.207]], when he reversed the "Sands of Time".
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** Bakura then shows [[Yami Yugi]] the other ''Time-Reversing Hourglass'' he used in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 207|episode 207]], when he reversed the "Sands of Time".
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** All the characters in the "game" are frozen in time by the effect of [[Yami Bakura]]'s ''Time-Controlling Hourglass'', except of course his own characters [[Aknadin]] and "evil" [[Tristan Taylor|Honda]]. For some reason however, [[Bobasa]] is unaffacted by time-freezing spell.
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** All the characters in the "game" are frozen in time by the effect of [[Yami Bakura]]'s ''Time-Controlling Hourglass'', except of course his own characters [[Aknadin]] and "evil" [[Tristan Taylor]]. For some reason however, [[Bobasa]] is unaffected by time-freezing spell, which "evil" Tristan can't figure out.
  
 
===Aknadin's Transformation: "Great Dark Priest"!===
 
===Aknadin's Transformation: "Great Dark Priest"!===
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** '''[[Aknadin]]''': "''Great Evil God Zorc - sama! Please listen to my wish!''"
 
** '''[[Aknadin]]''': "''Great Evil God Zorc - sama! Please listen to my wish!''"
 
** '''[[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]]''': "''Priest Aknadin! I know that you have come  to this place to gain my contract of the Dark. Why would you, you who created the [[Millennium Items]]? Aknadin! To repay you from offering your soul to be ruled by me, I shall grant you a wish.''"
 
** '''[[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]]''': "''Priest Aknadin! I know that you have come  to this place to gain my contract of the Dark. Why would you, you who created the [[Millennium Items]]? Aknadin! To repay you from offering your soul to be ruled by me, I shall grant you a wish.''"
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** '''[[Aknadin]]''': "''Yes, my lord! I only have one wish! To allow for my son, [[Priest Seto|Seto]]!, to become the new monarch!''"
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** '''[[Aknadin]]''': "''Yes, my lord! I only have one wish! To allow for my son, [[Seto]]!, to become the new monarch!''"
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** '''[[Priest Seto]]''': (thinking) "''I-I am... Aknadin - sama's... son!?''"
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** '''[[Seto]]''': (thinking) "''I-I am... Aknadin - sama's... son!?''"
 
** '''[[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]]''': "''I have listened to it. Receive my power, Aknadin!''"
 
** '''[[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]]''': "''I have listened to it. Receive my power, Aknadin!''"
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*** [[Yami Bakura]]'s "Aknadin" game-piece has just doubled in strength: it's been transformed to '''"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Great Dark Priest"|Shadow Magus]]"'''.
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*** [[Yami Bakura]]'s "Aknadin" game-piece has just doubled in strength: it's been transformed to '''"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Great Dark Priest"|Great Dark Priest]]"'''.
  
 
* [[Yami Bakura]] then reveals he has found a way to bring back [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]] without the 8th Key (the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]]'s real name): by using his third ''Evil-Summoning Hourglass''. When the last grain of sand falls to the bottom, Zorc shall be reborn!
 
* [[Yami Bakura]] then reveals he has found a way to bring back [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]] without the 8th Key (the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]]'s real name): by using his third ''Evil-Summoning Hourglass''. When the last grain of sand falls to the bottom, Zorc shall be reborn!
 
* Meanwhile in the Royal Palace, the possessed [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] is walking through a room where all past Pharaohs are depicted on the walls. Each one has a tablet listing their name, except the tablet for the current [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] is completely blank!
 
* Meanwhile in the Royal Palace, the possessed [[Tristan Taylor|Tristan]] is walking through a room where all past Pharaohs are depicted on the walls. Each one has a tablet listing their name, except the tablet for the current [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] is completely blank!
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* Back at [[Kul Elna]], [[Aknadin]]/"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Shadow Magus"|Great Dark Priest]]" is revealing the story of his past to [[Priest Seto]] and the other [[The Sacred Guardians|Priests]] (still frozen in time by the effect of [[Yami Bakura]]'s ''hourglss''). He tells them of how he was the younger brother to King [[Aknamkanon]], and thus [[Priest Seto]] has the necessary  bloodline to inherit the throne.
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* Back at [[Kul Elna]], [[Aknadin]]/"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Shadow Magus"|Great Dark Priest]]" is revealing the story of his past to [[Seto]] and the other [[The Sacred Guardians|Priests]] (still frozen in time by the effect of [[Yami Bakura]]'s ''hourglass''). He tells them of how he was the younger brother to King [[Aknamkanon]], and thus [[Seto]] has the necessary  bloodline to inherit the throne.
 
** [[Shimon Muran]] wonders why would [[Aknadin]] bring the topic out now. Only he and [[Aknadin]] were aware of it: [[Aknadin]] harbored envy because his brother, as the Pharaoh, gained the attention of the people while he was actually the one who accomplished many things for the sake of the kingdom.
 
** [[Shimon Muran]] wonders why would [[Aknadin]] bring the topic out now. Only he and [[Aknadin]] were aware of it: [[Aknadin]] harbored envy because his brother, as the Pharaoh, gained the attention of the people while he was actually the one who accomplished many things for the sake of the kingdom.
  
 
===Hassan, the Master Item===
 
===Hassan, the Master Item===
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* Saying these words, [[Aknadin]]/"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Shadow Magus"|Shadow Magus]]" casts a spell to banish the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] to the darkness forever, however a mysterious entity shining with light enters to '''deflect the attack''': it is [[Hassan]] (the mysterious figure the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] encountered in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 208|Ep.208]]), ''protector of the Pharaohs''.!
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* Saying these words, [[Aknadin]]/"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Shadow Magus"|Great Dark Priest]]" casts a spell to kill the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]]! However a mysterious entity shining with light enters to '''deflect the attack''': it is [[Hassan]] (the mysterious figure the [[Pharaoh Atem|Pharaoh]] encountered in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 208|Ep.208]]), ''protector of the Pharaohs''.!
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::* In reality, [[Yami Yugi]] "played" [[Hassan]] into the game, using a special token.  
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::* In reality, [[Yami Yugi]] "played" [[Hassan]] into the game, using his Master Item.  
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:* [[Hassan]] deflects the attack upwards, out of the "board game" playing field. As the spell hits the [[Shadow Realm]] "ceiling", it is separated into different rays and destroys [[Yami Bakura]]'s time-freezing hourglass. [[Yami Yugi]]'s characters are thus freed.
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:* [[Hassan]] deflects the attack upwards, out of the "board game" playing field. As the spell hits the "ceiling" of the "territory of the Gods", it is separated into different rays and destroys [[Yami Bakura]]'s time-freezing hourglass. [[Yami Yugi]]'s characters are thus freed.
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* However, [[Yami Bakura]] reveals that attached to each character's [[DiaDhank]] is a sensor which measures their life energy. Yugi's characters are almost close to zero, while [[Aknadin]]/"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Shadow Magus"|Shadow Magus]]" is at maximum! In addition, Bakura's third ''Hourglass'' still stands and once its time is up, [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]] will be Summoned! Can [[Yami Yugi]] stop him on time?
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* However, [[Yami Bakura]] reveals that attached to each character's [[DiaDhank]] is a sensor which measures their life energy. Yugi's characters are almost close to zero, while [[Aknadin]]/"[[Aknadin#Transformation into "Shadow Magus"|Great Dark Priest]]" is at maximum! In addition, Bakura's third ''Hourglass'' still stands and once its time is up, [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]] will be Summoned! Can [[Yami Yugi]] stop him on time?
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==Featured monsters==
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The following monsters appeared in this episode. Monsters in italics debuted here.
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{{Decklist|Thief King Bakura
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* [[Skeleton Fiend]]
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{{Decklist|Flashbacks
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* [[Diabound]]
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* [[Duos]]
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* [[Slifer the Sky Dragon (character)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]
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* [[The Winged Dragon of Ra (character)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]
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}}
  
 
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"Village of Vengeance - Part 3"
Screenshot
Names
EnglishVillage of Vengeance - Part 3
Japanese name
Japanese新たなるステージ
RōmajiAratanaru Sutēji
TranslatedA New Stage
Series
SeriesYu-Gi-Oh!
Number211
Season5
Music
Japanese OP"OVERLAP"
Japanese ED"EYE'S"
English OP & ED"Yu-Gi-Oh! Theme"
Staff
Screenplay
Air dates
JapaneseJune 30, 2004
EnglishJanuary 21, 2006
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 5)
Previous"Village of Vengeance - Part 2"
Next"Village of Vengeance - Part 4"

Summary[edit]

Yugi Muto's Search[edit]

  • Yugi & his friends have finally made it back to the Royal Palace. The palace doors are still closed. This time however, Yugi's mission is clear to him: he and his friends are in the World of his memories to help find the Pharaoh's real name. He pleads with the Pharaoh's spirit to let them help him.
    • As Yugi attempts to pass his hand through the door... it works! The Royal Palace is now open to them!
    • Yugi, Joey, Téa and Bobasa enter the palace: they decide to separate for better searching efficiency.
      • Tristan follows soon after, however something's amiss! Tristan appears "evil" and snickers as he passes through the Palace doors? Could Bakura have done something to him?
  • Later on, the friends realize that conducting a search while "immaterial" is no easy task:
    • Téa has found the palace library, but she is having trouble making "contact" with the papyrus parchments.
    • Bobasa however, has no problems and is stuffing himself full of food in the royal kitchens.
    • "Evil" Tristan is also actively conducting his search.

The Defeat of Thief King Bakura: Aknadin's Treachery Revealed[edit]

  • Back at Kul Elna, the final attack of "Dark Magician"/Mahad struck down "Diabound". Thief King Bakura collapses down the stairs leading up to the Tablet of the Realm of the Dead.
  • At this point, Bakura starts glowing in a sinister pink light, which then separates from his body. He seems confused and does not understand where he is?
    • Soon after, Bakura's body starts to disintegrate. A voice echoes: "Good work! But ye're no longer useful. Pawns which have outlived their usefulness vanish! That's the rule in work in 'ere! Yugi!". Bakura's body becomes sand and he vanishes (in the dub, a glow is added around Bakura's hands and his entire person when they start to turn to sand). Shada appears at the doorstep and yells "Aknadin - sama...!".
  • Aknadin's treachery is revealed in front of everyone! Shada tries to stop him, but Aknadin pushes him away and then casts an immobility spell on the group, freezing everyone in time!
    • This allows Aknadin to retrieve every single one of the Millennium Items, which he then proceeds to insert inside the Millennium Stone, including his Millennium Eye (which he removes from his eye socket right then and there)!
  • The Pharaoh is asking himself how can this be? Thief King Bakura was defeated, he saw it with his own eyes? The Shadow Game should be over! How can he still be hearing Bakura's voice? However, the word 'Game' persists on his mind. He suddenly realizes the implications of it: everything is happening inside of A GAME!!!
  • At this point, Yami Yugi "wakes up" and sees Yami Bakura sitting across him in front of a large table. On the table, there seems to be a playing field: it's the ancient land of Egypt from the Pharaoh's past!! This is a Dark RPG, Dungeons and Dragons-style, and Yugi and Bakura are the Game Masters!!!!

Dark RPG: Yami Bakura's "Ultimate Dark Game"[edit]

  • Bakura then explains everything:
Yami Bakura: "It'd seem ye've just awakaned your self as a Game Master, Yugi!"
Yami Yugi: "Bakura! Where is this at...?"
Yami Bakura: "This place...? Well... Let's name it Territory of the Gods, shall we? This place itself is the real game field of the Ultimate Dark Game: the Dark RPG!"
Yami Yugi: "The Dark RPG, you said?""
Yami Bakura: "Indeed! The game's terrain is ancient Egypt. The world in which you, Yugi, lived as a Pharaoh 3,000 years ago is being recreated in this field. We Game Masters control some characters. By managing to clear the conditions for victory, you can win."
Yami Yugi: "Then, my character is the Pharaoh and yours is the Thief King Bakura. However! Since that Bakura has been defeated, I should have cleared the conditions for my victory! But, why?"
Yami Bakura:" Unfortunately enough, Yugi... When the Millennium Items were placed in the Table of the Realm of the Dead, the game switched to a new stage! And, obviously enough... The conditions to win have changed as well! My soul has been fixated in the Table of the Realm of the Dead! And the Great Evil God Zorc is going be revived!"
Yami Yugi: "In short! As long as Zorc isn't defeated, it'll bring about my defeat, you meant to say?"
Yami Bakura: "You won't only lose!"
Yami Yugi: "What?"
Yami Bakura: "To find you, your beloved companions have entered the maze of the Millennium Puzzle and transcended into the world of the game. So, they'll die while in there. They're so gonna die."
Yami Yugi: "Bakura! You lowlife...!"
  • Then, Yami Bakura reveals that Yugi's "pawns" in the game are frozen in time thanks to Bakura's Time-Controlling Hourglass. As the Game Master, Bakura has three of them and this particular one freezes time for every character in the game except for Bakura's.
    • Bakura then shows Yami Yugi the other Time-Reversing Hourglass he used in episode 207, when he reversed the "Sands of Time".
    • All the characters in the "game" are frozen in time by the effect of Yami Bakura's Time-Controlling Hourglass, except of course his own characters Aknadin and "evil" Tristan Taylor. For some reason however, Bobasa is unaffected by time-freezing spell, which "evil" Tristan can't figure out.

Aknadin's Transformation: "Great Dark Priest"![edit]

  • Back at Kul Elna, Aknadin has just Summoned Great Evil God Zorc.
    • Aknadin: "Great Evil God Zorc - sama! Please listen to my wish!"
    • Zorc: "Priest Aknadin! I know that you have come to this place to gain my contract of the Dark. Why would you, you who created the Millennium Items? Aknadin! To repay you from offering your soul to be ruled by me, I shall grant you a wish."
    • Aknadin: "Yes, my lord! I only have one wish! To allow for my son, Seto!, to become the new monarch!"
    • Seto: (thinking) "I-I am... Aknadin - sama's... son!?"
    • Zorc: "I have listened to it. Receive my power, Aknadin!"
  • Yami Bakura then reveals he has found a way to bring back Zorc without the 8th Key (the Pharaoh's real name): by using his third Evil-Summoning Hourglass. When the last grain of sand falls to the bottom, Zorc shall be reborn!
  • Meanwhile in the Royal Palace, the possessed Tristan is walking through a room where all past Pharaohs are depicted on the walls. Each one has a tablet listing their name, except the tablet for the current Pharaoh is completely blank!
  • Back at Kul Elna, Aknadin/"Great Dark Priest" is revealing the story of his past to Seto and the other Priests (still frozen in time by the effect of Yami Bakura's hourglass). He tells them of how he was the younger brother to King Aknamkanon, and thus Seto has the necessary bloodline to inherit the throne.
    • Shimon Muran wonders why would Aknadin bring the topic out now. Only he and Aknadin were aware of it: Aknadin harbored envy because his brother, as the Pharaoh, gained the attention of the people while he was actually the one who accomplished many things for the sake of the kingdom.

Hassan, the Master Item[edit]

  • Saying these words, Aknadin/"Great Dark Priest" casts a spell to kill the Pharaoh! However a mysterious entity shining with light enters to deflect the attack: it is Hassan (the mysterious figure the Pharaoh encountered in Ep.208), protector of the Pharaohs.!
  • In reality, Yami Yugi "played" Hassan into the game, using his Master Item.
  • Hassan deflects the attack upwards, out of the "board game" playing field. As the spell hits the "ceiling" of the "territory of the Gods", it is separated into different rays and destroys Yami Bakura's time-freezing hourglass. Yami Yugi's characters are thus freed.
  • However, Yami Bakura reveals that attached to each character's DiaDhank is a sensor which measures their life energy. Yugi's characters are almost close to zero, while Aknadin/"Great Dark Priest" is at maximum! In addition, Bakura's third Hourglass still stands and once its time is up, Zorc will be Summoned! Can Yami Yugi stop him on time?

Featured monsters[edit]

The following monsters appeared in this episode. Monsters in italics debuted here.

Thief King Bakura

Monster Cards

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