Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 055

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 055

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Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Number	55
Season	2
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episodes (season 2)
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A Hassleberry Hounding, known as Enter Tyranno Kenzan! in the Japanese version, is the fifty-fifth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime.

Summary

One day, Syrus and Jaden were walking through the woods. They got caught sleeping in class, so Crowler made them deliver 14 new duel disks to students who have lost theirs. Jaden was wondering why so many people were losing their disks, and Syrus explained it was because of a bully that was challenging them to duels and then taking them. Syrus had lost to this bully as well, so Jaden decided it was time to confront this guy and get the disks back.

They ran to river, and standing on the bridge, was the bully, Tyranno Hassleberry, the same Ra Yellow student that was picking on Crowler and Bonaparte when he arrived at the school. He tried to intimidate Jaden with his strength, but Jaden just shrugged it off and challenged him to a duel. Hassleberry also had a bunch of other Ra Yellows who supported him, like an army troop. They and Syrus watched the duel, and Jaden said if he wins, Hassleberry has to give all the duel disks he stole back.

Jaden: summoned Wildheart (1500/1600) in defense mode

Hassleberry: summoned Gilasaurus. When summoned Gilasaurus counts as a special summon, so Hassleberry sacrificed him to summon Dark Driceratops (2400). He destroyed Wildheart and still did damage even though he was in defense.

Jaden (3200 LP): played the magic card, Monster Reincarnation, to discard Necroshade and bring back Wildheart to his hand. With Necroshade in the graveyard, Jaden summoned Bladedge (2600/1800) without a sacrifice and destroyed Driceratops.

Hassleberry’s troop was cheering him on. He started talking about how he came to Duel Academy. Hassleberry was the son of an army sergeant and when he joined the school and aced his entrance exams, he thought he would go to Obelisk Blue, but got stuck in Ra Yellow. Even though he was in Ra, Hassleberry made the best of it and formed a troop to show people how much power and friendship means to him.

Hassleberry (3800 LP): played the field spell, Jurassic World. It gives his dinosaurs 300 extra attack and defense points, makes them immune to trap cards, and when their attacked, they have the option of switching to defense mode. He then summoned Arcaeonis (300/1300), whose attack points raised to 600 and can attack Jaden directly. Hassleberry placed one card face down to end his turn.

Jaden (2600 LP): summoned Wildheart and attacked with Bladedge, but Hassleberry used his trap card, Amber Pitfall, which made Bladedge switch to defense mode and he has to stay in defense. Wildheart attacked, but because of Jurassic World, Arcaeonis switched to defense (1300 to 1600), blocking the attack and Jaden lost 100 life points. He placed two cards face down to end his turn.

Hassleberry: played the magic card, Modified Ultra Evolution, which let him sacrifice Arcaeonis to summon Black Tyranno (2600 to 2900), whose special ability can attack Jaden directly. He survived the attack, thanks to his trap card, Insurance. By returning it to his hand, Jaden was given 500 extra life points.

Meanwhile, Hassleberry noticed that his troop was getting bored and no longer cheered him on. He explained that every time he starts a troop, they always leave him when he needs them. He has also used the exact same dueling strategy for each of his duels. Jaden tried to teach Hassleberry that he’s stuck in the past and needs to learn to change his strategy if he wants to keep his friends.

Jaden: played the field spell, Skyscraper, to replace Jurassic World. This reduced Tyranno’s attack to 2600. Jaden then played Polymerization to fuse Avian and Wildheart to summon Elemental Hero Wildwingman (1900), whose special ability let Jaden discard one card to destroy Amber Pitfall. Wildwingman, whose attack was raised to 2900 due to Skyscraper, attacked Tyranno, and then Bladedge attacked directly. Jaden then played Diffusion to separate Wildwingman to Avian and Wildheart, and Avian attacked directly. Jaden won the duel.

After the duel, Hassleberry agreed to give back the duel disks. Later that night, Hassleberry went to the Slifer dorm. He decided to live in the dorm because he felt he could learn a lot about dueling from Jaden.

Featured Duel

Jaden's turn

• Summons "Elemental Hero Wildheart" (1500/1600) in Defense Position.

Hassleberry's turn

• Special Summons "Gilasaurus" (1400/400) in Attack Position via its own effect.
• Tributes "Gilasaurus" to Summon "Dark Driceratops" (2400/1500) in Attack Position.
• Attacks and destroys "Wildheart", with "Dark Driceratops'" piercing effect inflicting damage to Jaden (Jaden 3200).

Jaden's turn

• Activates "Monster Reincarnation", discarding "Elemental Hero Necroshade" to move "Wildheart" from his Graveyard to his hand.
• Activates the effect of the "Necroshade" in his Graveyard, letting him Summon "Elemental Hero Bladedge" (2600/1800) in Attack Position without Tribute.
• Attacks and destroys "Dark Driceratops" (Hassleberry 3800).

Hassleberry's turn

• Activates Field Spell Card "Jurassic World".
• Summons "Archeonis" (300/1300), whose attack increases by 300 via "Jurassic World".
• Attacks directly" via "Archeonis'" effect. (Jaden 2600).
• Sets a card

Jaden's turn

• Summons "Wildheart" (1500/1600) in Attack Position.
• Attacks "Archeonis" with "Bladedge", but Hassleberry activates his face-down "Amber Pitfall", switching "Bladedge" to Defense Position.
• Attacks "Archeonis" with "Wildheart", but "Jurassic World's" effect activates, switching the former to Defense Position and increasing its defense by 300, to 1600 (Jaden 2500).
• Sets two cards.

Hassleberry's turn

• Activates "Earthquake", changing all monsters to Defense Position.
• Activates "New Ultra Evolution", Tributing "Archeonis" to Summon "Dark Tyranno" (2600/1800) in Attack Position, whose attack increases by 300 via the effect of "Jurassic World".
• Attacks directly with "Dark Tyranno" via its effect, which allows direct attacks if all the opponent's monsters are in Defense Position. Jaden activates his face-down "Insurance", sending the other copy of "Insurance" he had face-down back to his hand to gain 500 Life Points (Jaden 100).

Jaden's turn

• Activates "Pot of Greed", drawing two cards.
• Activates "Skyscraper", destroying "Jurassic World".
• Activates "Polymerization", fusing "Wildheart" with the "Elemental Hero Avian" in his hand to Fusion Summon "Elemental Hero Wild Wingman" (1900/2300) in Attack Position.
• Activates "Wild Wingman's" effect, discarding "Insurance" to destroy "Amber Pitfall".
• Switches "Bladedge" to Attack Position.
• Attacks and destroys "Dark Tyranno" with "Wild Wingman", whose attack points increase by 1000 via "Skyscraper" (Hassleberry (3500).
• Attacks directly with "Bladedge" (Hassleberry 900).
• Activates "De-Fusion", returning "Wild Wingman" to the Fusion Deck and Special Summoning its Fusion Material Monsters from the Graveyard in Attack Position.
• Attacks directly with "Avian" (Hassleberry 0).
• Jaden wins.

Differences in adaptations

In the Japanese version, Kenzan's quest to collect 100 Duel Disks is meant to draw parallels to the legend of Benkei, who would collect the weapons of those he defeated at a bridge. He is defeated by his one-thousandth opponent, Minamoto Yoshitsune. Similarly, Kenzan is defeated by his one-hundredth opponent, Judai.

Featured cards

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Errors

• In the dub, "Elemental Hero Wild Wingman"'s apperance is based on his Japanese artwork (in which it looks like he is wearing a thong) instead of the International varaint (where his upper legs are recolored black to avoid this sexual connotation.)