{{EpisodeInfobox|series = Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sInfobox episode|image name = YGO5D017YGO5Ds017.jpgpng|image size en_name = 200pxSurprise, Surprise|kana_name ja_name = 炎のリベンジャー スピードキング☆スカル・フレイム|romanji_name romaji_name = Honoo No Honō no Ribenjā Supīdokingu ☆ Sukaru Fureimu| ja_trans_name = Flame Revenger , Speed King - ☆ Skull Flame|jap_name series = Flame Revenger: Speed King Yu-Gi- Skull FlameOh! 5D's| number = 17| season = 1| ja_opening = Kizuna|no ja_ending = 017START|jap_air en_theme = July 23, 2008Hyper Drive|jap_opening animation_director = * [[Chi Man Park]]* [[KizunaKyoung Soo Lee]]<br/>絆-キズナ|jap_ending animation director = * [[STARTChi Man Park]]|listing = * [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Episode Listing - Season One|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's season one episode listingKyoung Soo Lee]]| ja_air_date = July 23, 2008| en_air_date = January 3, 2009| featured_card = Supersonic Skull Flame (anime)| screenwriter = Yoshifumi Fukushima

"'''Surprise, Surprise'''", known as "'''Flame Revenger: Speed King - ☆ Skull Flame''' " in the Japanese version, is the seventeenth episode of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]], which '' anime. It first aired in Japanese Japan on July 23, 2008 and in the United States on TV TokyoJanuary 3, 2009.

{{Episode summary|[[Mukuro EnjoHunter Pace]] , under the disguise of [[Shira duels ]], Duels [[Yusei Fudo]] in the [[Fortune Cup]], using a Deck he's designed to use against [[Jack AtlusAtlas]].}}

<br clear=right/>=Summary====Featured Duels=Hunter's infiltration===<center>'''<big>Mukuro Enjo VS The [[MC (Master of Ceremonies)|MC]] announces the next duel, shall be a [[Turbo Duel]] between [[Yusei Fudo</big>'''</center>]] and [[Shira]].

Note: This While Yusei works on his [[Duel Runner]], [[Bolt Tanner]] tells him about how duelists who have faced Shira have become too scared to duel again. He asks Yusei if he'll use his recently retrieved "[[Stardust Dragon (anime)|Stardust Dragon]]" in the upcoming duel. Yusei says that he is not completesaving the card for his duel with [[Jack Atlas|Jack]].

Yusei and Mukuro each have 0 SPC[[File:Ah! take it out!. Mukuro summons jpg|thumb|left|200px|"[[Burning Skull HeadDokuroyaiba]]" lodged into Hunter's helmet.]] in Whilst hiding, Hunter overhears [[Attack PositionLazar]] talking to Shira. They wish for Shira to roughen up Yusei, but be cautious, since he is the one who defeated Jack. Hunter almost gives himself away as he gets excited. Hearing him, Shira throws a card, "[[Dokuroyaiba (1000/800anime) and [[Set|Dokuroyaiba]]", in Hunter's 3 cardsdirection. A mouse then rushes away. Assuming that to be the source of the noise, they don't spot Hunter. After they walk on, Hunter is seen with the card lodged into his helmet.

===The Duel===The MC warms up the crowd as he introduces the Turbo Duel. He first calls out Yusei and Mukuro both have 1 SPC. Yusei summons [[Speed Warrior]] (900/400) whose effect doubles its ATK during No cheers are heard from the Battle Phase (1800). He attacks Burning Skull Head, but Mukuro activates crowd as some of them throw abuse at him regarding his [[Zero Guardcriminal mark|marking]], reducing Burning Skull Head's ATK to 0, but letting it survive battle. (Mukuro 2200) Mukuro then activates [[Accel Zone]]As Shira is announced, which prevents the crowd cheer for him from losing 1 SPC via Speed World, and instead gains 3 SPC. counting on him to beat the marked Yusei Sets 2 cards and Speed Warrior's ATK returns to normal.

Mukuro has 5 SPC and Yusei has 2. Mukuro activates [[Speed Spell-Summon Speeder]]As both Duel Runners take off, Shira's cloak blows off, which lets revealing him [[Special Summon]] [[Skull Base]] (800 ATK)to be Hunter in disguise. However, at The MC excitedly announces that time Yusei activated [[Slip Streamthe man, but Mukuro did not notice. Mukuro [[Release]]s both who made it his monsters life to [[Advance Summon]] [[Skull Flames]] (2600 ATK)defeat the King is now dueling. Since he Released Skull Base for itMany people are surprised, he gets but Lazar cooly stands next to draw 1 card. He attacks Speed Warrior with Skull Flames. (Yusei 2300, 1 SPC). Mukuro also activates [[Speed BoostRex Godwin|Goodwin]], which (since Mukuro has more SPCneither of whom have reacted majorly to the turn of events, deals stating that Shira is out of commission. Shira is shown lying on the difference in 100 damage) ground, beaten-up and deals 400 damage stripped to Yusei (Yusei 1900)his underwear, cursing Hunter.

Mukuro has 6 SPC, and now, thanks to Yusei's activating of Slip Stream, Yusei also has 6 SPC. Mukuro activates [[Accel Zone]], which ??? and gives him 5 SPCFile:Shiraambush. Yusei activates [[Speed Spelljpg|thumb|right|200px|Shira beaten-Summon Speeder]], Special Summoning [[Bolt Hedgehog]] up in Defense (800/800), and then [[Normal Summon]]s [[Junk Synchron]] (1300/500), activating its effect and Special Summoning Speed Warrior back from his Graveyard (900/400)the Japanese version. Yusei then Tunes Junk Synchron and Speed Warrior into [[Junk Warrior]] (2300/1300), which gaisn the ATK of Bolt Hedgehog by its own effect (3100). He attacks Skull Flames, but by the effect of Speed Boost, it neither is destroyed nor does Mukuro take damage. Yusei Sets 1 card.

Mukuro has 12 SPC and Yusei has 7 SPCThe MC slightly nervous looks to a communication screen, with Goodwin. Mukuro activates [[Speed Spell-Accel Draw]], and draws 2 cardsGoodwin says that it should prove entertaining. He then activates [[Speed Spell-The End Of Storm]], destroying all monsters on MC refills with energy announcing that the field, and dealing 300 damage to each player for every monster they lost. (Mukuro 1900) (Yusei 1300) Then, by removing Skull Flames from his Grvaeyard from play, Mukuro Special Summons [[Speed King-Skull Flames]] (3000 ATK) He attacks Yusei directly, but Yusei activates [[Scrap-Iron Scarecrow]], negating the attackduel has been approved. Then, Speed Boost deals another 400 damage to Yusei (Yusei 900). Mukuro Special Summons [[Burning Skull Head]], but it only deals 500 damage(??) (Yusei 400)

Yusei has 8 SPC and Mukuro has 12 SPC. Yusei activates Hunter Pace quickly begins building up [[Speed Spell-Shift DownCounter]], which reduces Yusei's SPC . He manages to 2. Yusei summons bring out his ace monster "[[Nitro Synchron]] Speed King Skull Flame (300anime), then uses Bolt Hedgehog's effect to revive itself. Yusei then activates his facedown [[Give And Take|Speed King Skull Flame]], which Special Summons Junk Synchron from Yusei's Graveyard to Mukuro's field, " and adds its Level to Bolt Hedgehog, making Bolt Hedgehog a Level 5. Yusei Tunes Nitro Synchron and Bolt Hedgehog into [[Nitro Warrior]] (2800/1800). lower Yusei draws(most likely by Shift Down's effect), and activates it, [[Speed Spell-Gap StormLP]], which destroys Mukuro's Speed Boost. By Nitro Warrior's effect, since a SPell was activated, it gains 1000 ATK. He attacks Speed King-Skull Flames (Mukuro 1100), and by Nitro Warrior’s effect, it switches Junk Synchron to Attack Position and Nitro Warrior attacks it, winning the duel (Mukuro 0)400.

Goodwin gets partly excited at this point, hoping for Yusei to play "Stardust Dragon". Hunter comes up from behind almost lapping Yusei. Yusei manages to use Hunter's high Level of Speed Counters against him. Along with a combo of many cards, Yusei manages to win. Hunter sits up happy after the Duel. He says that it was a great Duel, but he won't lose next time. An upset Zigzix looks at a meter, noting no rise in [[Ener-D]] levels. Goodwin says that Hunter lacked the strength to push Yusei. Lazar then says "that means next up is..." and begins laughing. Before he can continue, Jack stands up, demanding to know what the two of them have been up to behind his back. ==Featured Duel: Hunter Pace vs. Yusei Fudo== <u>'''Turn 1: Hunter'''</u><br />Hunter draws. Hunter's hand contains "[[Burning Skull Head (anime)|Burning Skull Head]]", "Doom Accelerator", "Speed Booster", "Speed Spell - Summon Speeder", and "[[Skull Flame (anime)|Skull Flame]]". Hunter [[Normal Summon]]s "Burning Skull Head" (1000/800) in [[Attack Position]] and [[set]]s three cards. <u>'''Turn 2: Yusei'''</u><br />Yusei draws "[[Speed Warrior (anime)|Speed Warrior]]". During the Standby Phase, the effect of "[[Speed World (anime)|Speed World]]" activates (Yusei's SPC: 0 → 1; Hunter's SPC: 0 → 1). Yusei then Normal Summons "Speed Warrior" (900/400) in Attack Position. Yusei enters his [[Battle Phase]] and activates the effect of "Speed Warrior" to double its ATK ("Speed Warrior": 900 → 1800/400).  "Speed Warrior" attacks "Burning Skull Head", but Hunter [[activate]]s his face-down "[[Zero Guard]]" to reduce the ATK of "Burning Skull Head" to 0 ("Burning Skull Head": 1000 → 0/800) and prevent it from being destroyed by battle (Hunter 4000 → 2200). Hunter then activates his face-down "[[Doom Accelerator (anime)|Doom Accelerator]]" to prevent himself from losing Speed Counters via the effect of "Speed World" and increases his Speed Counters by three (For every multiple of 500 damage Hunter took during damage calculation, "Doom Accelerator" grants him one Speed Counter) (Hunter's SPC: 1 → 4).  At the end of the Battle Phase, the effect of "Speed Warrior" expires ("Speed Warrior": 1800 → 900/400). Yusei then Sets two cards. On Yusei's End Phase, the effect of "Zero Guard" expires ("Burning Skull Head": 0 → 1000/800). <u>'''Turn 3: Hunter'''</u><br clear=/>Hunter draws. During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Speed World" activates (Yusei's SPC: 1 → 2; Hunter's SPC: 4 → 5). Hunter's hand contains "Speed Spell - Summon Speeder" and "Skull Flame". Hunter activates "[[Speed Spell - Summon Speeder (anime)|Speed Spell - Summon Speeder]]" to [[Special Summon]] "[[Skull Base]]" (800/600) in Attack Position. Yusei then activates his face-down "[[Slip Stream (anime)|Slip Stream]]" in response. Hunter then [[Tribute]]s "Burning Skull Head" and Skull Base" in order to [[Tribute Summon]] "Skull Flame" (2600/2000) in Attack Position. Since Hunter Tributed "Skull Base" for a Tribute Summon, its effect activates, letting Hunter draw one card ("Acceleration Zone"). "Skull Flame" attacks and destroys "Speed Warrior" (Yusei 4000 → 2300). Yusei loses one Speed Counter (Yusei's SPC: 2 → 1).  Hunter activates his face-down "[[Speed Booster (anime)|Speed Booster]]". Now while Hunter has more Speed Counters than Yusei, the following two effects are active. Whenever it's Hunter's turn, he can inflict damage to Yusei equal to the difference in Speed Counters times 100 once per turn. Whenever it is Yusei's turn, Hunter can negate a number of attacks equal to the difference in Speed Counters. Hunter activates the second effect of "Speed Booster" (Yusei 2300 → 1900). Hunter then sets a card. <u>'''Turn 4: Yusei'''</u><br />Yusei draws "[[Scrap-Iron Scarecrow (anime)|Scrap-Iron Scarecrow]]". During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Speed World" activates (Yusei's SPC: 1 → 2; Hunter's SPC: 5 → 6). At the same time, the effect of "Slip Stream" activates, making Yusei have the same number of Speed Counters that Hunter has (Yusei's SPC: 2 → 6). Hunter activates his face-down "[[Acceleration Zone (anime)|Acceleration Zone]]" to give himself five more Speed Counters since Yusei gained Speed Counters through an effect other than "Speed World" (Hunter's SPC: 6 → 11).  Yusei activates "Speed Spell - Summon Speeder" to Special Summon "[[Quillbolt Hedgehog (anime)|Quillbolt Hedgehog]]" (800/800) in [[Defense Position]]. Yusei then Normal Summons "[[Junk Synchron (anime)|Junk Synchron]]" (1300/500) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Junk Synchron" to Special Summon "Speed Warrior" (900/400) from his [[Graveyard]] in Defense Position with its effects negated.  Yusei [[Synchro Material|tunes]] "Speed Warrior" with "Junk Synchron" to [[Synchro Summon]] "[[Junk Warrior (anime)|Junk Warrior]]" (2300/1300) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Junk Warrior", it gains ATK equal to the ATK of all Level 2 or below monsters on Yusei's side of the field ("Junk Warrior": 2300 → 3100/1300). "Junk Warrior" attacks "Skull Flame", but Hunter activates the first effect of "Speed Booster" to negate the attack. Yusei Sets a card. <u>'''Turn 5: Hunter'''</u><br />Hunter draws. During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Speed World" activates (Yusei's SPC: 6 → 7; Hunter's SPC: 11 → 12). Hunter then activates "[[Speed Spell - Accelerate Draw]]" to draw two cards ("[[Speed Spell - End of the Storm (anime)|Speed Spell - End of the Storm]]" and "Speed King - Skull Flame"). He then activates "Speed Spell - The End of the Storm" to destroy all monsters on the field and inflict 300 damage to each player for each of their destroyed monsters (Hunter 2200 → 1900; Yusei 1900 → 1300). Hunter then [[Banish|removes from play]] "Skull Flame" from his Graveyard in order to Special Summon "[[Speed King Skull Flame (anime)|Speed King Skull Flame]]" (3000/2300) in Attack Position.  "Speed King Skull Flame" attacks directly, but Yusei activates his face-down "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" to negate the attack. After that resolves, "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" resets itself face-down. Hunter activates the second effect of "Speed Booster" (Yusei 1300 → 800). Hunter then activates the effect of "Speed King Skull Flame" to inflict 400 damage to Yusei for every "Burning Skull Head" that in his Graveyard (Yusei 800 → 400). <u>'''Turn 6: Yusei'''</u><br />[[File:NitroSynchronDraw.png|left|thumb|200px|Yusei relies on his draw from the effect of "[[Nitro Synchron]]".]]Yusei draws "Speed Spell - Shift Down". During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Speed World" activates (Yusei's SPC: 7 → 8; Hunter's SPC: 12). Yusei then activates "[[Speed Spell - Shift Down (anime)|Speed Spell - Shift Down]]" to decrease his Speed Counters by six (Yusei's SPC: 8 → 2) and draw two cards. Yusei then Normal Summons "[[Nitro Synchron (anime)|Nitro Synchron]]" (300/100) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Quillbolt Hedgehog" to revive itself (800/800) in Defense Position. Yusei then activates his face-down "[[Give and Take (anime)|Give and Take]]" to Special Summon "Junk Synchron" (1300/500) from his Graveyard to Hunter's side of the field in Defense Position and increase the Level of "Quillbolt Hedgehog" by the Level of "Junk Synchron" ("Quillbolt Hedgehog": Level 2 → 5).  Yusei tunes "Quillbolt Hedgehog" with "Nitro Synchron" to Synchro Summon "[[Nitro Warrior (anime)|Nitro Warrior]]" (2800/1800) in Attack Position. Due to the second effect of "Quillbolt Hedgehog", it is removed from play. The effect of "Nitro Synchron" then activates, letting Yusei draw one card ("Speed Spell - Gap Storm"). Yusei's hand contains only "[[Graceful Revival (anime)|Graceful Revival]]". [[File:NitroWarriorVSJunkSynchron.png|right|thumb|200px|"[[Nitro Warrior]]" attacks and destroys "[[Junk Synchron]]".]] Yusei activates "[[Speed Spell - Gap Storm (anime)|Speed Spell - Gap Storm]]" to destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field. "Nitro Warrior" attacks "Speed King Skull Flame". The first effect of "Nitro Warrior" activates, increasing its ATK by 1000 ("Nitro Warrior": 2800 → 3800/>1800). "Nitro Warrior" then destroys "Speed King Skull Flame" (Hunter 1900 → 1100). After damage calculation, the first effect of "Nitro Warrior" expires ("Nitro Warrior": 3800 → 2800/1800). Yusei then activates the second effect of "Nitro Warrior" to switch "Junk Synchron" to Attack Position and let "Nitro Warrior" attack it. "Nitro Warrior" then attacks and destroys "Junk Synchron" (Hunter 1100 → 0). ==Differences in adaption==*In the original a bit after Yusei activates "Slip Stream", Hunter Pace says that this (the duel) is pretty fun, while in the dub he says he heard Yusei was good. *In the original when Hunter Pace boasted, at one point Yanagi asked what Hunter meant, with Bolt Tanner explaining the Speed Counter difference. In the dub, Yanagi says he (Hunter) sure talks a lot, while [[Bolt Tanner]] replies in this case he can put his money where his mouth is. *In the dub, [[Zigzix]] wanted to see what Yusei was made of. He did not say this in the original. ==Card creation contest==At the end of the episode's original broadcast, there was an announcement asking viewers to send their own card creations to an address. These cards are to play a part in the show. The winning cards; "[[Drill Synchron]]", "[[Drill Warrior]]", "[[Splendid Rose]]", "[[Chaos King Archfiend]]", "[[Bird of Roses]]" and "[[Morphtronic Vacuumen]]" were announced at the end of each of their respective episodes. ==Mistakes== When Goodwin is thinking Yusei should use "Stardust Dragon", Lazar then says he would like to see that as well, however Goodwin did not say anything out loud. ==Featured cards==The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here. {{Decklist|Yusei Fudo|effect monsters =* [[Quillbolt Hedgehog (anime)|Quillbolt Hedgehog]]* [[Speed Warrior (anime)|Speed Warrior]]|tuner monsters =* [[Junk Synchron (anime)|Junk Synchron]]* [[Nitro Synchron (anime)|Nitro Synchron]]|synchro monsters =* [[Junk Warrior (anime)|Junk Warrior]]* [[Nitro Warrior (anime)|Nitro Warrior]]|spells =* ''[[Speed Spell - Gap Storm (anime)|Speed Spell - Gap Storm]]''* ''[[Speed Spell - Shift Down (anime)|Speed Spell - Shift Down]]''* ''[[Speed Spell - Summon Speeder (anime)|Speed Spell - Summon Speeder]]''* [[Speed World (anime)|Speed World]]|traps =* ''[[Give and Take (anime)|Give and Take]]''* [[Graceful Revival (anime)|Graceful Revival]]* [[Scrap-Iron Scarecrow (anime)|Scrap-Iron Scarecrow]]* [[Slip Stream (anime)|Slip Stream]]}} {{Decklist|Hunter Pace|effect monsters =* [[Burning Skull Head (anime)|Burning Skull Head]]* ''[[Skull Base]]''* [[Skull Flame (anime)|Skull Flame]]* ''[[Speed King Skull Flame (anime)|Speed King Skull Flame]]''|spells =* ''[[Speed Spell - Accelerate Draw]]''* ''[[Speed Spell - Summon Speeder (anime)|Speed Spell - Summon Speeder]]''* [[Speed Spell - End of the Storm (anime)|Speed Spell - End of the Storm]]* [[Speed World (anime)|Speed World]]|traps =* ''[[Acceleration Zone (anime)|Acceleration Zone]]''* ''[[Doom Accelerator (anime)|Doom Accelerator]]''* ''[[Speed Booster (anime)|Speed Booster]]''* ''[[Zero Guard]]''}} {{Decklist|Shira|normal monsters =* ''[[Dokuroyaiba (anime)|Dokuroyaiba]]''}} {{Decklist|Hunter's explanation|effect monsters =* [[Skull Flame (anime)|Skull Flame]]|spells =* [[Speed World (anime)|Speed World]]|traps =* ''[[Speed Booster (anime)|Speed Booster]]''}} {{Decklist|Flashback|effect monsters =* [[Skull Flame (anime)|Skull Flame]]|spells =* ''[[Speed Spell - Summon Speeder (anime)|Speed Spell - Summon Speeder]]''* [[Speed World (anime)|Speed World]]|traps =* [[Slip Stream (anime)|Slip Stream]]}} {{Yu-Gi-Oh!5D's episodes/season 1}}